The Sun.
London, England, 1866-11-17 00:00:00

West France
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MARKE T S.--1 his Day.
COVENT GARDEN. •

Fair average supplies of fruit and vegetables are on sale
at this market. On the whole, the demand is steady, at
late rates.

FRUIT—Pine apples, 38 to Cs; gin",
2s Od to Cs ;
filberts, 6d to is per lb ; apples, is 6d to 2s 6d ; pears,
2s Od to 5s Od per half sieve ; lemons, 6s to 12s ; wal-
nuts, is to 2s per 100.

VEGETABLES—Cauliflowers, 2s to Gs Od ; cabbages, is to
2s Od; horseradish, 28 Od to 3s 6d; celery, Os 9d to is Gd
per doz heads; turnips, 3s Gd to 4s Od; carrots, 4s Od to
Gs Od per dozen bunches; cucumbers, 3d to 93 each ;
onions, 3s to 3s Gd per bushel.

POULTRY.
Turkeys, 4s Od to 7s Od turkey poults, Os Od to Os Od ;
geese, 5s Gd to 7s : goslings, Os Od to Os Od ; ducks, 2s Os
to 3s Od ; ducklings, Os to 0;•, tame rabbits, is Od to is 9,1;;
wild do, is to is 3d ; pigeons 6d to 8d ; hares, 2s Od to 4d
Od ; leverets, Os Od to Os Od ; pheasants, 3s Od to 58 Gd ;
'
partridges, is Gd to 2s 6d • grouse, is Od to 2s Gd per brace ;
black game, Os Od to Os per brace; Surrey fowls, 5s to 8s ;
do. chickens, 4s Od to 6s ; barn-door fowls, 4s Od to 6s Od
per couple. English ec-gs, 13s Od to Os 0,1 ; French do.,
9s Od to Os Od per 100. bPresh butter, is Od to is 5d per lb.

BILLINGSGATE.
Soles, is to 6s Od per pair ; cod, 3s 6d to 15s ; brill, 3s Od
to J2s Od; turbot, 5s Od to 21s each ; whitings, 3s to 12s ;
haddocks, 4s to 18s per dozen ; herrings, —s to —s per
120; native oysters, 80s to 110 s ; other sorts, 30s to 40s
per bushel.

NEWPORT.
Per 81b. by the carcase.

Beef 3s Od to 4s 4(1 I Mutton ... 3s to 5s Od
Veal 4s Od to sa. 4d I Pork

WHIIECIIAPEL.
Por 81b. by the carcase.

Beef 3s 2d to 4s 8d I Veal
Mutton ... 3s 6a to 53 Od Pork

BREAD.
The prices of wheaten bread in the metropolis are from
81d. to 9d. ; of household ditto, 7d. to Bd. per 41bs. loaf.
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HIDES AN!) SKINS.

Market hides, 56 to 64 lbs, 2-id to 3d ;64t0 72 lbs, 3d
to 3-id ;72 to 801bs, 3d to 3id ;80 to 881bs., Bid to 4d ; 88
to 961b5., 4d to 4id ; 96 to 1041b5., 4id to sd. - Horse
hides, 9s to lOs 6d ; calf skins (light), 2s Od to 4s; full, 7s ;
polled sheep, 9s Od to lls Od; half-breds, 78 Od to 8s Od ;
downs, Es 9d to 6s 6d; lambs, Os Od to Os Od ; shearlings, Os
Od to Os Od.
HAY.

SMITHFIELD.—Meadow hay, .£2 15s to £4 5s ; clover,
£4 lOs to .£5 15s Od ; and straw, £1 1(s to £2 4s per load.
Trade quiet.
CUMBERLAND.-3101001V hay, .E 3 Os to £4 8s Od; clover,
£4 lOs to £5 los ; and straw, .£1 16s to £2 4s per load.
A moderate demand.

WHITECHAPEL.—Meadow hay, £2 15s to £4 5s ; clover
£4 lOs to £5 153 Od ; and straw, .£1 16s to £2 4s per load
Demand steady.

Liverpool Cotton Market—This Day.

ens with a fair demand. Sales
probablyTE
8 market,o o o °P
bales.

