The Sun. — London, England, 1857-11-24 00:00:00

t(I . T •14 INTTELLIGENCE. CITY, Two o'CLocK. The Liverpool Cotton Market yesterday closed with a steady appearance, and prices were well maintained. The sales were estimated at 5,000 bales, 1,090 of which were taken for export, and 500 on speculation. The Railway Share Market closet quietly, and values of all the leading stocks are alint•st nominal. There is very little animation in the Colonial pro duce, but, as there are no additional failures, and rather less difficulty is experienced in getting dis counts, the business of the week has commenced with betterprospects. The sales advertised are riot very numerous. Sugaris dull, but the holders refuse to accept the terms offered. The stock of this article on the 21st inst., was 60,742 against 42,091, at the same period in 1856. The value of most other articles has undergoue little alteration, but the operations are so limited that the prices are little better than nominal. Tallow is firmer, P. Y. C. being 48s. 6d. on the spot. The Bank of France appears to have recom menced its purchases of gold, and although that metal commands a high premium, the operation May be attended with profit, when the accommoda tion to the commercial public, which can be based on any additional supply, will yield 8,9, and 10 per cent. The total stock of bullion in the Ba.uk's coffers is now supposed to be about 1921 millions of francs, the augmentation during the last few days, and which chiefly consisted of 5- franc pieces, being about 3 million francs. The Council took into consideration yesterday an appli cation for an advance to some of the railway com panies upon the security of their obligations. There is very little doing in the silver market, and the purchases on the Continent continue on a limited scale. Bara are quoted ss. lid. per ounce standard. It is expected that the steamer on the 4th proximo will take , int a very small amount. The Tagus from the Peninsula has brought 8 ,7321. in specie. _ . _ The applications for discount at the Bank of England are not of that pressing character which was apparent last week, but the demand is never theless sufficiently active to keep the market in a stringent condition. In Lombard-street the busi ness trausacted is comparatively small, but even there a greater willingness is shown to negotiate approved bills. •A further addition was made to the Bank's stock of bullion yesterday, 150,0001. in Australian, Rus sian, and other gold having been sold to autho rities. r During the last ten days about three quarters of a million. sterling have been thus dis posed of, and the next balance-sheet will probably show an improvement in this department. A large and influential house connected with the trade of Hamburg is stated to ,be in difficulties. Their liabilities are considerable. The English Stock Market has been rather firmer to-day, but the transactions have been on a limited Scale. A better tone has been occasioned by the sales of gold to the Bank and the improved f eeling in commercial circles. The near approach of the period when Parliament is to as semble, however, deters many from operating Who otherwise would specnlab for an advance. Consols for transfer have been 891 4 for money, and 891 90 for account. The present quotations are 89Z,- 90 and 90 to 90k respectively. The New Threes are 881 89 ; the Reduced, 83 The New 2i per Cents., 741 ; and Long Annuities, 115-16. Exchequer Bills are 13s. to 7s. dis. ; ditto Bonds', 9 71 ; and Bank Stock, 212 214. Poreigu Stocks are very inactive, and prices are generally firm. Turkish 6 per Cents. are 87i ; Ditto 4 per Cents. 971 ; Brazilian 5 per Cents. 98; Ditto 4i per Cents. 97 ; Chilian 6 per Cents. 102 ; Russian 5 per Cents. 1051 106 ; Spanish New De ferred 25k ; and Dutch 4 per Cents., 96k. The following are the nominal prices of Foreign Stocks :—Grenada Deferred Bonds, 5 to 6 ; Mesi -3; isa ; Peruvian 4 'per Cents., 74 76 ; ditto per Cents., ; .Portuguese 3 per Cents., 42 43 i ; Russian 5 per Cents., 104 106 ; Ditto 4k Per Cents., 1 ; Spanish 3 per Cents., 40 3 / 4 41 ; ditto Deferred, 25 251. In the 'very Railway Share Market business has b!en quiet, wit's a slight downward tendency in prices for Borne of the principal lines. Caledonian, Eastern Counties, Lancashire and Yorkshire, and North-w estern, Briti s h declined ss . ; an d B r i g ht on 1/. ; ''3tth-Western, South-Western, and So uth-East -6_lll i mproved ab ou t 10 s . Th e F ore i gn li ne s are saltnost neglectel Dutch Rhenish declined about 8. 111 the Colonial undertakings there was a Bli g ht improvem en t. East Indian advanced 10s. ; Gra nd Trunk of Canada, 103.; and Great Indian Peninsula, ss. Mining Shares are quiet. Wheal Edwards are quoted 71 ; Soitri lge Consols, 2i ; and Par Con sols, 191. Joint -Stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares aro rather firmer. London Joint-Stock improved 1/. ; London and Westminster, 2/. ; and Union of Lon don, 1/. Royal Mail Steam have improved 10s. tit (TIM' FUNDS.—CLOSING PRICES--THIS DAY. (From he Official Lislel B Businerr dome. ank Stock 3 per , ;(!nt. Reduced Annuities BBi / 9 3 per 4;e tit Consols .9.2lll , liiieS / 90 89/ Now 3 per Cent. Annuiti es BSi 98 9 Now 2i per Cent. Annuities Lout , Annuities, expire sth Jan. 1860... 1 15-16 • Ditto 30 Years, expire sth Jan., 1865 2 3-16 Ditto 30 Years, expire Eth April, 18V5 l7 3-16 o.s sots for Account Ex •t -, 20. 51000 7 d 8 nail. . . „... • Exchequer Bonds, 1858, 36 per Cent, — Ditto, 1639 PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS—TFIIS DAY. Brazilian 5 per Cent. D itto 1852, 4A per Cent. 7 • Chilian Botids 6 per Cent. Porturruese Bonds, 5 per Cent., Con. 1841 Ditto 1853, 3 per Cent 431 2i 3 Rusiinn Bonds, 1622, i.: St., 5 per Cent — Ditto Account Ditto New Dsferred, 3 per Con`. Ditto Account 2sk Sp.miali Committee Cart. of Cotp. not fuu. 51 Turkith, f!ouds, is por cent B7O. 1 Ditto Account B7s i 1 Ditto Guaranteed, 4 per Cent. . Ditto Account 97A Dividends on the above payable in London. Dutch Facl:ange, 2? . , , per Con;,, 12 Guilders Do. 4 per Cent. Certificates TIMER O'CLOCK. • ConsAß, m ousy B9i 90,1 Ditto account (D ecem b er 7) MATIKET fiEV-is.—(Tins Day.) HAY M ARKETS. SMITHFIELD.—Meadow hay, 21 lOs to 4 7 Os; clover, 31 10s to 51 OA ; and 'straw, 1/ 5s to 1/ lOs per load , A moderate supply, and a sluggish demand. CUMBERLAND. —Meadow hay, 2/ 83 to 4/ 0,, clover, a/ N to 5/ N ; and straw. 11 4s to 11 10s per load, Supply moderate, and trade dull. WILITECEIAPEL.—Meudow hay, 21 to 4► Oe ; clover, Si 8s to 5/ Os ; and straw. 1/ 44 to 11 9.4 per load A. slow inquiry, at barely stationary prices. MI tr , - - s-F. - 1 COLONIAL. TRA.—Th—e'Clemand continues very limited. A fow t ransactions, however, have taken place in common con gnu at is per lb. short prompt. I.IGAR.