The Sun. — London, England, 1863-12-11 00:00:00

M ONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. IDThe Discount Market i s a li tt l e eas i er aga i n to eaand the sup p li es of bills on offer are by no titans large. A fav oura b le effect has been produced in mone tary,and commer c i a l c i rcles by the Bank of Eng landreturn for th e week to Wednesday last, which gated unf avoura b l m e than m i g ht hav e been antici. ed. Annexed are the particulars Active Circulation .. £20,193,040 Decrease •• •• ••• • 829,585 13,008 617 1, Pest Decrease •• • • • ••• • . 39,858 • 3,218,937 Increa se • • • • • • 34,744 P ublic Deposits" • • • • .. 8,629,8.56 Increase • • • • • .. 1,394,96 2, Other Deposits:, •.: 12,9i1,276 seve n crease .. • • • • 56,731 Day and o th er Bill s .. 608,167 Decrea se . 54,910 Government Securitie; • • .: 10,712,330 r, Increa se 2,000 Other Securities. • • •:: 21,813,329 Incre ase :•. 639,770 Notes Unemployed 6,735,535 Incre ase 673,770 Aboutll: £51,000 i n b ar go ld was ta k en i nto th e dr tik Yesterday ; but 9,000 sovereigns were with awn for for Ale xan d r i a. Ilrioin interim dividend of ss. per share will be C PoBe d at the f or th com i ng meeting of the Ceylon o ttipany. z io tari ng the l as t f ew days there has been rather k r : 1 , 1 ' 6 . 7 4y in the Foreign and Colonial Produce Tea at p u blic sale has realised enhanced ha ee t B :,: w hile an advance of ls. 6d. to 2s. per cwt. to: : 1 ""r 1 Place i n suga r, and 6d, per cwt. on coffee. fr uit has been inactive, while there has been for b " animation in the tallow market, the operations tEttr°jettheci.Present and forward delivery having been - Profit on the working of the St. hoe " ha 1 , 41 Rey Mines for the past half - year the £34,162 18s. ld. Adding *thereto te e th amount received and due for interest tia ll eYs unemployed, and the balance of undi ia— the London carried forward last year, and deduct art;ue London expenses, £1,056 16s 6d., the h:, tlt avail a bl e f or di v idend is £36,034 ss. ld. 43 " directors, therefore recommend a dividend of teo t P4 Shar e , f ree of income - tax; carry i ng t en per " t hereon, as usual, to the Reserved Fund. Two O'CLOCK. s b e4 , t th e Pails Bourse this morning, according to Z2 e ' e t's tel egram, t h e 3 per C e nt. Rentes w e r e 67f. to 60,.. • 30c. Heavy. f avourable alterations are apparent in the 1 111 Co of F rance return for the past month. The te t ,: n has increased £310,000, and the current fkii"4ts £100,000 ; while the discounts have 4: 1 Off £1,730,000, the advances on stocks and ttp d *" 4 875,000, the notes in circulation £2,110,000, t he Treasury balances £293,300. e t firmness has been apparent to-day in the C I : fo r the English Funds, in consequence of h t e asier con di t i on o f monetary affairs, and the ‘P e /It ils homed by the Banks of England and France. 4 1 : 3 ' little quotable change is reported, but it . t endency is more favourable than it was t oo t he close of business yesterday after 1D 4, When a little heaviness way occasioned 11 8 118 advices relating to Holstein, and tt e 'aing prices on the Paris Bourse. Consols for k e 'eler are 90 8 7 91i, and for the account 91/ The 1): Threes and Reduced Annuities have been 12: 91 . ; Bank St oc k 235 237 ; Exchequer Bills, Iti 6 , to 78 . dis. ; India Stock, 221 ; do. 5 per Cents., 1 11 1 ; Enf ace d d o ., 103 ; do. 51 per Cents., 1121 ,; and th e B on d s , B s . to s s . die. p re ite " Foreign Market opened with a very de esed le ur appearance, but a recovery has since tt e , re d- Turkish 6 per Cents., 1862, are 701 - ; 24 i° Cons o lid es, 46a Mexican, 34; 35 ; Greek, 1a 4 , 26 ; Spanish Passive, 338 ; ditto Certificates, ; Portuguese, 488 ; and the Confederate 44 38 40. 11 11 44 11 ,, in ess in the Railway Share Market has con -I,eav-e' dull. and in some instances prices have given c ed ", Great E as tern an d G rea t W es t er n h a ve re -41;4 55 .; and Great Northern, North Western, , 80 tan Western, 10s. ; while London and T g k u ton have improved £l. k,,i & e Fo re i gn an d C o l on i a l li nes h ave been in b cr ate request, at about previous quotations. - • O N 4 and Miscellaneous shares have been in fair ts ti tln tl- London and County have improved to d eBj Chartered of India, Australia, and China I; l4 ed t o 351 ; E ast L on d on brought 77,-; and t o 4tlee ial Ottoman have declined to 188 i; Discount t e P l tation hav e d ec li ne d t o 61 ; L on d on Fi n ancial k i p s Peninsular and Oriental Steam, 83 ; t gYptian Trading Cvmpany, 71. 131 1 li t ITISII FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. , 11 k to e i, 235 7 I tTr e eir.. :,. e . ....... 901 1 901 1 Iller. c en ' t. ,!. duced Annuiti es . ), , v , a D , ~''onsols Annuities 9oi 1 90/ 1 sew 34 Pei,-ent. Annuities hew ' Cent. Annuities pert 21 C ent. , cent, „ Annuities.... . D itto tii t I for I ° o ' unities, Jan. 1873 L'Att o il? , Yrs, expire 6th J an., 1880 — Yrs, expire sth April, 1885 --,- ' , 4, 1 - ‘4 , 04 Sea Telegraph), Aug. 1908 — bitt:tock, 1874 6 pei Cent. 1870 106 k i bits 4 per Cent. 1888 loo} bi t t o Enlaced Paper, 4 per Cent bit tn te6 per Cent 103! 3 < s r 7,., 5 1 per Cent Ditto ditto April, 1864 J 1 Ditto ~, itto ditto Aug. 1864 or 66 li ltt '''tock for Account 0 bitt`' o liend 8 £l,OOO 8 dis 1 11 4 , 1 'ender £l,OOO .... 5 dis is 4 for A ount Jan, 7.. 9l/ f - St°cc ' ,1,, ck f or Account, 5 per Cent.... ui t oller Bills, £ l,OOO, 3 per Cen t.... 7 12 6 7dis L t £5OO .. 7 12 dis i t: Small doe FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. 1, 4 -411 Bonds, 5 per Cent .. .._, - ra t i ii Ditto 1859 .b n itt: ll , s Per Cent — * u itt e ', lB 39 and 1859 'i Per Cent., 1852-58-60 - Ditty,oY s Ditto 1863 )_ l°l )4l ) 6 cr iP, 1863, 130 paid 'qi,,ish u ; 6 Scrip £ l5 pd bmtt o ' Per Cent., 1863 titet, ~ Provisona l Land Warrant — lAtiqe I) itt' o t Per Cent. Ex. 12 Guilders De bentures ' 4 per Ct., Oct., 1863 Gr e 4 1)t' 11 ew Consolidated, 1 per Cent — 4 to Per Cent 44 7 i:j!K 5 h econd Issue - 9 Bi 9Bi I t I tto ''tr C t 1824-5, ex-Coupons — Di Ate en T ):. 1) o. ,ount l'i nt ::t o ,o,l s ons 12 b. ll ol4'o k unt 1t t ,1. 4 t0 4 4 per Cent. - - 4, ) ,'lis i ,Z,ollut. , i;leall 3 cent.plaremmana Railway) — 35 Noel A Per Cent li e llieCi c count b .: Gr a „ t aPerial 5 per Cent itt o n .a.cl a — it 4 ts- ~.. ,„. to I,_,,Fvr Cent. lilitt n y , ererr e d Bi Nvi all d Warrants (Hectares) . 1,, ' ln ~ Oto i' Per Cent. 'uitt a A ccount , Arc o e i ',Lte r Cent., 1862 86 t) g nom int d itto 6 Per Cent., 1853 D -- ',.,ltte a - count itt o - Per c ell , . 1g56 ,- 99 '6O , 62 — Ditt o ° ' kc eount " - ' " ' i iitt o 'e 6 .3 b i l , eia l , 6 °11 1 3 , £l5 , paid itt o 4 , Per Cent., 1822, £ S. tqt2toPer Cent 1850 Ditto 3 1860 t4 l ) rd it . t o. 6 1 i : Ognt., 1859 Dal Ini a „, A •-ent, 1862 BBl 1 } 13..0 Per c ent .. Paniet, a c count 11 . Per , _M e A . L ent iiitt e i,i's ..o tint . :Ditto An e w bef,;,.; .. ed 'Ditt o p' e cuut . 0 ,„ - ~.„kpe ................... • ° ACC OUTit • . Ditto it. of Co . ................ __ l l Swed i sh tt l tt B oo h e, deco .t ec i ec o (). : l i jr:C ..e .. n, ...'t funded .... ..................... .. . Bonde ....... Vbit t ler Ceut. iq i ,; _7 , ' 0 Acco uta - yn.ezuela 3 ........•70 1 i 4 3itt o A. Per Ce n t . .......... ni„.o ,C!Count Ditto 0 beer Cent tr g . , 0 ,.. ... ............ 73c, i iviaetill'on lie b l Tan 4 k ~__ _ 1 . above payable in louden. g rh.2i p ` i 6 .- uent., E x. ,- )sf .„, IA . er e t,, ~ -, • re tleh ~ Certific ates t " elite ' , 4 1 per C / (,, ,, 1 0 Account. . eat, Ex. 25f — 6it'ito' 5 Per Ce nt.: p i., * Ex. .... 2 . 5. ...' *' ' : Arco Pted ront ,_ uni...... .......francs., ''°, 5 per Cent., Ex. ' 257 Consols, Ai ...... THREE O'CLOCK. Litt o A el l°3' .. Ac u. ...................... 90; 1 °I t .................... 911 i SHARE MARKETS.