The Aberystwith Observer

A CURIOUS PLF. A. FOR DIVORCE. In the Court for Divorce and Matrimonial Causes, tbe cause of Hanoock v. Peaty, has been heard, and was a suit for nullity of marriage on the ground of the insanity of the alleged wife. It was instituted by the brother of the wife, as her guardian ad litem, against the hnsband. The respondent denied that his wife wa8 of ungound mtod at the time of the marriage. The respondent and his wife are first consinB. She oneof the daughters of Mr. Hancock, a manu- facturer, 0 died m 1835, and she and her brother w b,een bought up by tl^ir uncle, Mr. a gentleman in affluent circum- TIT T> U ? h7ed Stoke Newington. The respondent, TUntfT? Augustus Peaty, who is a clerk in the j ,0' ^ngland, was on intimate terms with them, • m 1859 he made an offer of marriage to Miss A £ «y Ann Coleman Hancock. The uncle had a great objection to the match, and the offer was refused. It Va?_ renewed in 1863, and Miss Mary Ann Han- cock then accepted it, contrary to the advice and the wishes of her uncle and the other members of her family. The marriage took place on the 19th of August, 1863, at the church of St. Mat. thias, at Paddington, two of her sisters, Miss Harriet Hancock and Mrs. James, and some friends being pre- sent at it. Mr. and Mrs. Peaty went to Scarborough after the marriage, and after a short stay there re- turned to London, Mrs. Peaty then showed decided symptoms of unsoundness of mind, and in the begin- ning of October, 1863, a medical certificate was obtained, and she was placed under the care of Dr. Sutherland at Hammersmith. She has since been under the care of a number of different medical men, and in February, 1866, her husband placed her in St. Luke's Hospital, where she remained until last week. She is now living with her husband at Twickenham, and it appeared from a letter wntten by her a few days ago that she was assisting him to oppose this petition. Last year Mr. T. Hancock, the uncle, died, leaving a will and codicils making provision for his nephews and nieces. By a codicil made since Mrs. Peaty's marriage he revoked a legacy of 5,0001. to her, and gave 3,000?. to trustees to be applied according to their discretion for her use and benefit during her life, and at her death to fall into the residue. A great deal of evidence was given on the part of the petitioner for the purpose of showing the insanity of Mrs. Peaty previous to the marriage. Her sister, Miss Harriet Hancock, said that she used to fancy her. self a person of great political importance, and she was sometimes under the delusion that her food was poisoned; that her dress was eccentric, particularly her mode of wearing her hair and her bonnet; and that some of her habits were inconsistent with sound- ness of mind. Even on the day of the marriage her behaviour, Miss Hancock said, was extravagant and wild. Her usual medical attendant, Dr. Cumming; Dr. Cork, who had attended her for a few days in 1862, when she fancied that some one was persecuting her, and she wished to be shut up in Middlesex Hospital, in order to evade him; and Dr. John Taylor, of Queen's-road, Bayswater, at whose house she had been staying for several months previous to the marriage, were among the witnesses examined. It appeared from Dr. Taylor's evidenoe, that there were certain times, with regular intervals between them, at which she was in a state of great excitement and irritability, and it was suggested, on the part of the respondent, that if her mind was ever affected before the marriage it arose from physical causes, and the aberration was merely temporary, ceasing when the physical cause had been removed. She had been taken by Dr. Taylor to consult Dr. Robert Lee, who had advised that she should get married if an eligible offer was made. The case of the petitioner was that she was subject to delusions, and that her mind was permanently deranged. Dr. Ellis and Dr. Wood, of St. Luke's Hospital, proved that Mis. Peaty had been insane during her residence there from February, 1866, until the 17th inst., when she was discharged. A servant in the employment of Dr. Taylor, at whose house Mrs. Peaty ? f°r some months previous to the mar- v f'f' that she was very eccentric in her be- jPeculiar in her dress; that on one occasion T™e?e11 > Dr- Taylor's clothes; that she d waa poisoned, and that this ielDX S np Kthe d*y of the marriage. For the two or three nights preceding the marriage she was more excited than usual, and she sat up tUl three or four 1D the morning washing some of her clothes which had been sent home by the laundress and some new gloves in a washhand basin, giving as a reason that nothing was pure that had not passed through her handa. One of Dr. Taylor's pupils was also called and gave similar evidence as to her conduct. He added that she had made him an offer of marriage, after she had been advised that marriage would pro- bably be a remedy for her illness, but he had declined it. She behaved properly at church during tbe oere- mony but at the breakfast she was restless, and told 4-vfr PUP^ that it was his own fault that he was no the bridegroom. Mrs. James, a married sister, tn v.JI*8 Pr?8ent at the wedding, also gave evidence as f-i-j f^0? ,011 that occasion, and said she had foarpH ber from the marriage becaune she although »>, ,?•*? ^gbt be some unsoundness of mind, Dr g^tdld.^ot think her insane at the time. believing that his and that the marri^ewas *vZ of/be carriage, and that the marriage was a valid one felt it is duty to was entirely one of affection, for she was^ntirefv dependent on her uncle, who was strongly opposed to it upholding it, for the money left her by her uncle was «Ition°f<^Tv? l!' aPPlied according to their dis- Wf»ar>d wa8 ^uite out of bis control, f e evidence did not establish such ]jTO caP«5lt7 as to invalidate the marriage, had J"? °n Was b1 favour of marriage. If she h« J capacity to eonsent, the marriage must a. even although she might not have had tncient capacity to make a will. Consent was of the very essence of marriage, and if a continuing consent could be proved before the marriage, at the tune of the marriage, and after the marriage, evidence of some unsoundness of mind would not render it void. He read a letter written by Mrs. Peaty to the respondent on the 17th of July, 1863, informing him that marriage had been reooinmendedtoher, and asking him if be was willing to renew their old engagement several other letters written by her from fk a I to the 17th of August, 1863, ti0dLXf^th ° UP riage, in which she spoke of the neo^i? mar" going on for the purpose of 8°tiationsthat were her family, and btwniB8 the «m8ent of wedding. Theselettew k- u6 arrangements for the and the advice of Dr Lei • Dtly rational» tracting the marriLa V v Mr* Peaty m con" not, unfortunat J' .from which his wife had expected. y' derxved the benefit that waa eminent physician, proved that not th J fflned lady in 1863> an<* that she was i ? 8uffering from any organic disease, but from ent hysteria, and he advised that if an opportunity M marriage offered it should not be refused. Dr. Lee liad examined her on the previous day, and said that in his opinion she is now perfectly Bane, and that she told him she was living happily with her husband and did not wish to be separated from him. Dr Lee emphatically denied the suggestion that he had ever advised an operation which was said to have been per- formed while she was under the care of Dr. Baker Brown, some time after the marriage, and of which the respondent very much disapproved. In the course of his cross-examination a question was put to him by the Queen's Advocate respecting his theory." He replied, "I have no theory, Sir, I never had a theory in my life since I was born." He went on to Jay that he held certain doctrines, the truth of which had been demonstrated by facts, and those doctrines Were now accepted by the great mass of the profession. Before the adjournment, the Judge-Ordinary asked Whether it was desirable for any one that the suit Bhould go on. The object of both parties seemed to be the protection of the lady while she was in her Unfortunate condition, and neither party could have any pecuniary object. He suggested that it would be uesirable to consider whether some arrangement could be made for placing the lady under the care of some .'J1™1 the consent of both parties, until her health B~?uld be restored, as some of the evidence was to the enect that she might recover in the course of a few years. The learned counsel on both sides expressed their entire concurrence in this suggestion. The hearing was then adjourned until a future day.

