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The Sun.
London, England, 1863-08-21

No. 22,199.

Now ready at all the Libraries, in 3 vols.

A NOVEL.

E R 0 N I A.
Also now ready, in 3 vols.,
MARY LYNDSAY. By Lady EMILY PONSONBY,
Hurst and Blackett, 13, Great Mar:borougrh-sfreet.
London, England, 1863-08-21

SHARE MARKETS—This day.

ORDINARY SHARES AND STOO&S.

Share! Railways. i paid. Closing Business
Price. I done.

[Hr., Wol., and Str. Val.
Blythe and Tyne.
tiost.,Sleat.,andMid.Co
Bristol and Exeter
Caledonian
;'orliE and Bandon
Corn wa!l
Do A k o.ets no dig
Do
till 6p c.p
' B been paid to B.
Dublin St Belfast June.
Dun.,Berth,&Ab. June.
Edinburg,h R Glasgow.
Glasg. and S. Western.
Great Eastern, Ord. stk

8 8i
- -
81 8i
86 P 8
120 J2l

87h
j.20,}

7 7i

Ditto A stock

Ditto East Anglian et
GreatNorthot Scotland
Great Northern. • • •
Do A stock
Do B do
Gt. S. an,t W. of Irelann
Great Western
Do Str Val gua. stock
Lancashire & Yorkshire
London and Blackwall
Lon., Bright.,& S. Coast
Lon., Chat., and Dover
Lon. & North Western
Lon. & Scr•th Western
Man., Shef., & Lincoln.
Maryport and Carlisle
Do t shares
metropolitan
Midland
Do New _

Do Birming. t Derby
llid. (it. W. of Ireland

Do. 4 shares
Mid Kent

Do Cray Line
North British
Edin., Perth, & Dundee
Nth. Eastern—Berwiek
Do, G.N.E. purchase
Do Lecda
Do York
Do Carlisle....
North London

Do New ...... ...
North Staffordshire

N. and S. W. Junction.
Scottish Central

Scot N. E., Aber. stock
Do Scot Mid. stock
Shrews. and Welchpool
Shropshire Union
South Devon
South Eastern
South Wales
S. York. and River Dun
Stain es, Wok., an dWok.
Stockton & Darlington
Do .
Do New, 1866
Taff Vale..
Do B
Do C •
1111ster

I Do
Do
Vale of Neath
Victoria sta. and Pim
Waterford & Kilkenny
West Cornwall
W. Hartlepool Har.&R I
West Midland -Oxford''
Do Newport
Do Hereford,
London, England, 1863-08-21

ROUNDELL PALMER, Q.C• and M, P.—
La Vie de Cesar par L. Napoleon—Fashionable ba.teln
gence—(n FUN this week. One Penny.

N' THEATRE-8.0 Y AL, ADELPI
Sole Proprietor and Msnairer. Mr. B. Webster.
THIS EVENING, THE IRISH TIGER.
After which. at Eight o'clock, a new drama, entitled 'THE
.HAUNTED MAN ; OR, E GHOST'S LIARGAE in
which will be exhibited Professor Pepper's adaptaVe at of
the Great Spectral Illusion. Messrs. J. L. Toole, R. Phi :lips'
efton, C. J. Smith; Mrs. Alfred Mellon and Miss H. Si) rims.
Followed by a new Burlesque, entitled ILL-TRE.P, TED
IL TRO VATORE. Messrs. Toole. P. Bedford, R. Pb i Hips,
)borne, C. J. Smith, Romer ; the Sisters Nelson, Cari.y and
Sara, and Miss K. Kelly.
Commence at 7.

ROYAL STRAND THEAT RE
blanager, Mr. W. H. Swanborougl.

TIiIB EVENING, HIS FIRST CHAMPAGNE.. Mr.
Leigh Murray.

10dloweci by (20th time) THE MOTTO, "I'M 'ALL
THERE." Messrs. Honey, Turner, E. Danvers, Collier,
Clifton; Mesdames Ada Swanborough, F. Josephs, :3larfa
Simpson, Wallace, aria .Jenny White.

To conclude with TURN HIM OUT. Mr. Turner; Miss
Theme.

Commence at 7.

r HE THIRD EDITION OF " THE SAJN,'
Containinz the Latest SPORTING DITELLIGE NEE,
can be had Every Evening of
G. R. GLENIE, NEWS AGENT,
No. 4, Connaught-terrace, Hyde-park.

HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE..
THIS DAY.—Morning, sh. 59m.—Afternoon, 6h. 19m,
To-moßßow.-Morning, 6h. 40m.—Afternoon, 7h. sm,

The Weather—Sun Office, Aug. 21, 1803,
London, England, 1863-08-21

METROPOLITAN.

The report of the directors of this company states that
the weekly traffic as published showed that the Great
Western Railway Company received £53,058, in respect of
passengers carried over the railway from the 10th of
January to the 30th of Juno. The directors estimate that
£32,500 is the amount or thereabouts to which this com-
pany would be entitled upon a division of this receipt, pro-
vided for in the heads of working and traffic arrangement,
towards which the Great Western Railway Company have
paid £16,000, a large balance is therefore still due. The
directors recommend the proprietors to declare a dividend at
the rate of 5 per cent. per annum on the preference shares,
and as the accounts with the Great Western are not set-
tled, to limit thedividend on the ordinary shares to the same
rate. The works at Farringdon-street for the commence-
ment of the line through Smithfield to Finsbury are in
hand. The directors are purchasing the land for the line to
the station near Moorgate-street. Up to the present time
no foreign traffic has passed over the line, but the directors
will make every effort to get the traffic of other companies
over the railway upon fair and reasonable terms. The Se-
lect Committee of the House of Lords have, in their able
report, fully recognised the principle upon which this un-
dertertaking has been constructed, and have recommended
that it shall be extended from both Paddington and Fins-
bury, so as to form an integral portion of the large sys-
tem of railway which they describe as desirable for the
general accommodation of the metropolis. The total ex-
penditure of the company to the 30th of June amounted
to £1,473,748. Mr. Fenton, the general manager, states
in his report that the works necessary for the reception of
the Great Northern traffic will be completed in a few
days, and (subject to the usual Government inspection)
he has arranged for the trains of that company to com-
mence running on the Ist of September next. The local
traffic, owing to the want of a station near the centre of the
city, and to the insufficiency of locomotive power and suit-
able carriages, has not yet been developed ; and none of the
through traffic from other lines has yet been carried over
the railway.
London, England, 1863-08-21

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London, England, 1863-08-21

Bank of England Return,•--Yesterday.

