The Sun. — London, England, 1863-12-18 00:00:00

XONEY MARKET AND COXMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. The condition of the money market is gradually assuming greater easiness through the favourab e Position of the Bank of England, as shown in the return issued last evening by the authorities. Capital out of doors is abundant, and the mercan tile classes, believing that lower quotations will be sh ortly current, are consequently restricting their ePerations as much as possible. Bill brokers, on the other hand, are anxious to obtain business, and first-class paper is freely negotiated at 7-1 per cent. W ednesday Bank of England Return for the week to W ednesday last is of a highly satisfactory nature. The stock of bullion has been considerably increased, and the Reserve of Notes shows an augmentation of ta °re than £1,000,000. The Government and Public Deposits are also larger, and the Other Securities e xhibit an important diminution. Annexed is our Usual analysis : Active Circulation .. £19,800,505 Decrease .. .. 392,535 Bullion .. 13,675,474 Increase .. 666,857 Rest .. 3,226,953 Increase .. .. • • • • 8,016 Public Deposits 9,103,738 Increase .. 473,882 Other Deposits.. 13,265,068 Increase •.. • . 283,792 Seven Day and other Bills .. 582,259 Decrease .. 25,908 Government Securities .. 10,762,330 Increase .. 50,000 Other Securities .. 21,443,719 Decrease .. .. 369,610 Notes Unemployed .. 7,765,740 Increase .. .. 1,030,205 The City of Baltimore, from New York, has brought £210,630. The bar silver lately arrived by the Seine from t he West Indies and the Pacific was sold yesterday at 68 - lid. per oz. standard, showing no material alteration in the price realised. The only bullion operation of importance at the .13111 11 t yesterday was a withdrawal of 17,000 acvereigns for the Mauritius. The operations in the Foreign and Colonial Pro duce Markets during the last few days have been °n a rather reduced scale. Sugar has sold slowly, at a decline in some instances of is. to 2s. per cwt. Por coffee, however, there has been a moderate inquiry, and full rates have been realised. In tea, rice, fruit, and spices, there has been no material Variation as regards values, but a more cheerful tone has prevailed in the tallow market, and quo tations for both present and forward delivery show an upward tendency. Two O'CLOCK. At Paris this morning (according to Mr. Renter's telegram) the 3 per Cent. Rentes were 66f. 30e. Animated. An improvement of about per cent. has taken Place to-day in the Market for the English Funds, °Wing to the easier position of monetary affairs and the favourable Bank of England return. The increase of bullion and reserve of notes, together 'with a falling off in the loan and discount opera tions of the establishment, have produced a very favourable feeling among speculators, and Consols are now quoted 901 91 for money, and 91,-1- for the account. The New Threes and Reduced Annuities ar e higher at 901- 91 ; Exchequer Bills remain steady at 10s. to ss. dis.; India 5 per Cents, at 1061 ; and the Enfaced, 5 per Cents. at 104. A general upward movement is apparent in the 'value of the principal Foreign Securities, but busi ness is not active. Turkish 6 per Cents., 1862, are 713, 1; 1 ; ditto Consolides, 46 1; Mexican, 34 1; tireek, 251 i; Spanish Passive, 321 33 ; ditto C ertificates, 13 1 ; Portuguese, 481 t; Russian, 88 i ; and the Confederate Loan, 38 40.: I n the Railway Share Market the operations have not been extensive, but prices have generally exhibited more firmness. Great Western, and North-Eastern (Berwick), have improved ss. ; and Great Northern A Stock, and Metropolitan, 108. ; London and north Western, however, have declined e nedlOs. ; and S out h E istern, 58. Foreign and Colonial lines are inactive, and exhibit no change in values. Bank shares remain very dull. London and County, however, have improved to 56; London and Westminster to 79k; and Imperial Ottoman have declined to VII In the Miscellaneous Market, Crystal Palace stock has receded to 331 4 ; London Financial, 23k ; and Mercantile Credit, 71 ; General Floating Dock Company shares are quoted 1 to 11 prem. BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. ~Ntlk Stock ..) Per Cent. Reduced Annuities a, , ,Per Cent. Consols Annuities 9Ol t 1 ''''' kr ew 3 per Cent. Annuities N ew 3 1 per Cent. Annuities Vey? 21 per Cent. Annuities.. " Per Cent. Annuities, Jan. 1873 4 -Lnuitie s 30 yrs, expire 6th Jan., 1880 — -D itto for 30 yrs, expire sth April, 1885 — D itto (Red Sea Telegraph), Aug. 1908 — India Stock, 1874 Ditto 5 pee Cent. 1870 Ditto 4 per Cent. 1888 — Ditto itto Enfaced Paper, 4 per Cent...* ** 104 5 per Cent Ditto 61 per Cent Ditto ditto April, 1864 Batik Ditto ditto '"EVE Stock for Account Aug. 1864 or 66 die - "'"0 Bonds £l,OOO — die D - itto under £l,OOO — dis C o nsols for Account, Jan. 7.. 9li i , i ,ed ia Stock t or A ccoun t, 5 p er C en t — Alchequer Bills, £l,OOO, 2i lc 3 per Cent 5 10 dis Ditto .£500 Ditto Small FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. Austrian Bonds, 5 per Cent .. razilian Ditto 1859 .0 5 Di tto, 1839 and 1859 Ditto 41 per Cent., 1852-58-60 Ditto 1863 Bu -„ 111, 05 Ayres 6 per Cent — , -Ditto 1 per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent.) N'olornbian 6 Scrip £l5 pd — Lilian 6 1863, £3O paid ` - ' 4 illan 6 per Cent . — I)itto 41 per C en t, B3 Danish 4 per Cent., 1863 -Dutch, 21 per Cent., Ex. 12 Guilders Ditto, Proyi sona l L and Warrant* — Egyptian 7 per Cent . Ditto, Seco n d Issue ... *************** 99 Greek 6 per Account.:, . 1824-. g, * e . x -. C . 0 . u . p . 0 . n5 .. ** ** 98 — Ditto A Ditto Cvupons ********************** 251 a h Ditto Account *************************— Vuatemala 5 per Cent.. ***************** Ditto ** ************* Account.. ********** Italian 5 per Cent.(Maremniana Railway . ; __. Mexican 3 per Cent - Ditto Account per Cent ............... t i ,, , t i a 'lNloorish Imperial 5 .New Granada ........ -- Ditto 2 per Cent. — Ditto Deterred Ditto Land Warrants (Hectares) — 4-0 uvian 3per Cent. .. I.litto Account Ditto 4} per Cent., 1862 .. — 'Ditto Account Ditto Account .— 2 Ditto 3 per Cent., 1856, '7 l '9, '6O, 62 4 Bl Ditto Account ...- Ditto, 1863 .., Ditto Scrip, £l5 paid Ansaian 6 per Cent., 1822, £St ...... --- Ditto 41 per Cent 1850 .. Ditto 1860 — ' Ditto 3 per Cent., 1859 ~ Ditto 6 per Cent. 1862 BBl I ''ardinian 5 per Cent Ditto Account l'iPartieh 3 er Cent D itto Ac ount 531 Ditto New Deferred .. Ditto Account - Ditto P asive Ditto Account 12/ 3 P a llish Cert. of Corp not funded Ditto ..m • -• -•• ccount Swedu • 1 : ilt, •4 p er Ceat. u riiiiih 6 per Cent. 1854 — Di tto Account .. D itto 6 pe r C en t. 18.58 Ditto Account T 4 to, flOO Bonds - Divf„ .' -- ,ip h i . t - t .-- 0 G 6 per Cent. 1862 Itto ..% ecmint v ~e 7 0 per Cent. 1863 . 4).h.,,ii;t41,0: 3 per Cent. v , l .'to A.ccount 231 per Cent., 1562 Di no Account to Dividends on the above payable in London. I'll2 l per Cent., Ex. 12 Guil -- French., 1' 2 4 4 per Cent. Certificates i ittoß.entes, 4.v per Cent., Ex. 25f — Italio - Account n , 5 per Cent., 1861, Ex. 25 francs — Ditto Account.... Ditto Scrip (1863) £42 Bs. 3d. paid.... pm er, -L ,-, - ° ,ll sol wr THREE O'CLOCK. oney Dit to Accou n t SHARE MARKETS.—This day, ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. Paid. Closing Business Share) Railways. P"'"1 Price. done. 13.14. Bir.. Wol., and Str. Val all 8 85 25 Blythe and Tyne. 10 Bost.,Sleat,and Mid.Co all 8 85 st Bristol and Exeter 100 82 84 et. Caledonian lOO 1185 1i95 119 185 50 cork and Bandon all 20 Cornwall all 65 7 10 Do A Alts no di ' all 10 Do. B ,till6papan.ha, (been paid to B. - -- 50 Dublin & Belfast June. all 38 10 25 Dun.,Perth,&Ab. June., all 16 17 st Edinburgh & Glasgow.i 100 91 06 st Glasg. and S. Western. 100 107 leo st Great Eastern, Ord. stk 100 485 495 49 st Ditto A stock st Ditto East Anglian et 100 7/ 85 et GreatNorthof Scotland 109 et Great Northern......,, 100 125 127 , 126/ 6 st Do A stock 9t Do Sdo st Gt. S. an IW. of Irelaue 100 96 08 st Great Western 100 631 6t 635 5 1 st Do Str Val gua. stock 100 et Lancashire & 'Yorkshire 100 109/ 1101 1095 10 st London and Blackwall 100 ' 71 73 72s st Lon., Bright.,& S. Coast 109 1075 ;081 108 st Lon., Chat, mid Dover 100 43 44 at Lon. & Noah Western 100 1061 1071, 1067, 75 5 et Lon. & So'.th Western 100 101 102 102 15 et Man., Shef., & Lincoln. 