The Sun.
London, England, 1863-03-31 00:00:00

THE -SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, MARCH 31, 1863.

LAW INTELLIGENCE—This Day.

COURT OF BANKRUPTCY.
(Before Mr Cornmlssioner Holroyd )

IN RE FALCONER.

Mr. E. Reed said he applied to his Honour for an exten-
sion of time for Mr. Falcont,r to file the accounts direct-d
by the Court. Notice of the intended application had been
given to Mr. Keene, the solicitor to the opposing creditor,
and he was now present. The learned counsel said that
his application was supported by an affidavit by Mr. Fal-
coner that immediately after the order made by the Court
on the 19th of February last, he, with his treasurer, Mr.
Foster, had proceeded to make. out tee accounts, which, huw••
eve , were of such an intricate and peculiar a nature that
it would be impossible to complete them in time, and it was
abs Mutely essen ial th•it it should be extended.

His Hon, ur stud the affidavit ought to go further, and
show what had been done and what remained to be done.
Mr. Reed said that it would only show a mass of crude
figures.

His Honour—Let Mr. Foster make an affidava as to
what progress he has made and what he is likely to do.
Mr. Keene opposed the application, and contended that
ample time had been allowed.

His Honour said that if Mr, Foster made an affidavit,
and it was satisfactory, he would give further time.
The case, therefore, stands over till to-morrow.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE,—This Day.

MARL BOROUGH-STREET.

" BLOOD OR MONEY."—BRUTAL ASSATTLT.—MichaeI
Driscoll, a rough Irish labourer, was brought before Mr.
Tyrwhitt, on a warrant, charged with assaulting William
Lecbard in a savage manner.

Prosecutor, whose head was bandages, and who had
evidently received some very rough usage, said that while
in the Globe public-house, Compton-street, on Saturday
afternoon he asked the prisoner fora shilling he owed him,
and prisoner said he had not got one, Subsequently, on
the prisoner's wife coming in, he asked her for it, and she
put down a sixpence, which prisoner tried to get at, and
because he could not he knocked him (prosecutor) down and
kicked him about the face with his heavy boots, severely
injuring his mouth, and then ran away.
A constable said that seing the prisoner yesterday on a
scaffold, he called:to him to come down, but he raanaged to
get away. subsequently he took prisoner into custody,
when he said the prosecutor had aggravated him, saying f
he did not have money he would have blood.
Prisoner said prosecutor had once bitten a piece of his
ear off, and that on Saturday he woul,l have either " blood
or money."

Prosecutor denied the prisoner's statement, and declined
Mr. Tyrwhitt's suggestion that the matter should be settled
between them, stating that since the attack the prisoner
had threatened him.
Mr. Tyrwhitt avid it was a most brutal way of attacking
a man, and fined prisoner 20s. or 14 days.

CONSERVA'

SOCIETY.

MEETING THIS DAY.

The quarterly meeting was held this day at the offices in
Norfolk-street.

Th 9 SECRETARY (Mr. Gruneisen) read tho advertise-
ment convening the meeting.

Lord RANELAGII, chairman, read the following report of
the Executive Committee

The Executive Committee of the Conservative Land
Society submit to the shareholders the annexed satisfactory
return of the receipte for two first quarters of the eleventh
financial year :

Qrs. ending Shares In Shares Total
"8 progress. Complete Shares. Receipts.
Dec. 24, 18'2 .. s. d.
116 67 203 15,916 15 2
March 25, 186 d 2OS 24 232 18,413 19 11
-- -----
Half year ending
Lady-day, 1863 341 91 435 31,560 15 1
Totals to Sept
3P, 18'2 14,780 3,921 18,685 625,392 13 2
- Grand totals to ---
Lady-day, 186', 15,101 4,016 19,120 656.053 R

19,120

The motion was carried unanimously, and thanks
having been awarded to the directors and manager,
the proceedings terminated.

BANK OP ENGLAND AND FRANCE,

MEETING THIS DAY.

