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MISCELLANEOUS. HEALTH OF THE LARGE TOWNS.—Last W IFAE births registered in London and twelve other large towns of the United Kingdom were 4,309 the deaths reg- istered, 2,580. The annual rate of mortality was 19 per 1,000 in London, 29 inEdinburgh, and23 inDub- lin 20 in Bristol, 20 in Birmingham, 25 in Liver- pool, 26 in Manchester, 22 in Salford, 16 in Sheffield, 25 in Leeds, 23 in Hull, 26 in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, and 33 in Glasgow. The Journal du Havre affirms, and with perfect seriousness, that the Emperor of China, having been invited by an autograph letter from Napoleon III. Will leave his own country towards the middle of July, embark in a steamer of the Messageries Imperiales, pass by the Isthmus of Suez, and land at Marseilles near the end of the second week in August. The Chinese Sovereign, the same journal affirms, will be lodged and entertained during his stay in Paris at the expense of the Emperor of the French. We shall believe all this story (says Galignani) IV hen the Emperor of China arrives. BOARD OF TRADE RETURNS.—The official return for the four months ending 30th April last was issued on Thursday. The total value of British exports was in January, 912,786,842 in February, E14,446,072 March, £ 15,148,707; and in April, £ 13,804,908. This exhibits a considerable decrease as compared with the corresponding period of last year, as in January, 1866, the exports amounted to £ 14,354,748; February, £ 15,116,063 March, zE17,520,334 and in April, £ 15,366,414. The total value of imports in January of the present year was zC9,452,759 in February, F,14,828,289 and in March, 917,183,770 whereas the imports in January, 1866, were zCO,847,564 Feb- ruary, f;16,610,159 and March, 91938912204. In 1865 the exports in the four months ending 30th April amounted to £ 47,706,818 and in the three months ending March of the same year the imports were £ 32,295,568. A SHOCKING TRAGEDY IN CHELSEA.—At about five o'clock onThursday morning Mrs. Sadler,late barmaid to Mr. Brookbank, licensed victualler, attempted self- murder by cutting her throat. Mrs. Sadler had re- cently married, and was considered to be the hand- somest barmaid in London. Her employer had placed the unfortunate lady, with her husband, as manage- ress of the Roebuck Tavern, Leader-street, Chelsea, and which they only opened last Saturday, in a stylo seldom witnessed in Chelsea. A band of music was engaged, the house was illuminated, and 1,200 jugs were given away. This excitement, it is thought, was too much for the unfortunate woman's brain, and get- ting out of bed she attempted self-destruction with her husband's razor; and it need not be said what the horrified man suffered when he made the discovery. The neighbours were alarmed, and Dr. Wrench being called in, he had the sufferer removed to St. George's Hospital in a cab; but we regret to say that the poor creature attempted to re-open the wound closed by the surgeon, and not the slightest hopes of her recovery are entertained. ANOTHER ENGLISH STEAMER FIRED AT BY A SPANISH GUNBOAT.—Another English steamer has been fired at by a Spanish gunboat. The following is an extract from a letter dated Gibraltar, May 23 The British steamer Peninsula, belonging to London—a regular trader between Gibraltar, Cadiz, and England, and Well known to every Spanish guarda-costa for twenty years—was steaming quietly along her usual course from Gibraltar yesterday afternoon-she was some distance to the north of Cape Trafalgar, and fully five miles from the shore-when she was approached by the Spanish gunboat Prosperidad, and a shot was fired at her without warning. The captain of the Peninsula immediately hoisted the British ensign; but in spite of this, another gun was fired at the Peninsula after the ensign was hoisted. The crew of the Peninsula cannot swear whether the guus Were shotted or not, but fortunately no shot struck 'the Peninsula, which vessel was stopped, and a Spa- nish officer came on board with a sailor who spoke broken English, and he demanded the name of the Steamer. Then he said, 'Why did you not hoist your colours ?' and then added, 'You are too near the shore; you have no right to be so near shore.' The captain of the Peninsula then replied, 'I hoisted my British ensign the moment you fired your first shot, and we are on our usual course between Trafalgar and Cadiz, all steamers keep th iscourse or even inside it.' The Spanish officer then made off, and the Prosperi- dad steamed away. The Peninsula is now in Cadiz bay In quarantine." MEETINGS IN ROYAL PARKS.—The Bill introduced into the House of Lords by Lord Redesdale enacts The parks, gardens, and possessions to which this Act applies shall not on any occasion be used, without the permission of Her Majesty, for the purposes of political ■or any other meetings, nor for open-air preaching, nor for the celebration of the anniversaries or other re- Unions of clubs or benefit societies. A*iy person con- vening, or aiding, or assisting in convening anymeeting to be held in contravention of this Act, and any person knowingly joining or taking part in any such meeting contrary to the provisions of this Act, on being convicted before any magistrate sitting in any police-court within the metroplis shall, on such conviction, either be liable to a penalty not exceeding £ 5,. or in the discretion of the magistrate, may be imprisoned for any term not ex- ceeding one calendar month. Nothing in this Act contained shall be deemed to prejudice or affect any prerogative or other right of Her Majesty, her heirs or successors in respect of the said parks, gardens, and possessions." To-morrow presents its easy pillows" in vain to ,those who believe in the tremendous importance of to-day, and are aware of the possibility of not succeed- ing to-morrow. But those who are allowed to see the sun of the morrow will look in vain for that resisting iplace which fancy offered to their indolent humour. When to-day has become yesterday, and to-morrow has settled into to-day, we shall not find that pillow very easy which is crowded with the postponed duties of so many yesterdays. THE FATE OF DR. LIVINGSTONE.—An Irish paper of Saturday publishes the following extract of a letter from the gunner of I.M.S. Lyra to his wife, residing at Howth, dated Zanzibar, March 28, 1867: "I think I told you in my last letter that Dr. Li-vingstone had been murdered in the interior by the natives. We have just received the news that there is no truth in it, and that he has sent some of his men down to see after his clothes and other articles. I only hope that it is true," WHAT is AN ENCUMBRANCE P—The matter was discus- sed by the Chester Board of Guardians last week. The Board advertised for a porter without encumbrance," and when the applications came in a member asked what an encumbrance was. Of course, there were present those who were ungallant enough to say wives." But here subtle distinctions were made between wives with families and wives without. Mr. Weaver thought a 0 W1^e 01'ie °f the greatest blessings aman had upon earth—a speech which was received withlaughter. The <"< •balt ST° e difficulty by calling encumbran- ces wives who were dependent on a man." Mr. Wad- ley suggested that a mother depending on a man for support mignt be deemed an encumbrance," a statement that was received with a chorus of "noes;" A WEATHER PREDICTION. The People's 3 £ <xqcbzin& pre- dicts that the coming summer will be one of the hottest on record; the deduction being made from the follow- ing axioms established by Dr. KirwanFirst—That When there has been no storm before or after the spring equinox, the ensuing summer is generally dry, at least five times out of six. Secondly TJ" ^hen a storm happens from any easterly point, either on the 19th, 20th, or 21st of March (the equinox), the succeeding Summer is generally dry four — That when a storm arises on the 25th, 26th, or 27th of ilarch, and not before, in any point, the succeeding summer is generally dry four times in five. Fourthly- That if there be a storm from S.W. or W.S.W. on the 19th, 20th, or 22nd of March, the succeeding summer is generally wet five times in six. Some other argu- ments are used, but the principal is that the month of March began with N.E. or N.N.E. winds, [continuing with scarcely a change to the 17th when the wind ad- vanced to a point or so to the south of east, but returned il nn °J1, £ l^th, and so continued to the 21st. On the 22nd there was a twelve-pound pressure of the Wind from S.E., in fact, the weather was stormv from the S.E. from the 20th to the 22nd. It follows accord- ing to Dr. KIrwan s second axiom, that the'ensuing Bummer will be dry. ° RUMOURED MUNIFICENCE OF THE QUEEN.