The Sun.
London, England, 1846-11-17 00:00:00

HAYMARKEI.

LIT ERAT URE.
Tlll7 NORTH BRITISH REVIEW No, Xi.
Seldom do we encounter in a single number of any
periodical so valuable and varied an assortment of
articles as are contained in the North British Review
for November. Every individual contribution would
constitute of itself an interesting and instructive
pamphlet. Throughout the nine papers contained in
this quarterly the truths of physical and abstract
science, the beauties of art and literature, the
loftiest doctrines of religion, and the most hu-
manizing principles of social morality are in-
culcated, and they are inculcated in a manner
the most attractive and the most fascinating. The
style is always popular, without derogating from the
dignity of the theme, whether it be a deduction of
philosophy, or a passage from revelation. To give a
miniature synopsis of the contents, we may observe
that the reader will herein discover the following :
An inquiry into the antiquity of Christianity in
England, in a review of Dr. Lingard's celebrated
work upon " The Anglo-Saxon Church ;" a remi-
niscence of our ancient poetry, in a dissertation upon
" The Roxburghe Ballads ;" a delightful epitome of
the excellences of the Imaginary Conversations, in a
notice of " Savage Landor's Works ;" an elaborate
analysis of " Stirling's Philosophy of Trade ;" an
inquiry into the phases of " Scotch Nationality," as
evinced in the writings of Mr. Allen, and
of Sir Francis Palgrave ; a history. of one
of the most charming of pictorial inventions
in a paper on " Engraving ; ' a very one-
sided glance at the condition of Italian society in an
article on " Italy ;" an extraordinary essay upon
the advantages, and an outline of the nature of astro-
nomy in a criticism upon the works of " Captain
Smith and Dr. Nichol on Celestial Objects"—and a
contribution, with which the catalogue terminates,
respecting " Religion in its relation to Politics."
After this enumeration we conceive that it will be
superfluous to say anything about the varied nature
of this publication. In gratitude and in justice, how-
ever, we must especially commend the intelligence
which is perceptible throughout. Besides this the
North British Review is usually characterised by an
enlarged and generous spirit ; it is utilitarian, in
the best signification of that term, without ever de-
generating into infidelity ; it is bold and original in
its hypotheses upon contested problems, both scientific
and physical, without being extravagant or audacious.
As an excellent specimen of the description of writ-
ing introduced into this admirable quarterly we can-
not do better than instance the astronomical article
upon the recent productions of Captain William
Henry Smith and Dr. J. P. Nichol ; it is aptly
christened " The Revelations of Astronomy."
Most cordially do we commend every individual to
peruse this paper, because we are satisfied that no
one can rise from its perusal without improvement;
because to those who are ignorant of the marvels of
the heavens, as revealed by the telescope, and as sub-
sequently mapped out by Sir Isaac Newton and
other astronomers, it will afford a clear and compre-
hensive outline of those revelations ; and because to
those who are already familiar with the information
acquired by man of the forms and distances and
hues of matter, as scattered by God through space, it
will prove a refreshing remembrancer. The writer
is manifestly an adept and an enthusiast in this de-
partment of knowledge ; he has studied that awful
and glorious scroll, written in characters of light and
vastness ; and in penning this article he brings with
him the stores of illustration accumulated by his
memory, while the wonderful truths which have
been latterly unfolded by the monster speculum of
Lord Rosse are introduced by him to the elucidation
of many difficult points. The reflections by
which his remarks are preceded are consonant
with the dignity and magnificence of the
truths of which they are preliminary. " How few
men," he exclaims, " really believe that they sojourn
on a whirling globe, and that each day and year of
life is measured by its revolutions, regulating the
labour and the repose of every race of being. How
few believe that the great luminary of the firmament,
whose restless activity they daily witness, is an im-
moveable star, controlling, by its solid mass, the pri-
mary planets which compose our system, and forming
the gnomon of the great dial which measures the
thread of life, the tenure of empires, and the great
cycles of the world's change. How few believe that
each of the millions of stars—those atoms of light
which the telescope can scarcely descry—are the
centres of planetary systems that may equal, if not
surpass our own ? And how very few believe that
the solid pavement of the globe, upon which they
nightly slumber, is an elastic crust, imprisoning fires
and forces which have often burst forth in tremendous
energy, and are at this very instant struggling to
escape,—now finding their way in volcanic fires—
now heaving and shaking the earth—now upraising
islands and continents, an gathering strength for that
final outburst which is to usher in the new heavens
and the new earth, wherein dwelleth righteousness.'
Were these great physical truths objects of faith as
well as deductions of reason, we should lead a better
life than we do, and make a quicker preparation for its
close." It is because these truths are not sufficiently
promulgated ; it is because men are not sufficiently
aware of the properties of matter, of the mysteries of
the upper and the under world, of the results of geo-
logical investigation, of the relations of the celestial
bodies; it is because the vision of the majority is re-
stricted to a most narrow and miserable circle in-
stead of scanning the profundities of the sky and
delving into the depths of our mother earth; it is
because the people are taught more to regard the
adornments and luxuries of temporal life instead of
looking more to the infinite and eternal, that so much
ignorance, and vice, and shortsightedness, and frivo-
lity still prevail, and that the mass does not appear to
have yet awakened to the cognizance of its great heri-
tage. Were the disclosures of astronomy, geology, and
chemistry to be studied in lieu of what is falsely
regarded as a politer learning, we believe it would be
infinitely more advantageous to the cause of civilisa-
tion, and would tend more than almost anything to
the ultimate regeneration of the human family. We
have always endeavoured to insist upon this considera •
tion whenever we have taken occasion (as we frequently
have done, and as we hope to do yet more frequently)
to comment upon the benefits accruing to society
from the labours of the Society for the Diffusion
of Useful Knowledge, from the annual assemblage
of the philosophers of the British Association,
and from the periodical meeting of the Manchester
athenaeum. Those laudable and enterprizing bodies
have striven since their formation for the populariza-
tion of that knowledge which we have long regarded
as so essential to the moral and intellectual improve-
ment of the people. Gladly would we behold, for
example, the divine science of astronomy systema-
tized for the instruction of the multitude, and retailed
in our national schools of education. The neophytes
of learning might commence with an inquiry into
the data already collected in reference to our own
(the Solar) system ; the forms, the colours, the rela-
tive distances, the bulk, and the periods of revolution
in the thirteen globes as yet discovered revolving
round the Sun—Mercury, Venus, the Earth, Mars,
Ceres, Pallas, Juno, Vesta, Astrwa, Jupiter, Saturn,
Uranus, and the new and yet nameless planet. From
these he might advance to the more bewildering re-
gions of space; he might follow the eccentric
orbit of the comets even beyond the verge
of our particular system ; he might con
the mysteries of the awful interval of space between
the extremity of our system to the nearest of the fixed
stars, a space which is estimated at the appalling sum
of 21,000,000,000,000, "twenty-one million millions of
miles across in every direction upwards, downwards,
and around us!" He might thus turn to the contem-
plation of the binary system of stars, the yellow star
revolving round the purple star, the ash-coloured star
revolving round the emerald green star. He might
regard the hitherto inscrutable nebulae, those powder-
ings of light which had been poetically styled star-
dust, until the glorious telescope of Lord Rosse re-
solved some of them, and by analogy, the remainder
into clusters of remote orbs. He might discern how,
according to Sir W. Herschell, our system is advanc-
ing towards a point in the constellation Herculis, at
the rate of a tenth of a second annually, so that its
complete revolution of its presumed orbit can
only be after a lapse of thirteen millions of
years. He might learn how Encke's comet moves
through space at the rate of 880,000 miles in
an hour, and how its heat was calculated by Newton
to
ebeir2,ooo
mtimeiosthaetaorfs redto cool. He might hot iron, so that it
hear,would
among other astonishing things, that it was believed
by Olbers and subsequent astronomers, that the five
stars situated between Mars and Jupiter, namely
Ceres, Pallas, Juno, Vesta, and Astrma—are the frag-
ments of a larger one, which had burst, and that the
meteoric stones which had fallen at intervals, are "the
lesser pieces projected from the shivered planet."
fie might see, as others have seen, caverns in the moon,
absolutely five miles in depth, and forty miles in
diameter. Would not these considerations tend to
enlarge his intellect, to elevate his sentiments, to
moderate his self-sufficiency, and to render him
humble and moral before so many sublime manifesta-
tions of Omnipotence ? We think so. Sincerely
we think so : beyond all the polite knowledge of hea-
then mythology and classical lore. Among the various
theories that have been advanced respecting the pro-
b ible use or employment of comets, we think the
following is one of the most ingenious we have ever
encountered. It is comprised in a single sentence in
this excellent article :
" Judging from the immense portion of their orbits
which lie beyond our system, we are disposed to imagine
that the central body of some other system is placed in
the distant focus of each of their orbits, and that in this
way all the different systems in the universe are, as it
were, united into one bi the intercommunication of
comets."

