The Sun. — London, England, 1863-12-10 00:00:00

st - nd i° cope' .e tho a th 0 aelin g: chin: fi b ' C P tgei gre at a n a l le (111 , DoC°' heN 4 see ?'. L tico e , itor hal t nail' tele ss e f re; to Is 9a 5 3 3d I , id 5 1 0 d ' 5,23 5; Pe.° ,f ' l O , Prio Jtiggil wao rue i e r t reP ° ce 5 Vie )h S ) 4 0 ) 6 0 4 loce d r ' NE Y MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. There is less demand for discount accommodation, and more disposition on the part of bankers and bill brokers is shown to secure business. This state of affairs is engendered by the competition which has led to some concessions on the terms recently asked in the open market, where mercantile paper can now be negotiated on terms quite as favourable as those enforced at the Bank of England. Annexed is the circular issued by M. de Mattos, Whose suspension we announced yesterday "27, Leadena-, Dec. "It i s w i th feelings of deep regr h et ll-s that I t have to announce to you that I have been compelled to suspend payment. "I have called in the services of Messrs. Coleman, Tur -1111`tud) Younge, and Co., by whom a statement of my affairs will be forthwith prepared and submitted to my et e ditors, " In the meantime, soliciting your forbearance, " I am, your obedient servant, " IV. N. DE MATTOS." The scrip certificates of the London and South African Bank's new capital (L 100,000), issued in M ay, are to be left at the offiee of the company for registration and in exchange for the share certi ficates. t A divid en d of 2s. per share will be recommended a the f ort h coming meeting of the Crystal Palac e Com pany. The last week's railway receipts ascertained up to this day are in round figures as under North-W estern 1863. 1862. L 93,910 £84,935 South -Western Great W estern Bright o Great nort hern Midland n •.•.•. 16,156 17,678 43,375 39,522 s• sputh-Eastern I.arl ort h-Eastern 55,918 59,966 easltire and Yorkshire 35,250 31,687 Bristol and Exeter Great Eastern =north British Edinburgh and Glasgow Glasgow and South-Western These returns, with one or two exceptions, are of a most satisfactory character. On the North Western there is an increase of £9,005; on the South Western, of £1,846 ; on the Great Western, of £395; on the Great Northern, of £ 1 .734; on the Midland, of £3,853 ; on the North Piastern, of £5,952 ; on the Lancashire and Yorkshire of £3,563; on the Great Eastern, of 12,838 ; on the North British, of £1,020 ; on the Edinburgh and Glasgow, of £721 ; and on the Glasgow and South - Western of £202. The Brighton, however, shows a decrease of £1,522 ; and the South Eastern of .£l7B. Two O'CLOCK. At the Palls Bourse this morning, according to Reuters telegram, the 3 per Cent. Rentes were 67f. 45c. The English Stock Market opened this morning With a very improved appearance. speculators were induced to effect purchases in consequence of the comparatively tranquil aspect of monetary affairs. The pressure for discount accommodation has been relieved ; capitalists are negotiating bills and making loans not only with greater free "4ll but also oa easier terms, and there has been . 15 4 tempora r y cessa ti on o f go ld w ithd rawa l s f rom the " 114 of England. The upward tendency of th e 'Paris Bourse is another encouraging feature, and the se vario us c i rcums t ances having all ope ra t e d ben eficially, the markets for foreign securities and railway shares, as well as the English Funds, have Partially recovered from their recent prostration. et:1 ' 801 a are 90; 91 f or trans f er , an d 91 4 / for the t c h " u nt• At one moment they were fully 91/, but etionsid market , erable a l t h oug h l ess b uoyan t, s till d eno tes firmness. The New Threes and Re ratzeed Annuities are 90i 91 ; Exchequer Bills are ?psis Bs. to 7s. dis. ; India 5 per Cents., are 8 do. Enfaced, 103; and the Booth', 15s. to LB. sank Stock has been dealt in at 235. io th gerie ral decided improvement has taken place Foreign Market, and business is active. di urkis h 6 per Ce n t s ., 1862, h ave r i sen t o 69/ 704 u tt eJnsolid es, to 46/ 47 ; Mex i can, to 34 ; p r o eoe k, to 261 ; Spanish Certificates, to 137,- ; rtu guese, to 481 ; ditto Scrip, to / premium ; to 881 89, and Italian, to 71. 'asiness i n the Railway Share Market has been mode rately Ch activ e , an d ow i ng t o th e f avoura bl e t i -r i a cter of the traffic receipts on most of the prin ent' li nes, prices have shown increased firmness. ha re4 t Easter n , North Western, and South Eastern ittidve a dvanced ss. ; L tncas hi re an d Y or k s hi re , 10 s . ; anT B righton and Metropolitan have improved £l. i lia 4 , Forei gn an d C o l on i al lines have remained ct lve at about previous quotations. hi t) . 114 L and Miscellaneou s sh ares general l y ex 'ta slight upward movement in values. B RITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. 11/8•1* Sto ck 235 per 0 e ,.„.„ 90i 1 WlPer ce,-,.' Cent Annuities 901 1 901 o l ! ne e w nv v w :ll 3 !,:ti P er pp: . rr Ceeeu tt°.lt.‘,B Annuities n A n u n i t i u e i s t ie 8 9OA 1 1. vole).rltttutooeftiotr.33itnatoi: yryrssui:Aettx.nen si, u rej it a i: nth s . . 31 . 80.7n3., ,880 l .l a s Zed, 18874 T o e x:P e i g r r e a psthh) Aug. i la s3: midi Ditto 5 psi Cent 1870 106 a i Ditto 4 per Cent. 1888 — •uttto Enfa d P er 4 p er Cent .. 94i 6 bit A ce Pap er,, '-. t ° - per Cent ,itto 5} per Cent Ditto ditto April, 1864 11, "Ditto ditto Au g . 1864 or 66 , 11 ,k Stock for Account " 4, Bonds Ll,OOO 8 dis pl2itto under 1,000..... j 4 ,,,r ,1 8 for Aocount, Jan. _7 9la 6 Ina Et Stock tor Account, a per Cent 7 __ l3 i-Nellequer Bills, £ l,OOO, 3 per Cen t Ditto £5OO 'IQ° Small .. A FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. 'l4l,itrian Bonds, 5 per Cent _-, Ditto 1859 kazilian 5 per Cent ....... _ Ditto, 1839 and 1859 . 861 7 Ditto 41 per Cent., 1852-58-60111 ..... 86/ Ditto 1863 11 die ~, I)itto Scrip, 1863, £3O paid ii°lonabian 6 Scrip £l5 pd Wth• 4 Per Cent., 1863 _ D Ditto personal Land Warrant .41,11, 2i cent Ex. 12, Guilders .! 7... gei:o;lipt Greek: 'tt oi:::;817ebf pow;ociucolest:ou:l4:l dper e dC:1" perO etC"e n 1 t 8.6.3 9:8 ~, per WI 'lit° Account '- Cent , 1824-5, ex-Coupons _261 1341D:iitttettrn4C:actico6Punmist _ per Cent. Ditto A • • --- Xtauan 6 ccollt ke . Per Cent.(Alaremmana Railway) —.... Xican 3 per Cent • 5 41 ba ~,bitto Accouttt zoorieh Imperial 5 per Cent 14 "e:' Grallada ... . .......... Vitt) 2 per Cent. .."itto Deterred _ il'iltto Land Warrants (Hectares) o,lr,tviati 3 per Cent. )5%40 Account _ ill.'lo 41 per Cent., 1862 861 p,—,,,itto Account nllkilese 3 per Cent., 1853 ''.-"ltta 48/ 1, Account.: .. . ... ! ..... _ ,-.'i!tte 3 per Cen.,., 1866, '7, '9, '6O, 62 — 48/ i a 1 -uitto Account ................ bitto, 1863 ~,bitte scrip, £l5 paid. 'Auseian per Cent., 1822, 9l, Litt° 41 per Coat 1850 ............. DittDitto 1860 o 3 per Cent., 1859 tilLrli t, to, 5 per Cent. 1862 .......... 881 9 i 1).:11lati S per Cent ............ 85 861 $, l'to Account _ ""-f,tt itqa 3 per Cent 63i '''tto Account iiptte New Deferred 33:1 z itto Account; Partish Cert. of Coup not funded .. 131 a i i _1)4,0 Account ir'''',,,ii4h 4 Cent .. .....„4,.• , per ,- 891 4'4 6 Per Cent. 1854 1,. to Account Ditto 6 Per Cent. 1858 70 ttto Ae t Pitt coun b.e, £lOO Bonds C9l 1,t,t4 6 per Cont. 1866 691 70/ 1 I 1,. .443 A b)itttoto Olin 1862 41-46 :OUntt .... V ?:.I.lela. 3 per Cent. .._ Ditto ApeeerZeir, _ .. 55i i Dividends on the above payable .'re ~. _ 2 ... French Rerttes, 41 per Cent., Ex. --' 67f. 37 c. in London. It_l,to Aueettot • ... . 11'41,, 5 per Cent., 1861, Ex. 25 francs.. 71 pnto Account.. leqtriontese, S pei.Cent.. Ex. 25f — C'''llBalg' 14°/la THREE O'CLOCK. y 1 . 91 ~ Ditto i5.v40,...., ............ _ 91.1 '414 to ..... togrootustit Closing , =hart Etailxvays Paid. Price. Business don,- 100 ttfantic &Si Lawrene( all -69 411 61 k Born.,l3aroda,t.Cent Inc 100 1051 1061 Gu. 5 per cent.. 20 Do. New 20 Do. E. Shares 204 13utfalo and Laxe _Huron all i 61 10 Do. Preference 100 Buflalo,Brant Lou &Godricl, p, et. bds. Aug. 1, 187•2 100 Do. do. July 1, 187:1 100 100 Do. do. June 1, 1870 100 st Clcutta..c S. Eastn. (Lie 100 103 105 st Cape Town & Dock Seri) 100 lot 103 1024 stock Eastn. Bengal go. sp. t 100 ICB 109 stock East Indian. gu. sp. c. 10 1 1 1066 1074 1071 7 4 61 20 Do. do. G Ext lO 14p 20 Do. do. H do. stock Grand Trunk of Canada Hu 20 21 20k 100 Do. Ist Pref. Bonds all 72 74 731 4 100 Do. ao. deferred all 58 61 100 Do. 2d Pref. Bonus all 66 69 100 Do. do. deferred— all 50 33 100 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 21 23 stook GtlndiaPenia.gus..6p.c 100 1071 1084 108 20 Do. New gua. sp. 0... 12 14 lip 20 * Do. January, 1862 .. 8 14 stook Gt. South.of India (Lim guaranteed 5 per cent 100 1044 1051 201 Gt. W. of CanadaSharet. all 91 10 9/ 10 SOI Do. New .. 18 11 101,, 1 00 Do. 6 p.c. '73 wlth't opt all 92 95 100 Do. 51 p. c. do. '77-8...- all 86 88 10 Indian Branch Limited 2 stock Madras. guar., 5p.0. .. 100 1051 1034 stook Do. 41 p. o. Extensiot 100 100 101 1001 stock De.** d 0........ 100 06 100 20 Do. Fifth Extension. 2 -- stock Melb.Corp. 6p. 0. linda 100 50 Melb. & Hobson's Bay. all 57 59 574 100 Do. 7p. c. Mortg. Bds. all S 0 Newßr Canda Class A, an d B all 3 5 N.lll.C'dits pc Ist pf !is 100 82 84 stock Soinde .....•••••1 (100 106 107 el ock Do. Delhi ' 100 1( 5 116 1051 20 Do. do as a 2 4 ip 21 at Do. Punjaub cl all 1041 1054 Do. Do. ........ , , luo !Cock Do. Indus. St. Flo.) klOO 102 104 COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. p.e.Ja. s6J uit - ' 1877-S4 Do. 6p. c. Feb. & Aug. 100 102 101 , Do. p. c.Mar. az Sept. 100 102 104 1 1 Do. sp. c. Jan.,l6.luly. 100 01 '93 921 14 ! Do. 5 Inseribed stock 100 91 93 :Cape G. Hope, 6p 0,1878 100 108 110 Do.Ap Oct. 1880 100 109 111 Do. 1890 100 109 111 iDo. Jan. & July, 1891.. 100 112 114 Ceylon, N0v.1878, 6p ( 100 110 112 'Mauritius 6 per cent .. 100 106 108 Natal Gov. 6 per cant.. 130 1 , 47 109 :N.B.Gov. p.c. Ja.,t.lul) 100 iO4 106 1 Do. 6p. c.Ap. & Oct. 100 - IN. S.W. Gov. 5p lid 100 100 102 Do. sp. c.,lBer to l•f•if 100 101 102 I Do. d0.,1888 dtupwdt 100 101 102 1014 2 New Zealand 6 p cent. 100 110 112 jNova Scotia Gov. 6p. c. I sterling, 1875 lOO 104 106 ,Queensland Gcv. p. c lOO 1:1 113 G6p.c.1878.& up lOO 111 113 Vlo.Gov. 0 p.c. Ja.&July 100 107 109 - Do, to 6 p.c. A.n.A00t... 100 HBl 109 4 109 81 91 BRITISH MINES. 2 'Cambrian Consol. Gold 1 ill cliflord Amalgamated — 33 81 Deven G. Cone.,"l' avist , 1 545 685 East Bassett(lllogan)•• 30 t. 7 60 1 East Clog - au Gold Ltd. 53. 4d par East Caradon 1.14.0 25.4 261 East Carn Brea..„ I . .i. 4.0 61 61 E. / 2 rlitussel (Tavistk :' 8.9.0 11 5 Gam. 3 tStAubyn(Gwert ; 'At • 8 10 Great South Tolgus l7s 4 41 G. Wheal Vor(Heiston 10 111 lei Derc.d's-Foot 8.12 AO 41 ti ingston Downs 4.18.0 I k l 24 --Lady Bertha Margaret (Uny Leiact 94 14 16 .11arke Valley. 4 01 yndy Iron Oro (Lim : 21 li le. New Setun l6l 90 100 - North Don N.Wli'l Buse:Who:ran 3.1.0 24 2 INorth Wheal Crotty Par Consols (St. Bbizey, 20 Providence(Uny Lelnt) 10.6.7 42 44 : South Caradon(StCleer, 14 415 125 S. Carn Brea (Illogan) — S.Wheal Fran. (Mogan 18.1 8 .9 60 65 Stray Park 30.17.6 30 32 P 1 farnarSilv.6.t Lead Min 44 4 1 fin Croft 9 18 19 18 1 West Basset (Illogan) ll 91 101 W 0 radon (Liskeard, 5 20 22 West Baton Wheal Basset (Illogan) 51 874 924 Wheal Buller(Kedruth) 6 221 271 Wheal Kitty (U.Lelant) 2.0.6 WhealLathott • Wheal MaryAnni,Xen ) 8 12 13 Wheal Beton 5Bl 160 170 1621 j wheal Trelawney (Lis ) 7 191 204 Wheal Union 3.17 24 3 :PREFERENCE SHARES. Bristol and Exeter 4 per cent. stock, 94i Great Eastern, E. Counties. Ext. No.'2, 110 Great Western Orig. 44 per cent. pf:, 94 100 Gt. Western,West Midland, Oxfora, Ist guaranteed stock, 129 London and Brighton, 5 per cent. gua. stock, No. 1 7 per cent. pf. st., 1564 London, Chatham, and Dover 5 per cent. pref., 984 Midland, Leicester and Hitchin 4 per et.. IA 5 South Eastern (Reading Anna., £1.0.6), 23 PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCKS. Great Eastern, 5 per cent., pf., 102 3 Ditto, 44 per cent., 974 8 LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. Lancaster and Carlisle, 2104 Northern and Eastern, 5 per cent., 554 FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Antwerp and Rotterdam, 81 Bahia and San Francisco (Urn.) gua. 7 per cent„ 181 Dutch Rhenish, 171 Great Luxembourg, 11; I Sambre and Meuse, 8i San Paulo (lim.), gua. 7 per cent., 811 Ditto (all), 211 JOINT-STOCK BANKS. Alliance Bank of Lon aan and Liverpool (Um.), 441 1 Anglo Austrian, 71 Bank of Wales, lira., 12 Chartered Ban!: of India, Australia, and China, 331 East London, lim., 7.4 English, Scotch, and Australian Chartered, 2.21 3 European Bank, lira., 41 Hindustan, :Anna, and Japan (Um.), 271 Ituperia t Bank (Bin.), 23 !rape - Alai Ottoman, 18i 1 8 1 1 Land Mortgage Bank of India, inn., 41 and 41 for Money London Bank of Scotland, lira., 71 London, Buenos Ayres, and River Plate, 491 Lonaon and Colonial (lim.), 71 Loudon and County, 55 London Joint Stock, :151 London and N.)rthern (lim.), 151 London and Westminster, 79 Mercantile and Exchange. lim., 131 111 National Provincial of England. Ditto, new, 21 Scinde, Punjaub, and Delhi (lima, 61 Union of Australia, sc; k 11 21 Union of London, 3.1 140 St. li atharine, 70 DOCKS. MISCELLANEOUS. British Indian Tea, Urn., 3 Canada Land, Urn 821 3 crystal Paiaoc, :42! 6 • Discount Corporatio , limited, 7 GI Egyptian Cornuierciani and i Tradino*, llm , 3 ; 4 i a Gen. Credit and ke International rina(enacinaal Hudson's Bay, 121 in i ance M. Lona& Um . , 61 a a a Italian Irri4 - ation Ditto, 6 pir cent lionda"ur)' — 1 70 issued 90, 86 s, redem. 8 , I S ( riety, Hm., 02 i London Finanzial Association lint. 23 i London General Omnibus Cornjoa y 'l* , 2i' Mercantile Credit Associ ation, - h m n " ' lni. • National Discount Company, ii ni 7y ~. Oriental Inland Steam, Um., iz. ' 4 ' Peninsula and Oriental Steam, 831 i Ditto, new, 51 1 1 Rhymney Iron, 30 Rio de Janeiro City Improvements, 271 Van Dien:v:ll'o L4llO, 10,4 ii HER MAJESTY. WINDSOR CASTLE, Dec. 9. The Lord Chancellor arrives at the Castle yes terday, and had an audience of the Queen: The royal dinner party included the Prince and Princess of Wales, the Crown Prince and Princess of Prussia, Princess Helena, the Duke of Brablnt, the Lord Chancellor, the Belgian Minister, M. Vin de Weyer; the Dowager Countess of Mount- Edgcumbe, Countess Hohenthal, Baroness D Ape neck, the Hon. Mrs. Stonor, the Hon. Caroline Cavendish. the Hon. Flora Macdonald, Count Fur stenstein, Major Von Schweinitz, two gentlemen in attend , :nce on the Duke of Brabant : Lord Talbot de Malahide, Lord in Waiting ; Colonel the Hon. A. Liddell, Groom ; Lord Alfred Paget, and Lieut.- Colonel the Hon. de Ros, Equerries in Waiting to her Majesty, Lieut.-General Kuollys, Lieut.-Col. Keppel, Sir James Clark, Dr. Holzmann, Mr. Fisher, and the Master of the Household. His Royal Highness the Duke of Brabant left the Castle to-day for Frogmore House. Pomari, the Maori chief, with his wife and infant child, to whom her Majesty the Queen has been gracionsly pleased to be godmother, had the honour of an interview with her Mbjesty on Friday last, previous to their return to New Zealand. Mr. R. Dowling, commissioned by the Tasmanian Government, has been honoured with a sitting from his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales at Frog more, for his portrait. Mr. Morton Elwards, commissioned by the cor poration and town of Toronto. has also been honoured with a sitting for a bust of his royal highness. THE EMPRESS OF RUSSIA. Bs returned from the Crimea, and has taken up her residence at Tzarsko•Zelo. Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess d'Aumale have been the guests of the Marquis and Marchioness of Salisbury at Hatfield House, Herts, during the greater part of the week. The Duke and Duchess ar rived on Monday, and were received at the railway station by the Marquis of Salisbury. In the evening a distin guished company had the honour to meet the Royal guests at dinner, covers being lard for twenty•six persons. The "house party," not including the Royal visitors, comprised his Excellency Count Apponyi, the Austrian ambassador; the Marquis of Biandford, the Earl and Countess of Clar endon and Ladies Villiers, the Earl and Countess of Hard wicke and Lady Agneta Yorke, the Earl and Countess of Verulam and Lady Harriet Grimston, Lord Stanley, M•P•, Lord Richard Grosvenor, Lord and Lady Eustace Cecil, Lord Loughborough, Hon. and Rev. W. and Mrs. Talbot, Hon. Reginald Talbot, Mr. Duncombe, &c. During the stay of their Royal Highnesses there was a dance after dinner in the gallery, The Duke and Duchess d'Aumale took leave of the noble host and hostess this day week (i.e. on Thursday), and departed for Dudbrooke, Essex, on a visit to Frances Countess Waldegrave and Mr. Chichester For tescue, M.P. _ _ _ The Count and Countess d'Albourg have ;eft the Brunswick, Sermyn-street, for Naples and Rome. Major- General and the Hon. Mrs. Stuart and the Marquis of Bute have left the St. George's Hotel. Lady Henrietta Allen and the Misses Allen have arrived at their nsidence, 27, Cheaham•street, from Scot land. His Excellency Lord Wodehouse had a lengthened interview with Earl Russell yesterday at the Foreign-office. Lord Wodehouse left town last evening by the mail train for Copenhagen, on his mission to King Christian IX., to congratulate his Majesty on his accession to the throne of Denmark. His lordship is accompanied by the Hon. Henry Wodehouse, Mr. P. W. Currie, and Mr. T. H. Sanderson, as secretary and attaches to his mission. Lady Bloomfield has left town on a visit to the Earl and Countess of Hardwicke, at Wimpole House, Can- bridgeshire. Lord Bloomfield is unable to quit his diplomatic post this winter. _ Lord and tady Aveland are entertaining a suc cession of visitors at their seat, Normanton Park, Rutland. THE DUKE DE BRABANT is now' in England for several days' sojourn. THE KING OP SWEDEN is suffering from a slight attack of bronchitis. Viscount and Viscountess Palmerston entertained his Excellency Prince de la Tour d'Avergne, the French Ambasiador, last evening at Cambridge house, Piccadilly. The Duke and Duchess of Somerset and a select party were invited to meet his excellency. The Earl of Westmoreland is so far recovered from his very serious illness that no further telegrams are necessary to relieve the anxiety of his friends. Should his lordship continue to improve, of which there is but lit tle doubt, he will be able to return home in a few days. The Earl and Countess of Warwick and family have left the Stable-yard, St. James's, for Worthing. The Earl of Haddington has left the Alexandra Hotel for Tyninghame, Prestonkirk. DEPARTURE OF SIR JOHN LAWRENCE.—Sir John Lawrence, the recently appointed Vicaroy of India, and suite left London list evening for Marseilles, where his Excellency will embark for Alexandria, en route to assume his duties at Calcutta. THE DUKE DE FRIOR is the Spanish nobleman who, it is reported, is about to marry Miss Balk, lately known as Lady Crampton. Admiral Van Hambro has arrived at the Bruns. wick, Jermyn-street, from Liverpool. The Right Hon. T. Milner Gibsen left town yes terday. Oa Tuesday, the Bth inst., was solemnised at Cattistock, Dorset, the marriage of Mr. G. H. Wyndham, second secretary to her Majesty's Embassy at Berlin, and eldest son of Col one l an d t h e H on. M rs . Wyndham, of Rogate Lodge, Sussex, to Charlotte Elizabeth Sophia , second daughter of th e H on . an d R ev . W. H. Scott, rector of Maiden Newton, Dorset. Mr. Baron Pigott on Prize Fighting. Mr. Baron Pigott opened the Devonshire assizas, at Exeter, on Tuesday. In the course of his charge, his lordship alluded to a case where the prisoner was charged with wilful murder, and observed that his business or occupatio❑ was stated to be that of a pugilist, which induced him to make some remarks upon that subject. He had read that morning in the newspapers that in the metropolis all the pre parations were now made for a great prize fight between two men for £l,OOO, to which all the coup• try were invited. He was one of those who thought that all who encouraged pugilism from the notion that it created among Englishmen a manly and courageous feeling were greatly and utterly mistaken. On the contrary, he believed from long experience that it was productive of hard feel. ing and great brutality iu those who took part in it. Those who encouraged it and those who wit nessed it all brought themselves alike within the influence of a very bad practice. He hoped this county was not to be the scene of this great fight, and it would be a disgrace to the magistracy and the police if every effort were not made to prevent it from taking place, and to punish thane who took part in it. When they came to consider the case of the man Stevens. charged with murder in a fight, they would find his observations were pretty well justified. It was said a few years ago that if people would only encourage prize -fighting it would► lead to the suppression of the knife. He had just come from a county where he had to try no less than nine cases of cutting with a knife, a crime which for merly was smeely known, but now it wets common with almost every boy who was offended to whip out his knife, and he was ready to slaughter the person who had given the slightest provocation. He was sure that pugilism was very likely to pro duce brutality rather than to prevent it. A CIIAPMING SPECIMEN OF BATHOS.—A pro fessor of chemistry, more remarkable for the clear ness of his intellect than the purity of his eloquence, adverted in one of his lectures to the celebrated Dr. Boyle, of whose talent.: ho spoke with the highest great an," said th e p ro f essor, concluding his eulogy—" very gm w t=reat an : he as the fathervoefncehraetmioinst.ry,":einetlevn7ena m —and brother to the Earl of Cork," A YOUNG OFFICER OF DRAGOONS, stationed near ux"le music, i s if a' says a German cor respondent Breslau, one Count Pfeil, has compl ete d a four act opera, on the story of "Roland with de o words itthe ne ev . l and a music by himself, thenceunt, is in the mu d ern style, and the work is destined for the Berlin Opera House, w i t h oaj Madame Lucca for its heroine. DISASTER TO AN AMERICAN SIIIP.—Ad vices received iu Liverpool yesterday from New York to the 28th ultimo, state that the fine American packet ship Emerald, had put into that port on the morning of the 2Sth in a dis mantled and damaged state. Captain Lace, who com manded the Emerald, had been killed, and the first officer washed overboard, in the trftnendous hurricane which the Eizterald paßied through, iator a, hav e LUX ,E P" 1 thei C SHARE MARKETS.---This day, Share Railways. i Paid. 13.14. . fir., Wol., and Str. Val. Blythe and Tyne. Bost.,Sleat.,and Mid.kJo Bristol and Exeter Caledonian Cork and Bandon Corn wa II Do A ' (A o'ets no div' till tip e.p an. ha, Do. B been paid to B. Dublin & Belfast June. Dun.,Perth,&Ab. June. Edinburgh & Glasgow. ,Glasg. and S. Western. iGreatEastern, Ord. stk Ditto A stock Ditto East Anglian at GreatNorthol Scotland Great Northern Do A stock Do B do 'Gt. S. ant W. of Ireland 'Great Western ...... Do Str Val gua. stock Lancashire & Yorkshire London and Blackwali Len., Brlght.,& S. Coast Lon., Chat., and Dover Lon. & North Western Lon. & Soy.th Western Man., & Lincoln. IMaryport and Carlisle. Dot shareb.. Metropolitan Midland Do New d. 4.0 Do Binning. do Derby Mid. Gt. W. of Ireland 'Mid Kent ... Do Cray Line !North British lEdin., Perth, St Dundee Nth. Eastern—Berwick Do, G.N.E. purchase Do Leeds Do York Do Carlisle North London Do New North Staffordshire N. and S. IV. Junction Scottish Central Scot N. E., Aber. stool, Do Scot. Mid. stock Shrews. and Weichpooi Shropshire Union South Devon South Eastern tP.113.4 (South Wales S. York. and River Dun r•taines, Wok., an d Wok. Stockton ds Darlington Do Do New, 186 G Taff Vale.. Do B 12.10 B 81 8 8i 81 63 117 118 ai 7 38 40 16 17 94 96 107 I;9 49 50 45 47 7) 81 124 126 13J 33 i I;i4 136 96 98 01 64 1081 1091 71 73 106 :07 43 44 106 I(6k 101 162 174 4Si 112 113 128 128 i 1i 1 1P 90 98 51i 62} 24 t 6 101 1011 58 58& 88 88} 119 121 1 2 p 77 78 It 122 126 42 11 93 100 Do C 1 Ulster Do - I Do Vale of Neath (Victoria sta. and Pim 'Waterford & Kilkenny West Cornwall W. Hartlepool Har.