The Sun. — London, England, 1863-12-09 00:00:00

111 ONE Y MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. The tendency of the high rate of discount, and the consequent adverse exchanges for shipping gold abroad, is now very satisfactorily telling in favour of this country, and already the curtailment in the exportation of specie has created a mare favourable feeling among discounters, and they accordingly are evincing greater desire to enter into new transactions. The rate in the open mar ket has fallen to 8/, and 81 per cent. for the best mercantile securities, but as the bill brokers are still uncertain regarding the future, and, therefore, in disposed to accept long-dated paper, the principal portio n of the business continues to be negotiated at the national establishment. The City of London has arrived from New l'urk Wi th £31,193. Th ere was a downward tendency in the foreign exchanges yesterday afternoon, but no material alteration occurred. A bout £1,500 in gold was taken into the Bank Yesterday, but 39,000 sovereigns were withdrawn for s hipment to the Brazils by the Magdalena, Which left to-day with 1123,700 in gold. At the forthcoming meeting of the shareholders of the Don Pedro North Del Rey Gold Mining C" 113 any a dividend of 71 p er ce nt. for th e p ast nine months, being at the rate of 10 per cent. per annum, will be proposed. Two O'CLOCK. At the Peas Bourse this morning, according to Reuters telegram, the 3 per Cent. Rentes were 67f. 25 a., 67t. 30c. Firm. Tia appearance of the Stock Exchange markets is 'ma, notwithstanding the unsatisfactory aspect of Political affiirs engendered by Germany respecting t he Federal execution in Holstein. The check given to the specie movement is creating a more favour able feeling, although little speculation is now in progress. Consols are 901 I for money, and 91 1 for the account. The New Threes and Reduced An nuities are buoyant, at 901 ; Exchequer Bills are 12s. to 7s. dis. ; India Stock is quoted 221 ; the 6 per Cent. Loan, 106 k ; the 5 per Cent. Enfaced Paper, 103 104 ; do. 51 per Cent. do., 112 1. A general improvement has taken place in the Foreign Market, but business is more active. Turkish 6 per Cents., 1862, are 691 i . ditto Con solides, 461; Mexican, 33k; Greek, 258 ; ditto Coupons, 111, 124 ; Spanish Passive, 33i; di tto Certificates, 131 ; Portuguese, 4111 I 4; and the Confederate Loan, 37 40. Business in the Railway Share Market has been rather inactive, but, in some instances, a firmer tone has prevailed. London and Brighton have advanced £1; Great Northern and North Western, 10s. ; and Bristol and Exeter, 55.; Mid land, however, have declined ss. ; and Metropolitan and South Eastern, 10s. In the Foreign and Colonial undertakings there has been no material change as regards prices. For Bank and Miscellaneous shares there has been a very limited inquiry. Imperial Ottoman are quoted 17,1 ; London and Westminster, 781 ; Union of Australis, 511; Crystal Palace Stock is flat at 361; and London Financial shares firm at 22.1 23. Bank ste ß e ß k ITISH FUNDS—ONE 0'C 9 1. 0 0 1 CK. a Per Cent. Reduced Annuities 901 f 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities 90 i I New 3 per Cent. Annuities .. .. •,,, —e w 3 i per Cent. Annui ties . dew 2 1 per Cent. Annuities.. 6 Per Cent. Aunuitieq, Jan. 1873 &unuities, 30 Y rs, expire FothJ an., 1680 — Di tto for 30 expire sth April, 1885 l4! India Ditto (R o l Sea Telegraph), Aug. 1908 221 Stock, 1874 106 a I ,;.,t,t,.) 5 pei Cent. 1870 Dittol Ditto 64 p p e e r r e Cent. tit lBBB iik,o Per Enlaced Paper, 4 per Cent . . 103 4 Per Cent Ditto ditto April, 1864 B ank St e , ck for Adcctto Ditto i Aug. 1864 or 66 _99 Account t ttu t - aucts.sl,ooo 5 dis Co itto under £ l,OOO 91i recto for Account, Jan, 7 Rldika Stock for Account, 5 per Cent I n e4 ecliter Bills, £ l,OOO, 3 per Can t — Ditto £5OO 7 12 dis Small FOREIGN perUNDS—ONE 0:C IE LOC. Actstrian Bonds, 5 F Cent g Ditto 1859 ratilian per Cent. 1, 1)44 )) 1839 and 1859 .....- 'Jilt() — 4 1 per Cent., 185 1 2 8 - 6 6 3 8-60 J D it _ Iti :•itt, s s c rip, 1863, £3O paid Ztos Ayres 6 per Cent oh li t itt o Lul 6 per Cent ... 1 per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent.) C.. Ditt o 4: per Cent, ilva ) 6 Cont. • per an. — volt, • per Cent. ti Mblan 6 Scrip £l5 pd an 4._per Cent., 1863 D u tt4, v rovisonal Land Warrant E. git-t},s) 2 i p e t , Ex. 12 1 Guilders -ci.;Debeenr tur en es, per et i , rlgy hti r New Consolidated, 981 per O e t ( 3 ., e n lB t .6.3 Ditt o — r ' a t , 7 per Cent.. Qre(i, Second Issue • Ditt o , i t6 A P e e c r e C u e n n t t., 1824-5, ex-Coupons.. 2 - 5 a i _ Ditto coupon . ni 12i 111 044,4° Account -11)a,ernala 5 per Cent. • It Ditto Account ti e ,, 1 ,. a 1l 6 per Cent.(Maremmana Railway) Iy.' c 'an. 3 per Cent 33k 21 3} i Moo itto Account Isl llBl2, Imperial 5 per Cent ev? Ditto Granada Ditt o Dete e r • red pr Cent. 8/ D ittol, Land W arran t s (H ec t ares ) D 111 ;t o "— Ditto il !tt Acc . ount ner Cent. 41 per Cent., 1862 ? Account Ditto (s ,; t ruese 3 per Cent., 1853 Ditto"tt Account .. 3 per Cent., 1856, '7, ' 9 , Account Ditto, 1863 '6O, 62 4 - 81 Ditto Scrip, £l5 paid . at Pm 911 ttus!3ian 5 per Cent., 1822, £St Ditto 41 per Cent 1850.. • ~., Ditto 1860 3 5 Per pe r C c e e n n t r .., 1 1 8 8 5 6 9 2 — Ditto_ ."tf4 88i ;Sardinian 5 per Cen t . — Ditto Account .. 1 . 1 Spanish 3 per Cent ....... Ditto Account ......... Ditto New to,,f Ditto Ditt o Account ....... Pasesive ******************* 47i Ditto Account **** : **************** 27Z 1 Spanish Cert. of COUP • ******** *********** --' 3- Ditto Account * *** waded ****** 7, i 1 1 1 Swedish, 4 per Cent. **** : '.• 1 3} lu i 42 4 Turkish 6 per Cent. 1854 ************** Ditto Account *************************** Ditto 6 per Cent. 1853 ************** DDitto Account ************************* itto, LlOO Bonds -- DiDitto 6 per Cent. 1862 tto Account .................. 691 t Ditto 6 per Cent. 1863 ............. . Ditto Guarattecd, 4 per Cent. ........ 'Venezuela 3 per Cent. ................ -- Ditto Account Ditto 6 pe r C ent., 1862 tto Account Dividends on the above payable i▪ n London. Austrian, 5 per Cent.. Ex. 10 Florins. ~giart 41 per Cent., Ex. 25f. •uutch2l per Cent., .Ex. 12 Guil FrenchDitt 4 per Cent. Certificates Rentes, 41 per Cent., Ex. 25f — Id i tto. Account 4 than, 5 per Cent., 1861, Ex. 25 francs — .Ditto Account.... Pleh aontese, 5 per Cent , Ex. 25f ..... Cob iltto, Accou Money ............... TW0....... 9 O'CLOCK. 4 t nt .. .4., Liverpool Cotton Market—This Day. V ery quiet. Sales, probably about 5,000 bales. ' II , 4 , I\ TEW GARDEN for the recreation o f the Work_ c ' esB eB at P ar i s i s a b ou t t o b e opene d at t h e Buttes St. „ —l44l ont, one of the northern suburbs. The new garden, niore pr operly, park, will be the largest within the For "Heations of Paris, covering a space of 50 acres, n ear l y doubl e the c area of the Pare M onceaux . It w ill, moreover, gar dens the finest view. It is to be, like other publi c f „ t „.. e ) Planted with th e rares t f ore i gn s h ru b s , se l ected 1.--L the hor ticultural gardens of La Muette, near Auteuil. AN Pi,. Op -- GLlsa TRANSLATION OF RENAN'S " LIFE 11 e i 3 among s t th e m os t recen t N ew Y or k an 6°Jnts, as is al.