The Sun. — London, England, 1863-12-08 00:00:00

~~ ec. 7. Bruce, ng. a car- R o yal ountess tat to lea and i e neral Rood► Testeru to the terday , tbfield [sling• inesees es, sc. Prince • abant , Lig the leen° r, Wb ° ternoo n at L'il- e toW' t the WI to th e Inger i$ 3 Lora ciao 0, , part for turdol l e ft 0° 3ter, ot ups is yearn Lie; boa' too t ' 11, le" cowati ,glan d Minix e to 1 , 2 e, nd red et astanee ; o ath' se, i 3 iCer °l 7 Cb9S. Le dal' , the [C1 133111 y s eat, , c 00,,, .gar et Pica' r© re' liftolii ght. led 04 of the lissioil b time. t three t ulles. , cr° c ‘ to be L her I gift $. of a by the elder 7ork.: r a te, fish' ' doe, avec' »O r slab' B , of rqt l6 ' of 0,30 acie: vav CO I diS; tt 4)' 31 ONE Y ZARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. The fact that no alteration having been made in In the rate of discount to-day, when everybody looked forward for an upward movement, has im parted a very favourable tone to business, and bill broker s are once more throwing aside a little of the reserve manifested yesterday by negotiating bills for their regular customers at 81 per cent. This Charge is regarded in the light of a concession, bec ause durin g th e p as t few days th e y requ ired for similar transactions from to 1 per cent. more. It ahodld however be stated that they still refrain from entering very largely into new business, and that to the Bank of England is taken nearly all th e Paper brought into circulation. About 1100,000 sovereigns were withdrawn from th e Bank yesterday for transmission to the Brazils. The bar s il ver b roug ht by the Tasmanian ha s bee n sold at ss. Id. per oz. standard, showing a 4 . 118 e of id. when compared with the price realised -tor the previous supply. Dari ng the last few days there has been very little animation in the Foreign and Colonial Pro "nee Markets. Sugar has been in some measure i!glected, and at public sale a few parce s of Ma nonla sold at a re d uc tion of 35. 3d. t o 3 s . 9d, per cwt. ° free has b ee n dull ; while the operations in rice, 'fruit, and spices have been only for immediate re rirements. The tallow market has also been very t ill) and prices have again given way. P.Y.C., on th a spot, is quoted 40s. 6d,, January delivery, 415., and March ditto, 425. per cwt. The committee of the Stock Exchange have ap -ojuted Friday next a special settling day in the p hases of the English and Swedish Bank; and the Me rchant Banking Company of London to be 441 44 quoted ; and also have ordered that the sha res of the Oriental Company and the new Six pe r Cent. Bonds of the Ottoman Railway be quoted 14 the oMcial lists. Two O'CLOCK. At the Paris Bourse this morning, according to Renter's telegram, the 3 per Cent. Rentes were 67f. 15 e. Rather firm. The Stock Exchange markets this morning have presented a very favourable and improving appear aanP, and nearly all the principal securities,English an Well as Foreign, exhibit an advance in prices. T his buoyancy has been occasioned by the continu ance of the rate of discount by the Bank of England at 8 per cent., and the rumour that no withdrawals Of gold will be effected for shipment. Consols are . 1 , better than last evening, the quotations being 90 t ft for money, and 901 91 for the account. The Reduced Annuities have improved to 901 8 ; and t he New Threes to 901 4 ; Exchequer Bills are 12s. to 7s. di u 'e• ; and India Bonds, 10s. 38. die. ; the Indian 5 per Cent. Loan is 106 k 1. A general improvement has taken place in the Foreign Market, but business is not active. Turkish 6 per Cents., 1862, are 691 ; ditto Con cclides, 451 468; Mexican, 331 1 ; lireek, 26 1 ; ditto Coupons, 12 1 ; Spanish Passive, 321 33 ; ditto Certificates, 13 1; and Portuguese, 481 1. Increase heaviness has prevailed in the Railway * hare Market, London and Brighton having de clined 31 per cent., owing to the unfavourable character of the traffic ; Metropolitan also exhibit a decline of 2 per cent., and North Eastern (terwick) t. The Foreign and Colonial lines remain without a ny change of importance. tank and Miscellaneous shares are inactive, b ut generally sustain former prices. 1 3atik stoBeRkITISH FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. 3ilper Cent. R educed Annuities .„ _ Per Cent. C onso l s Annuit i es 9Ol 1 .t. s , l 'e e ; 3 3 Per C ent. Annuities New er Cent. Annuities 5 21 per Cent. Annuities.... per C ent ..Jai. 1873 .. -- -A atuties, J Anniuties, 30 pi bth J an., 1880.. Ind Ditto for 30 3y78: 'l e x io' r r e e sth Aprilt itto (Red Sea s ?el: raph), Aug. 1908. a Stock, 1874 g 1885. 14/ Ditto 5 pei Cent. 1870 Ditto 4 per Cent. 1888 ... Ditto D itto 5 per, Enfa c Cent ed Paper, 4 per Cent — Ditto 51 per Cent Ditto ditto April, 1864 -„ Ditto ditto " Je tk Stock for Account Aug. 1864 or 66 •• • • Di tto Bonds 1;1,000 lO 3 dis Ditto under £l,OOO 91 901 11 consols. for Account, Jan, 7 to is Stock for Account, 5 ,per Cent — '`zehequer Bills, £l,OOO, 3 per Cen t 7 di s 12 7 dis ,-bitto £5OO Ditto Small FOREIGN FUNDS--ONE O'CLOCK. Attstrian Bonds, 5 per Cent .. Ditto 1859 -• trazilian 5 per Cent Ditto, 1839 and 1859 ................ Ditto 41 per Cent., 1852-58-60 ...... Ditto 1863 dis tDitto Scrip, 1863, £3O paid u elles Ayres 6 per Cent Ditto 1 per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent ) C an 6 per Cent. — Ditto 41 per Cent, 981 8 gyptiati 7 pei:C t Ditto, Second is a s ue . . — Greek 5 per Cent , 18 24-.5, ex-Coupons —2sl ii i 6 DDitto Account . * ...... itto Coupons .......................... Ditto Account .... . I'2t ................. , _ltalian 5 per Cent. (Marenimana Railway) 41exican 3 per Cent kDitto Account ... 32a I i 3 00r i s h Imperial 5 per Cent New Granada -- Ditto 2 per Cent. Ditto Deterred ..,. ,, .: , Ditto Land Warrants (Hectares) erix, vian 3 per Cent. Oitto Account Ditto 41 per -it Cent., 1862 cto Accouni , _ l' Grtu guese 3 per Cent., 1853 D itto Account.. — Ditto 3 per Cent., 1856, '7, '9, '6O, 62.. 481 D itto Account — - uitt o , 1863 4 uitto Scrip, £l5 paid.... 144 jeal 5 er b Cent. 1 91 • P , , -140 44 per Cent 18 82 5 2, £ St '0 — Dbid° 1860 — itto 3 c en t., 1859 i. P er h 1862 871 8 1 4i.te 5 per Cen„ .......... rdiuian 6 per Cent - it 13 13 „ 4 0 Account — uo, .., b• •-... o per Cent .......... P° Account ...................... 53 i itto New Deferred ................ AU b; ° Account ...... Ditto P a ........ z itt. t , A "lye ,. pa,a.i.,,_ CCOULIu . ..... not funded bi t :s Cert. of Coup Nwee k eeount ........... ''lrki:4 l ' 6 l per Cent. .. ! 1 0itt o A Per Cent. 184 89 ditto •'`eeount -iiitt ' Per Cent. 1858 -- Ditto' A ccount bit ti 7,'POU Bonds ............. — -- Ditto u„ Per Cent. 1862 bitt A ccount ...................... u . :La a Di tt ( c 6 ,Per Cent. 1863 ..... _ ertez x uaratteed, 4 per Cent. klit t 4e ;a 3 per Cent. .......... 241 b. ',Account Itte 6 bit. Per Cent., 1862 Account Ditto ,Attß, ; lv idends on the above payable. in _London. • A ' Q tlgi i ' a n, 5 per Cent.. Ex. 10 Florins. kkt e f i l 4 k per Cent., Ex. 25f. t l itt e l P e r I? Cent., Ex. 12 Guil N iels Per Cent. Certificates , t)i t .,7,ll.eutes, 4i per Cent., Ex. 25f --- Atali,, — , l Account bitt ( ; Per Cent., 1861, Ex. '25 francs.. -- e ceUnt 0, 3' b.ols, Mote tt° A ecoUlt .. ..... 70 90 oraLOCK. 91i i 14 erpool Cotton Market—This Day. The market steady. Sales, probably 5,000 bales. The Price of Gold. Th e tort, sh °.rt e•xchange on London is 25.25 per price of £3 th ' cl"tatt "' of gold at Paris is about 2i p7 l m st il e l r e li p n m g. ., and on mint 17. -4 ' 1,3 4 thes English e rates with the . that gold is nea r oo i • per ounce for standard gold, it appear , l' , -10th London than 1 4 n 25 1 - i s p r e th r • 113, ~.,..... Per cent. dearer in "a tt;i'aces per cent. the price of gold is starling. .t,,, e short exchange on London is 13.5 per £1 s mark Lio t c h lar d g•oicl at the English Miot!price is, 1 ,,_ Per cent dearer in Hamburg than in London. a . 60 ci"e?urse of exchange at New York on London for bills t therefore, about k01: 3' , 8 . t 'ight is 1 621,t0 163 per cent., and the premium on at, 03. about 4E4 per cent. At these rates there is scarcely dtteprollt a. on the importation of gold from the United .....