The Sun.
London, England, 1863-06-11 00:00:00

ANTHROPOLOGICAL SOCIETY.

At the ordinary meeting of this society on Tuesday
evening—Dr. Hunt, the president, in the chair—it was an-
nounced that Mr. Reid had presented to the society a num-
ber of otjects from the Gamboon, in equatorial Aides, and
ibat among them was the most perfect skin of a gorilla
that ha• yet been received in this country. Mr. Pendyche
also presented to the society some human bones and a
diminutive skull, found near Cambridge, in digging for
coprolites. A large collection of human skeletons has been
discovered in that neighbourhood, the jawbones of which
present the same peculiarity of construction as that of the
celebrated jawbone found at Abbeville, and it is conjectured
that the bodies were i❑terred atter some battle between the.
Romans and ancient Britons.

A paper was then read by Mr. Charnock " On the Science
of Language." Mr. Cnarnuck, in a very elab rate and able
paper, disputed the opinions of Professor Max Muller re-
specting the origin of languages, and he contended that the
Aryan theory, which supposes that all languages were de-
rived from a single one, is inconsistent with the period
usually assigned to the existence of man, as there could not,
have been time, between the date of the assumed origin of
man and known historical records, to have produced the
changes of language then exis'ing. Mr. Charnock noticed
the absurd notions that have been entertained by various
nations respecting the origin of language, and the various
sources to which languages are attrieuted. He inclined to
the opinion teat the languages now spoken must have
..riginated from many sources, and the statistics of lan
guage tend to confirm that view, for they show that the
number of words in each widely differ, some of them—and
those of the lees civilised nations—being five and six times
more numerous than others

Dr. HUNT, though generally agreeing with the author of
the paper, thought there was ample time to have
effectedany change of language. Geologists, he said, had recently
proved that man had Leon living on the earth at a far more
distant period than had been previously assumed. There
was, indeed, an unlimited supply f time, and philologists
might help themselves to as mu h or it as they required.
Hs differed from Professor Max Milller's opinion that
language is the distinctive mark of separation between man
and brutes, for he contended that the lower animal possess
the power of communicating their ideas to each other by
articulate sounds.

'The Due de ROUSILLON considered that languflge serves
to indicate similarity of races, and that by the names of places
the course of the migration of different tribes may be traced.
In this manner, he said, he could trace that the Catalans of
the Pyrenees, who speak what is called the Romanesque
language, migrated from the Himalayan mountains, in
Upper India. The roots of 500 words are the same in both
languages, and 1,000 other words bear a close resemblance ;
and he asserted that the names given to many places indi-
cated the route by which the migration was effected. The
Due de itousillon, who is engaged in brining out a volu-
minous philological work, entered into a consideration of
the composition of languages from various dialects, and
contended that all known languages have been constructed
by a combination of different dialects spoken in the same
countries.

The discussion was continued by Mr. Bouverie Pusey,
Mr. Prideau; Mr. Carter Blake, and other gentlemen,
several of whom agrees with the president's opinion, that
all animals have the power of speech.
The meeting then udjourned till the 7th of July.

A race of 100 yards for £25 came off on Friday
last at the Ash encampment between Capt. Herbert,
Coldstream Guards, and a private named Kent, of the
Fus liars, the officers of the latter regiment having made
the challenge. At first the captain's backers were ra her
doubtful of their favourite, it being well known amongst
them that his opponent had appeared frequently in public
on similar occasions. As the time for the race approached,
and when the two rivals came on the ground, the con-
fiaence of the captain's supporters was greatly strength-
ened by his muscular and well.knit fieui e, in praise of
which too much could scarcely be said, considering that he
had not been in training. However, when the preliminary
canters were taking place, hopes again decidedly teL by the
undoubted professional appeardnce, both in figure and style
ut running, of his opponent, who certainly justifi d the good
opinion of his backers. The result of this was that Kent
became a greater favourite than before, and was backed at 3
to 2, the betting h..ving previously been even. After six or
seven false starts they gut away well together, and remained
so for about 50 yards, when the captain came to the front,
and won easily by three yards, amidst the cheers of the offi-
cers and men of his regiment.

