The Sun.
London, England, 1863-12-05 00:00:00

85 88
170 175

BRITISH P

SSESSIONS.

Closing
;hart. Railways Paid. Price. Business don,
100 Atlantic &St Lawrence: all 60 43
Bom.,Baroda.4.Cent Pao
Sk lug iota 1061
Gu. 5 per cent
20 Do. New . . 8 4 1 P
20 Do. E. Shares
204 Buffalo and Lake Huron al. 61 64
10 Do. Preference all 84 91
,„,, Buffala,Brant,&Godricl,
'" / Ip. ct. Ws. Aug. 1, 1872
100 Do. do. July 1, 187:1 100 - -
tOO Do. do. Juno 1, 18;1 100 - -
st Cleutta.&S.Eastn.(Lu.,, 100 103 105
at Cape Town & Dock Sari! 100 101 103
stock Eastn. Bengal gu. Ip. ( 100 1074 )084
stock East Indian. gu. sp. c. l 0) 100 1,74 1061 71 7
20 Do. do. G Ext lO 1 14p
20 Do. do. II do.
stook Grand Trunk of Canada 100 20 21
100 Do. Ist Pref. Bonds all 73 15
100 Do. no. deferred-- all 60 63
100 Do. 2d Pref. B all 66 69
100 Do. do. defer r ed....onus all 50 53
100 Do. 3d lief. stock
100 Do. do. deferred
100 Do. 4th Pref. stocic all 27 29 271
100 Do. do. deferred all 23 16
stook GLlncliarenukgua.sp.o lOO 1074 1084 1071 8
20 Do. New gua. sp. o l2 14 111
20 Do. January, 1862
stock Gt. South.of India(Lim
guaranteed 5 per vent. 100 1044 1( 54
20i Gt. W. of Canada Sharer all 91 10 91
201 Do. New
100 Do. 6 p.o. '73 with't opt. all 92 95
100 Do. 54 p. o. do. '77-8 all 86 88
10 Indian Branch Limited 2 I 11)
stock Madras guar., 5p.0. .. 100 105 tub 106
stock Do. 44 p. o. Extensio, 100 100 101
stock De. 44 do .... !... 100 46 100
20 Do. Fifth Extension. 2 -- -
stock Melb.Corp. ap. o. Bnds. 100 - -
50 Melb. & Hobson's Bay. all 57 59
100 Do. 7p. o. Mortg. Bds. all -
80 Newßruuswicka Candi,
Class A and B all 3 6
N. Rl.C'da.l3 po Ist pi bds 100 82 84
stub Saluda (100 1051 1064
stock Do. Delhi q«t ' 100 1044 1054 1054
so Do. do ►2 1 11)
st Do. Panjaub all IC4I 1054
Do. Do. ........ t„lt, 100 - -
Stock Do. Indus. St. Flo.) 100 , 101 103
COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES.
- 6 a &J ul)
- ' 1877-81 100 103 105 1031
I De. 6p. c. Feb. & Atte. 100 102 iO4
- Do. 6 p.o.Mar.& Sept. 100 102 104
- Do. Ip. c. Jan.&July. 100 91 03
- r Do. 6 Inscribed stocl. 100 91 93
- 'Cape G.Hope. p 100 108 110
- 1 Do.Ap &Oct. 1880 100 109 111
- Do. 189( 100 109 111 109
- ,Do. Jan. & July, 1891.. 100 112 114
- Ceylon, N0v.1878, 6p c 100 110 112
- Mauritius 6 per cent .. 100 108 108
- Natal Gov. 6 per cent.. 100 107 109
- N.B Gov. 6 p.c. d a.&Jul 100 104 106 1041
- Do. (5 p. o.Ap. & Oct. 100 -
- N.S.W.Gov. 5p 18 100 100 102
- 1 Do. sp. c.,18/t to 1:w 100 101 102
- 1 Do. d0.,1888 & upwdi 100 101 102 1011
- ;New Zealand 6 p cent. 100 110 112
- 'Nova Scotia Gov. 6p. c.
- ateritng, 1875. lOO 104 106 105
- Queensland Go'. 6p. a. 100 t:1 113
- ,S. Alla G6p.c.1878.& up.. 100 112 114
- 'Vlo.Gov. 6 p.c. Ja.&July 100 107 109
- to 6 p.a. An.&Oot.. 100 108 109 108/ 1 8
BRITISH MINES.
2 ICambrian Consol. Gold 1 / 141
- uhflord Amalgamated.. - 33; 34
- Deven G. Con,,. (Taoist.,
I 545 655
- East Bassett (Illogan).. 30 :7 60
1 East Clogau Gold. Ltd. sa. 4d par
- East Caradon ...........214•, 25 26
- East Carn Brea... 3.4.0 61 74
- E. W'lltussel (Tavistk.) 8.9.0 444 41 1
Gam.&St.Aubyn(Gwen.i 58, 11 13
- Great South Tolgus.... 17s 41 41
- G. Wheal Vor (Heston 40 114 114
- Grenville .. 6.16.. 41 5
- Elerc.4l's-Foot 8.1'2 li9 41
- Hingston Downs 4. 8.0 11 24
- Lady Bertha
- Margaret (tiny Lelant 9s, 16 18
- 31arke Valley..
4 , Myndy Iron Oro (Lim 2,1 14 1 4
- New Setun l9l 90 100
- • North Downs 2/ 14 2
-- N.WIOI. Baseet(lllootu 3.1.0 24 3
- North Wheal Crotty .. 2.6.9 5 54
- Par Consols (St. Blazey
20 I Providence(Uny Lelnt.) 10.6.7 13 45
- iSouthCaradou(St.Cleer, 14 415 125
- S.-Carn Brea (Illogan).. --
- S.W heal Fran. (Illog,an, 18.18.0 60 85
- Stray Park 30.17.6 84 38
Tamar Silv.& Lead Min 44 k
fin Croft V 184 19
' West Basset (Illogan) l4 10 11
- 1W C' radon (Liskeard) 5 22 24
- West Soton
- !Wheal Basset (Illogan) 54 874 924
- Wheal Buller(Redruth) 5 221 271
- Wheal Kitty (U.Lolant) 2.0.6 -
- WhealLudeott
• Wheal Mary Ann ',Lien ) 8 114 124
- Wheal Seton 584 170 180
- , Wheal Trelawney (Lis.) 7 194 204
IWheal Union 3.17 24 34

