The Sun. — London, England, 1863-12-10 00:00:00

IT ONEY MAIKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. There i s l ess d emand for discount accommodation, and more disposition on the part of bankers and bill broker s is shown to secure business. This state of affairs is engendered by the competition which has led to some concessions on the terms recently asked in the op en market, where mercantile paper can Ow be negotiated on terms quite as favourable as those enforced at the Bank of England. Annexed is the circular issued by M. de Mattos, Whose suspension We announced yesterday : "27, Leadenhall- s t r e e t, D e c. 9, 1863. "It is with feelings of deep regret that I have to announce to You that I have been compelled to suspend payment. quand "I have ca ll ed in the services of Messrs. Coleman, Tur aff) Young er and Co., by whom a statement of my airs will be forthwith prepared and submitted to my cre ditors, " In the meantime, soliciting your forbearance, " I am, your obedient servant, "W. N. DE MATTOS." ,The scrip certificates of the London and South African Bank's new capital (L 100,000), issued in M ay, are to be left at the offiee of the company for registration and in exchange for the share certi ficates. A dividend of 2s. per share will be recommended at the forthcoming meeting of the Crystal Palace Com pany. t , The last wee k' s ra i lway receipts ascertained up to Ws day are in round figures as under :- ort hWestern L 93,940 £ 84,935 "oath- Western fGreat Wes tern t l izh t (No orthera 30,311 28,577 Isi i‘Sio ao l i ti t h a :E . f . a a s s t t e e rn rn 16,156 17,678 43,375 39,622 17,456 17,634 55,918 49,966 1 3 ! te ak - Lire and Yorkshire .. 35,2.50 31,687 noel and Exeter ,ortGreat E astern - 29,044 26,206 •il- 11,648 10,628 ' h British 7,900 7,179 ','°lrdiargh and Glasgow Luny and South-Western These returns, with one or two exceptions, are of a m ost satisfactory character. On the North Western there is an increase of £9,005; on the -, So uth West ern , of £1,84.6 ; on the Great Western, of £395; on the Great North e r n , o f 4731 ; on the Midland, of £3,853 ; on tba North Beaten, of £5,952 ; on the Lancashire and Yorkshire of £3,563 ; on the Great Eastern, of £2,838 ; on the North British, of £1,020 ; on the Edinburgh and Glasgow, of £721 ; and on the Glasgow and South -Western of £202. The Brighton, however, shows a decrease of £1,522 ; and the South Eastern of 1:178. Two O'CLOCK. At the Pails Bourse this morning, according to Reuters telegram, the 3 per Cent. Eentes were 67f. 45 0 . The E ng li s h S tock Market opened this morning With a very improved appearance. Speculators were induced to effect purchases in consequence of the comparatively tranquil aspect of monetary affairs. The p ress ure for di scoun t accommodation t. as be en rel i eve d ; cap i ta li sts are negotiating bil ls and making loans not only with greater free d"; but also OR easier terms, and there has been P" te mporary cessation of gold withdrawals from th e a n* of Engla n d. The upward tendency of the thes e Bo urse i s another encourag i ng f eature , an d b enefici a ll y, various c i rcums t an ces having all operated veneacially, the markets for foreign securities and railw ay shares, as we ll as the Englidh Funds, have partiallyb rec overe d f rom th e i r recent prostration. °nsols are 90' 91 for transfer, and 911 Z- for the It t ee°4 ". At o ne momen t they were fully 911, but c he . nlark et, although less buoyant, still denotes dncerable firm ness . The New Threes and Re taarei, A nnuities are 901 91 ; Exchequer Bills are 1061 s e l l 88 • to 7 s . dis. ; India 6 per Cents., are 83. ( l°. Enfaced, 103; and the Bonds, 15s. to A d E : Bank Stock has been dealt in at 235. h '' ner al decided improvement has taken place Tu t Forei gn M arket, an d b us i ness i s active. eli tt : 18 , 11 6 Per C en t s ., 1862, h ave r i sen t o 691 701 ; po‘' e nsolides, to 461 47 ; Mexican, to 34:1 ; t ek i to 261 j ; Spanish Certificates, to 131 1 ; 1/ 4 !gnese, to 481 ; ditto Scrip, to premium ; eh erately active, 13 8s an, to 881 89, and Italian, to 71. r eed i4l uess in the Railway Share Market has been and owing to the favourable opal tirter of the traffic receipts on most of the prin lines, prices have shown increased firmness. 1 34 4 ' 4 Eastern, North Western, and South Eastern 1 4 48 a dvanced ss . ; L incashire and Yorkshire, 10s.; I , l °eight on and Metropolitan have improved £l. ti e Foreign and Colonial lines have remained etive at about previous quotations. h ib /3411 k and Miscellaneous shares generally ex ita Slight upward movement in values. FUNDS —O NE O'CLOCK. BRITISH FUND- 235 Bulk Stock ................... 904 1 3 , e .... Pe r vent. Reduced Annuities 901 90i lsawer3-"l',.9onsols Annuities 904 1 New 35 per Ce_ tt. Annuities Per uen, Annuities New ew 25 per Cent. Annuities.. • . u per Cent. Annuities, Jan. 1873 kuuulties, 30 yrs, D fr e gth Jan., 18 . ' So Ditto for 30 ' °l ' • e sth April, 1885. -,„„... ,„, _ yra, ex pire Aug. 1908. 1„`-'._,ILL. kited Sea Tele g ra ph), b 'tale. ck, 1871 't 1061 4 Ditto 5 per Cent. 1870 D . uitto 4 per Cent. 1888 — itto Enf aced Paper, 4 per Cent Dtto 6 per Centlo3 Iji tto 55 per Cent Ditto ditto April, 1864 )4 Ditto ditto Aug. 1864 or 66 -I‘tit Stock for Account ''-',',10 bonds £l,oou 8 dis 15 dis f, j i it to d r £l,OOO 911 4 i°4!ols rr !Account, Jan. _7 ii4la Stock for Account, 1 - l lecluer Bills, £l,OOO, itto L5OO .. 8 dis /)itto Small 3 ° per e r e C en en L . , .. , 7 — dia ~_ FOREIGN FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. .. 4‘ltlian Bonds, 5 per Cent B Ditto 1859 ratilian 5 per Cent .... _ bitto, 1839 and 1859 86i Ditto -45 per Cent., 1852-53-601 i...... 86 b. Ditto 1863 . 0,1 itto_Scrip, 1863, £3O paid ba cTliblan 6 Scrip £l5 pd ousb, I T 4 per Cent. , 1863 _ b,t,:bte, Provisona Land Warrant ..... I.)i - t „' 2 T t Per Cent. Ex. 12, Guilders .! -',..riatt ~..-ZlNntures,"4 per Ct. Oct., 1863 4 1 Y p tie an ." 77 et e c onsolidated, 1 ' per Cent 9 - 8 - - Greek D itt t° o s' APSeere°Ciledll t i,e8 , 4811 / 1 24- 5, 26; 5 i ii i _. ...ccouut .uitto . ex-Coupons — Ditto Coupon s, ... Gust Ac count • _... )eltaia a per Cent. 441,140 Account _ I t , 'Il 6 Per Cent. ( 11 1.aremmana Railway) 2l_tean 3 Per Cent .... i)it!o Account lLoorieh Imperial 5 per Cent 6w Granada ..... bhbitt , 0 2 per Cent ..... tto Deterred .. ..._ Ile,itto Land Warra.n.ts.liectares) _ IV, ' 41 3 Per Cent. tii‘e Account _ Ditto 4} Per Cent., 1862 po 14,1 Account 865 rtu _ .6 kueae 3 per Cent., 1853 bi•tto Account, b!tto 3 per Cen., 1856, '7, '9, '6O, 62 Ditto ACCOUlat .! 40 , 1863 Itliult, Scrip, £l5 paid . 1 1 4 ;'an 5 per Cent., 1822, £ St 9l tt , 4 i per Cent 1850 13_ D itto 1860 Di tto tt ' c l 3 per Cent., 1859 is 6 d i Per Cent. 1862 tty..laian. 5 per Cent .......... -- 4 'tto Account Puni eh 3 bi,, per Cent •,•,.'"0 Account - "Jitt o ditt o Ne w D eferr ed 1,. 0 Account , It t o p . asfuv e 33 4 is .ttto Account "I likh ~ no t funded en. ot ,oup 13i a i Nweci:o Account t .. 4 1 .„ 5 i _ 11 , 4 per Cent ___ _ b33:1) Di tto A6ePee°ri (1;Z:: 1188:84 70 -,,. 0 A po ntlt , _ 1,. , troo Bonds .„'" , tto G per Cent. 1862 uitt 691 701 I? e1)1)1;f0011 etta:Ce3OUPlineurtt Cent, ...... ...._ _ b!'.._ l- G per Cent 1862 .. 55 ! '4O Account " Itali an Dividends on the above payable in London. l'bite: Acer Cent., 1861, Ex. 25 francs.. Tr tiq (irkt...., ... toortese, 5 per Cent Ex. 25f _ ~ co lisols, Xtoriey . ... T . :% , .VO 9O4 O' 9 C I LOCK. Ditt o 4ceount . ; .... .. ::: ........ , 91j ..... 1019/01, to ear while itience noble s and ie for )vexed Lttrae stliest SHARE MARKETS.—This day. ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCItS._ Closing Business hare Railways. Paid. Price. done. 13.14. E Bir.. Wol., and Str. Val all 8 84 HER MAJESTY. 4 'Blythe and Tyne. 10 IBost.,Sleat.,andMid.Oo all 8 84 "• at Bristol and Exeter .... 100 81 83 at Caledonian lOO 117 118 118 W INDSO R CASTLE, Dec. 9. 