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 favou r of this country, and already the curtailment in the exportation of specie has created a mare favourable feeling among discounters, and they accordingly are evincing greater desire to enter into new transactions. Tne 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 princi4al portion of the business continues to be negotiated at the national establishment. The City of London has arrived from New York with £31,193. There was a downward tendency in the foreign excha nges yesterday afternoon, but no material alteration occurred. About £1,500 in gold was taken into the Bank Yester day, but 39,000 sovereigns were withdrawn for shipment to the Brazils by the Magdalena, 'Which left to-day with 1123,700 in gold. At the forthcoming meeting of the shareholders o !' the Don P e d ro N orth D el R ey G o ld Mi n i ng Company a dividend of 7 7 1 per cent. for the past nine n3 onths, being at the rate of 10 per cent. per MINIM, will be proposed. Two O'CLOCK. At the Paiis Bourse this morning, according to Reuters telegram, the 3 per Cent. Rentes were 67f. 25 e., 67 t. 30c. Firm. T he appearance of the Stock Exchange markets is firm notwithstanding the unsatisfactory aspect of PPlitical affairs engendered by Germany respecting th e Federal execution in Holstein. The check given to the specie movement is creating a more favour able feeling, although little speculation is now in Progross. Consols are 90! I for money, and 91 i t for the account. The New Threes and Reduced An tuities are buoyant, at 901 4 ; Exchequer Bills are 12s. to 7s. dis. ; India Stock is quoted 221 ; the 5 per Cent. Loan, 1061- •-,1- 4 ; the 5 per Cent. Enfaced Pape r , 103 104 ; do. 54 per Cent. do., 112 1. A. general improvement has taken place in the Foreign Market, Bat business is more active. Turkish 6 per Cents., 1862, are 691 ; ditto Can solides, 461 ; Mexican, 331; Greek, 25Z s ; ditto Coupons, 111 121 ; Spanish Passive, 331; ditto Certificates, 131 ; Portuguese, 48Z t-; and the Confederate Loan, 37 40. Business iu the Railway Share Market has been rather inactive, but, in some instances, a firmer tone has prevailed. London and Brighton have advanced £1 ; Great Northern and North Western, 10s.; and Bristol and Exeter, 55.; Mid land, however, have declined ss. ; and Metropolitan and South Eastern, 10s. In the Foreign and Colonial undertakings there has been no material change as regards prices. For Bank and Miscellaneous shares there has been a very limited inquiry. Imperial Ottoman are quoted 17;1; London and Westminster, 781 ; "ion of Australia, 51/ ; Crystal Palace Stock is flat a t 3 6/ ; and London Financial shares firm at 22123. D 3 attic attic FUNDS—CLOSING 235 PRICES. . Annuities per Cent Reduced Annuities Per Cent: Consols AnnuitiesN "r per 901 ie Cent. —N e per Cent. Annuities 6 w 4 per Cent. Annuities.. Per Cent. Annuities, Jan. 1873 4uulties 30 - expire nth Jan., 1680 •• Ditto for' " . sth h Aug. 190 . 221 , 30 yrs, expire April, 1885. 141 .044} (R ed /,,iii..aitttostss4.:TeiceelrlCCB Se a e7n. i tt rr .. e 11 1 Telegraph), p ) , 106 a i _ Ditto -rnfaced Paper, 4 per Cent per Cent * . 103 - 4 iiitt °„sl per Cent iiitto ditto April, 1864 'l3 k 1.) ilto ditto Aug. 1864 or 66 99 Ban Stock for A ccoun t 1-‘llO bonds Ei.ooe l5 dis co'ultte under £1,000.. I n I ct i Ns for A ccount, J an , 7 9l h ift Stock for Account. , 5 per Cent — Exchequer Bills, 11,,p00, 3 per Cen t 7 12 dis Di tto Small lOOO 7 12 dis 4u trian B ond. tOREIGN 5 FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. _ er Cent -1 P 'n. ur.,,ez.itto ititioanDsit and 1859 to r Cent 1859 Ditto, Di 183 9/ per Cent., 1852-58-64, — _ _ 131a .0 Ditto 1863 Ditto Scrip, , 4 1863, £3O paid "es Ayres 6 per Cent c Ditto to; a ll 6 De 1 per Cr Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent.) C l) itto 41 Cent, D oi'itto Perpperr '''' , Cent. 1 3.'4 4 Per C e nt., 1863 'e, Provisonal Land Warrant — Ivitin.:atb:.olarn476epeS c Creinpt £l5 pd 12, G Dutch --- Itto Deben ' ti - " 4 per Ct. Oct„ 1863 Ditto, Sisl:: C onsolidated, 1 per Cent 9S ent °rid Issue Ditto cree k 5 Per Cent 1824-5, ex-Coupons. 2 - 5 a i Aco " Dirt °Unt ° C OUPons Ditto_ Accollut ni 12 k 111 tillatentala 5 per Cent. - lb:Ditto Account — A T li a° , 5 per Cent.(Maremmana Railway) -- Ricane 3 per Cent 11 D itto Account i i. 3 33h 21 31 s 4,, u'°rlsh Imperial 5 per Cent „., 4 ? Gran a da ditto 2 per Cent. Ditto Deferred 8 p Ditto Land Warrants (Hectares) -e „rilvian .3 per Cent. t)itt o Account _ Ditto 4} per Cent., 1862 Ditto Account B6 rortuguese 3 per Cent., 1853 D itto Account.. Ditto 3 per Cent., 1856, '7, '9, '6O , 62 * 48 1/ 1 D itto Account Ditto, 1863 .. •• •• no Ditto Scrip, £l5 pa id .. • • ........... . 91 0 / pm ssian 6 per Cent., 1822, £ 5t....... . Ditto 41 per Cent 1850 • itto DittDo 3 per Cent., 1 1 8 8 5 6 9 1860 D itto 5 per Cent, 1862 BBl I Q rdi -: _ _ b ..tan 0 per Cent t,„_o Account t iji t 'b• 3 per Cent NZ Account _ bitt o l l' A ew Deferred bitt o i;eeount 47A 1 Ditto A. '44 " B PaniB4 c e e e etlnt Ditt o A t t. of Stye di sh - j ec oLint DittoB h6 Coup not funded .. — IV; i 1 1 I l'ariti ' -I ' Per Cent Per Cent. 1854 Ditto A" 88 Ditto° G Per Cent 1858 A • b . coount ,‘ itte, 4. 1 " ~,0 bi,,o P e r Cent. 8 1862 Ditto '6 "" 691 it Account .... bitto Ditto G uar' Cent. 1863 N. to atteed 4per Cent Ditto . ,itto ,acoount I) itto 6 Cent., per 1862 -"ate Account .. 55 / Astz Dividends on the above payable in London. e i st Yiao, per Cent.. Ex. 10 Florins. D e l 4i per Cent., Ex. 25f. . — , 1 ,.;91121 per Cent., Ex. 12 Guil — I , l li e itto 4 per Cent. Certificates ~I kel l Itentes, 41 per Cent., Ex. 25f — -itt 1861, 2c....:;5 francs — It a l. ° Account ............. _ 1 .4°,t 1 , , 5 per Cent., p i 140 Account... .... ....... 70i eli noutese, 5 per Cent., Ex. 25f ...... C O - THREE O'CLOCK. ,3olti, Money (10a t " Ditt o Account ........... 91h Liverpool Cotton Market—This Day. Ery quiet. Sales, probably about 5,000 bales. ) 4 NM GARDEN for the recreation of the work 32e'"4,1es at P ar i s i s a b ou t t o b e o p ene d at th e B uttes St. or: I ta lb : 'lra, one of the northern suburbs. The now garden, tia r , r e Properly, par k , wi ll b e th e l arges t w ithi n t h e for '4tions of Pari s , covering a stiace of 50 acres, n ear l y e °llbl° the area of the ' Parc Monceaux. It will, moreover, inAmid the finest view. It is to be, like other public 4 s, planted with the rarest foreign shrubs, selected jistls—N„GL ISII t-41 the h orticultural gardens of La Muette, near Auteuil. A TRANSLATION OF RENAN'S " LIFE no t nc l " '8 amongst the most recent New York an .l.ge'a edition of Coi l e , — ., eln ent B 9 as is also a reprint of the Rev. Derwent .4 %404. Praed's works, not yet published in BRITISH POSSESSIONS. Closing .ibart Railways Paid. Price. Business don, 100 Ictantie & 1 4 1. Lawrenc, all 59 61 Sk .lom.,Baroda&..Ccntlne 100 105} 1064 106} 6 Gu. 5 per cent.