An Account, pursuant to the Act 7th and Bth Victoria,
cap. 32, for the week endingon Wednesday, the 19th day
cf Auguat, 1b63:

ISSUE DEPARTMENT.

isiotes issued ........X28.903,490 Government Debt £11,015,1C0
Other Securities 3.6340,00
G old Coin St Bullion 14,253,490
Silver bullion

£25,903,4901

X 28,003,490

DA.NSING D
Proprietors' Capi-
tal £14.553,000
Rest
Public Deposits (in-
cluding Exche-
quer, Savings'
Banks, Commis-
missioncrs of Na-
tional Debt, and
Dividend Ac-

,EPARTMINT.

Government Seen-

rities ((including
Dead Weigh tAn
nutty) £
11,058,126
Other Securities 18.817,701
Notes
Gold and Silver b27,06q
Coin

-----
counts) ii,126.668
Other Deposits— 13,0,5,322
Seven Day and
other Bills 681,846

£37,815,949
AI.

437,815,949
RSIIALL, Chief Cashier.

August 20,1863.

INFANTICIDE AND THE BASTARDY LAWS.—Dr.
Lankf,stsr held an inquest oh lirtduesd4y on the
body cf a male child which had been found murdered i-
the Metropolitan Cattle Market. The medical eri
deuce left no doubt as to the crime. The coroner espressee
a hope that torornment would take the matter up, as in-
fanticide was on the increase. He wished sona3 induce-
ment could be held out for servant girls and other women
when pregnant to GO into an institution. The bastardy
laws might also be amended. The pima of 2s 6d per week
which was now allowed w..s not sufficient. The jury, who
concurred in the coroner's renitaks, returned a verdict of
Wiltul murder against some person t.r patens ulaknOVn;'
London, England, 1863-08-21

CONTRACT FOR PROVISIONS.
Royal 14 ospital, Chelsea,
14th Aug., 1F63.
THE RTGHT HONOURABLE the LORDS
and OTHERS, COMMIS,IONERS of this HOS-
PITAL, do hereby give NOTICE, That they are ready to
receive TENDERS trom and to treat with such persons as
may be wiling to Contract for victualling the in-pensioners
of the said Hospital, from the Ist October, 1863, to the 30th
September, 1861, both days inclusive, with the following
articles of provisions, &c., viz. :—Beet and Mutton, Bread,
Cheese, Bu. er, Potatoes, Salt, Oatmeal, Barley or Rice,
Pepper, Flour, Suet, Cocoa, Black Tea, Sugar, Milk, Onions
or Leeks, Carrots, Celery, Thyme, Marjoram, Winter Savory
nd Parsley, daily, at per head per diem for the whole
ration according to the established allowances of the house, as
specified in the form offender, whi .11. may be obtained at the
office of the Secretary any day between the hours of 10 and 3
o'clock, which Tender must be filled up and deliver, d, sealed,
at the Board-room of the said Hospital by the party (.1"
narties tendering, or by an agent appointed on his or their
behalf, on Tuesday, the Ist of septeniber, at 12 o'clock at
which time their Lordships will be prepared to take the same
kto consideration.

It la to he observed that the Contractors wr 1 be required
to find Security to the crown for the due performan e of the
Contract, and that no Tender will be received after the day
and hour above mentioned.

The Commissioners do not pledge themselves to accept the
Lowest Tender.

A. J. MOORHEAD,
Secretary and Registrar.
London, England, 1863-08-21

CONTRACT FOR PROVISIONS,

_ _
Royal Hospital, Chelsea,
14th Aug., Ito 3.
THE RIGHT HONOURABLE the LORDS
and OTHERS, COMMISSIONERS of this HOS-
PITAL, do hereby give NOTICE, That they are ready to
receive TENDERS from and to treat with such persons as
may be willing to Contract for victualling the in-pensioners
of the said Hospital, from the Ist October, 1863, to the 30th
September, 1864, both days inclusive, with the following
articles of provisions, &c., viz. :—Beef and Mutton, Bread,
Cheese, Butter, Potatoes, Salt, Oatmeal, Barley or Rice,
Pepper, Flour, Suet, Cocoa, Black Tea, Sugar, Milk, Onions
or Leeks, Carrots, Celery, Thyme, Marjoram, Winter Savory
snd Parsley, daily, at per head per diem for the whole
ration according to the established allowances of the house, as
specified in the form of Tender, which may be obtained at the
office of the Secretary any day between the hours of 10 and 3
o'clock, which 'fender must be filled up and delivers d, sealed,
at the Board-room of the said Hospital by the party Or
parties tendering, or by an agent appointed on his or their
behalf, on Tuesday, the Ist of septen,ber, at 12 o'clock at
which time their Lordships will be prepared to take the same
it, to consideration.
It is to be observed that the Contractors wi'l be required
to find Security to the crown for the due performan e of the
Contract, and that no Tender will be received after the day
and hour above mentioned.
The Commissioners do not pledge themselves to accept the
lowest Tender.

A. J. MOORHEAD,
Secretary and Registrar.
London, England, 1863-08-21

THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, AUGUST 21, 1363.

terious Lady, Rose, Theobalda, Lady de Trafford, Claxton,
Shylock, Ess Bouquet, Fauconberg, Greville, Mother
Carey's Chickan, Ignorance filly, The Shuffler, Exile of
Erin colt, Frondeur, and Alice Leigh.
Betting--3 to 1 agss Harvest Mel], Bto 1 each agst
Bangle and Dawdle.
All got well off, and came together to the distance,
when Bangle drew away, and, after a good race, won by a
length.
The Members' Plate of 50 ROVES, given by the Members for
the city of York ; 3-yr-olds, 7st; four, Bst 31b; five and
upwards, Bst 101 b; m and g allowed 31b. Maiden allow-
ances. The winner to be sold for £5O. Three-quarters of
a mile.
Mr. Greaves's Sledmere, 3 yre, Bst (H. Covey) 1
Mr. T. Raymond's General Bixie, 4 yrs, 7st (Challoner) 2
Betting-6 to 4on General Bixie.
Sledmere took the lead, and won easily by two lengths.
The First Year of the Tenth Aske Produce Stakes of 50
each, h ft, for 2-year-olds ; colts, Bst 71b ; fillies, Bst 41b.
Maiden allowances. T.Y.C. 7 subs.
Mr. J. Osborne's Dr. Rooke, Bst 4lb (31b) .... (Osborne) 1
Lord Zetland's Revival, Bst Ilb (31b). (Snowden) 2
Mr. Jackson's Prescription, Bst lib (31b) (Doyle) 3
Betting-9 to 4 agst. Dr. Rooke, 2to 1 agst Revival.
Dr. Rooke made all th 6 running, and won a good race by
half a length.
LATEST BETTING ON THE COURSE.
ST. LEGER..
11 to 2 agst Queen Bertha (taken and offered)
11 to 2 agst Lord Clifden (taken and offered)
6to 1 apt Ranger (taken)
9to 1 agat Avenger (taken)
100 to 7 eget Golden Pledge (taken)

