The Sun.
London, England, 1868-11-26 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 26, 1868.

SHARE LIST.

MIDINARI ouALaIs_AND STOCKS.

Closing Business
share Railways. Paid. Prioe. dens.

at Bristol and Exeter ...... 100 76 78
at Caledonian ... 100 71 7.4
a; Cambrian
20 Cornwall all St St
st Dublin & Belfast Juno lO9 77 79
at Dun,,Perth.& Ab. June, lOO 70 72
2) East London all 7 9
20 Do 16
21 Do 10
at Glasgow A. S. Western lOO 91 02
'st Great Eastern ..
at Do. E. Angl. No. 2 lOO 8 81
at Great North of Scotland lOO 15
at Great Northern lOO 100 106 1'
at Do. A. stock lOO 100 100
at Do. B stock lOO 121 125
at GtS, and W. 01 Ireland lOO 96 97
a. Gt. Western -original lOO 194 30 14
A Do. South Wales lOO
a. Do. W. 31.1d.—Oslor(( lOO 25 28
at Do. Newport lOO 28 32
at Lancashire & Yoreeihm lOO 32.4 .281
at Lon., 11rIgh., & S.Coast lOO 454 4,4 q
30) Do Scrip ....
st Loa., Utiat., and Do's iv., 17 174
8t Do. Oletrop. Ex. A 101)
rt Lun. & North Itiesten, lOO 1121 1134 1121
.g Lon. ez South Western loo a? as
Man., Shef., &Lincoln lOO 474 -IS
at Metropolitan . l' 1( 5,0, 4 100 5j
at Do Extensi ,„ 100 1,2 1 S
11 Do. £Ncv. rd Iu 10 1
at Me copolitau District. all ;0 .2
lu Metrop. .4. John's oo I 6 -
st u.aiid
st Do, dictums..a Durt., lOO 70 t 1
at North British ..... 103 32 43
at Do. 30d., rth., & 109
st N or. Itlastern Berwiuls .. 100 024 it 04
25 Do. G. N. E purchas 16.13.1
at Do Leeds. ...... ....... 100 2.11 231 35
at Do York
at Do Carlisle ....
at Do Stoe t. & Darling l,O lzi 130
at North Lon len .. 10) 122 125
10 Do New 1868. 2 14 2
st North Staffordshire lOv 53 55
at North and S.-W. Junction 100 102 104
10 Do New .010 shares 7 ...
t Rhymney
et Shropshire Union 1 0 504
st South Devon
at South Eastern lOO 794
20 Staines, Wok'hami& Wok all 12 13
at Hsu sale 10) 145 150
i 0 Do. C
st Waterford & Kilkenny lov
10 Waterloo & Whitehai 6

RALLIV..A.YS-PREFERENCE SHIRES AND STOCKS.

