The Sun.
London, England, 1867-03-05 00:00:00

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

LONDON, March s.—Wind this day at noon, North-
Easterly ; strong breeze and flue weather, but rather
cloudy.

Pmfounr, March 3.—Wiad N.E.—Arrived—Forest,
Flower, from Callao for Hamburgh ; Anglesea, from
Melbourne ; Vineland, from Monte Video for Antwerp
Irene, from Demerara for London.

FALmovnt, March 4.—Wind N.E.—Arrived—Black
Eyed Susan, from Newp3rt, for Southampton, with fora
and maintop:nasts carried away.

SCILLY, March 4. —Wind N.h.—Arrivod—Hengist, from
Calcutta fur London, with loss of sail ; Ann, from Cochin
for London.

OFF roitTSItoFTII, March N.E.—Arrivod
Queeu of Australia, from London fur Bombay.
(By 'Telegraph.)
GRITESZND, Tuesday Morn; nc.
A rrivrd, Fob. s.—Couservatore, steam,r, fur Clothe üburg.
Sail ..1, Feb. s.—R:tvenscraig, for Calcutta; St. Croix
13.Lrbadovs ; Ruckers, for Trinidad; Normaudi, stuamer, for
Dunkirk; Velocity, stuam.,r, for Calais; Rhine, steamer
fur B ulogue.

DEAL, Tuesday Morning.
Passed, Feb. 4.—New Era, from Loudon, for Madras.
Passed, Feb. s.—War Cloud, from Sunderland, forAlox.

andria.

COURSE OF EXCHANGE.--This Evening.

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Amsterdam Short. 11 IG} 11 171
Ditto 3 Months. 11 18f 11 19
Rotterdam
Antwerp — 25 35 25 40
Brussels — 25 35 25 40
hamburg — 13 8 13 9
Paris Short 25 12 25 20
Ditto 3 Months. 25 321 25 371
Marseilles
Frankfor: on the Maine 120 1291
Viennt. — 12 95 13 0
Trieste — 12 95 13 -0
Petersburgh - 31 31}
Berlin
Madrid — 48 481
Cadiz
Leghorn
Milan
Genoa — 26 871 26 92*
Naples — 26 871 26 921
Palermo
Messina
Lisboa
Oporto — 52 521

Foreign Mail Packet List.

MAILS DUE.

Lustralla and New Zealand, via Sonthamptoa....,,Mar. 22.
Ditto, via Marseilles Mar. 16.
Brazil and Cape Verde, by British paohet Mar. 6.

Ditto, by French packet • Mar. 22.
Cape of Good Rope, Asoension, and St. Helena Mar. 30
China, Penang, and Singapore, via SouLhampton. , Mar. 6.

Ditto, Ida Marseilles.
Falkland Islands

Gibraltar, via Southampton Mar. 6.
India (CAtonna), and Ceylon, via Southampton Mar. 6
Ditto, via Marseilles . — ....Mar. 10.
India (Bombay), via Southampton. Mar. 6

Ditto, via %Dimities ...Mar. 10.
Malta, Egypt, and Aden, via Southampton Mar. 6.
Ditto. via Marseilles Mar. 10.
Mauritius, via Southampton
Ditto, via Marseilles. Mar. 16
Newfoundland
Poring's/
Ditto, by private ship to Lisbon
United States and British North America, by Bri-
tish packet

Ditto, by United States packet, via Southamp-
ton .
Ditto, via Cork
Ditto, by Canadian packet, via Londonderry .. Mar. 8.
West Indies and Pacific (except Bahamas and
Honduras) Mar. 16.

SHIRLEY BROOKS'S "Sooner or Later," now in its
Fifth Number, advances very cleverly. The Club
talk is especially admirablo—full of wit, humour, and con-
versational vivacity. As a specimen of the descriptive
powers of the author, let us add here the subjoined sketch
of a scene in the Highlands :—" Ernest threw open a French
window, and stepped out upon a platform, strongly built,
strongly railed, and after a searching glance that as
sured him of its security, he handed out his young
wife. And in her life she never forgot the
scone which opened upon her. They stood at a very
groat height, and immediately below them the ground
sloped down at a sharp angle, until the eye was stopped
by thick uuderwood at a distance of some forty yards,
but it was manifest that a vast and unseen depth beyond
had to bo accounted for. Across that abyss, and per-
haps a couple of miles away in the distance, the great
lake lay, silver with sunshine, and between, a river,
dotted with foam, made its way. But this could bo seen
but at intervals, the rich foliage hiding it at many
points, and at others darkening it so that but for the
foam-spots it would not have been visible. Dills of a great
magnitude, but of somewhat soft outline, rose on the left,
at about the same distance as the lake, and at their foot
lay a small village on the bank of the river—Magdalen
could just see a few gliding figures on the road, a few
cattle reluctantly moving from their plsturs. But on the
right the scene was grander and rougher. One object
dominated all—a huge and uncouth mountain, in soli-
tary savageness, upheaved its bulk against the blue sky
and looked monumental and defiant, and though the
noon-day sun forbad it to scowl in shadow, perhaps its
stern sides were the more striking from their being lighted
out, and forced into brightness, like a cynical man com-
pelled to smile upon society, but waiting to indemnify
himself when the social period shall be over. And all the
scene, the frowning mountain, the forests over the abyss
the softer hills and the silent village, wore bathed in the
glow of a glorious sun, who, if according to southern
superstition he looks down somewhat rarely on Scotland,
looks on her with no grudging gaze when he beams out
upon her unequalled scenery.