() a reprint of the Rev. Derw en t 44 y lezuhdo idge cerae's editi on of P raed'e works, not yet published in zz, PREFERENCE SHARES. - ----- London and Brighton, 5 per cent. gua. stock, No. I, 115 London, Chatham, and Dover s per cent. pref., 98i PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCKS. Great Eastern, 5 per cent., pl., 102 London, Chatham, AM., Metrop. Ext., B, 6 per cent., 1031 3 North British (Edin., Perth, and Dundee) a per cent., 83 FOREIGN RAILWAYS. San Paulo (lim.), gua. 7 per cent., 81 Ditto (all), 21i South Austrian and Lombardo Venetian, 214 g Turin and Savona, "^Ditto (all), lii Fo2EIGN MINES. Don Pedro, North Del Roy, i Worthing (limited), i DOCKS. Av. Dec. S. Yal Hi g h' e, Princess prince° e Caroline 3, drovC t ° n Minister horseback Ittendaees Somer set : a Viseolll3. le Queer], Itosll ord Cl er y h MaieeP tended., an d Majesty, B° , oeo eu pre t to tus sellt v3issi °ll t° [s it to the d Lord de boDnur of t , soo pai n i e den, la' I les vlBit er r 1001 , i r a ieof )f d. tiOg 90n 0 oyed Rose° the • O r a ' 0 13 o at at ifl t re les .A over IL, ao a 0 1 3 'o 1 1°P1 ;, a fl ift3 " r to storati° , Ti tei l vO- 11 6 ) Ol t° • 'c v o l ei a cIY yeste r w o of Dar' too leiP ye stera'l Sr, the e ft toll' O f gee°r a r Liv 4 e br r its so 7„, 113' d re cith t*: i o ill i llr ;t0 nuw e "4 cier )u si thel 00 ;ate(' is cuo al 01 10 instr untis s and b ell a a th e ganro e c e .ht d ecel ' 28 boas specta-- rrites, not Only the s writteii• • but roil fin dertiO drive tllO ►D.16.4 12.10 6tock st OCki all 100 (100 100 all 100 klOO COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SEC URITIE6. ti p.o.J &Jut) I 1877-81 100 103 105 1034 i Do. ap. c. Feb. Aug. 100 102 104 Do. 6p. c.Mar..k Sept 100 102 10* Do..E p. c. Jan.&July 100 91 93 914 Do. 5 Inscribed stock 100 91 93 Cape G.Hope, 6p c. 1873 100 108 110 Do.Ap & Oct. 1880 100 109 111 Do. 1890 100 109 111 Do. Jan. & July, 1891 100 112 114 Ceylon, N0v.1878, 6p c 100 110 112 Mauritius 6 per cent lOO 196 108 'Natal Goy. 6 per cent 100 107 109 &Jan!) 100 104 106 I Do. 6p. o.Ap. & Oct. 100 - IN. S. W. Gov. 5 p 1,18. 100 100 102 Du. sp. c.,18/1 to 1:570 100 101 102 Do. d0.,1888 &upwds 100 101 102 New Zealand 6 p cent. 100 110 112 ,Nova Scotia Gov. 6p. c. I sterling, 1875. lOO 104 106 Queensland Gcv. 6p. c. 100 ill 113 I S. Aus G6p.c.1678.it up 100 112 114 Via Gov. 6 p.c. Jaar.July 100 107 109 1051 'Do. to 6 n.c. AnAzOot.. 100 168 109 1081 1 BRITISH MINES. 2 Cambrian Consol. Gold 1 1 4d - luhtlord Amalgamated 33 84 'Deven G. Con.. (Tavist ) 1 545 655 East Bassett (Illogan) 30 60 1 East Clogau Gold Ltd 52. 4d par East Caradon . 1 .14.0 25 26 East Cam Brea 3.4.0 64 64 Russel (Tavistk) 8.9.0 44 5 4i IGam..tStAuhyn(Gwen.) 581 8 10 Great South Tolgus l7s 4 41 ;(.3. Wheal Vor (Lieleton 40 114 124 !Grenville .. !Rend's-loot 8.12 )19 41 llingston Downs 4.18.0 14 21 !Lady Bertha Margaret (tiny Lel= t 0/ 14 16 Marke Valley.. 4 Myndy Iron Oro (Lim ) 2/ 14 New Setun l9l 90 100 -- North Downs 'lf 14 11 N.Wh'l Baseetallogan, 3.1.0 24 24 2/ North Wheat Crotty l'ar Consols (a. Blazey, 20 l'rovidence(UnyLelnt. ) 10.6.7 42 94 South Caradon(St.Cleer, 15 415 125 S. Carn Brea (Illogan) — S.Wheal Fran. (Mogan, 18.18.9 60 65 Stray Park 30.17.6 30 32 6 f ramar Silv..t Lead Alin 44 k , fin Crott 9 18 19 I West Basset (Illogan) l4 94 104 %V Cr radon (Liskeard) 5 20 22 West Seton Wheal Basset (Illogan) 54 87, 92i Wheal Buller(Kedruth) 5 224 274 Wheal Kitty (15.1,clant) 2.0.6 WhealLudcott - Wheal 31aryinn !Men ) 8 12 13 Wheal Seton 584 170 180 Wheal Treiawney (Lis ) 7 194 201 Wheal Union 3.17 1 24 3 London, 70 JOINT-STOCK:BANKS. Anglo Austrian, 7 Bank of New Zealand, 12 English, Scotch, and Australian Chartered, 221 Hindustan, t)hina, and Japan (Um.), 271 Imperial Ottoman, 18 171 Land Mortgage Bank of India, lim., 41 London Joint Stock, 361 London and Westminster, 781 Scinde, Punjaub, and Delhi (Wm 1 , 51 Union of Australia, 51k Union of London, 39i Alliance Bank of Lona.= and Liverpool (lien.), 44 Australasia, 741 4 Bank of Egypt, 251 Chartered Alen of india, London, and China, 57 61 Colonial, 40i Consolidated Bank, lint, O Continental, Um., 9 European Bank, Urn., 4i Oriental Bank Corporation, 511 MISCELLANEOUS. British Indian Tea, lim., 3 2/ Crystal Palace, 61 Discount Corporation, limited, 6i Gen. Crtdit and inanee 01 London, lim., International Financial Society, Fan., tt Italian Irrigation (Canal Cavouri, Ditto, 6 per cent. Bonds, redem. 1870, issued 90, 86 Joint 'stock Discount, 6i London Financial Association, lhn., 22i 3 Peninsula and Oriental Steam, 83i 3 Van Diemen's Land, 10i 111 The Price of Gold. P price of Z 3 the ab ort exchange on L on d on i s 25.30 per £1 sterling. On T he quotation o f go ld at Paris is about 3 per mille pm., and 17 ° T. P io a i r l hlg pe t r l o i e u s n e ce ra l t o e r s st w an it a b ar t a he go i l i: d 7h Mint it s appear that gold is ne arly 2-10th per cent, dearer in London than m Paris. lit By advicea froroliamburg the price of gold is 425/ per mark and the short exchan ge on London is 13.4/ per £1 sterling. tandard gold 3 -10th pe r cent at the E nglish Mint:price is, therefore, about dearer In Hamburg than in Londo n . The course of exchange at New York on London for bills at 60 days' sight i s 166 to 'e gold isThb ou t 51 165 } per cen t ., an d the premium on 1 per cent. . At these rates there is scarcely any profit ou the importation of gold from the United Stateo. SHARE MARHETS.---This day, ORDINARY SHARES AND STOOLS. Share! Railways. I rail Cgi ce in . g Budsoinne.ess Bir., Wol., and S tr. Val. Blythe and Tyne. Bost., Sleat., and Mid. Co Bristol and Exeter Caledonian Cork and Bandon Cornwall Do A A g ets no dh 1 Da till 6p e.p • B been paid to B. Dublin & Belfast June. Dun.,Perth,&Ab. June. Edinburgh & Glasgow. i Ulasg. and S. Western.; Great Eastern, Ord. stk 8 8i 8 8i 81 83 117 118 82 a i Ditto A stock Ditto East Anglian at GreatNorthot Scotland Great Northern Do A stock Do B do Gt. S. an 1 W. of Ireland Great Western Do Ste Val gua. stool, Lancashire & l'orkshirt London and 131ackwali Lon., Bright.,& S. Coast Lon., Chat, and Dover Lon. & Nor' h Western Lon. & Swath Western Man., Shef., & Lincoln. l Maryport and Carlisle. Dot shares Metropolitan Midland Do New .. Do Birming. t Derby Gt. W. of Irelane Do. i shares Mid Kurt -.. Do Cray Line North British Edin., Perth, & Dundee) Nth. Eastern—Berwiois Do, G.N.E. purohast: Do Leeds Do York Do Carlisle North London Do New North Staffordshire N. and S. IV. Junction Scottish Central Scot N. E., Aber. stock Do Scot 'Mid. stock Shrews. and Welchpoof Shropshire Union South Devon South Eastern South Wales S. York. and River Dun Staines, Wok..an d Wok. Stockton . Darlington Do Do New. MG Taff Vale Do B Do C Ulster Do Do Vale of Neath Victoria sta. and rim Waterford Kilkenny West Cornwall W. Hartlepool Har.&R. West Midland —Oxford Do Newport Do Hereford 6i 7 38 10 16 17 94 96 107 109 48 3 / 4 49} 45 47 70 8i 124 126 130 131 134 136 99 101 63 63i 108} 1081 71 73 105 107 434 444 1041 1051 101 102 47 48 llt 112 1271 :271 1i 1L 96 98 51i 821 24 t 6 101 1011 584 59 88} 881 119 121 1 2 r, 76 78 11 11} 124 128 42 44 98 100 51 52 31 92 85 dsi 97 19 91 101 on 371 9 10 7 1 71 t 15 5 8 160 6i 2/ 31 82 87 170 175 .SIONS. Closing Price. 59 41 - 105 i 1061 i 1 p i I.y B af 8A 9A 103 105 101 103 ICB 109 107 108 I *P 20 21 72 14 53 61 66 69 50 53 48 52 38 42 26 28 22 24 107 k 1081 1* 11Y 1* Ifp 1041 105] Eq 10 11 104fi 92 95 86 88 I ip 105 lu6 100 101 16 100 57 59 3 5 82 84 106 W 7 1041 1055 iP 104 k Iosi 101 103 BRITISH P, liailways & St Lawrence Bom.,Barocladr.Cent Ind Gu. 5 per cent — Do. New . Do. E. Sharee Buffalo and. Lake Huron Do. Preference Buffalo,BrantAGodrich 6 p. ct. bds. Aug. 1, 1872 Do. do. July 1, 187:1 Do. do. Juue 1, 1871 Clcutta.,VS.Eastn.(Lin,; Cape Town Dock Scrii Eastn. Bengal gu. 5 p. c East Indian. gu. 5 p. c. Do. do. ti Ext..... Do. do. H do. .. Grand Trunk of Canada Do. Ist Pref. Bonds.. Do. uo. deferred......l Do. 2d Pref. Bonus.. Do. do. deferred...... Do. 3d P. ef. stock Do. do. deferred...... Do. 4th Pref. stock... Do. do. deferred...... GLlndiaPenia.gua.sp.c Do. New gua. 5 p. c... Do. January, 1862 .. Gt. South.of India(Lim guaranteed 5 per cent. Gt. W. of Canada Shares Do. New ....... Do. 6 p.c. '73 with't opt. Do. 5i p. c. do. '77-& . Indian Branch Limited Madras guar., 5 p. C. Do. 41 p. 0. Extension Do. 4* Do. Fifth Melb.Corp. 4 p. o. Buds. Melb. & Hobson's Bay. Do. 7 p. o. Mortg. Bds. Newßr uroiwiok a Cauda Class A and B. N. Pil.C'ela6 po Ist ) l bele Soinde Do. Delhi Do. d 0...... a E Do. Punjaub Do. Do. Do. Indus. St. Flo ) 13.14. 