The Sun. — London, England, 1864-11-30 00:00:00

...., ATONEr MARKET SIEARE IWIRKETS,—This day. • AND COMBUrra aCIAL INTELLIGENCE, ORDINARY SHARES AND STOOKS.* -• Share Railways. : p a id . . Closing , [ Business I Price. i done. CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. . Th e i t , . L ee a a. Tairy for monetary assistance this morning 13.14. hir., Wol., and Sts. Val. all - - 100 - - c i a _g 111 been upon a large scale. The commer- s t t Bristol and Exeter . .. . the requirements of the public are increasing as st s, „ Caledonian 10 0 132 133 132} 31 this dof the year approaches, and, in addition to 20 Cornwall al - - all 6 7 f a ilia "grunted demand for accommodation, the 10 Do A illl gp et c s .p 10 Do. BWe g due of the usual revenue payments, together been paid to l e. natoa.l all -- -- all 33 35 ere the purchases of gold and silver to send abroad, N n u ub n . 6 H Y , e l rll, elfrbt. Juno. all 16 17 general activity in the money market. Ban. ber ate st , 1 1 4 I a i s n,b uare Glasgow. esern l l2 107 13 No gifror and brokers are evincing greater reluctance to st Great . Eastern . , Ord. eta 100 48 49 481 * t he ' best further facilities, and their lowest rate for s et Et t- to o li ‘ as s t t irn k glian at ' 100 . 7 - 8 71 beSt three months' securities has risen to 63 St atNOrth01S00111111(1 100 - - petr Ce n t . Z st Great Northern lOO 132 134 134 st Do A stock lOO 1501 151 i 1511 4124 3 he o n ~ st Do Bdo St 1;, Qua, from the Brezls, has been announced st Gt. S. and W. of Irelan, , 100 91 13 ~,,.- 141jo n, en route to Southampton, with £53,142. s et Great iot V r eV i nr n a , u o a ri b g t i o n o a 1 100 774 784 704 811 71 discount Bank of Holland has reduced its rate of st Do. South Wales !00 67 69 67 it '' , Wit, from 7to 61 per Cent. st. Do. West Mid. -oxford; 10u 58 CO 4, Do Newport: 100 44 46 411 the Henry Henry Worms has joined the direction of st Do Hereford , 100 100 1t.2 st Lancashire & Yorkshire 100 1151 1164 1151 164 114 Liand Mortgage Bank of India. st London and Blackwall 100 8 4,,,5 ti ~ tille subscription list of the certificates of de. 13 ' 1 L0n.,,0n I c i rig, t ;itt Doveroast 100 10 39 41 1014 ivueetsure for £2,800,000 of the Atlantic and Great et L'oolln: Nor. o ° rth WWeessteetnn 100 1184 1 19 4 1:84 4 4 li .8 tern R a il_ Woy will be closed on Saturday next. et Man., Shef., & Lincoln. 100 66 C 7 67 61 h i v i stated ........... all u _- = that more than the required amount N i ItfLr e q °Larne 5hare5.......... been:h subscribed. st Metropolitan all 119 1194119 i f i 23194 a he re st Midland i li e was a further slight downward tendency st Do Birming. & Derby 100 106 los 50 N , lid. Gt. W. of Ireland all - - th e foreign exchanges yesterday afternoon. $5 Do. 4 shares - - 01114curther sum of £56,000 in bar gold was taken 2 st ' N li o i r d th i 7l u r t itish -.. all - - 100 55 67 5:1 t a t ° f the Bank yesterday for shipment to the Con- et Edin., Perth, & Dundee too 24 17 st Nth. Eastorn-Berwioc 100 114 115 1152 141 Lln Payment of silver. 25 Do, G.N.E. purchase. 16.13.4 -- - T he s _ first half-yearly meeting was held to-day of et Eo o •t e o e rl d c s lOO .7273 73 100 1 4 105 theo_iNfational Financial Company. The statement st Do Carlisle lOO .78 39 381 8 sh_4ecounta which was submitted with the report N Do. sT i o o k. 1 .Z 55 . Darling, all l z 3, 31 Pr ese nt month that for the six months to the 15th of the 2 s s t • isl o orth ronc l ign -.81 . • .• 100 43 1 1 . ( 6 ' _ month the profits had amounted to £57,578 10 1 n -o New .• th 2 C l• The directors recommended a dividend at 10 Do New 1864 " 1 4 P st North Staffordshire .. all 79 80 4 i:o ra te of 20 per cent. per annum, together with 10 N. andS.lV. J ation. 100 a Irl4lg. th e n " of £1 per share, the bonus to be added to st B Scottish Central Paid up c a pit a l , soot. N. E., Aber. stook 100 , - - st Do Scot. Mid. stook lOO I - - making in all £6 per share Paid up . 10 Shrews. and Welohpool all - - st Shropshire Union st South Devon...—..- 100 40 42 ..------- st South Eastern Two O'CLOCK. 20 Staines, Wok.,andWok all 8 9 T e a- le t Paris, this day, according to Mr. Renter's st Taff Va1e..... 10 Doc lOO , 157 160 - ' 3 1 34 44 p , Para, the 3 per cent. French Rentes were 65.05. st Vale of Neath 1 100 1 9 111 109 he d . - st Watertbrd & Kilkenny 100 - - j a ,L de noticed during the last few days st %Vest Cornwall 1100 1 37 39 st W. Hartlepool Har.&R 100 ' - - , ~‘4 13 market for the English Funds has increased, "girth 1414 er deeline of nearly 1 per cent. having re. i s 13,, d f rom the business negotiated to-day. There BRITISH POSSESSIONS. hieh'l.bew reason to assign for this retrograde move. Closing 0..e1 s peculators being induced to effect sales in oar, _ Hallways Paid. Prioe. Business don t _ 44 1 ' 6 (pence of the extra export demand for gold too Mantic &St Lawrence all 59 61 60 11, 01 : li ver, and its effect, if continued as expected, Sk 1 1 7 1; ,1 5 iaroda&I.JentIne 100 1021 1034 1031 e on the future condition of the money market. 20 Do. E l) . e S r h °e ar n es.. .... 10 *die , ip les e a ,?_ ls f or money are 90: 1, and for the account, gi .Suita.ll,arentderLenatcoeeiluron All :4 1 e 6 e_Te dividend, 891. The New Threes and Re- (001 .3uffslo,BrantAtioarie) toe d b o d . s. ~ .lu u t,;., 1 , , NT , 10 6 'ea Annuities have been dealt in at 88: 1; India 100 Jc;. *°' Pe ! Cents at 105 . 1; and Enfeced do, at 102. 100 Jo. do. June 1, 18; 100 - - Thest 7 lOutta.,t S. Eastn. (Lin 100 94 98 tite Spanish Passive and Certificates have consti- iccl, Demerara & Dock Sui t I. a o l o l 8) 90 ci ab. ` l the chief features in the Foreign Market to- stook viaTn er . a iL a n 7, r i a ) .l e. git e a r. p l ? c Wu 1024 1034 14' t he former have been up to 334 34, but are _1 , 5 104* 51!";? , k ELM . In d d o ian. ..; . ,*1 x 5 t p.. c 10 5 0 lob jo g. 33 1 7, - , or 1 lower than on the previous even. stock 4rand Trunk of Canaii: 100 2 1 211 21* 1 0 t o io The Certificates, however, have advanced -1- Do. q o t. h ti a p ig llßr p t. o ß r Bonds centl all 00 92 27 1 1 1. Mexican are fiat at 291 : ; the New at 100 Do. let rret. Bonds.. All 76(1). 72 0 70 11 14 eI / but Greek are firmer at 231 : Turkish 6 100 Boo: • 2.Preeft.rrifodn'N:: all 66 68 Per den ts , re ee ,, :, 1862, are 71/ f ; ditto Consolides have 1 1 0 0 0 0 D D o o . . 3 d d o. deferred...... all 56 68 Pref. stock ... all 51 56 at 6 4 ,, e_Q to 46: 44. The Confederate Loan remains 100 Bo o : ti d l ? r i e e f rr s e t d o . e . C.. all 1 7 / 50 32 SOf 444 ° .,. bi. ; the Egyptian has declined to i 1 prem. 100 Do. do. deferred...... all 28 30 stook Ut.lndiaPenin.gua.sp.c 100 1034 1014 1 3 '40 Danubian to 1 1 prem. 20 Do. Gni. 5 per cent.. 12 Pr 41 3 toth! lil ieSB in the Railway Share Market has been 20 . Do. New gua. sp. c... '4 Pr 41 3 stook It. South.of India(Lirn 131444. In active, and prices have in several instances W es , le ss firmness. North-Western and Great stock toocct g uaranteed E oo 4iper 5 o p e e n r t Dent...... 1 1 0 0 (2) 0 1_ 7. 00 __lol 1024 1, ter n have each declined 55., and Great Eastern, 21 It i) W is p Canada Sliare alltl3 114 9 9 1 1 94 'Wall and Yorkshire, and London and Black- too Do. 6 . 0.0773 with't opt. all 91 f 3 11 o fte i l .all 81 83 6 3 , i 108.; while South-Eastern have improved 1 , , , 2,3 [Dno;„isa 54 p. l c : :, , r % a t.. 1 7 , . ' I n t, d . 2 i 4 d ~,' letropolitan, 10s., and Caledonian, £1 10s. stock Madras. guar., 5p.0. .. 100 1021 1031 ' 'lle VOr • stook Do. 41 p. o. Extension 100 96 68 1 material eign and Colonial lines are without anv ~ stook De. Fifth d 0........ 10(4 91 03 1 2 2,0 1 , change. Dutch. Rhenish remain firm at stook Il l e 3g rn Ex o ten to_ p. Ad! . 100 - - 1 and 50 Alelb. & IL . bson"s Bay. all 60 62 1 4 1 0 , Trunk of Canada at 211, and East Indian . I, 'l. so Newßrunswick at Cando Class A and 8.. . . ... . all 3 5 t -or N.lll.C'da6 pc let pf bd. 100 82 84 1 40(6 bank and miscellaneous shares there is a 1 stook Soinde .......... (100 1014 1( 34 Alai I nquiry, i bqUiry, without much change in prices. stock Do. Delhi di 1 100 1024 1034 , 0 Do. do t . 