The Sun. — London, England, 1863-12-02 00:00:00

DIONE Y MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. ADVANCE IN THE RATE OF DISCOUNT. An advance of 1 per cent. has just been an nounced in the minimum rate of discount, which now stands at 7 per cent. The directors, it was fully imagined, would make a change, and the effect of its adoption seems to have been favourable rather that.i otherwise. It has relieved much of the anli etY which previously existed, and discounters are nova enabled to proceed with their transactions With greater confidence than they could while so Much doubt existed. There was a slight downward movement in some of the foreign exchanges yesterday afternoon. The Stock Exchange Committee have appointed 4 chd.ay next, t h e 7 th of D ecem b er, a spec i a l settling day in the shares of the Torquay Hotel C . ercl P"Y, the Imp er i a l H o t e l C om p an y, the Atlan tic Telegraph Company (guaranteed 8 per cent. £5 shares),l and the Merc a ntil e C r edit Association, the ` tat n amed to be officially quoted. Two o'CLocK. At the Paris Bourse this morning, according to tutees telegram, the 3 per Cent. Rents were 66f. 9 ` )e • Plat. Th e, English St oc k M ar ket opened ver y h eav il y , out the decline has only represented 1-16th per ce nt. Affairs altogether appear more sealed since the chang e in the Bank rates. Speculation is not 1 ' 6 7 active, but there is a disposition to proceed for a fall rather than advance in prices. Consols are t " less the dividend, for money and the New to mor row , an d 918 f or J anuar y. Th e ' N ew Threes and the Reduced Annuities are marked 901 4 ; Bank Stock, 236 to 24; India 6 Per Cents. 1061 1, and Exchequer Bills are 10s. to The ne v rates of interest on deposit accounts have b een arranged by some of the discount houses as follows viz., 5 per cent. for money at call ; 51 per ce nt. with seven d ays ' not i ce o f withdrawal; and higher rates for longer periods. In the Discount Market, since the alteration Was announced in the rate, business has been tole- rably active. Early in the day Greek Bonds decline 4 per cent., ' 714 -, to 25, on a statement that the Government did not contemplate any arrangement with the bond holders. The market has since rallied from 25 the lowest price reached to 271, but the latest values sho w a renewed relapse to 26/ ; the Coupons have declined to 131 ; Mexican, 351 ; Spanish Passive, 331 i ; Ditto Certificates, 131 ; Turkish 6 per Cents., 1862, are 631 70/ ; Ditto Coneolides, 451 8, and the Confederate Loan 54 56. In the Railway Share Market the operations have been very restricted, and quotations in most in stances show a downward movement. Bank and Miscellaneous Shares barely sustain former rates. BRITISH FUNDS —CLOSING PRICES. Bank Stock 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 3 Per Cent. Consols Annuities 9Ol 4 i New 3 per C ent. Annuities ew 3 t.- per Cent. Annuities ' Yew 2} per Cent. Annuities — 4nntuties, 30 yrs, expire 6th Jan., 1880 — Ditto for 30 yrs, expire sth April, 1885 ---. D itto (Red S ea T e l eg r a ph), A ug . 1908 — India Stock, 1874 Ditto 5 pet Cent. 1870 ... 1061 a Ditto 4 per Cent. 1888 — Ditto Enlaced Paper, 4 per Cent Ditto 5 per Cent '' 173/ Dittosi per Cent Ditto ditto April, 1864 :Ditto ditto Aug. 1864 or 66 Ditto Bonds .El,OOO 3 pm ~.. Ditto under £l,OOO ~k;.sols for Account, Dec, 3 9Ol A '. , it Stock tor A - .3count, 5 per Cent — Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO, 3 per Cen t. Ditto lO X5OO Ditto Small Austnail 1, .REICkiN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. -1 ' 4 ' 48 5 per Cent .. Ditto' - Brazilian]. Lp , er v ent 185 9 ...,D.itto, and 1859 Ditto 4/ per (3 Ditt,o -eat . ) 1852-58-60 - Ditto S ' 1863 .. Buen os erg), 1863, £3O paid Ayre 6 per Cent . -- -D !tto Ace aunt... e Ditto 1 pf3r Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent.) Ditt o 6 pey • Cent. e -uitto 3 Per Cent. iiiiial l 6 t er Cent. ol 'Aft ° 4 per Cent, I) ouibiaii 6 Scrip £l5 pd — Z a4 „„ i all 4 er Cent., 1863 Vador New' Consolidated. 1 per Cent — z koitt o ,l ?rovisonal Land Warrant ____ g}- P t uk 7 per Cent 991 81 o r t) _ e it te, Second Issu© _ Z . k 5 per Cent., 1824-6, ex-Coupons • ._. 64 67}1 1 i 6} i k 'lto Account Di , tto Coupons 'll b ttt ..ecuala 5 per Cent. - It a i i 4J - 0 Account Di e ,,. ; 44 6 per Cent. (M aremmana Railway) ii"Arl. 3 per Cent .... k o nto Account 35; 61 5 a ki:riah Imperial 5 per Cent 13‘i..rata acla — Ditto "0 2 per Cent. Dei erred P e ' 4 9 Lana Warrants (Hectares) j i : --4 Cent. .. At° Account per _ bi tt D . ° 4 /E per Cent., 1862 Por t i h ttl ' Account 66 Dit - t,V,,'' 4 e 3 per Cent., 1853 44a Ditto • tccount pb. 3 Per Cent., 1866, '7, '9, '6O, 62 —l 1 _ itto A ccount4B 2 b itJ, 1863 ittls.o, Scrip, £l.O paid — i a P M a',. 44 6 per Cent 1822, £St 9l ° -“ Per Cent 1850 . 88/ Ditio • Ditt r , a , 1860 _ Ditt o 5 Per Cent., 1859 .. I, ardirij a. ,'? Cent, 1862 B7 -1 Ditto A ' Per Cent — 6 • h Perteeo - l'al2lB 3 v . __e at -Ditto Account•- Ditto IsTeiv D efe . r . re . d . . Ditto A. it 1., ce°4l at — :-,.. co - atinv e 33 1 i a Pipish Cert. of Cou not funded i 4 Itto Account P wed ish, 4 per Cent — . 1 / 4 1 'h 6 Per Cent. 1854 ult Account B9k Ditto 6 per Cent. 1858 Ditto Account 69k Ditto, 4100 Bonds 76 bitto 6 pcount er C 7 0 / 69 1 70 69 } Ditto 1862 Ditt o A c Ditt o 6 per Cent. 1863 .v. Ditto Guaranteed, 4 p er C ent v ettezuela 3 per Cent. Ditto Account - "' 24i Ditto 6 per Cent., 1862 Ditto Account .. 551 Dividends on the above payable in London. Austrian, 5 per Cent., Ex. 10 Florins. Zelgian 41 per Cent., Ex. 25f.. Dutch 21 per Cent., E n . 12 Gull 631 Ditto 4 per Cent. Cer'Liftates rench Rentos, 41 per Cent., Ex. 25f — I )itto Account.... Italian, 5 per Cent., 1861, En. 25 francs.. 70; a THREE O'CLOCK. C onsols, Money bitto Amour/A Liverpool Cotton Market—This Day. • l ‘ t arket dull an quiet. Sales probably 3,000 4 z LUCKY SHOEMAKER.—A French journal fives the following p ar ti cu l ars respect i ng t h e or i g i n f ke fortune of M. Bravay, the deputy whose return in the teirttnent of the Gard has just been annulled. M. Bravay 44 born at Saint-Esprit in the Gard, where his father was - tr a i t , I,ellsmart in narrow eircumstanoes. After serving his e_nticeship to a shoemaker. the son went abroad, and t att,i ued last year with a fortune which the least exagge 1 4 ' l 's Porte estimate at 1;5,000,000 franca. It appears that, p ßt i e " i ng France, he went to Egypt, and obtained occu qt: in a shoe-shop at Cairo. One day a stranger, evi slih-"Y 4 person of rank, who had torn his embroiders d it-epter while walking, entered the shop and wished to have Paired while he. waited. The master of the este -4,: a ,gituerit tailed Bravay, who repaired the slipper very "S', to th e great satisfaction of its owner. On going l ie .,? the stranger told Bravay that he would send for him e z ,c c tlY about other repairs which he wished to have sra v messenger accordingly came and conducted tetieZ r t° the palace, ' where he was ushered into the pre of th t he Viceroy, in whom he recognised . the stranger . *hiehe he day. The Viceroy showed him the slippers t 1 0 -- L's Wished to have repaired, entered into converse.- sho u ft ia b°l " his business, and at last proposed thst Bravay tie ~ su pply shoes fo r a part of the army. From that "etzt• Bravay became an extensive contractor for Go - ttie ziee —llt s upplies, and soon acquired great wealth and in hie f or • At the death of the Pasha, M. Bravay r ealised . ti b , ; tlit le, and returned to France. His first action on v r e l l se' to his native place was to indemnify all persons '41144 !suffered by his father's failure many years before. SHARE EtARKETS.