GOOD FORTUNE.—A poor woman presented her-
self at the savings bank in Thomas-street, on Satur-
day evening last, for the purpose of depositing therein the
sum of £3. Twenty shillings she paid dowii in silver,
together with two notes—one a local 208. note, and the other
as she supposed, of equal value. The managers of the
bank, on seeing the latter, rightly imagined there was some
mistake on the woman's part, and asked her how much she
thought she was about to deposit. She replied D. The
reader may judge of her astonishment on being told that
one of the notes was an Australian bank bill for £5OO, and
not a 20s. Manx note. The woman, it is needless to say,
left the bank overjoyed with the intelligence.— iliatax Sun.
NATIONAL IVIETROPOLITAN MONUMENT TO
SHAKESPEARE.—On Tuesday evening, June 30, we
see by our advertising columns that a grand Aldlange DI a-
matique will be given ac the Theatre Royal, Drury -lane,
for the purpose of aiding a fund, now being raised, to erect
a metropolitan monument to Shakespeare. This perform-
ance is under the immediate patronage of their Royal
Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales, and will be
assisted at by some GO of the most eminent and popular
London artists ; altogether forming a galaxy of talent,
rarely if ever before congregated in one night's entertain-
ment. All honour to the worthy president of this band of
brothers, William Charles Macready, Esq., and to the poor
players who thus come forward to evince thelr gratitude to
the great master of the passions, who was not only the
founder of their art, but whose works are the inundation
oc the English tongue. We feel certain the public gene-
rally need but have their attention drawn to this event to
flock by thousands to the standard wtich is graced by the
name of the noblest subject of the Crown—the Prince of
Wales. Mr. Adolphus Francis, of 43, Cumberland-street,
Hyde Park, is the persevering honorary secretary to the
movement, and will be glad of any co-operation that the
enthusiastic lovers of the Bard of Avon may feel it incum-
bent on them to show. We may just add, the box•offlee at
the theatre will be open on the 20th inst., but in the mean-
time tickets may be obtained on applying by letter to the
hon. secretary. Private boxes from two to fourteen guineas;
stails, 10s. 6d. ; dress circle, 68 ; first circle, 4s. ; second
circle, 3s. ; pit, 3s. ; being most judiciously kept at a mode-
rate figure.

4 ONE y MARKET

AND
COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.

CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK.

The business transactions in the general discount
market show that the demand is well maintained,
and the rates continue firm.
The failure has been announced of Messrs. John
Wilson, jun. and Co., Russian merchants, of. Old
Broad-street, with liabilities estimated at below
40,000. Their suspension has been produced by
the stoppage of Messrs. Dye and Co., of Sr. Peters.
burg, fir whom they were agents in this country.
At the second ordinary general meeting of the
Westminster Brewery Company, held to-day, the
directors proposed that a dividend of 6 per cent. per
annum, free of income-tax, be paid out of the avail-
able balance of £3,950.
About £77,000 in gold was taken into the Bank
yesterday.
The North American, from New York, has ar-
rived with £ll,BOO.
The prospectus has appeared of the Adelaide
(North Arm) Port an 3 Railway Extension and
Land Company, South Australia, with a capital of
£400,000, the first issue of which will comprise
10,000 shares of £2O each. It is proposed to con-
struct about 2,000 feet of wharf frontage, where ves-
sels of the largest tonnage may lay alongside, and ro
erect wharves, warehouses, and other conveniences,
affording ample accommodation to the shipping re-
sorting to the port; also to lay down two miles of
railway to complete the line already laid down by
the Government, from the city of Adelaide to the
North Arm, and a short line of four and a half
miles to the Dry Creek Station on the Great North
and Murny River Railway, which will effect a
saving of twelve miles of carriage between the great
producing districts and the port of the colony.
Interest is to be paid at the rate of 5 per cent. Fer
annum on the subscribed capital unti, the works are
so far completed as to enable the directors to com-
mence business. The object of the company may
be regarded as national, if the dangerous, narrow,
and tortuous channel leading to the present port of
Adelaide be compared to the intended harbour,
which possesses deep water and safe anchorage. The
question of constructing a new quay appears to
have been long under the consideration of the
Legislative Council of the colony, and an appendix
is furnished with the prospectus proving the desi-
rability of the project.

