The Sun.
London, England, 1857-12-14 00:00:00

TALLOW.

Since our last report, a full average business bas been
transacted in this market, p
andprices have been well sup-
ported. To-day the demand is steady, and P.Y.C. on the
spot is quoted at 52s 31 per cwt. Rough fat is 2s lld per
8 lbs.

1853.

1854.

Stock this day ; 46.128 32,887 19.141
5s 94 t, 64s 3d 68 o,li r
Price of Y. C
57s r --s Od 6Z 3d
Delivery last week ..! 1,260 1,914 2,231
Ditto from June I ! 59,336 45,532 74.739
Arrivals last week.. i 5,242 I, 41 2,412
Ditto from Junel •„ .. 82,142 42,142 46,165
Price ut Town 58 OJ 65s 6d 67s Cd

1856. 1 1857.

18,576 35,124
59s Od tc 2s 3d to
—I 0 ! —s Od
2,449 2,947
72,078 60,732
1,399 1,192
73,'74 82,744
60s 3d 588 9d

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SUN OFFICE, Six, o'Clock.

TATTERSALLS'—(This Evening.)

TWO THOUSAND GUINEAS.
6to 1 agst Clydesdale (taken)
100 to 15 agst Brother to Marchioness (taken)
9 to 1 agst Lord of Lorn (taken)
10 to 1 agst Happy Land

DERBY.
11 to 1 agst Clydesdale (take 12 to 1)
25 to 1 agst Sedbury (taken and offered)

NAVAL APPOINTMENTS.—(This Day.

The following appointments were made this afternoon
at the Admiralty :
Lientenants—J. W. Webb, to the Cambrian ; H. 111.
Miller, to the Lapwing.

RAILWAY TRAFFIC RETURNS.

TRAFFIC RETURNS FOR THE WEEK.

Nfile3
o,ened, NAME OF RAILWAY.

Receipts.

1857.

1856.

