The Aberystwith Observer

FOREIGN ITEMS. The Mmilew of Monday announces that the treaty of annexation was signed on Saturday at Turin. There is good eason to believe that the substance ofthe treaty bearing in Vle 2W'1 inst. has existed in the fofm of an engagement J* writing since the Plombieres interview, long before the war with Austria. The date affixed to the instrument in its wiplete form matters little. We have the satisfaction to record that preliminaries of i-^ace were signed 011 Sunday between the Spaniards and ,-Otoeeans, an(i an armistice at once concluded. No con- ations of peace are given, which, perhaps, indicates that fley are not of a nature to give the Spaniards much reason *°r boasting, in spite of the victorious battle in the valbv of Haltiras, about a league from Tetuan, which seems to have 'ed to it. All the French officers on leave of absence, except those .°tt sick leave and who belong to the regiments selected to '(;rm the camps of Chalons, Luneville, and Helfaut, near Omer, have received orders to join their respective corps Whwith. Several detachments of workmen selected '"0r>i the divisions of the 1st corps d'armte have just been ?f<iered to join the military establishment at Vernon (Eure), assist ii the construction of waggons and other acces- ses required by an army on its entrance into campaign. The Paris correspondent of the Coivrritr des Etati Unia pJs that when the Grand Duke of Tuscany came to Paris, {"st year, he not only begged the Emperor to restore Tuscany '<> him, but went on his knees, and accompanied his prayers Vith tears and sobs. is reported that France has purchased the principality of Monaco for an annuity of 200,000f. A few days ago the Commandant of Comorn committed Icide. The deceased was always renowned for his punctu- v'u,y. and shortly before he shot himself he reported to ssuperior officer that, being tired of life, he was about to "it an end to it. 12)8 Emperor ^Napoleon has given orders to prepare a pro- lamine for a visit to all the manufacturing towns of the r,e- His Majesty intends to inspect the industrial J"ablishment8 of France, with the view of encouraging reducers to improve and extend their machinery and ade. Governor Bissengen, one of the Venetia police omcials, \*}fonounced sentence of death upon a pigeon which had ^ared to appeared in the Piazzo St. Marco with a large ^colour cockade round its neck, and he offered a reward i 20f-» tor arrest of the delinquent, a task of some acuity, which, although number of soldiers were ordered assist, was not overcome till the poor bird was regularly leaned & taken by hunger. It'was then mercilessly

POOR STARVING CROATS!—Private accounts rom Carniola and Carinthia induce me (writes a Vienna ^respondent) to believe that the dearth in those pro- vinces has become a positive famine, and the same femark will apply to Croatia. The so-called hunger typhus is very prevalent in Croatia, and subscription Y0r the poor starving creatures is being raised here. the Pesti Naplo Count Edward Carolyi invites his fair countrywomen to set up shop for a few days, and to sell, for the benefit of the distressed Croats, fancy Soods to their friends and acquaintances at a high Mce. ALL ABOUT A TREE !-The famous chestnut ttee in the Tuileries, which is said never to have jailed, since 1815, to show a leaf on March 20th, has een exciting considerable interest in Paris. A corres- pondent writes I cannot say positively whether the wagers were lost or h °n, but X can attest that the issue between the backward- ness of tho season and the traditional precocity of this tree yas most closely contested. I examined the tree carefully a the 19th, and then there were on it only round buds— pthing like a leaf. On the 20th I was not able to renew 'visit, but to-day, the Slst, many of the buds have burst, there are unmiitakeable leaves to be seen. The gene- ral impression, however, is that the tree has lost caste, that 5n?u6 was no efficiently developed to swear by on the and that the miscarriage is to be attributed to the ttoubled state of the world, and perhaps to the wrath of the Pope THE POPE AND 'HIS WoEs.-The Pope recently as follows (says the correspondent of the Times) jj° two Neapolitans who had pleaded for permission for several refugees to reside at Rome:— Why," said the Holy Father, warming up as he spoke, fnii y cannot your king, if he won't heed my words, at least QJlow my example T See! Here am I, attacked on all sides, th three of my best provinces wrenehed from me, with a w yal vicar palmed upon me,—here am I, at the head of a g 0™8 people, of a mutinous soldiery, forsaken by friends, fHw at by enemies, urged to part with temporal power, ■hoof is, bidden to execute myself,) threatened with schism, hi^ere(r w, rct:)ellion, summoned before eongresses, for- n Aden to hold councils, my subjects turninr up their noses my cigars, spurning my lottery tickets, giving the go-by J;0 toy tax-gatherers—yet do I not bear with it all t Do I not Way for my enemies I Do I not endure the kiss of my false JWends? "Why should not your king show mercy to these Misguided men t Why should he not' bless them that curse *"01, do good to them that hate him! DISCOVERT OF AMPHORA.—At Nantes, in dig- jpng for the foundations of a building at La Quaran- tine, several rows of ancient aphorae have been found. -Uie vessels were of unusual size, each being capable of containing from 8 to 10 hectolitres (the hectolitre is 4bout 22 gallons). They were reposing on a bed of S^avel, and were covered with earth, but whether by he hand of man or by'some convulsion of nature, does ot appear. The upper part of all the vessels was ^fortunately forced off. In extracting the vessels two were broken, and it wm then found that they were Inade of strong material about li inches thick. It is tlot known whether the vessels were part of a potter's ock, or a public reserve, but they do not appear to nave ever contained anything. THE OLDEST BELGIAN BooK. A book con- nected with the history of Arras was lately sold by auction at Cologne. It is the treaty concluded eft at Arras on the 8th April l483 b/which Charles ll}1-. repair? part of the disasters inflicted on the f^tesian capital by the violence of Loni^ XT This treaty, which is found in all diploraiie collections, and been published many times, was sold on the present but T0n f,0r f°f" ? Tf 3 °i ^^elve pages only, 'yt ? valuable as the first book printed at Ghent! liiherl °-0lt hithert0 suff0nfdw A)e first was pub- as f 111 September, 1483; but that now disposed of, A PPeara from the note on the back, appeared in April of that year. 0:L}TE ATTENTIONS !—In October last the lanrT °(\ coasting vessel landed on one of the Cumber- I ustralia) group of islands, and received a insna ? reception from the natives, who made a minute Wth £ • 11 the captain, and repeatedly shook hands ^entnv.113?' shortly afterwards, when the captain fcad tn 6 a distance inland, he was attacked and tbfiv f ^is life. The captain was of opinion that "whip], to eat him, from the significant way in the ey sraackecl their lips while handling him III Mornin, p ENGLISH E,T AT LISBON.—The arrival of the tho citv (Jit, somewhat relieved the monotony of been on S},0^.S c°rresPondent); the blue jackets have the wine sTir^u rSe numbers, and, as is customary, afternoon m anVe ?en we^ frequented. The other altercation arose between some of the sailors and two orange women, doubtless about the price of the article, which is usually some 300 or 400 per cent. dearer to Jack than to anyone else; the sailors decamped to the boats and kept up a brisk fire with oranges on the women. An orange misdirected, struck a Portuguese sailor in the eye, and the consequence was a general discharge of stones from the quay upon the boats. At this, Jack backed water and landed, and cleared_ the square very soon; but a strong guard of some eighty soldiers coming up at this juncture put an end to the affair, possibly to the disappointment of the bystanders. BURGLARS IN A CONYENT.