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

MONEY 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 f avourable f ee li ng among di scounters, an d t h ey accordingly into are evincing greater desire to enter new transactions. The rate in the open mar ket has fallen to 81, and 81 per cent. for the beat mercantile securities, but as the bill brokers are still uncertain regarding the future, and, therefore, in disposed to accept long-dated paper, the principal Portion of the business continues to be negotiated a t the national establishment. The Cit y of London has arr i ve d f rom New Yc,rk with £3 1,193. There was a downward tendency in the foreign ex changes yesterday afternoon, but no material Illteration occurred. About £1,500 in gold was taken into the Bank yesterday, but 39,000 sovereigns were withdrawn for s hipment to the Brazils by the Magdalena, which left to-day with £123,700 in gold. At the forthcoming meeting of the shareholders of the Don Pedro North Del Rey Gold Mining Company a dividend of 71 per cent. for the past nine months. being at the rate of 10 per cent. per annum, will be proposed. Two o'CLocK. At the Par is Bourse this morning, according to Reuters telegram, the 3 per Cent. Rentes were 671. 25 e, 67t. 30c. Firm. The appearance of the Stock Exchange markets is 6 t 13 3, notwithstanding the unsatisfactory aspect of political affairs engendered by Germany respecting the 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 t ; Exchequer Bills are 12s. to 7s. dis. ; India Stock is quoted 221 ; the 5 per Cent. Loan, 1061 ; the 5 per Cent. Enfaced Paper, 103 104 ; do. oi per Cent. do., 112 Q. A general improvement has taken place in the Foreign Market, bat business is more active. Turkish 6 per Cents., 1862, are 691 ; ditto Con t3olides, 461 ; Mexican, 331; Greek, 25-2- ; ditto Coupons, 114 121 ; Spanish Passive, 331 7 ditto Certificates, 131 ; Portuguese, 48 , 7 ; 1; 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 ball been no material change as regards prises. For Bank and Miscellaneous shares there has b een a very limited inquiry. Imperial Ottoman ar e quoted 1”- i ; London and Westminster, 78i ; union of Australia, 511 ; Crystal Palace Stock is flat at 36f, ; and London Financial shares firm at 226 23. k Bank st B oc RITISH FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. 90% 2 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities a 90% I New 3 per Cent. Annuities N e e N9 ,., ,i per Cent. Annuities P 6 ~,'" 4 i Per Cent. Annuities ris:rittk,oeinot,r. Annuities, Jan. 1873 Ditto (R ties 30 vexpire iith Jan., 168 ° • • 111 30 - yr r s e: expire Indi,, , (R ed Sea Telegraph), 221 Ditto-toek, 1874 106 a Din o 6 , Pei Cent. 1870 D ° per Cent. 1888 ... itto itto Enfa dPa er, 4 per Cent .. Ditt o s " P lO3 4 D. per Cent 5 i per Cent D itto ditto April, 1864 )3 a ,„, - o Thtt ditto Aug. 1864 or 66 99 ug Stock for Account 1)1).4 -to Bonds 11,000 5 die I tto titider £l,OOO 91h 1006015 for Account, Jan. 7 i,rcilta Stock for Account, 5 per Cent — -eue clizer Bills, £l,OOO, 3 per Can t — Ditto Dit to £5OO mall 7 12 die S .Jrakilian 5 Ato . FOREIGN FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. --Ilan Bonds, 5 per Cent n _ . Ditto Ditto 1859 — per Cent Ditto, 1839 and 1859 ..... 4% per Cent., 1852-58-60 , b. Ditto 1863 --- Buen os l tto Scrip, 1863, £3O paid IN Ayres 6 per Cent C111'!tto 1 per Cent. (Deferred 3 flit Per Cent per Cent.) ~.... - e ub i tto 4f per Cent, - T ,S 6 per Cent. -Att e Cei o „, 3 per Cent. . De l e sa ,ulea 6 Scrip £l5 pd ._ Dit - t -1 Per Cent., 1863 'IL ' 2 i C e t Ex. 121 Guilders .t.) ~,:°) Provisonal Land Warrant Ditto te r en tur i e i g: , 4 per Ct. Oct., 1863 —l;q4ador New Consolidated, 1 ' per Cent _-_-.. g/ P t iaa 7 per:Cent .. 0 Ditto.? Second Issue 1. .. i k 0 per Cent., 1824-5, -u.tt ~ 0 Account . -uitt o ex-Coupons.. 2 - 51 ~, Coupons 111 12/ 112 ,4 , itto A ccount ''llatemala 5 per Cent. ItaDritto A.ccount .. le I ; a4 6 Per Cent.(Maremmana Railway) ,'°' l ll 3 per Cent 33,1 21 3% i 1. 'tto Account .I';!.oorish Imperial 5 per Cent New Granada Ditto 2 per Cent. Ditto Deferred B% , D itto La n d Warrants (Hectares) 4-e rTirian 3 p er C ent . Ditto Account.. Ditto 4% per Cent., 1862 .. r _ Ditte auntAc ortuguese Ihtto A ccou nt Cent., 1853 — Ditto 3 per Cen ` 18 6, '7, '9, '6O, 62 'Ditto Account ."' ° " " " .. Ditto, 1863 . . Ditto Scrip, £15;44: ........ aa pm .swan 5 per Cent., lEiii: St 91% Ditto 4% per Cent 1850 . £ 1860 Ditto Ditto 3 per Cent., 18.59 • Ditto 5 per Cent, 1862 • —% Sardinian • 6 per Cent - BDitto Account —k IDanish 3 per Cent Ditto Account Ditto Ne w D e f erre d Di tto Passive -- D itto Account ...................... 176 ...... -- Ditto Account ......................... 3 1 2 3 i 3 : a i Spanish C ert. of Coup not funded ..... . . -- i Ditto Acc oun t Swedish, 4 p er C en t Turkish 6 per Cent. 1854 - D itto Account Ditto 6 per Cent. 1858 Ditto Account Ditto, £lOO Bonds Ditto 6 per Cent. 1862 Di tto Account Ditto 6 per Cent, 1863 .._Ditto Guaranteed, 4 per Cent Venezuela 3 per Cont. Ohl.