PREFERENCE SHARES.
Great Northern, 5 per cent., red. at 5 per cent. pin., 108 94
London, Chatham, and Dover 5 per cent. pref., 98
North Eastern, Cons. pref., 4k per cent. rd.. 103
Stockton and Darlington, B 6 per cent., 33*

PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCKS.
Great Eastern, 5 per cent., pf., 102}
LINES LEASED AiL FIXED RENTALS.
Buckinghamshire,
Chester and Holyhead, •
Ditto, 5 por cent, 1154
Nottingham and Grantham H. & G. 961

FOREIGN RAILWAYS.
Dutch Rhenish, 151
Namur and Liege, gum 6 per cent. pf., 20
West Flanders, 7f
West Flanders, Si per cent. pl., 10f
FOREIGN MINES.
Don Pedro, Nor.h Del Rey, f
General, 22
Linares, 71
Santa Barbara Gold Mine (lira.), f
St. John del Rey (lira.), 58
United Mexican (lira;,
JOINT-STOCK RANKS.
Alliance Bank ofLonaan and Liverpool (11m.),

_ • .
Ditto, new, 25i'5
A.n.glo Austrian, 7/ t
Australasia,
Ditto, new, 461
Chartered Bank of India, Australia, and China," 35
Consolidated Bank, lim., 9/
Continental, Bm., 94.
Hindustan, China, and Japan (lim.), 27j
imperial Ottoman, 17/
Land Mortgage Bank of India, lim., 4}
London and County, 554
London and Westminster, 78 71
National Provincial of England,
Ditto, new, 2i
Union of Australia, 53 2
Union of London, 391 t
MISCELLANEOUS.
Anglo-Mexican Mint, 19
British Indian Tea, lim., 2/
Crystal Palace, 'A
Discount Corporation, limited, 72 1 1
East India litigation and Canal, 4/
Egyptian Commercial and Tracing, Rm., 3/ /
Gen. Cr«lit and Finance of London, lim., foi
Hudson's Bay, 121
Joint •stock Discount, el /
London Financial Association, lim.,
Peninsulal i o Janeiroan d
°(;11"y Improvements, 2
Mercantile Credit Association, lira.,., dig
National Discount Company, lim., 91
ten tafsteam,
Royal Mail 811 47i:
tea.tn, 79

ained.