- One of the Sisters of Charity at the hospital of Aerschot (Belgium), narrowly escaped being murdered a few nights since. Hearing a noise in the refectory about midnight, she went to ascertain the cause, and on entering the room she saw three men ransacking the place, one of whom imme- diately attacked her and inflicted several stabs with a knife. She fortunately had the presence of mind to ring a bell near her, and gave the alarm. The robbers then took to night, leaving their booty behind them. The wounds of the sister are not dangerous. WHAT is EXCOMMUNICATION /—A brench paper explains in the following terms the nature of excom- munication from the Church of Rome:- Theologians generally define excommunication as "an ecclesiastical sentence by which a person is excluded from the number of the members of the Church." Such are Bergier's terms. The Abbe Lequeux is more explicit:— "Excommunication," says* he, "is an ecclesiastical censure which deprives a person, wholly or partially, of the claims he has on the common benefits of the Church, to punish him for disobedience in some grave matter. There are several degrees of excommunication the major excommunication is attended with very serious consequences; for instance, it deprives a person of all participation in the public prayers which the Church makes for the faithful; of the right of administering or receiving the sacraments; of the right of attending Divine service, &0. Such is, in brief, the eccle- siastical meaning of the word I excommunication. FEMALE DICTATION IN CONGRESS.—An Ameri- can paper tells the following:- During the progress of the balloting for Speaker in the House or Representatives, many ludicrous scenes transpired. One, in particular, excited a great deal of mirth. As Barks- dale was urging *11 the Opposition elements to unite on M'Clernand, a lady in one of the front seats in the gallery was observed to become Tery much excited. She coughed, made signs, and by other means attempted to attract the attention of a member below. Not succeeding, she leaned far over the balcony, and in an audible whisper exclaimed, David David change your vote, you booby The honourable member looked up, recognised his better half, coloured, hesitated, stammered, and then instantly changed his—seat. A small, delicate fist was shaken at him from the gallery, amid the suppressed mirth of the spectators. FOSSIL TURTLE.—The 11 Courrier du Havre" states that a few days ago a young man employed in the museum of that town perceived a fossil turtle em- bedded in a massive rock weighing about a ton, which had fallen shortly before from the cliffs of La Hbve. With the asisstance of two persons he extricated the fossil, and conveyed it to the museum. Frota the form of the shell, it appears that the turtle must have been a marine one, and of the same species as those which are now found on the coasts of Asia and West- ern Africa.

• DdisccUsitnms §mral ftefos. A TRIFLING MISTAKE — A military paper says:— It is currently rumoured in military circles that a deficit of somewhere about 850,0001. will be found in the amount required for the Army Estimates of this year, in consequence of a mistake made by the clerk whose duty it was to totalise the sums to be aked for by the War Minister in committee. It is further said, that, in consequence of this awkward arithmetical blunder, the intended- increase of companies to 100 men each must be postponed for the present. A FOOLISH HOAX !-In the Times" of Tues- day there appeared a letter, purporting to be signed by Thomas Waddington, M.D., of Wakefield, and dated from Morley's Hotel, Charing Cross, on the previous day, stating that a serious accident, attended by severe injuries, if not loss of life, occurred near Doncaster, to the eight o'clock up Wakefield train on the Great TV iif11 Tiail way. We learn (says a contemporary) that toe whole ox this statement is & pure tion. Not only did no such accident occur upon [ the Great Northern Railway, not only was no train two hours late, but every train throughout the day kept its time to the King's-Cross terminus within eight minutes, and that was a midland train; and the peculiar train to which the veracious writer to the Times refers was not two hours after its time, but just two minutes. It was due at King's-cross at 3.40 p.m., and arrived at 3.42 p.m. There is little doubt that the recent fatal accident on the Eastern Counties line (which was caused by the breaking of the tire of one of the wheels of the engine) has suggested this supposed mode of depreciating the Great Northern shares. The company intend to use their utmost exertions to discover the perpetrator of this scandalous hoax. SHOOTING A LAWYER.—As Mr. Thompson, solicitor, of Bradford, was going to his residence the other night, a man suddenly presented a pistol at him, and discharged the contents at his head. A. baL instantly passed through the left side of the upper lip, carried away two teeth from the right unper jaw, and then lacerated the outside of his right cheek as it passed off. This assassin-like attack was the work of a moment. In agony and tremor, Mr. Thompson, saying, i Oh, 'I am murdered 1" cried out for help, while his assailant, who did not speak, stood by for a moment, and then slowly disappeared. Mr. Thompson made his way to the police-station, and gave informa- tion, but the assassin was not traced. Though recover- ing, the wounded gentleman is shockingly disfigured. A MACHINE fOR REPORTING.-Apropol of reporting (says a contemporary), I may mention a machine for reporting, which Galignani says has been made in France. It consists of a membrane which vibrates in accordance with the sound, and a pencil between it transfers marks to a revolving cylinder. I do not believe in it myself, and'in any case it is not worthy'to compare with the American machine for the same purpose. This facilitates a reporter's labour so much that if he takes notes for half-an-hour, and then goes away for twenty minutes, the speaker will just have got abreast of him by the time he comes back. STYE ON THE EYELID.—A correspondent of the Family Herald sends the following remedy, which she says she can vouch for:- Put. a teaspoonful of black tea in a small bag pour on it just enough boiling water to moisten it; then put it on the eye pretty warm. Keep it on all night, and in the morning the stye will most likely be gone; if not, a second applica- tion is certain to remove it. MARINE SALVAGE.—A company has been formed in Manchester for the purpose of recovering sunken vessels by means of self-gravitating air cylinders. The method proposed to be adopted by the company is as follows:— It is simply to sink two large cylindrical tubes, one on each side of the sunken ship, to secure them by chains to the wreck, and to inflate them with air by means of air pumps. When the tubes become so far inflated as neaily to float the vessel, she is drawn to the surface by chains working round the capstans of two small steam tugs employed for the purpose. The patent for this process has been taken out by a Mr. Kainbirg, and appears to be based on sound calcu- lation. It is stated that owing to the fact that the weight of any sunken body is reduced by the amount of water dis- placed, a ship of war, fully equipped with 120 guns onboard, estimated to weigh about 4,600,tons, is diminished in specific gravity by immersion in sea water to less than a tenth of that weight, leaving the weight to be lifted not more than about 400 tons. ONLY A QUESTION OF TIME !—The Court Journal" is responsible for the following twaddle. We suppose it alludes to the widow of the late Earl of Jersey There is a rumour that the widow of a noble peer, not very long deceased, and whose death made a more than usual sensation from its occurring so soon after his accession to the title, has an ardent suitor, who is using all his influence to induce the fair widow to throw off her weeds and again place a wreath of orange blossoms round her brow; and, if rumour is to be believed, this enthusiastic wooer has no reason to despair of accomplishing his object, but that his ultimate success is only a question of time. d THE WILTS PEERAGE.