The Sun.
London, England, 1863-11-05 00:00:00

THE SON. LONDON, THtTIISDAY EVENMG, NOVEMBER 5, 1863.

SHARE MARKETS.-

This day.

ORDINARY SHARES AND STOOLS.

Share/ Railways.
Paicl.!
Cplrioseeia.g Budsoinne.ess

Wol., and Str. Val.
Blythe and Tyne.
Bristol and Exeter
Caledonian
Cork and Bandon
Cornwall
Do A
A gets no div
ti ll 6p c.p
Do' B lbeen paid Ito B.
Dublin & Belfast June.
Dun,,Perth,&Ab. June.
Edinburgh & Glasgow.
Glasg. and S. Western.
Great Eastern, Ord. silt
Ditto A stock
Ditto East Anglian st
GreatNorthof Scotland
Great Northern..
Do A stock
Do B do
Gt. S. anl W. of Irelan,
Great Western ......
Do Str Val gua. stock
Lancashire & Yorkshir,
London and Blackwal
Lon., Bright.,& S. Coast
Lon., Chat., and Dover
Lon. & North Western
Lon. & So*.th Western
Sian., Shef., & Lincoln.
Maryport and Carlisle.
Do * 5hare5...,,...
Metropolitan ........ .
Midland .
..............
Do New ........
Do Birming.,4 Derby
%lid. Gt. W. of Ireland
Do. 4 shares ..
M..
id Kent ........ ....
...
Do Cray Line
......
North British . . ......
Edin., Perth, & Dundet
Nth. Eastern—Berwick
Do, G.N.E. purchase
Do Leed5........
....
Do York .......
Do Car1i51e.....,.,::
North London ........
Do New ...........
North Staffordshire
N. and S. W. Junction.
Scottish Central ......
Scot N. E.' Aber. stock
Do Scot. Mid. stock..
Shrews, and Welohpool
Shropshire Union ....
South Devon
South Eastern . ...
South Wales
S. York. and River Dun l
staines,Wok.,andWok.
Stockton & Darlington
Do .............
Do New, 186 C
Taff Vale..
Do B .....
Do C
........
Ulster
Do ......
.............
Vale of Neath.
Victoria sta. and Pim I
Waterford & Kilkenny 1
Nest Cornwall
W. Hartlepool Har.&R
West Midland -Oxford
Do Newport I
Do Hereford 11

B Sj
- -
81 81
82 8.
120 J2l

7 7i

ag 10
16 17
97 99
108 110
50 61
47 48
7 9

128 12)
133 134
134 136
100 102
C5l G 6

1101 111;
71 73
111 112
4$ 0
103& 104
101 IC2
49 50

128 130
1294 ;30
11
88 luo

54 65
25 17
1011 102

BRITISH POSSE

• Railways
Ntlantie & St Lawrenct
Bom.,Baroda&Cent Ina
Gu. 5 per cent—
Do. New ....... •
Do. E. Shares..
Buffalo and LaxeLturon
Do. Preference
Bufralo,Brant,&Godriell
p. et. bds. Aug. 1, 1872
00. do. July 1, 1872
Do. do. June 1, 1871
Clcutta.kS.Eastn.
Cape Town t Dock Scril
Nastn. Bengal gu. 5 p. c
East Indian. gu. 5. c.
Do. do. G Ext.....
Do. do. H do. .•
Grand Trunk of Canada
Do. Ist Pref. Bonds..
Do. no. deferred......
Do. 2d Pref. Bonds..
Do. do. deferred......

Do. 3d Pi ef. stock .
Do. do. deferred....

Do. 4th Pref. stock...
Do. do. deferred......
t.lndtarentn.gua.sp.o
Do. New gua. 5 p. 0...
Do. January, 1862 ..
Gt. South.of India (Lim;
guaranteed 5 per cent.
Gt. W. of Canada Sharer
Do. New .
Do. 6 p.c. '73 with't opt.
Uo. 54 p. o. do. '77-8..
Indian Branch Limited
Madras• guar., 5 p. a. ..
D 0.4 p. c. Extension
Dc. 44 d 0........

