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gof the thoughtless and unlearned. Mr. Young has filled the Gffice of Professor of Mathematics in Belfast College ; it cannot, therefore, be said that he is a credulous or impres sionable partisan, since the study of the exact sciences is always considered to encourage a rigid adherence to matter of fact and logical reasoning. That great science, without whose aid the conjectures of the most learned would be worthless indeed, does not favour credulity or prejudice, and the author is enabled to meet his antagonists on their own ground, and by his familiarity with the works and dis coveries of foremost philosophers, t 3 use their own weapons against them. It is a work of tome and thought which is well worth reading by all, and should especially be care fully studied by those whose faith in the Scriptures has been shaken by mistaken teachers. Incidents in .My Life. By D. D. Home. Longman. The name of Mr. Home is nearly as well known in Eng land as in America, although happily the mania for spii it rapping and table turning has never reached so great an extent in this country, In the volume before us he relates the story of his life in a calm, quiet manner, of course nar rating a series of extraordinary spiritual manifestations as simple facts, Into the merits of such a work it is scarcely necessary to enter. It will most probably find many readers among the curious and the credulous , but the plain common sense and straightforward piety natural to the English character are too decidedly opposed to such a science as "spiritualism," for us to tear that it will greatly increase the number of its votaries. Deafness Practically illustrated. By J. Yearsley, M.D. Sixth Edition. John Churchill. In the preface to this edition the author explains the dif ficulties he has encountered in his career, and refers to many plans that he proposed which were denounced as impracti cable at the time, but which are now very generally recog nised and practised. He thus remarks on this important subject "After 25 years' experience, I emphatically say to the aural surgeon and to the aural writer—look to the mucous membrane, for on your restoring that membrane to a healthy condition by local and constitutional treatment, will mainly depend your success in restoring the impaired sense of hearing to your patient. The author states that when he first devoted himself to this branch of surgery it was left to be the prey of empyrics, greatly to the injury of the unfortunate sufferers; and many think that there should not be subdivisions made in the profession. Still he argues that while such undeniably exist, those best serve their fellow -men who study to make those parts as perfect EV I possible, and then, if all the branches are ever again united, the whole may b, more clear and comprehensive, There is great truth in all this, and in no improvements of the pre sent day has there been greater enlightenment than in the science and practice of medicine, which at one time was kept as awful a mystery as the secrets of the dark ages. When men of education, skilled in their vocation and its practice, devote their time to the compiling of their extensive expe rience for the benefit of society, they deserve appreciation and encouragement. No great things are achieved by mystery, and the most simple treatment in itself is often the most efficacious, if only the laws of nature are borne in mind, and the special peculiarities of each individual taken into consideration. --- The _lonian Islands during the Present Century. By Captain White Jervis, M.P. Chapman ana Hall. This little volume gives an account " of the various politi cal phases through which the lonian Islands have passed since they ceased to form a portion of the Venetian posses sions." A book of this sort is generally welcome, and the present one is especially so, inasmuch as there has been so much excitement felt about these islands, and the question of the desirability of giving them up has engaged so large a share of public attention. Referring to the lat ter subject, the author quotes a passage from th speech of M r . Gl adstone in 1861, in which that gentle e man observed that it would be " nothing less than a crime against the safety of Europe if the protectorate of those Islands was surrendered." This book will be found inte resting in its perusal from its varied information, and there are few readers who do not require some information on such point s as are referred to, and, at all events, they can refresh their memory by a glance at its pages ; they only can rightly understand the present condition of a place and a people who are well versed in its antecedents and have read its annals of the past. Tropical Fibres ; their Production and tion. B y E Economic Extrac . G. Squier. James Madden, L on d on ; Scribner, New York. This author was formerly minister of the United States in Central America, and while there he made the best use of his time. He explains the great deficiency that existed in regari to the means of extracting fibres. Fortunately, however, a machine has been invented that promises to in crease greatly the supply of tropical fibres.. By the aid of a machine one hand can extract in a single clay a greater quantity of fibres in better condition than 100 men can ob tain through the primitive modes now in use. This is a great improvement; but It is only those who like the author have been eye - witnesses of thesoenesdescribed wbo can best appreciate the incalculable advantages that accrue from such an arrangement. The necessity for its introduction is best described in these words :—" The traveller will ask why the countless agaves which sometimes surround hint like forests, and the myriads of wild pine plants which throng the woods, and invade every abandoned field, are allowed to send out their fibre -stuffed leaves to flourish and decay, while the world clamours for an in creased supply of fibrous materials." It is posi tively amazing to learn in how many ways these plants are applied. They not only supply articles of food, drink, and oils, but they are the source of fibres which are fitted in their various degrees for every kind of strength and fineness. For instance, the hammock is made of a stuff like silk. It is formed from the leaves of the wild pine apple. The boats are rigged with cordage which has been taken from the agaves. In Mexico your passport is pre sented to you on paper of vast durability made from the leaves of the magney, the juice of which supplies the place of beer, cider, and whi-ky. In the East Indies the traveller can purchase a handkerchief like gossamer, made from the fibre leaves of the pine -apple plant. In Manilla the vessels of all nation s fill their cargoes with balls of fibres similar to hemp and flax, but which are extracted from the stalks of the plain min. Surely no study can be more interesting than this, and all additional information should be eagerly wel comed, especially when it is afforded by one combining the advantages of observation and experience, joined to that love of his subject without which it is impossible that the Write r can be attractiv e in his style or the reader engrossed in his study. Lanes, Saxons, and Normans. By T. G. Edgar, author of "Boyhood of Great Men," &c, Beeton. Mr. Edgar has given our juvenile readers many popular and instructive works, and he ha now din elegant v o l ume all the inforrdations anecdotal collecte and hi this stori cal, which h o can obtain about our early ancestors. " Saxon and Norman and Dane are we," sings the laureate, and consequently we are bound to fami liarise ourselves with the doings of the sturdy Vikings from whom the bold barons of Normandy traced their descent, no less than with the exploits:of the fair-haired Saxons who so often encountet ed them in battle, Edward and Godwin, Harold 1 -And Tastig, Duke William and Matilda of Flanders, are all ,zelebrated in these pages, and the chronicler carries down his narration to the death of Henry Beauclerc. We wonder, however, that, among his numerous anecdotes, he has not included the touching story of Henry I.'s grief for his drowned son, after work los e no smile ever visited the father's face. The work is profusely