-___--„—_—_____ NEGRO ------------ th m ,, 0 TROOPS. —The New York 7inies states te _ ,L.ne number of negroes who have been armed and mus to'e" into the service of the Federal Government amounts 40 ,000. A. St. ( - CENTENARY COMMEMORATION OF DANTE iB to 186 5 . takea ke placo on the tumiversary of his birth in May, SHARE MARKETS.---This day. ORDINARY SHARES AND STOOKS. Share! Railways. I raid. 1 13.14. 1 25 10 et at 50 20 Qtr.. Wol., and Str. Val Blythe and Tyne. Bost.,Sleat.,and Bristol and Exeter Caledonian Cork and BalltiOn Cornwall gets no div Do A t ill 6p c.p an.has Do. B been paid to B. Dublin & Bellast June. Dun.,Perth,&Ab. Juno. Edinburgh & Glasgow. Glasg. and S. Western. ) Great Eastern, Ord. stk Ditto A stock Ditto East Anglian stl GreatNorthot Scotland I Great Northern Do A stock Do B do Gt. S. awl W. of Great Western Do Ste Val gua. stock Lancashire & Yorkshire London and Blackwali Lon., Itright.,& S. Coast Lon., Chat, and Dover Lon. & North Western Lon. & Sce.th Western Man., Shef ., & Lincoln. Maryport and Carlisle. Do f shares... Metropolitan Midland Do New 4.4.0 Do Birming. &I Derby Gt. W. of Ireland Do. 4 shares Mid Kent Do Cray Line North British lEdin., Perth, & Dundee N th. Eas tern—Berwtok Do, G.N.E. purohame Do Leeds i 9.16.4 Do York Do Carlisle North London Do New North Staffordshire N. and S. W. Junction Scottish Central Scot N. E., Aber. stock Do Scot. Mid. stock !Shrews. and Welchpool 'Shropshire Union South Devon ;South Eastern :South Wales IS. York. and River Dun Staines,Wok.,andWok. Stockton & Darlington Do • • Do New, 180& Taff Vale.. Do B Do C !Ulster Do Do IVale of Neath Victoria sta. and Pim Waterford & Kilkenny West Cornwall \V. Hartlepool Har.&R West Midland -Oxford Do Newport Do Hereford' Closing j Business { Price. done. 8 8} 8 8i 81 E 3 117 118 6f 7 38 10 16 17 04 96 107 109 481 491 45 47 7) 8i 125 127 13J 13( 134 136 93 101 63 131 108; 1081 71 73 108 09 431 441 1041 1051; 101 102 47 43 1 111 112 127} i27t 11 1 1? 96 98 49k I 9 51i 62i 24 t 6 101 1011 124; 5 130 i 63k losi f 1071 5 44 105 4! 101} 1111 101 1271 58i 59 88} 68! ICO/ 584 119 121 1 2 p 78 78 11 11k 124 126 42 44 98 100 51 52 31 32 95; en 97 i 9 10 10i 34 371 9 10 0 7 1 7 1 158 160 5 54. 21 I# P 9 4 82 87 170 175 12.10 BRITISH POSSESSIONS. Closing 4harc hallways Paid. Price. Business done 190 .vriantic &Si Lawrenec all 59 61 Skj Bom.,Baroclact.Centlnd 100 105 106 106 Gu. 5 per cent. 20 1 Do. New 20 Do. E. 5hare5......... 75 51 p 204 Buffalo and Lake Huron all 65 61 10 Do. Preference ...... all 85 95 too Bunlo,Brant,&Godriel, p. et. bds. Aug. 1, 1872 100 Do. do. July 1, 1873 100 100 Do. do. June 1, 1874 100 at Cleutta.azS.Eastn.(Lii, , 100 103 105 st Cape Town & Dock Seri) 100 101 103 stock Flastn. Bengal gu. 6p. c 100 1075 1085 stock East Indian. gu. sp. c. 100 1165 1+,7 4 1065 75 20 Do. do. G Ext..... 10 5 14p 20 Do. do. H do. .. 10 4 15p stock Grand Trunk of Canada Wu 20 21 100 Do. Ist Pref. Bonds.. all 72 74 100 Do. ao. deferred.-- all 58 61 100 Do. 2d Fret. Bonds.. all 66 69 100 Do. do. deferred...... all 50 53 100 Do. 3d P, ef. stock ... all 48 52 100 Do. do. deferred.— all 38 42 100 Do. 4th Pref. stoat... all 26 28 28 65 100 Do. do. deferred...... all 23 c 6 21 stock GLlndiaPenni.gua.sp.e 100 1074 1084 1085 20 Do. New gua. sp. n... 12 14 15,, 20 Do. January, 1862 .. 8 15 stook Gt. South.of India(Lim guaranteed 5 per cent. 100 1045 1055 205 Gt. W. of Canada Shares all 95 10 205 Do. New 100 Do. 6 p.c. '73 with't opt. all 92 95 100 Do. 55 p. c. do. '77-8.... all , 86 88 10 Indian Branch Limited 2 1 OP stock Madras. guar., sp.c. .. 100 105 106 stock Do. 45 p. 0. Extension 100 100 101 stock Dc. 44 do.— ..... 100 16 100 20 Do. Fifth Extension. 2 -- stock llelb.Corp. 6p. o. Bnda. too 50 Melb. & Hobson's Bay. all 57 59 100 Do. 7p. c. Mortg. Bds. all 30 Newßruuswiokac Canda Class A. and B. N.lll.C'daB pc Ist pt bds 100 82 84 stork Scinde ....•• •• 1 (100 1054 1005 106 stock Do. Delhi lOO 1045 105, cu Do. d 0...... 5 I 2 5 fp at 130. Punjaub . 1 all 1045 1054 Do. Do. `net Do. indus.St. Flo ) i 100 101 103 COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. If p.c..) a. &Jul) 1877-84 ........ 100 103 105 103 25 Do. 6p. c. Feb. & Aug 100 102 104 Do. p. c•Mar. & Sept. 100 102 104 , Do. p. c. JandiJuly. 100 91 93 ; Do. 5 Inaeribed stock 100 91 93 Cape G.Hope, 6 p c,1878 100 108 110 Do.Ap & Oct. 1881 100 109 111 110 Do. 1891 100 109 111 ,Do. Jan. & July, 1891.. 100 112 114 Ceylon, N0v.1878, 6p c 100 110 112 Mauritius 6 per cent .. 100 IN/ 108 Natal Gov. 6 per cent. 100 147 109 N.B.Goy. 6 p.c. J a.&Jul), 100 104 116 Do. 6p. c.Ap. & Oot. 100 IN. S.W. G oy. 5 p 1.,18,4 100 100 102 c.,18(i to 100 101 102 ! Do . . d p 0.,1888 aupwcl4 100 101 102 101/ INew Zealand 6 p cent 100 110 112 ,Nova Scotia Gov. 6p. 0. j sterling, 1875. lOO 104 106 Queensland Gcv. 6p. c. 100 [ll 113 IS. Awl G6p.c.1873.& up.. 100 112 114 ,Vlc.Goy. 6 p.c. Ja.&Julj 100 107 109 Do. lo 6 p.c. An.&00,.. lO O 1075 1081 1 1085 5 8 BRITISH MINES. 2 Cambrian Consol. Gold 1 id chttora Amalg - amated I 33 34 Deven G. Cons. (Tavist , 1 545 g 5 East Bassett (Mogan). 30 t 7 60 1 East Clogau Gold Ltd. ss. Id par East Caradon ..... 1.14.6 25 26 East Cam Brea... 3.4.0 6/ 74 E. W'lltussel (Tavistk.) 8.9.0 44 5 IGam.&SLAubyn(Gwen.; 581 8 10 'Great South Tolgus 17s 4: 45 !G. Wheal Vor Walston 40 116 14 125 !Grenville. Illend's-Foot ...... 8.12 39 41 Li ingston Downs 4.18.0 1/ 21 Lady Bertha Margaret (Guy Lelant Up 14 16 Marge Valley.. 4 Myndy Iron Gro (Lim , 25 11 I New Setun l9l 90 100 • North Downs • 1 11 11 v.Wh'i Basset(lllo2;an 3.1.0 21 21 North Wheal Crotty War Consols (St. Blaze), 20 :l'rovidence(Uny Lelnt.) 10.6.7 13 45 i 3 outhtlaradon(St.Cleer, 11 415 425 S. Cam Brea (Illogan) — - l',.W heal Fran. (Mogan, 18.18.9 60 65 !Stray Park 30.17.6 34 36 5 I famarSilvA Lead Min. 44 i t fin Crott 9 185 19 181 West Basset (Illogan) l4 96 105 W C• radon (Liskeard) 5 21 23 West Setup Wheal Basset (Mogan) 51 876 921 Wheal Buller(ltedruth) 5 225 275 Wheal Kitty (U.Lclant) 2.0.6 WhealLuthott Wheal Mary Ann ;Lien ) 8 12 13 Wheal Teton . . 585 170 180 Wheal Trelawney (Lis.) 7 195 201 i Wheal Union 3.17 21 3 PREFERENCE SBARES. Gt. Western, South Wales, gua. 4 per cent., 88 Ditto, 46 per cent., So West Mid., Newp. 5 per cent. pf. rd. at 5 per cent. pm., 102 PREFErtENCE SHARES AND STOCKS. Midland New £4 shares, 1i LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. Lancaster and Carlisle, 211 Northern and Eastern, 5 per cent., 55 FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Dutch Rhenish, 17,1 Sambre and Meuse, 8 Ban Paulo (lim), gua. 7 per cent., Ditto (all), 21f FOREIGN MINES. United Mexican (11m;, 51 DOCKS. London, 70 JOINT-STOCK BANKS. Alliance Bank of Lona.= and Liverpool (Um.), 94 Anglo Austrian, 7 Australasia, 7.1} Bank of Egypt, 251 a Chartered er. of India, London, and China, 57 61 Colonial, 40} Consolidated Bank, lim., Continental, Him, 9 Hindustan, China, and Japan (lim.), 27} London and Brazilian 0.1111), Imperial Ottoman, 17f I 4 51 2 London and County, 55i .5 London and Westminster, 771, t Midland Bank (lim.), 9 National Provincial of England, 133 Oriental Bank Corporation. 56} Scinde, Punjaub, and Delhi (Rm.\ 6 Union of Australia, 511 MISCELLANEOUS. Canada Land, lim. 84 Crystal Palace, • 6 ; Discount Corporation, limited, 6ifi ; Egyptian Commercial and Trading, Bin., 31 Hudson's Bay, llt 12 International Financial Society, lim., 9 } Joint 'stock Discount, Ditto, new, 4 London leinan.lial Association, lim., 221 London General Omnibus Company, lim., 2} National Discount Company, 1im.,,,9i Oriental Inland Steam, lim., Pe ninsula and 0, iental Steam, 83 Rio de Janeiro City Improvements,:— Ditto (£4), 4; Loss OF LIFE BY FIRE THROUGH CRINOLINE.