50 Cork and Bandon all The Lord Chancellor arrived at the Castle yes -20 Cornwall all ôi 7 10 Do A ft ti rt e s n a o n.i , i l a iv s ) all terday, and had an audience of the Queen: 10 I Do. B been paid to 13, $ all The royal dinner party included the Prince and 60 'Dublin & Bellast June. all 38 80 Princess of Wales, the Crown , Prince and Princess 25 !Dun.,PerthoficAb. June. all 16 17 at 'Edinburgh & Glasgow. 100 94 96 of Prussia, Princess Helena, the Duke of Brabant, at 'Glasg. and S. Western., 100 107 109 the Lord Chancellor, the Belgian Minister, M. Van Great Eastern, Ord. stk ,' 100 484 494 494 I 4 at Ditto A stock ' 100 45 47 de Weyer; the Dowager Countess of Mount at Ditto East Anglian atl 100 7 1 84 st GreatNorthot Scotland 100 Edgcumbe, Countess Hohenthal, Baroness DJbe- A, 'Great Northern lOO l? 4 126 1254 } neck, the Hon. Mrs. Stonor, the Hon. Caroline at Do A stock st Do Bdo st Gt. S. an tW. of Irelan,l 100 99 101 96 at 'Great Western at IDo Str Val gua. stock 100 attendance on the Duke of Brabant : Lord Talbot at ,Lancashire & Yorkshire 100 1081 1081 109} 4 at ;London and Blackwalt 100 71 73 de Malahide, Lord in Waiting ; Colonel the Hon. at Lon., Brig,htot S. Coast 100 105 07 1054 7 A. Liddell, Groom ; Lord Alfred Paget, and Lieut.- at Lon., Chat, and Dover 100 43 44 44 at Lon. & North Western 100 105 1054 1066 6 Colonel the Hon. de Ros, Equerries in Waiting to at Lon. & So'.th Western 100 101 102 1014 at Man., Shef., & Lincoln. 100 47 48 474 8 her Majesty, Lieut.-General Knollys, Lieut.-Col. 60 Maryport and Carlisle. all 124 Dot shares . all Keppel, Sir James Clark, Dr. Holzmann, Mr. at Metropolitan all 111 112 1124 43 121 Fisher, and the Master of the Household. at Midland 6.4.0 Do New st Do Birming. di Derby 100 96 98 60 Mid. Gt. W. of Ireland all the Castle to-day for F ro more House. 25 Do. 4 shares 25 Mid Kest .. all -- 10 Do Cray Line at North British at Edin., Perth, & Dundee 100 24 to g r ac io u sl y pl eased t o be g odmother, had the honour at Nth. Eastern—Berwick 100 1001 1014 101 1001 li of an interview with her Majesty on Friday last, 25 Do, G.N.E. purchase i 6.13.4 —,, st Do Leeds lOO 68 584 681 previous to their return to New Zealand. at Do York Mr. R. Dowling, commissioned by the Tasmanian st Do Carlisle.. ..... at North London 10 Do New 3 9.16.4N0rth Statfordahire 10 'N. and S. W. Junction all 11 114 at Scottish Central at Scot N. It., Aber. stock 100 42 44 Mr. Morton Edwards, commissioned by the cor at Do Scot Mid, stock lOO 98 100 10 Shrews. and Welchpool all poration and town of Toronto, has also been at Shropshire Union at South Devon ... 100 31 82 honoured with a sitting for a bust of his royal at South Eastern at South Wales at S. York. and River Dun 100 97 i 9 20 staines,Wok.,andWok all 91 , 74 25 Stockton & Darlington all a 74 374 THE EMPRESS OF RUSSIA has returned from the 25 Do l7 9 10 p 45 Do New, 1866 8 7} 74 p Crimea, and has taken up her residence at Tzarsko-Zelo. at Taff Vale.. 10 Do B 8 5 64 i 10 Do C 3 21 31 p d'Aumale have been the guests of the Marquis and 50 Ulster 25 Do - -- P 12.10 Do st Vale of Neath at Victoria sta. and Pim lOO 170 175 at Waterford & Kilkenny 100 by the Marquis of Salisbury. In the ev e ning a distin st West Cornwall 1100 guished company had the honour to meet the Royal guests at W. Hartlepool Har.&R lOO at dinner, covers being laid for twenty.six persons. The at West Midland -Oxford 100 at Do Newport 100 "house party." not including the Royal visitors, comprised at Do Hereford 100 his Excellency Count Apponyi, the Austrian ambassador; Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess d'Aumale have been the guests of the Marquis and Marchioness of Salisbury at Hatfield House, Herts, during the greater part of the week. The Duke and Duchess ar rived on Monday, and were received at the railway station by the Marquis of Salisbury. In the evening a distin guished company had the honour to meet the Royal guests at dinner, covers being laid for twenty. six persons. The "house party," not including the Royal visitors, comprised his Excellency Count Apponyi, the Austrian ambassador; the Marquis of Blandford, the Earl and Countess of Clar endon and Ladies Villiers, the Earl and Countess of Hard wicke and Lady Agneta Yorke, the Earl and Countess of Verularn and Lady Harriet Grimston, Lord Stanley, M.P., Lord Richard Grosvenor, Lord and Lady Eustace Cecil, Lord Loughborough, Hon. and Rev. Vir. and Mrs. Talbot, Hon. Reginald Talbot, Mr. Duncombe, Sco. During the stay of their Royal Highnesses there was a dance after dinner in the gallery. The Duke and Dachess d'Aumale took leave of the noble host and hostess this day week (i.e. on Thursday), and departed for Dadbrooke, Essex, on a visit to Frances Countess Waldegrave and Mr. Chichester For tescue, M.P. The Count and Countess d'Albourg have left the Brunswick, Jermyn-street, for Naples and Rome. Major. General and the Hon. Mrs. Stuart and the Marquis of Bute have left the St. George's Hotel. Lady Henrietta Allen and the Misses Allen have arrived at their residence, 27, Chesham•street, from Scot land. --- His Excellency Lord Wodehouse had a lengthened interview with Earl Russell yesterday at the Foreign-office. Lord Wodehouse left town last evening by the mail train for Copenhagen, on his mission to King Christian IX., to congratulate his Majesty on his accession to the throne of Denmark. His lordship is accompanied by the Hon. Henry Wodehouse, Mr. P. W. Currie, and Mr. T. H. Sanderson, as secretary and attaches to his mission. . . Lady Bloomfield has left town on a visit to the Earl and Countess of Hardwicke, at Wimpolo House, Can- bridgeshire. Lord Bloomfield is unable to quit his diplomatic post this winter. Lord and tady Aveland are entertaining a suc cession of visitors at their seat, Normanton Park, Rutland. THE DUKE DE BRABANT is now in England for several days' sojourn. THE KING 0 SWEDEN is suffering from a slight attack of bronchitis. Viscount and Viscountess Palmerston entertained his Excellency Prince do la Tour d'Avergne, the French Ambassador, last evening at Cambridge-house, Piccadilly. The Duke and Duchess of Somerset and a select party were invited to meet his excellency. The Earl of Westmoreland is so far recovered from his very serious illness that no further telegrams are necessary to relieve the anxiety of his friends. Should his lordship continue to improve, of which there is but little doubt, he will be able to return home in a few days. The Earl and Countess of Warwick and family have left the Stable-yard, St. James's, for Worthing. . • The Earl of Haddington has left the Alexandra Hotel for Tyninghame, Prestonkirk. DEPARTURE OF SIR JOHN LAWRENCE.—Sir John Lawrence, the recently appointed Viceroy of India, and suite left London last evening for Marseilles, where his Excellency will embark for Alexandria, en route to assume his duties at Calcutta. THE DUKE DE FRIOR is the Spanish nobleman who, it is reported, is about to marry Miss Balfe, lately known as Lady Crampton. Admiral Van Hambro has arrived at the Bruns wick, Jermyn-street, from Liverpool. The Right Hon. T. Milner Gibsen left town yes terday. On Tuesday, the Bth inst., was solemnised at Cattistock, Dorset, the marriage of Mr. G. H. Wyndham, second secretary to her Majesty's Embassy at Berlin, and eldest son of Colonel and the Hon. Mrs. Wyndham, of Rogate Lodge, Sussex, to Charlotte Elizabeth Sophia, second daughter of the Hon. and Rev. W. H. Scott, rector of Maiden Newton, Dorset. Mr. Baron Pigott on Prize Fighting. Mr. Baron Pigott opened the Devonshire assizes, at Exeter, on Tuesday. In the course of his charge, his lordship alluded to a case where the prisoner was charged with wilful murder, and observed that his business or occupation was stated to be that of a pugilist, which induced him to make some remarks upon that subject. He had read that morning in the newspapers that in the metropolis all the pre parations were now made for a great prize fight between two men for £l,OOO, to which all the coun try were invited. He was one of those who thought that all who encouraged pugilism from the notion that it created among Englishmen a manly and courageous feeling were greatly and utterly mistaken. On the contrary, he believed from long experience that it was productive of hard feel ing and great brutality in those who took part in it. Those who encouraged it and those who wit nessed it all brought themselves alike within the influence of a very bad practice. He hoped this county was not to be the scene of this great fight, and it would be a disgrace to the magistracy and the police if every effort were not made to prevent it from taking place, and to punish those who took part in it. When they came to consider the case of the man Stevens, charged with murder in a fight, they would find his observations were pretty well justified. It was said afe w years ago that if people would only encourage prize -fighting it would lead to the suppression of the knife. He had just come from a county where he had to try no less than nine cases of cutting with a knife, a crime which for merly was scarcely known, but now it was common with almost every boy who was offended to whip out his knife, and he was ready to slaughter the person who had given the slightest provocation. He was sure that pugilism was very likely to pro duce brutality rather than to prevent it. A CHARMING SPECIMEN OF BATHOS.