—Mr. Simon T. Scrope, of Danby, Yorkshire, has preferred a claim to the ancient Earldom of Wiltshire, which, if allowed, will place that gentleman above the Earl of Shrewsbury, as Premier Earl in the Peerage of England. Mr. Scrope claims that title as heir male, and representative of the unfortunate earl to whom Sliakspeare alludes in his Henry IV. and who was executed by the Duke of Lancaster (afterwards King Henry IV.) at Bristol, in 1399. Her Majesty has referred the petition to the Attorney-General, and it has been favourably reported on by that legal functionary, and the claim has therefore been laid formally before the House of Lords, who have referred it in the usual course to the Committee of Privileges, and it is confidently ex- pected that they will come to a final decision upon its merits during the present Parliamentary session. THE BEAUTIES OF THE DRAWING-ROOM.-Among the youthful debutantes at the Queen's drawing-room on Saturday were Lady Diana Beauclerk, daughter of the Duchess of St. Albans; Lady Alice Hill, daughter of the Marquis and Marchioness of Downshire Lady Gertrude Amherst, daughter of the Earl and Countess e Amherst; Lady Blanche Craven, daughter of the Earl and Countess Craven, &c. The head-dress of Lady Mary Craven was particularly admired, and was composed of a, coronet of light blue velvet, studded with diamonds, the hair being turned over on each side, and a graceful bow of hair at the back from which descended a light veil, a small plume, and an aigrette a 1,, Louis XV. confining the hair. Lady Diana Beau- clerk's head-dress was in a similar style, and was also admired. The Marchioness of Ely wore as a head- dress a coronet of diamonds, mixed by lilac, verbena feathers, confined by an aigrette, the hair drooping in curls on each side. Small plumes fastened in the hair by aigrettes were the prevailing fashion. Some of the most charming of the designs were from the masterly hand of Alexandre Regnier, the Court coiffeur. The Duchess of Sutherland was unable to officiate as Mistress of the Robes to her Majesty, owing to the recent death of Lady Dover, and from the same mournful circumstance the Marchioness of Stafford, the Duke of Devonshire, the Earl and Lady Constance Grosvenor, and others were absent. "IN THE MIDST OF LIFE WE ARE IN DEATH !"— Soon after the sitting of the Courts at Devizes great consternation was occasioned by an awful instance of sudden death. There was a Post-office prosecution at these assizes, and Mr. Phillips, a gentleman who has been for many years connected with the solicitor's department of the Post-office, and who has been in the habit of conducting those prosecutions on this circuit, was in the Indictment-office, handing in his indictment to the Clerk of Indictments, when, to the consternation of those about him, lie suddenly dropped to the ground. A medical man was at once sent for, but the unfortunate gentleman almost immediately expired. In the course of the day a coroner's jury was summoned, and an inquest held by Mr. Norris, the coroner, when a verdict of "Death from apoplexy was returned. EXTRAORDINARY ACCIDENT. On Saturday morning, as Mendee's menagerie was leaving Stam- ford, after the great Mid-Lent fair, a caravan, con- taining an elephant, capsized, while making an awk- ward turn, and falling upon a horse belonging to the proprietors of the establishment, literally crushed it to a mummy, of course causing instant death. The animal was valued at GO I. The elephant did not sus- tain any injury. A HINT FOR FARMERS.—Mr. Small, a veteri- nary surgeon of considerable experience and success- ful practice in Ulster, states that in the present scarcity of straw he uses sand for horses' beds in his repository and further observes that sand is superior to straw, inasmuch as the former article does not re- tain heat, and also preserves horses' hoofs. Mr. Small's alleged successful experiment deserves extended circulation, now that the market price of straw is so high. INGENIOUS AMERICA!—Over a very large es- tablishment for the manufacture of barrels, in Cincin- nati, is a mysterious upper story, where cobwebs are woven over the bung so as to represent old barrels that had lain long in cellars. These are to contain the old Madeira and foreign brandies, declared to have been imported, but all made in the metropolis of Ohio. IATIIAT NEX.T?-Our (" Manchester Examiner") Derby correspondent informs us a plan is on foot for the establishment of paper-mills in the metropolis of breweries, Burton-upon-Trent. "Spent hops" are to be worked up and supplied to the markets in the form of paper. Samples of the manufacture are how on vifiw. The paper is of a light brown, and of the kind suitable for packing. AN EXPENSIVE BREAXFAST.—At the Taunton assizes the Court adjourned for a quarter of an hour during the trial of a case, and when the judge had re- turned and taken his seat, a, juryman was missing. After an hour and fifty minutes he came into court, and gave as the reason for his absence, that he had come from home without his breakfast, and had gone to take some refreshment, as he had. understood two hours were allowed. Baron Channell fined him 201, for his conduct. MISTRESS AND IVIA] D!-At the Liverpool assizes the following case has been tried The defendant, Miss Normanby, resides at Timperley, near Altringham, and was sued by the plaintiff, Mary li'Jynn, formerly a servant in her employ, for damages for false im- prisonment. Flynn engaged with MissNormanbyiltDecember last, and on the following day week was asked by the de- fendant if she knew to whom she was engaged, when she replied that she did not, but that she hoped it was to a lady. Miss Normandy informed her that she belonged to the aristocracy, that her brother lived partially with her, and that her uncle was a Duke, in consequence of whick she did not visit anywhere. A few days afterwards tke "brother" called and slept there all night. A week afterwards an altercation took place, and the plaintiff wished to leave at once, but. the defendant refused to allow her to do so, and threatened to send for her brother from London, whereupon the plaintiff said that the gentleman was no brother of the young lady, but a Greek, and nephew to a traveller in a mercantile firm. Miss Normandy said she would make the plaintiff repent that statement, and after she left the house had her apprehended on a eharge of having stolen a casket of jewels from her drawers. The next morning the charge was withdrawn. His lordship .said the jury would practically have to determine whether one or other of the parties had committed wilful and corrupt perjury. Terdict for the plaintiff.—damages, 15Z. A PLEASANT PROSPECT FOR Us !—In the House of Commons on Friday evening, Sir Charles Napier said:— He did not think ihere was any chance of the iucome-taxbeing reduced or ceasing. The House must not fancy for a moment that the expenditure for the navy would be a shilliiig less next year than in the present one. They might even make up their minds that it would be more expensive. In 18&7 the. navy had got to a very low state. The hon. member for Droitwich had put it on a better footing. But they had been obliged to build an entire new navy. It was a wooden navy, and they had obtained some very fino ihipg. But what guarantee Ji ad they that this navy would be permanent T He had no netion that it would be so. Tlien they had to pro- vide new guns for the whole navy; they would have to expend enormous sums in Armstrong's and Whitwortli's guns. The sums charged this year would not give guns to more than one or two ships. And, now they had a new wooden navy, they could not tell but what they should have to build a new iron one. (Hear, hear.) France had six new iron frigates the English Government was building two. If some arrangement could be made by which France would stand as she was as to ships, and England stand fast also, then the Chancellor of the Exchequer might hold out some hopes of the income-tax ceasing next year. But England was compelled to build ships faster than the Emperor England had more colonies, and it was impossible she could remain with only the same naval force as France, and be in a state of safety. THE GREAT TASMANIA" CASE.