6.4.0 1251 108; 106 5 6 1.05 i 101 i 110 i 11 127 i 314 951 5 Businens don, THE SuN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 9, 1863. LAW INTELLIGENCE—(This Day). COURT OF BANKRUPTCY. (Before Mr. Commissioner Fane.) IN RE COLONEL DEERING. This was an application fOr release from custody. The bankrupt was described as of Buckingham-place, gentleman. Mr. Reed supported, and said this was a case very diffe rent from ordinary applications for release. The bankrupt had entered into a deed under the provisions of the act, and had obtained the certificate of the registrar, but to give full effect to it it was necessary that the Court should order his release. Mr. Gompz said that he appeared on behalf of Colonel Toombs, a creditor to the amount of £BB3, and who was a dissentient creditor, and wished to examine the bankrupt. Mr. Reed objected, as the majority of creditors in num • ber and value had assented to the deed. The debts amounted to £22,000, and the debts of the assenting creditors amounted to £17,000. Colonel Toombs was also a secured creditor. The bankrupt asserted that that was the fact. His Honour said that so fat as that case went there was no ground of opposition. Mr. Gompz then examined the bankrupt on behalf of Mr. Bloxam, who was also a creditor for £1,061, and dissented. Mr. Reed contended that Mr. Gompz had no locus standi as regarded other creditors than his own client. Mr. Gompz said that he could show cause, but - His Honour said that as the deed had been duly executed and certified, he should order an immediate release. MURDER AND ATTEMPTED SUICIDE. A dreadful murder and attempted suicide occurred at Ryde, Isle of Wight, early this morning. A man named Robert Hallett cut off the head of a woman named Phillips, with whom he has been living, and afterwards cut his own throat and stabbed himself. The murderer was alive when the message left Ryde, at 8 a.m., but was not expected to survive. Another Mysterious Murder or Death by Drowning on the Seashore. Beforo the public have recovered from the interest and excitement occasioned by the finding of the body of a female on the beach at Rottingdean, and the singular death of the French merchant near Hastings, whose body was found by a coastguardsman on Tuesday last, we have to report another case which, for the mystery in which up to the present time it is shrouded, and the peculiar circumstances connected with the state of the body, and the place and way in which it was found, far surpasses the others. The facts of this case, which, it is supposed, is the result of a foul murder, appear to be these. As most of our readers are probably aware, it is the practice of the coastguardsman to patrol the cliffs and beaches of our shores during the night in order to prevent breaches of the revenue laws. Yesterday morning the duty of patrolling the cliffs between Portobello station and the next station, Eastbourne, was performed by Wm. Benson, who, in his perigrinations, had to pass Bearhide Gap, a pass down the cliff, about equi-distant between Rot tingdean and the port of Newhaven, and situate in the parish of Piddinghoe. Of course the night duty of the coast guardsmen renders them much quicker sighted than ordi nary individuals are in the dark, and therefore it is perhaps not extraordinary that any singular object on the beach below should have attracted .the attention of Benson upon hie looking down over the cliffs, which they are in the habit of doing at intervals—particularly as his sight would be much assisted by the phosphorescent kind of light which is emitted by the sea as it dashes upon the rocks and beach. At all events Benson, upon looking over Bear hide Gap, did perceive an extraordinary object upon the beach below, and lost no time in proceeding to ascertain what it was. On arriving at the spot he found the body of a gentlemanly -looking man lying near high watermark, from which the water had receded. He at once, in the uncertain light, came to the conclusion that it was the body of a drowned man which had been washed ashore, and ascertaining that it was just after three by his own watch, started back to the station at Portobello for as sistance. He gave the call to Lieut. Littledalo (in com mand of the station), and that officer and a number of men accompanied him back to the spot. The body, of course, was in the same state as he left it, and it was immediately taken up the cliff. A closer examination of the body—which it was evident could not have been in the water many hours, it not being distended with water as is usual when bodies have been submerged for some time—was then made. It was found to be that of a man about five feet six inches in height, and from 45 to 50 years of age, with dark whiskers meeting under the chin, and bald-headed. It had on neither coat, waistcoat, nor shirt, nor were any articles of this description found near the spot : it was simply attired in a white guernsey (such as many gentlemen are in the habit of wearing under their linen ; around the neck was a white turn-down collar, fastened by a narrow black silk tie ; it had also on a pair of white cotton drawers, a pair of black cloth trousers, socks, and Balmoral boots. The only mark upon the clothes were the following :—" F. T. Sergeant," which was found upon the guernsey. And now comes the question, was the poor fellow drowned, or did he meet his death by foul means, and was afterwards placed in the water ? As to the former hypothesis he might either have endeavoured to swim ashore from a vessel which had foundered at sea; and for this purpose had divested himself of hie upper clothing, or he might have been drowned acci dentally or suicidally somewhere to the westward and ulti mately washed ashore; but, as it were in contradiction to these suppositions, is a fact of a very suspicious nature — upon the head were several serious wounds, and the police have reason to suspect from what we can gather that these wounds were inflicted before death. The most serious of these wounds is at the top of the head, where a clean cut penetrating the skall is observable, apparently having been occasioned by a sharp heavy instrument. One eye is also much blackened, and behind the right ear is the mark of another heavy blow. As soon as possible Police constable Sherlock, of the East Sussex constabulary, sta tioned at Rottingdean, was sent for, and on his arrival he took charge of the body and had it conveyed to Piddinghoe, where it awaits a coroner's inquest. He next forwarded information to Superintendent Jenner, at Lewes, and the police are now actively engaged in endeavouring to ascer tain the facts of this extraordinary case,—Surrey Standard of yesterday. SHOCKING ACCIDENT TO AN ACTRESS.—Daring the performances at Mr. Taylor's theatre in the Ox ford-road, Kidderminster, on Friday evening, an accident occurred by which Mrs. Devonport, an actress, received se rious injuries. " Don Juan" had been played on the occasion, and towards the close of the piece Mrs. Dovonport's dress was ignited by one of the footsteps as she was leaving the stage. The flames at once shot up round her, and she uttered piercing screams. Outside the theatre, owing to the reflection of the flames on the canvas, it was believed that the interior was in flames, and inside intense excitement pre vailed. For a time, those near her were too paralysed to render any assistance, and the poor creature ran hither and thither, not knowing what to do, A carpet was seized and thrown over her, and by this means the flames were extin guished. She had been burnt about the chest, face, arm, and leg, and at first it was feared that the injuries she re ceived were even more serious than they have proved to be. Mr. Cohen was called in to attend her. She will be pre vented from appearing on the stage again for several weeks. The manager has taken measures for avoiding like occur• rences in future, by having a wire gauze placed over the footlights. A SAD STORY.