— 20 Do. New . . 8 4 1 p 20 Do. E. Shares 75 4 1 p 204 Buffalo and La.xe Huron all CZ 6} 10 Do. Preterunce utralo,Brant,&Godriel, .00 lOU p. et. bds. Aug. 1, 157. iOO Do. do. July 1, 187',- 100 100 )o. do. Julie I, 16;i 100 st ileutta.k.S.Eastn.(l.l.. 100 103 105 104} st _3apeTown Dock Serif 100 101 103 stock Eastn. Bengal fu. 6p. , 10u ICS 109 stock East Indian. gu. sp. c. 1W) 1064 1174 107} 62- 7} 20 Do. do. G Ext lO HP 20 Do. do. 11 do. stock Grand Trunk of Canada Lou 20 21. 204 100 Do. Ist Pref. Bonds all 72 14 732 100 Do. no. deferred.— 100 Do. 2d Pret. Bonus all 66 69 100 Do. do. defer: ed.... 100 Do. 3d P. ef. stock 100 Do. do. deferred all 38 42 38 100 Do. 4th Pref. stock all 26 28 26 7 100 Do. do. deferred all 21 23 22 stock iit.lndiarenin.gua.sp.e 100 1074 1085 108} 20 Do. New gua. Op. e l2 14 111. 20 Do. January, 1862 stook Gt. South.of India.(Lim guaranteed 5 per cent. 100 1041 1054 205 Gt. W. ot Canada Sharer all 91 10 91 10 205 Do. New ....... 18 11 104 100 Do. 6 p.c. '73 with't opt. all 91 95 100 Do. 55 p. se. do. '77-8 all 86 88 10 Indian Branch Limited 2 } Op Stock 11adras %mar., sp. 0. stock Do. 14 p. o. Extension 100 100 101 stock De. 4e do lOO 16 100 20 Do. Fifth Extension 2 -- stock l lelb.Corp. Bp. o. Bnd, 100 50 )Leib. & Hobson's Bay. all 57 59 100 Do. 7p. o. nortg. Bds. all *0 Newßrunswick,a Candy, Class A. and B all X 5 N.lol.C'das pc Ist pt bds 100 82 84 rtorh Soinde (100 106 107 stock Do. Delhi lOO 1045 105 cv Do. do . 12 # fp st Do. Puu jaub all 104} 1054 Do. Do. . , f i g ,Ito s nek Do. Indus. St. 'klol 101 103 COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SEOURATIE. p.c.J 1877-St Do. 6p. c. Feb. & Au:, 100 102 14 1024 Do. Bp. c.Mar.& Sept. 100 102 10i Do. sp. c. Jan.&.July. 100 IEI 03 a} Do. 5 Inscribed stock 100 91 93 Cape G.Hope, 6p 0.187/. 100 108 110 • Do.Ap Oct. 1880 100 109 111 Do. 189) 100 109 111 - i Do. Jan. .t July, 1891.. 100 112 114 Ceylon, Nov.ls7B, 6p c 100 110 112 Maui Itius 6 per cent .. 100 116 108 Natal Goy. 6 per cant.. 130 197 109 aatJul) 100 104 116 Do. 6p. c.Ap. & Oct. 100 - N. S. W. Gov. 5 p 7.,18 100 100 102 Du. Sp. 048 E: to 1!,'70 100 101 102 Do. d0.,1888 aupwcli 100 101 102 1012 New Zealand 6 p cent. 100 110 112 Nara Scotia Gov. 6p. c. steriing, 1875 lOO 104 106 Queensland GCv. 6p. c lOO 1:1 113 Aus G0p.c.1878.& up lOO 1/1 113 6 p.c. Ja.&July 100 107 109 10521 6 Do. io 8 p.c. A.n.&001... 100 ,108 109 1 1084 } 8 4 2.14.1 , ;cc() 89.0 6.10., 8.12 i 2.8.6 I 9i 1 4.3.0 1t; 3.1.0 2.6.9 i Es. 10.6.7 li 11R,1R.9~ 30.17.6) d 33 34 545 655 :7 60 id par . 251 26! 61 61 41 5 8 10 4 41 114 14 44 41 %9 41 1/ 21 14 16 6 61 14 1 (1 90 100 14 11 2 3 2/ 5 51 42 14 4b 125 60 65 30 32 18 l9 91 101 23 22 205 215 874 921 221 271 -- 11 2f 12 13 16J 170 1 191 201 1 2 3 2.0.6 3. U. ii 584 3.17 ----- Tat ?c. 8. High rincess rincesS aroline rove to :finis;et ieback. odunc° rnerset, i,count Que en, Boys' Clerk Ind, by jest' led. d , s ty. n, an d rented t° :ion t° to the ord de our °f P aint' 3, find SHARE MARKETS,---This day, ORDINARY SHARES AND STOOKS. Share Railways. 1 Bir., Wol., and Str. Val. Blythe and Tyne. Bost.,Slcaf.,andMid.Go Bristol and Exeter Caledonian Cork and Bandon Cornwall Do A ets no diN I A -0. ti 6p e.p an. Do. B been paid to l d. Dublin & liellast June. bun.,Pert 114 A b. Junk. Edinburgh & Glasgow. Glasg. and S. Western dreatEastern, Ord. stl. Ditto A stock Ditto East Anglian st GireatNorthol Scotian''. Great Northern.. ..... Do A stock Do B do Gt. S. an.l W. of Irelan, Great Western Do Str Val gua. stool. Lancashize & orksh irt London and Blackwal Lon., Mgt t.,& S. Coast Lon., Chat., and Dover Lon. & Nor h Western Lon. & Scv.th Western Man., Shet., & Lincoln. !Maryport and Carlisle. Do t shares Metropolitan 'Midland Do New Do Binning. & Derb) did. lit. W. of Ireland Do. i shares Mid Kent Do Cray Line North British Edin., Perth, & Dundee Nth. Eastern—Berkich 1)o, G.N.E. pure:last Do Leeds Do York Do Carlisle North London Do New North Staffordshire N. and S. W. Junction Scottish Central Scot N. E. ' Aber. stocr , Do Scot. Mid. stock Shrews. and Welohpoot Shropshire Union South Devon South Eastern South Wales S. York. and River Dun staines,Wok.,andWek. Stockton & Darlington Do Do New, ItSOG Taff Vale.. Do B Do C Ulster Do Do Vale of Neath Victoria sta. and Pim Waterfbrd Kilkenny West Cornwall. W. Hartlepool West Midland -Oitiordi Do Newport,' Do Hereford, 13.14. • Cl o sing Businesh Paid ' Price. ! clene. 8 81 - 8 8i 81 83 117 118 38 40 16 17 94 96 107 ico 4SA 49A 15 47 71 8A 11:4 126 13i 131 I:A4 136 101 63 631 108 i 1081, 71 13 115 07 13 44 1( 5 1051 101 102 47 43 j 111 112 121 .271 14 lip 116 98 bli t2i 24 t 6 1001 101} ,as 68i 88 684 119 121 1 2 r 76 78 It 111 122 126 42 14 98 100 61 52 31 32 95} 05:1 97 9 on 371 9 10 a 7= t 158 16J 5 64 21 31 p 82 87 170 175 BRTTIS 'Cambrian Consol. Gold I ebriord Amalgamated i Deven G. Con.. (Ta.vist ,' East Bassett I East Ciogan Gold Ltd. lEast Caradon ..... l 4 :tutt. Cant Brea... E. WI Russel (Tavisik., GainnizSt.Aubyn(Gwen., .Great South Tolgus Wheal Vor (Iteleton, !Grenville II er;:d's-Foot „. tlingston Downs Lady Bertha Margaret (tiny Lelant iMarke Valley.. Myndy Iron Ore (Lim New Setun North Downs Baseet (111o:fan gorth Wheal Crotty ['ar Consols (st. Blazey Providence (Uny Le Idouth Uaradon(St.Cleer, Id. Cam Brea (Illogan) Fran. (Mogan, Stray Park Painar Silv.& Lead Min ' tin Cron West Basset (Illogan).. W Cf radon (lA - Alward) West Seton Wheal Basset (Mogan) Wheal Buller(Kedruth)! Wheal K itty ( Li.Lelant)l Wheal Liz& ott Wheal Mary Ann I,Men )I Wheal 3eton Wheal Treiawney (Lis ) Wheal Union 4.4.0 k 9.15.1 0 PREFERENCE SHARES. London and Brighton, 5 per cent. gua. stock, No. 1, 115 Ditto, 7 per cent. pf. st., 155 London, Chatham, and Dover o per cent. pref., 981 PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCKS. Great Eastern, 5 per cent., pf., 102 . London, Chatham, &c., Metrop. Ext., B, 0 per cent., 1031 3 1 North British (Edin., Perth, and Dundee) s per cent., 83 LINES LEASED A r FIXED RENTALS. London, Tilbury, and Southend, 101 100 FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Bahia and San Francisco (lim.) gua. 7 per cent., 17& Great Luxembourg, 1 San Paulo (lim.). gua. 7 per cent., SI Ditto (all), 21i South Austrian and Lombardo Venetian, 204 f Turin and Savona, 4 Ditto (all), 15 FOREIGN MINES, Don Pedro, North Del Rey, i:4 General, 22 Worihing (limited), DOCKS. London, 70 JOINT-STOCK BANKS. Alliance Bank of Lon aan and Liverpool (Um.), 44} Ditto, new, 25 Anglo Austrian, 7 G 7k Australasia, Ditto, new, 45/ 6 Bank of Wales, lim., 12 Chartered Bank of India, Australia. and China. 