The Sun.
London, England, 1868-04-07 00:00:00

COTTON.

LIVERPOOL, April 7. —Market quiet, and drooping I to
lower. Sales probably 8,000 bales.

THE WEATHER IN YORKSHIRE.—The weather
is so fine that farmers say the season is one month in ad-
vance of date. Cornfields and pastures are showing
vigorous growth, wheats having in some places outpaced
the roller, and aro now quite covering the ground.
Clovers are ready for sheep, which, however, are still on
turnips, which aro so plentiful and forward that some
fields are in full flower. In some cases farmers have had
their turnips to crush and plough in as manure. The
plentiful supply of fodder yet remaini❑g and the great pro-
mise of the spring herbage together tend to keep up the
pt ices of lean stock, which is and must foi some time re-
main in good demand. Everything in farm and garden
promises well.

WORKING WOMEN'S CLASSES, KENSINGTON.--
Reginald Stuart Poole, Esq., delivered a lecture on
Thursday last to the working women's classes, at the Class-
rooms, Newton House, Church-street, Kensington. The
subject was "Egypt." The lecturer's remarks bore parti-
cular interest on account of his extended personal experi-
ence in the country concerning which he discoursed. John
Dunkin, Esq., will deliver the first lecture after the Easter
vinatio, on April 1(3.

PREFERENCE SNARES.
North Staffot &hire, 201

ritmeEltENCE SHAERS AND STOCKS.
London, Brgliton. &e., 4i per cent., 1858, 89/
Midland A and B £5 per cent., 104; 5

LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS.
London and Greenwich, 62
treaton and Wyre, 45

k.'O.II,EIGN RAIL WAye.
atila and San7Franeiseo, gtm.7,7 per:cent., 161
Paris, Lyons, and Mediterranean.

FOKEIGN MINEE.:

Cape Copper, lim., 11
St. John del ltey, lim , 21

BANES.

Agra, lira., A, 101
Ditto, B, 71 8k
Anglo Egyptian, lim., 191
Australasia, 55k
Bank of Otago, lim., 41
City, 121 111
Consolivated, Urn., 41
English and ilia de Janeiro, lira., 7
Imperial Ottoman, 10}
London and Brazilian, lira., 17
London Joint Stock, 32
London and 11 estininster, 68k 7/
Union of London, 31/ 1
MISCELLANEOUS;
Anglo American Telegraph, 22k 1
Agio-Mexican Mint, 181
Atlantic Telegraph, 551
Ditto, 8 per cent 1021 11
Bombay Gas, lim., 4 9-16
Ceylon Company, 71
Commercial Union, Insurance, 6/
Crystal Palace, 23
Ditto, Pref., 100
East:lndia Irrigation and Canal, 171
Egyptian 9 per Cent., Viceroy Loan, gua. bylEgyp LOOT., 881
Fore-street Warehouse, lim., 10
Gen. Credit and Discount, Dm., 6 1-16
Home andlColonial A ssurance,
li udson's Bay, 141 k
International Financial Socicty,lirn., 31
Italian Irrigation (Canal Cayour),
Ditto, 6 per cent. Bonds, redem. 1870, issued 90, 421
Madras Irrigation and Canal (gullranteed 5 per cent. by

Government), 1031
New Quebrada,
Peninsula and Oriental Steam, 61]
Dito, new, 1867, 1" 11
Rio de Janeiro City Improvements, 181
Roy-al Mai Steam, 63
Telegraph Construct. and Maintenance, 14
Thames and 31ersey Marine, insurance, limn., 4}
Viceroy of Egypt, 7 per cent. (Mortgage) Loan, 73 it

Some time ago a composer, with dishevelled hair, and
as thin as a skeleton, called upon Rossini, and obtained
permission to play a pieco of his own composing. He sat
himself down to the piano, banged, ran up and down, bent
:iimself double, threw his nose into the air, and at last
stopped, exhausted. " What do you call that ?" said
Rossini. "Itis a funeral march which I composed on
the death of Meyerbeer. What do you think of it, divine
maestro?" "It is not so bad ; only it would have been
better if you had been dead, and Aleyerbeer had composed
muclA,".