100 48 4857,, 50 Maryport and Carlisle. all 1 125 Do # FiIIATCN all I st Metropolitan all 1105 1111 111 5 et Midland 8.4.0 Do New st Do Birming. & Derby 100 96 98 50 Mid. Gt. W. of Ireland all 25 Do. 1 shares 26 Mid Kent 10 Do Cray Line 8t North British st Edin., Perth, & Dundee 10 0 25 16 et I Nth. Eastern—Berwics 100 1012 1125 102} 2 } 25 Do, G.N.E. purchase 16.13.4' et Do Leeds lOO 585 51 1 59 et Do York st Do Carlisle lOO et ;North London 10 I Do New •9.16.4'N0rth Staffordshire all 77 78 78 10 N. and S. W. Junction all 1l 115 st Scottish Central et Scot N. E., Aber. stock 100 42 44 st Do Soot. Mid. stock lOO 198 100 10 Shrews. and Welohpool all et ;Shropshire Union 100 61 62 st !South Devon lOO j 12 83 St South Eastern at South Wales et 'S. York. and River Dun 100 97 19 20 16taines,Wok.,andWok all 191 .05 25 ;Stockton & Darlington all 075 374 25 I Do .15 Do New, 1860 8 75 7 1 p et iTatf Vale: lOO 168 160 10 Do B 8 5 65 10 Do C 8 21 3 }p 50 Ulster 25 Do 12.10 Do 5l et 'Vale of Neath st ;Victoria sta. and Pim lOO 170 175 et IVaterford & Kilkenny 100 st , West Cornwall , 100 st ,W. Hartlepool Ilar.&R 1 100 st i'West Midland -Oxford] 100 , et Do Newport ! 100 -- st I Do Hereford 100 '— BRITISH POSSESSIONS. Closing Share Railways _ Paid. Price. Business done 100 .mantic &St Lawrenut all 60 --- ?2 Sk Bom.,Barodadr.Cent Inc 122 1(6 11l 1061 Gu. 5 per scut.. • 20 Do. New . ...... 8 4 1 p 20 Do. E. Shares.. 74 1 p 204 Buffalo and Lake liuron all 6 64 10 Do. Preference .. • • 100 5 liatialo,BrantAGodrief 6 p. et. bds. Aug. 1, 100 Do. do. July 1, 1872. 100 100 Do. do. Jung 1, Iz.l-1 100 st Oicutta.<tS.:astn.kLiu 100 103 105 st Cape Town & Dock Seri) 100 101 103 stock Eagan. Bengal gu. sp. 100 ICB 109 1081 stock East Indian. gu. sp. c. Inn 1004 1274 1074 1 20 Do. do. G Ext l5 1 I *P 20 Do. do. H do. stock Grand Trunk of Canada luu 20 21 100 Do. Ist Prcsf. Bonds all 73 75 74 100 Do. do. deferred all 59 61 100 Do. 2d Pref. Bonus all 65 68 66 100 Do. do. deferred— all 50 53 100 Do. 3d Pr ef. stock 100 Do. do. deterred.-- all 38 42 100 Do. 4th I'ref. stock—. all 27 29 100 Do. do. deferred all 22 c 4 stook Gt.ln.diarentu.gua.sp. o 100 118 109 20 Do. New gua. sp. 12 14 141 , 20 Do. January, 1862 stock Gt. South.of India (Lim guaranteed 5 per cent. 100 105 106 204 Gt. W. of Canada Share, all 91 10 2 0 1 Do. New 100 Do. 6 p.c. '73 with't opt. all 92 95 100 Do. 55 p. 0. do. '77-8.... all 86 88 10 Indian Branch Limited 2 * iP stock Madras. guar., 5p.0. .. 100 1054 1054 1051 6 stock Do. 11 p. c. Extension 100 100 101 stock De. 4$ d 0........ 100 C 6 100 20 Do. Fifth Extension. 2 -- stock llelb.Corp. ap. c. Bnds. 100 50 Melb. & Hobson's Bay. all 57 59 100 Do. 7p. c. Mortg. Bds. all 20 Newliruiswlck4tCandy Class A and B all 8 5 N.lll.C'das pc lat pi bds 100 82 84 stork Soinde •• 1 (100 106 107 stock Do. Delhi ' 100 11,6 1(7 1054 20 Do. do ;11 2 4 1p at Do. Punjaub all 105 116 106 • Do. Do. ........ , C a db, 100 - - s ook Do. Indus. St. Flo.) km• 101 103 , COLONIAL GOVERN NIkiNT SEC U Hill Eh. 0 V. tlp.e..) Jul) - ' 1877-S4 Do. op. c. Feb. & Auu. 100 104 1(4 Do. 6p. c.Mar.& Sept. 100 162 101 Do. Ip. c. Jan.&.July. 100 92 13 Do. S Inscribed stock 100 91 93 ;Cape G.Hope. ap c,1872 100 106 108 Do.Ap & Oct. 188(. 100 109 111 Do. 189$ 100 109 111 - IDo. Jan. & July, 1891.. 100 112 114 Ceylon, N0v.1878, 6p c 10u 110 112 1131auritius 6 per cent .. 100 106 108 Natal Gov. 6 per cont.. 110 107 109 -. 'N.B.Gov. 6 p. 0..) a..z.July 100 101 106 Do. p. c.Ap. Oct. 100 N. S.W. Gov. 5 p 18N 100 100 102 D o . sp. c..,18/i to Hl f 100 101 102 Do. d0.,2888 .1; upwds 100 1011 1021 1011 21 New Zealand 6 p cent. 100 110 112 Nova Scotia Gov. 6p. c. sterling, 1875. lOO 105 107 1054 ,Queensland Gev. op. c. 100 CA 113 2.l.Aus G6p.c.1673.& up.. 100 -111 113 iVio•Gov. 6 p.c. Ja.&July 100 107 109 Do. io 6 n.o. An.&Oct... 100 lO9 110 1 1091 11 j BRITISH MINES. 2 !Cambrian Consol. Gold 1 1 4d uldlord Amalgamated.. 33 H Devon G. Con.. (Tavist.) 1 550 660 East Bassett (Illogan).. 30 i'7 60 1 East Clogau Gold Ltd. 53. Icl par East Caradon East Carn Brea... 1.4.0 51 64 - WI Russel (Tavistk.) 8.9.0 4y 5 (Gam.&St-Aubyn(Gwen.) 581 8 10 Great South Tolgus.... 17s 44 41 IG. Wheal Vor (Heleton 40 12 13 IGrenville 6.16. u 4 44 ; Llen:Ws-Foot ~. 8.12 68 40 lilingston Downs 4.:8.0 2 21 iLady Bertha )largaret (tiny Lelaut 9, 14 16 Ilarke Valley.. 4 Nlyndy Iron Ore (Lim ; 24 14 e. New Setun 192 90 100 • North Dow= 2l 11 11 Basset (Illo.v.in 3.1.0 21 24 North Wheal Crotty .. 2.6.9 5 54 Par Consols (St. Blazey, 20 Vrovidenoe(UlayLelnt.; 10.4.7 42 44 ISouthearadon(St.Cleer, 11 415 125 —S. Cant Brea (Illogan).. - S.Wheal Fran. (Illogan 18.10.9 60 65 - iStray Park 30.17.6 30 32 ' S famarSilv.& Lead Min 44 fin Croft 9 18 19 1 1'Ve3t Basset (Illouan) ll 91 101 IV C: radon (Llskeard: 5 18 20 West Scion Wheal Basset (Mogan) 51 87, 924 Wheal liuller(ltedruth) 5 221 275 i o%heal Kitty (U.LelAnt)' 2.0.6 -- - - WhealLudcott 1 3.0.8 1 11 • Wheal Mary Ann ;Men ) 8 115 12 Wheal Lleton . 584 155 163 Wheal Treia.wney (Lls.) 7 21 22 - tVheal Union , 3.17 21 3 PREFERENCE SHARES. Great vorthern, 4i per cent., red. at 10 per cent. pm., 104 Glt. Western, South Wales, gua. s:per cent., 100 Gt.Western,West Midland, Oxford, Ist guaranteed stock, 129 PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCKS. Great Eastern, 5 per cent., pf., 103 Ditto, new, 21 London and S.-Western 41 per cent., 105 3 LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. Buckinghamshire, 97 Chester and Hoiyhead, 57 Ditto, 5 - per cent., 115 i Ditto, 5 per cent., 125 Colchester, Stour Valley, 67 61 Loudon and Chatham 44 per Cent., Ditto. Cora. Fund Stock. 5 per cent., 102 Midland Bradford pret: stock, 96 Royston, and Grantham R. & C. 951 61 Hitch., and Shep., 1371 61 FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Dutch Rhenish. 17i Recite and San Francisco ( li m. ) , gua• 7 p er cen t " 163. 17 Sambre and Meuse, 84 FOREIGN MINES. Cape Copper, lint., cobre Copper, 294 30 Von Pedro, Nor, la Del Rey, a Yudananiutana of S. Australia (lina.), JOINT-STOCK BANKS. Anglo Austrian, 7 Bank of Victoria, Australia, 41 Chartered Bank of Australia, and China, 34 1 Consolidated Bank, lint., 10 ftz F dish and Iri sh 81English 2" 1 la and Japan aim.), 311 I'7l 1 Hindustan, , _ Imperial Bank (lli n n.) l , 7 r Imperial Ottonta , India, lint., 41 and Swedish, hm., 5 Land Mortgage ltrazilian 62 Ayres, an London, Buenos Bank f Australia, 27* London Chartered Ban o London and County, 56 „ (line.), i v Plate, 51 Merchant Bank, lhn , 61 , London ijoudon s a n ! Oriental Bank Corporation, SCI Scinde, Punjaub, and Delhi (lint 0, 02 South Australia, 391 Union of Australia, 533. 41 Union of London, 40 MISCELLANEOUS. Company, 10 Ceylon Crystal Palac e , 64 31 3•1 Discount Corporati on, limited, 6 , East India Irrig a ti on and Canal, 4 Electric Telegraph, 1 07 - Gen. Crtdit and London, lint., 6,1 1 Hudson's Bay. 121 ance of 1 • 8 a International Financial Society, lim. 9f /f Italian Irrigation (Canal Cavouri, 311' Ditto, 6 per cent. Bonds, red Joint stok I)iscouut, 6 cm. 1870, issued 90, 861 Ditto, new, , I - J o int•stoLk Discount, 61 London Finanzial Association, lint., 233. ' London General Omnibus Company, Inn., 2* Mercantile Credit Association, Um, 7,t National Discount Company, lint., 9 Royal Mail M.eitin, 74 51 SUIN, LONDO POLICE INTELLIGENCE—This Day 'MARLBOROUGH-STREET. MELANCHOLY AFFAIR.—APPEAL TO THE MAGlS TRATE.