-The London correspondent of the Eastern Morning News says —The Queen is about to perform an act of great munificence During the five years she has remained in retirement nhe has necessarily accumulated a large portion of her privy purse allowances, which under happier circum- stances would have been spent in Royal hospitality both to her own subjects and to foreign princes. Her Majes- ty, desiring it should not be supposed that she had saved this money for parsimonious reasons,has resolved to give no less a sum than half a million sterling for the erection of a convalescent hospital. The matter hitherto nas been kept very quiet, but I have reason to believe moneyhas been already made over to trustees, and Unty before long, be made known offi- CiallY. The new institution will be built more especially in connection with St. Bartholomew's Hospital and the treasurer and other officials of that renowned charity IS • It is proposed to spend about £ 200,000 m purchasing the site and erecting the building, and to keep the reminder of the sum inland convalescent hospital 1 In £ a- a f^Z \e distance from London, so as to give the inmates the advantage of nnre nir The Queen is said to have been moved to thisPact of benevo- the noble examPle of1Mr- Peabodv It is DOS- Bible that a recent action on the part of the Empress of the French may also have been an MDUCINA-MN«^ o TT Majesty has lately given up a beautiful Shateau i £ j Lyons for a purpose similar to that which Queen ria is now promoting.
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DR. MARY WALKER'S LECTURE. Dr. Mary Walker—the American lady physician- has been lecturing in various parts of London and also in the provinces, detailing in a very peculiar manner her experience as a surgeon in the United States Army, and as a prisoner in the hands of the Con- federates. In the course of her addms. she gave occasional expression to sentiments which manifested the strongest abhorrence of the Tositioll taken by the Confederates in the late war, and which were received with divided feelings by the audience. She lost no opportunity where it could be appropriately done of hitting at the costume generally worn by females, and of saving a word or two in defence of the rights of her sex. She spoke in one place of Robert Lee, who had questioned her in Richmond Prison, as a leader in the greatest scenes of blood and carnage for the oppression of mankind that the world had ever known, and as one who spared no man, and left no means untried to have that vile Confederacy with slavery for its corner-stone established. In a conversation she had with the Provost-Marshal of Richmond in regard to an exchange of prisoners, he commenced a tirade against c a lady acting as surgeon, saying they bad none in the South, and no woman had any business to be in the army. She presumed that some of those persons who manifested such feelings as she had just heard would feel differently when war swept over this country, and they were laid up sorely wounded in hospital. Some of them, perhaps, had forgotten that they had a Florence Nightingale and other noble women or perhaps they were soyoung that they remembered nothing about it. On a subsequent occasion, when she went to another provost-marshal petit:olling to be released or exchanged, she was told that if she would go homc and notgo to the Yankee army again, and dress as other ladies dressed, she would receive some sym- pathy. Determined notto lose her self-respect, even at the prospect of being free again, she told him she did not come there to discuss the position of woman. According to her idea, men had no more right to dictate the position of women than women had to dictate to men. As for the dress, she told him that nine-tenths of the women carried about with them a load OF dry goods which were not only in other people's way but continually injuring themselves, and that she considered herself far more capable of deciding what was best for her than any man, whoever he might be. Referring to an occasion when, after being weakened by a long imprisonment, she wished the aid of the arm of a soldier who stated that he was afraid lest there should be something stated in the newspapers about it, she said .she went along thinking, as she had done a thousand times before, that women had A great deal more moral courage than men. Here (referring to herself) is an f evidence of it; here is a beautiful evidence of it. A man, she added, cannot have very much moral courage who will hiss at ideas be cannot do away with by argument. She also thought the press often did not do so much justice to women as they might. They often criticised women severely when they allowed men to pass, saying very little about them.
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DEATH or MR. JOlIN HARDMAN. Last week, at Bristol, there died Mr. John Hardman, the head of the firm of Hardman and Co., of Birmingham, at the age of fifty-five. The deceased gentleman is well known as the reviver of the art of metal-working and glass-painting, to effect which object he spared neither time nor money. In 1845 Mr. Hardman gave an impetus to the trade of Birmingham by his improve- ments in stained glass, realising that solemnity and harmony of colour, as well as peculiarity of design, form, and expression which is the characteristic of the best mediaeval artists. BEATING THE BOUNDs.-On Ascension-day the cere- mony of beating the bounds was observed in the various parishes of London. At the Temple there is always a sturdy resistance to the parochial authorities. All the day the gates are closed, and no one is allowed to pass in who has not some special business calling him there. In vain the authorities of St. Dunstan's on the one side, and those of St. Bride's on the other knock at the gates for admission. The Templars say they are extra- parochial-they acknowledge no parish officials, and no parochial control, and their sturdy porters standing within the closed doors listen in silence to their entreaties for admission. FENIANISM. Another professor has pronounced for Fenianism. Mr. Darcy Thompson, the Greek Professor at Queen's College, Galway, haswrittenla letter to the newspapers, in which he says :—" That he is not pre- pared to acknowledge that the Fenians' ends were altogther wicked and foolish that the apparently rabid hatred of the Fenian to the typical land-owner is not'only just, but is absolutely involuntary that if any people at all should at present be hanged for the good of the nation-and he holds that no hanging is requisite at all -the only hanging that public opinion of Europe and America would endorse would be that of some twenty landlords and some six Irish members of Parliament, including among the latter at least one lawyer. 11 However ill the world may have gone, the roses still blow and the thrushes still sing in it. The truly illustrious are they who do not court the praise of the world, but perform the actions which deserve it. People who brood over their sorrows are usually Successful in hatching a numerous family; and those who "nurse their rage to keep it warm" are sure of a comfortable temperature of indignation. SERIOUS CHARGE AGAINST A BROKER.—A serious charge was made on Tuesday, at the Court of Alder- men, against Mr. C. Watson, a sworn broker and a member of the Stock Exchange. A tradesman, named Beer, paid zC360 to defendant's firm for the purchase of Consols and was duly advised by a contract note that the stock had been bought and transferred to him. It turned out that the stock had never been bought, and he,was offeied 13s. 4d. in the pound as a composition for the £ 360. The defence was that the defendant had two partners to whom he entrusted the business, and that they had plunged the concern into debt and had absconded, leaving Watson to answer for their mis- deeds. He admitted negligence, but denied that there was any proof of personal fraud affecting him. The Court ordered the city solicitor to enforce against the defendant the penalty of the bond given to the Court by him as sworn broker.