illustrated, and would form a very pretty and acceptable gift book. 4Speaking Fables in Frenc in and Marshall P. F. D e P orquet. Simpk . The name of M. de Porque. is a sufficient guarantee of the practical excellence of any work designed for the in struction of beginners in the 'study of the French language. The present little volume is, constructed on a very excellent plan, by which an ease vdd readiness in French conversa tion will be acquired 'dy young children. The only diffi culty in the way of ;As general adoption will, we fear, be met with on the prxt of the teachers —few persons who pro nounce themselTies fully competent to finish pupils in French being really able to undertake the task here as signed to thiAn. The method is, however, simple enough ; and if its adoption conduces to the cultivation of a more ready and practical acquaintance with the French o' anversa ti on among teachers as p r inciples of well as learner s , it will bo all th e better. az i a we Register ?ales? By Tenison Edwards, Esq., o f the Inner Temple. Chapman and Hall. The author of this little volume has undertaken to answer the objections brought against the registry of land and title, and has been induced to do so by the fact that great number s of solicitors, more especially the provincial mem bers of that body, have refused to make use of the recent act * Mr. Edw ar d s cons id ers th at t h e act i n quest i on meets and avoids every one of the objections to a general registry of titles so strongly brought forward in Lord St. Leonard's to the ac Hau dY B ook)" and that therefore the genera l an ti pat h y t cannot be based on his lordship's argument. We the work before us to the attention of all con- Ce ° r ln n m ed e r the registry 01 property and title. A _n interesting discovery bas by Mr. Its,d g r ave, at Hampton Court, to the lnt o effect tat de ne of the Pictur es f ormerly attributed to Pordenone, a Madonna xtremely rare i n t h is count and Child, is rea l ly the work of an art i st whose works are ery, Gi rolaruo Savoldo, of Vasar', Giangirol aino. Brescia,, styl e d b y Ridolti, G. B resciano, and called by TUE FUNERAL OF MADAME DR: LADIARTINE,-- Thu mortal remains of Madame de Lamartine arrived at Macon on Saturday last, at 6 o'clock in the morning, and at 8 o'clock the funeral procession set out for Saint Point, where the body was to be interred. All along the line of rout e the population came forth to show their respect for the dead, and in many places the emotion of the country people broke forth in audible sobs. The body was deposited in the tomb where the mother and daughter of M. de La marline are buried. PRIVATE BILLS IN PARLIAMENT.—According to an o Mcial list, just published, 316 petitions for private bills have been presented in the present session, and only 35 ova] acts have received the royal assent. MONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. The money market presents a very quiet appear ance, and although bankers and brokers are enabled to find full employment for their resources, the con cession made with regard to first-class bills of three months' date only represents / per cent., 31 per cent. being the lowest rate at which discounts can be effected. The exportation of specie being tem porarily larger than the arrivals, no doubt in duces caution on the pert of capitalists, who, if gold should again accumulate at the Bank of Eng land, would no doubt speedily offer increased faci lities to the mercantile classes. The amount of specie to be taken out by the Delta to - morrow is £192,360. About 50,000 sovereigns were withdrawn from the B an k yesterday for shipment to Constantinop.e. At the annual meeting to-day of the shareholders of the Malta and Mediterranean Gas Company. Mr. Hawki ns , j un ., i n th e chair—a dividend was declared at the rate of 6 per cent. per annum, free of income tax. Two O'CLOCK. At Paris this morning, according to Mr. Reuter's telegram, the French 3 per Cent. Rentes Were 69f 45c. 69f. 50c. The English stock market continues to present the same dull but steady appearance as for some time past, the dealings, both real and speculative, being conducted on a very limited scale. Consols remain a: 932 a for money, and at 924 1-, less the dividend, for the account. The New Threes and the Reduced Annuities were 91/ ; and Bank Stock w.ts buoyant at 235. Indian Stock remained at 2312 ; the 5 per Cent. do,, 1098 1101 ; the Deben tures, 100; and the Bonds, 12s. 15s. prem.. Exche quer Bills are ss. to ls. dis. There is no new feature in the Foreign Market, and business is rather quiet. Turkish 6 per Cents. 1862, 711 4 ; do., Consolid es , Mt a ; Greek, 321 1 ; do., Coupons 14/ 15i ; Spanish Passive 33/ 34; do., Certificates 11-k 12k; Portuguese 49/ 50 ; Russian 911 ; Italian 711 72 ; Egyptian 100 ; Mexican 36; and the Confederate Loan 1 dis. to par. The dealings in the Railway Share Market have been moderately active, and in several instances prices have shown a slight upward tendency. Cale donian, Great Ncrthern A Stock, and South- Western have improved ss. ; Midland and South- Eastern, 10s. ; and North-Western, £l. In the Foreign and Colonial undertakings there has been a very limited inquiry, and quotations are unaltered. Joint -Stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares re main dull, at about previous quotations. The shares of the International Financial Society are quoted 5 to 51 prem.; the General Credit Society, n prem. ; the London Financial, it fl prem.; English and Scottish Marine Insurance Company, 8 prem. BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. Bank Stock 3 per Ce n t. R e d uce d A nnu i t i es 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities New 3 per Cent. Annuities annuities,Di t Ditto New 21 p er C ent. A nnu i t i es.... India Stock 2311 Ditto 5 per Cent Ditto Enfaced Paper, 4 per Cent .. Ditto 5 per Cent oitto 51 per Cent Ditto Debentures, 4 per Ct., Oct,, 1863 100 1 Ditto ditto April, 1864 1001 D 'I.. bonds el.ltoo Ditto under £l,OOO rYonsols for Account, June 9 921 Exchequer Bills, £I.OOO 21 per Cent 1 5 dig FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. Brarilian 5 per Cent •••••••• -- Ditto 41 per • Cent., 1852-58-60 Ayres 6 per C en t 95 Buenos 1 1 Ditto Account Rquador New Consolidated, 1 per Cent.. Egyptian 7 per Cent, ................. 100 Ditto, Second Issue ........ ....... 100 Greek 5 per Cent., 1824-5, ex -Coupons.. 321 Ditto Account. ..................... 324 Ditto C0up0n5....,,, Italian 5 p er C ent. (Mareinmana Railwa. 14/ Mexican) 79 Mexican 3 per Cent .......... y Ditto Account ............ !v on 36 Granada.., Ditto Deferred ......... 94 Ditto Land W arrants (Hectares) .. ... .... Lirucian 41 pe r Cent. , Ditto ....... . ... D ~. 41 per Cent, 186?: 881 Ditto Account 89 Portuguese 3 per Cent., 1853 Ditto Account Ditto 3 per Cent., 1856, '7, '9, '6O, 62.. 494 50 494 4 Ditto Account Ditto Scrip, (1862) £35 pFm Russian 5 per C en t., 1822, £ St 94 Ditto 41 per Cent ' 1850 Ditto 3 per Cent., 1859.. 59 81 94 Ditto 5 per Cent., 1862 .. 911 1 1 Spanish 3 per Cent rats Account — Ditto New Deferred Ditto Passive Spanish Cert. of Coup not funded .. Ditto Account l2l Swedish, 4 per Cent Turkish 6 per Cent. 1854 • — Ditto Account.... Ditto 6 per Cent. 1858 Ditto Account Ditto, LIOU Bonds Ditto 6 per Cent. 1862 Ditto Guaratteed, 4 per Cent. Venezuela, 3 per Cent Dividends on the above payable in London. Dutch 21 per Cent., Ex. 12 Guil - Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates ....... 10 Italian, 5 per Cent., 1861, E x. 25 francs / THREE O'CLOCK. Consols ' Money Ditto Account 921 4 Liverpool Cotton Market----This Da' (REUTER'S TELEGRAM.) Strong. Quiet. Sales, about 5,000 bales. Itn. ports, 5,600 ; previously, 7,910. The executors of the late Mrs. Ann Catto, of the Old Kent-road, have promptly paid to the National Life boat Institution £l,OOO, being the amount of that lady's munificent legacy to that important and valuable society. With its large fleetlof 124 lifeboats to keep up in a state of thorough efficiency, the institution requires all the help a benevolent public can extend to it. ROYAL DRAMATIC COLLEGE.