—lnspector Garforth, of the E division, waited upon Mr. Knox this morning, to make an appeal on behalf of a poor woman named Warner, who accompanied him. Mr. Garforth said the husband of the poor woman was a road sweeper, earning about 14s. a week, and with a little earned by his wife, kept his family of six children much better than was usual with persons of his class. Yester day afternoon the wife left home, leaving the children in the room situated in Holbrook-Place, Fitzroy-market, and after she had gone a short time, the eldest in whose care the others were left went out,leaving all but the youngest, a poor little fellow between two or three years of age, with her. Oa the children returning to the room they found it in fl Imes. Assistance came and the fire was extinguished, every article in the room being destroyed, and on the fire men searching they found the badly burnt body of the poor child who had been left in the room. Knowing the husband ar.d wife to be well-conducted, hardworking people, and deserviLg of assistance, he had brought the matter before his worship. In answer to Mr. Knox, the poor woman, who was in tears, aid she had not been able to save anything, and was without ti home. Mr. Knox gave some temporary assistance, and requested Mr. Gattorth to see in the course of the day what could be done for the poor family. The poor woman thanked the magistrate for his kind ness. SHOPLIFTING.—AN OLD HAND.—Ellen Morgan was charged with stealing 30 yards of cotton print from tho shop of Mr. Winter, linendraper, 29 and 30, Goodge-street, Tottenham. court-road. The prisoner entered the shop of Winter and asked to be shown some alpacas. This was done, and she made some excuse for not making a purchase and left, and as she was doing so she was stopped, a young man in Mr. Winter's employ, from the outside, having seen the prisoner secrete the piece of print under her shawl, Sergeant Franklin was then sent for and the prisoner given into custody. Blogg, 124 G, proved knowing the prisoner as a shop lifter, and said she had once received a sentence of 12 months for shoplifting. Mr. Knox committed the prisoner for trial. THAMES. STEALING SHIP'S STORES.—John Thomas, described as a ship's steward, hbout 33 years of age, was brought before Mr. Partedge charged with stealing 10 lbs. of salt pork. Thomas Holligan, a watchman in the service of the East and West India Dock Company, stated that at half-past 5 yesterday afternoon the prisoner camo to the river entrance of the East India Dock with a bundle under his arm, and, as he was about to pass out, he asked him what it contained, to which the prisoner replied, " Old lumber," He opened the bundle, and found it to contain salt pork. He searched the prisoner's pockets, in which he discovered six ship's biscuits. The prisoner said the pork was old and con demned stores lying about the deck of the ship Washington Irving, on which he had been eriaployed. The pork was good and new, and had only been on board the Washington Irving three or four days. Mr. Partridge sentenced the prisoner to be imprisoned and kept to hard labour for one calendar month. Mr. Charles Young, solicitor, afterwards made an earnest appeal to the magistrate to substitute a pecuniary fine for the imprisonment, and said the prisoner came from Ports mouth, and had only been in the Port of London a few days. The prisoner had been in various situations in the royal navy and the merchant service, and had given much satisfaction to his superiors. The prisoner had al ways maintained a good character for honesty and so briety. This was the prisoner's first offence, and if he was sent to prison he would be prevented going to sea, and his family would suffer. Mr. Young then handed to the magistrate a large number of testimonials of good character and certificates of service and discharge, describing the prisoner's character for ability and good conduct to be very good. Mr. Partridge said that under the circumstances he thought he should be justified in rescinding his first sen- tence, and should' order the prisoner to pay a fine of £3. The penalty was instantly paid, and the prisoner was liberated. ITALY. (From the Correspondent of the Morning Post) ROME, DEC. 9. The threatening aspect of the political horizon, especially in Germany, having reminded King Maximilian 11. of his duties at home, his Majesty took leave of the Sovereign Pontiff on Saturday morning at the Vatican, and started yesterday for Munich, abandoning his quiet artistical retirement at the Vi, la di Malta much sooner than he originally contemplated. The pamphlet, " Napoleon 111. et le Corgres" has produced a strong sensation here, as in other parts of Europe, with,its cry of " Guerre pour guerre!" but the Pontifical Government will hardly be re luctant to witness any appeal to the fortune of war, from which there might possibly result a restoration of its lost provinces. Monsignore de Merode, his Holiness's indefatigable Minister of War, is at work night and day increasing and improving the contents of the Papal arsenals, no doubt with a view to contributing a contingent to the Catholic army of a new holy alliance at the moment of need. Nine complete batteries of artillery and 24,000 rifles are stored up already, and military equipments of all kinds are perpetually being fur nished, to the consternation of the Finance Minister, Monsignore Ferrari, whose remonstrances, how ever, on the expense of such proceedings are soon stopped by Monsignore de. Merode's reply that the" money he lays out is not derived from the Papal treasury, but from the Catholic contributions of all Europe. From the same source men will be forthcoming to use all these weapons at the fitting mcment, it is to be inferred, for otherwise the armament is out of proportion to the military ne cessities of a State barely numbering 600,000 souls, and garrisoned by foreign troops. The festival of St. Barbara, revered as the patroness of artillerymen, was celebrated on Friday last at the Pretorian camp, where the corps of artil lery offered a banquet to the generals and superior officers of the Pontifical army at the new barracks erected within tnat ancient area. The following remarks on the event are made by the Corresponclance de Rome ;-- One thing must be well observed, which is that the Pontifical army, representing at the present day the Catholic element in all the height and energy of devotion, bears in itself the germs of a complete restoration of the Pontifical power. At Rome, as well as at Castelfidardo and Ancona, it affirms in the sight of the world the existence of the royalty of the Vicar of Jesus Christ, and it has a right to the love of the universal Church, and to the respect of its enemies." From these expressions it is evident that Pius IX.; as a King, is attached to the ultima ratio regum, and that he still trusts to the valour of his own bat talions for the ultimate recovery of the lost pro vinces. I had the honour of seeing his Holiness to-day, looking well and happy. He was going to pay a visit to the occupants of the Nazarine College, an establishment situated at an awkward turn in a narrow street, with a door which I should not have supposed capable of admitting the ponderous Pon tifical equipage; but his Holiness's coachman, an imposing personage of the Daniel Lambert stamp, achieved the awkward tarn, entered the narrow door with his six horses and vast vehicle, without the eighth of an inch to spare on either side, set down the Pope at the grand staircase, and went on to turn in the courtyard beyond with a dexterity which showed him to be quite worthy of the exalted position he occupies. On Thursday last two members of the Cochin- Chinese Embassy to Paris, Messrs. Tri-Cong-Ding lip and Pe-Ho-Ang, returning home on board a Spanish steamer, touched at Civita Vecchia, ca me up to Rome, and were received by the Pope, to whom they announced that the free exercise of the Catholic religion had been granted in the Annamite empire, and that Pontifical subjects would hence forward enjoy there the same rights and privileges as French and Spanish subjects. The Pope received these F,nvoye, themselves Catholics, very affec tionately. They were accompanied by Commandant Montejer and five other Spanish offiee . rs. On Saturday, the sth instant, Count de Sartiges had the honour of presenting to the Pope, in a pri vate.audience, the letters accrediting him as French Ambassador to the Holy see. His Excellency after wards paid a visit to Cardinal Antoselli. Mr. Ode Russell has telegraped from Turin for his laseia passare to be sent to Civita Vecchia, and is hourly expected in Rome. PHARMACEUTICAL SOCIETY OF GREAT BRITAIN. —Names of Candidates who passed the Major Examination as Pharmaceutical Chemists—William Gowland, Sunder land ; William Ileathorn, Maidstone ; B ichard Hopgood, Chipping Norton; Jacqucst Olivier, Mauritius; Montague 5. it. Hoskin, Southampton ; and Frederick C. M. Millar, Beaminster. , FRIDAY EVENING, DECEkBER 18, 1863. Naval and Military Intelligence. THE NAVY. The screw steamship Conqueror, 78, appointed to convey the expeditionary battalion of Royal Marines to Japan, was compelled by contrary winds, when going down Channel, to put into Portland, and had not arrived at Plymouth up to noon yesterday (Thursday), but the wind had veered more to the northward, and she was hourly expected. The bag gage was ready for embarkation, and steamtugs were in attendance. On Wednesday the battalion, which consists of upwards of 500 men, under the command of Lieut.