PLYMOUTH, DEVONPORT, AND CORNWALL
RACES.—THURSDAY.
The Trial Stakes of 5 soya each, with 30 added. One mile.
Rubini 1
Peru
Artless colt ....
Three ran.
The United Service Plate (Handicap). Two miles. 6 subs.
Sir Geoffrey (h b), aged, lOst .. w. o.
The Plymouth Plate (Handicap) of 60 sovs. One mile.
The Dictator, 3 yrs, 7st 31b 1
Southampton, aged, Bst
Mysterious, 4 yrs, Bat 31b
Five ran.
The Saltram Stakes (Handicap) of 15 soya each, 7 ft, and
3if declared. About two miles. 39 subs, 27 declared
Hampton Court, 3 yrs, 6st 91b
Fontenoy, 3 yrs, 7st 111 b ....
Icarus, 5 yrs, 7st 41b

Three ran.
The Ladies' Plate of 30 soya. Half a mile.
Abernethy, 3 yrs
Kennett, .3
yrs
Three ran.
London, England, 1863-08-21

flagrant mismanagement of the Government by
President Davis's Administration."

There is a large increase in the mortality of New-
Yark. There were 970 deaths last week, being 400
more than in the same period last year.
COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.

NEW YORK, AUG. 11.
Money abundant, Gold 261 per cent. premium.
Exchange on London—Bankers' bills, 1391. Stocks
dull. New York Centrals, 12%; Illinois, 120-;
Erie, 105; 6 per cent. United States Bonds, 1051.
Cotton dull. Middling Upland, 68c. Flour heavy,
at a decline of 10c. Wheat and corn lower. Pre-
visions, good inquiry. Ccffee heavy. Sugar steady.
Molasses quiet. Crude petroleum, 341 c. to 85c.

SOUTHAMPTON, AUG. 21.
The Hamburg and American Company's steamer
Hammonia, from New York on the Bth inst., has
arrived off Cowes. She brings 114 passengers,
15,125 dollars in specie for England, and 1,300
dollars for Hamburg.

On the 12th she spoke the English bark Reuben,
bound for Glasgow; on the 16th, the English bark
Crimes, bound from Cardiff to New York ; and on
the 20th, off Cape Lizard, the steamer Scotia.
The news by the Hammonia has been anticipated.
London, England, 1863-08-21

A Friend of the King of Dahomey.

" An African," in a 'etter to a contemporary, says
—M. Jules Gerard has vastly exaggerated every-
thing connected with the King of Dahomey. 1

spaak from experience. Human sacrifices are re.

garded by the Africans as a part of their religion.
They are not committed out of sheer addiction to
the shedding of man's blood for pleasure's sake, but
they ara committed in obedience to a sense of reli-
gious duty. They come under the same sort of
inspiration as that which leads us to bend the knee
in prayer.

By the side of the throne of every African king
sits a counsellor who is called the "ocrah."
"Ocrah" signifies the "soul." This officer is the
soul, then, or most confidential adviser, friend, and
companion of the King. He receives all the
thoughts and wishes of the King. What is
scrupulously concealed from others is revealed
to him. But the first obligation of the office
of the " ocrah" is that when his Sovereign di, s
he also must die or be put to death. He must be
Put to death because, as the receptacle of the plans,
desires, and policy—as the " soul," in a word, of
the King, he is bound to follow his master to th,
other world in order that he may perform the
same kind of loyal service which he has per-
formed on earth. To say, therefore, that the
"ocrah" of the King of Ashante, or the King of
Dahomey, is slain at the royal tomb for the pur
pose of satiating a love for blood is to say that
which is nonsense, or to say that which betrays
the utmost ignorance of the customs and laws and
faith of the Ashantees or Dahomians.

The " ocrah” would not survive the King if he
London, England, 1863-08-21

DM DE DEPARTMENT.
:e0 issued

Government Debt £11,015,1C
Other Securities .. 3.634 x
Gold Coin & Bullion 11,253,4i0
Silver Bullion ....

£28,903,490]
BANKING E.,

£28,903,491

rroprietors' Capi-
...,

OEPARTMENT.
Government Seen-

t al ,c 14.553,000
Rest
Public Deposits (in-
cluding Exche-
quer, Savings'
Banks, Commls-
missioners of Na-
tional Debt, and
Dividend Ac-

' rities Aincludig
Dead WeightAn-
unity) £11,0F8,426
Other Securities 18,817,701
Notes
Gold and Silver 527,68?
Coin

counts) 6.126.668
Other Deposits 13,C05,322
Seven Day and
other Bills 681,816

£37, si 5 ;us
AL 7

£37.818,90

.RSHALL. Chief Cashier.

August 20,1863.

Liverpool Cotton Market—This Day.l

Improvement of yesterday maintained, Balm
probably about 12,000 bales.

INFANTICIDE AND THE BASTARDY LAWS,--Dr,
Lan kester held an inquest on Wednesday on the
body cf a male child which had been found murdered in
the Metropolitan Cattle Market. The medical evi-
dence loft no doubt as to the crime. Tho coroner expressed
a hope that Government would take the matter up, as in-
fanticide was on the increase. He wished eOIII3 induce.
ment could be held out for servant girls and other women
when pregnant to go into an institution. The bastardy
laws might also be amended. The sum of 2s 6d per week
which was now allowed WJEI not sufficient. The jury, who
concurred in the coroner's remarks, returned a verdict of
" naurchr against some person cr persons uukuoin,'
London, England, 1863-08-21

Mr. Partridge—How is that, Milen ?
The prosecutor said he thought it was enough to mention
the robbery without the knocking down.
Mr. Partridge—And where was the landlord of the
public-house when you were robbed in front of the bar ?
Witness—l really don't know, sir.

Carr was questioned by the magistrate, and said the Red
Lion was a house as well conducted as such a house could
be. It was generally open till two o'clock in the morning,
not always. No complaints had been made against the house.
Mr. Partridge—Were the parties drunk or sober ?
Carr—The prisoner was sober—the barber was intoxi-
cated.

➢lr, Partridge asked the prosecutor why he continued in
the prisoner's company for a long time after he had been
knocked down ?