34 3/ Chartered tiler. of India, London, and China, 57/ East London, lim., 7/ English, Scorch, and Australian Chartered. 222 3 Hindustan, China, and Japan (lim.), 27/ f Imperial Bank (lim.), 23k Imperial Ottoman, 18 17, 8 Land Mortgage Bank of India, lim., 1/ London Chartered Bank of Australia, 271 London and County, 551 London Joint Stock, 36/ London and Westminster, 78/ Mercantile and Exchaufz - e, Ihn., 131 Metrop. and Prov. Bank (lira.), 21 Scinde, Punjaub, and Delhi (thin\ 5,1 6f Union of Australia, 511 / Union of London, 39k MISCELLANEOUS. British Indian Tea, lirn,, 3 2Z- Crystal Palace, :- 61 Discount Corporation, limited, 61 1 i Ei_4;yptian Commercial and Tracing, Bra., 21 Caen. Credit nod Finance of Lonaun, lint, 61 : H udson's E av , 12 Internati onal Financial Society, lira, 9b Ital ian Irri gation ;J ) ::::: ' s B lZ k a ncl r Ditto, il Per cent. Bonds, redem. 1870, issued 90, 86 (Canal Cavour). Discoun t, ital 6i S team. 83, 3 London Pinanziat Association, lim., 221 3 Trust and Loan Company of Upper Canada, 51 Van:Diemen's Land, 101 111 ---- THE FAMOUS VINEYARD OF CLOS-VOUGEOT iS Of such repute that "When a French regiment marc h es past, it Bachalts and rr.-?sc,nts atisp. mars , Ritina of hi s h at to chus THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 9, 1863. LAW INTELLIGENCE—(This Day). COURT OF BANKRUPTCY. (Before Mr. Commissioner Fane.) IN RE COLONEL DEERING. This was an application for release from custody. The bankrupt was described as of Buckingham-Place, gentleman. Mr. Reed supported, and said this was a case very diffe rent from ordinary applications for release. The bankrupt had entered into a deed under the provisions of the act, and had obtained the certificate of the registrar, but to give full effect to it it was necessary that the Court should order his release. Mr. Gompz said that ho appeared on behalf of Colonel Toombs, a creditor to the amount of £BB3, and who was a dissentient creditor, and wished to examine the bankrupt. Mr. Reed objected, as the tnsjerity 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 ,ecured creditor. The bankrupt asserted that that was the tact. ilk Honour said that so fat as that case went there was no ground of opposition. Mr. Gonir.z then examined the bankrupt on behalf of Mr. Blosara, who was also a creditor for £1,061, and dissented. Mr. Reed contended that Mr. Gompz had no locus standi as regarded other creditors than his own client. Mr. Gompz said that he could show cause, but -- His Honour said that as the deed had been duly executed and certified, he should order an immediate release. MURDER AND ATTEMPTED SUICIDE. A dreadful murder and attempted suicide occurred at Ryde, Isle of Wight, early this morning. A man ❑amed 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 llastings, whose body was found by a coastguardsman on Tuesday last, we have to report anot her 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 moat of our readers are probably aware, it is the practice of the coasiguardsmen 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 , stbourne, 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 Newhaver, and situate in the parish of Piddinghoe. Of course the night duty of the coast guardsman 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 water mark, 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. Ho 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 tiare—was then made. It was found to be that of a man about the feet six inches in height, and from 45 to 50 years of age, with dark whiskers meeting under the chin, and bald-headed. It had on neither coat, waistcoat, nor shirt, nor were any articles of this description found near the spot : it was simply attired in a white guernsey (such as many gentlemen are in the habit of wearing under their linen ; around the neck was a white turn-down collar, fastened by a narrow black silk tie; it had also on a pair of white cotton drawers, a pair of black cloth trousers, socks, and Balmoral boots. The only mark upon the clothes were the following :—" F. T. Sergeant," which was found upon the guernsey. And now 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, en accident occurred by which Mrs. Davenport, 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 fi:otsteps 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 ard 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 to Holyhead, and found her there with the captain on board his 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 shurt time she managed to get away. It is stated that she went to Holy head again and there met with the captain, whose vessel was still lying at that place. During the terrific gale on Thursday the vessel which the captain commanded was wrecked near Holyhead, and he and all 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 Rercul y. GOLD IN VANCOUVER'S ISLAND.—The following is an extract from stetter dated Victoria, Vancouver's p I s e l c a t n i n d g , O partyct oe o r n 2 the l: i sl; ahned(Vancouver). Governor au co lately u ver). They sent came out a pors- back and reported good diggings within 13 miles of Victoria. There has been a rush there, and everybody is cock-a-hoop abotit it, W. and I took a share in the Gold Harbour Mining Company. W e gave an order yesterday to sell at 50 doll., but during the day a schooner came in with some quartz from the company ' s works an d the shares rose to 200 Me, We will now h old on. Conside rable excitement has been carved by a w ell-authenticated re p o rt of good dig gionlgsabtl: On USWhatt in an inhabitable district in British Cutuia whole the place is enou looking up—about a m onth ago things looked gloorny g h . " A MAV ACTOB.—The Florence correspondent of the France Musicale gives the following account of a recent performance attheragliato Theatre in that city : " Last night the Deviate' 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 e l r t y ao ing ehanced that he fell in ago, and whose story is somewhat romantic. His name is *R e i red marriage, but was refused Tolde Sernese, and four years ago he eahrni:dmaerleivhianng,biLsienlla loveby her parents To improve his o n o vn g 00 broomsot withisaa n obuonou powerfulg ga the re ausNn. account voice. e co e oeff t f his poverty. circumstances try his fortune on the He had a ho g determinedood voice, to stage. some after little training he obtained an engagem ent, and was we ll recei ve d b y the public. But fortu ne did not come so soon as ho expected, h a ying once encounter ed so me little disapprobation ie, and and, from his audience, he became raving mad, and was taken to a lunatic asylum, in which he remained till within the last few days, when he was discharged as cured. He eang last night before a very full house, but, notwithstanding the opinion of the doctors, I think he is still partially insane. He showed the utmost impatience and dissatisfaction when ( left cried the stage. With the io i n t err upted by applau se in the middl e of a phrase ; and iu the x ce romance, ' Brave too some he flatly lrefused of e m improper gestures, and an occasional smile, in ev en the roost tragic scenes, he played exception some theto e fi n ishptteb e l publicit , t h avingant eccentricities, the part quite as well as many artists who have always en oyed the full use of their facultiesae_ Galignani. WONT TARE A REFUSAL !