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VARIETIES. AN AWFUL SCREW.—A thumb-screw. CON. BY MR. CAUDLE.—Why is a wife likely to be come equestrian 1-Becanse she's always on the nag. A DISGUSTING PEAT.-The man who bolted the door j with a boiled carrot has paid the penalty of his glut- vony. He is suffering from internal hinge-eries. 1 "Didn't you tell me you could hold the plough?" said a farmer to an Irishman he had taken on trial. "How could I hould it an two horses pulliu' it away? •Tust stop the craytures and I'll hould it for ye." HAD HIS FOOT ON IT.—An awkward man, attempt- ing to carve a goose, dropped it on the floor. "There now, exclaimed his wife, we've lost our dinner. —"Oh no, my dear, answered he, "it is safe-I have got my foot on it!" THE PERIOD OF INNOCENCE.—Tacitus says, "In the early ages man lived a life of innocence and simpli- city."—Upon this a critic remarks, "When was this period of innocence? The first man who was born into the world killed the second! When did the time of simplicity begin ?" THE ADV ANTAGE.-Coleridge was descanting, in the presence of Charles Lamb, upon the repulsive appear- ance of the oyster.—"It isn't handsome, Coleridge," said Lamb "but it has the advantage of you in one thing."—"What is that?" queried Coleridge, who, as everybody knows, was an exhaustless talker.—"It knows when to shut its mouth," was the reply. A fellow who was brought to King James I. could eat, it was said, a whole sheep at a meal. "What else can he do," asked the King, "more than other men?"—"Nothing else," was the reply. "Hang him then," said James "for 'tis a pity that a man should live who eats the share of twenty men, and can do no more than one." A wag entered a grocer's shop some years ago, which had for its sign "The Two Baboons," and, addressing himself to the proprietor, said, "I wish to see your partner."—"I have no partner, sir. "I beg your pardon, sir, and hope you will excuse the mistake."—"O, there's no harm done but what made you think there were two of us ?"—"Tour sign," he replied—" 'The Two Baboons." Sir George Stanton related a curious anecdote of old Kien Lung, Emperor of China. He was enquiring of Sir George the manner.in which physicians were paid in England. When, after some difficulty, his majesty was made to comprehend the system, he ex- claimed, "Is any man well in England that can afford to be ill ? Now I will inform you," said he, "how I manage my physicians. I have four to whom the care of my health is committed. A certain weekly salary is allowed them, but the moment I am ill the salary stops till I am well again. I need not inform you my illnesses are short." An amusing instance of the capacity of the ear is given in the case of a blind man, who was sent by an Edinburgh tradesman to take a mattress to a cus- tomer, together with the bill that he might receive payment. "To my surprise," said his employer; "he returned with the account and the mattress too." "I've brought back baith, ye see, sir," said he. "How so?" "Indeed, sir, I didna' like, t' leave 't yonder, else I'm sure we wad ne'er see the.siller, there'e nae a stick of furniture within the door." ''How do you come to know that?" "Oh, twa taps on the floor with my stick soon tell't me all that." The "twa taps" were not wrong. BRUTON AND CIIIPPINGNOItTON.-Tl)oTIon. G. F. N or- ton, the magistrate, used to engage the late Mr. Bru- ton to sing at Lord Grantley's, at Wonersh, near Guild- ford. Lord Grantley is the elder brother of Mr. Nor- ton, and at the mansion of the Wonersh, are many portraits, statuettes, &c., of the Norton family. "One day," said Bruton, "I was running down the stone steps of the conservatory on the lawn, when my foot slipping caused me to go nearly head over heels, and knock over a large statue of one of the Norton family breaking from it several bits."—"Eh!" said the worthy magistrate, '.why this is Bruton's summer- set, I declare!"—"Bruton, Somerset," said Bruton smartly, pointing to the mutilated statue, "may it not rather be called Chipping Norton?" ADVICE GRATIS.—Chimney on fire: Remedy and Conduct.—If your chimney should ever be on fire, wrap yourself up in a damp blanket, and swallow a quarter of a pound of hot water; Hysterics.—If any One goes off into hysterics, knock him down, and pump on him; take of his shoes, and hit him with them several times behind the ears. In the case of a lady, prepare to throw a mixture of sweet oil and soot over her dress. This will have the desired effect. Butter Scotch: Recipe.—Take an ugly Highlander. This will serve for the "Scotch." Tell him he's the handsomest man you ever saw. This will butter him. And the thing is done. Cure for a Cold.—Take two quarts of anything you like, rub it with soap and water, stir briskly, and let some one stand for five minutes while you're doing it. Then to bed, if it's time. How to Tame a Savage Mastiff, who Bitea Every One, and Eats Children.—Take out his teeth. When the Duke of Ormond, whose family name was Butler, went over as Lord-Lieutenant to Ireland, the vessel was driven by stress of weather .into the Isle of Man, where his grace was hospitably enter- tained by the curate of the place, whose name was Joseoh. The pleasantness of his landlord induced the duke to inquire into his circumstances, and find- ing that they were but scanty, he promised to provide for him as soon as he was settled in the viceroyship. Joseph waited many mo-aths in hopes of hearing from his patron; but being disappointed, he resolved to go over to Dublin to remind him of his promise. De- spairing of gaining access to the duke, he waited up- on Dean Swift, and asked his permission to preach at the cathedral the next Sunday. The dean, delighted with his conversation, gave his consent. The Lord- Lieutenant with all his court was at church, and sat opposite the pulpit. None of them had any recollec- tion of Joseph till after naming his text, which was in Genesis, xl., 23—"Yet did not the chief butler re- member Joseph, but forgot him." He made so point- ed an allusion to the duke and his entertainment in the Isle of Man, that his features were recognised; and when the sermon was concluded he was invited to the castle, and soon after a good living was pre- sented to him. YANKEE CUTENFss.-When gold digging commenced in California, the writer was staying at an hotel in Wellington, New Zealand, where a Yankee trader was also staying. Seated at thel dining-table, the latter was discoursing of the business he was doing very largely and most benignantly to some other seafaring men, to whom he was occasionally putting questions. Captains of vessels are known to do a good deal of business on their own account, in addition to taking charge of their ships and cargoes, and it might be useful to hear what might concern them. There was not much to arrest attention until the Yankee trader, with a strong touch of bravado, made the following astounding announcement of his intention to take a cargo of coffins. Coffins I-a cargo of coffins every one at table seemed to say, at the same time looking most demurely at the Yankee trader, as if he and his brig, of the fast sailing of which was always boasting, were the veritable Charon and his boat. An explanation ensued. "Coffins," he said, "are selling high just now in California. I took," he continued, a cargo of potatoes from this to San Francisco when I was here last; they all went to smash before I got to Sacramento. I have returned for another cargo; and I calculate, by putting them into coffins, having all the carpenters I can get here making them, I'll land the potatoes safely, and make an almighty dollar of the two !"