— Yesterday an accident terminated fatally to Mrs. Sasan Chesney, aged 23. The deceased was a servant of Mr. Pur land, Falcon Tavern, Fetter-lane. The unfortunate creature was standing with her back to a stove in the bar, when her crinoline distended over the fender, and her dress became ignited.p were heard, and some per sons ru s h e L c. ) t u o d h e c r r i s e s s s i f s o t r a nhceel. As soon as possible the flames were extinguished and a doctor was sent for, but so extensive were the burns that the young woman ex pired. LAW INTELLIGENCE—(This Day). (Sittings at Guildhall, before a Special Jury). ADAMS V. THE LONDON AND PROVINCIAL TURKISH BATH COMPANY. This was an action brought by the plaintiff against the Turkish Bath Company for compensation for injuries sus tained. The plaintiff, it appeared, went to the premises of the defendants, known as the Hammam, 79, Jermyn street, for the purpose of taking a Turkish bath, and just as he entered the bath-room he fell down, owing, as he said, to a want of light and other precau tions, which defendants ought to have provided. His leg and arm were very much injured by the accident. For the defendants it was contended that there was a want of caution on the part of the plaintiff, and had he required the slightest assistance it would have been instantly at his disposal. The authorities at the bath were only too de sirous to do everything in their power for the comfort and convenience of their patrons. . . . Sergeant Shea then addressed the jury for the plaintiff in a highly humorous strain. He said, supposing they gave him the amount of compensation he required (£100), it would not be money lost by the Turkish Bath Company. The plaintiff had suffered through their oversight, but they would benefit through his accident, as the present action would prove a capital advertisement for " The Haraman," in Jermyn-street.. The jury gave a verdict for the plaintiff—damages, £lOO. POLICE INTELLIGENCE—This Day. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. DISABLING A POLICE CONSTABLE.--COMMITTAL.— Henry Sullivan, a young man, was charged with assault ing Vim. Moorcroft, 165 G, while in the execution of his duty, on the 29th of November last. Moorcroft said he was outside the Queen's Theatre, Pitt street, Tottenham-court-road, about 12 o'clock on the night of the 22d of November, when he saw a number of lads collected. He requested them to go away, when one of them tripped him up, but he did not fall, and in turning round to see who had done it, the prisoner struck him on the jaw, and ran away. He pursued the prisoner, who suddenly throw himself at his feet, so that he should fall over him, which he did, and in the fall he dislocated his shoulder. He was taken to the MidAlesex Hospital, and had since been unable to duty, and would not be able to resume it for some time. Prisoner said he was not the person, and called a wit ness who, however, knew nothing about the affair, not being there at the time. Mloorcroft said be wag positive as to the prisoner being the one who caused his injury. _ _ Mr. Knox committed the prisoner for trial, but offered to take ono bail in £2O for the prisoner's appearance at the Sessions. MURDEROUS ASSAULT ON A WOMAN.—Mary Ann Cruise, of 9, Little Pulteney-street, St. James's, was charged before Mr. Knox with violently assaulting a female, Lamed Margaret Byrne, lodging in the same house. On the prisoner being placod in the dock, Sergeant George Godfrey, 118 C, said the injured woman was not present, and handed Mr. Knox tb.e following certificate : " I hereby certify that Margaret Byrne is a patient in this hospital, and is at present In too weak a state to give evidence. "G. E. PYLE, M.R.C.S., House Surgeon, Middlesex Hospital." Mary Williams, lodging in the same house as the injured woman and the prisoner, said that about eight o'clock last night, hearing cries of " Murder I" and " Help I" she ran downstairs and saw the prisoner kneeling on Marga ret Byrne. She (witness) was so terrified that she could render no assistance, but a lodger in the house pulled the prisoner off, and a constable then came. In answer to Mr. Knox, the witness believed both females were sober. Sergeant Godfrey, 18 C, said on going to the spot he found Margaret Byrne bleeding profusely from wounds on the head. He procured a cab and took her to the hospital, and the prisoner was taken into custody. A candlestick smothered with blood was given to him by a person who said it was the weapon used by the prisoner. In answer to Mr. Knox the sergeant said that the sur geon could not tell whether the injured woman was out of danger at present. TIM SUN. LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 8, 1863. Archbishop Cullen's Pastoral Address. Yesterday a Pastoral, addressed to the clergy and laity of the Diocese of Dublin, from his Grace the Most Rev. Dr. Cullen, Archbishop of Dublin, Primate of Ireland, &c., was read in the different churches and chapels of the city. After having alluded to the approaching festival of the Immacu late Conception, his Grace proceeds to say : _ . " While Christians aro at all times reminded by their numberless wants to have recourse for succour to the help of Christians, we, dearly beloved brethren, are urged by more than ordinary motives to cast ourselves on her city and protection. For if, in the calamities that often. afitot nations and peoples, are to be recog nised the scourges by which the Almighty in his wrath chastises their sins, we have reason to apprehend that our transgressions are calling out for vengeance, anct that the rod of Divine anger, still lifted over us, is ready to strike us again. Indeed, during many long years our poor ccuatry has suffered severely from famine, pestilence, bad seasons, and other visitations of heaven. To these are to be added the evils occasioned by that false and anti-Chris tian political economy which would destroy those brings that have been made to the image of God, and redeemed by the blood of Christ, to make room for the brute beasts of the field, and which, in order to provide for the manufac turing and material interests of another country, would rob Ireland of the privilege of being an Island of Saints, in order to make her the mother of herds and flocks. Our past afflic • tions have bren great indeed, but are we not still menaced by other evils, and especially by a continuation of misery and distress, and the greater evils that arise from the machina tions of secret and illegal societies ?It may be that we are al lowed to suffer in order to show we are the true children of God, or to make us more like unto our Divine Master, who passed his life in poverty and sufferings ; it may be that at present a merciful Father threatens as he did the Ninevites of old, in order to arouse us to repentance, and that if we turn from our evil ways he will avert from us the impend ing stroke ; but whatever may be the mysterious designs of Providence, do not delay to be reconciled with heaven white there is yet time. Do penance for your sins, correct your evil ways, refrain from drunkenness and other degrading vices, which, provoking the anger of heaven, render the soul deserving of eternal perdition, and bring disease and death upon the body. Filied wit's the spirit of faith, well instructed in the efficacy of prayer, knowing that all things are regulated by an all-wise Providence—that famine, war, pestilence are instruments in the hands of the Lord of Hosts, lift up your hearts in humble suppli cation to his throne, laying before him both your spiritual and temporal necessities, and imploring of him to lend a favourable ear to your supplications, With full submission to his holy will, and entire conformity to the dispositions of his Providence, whatever they may be, send up to him your petitions through his Immaculate Mother to spare His people, to stay the hand of His angel, lest the land be made desolate, and every living soul destroyed. As, among all virtues for which the Queen of Heaven was distinguished, there was none so precious as that charity which ever pre served her in union with her Divine Spouse, so, beloved brethren, there is no virtue in which we should so much endeavour to imitate her, -or by the practice of which we can be so agreeable to her, as that of charity, which is the queen of virtnea. We should cultivate this virtue, ' not in word nor tongue, but in work and truth.' We should manifest it by the exercise of well-ordered, judi cious acts of almsgiving towards the poor, especially in those days of misery and affliction. For,' says the Scrip ture, ' alms deliver from all sin, and from death, and will not suffer the soul to go into darkness. Alms shall be a great confidence before the Most High God to all them that give it.'