The Sun. — London, England, 1863-12-08 00:00:00

ONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. The fact that no alteration having been made in in the rate of discount to-day, when everybody looked forward for an upward movement, has im parted a very favourable tone to business, and bill br okers aro on ce more throw i ng as id e a lit t l e o f t h e rese rve manifested yesterday by negotiating bills for their regular customers at 81 per cent. This charge i s regarded in the light of a concession, because during the past few days they required for similar transactions from I to 1 per cent. more. It Bhoald however be stated that they still refrain from ettering very largely into new business, and that to the Bank of England is taken nearly all the Paper brought into circulation. About £lOO,OOO sovereigns were withdrawn from tile Bank yesterday for transmission to the Brazils. The bar silver brought by the Tasmanian has b e''n sold at ss. 1:d. per oz. standard, showing a rite of id. when compared with the price realised for the previous supply. During the last few days there has been very little animation in the Foreign and Colonial Pro duce Markets. Sugar has been in some measure neglected, and at public sale a few parcel of Ma nilla sold at a reduction of 3s. 3d. to 3s. 9d. per cwt. Cie ffee has b een d u ll ; while the op era ti ons i n r i ce , q uit, and spices have been only for immediate re quirements. The tallow market has also been very theyand prices have again given way. P.Y.C., on spot, is quoted 40s. 61., January delivery, 415., and March ditto, 425. per cwt. The committee of the Stock Exchange have lip- Mated Friday next a special settling day in the !hares of the English and Swedish Bank; and the Merchant Banking Company of London to be (111 ' 14 4 quoted ; and also have ordered that the shares of the Oriental Company and the new Six Per Cent. Bonds of the Ottoman Railway be quoted 10 the official lists. Two o'CLocK. At the Pails Bourse this morning, according to Reuter's telegram, the 3 per Cent. Rentes were 67f. 15 °. Rather firm. The Stock Exchange markets this morning have Presented a very favourable and improving appear 'lace, and nearly all the principal securities,English as Well as Foreign, exhibit an advance in prices. This buoyancy has been occasioned by the continu ance of the rate of discount by the Bank of England at 8 per cent., and the rumour that no withdrawals of gold will be effected for shipment. Consols are better than last evening, the quotations being 90& a for money, and 901 91 for the account. The Reduced Annuities have improved to 901 d ; and the New Threes to 901 4; Exchequer Bills are 12s. to 7s. dis. ; and India Bonds, 10s. 3s. dis. ; the Indian 5 per Cent. Loan is 1061 ; Y. A gen era l i mprovement has taken place in the Foreign Market, bat business is not active. Turkish 6 per Cents., 1862, are 691 ; ditto Can solides, 45'4 468; Mexican, 331 ; Ureek, 26 4 ; ditto Coupons, 12 1 ; Spanish Passive, 32/ 33 ; ditto Certificates, 13 1 ; and Portuguese, 48/ b. Increase heaviness has prevailed in the Railway Share Market, London and Brighton having de clined 34 per cent., owing to the unfavourable character of the traffic ; Metropolitan also exhibit a decline of 2 per cent., and North Eastern (B erwick) I. The Foreign and Colonial lines remain without a nY change of importance. Bank and Miscellaneous shares are inactive, b ut generally sustain former prices. P anic Stock BRITISH FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 9 0.1 1 a per Cent. Consols Annuities 9 0a t . 901 1 I New per Cent. Annuities New 0 'it Per Cent. Annuities New.. 2} Per Cent. Annuities.. o per Cent. •.•• Annuities Jan. 1873 Annuities 30 yrs, ex ' e sth Jan., 1880 —_ Ditto for 30 yrs, eAire sth April, Ditto (Red Sea Telegraph), Aug. 1908. India Stock, 1871 1885. 141 Ditto 5 pet Cent. 1870 lo6k 1 Ditto 4 per Cent. 1888 ... Ditto Enlaced Paper, 4 per Cent .. Ditto 5 per Cent....... Ditto 51 per Cent Ditto ditto April, 1861 „ Ditto ditto 'Aug. 1864 or 66 Bank Stock for Account Ditt o Bonds t:1,000 lO 3 dis (.., Ditto under £l,OOO - n sols forE Account, Jan. 7 9l 90i 1* itt Stock for Account, 5 ,per Cent — Ditto zh equer Bills, £l,OOO, 3 per Cen t 7 £500 Ditto .. 12 7 dis Small AAR tan B FOREIGN UNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. ri Cent .. la Ditto 1859 — ratilian 5 Der Cent •.. . — Ditto 1839 and 1859 Ditto ' 4/ per Cent., 1852-58-60 1863 . itto dis il Di tto S D crip, 1863,130 paid -4°l Ayres 6 per Cent o,iliDitto 1 per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent.) ' L an 6 per Cent Oitto --. 1, , 4 i . per Cent, 981 8 gYPtia n 7 . , t bitto, SecondPelCen Greek 5 Ditto Issue D i Dittot t 0 4cPocee count L u s stt t . , ~ .... l5: -1 * 1824-5, ex-Coupons.. -_-_•_ , _ i 6 12i Itali a nhi,,, 6 Cent.(Mareinmana Railway; 7_7 5 32 g ' l 'eau perper Cent kpittn per 321 i i 3 ieerish Imperial 5 per Cent New Granada Ditto 2 pr Cent. Ditto Dete e rred. A tto Land Wa rran t s (H ectares) — ruvian 3 per Cent. Ditto Account Ditto 41 per Cent~ 186'2 Ditto Account - utt llguese 3 per Cent., 1853 Ditto A count Ditto 3 per Cent., 1856, '7, '9, '6O, 62.. 48i Ditto Account Ditto, 186 3 i i pm it Ditto Scrip, £l5 paid 91 Ditto per " - 11asial l 6 Cent 1822, £ B t 4 i per Cent ISaO ........ Dir t 1860 Di t Ditto k3 p e r Cent. : 1859 Sardinia barPe Cent.......... Ditto Per r 62 Spanish 3 par ............._ Ditto Acco t n t F t ent Ditto :New uttie.r.r.ed. DDitto Passive itto Account ...... . 321 1 I 3 Spani s h c ert, of d `t a rs D Account . °up not funded .. C l3k T S w u r e tt is hh A,64cpepeznent .t. ..i..8..ii • - --• - - Ditto ...... Ditto 6 per Cent . . I pt • ............... 46 :f Ditto Account .. ---8 Ditto, £lOO Bond; .................. : Ditto 6 per Cent. 186 ............... -- Ditto Account.. '4 • . 69! 9 1 Ditto 6 per Cent. 1863 ............. ...Ditto . Guaranteed, 4 Per Cent — Ven ezuela 3 per C ent. Ditto Account ... . . . Ditto 6 per Cent., 1862 ......... Ditto Account .... Dividends on the above ............ Austrian, 5 z . • Per Cent.. Ex 10 Florins. z elgtan 4i per Cent E x . 25 . L oteh2f per Cent .k. 12 Guil — Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates London. F rench Rentes, 41 Per Cent ,Ex 25f... It 1) an, 5 per C. itto Account. ........ ' • a ient., 1861 . •. 7 ; . . 5 ” ... D itto Account.. • ... • .2 -franca — . , E 70a Co nsols . , Money .................. .. . ...... Li , Account ............... : 91 ....... & i Liverpool Cotton Mark et —This Day. _____•_______ The market steady. Sal' ' — probably 5 000 bales. The Price of Gold, shorttho utation ot g•old London is about 21 per mille „ d ex chancre Oh is 25.25 per Ll sterling, O n 1 1 5 er ing, these rates with the English Mint price of .c 3 ' e i , ll. per ounce for standard gold, it appe,i,r that gold is 1 1 1.1 Y 1' oth Per cent dearer in London than . m Paris. advices f romHambury the price of gold is 4251 . per mark , the l3.s per it sterlin g , i atitt ion exchange on London is 1.1 0 ,,,rd gold at the English Mint' rice is, therelo n re, about the course Per cent. dearer in Hamburg than in L (t u a course of exchange at New York on Lond o o n i d t o tor . ii b u ills n a n t ep 4ohi 37 ,, 5 1 sight is 1621 to 163 per cent., and the pren m 44 1 ,. 48 . abut 98i per cent. At these rates there is scarcely titt eti. rotit on the importation of gold from the United t IN'EGRO TRCT---OPS.—The— New York hat t te _ lac number of negroes who have been armed and mus imes states to •"zi intl the service of the Federal Government amounts 40 ,000. A S E: " is t_ \CENTENA RY COMMEMORATI ON OF D ANTE 18 ' 65. take place on the anniversary of his birth in May, r EL . 7. Bruce, a car- russia, Royal antes nt to ?i3 and 3 neral astern o the tifield , sling aesseo S, EIC. 