The Sun.
London, England, 1863-12-02 00:00:00

Liverpool Cotton Market—This Day.

1 Matket dull an quiet: Sales probably 3,000
uitleti.

rfriE LICK SHOEMAKER.—A French journal
the following particulars respecting the origin
dthe fortune of M. Bravay, the deputy whose return in the
W$
,__?Eirtutent of the Gard has just been annulled. M. Bravay
8 born at Saint-Esprit in the Gard, where his father was
a trail
—esnlan in narrow circumstances. After serving his
aPlsrenticeship to a shoemaker. the son went abroad, and
'otl last year with a fortune which the least exagge-
rat,Ld reports estimate at 1:5,000,000 francs. It appears that,
1
,",ng France, he went to Egypt, and obtained occu-
,l3l'"on in a shoe-shop at Cairo. One day a stranger, evi-
ently
person of rank, who had torn his embroidered
r'lit'rP eer
.while walking, entered the shop and wished to have
I)43repaired while h 3 waited. The master of the este-
, tnent called Bravay, who repaired the slipper very
44t137. to the great satisfaction of its owner. On going
4"Y the stranger told Bravay that he would send for him
daY about other repairs which he wished to
messengerhave;ixecuted. A accordingly came and conducted
seatr'vaY to the palace, whore he was ushered into the pre-
fe
theof the Vicacoy, in whom he recognised the stranger
previoui day. The Viceroy showed him the slippers
t'w•hichile wished t 3 have renaired, entere4 into converse-
-I°4 abotltat his
shoUld business,
and
at last propOsed that Bravay
„ BuPply shoes for part of the army. From that
13ravay became an extensive contractor for Go •
erznaent supplies, and soon acquired great wealth and in-
hius At the death of the Pasha, M. Bravay realised
foreutie, and returned to Franca. His first action on
I'me,tll'unag to his native place was to indemnify all persons
"40 had suffered by his father's failure many years before.

Bir., Wol., and Str. Val.
Blythe and Tyne.
Bost.,Sleaf.,and Mid.Co
Bristol and Exeter ...•
Caledonian
Cork and Bandon
Cornwall
A irets div
Do A
till tip c.p an.hat•
Do. B
been paid to B.
Dublin ,t Belfast June.
Dun.,Perth,Sz Ab. June.
Edinburgh & Glasgow.
Glasg. and S. Western.
Great Eastern, Ord. stk
Ditto A stock
Ditto East Anglian st
GreatNorthof Scotland
Great Northern
Do A stock
Do B do
Gt. S. an i W. of Irelan
Great Western
Do Str Val gua. stock
Lancashire & Yorkshire
London and Blackwall
Lon., Bright.ot S. Coast
Lon., Chat., and Dover
Lon. & Nor' h Western
Lon. & So.,th Western
Man., She., & Lincoln.
Maryport and Carlisle.
Dot shares...
Metropolitan
Midland
Do New

Do Binning. it Derby
&lid. (it. W. of Ireland

Do. 4 shares
Mid Kent
Do Cray Line
North British
Edin., Perth, & Dundee
Nth. Eastern—Berwick
Do, G.N.E. purchase
Do Leeds
Do York
Do Carlisle
North London
Do New ....
North Staffordshire
N. and S. W. Junction
Scottish Central
Scot N. E., Aber. stoat,
Do Soot. Mid. stock
Shrews. and Welchpool
Shropshire Union
South Devon ...
South Eastern
South Wales
S. York. and River Dun
Staines,Wok.,andVirok.
'Stockton & Darlington,

Do
Do New, 1866
Taff Vale
Do B
Do C
Ulster
Do
Do
Vale of Neath
Victoria sta. and Pim
Waterford t Kilkenny'
West Cornwall
W. Hartlepool Han&R 1
West Midland-Oxford'
Do Newport
Do Hereford