The Sun.
London, England, 1865-12-02 00:00:00

HAY:

SMITHFrELD.—Meadow hay, £4 4s to £5 lOs; clover,
£5 5s to .£6 lOs Od ; and straw, £1 18s to £2 5s per load.
A fair supply.
CUMBERLAND.—Meadow hay, £4 4s to £5 15s; clover,
£5 5s to £6 lOs Od; and straw, £2 Os to £2 5s per load.
Demand inactive.

WHITECIIAPEL.—Meadow hay £4 4s to £5 lOs ; clove;
£5 5s to £6 15s Od ; and straw, £1 18s to £2 5s per load.
Trade slow.

COAL MARKET.
Price per ton at the close of the market.

_
s. d. s. d.
Hastings Hartley l9 9 Walls End Haswell... 21 0
Tunstall
Hetton 2l 0 Malting 24 0
South Hetton
Braddyell's Hetton.... 20 3 Cowpen Hartley
Hartlepool
East Hartlepool
South Kelloe
Eden Main

Walls End Gosforth 19 3 Tees
Heugh Hall 2O 0 Cassop

Tan&ld Moor Butes 16 3 Kell();
New Belmont
Pensher Primrose
Ships at market, 86 ; sold, 81.

Liverpool Cotton Market—This lay.
.

Market steady. Sales probably 15,000 bales.

Railway Traffic Returns for the Week.

Miles Opened.

Receipts.

Railways. ^- ~^-^
1865. 1864. 1865 1864
£ L
Belfast and N. Counties 9l} 991 2,( 51 1.81
Belfast and County Down 44} 4ii 521 572
Blyth and Tyne 2B 28 2,335 1,066
Brecon and Merthyr ........ 61 61 1,260 1,t84
Bristol and Exeter l2l} 121) 5,871 5,669
Caledonian, Scottish Central 4OB 408 25,090 24,311
Cambrian
Coogermouth IC & Penrlth .. 311 371
Cockermouth and Workin .. 9 9 403 314
Cork and Bandon 2O 20 375 332
Cork, 131ackrock, & Passage 6) 11 143 123
Cork and Youghal
Cornwall 63) 651 1,381 1.300
Deeside l7 17 35, 318
~

Do Extension
Dublin & Bell ast J unction.... 63 63 1,537 1.376
Dublin and Drogheda 75 75 1,698 1.532
Dublin and Meath
Dub. & Wicklow and Wexid lO6 91 i 2,301 2,104
Forth and Clyde Junction
Furness, &c 5O 51 3,333 3,.01
Glasgow & South-Western
Gt. Eastern,Nrik~&l6.lJnion
Great Northern 404 365 36,8:9 35,6;6
Great North of Scotland 6B 5i 1,693 1.791
Do Branches 42 4: 1,38,1 1,247
Gt. Northn. & IVes tn. (lrel.) 7ll 711 506 416
'lt.Southn. & IVestn.(lrind.) 3Bl 38 9 062 8 253
1280 12707/ 66.290 61.185
Great Western
Hull & Hornsea
Highland
Irish North-Western 145 145 1,727 1,687
Lancashire & Yorkshire 4;3 403 38 66) 31133
Limerick and Ennis.
Ltnerick and Foynes E26I 261 187 82
L.L.nelly 461 463 487 665
Llynvi Valley
London & North-Western
London and Blackwall 5l 51 1,841 1,754
London & South-Western
Lond. Brighton, &S. Coast 2931 2671 17;.59 15.954
London,
,Chatham, & Lover; i 134 12/ 1 7,286 6,164
all Metropolitan txtension /12 111 j 1,750 1,100
Do. Kent coast
Lon., Tilbury, & Southend
lian.,Slietlield,St Lincolnsh
Mauch. S.Jun.&Altrincham 9l 91 1,321 1,258
Maryport and Carlisle
Metropolitan 3l 31 2,709 2,2.37
Ridlaiad (incL N.-Western) 6774 6511 49,146 46,4'8
Midland Gt. \Vesta. of I rind 2601 2601 4.571 4, 73
Monmouthsh. Rail. & Canal 44 44 2,553 3,191
North British, Edin., Perth