-Col. Suther, Col. Penrose, and Col. Adair, was inspected on Plymouth Hoe by Major-Gen. Stransham, the Inspector. Gen-, who took the opportunity of reminding the men of the importance of the duty they had to perform, and of the great necessity there would be for them to conduct them selves in an orderly and sober manner. Gen. Stransham afterwards visited the teen's quarters and the various de partments in the barracks at Stonehonse. Mr. J. Stansfeld, M.P., one of the Lords of the Admi ralty, will arrive at Chatham early in the approaching week, for the purpose of commencing an investigation into the general system of management, the official supervision, and other important matters connected with the dockyard and naval establishments. The inquiry will extend over a lengthened period, and will be very comprehensive. By direction of the Lords of the Admiralty, the squadron of gunboats attached to the first division of the Chatham steam reserve ate to be surveyed, and a report made by the dockyard officials whether one of the number could not be altered and fitted as a steam tenser, to be used in convey ing the work people and mechanics to and from the dock yard to tfiti Achilles, on that vessel being undocked and paced at moorings at the entrance to the harbour, then to be completed for sea. Should it be found practicable to use one of the gunboats for the service she will be employed instead of one of the Medway Company's steamers, which the Lords of the Admiralty had originally intended hiring for that duty. About 60 tons of iron plates, intended for the new iron frigate Bellerophon, have arrived at Chatham Dockyard, having been recovered from the Thames, in which they were sunk during the late gale. The plates are from the estab lishment of Messrs. Moser and Co., who have entered into a contract to supply most of the plate iron for the Bellerophon. The transport on which the plates were on board at the time had sunk, but was raised by means of lighters de spatched from the dockyard, and 'the vessel itself, with all the plates on board, was brought into Chatham harbour. Notice was yesterday given in Chatham dockyard that a number of the hired mechanics, shipwrights, and labourers employed for upwards of two years past on the iron frigate Achilles, will be discharged from that establishment at the close of next week, as soon as the vessel has been undocked. The large bower anchors for the Achilles, each weighing upwards of five tons, and manufactured at the factory of Messrs. Brown and Lennox, the makers of all the large an chors for theAdmirally, have been fitted on board, in readi• ness for the undocking of that vessel. Each anchor, before being finally approved, was submitted to a powerful hydrau lic test, at the testing house in Chatham dockyard, and sub sequently to the heat test at the smithy, on both of which occasions the standard of excellence laid down by the Ad miralty was reached. The port and starboard sides of the Achilles have been covered with several coatings of the Hay's composition for preventing the fouling of the bot toms of iron vessels, and the hull is now being painted down. The work of cutting away the projecting granite sides at the entrance to the dock, to allow of her being undocked, will be commenced the day before she is floated out, and will be accomplished by a large body of workmen, who will be employed without cessation until the operation is com pleted. The screw steam frigate Aurora, 35, Captain Sir F. L. 111‘Clintock, having received fresh orders, left Plymouth yesterday for Spitbead. The paddlewheel steam-sloop Geyser, 6, Commander M. Pechell, from Portsmouth, arrived yesterday at Plymouth. The Medusa, paddlewheel vessel, 889 tons, 321-horse power, Master-Commanding John H. Allard, sailed yester day from Sheerness for Yarmouth, in pilot charge of Mr. Rueben Harvey, master of the Locust, steam-tug, accord ing to instructions received from the Admiralty. It is re ported that she will be ordered to proceed to the North Sea, and the mouth of the Elbe, in search of a number of missing fishing smacks supposed to have been driven out to sea during the late gales. On Wednesday atternoon a stoker serving on board her Majesty's ship Salamander, 6, paddlewheel sloop, preparing for sea at Sheerness, unfortunately lost his life while ascend ing the Jacob's ladder to get into a boat at the stern of the vessel. By some means he missed his hold, and, falling into the water, was drowned before assistance could be rendered. Sir Frederick Nicolson, C.B.,Commodore Superintendent of Woolwich dockyard, yesterday went on board the flag ship Fisgard, and mustered the seamen and marines, and afterwards inspected the ship throughout, preparatory to his retiring from the station. By the death of Vice-Admi ral Sir Henry Bruce, K.C.8., Sir F. Nicolson obtains his flag, and will be succeeded at Woolwich on the Ist proximo by Capt. Hugh Dunlop, C. 8., Commodore of the first class, and senior officer in. the West Indies. The two spacious wings ordered tobe annexed to the plate bending factory in Woolwich donkYard, are now completed, and the reception of the machinery commenced yesterday. The following appointments have been made at the Ad miralty:—Commanders W. L. Steinforth, James Robinson, and E. H. Burleigh, to be Inspecting Commanders of the Coastguard, vice Commanders Gore, Beresford, and Webb, whose period of service has expired—Lieut. Coldstream C. Robinson, to the Formidable—Sub-Lieut. Chas. R. Smith, to the Meeanee—Sub-Lieut. Julian A. Dashwood, to the Salamander Andrew IL Gordon, nominated to a naval cadetship—Wm. Crawford, surg, superintendent, to the Clara convict ship—John Thurston, paymaster, to the Camelon—J. E. Knight, master, to the Aurora—J. L. J. Wagstaff and W. 0. Ifignell, paymasters, additional, to the Asia—J. S. Daniell, paymaster, additional, to the pamber land—Belgrave Ninins, assist.-surg., additional, to the Guragoa—and Alfred L. Eshelby, master's-assist., to the Salamander. 4...........•.... THE ARMY. By direction of the Duke of Cambridge, a circular-memo • random, signed by Col. C. Bingham, Deputy-Adjutant- General, has been promulgated from the Horse Guards, laying down a code of rules and regulations for the quid• ance of officers in preparing the requisitions for stores for the service of the batteries in the year 1864-5. The order directs the entire equipment of each battery to be inspected by the three senior officers present with it, by whom a list of such items as are found unserviceable or repairable is to be drawn up. The mixed board of survey should have for its president, when practicable, a regimental field officer, and its members should also, when circumstances admit of it, be captains of the mounted services (not, however, be longing to the battery,the stores of whioh are under survey) and an officer of the military store department. The survey boards are to guard against the condemnation of articles which are not in a really unserviceable condition, and such as have become through other than fair wear and tear of Ale service should be so noted. All stores returned to the Royal Arsenal, Woolwich, being subjected to examination there before final disposal under the orders of the Secretary of State for War, it is absolutely necessary that military boards of survey held on such stores previously to their being returned should carefully guard against the 'possibi lity of the accuracy of their reports, either as to the actual