A FATAL Kiss.---On Tuesday evening, Sarah Ann
Pearson, a domestic servant to Mr. Rameker,
farmer, near Itetford, Notts, was employed, as she bad
frequently been before, in conveying in a small boat two
children over the river Idle. Having reached the opposite
bank, she was
leaning over the bostsida to give one of them
a kiss at parting, when the boat slid away, and she fell
headlong in the river, which is rather deep at that spot,
and was drowned,

LAW INTELLIGENCE-(THIS DAY).

COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH.
MIDDLETON V. GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY.

This was an action brought by the plaintiff against the
Great Webtern Railway for compensation for injuries sus-

The plaintiff sometime ago was a passenger by the Metro-
politan Railway from Paddington to Farringdon station,
and before the train arrived at the latter station a collision
occurred by which the plaintiff received some injuries in
the face which compelled him for two tar three months to
place himself under medical care. He suffered from violent
pains in the head, impaired sight, and his income, which
realised about £4OO per annum, was entirely stopped by the
fact of his having to seek rest and quietness at the seaside.
The defendants paid £250 into court, but the plaintiff con-
sidered such a sum totally inadequate to compensate him
for the loss he had sustained.
The defendants contended that the sum paid was a very
ample compensation for the inconvenience the plaintiff had
suffered. He had, they contended, exaggerated the injuries
and its results, and the £250 which plaintiff had already
received was a full and liberal compensation.
The jury returned a verdict for the defendant.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE—This Day.

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.

DRUNKENNESS IN A WORKHOUSE.--Ann Connelly, an
inmate of St. James's Workhouse, and who had an infant
in her arms, was charged before Mr. Knox with assaulting
Wm. Butler, aged nine months, and Elizabeth Butler, the
mother, who is also an inmate of the workhouse.
Elizabeth Butler said that, yesterday evening she was
undressing the baby, when the prisoner, who had been
drinking, struck the baby in the mouth with her knuckles,
and on her (complainant) going to inform the master, pri-
soner struck her is the mouth, loosening one of her teeth.
Prisoner said she was very sorry, and had had a drop of
drink.

Mr. Knox committed the prisoner for a month.

THAMES.

IMPORTANT TO MASTERS AND APPRENTICES.—SamueI
Camper, a respectable young, appeared before Mr. Par •
tridge to answer a charge of disobeying the orders of his
master.
Mr. Josiah Goodman, builder, No. 1, Lichfield-road,
Grove-road, Mile-end, said the prisoner was his apprentice•
He had no premium with him. Last Tuesday he gave
orders to the prisoner to get his tools ready and lay on the
gas at four houses opposite the workshop. The prisoner
said he had had enough of that and refused to do it. On
the same day the prisoner was ordered to bring out his tools
and erect a temporary shed. The prisoner said " I shall
stay here and finish my doors."
In cross-examination by Mr. Joseph Smith, the solicitor,
the witness said that the prisoner was engaged in making
doors, but he ought to have obeyed the orders given him.
Mr. Partridge thought a master was the best judge of
the work required to be done, and not the apprentice.
Mr, Goodman said he gave the defendant piecework to
encourage him, and paid him 14s. per week, to be increased
next year to 15s.
Mr. Joseph Smith said the defendant was 21 years of
age on the 24th of last October, and was not bound to servo
his master any longer as an apprentice.
James Camper, of Bow-common, said he was the defen-
dant's father, and that his son was born on the 24th of
October, 1842. He produced his family Bible. The births
of all his children were registered in that book. He wrote
the words, "Samuel Camper, born October 24, 1812," on
the day of his son's birth.
Mr. Partridge—There is an end of the case. The com-
plainant has no further control over the apprentice, who is
of age and free. If the father was a party to the agreemen
the complainant could bring an action against him for
breach of covenant.
Mr. Camper said, that when his son was apprenticed he
told Mr. Goodman the lad would be of age on October 24,
1863.
Mr. Goodman stoutly denied this—he was always led to
believe the apprentice would be of age on Oct. 24, 1864.
Mr. Partridge—You can bring your action. The appren-
tice is discharged.