—The annual meet ing of the members of the Royal Dramatic College was held ' this afternoon at tee New Adelphi Theatre. The report was unanimously adopted, the retiring wardens re-elected, and everything passed off with the greatest satisfaction. We feel great pleasure in the great prosperity of this noble institution, " PUNCH" FOURTEEN YEARS AGO.--" With a sad interest," says n writer in the London Review, on turning over an old volume of Punch, "we count up in the political caricatures the faces that have long since dropped out of contemporary history. Fourteen years must needs make a difference iu the woski, g life of any nation, and our losses in that period have been many. Hero is Sir Robert Peel, bland, smiling, and watchful, always with a prodi gious aspect of being 'master of the situation.' Here is his lieu, enant, Sir Jamos Graham, impassive and know ing. Here is Hume, massive and stern, Here is the Duke of Wellington, looking no older than in caricatures of the days of George IV.,—with the same odd little round mouth, as if he were about to whistle, and the same expres sion of mingled slyness and senilt y, which made Hazlitt, in amoment of s avage sarcas m many years before, call him X p e o r s t b o th e great Ge neral with th e f oo li sh face. " Here is Prince effboureffhooeowears bald. Here i s Sib thorp in a thousand LlT:when beardsin tvingerienceyoxn. ts_ielid.eerreciedisp 3 rYtoduingttelwintherao,betoaord, Louiedays is t e isant t, find how l then remain among our working manyn the other hand, it is curious of our working politicians anything politicians now. Of Pal menton we see scarcely Secretary at the time; but 1311,eovrdo:Jgohhn ha R w u as sse F 11 o , re a ig nd n yturannodf thDisraeli, and Lord Brougham, and Lord b t v riF so old Cobden, and Bright meet us at every are almost startled when we find Brougham looelicD'age. we in 1849-50, and reflect that he is still active and to be spared, let us hope, for some years of work even yet. Mr. Punch at the time used to treat his lorchhip an yet ' thing but a respectful way. He was th e bad boy o f L .. satirist, always being scolded or made f un o f ; and it must be admitted that his irritable eccentricities laid hi m open to sharp instrument. What he must do next,' is the title of a cartoon in which_ o he os i r s io r s ep to r r e e s s en e te tr d ik st e an u d emegs his head. On the whole, th it was because there was snore political strife; h on aving been more amusing at that time a th ot a i n vit now. —more s per sonal collision—more of the stimulus of party u p t e h; but, whatever the cause, it appears per haps because Punch himself had thega to y a o u s da tti ci a t t y of th y e o large f i l r l o u s s h t o r a o t s i s o , ions m w o e r o r e s b characterised r t b y of a f u o g roe and t d e r f r o v l i t g o o , u s r and moro defiant boldness and larger breadth of genial humour, than those which we see now from week to week. Mr. Leech was then the principal caricaturist ; and some of his poli tical sketches are so admirable that we regret his having given up that species of work, notwithstanding the graceful f ancy and masterly drawings of Mr. Tenniel, who, we be la now th e on l y artist who does the large caricatures for Punch. TIIE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, MAY 27, 1863. SHARE MARKETS—This day. ORDINARY SHARES AND STOW , S. Railways. Bir., Wol., and Str. Val. Ulythe and Tyne. 8 8; 80 - st Sint and Mid Bristol and Exeter Caledonian Cork and Bandon 1 1 Cornwall 8 9 84 86 116 117 1161 1 Do A vet" no di' Do. ti 6p e.p an.lias Dublin t Belfast June. n been paid to B. ['un.,Perth,&Ab. Junc. Edinburgh & Glasgow. Glasg. and S. Western. Great Eastern, Ord. stk l Ditto A stock Ditto East Anglian st GreatNorthof Scotland Great Northern.. Do A stock Do B do Gt. S. an i W. of Ireland Great 'Western Do Str Val gua. stock Lancashae & Yorkshire London and Biackwal; Lon., Bright.,& S. Coast Lon., Chat., and Dover Lon. & North Western Lon. & So•.th Western Man., Shef., & Lincoln. Maryport and Carlisle. Do t shares Metropolitan Midland Do New Do Birming. & Derby Mid. Gt. W. of Ireland Do. y shares Mid Kent Do Cray Line North British Edin., Perth, & Dundee Nth. Eastern—Berwiok Do, G.N.E. purchase Do Leeds Do York Do Car1i51e....... .,, North London Do New !North Staffordshire N. and S. W. Junction Scottish Central Scot :N. E., Aber. stock Do Scot. Mid, stock Shrews. and Weichpool Shropshire Union South DeTon South Eastern South Wales S. York. and River Dun Staines, Wok.,and Wok Stockton & Darlington Do Do New, 1866 Taff Vale I Do B Do C Ulster Do. Do Vale of Neath Victoria sta. and Pim Waterford & Kilkenny West Cornwall W. Hartlepool Har.&R West Midland -Oxford Do Newpor t Do Hereford 6 7 39 fl 13 14 91 93 108 110 63 64: 47 49 24} 25} 1256 1266 127 128 134 136 102 104 67 tBi 1111 111! 76 79 117 119 40 41 102 102/ 1041 101 41i 45b 12 121 129 129, 14 97 99 52 53 244 254 1024 103 584 594 89 90 115 117 16k1 1 16 11 lei 119 121 454 IGi 98 IGO 50 51 32 33 94 en 70 72 99 101 7 8 37i 38i 94 10} 7, 81 NI 153 156 5} Sip 3 3i p 79 82 154 156 28 30 671 si 7! 1111 ICi 781 8 117 k 18 12 I 1291 52} } 1022 i i 59 i 84 0 821 I Paid. Price g Etusine done.sr 1024 II 2 1051 451 44 15 38 40 99 101 SSIONS, Clo Bing Price. CO 63 1(8& 109, 1 1 ) 1 P 3- k 5i 61 1 84 1(8 109 1.95 1101 1 110 1,2 109 110 15 413 1 20ilip 195 61 65 t 8 61 65 68 43 57 37 41 33 36 25 27 22 25 1091 1101 1 21, 1 14;. 107 108 115 11, 9 81 97 100 89 (2 1 I P 167 , 08 1 01 103 i.B 100 50 53 3 6 £4 86 1(9) Lei 107 108 4 1p 1 1 1 , / 1(8 10E 1(6 sseu Ear t 14,5, 106 107 lu3 ,l 6 103 106 96 97 95 97 at 113 112 114 12 114 115 117 013 115 109 111 0,9 111 106 k 1(7 961 i 7 102/ 103/ 103 104 103 101 ; 112 114 BRITISH P ihart 100 Railways stock stock etock stock stock stock stock stock 20 stock stock Bt 20 et stock .itlantie it St Lawrenci 3ol n. , Baroda&.Cent Inv Gu. 5 per cent... Do. New . ..... Do. E. Shares.... ttuffulo and Lahe Huron Do. Preteranee BulT alo , Brant,,&Godricb l p. at. bds. Aug. 1, 1872 Do. do. July 3, 1873 Jo. cio. Juue 1,1.; .1 tlleutta..r.S.Eastn. t ) Cape Town 4t Dock Seri/ Eastn. Bengal go. 5 p. c East Indian, gu. 5. p. c. Do. do. 13 Ext..... Do. do. II do. .. Grand Trunk of Canada f)o. Ist Fro , . Bonds.. Do. 00. deferred...... I Do. 2d Pret. Bonus.. Do. do &ler ed...... Do. 3d P ef. stock ... Do. do. deferred...... Do. 4th I'ref. sio k... Do. do. deferred. Gt.lneltaPentn.gua.sp.o. Do. New gua. 5 p. 0... Do. January, 1862 .. Gt. South.of India (Lim; guaranteed 5 per cent. Gt. W of Canada Sliar, Do. New Do. 6 p.c. '73 withl opt. Do. 5} p. c. do. '77-8.. Indian Branch Limited 31adras guar.. 5 p. c. Do. 4t p. o. Extension Dc.44 d 0........ Do. Fifth Extension. stelb.Corn. a p. 0. lielb. & Hobson's Bay. Do. 7 p. Bds. Newßrunswick &Can& Class A and B ... N.ltl.C'da6 pc Ist pt bdb Soinde ....... 1 Do. Delhi . Do. do ..„ 1 :e Do. Punjaub Do. Do. „ Do. Indus. St. Flo.) SSE. Paid, all 5 al. all to 100 100 100 100 100 Rio ( ;OLONIAL GOVER MEN tip.c..l a. &J ut , 1877-St .......... Do. e p. c. 1 4 `eb. & Aut., Do. cl p. c. Mar. & Sept Do. E p. c. Jan.&July. Do. 6 Inscribed stock, Cape G. II ope, 6p c,187: Do.Ap & Oct, 184 Do. 18is Do. Jan. & July, 1801. Ceylon, N0v.1 , 78, p ( . 1 Mau iti us a per cent Natal Guy. 6 per cent N.ii.tiov. s.&Jul ) Do. 6 p. c.Ap. & Oct. N. S. W. G us'. 5p Z.., 16 ; Do. sp. c.,lBrA to 1 I Do. d0.,1888 &upwds INew Zealand 6 p cent. !Nova Scotia Gov. 6 p. c sterling, 1875 Queensland Gcv. 6 p. c .i.A1.18 G61).0.1676,1; up Vlc.Gov. 6 p.c. Ja.&JulLt Do. to 6p.c. A.n.&Oot. 100 100 LOU 100 100 BRIT] SH MINES. Unfitness done loq 2 not lost i 9 11 I 2 Cambrian Consol. Gold juiillord Amalgamated.. Devon O. Con, (Tavist., East Bassett (Illozan)..1 1 East Clog,au Gold Ltd. EEast Caradon ...... •. • • East Cara Brea... -N WI Russel (Tavistli.,l Gam.&St.Autiyn(Gwen•)i Great South Tolgus.... G. Wheal Vor (llelstoh Grenville .. Foot I Hingston Downs Lady Bertha Margaret (Guy Lelact Clarke Valley.. 4 Myndy Iron Oru (Lim ) New Setun .. North Downs Wh '1 Basset (1110 `forth Wheal Crotty Par Consols (nt. Blazey. 20 l'rovidence(lJny Leint. South Caradon(St.Cleer, S. Cam Brea (Illogan).. Wheai Fran. (Illovut , Stray Park 5 rarnarSilv.& Lead Min Tin Cron West Basset (Illogan) W Caradon (Liskeard; West Setort .. . ... . ..