The Sun.
London, England, 1866-07-02 00:00:00

TEE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, JULY 2, 1866.

MARKETS.---This Day.

MARK-LANE.

Tho trade for wheat in the country markets held on
Saturday was very quiet. The amount of business trans-
acted was small, yet very little change took place in prices
from the previous week. Spring corn of all descriptions
moved off slowly, at about late rates. Tho flour trade was
quiet, on former terms.

On the Continent, the inquiry for wheat and flour for
export has increased, and there is also a steady inquiry for
spring corn. At New York the business doing in wheat
and flour for export is small.

A small supply of home-grown produce was received up
to our market last week. The imports from abroad con-
sisted of 29,013 quarters of wheat, 2,923 barley, 23,144 oats,
393 beans, 2,530 linseed, 4,390 rape and oilseeds, 40 sundry
seeds, and 1,717 sacks of flour.

The amount of business transacted in all descriptions. of
seed was very moderate. In prices very few changes took
place. Cakes wero in but moderate request at last Mon-
day's currency.

The trade for wheat in the country markets held on
Saturday was very quiet. The amount of business trans-
acted was small, but very little change took place in prices
from the previous week. Spring corn of all descriptions
moved off slowly, at about late rates. The flour trade was
quiet on former terms.

On tho Continent, the inquiry for wheat and flour for
export has increased, and there is a steady inquiry for
spring corn. At Now York, the business doing in wheat
and flour for export is small.

A small supply of home-grown produce was re-
ceived up to our market last week. The imports for
abroad consisted of 29,046 quarters of wheat, 2,926 barley,
23,144 oats, 396 beans, 2,560 linseed, 4,690 rape and oil-
seeds, 44 sundry seeds, and 1,717 seeds of flour.
Fresh up to our market to-day the arrivals of home-
grown wheat were very moderate. There was a limited
number of buyers in attendance, and there was much less
activity in the trade both for red and white qualities. The
transactions were mostly confined to retail parcels, at about
the late advance in prices ; but to have concluded sales of
any magnitude factors would have had to submit to a reduc-
tion in prices.

The market was moderately supplied with foreign
wheat. The trado was very quiet, and as regards se-
condary and inferior descriptions of wheat prices had a
drooping tendency.

Floating cargoes of grain were in fair dernand, at late rates.

The supply of English barley on sale was small ; of
foreign, but moderate. The trade, on the whole, was
steady, at full prices.

Malt sold slowly, at last Monday's currency.
Oats were in but moderate supply. The trade was quiet,
but good and fine samples were steady in prices.
Beans steadily supported late rates. The market was
but moderately supplied.

Peas moved off slowly, but at full prices. The show o:
samples was very moderate. _ _

The flour trade was steady. Prices wore without change
rora Monday last.

CURRENCY PER IMP. MEASURE..

Wheat—Essex and Kent, red, new, per qr. 42s to 50s
Do., old s2s 60s
Do., white, old 6os 62s
Do., new
Norfolk and Lincoln, red, old s —s
Do., new - s
Talavera
Rye—
Barley—Grinding
Malting 36s 43s
Malt—Suffolk and Norfolk
Brown
Kingstown and Ware
Chevalier 66s 67s
Oats—Yorkshire and Lincolnsh., Feeding 22s 28s
Potato
Youghal and Cork, black 22s 27s
Cork, white 248 29s
Scotch, Feeding 22s 27s
Beans—Tick
Pigeons ... 46s 50s
Peas—Grey, ~ 3ss 37s
Maple
.._

Wliite
Boilers
Flour—Town-made, per 2801 b
Suffolk 34s
Stockton and Norfolk
American, per barrel 2Bs
French, per sack 34s

METROPOLITANCA.TTLE.

There was a fair show of stock here to-day from Hol-
land, under the new Order in Council. The total supply
was rather extensive, and in fair average condition. Sales
progressed slowly, at late rates.
We wore very moderately supplied with home-fed beasts;
their quality, however, by no means first-rate. The re-
ceipts from Ireland and Scotland were limited. Although
the demand for all breeds of beasts was very inactive, last
week's quotations were well supported. The general top
figure was 5s 8d; but a few very superior Scots and
crosses realised 5s 10d per 81b.

From Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex, and Cambridgeshire we
received 1,200 Scots and crosses ; from other parts of Eng-
land, including Lincolnshire, 800 various breeds ; from
Scotland, 32 Scots and crosses ; and from Ireland, 53
oxen &c.

Tho show of sheep was seasonably extensive and in
good condition. Sales progressed slowly ; nevertheless,
the prices current on this day se'nnight were maintained.
The best Downs and half-breds sold at 5s 10d to Gs
per 81b.

Lambs, the supply of which was moderate, was inactive,
at late rates, viz., from Gs 8d to 8s per 81b.
The supply of calves was extensive, and the veal trade
was heavy, at depressed currencies. The top Sgure was
3s Gd per 81b.

The demand for pigs was heavy, at last week's prices,
viz, 4s to 5s per 81b.

Per 81b to sink the offal.

ds d
Crse. & inf. beasts... 3 10 4 2
Second quality do ..4 4 4 10
Prime large oxen ..5 0 5 4
Prime Scuts, &c.... 5 6 5 8
Crse. and int. sheep. 3 8 4 2
Second quality do ..4 4 5 0

d a d
Pme cra-wool sheep 5 2 5 S
Prime S'thdown C 0.5 0 6 0
Large coarse calves. 4 8 5 4
Prime small d0......5 6 510
Large hogs ...4 0 4 6
Small porkers 1 8 5 0

Lamb....6s 8d to 83 Od.
Suckling calves, 20s to 233 ; and quarter-old store pigs, 308
to 33s each. _ _ _

Head of stock on sale.
Total supply. Foreign supply.
Beasts 3.620 I Beasts ....... 2.110

Cows lO5 Cows.
Sheep and lambs 24,73u Sheep and 1 .mbs
Calves 650 oa.ves 558
_ _

Figs :130 Pigs B5
The total imports of foreign stock into London, last week,
amounted to 15,608 head. In the corresponding week in
1865, we received 20,395 ; in 18'64, 12,154 ; in 1863,
7,323 ; in 1862, 9,810 ; in 1861, 9,592 ; and in 1860,
11,806.

IMPORTS INTO LONDON LAST WEEK.
Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. Calves. Pigs.

-
Antwerp lOl ... 2206 410 232 27
Boulogne 342 ... 990 69 ...
Bremen lll ... 277 9
Gothenburg 192 ... 133
Cadiz —
Calais.. —
Dunkirk ........ 45 ...
Caen B2 ...
Christiana
Dieppe.
Hamburg 741 ... 6397 12 470
Stettin — •••
Ostend 75
Vigo 9B ..
Rotterdam

... 44 ... -

••• ..• ..•
90 - 45 ... 9
50 ... ... 19 ...
8 ... 15 ... 8 ... -

- ••• - ••• - ••• -
143 ... - ... 222 ... 5

- •••

- ... - ... - .., 209

Total 2,236 ...10,915 481 972 ... 904
The yearly comparison of weekly imports is as follows :
Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. Calves. Pigs
1865
1864 l9Ol ... 7506 1173 ... 772 802
1863: 958 ... 3639 ... 1227 ... 1082 ... 417
A statement and comparison of the supplies and prices of
fat stock exhibited and sold in the Great Metropolitan
Cattle Market on Monday, July 3, 1865, and this day,
Monday, July 2, 1866.,

Per 81bs. to sink the offal.
July 3,
.1865.

July 2,
1866.

