The Sun. — London, England, 1863-12-03 00:00:00

lONEy MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. A FURTHER ADVANCE IN THE RATE OF DISCOUNT. The directors of the Bank of England have this rooming again advanced their minimum rate of interest and discount, from 7 to 8 per cent. A movement of 2 per cent on consecutive days is a❑ unusual event, and it has consequently created con siderable excitement and commotion in business Cir cles. The measure is evidently directed princi pally against the drain of coin to the East and other pliees, which threatens a serious depletion of t he Bank's vaults, unless a restrictive policy be adopted. The last w ee k' s ra il way rece i pts ascer t a i ne d up t o this day are in round figures as under :- 1863. 1862. Great Weste L56,948 £52,653 western Nort- rn 95,63.5 87,055 South. e „ 18,159 16,276 B righto B ' e ni ... .. . 15,462 16,227 Midland" S outh_ 43,610 17,806 17,036 V'reat North ern a4eal-iire and Yorkshi re .. 35,210 31,656 North-E astern 55,972 52,826 Bristol and Exeter s, Manch ester, Sheffield, and Lincoln 17,363 15,951 cotttsh North-Eastern Glasgow and South-Western These returns are in most instances of a satisfac tory character—on the Great 'Western there is an increase of £4,295, on the North 'Western of 8,38 0, on the South 'Western of £1,783, on the Midland of £3,576, on the South Eastern of £770, on the Great Northern cf £2,815, on the Lan cashire and Yorkshire of £3,554, on the North • Eastern of £3,146, and on the Manchester, Shef field, and Lincoln of £1,412; the London and Brighton, however, shows a decline of £765. The Ripon, which will be despatched to-morrow to India and China, will convey £188,348, of which £183,890 is in gold for Alexandria. The Edinburgh from New York has brought £lOO,OOO. Two O'CLOCK. No change has been made in the rates of interest °ltdep os it accounts b y t h e j o i n t s t oc k b an k s and private discount houses. Business in the general market is almost sus pended, and the mercantile community are gene rally resorting to the Bank of England for the ac commodation they require. In the English Stock Market this morning some fluctuAtion has occurred since the announcement of the rise in the Bank rate of discount. At first the Funds declined but when the public began to view affairs in their right light, and to regard the action of the Bank authorities as judicious, a better feeling prevailed, and Consols recovered the loss they had sustained an hour previously, and the quotations, which are no w the same as last evening, are ex div. 9 01 for money, and 9041 for the January account. The New Threes and the Reduced Annuities are lower, at 89/ 90; the 30 Years' Annuities are 14: ; Exchequer Bills, ss. die.; India 5 per Cents, 1061 :; do. 4 per Cents., 1001 ; do. 5 per Cent. Enlaced, 103 104 ; and the Bonds, 5 prem. As aoon as it became known that the rate of di scount had been advanced, considerable depression Was ex perienced in the Stock Exchange Markets, especially in the Foreign department. Mexican receded 1 per cent., viz., to 33/ ; Greek were lb lower at 248, 251; the Coupons were / worse, b eing 11 12 ; Turkish Coneolides dropped 18, or to 431 44 1 ; Spanish Passive went down I to 331; and the Certificates were 8 flatter at 12* 13. The present prices are as follows :—Mexican, 331 1; Turkish Consolides, 44 1; Greek, 258 4 ; do. Cou pons, 11 12 ; Sp an i s h Passive, 321 ; do. Certificates, 12; 13 ; and the Confederate Loan, 50 52. Bus"liess in the Railway Share Market has been moderately active, but prices have shown less firm ness, O wing to the advance in the rate of discount. Great Northern A. Stock have declined 15s. ; and London and Brighton, 15s. ; Lancashire and York shire,,, ; and N or th-E as t ern (B erw i c k), Sc. ; ureat -Western, however, have improved 55.; and Me tropolitan, los. In the Foreign and Colonial Markets there has b -en little change of importance. B ank and Miscellaneous Shares in several in stances show rather less firmness. Imperial Otto 11'41 have receded to 171; Oriental to 574; Union o r London to 391; Discount Corporation to 61 7; General Credit to 61; and National Discount Com pany to 91 11 BRITISH FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. , kik Sto ck — `.; Per Cent.. Reduced Annuities liPer Cent. Consols Annuities 9oi 1 90 ex div New 3 per Cent. Annuities IN- - ,, w ,„ ‘ 3 ,i, per Cent. Annuities 6 ,": per Cent. Annuities.. .. 6 2r k;e4t. Annuities, Jan. 1873 ---,unties, 30 Ts expire nth J an., 1880 — In zl) 4 iii.tat,ttttooo fo r e3do y rs, -,3' expire sth April, . ‘ Sea Telegraph), Aug. 1908. _— Stock, 1874 106± pet Cent. 1870 .. 1001 ,i) ; t l : 6 4 per Cent. 1888 Ditto Eiafaced Paper, 4 per Cent per Cent -unto 5 1 per Cent Ditto ditto April, 1864 ..,;. Ditto ) 11` ) bonds £1 000 :Aug. 1864 or 66 5 pm Ditto Con.,„ l l. 4 der 1, 000 .. ladir sB,Lor Account Jan. 7 Exof;„ - ,,L°elz for Acco ' unt, 5 per. Cent — Ditieer Bills, £l,OOO, 3 per Cen t -- Ditt o c £5OO - Dank s 'tElall mall fo r Account A tist . FOR FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. 4ra: i li a : l n 13 5 °l lds, 5 per Cent , . Ditto 1F,59 Der Cent -- Ditto, 1 839 and 16;59..... Ditto 41 per Cen',; , 1852-58-60 , Ditto . 1863 ,4,,itto Scrip, 18'33, £3O paid ! 'illi 6 per C ent — , ) itto 41 per Cent, --,'Olorabian 6 Scrip £l5 pd — l'alaish 4 per Cent., 1863 .14eiador New Consolidated. 1 per Cent — Ditto, Provisonal Land Warrant E KTPtian 7 per Cent 99 Ditto, Second Issue Greek 5 per Cent., 1824-5, ex-Coupons — _ Ditto Account 261 1 4/ Ditto Coupons — Ditto Account .. 12 111 Guatemala 5 per Cent. Ditto Account • • Italian 5 per Cent. (Maremmana Railway) Mexican 3 per Cent Ditto Account 34 1 31 4i Moorish Imperial 5 per Cent New Granada — Ditto 2 per Cent. Ditto Deferred — Ditto Land Warrants (Hectares) — r eravian 3 per Cent. bitto Account — Ditto 41 per Cent., 1862 .. ,Ditto Account — . 4.ortuguese 3 per Cent., 1853 Ditto Account.. — Ditto 3 per Cent., 1856, '7,'9, I) itto Account '6o, 62.. Ditto, 1863 Ditto Scrip, £lO paid p m 44.tissian 5 per Cent., 1822, £ St _ _ Ditto 41 per Cent 1850 .. h Ditto 1860 .. Di .- ' i tto 3 per Cent., 1859 • • 4,..t,t0 5 per Cent. 1862 B6l 53; -- tuian sper Cent Dirt P 8, 4 . 0 Account iP BI3 . 3 per Cent .................. 53 1, Ditto tt tt °° NewAAccountAccount Deferred , i t t ° Passive ...... s '4O Account ...... 32f 1 2 Panish Cert. of Coup not funded ...... Oil tc w ~0 Account l3 12 I e Lgh, 4 per Cent — 14 t 661 1 6 per Cent. 1854 - ~,,!tto A .coo , nt _ 1))!tto 6 Per ' Cent. 1858 ipto Account t te 4100 Bonds — Dit t o' 'ioo bit, 6 Per Cent. 1862 Di Aceeunt .... itt o i j • 6 per Cent. 1863 -,, itt o r, 'ram t d 4 per Cent. — v ell eZite) a 2 ' it e ' .oi t , - - per C ent. D itto_ o ccount b, 8 per Cent 1862 .. '4O Account " .. 551 6 Aii Dividends on the above payable in Landon. .lielZ' a n, 5 Per Cent.. Ex. 10 Florins. - r , ~.ar t A , 'iut,,,,h . 2x 'i per Cent., Ex. 25f.._ .. — F llit to ,l Per Cent., E5..12 Gull — reu ch ' t ) Per Cent. Certificates , ~,. _ i)i t . "elites, 41 per Cent., Ex. 'lot—. ji-.. . (0 Ac e() Ltil lan r . unt ) '-) per Cent., 1861, Ex. 25 francs 7o± C o . TWO O'CLOCK. ti°lB, ;ti 90f i ex div. Ditto Ace °II " ........... , 4 a • i I s at,' WI 4 SHARE MARKETS.-- This day. ORDINARY SHARES AND STOuE.S. Closing Business Railways. Paid.; Price. done. Vol., and S tr. Val. Blythe and Tyne. Bristol and Exeter Caledonian .. • Cork and Bandon Cornwall Do A A <=ets no dig Do. till 6p c.p an.has B been paid lao Dublin & Bellast June.c Dun.,Yerth,&Ab. June. Edinburgh & Glasgow. G lasg. and S. Western.; Great Eastern, Ord. stk Ditto A stack Ditto East Anglian st. GreatNorthof Scotland Great N or thern Do A stock Do B do Gt. S. and W. of Irelan , Great Western Do Str Val gua. stock Lancashite & Yorkshir, London and Ltlackwal Lon., Bright.,& S. Coast Lon., Chat., and Dover Lon. & North Western Lon. & So•.th Western Man., Shei., & Lincoln. Maryport and Carlisle. Dot shares Metropoli tan Midland Do New Do Birming. Derby Nlid. Gt. W. of lrelano Do. shares Mid Kert ... Do Cray Line North British Edin., Perth, & Dundee INth. Eastern—Berwlek Do, G.N.E. purchase Do Lecds Do York Do Carlisle North London Do New [North Staffordshire N. and S. W. Junction Scottish Central Scot N. E., Aber. story Do Soot. Mid. stock Shrews, and Welchpool Shropshire Union South Devon South Eastern South Wales S. York. and River Dun Staines,Wok.,andWok Stockton da Darlington Do Do New, 1866 Taff Vale.. Do B Do C Ulster Do Uo Vale of heath Victoria sta. and Pim Waterford 45 Kilkcuny West Cornwall W. Hartlepool Har.