The Sun.
London, England, 1864-08-29 00:00:00

FRANCE.

BOURSE, Aug. 27.—The market has been rather
more animated, and prices have slightly improved,
Threes, for the Account, being now at 66fr. 35c,,
and Mobilier at 1,007 fr. 50c. Railway Shares in
but little demand, with only a slight variation in
quotations. The market continued firm to the close,
and left off as follows :
It per cents .. 94 65
Jo. cad mouth....
3 per Cents
Do. end month 66 35
Credit Mobilier 1011. 25
Do. end m0nth....1010
Bank Shares 3380
Credit k oneier
Roman

Italian Loan
67 60
Do. end month 67 65
Ditto Threes, —
New Alexicaa
Russian
Austrian
Spanihh Threes 49 25
Floras Debt
Deferrel

RA IL WATB.

Orleans :006.
Norther.
Lyons and Mediterranean
Southern
Western
Eastern
Sardinian
Austrian
Lowbard
North of Spain
Saragossa
Ditto to Barcelona ....

Cash. Account.
59. 890
990 .. 985
915 917 50
636 25 .. 637 50
522 50 .. b 22 50
493 75 .. 495
345 .. 347 50
431 25 .. 433 75
640 510
407 50 .. 407 50
498 75 .. 500
225 .. 239

The Metropolitan Weekly Press,

(Prom the Guardian.)
A return of stamps issued to newspapers for the 12
months succeeding the last published return—viz., from
June, 1862, to June, 1863, his been issued. Of course it
does not include the unstamped issue, and afbrds only a
proximate estimate of circulation, but it may be interesting
to compare the numbers given. We give the average
stamped circulation of each paper during the last four years :
1860. Iq6l. 1862. 1863.
.. 38)7 4098 4201 9217
.. 25.7 3,0 3595 3750
•• 2968 2946 214 2715
•• 2602 2468 2135 2211
.. 1875 1971 2115 2067
.• 2 77 1846 1816 1816
•• 2441 2396 1975 3558
•• 3587 1481 1375 1461
.. 1363 1454 3305 1333
•• 1393 1389 1420 1361
.. 1759 3500 3250 1;31
1725 1474 1269 1082
-. 1106 1154 1231 1019
•• 1327 1342 1062 1000
•• 1075 1103 1385 983
.. 937 906 918 923
• • 1630 1314 1225 871
.. 1048 W 6 937 827

Guardian ..
Saturday Review
Record • • ~
Evening Mail ..
Law Times ..
Athenmum . ,
Clerical Journal ..
Nonconformist ..
tablet .. • •
Lancet • •
Observer
Examiner ..
Watchman
• •
Weekly ReAlster
Medical Times • •
Patriot
Medical Circular
Economist
Reader .. _

.. .. .. .. 769
..
..
Press
.. • • .. 611 liap iolo 72.
English Churchman .. 650 CIO c 53 663
Church Review .. .. (16
..
John Bull • • 762 721 635 516
St. James's Chronicle .. 962 897 772 571
Spectator .. .• .. 863 t 96 510 618
Literary Churchman .. 596 757 553 5.1
United Service Gazette.. 7CO 587 538 508
Railway Times .. .. 465 479 433 452
Wesleyan Times .. 894 677 423 452
Sunday Times ~ „ 709 456 437 3.5
Critic .. .. .. 1165 1115 9u4 125

SALMON FISHING ON THE ESK.—Oa Monday
afternoon last a very influential meeting was held
at the Angel Hotel, Whitby, under the presidency of the
, Marquis of Normanby, to take into consideration the pro-
priety of adopting the provisions of the 24th and 25th Vic.,
0. 109, for facilitating the passage of salmon to the upper
I waters of the River Esk, and also of procuring a supply of
spawn for restoring the river with salmon. The noble
marquis opened the proceedings of the meeting, which was
of quite a conversational character, by referring to his own
angling experiences in Nova Scotia and Canada. The
meeting was quite unanimous in favour of securing the
object in view, and in furtherance thereof it was decided to
form an association of gentlemen resident in the neighbour-
hood for the purpose of preserving and increasing the treed
of salmon. A supply of spawn will be introduced into the
river, and ladders end passes will be placed in the most
suitable places. The marquis announced that he should
give a donation of £lO to start the movement, and other
gentlemen in the room put down their names in the sub-
scription list. It is estimated that the cost of making these
improver(' eats will not exceed £6O.

PEG WOFFINGTON.—A curious letter was sold on
Thursday last—one written by Peg Woffiegton, the
theatrical beauty of the last century, who, as her contem-
poraries asserted, could not write. There, however, the
letter was, at an auction-room, with the signature at foot,
and extending to two full—not modern note-paper size, cer-
tainly, but—large folio pages. The epistle is directed "For
Master Thomas Robinson, at Goodwood, in Sussex," and
is full of amusing banter; Peg alluding to her famous
"breeches" character of Sir Harry Wildair. The letter is
considered unique, and it realised a very large sum. The
statement that Peg Woffington could not write was asserted
of most of the gay actresses of the last and preceding cen-
turies. Of Nell Gwynne it was said that she could neither
read nor write ; but an autograph note discovered a short
time since shower' that she could express herself on paper,
although a dismally-scrawled E.G., with lull stops at every
bend of the initials, was all that Mr Peter Cunningham
could find to reproduce in Ike simile in his little "Story of
Nell Gwynne." Those persons who have read Charles
Reade's novel,tte will remember what that author has told
us of Peg's beauty, talent, generosity, and indiscretions.
She is said to have been the first female who acted male
characters en the English stage,--.Lonrion ,Revietc,