—A pro feasor of chemistry, more remarkable for the clear ness of his intellect than the purity of his eloquence, adverted in one of his lectures to the celebrated Pr. Boyle, of whose talents he spoke with the highest veneration. "He was a great man," said the professor, concluding his eulogy—" a very great man : he was the father of chemistry, gentlemen —and brother to the Earl of Cork." A.YOUN G OFFICER OF DRAGOONS, stationed near Breslau, one Count Pfeil, has completed a four act opera, with words and music by himself, on the story of " Roland de Roncevaux." The music, says a German cor respondent of the Athenceum, is in the modern style, and the work is destined for the Berlin Opera House, with Madame Lucca for its heroine. DISASTER TO AN AMERICAN SHlP.—A.dvices received iu Liverpool yesterday from New York to the 28th ultimo, state that the fine American packet ship Emerald, had put into that port on the morning of the 28th in a dis mantled and damaged state. Captain Lace, who com manded the Emerald, had been killed, and the first officer washed overboard, in the tremendous hurricane which th 9 Emerald passed through, BRITISH POSSESSIONS. Closing 'hart hallways Paid. Price. Business don, 190 Atiantio 24 Si Lawrenck all 59 61 Sk i Bom.,Barodack.Cent Ina Gu. 5 per cent... lOO 1054 1064 20 Do. New ....... 8 4 1 p 20 Do. E. Shares zO4 Buffalo and Laae Huron. all 54 6 4 10 Do. Preference . all be 94 100 J Buffalo,BrantotGodriCl, 10,) j o p. at. bds. Aug. 1, 137. (00 Do. do. July 1, 187 100 00. do. June 1, 16:s 100 st Clcuttit.&S.Eastn.(l,ll. , 100 103 103 at Cape Town Dock San 100 10t 103 1024 stock Eastn. Bengal gu. sp. c 100 118 109 stock Last Indian. gu. sp. c. 100 10(4 lu7l 1074 74 6f 20 Do. do. G Ext lO 4 lip 20 Do. do. H do. stock Grand Trunk of Canada luu 20 21 100 Do. Ist Pref. Bonds all 72 74 100 Do. ao. deferred all 53 61 100 Do. 2d Pret. Bonus— all 66 69 100 Do. do. deferred all 50 S 3 100 Do. 3d P: ef. stock all 47 50 484 100 Do. do. deferred— all 38 42 100 Do. 4th Pref. stook all 26 28 100 Do. do. deferred all 21 23 stook Gt.LudiaPentn.gua.sp.o 100 1074 1084 108 20 Do. New gua. sp. n l2 14 14 20 Do. January, 1862 stook Gt. South.of India (Lim guaranteed 5 per cent. NO 1044 1051 20 i Gt. W: o 1 Canada Shares all 94 10 91 10 SO* Do. New 100 Do. 6 p.c. '73 with't opt. all 92 95 100 Do. 54 p. a. do. '77-8.... all 86 88 10 Indian Branch Limited 2 4IP stock Madras. guar., 5p.0. .. 100 1054 1 064 stock Do. 41p. 0. Extension 100 100 101 1001 stock Dc. 4* d 0........ 100 £6 100 20 Do. Fifth Extension. 2 stock Melb.Corn. p. a. Beds. 100 50 Melb. & Hobson's Bay. all 57 59 574 100 Do. 7p. a. rdortg. Bds. alt S 0 Newßrunswick a Cando Class A and B. all 3 5 N.lll.C'das pc let i bds 100 82 84 stork Soinde (100 106 107 stock Do. Delhi lOO 11,44 1051 au Do. do 2 ip at Do. Punjaub c all 1044 1054 Do. Do. ........ ,190 • oak Do. Indus. St. Flo.) OOP , 101 103 • COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. 6p.c.J a. OW ul) 1877-S4 100 103 105 Do. 6p. Feb. & Aug 100 102 104 I Do. 6p. o.Mar. & Sept. 100 102 104 Do. p. c. Jan.&July. 100 91 93 924 14 / Do. 5 Inscribed stock 100 91 93 Cape G. Hope, 6p 0,187:; 100 108 110 I Do.Ap &Oct. 1880 100 109 111 Do. 1891 100 109 111 Do. Jan. its July, 1891.. 100 112 114 'Ceylon, N0v.1678, 6p c 100 110 112 Mauritius 6 per cent .. 100 06 103 Natal Gov. 6 per cent.. 130 07 109 -- { N.B.Gov. pm. J a.&J ul) 100 104 106 I Do 6p. o.Ap . & Oct. 100 I • ,N. S.W. Gov. 5 p 1,18,.. 100 100 102 Du. sp. c.,18r1 to lit 100 101 102 Do. d0.,1888 tkupwds 100 101 102 1014 2 New Zealand 6 p cent. 100 110 112 Nova Scotia Gov. 6p. c. I sterling, 1875 lOO 104 106 'Queensland Gcv. 6p. c lOO 1:1 113 16.Aus G6p.c.1878.,t up lOO 111 113 - Vio.Gov. 6 p.a. Ja.tauly 100 107 109 'Do. to 6 ma. AnAtOot.. 100 108 109 109 84 _ BRITISH MINES. 2 jeumbrian Consol. Gold 1 id chllord Amalgamated 33 34 Deven G. Con.. (Tavist ) 1 545 655 East Bassett(lllogan) 30 ts 7 60 1 East Clogau Gold Ltd 52. id par lEast Caradon ...... 2.14. e 251 261 'East Carn Brea 3.4.0 6 4 64 WI Russel (Tavistk ; 8.9.0 44 5 IGatnASLAubyn(Gwen ; 581 8 10 Great South Tolgus 17s 4 44 G. Wheal Vor (Heleton 40 114 lei Grenville . Ber:A's-Foot 8.12 49 4t Ilingston Downs 4.18.0 14 24 Lady Bertha Margaret (tiny Lelant kk 14 16 Marke Valley.. 4 Myndy Iron Oro (Lim 2l 11 I New Setun 194 90 100 —• North Downs 2l 11 14 N.Wh'i Basset (111o4an 3.1.0 2i 24 I Sorth Wheal Crotty Par Consols (ft. Blaze), 20 1 Providenee(UnyLelnt) 10.6.7 42 44 South Caradon(St.Cleer, 14 415 125 15. Carn Brea (Illogan) — Fran. (Illogan. 1R.1R.9 60 65 Stray Park 30.17.6 30 32' Il i ramar SilvA Lead Min. 4, it II fin Crort 9 18 19 18 West Basset (Illogan) l4 94 104 W C' radon (Liskeard) 5 20 22 West Seton Wheal Basset (Illogan) 54 871 02 4 Wheal Buller(ltedruth) 5 224 274 Wheal Kitty (U.Lelant) 2.0.6 WhealLuthott - Wheal Mary Ann /Men ) 8 12 13 Wheal 3eton 584 160 170 1621 Wheal Tretawney (Lis )1 7 191 201 Wheal Uni on 3.17 24 3 PREFERENCE SHARES. Bristol and Exeter 4 per cent. stock, 94} Great Eastern, E. Counties, Ext. N0.:2, 110 Great Western Orig. 46 per cent. pf., 99i 100 London and Brighton, 5 per cent. gua. stock, No. 1, —. Ditto, 7 per cent. pf. st., 158 k Midland, Leicester and Ilitchin 4 per et., 94 5 PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCK& Great Eastern, 5 per cent., pf., 102 LINES LEASED Ar FIXED RENTALS. Lancaster and Carlisle, 2101 FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Dutch Rhenish, 171 San Paulo (lim.), gua. 7 per cent., si FOREIGN MINES. Port Philip, li JOINT-STOCK BANKS. LlHance Bank of Lon a m and Liverpool (Um.), 441 Anglo Austrian, 71 Bank of Wales, lim.. 12 East London, lim., 71 English, Scotch, and Australian Chartered, 221 3 European Bank, lira., 4i Hindustan, china, and Japan (lim.), 271. Imperial Ottoman, 18i 1 8 1 1 Land Mortgage Bank of India, lim., 41 London anu County, 55 London Joint Stock, 361 London and Northern (11m.), 151 London and Westminster, 79 Mercantile and Exchange. lim., 131 National Provincial of England. Ditto, new. 29 Scinde, Punjaub, and Delhi (lim.', Union of Australia, 52 111 MISCELLANEOUS. British Indian Tea, Tim., 3 Canada Land, Him, 8 2 i Crystal Palace, . 61 6 7 Discount Corporation, limited, . . , G E e g n y . p u ti r a t n di Commercial a ou nd oi T L ra o d n i ci n u g n , , lirn im. ., , o44 si Hudson's Bay. 121 International Financial Society, lim., 91 i p y ren D ta ie l Italian Irrigation (Canal Cavour), . Ditto, 6 - per cent. Bonds, redem. 