The Sun.
London, England, 1856-11-24 00:00:00

consumption being restricted by the high prices
ruling.
The last accounts Per Atlantic of the New York
flour markets report" a decline of sc. to 10c. per
barrel. This was followed by a more considerable
reduction, so that up to Thursday evening the
fall in prices was not let than 15c. to 20c. per
barrel, as compared with the last quotations.
Since then, however, the reca very has been equally
decided, and at the close thh day prices, with a
strong market, are quite as high as on the morning
of this day week.
of 86 hhds. of Ken-
In tobacco we notice the sales
tucky and Marysville, at 12c. to 15c. ; 219 bales Ha-
vannab, part 35c. to 37c. ;12 cask Florida, 20c. to
60c. ; and 84 do., dried leaf, 12c. to . 26c., usual terms.
The market for manufactured is q, 'jet, the season
for active operations having about c, losed. Scotch
pig iron was inactive, with further ss les of 200 to
300 tons at 30 to 31 dols., mostly 30 to 35 dols., six
months ; and 150 tons 27 dols 50c. caCh, and 14
days ; 100 tons English refined bars sole ' at under
60 dols. ; 50 ditto common, 54 dols. ; 50 ditto rod,
66 to 69 dols. ; 25 ditto hoop, partially damaged,
72 dols. 50c. ; and 25 ditto, boiler plate, 30., six
months. English sheet is firm at 374 c. for singles,
and 4ic. for doubles and trebles.
Liverpool coal was in small supply, but the mar-
ket for foreign generally was dull, and prices rather
in favour of buyers.
Freights are firmer to Great Britain., with an
active business.

NEW ORLEANS, Nov.• 11.
Sales of cotton to-day 16,500 bales, at a d.ecline
of to ie. We quote middling, at 111 c. to lam. c. ;
red wheat, 62c. ; whito wheat, 67c. ; mixed carn,.
72c. Another account says cotton has slightly de-
clined ; sales to-day, 1,700 bales ; operations are
waiting steamers' advices. White corn is quoted.
at 75c. ; freights dull; sterling exchange, 81-c. p.m.

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.
The Falcon, hence, has arrived at Savannah. The
Roger Stewart, hence, has arrived at Mobile. The
Ocean Queen, hence, has arrived at Charlestown. The
steamer Kangaroo, hence, has arrived at Pkiladelphia.
The Oswego and the Lucy and Harriet, hence, have ar
rived at New Orleans. The A. Z. Green, the steamer
Baltic, the Comstock, and the Mindlesex, hence, and
the Tempest, from Glasgow, have arrived at New York.

LITERATURE.