° Account Ditto 6 per Cent., 1862 Ditto Account' .. Dividends on the above payable in London. Austrian, 5 per Cent.. Ex. B elgian 4% per Cent., Ex. 2 10 Florins. sf. •Lititch2l per Cent., Ex. 12 uil ......... D itto 4 per Cent. CertificatGes ........ French Rentes, 4% per Cent., E. 251.... ItalianDit ._. .. . ......... ---• percent., 1861, Ex. 25 francs.. Ditto SAc c ount... ................... Piedruontese, 5 per Cent., Ex. 25f ...... 701 C onsol e WO O'CLOCK. ~ Aloney T 90a t Ditto Account .... 91 h Liverpool Cotton Market—This Day. Very quiet. Sales, probably about 5,000 bafes. • e 4NE IV GARDEN for the recreation of the work il e ll- : i '"Bee at P ar i s i s a b ou t t o b e o p ene d at the Butt es S t. Zr":"rit, one of th e nor th ern su burbs. The new gard en , il e : 1 ; 0re Properly, park, will be the largest within the for dew, of Paris, cover i n g a space of 50 acres, nearly tZle the area of the Parc Monceaux. It will, moreover, e r a nd the fi nest view. I t i s to b e, lik e o th er pu bli c f ro el ls, plant e d with the rarest f ore i gn s h ru b s, se l ected the horticultural gardens of La Muette, near Auteuil. op :'4 sts : , L . 'SR TRANSLATION OF B.ENAN'S " LIFE 11, ..)4t, 8 is amongst the most recent New York an- Cole r iP er ' ts, " is also a reprint of the Rev. Derwent Lotteiort7B edition of Praed's works, not ya published in BRITISH POSSESSIONS. Closing Share Railways Paid. Price. Business don, 1)0 "atlantic &St Lawrence all 59 61 1 Bom.,Baroda6i.Cent Ind " 1 Gu. 6 per cent.. ..... 100 1055 1061 1065 20 Do. New . 8 6 1 p 20 Do. E. Shares 204 Buffalo and Laxe Huron all 6 61 10 Do. Preferenoe Buflalo,Brant,&Godrich 100 100 p. et. bds. Aug. 1, 1871 100 Do. do. July 1, 1872 100 100 Do. do. June 1, 1875 100 st Clcutta.etS.Eastn. (Lin 100 103 105 1045 at Cape Town Dock Scrii 100 lot 103 stock Eastn. Bengal gu. 6p. e 100 108 109 stock East Indian. gu. sp. c. 100 107 108 1075 20 Do. do. G Ext lO 4 15p 20 Do. do. II do. - 15 r, stock Grand Trunk of Canada lou 20 21 201 100 Do. Ist Fret. Bonds all 72 74 731 100 Do. no. deferred— all 53 61 100 Do. 2d Pref. Bonds all 66 69 100 Do. do. deferred— all 50 53 100 Do. 3d Pref. stock 100 Do. do. deferred all 38 42 38 100 Do. 4th Pref. stock all 26 28 26 100 Do. do. deferred all 22 7.4 21 stook GtlnchaPenin.gua.sp.o 100 1074 1085 1081 20 Do. New gua. sp. 0 l2 1t lip 20 Do. January, 1862 stock Gt. South.of India (Lim guaranteed 5 per cent. 100 1045 1055 20 5 Gt. W. of Canada Shares all 95 10 91 204 Do. New 1 0 0 Do. 6 p.c. '73 with't opt. all 92 95 100 Do. 54 p. c. do. '77-8.. all 86 88 10 Indian Branch Limited 2 iP stock Madras. guar., 5p.0. .. 100 105 106 stock Do. 41 p. c. Extension 100 100 101 stock Dc. 4* d 0..... ... 100 16 100 20 Do. Fifth Extenson. 2 -- stock Melb.Corp. 6p. 0. Buds. 100 50 Melb. & Hobson's Bay. all 57 59 100 Do. 7p. c. slortg. Bda. alt 20 Newßrunswiok a Canda Class A an d B all 3 6 N.ll.l.C'da6 pc Ist t bds 100 82 84 etork SOinde .......... (100 106 107 sloa Do. Delhi. . pl.: 100 1045 105. to Do. do I 2 A tP et Do. Punjaub c;_. 1 all 1045 1055 Do. Do. ........ , ,lou Cook Do. Indus. St. Flo.) 100 101 103 , COLONIAL GOVERNMENT s.EC URITIEIB. p.c..1 a etJ 1877-84 ....—........ too 103 105 1035 Do. 6p. c. Feb. & Aug. 100 102 'O4 Do. 6p. c.Mar. et Sept 100 102 104 Do. Ep. o. Jan.6kJuly. 10u 91 83 815 Do. 5 Inscribed stock 100 91 93 Cape G. Hope, 6 p 0.1873 100 108 110 Do.Ap &Oct. 1880 100 109 111 Do. 1891 100 109 111 Do. Jan. di July, 1891.. 100 112 114 Ceylon, N0v.1878, 6p e 100 110 112 Mauritius 6 per cent .. 100 106 108 Natal Gov. 6 per cent.. 100 107 109 IN.E.Gov. p.o.J a.&Jul) 100 104 106 I Do. 6p. o.Ap. & Oct. 100 - N. S. W. G ov. 5p z., 18,st 100 100 102 ' Du. sp. c.,lBri to I:3t 100 101 102 Do. d0.,1888 &upwds 100 101 102 'New Zealand 6 p cent 100 110 112 Nov*' Scotia Gov. 6p. I sterling, 1875 lOO 104 106 ,Queensland Gcv. 6p. 0 100 111 113 la.Aus G6p.c.1878,2 up lOO 112 114 I Vic. Gov. 6 p.c. Ja.SiJuly 100 107 109 1051 'Do. io 6n.c. An.dkOot. 100 lO B. 109 1081 BRITISH MINES. albr Dec. 8. lyal 111 6 h. e, prince° Le Priaces6 1 , Caroli nB d, drove t° 10 ,Minister • horseb sck ' attendano Somer° t : d visoun` the Queen, His L 1 iord Cler ?,otlancl,b! A bjestl 6 tended*,, , and I P d, 3 jestl. ,flan, pree llt ; tUSßellf 13110i° i° s it to the I Lora de bovour of t 600 1 33 ' 11 :1 a do, $ ll tiles. i des Otte with II" of Il r ' ith Elting le6 ; )ye d ej°' ,, Wil l essee on o the `'' t ia t jyyth 111 eflite Ol g a over r ' 'r I t tie ari a ;, s gote% a favoiltv Cou° te" r d vii too °'it A dy 11 es tera l l hos , t . par- own 1" F eotera 4 S the St, : ft tOltl f aof Reco' — Celeb 4 r oe , ' ita o i e w ittl;, edtb. 030 ill fur" ' nurae' pd nsider they 0 : 0 sted in cuo li"S t tra slo v• 4„. to xntiz tt f Ind 13 iv e :ll the , 0 ,0 dosu ls o lit • 0 c aLICA ° ' , at of SPeet to -rites/ ; 1 , 0 00 1 1 rill tcc, ro t but ,o unde r t tia - o drive SHARE MARKETS.