1870, issued 90, 86 London Finanzdal Association, ,23 National Discount 3. o o mnibus Company, Inn., 2} 'National Discount Comp iny, lim., 9 i na b:l n a Steam, Jim., I I Peninsula and Oriental Steam, 83i I Ditto '' Land, 101 T -------------- HE WESTMINSTER PLAY is to be given in the College Dormitory on the 10th, 15th, an d 17th i ns t an t. Th e play chosen thi s year is the " Adelphi," and will be per formed under the management of Mr. Trevor. THE WORK OF PI LE -DRIVING FOR THE ]li - BANIiiIIENT of the southern aide of the Thames has been been begun opposite Lambeth Palace. Very shortly it is expected that works will be co mmenced to recover from the river the land on which new St . Thomas's hospital is to stand, THE GREAT FIGHT FOR 12,000. tlmirbit AMERICA. (THIS DAY.) (REUTER'S TELEGRAM.) (FROM OUR SPECIAL REPORTER.) This contest, which has excited immense interest, was brought to an issue to-day, near Wadhurst, Kent. The rival combatants entered the ring—Heenan esquired by Sayers and M'Donald, and King by Jem Mace and Jerry Noon. The fight lasted only 35 minutes, during which time 25 rounds were fought. The same disposition to " hug" which characterised Heenan's fight with Sayers was again dis played by him in this contest, but King escaped his uninviting embraces wonderfully well. The first blood was awarded to King. Towards the commencement of the fight Heenan seemed to be confident of winning, but as the contest proceeded fortune seemed certain to award the golden prize to King. The last thiee or four rounds told immensely upon Heenan, and King, amidst the greatest excitement, was, after the 25th round, de clared the victor. (FROM OUR OWN REPORTER.) EIGHTEENTH DAY. Heenan escaped personal disfigurement, with the exception of a cut over one of his eyes. The fight seemed to havo been lost through sheer exhaus tion on his part. Very little money was laid out in betting after the men entered the ring. Heenan, of course, was greatly depressed at the result of the contest. The fight was gone through without interruption, and as orderly as could be expected. (Fuller details in our next edition.) THE CRAWLEY COURT-MARTIAL. (FROM OUR OWN REPORTER.) NINETEENTH DAY. ALDERSHOT, Thursday. The proceedings were adjourned this morning till the 17th, to allow time for the prisoner to make his defence. LAW INTELLIGENCE—(This Day). DIVORCE COURT. (Before the Judge Ordinary and a Special Jury.) RING} V. KING AND DENT. The Queen's Advocate and Dr. Swabey for the petitioner, Dr. Spinks for the respondent, and Mr. Coleridge, Q.C., for the co• respondent. The petitioner was Mr. Charles John King, the respon • dent Fanny Rosina King, and the co-respondent William Dent. The petitioner was the son of the Rev.W. M. King, of Long Critchill, near Salisbury. and a merchant at pre sent in business at Shanghai, China. He was married 0 the respondent, then Miss Sullivan, in China in 1856, and be fore the ceremony Mr. Dent was acquainted with the family of the Sullivans, .and had inspired an affection in the mind of the respondent, which afterwards led to her alleged mis conduct. Mr. King became acquainted with Mr. Dent when he and his,wife were passing through Macao in 1857. A child was born in China which did not survive, and Mr. and Mrs. King returned to England in 1858 and resided at his father's for some time. It appeared that Mrs. King re newed her intimacy with Mr. Dent, with whom she had interviews, which very much offended Mr. King. In March, 1860, Mr. King returned to China, where he embarked in a fresh business with another merchant, at Shanghai, where he had since resided, and it was arranged that Mrs. King should join him in the fol lowing October. Mrs. King declined to go to China on the ground of ill-health, and the inconvenience of carry ing a young child on a long voyage. Some letters were then read from Mrs. King, one of which was addressed to her mother-in• law, in 1859, in which she strongly deprecated any interference in her private affairs, and said in reference to Mr. Dent that she would not dis continue the acquaintance of early friends at the wish of her husband's family, who, she admitted, with the exception of the interference com plained of, had treated her with kindness and affec tion. Two other letters were addressed to her husband, in which she said she could not say that she loved him with ail the affection of her heart. Matters went on till the family objected to the frequent visits of Mr. Dent until 1862, when the respondent left her residence in London and went to Cornwall, since which time the family of King had never seen her. The mother of the petitioner was examined at great length. She proved the marriaze, and also mentioned the beginning of the visits of Mr. Dent. The respondent told her that, although she had married her son, her strong attachment was for Mr. Dent, whom she had known ever since she was thirteen years of age. Witness remonstrated with her very kindly, and advised her to join her husband in China ; but she invariably ob • jected, either on the ground of ill-health or the unsettled weather that would be encountered during the voyage. Mr. Dent continued his visits, notwithstanding the ob jection of the family, and eventually Mrs. King left her home in 1861, and went to live in Cornwall, since which time she had never seen her. Mrs. Elizabeth Malcolm was the next witness called. On entering the box, the witness refused to take the oath. The Judge asked on what ground she objected. Mrs. Malcolm said she was one of the Scotch Covenanters, and from conscientious motives she refused to take an oath. The Judge said the act provided for such an occurrence as the present. Witnesses objecting to the oath were to make a declaration, therefore the witness could avail her self of that provision. The witness then, holding up her hand, made a declara tion according to the religion of her country to speak the truth. She then, in answer to questions put to her by the learned counsel, said she lived with Mrs. King during the absence of her husband in China at several places in the metropolis, at all of which Mr. Dent was a frequent visitor, and at last Mrs. King gave orders that no person was to be admitted into the house when Mr. Dent was there. The case was proceeding when we went to press. POLICE INTELLIGENCE—This Day. •►-- MARLBOROUGH-STREET. EMBEZZLEMENT—COMMITTAL —Dennis Macarthy, a a young man, was charged before Mr, linos with embez zling money received on account of his employers, Messrs. Grindlay and Co., furniture dealers, Howland-street, Fit zroy-square. Mr. Bent, of the Abbey Tavern, St. John's-wood, proved paying the prisoner L 6 on account of Messrs. Grindley and Co. about the end of October, and taking the prisoner's re ceipt for the same. Mr. Win. Grindley said the prisoner had never accounted for the sum in question, which it was his duty to do. Prisoner said that he was only.casually employed by the firm. He would acknowledge he received the money from Mr. Bent, but was robbed of it. Mr. Grindley said the prisoner never came near the place again. Prisoner said he was made drunk and robbed, and he did not think he should be believed if he went and said he was robbed of the money._ Rogers, 87 E, said on going to the prisoner's lodgings that morning he found him concealed under the bed. Inspector Garforth said ho believed the prisoner had been convicted. Mr. Knox committed the prisoner for trial. rHE SUN, LONDON, THWISDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 10, 1863, Reported Capture of Burnside's Army, TEE CRAWLEY COURT-MARTIAL. LIVERPOOL, WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. It is rumoured that General Longstreet had cap tured Burnside's army at Knoxville, but nothing authentic to this effect has been received. The report is probably suggested by the advance in the price of gold on the 28th ult. [The following appeared in the Third Edition of " The Sun" of last evening] : ALDERSHOT, Wednesday Morning. The Court re-assembled shortly after 10 o'clock. Colonel Crawley proceeded with the letter of Sir High Rose, alluded to at the close of the proceedings yesterday, and which went into detail at g r e at len g th wit h r espect to the former character of Sergeant Major Lilloy, combating the assertions of Mr. Fortescue and Mr. Coningham, made in the House of Commons, and complaining that almost every statement which had been made in the public new papers with regard to the treatment of Sergeant Major Lilley was incorrect in part, and tended most unjustly to prejudice the public mind both againt t Sir Wm. Mans field