—The market is inactive, and but few dealings have been rewrted. Previous rates are barely supported. In the refined market prices are steady, owing to the r_a t elt n Y e e_f dried goods. Prices ranged from 42s to 48s, iieotipvil3_ . b,acloes 283 to 36s per cwt. h: • Ile market continues steady. Plantation Ceylon realises full 1 i Y l a to rates. RICE. -There ration whatever caanvl7Yeperted in prices. little business doing, and no alte- FRUlT.—New,csuor.rapenertrs have been active, and at rather easier rates, viz. attratly, at ds per cwt. cwt. Good Valentia raisins are SALTPETRE.- The roa,ket &veil' quiet. fined is now quoted at 45s to English r,:- TALLOW.—Rather more firmandeFFiseawppt'arent in the mar- Australianket. P Y.C. on the spot, 48s w, I.o73adryptuerMewartc.l44os; beef, 45s ; town tab() of ROA7;77e'liing creditors H ay F urnaces, was held on Saturday at wolver ; - hampton, when a composition of 139. in the pou n d was proposed, payable either under the in9pecCen of trus tees to whom the estate should be conveyed, or in three instalments at four, eight, and twelve m on th s respectively, with a guarantee. After a long discussion the meeting will adjourned to the Bth of December. The liabilities were stated• to be 76,7741., and the floral 'll%l meta 54,7054 This Day. -~-- RAILWAYS. RAILWAYS. AmbF.T. Nottng. Bost. & Eastn. Juno...—. Belfast & Ballymena Birmng. Wolvorh. 6 Sour Va11ey......... rkenhd. Lancsh. di l rinesliiro Junet...... B7ackburn Blyth & Tyne original (iss. at .C 45)... Bristol Az Exeter...... ..... Chester tz Holyhead ,Cork and Bandon.... Cork, Black. & Pass Cornwall D. A Do. B Dnblin&Belfastinne Dun. P. &Abel Tune. East Anglian ..... Eastern Counties..... EasternUnion,A.stk Do., do. 8.... ....... Do. New A ............ ita 100 an 4 East Kent ..., East lAncashire East Suffolk Do. 100 Edinburgh & Glasgow all Edinb. and Peebles 100 ;Edinb. Pith. &Dunde, all IForthand ClydeJunc. 100 ;Furness . . . .. . . 100 ;Glasgow 4;B:Western all ;Great N. of Scotland 100 ;Great Northern 100 Do., A. Stock 100 Do., B. Stock ..... ,100 Gt. Sth. &West. (Iro. ) 1 100 :Great Western.... St. 1 100 Do. Str.V.R. gna. St 12 all Trish South-Eastern. 5C , all !Lancaster &Carlisle. 161, 141 Do., Th:tds 161 12 Do. New Thirds St. 100 Lancash. eaorkshir , 16 6 Do., do. F 116 3 Do., Wst. Riding lJn 20 all Do. Southport...... I.li all London & Blackwal' i St. 100 Lond.Bright.&S.Cst St. 100. London &N. Weston, 20 all Do. Fifths 10 all 12i 100 all all 100 1 1 100 St. 100 50 34 St. 100 St. 100 St. 100 Itlt. 100 St. 100 25 all 25 16i 50 all St 100 St. 100 10 !31.1 20 20 10 . 20 10 St. St. Do. JO/. 5ii..M&8...0 Do. Eighths London & S.Wasten Lndndrry.&Colerainf Lndndrry. & Ennisk. Man eh . She f. &Lincln. Metropolitan Do. J. L Ricardo's arrangement Midland Do. Firming. & Derby Midland G. West.(lr.) Do. Shares Newcastle & Carlisle.. Newpt.Aberg.&Hrfd Newry & Enniskillen Newry, Warrenpoint & Rostrovor Norfolk. Northn. Counties Un North 'British ...... North Devon, Rail. & Dock Stock ..... Do., A Stock Do., B Stock Nr. Eastern Berwick Do. do. Extension Do do. G.N.E.Purch. Do. Leeds Do. York North London N. & S. Wstn., Kamp- I stead, and City Jn North Staffordshire 1 North Western.. N. d< S. Westrn. June Oxford -Worcester it Wolverhampton., Portsmouth Rhymney Scottish Central ... Scot. N.E.Abrdn . St Shropshire Union Sitipgbourne itz Sheer South Devon South Eastern Do. 4 per.: Shares South ..... rorksh. RiverDuu 100 100 100 6 100 1100 all 100 all Staines,Wok.,&Wok. Stockton & Do. do., 1854 Do. do., 1855 Stockton & Hartlepl Taff Vale._ Do. &ref. , No. Thames Hay. D. &R. Vale of Neath ...... Waterfd. & Kilkennyl Waterford&Liraerick West Coinwall.. West End of London and Crystal Palace., Do. A Do. B West London Do. First Class Do. Second Class Wmbledon &Croydon Closing Price this day, 41 - 5 8 - 8. 62i - 63 ••• •.. 8,1 - 9 82 - 84 73i - 74 29 31 7 - 9 • . •• -- 3 - 5 17 - 18 51 - 52 42 - 44 27 - 30 17 - 18 85 - 83 5i ---- 5 g - ii 88 - 90 9 - 10 91 - 92 79 - 81 L2l - 12 96 - 98 47f -48 j 55 - 60 72 - 76 7 -8; 7 - 8 88i - 89 i - i 54 - 101 - 103 931 - 98 13ct lu 85 Sti 354 801 - 81 . 54 - 56 i - 13 54 - 57 St - 3 ; 4 - 47 - 50 - 2i - 474 - 77j - 78 92 - 9.5 **4 il 28 29 8 6d 102 104 21,3 - 224 68 70 4 3 d 3 33 604 614 78 FO 12 14 8 G d 9 11 36 38 191. - 20 7 - 9 el BRITISH POSSESSIONS. Atian. and St. Law. Bombay, Baroda, and Cen.lnd,guar.sp.c. d par Do. Buffalo & Lake Hur. 8 7 d Buff. , Brnt.'& God ch. t p.c. bds. , 1 Aug.,'7 2 f"' "• Do. do., 1 July, '73 ... Do. do., 1 June,'74 Calcutta and S. East. Central Oude (Lim.) Ceylon A shares Do. B. do. Demerara. i"; 103 - 101 Eastern Bengal , East Indian Do. C Shares D 0.4 A p.c.Buds.,'s7 Do. do. do., '59, do. Geelong & elbourne guar. 5 per cent Gd. Trunk. of Canada, Do. 6 p. c. Deben 1 Gt. In. Pen. g. 5 pore Do. New. guar, 5 p.c Gt. Westn. of Canada Do. New Do. Bds., payable '57 ... Do. do., '76, p. '6O ICO 105 Do. do., '73, do. Do. do., '73, without option 99 101 Madras, guar. 4i p.c lB 19 Do. do., 5 per c. Do. 4i p. c. Exton 1 1 Do. 3d Ex., g. sp.c j d par, Do. 4th Ex., do. Oudo (Limited) &bade, guar. 5 per c, id Do -19 f 34 35 66 fis 20i —20 i: - P! 17i —17 i 3i - 1p Business dons this day. 18 20 100 100 100, 20 20 20 20 LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, NOVEYMER 24, 1857. LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. Sir. Paid RAILWAYS. Leasing Closing Prices Rosiness Companies. this day this day St. 100 Buckghamsh. Ln.&N.W. 90 92 90} St. 100 ClydesdaleJc. CaWort_ 93 95 25 all Col.Stour Vy. E.U.&E.O 12 14 SA. 100 E.Lin. g. 6 p.c Gt.Northn 127 130 5 all E. Un. H. Sh. E. Count. 34 —3/ St. 100 Glas. Barr. & 6'aldonian. Neils. Direct. ••• St. 100 Do. New Do • ••• 25 all Glstr.&Dn.Fr. G'..Westu — 50 all Hull a Selby. V. & N.M lO4 106 25 all Do. Shares. Do 12i all Do. 1 Shares. Do • ••• 12/ all Lon.&Greenw S.Eastorn l2 13 20 all Do.Preferenco Do 22. —23 i St. 100 Lon. Til., &S. Peto &Co B9 91 10 9.} Do. Bark. Sh. Do 1 1 5i all Manch.Bxton. Ln.&N.W and Matlock & Midld 2/ 2} St. 100 Mdld.Bradf.l. Midland B9 91 61 54 Newmarket BuryE.G.spc. E. Count id 41 1 50 all N. & Est.s p.c. Do 5l 56 50 all Do. 6 per ct.. Do 50 I all Do.Fixedsp.c Do 25 all Prest. & Wyre L. & 11. W ... 12. j all Do. Stirs. Do — St. 100 Boys:m.4oEL Gt.Northn 125 130 10 all Shrews.& Her T. Brassey 7i 8 12 all S. Staffordsh— M. MCI oan 85 9 50 all IWearVal.g6pc Stk.dtDar, 25 all iDo. St. 100 iWilts&Somrst Gt.Westn PREFERENCE SHA.RE3. St. 100 1.00 100 100 100 100 100 89 - 91 90 - 95 sk-• 6 105 - 110 108 - 115 104 - 107 102 - 105 119 - 122 65 -- Ci 102 118 k CRIMINAL CO CJR,T.