—The inquests at Liverpool upon the bodies of the unfortunate sol- diers brought home by this vessel have resulted in a verdict that they Died of scurvy, brought on by bad food and exposure to cold on board ship." The jury further found :— That the provisions supplied by the Government as stores for the use of the troops were bad, and unfit for human food, with the exception of the tea, pork, pickles, and rice. That there was an entire absence of proper disinfectants, and that the lime juice had lost its medicinal properties when put on board. That the officers who signed the General Inspection Report are the culpable parties, so far as the quality of the stores is concerned. That the captain and officers of the ship are entirely free from blame, and that the ship's contract was satisfactorily fulfilled, That the military officers and the surgeon did their best, under the circumstances in which they were placed, to promote the health of the men under their charge. The jury also added a presentment urging upon the Government the imperative necessity of a change in the system of military inspection and supply of cloth- ing before soldiers leaving a foreign station so as to prevent such cases as that of the Great Tasmania" occurring in future. THE CURE OF CANCER.—Mr. Anderton, of Duke-street, London, sends the following recipe. Simple as it is, he speaks confidently of its effectiveness in the cure of cancer Boil fine Turkey flgs in new milk, which t.hev will thicken when they are tender, split and apply thaHks warm as they can be borne to the part atlected, whefl^^broken or not; the part^K be washed every time the poultice is changed with son^^Bthe milk use a fresh poultice night and morn- ing and at least once during the day, and drink a quarter of a pint of the milk the figs are boiled in twice in the twenty- four hours. If the stomach will bear it, this must be steadily persevered in for three or four months at least. A man aged 105 years was cured, about six years before his death, with only six pounds of figs, The cancer, which begun at the corner of his mouth, had eaten through his jaw, cheek, and half way down his throat; yet he was so perfectly cured as never to show auy tendency to return. Should it ever do so, the figs should be again applied. The first application gives a great deal or pain, but afterwards each dressing gives relief. A woman cured by this remedy had been afflicted' ten years her breasts bled excessively ten pounds cured her. AN AGED PASTOR.—The Rel. Thomas Adkins, of Southampton, has just completed his fiftieth year as pastor of the chief congregational chapel in that town, and preparations are making to celebrate his jubilee. The chapel of which the reverend gentleman is minister is famous as the one in which Dr. Isaac Watts and his father worshipped, and for which the doctor composed his hymns. The Pev. Mr. Adkins still displays great intellectual activity, and preaches every Sunday. During his pastorship he has preached nearly 5,000 sermons in the chapel. Scarcely any of the members of his congregation, when he was ordained, are now living. A SHARP PAPER DEALER.—A short time ago one of the most extensive paper dealers in the North of England (says the Birmingham Post), dreading the consequences of the repealed duty, unaccompanied with the concession of drawback on his extensive stock on hand, adopted the following ingenious method of protecting himself therefrom. He "exported" twenty tons of the article to the Isle of Man, received 2941. as a drawback of duty on the exportation, and calculating on re-importing the lot for disposal in England when Mr. Gladstone's abolition purpose should have been consummated. As soon as this clever stroke of business had been transacted, down came the news that the Chancellor of the Exchequer had granted the penny drawback on all stock held previously to the new bill coming into operation. The dealer then found that he had outwitted himself. From the opera- tion of Custom-House regulations and other causes it is calculated that he cannot see his paper back to England before the dog-days, and, in- the meantime, he will have lost in expenses and delayed sale far more than he will have gained by obtaining a three half- penny instead of a penny drawback, to say nothing of the opportunities he might have had of clearing out the lot before any change of duty took place. The incident is said to have occasioned a good deal of pleasantry among parties connected with the trade.. DREADFUL SCENE IN LONDON.—In the Curtain- r o, road, Shoreditch, London, a fire of a very alarming and destructive character, and unfortunately attended with great loss of property, the sacrifice of two human beings, and serious injury to several other persons, took place on Sunday morning. On the alarm being given the landlord of the house managed to lower his wife and two children out. of the first-floor window, and they happily escaped without injury. Not so, however, with some of the other A man who was lodging in the house opened his bedroom door, when he wa3 seized by a sheet of flame, and fell into the midst of the fire, where he soon perished his body was found a charred and blackened mass of bones. His unfortunate wife was also encircled in fire, and was compelled to jump out of the second-floor windony. She fell with a terrible crash, and was at once removed to the hospital, but she died a few minutes before her admission, many of her limbs being broken. Two other persons, a man and his wife, were unable to descend by any other means than out of the second- floor window. Having lowered his wife as far as he was enabled, until the fire fairly encircled him, he was obliged to let her fall, but not until his hair was set on fire, and in dropping the poor woman she was so seriously injured that she was obliged to be also re- moved to the hospital, in a state of great suffering. There were two other persons who were obliged to jump out of the second-floor window, and they were also compelled to be taken to the hospital. Two YOUNG LADIES TAKING THE VIrIL. On Sunday last St. Andrew's Catholic Church, Dundee, was crowded to excess, to witness the ceremony of tak- ing of the veil by two young ladies. They were dressed as brides for the hymeneal altar, with veils and crowns of flowers, and appeared to be about 17 years of age. Bishop Murdoch, of Glasgow, officiated, and, after a long address, he concluded by lifting up his hands, looking towards heaven, and commending the two to the Virgin Mary to present to her Son, as his faithful spouses here on earth." At the conclusion, the bishop asked of each, My child, what do you demand ? Is it with your own free will that you undertake the sweet yoke of your Saviour Jesus Christ ?" Having received an affirmative answer, he then told the candi- dates to retire and put off their worldly garb, and in so doing, to put off every thought of the world and its pleasures. They then retired with their attendants, and shortly returned arrayed in complete monastic habit, save the veil-their luxuriant hair cropped close, and their young faces swathed in linen doth. They then knelt down, and the bishop, reading certain forms of prayer, and uttering Latin phrases, solemiily imposed the veil on their heads, blessing them in the name of Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. While the remaining part of the service was gone through, they remained prostrate on their faces. After it was over, each nun solemnly welcomed them with a kiss, and then the procession retired in the same order as it entered. WHAT IS A PAUPER ?—Visiting the poor-bouse the other day in company with a friend (says a con- temporary), whose son, a bright young fellow of five years old, accompanied us, we discoursed by the way of paupers, and the best mode of treating them. Charley listened attentively for some time, and then asked:— "Papa, what is a pauper!" Why, my son, a pauper is a poor pergon without friends; one who has no papa to take care of him." Charley looked serious for a time, then cried out merrily, Oh, yep, papa, I know; you're a pauper- grandpa's dead 1" THE CARLISLE COFFIN MYSTE-Ry.