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THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 28, 1863.

Just ready, in 1 vol.,

AYOUNG ARTIST'S LIFE.
By ALEXANDER BAILLIE COCIIRA.NE, M.P.
Hurst and Blackett, Publishers, 13, Great Marlborough-
street.

v//THERE CAN WE MEET AFTER THE
PANTOMIMES ? My dear Fellow, Gentlemen sup
at E VANS', Covent-garden.

STATE OF TRADE.

supply of coals for shipment. Coasting freights
have fallen from 83. 3d. per ton to 7s. 71d. for LOR.•
doe, in consequence of the arrival of a few ships
and the mild state of the weather. The general
freight-market, however, has not shown much
variation. Coal freights to Havre are quoted to-
day, £8 17s. 6d.; Alicante,
x 27
;atTLrlieOstleo7i ulogne2B9o;
Venice, £3l; Genoa, £29 ;
Alexandra, £3l ; and Constantinople, £27 per keel.
The demand for iron keeps very brisk in the
north, with prices rising. The manufacturirg trade
of the district is exceedingly good, with very hope,
ful prospects for the spring. The reports of the loss
of north country shipping still continue, and the
amount of liability for which the insurance clubs
are responsible is serious. All the ports from
Whitby to Blyth will suffer equally, and as the in-
surances in the north are conducted upon the mutual
principle, shipowners being their own underwriters,
the owners who have ships afloat will have to make
good the losses, and the averages will be heavy.
NORWICH, 26th.—This, as may be readily ima-
gined, has been a broken week. The shoe trade,
however, is spoken of mote hopefully than for some
time past. The manufacturing business of the city
is not very active, although some little movement is
shortly anticipated on spring account. With refe-
rence to the allusion made under this head a week
since to the Norwich and London Accident and
Casualty Insurance Association, it appears that the
number of policies issued in the seven years ending
August 31, 1863, was 18,103, instead of 10,103, as
printed.

BARNSLEY, Dec. 26.—The demand for all de-
scriptions of coal is exceedingly good throughout
the South Yorkshire coal district, and the pits are
doing quite as much business as they can—in fact,
some collieries are unable to supply all the orders
forwarded to then'. Gas coal and Silkstone house
coal are both in demand, and steam coals are just
now in full inquiry, especially in London. The
Deane and Dove Canal Navigation is carrying a
large tonnage to Keedby. Altogether, trade may
be quoted as good for the time of the year, though
this week the Christmas holidays have somewhat
interfered with the transaction of business. Prices
since our last quotations have advanced for some de-
scriptions of house coal—Old Silkstones are quoted
from 7s. to 7s. 6d. (at the pit's mouth) per ton ;
Silkstone gas costa, 6s. 6d. to 75.; 'Worsborough-
park house coal, 45. 3d. ; Worsborongh ditto, ss. ;
Elsecar and Hoyland and other coals remain at last
quotations. Coke rules about 6s. 3d. per ton ;
steam coal from the neighbourhood of Worsborougb,
6s. 3d.; malting coke, 6s. 3d.; brick coal, 2s. 3d.
to 4s. 6d. per ton.
BIRMINGHAM, 26th.--The trade of this town
has continued in a very satisfactory state up to
the end of the quarter, and manufacturers in most
of the principal trades have a considerable
number of orders on hand, so that the Christmas
holidays will in all probability be shorter than usual.
The gun trade is the only one of all the important
branches of our manufactures in which any degree
of slackness is felt, as so far as it is concerned the
depression is very great, manufacturers who have
stocks on hand being unable to sell at the lowest
prices. On the other hand, the metal trades are busy,
the rolling mills have been on at full time, and the
edge-toolmakers, wiredrawers, lamp and chandelier
makers, and hollow-ware manufacturers are all
well engaged. The electro-plating business has
been so brisk of late that workmen in that branch
have been in demand. The merchants have given
out very few orders, but they have a good number
in hand, and as the money market bids fair to be
easier, it is not likely that these will be withheld
from the manufacturers beyond the first or secand
week in the new year. The demand for the material
is good—a proof of the healthy condition of trade
generally. The iron trade of this district has been
as buoyant as it now is for many years; it is antici-
pated that the advance to be declared on finished
iron at the preliminary meeting to be held next
Thursday will be not less than 30s. per ton. It has
been announced this week that arrangements have
been made for the transfer of the celebrated Patent
Shaft Axle Company's works, at Wendesbury, to
Messrs. Lloyd, Foster, and CO.
BRADFORD, 26th.—There is no change to report
in the wool and worsted trade, Places of business
are generally closedlo-day, and the town has quite
a holiday appearance. Very little if any business
is done in either wool, worsted yarns, or pieces; and
quotations remain as they were—every firm.
DUNDEE, 25th.—The reduction of one per cent.
in the Bank rate had its effect on the market to-day,
and rather a better feeling existed. Although this
was Christmas and a Bank holiday, there was a
moderate extent of business done in some depart-
ments. Flax, tow, and codilla were quiet, few sales
being reported, and prices nominally as before. Jute
was more inquired for, and some business done in
fine and medium qualities at prices scarcely obtain-
able on Tuesday. Some spinners made a fair amount
of sales to-day, manufacturers showing more dispo-
sition for business than on last market day. Prices
have not given way further since then, but they
cannot be quoted higher. The demand for linens
continues very good for the season of the year, and
orders are daily placed for the better class of goods
(Forfar, Brechie, Arbroath, and Fifeshire fabrics),
and Hessians, at paying prices. Stockings are not
so much wanted as they were, but most makers are
yet working to order, and do not feel the dulness.
The foreign advicos to hind do net vary much from
those formerly received.