'rinse ,bant, g the w ho 3rnoon t Lit' 0 the iger i° Lord lose of art for es 10 , year, g 12°5' issiou SHARE MARKETS,---This day, ORDINARY SHARES AND STOuf. , S. Railways. Wol., and Str. Val. Blythe and Tyne. liost.,Sleat.,anciMid.Co Bristol and Exeter Caledonian Cork anti Bandon Cornwall 1 'vets PO CliV Do A Cp c.p an.has Do. B t been paid t?o B. j Dublin /c Belfast Junc. Dun.,Perth,&Ah. Junc. Edinburgh & Glasgow.' Glasg. and S. Western. Great Eastern, Ord. stk Ditto A stock Ditto East Anglian s t , Great Nor thot Scotland! Great Northern Do A stock Doßdo G t. S. an , 1 W. of Irelano Great Western Do Str Val Jul. stock Lancashire tt Yorkshire London and Blackwall Lon., Bright.,& S. Coast Lon., Chat., and Dover Lon. & North Western Lon. it. So'ith Western Man., Shef., & Lincoln. ,Maryport and Carlisle. DO f sharea... ..... Metropolitan Midland Do New .. Do Birming. Az Derby Mid. Gt. W. of Ireland Do. 4 shares Mid Kest ... Do Cray Line North British Edin., Perth, & Dundee Nth. Eastern—Berwics Do, G.N.E. purchase Do Lecds I Do York Do Carliale I North London IDo New ... . 'North Staffordshire N. and S. W. Junction IScottich Central Scot N. E., Aber. stocE: I 1)0 Scot. 'Mid. stock Shrews. and Welchpoo I ;Shropshire Union South Devon 'South Eastern ,South Wales S. York. and River Dun Staines, Wok.,andWok. !Stockton 4!¢ Dazllngton Do. Do New, 1866 ,Taff Vale.. 4 ,004.04. I Do B Do C Ulster Do Do Vale of Neath Victoria sta. and Pim Waterford .S 5 Kilkenny West Cornwall ,W. Hartlepool Har.&R.! West Midland -Oxford' Do Newport Do Hereford 8 Ei 8 8 81 83 117 118 61 7 38 10 16 17 94 96 107 ly9 481 491 45 47 7; 83 125 127 13J 731 134 136 99 WI ti 3 63:z 10St 1081 71 73 108 :09 131 41} 1041 lU5i 101 102 i 47 43 j lit 112 127} .271 , 96 Q 8 51i L2i 24 t 6 101 101 a 58} 59 sq ssl 119 121 1 2 p 76 78 IL 11i 124 126 42 44 I 93 100 61 12 31 32 95± On 491}9 124; 5 130} ICBI 1 107 y 5 i 44 105 4! 1011 Irol 5Si 95} i 97 i 0 10 ,Oi 37} 371 9 10 0 7.p 158 160 5 64 2f 3f p' 82 87 170 175 I Closing' Busines, Paid., P r i ce . done. MI 10} 1271 I lf P BRITISH P PSSESSIONS. Closing -hart Itailways Paid. Price. Business dont 100 raniic &8t Lawrener all 59 81 sk 1 Bom.,Baroda&.Cent Ina 100 105 106 106 Liu. 5 per cent 20 Do. New 20 Do. E. Shares. 201 Buffalo and Lake Huron all 6k 61 10 Do. Preferunceran . all 81 91 00 .11uflalo,Bt,&Godrie.1, { 10( o p. ct. bds. Aug. 1, 187; 100 Do. do. Jury 1,18 Th 100 100 Do. do. Jail,: I, 18:i 100 st Clcutta.&.S.Eastn.(Lii.,: 100 103 105 at Cape Town & Dock Seri' 100 101 103 stock Eastn. Bengal gu. sp. c 100 1071 1081 stock East Indian, gu. sp. c. 100 1061 174 1061 74 20 Do. do. G Ext lO 1 14p 20 Do. do. II do. 10 4 I kr, stock Grand Trunk of Canada 100 20 21 100 Do. Ist Pref. Bonds all 72 14 100 Do. ao. deferred— all 58 61 100 Do. 2d I'ref. Bonus.. all 66 69 100 Do. do. deferred...... all 50 53 100 Do. 3d Pi ef. stock 100 Do. do. deferred...... all 38 42 100 Do. 4th Pref. stock... all 26 28 28 61 100 Do. do. deferred-- all 23 i 6 21 stock GLlndiaPenin.gua.sp.c. 100 1071 108/ 1084 20 Do. New gua. sp. o. 12 11 111 26 Do. January, 1862.. 8 14 1/i• stook (it. South.of india(Lim guaranteed 5 per cent 100 1044 1054 20 Gt.W. of Canada Shares all 9 1 10 204 Do. New ...... ».. 18 11 101 r; 100 Do. 6 p.c. '73 with't opt all 92 95 100 Do. 54 p. c. do. '77-8.... all 86 88 10 Indian. Branch Limited 2 44P stock Madras. guar., sp.a. .. 100 105 lu6 stook Do. 11 p. c. Extension 100 100 101 stock Dc.44 d 0.... .. 100 16 100 20 Do. Fifth Extension. 2 -- stock Melb.Corp. 6p. o. Buds. 100 50 Melb. & Hobson's Bay. all 57 59 100 Do. 7p. c. Mortg. Bds. all Newßrunswick Cando Class A and B all 3 5 Itl.C'das pc lat pt bds 100 82 84 stock &nude ) (too 105 4 106.1 106 stock Do. Delhi to Do. ft...., a 2 fp at Do. Punjaub . ' all 1041 1051 Do. Do. - s'ock Do. fndus.St. Flo ) ',too 101 103 COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. 6 p.c.J a. &dia . ; - 1877-84 . lOO 103 105 103 24 Do. op. c. Feb. fi Aut. 100 102 tl4 Do. 6p. c.Mar.& Sept. 100 112 104 Do. Ip. c. Jan.&.July. 100 91 83 Do. 5 Inscribed stock 100 91 93 ,CapeG.hope, 6p 0,187.. 100 108 110 j Do.Ap & Oct. 1881 100 109 111 110 Do. 189( 100 109 11l :Do. Jan. & July, 1891.. 105 112 114 .Ceylon, N0v.1878, 6p e 100 110 112 Mauritius 6 per cent .. 100 104 108 Natal Gov. 6 per cent.. 100 147 109 N.B.Gov. 6 pm") a.lizJul) 100 104 106 - Do. 6p, c.Ap. & Oct. 100 - N. S. W. Gov. 5 p 18,, 100 100 102 Du. sp. c.,18/1 to !fir 100 101 102 I Do. d0.,1888 &now& 100 101 102 101 :New Zealand 6 p cent. 100 110 112 'Nova Scotia Gov. 6p. c. steribag„, 1875. lOO 104 106 Queensland Gcv. 6p. c. 100 Cl 113 iS. Atte G6p.c.1878.3tup.. 100 112 114 - ,Vic. Gov. 6 p.c. Ja.&Jul) 100 107 109 'Do. lo 6 o.c. An.dtOct.. 100 1071 1081 1 1084 4 8 BRITISH MINES. 2 Cambrian Consol. Gold 1 / 4cl Ichtiord Amalgamated.. 33 84 DevenTi. Cons. (Taoist.; 1 545 655 East Bkssett(lllogan).. 30 ts 7 60 1 East Clogau Gold Ltd. sa. 4d par East Care.don ...... 2.14. tr 25 26 East Cam Brea... ... .. ; 3.4.0 61 74 Arl Russel (Tavistk.)' 8.9.0 41 5 IGamASLAubyn(GwW 581 8 10 —'Great South Tolgus.... 17s 4; 44 Al. Wheal Vor (Heleton 10 114 121 12/ ;Grenville . • (1.16A 44 41 II erc.d's-Foot 8.12 39 41 Hingston Downs 4.'8.0 11 24 Lady Bertha !Margaret (tiny Lelant 94 14 16 iMarke Valley.. 4 llyndy Iron Oro (Lim : 21 11 1 d New Setun l9l 90 100 - - North Downs 2/ 14 14 Basset (Mogan 3.1.0 24 21 North Wheal Crotty Par Consols (St. Blaney; 20 Providence (Uuy Lelnt) 10.6.7 43 15 South Caradon(St-Cleer, 14 415 125 S. Corn Brea (Illogau) — I:2.Wheal Fran. (Mogan 18.1 8 .9 60 65 Stray Park 30.17.6 34 36 5 I romar Silv.& Lead /din 44 - ! Pin Croft 9 184 19 181 - West Basset (Illogan) l4 91 101 —11 V radon (Liskeard) 5 21 23 West Seton Wheal Basset (Mogan) 54 874 921 Wheal Builer(Redruth) 5 224 274 Wheal Kitty (U.Lelont) 2.0.6 WhealLudcott Wheal MaryAnni s Men ) 8 12 13 Wheal fleton 584 170 180 - Wheal Trelawney (Lis ); 7 191 204 Wheal Union I 3.17 fff 21 3 PREFERENCE SHARES. Gt. Western, South Wales, gua. 4 per cent., 88 Ditto, 46 per cent., iN West Mid., Newp. 5 per cent. pi. rd. at 5 per cent. pm., 102 PREFEAENCE SHARES AND STOCKS. Midland New £1 shares, LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. Lancaster and Carlisle, 211 Northern and Eastern, 5 per cent., 55 FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Dutch Rhenish, 17: Sambre and Meuse, 81 San Paulo (Um.), gua. 7 per cent., Ditto (all), 21: FOREIGN MINES. United Mexican (lim;, DOCKS.' London, 70 JOINT-STOCK RANKS &Mance Bank of Lona= and Liverpool (Um.), 44 Anglo Austrian, 7 Australasia, 74} Bank of Egypt, 251 Chartered of India, London, and China, 57 Gi Colonial, 401 Consolidated Bank, lim., 91 Continental, I im., 9 Hindustan, China, and Japan (lim), 24 Imperial Ottoman, 171 I 4 London and Brazilian (Um.), 51 2 London and County, 534 5 London and Westminster, 77a Midland Bank (lim.), 9 National Provincial of England. 133 Oriental Bank Corporation, 56a Scinde, Punjaub, and Delhi (Rm.\ 6 Union of Australia, 511 MISCELLANEOUS. Canada Land, lira., 84 Crystal Palace, 6! ) - Discount Corporation, limited, 6173 ; Egyptian Commercial and Tracing, Urn., 31 Hudson's Bay. 111 12 International Financial Society, lim., 9 Joint 'stock Discount, Ditto, new, 4 London l'inan:nal Association, lira., 22i London General Omnibus Company, RM., 2} National Discount Company, Oriental Inland Steam, lim., It Peninsula and Oriental Steam, 83 Rio dc Janeiro City Improvements,:— Ditto (Z 1), 'll Loss OF LIFE BY FIRE THROUGH CRINOLINE.