, and Dundee
7021 6561 23,•84 21,910
N-Eastern and Stock. & Dar! 1206k 1160/ 70.255 67 172
North London 9 9 4.199 3,081
North Staffordshire 258 258 8,182 8.353
Pembroke and Tenby lll it 84 49
Rhytuney l9l 191 812 976
Scottish North-Eastern l3B 138 5,54; 4,898
Somerset and Dorset 66 66 9:6 814
South Devon
South-Eastern 315 304 19,016 18,970
Taff Vale 6l 61 5,296 5,9 6
Ulster
Vale of Clwyd
Waterford and Kilkenny 3l 31 352 302
Watertord and Limerick 77 77 1,109 1,020
W'haven,Cleator,& Egrmnt lO 10 611 6;5
Whitchaven Junction l3 13 --
Wltitehaven& lournessJ un 35 35

FOREIGN AND COLONIAL.. V- vv
Austrian B2B 828 46,301 44,8 2
Bahia and San Francisco
Belgian Eastern .1 unction.
Bombay, Baroda, & e'en. India 306 1851 1,488 1,873
Detroit and Milwaukip
Dutch Rhenish
Eastsrn 01 France 1531 1463 71,563 63,306
Eastern Bengal ... ..... 110 110 2,125 1,4 2
East Indian
Grand Trunk of Canada 1377 1335 30,830 21,826
Great Central of Belgium 285 261 6,702 6,503
Great Indian Peninsula 590 553 38,572 10,2 k 1
Great Luxembourg 134 134 5,857 4.762
Great Southern of India
Great Western of Canada 345 315 16,651 11,547
Madras
Madrid, Saragossa &ALicant 778 713 13,784 14,; 69
Northern of Cantina ... 9l 91 2,144 1,111
Northern of France , 724 724 64,769 5J,283
Norwegian Trunk
Ottoman .. 4Bl 481 687 666
Paris, Lyons, & Mediterrn 2006 19 0 153,279 131,856
Paris and Orleans lB2l 1618 76.39; 70.1.65
Recife and San Francisco. &c 771 776, 893 705
Sc nde
Do. Punjab, &e
South Austrian, die ......
Southern of France 863 823 27,739 2 ',662
Victoria
Welland. 25 23 1,089 355
West & N-Wn. of France

AUTHENTICITY OF THE PASTON LETTERS.—The
authenticity of these famous letters, recently impugned by
Mr. Hermann Merivale, has now been established beyond
all reasonable doubt by the production at the meeting of
the Society of Antiquaries last evening of the original
MSS. recently discovered by Mr. Philip Frere, under cir-
cumstances already narrated in The Sun. Earl Stanhope,
the president, occupied the chair, and the attendance of
Fellows was unusually large, a number of strangers being
also present, including Mr. Merivale and Mr. Frere. The
noble chairman, in opening the proceedings, said it had
always appeared to him a great advantage that writers of
reputation whose theories or statements were assailed
at the meetings of the society were at liberty to
attend in order to hear what might be said against
them, and to expound their own views. As a memo-
rable instance of this he might mention the case of the
late Sir G. C. Lewis, who, though not a Fellow of the
Society, had nevertheless personally attended their meet-
ings, and answered the objections which were raised to his
views on Egyptology. The secretary (Mr. Watson) then
read a communication from Ml'. Almack relative to certain
external proofs of the authenticity of the Paston letters, after
which Mr. Bruce read. a most elaborate and able paper on
the internal evidence they presented, concluding by ex-
pressing his firm opinion that the documents under exhi-
bition were genuine. Mr. Fere, the owner of the MSS.,
expressed his willingness to allow them to remain for a
time in the library with a view to their being inspected by
a committee to be appointed for that purpose, and by such
other gentlemen as might take an interest in the sub
ject. Mr. Hermann Merivale then delivered some brief
remarks, in the course of which ho congratulated the
Society and the country at large on the result of the
doubts he bad raised a short time ago. The appearance of
the originals of the fifth volume from custody beyond all
suspicion virtually ended the controversy. Of course, the
documents would be subjected to further examination, but
no one could doubt the genuineness of the whole of the
published letters after the authenticity of the MSS. now so
singularly brought to light had been established. All the
doubts he bad put forward would then vanish into air. In
conclusion he might mention that he had recently ascer-
tained that several Paston letters had been discovered in
the Bodleian Library at Oxford, and it was supposed that
they had found their way there from the possession of the
late,Mr. Francis Dover.