Coarse and inferior beasts
Second quality do. .
Prime large oxen
Prime Scots, &c.
Coarse and inferior sheep
Second quality do.
Prime coarse-woolled do.
Prime Southdown do
Lambs

ad sd
3 6 to 3 10
4 4 4 4
4 6 4 8
4 10 5 0
4 4 4' 6
4 8 5 2
5 6 5 8
5 10 6 0
6 0 7 4

d s d.
3 10 to 4 2
4 4 410
50 5 4
56 5 8
38 4 2
44 5 0
52 5 8
5 10 6 0
68 8 0

Large coarse calves 4 2 4 a 4 8 5 4
Prime small do.
Large hogs
Neat small porkers 4 2 4 8 4 8 5 0
Beasts 5,480 3,620
Sheep and lambs 34,200 24730
Calves
Pigs
SUPPLIES ON SALE, July 4, 1864.—Beasts, 4,730—
sheep and lambs, 27,640—calves, 410—pigs, 470.
July 6, 1863—Beasts, s,o6o—sheep and lambs, 28,730
—calves, 383—pigs, 230.

The arrivals of new potatoes are on the increase. There
is a fair demand for most qualities, at from Bs. to 12s. per
cwt. Last week's imports were 2,945 baskets from Dunkirk ;
19,108 Rotterdam ; 405 Antwerp ; 1,195 boxes from Lis-
bon ; and about 100 boxes, &c., from sundry quarters.
Kent and Essex regents
Scotch do.
Yorkshire do Bos to 120 s „
„ Flukes 150 s to 180 s „
Rocks sos to 90s „
Spanish new
Jersey and other kinds lls to 15s „

Prorogation

igarian Diet,

PEsTrr, June 26.
The Royal rescript proroguing the Hungarian
Diet to an indefinite period has just appeared. Its
most important passages are the following :--
" Dear and Faithful Subjects,—ln convoking at
the close of last year around our throne the faith-
ful Estates and representatives of our kingdom of
Hungary to co-operate in the work of legislation,
we were inspired by the hope that the benefits of
peace we then enjoyed would be long preserved to
all the peoples of our monarchy. To our profound
regret this hope has not been realised.

" The Estates and representatives met at the Diet
are sufficiently acquainted with the march of the
events whose final development has forced us
to defend by every legitimate means the integrity
and power of the territory of our ancestors, and to
repel an unjust attack with armed hand.

" We experienced heartfelt joy at having been a
witness of the enthusiastic reception given by the
faithful people of our kingdom of Hungary to our
intention of settling pending questions, as also at
having seen the earnestgoodwill with which the Diet
anticipated our efforts to come to an arrangement
of that portion of common affairs by which it is
affected.

" It is with not less satisfaction that we have ob-
served the activity displayed by the Diet, which,
notwithstanding the storms that accumulated at the
extremities of the empire, did not allow itself to be
disturbed in its labours by the warlike armaments
which impose fresh sacrifices upon the country.
" But we are unable to disguise the mournful
conviction that the solution of the question depends
upon the extreme tranquillity of the public mind—
that most sublime benefit of peace ; while, upon the
other hand, the defence of the empire, whose exist-
ence is menaced, must above all form the object of
our endeavours.

" These events, independent of our will, and
which we have attempted to prevent by every means
compatible with honour, place us under the neces-
sity of interrupting the debates, which promised so
fairly, and of proroguing the Diet. While, there-
fore, giving the representatives of our Estates and
the faithful population of our kingdom the assur-
ance of our grace and Royal favour, we think fit to
decree the prorogation of the present Estates.

" FRANCIS JOSEPH."

Liverpool Cotton Market—(This Day.