---This day. ORDINARY SHARES AND STOcKS. Share; Railways. Paid. Price. done. Cl os ing Business t 3.14) Bir,, Wol., and Str. Val. Blythe and Tyne. Bost.,Sleat.,and Bristol and Exeter Caledonian Cork. and Bandon Cornwall • Do A A , rets no div Do. B j b ti e t e l n e ppe.api paid n t . o h a ß s . Dubin & Belfast June. Dun., Per th, & Ab. June. Edinburgh & Glasgow. Glaeg. and S. Western. Great Eastern, Ord. stk Ditto A stock Ditto East Anglian et GreatNorthof Scotland Great Northern Do A stock Do B do Gt. S. an I W. of Irelan , l Great Western ... Do Str Val gua. stock Lancashi:e & Yorkshire, London and Blackwal Lon., Bright.,& S. Coast Lon., Chat., and Dover Lon. & North Western Lon. & Sw.th Western Man., Shef., & Lincoln.) Maryport and Carlisle., Dot shares... Metropolitan Midland Do New s si 8 8i 81 63 1171 118& 6.4.0 Do Birthing. (t Derby Gt. W. of Ireland Do. 4 shares Mid Keit Do Cray Line North British Edin., Perth, & Dundee Nth. Eastern—Berwick Do, U.N.E. purchase Lt. 16.4 Do . Lecds Do York Do Carlisle North London Do New North Staffordshire IN. and S. W. Junction Scottish Central Scot N. E., Aber. stock Do scot. Mid. stock Shrews. and Welchpool 'Shropshire Union I . ;South Devon South Eastern South Wales S. York. and River Dun Staines,Wok.,andWok. Stockton & Darlington 6}• 7 38 10 16 17 94 96 107 WO 49 50 45 47 71 86 124 126 13u 13( t 36 90 98 03f 64 1081 ¶O9l 71 73 107 iO9 i 3 44 104 11 101 102 47} 4S? 11 1121 1271 L2St It? 96 98 151 i 62.1 24 t 6 101 101 i: 58 58& 88 88t 119 121 1 2 p 77 78 11 11i 122 126 42 44 98 100 61 52 31a 94 95i 96 97 :9 gi 'Ot 47f 37f 9 10 c 7 t 158 16i 5 A 4 2f 34 pi 12.10 Do _ Do New, 1866 Taff Vale. .. Do B Do C Ulster Do Do Vale of Neath Victoria sta. and Pint Waterford & Kilkenny West Cornwall W. Hartlepool Har.,t West Midland --Oxford Do Newport Do Hereford' 83 8$ 170 175 8211 118 49f I 130 II Gn i i 109 71h 2 107 k 8 43} ivfi 5/ 101} 1 112 i HI 12 123 BRITISH POSSESSIONS. ' Closing , Shan Hallways Paid. Price. Business done 130 Atlantic &St Lawreno all 59 El 404 sk 5 Bom.,Baroda&.Cent Inn 101 , 1 6 1(7 106 4 0 Gu. 5 per cent 20 Do. New 20 Do. E. Shares 205 Buffalo and Laxe Huron alt 6 61 10 Do. Preterance all 85 94 Bud alo,Brant,&Godrich 100 p. et. bds. Aug. 1, 1872 100 Do. do. July 1, 187:1 100 100 Do. do. June 1, 1874 100 st Olcutta..,(zS.Eastn. (Lim) 100 103 105 et (3apeTown 4.- Dock Scrij 100 101 103 101 stock Eastn. Bengal gu. sp. e 100 106 109 1081 stock East Indian. gu. sp. c. tOo 1065 1076 107 20 Do. do. G Ext lO 4 15p 20 Do. do. H do. stock Grand Trunk of Canada Ivo 20 21 100 Do. Ist Pref. Bonds all 72 74 731 100 Do. co. deferred all 68 61 100 Do. 2d Pref. Bonds all 66 69 100 Do. do. deferred all 50 53 100 Do. 3d P, ef. stock 100 Do. do. deferred all 38 42 100 Do. 4th Pref. stock all 26 28 100 Do. do. deferred all 22 r. 4 stock GLlnchaPenin.gua.sp.c 100 1(8 109 1081 1 20 Do. New gun. sp. n l2 16 163 , 20 Do. January, 1862 stook Gt. South.of India (Lim guaranteed 5 per cent. 100 106 106 205 Gt. W. of Canada Share,. all 91 10 94 205 Do. New 100 Do. 6 p.c. '73 with't opt. all 92 95 100 Do. 55 p. o. do. '77-8.. .. all 86 88 10 Indian Branch Limited 2 fp stock Madras. guar., sp. o. 100 1051 1005 106 51 61 stock Do. 41 p. o. Extension 100 100 101 stock De. d 0........ 100 16 100 20 Do. Fifth Extension. 2 %twit 31elb.Corp. 6p. c. Bnds. 100 50 Melb. & Hobson's Bay. all 57 59 100 Do. 7p. c. Mortg. Bds. all 10 Newßrunswick Cands. Class A and B. all 3 5 N.lll.C'da.s po let pt bds 100 82 84 stock &hide (100 106 107 107 stock Do. Delhi I 100 105 It 6 Su Do. 'x z 2 1 ip et Do. Punjaub Do. Do. Cook Do. lndus.St. Flo ) i inn 101 103 , OOLONIAL (10 V EItN3i.ENT SEC U 10.1TIEs. a. vt..) Ul) 1877-84 ; Do. 6p. c. Feb & Aug 100 102 104 - Do. d p.c.3lar & Sept. 100 102 104 ; Do. Sp. o. Jan &.July. 100 91 93 925 Do. 5 Inscribed stock 100 9) 93 o . ,'ape49.llope, 6p 0,1873 100 106 108 Do.Ap &Oct. 1880 100 109 111 Do. 1891 100 109 111 Do. Jan. & July, 1891.. 100 112 114 'Ceylon, N0v.1878, 6p ( 100 110 112 ;Mauritius 6 per cent .. 100 1(16 108 Natal Gov. 6 per cant.. 130 17 109 IN.B.Gov. 6 a..&J al) 100 104 106 Do. dp. c.Ap. & Oct. 100 - N. S. W. G ov. 5 p 1., 15.9 100 100 102 1 Do. sp. c.,16/1 to 1.',;,‘ 100 101 102 Do. d0.,1888 &upwde 100 101 102 :011 'New Zealand 6 p cent. 100 110 112 'Nova Scotia Gov. 6p. sterling, 1875 lOO 104 106 'Queensland (ley. 6p. c lOO Cl 113 IS. Aus G6p.c.1878.& up lOO 111 113 ;Vio.Gov. p.c. Ja.&,July 100 107 109 Do. to 6 ma. A.0.&0et.. 100 1081 1093 1091 9 - BRITISH. MINES. 2 Cambrian Consol. Gold 1 4 id tAillord Amalgamated.. 33 34 331 3 Devon G. Cons. gavist.) 1 550 660 East Bassett (Illogan).. 30 57 60 1 East Clogau Gold Ltd. ss. Icl par; East Caradon ...... 1.14.6 26 27 East Carp. Brea... A.4.0 61 6/ F.. WlHussel (Tavistk:) 8.9.0 45 5 I G - O r un ea . t & go t U A tl u i lcr (G u w s. e . n ) . 5 1 8 :44 4 8 1 4 1 1 G. Wheal Vor(ideleton, 40 114 121 Grenville . ... 6.16. t 41 41 Hem-Ws-Foot 8.12 .38 40 tlingston Downs 4.18.0 14 21 - Lady Bertha Margaret (lJny Lelarrt 9/ 14 16 —ltarke Valley.. 4 ilyndy Iron Oro (Lim ) 2/ 14 New Setun l9l 90 100 • i.Corth Downs z4 11 14 - S.Wh'i Iktset,(lllor,an 3.1.0 26 24 North Wlttal Crotty J Par Consols (St. Blaze); 20 Providence (Uny Lelnt.) 10.6.7 42 94 SouthCaradon(St.Cleer) 16 405 fl 5 S. Cam Brea (Illogan) — Frau. (Mogan 1 18.1 R. 9, 60 65 - Stray Park '30.17.6 30 32 ' { ran= Silv.l.; Lead Min.! 41 1 4 fin Croft 9 18 19 'West Basset (Illogan) ll 91 105 W Cr radon (Liskeard) 5 18 20 West Seton Wheal Basset (Illogan)I 55 870 925 Wheal Bulleratedruthl 5 225 275 Wheal Kitty (G.Lelant) 2.0.6 WhealLuthott Wheal Mary Ann Pen ) 8 115 12 Wheal Beton 5Bl 160 170 Wheal Treiawney (Lis ) 7 21 22 _ Wheal Union 3.17 21 3 MISCELLANEOUS—Continued. Joint •stock Discount, Ditto, new, 31, 4 London Finanlial Association, lim., 231 h Mercantile Credit Association, lim., 71 6 National Discount Company, lirn., 9i Oriental inland Steam, lim., Peninsula and Oriental Steam, 831 3 Ditto, new, 5O Rio de Janeiro City Improvements, Ditto (£4), 4i Van Diernen's Land, 1011 LAW INTELLIGENCE—(This Day:. COURT OF DIVORCE. (Before Sir. P. Wilde and a Special Jury.) CRUWTIIER V. CROWTHER AND. GRIFFITHS. The Queen's Advocate, Mr. Huddleston, and Dr. Spinks, were for the petitioner, Sergeant Parry r and Dr. Fresham for the respondent, and Mr. Hawkins, Q.C., and Mr. Har man for the co-respondent. The Queen's Advocate stated the case. The petitioner Mr. William Crowther charged his wife with adultery with the co-respondent Mr. 'William Heckt'ord Griffiths who denied the allegation. The respondent, in ad dition to denial of her adultery pleaded that her husband had deserted her wilfully, and left her without adequate maintenance. Damages were laid at 45,000. Mr. Crowther was an extensive tenant farmer, renting about 1,000 acres of land when he married the respondent, who was the daughter of a wealthy retired tradesman, residing at Healer, near Hounslow, named Sherborn. The mar riage was solemnised in May, 1855. Mr. Crowther, at the time, resided at Somerville Aston, in Gioucesteishire, and there was considerable desparity between the ages of the parties, the petitioner being turned 40, and the respondent only 18. There was one child the issue of the mar riage, which was dead. The parties lived on terms of the most perfect harmony until the intimacy Mr. Crowther and his wife came to London to see the Ex hibition, and took lodgings in Grafton-street, and were ac companied by a female friend of Mrs. Griffiths In May, 1862, Mr. Crowther's suspicions wore aroused by the constant attendance of Mr. Griffiths at his place, and his coming to London whenever Mrs. Crowther came. On the 27th of May, 1862, Mr. Crowther went with his wife to her father's at Hounslow with the corespondent. In 1859 Mr. Crowther received a considerable accession to his property, and purchased Weddington-hall and the estate, near