An extraordinary general meeting of the proprietors of
tho Bank of England and France was held to-day to con-
firm the articles of association in lieu of the provisions con-
tained in schedule 13 of the Joint Stock Companies Act,
1856; Mr. Colchester in the chair. The meeting was
merely of a formal character, and the necessary resolutions
having been carried, the proceedings terminated.

West Indian, Mexican, and Pacific Mails.

SOUTHAMPTON, MARCH 30.
The Royal Mail Company's steamship Tasmanian
has arrived here with the above mails, 4,083,524
dols. in speck, 2,886 packages of cargo, and 131
passengers, including Baron Wagner, Prussian
Minister to Mexico.
The Tasmanian left St. Thomas's on the 16th inst.
The marriage of the Prince of Wales was celebrated
there with great loyalty. Salutes were fired from
the shipping and the forts.
The English mail which usually leaves Mexico
on the 2d had not arrived at Vera Cruz on the 3d,
when the Tasmanian left.
The Prussian Minister left Mexico on the 18th of
February, and embarked at Vera Cruz on the 3d
inst. General Forey left Orizaba with his staff on
the 23d ult., to join the main body of the French
army at Acultzingo. All preparations were made
for marching upon Puebla ; 18,000 Mexican troops
were in that city, under Ortega, and 3,500 occupied
San Martin, on the road from Puebla to Mexico,
under Comonfort.
General BJzaile was menacing this position with
6,000 men, quartered between Naupaluca and Hui,
mantle.
The Juarez Government continued its extortions
in Mexico, and the principal capitalists left with
the Prussian Minister. They were attacked near
Soledad by Mtxican guerillas, who were repulsed
by the French escort. The health of the French
troops was good on the plateau, but they had suf-
fered from intermittent fever and dysentery on the
coast. In consequence of the bombardment of
Acapulco by the French fleet the Governor of Ma-
zatlan had gone there with 2,000 men. No news
had been received of the whereabouts of the French
fleet since the bombardment of Acapulco. Mr.
Waltham, in charge of the British legation, was
still in the city of Mexico.
The news from Chili is unimportant. The Val.
paraiso markets were more animated. The wheat
harvest would be abundant and shipments heavy.
Discount and interest were unaltered. Exchange
on London, 441 d. to 45d. the dollar.
The principal subject of attention in Peru was the
new currency law, which had given great dissatis-
faction to the merchants, who held an indignation
meeting, and protested against it. Various Peru-
vian vessels employed in the transportation of emi-
grants from Polynesia had been detained by the
French authorities, under the impression that these
vessels were taking passengers from places belong-
ing to the empire. Almost all the vessels detained
had been released on condition of their abandoning
the trade.

A battle was fought on the 23d between the Guate-
mala forces under Carrera and the Salvordian forces
under Barrios, resulting in favour of the latter.
Carrera was repulsed, leaving his killed in the in-
trenchmeuts. The following day Carrera renewed
the onslaught, and, after eight hours' fighting, the
Guatemalians were completely beaten, when they
retired in great disorder, leaving their arms, muni-
tions of war, and the killed and wounded on the
field.

Congress was in Session at San Jose on the 28th
ult. No opposition was likely to be offered to the
Government candidate, Senor Jiminez.
The coffee crop was a failure, and would not ex-
ceed 70,000 quintals.

The people of Antioqua had loaned the Ganeral
Government 1,400,000 dole. by subscriptions.
The news front the West India Islands is unim-
portant. The elections at Jamaica were drawing to
a close, and were unfavourable to the Government.
His Excellency the Governor had issued a procla-
mation for a general holyday for the 12th ult. in
celebration of the marriage of the Prince of Wales.
Business was dull. Public health good.
At Demerara the weather was fine. Trade stag-
nant with no prospect of improvement, Produce

was arriving at market slowly. Tonnage was
abundant, and freights declining.
At Barbadoes the weather was favourable to
planters, and the sugar crops were promising. The
health of the island was good. Provisions dull,
excepting butter, which waslwanted.
The Confederate steamer Floric:a left Barbadoes
on the 25th ult. The Federal steamer Vanderbilt,
in search, arrived on the 6th inst.
Exchange on London, 60 days, 490 dole.