&R. West Midland -oxlord Do Newport' Do Hereford' Kailxvßyo Atlantic &Si Lawrenta Ilom.,Baroda.t.Cent Inc flu. 5 per cent — Do. New ....... Do. E. Shares... Buffalo and Laxe tiuroL Do. Preference Buffalo,Brant,itGodriel. 6 p. et. bds. Aug. 1, 1872 Do. do. July 1, 187: , Do. do. Juue 1, 1.8; , i Clcutta.k.S.Eastn.( Li e Cape Town el. Dock Scri; ltastn. Bengal go. 5 p. East Indian. gu. 5 p. c. Do. do. G Do. do. H do. Grand Trunk of Canada Do. Ist Pref. Bonds Do. no. deferred Do. 2d Pref. Bonds Do. do. deferred Do. 3d Pi ef. stock Do. do. deferred...... Do. 4th Pref. stock... Do. do. deferred...... Gt.lndiaPenin.gua.sp.c Do. New gua. 5 p. c... Do. January, 1862 .. Gt. South.of India (Lim guaranteed 5 per cent. Gt. W. of Canada Sharer Do. New .. Do. 6 p.c. '73 with't opt. Do. 5i p. e. do. '77-8.. •. Indian Branch Limited Madras guar., 5 p. O. .. Do. 44 p. 0. Extensions Dc.4t d 0...... • • Do. Fifth Extension. Melb.Corp. p. 0. Bluth, ilobeon's Bay. Do. 7 p.c. Mortg. Bds. Newßz tn.79w101 a Cand:a Class A anfi B N. Itl.C'das PolstptUds 6oinde Do. Delhi I Do. do • • Do. Punj*ub {c I Do. Do. ........ , amok sol; Do. indus.St. Flo.) 8 8i B 8i 81 83 118 119 02 7} 33 40 16 17 95 97 107 1, - 0 484 494 45 47 84 12 i S2B 13) 13t 1:4 136 90 101 63 63i 103 108} 71 73 110 111 44 (0 101 104; 101 102 47 43 ; 1101 1111 127 .270 1 1i "p V 6 9s 52 63 24 t 6 101 101 i 584 69 884 83 119 121 1 2 p 77i 78f, lt 114 124 126 42 14 93 100 51 52 311 321 25,1 e5l 96 t 8 10 ,05 :i7i 371 9 10 7 1 7 1 168 160 5 64 1 , 2 4 34 p 85 88 170 175 BRITISH Pi SSESSIONS. Pax', all lou Closing Price. 60 43 !OSA 106} i 1 p 4 1 1 3 6} 64 8A 9A NS 105 101 103 108 109 116} 1,7 t 1 11p 1 lip 201 214 ;4 16 60 63 66 69 50 33 48 52 38 42 27 29 23 - 26 ICB 109 11 11,1 105 106 44 10k 14 101 92 95 86 88 105 3 / 4 106 i 100 101 16 100 57 59 3 6 82 84 106 107 165 106 fP 105 106 101 103 COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. t.,Ah.Gov. 6 p.e.J a&J ; 1877-St Do. 6p. c. Feb. & Aue. 100 102 11.4 — 1, Do. dp. c.l)lar.& Sept. 100 te2 106 ! Do.I p. c. Jan.&.luly. 100 i 1 93 Do. 5 inscribed stock 100 91 93 ;Cape G.Hope, 6 p 0,187: 100 108 110 I Do.Ap .4 Oct. 1860 100 109 111 Do. 189( 100 109 111 Do. Jan. & July, 1891.. 100 112 114 Ceylon, N0v.1878, 6p c 100 110 112 Maui itius 6 per cent 100 107 108 Natal Gov. 6 per cent.. 130 107 109 :N.B.Gov. a.&July 100 104 106 Do. 6p. c.Ap. & Oct. 100 - 'N. S.W. Gov. p 2.0.80 100 101 102 - ! Du. sp. c.,18/1 to EN 100 101 102 Do. d0.,1888 &upwds 100 1014 1024 1014 - ,New Zealand 6 p cent. 100 110 112 Nova Scotia Gov. 6p. c. sterling, 1875 lOO 104 106 Queensland Gcv. 6p. c lOO 1:1 113 ;6. Aus G6p.c.1878.& up lOO 112 114 Vic. Gov. 6 p.c. Ja.dzJuly 100 107 109 Do. to 0 me. An.&005.. 100 109 110 1094 81 BRITISH MINES. 2 Cambrian Consol. Gold 1 dd ufillord Amalgamated — 36 37 DaesytenßaGs.sCetotnNlo`gaavnis) 3O t ) 1 545 t7 555 E 60 1 East Clogau G old Ltd. ss. Id par East Caradon ..... I. 14.1) 25 26 251 a East Cam Brea.... E. g r 'lltussel (Tavistk ) 8 9.0 45 5 Gam.&St.AuDyn(Gwen ;. 58; 11 13 Great South Tolgus l7B 44 G. Wheal Vor (Holston, 40 114 125 - Elm-Ws-Foot , 8.12 19 41 lit ingston Downs 4.18.0 15 25 Lady Bertha - iMargaret (Huy Lelant 9A 16 18 1M arke Valley.. 4 ;Jlyndy Iron Oro (Lim ; 21 15 / 6 New Seten l9l 90 100 - - North Downs vi 14 2 - N. WWI Basset (111o4an 3.1.0 25 35 . I North Wheal Crotty 2.6.9 5 54 t'ar Consols (',st. Blazeyl 20 Providence(Uny Lelnt.), 10.6.7 13 45 South Caradon(St.Cleer,l 15 415 625 S. Cam Brea (Illogan).. - S.Wheal Frau. (Mogan 18.1 , 4.0 60 65 Stray Park 30.17.6 34 36 ' 5 1 Dollar Silv.& Lead Min 45 5 I - g rin Cron 9 184 19 I West Basset (Illogan) l4 10 11 ' W Ci radon (Liskeard; 5 22 24 West Seton Wheal Basset (Mogan) 55 87* 924 • Wheal Buller (Itedruth) 5 224 274 Wheal Kitty (G.Lelant) 2.0.6 WhealLndcott - Wheal Mary Ann ;1./en ) 8 114 124 Wheal 3eton . 584 170 180 ~i heal T u r n e i l o a n wney (Lis.) 7 20 21 3.17 25 35 PREFERENCE London, Chatham, and Dover R pe S r H ec A nt. E p S re . r., 971 Dov er PREFEttENCE SHARES AND STOCKS London, Chath am, & c • , 6 per cent. 2d pf., 70 LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. Chester and Holyhead, Ditto, 5 per cent., 1151 FOREIGN RAILWAY Copenhagen, lim., 2g S. Dutch Rhenish, 171 Northern of France, 371 San Paulo (lim.), gua. 7 per cent., 81 Ditto (all), 211 g West Flanders, 76 I FOREIGN MINES. Don Pedro, Nor h Del Rey, I Mont. Aureos Brazil Gold Min. Co., 21 United Mexican (liin;, 51 JOINT-STOCK RANKS. Alliance Bank of Lon am and Liverpool (Um.), 45 Ditto, new, 25 41 Anglo Austrian, 6 I Bank of New Zealand, 111 Brazili , in and Portuguese, lim., 7g City, 108 7 Consolidated Bank, lim., 91 ; Continental, lim., 101 Hindustan, China, and Japan (Bin.), 271 Imperial Bank (11m.), 231 Imperial Ottoman, 17 1 Land Mortgage Bank of India, lim., 41 London and South American, lint., 61 London and Westminster, 781 Metrop. and Prov. Bank (lim.), 22 Oriental Bank Corporation, 571 Scinde, Punjaub, and Delhi (lim.), 6 51 Union of London, 391 MISCELLANEOUS. British Indian Tea, lim., 3 Crystal Palace, 26 Discount Corporation, limited, 71 67, 7 61 Egyptian Commercial and Trading, Urn., 31 # Gen. Crt dit and Finance of Lonuon, lim., 61 6 1 Hudson's Bay, 121 * International Financial Society, lira., 9 Sa Joint•stock Discount, 61 Ditto, new, 41 4 London Financial Association, lim., 231 National Discount Company, lim., 91 1 Peninsula and Oriental Steam, 841 Rhytuney Iron, 301 Royal Mail steam, 79 RACING FIXTURES FOR 1864. FEBRUARY. Lincoln Sp r i ng 23 Nottingham S MARCH: pring 1 Derby Spring .......... Liverpool ............ 8 Shrewsbury .......... 10 Chelmsford Spring York Spring Durham Northampton nu. Crorton-pa r k . AP Epsom Spri ng Newmarket Craven .... 11 Newmarket First Spring 25 Y. Chester Salisbury l2 Bath Manchester Harpenden . 2O Epaorn .......... io e t t , 24 .. lb .. 19 .. 28 .. 29 4h art 100 Sk 20 zi:l io foo 1 stock stock stock 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 stock stock stock THE SUN, LONDON, IHURSDAY EVENING, DECVIBER 3, 1863. LAW INTELLIGENCE-(TSIS DAY). SHERIFF'S COURT. (Before Mr. Kerr,) SITUATIONS FOR SHIP-BOYS-CAUTION TO THE PUBLIC- SPRINGER V. FELLOWES. This was an action to recover £lO money had and re ceived. Mr. George Brown represented plaintiff, who de posed as follows—l have two sons. On August 24th last, one of them saw defendant, who is a shipbroker of Fen church-street. From what my son told me, I was intro duced to defendant on the 25th. He told me that that the under-steward's situation was vacant on the Clifton, which was about to sail for Bombay, and if I gave him (de fendant) £lO, ho would get the situation for my son at a salary of per month. I refused to give this money unless I saw the ship, and defendant sent down his clerk with me. I saw the ship, and, being satisfied, paid the money. Three weeks afterwards I heard that the ship was about to lave the docks, and I sent my son, who saw the captain. He was informed that the situation was that of a cuddy boy, and that the salary was only Is. per month. I retuned to let him go by the ship and went to see defendant, telling him what the captain had said. He declared that there must be some error, and as he was going to dine with the captain he would see and put it to rights. I next saw defendant two days atter this, and he said he had not seen the captain, but if the agreement was not carried out he would return the money. My son did not go by the vessel, but at length defendant said he had handed the £lO to the captain, less the commission. His Honour—You havo made out a prima facie case, does any one appear for defendant ? No answer being returned, his Honour found for the plaintiff with full tests. Verdict for plaintiff. POLICE INTELLIGENCE—This Day. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. SPRINGING A SHOP SHUTTER BAR AND ATTEMPT TO BREAK INTO A SHOP.—Henry Lee, a young man, described as a tailor, was charged before Mr. Knox with feloniously taking down a shutter by means of springing the shutter bar, and breaking a pane of glass at the shop of Mr. Alfred John Spooner, dealer in miscellaneous articles, 36, Great St. Andrew•street. Mr. Spooner said a little before one o'clock this morning he was awoke by a person being in his house, who informed him that his shop was open. On going down stairs ho found that one of the shutters had been slipped, the bar having been sprung and pane of glass broken so as to effect an entrance into the shop. Fortunately the persons had been interrupted, and he believed none of his property had been taken away. Henry Bull, 80 F, said that at a quarter to one this morning ho was called from his beat by a disturbance, and on returning he heard the noise of glass falling. On getting near the place he saw the prisoner and another man cross over, and then run away. He pursued them as far as King-street, Covent-garden, when be lost sight of them, but the prisoner was stopped by Bland, 105 F. Prisoner said he went to see the cause of the disturbance, and then when he saw the police coming he ran away, for fear he might get in trouble. Mr. Knox observed that prisoner's running away looked very suspicious, and asked him if he could call any wit nesses to character. Prisoner said his fathar lived in Castle-street. Sergeant Thompson, 8 F, said he understood the prisoner had been convicted, but be was not prepared to prove it at present. Mr. Knox said he would remand the prisoner, so that it might be seen whether ho had been convicted or not. The prisoner was remanded. A SOLDIER CHARGED WITH WILFUL DAmAGE.—James Bruce, a private of the Coldstream Guards, was charged before Mr. Knox with wilfully smashing a pace of glass of the value of £5, the property of Mr. Charles Trokes, pro • prietor of the City of Quebec Tavern, Oxford-street. The prisoner went into the house of Mr. Trokes about 11 o'clock at night with five companions, and became very noisy, making use of the vilest language. On being put out of the house the prisoner smashed a pane of glass of the value of £5, and then made off with his companions. A comrade of the prisoner's said he was with him all the time, and swore that the prisoner did not break the window. Mr. Trokes said he could procure another witness to prove it was the prisoner, and a respectable female attended and said she saw the prisoner strike the window with his fist. Mr. Knox said the worst feature of the case was that of prisoner's corning forward to swear to that which he knew to be falle. He should order the prisoner to pay £4 10s, for the damage, and a fine of 10s. or a month. CRIMINAL COURT—(This Day.) OLD COURT. (Before Mr. Baron Channell.) CHARGE OF CUTTING AND WOUNDING. Andrew Godlow, a sailor, was indicted for feloniously wounding Mary Ann Butt, with intent to do her some grievously bodily harm. The quarrel took place in the neighbourhood of Rateliff, when the prosecutor received a very severe cut on the side of her neck from a knife which the prisoner held in his hand. On the prosecutrix being called on it was found she was not in attendance, and the prisoner was accordingly acquitted of the charge. THIRD COURT. (Before the Common Sergeant.) ROBBERY FROM THE PERSON. Catherine Andrews was indicted for stealing a watch and chain, the property of William Thomas. The jury found the prisoner guilty, and a former convic tion having been proved against the prisoner, she was sen tenced to five years' penal servitude. The English Coal Trade to France, It appears that, notwithstanding the great exertions which French capitalists and politicians have been making of late years to extend the indigenous coal production of France, to substitute French for English coal in the Impe rial Marine, and, in a word, to free France from the " tribute" which they consider she pays to England in the matter of coal, this year's deliveries of English " black diamonds" into the French empire promise to attain a very considerable total. Do what they will, our neighbours evi dently cannot get rid of our coal, the Pas de Calais and the Nord notwithstanding. The importation of English coal into France first acquired importance about 1840, when France began to make industrial and manufecturing progress in common with the rest of Europe. In 1840 the total imports of our, coal into France were 381,000 tons ; five years later this total had risen to 563,000 tons ; in 1850 a further advance was made to 652,000 tons, and in 1855, notwithstanding some difficulties arising from the ab sorption of shipping in the transport of troops and stores to the Crimea, to 881,005. The next four years presented a period of continuous progress, until in 1859 the imports reached an aggregate of 1,369,000 tons, while Belgium, in the same period, delivered to France 3,340,000 ton, Al though tho indigenous coal production had iisen. from 3,003,000 tons in 1840 to 7,483,000 tons in 1859, and, al though Belgium sent far more coal to France than England, lingering national prejudices were aroused, a great outcry was raised against the employment of English coal in the imperial marine, and the upshot of the hubbub was that in 1862 the deliveries of English coal at tae French ports declined to 758,000 tons, showing a falling off of 638,000 tons, as compared with 1859, while the produet of French coal workings rose in 1862 to 9,400,000 tons. But this year, although the yield of these mines is expected to attain a clear 10,000,000 tons, the demand for English coal has been reviving, and the total itoports from Jan. 1 to Sept, 30 amounted to 926,189 tons, being at the rate of 1,234,918 tons per annum. Belgium sent France at the same time 1,927,490 tons, being at the rate of 2,569,986 tons per annum, and from other sources 477,632 tons have been received, or at the rate of 636,869 tons per annum. Com paring, then, matters as they will probably turn out in 1863, with the actual course of affairs in 1853, we arrive at tue following results : 18b3. 1863 k Indigenous French _ production Tons 5,933,000 .... Tons 10,000,000 English supplies Belgian supplies Other supplies 432,000 Total 9,461,060 14,442,000 In our expression " other supplies" are included the re ceipts from the Zollverein. It results from the figures given —which of course, as regards 1863, are, to some slight ex tent, conjectural, although they will not be found very wide of the mark—that while in 1853 France had to import 3,530,000 tons of coal to supply her wants,she will require, probably, in 1863, 4,412,000 tons of foreign combustible to meet her' in dustrial requirements, although in the current year her in digenous production will be at le as t 4,000,000 t ons more t h an in 1553. It is rather amusing that ten years of great exer tions in the development of an industry for which they have no special forte, should thus have left the French further removed than ever from the abolition of " the tribute" to which they have so great an aversion. It is, of course, undesirable that we should lose any outlets for our pro ducts; but, after all, our export of coal to Fiance is not a matter of vital national importance. Thus, while in 1862 the total production of coal in England was estimated at 81,638,000 tons, the exports to France amounted to 758 ; 000 tons, and to all countries to 7,671,670 tons, less than 10 per cent. of the quantity made available by the labours of our miners. In 1858, the coal production of Great Bri tain amounted to 65,058,000 tons ; in 1862, to 81,638,003 tons, showing an increase of 15,630,000 tons in four years, or more than twice the whole of the exports; and more than the whole consumption of France from all sources, home and foreign. Yet, in the face of these stupendous facts — of this mighty progress —we found a French writer the other day seizing upon Sir William Armstrong's speech at the meeting of the British Association at Newcastle, and arguing that the Pas-de-Calais (which has flow an annual production of about 1,000,000 tons) would soon have to make good in France and the Continent the supplies which poor, decrepid, tottering old England would no longer be able to afford. In one breath French writers declare that England cannot supply France with coal, and in the next they vow that she shall not, Yet somehow England does deliver large quantities of the black diamonds still to French purchasers; and, although we cannot blame the French for endeavouring to turn their own mineral resources to better account, it seems probable that a good deal of French money will yet be offered as a tribute to English coalowners for many years to come.