The Sun.
London, England, 1865-05-13 00:00:00

FRANCE,

BOURSE, May 12.—There is no appreciable ame-
lioration in the general aspect of the market to-day,
and the quotations of the principal Securities re-
main almost stationary at the closing rates of yes-
terday—Threes, for the Account, being now 67fr.
70c., Mobilier 811 fr. 25c. The Italian Loan is
quoted at 651 r. 80c. No improvement has taken
place in transactions since two o'clock. The'various

Securities closed as follow
4i. per Cents 95 50
Do. end month — 1

Italian Loan 65 85
Do. end month 65 80
Ditto Threes —
New Mexican
Russian 9O 50
Austrian
Spanish Threes
Home Debt —
Deferred -
rAYS.

3 per Cents. 67 55
Do. end month 67 65
Credit Mobilier
Do. end month

Bank Shares 3700

Credit Foncier 1280
Roman 75 50

Orleans
Northern

Cash. Acct.
... 831 25 ... 831 25
... 1070 ... 1072 50

Lyons and Mediterranean 9OO ... 902 50
Southern 605 600
Western 527 50 ...
Eastern
Sardinian 303 75 ~. 306 25
Austrian
Lombard 547 50 ... 547 50
North of Spain '257 50 258 75
Saragossa
Ditto to Barcelona l4O

MARKETS—This Day.

COVENT GARDEN.

Increased supplies of vegetables are on sale, and the show
of fruit is seasonably extensive. All kinds of produce have
met a fair demand, as follows:

FRUIT.

s. d. e. d.
Pine apples 8 0 to 10 0
Foreign do., each 0 0 to 0 0
irapes,per lb 0 0 to 0 0
Foreign do 1 6 to 2 6
Melons
Nectarines, per dz 0 0 to 0 0
&pples, per hf-sv. 2 6 to 4 0
Pears, per do
Oranges, per 100..5 0 to 10 0
Lemons, per 100 4 0 to 8 0
Gooseberrieshf eve') 0 to 0 0
Strawberries pr pt 0 0 to 0 0

.s
Mu:berries,prpt 0 oto 0 6
Cherries, per lb. 0 oto 0 0
Foreign ditto, inino oto 0 0
Filberts, per lb .. 0 oto l 0
Walnuts, per 100 0 oto 0 0
Cobnuts, per lb 0 oto 0
Almonds, per bus 0 oto 0 0
Figs, per doz. .... 0 oto 0 0
Peaches, per d 0... 0 oto 0 0
Currants, per li.sv 0 oto 0 0
Plums, per do. 0 oto 0
Damsons, pr d 0... 0 oto 0 0

VEGETABLES.

Greens, dz bunch 4 oto 5 0 , Shallots, per lb .. 0 oto 0 0
Cabbages, pr doz. 0 910 : 3 Horseradish, pdn 1 oto 2 6
Lind ditto 0 oso 0 0 Parsley, per ditto 0 oto 0 0
Savoy do., pr dz 0 oto 0 0 Celery, per ditto 0 10 to 1 6
Cauliflowers, pdz 1 oto 2 6 Beet, per doz. .. 0 oto 0 6
Broco I i 0 10 to 1 6 Parsnips, per do. 0 oto 0 0
Potatoes, per ton 50 oto 50 0 Small salad, p. pn, 0 oto 0 0
New ditto, pr lb. 0 2to 0 0 Mushrooms, p pt. u 6to 1 0
Turnips, dz bunch 2 oto 2 6 Artichokes, each 0 oto 0 0
Oarrots,pr do 4 6to 5 6 Cos lett, score 0 oto 0 0
Cucumbers 0 oto 3 0 Mint and sayory..o oto 0 0
Garlic, per lb
Sorrel, per sieve 0 oto 0 0 Radishes, dz hnds 0 oto 0
Green peas,ll.-iw. 0 0 too 0 Tomatoes, doz... 0 oto c 0
N'rench beans,h.s. 0 oto 0 0 Chillies, per ditto 0 oto 0 0
Onions, doz. h.s. 1 9to 2 0 Capsicums, per do 0 oto ki 0
New Do., dz bun 0 9to 1 3 Rhubarb, per bun 0 3to 0 6
Spinach . . 0 6to 0 8 Asparagus, pr do. 3 6 to 5
Brussels sprouts 0 OSc 0 0 Seakale, per bun. 1 uto 1 6
POULTRY.