THE AZTECS. Few can have read without regret, if not disgust. exclaims the British Medical Jowrnal, of the" mar. riage of the Aztecs." To perpetuate a race of such unhappy deformities would be a misfortune. They are neither more nor less than diminutive idiots. The bird-like features which made them noticeable are quite characteristic of one group of idiots—namely, those with fairly developed cerebella, but very dimi. lom The idiote ^b i*88 imperfect oerebra *™ "taking peculiarity of profile. Those, of trace ofTt ° hydrocephalic (as many are) have no under the no^^ dlot8Wlth dinclnutive brains are grees of this ^tof^f but they p^ent many de- •' Aztecs" ttB ff1, ?elcPaiellt; of tbe body. The tion of idiocy witeS £ fi ?U°lina' ▼olume of Transactions"™' £ ?0Cle*y 8 valuable paper by Mr. MarshallofTTnitLaftJ* Hospital, giving an acoount of K • College cephalic idiot who died A V™? «' Aztecs" were exhibited, and whose eatureTare ™ ticularly described as '-resembling th^ of the m"; Aztec ;» but he had a white skin, and wastsi rdmbll! *ie cued in Hanwell.

THE DISPUTE OF A DUCHESS AND HER MAN.MILLINER. There is many a curious phase of Paris life which even a foreign correspondent, however well informed he may be, is not made aware of till it comes before wie tribunal (writes the correspondent of the Morning Star.) Witness the following strange transaction be- tween Madame la Duchesse de Persigny and her seam- stress, fix rather tailor, the celebrated M. Maugas, whok it is to be hoped you are aware, is a personage of and only admits crowned heads, r^L,- V- dukes and a few marquises, to the honour Wwirir6'8' 14 at the end of Maugas sent the duchess the following VIaa'ameilHU]j?chfi«0b^S et Manteaux de COUF, furnished to »hiteTilk ahot wi^ Ptrsl««>y. J4HU4ry, 1866-Dr«88 of rieeve. of v ,,trlmmed wlth white »a,in. cheml- Mtte and sleeves oi Valenclenties. 800f — ml February— Ball dress stiver tulle, trimmed with blue and silver butterflies ver ailk gUln> i 20Of.-48/ flounced chesnut satin tulle -'■d silver, and blue butterflies, 3501- Hl March-BI..cK sIlk drelstrimmed with jdt and Watered Zlbbon, 7\i0f.-28l. total, 3,0601. The season over, the duchess left town for Chama. rande. M. Maugas had pr. viously sent in his bill several times, and at last wroie to the duchess to say that on presenting himself at her house he had been referred to M. DesnagerB, the duke's agent, who, to J118 mfinite amazement, had offered him 2,500F. (100?.) instead of 3,050f. He supposed some mistake had oc- curred. The dresses in question were certainly not cheap, but they were of a style which involved a con- siderable outlay. A fortnight later M. Maugas wrote a second time to remind the duchess that she had made no terms when ordering the goods, and had y desirtd they should 1Jp all perfect as possible, which her grace admitted them to have been; that although it was by no means the habit of his establishment to have recourse to the strong arm of the law, if he did not receive the money due to him, he would not shrink from this unpleasant alter- native. In reply to this declaration of war a I'outrance, M. Desnagers wrote a most insolent letter to Maugas, the chief accusation therein being that if his customers did not agree beforehand as to the terms on which he undertook to equip them for conquest, it waa evident he took advantage of their confiding natures to charge double what was his due. M. Desnagers may be right hat the tone of his letter was familiar and sneering. The affair was therefore brought before the courts. M. Beaulieu pleaded for Maugas; he opened the case by producing the bills of every sovereign house in Europe, entering into minute details as to dresses sup- plied to every empress, queen, and princess in the Almanach de Gotha," thereby proving that in com- parison to the price of the garments supplied to these high and mighty personages, the duchess's attire was absurdly cheap. Why, one of the queens on his books had just paid 3,400 francs—1321.—for a mere dinner dress. another, an Empress. I believe, 3,800f.; and so on; and as to Princess Dagmar. the wife of the Caesarewitch, her last dress cost 7,000 francs—2801. The council for the duchess pleaded in her defence that she had agreed to a sort of tariff by which her robes were to cost 700f. all round. The court has reo ferred the affair to the expertise of Madame La Fernere, before whom the blue butterfly and brown tulle, &c., attire is to be laid, and on her decision as to its intrinsic value this curious case will be decided.