BEITI811• £ £
- Aberdeen ... ..... ........ • ..... -
65 ilelfa,A and Ballymena ....... ...... 1,140 1,050
17 Belfast and County Down• • • • •• - •• .. - -
32 Blrkcnhesd, Lancashire, and Cheshire 2,714 2,084
2654 Bolton, telackburn,and West York •• .. 1,003 933
118 ' Bristol and Exeter •• .• •••••••• ••• • .. 5,13 , 5,351
l'ir 1-jt j Caledonian........ •••• • ••••- - . • - 12,095 12,249
92 tA 1 Chester and Ilolyhead.• •.• .........• 4,',53 4,951
a% Cork, Blackrock, and Passage .• •• •• 194 178
20 Cork ant Bandon -••••--• • • • • • • • 250 221
55 Dablin and Belfast Junction • • ...... 1,112 1,088
63 Dublin and Drogheda• ••• .. ......... 1,446 1,414
4014 Dublin and Kingstown .... • • ........ 1,2 t 7 1,157
17q Dundee and Arbroath .• •••••• • • •• • • 599 bl 7
31 Dundee, Perth, and Aberdeen J unctioi 823 1,076
35 ' Dundalk 5113 Enniskillen •• .. •••• .• • • 454 413
67)4 East An0an......• •• • • • • - • • • • • • • • • • 929 992
93 East Lane: •• •• .... •• • • ........ 4.742 5,633
489 Eastern Counties and Norfolk •• .. 521,705 40,585
Eastern Uni0n................... 3
5,071 5 223
142 Edinburgh and Glas:,:ov .• • • • ........ ,
78 Edinburgh, Perth, and Dundee.-- 2,8 0 1 2,701
6 Exeter and Crediton.. • • .... •• ••• • • • - i -
22 Furness Railway •• • ••.. • • ...• .. •• - ' --
18311 Glasgow, and South-Western • ....... 6 163 1 6.161
2'3 Great Northern••••• ...... .......... 22,338 23,789
20314 Great Southern and Western/Ireland) 5,673 I 6,063
465 Grant Western .•••• • • • .. ...... 2.5,961 24.210
25 t 4 Irish South Eastern .• •• ••••-• • •• • • -
520 I b
90 Lancaster and Carlisle .............. 5, 3-10
286'4 Lancashire and Yorkshire..• ••••• •• •• 17,837 21,358
-
- Leeds Northern .. • • • • •• • .
161 Liverpool, Crosby, and Southport •• • • - -
637 London and North Western • • .... 51,1 4 56 347
53i London and Blackw all .• ••••• • - - - 1,295 1,189
18+3i London, Brighton, and • South Coast.. 12,20 10.931
28974 i,r.Tion and South Western. •• • • ••. . 12,258 7 11,602
60 Londonderry and Enniskillen - ...... 659 684
- Manchester, Buxton, and Matlock, &c. - -
1731 Manchester, Shottleld,and Lincolnshire 9,144 8,954
914 Manchester and South Junction.... - 782 713
28 Maryport and Carlisle • • • • • • _ _ „ „
.. 971 1,0:14
567 Midland •••••-••••••• • • • • . • • • • • • . 30,724 28,-86
177 Midland Groat Western (Irish) ...... 3,442 3,731
52 Monklands • • • • • • •• • • • • • • • - • • •• - .. - -
78 Newcastle and Carlisle .............. - -
149 North British .... •• - •• . . - . . .. . . .. 4.661 4,637
233 North Stailordshiro • • ............. 6,559 7,133
47 North-Western •• .. • • • • ............ 885 8(15
s') Scottish Central .• .... - ............ 2,802 2,701
3*4 Scottish Midland .... • • ......... .. - ; -
29 Shrewsbury and Birmingham ...... 1,511 1 1,540
481,4 Shrewsbury and Chester ............ 2,748 1 2,861
30 Shropshire Union •• .• •• •• •• •• •• •• •• 851 1 812
57 South Devon ....... „............... 2,051 ' '4.,117
301 N South Eastern ••••• • • • - ............ 15.!!84 15,309
171 South Wales ...................... 6,912 , 6,467
10831 South York., Doncaster, and Goole .. 2,851 i 2,642
53 Taff 'Vale ••••••••-- - - .. • • - - - 3,69 i j 4,125
3:i taster. .. .. •..•••• • . • • • . • •••• •• •• •• ' 1,319 1,280
77 Waterford mud Limerick • • ........ •• 949 1 956
27 West Cornwall ...... ..... ..• .. .• 611 , 655
121,•‘g Whitehaven Junction .-••••• • • • • • .. 436 369
682 York and Newcastle, and Berwick Fe
Y•srk and North Midland & Leeds.. -•-•
.......-.
-...
roartux.
109 Dutch Rhenish -.• • • ...... •• .. .• . • 2,638 1,891
63 Mortntl..eorre.:::;:rlaTurc,:ye.s......... ................
....
,6-80 37,-150
'5.11 Lyons and Mediterranean ........ • -
-
Namur and Liege .................. -
445 No 41 -
- Orleans and Central ..
357 earls and Lyons - -
Paris and Rouen. -
631 Paris and Strasburgh • ... • ....... .. - 1 -
-- loner, an! llavre- ...... _ •.... „
-
15 ,1 and North-West of France •• - - I -
-
..-........---.
- - •-_ ____ ___77.7..._•,A