MARKETS—This Day.

COVENT GARDEN.

There was a small supply of fruit and a large supply of
vegetables at our market. The trade was steady at tha fol-
lowing rates :

FRUIT.

s. d. s. d.
Pine apples 8 0 to 9 0
Colonial do., each 0 0 to 0 0
Grapes,per lb 3 0 to 6 0
Foreign do 1 0 to 2 0
Melons 0 0 to 0 0
Nectarines, per dz 0 0 to 0 0
Apples, per hf-sv. 1 9 to 3 6
Pears, per do
Oranges, per 100..1 0 to 8 0
Lemons, per 100 4 0 to 8 0
Gooseberries hi sveo 0 to 0 0
Strawberries pr pt 0 0 to 0 0

a. d. a d
Mulberries, pr pt..o 9to 1 0
Cherries, per lb. 0 oto 0 0
Foreign ditto, pun° oto 0 0
Filberts, per lb .. 0 9to 1 0
Walnuts, per 100 1 oto 2 0
Cobnuts, per lb .. 0 oto 0 0
Almonds, per bus 0 oto 0 0
Figs, per doz. .... 0 oto 0 0
Peaches . 0 oto o 0
Currants, per ii.sv 0 oto 0 0
Plums, per do. .. 0 oto 0 0
Greengages, pr do. 0 oto 0 0

LITERATURE.