condition of the stores examined or the causes to which their unserviceableness is attributed being questioned at such subsequent examinations. Instances having occurred of stores surveyed and condemned being afterwards re ported as expended, and consequently not forthcoming for delivery to the military store officer ordered to take over the unserviceable stores, it is intimated that all articles which are in future conveyed and condemned will be re quired for delivery to store, and that stores which it is intended to account for as expended should not be sub jected to survey. Yesterday a detachment of the 31st (Huntingdonshire) Regiment, consisting of 170 men of all ranks, left Chatham garrison, wader the command of Capt. T. R. Ry croft, and proceeded to Plymouth, for the purpose of join ing the service companies of that regiment, which have been reduced considerably below their proper strength from lengthened foreign service. The examination of candidates for admission to the Royal Military College, Sandhurst, commenced yesterday at the Royal Hospital, Chelsea, before the Vice-President and other members of the Council of Military Education. There are nearly 150 candidates on this occasion. The examina tion will close on Wednesday next. SECOND EDITION. SUN OFFICE, HALF-PAST 4 o'CLocK. AUSTRIA. VIENNA, Deo. 17.—The General Correspondence remarks on the absolute insignificance of the paper attributed to Mieroslawski said to have been found in the Zamoyski Palace, and about which the Rus sian journals have made such a noise. The Wanderer, in announcing the condemnation to death of the young. Count Zimoyski, shows the complete illegality of the proceeding which is only a work of po:iiical vengeance. THIRD EDITION SUN OFFECE, SEVEN O'CLOCK. AMERICA. [REUTER'S TELEGRAM.] GREENCASTLE, DEc. 18. The Canadian steamer America, from Portland, arrived here at 1.30 p.m. to-day. She brings 10,200 dole. in specie. LONDON GAZETTE—This Evening, -~- - FOREIGN OFFICE, DEC, 9. The Queen has been graciously pleased to appointßichars l Reade, Esq.. now her Majesty's Vice-Consul at Bengazi, to be her Majesty's Consul for the province of Scutari. The Queen has also been graciously pleased to appoint George Dennis, Esq., now British Vice-Consul at Syra cuse, to be her Majesty's Vice-Consul at Bengazi. DECEMBER 15. The Queen has been pleased to approve of Don Joaquin Gonzalez y Huct as Consul at Malta for her Majesty the Queen of Spain. INDIA OFFICE, DEC. 14. The Queen has been pleased to appoint Sir George Rus sell Clerk, K.C,B , K. 5.1., to be a Member of the Council of India. PITGILISM. JOE GOSS, OF WOLVERHAMPTON, AND ISAAC BAKER, OF WALSALL, FOR .£lOO A-SlDE. — Pursuant to the arrange ment made by the referee, these men met for the second time yesterday, when the contest was brought to an issue without let or hindrance. The belligerents were net re stricted to weight, but Goss, who was the heavier, pulled down full n stone; but then, as will be imagined by those who know the man, he was in no sort of condition, while Baker, ou the contrary, was fit to fight for a man's life. no betting was 2 to 1 on Goss, and all being in readi ness, the combatants stepped within the ropes. The toss for corners was won by Joe; the men were conducted to the scratch, and at 20 minutes past 8 o'clock were left to commence hostilities. The first two or three rounds were of rather long duration, but after the first plunge had been made the belligerents fought faster, although there was no remarkable science displayed. On the whole, it may be i r l, Goss fought so badly that he greatly astonished his friends, and there can be no doubt that this falling off was attributable to the fact that he had not got himself into Proper fettle. The first of the leading points was gained by Goss with the loft, while the second was obtained by Baker in the 18th bout. There were in the whole 27 rounds fought in one hour and 20 minutes, wh en. G oss , who had made good use of it, delivered the right heavily on the head. Baker, being unable to renew the contest, had to succumb. It must be stated that the friends of Baker are quite satisfied with the gameness of their man en this occ asion, and think that, u p to the sudden termination of the contest in the last round, he had far from a bad chance of winning. DOWNING-STREET, DEc : 16. The Queen has been pleased to ratify and confirm the ap pointment of George Geddes, Esq., to be a Member of the Legislative Council of the Island of Jamaica. WAR OFFICE, PALL MALL, DEC. 18. Ist Regiment of Dragoons—Corbet Smith, Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Henry Aylward Keogh, who retires. Bth Hussars—Captain Horace Durrant, from the Bth Foot, to be Captain. vice Ross, who exchanges. 12th Lancers—Cornet John Brooke Maher Camm has been permitted to retire from the Service by the sale of his Commission. Royal Artillery—Lieutenant Edward Henry Baker to be Second Captain, vice Horace Seymour Kerr Fechell, resigned—Gentleman Cadet Oliver Franeis Theodore An nesley to be Lieutenant, vice Bethune, deceased. Roy al Engineers—Lieutenant, with temporary rank Robert John WClure has been permitted to resign his Commis- son. Bth Regiment of Foot—Captain George Campbell Ross, from the Bth Hussars, to be Captain, receiving a portion of the former difference between Cavalry and Infantry, vice Currant who exchanges. 23d Foot—Ensign George William Adolphus Fitz George to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Robert Comer Bacon, who retires—Charles George Bell, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Fits George. 24th Foot—Lieutenant Redmond O'Mabony to be Captain by purchase, vice Henry Charles Marsack, who retires — Ensign Oscar Henry Blount to be Lieutenant, by pur chase, vice O'Mahony—Thomas Harris, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Blount. 48th—Edward Henry O'Dowd, Gent., late Lieutenant 7th Dragoon Guards, to be Paymaster, vice Paymaster, with the honorary rank of Captain, Alexander William McKenzie, transferred to the 54th Foot. 51st Foot—Lieutenant Smeeton Walker to be Captain, by purchase, vice Edmund Moresby Crowe, uho retires — Ensign George Beverley Bird to be Lieutenant by pur chase, vice Walker—Richard Read Towson, Gent., to be Ensign, Foot—Paymaster, te by purchase, with e, viß the ird 54th honorary rank of Captain, Alexander William M'Kenzie, from the 48th Foot, to be Paymaster, vice Paymaster, with the honorary rank of Major, William Marriott, deceased. 67th Yoot—Lieutenant Thomas Dawson to be Captain, without purchase, vice Thomas Stack, retired upon lull pay—Ensign Herbert Reid Lempriere to b e Li eutenant , Alison, wa°2 Gent., to b e E ns i gn , t F h o o o u t t_ eh purchase,arle German vice Da by purchase, vice John Breadalbane Campbell, who re 91wEsti tires 4th West India Regiment—Ensign Arthur Hill Ringland Ferguson, to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice John Bland Sawyer, deceased—Frederick Benjamin Price White, Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Fer guson. UNATTACRED.—Lientenant Louis D'Acosta, from the 64th Foot, to be Captain, without purchase. MILITARY STORE DEPARTMENT.—Assistant-Superinten dent of Stores W. S. Forster to be Deputy -Superinten dent of Stores, vice Douglas, Superanuated—Deputy Assistant -Superintendent or Stores E. K. Dwyer to be Assistant -Superintendent of Stores, vice Dame, placed on retired pay—Deputy Assistant• Superintend e nt of Stores W. F. Wright to be Assistant-Superintend e nt of Stores, vice Forster, promoted. MEDICAL DEPARTMENT.—AIfred Lewis, M.D., to be Staff Assistant -Surgeon—The Services of Staff Assistant- Surgeon Alexander Mackay have been dispensed with from the 24th November, 1863. VETERINARY D EPART MENT.— Actin g Veterinary- Surgeon Th omas Shannon has been permitted to resign hi s Appointment. BREVET. The Commission as Colonel of Lieutenant-Colonel George Frederick Stevenson Call, 18th Foot, to be ante dated to the 21st October, 1861. C ap t a i n Thomas Stack, retired fall-pay, 67th Foot, to have the honorary rank of Major. The undermentioned officers having completed the quali fying service in the rank o f Lieutenant-Colonel, under t he provisions of the Roya l Warrant of the 14th October, 1858, to be Colonels : Lieutenan t-C o lonel John Hall Smyth, t.E., R o y a l Artillery. Lieutenant -Colonel Alfred Augustus Chapman, 18th Foot. Major and Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel John Gwilt, 34th Foot. Captain and Lieutenant -Colonel Alfred Capel Cure, Grenadier Guards. MEMORANDUM.