—(Tob. iv. 11.) But as the salvation of the immortal souls that have been redeemed by the precious blood of Jesus Christ is infinitely more important than the relief of corporal wants,'we should make it a religious duty to assist our brethren by advice, example, encouragement, instruc tion, and, if needful, by zealous remonstrance, to resist the insidious attacks of those emissaries of Satan, who are con tinually lying in wait for the children of the poor, going about seeking whom they may devour; discovering by a species of perverse instinct where want and misery and ignorance have made the greatest havoc, and there, lighting like birds of prey, fastening on the poor remnants of huma nity, and carrying off to perdition whatever yet remained to be destroyed. " Dearly-beloved brethren, if we are anxious to repel the assaults of our enemies, let us pat on the armour of light, and protect ourselves with the breast-plate of faith. It is our duty to cultivate this important virtue, without which it is impossible to please God ; it is ourduty to preserve it from all dangers. The best means for effecting all this is to give a good Catholic education to the rising generations, so that all may know the practices of their religion, and may be able to give an account of the faith that is in them. The poor are to avoid proselytising schools; the rich to shun anti- Catholic colleges and universities, in which the prevailing Protestant spirit is most hostile to the doctrines and prac tices of the Catholic Church Above all, we are to shun the contagion of bad and irreligious books, which corrupt the heart and pervert the intellect, and to avoid all the seductions of bad company, the ruin of so many souls. In all things it behoves us, dearly beloved brethren, to be on the watch against the enemies of God and of the poor, whose unceasing hostility against the true church shrinks from no device, however unworthy and degrading, to undermine the Catholic faith, and to effect the ruin of immortal soulr. As their doings belong to that class of works which cannot bear the light, the more fully they are made known to the public the less harm they will be able to effect. Continual examples of the bigotry and intolerance with which the warfare of darkness is carried on present themselves to us. Only a few days ago such a case occurred in the Adelaide Hospital. A poor Catholic, by name Kinsella, had been received therein, and being anxious to make his peace with God before he would expose himself to a dangerous operation, he asked to be allowed to see a priest and to receive the last rites of religion. This just demand was denied by the managers of the hospital. It was then found necessary to carry the poor sick man outside the threshold of that institution into the public street, where, exposed to the cold blasts of a wintry night, he would have been obliged to remain whilst the rites of religion were administered, had he net been re ceived into a neighbouring house by the charity of its owner. How can the men who thus insult the religion and feelings of two hundred millions of Catholics pretend to be animated with charity, which is the mark of the true disciple of Jesus Christ ? "An instance of the spirit of falsehood with which the enemies of our religion are filled may also be alleged. Some time ago a poor boy, by name Edward Murphy, apos tatised from the faith. A circular was published soon after for the purpose of raising money to send him to school, and to prepare him to become a parson. In this circular, to give importance to the boy, it was stated--Ist. That he was the nephew of a priest ; 2dly. That he was the ward of a priest, idly. That he had been brought repeatedly to the Catholic archbishop and to priests to be reprimanded for his apes tacy ; and 4thly. That he had suffered with great firmness, cruel persecutions in consequence of his change of religion. All these assertions were glaringly false, yet the circular containing them was signed by an •archdeacon of the Pro testant establishment, by two parsons, and two proselytising ladies. It is in this way, dearly beloved brethren, our re ligion is assailed. The arms employed against us are false hood, calumny, misrepresentation, penal laws, and violence. But we should not complain when we recollect that our Divine Redeemer was assailed in the same way by the Scribes and Pharisees, and that our forefathers in the faith were subjected to similar persecutions ; and why should we ex pect to be spared by error and infidelity, when they do not hesitate:to vent their rage against the Mother of God, the purest and most exalted of all creatures ? Yes, the habitual revilers of our holy church, strangers to the spirit of Chris tianity, without any fixed principle to guide thew, divided into a thousand factions in their religious opinions, who are only united in misrepresenting and hating Catholic doctrine —who pretend to propagate the Gospel of the God of cha rity, by calumniating and insulting the members of that church which has existed in all ages, and embraces in its bosom the inhabitants of every clime ; these unhappy men make it a favourite employment to villify and assail with the most opprobrious epithets the veneration which we ex hibit towards the blessed Mother of God, while with the celestial messenger we salute her as "blessed among women," and contribute to the fulfilment of her own prophecy, that all b y Be it oars,llhat is liberal t generations should call her blessed. Happily the conduct of a those agents of proselytism and their wicked p rocee di ngs are c a o n n d de e m nl n ig ed ht n e o n t ed onl i y a byCatholie s, but Protestantism. dearly beloved brethren, to make some reparation to tho outraged dignity of the Virgin, by procla iming loudly y her pri vileges, uplifting our voices in her praise, testifying our unbounded confidence in her clemency, and in her power with her Son, ornamenting the churches and altars erected under her invocation, but, above all, by copying into our lives her surpassing virtues—her p uri ty, her sanctity, her in meekness, her patience, her obedie nc e , her resignation ; the time of suffering, her faith and fervent love. It is thus that we shall most effectually put to shame and confusion, if anything can do so, the enemies of her name, the tra ducers of the Church of Christ. It is thus that you will walk worthy of God, in all things Pleasing, fruitful in every good work, increasing in the knowledge of God (Col. i. 10)." Horniman's Tea is choice and strong, moderate in price, and wholesome to use. These alvantages have secured for this Tea a general preference, It is sold in dackets by 2,280 Agents, PEDESTRIANISII.—Yesterday afternoon, at three o'clock, a running match took Place at Bow between William Lang and James Sanderson, for the Four Mile Champion Cup and a stake of £5O. Lang appeared on the ground with a bandage round his right leg, the limb having been in a bad state for some time in consequence of exces sive pedestrian practice. Sanderson took the lead from the commencement, and on entering the second mile Lang was 30 yards behind. He therefore retired from the contest, and Sanderson was declared the four-mile champion and the winner of the stake. There was much confusion at the end of the race, and Lang received a severe blow in the eye from a person present, who was summarily ca§tigated for the outrage, THAMES. MURDEROUS AFFRAY.