—Mining Journal. • WESTMINSTER. DISGRACEFUL DISTURBANCE OF TRADESMEN.—Four shabbily dressed young men, giving the names of Haines, Duffey, Hunt, and Ryan, were charged as follows : Sergeant Hornblow, 24 B, said—At a quarter before one this morning I was on duty in plain clothes in Sloane-street, and heard some knocking at the shutters of a shop. I directly afterwards saw the defendants—they were knock ing at the shutters of No. 32 with their hands. They made such a noise that I at first thought there was a fire and they were calling people up. I saw the defendants go to 35, and they knocked there for half a minute. They theh went to 41, and commenced an attack on the shutters there, and then went to 81, where one of them, I cannot say which, ran with his foot against the shutters. I followed them into Halken-street, and there I met with a policeman in uniform, and I then took two of the defendants myself, and gave the other two into his custody. Defendants said they had been to the Sun Music Hall, at Knightsbridge, and were there rather late. They declared all in the same breath, that they never touched any shutters in Sloane-street, and that, in point of fact, the whole state ment against them was a fabrication of the police sergeant's. Mr. Selfe—Were the defendants drunk? Sergeant Hornblow—They had taken some drink ; but were certainly not drunk. Mr. Selfe—Did they knock at any of the doors ? Sergeant Hornblow—l could not say. Defendants (all at once)—We did not knock at any thing. Sergeant Hornblow—l followed them on the other side, all the way down Sloane-street, and never lost sight of them. I have made inquiries this morning and find that some of the inmates were disturbed at the houses where the defendants knocked, and one of the shutters is broken. Mr. Selfe—Why did you not take them sooner ? Sergeant Hornblow—l was obliged to wait till I saw a constable, I could not take them all four myself. Mr. Selfe—Yes you could; they have been locked up all night—(to defendants) " There, go along with you." They were accordingly liberated, THAMES. DARING HORSE AND CART ROBBERT.—DanieI Thomp son, a tall young man, for a long time the associate of thieves and desperate characters, who loiter about the docks and wharves, was brought before Mr. Partridge, charged with stealing a horse and van, and two wooden cases con taining 6 oil paintings, valued in all at £l3O. On Tuesday last Mr. Jacobs, of No. 24, Tibberton-square, Islington, and a member of the firm of Tindal and Jacobs, licensed earn:ten in the City, gave directions to a man named Jacob Patey, in the employ of that firm, to fetch two wooden cases, which contained oil paintings, from the pre mises of Messrs. Aldridge and Company, in King William street, and convey them to the St. Katharine dock for shipment on board the Sir James Gray, bound to the Cape of Good Hope. The carman reached the front of the dock gate at ten minutes past 3 o'clock in the afternoon, and left his horse and van while he went into the dock to make in quiries about the ship. On his return the horse and van were gone. He gave immediate information of his loss to the police. On the same night the horse and van were found unattended in Poplar and removed to the green yard. The cases containing the six oil paintings, and valued at £9O, were gone. The prisoner was apprehended this morn ing by a police. constable named Wm. Andrews, who said the prisoner was formerly a carman, and described himself as having no home or occupation. James Jones, gatekeeper to Messrs. Barber and others, wharfingers and warehouse-keepers, Crutched-friars, said he was standing at the gate of his employer's premises at half-past three o'clock on Tuesday afternoon, and saw a T bl h a e c ir g k n h n o a rse and van passing hi s em pl o y er ' s p rem i ses. Th e van o contained tw o d ea l cases. H e was sure it was a van belongingm e t to l‘ e e o s Messrs. the s. front Tingle of and the Jacobs, of The B prisoner il l ter- s t r w e e a t s . leading the horse. He knew him well. Another man was with ir. th A e l p fr r e i Alfred Jacobsprisoner. Mr. ore h t ad r so e m rly e a kn ee o r w m le e d n g . Mr. e of the prisoner, and knew tht he was formerly Partridge the prisoner for a week, GREEK FINANCE. (From the 2imes.) The following is the communication made by , g a gentleman holdin?, a high and influential official far.os Xeuos t o u s , on th e prospects of the position in A!.' - ,ens" to M. Stefanos and b y Xenoe, M. Ste ( ireP", bondholders of 1824.26 ; " Athens, Nov. 20. "The question of the loans of 1824-25 is so un popular and presents so many difficulties —mid the Greeks so little understand the arguments of the English—that no political man, no Government] will dare to support a tinestion whose tehdently is to throw so heavy a burthen on the public Treasury. It is true that this burden appears to promise the development of large moral and material resources. Our people will not believe in the realisation of these promises, and they are becomitg more deter mined, as the late financial crisis is disappea r i ng, and we believe Low that our affairs can be arranged without asking for a new foreign loan. For these reasons I consider the questions of the loans of 1824-25 is entirely at an end, not only for the pre sent, but for many years to come. The press is as unanimous against the question 45 the people.", EMBEZZLEMENT. John Murphy, 39, agent, was indicted for embezzling and stealing the sum of £l, the money of Samuel Grey Itlthbone and others—the Liver Assurance Association. The jury found him guilty, and .h.e was sentenced to six months' imprisonment. FOURTH COURT. (Before the Recorder.) George Stratford was indicted for stealing 20 ostrich and vulture feathera, the property of Joshua de Perirara, his master. The prosecutor is a feather merchant in Little Britain, and the prisoner had been in his service about 18 months as traveller. In October a quantity of feathers was missed, and information was given to the police. From some in formation received, a City police-constable went to a Mrs. Burton, in Sidney-street, Goswell-road, and in the first floor front room a quantity of feathers was found, which he took possession of, and which the prosecutor identified as his property, although they had been dyed. On the prisoner being charged with the rob bery he denied it, and said the feathers found by the officer had been purchased by him of a Mr. Laybonne, of Charter House-lane. He produced an invoice for them, and said George Bourbon, with whom he was in partnership, had given him the money, and since he had purchased the feathers he had had them dyed. The feathers not corres ponding with those named in the invoice the prisoner was given into custody. Mr. Montague Williams having addressed the jury for the prisoner, The jury returned a verdict of not guilty. The Anniversary of John Brown's Death. Last eve n i ng a public meeting convened by the Emancipation Society was held in the large hall of the Whittington Club to celebrate the anniversary of John Brown's death at Charleston, Virginia. There was a large audience, and the chair was taken by Mr. Malleson, the treasurer of the Society. After an able address by Mr. M. D. CONWAY, of Virginia, The following resolution was moved by Mr. Washington Wilks, seconded by Mr. George Thompson, and supported by theßev. Stella Martin, formerly a slave in Kentucky, " That our cordial thanks be presented to M. D. Conway, Esq., of Virginia and New England, for his eloquent com memoration of the man of whose heroic death by cruel hands this day is the fourth anniversary ; and in remembrance of whose sublime devotion to the cause of negro emancipation we renew our decla ration of earnest sympathy with the Government and people united under the flsg of the American Thpublic in a sacred resolution to secure the free dom and equality of all good citizens." The resolution was carried amid reiterated cheering, and a vote of thanks, moved by Mr. F. W. Chesson, the hon. secretary of the society, was also passed. MARKETS—This Day. MARK-LANE. IMPERIAL WEEKLY AVERAGES.