Market opens quiet. Sales probably 8,000 bales,

NEW DIGNITIES.—The services of Sir Henry
Storks in connexion with the Jamaica inquiry are about to
be recognised by his being made a member of the Privy
Council. Mr. Erskine May, whose useful services at the
table of the House of Commons all members of Parliament
will appreciate, is to be given the second grade—Knight
Commander—of the Bath. Tho Companionship of the
Bath is about to be bestowed on Mr. James Booth, lately
one cf the Secretaries of the Board of Trade. It is under-
stood that Sir James Matheson, M.P., is likely to be the
new Lord-Lieutenant of Ross-shire, in succession to the
late Colonel Baillie. Mr. D. D. Keane, Q.C., has been ap-
pointed Recorder of Bedford, in succession to Mr. A. K.
Stephenson, whose appointment to the Assistant-Solicitor-
ship of the Treasury we notified in our last impression.
Sunday Gazette.
We understand that the American monitor Mian-
tonomah will, after a short stay at Cherbourg, ar-
rive in the Thames. That she should come to the neigh-
bourhood of London was not contemplated when she left
America. This deviation from the route originally pro-
posed for her is in consequence of Mr. Fox, the Secretary
of the United States' Navy, under whose control the Mian-
tonomah has come to Europe, having been assured that
many were desirous of seeing her whose engagements in
London render it impossible for them to visit her at Spit-
head. We have great pleasure in drawing attention to Mr.
Fox's friendly and considerate act.
The MECHANICS' STRIKE AT HUDDERSFIELD.—
Another attempt, but an unsuccessful oue, has been
made to bring to a close the strike of mechanics at Hud-
dersfield. A deputation of the workmen had an interview
with the employers at the White Swan Inn, on Friday
night, in consequence of an intimation they had had that
there might be an amicable arrangement effected, and on
the part of the mon an offer was made to resume work for
a present rise of is. a week, and another rise of a similar
amount in a month—the time being subsequently extended
to two months. The offer was declined, and as the masters
were not prepared to go beyond their former offer of grant-
ing the rise asked for, 2s. a week, in four months, the strike
still continues. Assistance is going to be rendered to the
mechanics by members of other trades.
THE FORTHCOMING CONGRESS OF THE ARCHEO-
LOGICAL INSTITUTE.—The arrangements have now
progressed almost to completion. On Tuesday, July
17th, the opening meeting will be held, at 12 o'clock, in
the Guildhall, when an address will be presented
to the President of the Meeting, and afterwards
members and their friends will visit two or three
of the most interesting City churches. On Wednes-
day, after the adjournment of the sections, two
short excursions will be arranged to the neighbour-
hood of London. On Thursday, Westminster Abbey
will be examined, and lectures will bo given on the history
of the Abbey, by the Very Rev. Dean Stanley ; and on the
structure, by Mr. Gilbert Scott. On Friday, after the meet-
ing of Sections, the Tower of London will be visited, under
the guidance of Mr. Hepworth Dixon, who will read a paper
on the history of this great national monument. The Royal
Institute of British Architects, in the evening, invite the In-
stitute to a conversazione. On Saturday, the excursion will
be made to Windsor and to Eton, where the Rev. Prof.
Willis will discourse on the architectural features of the
College. On Monday, after the sections, parts of London,
architecturally interesting, will be visited. On Tuesday,
after the sections, members will go to Hampton Court,
where Mr. Scharf will describe the pictures. On Wednes-
day, the general concluding meeting will be held in the
Guildhall. Some interesting discoveries respecting
Windsor have been made of late years, both in the Re-
cord Office, by Mr. Burtt, and at Windsor itself, and
these will, of course, be made available on the occasion of
the visit.—Athenleum. The Palestine Exploration Fund,
adds the same journal, will hold a meeting on the day suc-
ceeding the termination of the Congress of the Archa3olo-
gical Institute, when a paper will be read in which tho
objects of the fund, the results of its preliminary labours,
and the plans of its future operations, will bo discussed,
The meeting will be under the same auspices as those of
the Institute.

ANECDOTE OF HER MAJESTY.—Our Kirriemuir
correspondent writes—Among the many traits of kindness
and condescension in her Majesty's character the following
is not unworthy of a place. One day last week, while taking
a drive in her carriage, she noticed a man on the road with
a pretty large bundle, apparently very much fatigued. With
her usual condescension she entered into conversation with
him; by inquiring where he came from, and whither he was
going ; in answer to which he told her that he had come
from Cromarty, and was on his way to Dundee, intending
to cross the Capel, as being the nearest road. Her Majesty
then remarked that, as he appeared to be much fatigued,
and his bundle was apparently heavy, if he would put it
in the carriage, perhaps her coachman, who was also a
Highlander, would take him up. The weary wanderer
was thus taken a few miles on his way, and, as was ex-
pected, was greatly affected by the considerate kindness
and condescension shown him by her Majesty.—Dundee
Advertiser. •