GREAT FIRE AT LIVERPOOL.-LIVERPOOL, FRI
DAY.-A terrible fire broke out at about ten o'clock to-
night, at Compton House, belonging to Mr. Jeffrey, the
largest drapery business in Liverpool. The premises will
be entirely destroyed, awl it is estimated that the liabili-
ties will be enormous.

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HER MAJESTY.

WINDSOR CASTLE, Dec. 1.
Their Highnesses the Maharajah Duleep"Single
and the Maharanee arrived at the Castle yesterday
on a visit, and dined with her Majesty and the
Royal Family.
After dinner the private band played the follow-
ing selection of music in the drawing-room, before
their Royal Highnesses the Crown Prince and Prin-
cess of Prussia, the Maharajah and Maharanee, and
the Ladies and Gentlemen in Waiting :

Overture, "Promethee" Beethoven.
Selection, "Dinorah" Meyerbeer.
Marsch ... Weber.
Adagio and Allegro Auber.
To-day is the birthday of her ITtoyal Highness
the Princess of Wales.

The Queen, with -the Crown Prince and Princess
of Prussia, drove in the grounds yesterday after-
noon, and walked and drove this morning, accom-
panied by the Crown Prince and Princess Helena.
The Crown Prince went out shooting.
His Serene Highness the Prince Christian of
Schleswig-Holstein arrived at the Castle this after-
noon from the Continent.

The Crown Prince of Prussia drove to the South-
Western station, and accompanied Prince Christian
to the Castle.

Count von Rantzan is in attendance on Prince
Christian.

The Countess of Caledon has succeeded Lady
Waterpark as Lady in Waiting.
Major-General the Hon. A. N. Hood and Lieut.-
Colonel Du Platt have succeeded Lord Charles
Fitzroy and Colonel H. Ponsonhy as Equerries in
Waiting to her Majesty.

Messrs. Hills and Saunders have had the honour
of photographing at Windsor Castle the Crown
Prince and Crown Princess of Prussia and Prince
and Princess Louis of Hesse, with their children,
and other members of the Royal family.

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The Prince and Princess of Wales.
SANDRINGHA3I, Friday, Dec. 1.
On Thursday his Royal Highness the Prince of
Wales, with Lord Newry, Lord Dunmore, Captain-
Park Lane, Mr. A. Hamond, jun., and Mr. S. K•
Gurney, shot through Wolferton Carr and White
Hill cover. The Royal and distinguished party were
joined at luncheon by the Princess of Wales, Lady
Royston, and the Hon. Mrs. E. Coke, and the day's
sport was concluded in Wolferton-wood.
Prince de Taek returned to Sandringham yester-
day.

The whole of the new cottages that have been
erected at West Newton are completed and occw
pied by the most deserving of the Prince's labourers,
and a few days since his Royal Highness the Prince
of Wales inspected them. During the present week
her Royal Highness the Princess of Wales, accom-
panied by the Hon. Mrs. E. Coke and Mrs. NV.•
Carmichael, went over all the cottages and inspected
them, and expressed herself as highly gratified, net
rinly with the accommodation they afforded, but
also with the satisfactory state in which they were
kept by the occupants. By the express wish of his
Royal Highness the Prince of Wales these cottages
are henceforth to be named after the Princess, arid
are to be called the Alexandra Cottages. It is
understood that the wing of the new mansion will be
commenced early in the forthcoming year.
The 21st anniversary of the birthday of the Prin-
cess of Wales is being celebrated at their Royal
Highnesses' Norfolk seat with even greater festivities
than on the recent occasion of the Prince of Wales's
birthday. The birthday presents which her Royal
Highness has received are understood to be yen/
valuable, one of the Queen's messengers having
arrived at the Hall last evening with the presents
from her Majesty the Queen and the Royal familY•

----il. -

Ball in Honour of her Royal Highness the

Princess of Wales•

The 21st birthday of her Royal Highness the
Prince of Wales was celebrated with great and
appropriate loyalty, last evening, by some 300 of
the tradesmen appointed to their Royal High-
nesses the Prince and Princess of Wales, wil°
gave a grand ball at the Hanover-square Rooms,
the entrance to which had a very imposing effect by
a chastely painted illuminated portrait of her royal
highness, executed by Mr. Burnard, of Regent'
street, placed over the portico, the hall and stair-
case being decorated with a profusion of choice
plants.