—(Thi3 Day. ) (Before the Recorder.) John Colbrath, a most determined-looking young man, was charged with unlawfully cutting and wounding Charles Aldons, with intent to do grievous bodily harm. Mr. Poland appeared for the prosecution. The prosecutor is an out-warder in the Coldbath fields Prison ; the prisoner was an inmate under sen tence from Clsrkenwell Sessions. On the morning of the 11th Nov. the prosecutor was engaged watching the prisoners as they loft their cslis, to prevent their speaking to each other. At this time of day the prisoners bad to bring out the utensils left in the cell for their use, which was a heavy vessel, bound with iron at the rim. The prisoner bad this vessel in his band, and as he passed the . prosecutor, he raised his arm and struck him a tremendous blow on the forehead with it. The effect of the blow was to cut through the leathern front of a cap the prisoner was wearing at the time, and to inflict a very severe wound and but for the circumstance of having the cap on at the time,the prosecutor's skull would, in all probability, have been fractured ; as it was he was so severely injured, that he had been unable to do his duty since the occurrence. The reason for the act appears to be that the prosecutor had reported the prisoner a few days before, and was ordered on bread and water for two days. The prisoner was found Guilty. The priSoner has been twice sentenced for felony, and had repeatedly threatened the officers with violence. The Recorder sentenced the prisoner to four years' penal servitude. John Kirby, a respectable-looking young man, pleaded guilty to forging cheques on the London and Westmins ter Bank, and Messrs. Deacon and Clo. OLD COURT. (Before the Common Sergeant.) MINT PROSECUTIONS. There were several cases of uttering counterfeit coin. In some of the cases the prisoners—old off3nders—were sentenced to six years' penal servitude. Scarcely have three weeks elapsed since last sessions, and there are 18 prisoners for trial at the present sessions charged with uttering counterfeit coin. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. (This Day.) MARLBOROUGH-STREET. A DRUNKENPUGILIST.—WiIIiatn Banks, a pugilist, was charged before Mr. Beadon with being drunk and creating a disturbance at Benjamin Caunt' , , the well known pugilist, and landlord of the Coach and Horses, St. Martin's-lane. Mr. Caunt stated that about eleven o'clock on the previous night the prisoner came into his house and called for something to drink. Seeing that he was very much in liquor he refused to serve him, and advised him to go home. The prisoner refused to do so, made use of very bad language, and said he had broken into his house once before, and stole a silver cup, and would do so again the first chance be got. The prisoner then beCame so violent, and made use of such beastly language, that he took him by the collar, put him out of the place, and gave him into custody. The prisoner pleaded intoxication as the cause of his so committing himself, and promised not to repeat the offence. _ _ _ Mr. Beadon told him he had better not, as it would be the worse for him. For the present offence he would fine prisoner 53,, or commit him in default to seven days. lier, fiolemn ohE.Tquiee; were a time at, ITo , :rc; and with 1.. h The Vika voliaue.opei,l3 with rious and so close together, of the Due an.; Du h a e de Bourgoyne, which cast a shadow over even t . lat heartless circle, and which the King himself felt severely. They were the bright exceptions to the rest of the Royal family, and the nation built hrpes on the young duke, who was the heir to the throne of his grandtailer.• His wife, Adelaide of Savoy, though p )litic and less highminded than the Duke, had won the hearts of the King and Madame de Maintenon, and they never recovered the gloom occasioned by her loss. St. Simon himself, who had been out of favour, was building on the in fluence of the Dauphin, with whom ho was on most intimate terms, and his sudden death clouded all his prospects. A similar misfortune betel h'm in the dealt of the Regent, M. D'Orleans, to whom he alone had been constant during the ill-will aga'nst him on account of the deaths of the Duke and Duchess. " For," says he, with an honourable independence which makes him an ex ception to the servility of the Count, " T thought that when we did not believe our friends guilty we ought not to desert them, but, on the contrary, to draw closer to them, as by honour bound, give the:n the consolation due from us, and show thus to the world our hatred of calumny." Unfortunately for him, the Duke died suddenly a few years after his accession to the regency, and St. Simon withdrew from the court altogether. The affairs of the Spa nish Court under Philip V. are also chronic!ed in these volume, and • the origin and downfal of the schemes of Law are related at length. We are glad to find Mr. St. John is not so prodigal of his notes and criticisms in these volumes as in the former. The translation will probably be. popular among English readers who wish to gain some knowledge of th's celebrated work. A Digest on Pure Family Bread. By E. Stevens, Sole Inventor of the Bread-Making Machine, Carnbr;dge-road. Stevens's bread-making machine is one of the most useful and valuable agents in the service of our Domestic Reform—proving tlrAt sanitary laws may be most advantageously applied t , ) the high ways and byways of the grand " Intestinal Canal," as well as to the preservation and conservation of " Old Father Thames." The machine alluded to effects the manufacture of bread without the objectionable manipulatim which it usually undergoes from men's hands and arms—moreover--the bread manufactured has gained ample testimonials of being analytically proved wholesome and unadulterated. For years ,we have been accustomed to partake of this bread, and can honestly pronounce it to be at once an economical and nutritious article of food, alike de sirable for. the " large young family," and the fistidious dyspep'ic. :ayt t) •r ?!1,70 r)r a )i • - = soul i b.. supposed would ta se place w , re ;t p•-ssiole to cure a case of colour blindness.' The perftct freer]. >ss with which the pardon of all cur guilt is offered in God's book drew forth feelings of affec tionate love to Him who bought us with his blood, anda sense of deep obligation to Him, for His mercy has influenced, in some s nail measure, my.conduct ever since. But I shall not again refer to the inner ite which I Relieve then began, nor do I spiritual • • intend to sly-city with eny prominence the evan gelistic labours to which the love of Christ has since impelled me ; this book will speak not so much of what has been done, as of what still remains to be performed before the Gospel can be said to • be preached to all nations. • "In the glow of love which Christianity inspires, I soon resolved to devote my life to the alleviation of human misery. Turning this idea over in my mind, I felt that to be a pioneer of Christianity in China might lead to the material benefit of some ppr,ions of that immense empire ; and therefore set myself to obtain a medical education, in order to be qualified for that enterprise. " In recognising the plants pointed out in my first