all our i(:eas of the power and omniscience. of the
Supreme 13:".ing. We commend the subjoined sen-
tences to the consideration of all those who conceiv,,
that this globe js the only corner of the material uni-
verse inhabited by sentient creatures :
" The Being who created the earliest forms of life that
possessed our earth, was not likely to limit to so insig-
nificant a planet such a display of his wisdom and power,
and the same high purpose which prompted its succes-
sive changes as steps in the march of terrestrial organi-
zation, must have operated in the preparation of the
planetary worlds. To believe that the earth was the
only place where organic life was given and taken away
—the only field where great physical revolutions were
in play, would be to detract from the wisdom and benefi-
cence of the Creator. To the laws of nature we dare
not assign either limitation or locality. Wherever there
is matter we may predict its laws and its elements, and
wherever are its elements, we may anticipate the exist-
ence of beings that are to use them. Wherever light
shines, there must be an eye to welcome it ;—wherever
air expands, there must be beings to breathe it,—wher-
ever heat vivifies, there must be life to be revived. The
God of nature neither works in corners, nor limits his
benevolence. Everywhere is matter—everywhere is
light, and everywhere there must be life—life animal to
enjoy his bounty—life intellectual to expound his wis-
dom—and lire moral to love and to fear his name."
Yes ; " Everywhere is matter, everywhere is light,
everywhere must be life I" When we meet with a
publication conveying such glorious principles and
such elevating knowledge, and conveying it, more-
over, in a form so popular and agreeable, we cannot
be niggardly in our expressions of commendation.
If the North British Review be issued every quarter
with contributions of equal merit with those con-
tained in the present number, and without the some•
what ungenerous tone of the paper upon " Italy,"
it will win fur itself a golden recompense and more
than golden opinions.

Mr. Lester, from the Theatre Royal Manchester, made
his first appearance before a metropolitan audieuce in
the character of Vincentio &Estella in Webster's musi-
cal drama The Little Devil. Mr. Lester is no other than
Mr. Wallack, junior, and it is impossible to see him
without at once recognising the likeness he bears to his
father. There are the same fine expressive features, the
same brilliant eyes, the same clear sonorous voice, the
same freedom and grace of action for which
Wallack is so distinguished. lie is, however,
scarcely so tall as his father. His Vincentio
was a very fine performance, more manly, more
thoroughly Spanish than that of Charles Matthews,
who originally created the character. This gentleman
will prove a great acquisition, not only to the Haymarket
Theatre, but to the metropolitan corps dramotique. We
anticipate great things from him, as the representative
of the high-bred, high spirited gentleman of legitimate
comedy. His Vincentio_was very good; but, if we are
not mistaken, his Charles Surface and hi% Benedict
will be much better. He will make all the cha-
racters of the Charles Sur ace school his own. It is
needless to add that his success was complete. The
Little Devil was preceded by Lovell's chef d'oeuvre, Look
before You Leap, and followed by Buckqone's farce, A
.Kiss in the Dark. The house was very well filled.

OLT MPIC.
The Olympic last night produced a comedy, in
five acts, which, however, went off but lamely.
There is the old story of a guilty son, afterwards re-
pentant ; of a love-sick maiden at first indignant, and
afterwards indulgent—a plot partly compiled from
Douglas Jerrold's " St. James's and St. Giles's," and
partly from less noted sources. Ile dialogue might
be termed smart, if common-places may be in-
cluded in the category of cleverness. The piece
was received with audible expressions of dis-
approbation. We hope that Mr. Bolton will see the ne-
cessity to " cut down" the interminable scenes, and in
some degree at least to elevate the language ; this he
must do if the piece is to enjoy even a short existence.
The ballet was received with the utmost applause, and
the afterpiece, The Two Gregories, was received with
roars of laughter.