-Tlie Paisley Herald" says:—"In reference to the death of the child whose body was discovered some time since in a coffin enclosed in a box at Carlisle, addressed to Mrfi. Loudon, and which has since been traced to Greenock, we understand that, on an analysis of a portion of the stomach, poison has been found." SINGULAR CASE OF DESERTION.—A correspon- dent informs us that a young gentleman serving as master's assistant on board one of the ships at Van- couver's not long ago left with the intention of desert- ing, but was apprehended and brought back to the ship. He stated as & reason for wishing to desert, the impos- sibility of living on his pay, and that, having no private means, he preferred quitting the service to running into debt. The officers on this station have to pay 12s. a dozen for washing, and everthing else on a scale equally exorbitant. There is no smaller coin used there than a sixpence; and no officer, particularly a junior officer, can support himself on his pay. The intention of the master's assistant was to go to America, where he hoped to earn more money and live cheaper. Those serving in ships on the Australian station receive a colonial allowance in addition to the Government pay, and some such regulation should be adopted with refer- ence to the squadron employed in British Columbia. THE FORTHCOMING PRIZE EIGHT.- In con- sequence of the activity displayed by the police authorities on the occasion of some of the late prize fights, and their contemplated interference in the pro- jected contest between Sayers and Heenan on the 16th proximo, the backers of the men, it is understood, have agreed to cancel the articles of agreement, so far as relates to the appointed day of fighting, with the intention of bringing off the'" event" at an earlier and unexpected date the place and time of meeting to be confided to a limited number of the "amateurs "of pugilism the evening previous to the day fixed for the contest. T II E STRIKERS' W IVES .—Th e English Registrar- General in his annual report gives some sad statistics of the late strike in London. The workmen's wives, he says, evidently thought their husbands in the right, and suffered with them the pangs of hunger. A re- lieving officer thus writes on September 1st I visited one man's lodgings. He was out, but his wife was in bed, with scarceiy arag to cover her, evidently gradually sinking from want. The room contained scarcely an article of furniture, and presented a most destitute neglected and dirty appearance. She said, We are starving, sir we have neither fire nor food." "Why," I replied, "does not your husband go to work?,, "What," she exclaimed with con- siderable energy, to become worse than a slave AN UNKNO\TN EUROPEAN AT TIMBUCTOO.—A letter received from M. J omard, President of the Geo- graphical Society, states that a Frtnch naval officer, while on a mission to Tagant (Africa), in the beginning of last month, met the chief of A tribe Goming* from Tichit, where he had learned that there was a European at .present at Timbuctoo. On the promise of a reward the chief engaged to proceed at once to that place and bring the traveller with him to Senegal. THE CASE OF THE REV. JAMES BONWELL.— Surprise has been expressed in connexion with the abandonment, or at all events suspension, of the pro- ceedings against the Rev. James Bonwell, the rector of St. Pliilip^s Church, Stepney, London, against whom soifie time since the Bishop of London issued a com- mission. It will probably be remembered that Mr. Bonwell was alleged to be the father of an illegitimate child, of a Miss Yorath, who was confined at the rectory-house at Stepney. The commission reported that there were printa facie grounds for further pro- ceedings but were puzzled to prove that actual adultery had been committed within the diocese of London, over which alone the Bishop's power extends. Several weeks have elapsed, and the Bishop has taken no step to prosecute Mr. Bonwell. Meanwhile the rev. gentleman continues to be rector of St. Philip's district, although he does not at present officiate. [In reference to this matter his lordship's secretary writes to state that the bishop has neither abandoned nor suspended the proceedings. Immediately on receipt of the commissioners' formal report, with minutes of the evidence, his lordship's proctor was instructed to carr7 the matter with all dispatch into the Court of Arches, and it is to be hoped that the case may shortly be in train for a hearing.]

SUPPOSED MURDER AT STAMFORD. An inquest has been held at Stamford on the body of Miss Pulley, aged 63, who was found the same morning burnt to death in her own residence, under these eireuxistances:- It appeared that the deceased, who lived by herself, was a regular attendant at church, but did not make her appearance on feunday and as she had not been seen since the previous VV ednesday, and no smoke had issued fora few days from either of the chimneys of her house, fears were entertained tnat something serious had happened to h,-r. On an entry being made, a fearful sight was presented. The body of the unfortunate Indy was en the floor, with her head near the fire- grate, a black and charred mass. It is supposed that the unfortunate deceased came down stairs on Thursday morn- ing, and was going to light the ftre, when she fell down in a nt, her clothes caught the flame, and she was burnt to death. Nothing was discovered to lead to a suspicion that, any robbery or violence had been perpetrated. In the drawers and boxes of the deceased, several vouchers and documents were found, several trinkets, many valuable books, and an unused cheque for 5001. The deceased, although eccentrie and penurious, was very charitable. She died without leaving a will, and her property, about 150J. a year, will go to a relative residing at Putney. The jury returned a verdict'of "accidental death; but in pursuance of an order since received from the Secretary of State, the body of Miss Pulley (who is now suspected to have been murdered and then set on fire) was exhumed at half-past five o'clock on Monday morning, and removed to an outhouse at'the Bull and Swan Inn, contiguous to the burial-ground, where a post mortem examination was made by Mr. Heward, surgeon to the gaol, and Mr. Mark Jackson. Although the body had been in the ground since Wednesday, there was no perceptible change in its ex- ternal appearance. The circumstances which first excited suspicion of foul play in this case, and led to the apprehension of a man named Corby, were as follows:— A young man named Marsh, in the prisoner's employ, while looking round the workshop for some tools, noticed on an upper shelf a lady's writing desk, and, curiosity prompting him to open it, he saw inside a number of gold coins and several rings, one of the latter bearing an inscription, "James and Elizabeth Pulley." Two or three days elapsed before Marsh mentioned this, when, the fact coming to the ears of Corby, he repeatedly urged the young man not to say anything further about the matter, remarking that, as he (Corby) had been in trouble before (alluding to a robbery of which he had been convicted), it might be J awkward for him if he was known to be in possession • of the articles named. This and other suspicious cir- cumstances—such as the prisoner paying a number of old debts and exhibiting a considerable sum in gold- coining to the knowledge of the superintendent of police, he apprehended Corby; but when his house was searched neither the writing-desk nor the rings could be found. Stains of blood have been discovered on the hearth-stone in the kitchen, where the body of the deceased was found, and it is understood that other facts have come to light which seem to indicate that the unfortunate lady came to & violent death, inde- pendent of what may be the result of the post mortem examination.

