The Sun.
London, England, 1863-12-10 00:00:00

NE Y MARKET

AND

COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.

CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK.
There is less demand for discount accommodation,
and more disposition on the part of bankers and bill
brokers is shown to secure business. This state of
affairs is engendered by the competition which has
led to some concessions on the terms recently asked
in the open market, where mercantile paper can
now be negotiated on terms quite as favourable as
those enforced at the Bank of England.
Annexed is the circular issued by M. de Mattos,
Whose suspension we announced yesterday

"27, Leadena-, Dec.
"It is with feelings of
deep regrhetll-s that It have to announce
to you that I have been compelled to suspend payment.
"I have called in the services of Messrs. Coleman, Tur-
-1111`tud) Younge, and Co., by whom a statement of my
affairs will be forthwith prepared and submitted to my et e-
ditors,
" In the meantime, soliciting your forbearance,
" I am, your obedient servant,

" IV. N. DE MATTOS."
The scrip certificates of the London and South
African Bank's new capital (L 100,000), issued in
May, are to be left at the offiee of the company for
registration and in exchange for the share certi-
ficates.

t
A dividend of 2s. per share will be recommended
a the forthcoming
meeting of the Crystal Palace
Company.
The last week's railway receipts ascertained up to
this day are in round figures as under

North-Western 1863. 1862.
L 93,910 £84,935
South-Western
Great Western
Brighto
Great northern
Midland n •.•.•. 16,156 17,678
43,375 39,522
s•
sputh-Eastern
I.arl
orth-Eastern 55,918 59,966
easltire and Yorkshire 35,250 31,687
Bristol and Exeter
Great Eastern
=north British
Edinburgh and Glasgow
Glasgow and South-Western
These returns, with one or two exceptions, are of
a most satisfactory character. On the North
Western there is an increase of £9,005; on the
South Western, of £1,846 ; on the Great
Western, of £395; on the Great Northern, of
£1.734; on the Midland, of £3,853 ; on the North
Piastern, of £5,952 ; on the Lancashire and Yorkshire
of £3,563; on the Great Eastern, of 12,838 ; on
the North British, of £1,020 ; on the Edinburgh
and Glasgow, of £721 ; and on the Glasgow and
South-Western of £202. The Brighton, however,
shows a decrease of £1,522 ; and the South
Eastern of .£l7B.

Two O'CLOCK.
At the Palls Bourse this morning, according to
Reuters telegram, the 3 per Cent. Rentes were 67f.
45c.
The English Stock Market opened this morning
With a very improved appearance. speculators
were induced to effect purchases in consequence of
the comparatively tranquil aspect of monetary
affairs. The pressure for discount accommodation
has been relieved ; capitalists are negotiating
bills and making loans not only with greater free-
"4ll but also oa easier terms, and there has been
.154 temporary cessation of gold withdrawals from the
"114 of England. The upward tendency of the
'Paris Bourse is another encouraging feature, and
these various circumstances having all operated
beneficially, the markets for foreign securities and
railway shares, as well as the English Funds, have
Partially recovered from their recent prostration.
et:1'801a are 90; 91 for transfer, and 914 / for the
tch"unt• At one moment they were fully 91/, but
etionsid market,
erable although less buoyant, still denotes
firmness. The New Threes and Re-
ratzeed Annuities are 90i 91 ; Exchequer Bills are
?psis Bs. to 7s. dis. ; India 5 per Cents., are
8 do. Enfaced, 103; and the Booth', 15s. to
LB. sank Stock has been dealt in at 235.
io thgerieral decided improvement has taken place
Foreign Market, and business is active.
diurkish 6 per Cents., 1862, have risen to 69/ 704
utt
eJnsolides, to 46/ 47 ; Mexican, to 34 ;
proeoek, to 261 ; Spanish Certificates, to 137,- ;
rtuguese, to 481 ; ditto Scrip, to / premium ;
to 881 89, and Italian, to 71.
'asiness in the Railway Share Market has been
moderatelyCh active, and owing to the favourable
ti-riacter of the traffic receipts on most of the prin-
ent' lines, prices have shown increased firmness.
hare4t Eastern, North Western, and South Eastern
ittidve advanced ss. ; L tncashire and Yorkshire, 10s.;
anT
Brighton and Metropolitan have improved £l.
ilia 4, Foreign and Colonial lines have remained
ctlve at about previous quotations.
hit). 114 L
and Miscellaneous shares generally ex-
'ta slight upward movement in values.

BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES.
11/8•1* Stock 235
per 0e,.„.„
90i 1
WlPer ce,-,.' Cent
Annuities
901 1 901
ol!neewnv
vw:ll3!,:ti Per
pp:.
rr Ceeeu tt°.lt.‘,B Annuities nAn
uni t iue ist ie
8 9OA 1
1. vole).rltttutooeftiotr.33itnatoi:
yryrssui:Aettx.nensi,urejitai:nths..
31.80.7n3.,
,880 l.l
a s Zed,
18874
To
ex:Pe igrrea
psthh) Aug. i las3:
midi
Ditto 5 psi Cent 1870
106 a i
Ditto 4 per Cent. 1888 —
•uttto Enfa d P er 4 per Cent .. 94i 6
bit A ce Paper,, '-. t° - per Cent
,itto 5} per Cent
Ditto ditto April, 1864
11, "Ditto ditto Aug. 1864 or 66
,11,k Stock for Account
" 4, Bonds Ll,OOO 8 dis
pl2itto under 1,000.....
j4,,,r,18 for Aocount, Jan.
_7 9la 6
Ina
Et Stock tor Account, a per Cent
7__l3
i-Nellequer Bills, £l,OOO, 3 per Cen t
Ditto
£5OO
'IQ° Small

..
A FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES.
'l4l,itrian Bonds, 5 per Cent
_-, Ditto 1859
kazilian 5 per Cent
.......
_
Ditto, 1839 and 1859
. 861 7
Ditto 41 per Cent., 1852-58-60111 ..... 86/
Ditto 1863
11 die
~, I)itto Scrip, 1863, £3O paid
ii°lonabian 6 Scrip £l5 pd
Wth• 4 Per Cent., 1863
_
D
Ditto personal Land Warrant
.41,11, 2i cent Ex. 12, Guilders .! 7...
gei:o;lipt Greek: 'tt
oi:::;817ebf
pow;ociucolest:ou:l4:l dper e dC:1" perO etC"e n 1 t 8.6.3 9:8
~, per
WI
'lit° Account '-
Cent , 1824-5, ex-Coupons
_261
1341D:iitttettrn4C:actico6Punmist _
per Cent.
Ditto A
• • ---
Xtauan 6 ccollt
ke . Per Cent.(Alaremmana Railway) —....
Xican 3 per Cent •
5 41 ba
~,bitto Accouttt
zoorieh Imperial 5 per Cent
14
"e:' Grallada ... . ..........
Vitt) 2 per Cent.
.."itto Deterred
_
il'iltto Land Warrants (Hectares)
o,lr,tviati 3 per Cent.
)5%40 Account
_
ill.'lo 41 per Cent., 1862
861
p,—,,,itto Account
nllkilese 3 per Cent., 1853
''.-"ltta
48/
1, Account.: .. . ... ! ..... _
,-.'i!tte 3 per Cen.,., 1866, '7, '9, '6O, 62 —
48/ i a 1
-uitto Account ................ bitto, 1863
~,bitte scrip, £l5 paid.
'Auseian per Cent., 1822, 9l,
Litt° 41 per Coat 1850 .............
DittDitto 1860
o 3 per Cent., 1859
tilLrli t, to, 5 per Cent. 1862 .......... 881 9 i
1).:11lati S per Cent ............ 85
861
$, l'to Account
_
""-f,tt itqa 3 per Cent
63i
'''tto Account
iiptte New Deferred
33:1
z itto Account;
Partish Cert. of Coup not funded ..
131 a i i
_1)4,0 Account
ir'''',,,ii4h 4 Cent ..
.....„4,.• , per
,-
891
4'4 6 Per Cent. 1854
1,. to Account
Ditto
6 Per Cent. 1858
70
ttto Ae t
Pitt coun
b.e, £lOO Bonds
C9l
1,t,t4 6 per Cont. 1866
691 70/ 1 I
1,. .443 A
b)itttoto
Olin
1862
41-46 :OUntt ....
V ?:.I.lela. 3 per Cent.
.._
Ditto ApeeerZeir, _
.. 55i i
Dividends on the above payable
.'re
~. _
2 ...
French Rerttes, 41 per Cent., Ex. --' 67f. 37 c.
in London.
It_l,to Aueettot • ... .
11'41,, 5 per Cent., 1861, Ex. 25 francs..
71
pnto Account..
leqtriontese, S pei.Cent.. Ex. 25f —
C'''llBalg' 14°/la THREE O'CLOCK.
y 1
. 91
~
Ditto
i5.v40,...., ............
_
91.1
'414 to ..... togrootustit