—Lieutenant -General Arthur Richard, of Wellington. K.G., has been permitted to retire from the service by the sale of an Unattached Lieut-Colonelcy, un d er th e conditions of the Hors e Guards' Circular Memorandum of 15th February, 1861. ADMIRALTY, DEC. 16. Royal Marine Light Infantryirst Lientenaht Jelin ger Henry Symons to be Captain, vice Daly, placed on half-pay—Second Lieutenant Frederic Vincent God. frey Bird to be First Lieutenant, vice Symons—First Lieutenant Howard Sutton Jcnes to be Captain, v i ne Goold, retired on full pay—Second Lieutenant Percival Robert Champion to B b AN e First KRUP T S Lieutenant, vice J ones. The following are the only bankrupts of commercial im portance in the Gazette : Wm. Randle, o rn dealer, Norwich: Robert Case, oil merchant, Upper Thames-street James Durham, jun., paper maker, Oxford James Osborne, upholsterer, Hoxton Edward Upjohn, dairyman, Lower Belgrrve-street Huntriss Kitson, chemist, Scarborough John Slidell, stationer, Sheffield John Victor De Fleury, artist, Ramsgate William Griffiths, grocer, High-street, Poplar Win. J. Ginger, carpenter, Bexley-heath Charles Harris, innkeeper, Tewketcbury Samuel Pratt, clog maker, Kidderminster George Hillman, fallow, Aston, Warwickshire Richard Taylor, coal merchant, Goole, Yorkshire John R. Edwards, grocer, Pensarn, Denbighshire Samuel Perry, watch hand maker, Birmingham Samuel Careless, fruiterer, Birmingham Henry Hall, iron merchant, St. Martin's-le-Grand Thomas Hind, builder, Walworth Josiah Ruff, British wine manufacturer, Kingston BANKRUPTCY ANNULLED, James Little, baker, Bristol SCOTCH BANKRUPTS. Messrs. A. anYi.lienn le & Co., house factors, Glasgow Wm. Findlay, builder, Glasgow Course of the Exchange—This Day. Amsterdam Ditto Rotterdam — 12 0 12 Oi Antwerp .. •• 25 70 25 75 Brussels — 25 70 25 75 Hamburgh — 13 8 13 8i Paris Ditto .. 3 Months: 25 70 25 75 Marseilles Frankfort on Maine — 1191 119 k Vienna Trieste .. 12 20 12 32 4 5 P eters b u rgh —32 i Berlin 48k Nladrid 48} 47k_ . Cadiz 25 05 Leghorn — 25 O - 2.5 921 25 971 M iian — 6 enoa — 25 90 25 °- Naples Palermo .— 25 921 25 9 71 Messina — 26 921 25 971 21 Lisbon — 5 62i 521 521 ' 9 Oporto Foreign (fold in Bars (Standar d ) , per 0z.... £3 17 . 0 5 1 Mexican Dollars ..... • .............. 0 0 0 Silver in Bars (Standard) .................... 0 0 . South American Donblons .................. 0 At the first ordinary general meeting held to- day of the shareholde rs of the London, Buenos A yres, and River Plate Bank, Mr. H.l3ruce in the chair, the report of the directors was u nanimously adopted. It stated that the profit and loss and a ccount, showed that, after deducting £10,782 18s lid for r ebate of disc ount on bills not then due at the branches, £ l,OOO in diminution of prelinitinay ox. pois es, £2Ol 12s Id for depreciation of doubtful furniture, r dto., and after p roviding for all bad and debtg, there rema ined a net profit of t 9,6 o ut of which it was recommended to appropriate to 60e pr velod, addition sl 6 ' t, l o the i 2,00 onfultivaservle2doo Bh o, in aresis issued in February, r e e m s i e u r m and to declare a dividend of 30s, per equal to 7i per cent , p er a nnum on the Snare, which was calls from the date of their receipt deposits and several till the 30th September, nude to the Government of 1863. Application had been Monte Video for tht B , :nk to be emand thereitting its own notes, allowed the privilege of lieve that the concession was every reason to b © ' would be granted. THE CRAWLEY COURT-MARTIAL. ALDERS ir OT,!Friday. The Court did Rot assemble until two hours later than usual. The President having taken is seat, Sir A. Horsford, the prosecutor, proceeded with his reply to the speech of Col. Crawley. He defended many of the witnesses from the aspersions cast upon them by Colonel Crawley, and said they had all spoken upon a most painful matter with the utmost consideration. He felt certain the Court would give both the evidence that he had laid before it, and the speech of the prisoner the best consideration, and with their decision he should rest perfectly satLfiud. The inquiry then closed. The decision of the court martial will have to receive the approval of her Majesty before it . is communicated to the public. LAW INTELLIGENCE—(This Day). COURT OF DIVORCE. (Before the Judge Ordinary and a Special Jury.) FITZ GERA.LD V. FITZGERALD. Mr. Chambers, Q.C., and Dr. Wambey, were for the petitioner, Mrs. Charlotte Fitzgerald ; the Queen's Advo cate, Mr. Huddleston, and Dr. Spinks for the respondent. The case for the respondent commenced this morning. The Queen's Advocate, addressing the jury on his behalf said he should have to make a demand upon their patience I while he recurred to the general facts of the case which had I been placed before them, but in a very different light to that presented to them. He begged them to remember the gravity of the iesue of the cause, not merely to his client, but to other persons, and to consider the result of their verdict, which would be attended with the most unfortunate cir cumstances. The charges against Major Fitzgerald were cruelty and adultery, and in his remarks he should keep those two charges distinct ; and he could not refrain from observing, at this early stage of his address, that the peti tioner had signally failed in her attempt to injure the cha racter, honour, and happiness of her husband. The marriage in this case was not an equal one ; it was not unequal in respect of fortune, because both were equally matched. but it was unequal in respect of temper. The husband was a gallant officer in her Majesty's service, and had shed his blood both at Alma and Inkerman, and •while in the ' Crimea, by his tenderness and care of his soldiers, he earned their affection, although the fact had been rather coarsely alluded to by Mr. Bettersworth. His client was also an Irishman, and had all the weaknesses of that very peculiar people; he was hasty, impetuous, imperative, and inconse quent, the later more en in all his writings. The petitioner was a sharp, clever woman, more especially in money matters; and so short tempered in thosO affairs was she, that even her father had written in one of his letters that he dreaded to open his mouth to her on those affairs. The first offence which she took and cherished was ore connected with money, viz., that her husband had not been fairly treated by Lord W. Fitzgerald, in not receiving £B,OOO in stead of £lO,OOO, which had been given to the other mem• bers of the family on their marriage, This certainly ap peared to be a pet grievance with her, and he felt certain they would bear that in mind in considering their verdict. But proceeding with his case, after the marriage the par , ties proceeded to the Continent, and from thence lto Ireland. The first specific act of cruelty alleged was that on the 14th of March, 1858, while they were residing in that country, Major Fitzgerald called her a 1 wretched creature, a broken-down old screw, and that by his threatening manner and 'gestures ,he had caused her premature confinement, He must say in the lady's evidence she had pretty well supported the plea, and with out the slightest hesitation she asserted that her pre mature confinement was entirely to be attributed to her husband's cruelty. Now he would be able to show by the most indisputable evidence that there never was a more deliberately untruthful charge made by a *vindictive woman. According to her own statement, she had attributed the death of her child to other circumstances, but now she turned round and said she had done so to screen her husband. .If they accepted such a solution of so grave a charge it would be attended with the most disastrous consequences, but he felt certain that the witnesses to be examined for the respon dent would prove the utter falsehood of the assertion. She had also in the most