The Sun.
London, England, 1863-12-11 00:00:00

Liverpool Cotton Market—This Day,

Sales of the week, 32,220 bales, including 5,160
on spec, and 11,370 bales for export. Actual ex.
port 7,256 bales. Estimated stock, 253,220 bales.
Quotations—Middling Orleans 274 ; Upland, .27 ;
estimated fair Egyptian, 27:1 ; Surats, 12 to 251,
imports of the week, 26,912.
~;larket steady and firmer. Sales probably 5,000
or 6,009.

Extraordinary Bigamy Case at Sunderland.

At Sunderland,
lately assistant
jacatniaturgewedhat
on Wednesday, John Grieve,
civilwaa engineer to the River W
theim:thoreyr,nl
Commissioners,
fBst6h,ehme
a:a s
withp b
peculiar. ul ga
ra.na l
In Sep Wear
-
married to Matilda Blench, at
Bishopton Church, darnesecdribionng himself as a professor
he
After
Wixtrol,
:on: tG: rtri eiosaot
s,
heardt postage
timegned
of mathematics,
the son of a barrister. :as ill
engaged at the Tyne Docks.
living with his
wife a month be left her, and
of till May, 1862, when
from the
Glasgow Gaol, asking for a
stamps and some letters to comfort hirns:
afterwards obtained his appointment under the 8"u
Wear Commissioners. While employed thus ie
Sunderland, he called at the shop of a Miss Waldie,
and introduced himself by saying he knew the lat„,
Mr. Waldie, banker of Kelso, and asked if she was
any relation. A few days afterwards, Miss Waldie
received a letter proposing marriage, in which the
defendant said he had never met with any one he
could love but her. After a few inquiries she con-
sented, and they were married on October 23.
Three days afterwards, he left for Liverpool to ob-
tain a situation, and wrote several times asking for
money, which was always sent to him, till the
unfortunate lady discovered that be had been
previously married. He was apprehended in Ire-
land, and on Dec. 3 his second wife received the
following letter from him, dated from the Sunder-
land prison :—" Through the great goodness of Mr.
Stainsby I am permitted to drop you a few lines.
How
straege and mysterious are the ways of Pro-
videnee. Little did I know the last Sabbath that
I spent with you that you would be the means of
he ehnndgi. eg
despair.me here.
Good
0 dI
heavens!look to thewh future
situation wi th I
t re
am
in. The sight of a green field and the great silent sky
above it--0 I why shculd it be denied mortal man ?
But there is ada day coming in the history of man-
kind—that
grand
s
universalh inquest when the
khynotwhenßthleennehheosw,
drugged
go d
treacherously
my
drink,
an
d will
ma be
They
e the
recollection
obetrayed
ft
ha
t
fatal
day than I have of thedeluge
mpreepqaurietde.stulphida.veTthlh n ewyya m
o r harci l be
I licenceaith a opt a
destroyedring
the
nhe
earth. The clergyman
When
had he
saw that I was
stupid with drink, said hecommittedh a most
T
illegal act in reading the service. Blenches
knew this right well, and they have
no
upon me. I am truly sorry for Yo: claim
; but
you must remember that you are and
Will
be my wife in the sight of heaven. ll
married you with my will but never any other. I
am heavy-hearted, lonesome, and sad. I do not
know what to do a long dreary winter in prison.
New Year's Day was the day appointed to com-
mence my situation in Liverpool. Oh, what a
change ! lam very hungry ! For the days that
are departed will you not condescend to send me a
small piece of something to eat ?" A number of
witnesses were called to prove that the statement of
his being intoxicated at the wedding was entirely
untrue, and he was committed for trial.

Bank of England Return,.—Last Evening,

An Account, pursuant to the Act 7th and Bth 'Victoria,
cap. 32, for the week ending on Wednesday, the 9th day
of Dec., 1863:--

ISSUE DEPARTMENT.

Votes issued ........Z26.828,575,

Government Debt £11,015,1C0
Other Securities .. 3,634,4100
Gold Coin it Bullion 12,278,575
Silver Bullion ....

£26,928,5721
RANKING D.
ezoprietors' Capi-
tat £14,553,000
Rest
Public Deposits (in-
cluding Exche-
quer, Savings'
Banks, Commis-

£26,928,575

lEPARTIMNT.
Government_ Seen-

cities (including
Dead W eightAn-

nuity) £10,712,330
Other Securities 21.613,329
Notes
Gold and &Pier
.730,v42
Coin

znleetoneri of Na-
tional Debt, and

Lividend , Ac-
counts) 8,629,856
Other Deposits 12,981,276
Seven Day and
other Bills 603,167

£39,591.236
X 1.4

439,991,234
.RSHALL, Chief Ca tier.