Turkeys, 4s Od to 8s Od; geese, 7s Od to 9s Od each;
goslings, 6s Od to 9s Od ; ducks, 3s Od to 4s Od ; ducklings,
bs Od to 7s Od ; rabbits, is Od to 2s Od each ; wild do., 9d
to is 3d ; pigeons, Os 6d to Os 10d each ; Surrey fowls,
14s Od to 17s Od ; chickens, 9s to 14s Od ; barn door fowls,
4s Od to 8s Od ; capons, Os Od ; hares, 2s 6d to Os Od ;
ptarmigan, Os Od to Os Od each ; pheasants, Os Od to Os Od ;
partridges, Os Od to Os Od; woodcocks, Os Od to Os Od; snipes,
Os Od to Os Od ; teal, Os Od to Os Od ; wild ducks, Os Od to
Os Od; widgeons, Os Od to Os Od; plovers, Os 9d to 1s Od
each ; guinea fowls, 6s Od to 7s Od ; roasting pigs, Os Od to
Os Od each ; Ostend fresh butter, is Od to is ld ; English,
is ld to is 2d per lb ; English eggs, 7s Od to 7s 6d ;
French do., 6s Od to 7s Od per 100 ; leverets, Os Od to
Os Od ; grouse, Os Od to Os Od.

BILLINGSGATE.
Salmon, is 6d to 2s Od ; trout, Os Od Lo Os Od ; eels, Os 8d
to is Od ; prawns, Os Od ; pike, skate, sturgeon, and hali-
but, 6d per lb ; turbots, 2s 6d to 15s Od ; cod, 3s Od to
Os Od ; brills, 2s 6d to 10s Od ; doreys, 2s 6d to 8s Od ; mul-
lets, is Od to is 6d ; lobsters, is Od to 3s Od ; crabs, Os 6d
to 2s 6d ; plaice and gurnets, Os Od to Os Od each ; soles,
Os 6d to 2s 6d per pair; common oysters, 12s Od to 60s Od;
natives, 84s Od to 90s Od per bushel ; whitings, 4s Od to
lOs Od ; haddocks, 5s Od to 20s Od ; smelts Os Od to Os Od ;
flounders, Os Od per dozen ; mackerel, Od to Os Od per
120 ; fresh herrings, Os Od to Os Od per 120 ; bloaters, Os Od
to Os Od per 100 ; carp and tench, Os Od to Os Od per brace.

LITERATURE.

The Hawkshawes. A Novel. By M. A. Bird,
author of " Spell-Bound." 2 Vols. Maxwell

and Co.

