The Sun.
London, England, 1846-12-09 00:00:00

GLASGOW, DECEMBER 5.

STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Caledonian, New, 455.
—Caledonian and Dumbartonshire, 39s.—Glasgow, Kilmar-
nock, and Ayr, 681.—Ditto, Quarters (5 per cent. guar.),
17%—Ditto, Halves, 81. ls. 6d.—Glasgow, Dumfries, and
Carlisle, 51. 4s.—Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ardrossan, 325.
6d.—Great Western of Bengal, 6s. 6d.—Madras, Nellore, and
Arcot, 3s.—Manchester and Southampton, 28s. 6d.—Mid-
land, 331.—Ditto, Halves, 6% —North British, New, Quarters
scrip, 325. 6d.—Scottish Midland, Junction, 131. 13s. 6d.

EARLY CLOSING MOVEMENT.—The members and
friends of the Metropolitan Early Closing Association,
established to effect an abridgement of the hours of busi-
ness in all trades, held a soiree on Monday evening at
the Queen's Concert Room, Hanover-square, in further-
ance of the objects they have in view. Mr. B. Bond
Cabbell, M.P., presided; and the meeting, which was
very numerously attended, was severally addressed by
other influential gentlemen. In the course of the even-
ing sentiments, framed in accordance with the views of
the promoters of the mcvement, were proposed and car-
ried unanimously.
IMPORTANT RISE IN THE COTTON-MARKET...4)IIr
Liverpool letters state that on Monday the sales of cot-
ton_amounted to 30,000 bales, at a further advance.

OLYMPIC THEATRE. A tribe of individuals,
calling themselves the "Tennessee Minstrels," appeared at
this theatre on Monday night, going through aperformance
similar to that of the Ethiopian Serenaders, though with
the inferiority that usually characterises imitations.
They are, however, a clever set of grotesques, and their
quick steps, songs, and glees, are amusing. The worthy
who flourishes the bones is comic after his own peculiar
fashion; and the congo-tambo gentleman has also a small
impulse of humour.
SALE OF AN ALLEGED AUTOGRAPH OF SHAHS-
PERE.—Yesterday, a sale by auction of a curious collec-
tion of old plays, &c.' took place at Messrs. Puttick and
Simpson's rooms, in Piccadilly, and amongst them some
manuscript notes and a signature presumed to be the
autograph of William Shakspere. These were inserted
in an odd volume of " Hollinshed's Chronicles," first
edition, 1577, imperfect. The auctioneer stated that he
would not guarantee the signature to be genuine, but
that, as well as the manuscript notes, were presumed to
be in the autograph of the "immortal bard." There was
but one offer for the volume, viz., 5/, at which sum it
was knocked down to a gentleman named Holding. In
addition to the autograph, a copy of the folio edition
(second) of Shakspere's histories, tragedies, and come-
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edition, published in 1685, sold for 31. 12s. 6d. A copy
of Spenser's "Fainie Queene " in two volumes, black
letter, imperfect, printed by William Ponsonby in 1590,
sold for 4/. 2s. 6d.
A mysterious murder took place on the night of
the 27th ult., at Albi (Tarn). Two young girls of bad
character occupied a rez-de-chaussee in the quarter de
St. Affric. On the 28th, it being perceived that their
windows were shut at three o clock in the day, the
neighbours conceived suspicions that all was not right,
and at last bursting open the door, discovered one of the
girls lying on the floor with her throat cut across. In
the next room lay the other girl in precisely the same
state. Both were undressed and wrapped up in the bed
clothes, out of the bed. Some money was found in
their drawers, and none of their clothes appeared to
have been taken away. The mark of a bloody hand was
perceptible on the chemise of one of them. The greatest
agitation was immediately caused in the town by the dis-
covery of this double crime. Two commercial travellers
at once came forward and declared that they had visited
the girls the evening before, but had left them all safe at
about ten o'clock. The lodgers in the first floor deposed
to having heard them singing and laughing as late as
twelve o'clock. Nothing whatever has as yet been
brought to light to lead to the discovery of the perpe-
trators of this murder. Some persons have alluded to
the fact that a robbery of jewels had taken place in the
town a few nights before, in which, it was said, three
men and two women were engaged; and they ask, might
not the deceased have been the females so engaged, and
might not the men have murdered them to prevent de-
tection? All, however, is mere conjecture. A butcher,
who was known to be intimate with the two girls, has
been arrested.—Galignani.