SHIPPING—This Day.

LONDON, Dec. 11.—Wind this day at noon—South•
Westerly ; moderate breeze, and cloudy weather, with
rain.

(BY MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.)
GRAVESEND, Friday Morning
Arrived, Dec. 10—Zephyr, from Gefle ; August, from
Taganrog; randor, from New York ; Elizabeth Wright,
from Dantsic ; Admiral Nelson, from Guernsey ; Anniver-
sary and Palladium, from Dantaic ; Aima, from Gravelines,
sailed, Dec. 10—Cologne, steamer, for Rotterdam; Dol.
phin, steamer, for Antwerp; Triton, steamer, for 13ou•
logne ; Cid, steamer, for Bilbao.

Foreign Mail Packet List.

19.
Du:
arBeines
..Dec......
Anatralla an.c.LidanritiMnsA, vTaaSmSoarutsehaiiinlepston
19,
.. Dec.D 13
Brazil and Cape Verde, by British psae.tkec. ....... Jan. 4.'
Cape of Good Hope, A:BCCII8i0B, and . Helena.. Dec, 29
China, Penang, and suigapore, via §itithatupton.Dee

islandeo.u...B•ll2. P.l°ll ' vi.:.a..algiolult.l....a.sui: ************* *** *********** 11291
Portugal....
Falklandtraug dg:tatiCira I
.c.vultat :a:12::
** tj4:l_ Ce y l o:.2: * v. 1. . .A I.
.a.r.e
..
.. 11. e s . . . . Dec. l3.
--- Southampst.tiouth:
ralnadiita,a (Bon'
.t;gypb:9), vvii: marseillLe
d"Aden, via so ..... Jan. 4.
Dec. 12.
via Alarseilles Dec. 6.
Newfoundland ............... Dec. 9.
Oporto and Vigo ..........
u. s. and British N. Americf: V ..
'
, y Lrit.packet Dec. 9,
by U.S. packet
Canadian packet. Dec. 12.
Q.C. of Africa, Madeira by' , and 1 eneriffe Dec. 10.
Bahamas, via New York" Dec. 17.
gexico ........
All parts of West 1ndie5.................... • • .•
Dec.
29.
, including Chili, Peru, I Dec. 14.
California. and British Columbia. m"p.t.o.o ...... Dec. 12.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE,

RACING FIXTURES FOR 1864.

FEBRUARY.
DerbyNLiovtet
Liverpool :ShopLlariminneg: Sn pg ring . . ........... 23.
M3l"cyCHhoerklnisspfoggSpring
8 Durham 2B
19
Shrewsbury
• ----

Ar
Croxton-park 1
Epsom Spring
Chester
Salisbury l2
Bath
Jv
Ascot ..
Chelmsford ............ 28
JULY.
Nottingham

'JUL.
I Newmarket ...• 11
Newmarket First Craven Spring 25
AY.
IManchester ..••.''"'lB
Harpenden ....•••' 20
Epsom .............. .. 24
tN.X.
Neoccastle-on-TYne .... 29
I Woroesto (Summer) .. 30

Newmarket July ...... 0
.A.ll,

Reading ..............
231
1
Egham ..............
York ...... . ......... 23
SEFTI

Oxford .. 25
Derby 3O
Lichfield

:DfBER.

Warwick ..............
Leicester .........••••• 8
Doncaster ........... 13
19
Drown ................
OCTOBER.

Richmond ............ 20
Monmouth ............ 22
Newmarket First October 27

Novraer 18 ket Second Oct. 10 Newmarket Houghton.. 24
Gloucester
NOVEMBER.
Worcester Autumn ........ 1
STEEPLECHASING FixTuliEs FOR 1864.
JANUARY.

Manchester ...................... 1

FEBRITAItY.

Lincoln ..........................
nl ARM

Liverp001...........,

The Aftonbladet, of Stockholm, Ist, says Vr°
lately announced the epplication made by the Go-
vernment for at extraordinary credit of three
millions of rixdollers (sf. 70c. each) for ormareentB.
The Diet has just taken the matter into considera-
tion, and solved it. The four States have voted %le
credit unanimously, and thus given the full st on.
proouien to the policy of the Government.