The prosecutor—l did not keep his company any how.
The prisoner said he was innocent, and that he drank
several pots of porter with Milen this morning, in which he
was partially confirmed by a man named Joseph Fell, who
said, "My worthy friend was charged all at once with
stealing 12s. 6d. Why, he is as innocent as I am."

Mr. Partridge said the complainant had told a very strange
story, and he did not believe it. He discharged the pri-

soner.

MARKETS—This Day.

MARK-LANE.

A moderate supply of new English wheat was on sale
here to-day, and most samples were received in good con.
dition. Both in red and white qualities a fair business was
transacted at Monday's decline in the quotations of 35 to
4s per quarter.
The market was well supplied with foreign wheat. All
descriptions sold heavily at barely stationary prices.
Floating cargoes of grain moved off slowly at about pre-
vious rates.
The supply of barley on offer was very moderate, yet the
demand ruled inactive at late currencies. Malt changed
hands to a limited extent on former terms.
There was a fair supply of oats on the stands, and the
demand was in a sluggish state for all qualities, at barely
late rates.
London, England, 1863-11-04

Just published,
ALBOOK OF B E A U T Y.
By Madame RACHEL.
To be had at 47A, New Bond-street. Price 2s. 6d.

TH E OXFOR D,
6, OXFORD STREET, W.
THIS EVENING, will be performed Operatic Selections
from Sir Henry R. Bishop's THE SLAVE, CLARA, the
MAID of MILAN, and Bellini's SONNAMBULA.
Principal Artistes—Miss Russell, Miss Ellison. Messrs.
Green, Bernardi, Huish, &c., with full band and chorus.
Conductor, Mr. F. Jonghmans.
Flute Solos by Drew Dean, &c.
Comic, by UNSWORTH (" or any oilier man "), Eugene,
W. Randall, George Hodson, and those marvellous French
Clowns, Messrs. ARTHUR and BERTRAND.
Also, a Pet tormance by Herr SCHAL KENBACH on his
wonderful instrument, the PIANO ORCHESTRE, contain-
ing a full baud of 40 instruments.
The HALL has just been newly Decorated and Ventilated,
and is one of the most Beautiful in the Metropolis.
Open at 8 o'clock. Admission, 6d. ; stalls and balcony, is. ;
private boxes, 10s. 6d.

ri.ANTERBURY HALL " GROST."—In order
'.J to gratify the curiosity of nightly-increasing* crowds,
Mr. C. 31O1tTON has transferred the representation of Pro-
fessor Pepper And HenryDircks, Esq.'s, world-famed spectral
Illusion, " THE GHOST," to the Concert Hall, where a
new and elegant stage is erected, affording a more ample
view of the Illusion from Stalls, Balcony, and body of the
Hall. He has also arranged for Mr. A. Silvester to give
(with all that gentleman's latest improvements and effects),
REPRESENTATIONS EACH EVENING,at half -past
Nine o'clock.

All the other Musical and Pictorial attractions as usual,
including Operatic Selections, ; Comedy by Unsworth
(the modern Demosthenes), Eugene, George Hodson, E.
Marshall, and the marvellous Arthur and Bertrand.
London, England, 1863-11-04

London, 681 9

MISCELLANEOUS.
Egyptian Commercial and Trading, Urn., 3i
Gen. Crt dit and Finance of London, lim., g
Iludson's Bay. 13g
International Financial Society, lira., 9/
Italian Irrigation (Canal Cavour),
Ditto, 6 per cent. Bonds, redem. 1870, issued 90, 881
Joint •stock Discount,
Ditto, new, 2§
London Financial Association, Um., 151
sladras Irrigation and Canal, 31 g
Natal Land and Colonization Company, lien., 51
National Dicount CompA.ny, lim.,
South A (dean ltortgago and Investment, 7

LISZT has received a decoration from Pope Pio
Norio. He will now be obliged, like General Bluther—
who, it is said, had his breast entirely covered with, orders
and decorations, to have some pinned to his barks
London, England, 1863-11-04

MAILS DUE.

%.ustralia and Mauritius, via Southampton ..Nov. IS.
via Marseilles Nov. 12•
,irazil and Cape Verds, by British packet. Nov. 4.
Cape of Good Hope, Ascension, and St.,Helena Nov. 30'
China, Penang, and Singapore, via Southampton Nov. 2•
__ via Marseilles Nov. 12•

Falkland Islands
Gibraltar, via Southampton Nov. 2.
India (Calcutta), and Ceylon, via Southampton Nov. 2.
via Marseilles Nov. 12.
India (Bombay), via Southampton
via Marseilles Nov. 6
Portuga1....
Malta, Egypt, and Aden, via Southampton Nev. 2.
via Marseilles ..Nov. 5.
..Oct. 31.
Newfoundland

Oporto and Vigo ..............
Q. S. and British N. America, by Brit. packet.... Nov. •
by U.S. packet• • • •
by Canadian packet. Nov. 7.
AT.C. of Africa, Madeira, and Teneritle Nov. 10.
3afiamas, via New York' Nov, 19
'Mexico ..... . • .............................. Nov. 28
All parts of West Indies, including Chili, Peru, i
California. and British Columbia.. i Nov. 13,
London, England, 1863-11-04

110YAL ALHAMBRA PALACE. The
Marvels of Peru, the most wonderful Performers in
the WorId—LANGLOIS, the marvellous Indian Juggler.
—Grand Comic Divertissement, by the Francesco Family
and Mons. Ratel, assisted by 12 Young Ladies.- The beauti-
ful FAIRY FOUNTAIN—NICOSIA, the eminent Italian
Violinist.

Special Notice.—lmmense attraction on THURSDAY, sth
November. The celebrated French Clowns, ARTHUR and
BERTRAND, will make their appearance in a new Enter-
tainment, reserved expressly for their engagement at this
establishment.

Doors open at 7—commence at half-past 7.
London, England, 1863-11-04

STAMP YOUR PAPER,
ENVELOPES. INVOICES, &c., with JONES'S
PATENT PERCUSSION EMBOSSING' PRESS.
The above would be found useful to youths at school for
embossing their Books, Drawings, Papers, &c. The Press
complete, with Plain Crest, Name, or Business Die, 9s. Gd.
Note the Address :—WILLI AM JONES, Die Sinker, Press
Maker, and Embosser, 3, Queen's-court, High Holborn (op-
posite Day and Martin's).
London, England, 1863-11-04

COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.

Trade is dull. Exchange on London, 53i, on
Paris 528, on Hamburg 48, Genoa 526. Rentes
are quoted 492 to 50, Coupons 492, Bank of Por-
tugal shares 550, Commercial Oporto 262.

FRANCE.
MARSEILLES, Nov. 3.