--This day. ORDINARY SHARES AND STOOLS. Business one. • P aid.' Railways. price.Closind Closing Bir., Vol., and Str. Val. ythe and Tyne. Bost.,Sleat.,andMid.k.:o Bristol and Exeter Caledonian ork and Bandon jorn wa I I 1) , A A gets no dig till c. an.ha, Do • B been Cp idpa to B. Dublin ,Sz Belfast June,. Dun.,Perth,&Ab. June. Edinburgh & Glasgow. tllasg,. and S. Westert Great Eastern, Ord. stk g 8i - - 8 8i 81 83 118 119 82 71 38 40 16 17 95 97 107 109 48A 191 45 47 71 8i Ditto A Btu-ek Ditto East Anglian st Greati.Corthot Scotland Great Northern.. Do A stock Do' Li do Gt. S. an t W. of Irelan,. Great Western Do Str Val gua. stock Lancashize 6; Yorkshire London and Illackwal. Lon., Bright.,& S. Coast Lon., Chat., and Dover Lon.. & North Western, Lon. & So•.th Western: Han., Shet., & Lincoln. Siaryport and Carlisle. Do t sharea Metropolitan Midland Do New 12i i2B 13) 331 186 99 iOl 13 C3l 103 1081 71 73 110 111 44 (6 1(31 1041, 101 IC2 47 4S 1101 111} , 127 .271 1i 1.4 P 90 VS Do Binning. t Derby (It. W. of Ireland Do. i shares Rid Kept Do Cray Line North British Edin., Perth, tt Dundee Nth. Eastern—Berwick Do, G.N.E. purchase Do Leeds Do York Do Carlisle.... North London Do New . .... North Staffordshire 11;'. and S. W. Junction !Scottish Central Scot N. E., Aber. stock b 35 2 24 t 6 101 1011 584 59 68 63 119 121 1 2 p 774 786 It 11i 124 126 42 14 98 100 Do Scot. 'Mid. stock Shrews; and Welehpool Shropshire Union South Devon ,South Eastern South Wales S. York. and River Dun Staines,Wok.,andWok Stockton & Dailington Do Do New, 1866 Taff Vale. . Do B Do C Ulster Do 51 52 31} 221 951 e5l 96 S 8 10 :04 ;s7l 371 9 10 7 i 7 1 1 , 168 160 5 O 4 21 61 p Do Vale of Neath Victoria sta. and Pim Waterford & Kilkeuny West Cornwall 85 88 170 175 W. Hartlepool Har.&R. West Midland -Oxford Do Newport Do Hereford BRITISH P ISSESSIONS. Closing 'lsar, Railways Paid. Price. Business doro - 'itlantio 6/ St Lawrene, all CO 3 s k 1 Bom.,Barodait.Centlnc 100 1014 1064 1065 t Gu. 5 per cent. 20 Do. New . ...... 20 Do. E. Shares... 74 4 1 P 204 Buffalo and Lase 11 uron all 6} 64 10 Do. Preference 100 Buffalo,Brantot Godrich 100 6 p. et. bds. Aug. 1, 1872 100 Do. do. July 1, 187 100 100 Do. do. June 1, 1874 100 st Clcutta.t S. Eastn. Wins, 100 103 1(5 • at (7apeTown & Dock Serif 100 101 103 stock Eaatn. Bengal gu. sp. t 100 108 169 1084 stock East Indian. gu. sp. c. 100 1( 61 1:14 1071 7 20 Do. do. G Ext..... 10 1 lip 20 Do. do. H do. .. 10 1 14r 11 stock Grand Trunk of Canada 100 201 211 100 Do. Ist Prof. Bonds all 74 76 100 Do. co. deferred...... all 60 63 100 Do. 2d Pref. Bonds all 66 69 671 100 Do. do. deferred— all 50 53 100 Do. 3d P, ef. stock 100 Do. do. deferred all 38 42 100 Do. 4th I'ref. stock all 27 29 100 Do. do. deferred all 23 26 stook Gt.lndiaPentu.gua.sp.c 100 1(8 109 1084 20 Do. New g - ua. sp. o l2 11 11; 20 Do. January, 1862 stook Gt. South.of In dia (Lim guaranteed 5 per cent. 100 105 106 204 Gt. W. of Canada Share, all 95 104 94 10 201 Do. New 100 Do. 6 p.c. '73 witlet opt. all 92 95 , 100 Do. 51 p. c. do. '77-8.. .. all 66 88 10 Indian. Branch Limited 2 i OP stock Madras. guar., 5p.0. .. 100 1054 1961 1064 54 stock Do. 44 p. c. Extensiob 100 100 101 stock De. 44 d 0........ 100 46 100 20 Do. Fifth Extension. 2 -- stock Melb.Coro. ap. o. Buds. 100 50 Melb. & Hobson's Bay. all 57 59 100 Do. 7p. c. Kong,. Bds. all 20 Newßrunswick a Candi., Class A and B. N. Rl.C'da3 pc Jet pt bds 100 82 84 stock Soinde ...... —.l (100 106 107 1065 stock Do. Delhi ;4.: 100 115 106 105 zu Do. d 0............. 9 2 5 ip at Do. Punjaub i Do. Do. ........, , f i g.,. , isu s.nek Do. Todus.St. Flo.) 00 0 101 103 COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. t,nn.tiov. 6 p.e.J a Sr, J ust 1877-81 ..... .... .... 100 103 icy 104 S Do. 6 p.c. Feb.. it Aug; 100 102 1( 4 s Do. 6p. c. Mar. .15 Sept 100 112 10* I ; Do. Ip. c. Jan.&.July. 100 01 43 914 s Do. 5 Inscribed stock 100 9: 93 ;Cape G.Hope, 6p c,1873 100 108 110 Do.Ap ,Isz, Oct. 1880 100 109 111 Do. 189( 100 109 111 Do. Jan. & July, 1891.. 100 112 114 Ceylon, N0v.1878, 6p c 100 110 112 iMauritius 6 per cent .. 100 /07 108 SNatal Gov. 6 per cent.. 100 107 109 -- SN..B.Gov. 6 p.c..* a k.Jul) 100 104 106 105 S Do. 6p. c.Ap. & Oct. 100 !N. S.W. G ov. 5 p :,•., lso 100 101 102 { Du. sp. e.,18/1 to Vit 100 101 102 I Do. d0.,1888 (kupwel4 100 1011 1024 1024 'New Zealand 6 p cent. 100 110 112 ,Nova Scotia Gov. 6p. c. S sterling, 1875. lOO 104 106 Queensland Gev. op. c. 100 1;1 113 IS. Aus G6p.e.1878.& up.. 100 112 114 Vio.Gov. 6 p.c. Ja.&.July 100 107 109 Do. to 5 n.o. kn./el/at.. 100 :09 110 1 109 BRITISH MINES. 2 ;Cambrian Consol. Gold 1 4 4d tliilord Amalgamated.. 36 3 7 Devon G. Cons. (Tavist., 1 545 655 East I3assett (Illogan).. SO [7 60 1 East Clogau Gold Ltd. 53. 5d gar d East Caradon s 2 .14. i 25 26 East Cern Brea... I 3 4 0 61 71 E. W'lllussel (Tavistk.: l 8,9.0 41 5 iGani.&St.Aubyn(Gwen., -..81 11 13 ;Great South Tolgus 178 44 5 ;O. Wheal Vor (Heleton 40 114 121 Grenville. 6.16. t 41 51 ' ilerod's.}'oot , 8.12 39 41 tiingston Downs 4.18.0 14 21 Lady Bertha -- Margaret (i.Jny Lelact ok 16 18 Harke Valley. • 4 Nlyndy Iron Oro (Lim 2,1 15 le. New Setun Ol 90 100 • North Downs " 4 1 2 i -- N.Wh'l Basset (Mogan 3.1.0 24 35 ' North Wheal Crotty Far Consols (St. Blaze) 20 t rrovidence(Uuy Lelnt.; 10.6.7 13 95 Itouth Caradon(St.Cleer 11 I 41s 125 'S. earn Brea (Illogan) — I - - *.Wheal Fran. (Mogan 18.18.9 60 65 Stray Park 5 Clunar Silv,t Lead Min 44 4 4 , fin Craft ' s West Basset (Illogan) ll 10 It 1V C , radon (Liskeard, 5 22 24 23 West Seton Wheal Basset (Mogan 51 874 92.4 90 Wheal BulleraCedrutli 5 2 2 4 271 Wheal Kitty (Ci.LelAnt, 2.0.6 - - WhealLuct ott ' 3.0.8 14 24 IVhcal Mary Ann (Men.; 8 11) 121 Wheal Beton 584 /170 IEO Wheal Trelawney (Lis.;, 7 20 21 \%heal Union 1 3.17 24 35 PREFERENCE SHARES. Great Northern, 44 per cent., red. at 10 per cent. pm., 103 Great Western, 5 per cent. red, prf., 102 Mid. Consolidated, 6 per cent. stock, - Ditto, 44 per cent, pref. at., 'rd., 1031 • S. York. and River Dun, 5 per cent. gua., 10i PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCKS. London, Brighton, 41 per cent., 1861, 101 LINES LEASED Al` FIXED RENTALS. London, Tilbury, and Southend, 1011 FOREIGN ItAILWAIS. Bahia and San Francisco (limo gua. 7 per cent., 18 Great Luxembourg, 12i a N. Rail of Buenos Ayres, gua. 7 per cent., iol Ottoman (Smyrna to Aidin), 12 Royal Swedish, Sambre and Meuse, 9 South Austrian and Lombardo Venetian, 201 Turin and Savona, 4, Ditto (ail), 14i FOREIGN MINES. Mont. Aureos Brazil Gold Min. Co., 2 , 1 St. John del Rey (lim.), 58,) United Mexican (11'4 ti 6 Wor , hing (limited), Yudanaruutana of S. Australia (lim.), 2! DOCKS. St. Katharine, 714 JOINT-STOCK TUNS& Alliance Bank of Loua in and Liverpool (lim.), 46 Ditto, new, 251 6 Anglo Austrian, 67, 71 7 Australasia, 75 Bank of Egypt, 25/ 6 Bank ot Quecnslaud (11m), 14 Brazilian and Portuguese, lira., 81 Chartered Bank of British Columbia, 11f Chartered Bank ot India, Australia, and Chink:3s Consolidated Bank, lim., 9 f Continental, lim., 101 East London, him, 71 Hindustan, china, and Japan (lim.), 271 f Imperial Ottoman, 17/ 1 A/ 17/ / Land Mortgage Bank of India, lirn., 4f London Chartered Bank of Australia, 23 London and County, 554 5 1 London, Hamburg, Cont. Exch., lim., 8 Loudon and Northern (Lim.), 151 London and South African, 27 London and Westminster, 78 918 National Provincial of England, Standardor le pp n tli a tttt i o l o ia t nd n ie h t k wt r o : 29 Bh Co rporation, soSouth 57 Africai olmo, 23 S tr o de, punjaub, and Delhi (inn.), 61 1 51. Union ot Australia, 51 5 Union ut London, 301 British Indian Tea, M IiISC 3 E LLANEOUS. • Crystal Palace, a7g 6 Discount Corporation, limited, Si 8 East India Irrigation and iJanal, 4/ Gen. Crt Hudson' s di ßay t andl2 k i nane° of London, Rm., 6 , International Fin!ancial Society, lim., Joint •stock Disco un t , Ditto, new, 4 k k London Firtanzial Association, Um., National Discount Com pany, lim., 237( Oriental Inland St eam , 2 Rio de Janeiro City Improvements, 27i CRIMINAL COURT—(This Day,) OLD COURT. (Before Mr. Baron Channel].) CHARGE OF CHILD MURDER. Fanny Woolfe, 23, was indicted for the wilful murder of her illegitimate female child. She pleaded not guilty. From the evidence it appeared that the prisoner was, in November last, in the service of a family residing at Hamp stead, as cook ; no suspicion had been created as to the state of the prisoner, but during the night she complained of being in great pain to a fellow servant sleeping in the same room. From what afterwards transpired it was certain she had been confiaed during the night, and in the morning she was questioned as to whether the child had been horn alive. On searching a drawer in the prisoner's room, the dead body of a child was found, and from its appearance, Mr. Lord, a surgeon in the neighbourhood, was called in, who was of opinion the child had been born alive, and had been submerged in water, causing its death. In answer to questions put by the judge, Mr. Lord ad mitted that suffqcation might have arisen accidentally from a female herself attempting to perform tho duties of a medi cal man. _ _ . Mr. Sleigh addressed the jury for the prisoner, alai The learned Judge having summed up the evidence, The jury alter a few minutes' deliberation returned a ver dict of not guilty. 