The Sun.
London, England, 1862-06-05 00:00:00

A GAME OF CARDS.

He was evidently determined not to lose sight of
his trumps, and carried them off on his person into
the church. I ran round to the front entrance, and
was just in time to witness the commencement of
the service. It is a wonder judgment did not fall
on the chief priest. And it did in a way. At ono
part of the service, just as he was stepping on the
platform, he put his hand inside his robe to pull out
his handkerchief, and, as he drew it out, the cards
came also unbidden and fell scattered over the altar
floor. This would have paralysed any ordinary •
man, but that priest never winced for a moment.
He looked coolly at the cards, then steadily at the
people, as much as to say, " You all see that ; take
notice of it. I shall tell you about that by-and-
by." He then continued the services. At
the close he pointed to the cards—then beck-
oned a little peasant boy, with a shock head of
white flaxen hair, dressed in a shirt of coarse linen
and trousers to match, not very clean, who had been
crossing and bending beside a poor peasant woman,
his mother : " Come here, boy !" The boy went.
Turning to the congregation, he said : " I shall give
you a lesson you will not forget for some time. You
see these cards lying on the floor. Do you think I
put them there for nothing ? We shall see ! What
is your name, my boy ? " "Peter Petrovitch."
" Well, Peter Petrovitch, go and pick up one of
those cards you see on the floor, and bring it to me.
There, that will do. Now tell me, Peter Petro-
vitch, what card is this ? " " The ace of spades !"
said the boy, with ready knowledge. " Very
good, Peter Petrovitch ; bring me another,
that's a good boy. What card is that?" " The
queen of spades," said Peter. " How well you
know them, Peter Petrovitch; bring another. And
what may that one be ?" " The ten of hearts."
" That will do, Peter, the son of Peter. Now turn
round and look at this picture. Can you tell me
what saint it represents ?" The boy scratched his
head, then shrugged his little shoulders, lifting
them to his ears, then scratched his head again, and
said :—" Ya naes nigh." (I don't know.) "Now
look at this one. Who is this ?" The same answer.
" And this ?" " I cannot tell." " That will do,
Peter, the son of Peter. You may go to your
mother." Turning to the people, he continued :
" Doyou know now for what purpose I put these
cards on the floor ? Do you not think shame of
yourselves, tell me—say, is it not disgraceful and
scandalous that that nice white-haired boy can tell
me in a moment the name of every card in the pack,
and yet he does not know the name of one of the
blessed saints ? Oh, shame, shame on ye, so to
bring up the young, after all the good teaching I
have given ye ! Go away and learn the blessed
lesson I have given you this blessed day. Don't
forget it, and don't force me to bring cards into this
holy place again. Vassillia, pick the other cards
up, and keep them for me." So with solemn steps
he left the church to play out his interrupted game
for a hundred roubles.—Dickens's " 411 the Year
Round."

COUN7BI MARKE'IAS.

.10

SALISBURY-JUNE 3.

At to-day's market the supply of wheat was moderate,
and the trade dull, but firm, at former quotations, with an
occasional advance. In barley, oats, and beans there was
no change.

NEWCASTLE-ON-TYNE —JUNE 3.
At 10-day's market trade was depressed, owing to dis-
appointing accounts from Mark-lane. Wheat of all de-
scriptions had a slow sale, and prices rather lower. Flour
neglected, and spring corn without alteration.

HULL—JurrE 3.
To -day there was a small supply of English wheat,
which was taken off chiefly by local millers at about last
week's rates. Foreign sorts quite neglected. Spring corn
moved off slowly at prices in favour of buyers.
Wheat .... Old white... • per qr s4s Od to 58s Od
Old red
77
New white .. ~
New red .... ~
Dantzic, Konb , &c. old white 56s Od to 62s Oct Dutch, Belgian, and French. 58s Od to 62s Oct
Baltic and Hamburg, red sBs Od to 59s Oct
St. Petersburg and Riga, ld sos Od to 52s Od
Barley.... English malting 34s Od to 37s Od
Grinding 3ls Od to 33s Od
Saal and Oderbruck
Holstein and Danish 34s Od to 36s Od
Grinding 3os Od to 31s Od
Oats English, old
Archangel and Riga' per st osl2ld to 13d
Friesland and Dutch osl3d to 08131 d
Swedish and Danish 05121d to osl3d
Beans ....English, old, per qr 46s Od to 48s Oct
New pigeon 42s Od to 44s Oct
New tick. 4os Od to 42s Od
Egyptian
Peas .. Foreign breakers
Grinding
Tares ....Spring
Indian Corn
Linseed, feeding . 52s Od to 56s Od
crushing SO 4os Od to 52s Od
Linseed cakes (Hull) £9 15 0 to £0 0 0
Foreign Bl5 oto 910 0
Rape cakes 6 0 oto 610 0
Bones