2 td 1p i N4lce realize 37 -I ; European, 81; London and ' 4 th et Do. Punjaub ...: :; Z' :r 0 1011 1024 1 X, African 22 • Crystal Palace Stook, 34k; and stook Do.lnclus.St.Floi) bl.. 000 95 97 Ond o , , • 7 _ 1 ' Financial, 24g. , G 0 tvRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES, . 13 ,,,, 'v,-111-4AtENT FUNDS. '-- ‘ , ollt. Consols a ° Account, Dec. 8 Per Cent. Reduced BBl a mew per Cent. . 11 elv 2i per Cent. ..... .471.9.4... A 3) 0 0 per Cent., J a n. 1873 '°,, tuities 30 yrs, expire 6th Jan., 1880 -.4 ),,e for 30 yrs, expire sth Ap r il, 1885 D° (Red Sea Telegraph), Aug. 1908 — tzo, Mardi. June. - ' 48( 111er Bills, £l,OOO, 4 & 31 per Cent. 1 )0 £500 k P,,,,,° £lOO and £200 Itt-• Ac gland Stk, 51 per Ct. 1 ° Account liri.,bnlali GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. . tock, 10} per Cent., April 1874 — ,00 Account D r 6 per Cent. July, 1870 106 51° A ccount .. ~Oct, c 'l Per Cent Oct 1888 _D ° ilk* Certificates bT, 4 , Per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent.) — b" ,li pel Cent . ...- ° -ntaced Paper, 4 per Cent b! Per Cent., Jan. 1872 .. 102 b" "I Per Cent. May, 1879 — b°o 4 ~ Per Cent., ' Aug. 1866 b: ',ends .n.,000 — ' aoder £l,OOO - Aqt, I'OR.EIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. 1, 4 qi„,,, , -ra zii . - -ponds, 5 per Cent b o ~1 4, 4 6 per Cent It per Cent., 1852-58-60 4 Do --. et io 1863 b 8 Ayres 6 per Cent C • ° A hilia -ecoUnt... I) -46 Per Cent. ' — 1) 10 ° 1 , 1 1 13 i i Per Cent 4 , 1 )a, 6' l 6 per Cent vo 6 ,„,rer Cent. — N o , tier Cent. 1864 1) 0 ' 3 Per Cent. , 1825 cit t4d Per Cent, 1864 G pro° evi- Consolidated, 1 per Cont — 40/:ti isonal,Land `Warrant.. 'Bo p Et ° 7 per Cent — ,I)0'concl Issue 't,seslt-e° Bonds uo A" Per Cent 1824-5, ex-Ooupuns 24k a bo count ~ hbo A °ll Pons -51 a,, t - th e c° ant 41 Uo e bi., rs ta 6 per Cent. 41 1aC A " and 1859 e ‘ ll o , - , ' Per Cent.(Mareinmana Railway) b l.l - 4 a per Cent n.,, ._ 29a ~,--ouut o 6 "0 1864 271 dis be Pe .r Cent. Anglo-French dis kbo 1,, e11 P, £43 paid.... dis x d h p %riet i l leb. Scrip, Ex. 25f 20c -* (4 41 °Perial 5 per Cent bo zranada 4 Per Cent or , , ....... bozeterreci bo tnd Warrants (Hectares) . P c , ijuentures, 4 per Ct., April 1864.. .....-- " r tiVi ° do Aug., 1866.... I , ° o I cttl „, 4 i per Cent .. "h° ' it"! Cent. (Cribarren) . pe r . 11„ o 4,, , Lent., 1862 .. Itti„,' ( - 0 11nt. ... ,9° te ase 3 per Cent., 1853 bo d' h e eount .. t" 0 A' el. ont 1856 '7 '9 '6O, 62,'3.. -.1,, e -.,c,„._ •, , - f 1 • ~, ja . , ‘aUt — VO4V 6 Per Cent 1822, £ St., — z Per Cent 1850 0 .. 1860 lb o , Per Cent 1859 ) 04 's ,Per Cent 1862 B7 'up 110-I:)utch 4r dioi crl P, a 5 paid 4 bo 4 44 6 Per Cent eh Pa tti c°ol lnt — I) 3 Per t o o A cco _ . Cent ..... 48f 1\ I \ TP qnt ~o A New Deferred bo - ' ec ount 41i , p a _ .ve .... . ki ° " 1 P lnt a h e '°°Unt 331 1 iia L) --• Cert. l5 11 o 4 0 ,, •of Coup not funded .. 4e(llo4,lltitMl 15 1 14/ 15/ t (ici s ,* Per Cent — 11,r1ciP, £6O paid — Pm 4) 0 u Per Cent. 1854 — bo ekecount . 1)0 klser Cent. . I.4ii ..... .. _ D count. .„ 0 41 , ~ , ...... Do 0u bonds bo Z ° ° o unt .. 71i 1) j:) % Bonds. b° ( kat 1863 ..68f V. o N., atteed, 4 per Cent. I le _eei tt ' 3 Se _ r i e l i ?,_£4o paid b t u ) Ac per Cent. N It" Cent., 1862 bo 5 " 01 1nt ..... 15 eent 1861 .... 41 401 11 Ao., bipid 2 110‘tiab dent' on the above payable in London b o - ' l C l Etal l u Per Cent. Ex. 10 Florins. t t pllu z Per Cent., ' Ex. 25f _ 1 , 0 4 ;r;,Cent., Ex. 12 Gull ..... ItZteh h e `-',ellt• Certificates I o , l ao, 5 Il Les. 3 Per Cent A 11 Q ., P0 ~kocoPer Cent., 1861, Ex. 25 francs — i o r ,livia 4 1)Int roord,3ll-ar Bonds, 41 per Ct. Ex. 4s. C ° __ " 3 5 Per Cent., Ex. 251 t k)18 . k THREE O'CLOCK. u 4c oo clleY COLONIAL GOVER MENT SECURITIES. British Columbia, 6 per, cent., Dec. 31, 1872.... 100 Do. do. 1883.... 100 , DAiov.fip.o.Ja &J 1877-81 ............... 100 98 100 Do. ap. c. Feb. & Am_ 100 98 1 0 94 1(0 Do. 6p. a. Mar. & Sept 100 98 101 Do. Ip. o. Jan.&July. 10i 9) 92 9) 834 Do. 5 Inscribed stock 100 88 92 ;ape G. Hope, 6 p 6,187; 100 104 106 Do.Ap & Oct 1885 100 105 102 Do. 189( 100 1(6 108 )o. Jan. & July. 1891.. 100 109 111 ' N0v.1863, 6 p 100 102 105 uO. 1878, do. 100 1( 9 112 Ifauritius 6 p.cent.lB73 00 105 107 Do. 1878 100 106 109 Do. 1882 100 tO7 110 Natal Gov. 6 per cont 100 1. , ,5 107 104/ N.B.Gov. p.c. Ja.&Jul) 100 99 102 N. S. W. G ov. 5 p 0.,180 100 '97 99 Do. sp. c.,18•/1 to 18ri 100 95 97 Do. d0.,1888 &upwdk 100 94 96 New Zealand 6 p cent 100 105 107 Nova Scotia Gov. 6p. c. sterling, 1876 4ueensland Gcv. 6p. c lOO 104 101 3. Aus Gov. 6 p.0.1t 68- 100 Do. 116 &upward 100 107 109 Vlc.Gov. 6 p.c. Ja.&Jul) 100 Do. to 6 p.c. An.&00.. f 100 (107 1(8 BRITISH MINES. 2 ' ;ambrian Consol. Gold 1 4 Chiverton 3 64 75 Jialora Amalgamated — 334 801 )evon G. Con..(Tavist 1 580 600 Drakewal:s.. Bassett (Illogan) ..10 50 65 East Caradon ..... 1.14. i 18 20 4:wit Carn Brea.... East Grenville 2.7.0. 54 6 East Lovell 'lltussel Javistk. 8.13., 44 54 51 I am.&St.Aubyn(Gwen 60, 5 7 4 Great Laxey, all 17/ 184 3reat South Taigas... 178 14 2 1. Wheal Vor (Helston 40 33 35 lerr..4l's-Foot 6.13 45 37 .1 ingston Downs 4.180 4 45 "dargaret (Guy Lelant 8 9 darke Valley. 4 +lyndv Iron Ore (Lim. .4 14 Ir, Nangileth. . l9 13 10 ew Setun 254 GO 70 —• 'Sort h Downs... 3 4 14 North Roskear.. ...... . 294 17 W 11'1 Basset (111o4sti 3.1, , .6 14 2 .:orth Wheal Crotty 2.8 0 24 24 Prosper United...., 3l 31 . - rovidence(l/ny Lelnt lO 6.7 31 36 loath Caradon(St.Cleer 11 520 540 • ?.Wheal Fran. (Mogan 13.18.1 33 36 Stray Park Crolt I 56 17 Vest Basset (Illogan).. 14 7 9 Cr radon (Liskeard 9 5 6 West Chiverton West Solon Whee.l Basset (Mogan 54 90 93 13uller(itedrutli, 10 12 14 WhcalLudcott Wheal MaryAnn , ,Llen., 15 17 Wheal 13cton 5B t 200 205 Wheal Treiawney (Lis. 7 19 21 IVhcal Union 4 1 PREFERENCE SHARES. North British, Border Union gua. pref. Sh., 110 PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCKS. London and South-Western, 41 per cent., 98 LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. Chester and Holyhead, Ditto, s.per cent., 1101 FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Antwerp and Rotterdam, 10 Dutch Rhenish, 2?, San Paulo (lim.),lgua. 7 per cent., Ditto (all), 18t FOREIGN MINES, Port Philip, 14 i St. John dol Rey (lim.), 34i BANKS. Alliance (Urn.), 27111 Ditto, issued at 20 pm., of which 10 is pd , 22 Bank of British Columbia, 17 Bank of Egypt, 31} Bank of Utago, lim., 5; Chartered kler. of India, London, and China, 62 European Bank, lim., 8f London Bank of Scotland, lim.. 7; London Chartered Bank of Australia, psi London and South African, 22 Mercantile and Exchange. lim., 9} Soinde, Punjaub, and Delhi, lim., 10 Union of Australia, 54 Union of London, 561 - _ _ • DOCKS. London and St. Katharine, 721 MISCELLANEOUS. Anglo-Mexican Mint, 191 1 19 Ceylon Company, 11 Commercial Union, Insurance, 81 Contract corporation, lim., 2} : Credit loncier and Mania of England, 81 I Ditto (X 2), 51 Crystal Palace, 351 Discount Corporation, 141 Egyptian Corn and Trading, Fore-street Warehouse, lirn., 96 1 Gen. Credit and Finance of London, iirn., 7:1 Hudson's Bay, Ha Imperial Mercantile Credit Asso., lirn., 8171 International Financial society, lira., 7# Joint Stock Discount, lima., 7 1 Land Securities, lima, 4} London and Caledonian Marine, 1im., r 51 London Financial Association, Bin., 4 i Ditto, new, THE MYSTERIOUS DISAPPEARANCE OF A NEW CASTLE TRADESMEN.