• • 4.
ST. CLEMENT'S AT ROME.--This upper church is
attached to a convent of Irish Dominicans, to whose
prior, the Rev. Father Joseph Mullooly, the discovery of
the remains underground was originally due. He had long
come to the conclusion that the building in which he and
his brethren sung their offices was not even a restoration
of the original Basilica, but that it was entirely of com-
paratively modern date. Further consideration induced
him to believe that the present conventional church had
been built upon the exact site of the ancient one, and, by
reason of the different level of ancient and modern Rome
(which was shown so evidently by the Forum Romanum)

above it. Was it not possible, then, that the original
structure might still be in existence ? The conviction
that such was the case, and further, that even St Clement's
house itself might perhaps be discovered, grew upon him,
and in 1857 he was enabled to begin his explorations. He
opened a passage in a small chamber leading out of the
sacristy, on what would be the south side of the conven-

tual church, ecclesiogically speaking, and after clearing
away rubbish to the depth of about 15ft., he came upon
some columns which had evidently helped to support the
roof of the ancient building. On a wall near these shafts
some traces of frescoes were discovered, amply sufficient to
prove that the prior's conjecture had been well grounded,
and that the true Constantin basilica, abandoned and for-
gotten for nearly a thousand years, had at length been
found.— The Gentleman's Magazine.
REVIVAL OF OLD COACHING TIMES.--Since four-
horse stage-coaches were knocked off the roads by the

aduptinn of steam locomotion and railway transit, the old

coaching times have sunk into oblivion, and this once popu-
lar equipage become a rara avis until the new coach now
plying between London and Brighton wag put on the road,
and since which the initativo has been taken, and other
four-horse coaches will commence this week to run from
the metropolis to Hastings, Worthing, and other seaside
localities on the south coast, and continue on the road dur-
ing the summer. The demand for toll on four-horsed
coaches running this route was formerly 17s. 6d., but is
now remitted by the abolition of turnpikes.
Victor Hugo, it is rumoured, has lost £15,000 by
the failure of a London bank.

Metropolitan and Provincial Working
Classes Exhibition.

Several gentlemen who were connected with the late
Islington Working Men's Exhibition have formed them-
selves into a committee to do something higher and better
than that which has been done in the way of exhibitions.
This time the working *men of the provinces are invited to
assist their metropolitan brethren in the good work. That
they may do so with a will several influential gentlemen
have offered special prizes to be computed for by the
exhibitors.

For the.most useful invention a prize of £l5 is offered
by the directors of the Agricultural Hall Company, and
£lO for the best painting in oil. C. Comfort, Esq., gives
£d for the second best bil painting. Other prizes, but less
in value, are offered for designs in jewellery, working
models of steam engines, mills, workmen's dwellings, &c.
Also for the best specimens of Sheffield cutlery, lady's
boots, the entire work of the exhibitor. Inlaying inwood
wood carving, cabinet workond ornamental typography
all come in for special recognition and prizes. In addition
to the prizes we have enumerated the Exhibition Silver,
Medal, designed byWyon, will be awarded to the exhibitors
of the best specimens of household. furniture, hammered
iron-work, watch-case engraving, engraving on glass,
Coventry ribbons, design for paper hangings, embossing in
metal or electro plate, stained glass, artificial flowers, from
nature, working model of a steam vessel, statuette, in plaster,
or other material.

This system will induce those who intend to exhibit to
put forth all their energies, and thus we may expect to see
really ornamental as well as useful works as the results of
this projected exhibition. The programme of arrangements
is very comprehensive, including the contributions of
skilled workmanship, or amateur productions, of London
the provinces, Scotland, Ireland, and the Colonies. Small
workshops, with and without steam power, will be fitted
up round the building for those who may desire to manu-
facture and sell articles during the exhibition. There will
be a flower, fruit, and vegetable show, in connection with
the various existing Amateur Horticultural Societies in the
metropolis. A temporary garden to afford an opportunity
for the proper exhibition of terra-cotta borders, rustic
seats, &c., whilst the musical entertainments will be chiefly
confined to societies supported by the working classes.
Arrangements having been made with the Tonic Sol-fa
Association to organise six concerts of 1,000 voices each.
An emigrant ship cabin, full size, will also be constructed
and fitted with every requisite for a voyage to new Zealand,
showing the accommodation afforded to emigrants.
There is merely an outline of what is intended to be
carried out. From our knowledge of Mr. Watts, the secre-
tary, and his associates, we are certain nothing will be left