—William Sheers, a dirty and dissipated ruffian, was brought before Mr. Partridge,charged with violently assaulting and wounding Mary Ann Smith, an unfortunate woman, dwelling at No. 2, Victoria-street, Shadwell. The complainant's face was cut in a frightful manner, and there were several medical plaisters upon it. Her head was covered with contusions and bruises, and her clothes were stiffened with gore. The wretched woman on being sworn said she knew the prisoner's wife and as he had two children to maintain she wished to forgive him. He came to her house and was very tipsy, and after they had been drinking together for some time, she fell down un the fender and injured herself. She was as bad as he was. Mr. Partridge said the witness was suppressing the facts, and no doubt she had been tampered with. James Stockley, police constable No. 66 K, said he was called to a house in Victoria-street yesterday afternoon at half-past 4 o'clock. The woman was lying on the floor quite senseless. The prisoner, who was very drunk and noisy, said he would have the woman's life. He would rip her open. The room where the transaction took place was in great cenfusion, and everything overturned. He obtained assistance, and carried the woman to the station house. ElizA Martin, an unfortunate woman, said the prisoner came to her lodgings yesterday evening with a bottle of rum and a jar of beer, and after he had got drunk he laid down and went to sleep. On awaking ho asked for his cap, and because it was not immediately forthcoming he seind the complainant by the throat, and knocked her down and jumped upon her, and then broke a chair over her. He was armed with a large three pronged fork, and threatened to kill her. The prisoner, in defence, said he went to the complain ant's house drunk, and did not know what he was about. Mr. Partridge asked if the prisoner was known? Stockley—l only know him as a coal-whipper. Mr. Partridge said that this was the worst case of assault he had ever known. The prisoner was a perfect savage, and had committed a very brutal assault. The plea of drunkenness was no excuse at all. He saw no reason to treat the prisoner with leniency. Women, however bad they were, were not to be ill used with impunity. He sentenced the prisoner to be imprisoned for six months and kept to hard labour, MARKETS--This Day, HAY BIARK ZTS. SMITIEFIELD.—Meadow hay, £3 Os to £4 lOs Od ; clover, £4 Os to £5 lOs Od ; and straw, LI 58 to £1 lOs per load. Trade trade. CUMBERLAND.—Meadow bay, £3 Os to £4los Od ; clove?, £4 Os to £5 108 Od ; and straw. £153 to £1 lvs per load. Supply moderate—demand inactive. WHITECHApEL —Meadow hay, £3 Os to £4 10,3 Od ; clover, £4 Os to £5 108 Od ; and straw, £1 5s to £1 lOs per load. Trade sluw. COLONIAL. TEA.—The public sales have proceeded with very little animation, and prices generally show a decline of ld to l►id per lb on medium to good qualities of Congou. SUGAR,—A a very limited amount of business has been done. At public sale a small parcel of Manilla sold at a decline of 3s 3d to 3s 6d per cwt. In the Refined Market the operations have also been restricted, and quotations generally show a downward tendency. COFFEE.—Business in both foreign and colonial descrip tions has been very inactive, and prices are, in most in stances, rath,r lower. RICE.—The dealings have been of an unimportant cha. racter, at about previous rates. TALLOW.—A heavy tone has prevailed, and few opera tions have been entered into. P.Y.C. on the spot is quoted 40s 6d, January delivery 41s, and March ditto 42s per cwt. SHIPPING—This Day. LONDON, Dec. B.—Wind this day at noon—South- Westerly ; moderate breeze, and fino weather, but cloudy a little. LIVERPOOL, Dec, 7.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Thomas, from Quebec. DARTMOUTH, Dec. 7.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Wilhel mine, from Bremen for Cube. POOLE, Dec. 7.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Sylph, from Newfoundland. KINGROAD, Dec. 7.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Venus, from Demerara. KINGItOAD, Dec. 7.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Mata, from Quebec. NEWPORT, Dec. 7.—Wind S.V.—Arrived—Abraham Barker, from St. John's for Penrith. (BY MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Tuesday Morning. Arrived, Dec. 7—Naparina, from St. Lucia ; Jessie Amandale, from Messina; ladle, from Quebec; Annie Hodgman, from Bassien. Arrived, Dec. B —Napoleon, from Gravelines ; Agra, from Colombo ; Cassia, from Mauritius ; Veritas and Princes Royal, from Guernsey ; Columbine, from Villa Nova; Thomas Whitney, from Boston. Stilled, Dec. 7.—Sir G. Grey, for Algoa Bay; Queen of India, for Madras; Esperanza, for Seeking ; Guinevere, for Shanghai; iEbro for Malta. DEAL, Tuesday Morning. Anchored— Queen of India from London for Madras ; Henry Brain from London, for Cardiff. DEATH OF THE REV. PROFESSOR THELIVALL.— King's College, London, has to lament the loss of a second prof( ssor—the Rev. Algernon Sydney Thelwall, lec turer in public reading and elocution, a tutor highly re spected and esteemed by the theological students of the col lege. Mr. Thelwall, who was 68 years old, had excused him self, on the plea of illness, from attending the funeral of his friend, Professor M'Caul, but no one knew that his end was so near. He was the son of the well-known " patriot," John Thelwall, who was tried in 1794 for high treason with Horne Tooke and Hardy, and who afterwards became a more successful elocutionist than he was a traitor. ROMAN CATHOLIC PRISONERS. TO THE EDITOR OF THE TIMES. Sir,—Having taken part in the efforts made by Catholics to obtain due and proper facility of com munication between the clergy and prisoners of our communion, I hope you will permit me to address a few lines to you on the subject. In your number of Thursday, the 3d inst., Ser geant Bellasis shows that the magistrates of Middle sex—gentlemen, no doubt, of experience and ability, were yet not aware of the statistics of crime in their House of Correction. When he stated how large a number of criminals returned ten Cams to the prison it was doubted that such was the case. When the official returns were quoted, a misprint was alleged as the reason, though the fact is now fully established. Lord Palmerston and of hers—Protestants as well as CAholic, of official and general experience,— have constantly stated, in and out of Parliament, that the only hope of reforming prisoners Was to en deavour to rekindle the sparks of religious training they may at any time have received, according to the religion in which they had received it. Upon a prisoner who perhaps reluctantly hears any cler gyman at all the admonitions of a clergyman other than one whose teaching may have been known to him may have the same effect as that of the Pro testant missionary upon the savages previously visited by a Catholic :—" You say you are a Chris tian, yet you contradict that which another Chris tian minister has stated to be true, so I will listen to neither. It has been shown that Catholic prisoners in gaols were ignorant they could see a clergyma❑ of their own persuasion. They fear to ask for their services, sometimes lest they should offend or trouble the authorities, sometimes from the natural fear of shame in having erred. f. life of crime and sin cannot always rouse itself to make the spe cial request hitherto demanded by the law. We have also shown that a man shut up within four walls is at the mercy of his gaolers (who are some times merciful, sometimes otherwise), and that while on the ono hand there is opportunity to in struct and improve, on the other hand, if this is not properly done, misplaced instruction may pro duce dissimulation and disgust. Such being the situation of the prisoner, the law has till this year said ; "A Protestant chaplain must visit all prisoners; he may always have access to them, even when they are recognised as Catholics." But to Catholics the law has said, in practice and in truth, " There shall be no encouragement to your reformation. If you choose to give trouble ; if you dare to abstract yourself from the rest of your fellow prisoners; if you, a sinner and a criminal, of your own will and disposition, demand to see your clergy man (an action which would show reformation to be attained, rather than reformation to be needed), then, at your special request, you may see hire.. However, you must see him alone. There must be no religious service. It is true that, as he may see only one at a time, he may only have time to see not a quarter of the number he ought to see. He shall neglect his other duties. His ordinary flock, who fancy themselves entitled to his ministry, must