Closing ,
=hart Etailxvays Paid. Price. Business don,-
100 ttfantic &Si Lawrene( all -69 411 61
k Born.,l3aroda,t.Cent Inc
100 1051 1061
Gu. 5 per cent..
20 Do. New
20 Do. E. Shares
204 13utfalo and Laxe _Huron all i 61
10 Do. Preference
100
Buflalo,Brant Lou
&Godricl,
p, et. bds. Aug. 1, 187•2
100 Do. do. July 1, 187:1 100
100 Do. do. June 1, 1870 100
st Clcutta..c S. Eastn. (Lie 100 103 105
st Cape Town & Dock Seri) 100 lot 103 1024
stock Eastn. Bengal go. sp. t 100 ICB 109
stock East Indian. gu. sp. c. 1011 1066 1074 1071 74 61
20 Do. do. G Ext lO 14p
20 Do. do. H do.
stock Grand Trunk of Canada Hu 20 21 20k
100 Do. Ist Pref. Bonds all 72 74 731 4
100 Do. ao. deferred all 58 61
100 Do. 2d Pref. Bonus all 66 69
100 Do. do. deferred— all 50 33
100 Do. 3d P, ef. stock
100 Do. do. deferred all 38 42
100 Do. 4th Pref. stock all 26 28
100 Do. do. deferred all 21 23
stook GtlndiaPenia.gus..6p.c 100 1071 1084 108
20 Do. New gua. sp. 0... 12 14 lip
20 *Do. January, 1862 .. 8 14
stook Gt. South.of India (Lim
guaranteed 5 per cent 100 1044 1051
201 Gt. W. of CanadaSharet. all 91 10 9/ 10
SOI Do. New .. 18 11 101,,
100 Do. 6 p.c. '73 wlth't opt all 92 95
100 Do. 51 p. c. do. '77-8...- all 86 88
10 Indian Branch Limited 2
stock Madras. guar., 5p.0. .. 100 1051 1034
stook Do. 41 p. o. Extensiot 100 100 101 1001
stock De.** d 0........ 100 06 100
20 Do. Fifth Extension. 2 --
stock Melb.Corp. 6p. 0. linda 100
50 Melb. & Hobson's Bay. all 57 59 574
100 Do. 7p. c. Mortg. Bds. all
S 0 Newßr Canda
Class A, an d B all 3 5
N.lll.C'dits pc Ist pf !is 100 82 84
stock Soinde .....•••••1 (100 106 107
el ock Do. Delhi ' 100 1( 5 116 1051
20 Do. do as a 2 4 ip 21
at Do. Punjaub cl all 1041 1054
Do. Do. ........ , , luo
!Cock Do. Indus. St. Flo.) klOO 102 104
COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES.
p.e.Ja. s6Juit
- '
1877-S4
Do. 6p. c. Feb. & Aug. 100 102 101