medical book, that extraordinary old work on astrological med'cine, Culpepper's "Herbal," I had the guidance of a book oa the plants of Lanark shire, by Patrick. Limi Led. as my time was, I found. opportunities to scour the w h o l e country Side, collecting samples.' Deep and anxious were my studies on the still deeper and more perplexing profundities of astrology, and I believe I got an f. , r into that abyss of fantasies as my author z-inicthe dared to lead rue. [t seemed perilous ground to tread on farther, for the dark hint seemed to my youthful mind t loom towards selling soul and body to the devil," as the price of the unfathomable knowledge of the stars. These excursions, often iu company with brothers, one now in Canada, and the other, a clergyman in the United States, gratified my intense love of nature ; and though we generally returned so unmercifully hungry and fatigued that the embryo person shed tearr, yet we discovered so many to us new and interesting things, that he was always as eager to join us next time as he was the last. " On one of these exploring tours we entered a limestone quarry—long before geology was so popu lhr as it is now. It is impossible to describe the delight and wonder with which I began to collect the shells found in- the carboniferous limestone which craps out in High Blantyre and Cambuslatig. A quarryman, seeing a Mile boy so engaged, looked with that pitying eye which the benevolent assume when viewing the insane. Addt easing him with, How ever did these shells come into these rocks I' When God made the rocks he made the shells in them,' was the damping reply. What a► ,deal of trouble geologists might have saved thetwelves .by adopting" the Turk-like philosophy of this Scotch man "My reading while at work was carried on by placing the book on a portion of the spinning-jenny, so that I could catch sentence after sentence as I passad at my work ; I thus kept up a pretty constant study undisturbed by ths roar of the machinery. To this part of my education I owe my preseut power of compleley abitractiug the mind from sur rounding noises, so as to read and write with perfect comfort amidst the play of children or near the dancing and songs of savages. The toil of cotton-; spinning, to which I was promoted in my nineteenth year, was excessively-severe on a slim, loose-jointed lad, but it was vrtli paid for ; and it enabled me to support myself while at'ending medical and Greek classes in Glasgoiv in winter, as also the divinity lectures of Dr. Wardlaw, by working with my hands in summer. I never received a farthing of aid from any one, and should have accomplished my project of 'going to China as a medical mis sionary in the course of time by my own efforts, had not acme friends advised my joining the Loudon Missionary Society, on account of its per fect u sectarian character. It sends nei titer Epis copacy, nor Pre-byterianisin, nor Indepsndency, but the Gospel of Christ to the heathen.' This exactly agreed with my ideas of what a missionary ought to do ; but it was not without a pang that I offered myself, for it was not quite agreeable to one accustomed to work his own way to become in a measure dependent on others. And I would not have been much put about though my offer had been rejected. " Looking back now on that life of toil, I can not but feel thankful that it formed such a mate rial part of my early education ; and, were it pos sible, I should like to begin life over again in the same lowly style, and to pass through the same hardy training." LIEUTENANT SALKELD.—At a meeting held at Stur minster Newton, in Dorsetehire, onTharsday afternoon, to express sympathy kith the sufferers iu India, and subscribe to the Indian Relief Fund, the chairman, Mr. Key Seymer, took occasion to remark that a Dereetehire man was the hero in the assault on Delhi, for Lieut , nant Salkeld, the son of a neighbour of his (the chairman's) was the first to enter the city. One of the speakers who followed, the Rev. G. F. St. John, stated that be believed his young friend, Philip Salkeld, the hero of Delhi, had la'd up 7001 in the Delhi bank, that he had scut means for a younger brother to bring him out to India, that he had always given 1001. a-year towards the education of his other younger brother ; and he not only lost by the plundering of the Delhi bank the whole of his savings and the whole of his income, but he actually lost his clothes and everything he paseeesed. The rev. speaker saw Mr. Salkeld, Lieu tenant Saleeld's father, on the previous day, and he was deeply affected by the late occurrences in India. Young Salkeld at the taking of Delhi having escaped across the ditch of 18 feet into which the soldier fell who jumped to save himself from being blown up, then, after he had scaled the wall, heard the cry of women ; in stantly he went back, saved the women, and it was into that very ditch he fell, being wounded by a ball. Re afterwards was stripped of Ins clothes by a marauding party, and had not a single farthing left to bring him back to England to cure him o' his wounds. MELANCHOLY AND FATAL ACCIDENT TO AN OFTICEE. —CANTERBURY, Moaday.—Last evening a sad accident occurred here to a rung cornet of the 7th Dragoon Guarde, of the name of Richard Charles - Ecbalaz, which has terminated in his death, which took place this teeming shortly after five o'cllck. It appears that the deceased, with Revere' other officers, went on a visit to Herne Bay. They were returning in the evening and hail reached the Sturry-road, about half a mile from the cavalry barraclue when they in. ere& -ed the speed at wlsich they were proceeding (they were on horseback). Here there is a turnpike gate, known as the Vaulaall-gate. They attempted to leap the gate, in which the first horse succeeded ; but the second, upon which the deceased was riding, missed, caught his fore legs in the top bar, anl went a complete summer 7 sault, falling with great force upon the unfortunate young man. At this moment, it is stated, a third horse dashed on to to the deceased, as he lay on the ground, and threw its rider, who narrowly escaped sustaining a very serious injury ; as it was, his head was injured, and he was very much shaken. Cornet Echalaz was removed to the bar racks almost in a lifeless state. The poor young' man lingered until this morning, when be expired. His friends are said to reside in the ne'ghbourbood of Warwick, where his father is a clergyman. An inquest was to have been opened on the body this afternoon, but it has been postponed at the suggestion of the military autliori tie.. DRAM OF PROFESSOR FLEMING —We learn with deep regret that Dr. John Fleming, the distinguished Profes sor of Natural Science in the Free Church College here, died on Wednesday at two o'clock, of a spasmodic com• plaint. He had been rather unwell for a few days, but his death was sudden and unexpected. He has long held a place in the first rank of British naturalists. From an early age he was a patient stud nt of nature, and an able and original observer, while he spared no . _ labour to store his mind with all that had been written on the science in this and other countries, He, pos sessed a vigorous intellect, was distrustful of specu lation, cautious and practical in his views. His " History of British Animals," and "Philosophy of Zoo -I,gy," though written 30 years ag', are stil standard hooks. lie was besides the author of a great variety of papers and treatises in the Et,cyclopre iia Britannica, the Edinburgh Philosophical Journal, and other publi cations. He had reached his 73 1 year, and until within a few days his activity seemed unaosted. Dr. Fleming was till 1834 minister of the parish of Flisk, in Fife shire, w hen he was appointed Professor of Natural Phi. losophy in King's College, Aberdeen. To the Profes sorship in the Free Church College he removed from Aberdeen in 1845.