A CAUTION TO INTENDING EMIGRANTS. The following letter has been sent to the papers for pub- lication and the Importance of it cannot be too highly estimated at this particular juncture:- U Sydney, New South Wales, Nov. 12,1886. "Rtsoluiion pasted at tM Carpsntsr«* and Joinw? Society:— That we form r. committee to inquire Into the present depression in trade, and call delegates from other trades with the view of ascertaining the amount of distress existing among each trade or calling In the colony of New South Wales." TO THE SECRETARY ANJC MEMBEB8 OF THE AMALGA- MATED SOCIETY OF THE UNITED KINGDOM. Gentlemen and Fellow-Workmen,—We, the under- signed; as delegates of the various trades of Sydney, hereby forward you a correct account of the great de- pression existing among all classes of skilled and unskilled labour in the colony. It is with extreme regret that we feel it our duty, and a very painful duty, to make you acquainted with our present depressed condition. Owing to the great want of employment experienced by all trades and callings, more especially among the building and iron trades) labourers in the building trades also, we wish par- ticularly to warn you against the glowing, but false, accounts that often find their way to the United Kingdom by almost every mail We can assure you that the labour-offices are daily besieged by willing and anxious hard-working men, offering their services for any kind of employment or wages; but the demand for labour is as scarce as the applioations for employ. ment are numerous. We do not wish you to understand that we never had New South Wales in a distressed state before now, for we can assure you that the colony has not been worth a man in the United Kingdom, who was doing moderately well, or getting a moderate amount of employment, to leave to come here for these last six or seven, years; in, fact, employment is always hard to obtain, and where obtained is mostly of short duration. We will now give you a truthful statement of the wages paid and received by the best workmen in the colony and city of Sydney, and that is the very highest received by any trade or calling. Stonemasons, 10s. per day of eight hours, but not in a shop or under a shed, as in the old country, but under the scorching sun of Australia—no protection either from hot winds or drencfiing rains, but knock off and go home, lose the time, and consequently the money, from the ale ready too small amount of wages. Carpenters and joiners, 9s. per day, not in shops such as you have at home, as we call it, but most of our work is done in sheds that are neither wind nor water-tight, or else in the buildings, and subject to all the annoyances of the plasterers and all other trades when the work is pre- pared in the building. Bricklayers, 10s. per day, or 21. 10s. to 3l. per rod of piece-work. Plasterers, 9s. per day, or from 6d. to lOd. per yard of piece-work; and, if at day-work, there are no hawk-boys, but the mortar is pitched on the board, and in nine cases out flout-in ?rt dispense with the labourer when the raneinf wT** Painters, 8s. per day. Iron trades Slaters all hv +kto 10s' pei day °* ten hours. 5± & £ £ L" Quarreymen, from 83. to 10s. per day of ten hours! We cannot give you a correct account of cabinet- makers, upholsterers, French-polishers, tailors, shoe- makers, &c., but we can assure you that they are in a most deplorable condition, as the most of their branches of trade are imported from England and other countries. In the above we did not tell you how many of each trade, on the average, were employed, but we will do so to the best of our knowledge. Masons, about two- thirds only employed; carpenters and joiners about the same, if anything a little less; painters, we are sorry to say, only about one-third bricklayers and plasterers, about two-thirds employed bricklayers and plasterers' labourers, we are sorry to say, only about half; and the iron trades only about two out of every ten in em- ployment. They are in » most deplorable condition Now, we dare eay you will think the wages in New South Wales are very high, or, at any rate, very good, and wonder what we are complaining about, but when thinfc ° v ^°U expenditure side of the account, we ma/i emigrants are not quite Australian they will at once see that there is no balance in our of the Australian wages, saying nothing about tne Unsteadiness of employment. In the first place, if you wish to live in or near the city, for a house of four small rooms you will have to pay from 14 J. to 20s. per week rent, if in a court or alley, from 10s. to 15s. per week; if in the suburbs, for a four-roomed house from 10s. to 15s. per week, and the smaller the house the more rent you have to pay in proportion. Firing and lights will cost about 4s. per week all the year round. Vegetables cost about 250 per cent. more than in Eog. land only fancy giving 8d. for a small cabbage—that is the price now! Bread averages about 5d. the 21b. loaf; beef and mutton average about 5d. per lb., pork, about 7d., veal, about 7d., bacon and cheese about Is. Gd.; milk, 8d. per quart; groceries about the same as in England, only very inferior, generally speaking; boots and clothes about the same (slops), but there is much less wear in those things here, on account of the greater amount of perspiration, as in all hot coun- tries—you may often see people as wet as if they had been dipped in a pond—we might easily say 120 per cent. more here than in England. Now, there is another cause of complaint of a very serious nature. There is not the slightest inclination on the part of employers to take as apprentices any of the thousands of young Arabs, as they are colonially called, and the consequences are that they are entirely dependent on their parents; and also, there is no sort of industry that young girls can engage in except millinery and dressmaking, which are already overdone, and their pay isdown almost to starving point. What we are going to do with the rising generation is an everyday question, but no one appears to be able to answer the question. We are sorry to say that our streets are thronged with unfortunate girls as a con- bi? £ rnCe n°n-employment. The Government are oni k g an,d enlarging gaols all over the country, and are olent institutions are all full, and one or two nnm«M additional wings built to accommodate the tion in S8 ,aPPbcations for relief. There is one institu- r" •k to nee a 'oave8. It is nothing uncommon men are WOSH mechanic call in where other assistance as w«8i^Be?k employment, or Buch other • Jnallw noiB be able to give him these are prmc pally new amva!, and Jmt of t'hem have Ann miles The ^ueen8land, a distance of 500 or 600 miles. The d1streaø there no doubt, you have heard of before The colony of New South Wales has been getting gradually worse these last seven years, cbiefly owin? to the great amount of emi- gration, and the falling-off of ourg0]d.fie]dg more so through the great amount of importation q{ almoat every article we left our homea to come here to manu- facture. We are, Gentlemen, yours respectfully [Here follow thesignatures of the delegates from the Joiners,' Painters,' Bricklayers' and Labourers' Society.]