&R ! West Midland , -Oxford, Do Newport' Do Herefordl 61 52 31 32 961 a6l 97 i 9 . 91 101 a7l 371 9 10 u a P 158 160 5 6a 2/ 3} p, ORDINARY SHARES AND STOOR.S. Closing Business Price. ! done. 491 i I 1251 ft 13Ui 631 1091 1 1051 7 41 31 1066 6 1 1011 471 8 1127 13 12i 123 2 101 1001 1i 77i 11 961 5/ 37} i 83 86 170 175 BRITISH POSSESSIONS. rum SUN, LONDON, THUBSDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 10, i 863, ar t Ciro Tat THE CRAWLEY COURT-MARTIAL. (PROM OUR OWN REPORTER.) NINETEENTH DAY. ALDERSHOT, Thursday. The proceedings were adjourned this morning till the 17th, to allow time for the prisoner to make his defence. LAW INTELLIGENCE—(This Day). DIVORCE COURT. (Before the Judge Ordinary and a Special Jury.) KING V. KING AND DENT. The Queen's Advocate and Or. Swabey for the petitioner, Dr. Spinks for the respondent, and Mr. Coleridge, Q.C., for the eu•respondent. The petitioner was Mr. Charles John King, the respon • dent Fanny Rosins. King, and the co-respondent William Dent. The petitioner was the son of the Rev. W. M. King, of Long Critchill, near Salisbury. and a merchant at pre sent in business at Shanghai, China. He was married to the respondent, then Miss Sullivan, iu China in 1856, and be fore the ceremony Mr. Dent was acquainted with the family of the Sullivan., and had inspired an affection in the mind of the respondent, which afterwards led to her alleged mis conduct. Mr. King became acquainted with Mr. Dent when he and his wife were passing through Macao in 1857. A child was born in China which did not survive, and Mr. and Mrs. King returned to England in 1858 and resided at his father's for some time. It appeared that Mrs. King re newed her intimacy with Mr. Dent, with whom she had interviews, which very much offended Mr. King. In March, 186(t, Mr. King returned to China, where he embarked in a fresh business with another merchant, at Shanghai, where he had since resided, and it was arranged that Mrs. King should join him in the fol lowing October. Mrs. King declined to go to China on the ground of ill-health, and the inconvenience of carry ing a young child on a long voyage. Some letters were then read from Mrs. King, one of which was addressed to her mother-in• law, in 1859, in which she strongly deprecated any interference in her private affairs, and said in reference to Mr. Dent that she would not dis continue the acquaintance of early friends at the wish of her husband's family, who, she admitted, with the exception of the interference com plained of, had treated her with kindness and affec tion. Two other letters were addressed to her husband, in which she said she could not say that she loved him with al the affection of her heart. Matters went on till the family objected to the frequent visits of Mr. Dent unti 1862, when the respondent left her residence in London and went to Cornwall, since which time the family of King had never seen her. The mother of the petitioner was examined at great length. She proved the marriage, and also mentioned the beginning of the visits of Mr. Dent. The respondent told her that, although she had married her son, her strong attachment was for Mr. Dent, whom she had known ever since she was thirteen years of age. Witness remonstrated with her very kindly, and advised her to join her husband in China ; but she invariably ob • jetted, either on the . ground of ill-health or the unsettled weather that would be encountered during the wyage. Mr. Dent continued his visits, notwithstanding the ob jection of the family, and eventually Mrs. King left her home in 1851, and went to live in Cornwall, since which time she had never seen her. Mrs. Elizabeth Malcolm was the next Witness called. On entering the box, the witness refused to take the oath, The Judge asked on what ground she objected. Mrs, Malcolm said she was one of the Scotch Covenanters, anal from conscientious motives she refused to take an oath. The Judge said the act provided for such an occurrence as the present. Witnesses objecting to the oath were to make a declaration, therefore the witness could avail her self of that provision. The witness then, holding up her hand, made a declara tion according to the religion of her country to speak the truth. S.he then, in answer to questions put to her by the learned counsel, said she lived with Mrs. King during the absence of her husband in China at several places in the metropolis, at all of which Mr. Dent was a frequent visitor, and at last Mrs. King gave orders that no person was to be admitted into the house when Mr. Dent was there. The case was proceeding when we went to press. POLICE INTELLIGENCE—This Day. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. EMBEZZLEMENT —COMMITTAL —Dennis Macarthy, a a young man, was charged before Mr. Knox with embez zling money received on account of his employers, Messrs. Grindlay and Co., furniture dealers, Howland-street, Fit z roy -square. Mr. Bent, of the Abbey Tavern, St. John's-wood, proved paying the prisoner £6 on account of Messrs. Grindlay and Co. about the end of October, and taking the prisoner's re• ceipt for the same. Mr. Wm. Grindlay said the prisoner had never accounted for the sum in question, which it was his duty to do. Prisoner said that he was only casually employed by the firm. He would acknowledge . he received the money from Mr. Bent, but was robbed of it. Mr. Grindley said the prisoner never came near the place again. Prisoner said he was made drunk and robbed, and he did not think he should be believed if he went and said he was robbed of the money. Rogers, 87 E, said on going to the prisoner's lodgings that morning he found him concealed under the bed. Inspector Garforth said he believed the prisoner had been convicted. Mr. Knox committed the prisoner for trial. THAMES. ROBBERY IN THE ST. KATHERINE DOCK,—Henry Briant, a labourer, was brought before Mr. Selfe charged with stealing 72 cigars, valued at 10s., the property of the St. Katherine Dock Company, on their premises. Henry Butcher, a gatekeeper, stated that the prisoner was leaving the St. Katherine Dock yesterday evening, and he asked him what he had got in his jacket pocket. The prisoner replied he did not know, and chat he had not worn the jacket all day. He put his hand in the prisoner's jacket pockets and found in them 28 cigars. On stripping the prisoner he found 48 cigars round his legs in stockings. There were 24 in each stocking. Mr. John Passtnore Mumford, superintendent of the St Katherine Dock Company's own police, said the prisoner was a permanent labourer, and had been in the employ of the company between two and three years. The prisoner was at work in the cigar floor yesterday, and had access to boxes of cigars deposited there. The cigars produced were very good ones, and of the value of 103. Mr. James Bartlett, foreman of the cigar floor in the St. Katherine Dock, said that the cigars taken from the pri soner were exactly similar to others in the warehouse, where the prisoner had been engaged. Mr. Selfe—l suppose the prisoner will never be ernplcyed in the dock again? Mr. Mumford—Never, sir. The prisoner said all that was alleged againet him was true. lie had a wife and four children to maintain. He was a married man. Mr. Self() committed the prisoner for trial. Liverpool Cotton Market—This Day. Much stronger. Sales, probably 5,000 bales, or much moie. Imports, 2,7 5% 0 Previously, 20,774. Bank of England Return..