Letters from Naples of the 31st October state
that the inauguration of the Foggia Railway is
fixed for the Bth inst. The King wilt leave th,)
same evening for Avellino and Male. He will
return to Naples on the 9th. Two hundred car-
riages with public functionaries and Neapolitan
nobles will go out as far as Malo to meet his
Majesty. Great preparations are being made for
the reception of the King at Naples.
The review of the fleet will take place on the
10th ; 25 vessels will be present in the Bay.
The Minister of War has ordered the line of the
Volturna to be placed in a state of defence, and the
provisioning of the fortress of Gaeta.
BOURSE, Nov. 3.—The market has shown little
animation, but the prices of yesterday have been
well maintained, Threes being now unvaried at 67f.
25c. Mobilier also remains about the same. Rail-
way Market quiet, but firm. The market closed
as follows :

Italian Loan 73
Do. end month 73 1.5
New ditto
Do. end month.... 72 9,1
Russian
Austrian
Spanish Threes.„ —
Rome Pobt .. —
Deferred -
RAILWAYS.

per Cents. 95 50
Do. end month
3 por Cents
Do. end mouth 67 30
Credit Mobilier 1111 25
Do. end menth 1107 50

Bank Shares 3365

Credit 1 oneier ....1310

Roman ..

Cash. Account.
Orleans 978 75 .. 980
Northern
New ditto — • •
Lyons ano Meditwrranean 957 50 .. 955
New ditto 912 50 .. --
Geneva 497 50 ..
Southern 690 ---.. G 97 50
Western - • •
Eastern
Sardinian
Austrian
Lon.bard .. 558 75 .. 957 50
North of Spain
Saragossa 631 25 .. 632 50
Ditto to Barcelona
London, England, 1863-11-04

ROYAL ALHAMBRA PALACE.-THE
PRINCE'S BIRTHDAY.--A Grand FANCY BALL
will take place on MONDAY next. Tickets at the principal
Libraries and Costumiers, and at the Alhambra.

ARGYLL ROOMS, Windmill-street, Piccadilly.
These elegant Rooms are NOW OPEN for the Winter
Season. They have been entirely redecorated.
Musical Director and Conductor, Mons. L. JULLIEN.
Great Success of his new Quadrille, " The Prince of Wales,"
niglutly encored.

The band is selected from the Italian Operas and the
Household Troops.
Doors open at 8 o'clock.
Admission, Is.
Manager—M. GRENET.
London, England, 1863-11-04

ROYAL STRAND THEATRE.
Manager, Mr. W. H. Swanborough.
THIS EVENING, FAINT HEART NEVER WON
/AIR LADY. Mr. Leigh Murray.
After which, MIRIAM'S CRIME. Messrs. G. honey,
Porsche, Belford, Turner, Miss K.Sayille, and Miss Handers.
To conclude with WHERE'S YOUR WIFE. Mr. Belford.
Commence at 7.
London, England, 1863-11-04

No. 22,263.

THE MERCHANT RANKING COMPANY
of LONDON (Limited).
Establishedunder the Companies Act, with Limited Liability.
, Two Mlions .In 20.000 shares Capital of £lOO eachi.l First issue,ng 10,000 shares.
Deposit, £1 per share on application, and £llob. on allotment.
It is not contemplated to call up more than £25 per share.
Calls not to exceed £5, at intervals of not less than three
months.

Richard Henry BrowneDElßsqE.,c
DT Oi
rRe Se
Char-
tered Bank of Australia
*tor of the London
William Cadell, Esq. (Duff, Cadell, and Co Merchants),
London and Liverpool.
J. 11. Reynell de Castro, Esq. (Carruthers de Castro and Co.,
Merchants), Manchester and Rio de Janeiro.
Lewis Fraser, Esq. (J. and L. Fraser, merchants), London
and Singapore.
James M`Master, Esq. (late of Wm. M`Master at,d Brothers),
Toronto and Manchester.
John Paterson, Esq,, Merchant (Paterson, Kemp, and Co.,
Merchants), Londo and Port Elizabeth.
William Pearce, Esq. (Pearce, Macrae, and Co., Merchants),
London and Calcutta.
Janus Adam Smith, Esq. (Smith, Wood, and Co., Merchants),
London, Liverpool, and Manilla.
Thomas Stenhouse Esq. (Thomas Stenhouse and Co., Mer-
chants), London and Bombay.
Henry Thurburn, Esq., late of Alexandria, Quecnsborough-
terrace, Pa& ington,
Harrison Watson, Esq. (J. R. Thomson and Co., Merchants),
London and Cape Town.
Edward Weston, Esq., Director of the Standard Bank of
British South Africa.
London, England, 1863-11-04

Births.

GODBY.—On the 31st ult., at Woolwich, the wife of Major
(lodby, It A., of a son.
KIRKMAN.—On the 30th ult., at the Villa Abbo, Nice, tb°
Dowager Lady Nepean, wife of Dr. Montague Kirkwall'
of a daughter.

LOFTUS.—On the 31st ult., at 16, William-street, Loynd°
square, the Lady Catherine Loftus, of a daughter.
TEMTLE.—On the Ist inst., at Torquay, Devonshire, the
lady of George Temple, Esq., of I3ishopstrow, Wm n / -
a son.

Marriages.
ASHWOOD—BELLISS.—On the 3d inst., at St. GeorgeT
Hanover-square, J. V. Ashwood, Esq., of Longdell lit3he
Shropshire, to Caroline Louisa, younest daughter of
_o
late William Belliss, Esq., of Wapponshall, in the OP'
county.
SIM—KINGSMILL.—On the 3d inst., at St. George's, 'gar --
over-square, Edward C. Sim, Esq., Captain Royal "eur of
neers, to Alice Frances Howley, youngest daugWin.
Kingsmill, .Esq., of Sydmonton Court, Hants.

Deaths.
BUNNING.—On the 2d inst., at 6, Gloucester-terrace, ir
gent's-park, lames Bunstone Bunning, Esq., Ar;'j
tect to the Corporation of the City of London, aged 6x.,0
CHILD.—On the 2d inst., at Islington, Christian Ch,,l_',
Esq.. Actuary of the Universal Life Assurance Society
eldest surviving son of Henry Child, Esq., sol citor,
Doctors'-commons, aged 35.
FOSBBRY.—On the 10th July, at Shanghae, Francis Oder
fret', eldest son of Godfrey Fosbery, Esq., Comm
R.N., aged 38.
LOVELESS,—On the 2d inst., Basset John Loveless, 5(1,14
R.N., Senior Lieutenant of Greenwich Hospital) l'ge
79.
YATBS.—On the Ist inst., at The Park, near Manchester,
John Ashton Yates, Esq., of 33, Bryanston-square.