— Yesterday an accident terminated fatally to Mrs. Susan Chesney, aged 23. The deceased was a servant of Mr. Pur land, Falcon Tavern, Fetter-lane. The unfortunate creature was standing with her back to a stove in the bar, when her crinoline distended over the fender, and her dress became ignited. Loud cries for help were heard, and some per sons rushed to her assistance. As soon as possible the flames were extinguished and a doctor was sent for, but so extensive were the burns that the young woman ex pired. THE SUN. LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, DECEMBEft, 8, 1863.. LAW INTELLIGENCE—(This Day). (Sittings at Guildhall, before a Special Jury). ADAMS V. THE LONDON AND PROVINCIAL TURKISH BATH COMPANY. This was an action brought by the plaintiff against the Turkish Bath Company for compensation for injuries sus tained. The plaintiff, it . : appeared, went to the premises of the defendants, known as the Hammam, 79, Jermyn street, for the purpose of taking a Turkish bath, and just as he entered tbo bath-room lie fell down, owing, as he said, to a want of light and other precau tions, which defendants ought to have provided. His leg and arm were very much injured by the accident. For the defendants it was contended that there was a want of caution on the part of the plaintiff, and had he required the slightest assistance it would have been instantly at his disposal. The authorities at the bath were only too de sirous to do everything in their power for the comfort and convenience of their patrons. Sergeant Shee then addressed the jury for the plaintiff in a highly humorous strain. Ho said, supposing they gave him the amount of compensation he required (N,100), it would not be money lost by the Turkish Bath Company. The plaintiff had suffered through their oversight, but they would benefit through his accident, as the present action would prove a capital advertisement for " The Hamtnan," in Jermyu-street. The jury gave a verdict for the plaintiff—damages, £lOO. POLICE INTELLIGENCE—This Day. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. DISABLING A POLICE CONSTABLE.—COMMITTAL,-- Henry Sullivan, a young man, was charged with assault ing Wm. Moorcroft, 165 G, while in the execution of his duty, on the 29th of November last. Moorcrofc said he was outside the QuePn's Theatre, Pitt street, Tottenham-court-road, about 12 o'clock on the night of the 22d of November, when ho saw a number of lads collected. He requested them to go away, when one of them tripped him up, but he did not fail, arid in turning round to see who had done it, the prismer struck him on the jaw, and ran away. He pursued the prisoner, who suddenly threw himself at his feet, so that he should fall over him, which he did, and in the fall he dislocated his shoulder. He was taken to the I\lid4lesex Hospital, and had since been unable to duty, and would not be able to resume it for some time. Prisoner said he was not the person, and called a wit ness who, however, know nothing about the affair, not being there at the time. Mooreroft said he was positive as to the prisoner being the one who caused his injury. _ _ _ Mr. Knox committed the prisoner for trial, but offered to take one bail in £2O for the prisoner's appearance at the Sessions. MURDEROUS ASSAULT ON A WOMAN.—Mary Ann Cruise, of 9, Little Pulteney-street, St. James's, was charged before Mr. Knox with violently assaulting a female, named Margaret Byrne, lodging in the same house. On the prisoner being placed in the dock, Sergeant Georgo Godfrey, 118 C, said the injured woman was not present, and handed Mr. Knox the following certificate:— " I hereby certify that Margaret Byrne is a patient in this hospital, and is at present in too weak a state to give evidence. "G. E. PYLE, M.R.C.S., House Surgeon, Allcidlesc,x Hospital." _ _ Mary Williams, lodging in the same house as the injured woman and the prisoner, said that about eight o'clock last night, hearing cries of " Murder I" and " Help I" she ran downstairs and saw the prisoner kneeling on Marga ret Byrne. She (witness) was so terrified that she could render no assistance, but a lodger in the house pulled the prisoner off, and a constable then came. In answer to Mr. Knox, the witness believed both females were sober. Sergeant Godfrey, 18 C, said on going to the spot he found Margaret Byrne bleeding profusely from wounds on the head. He procured a cab and took her to the hospital, and the prisoner was taken into custody. A candlestick smothered with blood was given to him by a person who said it was the weapon used by the prisoner. In answer to Mr. Knox the sergeant said that the sur geon could not tell whether the injured woman was cut of danger at present. Archbishop Cullen's Pastoral Address, Yesterday a Pastoral, addressed to the clergy and laity of the Diocese of Dublin, from his Grace the Most Rev. Dr. Cullen, Archbishop of Dublin, Primate of Ireland, &e., was read in the different churches and chapels of the city. After having alluded to the approaching festival of the Immacu late Conception, his Grace proceeds to say : " While Christians are at all times reminded by their numberless wants to have recourse for succour to the help of Christians, we, dearly beloved brethren, aro urged by more than ordinary motives to cast ourselves on her pity and protection. For if, in the calamities that often allitet nations and peoples, are to be recog nised the scourges by which the Almighty in his wrath chastises their sins, we have reason to apprehend that our transgressions are calling out for vengeance, ano that the rod of Divine anger, still lifted over us, is ready to strike us again. Indeed, during many long years our poor country has suffered severely from famine, pestilence, bad seasons, and other visitations of heaven. To these are to be added the evils occasioned by that false and anti-Chris tian political economy which would destroy those beings that have been made to the image of God, and redeemed by the blood of Christ, to make room for the brute bees a of the field, and which, in order to provide for the manufac• turing and material interests of another country, would rob Ireland of the privilege of being an Island of Saints, in order to make her the mother of herds and flocks. Our past afflic • tions have been great indeed, but are we not still menaced by other evils, and especially by a continuation of misery and distress, and the greater evils that arise from the machina tions of secret and illegal societies ? It may be that we are al lowed to suffer in order to show we are the true children of God, or to make us more like unto our Divine Master, who passed his life in poverty and sufferings ; it may be that at present a merciful Father threatens as he did the Ninevites of old, in order to arouse us to repentance, and that if we turn from our evil ways he will avert from us the impend. ing stroke; but whatever may be the mysterious designs of Providence, do not delay to be reconciled with heaven white there is yet time. Do penance for your sins, correct your evil ways, refrain from drunkenness and other degradi4- vices, which, provoking the anger of heaven, render the soul deserving of eternal perdition, and bring disease and death upon the body. Filied wick the spirit of faith, well instructed in the efficacy of prayer, knowing that all things are regulated by an all-wise Providence—that famine, war, pestilence are instruments in the hands of the Lord of Hosts, lift up your hearts in humble suppli cation to his throne, laying before. him both your. spiritual and temporal necessities, and imploring of him to lend a favourable ear to your supplications, With full submission to his holy will, and entire conformity to the dispositions of his Providence, whatever they may be, send up to him your petitions through his Immaculate Mother to spare His people, to stay the hand of His angel, lest the land be made desolate, and every living soul destroyed. As, among all virtues for which the Queen of Heaven was distinguished, there was none so precious as that charity which ever pre- served her in union with her Divine Spouse, so, beloved brethren, there is no virtue in which we should so much endeavpur to imitate her, or by the practice of which we can be so agreeable to her, as that of charity, which is the queen of virtaes. We should cultivate this virtue, ' not in word nor tongue, but in work and truth.' We should manifest it by the exercise of well-ordered, judi cious acts of almsgiving towards the poor, especially in those days of misery and affliction. 'For,' says the Scrip ture, alms deliver from all sin, and from death, and will not suffer the soul to go into darkness. Alms shall bo a great confidence before the Most High God to all them that give it.'