KINAHAN'S LL WHISKY v. COGNAC,
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This celebrated Old IRISH WHISKY rivals the finest
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Sold in Bottles, 3s. Bd., at the Retail Houses in London; by
the Agents in the principal towns m England ; or wholesale
at

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The CHANNINGS. By Mrs. WooD. 65.
MRS. HALIBURTON'S TROUBLES. BY Mrs. WOOD. 6s.
Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street.

THE best TROUSERS for gentlemen to wear
are those mad by ELSTOB, of IY), New Bond-street
They are neither so low in price as to necessitate their being
carelessly put together, nor Po dear as to gain only the
wealthy purchasers. "In medio tutisimus ibis."
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COLBURN'S UNITED SERVICE MAGAZINE
AND NAVAL AND MILITARY JOURNAL for
JANUARY contains :—The Court-Martial on CoL Crawley—
Naval Promotion and Retirement—Military Engineering-,
Ancient and Modern —Experiments at Shoeburyness —Risen
from the Ranks—The Political Crisis—Lectures by a Naval
Architect—Anecdotes of the Civil War in Spain -The Royal
Arsenal of Ferrol—Tenerife—Promotions and Apoint-
ments—Obituary, (W.
Hurst and Blackett, 13, Great Marlborough-street.

COLBURN'S NEW MONTHLY MAGAZINE.
Edited by W. HARRISON AINSWORTH, Esq.
Contents for JANUARY. No. DXVII.
I. An Incursion into Labrador.
IL Won Over; or, the Countess and the Jesuit. By Mrs.
Bushby. Part 11.
111. 18 ,4. By Nicholas Michell.
IV. Queen Caroline (Wilhelmina of Ansi:lntl). By Sir
Nathaniel.
V. The Ghost's Hand. A Christmas Story.
VI. Comedy of Travel.
VII. Life, its Nature and Phenomena. By Cyrus Bedding.
VIIL Strathmore ; or, Wrought by his Own Hand. By the
Author of "Granville de Vigne." Part VIL
IX. Among the Cossacks.
X. Tilly Palmer. A Village Story. By Alex. Andrews.
Xl. Yankee-Land.
Chapman and Hall, 193, Piccadilly.

RLACKWOOD'S MAGAZINE
x, for JANUARY, 1864. No. DLXXIX. Price 2s. 6d.

CONTENTS.

Captain Spoke's Journal.
Tony Butler. Part IV.
The Mind and the Body.
Chronicles cf Carlingford : The Perpetual Curate.—
Part VIII.
Winchester College and Commoners.
Letter from Poland. No. IV,
A Song of Proverbs.
The European Crisis.
William Blackwood and Sons, Edinburgh and London.

BENTLEY'S MISCELLANY.
The JANUARY NUMBER contains

JOHN LAW.
By WILLIAM HARRISON AINSWORTH.
Book I.—THE REGENT D ORLEANS.
Chaps. I. to IV.

11. Mr. Grimshaw's Little 1 ,VI. Lord Lyndhurst. By
Love Affair. By Dud- W. S. G.
ley Costello. Chap. VII. Baron Hompesch. By
XXI I .
I Dr. Michelsen.
111. The German Almanacks VIII. The Logic of Smith the
for UM. Weaver. By Francis
IV. Tilsit and Erfurt. Jacox,
V. Some Recent Dramatic LX. Six Weeks at llunsdon
1 Succes,es. Manor. Part VI.
London : Chapman and Hall, 193, Piccadilly.

TEMPLE BAR MAGAZINE.
In the January Number (now ready) commences a New
Novel, to be continued Monthly, entitled—
" DOCTOR'S WIFE.
By Author of "John Marchmont's Legacy," "Lady
Audley's Secret," &c., &o.
Office of Temple Bar, 122, Fleet-street, London.

NEW NOVEL BY AUTHOR OF ' SACKVILLE CHAUE."
In the January Number (now ready) of the
ST. JAMES'S MAGAZINE commences
TIHE MAN IN CHAINS.
By C. J. COLI.INS.
London : Kent and Co., Paternoster-row.

BEAUTIFUL FOR EVER.

MADAME RACHEL ON " FEMALE G RACE AND BEAUTY."

, Just published,

4BOOk OF BEAUTY.
By Madame RACHEL.
To be had at 47A, New Bond-street. Price 2s. 6d.

DIGS! PIGS! PIGS!-INDIAN PIG MEAL,
without husks, supplied to the Royal farms, Windsor,
and in every county in England, IGs 6d per cwt. ; one cwt.
equal to 11 cwt. barley or any meal. Delivered free in Lon-
don. Established 1858.— THOMAS PEARCE, Manager, 66,
L ant-street, Southwark.

MESSRS. BOTr. JACKSON, AND CO.
execute COMMISSIONS on all races throughout the
year. Market price guaranteed. Remittances. Landon and
Westminster Bank. Post-office Orders payable at Camber-
well-park.
N.B.—Betting on the Waterloo Cup.
Address—Borr and JACKSON, "Man of the World" Wine
Stores, George-street, Camberwell-park, London.

"IF THIS SHOULD MEET THE EYE of any
one troubled with Wind in the Stomach, Indigestion, or
Biliousness, take PAGE WOODCOCK'S WIND PILLS.
Tbeir world-wide celebrity proves them of sterling merit.
Of all medicine vendors at is. lid. sad 2s. 9d. ; or free by
post for 14 or 33 stamps from Page D. Woodcock, Chemist
Lincoln.

TEA.--MOORE BROTHERS respectfully inti-
mate that their New Prospectus is now ready. They
especially recommend their improved Family Tea, reduced
to 3s. 2d. ; Souchong, reduced to 3s. (id. ; mixed Assam, re-
duced to 3s. Bd.; and the finest Assam, reduced from 48. 4d.
to 38. 11d. per lb.
MOORE BROTHERS, 35, London-bridge, City, E.C.