st Bristol and Exeter 4 p.cent. 100 80 SS
st Caledonian gra., No. 2 lOO
st Do. Scot. N.E., 41 per cent lOO
st Do. Aberdeen, gua. 6 p.c lOO
st Do. do. 7 per cent lOO
st D. do. Ordinary lOO 70 80
at Do. Midland
st Do. Dundee and Arbroath 100 _
20 Cornwall, 5 per cent gua all _
at Dundee, Perth, and Aber-
deen Junction lOO 105 107
st Do. Ist Class preference lOO _
at G las. & S.W. gua. 5 per ct lOO
at (It. Eastern, E.C. Ex. No. 1 100 97 100
st Do do No. 2 100 96 93
st Do do 6 per cent 100 108 108
st Do East Anglian Asp. c. 100 99 102
at Do do B 6 do. 100 _
st Do do C 7 do. 100
it Do do No. 1,5 p.c. 100 100 102
st Do E. Union 4p. c. gua. 100 69 71
at Do Norfolk 0 p.c. Ex. 1846 100
st Do do 5 p.c.Way.Val. 1847 100 _
st Great Northern, 5 per cent 10 ..„
at Do 5 p.c., rd at 10 p. c. pm. 100
st Do 41 do do do 100
at Do 5 do .atsp. c. pm. 100 ...
it Do Leeds, Bradford, and
Halifax, 6 par cent lOO _
at Gt. Nrth of Scotland. Ist pf 100
at Great South. and West=
(Ireland) 4 par cant lOO 96 97
at at.west.—ori6, J ut,.-iteut
ch' per gua. 5 p.c lOO 102 10S
st Do. (Rig. (B. &H. Ex). 5 p.c 100 05 100
at Do do 4, per cent. 1850 100 . 83 Si
at Do do 4 do do
st Do do 5 per cent. reclean 100 93 95
at Do do Birmingham gua 100 65 70
at Do do do pref 100
st Do do Chester gua lOO
at Do do do 8 per cent lOO 150 161
st Do do do 5 do 100 95 100
st Do South Wales, gua. 4 p.c. 100
st Do do 41 p.c lOO
st Do do 41 1859 lOO
at Do do 5
st Do West Alid.-Oxford Ist g 10) 108 112
st Do do 2d gua lOO 107 109
at Do Newport, Ist g. 5 p.c lOO 83 02
at Do do 28 do 100

et Do gua. 51 per cent. 1863 100
100 Lancaster & Carlisle 11 p.c. all ...
st Laneash. & Yorksh. 6 p.c. 100 1 0 135
st Do Barnsley, £5 3s 10d p.c. 100 ...
et Do 6 p.c. (East Lancashire) 100 130 135
st Do 41 (Blackburn parch). 100 97 100
st London it Brighton, 5 p.c.

. .
guaranteed,- No. 1 lOO ... ...
st Do 5 per cent. gua. No. 2 lOO ... ...
st Do 6 do do lOO ... ...
at Do 5
as No. 4.
11,000
....
.....
st Do 7 per cent
st Do 6 do (NV.E. & C.P.) 100 ... ...
at Da 4 do ISO lOO ... ...

... ...
at London, Chatham, & Dover
5 per cent ICO ... ...
at Loudon and N.W., C. and
a Cpaemr
brid cent
ee lOO 109 11
100
8,
911
st
DD
ooN
suhne,Bedfordwt osn 5
t., y
st London and b.-W. 7 p,c.
& Welchp'l lOO 88 91
late 3d shares, lOO 141 146
25.6 d. Do (Portsm. perp ans. 2s6d) all ... ...
at Man., Sher., &.Lincln. G p.c lOO 111 117
6 Do £6 all par Ipm
st Do 31 per cent lOO 60 61
10 Do redeem. 6 per cent 5 ... ...
at Mid. Consolidated., 6p. c lOO 130 145
51 Do Bristol &Birm., 6p. c lOO 1;0 133
at Do 41 per cent. redeem lOO 97 se
at! Do 43 per cent. irredeem lOO 97 92
at Do Licester & Irchn, 4 p.c lOO 89 91
st North British, 3 p.c. No. 1 lOO ...
st Do E. &G.4p.c. S. & ...
D lOO ... '
...
at Do N. 8., No. 2, 5 per ceu.t lOO
... ...
it Do Border Union, 53 p.c lOO ... ... •
at N.-Eastern—Cons. 4p c lOO 85 87.
st Do 44 per cent. redeem llO 94 95
at Do O.N.E. 4 per cent., lOO ... l7 Do Berwick capital 8 13.4.
... ......
28 Do York, H. &S. purchase lO 10 101
kit Do Stcktn & Drling. A. 5 p.c lOO 108 11U
st Do W, Hartlepool IL and .11 lOO 87 89
20 North Staffordshire
103 S. Devon Annuities, 10s all 94 104
10s Do Tavistock Amis., 10s all 910
lOs Do Fixed 41 per cent all 8 9
1.0.6. S. East. (head. Anus., 1.0.6) all 22 23
st Do 41 per cent lOO ... ...
at Do Fixed 41 per cent lOO ... .
••
st Taff Vale No.l lOO 145 150
at Waterford & liilkenny, 6pc 100 42 45

RAILWA.YS.-PREFERF.NOE SHARES AND STOCKS.