LYCEUM.
A series of vocal and instrumental Promenade Con-
certs were commenced at this theatre last evening by
Mr. Allcroft, of New Bond-street and Regent-street,
According to the programme, these concerts, which tr.
now becoming so fashionable and such favourites with
the public since their introduction by Julien, are to
extend over only one short month at this theatre. How-
ever, if we are to judge from the bill of fare end per-
formances of the first night, Allcroft is determined that
the period, though short, shall be well employed, and a
rich treat given to those lieges who are p n tial to good
music and singing, in addition to rambling not on the
boards of old Drury or Covent Garden, but on the
hitherto, except to those who are members of the thea-
trical profession, untrodden boards of the Lyceum. The
stage of this theatre has been most tastefully fitted up, and
decorated as a promenade and orchestra by Mr. P. Phillips,
No less than eighty native performers have been en-
gaged for the orchestra, in addition to which Allcroft
has secured the valuable assistance of the Distin family ;
that of Mr. Henry Russell, the deservedly celebrated
and popular vocalist ; our old friend Sinclair, and Carte,
Grattan Cooke, Badderley, King, Thirlwall,
Thomas, Handley, and, though last not least, ISlaster
Thirlwall, a young gentleman about fourteen years of
age, a promising scion of the Thirlwall stock, and an
aspirant to the fame of the great violinst
Paganini himself. With such workmen as these
Allcroft cannot fail of succeeding in his short
campaign. The programme for this evening (and it
is, we understand, to be changed every evening)
was a rich treat for the lovers of veep' and instrumental
music. The overture to William Tell, by Rossini, was
admirably performed ; its wild and melodious parts were
given in the true beauty and simplicity of its composer,
and its performance was most enthusiastically received
by a house crowded in every parr. The " Witches
Dance," by Paginini, never before played except by the
composer himself, was executed with great taste and
much artistic skill on the vio:i 1, by Master Thirwall.
As many of our readers are probably not aware of the
cause which led that great master of the violin (Paganini)
to compose this fantasia, we may state "that on a beautiful
summer evening, Paganini fell asleep under the Haunted
Walnut Trees of Benevento.' He dreamed that a host
of witches, headed by goblin musicians, appeared to him,
dancing, laughing, screaming, and performing indiscri-
bable gambols. For some time after, the melody of the
goblin minstrels, and the cries of the witches, were ever
present to his mind, and thus haunted he wrote the
humorous variations on contra danza," Delle Streghe; or
The Comic Dance of the Witches round the Walnut
Tree of Benevento,' "as descriptive of the scene. Among
the other entertainments of the evening was a new polka'
called the "Victoria and Albert," composed expressly
for these concerts by Pugni ; the "Royal Hunt," a new
quadrille, by Callcott, and a selection from Don Quixote,
which afforded an opportunity to Mr. Montara to dis-
play his talents on the bassoon, Mr. Handley on the
cornet-a-piston, and Mr. Wright on the ophicleide. Mr.
henry Distin performed several solos on the Sax-
tronaba and the alto Saxon horn, in his best style ;
and Mr. Distin was most deservedly encored in his
wonderful performance of a fantasia on the trum-
pet, in which he introduces the whole of the voice
part of " The Soldier Tired," by Dr. Arne. Mr.
Henry Russell enlivened the amusements of the
evening by several of his popular descriptive songs.
and his negro melodies, in many of which he was
most enthusiastically encored. The whole of the concert
was most ably conducted by Mr. Negri, and led by
Messrs. Thirlwall and W. Thomas. We had almost
forgotten to say that our old friend Sinclair, in the
course of the evening, sang with great taste and feeling
a new Scotch ballad, called " Come sit thee down," in
which he was most deservedly encored. Altogether,
the whole of the performances of the evening went off
with great eclat, and we predict for Allcroft, though it be
0, short, a profitable season. He has our best wishes
for his success, and he heartily deserves them.

TWO SYSTEMS OF ASTRONOMY. By Isaac

Frost.
That no misapprehension may result from the
wording of the foregoing title, we would immedi-
ately observe, that this book is printed and published
with the intention of contrasting two systems of
astronomy, diametrically opposed to each other.
One being no less illustrious than the Newtonian
system—that magnificent scheme of the heavens,
divulged by the consummate genius of our great
philosopher, Sir Isaac Newton. The ether is de-
clared to be a system in accordance with the Scrip-
tures, and is propounded by one Mr. Isaac Frost. At
the preliminary glance we were inclined to regard
this adventurous volume as a practical joke of the
richest and the loftiest description. Any one pre-
suming to question the great truths revealed by
astronomical investigation ; any one having the au-
dacity to gainsay the united authorities of Kepler,
of Delambre, of Galileo, of Bradley, of Richer, of
Rwmur, of Laplace, of Newton, of Herschel', of So-
merville, and their many illustrious associates; any
one daring in the nineteenth century to deny the
wisdom of past generations, the deductions arrived at
on the inductive system of philosophy and the ab-
solute assurances of centuries ; any one we say venturing
to do this, except for the perpetration of a rather
hazardous jest, was utterly beyond our comprehen-
sion. Yet on examinirg this remarkable book more
closely, we perceived that it was written in all ear-
nestness, and written, moreover, by a man who ap-
peared to be conscientiously convinced himself of the
justice of his scepticism in science, and of the accu-
racy of his conclusions. On the-title page we di3.
cover that the new system broached by Mr. Frost is
supported by evidence. We give the catalogue of
this evidence as advanced by the author :—" The pro-
phets, Moses and others, in the first testazzen t; our
Lord Jesus Christ, and his apostles, in the new, or
second testament ; Reeve and Muggleton, in the third
and last testament." Reeve and Muggleton in the last
testament ! We suspect the reader will begin to con-
jecture the character of the undertaking. Chapter
VI. affords us a discourse between " John Reeve
and Richard Leader, merchant ; recited by Lodo-
wick Muggleton, one of the two last witnesses and
prophets of the most high God, the man Jesus in
glory !" When we have perused so far, the vapoury
foundations become discernible. Nevertheless, while

this book, from its very extravagance, is of a some-
what unprofitable nature, it is attractive and most en-
tertaining in connexion with the engravings which
are appended. These plates are most exquisitely
coloured, and most delicately pencilled ; they are il-
lustrative of the Newtonian system and of the (so
called) Scriptural system :—the planets with their
concentric orbits round the sun ; the earth the centre
of the universe; around it a firmament containing
the sun, moon, and stars ; beneath the kingdom of eter-
nal death and darkness ; around the earth and
water under foot in heaven infinite in depth, length, and
breadth; immediately above the earth a something
shaped like a funnel, and labelled Place of Ascension,
leading to " Heaven, the Residence of God, infinite
in length, breadth, and height, the Kingdom of Eter-
nal Life and Light." The date of 1846 at the bottom
of the title-page alone convinced us that we were not
perusing a work intended for another generation. We
can only inquire, how, in attempting to revive the
exploded doctrines of Aristotle and the peripaticians,
the author explains the accuracy of the calculations
of the Newtonian system of astronomy ?

WHOLESALE DESERTION OF WIVES AND FAM (LIES.
—On Saturday the parish of St. Luke, Chelsea, offere,l
a reward of two guineas for each of fourteen men
charged with the desertion of their wives and children.
They are all described as goxl mechanics, earning from
255. to 30s. per week, varying in age from twenty-nine
to forty.
DoN CARLOS.—A correspondent writes on:the 4th
from Genoa:—"lt is said that Don Carlos, who lives re
tired in this town with the Princess of Beira and a very
small establishment of servants, intends to remove to
Venice. It is said that his two sons, who have been in
the service of the King of Sardinia, have been made
Generals in the Austrian army. They have neither of
them any great experience in the art of war.''
GRAND roust' BALL AND CONCERT AT GUILDHALL
TO-MORROW, WEDNESDAY.—We are informed that the
prospects of this entertainment are most cheeting, and
that no ball, at this time of the year, could exhibit so
much splendour, or , offer so much pleasure and amuse-
ment. We congratulate those who have already se-
cured their admission to this scene of brilliancy, and we
would exhort others, whose benevolent feelings for this
praiseworthy object, or a wish of enjoying a rare and
beautiful sight, who have not yet determined, to pro-
cure tickets, which are still at their original price,
whereby, they will please themselves and contribute to
a cause, which enjoys a deserving sympathy at the hands
of the British public.
11113 ROMANCE OF `VAR ; OR, THE HIGHLANDERS
IN Spi,lN.—A new
pen of James Grant, under the above title, from the
late of the 62d Regiment, is
on the eve of appearance, which which is said to be likely to
attain as great a share favour as the popular
" Recollections of a Suballeurbli'? The work, we under-
stand, comprehends a regularn. the brilliant
achievements of the British army during ofthe Peninsular
war (in which it will be recollected Gordon
diescribed
High-
landers particularly distinguished themselves), ,
from actual experience and observation.
and adventures are said to be of such a stirringnenident:
although faithful representations of real events, thaatutthe
work will have extraordinary attractions for general
readers, as well as for those to whom the " romance of
war is a more familiar theme.