IRISH MILITIA AND MR. ETRE.—The following
is published in• the Belfast papers :—" The Eyre
Defence and Aid Fund, London, Nov. Sir,—ln ac
knowledging the receipt of your letter of the Bth inst., giv-
ing cover to a cheque for £24 u s. subscribed by the officers,
non-commissioned ofacers, and men of the Royal Down
Rifle Regiment of Militia to this fund, I am directed by the
committee to request that you will be good enough to con-
vey to the regiment its very sincere thanks and apprecia-
tion of the motives which induced them to contribute so
handsomely towards the defence of Mr. Eyre. Your letter

I shall have great pleasure in transmitting to him. It will
be a source of much comfort to him in his troubles to find
so many noble men rallying round him to prctect lt.in from
the cowardly and un-English proceedings of the so-called
Jamaica Committee.—Believe me, very faithfully yours,
HAMILTON HtME, hon. secretary.-- Captain G. Conyngham
Stuart."

Mr. BRICKDALE seconded the nomination.
No other candidate being proposed, the High Sheriff de-
clared Sir J. Bolt duly elected. (Cheers.)
The ATTORNEY-GENERAL, on coming forward, was re-
ceived with renewed cheers and some hisses. He commenced
by acknowledging the renewal of confidence in him- (no
nu)—on the part of the electors of West Gloucestershire by
electing him for the fourth time without opposition as
their member. First he thanked his political friends for
placing him in the proud position which he held. (A Voice
"For the last time.") Ho had heard that cry before, "For
the last time," but they would see about that. But while
thanking Lis political friends he should not be doing his
whole duty if he did not express his appreciation of the
kindness and courtesy of his opponents on this occasion.
(Hear. hear.) He believed that if they bad opposed his re-
election they would not have succeeded iu their opposition,
but he could not the less thank them for the kind manner
in which they had refrained from attempting it. If they
would allow him he would state what was the ground on
which he thought they wore justified in re-electing him that
day. (A Voice—" Let us have the franchise.") The only
circumstantial difference in the position of affairs now
and the position of affairs when they elected him
in July, 1865, was that ho had accepted an
office under the Crown with her Majesty's present
Government, and he would endeavour to satisfy them that
this afforded no reason for any change of their opinion.
After referring to the circumstances attending
-the Reform
discussion during the last session he asked, looking to the
circumstances under which the present Government took
office, were they not entitled to a fair and candid conside-
ration? Were not their measures entitled to receive a dis-
passionate consideration at the hands of the House of Com-
mons ? (Cheers.) Let them look at the character and
composition of that Government. Look at the Prime Mini-
' ster, Lord Derby ; what had he,and his ancestors done for
the people ? They who could look back to 1831 knew what
a prominent part he had. taken in the Reform of 1831 and,
1832. Then what had he done for education ? He had
assisted the progress of national education more than any
other man in the country. But afterwards, when the poli-
tical coach was going too fast, and when
The women who had locked their fish up,
Had gone away to cry " No Bishop,"
then he thought it was time to put the drag on, and he
advocated the maintenance of the Constitution of the
country, but at the same time maintaining that liberal
spirit with which he had started in life. (Hear, hear.)
Let them look next at the leader of the House of Com-
mons—a man under whom any one might be proud to
serve. With mature knowledge as a statesman, and with
indomitable courage, he had for nearly 20 years kept to-
gether a large political party of upwards of 250 men, not
by a division of the sweets of office, but in opposition.
Other old and tried men in the Ministry he need not enu-
merate, but he would venture to affirm that the new men,
who had taken office for the first time, might be ranked
as at least equal to anythat they might take from the other
side for habits of wisdom, knowledge of affairs, and elo-
quence in debate. There was the Lord President, the
Duke of Buckingham, he would venture to say that there
was not another man who could be at all compared with
him as a man of business, and for general knowledge of
affairs. Then there were... Lord Stanley (at the head of
foreign affairs), Lord Cranborne, and not forgetting Mr.
Cave, who was connected with Gloucestershire. (A voice
—" What about the two Chancellors of the Exchequer ?")
Why, ho would say the wise matured actions [of the pre-
sent Chancellor of the Exchequer were not to be compared
with the actions of the late Chancellor. Then as to foreign
politics, he would ask, were they always to be silent re-
specting what was doing abroad ? Were they never to in-
terfere or to see what was going on on the continent ? If
so, they would hereafter become a second Denmark. It
was not that they were always to be interfering, promising
cajoling, and then forsaking their allies when the time
for help came. (Hear, hear.) That was the course that
had been pursued by this country towards Denmark. With
regard to our army and navy, it was agreed on all hands
that if we were not active in taking part in an efficient
maintenance of our army and navy while other countries
were doing so much they might be left in a dangerous
position. Numerous public questions required conside-
ration, but the reform coach stopped the way. He was
not going to discuss the position in which the question
stood beyond saying this, that the question became one
of great importance when they considered that
the extreme Radical party hail thought it right to
unite itself with the trades unionist in order to effect its
purpose. That was a fact pregnant with dauger. lie asked
them to consider the extreme opinions which during this
autumn had been advanced at great political meetings, and
ho ventured to ask why the public had not got .some de-
claration from some of the leaders of the Whig party that
they could not go the length of the extreme Radicals. It
was right they should have a declaration from the leaders
of the Liberal party that they were not prepared to go that
length. In this position of affairs he thought it impossible
they could have men more able to satisfy the requirements
of the country than the present Government. If there was
to be an alliance of the Liberals with the extreme Radicals
then they had arrived at a moment of danger, and ho called
on all moderate men of whatever party to cast their lot,
not with Mr. Gladstone and Mr. Bright, but with those
who would uphold the constitution and oppose revolution.
The ro-elected member having been girt with the sword
in the usual manner, the proceedings terminated with a
vote of thanks to the High Sheriff.

