The Sun. — London, England, 1859-01-05 00:00:00

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The a°', Mr. Dal . three daY he long nd Saloon termina racy at the d ult., the mderstood of arbitra" ter should ne a more, tatives 0' he Saloon ,sed terms rith slight I Stevens, company, )stion and should be who has tnd award ed will be before the a day by possible. t the erc el for th ed, as th n dispute 1 in the MARKET AND CITY NE U'S. CITY, Two O'CLOCK. The Money Market continues rather active, there being a steady demand for accommodation on com mercial account. Besides the amount required to meet the engagements now in course of liquidation, preparations are in progress for the active promotion of business, as the prospects of the New Year are encouraging, and the mercantile community will no doubt use their strongest endeavours to make up for the inactivity of trade during the last twelvemonth. The applications at the Bank were still rather extensive, and the rate of 21 per cent. is fully maintained in the general market. Letters from Liverpool state that the cotton market yesterday closed heavily, at previous prices. The sales were estimated at 6,000 bales. The rail way share market presented a quiet appearance, and values tended downwards. The amount of specie to be taken out by the Ceylon on the 6th is £512,354, viz., £2,200 for Ceylon, £150,530 for India, and £359,624 for China and the Straits. Nearly the whole of this con signment is in silver. About £48,000 in gold was taken into the Bank yesterday. Although no further information has transpired with regard to the foreign loans which have lately been spoken of, they are still included amongst the liabilities hanging over the money market. An opinion is expressed, however, that the operations contemplated by Austria and Sardinia may be de. layed in consequence of the unfavourable political feeling in that part of Europe, but no doubt is entertained that they will eventually make their appearance as extensive borrowers. Inde pendently of these transactions, the amount of capital which will be absorbed for other projects must tell upon the general resources of the market. A considerable sum will have to be subscribed during the next few weeks in connection with the Turkish Loan; the second part of which will soon have to be provided, the Australian debentures, railway calls, &c., which will no doubt produce some activity in discount circles. The only arrivals announced to-day are the Tagus, from the. Peninsula, with £1,500, and the Dolphin, from Antwerp, with £4,000 in silver. - At the half-yearly meeting of the Colonial Bank, held to-day, a very satisfactory report was pre sented of the business during the last six months, and the net profit was stated to be £36,320 16s. 4d., from which it was proposed to pay a dividend of 4 per cent. for the half-year, or 8 per cent. per annum, leaving a balance of £16,320 16s. 4d. to be carried to the reserve fund, making that accumu lation £37,035 3s. 3d. There was some discussion in respect to the expenses in the colonies and the meagre information given to the shareholders, but the dividend, as proposed, was agreed to, and also the report of the directors, to whom a vote of thanks was unanimously passed. Increased depression is apparent in the market for public securities. Numerous variations have taken place, and it is evident that a very unsettled feeling prevails among the speculators. The state of continental