PROFESSOR FAWCETT, M. P., ON FOREIGN COMPETITIVE LABOUR. Professor Fawcett has addressed the following letter to the operatives at the Brighton Railway Works, who had requested his explanation of the question as to why foreigners can compete so successfully with English labour, and how English trade can be best prevented from going to foreign countries:— Trinity Hall, Cambridge, Jan. 21, 1867. My dear Sir,—In your letter you ask me, in the name of yourself and several of my friends at the railway, whether I think that England is likely to lose, by foreign competition, various branches of in- dustry, and, amongst others, that in which you are engaged. In the first place, I will remark that our Govern- ment ought not directly toi nterfere, even if we should suffer from foreign competition. The fundamental principle of free trade is that the capital and labour of each country should be applied to those departments of industry for which the country may possess the greatest natural advantages; and I am confident that jjhe class whom you represent would be most reluctant cinfanCA°n slightest interference with this prin- bv dir« 'bough the Government ought to do nothing directly^6 Protection, yet the State can do much in- petitors. °rpa88^8t us in our contest with foreign com- and, therefore*8J^re Puid by emPloyers and employed, upon capital and lLnnrregT«d!d a .burden j?°th it may be, and ought to Jaxation 18 reduced, as on capital and laboS c^try the burden industry is made more p^^ed. hence our tiotgaaDexistrein PruS ^ndlh^Unf^d^^Th" whole condition of the people would be fmproved we should have less crime and pauperis and you kn^w that crime and pauperism are so costly that they caBt a heavy burden upon industry. It may be further remarked that an educated labourer is a much more efficient workman than an ignorant labourer, if therefore, the whole nation was educated, the labour of the country would be made much more productive. This would give us a great advantage in our competf- tion with foreigners, because when labour is made more productive, more is produced by the same amount of work therefore both employer and employed can receive a better remuneration, and at the same time commodities can be sold at a cheaper rate to the con- sumer. But I am chiefly induced to look forward hopefully to the industrial future of this country, because I observe unmistakeable signs which convince me that the relations between employers and employed are destined to be greatly modified and improved. Hitherto labour has been too much regarded as a commodity to be bought and sold just like a sack oi wheat, The employer has striven to buy labour at the cheapest possible rate, and the employed have naturally endea- voured to sell their labour at tbe highest possible price. Employers and employed have thus been Earties to a keenly-contested bargain. It frequently appena that the terms of this bargain cannot be arranged; things must then come to a standstill: a strike ensues, and a heavy loss is inflicted both upon capital and upon labour. If these strikes cannot be prevented, a great danger threatens English industry; for capital and labour, if they have to suffer the loss consequent on strikes, may seek refuge in other coun- tries. Now it has been proved that strikes can be pre- vented if employers and employed, instead of having the feelings of antagonists, are bound together by some of the bonds of common pecuniary interest. Several employers in the north of England, who suffered greatly from strikes, have agreed to give their workmen a certain proportion of the profits realised, when those profits exceed a certain amount, which amount represents a fair return to the master for his capital and for his labour of superintendence. The profits which are thus distributed amongst the men make them interested in the success of the business; employers and employed, instead of being antagonists, are in this way made, in a certain degree, partners. The workmen, being contented, labour with greater efficiency; strikes and other disputes are prevented; and the business obtains a prosperity which it never knew before. Similar happy results will be obtained if workmen are able to subscribe amongst themselves a sufficient amount of capital to carry on a business on their own account, upon the principles of co-operation. I have now indicated various reasons which induce me to think that we have it in our power to secure success in our industrial contest with foreign com- petitors.—Believe me to be, my d"ar sir, vour truly, Mr. John Short. HENRY FAWCETT. p.S.-You may make what use of this letter you Iflce.

THE CATTLE PLAGUE. The Gautte of Friday night contains three orders of the Privy Council, dated the 23d inst., relative to the landing of foreign cattle. The first licenses the port of Southampton for the landing of foreign cattle within the meaning of the Order of Her Majesty, dated the 10th of November last, until the said license shall be revoked or otherwise determined, upon con- dition also that all tbe regulations from time to time prescribed by the Commissioners of Her Majesty's Customs for the landing of cattle at such port be duly observed. The second order describes the pens and sheds erected by the Southampton Dock Company for the reception of such cattle, and licenses them. The third order directs that when foreign cattle are re- moved from the pens or sheds belonging to the said company to any market in the metropolis of London such cattle shaIl be removed by railway only, being loaded into the trucks belonging to the railway com- pany on the rail leading from the railway to the sheds at the docks in which the said cattle are kept, and in tracks exclusively appropriated to this particular traffic, and duly and carefully cleansed and purified after each journey. All toner such cattle intended to be removed elsewhere beyond Southampton shall be removed between six o'clock and six o'clock only until the 31st day of March next, and thenceforth between sunrise and sunset in every day, with a store stock license, with this proviso, that a certificate from the officer of Customs at the said port certifying that the cattle described are healthy and free from cattle plague shall be received in the place of the declaration of the owner, and the certificate to accompany it re- quired by the Order and the license shall refer to such certificate of the said officer instead of the declaration of the owner. It is further ordered that the cattle shall be removed to the place mentioned in the license, and to no other place.

SENDING A NOBLEMAN TO PRISON. In the Court of Queen's Bench, on Thursday, in last week, the case of the Queen v. Lord Ernest Vane, was heard. The case was a criminal prosecution for an assault, instituted ten years ago, when the defendant was abroad, and upon which he had been outlawed, and had lately, upon his return to this country, pleaded "Guilty," and was now called up for judgment. So long ago as 1856 Lord Ernest Vane and the prosecutor, Mr. Thomas Harding Ames, had been cornets in the Queen's Own," a cavalry regiment, then stationed at Brighton. Lord Ernest Vane, who at that time was very young, being scarcely twenty yeacs of age, had, it appeared, fallen into serious pecuniary difficulties, and something very disagreeable kad taken place be- tween the two officers, the result of which was that Lord Ernest Vane had to leave the regiment, and soon afterwards to leave the country. It appears that, among these Hussars, and doubtless in other regi- ments, there had been a practice, of eoBMderable anti. quity, that when a new-comer joined, and had fur- nished his rooms to the best of bis ability and taste, the junior officers should assemble during his absence, break open his door, smash his furniture, and throw his bed out of the window, tear up his carpet and thrust it up the chimney, and then retire quietly to their several quarters. Sometimes the ceremony seems to have been_ varied by their forcibly entering at the dead of night and dragging the new comer from his bed, into which it was usual to pour the contents of his water-jug. The purpose of these rites is not easily comprehended; but the tradition is that they were considered a test of the good-fellowship of the stranger. If he took the destruction of his tables and chairs as a joke, he was thenceforth looked upon as gold which had passed through the furnaoe. It was a rough test worthy of a set of simple-minded young warriors, and was probably wholly ineffective for its purpose—that of distinguishing a good fellow from a bad one. But whether effective or not, it was against the spirit of this age. Lord Ernest Vane's ill fate threw him on tbiB more rigid age. When Mr. Ames joined the regiment, Lord Ernest Vane and his companions began to persecute him with more than the usual vivacity. Mr. Ames resented the offence the disorderly proceedings in the regiment were noised abroad; they were brought before the Comm%nder-in abroad; they were brought before the Comm%nder-in Chief, and the consequence was that Lord Ernest Vane and another officer were dismissed the service. Shortly before he left England nn tba 31st of October, 1856, he met Mr Ames Brighton and spat in his face, calling him a coward and blackguard. On the 15th of Nov 1856 before, as it appeared, any communication had taken place between Lord Ernest Vane and Mr Ames nnnn the subject, Lord Ernest left England. On the 20th of November, 1856, a criminal information was moved against him in this court, and the result was that he was formally outlawed. Last year he came over to this country, got his outlawry reversed (paying 501 tc the prosecutor's attorney for the costs of it) and pleaded guilty to the indictment upon which he was now brought up for judgment. He filed an affidavit, stating that at the time he was greatly annoyed at the loss of his commission, and that he committed the assault complained of while labouring under consider. able mental excitement; that he had left England on account of his pecuniary difficulties, and before he knew of the proceedings against him that he had never been served with process in the prosecution and had not heard of it for two years; and, finally, he declared that he desired to express his sincere regret for the offence which he had committed. It was urged for the prosecution that he had not offered any aooloev to Mr. Ames. 1 v &j Mr. Justice Blackburn alluded to some circumstances which had been urged in mitigation, and then said —But, after all that has been said, there remains still a serious offence, which requires a serious sentence though at the same time the circumstances are such as to induce us to pass as lenient a sentence as pos- sible, consistently with our duty. We do not think that under such circumstances a fine should be im- posed, which would be no punishment to a person in your rank and position. We feel bound to pass a sentence of some severity, and taking all the circum- stances into consideration, our sentence is that you be imprisoned for three calendar months as a first-class misdemeanant. Lord Ernest bowed to the court and was then removed to the prison in which misde- meanants from that court are confined.