: Prihzed and Publishedby WILLIAM ANDO
London
of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at TUE SUN Office NO' 11.?
Strand, in Vv' rrecinct of the Savoy, in the Cottco/'
ididdlepex.—Wednesiay, lioVember 4, 1.80.
London, England, 1863-11-04

The Price of Gold.

The quotation of gold at Paris is about i per mille pm., and
the short exchange on London is 25.22 per sterling. On
comparing these rates with the English Mint price of £3
178. lq
d• per ounce for standard gold, it appear that gold is
nearly 1-10th per cent. dearer iu London than in Paris.
By advises from Hamburg the price 01 gold is 428 per mark
and the short exchange on London is 13.51 per £1 sterling.
standard gold at the English Mint price is, therefore, about
4-10ths per cent. dearer in Hambur than in London.
The course of exchange at New York on London for bills at
62 days' sight is 163 i to MI per cent., and the premium on
gold is 401 per cent. At these rates there is very little profit
on the importation of gold from the United States.
London, England, 1863-11-04

COUNTRY MARKETS.

LEEDS—TUESDAY. 0101
There was an average attendance at market to-daP ....,11
a fair consumptive demand for best wheat at last Tuesdkqe,
-13 t

rates, but little business dono in other sorts. The same w
marks apply to barley. Oats and beans were rather Sl°
of sale.

NEWC ASTLE-UN DE 11-LYME—MONDAY. t
A pretty fair attendance to-day. The supply of Wbei:r
was about an average for the season. Samples irrego,of
in condition. Fine dry lots at last week's prices, but otto
sorts heavy. Barley in moderate supply, and late priv"

were fullirealised.
Old white wheat..44s to 47s I Old red wheat, 428 to 4443:
New do. ..43s to 468 I New do. 390 t.„° .'506
Malting barley....36s to 40s I Oats. 36$ .„
wa.A,s
ll
Grinding d0.....28s to 31s I Beans

LIVERPOOL—TUESDAY. A a filo
At our market to-day there was a fair attend and
bill,'
town and country trade, with more disposition to zing
good descriptions of wheat and flour were wanted. br.„(10.4$
full prices. Oats rather above the full currencies ",001
Friday, and oatmeal 6d per load dearer. Barleh
and peas quite as dear. Indian corn held firm.

MARKET HARBOROUGH—TuzsDAY, too.
White wheat, 42s to 448 ; red, 39s to 41s per 36
to
Malting barley at 35s to 37s:per qr. ; grinding, 300 a
per 30 st. Oats, old, 26s to 298; new, 20s to 236 P
st. ; beans, 378 to 41s per qr.

SHEFFIELD—T UESDA r. ed '
The market was well attended, and there was a °
rately large supply of grain, ,0,1
Red wheat,per load of 3 imperial bushels...lss Od to 17`03
p
White f) f ...17s 6d to 19? oil
New red ..16s 6i to lisoi
New white„
ft _.•175 Od to 1„S! 0
~•4 ...15s Od to 1001

Beans f 2 19
40s Od to 44„04
Peas, per qr
30s Od to 3A'"O3
Grinding barley, per qr
Malting ditto, If
Oats ~
Flour, is sd, is 7d, and is 9d per
e r 231
244:
100:d. tt 00 32 84: 0

MELTON MOWBRAY—TuEsDAY. eaf,
The following were the currencies :—New white svtopei
40s Od to 45s Od ; new red, 40s Od to 42s per 36 st;
beans, 39s to 40s for old ; new sorts, 36s to 38s per r.
barley, 35s to 37s for malting, and 28s to 32s per ad; 240
grinding; new oats, 20s to 23s Od per 24 stone ; (3'
to 295.
London, England, 1863-11-04

HEALTH OF THE METROPOLIS.

(From the Registrar-General's Weekly Return,)

The number of deaths registered in London in the
week that ended on Saturday was 1,252, which is
almost the same as that of the previous week. In a
comparison of the two weeks there is an increase in
deaths that occurred trader 20 years of age ; they
rose from 656 to 687, while the deaths at 60 years
of age and upwards declined from 221 to 188.
The average number of deaths in ten correspond-
ing weeks (viz., the 44th in each of the years
1853-62), with a correction for increase of popula-
tion, is 1,224. The excess in last week is not great;
it is equal to four deaths on each day of the week.
Smallpox declines by slow degrees ; it was re-
turned in 19 cases in the week. The mortality from
measles is not high at the present time; the deaths
from it were 16, and not quite as many as those from
smallpox. But, while the cases of measles occurred
entirely among children, nine of the 19 cases of
smallpox happened to persons who were .15 years
of age and upwards.
By far the most destructive of the epidemic di.
seases at the present time is scarlatina,which carried
off 117 children and three adults in the week. The
most recent returns indicate a slight reduction in the
mortality from that disease. The average number
of deaths from it in the three weeks ending 10th of
OctOber was 149;
ending last Saturday is 123.
the average for the three weeks
Five deaths from scarlatina were registered in
Kentish-town, six in
naggerston East, 11 in Beth-
nal-green, six in Mile-end Old•town, seven in Green.
wich and Deptford.
Pulmonary complaints are now on the increase.
The deaths from phthisis rose to 161 in the week,
those from bronchitis to 116, thou) from pneumonia
to 85.

A child died of "peritonitis accelerated by want
of sufficient nourishment ;" a boy, aged 12 years, of
" effusion on the chest from want of proper food ;"
the wife of a salesman, aged 42 years, from "con-
sumption accelerated by want of food and proper
attendance."

A girl, aged 16 years, died from chloroform ad-
ministered before an operation.

A widow died at the age of 95 years.

Last week the births of 962 boys and 873 girls,
[n till 1,835 children were registered in London. In
London, England, 1863-11-04

NOTHING IMPOSSIBLE.—The greatest and
most useful invention of the day, AGUA AMARELLA.
Messrs. JOHN GOSNELL and CO., 3, Ring-court, Lombard-
street, London, Perfumers to her Majesty, respectfully offer
to the public this truly marvellous fluid, which gradually
restores the human hair to its pristine hue—no matter at
what age. The Agua Amarelia has none of the properties of
dyes ; it, on the contrary, is beneficial to the system, and
when the hair is once restored one application per month
will keep it in perfect colour. Price one guinea per bottle, or
in half bottles, 10s. 6d. Testimonials from artistes of the
highest order, and from individuals of unooubted respecta-
bility, may be seen on application. Messrs. John Gosnell
and Vo. have been appointed Perfumers to her Royal High-
ness the Princess of Wales.
London, England, 1863-11-04

POLICE INTELLIGENCE—This Day.