—('l'ob. iv. IL) But as the salvation of the immortal souls that have been redeemed by the precious blood of Jesus Christ is infinitely more important than the relief of corporal wants,;we should make it a religious duty to assist our brethren by advice, example, encouragement, instruc tion, and, if needful, by zealous remonstrance, to resist the insidious attacks of those emissaries of Satan, who are con tinually lying in wait for the children of the poor, going about seeking whom they may devour; discovering by a species of perverse instinct where want and misery and ignorance have made the greatest havoc, and there, lighting like birds of prey, fastening. on the poor remnants of huma nity, and carrying off to perdition whatever yet remained to be destroyed. "Dearly-beloved brethren, if we are anxious to repel the assaults of our enemies, let us put on the armour of light, and protect ourselves with the breast-plate of faith. It is our duty to cultivate this important virtue, without which it is impossible to please God ; it is our duty to preserve it from all dangers. The best means for effecting all this is to give a good Catholic education to the rising generations, so that all may know the practices of their, religion, and may be able to give an account of the faith that is in them. The poor are to avoid proselytising schools; the rich to shun anti- Catholic colleges and universities, in which the prevailing Protestant spirit is most hostile to the doctrines and prac tices of the Catholic Church Above all, we are to shun the contagion of bad and irreligious books, which corrupt the heart and pervert the intellect, and to avoid all the seductions of bad company, the ruin of so many souls. In all things it behoves us, dearly beloved brethren, to be on the watch against the enemies of God and of the poor, whose unceasing hostility against the true church shrinks from no device, however unworthy and degrading, to undermine the Catholic faith, and to effect the ruin of immortal sonic. As their doings belong to that class of works which cannot bear the light, the more fully they are made known to the public the less harm they will be able to effect. Continual examples of the bigotry and intolerance with which the warfare of darkness is carried on present themselves to us. Only a few days ago such a case occurred in the Adelaide Hospital. A poor Catholic, by name Kinsella, had been received therein, and being anxious to make his peace with God before he would expose himself to a dangerous operation, he asked to be allowed to see a priest and to receive the last rites of religion. This just demand was denied by the managers of the hospital. It was then found necessary to carry the poor sick man outside the threshold of that institution into the public street, where, exposed to the cold blasts of a wintry night, he would have been obliged to remain whilst the rites of religion were administered, had he net been re ceived into a neighbouring house by the charity of its owner. How can the men who thus insult the religion and' feelings of two hundred millions of Catholics pretend to be animated with charity, which is the mark of the true disciple of Jesus Christ ? "An instance of the spirit of falsehood with which the enemies of our religion are filled may also bo alleged. Some time ago a poor boy, by name Edward Murphy, apos tatised flora the faith. A circular was published soon after for the purpose of raising money to send him to school, and to prep are hi m to b ecome a p arson. I n t hi s c i rcu l ar, t o g i ve importanc e to the boy, it was stated-Ist. That he was the nephew,, of a priest ; 2dly. That he was the ward of a priest, e c u tin idly. That he had been brought repeatedly to the Catholic archbishop and to priests to be reprimanded for his apes- A cr i u l e t l h p e e s r e s h y an et ge th of e religion. eireular tacy ; and 4thly. That he had suffered with great firmness, assertionssinwceornesegolaureinnceglyof false,hisc containing them was signed by an archdeacon of the Pro testant establishment, by two parsons, and two proselytising ladies, It is in this w ay , d early b e l ove d b re th ren , our re ligion is assailed. The arms employed against us aro false hood, calumny, misrepresentation, penal laws, and violence. But we should not complain when we recollect that our Divine Redeemer was assailed in the same way by the Scribes and Pharisees, and that our forefathers in the faith were subjected to similar persecutions; and why should we ex pect to be spared by error and infidelity, when they do not hesitate:to vent their rage against the Mother of God, the purest and most exalted of all creatures ? Yes, the habitual revilers of our holy church, strangers to the spirit of Chr B. tianii y, without any fixed principl e t o gu id e t h em, di v id e d into a thousand factions in their religious opi n i ons , w h o are only united i nm i s represelting and hating C a th o li c d octr i ne —who pretend to propagate toe Gospel of the God of cha rity, by calumniating and insulting the members of that church which has existed in all ages, and embraces in its bosom the inhabitants of every clime ; these unhappy men make it a favourite employment to villify and assail with the most opprobrious epithets the veneration which we ex hibit towards the blessed Mother of God, while with the celestial messenger we salute her as "blessed among women," and contribute to the fulfilment of her own proph e cy, that all generations should call her blesse d. Happily the conduct of those agents of proselytism and their wicked proceedings are condemned not only by Catholics, but by all that is liberal and enlightened in Protestantism. Be it ours, dearly beloved brethren, to make some reparation to th e ou t rage d dignity of the Virgin, by proclaiming loudly her pri vileges, uplifting our voices in her praise, testifying our unbounded confidence in her clemency, and in her power with her Son, ornamenting t h e churches and altars erected under her invocation, but, above all, by copying into our lives her surpassing virtues—her p ur ity, her sanctity, her meekness, her patience, her obedience, her resignation in the time of suffering, her faith and fervent love. It is thus that we shall most effectually put to shame and confusion, if anything can do so, the enemies of i her n a me, the tra ducers of the Church of Christ. It s thus that you will walk worthy of God, in all things pleasing, fruitful in every good work, increasing in the knowledge of God (Col. i. 10)." Horniman's Tea is choice and strong, moderate in price, and wholesome to use. These advantages have secured for this Tea a general preference. It is sold in dackets by 2,280 Agents. PEDESTRIANISM, —Yesterday afternoon, at three o'clock, a running match took place at Bow between William Lang and James Sanderson, for the Four Mile Champion Cup and a stake of £5O. Lang appeared on the ground with a bandage round his right leg, the limb having been id a bad state far some time in consequence of exces sive pedestrian practice. Sanderson took the lead from the commencement, and on entering the second mile Lang was 30 yards behind. He therefore retired from the contest, and Sanderson was declared the four-mile champion mid th., winner of the stake. There was much confusion at the end of the race, and Lang received a severe blow in the eye from a person present, who was summarily castigated for the outrage, ROMAN CATHOLIC PRISONERS, THANLES. MURDEROUS AFFRXY,—William Sheers, a dirty and dissipated ruffian, was brought before Mr. Partridge,charged with violently assaulting and wounding Mary Ann Smith, an unfortunate woman, dwelling at No. 2, Victoria-street, Shadweil. The complainant's face was cut in a frightful manner, and there were several medical plaisters upon it. Her head was covered with contusions and bruises, and her clothes were stiffened with gore. The wretched woman on being sworn said she knew the prisoner's wife and as he had two children to maintain she wished to forgive him. He came to her house and was very tipsy, and after they had been drinking together for some time, she fell down (..n the fender and injured herself. She was as bal as he was. Mr. Partridge said the witness was suppressing the facts, and no doubt she had been tamppred with. James Stockley, police constable No. 66 K, said he was called to a house in Victoria.