COLLISION IN TIM ST. GEORGE'S CHANNEL.—LIVER!
POOL, Sunday.—The Times, screw steam ship, arrived
from Dublin this morning. She came into collision off
the Si eyries at 3 a.m., with the brig Atalanta, bound
front Liverpool to Buenos Ayree, which immediately
sank. The crew were saved by the Times, which sus-
tained but little damage.
Dn. LIV INGSTONE.---Dr. Livingstone has this week
sailed for Lisbon, its order to make arrangements with
the Portuguese Government relative to the naviga-
tion of the Z tinbese River, and commercial intercourse
with those regions of the interior where the coast
is under the Crown of Portugal. The en-
lightened interest already taken in African exploration
by the King of Poi tugal and his Ministers leaven lit le
doubt of the success of this mission of Dr. Livingstone,
whocarries with hie, private letters of the highest weight,
as well as the official papers of Lord Clarendon and the
British Government. De. Liviugetone intends to return
to this country for a short time, before finally starting
ft r the scene of his scientific and missionary labours. I
Lttcrary Gazette.
THE OVERLAND MAILS. —The overland India and
China wails that arrived last night at London-bridge at
10 o'clock have been on their passage from Malta ever
since Wednesday morning. The packet must have had
heavy weather from Malta to Marseilles, for she arrived
at the latter port in time only for the mails to be des-
patched to Paris by the Saturday morning 10 o'clock
train. From Paris the mails were forwarded by the
daily express train. arriving at 4 e.m. The mail-packet
Ondino was sent over to Calais from Dover yesterday in
anticipation, and brought Capt. Lowe, with despatches
from Lord Canning and the 51 boxes from the reads,
and landed them at Dover in a dense fog, whence they
came up to London by the regular passenger tran leav-
ing Dover at 7.30 p.m. No effort has been made to
expedite the transmission of these mails from Paris on
this occasion, on account of the Sunday regulations at
the Post-office, or they might easily have been in Lendon
by 3 p.m. yesterday via Boulogne, or 4 p.m. via Calais.
DREADFUL MURDER AND SUICIDE.—This morning
considerable excitement prevailed in the neighbourhood
of Eustoa-square railway station, in consequence of a
report that a dreadful murder and suicide had been com.'
mated at Harper's Coffee-house, Drummond-street,
Euston-,quare. It appeared shat on Thursday last a
man who seemed to be a foreigner, called with a female,
who it was supposed was his wife, and asked for a
lodging for a short period. They engaged a bed and
remained there till Sunday, when as they were both
about to leave, Mr. Harper stopped them and repro-
seated that he should require some money for the
expenses they had incurred. They returned to their
room and the landlord heating nothing of them the
whole day became alarmed, and the police having been
sent for the door was forced open when both parties
l'rofimrstthceutaptreeawraonmeaeno'sf
twheer were
onm discovered i
t is s
uqpupi Le
eddetande.
man
stahirnoeatin,
eaannds.then terminated his own existence by the
THE OUTWARD AUSTRALIAN MIILII.—The Royal
Mail Company's steamship Teviot, Captain Moir, left
Southampton on Saturday with the usual Australian
mails, 70 passengers, a full cargo, specie value 1,2001.,
,' jewellery 5,0001. A post-office was fitted np on the
' deck of the Teviot, for the sorting of the mails by a staff
of officers from the General Post-office, under the super-
intendence of Mr. Nash. This is the first floating post-
office that has been established in connection with the
English mail packets.
FUNERAL OF THE MURDERED DETECTIVE TRAIN,—On
Saturday the remains of Charles Thane, the detective
officer belonging to the City police force, who died in
Guy's Hospital on Friday morning, the 4th of this
mouth, from the effects of pistol-shot wounds inflicted
by the Bavarian Christian Settler. The scene was of a
solemnly imposing character aid, from the high respect
shown to the deceased, attracted a numerous assemblage
to witness the pet ferrnance of the funeral service. There
swtearbelesu
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tf e
da tbhsodui se
sa nndf ot fb
ethceityoffiancedrst:tie con-
stables
defective and general police force pre.sentt.m. _
AN EVENING WITH HOOD.—On Friday nigh ise.
.. G.
h oc
mh
choice e Hood.s
e lec-
'T
and. Dawson,
who
atrhieY Sussex-hall,a
cutionist, delivered a . .
amaetmtabineredof theo Printersn'iDr.tamatsic Saoncleetiyo,.
Hood's works, was excellently well delivered,
time from ownasthientewrsrpiteirnsgesd of Thomas
TLheaedleenethuarlel:stwrheeicth,
and afforded great saV_sfaction to a crowded and atten-
tive audience.
ISUICIDE OF A NOTTINGHAM MAGIETIATE. Mr.
Thomas Harriett, of Lamcote Hall, Ratcliffe-on-Trent,
near Nottingham, committed suicide a few days ago,
by drowning himself in a water-cistern.