The Shadow of Ashlydyat. By Mrs. Henry Wood,
author of "East Lynoe," Three Vols.
Bentley.
'I he authoress of " East Lynne" now ranks
among the most popular writers of the day. Her
works belong to a certain extent, it may be said,
to the sensational school; but the main secret
of her success, we believe, lies in her powerful
command of the emotions. There are a pathos,
and a tenderness, and a depth of feeling in her
writings unsurpassed by any of her contempo-
raries. In " East Lynne" this power was very
effectively revealed, but the subject was in
itself unattractive. Lady Isabel Vane, the heroine,
repenting of her desertion of ber home, came back,
it r, orto watch, cs a governess,
o
one of whom was sink-
ing The situation was 0n,.,
e a
intoer be remembered,b
owne
egt
grave.
aldvree.n
that effectually celled forth Mrs. Wood's peculiar
powers; but, while sensible of the emotions so
vividly portrayed, our sympathy for the sorrow-
ing mother was almost lost in our reprehension
of the faithless wife. Far otherwise is it in "The
Shadow of Ashlydyat." Maria Godolphin, the
heroine, is one of the sweetest, gentlest, most
loveable, and most loving of devoted wives. Her
girlish happiness ; her idolatry for her husband, and
her child ; her sadden awakening when ber idol is
shattered, and the stern realities of life befall her—
all this is portrayed with inimitable skill. George
Godolphin, Maria's husband, gay, careless, hand-
some, fascimating George, is a portrait, no doubt, true
to the life. He is the managing partner of a bank,
and the younger brother of Thomas Godolphin, of
Ashlydyat. Without being" wilfully dishonest,"
George, in his easy, inconsiderate way, thinking
only of the present hour, "aprls nous, le de-
luge," contrives to bring a very cataract
of sorrow and shame upon the hearts
of all who love him. Thomas Godolphin is a
beautiful character, an honourable, upright man,
doomed to an early grave—but striving, while
life enables him, to maintain the honourable
position he has inherited from his father. When
his blind confidence in his brother George is re-
paid by the closing of the bank shutters, and the
bankruptcy of the old and distinguished firm, the
peculiar character of the elder Godolphin is im-
pressively and most forcibly revealed. As a proof
of Mrs. Wood's pathetic power, so true to nature
in her painting of emotions, let us quote the fol-
lowing heart-breaking scene :
You must not think that Maria conformed to the usages
of an invalid. She was up before breakfast in a morning,
she did not go to bad until the usual hour at night, and
she sat down to the customary meals with Meta. She has
risen from the breakfast-table now, on this fine morning,
not at all cold for the late autumn, and Margery has carried
away the breakfast-things, and has told Miss Meta, that if
she'll come out as soon as her mamma has read to her
and have her things put on, aho can go and play in the
garden.
But when the little Bible story was over, her mamma lay
down on the sofa, and Meta appeared inclined to do the same.
She hustled on to it and lay down too, and kissed her
mamma's face, so pretty still, and began to chatter. It was
a charming day, the sun shining on the few late flowers,
and the sky blue and bright.
" Did you hear Margery say you might go out and play,
darling ? See how fine it is."
" There's nothing to play with," said Meta.
"There are many things, dear. Your skipping-rope and
hoop,
"I'm tired of thew," interposed Meta. "Mamma, I wish
you'd come out and play at something with me."
" I couldn't run, dear. lam not strong enough."
"When shall you be strong enough ? How long will it
be before you get well ?"
Maria did not answer. She lay with her eyes fixed out-
wards, her arm clasped round the child. "Meta darling,
I—l—am not sure that I shall get well. I begin to think
that I shall never go out with you again."
Meta did not answer. She was looking out also, her eyes
staring straight up to the blue sky.
" Meta, darling," resumed Maria, in a low tone, " you
had two little sisters once, and I cried when they died, but
lam glad now that they went. They are in heaven."
Meta looked up more fixedly, and pointed with her finger.
Up in the blue sky ?"
"Yes, up in heaven. Meta, I think lam going to them.
It is a better world than this."
" And me toe ?" quickly cried Meta.
Maria laid her hand upon her bosom to press down the
rising emotion. " Meta, Meta, if I might but take you with
me 1" she breathed, straining the child in her agony. The
prospect of parting, which Maria had begun to look at, was
indeed hard to bear.
" You can't go and leave me," cried Meta, in alarm.
" Who'd take care of me, mamma ? Mamma I do you
mean that you are going to die ?"
Meta burst into tears; Maria cried with her. Oh
reader, reader I do you know what it is, this parting be-
tw,en mother and child? To lay a child in the grave is
bitter grief ; but to leave it to the mercy of the world !
there is nothing like unto it in human anguish.
Maria's arms were entwined around the little girl, clasping
her nervously, as if that might prevent the future parting ;
the soft, rounded cheek was pressed to hers, the golden
curls lay around.
"Only fora little while, Meta. If I go first, it will be
but for a little while. You—" Maria stopped; her
emotion had to be choked down.
"Itis a happier world than this, Meta," she resumed,
overmastering it. "There will be no pain there; no sick-
ness, no sorrow. This world seems made up of sorrow,
Meta. Oh, child I but for God's love in holding out to
our view that other one, we could never bear this, when
trouble comes. God took your little sisters and brothers
from it ; and—l think—He is taking me."
Meta tun ned her face downwards, and laid hold of her
mother with a frightened movement, her little fingers clasp-
ing the thin arms to pain.
" The winter is coming on here, my child, and the trees
will soon be bare : the snow will cover the earth, and we
wrap ourselves up from it. But in that other world there
will be no winter : no cold to chill us ; no sultry summer
heat to exhaust us. It will be a pleasant world, Meta, and
God will love us."
Meta was crying silently. " Let me go, too, mamma."
"In a little while, darling. If God calls me first, it is His
wili," she continued, the sobs breaking from her aching
heart. "I shall ask Him to take care of you after I am
gone, and to bring you to me in time; I am asking Him
always."
" Who'll be my mamma then ?". cried Meta, lifting her
head in a bustle, as the thought occurred to her.
More pain. Maria choked it down, and stroked the
golden curls.
"You will have no mamma then, in this world. Only