The last week's railway receipts ascertained up
to this day are in round figures as under :

1863. 1862.
Great Western 560,183 £64,231
North-Western
South- Western
Brighton
Midland
South-Eastern 22,243 23,3u6
Great Northern
I ancashire and Yorkshire 34,170 31,964
North Eastern
Bristol and Exeter
Manchester, Sheffield. and Lincoln 13.7'8 14,295
Great Western of Canada
These returns are generally of an unsatisfactory
character. On the Great Western there is a de.
crease of £4,048, on the South Western of £382, on
the Brighton of £9.968, on the Midland of £3,654,
on the South Eastern of £1,063, on the North
astern of £1.855, and on the Manchester, Shef-
field, and Lincoln of £587. The North Western,
however, shows an increase of £1,265, the Great
Northern of £229, the Lancashire and Yorkshire of
£2,206 and the Great Western of Canada of £1,322.

Two O'CLOCK.

At Paris this morning, according to Mr. Reuter's
telegram, the French 3 per Cent. Rentes were
69f. 55c., 69f. 45c. Animate.
The •general situation of business in the market
for the English Funds presents no change of im-
portance, and the tendency of quotations is still
rather unsatisfactory. Speculation is very much
curtailed, but the few operations daily reported
show that the operators are more inclined to pro-
ceed for a fall than an advance in prices.
Consols have been 918 s for money, and 92 -} for
the July account, but they are now a per cent.
better—viz., 918 92, and 928 a respectively.
The New Threes and Reduced Annuities are at
91Z, s; the New Two-and-a-Half per Cent. Annui
ties, 761 ; and the Thirty Years ditto, 15. Bank
Stock is marked 234 ; India Five per Cent. Loan,
1071 ; and the Five-and-a Half per Cent. Paper,
1151, The Bonds are 10s. prena., and Exchequer
Bills 4s. dis. to par.
In the Foreign Department the most important
feature has been a rise of 3 per cent. in Mexican
Bonds, viz., to 361 1, owing to the receipt of the
capture of Puebla by the French; Greek Bonds,
however, have declined to 371- 38; do., Coupons, to
1,81 1-.; Turkish 6 per Cents., 1862, are 711 ;
"., Consolides, 50t,- -1-; Spanish Passive, 338 34k;
do., Certificates, 11i 12k; Portuguese, 49i; Vene-
zuela, 58 I ; Italian, 721 73; Egyptian, 1008
The Confederate Loan is 2 to 1 dis.; and the New
Venezuelan Loan, to 1 prem.
Business in the Railway Share Market has been
rather inactive. London and Blackwall have de-
clined about £1 10a.; London, Chatham, and
Dover, 58. ; and North Western, ss. ; while Great
Northern have improved 15s. ; the A Stock £1 ss. ;
and South Eastern, ss.

The Foreign and Colonial undertakings have re-
mained in moderate request at about previous quo-
tations.

Joint Stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares are
dull, but generally sustain previous prices. Lon-
dun and County have improved to 441 Union of
London to 37, London Joint Stock to 37k, and
Crystal Palace Stock to 372. Oriental Inland
Steam realise 41,- 5, Royal Mail Steam 63, and
South Australian Land 331. International Finan-
cial Shares are quoted 6 to 61 prem., London Finan-
cial do., to 2fr prem., and County do., 27-, to 21
prem.

BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES.
Bank Stock 234 21./ 3
3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities
3 per Cent. Consols Annuities
New 3 per Cent. Annuities
New 21 per Cent. Annuities.. •
Auututies, 30 yrs, expire,ithiJan., I'Bo.. ._1
i)itto for 30 yrs, expire sth April, 1885. 15
India Stock
Ditto 5 per Cent,
Ditto Enfaced Paper, 4 per Cent —
Ditto 5 per Cent
I;itto 51 per Cent
D ,i,, bonds £l.OOO
Ditto under £1,000..
Consols for Account, July 9 92 I/ i
Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO 21 per Cent par
Ditto Small 4 dis

FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES.
Brazilian 6 per Cent .........
Ditto 41 per Cent., 1852-58-60
Buenos Ayres 6 per Cent ......... ___
1.-Lao Account ........... 951
Chilian 6 tier Cent.
Ditto 41 per Cent.
... . 85
Egyptian 7 pei Cent lOOl e f
Ditto, Second Issue
Greek 5 per Cent., 1824-5, ex-Coup.ins...
3-8 i
71
81
Ditto Account
/ / 1
Ditto Coupons l9 18/
Italian 5 Cent. (Nlaremmana Railway) 81
„. an per .
DittoineXiCall 3 per Cent
311 51 / 1 1 6 a 6
Account
14 16
New New Granada • .
' "lan 41 per Cent.
Ditto
fl , li per Cent. 186'2
891
...nu° Account .
Portuguese 3
per Cent., 1853
Ditto 3 per Cent. 1856 1856, '7, '9, '6O, 62 —
Ditto Account
Russian 5 per Cent., 1822, £ St —
Ditto 5 per Cent., 1862
Sardinian 6 per Cent —
Ditto Account B5 4
Spanish 3 per Cent .
Ditto New Deferred“
Ditto Account
Ditto Passive
Ditto A neount ........ :: ....
.
Spanish Cert. of Coup not funded . d 344
31-
Ditto Account .... .... -21 12
Turkish 6 per Cent. 1854
Ditto Account -„,
Ditto 6 per Cent. 1858
70/
t)itt 0 Acc0unt,............
Ditto, £lOO Bonds
Ditto 6 per Cent. 1862
Ditto Account ...................... 71$ 1. 4 1. k i
Ditto 1863, £3 19s 4d pd
Venezuela, 3 per Cent ................ --- Pm
Ditto 6 per Cent., 1852
Dividends on the above payable in London.
Austrian, 5 per Cent., Ex. 10 florins .... 68 i
Italian, 5 per Cent., 1861, Ex. 25 francs.. —.
Ditto Account
Ditto Scrip, 1863, £l44s. paid 3/ 21 pm
Consols
THREE O'ijLOCK.
Money
.ilitto,Account 91192 i

BRITISH MINES.
2 Cambrian Consol. Gold 1 id
—lora Amalgamated 21 23
Devon G. Cou..‘"ravist , 1 525 535
East Bassett (Illozanl 30 874 00 88 90
1 East Clogau Gold Ltd 52. ici
East Caradon 'wl4.. 26 27 264 5! 64 5/
East Carn Brea....
__ W'l Russel (Tavistk )1 8.1.6 34 4
Gam.dzSt.Auhyn(Gwen ) J 7., 11 13
i Great South 'l'olgus l7s 4,4 5
1,3. Wheal Vor, (Relator, 40 64 7 •
IGrenville 0.16 , 6 6/
tierucPs-Foot B.re 45 V
,iingston D0wn5...... 4..7.0 24 3
Lady Bertha
Nlargaret (IJny Lelaut 83 35!
Marke Valley..
4 Myndy Iron Ore (Lim 2X 14
New Setun .. 191 110 120
North Downs 2) 11 24
Ni.Wll 't liasset(lllo;au 34 4
North Wheal Crotty ~ 2.4.9 44 4/
Par Consols(: t. Blazey 1/ 4/ 54
20 rrovidenee(Uny Lelnt., 10.6.7 12 14
South Caradon(St.Cleer; I) 402/ 4074
S. Cam Brea (Illogan) 5.15.6 3 3
'.W heat Fran. (Mogan 16.1 75 80
Stray Park
5 rsmar Silv.& Lead Min 44 /
rin Croft 9 194 204 204
West Basset (Illogan) l4 12 13
W Caradon (Liskeard, 5 25 27
West Setort
Wheal Basset (Mogan, 54 674 724
heal Buller( Redruth) 5 30 60
Vv heal Kitty (U.Lelant) 2.0.6
WhealLud, ott
Wheal 101 aryAnn (Men ) 8 15 16
!Wheal Seton . 584 235 145
Wheal Treiswney (Lis.) 7 15 17
-- Wheal Union 3.17 3i 4