PARIS INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION.—The first
part of the Illustrated Catalogue, published in the
Art-Journal, will appear in the April number. It will con-
sist of twenty-eight pages, in which are comprised en-
gravings from the works of twenty-six of the loading
manufacturers of Europe; among them may ba named
Froment Mourice, Hunt and Roskell, Sy and Wagner
(Berlin). Elkington, Harry Emanuel, Weiso, Benson,
Rudolphi, Odiot, Ohristoflo (jewellers and goldsmiths of
Paris or London), Copeland, Minton, tho Imperial and
Royal Manufactories of Diesden, and Berlin (porcelain),
Durenne (cast-iron), Brecheau (fans), Servant Carpentier
(bronzes), Jackson and Graham, Gillo-ws, Trollop (furni-
ture), Dobson (glass). The number of engraving's exceeds
one hundred.

CANONBURY TOWER.—This curious old residence
is now to let, and, standing as it does in a maze of streets
and squares, it is difficult to realise that it was once part
of a great manorial residence in the centre of a large and
finely ti.ibered park of many hundred acres. The tower
andwa formed
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tholomew, Smithfield. Stow says that "he budded of
new the manor of Canonbury at Islington, which belonged
to the canons of that house," and the prior's device of a
bolt in a tan is still to bo seen in the garden wall. Soon
after the year 1570 the estate came into the possession of
Sir J. Spencer, citizen and clothier, whose daughter mar-
ried Lord Compton, and to this marriage the Northamp-
ton family is indebted for its present valuable property, the
park palings and old oak trees of Miss Spencer's time ha v-
i ing been exchanged for Compton-terracer, Marquis-roads,
and Aboyno Castle Taverns. The present house consists
of Prior Bolton's tower, with additions made to its sides by
' Sir J. Spencer. It is 60ft. high, and contains a fine oak
staircase leading to the various apartments. From the
roof, 30 years since, the Thames was visible as far as
Gravesend. The rooms are 23 in number, but only two
contain the original oak pannellings of Sir John's time.
These are both good sized chambers. In the one the fire-
place is surmounted by two figures representing Faith and
Hope, with the mottoes " Tides Via Deus Ilea," and "Spes
Certa Supra." Above is the Spencer coat of arms. The old
houses called Canonbury-place were probably erected on
the site of the old quadrangle in the reign of Elizabeth.
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tha enormous number of 438,878,880.
SUGAR USED IN BREWING.—We are requested
to state that in account No. 12 of the Trade and Naviga-
tion accounts for the twelve months ended 31st Decerber
last, the quantity of " sugar used in brewing" in England
in the year 1866 is, by a clerical error, stated to be
1,414,000 cwts., instead of 141,000 cwts. The total for the
United Kingdom should therefore be 145,437 cwts., instead
of 1,418,037 cwts.
norm. PoLyrEcIINIC INSTITUTION.—At the ordi-
nary meeting of the shareholders of this institution just
hold the report of the directors showed a profit of £492 os.
9d. for the half-year, and this, added to the surplus of £330
19.5.7 d. brought forward from the previous half-year, made
a total available balance of £343 53. 4(1., out of which the
directors recommend the payment of a dividend at the rate
of 4 per cent., making, with the dividend already paid, 7
per cent. per annum. It was proposed by the directors to
send Professor Pepper to Paris during the Exhibition,
with the view of collecting materials for the purposes of
the Royal Polytechnic, and probably to inaugurate a lec-
ture on the general contents of the Exbibtioa. After en-
tering into several details connected with the institution,
the report drew attention to the great success of the edu-
cational department, and. concluded by recommending the
thanks of the proprietors to Professor Pepper, manager of
the institution, for his valuable services. Tho report was
adopted. A dividend at the rate of 4 por cant., froe of in-
come tax, was declared.