That comets may thus serve as connecting bonds
between all the various systems of suns and planets
scattered through space is, to say the least of it,
exceedingly probable. Here again is a paragraph
fraught with the loftiest truth, and consonant with

THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 17, ir46

INCENDIARY FIRE, • •
NOTTINGIIA:‘,I, MONDAY.

A very extensive fire was discovered on Sundoy night
in Friar-Line Chapel, in this town, which is evideptly
the work of an incendiary. About eleven o'clock Mr.
Hebb, hair-dresser, of Swinton, adjoining this town, was
on his way home, and on passing the chapel he perceived
volum( s of smoke coming out of the windows ; he cried
out, " Fire," and a policeman being near, a closer in-
srection was made, and on looking through the windows
the pulpit was found to be in flames. A messenger went
with all speed to the watchhouse, and in a few minutes
Meldrum, Truman, and the firemen, with an engine,
were upon the spot, and drawing a fire-plug in the street,
the engine was in play in five minutes after their arrival.
In an hour the flames were subdued, and the interior of
the chapel being entered by means of breaking open the
large front door, the pulpit was found to be entirely de-
stroyed, the gallery and organ extensively burnt, and
the wood floor on which the pulpit stood, the reading
de,k, and several pews altogether destroyed and reduced
to ashes. The firemen remained in the chapel inspect-
ing all its parts, to discover, if possible, the cause of
this disaster, supposing all to be safe, when at a quarter
before three, a second fire broke out in a pew in the
north-west corner of the chapel, which had evidently
been smouldering for hours, the articles burning not
being of a very combustible nature. This part was oc-
cupied by Mr. Cripps, who was elected mayor a week
ago, and had cushions on the seats covered with crimson
velvet. stuffed with wool, and there had been placed in
one corner a cushion, brought from the reading desk in
an ignited state, on which was placed a boss or two, no
doubt under the expectation that these would fire and
communicate with the woodwork, and so set the whole
chapel in a blaze. This second fire, however, was disco-
vered, and put out before much mischief had been done
in this part of the building. In an hour after the alarm
had been given. the mayor, being acquainted with the
circumstance, was on the spot, where he remained, and
a most searching inquiry took place as to the cause of
this nyrk of destruction. It was discovered that the
vestry had been ransacked, nearly a bottle of wine in a
cupboard had been drunk, a cash-box broken open, and
the vestry door left wide open. Against an outer door,
leading to the street, which was locked, a chair had
been placed, and feet marks upon the wall and on the
top of the door were seen, proving the way taken by the
party doing the mischief to make his escape ; in short,
the whole of the circumstances proved that the fire had
been the work of an incendiary. The chapel was at-
tended very fully last night, to hear the regularly ap-
pointed minister, the Rev. Joseph Gilbert, who has for
may years been the pastor of the corgregation of Inde-
pendents assembling in that place, and the lights were
put out, and the building left safe at nine o'clock. The
building is very handsome, erected at great cost, and had
a fine toned organ in it, which is seriously injured.
What amount of damage has been done cannot yet be
properly estimated ; it must, however, take several hun-
dred pounds to repair the mischief. The greatest indig-
nation is expressed against the author of so diabolical an
act, but no cause can be assigned, as both the minister
and the mayor are very highly and universally respected.
Mr. Bowman, spirit-merchant, and others, on the fire
being discovered, assisted in removing Mr. Wiggerton's
valuable horses and carriages, which were close to the
chapel, and much other property liable to be destroyed
had the flames got the mastery.

IMPORTATIONS OF PROVISIONS

FROM IRELAND.

The importations of provisions into the port of Liver-
pool from the Irish ports during the week from the 30th
ult. to the sth irst. inclusive, comprised the following
list of articles :-10,179 firkins, 300 half-firkins, 1,078
baskets, casks, &c., and 323 boxes of butter; 312 sacks
and 602 barrels of wheat, 1,952 sacks of flour; 196 sacks,
SOO qrs., and 2,256 barrels of oats ; 21 tons weight,
399 sacks, and 430 packages of oatmeal ; 50
barrels of barley, 72 sacks of melt, 512 boxes and
tierces and 35 other packages of linens and cottons ;
50 tons weight and 347 bags o meal, 11 bags and
6 casks of seed; 317 kegs and 8 casks of lard;
44 bags of feathers ; 259 barrels, 24 kegs, 42 firkins
and 10 other packages of pork ; 13 packages of general
provisions ; 11 packages of hams, 142 casks of
whisky, and 332 bales of bacon. The arrivals
at the port of Bristol in the same period comprised
110 cwt. and 14 casks of oatmeal, 4,271 barrels and 300
sacks of oats, 175 hampers of bacon, 1,624 packages of
butter, 24 of pollard, 137 kegs of lard, 64 barrels and
72 other packages of barley, 66 of pork, and various
other articles ; and, according to a second return from
the same port, of the arrivals from Ireland up to the sth
instant, 646 barrels of barley, 700 firkins of butter, 445
bales of bacon, 120 kegs of lard, 35 tierces and 39 bar-
rels of pork, 50 sacks and 150 barrels of oats, 26 casks
of whisky, 31 firkins and casks of lard, several packages
of hams and other articles, which do not require to be
more particularly specified. The importation of similar
articles of supply into the British metropolis from the
sister island, up to the latest authentic and current
returns, consisted of the subjoined list in a compen-
dious form, which includes the supplies at this port
from the quarter mentioned, from the 30th ult,
to the 10th inst., inclusive :-3,457 quarters and
888 barrels of oats, 1,000 barrels of barley, 4,597 tierces
and hampers of bacon, 29,526 packages (of various kinds)
of butter. 703 tierces and other packages of lard, 148
bales of linens, 49 packages of hams, 1,498 packages of
pork, 33 of waste, 197 of middles, 229 of paper, 123 of
whisky, 1,800 boxes of soap, 737 packages of general
provisions. 361 casks of porter, 60 packages of malt,
24 of Farina Blur, 1,294 boxes and other packages of
Eggs. 24 of tongues. 104 of beef, 40 of lemons, some of
portable soup, 46 pigs, 41 head of horned cattle, 138
sheep, 107 of general merchandise, and a varih ty of other
articles, of too varied and ger.eral a character to be more
specifically enumerated. In giving this list of arrivals
at the ports of London, Liverpool, and Bristol, from
Ireland, which are of especial interest, and of equal im-
portance at the present time, we forbear to advance any
concluding remarks, further than that the supply of
butter has been of an unusually extensive nature, whilst
that of other descriptions of provisions have far exeeeded
the usual average arrivals from that country.