The company danced right merrily to the far-
famed band of Cook and Tinney, who, sitting in a
beautiful shrubbery, arranged as though by sonic
fairy hand, but really by the floral taste of lqr•
Williams, of Holloway, gave a novel and most
pleasing improvement to the usually unsightly
appearance of the orchestra.
Great care was bestowed on the various details of
the entertainment, the programmes and badges of
the stewards being of the most tasteful design, and
beautifully executed by Messrs. Webster and Stock"
ley of Piccadily.
The supper was provided by Mr. Donald, of the
St. James's Hall, in the best possible manner, the
tables being charmingly decorated with an endle63
variety of flowers, kindly lent for the occasion Di
Messrs. Veitch and Son, the Royal nurserymen, 0f
the King's-road, Chelsea, mingled with a superb
collection of bronzes and magnificent plate, also
gratuitously lent by Mr. Benson, of 25, Old Bond"
street, clockmaker and jeweller, who, occupying the
chair, did justice to the loyal toasts in short and
appropriate speeches.
The festivities were kept up to a late hour, and
passed off with much eclat, and must have arel)l,9
recompensed the untiring hon. secretary, Mr. 316 r.
ton, of Regent-street, who originated the ball,
well as his strong regiment of eighteen courteono
Court tradesmen--Stewards, Messrs. C. Asp '
166, New Bond-street; J. W. Benson, 25, 0
Bond-street ; W. C. Brown, 14, New Bond-street'
W. C. Cater, 56, Pall-mall ; W. Davis, 12, Regent.
street ; J. Gould, 9, Shepherd's-market ; R. gar
man, 131, New Bond-street ; J. Inderwic'
Princes-street ;W. C. Jay, Regent-street ; J3*
Leadbeater, 19, Brewer-street ; Lobb, Regel3t;
street ; G. Mayo, Great Marlborough-street ;
Marsh, 175, Piccadilly ; H. Melton, 194, Regellt‘
street ; J. Nicholay, 82, Oxford-street ; C. IClule:
200, Regent-street ;W. T. Sandford, 6, Lode'
Brook-street; W. Thornhill, 144, New Bond"
street.

A Cabinet Council was held yesterday at the
official residence of the First Lord of the Treason
in Downing-street. The Ministers present 10:
Earl Russell, the Lord Chancellor, Sir Ge°rg
Grey, the Earl of Clarendon, the Right 0°1;
Edward Cardwell, Earl De Grey, the Chaneell°ht
of the Exchequer, the Duke of Somerset, the Rig:
Hon. T. Milner Gibson, Lord Stanley of Alderle.l'
and the Right Hon. C. P. Villiers.
A BIRTHDAY PRESENT.—Yesterday being tt()
anniversary of the Princess Alexandra's birtil3„,•",
the Prince of Wales had prepared a surprise for the Pth
cess in the shape of a beautiful pair of bay ponies, a,
carriage and harness complete, the whole forming a 113°10.
some birthday present. The carriage, which is by A. °lot
brated London maker, is of an exceedingly novel 1133,1,0
there being a front seat, as usual, the hind part ofl ii 6
vehicle being provided with a couple of seats souletbiia
in the dog-cart fashion, the seat behind being intendou tfr
the groom. The colour of the carriage is a choe0111"ro
The ponies, which are a little over 14 bands blab'
splendid steppers, and, with the carriage and harness,

been forwarded to Sandringham.
MAMMA, NORFOLK.—IIis Royal Highnesstl).:
Prince of Wales honoured Mr. Villeboisbrrilltie
company on Monday last for two days' shooting. The
first day the Contract Cover at Narborough was shot.
following is the amount of game killed there :—Phealsa:etX,
639 ; partridges, 17 ; hares, 309 ; rabbits, 89 ; w°°::tat
1; wood-pigeon, 1. Tuesday, Nov. 28, the home boat at
Marham. Pheasants, 792 ; partridges, 7 ; woodcockAel
hares , 105 ; rabbits, 47 ; wood pigeon, 1. Ilis 11.1°11to
Highness dined and slept at Marham on Monday.
with'
party who had the honour of meeting and shooting f
his Royal Highness were Major Teesdale, the liarquLs,oo,
Bowmont, the Hon. T. De Grey, M.P., General the
-11;10,
A. N. Hood, Mr. W. Bagge, M.P., the Rev. John laic 1,,
thwaite, and the Rev. Henry Dugmore. His Royal Rig
ness shot remarkably well.—Lynn Advertiser.

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