Leamington, in Warwickshire, where the parties went to reside during the rebuilding of his house at Somerville, Aston. Mr. Griffiths was a solicitor, who lived at Chipping-Camden Gloucestershire, and who was in extensive practice, having inherited a very large business from his father. Mr Griffiths was what was called a sporting solicitor, and Mr. Crowther, who kept his bunters, and whose residence was distant from Chipping Camden about eight miles, formed an acquaintance with Mr. Griffiths in the pursuit of field sports. On the 30th of April, 1862, an altercation took ~lace between them, and they agreed to separate. Subsequently she left her home, and it was not until the November following that it was discovered, through a female servant of Mrs. Griffiths, that Mrs. Crowther had been living with Mr. Griffiths, at his house, up to the 25th of June. The learned counsel then read letters from Mrs. Crowther to her husband to show that they were living on the most affectionate terms. So far from Mrs. Crowther having been left without sufficient means, Mr. Crowther allowed her £6OO a year, which she actually received during the time she was living in the house of her paramour. Since the marriage Mrs. Crowther's father died, leaving £40,000 to his widow, which at her decease was to go to her abso lutely, in the event of her having no children. The learned counsel concluded by a very earnest and eloquent appeal to the jury to mark theit sense of the conduct of the co-respondent, and to show by the amount of damages they awarded that parties could not with impunity invade domestic peace and produce misery where only harmony and happiness had previously existed. After the examination of several witnesses, the jury re turned a verdict for the plaintiff. Damages, 41,000. Decree nisi, with costs. SECONDARIES' COURT. (Before Mr. Potter and a Common Jury.) SINGULAR FALSE IMPRISONMENT CASE.-BOLTON V. BRYANT. This was a writ of inquiry to assess the damages in a false imprisonment case, plaintiff being an attorney out of practice, and defendant a sculptor. Mr. Joyce, for the plaintiff, said that his client had been concerned, for the defendant, in some proceedings in the Lord Mayor's Court. Defendant accused plaintiff of steal ing some money and a ring, and the result was that plain tiff was given into custody, and figured at the station house in the iron enclosure known as the dock. The acting inspector found that the defendant had been drinking, and that his account of the affair would not warrant the detention of the plaintiff, who was accordingly discharged. For the unreasonable conduct of defendant, plaintiff now sought damages. Plaintiff was called and said there was not the slightest ground for charging him with the robbery. He bad known defendant for about four years, and believed his income to be about £4OO per annum. The learned Secondary having summed up, the jury awarded plaintiff LlO damages. PREFERENCE SHARES. Great Eastern, E. Counties. Ext. No. 2, 110 Great Western, Chester gua. stock, 79 Gt. Weatern,West Midland, Oxford, 2d guaranteed stock, 120 London, Chatham, and Dover 5 per cent. pref., 99 Mid. Consolidated, 6 per cent. stock, -- Ditto, Bristol and Birm., 6 per cent., 137 South Eastern (Heading Anns., £1.0.6), 231 1 PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCKS. Great Eastern, 5 per cent., pt, Ditto, new, 2i London, Chatham, &c , 6 per cent. 2d pf., 71 LINES LEASED Al` FIXED ''RENTALS. Nottingham and Grantham It. & 96 FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Bahia and San Francisco (lim.) gua. 7 per cent, 181 Eastern of France, 19 Great Luxembourg, 11; Ottoman (Smyrna to Aidin), 12 11; san Paulo (Urn.), gua. 7 per cent., 81 Ditto (all). 21¢ 2 South Austrian and Lombardo Venetian, 201 Southern of France, 271 Turin and Savona, Ditto (all), 11} FOREIGN MINES, Cape Copper, lira., 51 Don Pedro, Nor). Del Rey, 1 Port Philip, United Mexican (lirn3, Yudananiutana of S. Australia (11m.), 21 JOINT-STOCK BANKS. Agra and United Service (lim.), 113 Alliance Bank of Lon :on and Liverpool (Um.), 441 4 Australasia, 756 5 Bank of Egypt, 251 Bank of utag - o, lim., 2/ Bank of Wales, Rm., 12 Chartered Bank of British Columbia, 11 Chartered Bank of India, Australia, and China, 33i I City, 1078 Consolidated Bank, Bin., 9; East London, Lim.. 71 6 English, Soo; ch, and Australian Chartered, 221 36: Hindustan, China, and Japan (Um), 28 Imperial Bank (Bin.), 23} Imperial Ottoman, 186 6. 17; 181 Land Mortgage Bank of India, lim., 41 London Bank of Scotland, lim., 76 London, Buenos Ayres, and River Plate. 496 London Chartered Bank of Australia, 28 London and County, 551 6 London and Westminster, 79i Merchant Bank, lim , 5; Mercantile and Exchange, Um., 14} Midland Bank (lim.), 86 Oriental Bank corporation, 584 Scinde, Putijaub, and Delhi (Um.), Union of Australia, 5L6 Union of London, 406 40 DOCKS. MISCELLANEOUS. --- Ceylon Canyon)" , 9 i Discount Corporation, limited, 7 6 76. Esst India Irrigation and c anal, 4i Egypt i an Commercial and Trading, lim., Gen. Cry dit and 1 , inane ul Lamson, lieu., - Hudson's Bay, 12i l i r s International Financial Society, Um., 9 ; Italian Irrigation (Canal Cavour), Ditto, 6 per cent. Bonds, redem. 1670, I ssue d 90, 86 London, 7. TIM SUN. LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 11, 1863. WILLS AND BEQUESTS. (From the Illustrated News.) The will of George Stoddart, Esq., her Britannic Majesty's Consul, and a British merchant in the island of Madeira, was proved in the London Court by his two sons-in.law, John Walter Savill, Esq., and David Holland Erskine, Esq., of Portugal, British Consul; and James W. Weldon, Esq , of the London and Westminster Bank, three of the executors and trustees. The personal property in the United Kingdom Ras sworn under £140,000. The testator died at Torquay, Devon, on the 4th of October last, having executed his will in July, 1857, and a codicil in November, 1861. To his wife he has bequeathed the whole of his furniture and per sonal and moveable effects in Madeira, England, and elsewhere, together with " The Quinta," in Madeira, and an annuity of £l,OOO. The silver cup, cover, and stand presented to the testator by her late Majesty Queen Adelaide is to be held as heirloom with the Ballendrick estate, in Scotland, which estate is entailed on his eldest daughter. All other estates and property in Eng land, Scotland, Madeira, the East and West Indies, and in the United States, he leaves amongst his children. The will of Vere Esse Ward, Esq., of Southamp ton, was proved in London by his relict, to whom he has left the whole of his personalty absolutely, and has bequeated to her his landed property and farm ing stock for her lire, and upon her decease to their issue ; but if none, then to his stepson and step daughter. The late Mrs. A. E. Ward has bequeathed to the Sussex County Hospital £5OO ; London Hospital £500; Ratcliff Charity School, £2OO ; Merchant Seamen's Orphan Asylum, £2OO ; and the Church Missionary Society, £lOO. THE GREAT JEWEL ROBBERY IN THE STRAND . —A reward of £2OO has been offered for the capture of the burglars who broke into the premises of Mr. Boore, the extensive dealer in antique and other jewellery in the Strand, on the night of the Sth December. The property stolen consisted of diamond rings of great rarity and value, earrings, bracelets, watches, mosaics, gold chains, cups, and flagons; all of which, in addition to its intrinsic worth, was nearly priceless on the score of antiquity. FLUCTUATION OF FASHION IN REGARD TO WlNE.—Rare Lisbon, it has been recently re marked, may still be procured, but the public will have none of it. They ask for Madeira, and get some mixture of sherry ; yet when Madeira was at its best, that same public grew weary of it, because the Prince of Wales had d—d it out of fashion and cursed sherry into being a la mode ! PERISHED IN THE SNOW.