13.14. (9.15.4 12.10 TIM SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 2, 1863. FORGERY. Edward Burt was indiotod for forging and uttering a cheque on the Bank of England for the sum of £2O, with intent to defraud the governor and company of the Bank of England. The prisoner, it appeared, was casually employed by Mr. Percival, a horse dealer, in the neighbourhood of Eaton square, who kept an account at the Bank of England, and his cheque book in his desk in the office adjoining the yard. The prisoner, as also other persons employed about the ard, had access to the premises ; and in the early part of Oct. the prosecutor was absent for several days at a fair, and on his return found that some person had torn a cheque out of his book, which it was afterwards ascer tained had been filled up for a sum of £2O and purporting to be signed by the prosecutor, and presented, it was be lieved, by the prisoner, who received three £5 notes, one of which was numbered 57,281. The prisoner, who was in rather poor circumstances, was suddenly found very flush of money. He made a statement to the foreman of Mr. Sewell, a veterinary surgeon, that he had been to the bank to get a cheque cashed, and he was also traced to have given a £5 note, No. 57,281, to his landlady in payment of a debt. On her sending the note to be changed, it was returned to her to put her name upon it, and at her request the prisoner wrote her name on the note in question, which was produced and identified. The jury returned a verdict of guilty of uttering the cheque, km.wing it to be forged. The learned Judge sentenced him to three years' penal servitude. NEW COURT. (Before Mr. Justice Byles.) CHARGE OF CUTTING AND WOUNDING. Bridget Ford was indicted for cutting and wounding a woman namei Ford. _ _ The evidence showed that there had been a quarrel be tween a number of women in the neighbourhood of the Thames Police -court, and that the prisoner, it was said, wilfully cut the prosecutor violently on the head with a glass bottle. The jury returned a verdict of acquittal. THIRD COURT. (Before the Recorder,) ROBBERY WITH VIOLENCE. Henry Kelly, George Davis, and Edward Sweeny were indicted for a robbery with violence on Jeremiah Pendi. goat, and stealing from him a snuff-box and a pocket book. The jury found all those prisoners guilty. A number of police-constables proved four convictions against each of them. The learned Judge sentenn,ed Davis to 10 years, Sweeny to 7 years, and Kelly to 8 years' penal servitude. BURQL II.Y. Joseph Jennings was found guilty of a burglary in the dwelling house of Mary Price, and stealing there from three pieces of merino, three pictures, and other articles. The Court sentenced him to seven years' penal servitude. FOURTH COURT. (Before the Common Sergeant.) SENDING DISEASED MEAT TO MARKET. Alexander Stuart, pig jobber, Cupar Angus, Perthshire, was indicted for sending to London two foie quatters of beef in a state unfit for human food. From the evidence it appeared that a farmer near the residence of the prisoner had two cows suffering from pneu monia to a very severe extent. The cows were sold to the prisoner fox £3, and he forthwith slaughtered them, and sent them up to Mr. Lee, of liewgate Market, for disposal. When the stuff arrived, Mr. Lee at once called the atten tion of the authorities to the subject, and the present pro ceeding was the result. From questions put to one of the witnesses, it appeared that the most serious consequences would result from such stuff being sold to the poor as food. The jury found him guilty, and the judge sentenced him to 12 months' imprisonment and a fine of £BO, and to be detained in prison till the fine is paid. MARKETS—.This Day. MARK-LANE. A small supply of home-grown wheat was received fresh up to this morning's market. Both for red and white qualities the trade ruled firm, and Monday's advance in the quotations was well supported. The market was but moderately supplied with foreign wheat. The amount of business transacted was by no means extensive ; nevertheless, prices ruled very firm. Floating cargoes of wheat and other grain supported Monday's improvement in their value. The supply of barley was somewhat extensive. Good and fine malting parcels were firm in price; otherwise, the barley trade was in a sluggish state, on former terms. In malt a very moderate business was transacted, at late rates. The demand for oats was by no means active. Prices, however, were well supported. The show of samples was moderately good. Beans and peas i uied firm, at quite Monday's currency. Most kinds of flour changed hands to a fair average ex tent, at fully Monday's prices. ARRIVALS THIS WEEK. Wheat. Barley. Malt. Oats. Flout. 510 1,030 z4O ' 100 1,720 Irish..soB Foreign...... 4,860 2,040 16,850 I 60 0 s k s , 4,260 Ur's. WHITECHAPEL. The trade generally rules firm, at the annexed prices : —Beef, from 2s 6d to 4s 2d; mutton, 38 4d to 4s 6d; veal, 3s 6d to 4s 4d; and pork, 3s 41 to 4s 4d per 81bs by the carcase. BOROUGH HOP. We have to report a steady demand for hops, and fine samples command rather more money. THE HEALTH OF THE DUKE OF ATHOLL.—We (Ethnburgh Courant) regret to state that the latest ac counts from Blair Athol represent the strength of his Grace the Duke of Atholl as declining very fast, and that his posi tiou is considered very critical. ST. THOMAS'S HOSPITAL .—Yesterday a meeting of the governors of this Hospital Was held at the London •bridge Hotel. The minutes of the previous meeting having been read and confirmed, Sir John Musgrove, the president, stated that in 1852 he had taken the chair at a meeting for the establishment of what was properly called a Samaritan Fund, the object of which was to assist poor pa • tients on leaving the hospital with temporary means until they entirely recovered their health, or were able to resume their usual occupations. A sum of nearly £2,000 was then raised and invested, but the funds afterwards were greatly diminished, and at that juncture Mr. Tite had come forward and presented the treasurer with the sum of £5OO, paid to him by the South-Eastern Railway Company under the award of the umpire, as compensation for his services in the sale of the hospital to them. This munificent donation was referred to in the minutes just confirmed, and he there fore moved a special vote of thanks to Mr. Tite for his liberality. The motion was seconded by the treasurer, and carried unanimously. Mr. Tite said the destruction of the hospital on its late site had becom e inevitable, owing to the imperative &mends for railway accommodation, and that among the many charges to which he had been exposed for the part he had taken none were more rife or more unjust than the imputations of mercenary motives. These he hoped he had disproved by the gift to the Samaritan Fund to which the president had alluded. He also took the op portunity of stating that on taxation all the law costs and expenses of counsel, surveyors, &c., had been defrayed by the railway company, except a few items not amounting altogether to more than £l5O, which was all the expense that had fallen on the funds of the hospital in this long litigation and arbitration. The solicitor reported that the common seals of the corporation and of the Metropolitan Board of Works had been affixed to the agreement for the purchase and sale of the land at Stangate as the future site of the hospital, and after the election of a junior assistant surgeon the court adjourned. A RAILWAY ENGINE-DRIVER AND FIREMAN FINEI;FOR BEING DRUNK,—At the City Court, at Oxford, on Tuesday, a man named Tuttley, an engine-driver, and Williams, a fireman, bztth in the employ of the Great Wes tern Railway Company, were each fined 10s and 5s for being drunk and incapable of duty. Tuttley denied that he was intoxicated, and attributed his incapacity to exposure to the night air, and being drenched with water at the Ox ford station, through the mismanagement of the man who supplied the engine with water. 