T" NEW WEATHER INDICATOR.
By S. CASELLA, for correctly foretelling Changes in
the Weather, either for Rain, Wind, or Moisture. Particu-
lars, with rules, by inclosing stamp.
Also, just published, CASELLA'S New and Improved
FORMS for correctly REGISTERING METEOROLOGI-
CAL OBSERVATioNS.

"THE GHOST CLUB" at the
CANTERBURY HALL.—New and Interesting
Spectral Tableaux.—Mr. C. MO RTON is enabled to announce
that, through the medium of Professor Pepper's World of
Shadows, a "GHOST CLUB" is nightly held at the CAN-
TERBURY HALL. The object of the Club is not there-
peopling of the Haunted Houses of London ; but, through
the agency of Phantoms, to present vivid (if transient)
pictures of the drama of real lite, both in its serious
and mirthful aspects ; and, by means of spectral tableaux,
to recall, and still further impress on the mind, some
of the teachings or pleasantries of the best wr ters. At pre-
sent, the two orders of Slavery—the Slavery of the South,
and the "White" Slavery of a more boastful civilisation,
receive emphatic illustration ; and these life pictures will be
rapidly replace iby others. The pages (1 Shakspere and the
eli.er Dramatists, of' Scott. Hood, Ineoldsby, Dickens, &C., &C.,
wi.l. in turns, furnish subjects for illustration.
All the other Musical and Pictorial attractions as usual,
including Operatic Selections. &c. ; Comedy by Unsworth
(the modern Demosthenes), Eugene, George Hodson, E.
Marshall, and George Hutchenson.

THE BENEFACTOR OF THE SKIN.
MOLLARMS PERFUMED SULPHUR
SOAP and CREAM for ordinary toilet purposes,
and "BAREGE' SULPHUR CREAM, for Baths, free
from disagreeable odour ; an infallible means of preserving
the skin and body in perfect htalth ; they are also an effectual
remedy in coring local and cutineous affections and rheuma-
tism. Highly patronised and recommended by the most
eminent physicians ;see Testimonials). Tablets of Soap, from
Nos. 1 to 5, accorebng to the degree of sulphur they contain,
sold at the depot, 2, Rupert-street, Coventry-street, London,
W., and at all chemists. _Prospectuses and testimonials sent
on application.

TEETH.—Mr. ESK ELL'S INVENTION in
the construction of ARTIFICIAL TEETH has the
following advantages :—A set of teeth, of excellent work-
manship and mechanism, can be made and fitted with the
most perfect accuracy and success, in a few hours, without
pain or extraction of stumps, and to answer all the purposes
of mastication and articulation. They are fitted without
wires or fastenings, and adapt themselves so perfectly to the
gums, that they are quite immoveable, except at the option
of the wearer. Invalids or residents in the country can ad-
just these teeth to many changes of the mouth without the
aid of a dentist. They are not so liable to injury, are always
useful, and will last a lifetime. Comfort guaranteed. Trea-
tise explaining Mr. Eskell's Patent, &c., free for 7 stamps.
Inspection of specimens and consultations iree.-B,Grosvenor-
stleet, Bond-street, W ; and at 39, Bennett's-hill, Bir-
mingham.

pRIZE MEDAL-INTERNATIONAL
EXHIBITION, 1862.
FRANCIS TUCKER & CO., Wax Chandlers, &C., &C.,
To the Queen and the P, ince of Wales.
(Established 17?0.)
The Jurors' Report on Wax and Church Candles, in 1862,
testifies to ,he excellence of the quality of Messrs. Tuckers'
manuf enure.
A distivguished Dignitary, in a letter addressed to Francis
Tucker and Co.. on the subject of
WAX CANDLES with PLATTED WICKS,

" I have found them f yequal-to the recommendation
fully
s:
which you gave them, and can sincerely, in my turn,,
recom-
mend them to the clergy for the use of the altar.
Finest quality, with Platted Wicks, patented.. 2s. 2d. per lb.
Ordinary quality • • .. ed. per lb.
VEGETABLE CANDLES, With a Mixture of Wax.
Best quality .. • • • • •• is. sd. per lb.
Second quality .. • • •• • • .. ls. 3d. per lb.
Third quality .• • • • • • • is. id. per lb.
Carriage pad in London on Orders of Five Pounds in value.
FRANCIS TUCKER AND CO.,
8, South Molton-street, Grosveror-squaro. Manufactory—
itia
The England for the Mann! acture
01 Wax Candles for the use of the Altar.
ebnussihnnigtlon nt (iEnstablished 73')).
largest vs

OYAL ALHAMBRA.—Great Treat during
zu, the Christmas HoIidays.—FRANCONPS CIRQUE
IMPERIAL.—This, the only thoroughly organised Circus
Company in London, comprises the first artistes, selected
from the best known Continental Troupes, including Male
and Female Equestrian•, Gymnasts, Acrobats, and Clowns.
The Stud consists of highly-trained Trick and Menage
Horses, unrivalled in any establishment in Europe. Crowded
audiences nightly attend this splendiri entertainment, now
renewed with unwonted splendour. Enthusiastic reception
of M. Jules Perez, from Madrid, the greatest Bare-backed
Rider ever seen, whose wonderful performances create a pro-
found sensation. Second week of Professor Case, the Slack
Wire Performer, of World-wide Renown, Arthur and Ber-
trand, the most amusing and marvellous of Clowns, together
with a host of varied talent a 1 unequalled in their respective
spheres. Morning Performances Daily, during the ensuing
Christmas Week, at Two o'Clcck ; Evening, at Half-past
Seven.
Admission—Reserved seats, Ss.; Stalls and 'Balcony, 2s.
Pit and Promenade, ls. ; Gallery, ed. Private boxes, to hold
six persons, 21s.

a)OYAL ALHAMIIRA. - JULES PEREZ
EVERY EVENING at the ALHAMBRA.

p OYAL ALHAMBRA.-MORNING PER-
FORMANCES EVERY DAY at Two, at the ALHAM-
BRA, during the CHRISTMAS 'WEEK.