,sihnepflaaeyeaoufi
Meta paused. " Will ho take me to London, to Mrs
papa."
PaTinher startled shock that these simple words brought b
Maria cannot well be pictured : her breath stood still, her
deCt her childish. thoughts to tell
'' Why do you ask that?" she said, her
hearttsal
\ziso
tsbauedandtaedwnitl
and Mrs. Pain rot mewhy.
pretty letter, she said if papa would take me upw toe iao thatdo
"When
The spell was broken. The happy visions of heaven,y. f
slohvee'd,
hbaeambyeemnadmismplattefeo:
faorlitutleawriha.ile
and in the stillness the bells of All Souls'
heard to strike out a joyous peal on the morning air. Meta
e
clapped her hands and lifted her face, radiaat now with
glee. Moods require not time to change in childhood :
now sunshine, now rain. Margery opened the door.
The Charlotte Pain here ailuded to is a capital
character. A reckless, good-natured, " fast," and
indiscreet lady, the cause of much sorrow to the
simple Maria. As to the Shadow of Ashlydyat,
which gives its name to the
book, here is the
legend to which it owes its origin—
IL Has George never told you the tale?" replied Janet.
" Never. He says he does not remember it clearly
enough."
" It is to be hoped he maY never have cause to remember
it more clearly 1" was the severe rejoinder of Janet. For a
Godolphin to forget, or toprofess to forget, the house's tra-
dition, was rank heathenism in the mind of Janet.
" Will you not tell it me, Janet ?"
Janet hesitated. " One of the early Godolphins brought
a curse upon the house," she at length slowly began. "It
was that evil ancestor whose memory we would bury, were
it practicable ; he who earned for himself the title of the
Wicked Godolphin. lie killed his wife------,,
,i Killed his wife 1" interrupted Maria, somewhat
startled.
" Killed her by gradual and long•continued ill-treat -
went," explained Janet, whose voice had sunk to a hushed
tone. " lie wanted her out of the way that another might
fill her place. He pretended to have discovered that she
was not worthy : than which assertion nothing could be
churchtnon u
silent,o
more shameful and false, forehe was one of tbe t lasdies
ever created. She was sins, Commius, daughter of the
warrior Richard de Comtn who was brave as she was
good. She died ; and the Wicked Godolphin turned her
coffin out of the house on to the Dark Plain, there"—point-
int; down to the open apace in front of the archway—" there
to remain until the day came for interment. But he did
not wait for that day of interment to bring home his second

wife."
those early days will scarcely admit of
" Not wait I" exclaimed Maria, her eager ears drinking
in the story.
"
in these," continued Janet : "they
anaTlluhseiomnantnoertsheinm
savour of what is worse than barbarism—sin, The father,

Richard de Commins, heard of his child's death, and
hastened to Ashlydyat, arriving by moonlight. The first
sounds he encountered were the revels of the celebration of
the second marriage; the first sight he saw was the coffin
of his daughter on the open plain, a pall covering it, and
two of her faithful women attendants sitting, the one at the
head, the other at the foot, mourning the dead. While he
halted there, kneeling to say a prayer, it was told to the
Wicked Godolphin that De Commins had arrived. He—
that Wicked Godolphin—rushed madly out and drew his
sword upon him as he knelt. De Commins was wounded,
but not badly, and he rose to defend himself. There en-
sued a combat, Do Commins having no resource but to
fight, and he was killed ; was murdered. Weary with his
journey, enfeebled by age, weakened by grief, his foot
slipped, and the Wicked Godo'phin, stung to fury by the
few words of reproach De Commins had had time to speak,
deliberately ran him through as he lay. In the moment of
death, De Commins cursed the Godolphins, and prophesied
that the shadow of hie daughter's bier, as it appeared then,
should remain to bring a curse upon the Godolphins'
house for ever."
"But do you believe the story ? ' cried Maria,' breath-