take care of themselves. His poverty cannot be considered; although he may have miles to journey, no facility can be given, and no expense allowed. Bnt, moreover, as you have stated that you are a Catholic, and have asked to see your clergyman, we must lock you up in your cell while others are at the prison chapel. You shall be deprived of the gratification they enjoy by this break upon their prison life. It is true you will thus get about 36 days' punishment in the year more than they. This cannot be helped; because you have avowed yourself to be a Catholic, you must therefore be content to be punished, because you have had the courage to avow that you wish to be good and to reform." And yet we Catholics have shown how prison discipline is assisted by the ministrations of our clergy. We have challenged contradiction to the statement that where the Catholic clergyman was brought to the prisoner of his religion, there the prison officers have found restraint more easy. We have used every argument that common sense could point out, and they are many, and we are met by assertions none of which are stronger than this— that a Catholic criminal, if left to himself, would rather not send for his priest. His difficulties are denied, the events of his life are forgotten ; and the whole of this great question is shelved by an asser tion as mistaken in idea as it is inconsistent with fact. I do not doubt that the magistrates of Middlesex are good, estimable, painstaking gentlemen. It had, however, escaped them to weigh the frequency of crime in their prison, as shown in authentic regis ters. Is it, then, wrong to thins it possible that they may be unacquainted with subjects more diffi cult to ascertain ? I mean the action of the feelings, the emotions, the providential inspirations which, from time to time, are working upon even the criminal heart, and which may be beneficially im proved upon if they themselves will permit it. This year the wisdom of Parliament has placed the remedy within their reach. It has also been proposed to them to avail them selves of the enactment. If reformation of criminals is desired ; if the rates are to be lightened by less frequent imprisonment ; if murder, crime, drunkenness, violence, suicide, are to be diminished, why deny to us such simple means as we ask to obtain for the public so great a benefit ? Let there not be imputed to us motives which we de not feel. We ask but the reformation of the criminal. We do not ask influence or money more than is simply necessary for the object common to us all. If that is denied to us in execution, which the law sanctions and authorises by its high authority, is there no responsibility in such denial, and how great is that responsibility ? May it not be also that, without knowing or measuring the harm they unwittingly practise, the majority of the magis trates prefer to keep up a system of exclusion rather than to follow that which has been found necessary in the army, and which has been at tended with much benefit in the convict prisons of the country ? Let the same system be carried out in county gaols; the country and society at large will benefit, because there will be less crime and diminished ex penses, not only in prosecuting criminals, but in their support and care after conviction. Of course, the magistrates must carry out their own views of what is right ; but I do most sincerely hope that upon so momentous a subject for the in terests of the poor people concerned t he y may be guided by principles which have been so lucidly placed before them on a recent occasion. I beg pardon for trespassing upon your space, but I cannot help thus referring to the important statement and statistics of Sergeant Bellasia a s shown in your paper of Thursday last. I am, Sir, your obedient servant, Arundel, Dec. 7 EDWARD F. HOWARD. THE FATAL ACCIDENT AT ISLINGTON.—Dr• Lancaster yesterday resumed his inquiry into tba circumstances attending the deaths of John Peake and Joseph Pearce, carpenters, in the employ of Mr. Chapman, builder, occasioned by the falling of the premises known as the Wheatsheaf publichouse, -Upper-street, Islington. Mr. Cufflin said he saw some men pull down the chimney-wall with ropes after the building had fallen, and he was certain some of the debris fell on the spot where the bodies of the two men were lying. Philip Meldrum, bricklayer, was also examined, but his evidence was contradictory as to the removal of shores, which were taken down to admit the door-steps. He said he saw some cracks under the windows about a fortnight since, and having put some cement over them, ho examined them frequently afterwards, but they never appeared to have widened. The materials used were of the bast description. Daniel Wallis, foreman of the plasterers, said about 20 minutes to 12 he saw two openings , across the windows on the ground floor story. no imme diately apprised Mr. Chapman of the fact, and he afterwards told him to take his men off the scoffuld. Ho did not think anything of the cracks alluded to by Meldrum. Herbert Wallis said when he first went to work on the building he found the wall very round. The foreman of the carpenters said Mr. Williams was constantly abuut the building. lie was always i m pressing upon the bricklayers not to run up the building more than two feet high at a time. The in quiry was again adjourned until Monday next. UP THE NILE.—A letter from Alexandria of the 2Sth ult., says :—A great number of travellers have arrived here lately on their way up the Nile; among others, the Duke of Rutland, the Earl of Scarborough, Lady Herbert of Lea, and Earl Spencer. THE ALHAMBRA, An entire change of entertainment has taken place at the Alhambra Palace, Leicester. square. In place of the music platform we have now the circus, and on entering the building the greatest astonishment is created at the immense change in the appearance of the interior. With respect to the capabilities of the Alhambra for equestrian performances, there cannot be two opinions ; in fact, it appears to have been specially constructed for that species of entertainment, and, as at present arranged, it is un doubtedly one of the finest arenas in England. In order to give his patrons the best talent avail able, Mr. Wilde has entered into an engagement with Mons. Bastein Franconi, and the troupe now in possession of the Alhambra is tha celebrated one lately performing in Paris at the Cirque Impe riale, strengthened by Beyond artistes of European fame. The " star " riders are M. and Mdme. Lagoutte, each of whom astonish the audience with their flying feats of equestrianism. Then we have the usual gay cavalcade of ladies with their attendant knights, with glittering lance and waving plumes—highly trained horses, that obey orders with the greatest docility—and last, though not least, a company of gymnasts of the highest excellence. Mr. Bond is certainly one of the most astonishing performers in this part of the entertainment, bat our old friends, MM. Arthur and Bertrand, well maintain the reputation they have acquired in the metropolis by their peculiarly laughable antics. The Brothers Lagoutte, Mariani, Messrs. Burnetti and Talliott, and the Marvels of Peru, all contribute an exhibition of their peculiarities, which, with the ever varying but ever beautiful Fairy Fountain, make up an entertainment of the most agreeable and attractive description. The spacious building was filled to overflowing in, every part, and from the satisfaction the performances gave last evening, the exertions of Mr. Wilde will be amply repaid by the vast audiences that will certainly be attracted to the Alhambra during the holiday season of Christmas. THE SOUTHERN PRESIDENT. Mr. Jefferson Davis struck me as looking older than I expected. He is only fifty-six, but his face is emaciated, and much wrinkled. He is nearly six feet hi g h, b ut i s ex t re mely thin, and stoops a littl e . His featu res are goo d, es pecially his eye, which is very bright, and full of life and humour. I was afterwards told he had lost the sight of his left eye from a recent illness. He wore a linen coat and grey trousers, and he looked what he