—Australia as it Is. A FEIGNED DEAFNESS.—A private soldier having de- termined to escape from the service, he made up his mind to sham deafness. He went to work systema- tically; first failed to hear those who spoke in a low tone of voice, and soon after, became to all outward appearance, stone deaf. The surgeons suspected, but could not prove that he was shamming, they tried every expedient to test the man, but none succeeded in doing more than showing that the man was very deaf. So well had the delinquent trained himself, that even when a pistol was snapped off in his room, when he was asleep, he did not seem alarmed or dis- turbed. At length he was brought before the medical board for discharge; but the doctor who suspected him of shamming asked to be allowed to apply one more test, which was granted. The man was, as he thought, fairly examined, was admitted to be deaf, and received his discharge paper. Although he could not read, yet he knew the value of the paper he held, for all his schemes had succeeded and his discharge was insured. He left the board room, conscious merit beaming on his face, and walked along the hospital corridors. As he joyfully strode off, a door was gent- ly opened, and a voice in a whisper inquired: "Is it all right, Bob'?" "All right," said the deaf man. "Have you got your discharge, Bob ?" whispered the same voice. "Here it is, my boy," said Bob, as he approached the door, expecting there to meet a con- federate. "Let me look at your discharge," said a sergeant as he opened the door. "Oh, I see it is a blank, not filled up, and not signed. You are my crisoner on a charge of feigning deafness." Bob was at once as deaf again as a post, but it was too late. Wrinehall Farm, near Betley, Staffordshire, was nearly destroyed by fire last week. The calamity is believed to have been caused through children playing with matches. Whitley Abbey, near Coventry, the family seat of Viscount Hood, has been purchased by Mr. Edward Petre for £ 30,000.
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ATHENE A. Evil men speak that which they wish rather than that which they do. However ill the world may have gone, the roses still blow and the thrushes still sing in it. The truly illustrious are they who do not court the praise of the world, but perform the actions which deserve it. People who brood over their sorrows are usually successful in hatching a numerous family; and those who "iaurse their rage to keep it warm" are sure 11 of a comfortable temperature of indignation. CHEERFULNESS. A cheeful face is nearly as good for an invalid as healthy weather. To make a a sick man think he's dying all that is necessary is to look half dead yourself. Hope and despair are as catch- ing as cutanrous plaints. Always look sunshiny, therefore, whether you feel so or not. To-morrow presents its easy pillows" in vain to those who believe in the tremendous importance of to-day, and are aware of the possibility of not succeed- ing to-morrow. But those who are allowed to see the Bun of the morrow will look in vain for that resisting place which fancy offered to their indolent humour. When to-day has become yesterday, and to-morrow has settled into to-day, we shall not find that pillow very easy which is crowded with the postponed duties of so many yesterdays, besides its own appropriate demands.' UNPRINCIPLED BOOK BORROWERS IN THE MIDDLE AGES. -Afany were the deplorabl losses of valuable books which were incurred by lending, but yet the practice was productive of too many and too great benefits to be discontinued. No one in our days excepting a true bibliomaniac or keeper of a circulating library can enter into the sore feelings of an abbot or rector of a university when the invaluable MS. was either lost or returned damaged. Such a heart scald was in- flicted on Peter, called Monoctdus (one eyed) abbot of Clairvaux, when a book lent to a neighbouring abbot was returned, as wet as if it had been placed under a waterpipe. Observe the rascality of the messenger. He came by night, made a great bustle, turned off the attention of the unsuspicious librarian, got another volume instead, and departed at a very early hour to escape a perquisition. This was in 1187. In the next century the Abbot Philip, with feelings soured by such instances of want of principle, would not lend the tracts of St.Augustine, though earnestly demanded. No there they were-too large to be carried away. His brother was welcome to send an accredited writer to make a copy." Proprietors of valuable books became so chary from sad experience, that unless the messen- ger who came to borrow was provided with a good steed, he would not be entrusted with the treasure. This supposes some distance to separate lender from borrower. Saint Louis and Charles the Wise were liberal in bestowing and lending. Borrowers, as has been their custom since the days of Job, were found frequently false to their vows, and after the reign of poor Charles VI., Deficit was found in multiplied in- stances in the royal register after the names of works in request. So strong was the desire among lettered people to be the owners of valuable works that a cer- tain learned monk was not considered above the temp- tation of what some lawyers have termed conveyan- cing. In a life of St. Bernard it is related that one day at Clairvaux he thus addressed three novices:— "One of you will make his escape this night: let the others watch and not allow him to take away any- thing. Two fell asleep, the spirit of evil sitting very heavy on their eyelids. The third, who kept awake, saw about daybreak two giants enter, and place under- neath the nostrils of one of the sleepers a roast fowl encircled by a serpent. Roused by the deluding smell he got up, approached the library, forced open the door, and was about making off with some of the literary treasures. Being stopped by his fellow stu- dents, he attempted to scale the wall, but being pre- vented, and still remaining impatient, he lost his rea- eon, and continued in that state till he died." In some of the old abbeys the place of the library is still to be found sunk in the thickness of the wall, as well as the desks of wood or stone before it, fixed therefor the behoof of the copyists. Fires aided the class of knavish borrowers in destroying the labours of the; learned and their copiers. Twenty-two thousand vols. were reported as burned at St. Vincent at Laon. The entire books of Livy were lost, if some people are to be trusted, at the benedictine abbey of Malmesbury. A savant said he saw the Treatises on the Republic" by Cicero, in a certain convent in 1&17, and when he inquired some time after for it, the reply was, that they had been furto prcerepti (thievishly abstracted). Besides strong locks and vigorous anathemas, chains were used to secure some of the most valued volumes from pilfering fingers. Some suspected books were even fastened to their shelves with stout nails, as tra- dition relates to have happened to Roger Bacon's works at the hands of his unscientific brethren, Lord Lytton's Friar Bungay being probably the most active on the occasion. Under the treatment of the nails the book could not be read. A relio of the old cus- toms has remained till now in some churches of* Florence, where missals and rituals may be read under the wire gratings, and even the leaves turned over.'