—A subscriber writes to a Western editor,—" I don't want your paper any longer." To which the editor replies,—" I wouldn't make it any longer if you did. Its present l eng th Ellitf; me very well," AMERICA. (REUTER'S TELEGRAM.) QUEENSTOWN, DEC. 8. The Inman steamer City of London, from New York on the 28th ult., arrived here at 12.45 p.m. to-day, and proceeded on her voyage to Liverpool. She brings 152 passengers anti 155,966 dols. in specie. NEW YORK, Nov. 28, Morning. General Meade crossed the Ripidan during the 26th and 27th at Jacob's, G.:Tinarlia, and Culpepper Fords, and advanced by three different routes, cou veTging on the Orange Courthouse-road. The Confederates off:red no resistance to Meade's passage of the river. Heavy firing was heard y esterday near Orange Courthouse, lasting from morning till night, but no particulars of the engagement Lave been received. The Confederates have evacuated F reder i cksburg heights. Lee'a army is estima ted 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 m il es from Chickmanga, pursuing Bragg, who is retreat ing on Dalton. It is reported that Sherman ye.. terday cut off 2,000 Confederates. Bragg's army i s 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 the 21st inst. report blockade running as very active. It was rumoured at Havana that the privateer Georgia had beefs sunk by the Federal steamer St. Louis. The Net, 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 arc dying at the rate of 50 per day. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. NEW YORK, Nov. 28, Afternood. There is no further news from Virginia. Gold opened this morning at 431, and has since risen to 471, under unfavourable military rumours. Stocks steady. New Ywrk Central 1338; Illinois, 1181 ; Erie, 104. LIVERPOOL, Weduesday. By a telegraphic error the amount of specie brought by the City of London was stated to be only 155,966 dole. It should be 1,055,966 dole. Further advices from New York to the evening of the 28th ultimo, received by the North Ameri can, state that the Confederate guerilla, General Morgan, bad escaped from prison in Ohio. Exchange on London, 161. Gold, 47. Erie shares, 1061 ; Illinois, 119. RE CALDWRLL. This bankrupt was described as a farrier of Kennington, and this was a meeting for last examination and discharge, but only the preliminary accounts had been fated. 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. hi the pound. The bankrupt having sworn that a friend would advance the money, his Honour granted the adjournment, POLICE INTELLIGENCE—This Day. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. ROBBING A CLERGYMAN,—Thomas Jones, described as a shoewaker, 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 Palace yesterday evening, and, hearing the cry of " Police," he rushed out, and saw the watch lying on the ground. Ho took the prisoner into custody, when he gave a false address. About an jaour 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 PILOVOCA TION.—WiIIiam Henry Shafto, a tall, gentlemanly looking man, was charged before Mr. Knox with asaulting William Roberts, formerly a police-constable. The complainant said that the defendant walked up to him and said—" You have been following me about all day," and then struck him on the head with the thick end of the stick produced, the effect of the blow being to cut the skin of his head. Mr. Knox asked the complainant whether he had been following the defendant about as he stated, and the com plainant said be had. Mr. Knox inquired of the complainant whether ho was in the police force, and he said that he had been, but he was not now. The defendant said the complainant had been following him about all day watching him, sometimes standing in doorways, so as to avoid being seen, and thinking that his intent might be criminal, he certainly asked him why he was watching him, and gave him a slight tap with his stick, but the blow was not a powerful one, or he should have killed the complainant. A constable proved seeing the blow struck. Mr. Knox said he thought if the defendant had meant to hurt the complainant there would have been a larger mark, the defendant being a powerful man. The complainant was not in the police force, and if he chose to take, up the trade of following and watching people he must be prepared fur its inconveniences. The defendant had no right to strike the complainant, but as the provocation was very great, he should only fine the defendant 10s. or seven days. It did not transpire what the complainant's object was in following the defendant, but it was stated that ho was em ployed to do so. DESERTING A FAMILY.—EIIen Maddigan was charged before Mr. Knox wan unlawfully deserting her four chil dren, and leaving them chargeable upon the pariah 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 found on the door steps of the workhouse in Mount-street, and they bed been chargeable upon the parish ever since. On a previous occasion she deserted her family, and was sentenced tJ 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 masks of violence on his head and lace, 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—What did the policeman do ? Witness—Ho was shoving the prisoner about. The street was full of people. The policeman took out his staff and struck the prisoner, who got the policemen down. There was a cut on the policeman's cheek, and another on his forehead. The prisoner kicked the policeman dread fully. The prisoner —What that boy says is not correct. I was in a public-house at six or halt-past six o'clock last night. I was coming out, and the policeman said " Go on—get away," and shoved me an d k noc k e d me down. He hit me several times over th e h ea d. If I thought I s hould have been brought here I cou ld h ave h a d a witness. Mr. Pawl idge remanded the prisoner for a week. We are informed that Colonel Crawley has commenced an action for libel against " Jacob Omnium" (Mr. Higgins), in consequence of the article by " J. 0.," in the Cornhill Magazine, on the "Mhow Court-Martial," which appeared in a recent number.