—This day, ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. Closing Business Share Railways. Paid. Price. done. Bir.. Wol., and Str. Val Blythe and Tyne. Bristol and Exeter Caledonian Cork and Bandon Cornwall ER) A (A gets no diN Do. B 1 till 6p c.p an.haF t been paid to B. Dublin & Belfast June. Dun.,Perth,&Ab. Junc. Edinburgh St Glasgow.; Glasg. and S. Western.; Great Eastern, Ord. stk Ditto A stock 1 Ditto East Anglian at (Great Scotland Northern Do A stock Do 13 do Gt. S. an i W. of Irelan, Great Western Do Str Val gua. stool: 'Lancashire & Yorkshire London and Blackwal! Lon., Bright.,& S. Coast 'Lon., Chat., and Dover Lon. & North Western 'Lon. & So•.th Western Man., Shef., & Lincoln. Maryport and Carlisle. Dot shares.. Metropolitan Midland Do New Do Birming. do Derby Ind. Gt. W. of Ireland Do. 4 shares 3.lid Kept Do Cray Line North British Edin., Perth, & Dundee Nth. Eastern—Berwiol , Do, G.N.E. purchase Do Lecds Do York Do Carlisle North London Do New !North Staffordshire N. and S. W. Junction Scottish Central Scot N. E., Aber. stoes Do Scot. Mid. stock Shrews. and Welehpooi Shropshire Union South Deron South Eastern South Wales S. York. and River Dun Staines, Wok.,andWok. Stockton & Darlington' Do Do New, 1866 Taff Va1e......._.. Do B Do C Ulster Do Do Vale of Neath Victoria sta. and Pim Waterford & Kilkenny , West Cornwall W. Hartlepool Har.&R West Midland —Oxford Do Newport' Do Ileretordl 8 8i 8 8i 81 83 117 118 38 40 16 17 94 96 107 109 454 494 45 47 70 8i I`, 4 (26 13,) 134 1:36 99 101 63 631 1081 1081 7t :3 105 .07 431 444 1041 1051 101 102 47 48 ; lit 112 127/ .27;1 14 11i) 98 98 51i 62} 24 :6 101 1011 58} 59 88i 881 119 121 1 2 76 78 11 11i 124 126 42 14 98 100 61 62 31 32 95 85i g 7 S 9 91 Io} 471 371 9 10 7 1 7 P 158 160 5 s#, 21 3} p'. 82 87 170 175 Cambrian Consol. Gold ulifford Amalgamated Deven G. Cons. (Tavist ) East Bassett (Illogan)• • East Clogau Gold Ltd. East Caradon ...... East Carn Brea.... W'l Russel (Tavistk.) Gam.&St.Aubyn(Gwen.) Great South Tolg. G. Wheal Vor (Lieleton Grenville .. Herod's-Foot ilingston Downs Lady Bertha Itargaret (Clay Lelaut Starke Valley.. yndy Iron Oro (Lim New Sete!). North Downs N. Wh '1 Basset ( Me; au North Wheal Crotty ['ar Consols (St. Blaze),; Providence (Uny Lelnt.) South Caradon(St.Cleer, S. Carn Brea (Illogan) *.-IWheal Fran. (Illogan; Stray Park ramar Silv.dt Lead Min. fin Crort West Basset (Illogan) W Cr radon (Liskeard) West Set= ..••• • Wheal Basset (Illogan) Wheal Buller (Redrutli) Wheal Kitty (U.Lelsint) WhealLudcott Wheal Mary Ann (ilen ) Wheal 3eton . . Wheal Treiawney (Lis.), Wheal Union jd 33 84 545 655 :7 60 d par 25 26 6} 61 4A 5 5 10 4 4i 41 11 11 i ei 4 49 41 lt 2} 14 16 6 64 it d 90 100 j It 1i 5 } 64 2/ I 42 94 415 125 60 65 30 32 k I 18 19 9i 10i 20 22 205 215 874 92i 22i 27} 1} 21} 12 13 170 180 19i 201 2} 3 PREFERENCE SHARES. London and Brighton, 5 per cent. gua. stock, No. 1, 115 London, Chatham, and Dover 5 per cent. pref., 98} PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCKS. Great Eastern, 5 per cent., pf., 102 London, Chatham, .tc., Metrop. 10xt., B, fl per cent., 1031 3 North British (Edin., Perth, and Dundee) 4 per cent, 83 FOREIGN RAILWAYS. San Paulo (iim.), gua. 7 per cent., Eif Ditto (all), 211 South Austrian and Lombardo Venetian, 20i I Turin and Savona, " -- Ditto (all), 11} FOREIGN AIME& Don Pedro, North Del Rey, ; Worthing (limited), i DOCKS. London, 70 JOIN T-STOCK:BANKS. Anglo Austrian, 7 Bank of New Zealand, 12 Engiish, Scotch, and Australian Chartered, 221 Hindustan, china, and Japan (lita.), 271 imperial Ottoman, 18 17i Land Mortgage Bank of India, lira., 4} London Joint Stock, 361 London and Westminster, 781 Scinde, Punjaub, and Delhi (Um.% 5/ Union of Australia, 511 Union of London, 39} Alliance Bank of Lona= and Liverpool (lira.), 44 Australasia, 74} 4 Bank of Egypt, 251 1 Chartered Nt er. of India. London, and China, 5 7 61 Colonial, 40} Consolidated Bank, lira., 91 Continental, lira., European Bank, lira., 41 Oriental Bank Corporation, 50 MISCELLANEOUS. British Indian Tea, lim., 3 2/ Crystal Palace, :,61 Discount Corporation, limited, in Gen. Cr( dit and kinance of Lonoon, lim., 61 1 International Financial Society, line., Italian Irrigation (Canal Cavour), Ditto, ti per cent. Bonds, redem. 1870, issued 90, 86 Joint •stock Discount, 6i London Financial Association, 11m., 221 3 Peninsula and (Mental Steam, 83. 3 . Van Diemen's Land, 114 ni The Price of Gold. The quotation of gold at Parrs is about 3 per mille pm., and the short exchang,e on London is 25.30 per .£1 sterling. On comparing th ese rates with the En g li s h Mi n t p r i ce o f £3 17s. 104 d. per ounce for standard gold, it appe,tr that gold is nearly 2-10th per cent dearer in London than in Paris. By advises frunalamburg the price of gold is 4254 per mark and the short e xc h ange on London is 13.44 per £1 sterling. standard gold at the English Mirt:price is, therefore, about 3-10th per cent. dearer in tianaburg than in London. The course of exchange at New York on London for bills at 00 days' sight is 168 to 1664 per cent., and the premium on gold is :about 51i pe r cen t . At these rates there is scarcely y profit on the importation of gold from the United States, 130.17.61 1C8) 106 5 6 1101 11 1271 THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 9, 1863. LAW INTELLIGENCE—(This Day). COURT OF BANKRUPTCY. (Before Mr. Commissioner Fane,) IN RE COLONEL DEERINO. 