—Scotsman. THE DELHI PRINCES.—We have been favoured with the following extracts from the letter of a young officer to his friends in England. It is dated Dugshale, a place about 40 miles from Delhi, the 29th of September last : A few days ago Captain Hodgson (of ours) went out and captured the Sing, and brought him in a prisoner. He is at present confined in his own palace. A few days later he went out again, and came up with the King'd sons and grandson. He had only 100 native horsemen of his own regiment with him, and the enemy about 10,000, 3,000 of whom were fully armed Senor. Hodgson saw it was of no use attacking thew, so w b a: sent an emissary to tell the princes that the g up with them, and that they had better surrender,ae which they did after some time, andcamcaerrivapge with his to Hodg d son, who immediately surround the men. He sent for arms, and, a fter hesitating some time, these also were h the gaol Hodgson giveneari,Dgwith seven elephants and lots of stores. ordered the winces ouOtin:efFr,tbe vehicle ; they, imagining began (native-like) to talk, all was right for theinshe ,e.rde mi ghthee p b r - ok -n e i n ( q b e u i r ci y u l i n e t tc_ t_ th a e n i d r and say they hoped t conduct. Hodgson e• all their fine clothes. When ordered them to take off , this a done be said, Now get in again,' and ordered the w dr iver s to proceed. He then beckoned to one of his men, and asked for a carabine, and with his own hand :hot each and all of the three princes. 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Australasian... a 20 Lond.andWestminst, ... ... Al l 23t 3 20 all Nrth.of EuropoSteani ... —. . 35 National Pro. of Eng. a . ... 1 all Oriental Gas . New Shares i-- 1 1 ii 10 Do. New .............. . ... _ ... i i n it s r ui . L ai d . 4 .& 43 A ri t e in n i ta l. l 4 :1 2 .a I— 1 2 7 : 734 221 National Bank ..... . ~. ,„ Bank Corp. 34 . 50 10 Do. New . 103 GO 161)0: aoyal Mail Stea 5 6 p 541 16i -- 17 3 16 1 It a: Yin t. Austral, Invest, 21 1 213/ allr,l Oriental O Ne t t w onia South t h Wale sßank .. .. .. .. .. .. . t, 3 .. 4 ... ... Austral. c i.a lxi n s ci FO ---- 3 i 3 11 4 n e e w al of Ireland ... ... 51 1 P i liol : i l l 31 . s ') .Co. . .. :,•:, 1 all Submarine Tel. Scrip a all s• A l t & st G ri . Ll i i m a 1 all Do. Registered 6 7 Union of Australia... 47 4 - 9 47 i 8 1 21 Do. New 20 5 Trus. Ln. C o. Up. C 10 Union of London 59 UM ty Mutual ^... .- ..d 100 281, Van Dremen's Land.. 83 9a s ,Westrpß_t of Lond ... . 1 -. : .„cl, 113 115 107 - 109 100 - 102 60 - 62 10 - 10 -- - A 84 -- 86 80 -- 82 81 -- 83 94 -- 96 9 -- 15i -- 182 9i -- 1- C 6 -- 68 17i --18 9} -- 131 -- 134 130 - 135 110 - 113 1155 - 160 - Cu - f 3 128 - 130 93 - 83 - E 5 10 -7- ii 98 =NO 88 90 lt Lid 1 - 21i - 120 106 - 103 98 - fo4 = 166 65 70 fq 10 21 - 22 WESTMINSTER. A RUFFIAN. --Edward Harper, a tall powerful fellow, was charged with creating a disturbance at the house of Mr. Keeley, "The Grey Coat Boy," Peter-street, West minster, with using obscene and filthy language in the presence of females, and with violently assaulting Mrs. Caroline Soames, a respectable married woman. Mr. Keeley said that for the last three weeks the defendant had occasionally visited his Louse, and con ducted himself in a most disgraceful manner. His lan guage in the presence of Mrs. Keeley and other females was of the most disgusting description. On Thursday morning, during complainant's absence from home, de fendant conducted himself so disgracefully that Mrs. Keeley entreated a Mrs. Soames, who was present, to go and fetch a policeman ' when he attacked her in the most cowardly way. List night be came again to the house, and on complainant refusing to serve him, made a blow at him, and then used the most horrible language. He was given into custody. Mrs. Caroline Soames said that she went into Mr. Keeley's on Tnursday night for her supper beer, when she heard defendant using the language imputed. Mrs. Keeley asked her to get a policeman, and she left for that purpose, but bad not proceeded many yards when defendant, who had followed her, knocked her down by a desperate blow on the side of her head. She had never exchanged a word with him, or given him the least provocation. She had suffered much pain from the blow. Defendant said he was very sorry, and would make any recompense in his power. Mr. Paynter—Your conduct is most abominable. You go to this public-house, use the mot atrocious and dis gusting language, and then commit a most ruffianly assault. You are committed for three mouths to hard labour. LLOYD'S SHIPPING.—(This Day.) LONDON, N'uv. 24.--Wind this day at noon, S.; hazy, with rain. QUEENSTOWN, Nov. 23.—Wind S.-- Arriied—Peong, from Rangoon ; Mary Crocker, Callao ; Parsee, ditto ; Petronello and British Empire, ditto ; Simon Hardy, Bar badoes ; British Lion, Savannah ; Rolling Stone, St. Jean d'Aere ; Countess of Durham, from Troon for Havana, leaky. OFF QUEENSTOWN, Nov.' 22.—Arrived—Kertch, from Callao, and sailed for Liverpool. HULL, Nov. 23. —Wind S.-VT.—Arrived —Eliza Rob son, from Quebec. CARDIFF, Nov. 23.—Wind W.S.W.—Arrived—Juno of Bristol, from Quebec. Sailed —Amyl, for Gibraltar; Fifth May, Rangoon. SHIELDS, Nov. 2 3.—Wind W.—Arrived —Fe Hueloe, front Celeste; Marie, St. Valory. Sailed—Charles Henry, for Rio Janeiro. BEATJMARIS, Nov. 2 3—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Avon, from Quebec. SWANSEA, Nov, 23. Wind W.—Sailed —William and Mary, for Deieerara. LEITH, Nov. 21.—Wiud &W.—Sailed —Rob Roy, for Rio Janeiro. POOLE, Nov. 23.--Wind W. &IV —Arrived—Faitb, from Elba ; Fintlon, QuelaJc. PLYMOUTH, Nov. 23.—wind Castle, from Quebec.S.W.—Arrived — B,oslin SOUTHAMPTON, Nov. 24.