lessly.
"How much of it may be true and hew touch of it addi-
tion, I cannot decide," said Janet. " One fact is indis -
put tble : that a shadow, bearing the exact resetablance of
a bier, with a mourner at its head and another at its foot,
does appear capriciously on that Dark Plain; and that it
never yet showed itself, but some grievous ill followed for
the Godolphins. It is possible that the Shadow may have
given partial rise to the story."
" Janet," cried Maria, leaning forward, her own tones
hushed, "is it possible that one, in dying, can curse a whole
generation, so that the curse shall takeeffect ?"
" Hush, child I" rebuked Janet. "It does not become
us to inquire into these things. They are far, far above the
ken of our poor earthly wisdom. Ido not attempt to enter
upon it. Were I to say, of my own decision, God does
permit this curse to remain and to take effect upon us, the
descendants of that wicked man : were I, on the contrary,
to fling it from me in derision, to say it is folly, no such
thing as a curse can hold its effect, all that has happened
to us of ill, happens by accident, the appearance of the
Shadow is but an accident, induced by natural causes,
though we cannot find the precise clue to them—l should be
only a degree less wicked than the dead-and sone Godol-
phin. We must be content to leave these things. They can
never be decided, until all the mysterles of this lower world
shall be cleared up, by means of that Light which has not
yet entered it. Controversy on them is utterly bootless,
worse than profitless; for there will be believers and disbe-
lievers to the end of time. You wished me to tell the story,
Maria, and I have done so. Idu no more Ido not tell
you it is to be believed, or it is not to be believed. Let
every one decide for himself, according as his reason, his
instinct, or his judgment shall prompt him. People accuse
me of being foolishly superstitious, touching this Shadow
and these old traditions. I can only say the superstition
has been forced upon me by experience. When the Shadow
appears I cannot shut my eyes to it and say, It is not
there.' It is there ; and all Ido is to look at it, and spe-
culate. When the evil, which invariably follows the ap-
pearance of the Shadow, tails: I cannot close my heart to
it, and say, in the teeth of facts, 'No evil has happened,'
The Shadow never appeared, Maria, but it brought ill in
its wake. It is appearing again now ; and lam as certain
that some great ill is in store, as that I am talking with you
I at this moment. In this point lam superstitious."

We cannot say that we, ourselves, quite approve,
as critice, of any such spiritual mysteries as these
being employed in imaginative literature. INlrs.
Wood, moreover, is capable of Exercising sufficient
power, and that, too, with singular ability in the
realms of Truth and Nature, to render her indepen-
dent of any mere " mysteries" with,a view to the
production of sensational effect.

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upon the peculiarities of this admirably well thought
of edition of Lord Nlacaulay's grand torso of Eng
lish _History sa the time when the initial number
first made its appearance, all we have now
to notify in its regard is the simple fact

of its continuation. The second instal-
ment of the work now issued simultaneously
with the magazines for December, closes with Macaulay's
wonderfully graphic account of the circumstances atten-
dant upon the death of King Charles the Second. That
profligate monarch breathing his last, very far indeed no
doubt from what the poetical old mediaeval religious came to
speak of familiarly as the " odour of sanctity"—but at any
rate with a serious, though tardy, sense of Religion at the
cry last! When Chiffinch was hustled out of the royal bed •
chamber after let tin gin that ever apropos Father Hudd lestone
who took so conspicuous a part in tut thering the escape of
the young king after Worcester at Boscobel, and who now
administered to the dying monarch all the sacred consola-
tions at his command. Reading the impressive narrative
as it has been picturesqueiy written by the luminous pen
of Macaulay, one realises the actual scene in imagina-
tion far more vividly than even when looking at
that glowing canvass upon which Mr. Ward, the
Royal Academician, a few seasons back, depicted the con-
fused group of courtiers in the ante-chamber, with the
right hand of H.R.H. the Duke of York, afterwards King
James the Second, protruding through the doorway to take
in the glass of water for the parched lips of the expiring
sovereign. We are more than ever impressed, now that the
serial issue of this popular edition of Lord Macaulay's
History of England maybe regarded as fairly in progress
i
we are more than ever impressed with the importance of
it as a means of popularising his resplendent reputation.