Tie Gambling Mania.

The growth of the passion for gambling in this
country is a just cause of alarm. Formerly very
few of our people were addicted to it; now it pre-
vails so extensively that it may be almost said to be
universal. It pervades everything. It enters into
our business and our pleasures, and even the church
tolerates it as an auxiliary to its charitable efforts.
One can scarcely open a newspaper without finding
several tempting programmes of art unions and gift
enterprises, offering chances to secure prizes rang-\
ing from one dollar to half a million upon the pay-
ment of a small sum ; and although several of these
have proved outright swindles, no prizes at all being
distributed, and in those that are managed with ap-
parent honesty the prizes do not amount in fact to
half the aggregate received for tickets, and there is
not one chance in a hundred of a ticket-holder realis-
ing anything, it is evident that tickets are still
sold in immense numbers. How does it happen
that we Yankees, who are supposed never to part
with a dollar unless we are sure of its full value in
return, are so easily duped ? Has some strange
transformation occurred to us, eradicating our in-
herited sagacity and thrift ? No doubt Yankee
human nature is very much like all other varieties
of the article, and this apparent change is rather a
development originating in new circumstances. An
inflated currency has unsettled all the normal rela-
tions of business and industry. While capital and
speculative sagacity gain large rewards, industry is
but poorly paid in Comparison. The difference is
greater than ever before, greater than is consistent
with just relations between the different classes or
with permanent prosperity to any. Nobody ex-_.
pects now to accumulate property by ordinary
industry and thrift. It must come by some
stroke of good fortune or not at all. The factory
operative sees his employers accumulating every
year what would be to him a great fortune ; is it
strange that he should attempt to break into the
charmed circle, and venture his hardly - earned
five or ten dollars for the Email chance of obtain-
ing a lucky number from some wheel of fortune?
The poor country pastor, struggling to live upon
a salary altogether inadequate, receives a circular
giving a brilliant schedule of prizes rising from a
thousand dollar picture to a six hundred thou-
sand dollar opera house, not in a lottery either,
but an " art union," by which the prizes are to
be "distributed," not " drawn" or raffled for—is it
strange that he is tempted to risk the five dollars he
can ill spare from necessary uses, and devote it to
the purchase of a chance, which is scarcely one
chance in a thousand that ho may receive some-
thing in the " distribution." Perhaps he remem-
bers, too, that " the disposing of the lot is from the
Lord," and indulges the hope that the Lord may
favour him just this once, seeing that he needs the
favour so very much. Or he argues that every-
thing has now taken this shape—that the gambling,
once peculiar to the stock market, has entered
every
department of trade, that scarcely anything sells for
its honest price, but bears the burdens imposed by
sale and resale among the speculators—and snick, he
cannot escape this unnatural complication, but must
submit to its evils whether he will or not, why
should he not also improve the chance open to him
and try his luck with the rest ? The passion for
sudden gain also enters into our amusements. Con-
tests of strength and skill have no charm unless one
party is to win something from the other besides the
glory of victory. There must be a prize to be won,
or a boat race, a horn race, or a game of ball has

Westwick has returned home, and is to be thrown up.
This morning Knight of the Crescent took Grand Cross
three steady canters, and then the pair went in. Knight
of St. Michael led Knight of the Grove a smart mile gallop.
Queen of Nuts walked. The whole of the above (Lord
Exeter's) are to be disposed of. Tho Rejected gave Tara-
ban and West Wind two cantors, and then a mile and a
quarter gallop. Southmiuster was again engaged tutoring
the yearlings. Amazon and Rondinella were working
freely. Bezique, Vulcan, and Tycoon galloped a mile.
Malta and Treasure Trove trotted: Urania, Skysail,
Ploughboy, and Little Treasure had a mile and a half
gallop. The whole of the yearlings are progressing ex-
ceedingly well.