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 £SB3, and who was a dissentient creditor, and wished tot xamine 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 debtsof the assenting creditors amounted to £17,000. Colonel Toombs was also a secured creditor. The bankrupt asserted that that was the tact. 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 stand/ as regarded other creditors than his own client. Mr. Gompz said that ho could show cause, but - His Honour said that as the deed had been duly executed and certified, he should order an immediate release. RE CALDUELL. This bankrupt was described as a farrier of Kennington, and this was a meeting for last examination and discharge, bat only the preli&inary 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. is the pound. The bankrupt having sworn that a friend would advance he 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 Sarnesfield, 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 I'alace 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 PnovocA- TlON.—William 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 f.r 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 them 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 bound 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 t) 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 London Dock, last night, and saw the prisoner strike a policeman. Mr. Partridge —Wh a t did the policeman do? Witness—He 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 jorisoner—Wh a t th a t b oy says i s no t correct. I was in a ptiblic-house at six or h a lf-p as t s ix 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. Partiidge 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. in the Cornhill Magazine, on the " Mhow Court-Martial," which appeared in a recent number.—British Army Review. BIRLIOMANIA.—The valuable library of the late Mr. Turnbull, who died shortly after his resignation of the appointment 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 £2,779 168 6d. Among the rarer articles we must be content to cite the following :—" Anderson's House of Yvery," 2 vols. Bvo., £24 lUs ; "Genealogic de la Maison de Bastard," Bvo, £4 as—" Bouillet Nobiliaire d'Auvergne," 8 vole Bvo, £7 12s 6d—" Bagot's Memorials of the Bagot Family," 4to, £10—" Anselme Histoire Genealogique de La Maison Royale de France," 9 vela folio, large paper, with one sheet supplied from a small paper copy, £25 —" Big non Nobiliaire de Picardie," royal folio, sold with all faults, £3o—" Blasone Bolognese," 4 vols in 2, folio, £9lss —" Carlaverock Siege," edited by Sir Harris Nicolas, 4to, illustrated with engravings and the arms emblazoned, £2l; Clutterbuck's Hertfordshire," 3 vole folio, large paper, £1 40s—" Dugdale's Monasticon," 8 vole folio, £lB— Dugdale's Warwickshire," folio, first edition, £lO 108— " Drummond's History of Noble British Families," 2 vole folio, £7 28 6d—" Fraser's Memorials of the Montgomeries —Earl of Eglinton," 2 vole 4to, £lO 10s—" Hodgson's Northumberland." 7 vols 4to, £2l—" Hasted's History of Kent," 4 vols folio, with a few additional engravings, £55 10s—" Hoare's Modern Wiltshire," 6 volts folio, £3o— Heures 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," 3 vole folio, £32 108—" Mario Stuart Lettres," &c., 9 vole Bvo, illustrated, £29—" Scrope and Grosvenor Roll," 2 vele imperial Bvo, £7 17e 6d—" Surtees's Sketch of the Percy Family," 4to, only 22 copies printed, IL— " Shirley's Stemmata Shirleiana," 4to, £26--" Shaw's Staf forashire," 2 vole folio, large paper, £3l—" Stirling Papers, edited by W. Frazer," 4to, £l7 10s—" Tierney's History of Arundel," 4 vole 410, large paper, illustrated, £6l— Wood's Athena) Oxonienses," enlarged by Dr. Bliss, '6 vols in 10, 4to, illustrated with views and portraits, £lll. Nearly the whole of the lots produced very high prices, the smaller privately printed publications often bringing pounds for what had cost Mr. Turnbull shillings. This was parti cularly the case in regard to his collection of Peerage Evi dences, &e., which u4ually are considered waste paper. Th e various " Club-books" were also eagerly purchased at ex travagant rates, DESERTERS IN NEW YORK. — No less than 5 ,821 men are advertised in New York as not havin g re ported themselves for service in the Federal army, although their names were drawn from the ballot box as drafted men. CRYSTAL PALACg.—O E SHILLING DAY.—Yes terday the admissions on payment wcre 929 ; do. by season tickets, 705—total, 1,634, 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. Before 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 coastguardsmen 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, E istbourne, was performzd by Wm. Benson, who, in his perigrinations, had to pass Bearbide 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 his 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. Littledale (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 60 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 conies 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 his 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 skull 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, Kiddermin%ter, 