The Flaneur of the Morning Star, In commenting upon the above case, says o The general opinion of the public seems to be that the sentence was severe. Taking into consideration the length of time that had elapsed, the fact that the defendant had voluntarily surrendered himself to justice, and the provocation he had received—which latter point, though not set forth, is known to have been great—one would have thought that a month's confinement would have been sufficient. The decision of the judges probably rested on the fact that duelling in England is practioally extinct, and that protection must be found—no matter how late—for such persons who, being assaulted, are from their position in society or other causes debarred the luxury of a rough-and- tumble fight. It is supposed, also, that the defen- dant's persistent refusal to apologise to the prosecutor had its effect on the severity of his sentence. This may be, but the refusal is intelligible. No honourable man would refuse an apelogy where he had been in the wrong, and when he knew his opponent to be in the right. No one can defend Lord Ernest Vane's conduct, but every one mast have their opinion of a man who has his face spat into in a public street, and who wipes out the indignity by an appeal to his solicitor. The negro actor who was not rnueh disturbed by being pelted from the gallery with stones, declared that he wouldn't stand a brick." There are occasions when we must submit to hard language, must keep our hands in our pockets, and our feet on the pave. ment; but to have one's face spat into would surely bring out whatever manhood lay in the least manly of us. The wretched little Aztec who was married the other day would, under such provocation, have tried to kick his opponent's shins. Lord Ernest Vane has had, if all may be believed, a rough time during the last ten years he haB graduated in the school of adversity and we may hope that when, at the end of three months, he comes out of Whitecross-street officially purged of the consequences of his youthful escapades, he will become a useful member of society.

A SUTHERLANDSHIRE SUPERSTITION. A few weeks ago a woman belonging to the wan- dering tribe of tinkers, on entering a house in one of the fishing villages on the Sutherland coast, found that a little child was to all appearance dying. The tinker expressed a wish to see it, and on examining it closely, she said, with a grave and solemn air, that it was suffering from the effects of the evil eye or some such nondescript malady, and that she could cure it, which she would do provided they would follow her directions (we are quoting from the Northern Ensiffn). The mother would do anything or be at any cost to save the life of the child. The directions were then given something as follows :— You must get me a bundle of the best clothes you have, wl5 b ,ou have any remains of your wedding garments, they bundle B" Inore efficacious, and a half-crown piece. This secret tn S" to dlPP«d in a loch, which must be kept a recover andi *s 'Inks in the water, the child shall toer^oveSu^Xtld.8et a P0Und lor her treuble' when These were hard terms to a fisher-wife but what was to be done ? Life is precious. Instant search waa then made for suitable articles to make up the bundle. Among other things, a flannel petticoat and fine caps, which adorned the mother on her bridal. Fine shirts and a seven and sixpenny Bilk neckcloth, which belonged to the father's wedding gear, were produced, and pronounced by the oanny pnygiciau aa the very things needed; but she also required an apron in which to tie them up, so a yonng woman present had to give a span new one which ahe had provided for the forth- coming market, and to part with which was no small sacrifice. Whatever might he the tinker woman's feel. ings on marching off with the bundle, its late owners declared that their hearts were sore on seeing so much good clothing going out of the house; but if it saved life, it must not be grudged A desperate row threat- ened when the father came to miss his seven and six- penny neckcloth, but, M among birds of prey, so among the Sutherland fishers, the husband is the weaker vessel, so he had to content himself with his lot, and keep a quiet sough. Strange to say, the child soon got better, and the tinker was not forgetful of inquiring after her fee.