—Wheat, 40s 3d ; barley, 33s 7d ; oats, 19s 7d ; rye, 34s 9d ; beans, 56s ld ; and peas, 34s id. THE SIX ;WEEKS' AVERAGES. Wheat, 408 Od ; barley, 338 Ild ; oats, 19s Id ; rye, 29s ld; beans, 36s Od ; peas, 34s Bd. ENGLISH GRIN SOLD LAST WEEK.—Wheat, 121,825; barley, 125,511 ; oats, 14,019 ; rye, 19 ; beans, 4,196 ; peas, 2,409 quarters. METROPOLITAN CATTLE. The supply of beasts on offer in our market to day was limited, and the demand for all kinds ruled steady at fully Monday's advance in the quotations. The best Scots sold at 5s 2d per 81b. We were again scantily supplied with sheep, and the mutton trade was firm at extreme currencies. Tho best Downs were worth - fully 5s 10d per 81b. Calves —the show of whieh was limited—moved off freely at 2s more money. Prices ranged from 4s to 55 per 81b. There was an improved sale for pigs, and the quotations had an upward tendency. Mitch cows were quite as dear as last week. s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d. Crse. &inf. beasts:3 6 3 10 Primeers-wool d 0.5 2 5 6 Secondquality do. 4 0 4 6 Pme.S'thdowndo.s 8 5 10 Prime large oxen 4 8 5 0 Large orse. calves 4 0 4 8 Prime Scots, 61 - ,c. 5 0 5 2 Prime small do 4 10 5 0 Urse. & inf. sheep 3 10 4 4 Large hogs 3 6 4 0 Second quality do. 4 64 10 Small porkers , 4 2 4 6 Suckling calves, 14s to 21s and quarter-old store pigs, 20s to 26s each. TOTAL SUPPLY. FOREIGN SUPPLY, Beasts ... . Cows Sheep .. 3 130 ( Sheep and lambs .... 709 ,300 Calves ......... . 40 Calves rigs. 2701 MEAT MARKETS. NEWOATE AND LEADENHALL,—The supplies of meat are only moderate, and the trade rules steady, as follows : —Beef', from '2s 10d to 4s 4d, mutton, 3s 10d to 4s 8d; lamb, Os Od to Os Od; veal, 4s Od to 4s 8d; and pork, 3s 8d to 4•i 8d per Blbs, by the carcase. SOUTHALL, Dec. 3.—Only moderate supplies of fat stock were on offer hero to. day, and the trade generally ruled steady at enhanced quotations Beet, from 3s 10d t o 5s Od ; mutton, 4s 4d to 5s Od ; vea l, 4 s Od to 4s 6d ; lamb, Os Od to Os Od; 'and pork, 4s Od to 4s 4d per 81bs, to sink the offal. ROMFORD, Dec. 3.—A1l kinds of stock were in good request, as follows :—Beef, from 3s 8d to 5s Od ; mutton, 4s 4d to 6s Od ; veal, 48 Od to 4s 6d ; and pork, 3s 10d to 4s 4d per 81bs ; suckling calves, 12s to 20s ; quarter-old store pigs, 20s to 26 5; and mdch cows, £l4 to £lB 10e each. HAY MARKETS. ._ _ SMITHFIELD.—Meadow h ay, £3 Os to £4 12 8 6d ; c l over, £4 Os to £5 108 Od ; and st raw, £1 6s to £1 108 per load. Trade steady. CUMBERLAND.-MCWIOW hay, £3 Os to £4lss Od ; cloves, £4 Os to £5 lOs Od ; and straw, £l6s to £1 16s per load. A fair demand. _ _ WIIITECHAPEL —Meadow bay, £3 Os to £4l2s Gd ; clover, £4 Os to £5 12s Od ; and straw, £1 5s to £1 108 per load. Supply moderate. SHIPPING—This Day. Lorrnorr, Dec. 3.—Wind this day at noon—South- Weer ; blowing a gale. _ln A lo d n v , an f e c o r , LIVERPOOL, Dec. 2.—Wind W.—Arrived—Dundonald, from Iquique. QuEENSTOWN, Dec. 2.—Wind S.—Arrived —Edinburgh, S.W.— Ar a : l l e : from Now York. Shanghai. CARDIFF, Dec. I.—Wind FALMOUTH, Dec. 2.—Wind S.W.-- Arrived—Clarissa, from Rio Janeiro. ' W • 2 Wind S.W.—Arrived— Hamelin, from CLYDE, Dec. . Manilla. fro l m llL L F iv o e u r n p , oo D l feocr. Cardiff.2.—ly 2.—Wind S. . •••••••••••••••... (BY MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Thursday Morning. Arrived, Dec. 2—Cicerone, from patras ; Rachel, from Trieste ; Tally Ho, from St. Michae.! s. Arrived, Dec. 3—Celestial, from bhangbai. Sailed, Dec. 3—Harriet, steamer, for Gothenburg ; Lord J. Itus:sell, steamer, for Dunkirk. DEAL, Thursday Morning. Anchored—Fernando naval, from Lo n don, for Nantes; Maxwell, from Calcutta, for London. king o metal A NEW INK.—At the last meeea ting of f the the Chemi- , vanadium, cal Soeie stated tyAl that r. it Riley, in sp had lately been found of great Value in the manufacture of writing ick; and that the very finest black ink, perfectly indelible by chemical re-agents, or by oirosure to the combined influences of air and moisture, is made by adding a minute proportion of vanadic acid to water containing tincture of nutgalls.—Social AST ietta ReViete, • DEATH OF A VETEDAN.-Mr. Wm. Woodham, for many years sergeant in the 15th Regiment of Foot, died at the village of Westoc, near Southfielde, on Sunday, in the 87th year of his age. Woodham had seen much service, and wag strong the oldest soldiers drawing pensions in th e north. lie was one of those who bore the remains of Robert Burns, the poet, to the grave, on July 26, 1796; Emile, who was a member of the Dutnfries Volunteers, being interred with military honours. A coroner's inquest has been held on the remains of the body of Fielder, the fisherman who was drowned in Southampton Water six weeks ago, and a verdict of " Man slaughter" returned against Captain: Summers, the com mander of the Lady of the Lake steamer, and Woolcott, the look-out man on board that steamer at the time of the accident. A warrant has been issued for the apprehension Of Woolcott. The Price of Gold. The quotation of gold at Paris is about 2} per mille pm., and the short exchange on London is 25.25 per £1 sterling. On c o m p a ring these rates with the En glish Mint price of £3 17s. 100. per ounce for standard gold, it appe.,,r that gold is nearly 1-10th per cent, dearer in London than in Paris. By advises fromllamburg the price of gold is 125 i per mark and the short exchange on London is 13.5 per £1 sterling standard gold at the Englis h Mir t, p rice is, therefore, about 1-10th per cent. dearer in Hamburg than in London. The course of exchange at New York on London for bills at 60 days' sight is 162} to 163 per cent., and the premium on gold is:about 18} per cent. At these rates there is scarcely any profit on the importation of gold from the United States. PULOLO OR BALOLO, a curious annelidan, Whi c h Mr. Hood thus describes in his notes of a cruise in H.M.S. Fawn :—ln appearance this highly esteemed article of food is like a white or sometimes a greenish worm, almost transparent, about 12 to 18 inches in length, and full of small eggs. At a certain time every year it makes its ap pearance in such prodigious numbers as to make the water in the opening of the reef (from which they rise uts. doubtedly, not being seen to seaward), of quite a whitish colour, and gelatinous. The natives are very fond of eat ing it raw, holding it as the Italians do maccaroni. The Europeans also use it thus with pepper and salt, its flavour resembling that of an oyster, b u t it is generally preferred baked in a plantain leaf, in which state it becomes quite hard, and . is kept from one season to another. If a single pilot° bo placed upon a sheet of paper, in a few hours nothing is to be seen but a little dust, being in fact the eggs, which are each about the size of a pin-head. • * Three days before its arrival, the malio, or land-crabs (the Gegarcinus) are seen marching down from the mountains to the sea in myriads. They proceed in regiments straight a head, no obstacle diverting them to the right or to the left. If a village is in their route, they go through the houses, and the natives who consider them a delicacy, have their dinners marching up to their ovens of their own accord. So certain is the