, Do. p. c.Mar. az Sept. 100 102 104
11 Do. sp. c. Jan.,l6.luly. 100 01 '93 921 14
! Do. 5 Inseribed stock 100 91 93
:Cape G. Hope, 6p 0,1878 100 108 110
Do.Ap Oct. 1880 100 109 111
Do. 1890 100 109 111
iDo. Jan. & July, 1891.. 100 112 114
Ceylon, N0v.1878, 6p ( 100 110 112
'Mauritius 6 per cent .. 100 106 108
Natal Gov. 6 per cant.. 130 1,47 109
:N.B.Gov. p.c. Ja.,t.lul) 100 iO4 106
1 Do. 6p. c.Ap. & Oct. 100
- IN. S.W. Gov. 5p lid 100 100 102
Do. sp. c.,lBer to l•f•if 100 101 102
I Do. d0.,1888 dtupwdt 100 101 102 1014 2
New Zealand 6 p cent. 100 110 112
jNova Scotia Gov. 6p. c.
I sterling, 1875 lOO 104 106
,Queensland Gcv. p. c lOO 1:1 113
G6p.c.1878.& up lOO 111 113
Vlo.Gov. 0 p.c. Ja.&July 100 107 109
- Do, to 6 p.c. A.n.A00t... 100 HBl 1094 109 81 91
BRITISH MINES.
2 'Cambrian Consol. Gold 1 ill
cliflord Amalgamated — 33 81
Deven G. Cone.,"l' avist , 1 545 685
East Bassett(lllogan)•• 30 t. 7 60
1 East Clog-au Gold Ltd. 53. 4d par
East Caradon 1.14.0 25.4 261
East Carn Brea..„ I . .i. 4.0 61 61
E. /2rlitussel (Tavistk :' 8.9.0 11 5
Gam.3tStAubyn(Gwert ; 'At • 8 10
Great South Tolgus l7s 4 41
G. Wheal Vor(Heiston 10 111 lei
Derc.d's-Foot 8.12 AO 41
ti ingston Downs 4.18.0 Ikl 24
--Lady Bertha
Margaret (Uny Leiact 94 14 16
.11arke Valley.
4 01 yndy Iron Oro (Lim : 21 li le.
New Setun l6l 90 100
- North Don
N.Wli'l Buse:Who:ran 3.1.0 24 2
INorth Wheal Crotty
Par Consols (St. Bbizey,
20 Providence(Uny Lelnt) 10.6.7 42 44
:South Caradon(StCleer, 14 415 125
S. Carn Brea (Illogan) —
S.Wheal Fran. (Mogan 18.18.9 60 65
Stray Park 30.17.6 30 32
P 1 farnarSilv.6.t Lead Min 44 4 1
fin Croft 9 18 19 18 1
West Basset (Illogan) ll 91 101
W 0 radon (Liskeard, 5 20 22
West Baton
Wheal Basset (Illogan) 51 874 924
Wheal Buller(Kedruth) 6 221 271
Wheal Kitty (U.Lelant) 2.0.6
WhealLathott
• Wheal MaryAnni,Xen ) 8 12 13
Wheal Beton 5Bl 160 170 1621
j wheal Trelawney (Lis ) 7 191 204
Wheal Union 3.17 24 3