—Oa the forenoon of Sunday the dead body of a man, named James Mackay, a drover, belonging to Edinburgh, was found on Middleton Moor, in the parish of Heriot. The deceased left Edinburgh on Thursday morning in charge of a bul lock, which he was to take to Blackhope. In consequence of the severity of the weather he was unable to take the animal to its destination, and left it at a farm stealing. He then proceeded across the moor to give information to the owner of the animal, and further no trace of him was found until his dead body was discovered lying in a bed of snow on the moor by a shepherd. The body of the unfortunate man, who was 63 years of age, was removed to his residence in Edinburgh.— Scotsman. O y t o i Thursday,; grea ve,n near Gg r i i3 . ak r e c we o i r l y,a , eloped surgeon,'wiresiding with a young at n inamed Brassin g t on . Th e wom an packed up all woman,lilhercothng, awl took what money she cound find from her own home. Her husband being a postman from Bake Well to Youlgreave, and being away a good portion of the day, afforded her an opportunity of going away without exciting suspicion. The fugitives were taken in the doctor's cat riage to the Roweley Station, en route for Manchester. The foolish young woman has left four little children behind her.—Mcifield Ind.7endene. THE WEST MINSTER PLAY is to be given in the College Dormitory on the 10th, 15th, and 17th instant. The play chosen this year is the " Adelphi," and will be per ! formed under the management of Mr. Trevor. THE WORK OF PILE-DRIVING FOR TEE EM BANI of the southern side of the Thames has been been. begun oppsite Lambeth Palace. Very thertly 1 it is expected that works will be commenced to recover from P! the river the land on which new St. Thomas's Ilosp it q to stand, ► POLICE INTELLIGENCE—This Day. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. REMOVAL OF HUMAN REMAINS.-THE VESTRY OF ST. PANCRAS AND THE TOTTENHAM COURT-ROAD CHAPEL. —Mr. Thomas Curtis, the sanitary inspector of St. Pancras parish, applied this morning to Mr. Knox, on behalf of the vestry of St. Pancras, for a summons against Mr. Nathan Woolf Jacobson, of Oxford-street, for unlawfully removing the remains of certain bodies which have been interred in the ground attached to Tottenham-court-road Chapel (once known as Whitfield's Tabernacle), without the license of one of her M ijesty's Secretaries of State, as required by the Burial Act, in respect to all places not con secrated. It appears that some years ago the greater portion of the burial ground was levelled and paved over, but a part was lett undisturbed till lately when the persons having the control of the place disposed of some of it to Mr. Jacobson for building purposes. In excavating the ground for the purpose of preparing the foundations several coffins have been exposed to view, and a large quamtity of human re mains thrown up. A good deal of excitement has been caused in the neighbourhood, more especially as in 1856 a riot took place in the same ground through a number of men being employed in destroying the graves with the view of levelling the ground. The matter has been brought before :the vestry of the St. Pancras parish, in consequence of the complaints of the inhabitants of John-street; Totten» ham-court-road, who feel much annoyed at the proceed.• ing, and in consequence they instructed Mr. Curtis to apply for a summons against Mr. Jacobson. Mr. Knox granted the summons. URGING A DOG TO ATTACK. A CONSTABLE.—PoIydor Polin, a French cutler, residing at 14, Newport-market, was charged before Mr. Knox with unlawfuily setting on and urging a dog to attack Police-constable George Henry Mayhew, 27 C. Mayhew said that about two o'clock that morning he saw the prisoner with several other persons in Danman street, St. James's. The prisoner had a dog of the bulldog breed with him, and set it on an orangeman. He (Mayhew) was called up by the man to interfere, and as soon as he did so the prisoner got over some railings and set the dog on him, urging it to bite him. The dog then flew at him and bit his hand, and he had been obliged to go to the Charing cross-hospital to have it cauterised. The prisoner in his defence, said the dog was playing at the time, and flew at the constable. Mr. Knox asked the constable whether the dog flew at him in protection of its master, or whether prisoner set the dog on him. Mayhew said the prisoner urged the dog to attack him, and he was badly bitten. _ _ _ Mr. Knox fined the prisoner 20s. or seven days in default. • THAMES. DEAD DRUNl.—William Hind, a labourer, was brough before Mr. Partridge, charged with being - insensibly drunk iu the West India Dock, Blackwatl. John Warrington, a constable in the employ of the East and West India Dock Company, stated that he found the prisoner lying on one of the quays, close to the water's edge in the West India Dock last night. The prison( r was quite insensible, and smelt very strongly of rum, of which he had imbibed a large quantity, and was to all appearance dead when found. He had great difficulty in restoring the pri soner. He had ascertained the prisoner was at work on board the Fusileer, a wrecked ship, which was brought back to discharge cargo yesterday, and spirits were landed from the vessel. The prisoner, in defence, said he was very sorry irideed. The rum he drank got the better of him. Mr. Partridge—You take it like a glutton, and have nearly fallen a sacrifice to your propensity for drink. Yuu are fined .ss. HIGHWAY ROBBERY.—John Grffiths, a seaman, who appeared to have been terribly ill used, was charged with being drunk and incapable of taking care of himself. Archer, a police constable, No. 101 H, stated that the prisoner was knocked down and robbed last night by two lads *who were in custody, and would be brought up on the charge of felony, when the drunk and disorderly cases were disposed of. The poor fellow was asking his way to his lodgings, and the boys, under pretence of showing him the way, led him astray, ill-used him, and robbed him. Mr. Partridge regretted very much the sailor had been ill-used and robbed. He should discharge the prisoner. Dennis Macarthy and James Calvert, boys, were then charged with assaulting and robbing Griffiths in Wellclose square last night. They knocked him down and kicked him, and robbed him of his cap, scarf, and 3s. or 4s. in money. The prisoners, while running away, were cap tured. Griffiths said his ship would sail to-morrow. Mr. Partridge sentenced the prisoners to two months' imprisonment with hard labour. WESTMINSTER. SERIOUS ROBBERY OF A. FAMILY.—James Ryan, a youth of eighteen, was placed at the bar charged with stealing a garden-full of linen from the model-lodging build ings, Fulham-road. . _ Thomas wanks, a journeyman plasterer, with a wife and family, said that on Friday last the linen, which had been washed, was hung out in the garden at the rear of the house. At about half-past seven in the evening he had occasion to go into the garden, and then saw the linen safe. He immediately afterwards went out, and as he did so he saw the prisoner at the end of the entranee, who was making some remark about the model lodging-houses to some others, as though to divert attention. Witness thought prisoner's conduct so suspicious that he would have gone back to tell his wife to take the linen in, but was so pressed for time as to be unable to do so. When he returned home at nine o'clock he found the garden had been stripped of this linen. Prosecutor here enumerated a vast number of articles of clothing indispensable to the cleanliness and comfort of a family. Last night prosecutor saw the prisoner in company with one of the same boys he had with him on Friday, and gave him into custody. Ann Consahanse said she saw two lads come from the direction of the garden on the night the clothes