and the commander of the regiment. The letter also contradicted the statements made in the House of Commons with respect to the nature of the place of confinement, but inasmuch as fall evidence has been produced before the Court, the public have a better means of judging of the place of confinement of the three sergeant majors than Mr. Fortescue at the time he made his statements. The document also went at considerable length into details which affect the general administration of the army in India, and quoted the opinion of medical men of high authority with reference to the nature of the climate and its general effect upon our troops. The reading of the docu ment occupied the time of the Court a long time. On its conclusion, The Prosecutor remarked that this was a letter wiltten by Sir H. Rose for the information of the Commander-in- Chief, and embracing a great variety of subjects, among them the character of Sergeant Major Lilley. Now, the opinion of SirH. Rose on that matter, to be admitted, could only be founded on evidence, and apart from that evidence the opinion was mere hearsay, and as such could not be re ceived as evidence in the present case. As, however, it would now be futile to treat the letter as not having been produced, it was suggested by the prosecution that it should be appended to the proceedings, and used by either party as they might think necessary. He further suggested that to avoid similar difficulties in future all documents intended to be produced should be first submitted to the Court, and that the prosecutor might have the opportunity of stating his reasons against their admissibility as evidence, and taking the decision of the Court upon the point before they were read. Col. Crawley—Mr. President, I have no objection to the prosecution treating the despatch of his Excellency the Commander-in -Chief in India according to what the prose cution is pleased to term its seeming worth. As to the course proposed by the prosecution, it is entirely at variance with the example they themselves have set, and it is in direct opposition to the first principles of the administra tion of justice. In the case of their own evidence, as for instance in that of the letter of Sir Win. Mansfield, which was put in as against me, no private investigation took place. I sought no cover of secresy, but the prosecution has regarded no seal of confidence. They without hesi • tation put in confidential documents without any objec tion being raised on my part. Not only that, but they put in proportions of the blue book which were read in open court, and passages from which were afterwards pronounced to be inadmissible. Why then is it that as soon as the defence is begun they seek to change the course which has hitherto been pursued ? Why is it that they seek to turn an open court of justice into a court of secret inquiry ? I ask the Court, then, to permit me to pursue the course which the prosecution has pursued, with this exception, that I ask to put no confidential docu ment in evidence. As to the particular letter which has been just read, I am advised that there can be no question about it. If the letter is relevant on any point it is admissible. I could mention twenty reasons why the letter is relevant, but I will mention only one. The surgeons of the 6th Dragoons have stated that it was not their duty to interfere with dis cipline by reporting any anticipated injury to the late Ser geant Major Lilley; but the letter of the Commander in- Chief, who is the proper person to state what, according to his instructions, was their duty, bears tupon that point. I beg also to remind the Court that a list of these docu ments was furnished to me by Sir William Mansfield, for the express purpose of being used on the trial ; and I have been permitted only last week to copy them, in order to pro duce them in court. I have only to add most respectfully that, under no circumstances, can I consent to the private investigation which the prosecution proposes. The Prosecutor—lf the Court will permit me, I think I can make this matter clear, though itrdoing so it will look as if we were going back to the very elements of jurispru dence. A tribunal consists of a judge or judges, an d j udge and jury. Courts martial are composed of judges alone, and are more like the courts pf equity. In such courts the practice is, that if a document is tendered in evidence the judges first see it, and determine whether it is admissible in evidence. If they think it is not it is rejected; but if it is, it is attached to the proceedings, and forms an element in the judgment. The same course prevails in courts martial ; therefore the prosecution feels no doubt in the course they have adopted. The letter of Sir William Mansfield con tained the order for the arrest of Sergeant Major Lilley, and therefore they were bound to produce it, Colonel Crawley—l wieh to remind the Court that when the prosecutor put in from the bluebook Sir Hugh Rose's remarks, they made him in fact their witness, and the ob jection they now take to his letter would apply equally to his remarks. I did not object to them taking the course they did, but I must remind the Court that if the observa tions of Sir Hugh Rose are good for one purpose they are good for another. The Court retired to consider the point. On the return of the court, Colonel Pipon said—As the court was closing the follow ing was put in by the prosecutor :—The blue book was read out at the express instance of the prisoner, and against the urgent request of the prosecutor. The court adheres to the decision to decline receiving any communication which is not to be read and appended to the proceedings. With re ference to the letter last read, the court has to observe, that the prosecutor stated that the document to which he now objects was one of those given to the prisoner for the ex press purpose of using them in his defence ; and he alto stated that he had no objection to the copies being read to the court as evidence. It therefore rests with the prosecu tor to show what part can be legally objected to. Colonel Crawley suggested for the consideration of the prosecution whether, with respect to the documents he was about to read, the same course should not be taken as was taken in the blue book, namely, that he should read the documents, and that the prosecutor should state his objec tions collectively; otherwise the proceedings might be in definitely prolonged. Sir A. Hanford said the matter was in the hands of the Court. Colonel Crawley then proceeded to read the letter from Colonel Hatch to the Commander in Chief in India, stating his opinion that Sergeant Major Lilley might have been convicted by court martial not only for disobedience to the orders of the commanding officer, in making public the pro ceeding of the court martial then sitting, but for uttering violent and beastly language against hie commanding officer; and that, although the confessions of the sergeant majors could not be used as evidence against themselves, they not having been previously cautioned, yet there was, in his (Colonel Hatch's) opinion, evidence against Sergeant Major Lilley of the encouragement of disobedience to orders. The letter was signed "G. A. Hatch, Deputy Judge Advocate General." A second letter was then read from Col. Hatch, dated July 10, 1863, in which he states that the melt of the three sergeant majors was perfectly regular on the part of Col. Crawley, he having stated that they had been arrested on a charge of conspiracy, and that the major general had sane• tioned their close arrest, and that any responsibility arising from the continuance of that arrest was shifted from Col. Crawley to the superior officer. The next letter read by Colonel Crawley was one dated ' 16th of April last , from the headquarters at Simla and ad dressed by Sir Hugh Rose to the Adjutant General at the Horse Guard, in which the Commander in Chief stated that the evidence submitted to him fully established the s f e a r that a cabal existed against Colone l Crawley, and th at geant Major Lilley was a party to it. The