• Wheal Basset (Illogan) Viheal Buller(Redruth) Wheal Kitty (U.Lelant) WhealLud ott Wheal Mary Ann (Men ) Wheal Setun..... wheal Trelawney (Lis ) , Wheal Union 1.14. 8.4.0 8.1.6 17s 40 6.16. s.l? 4.7.0 2.0.6 04 4.3.0 110 91 4 52i } 2.4.9 IA IA 5.15.0 18.1..9 28.9. 171 5 5 2.0.8 2.10.8 8 58} ry 3.17 1031 4 1141 5 1 6 1 156 166 40 250 16 17 46 5 312 2i i li 70 2} PREFERENCE SHARES. Cornwall, 5 per cent. gua., 21 Lancaster and Carlisle, 4i per cent. pf., 103 London, Chatham, and Dover 5 per cent. pref., 101 1001 Midland 41 per cent. irrd., 103 PREFEItENCE SHARES AND STOCKS. Great Eastern, 4i per cent., pf., Rent Coast 6 per cent. pf. 8., 3 London, Chatham, &0., Metrop. Ext., B, 6 per cent., lot Ditto, ti per cent., C, 8f Metropolitan 5 per cent., 8i LINES LEASED FIXED RENTALS. London and Chatham 44 per Cent., 931 Midland, Bradford pref. stock, 96 Nottingham and Grantham IL & C., 951 Shrewsbury and Hereford, 137 6i South .Staffordshire, 91 FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Antwerp and Rotterdam, 84 Dutch Rhenish, 17 Eastern of France, 204 Sambre and Meuse, 10) South Austrian and Lombardo Venetian, 22) Alamiilos, Iimited,FOREIGN MINES. Bon Accord Copper (lim.), Kapubda 14 United Mexican (lim.), (3t Vallanzasaa Gold, lira, JOINT-STOCK RANKS. Agra and United Service (lim.), 1004 Alliance Bank of London and Li verpool (Um.), 31) 2 Australasia, 75 Bank of Egypt, 294 Bank of Queenslaud (lim), Chartered Bank of India, Australia, and China, 29 English, Sco ch, and Australian Chartered, 22 Imperial Bank (lim.), 21) 4 Imperial Ottoman, 204 d London, B. Ayres, and R. Plate (Um.), 224 iLondon and Colonial (lim.), 4) ,London and N , )rthern (11m.), 44 3) London and South African, 2151 f London and Westminster, 794 National of Liverpool. limited, 9/ National Provincial of England, Ditto, new, 37) 8 Ditto, new, 244 Union of Ireland (lim.), 14 Union of I.ondon, 35i I, DOCKS. London, 62 St. Katharine, 63 2i Cr y s tal Palace, 3 MISCELL ANEOUS. E. glish and Australian Copper, 1 1 i Madras Irrigation and Canal, 4f National Discount Company an.), 9f Oriental Gas (lim.), 1 11 i Oriental Inland Steam (lim.), 5} Peninsula and 0, iental Steam, 77 6 7 6 Ditto, new, 47 Royal Mail Steam, 62} The King of Wurtemberg, who is is the 8 2d year of his age and the 4 7th of his reign, i s seriously expected to live. His son and succ essor ill and n o t , Prince Charles, whose wife is the Grand Ductless Olga, sister of the present Crar, is said to be very Russian in his sympathies. LAW INTELLIGENCE—This Day. COURT OF PROBATE. (Before the Judge Ordinary.) IN THE GOODS OF WILLIAM COULTHARD. Dr. Spinks applied for probate of the will of the testator, who was the master of a trading vessel. On the sth of January, 1862, the brigantine Excelsior, of which Coult hard was the commander, left Cardiff for a voyage to Por tugal, at which pert she arrived in due time. She after wards left on her voyage home, but had never since been heard of, and he therefore made the present application to the court. The owner of the ship had paid the claims on the vessel, he being of opinion that she had been lost at sea, and the insurance company, with whom a policy had been taken out on the ship, had also paid the money for which the vessel had been insured. The Judge Ordinary granted the application. MORTON V. THORP AND OTHERS. Mr. Pritchard applied for administration in this cause. A document had been lodged in the registry, but with the consent of all parties he made the application irrespective of the document. The learned Judge said such a course was not in con formity with the rules of court. The will must either be impeached or administration would be taken with it. Thb learned counsel said the parties had agreed to the course he proposed. The learned Judge said the consent of interested parties amounted to nothing, and it was not because the whole of the parties had agreed that therefore the application was to be granted. The consent, therefore, of the parties went for nothing, and the learned counsel could not, by any magni fying power, make nothing into something. CRISPIN V. DOGLIONI. His lordship delivered his judgment in this cause, which occupied the court so many days in its argument. His lordship decided in favour of the plaintiff—his judgment in effect confirming the decision of the courts in Portugal. POLICE INTELLIGENCE—This Day. MA RLBOROUGH-STREET. COMMITTAL FOR TRIAL FOR ASSAULTING THE POLICE. —Edward Powley, a rough-looking fellow, wearing a badge but having no licence, was charged before Mr. Mansfield with assaulting police constable William Moore, 187 C. Moore said—At a quarter-past four this morning I saw the prisoner drunk and making a great noise in the Flay market. As soon as the prisoner saw me he called out, "I'll do for your carcase." I walked down Jermyn .treet as far as Market-street, when the prisoner came up to me and said, " You —, I'll do for you," and then threw me down in a violent manner, hurting my arm and hand so much that 1 can scarcely raise my arm. The pri soner then tried to kick me in a delicate part. Three months ago I charged the prisoner with a similar assault, and hav ing been to prison he has entertained a spite towards me since. I found a cab-driver's badge in his possession, but how he gut it I do not know. Mr Mansfield—By a mistake in the Police Act, lam not able to give the prisoner more than a month, but as he is evidently a dangerous fellow, and has assaulted the con stable before, I shall send him for trial. THAMES. IMPUDENT ROBBERY.—LUCHY ESCAPE OPA RATCLIPP HIGHWAY GlRL.—Eliza Lane, alms Dandy Lizzie, a girl of the town, was brought before Mr. Woolrych, on remand, charged with stealing a gold watch and chain, valued at 20 guineas, from the person of Lewis Lawrence, in Ratcliff highway, on the night of Tuesday, the 19th inst. The prosecutor, a seaman, was passing along Ratcliff highway, between the hours of 11 and 12 o'clock on the night of the 19th, and the prisoner and two other women commenced hustling and playing tricks with him. The prisoner fastened her arm round his neck an d very a d ro i t l y managed to possess herself of his gold watch and chain. He fortunately missed it directly, and seized hold of her, and at the same time he called for the police. She got away from him, and rushed to the other side of the street. He pursued her, and cvertook her, and continued to call out most lustily for the police. She then banded back the watch and chain to the prosecutor, and begged of him not to give her in charge. A police sergeant named Stimpson, No. 21 K, apprehended and took the prisoner into custody. The other woman ran away. The prisoner said she took the watch and chain out of a lark, and had no intention to steal them. Mr. Woolrych said he feared the sailor would not have een his watch and chain any more if he had not clung to the prisoner, and called for the police. The prisoner had been in custody eight days, and Sampson said he knew no.. thing against her honesty before, although she was very disorderly. As the sailor had recovered his property and did not appear against the prisoner, he would allow her to be discharged . AN ADVENTURE IN WAPPING CHURCII,—John Young, alias Dyer, a tall, heavy, and remarkable-looking man, apparently about 30 years, was brought up on remand, before Mr. Woolrych, charged with being secreted in the parish church of St. John, Wappirig, for an unlawful purpose. On Friday evening last there was Divine Service in Wapping Church, and the congregation were not die nal EsE.d by the officiating clergyman until 9 o'clock. Soon afterwards, Mr. John Stock, the sexton, extinguished the lights, and was preparing to leave the sacred edifice when he heard a very peculiar and unearthly noise. He listened and it ceased. He proceeded down the middle aisle, and could see nothing unusual. He looked over the pews, and was advancing towards the porch when the noise was repeated, and he was somewhat alarmed, Am. ther search and inspection of the church proved fruitless, and he left, closed the doors, and locked them. The noises he had heard continued to haunt the sexton's imagination for an hour afterwards, and he then returned to the church with a police constable named Gun field, 495 K, and made another search. On opening the door of the churchwarden's pew the prisoner was