--Arrived--Tagus (s), from Gibraltar. OFF FAULOUTII, Nov. 3. Penang.ov. —Arrved—Borneo, from (PER ELECTttro TMEGR&PH.) LivEnrooL, Tuesday Morning. Wind N.B. Arrived—Jessie, from Sierra Leone • Jane, Brown, Demerara ; Emanuel Tagliaferro, Constantinople Zey rick, Alexandri a ; Helena and. Ta,feio, Seville ; Balkan. Iquique ; Susan Hinks, and Star of the West, Now York Emily, 9aara. Sailed—Thomas Jefferson, for New Orleans ; Valetta, Charleston ; Baalb ec, screw steamer, Havre ; Ethiope, screw steamer, Africa. The report of the Heidelburg being on shore is incorrect. Wind S.S.W. QUEENSTOWN, Nov. 2?. Arrived—Puonige, from Rangoon; Billow, Smyrna; Mary Blane, Jaffa; And rew Th eo d ore , Ibrail; Mizpah, Trieste; Rolling Wave, St. Jean d'Acre ; Ocean Queen, Ibrail; Mary Crocker, Parsee, Petronilla, British Empire, and Kertch—all from Callao ; Emily, Honduras; Erminia, Constantinople; British Lion, Savannah ; Simeon Hardy, Barbadoes. (BY SUBMARINE AND BRITISH TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESPIND, Tuesday, 0.30 a.in. Wind S.E. ; tido 4 hours' ebb ; cloudy, with rain. Arrived,rrived: Nov.Nov.24.—James, from Leghorn • Klyne Mary, from Myddlehainois. A Vibilia, Brilliant, William and l'erary, and Emily — all Meridian, —all from Guernsey ; Bezer, Denia ; City of Nantes, steamer, Nantes. Sailed, Nov. 24—Sir Charles Napier, for Melbourn3. . , DEAL Tue sday, 9 N.W., frosh, with rain. ' 3.111. No arrivals. Sailed—Mid Lothian, for Tobago ; a, (-s), Arabian, Al or; withgoa Bay ; Malad Joseph Fletcher, Au ckland ; Pauliu all the outward bound. RAILWAY TRAFFIC RETURNS. LONDON AND SOUTH-EASTEha RATLWAY.—Traffic re turn for the week ending Nov. 2L, 1857 £1 7,019 18 3 Corresponding week last year ....... Increase in 1857 ........... 1:35 9 6 LONDON, BRIGHTON, AND SO lITII COAST RAILWAY. — Traffic roturn for the week ending N ov. 21, 1857.. ................ ............... R 12,965 0 8 Corresponding week la st y e a r ...... ............. 12,782 19 0 Total of the half-year to thr date, 1857 3i4,200 11 5 Total of the half-year to this date. 1856 369,517 6 5 Abut 18,0001. in gold from Constantinople has been h the Alessagerics linperiales received yesterday throng of France. The principal city savings bark, the London Prnvi tki-libits, by a report just Provi dent Institution, M 3or fie l d s, issued, the following satisfactory results of the operations of its official year completed on F r id a y l as t, th e 20th inst.:—Tile total of the withdrawals in the year, corn pound interest inclu ded, a mo unts to 295,554/ while that of the receipts, deposits, ar.d simpl e interest from Go vernment has been 257,3981. The number of accounts closed, including those et depot itc , rs deceased, bas been 6,022 ; the number of new accounts opened, 6,148, The total number of account, now open is 48,926. This institution, therefore, which under the pressure of the panic of 1847 showed a decrease of 39 7 in the number of its accounts, and of 117,1651. in its iturested capital, has come through the passing crisis with a diminution of but 38,1561. of itscapitalstock, and an :actual increase of 126 in its number of deposit accounts. The aggregate of the balances and compound interest due to depositors at ttlis moment is 875,6281. ; while the banks' funded capital in the custody of tb e Commissimers for the Re duction of the National Debt, as certified by their official voucher, is 880,6281., slit wing a starplo s of 5,000/, in excess of all liabilities. ITERAT URE Caste. By the author of " Mr. Ark." 3 vols. Hurst and Blackett. Those who have read "Mr. Arle" will recognise in these volumes the same vigorous style and grapLic description, with the additional attrac tions of some characters more interesting, and a story better developed. As may he supposed from the title, the purport of the work is to demonstrate the evil effects accruing from pride awl prejudice in the mingling and meeting of the different classes of society. Isabel Weld, the heroine, is an effective character, which is finely drawn and fully illustrated. She presents altogether a most finished sketch of how an imperious temper and an H.- directed ambition can combine to mar and destroy the more genial influences of a kindly heart and the more noble aspirations of an upright mind. She defeated her own object by her overweening pride. Had she accepted Reginald Long, ber's would, in all probability, have been a better fate ; but, in marrying such a ram as Percy Blanchard, she set the seal on her doom. From henceforth there spread before her one long desert march of strife, anger, and dissension. She had allied herself with unworthy motives, on a wrong principle to a man she could net even respect, and therefore with her scornful spirit and undisciplined temper, her misery was to be expected as a matter of course. She was, like many other enthusiasts, inconsistent in her actions. She began life by assuring those around her that she d.espi=ed the sneers of sarcastic rank, and the frowns of those who demurred at her leav ing for an lost int the precincts of her station, " Their pride is yet no match for mine, Too proud to care from whence I came," she indignantly exclaimed, but she denied this assertion in her actions when she married into a higher sphere, and especially to one who was so unfitted for her in every way as Percy. The suc ceeding pains and penalties which she underwent for some years after her ill-assorted union are very well described to us, uor is there anything exag gerated in these seemingly strange colours, she had sown the whirlwind and she reaped the storm, nothing wild or gentle could have wrought a change or effected a diversion, in one of so adamant a will, and of so heidstrong a disposition. To show her altered, must have been to show her as passing through the furnace by which iron is tempered, or as facing the hurricane in which the forest king is laid low. The author has vary aptly displayed the faults and follies of both sides in the warfare of "caste;" it is often the custom iu works of this sort to pouttray the lower orders as possessed of virtues and talents to an unlimited extent, and the higher classes as full of all imaginable defects, here we have a clearer insight and a better judgment pressed into the servica. v Isabel was not the one, with all her merits, to break down any barriers of reserve, and quell prejudices by disarming criticism and censure. _ Reginald Long..pAsessed the power and displayed the spirit so seldom seen and rarely encountered, of acknowledging merit wherever it exists, and recognising talents in a more equivocal position than obscurity i self. He thought thr: pride of genius could match the pride of birth, and was superior, inasmuch as its patent of nobility was not bestowed by man. Will a character like this, the fate of the wayward Isabel would have augured the happiest auspices, and she would have seen the companion she had chosen for the world's highway, neither make an empty boast of his courage at first, nor when put to the trial in the ordeal of polite society, be ashamed of his