Life's Lessons. By Mrs. Gore, author of gg Mothers
and Daughters." 3 vols. Hurst and Blackett.
This work claims attention from its brilliancy
and vigour, its social sketches display the knows
ledge of the world which so peculiarly distinguishes
its authoress, and many of the events that appear
in its course are unusual, if not original. In the
first place, the time is not the present hackneyed
period so proverbially the fashion in recent ro-
mances, when the heroes disappear from their
home circles to join in one or other of the engage-
ments famous in Crimean warfare.' Again, it is not
very remote, not at all romantic or mysterious, but
yet sufficiently untrod to be fresh, namely, thirty
years ago. The heroine is a most interesting cha-
racter. She attracts from her very inexperience
and ignorance more than many might from the
display of shining abilities. Her position in society
is a strange one, and as such liable to many mis-
lconstructions. Born of a lowly, though honourable
family, which on the mother's side was Dutch, she
became in the course of years mixed up in the con-
cerns of those greatly her superiors in rank and
social acquisitions, although Nannie Balfour pos•
sessed an advantage of her own, inherent in Na-
ture's nobility, the charm of an innate refinement
and the grace of a pure heart. She was unfortir
nate in many of the circumstances of her early
years, for mystery is an evil attendant on the path
of a friendless orphan, as Nannie afterwards be-
came. A great deal of skill is manifested in the
delineation of the widow Varnbam and her waY'
ward son Maurice. The gentle recluse who sPeni
so many years of sorrow and suffering was 11,_°
match for the fierce and undisciplined youth, rria°
inherited so large a share of the father's nature-
that father whose dark career had cast an MI
lasting shadow over the path of his wretched rue'
To the young and guileless heroine all this was
s
unknown, when she perceived in the visitors to the'
quiet village the devoted mother and attached seliiti
With the ill success that ever attends convey
engagements engagements Nannie regarded the project of
parents and aunt to effect a union between her alt,
her quiet cousin, Elisha Hildyard. While far
acknowledged the merit of the suffering youth"' -
Elisha was very delicate—her heart inclined hei;
regard the bold and dashing Maurice, so brig it
with early strength and youth's excitenaeut•
the
remained for the hours of trial to demonstrate
Oster
utter vanity of the courage that was the sul)Psci to
of selfish indulgence and untamed passioust aen was
develop° the full force of that strength becomes
known
known and unnoticed in the hour of ease, di ess
potent to succour and mighty to save Nii!lenss- ss'rfted
mid danger threaten. Elisha Hildyara vr— 'di the
with the latter attribate, as Maurice posses s° •
former feeling. In the interval, however, dull
which the one advanced arid the ether retrcrat
in moral excellence, the heroine met ssi
strange adventures. The proprietors engagedoftthem o
prasYs
perty on which her relatives were
b family, and some'
stewards were of a noble Dew ee nf
amma e s
s
thing more than the common.
and servant existed between bt
°lino ds
e b whoset w
ene actors. The agent o had for succeeding generations held the same rely'
tive position of mutual bl ours in his devolve _
trustee who zealously
ab
duties, or faithfully delivers up with life his trust,
has a claim on the regard of his employer, inasmuch,.
command nor wealth adequately requite'
It as having conferred a benefit which money canna"
assuredlywith the respect engendered by such a e°l-
it
weans tthat the Van der Heide regarded the foil
of the Verhonts, of which latter was Nannie
four. It is not, therefore, improbable, that whey
ri
pointwi h
of
as uwpoerrlidolryclass estimation,tothat ot
that
ahte
trhe nativeg entive mailedi
improved by a liberal education and intercourllaagideel i
should have been admitted by so many richer asu ~,
nobler circles. It was impossible to bee°'',
acquainted with her, without respecting and adLhitro
ins her. Her first change was her introduction
the long-ab23nt holders of the house in which -11,-er
mother had passed the greater portion of her life
Hawksbill. For f
amily reasons the son of °toll°,
old proprietor came over for a short time, ace. ae
uied with his wife's relatives. This brilhsto
circle of young and lively persons was a 0111114.e-1e
Nannie Balfour. They remained but a short ter,
but the acquaintance then formed was never aft the
wards relinquished ; and when, in after yearst_ds,
English village maiden visited their foreign 13'100
she was warmly welcomed by those who, Weir,
seeing her in far different and much granderrosa
cum Lances, never forgot how she first ohairoey
them in her simple home where she was cant,l It
in her place, because she fitted and adorn 140
is deserving of notice the episode of the fc'iogy
nobleman's stay in England, in which is shlorse.
portrayed the evils attendant on the race ;et° itS
Not that unqualified censure is to be applieu cof
c,
proceedings, but it would be well for the Pillow-
many if no prototypes had existed for Lord- 0550.
gill, and if Sir Ralph had no living likeLl roe a
Fortunately for the individuals herein canoe,
they were wise enough to withdraw illsf pro"
although they had to make many sacrifices ',cote,.
perty to atone for the few days of feverish eiod or
ment passed in England. During the Peroo of
Miss Balfour's foreign sojourn the revolutler pO-
- occurred. This, of course, rendered 1'30301
sition an awkward one, and she had soul° S solo
scenes to go through. Her health suffer° coa
many causes, but the chief one was the eu/e,j:l 004
dart of malice. From the most trivial evehl'lsooae
and hatred can deduce marvels, and at be re'
many things conspired to give a colour to t they
ports spread by the "Warburton Wasps they
ports the
were appropriately termed. The talent 9 ip de:
author has here a fair field for its exercise, 50ciaL
tailing with vraisemblance and vigour thesi3e
delinquencies. Few can rise like Nannie borne'
superior to the strife, and can pass 'wird oh
through the fiery ordeal. A great varietY k' . the
reefer meets the view in perusing this work age/
range extends through different countried;
aud disposition, from the volatile Leonee tiaio se
ville, to the solemn Van der Heide ; aucl 370 tlit'
England, from the sober Lord Garstaee.D. e•
wily Skewgill and the time-serving 117,,bq0 pe"
h©r su
in
It is therefore to be regarded, with the cerfeet
cessful works by the same authoress, as P,, wool'
if
their peculiar style—a style which, deny 3 the
not choose for their study, none can docrir
possession of sparkling satire and powerful
Sion.

UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE
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UNIVERSITY HONOURS.—OiFORD NOV. ,--,,,, thi-
examiners in the School of Natural' Science °I.- Geo'
afternoon issued the following lass list •••"'ClaS° -11. t.'
Griffith, Jesus College. Class c"-- - 'a -or I
Worcester College ;
Hall ; RobsgerialLeHT:n Edward,ngeni
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Lloyd,STnu IVNIIAa n College.—Jogg PEIILL- 'o3inera_n• r
E ---Ef --.ENRY J. T. SITE, 01Ka,,, 000 Pm
SELECT PREACHERS AT TUE 'UNIVERSITY OF
...ales
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"byittThrieVYiEctla-Raf cellol;,hetnhoerapinroactlool;so,f ttihieect
rePgs: drop
fe.stsor of divinity, and the Margaret professor of
0131 Y., took place on Thursday last► when the . the
Rev.
Salieburyl the Principal of Brasenose College. . 0
Revv. A.
S.
F. Michael, Fellow of Queen's COll4 tbe
'G. H. Curteis, Felliw of Exeter as ; Sadi for
Rev. W. Temple. of Balliol College, were le
the year 1857-. -