— Dublin University Magazine. MIDWINTER IN THE ARCTIC REGIONS.—As November approached its close, the last glimmer of twilight dis- appeared. The stars shone at all hours with equal brilliancy. From a summer which had no night we had passed into a winter which had no day, through an autumn twilight. In this strange ordering of nature there is something awe-inspiring and unreal. We all knew from our echool-boy days that at the poles of the earth there is but one day and one night in the year; but, when brought face to face with the reality, it is hard to realise. And it is harder still to get used to. If the constant sunshine of the summer disturbed our life-long habits, the continual darkness of the winter did more. In the one case the imagina- tion was excited by the ever-present light, inspiring action; in the other, a night of months threw a cloud over the intellect and dwarfed the eLergies. To this darkness the moon gives some relief. From its rising to its setting it shines continually, circling around the horizon, never setting until it has run its ten days' course of brightness. And it shines with a brilliancy which one will hardly observe elsewhere. The uni- form whiteness of the landscape and the general clearness of the atmosphere add to the illumination of its rays, and one may see to read by its light with ease, and the natives often use it as they do the sun to guide their nomadic life and to lead them to their hunting-grounds. The days and weeks of midwinter passed slowly away. Our experience up to this period was in many respects remarkable. Although sheltered by high lands, we were nevertheless exposed to severe and almost constant north east winds and although shut up in polar darkness, and hemmed in by polar ice, an open sea had thus far been within sight of us all the time, and the angry waves were often a threat- ening terror. Many times we had thought ourselves in danger of being cast adrift with the ice, and car- ried out to sea in a helpless condition. The tempera- ture had been strangely mild, a circumstance at least in part accounted for by the open water, and to this same cause was no doubt due the great disturbance of the air, and the frequency of the gales. I have mentioned in the last chapter a very remarkable rise in the thermometer which occurred early in No- vember; but a still greater elevation of temperat ure followed a few Weeks later reaching as high as 32, and sinking back to 15 degrees below zero almost as suddenly as it had risen. In consequence of this extraordinary and unaccountable event, the thaw was renewed, and our former discomfort arising from the dampness on the deck and in our quarters was expe- rienced in an aggravated degree. During two days (No- vember 28th and 29th) we could use no other fire than what was necessary for the preparation of our meals, and for melting a necessary supply of water. To add to our astonishment, a fall of snow was followed by a shower of rain, a circumstance which I had not pre- viously wItnessed in this latitude except in the months of July and August, and then scarcely more rain fell than on the present occasion. The depth of snow precipitated during this period was likewise remarkable-the aggregate being 32 inches. In one single day 19 inches were deposited, greater by5 inches than the entire accumulations of the winter of 1853. 54 at Van Rensselaer Harbour. The total amount of snow which had fallen up to the 1st of December was 48 inches. Being so north of the line of maximum snows, I was the more surprised, as my former ex- perience appeared to have shown that the region of Smith's Sound was almost wholly free from nubilous deposits. I was much interested at this warm period in observing how singularly perfect and beautiful were the snow crystals and it is a somewhat singu- lar circumstance that the perfect crystals are only ex- hibited when the snow falls in a temperature com- paratively mild. I have not observed them when the thermometer has ranged below zero. The snow is then quite dry and hard, and does not exhibit those soft, thin, transparent flakes of the warmer air. With the aid of a magnifying glass I was enabled to obtain very accurate sketches of a large number of them. Their form was always hexagonal, but the rays were very various in their development, although they all possessed the same radical foundation. The most perfect and full suggested a diminutive fern leaf.- The Open Polar Sea, The Hungarian official journal publishes a Ministerial decree instituting juries for the examination of press offences. This measure is in consequence of the re- establishment of the law of 1848, recently voted by the Chamber of Deputies at Pesth.
METROPOLITAN CATTLE MARKET.…
METROPOLITAN CATTLE MARKET. The total imports of foreign stock into London last week amounted to 14,8,57 head. In the corresponding week in 1866 we received 11,263; in 1865, 15,911; IN 1864,8,708; in 1863, 5,778; in 1862, 5,323; in 1861, 7,849. There is about an average supply of foreign stock oiL offer in our market in fair average condition. The show of English Beasts is rather limited never- theless, sales progress slowly, at prices about equal to Monday last. A few very superior Scots and crosses sold at 5s. 2d.; but the general top figure is 5s. per 81bs. The arrivals from Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex, and Cam- bridgeshire amount to about 1,300 Scots, shorthorna and crosses; from other parts of England, 500 various breeds from Scotland, 239 Scots and crosses; and from Ireland, 20 oxen. The supply of Sheep is tolerably extensive, though not equal to last week. Nearly all breeds move off slowly nevertheless, previous rates are [barely supported. The best Downs and half-breds change hands at from 4s. lOd. to 5s. 2d. per 81bs. The condition of the English sheep is good. Lambs are in good supply and sluggish request on lower terms. The quotations range from 6s. 4d. to 7s. 4d. per 81bs. The sales for calves are heavy, at 4J. per SIbs. less money. The highest price was 5s. 4d. per Sibs. Prime small pigs are quite as dear as last week: but large hogs were very dull. Per SIbs. to sink the offal. 8. d. s. d. s. d. s. d Inferior beasts.. 3 4to3 6 PrimeSouthDown Second quality.. 3 8to4 0 Sheep 4 10to5 2 Prime large oxen 4 2to4 8 Large calves. 3 10to4 8 Prime Scots, &c.4 10to5 2 Prime small do. 4 10to5 4 Inferior sheep ..3 6to3 10 Large hogs .3 2to3 S Second quality.. 4 0to4 4 Nt. emallporkers3 10to4 4 Coarse wld.sheep4 6TX4 8 Lambs. 6 4to7 4 Suckling Calves 21s. to 24s., Quarter-old store Pigs 23a, to 26s. each.