The Christmas Number of London Society for 1863.
A wonderful shilling's worth of innocent and
interesting light literature has here been provided
most seasonably by the enterprising publishers of
London Society. It has been the peculiarity of that
popular illustrated magazine, ever since the date of
its original commencement, that in the getting up
of it, in the very material of the paper on Which it
is printed, in the variety and elegance of its embel-
lishments, it is a periodical of nothing less than first-class
excellence. If the literary contents are in no degree to be
compared, as a rule, with even the average of the contribu -
lions contained in that other still more popular illustrated
shilling monthly, the Cornhill—in regard to the embellish-
ments, the Cornhill is nothing to be compared to London
society. Even (we say this) though a man of powers like
Millais is among the number of the Cornhill illustrators I
I❑ point of fact, as a rule, we take the engravings in the
Cornhill to be about as execrable, as the engravings in
London Society are exquisite. Lavishly and luxuriously
pictorial though the latter periodical is, month after month,
it just fairly surpasses itself in its extra number for the
Christmas Holiday time. Here before us is a brilliant
specimen of how far it does, after this fashion, as we have
said, surpass itself. We don't know that we have ever
seen a more ample shillingsworth of tale, verse, fun, frolic,
and romance, intermingled with the prettiest, quaintest
oddest, drollest, gracefullest engravings by way of embel-
lishment. After the editor's Christmas Greeting the first
story, leading off, is one by Mark Lemon, the Editor of
Punoh—a story about a Christmas Day in a Jew's house.
A number of other amusing narratives of the most diversi •
fled character make up the literary contents--contents
illustrated by fully a score of choice engravings by artists as
gifted in their various ways as C. W. Cope, R.A., as Daniel
Maclise, R.A., as Kenny Meadows, Alfred Crowquill,
Hablot Browne (i c. Phiz), Wm. M'Connell, W. Brunton,
IL Sanderson, M. Ellen Edwards, f. A. Doyle, and last
and not by any means least, George H. Thomas. Indeed,
the folding picture by Mr. Thomas, opposite page 20, re-
presenting " Christmas with Sir Launcelot," we take to be
the gem of the whole number. It reminds us of a wonder-
ful picture of Christmas, pencilled a year or two back by the
same elegant draughtsman, a picture of marvellously ela-
borated fun, grace, and beauty, drawn by him for the
Illustrated London News. We can and do very heartily
commend this number of London Society to every one in
quest of innocent mirth at Christmas.

The Rose, Shamrock, and Thistle Magazine.
" Don't be flowery, Jacob!" was the ejaculatory
entreaty addressed byEbenezer Scrooge to Marley's
Ghost, on that famous Christmas Eve when the old
hunt (luckily for us all) had the visitation. We
cannot, however, find'the heart to say ditto to Mr.
Scrooge, when visited on the eve of this coming
Christmas by the flowery periodical before us. The Bose,
The Shamrock, and The Thistle, is worthy of its nal"whic 1! an.d
reflects credit upon the Caledonian press from
emanates. Twenty numbers have already
the crowd of
this young competitor for popularity anions -
h various
appeared, so that
magazines now issuins; month after month from t his t
by this. line
publishing houses of the United Kingdoni. is
fairly out of its teens. The nestling of
.yesterday. is no
it is now strong
longer callow, is no longer even a tiedglicg—
upon the wing, and sustains its flight full well.
Dhe con-
tents of the new number for this current month of ocem-
ber is unusually varied. ninete,enth. instalment. of
" Quicksands on Foreign Shores," a series especially re-
mailable as having been edited from the very commence-
ment of the magazine, by Archbishop Wh ate,ly—yields us
a charming chapter on
‘4 Friends Meeting., That elm.
neet Shaksperian commentator Mr. J. O. Halliwell, F.R.s.,
has a tenth of his Roundabout Letters upon Stratford.
on-Avon. The pleasant commentator on our Great
Boz, gives us, as his sixth paper on " Dickens's
Works," some entertaining pages on Oliver Twist. Eliza-
beth Sheridan Carey, the gifted poetess, contributes some
melodious stanzis, entitled,. " Friendless and Fallen."
Quallon is here, too,with "
ire-Side Musings." Numerous
to make up an especially seasonable num-
ber , but they are
.altogether too numerous to be indi-
vidualized. Conspicuous among the contents, however,
are Two pietas de resistance—five chapters from "The Life
and Adventures of Jacob Morrision," and two capital h. c ap-
ters in continuation of that thoroughly Charles-O'Malley-
like 'alai now adorning this Caledonian Fress Magazine
month after month, " Midßa and Matrimony, edited by V.