next letter was from Sir Hugh Rose to the Adjutant kno ledging the 1861, ac know ledging s vi tating, with General, dated Lucknow, Jan. 20, memorandum of the Duke of Cambridge, regard to that part of it which had refearansetnecrestmoalheiss, that(Sir H. Rose's) remarks on the trial of paymaster him an Surgeon Turnbull had forwarded to fully bore out the addendum — the one referred to in evidence --Wh i ch habits being the evidence of the sergeant major's drin king : I :e o po e r n t cl o o f se iN d u f i r o e r sh Ge in n f e o r r a - 1 cause of his death. Th e letter mation—namely, the half-yearl y Farrell on the state of the 6th lon iakilling Dragoons, and he (Sit H. Rose) ventured to entertain the hope that when Cotthe opinion he had expressed emander in Chief had p eruse d his Royal Highne ss the that evidencetabehiNavo(uslidr rotio.dßifoyaes) conduct. . n A re n f o e t r h ence er letter from Sir H. Rose to the Adjutant Gene ral, dated 6th of /day, 1863, was read, which stated that et the time he wrote his remarks ho could not be aware, nor were the regimental doctors aware, that Mrs. Lilley had consumed a large por tion of the s p irit s sent to their bun. gale ,. The real interpretation of his remarks was that the sergean t major was in the habit daily of drinking spirits, wh i c h in connection with the heat of the climate increased his predisposition to disease. He also stated that he had never gone to the extent of actually attributing his death to drunkenness. The next letter was from Dr. Beatson to the Adjuteut General at Simla, datsd July 20, 18Q3, It stat 94 tit the THAMES. ROBBERY IN THE ST. KATHERINE DOCK.—Henry Briant, a labourer, was brought before Mr. Salle charged with stealing 72 cigars, valued at 108., the property of the St. Katherine Dock Company, on their p rem i ses. Henry Butcher, a gatekeeper, stated that the prisoner was leaving the St. Katherina Dock yesterday evening, and he asked him what he had got in his jacket pocket. The prisoner replied he did no t know, and chat he ha d not worn the jacket all day. He p ut his hand in t he prisoner's jacket packets and found i n them 28 cigars. O n stripping ownd had been i n th e employ o f police, said th e p r i soner the prisoner he found 48 cig ars round his le g s i n stockings. There were 24 in each stock in g . Mr. John Passmore Mum ford, superintende nt of the St. Katherine a theprienremDanoecaktCompany's and a a the company between two an d three years. The prisoner wa s at cigarso rk i deposited n the c i gar there.floo r yesterday,T hec i gars produced were very good enes, and of the value of 10e. and had access to bogies Mr. James Bartlett, foreman of the cigar floor in the St. Katherine Dock, said that the cigars taken from the pri soner were exactly similar to others in the warehouse, where the prisoner had been engaged. Mr. Selfe—l suppose the prisoner will never be employed in the dock again ? . Mr. Mamford—Never, sir. The prisoner said all that was alleged againet him was true. He had a wife and four children to maintain. He was a married man. Mr. Solfe committed the prisoner for trial. Liverpool Cotton Market—This Day. Much stronger. Sales, probably 5,000 bales, or much mote. Imports, 2,755. Previously, 20,774. PRIVATE B 1 1.8. --According to a, list printed by the Private Bill-office of the House of Commons, the num ber of plans deposited at the office amounts to 389, of which 291 relate to railways. On or before the 23d inst., on which occasion the Loffico will be kept Open until 8 o'clock, $ printed copy of all bills, with or without plans, must be lodged. Tuesday next is the last day for serving notices on owners, lessees, and occupiers of property required by the books uf reference on account of railway projects for next session. Let of 23 bottles of brandy and other liquors being drunk had been established, but that it had been shown that Mrs. Lilley had consumed a large portion. There still, how. ever, remained a sufficiently large portion unaccounted for which might have been taken by Sergeant Major Lilley, and it seemed to have been proved that he took seven or eight glasses of brandy and soda water every day, which was quite sufficient under the circumstances in which he was placed to superinduce an attack of apoplexy. The letter also ex plained that, although the sergeant major might have been in the habit of taking that quantity he did not necessarily show signs of intemperance, nor would the past mortem examination, or even the dissection of the body, show signs of a large consumption of alcoholic drinks. It seemed, how ever, certain from the evidence that ho did drink to such an extent that an attack of apoplexy was almost sure to follow. Another letter from Dr. Beatson was then read, dated Army Head-quarters, 28th July, 1863," wh ch stated that Sergeant Major Wakefield had not been sent to the hospital, as had been said, raving bad. On the contrary, he showed nn signs of mental aberration. The next letter was from Sir William Mansfield to the Adjutant General of the Army in India, dated Poonah, July 13, 1863, which stated that the conduct of Dr. Turn bull and Dr. Barnett in making interpolations in the case books was most reprehensible, and that as information had just reached him that Colonel Crawley was to be tried by court-martial he had detained the case-books, which would be sent to England to form part of the judicial investiga tion. The next letter was from Sir Wm. Mansfield to the Ad jutant General of the Army, dated July 16, 1363, stating that he had received strong circumstantial evidence from Colonel Crawley of the improper manner in which he had been served by the medical officers, which information he forwarded on. The next was a letter, dated Poonah, Aug. 14, 1863, to correspondence,and stating the Adjutant Gen era l of the ng army India . , simply enclos ingbull was already on record. The a t enclosures htsop in a o l l n u o d f e d D t r o . T i nu thern- l e tters had reference to the conduct of Surgeon Turnbull, with the systematic which it was stated was in accord resistance which Surgeon andTurnbu a l a n l ace other officers had instance h of . which was exhibited towards Col. Crawley, exhibited in the fact of Surgeon Turnbul ü b s y e refusedto s forward replies to certain queries submittedavtioannghdlmet commanding officer after promising to do so also k ferring , to the interpretation of Sergeant Major Av a efie.ld s case in the hospital books, there having bee n no mention of his case. The enclosure also accused prev i ous Turnbull with withholding information and with generalon impropriety of conduct. It was signed by Major-G eneral Green, commanding the Mhow division. The next letter put in was from Surgeon Turnbull to Colonel Crawley, and stating that it was usual to provide medical comforts for female patients in the hospital, but that Mrs. Lilley was in a position to provide her own diet, and was allowed to remain in her husband's quarters, it not being the custom to insist upon the wives of non-commis sioned officers going into the hospital. A letter was then read from Major Chappin to Major General Green, stating that in consequence of the debate which took place in the House of Commons he had sent to Major General Farrell all the documents,which proved that Lieut. Fitzsimon had voluntarily withdrawn the charges he had brought against his commanding officer, and com menting on his conduct as not being strictly honourable in repeating those charges to the home authorities. Colonel Crawley said he now wished to read a regi mental order of his, dated Mhow, 27th May, 1862." It stated that his attention had been called to the number of soldiers who were daily reported sick, and who at tended the hospital. He should be sorry to at tribute this to any desire to escape parade or drill, which would be to suppose unsoldierlike qualities in the Inniskilling Dragoons, which he did not believe to exist. He rather attributed the circumstances to the men exposing themselves to the sun, and hi going to the bazaars where they drank the pernicious liquors sold to them by unscrupulous natives. He hoped this would be attended to, as he had no desire to resort to roll call or any other dis agreeable cause to enforce what was for the good of the men themselves. After some discussion on the reception of the documents which had been read, Colonel Crawley said he was now ready to call his wit• flosses. Capt. Francis George Savage Curtis, of the 6th Dragoons, was called and examined by Colonel Crawley. Were you, on or about the sth of November, 1862, present at my house at Mhow when a conversation took place between me and Lieutenant Fitzsimon in reference to the arrest of Sergeant Major Lilley F—l was. State as nearly as you can recollect what passed in refer ence to the arrest ?