evidently is, a well bred gentleman. Nothing can exceed the charm of his manner, which is simple, easy, and most fasci nating. He conversed with me for a long time, and agreed withßenj amin that the Yankees did not intend going to war with England if she recognised the South ; and he said that, when the inevitable smash came—and that separation was an accomplished fact—the State of Maine would probably try to join Canada, as most of the intelligent people in that State have a horror of being " under the thumb of Massachusetts." He added, the Maine was inha bited by a hardy, thrifty, seafaring population, with different ideas to the people in the other New England states. When I spoke to him of the wretched scenes I had witnessed in his own State (Mississippi), and of the miserable, almost despe rate, situation in which I had found so many unfor tunate women, who had been left behind by their male relations ; and when I alluded in admiration to the quiet, calm, uncomplaining manner in which they bore their sufferings and grief, he said, with much feeling, that he always considered silent despair the most painful description of misery to witness, in the same way that he thought mute insanity was the most awful form of madness. He spoke to me of Grenfell, who, he said, seemed to be serving the Confederacy in a disinterested and loyal manner. He had heard much of his gallantry and good ser vices, and he was sorry when I told him of Oren fell's quarrel with the civil power. He confirmed the truth of my remark, that a Confederate general is either considered an Admirable Crichton by the soldiers, or else abused as everything bad; and he added, the misfortune was, that it is absolutely ne cessary, in order to insure success, that a general must obtain and preserve this popularity and influ ence with his men, who were, however, generally very willing to accord their confidence to any officer deserving of it. With regard to the black flag and-no-quarter agitation, he said people would talk a great deal, and even go into action determined to give no quarter; " but," he added, " I have yet to hear of Confederate soldiers putting men to death who have thrown down their arms and held up their hands." He told me that Lord Russell con fessed that the impartial carrying out of the neu trality laws had pressed hard upon the South ; and Mr. Davis asserted that the pressure might have been equalised, and yet retained its impartiality, if Great Britain, instead of closing her ports, had opened them to the prizes of bath parties; but I answered that perhaps this might be over-doing it a little on the other side. When I took my leave about 9 o'clock, the President asked me to call upon him again. I don't think it is possible for anyone to have an interview with him without going away most favourably impressed by his agreeable unas suming manners, and by the charm of his conversa tion.—Colonel Fremantle s Three Months in the Southern States. Foreign Mail Packet List. MAILS DUE. Australia and Mauritius, via Southampton. Dec. 1 3 9 : via Marseilles Dec.an 4. brazil and Cape Verds, by British packet. ..... . .. __. 29. Capo of Good Hope, Ascension, and St. Relent I' , Dec. 19. China, Penang, and Sthgapore, via Southampw . Falkland Islands Gibraltar, via Southampton ........... ..... h pton..Dec. 19. India (Calcutta), and Ceylon, via So illes ...Dec. 13 vi . a . .............. ............. .:DDeece.. 12.13 blase • via India (Bombay), via Southamp ........... Dec. 12, via Marseilles. taa ............ Dtic. 6, Jan. 4. V i l , M a rseilles D ec. 6 S . ........ Dec. 12. .... . ....... ..... Portugal.... .............. Malta, Egypt, and Aden, Brit. u.s . p p . a a . c c li k e e i t D D e e c c. . 9 9. Newfoundland ............. Oporto and Vigo ....... r • i • c • ti : ..... U. S. and British N. Arne TbyenCealaaedian packet.D W.C.of Africa * 7 e14 . 97a . Yorkdeira Dec.c . 7 12 .• . and Teneriffe ................... Dec. 10. e 1 .C. Bahamas, via Mexico ........ MADA ME TUSSAUD . S.--A f u ll l eng th model of Sir John Lawr ence, the newly -appointed Governor-General of India, may be seen at Madame Tussaud's ilistorical Gal lery in Baker - street; and in the Chamb er of Physio g nom y is a model of Hunt, wh o recen tl y poisoned his wife and two children in a cab, and who afterwards committed suicide by poisoning g R h E A irasel u *— On tho morning o f the sale—or the attemp ted ted sale—about half-an-h our before the official arrival of the auctioneer—a little crowd was g ues that were nailed up on green -b a i ze always collected on Ludgate-hill turning over the flutterin g leaves of the cat& boards at the doorway, or looking at the great picture with was displayed so as to catch the eye of passers-by at th which the t ra p was baited on that particular occasion, and which o gle window in front. The greatest part of this crowd consisted of a number of middle-aged men, who were made up t o play a part in such a manner, that they ought not to have deoeived a child, A ragged-edged yellow collar on a starch-caked yellow shirt, a high black stock worn threadbare at the sides, a well brushed thin black dress coat, and rather shiny black trousers that would bear no violent exercise, a pair of mended Blucher boots, and a pair of ragged cotton gloves, is not thecostumo usually worn by wealthy collectors of art. Yet these were the highly polished men who were supposed to be regardless of money when a Rubens or a Corregio came in their way, and who, if not investing for themselves, were the confidential agents of Lord Mumblepeg, a devoted buyer of pictures, who was prevented by paralysis from attending personally at the sales. Poor wretches; they looked with their clean-shaven, melancholy faces, as if the slightest whispered invitation to a substantial dinner at a snug warm City tavern would have thrown them off their balance, and have caused them to fly, like a cloud of swal lows, from the barren feast of paint. Inside the auction trap was a sprinkling of eager confederate dealers ; the four or five porters, who were probably "junior partners," and who looked like prizefighters ; and the usual number of "picture agents." As soon as a promising stranger entered the room, it was the business of one of 'these latter m en to fasten on him, and to explain the beauties and defects of the collection under sale. I t must alwa y s be delish a man of refinement, to h ave such agreeable guides at his elbow, and to overlook their flavour of onions, tebac c ? , °n (l s tale clothes, in admirati on of th e ir intense appreciation of tful to art. There can, of course, be nothing to jar the mesa sen sitive nerves in hearing a thick hoarse *tinging-house voice enlarging upon the minute rendering of the crown o thorns, or in seeing a g ri med knobby fi ng er half hooped with brassy rings, D s "All lhe Year employed in pointing out the hidden touches of the eganY in the g -- ara en, - R ou nd," just ptiNislicd. SECOND ]ERITION. SUN OFFICE, HALF-PAST 4 O'CLOCK. ITALY, MESSINA, DEC. 8. Advices received here from Conetantinople state that naval armaments in Turkey continue. Eight more corvettes have been, ordered to bo built. MALTA, DEC. 7. The English fleet has quitted Greece, leaving only two ships at the Pi,xus. TEE CRAWLEY COURT-MARTIAL, (FROM OUR OWN - REPORTER) SIXTEENTH DAY. [rhe following appeared in the Third Edition of " Thc Sun" of last evening] ALDERSHOT, Monday Morning. The members of the Court did not assemble till 11 o'clock this morning, having remained in consultation in their private room an hour. When the Court broke up on Friday evening the subject of Dr. Barnett's evidence, relative to certain statements of Mrs. Lilley as to her husband's drinking habits and other matters, was under consideration, the prosecution urgi ng that the witness should be allowed to state all that Airs, Lilley said on that occasion. The President stated the circumstances of the case, and said that the matter had been referred to the Judge Advo cate-General, who had stated that if the questions proposed. by the prosecution were put it would not invalidate the proceedings, and that It would not invalidate the pro ceedings if refused to be put. On receiving this informa tion the Court decided that the matter should be fully in vestigated. The Court now called upon the prosecutor to proceed with any further evidence he might have to adduce. Sir A. Horstord said he could not say that the case for the prosecution was closed until the Court asked Dr. Barnett the questions proposed. The President said the matter would be thoroughly sifted, but they saw objections to putting the question at the pre.. sent period. The Court again retired, and after an absence of an hour and a half, the President announced that the Court had been closed for the purpose of considering a remark of the prosecutor. The Court had decided on referring the matter to the opinion of the Judge Advocate General, and in the meantime to proceed with the cross-examination (by the Court) of the witnesses for the prosecution. Sergeant Edward Mills was recalled. The Court—You have stated in your examination in chief that you have frequently seen Sergeant Major Lilley drunk. Specify the particular occasions alluded to.