'Williams attributed his incapacity to being overworked and havin to work 11 hours a day; he stated that last week lie was worked to such an extent that he had only 17 hours' rest the whole week, POLICE INTELLIGENCE—This Day. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. GROSS PERTURY.—Robert Trump, of 174, Southgate road, Ball's-pond, Islington, appeared before Mr. Knox, to show cause why he should not be adjudged the father of a child to which a young woman named Louisa Birt, of 44, Lan2 - ,ham-street, Marylebone, had given birth. The young woman deposed that she lived with the de fendant for three months, and he then left her, and she took a situation. After bring there some time the defen dant took her away, and after being with him a short time she left, and subsequently garo l;rth to a child, the defen dant being the father. A witness eeposed to hearing the defendant, shortly after the birth of the child, say he would have an agreement. made to allow the complainant os. 6d. a week if she did not compel him to appear at the police-court. The defendant said he wished to be sworn. Mr. Knox cautioned him to be careful before he was examined. Tao defendant per,isted, and swore that although he had livid with the young woman he was not the father of her child ; that he had not seen her for 15 months prior to the birth of the child, and that he never said a word about any agreement. The young woman said that on one occasion she passed two days at the defendant's lodgings, and the defendant said that although she did so he did not see her. Mr. Knox said he believed the young woman and her witness, hut he did not believe a Word the defendant had said. The defendant had wilfully perjured himself. The defendant's conduct had been very bad to the young woman, and to mark his sense of it he should order the defendant to pay 58, a week for the first six weeks, and 2s. afterwards, and Ss. costs. ---- WESTMINSTER. CHARGE OF MUDERING A CHILD —A middle-aged woman, h tying the appearance of a domestic servant or charwoman, who gave the name of Elizabeth Thompson, was this morning placed at the bar under the following circumstances : Mrs. Ellen Jones, of 24, K9ppel-street, Chelsea, said—l have known the prisoner twelve months. She has lodged with me. lam the landlady of the house. I thought the prisoner was in the family way. I thought so several times of late, and spoke to her about it, but she denied it. I spoke to her on Saturday week. I asked if she was not in the family way. She said she was not, but she was. Mr. Arnold—What induced you to think so ? Witness —Her size ; and then I felt confident she must have been so afterwards. Mr. Arnold—From what reason P Witness—Because she grew much less in size. Other people observed it besides me. The neighbours asked me what had become of the child, and said I must know, al though 1 told them I really had no more opportunity of knowing than themselves. My next-door neighbour, Mrs. Cox, came in yesterday and had a conversation with me, and 1 also saw a friend of the prisoner's, and in consequence of what I heard from them, I asked the prisoner yesterday afternoon about the child. I said, " What.has become of your baby ?" She at first again denied it, she said she had not had one. I said, " You roust have had one," then she admitted that she had. Mr. Arnold —Did she say what had become of it ? Witness —She said she put it in a parcel and gave it to a boy to dispose of, and he took it away. I inquired what boy, and said she did not know. Mr. Arnold—Was;nything further said about her con finement ? WitncsE—l said if she had told me how ahe was situated I should have been very willing at such a time to have afforded her all the help in my power, and her answer to that was, she did not like to let me know. Sergeant Smith, B division—lt is necessary that I should at this stage of the proceedings acquaint your worship with an important matter connected with the case. On the 24th of last moath the body of a child was found, wrapped in a cloak, near Kensington-gardens. In formation was given to the police of the circumstances on the 25tb, and an inquest was held on the body of the child on the 28th, when a verdict of wilful murder was returned. Mr. Arnold— Wilful murder ? Sergeant Smith—Yes, your worship. Mr. Arnold—How do you connect the prisoner with the child so found ? Sergeant Smith—When found it was wrapped in this piece of stuff (exhibiting some coloured rag), and the cor• responding piece has been found in prisoners box. Mr. Arnold—Do you know anything of this wrapper, Mrs. Jones P Mrs. Jones--One piece was in my room. Sergeant Smith—The prisoner has been so recently apprehended that I have not had time to collect the neces sary evidence, and must therefore ask your worship to grant me a remand. Mr. Arnold remanded the prisoner fora week to give the required time. THAMES. Dolly Tess, David Barry, John Moss, Edward Brady, and William Moyston, seamen, were brought before Mr. Partridge charged with unlawfully and illegally knocking at doors and ringing the bells of the houses in Christian street, St. George's-in-the-East. Police•constable Shepherd, 43 H, stated that all the pri soners, and another man, were in Christian-street this morning, at 1 o'clock, shouting, bawling, and singing, and knocking at the doors, and ringing the bells of eNery house they passed. Mr. Partridge—How many houses ? Shepherd—About 40. The inhabitants threw up their windows, and asked the cause of the disturbance, and they were answered with shouts of derisive laughter. After leaving Christian-street, they turned into Brunswick-street, and two of them run into the arms of a policeman at the bottom of the street. I caught the other man. The fifth man ran away. The prisoners, in their defence, laid all the blame on the man who escaped, and who they declared was in search of his sweetheart, and knocked at several doors they came to in making inquiries after her. Mr. Partridge—You were seen to knock at the doors and ring the bells. The prisoners funa voce)—We are all very sorry. Mr. Partridge—You must not do this again. It is too bad to disturb quiet people in the middle of the night. You are fined 10s. each. To the Editor of The Sun. see by your impression of this evening that some person has made a most unwarrantable use of m 3 name and address at the Marlborough street Police-court to-day. I beg to say I have no knowledge of the individual or circum stance mentioned therein. Your insertion of this will greatly oblige, as the report is calculated to do great injury to your obedient servant, W. E. JAQUES, 51, Torrington-square, P.C., Dec. 1. SHIPPING —This Day. LONDON, Dec. 2 . —Wind this day at noon—South- Easttnly ; fresh breeze, and cloudy weather, with rain. PORTSMOUTH, Dec. I . —Wind W.