Surplus of revenue ... FI 255,674 38
We shall publish the whole of this statement in a
supplement. The following are some important
statements in this document. It appears that
the land-tax is estimated to produce in 1847, as in 1846,
namely-18,339.750 francs ; the Customs are noted with
a reduction of 900,000 francs ; the revenue loses in con-
sequence of the free importation, &c., 500,000 francs ;
and yet it is calculated that, to complete its supply, it
must have imported during 1846, the large sum of
104,287,715 francs. The new law, relative to sugar,
has produced the effect which the Government and the
Chamber expected. In 1846, the revenue will amount
to 3 millions, and it is hoped that it will produce as much
in 1847 ; with the ancient laws, it would scarcely have
produced 2,500,000 francs. The probable receipt for
1847 is calculated at 14 millions of francs. At this rate,
it will produce rather more than 4 per cent. on the capi-
tal expended, deducting all the expenses.
Nov. 18.—The Senate had a sitting to-day, in which
it adopted unanimously, without any amendment, the
project of law for the importation and the prohibition of
the exportation of provisions till the Ist of October,
1847. The Senate then adjourned indefinitely.
The King received to-day the deputation of the Senate,
to present to his Majesty the Address, in answer to the
speech from the throne.
M. de Schierval read the address, to which the King
replied :—" Gentlemen, I always receive with pleasure
the address of the Senate. Its loyal concurrence in all
the measures which may contribute to the public good,
gives it a just claim to the gratitude of the country.
I thank you, Gentlemen, for the testimony you bear to
my devotedness ; it is a powerful encouragement to my
lively solicitude for the welfare of our common country.'
BELGIAN FUNDS.—BaussELs, Nov. 14.
Actual Debt, 2% per Cent ••••••.• • • •• .•
Rothschild's Loan, Five per Cent ••.• • • • • --
Loan of Thirty Millions, Four per Cent •• • •
Ditto Three per Cent ...... •••••• • • • • • •
Ditto Thirty-seven Millions, ditto ••• • • •
Ditto, ditto, 1840 .•••••• • • • • • .. •. . 100 %
Ditto, ditto, 1842 .. • • ••. • . •
Ditto, 1844... • • • • • • • • • • • • 911
Ditto, 1836.. •• .. •• •• • • • • 95%
Ditto, 1838 .• .. ••••.• • • • •
Ditto of the City, 1832 ................ 10n%
Ditto, 1843 . ..... .................... 95%
Bank ofßelgium • • .. • • •. • • 922
—Brussels Papers, Nov. 14.
AUSTRIAN FUNDS.—VIENNA, Nov. 7.
5 per Cent. ..... • • .... 104 %
4 per Cent. ditto.. ...• .. • • • • ...... • • • • • • 9914
3 per Cent. ditto• ••••••• • • • • •• •.• • .• 70
Loan, 1834 .. • • • • • • • • • • • • 156
Ditto, 1839 .• • • . • .• • • • • • ........... • • 127
Bank Shares ••••••• • . • • • •• .......... 1560
Esterhazy's Loan .. . • . ..........
RAILWAYS.
The Northern, or Ferdinand .......... . 1613(
Gloggnitz •.
Vienna—Milan . • • . • • • 106%
Perth •••• • • • ..... ..... 86
Sienna .. ....• ......
Grosetto . .
Pestoja • • • • .............. • • .......... ••
Apenninen .• ...• ••• • • •
Zeitung. Nov. 111.

UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE.

OXFORD, Nov. 14.

The Lord Bishop of Oxford purposes to hold a con-
firmation at St. Mary's Church, on Monday, November
23, at 11 o'clock, solely for members of the University.
Those undergraduates who desire to be admitted must
bring with them a sufficient certificate signed by the
proper officer of the college, and must attend at St.
Mary's Church shortly. before the time named.

BALLIOL COLLEGE.
An election to two open scholarships in this cbllege
will take place an the 29th of this month. Candidates
must present to the Master, on the 23d instant, certifi-
cates of their birth and baptism, together with testi-
monials of character from the persons by whom they
have been educated.

TENACITY OF ORGANIC LIFE IN AN ALLIGATOR.
—Some weeks previous to the period of which I am now
speaking, a solitary alligator had made his appearance
in Galveston Bay, nearly opposite the doctor's house,
and had been so far petted by the men, who threw him
waste fish, as to have s( cured, apparently, his residence
in that quarter. Feeling anxious to obtain the skin of
one of these reptiles, I one day went out to shoot him,
if possible, having loaded my gun with ball instead 01
shot. At about fifty yards distance I got five discharges
at the mark formed by his eye, which just rose above
the sea sufficiently to enable him to look along the sur-
face. The visible portion was not larger than the centre
of a target, and, as my fowling piece was not adapted
for ball, it is no marvel that so small a mark was
missed. When the ball passed within an inch or tee,
above his eye, he took no notice ; when it hit his head
or body, he merely sank for a few minutes, and came
up again as coolly as ever. At length the doctor
brought down one of Colt's six-chambered rifles, and, at
the second shot, hit him. 1 sent a man into the water
to fetch him out, when it was found that half the upper
part of his head was carried away, leaving the brain
bare. Still, his muscular power was excessively strong,
nd rendered it no easy task to meddle with him.
, as well as in order to free
cut the head quite off, and pro
This operation lasted nearly
, after that lapse of time, I
ctfiUheyneeeddceehrdreo
atut h(tr)ues
skin
kee
foner
doi
the rme
eu
vpmeansi
carcass.tnaw, n
Ihc
when,
threw the remains into the sea, the vitality had by no
means ceased. This amazing tenacity of life conk' never
have been believed unless it was seen ; but, of course, all
sensation must have ceased when the decapitation was
effected. The skin of an alligator will not strip off like
that of any ordinary animal, as the hard, tendinous flesh
grows into it, and thus renders the operation of separating
the two both difficult and tedious.—Simmons's Colonial
Magazine. • „
THE LATE FATAL OCCURRENCE ON THE LONDON
AND NORTH-WESTERN RAILWAY.--OH Monday even-
ing, Mr. G. I. Mills resumed the inquest on the body of
Enos Lea, aged 29, a porter in the employ of Messrs.
Thomas Stricland and Co., railway carriers, who was
killed by beirs, jammed between the buffer of some lug-
gage trucks at the Camden-town station of the aboverail-
way, on the morning of Friday last. The inquiry was
adjourned on account of neglect being imputed either to
the police on duty, or to the engine-driver of the train.
From the additional evidence adduced, it was shown that
the luggage train, which ought to have left Birmingham
at nine o'clock on Thursday evening, did not do so until
an hour after, and its time of arrival at the Camden-
town station is three in the morning; but on Friday
last it did not arrive until forty minutes after seven, up-
wards of four hours and three-quarters after its proper
time. Shortly after its arrival, while the deceased was
engaged in moving a truck from the turn table
to the weigh bridge, the signal was given to the engine-
driier to close the buffers, for the purpose of slacking
-the coupling chains, and in doing so deceased was
crashed between the buffer of the truck he was moving
and the one next to it, and was killed almost instantly.
The jury returned the following verdict :—" That Enos
Lea was crushed to death between the buffers of two
trucks on the London and North-Western Railway, im-
pelled by a certain locomotive engine which bad brought
the train of 54 carriages, on the previous night, from
Birmingham; that such train being four hours and three-
quarters behind its time, coupled with the fact that
there was a disregard of signals, was the main cause of
the occurrence; and the jury cannot but express their
sense of the danger which must always result from
such neglect of time signals." The Deputy-Coroner
having expressed a hope that so powerful and wealthy a
company would for the future pay attention to these two
essentials in railway management, the proceedings ter-
minated, after lasting nearly three hours.
The remains of the late Colonel Spottiswoode, of
Spottiswoode, were interred in the family vault, at Cold-
stream, on Friday, having been removed thither from
Torquay.
Sir Robert Peel is recovering from a severe attack
of gout.
ACCIDENT.—FIERCE ATTACK DY A HORSE.--On
Saturday evening, as a fly-driver, named Burch, in the
employ of Mr. Barber, omnibus proprietor, Hackney,
was in the act of stooping near his horse, the animal
became suddenly violent, and, turning round quickly,
kicked the man with his hind legs for some minutes.
Burch's cries for aid increased the fury of tehdehhi orsel,.
who, with almost incredible sagacity, so p
as to prevent any one from entering the
notadvance and,
as msne
d-
although severely flogged, the animal would
an inch, but, in a state of savageness, kicked his un
After Af ki
fortunate victim with great violence. t some
lac
stall,
difficulty the horse was secured, and Burch
out of the stall in a state of total ii l insensiblty. Medical
aid was obtained, and the unfortunate man conveyed
was taken
home, where it was discovered that his left arm was
broken, and his head and neck frightfully contused.
Various injuries were inflicted about his body, anti he
now remains in a very daDgOTGUS state.