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POULTBT MARKETS.—Goslings as. 6d. to 6s. 6d., Duck- lings 2s. 6d. to 3d. 6d., tame Rabbits Is. 9d. to 2s., Pigeons 8d. to Ud. each Surrey F JWIS (couple.) 12s. to 16s., ditto Chickens 8s. to I Os., Barndoor Fowls 5s. to 7s. 9 Guinea Fowls 8s. English Eggs 8", French ditto 6a. 6d. per 100. Fresh Butter Is. to Is. 2d. per lb. PRICES OF BUTTER, CHEESE, HAMS, &C. BUTTER, perowt. s. a. CHEESE, per cwt. a. s. FRIESLAND 86 TO 92 CHESHIRE 78TC88 JERSEY. 78 86 DBLE. GLOUCESTER.. 74 78 DORSET 102 10S CHEDDAR 80 90 CARLOW AMERICAN 66 74 Waterford HAMS: York .80 86 Cork. CUMBERLAND .S) 86 LIMERICK — — IMH 80 86 SIIGO — — BACON.— Fresh, per doz.,11s Od to I WILTSHIRE 61 68 141 Od. I Irish, green 64
BOROUGH AND SPITALFIELDS.
BOROUGH AND SPITALFIELDS. During the past week the arrivals coastwise have been limited, but a fair supply by rail. Owing to the hot weather, the trade declined towards the end of the week. The following are present quotations lorkshlire lukes 140s to 3 80s per ton. Regents. 12d8 to 141h „ Lincolns 120S TO 140S Dunbar & East Lothian Regents 130S to 160s „ Perth, Forfar, and Fife REGENTS 110S to 14)s „ Reds.. 120S TO 130S Rocks.. 110S TO 120S French and German Whites 100s to 110S TANNING BARK. English, per load of 45 cwt. delivered £ a. £ a. in London 16 0 to 17 10 Coppice 16 0 17 10
i HOP INTELLIGENCE.
HOP INTELLIGENCE. Our market has furiher improved since our last report, but owiDg to the small stock of good samples Oil offer, the business transacted at the advanced quotations has been necessarily much restricted, and in anticipation of h'gher values holders are not too anxious to swll. r r_- ■Sussex £ 5. &/ i ±7 LO Weald of Kent 7 7. 715. 8 0 Mid and East Kent 710. 8 8. 9 9 Farnham and Country. 8 0. 8 10 10 0 Yearlings. 5 0 6 6. 6 15 Old 216 3 15. 4 4 The imports of foreign hops into London last week were 25 bales from Antwerp.
WOOL MARKETS.
WOOL MARKETS. ENGLISH WOOL MARKETS. We have again to report a heavy deuiami for all kiuds of wool, both for home use and export, and the quotations are almost nominal. The quantity of wool on otter is very moderate. Current prices of English wool (prr lb ) FLEECES.—South Down hoggets .Is 4Vi to Is 51 Half-bred do. Is 6d to Is 7d Kent fleeces is 5 I- to li Gd Sth. Down, ewes, and weths Is. 3.1 to Is 4d Leicester do Is 61 to Is 7d SORTS.—Combing 1:- 2j to 18 8\,1 Clothing Is 2I to Is 6J HAY MARKETS. SMLTHFIELD.-A fair tmd. CUMBERLAND.—Prices fairly supported. WHITECHAI-EL.—A moderate demand. Smithtieid. Cumberland. Whitechapel. s.-d. P. d. S. (I. s. d s. d. G MEADOW HAY. 60 0 So 0 60 0 85 0 60 0 85 0 CLOVER SO 0 LIO 0 80 0 110 0 SO 0 ;]0 C STRAW 40 0 46 0 40 0 415 0 sO 0 4G 0 COAL MARKET. O. Hartle- pool 19s.; Haswell, 19.; East Haitlepool, iSs. 9d., Hartley's ISs. 6.1., Eden li. 6d.; South Hctton IS". 9d., Framwelyst 17s., PiUington 16s. 9d., South Hartlepool 18S. Fresh arrivals 53; left f, oll, last- duy, 3 at ecu, 50. TALLOW MARKET. 'lhe market is very tl,t, and P.Y.C. on the spot is selling at 46s. 6d. per cwt. Town Tallow is 41s. 9I. per cwt. net cash.
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CATALOGUE OF THE FAIUS Exinumox.—Messrs. J. M. Johnson and Sons have just issued the second edition of THE English version of the" Complete Ofiicial Catalogue." published under the authority of the Imperial Commission. The present edition con- tains much important information not comprised in the preliminary issue, including translations of the valu- able class headings or introductions, which throughout the French catalogue, precede the lists of exhibitors. The fine arts portion of the catalogue has been completed as far as practicable, pending- the production of the revised special edition of this intercsting group, to be published early next month. The entrjes in the British section have been thoroughly revised. A coloured plau of the palace and park now accompanies the volume.
IPROMOTION BY PURCHASE.