—This Even'ng. An Account, pursuant to the Act 7th and Bth Victoria cap. 32, for the We ending on Wednesday, the 9th day ct Dec., 1863: SECOND EDITION. SUN OFFICE, HALF-PAST 4 O'CLOCK. SWEDEN. The Aflonbladet, of Stockholm, let, says :—" We lately announced the application made by the Go vernment for an extraordinary credit of three millions of rixdollers (sf. 70c. each) for armaments. The Diet has just taken the matter into considera tion, and solved it. The four States have voted the credit unanimously, and thus given the fullest ap probation to the policy of the Government. ISSUE DEPARTMENT. =Notes issued ......26.928,5751 Government Debt £11,015,1C0 Other Securities 3.631,90, Gold Coin & Bullion 12,278,575 Silver Bullion .... X 26,928,5 7 21 £26,928,573 BANKING D Proprietors' Capi tal £14.553.0 00 Rest Public Deposits (in cluding Exche quer, Savings' Banks, Commis missioners of Na tional Debt, and i:PAltrsinNT. Government Secu rities Aincluding Dead Weight A nnuity) ... . ~,£10, 7 12,330 Other Securities .. 21.813,329 Notes ....... . ... 6,735,535 Gold and Silver 730,042 Coin ............ Dividend Ac counts) 8,629,8 56 Other Deposits 12,981,2 76 Seven Day and other Bills 603,167 £39,991,236 M. J £39,991,238 RSHALL, Chief Cashier. PRIVATE BILLS. —According to a list printed by the Private Bill-office of the House of Commons, the num ber of plans deposited at the office amounts to 389, of which 291 relate to railways. On or before the 23d inst., on which until 8 o'clock, a occasionlodprintedg ed. copy the ue Tuesday d o t. affiye nexte all bi will a; be t with t k e he lastpo kept day without ope n e io r plans, must be s crying notices on own ers, lessees, P r operty required by the books of reference on account o f r ailway projects for next session. and occupiers of . °U p p r iS a l t S :s l d e WA l n e iN t i) o f frigates, an o ffi cial list we 7 --The Russian fleet screw liners, 12 screw frigates, consists g r i l a n ' li t t e h , o a ß Bt l g FL i—n n sf E bt ' e r ram .— maet F riso r :n o clippers, 1 iron-clad battery (an d 12 more building), 1 iron clad schooner, 79 screw gunboats, 2 screw y ac ht s , 31 screw schooners and transports, and 68 smaller paddle steamers— total 248, with 37,007 horse power, and 2,387 guns. Sailing vessels : 9 line-of.battle ships, 5 frigates, 3 corvettes, 3 brigs, 13 schooners, 2 gunboats, 2 tenders, 13 transports, 12 yachts—total 62, with 1,301 guns; grand total 310 ves sels, with 3,691 guns, Th e personnel consists of 93 admi • rals, 3,038 staff and other officers , 376 cadets and conductors, missioned officers and men. 9 89 civil service officers of the navy, and 49,405 non-coin: of St. Ja nus ' s, Senhor Don M a riano Jose Satz, Envoy Extraor dinary an d Mi n i ster Plen i po t e ntiary o f P eru to the Court Valdivia, has arrived at Maurigr B accompan ied by S en h or Juan -Batista ROYAL DRAMATIC COLLEGE BALL. The ball given last night at Willis's Rooms in aid of the funds of that excellent institution, the Royal Dramatic College, and for the EU pport of th e pen sioners now resident within Its walls, was, as it de served to be, exceedingly successful in every respect, and productive of much pleasure to those who took part in it. This is by no mean s to be wondered at, when it is considered that the object of the entertainment was the support of an institu tion which, though only recently founded, is one of the most deserving of the many charitable insti tutions of which England, with her world-wide fame for deeds of charity, can boast. The occasion also forms one of the few oases in the desert of the life of an actor or actress, and gives an opportunity of permitting the audience of a theatre to meet on a neutral ground, without the barrier of the foot lights, those who nightly, throughout Almost the entire year, labour to promote the delight and con tribute even to the instruction of the playgoer. The well-known zeal displayed by all engaged in the theatrical profession to promote the welfare of their less fortunate brethren was shown by the long list of stewards to whom were confided the task of issuing vouchers; and in the list were to be found also the names of many gentlemen only indirectly connected with the stage, but who have its welfare earnestly at heart. Under the auspices of these gentlemen the entertainment was, as we have stated, brought to an exceedingly successful issue, as the crowded state of the rooms last night amply testified. The committee, to whom must also be awarded a due share of merit, consisted of Messrs. Benjamin Webster, C. Churchill, G. B. Childs, T. J. Jerwood, W. R. Sams, rf. Spinks, D.C.Ie, J. J. Stainton, and T. Williams, Dancing commenced shortly before 10 o'clock to the music of Cooto and Tinney's band, at which time the room was tolerably well filled; but by midnight there was little room to spare, though, unfortunately, a paucity of ladies was perceptible. Amongst the visitors present were Viscount Adare, Lord Sudley, the Hon. Mr. and Mrs. Vereker, the Hon. H. Murray, the Hon. A. Morgan, Colonel Naylor, the Hon. Major Heneage, Capt. the Hon. C. W. White, Major Gregory, Dr. Brady, M.P., Capt. Dash wood, Capt. A. Johnson, Capt. Leatham, Capt. Redman, Capt. Grant, Capt. Teesdale, Capt. Saunderson, Mr. Benjamin Webster (master of the college), Mr. and Mrs. Mellon, Miss Fanny Josephs, Miss Poole, Mr. Frank Matthews, Mr. A. Roths child, Miss Lydia Thompson, Mr. F. Buckstone Miss Laidlaw, An excellent Supper was served about one o'clock in the lower room. Whitst this agreeable part of the night's proceedings was pro gressing, Mr. Benjamin Webster, who presided, proposed the health of her Majesty and the Prince of Wales, who, he said, was worthily following the example of his illustrious father by promoting and patronising the dramatic art in England. The toast was enthusiastically responded to. Mr. Web ster subsequently proposed the toast of " The Dramatic College," which was drunk in an equally cordial manner. " The health of Mr. Webster," proposed by Dr. Brady, M.P., was afterwards drunk amidst much applause. D anc i ng was after wards resumed, and was continued with great ani mation until a late hour. A CURE FOR CORPULENCE. A philanthropist has lately laid his story before the public, and although the record may provoke a passing smile, yet no one who reads it can doubt the earnestness and sincerity of the writer, or his hearty desire to benefit his fellow -creatures. It is simply the narrative of a min who was tremen dously fat, who tried hard for years and years to thin himself, and who has at last succeeded. He wishes the world to know how he vanquished his terrible enemy, and how at last the demon of corpu lence flee from him. This is really a great kindness, and a man who, without fear of ridicule and simply from benevolent motives, comes forward to reveal an experience of this kind is doing a see. vice which his fellow creatures ought to recognise. Mr. Banting, the gentleman who has had the cou rage and good feeling to write and publish this nar- rative, not long ago measured five feet five inches, and weighed about 14 stone and a quarter. H e owns that ho had a great deal to bear from unfor tunate make. In the first place, the little boys in the street laughed at him ; in the next place, h e could not tie his own shoes; and lastly, he had, it appears, to come downstairs back wards. But he was a man who struggled gallantly, and whatever be was recommended to do he honestly tried to carry out, He drank mineral waters, and consulted physicians, and took sweet counsel with innumera ble friends, but all was in vain. He lived upon sixpence a day, and earned it, so that the favourite recipe of Abernethy failed in his case. He went into all sorts of vapour baths and. shampooing baths. He took no less than ninety