:PREFERENCE SHARES.
Bristol and Exeter 4 per cent. stock, 94i
Great Eastern, E. Counties. Ext. No.'2, 110
Great Western Orig. 44 per cent. pf:, 94 100
Gt. Western,West Midland, Oxfora, Ist guaranteed stock, 129
London and Brighton, 5 per cent. gua. stock, No. 1
7 per cent. pf. st., 1564
London, Chatham, and Dover 5 per cent. pref., 984
Midland, Leicester and Hitchin 4 per et.. IA 5
South Eastern (Reading Anna., £1.0.6), 23
PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCKS.
Great Eastern, 5 per cent., pf., 102 3
Ditto, 44 per cent., 974 8
LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS.
Lancaster and Carlisle, 2104
Northern and Eastern, 5 per cent., 554

FOREIGN RAILWAYS.
Antwerp and Rotterdam, 81
Bahia and San Francisco (Urn.) gua. 7 per cent„ 181
Dutch Rhenish, 171
Great Luxembourg, 11; I
Sambre and Meuse, 8i
San Paulo (lim.), gua. 7 per cent., 811
Ditto (all), 211
JOINT-STOCK BANKS.
Alliance Bank of Lon aan and Liverpool (Um.), 441 1
Anglo Austrian, 71
Bank of Wales, lira., 12
Chartered Ban!: of India, Australia, and China, 331
East London, lim., 7.4
English, Scotch, and Australian Chartered, 2.21 3
European Bank, lira., 41
Hindustan, :Anna, and Japan (Um.), 271
Ituperia t Bank (Bin.), 23
!rape-Alai Ottoman, 18i 1 8 1 1
Land Mortgage Bank of India, inn., 41 and 41 for Money
London Bank of Scotland, lira., 71
London, Buenos Ayres, and River Plate, 491
Lonaon and Colonial (lim.), 71
Loudon and County, 55
London Joint Stock, :151
London and N.)rthern (lim.), 151
London and Westminster, 79
Mercantile and Exchange. lim., 131 111
National Provincial of England.
Ditto, new, 21
Scinde, Punjaub, and Delhi (lima, 61
Union of Australia, sc; k 11 21
Union of London, 3.1 140
St. liatharine, 70

DOCKS.

MISCELLANEOUS.
British Indian Tea, Urn., 3
Canada Land, Urn 821 3
crystal Paiaoc, :42! 6 •
Discount Corporatio , limited, 7 GI
Egyptian Cornuierciani andi Tradino*, llm , 3; 4 i a
Gen. Credit and ke
International rina(enacinaal
Hudson's Bay, 121
iniance M. Lona& Um. , 61 a a a
Italian Irri4-ation
Ditto, 6 pir cent lionda"ur)' —1
70 issued 90, 86
s, redem. 8 ,
IS(riety, Hm., 02 i
London Finanzial Association lint. 23 i
London General Omnibus Cornjoa y 'l* , 2i'
Mercantile Credit Association,-hmn" 'lni.•
National Discount Company, iini7y
~.
Oriental Inland Steam, Um., iz. ' 4 '
Peninsula and Oriental Steam, 831 i
Ditto, new, 51 1 1
Rhymney Iron, 30
Rio de Janeiro City Improvements, 271
Van Dien:v:ll'o L4llO, 10,4 ii

HER MAJESTY.

WINDSOR CASTLE, Dec. 9.
The Lord Chancellor arrives at the Castle yes-
terday, and had an audience of the Queen:
The royal dinner party included the Prince and
Princess of Wales, the Crown Prince and Princess
of Prussia, Princess Helena, the Duke of Brablnt,
the Lord Chancellor, the Belgian Minister, M. Vin
de Weyer; the Dowager Countess of Mount-
Edgcumbe, Countess Hohenthal, Baroness D Ape-
neck, the Hon. Mrs. Stonor, the Hon. Caroline
Cavendish. the Hon. Flora Macdonald, Count Fur-
stenstein, Major Von Schweinitz, two gentlemen in
attend,:nce on the Duke of Brabant : Lord Talbot
de Malahide, Lord in Waiting ; Colonel the Hon.
A. Liddell, Groom ; Lord Alfred Paget, and Lieut.-
Colonel the Hon. de Ros, Equerries in Waiting to
her Majesty, Lieut.-General Kuollys, Lieut.-Col.
Keppel, Sir James Clark, Dr. Holzmann, Mr.
Fisher, and the Master of the Household.