were stolen. Mary Ann Gowan said that on Friday night the prisoner was near the prosecutor's, and asked her the way to the model lodgings. Prisoner—l was not there at all that night. Wm. Hunt, 107 B—l took prisoner, and I found this dress (not identified) tucked up in the rafters of the house where he lives. I asked his father if he knew anything about it, and he said ho did not. Joseph M'Cirath proved seeing the prisoner near the garden on the night in question. He observed them last night and called the prosecutor. Mr. Selfe—ls there anything known of the prisoner? Dennis, the gaoler—He has been in custody before, but hail not been convicted. Prisoner—Well, I was hare, but I was not done any , thing to. Prisoner was remainded. MARKETS—This Day. MARK-LANE. The arrivals of English wheat fresh up to this morning's market were very moderate. Good and fine samples moved off steadily at full prices; otherwise the trade was dull, at about Monday's currency. Th e supply of foreign wheat on sale was by no means extensive. The demand for all descriptions, however, was in a sluggish state, but no alteration took place in the currency. floating cargoes of grain moved off slowly, at late rates. The supply of barley on sale was large, and the trade ruled heavy, at about previous quotations. Malt sold heavily, at barely late rates. active ; nevertheless tr ThNoVitthradoea:shtohweevmera:kwetaswafasr very moderately supplied. prices ruled firm. Beans met a slow sale, or former terms. For peas, the demand ruled inactive, at late rates. _ In flour only a moderate business was transacted at pre vious currencies. ARRIVALS THIS WEEK. IV - heat. Barley. lalt ()ate. Flout. 390 720 1330 I`. 1,210 ' 480 Irish.. 2lO I 2500 • _ Foreign...— 9,810 26,25 0 1 6,680 lOlO sks, 6,070 brie ---- NEIVGATE AND LEADENHALL. The supply of meat on sale at these markets is moderately large. Generally speaking, the demand is less active, and prices rule somewhat easier. Per 81b. by the carcase. sclad adad diddlinglnferior ba d e o f . 3 3 4 0 3 3 2 8 N Prime large do. 3 10 4 0 V aal Do. klmal(do. .. 4 2 4 4 Smal l Largo pork .... 3 6 4 0 .La mb ..... 00 0 0 Inferior mutton. 3 6 3 8 p l r i i d m dl e in do Mutton 3 10 4 2 BOROUGH HOP. We have to report a firm trade for all good and fine hops at fully previous rates. For inferior produce, however, the trade is dull, and the quotations are barely supported. The supply of foreign hops on sale is tolerably large. 11id and East Kents Di lOs to £9 Os per cwt. Weald of Kent 4 4 lOs to 6 58 51 Sussex Yearlings Olds 1 105 to 3 108 ~ Bavarian 5 Os t o 8 Os ~ Belgian American COLONIAL. SUGAR --There has been a good speculative demand, and an advance of Is 6d to 2a per ewt has been sustained. Businees in the refined market has also been active, at en hanced rates. COFFEE.— A good demand has been Experienced fcr colonial delcriptions, and plantation etylort has advanced to 6d per cwt. TEA.--- At the public sales there has been rather more ani mation, and prices have slightly advanced. bourn.—The public sales have proceeded very slowly, and prices have again shown a slight downward move ment. TALLOW.—Business has c,mtinued inactive. P.Y.C. on the spoti s quoted 40s 9,1 to 41a, and spring to 42s 9d per cwt, d e livery 41s 9d The People's Theatre---alias the Britannia Theatre, Heaton. (From the Queen ) Entering the portals inscribed " box- entrance," we were not long in finding Mr. S. Lane, the proprietor and mana ger of both theatre and tavern, waiting to receive us. Hav ing been kindly treated by this gentleman on a former occasion, I had given him notice of our purposed visit, and the hospitable good-nature with which he received us made me very glad that I had done so. He at once led the way, through the handsome, well-appointed tavern, into the theatre. As we passed the money-taker's place we noticed that the prices were set at the moderate rate of 2s. for a seat in the stage-boxes; ls. for the boxes and stalls ; pit, 6d ; lower gallery, 4d. ; and upper gallery 3d. There is half-price to the boxes, pit, and gallery, beginning at eight and half-past eight o'clock respectively. The performances begin every e - eening at half-past six, and all is over by eleven. As we passed up the stairs and lobbies leading into the house, we could not help noticing first, the almost unadorned solidity of the building ; secondly, the ample width and commodiousness of the passages, affording the easiest means of rapid exit and entrance to the large audiencewhich this theatre is capable of containing; thirdly, the scrupulously cleanly state in which everything w as kept ; and, fourthly, the excellent ventilation. These qua lities are, moreover, equally noticeable all through the theatre. The auditorium (as Mr. Boucieault has it) was as fresh and cool at the end of the evening—having been oc cupied all the time by a very numerous audience—as it was at the beginning. The decorations of the lobbies and stair cases are very simple—the brickwork being left quite bare of plaster, Lard Palmerston's favourite stucco, or imitation marble. A few sky-borders (as they are technically termed), imitating umbrageous foliage, and lighted up with coloured oil lamps, are the only decoration employed, and they have a very fresh and tasty effect. Mr. Lane ushered us into a very confortable stage-box, whence a very good view of the audience could be obtained. The reader who hears of the Britannia for the first time, may be surprised at hearing that the salle is nearly as large as Drury-lane, and, that it will hold 4,000 people, exclusive of babies in arms. Nor must it be supposed that these extra little—vocalists, not auditors—make an insignificant addition to the sum of human souls who enjoy their evenings under Mr. Lane's auspices. If their pre sence and numbers were not made everywhere, and at all times, manifest, by the cries and demonstrations around you, she playbPl itself must oall attention to the important part which they play at the Britannia Theatre. "Persons bringing children," enjoins that document, "must please keep them quiet, or take them out of the theatre; the public complaining of the obstruction to the acting." The audience generally seemed to be composed of what poli tical writers call the lower middle classes, small shop keepers, and the better kinds of artificers, with their wives and families. Comparing this with former experience at other cheap theatres, we saw no ill-manners, heard no chat fing, saw no symptom even of a brawl or of a drunkard, nor any blackguard smoking a pipe with his coat off. Indeed, if the truth must be spoken, we have seldom seen a West-end audience behave with such uniform good temper and good taste as the audience at the People's Theatre, Hor ton. They laughed when they ought to do, and melted to tears at the proper places, Not once in the evening did we hear the cry, " Turn him out," nor did they even commit the vulgarity se common at more fashionable houses, of cheering and " jollying" the footmen when they came on to clear the stage, a witticism which a West-end audience sel dom omits. Indeed, a greater contrast than between this large body of decent, order/y,people, and the ramping, roar ing, swearing, swilling, and odoriferous audience of the New Cut, it would be difficult to imagine. The difference between the people who occupied the various parts of the house was not very perceptible to the unassisted vision; in deed I question whether it consisted of much beyond the willingness of some to pay a shilling and others but six pence. The playbill informed us that "no person" could be " admitted to boxes or stalls unless suitably attired," but I failed to discover any very remarkable standard of suit ability, seeing that cloth caps were as common wear in the stalls as in the pit, and that babies in arms squalled, as if aroused thereto by