—Colonel Crawley asked Lieut. Fitzsimon if he had seen the sentries posted himself. He had to ask the question two or three times before Lieut. Fitzsimon would give him a decided answer. At last Lieut. Fitzsimon said he had not seen the sentries posted himself, but had contented himself with visiting them once or twice a day afterwards. Did Lieut. Fitzsimon at that time allege any cause for not having seen the sentries posted himself F—No, I did not bear any. Did he on that occasion say anything about having ab • stained from entering the house to see the sentries posted, on account of the state of Mrs. Lilley's health ?—No, I never heard anything of the sort. Were you present at my house on or about the 7th of Nov., 1862, when I had a conversation with Lieutenant Fitzsimon about the withdrawal of an appeal he had ad dressed to the C o mmander-in-Chief P—l was. State as nearly as you can what took place on that sub ject ?—Colonel Crawley read out to Lieut. Fitzsimon a com munication he had received from Major General Farrell or Major Champion, stating that his protest against the Commander-in-Chiet's remarks on his evidence at the court martial was insubordinate, and recommended him as being a young dicer to withdraw it. The Commander in Chief thought it better to give him an opportunity of doing so. Colonel Crawley then asked Lieut. Fitzsimon whether he wished to withdraw the letter, to which Lieutenant Fitz simon said, that if Major General Farrell and Colonel Crawley wished him to do so, he would withdraw it. Col. Crawley said he had no wish that he should withdraw it, as it would be better for him (Colonel Crawley) if the letter went on. At length Colonel Crawley gave him a quarter of an hour to consider the matter, and at the end of that time Lieut. Fitzsimon said he would rather send a written answer, which I believe he afterwards did. On the 26th of April were you present in the orderly room at my house when the sergeant majors were examined previously to their being placed under arrest.land were Mr. Davies and Captain Renshaw present was ; they were. Were you present at the Mhow court martial when Ser geant Major Lilley made his statement as to the indignities offered to his wife ? I was. Were you sitting close to me, and if so, state what was my behaviour on that statement being made P—l was sitting quite close by you. When Sergeant Major Lilley said he had been subject to these indignities, I can well remember Colonel Crawley's look of astonishment. He turned round to me, and said, " Good God, can this be true." Sir A. Hereford did not ask either of the witnesses any question. Lieut. Hamilton John Wallace, of the 6th Dragoons, examined by Colonel Crawley. He said ho was at Colonel errley's house on the 3d of October, when a conver sation took place between the Colonel and Quarter master Wooden relative to a letter in the Deccan Herald. No one else was present. Colonel Crawley read out a portion of the letter in the Deccan Herald, written by Mr. Smales, and asked Mr. Wooden several questions about it. He asked Mr. Wooden if he had heard lately from Mr. Smales. Mr. Wooden said he had not. Mr. Wooden said he remembered the occasion referred to when Colonel Crawley in the orderly room complained to Lieut. Fitz.simon of persons having access to the sergeant major, and h . :13 say ing something about the meaning of close arrest. Colonel Crawley a sked Mr. Wooden if he had reminded. him . that said" married or Sergeant Major Lilley was married, and his wife sick, as stated by Mr. Stnales in his letter. .Mr.. Wooden said he had not, and that he did not think it would have become him to have done so. Colonel Craw_ low then asked him whether ho had heard hi m 3 8 1 ;n . a N l v es ood a e b n o thake t s h in e gl s e r oefctihcehe did not remember him saying anything of the kind, and that the only thing he remembered hearing was som. rquoortesdoldbiyer.M" r. which was said by Colonel Crawley about the meaningt close arrest• Colonel Crawley then asked him of had told Mr. Smales what he had stated in th Whether he Wooden replied that he never told Mr s b letter. Mr. about it at all. Colonel Crawley said it. males anything that be could recollect notbincr about it. very odd, and ut it. said that he could not remember ° much Mr. Wooden he was in the habit of being so much.about it either, as and hearing so many conversations, in the orderly-room re member much about hearing that he could not Artorr Franzee, a Parseeany one in particular. duced) was a correct account merchant, saki the bill (pro geant Major Lilley in the of liquors supplied to Ser geant June, 1862. (The statements as items were read, and bore out the to and beer supplied to the quantity of brandy, gin, wine, the bill was 103 rupees.) the sergeant major. The amount of After some further ees.) • evidence the court adjourned. consists sni t THE, the i followingp res --- _ L E E T —From an officia l list We frigates, " RUSSIA V information 6—rast . :—The Russian fleet le t of, —Steamers addle team ,o ers : 9 screw liners, 1 2 screw clippers, 1 iron-clad battery (and 12 (.r more building), 1 iron lad schooner, 79 screw gunboats, 2 screw yachts, 31 screw schooners and transports, and 68 smaller paddle steamers total 218, with 37,007 horse power, and 2,387 guns. Sag vessels : 9 line-of•battle ships, 6 frigates, 3 corvettes, 3 brigs, 13 schooners, 2 gunboats, 2 tenders, 13 transports, 12 yachts—total 62, with 1,304 gnus; grand total 310 ves • sels, with 3,691 guns• The peonnel consists of 93 at - Imi • rale, 3,038 staff and other officers, 376 cadets and conductors, 989 civil service officers of the navy, and 49,405 nou-coin missioned dicers and men. MADA➢LE RISTORI. with the theatrical compoiv to which Elbe is attached, is about to give a series of par piece at the Theatre Carigan, Turin. A et m de c en n it. g liatlr t e h eds e t n ,oi e bA w t, pieces ft nFoliZneede,,a,swhtoichbethparoadauvceerdtiseismoenn written by" Signor Alessandra Dumas, citizun of Naples, and formerly Colonel of the National Guard of - Samt-Gerruain en-Loye, in France," ROYAL DRAMATIC COLLEGE BALL The ball given last night at Willis's Rooms in aid of the funds of that excellent institution, the Royal Dramatic College, and for the support of the pen sioners now resident within its walls, was, as it de served to be, exceedingly successful in every respect, and productive of much pleasure to those wiz() took part in it. This is by no means to be wondered at, when it is considered that the object of the entertainment was the support of an institu tion which, though only recently founded, is one of the most deserving of the many charitable insti tutions of which England, with her world-wide fame for deeds of charity, can boast. The occasion also forms one of the lew oases in the desert of the life of an actor or actress, and gives an opportunity of permitting the audience of a theatre to meet on a neutral ground, without the barrier of the foot lights, those who nightly, throughout almost the entire year, labour to prom ote the delight and con tribute even to the instru c ti on of the playgoer, The well-known zeal displayed b y all engaged i n the theatrical profession to prom ote the welfare of their less fortunate brethren was shown by the long list of stewards to whom were confided th e task of issuing vouchers; and in the list were to be found also the