sequence, that the people in the inland villages calculate on being at the coast three days after the crabs to catch pulolo." DARING ESCAPE FROM PRISON. Yesterday morning the police received information from the prison authorities of Coldbath-fields House of Correction, Clerkenwell, of the escape of one of the prisoners. On Tuesday evening, at about five o'clock, a man, passing that part of the House of Correction which looks towards Cal thorpe-street, heard a heavy fall by his side and received a severe push. Upon turning round he found that a man had dropped from the top of the prison wall, and was limping away towards Myddelton-square. The passer-by went round to the front of the prison and informed the authorities of what he had seen. The governor of the prison at once had the prison roll called, and it was then ascertained that a man of the name of Charles Lawrence, aged 21, had escaped. It was then found that the prisoner had been placed in one of the cells at the top of the new buildings. By some means he had obtained a stout piece of rope and a poker. The poker he had bent in the shape of a hook, and had thrown it from the window elf his cell on to the wall, The hook fastened itself on the coping, and the prisoner made the other end of the rope fast in his cell. He then worked his way along the rope to the wall, a distance of about 71t. The prisoner is described as a very powerful, violent man, and was un dergoing a sentence of imprisonment with hard labour, for a violent assault on a constable at Whitechapel. The fol. lowing is the description as circulated by the police : "Escaped from the House of Correction, Charles Laws rance, aged 21, height 6ft, 31in., hair dark brown, eyes hazel, dressed in the prison clothes." PHOTOGRAPHIC COLOURS.—TWO Italians, M. Ricco and Colonel Baratti, of Milan, claim the dis covery, but it appears that the partial knowledge will ne cessitate a fixed colour of costume, the style not very re cherche. The memorandum announcing the discovery pro poses an orange-coloured necktie, plum-coloured, coat,bo violet trousers, and a green w a istcoat I—Quite a Sam Adonis I CAPTURE OF AN EAGLE AT BRIGHTON.friOna Thursday morning a large bird was over Brighton in a southerly direction. wilen ed fi b rs a num deseriedt noticedyg it was hovering over the church, and surround. ber of rooks and seagulls, who seemed determi ed from their noise to make his visit as uncomfortable as p u os u sible. Seve ral persons immediately started in pußrs.dit, and among the ge Inn, who the number Mr. Starley, did n bird. After succeded in capturing this s i e le d n on the beach to passing over the town it it the westward of the coastguard station, where was very sett . off about hal f a mile in the soon disturbed; it then flew direction of Lancing, and when next seen was devouring one of the gulls which had been following him ; thence he shapd his courso towards the wide waters near the Salts Farm. After cree p ing a long the side of the b an k f or some i di s t anc e, Mr. Starley succeeded n gatting;within gu ns h o t, when he managed to break one of its wings. What makes it more surprising is that the large bone of the wing was broken at 35 yards distance with small shot. It was then no easy task to secure this formidable creature. After some little time he managed to tie its legs and beak, and brought it home alive, when it was soon killed. On examination it proved to be the true cinerious eagle, Haliacetus Albieilla It measures in length 3 feet four inches, and from tips of the wings 7 feet 11 inches, and weighs 10-1 lbs. Its general colour is pale cinerious brown. 131 30i 11111 101 12 Business don. 106 51 AMERICA. NEW YORK, Nov. 21 (Morning), (Per the Edinburgh.) A large meeting has been held at Brooklyn to raise volunteers. _ Toe Union ticket has been elected in Delaware. The Democrats withdrew from the contest, and issued a protest stating that the military intimida tion was such as to prevent a fair election. and that they would petition Congress to declare void an election controlled by powers unknown to the con stitution. It is reported that an effort will be made to annu► the Maryland election on the same grounds. The Richmond papers of the 15th announced the arrival at Wilmington of the steamers Dundee, Flora, B3nehee, Syren, Alice, A. D. Vance, Hansa, Antonica, Despatch, and General Scott. SOUTHAMPTON, DEC, 3. The North German Lloyds' steamer Hansa, horn New Yoik on the 21st ult., passed the Needles at 10.30 a.m. today. The London and Provincial Turkish Bath Company (Limited). . The h alf - Yearly meeting of the shareholders of this comp any as held, pursuant to the act of Parliam en t, at Stewart Erski ne Ro la directors Hammaoa, 76, the Y premises of this company, the ttrhehe chairman on Alo n h d f a t y h Mr. m The c o pany, preside d. irectors present were—Mr. George Crawshay, p Mr. S. H. N. Da Costa, an e d rel i Smitu, Major Poore, The following report of the dir lames Lowe. ectors was read In submitting the balance sheet ot'the six months end ing Oct. 31, the directors have to observe included the three slack months of the year' thatduring therein are t he frequenters of the bath are principally out of Nevertheless the balance of profits for the last half-year is town. upwards of £250 in increase of the previous one. The returns for the current month of N ovember sh ow a considerable n in the receipts as compare d with the month of October.'se The company having commence d o p eratio ns with an insuffi- ciency of capital, a portion of the land and building lying on the south is as yet unemployed, and certain parts of the original plan remain uncompleted. Without any such changes, however, the extension of the habit of bathing would bring in very large returns; as from the moment that the remunerating point is turned (as is now the case), the increase of the gross returns becomes almost entirely net profit—and the building, as it stands, could accom modate four times the number of persons who at present visit it. There are many indications that such an in crease may be expected : viz., the station of those who are the most constant frequenters of the bath, the satisfaction expressed by those who do frequent it, and the positive amount of relief in illness known to have been experienced. In elucidation of the last point it may be mentioned that it is now no uncommon thing to find some one who has made a long journey to take a single bath; in some cases being ordered to do so by his physician. In the report of No vember, 1862, the debt is stated at nearly £6.009 (X 5,584 95. 1d). The debt has now been reduced to £3,000, Various alterations have also been required in the bath after this year's experience. Still the directors are able to pro pose a dividend of 6 per cent. In the report of November, 1862, thedirectors state that ' the expenses of the manage ment, ice., will be subject to little if any increase, even with a greatly increased income.' This expectation has been fully borne out, as the expenses have during the current year been materially reduced. The directors have not felt themselves at liberty, so long as the debt of the company remained unliquidated, to incur the necessary charges for converting to profitable use those rooms in the house not occupied in the service of the bath. They are now, however, happy to bo able to state that they have been able to make arrangements by means of which this has been effected. To do this, it has been found necessary to take out an hotel li cense. In their opinion the returns already made are exceed ingly encouraging, considering the difficulties that surround the attempt. With respect to the note of the auditor on the vouchers of the hotel department, the directors have investigated the matter, and find there is nothing to complain of but an informality. The advantages are so ob vious to persons coming up from the country to take the bath of having comfortable a t otrtments under the same roof, especially in the case of positive invalids, that the directors beg to suggest to the shareholders that they should take every opportunity of making it known that such accommo dation is now provided. For tne better elucidation of this branch, the statement made upon the subject in the report of 1862 is here introduced : " THE HousE.