With Dividends contingent on the Profits of each separate year.

bt Caledonian 41 p c gua.
st Do Scot. Con. min. 7p c lOO
st Do 41 p c redeem all
st Do 4p c eon. issued at 80 65
st Great Eastern 41 per cent. 100
st Do 5 do, 1862 lOO
st Do New 5 do, 1863 lOO
st Do do 5 do, 1864.. 100
st Great Northern, 5p c irred lOO
st Do Permanent 5 per cent lOO
st Do Boston & Sleald, 41 pc 100
st Great West., W. Ilia, 5p c 100
st Do Joint perpe. 5 p c,1865 100
st Do do 6p c irred., 1866 100
21 Do Vale N eath perp. 5p c all
st Kent Coast, 6 per cent, B lOO
E 5 Lane. and York. New 41 per
cent till July, 1871 2
st Loud., Brig., &c., 41 pc, 1858 100
st Do do 4 do, 1860 100
st Do do 41 do, 1861 100
st Do do 41 do, 1863 100
st Do do 5 do, 1865 100
et Do No. 6 do, 1866 100
st Do No. 7 Bdo
st Loud , Chat., &e., 2d,6 p.c
st Do Motrop. Ex., B 6 p.c 100
Do do C 6 p.c
at Loudon &N. Western, 5p c 100
et London &S. Western, 41 p c 100
10 Man. ,thef.& Lin., 5 pc, 1865 all
st Metropolitan 5 per cent
st Midland, A 5 per cent pref lOO
st Do B 5 do 100
18 Do 5p e opt. to Cony. to
Ord. Stk., Sept. 1, 1869 all
18 Do 'newly. New Shares 16
22 Po 5 p c eon. into Old
Stk., Aug. 11, 1807 .... . . 81
st North British, E. and UAL
No. 1, 5 per cent...—. 100
st Do £lO guaranteed, 1861 100
at Do E., P., & Dun., 2d, 4pa 100
st Do E.& U., No. 2, 6 p.e
st Do N. 8.. 6 per cent, 1862 100
st Do E. & G., No. 3, 5 p.c
st Do E. & U., (Ordiry) 44 P c 100
st North Eastern, 41 per cent 100
st Do Stock. & Darl., D 100
et North London, 41, per cent
(Max. 5 per cent)
at North Staffordshire 5p c lOO
et South Eastern, 41 pc, 1859 100
st Do 5 do 1861 100
st Do sdo (Ch. Cross) 1863 100
st Do 5 do, 1864
et Victoria St. & Pimlico, 41 pt 100

77 81
8) i 1
83 91

86 90
84 83
102 104
191 201

i 11

10,1 110
93 95

8 81

105 107
105 107
11 lip
:11 ip
14
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65 57
97
111 113
101 103