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. Devonport'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 seems 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 went t o H o l y h ea d , an d found her there with the capt a i n on b oar d hi s ship ; but, despite all entreaties, she refused to leave him. As, however, it was discovered that she had taken a shawl with her belonging to a female relative, a warrant was pro cured for her apprehension on the charge of felony, and she was then brought back to Liverpool ; but no evi dence 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 t h at place. During the terrific gale on Thursday the vessel which the captain commanded was wrecked near Holyhead, and he and all the 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. - iverpool Aferculy. GOLD IN VANCOUVER'S ISLAND.—The following is an extract from a letter dated Victoria, Vancouver's Island, October 21 :—The Governor lately sent out a pros pecting party on the island (Vancouver). They came back and reported good diggings within 13 miles of Victoria. There has been a rush there, and everyboly is cock-a-hoop about it. W. and I took a share in the Gold Harbour Mi n ing Company. We gave an order y es t er d ay to se ll a t 50 dole., but during the da y a schoone r came in with some quartz from the company' s works a nd the shares rose to 200 dots. We will now hold on. Cons iderable excitement has been caused by a well-authenticated re port of good correspondent of the gloomyenough." A isi r dig gings at Luswhaes, in an inhabitable district in Brit i s h Columbia. On the wh ole the place is loo king up — abou t a month F a a g An o peeA thingsMusicale gives Florence g ives the foll ow i ng account o f a recent performance at thePagliato Theatre in that city : "Last night the Traviata' was given here, and the part of Alfred 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 his merchaniise in a g chanced that he fell in Tolde Sernese, and four years ago he earned a living by sell rriage: but was refused poverty. To improve his lbs i o n oyv g n eohbwreorriout parentso brooms and n s yd a o b u o no u g, it powerfulagt re streets,auvnnocicooet offered e hr e c iisd r t crying circumstances he determined to try his fortune on the stage. He had a good voice, and after some little training he obtained an engagement, and was well received by the public. But fortune did not come rio soon as he expected, and, having once encountered some little disapprobation from his audience, he became raving mad, and was taken to a lunatic asylum, in which he remain ed till within the last f a e s w t nightdeyebefore days, whenvery he ew y full eedieeherged as cure d . H e sang ihouse, but, notwithstanding the opinion of the doctors, I think he is still partially insane. He showed the utmost impatience and dissatisfaction when interrupted by applause in the middle of a phrase; and in the romance, the public having cried ' Bravo 1' too soon, he flatly refused to finish it, and left the stage. With the o ex ec c a e s p i t o io n n al e s f m s i o le m , improper gestures, and an o e' st tragic scenes, he played the part quite as well as many artists who have always en eyed the full use of their facuities , "_Galignani. WON'T TAKE A REFUSAL !—A subscriber writes to a Western editor,—" I don't want your paper any e in e e e v ce e n n tr th ic ( i 3 ti m e longer." To which the editor replies,—" I wouldn't make it any longer if you did. Its Present iQngth suits me very 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 hints were given to those curious enough to enquire the whereabouts, but whenthe information was tested by again i nqu i r ing at another of the pugilistic hostelries "a tip" was given quite in the opposite direction. At one place, " London -bridge, at three" was lowl y whisper e d ; a t another, ".G. W. R. , at four" ; and thus all p artie s desirous of early information were kept completely in the dark. Supposing all goes on correctly, we believe the intending voyageurs will be put in possession of " the secret" about nine o'clock this evening. At the West-end Heenan is a n immense favourite, while the East-enders take all the 7' s to 4 they can get about King. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. LATEST LONDON BETTING.—TUESDAY. To-day, the great fight formed the principal topic of con versation, the betting on which still remains in favour cf Heenan, at 6 to 4 (of f ered), 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 (uffered- 11 to 2 taken) TILE DERBY, - . 9 to 1 agst Scottish Chief (offered—take 10 to 1) 14 to 1 agst Paris (taken and offered) 14 to 1 agst Blair Athol (offered —take 100 to 6) 25 to 1 agst Appenine (offered —take 100 to 3) 25 to 1 agst Historian (offered—take 100 to 3) RACING FIXTURES FOR 1864. FEBRUARY. Lincoln Spring .. . 23 MARCH. Nottingham Spring 1 Derby Spring 3 Liverpool Shrewsbury Chelmsford Spring lb York Spring Durham Northampton 29 'RIL. Croxton-park Epsom Spring Newmarket Craven .... 11 Newmarket First Spring 25 Chester Salisbury . . 12 Bath Manchester Harpenden Epsom 24 rNE Newcastle-on-Tyne .... 29 Worcester (Summer) .. 