—The original plans proposed were for the conversion of the premises in Jermyn-street—formerly the St. James's Hotel—into the bath. The stables in the rear having been subsequently obtained, new plans were proposed for the erection of a structure of a very different order—that which now exists. The premises in Jermyn street consequently became a dead weight, unavailable as a separate property, and yet necessary as a means of commu nication. These premises have consequently been appro priated to the general purposes of the bath, supplying pas sage, office, boardroom, coffeeroom, shampooer's apartment, storeroom, accommodation for the servants of the establish ment. It is the intention of the directors to appropriate the apartments still unemployed to the extension, as occasion offers, of the refreshment department. Until the building operations were concluded no portion of the house could have been disposed of. Since the opening of the bath the house has rendered to the company the full value of the yearly charges which it occasions. It is not possible at pris sent to give a detailed scheme, but it may be mentioned that the directors propose to combine a coffeeroom, reading room, and sleeping apartments, with the service of the bath.' " The directors are of opinion that if the capital of the company be so far increased as to pay off the debt, now reduced to £3,000, and to leave a certain sum available for the completion of the building and its improvements, a very large return may be confidently expected, as based upon calculations that have hitherto proved accurate. It being provided by the Act 19 and 20 Viet., c. 47, that one third of the directors shall retire annually in rotation, Messrs. Da Costa and Lowe now retire : they beg leave to offer themselves for re-election. Mr. R. Richardson, having retired from the direction, Major R. Poore, Bth Hussars, is proposed for election in his place. The year for which the present auditors were elected having expired, it is necess ar y to elect auditors for the ensuing year. The directors beg to propose a dividend at the rate of 6 per cent, per annum, from the Ist day of May, 1863, on all shares then paid up, and a proportionate rate on all ehares subsequently paid up in full, according to the date of payment, amounting to £469 4s. The following resolution was carried at the general meeting in Nov., 1862: Holders of 40 shares and upwards shall be entitled to a free admission to the bath, unless revoked at a general meeting. " In the course of the meeting, Mr. Crawshay sa id that, not having been present at th e meeting of his brother directors when the report was drawn up , he he wished to know why the dividend declare rwufit not 8 rather than 6 per cent., s eeing tha lerprate. earned seemed to fairly wa rrant the lat h e g The chairman explained that, being a n y t t com pany, it was thought better tokeep a cnoieavailable balance in hand to me et any continge . t t h a a a nk a s ha t i o rm t a h n e Crawshay said he was satisfied. In acknowledging chairman and board of direc tors, as the present state of the it would become company's affairs now is, stated that, satisfactory the vetetoersf, much for developing and increas• more so if additional capita of about £B,OOO were subscribe& to enable the directors to carry out of the establishment. B • the resources ing ex what was contemplated, pen company would ding that sum of money, the the Crown be entitled to have their lease from extended to a very long period. A SIGHT TO SEE! or the latest specimen of English Taste in the Fine Arts. —The most un fortunate specimen of street fountains is that recently placed at the south end of Bryanston-square, as a memorial of the late Mr. W . Pitt Bryne. It combines, says the Atheneum, almost every characteristic of vicious design. Primarily it errs in combining imitation of nature with conventionalised or architectonic forms. This is unlucky enough, but as the last-named forms are in composed and weak, not to say downright ugly, the thing presents strong reason for re monstrance, justifying a hope that it will not be suffered to remain. Upon a base of three semicircular steps,—a very ob jectionable form in plan, because presenting a false feature at the back,—is raised a pile of imitative rock-work, once con sidered pretty in suburban tea-gardens,but now scouted even in such places. On the top of this rock-work is placed a large, also imitative, shell, serving as a basin for the fountain. From the shell rises a sort of pedestal, an unhappy com bination of lines and mouldings. This bulges out at the sides from a comparatively slender stem, and, on the whole, suggests one of those oddly-shaped " ornaments" in vogue abuut fifty years ago, and derived, at a painful wahosrtean.c,e..., from the outline of a lyre. Nothing could b e e ing chosen than the details of the. mouldings are urn, .8 ell edges edges of this portion of the design ; This hi s fashionstrange tor mid meet the body, aliskepot poor. e except that where the lid of the utensil ieetoonsy with the medal is a ring of mouldings, sustaining to those peculiarly unin- P theepedestal tea-table st a sustains they w ino a i n r nt:rothePrr;ctiismele, lions once considered appropriat l e mp standard on each Bide, teresting decorations. puny lamp yetoo mp sh le a t m es e, a a w n h a ul fi e li w s h t i h ch e pbuutteintdheeplordte.nteteocfhitehge strof observer with aston ishm T HE C O VENTRY 1:BON WEATERS are now, many nt. 9f Oleic, in groat distress. THE CRAWLEY COITAT-Mi, kRTIAL, (FROM OUR OWN REPORTER.) THIRTEENTH. DAY. [The following appeared in the Third Edit' , on of " Th Q Sun" of last evening] : ALDERSHOT, Wi 3dnesday. The Court was opened this morning at h alf-past 10 o'clock, when The Official Prosecutor called Private John Dermody, but stated that he did not propose to examine him in chief. eeCro verandahl e n r Colonel C a h r a t of w .i‘ eTrhaewiwcyitness was simply brought here to give Colonel the opportunity of examining him. over theeayjMajor first Lid l esaid—Where bungalow ‘' vr ae o sry were P r ) osut the eas st eaci sergeant sentryass nl eil a t i ryi e n r when ho was under arrest. Colonel Crawley—That is all I have to ask him. Private Frederick Goldfinch sworn the same course being taken by the prosecutor. Colonel Crawley—Were you posted as sentry over Sergeant Major Lilley, and where ?—I was posted in the verandah of the bomb proof bungalow the first time. • Were you posted in the second bungalow?—No. I waa postectin the first bungalow both times. Did you see Mrs. Lilley walking about F—Never. The witness withdrew. Colonel Crawley stated that he had no wish to cross-ex. amine Private Gaffney, who was brought up yesterday to give evidence. Richard King, private 6th Dragoons, sworn. Examined by Colonel Sir A. Horstprd—l have been in the b the regiment five years an d four months . Was Sergeant Major L ille y much res p ect ed in the re g i., ment ?-11e was. Were you sentry f o xty v a. erhim 2—Yes. I could see In the 2d bed al Was the chick ever up while y ou ware on sent ry when ung ow, about the 19ththe chick was up. Yes. I have put it up myself, acc ordin g to S ergeant Major Lilley's orders. Cross-examined by Colonel Crawley—Was there a screen which divided Mrs. Lilley's bed-room from the room in which the sergeant major sat ?—No, it was all one room. There was a screen between the bed and the door on which the chick was on, the door leading from No, 2 room to No. 1. It was a screen run upon rings on a rod. I was in No. 2 room, On the right hand side there was a table, at which they used to breakfast, and on the right hand side was the bed. When you lifted up the chick did you see Mrs. Lillay and the sergeant major at breakfast on the near side of the curtain ?