COURT OF BANIERTJPTCY, EDINBURGH, Dec. 10.
(Before Mr. Sheriff Hallard.)
XIAMINATION OF JOHN EDWARD STKPHENS, LATE
BANKER.
The examination of the bankrupt was continued
to-day. For the trustee (Mr. Binnie) appeared
Mr. George Young, advocate ; Mr. Webster,
S.S.C. For the bankrupt, Mr. Clark, advocate ;
Mr. Wilkie, S.S.C.
In answer to questions by Mr. Young, the
bankrupt deponed—l had no other bulk account
except that kept in the name of the London and
Eastein Bank. This ao count was one debt which
I owed at the date of my marriage. At that date
I was indebted as follows :—Personal debts—(l)
the foregoing account to the builder, 3,2361. ; (2)
Mr. Rochat, the jeweller, 821. 9s. 6d. ; (3) Mr.
Benson, jeweller, 171. 2s. ; (4) account to Messrs.
iinckmaster, tailors, 101. 9s. ; (5) debt to Colonel
11IPLeed in India, 1,5651. ; (6) debt to Captain
StePhrns, 45W. ; (7) calls due to Eastern St,am
'Navigation Company, 1,3501. At the date of my
)intevinge I was not indented to Lord Gough for
VOSThsy he bad lent me. He had lent me money
X11;00/..) b -fore I left India. I gave a bond for that
sum. Ido not remember when I paid him back.
Where did you pay him paid him when he
and I cime home in 1850. I had many trans-
actions with Lord Gough. In my account of re-
ceipts and expenditure, I see, under date the 29th
.August, 1854, an entry, " Lord Gough, interest
on roan of 8,0001., 1191. 4s. 7d." I beg to state I
ad money from Lord Gough to put in to railway
and other stock, for which I paid him interest, and
that the amount of the principal so handed over to
inc by Lord Gough will not be found either debited
or credited in my bark account. I had a deposit
account for 3,500/. in my own name, quite inde-
pendent of the account with Mr. and Mrs. Fox.
At this stage the bankrupt retired for about ten
minutes along with his legal advisers.
The bankrupt, on his return, continued—l with-
draw the answer above given, that upon the 26th
14 September, 1856, I had 3,5001. at my credit in
deposit account. At the same time that I trans-
ferred to my credit the 3,5001., I also transferred
to my credit the interest which had accrued thereon
to that date, being 411. 14s. 2d.
What was your r, won for transferring this money
from the credit of the parties to whom it belonged
to the credit of yourself, to whom it did not heloiig ?
—I must decline to answer that question. On 6th
November following I retransferred the said sum of
3,5001. from my own credit to the credit of the
parties from whose credit it had been taken.
Did you retransfer the interest ?—I did not.
After a minute or two the bankrupt said—That
is a mistake. I wish to withdraw that last reply,
and to say that I decline to answer. In my cur-
rent account with the bank, under date 22d July,
]856, there is this entry on the credit side :
' Purchased 120 shares L. and E. Bank, R. Grif-
fiths 6,0001." That entry refers to the purchase
of 120 shares from Mr. Griffiths, which were trans-
ferred from his name to mine. I purchased them
from him for the bank, and took the transfers in
my own name. I paid Mr. Griffiths by a cheque
on my bank account for 6,0001., da'ed 22d July,
1856 ; and the sum is entered to my debit of that
date in my current account.
Did you draw the dividends on these shares ?
Yes, I did, and placed them to the credit of my
account with the bank, where they now appear.
The amount of the second dividend was re trans-
ferred from my account to the interest account of
tl e bank on the 18th February, 1857.
Can you show any authority for the statement
that these shares were put chased by you for the
?—No, I cannot.
Do the bank maintain you had no authority for
that purchase on their behalf ?—Yes, they do ; but
it was understood by all the directors that these
shares should be purchased from MI. Griffithe in
order to get his seat in the direction fur Colonel
Yates. These shares were never transferre Ito
Colonel Yates, nor was it intended they should be.
Colonel Yates became a director in July, 1856, on
the date of the purchase. He had a sufficient
number of shares to qualify him to be a director.
Mr. .Griffiths had a claim to a seat falling vacant in
the direction, and would not give it up except on
one condition, that his shares wore purchased, and
which it was considered expedient to do. When he
sold the shares Mr. GriffithS agreed to give the divi-
dend, which was then past due to the purchaser. He
allowed me to receive that dividend, and I did so.
Ivan shown() authority for placing that 6, 000/. to the
credit cf my account on 22d July, 1856. With
regard to the state of my liabilities to the bank as
regards the trading concerns with which I was con-
cerned at the tire() of my marriage, I have to state
that I was jointly liable with Mr. Blsek for the
debt due to the bank by Lett's Wharf, and Minter
and Co., with Colonel Waugh for the debt due by
the Branksea Clay Company; and with Mr. Latta
tr.y :17nadecbto.clue
bi Lattey and Co., including Bar-
-1"oe Cemt thee adjourned till Monday, at 10