Do. Fifth
Melb.Corp. 6 p. o. Bnds.
& Hobson's Bay.
Do. 7 p. c. Kong. Bds.
Newßrunswick Canda

Chun; A and B ..
N. 6pc let bde
Soinde
Do. Delhi • •
4'
Do. do . f 0,9
Do. Punjaub .... e,
Do. Do. ........ ,
Do. Indus. St. Flo.)

Paxt
all
100

100
100
100
100
100
100

1 2
all
1 101)
1011

;SIONS.

Closing
Price.
63 65
1061 1071
1 “ p
i li p
61 63
8a pi

1(5 107
1(4 106
108 109
108 109
lt
1i
lop
l
2t 22i
76 18
62 64
70 72
54 57
5! 54
41 43
31 33
25 27
108 k 1091
11 Itp
11 Itv
106 107
101 10
101 91
96 98
87 89
I lc6l 1074
101 102
98 100

58 60

S 5
82 84
106 i 1071
106 107
i IP
- -P
106 107
102 104

491 50

1271
1319 30 1

655}
1101
7
lilf
452
1031
10'4
491 9

1281 8

891 81

95 1
971

Business done

62
10(4

lost 8 i 71

51}
30}
109 }

106 5 61

COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES.
u.n.uov. 6 p.c.J a. &J u 1)
Do. tp. c. Feb. & Aug. 100 1(2 101
Do. op. c. Mar. & Sept. 100 102 104
! Do. Sp. o. Jan.&July. 100 93 34
Do. 5 Inscribed stock 100 92 94
;Cape G./lope, 6p 0,187,^ 100 108 110
Do.Ap & Oct. 1880, 100 109 111
Do. 189 t 100 109 111
Do. Jan. & July, 1891.. 100 113 115
Ceylon, N0v.1878, 6p c 100 113 11i
Mauritius 0 per cent .. 100 107 108 108
Natal Gov. 6 per cont.. 100 iv 109
N..l3.Gov.tsp.o.da.&July 100 kO4 1(6
_ I Do. 6p. o.Ap. & Oot. 100 -
-
IN. S. W. G ov. 5 p 3.,18;;, 100 1011 1021
_ Dv. sp. e.,18,i. to .1i( 100 102 103
Do. d0.,1888 &upwds 100 1024 103 1021 4
New Zealand 6 p cent. 100 109 111
;Nova Scotia Gov. 6p. e,
I sterling, 1875 .. . ..... 100 104 106
Queensland Gev. 6p. C. 100 11l 113
IS. Aus G-6p.c.1878.& up.. 100 112 114
I VictGov. 6 p.c. Ja.&.July 100 108 110
Do. to 6 c.o. AnAtOot... 100 1104 111411101 4
.._____
BRITISH MINES.
2 ;Cambrian Consol. Gold 1 4 id
chflord Amalgamated.. 371 384
Devon G. Con.. (Tavist., 1 545 055 550
East Bassett (Illogan). 30 65 ;0
1 East Clogau Gold Ltd.. 53. *d par d
East Caradon ...... . I.IC t 261 274 264
East Cam Brea ,: 3.4.0 774
E. W'lllussel (Tavistk.; 8.6.6 444 41 i
Gam.&St.Aubyn(Gwen.) ;82 13 15
Great South Tolgus „ 378 44 54
-- G. Wheal Vor(lielston 40 10 11
Grenville ... ........... 0.16. t 54 6
11er:4'8-Foot ... 8.12 33 35
Elingston Dovins ...... 4:8,0 14 24
Lady Bertha .......... 2.8.6 4 i
Margaret (Ony Lelant9* 20 22
II arke Va11ey.......... 4.3.0 64 64
4 Myndy Iron Oro (Lim.; 21 14 1 d
New Setun •• i 141 95 105
—• North Downs
--24
24 14 2
N.Wh'l Basset(Illo ;au, 3 1.0 3
North Wheal Crotty
['am Consols (St. Blazey)
20 E'rovidenoe(UnyLelnt.) 10.0.7 14 46
South Caradon(St.Cleer: 14 415 425
3. Cam Brea (Illogan) _
S. Wheal Fran. (Illogan, 18.1R.9 60 65
Stray Park
5 ramar Silv.& Lead Min 4* 1 4
Lin Cron
West Basset (Illogan) l4 94 104 WCr radon (Liskeard) 5 19 21
West Seton
Wheal Basset (Mogan) 54 776 824 •
Wheal Bulleratedruth) 5 224 274
, Wheal Kittcy(ltlLebtnt) 2.0.6
inecalliradrgrin.,,lfen...) :2.0.8 111 24
14 Wheal lleton ......... . 584 175 185
- Wheal Treiawney (LlB.l 7 20 22
_ Wheal Union ....... .. . 3.17 24 3