-street yesterday afternoon at half-past 4 o'clock. The woman was lying on the floor quite senseless. The prisoner, who was very drunk and noisy, said he would have the woman's life. He would rip her open. The room where the transaction took place was in great confusion, and everything overturned. He obtained assistance, and carried the woman to the station house. Eliza. Martin, an unfortunate woman, said the prisoner came to her lodgings yesterday evening with a bottle of rum and a jar of beer, and after he had got drunk he laid down and went to sleep. On awaking he asked for his cap, and because it was not immediately forthcoming he seized the complainant by the throat, and knocked her down and jumped upon her, and then broke a chair over her. He was armed with a large three pronged fork, and threatened to kill her. The prisoner, in defence, said he went to the complain ant's house drunk, and did not know what he was about. Mr. Partridge asked if the prisoner was known ? Stockley—l only know him as a coal-whipper. Mr. Partridge said that this was the worst case of assault he had ever known. The prisoner was a perfect savage, and had committed a very brutal assault. The plea of drunkenness was no excuse at all. He saw no reason to treat the prisoner with leniency. Women, however bad they were, were not to be ill used with impunity. He sentenced the prisoner to be imprisoned for six months and kept to hard labour. MARKETS—This Day. HAY MARKETS. SMITHFIELD.—Meadow hay, £3 Os to £4 103 Od ; clover, £4 Os to £5 108 Od ; and straw, £1 58 to £1 lOs per load. Trade trade. CUMBERLAND..—Meaiow hay, £3 Os to £4 103 Od ; clover, £4 Os to £5 100 Od ; and straw. £1 5s to £1 15s per load. Supply moderate—demand inactive. WHITECHAPEL.—Meadow hay, £3 Os to £4 103 Od ; clover, £4 Us to £5 lOs Od ; and straw, £1 5s to £1 103 per load. Trade slow. COLONIAL. TEA.—The public sales have proceeded with very little animation, and prices generally show a decline of ld to lid per lb on medium to good qualities of Congou. SUGAR.—A a very limited amount of business has been done. At public sale a small parcel of Manilla sold at a decline of 3s 3d to 3s 6d per cwt. In the Refined Market the operations have also been restricted, and quotations generally show a downward tendency. COFFEE.—Business in both foreign and colonial descrip tions has been very inactive, and prices are, in most in stances, rath,r lower. RICE.—The dealings have been of an unimportant cha racter, at about previous rates. TALLOW.—A heavy tone has prevailed, and few opera., tions have been entered into. P.Y.C. on the spot is quoted 40a 6d, January delivery 41s, and March ditto 42s per cwt. SHIPPING—This Day. LONDON, Dec. B.—Wind this day at noon—South- Westerly ; moderate breeze, and fine weather, but cloudy a little. LIVERPOOL, Dec, 7.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Thomas, from Quebec. DARTMOUTH, Dec. 7.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Wilhel mine, from Bremen for Cuba. POOLE, Dec. 7.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Sylph, from Newfoundland. KINGROAD, Dec. 7.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Venus, from Demerara. KINGROAD, Dec. 7.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Mata, from Quebec. NEWPORT, Dec. 7.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Abraham Barker, from St. Johu's for Penrith. (BY MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Tuesday Morning. Arrived, Dec. 7—Naparina , from St. Lucia ; Jessie Auaandale, f rom Messina; India, from Quebec; Annie Midgetman, from Bassien. Arrived, Dec. ii—Napoleon, from Gravelines ; Agra. from Colombo ; Caesis, from Mauritius ; Veritas and Princes Royal, from Guernsey ; Colum bine , from Villa Nova; Th omas Whitney, from Boston. Suiled, Dec. 7.—Sir G. Grey, for Algoa Bay; Queen of India, for Madras; vsperanzi, for Seeking ; Guinevere, for Shanghai ; for Malta. DEAL, Tuesday Morning, Anchored-- Queen. of India from London for Madras ; Henry Brain from London, for Cardiff. DEATII OF THE REV. PROFESSOR THELWALL.— King's College, London, has to lament the loss of a second professor—the Rev. Algernon Sydney Thelwall, lec turer in public reading and elocution, a tutor highly re spected and esteemed by the theological students of the col lege. Mr. Thelwall, who was 68 years old, had excused him self, on the plea of illness, from attending the funeral of his friend, Professor M'Caul, but no one knew that his end was so near. He was the son of the well-known "patriot," John Thelwall, who was tried in 1791 for high treason with Horne Tooke and Hardy, and who afterwards became a more successful elocutionist than he was a traitor. TO THE EDITOR OF THE TIMES. Sir,—Having taken part in the efforts made by Catholics to obtain duo and proper facility of com munication between the clergy and prisoners of our communion, I hope you will permit me to address a few lines to you on the subject. In your number of Thursday, the 3d inst., Ser. geant Beilasis shows that the magistrates of Middle sex—gentlemen, no doubt, of experience and ability, were yet not aware of the statistics of crime in their House of Correction. When he st;:tcd how large a number of criminals returned ten t,rnes to the prison it was doubted that, such was the case. When the official returns were quoted, a misprint was alleged as the reason, though the faCt is now futiy established. Lord Palmerston and others—Protestants as well as Catholic, of official and general experience,— have constantly stated, in end out of Parlia ,- cent, that theonly hope of reforming prisoners was to en deavour to rekindle the sparks of religious training they may at any time have received, according to the religion in which they had received it. Upon a prisoner who perhaps reluctantly hears any cler gyman at all the admonitions of a clergyman other than one whose teaching may have been known to him may have the same effect as that of the Pro testant missionary upon the savages previously visited by a Catholic :—" You say you are a Chris tian, yet you contradict that which another Chris tian minister has stated to be true, so I will listen to neither. It has been shown that Catholic prisoners in gaols were ignorant they could see a clergyman of their own persuasion. They fear to ask for their services, sometimes lest they should offend or trouble the authorities, sometimes from the natural fear of shame in having erred. A life of crime and sin cannot always rouse itself to make the spe cial request hitherto demanded by the law. We have also shown that a man shut up within four walls is at the mercy of his gaolers (who are some times merciful, sometimes otherwise), and that while on the one hand there is opportunity to in struct and improve, on the other hand, if this is not properly done, misplaced instruction may pro duce dissimulation and disgust. Such being the situation of the prisoner, the law has till this year said, ''A Protestant chaplain must visit all prisoners; he may always have access to them, even when they are recognised as Catholics." But to Catholics the law has said, in practice and in truth, " There shall be no encouragement to your reformation. If you choose to give trouble ; if you dare to abstract yourself from the rest of your fellow prisoners; if you, a sinner and a criminal, of your own will and disposition, demand to see your clergy man (an action which would show reformation to be attained, rather than reformation to be needed), then, at your special request, you may see him. However, you must see