LINCOLN COLLEGE.
An election to a fellowship and to an exhibition will
be holden on Thursday, the 3d of December. The
fellowship is open to natives of the county of York, with
a preference to natives of the old arehdeaconry of York.
Candidates for the exhibition must be natives of the
diocese of Durham, or of Northallertonshire, or Howden-
shire, in the county of York, of Leicestershire, par-
ticularly the parish of Newbold Verdun, of Northampton-
shire, or Oxfordshire. Candidates must present to the
rector testimonials of good conduct, together with proper
declarations of the place of their birth, before 10 o'clock
on the morning of Tuesday, the Ist of December.

CAMBRIDGE, Nov. 14.
MATRICULATION, 1846.

Noblemen. F.C.
King's
Trinity ... 1 ... 2
St. John's... 0 ... 2
St. Peter's ... 0 ... 1
Clare Hall ... 0 ... 1
Pembroke ... 0 ... 0
Caius
Trinity Ha 11... 0 ... 2 ... 5
Ca7pus ... 0 ... 0 ... 21
Queen's ... 0 ... 2 18
Catherine Hall 0 0 15
••• •••
Jesus... ... 0 ... 0 9
Christ's ... 0 .. 0 ... 23
Magdalene ... 0 ... 0 ... 8
Emmanuel ... 0 ... 0 ... 22
Sidney ... 0 ... 0 ... 3 ...
Downing ... 0 ... 4 ... 0 ...

Pensioners. Sizars. Total.
3 0 —. 3
—. 120 ". 7 ...130
—. 71 —. 18 —. 91
18 —. 1 ". 20
". 13 —. 1 —. 15
". 3B ... 0 —. 35
". 0 —. 7
—. 2 —. 23
". 3 —. 23
—. 0 ... 15
—. 0 ... 9
O ... 23
1 ... 9
O ... 22
O .. 3
O ... 4

1 14 389
CLARE HALL.
John Wardale, 8.A., has been elected a fellow of this
society.