PREFERENCE SHARES.
Great Eastern, E. Counties, Ext. No. 2, 112
Great Northern, 5 per cent., 117 g
PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCKS.
Great Eastern, 41 per cent., pf., 961
London, Chatham, dm., Metrop. /3, 6 per cent.,
Ditto, 6 per cent., C,

LINES LEASED AP FIXED RENTALS.

Midland, Bradford pref. atockt 96

FOREIGN RAILWAYS.
Antwerp and Rotterdam, 8/
Bahia and San Francisco (lim.) gua. 7 per cent., 191 20 191 I
Dutch Rhenish, 17/
Namur and Lice, gua. 6 per cent. pf., 21
Sambre and Meuse, 10/
San Panto ,lim.), gua. 7 per cent., 9/
Ditto (all), 211 2
South Austrian and Lombardo Venetian, 23
Southern of France, 2./

FOREIGN MINES.
Don Pedro, Nor h Del Rey, 1* *
St. John del Rey (lim.), 55 5
United Mexican ), 7* f
Vallanzasza Gold, lim., 11
JOIN T-sTOCK RANKS.
Alliance Bank of London and Liverpool (Um.), 32;
Ausiralasia, 75*
Ditto, new, 31
Bank of Egypt, 241
Bank or Queensland (litn), 9
Chartered Bank of India, Australia, and China, 29 *
Elmpng
eriat ish, Soo
Bank fi chlm
and), 21 Australian Chartered, 23
.*
Imperial Ottoman, 191 * *
London, Bu,nos Ayres, and River Plate, 34* I
London uh irtered Bank of Australia, 28*
London and County, 441'4
London Joint Stock, 7 I 6• 7
London and Westminster, 803-
Metrop. and l'rov. Bank (litn.), 171
Ditto, Reserved iss. at Z 2 pm., 17*
New South Wales, 52 *
Scinde, no ,
Orientalp BainakubCoarpnodrDatetolhui
(slin2
South Australia, 4016
Union of London,
37
31I6S3CELLANEOUS,

Crystal Palace, 31 7
Crystal Palace, 6 per cent. perpetl. deb., 115
International Financial Society, lim.,
Joint stock Discount, 48
London Finamial Association, 7
Loudon Gen, ral Omnibus Company:(lim.),
,Madras Irrigation and Canal, 3i
National Discount Company 9i
Oriental Inland Steam, Um., 4k 5
Rio de Janeiro City Improvements, Um.,
Ditto (£2,) 31
Royal Mail Steam. 63
South Australian Land, 33/

Liverpool Cotton Market—This Day.

(REUTER'S TELEGRAM.)
Steadier. 6,000 bales or more. Import, 1,510
Previously,
37,066.

HER MAJESTY.

WINDSOR CASTLE, June 10.
The Queen, accompanied by Princess Helena,
walked and drove in the grounds this morning.
Princess Helene, Princess Louise, and Prince
Leopold, attended by Lady Augusta Bruce, Hon.
Beatrice Byng, Lord Methuen, Lieutenant-General
Hon. C. Grey, Major-General Hon. A. Hood,
Lieutenant-Colonel Hon. D. de Ros, and Mr. Buff,
left Windsor Castle at a quarter past two o'clock
for London, to be present at the ceremony of the
uncovering of the memorial in the Horteultural-
gardens at South Kensington.
Their royal highnesses proceeded first to Marl-
borough House to join the Prince and Princess of
Wales, Prince Alfred, and Princa Arthur.

The royal family drove from thence to South
Kensington.

The Prince of Wales and Prince Alfred, attended
by Lieutenant-Colonel Keppel, rode on horseback
yesterday morning.
The Princess ot Wales took a carriage drive.