Turkish baths, but nothing did him any good; he was still as fat as ever. A kind friend recom mended increased bodily exertion every m orn i ng, and nothing seemed more likely to be effectual than rowing. So this stout warrior with fat got daily into a good, safe, heavy boat, and rowed a couple of hours. But he was only pouring water into the bucket of the Danaides. What ho gained in one way he lost in another. His muscular vigour increased, but then, with this, there came a prodi gious appetite, which he felt compelled to indulge, and consequently he got even fatter than he had been. At last he hit upon the right adviser, who told him what to do, and whose advice has been so succsssful that Mr. Banting can now walk downstairs forwards, put his old clothes quite over the suit that now fits him, and, far from being made the victim of unkind or ill-judged chaff, is universally congratulated on his pleasant and becoming appearance. The machi nery by which this change was effected was of a very simple kind. He was simply told to leave off eating anything but meat. It appears that none of his numerous friendly advisers, and none of the physicians he consulted, penetrated so far into the secresy of his domestic habits as to have discovered that twice a day he used formerly to indulge in bowls of bread and milk. The Solomon who saved him cut off this great feeder of fat, and since then Mr. Banting has been a thinner and a happier man.—Saturday Review. DEATH OF A BOY THROUGH PLAYING WIT H FIRE* —Aninquiry was held by Mr. IV m. Payn e, the City coroner, at St. Bartholomew's Hospital, on Tuesday, re specting the death of James Drummond, aged five years. It appeared from the evidence that the deceased, who was the chid of a mechanic, residing at I, Greenhill -place, Smithfield, was on Monday left for a few minutes alone in a room by his mother. In her absence be began to light them. lie sticks at the fire and play with was soon. in flames, and before his scream s brought assistance he was dreadfully burnt. Ho was forthwith conveyed to the hcs. pital, but his injuries were so severe that all remedies proved unavailing, and after lingering in great agony ho expired on Monday night. Verdict---Accidental death.: . TIIE LION WHOSE CLAW S.AREICUT, AN D w no t;.iti de R OARS LIKE A SucEING DOVE !_,, ASi lea brochure b r M. Prondhon ha s just ap peared, entitled, 1815 ont Cease &Blister r It is the development o Utopia of the former enemy to property. The following;"new the last sentence in the pamphlet, and will show is Proudhon is no longer a very dangerous d that AI, "'flat idea exists, already it circulates but e ' ma • gogue '— task of a simple writer to prove himself it is not the fore told it. It must come out byc one that the force ' • proclaimed by every mouth, and receive of circumstances, be he principal, who first founded th the baptism ion a lbs triumph of ideas, the relic) ? honour of his rt ign on versal disarmament." uneing of victories, and timi- A MONSIEUR PLE lays claim before the Acade co! to having discoverri the complete art of photographing: "(11 pOlOll.O, THIRD EDITION SUN OFFICE, SEVEN O'CLOCK. THE GREAT FIGHT FOR £,2,000, (THIS DAY.) This contest, which has excited immense interest, was brought to an is3ue to-day, near Wadhurst, Kent, which was reached by the Sauth•Eastern railway, THE START, On our arrival at the station a few minutes before five in the morning, we found that the "rasping" division had dwindled away to an insignificant few. The fact is, the busy tongue of Madam Rumour had sent thorn so often to the various stations on the Will o' the Wisp errand that they were completely tired out, and, after the lesson of Tuesday and Wednesday nights, without anythieg turning up, they blew up the whole affair, and quietly stayed at home. Never was a secret of such a kind better kept, and the wide•awakes who "knew the exact spot to a yard," found themselves neck deep in the mire, after a fashion they little calculated on. The cut-purse family, wiping the frosty icicles from their noses in the west when they should have been looking out for squalls in the s outh-easteru horizin. The delightful result was that the "co ngregation" of the fistic art passed easily through the thin dark line of weary and worn snapper badgers. The excel lent.; n . genient s of the "conveyancers" were m o st excel done'everybody w as com f or t a bl y " ta k en i n an d for,"volunteers whilst the presence of the ring constable sent the foot of authority down with a crash upon all attempts at " rigging the market." In fact, one would t hi nk that we were all going to see an early ploughing match, whilst the " Yahoo " business didn't rise as high as the song of an old tea-kettle And that ugly element was wis e i n the course it WAS constrained to adopt—had it done otherwise there was force enough present to have brought every atom of it to grief. Both the men reached the ground in good time, and both had their fair quantity of supporters, who w ou ld pers i st i n blocking up each carriage door so that the entrance of a breath of air was almost next to an impossibility. The train consisted of E 0 carriages, in each of which to use a theatrical phrase , there was not standing room. W e were " horsed" by two po werful en g i nes , and, at about a qu a rter-past six we glided out of the station without th e least confusion, and with the g reatest re g ula rity in the world. The mornieg.stars were just beginning to show signs of that glimmering faintness which indicates the near approach of daybreak, Once the train got in motion, not a sound was to be heard save the outburst of some occasional hearty lauyh at the jocularity going on inside. But even this was of the mildest possible character, and there was an entire absence of that reprehensive boiste rous outpouring which has too often awoke the slumbering people along the route, filling their half -dreamy imegina• tions with the horror that the Philistines were veritably upon them, We were more than half afraid that the new plan of paying at the doors would have been productive of the direst confusion, Fortunately for us, any mystery had been so well ravelled that there was really no thing to pro duce interruption. H a d th ere b ean a regu lar mob gather ing, we are strong! ) i nc li ne d t o t h e op i n i on that not one of the "excursionists" w ou ld h ave b een a bl e to h av e reached the ticket window. However, as things turned out so far, we raised our hands and felt grateful. On casting a quiet running glance round the interior of each carriage, before we started we found the genuine patrons of our national manly "trial by battle" in very strong force indeed. We heard one and all join in a universal chorus of satisfac tion at the way in which we had been got off. On and on wo rolled through the fair county of Kent, and as the gray dawn of morning rose eastward on our track the mild fresh breeze played upon our half-asleep faces, waking us up to a sense of life and activity that was as agreeable as it was invigorating. The morning was beautiful and mild, and way now to our left the bright blue tinged light of early day could be seen breaking gently and softly, widening and lengthening as it imperceptibly came, in a manner that would have excited the warm admiration of a Clauds or a Turner. Still on and onward we go through deep cuttings and over high embankments; anon the iron horses slacken in their speed, and the next instant the reverberating sounds of our whirling wheels tell us we are passing through the bowels of mother earth. On emerging from the tunnel into the open country our ears were saluted with voices that unmistakeably marked the owners as denizens of the aristocratic regions west of Re gent-street. Speculation made itself heard, and 6 and 7 to 4 on the Benicia Boy seemed to be the chorus of the song. Just as we could distinguish houses and buildings