With many of the serial romance-readers of the
day. the initials of M. A. B. have long been familiar
favourites. That intense and vivid power of excit-
ing interest which characterised some of the former
productions of this writer, rendering the reader as
well as the romance " Spell-bound," is to be found
again in " The Hawkshawes," which is a story
somewhat original in its plot, and certainly very
striking (even in these days) in its incidents. The
story, we must premise, is " sensational," that as-
surance being, however, hardly necessary when the
name of Mr. Maxwell appears onthe title-page. That
gentleman appears anxious to hold among the London
publishers a position similar to that aspired to in for-
mer days by Crebillon among the French dramatists.
When reproached for selecting terrible themes for
his principal dramas, the Poet is said to have
replied, " Corneille s'est empare du ciel et Moliere de
la terre ; rien ne neetait laisse que renter et je m'y
suis fete'!" A similar ambition apparently ani-
mates the " sensational" authors of the day. Those
readers who still aspire to be amazed and startled
by extraordinary combinations of incidents will
find abundant matter of interest. and bewilderment
in " The Hawkshawes." We, will not betray the
secrets of the story, as mystery is all essential to
the marvellous. We will content ourselves with
commending the work to those readers whb take
delight in exciting stories. The authoress of " The
Hawkshawes" has, however, qualities of a higher
rank than those of an ordinary sensation-writer.
Her style is very pleasing and some of her
characters are very natural. The opening chapters
relating the breaking up of Ellen Maynard's early
home are written with a simple pathos which arrests
the reader's interest at the very outset of the story.
There is also a quiet humour visible in some of the
descriptions, as, for example, when Ellen, previous
to their departure, is turning over her mother's
hoarded treasures, Mrs. Maynard being " one of
those careful women who, under the idea that it may
be useful some day, never throw anything away,"
her accumulation of useless rubbish is of course
something remarkable. " There were bundles upon
bundles of old letters, possessing the peculiar charm
of being of no use or interest even to the owner ;
account books, that ought to have lighted fires
twenty years before ; piles of Ellen's own copy
books, just as they had been sent from school ; and
bales and boxes of garments of so ancient a cut that
one might have been puzzled to decide whether they
might or might not have been acceptable at the
British Museum." Occasional touches like the
above give a lighter and more pleasing interest to
" The Hawkshawes," and will increase its attraction
yin the eyes of man readers.

Shakspere's Pericles, Prince of Tyre. Facsimile
Reprint. Lionel Booth.

Bent upon making as complete as possible his
admirable Reprint of the First Edition of Shakspere,
the Famous Folio of 1623, Mr. Booth has just issued
in a supplementary form an exact copy of—as the
drama was then entitled—" The much-admired
Play called Pericles, Prince of Tyre, with the true
relation of the whole history, adventures, and
fortunes of the said Prince, written by W. Shak-
spere "—" Pericles " having, thus, been published
during Shakspere's lifetime, but never before printed
in Folio. The Facsimile edition of Pericles
thus issued from the press by Mr. Booth is copied,
as he tells us, " with the same care as [was ij
exercised in the reproduction of the first Folio"
from the third impression in folio of " Mr. William
Shakespeare's Comedies, Histories, and Tragedies,
printed for P.C., London, 1664." It being sup-
plementarily issued thus as a separate play in
order to enable those who already possess the three
parts of the Reprint of the 1623 Edition to bind up
with those three parts, this play of " Pericles," the
only acknowledged play of Shakspere's not printed
in the First Folio. It is a happy afterthought, and
one upon which we may e qually congratulate the
publisher of the Facsimile Reprint of the famous
Folio Edition of 1623 and the possessors of that
unique tribute to the genius of Shakspere.

STATE OF TRADE.

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MANCHESTER, May 12.—1 n shipping yarns we
have had a moderate business doing to-day, but
nothing like the activity of Tuesday. There has
been some little giving way in prices ; but spinners
are so deeply under contract for some weeks for-
ward, and the demand for some markets is so con-
siderable, that buyers find it difficult to make much
impression on prices. Still, in some cases spinners
are disposed to take less than they were on Tues-
day. In home trade yarn it is reported that the
market has been very quiet to-day, with but little
business doing, and with prices slightly in the
buyer's favour. On the other hand, manufacturers
report that they have been able to purchase yarns
at nearly ld. per lb. decline on Tuesday's quota-
tions. In cloth sellers report a very limited busi-
ness, with a generally inactive market since Tues-
day. The evidences of a more speedy peace than
was expected in America have evidently affected
the prices of cotton considerably in Liverpool, and
there is a marked sympathy among the buyers of
cloth in consequence of the decided decline in
cotton. So far it has only affected the market so
as to cause a partial suspension of operations,
and has not been followed by any weakness in
price. Generally speaking, manufacturers arc so
well engaged, and there are so few stocks of cloth
pressing on the market, that they are more than
usually independent of external circumstances.
The fact that cotton and cotton yarn have given
way so considerably undoubtedly points to lower
prices in cloth as probable, as does the almost total
unwillingness of buyers to operate ; but, so far as
business has gone to-day, there appears to be no
giving way on the part of sellers, except where they
happen to hold speculative lots. A private telegram
from Calcutta to-day reports the market for cotton
manufactures good, with 71b. shirtings at 145., and
811 b. shirtings at 18s. per piece.
NorriNGHAm, 12th.—Our Exchange-hall to-day
was moderately attended, and a steady business
was done in lace yarns, at prices similar to those of
Tuesday. There was not much doing in hosiery
yarns, and recent rates may be quoted. All kinds
of silk (both thrown and spun) are selling at higher
rates. For brown nets the demand was still quiet,
and prices remain without any material alteration.