undone by them to make this exhibition worthy of the
projectors and those who exhibit. We understand the ex-
hibition will be opened on the 3d of September next, and
all applications for space must be sent to the secretary,
Mr. Watts, 7, Birchmoro-terrace, on or before June, the
30th. We had almost forgotten to mention that a " life-
boat," built from contributions by working men, will be
one of the objects of interest of the forthcoming exhibition.
We trust the success of this venture will be commensurate
with the spirit and energy which characterise the chiefs
in the movement.—Licensed Victualler's Review.

The directors of Charles Laffitte and Co.
Limited), wish it to be stated that the petition of
Sir John Gray, M.P., to wind up the company by
the Court of Chancery has been dismissed by the
Master of the Rolls.
THE PALMERSTON AND RUSSELL MINISTRY
has held office for seven long years, and has
had of course numerous changes within that interval.
There have been three Chancellors, Lord Campbell, Lord
Westbury, and Lord Cranworth ; four secretaries of war,
Lord Herbert, Sir G. Lewis, Lord do Grey, and Lord
Hartington ; two foreign secretaries, Earl Russell and Lord
Clarendon ; two home secretaries, Sir George Lewis and
Sir George Grey; two colonial secretaries, the Duke
of Newcastle and Mr. Cardwell ; two secretaries for India,
Sir Charles Wood and Lord de Grey ; four chancellors for
the Duchy of Lancaster, Sir G. Grey, Mr. Cardwell, Lord
Clarendon, and Mr. Goschen, and two post-master
generals, Lord Elgin and Lord Stanley. Ireland has had
two lords-lieutenant and three secretaries, viz., Mr. Card-
well, Sir R. Peel, and Mr. Chichester Fortescue. And
finally, there have been two Premiers, Lord Palmerston
and Earl Russell.
THE ITALIAN WAR OF 1859 cost France 345
millions, Austria 730 millions, Italy 410 millions. Thus
in two months, 1,458 millions were swallowed up.
THE ROMAN CATHOLIC CATHEDRAL IN LONDON.—
The Queen of Spain has sent £lOO towards the erection of
the Roman Catholic Cathedral in memory of Cardinal Wise-
man. The total amount subscribed is still under £19,000.
Universe.
THE COPYRIGHTS OF MOORE'S IRISH NATIONAL
AND SACRED MELODIES, including the symphonies and ac
companiments of Sir John Stevenson and Sir H. Bishop
(the latter excellent for their fancy and delicacy), were the
other day sold by Messrs. Puttiek and Simpson.
In addition to Mr. John Ennis, whose advance-
ment to the dignity of a baronet we announced last week,
the following gentlemen are likely to have the same
honours conferred upon them Dudley CoUtts Mar-
j oribanks, M.P., for Berwick-upon- T weed ; Mr. Pryso
Loveden, a relative of the late member for Cardigan of the
same name ; and Mr. Tempest and Mr. Ingilby, who repre-
sented old county families, the former in Yorkshire and
the latter in Lincolnshire.
MADAME JENNY GOLDSCHMIDT has returned to
England, and will sing at an orchestral concert, given by
Mr. A. S. Sullivan, on an early day next month.
PIUS IX.'S PONTIFICATE.—It is said that the
Pope has commissioned Father Ballerini, a Jesuit, and one
of the editors of the Civitta Cattolica, to write the history
of his Pontificate. He has sent him some unpublished do-
cuments of great importance.
The Times correspondent, Mr. W. H. Russell,
started very recently for the headquarters of Field Marshal
Benedek's army.
Two ROMAN CATHOLIC PEERS have been recently
called to the House of Lords, viz.—Lord Campden to the
Earldom of Gainsborough, by the death of his father, and
the Earl of Dunravon, created a peer by the title of Baron
Kerry, of Kerry, in the county of Limerick.
THE LAST OF THE COTTON FAMINE.—A recent
report presented to Mr. Villiers by Mr. Rawlinson, C. 8.,
Government engineer, states that the Public Works-office
in Manchester will be broken up this year, when Mr. R.
Arthur Arnold, the resident Government inspector, will
leave the district.
DEATH OF GEORGE LILLIE CRAIK.—The death
was announced yesterday of George Lillie Craik,
LL.D., the distinguished Professor of History and English
Literature in Queen's College, Belfast. He was born in
Fife in 1799, and was the son of a schoolmaster. He never
officiated in the Presbyterian communion, for the ministry
of which he was educated, and in 1812 came to London
where he was employed by Mr. Charles Ktiight and the
Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge. Ho was
favourably known by the " Pursuit of Knowledge under
Difficulties," written for the Libra]," of Entertaining Know-
ledge; then followed the "Pictorial History of England,"
" Sketches of Literature and Learning in England, from
the Norman Conquest to the Accession of Elizabeth,"
"History of British Commerce," "Spenser and his Poetry,"
"Outlines of the History of the English Language," "The
English of Shakspeare," and " The Romance of the Peer-
age." He had been professor in Queen's College, Belfast,
since 1849.