The Princesses Helena and Louise and Prince
Leopold arrived at Marlborough House at twenty
minutes past three o'clock yesterday afternoon from
Windsor Castle. Their royal highnesses were at-
tended by Lady Augusta Bruce, the Hon. Beatrice
Byng, Lord Methuen, Lieutenant-General Hon. C.
Grey, Major-General the Hon. A. N. Hood, Lieu-
tenant-Colones the Hon. de Ros, and Mr. Buff.
Prince Arthur, attended by Major Elphinstone,
aft erwaras arrived at Marlborough House.
The Prince of Wales left Marlborough House at
a quarter before four o'clock to uncover the me-
morial of the Exhibition of 1851, and the statue of
the Prince Consort. His royal highness was ac
companied by the Princess of Wales and other
members of the royal family. The procession was
composed of six dress carriages with an escort of
Life Guards.

In the first carriage were Major Elphinstone,
Lieutenant-Colonel Keppel, Major Cowell, and Mr.
Buff. In the second carriage were the Hon. Robert
H. Meade, Major-General the Hon. A. N. Hood,
and Lieutenant-Colonel the Hon. D. de Hos. In
the third carriage were the Hon. Mrs. Stoner, the
Hon. Beatrice Byng, Lieutenant-General the Hon.
C. Grey, and Lieutenant-General Knollys, In the
fourth carriage were Lady Augusta Bruce, the Earl
of Mount Edgcuwbe, Lord Harris, K. 5.1., and
Lord Methuen. In the fifth carriage were the
Princess Louise, Prince Arthur, Prince Leopold,
and the Countess de Grey and Ripon. In the sixth
carriage were the Prince and Princess of Wales,
Prince Alfred, and Princess Helena.

The Visit of the Prince and Princess of

Wales to Oxford.

Oxford is all astir with preparations for the re-
ception oi the Prince and Princess of Wales on the
16th inst. The University authorities, the under-
graduates, the town council, and the inhabitants
generally are all making the necessary arrange-
ments, and there is every prospect that the ancient
and loyal city wil' present a scene of gaiety and
exuberance unparalleled since the installation of
the Duke of Wellington, and scarcely inferior to
the visit, forty- nine years ago, of the Prince Regent,
the Emperor Alexander, the King of Prussia, and
uther celebrities. State etiquette, as well as the
traditions of the university, prevented the bestow-
ment of any academical distinction upon his Royal
highness while he was in residence, but the univer-
sity authorities have taken the earliest opportunity
of inviting him to pay a visit to his Alma Mater,
and receive from their hands the highest honour it
is in their power to bestow. The proceedings in
the Sheldonian Theatre, where his Royal Highness
will receive the honorary degree of D.C.L., are,
therefore, being looked forward to with unusual in-
terest. The Earl of Derby, the Chancellor of the
University, and a numerous end distinguished com-
pany, are expected to be present. On the following
day (Wednesday), the Enccenia, or a commemora-
tion of Founders and Benefactors, will take place
in the Theatre, when his Royal Highness, accom-
panied by the Princess of Wales, will take his place
amongst the doctors, and degrees will be conferred
upon several distinguished personages, including
the Duke of Newcastle, the Right Hon. Edward
Cardwell, M.P., Sir Hugh Cairns, M.P., Sir Saf-
ford Northcote, M.P., Mr. Seymour Fi'zgerald, &c.
A grand collation, given by the University, will
take place in the library of All Souls' College, and
their Royal Highnesses are then expected to pro-
ceed to the Freemasons' fete in Worcester College-
gardens, The Prince and Princess will subsequently
witness some University aquatics on the river Isis,
being conveyed from Folly Bridge to the University
barge in a new and handsome boat now in course
of construction by Messrs. Salter, the well-known
boat-builders of Oxford and Wandsworth. Later
in the evening the royal party will be entertained
by the Vice-Chancellor at a grand banquet in
Exeter College, and will honour with their presence
a grand ball given by the undergraduates of Christ
Church, of which college the Prince of Wales is a
member. A very distinguished circle will be in-
vited to meet their Royal Highnesses at Exeter
College, including the Duke of Cambridge, the
Early of Derby, Mr. Gladstone, the Duke of Buc-
clench, and the newly-made doctors. The city is
already fest filling with visitors, and the demand
for lodgings is greater than has been known for
many years.