PREFERENCE SHARES.
West Midland, Oxford, Ist guaranteed stock, 129
Midland 4i per cent. pf. stk. rd., 103}
Midland, Leicester and Ilitchin 4 per ct.. 95

PREFEttENCE SHARES ANDSTOCK&
Kent Coast, 6 per cent. pref. B, 7f

LINES LEASED Al' FIXED RENTALS.
Buckinghamshire, 97
London, Tilbury, and Southend, 101 100 t
Nottingham and Grantham R. &Q, 96 •
FOREIGN RAILWAYS.
Recife and San Francisco (lim), guy,. 7 per cent., I7i
Sambre and Meuse, 9i
San Paulo (lim.), gua. 7 per cent., 9
Ditto (ail), 221 2

FOREIGN MINER.

United Mexican (11m;, 61
JOINT-STOCK RANgs.
Alliance Bank of London and Liverpool (Um.), 4/
Ditto, new, 24f I
English. Scotch, and Australian Chartered. 24
Hindustan, china, and Japan (lim.), 261 7i
Imperial Bank (11m.), 23f 34
Imperial Ottoman, 17f
London Chartered Bank of Australia, 301
London and County, 541
London Joint Stock, 36/
London and Northern (lint), 104
National Provincial of England.
Ditto, new, 27f
Scinde, Punjaub, and Delhi (lim.l, 51
Union of London, MI

DOCKS.

PUNCH.

(From the !temple Bar Magazine.)
Comic Literature, if we may judge from the abundance
of the supply, is at the present time in great demand. In-
deed, comic publications have become almost as great a
nuisance as the organs, They stare you in the face from
every stationer's window; they are fluttered about you at
every street-corner : they are pushed under your nose in
every public vehicle; and even when you take train, and
leave London hundreds of miles behind you, their names
are bawled at you through the carriage window at every
stoppage on the way. They are everywhere; plentiful as
blackberries, and cheap as--dirt.
This was not wont to be. There were happier times a
very few years ago. Until the lively sixties came in, re-
peated trials proved the fact that there was no room for
more than one comic publication. Rivals to Punch sprang
up one after another, but only to sink into an early grave
after a few,weeks or months of feeble existence. Some of
them were not so clever but that they might have lived;
but in their swaddling days the nourishment of public
support was denied to them, and so they pined and died
before they got a grasp of life. It was said that they were
not wanted ; that there were not readers for them ; that
one comic paper was enough for the public requirement;
and there seemed to be valid evidence in support of this
conclusion. Of every other kind of publication there was
a variety of the comic, but one single permanent example.
This certainly seemed to argue that the public which sup-
ported the purely comic was a very limited one.
Bat, presto I we have changed all this in a twinkling. It
is only two or three years since comic literature was at a
discount, and now it is at a high premium. Punch has now
two rivals, Fun and the Comic News ; and there seems to
be ample room for all three. As the price of the two latter
is " only a penny," they must, if they pay expenses, count
their purchasers by tens of thousands. How comes this ?
The distinguished theologian Barrow, who discoursed of
wit and humour in his sermons, laid it down as a dictum
that witty and humorous writing could only flourish in a
refined and highly educated community. Are we to con-
clude then that the march of intellect has done it—that three
comic papers are the natural results of education-grants, the
repeal of the taxes on knowledge, and middle-class exami-
nations ?