found concealed there. He was lying on the floor with a coir mat over him. He had turned over the hassocks and cushions of the pew, and displaced the books and Church Services from the shelves, and made up a bed of the whole, The pew is a very high one, and the sexton believing that no one would dare to invade the sanctity of the churchwar_ den's pew, had not looked into it in the first instance. The prisoner on being taken into custody said " Don't touch me, I have got the smallpox." He was asked to give some account of himself, and he first said his name was Young and after wards said it was John Dyer. The police. constable Greenfield said he had made in quiries since the prisoner was last before the magistrate and could find out nothing about him. Mr. Stock believed the prisoner was insane, although there was method in his madness on Friday night, for he had selected the most comfortable pew In Wapping Church, and made up a tolerably good bed of the mats, hassocks, and cushions and a pillow of Bibles and Church services. Roche. the gaoler of the court, said the prisoner had con ducted himself most strangely and in a violent manner, and was not fit to be at large. Mr. Woolrych directed Greenfield to procure assistance and convey the unfortunate man to the new workhouse . of theSt of theepneyU Union atnion t Be the case He had n d call oftheatte e nt d m e n uhth the officers man was deranged, and wanted looking after. MARKETS—This Day. MARK LANE. A limited supply of English wheat was received fresh up to this mornin g ' s mar k e t, in g ood condition. Owing to th e favourable change in the weather, sales progressed less freely than on Monday ; nevertheless, that day's currency was steadily supported. The show of samples of foreign wheat was large. Th e amount of business transacted was very moderate, yet prices ruled firm. Floating cargoes of grain were in fair request, at late _ quotations. firm ßa , r a l t ey q , ui t t h e e p s r u ev p i p o l u y s o r f ate w s h . which was very moderate, rul e d In malt about an average business was tr ansacted, on former terms. The market onthe whole,waswells theupp em lie d dwi a t n h d oats, Chiefly of foreign groruled steady, but a t Monday's decline in prices. Beans fully supported the recent improvement in value, and peas realised extreme rates. The market was scantily supplied with both articles. Most kinds of flour moved off slowly at late quotations. Fine barrel qualities, however, were decidedly firm. ARRIVALS THIS WEEK.. Wheat. Barley. = I Malt- Oats. Flout. 480 English—. 720 I 750 --- Irish.. • h'oreign 3,83 0 I 1 , 320 1 '-- 4 1 .. ,55 ° 1 50 eke. brls. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. RADCLIFFE RACES.-TUESDAY. The Radcliffe Plate of 50 sovs, for all ages, winners extra About half a mile. Mr. Osborne's Flytrap, 4 yrs, Bst 31b (inc. 101 b extra) (Whiteley) 1 Mr. Whittaker's David Ann, 5 yrs, 7st 21b.. (E. Foster) 2 Mr. H. Owen's Antipodes, 3 yrs, 7st llb (Midgley) 3 Mr. Ambery's Black-eyed Susan, 3 yrs, 6st 41b (W. Britton) 4 Betting --5 to 2on Antipodes, 4to / each agst David Ann and Fly crap. Won by half a length; a length between second and third. Black-eyed Susan beaten off. The All-aged Selling Stakes of 3 sous each, with 25 added ; two-yr-olds, 7st 21b; three, 9st ; four lOst ; five and upwards, lOst 61b; selling allowances. 6 fur longs. Mr. Whittaker's David Ann, 6 yrs, 9st 51b (£2O) (E. Foster) 1 Mr, T. Hunt's Trentham, 3 yrs, Bst 21b (L2O) ..(Ruby) 2 Mr, Barber's Gertrude. 2 yrs, 6st 11b (£20)....(Cair011) 3 Betting-.-7 to 4on David Ann, sto 2 agst Trentham, 4 to 1 agst Gertrude, Won by two lengths ; a bad third. The winner was bought by Mr. Grimshaw for 33 guineas. The Stewards' Cup (Handicap) of 50 says in specie, added to a Sweepstakes of 6 sous each , winners extra ; the se cond to save his stake. Once ronnd. Mr. Masterman's Honest John (late Robber), 3 yrs, Est 31b Mr. J. Osborne's Fanfaron, 3 y rs , Est 121 b .(Tomlinson) 1. (Whiteley) 2 Mr. T. Cliff's Queen of Clubs, 3 yrs, Est 91b (Williamson) 3 Mr. Kenyon's Lord Dundreary, 3 yrs, Est 71b.. (Carroll) 4 Mr. R. Walker's Colonel Crockett, 5 yrs, 7st (in. 61b ex.) 6 Betting—Even on Fanfaron, 3 to 1 agst Lord Dundreary, 5 to 1 agst Honest John, 6 to 1 agst Colonel Crockett. Won by a short neck ; half a length between secend and third; a length between third and fourth. The Grey de Wilton Two-year-Old Stakes of 5 sous each, with 50 added ; colts, Bst 101 b ; fillies and geldings, Bst 71b; winners extra; the second to save his stake. T.Y.C., about half a mile. 12 subs. Mr. Barber's The Clown, Bst 101 b........ (J. Snowden) 1 Mr. R. Goodlass's Pretty Girl filly, Bst 71b (Midgley) 2 Mr. Saunders's Poetess, Bst 71b (E Foster) 3 Mr. J. Merone's The Cardinal (late Abdul Aziz Khan), Bst 101 b The following also ran :—Hartford Hill, Good Advice, Sir Watkin, Wildman, and Greenland. _ . . Betting-5 to 4 agst The Clown, 4to 1 agst The Cardi nal, 5 to 1 agst Sir Watkin, 6 to 1 each agst Poetess and Lfreenland. Won by three lengths; two lengths each between the second, third, and fourth. Winner objected to. The Scurry Handicap of 2 sous each, with 25 added; open to all horses running at this meeting, but to which each winner must subscribe. T.Y.C. Mr. Whittaker's David Ann, 5 yrs, 7st 121 b (H. Grimshaw) 1 Mr. Masterman's Honest John, 3 yrs, 7st 81b.. (Metcalf) 2 Mr. Owen's Antipodes, 3 yrs, 7st Blb (Midgley) 3 Mr. T. Cliff's Queen of Cl ,bs, 3 yrs, 7st 41b (Williamson) 4 Mr. Coburn's Captain Knight, 6 yrs, Bst 41b .. (Lomas) 5 Betting-2 to 1 agbt Queen of Clubs, 9to 4 agst David Ann. Won by three lengths; a length between second and Third; the rest close up. WAY TO THE DIGGINGS. One of the greatest diffi•nities of the search for gold in new fields is the danger o f the road. The .Nelson (New Zealand) Examiner thus describes a part of the way to the rich discoveries on the Buller river, on the west coast of the province of Nelson :—" For about half a mile the road is flat very bad, as there are flats on either side of the river, and by crossing the stream some half-a-dozen times from one flat to another, the first half-mile up the Buller can be accomplished. Then comes the tug. After this half-mile the river is confined by a gorge the very appearance of which is fearful, and it is most marvellous that no serious accident has before this occurred there. In a few places this gorge contains shingle bars, which render the mode of ravelling, when compared with other portions, tolerably easy, because you can cross and recross the river from bar to bar; but there are many places where you cannot, from its great depth, wade the stream, and these are very dangerous, because, in addition to very deep water beneath, the rocks are excessively precipitous, and along their almost perpendicular faces you have to scramble with a heavy load strapped tightly to your back, hanging on, as sailors say, by your eyebrows,' with your foot upon a narrow ledge of rock. It is most dangerous ; many persons, in fact, would declare that these were no means of passing these rocks, but the diggers do manage to get along them, though several of the juts of rock along which they scramble are but about an inch in width. If your foot slips you are gone, swag and all, into a deep hole, and, if no assistance be near drowned you positively must be. Accidents have happened several times, but assistance being at hand the unfortunates were saved. It is no joke, I can assure you, to drop into about 20 feet of running water with 501 b. or 601 b. strapped en your back. In other places diggers have to climb up, sailor fashion, in order to cross some steep spur, and then drop again to the river. This sort of travelling lasts for about two miles, when the country again opens in places." But open country has its own dangers, as may be seen from the warnings to the miners to retrace their steps too soon rather than too late. "We do not desire," says an Otago paper, to give currency to unfounded and exag gerated fears respecting the severities of the winter in the Lake country, but we may reasonably anticipate that in a country so rugged and broken, with few or no roads, and solitary bands of miners scattered about in lonely and sequestered gullies, at a considerable