choice. Mr. Blanchard, the father of Percy, is an instance of the absurdity people evince iu endea vouring to suit their own convenience, and fulfil their wishes. It was inconsistent to refuse to allow the bryther to enter his family, and then solicit the sister to do so ; as Isabel told him, he was choosing the worst of the two. Clara Blanchard is of a weaCdisposition, but amiable, and likely to do more good in her quiet way, than Isabel, with .all her impulsive, but ill-directed feelings. It is evident in this work, from its opening to its close, that it is designed fora higher purpose than that of mere amusement, and the reader will allow it to have been well carried out in its execution. It is the result of thought on an important and a weighty question, ono which concerns some vital interests of the community, and one fur want of whose right understandii , the welfare of society is at stake. It may fairly lay claim, then, to some share of attention, and merits respect even from those who do not subscribe themselves advocates of its principles, on account of its temperat 3 spirit and straightforward arguments, an ingenuity in description, and a power in detail, characterise the narrative, and impart a zest and energy which render attractive the common-place and mean, while they add.. lustre to the higher and more noble. The Memoirs of the Duke of Saint ,Simon. Abridged from the French. By Bayle St. John. Vols. 3 and 4. Chapman and Hall. Thesis are the two concluding volumes of this work, and bring the reader do wn to the death of M. D'Orleans, the Regent, in 1723, eight years after the death of the Grand Monarque himself. Though the style of the translation is not always commend able,ae. d though it isan al most hopeless task to in-Ake such a brief abridgment of such a voluminous work, yet to the reader, unacquainted with the original, it serves to convey some idea of the style and cha racter of those celebrated memoirs. It also will give a view of the Court life of that (by, of the open heartlessness and di-sipation, the un concealed sycophancy that ran from the death-bed of the king to pay court t.) the slighted Duc D'Orleans, but on hearing the king was a little better immediately ran back again. Louis XIV. died on the Ist of September, 1715. in the 75th year of his age, and the 72d of his reign. "Europe," exclaims St. Simon, " never saw a reign so long nor France a king so old." He saw his sons and his grandsons, and his great grandson die before him; the King of Spain being his only remaining grandson, and the only heir to the throne being the fragile Louis XV ta ., c w k l i - i li o iiiiis inf arrowallyeye. As s)ed if in with life a serious a' judg ment of the harshness and selfishness with which he treated his relatives, he survived them almost all, and was hirnself deserted in Lis last hours by Madame de Maintenon. Who can tell how much the extravagance and vices of that Court, the mis government and oppression of the Grand Monarque and his ministers had to answer for the o - mvulsioris that desolated France—for the victims of the guillo tine, and the horrors of the Reign of Terror ? St. Simon gives at some length the character of the King and of Madame de Maintenon. Here is an extract from the former : "Louis XIV. was made for a brilliant Court. In the mid , t of other men, his figure, his courage, his grace, his beauty, his grand mien, even the tone of his voice and the majestic and natural charm of all his person, distinguished him till his death as the King Bee, and showed that if he had only been born a simple private gentlemen, be wo&rl equally have ex celled in fetes, pleasures, and gallantry, and would have bad the greatest success in love. The intrigues and adventures which early in life he had been engaged in— when the Conitesse do Soissons lodeed at the Tuileries, as superintendent of the Qeeen's household, and WA. the centre figure of the Court group—had exercissd an unfortunate influence upon him : he received those impressions with which he condi never after success fully struggle. From this time, intellect, education, nobi.ity of sentiment, and high principle, in others, became objects of suspicion to him, and soon of hatred. The more he advanced in years the more this senti ment was confirmed in him. He wished to reign by himself. His jealousy on this point unceasingly, became weakness. He reigned, indeed, in little things ; tie great he could never reach ; even in the former, too, he was often governed. The snperier ability of his early ministers aed his early generals soon wearied him. He liked nobody to be in any way superior to him. Thus he chose his ministers, not for their know ledge, but for their ignoraace ; not for their capacity, but for their want of it. He liked to form them, as he said ; liked to teach them even the most trifling things. It was the same with his generals. He took credit to himself for instructing there ; wished it to be thought that from his cabinet be commanded and directed all his armies. Naturally fond of trifles, be unceasingly occupied himself with the most petty details of his troops, his household, his mansions ; would even instruct his cooks, who received, like novices, lessens they had known by heart for years. This vanity, this unmeasured and unreasonable love of admiration, was his ruin. His ministers, his generals, his mistresses, his courtiers, soon perceived his weakness. They praised him with emulation and spoiled him. Praises, or to say truth, flattery, pleased him to such an extent, that the coarsest was well received, the vilest even better relished. It was the sole means by which yeti could approach hint. Those whom he liked owed his affection for them to their untiring flatteries. This is what gave his ministers so much authority, and the opportunities they had for adulating him, of attributing everything to him, and of pretending to 1 arti every thing from him. Suppleness, meanness, an admiring, dependent, cringing manner—above all, an air of no thingness—were the sole means of pleasing him." The following is not without its moral : " On Friday the 6th of September. the Cardinal de Rolla!' carried the heart to the Grand Jesuits, with very little accompaniment or pomp. Except the persons necessary fer the cerernoey, not half-a-dozen courtiers were present. It is not for me to comment upon this prompt ingratitude, I, who for fifty-two years have never once missed going to St. Denis on the anniver sary of the death of Louis XIII., and have never seen a single person there on the same errand. On the 9th of September, the body of the late King was buried at St. Denis. The Bishop of A leth pronounced the oration. Very little expense was gone to ; and nobody was found who cared sufficiently for the late King to murmer at the economy. On Friday the 25th of October, his solemn obsequies took place at St. Denis in a