—British 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 al essrs. Sotheby and Wilkinson. It was very rich in country histories and in heraldic work of all de scriptions, but more especially in what are usually termed "family genealogies." The sale produced £2,779 16s 6d. Among the rarer at tides we must be content to cite the following :—" Anderson's House of Yvery," 2 vols. Bvo., £24 " Genealogie de la Mahlon de Bastard," Bvo, Li ss—" Bouillet Nobiliaire d'Auvergne," 8 volt Bvo, £7 12s Cd—" Bagot's Memorials of the Begot Family," 4to, £10—" Anselme Histoire GLealogique de la Matson Royale de France," 9 vole folio, large paper, with one sheet supplied from a small paper copy, £2O —" Big non Nobiliaire de Picardie," royal folio, sold With all faults, £3o—" Blasone Bolognese," 4 Vole in 2, folio, £9ls —" Carlaverock Siege," edited by Sir Harris Nicolas, 4to, illustrated with engravings and the arms emblazoned, £2l; Clutterbuck's Hertfordshire," 3 volt folio, large paper, £1 405 —"Dugdale's Monasticon," 8 vols folio, £lB--tt " Dugdale's Warwickshire," iolio, first edition, £lO 10s— " Drummond's History of Noble British Families," 2 vole folio, £7 2s 6:/—" Frames Memorials of the Montgomeries —Earl of Eglinton," 2 vole 4to, £lO 10s—" Hodgson's Northumberland," 7 volt 4to, Hasted's History of Kent," 4 vols folio, with, a few additional engravings, £55 106—" Hoare's Modern Wiltshire," 6 vole folio, £3o— Heures de la Reine d'Anne de Bretagne," folio, £ls— Indication of the Howard Fatuity," folio, £l6 10s—" Litta, Famiglie celebro Italiane," 8 volt folio, £3B 108—" Lyndesay's Booko of Armes," folio, £7 12s 6:l— Nisbet's Heraldry," 2 volt folio, £9 13s—" Ormerod's Cheshire," <3 volt folio, £32 10a—" Mario Stuart Lottres," &c., 9 vols Bvo, illustrated, £29 —" Scrope and Grosvenor Roll," 2 vole imperial Svo, £7 178 6d—" Surtees's Sketch of the Percy Family," 4to, only 22 copies printed, £ll— Shirley's Stemmata Shirleiana," 4to, £!G—'• Shaw's Staf fordshire," 2 volt folio, large paper, £3l—" Stirling Papers, edited by W. Frazer," 4to, £l7 103—" Tierney's History of Arundel," 4 volt 4to, largo paper, illustrated, £6l— Athenaa 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 ease in regard to his collection of Peerage Evi deneett,X • 7 which u-urtlly are considered was t e p aper. T he & various " Club-books" were also eagerly purchased at ex travagant rates, s N n O o not e h s a s v i then ng 5,1 report B 2 e d themselves s were f d o r r aservice from n se ballot Federal box a r a m s y, althoughdrafted .t heir meD:.riSreEltaTdvEeßrStisleNd N in E N W o Y v O Y B o K rk . name pay; :iit et SiIILLIN GDAY.—Yes. ware 929 ; do, by season CRYSTAL PALACE. -05, tteicrkdeatys:7lloosa—dntloitsasli:nl:63o4n, THE GREAT FIGHT. We believe it may now be maid 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 whentho information was tested by again inquiring at another of the pugilistic hostelries " a tip" was given quite in the opposite direction. At one place, " L o ndon -bridge, at th ree " was lowl y whispered ; at an other, " G. W. R., at four" ; and thu s all parties 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 an 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 H ee nan, at 6 to 4 (offered) , but at 7 t o 4 the Kingites back their man to any amount offered. The Two Thousand Guineas betting was very languid, Fille de "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 do V Air (offered-11 to 2 taken) THE 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) 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 flat 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 Riding 'Weight, Masters, & c ,—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—Notni nations, 1864-s—lndex to Ditto—Rules concerning Horse racing iu general—New Laws of Berting—Grand National Steeplechase Rules—Length of Courses—List of M9mbers 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 Derby, Oaks, and St. Leger—Winners of Queen's Plate in Eng land, Scotland, and Ireland. The present edition is printed with beautiful new typo, and far surpasses " Ruff" 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- THIRD EDITION SUN OFFICE, SEVEN O'CLOCK. AMERICA. - - (REUTER'S TELEGRAM.) Reported Capture of Burnside's Army, LIVERPOOL, WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. It is rumoured that General Longstreet had cap tured Burnside's army at Knoxville, bat nothing authentic to this effect has been received. The report is probably suggested by the advance in the price of gold on the 28th ult. crown. The Price of Gold. The quotation of gold at Paris is about 3 per mille pm., an d the short exchange on London is 25.30 per £1 sterling. On comparing these rates with the English Mint price ofd4 17s. 104 d. per ounce for standard gold, it appea r that gol is nearly 2-10th per cent. dearer in London than in Paris. Jay advices from Hamburg the price of gold is 425 i per ;n o u n g and the short exchange on London is 13.4} per ..£l. stkr a 0; : tandard gold at the English Mint,price 3-10th per cent. dearer in Hamburg than in lAnd°lon; bills at is, therefore, b z Die course of exchange at New York on Loudon premium' On 60 days' sight is 166 to 1664 per cent., an d from the United gold is about 516 per cent. At these rates ttteere is scarcely any profit on the importation of gol d States. ----7--------'-'"l.-----------,, LOST IN VIE STORM.--The wife of Mr. John Heron, who is manager of F a last week visited farm lotterton, at Hartside, the property of Miss Weallens, of her mother at Rothbury, a distance of about ten miles from her home. She lett Rothbury on Thursday 1110nithg, and passed through the village of Snifter, among the hills. A t that time a heavy suow storm had come on. She was for a w hile, but sh e said she could not do asked to stay so, acbed rn a nd that it was m ost likely some of her family wjtild h coming to meet her, as she had not gone home th be r up his before. N othing snore was seen of. her until sha re e day Prendrick- oor , when a herd sman, w ho was seeking flock, spoke to her. The stores by this tine was terr fic. Sh e could no t have proceeded far, i',„ eh nex t m orning o n the same moor completely was il- foundoze the frozen. She a large wa s a stro n g woman, the mother of family, and muc h re spected. When Lund al , e was two miles from a and about four miles from her marr ied daughter's house, own house. A SEXCENTENARY COMMEMORATION OF DANTE is to take place on the anniversary of his birth in MoY) V 65. 