politics has caused this change in the aspect of the markets. The telegrams from the Paris Bourse, which during the last few days have exhibited a marked depreciation in the Rentes, are awaited with anxiety. Consols have declined to 96 and 961, the present quotation being 961 4. For February they are 961 4. The Government broker has bought £15,000 Reduced. Bank Stock is 226. The New Threes and the Reduced Annuities are 964 4, being heavy. Exchequer Bills, 375. to 40s. premium. India Loan Deben tures, 994 4; and ditto Bonds, 198. prem. Business In the Foreign Market is quiet, and prices show a general downward tendency. Turkish 6 per Cents. are 911 to 92 ; the Scrip do., 34 to 31 dis. ; and the 4 per Cents. are marked 105,1,- 4. Brazilian 5 per Cents. have receded to 1024; Mexican to 20 ; Peruvian 41 per Cents. to 91 ; ditto (Uribarren) to 854 86 ; and Spanish 3 per Cents, to 451 ; ditto Deferred are steady, viz., 304 to 31 ; ditto Passive, 101 1. Venezuelan 5 per Cents. are heavy, at 434 ; Dutch 21 per Cents. are 654 ; and ditto 4 per Cents. 101 4. Chilian Loan is par to 1 prem. The Railway Share Market, to-day, has been decidedly flatter, the [downward movement in Consols having caused a decline of about I- to 1 per cent, on most of the principal lines. Nort-Eastern (Berwick), Eastern Counties, Great Northern, S outh-Western, and North-Eastern (York), de clined 10s. to 15s. ; Caledonians, Great - Westerns, Lancashire and Yorkshire, Midland, and North British, £1; North-Western, £1 ss. ; and South- Easterns, £1 10s. The Foreign and Colonial lines are inactive, and prices have shown some depres sion. Northern of France have declined about £l. Great Luxemburg, ~ss. ; Grand Trunk of Canada, ; Great Western of Canada, ss. ; East Indian, 58 . to £1 10s. Joint -Stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares are steady. Union of Australia have improved ss. to 'Os., and Canada Land about £2 to £3. BankBRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. Stock 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 96k 1 Now 3 per Cent. Ann uities I ndia Stock Ditto Debentures Ditto Bonds, £l,OOO Ditto under £l,OOO Consols for Account.. 96 1 a J . PX cbequer Bills, £l,OOO, 2d. & March f 40 nue 37 Icilequer Bonds, 1859, 3,4 per Cent FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. Prazilian 5 per Cent. Chilian, 6 per Cent. — Ditto 41 per Cent. Scrip ‘ I d Danish, 1825, 3 per Cent. I lexican 3 per Cent. — Ditto Account Peruvian 41 per Cent 9l Ditto (Uribarren), 41 per Cent. Russian, 1822, £ St., 5 per Cent — Ditto 41 per Cent. Spanish 3 per Cent Ditto New Deferred, 3 per Cent. 3O Ditto Account Ditto Passive SPanish Coin. Cert. o f C ou p. no t f un d e d.. 61 t Turkish 6 per Cent Ditto Account .. 9ll 90i Ditto New Loan Scrip Ditto Account Ditto 2d Issue Ditto Account Ditto Guaranteed, 4 per Cent. Ditto Acco unt Venezuela, 5 per Cent. Ditto Account Dividends on the above payable in LondOn. French Rentes, 3 per Cent. Ex. 25f. Belgi an, 41 pe r C en t . , E x. 25f, 991 Dutch Exchange, 12 Guil. 21 per Cent 65 Ditto Certificates, 4 per Cent. • ' THREE O'CLOCK. Consols for Account .............. lad THIS DAY'S MARKETS. Fresh up to-day an unusually small supply of English 'wheat came to hand, and the show of samples was, conse quently, trifling. For all kinds the demand ruled steady, at fully Monday's improvement in value. F • gu ° rol wheat, the supply of which was reasonably large,was in mo d erate request, at full quotations. Malting barley realised fully late currencies, but grinding distilling sorts were very dull. tai r i Llie malt trade was in a sluggish state, at previous quo- • _..... Ti ie TN re .I. Was a fair demand for oats, at the late advance , hire to .Pply o n offer was moderate. Flour, however, were a dull inquiry, on former terms. '11; was in steady request. ARRIVALS THIS WEEK. Ira 34 a g li sh .. ... 