ARGYLL ROOMS, Windmill-street, Hay-
market.
NOTICE. —M. JULLIEN'S PROMENADE CONCERTS
will be continued nightly at the above elegant rooms.
Admission ls.
Conductor—M. JULI.IEN.
Solo Performers—Messrs. Mosea, Tyler, King, M`Kenney,
Snelling, Sloman, Progratski, Baker, ,Ye.
Manager, M. GRENET.

BEAUTIFUL WOMEN.--Alabaster Powder,
and the Magnetic Rock Dew Water from Sahara. Cir-
cassian Bloom, Arabian Soaps, and Alabaster Liquid. These
costly and inimitable toilet preparations render the hair,
teeth, and complexion beautiful beyond comparison.—Can be
had only at Madame RACHKI'S, 47A, New Bond-street,
where she can be consulted daily. All communications are
strictly confidential.

)FAFNFsS The SOUND MAGNIFIER
41.
- INVISIBLE VOICE CONDUCTOR, a newly in-
vented instrument for severe eases of deafness. It fits into
the ear, not perceptib:e, removes singing noises in the head,
and enables deaf persons to hear distinctly at church and at
public assemblies.—S. and B. SOLOMONS, 39, Albemarle-
street, Piccadilly.

ROY AL FREE HOSPITAL, Gray's-inn-road,
in the immediate vicinity of the Great Northern Rail-
way Terminus, King's-cross.
Patron—Her Most Gracious Majesty the QUEEN.

Vice-Patron—His Royal Highness the Prince of WALL F,K.G

President—His Grace the Duke of BUCCLEUCII, K.G.

HALIFAX, 26,h.—Caristms week has brought
more than the average business, though there is
nothing like so many transactions as will take place
in a week or two. The general tone of the woollen
and carpet branches is sound, especially the latter.
Wool keeps up its price, and spinners will only buy
small lots, though convinced that there is not much
probability of its soon becoming cheaper.
HUDDERSFIELD, 26th.—To all appearances our
merchants have had little to do this week which
would impede them in their annual stock taking and
balancing. Few buyers have been here, and the in-
quiry has only been for goods inferior in make or
damaged in condition which might be purchaseable
for nominal sums. There has not, however, been
much done even in this huckstering line. In the
warehouses attention is chiefly given to Bedford and
woollen cords, for which there is still a rage, and
nothing like sufficient stock to meet it. Notwith-
standing the external quietness, it is satisfactory to
know that al the manufacturers are fully employed
for the home trade of the coming spring.
LEEDS, 26th.—To-day both the cloth halls and all

Treasurer—Edward Masterman, Esq.

The numerous and urgent appeals of the si'lc poor for ad-
missißn compel the Committee to entreat the bounty of the
affluent and humane, as the medical officers are daily obliged
to treat as out-patients many distres•ing cases which. with
more adequate funds, they would gladly admit into the wards.
The premises of the Hospital are capable of containing 500
beds.
The Hospital is not endowed, but is wholly dependent on
voluntary contributions and legacies, which are received by
the Treasurer, Edward Masterman, Esq., Nicholas-lane; also
by Messrs. Coutts and Co. ; Drummond and Co. ; Fferries and
Co. ; Ransom and Co.;Prescott, Grote, and Co.; Smith,
Payne, and Co. ; Glyn and Co. ; Jones Loyd and Co.; Barclay
and Co. ; Denison and Co. ; Williams, Deacon, and Co. ;
Overend, Gurney, and Co. ; Nisbet and Co., Berners-street
Masterman and Co. ; I. Barned and Co., Liverpool ; and at
the Hospital, from 10 till 5.
STANFORD S. SMITH Secretary.

the warehouses in the woollen trade are closed.
Thursday was made the last market of the week,and
then business was unimportant, as most of the houses
are now closely engaged in balancing. We have no-
thing new to report with respect to next season's
goods. The demand for patterns is not yet over.
Actual deliveries will shortly begin. It is not expected
terms will then be more favourable to buyers than
they have been for some time past. Some few London
houses have already agreed upon their :selections,
The most favourite designs appear to be plain and
checked light coloured thin•meltons. These and
plain black cloths are the goods chiefly dealt in
with a view to the spring and summer demand.
Manufacturers throughout the town and adjacency
are busy, and altogether business is in a fair state,
while prospects are certainly brighter than they
were last Christmas.
LEICESTER, 26th.—The past has been rather a
quiet week in the hosiery trade, but still there has