—Some time ago a young lady, who is most respectably connected, went to reside for a few weeks at a hotel in Liverpool. A middle-aged gen tleman, a captain of a barque, was living at the same place, and an intimacy seems to have sprung up between him and the young lady. From the disparity of age of the parties and other things the intimacy Beans to have escaped the notice of the other residents of the hotel. A fortnight ago, however, the captain sailed in his vessel, and the young woman left the place under the pretence of visiting some relative, but her friends were led to suspect that she had gone off with the captain. A near relative of hers wen t t o H o l y h ea d , an d found her there with the ca pt a i n on b oar d hi s ship, but, despite , all entreati es , s h e re f use d t o l eave him. As, however, it was di scovere d t h at s h e ha d t a ken a shawl with her belongin g t o a f ema l e re l at i ve a warrant was pro cured for her app re h ens i on on t h e c h ar ge of felony, and she was then b roug h t b ank to L i ver p o ol ; but no evi dence r being offered against her she was discharged, her friends taking her under their care. She was con veyed home, but after remaining there a short time she managed to get away. It is stated that she went to Holy head again and there met with the captain, whose vessel was still lying at that place. During the terrific gale on Thursday the vessel which the captain commanded was wrecked near Holyhead, and he and all tbo rest of the crew were drowned. It is also stated that the body of a female, whose description answered to that of the lady in question, was found on the beach at Holyhead, and there is too much reason to fear that she has been drowned also. --Liverpool Menu? y. GOLD IN VANCOUVER'S IsLAND.--The following is an extract from a letter dated Victoria, VarlcutlVe Island, October 21:—The Governor lately sent out a pies pecting party on the island (Vancouver). They came back and reported good diggings within 13 MUM of Victoria. There has been a rush there, and everybdy is cock-ta-hoop about it. W. and I took a share in the Gold Harbour Mining Company. We gave an order yesterday to sell at 50 dela., but during the day a schooner came in with some quartz from the company's works and the shares rose to 200 dole. We will now hold on. Considerable excitement has been caused by a well-authenticated report of good dig gings at Luswhass, in an inhabitable district in British Columbia. On the whole the place is looking up—about a A MAD ACTOR.—The F lorence correspondent of the France Musicale gi ves the follo wing account of m onth ago things looked glo om y enou gh." a recent performance atthePagliatoTheatre in that city : .. Last night the "fraviata' was given here, and the part of Alit ed was filled by a tenor whose name I need not mention, and the part of the father by a madman —at least by a man who was discharged from a lunatic asylum only a few days ago, and whose story is somewhat romantic. His name is Tolde Sernese, and four years ago he earned a living by sell• ing brooms about the streets, crying his merchan iee in a after some little training h sonorous and powerful voice. It so cha nced that he fell in love with a young girl and offered marriage, b o u r t tu w n a e s refused by by her parents on account of his p overt y . To improve his settearcaue obtained mstHa an engagement, n e e hesadhae good determined voice, nn t a and tr y is f o r 4 Bwell receiv e d by th e public. But fortune did not come so eoon as he expected, and, having once encoun tered some li ttle disapprobation friimliis asylum, audiene in which e'hebeca he remained meravinginad and was taken to a lunatic till within the last few days, when he was discharged as cured. He sang last night before a very full house, but, notwithstanding the opinion of the doctors, I think he is still partially insane. Ile showed the utmost impatience and dissatisfaction when interrupted by applause in the middle of a phrase; and in the romance, the public having cried Brave 1' too soon, he flatly refused to finish it, and left the stage. With the exception of some eccentricities, improper gestures, and an occasional smile, in even the most tragic scenes, he played the part quite as well as many artists who have always en eyed the full use of their faculties. — Galignani. WON'T TAKE A REFUSAL !—A subscriber writes to a Western editor,—" I don't want your paper any longer." To which the editor replias,—" I wouldn't make it any longer if you did. Its present length suits use yell well," THE GREAT FIGHT, We believe it may now be said that all the preliminaries for the Great Fight between Heenan and King are com pleted. The "authorities" met to-day, and a programme was sketched out, which, if followed implicity, will ensure a satisfactory termination. If assurances can be depended upon, then, one and all of the parties, to whom the custody of the " ring" will be entrusted, have made up their minds not only to adhere most strictly to their instructions, but to guarantee the good conduct of those who may be called upon to assist them. The utmost anxiety prevails to learn the spot selected for the "friendly encounter," but the most masonic secrecy is observed with respect to that locality. At many of the sporting houses to-day numerous h i nts were given to those curious enough to enquire the whereabouts, but whentho information was tested by again i nqu i r ing at another of the pugilistic hostelries " a tip" was g i ve n quite in the opposite direction. At one place, " London -bridge, at three" was lowly whispered ; at a nother, " G. W. R., at four" ; and thu s a ll part i es desirous of early inform ation were kept com p letel y in the dark. goes on correctly, we believe the i n t en di ng S u pp o sing all voyageurs wLII be put in possession of " the secret" about nine o'clock this even in g . At the West-end Heenan i s an immense favourite, while the East-enders take all the 7 , 8 to 4 they can get about King. RE CALDINELL. This bankrupt was described as a farrier of Kennington, and this was a meeting for last examination and discharge, but only the preliminary accounts had been filed. Mr. Buchanan applied on behalf of the bankrupt for an adjournment, to give an opportunity for the bankrupt to complete a deed of arrangement, by which the creditors will receive 3s. in the pound. The bankrupt having sworn that a friend would advance the money, his Honour granted the adjournment, POLICE INTELLIGENCE—This Day. - - • __--- MARLBOROUGH-STREET. ROBBING A CLERGYMAN.—Thomas Jones, described as a shoemaker, and well known to the police, was charged before Mr. Knox with stealing a watch of the value of £5, the property of the Rev. Joseph Dudley, of Sarnoefield, Herefordshire. Prosecutor said that he was outside the circus in Leicester• square (the Alhambra) yesterday evening just as the doors were opening, when he observed the prisoner close to him. He felt a tug at his watch, and on looking down saw it going from him, and in the prisoner's hand. He seized the prisoner, when the watch fell from his hand. He then gave him in charge, when he made a great outcry, declaring he had not taken the watch. Police -constable Thomas Butt, 95 A, said he was on duty inside the Alhambra Palace yesterday evening, and, hearing the cry of "Police," he rushed out, and saw the watch lying on the ground. He took the prisoner into custody, when he gave a false address. About an hour afterwards he found the ring of the watch. The prosecutor wishing the case disposed of at once, as he was • going back to Herefordshire, and the prisoner pleading guilty, Mr. Knox committed the prisoner for six months with hard labour. SINGULAR CHARGE OF ASSAULT—GREAT PROVOCA TION.