30 Ascot Chelmsford 2B JULY. Newmarket July Nottingham [UST. Reading Egham •. 23 York lOxford 25 Derby Lichfield 3O :MBER. SEFT: Warwick .. 6 Leicester Doncaster 19 Brecon Richmond Monmouth 22 Newmarket First October 27 OCTOBER. Newmarket Second Oct 10 I Newmarket Houghton.. 24 Gloucescer .... 18 NOVEMBER. Worcester Autumn. STEEPLECHASING FIXTURES FOR 1864. JANUARY. Manchester FEBAUA.RY. Lincoln MARCH. Liverpool WRIGHT'S 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 flit races and steeplechases during the present year both in England and France, it contains the most extensive information for 1864 ever yet published in any racing calendar, viz. : Racing 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 France—Alphabetical List of Eng lish Jockeys, with their Lowest RidiLg Weight, Masters, rtc.—Alpbabetical 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, 1864-5 —Index 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 1863—List of Winning Jockeys, 1863—Winners of Great Races, with the Second horse for the Darby, 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 R u ff , . 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 lien' Sir John Laird Mair Lawrence, Bart., G.C.8., K.s.i. to be her Majesty's Viceroy and Governor-General of WAR-OFFICE, PALL-MALL, DEC. 8. COMMISSARIAT DEPARTMENT. — Acting Deputy-Assist ant C o mmissary-General Edward Thomas Price t o b e Deputy-Assist an t Commissary-General. ADMIRALTY, DEC. 8. The following promotions, dated the 30th ult., have been made in c onsequence of the death el Admiral of the Blue Sir James Hanway Plu mridge, K.C.8., on the 29th ult.:— Vice-Admiral of the Red the Hon, Sir Monta g u Stopfor d, K.C.8., to be Admiral of the Blue. Vice-Admiral l of be th V e White the Hon. Sir ß Frederick W m . Grey, K.C.8., Admiral of the ed. 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 be Vice-Admirals on the same list. Rear-Admiral of the Red the Right Hon. 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 be Rear admiral on the Re served List. Captain the Honourable Thomas Baillie to be Roar- Admiral of the Blue. Retired Vice-Admirals—James Montagu, Sir Alexander Dundas Young Arbuthnott, Knt., and William Hotham, K.H., to have the rank rind title of Retired Admirals, in pursuance of the Older in Council of 7th May, 1858. BANKRUPTS The following aro the only bankrupts of commercial im portance in the Gazette : Samuel Rollett, grocer, Sheffield Edward Simons, publican, Birmingham John Dowland, draper, Devizes Richard Ramsden, smith, Huddersfield John Jolley, warehouseman, Bradford Robert Chilton, moulder, Kingswinford Francis Belton, marble mason, Northampton James Higgs, lighterman, Bermondsey • Godfrey Taylor, hotel keeper, Rochester John Dobson, rope maker, Loithouse, near Wakefield George Bennett, blacksmith, Middleton, near Leeds Benaiah Bryant, farmer, Stradbrooke Edwin M. Taylor, wine merchant, Mark-lane Isaac Holman, baker, Ore, Sussex William S. Hoskins, boot maker, Blackfriars-road William Carr, publican, Harraton Henry Robinson, grocer, Dartmouth Evan Roberts, timber merchant, Denbigh George Winterbottom, flannel manufacturer, Greenfield, Saddleworth, Yorkshire Henry Kinder, brewer, Pendleton George Withey, commission agent, Peckham William Kilham, painter, Sheffield Thomas Evans, Belford, Worcestershire Thomas Whittaker, farmer, Leek, Staffordshire BANKRUPTCY ANNULLED . Frederick Pattion, Trinity pilot, Milton, Gravesend SCOTCH BANKRUP John Murdoch, farmer, Elgin John Ireland, farmer, Fords!, Kinross-shire John Wands, china merchant, Stirlingir James Shaw, pattern designer, G. and T, Fotheringham, wine GraleaXants, Stirling. Foreign Mail Mail Packet List. ----4- ---- NAILS DIIL• Australia and Mauritius, via Southampton• ..Dec. 19 vi a Narseillen St. Helena, .Dec, 29 ... Dec. 13 . Brazil and Cape Verds, by British packet Jan. 4. Cape of Good and Singapore, and S , China, Penang, and Singapore, via a Southautptott.D ec . - 19 , I trseillen Dee, 13 .... Falkland 'elan& ...... . riVepo:.... Southamp ......... tee... 1129.. Gibraltar, via Southac ton ln via via 'Marseilles .....Dec. 13. India (Calcutta), a), v i a Southampton ............Dec. 12. India ( 13 " °h— - - via Marseilles ........ Dtic. 6. Portugal..• • ... !, .:_. _ _. a - • ........... Jan. 4. sliiit . , . e g ypt, ana 'went vi, Nouthauipto n Dec. 12, via Marseilles Dec. 6. New foundland ..Dec. 9. Oporto (J. . and British N. America, Ly Brit. packet.... Dec. 9 by - U.S. packet.... by Canadian packet. Dec. 12 W.C. of Africa, Madeira, and Teneritfe Dec. 10. Bahamas, via New York Dec. 17. Mexico All parts of West Indie s , i nc l u di ng Chili, Peru " , . .Dec. 'l9. 