From a weekly acquaintance with these publications—
which I have been unable to avoid—l am compelled to
answer this question in the negative. Indeed I should be
inclined to say quite the contrary. I can conscientiously
lay my hand on my heart and declare that, for many weeks
past, I have not met with anything in Punch, Fun, or the
Comic News which could in any way be supposed to appeal
either to education or refinement. The wit, humour, and
pointed
sarcasm of former years—that golden age of comic
literature when Hood, Jerrold, and Thackeray contributed
to it-have degenerated into nonsense—sheer, wilful non-
sense. This sort of nonsense which consists of wild exag-
geration, vulgar anti-climax, and outrageous punning, or
rather word-twisting, is now the prevailing form of comic
literature. It is utterly without idea or purpose ; it has no
subtlety of meaning—often no meaning at all; it has no
foundation in thought or reflection ; and it appeals only to
the sense of humour which takes delight in upsetting an
old barrow-woman, or sending a poor dog scudding along
with a tin-kettle tied to its tail. To a man of thought,
intellect, and refinement, it is an insult and an offence,
Before I proceed to make good these words by an exami-
nation of the publications in question, I must charge the
degradation into which this species of literature has fallen
mainly upon the head of the conductors of Punch. For
many years that publication enjoyed a well-deserved repu-
tation for humorous and witty writing of the highest class.
many of the pieces contributed to its pages by the three
writers above named are now enrolled among the English
classics. Mr. Hood is known by nothing so widely as
by his "Song of the Shirt," which he contributed to
Punch. Mr. Jerrold and Mr. Thackeray might. well be
content to rest their reputation solely ou their con-
tributions to the Seale periodical. In the whole range of
humorous writing there is, perhaps, nothing equal to the
latter gentleman's " Jeamee's Diary," " Imitations of Eng-
lishis as familiar in every memory as the " Needy
Authors," and "Irish Ballads." The "Battle of
der." But a time came when Punch, bereft of
aninindifederesgeekrri'it'led by these brilliant contributors, became insuf-
ferably dull and stupid, and elected to remain so. It lived
upon its past reputation, and the attraction of Mr. Leech
and Mr. Doyle's incomparable sketches. But destitute as
Punchwit that was rising around him. He
he resolutely shut his door
against
nowth wealth found
of himself,
shut his door, and the ponderous weight of dullness that
was left him firmly net his back against it. "No smart
young man wanted here" was the notice permanently
Posted over the office in Fleet-street. The joke-loving
public might starve first. So the smart young men, who
might have recovered and sustained the reputation of the
paper, were driven to start organs for themselves. Readers
of this class of literature will remember the illan in ti
zttoon, Diogenes, and the Comic Times. In everything but
the pictorial department these publications were superior to
Punch. Had the young wits, whose lively fancy sparkled in
their columns, been associated with Mr. Leech, Mr. Doyle,
and Mr. Tenniel, comic literature might have been saved
from sinking into the slough of degradation in which it
now wallows. Punch, however, held his citadel of dulness
against all comers, and the smart young men—they ought
to be thankful now—found a healthier outlet for their
talent in the cheap magazines and newspapers which sprang
up on the repeal of the paper duty. Comic literature had now
become so contemptible that it was universally despised. No
young
of any talent cared to enrol himself in the ranks
of man
a set of writers who inspired no feeling save that of
pity and contempt. The very name of the comic writer
had become synonymous with weakness and imbecility.
Thus comic writing drivelled on in a narrow channel
until a great revival took place—a revival originated and
fostered by the degradation of the public taste. The
two great agents that had been at work in this direc-
tion were the theatres and the music-halls. The theatres
popularised burlesques, and the music halls comics songs.
These new agents of civilisation had hard work at first ;
but they succeeded in the end. Puns and parodies and the
ct Cure's dance" awoke a dull and sluggish generation to the
appreciation of true wit and humour. With the assistance
of gin and pipes and saucy female legs, the leaven worked,
until even grave and solemn judges on the bench began to
talk of the fascinating Nancy who resided in a second-
floor in the Strand. The author of ,4 /sin"- f,
Nancy achieved a
popularity exceeding oven that of the Laureate; and it is
said that "Nancy" brought him a horse and gig, and that
he rode while the author of the " Idylls of the King "
walked on foot. The public, thus educated, demanded an
addition to its comic literature, and the demand was sup-
plied. Appreciation was so widely awakened, that one
addition was not enough—there was room for two; and poor
old Punch, to keep pace with the progress of the age, was
obliged to unbolt his door, and take a smart young man of
the time into partnership to save the firm from bankruptcy,
That must have been a bitter day for the remnant of the old
crew—the poor battered veterans with one eye and one arm
and one leg—the Von Joels, who, on account of their long
services
• , were always to be retained on the establishment so
long as they eould give farmyard imitations and play times
upon a walking-stick.
Punch's envy and covetousness were excited by a new
and highly successful kind of wit, which 'was first intro-
duced in the columns of Fun. It was downright nonsense;
but lively nonsense is better than dull nonsense, and Tune;
was glad to take a leaf out of the new book. This was the
style of thing which Punch was driven to substitute for the
rich humour of Hood, the keen wit of Jerrold, and the
brilliant sarcasm of Thackeray