the big drum, right under the shadow of the footlights. In answer to a question put by myself, Mr. Lane replied that the audiences by no means came exclu sively from the neighbourhoods immediately surrounding. " Oh I they come from much farther than Charing-cross, I can assure you; we have families come five or six miles; from Greenwich and Woolwich, and from Hackney and the East India Docks, and sometimes out of Essex." The house itself has a handsome ornate appearance, as well decorated, in every respect, as need be. The lighting comes from a number of small gaseliers, suspended from the ceiling. Mr. Lane recommended us, before addressing ourselves to a careful consideration of the performances, to take a tour of inspection, through which he very kindly conducted us. " Behind the scenes" (that region so fairy. like and so desirable to the imaginative young gentleman who has never penetrated it, and so commonplace to all who have ever wandered within its sacred limits) we found everything as like the same kind of thing in the West-end theatre as it was possible to be. The same maze of flits and dies and slots and grooves ; the same kind of car penters (vulgarly called scene-shifters) lurking in the wings and down in the mezzonine floor; similar fierce• looking heroes, mustachioed, feathered, red-legged and slashed as to their breeches; similar fairies in tights and tarlatane, flit. ting and sparkling about. It is true that the latter displayed a little more emotion and surprise at the sight of strangers than the nonchalant young ladies in the employment of Mr. Gye and Mr. Mapleson would have done; but this was, in our cage, attributable—at least, so We thought—to the pre sence of our juvenile companion. Girls are so fond of in fants you know. In the painting and property rooms, we found activo pre- parations already going on far the Christmas pantomime. Masks of grotesque appearance and Dutch-metal glories, intended to beautify the Bower of Bliss, or the Region of Calm Delight, were mingled in profusion with gorgeous sky-borders and triumphal cars of wondrous splendour. Mr. Lane assured us that he was spending 41,000 upon his forthcoming pantomime, and I have no doubt of it. Nor do I doubt that he will be well repaid ; for the house, when filled, will hold, even at the small prices charged, a hun dred pounds. But the most interesting part of the whole establishment to us all was certainly the large refreshment room on the ground floor. As exemplifying some of the best features of a refectory, intended for hungry people to refresh them selves with good and simple food, and at reasonable charges, I beg respectfully to recommend this to the notice of the lessees of some of our more fashionable theatres. It is true that the shelves were not laden with so many gilt bottles, inscribed with the unpronounceable names of impossible liqueurs, as one is accustomed to see; and I must admit that I missed the attenuated but indurated sandwiches, placed under bell-glasses, as if to make them grow bigger; and the quarters of pork-pie, and the fossil sponge-cakes and sausage rolls, and the acidulated drops, and the other undesirable and indigestible condiments to which the West old theatre-goer is compelled to habituate himself. But, as some compensation, there were vast dishes full of hand some substantial sandwiches of beef and ham, neatly made, of capital meat and bread of unexceptionable whiteness. The price of these sandwiches (oneof which would be ample supper for a man of moderate appetite, whilst two would gorge an ogre) is tw6pence each. These were flanked with freshly made pies of veal and ham ; huge wedges of bread, supporting large slices of rich golden Cheshire or double Gloucester; heaps of savoury p o i on i e , , and bushels of apples, oranges, and nuts. I saw no spirits vended in the refectory, and believe that those who want them must go outside the theatre, to the tavern, to obtain them ; but the beer engine was in active work, pouring forth potent floods of capital foaming porter and beer, and, for the more ab stemious, there was quite an army of ginger beer bottles I with their corkesarefully tied down. THE MEMOIRS OF WEBER, by his son, a work of great interest, published in Germany, will, it is probable, shortly appear in an English translation. PICTURE AUCTION-TRAPS.—On the morning of the sale—or the attempted sale—about half-an-hoUr before the official arrival of the auctioneer—a little crowd was always collected on Ludgate-hill turning over the fluttering leaves of the catalogues that were nailed upon green-baize boards at the doorway, or looking at the great picture with which the trap was baited on that particular occasion, and which was displayed to as to catch the eye of passers-by at the single window in front. The greatest part of this crowd consisted of a number of middle-aged men, who were made up to play a part in such a manner, that they ought not to have deceived a child. A ragged-edged yellow collar on a starch-caked yellow shirt, a high black stock worn threadbare at the sides, a well brushed thin black dress coat, and rather shiny black trousers that would bear no violent exercise, s pair of mended Blucher boots, and a pair of ragged cotton gloves, is not the costume usually worn by wealthy colloecto ere rs of art. Yet these were the highly polished men wh w supposed to be regardless of money when a Ruberis or Corregio came in their way, and who, if not invest i ng for themselves, wore the confidential agents of Lord gum biepeg, a devoted buyer of pictures, who was prevented by paralysist. from attending personally at the sales. roar wretches h they looked with their clean-shaven, melanc holyas it the slightest whispered invitation to a substantial dinner at a snug warm City tavern would have t hrown them off their balance, and have caused them to 01 ' like a cloud of swal lows, from the barren feast of paint" Inside the auction trap was a sprinkling of eager confe,derato dealers ; the four or five porters, who were probably Junior partners," and who looked lik e prizefi g ht e rs, and the usual numb er o f "picture agents." As so on as a promisir g stranger entered the room it was the ba siness of one of these latter MBll to fasten on' hi m , a nd to e xplain the beauties and defects of the, collection under sale. It must always be delightful to a man of refinement, to have such agre ea bl e gu i des at h i s elbow, and to ov erlook their flavour el onions, tobacco, end stale clothes, in a dmiration of their int en2e appreciation of art. There can, of course, be nothing to j.tr the moss :tea sitive nerves in hearing a thick hoarse spunging-house voice enlarging upon the minute rendering of the crown of thorns, or in seeing a grimed knobby finger half hooped with brassy rings, employed in minting out the hidden touches of the agony in the garden.