—The mystery which surrounded this affair has been very fortunately clearad up by the return of Mr Elliott to his wife and gamily on Sunday. It appears that Mr Elliott on Tuesday evening was called away sud denly to the south of England, and his message intiralting this miscarried ; hence the employment of the police and the alarm which was caused in the public mind by his ab sence, 7 7- N , tin 3,P 1 ildit LAW INTELLIGENCE---This Day. COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH THIS DAY. (Before the Lord Chief Justice Cockburn and a Special Jury) IN THE MATTER OF THE PETITION OF RIGHT OF FEATHER V. THE QUEEN, In this case the petitioner was the inventor and patentee of an improvement which he complained had been infringed by the Admiralty, and he ptesented his petition claiming compensation in damages for such infringement. On the case being called on this morning, by consent of the petitioner and the Cr, wn a verdict was returned by the jury for the petitioner, damages £lO,OOO, subject to the terms of an order of Mr Justice Crompton, and the case being heard before the full court on demurrer. COUAT, OF PROBATE. (Before Sir J. P. Wilde and a Special Jury.) MARSH AND OTHERS V. CORRY. The plaintiff 4, the Rev. Mr Marsh, Mr Woodbridge, a solicit r, and others, as the executors, propound the will and codicils of the testatrix, an elderly lady named Gel, and the widow of the late Mr Gell, many years coroner for the city of 'Westminster and Duchy of Lancaster. The will and codicils are opposed by the defendant, as one of the nephews and next of kin of testatrix, on the several grounds of want of competency, undue influence, and various other grounds. The testatrix, who resided for many years at Hickenden, near Uxbridge, had by her will and codicils left the whole of the property, upwards of £BO,OOO, to trustees mainly for charitable purposes, to the excicsion of her relations. I Mr Kerslake, Q.C., Mr Coleridge, Q.C., and Mr Ray mond appeared for the plaintiffs ; and Mr Bovill, Q C., Mr Field, Q.C., and Dr Spinks for the defendants. The case is expected to occupy several days. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.---This Day, MARLBOROUGH-STREET. SOLDIERS CHARGED WITH ROBBING A SAILOR.—TWO privates of the 2d battalion of Soots Fusilier Guards, named James Holder and Thomas Reynolds, were charged before Mr Tyrwhitt with stealing two sovereigns from Frederick Lampert, a seaman, gunner on board her Majesty's ship Warrior, but at present on sick leave. The prosecutor said—Last night I went into the Crystal Palace public-house, Castle-street, St. Martin's, to have a glass with a friend. Some soldiers came in. My friend was looking at a piece of tobacco I had given him, and one of the prisoners said, " I should like a piece of that tobacco." I handed him my pouch, at the bottom of which there were two sovereigns, and he handed the pouch to the other pri soner, and after they had both filled their pipes, Reynolds handed me the pouch back, when I missed my two sove reigns, which I am certain were in it when I handed it to Holder, as lam very careful of my money. I asked them for the money, and they said they had not got it, and I went for a constable and gave them in charge. They were not searched at the public-house. but were at the station, but the money was not found upon them. Holden—The sailor gave me the pouch, and after I had filled my pipe I handed it to my comrade and he handed it back to the sailor. Mr Tyrwhitt—How long did the handing the pouch backwards and forwards take ? Prosecutor : About three minutes. A constable proved taking the prisoners to the station and searching them, but said no money vas found upon them. Thomas Hussy, formerly a sailor, but now employed as a porter at Messrs Cramer and Beafele, Regent-street, said —1 was looking at a piece of tabacco given to me by my friend the prosecutor, when the soldiers said they should like some of the tobacco, and the prosecutor handed the pouch to the soldiers, and when it was returned prosecutor said he missed two sovereigns. Mr Tyrwhitt—How many soldiers were present ? Witness—l think four besides the prisoners. Mr Tyrwhitt said he would remand the prisoners, and take their own recognisances to appear. tailed extra expenditure and debt. The company has now indeed redeemed itself from debt; it has lived through the great inconveniences and increased charges. The principal errors of construction from the above causes have been repaired, and if from these combined causes the taste for and practice of the bath has been delayed in their expansion, still, after two years a steady increase of returns has been established, showing that the new habit has taken root ; the spurious imitations are passing out of existence. If no other benefit had been the result, the shareholders may congratulate themselves on having been the means of Introducing into the great establishments of THE StlN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENII\ 0, TNOVEIVIBER 30, 1864. London and Provincial Turkish Bath Corn pally (Limited), The following is the report of the directors pre• seated to the shareholders at their last half-yearly meeting : The directors have to report the continued prosperity of the company. The past six months include the slack period of the year, and during the months of August, September, and October, London has been unusually empty in conse quence of the prolonged fine season, The bath receipts, however, are £l7 in excess of the corresponding period last year. The debt of the company has been entirely liquidated, and there are now no outstanding liabilities whatsover. Several alterations and additions have been (fleeted, of which explanation is given in an appended letter of the managing director. The directors propose a dividend at the rate of 6 per cent, per annum, amounting to £586 Bs. 8 It is proposed that the privilege of free admission to the bath conceded to holders of 40 shares and upwards, subject to revocation at a general meeting, be confined to actual holders of 40 shares, and that hereafter it shall be only granted to holders of 100 shares and upwards, subject to revocation at a general meeting. It being the turn of Mr Percy Smith and of Mr Rolland to retire from the direc tion, they beg to offer themselves for re , election. It is proposed that Charles Biyco, E.q , M.D , and 11. T. Wrenfordsley, Etq., barrister, be added to the list of directors. It is proposed that Mr Glover bo re-elected auditor for the ensuing year. It is most desirable that an alteration in the nominal capital of the company be effected, sa as to render its shares quotable in the Stock Market, For this purpose, a special meeting is requisite, of which due notice will be given. GENEVA, Nov. 5, 1864. Sir,—Tho various works which have been undertaken during the last six months having been submitted before hand to the Board for approval, the estimate having been in like manner submitted and approved of in both cases with entire unanimity, it is not necessary for me to enter into any general statement upon the subject, which statement, to bo complete, would be of very fatiguing extent. Still I am desirous of offering an outline, with the view of discriminating between charges imposed by faulty con struction, those necessitated by the insufficiency of the building for the purposes in view from want of funds at the time of erection, and those the amount of which might be greater or less according to the estimate which each per son might form of the style in which the work had to be executed This expenditure had to be incurred. and was delayed only until funds came in. It bears upon eight objects, which I shall treat separately. Ist. Reparation of the Roof.—The means of communi cation were defective and most dangerous. Two serious accidents had already occurred ; one man had just missed being precipitated througk the sky-light, on which he had fallen, into the washing-room below ; another just escaped a similar fate by the breaking off of one of the iron staun chions, The expense under this head was a matter of absolute new sity. 2d, Alteration of the Gas-fittings.—The lighting of the bath from within, instead of from the domes, was grounded in the first instance on the economy resulting therefrom, and secondly and principally from the peril involved in the repeated ascents to the roof and crossings over it. This expense carries with it a saving of some £2O a year. 3d. Upholstery.