—Arrived--Excelsior, from London for Queensland. PLYMOUTH, Dec. I.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—hydas pes, screw steamer, from London for Callcutta. LivEßrooL, Dec. I.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Sirowa, from Bombay; Beatrice, from Aliramichi. Sailed—lllus trious, for Bombay. QUEENSTOWN, Nov. 30.--Wind E.—Arrived—Express, from Boston. F, Dec. I.—Wind S.W.—Sailed—lnlon, fcr 1.--Wind ' S.W.—Arrived—Regina from Liverpool. Sh C a A ng ß h D a l i r . H OLY HEAD, Dee. BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. , Tuesday Morning. _ --- PLYmouni, wednesday Mornin g. A heavy gale commenced lest night. at 10 o'clock, from south-west, and then veered to the westward; at this time it is to the northward of weft, blowing strong, with coca sional showers. from Pontreaux Betty, ries, steamer, • Arrived—Drydens, S l ? r tr om Tli S A uli PnT Z N Poonah, steamer, from Die Hydaspes continu ir e o s m in G from Havre. (BY MAGNETIC TELEGRATE.) Alexandria; Charlotte, GRAvEsEND . , Wednesday Morning. from Baud holm. Sailed, Dec. 2,—Rainbow (steamer), for Calais. Arrived, Dec. 2,—Alfiance, DEAL, Wednesday Morning. No arrivals. r i sdt ro S i na a n t a u e r : d ee a rr y ; House u D d o f w or n : HENRY NELSON. evening last to the Hon. Henry Nelson, youngest brother FATAL ACCIDENT TO THE HON. Tzigkaergliatoeu, —A. melancholy and fatal. accident occurr o e eu d gnut e ee ,cise. and was in the act of re aming to his residence, Land. of the Right Hon. Earl Nelson, of Trafal gar ton, Wilts. Mr. Nelson had been tak , in in g the wife of the' gatekeeper endeavoured to hold the horse y fo o r u d n l g l , b le r e 4 ; in an t d he at pa th ri e sh Ea o r f ki P em lat s t whilst Mr. Nelson tightened the girths, but the animal broke away from her and started off in the direction of Plaitford. Mr. Nelson retained his seat for about half a tone, but was eventually thrown off and, it is believed, dragged for some considerable distance, John Emm, butler to the Dowager Countess Nelson, 'who was waiting with the carriage at the residence of Captain Nelson, was at tracted by the galloping of the horse, and on his going into the road, he discovered the unfortunate gentleman lying in a state of insensibility. Assistance Was procured, end he was conveyed to Landford House, Where he became con scions for a few minutes only. The unfortunate gentleman rapidly sunk, and died about a quarter past eight o'clock. An inquest was held on the body at the National School on Monday evening, before Mr. R. M. Wilson, county coroner, when it w as shown that death had resulted from concussion of the brain, and a verdict of accidental death was accord ingly returned. A large circle of friends have been placed in mourning by this sudden bereavement. Lord Campbell on Mr. Cobden's View of the Polish Question. At a public meeting to express the sympathy of the working classes in favour of Poland held last even'ng, at the Chelsea V3stry-hall, under the auspices of the National League for the Independence of Poland—Mr, Farrell in the chair, Lord CAMPBELL said—To me it is, I assure you, a great privilege to be called upon by the committee to address you upon the Polish question at a meeting so crowded, so intelligent, and so unanimous as that assembled hero to night. It is true that this meeting has been called together not by the National Pe'sh League, of which my friend Mr. E ward Busies is the president, but exclusively by the working classes themselves. (Hear, hear.) That circum stance is far from demonstrating, as some people would suppose, the insignificance of the question before us, and with your permission I will ttll you for what reason. It shows that the Polish question has now seized upon the mind of that class which is most numerous, and to wh:ch its numbers must always give power and importance. (Hear, hear.) Iu social or domestic questions it may often happen that the first movement may originate with the Iworking classes, in consequence of the evils whics they may more acutely feel, and rely rise through the middle classes, until, last of all, after years of agitation and struggle, they are found triumphant in that class which influences Parliament and politics. But in foreign ques- tions it is not so; it most naturally happens that these questions arise first in that, class to whom study and trade are open, and then descends through the various strata of society. Therefore, when solicitude as to a foreign ques tion is found imbuing the working classes of the nation, we must believe that it has succeeded in establishing its sovereignty over the minds of the higher and of the middle classes of society. (Loud cheers) So far, therefore, from the fact of this meeting being convened by the working classes of the country being a proof of the insignificance of the Polish question, it is a proof rather that the opinion of the country has been fully formed upon the matter, and that the time for action has arrived. (Cheers.) To me it gives still more gratification to find a demonstration of this magnitude by the working classes of the country, because I think it the best and the most effective answer to the speech of Mr. Cobden that we have lately heard, so far as it relates to the Poli,h question, (Loud cheers.) In an eloquent speech, recently addressed to the inhabitants of Rochdale, Mr. Cobden, with the view to show that, although the wrongs of that unhappy c .untry are indis putable, yet that it is not the proper part of Europe to set them right, contends that, if left alone, the injustice of Russia will meet with its own punishment, and, to use his own words, " that the vices, and weaknesses, and the vir tues, and the power of nations were inseparable "—in other words, that vices always have their own castigation, and that virtues have their own reward, and that, therefore, it was not incumbent upon bystanders to interfere to prevent the one or to encourage the other. If that remark had fallen from an insignificant person it would scarcely be worth while to refute it; but coming as it does from the great apostle of free trade, from a man who has obtained and deserves the admiration of the country, who, beginning lowly, has raised himself to the highest station ; and from a person who is no less esteemed in private life than ap plauded in political and public life, it is certainly a remark that deserves something more than a passing comment. No doubt we may be able so far to assent to the views of Mr. Cobden as to admit that crimes upon a large as upon a minor scale will always have their own retribution—that if suffi cient time elapse, if ages are permitted to exhaust them selves—the day will come when the misfortunes of St. Petersburg will balance the calamities of Warsaw, (Loud and prolonged cheering.) But is this to bo an argument for European silence, for popular indifference, or for the inaction of the world ? (Cheers.) Are we not to think upon the calamities —the horrors which must fall upon individuals between the perpetration of the wrong and 'the arrival of the retribution that is to surely follow it ? (Cheers.) Are we not to think of the men destroyed; of the houses outraged, of the women wronged, of the vil lages obliterated, of the soil polluted, of the melancholy capital of Poland transformed into a dungeon from which the unhappy inmates look to us in Europe as living in some fabled region in which air, sunshine, freedom, and tran quillity prevail, and in which men are to be pitied only because they dont understand the horrors they have escaped and the privileges they enjoy ? (Loud and prolonged cheer ing.) if the doctrine advanced by this amiable and high minded person were adopted by the Cabinets of Europe—if countries would not permit themselves to interfere when in justice was being committed on such grounds as those ad• vanced by Mr. Cobden, none of the weaker Powers, such as