oP TazTL2
WEDDINGt.—The marriage of the piineens 1: 4!0 is to
0 yal -tcaixo,
be celebrated at the Chapel Royal, Sc. jun :
ass, on the
25th of January, and we understand that in honour rf
the occasion the Queen ham commanded three perform.
canes to take place at her Majesty's Theatre. They ar.,
to consist of a tragedy, a comedy, and an opera. The
tragedy is to be performed on the 18th. " 31acbeth"ha,
been selected, and the production of it confided to Mr.
Phelps. It is expected that the cast will comprise al
the dramatic strength which can be brought to bear on
the , occasion, and we bear rumours that Miss Helen
F. mach is.likely to represent Lady Macbeth. The opera
13 to be Baife's "Rose of Castille," which in now being
represented at the Lyceum. We believe that the comedy
has not yet been fin,,lly chosen, butconclude that it will
be one of Shaltspeare' ,
s or Sheridan '
s. As the metropolis
.wi I be full of- toreimm 7
. and special representatives of
every court will Le here, we have no doubt that the
various manners to whom these performances are
entrusted win make every exertion t.) carry them out
wits eclat,—Literary Gazette,

Major S. G. Bunbury, commanding the depot of
the Medical Staff Corps at Chatham, has received
orders to hold in readiness a detachment of 30 or-
derlies acrd assistant-stewards of that corps to em-
bark for Calcutta on tile 20th inst., for the purpose
of being employed as assistant dispensers in the mi-
litary hospitals of India.

The steamship Argo, Capt. Benson, arrived at
Portsmouth yesterday, to embark the headquarters
of the 68th Light Infantry, but after about five
weeks of ordering and countermanding relative to
this ship and the Australasian, tt►e original
order* (i. e.) those first issued) were yesterday
agAin re-ordered to stand good —namely, that
the Australasian shall take the head quarters of
the 68th, and the Argo draughts of other troops
as follows : 6th Dragoon Guards, 10 men ;
12th Lancers, 25 men ; Royal Artillery, 48 men ;
Bth Foot, 1 officer and 14 men ; 10th, 1 officer
and 6 men ; 13tb, 71 men ; 19tb, 33 men ; 2Uth,
11 men ; 23d, 8 men ; 24th, 1 officer and 6
men ; 32d, 19 men ; 34th, 1 officer and 39 men ;
37th, 1 officer and 28 men ; 43d, 6 men ; 60th
Rifles, 3d battalion, 1 officer and 17 men ; 661 h, 1
officer and 23 men ; 82d, 8 men ; 90th, 5 men—
total, 26 officers arid. 750 men. The Argo will haul
alongside the dt.ckyard jetty at Pottsmou h this
morning, and take in baggage, &c., and embark
the troops to-morrow as they arrive. The Austra-
lasian will go into dock at Southampton to-day,
and proceed to Portsmouth to take in her allot-
ment of troops on or ab mt the 18th inst.

The depot of the 33d, compti>ing Major Wick-
ham, Lieuts. Benwell, Brown, and Coxon, Ensign
Lynch, 3 sergean's, 4 drummers, 4 corporals, 51
privates, 9 women, and 27 children ; and the depot
of the 89t comprising Major Cuppage, Lieutenants
B.,wuess and Hahne, Ensigns Harrison and Har-
dings, 5 sergeants, 5 dtu'uniers, 10 corporals, 57
privates, 10 women, and 49 children, embarked
in the PreusA,cher Adler at Portsmouth, on Fri-
day morning, for Cork.
The Heron, 16, steam-sloop, Commander Trus-
cott, has left Spithead for the Coast of Africa.
The Spitfire, 5, paddle-sloop, Lieut.-Commander
Campbell, has also left Spithead for the Coast of
Africa.