1081 105 5 6 5 106 i i 1011 11(4 11 i 1274 f 961 314 95,1 5 SECOND EDITION. SUN OFFICE, HALF-PAST 4 O'CLOCK. TEE CRAWLEY COURT-MARTIAL. (PROM OUR OWN REPORTER.) EIGHTEENTH DAY. ALDEnsnoT, Wednesday Morning. The Court re-assembled shortly after 10 o'clock. Colonel Crawley proceeded l with the letter of Sir High Rose, alluded t o at the cose of the proceedings yesterday, and which went into detail atgreat length with respect to the former character of Sergeant Major Lilley, combating the assertions of Mr. Fortescue Mr. Coningham, made in the House of Commons, and complaining that almost every statement which had beenmade in the public , and tended of ci new papers with regard to the treatment Sergeant Major Lilley was incorrect in part to prejudice the public mind both againnrtednost unjustly Sir T Wm. Mans field and the commander of the regiment contradicted the statements made in the House letter also Commons with respect to the nature of the place of confi e n ef but inasmuch as full evidence has been produced e b mc f nt ' Court, the public have a better means of judgin e ore the place of confinement of the three sergeant tnn j o g rs of t ,, the Mr. Fortescue at the time ho made his statements 'T. an document also went at considerable length: into e details which alloet the general administration of the army in India, and quoted the opinion of medical man of high authority with reference to the nature of the climate and its general effect upon our troops. The reading of the docu ment occupied the time of the Court a long time. On its conclusion, The Prosecutor remarked that this was a letter written by Sir It Rose for the information of the Counnander-in- Chief, and embracing a great variety of subjects, among them the character of Sergeant Major Lilley. Now, the opinion of Sires. Rose on that matter, to be admitted, could only be founded on evidence, and apart from that evidence the opinion was mere hearsay, and as such could not be re ceived as evidence in the present case. As, however, it would now be futile to treat the letter as not having been produced, it was suggested by the prosecution that it should be appended to the proceedings, and used by either party as' they might think necessary. He further suggested that to avoid similar difficulties in future all documents intended to be produced should be first submitted to the Court, and that the prosecutor might have the opportunity of stating his reasons against their admissibility as evidence, and taking the decision of the Court upon the point before they were road. Col. Crawley—Mr. President, I have no objection to the prosecution treating the despatch of his Excellency the Commander-in-Chief in India according to what the prose cution is pleased to term its seeming worth. As to the course proposed by the prosecution, it is entirely at variance with the example they themselves have set, and it is in direct opposition to the first principles of the administra tion of justice. In the case of their own evidence, as for instance in that of the letter of Sir Wm. Mansfield, which was put in as against me, no private investigation took place. I sought no cover of secrecy, but the prosecution has regarded no seal of confidence. They without hesi • tation put in confidential documents without any objec tion being raised on my part. Not only that, but they put in proportions of the blue book which were read in open court, and passages from which were afterwards pronounced to be inadmissible. Why then is it that as soon as the defence is begun they seek to change the course which has hitherto been pursued ? Why is it that they seek to turn an open court of justice into a court of secret inquiry ? I ask the Court, then, to permit me to pursue the course which the prosecution has pursued, with this exception, that I ask to put no confidential docu ment in evidence. As to the particular letter which has been just read, I am advised that there can be no question aboutit. If the letter is relevant on any point it is admissible. I could mention twenty reasons why the letter is relevant, but I will mention only one. The surgeons of the 6th Dragoons have stated that it was not their duty to interfere with dis cipline by reporting any anticipated injury to the late Ser geant Major Lilley; but the letter of the Commander in- Chief, who is the proper person to state what, according to his instructions, was their duty, bears iupon that point. I beg also to remind the Court that a list of these docu ments was furnished to me by Sir William Mansfield, for the express purpose of being used on the trial ; and I have been permitted only last week to copy them, in order to pro duce them in court. I have only to add most respectfully that, under no circumstances, can I consent to the private investigation which the prolaecution proposes. The Prosecutor—lf the Court will permit me, I think I can make this matter clear, though in doing so it will look as if we were going back to the very elements of jurispru dence. A tribunal consists of a judge or judges, and judge and jury. Courts martial are composed of judges alone, and are more liko the courts of equity. In such courts the practice is, that if a document is tendered in evidence the judges first see it, and determine whether it is admissible in evidence. If they think it is not it is rejected; but if it is, it is attached to the proceedings, and forms an element in the judgment. The same course prevails in courts martial ; therefore the prosecution feels no doubt in the course they have adopted. The latter of Sir William Mansfield con , tained the order for the arrest of Sergeant Major Lilley, and therefore they were bound to produce it. Colonel Crawley—l wish to remind the Court that when the prosecutor put in from the bluebook Sir Hugh Rose's remarks, they made him in fact their witness, and the ob jection they now take to his letter would apply e q ually to his remarks. I did not object to them taking the course ttihoeys of Sirdid, bu Hught Im Rose ustre aremind the Court that if the observe ngood for one purpose they are good for another. The Court retired to consider the point. On the return of the court, Colonel Pipon said—As the court was closing the follow ing was put in by the prosecutor :—The blue book was read d out at the express instance of the pri soner, and against urgent request of the prose cutor. The cou rt adheres to the decision to decline receiving any communication whicb re- is not to be read and appended to the proceedings. With ference to the letter last read, the court has to observe, that the prosecutor stated that the document to which he , now objects was one of those given to the prisoner for the ex press purpose of using them in his defence ; and he alo stated that he had no objection to the copies beingrreeaaddtthoe court as evidence. It therefore rests with the prosecutor to show what part can be legally objected to. Colonel Crawley suggested for the consideration of th e prosecution whether, with respect to the documents he Was about to read, the same course should not be t h al a t n en as us of w tahse taken in the blue book, namely, that he should documents, and that the prosecutor should state hi s objec tions collectively; otherwise the proceedings m i g h t bein. definitely prolonged. Sir A. IlJrstord said the matter was in the Court. Colonel Craw l e y then proceeded to read th e letter from Colonel Hatch to the Commander in Chief in India, stating t h a t Sergeant Major Lilley might have been ,„ opinion L.