DEFINITE INFORMATION!" (From the Morning Star.) The Globe, which aspires to be thought a Ministerial organ, was on Monday very severe upon the Liberal journals because they are not in a position to tell the public exactly what the Government is going to do about Reform. It thus shows its own superior know- ledge :— The Cabinet keeps its own secrets,—as every Cabinet ought to do. Bat there are two points upon which we can give definite Information, alike to the public and to nur Radical contemporaries. In the first place, the Cabinet has made up Its mind how to deal with the Reform question. This was settled before the Christmas recess. In the second place, there neither are nor have been any dissensions in the Cabinet on the question such aa the Liberal journals have so freely reported. In short, the policy of the Govern- ment Is settled, and the Cabinet Is agreed. This much we can announce: for the rest the pubUc must wait. The rest happens to be the only thing any one wants to know. For that the public must wait." What a thing it is to be a Ministerial organ and to have definite information I"

Utisallairaras Jiitdligtitte, HOME, FOREIGN, AND COLONIAL. To THOSE WHOM IT MAT CONCERN.—The following notice was placarded at the Metropo- litan Extension stations and also at Ludgate-hill terminus on Saturday afternoon :— Take notice that all the fixtures, good*, chattels, and effects In, about, and upon these premises are the property of Major Henry Jelf Sharp, of Kincarrathle, in the county of Perth, and of Hall Rokeby Price, of Cowper'i-court, Cornhlll, In the city of London, Esq., and that the use thereof Is rented of them by the London, Chatham, and Dover Railway Company. Any person or persons Intermeddling or Interfering with ftie same will do so at his or their peril. January, 1867. Few and Co 2, Henrintta-street, London, solicitors for the said H. J. Sharp and II. R Price. This notice is supposed to be specially addressed to sheriffs and their officers to prevent them seizing property in execution. DASTARDLY ACTS IN THE Isle OF ELY.— About ten days since some miscreant poisoned a valu- able setter dog, tbe property of George Samuel Hall, Esq., of Ely. Shortly after, within a day or two, a prize sow with a litter of ten pigs fell a victim, and on Monday last two valuable horses, one a hunter, and the other a valuable thoroughbred hackney mare by Velox, met the same fate. All these animals were poisoned with strichnine, and doubtless by the same individual, as there are particularities in each case that trace the commission of these cowardly acts to the same person. Every attempt to discover the offender and render him amenable to justioe is being made by the London detective and the local police. THE SNOW-STORM IN THE HIGHLANDS.—The John o1 Groat Journal says: We are in the midst of the heaviest snow.storm that has fallen in the north of Scotland for many years. On the Ord the snow- poles, ten feet high, set to be a kind of guide across the hills on occasions like this, are in many cases buried, and in the hollows the accumulation of drift on the road is in some places said to be at least twice the height of the mail coach, so that unless the read is dug, even should a thaw come, there is little or no chance of the mail coach being able to go through for a long time. The horsemen in charge of the bags only saw. the road now and again, and had to clamber over rocks, flounder through bogs and fields, and across ditches and dykes the best way they could, in some cases getting very severe falls. The road between this and Thurso is also completely blocked, and though the mail bags have been twice brought through since the storm began, it has taken a whole day to get the horses over the distance. The Castletown coach on Saturday night got about a quarter of a mile out of town when it stuck in a wreath, breaking the tvaoes, and bad to be brought back. Two gentlemen frmn Castletown, who were going heme are stayed till now." DEATH OF AN EOCINTRIC.—There died recently, at Inverness, aged eighty-two, Mr. Hugh Miller, an eccentric character. He still adhered to the ancientstyle of tying the hair in a cue, and wore the broad blue bonnet in vogue nearly a century ago. The door of Hugh's house had to do service for both bipeds and quadrupeds, the owner and his cattle occupying respectively the opposite ends of the same domicile. To the modern modes of agriculture Hugh was a perfect stranger. He ploughed shallow, sowed his grain at least seven weeks or more later than the ordinary time for doing so, and as might be expected reaped a deficient crop at a corresponding late season in autumn—his motto being that "the worst farmer had his chance of get- ting a good year as well as the best." A DISCiPLE OF ST. COLUMBKILL.—An Irish paper says an extraordinary character, a poor man named Jacob, who frequents Callan and its vicinity, has slept every night for the last four years in the open air, without bedclothes or covering of any kind save a handful of straw which serves for a pillow. He has been often offered lodging, nay forced to take shelter inside doors, but on the first opportunity would make his escape to the ditch side. On being remonstrated with, he always remarks that St. Columbkill punished his body more severely. He is about fifty years of age, and, notwithstanding his "airy life," enjoys good health, and has never been heard to complain of cough, rheumatism, or any dise80lle of the kind. DEATH OF A NATURALIST.—Geological and botanical sciences have lost an energetic observer by the untimely death of Frederick James Foot, Esq. M. A., &c., of the geological survey of Ireland, at the early age of 37, drowned on the 17th January at Lough Key, near Boyle, Ireland, in endeavouring to save the lives of two people who had fallen through the ice while skating. Mr. Foot was appointed to the geological survey in August, 1854, since which time he has contributed several papers upon geological subjects to the British Association, the Geological Society of Ireland, and various periodicals. His oceupation led him much into the wilder and least inhabited parts of the eountry, where he made many observations and discoveries in natural History these for the most part have been recorded in numerous communications to the Natural History Society of Dublin, the Royal Irish Academy, &c. Amongst the most valuable were his notes on the marine zoology and botany on the mammalia of the county of Clare, his botanical chart of the Burren district, in the same county, his dis- coveries of species new to Ireland among the bats inhabiting its caves, and various records of fern stations in Ireland, He leaves a widow and a large circle of friends and relatives to deplore his loss. A PERTINENT QUESTION—Under the hsad of Trades' Unions and Starvation," W. O. M. writes to The Tvms~* On a late Snnday I listened to an eloquent and touching description of the misery of the working classes in the ea«t of London, and, In MCS, «U along the London banks of the Thames. A few days later I attended a meeting of a build- tag committee, which Is engaged In adding a new wing to St. Mary" HospitiI there learnt that our operations had been grreatly delayed, because the Iron girders had not been duly 'orwardea (as promised) from Belgium! Am I wrong in drawing the concinaien that my donation at the church-door a««M»i m saying from starvation those who decline to make Iron girders for our hospital? That this starvation Is in some way a voluntary act on the part of the starvert THB END OF A VENDETTA!—An American paper says that two families of Carter county, Ten- nessee, named* Koberts and Johnstone, have been waging a bloody war between each other for twenty years, during which time fourteen men belonging to these two familIes. have lost their lives. On the evening of the 5th mat, the vendetta came to a bloody end in the streets of Elizabethtown, Tennessee, by the sole surviving males of the Roberts and John- stones. They engaged in a personal altercation which resulted fatally to both This domestic war originated about a very trifling affair. SKATING IN CHICAGO.