ments to £128,223. Our total advances on loan for the
same period have amounted to £272 556, supplying effective
relief and assistance to hundreds in time of difficulty, and
unquestionably fulfilling a great public requirement, not
fulfilled either by discounters or bankers. Our total ascer-
tained losses on this large amount amounted to no more than
£4,040, showing that our losses from the commencement
have not reached 1 per cent, of the amount advanced.
We may justly point to uur deposits as showing that we
have merited and obtained the confidence of the public, and
to our loaning, as giving very positive evidence of the care,
circumspection, and judgment which have been unceas-
ingly bestowed upon it.
" With regard to the balance in our favour, as shown by
the statement of assets and liabilities, the directors are
strongly of opinion that it would be imprudent to recom-
mend any portion to be dealt with as a division of profits.
They consider that the interest of the company will be
much better consulted by applying for the present all
available resources to produce results in the future. In
their (pinion the object for which wo should all work is the
extension of the company's operations, based on an exten-
sion of its funds, and we cannot help here reminding our
shareholders how often we have appealed to them to aid )
us to the utmost of their power towards this end, and have
urged on their notice the simple fact, that with our staff and
machinery, and without sensible increase of outlay, we
could as well transact a loan business of £200,000 perannum
as one of .C 59,000.
" Before closing this report wemay mention that we have
now under consideration a scheme for extending our opera-
tions, from which we have good reason to hope for a favour-
able result. It would be quite premature to enter into any
details now, but we hope that when we have the pleasure
of meeting you at the end of another year wo may be able
to report both the completion of our scheme and its success-
ful operation.
" We recommend that the share dividend be the same as
last year, namely, at the rate of 6 per cent per annum."
The CHAIRMAN, in moving that the report just
read be received and adopted, congratulated the
meeting on the great success and increase of busi-
ness that had attended their operations during the
past year. This was a circumstance which he felt
certain would give satisfaction to every per-
son present, and showed that the objects of the
company were largely appreciated by the general
public. They were at present the largest Loan
and Annuity Company in the metropolis, but with
the present effective staff and machinery
they possessed, they could transact double the
amount of business if it only came to their office.
Individual exertion would do much, and he did
not think he was asking over much if he pressed
on the shareholders the mutual advantage
that would arise from additional business. (Hear,
hear.) Another matter of congratulation was the
result of the close of the quinquennial period, from
which it would be seen that from the origin of the
company to the end of the financial year just closed
the receipts on deposits had amounted to X 167.447,
the total repayments being £128,223. (Hear,
hear.) The total advances on loan for the same
period amounted to X 272,556, thus, as the re-
port truly stated, supplying effective relief and
assistance to hundreds in time of difficulty, and
unquestionably fulfilling a great public requirement
not offered to the public by either discounters or
bankers. While this large amount of business had
been transacted it was highly satisfactory to know
that the total loss from the commencement of the
society amounted only to X 4,040. (Hear, hear.)
After some further observations, the Chairman
resumed his seat, after formally moving the adop
tion of the report.