* r convicted by court martial not only fc.r di so b e di ence to the orders of the commanding officer, in making public the pro ceeding of the court martial then sitting, but for uttering v i o l e nt and beastly language against his commanding officer; and that, although the confessions of the sergeant m ajors could not be used as evidence against themaelvee, they not having been previously cautioned, yet there was, in his (Colonel Hatch's) opinion, evidence against Sergeant Major Lilley of the encouragement of disobedience to orders. The letter was signed "G. A. Hatch, Deputy Judge Advocate General." J 3 : r l et y 1 1.1 0 1 , t 1863, 1uai0 A second letter was then read from Col. Hatch, dated " a n \ \ v v h as ich he states that the arrest of the three Crawley, arrestedhael sane. chargehe having stpaetrefdecthtlaytrtehgeuylahradonbeetnhe part o on a of conspiracy, and that the major generalsibility arising tioned their close arrest, and that any from the continuance of that arrest w re as "° ;itt Crawley to the superior officer. Crawley was one dated shitted from Cot. The next letter read by Colonel sater Oimla, and ad dressed 16th of April last, from the headequar Adjutant General at the by Sir Hugh Rose to al Horse Guard, in which the Commanderhi the evidence submitted to Colonel Crawley, and that Ser geant lly that a cabel existed againet arty to it. .mfaeientaCbhiiieelifesdtattlede thatfet Major Lilley 20, 186 ?, acknowledging the dated l'ne"°w' of Cambridge, and stating, with General, wwasitcroampja:sni.r Hugh Rose to the Adjutant Duke The next letter Rose's) r part on the trial of Paymaster Smales, that of it which had rel'crence to his (Sir Surgeon Td to in e vidence —which fully bore out ich regard memorandume t that t of the 11 onerear-rreDembaulkl had fo . rwarde d , to . hina, an addendum— the - sergeant major's drinking habits being; the evidence; of the cause —. his death. The letter also enclosed fresh infer . i a Ttic,4 3 — e iuDei,, , , , , tb.?, half-yearly report of Msjor General \.. Farrell on the state of the 6th In niskilling Dragoons, and he (Sit H. Rose) ventured to enter Min the hope that when his Royal Highness the Command er in Chief had perused that evidence he would modify the opinion he had expressed in reference to his (Sir H, Rose's) conduct. Another letter from Sir H. Rose to the Adjutant Gene.. ral, dated sth of May, 1863, was read, which stated that at the time he wrote his remarks he could not be aware, nor were the regimental doctors aware, that Mrs. Lilley h a d consumed a large portion of the spirits sent to their bun galow. The real interpretation of his remarks was that th e sergeant major was in the habit daily of drinking spirits, which in connection with the heat of the climate increased his predisposition to disease. He also stated that he had never gone to the extent of actually attributing his death to drunkenness. General at Simla The next letter vas from Dr. Beatson to the Adjutant established, but that it had ,dated b July 20, 186 J. It stated that the ale s. Liliey had consumed and the oilier liquors had been remained a sufficient; rt been subsequently shown that feet of 23 bottles of large per; ion. Th, re still, how ever,weieh might have been taken large portian unaccounted for it seemed to have been proved chat Sergeant Major Lilley, and glasses of brandy and soda water 'al" he took seven or eight The letter also ex might have been ..,,utlieleut under the circumstancesevery day, which was quite s p u la p i e u r e i a nd t r t, a a n ith a o t u ta s c a k th e e t suepi.gope.enx i t). n .. which ho was placed to nut necessarily post mortem in the habit of taking that quantity in e. Ditir show signs follow. sue 4D. t w in isuiig,Zno:orinetvetuenPtehraenaeies'aencotironwoout letdhdeitahhluedy, of a large consumption of alcoholic drinke, how ever, certain from the evidence that he did drink seemed' extent that an attack of apoplexy was almost sure to t t o e Another letter from Dr. Beatson was then ' Army Head-quarters, 28th July, 1863,,, which stated dated that Sergeant Major Wakefield had not beeent stated to th e hospital, as had been said, raving bad. On the contrary, he showed no signs of mental aberration. The next letter was from Sir William Mansfield to the Adjutant General of the Army in India, dated Poonah, July 13, 1863, which stated that the conduct of Dr. Turn bull and Dr. Barnett in making interpolations in the case books was most reprehensible, and that as information had just reached him that Colonel Crawley was to be tried by court-martial he had detained the case-books, which would be sent to England to form part of the judicial investiga tion. The next letter was from Sir Wm. Mansfield to the Ad jutant General of the Army, dated July 16, 1863, stating that he had received strong circumstantial evidence from Colonel Crawley of the improper manner in which he had been served by the medical officers, which information he b n g l l e was erre forwarded on. The next was a letter, dated Poonah, Aug. 14, 1861, to the Adjutant General of the army in India, simply enclos ing towards sp o alreadynde ia c o e n , e r n e stating e d ord. i,h thate enclosures hisopin alludedionof D t r o , Ti in the e letters had reference to the conduct of Surgeon Turnbull, r u e li si i s e t h an i c t s w w a s_ _ stated was in accordance with systematic commanding a ic r h dB S c u o r l g . eo e n ra l v 'u le r y nbu a l n l i a n n s to n t c h e e s r f officers h had exhibiteerienp tihese to of Surgeon , Turnbull havingwreitcuhselivattio tthao , eit:h:e l oosif certain tipmce o err r after .promisingqueries t submitted od o se , to a n h d i m also b re ferringhis hospital books, of Sergeant Major Wakefield's Turnbull with withholdinge enclosure_ also accused Surgeon at i s n f f o r r ol m inv :t i i o u r i n . and with general mention of his case. impropriety of conduct. 