—The first time was in 1844, at Mr. Daniel's, the Three Crowns, Parlia ment-street, Nottingham. I saw him drunk at Mr. Wil liams's, the Victoria, Newcastle-upon-Tyne; also at Bala klava, when he was in company with Sergeant Major 'Moreton, He sent me down for three bottles of gin and gave me a sovereign to pay for them. I saw him drunk st Scutari on Christmas-day. On that occasion I pulled off his boots, and covered him up in bed. I saw him drunk at Durham, when we were on recruiting service there. I also saw lima drink in the female hospital, which he occupied when the regiment first marched into Mhow. On the day we marched into Mhow I was regi mental orderly serg,ant. I went up to my tea, and h o ordered me out like a dog. He was then drunk and I went away without my tea. At Burhampore I saw him drink in his tent on the lino of march, That is all. The Court—Did you report him as being drunk on the day you were orderly sergeant, and say you saw him drunk ? —I did not. Did any one else, to your knowledge, see him drunk on those occasions P—Not to my knowledge. Lieutenant Fitzsimons recalled. The Court—When ordered on the 2Gth of April to place the three sergeant majors under arrest why did you ask whether a sonny should be placed over them ?—I do not re collect whether Col. Crawley said he would ask the major general whether a sentry was to be placed over the sergeant majors, or whether I proposed it to him. Of course, if they were to be placed under close arrest, it meant having a sentry placed over them. You have stated distinctly that when ordered to place the sergeant majors under arrest you asked whether sentries should be placed over them. Reconcile your two answers ? —I did ask the question. lam not certain whether my commanding officer first spoke to me about it or not. Who defined the post of the sentry first placed over Ser geant Major Lilley when ordered into close arrest on the 9 6th of April, 1862 1-1 believe it to have been the acting regimental sergeant major after receiving a written order from me. Did you define the post of the first sentry ?—I do not re• collect. Who drew up the orders for tho sentry first posted over Sergeant Major Lilley F—The first order was given to me by Colonel Crawley in his own handwriting. Did you sign them and show them to the sentry, and have them hung up at his post F—As far as I remember I must have done so. All orders to the sentries were signed by me and hung up at the main guard. The orders were not hung up at the post, but at the main guard, in order that they might be read out to the sentries before they went to their posts. You have stated that a few days subsequently to the arrest of Major Lilley you laid a written order for the posting of the sentries before Colonel Crawley for approval, Who wrote those orders ?—They must have been written by one of my clerks. I cannot say by which one. Did you dictate those orders ?—I gave the general mean. ing of the orders to the clerk. Did you approve them before submitting them to Colonel Crawley ?—Yes ; I read them through. In those orders was the post defined for the sentry over Sergeant Major Lilley ?—lt was not defined further than it was mentioned that they were not to lose sight of him day or night. On receiving Colonel Crawley's order to the effect that the sentries over the should be pl ace d i ns id e, eo that they s h o u:d not lose sight of thei r p r i soner n i g ht or day, what alteration did y ou make as to,the sentry over the sergea nt major F—On receiving th a t or d er I gave ov e r the ser t written order, which was approved of by Colonel Crawley, to the acting regimental sergeant major, and told him to have the sentries post,ed accordingly. Was he post e d i n accordance w i t h the orders he had re ceived from C o l one l C raw l ey P Did you visit the sentry a t his post ?—lt i s my belie f h e was posted accordingly. I did not go to th e post, as I b t l or e stated. I only went to t h e door of the fi rs t b ung alow" I saw the sentry on hi s poet i n the second bungalow. If you saw the sentry on his post, describe the position of the post ?—ln the first bungalow I went to the back door of the room No. 4, and the sentry came to the door and opened it. I did not see his post in the first bungalow. When I went to visit the sentry he has frequently come and opened the door for me himself. How did the sentry know that you were at the back door when he came out to you ?—I have called for the sentry. You have already stated that you considered it was Your duty to see the place where the sentry was posted. You now acknowledge you failed in your duty on that point. Is it so ?—So far as not going in to see him on his post I did. Did you ever take measures to prevent any improper in terference with Mrs. Lilley by the sentries ?—No, I never gave any orders except :hose I received from my command ing officer. IV here was the post of the sentry in the first bungalow ? —I always believed it to have been at the door of the bed room—that is, in case the sergeant major was in the bed.. room. As there were several rooms the sentry had to go about from room to room after him. Did you communicate to Colonel Crawley your belief that the sentry's post was at the door of the bedroom ? Ido not recollect having spoken on the subject. Were any orders given that the sentries should not inter fere with the privacy of Mrs. Lilley F—l never received orders to that effect, nor did I ever give any. Where do sentr.es usually give up their orders P—On. their post. effect no Was there any order about the bedroom ?—I r ec order about it. to you on the Where did the seutry give up his or ders first bungalow ?—At the door of No. 4 re° l° ' What led you to believe that the s entry was a t the do or of the bedroom F—From the orders wh ich he gave up to me, that he should not lose sigh t of the prisoner night or day. not to lose sight of the Was the sentry so posted a s p--If he carried out his ordoirs sergea nt major night or day he must have been, differe nce in the orders given for the as h e was in the hou se with him . Was them any posting of the sentries over the three sergeant majors ? No, I don't recollect 00r: Was there » n 9 alteration made in the orders during the time you were adjutant?—No. Were the two troop sergeant majors, Wakefield awl Duval, mar ried or single ?—Single. Th e Court shortly afterwards adjourned. LORD STAMFORD S STUD.—We have received authority to state that Lurd Stamford has repurchased Cambuscan, Archimedes, and the horses bought by Mr. Ten Broeck, Mr. Cartwright, and Mr. Wadlow and they will hereafter be trained by W. Butler at Newmarket. --,Fporting Gazette. THE FAMOUS VINEYARD Or CLOS-VOrGEOT.is of such repute that " when a French regiment marches past, it halts and presents arms I" Mars taking off his but to Bacchus I 'lle Official Journal of Warsaw states that in the districts of 743,12108 C and of Hrubleszow there are no longer any considerable bands of insurgents to be seen ; but small detachments make their appear ance from time to time marching tormrde the frontier.