him alone. There must be no religious service. It is true that, as he may see only one at a time, he may only have time to see not a quarter of the number he ought to see. He shall neglect his other duties. His ordinary flock, who fancy themselves entitled to his ministry, must take care of themselves. His poverty cannot be considered; although he may have miles to journey, no facility can be given, and no expense allowed. Bat, moreover, as you have stated that you are a Catholic, and have asked to see your clergyman, we must lock you up in your cell while others are at the prison chapel. You shall be deprived of the gratification they enjoy by this break upon their prison life. It is true you will thus get about 36 days' punishment in the year more than they. This cannot be helped; because you have avowed yourself to be a Catholic, you must therefore be content to be punished, because you have had the courage to avow that you wish to be good and to reform." And yet we Catholics have shown how prison discipline is assisted by the ministrations or our clergy. We have challenged contradiction to the statement that where the Catholic clergyman was brought to the prisoner of his religion, there the prison officers have found restraint more easy. We have used every argument that common sense could point out, and they are many, and we are met by assertions none of which are stronger than this— that a Catholic criminal, if left to himself, would rather not send for his priest. His difficulties are denied, the events of his life are forgotten ; and the whole of this great question is shelved by an asser tion as mistaken in idea as it is inconsistent with fact. I do not doubt that the magistrates of Middlesex are good, estimable, painstaking gentlemen. It had, however, escaped them to weigh the frequency of crime in their prison, as shown in authentic regis ters. Is it, then, wrong to think it possible that they may be unacquainted with subjects more diffi cult to ascertain ? I mean the action of the feelings, the emotions, the providential inspirations which, from time to time, are working upon even the criminal heart, and which may be beneficially im proved upon if they themselves will permit it. This year the wisdom of Parliament has placed the remedy within their reach. It has also been proposed to them to avail them selves of the enactment. If reformation of criminals is desired ; if the rates are to be lightened by less frequent imprisonment ; if murder, crime, drunkenness, violence, suicide, are to be diminished, why deny to us such simple means as we ask to obtain for the public so great a benefit ? Let there not be imputed to us motives which we do not feel. We ask but the reformation of the criminal. We do not ask influence or money more than is simply necessary for the object common to us all. If that is denied to us in execution, which the law sanctions and authorises by its high authority, is there no responsibility in such denial, and how great is that responsibility ? May it not be also that, without knowing or measuring the harm they unwittingly practise, the majority of the magis trates prefer to keep up a system of exclusion rather than to follow that which has been found necessary in the army, and which has been at tended with much benefit in the convict prisons of the country ? Let the samo system ho carried out in county gaols; the country and society at large will benefit, because there will be less crime and diminished ex penses, not only in prosecuting criminals, but in their support and care after conviction. Of course, the magistrates must carry out their own views of what is right ; but I do most sincerely hope that upon so momentous a subject for the in terests of the poor people concerned they may be guided by principles which have bawl so lucidly placed before them on a recent occasion. I beg pardon for trespassing upon your spac e , but I cannot help thus referring to the important statement and statistics of Sergeant Bellasis as :shown in your paper of Thursday last. I am, Sir, your obedient servant, Arundel, Dec. 7 EDWARD F. HOWARD. THE FATAL ACCIDENT AT ISLINGTON.—Dr. Lancaster yesterday resumed his inquiry into th© circumstances attending the deaths of John Peake and Joseph Pearce, carpenters, in th e emp l oy o f M r . Chapman,. builder, occasioned by t he f alling of the premises known as the Wheatsheaf publichouse, Upper-street, Islington. Mr. Cufain said he saw some men pull down the chirancy-wall with ropes after the buildi ng h a d f a ll en , and he wa s certain some of the debris fell on the spot where the bodies of the two men were lying. Philip Meldrum, bricklayer, was also examined, but his evidence was contradictory as to tho removal of shore's, which were taken down to admit the doorstops. He said he saw some cracks under the windows about a fortnight since, and having put some cement over them, he examined them frequently afterwards, but they never appeared to h?.ve widened. The materials used were of the best description. Daniel Wallis, foreman of the plastere rs , sa id about 20 minutes to 12 he saw two openings across the windows on the ground floor story. He imme diately apprised Mr. Chapman of the fact, and he afterwards told him to take his men off the scoffold. He did not think anythi og of the cracks alluded to by McMillin. Herbert `Wallis said when he first went to work on the building he found the wall very round. The foreman of the carpenters said Mr. Williams was constantly about the bulling. lie was always impressing upon the bricklayers not to run up the building more than two feet high at a time. The in quiry was again adjourned until Monday next, UP TUE NILE.—A letter from Alexandria of the 2Sth ult., Eats' —'A great number o f t rave ll ers h ave arrived here lately on their way up the 'Nile; among others, the Duke of Rutland, the Earl of Scarborough, Lady Herbert I of Loa, and Earl Spcncta. THE ALHAMBRA, An entire change of entertainment has taken place at the Alhambra Palace, Leicester. square. In place of the music platform we have now the circus, and .on entering the building the greatest astonishment is created at the immense change in the appearance of the interior. With respect to the capabilities of the Alhambra for equestrian performances, there cannot be two opinions ; in fact, it appears to have been specially constructed for that species of entertainment, and, as at present arranged, it is un doubtedly one of the finest arenas in England. In order to give his patrons the best talent avail able, Mr. Wilde has entered into an engagement with Mons. B tstein Feanconi, and the troupe now in possession of the Alhambra is the celebrated one lately performing in Paris at the Cirque Impe riale, strengthened by several artistes of European fame. The " star " riders are M. and Mime. Lagoutte, each of whom astonish the audience with their flying feats of equestrianism. Then we have the usual gay cavalcade of ladies with their attendant knights, with glittering lance and waving plumes—highly trained horses, that obey orders with the greatest docility—and last, though not least, a company of gymnasts of the highest excellence. Mr. Bond is certainly one of the most astonishing performers in this part of the entertainment, bat our old friends, MM. Arthur and Bertrand, well maintain the reputation they have acquired in the metropolis by their peculiarly laughable antics. The Brothers Lagoutte, Mariani, Messrs. Burnetti and Talliott, and the Marvels of Peru, all contribute an exhibition of their peculiarities, which, with the ever varying but ever beautiful Fairy Fountain, make up an entertainment of the most agreeable and attractive description. The spacious building was filled to overflowing in every part, and from the satisfaction the performances gave last evening, the exertions of Mr. Wilde will be amply repaid by the vast audiences that will certainly be. attracted to the Alhambra during the holiday season of Christmas. TILE