—The "Chicago Tribune" has the following amongst its advertisements: The ikating season.—West Side.—Rt^. Thb evenlng- This evening. Grand Fancy Dress Carnival and Masquerade. The Ice will be crowded with skaters In costume The rink In a blase of glory Seating accommodations for every one, and a perfect view of the imposing scene. The greatest right ever witnessed In Chicago. At a quarter before nine (first bugle call), the Ice will be cleared off all bat the masqueraders. At 915 the skaters will again take the iee and join the merry circle. At 9 30 (second bugle call) all masks will be removed. Doors open at 7 p.m. Randolph cars will pass the doors every five minutes. Those wishing to eome in costume will be admitted free, on registering their name-, and procuring tickets at Johnson's Skate Dspot or at the ltlnk. SHOCKING BARBARITY.—On Sunday a number of navvies got together in the little village of Unstone near Dronfield, where they imbibed until intoxication followed, and intoxication was succeeded by a quarreL A man named Rowbottom threw his antagonist and then attempted to strangle him. The strangulation process went on until the tongue of the prostrate man protruded. Rowbottom caught the tongue between his teeth, and bit off it a piece measuring one and a half by one and a quarter of an inch. Robins, the injured man, is in a precarious condition. The other man is in custody. FANCY IMPORTATIONS.—There are very few ship-masters who manifest so much interest in this colony as Captain Harrill, for each time the Orient returns she is certain to contribute some items for the especial instruction and amusement of Young Aus- tralia (&ays a South Australian paper.) The present contribution is a most extensive and really interesting one. There are two large casks of gold and silver fish, with a few eels for diversity. Above them are cages, in one of which is a fine badger, while next door there are two coati. On the fore deck-house is a box con- taining a stork and heron, while abaft the mast are pigeons, doves, starlings, monkeys, egrets, &c.—a per- fect menagerie on a small fcale. On the main hatch- way Mr. Jordan has a commodious stall occupied by as fine an entire as could be seen. The Ace of Clubs was a notable horse in England, and his owner may well be proud of him here. A couple of brood mares, in good order, occupy another part of the deck. All the imported stock is in condition reflecting credit on the keepers. THE HERMIT LUCAS.—The hero of Mr. Charles Dickens's Tom Tiddler's Ground," better known in Hertfordshire as "Mad Lucas," has, says the Hertfordshire Express, been in a declining state of health for some time past; the recent cold weather and want of nourishment have brought him into a feeble condition, almost amounting to a state of torpor. His helpless condition has attracted the attention of some of his neighbours, and on Monday last the assistance of the Stevenage police was secured, and an entrance effected into his house at Redcoat's Green, by I sending a boy through one of the windows and unfastening a door inside, The poor misguided I occupant of the dirty house was found coiled up in a Btate of helplessness under the front first-floor window; it oould be understood from him that he had tasted nothing but water since the previous Friday, and had had no fire for months. His aunt and brother in London were communicated with, and on Tuesday his brother came down. It has been reported that by the efforts of his friends the poor fellow has been brought to a state of decency, and removed to a place where he will be taken better care of than he has either the reason or instinct to do for himself, but he refuses to leave his dirty hovel THE CANINB RACE IN FRANCE.—The corre- spondent of the Daily Telegraph sends the following canine statistics of France In 1770 the number of dogs kept In France was so great that a return was ordered to he made, by which it was shown that four miUfens of faithful friends" were daily consuming food. As two dogs oonsumed as much food as a human being, It follows that, In a time of scarcity, the canine race devoured as much as one-sixth of the population, then only 12.000,000. On this return the idea was for a time enter- tained of laying a tax of 6f. on every dog, hoping thus to diminish their number. This project, however, was aban- doned at that time, and only adopted lately; but we do not believe that the number has diminished. Some are doubt- lass useful, but a large proportion in realfty appear only dangerous to the public, without any advantage. THE LAST TASMAN!Alq.-William Lanney, who is going to England, hopes to have the honour of an audience of htr Majesty Queen Victoria, (remarks the Hobart-tovm Mercury.) This is his great ambition. But he is very proud of the notice taken by the Governor and Mrs. Gore Browne of himself and his four country-women at the birthday levee and ball. He has been well satisfied with life at Oyster Cove, where plenty of rations were supplied to him, and boating and various healthy outdoor occupations were found for him. He writes a fair hand, can read well, and may be said to be intelligent. He is about 29 years old. We have no doubt King William will be well received in England. A CURIOSITY.-The "Dundee Advertiser" says The other day, as an ordinary-sized orange, purchased In town, was being opened, it was found that there was another orange of smaller size lnride. The second one was situated exactly In the centre of the large one, and was about an Inch in diameter. It was perfectly formed, with rind, tissue, seeds, &c., all of course In miniature; and a very curious circumstance was that the rind, though it had been entirely' covered up by the substance of the ex- terior orange, and therefore shut out from flight, was of the same yellow colour as the rind of ordinary oranges. THE VICTORIA CRoss.-A Royal proclamation, countersigned by General Peel, was published in the London Gazette of Friday night, formally extending the right of obtaining the Victoria Cross to any person serving with our troops, under the orders of a general or other officer, under circumstances which would entitle an officer or soldier of our army to be recom- mended for the said decoration, in accordance with the rules and ordinances prescribed in our said recited warrant, and provided, also, that such person shall be recommended for it by such general or other officer." It is also provided that a similar privilege shall be en- joyed by those "who may hereafter be employed in the local forces raised, or which may be raised, in our colonies and their dependencies, and who may be called upon to serve in co-operation with our troops, in military operations which it may be necessary to undertake for the suppression of rebellion against our anthority, or for repelling invasion by a foreign enemy." ARTIFICIAL FLOATING ISLANDS.—Among the curiosities promised for the approaching French exhibi- tion are floating islands on the Seine at Billancourt, aa may be seen on the great lakes in China. The inhabi- tants of the celestial empire construct immense bamboo rafts, on which a layer of earth is spread, and this being planted soon forms a vast field covered with vegeta- tion. The man erects his tent in the centre, and then trusts himself with his family to the waters. This moving oasis usually drifts about at the mercy of the winds, but if required to be directed is provided with masts and sails, or with cables and anchors for render. ing it stationary. AUSTRALIAN BEARS.—A white native bear is a curiosity that we never saw or even heard of until the 3rd inst. Such an animal, however, was brought into town on that day, from the Ironbark forest, where it was obtained by Mr. Banfather, a farmer, residing at Jan Juc (we are quoting from the Geelong Register.) Native bears of a dark brown and also of a slate colour are not at all uncommon, but perfectly white ones have been, we believe, hitherto almost unknown. These animals are usually very sluggish, and generally sleep all day this one, however, is lively, and sits up looking at the spectators out of eyes of a pretty light blue oolour. An enthusiastic admirer of native pro- ducts purchased the animal, and presented it to Mr. Bunee for exhibition at the Botanical Gardens, where it is likely to be an attraction for some time. AN OLD WOMAN'S DARK MOON.