THE EMBELLISHMENTS OF PARIS, commenced in
1848 by the works necessary for the junction of the
Tuileries with the Louvre, have been on a gigantic scale.
The greatest undertaking has been the continuation of the
Rue do Rivoli onwards to the Rue St. Antoine, the disen-
gagement of the Hotel de Ville, and the opening of the
square around the old Gothic tower of St. Jacques la Bou-
cherie. The next stupendous improvement has been the
Boulevard Sebastopol, which runs north and south, as the
Rue de Rivoli runs east and west, each being some two
miles long and straight on end, except where the Boule-
vard Sebastopol twists across the Place du Chatelet and the
Seine. The final cost of the Rue de Rivoli will be upwards
of two millions sterling, and of the Boulevard Sebastopol
more than two millions and a quarter. The other leading
improvements and the sums granted by the State since 1852
towards the embellishment of Paris are as follows :—Boule-
vard do Strasbourg 3,149,000 f, Palais de l'lndustrio
14,880,000 f, Hotel of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
4;500,000f, repairs of Historical Monuments 2,170,000 f,
Palace of the Elysee 1,400,0001, Hippodrome of Longchamp
1,500,000 f, Tomb of Napoleon I. 865,000 f, Pouts des Inva-
lides, d'Jeno et d'Areole 4,250,000 f, Cathedral of Paris
(Notre Dame), 3,500,060 f, Barracks 7,850,000 f, Monument
to Marshal Nay 50,000 f, New Opera House 28,000,000 f,
construction of the Isla des Cygnes, 428,000 f, Grand Works
(law of 1858) 60,000,0001—making, with 62,500,000 f forth°
junction of the Palaces of the Louvre and the Tuileries up
to 1858, and including 36,000,000 f for the Boulevard Sebas-
topol, a total sum of 225,000,000 f, or, in round numbers,
nine millions sterling, exclusive of the contributions of the
Municipality, The Halles Centrales cost ab)ut a million
sterling, and the new Boulevard Malesherbes will cost
the city £1,200,000. Altogether the State and the Munici-
pality of Paris have either actually spent or incurred lia-
bilities amounting in the aggregate to between seventeen
and eighteen millions sterling.

A RELIC ENDANGERED.---We presume the church-
wardens of St. Swithin's, London Stone, Cannon-
street, are the proper authorities to appeal to with regard to
the preservation of the most interesting relic now existing
of the Roman occupation of this island. In such a position
as London Stone now occupies it is, notwithstanding the
characteristic and well-designed case Wren gave it in 1680,
exposed to injury at the hands of mischievous and stupid
persons. Quite redently some fragments have been knocked
off, ono long and a shorter freshly fractured surface being
epo sd,th sh°rweie orng bright and clean spaces, ten and four inches
longand four broad, upon the otherwise smooth,
xe
time-worn, and brown mass. Caro ought to be taken that
this mischievous trick is not repeated, or, before long, the
mere boulder that remains of the great stone, pitched
upright," that Stow mentions as standing on the south
side of Cannon-street (it was removed to the kerb on the
north side in 1742, condemned by the churchwardens to
destruction in 1798, but saved by Mr. Malden, and placed,
as now, against the church wall of St. Swithin's) and will
become a thing of the past. Then will be lost the lapis
milliartus which Camden thought to be the central mile..
stone of the Romans, and to which Strl pe gave a still earlier
origin, which is mentioned in charters of Athelstan's and
in Stephen's time, again in 1193, a reference to which by
liolinshed was borrowed by Shakespere, and which ought
to be most precious to the citizens.—Athenount.

Diti.ILITTT'S BILIOUS AND LIVER
pared without au rr
suffer from bilious an
Scott, of BromieK tereurialingrredient, from the recipe of Dr.
—A NEVER FAILING RlOlEDY.—P-
spasms, giddiness, Ziff
costiveness, as a family complaints, indigestion, wind.
Kent,iwili be found invaluable to all who
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Williae
and grateful to the stoma:lllf%."
of the blood, they are trul medicine, and as a puer
apet:lol the eyes, &c. For habitual
; mild in their opera-
tionin Toistreet, Charing-cross.
mote digestion, and strengthen 'try create appetite, pro-
whole nervous system.
ii,ool:nridboyn,Wan.dLabmybmerots,tBd,
rlimfnygots,
times the quantity in one, 2s. 9d. l;tee6lB. lid., and three
Scott's Biliona and Liver Pills. The gen
green package, with "William Lambert " e are a square
sure to ask for Dr.
stamp. , engraved on the

Hornitnan's Tea is choice and strong, moderate
in price, and wholesome to use. These advantages have
secured for this Tea a general preference. It is sold in
packets by 2,280 Agents,

been an average amount of business doing in most
departments of goods. The workpeople, both in the
, are well employed
ere are no stocks of
tf
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hosiery on hand. The yarn market is firm, and
prices remain very high, spinners holding out for
extreme rates. There is no material change in
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marketwoollNthcenEsTEit, 26th To-day places of business for which remains quiet.
MANCHESTER,
connected with the yarn and cloth trade have been
closed, and two holidays in the week have necessarily
interfered a good deal with the amount of transac-
tions. Up to Thursday buyers were indisposed to
operate, and the transactions were few, with prices
in favour of sellers. On Thursday the easier rates
adopted by the Bank gave a little more firmness to
sellers, but it was not the regular market-day, and
many sellers as well as buyers failed to put in an
appearance on 'Change. " Some decline in price,"
say
Messrs. Pender in their circular for the Over-
landfoenillh atili 6, has been established during the past
n all classes of goods, though it is less
noticeable in the case of India cloths, in consequence
generally of the smallness of stocks. Printing
cloths have declined ls. 6d. to 2s. per piece from
the highest point, and about the middle of the month
there was a considerable demand for them." China
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have so been in limited re. quest during the past fort-
night, and have shared in the decline of prices which
has been common to nearly allfabrics. 40-inch India
shirting,
tin madapollams,: jacconets, and mulls have
been comparatively less affected in prices, and were
consequently among the fabrics for which manufac-
turers were disposed to ask rather firmer rates after
the action of the Bank
on Thursday. Yarns had
been declining generally till Thursday, when spin-
ners in some cases asked Id. above the rates of the
day before, but business loft off dull.
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distinguished for committing themselves. A!peale—
before a provincial audience is gene.eallrii#A4
dilemma, that he must be either incalifidne,nti.
some. Something exciting is necessfal:44,444.c;i,i,
the attention of some hundredg or tileottroVilea
half-educated hearers. Even Lord PalnisiSfiiiiithj
not threaten the Emperor of the French satlivoadri
in the House of Commons as when he speaks to a
crowd nf gaping bumpkins; arid the difference bem
tween Mr. Bright in Parliament and Mr. Bright in
the presence of a mob is notorious, anti has
been very lately illustrated. It is a pity that
a formal division of labour cannot be introituced.
If Ministers and ex-Ministers never spoke in the
recess, end the rest of the members never spoke in
the Session, all the evils of
both periods would be
avoided. The statesmen would never commit
themselves; and the proceedings of the House of
Commons would be much livelier than they are.
But even that rule would fail to meet the case of
Mr. Bright and his coadjutors, who are, perhaps,
gacater sinners in this respect than all the rest of
the members put together.