SOUTHERN PRESIDENT. Mr. Jefferson Davis struck me as looking older than I expected. He is only fifty-six, but his face is emaciated, and much wrinkled. He is nearly six feet high, but is extremely thin, and stoops a little. His features are good, especially his eye, whi c h i s very bright, and full of life and humour. I was afterwards told he had lost the sight of his left eye from a recent illness. He wore a linen coat and grey trousers, and he looked what he evidently is, a well bred gentleman. Nothing can exceed the charm of his manner, which is simple, easy, and most fasci nating. He conversed with me for a long time, and agreed withßenj stain that the Yankees did not intend going to war with England if she recognised the South ; and he said that, when the inevitable smash came—and that separation was an accomplished fact—the State of Maine would probably try to join Canada, as most of the intelligent people in that State have a horror of being " under the thumb of illassachusetts." He added, the Maine was inha bited by a hardy, thrifty, seafaring population, with different ideas to the people in the other New England states. When I spoke to him of the wretched scenes I had witnessed in his own State (Mississippi), and of the miserable, almost despe rate, situation in which I had found so many unfor tunate women, who had been left behind by their male relations; and when I alluded in admiration to the quiet, calm, uncomplaining manner in which they bore their sufferings and grief, he said, with much feeling, that he always considered silent despair the most painful description of misery to witness, in the same way that he thought mute insanity was the most awful form of madness. He spoke to me of Grenfell, who, he said, seemed to be serving the Confederacy in a disinterested and loyal manner. He had heard much of his gallantry and good ser vices, and he was sorry when I told him of Gren fell's quarrel with the civil power. He confirmed the truth of toy remark, that a Confederate general is either considered an Admirable Crichton by the soldiers, or else abused as everything bad; and he added, the misfortune was, that ic is absolutely ne cessary, in order to insure success, that a general must obtain and preserve this popularity and influ ence with his men, who were, however, generally very willing to accord their confidence to any officer deserving of it. With regard to the black flag and-no-quarter agitation, he said people would talk a great deal, and even go into action determined to give no quarter; " but," he added, " I have yet to hear of Confederate soldiers putting men to death who have thrown down their arms and held up their hands." He told me that Lord Russell con fessed that the impartial earrying out of the neu trality laws had pressed hard upon the South ; and Mr. Davis asserted that the pressure might have been equalised, and yet retained its impartiality, it Great Britain, instead of closing her ports, had opened them to the prizes of both parties ; but I answered that perhaps this might be over-doing it a little on the other side. When I took my leave about 9 o'clock, the President asked me to call upon him again. I don't think it is possible for anyone to have an interview with him without going away most favourably impressed by his agreeable unas suming manners, and by the charm of his conversa tion.—Colonel F, entangle s Three Months in the Southern States. Foreign Mail Packet List. MAILS DUE. iuetralia and Mauritius, via Southamp ton. Dec. 19. . via Marseilles Dec. 13. brazil and Cape Verds, by British pa cket Jan. 4. Cape of Good Hope, Ascension, and St. Helena Dec. 29. China, Penang, and Singapore, v v i i a a S m o ar ut a h e tn e p a to .. u :D D e e c e . . 19 3. . v i a Marseilles.... D ec. 13 Falkland Islands ..........••••• ... . Gibraltar, via Southampton ......... ... Dec, cci 1129. India (Calcutta), and Ceylon. v ia Southampton.. ............Jan. 4. India (Bombay), via Southampton ............Dec. 12. via Marseilles ........Dec. 6. _ . . ..... Malta, Egypt, and Aden, via S • ha . m Pton ...... Dec. 12. Portugal.... ........... via Marseil' , .(.4 ........ Dec, 6. Newfoundland ........................ "Dec. 9. Oporto and Vigo .. ......... U. 6. and B ritish N. America, by Brit. packet.... Dec. 9 by U.S. packet.... by Canadian packet. Dee. 12 vir.C. of Africa, Madeira, and Teneriffe Dec . 10. I3ahamas, via New York p e e. 17. Mexico.. Dec.2 9 • • MADAME TUSSAUD'S. A full length model of Sir John Lawrence, the newly-appointed Govern or-General of India, may be see n a t M adame T ussa ud's Historical Gal lery in Baker- s t reet; and in the Chamber of Physiognomy is a model of Hunt, who recently poisoned his wife and two children in a cab, and who afterwards committed suicide by poisoning himself. Taii rs,— PICTURE AUCTIoN- On the morning o f the sale—or the attempted sale—about half-an -h our before the official arriv al of the a uctionaer—a little crow d was always collected on Ludgate-hill turning over the fluttering leaves of the catalogues that were nailed upon green-baize boards at the door way,. or looking at the grea t p i cture with which the trap was ba i ted on that particular occasion, and which was di s played so as to catch the e y e of passers-by at window in front. The great est part of this crowd co nsisted of a number of middle-aged men, who were made u p to play a part in such a manner, th a t they ought not to have deceived a child. A ragged-edged yellow collar on a s tarch -caked yello w shirt, a high black stock worn threadbare at the sides, a well brushed thin black dress coat, and rather shiny black trousers that would b ear no violent exercise a pair of mended Blucher bo o t s, and a pa i r of ragged cotton gloves, is not the costume usually worn by wealthy collectors of art. Yet these were the highly polished men who were supposed to be regardl ess o f money when a R u b ens or a Corregio came in their way, and who, if not investing for themselves, were the confidential agents of Lord Muni blepeg, a . devoted buyer of pi c t ures, w h o was preven t e d by para ly s is from attending personally at the hales. Poor wretches ; they looked with their clean-shaven, melancholy faces, as if the slightest whispered invitation to a substantial dinner at a snug warm City tavern would have thrown them off their balance, and have caused them to fly, like a cloud of swal lows, from the barren feast of paint. Inside the auction trap was a sprinkling of eager confederate dealers ; the four or live porters, who were probably t 4 junior partners,' and who looked like prizefighters ; and the usual numb, , r of "picture agents." As soon as a promising stranger entered the room, it was the business of one of these latter men to fasten on him, and to explain the beauties and defects of the collection under sale. It must always be delightful to a man of refinement, to have such agreeable gu ides at his elbow, and to overlook their flavour of onions, tobacc.i7otn and stale clothes, in admiration of their intense appreciation art. There can, of course, be nothing, to jar the mesa,sen, uu sen sitive nerves in bearing a thick hoars e BPunglng"" e voice enlarging upon the minute rendering of t !hooped withhe crown o thorns, or in seeing a grimed knobbyfing er ball brassy rings, employed in pointing out the a h i dden touches of the agony in the garden.