—The heat of the hottest chambers rendering contact with the substance of the building im possible, coverings and comfortable couches had to be sup plied. Up to this time, from a deficiency of funds, they had not been supplied ; and the stock in this respect is a necessary part of the building. In the original estimate £5OO had been allotted to this object, but the money had not been forthcoming. 4th. New Floorings, and Reparation of the two Hot Rooms.—ln the right hand hot room two accidents had already occurred from the breaking of the marble, fortu• nately without loss to life or limb. These accidents were owing to faults of structure, committed in defiance of every endeavour on my part, and in contradiction to the plan which I had adopted for my bath at Riverside, the accepted model for that of Jermyn-street. The supports were at three times the distance at which they were placed at Riverside; marble having also been used in spite of my remonstranc2s, in places too hot for marble to be touched, where it was consequently useless as marble, and further subject to be calcined in course of time. Moreover, the flues, on being opened, were found half choked up with dry dust. The changes therefore involved in equalising the level, in substituting slate for marble, and in raising the flues, cannot be considered as optional, but necessary. Against the expenditure so incurs ed, has to be placed marble to the value of £l5O, which has been withdrawn from these rooms, and remains available for the new hall to the southward, when undertaken. sth. The Covering in of the Left-hand Court.--The want of money at the time of erection forced the completion of the building without there being the middle apartment (&t.oftlc Havlut) of the Turkish Bath, as also without the apartment required for the shampooers, and the general service of the bath. This has hitherto entailed the greatest inconvenience. To which has to be added that the service of washing the linen is here performed in the bath, instead of being sent out, us In Tutirey. The covering in of the court extends the accommodation in these respects, and is a step towards obtaining the ventilation by suction from below. Without this change also the sweating-room could not have been erected, as the only place formerly available for the washing of the linen is now cccupied by the sweating-room. The saving by washing the linen in the bath amounts to about £3OO a-year. 6th. The new Sweating-room.—To obtain this, I may say, necessary appendage was a matter at once of the deepest concern, and of the greatest difficulty. It involved digging out space below, underpinning of the tank, and a new sinking of the drains. My forced absence from England has postponed the realisation of this object. lam ready to return in reference to it, should my last letters of in struction fail to obtain the end. The failure up to the present moment is consequent on disregard of the instruc tions I gave on leaving England as to the floor above, and also as to the stove. In both respects the evil might have been repaired in a day. It is disheartening that the loss of this important experience should be thus needlessly prolonged. My only consolation is that trouble and vexa tion must be entailed in the introduction of new methods. I subjoin an extract from a letter which I have received from Dr Sheppard, manager of the lunatic asylum at Col ney Hatch, who was present at the first opening of the sweating room. 7th. The Changes in the Office. Bth. The Coffee Room.—This is the only point on which I conceive that any question can arise, namely, whether 1256 15s was too large a sum to devote to decorating and en• larging it ; out of which sum 176 15s has been expended in mirrors, which are objects of permanent value. The coffee room in its former state was disreputable. The Board en tirely concurred with me as to the judiciousness of the ex penditure to obtain as handsome a room as possible, both as regards the service of the bath and the attraction of the hotel. There temains a prospective change—the water closets. This is one of the defects of original construction against which I have striven in vain, In the Turkish bath these are'placed at a lower level than the washing rooms, and, consequently, the dirty water flows through them and cleanses them. This plan is indicated besides by the very nature of things, and requires no model to guide us. This was the plan of Riverside, and in every bath which I have built where there was no artist to interfere. This was alto the plan as originally settled for Jermyn-street. They were to be in the court on the left-hand side, at a lower level, so that the whole of the water from that court (which was to have been a washing room) would have flowed through them. Subsequently the plans were altered, without my cognisance, as to the two washing rooms, which the architect insisted upon leaving as open courts. On finding the work considerably advanced in this form (having been for seve ral days prevented by illness from visiting Jermyn-street), which, if so completed, would have entirely ruined the objects of the building, I insisted on having the one court restored as a washing room, but only on the condi tion of surrendering the other court to the views of the architect. In attempting a modification of his plan for the water closets, so as to lower their level, I was met by such a determined resistance on his part, that it be came a question of yielding to him, or losing his services. I preferred the former course, as at the moment the resig nation of the architect would have been fatal to the com pany, and also, as the services of the architect in all re spects not involving that special knowledge which he did not, and could not possess, were invaluable. I abstained at the time from any communication of my troubles and anxieties to the board; but you, sir, were placed in full possession of them. In reference to the water closets, the refusal of the architect to admit of my modifica tion was summed up in the woods—" My professional re putation is at stake ; of a bad smell every ono, however, ignorant, can judge, and if there is a bad smell it will be laid, not on your shoulders, but on mine." By the time you receive this letter the evil may have been remedied by the instructions I have sent; if not, it will suffice to carry out the plan already settled before my departure from England. When the company was formed, and I undertook the building and management, it was on the express condition that I should have the entire disposal of matters, not financial. I stand, therefore, as responsible in all respects. But, in truth, I have not had my hands free. The implied condition on which my services were rendered, was, of course, that there should be a building containing all the parts requisite to constitute a Hammam. For this pur pose the originally subscribed sum was insufficient to the amount of .0,000 or £6,000. Thence has been further en- HER MAJESTY. WINDSOR CASTLE, Nov. 29. Her Majesty the Queen, accompanied by her Royal Highness Princess Helena, went to Ham yesterday afternoon, and visited their Royal High• nesses the Duke and Duchess de Chartres. The Royal party travelled by special train on the South Western Railway to the Kingston Station, and thence in carrieges to Ham, and returned to Wind sor Castle shortly before six o'clock. The Maharajah Duleep Sicgh and the Maharanee visited her Majesty to-day. The Duke and Duchess of Grafton are entertain ing a limited circle of visitors at Euston Hall, Thetford. The Earl of DAlkeith has arrived at Bowhill, Selkirkshire, from town. The Countess Ferrers and Captain Walsh have arrived at Brown's Hotel, Miss Bateman's Leah. (From the North British Mail of Nov. 28 ) Coleridge, writing with a reference to the elder