33 437

FLANDERS MAIL. MINING COMPANIES.
EttrssELs, Nev. 12.-The Senate in a sitting to-dry According to the lat.( st report of. the Imperial zi-
was engaged in discussing the address to the Throne; the lien Mining Association, the directors will vhortiy have
whole was unanimously adapted by the thirty-three actpir. possession of another mining property, which
members present. it is expected may be profitably worked. The total re-
The project of law received from the Chambers of Re- ceipts from the six months' operations leave a consider-
presentatives relative to provisions, was referred to the able deficit when compared with the expenditure during
permanent Committee. the same period. A general statement of the position
Between the 14th and 17th of this month, the Empress ' of the company, however, shows an excess of assets
Dowager of Brazil will pass through Belgium, coming over liabilities to the extent of 35,900!. 10s.
from Portugal, on her way to Germany. Her Majesty At the recent meeting of adventurers in the West
travels incognito under the title of Countess of Mindollo. Caradon Mining Company, the accounts presented were
She is going to visit her sister, the Duchess of Hopin exceedingly satisfactory. The amount received on the
Zollen Sigmaringen. sale of copper ores was 4,9071. 3s. 3d.; materials,
The Chamber of Representatives was engaged to-clay 32/. 95. 10d.; balance of last account, 2,5571. 14s. 2d.;
in the debate on the project of law for the importation slaking a total of 7,4971. 7s. 3d. The cost of labour for
of provisions duty free, till the Ist of October, 1847. July and August was-2,7951. 7s. 10:1.•, materials,
The report was presented by M. Brabant, at the opening 1,1481 15s. 11d.; lord's du-s, 303/. 17s. 61.; dividend,
of the sitting, and a debate commenced immediately. 6/. 103. per share-1,6644 leaving a balance in the
The Committee adopting the principle of the law was hands of the purser of 1,5851. 6s. The directors of the
divided on the question whether the free importation of West Wheal Michell Mining Company have obtained
corn should not be prolonged till the Ist of December, possession of a " sett" on Rough Tor Moor, an interest
1847. Two Members were of that opinion, and two in which has been offered to the shareholders of the
other Members had supported the proposal of the Go- company in proportion to the stock they now hold.
vernment, which limits it to the Ist of October. The adventurers in the East Wheal Rose Mine are
M. Osy presented an amendment for prolonging this about to receive a dividend of 20/. per share, which
measure till the 31st December, and extending the ex- leaves a surplus of profit of 2,759/. 7s. to be carried to
emption from duty to horned cattle and to flour. He their future credit.
then supported a second amendment, proposed by M. The Cradock Moor Company has made a call of
Dela Hay e, which differed from his own only in fixing 11. 10s. per share; the Gonamena, a call of 21. per share;
the limit of free importation to the Ist December. the Great Mitchell Consols, a call of 10s. per share; the
The Ministers of the Interior and of Finance, and South Friendship Wheal Mine, a call of 10s. per share;
some other members opposed these amendments, the Tokenbury, a call of 4/. per share; the West United
which were supported by their authors and some others, Hills, a call of 14 per share; the West Wheal Hope
but finally rejected, and the whole law as proposed was (Zennor), a call of 21. per share; the West Wheal Mary
unanimously adopted. Consols, a call of 41. per share; and Wheal Sisters, a
The Minister of Finance, when he yesterday deposited call of 2L per share. The call made by the Lamerboor
the budget of Ways and Means for 1847, made a state- Wheal Maria Company of 11. per share has been divided
ment respecting the condition of our finances. The into instalments of 10s. each, with the view of making it
credit required for all the departments in 1847 amounts, less burdensome to the proprietors.
according to the budget presented, to f 1114,280,975 62 About 2,500 tons of copper ore were disposed of at
The probable receipts as estimated in Swansea on the 11 th inst., and the following are the
the budget of Ways and Means at 114,536,630 results of the sale :-The first quantity offered was
the produce of the Cobre Copper Mines, which in-
cluded nearly 500 tons. Messrs. Vivian and Sons
bought the whole, the highest prize paid being
101. 155., and the lowest 9/. 17s. per ton. Nearly the
whole of the Santiago copper ores, amounting to
365 tons, were bought by Messrs. Williams, Foster, and
Co., and prices ranged from 111. 10s. 6d. to 171. I Is.
per ton. 277 tons of Cuba were sold, and Messrs.
Syms, Wylliams, and Co. were the chief buyers, the
highest price being 171. 2s. 6d., and the lowest 161 2s.
per ton. 276 tons, the produce of the Burra Burra
Mine, were principally purchased by Messrs. Vivian and
Sons, prices varying from 17/. 4s. to 271. 10s. per ton.
The English Copper Company bought 235 tons of the
ore from the Cronebane Mine at from 5/. ss. 61. to
5/. 15s. 61. per ton. Messrs. Williams, Foster, and Co.
purchased the first two lots from the Chili Mines, one at
371. 12s. per ton, and the other at 38/. 18s. 6d. per ton.
The remaining high priced parcel was bought in by
Messrs. Grenfell and Sons, at 40/. Bs. 6d. per ton. The
English Copper Company bought one lot at 13/. 16s. 6d.
per ton. Messrs. Freeman and Co., and Messrs. Vivian
and Sons, were the chief buyers of the produce of Penn-
sylvania mines, the 200 tons sold fetching as'high a price
in some cases as 14/. 6s. per ton, and as low in other
cases as 71 ss. per ton. A quantity of 120 tons of ore, from
the Bearhaven Mine, was bought by Messrs. Vivian and
Sons at 7!. 7s. per ton. Messrs. Vivian and Sons, and
the English Copper Company, were the buyers of the
ores from the Llandidlo Mines, which sold from 1/. 7s.
up to 71. Gs. 6d. per ton. 97 tons of Ballymentagh ores
fetched from 2/. 17s. to 4/. 14s. per ton. The buyers of
these were Messrs. Williams, Foster, and Sons. About
36 tons from the Havannah Mines, the least contribution
to the present sale, sold at 81. 9s. Gd. per ton, to Messrs.
Sims, Wylliams, and Co.
The quantity of copper ore sold at Redruth on the sth
of November amounted to 2,399 tons, which produced
13,615/. 6s 6d.; of this the. Carn Brea Mines contributed
769 tons, realising 4,192/. 16s. Gd.; the United Hills and
Sparrow Mines, 367 tons, realising 1,6421. 2s. 6d. ; the
Wheal Prosper and Friendship Mines, 274 tons, realis-
ing 1,3551. 15s. 6d.; the Par Consols Mines, 252 tons,
realising 2,206/.105.; the Levant Mines, 180 tons, realis-
ing 1,547/. 195.; the Trenow Consols Mines, 100 tons,
realising 572/. 145.; the Alfred Consols Mines, 97 tons,
realising 5051. Ils.; the" Wheal Rodney Mines, 70 tons,
realising 269/. 195.; the Cooks Kitchen Mines, 64 tons,
realising 1681. 3s. 6d.; the West Wheal Treasury Mines,
53 tons, realising 270/. 65.; the Michells Ore Mines, 36
tons, realising 95/. 175.; the Carn Ferran Mines, 29 tons,
realising 1051.; the North Basset Mines, 25 tons, realis-
ing 1461. 55.; the St. Ives Consols Mines, 29 tons, real-
ing 176/. 10s.; the Wheal Agar Mines, 20 tons, realising
1001. 10s.; the Gwinear Consols Mines, 19 tons, realis-
ing 55/. 25.; the Redruth Consols Mines, 16 tons, realis-
ing 95/. 45.; and the Wheal Raby Mines, .8 tons,
realis-
ing 109/. Is.

RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS.
LIVERPOOL, NOVEMBIR 16.

STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Ambergate and East-
ern Junction, % p.—Birkenhead, Lancashire and Cheshire,
1% p.—Birmingham and Dudley, 6% p.—Birmingham and
Oxford Junction, 7 p.—Birmingham, Wolverhampton, and
Stour Valley, 3:1/4 p. —Chester and Birkenhead, 52%—Ditto,
Halves, 26%—Ditto, New, 201. Shares, 3j4 p.—Eastern
Counties, 22344—East Lancashire, p.—Ditto, No. 1, New,
5% p.—Ditto, No. 2, (late Ormskirk and Preston), 43/4 p.—
Glasgow and Dumfries, par—Great Grimsby and Sheffield, 4
dis.—Ditto, Extension, 1% dis.—Huddersfield Canal and
Railway, 32% p. —Ditto, 5% p.— Ditto, Extension. 31s. 3d.
p.—Leeds and Dewsbury, 16% p.—Ditto Branch (blue), 7%
p.—Ditto, Extension (green), 2% p.—Leeds cad I'hirsk, 11/2
dis.—Liverpool and Bury, New, 1 p.—London and North-
Western, 1961/2—Ditto, New Quarters, 14 p.—London, Man-
chester, and Birmingham, Quarters (B), 7% p.— Manchester
and Leeds, Extension, 1 p.—Manchester and Southampton,
dis.—Midland, 128 ex new—Ditto, New. 434 p.—North
British, Quarters, 3 p.—Ditto, New, 11% p.—North Stafford-
shire, 3% p.—North Western, 3/4 p.—Sheffield and Lincoln.
shire, %, dis.—Shrewsbury and Birmingham (A), % p.—
South-Eastern and Dover, New, No. 4, % p.—South Staf-
fordshire Junction, 1 p —Trent Valley, Midland, and Grand
Junction, 74 p.—West Riding Union, 2 p.—York aid New-
castle, New, 8 p. ex new—Ditto, Preference, 5% p.—York
and North Midand, Preference, 9A. p.—Belfast and Bally-
mena, 7 dis.--Newry and Warrenpoint, 3A p.—East India,
% p.—Great Luxembours, 3% dis.
biANCHESTER, NOVEMBER 16. . .