Portugal, Belgium, Switzerland, or Denmark—(loud and prolonged cheers) —could maintain their existence for a single day against the Powers who are ready and anxious to absorb them. (Loud cheers.) If it were once to be admitted that injustice was to be allowed to work its way, and that no interference should be permitted, and that it wes to be left to the penalty wh ich future ages might bring, there would be no end to the wrongs which the strong would perpetrate on the weak. (Cheers.) B ut should we even go so far with Mr. Cobden for a moment as to say that the injustices and barbarity of Mash, as such, were not to bring down upon its head the indignation and chastisement of Europe, we should still have the further question as to whether it is not the interest of Western Europe that the flow of Russian tyranny should be made to pause, and that Poland should be assisted in establishing her independence. (Hear, hear.) The principal Western Powers are France and England; and let us look at what is their interest in the matter. At the present time Erance relies upon the alliance of this country, but circumstances may arise when the friendly relations between these countries may be altered. That alliance must not be counted upon by France as a thing that will be always in existence. France and Russia both aim at supremacy in the Mediter ranean Sea, therefore there can be no true and lasting alli ance between those Powers. Supposing a collision to arise —as it may do at any time, and has occurred within the last 10 years—France, who may not then possess that firm friendship in which this country now held her, must rely for assistance upon the German Powers, (Hear, hear). Now, so long as Russia holds Poland, and so influences Prussia and Austria, how can France hope to attract to wards herself the alliance of those countries ? (Loud cheers. Therefore, so far as France is concerned, it is essential for her to preserve the liberty of Poland. (Cheers). Now Ist us look at our own cosition in the matter. The objects of Great Britain and Russia are altogether incom patible. (Cheers.) Great Britain desires to maintain the independeuce of Constantinople, and to uphold the Turkish empire as it now exists, while Russia is desirous of ex tending her dominions at the expense of that Power. The objects of Great Britain and Russia upon this point are therefore diametrically opposed. (Cheers.) Now, Great Britain wi , hout France must also look to Germany, but must look in vain so long as Russia is able to trample upon Berlin and Vienna. (Loud cheers.) Therefore, even if vice ought to be left to its own punishment, and even if we could consent without remonstrance to see a people cruelly tortured and crushed out of existence, still policy would command the Western Powers to maintain the activity which they have as yet devoted to the Polish question. (Loud cheers.) They have already embarked upon their course, and what can now restrain them from pursuing it? (Hear, hear.) It is not the fear of Russia which will restrain them, because, within the memory of the youngest person present, Russia has shown her inability to resist the Western Powers; it is not a regard of treaties which can restrain them, because it has been explained that all those treaties by which Russia claims right over Poland have been trampled down and violated, and, in Earl Russell's words, Russi s has forfeited all right to supremacy in Poland. To what, therefore, can the inaction be traced ? To nothing except to the want of the expression of popular opinion and enthusiasm—a want which you have assembled here to-night to meet. (Loud cheers.) If that expression of opinion and enthusiasm is withheld, nothing will be done, and there will be no want of plausible arguments for standing still. (Hear, hear.) But if the voice of the country makes itself heard, if statesmen are convinced that they will be supported by the opinion of the people, if they act according to their convictions, then there need be no fear for the result, and Poland will bo free. (Loud cheering.) That voice you are now raising, and that sup-- port you are now offering, and the effect of what you aro now doing will be felt hereafter throughout distant ages, as well as at the present moment. (Loud cheers.) I call upon the meeting, therefore, to pledge itself to support the Government of the day in any endeavour it may make fur securing Polish independence. Tho speaker sat down amid prolonged cheering. A NOVEL PRESENT FOR THE PRINCE AND PRIN CESS OF WALES, by Mr. James Thomas LovedaY, eurveyor of risks to the Phoenix Fire-office, London. —It i 8 a lithographic print on white satin (from his published sur veys), giving a ground plan of the buildings in Tooley street, comprising Cotton's, Hay's, and Chamberlain's wharves, as they stood before the terrible fire that occurred on June 22, 1861, with a brief history of that sad occurrence, which was witnessed more than once by his Royal High. ness during its progress; and which was the most destruc tive fire in London since the memorable fire of London in 1666. On the plan aro recorded 80100 interesting events, such as " Here the fire began," "Here the fire ended," and " Here Mr. Braidwood fell." It has also a facsimile of Mr. Btaidwood's signature. It is in a frame of an unique de sign, and is a most elaborate piece of workmanship, co n • structed of black polished wood, presenting a face of very minute work, not polished, r ichly ornamen ted wit h gilt scroll and flower devices ; ba yin g an inch bevelled gilt mould. iug inside; part plain, but the angles met by four inches of chaste engraving on each side. The top centre represents in an exquisite clot (also gilt) the blended arras of the Prince and Princess, surmounted by the Prince's with Crown £l7l rn 1 the bo,to cen tre is it gilt, talet, surrounded ; flowers, and on it is beautifully written an ap in scription. Th© w h o le of it is enclosed in a polished d rosewood and cedar case, lined with crimson velvet adding to the r ich effect of the black and g ol d , Which f will be preserved by a plate glass front completing the enclosure. We may add that this print was executed for the author by Mr. Weller, of lied Lion-squar e , just prior to the death of the late Prince Consort, but that ela pos tponed the offer. The fratn m ntable event necessarily Pashley, also of Iced Li e was manufactured by Mr. oil -Fetuate, London, 134 1 63i 1C8) e 711 110 IC4 31 4} 4 102 11 471 1, 1 110 i 10 127 k 1011 i 95 1iiii SECOND EDITION. SUN OFFICE, HALF -PAST 4 O'C K. ROME. ROME, Dec. I.—A Pontifical edict suppresses the Tribunal of the Direction of St. Peter's and of th e Congregation of Loretto, as well as all jurisdiction of the tribunal of the Vicariat ever the non-com mercial affairs of the Jews. Questions relative to the public treasury will be tried by the civil tribunal and on appeal by that of the Rota. THIRD EDITION SUN OFFICE, SILVEN O'CLOCK. AMERICA. NEW YORK, Nor. 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 annul the Maryland election on the same grounds. a'ne Richmond papers of the 18th announced the arrival at Wilmington of the steamers Dundee, Flora, Banshee, Syren, Alice, A. D. Vance, Hansa, Antonica, Despatch, and General Scott. SPORTING INTE LLIGENCE.—This Day. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRIPTC.) CROYDON RACES.-THIS DAY. SIAN I) PLATE. Lisbon ................ 1 Corkscrew Miss Maria ................ 3 Five ran. £5O PLATE. Kington Six ran. The winner mine in alone. SELLING HANDICAP. Sunbeam Telegram 2 3 Charley Grey Six ran. GRAND METROPOLITAN STEEPLECHASE Harry Ireley Seven ran. THE CRAWLEY COURT-MARTIAL. (FROM OUR OWN REPORTER.) THIRTEENTH DAY. ALDERSHOT, Wednesday. The Court was opened this morning at half-past 10 o'clock, when The Official Prosecutor called Private John Dermody, but stated that he did not propose to examine him in chief. The witness was simply brought here to give Colonel Crawley the opportunity of examining him. Colonel Crawley said—Where were you posted as sentry over Sergeant Major Lilley ?