The Countess of Derby has issued cards for a
select evening party to have the honour to meet their
Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales after
dinner on the 24th inst., on which day their Royal High-
nesses have accepted an invitation to dine with the Earl
and Countess of Derby.
The Prince of Orange honoured the Countess
(Dow.) of Jersey with his presence at dinner on Tuesday,
at her ladyship's residence in Berkeley-square. A distin-
guished circle met his royal highness.
The Prince of Manganelli and Chevalier Rai-
mondo Pettini and suite have arrived at the Brunswick,
Jermyn-street, from Italy.
The Emperor Napoleon's "Life of Caesar" is at
last in the printer's hands, the Pr esse assures us. It will
fill three volumes. The firs is ready, the second is in pro-
gress, and both will be published together. The third will
appear afterwards.

CHATTERTON'S PAUPER GRAVE.—Mere to the
left, on the site now taken up by that dingy, half-
lighted market of Farringdon, provided as an asylum for
the sweet smells and pleasant sights of Fleet Market, until
1825 was the pauper burial-ground of St. Andrew's, Hol-
born. None of our readers can be ignorant of the terribly
truthful picture of a City graveyard drawn by Dickens
in " Bleak House." The spot in question might be
described in the same words. It had nothing to assi-
milate it to our modern fancy cemeteries; a few feet
of uneven earth, which no careful spade had ever been
at the pains to level; no gravestones, not even a sin-
gle unpointed stake, to indicate the coffin below; but
here a brick, covered with green mould, and there a
cluster of nettles or rank weeds; and, commonly close
under the wall, a deep, open pit, yawning until its full tale
of dead was completed. A few handfuls of rubbish cover
it from notice. A sad tragedy was enacted in this neigh-
bourhood ; and a suicide's grave, dug amidst the moulder-
ing remains of sin, pain, and want, was to confer a dismal
notoriety on this spot which none of its former occupants
had given it. The parish register records—" Aug. 28, 1770.
—William (Thomas) Chatterton [with 'the poet' added
afterwards], interred in the graveyard of Shoe Lane Work-
house." These few words are pregnant with awful inte-
rest, and include with bitter brevity the whole biography of
a gifted but hapless son of genius, who crowded into an
exi tence of 18 years more of intellectual promise than ever
fell to the lot of one individual in so brief a period.—Lon-
don Scenes and London People.
VISIT OF THE DUKE OF SAXE COBURG TO
VIENNA,—The Ausburg Gazette says :—" Duke
Ernest of Saxe-Coburg will shortly pay a visit to the court
of Vienna, and this journey is generally regarded as sym-
ptomatic of a sudden change in the political ideas which
that court has appeared to share hitherto. It is known
that its marked inclination towards Prussia, the military
convention which it has concluded with that state, and the
decided attitude which it has assumed on many internal
questions, have gradually alienated the court of Vienna
and the coalitation of Wurtsburg. The visit which the
duke paid to Dresden in the month of February was the
first step taken with a view to a union. It is with a feeling
of satisfaction that the duke is now expected at Vienna,
where the importance of his ersonal influence is justly ap-
preciated."

LAW INTELLIGENCE—TIiis Day.

COURT OF BANKRUPTCY.
(Before Mr. Commissioner Goulbuin.)
IN RE PEARSON.

The bankrupt was a shipowner, &c,, in Liverpool and
London, and to-day was appointed for his last examination.
Mr. Lawrance appeared for the assignees, and Mr. C. E.
Lewis for the bankrupt, and an application was made for a
further adjournment, as the accounts were very voluminous,
but were in a forward state of preparation.
His Honour said there bad been frequent adjournments.
Mr. Lawrance said the nature of the accounts were such
that no blame could attach to the bankrupt.
His Honour granted a further adjournment fcr six weeks.