4 Wheat so , Bar 940 ley M 1 880 alt.. O 1 ats. 410 Flo 90 . 1 , , 1,000 Perei ...... ..... 6,730 , 12,780 3O slz b ThWHITECHAPEL. suPplieas fo s of meat were moderate, ruled s t eady, and the demand llows :. 0 Beef, from 3s Od to 4s 4d ; mutton, 3 s 2d t o 4 s 6d ; l am b , Od to 08 Od ; veal, 3s 4d to 4s 2d ; and pork, 3s 44 to 4s 44 Per Blb. by the carcase. BOROUGH HOP. are o ur market cont i nues steady, and prices almost generally well suppOrted. THE FREE K IEK.—The Edinburgh correspondent the i the Ayrshir e E xpress says :—" Before the Express is in e hands of your readers Professor Cunningham will have received from a few friends of the Free Church the princely Vi ce s f £7,000 as an acknowledgment of his great ser to that communion." outh, ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. Sharer Railways. 12.10 A mberg., Notting. Bost. and East ern J unction 50 T4elfast and Ballymena 13.14 !lir., Wol., and Sir. Val Stock Birk., Lane., and Chesh Junction •, Blackburn Blyth and Tyne Bristol and Exeter Caledonian Chester and Holyhead Cork and Bandon Cork, Blkrock,&Passage Cornwall Do. A A rcves. no div until6p.c.per an Do. B hasbeen pd.toß 50 Dublin andßelfast June ] 25 IDun.,Perth,& Abr.Junc 1 Stock East Anglian Stock Eastern Counties Stock Eastern Union A Stock Stock Do. do. B Stock 25 Do.Nw.A.(lte.E.U3ds) 25 East Kent Stock East Lancashire 20 East Suffolk 10 Do Stock Edinburg* and Glasgow Stock Edin.,l'erth, & Dundee 10 Forth & Clyde Junction Stock Furness Stock Glasgow & South Westn 10 Great North of Scotland Stock Great Northern Stock Do. do. A Stock Stock Do. do. B Stock Stock Gt. South.& Wstn.(lreld) Stock Great Western Stock Do.Str.Vl.Rail Gua.Stk 12 Irish South Eastern 50 Lancaster and Carlisle 161 Do. Thirds 1613 4 Do. New Thirds StocklLancashire & Yorkshire 16 Do. do. F £l6 9 Do. do. Ls 9 shares 3 Do. West Riding Union 20 Do. Southport 11.6.3 London and Blackwall 11.6.3 Do.Newiss.at 2510ip.sh Stock Lon.. Brighton &S.Coast Stock London & North Westne 12 Do. Eighths Stock London& South-Westn 25 L'derry & Coleraine 25 L'derry & Enniskillen Stock Man., Shef., & Lincoln 10 Metropolitan Stock Midland Stock Do. Birming. & Derby. 50 Mid. Gt. West. (Ireland) 25 Do. Shares 100 Newcastle and Carlisle 25 New., Aber., & Herefd 10 Newry & Armagh (def.) 20 Newry, Warpt., & Ros Stock Norfolk 50 North. Counties Union Stock North British Stock Nor.Dev.Rail.&Dk. Stk Stock Do.A Stk.— Arec.no div until 6p.c.hasbeenpdß Do. B Stock North-Eastn.—Berwick do. G.N.E.Purchase Do. Leeds Do. York North London N. &S.Westn., Hampstd and City Junction North Staffordshire North-Western No. & Sou. W. Junction Oxford, Wor.,& Wolver Peebles Portsmouth Rhymney Scottish Central Scoth. N. E., Aber. Stock Do. Scottish Mid. Stock Shropshire Union Sitt'n,gbourne & Sheer South Devon South-Eastern South Wales SouthYorks.&Riv.Dun Do. do Staines, Wok., & Wok Stockton & Darlington Do. do. 1854 Do. do. 1855 Stockton & Hartlepool Taff Vale Do. Preference, No. 1 ThamesHavenDk&Rail Vale of Neath Waterford & Kilkenny Waterford & Limerick West Cornwall W-end Lon. & Cry. Pal ' Do.A.