distance from depots, serious distress, if not disaster, will be experienced during the forthcoming winter, unless due precautions are taken. All accounts agree that, although in the valleys the winter season entails no inconvenience, the elevated districts are exposed to extreme rigour. There may be, and no doubt are, miners working in distant parts of the country unsus pected and unknown. The greater the success of these outlying parties the greater the temptation to them to incur risk and danger. Fearful of attracting attention to the scene of their workings, they prefer to stint themselves in supplies, visiting the townships as seldom as possible, and then taking care not to excite remark by laying in too large a stock of provisions. Between the distant mountain gully or torrent's bank where they are reaping their golden har vest and the nearest depot many miles are placed. Roads there are none, and the only tracks are those left by their own footsteps. They have to climb rugged and precipitous clifk, to slide down dangerous prectp'ces, and swim rapid streams on their way. Their only landmarks are perhaps solitary trees, or peculiarly shaped rocks. With all their dread of exciting suspicion, they find that even the limited supplies they do take with them are almost too much for their wearied limbs to carry. During such weather as has prevailed for the last two or three months this fatiguing journey is at any rate tolerable, and not entirely without enjoyment. The first grassy bank affords a camping ground where the travellers can rest their limbs without pitching their tents, and their pack horse can pick up from the nu tritious herbage an invigorating meal; but in a very few weeks this will be all changed. If provisions bre required a journey of 20, or 30, or even more miles through such country as we have depicted will be a perilous task. The tracks will be obliterated by snow. The keen, biting south Wind will come howling down the mountain aides, driving before it the frozen snow, blocking the path, and benumbing the limbs of man and beast. On the plateaux the whole country will present the same uniform aspect. Landmarks will be lost in the snow drifts, and perhaps after wander ing about in hopeless dismay, the miserable traveller will lay himself down till sleep overpowers him, a sleep from which in this world he will never reawaken. Such may be the fate of many during the ensuing winter." The Old Scotchwoman's Cry against Crinoline ! Janet Hamilton, the daughter of a shoemaker, and afterwards the wife of a shoemaker, never went to school, but her mother taught her to read the Bible. Through this doorway she entered the vast library of English literature. What range of read ing she had we are not told, says the Athenceum, but she writes English verse with ease and elegance. The genuine nature of the old lady gets fullest and fittest expression, however, in the racy Doric which she writes. Here we find the shrewd keeking ob servation, the quaint pawky humour, and the sly Scotch wisdom in full force. The true flavour of her book is indeed Scottish, while the facts of the life are universally enjoyable. Here is her laughable picture of Crinoline as it appears to her in her own neighbourhood, where the lassies—though they may be barefooted and barefaced, are still devoted followers of the fashion : CRINOLTNE. Auld Scotlan' gangs yirmin and chanerin' alane ; She wunners whatr a' her trig lassocks hie gene; She's trawpit the kintra, an' socht thro' the toot's, An' fan' the Jule hizzies—blawn oot like balloons I Can they be my lassocks—ante cozie and cosh, Weel shapit, weel happit — s ae stumpy an' tosh f Twa coats an' a toush, or a goon, ye may ween, Were boukie aneuch, wi' what nature had gi'en. They're aye i my e'e, an' they're aye i' my gate— At the kirg .1 am c hirtit wai st oot o' my seat ; When amid, tae the ingle Ineedna gae ben, If Kate an' her crinoline ' s on the fire-en'. Khan a lad wi' a lassie foregethers yenoo, It's no her bricht een, or her rosie wee mou', Her snod cockernony, waist jimry an' fine, That first tak's his e'e—it's the big crinoline! Tee say that he likes it would jist be a le e But ye ken that the big thing attracts aye the wee— r heart an' her held, A n ' the lass tha t cares nocht ' bo ut he Tak's car e that her crinoline's s p read abreed. weel An . „y, if dame Nature wad gi'e at her birth, Tae ilka wee lassie that's born on the yirth, bouk o' her ain, that grew bigger ilk year, Ye'd no be sae prood a' the giltia I fear. HEALTH OF LONDON. (From the Registrar-General's Weekly _Return) The deaths i❑ London dec - Cned to 1,250 in the week that ended Saturday. Till last week the num ber has not fallen below 1,300 in any week of the present year; and the deaths returned last week aro fewer than they were in any previous week during a period of more than six months, namely, since Oc tober in last year. The average number of deaths, as derived from the returns of weeks (in 1853-62) nearly corres ponding - with last week is, with a correction for in creasing population, 1,219. The mortality of last week was therefore still above the average, but the excess was not more than 40 deaths. 'The births in last week exceeded the deaths by 629. There were 68 deaths in the week from small pox. During the last seven weeks the mortality from this disease has shown little fluctuation. The sub-districts in which fatal cases of small-pox were most numerous last week, are the following :—St. Margaret, Westminster, which returned 3; the Rectory, Marylebone, where there were 3 ; Camden Town, 3; Islington, East, 4; and St. Peter. Wal worth, 5. While the deaths from measles declined to 37, those from scarlatina rose to 94. The latter com plaint was very fatal in Islington and Clerkenwell ; and in St. Botolph, where there were five deaths from it. A remarkable case of longevity is recorded which should be authenticatbd, if possible, by a reference to the parish register of baptisms, or other evidence in , a hich confidence can be placed. An in-pensioner of Chelsea Hospital is stated to have died on the 19th instant at the age of 109 years. A man, aged 28 years, died in King's College Hospital, under " chloroform properly adminis tered." (Inquest.) Last week the births of 961 boys and 927 girls, in all 1,888 children, were registered in London. In the ten corresponding weeks of the years 1853 62 the average number (corrected) was 1,902. At the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, the mean height of the barometer in the week waa 29.813 in. The barometrical reading fell to 29.67 in. on Sunday, rose to 30.04 in. on Thursday, and fell to 29.68 in. on Saturday. The mean tem perature of the air in the week was 48.3 deg., which is 5.2 deg. below the average of the same week in 43 years (as determined by Mr. Glaisher). The mean daily temperature was below the average on every day after Sunday; and on four days the deficiency was from 6to 9 degs. The thermometer in the sun rose to 105 deg. on Monday and Saturday. In the shade the highest day tempe rature was 66.5 deg. on Monday. Tie lowest night temperature, 35.7 deg. on Saturday. The range of temperature was, therefore, 30.8 deg. The mean daily range was 16.8 deg. The range on Saturday was as much as 26.4 deg. The difference between the mean dew point temperature and air temperature was 4.9. The mean degree of humidity of the air was 83, complete saturation being repre sented by 100. The wind was the south-west on Sunday, but afterwards blew from the north-east. Rainfall was 0.73 in., nearly all of which fell on Tuesday and Wednesday. The mean of the highest temperatures of the water of the Thames was 57.2 deg;. ; that of the lowest was 55 deg. BOROUGH HOP. A moderate business is passing in most kinds of hops, and prices rule firm, Full average supplies of foreign pro duce are on offer. AVHITECHAPEL. The supply of meat is only moderate. and the trade rules firm, at the subjoined currency . Beef, from 2s 8d to 4s Oct ; mutton, 3s 4d to 4s 4d; lamb, 5s Od to 6s Od ; veal, 3s 61 to 4s 6d ; and pork, 3s 6d to 48 4d per 81bs by the carcase. Full benefit of reduced duty obtained by pur chasing Horniman's pure Tea; very choice at 3s 4d. and 4s. " High Standard "at 4s. 4d. (formerly 4s. Bd.), is the strongest and most delicious imported. Agents in every town supply it in packets. SINGULAR FATAL ACCIDENT.