PROMOTION BY PURCHASE. Advocates of the purchase system in the army tell us that it fulfils the function of the poor man's friend in that anomalous institution. We ask their atten- tion to a little story which has come under our notice, and request an explanation. The 4th Hussars are about to embark for service in India, and, in accord- ance with custom, a second major is to be added to its number of officers. Hitherto the rule has been that the senior captain should get the step-a practice which advances all the officers below him. But re- cently it has been determined to bring in a major from the half-pay list, and in certain aspects the arrangement is not without its fairness. The regi- mental officers dislike the operation of the system yet in some cases agreater injustice might be done by keeping a man on the half-pay list than by stopping promotion for a time in a particular corps. That remark, however, does not apply to the 4th Hussars. Here the senior captain has been eleven years at the headTof his troop, and he has a claim to promotion. His case is weak, however, compared with that of the senior lieutenant. That gentleman, with twelve years' service, has seen five juniors purchase over his head. On each occasion he was prepared to pay the regulation price for the troop—that is, the legal price but had he insisted on the right given by the law, he might have stopped promotion, and even if he had succeeded he would, as a punishment, have been sent to Coventry, and probably compelled to quit the seivice. We knew of one such case; and, indeed, it is notorious that a man who refuses to pay more than the regulation price is looked upon as a black sheep. The army, in this respect, is not a whit better than"the worst trades' union. Meanwhile the long tried lieutenant of Hussars counted on getting promotion by a death vacancy or an augmentation, on the embarkation of the regiment for foreign service. The opportunity so patiently awaited at length arrives, but then he finds a stranger interpolated on the regi- ment, and a bar put to his chance of promotion. Here is aflagrant injustice. First, the principles prevailing in the army prevent the senior lieutenant from rising in his profession, even although he is ready, on five different occasions, to comply with a bad law; andwhen his chance occurs, in steps a War Office regulation, worked like a decree of fate, to interpose an iron obstacle. To complete the irony of the situation," the major who is to be favoured actually obtained his lieutenancy and troop without purchase, was allowed to buy a majority on the half-pay list for regulation, was at the earliest moment brought back to full pay, and finally, after this fortunate career, he is thrust into the 4th Hussars to the detriment of every captain, lieutenant, and cornet in the regi- ment. Now, although the military authorities are powerless, as against the trades' union feeling in the army, to protect officers from the abuse of the pur- chase system, surely they may offer some compensation to those who have suffered. If Major Wirgman is transferred from the Inniskillings to the 4thHussars, both the senior captain and senior lieutenant—especially the latter-will have been grievously ill-treated, and we shall have another argument against the bad custom, not only of buying and selling public appointments at a fixed legal price, but of carrying on that vicious system of sale at sums vastly in excess of those permitted by authority.
KING'S COLLEGE SCHOOL.
KING'S COLLEGE SCHOOL. The pupils of King's College School held their ithletic sports at Beaufort House, Walham-green, last Saturday afternoon, when, as fortunately the weather was propitious, a numerous and fashionable assembly collected on the grounds. The proceedings commenced it two o'clock, with the 100 yards' race, open to all ages, which was won by Mr. J. Stagg, Mr. W. Bryant oming in second the same distance for those under sixteen—Mr. AcJand first, Mr. Kemp second the MIME distance for those under fourteen—Mr. Metcalfe ii st. The high jump, which followed, greatly excited the interest of the spectators, Mr. Stagg again coming >ff the conqueror, though not without some struggle with the other competitors, who fought hard for the supremacy. In the long jump Mr. W. Bassano carried oil' the prize, as he also did for throwing the cricket ball, the distance in the latter case being nearly eighty-nine yards. The quarter of a mile race was the next on the card; in this Mr. J. Stagg was victorious, winning easily by several lengths. After the hurdle races, in which Messrs. Stagg ¡mil Bassano again distinguished themselves, the most important race of the day came off-namely, the two miles' walking race. In this Mr. Buckmaster at once took the lead, maintaining it throughout, although at one time pressed rather hard by Mr. Blandford. This latter gentleman, however, gave up before the race was finished, leaving the second place to Mr. H. Houndle, who had walked very steadily and fairly, and who, with Mr. Buckmaster, was greeted with great applause on their arrival at the winning post. The time, as nearly as could be calculated, was 17min. 30see. The three- legged race followed, to the great amusement of the by- standers, who seemed to enjoy heartily the tumbles and various mishaps which befel the competitors in their anxiety to reach the goal. The half-mile handicap for strangers was won, after a sharp race, by Mr. Allanson, whose style of running is much to be admired, and the last or consolation stakes fell to the lot of Mr. Winter- botham. This race concluded the day's sports, and at its finish the distribution of the prizes began. Before awarding them the head master addressed the visitors, expressing his pleasure at their attendance, and his hopes that this day's success was but the augury of what was to come; he also spoke a few words as to the benefit which arose from such athletic sports as they had that day witnessed, and concluded by saying how necessary it was for all schools and colleges to en- courage them. The successful competitors were then called upon to receive their prizes, and as each stepped forward he was received with general applause. Mr. J. Stagg was very much cheered, and, as the hero of the day was awarded the club prize, in addition to the others which he had gained. The ceremony terminated the day's proceedings, and at about half-past 6. o'clock the visitors began to disperse. The band of the Corps of Commissionaires was in attendance the whole afternoon, and played various selections during the pauses which necessarily intervened between each race.
THE RIVER LEA.
THE RIVER LEA. The Royal Commissioners appointed to report as to the polution of rivers, Mr. Rawlinson, Mr. Harrison, and Mr. Way, have just presented a report on the state of the river Lea, which was selected for early examina- tion because it chiefly supplies with water the East Lon- don District, in which there was an outbreak of cholera last summer. It appears that some unfiltered water was at that time used, but it is not now delivered in that state, and there were several local conditions calculated to produce cholera. The report states that the river Lea has been navigable from time immemorial; King Alfred is known to have visited Ware by water, The area of the watershed is about 500 square miles, the greater portion of it a natural filter, but in dry weather the flow is for the most part spring water. This river supplies about half the population of London with water and the limit of supply, without the construction of ex- tensive storage reservoirs, has been fully reacned. Pol- lution of the waters of the Lea by sewage is general throughout its course. At Luton, three miles from its source, the depravation begins, and it goes on increasing until, when the river reaches Poiider's end, it becomes in a great degree like an open common sewer, and in the latter part of its course runs through a nuisance district, the seat of trades expelled beyond the limits of the better parts of the metroplis. The clerk to the Bishop Stortford Board of Guardians was frank with the commission he described a plan they have lately adopted at that place which succeeds remarkably well. When the winter floods have come, they have sent out a barge with a heavy rake to stir up all the summer's accumulation of filth which will sometimes crop up almost to the mouth of the drains, that he says, we have passed it on to our neighbours, to some extent; we thought we had kept it long enough." We need not go through the Commissioners' account of the attempts made to neutralize the effect of such a vast supply of sewage. They come to the conclusion that none of them cure what is required is prevention. The navigation must be maintained, but the casting of sewage into the flowing water must be prohibited, and a conservancy board created to see the prohibition car- ried into effect. Fortunately, sewage can very gene- rally throughout the Lea-basin be applied to laud with- out difficulty by gravitation; but when pumping is required towns may fairly be called upon to adopt it. The Commissioners admit that it may not be possible to raise the quality of the water of the lower Lea to the standard of the New River water, which is to a great extent derived from springs flowing direct from the chalk, and is most jealously guarded from pollution in its course along an acqueduct devoted to no other purpose than that'of a water carrier; but if proper measures be adopted to protect the Lea from avoidable pollution, a great improvement in its purity will be secured. Large expenses have been incurred for improving the water taken for domestic supply, and a fair wholesome, water is ob- tained at Ponder's-end by the East London Water- works Company. The question whether a navigation should be allowed to continue a conduit for water destined for the supply of the metropolis is one which, say the Commissioners, deserves serious con- sideration. Dealing with the matter as they find prac- ticable, they recommend the protection of the water of the Lea on the system inaugurated by the Act of last Session relating to the Thames. They propose the ap- pointment of a good working conservancy board on which the Government should be represented as well as the water companies and the navigation and trading in- terests and the city corporation; and the prohibition, after a certain period allowed for alteration of existing arrangements, or the casting into the Lea or its tribu- taries of any sewage or injurious refuse, unless it has been purified by passing over land. The conservancy board should be furnished with complete powers, and be responsible for keeping the river a fit carrier of pure water, and seeing to the observance of statutory prohi- bitions against the pollution of water which can reach the river, superintending also works of arterial draipnge in the watershed. If the present income prove insuffi- cient it should be supplemented by a charge upon the water companies, not exceeding a certain maximum-a course to which the companies will not object; and if necessary a loan from the Public Works Loan Com- missioners might be obtained. Lastly, the Commis- sioners do not fail to recommend that it be rendered compulsory upon the companies (New River and East London) to supply water upon the constant system throughout their districts, and rtpon owners of houses-to furnish their houses with proper arrangements to re- ceive such supply.