—I was posted as a sentry in the verandah of the first bungalow over the sergeant major when he 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 f—No. I was posted in the first bungalow both times. Did you see Mrs. Lilley walking about ?—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 Gth Dragoons, sworn. Examined by Colonel Sir A. Horsford—l have been in the regiment five years and four months. Was Sergeant Major Lilley much respected in the regi ment ?—He was. Were you sentry over him ?—Yes. In the 2d bungalow, about the 19th of May. I could see the bed when the chick was up. Was the chick ever up while you were on sentry F Yes. I have put it up myself, according to Sergeant Major Lilley's orders. Cross-examined by Colonel Crawley—Was there a screen which divided Mrs. 'Alley's bed-room from the room in which the sergeant major sat F—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. Lilley 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 one appeared to un derstand the explanation,) _ _ _ _ . Sergeant Wm. 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 Ba w him the worse for liquor. _ By Colonel Crawley—He was sergeant of the guard over Sergeant Major Lilley on the lot 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. lie 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 Gth Dragoons. Sergeant Major Lilley was greatly respected in the regiment. lie was sentry in the second bungalow, within the inner verandah. When the chick was down he could not see the room from where he stood. It was abo:it 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-commissioned officer of the guard, not to lose sight of the prisoner on any account, 1 to allow no one into the bungalow except the medical officer and the native servant, to search the latter going in and coming out to see that he had no written documents, and it so to take them away from him and to give them to the non-commissioned officer of the guard. By Col. Crawley—He remembered the chick being lisfteerd, up on one occasion because it w as a very warm. wards the sergeant maj geant Major Lilley lifted it up. A bout three o r went out in to the verandah nundustYe.saftetre take exercise. He followed him into the verandah• When he returned the chick was again closed. ern be re d th at LiGlleeyorwg e as S g h r e e p e p t l a y r d r , e e l p a e n e c t e e d e o i u rp t o h r e a I r , e g s By Colonel Crawley —He was corpora l invent. d o ernSttrh.ee guard whil e S erg eant Major Lilley gea n t Major Wa s under arre st, and W p a o s s e t h cd an t g h e e d sentries in the veran dah of the first bungalow, facing the t major'ssentry office. On the ne xt occasion they were posted in the little room, No. 4, in the first bungalow. th e Ile r e OfrnomthNe 0874OrnoodinoctcoaNsioon. his2o,fthe ea v In his opinion th e p osition in which the sentry was pl ace d m " No. 2 room w as not calculated to cause samor,... 'we or incon venience to Mrs. L ille y in her bedroom, By Col. sll3currarowv:esy, _cornpeorwalaosfetnhean6d over Sergeant Majorth Dragoon s , ca l led. N o examina ti o n in chief. Lilley in the second bungalow. He did not see Mrs. Lilley at all during the time he was on guard. There was a screen t in the large rooms, separating it at into two parts. That screen pc o e n et c e e d a . led N th e e itu be e d r from toe placel\e Lilley which the nor Mrs.sentries L were posted. ev er made an) complaints to kite'.lajor ere Private Patrick Boyne, ofthe6th Dragoons, said he had been five years and 1 i Major Lille / was respected .....months in majorthe iii regiment.the first Sergeantbun bunga low. a posted as sent r y over the sergeant in the regiment. Witness was 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. 1 0 . Andrews, f. private of 6th Dragoons, was called. No By Colonel Crawley—He was ex amination in chf. Major Lilley. posted as sentry o ver Ser geant He was posted in the servants' room, but he did not know the elate. It was No, 4 room: While he was there the sergeant mejor went into the verandah, and as he could not see him he reported the circumstance to the sergeant of the guard, stating that be could not do his duty. The sergeant gave him orders to remain we wherehim he was until be got further orders. The doors beten and Serg ant Major Lilley were not shill, still he could not, see him when he was in the verandah. Sergeant Maomejor Lilley told him he was the drat man who had ever c through his rooms to look after him. While he was on duty m h e cons tantly saw Mrs. Lilley bickwards and forwards in various parts of the house. Sergeant Henry Durant, of the 6th Dragoons, said that Sergeant Majo r Lilley wa s generally respected in the re giment. By Colonel Crawley—Tie visited the sentries placed over Sergeant Major Lilley in the first bung 'alow. They were posted in No. 2 room, in the doorway la ading into No. 4. He considered] that the position:of the a entries could net cause any annoyance to Mrs. 'alley in hi it bedroom. Ile had seen Mrs. Lilley in the sitting room. Ile look Sergeant Major Lilley but twifle for exercise during his period of duty. He considered the place in which he took his exercise was good for the purpose. Neither Sergeant Major Lilley nor Mrs, Lilley ever made complaints to hint. Sir A. Horsford—Where did Sergeant Major Lilley take his exercise on the occasions referred it P--On the parade ground opposite the quarter master's stores. Corporal Ch ar l es M i lls, of the Gth D ragoons , sa id th at Sergeant Major Lilley bore a very good character for so briety and soldierlike conduct. or curt g aT lived. lie saw lisltrilseeL7lenly in n w w ic h e ' Lo h across doover Sergeant Major Lilley. There was a screen of By Colonel Colonel Crawley —On the 13th May he was' corporal in the verandah. He could not see ti‘6hiearrstgeoLiteneilatisMiehaj;c:rohLeiNlvl.e:s was on the further side of the screen in . the eY la w rge e t h 'oo s m e . The sentries had strict orders not to Berg fellow the •h r” t major when he w ent i nto his wite's bedroom, aadnCr ia tt; 10110W L o h e in .s i e o rB n e a a n n y t account whatever.ofthe6th Dragoons called. No examination Colonel c: y n:w He was corporalu,iof the guard ov er th in chief. awie no t . The sentri es had By g.a l Sergeant Major Lilley in the second b m into the bedroom. and thet e be e strict eom . orders There no wast t ao screenfullo w theetw between n r e bed place where the sentry was placed, s o th at the sentry sentry could not see into the room. lohn Atkin, private of the Gth Dragoons, said he hid been in the regiment 20 years. He knew Sergeant Major Lilley sine he first joined the regiment. lle was e-- respected in the regiment, and was a ha r d working 3n He was twice sentry over him in the first bung a l ow, once in the last. The first and second times were between the Ist and 12th of May. T he orders on the second oec a a j sion were, that they were not to loose sight of the sergeant major, and that they were not to follow him into his bed room, the same as before with that exception. By Colonel Crawley—On one occasion Sergeant M a j or Lilley made a complaint to him in reference to the posting, of the sentries, but ha did not report that complaint. asked the sergeant major whether he should report his cora_ plaint to the sergeant of the guard, and ho said no, that a s he was going to the court in a few days hewould do it hints all. Farther evidence to the same effect was adduced, and the Court adjourned. The African Steam Ship Company. (Meeting This Day.) At the meeting to-day of this company the dircc:.ori r a e n v n e o n u u n e c a e c d c o t u h n a t t a t f h t e e r balance g remaining e s , a i is The se rv i ce h as b een performe d dur i ng the last s i x x t 4 17 82 c 4 r t . 