==- PROCLAMATION OF THE KING OF SAffc DINIA TO CENTRAL ITALY. A proclamation of the Ring to the people of Central Italy has been published at Turin. The following is a summary Your wishes are satisfied. You are united under one monarchy—a reward well merited by your unity and perseverance. It is, however, necessary to con- tinue the virtues of which you have given such an admirable example to the world. Above all things, persevere in the firm resolution to make such sacri- fices as are indispensable for accomplishing and establishing great enterprises. We are now bound, by an indissoluble pact of honour, to our common country and to universal civilisation. I have exposed my life for the independence of Italy, and have given my people an example of loyalty. I now claim from my new peoples the same affection as from my former subjects. I desire to strengthen the Italians in the unanimity of their resolution to resist aggression, and to prepare continually for better things.

A SLANDER COSTING X25. tilt the Shrewsbury assizes the case of Meddins v. Jones and wife has been tried. The plaintiff is the keeper of the Horse and Jockey public-house at Newport, and he sued the defend- ants, who keep the Gullet Inn, in Shrewsbury, to recover damages for slander, in imputing to the plaintiff's daughter, Amelia Meddins, that she had stolen four sovereigns from the defendants while on a visit to their house. The defend- ants pleaded only the general issue. It appeared from the evidence that in July last the plaintiff brought his daughter, an interesting-looking girl of 20, to Shrewsbury, and took her'to see the de- fendants. The parties were acquainted, and on a former occasion the plaintiff's daughter had been staying with the defendants on a visit. The plaintiff's daughter was invited to stay, and her father left her there and returned home in the evening. The young lady stayed till the Wednesday following, when she also returned home. The next morning the defendant's wife, Mrs. Jones, went over to Newport, and there, in the presence of all the plaintiff's family, accused her of stealing four sove- reigns, and threatened that if she did not return the money she would give her into custody of a policeman. She said that she would have her handcuffed and taken down the street, and her sins would overtake her. Another person was present during a part of the inter- view and heard the slander. The plaintiff's daughter and her family indignantly denied the charge. The young woman fetched her purse, saying she had but three sotereigns and some silver, and explained how she had become possessed of it. Mrs. Jones said the sovereigns were hers, for she had marked them, and she wanted to take them away, but the plaintiff's family dared her to do it, and she abstained. The plaintiff", having consulted an attorney, insisted on having a full and ample apology, and as this was re- fused the present action was brought. Evidence was given to show that the money which the young woman had in her purse was her own. At the close of the plaintiff's case, Mr. Huddlestone submitted that the communication was privileged. Mr. Justice Keating said he should direct the jury that it was not so. Mr. Huddlestone then addressed the jury for the defendants in mitigation of damages, contending that Mrs. Jones had uttered the words bor,d fide. Mrs. Jones was then called, and stated that on the day the young woman came to her house she looked into her bag in her absence, and also into her purse, and found that the latter contained only a few shillings, and that before she left she again examined her bag and purse, and then she found the purse contained four sovereigns and a pound in silver. She, however, made no charge against her at that time, and according to the evidence of a little girl who was called she kissed her at parting. After the young woman was gone Mrs. Jones said she made farther inquiries, and came to the conclusion that she had stolen four sovereigns out of a box in the bar to which she had access. The reason given by Mrs. Jones for looking into the bag was that she wanted to see whether the young woman had sufficient clothes with her to stay, and she was satisfied that she had when she found a pocket hand- kerchief, a collar, some bracelets, and a purse. Mr. Justice Keating summed up the evidence, and left it to the jury to say whether they believed the defendant's wife intended to impute a felony to the plaintiff's daughter; and if so to what damages the plaintiff was entitled. Thejury found a verdict for the plaintiff-Damages, 251.

