The Sun.
London, England, 1868-02-01 00:00:00

COTTON.

LrvntrooL, Feb. 1 —market opens steady. Sales pro-
probably 10,000 or 12,500 bales.

POTATOES.

Supplies are still very moderate and the demand good.
£ s. d. s. d.
Best Flukes
Second Flukes
Best Regents 8 0 0 to 9 0 0
Second Regents
Rocks ' 5 10 0 to 6 0 0
Middlings
French 4 10 0 to 5 0 0

Green Stuffs in short supply, and clear off briskly :
greens, is 9d to 2s 6d ; Brussels sprouts, 8d to is ; carrots,
3s to 4s; turnips, is 6d to 2s; leeks, is ; celery, 9d to
is 9d.

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE—This Day.

(By Telegraph.)
DEAL, Saturday Morning.

It has blown a heavy gale during tho night and still
continues. Most of tho shipping have apparently rode
well, excepting a collier brig, which has lost anchors and
chains, foremast, and bowsprit. Is in charge of a tug, and
will proceed to Ramsgate on the flow of the tide.

A PEctuAttire OF TII K CALENDAR.—The month
which wseingluialvaeri
'
singularity
yjuwmeh has not occurred inst entered contains five
Saturdays—aupon
any February these score of years.
THE SOLUTION OF A GHOST ALARM.--A gentle-
man residing at Peckham-rye
with a " ghost visitation," similar in character to that
. was recently troubled
which startled an aged lady and her household in
Kensington. No clue could be obtained to the
mysterious rapping for some time, and as each nigh,t,
drew near the female inmates of the "haunted house
gave themselves up to terror. At last the gentleman
discoYered the " ghost," which proved to be—a bat.
The creature had taken refuge just above the door,
and in endeavouring to flee away as darkness came
on, caused the mysterious rappings with its wings.
The bat destroyed, the knockings ceased, —South
London Press.
THE BIRMINGHAM MunDEß.—ts. telegram from
Birmingham, dated last evening, says:—"Nc clv has
as yet been discovered as to the murderers of Miss
Mary Milbourne, in Heneage-street, Birmingham, on
the 21st Jan. At the adjourned inquest held to-day,
a witness spoke to having seen three men coining over
the wall surrounding Miss Milbourne's premises about
the time of the murder, but denied positively that she
could identify them, or any of them. The coroner,
in summing up the evidence, said he should commu-
nicate the result of the inquiry to the Home Office,
and the further result would probably be the offering
of a Government reward, which might lead to the
discovery of the murderers. The jury then returned
a verdict of Wilful murder against some person or
persons unknown,' and the proceedings terminated."
THE VACANT LORD JusTicEsnip.--The resignation
1 of Sir John Rolt (of which' we informed our readers
some time back), although subsequently disputed by
contemporaries possessing less accurate information, is
now confirmed beyond any possibility of doubt. It
had been hoped that, in consequence of the
great difficulty of adeqUately replacing the
learned Lord Justice, his lordship might have
been induced, at least, to attempt to resume
his judicial functions. The state of his health
having, however, precluded this, his lordship's resig-
nation has been finally accepted. Rumour says that
the Lord Justiceship thus vacated has been offered to
Sir Roundell Pahner, and declined by him. Although
many names have been mentioned, it is most probable
that the appointment will be conferred upon Sir
Charles Selwyn, who will, in that case, he succeeded
in the Solicitor-Generalship by Mr. Balliol Brett, Q. 0.,
M.P. for Helston.—lmperial Review.
SOUTHWARK PARK. —The plans for the formation
of a park for South London have been approved of
by the General Purposes Committee of the Metropo-
litan Board of Works, and will shortly be made
public, for the purpose of inviting tenders for the exe-
cution of the work. The ground has been acquired at
a cost of £60,000. Its area is 65 acres, but in order
to recoup a portion of the sum expended in its
formation, belts of land skirting its wider parts will
be appropriated to the erection of some 300 houses of
such a elms as to command a yearly rental of about
£5O. In all, the ground thus used will be about
L ,
fifteen acres. The visitor, entering from Jamaica
Level,
will-passing the already finished lodge—find
Inipself on a plateau for promenade, having a foun-
tain in its centre, and environed by flower-beds.
Immediately before him will be a vista, extending to
the Deptford Lower-road, planted on either side with
limes. An avenue of horse-chesnuts.will wind away
to the right, round a spacious cricket-ground, to a
play-ground for younger lads than those likely to
join . cricket clubs ; to the left an avenue of
planes is projected leading past another open
plot to a gymnasium, which it is to be hoped will be
fitted up in a more liberal way than has been the case
with some others. On each hand of the Central or
Lime Tree-walk flower-beds will be formed, backed
up with ornamental grounds, laid out in accordance
with the received theories of English landscape gar-
dening, through which paths will lead to the various
grounds,