RAIL WAYS.-LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS

st Birkenhead
100 Do. 41 per cent. Prefer.., all 101 103
at Buckinghamshire
at Do. 51 per cent.
.... 64 86
100 118 120
st Do. do.
st Clydesdale, guaranteed
st Colchester Stour Valley
st East Lincoln, gua. 6p. c lOO 13i
25 Gloster and Dean Forest.., all
st Gt. Easn., Newm., &c., 5 p.c. 100 "'
at Do. E. U. Harwich, 4 p.c. 100 1.;
Tl
at Do. do. Woodbrg. Ex., do. 100 69 72
at
Gt. West ,W. Mid., Hera. 100 95 97 97
se Hull and Selby all 109 111
at Lancaster and Carlisle lOO 21, 213
at London and Blackwall lOO 92 94
at Do. 41 per cent
at London, ()nat., &c., 41 pc. 100
at Do. Cora. Fund, 5 do. 100
at London and Greenwich
at Do. do. Preference lOO
at London, Tilbury, & South. 100 78 72
at Lowestoft, gua. 4 per cent lOO 79 83
st Do. do. 6 do.
51 blanch.,, ~
blanch., Buxton. & Matlk all Si
st Midland, Bradford, Pref lOO 92 94
10 Slid Kent (Cray Line)
50 Northern& East , b per cent all 52 11.11
50 Do. do. 6 do. all
at N. Eastern—Hartlep00l
at N.Wcst. A peril. prof, bp, C. 100 10i ,110
at Do B minimum 11 p.c lOO
at Hotting. & Grauth. O lOO 92 94
25 Preston and vl yr,3.
ltoyaton, Hitch., and Shep lOO 113 135
st Shrewsbury and Hereford 100 133 133
10 110 do g 21 2
.
at S. Yorksh. and River Dun 100 98• 100 p at Do 4 per cent gua 10) 79 81
at Do 6 do
at Viet. Station and Pimlico lOO 178 180
at West Cornwall
20 West London, Class A all 111 14
20 Do do B all
20 Do do C all 61 71
at Weymouth and Portland lOO ~,
at Wilts and Somerset

BANKS.

Closing
Share NAME. Paid. Price.
10 o Agra Limited, A all 114 124
10 D B
10 Albion lO al 6415 6 4
100 Alliance, Limited
20 Anglo-Austrian
20 Anglo-Egyptian, lim all 19 2 i
20 Anglo-Hungarian
20 Anglo-Italian 1866, limited 10 6 4
40 Australasian
20 Bank of British Columbia all ii 13
20 Do issued at 2pm ~.. 5 ... ...
29 Bank of Egypt
20 Bank of Otago, lim
26 Bank of South Australia all 31 33
10 Bank of Victoria, Australia 26 37 39
10 Bank of New Zealand all 17 19
50 British North American
20 Chartered of India, Austra-
lia, ind China all 20 21
29 Chartered Mere, of India,
London, and China all 29 304 301
20 City
100 Colonial 25 37 374
10 Consolidated, lim.
b 0 Delhi and London, lim
30 East London, lim 6 11 01
20 English and American, lint 10 ... •••
20 English Bank of Rio de Ja-
neiro, lint lO Id pr
20 English, :euttish, and Aus -
tralian Chartered
284 Hong Kong and Shanghai
Bank Corporation all ... •••
254 Do new .54 4 1
100 Imperial, lint 2O 17 IS
20 Imperial Ottonwa
5 lonian
2.5 Do new a 4d Id
20 Lnd Mortgage of India, lint 4 4 61
100 Do:, p. c. Delis.lB6 I, 30 all 76 IP 8
30 London Bank of Mexico
and South America, lim. 20 9 7
160 London and Brazilian, lim. 45 80 25
20 Do new 71 5 44
100 London & River Plate, Rm. 40 2 4
25 Do new 14 1
20 London Chart. of Australia all 234 244
50 London and C0unty........, 20 61 52
20 Do new. iss at 20 p.m, 16 pd. 11 ••• •••
50 London Joint Stock._
20 London and South Africans al 12 13
100 London & S.-Western, lint, 20 ... •••
50 London it Venezuela, lim 124 ... •••
100 London and Westminster. 20 66 67 871 8
100 Do Scrip, iss at 10 pm 2O 65 64 63
100 Merchant, lint
10 Metropolitan, lint.
100 Midland, 1im......
6 National of Australia
26 National of Liverpool, Um l6 ... ...
100 National Provine. of Eng'd 42 ... ...
10 Do
t 0 National.. 39 14 56
20 New South Wales all 41 43
20 North-Western
25 Oriental Bank Corporation all 424 414
.50 Provinc. Bank. Corpo., lim. 16 6 61
100 Provincial of 1re1and......„ 26 39 91
10 Do new.. all ... ...
100 Stand, of Brit. S. Africa, lint 26 13 11
100 Do issued at 6 pin. 10 ... ...
26 Union of Australia all 48 49
100 Union of Ireland, lira
50 Union of London

Business
done

CORRESPONDENCE PROM PARIS.