EPITOME OF NEWS. BRITISH AND FOREIGN. It appears to be decided that there will be three camps this year in France-. on the Chalons, another for cavalry at Luneville, and the third at Helfaut. His Holiness the Pope has 12,000,000 of scudi, the pious offerings of good Catholics, packed in boxes in the Vatican so that, in case he should consider another Hegira necessary, the money for his travelling expenses is abun- dantly provided. Several life-boats have been sent from England to different ports in Spain. The language which Lord John Russell employed in speaking of the French Emperor on Tuesday night was strong; but not near so strong as that which he employed in writing to the French Emperor on the 5th of July last, and again on the 18th of Tanuary.-Daily New. A London architect stated, at a recent meeting of the Architectural Association, that he had lately employed iron castings in ornamental work instead of wood, and with the greatest success. He was adopting east-iron more and more as an element of domestic architecture. The Prince of Wales will cross the Atlantic in the Hero, accompanied by the Ariadne, the Flying Fish, and the royal yacht Osborne. In some parts of Banffishire the harvest of 1M still lies ungathered. The North British Daily Mail states that a. farm ser- vant at Paisley has iteen found guilty of shooting a hare, and lined 10 £ with the alternative of a month's imprison- ment. The total sum realised by subscription for Sir James Brooke amounts to g,OOOl. His health is still very indifferent. All efforts to induce the British Government to purchase the settlement at Borneo are now relinquished. The Belgian Chamber of Deputies have, in its new penal code, just assimilated the offenca of defamation of the deed to that of the living, but limiting the number of de- scendants who can institute an action—namely, to the third degree. Martin Macdonagh, a native of Ennis, was interred on IA week, after having attained the extraordinary age of 108 years. The deceased enjoyed excellent health up t. a short tuna previous to his death. The report of the Select Committee of the House of Commons on the Queen's Printers' Patent for Printing the Bible reeommends that the patent be renewed, and that no exclusive privilege of printing the Scriptures be allowed henceforth to exist. A printing office, in which the work is done wholly by women, has been opened in London, and five girls have been apprenticed to the trade by the Society for Promoting the Employment of Women. ° The suggestion which appeared in the Athcnamm that publishers should announce the weight on the covers of each volume issued, has been put into practice by Messrs Black, of Edinburgh, in their :Macaulay s Biographies" This practice will greatly facilitate the use of the book-post. On the 20th of March there were no less than 432 cases pending before the Divorce Court. An unhappy state of affiurs, truly. 11 A Manchester paper says that they have heard, on the best authority," of a Railway Brigade, which is to mus- ter in great force in the Reformed Parliament. [We suppose their mission will be to advocate railway interests, as if they were not strong enough already!] A Scotch paper says that there is a rumour current that the two youngest sons of the Duke of Buccleuch have followed their maternal relative, a*d gone ever to the Church of Rome. The well-known Father Daly brought an action, at he Galway assizes, against J. F. Blake, for using some strong etxpressions against him in the Vindicator. The damages were niagiiiflecr) tly laid at 1,00(,I., but the jury awarded the paltry sum of Gd. damages and 6d. costs. We regret to announce the death of Lady Stratheden., the wife of Lord Chancellor Campbell, which took place on Sunday, from bronchitis. Government inspectors have been surveying Can- nock Chase, with a view to test its availability as a site for the proposed midland arsenal and depot for 10,000 troops. On Saturday last the Liverpool workhouse was honoured by a visit from Charles Dickens, and the sickly soldiers just returned from India in the Great Tasmania were the object of much attention for the great novelist. Mr. Dickens conversed freely with many of the poor fellows, and expressed his sympathy for the sufferings they had undergone. A deputation from the Evangelical Alliance had an interview with Lord John Russell on Monday, for the pur- pose of soliciting his lordship's interference in a case of cross persecution alleged to have been perpetrated in Turkey by a Greek Bishop upon a Protestant convert. Lord John Russell expressed his sympathy with the objects of the deputation, and promised to do what he could in the matter. A requiem mass (Requiescat in pace) was sung on Friday last at the Roman Catholic chapel at Aldenham, for the "repose of the soul" of the late Countess Granville. In the "evening of the same day the remains of the deceased lady's first husband. Sir Ferdinand Acton, were transferred to Aldenliam from the parish church of Acton Round where they were deposited at the baronet's death, in January, 1837 The chapel at Aldenham was recently built by the late countess, who worked for it with her own hands a hand- somely embroidered autependium for the altar* representing The chapel at Aldenham was recently built by the late countess, who worked for it with her own hands a hand- somely embroidered autependium for the altar, representing Domenichino's Last Supper." At Edinburgh a pheasant, pursued by a hawk, flew right through a piate-glass window, smashing it to pieces The bird fell uead in the room. A volunteer in a rifle corps at Hertford having pub- lished a letter reflecting on an officer, a court martial was held, and he was expelled the force. A singular death occurred in the Isle of Man a few days since. A millers man was standing near the machinery, when his clothes were caught and gradually tightened, compressing the man's body to such an extent that he died. No external mark was visible. It is said that tenders are being made already by French papermakers to supply a good paper for printing pur- poses at 2Jd. a pound to London consumers. A gentleman who was on the bench at the Shrews- bury assizes applauded a sentence passed upon a poacher by knocking with his stick. Mr. Baron Bramwell warmly re- proved him. His lordship asked the offender whether he would like the people at the other end of the court, who probably sympathised with the prisoner, to imitate -such conduct. Thereupon, somebody at the other end of the court cried Hear, hear which called fortk a second rebuke from the judge. It is stated that the Rev. Canon Stowell, of Man- chester, has been presented by his congregation with the magnificent sum of 20,000i. The only condition annexed to the gift was, that it should not be applied to any public pur- pose, but Mr. Stowell declined to accept it subject to that stipulation. At Chatham, a private in the Engineers has been branded with the letter D," and sentenced to imprison- ment for bad conduct and desertion. A person who had long resided in Scotland, crossed the Atlantic and never saw the sen. Having got sea-sick, she was in a state of unconsciousness during the voyage, and it was not until sailing up the St. Lawrence that she so far re- covered as to behold the waters of the New World. A Western editor apologises to his rea.ders some- what after this fashion We expected to have a death and a marriage to publish this week, but a violent storm prevented the wedding, and the doctor being taken sick him- self, the patient recovered, and we are accordingly cheated of both." I am enabled (says the correspondent of the Leeds Mercury) from a private and undoubted source, to put you ia possession of a piece of news which will interest many it is that the Princess Frederick William (our Princess Roval) ex- pects an increase of family in two or three in onths. -.Ln other correspondent says, It is a delicate on dit that there is a chance of a further increase in the Royal Family." Tigers are said to be increasing at Singapore at the rate of one a-day, in consequence of the reduction of the Government head-money, which is now so low that it offers no temptation for the risk of human life when seeking the destruction of such formidable antagonists. The daughter of a person living near Ludlow, finding her lip much chapped from the wind, applied some tallow