His Royal Highness the Duke of Brabant left
the Castle to-day for Frogmore House.
Pomari, the Maori chief, with his wife and infant
child, to whom her Majesty the Queen has been
gracionsly pleased to be godmother, had the honour
of an interview with her Mbjesty on Friday last,
previous to their return to New Zealand.
Mr. R. Dowling, commissioned by the Tasmanian
Government, has been honoured with a sitting from
his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales at Frog-
more, for his portrait.
Mr. Morton Elwards, commissioned by the cor-
poration and town of Toronto. has also been
honoured with a sitting for a bust of his royal
highness.

THE EMPRESS OF RUSSIA. Bs returned from the
Crimea, and has taken up her residence at Tzarsko•Zelo.

Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess
d'Aumale have been the guests of the Marquis and
Marchioness of Salisbury at Hatfield House, Herts, during
the greater part of the week. The Duke and Duchess ar-
rived on Monday, and were received at the railway station
by the Marquis of Salisbury. In the evening a distin-
guished company had the honour to meet the Royal guests
at dinner, covers being lard for twenty•six persons. The
"house party," not including the Royal visitors, comprised
his Excellency Count Apponyi, the Austrian ambassador;
the Marquis of Biandford, the Earl and Countess of Clar-
endon and Ladies Villiers, the Earl and Countess of Hard-
wicke and Lady Agneta Yorke, the Earl and Countess of
Verulam and Lady Harriet Grimston, Lord Stanley, M•P•,
Lord Richard Grosvenor, Lord and Lady Eustace Cecil,
Lord Loughborough, Hon. and Rev. W. and Mrs. Talbot,
Hon. Reginald Talbot, Mr. Duncombe, &c. During the
stay of their Royal Highnesses there was a dance after
dinner in the gallery, The Duke and Duchess d'Aumale
took leave of the noble host and hostess this day week (i.e.
on Thursday), and departed for Dudbrooke, Essex, on a visit
to Frances Countess Waldegrave and Mr. Chichester For-
tescue, M.P. _ _ _

The Count and Countess d'Albourg have ;eft the
Brunswick, Sermyn-street, for Naples and Rome.
Major- General and the Hon. Mrs. Stuart and the
Marquis of Bute have left the St. George's Hotel.
Lady Henrietta Allen and the Misses Allen have
arrived at their nsidence, 27, Cheaham•street, from Scot-
land.

His Excellency Lord Wodehouse had a lengthened
interview with Earl Russell yesterday at the Foreign-office.
Lord Wodehouse left town last evening by the mail train
for Copenhagen, on his mission to King Christian IX., to
congratulate his Majesty on his accession to the throne of
Denmark. His lordship is accompanied by the Hon. Henry
Wodehouse, Mr. P. W. Currie, and Mr. T. H. Sanderson,
as secretary and attaches to his mission.

Lady Bloomfield has left town on a visit to the
Earl and Countess of Hardwicke, at Wimpole House,
Can- bridgeshire. Lord Bloomfield is unable to quit his
diplomatic post this winter. _

Lord and tady Aveland are entertaining a suc-
cession of visitors at their seat, Normanton Park, Rutland.

THE DUKE DE BRABANT is now' in England for
several days' sojourn.

THE KING OP SWEDEN is suffering from a slight
attack of bronchitis.

Viscount and Viscountess Palmerston entertained
his Excellency Prince de la Tour d'Avergne, the French
Ambasiador, last evening at Cambridge house, Piccadilly.
The Duke and Duchess of Somerset and a select party were
invited to meet his excellency.
The Earl of Westmoreland is so far recovered
from his very serious illness that no further telegrams are
necessary to relieve the anxiety of his friends. Should his
lordship continue to improve, of which there is but lit tle
doubt, he will be able to return home in a few days.

The Earl and Countess of Warwick and family
have left the Stable-yard, St. James's, for Worthing.