STOCK EXCHANGE. —The sales are—Ambergate, Notting-
ham, and Boston, 3-16 p.—Birkenhead, Lancashire, and
Cheshire Junction, 13j.% p.—Birmingham and Oxford 6% p.—
Blackburn, Clitheroe, &c., 11/4 dis. s.—Eastern Ccunties,
York Extension, 13/4 p.-East Lancashire, 5% p.—Dltto, No.
1, New, 514 p.—Ditto, No. 2 (late Liverpool, Ormskirk,
5% c. n.—Edinburgh and Glasgow, Halves, 101,/ p.—Glas-
gow and Dumfries, 1/$ dis.—Huddersfield and Manchester
RAilway and Canal, 51/2 c. p.—Leeds and Thirsk, 11% dis.—
Ditto. New, par—Leeds, Dewsbury, and Manchester, 171/2 p.
—Ditto, Extension, 2% p.—London, Manchester, and Bir-
mingham, Quarters (B), c. p.—Ditto (C), p.—Man-
cheater and Leeds, Quarters, 3% p.—Ditto, Fifths,
Ditto, Extension, 1% p.—Manchester and Southampton, 5-16
dis.—North British Extension, 1 3-16 p.—North Stafford-
shire, 3 1-16 p.—North Union (B), 149—North-Western,
15-16 p.—Preston and Wyre, Halves (A), 4 p.—Sheffield and
Manchester' Quarters, No. 3, % dis —Shrewsbury and Bir-
mingham, 13% p.—Shrepshire Union Railway and Canal, %
c. dis.—Soilth-Eastern and Dover, No. 4, % c. p.—Trent
Valley Mialand, kc., 1% p.—West Riding Union, 2 p.—
Wharfdale (late North-Eastern), 3-16 dis.—Whitehaven and
Furness, dis.
LEEDS, NOVEMBER 16.

STOCK ExcnaNGE.—The sales are—Birmingham and Ox-
foid Junction, 63/4 p.—Eastern Counties, York Extension,
38s. p.—East Lancashire, 5% p._—Ditto (Blackburn and
Preston), 4% c. p.—Ditto, No. 1, New, 5% p.—Ditto, No. 2
(late Liverpool, Ormskirk, &c.), 6 p. c. n.—East and West
Yorkshire, 13s. dis.—Great Grimsby and Sheffield, 4 dis.—
Ditto, Docks, 2 dis —Huddersfield and Manchester, 6c. p.
—Ditto, Extensions (Thirds), 134 p.—Huddersfield and Shef-
field, 5 p.—Leeds and Dewsbury, 17 c. p.—Ditto, Branches,
p.—Ditto, Extensions, 48s. p.—Leeds and Thirsk. 98.
dis.—Ditto, New, par—Mallon and Driffield Junction, 13s. p.
—Manchester and Leeds Extension, 235. p.—Mandliester,
Buxton, Matlock, and Midland, 225. c. p.—North British,
Half Shares, 55/ c. p.—Ditto, Quarters (late Carlisle Branch),
575. 6d. p.—Ditto, Extension (scrip), 1% p.—North Staf-
fordshire, 3 5-16 p.—Wharfdale Junction, 3s. dis.—York and
Newcastle, New, 14%—Ditto, Preference, 41,1 p.—York and
North Midland, Preference, 9% p.—Leeds, Wakefield, and
Midland, 13s. dis.—London and York, 7s. 6d. dis.—North
Western, % p.—West Riding Union, 4%—York and Car-
lisle, 40$. dis.

HULL, NOVEMBER 16.
STOCK EXCNANGE.—To-day our market has been brisk,
with a firmer appearance than it has worn for some days past.
A fair amount of business has been done, and every stock
dealt in is improved in value, with a prospect of further ad-
vancement. North British have been done at 3914 ; East
Lancashires, No. 2, at 7 p. The ales are—Ambergate,
Nottingham, and Boston, 2/. 18s. 6d.—East Lancashire,
No. 2 (late Ormskirk), 7 p. c.—East Lincolnshire, 6s. p,—
Fleetwood, Preston, and West Riding, 22s.—Leeds and
Thirsk, 17%—Leeds, Dewsbury, and Manchester, 17 p.—
Mahon and Driffield Junction, 14s. 6d. p.—North British,
331/—Ditto, Halves, 17A—Ditto, Quarters, 84s.—Ditto,
New Quarters, scrip, 225. p.—North Staffordshire, 314 p. c.—
Northern Counties Union, 14s.—North-Western, 16s. 6d. p.
—Shropshire Union, 10s. dis.—York and Newcastle, Pre-
ference, 4% p.

SHEFFIELD, NOVEMBER 16.
STOOK EXCHANGE.-The sales are-East Lancashire, No.
2 (late Ormskirk), 53/4 p.-Great Grimsby and Sheffield Ex-
tensions, 16s. dis.-Ditto, Quarter Shares, 16s. 6d. dis.-
Midland (Sheffield and Rotherham), 35 cum new-North
Western, 14s. 6d. p.-Sheffield and Lincoln, 15s. dis. -West
Riding Union, 2% p.
YORK, NOVEMBER 16.
STocx EXCHANGE.-The sales are-Eastern Counties,
York Extension, 33/4-Ipswich and Bury, 113/4-Ditto (Cam-
bridge and Ely), 154-London and York, 24-Malton and
Driffield Junction, 21. 165.-Manchester, Buxton, Matlock,
and Midland, 314-North British, Halves, 16%-Ditto,
Quarters, 4%-Ditto, Extension, 13/4-North-Western, 11.
18s.-West Ridiag Union, 44-York and Newcastle, New,
19%8 cum new-Ditto, Preference' 67i -York and North
Midland (East and West Riding Extension), 22 cum new
-Ditto, Preference, 11/. 13s. 9d.
EDINBURGH, NOVEMBER 14.
STOCK EXCHANGE.-The sales are-Aberdeen, ls%-
Caledonian, New, 455.-Direct Northern, 375.-Dundee and
Arbroath, New, No. 2, 74-East of Fife, 315.-Edinburgh
and Northern, 15% ex int.-Ditto, Newport, 795. 6d.-
Edinburgh and Perth, 39s.-Glasgow, Dumfries. and Car-
lisle, 515.-Great North of Scotland, 425.-Midland, New
Halves, 6t North British, Quarters, ex new, 82s. 6d.-
Ditto, New Quarters (scrip), 335. 6d.-Scottish Central, 20-
Strathern Junction, 765.-East Indian Railway, 14s. 6d.

On Sunday morning a sermon, was preached before
the Lord Mayor of London, Sheriff Kinnard, Lord
Dudley Stuart, Sir Chapman Marshall, and air.
Pritchard, High Bailiff of Southwark, by the Bishop
of London, in aid of the funds for the support
of the parochial national schools of the district. Ihe
church, which is calculat, d to accommodate upwards of
2,000 persons, was completely tilled upon the occasion.
The appeal of the Bishop was liberally responded to,
and a collection, amounting to 55/., was the result, A
sermon was also preached in the evening, by the Rev.
Mr. Herbert Seymour, M. 4., formerly evening lecturer
at St. George's Church, Southwark, and after a most
e ernest appeal in aid of the funds for suprorting the
schriols of this iw)st populous and distrefsed di,.triet, an
additional sum of 4.14 was liberally contributed. Up-
wards of 2,909, persons wore also present Qm tilQ latter
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