—WiIIiam Henry Shafto, a tall, gentlemanly looking man, was charged before Mr. Knox with asaulting William Roberts, formerly a police-constable. The complainant said that the defendant walked up to him and said—" You have been following me about all day," and then struck him on the head with the thick end of the stick produced, the effect of the blow being to cut the skin of his head. Mr. Knox asked the complainant whether he had been following the defendant about as he stated, and the com plainant said he had. Mr. Knox inquired of the complainant whether ho was in the police force, and he said that he had been, but he was not now. The defendant said the complainant had been following him about all day watching him, sometimes standing in doorways, so as to avoid being seen, and thinking that his intent might be criminal, he certainly asked him why he was watching him, and gave him a slight tap with his stick, but the blow was not a powerful one, or he should have killed the complainant. A constable proved seeing the blow struck. Mr. Knox said he thought if the defendant had meant to hurt the complainant there would have been a larger mark, the defendant being a powerful man. The complainant was not in the police force, and if he chose to take up the trade of following and watching people he must be prepared fur its inconveniences. The defendant had no right to strike the complainant, but as the provocation was very great, he should only fine the defendant 10s. or seven days. It did not transpire what the complainant's object was in following the defendant, but it was stated that he was em ployed to do so. DESERTING A FAMILY.—EIIen Maddigan was charged before Mr. Knox with unlawfully deserting her four chil dren, and leaving there chargeable upon the parish of St. George's, Hanover-square. Mr. George Baddeley, assistant overseer, said that on the 26th of May, 1862, the four children of the prisoner, one of them two years old, were tound on the door steps of the workhouse in Mount-street, and they had been chargeable upon the parish ever since. On a previous occasion she deserted her family, and was sentenced Li three months' hard labour. Mr Knox committed her for three months' hard labour. The prisoner has been a good deal of trouble, and has put the parish to considerable expense. THAMES. MURDEROUS AFFRAY WITH A POLICE CONSTABLE,-- James Reardon, a dock labourer, with marks of violence on his head and face, was brought before Mr. Partridge, charged with violently assulting a police constable. A certificate to the following effect was put in—" I hereby certify that George Wood, police-constable, No. 128 H, is unable to leave his bed in consequence of some injuries re ceived, P. DUKES, Surgeon, 282, Brick-lane, Dec. 9, 1863." Alfred John Townsend, a boy. of No. 4, John-hill, Rat cliff-highway, said he was passing along Upper East Smithfield, near the Londin Dock, last night, and saw the prisoner strike a policeman, Mr. Partridge—What did the policeman do ? Witness —H e was shoving the prisoner about. The street was full of people. The policeman took out his staff and struck the prisoner, who got the policeman down. There was a cut on the policeman's cheek, and another on his forehead. The prisoner kicked the policeman dread fully. The prisoner —What that boy says is not correct. I was in a public-house at six or half-past six o'clock last night. I was coming out, and the policeman said "Go on—get away," and shoved me and knocked me down. He hit me several times over the head. If I thought I should have been brought here I could have had a witness. Mr. Partridge remanded the prisoner for a week. • 'We are informed that Colonel Crawley has commenced an action for libel against " Jacob Omnium" (Mr. Higgins), in consequence of the article by "J. 0.)" in the Cornhill Magazine, on the "Mhow Court-Martial," which appeared in a recent number.—British dr2ny Review. BIRLIOMANIA.—The valuable library of the late Mr. Turn bull, who died shortly after his resignation of the appointnient he held in the Record-office, has been just sold at the rooms of Messrs. Sotheby and Wilkinson. It was very rich in country histories and in heraldic work of all de scriptions, but more especially in what are usually termed "family genealogies." The sale produced £2,779 16s 6d. Among the rarer articles we must be content to cite the fallowing t--" Anderson's House of Yvery," 2 vole. Bvo., £24 ; "Genealogic do la Maison de Bastard," Bvo, £4 ss—" Bouillet Nobiliaire d'Auvergne," 8 vole Bvo, £7 12e 6d—" Bagel's Memorials of the Begot Family," 4to, £lO--" Anseitne Heitoire Genealogique de la Maison Royale de Frame ) " 9 vole folio, large paper, with one sheet supplied from a small paper copy, £25 —" Big non Nobiliaire de Picardie," royal folio, sold with all fatdts. £3o—" Blasone Bolognese," 4 vole in 2, folio, £9 lss "--" Carlaverock Siege," edited by Sir Harris Nicolas, 4to, illustrated with engravings and the arms emblazoned, £2l; " Clutterbuck's Hertfordshire," 3 vole folio, large paper, 40s—" Dugdale's Monasticon," 8 vole folio, £lB— Dugdale's Warwickshire," folio, first edition, £lO 10e— " Drummond's Hietory of Noble British Families," 2 vole folio, £7 2s 6d--"Fraeer's Memorials of the Montgomeries —Earl of Eglinton," 2 vole 410, £lO 10s—" Hodgson's Northumberland." 7 vole 4to, £2l—" Hasted's History of Rent," 4 vole folio, with a few additional engravings, £56 10s—" Hoare's Modern Wiltshire," 6 vole folio, £3o— Hewes de la Reine d'Anne de Bretagne," folio, £ls— Howard's Indication of the Howard Family," folio, £l6 10s—" Litta, Famiglie celebre Italiaue," 8 vole folio, £3B 108—" Lyndesay's Booke of Armes," folio, £7 12s 6d— " Nisbet's Heraldry," 2 vole folio, £9 13s—" Ormerod's Cheshire," vole folio, £32 10s—" Marie Stuart Lettres," &c., 9 vole Bvo, illustrated, £29—" Scrape and Grosvenor Roll," 2 vole imperial Bvo, £7 17s 6d—" Surtees's Sketch of the Percy Family," 4to, only 22 copies printed, £ll— Shirley's Stemmata Shirleiana," 4to, £26—" Shaw's Staf fordshire," 2 vole folio, largo paper, £3l—" Stirling Papers, edited by W. Frazer," 4to, £l7 10s—" Tierney's History of Arundel," 4 vole 4to, large paper, illustrated, £6l— Athena, Oxonienses," enlarged by Dr. Bliss, 6 vole in 10, 410, illustrated with views and portraits, £lll. Nearly the whole of the lots produced very high prices, the smaller privately printed publications often bringing pounds (or what had cost Mr. Turnbull shillings. This was parti cularly the case in regard to his collection of P eerage Evi dences, &c., which usually are consid ere d waste paper. The various " Club-books" were also eagerly p urc h ased at ex travagant rates. DESERTERS No not l ess havingreported 2 than 1 men areadvertised themselves for service in the Federal army , although their names were drawn from the ballot box as drafted men,TERS IN as CRYSTAL PAL ACE.--O.NE SHILLING DAY.—Yes terday the admissions on payment were 9'29; do. by season tickets, 705—total, 1,634. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE, LATEST LONDON BETTING. —TUESDAY. To-day, the great fight formed the principal topic of con versation, the batting on which still remains in favour of Heenan, at 6 to 4 (offered), but at 7 to 4 the Kingites back their man to any amount offered. The Two Thousand Guineas betting was very languid, Fille de l'Air only being supported at 11 to 2. For the Derby, Scottish Chief, Paris, and Blair Athol were inquired after. Closing prices : TWO THOUSAND. sto 1 agst Fille de I'Air (offered -11 to 2 taken) THE DERBY, 9 to 1 aget Scottish Chief (offered —take 10 to 1) 14 to 1 agst Paris (taken and offered) 14 to 1 aget Blair Athol (offered —take IGO to 6) 25 to 1 agst Appenine (off-,red—take 100 to 3) 25 to 1 agst Hisorian (offered —take 100 to 3) RACING FIXTURES FOR 1864. FEBRUARY. Lincoln Spring .. MARCH. Nottingham Spring 1 Derby Spring Liverpool Shrewsbury Chelmsford Spring l5 York Spring Durham 2B Northampton 29 'RIL. Croaton-park 1 Epson Spring M. Newmarket Craven .... 11 Newmarket First Spring 25 Cheater Salisbury.. Bath Manchester Harpenden Epsom 24 rNE Ascot Chelmsford 2B JULY. No wca clic-on-Tyne .... 29 Woroestwr (Summer) .. 30 Newmarket July Nottingham Am Reading Egham York Oxford .. 25 Derby Lichfield ;MBER. SEPT] Warwick 6 ••• 6 Leicester 8 Doncaster Brecon .. 19 Richmond Monmouth 22 Newmarket First October 27 OCTOBER. Newmarket Second Oct. 10 I Newmarket Houghton.. 24 18 Gloucester NOVEMBER. Worcester Autumn STEEPLECHASING FIXTURES FOR 1864. JANUARY. Manchester FEBRUARY. Lincoln MARCH. Liverpool WRIGIIVS RACING RECORD.. The winter edition of this useful guide to the turf has just made its appearance. Besides giving a complete list of all the flat raoes and steeplechases during the present year both in England and France, it contains the most extensive information for 1861 ever yet publish ed in an y racing calendar, viz. : R ac ing Fixtures —Derby Lots—Two Thousand Guineas Lots—Alphabetical List of Trainers in England and Scot. land—Alphabetical List of Trainers in Ireland—Alphabe tical List of Trainers in Franco—Alphabetical Liat of Eng lish Jockeys, with their L owest Ri d i ng Weight, M as t ers , gm—Alphabetical List of Irish Jockeys—Alphabetical List of Jockeys in France —Alphabetical List of Places of Sport—Calendar of Races and Steeplechases in Great Bri tain, Ireland, and France, in 1863—Index to Ditto—Nomi nations, 1864-s—lndex to Ditto—Rules concerning Horse racing in general—New Laws of Betting—Grand National Steeplechase Rules—Length of Courses—List of Members of the Jockey Club—Alphabetical List of the Sale of Blood Stock in 1363—List of Winning Jockeys, 1863—Winn;n.8 of Great Races, with the Second horse for the Derby, Oaks, and St. Leger—Winners of Queen's Plate in Eng land, Scotland, and Ireland. The present edition is printed with beautiful new type, and far surpasses ,4 Roil" as a guide to the turf. Sporting gentlemen will find it in valuable as a book of reference. It contains between 500 and 600 closely printed pages, and the price is only half-a crown. LONDON GAZETTE—Last Evening, INDIA-OFFICE, DEC. 5. The Queen has been pleased to appoint the Right Hon. Sir John Laird Mair Lawrence, Bart., G.C.8., , to be her Majesty's V icero y and Governor-G - eneral 01 India. - - WAR-OFFICE. PALL-MALL, DEC. 8. COMMISSARIAT DEPARTMENT.—Acting Deputy-Assist ant Commissary •Genural Edward Thomas Price to be Deputy-Assistant Commissary-General. ADMIRALTY, DEC. 8. The following promotions, dated the 30th ult., have been made in consequence of th 3 death of Admiral of the Blue Sir James Hallway Plumridge, K.C.8., on the 29th ult.:— Vice-Admiral of the Red the Hon, Sir Montagu Stopford, K.C.B. to be Admiral of the Blue . Vice-Admiral of the White the Hon. Sir Frederick W e) , Grey, K.C.8., to be Vice-Admiral of the Red. Vice-Admiral of the Blue Sir Thomas Sabine Pasley Bart., to be Vice-Admiral of the White. Rear-Admirals —john Ballour Maxwell. and John Rivett Carnac, on the Reserved List, to bo Vice-Admirals on the same list. Rear-Admiral of the Red the Right Thomas, Earl of Lauderdale, C. 8., to be Vice-Admiral of the Blue. Rear-Admiral of the White Thomas Henderson to be Rear-Admiral of the Red. Rear-Admiral of the Blue Henry Kellett, C. 8., to be Rear-Admiral of the White. Captain John Russell to bo Rear -Admiral on the Re served List. Captain the Honourable Thomas Baillie to be Rear- Admiral of the Blue. . Retired Vice-Admirals—James Montagu, Sir Alexander Dundas Young Arbuthnott, Knt., and William Hotharn, K.H., to have the rank and title of Retired Admirals, in pursuance of the Otdcr in Council of 7th May, 1858. BANKRUPTS The following aro the only bankrupts of commercial im portance in the Gazette : gamnel Rollett, grocer, Sheffield Edward Simons, publican, Birmingham John Dowland, draper, Devizes Richard Bowden, smith, Huddersfield John .Jolley, warehoueetnan, Bradford Robert Chilton, moulder, Kingswinford Francis Belton, m a terman, B rble mason, Northampton J ame s Higgs, lighermondsey Gorifrey Taylor, hotel keeper, Rochester John Dobson, rope maker, Loithouse, near Wakefield George Bennett, blacksmith, Middleton, near Leeds Benal,!ill Bryant, farmer, Stradbrooke Edwin g. Taylor, wine merchant, Mark-lane Isaac Holman, baker, Ore, Sussex William S. Hogkins, boot maker, Blackfriars-road William Carr, publican, Harraton Henry Robinson, grocer, Dartmouth Evan Roberts, timber merchant, Denbigh George Winterbottom, flannel manufacturer, Greenfield, Saddlewortb, Yorkshire Henry Kinder, brewer, Pendleton George Withey, commiss on i agent, Peckham William Kilham, painter, Sheffield Thomas Evans, Besford, Worcestershire Thomas Whittaker, farmer, Leek, Staffordshire BANKRUPTCY ANNULLED. Frederick Pattion, Trinity pilot, Milton, Gravesend SCOTCH BANKRUPTS. John Murdoch, farmer, Elgin John Ireland, farmer, Fordo', Kinross-shire John Wands, china merchant, Stirling James Shaw, pattern designer, Glasg"' Su •rng. G. and T. Fotheringham, wine merchants, Foreign mail r ac iot List. NAILS DUZ. Australia and M aur iti u s, via Sontlinuipton. ...... DOC. 19 . AustraliayinPi larso ill o s ......... Dec. 13, Brazil and Cape Yards, by British pae!cot. ....... Jan. 4. Cape of Good flop, Asoonsion, and St. flolena..Dee. 29. China, Penang, and Singapore, via Southainpton.llec. 19, yin Mara./Iles ...Dec. 13 Falkland Islands ............... .: ........ ... Dee 12 Gibraltar, via Southanip!on •• 1, v i i ... Southampton Dec . * India (Calcutta), and " °l2l via Marseilles D ce. lo . I I "?' . -- Dec. 12. I n di a (Bombay), v ia Southampton v i a 311113011 1 es Dec. 6. .. . ..... Portugal.... ..... ......... ia S . .iithauiptoii ....au. 4. Malta, Egypt, and 9 via Marseilles...... Dec. 12. . Dec. 6 Newfoundland ...... Opor t o and Vigo .............. . . (y s o and Briti sh N. America, b y Brit. packet... .Dec. Dec 9 by U.S. packet.... by Canadian pi:ck... et. Dec. 12. -.- 'ff.C. of Africa, Madeira, and 'reneride Dec. 10. B a h o rnas, via New York .............. Dec. 17. Mexico All parts of West Indies, including Chili, Peru, 1 Decil ' California, and British columbia,,, i - . ..... ~,. AMERICA. (REUTER'S TELEGRAM.) QUEENSTOWN, DEC. 8. The Inman steamer City of London, from New York on the 28th ult., arrived here at 12.45 p. m . to-day, and proceeded on her voyage to Liverpo o l. She brings 152 passengers and 155,966 dole. in specie. NEW YORK, Nov. 27, Evening. The New Turk Times asserts that 2,000,000 bales of cotton are said to be stored at Atalanta, which General Bragg will have great difficulty in re moving before General Grant reaches the city. President Davis reviewed General Lee's army on the 25th, Official advices from Burnside to the 23d report him safe. The Southern journals report that Longstreet captured 1,500 prisoners on the 18th, and Wheeler 600. The same papers report that the Federals made a demonstration on rafts against Fort Sumter on the 20th, and were repulsed. During the day and night of the 21st, 36 shells were thrown into Charleston, killing one coloured woman and injuring one white person. General Grant reports this morning that Bragg's rout