—Dickens's "All the leer Round," jnst published, Liverpool Cotton Market—This Day. - - - Sales of the week, 32,220 bales, including 5,160 on spec, and 11,370 bales for export. Actual ex port 7,256 bales. Estimated stock, 253,220 bales. Quotations—Middling Orleans 271 ; Upland, 27 ; estimated fair Egyptian, 271 ; Surats, 12 to 251. Imports of the week, 26,912. Market steady and firmer. Sales probably 5,000 or 6,000. Extraordinary Bigamy Case at Sunderland. At Sunderland, on Wednesday, John Grieve, lately assistant civil engineer to .the River Wear Commissioners, was charged with bigamy. The history of the man is somewhat peculiar. In Sep tember, 185 G, he was married to Matilda Bleach, at Bishopton Church, describing himself as a professor of mathematics, named John Dixon Grieves, and the son of a barrister. He was in fact at this time engaged at the Tyne Docks. After living with his wife a month he left her, and wes Lot heard of till May, 1862, when he wrote from the Glasgow Gaol, asking for a few postage stamps and some letters to comfort him. He soon afterwards obtained his appointment under the Near Commissioners. While employed thus in Sunderland, he called at the shop of a Miss Waldie, and introduced himself by saying he knew the late Mr. Waldie, banker of Kelso, and asked if she was any relation. A few days afterwards, Miss Waldie received a letter proposing marriage, in which the defendant said he had never met with any one he could love but her. After a few inquiries she„c,•n seated, and they were married on October 23. Three days afterwards, he left for Liverpool to ob tain a situation, and wrote several times asking for money, which was always s en t t o hi m , t ill t h e unfortuna te lady discovered that he had been previously married. He was apprehended in Ire land, and on Dec. 3 his second wife received the following letter from him, dated from the Sunder- ' land prison :—" Through the great goodness of Mr. Stainaby I am permitted to drop you a few lines. How streage and mysterious are the ways of Pro ' videnoe. Little did I know the last Sabbath that I spent with you that you would be the means of sending mo here. I look to the future with trem bling despair. Good heavens! what a situation lam in. The sight of a green field and the great silent sky above it-01 why should it be denied mortal man ? But there is a day coming in the history of man kind—that grand universal inquest when the secrets of all hearts shall be laid open, it will be known then how I was so treacherously betrayed by the Blenches, they drugged my drink and made me quite stupid. They had the licence and the ring prepared. I have no more recollection of that fatal day than I have of the deluge that destroyed the earth. The clergyman when he saw that I was stupid with drink, said he had committed a most illegal act in reading the se rv i ce . Th e Bl enc h es knew this right well, and they have no claim upon me. I am truly sorry for you ; but you must remember that you are and will be my wife in the sight of heaven. I married you with my will but never any other. I am heavy-hearted, lonesome, and sad. I do not know what to do a long dreary winter in prison. New Year's Day was the day appointed to com mence my situation in Liverpool. Oh, what a change ! lam very hungry ! For the days that are departed will you not condescend to send me a small piece of something to eat?" A number of witnesses were called to prove that the statement of his being intoxicated at the wedding was entirely untrue, and he was committed for trial. SHIPPING—This Day. LONDON, Dec. 11.—Wind this day at noon—South- Westerly; moderate breeze, and cloudy weather, with rain. (BY MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.) UHAVE6ENO, Friday Morning _ Arrived, Dec. 10—Zephyr, from Gefle ; August, from Taganrog; Pandor, from New York; Elizabetu Wright, from Dantsic ; Admiral Nelson, from Guernsey ; Anniver sary and ralladium, from Dantsic ; Aiwa, trona Gravelines; Sailed, Dec. 10—Cologne, steamer, for Rotterdam; Dol phin, steamer, for Antwerp ; Triton, steamer, for Bou logne; Cid, steamer, for Bilbao. Foreign Mail Packet List. MAILS DUE. Australia and Mauritius, via Southampton. ..Dec. 19. via Marseilles .. Dec. 13. Arazil and Cape Verds, by British packet. Jan. 4. Cape of Good Hope, Ascension, and St. Helena.. Dec. 29. China, Penang, and Singapore, via Southampton. Dec. 19. via Marseilles ...Dec. 13. Falkland Islands Gibraltar, via Southampton Dec. 12. India (Calcutta), and Ceylon, via Southampton Dec. 19. via Marseilles Dec. 13. India (Bombay), via Southampton Dec. 12. via Marseilles Dec. 6. Portugal.... Jan. 4. Malta, Egypt, and Aden, via Southampton Dec. 12, via Marseilles Dec. 6. Newfoundland ..Dec. 9. Oporto and Vigo U. S. and British N. America, by Brit. packet.... Dec. 9, . ' by U.S. packet by Canadian packet Dec. 12, W.C. of Africa, Madeira, and Tenerille .. Dec 10. Bahamas, via New York Dec. 17. Mexico.. All parts of West Indies, including Chili, Peru, 1 Dec. 14. California. and British Columbia.. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE, RACING FIXTURES FOR 1864. FEBRUARY. Lincoln Spring 23 MARCH. Nottingham Spring 1 Chelmsford Spring lb Derby Spring 3 York Spring Liverpool Shrewsbury APRIL. Croaton-park I Epsom Spring MiY. Ch es t e r Salisbury . . 12 Harpende n ........ .... 20 Bath Jurr.s. Ascot Chelmsford 2B j Worcestkr (Summer) .. 30 •1 JULY. N e wmarket July AUGUST. Reading .. ll Oxford ................ 25 Egh am . 30 York SEPTEMBER. Warwick Leicester .. 8 Monma out r ketFirst October 27 h 22 Doncaster Brecon .. 19 OCTOBBIU Newmarket Second Oct. 10 i Newmarket Houghton.. 24 Gloucester Nov.oo3En. Worcester Autuum 1 ' STEEPLECHASIN G FIXTURES FOR 1864, JANUARY. Mall Cheater FEBRUARY. 1 Lincoln Mineu. Live rpool 6 Toz BARTLOW HILLS.—At the recent meeting of the Arebatalogical Institute Mr. Purnell, the secretary, rea d the correspondence that had passed with the Great jastern Railway Company in reference to the contemplated destruction of these famous grave mounds, The engineer in chief in one of hie letters deprecated the idea that it was ever his intention to injure the hills ; but ae in the same letter he confesses his design to bring the new line between two of them, we fail to see his meaning. The institute, awaiting the plans and sections that are to be laid before them by the company, took no action in the matter. We may, however, observe that the man who can bisect two adjacent tumuli without injuring them is able to perform a greater engineering feat than has ever yet been accom plished. 11, THIERS, it is said, will make three speeches on the discussion of the address—one on Mexico, one on finance, and another on official candidature. M. BERRYER intends to speak on official candidatures, and also on foreign policy. A CURIOSITY HUNTER.—Some days ago, for a Washington letter, a woman visited the Preaidenes raa,n sion, cut off a full halt-yard from tho curtains of one of withuut windows io the green room, and made her exit discovery, Such things have been frcquentif done l'" 1 3 . • —Cincinnati Enquirer. THE CONT EAIPLATED 'REDUCTI ON OF 10,000 MEN Scar will be effected, IN THE ARMY ESTINIAT'ES for nest we understand, by numerous disc harges that will occur, ' owing to the expiration of the tea years men's service, en listed in 1.853. twits has been offered 60,000 ALEXANDRE I) francs down, and / 0,000 francs a year to write a c. jo k ery book. SECOND EDITION. SUN OFFICE, HALF-PAST 4 O'CLOCK, T HE CONGRESS. Several Paris journals remark that the Monoria Diplomatigue was altogether in error in announcing that the King of Holland had made his consent to join the Congress subordinate to the acceptation of the Emperor Napoleon's proposal, by all the States to which it had been addressed. THIRD EDITION SUN OFFICE, SEVEN O'CLOCK. LONDON GAZETTE,—This Evening, Excellent M a jesty in At the Court of Windsor, the Bth day 'of December, bloat Excellent the Prince of c 1 ) 8 , ? u 3 n , s , e r n h t is t dh ay Q h u i s e e s oy .ll n l Wales was, by her Majesty's command, i ntro d uce d i nto the Privy Council, where his Royal ldighness tcmk his place at the upper end of the Board. At the Court at 'Windsor, the Bth day of nonember, 1563, present, the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty in Council. This day the Right Hon. Sir William Gibson Craig, Bart., the Lord Clerk Register and Keeper of the Signet in Scotland, was, by her Majesty's com mand. sworn of her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy c ouncil, and took his seat at the Board accoriingly. WA Ii:biFTCE7DEc - 11. The Queen has been graciously pleased to give orders for the appointment of George Frederick Einionstooe, Etsq., late Lieutenant-Governor of the North-West rn Provinces of Bengal, to be an Ordinary Member of the Civil Division. of the Second