(FROM OUR OWN CORREbi usDFNT.)
PARIS, WEDNESDAY, November 25.

The Government has sustained a check at the CharentA
election. The journals are quarrelling about the result :
the Government papers maintaining that the successful
candidate, M. Laroche Joubert, has given his adhesion to
the Imperial dynasty, and that the Administration had
therefore remained neutral in the contest ; whilst, on the
other hand, the Opposition papers hold that the
Government opposed him from the first announcement of
his candidature. From these conflicting arguments the
truth may be gathered without difficulty. M. Laroche-
Joubert is not an anti-dynastic deputy ; ho is not
wholly opposed to the Emperor's rule, but he is by no
means to be reckoned amongst the majority. lie
is 'an independent candidate. The true signification of
this election is not a condemnation of the Government,
but a condemnation of the s3-stem of official candidatures.
It is a sign that the French people are beginning
seriously to demand the privilege of free action
in the choice of their deputies. Whether they
send supporters of the Government or adherents of
the Left, their representatives ought to possess freedom of
action in the control of the very limited jurisdiction which
falls to the Corps Lfgislatif. There is every indication
that for the future the Emperor will not find arbitrary
government so easy. There is every probability that the
Opposition will gain something at the next election, not
so much by a large increase of its numbers as by the
desire, more and more pronounced, of sending represen-
tatives who shall be something more than Imperial
puppets.

The 13audin affair is not yet become a matter of history.
On the contrary, the Government has determined to renew
the contest with greater energy than ever. On Friday five
Paris journals will appear before the Correctional Tribune,
whilst the raid in the provinces is to be continued, in
spite of the defeat experienced in the Indipendant du
Centre. This judgment is to be appealed against, and
another journal is to be prosecuted. As for the Paris
papers, they are going through the mill a second time
because they published the lists after the first con-
demnation.

The new piece at the Chatelet, " Theodoros," will not
come off with the eclat that was at first intended. It was
intended to have two live lions, and two live serpents, to
add excitement and variety to the scene ; but a difficulty
has arisen. One, at least, of the principal performers will
not act in such company a decision which even
the sensation•loving public will hardly quarrel with.
Cardboard is, therefore, to be called into requisition
to furnish the needful supply of lions. Even the excite-
ment of the serpents will be in some measure curtailed by
the pretty general impression that they will be rendered
harmless as doves by affixing wires to their tails.
A convict at Tenez, in Algeria, has redeemed his crimes,
and, I hope, secured his pardon, by an extraordinary
act of heroism. At a distance of half a mile from the
shore is a small rocky islet about forty yards in diameter,
which is to be united to the main land by a jetty, and on
which a number of workmen are employed. One day
last week a gale sprang up, and raged with such
violence that the men could not be brought back to
land. For two days the storm was still unabated, and
no boat or vessel could live at sea. The men still
remained in the same perilous position, until the captain
of the port, fearing that they would perish of hunger, pro-
posed that a man should swim out with a line to establish
a communication with the rock. The proposition was
not readily entertained. If neither ship nor boat could
live in the sea, it was hardly likely that a man could. To
swim half a mile throughout a raging storm was a feat
from which the boldest recoiled. But at length a military
convict,namedDumain, 29years of age, volunteered the ser-
vice. With a rope round his waist, he boldly plunged in and
struck out for the island. For more than half an hour he was
seen to struggle with the waves ; but at length he reached
the shore. The rope served as a means of communication,
and provisions were speedily conveyed to the beleagured
men. On the following day the sea went down, and the
prisoners were brought off. The convict was afterwards
presented to the Archbishop of Algiers, who congratulated
him in public.

The total loss by the inundations in Switzerland bait
now been estimated. Between seventy and eighty lives
were lost, some three hundred houses and bridges carried
away, and thousands of acres of cultivated land rendered
temporarily useless. The damage in money is set down at
£400,000.