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tiso on each other cruelties which would be diegrace-
ful if inflicted on a cab horse. The time has come
to interefere, and to interfere with vigour. A. good
deal depends on the firmness and decision of the
magistrates before whom King and Heenan will
appear; and without wishing any unnecessary
hardships to be inflicted on two courageous pugilists,
we cannot help believing that the magistrates in
question will not be worthy of their office unless the
penalty be sharp, decisive, and final.
SPECTATOR.—The Fie zgerald divorce suit, besides
amusing the town for a week, has done a substan-
tial service. It has revealed to the public a defect
in English divorce law long since patent to lawyers,
and which may be productive of almost infinite mis-
chief. It is open to anybody from jealousy, or
hatred, or blindness, or the hope of extortion, to
include any innocent person, man or woman, among
the co-respondents in a divorce suit, and so either
permanently damage their characters or inflict a
crushing amount of annoyance and anxiety. So
long as the liability was felt only by men, other men
well aware how leniently such offences are judged
might afford to shrug their shoulders and
congratulate themselves that nobody had any
handle on them ; but the introduction of a
woman into the same situation alters the
aspect of affairs. The most unscrupulous are apt
to grow savage when their own,wives are attacked
in public, and the mischief having occurred in one'
case, we may fairly expect some effort to modify the
law. The cruel wrong endured by one of the parties
in this singular suit, singular if only as exposing the
persistent ignorance of the public on the subject of
legal cruelty, is not attributable to the Divorce
Court. She would have suffered it just as much
under the old procedure, and without so prompt .a
relief; but it is due to a defect in the law itself. A
greater wrong effected through legal forms it would
be difficult to imagine. Major Fitzgerald, son of
Lord William Fitzgerald, and an officer of some dis-
tinction, having earned the Victoria Cross in the
Crimea, married in 1857 Miss Geergiana Bettis-
worth. The major had little but his pay and his
debts, the lady between twenty and thirty thousand
pounds; and the marriage on therthusbaed'e side al-
most avowedly made for money. Such matches end
every day more happily than they deserve, but in
this instance the bridegroom was disappointed, or
thought he was disappointed, of some of the money
promised; the bride looked after her property with
penurious cue and vigilance, and both parties were
on the evidence of high and uncontrolled temper.
The major saubbed his wife, according to her evi-
dence, after the most unpardonable manner; ac-
cording to his, with the kind of" chaff" women can
never understand or bear. Mrs. Fitzgerald, es
time went on, became more and more irritated; the
loss of a child, which she attributes to his language,
and everybody else apparently to bad medical ad-
vice, aggravated the disunion, and at last the wife,
tired out by reflections on her person, whether good-
humoured or not, accused the husband of infidelity.
She fixed, as the Mrs. Naggletons of society
do fix, on the lady her husband best knew, a
Mrs. Mallet, wife of Mr. Mallet, holding
an appointment in the Foreign Office, who, to his
misfortune, had been a kind friend to Major Fitz-
gerald. Taxed for whole years on end with inti-
macy with this lady, threatened with the loss of
all he had married to obtain, and badgered out of
his wits, Major Fitzgerald, as he says in a letter
published in the Times, went temporarily out of his
mind—a statement which, unusual as it is, seems
the only one which explains the facts, and which is
supported by medical evidence. In this condition
he wrote letters to his wife admitting the truth of
her accusation, and, all efforts at reconeLia.tion fail-
ing, she brought her action for cruelty and adultery.
For months Mrs. Mallet's name remained on the
file as corespondent in a case in which a Major on
the Staff, a man of the class against whom society
always presumes, and in whose favour it usually
condones, such charges, was also implicated. For
all that time none but the intimate friends of the
accused family had any means whatever of know-
ing whether any portion of the implied charge was,
or was not, in any degree true. The only thing
they were certain of was the bitter, but unavailing
wrath of her husband, who, though willing to go
all lengths in his wife's defence, had not even a
right to a hearing within the Court. So bad is the
law that ho had not even the right to send counsel
into the Court, to promise the complete refutation
he and his friends lenew that it was in his power to
adduce. At last the trial came on, Mrs. Fitzgerald
gave her evidence, the letters were produced, and
the plaintiff's side, and that alone, appeared in
the papers of the fallowing day. For twenty-four
hours, at least, Mr. and "'Mrs. Mallet must have
suffered torture ; but, fortunately, the law left them