positive manner said she had a great dislike to Irish society, and although this was known to her husband he insisted upon her remaining in that country. But the whole of her correspondence, dated during this time, which had been read during the progress of this cause, showed a very different feeling. Another charge of cruelty was, that at Braden he had called her a - viper, but the answer to that, by the ,respondent, was that on one occa sion a subscription was solicited for some charitable object. the wife refused in the most indignant manner to contribute, and then he admitted that he did mutter something about a viper, but not in the insulting manner that has had been represented ; even supposing that it was, he did not think hey would be of opinion that that was so grave a charge as to justify the dissolution of the marriage bond. The petitioner had also alleged that her husband was addicted to the grossest language, but if his witnesses came up to his instructions, he should show that words far from delicate were constantly in the mouth of Mrs Fitzgerald after her marriage. With respect to the proceedings at Doves all the . evidence of that dragon of a mother in-law only went to show that during the five minutes she had coolly given him to state his grievances he was guilty of the enormous cruelty of running round the table twice after his wife. He thought it would be a waste of time to occupy the attention of the jury with disproving such a ridiculous assertion. Now, if he proved that the assertions of the petitioner relating to certain acts of cruelty could not be relied upon, he felt they would give their verdict in favour of his client. With respect to the charge of adultery, he altogether denied it, and the only person who, it was said, could prove it, was not to be examined in open court, such a course was unusual, and he could only come to the conclusion that it ;was as unfair to take her evidence by commission than to put her into the witness box. He should call before them both Mr. and Mrs. Mallett, and other witnesses, who would give a very different com plexion to the whole case ; and he felt no fear that the result of the trial would be a triumphant acquittal of Major Fitzgerald of the wicked and slanderous charges that had been made against him. ___ . . The learned gentleman then called the following wit nessea —.-„„ Major Henry William Fitzgerald—l am the second son of Lord W. Fitzgerald. I was wounded while serving in the Crimea with the 7th Fusiliers. I met the lady whom I married at Melton. Before marriage I told the lady's father I had £lO5OO debt. That did not embarrass me as a bachelor. Mr. Bettesworth, my wife's father, pro mised to pay my debts—he did not do so. After marriage we went to Paris. I never neglected her there. We used to go out of a morning shopping. During our stay there I was not out without her but twice. I never called her mother a sharper. On passing from London for Dublin, while at Holyhead, I never said I did not love her, and that I cursed my father for allowing me to marry her. There is no truth whatever in the petitioner's statement that I did do so. I never called her a wretched creature and a broken-down old screw. There is not a word of truth in the assertion made that I should look upon a fa mily as disgusting imps, on the contrary I amvery fond of children. There is not one word of truth in the statement that I said I would not go about tied to a wife's apron string. My wife never complained to me of not taking her out. Mrs. Fitzgerald always had a strong objection to its being known the peculiar state of herehealthl I did not on one occasion, previous to g oin g to a ball, quarre with her about a glove. Mr. and M rs. Mallet were very old friends of mine. I knew them long before my n'ifarriahlele My half-sisters were frequent visitors to my living in Dublin. It is untrue to say my duties w in l eDwublin were merely nominal. I only made a remark about her face, when she told me she had used something to re move freckles. I said I was very s orry, as I admired them. I never said her face was like a yellow mask. I to a levee of Lord r ecollect Mr. Fitzgerald going Carlisle's previous to his leaving Dublin. I never ill-used her after she returned home. My father never interfered in my private affairs. I never gave him any cause , LO do so. I recollect my wife being Dover. Mrs. Bettesworth and together. He ha i d ,u o nch m yself never got on well ' but he occasionally chaffed his wife about the little pictures in. had never accused her of making a scarecrow of herself.' never called nay wife a lump of dirt—that I 13 I solemnly. My wife never spoke to me about wear most of married women. 1 solemnly swear I the intrigues s he did not like my remarks she could never told her if ot h er married women had done. go and do as she said w hile un well in Ireland I never went to my wife was Iny l office without receiving a report of my wife's health. wie Lon don I introduced my wife to all n we returnee to l swear that the statement toy friends and relati ons. c ause of her first premature of My wife's, relative to the ure confinement is entirely untrue. Nothing of the kind that sh e d escr ib e d ever took p lace. I recollect Dr. Perry attending my wife. She said he had used her very roughly. and she believed he had killed . _her child. I said I would not allow her to make ,such observation I . never was guilty of the con duct at this partieulttr ti m e that Mrs. Fitzgera ld has attri buted to m e. I t is untrue to say that I suggested to Dr. Perry to kill the child. Alter her recovery we went into the country. On our return to London we went about as much as other people did. eey wife went to: the Queen's Drawing-room and the Opera. I went out ot town t o l oo k fora cottage residence, and when d l returned ea I told my wife of my success. We aftf,,treTlV:.:bs:'neet of Scotland, and returned to London,. be th ' e whole of the about three weeks. My wife was with me . in my wife's statement trip. These is not a word of truth carriage at her during our that I threw the cushions of the journey to th e north. Th e re is not one word of truth to have taken place that in the conver sation she reports . I nursel m3wife in all her illnesses with occas ion. d soul. Mrs . Fitz g erald was a very clever and my heart an care f u l. She Na always econom She ical, but you could vish not 1 her a screw. (Laughter.) was not foolishly la eat i n her outlay, but always exercised the soundest discretion in her dealings. The purchase of the Braden property was atte nded with much treuble. I never said to m y w ife that 0 4 , ‘ `L tee 0,- .%1..1iv having, they were like stale fish. I deny altogether her assertion that I said I should like to thrash her within an inch. of her life. I never, I swear, said anything of the kind. We lived very happily at Braden. I cut down two trees that died before the house at Braden,beause I thought they made the house damp, end to tell you the truth, because they were continually follow ing me about the house—(laughter)—l never could get them out of my mind. I admit I felled the trees without con sulting my wife,and the only thing I said to her when she ex pressed her displeasure at it was, that I asked her if I was merely to be considered as her agent. While at Cowes I wrote to my wife daily, and she returned no answers. I was on terms of the greatest affections with my wife when I left home for Cowes. I recollect seeing my wife and her mother at Dover. I knew she had left my house without cause, and I ruched up the steps to know the cause of such con duct. I became possessed of the letters that have been read during the trial. While I was at Braden I found them in a drawer. The letter which was called the " anonymous" letter was amongst them. Cross-examined by Mr. M. Charnhcms—l pelected the adviseletters d t h: i. t rs b . a l v i, j e b t za c:n ra I p d u t t o in be e b a y r v iz i 0 f o o h l e ' : t l o e r t s te . rs l . l a a lw dm a3 i - t s OneMr:la Fitzgeraldthe had in I have been irritable since nay retur n 10 The only dispute I recollect was . g( on ain Paris, and I said, " Don't, Georgie, hag honey moon tour." (Laughter.) The ball referred to as taking place in ‘ Dublin occurred in January, I was h e o rely irritated by being kept waiting. I was what you would call (Laughter.) I was no doubt Irritated when sh e snappi h sh e ; coachman to drive back to get a glove. I never e t p ol e d „, --- ,.; myself on those occasions in strong language. j l " m r --(3 ' - ` voted the ball a bore, and wished we had stayed at I did not, I swear, use bad language. In speaking of tlee. conduct of women, led never express myself in strong lan guage with regard to them. I never had cause to do so , because 1 never knew anything bad of them. I never had high words with my wife in in her bedroom at Dublin. It was along time after we were married that I spoke about the treckles. I only recollect being irritated on the occasion of the ball in Dublin. I had not the slightest idea at this time of my wife's age. (Laughter.) I have learned it since I got her baptismal certificate from Geneva, in the event of its being wanted for the Officers' Widows' Pension Fund. She was born in 1825. I never chaffed her about being a scarecrow; on the contrary, I thought her a pretty figure. (Laughter.) 