MARLBORO UGH-STREET.

A " THIEVES' KITCHEN" IN SEVEN-DllLS.—Nicholas
Magmasson, the keeper of a coffeehouse in Little White
Lion •street, Seven-dials, the resort of young thieves, was
charged before Mr. Tyrwhitt with receiving a watch, well
knowing it to be stolen.

Mr. Edward Lewis, of Great Marlborough-street, de-
fended the prisoner, who is a foreigner.
William Gordon, 323 A, a plain clothes officer attached
to the C Division, said--At 9 o clock lest night I went to
the prisoner's coffeehouse in Little White Lion-street,
Seven-dials, known as a "thieves' kitchen." I saw the
prisoner lying on a sofa in the parlour. I asked him
for the watch he had purchased of a man named Jack
George, a clog dancer. The prisoner said he knew nothing
of the watch. Ackrill, 48 F, then came in and I saw the
prisoner hide a waistcoat under the sofa. I then said,
" Come, I'll have no nonsense—l'll have the watch b-fore
I leave." The prisoner then got up and said, "My waiter
has got the watch," at the same time asking me to go
upstairs and see. I did not go up, but the prisoner went up
with Ackrill, and then came down saying the waiter could
not find it. I then told the prisoner that I would look for
it, and on looking under the sofa I found the waistcoat,
and in it a watch and chain. On asking the prisoner
where he got the watch, he said he bought it
of Jack George four months ago, and he gave
him fifteen shillings for it, but that the chain was his
own property. The watch I know to be the property of a
young man named James Judge, who last night identified
it, but was unable to be present this morning.
Mr. Lewis, as the prisoner must necessarily be remanded
for the attendance of the prosecutor, I will reserve my right
of cross-examination till the next occasion. Will your
worship take bail for the prisoner ?
Mr. Tyrwhitt declined to do so, and remanded the pri-
soner.
London, England, 1863-11-04

COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.

Trade is dull. Exchange on London, 53y, on
Paris 528, on Hamburg 48, Genoa 526. Rentes
are quoted 491 to 50, Coupons 492, Bank of Por-
tugal shares 550, Commercial Oporto 262.

FRANCE.

MARSEILLES, Nov. 3.

Letters from Naples of the 31st October state
that the inauguration of the Foggia Railway is
fixed for the 8t1: inst. The King wilt leave th,.,
same evening for Avellino and Malo. Ho will
return to Naples on the 9th. Two hundred car-
riages with public functionaries and Neapolitan
nobles will go out as far as Malo to meet his
Majesty. Ornat
preparations are being made for
the reception of the King at Naples.
The review of the fleet will take place on the
10th 25 vea2els will be present in the Bay.

The Minister of War has ordered the line of the
Volturna to be placed in a state of defence, and the
provisioning of the fortress of Gaeta.
BOURSE; Nov. 3.—The market has shown little
animation, but the prices of yesterday have been
well mait‘tainad, Threes being now unvaried at 67f.
25c, Mobilier also remains about tho same. Rail-
way Market quiet, but firm. The market closed
as follows :
it per Cents 95 50
Do. end month —
3 per Cents
Do. end month 67 30
Credit Mobilier 1111 25
Do. end nionth 1107 50
Bank Shares ...... 3365
Credit 1! ander l3lO
Roman

Italian Loan 73
Do. end month 73 15
New ditto 73 10
Do. end mouth 72 9;)
Russian
Austrian

Spanit.,ll Threet3.,,
Flomo Debt
Deferred
RAILWAYS.

Cash. Account.
Orleans
978 75 .. 980
Northern
982 50 .. 980
New ditto
....
Geneva Tauean
.... 1
..
IsNl4;e:wstathed:riali
at.
nut of 1:
:11 . .
Eastern ....
Sardinian....
Austrian
Lombard
North of Spain
Saragossa...„
Ditto to B-arcelona

-- - • • - -
957 50 „ . 955 -
912 50 .. - --

497 50 - -
690 - .. 697 50
515 - -
505 - 500 35
413 75 .. 411 25
411 25 .. 410 -
558 75 .. 557 50
538 75 .. 538 75
631 25 .. 632 50
332 50 .. 335 --
London, England, 1863-11-04

NORTH BRITISH AND MERCANTILE
INSURANCE COMPANY.

Established 1800.
Incorporated by /loyal Charter and Special Acts of
Parliament.
ACCUMULATED AND INVESTED FUNDS, L 2,122,828.
ANNUAL RE VENUE, .C 422,401.
LONDON BOARD.
JOHN WHITE CATER, Esq., Chairman.
CHARLES MORRISON, Esq., Deputy t hairman.
A. De Arroyave, Esq. John Mollett, Esq.
Edward Cohen, Esq. Junius S. Morgan, Esq.
James du Buisson, Esq. G. Garden Nicol, Esq.
P. du Pre Grentell, Ebq. John H. Wm. Schroder, Esq,
A. Klockmann, Esq. George Young, Esq.

EX-DIRECTORS.
A. 11. Campbell, Esq. I Robert Smith, Esq.
P. C. Cavan, Esq. Frederic Somes, Esq.
P. P. Italli, Esq.

FIRE DE PARTMEN
Manager, G. 11. Whyting.—Surveyor, Thos. Piper.
The Company grants lnsurances against Fire in the United
Kingdom, and all foreign countries.
Mercantile Risks in the Port of London accepted at re-
duced rates.
Losses promptly and liberally settled.l
Foreign Department—Superintendent, G. IL Burnett.
The Directors, having a practical knowledge of Foreign
Countries, and being represented by Agents in all parts of
the 'World, are prepared to issue Policies on the most iavour-
able terms. In all cases a discount will be allowed to Mer-
chants and others effecting such Insurances.

LIFE DEPARTMENT
Actuary—Andrew Baden, Jun.
Every facility offered to Insurers.
00 per Cent, of the Profits divided among the Insurers on
the Participating principle.
The following Statement exhibits the improvement in the
business during the lase few years :
No. of Policies
Year. Issued. Sums. Premiums.
1854
1859
1B'o
1861
1862

•
Thus in five years the number of Policies issued was 3,623,
assuring the large sum of 22,928,917.
The leading features of the Office are :-
1. Entire Security to Assurers.
2. The large Bonus additions already declared, and the
prospect of a further Bonus at the next investiga-
tion.
8. The advantages afforded by varied Tables of premiums
—unrestricted conditions of Policies—and general
liberality in dealing with the Assured.
CHIEF OFFICES :
LONDON ...58, Threadneedle-street.
4, New Bank Buildings, Lo hbury.
EDINBURGH..... .64, Princes-street.
WEST END BRANCH..... 8, Waterloo-place, Pall-mall.