--On Saturday, Mr. Edward Derbyshire, farmer and omnibus proprie tor, of :Raton, went quail shooting with a friend. As they were returning at 8 o'clock in the evening they passed through the churchyard, and stopped to listen to the and at full cock, on the ground. A f avour i te d og w hi c h h ri e n ringers. Mr. d s h D im er w by a s s h f i r r o e li r c e k s i t n ed his with g.Thedog j umpe d aga i ns t gun, which was loaded his master, and it is supposed one of th e d og ' s feet k noc k e d aga nst the trigger, causing it to e xp l o d e. The c h ar ge lodged in Mr. Derbyshire's neck, and d eath was instan taneous.—. Manchester Guardian. Extraordinary and Mysterious Death; The neighbourhood of Millwall was on Monday fast thrown into a state of the greatest excitewen in consequence of the discovery, in the back room of a small house, of the body of a woman lying in a pool of blood, with her throat cut from ear to ear. A rope was also found by her side, and her neck bore strong marks of strangulation as if a rope had been used for that purpose. On examination it also appeared that the throat had been cut from right to left, showing that unless the deceased bad been left-handed it was at least improbable that the wound was self-inflicted. On the discovery of the body search was made through the house, and in the yard the deceased's children, who were all of a tender age, were found locked out, On further inquiry it was found that the unfortunate deceased was the wifo of John Brown, a foreman ship wright at Messrs. Snook's yard, Millwall, and that for some time past the deceased and her husband had led a most unhappy life arising from intemper ance on her part, and intemperance, coupled with the most extreme violence, on his. It is also rumoured that a third party, a young and handsome woman, had taken some trouble to induce the unfortunate deceased to drink, and when intoxicated had fetched the husband and shown him the state his wife was in. On other occasions great violence is said to have occurred, even to the extent of several stabs having been inflicted on the deceased, but no complaint to a magistrate was made, as the deceased refused to give any evidence which might criminate her husband. The husband's account of the matter is, that he left his house, 12, Thomas-street, Westferry -road, Millwall, on Monday morning, at nine o'clock, after having had a serious quarrel with his wile, during which he had informed her that it was his intention to leave her, and did not see her again until she was discovered by her son. On examina Lion of the body by Dz.lll..Audrews, of 6, Limekiln- Limehouse, it was found that there were seve ral stabs on the body, which must have been inflicted bout a week previous, and that although there were signs of strangulation, yet death must have resulted from the cut in the throat. From inquiries instituted on the spot it appears that John Brown, the husband of the deceased, has been dismissed fLom the Messrs. Snook's employ ment, and that the greatest excitement still exists in the neighbourhood, crowds congregating round the house and discussing the act committed, with the rumours current concerning it. It would appear that the poor woman's death could not have been immediate, as the floor of the room was literally co vered with her blood, having the appearance, as the police described it, of a slaughter-house. The man's own account of the discovery of the body of his wife is that he came home at 1 p.m., and, not finding her, sent his eldest son to seek her ; that he being unsuccessful, he (the father directed him to go to the top of the house, where she was discovered; a razor was also found, which he (the husband) at once smashed, cursing it as the instrument which had done the deed. The body is now in possession of Mr. Mills, the coroner's officer, and tho police have charge of the rope and the razor which were found in the room. PICCADILLY,—In Aggas's map of Londo d n as " the road to Reading," which is apt, fir in 1594, the present Piccadilly at edition give the idea that it was a sort of topographical ee that it us reflection, we s Dur ing Mayor's spelling, but, on calm Berkshire paradise. i : no a t i t I ct ' u a Y or denotes the road leading to that eal. is simply London, drawn tion of Piccadilly—a circumstance but in the time of the ing the reigns of Elizabeth and - thing to mention; crops up for the that there was n., Piccadilly name of (3 where, however, fo fi r n b d y n t o he m f e a n ci first time as a gambling a cause of much ness of visitors did notiries arose a cause in which the pub boll' in e j xac aame t e l n in ted n r ient gambols. " no effects," for it is unsettled con lie has returned How the name a verdictsay it comes from pickadilla, a flower to this day' wild on the banks and hedges about there ; but contention amongr which grow ^"-- fians,---bas been th i s sug gestion seems as wild as the flower, and we decline to draw on those banks for the derivation. The generally-received opinion, however, is that the name originated in piccadil, a kind of starched collar or ruff, without which no gentle man's toilet in the reign of Charles I. was complete, and much worn by the frequenters of Piccadilly -house ; this, perhaps, accounts for their choleric propensities, duels being often sought there. Considering their love of gain • bling, we cannot be surprised to find these gentry with ruffs. A tailor named noggins, who was celebrated for making these, built th e h ouse, and, in the nick of time, this lace received the ni c k name of Piccadilly.—Fun, 13 CRICKET.—'IHE ALL ENGLAND ELEVEN AGAINST THE UNITED ALL ENGLAND ELEVEN.—The contest be tween these two great elevens was resumed yesterday morn ing, at Lord's ground, soon after 12 o'clock, and the result was looked forward to with much interest, there being pre sent on the ground no less than 5,000 spectators. All Eng land in their second innings had to go in against 167, but, although H. H. Stephenson, Tarrant, Hayward, Daft, and Parr showed much skill, the United defeated them by 70 runs, the total oniy reaching 97. Mintprice £1 sterling. On The quotation of gold at Paris is about >t per mule pai n sad the short exchange on London is 25. 20 p er comparing these rates with the English 17s. lOid per ounce for standard gold, it appears that gold it n arly 1-10th per cent. dearer in London.than in par ts. , Tlattl) EDITION SUN O FFICE, SEVEN O'CLOCK. SPORTING INTE LLIGENCE.--This Day. MANCHESTER RACs___THIS DAY. BY ELECTRIC TELEGq t4pn. CHESTERFIELD STAKES. Twilight • ..... 1 Paddy O'R our k e ......... ........... 2 WYnnstaY .... .................................... Five ran. SAPLING STAKES. Fisherman's Daughter The Cure filly Calliope colt • Eight ran. TRIAL STAKES. Twilight Flytrap 1 THE UNION CUP. Dictator Borealis Comet Twelve ran. THE ELECTIONS IN FRANCE. The following is the full text of the article in the Constitutionnel, signed Paulin Limayrac, a sum mary of whicn has already appeared : " When a Government has succeeded to a series of other Governments whose adherents have been deprived of their posts or of their influence, it is a natural conso- quence that all individual malcontents feel inclined to coalesce against it. As each cannot inform the public of the secret of his regrets and of his disappointments, he invokes great principles and broad reasons, and all en deavour to deceive the electors by a display of fine doctrines and of noble sentiments. Liberty is a sonorous word, which lends itself to everything. The emigres both ' within and without, who have learnt nothing by experi ence, and who imagine that all the past has been forgotten —the men of 1815, of 1830, and of 1848, the enemies of all liberty in the past as well as the enemies of all order in ; the present, cling without a blush to that grand word. They clamour loud for liberty, as if France ever could be a slave. But let us pass over these outbursts of ridiculous professions of faith, In what is actually taking place there is a great fact upon which we congratulate the Government; it is that henceforth all equivocation is at an end. Hitherto, former