Kean, says that so overpowering was his supers eminently earnest acting as to be almost painful, and to give one the imp:ession of reading Shahs pare by flashes of lightning. This characteristic criticism is recalled by the appearance of Miss Bate man upon the stage of the Theatre Royal yesterday evening. It is long since we have witnessed a per formance of equal passion, power, and beauty; and we are afraid that we shall have to wait a long while again for such another noble and affecting dramatic exhibition. From first to last it had evi dently been long considered, and last night it was most successfully given, in the truest spirit of lofty tragedy, Miss Bateman's figure is fine ; her attitudes are often exquisitely statuesque; her countenance has a mobility and play that are altogether extraordi nary ; and her eye is the very finest we can remem ber—large, lustrous, beaming, now full of what Mrs Browning (speaking of Burns) calls " pungent pas sionings," anon lorn, fixed, seeming to look far away beyond things near her on to those that are invisible. Before she utters one word she capti. vates her auditors, and the character of her utterances enhances the spell. Her voice is good— even, never strong, yet not the least monotonous, carrying a slightly foreign accent that accords well with her part, and used for a grave measured elocu tion that is also admirably in keeping with it, as be tokening the restraint and self-watchfulness proper to her situation. And all these advantages are turned to happy account. They are completely under the control of a disciplined intelligence. She seems endowed indeed with an exquisite and apparently intuitive knowledge of the human heart as it acts and is acted upon. She has a subtle and penetrating insight into the springs and modes of human thought under the dominion of past, present, and future. And she has a vivid and realising imagination by which she can abso lutely identify herself mith the character she de picts—seeing with her eyes, hearing with her ears, speaking with her tongue, and seeming to think, feel, and understand as she would. Her acting is like the human body which may be specially alive in the eye or the heart, or the brain, but yet is pene trated with vitality. Last night every part of her frame was made to move in unison with the working of the soul. Every nerve and muscle was played upon by the cunning hand of Fantasy, drawing forth eloquent music—the still, sad music of humanity. Hence, the performance was not a thing of points and hits, but a triumph of acting through out. Other incidents, we think, were even better than the terrible curse with which she electrified full two-thirds of her audience, speaking its concen trated malignity with a deliberation and emphasis that made the blood run cold, and supplying a good illustration of the lines— " Etrth has no rage like love to hatred turned, And hell no fury like a woman scorned.' General Zamoyski. The following letters appeared in the Kentish, Gazette of Nov. 10 : TO THE EDITOR OF THE HENTISH GAZETTE. Sir,—l take advantage of your kind permission to make public the letter of Gen. Zamoyski through your columns. Your readers will desire to know something of the writer. He is a distinguished soldier, and commanded the Polish contingent in the Crimean war by the consent of our Go vernment. Unfortunately for Poland that war was brought to a close before ho had an opportunity of engaging the Russians. He is of one of the first families of Poland, and, what will make him better known to Englishmen, he is an intimate friend of the Earl of Harrowby. No person can read the letter without profi', because the ardent patriotism and high religious feeling which it breathes cannot be lost to the thoughtful reader. To use the simile of Pope in his Prologue to Addison's Play of " Cato"— "When Cato gives his little senate laws, What bosom beats not in his country's cause F'' I have the honour to be, sir, yours very faithfully, GEORGE DERINO• Barham Court, Canterbury, Nov. 7. Paris, Quai d'Orleans, 6. Nov. 3. Dear Mr. Dering,—l beg to offer my best thanks for your perseverance in advocating the cause of justice and right as regards my country, I have read with great inte rest and not without emotion Sour remarks in the Kentish, Gazeitte, though I could not help wondering that you should pay to the writers of the Timor the compliment of treating their assertions in earnest, since they have long made it their invariable rule not to promote either principles or fixed opinions, but simply to make themselves the time server of whoever appears likely to be a gainer in his daily pursuits. A good and thinking man might however offer his warn ing to those who read it and shelter their own indifference to matters of great consequence under its pretended autho rity. I wish the latter could all have heard the words which, in the course of this year in England, a person in a high situation addressed to me. After alluding to Eng land's neglect of duty with regard to Poland and Denmark she added—" I cannot doubt but we must be severely punished for it." And when I replied that, while sharing in the conviction I was far from wishing its realisation, her answer was—" Well for you not to wish it; but I should net be true to my love of justice did I not actually wish for a visitation of Providence upon such con .uct as ours has been and seems likely further to be." Such words might perhaps not be lost with the great bulk of the British people. I, for one, can never reconcile my self to the admission that they can remain incurably deaf to such warning, and not—before it is too late—be roused to indignation by the selfish and improvident policy of their stewards in the management of their national honour and well-understood interests. But after saying so much, I must hasten to add that, if a great nation is bound to weigh in the destinies of the world on the side of justice and right, it is not necessarily by war, and certainly not by war only, that such a nation can satisfy her duty to herself and to Providence. Long before any question of war is implied, in fact leaving war entirely out of the question, the all-important step for a Government to perform is, after mature examination, to proclaim what in its opinion is the right and the wrong of the case, and then to leave no doubt that it cannot otherwise than side with the right while throwing unconditional blame on the wrong. By doing so much, duty is redeemed; the rest may safely be left to Him who taught us that Heaven shall be given to those who remain faithful in suffering for the sake of ustice. Excuse, dear sir, these remarks, partly elicited by your Etonian friend's letter, which 1 return, My best compliments to Mrs Dering.—Yours truly, L, ZAMOYSILI, ROYAL DRAMATIC COLLEGE.—A full dress ball, in aid of the funds of this institution and the sup port of the pensioners now resident in the college, will take place at St. James's Hall next Wednesday, under the superintendence of several persons of rank and dis tinction in the arts and the drama. There needs no urgency of ours to call attention to this admirable and thriving institution, which in so comparatively short a time has reared homes for several members of the theatrical pro fession, and which is carried on with such unceasing energy by its great promoter and director, Mr Ben. Webster, and his able and indefatigable assistant, Mr Anson. To those who may not be induced to attend the ball from purely philanthropic motives, we may tell them there will be a champagne supper and a capital band. THE CHARGE AGAINST FOUR MILITARY OFFT czßs.—DrriurN, Tuesday nigh t.—This morning the four officers of the 78th Highlanders who took part in the dis turbance at the Exhibition last night were brought up at the pol'.ce-court• The Exhibition authorities declined to prosecute, the cfficers in the meantime having entered into explanations and apologised, They were discharged. WESTMINSTER. IMAGINARY APPOINTMENT WITH nig, PRINCE OF WALES.