is m os t comp l ete . H e a b an d one d cannons , caissons, and waggons, which are every where to be found. General Grant says—" I think Bragg's loss will reach 50 guns. The pursuit will continue in the morning to Red Clay, for which place I start immediately." Washington despatch crossed the Chickannaug en report that Sherman night, the bridges and strong reached Ringold la s t niha yesterday. Hooker tßragg was in fall re t r eat towards Dolt on , who F ede ral are d es troying all behind hi m . co l u mn was pursuing Bra"9B tro ops, re presented as entirely demoralised. I that the Federals have captured 7,0 Oo t i 8 es timated son ars General Meade's army moved yesterday in . three columns to cross t he Ra p idan a t three d'ffren fords, It is suppo sed that a battle has been f ou g h t , Nothing authentic i s known of the result. The Richmond papers emphatically assert that the prisoners at Richmond receive full rations of bread and meat. A negro regiment paraded through New York yesterday. Guerillas have captured 100 negroes on a contra. band farm, six miles from Norfolk. A portion of the Russian fleet has let't for Fort Monroe to winter. COMMERCIAL. Money tight. Gold, 43 a prem. Exchang e on London, 157. Stocks heavy. New York C entral, 1321; Illinois, 116 ; Erie, 104 ; 6 per Cent. United States Bonds, 1081. Cotton very dull. Middling Upland, 78c. Flour and wheat very dull, and re spectively 10c. and 4c. lower. Corn in good demand at a decline of 2c. Provisions dull. Coffee in limited demand. Sugar quiet. Molasses dull. Petroleum, no sales. Refined, 411 e. ; crude, not quoted. 'NEW YORK, Nov. 28, Morning. General Meade crossed the Rapidan during the 26th and 27th at Jacob's, Germania, and Culpepper Fords, and advanced by three different routes, con verging on the Orange Courthouse-road. The Confederates offered no resistance to Meade's passage of the river. Heavy firing was heard yesterday near Orange Courthouse, lasting from morning till night, but no particulars of the engagement have been received. The Confederates have evacuated Fredericksburg heights. Lee's army is estimated to be 50,000 strong. Gen. Ewell is ill, and has been superseded by Gen. Early. _ _ Advices from Chattanooga to last night report that Hooker, Palmer, and Sherman are nearly 10 miles from Chickmauga, pursuing Bragg, who is retreat ing on Dalton. It is reported that Sherman yes terday cut off 2,000 Confederates. Bragg's army is represented to be destroyed. Federal cavalry have destroyed the East Ten nessee railroad, fifteen miles above and below Cleveland. This is said to isolate Longatreet from Bragg. _ _ Cincinnati despatches of yesterday represent Confederate cavalry as being between Cumberland Gap and Knoxville. General Longstreet has not yet assaulted Knox ville, but has placed his batteries in a position com manding the city. A Federal column is moving to relieve General Burnside. General Grant's victory has created compara tively little popular enthusiasm or public demon stration throughout the North. Nassau advices to tha 21st inst. report blockade running as very active. It was rumoured at Havana that the privateer Georgia had bees sunk by the Federal steamer St. Louis. The New York Tribune reaffirms that President Lincoln will announce in his message a plan for restoring the States to the Union, which will be in accordance with the furtherance of the emanci pation proclamation. Surgeons returned from Richmond report that Federal prisoners are dying at the rata of 50 per day. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. NEW YORK, Nov. 28, Afternoon. There is no further news from Virginia. Gold opened this morning at 439, and has since risen to 47k, under unfavourable military rumours. Stocks steady. New York Central 133 k ; Illinois, 1181, ; Erie, 104. LIVERPOOL, Wednesday. Farther advices from New York to the evening of the 28th ultimo, received by the North Ameri can, state that the Confederate guerilla, General Morgan, bad escaped from prison in Ohio. Exchange on London, 161 . Gold, 47. Erie shares, 106 i; Illiuoie, 119. SHIPPING —This Day. üblime LoNnoisr, Dec. 9.—Wind this day at noon—South- Westerly ; moderate breeze, and cloudy weather, with rain. PORTSMOUTH, Dec. B.—Wind W.—Arrived—Swanley, —Arrived—S from London for JamaiCa• LIVERPOOL, Dec. 8. - - from S.W. from Quebec.i POOLE, Dec. 7.—Wind S.Vi7.—Arrived—Sylph froml Newfoundland. C LYDE , Dec. B.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—K„ i from S. John' s, N.B. zaPand , --. (BY MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Wednesday Morning. , Dec. B—Anna Maria, from Philadelphia ; Arriv i Z i n am burg ; Ernestine, from Port N eu f ; p e w () 11,41a7ndora, from Quebec ; Jacinto, from St. Michael's ; Crescent,l"- from Pomeron ; Lord Brougham, from Cronstadt ; . x „y, irom Salina. DEAL, Wednesday Morning. passed—Seine and Tamise, steamer, from Paris for London. LOST IN THE STORM.--The wife of Mr. John Heron, who is manager of a farm at Hartside, the property of Miss Wesliens, of Flotterton, last week visited her mother at Rothbury, a distance of about ten miles from her home. She left Rothbury on Thursday morning, and passed through the village of Snitter, among the hills. At that time a heavy snow storm had come on. She Ivas asked to stay for a while, but she said she could not do s e, and that it was most likely some of her family would be coming to meet her, as she had not gone home the e acb da e y d before. Nothing more was seen of her until she touched his Prendrick-moor, when a herdsman, who was flock, spoke to her. The storm by this she tim was found the She could not have proceeded far, forletely frozen. She next morning on the same moor cr a p • large family, and e °ec w i' l l i n s g terrifie. was a strong woman, the Eaoth she w as two miles from a much respected. When foun d own house. Gregory, a surgeon, residing married daughter's house, and about four miles from. her On Thursday, Mrl3. araseington. The woman packed married woman, named took what money she cound find lrewell, eloped with a young at Youlgreave, near d 13 and get husband being a postman from from her ow3l homle.reave, and being away a good portion Bakewell up all her clothing , to r u de g d her an opportunity of going away of the day, afforded suv i c ion. The fugitives were taken in without ge to the Rowsley Station, en route for foolish young woman has left four little Man h" te , _,, t ,,A her, aeffici4 Iticklonclot. the jidre e doc t or ' s ep ~ ,x v ° ~o.,:...t.ict:Tihi ,: a ....... ITALY, MESSINA, D EC. 8. Advices received here from Constanti nople state that naval armEments in Turkey continue. Eight more corvettes have been ordered to be built. MALTA, DEC. 7. The English fleet has quitted Greece, leaving only two ships at the Pirceas. THE CRAWLEY COURT-MARTIAL, 01. - R OWN REPORTER.) SE VENTEENTH DAY. [The following appeared in the Third Edition of "TIA Sun" of last evening] : ALDERSHOT, Tuesday Morning. The Court reassembled at '5 minutes to 11. o'clwek. Surgeon Gavin A. Turnbull, of the 6th Dragoons, was recalled, and examined by the court. The Court—What was the practics in the 6th Dragoons regarding prisoners taking exercise ?---The practice was that they were recommended by the surgeon of the regi ment to the commanding officer, and they got the exercise recommended. You stated in your cross-examination that you had fre quently seen Sergeant Major Lilley during his arrest. You also state that you never visited Sergeant Alajor Lilley in his first quarters, How do you reconcile these two state-. me nts ?