4 o d f . months with the usual regularity, and, notwithstanding the great risks attaching to navigation on the West African. Coast, the ships have been entirely free from casualties. This circumstance, combined with the generally more pro fitable result of the half-year's operations, has enabled your directors, after making every financial provision consistent with the prudent management of the company, to exhibit a larger balance than usual for division among the proprie tors, and they rec ommend that a dividend of 8s per share,, free of income-tax, for the half-year ending 31st October last, be declared. This payment will absorb £4,403 45, and leave £421 Ila 4d to he carried forward to next half-year's account. The report was unanimously adopted after a short is mission. FASHIONS FOR DECEMBER. (From Lc Follet.) Amongst the materials in favour this winter, plush wil d ec id e dly hold a high place; not the old fashioned plush, but one with a shorter pile. It is used for bonnets and also for dresses, so that any one may have a whole toilette to match. We do not, however, advise our readers to adopt this fashion, for the only result arrived at is one of a mo notonous uniformity, producing anything but an elegant effect. Plush dresses are intended for visiting toilettes ; for this purpose also velvet, moire antique, and even satin are worn. In pale shades they are most suitable for dinner or soiree dress. They should be low-bodied, either with or without a fichu or veste of lace. The colours preferred for, day are green and blue plaid, violet, and all shades of brown. It is no doubt true that plaid will soon become very a we _ mon, being made in such cheap materials that some of the most fastidious ladies of fashion already discard it, but it is none the less a fact that at present it is extremely in vogu e . Mexico blue and green are also worn, but not much. Small checks are generally preferred for plaid. There are some most elegant plaid plushes used for both dresses and mantles. Other patterns which meet with success are, a trefoil flower of velvet on a moire or poult de soie ground, or imi tations of bows or flounces of lace on a light ground. Poplin, plain, plaid, or stripped, is the at-home dress for :he season. The Pompadour silks are quite the thing for evening dress. Stripes, alternately silk and satin, some times wide, sometimes narrow, but always sprinkled over with small flowers, forming either wreaths or bouquets, are those most approved of. These are not only made in palo shades; but, while we may find the blue or pink suitable. for young ladies, we can also find some very handsome grenat, green or violet, with white Bowers, only admissible for`older ladies. Black pc:mit de soie antique, and the new material, called Lyons cloth, which has the thickness of a moire and the suppleness ofa foulard, are worn as morning.. dress. Pasaementerie is still, we may say, reigning supreme amongst trimmings. It is put upon all the seams, at the bottom of skirts, on bodies, on sleeves, upon the Figaro epaulette, the revers, and the pockets. Large ornaments, or plaques, as our French friends more expressively term them, are made of point d'Espagne, for the front of the skirt and also for the postillion basque, but aiguillettes, hanging buttons, and fringes with balls, are principally re served for vestes. Chenille fringe is used as a trimming for the skirt, put on in a variety of styles. Chantill3 lace is more in vogue than guipure. Yak lace is still very fashionable ; entire dresses are being made of it, and it cer tainly looks exceedingly well over a coloured silk or satin under-skirt. It is made also into opera cloaks, lined, and. the upper part of it wadded, just to protect the shoulders most four,, and arms from the cold air. It is said that fur will be fashionable as a trimming, not merely for mantles, but also for dresses—that, indeed s of fur are ermine and swan's-down will bo worn on evening-dresses.' It wilt have a rich appearance, though, perhaps, a little heavy. Upon mantles, instead of the plain band of fur, dressy toilettes m iddle of the back, wo usually have seen rouleaux, two, or at the Molodrebasue are considered more elegant, or sometimes bane placedßodi Bodies of visiting-dresses perpendicularly,from a eleven plain; mantle; also down the shoulders, the and in front. made very mor more long iin favour.this .poßin u atss p qua th erse o se rr em h s eY to a b r e e remapadpeeaira behind, cut up on the hips, m g generally a l differentl y worn styles only is novel and rather aiannrged reappear ing; somein t g w m o areorme points The ; front, a small waistcoat of gold, passementerie, or evenosferaq lace, of stamped veivet, ancl are be coming to stout persons, made of passementerie, of suiting the dress, and with great success ; they u a i t u e s r . ial T li h ke e b th a e sq d u r e es is s little postillion barques meet taffetas, or moire, of a colour trimmed with hanging buttons of dress; the made of black velvet be made alsot with a white moire waistcoat. It Call of blue red, and white, and green plaid velvet, with a blue, or plain white waistcoat. The corslet 8 will be much worn for full-dress this winter. They are n exceedingly t charming made in silk, velvet of lig ht but ,or eve they are rather too the skirt; some are made with bra ce s too juvenile in appearance to be worn excepting by children. Sleeves of neglige robes are as small as ever, • just sufficiently large to pass the hand through ; but for visiting, they are a trifle larger, and cut open up to the elbow. The bonnets of the present season are worn moderately high ; very close at the sides. The Mary Stuart is no longer admissible. They are generally, indeed almost always, made with a mixture of materials. Thus a very pretty bonnet for neglige had the front and curtain of black velvet, with the soft crown of quilted satin—blue or violet; at the side, a tuft of black and coloured feathers, fastened by a band of of velvet ; feathers inside, and satin striugs. Another had the front and curtain of velvet, pine-apple colour, which is just now so fashionable; the soft crown of plaid plush, very short piled, the colours blue and white. At the side, a bouquet of blue velvet flowers, with fern leavea formed with pine-apple coloured feathers. No blonde across the top; merely a band eau of blue velvet, and leaves to match those on the outside. Plaid velvet strings. A third bonnet, with the front and curtain of black velv e t, had a sett crown of white terry velvet. On the front was a . scarf of blue and green plaid silk, the ends fastened over the curtain, and edged with a plaid fringe. On the middle of the front a bunch of marabout feathers, shaded black and white, same very light feathers, and some anemones of green and blue velvet, mixed with the blonde cap, One of the newest head-dresses was formed with a singl e w hi te feather, twis ted, p laced at the side of the head , ad high up; a smal l diadem, or rather bau d , of blue velvet 9 Very acr oss the forehea d, endin g bo w of in a large t.,• the ends failing e v er the shoulders, I w hi te tulle, In the b an d e au, a butterfly, made of mother -e middle of the mother-of - pearl, shone bril liantly. THE GRAVES OF THE BRI GANTES.—Under the direction of Mr. T. W. (;raster, of Middlesborough, a series of excavations ara being' made in the tumuli of the Cleveland-hills, in Yorkshire ; Mr. George M. Tweddell, a gentleman who is engag:Ld in a history at the county, being present. One of the tumuli opened was 39ft. in diameter and six height. A circle of five yards diameter has been excavated down to the level of the moor, beue4fh whi ch _.. c . ll _. o ground has not been disturbed. On the old surface Celtic urns, hav' The infer containing calcined bones (human) with, surrounds Al by large blocks of freeatotritiee.s t o e, and (lice is that the burials have burn made and their con tentstintmd until the tumuli arc fuly. excavated, the mound raised over them. The researOtee:ll7a examined, are be co