61 A FACT NOT GENERALLY KNOWN.—Many people
wonder why the sun sets. Nothing, however, is more easy
of explanation; when tired with its day's journey, what
more natural than it should set ?"
"DIARY :—First Sunday in the month ;teetotalers may
therefore feel firsty if inclined."
6c Friday.—Grand race for the championship of light
weights between Commissioner Fane and the Archbishop
of York. The course will be from Colney Hatch (the
private residence of C. F ) by special train to Moresley
Hurst, where a few rounds will be fought on the square;
after which the brave fellows will each eat fifteen slack-
baked apple-dumplings, and live happily ever afterwards."
" If your garden is limited in extent, a good way to in-
crease it is as follows :—Place the four fingers of your right
(by this means you can't go wrong) hand into the crack of
a door; get some one—a boy just home from school is per-
haps best—to shut the door violently. You will then at
once have four where ; and what more is wanted ?"
"How TO PREPARE A FARM-YARD FOR THE RECE.P-
TioN OF CATTLE,—First strew well with broken glass and
rusty nails, after which chop plenty of logic
(this makes
excellent dry food for digestion), and garnish with some
milk of human kindness, if you can get it, though genet;
rally it is very scarce; finally, be cheerful, and sing ha-ha
The wit of this is suppposed to lie in its likeness to the utter-
ances of a lunatic. Is it not more like the utterance of an

idiot ?
" ANSWER TO CORRESPONDENTS.—' Mad Wriggle.'
We don't know in what oratorios there is alchorus begin-
ning Whack row-de•dow fol-de riddle-i•do; but we are
quite sure that the song For he's a Jolly Good Fellow is
not in Judas Maccabeus."
" A Lover of Order,' asks, Can I knock down and
trample on my wife without fear of legal punishment?'
Certainly—what else is the Stamp Act for to afford
facility for amusements of this nature ?"
" Mixed Pickles' wants to know how to keep his hair
bright. Get some plate powder, which place carefully on
the required spot, and ikon—now, attend to this—
there ,
B

the rub."
Lest any one should conceive it impossible that the above
could ever have been deliberately printed and offered to the
public for wit, I beg to refer the reader to Fun, No. 104, p.
259. This sort of thing is now the staple of Punch's fun.
The modes operand:: is to be traced in every department of
the publication, so that either the young hand writes the
whole of the paper, or the old hands have learnt to imitate
him. But there seems to be a malignant influence in the
atmosphere of that corner near St. Bride's church ; an in-
fluence tending to the softening of the brain and the dash-
wit does not keep in that
quartering. o dash-
of t e
Is pti
growsri t s .
rßarpi
isdkl
yYoung
The peculiar manner im-
ported from a region a few doors more to the west has lost
much of its vitality in the new soil. Let us examine some
of the choice epigrammatic morsels which are to be found
scattered through a recent monthly part of Punch :
T I Q UmAorn, Ig t
A iqcT
most baking."AN
A oest mocks
sateodf oldof their productions
famous
" LA.DANSE,—Among other fashionable announcements.mus for
is the roll of Battle Abbey."