A Spanish journal published at Santander is of opinion
that the revenues of the country might be officially
recruited by a tax upon all men who remain bachelors
from the age of 30 to 60.

THE WEATHER TABLE.-THIS DAY.

CRIMINAL COURT—(This day).

Charles William Templemann, 22, a respectable-
looking young man, was charged with the man-
slaughter of Stephed Blake, his father-in-law.

The jury found the prisoner guilty, and he was
sentenced to be imprisoned for six months, with
bard labour.

POLICE IN7'ELLIGENCE—This Day.

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.

CAUTION TO CAB PRoPRIEToRs.--John. Dean
Claridge, cab proprietor, of 10, Great Bath-street,
Clerkenwell, was summoned by the Royal Society
for the Prevention of Cruelty to An!mals for caus-
ing a horse to be ill usel.

George Young, officer of the Royal Society for
the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, Faid that on
the 10th of this month he saw the driver of the
defendant's cab driving a horse along Piccadilly,
and on examining it he found to be very lame.
He asked the driver for his numb-r, which he took
from his rocket, and lie then told the driver to take
the horse home, as it was totally unfit for use. He
saw the horse again seven days afterwards, and the
defendant then told him that the horse had been out
the previous night.

Mr. Arthur Cherry, the Goverument veterinary
surgeon, deposed that while in company of Mr.
Andrews, the chief officer of the society, he saw the
horse, which was lame in all its legs. He subse-
quently examined it, and found that it had several
sores which had been blackened over, and were now
nearly healed, but the horse was still in a very bad
condition—in fact, it was worn out.
The defendant asked the magistrate to see the
horse, and said that it could trot 12 miles an hour,
and he would like to drive the magistrate and let
him see what it could do.

Mr. Tyrwhitt said he would not set himself up
against the veterinary surgeon, and although he
was very much obliged to the defendant for his
invitation, still be must decline it. He would ask
the defendant whether he really meant to say the
horse was in good condition, and could even carry
its own harness.

The defendant said the horse was in excellent
condition, and called two witnesses in his employ,
one of whom said there was nothing the matter
with the last named, and the other that it was in
good condition.

Mr. Tyrwhitt said he could place no credit in the
evidence for the defence, and should fine the defen-
dant 55., at the same time telling him that he might
be fined 40s.

The driver of the horse was fined 2s. costs.
EXTRAORDINARY CHARGE OF HORSE STEALING
BY A Bor.—Charles Battey, a boy, was charged
before Mr. D'Eyncourt with stealing a horse and
harness of the value of £l5, the property of Mr.
John Burr, livery stable-keeper, of White Horse-
yard, Brook-street, Grosvenor-square, and also with
stealing a rug and whip,.the property of Mr. Cox,
butcher, 5, James-street, Oxford-street.
Mr. Burr said that on Tuesday evening he saw
the prisoner in his stables putting some harness on
one of his horses. He asked the prisoner what he
was doing, and the prisoner said that Mr. Cox had
sent him from his house. He told the prisoner he
had made a mistake, and that ➢lr. Cox's horse was
in the next stall. He (prosecutor) was then called
away, and on returning to his stables at a late
hour was informed by Mt. Cox, jun., that the pri-
soner had taken his horse and harness away. He
went in search of the horse, and subsequently
found that it had been discovered at Somers-town.
The value of the horse and harness was £l5.

John Hickey, Wellington-square, Gray's-inn-
lane, said that while going to work yesterdday
morning, he saw a horse and cart and some boys
playing in the cart. He asked how long the cart
had been there, and they said a long time, and
seeing the name of Fletcher en it he went to Gil-
bert-stseet, Oxford-street, and there found it be-
longed to a greengrocer of that name, and that the
horse and cart belonged to Mr. Burr.

Sergeant Ellis, 8 C, said that after taking the
horse and harness the prisoner took Mr. Fletcher's
cart, and Mr. Cox's rug and whips. Mr. Cox was
not in attendance, and the prisoner was not charged
with stealing the cart.