0 1 . , ,h 5, there having been no previous ivihuw wa d s_si . gned by Major-General Green, commanding the The next letter put i n e , I . Colonel Crawley, and stating th at it medical comforts for female that Mrs. Lilley was in a position to and was allowed to remain in her husband's Surgeon Turnbull to patients was usual to provide being the custom to insist upon the wivesol in the . hospital, but provide her own diet, quarters, it not sioned officer s g oin g into the hos p ital. non-commis sioned letter was then read from Major Chap P ino 11ajor General Green , statin g that in consequence of t:° debate which took plac e in the House of Commons he had Major General F arrell all the documents,which p r s to sent proved that Lieut. Fitzeimon had voluntarily withdrawn the charg es he had brought ag ainst his commanding officer, and com menting on his conduct as not being strictly honourable e ll repeating those charges to the home authorities. Colonel Crawley said he now wished to read a regi.. mental order of his, dated "?dhow, 27th May, 1862." It stated that his attention had been called to the number of soldiers who were daily reported sick, and who at tended the hospital. lie should be sorry to at. tribute this to any desire to escape parade or drill, which would be to suppose unsoldierlike qualities in the Inniskilling Dragoons, which he did not believe to exist. He rather attributed the circumstances to the me n exposing themselves to the sun, and in going to the bazaars where they drank the pernicious liquors sold to them by unscrupulous natives. He hoped this would be attended to, as he had no desire to resort to roll call or any other dis agreeable cause to enforce what was for the good of the men themselves. After some discussion on the reception of the documents which had been read, Colonel Crawley said he was now ready to call his wit nesses. _ . _ Capt. Francis George Savage Curtig, of thz 6th Dragoons, was called and examined by Colonel Crawley. Were you, on or about the sth of November, 1862, present at my house at Mhow when a conversation took place between me and Lieutenant Fitzsimon in reference to the arrest of Sergeant Major Lilley ?—I was. State as nearly as you can recollect what passed in refer ence to the arrest ?—Colonel Crawley asked Lieut. Fitzsimon if he had seen the sentries posted himself. He had to ask the question two or three times before Lieut. Fitzsimon would give him a decided answer. At last Lieut. Fitzsimon said he had not seen the sentries posted himself, but had contented himself with visiting them once or twice a day afterwards. Did Lieut. Fitzsimon at that time allege any cause for not having seen the sentries posted himself ?—No, I aid not hear any. Did ho on that occasion Bay anything about having ab. stained from entering the house to see the sentries posted, on account of the state of Mrs. Lilley 's health ?—No, I never heard anything of the sort. Were you present at my house o n or about the 7th of Nov , 1662, when I had a conversation with Lieutenant Ht s zimon about the withdr awal of an appeal he ad ad-. dressed to tho Commander-in -Chief ?—I was. State as nearly as you can what took place on that sub, ject ? -Colonel Crawley read out to Lieut. Fitz,imon a e mu . Whether he munication he had received from Major General Farrell 0 Major Champion, stating that his protest as thr Farrell Lieutenant Fitz- Commander-in -Chief's remarks on his evidence at the courte warted was insubordinate, and recommended him as being a young officer to withdraw it. The Commandaenrai Nvithdraw it. Col. Colonel thought it better to give him an opportunity of doing 4 Chief Colonel Crawley then asked Lie e tt w t. woh l uhe -, l i i discssohLoe w i s hdr 8 i o :lel Crawley) if the letter asoi Crawleywished w i to nwosu t a o lsidad i w ,bd i et t h h hbe d ae r tt btaewai better f t iNon h rio e , ihjw l ai e mir : t hG e ( r cte , hno t ale o otr Crawley wished him to do so, h w ent on. At leng th Colo nel Crawley g a v e hi m a quar t e r of an hour to con sider the matter, and at the end of that rather send a written answer, which I believe time Lieut. Fitzsimon said be he afterwardsw°llll On the 26th of April were did. room at my house when the you present in the orderly previously to their being c sergeant majors were examined Davies and Captain ag placed under arrest and were Mr. Were you present Renshaw present P—l was ; they wore.geant Major Lille at the Mhow court martial when •Ser offered to his wif : .,, made his statement as to the indignities I was. Were you sitting. close to me, and if so, state what was my behaviour en that statement being made ?—I was sitting quite close by you. When Sergeant Major Lilley said ho had boon subject to these indignities, I can well remember Colonel Crawley's look of astonishment. Ile turned round to the, and said, " Good God, can this be true." Sir A. Horaford did not ask either of the witnesses any question. Lieut. Hamilton John Wallace, of the 6th Dragoons, examined by Colonel Crawley. He said he was at Colonel Crawley's house on the 3d of October, when a eonver sation took place between the Colonel and Quarter master Wooden relative to a letter in the Deccan Herald. No one else was present. Colonel Crawley read out a portion of the letter in the Deccan Herald, writtenby Mr. Smales, and askedttMr. Mr. Wooden several tines:ions about it. He asked Mr. Wooden if he had heard lately from Mr. rrest. Colonel Smales. Mr. Wooden said he had not. gr. Wooden or, and his say. said he remembered the occasion referred to when Colonel Crawley in, orderly room complained to Lieut. Fitzsimon i o u f g apersonsum esomething ing having aboutacc t e h s e s to m theeau meaning g o e f a c n i t o o m e a a j Crawley asked Mr. Wooden if he had reminded him that Sergeant Major Lilley was married, and his wife sick, as stated by Mr. Swedes M his letter. Mr. Wooden, said he had not, and that he did not think it would have become him to have done so. Colonel Craw low then asked him whether he had heard him ma k . - the speech quoted by Mr. Smales about " married c e r single, officer or soldier." Mr. Wooden said he did -- - not remember him saying anything o f the kind, and that the only thing he remembered hearing was which wa,, said by Colonel Crawley about the something close arreet. Colonel Crawley then asked 11 - illeaniug of had cold Mr. Smales what he had stated in him whether he Wooden replied that he never told Mr.the letter. Mr. about it at all. Colonel Crawley said ' Smales anything that he could recollect nothing it was very odd, and said that he could not remember about it. Mr. Wooden ho was in the habit of bein, much about it either, as and henring so many conversations, much in the orderly-room member much about hearing that hr could not re member Franzee, any one in particular. a b duced) was a correct at, Parsec merchant, sain the bill (pro geant Major Lilley in 'count of liquors supplied to Ser and June, IE2. c a the riiirilis of March, April, May , statements as t e items were read, and herd out the to and beer 2,l,vied he quantity of brandy,. gin , wine ' the bill was 103* to the sergeant ne,jor. 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