Branch Secretary—A. J. RUSSELL.
For further Explanation, Tables of Rates, do., see the
Company's Prospectus, which may be had at any of the
Offices or Agencies throughout the Kingdom.
DAVID SMITH, General Manager.
F. W. LANCE. Secretary.
London, England, 1863-11-04

VERY HACKNIED.

" There is nothing new under the sun," said the wise
monarch, and if this could be said with truth nearly three
thousand years ago, when the world was not much more
than half as old as it is at present, how doubly stale must
all things have now become I
You have all, my readers, heard, ad nauseam, of the
Montagues and Capulets—the Yorkists and Lancastrians;
the names are as familiar as that rivalship of race, and
hatred of families, which, in our days at least are not con-
fined to princes and nobles, but may be found in every mar-
ket town, in every country village, and probably in every
thieves' quarter in the world.
But though there is nothing new, not even similes,
though originality is more than ever impossible to us in
these latter days, yet the picture of hu‘nan passions and
human follies, be it only true, however commonplace, never
fails to make us weep or laugh, As the occasion demands.
It is this which encourages me to introduce to your notice
the Browns and the Smiths, and to hope that you will even
paedon an allusion to the Montagues and the Capulets. It
is so much easier to take up an old simile than to rummage
through one's daily decreasing stores of memory for a new
one. And then, the hackneyed one has the advantage of
being understood by everybody ; even by those—if in these
days of universal knowledge there be any such—who have
only heard of the Montagues and Capulets by way of re-
ference.

Now, the Browns and the Smiths were the Montagues
and Capulets of the borough of Goslingford.
The little town in which these events take
place and its various inhabitants, are described
with a felicitous pencil. As a specimen of the
writer's descriptive abilities, let us take the follow-
ing picture of ,
London, England, 1863-11-04

WINDSOR ELECTIG N—This Day,

(BY ELECTRIC TEL EGRAPH.)
POLLING—Two O'CLOCK.
Vyse (Conservative) ........... 255
Hayter (Liberal)
Majority

SPORTINGINTELLIGENUR—This Day,

WORCESTER RACES-THIS DAY.
(BY ELECTRIC TELEGR4PII.)
HANDICAP HURDLE RACE.

Pot Pourri
Marble Hill. .. 1
...
Nine ran. 2
London, England, 1863-11-04

HEALTH OF THE METROPOLIS.

(From the Registrar-General's Weekly Baum.)

The number of deaths registered in London in the
week that ended on Saturday was 1,252, which is
almost the same as that of the previous week. In a
comparison of the two weeks there is an increase in
deaths that occurred under 20 years of age; they
rose from 656 to 687, while the deaths at 60 years
of age and upwards declined from 221 to 188.
The average number of deaths in ten correspond-
ing weeks (viz., the 44th in each of the years
1853-62), with a correction for increase of popula-
tion, is 1,224. The excess in last week is not great;
it is equal to four deaths on each day of the Week.
Smallpox declines by slow degrees ; it was re-
turned in 19 cases in the week. The mortality from
measles is not high at the present time ; the deaths
from it were 16, and not quite as many as those from
smallpox. But, while the cases of measles occurred
entirely among children, nine of the 19 cases of
smallpox happened to persons who were 15 years
of age and upwards.
By far the moat destructive of the epidemic di-
seases at the present time is scarlatina,which carried
off 117 children and three adults in the week. The
most recent returns indicate a slight reduction in the
mortality from that disease. The average number
of deaths from it in the three weeks ending 10th of
October was 149; the average for the three weeks
ending last Saturday is 123.
Five deaths from scarlatina were registered in
Kentish-town,
in Haggeraton East, 11 in Beth-
nal,green, six iu Mile-end Old-town, seven in Green-
wich and Deptford.
Pulmonary complaints are now on the increase.
The deaths from phthisis rose to 161 in the week,
those from bronchitis to 116, those from pneumonia

to 85.
A child died of "peritonitis accelerated by want
of sufficient nourishment ;" a boy, aged 12 years, of
"effusion on the chest from want of proper food ;"
the wife of a salesman, aged 42 years, from con-
sumption accelerated by want of food and proper
attendance."
died from chloroform ad-
A girl, aged 16 years,
ministered before an operation.
A widow died at the age of 05 years.
Last week the births of 962 boys and 873 girls,
in all 1,835 children were registered in London, In
London, England, 1863-11-04

VERY HACKNIED.

" There is nothing new under the sun," said the wise
monarch, and if this could be said with truth nearly three
thousand years ago, when the world was not much more
than half as old as it is at present, how doubly stale must
all things have now become
You have all, my readers, heard, ad nauseam, of the
Montagues and Capulets—the Yorkists and Lancastrians;
the names are as familiar as that rivalship of race, and
hatred of families, which, in our days at least, are not con-
fined to princes and nobles, but may he found in every mar-
ket town, in every country village, and probably in every
thieves' quarter in the world.
But though there is nothing new, not even similes,
though originality is more than ever impossible to us in
these latter days, yet the picture of human passions and
human follies, be it only true, however commonplace, never
fails to make us weep or laugh, as the occasion demands.
It is this which encourages me to introduce to your notice
the Browns and the Smiths, and to hope that you will even
pardon an allusion to the Montagues and the Capulets. It
is so much easier to take up an old simile than to rummage
through one's daily decreasing stores of memory for a new
one. And then, the hackneyed one has the advantage of
being understood by everybody ; even by those—if in these
days of universal knowledge there be any such—who have
only heard of the Montagues and Capulets by way of re-
ference.

Now, the Browns and the Smiths were the Montagues
and Capulets of the borough of Goslingford.
The little town in which these events take
place and its various inhabitants, are described
with a felicitous pencil. As a specime❑ of the
writer's descriptive abilities, let us take the follow-
ing picture of
London, England, 1863-11-04

The Price of Gold,

1
Llovnitdhonthies sterling. 0;3
The quotation of gold at Paris is about 14 per mille pm., and
English P,Tint price of
17°T. pjaid. per ounce for standard gold, it appear that gold is
the
in ge
snegreaotens
nearly 1-10th per cent. dearer in London than m Paris.
By advices from Hamburg the price of gold is 428 per mark
and the short exchange on London is 13.51 per £1 sterling.
Standard gold at the English Mint price is, therefore, about
4-10ths per cent. dearer in Hamburg than in London.
The course of exchange at New York on London for bills at
40 days' sight is 1631 to 161 per cent., and the premium on
gold is 491 percent. At these rates there is very little profit
On the importation of gold from the United States.