1:: CalifOrnitl. and Brit4iii columbia.... ..... !,' AMERICA. (REU TER'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 Liverpool. She brings 152 passengers and 155,966 doll. in specie. NEW YORK, Nov. 27, Evening. The New York 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 most complete. He abandoned 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 despatches report that Sherman c rossed the Chickamauga yesterday. Hooker re ached Ringold last night. Bra gg was in full re t rea t towards Dalton, burning the brid g es a nd destroying all behind him. A. strong Federa l it Wh o . are re column was pursuing Bragg's troops presented as entir el y demoralised. e stimated that the Federals have captured 7,000 prisoners, General Meade's army moved yesterd a y in three columns to cros s the Rapidan at three diffe rent fords, It is suppo sed that a battle has been fou ght. Nothing authentic is 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 left for Fort Monroe to winter. COMMERCIAL. Money tight. Gold, 43'4- prem. Exchange on London, 157. Stocks heavy. New York Central, 1321 ; Illinois, 116 ; Erie, 1041; 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 c. ; 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'a 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 yeE terday cat 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 Longstreet 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 tho 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 rate of 50 per day. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. NEW YORK, Nov. 28, Afternoon. There is no further news from Virginia. Gold opened this morning at 431, and has since risen to 475, under unfavourable military rumours. Stocks steady. New York Central 1331 ; Illinois, 1181 ; Erie, 1055. 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, had escaped from prison in Ohio. Erie Exchange on London , 161. Gold, 47. shares, 106} ; Illinois, 119. - SHIPPING —This Day. Sublime, LONDON, Dec. 9.—Wind this day at noon—South- Westerly ; moderate breeze, and cloudy weather, w i th rain. PORTSMOUTH, Dec. B.—Wind W.—Arrived—s D e e, B—Wind S.W.—Arrived— from London for aMtiCa. LIVEErooL, from Quebec. Wind S.W.—Arrived—Syl p h Newfoundland. r oot z, Dee. 7 . — ,from CLYDE , Dec. B.—Wind S.W.—Arrived from Sr. John's, N.B. (ny MAGNETIC TELEGRAPII.) GRAVESEND, Wednesday Morning. arrived,Dec. B—Anna M ar i a, from Philadelphia ; from° Hamburg ; Ernestin e, f rom Port Neuf ; Peiho, and Die": d ors, from Quebec; Ja c i nto, from St. Michael's ; 1. 1 Crescent' from Pomeron; Lo r d B rougham, from Cronstadt ; Saxony, from Sulina. DEAL, Wednesday Morning. Passed—Seine and Tanaise, steamer, from Paris for London. LOST IN THE property of Miss Heron, who her mother at wife of Mr. John iffeai nger of a farm at Hartside, the lens, of Flotterton, last week visited her home. a distance of about ten miles from She left R ilrY' passed through the othbury on Thursday morning, and that time a h village of Snitter, among the hills. At heavy snow storm had come on. She was asked to stay - for a while, but she said she could not do so, and that it . was most likely some of her family would be coming to meet her, as she had not gone home the day before. Nothing more was seen of her until she reached Prendriek-moor, when a herdsman, who was seeking up his iltilonithabl3ST°ltM.—The flock, spoke to her. The storm by this time was terr.fic. She could not have proceeded far, for she was found the next morning on the same moor completely frosen. She was a strong woman, the mother of a large family, and much respected. When found she was two miles from a married daughter's house, and about four miles from her own house. Mr. Gregory , a su r g eon, residin g O n Thursday, at Youlgreave, near Bakewell, eloped with a young married woman, named Brassington. The woman packed up all her clothing, and took what money she cound find from her own home. Her husband being a postman froth Bakewell to Youlgreave, and being awa d y a gongo of the day, affurded her , an opportunity of away without exciting suspicion. The fir o iti , ' • ves were taken ' 1 the doctor's cairiago to t h e Rows l ey Station, en f 11 te for Manchester. The foolish young woman has left route our little children inbilld her. -- the.geid Independent, SECOND EDITION. UN OFFICE, HALF-PAST 4 o'CLocxc. THE POLISH INSURRECTION, BRESLAU, Dec. 9,—Advices received here from Warsavv state the chief railway station [in the city has been surrounded by troops. Twenty of the railway officials were arrested and conducted to the Citadel. TZE CRAWLEY COURT-MARTIAL. (FROM OCR OWN REPORTER.) SEVENTEENTH .DAY. [The following appeared in the Third Edition of " Thc Suu" of last evening] : ALDERSHOT, Tuesday Morning. The Court reassembled at 25 minutes to 1 t Surgeon Gavin A. Turnbull, of the Gth Dragoons, was recalled, and examined by the court. The Court—What was the practice in the Gth Dragoons regarding prisoners taking ex erc i se ?T he 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 y ou had fre quently seen Sergeant Major Lilley during his arrest. You also state that you never visited Sergeant Major 'Ail ey in his first quarters. How do you reconcile these t wo state metals saw him frequently between the d ate of his rem oval from his first quarters and the day of his death . 