parties had confined themselves to attempting to undermine the ruling power by those under hand intrigues in which they excel. Working their way into the centre of the Administration, by means of their former relations, they endeavoured by a thousand petty arts to vitiate the principle of the Government in attack ing it in the detail of its management. The tendencies of a popular and vigorous Government, full of sap and energy, full of love for the masses which created it, full of devotion, it, i vp w opt e ei r do e n i o ,n f c t t oo e r n i distortedhs b a y pt o w l n s t a e s s n u g o nd o f o sympathy for th e p opu l ar c l asses who were the first to h a i I de a r n b t o yh t h e e f r a l s stea instillingms e p m , t bh w lea nhpooc poison o a on d f of bygone influences. In their ignorance of this under mining work, public opinion was often astonished at acts and occurrences opposed to the interests of the Government. ' How comes it,' has often been said in the provinces, ' that Mr. So-and-So, a known enemy of the Government, has so much influence upon the resolutions of the Administration? Behold functionaries appointed and dismissed by his in fluence— such a favour granted or declined at his bidding.' It was enough to puzzle and mislead public opinion, Many devoted friend- of the Government became alarmed at these intrigues. Bat others, on the contrary, approving an d justifying this state of things, from an interest of concilia tion, turned these petty acts of treason into a State doctrine. Thanks to Providence and the mistakes of former factions, all this will be put a stop to. Urged by their impatience, one by a sort of frenzy, they unmask themselves before the Government and the country. The enemies of universal suffrage, they attack it. Under the leadership of men older in ideas even than in years, they attempt to storm the Government with their ancient weapons and worn-out ar mour. All these follies of old age will encounter the fate all such follies meet with. Bat what a great service will they not render to the Government in putting an end to the system of equivocation, by unmasking false friends, by showing up false devotion and false services I Placed face to face with declared enemies, the task of the Government will be free from all the obstacles which impeded its action, and the genius of the Empire will be strengthened in pro portion to what the spirit of intrigue will have lost." THE POLISH QUESTION. The following is the text of the despatch sent by the Government of the Netherlands to its Minister at St. Petersburg relative to the Polish question : "The Hague, April 28th, 1863. I" Monsieur le Baron,—The events which are actually taking place in Poland have created a sensation throughout all Europe. Various Governments, fearing more serious complications, have addressed themselves to the Govern , . ment of his Majesty the Emperor Alexander, appealing to the magnanimity and benevolence of which his Majesty has given so many striking proofs during the whole course of his reign. The Government of his Majesty the King of the Netherlands has received communication of the Notes which have been presented to that effect to his Excellency Prince Gortschakoff by the reprmentatives of the Courts of France and of England, and it entertains the conviction that they were only dictated by the interest which every friendiy Government must take in the prosperity of the, reign of the Emperor Alexander. The relations of friend_ ship which have always happily subsisted between the Cabi net of St. Petersburg and that of the Hague impose upon us the du y, M. le Baron, of acquiescing in the requests of the Cabinets of Paris and of London to communicate to that of his Majesty the Emperor the views of the Government of the King as regards the painful events in which all mankind takes an interest. We think we cannot better explain those views than by asso ciating ourselves to the ideas suggested to the Govern ment of his Majesty the Emperor of the French by the state of affairs in Poland, and taking our grcund upon the spirit of conciliation which animates us, we flatter ourselves that this step will be fully appreciated by the Go vernment of his Majesty the Emperor Alexander. The Cabinet of the Hague has thought it advisable not to de lay making 'his communication, which is a new proof of the good relations existing between the two Courts. The recognised benevolence of his Majesty the Emperor Alexan der gives us the certainty that these considerations will be agreeable to the Cabinet of St. Petersburg at a moment when, in his high wisdom, his Majesty purposes taking measures necessary to assure the happiness and the pro sperity of his subjects. "You are requested, M. le Baron, to read this despatch to his Excellency Prince Gortschakoff, and, if requisite, to leave him a copy of it.-1 am, &c., " P. VAN DER MAESEN DE SolumErr." The Memorial Diplomatique publishes the fol lowing as the substance of an autograph letter ad, dressed by the Pope to the Emperor of Russia. The full text has not yet been published "According to information we have received from ?IF p r i va te sources, the letter of the Sovereign Pontiff, Prince wl!'en bears the date of 1 6 th of April , was presented to T a i ll s n a t t f h at ehv evils which have duties solel Gortschskoff a few days after the Notes of the thr e ee d, P A o ff w a e ir rs, through the intermedium of the Aus Charg . es representative a e o favour duty of y his to doso children, was t plunged hmore informed, Pius IX. says in this letter, which is elaborately —the Hely . Father, e th r, e as it t i s o f Russia. known, I fhwaeviareng rightfullya n official written, that considering the terrible spectacle now offered a ar p e rey to to te all the evils oon. . m h o 8 sacredattributed if, as Father of the great Christian community, he did by Poland, he should be wanting in h sv is h Binne not raise u e nr thea tis upon deepesti'P : h:i f w r hva t oir u mmi. cn, misery, e t e e r y I) , e and e t fb o ai lal t ed h ni e n tg ß ti a u ut ssian Government itself, now be y the promises contracted by treaties; therefore,ehas never kept the example of his venerable predecessor he followed who, in the secret consistory Gregory XVI , dressed to the Sacred Cone e of the 22d July, 1840, ad the odious persecution theng explicit allocution on Poland, in which that Sovereign suffered by the Church in of the Concordat of 1847, etrheign Pontiff reminded the Czar never been observed. Ills e prescriptions of which have to the sentiments of Holiness concludes by appealing of the Emperor humanity,Alexander, of justice, and of clemency length to the Catholicser, and urges him to restore at of Poland freedom of religion and of their faith as the only eans likely to put a term to the actual troubles, t o stop the m effusion of blood, and to effect a reconciliation between the Poles and the Russian Govern ment." Vifd WRECKreo OF THE VIFREDO STEAMER. —Letters received yesterd a y f rom Lloyd's agent at iireaford report the tot a l l oss o f a l arge iron-built scre w steamer the Vifredo, Captain Arnat, t ra ding between Liverpool and Spain. The shipwreck took place on Friday night last, to the eastward of the Saltees Islands, off the coast of Ireland. The Vifredo left Barcelona on the sth inst., and afterw Baron ds put into Corunna, where she took a q uantity of t board, besides about £12,000 of silver ore. When disco eeinifna the tthwo e o bot s all a e t o s af . disco vered ashore she was lying on what is called the Brandy or Barrel Rock, three miles east of Saltees. A passing steamer offered to render her assistance, but Captain Arnat declined although he allowed two or three head of cattle leg to fot b L e wo ta inil k d en ot: Pi i . comea, Early lives re r st h i nw e efenortlel slidol w o si loaf, o g affstt morning hhee mr o ecnks escaped lin e :: oa b yp r ed o fid, broke off. The Vifredo's crew numbered, besides,h c e a r r ocers, 31 hands. a h y a t n ithenight h t tmosto take a valuable k e im n i e part d i at e of e t e the e The vessel has become a total wreck, but there are e• S h V e a r t e f r o , re recovered by divers. An agent from the silver ore. toward s saving otnatimonosndt 8.4.0 [916.4 Share 13.14.