—Yes, between the curtain and the bed. (A long time was consumed in pointing out the spot on the model, but, after all, scarcely any ono appeared to un derstand the explanation.) Sergeant Win. Barber, of the 6th Dragoons, said Ser geant Major Lilley was greatly respected in the regiment. He had attended the sergeant major while out on exercise, and walked behind him between 15 and 20 yards. He never saw him the worse for liquor. By Colonel Crawley —H e was sergeant of the guard over Sergeant Major Lilley on the Ist of May, and gave oVer his orders to Sergeant Major Mills. These orders were that the sentry was not to enter the bedroom. He visited the sentries three times that ,night. They were posted in the small room, No. 4, of the first bungalow. He aid not see Mrs, Lilley at all that night. Neither the sergeant major nor Mrs. Lilley ever made any complaint to him. Private Isaac Brooks said he had been 12 years and four months in the 6th Dragoons. Sergeant Major Lilley was greatly} espected in the regiment. He was sentry in the second ungalow, within the inner verandah. When the chick was down he could not see the room from where he stood. It was aboit eight or nine days before the sergeant major's death that he was sentry. His orders were to keep his post until relieved by the non-commission e d o ffi cer of th e guard, not to lose sight of the prison er on any account, to o allow in no u bungalow except t h e med i cal officer and the native servant, e to search the latter going in a n d m oneinto th see that he had no written do cumen t s, and if coming so to take t to them away from him and to give them to tlin non-commissioned officer of the guard. By Col. Crawley—He remembered the chick being lifted up on one occasion because it was a very warm day. Ser. geant Major Lilley lifted it up. About three minutes after wards the sergeant major went out into the verandah to take exercise. He followed him into the verandah. When he returned the chick was again closed. George Sheppard, lance corporal, said Sregeant Major Lilley was greatly respected in the regiment. By Colonel Crawley—He was corporal of the guard while Sergeant Major Lilley was under arrest, and posted the sentries in the verandah of the first bungalow, facing the road. On the next occasion they were posted in the little room, No. 4, in the first bungalow. He remembered that on the second occasion of his visit the sentry was changed from No. 4 roost to No. 2, the sergeant major's office. Ix his opinion the position in which the sentry was placed in. No. 2 room was not calculated to cause annoyance or incon, venience to Mrs. Lilley in her bedroom. _ _ James Burrows, corporal of the 6th Dragoons, called. No examination in chief. By Col. Crawley—He was on and over Sergeant Major Lilley in the second bungalow. He did not see Mrs. Lilley the sentries Mrs. posted. Lilley y e at all during the time he was on guard. There was a scree n in the large rooms, separating it into two parts. That screen concealed atfro ser m ge t a n n epl t 3arceajar Lilley whicheynor ever made any complaints to him. Private Patrick Boyne, of the 6th Dragoons, said he had been five years and 11 months in the regiment. Sergeant Major Lille' was respected in the regiment. Witness was posted as sentry over the sergeant major in the first bunga.. low. He could not see whether there was a bed in the room from the point at which he was posted. There was a screen up which prevented him from seeing. Colonel Crawley said he had no questions to ask the wit ness. Wm. Andrews, private of 6th Dragoons, was called. No examination in chief. 11813:riaocme d. over He By Colonel Crawley—He was posted aa sentry over Ser tuhl the v u e o r t a d n u d a h h , i 8 geant Major Lilley. He was posted in the servants' room, but he did not know the slate. It was No. 4 room. While and as he could not see him he reported the circumstance to he was there the sergeant guard,gav him orders to remain where he dthaetys.ergie,hanet soefrgtheaeat was until be got further orders. The doors between hin t statinguiajor wentt ha t into e c said that and Sergeant Major Lilley were not shut, still he could n o t see him when he was in the verandah. Sergeant Major Sergeant Henry Durant, of the 6thinDgi ,rhaiteogrwb°. Lilley told him he was the first man who had ever Come through his rooms to look after him. 'While he wa s on (hit he constantly saw Mrs. Lilley backwards and forwaids-yn various parts of the house, Major Lilley was generally respect ' respected in. the rd. Colonel Crawley—He visited the sentries Sergeant Major Lilley in the first bun pgsoiemsrtgeeendatin.nt No. Maj 2 room, in the doorway .c sentries could not Ihey were cause any annoyance to Mrs. Lilley leading into No. 4. He considered] that the position of fh which during his period of duty. had seen Mrs. Lilley in the sitting lie considered the place in Major Lilley but twice for exerc' room. He took Sergeant good for the purpose, Neither eh he took his exercise was Mrs. Lilley ever made c Sergeant Major Lilley nor Sir A. Horsford—Wh°raplaints to him. his exercise on the oce ere did Sergeant Major Edney take ground opposite theoccasions referred it P—On the parade quarteris master's stores. Corporal Charles Sergeant Major tills, of the 6th Dragoons, said that briery and Lilleysoldierlik bore a very good character for so. e conduct. By Colonel Crawley —On the 19th May he was corporal of the guard over Sergeant Major Lilley. There was a screen or curtain across the room in which Sergeant Major Lilley lived. H e saw in the verandah. Mrs. He Lilley eouid tw mt twice seeon th i a r t s. o L ce t a ll s e ion w ; h s en he w sh a e s was on the f ur th er s id e o f th e screen i n the large rroom.T he sentries had strict orders not to fellow the sergeant major when he went into his wife's ' bedroom, and not to follow him on any account whatever. Lance-Sergeant Wheeler of the 6th Dragoons called. No examination in chief. By Colonel Cawley—He was corporal of the guard over Sergeant Major Lilley in the second bungalow. The sentries had strict orders not to follow the sergeant m a j or in° „,tll° bedroom. There was a screen between the bedroom fald ui ld e 001.1 place where the sentry was placed, so that th e 0007 not see into the room. said he had John Atkin, private of the 6th Dragoonsh . r ant Major been in the regiment 20 years . He k new 'aril: was well Lilley since he first joined the regimen h rd w orking man . respected in the regiment, and w as a -4- ~,, gro g bungalow, and He was twice sentry over him in LP , . Ines were between once in the last. The first and secd tt on the second occ n the let and 12th of May. The erasight of the set a sion were, that they were not to loose tto follow him into h i s bed major, and that they were no exception. room, the same as before with that e occasion Sergeant By Colonel Crawley posting reference to the Major Lilley made a complaint did net report that complaint. of the sentries, but be did n h o ether he should . Ilc asked the sergeant tosi o r th w e report his com guard, and ho plaint to the sergeant fewsaid no, that as he days ho would do it 8 he was going to the court inhimself, Farther evidence to the same effect was adduced, and the Court adjourned. /10 ,, E , Dec. I.—A Pontifical edict suppresses the Tribunal of the Direction of St. Peter's and of the Co Loretto,n thev as well a s a ll j ur i s di ct i on t icariut av er th e non•com rnercial affairs of th e J ews. Questions relative to the public treasury will b e tr i ed by the civil tribunal ot g h r e e g tribunala i °o of of and on appeal by that of the Rota. RAII W VANDALISM,—The famous Roman grave mounds known as the Bartlow Hills, after having been spared by the plough and the harrow for more than a thousand years, have at length been condemned to destruction, in order to accommodate a minor feeder of the Great Eastern Railway. THE RAILWAY BRIDGE now being constructed on the east of Southwark Bridge and intended to carry trains into Cannon-btr,et, is to be widv4°2' ga at. pa Share 13.14. (9.16.4 10 12.10 100 100 100 100 100 100 all 100 (100 ' 100 2 all 631 f r 8 104 k 101 k 101 I 32 li 95} i 108 i 1051 0 100 1051 ~, -