DO WNING-STRE ET, MARCH 28.
The Queen has been pleased to appoint the Right Rev.
William Wa,rongJackson, D D , Lerdßishop of Antigua,
to be a member of the Legislative Council ofthe Island
of Antigua.
Her Majesty has also been pleesed to appoint James
Kirk, Esq. to be a Member of the Privy Council of the
Island of Tobago; Joseph Goodman, Esq , to be a Mem-
ber of the Legislative Council of the Island of Saint Lucia;
John Stevenson Grant, E,q., to be a Member of the Legis-
lative Council of the Bahama Islands; and Copeland James
Starners, :Es 4., to be a Member of the Legislative Council
of the Turks and Caicos islands.
WHITEHA t.L, MARCH 28.
The Queen has been pleased to oirect letters patent to be
passed under the Great Seal, constituting and appointing
Sir Richard Madox Bromley, K C. 8., to be one of the
Commissioners of Greenwich hospital.
WAR OFFICE, PALL-MALL, MARCH 31.
Ist Regiment of Dragoon Guards— Assistant-Surgeon
Joseph Augustin Fitzpatrick, tram let Foot, to be As-
sistant. Surgeon, vice McSheehy, M.D., appointed to the
Staff.
2d Dragoon Guards—Thomas Teed, Gent , to be Cornet
by purchase, vice Malet, transferred to the Sth Hussars.
4th Dragoon Guards--John Downie, Gent., to be Cornet,
by purchase, vice Colqutioun, promoted.
6th Dragoon Guards—Percy Richard Gay, Gent., to be
Cornet, by purchase, vice ()elver, transferred to the 25th
Foot; Acting Veterinary-eurgenn William Hall, to be
Veterinary-Surgeon, vice A. J. Owles, appointed to the
Staff, at Aldershott.
let Dragoons—Cornet James Henry Herbert Croft to be
Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Carteret Houston Kemp
son, who retires.
2d Dragoons—Lieut. George Edward Graham Foster
Pigott, fr m 60th Feet, to be Lieutenant, vice Moodie,
who eaohougem.
sth Lancers—Wm. Ludlow Forster, Gent., to be Cornet, by
purchase, vice Hamilton, promoted.
Bth Hussars—Cornet Francis Arthur Hutchins to be Lieu-
tenant, by purchase, vice Toenochy, who retires ; En-
sign Alfred Robert Hale Swindley, from 28th Foot, to
be Cornet, vice Philip, who exchanges; Cornet Wm.
St. Lo Melee from 2d Dragoon Guards, to be Cornet,
vice Hutchins.
12th Lance-a—Captain Robert Campbell to be Major, by
purchase, vice Robert Herbert Heath Jary, who retires ;
Lieut. Erasmus Gower. to be Captain, by purchase, vice
Campbell ; Cornet John Hervey Browne to be Lieute,
nant, by purchase, vice Gower.
Royal Artillery—Lieutenant-Colonel and Brevet Colonel
Charles Hogge, C. 8., to be Colonel, vice Francis Burton
Boileau, retired upon full-pay ; Captain and Brevet Major
William Alexander Mackinnon, C. 8., to be Lieutenant-
Colonel, vice Hogge; Second Captain Robert Murray to
be Captain, vice Mackinnon; Lieutenant Minto Elliot to
be Second Captain, vice Murray; Lieutenant Henry
Webster Shakerley to be Second Captain, vice Burnaby,
appointed Adjutant; Gentleman Cadet Charles Francis
Baring Grey to be Lieutenant, vice Elliot; Gentleman
Cadet William Edward Sharp to be Lieutenant, vice
Shakerley; Second Captain Michael Tweedie to be Ad-
jutant, vice Bevan, who declines the appointment ;
Second Captain Alexander Dickson Burnaby to be Adju-
tant, on augmentation; Sergeant-Major Henry Nelson to
Quartermaster, on augmentation ; Quartermaster-Ser-
geant Robert Steven to be Quartermaster, on augmenta-
tion
Royal Engineers—The date of Colonel William Barclay
Goodfellow's Commission as Colonel-Commandant to
bear date 28th November, 1854, not Ist August, 1854, as
stated in the Gazette of 29th April, 1862; Colonel
William Robinson, from the Supernumerary List, to be
Colonel. vice Walpole, promoted to Major-General.
Military Train—Gentleman Cadet William Leir, from the
Royal Military College, to be Ensign, by purchase, vice
McMahon, promoted.
Scot. Fusilier Guards—Major and Brevet-Colonel Francis
Seymour, C. 8., to be Lieutenant-Colonel, without pur-
chase, vice Brevet-Colonel Ridley, promoted to be Major-
General; Captain and Lieutenant-Colonel and Brevet-
Colonel Henry Percival de Bathe to be major, without
purchase, vice Brevet-Colonel Seymour, C.B. ; Lieute-
nant and Captain George Grant Gordon to be Captain
and Lieutenant-Colonel, without purchase, vice Brevet-
Colonel de Bathe Ensign and Lieutenant Stephen
James Ram to De Lieutenant and Captain, without pur-
chase, vice Gordon ; William Julius Gascoigne, Gent.,
to be Ensign and Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Rem.
let Regiment of Foot—Staff Assistant-Surgeon Edward
Brock to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Joseph Augustin
Fitzpatrick, appointed to Ist Dragoon Guards.
6th Fory—Lieutenant-Colonel Edward W. D. Lowe, C. 8.,
from 21st Foot. to be Lieutenant-Colonel, vice Brevet-
Colon°, James Elphinstob Robertson, who exchanges.
9th Foot—Ensign John Court Ferguson Grier to be Lieu-
tenant, by purchase, vice Francis Tuach Rolls, who re-
tires; George Edward Vernon, Gent., to bo Ensign, by
purchase, vice Grier.
'.oth Foot—Ensign George William Carter to be Lieute-
nant, by purchase, vice Samuel Fred Poole, who retires;
Gentleman Cadet George William Truecott Martin, from
the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, by purchase,
vice Carter.
th Foot—Lieutenant Edward Langford Dillon to he Ca