--.Dtekens All the lea). .Rototd," jot published. TEE CRAWLEY COURT-MARTIAL. (FROM OUR OWN IiEFORTEII.) SIXTEENTH DAY. [The following appeared in the Third Edition of " Thio sun" of last evening] : ALDERSHOT, Monday Morning. The members of the Court did not assemble till 11 o'clock this morning, having remained in consultation in the Ir private room an hour. When the Court broke up on Friday evening the subject of Dr. Barnett's evidence, relative to certain statements of Mrs. Lilley as to her husband's drinking habits and other matters, was under consideration, the prosecution urgin g that the witness should be allowed to state all that Mrs. Lilley said on that occasion. The President stated the circumstances of the case, and said that the matter had been referred to the Judge Advoe cate-General, who had stated that if the questions proposed: by the prosecution were put it would not invalidate the, proceedings, and that it would not invalidate the pro ceedings it refused to be put. On receiving this informa don the Court decided that the mat ter should be fully ili a vestigated. The Court now called upon the prosecutor ea proceed with any further evidence he might have to adduce. Sir A. Horsford said he could not say that the case for the prosecution was closed until the Court asked Dr. Barnett the questions proposed. The President said the matter would be thoroughly sifted, but they saw objections to putting the question at the pre sent period. The Court again retired, and after an absence of an hour and a half, the President announced that the Court had been closed for the purpose of considering a remark of the prosecutor. The Court had decided on referring the matter to the opinion of the Judge Advocate General, and in th e meantime to proceed with the cross. examination (by th e Court) of the witnesses for the prosecution. Sergeant Edward Mills was recalled. The Court—You have stated in your examination in ch ief that you have frequently seen Sergeant Major Lilley drunk. Specify the particular occasions alluded to.—The first time was in 1844, at Mr. Daniel's, the Three Crowns, Parlia ment-street, Nottingham. I saw him drunk at Mr. Wil liams's, the Victoria, Newcastle-upon-Tyne; also at Bala klava, when lie was in company with Sergeant Major Moreton. He sent me down for three bottles of gin and gave me a sovereign to pay for them. I saw him drunk at Scutari on Christmas-day. On that occasion I pulled off his boots, and covered him up in bed. I saw him drunk at Durham, when we were on recruiting service there. I also saw him drunk in the female hospital, which he occupied when the regiment first marched into Mhow. On the day we marched into Mhow I was regia mental orderly sergeant. I went up to my tea, and he ordered me out like a dog. He was then drunk and I went away without my tea. At Burhampore I saw him drink in his tent on the line of march. That is all. The Court—Did you report him as being drunk on the day you were orderly sergeant, and say you saw him drunk ? —I did not. Did any one else, to your knowledge, see him drunk on those occasions P—Not to my knowledge. Lieutenant Fitzsimons recalled. The Court—When ordered on the 26th of April to place wthheetthherreae sentry should be sergeant majors under arrest why did y ou as k placed over them P—l do not re collect whether Col: Crawley said hiwould ask the major general whether a sentry was to be placed over the sergeant majors, or whether I proposed it to him. Of course, if they were to be placed under close, arrest, it meant having a, sentry placed over them. You have stated distinctly that when ordered to place the, sergeant majors under arrest you asked whether sentries should be placed over them. Reconcile your two answers P —I did ask the question. lam not certain whether my commanding officer first spoke to me about it or not. Who defined the post of the sentry first placed over Ser.. geant Major Lilley when ordered into close arrest on the 26th of April, 1862 P—l believe it to have been the acting regimental sergeant major after receiving a written order from me. collect. Did you define the post of the first sentry P — l do not re. Who drew up the orders for the sentry first posted over Sergeant Major Lilley ?—The first order was given to me by Colonel Crawley in his own handwriting. Did you sign them and show them to the sentry, and have them hung up at hie post ?—As far as I remember I must have done so. All orders to the sentries were signed by me and hung up at the main guard. The orders were not hung up at the post, but at the main guard, in order that they might be read out to the sentries before they went to their posts. You have stated that a few days subsequently to the arrest of Major Lilley you laid a written order for the posting of the sentries before Colonel Crawley for approval, Who wrote those orders ?—They must have been written, by one of my clerks. I cannot say by which one. Did you dictate those orders ?—I gave the general mean. ing of the orders to the clerk. Did you approve them before submitting them to Colonel Crawley ?—Yes ; I read them through. In those orders was the post defined for the sentry over Sergeant Major Lilley ?—lt was not defined further than it was mentioned that they were not to lose sight of him day or night. On receiving Colonel Crawley's order to the effect that the sentries over the sergeant major should be placed inside, so that they should not lose sight of their prisoner night or day, what alteration did you make as,to.the sentry over the sergeant major P—On receiving that order I gave over the written order, which was approved of by Colonel Crawley, to the acting regimental sergeant major, and told him ta i have the sentries posted accordingly. Was he posted in accordance with the orders ho had re, calved from Colonel Crawley ? Did you visit the sentry at his post?—lt is my belief he was posted accordingly. I did not go to the post, as I before stated. I only went to the door of the first bungalow. I saw the sentry on his post in the second bungalow. If you saw the sentry on his post, d escr ib e the position of the p ost ? — ln t he fir st bungalow I went to the b ac k d oor of the room No. 4, and the sentry came to the door and opened it. I did not see his post in the first bungalow. When I went to visit the sentry he has frequently come and opened the door for me himself. How did the sentry know that you were at the back door when he came out to you P—l have called for the sentry. You have already stated that you considered it was your duty to see the place where the sentry was posted. You now acknowledge you failed in your duty on that point. Is it so ?—So far as not going in to see him on his post I did, Did you ever take measures to prevent any improper in terference with Mrs. Lilley by the sentries ?—No, I never g av e any orders except those I received from my Commands ing ofluer. Where was the post of the sentry in the first bungalow --I always believed it to have been at the door of the bed room—that is, in case the se rgeant maj or was in the bed-. t the Crawley bedroom your ? belief I do that not room. As there w ere several rooms the s entry had to go about from room s p tor e o n on theomaftesubject. Did you uni:a at e th to e Colonelr h Were im spoken given that th e sentr i es s h ou ld no t inter do orof f privacy of Mr s . Lill ey ?-- I never rece i v e therecollect inter fare we sentry'sriwith hanyhaving t the orders was orders to that effect, nor did I ever give any. Where do sentr.es usually give up their orders ?-0u their post. was there any order about the bedroom ?—I recollect no order about it. Where did the sentry give up his orders to you on the first bungalow ?—At the door of No. 4 room. What led you to believe that the sentry was at the door of the bedroom ?—From the orders which he gave up to me, that he should not lose sight of the prisoner night or day. Was the sentry so posted as not to lose sight of the sergeant major night or day ?—lf he carried out his orders he must have been, as ho was in the house with him. Was there any difference in the orders given for the posting of the sentries over the three sergeant majors ?---, No, I don't recollect any. Was there any alteration made in the orders during the time you were adjutant?—No. Were the two troop sergeant majors, Wakefield and Duval, married or single ?—Single. The Court shortly afterwards adjourned. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TATTERSALLS'.—LAST EvoNIN G * THE GREAT FIGHT. 7to 4on Heenan (taken) TWO THOUSAND' ... . 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