On the 20th inst. Dr. W. H. Russell, the Times'
correspondent, started for the head-quarters of Field-
Marshal Benedek's army. Dr. Russell has a special im-
munity from the hanging with which the genial Austrian
Commander-in-Chief is said to have threatened all news-
paper correspondents.—Morning Star, Monday, June 25.
THE NEW GOVERNOR OF JAMAICA.—Sir John
Peter Grant, who is named as the now Governor of
Jamaica, was born in 1807, and was educated at Eton and
at the old East India College at Haileybury. Having pro-
ceeded to India in connection with the Company's service,
he became Secretary to the Government of Bengal, and
afterwards Lieutenant-Governor of that province. Ho was
created K.C.B. in 1862. He is married to a daughter of
Mr. Trevor Chicheley Plowden.—Morning Star, June 23.
AMERICAN BEAUTY.--A writer in a London
journal, in giving an account of the gay scenes on the
Bois, in Paris, on a bright day last month, says :—" I could
not help remarking the prevalence of American beauty
among the frequenters of the drive. Miss Beckwith, Miss
Torrence, and a host of other stars from the West,. .de-
cidedly carried the day, and completely outshone thg,r
French rivals."
but this we do know, that language containingou's rich, who
LIFE.—We know not the author of the following,m ore
truth
never was uttered by man :—"Nature_kour
we
are
not born
arnn. d fsohode,dwoitlhl
brought us all poor into the worltt
andF gold.
She_ who
with fine clothes, nor with.
receive us again quite naked
our
brought us into the workklewditishinolivue
possessions and estates in
itffheernenpereo.d umrcehsoaellanalfiikneci
not know how to contain
ground after death is enough for
the grave. A little space hceil.otbhoosso
makes us all die without
and
ditious of the dead ? Open the sepul-
chres, the different con
d.e
view the dbo s, move the ashes, and distin-
guish, the rich and the p.ohoro.utan y Nature
d
a.u•b if you can, the rich from the poor. Perhaps you
willis know him by the magnificence of his tomb, which
only shows that ho possessed more goods, or rather that
he had lost more than the poor man has. I wonder that
men do not put some feathers into their dying pillows. I
wonder that people do not soften the mattresses on which
they shall finally die, breathing difficulty away with their
last breath, by thinking that they have made beds of soft-
ness for some of their oppressed, starving fellow creatures,
to rest upon in life. I wonder that people who have
money do not know the bliss, the joy, of using it while
they live. Using it while they live, that is the test; not
giving it away after death."

" J OSH BILLINGS" is the nom de plume of Mr.
Shaw, an auctioneer of Poughkeepsie, who has become
popular as Comic writer and lecturer.