confusion, as to rank and precedence, without example. On Thuraday, the 28th of Novena. DR. LIVINGSTON'S EARLY DAYS. In the volume of Dr. Livingston's "Journeys and Researches in South Africa," be gives a brief but most intcrestingaccount of his early days, which evely young man may read again and again with profit. It is as follows : " Our great-grandfather fell at the battle of Cul loden, fighting for the old line of kings, and our grandfather was a small farmer in Ulva, where my father was born. It was one of that cluster of the Hebrides thus alluded to by Walter Scott : " And Ulva dark, and Colonaay, And all the group of islets gay, That guard fawed Staffa round.' " Our grandfather was intimately acquainted with all the traditionary legends which that great writer has since made use of in the Tales of a Grandfather' and other works. As a boy I remem ber listening to him with d , :light, fur his memory was s'ored with a never-ending stock of stories, many of which were wonderfully like those I have since beard whi:e siting by the African evenino. fires. Our grandfather, too, used to sing Gaelic songs, some of which, as he believed, had been composed by captive islanders languishing hope lessly Amon.. the Turks. " Grandfather could give particulars of the lives of his ancestors for six generations of the family be fore him ; and the only point of the tradition I feel proud of is this:—One of these po3r hardy islanders was renowned in the district for great wisdom and prudence ; and it is related that, when be was on his death-bed, he called all his children aniund him and said, Now, in my lifetime I have searched most carefully through all the traditions I could find of our family, and I never could discover that there was a dishonest man among our forefathers. If, therefore, any of you, or any of your children, should take to dishonest ways, it will not be be cause it runs in our blood ; it does not belong to you. I leave this receipt with you Bo honest.' If, therefore, in the following pages I fall into any errors, I hope they will be dealt with as honest mistakes, and not as indicating that I have forgot ten our ancient motto. This event took place at a time when the Highlanders ' according to Macaulay, were much like the Cape Caifres, and any one, it was said, could escape punishment for cattle-steal ing by presenting a share of the plunder to his chieftain. Our ancestors were Roman Catholics ; they were made Protestants by the laird coming round with a man having a yellow staff, which would seem to have attracted more attention than his teaching, fur the new religion went long after • wards, perhaps it does so still, by the name of the religion of the yellow stick.' " Finding his farm in Lrlva insufficient to sup port a numerous family, my grandfather removed to Blantyre Works, a large cotton manufactory on the beautiful Clyde, above Glasgow ; and his sons, having had the best education the Hebridesafforded, were gladly received as clerks by the proprietors, Monteith and Co. - He himself, highly esteemed for his unflinching honesty, and employed in the conveyance of large sums of money from Glasgow to the works, and in old age was, according to the Custom of that company, pensioeed off, so as to spend his declining years in ease and comfort. "Our uncles all entered his Majesty's service during the last French war, either as soldiers or sailors ; but my father remained at home, and though too conscientious ever to become rich as a small tea-dealer, by his kindliness of manner and winning ways, he made the heartstrings of his children twine around him as firmly as if he had possessed, and could have bestowed upon them, every worldly advantage. He reared his chil dren in connection with the Kirk of Scotland —a religious establishment which has been an in calculable blessing to that country—but he after wards left it, and durin g the last twenty years of his life held the office. of deacon of an Independent church in Hamilton, and deserves my lasting gra titude and homage for presenting me from infancy with a continuously consistent pious example, such as that the ideal of which is so beautifully and truthfully portrayed in Burns' Cottara' Saturday Night. Ile died in February, 1856, in peaceful hope of that mercy we all expect through the thath of our Lord and Saviour ; I was at the time on my way bslow Zumbo, expecting no welter pleasure in this country than sitting by our cottage firs, and telling him my travels. I revere his memory. The earliest recollection of my mother recals a picture so often seen amontr, the Ecotch poor — that of the anxious housewife striving to make both ends meet. • At the age of ten I was put into the factory as a piecer, to aid by my earnings in lessening her anxiety. With a part of my first week's wages I purchased Ruddiman's " Rudi ments of Latin," and pursued the study of that language for many years afterwards with unabated ardour, at an evening school which met bet A . een the hours of eight and ten. The dictionary part of my lebaurs was followed up till 12 o'clock, or later, if my mother did not interfere by j umping up and snatcl ing the books oat of my hands. I had to be back in the factory by six in the morning, and continue my work, with intervals for breakfast and dinner, till eight o'clock at night. I read in this way many of the classical authors, and knew Virgil and Horace better at sixteen than Ido now. Our schoolmaster—happily still alive—was supported in part by the company ; he was attentive and kind, and so moderate in his charges that all who wished for education might have ob tained it. Many availed themselves of the privilege; and some of my school fellows now rank in positions far above what they appeared ever likely to come to when in the village school. If such a system were established in England, it would prove a never-ending blessing to the poor. " In reading, everything that I could lay my bands on was devoured, except novels. Scientific works and books of travels were my especial de light ; though my father, believing, with many of his time who ought to have known better, that the former were inimical to religion, would have pre ferred to have seen me poring over the " Cloud of Witnesses," or Boston's "Fourfold State." Our difference of opinion reached the point of open re bellion on my part, and his last application of the rod was on my refusal to peruse Wilberforce's "Practical Christianity." This dislike to dry doc trinal reading, and to religious reading of every sort, continued for years afterwards ; but having lighted on those admirable works of Dr. Thomas Dick, "The Philosophy of Religion," and " The Philosophy of a Future State,': it was gratifying to find my own ideas, that religion and science are not hostile, but friendly to each other, fully proved and enforced. 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