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No MORE SCORES.—In a certain tavern in a certain nook not far from Rotten-row, where thirsty strollers are sometimes seen to enter, there meets the eye of him who drinks, the dial of a clock without bands, on which a wag has written, No tick." When choked by dust, many have been glad to refresh themselves in that cool arbour, and often have we wished all publicans would adopt th2 maxim written on that face of a clock. It is not for one moment supposed that the Lord Chancellor of England could ever have seen the dial. but we are glad t; find him duly sensible of the need of the injunc- tion so aptly written there. Which of our readers has never seen, heard, or read of the sufferings inflicted upon the families of labouring men by the iniquitous system of" scores" in public- houses. To anyone familiar with its operation upon the working classes of Dur country towns, it will be a great relief to know that an attempt is being made to break it down. Small debts for intoxicating liquors are in future not to be recover- able atlaw, so that an additional risk must be run by all beersellers who may be foolish enough or wicked enough to encourage drunkenness upon credit. We fear the provisions of the Lord Chancellor's bill will be far from effectual in putting a stop to the system but none the less do we rejoice that the law will in future frown upon it. The testitoiiial intended for presentation to the Right Hon. Henry Brand, M.P., in recognition of his services as whipper-in" to the Liberal party, will be presented on the 19th instant, at a banquet at Willis's Rooms, King-street, St. James's, when the Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone, M.P., will preside. COMROUND HOUSEIIOLDING.—From a Parliamentary return which was moved for by Mr. Gladstone, it ap- pears that the number of male occupiers in metropolitan boroughs at £10 and upwards (gross estimated rental) whose rates are assessed on the owner, or compounded for by him, under local acts, is 77,749, of whom 16,082 are, and the remaining 61,667 are not, on the register of voters. The total number of such occupiers in boroughs not metropolitan is 17,371. of whom 8,922 arc, and the remaining 8.449 are not, on the register. Thus out of a total of 95,120 occupiers, metropolitan and provincial 25,044 are registered voters,and 70,116 are not oil the list.
_ LONDON MARKETS.
LONDON MARKETS. CORN EXCHANGE. The leading country markets held on Saturday were scantily supplied with wheat, which met a heavy inquiry at previous rates to a slight decline. In the value of other kinds of produce very little change took place.. The Continental markets have been inactive. In. America rather a heavy fall has taken place in the value of produce. The supply of English wheat here to-day was very limited, yet the demand was in a sluggish state, at sta» tionary prices. Fine foreign wheats supported former terms, but inferior kinds were rather cheaper. Floating cargoes of grain were very inactive. Both English and foreign barley was steady in price but malt was a dull inquiry. Oats, beans, and peas were steady. The flour trade was very quiet. c ujttitiiis x PRICES. PerQr. W HEAT. S. S. PJCASJ P, Essex, Kent, red, 1865 58 71 Grey S8 42 Ditto, 1866 67 72 Maple 41 45 Ditto, white, 1S65 58 74 White 41 44 Ditto, 186'6 67 76 Boilers 41 44 Foreign, red 62 70 Foreign, white..39 44 Ditto, white. 66 76 RY* 32 37 BARLEY. OATS. English, Malting 32 35 English Feed 24 31 „ Chevalier 38 48 Potato 27 84 Distilling 37 44 Scotch Feed 22 SO Foreign 30 38 „ Potato 27 34 MALT. Irish black 21 26 Foreign 30 38 Potato 27 34 MALT. Irish black 21 26 Fale 67 70 „ 21 26 Chevalier 67 72 Foren Feed 22 at Brown 52 63 FLOUR. BEANS. Per Sack. Ticks 38 41 Town-made 54 69 Harrow 88 44 Country Marks 47 49 Small. 43 43 Norfolk and Suffolk 42 46 Egyptian 38 39
PROVISION MARKETS.
PROVISION MARKETS. The arrivals last week from Ireland were 435 firkins Butter, and 2,651 bales Bacon; and from foreign porta 29,116 casks, &c., butter, and 2,231 bales bacon. In the Irish Butter market nothing particular to notice during the week; sales very limited. Foreign met a steady sale, with little variation in prices; best Durch 90s. In the Bacon market there was a good business trans. acted, at improving rates, and closed very firm at 3s. to 4s. ovei the quotations of this day se'nnight; best Water- ford 69s. to 70s. on board. American meat was in very limited demand. Lard continued very dull. Hams were in moderate request.
NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL MARKETS.
NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL MARKETS. The supplies of meat having been on the increase, the rade generally has ruled heavy, and prices have had a drooping tendency. The imports into;London lastweek were 11 packages from Antwerp, 46 from.Hamburg, and 30 from Rotterdam. Per 81bs. by the carcase. s. d. s. d. I s. d. s. d. Inferior beef.. 3 2 to 3 6 I In. Mutton.. 3 4 to 4 2 Middling ditto 3 8 to 3 10 Middlingditto 4 4 to 4 6 Prime large do 4 0 to 4 2 Prime ditto.. 4 6 to 4 8 Prime am. do 4 4 to 4 8 VEAL 3 8 to 5 0 Large Pork. 3 0 to 3 O Small pork ..3 8 to 4 6 Lamb 5s. Od. to 6s. 4d.