names of many gentlem en Only indirectly connected with the stage, but who have its welfare earnestly at heart. Under the anepi ce , of these gentlemen the entertainment was, as we have stated, brought to an exceedingly socceesful issue, as the crowded state of the rooms last night amply testified. The committee, to whom must also be awarded a due share of merit, consisted of Messrs. Benjamin Webster, C. Churchill, G, B. Childs, T. J. Jerwood, W. R. Sams, Spinka, D.C.L., J. J. t•. , :tainton, and T. Williams, Dancing commenced shot tly before 10 o'clock to the music of Coote and Tinney's band, at which time the room was tolerably well filled; but by midnight there was little room to spare, though, unfortunately, a paucity of ladies was perceptible. Amongst the visitors present were Viscount Adare, Lord Sudley, the Hon. Mr. and Mrs. Vcreker, the Hon. H. Murray, the Hon. A. Morgan, Colonel Naylor, the Hon. Major Heneage, Capt. the Hon, C. W. White, Major Gregory, Dr. Brady, MY., Capt. Dashwood, Capt. A. Johnson, Capt. Leathern, Copt. Redman, Capt. Grant, Capt. Teasdale, Capt. SAunderson, Mr. Benjamin Webster (master of the college), Mr. and Mrs. Mellon, Miss Fanny Josephs, Miss Poole, Mr. Frank Matthews, Mr. A. Roths child, Miss Lydia Thompson, Mr. F. Bucl-:stone Miss Laidlavi, &e. An excellent supper was served about one o'clock in the lower room. WhiAt this agreeable part of the night's proceedings was pro gressing, Mr. Benjamin Webster, who presided, proposed the health of her Majesty and the Prince of Wales, who, he said, was worthily following the example of his illustrious father by promoting and patronising the dramatic art in England_ The to ast was enthusiastically respond e d to. an equally Mr. Web ster subsequently proposed the toast of The health drunk th o f m i n was after wards drunk amidst much app lause. Dan cing was after. D cpor r ro a dp m i oa a sl t e idc manner.C b o y l e p g College," " Brady, Trhahidceyh, M.P., wards resumed, and was continued with great alai. maim until a late hour. A CURE FOR, CORPULENCE. A philanthropist has 'roily Lao" his story befor e the public, and although the record may provoke a, passing smile, yet no one who reads it can doubt the earnestness and sincerity of the writer, or hi s hearty desire to benefit his fellow-creatures. It is simply the narrative of a man who was tremen. dously fat, who tried, hard for years and years to thin himself, and who has at last succeeded. He wishes the world to know how he vanquished his terrible enemy, and how at last the demon of corpu lence fled from him. This is really a great kindness, and a man who, without fear of ridicule and simply from benevolent motives, comes forward to reveal an experience of this kind is doing a ser vice which his fellow creatures ought to recognise. Mr. Banting, the gentleman who has had the cou rage and good feeling to write and publish this nar rative, not long ago measured five feet five inches, and weighed about 14 stone and a quarter. He owns that he had a great deal to bear from unfor tunate make. In the first place, the little boys in the street laughed at him ; in the next place, he could not tie his own shoes ; and lastly, he had, it appears, to come downstairs backwards. But he was a man who struggled gallantly, and whatever he was recommended to do he honestly tried to carry out. He drank mineral waters, and consulted physicians, and took sweet counsel with innumera ble friends, but all was in vain. He lived upon sixpence a day, and earned it, so that the favourite recipe of Abernethy failed in his case. He went into all sorts of vapour baths and. shampooing baths. He took no less than ninety Turkish baths, but nothing did him any good; he was still as fat as ever. A kind friend recom mended increased bodily exertion every morning, and nothing seemed more likely to be effectual than rowing. So this stout warrior with fat g o t boat, and rowed a pouring water coupledaidaily i n o t f o h a o u g r o s o . d safe, into the bucket of t he Danaides. What he g ai ned. Bat he h h e e w av a y s only in one wav he lost in another. His muscular vin u r increased, b u t then, with this , t here came a pr-odil gious appetite, which he felt compel ed to indulge and consequent l y he g ot even tatter t han he ha d , been. At last he hit u p on the right at 4 adviser, who told him what to do, an d Whoa h as been so succe ssful that M -,„ r. 8 advice antiog can now walk downstairs forwards, put his old clothes quite over the suit that now fits him, and, far from being made th e victim of unkind or iii.judged chaff, is universally congratulated o n hi s pleasant and becoming a ppearance. machi nery by which this chan ge The n ry simple , kind. H e w Was effected was of a as simply t o ld t o l eave o ff ea ting anything but meat. It appears that none of Lis numerous friendly advisers, and none or the physicians he consult secresy of his doro consulted, penetrated so far into the estic habits as to have discovered that twice a day he used formerly to indulge in bowls of bread and milk. The Solomon who saved him cut off mr. ta this great f ee d er o f fat, and since then nti ng has been a thinner and a happier man,--s ut uraay Review. DEATH OF A BOY THROUGH PLAYING WITH FIRE. —An in qu i ry was held by Mr. Wm. Payne, the City coroner, at St. Bartholomew's Hospital, on Tuesday, re specting the death of James Drummond, aged five years. It B PPeared from the evidence that the deceased, who was the chid of a mechanic, residing at 1, Greenhill-place, Smithfield, was on Monday left for a few minutes alone in a room by his mother. In her absence he began to lig inht sticks at the fire and play with them. He was soon flames, and before his screams brought assistance he Ivas dreadfully burnt. He was forthwith conveyed to the hes. pital, but his injuries were so severe that` ll remed h i e ex es proved unavailing, and after l in g erin g in greAagon on Monday night. Verdict—Accidental death, THE LION WHOSE CLAW S:ARE/CUT, AND Ismo ROA R s LIKE A SUCKING to tip D ireo O tp, Y ear E nty : — . : ilh b seh ro foo c wl l l z ota u h r ai e nat .113: : 1 ) .1. - si, M. Proudhon has just appeared, entitled, " Si leo Traites ( I, 1815 ont Cesse d'Exister P" It is the development of a Lew the etoraisat osfenthteenfcoorminer sehneempyanv Proudhon is no longer a very dangerous demagogue ' .‘ That idea exists, already it circulates, but it is l , --" et th Q task of a simple writer to prove himself the one Ou t rA told it. It must come out by the force of circumstances,t f°- -.. Pheteg aph ng itt Proclaimed by every mouth, and receive the balt io l ' a the principal, who first founded the honour of hi s 1 : 131 ; rc k theAtri:imopNhsioEf victories,uidenaps,ttEhelaiyonsoculnacimingboefffor e -- "'go. on. versa' disarmament." to having discovered the complete art u th e Academy colours. THE MEMOIRS OF WEBER, by his son a work of grea t interest, published i n G ermany, , will, itis probable, shortly appear in an English t rans l ation. Senhor Don Mariano Jose Sanz, Envoy Extraor• dinary and Minister Pl en i potentiary of Peru to the Court of St. James's, accompanied by Senhor Juan Batista Valdivia, has arrived at Maurigy's Hotel. A CURIOSITY HUNTER.—Some days ago, "Y g a Washin g t on l etter, a woman visited the President ' s man' the Pion, cut off n a full h a lf- yard f rom t h e cur t a i ns of without discovery, r ° windows in th e green room, and ma d e h er exit discovery, S uc h things have been frequen tly done lately, —Cincinnati _Enquirer. BRESLAU, Dec. 9.—Advices receivedt here from to n in the city i Warsaw state t h e c hi e f railway 8s has been 'urroundtd by tr railway officials vme F3res Cite,dei. ~nd concllWe Twentyd t ot9 thcl the cZI tins of at will 1 2 that thrice pitted which ad the eels a goody Ll that td her . ner no- ch, 3 s ail had cog bur' ttered E veu of 6 dit ill idable iteriBl %ting gi of Wl° lig, 3Yer' ridif sips ding ie jea a. Pert . trea d life" ' and 1 3 art' ialll► 0011 the rest and a z" ac." of to 01; 3d; 1 01; oci; 3 5; oast o f) era 0 0 ' o 6 i ef 00' I to OD, il/16 IP