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 to make any additional report on the post mortem examina tion 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 tyth w oooi r h .lll7.in : doatt d ukeoh i eeartmeth,ct makeeeh t dn e i en d ciatot him dthnnhd eseeeiien dnetedlosrusieinecessary make the inquiry rryyh alludedi tso conscientious report th e bt discharge B ei ?s o t _c interests c h o l La m ,rea p se l 0 e af o a nft yourhdt he s e sdeur evidence tfviaieces then before me I considered it was. you Serge an t av o iin held; l.w wh : o t e t h illa a a t va e statedthat Sergeant Major Lilley's was a case of inquests held o e n seen a coroner's inquest would ordinarily have been any that I rememberall Major Lilley i d ll e e a y th di f e r d om fro h m ea h t ea a t p a o p p o le p x l y exy at , Were there other cases.fria good many cases. W ere courts ordinarilya themselves j or any of those cases ?—No, not in Mhow during thelehxoyt I don't thinketarenr Luent wouldhepa te:elves close ? of 1562 ?—No, not that I re member.weartet'ack men exposed to the did they occur Does heat apoplexy weather, or or th to o o se mwuhcohke: produce d i a t u p h e e e e p r l heat h ex e y at . apoplexy. You say you have seen several case Were any of those cases quite suddenc,asuasonefdp without any particular predisposing cases were sudden, but they must all have had som e of the posing cause to produce them. some predis- At what hour did you receive information of S er geant Major Lilley's su dden attack of illness ?—I n ever received 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 e ,_ geant Major Lilley during the period of the arrest ?—As I 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 " considetable 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 du you found your conviction that the sergeant major drank a considerable quantity:of brandy daily?—On the assettion made to me by Colonel Crawley and the report of Assistant Surgeon Barnett. By the prisoner (through the Court) —Did Assistant Surgeon Barnett tell you that the consumption of brandy by deceased was daily as well as considerable f—As far as I remember, he did. Mr. Oliver Barnett, assistant surgeon of the 6th Dragoons, was called for examination by the Cout t. 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 Crawley 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 f—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 5 o'clock in the morning. We remained on parade until about half-pmt 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 f—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 lead communicated to me that her husband had been in the habit of taking some brandy and soda 'water every I considered it my duty to take not ice of it. day, You have st ated that you waited on Mrs. Lilley and r 8 as k e d her about her late husband. Av a_ that before or after your consultation with Dr. Turnbull P— Before my consultation with Dr. Turnbull. (After a pause) I don't mean before my conversation in the early morning, but be fore y c onversation with him in rathe middle of the day about the addendum, and when the addendum was written. State exactly, or as nearly as you can, all that passed be wean you and Mrs. Lilley at that interview ?—On the 9th of June, after my co nversation with Colonel Crawley, I waited upon Mrs. Lilley, and asked her if the statement C made to me by Colonel rawley was true or not, She said, he (meaning her husband) took somebrandy or brandy and water every day, but she thought not enough to do him harm. I Do you think it did, Sir ? I replied, hope not. in :r re h f e er P en. r ce . on other subjects Yell added it to beenasseo ' President —Is that all that passed ?—.A.11 that passed to the brandy. 1 had a conversation with her T he Court_ y, quantity. your Court—you thought r rep oreport ittuhaadprdoodnisepsoosimnigicchauhsaoromf that decease ?—Assuming that he had taken so much. It had Did emphatically stated by Col. Crawley that ho had. brandy, band drank daily P—No; she did not t ny definite Mrs. Lilley tell you the quantity of brad y her hue.. Did Col. Crawley tell you that a considerable quantity of &c., had been consumed by Sergeant-Major Lilley, or that he had had it taken to his bungalow ?—As far as I r eco ll e ct Colonel Cra wle y said he had the brandy. He 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 opinion when on consultation on the report which was em.. tomeec r t t e l: l s e e bodied in the addendum P—Upon the statement masdijeidl by Colonel Crawley in the morning, and th e admission o Mrs. Lilley, in the course of the same day, that her husband hadlconsumed or partaken of some brandygaatnaeddesotonoda water, medical or brandy and water every day. Who drew up the addendum, aigned by Dr. Turnbull, stating that he had found on inquiry that the deceased sergeant major shra brandy y s dinftyh,ewhhaibeiht wofasdreinalkciuln 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 reports on the statements of the commanding otli cer ?..... . N0) it is not. The Court shortly afterwards adjourned. Course of the Exchange—Yesterday. A ms terdam Ditto .. 3 Monthz., 12 0/ .. 12 0/ .. 25 671 25 67/ 13 Bt. .. Short. 25 30 .. 3 Months. 25 75 HAFB B. ar o uaDur t t uti t s:s e stb i eou ro d ri sp t T h. Marseilles 25 75 Frankfort on Blaine ...... 119$ Vienna Trieste retel:bur& Berlin Madrid 4 7f 43 ........ .• • • 47 i f.:5 95 Cadiz .......... 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