The Earl of Haddington has left the Alexandra
Hotel for Tyninghame, Prestonkirk.
DEPARTURE OF SIR JOHN LAWRENCE.—Sir
John Lawrence, the recently appointed Vicaroy of India,
and suite left London list evening for Marseilles, where his
Excellency will embark for Alexandria, en route to assume
his duties at Calcutta.

THE DUKE DE FRIOR is the Spanish nobleman
who, it is reported, is about to marry Miss Balk, lately
known as Lady Crampton.
Admiral Van Hambro has arrived at the Bruns.
wick, Jermyn-street, from Liverpool.
The Right Hon. T. Milner Gibsen left town yes-
terday.

Oa Tuesday, the Bth inst., was solemnised at
Cattistock, Dorset, the marriage of Mr. G. H. Wyndham,
second secretary to her Majesty's Embassy at Berlin, and
eldest son of Colonel and the Hon. Mrs. Wyndham, of
Rogate Lodge,
Sussex, to Charlotte Elizabeth Sophia,
second daughter of the Hon. and Rev. W. H. Scott, rector
of Maiden Newton, Dorset.

Mr. Baron Pigott on Prize Fighting.

Mr. Baron Pigott opened the Devonshire assizas,
at Exeter, on Tuesday. In the course of his charge,
his lordship alluded to a case where the prisoner
was charged with wilful murder, and observed that
his business or occupatio❑ was stated to be that of
a pugilist, which induced him to make some remarks
upon that subject. He had read that morning in
the newspapers that in the metropolis all the pre-
parations were now made for a great prize fight
between two men for £l,OOO, to which all the coup•
try were invited. He was one of those who thought
that all who encouraged pugilism from the notion
that it created among Englishmen a manly and
courageous feeling were greatly and utterly
mistaken. On the contrary, he believed from
long experience that it was productive of hard feel.
ing and great brutality iu those who took part in

it. Those who encouraged it and those who wit-
nessed it all brought themselves alike within the
influence of a very bad practice. He hoped this
county was not to be the scene of this great fight,
and it would be a disgrace to the magistracy and
the police if every effort were not made to prevent
it from taking place, and to punish thane who took
part in it. When they came to consider the case
of the man Stevens. charged with murder in a fight,
they would find his observations were pretty well
justified. It was said a few years ago that if people
would only encourage prize-fighting it would► lead
to the suppression of the knife. He had just come
from a county where he had to try no less than nine
cases of cutting with a knife, a crime which for-
merly was smeely known, but now it wets common
with almost every boy who was offended to whip
out his knife, and he was ready to slaughter the
person who had given the slightest provocation.
He was sure that pugilism was very likely to pro-
duce brutality rather than to prevent it.

A CIIAPMING SPECIMEN OF BATHOS.—A pro-
fessor of chemistry, more remarkable for the clear-
ness of his intellect than the purity of his eloquence, adverted
in one of his lectures to the celebrated Dr. Boyle, of whose
talent.: ho spoke with the highest
great an," said the professor, concluding his eulogy—"
very gm w
t=reat an : he as the fathervoefncehraetmioinst.ry,":einetlevn7ena
m
—and brother to the Earl of Cork,"
A YOUNG OFFICER OF DRAGOONS, stationed near
ux"le music,isifa' says a German cor-
respondent
Breslau, one Count Pfeil, has completed a four act
opera,
on the story of
"Roland with
de
o words
itthe ne
ev . l
anda music by himself,
thenceunt, is in the mudern style, and
the work is destined for the Berlin Opera House, with
oaj
Madame Lucca for its heroine.

DISASTER TO AN AMERICAN SIIIP.—Ad vices
received iu Liverpool yesterday from New York to the 28th
ultimo, state that the fine American packet ship Emerald,
had put into that port on the morning of the 2Sth in a dis-
mantled and damaged state. Captain Lace, who com-
manded the Emerald, had been killed, and the first officer
washed overboard, in the trftnendous hurricane which the
Eizterald paßied through,