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-tain, without purchase, vice Edward Abbot Anderson,
seconded on being appointed Instructor in Military Sur-
veying at the Royal Military College, Sandhurst; En-
sign Charles Crawford Yates Butler to bo Lieutenant,
without purchase, vice Dillon; Paymaster, with honorary
rank of Major, Charles Fade Heatly, from 86th Foot, to
be Paymaster, vice Paymaster, with honorary rank of
Major, John Cornea, deceased.
21st Foot—Lieutenant-Colonel and Brevet-Colonel James
Elphinston Robertson, from 6th Foot, to be Lieutenant-
Colonel, vice Edward W. D. Lowe, C. 8., who ex-
changes.
22d Foot--Ensign Robert Fleetwood William Rynd to be
Lieutenant, by purchase, vice William S. Ward, who
retires; Robert Arthur Blane, Gent., to be Ensign, by
purchase, vice Rynd.
28th Foot—Cornet Henry Philips, from Bth Hussars, to be
Ensign, vice Swindley, who exchanges.
34th Foot—Ensign John Macredie Mure, to be Instructor
of Musketry, vice Lieutenant Julius Dyson Laurie, pro-
moted.
36th Foot—Ensign John Dickinson Atkinson, to be Lieu-
tenant, by purchase, vice William Ru-hton, who retires;
Gentleman Cadet Henry Thomas Cramer Roberts, from
the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, by purchase.
38th Foot—Captain Henry Payne Hurford, from 75th
Foot, to be Captain, vice Hume, who exchanges.
44th Foot—Lieutenant William Arthur Wood to be Cap-
tain without purchase, vice Brevet Major John Loftus
Otway Mansergh, deceased ; Gentleman Cadet William
Wood, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign,
without purchase, in succession to Lieutenant W. A.
Wood.
65th Foot—Lieutenant Cotton Edwin Theobald to be Cap-
tain, withoutpurchase, vice William Hamilton Richards,
Seconded, on being appointed Instructor of Military
Drawing and Surveying, at the Royal Military College,
Sandhurst; Lieutenant Robert Fitzgerald Dalton to be
Captain, by purchase, vice John George Echalaz, who
retires ; Ensign David Anderson Ogden to be Lieute-
nant, without purchase, vice Theobald ; Ensign Frede-
rick Baird to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Dalton ;
William Thomas Thompson, Gent., to be Ensign, by
purchase, vice Baird.
56th Foot—Lieutenant Michael Clare Garcia to be Adju-
tant, vice Lieutenant John William Flnakisson, who
resigns that appointment.
58th Foot— Captain Ralph Lovel Thuraby, from the Cape
Mounted Riflemen, to be Captain, vice G. F. Morant,
who exchanges ; Gentleman Cadet Harloren Morley
Saunders, from the Royal Military College, to be En-
sign, by purchase, vice Charles Lucas Methuen, trans-
ferred:to the 79th Foot.
60th Foot—Lieutenant Daniel Moodie, from 2d Dragoons,
to be Lieutenant, vice Pigott, who exchanges.
75th Foot—Captain Walter Hume, from 38th Foot, to be
Captain, vice Huriord, who exchanges.
78th Foot—Ensign Anthony Jones Carstairs to be Lieute-