—Elizabeth Williamson, a middle aged woman, was charged with being drunk and causing a crowd of per sons to assemble at Knightsbridge. Police-constable, 232 B, said that at half-past seven last evening he was attracted by a crowd of persons opposite the Clock-house, Knightsbridge. On going to the spot ho found the defendant holding up a piece of paper and stating that she had an appointment there with the Prince of Wales, to which the paper referred. Witness sent her away and dispersed the crowd, but she returned in a short time repeating that she had an appointment there with the Prince of Wales. Defendant was drunk, and witness took her into custody. Defendant—Pray forgive me ; it is all wrong. Mr. Arnold—You don't happen to have the appointment with his royal highness about you. Defendant—lt was no such thing, I assure your worship. Mr Arnold—l should think not. Defendant —I had no letter from the Prince of Wales. Mr Arnold—Not likely that you had. Why do you go about slandering the Prince of Wales ? Derenaant—i can't tell what could make me think of such a thing. lam very sorry. Mr Arnold—So you ought to be. Has this woman been here before ? Gaoler—Several times. Mr Arnold—For drunkonness ? Gaoler—Mostly far begging, Defendant—l'll not come here again if your worship will lot me go. Mr Arnold—That I certainly shall not without punish. mont. As you have been here Eeveral times before I shall fine you 10s., and in default commit you for 7 days. THAMES. ----- VIOLENT ASSAULT ON A COUNTY COURT OFFICER.— Dennis Macarthy, an Irish milkman, of Christian-street, St. George-in-the-East, was brought before Mr Paget charged with committing a violent assault on Mr James Wallace, an officer of the Whitechapel County Court. It appeared from the evidence of Mr Wallace that he had a warrant to arrest the prisoner for a debt and costs amount ing to 13s. 3d. A few days since he notified to the prisoner that he had a warrant against him, and that he had better pay the money. The prisoner used a good deal of bad lan guage and said he never would pay the money, and that not all the county courtjudges, magistrates, and (A:Goers in Eng • land would make him pay it. Yesterday afternoon Mr Wallace met the prisoner again, asked him for 12s 3d, and on his refusal to pay it arrested him, and said he must go with him to Whitecross-street prison. The poisoner said he would not go, and struck the officer on the breast and threw him. The prisoner said that half a dozen officers should not take him. He pulled the officer about, swore at him, and caused a mob to assemble in the very worst and dissolute place in the metropolis —Rosemary-lane, alias Royal Mint-street. A police-constable named Thos. Cross, 50 H, was called to the assistance of Mr Wallace. The prisoner said he would not be taken, struck Mr Wallace again, and made use of v er y bad language. He was collared by Cross, an d , after a severe a: d desperate scums,was lodged in the s t at i on -house. The prisoner, in defence, said he did not owe the money he was ordered to pay by the Judge. Mr Paget said the case had been heard and decided by a court of competent authority, and the prisoner was ad judged to pay a certain sum, Everything had been done i n a proper manner, and the complainant, who was an officer of the law, must be protected in the discharge of his duty. The prisoner had been treated with indulgence, and time given him to pay the money. Ho sentenced the poisoner to one month's imprisonment, and when that sentence was expired he would have to pay the money or go to prison again. MARKETS —This Day. MARK:LANE. Fresh up to our market to-day the arrivals of home grown wheat were very moderate, but the bulk of the samples was received in indifferent condition. Selected parcels moved off slowly, but were disposed of at Monday's prices. Damp produce was dull, at late rates. The market was seasonably well supplied with foreign wheat. Millers operated to a limited extent, and the trans actions were chiefly of a retail character, at previous quo. tations. Floating cargoes of grain were in s l ow request, at late a w at du cr inquiry. priee There was a good supply of barley on thes terms, tands. Good and fine malting qualities s ol d turflrel, on former e ra el o y, ra a t t es e b tr u e t m m e e r d a i t u e m s, a o n t h Fa e ii r un w ef i e s mr e i oa t rl h t e qsuo b al a dl r i l t e si y et es a t wd r a iel d rye e as d l , About an average supply of oats was on the stands. Generally speaking the trade ruled firm, and prices shewed a tendency to advance. Beans moved off steadily, at full quotations. For peas the trade was firm, at quite previous rates. The market was scantily supplied with barrel flour, and the flour trade, on the whole, was steady, at full prices. ARRIVALS THIS WREIL. Wheat. Barley. Malt. Oats. Flour. English 350 470 150 30 440 Irish Foreign 7,940 470 -- 680 sks Ms BOROUGH HOP. We have to report a firm trade for gops, at fully late rates. Prices range from 90s to 200 s per cwt. WIIITECHAPEL. The supply of meat on sale is but moderate, and the trade rules firm, as follows : —Beef, from 3a to 4s 6d ; mutton, 35 Od to 41 8d ; veal, 3s 10d to 45 8d ; and pork, 3s 6d to 4s 8d per 81bs by the carcase. A VOLUNTEER SHOT DEAD.—On Saturday, while some members of the volunteer corps at Loanhead were engaged in target practice, one of the competitors (whose name we have not been yet enabled to learn) was accidentally shot dead by his comratle,—Edinburgh Courant: the rain), for the cure and alleviation of bodily infirmities and mental aberration, the most powerful of tho agencies of nature (for the solaA of afflicted man.—Your obedient servant, S. S. Roland, Esq., Chairman. D. URQUIIA.RT. DR SHEPPARD TO MR URQUHART. Colney Hatch, Oct. 13, 1864. We have made the great experiment of the Hammam. Mr Johnson was good enough to invite Mr Wood (our engineer) and myself to try the perils or delights (as the case might be) of your room hotted purely by radiation. It was a great success. The room wa,s at a temperature of 205 deg when we entered, and felt much less oppressive than the hot room (of transmission) upstairs, at a temperature of 170 deg, This is a very striking circumstance, and was equally noted by Dr Goolden (who fortunately happened to be present) and Mr Wood. Lee and Longstreet. -~- (From the article entitled "A Visit to the Cities and Camps (,f the Confederate States," in Blackwood s Maga- zine for December.) I went out to the camp again, and was presented to General Lee, who invited me to dinner. It was a frugal meal, and simply served. The General has lit le of the glorious pomp and circumstance of war about his person. A Confederate flag marks the whereabouts of his headquarters, which are here iu a little enclosure of some couple of acres of timber. There are about half a dozen tents, and as many baggage waggons and ambulances. The horses and mules from these, besides those of a small escort, are tied up to the trees, or grazing about the place. The General has a private carriage, or ambulance, as it is called, of his own, but he never use's it. It formerly belonged to the Federal General Pope. I remained some time at headquarters, and had a good deal of conversation with the officers of General Lee's staff. Major Marshall mentioned to me, as one of the greatest misfortunes which has happened to them during the war (greater, he thought, than the fall of New Orleans), the accidental less last year, through eare:essness by a general of division, of a very important order of General Lee's. M'Clellan, who had been slowly and carefully feel ing his way, totally ignorant of General Lee's plans, and the whereabouts of his main force, is said to have ex claimed, on finding this order, " Well, if I don't de stroy Lee this time, you may call me what you like;" and he immediately pushed on as fast as he could march, and caught the