At the quarterly examination of the officers
studying the marine steam-engine at the Royal
Naval College, Portsmouth, wnich terminated on
Friday, the following passed and received certifi-
cates of proficiency :—Lieuts. H. Rogers and the
Hon. J. Carnegie, RN. ; Corns. the Right Hon.
Lord E. H. Cecil and J. R. Veitch, and Lieut. W.
Younghusband, R.ll. On the previous day the fol-
lowing officers also passed :—Mate, R.N., for
Lieutenant, Mr. J. N. Croke ; Second Ma-iters,
RN., fur Masters, Messr. Colborne, Browne, and
Roberts ; for Assistant-Clerks, R,N., Messrs. Hirt-
zell, Scriven, Wynne, Sueter,,and Bradley.
The 31st depot at Winchester is under orders to
proceed on the 15th inst. to Pembrokejto join the
battalion there.

Admiral Sir G. Seymour returned from leave,
and reho.sted his flag in the Blenheim on Saturday.
The Pigmy steamvesiel, blaster-Cony. Johnston,
arrived at Portsmouth from the Westward on Sa-
turday.

The following appointhlent3 have been made at
the Admiralty

Li.eut. W. F. Gregory, to the Blenheim ; A. W.
L. Brown, mate, to the Lyra ; G. W. Blozome,
mate, to the Alert ; B. A. A. Capel, midshipman,
to the Cambrian ; and. Secales, midshipman, to
the Cambrian.

The following second masters were on Saturday
promoted to be masters :

R. Coen, J. J. P. Hitchiold, J. W. Reed, T.
Oyler, E. H. Hills, H. L. Kelly, and W, H.
Bradley.

THE MILITIA.

The Worcestershire Regiment of Militia received
orders to march on Monday (this day) for Liver-
pool, on the way to Dublin. It is expected that
their ultimate destination is Armagh, to replace an
Irish regiment there.

The -Northan-iptcnshire Regiment of Militia,
48th, which left Northampton on Wednet dAy afi er-
noon, arrived at Plymouth on Thursday, at twelve
o'clock. A fatal accident occurred in the train on
the South Devon line, by which Captain Watkins,
No. 8 Company, unfortunately 'lost him life. Re
wag 'plain oil: of the carriage winiow frr the
purpose of egruraunicating with rove officers in the
adjoining compartment, when his head oame in cA-1-
tact with the side masonry of a bridge about a
mile below Newton, and he was killed instautane-r,
onsly. In the compartment .with him were Cap- ,
tains Smith, Rundle, and Stockdale, and Dr. Barr,
who drew the body iuto the carriage, or it would
have fallen-on the road. Deceased belonged for-
merly
ft to the 33d Regiment of the line. He has I
a wife and three children, who were to have
followed i
wed. horn from Bristol on Friday.

the fourth of the
THE kagnit—
il
NikoLL SERVlCES.—Yesterday evening
t!le benefit, of the a'foraii.t services, designed' for
were conductediniuthge
Bey Ova large building Working) classes, was held at Exeter
completelye filled. 16e
serViCels
M.A., minister of the ratonal chapel at Ken-
siugton. The sermon next
w.hed by the Rev. William ... dellsevning will be
pre ~, , La, of Regent'
park Chi~pel, and the Hon. and Rev. B. W. isroi u-
park will
officiate at the last service, which will be held on Sun-
day, December 27.

The urgent necessity of keeping the pores of the
Akin open in a hot climate is only rec)gni?ed by
officers iu reference to themselves ; its paramount
importance is not impressed upon the men. Sol-
diers should be made to bathe at least three times
a week in coil water. This operation shouldalways
be performed upon an empty stomach, and the
morning before breakfast is the best time.
It is riot safe to bathe when the body is ranch
heated, if at the same time it is fatigued. Hence,
on the march, the evening, about f(mr hours after
dinner, would be an appropriate time.
The skin should be thoroughly dried and rubbed.
Water can generally be procured from sonic
stream or tank ; if these are not convenient, the
wells will always furnish abundance.
If every soldier were provided with a metal ves-
sel, with a long sit nder cord attached to it, for
getting water up from wells, he would bo inde-
pendent of the services of a bhisti.7:.
At present no European can get water, either for
drinking or washing, without the aid of a bhisti.