one solitary chance. It was open to counsel, though
not compu!sory on counsel, to place them in the box,
and to bring forward evidence they had collected
in disproof of the charge. Had Mre. Mallet been,
as hundreds of women would have Leen, half-killed
or wholly killed by appearance before a public
court in order to rebut such a slander, even this
chance might have failed. As it was, through a
concurrence of favouring circumstances and the for-
titude of the witnesses, the truth was for once made
clear. Thera was not a particle of evidence worth
one straw to justify any imputation of any sort or
kind, except that Mr. Mallet had the misfortune to
be on friendly terms with a man subject to halluci-
natione, and to lend him, through his wife, £25. It
was not a mere break-down of evidence leaving still
a shade of suspicion. There was counter-evidence
as complete as it is possible for evidence of a nega-
tive ever to be, accounting for almost every moment
of Mrs, Mallet's time, and so deeply did that lady's
bearing impress the jury that they refused to hear
plaintiff's counsel or Judge's summing. up, and at
once, as by acclamation, exonerated the accused.
SATURDAY REVIEW.—The politicians of old days
were not expected to stump. Extr&Parliamentary
utterances are an invention of modern times. , The
older view of la Member of Parliament's functions
was limited to the assembly which he was sent to
join. His constituents troubled themselves princi-
pally about his votes—that is to nay, if he sat for a
constituency which took any interest in political
matters beyond that which could be expressed in
the coin of the realm. If he chose to indulge in
utterances of any kind within the walls of Parlia-
ment, it was entirely by his own choice, and for the
purpose of pushing his own way in the world. A
totally different conception of the character now
prevails. For some time an idea appears to
ehave.
gained ground among the constituenciee,
part of the duties of every Member of Parliam.past
to take care that his name shall appears, atini ira,_
occasionally, in the debates. The physicani
obviousP
ticability of this pretension must have
bteoedivide the
to any one who would take the trouble to that itenits
House of
number of boars at the dissal or
it contains.
Commons by the number of Members
difficulty made
d. Instead
In course of time, this practiesseeedeipffitec
itself felt, and a compromisoefw'jommons, where the
of speaking in the House
audience is impatient
the oratory they expect
executed, for their o
and fastidious, most constitu-
encies are now content that
from their member shall be exma
undoubtedly tends to save This'
arrangement, which un. the
probably the '
edification and diversion, during the recess.
time of Parliament, is . origin of
autumn
stumping.
go through m
Members of
the modern
Parliament' rutable any
vexations
for the sake of the ]nsc
name, thatpleasure of writing
system of
two letters after their one misery more
iesvnitot of much importance.
of exhibiting during
if this obligation It Would be a
number of candidates
the privilege of gratuitously
for
tsoherreLreeuscssess tended to lessen the
performing it. 1-33 t
in England, the charm of standing ono round
higher on the social ladder than your neighbours is
so irresistible that,
if a member of Parliament were
obliged to dance upon
his head for the amusement
of his constituents, it is
tune and independ d to do it, and
cane would be team
to assure the spectatorsdevoted to the
can it be said that the time
Nor
feat was the proudest t of their lives.
probable that men of for-
momen.
does any injury to
the ordinar • that the practice .
5 race of
style of orator is '.
safe
from deterioration.
Parliament: Their
yUnfortu niperi usage ex-
nately, however, the I
odes even the
tends to alt 1 consequently me.
mqeumaebers of. P
, and a n a share iii the
most eminent men who have "It° them the habit
administration of the
- a decidedly detrimental
of platform eloquence bee
ns is about the best,
effect. As the House of Coraino
far the worst,
school of oratory.
KO a platform is by
saidthat sermons would be free
Empire. eon . .
It has been well
defecta that aro laid to their
from most of the were only liable to a reply. It
requires
BcP7- which would be imposed by the fear
hurain zieil and virtue to supply the
elite
The,
charge if the clergy
Platform has all the vices of the
' ed to a license in point of facts and prin-
rflutary criticism.
puipit, ply _
special to ielf. Few public men are
eipies whichmasters of t hemselves to resist the tempta-
( sufficiently
is
tempta-
I flea which is held out by the impossibility of a reply,
and by the peculiar impressibility of their audience.
The kuowtedge that a practised debater is prepar-
jag to pick to pieces a speaker's reasoning, aud to
ectutinise his facts, the moment he has sat down,
enforces a caution in the selection and treatment of
topics which self-imposed scruples will not entirely
replace. The consequence is, that orators who are
fond of starring it in the provinces ate generally