suffi ciently clear the train glided noiselessly into Reigate Junction, where we were " regaled " by the sight of a strong covey of early birds belonging to the Surrey County Constabulary. It is needless to say that they were not there on our invitation, we considered them more free than welcome, and following the prudent and time honoured examples of those philosophic predecessors of theirs, Masters Dogberry and Verges of blessed memory, we stole ourselves out of their company with all possible alacrity and despatch. A thin white frosty veil of mist floated over the landscape as we again got in full swing, whilst the leaden coloured clouds, as they lay heavy and motionless overhead, gave us cause for grave anxiety, but as our fears were rising to an uncomfortable grade on our nervous thermometer, in we rushed to another tunnel. When we issued forth we made a series of weather wish surveys all round us, and were joyed to find the dark curtain lifting evenly and gradually up on our right, whilst on the opposite side the bright broken patches encouraged our most earnest hopes. Another turn of the steam-valve, and away we sped at over forty miles an hour; wood and dell, hamlet and village, and cottage and mansion seemed to fly by like the magic of the kalei doscope, and the question of the journey's end took the place of other topics for the moment. A few miles further on and we shot by Tunbridge Wells. At length we drew up in a secluded and well-selected spot, where we got out, yawned, stretched ourselves, and gulped in the sharp morning air most voraciously. On account of the ex treme softness of the ground it was some time before a decent place could be found. At this hour, about a quarter past nine o'clock, the sun was shining out as magnificently as on a fine May morning, and as we toiled some mile and a half up a steep clayey hill, the 'stuff' was taken out of many. At length a chosen spot was taken possession of, and the ring pit-shed. King first tossed in his castor amid loud cheers, and was immediately fol lowed by Heenan, who was similarly received. Colours were now unfolded on both sides, and the combatants began to dress. The choice of ground was won by Heenan, and then came the referee. Some wrangling here took place in respect to that functionary, during which the betting went on with offers at 40 to 20, &c. on Heenan, but there did not seem to be any takers. Confusion now became the ruling element, wasting away precious time on the top of a hill that could be seen for 20 miles around. There were the men and their seconds ready, while the referee was ex pected to come from the clouds. Three quarters of an hour was sent in this way before matters were finally c losed, and the referee originally proposed was ultimately t agr eed to. Heenan was the 'first to exhibit, to the loud c heer r s wh h om i admirers, and was instantly followed by King, f o __ p earty. o another salvo rose up from the throats of his o wn Exactly at 10 o shook hands, and prepared to commen ce ' lock the men were delive red at t he stretch, THE FIGHT. Round 1. Heenan stood forward and made play with his 1 left, both trying to measure their distance, some open sparring ensued„ an exchange or two, when Heenan ran in in a slim_ and closed, grasping King by the neck with his left arm, sr e o e on en a t s ere h d e t c h a e in r e ing v a t n h d and put on the old- fashioned hug, eontinuinc to hold his man in such a way that the raesfe i s a tr r ic in tl a y n c n a e u r. tioned him not to repeat that operation tiantgtempt at counterin b plain e .. scr 2 a . te t . ing Th m e a r d e e w t a h s e oci f t h e (Cheers.) g y both, mouth. First of the most homely description, very wild, and very Heenan rushed on King, got the hug again, and threw like s sack of malt on the grass. On th e men being him Heenan was found to be bleeding froth the lifted blood was claimed and allowed to Ki ng 3. Both men bent down to their w . ork (e cam s u p with grea t caution, trying to in earnest, and when after some hard exchanges operate w ith a w ill the hug on, and threw Kin Keenan again put aw f u l spank, that bowed g on the ropes with an in More cheering for Heenan' with every stake in the ring. ra ther hopeless tone from Ki counter cheers of a ing dead against King, exceptng's corner. All was now go . 4. King came up with the first blood. his left eye. They a " mou ~ ey went to se rather visibly under that showed the work in this round in a manner was to follow. From indicationsMeehan of the slashing business that after fighting Kin t again running in for the hug and throwing hi mg () his (Heenan'a) corner, grasping him meant to fight nothin g forcibly, it was obvious that he only very lng but a wrestling fight; the fists to be forth loud subordinate agents in the business. This called 5. mi expressions of disapprobation. Bothfej,,.,_,. m came up smiling at one another, and, after ''''-'::, .11-tig took his ' distance as quick as lig ht n i n g, and letii Y a tremendous right-handed thunderbolt against }leen , art 8 left ear, that went " thud" all over the ring, as ' it a person had struck a bale of cloth with a cudgel— deafening, cheers for King.) Scarcely had the sounds sub sided, when King, following up his advantage with terrible mea n ing in it, launched a fellow en lieenau's temple, cross countered, and tried to follow it up, but fell short in his delivery, his right being out of distance ; Heenan, in d e _ thre w his antagonist. (Tremen spair, hugged aga in, and dous cheering.) 6. The ~ slogging" business began at this round, There vras no science, nor did there seem to be an attempt at it. Teth men went in ding-dong, struck oat wildly, like dray. men , inwc iiug over their beer, when Heenan finished the round by again getting King's nob in chancery and put ting the hug on, which he used for a throw. What few hits were exchanged were not of the slightest moment i n their effects upon the issue of the contest. 7. Give and take, as our grandfathers did, now becar" the order of the day, and these great heavy men lunged at one another at if not only £2 000 , , , but 2,000 of - the best lives in Britain were depending upon the winner. A fe w seconds, more hammering, when Heenan again was oblige A to fly to his favourite embrace, caught King and cross- buttocked him so fearfully that the man must have left his own im press upon the earth. People actually held tt eeir breath for moment, and felt relieved when the men we :re carried to their corners. During this round King gave Heenan a rattling sledger on the nese with his right, a'ad brought the blood down in a stream (cheers and counter cheers.) 8. On " Time" being called, both were up aad actively at work. No reconnoitring, or backing, or ducting to get away. Toe the mark was now the word ; some rapid coun tering took place. Heenan went in, when the hugging mechanism was brought into action, but this time tailed woefully, for King turned the tables, and floored :his anta. g mist, (Immense cheering for Tom, and cries uf " He'll win yet.'') 9. Both sharp to thee. King let out his right, and s'rruck :Heenan tremendously about the bud. Heenan closed and threw King again. 10. Express speed had now began in earnest, King lad ing out heavily with both fists, closing, and after a struqgla was thrown. 11. Heenan began to show the pace was telling on b'.m. Coming up, he caught and th rew King very heavily, It sounded like oxen falling out of a cart. 12. Not more than a minute. Rei t vY exchanges about the head, and at the . close King threw Heenan hef.vily. (Loud cheering for King.) 13. Some heavy countering about the head on both sides, w hen Heenan closed, throwing King as befor e . 