THE CHANNEL SQUADRON left the Tagus late on
Sunday night or early on Monday morning, and is making
rather a straggling run home. The Hector arrived at
Plymouth yesterday morning short of coals, on her way
to Portland, which is to be the rendezvous. The Achilles
and Prince Consort were also in sight.—Army and Navy
Gazette.

LITERARY AND SCIENTIFIC MEETINGS FOR TEE
ENSUING WEEK.—Monday----Asiatic, at 3 (5, New
Burlington-street) ; British Architects, at 8 (9, Conduit-
street, Hanover-square). Tuesday—Horticultural Society,
at 3 (South Kensington), show of new and rare plants,
scientific meeting, and election of fellows ; Royal Institu-
tion, at 4 (Albemarle-street), "On Organic Chemistry,"
Professor Frankland ; Society of Arts, at 8 (John-street,
Adelphi), "On Some of the Most Important Discoveries
made within the last Two Years," by Dr. F. C. Calvert
(cantor lecture) ; Anthropological, at 8 (8, St. Martin's-
place, Trafalgar-square) " On Missionary Work in Africa,"
by the Bishop of Natal. Pathological, at 8 (53, Berners-
street, Oxford-street) ; Statistical, at 8 (12, St. James's-
square), " On the Variation of Prices and the Value of the
Currency since 1782," Professor W. S. Jevons ; Civil En-
gineers, at 8 (25, Great George-street, Westminster).
Wednesday.—Royal Society of Literature, at 4.30 (4, St.
Martin's-place); Pharmaceutical, at 8 (17, Bloomsbury-
square), Anniversary ; Society of Arts, at 8 (John-street,
Adelphi), "On the Manufacture of Encaustic Tiles and
Ceramic Ornamentation by Machinery," Mr. Z. Colburn.
Thursday.—Zoologlcal, at 4 (11, Hanover-square); Royal
Institution, at 4 (Albemarle-street), " On Organic Che-
mistry," Prof. Frankland ; Numismatic, at 7 (13, Gate-
street, Lincoln's-inn-fields) ; Chemical, at 8 (Burlington
House) ; Antiquaries, at 8 (Somerset House) ; Royal, at
8.30 (Burlington House). Friday.—Philological, at 8
(Somerset House), Anniversary, Professor Aubrecht ;
Royal Institution, at 8 (Albemarle-street), " On Stella
Physics and Chemistry," Mr. Huggins. Saturday.—
Royal Institution, at 4 (Albemarle-street), "On Meteor-
ology;" Mr. A. S. Herschel.—Reader.
MR. SANTLEY has signed an engagement for the
opera house, Milan, where ho proceeds about the beginning
of the year.—The Orchestra.

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Court 'lnn Tat

HER MAJESTY.

OSBORNE, May 12.
The Queen walked yesterday morning, attended
by the Dowager Duchess of Athole.
Princess Helena drove in the afternoon, attended
by the Hon. Emma Lascelles.