FRENCH THEATRICALS.

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FRANCAIS.—The question has been asked before now,
How is it that clever men can write
that a
lsuch bat
they
adcdoe pmeednieas '
ete
Of the " how" we can say teething, but of the
of talent
can and do so write there is no doubt whatever, and in ad-
dition to many proofs of the possession of that faculty
pwass t ,
mayboldly
present,
citean d —NW. e
Jules fear—to
Bandeau's come, by e fret
"
Maison
van," brought out here a few nights since, The author
is known as one of the best and most elegant writers of the
day as a novelist, having produced several works which
hold a high place in the estimation of tee best judges, both
for his power of creating an interest in the mind of the
reader, and those rarer qualities of taste and style in. which
he is immeasurably superior to most witers of the modern
school, whose popularity is frequently owing to the vie-
lence and vulgar exaggerations of their manner of writing.
A. comedy, however, is one thing and a roman another ;
and certain it is that M. Sandeau's play of "La Maison de
Penarvan is a poor affair, while his novel is excellent." The
scene is laid in Brittany, where stands the ruined clAteau
of the Penarvans, a noble loyalist family, who have freely
given their lives and their wealth to aid the cause of the
Monarchy against the Republic. Of their vast pee-
sessions there remains but a dilapitated castle, and of
the great and numerous family but one surviving daughter
Renee, whose spirit and courage, However--solitary; peer
and friendless as she is—glow as arilently for the-good old
perishing cause as in the brightest days of ifs prosperity.
'.'he last of her race, she is determined never to change her
name, bat to die a Penarvan. In the meantime poverty
and distress are gathering round her, and she is compelled
to part with portions of her land to supply the vulgar ne-
cessities of life. In this strait she discovers that a relative
belonging to a younger branch of the Penarvans, whom
she thought dead, is still living, a species of country squire,
who has not a grain of the chivalry of his family in his
composition, and has willingly abjured all connection with
nobility. This doughty personage, Paul de Penarvan, is
about to marry the pretty daughter of a miller, one Mi-
chaud, a genuine son of liberty as it flourished in 17p3,
when the noble Renee, horror-struck at the intended de-
gradation, iesolves to prevent it if passible, and ac-
ccordingly seeks an interview with him in the vici-
nity of the cho.teau, and, acqUaintina him with the death
of her brothers on the field of La Vendee, de-
livers him the deeds which constitute him the
head of the family. The beauty of his fair visitant at onto
puts an end to the chance of the miller's daughter, and—
not to prolong the story too much—in the next act we find
him the husband of the poor heiress. Anything like love
actually to
ail uparson, royal
and on nue uil
ofu
for such a man is of course out of the question, but she
makes u
notthe be only
t
with his purse,
scenes is that in which he reluctantly dons his spurs *and
se of
but his
means
ind i
other warlike paraphernalia to take the field among his wife's
friends against the Republic, with whom lie his real sym-
pathies. He is dangerously wounded in his first battle, and
the natural tenderness of woman's heart towards a suffering
husband finally leads to a reconciliation between them, and
the audience are left to hope (if they can) that the noble
high-spirited woman, wbo had borne so much for the sake
of early principles, may ultimately find happiness in her
union with a man that has none. Such is the outline, and
only an outline, of this play, many of the details which serve
for the filling up of the picture being omitted for the pur-
pose of abridgment, for its extreme heaviness and length
on the stage rather loads to the fear that one account of it
rather partakes of the sin of the original. Its general
effect on the public led to a display of considerable oppo-
sition on the first and second representations. And hero
we have to note a fact of singularly rare occurrence at this
theatre—to wit, that the acting was not of the character the
public are here accustomed to. Without being bad, it was
not first-rats, yet there was no apparent want of zeal or
care, but the performers seemed nearly all misplaced. The
ungracious role of Paul, for instance, =aid seem to re-
quire distinction of manner and deportment to redeem its
disagreeable features. It was given to M. Got, a most ex-
cellent comedian, and we believe only deficient in the
graceful qualities just named. So with M. Prevost, so
with the young actor Coquelin, who played the miller, for
which he is unmistekably too juvenile, all the stage arti-
fices to produce the appearance of ago being thrown away
upon his .plain end youthful features. Nea:e. Pleaey, as
Mlle. de Penarvan, looked, dressed, and acted beautifully.
In the first scene with her cousin her ceetume and general
appearance so strongly resembled the best portraits of the
unfortunate Marie Antoinette as to strike every beholder.
With this exception and that of M. Mirecour, who gave
the little part of an aristocratic lacquey of old times with
wonderful gusto, none of the performers seemed at home
in their parts—a drawback that considerably impaired tae.h.e,
effects of the piece, which, however, we could
not
have
thinking under the hands of Eugene Scribe would h
at
made an amusing and attractive comedy, a title which: to
thehich ,present it really possesses no claim. By the
ways
for
sub-
ject seems, all things considered, a curious,onea
ie eye'adt the
performance in the Court theatre-
-1""
eeP
Compiegne
honour to be chosen for representation '
before the guests of the Emperor, previous atto
its
produca
tion at the Francais. It was received with favour, but of
the quietest kind.
1 t little pieces called "
PALMS-ROYAL--ALe
pleasant
t out here. Two persons, eon.
Pifferaro," has been brough
the small quantity of real hip_
upon
vet sing in the streets
~
er world of ours, meet '
piness to be found in this.qu.
just
one of the wandering Italians named, whose dole ;n1
known to the public, and ,e
melodies are but too well
with his infernal o - lays
a wager that this poor fellow, with WA; bright
cannot possibrill
eyes, and ever-laughing
the miserable. lie loses,
philosophical
point rises the materialof th
enlivened by two or three
of course—hut fromy b 3 among
agreeable airs • '
Berthelet, who has become quite a favouxit_,
with genuine plaudits. . this rather
e farce, which is
, spiritedly sung by
0 and received
•
VARIETES.—
AII amusing trifle, not at all remarkable by
its novelty, has been received here with laughter, called
"L'lnfortunes Caroline.,,
Pldlle. Aiphonsine and Dupuis
is the principal characters contributed a full share to its

success.
on
• TES —A lengthy
affair, called ~ Le Zotrave de
1 i
Garda, " consisting of military adventures whichevery'w ci
fre-
quenter of the Paris minor theatres must
have witnessed
dozens of times, has been brought forward bar'e and we are
itn
told the novelty was
do la Foudre," is now actingaff
quite successful.
DEIAZET.--- A
~... Curious in which a
ulier Effete
with
classic namesake,
young lady, named Diana, arid, like
in
the province by
a great huntress makes a repatatio
, exploits. The idea of
her disdain of danger and darinban".
~,, a she treats as the ex-
love or the necessity of a .11g—when the simple occurrence
ex-
treme of folly and weakness, when
all her courage and con-
of a thunderstorm overthrvoery
woman in her fears, and
fitlence, and slows heraaecept the
ahire,riemtitiedsu"eSeciz
protection of a certain
she is only too glad
who tit') offers her his hand and companionship
gallant captain °
through lifo.

TOMB AT AMBOISE.—M. Arsene
noiu'EsZA:Vho has been making researches at Am-
boise in the department of Inde-et-Loire, has succeeded in
finding the tomb of Leonardo da Vinci, the potion of
which was unknown. A sort of case containing a coffin,
found in an old church was pointed out to him, and the in..
scription on the lid is said to leave no doubt of the authca.
ticity of the remains it contains.

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