—The fol- lowing is taken from a Wigan paper:— The other day the sum of 60Z. was stolen from the house of Mr. Martland, farmer, Buracough. The circumstances caused a great sensation In the district, and suspicion feU upou the servant girl, who had that morning left her place. It appears that the money was Mrs. Martland's dark moon"—that is. money saved unknown to her husband— which she had deposited In a bag In the wall under the stairs. The police-officer at once made a search, and after removing several bricks found fragments of a bag and Ill. in gold. The officer pursued his course, and afterwards found 6U. In different parts of the wall to the great delight of the husband. Mrs. Maryland appears to have put Indian meal in the bag to keep the gold from rusting, as she said, and the rats had thus been tempted to run away with her dark moon." A MATRIMONIAL RUMOUR.- The Court Journal" has heard a rumour that a noble lord, whose name ever figures prominently before the public in connexion with the Volunteer movement, is about to contract a matrimonial engagement with a young lady of great present and prospective wealth. The bride is understood to be just of age. She, moreover, is reported to be of great beauty, inheriting that ad- vantage probably from her partially Greek origin, and is understood to possess an unusual share of social talents and acquired accomplishments. If report speaks truly, something like a "plum" will be her dower on her marriage day, but it is believed that she will eventually inherit much more from her father, one of our wealthiest Greek merchants. Is THIS RUMOUR TRUE ?— The Flaneur of the Morning Star writes :— Upon the occasion of his marriage with the Princess Helena, Prince Christian of Schleswlg-Holsteln was ap- pointed a major-general In the British army. It was then announced that the appointment was purely honorary, and that there would consequently be no Interference with the promotion of the officer8 of the regular army. A rumour is now current In military circles that this decision is to be set aside, and that on the occurrence of the first opportunity Prince Christian Is to have the colonelcy of one of the regi- ments of the Household Brigade. This is but a rumour at psesent—tolerably weil authenticated, it in true, and,believed In by many wbo vainly wish to discredit it; but still only a rumour. Consequently one waits before offering any further remarks on a proceeding which would be in Itself iniquitous, and of the greatest possible detriment to the interests of the British service. INTERESTING BIRTHS !—The birth of a camel in this country is a very rare event, but on Friday, while the menagerie (No. 1) of Mrs. Wombwell was proceeding from Cheltenham to Oxford, one of the lady camels exhibited symptoms of an inclination to add to the camel population of the country. She was accordingly accommodated in the stable of an inn, where she produced a fine single-hump male camel. Singularly enough the event was not many minutes old when the announcement was made that another female camel in the same menagerie was taken ill, and in a short time a second baby camel was added to the collection, this time a double-humped female. The mother, in the first case, is an Arabian, and her young one had early to be removed from her and brought up by hand," owing to her unmotherly treatment of it. The othc." camel is a Bactrian, and very fond of the baby, paying it the greatest atten- tion, and covering it with her long mane when it lies down. The happy father of both youngsters is a magnificent double-humped Bactrian.

THE MARKETS. MARK LANE, MONDAY. The supply of English wheat on sale here to-day was very moderate, and but few samples were received In good con- dition. Even good and fine samples were very Inactive, and the quotations were Is to 21 per qr lower than on Monday last For damp produce the trade was heavy In the extreme at a reduction in value of 2*to8*per quarter. With foreign wheat the market WMif airly applied. The demand wa* In asloggUh state for all de*crlptlons> and prices gave way to the extent of hnt Floattn8 cargoes of gram com- ^nnart^i and wheAt oecllned In value Is moderate • nt T*16 ropply ol English barley on sale was very «nid einwio foreign, good. Good and fine malting produce ball« Rt th0 rate" 01 Mond»y lMt- For inferior tondiL trade was dull, and prices had a downward wjimency Malt was in slow request, at previous quotation*, The market was moderately supplied with oats. In the ♦?!i *or a" description* there wa* a great want of activity. Neverthele* the quotations were without material change from Monday last. Beans were In good supply, and the trade ruled heavy, at a decline in prices of 2, per quarter. The trade for peas was very duU. Grty qualities decUned in price Is per quarter, but in other kinds no alteration took place. The demand for flour was In a sluggllsh state. The quotations were unaltered from Monday last. Linseed and Rapeseed met a slow sale, at barely last Monday's currency. For other seeds the trade was quiet, at former terms. Cakes met a slow sale, at barely late rates. METROPOLITAN CATTLE MARKET, MONDAY. There was about an average supply of foreign stock on offer here to-day, for the time of year, in fair condition. The trade was heavy, at depressed currencies. Compared with Monday last, the supply of beasts from our own grazing districts was on the increase. From Ireland and Scot- land the receipts were VAry moderate. The quantity of meat on sale in Newgate and Leadenhall being extensive, and the weather very mild, the demand f"r all breeds of beasts was heavy, at, compared with this day se'nnlgbt, a decline in the quotation* of fully 4d per 8lb. The best Scot* and craises sold at 5s 2d to 58 4J per 81b. The general quality of the stock was good. From Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex, and Cam- bridgeshire we received about 1,800 Scots, crosses, and short- horns from other parts of England, 700 variona breeds; from Scotland, 275 Scots and crosses and from Ireland, 140 oxen, &c. The show of sheep was very limited: never- theless, all breeds met a heavy Inquiry, at a reduction In prices of 4d per 8ib. The best Down* and half-breds rethsed 5s 8d to 6s per SIb. The supply w is mostly In good condition. Calves were In short supply and sluggish re- quest, on easier terms. The top figure was 5a 61 per 81b. Pigs commanded very little attention on lower terms. The quotations ranged from 81 4d to 48 4d per Sib. POTATOES. Although the weather has been more favourable, ery few potatoes have been received fresh up to these markets The trade for all descriptions" firm, at full prices. Last week's import was confined to 2 bags and 8 hampers from Rotter dam. Yorkshire Regents, 10Js to 160s Flukes, 130s to 180a: Scotch Regents, 110s to 170a and Rocks, 90s to 120s per ion. HOPS. Ti 2,re has heen only a moderate demand. All descriptions, how: -or, have been very firm in price. The chief transactions have been in Mid-Kents nevertheless, Wealds as well a Sussex, although less sought atter, have not bsen neglected. The Import iu London last week consisted of 332 bale* from Antwerp, 133 Bremen, 51 Ostend, and 160 bale* from Rot- terdam. Mid and East Kents, 170s to 231s; Farnham and county, 170s to 225s Weald of Kents, 168s to 1855 Suss-x, 164s to 175s yearlings, 105s to 1501; olds, 56s to 95s per cwt. WOOL. We have no change to notice In this market. For all qualities the trade U quiet, and buyers are acting with ex- treme caution At the same time there is no diiposition to press sales, and prices are without variation. Fleeces: Southdown hoggetts,ls 7id to Is 8 £ d half bred ditto, Is 9id to Is lOJd Kent, Is 8d to Is 9d Southdown ewes and wethers, is 7d to Is 8d Leicesterdttto, Is 7d to Is 9d. Sorts, Clothing, is 6d to Is lOtd combing. Is 6Id to 21 Od per Ib. TALLOW. The tallow trade Is quiet, at 44s 3d per cwt. on the spot. Some tallow la quoted at Ms nett cash. Rough fat, 2s SJrd per lb.