Class, or Knights Commanders of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath; and of Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Robert West Hervey, of the Bombay Staff Corps, sometime General Superintendent for the s uppression of Thuggee and Dacoity, to be au Ordinary Member of the Civil Division of the Third Class, or Companions of the said Mcst Honourable Court. FOREIGN OFFICE, DEC 9. The Queen has been graciously pleased to appoint Philip \Void:louse Currie, Esq., of the Foreign-office, to be an Acting Second Secretary in her Majesty's Diplomatic Ser. vice while employed abroad. The Queen - has also been graciously pleased to appoi n t Thomas Henry Sanderson, Esq., of the Foreign-office, to be an Acting Third Secretary in her Majesty's Diplomatic Service while employed abroad. The Queen has been pleased to approve of Mr. Francis S. Dutton as Consul in Australia for his Majesty the King of Wurtemberg. DUWNING-STREET, DEC. 10. The Qneeu has been pleased to appoint Thomas William Kinder, Esq., to be Master of the Mint for the colony of Hong hong. THE PRINCE OF WALES' COUNCIL CHAMBER, BUCKINGHAM GATE, DEC. 10. The names of those who have been nominated by the Council of his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales to serve the office ot Sheriff of the county of Cornwall : John Michael Williams, ot Caerhayes Castle, Esq. Thomas Simon Bolitho, of Penalvern, Esq. Day Perry Le Grice, of Tt ereiffe, Eso. WAR OFFICE, PALL-MALL, DEC. 11. Honourable Artillery Company of London—Lieutenant Henry Goodeve Lowry to be Captain—Ensign Moss Ensign Robe r t Helshatn to be Defries to be Lieutenant —Ensign Edward Montague Nelson to be Second Lieutenant—Sergeant John Pope Cox to be Cornet Alfred eased to —Sergeant Henry Howard H ayward to be Ensign—Ser geant Ensi gn . H er M a j esty has an b t e been accept t h e res i gnation of the commissions held respectively by Li eutenant Richard Dawes and Ensign Fletcher C. Norton. e Henry graciously Jervis Course of the Exchange—Tic Day. — Amsterdam Ditto Rotterdam — 12 Ok 12 0 Antwerp 1 . 25 70 25 75 Brussels — 25 70 25 75 Hamburgh Paris Ditto Marseilles Frankfort on Maine -. 119 119 a Vienna 12 50 Trieste .. 12 40 12 50 Petersburgh .. 32 32i Berlin Madrid ... ... 471 48,1 Cadiz Leghorn — 25 90 25 97/ Milan — 25 92} 25 971 --25 90 '25 v 5 Genoa Naples Palermo .. '--- 25 92t 25 97t Messina — 25 92t 25 97t Lisbon — 521 521 Oporto — 521 52 & Foreign Gold in Bars (Standard), per oz. i.:3 17 9 Mexican Dollars Silver in Bars (Standard) South American Doublous FOURTH EDITION. SUN OFFICE, HALF-PAST 7 O'CLOCK. BANKRUPTS The following are the only bankrupts of commercial im portance in the Gazette:— Thomas Arandall, shoemaker, Leeds Charles Fox, sailmaker, Hull William Findon, carpenter, Birmingham Samuel Saunders, jeweller, Birmingham John E, Fortescue, butcher, Lichfield Thomas ttaine, cheesemonger, Clapham Henry T. Drew, boot manufacturer, Islington William Furze, carpenter, Hampstead-road. Richard Tidy, jun , mealman, Dorking M. E. Manchin, inspector of watches. Holborn Henry Cope, auctioneer, St. Ives. Thomas Rogers, jun., linen draper, Islington Charles Beaumont, builder, Mile-end Samuel Jones Skinner, cow dealer, Kennington-road BANKRUPTCY ANNULLED. Josiah Brandon wine merchant Jermyn-street SCOTCH BANKRUPTS. J. Henderson, farmer, Tullibardine Cottage, Perthshiril Thomas Turves, liemesburgh, Butesbire Thomas S. Smith, blacksmith, Glasgow Mrs, Jane M.`Ritchie, hold keeper, Dundee Robert M'Laren, farmer, Auchterarder drivers Charter u s epa four years found a in go t , he ca s m ain e e u i p p o o n t, a ver y in t b he course se of al few days, about ar b e i n g exhausted when the storm came on and £1,200 in sovereigns and a L London 9 11 b., which was br, ught up to o this week. The treasure sold, about apwuilsgs::strtovf;:itograhtth:anddiveinog. othpeeroawtinonersafoofrtthhoevseesassez. M essrs . a year ago, to some persons in Anglesey all claim to the treasure found en the spot, and it is said that the specu lation has already paid 300 or 400 per cent, profit, although the cost of workiug it is very considerable. CAPTURE OF A LIVERPOOL THIEF.—On the 13th of August, 1862 , a robbery was committed in the middle of the day at the office of Mr. S. Hughes, Duke street, Liverpool. A clerk, named Lewis, said a man came into the office and struck hint a violent blow on the head w ith a blunt instrument, rendering him insensible. On an examination of the premises, a bag containing £219 was missed. The surgeon who attended Lewis found that his skull had been nearly fractured by the blow. The police, howev er , were afterwards led to doubt Lewis ' s state ment, and h e was taken into custody, an d su b sequen tl y sentenced to nine months' imprisonment. It was also ascertained that a man named Thomas Thomas, who was living at a fashionable hotel in Covent-garden, was "'led up in the matter. A London detective was sent to this hotel, and found Thomas, who was very indignant at such a charge, but offered to treat the officer to a pint of half-and-half. While the officer was drinking Thomas escaped, and was not heard of till about a fortnight ago, When it was discovered that he was in the habit of calling for letters at the Post-office in Fleet-street, London. He was arrested, and in spite of his indignation he was this time safely lodged in prison. He was then taken before the magistrates and sent to Liverpool, where he arrived en Wednesday night. f LIFE IN A COUNTRY HOUSE. — From the eve o f the 12th of August in the North, and of the hoes September everywhere else, hundreds of country_ ti. assemble frequent parties, many of which are scaroo , l o y n w eea _ out visitors till the beginning of the following L ir r i a •011 Isles; son. The custom is mainly confined to the 1 3 French, Bel for, though it is highly appreciated by e th ..vision oz pro ouse where. aaa'sn p d a r p t ro o s f p t e h r e lt ir gians, and others, the law relative to th petty will always so dwarf the ma p i r o owu r ba i o: t uu_ y astet : finfim o fortunes tou a u n ns d e, s looking a s winter to ao c preventialit systemfrom ; ever figuring the amount cen:o:i a w t h t i h c e h a i t t y i l n e d in icat tv es hioh amongst thing s us ar ra e l ene. No h entertainment is the order e . ia „ a less income than £lO,OOO months can be kept going w s to which thi ,-, ta b s are well or a-y ear. upon whether the host or hostess ill done depends chi' upon reign , understandin.." and The different (whichever haprepocarsser. The scale aimed at varies but little zealous t or the ° Swa tter fortunes of say £4,000 or £5,000 a anywhere ri • ' simply, eux t sin fewer paopie, and less often ; but Yea ., ' • the W V ' same number of dishes for dinner, every boa,' _ agne each day ; every where there are carriages and cbottP people out, keepers in readiness, & o . There are, it drive p is win , exceptional cases, but they are rare. At \V—. a bachelor, en going to dress for dinner, beholds him t degree Ede reflected on every side in vast sheets of looking glsss, by the light of no fewer than 18 wax candles, and at K -- each murHed couple has a private satins room which is brilliawly illuminated both at the fall of day. and again wlicn the p irtv breaks up at night ; editi , ms el the principal newspapers are provided for their especial use, and even Port lute envelopes are not forgotten ; but what can astonish at a placs where 13 days' first-rate cover-shooting can. be , e°—Corr?, . ha (1 w i t h ou t going over an inch of groand trt, . „,. Magazine. SAvE Us FROM O U R FRIENDS.--" t1;13 champion pugilist, is about the worst second that cerr crossed the ropes, lifting his man by the hair, or ear, or nose, or wherever he first catches hold of hila."—Time? Alert of the Great light, IL as. his i for ri () PO: "' - es- ' ,'0,111.1 9 tr. place