-1 saw him frequently between th e d ate of his rem oval from his first quarters and the day of hi s d eath. How often before the 18th May F—l cannot exactly state how often. I cannot remember. You have stated that in the first instance you refused make any additional report on the post mortem exami na ta lion of Sergeant Major Lilley, and that you afterwards did so on the information received from Colonel Crawley, and the report made to you by Assistant-Surgeon Barnett, Be good enough to state the exact words used by Assistant Surgeon Barnett when conveying to you the information he received on which your addendum was founded ?—As far as I remember, Assistant Surgeon Barnett stated to me, when I requested him to make the inquiry about the brandy that he believed a considerable quantity had been consumed, Those were the words Assistant Surgeon Barnett used at that time. Then Dr. Barnett made no report to you. It was you who directed him to make the inquiry P—Yes, I directed him to make the inquiry. You then considered his report so complete and satisfac tory that, in the conscientious discharge of your duties, you deemed it necessary to the best interests of the service Ito mak e th e a dd en d um a ll u d e d to P — Y es, on t h e ev id ence then before that considered Sergeant i t w was. You have me stated Major Lilley's was a case in which a coroheld • ner's inquest would ordinarily have been , that Sergeant M •or Lilley died from heat of whi c h you h 8 .1 apoplexy, of inquests held ave seen a good many cases. Were courts o e n r all or any of those cases P—No, not i n any that I rememb Were there other cases of death from heat apoplexy at Mhow during the hot I don't • season of 1862 ?—No, not that I re member.think there Does heat apoplexy ordinarilywere. weather, or those who keep attack men exposed to the exposure or too much 0024 themselves close?--Either heat apoplexy. confinement would produce heat You say you have seen several ea Were any of those cases quite sudden,ses of h ea t a p o pl exy. w ithout any particular predisposing cause ll and did they occur cases were sudden, but they must all ee ?—So me o f t h e posing cause to produce them. have had some predis, At what hour did you receive information of Se Major Lilley's su dden attack of ill ness ?-1 no: erger received ant any intimation whatever that he was ill. By the prisoner (through the Court)--Why did you state in your addendum to your report that on inquiry you found the statement to be correct that the deceased was in the habit of drinking a considerable quantity of brandy daily during the arrest? How did you learn that the quantity was considerable, and that it was consumed daily by s, r , geant Major Lilley during the period of the arrest?—As j have already stated, on the assertion that Colonel Crawley had made to me, and the report made to me by Assistant Surgeon Barnett. With regard to the term " considerable quantity," our opinion was that if such quantity had been taken to Sergeant Major Lilley's bungalow he must have consumed a considerable quantity, But at the same time both Mr. Barnett and I overlooked the fact that Mrs. Lilley was consuming a considerable quantity. The President—Never mind Mrs. Lilley. On what did you found your conviction that the sergeant major drank a considerable quantity:of brandy daily P—On the assertion, made to me by Colonel Crawley and the report of Assistant Surgeon Barnett. By the prisoner (through the Coutt)—Did Assistant Surgeon Barnett tell you that the consumption of brat,dy by deceased was daily as well as considerable P—As far a; I remember, he did. Mr. Oliver Barnett, assistant surgeon of the 6th Dragoons, was called for examination by the Coutt. The Court—Are four or five glasses of brandy a day a usual medical comfort for a woman in a consumption during the hot season at Mhow ?—I consider that in the case of Mrs. Lilley, who was suffering from extreme exhaustion, that four or five glasses of brandy a day was not a consider able quantity for her to take, especially as the great irrita bility of her stomach and bowels did not enable her to take solid food or nutritious broths. You have stated your conversation with Colonel Crawle y regarding the brandy supposed to have been consumed by Sergeant Major Lilley. What caused you to return to him again and ask if he wished you to make any addition to your report in the sergeant major's case ?—As the commanding officer had brought the fact to my notice, I deemed it my duty to represent it to Dr. Turnbull. At what hour did Colonel Crawley speak to you, and at what time did you first communicate with Dr. Turnbull ? Colonel Crawley first spoke to me about 6 o'clock in the morning. We remained on parade until about half-past seven, and about eight o'clock I communicated the subject of the conversation to Dr. Turnbull. Report as nearly as possible the words in which you con veyed the information to Dr. Turnbull and the consultation you had with him'in the office of the hospital P—As nearly as I recollect I informed him of what Colonel Crawley h a d said to me in the morning as to Sergeant Major Lilley's having been supplied with such a large quantity of spirits during the time ho was under arrest, and that as Mrs. Lilley had communicated to me that her husband ha d Lilley and I don't in the habit of taking some brandy and soda wate;e l Z. l ; * day, I considered it my duty to take notice of it, asked her about her late husband. Was that before You have stated that you waited on mi A d i cirlse . of the day after your consultation with Dr. Turnbull ?.... Bet 'ore consultation with Dr. Turnbull. (After a hwea malei ern waited ao u nm P i 1a g all that passed mean before my conversation in the early morning, fore my conversation with him in the be ween you and Mrs. Lilley at that interview but be about the addendum, and when the addendum Colonel Crawley, I State exactly, or as nearly as you can , ?_Waosnwtrhiteteth. o e n by Mrs. Colonel Lilley, c re and her husband) of June, after my conversation with was s d trhueeroirf not.the stsanteensiaeindt, t w oo le k y o r brandy and water ev ery d some brandy and soda water to do him harm. D_ ay, but she thought not enough that all that passed P—All that pa ssed in reference to th e b hope not. The President —I s yo T u h a e dd C e o d i urt t t you . you think it did, Si r ? I replied, I o r andy. 1 had a conversation with her on other subj ects, u thought it had done so much harm that Your report as a predisposing cause of his decease ?—A ss been so uating that he had taken s o much. It had e mphatically stated by Col. Cr awle y that ho had. Did Mrs. Lilley tell you the quantity of brandy her has band drank daily P--No ; she did no t mention any definite quantity, Did Col. Cra w ley ten you that a c onsiderable quantity of brandy, & c ., had been consu med by Sergean t-Ma j or Lille y , or that he had had it taken to his bungalow P—As far as I recollect Colonel Crawley said he had the brandy. Be did not say he drank it. I inferred from what Colonel Crawley said that he actually consumed the brandy. Upon what grounds did you form your professional bodied in the addendum P.--UPon opinion when on consultation on the tho statement report which was made tom© cm. by Colonel Crawley in the morning, and the admission o Mrs. Lilley, in the course of the Hanle day, that her husbandj hadjconsumed or partaken of some brandy and sods, water, or brandy and water every day. Who drew up the addendum, signed y Dr. Turnbull, b stat i ng that he ha d found on inquiry that the deceas e d sergeant major was in the habit of drinking a considerable quantity of brandy daily, which was calculated to increase the predisposition to disease P—Dr. Turnbull drew up th e report. I was present with him at the time. Is it the practice in the 6th Dragoons to frame medical - -No y it is not. repor ts on the statements of the commanding officer ? 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