to it, which is supposed to have contained some poisonous matter or fat that had become decomposed. Her lip swelled and she died in a few days. A terrible accident has happened at Worcester through a coal-boat striking the piling of an iron railway bridge which spans the Severn. There were seven persons in the boat, of whom four were drowned. The Hereford Journal ga-ys that the Right Hon. Lord Llanover will figure at the Monmouth assizes as defend- ant in an extraordinary trial for libel preferred against him by Mr. Stone, of Llangattock, a gentleman well know* in the fashionable and sporting circles in that part ef the country. The damages jeach a high figure. A letter from Nice announces that General Garibaldi is shortly expected in that town, of which he is a native. This celebrated popular chief will, by the annexation of the county of Nice to the French Empire, become a French citizen, and may possibly be elected a deputy to represent his native town in the Corps Legislatif. Wild boars, it would seem, are almost as numerous in some parts of Picardy as rabbits elsewhere. At a great boar hunt which took place at Ourscamp (Oise), a short time ago, and lasted several days, 104 of these animals were killed. A ship-of-the-line to be plated with steel has been laid down in the dockyard of Cherbourg. She is to measure 300 feet in length, with an iron spur SO feet long, to be supplied with an engine of 1,200-horse power, and to be called the "Napoleon I." At the interview which the Savoy deputation bad witk the Emperor, his Majesty is said to have asked the envoys whether they had good barracks in Savoy, and said that he would send troops there, whose presence always gives life and animation to a country. The Court Journal says :—"An on dit has reached us that a lady and her daughter have had their cards returned for the present Drawing-room. This is a very rare occur- rence indeed, as, usually, discretion teaches when it would be hazardous to ask the honour. Names have been given to us, but they are, of course, sacred." At the Kingston assizes an American has been sen- tenced to 18 months' imprisonment for stealing a horse. His defence was a peculiar one he asserted that he did not intend to steal the horse, and said that it was a com- mon thing in America to "borrow" a horse for a short time in the manner he had done, and nothing was thought about it

THE MARKETS* THE PROVINCIAL CORN TRADE. At the leading provincial markets last week there was am average supply of English wheat, which found buyers at an advance of Is to 2s per qr. on the value of the previous week, and foreign samples may be quoted Is per qr. dearer. Barley, oats, and beans were held with firmness, the turn being in favour of sellers. MARK LANE, MeSDAT. The fresh arrivals of English and foreign grain at this morning's market were again very short. There were xo imports of foreign oats. The small quantity of English, wheat on offer was taken off at an advance ef 2s on the rates Monday last. Foreign wheat maintained a similar advance. Floating cargoes were Is to 2s dearer, and there was less disposition to sell cargoes on passage. Flour was held with increased firmness, and country marks, ia some instances, made Is to !s per sack more than was obtainable last week. Barley advanced Is per qr. Beans and peas were without quotable change. Malt met a ateady demand at the recent value. Indian corn was held for Is advanee. Oats were firmly held, but purchased sparingly. Prices:- BRITISH. a. a. WHEAT ..Essex, Kent, and Suffolk, white, per qr 89 to 50 BARLEY ..Malting 30 to S'T OATS .F-ssex and Suffolk 20 to 25 BEANS Mazagan 32 to 37 Tick and Harrow. S4 to 44 SEED .Canary.per qr. 62, t,) 60 Carraway perewt 82 tD Rape per qr. 50 to 61 Hempseed ..per qr. 38 to LONDON SEED. The imports of linseed have been moderate, and prices firm. Bombay sells at 53s to 53s fid on the spot, and Caloutta, 60s to 51s Gd as to quality. For arrival the latter is quoted 49s to 50s, cost, freight, and insurance and Ajsoff seed, July and August shipment, is quoted bfs, delivered U.K. Lim- seed cakes are purchaseable on slightly easier terms for arrival. Rape seed is steadily held, but is less active. Fair sound Calcutta are worth 52s Cd to 53s en the spot, and 588 to arrive. Fine Bombay Gueerat, 60s; other sorts, COs to 65s per quarter. MARK LAME, Alo"AY.-There was no further improve- ment in the value of seed, but the sale was steady, and cakes were still readily placed. In the seed-market but little was doing, from the backwardness of the season. Red cloverseed and trefoil were dull. White but little in de- mand. Tares about the same. Canaryseed very slew. Fine white mustardseed firm. Other seeds quiet. LIVERPOOL, TCISDAT. We had a good attendance of both town and country millers and dealers at our Corn Exchange this morning, and a healthy business resulted in wheat both for consumption and to hold over at an advance of 2d or 3d per cental over the rates of Friday last. Flour was held for Is per barrel and sack more money, but did not move so freely. Indian corn met a good inquiry, but the advance of Is per qr. demanded checked business. Oats steady; and eatmeal the turn dearer, but not much dealt in. Beans brought fully ad per qr. more money, and peas and barley full prices. The market closed very steady at the advanced rates. POTATOES. The arrivals of potatoes continue moderate, and in but middling condition. A fair business is doing in most kinds, as follows.York Regents, 100s to 150s; ditto flukes, 130s to 160S Kent and Essex, 80s to liOs; Dunbar, 100s te 130s Scotch, 85s to 110s ditto cups, Sis to 100s Foreign, 70s to 85s per ton. PROVISIONS. The supply of Irish butter is very limited. The demand however, is inactive, at late quotations. Fine English and foreign qualities command extreme currencies, "but inferior parcels are a dull inquiry. There is a good consumptive demand for bacon, and sizeable sides are worth 60s to 64s per cwt. Lard moves off steadily, at 64s to 74s for blad- dered, and 5Bs to 64s for keg. Mess pork is quoted at 838 to 90s, and mess beef 80s to 90s per tierce. Hams are firm in price. METROPOLITAN CATTLE MARKET, MONDAY. The supply of cattle was under the average. The demand was decidedly better, especially fer the better descriptions, and prices were quoted 2d per stone higher. There was a fair number of sheep on offer, and inferior breeds sold with- out change, but prime Downs were in request, and realised 2d per stone more than on Thursday. Veal, which was in short supply, rradily obtained late rates. Pork sold steadily at the quotations :-Beef, Ss lOd to is; mutton, 4s 4d to 5s lOd; veal, 58 to 5s lOd; pork, 4s to 4s ad.

LONDON PRODUCE MARKETS, »• i„ MINCING LANE, WUDNBSDAT. In almost all articles the dealings have been on a very moderate scale, and without any quotable change in cur- rent values StroAB.—A limited business has been done 800 bags low f w?riawi m -i! 100 cllests brown Bahia at 40s and 1,400 bags clayed Manilla washed at 38s refined remains duli. COFFJI.E.-A floatini; cargo of St. Domingo sold at 64s. The market is film for parcels on the spot, with little offering. TEA. The market is without change. SPIRITS.—No sales reported in rum. Martell's brandy in nogslieads sold at 10s cash, for 1858. RICE commands an active sale at full prices. Bengal, 9s 3d to 13s Sd Madras, 10s to 10s 3d Rangoon, is 6d to 10s per cwt. Since Friday about 25,000 bags have been sold, the greater portion consisting of Rangoon qualities, between 8s Cd to 9s Cd per cwt. SALTPETRE—1,500 bags sold at steady prices, 5l to 17; per cent., 43s 6d to 39s 144- at 39s; and 7! at 42s cash. METALS.—Scotch pig iron is quoted 57s 6d; 100 tons spelter, May and June shipment, have been sold at 261 1611 per ton. The price of English copper was to-day reduced 4110s per ton for tile and cake, and td per lb. for manufac- tured. Yellow metal was also reduced id per lb. IIE',IP.- St. Petersburgh clean hemp continues firm at 20110s per ton, but-the market is less active. OILS.-Lin.seed, 28s; rape, pale, 41s 6d; brown, 40s; olive, Galiipoli, 6110s Malaga, 59J; Mogadore, 541 10s to 55i. TALLOW.—The principal feature in the market is an ad- vance in the price for April to June delivery, which was last quoted 55s 3d to 55s Cd. In all other positions the mar- ket is dull. Spot and month, 57s 6d; last three months 52s 6d to 52s 9d.