Confederates before they were ready. The drawn battle of Sbarpsburg or Antietam Creek fol lowed; and Lee, not destroyed, but thwarted in the main object of his campaign, soon afterwards recrossed the Poto mac. In the meantime, however, Jackson had captured Harper's Ferry, with its garrison of 12,000 men, and im mense stores, so that Lee still reaped some advantage from his ably-conceived plan of campaign. M'Clellan alludes to this matter in his evidence before Congress on the con duct of the war. At about 3 o'clock in the afternoon we rejoined General Longstreet, who, after a long consultation with the Com mander-in-Chief, was at this moment riding down with his Staff towards the front. We found his corps already forming for the attack in a wood. Longstreet rode up the line and down again, occasionally dismounting and going forward to got a better view of the enema's position. The ground just before us was plain and open, but be yond were those hills, since so celebrated, covered with Federal breastworks and rifle-pits, and bristling with can non. The Federals had also possession of the open ground below in front of their works, and their foremost guns were about a quarter of a mile from the wood we were in. I especially remarked a battery in a peach orchard, which was blazing away at one of ours not far off. As we passed Barksdale's Mississippi Brigade the Ge neral came up eagerly to Longkreet ; " I wish you would let me go in, General ; I would take that battery in five minutes." " Wait a little," said Longstreet ;" we are all going in presently." The men were as eager as their leader, and those in the front line began to pull down the fence behind which they were crouching. "Dal' t do that, or you will draw the enemy's fire," said Longstreet, who sees and observes everything. We passed on, and very soon afterwards the General called for his horse, mounted, dashed to the front of the line, gave the word, and led them on himeelf. We all followed him. It was a glorious sight. The men who had been lying down sprang to their feet, and went in with a will. There was no lagging behind, no spraining of ankles on the uneven ground, no stopping to help a wounded comrade. Not one fell out of the line unless he was really hurt. On swept the line, breaking out with an occasional yell when they came face to face with the foe, but on the whole silently. The guns in the peach orchard were pounced upon, and,half of them taken in a trice, whilst the others limbered / up and made off. Hundreds of prisoners were capbared, and everything was going so satisfactorily that flr a time we hardly doubted that the enemy would be riven from his very strong position on the hills in front. 1 . But at a critical moment General Hood was severely oundcd, General Barksdale killed, and their men at the very moment of apparent victory, when they had overcome aritiost all difficulties that lay between them end entire succcS, hesitated, halted, and at length fell back, losing thereby far more men than they would have done if they had continued their advance. But still we gained decided advantages, taking prisoners and getting possession of the ground up to the foot of the hill. Proposed Iron Girder Bridge. A great railway undertaking, resembling in oha racter the Britannia, Saltash, and Victoria bridges, and surpassing even these in point of dimensions, is to be submitted for the sanction of Parliament in the ensuing Session. The North British and Edin• burgh and Glasgow Railway Companies have given notice of a bill empowering them to construct a great iron girder bridge across the Firth of Forth, from near Blackness Castle, three miles above Queensferry, on the West Lothian coast, to Charleston, i❑ Fifeshire. The plans of the bridge have been prepared by Mr Thomas Botch, C.E. The scheme was before Parliament last year in connexion with a rival line to Glasgow which it was proposed to construct, but the North British and Edinburgh and Glasgow Companies having compromised their differences the opposition line was withdrawn, and the Forth-bridge project was not entertained. This year it is brought forward in connection with a proposed branch of the Edin• burgh and Glasgow Railway, and with the through line to Perth, and also to Dundee, via Taybridge, which the North British ask power to construct in Fifeshire. The length of the proposed bridge is 3,887 yards, or 2 miles 367 yards. It will be about 17 miles from Edinburgh and 34 from Glasgow, and it is intended to accommodate an express route from these cities to the north of Scotland, in connection especially with what is known as the " east coast" route. Instead of a single span of 600ft.,with two side spans of 300 ft., which was the scheme of last year, it is proposed to make four spans of 500 ft. each over the navigable channel, the spans diminishing to 200 ft. and 100 ft. on either side. The clear height of the bridge in the channel will be 125 ft. at high water of spring tides, thus giving ample height for the tallest vessels frequent ing the ports of Grangemouth and Alloa. The frame of the girders over the widest spans will be about 70ft., giving a total visible elevation of 195 ft. for the distance of nearly half a mile, the height diminishing at the ends of the bridge a the spans become reduced in width. Taking the submerged part of the work the height will be 25ft. of foundation below the silt bottom, 50ft. of depth of water at ebb spring tides, and 18ft. of fluctuation of tides, making in all 285 ft. in height of work to be executed. The middle piers will be of stone to the height of 10ft. above high water at spring tides, and the rest of the structure will be of mal• leable iron. The bridge will be built for a single line of rails, with a gradient in the south end of 1 in 134, and in the north end of 1 in 100, so as to give the necessary elevation in the middle. The dimensions of the Britannia-bridge may be stated by way of contrast :—Span, 460 ft. ; height, 104 ft. ; depth of tube, 30ft. Two years ago the North British and Edinburgh and Glasgow Companies obtained powers to construct a through line via Queensferry to Dunfermline and Perth. The latter are forming their part of the line, consisting of a branch from Ratho to Queensferry, for local service and marine outlet, and the former will take up a portion of the line on the north side in connexion with the Forth bridge scheme. But leave will be asked to abandon the great ferry works and a portion of the north line should the bridge be sanctioned. The cost o! the bridge is estimated at between £500,000 and £600,000, but, on the other hand, the companies would save the capital cost of piers, breakwaters, steamboats, and cost of working the ferries. THE GAY NA TlON. — According to several French papers a new club, to be called the " Silent Club," is about to be established in Paris. The members may eat, drink, read, write, or smoke, but they must not speak, nor wear creaking boots, n{,r play at dominoes, nor ‘` rattle the bones," nor, in short, make any noise whatever. The floors will be covered with thick carpets, and the doors will open and shut without noise. THIRD EDITION. SUN OFFICE, SIX O'CLOCK. AMERICA. QUEENSTOWN, NOV. 30: The Inman steamship City of Baltimore, from New'York on the 19th inst., arrived here at 10 a.m. to-day with the mails and 858,673 dole. in specie. She had 198 passengers, 41 of whom were landed, and she proceeded for Liverpool at 10.30 a.m. Her news has been fully anticipated by the North American via Londonderry, which brought New York despatches to the evening of the 19th. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE—This Day, CROYDON RACES—THIS DAY. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH SELLING HANDICAP. L'ttle Dick 1 Dubious 2 Redwing 3 Seven ran. STAND PLATE. Gorsehavrk Flying Spur . Retento ...... 3 Twelve ran. METROPOLITAN STEEPLECHASE. Spatchcock 1 Sly Fox ... Flyfisher Nineteen ran. £5O PLATE. Bravo Flying Spur The Don Five ran. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE—This day. (BY MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Wednesday Morning. Arrived —Tre Gebroders, from Gothenburg—Two Emmas, from Riga—Porter, from Cronstadt—Harvest, from Dantzie--Punch, from Bjorneborg— Rescue, from Cronstadt—Sir Thomas Mansey. from Terceira—Miss Nightingale, from Singapore. Sailed—Concordia, steamer, for Boulogne. DEAL, Wednesday Morning. Arrived and passed off Dungeness, Nov. 28.—Dorea, from Belsize, for London. Passed Nov. 29.—Lardina, from Bahia, for London. Anchored in Downs, Nov. 29.—Wild flowers, from Shields, for Lisbon. Passed,—Eastern Province, screw steamer, from tb.o west, for Landon. Mr Charles Lungley, the well-known shipbullder, of Deptford, has entered into an arrangement with the Millwall Ironworks Ship-building and Graving Docks Company (limited), by which he joins that company with his ship•bnilding and engineering works at Deptford, asd takes the general control of the united establishments as director of the works. This will place the additional capability required for their large business within the control of the Millwall Company, together with the most eater, sive dry dock in the Thames. GIFTS FROM HER MAJESTY.—Canadian papers acknowledge recent gifts from her Majesty of " The Prin cipal Speeches and Addresses of his Royal Highness the Prince Consort, presented to the Library of the University of Victoria College, Coburg, and to two other Canadian libraries. The volumes were forwarded by Mr Cardwell, and contain the iollow'ng inscription :—" Presented in memory of her great and good Husband by his broken hearted Widow, Victoria R. 1864." RIFLE CONTEST,--A friendly match took place on Friday, at Stanmore, between 20 of the Victoria Rifles and 20 of the 2d battalion of the Queen's Westmin. stern. The ranges were 200, 500, and 600 yards, 5 shots at each range, Wimbledon 1861 targets and marking. The match resulted in favour of the Victories, by 46 marks, they having scored 686 marks, against 643 made by the Queen's representatives—one of the conditions of the match being that the losing side should provide three tankards, to be given to the three highest scores of the winners. They were won by Ensign Pixley, 47 marks—Sergeant Holland. 43 marks—and Private J. H. Doe, 42 marks. The highest scores on the side of the Queen's were made by Corporal Leete, 43 marks—and Sergeant Baines, 41 marks. Captain. Hawkins, of the St. George's, kindly acted as umpire on the occasion. THE KING OF PRUSSIA,-0a Friday last the King of Prussia visited Minden, accompanied by several Prusian princes, and inspected the 13th Division of his troops on their return from the Duchies. After the inspec tion there was a lunch, to which all the staff officers of the division, others who had distinguished themselves, and the chief civil authorities were invited. His Majesty proposed the first toast—" To the bravo Prussian army, and parti cularly the 13th Division ;" and immediately afterwards Prince Frederick Charles proposed a cheer for the King, and concluded his speech as follows :—" For such a King one fights cheerfully—for such a King one bleeds thee:. fully—and for such a King, if necessary, one also diet; cheerfully." Loss OF THREE VESSELS.—Three vessels were lost off the Suffolk coast on Monday. The brigs Marianna Bond and Curlew, Webster, both of and from Shields, for London, with coal, in bearing up struck upon the south part of the Newcombe Sand, and shortly after sunk; crew saved by a Lowestoft harbour tug, and landed at that port. The brig Devonport, Bell, of and from Shields, for London, with coal, in bearing up struck in Pakefield Gat and bunk; crew saved by the Kessingland lifeboat and landed at Lowestoft. SPARROWS IN AUSTRALIA.—The gold and silver fish at the Botanical Gardena may now be counted by dozens. The keeper of the aviary informs us that he has set at liberty several of the Java sparrows, and all but a pair of the English sparrows. It was found that, so long as these latter pugnacious little creatures were permitted to be within the aviary, they assaulted every other bird in the place, and prevented any but themselves building nests. Since their liberation several have built nests in the spouts of the Bank of Australasia, but others have returned to the garden, and in some mysterious way contrived to wriggle themselves into the aviary again. '1 he keeper says that where a mouse can gain admission an English sparrow will. It is presumed they have returned for the sake of the good feeding they experienced at the outset of their acclimatise- tional existence, The pheasants look healthy and plume, as do the quail ; but neither will permanently thrive, build, or breed so long as they are kept along with so many other smaller birds, and in such otherwise very usuitable quar ters,--Ballarat 4tqr, The project of the construction of a railway from Orleans to Rouen is now occupying the attention of the principal manufacturers of Elbeuf and Louviers, who are anxious to Lave the line pass through or near those towns. The Chamber of Commerce of the former place has held a meeting on the subject, in which the advantages which would be derived from the line were forcibly pointed out. THE FRAUDULENT BANKRUPTCY CASE AT Bins MINGHAM.—APPREHENSION OF THE ABSCONDED. —The police, who have for some weeks been on the alert for the purpose of apprehending Morris Levi, who is charged under the Bankruptcy Act with removing goods for' the purpose of defrauding his creditors, have now been successful, and have apprehended the principal and two accomplices, the whole of whom are now in cus tody. Morris Levi was apprehended at a late hour on Saturday night by Inspector Manton at Droitwich. As the whole of the charges against the three prisoner's relate to the same transaction, it was deemed expedient that they should all be tried at the same time.—Birmingham Gazeke. JUST OUT OF HOSPITAL.—The poor man, al■ though by nature garrulous, seems to be aware that on that long line of beds in the same ward there are others whose cases are at least as serious as his own, and which require to be stated at some length ; and he often makes some attempt to condenao what he has to say, although that is a feat by no means easy to him lie is a patient, too, in the best sense ; submitting to all that is proposed, because he is codvinoed that the very best is being done for him, to the extent of our ability, as God forbid it should not be done. Whereas my fich friends sometime seem to consider, conscious of having paid their guinea, and that time is Chambers' s money, that a shilling a mindt e i s a goo d d ea l to pay for enlarging, not only upon th e i r par ti cu l ar calamity, but upon various other matt ers , scarcely within my pr ov i nce.— Journal. The Giornale dilcapoli of the 21st states that a band of 50 mounted brigands under Coppolne and Capuc cinello entered the province of Terra d'Otranto a few days ago, and after separating into three gangs committed im mense depredations at several farms, and caused the pro prietor of one of them to fulluw thew. His body was sub sequently found horribly mangled in a neighbouring forest. The halt-yearly meeting of the shareholders of the Trust and Loan Company of Upper Canada, was held today. The statement of accounts for the six months ending the 30th September, showed that the net profits made duringthis period amounted to £14,402 . 7s, which added to the sum brought for ward from March, gave a balance at credit of re venue of £14,70 6 16z. Bd. The directors mem. mended that out of this balance a dividend at the rate of 81 per cent. per annum, less income•taz, be declared on the capital, that one half of the surplus profits over 6 per cent, per annum, and the uswil charge for interest, atnounting together to £3,964 25., be carried to the reserve fund ; and that £250 oe applied to the redemption of preliminary ea. pvriseri. 9