14. Heenan met K in g at the ver y outset with a. fearful punch from the latter s right hand; so and another heavy fall f or Kin g. Notwithstand ing this throwing advantage Heena n seemed to s show nearly as 'm sharp hittin g, all e much distress as King. 15. It was now plainly seen that the rate of going Wag telling powerfully on both men. Heenan showed u nrn i a : takeable symptoms of uncommon rapid "travelling," and the balance, notwithstanding all his wrestling good luck, was beginning to draw against him. In this round both men went as if at parish ball practice. After some long swinging raps on each side, Heenan shot out his right hand with such terrific effect that King actually staggered and reeled like a drunken man from the force of the blow, ultimately falling into oue of the seats in his corner. It was thought that he had turned tail, and would not face the storm again. This,was the first genuine knock down blow, and it certainly sounded and looked like something strong enough to shake the foundations of any structure in the shape of humanity. Immense cheering then must have made the adjoining valleys reverberate in echo. 16. In this round Heenan began to show that fortune 1 savage round struggle.the 7ln this was gliding fast from him. He came up w ith a d rea df u l from ey a e after lio t v h e e r lasthis f round, Kingwhilstwente blood 1 o i o n d nflowed some copiouslymn re country practice ate naturel, when King sent him down alter the frantic enelirgesynof excitement became so tremendous that all regulation about inner ring, or any ring, was swept to the winds, Men rushed madly about and yelled with despair. King's huge Cyclopean sudden successful shoulc i l l e i r bits with blows about His eye was in a fri g h t a f t had--especially the temples —so swelled up the parts state, as King had made several he begun to look in a sad plight. latter etood well behind his his right upon it. The theca live the life of itodlewnehsisc.h fist, and he certainly did not let he became so exasperated at had been welcomed and too looked scooragehi t in to batter the enemy KweingeZedd his firremu'estombe the awful huggings by treated, that it could be seen lie , to pieces. As he faced his man, be gone able st to pinryesnasecolttolital,tetro thissay tdosyhi.msHelef seemed extremely doubtful whether h© wou a l r . "toe" again to the call of the referee. But he ; l ey won derfully, and so raised the expectations of his fr.:Zddesxetihtat the people swayed to and fro in a dreadful state of ment. From tbis to the 24th and last round, one was so much like the other and so short that it would be utterly impossible to detail them. King went ahead in a perfect gallop, and on time being called for the 25th round, th e , sponge was thrown up by Heenan's seconds in token of his defeat. He was dreadfully punished, and should never have been permitted to have passed beyond the 21st round. The cheers that made the "welkin sing" were such as cannot possibly be imagined. King presented no visible marks of punishment except the "mouse on his eye." Thus ended this great contest, in 24 rounds, occupying 35 minutes, and a braver one was never fought. THE SOUTHERN PRESIDENT. Mr. Jefferson Davis struck me as looking older than I expected. He is only fifty-six, but his face is emaciated, and much wrinkled. He is nearly six feet high, but is extremely thin, and stoop a little, His features are good, especially his eye, which is very bright, and full of life and humour. I was afterwards told he had lost the sight of his left eye from a recent illness. He wore a linen coat and grey trousers, and he looked what he evidently is, a well bred gentleman. Nothing can exceed the charm of his manner, which is simple, easy, and most fasci nating. He conversed with me for a long time, and agreed withßenjdmin that theYankeos did not intend going to war with England if she recognised the South ; and he said that, when the inevitable smash came—and that separation was an accomplished fact—the State of Maine would probably try to join Canada, as most of the intelligent , people in that State have a horror of being " under the thumb of Massachusetts." He added, the Maine was inha bited by a hardy, thrifty, seafaring population, with different ideas to the people in the other New England states. When I spoke to him of the wretched scenes I had witnessed in his own State (Mississippi), and of the miserable, almost c'espe rate, situation in which I had found so many unfor tunate women, who had been left behind by their male relations; and when I alluded in admiration to the quiet, calm, uncomplaining manner in which they bore their sufferings and grief, he said, with much feeling, that he always considered silent despair the most painful description of misery to witness, i s the same way that he thought mute insanity was c gallantry the most awful form of madness. He spoke to m e of Grenfell, wh o, he said, seemed to he serving the Confederacy in a disinterested and loyal manlier • . vices, and he w as sorry when I told hi m of G ren fleileee had ci u a h r e r a e rd much of v l with t he truth of my remark, that a Confederate general is either co nsidered an Admir able Crichton by the the his i i l power. w er . and good ser vices, e li confirmed soldiers, or else abused as everything had; and he added, the misfortune was, that it is absolutely ne cessary, in order to insure ,enecess, that a general mus t obtain and preserve this enc e with his men, W w ho popularity andinfiu.- ere, however, generally' very willing to accord their confidence to any officer deserving of it. Wi th and-no-quarterregard to the black flag. agitation, he said people would talk a great deal, and even go into action determined to give no quarter; "but ," he added, " I have yet to Confederate soldiers putting men to death who have thrown down their arms and held up their hands” H i e told me that Lord Russell con fessed that the impartial carrying out of the neu trality law • s had pressed hard upon the South ; and Mr. Mavis asserted that the pressure might have be en equalised, and yet retained its impartiality, if Great Britain, instead of closing her ports, had opened them to the prizes of both parties ; but I answered that perhaps this might be over-doing it a little on the other side. When I took my leave about 9 o',ciock, the President asked me to call upon him again. I don't think it is possible for anyone to have an interview with him without going away s agreeable i most favourably impress ed by h unas suming manners, and by the charm of his converse. tion.— Colonel Fremantle s Three Months in th e Southern States. =-------- son until he was 50 years setting eyes on his ownaranoi. The story is told by old is probably withoutl p " a n eccolle e t i o n s of West," the pain- Leslie in his agreeable ~. e e migrating to America he left his FATHER AND SON.--The caso of a man not ter's father. On .1 who died shortly after giving birth to Et first saw on his return to his native son. erwards. The painter was oof one the land 50 years aft .1 , born in America.—Notes and Queries second wift3's Linn 3, , Queries. AMERICAN STEAML:R. BURNT.-- Ihe gem:tier G l A s N w o A w, from Memphis on the 12th Nov., brought the painful intelligence of the burning of the wife whominEn g h l i e s u f d a ' t hr , to Cairo steamer Sunnyside about 5 o'clock in th e morning of the ,13th opposite Island No. 16, 26 miles below New Madrid. She had s large passenger list and a heavy freight on board. Among the latter were 1,383 bales cotton, which, with the boat, were totally destroyed. The boat caught tire from sparks from the chimney, which ignited the cotton. She was run ashore, and her engines were kept working to hold her to the bank. The exii from the boat being insufficient, many of her passengers were obliged to jump overboard, several of whom Were drowned. The scene is described asd most terrible. Of 13 female passengers only four escape ir : and of eight children six were lost. About :30 pas''''' n g ers ney all were drowned or burnt. 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