1 have discussed the subject of intrigues of married women with my wife. I hope lam above slander ing a married woman. I never believed in the saying that 1 intriguing women could keep up a look which would de ceive unsuspecting husbands. I deny all that has been said as occurring at Chester-street. I do not recollect that the dinner, the day we moved into the house, was later than usual. Ido not recollect who waited on us that day. We dined alone. I do not recollect going up stairs with my wife to her bedroom. It was about a month after we moved into Chester -stre e t that Dr. Perry first came. I had a conver sation with hi m previous to h i s see i ng M rs . Fitzgerald. Mr. Pettigrew attended my wife three weeks after. I re peated a statement my wife made to me relative to what she considered rough usage by Dr. Perry to Mr. Pettigrew. I knew a nurse named Boyle. After her confinement Mrs. Fitzgerald went to Tunbridge Wells.fixing The of a place of abode was a source o f great trouble to both of us. I went to Cowes for a chan ge . 1 know someaffectionate gentlemen there. I had a letter fro m my wife every second day, By Mr. Huddleston—T he letter 1861, I got from Mrs. Fitzgerald while I was - staying a Cowes. Dr. W. Moore, of Sonth-street, Dublin, was next exa mined. After this witness had been examined the further bearing of the case was adjourned until to-morrow. MARKETS---This Day, MARK-LANE. There was a moderate supply of English wheat at Mark_ lane to-day, but most samples came to hand in very ra i d tiling condition. For all qualities the trade was in a slug g i s h state, yet no further change took place in prices compared with Monday. The show of samples of foreign wheat on the stands was moderately good. Sales, generally speaking, progressed slowly at last rates. Floating cargoes of grain moved slowly on former terms. The supply of barley was tolerably large. Fine malting parcels were firm in price; otherwise the trade was dull. The trade for malt was in a sluggish state at the late fall in prices. With oats the market was fairly supplied. The trade, both for home and foreign descriptions, ruled inactive at late rates. In beans and peas a limited business was transacted on former terms. No change took place in the value of flour, but the inquiry for Learly all descriptions was somewhat restricted. ARRIVALS THIS WEEK. Wheat. Barley. Malt. Oats. Flom. Eng,lish 2,720 2,360 2,130 3SO 2,470 Irish.. — 300 I _ t oreign 14,86 0 7,450 1 , 16,320 I 500 skffs, NENVGATE AND LEADENHALL, The supply of meat on sale at these markets is large, Generally speaking, thA trade is slow at our quotations, Per 81b. by the carcase. sit ad Inferior beef .. 2 10 3 2 Nliddling do. .. 3 4 3 8 Frime large do. 3 10 4 0 Do. small do. .. 4 2 4 4 Large pork .... 3 8 4 2 Inferior mutton. 3 6 3 8 sdad Middlingmutton 3 10 4 4 Prime do 4 6 4 8 Vaal Small pork 4 4 4 8 Lamb .... 0 0 0 0 BOROUGH HOP. The supply both of English and foreign hops on sale being only moderate, the trade rules firm, and prices have an upward tendency. The supply of American produce on sale is very moderate. Mid and East gents £5 Os to £9 Os per cwt. Weald of gents 4 105 t o 6 6s „ Sussex Yearlings .. 3 Os to 5 Os If Olds 1 10s to 3 10s ~ Bavarian 5 5 8t0 8 OS 9, Belgian American to the COLONIAL• previous operations have not been very extensive, but both China and Indian descriptions have remained at about previous quotation:'. Sul:len—Business has been rather inactivs, owing suspension of speculative operations, and in some instanc es there has been a decline of is to 2s per cwt. In the mfin c d market quotations are nominally a shade flatter. COFFEE—There has been a fair demand tor both pl anta tion and Native Ceylon, which sold readily at fully prices. . , , — 8 RICE —Only limited transactions nave peen rep urte d , Fuurr —The public sales of currants, raisins, s, / , ,_ without any material change in values. proceeded without much animation, and the ' --, nave r all for ki n b tdh o s e t , h t dhpeermenas near a n d : , , rate, rflor ~ were in some instances rather under tiaose rent. previously cur- TALLow—There has been rather more act i vit tations have s h ow n At a ni n ab u sr p is w hko a l r mi d daa m r;: o sci v tl e ca m ss e i n s t tin g -Y t and and forward delivery. P•Y C., on the 8 and spring delivery 41s 41 to 41s 6d Pot, is marked 41s, sold by leelin an Hunt, at publio for r c l ,. bael. Terceira, advance.sVa el ,e nwe went 1 and i m m o u p r Lemons Sicily,improved sustaind a pproach ForclhriT-8 Some parcels oranges from St. withvalue, o prospect o b f ei a ng fu li r g t h h t er ; nuts of all kinds, ,with the excepticia of Barcelona, meet with a ready sale. Black vance. A l mer i a grapes of Spanish and chesnute at an ad line quality in request. Liverpool Cotton Market—This may' Market opens -n a tendency With a firmer tone an d to improvement. More favourable in c onsequence of Bank st atement. Sales, pro b a b ly 5,000 bales. The week s h ows a d ec line cf a o iBd: ld. on inferior nd. on Egyptian, -id. on fine Sn e ipt ri ions. Stock, Surats, ?Id, to id. on othe r dscrweek, 30,000 bales. 236,000 b a l es . S a les of the e ations—Midland Up. p , , Imorts 6 875 bales. ^ Mobile, 261 ; fair Dhollrab, land, 271 ; Orleans, 2i ; 221 ; E g yptian. 27. i• s idi rg iG— A rrhis Day. Loivnorr, Dec. 18.—Wi n d this day at noon — North — Westerly ; modera te breeze, and fine weather, but a little cloudy. PORTSM OUTH, 17.—Wind N.W. — Arrived — Libra, from London for Buenos Ayres. QUEENSTOWN, Dec. 17.—Arrived —City of Washington, steamer, from Liverpool, and proceeded for New York, FALMOUTH, Dec. 17.—Wind N.W.—Arrived—Leon,. from Rangoon. KINGROAD, Dec. 16.—Wind W.—Arrived—Chatham, Salina. CLYDE, Matanzas. Dec. 17.—Wind S.W. — Sailed — Montreal, for (BY MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Friday Morning. Arrived, Dec. IS—Nora, from llarlingen; Emma and Sophie, f ro m llorrens. ailed, D ec . 18—Cosmopolitan, for Hamburg ; Vallent, for Bilboa. DEAL, Friday Morning. passed—Aurora, screw steamer, from London, for Genoa• --- Ailed—Everer, for Jamaica; with nearly all the out ward bound. MR. COBDEN "ON THE RAINIPAGE!"—As very good hutnouredly but sarcastically described in a Tiazcs' leading article of this morning •- 44 The picturaboo. presents is that of a man who, upon a question admit ting ,t i to the simplest possible answer, throws open his b i ' is ha lf judge and jury, proclaims his perfect integrity , his neighbaurs liars, scoundrels, sad mere parlour goes into long details about what he in"id he said to his what ho found on his breakfast table, wincle, describes his servant, and what he heard fromhis Fn a h r i p s ca villains, hisuh, and dwells domestic Limits, quotes the books 01 1 0. ~... mind, at kngth on the inward operatiointso r ul' repeat his still UL1E1.2.- runs down, leaving his counsel but finally bwered qwNstion." 4 t de ri2 Val Isi ;be [a- 111 , re ad sill OM . the tee lifo led t of 3J:its of the adY her had 9 so for was agi' Ilia• -It go ,ith 0 1 'lll5 .~