Police-constable Crowley, 229 D, slid that on
the prisoner being given into cuitody last night he
admitted taking the horse and h:trness, bu,-, not the
other property.

The Prisoner said he was sorry for what he had
done, and, in answer to Mr. D'Eyneourt as to his
reason for doing it, said that a boy told him to
do so.

The prosecutor said he had no wish to press the
charge with severity, but only for the sake of
example.

The boy's father, a respectable-looking man,
living in Gray-street, Manchester-square, said that
his boy had left home several times, and he had
fetched him home. He could not tell why he had
acted as he had done. He found that his son had
left the rug at a sweep's of the name of Clayton,
at Knightsbridge—the son knowing the sweep's
son.

Mr. D'Eyncourt remanded the prisoner.

THAMES.

SMUGGLING.—John Williams and George Taylor
were charged with smuggling tobacco and cigars.

A Custom-house officer, named Neame, was sta-
tioned on board the Sciudia, in the London Dock,
and overhauled the clothing and other things in the
prisoners' chests. In the leggings of a pair of trousers
belonging to Taylor he found 31b. of foreign manu-
factured tobacco, and in a secret till in the chest
owned by Williams a pound and a half of cigars.
The prisoners were convicted for smuggling, and
ordered to pay the single value and duty.
Williams—l am charged with smuggling tobacco
—I had not a bit of the weed about me.

He was
_reminded that cigars were made of to-
bacco, and fined 15s. His shipmate was ordered to
pay a penalty of 20s.

LANDLORD COERCION. -- An elector writing
front Wareham, says :—"ln the Bere district, on Tues-
day last, three persons voted for Captain Calcraft. One
of them was Mr. Mundell ; he rents his shop at Mor-
den of a person named Foster, who is under Mr. Bras,
the unsuccessful Tory candidate. For the audacity of
voting agreeably, with his sense of duty he has received
notice to quit his business premises within forty-eight
hours.

HANDWRITING.—I have been amused with a sen-
tence which I find in a letter written by a lady. " Who
is the writer of this letter? I can't make out the signa-
ture. The hand seems bad enough for a man's." I
really had no notion that women complained of men's
handwriting as being less legible than their own. On
thinking the matter over, however, I am not at all sure
that my correspondent is not right. The pen-
manship of women is rather odd, and it is not
easy to understand why they should be taught
to construct their letters in a manner peculiar to them-
selves. Mr. Tennyson, in one of his poems, compares their
up-strokes and their down-strokes to stalks of corn slant-
ing in the wind. And. oh ! their pothooks! oh, their
flourishes when they come to y ! oh, the bewilderment of
their zig-zags when they come to z ! Still, nevertheless,
and notwithstanding—l fear it must be owned that they
are neater in their handwriting than men are. Who
would have thought the influence of sex would find its
way to the nib of a pen ?-once a Week.
We are informed that a meeting was to be held
on November 13th inst., at 3 p.m., at the office of Chan-
cellor Ferris, in the building of the New York University,
for the purpose of discussing the feasibility of organizing
and sustaining an American Philological Society. It is
said that many of the loading linguists of the city and
and adjacent literary centres have expressed their inten-
tion to bo present. The object is a highly praiseworthy
and desirable one, and we sincerely trust that this pre-
liminary meeting will compass results of sufficient promise
to justify tho hope of a permanently established society.
Even " Brick" Pomeroy is to have a " Life and
Times." Lelock and Co., of New Orleans, will shortly
publish the work. Every dog is said to have his day, and
we know no reason why "Brick" Pomeroy should not
have his.

The faculty and trustees of the Agricultural Col-
lege at Amherst, Massachusetts, have just organized and
put into operation a short course of studies, for the benefit
of young men wishing to attend the institution but unable
to afford time for the full course. Students will be re-
ceived at any time, and will be allowed to pursue the
branches which they select, on the same terms and with
the same advantages as the students of the regular and
exteudetl course.