—Arecv.nodiv.till 7 p.c. has been pd. to B Do. B West London Do. let Class.... Do. 2d Class I 6 1 61 7 81 Stock Stock Stock 20 20 10 10 all all all all all 99 IG.: F 58 GO [142 144 OZ 104 11 93 95 8 9 SHARE MARXET.-( THIS :DAY.) Paid. I Closing Busineas Price. I Done. S 8 #Bl 4' 2; 41 54- 71- 8 14 17 62i 63. 47 49 31 33 13 13 96 97 69i 70a 28} 29} 96 98 10 10 106 106 20 92 133 135 104} 105} 56i 57 55 57 85 DO 12 13 p, 12 13 98 99 d p 6 6} Ell 113 96i 07 d 91 95 Ai 40 - -d [O2/ 1031 76 78 4 121 all 100 100 100 Stock Stock 100 100 100 [6 13 4 100 100 100 Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock 10 Stock Stock Stock Stock'l Stock Stock Stock I E3 le, 17} all all 100 all 163 100 100 100 100 all all all 65 67 d 61 64 94 944 484 4 9,} 78 784 [Ol 103 4i 4 d 13 13i 71 Si 31 33 [l3 115 284 29 86 88 46 47 4 2d 374 384 741 751 73 75 131 144 91 93 6 64 6 1 3 3i 61 16U4 91 104 57 f 64 7 64 98W Ii 6 1 a 6 1 95 4J 2 103 2 f 76 614 1 601 1 91 d 481 9 84 781 4 871 28 11 741 5 74 PREFERENCE SHARES. Sharei Railways. Paid. Closing Business Price: Done. 25 Blythe and Tyne 1C per c. pref. (issued at £5O) all 49 51 Stk Bris. & Exet.4p.ct.Stock 100 96 98 20 Do. do. do. Shares 9 - - tock Caledon £lO, 41 per cent 100 103 105 12.10 Do. Quar. Shares, No. 2. 7.10 - - • Stock Chester & Holyhd, 51 pc 100 - - Stock Do. do. sp. ct. lOO - 64 Cork & Bandon, 51 D. C. all - - 64 Dun. Perth,& Aber.Jun. all 6 61 Stock E.Angn. Class A 7 & spc 100 100 103 Stock Do. do. Class II 6pc lOO 113 118 Stock Do. do. Class C 7 pc lOO - 109 112 Stock E. Coun. Ex. 5 pct. No.l 100 115 117 1161 Stock Do. do N 0.2 100 114 116 Stock Do. New 6 per ct. Stock 100 132 134 133 Stock Eastern Union, 4 per ct. 100 84 86 Stock East Lanc. 6 per ct lOO - - 5 E.& W. York. Jcn. fifths all - - stock Edin.&Glas. spc shares 100 - -- Stock Edin.Perthot Dun. 4 pc. 100 731 741 Stock Furness, 5 per cent - - Stock Glas. &S West.; a. spc lOO 113 115 Stock Great Northern, sp. ct lOO 122 124 Stock Do. 5 Redm.,lop.c.pm 100 112 114 Stock Do. 41 pc p. c. do. do. 100 Do.sp.c. edm.,s pc. pm 6O CI fib 644 10 Gt. Nh. of Scotld, Ist nt all 101 114 Stock; Gt. Sn.& W (Ireland) 4 100 • p. a. pref. Stock 50 Great West. (Berks and 6 - - Hants) Ext. 5 p.ct... . Stock Do. Redeemable, 41 p ct. 100 93 97 Stock Do. Redeemable, 4p. ct. 10 0 86 88 Stock Do. Irredeemable, do lOO 88 00 Stock Do. sp. et. Redeem. Pref lOO 100 102 101 8 Do. Birm. Pref. Shares all 91 104 10 Gt. West. Ches. 8 p.c.pf shares all 161 171 10 Do. do. sp. ct. pref all 10 10 Stock Do Birming. guar. stock 100 72 74 261 Do. Chester guar.shares all 18 19 131 Do. do. do 20 Do. do. do. Stock Lan. & York 6 p.c. stock 100 143 145 Stock Lon.&Brig.spc.gu. No.l 100 - - Stock Do. pref., sp. C. ...No. 2 100 - - Stock Do. New gua., 6p. ct lOO - - Stock Do. do. sp. c. No. 4 100 - - Stock Lon.&N.W.Cov.&Nun eaton, sp. ct. Stock Lon.&S. W, 7 p.ct. stock, late 3d shares lOO 163 168 163 121 Londondy & Cole, 1 shs all - - 121 Londondy.& Ennis Ish all - - Stock & Lin., 6p. et lOO 125 127 6 Do. £6 44 4 1p Stock Do. 34 per cent. 121 Maryport & Car., 4 p.c all - - 12/ Do. 4 per cent... - - Do. - - Stock Mid. Con. 6p. c. Stock 100 - - Stock Do.Con . Bris .& Bir.6p.c t. 100 142 144 Stock Do. 41 p. C. pref. stock lOO 104 106 105 1 6 Do. with option till 1860 3 1 1p Stock Do. Leis. & Hit.pref. st. 100 96 97 97 10 Newport,Aber,&c. pref.s l all 91 9 1 91 I p. c. redeem, at 5 p. c. pm 10 Do. Perpet, 6p. c. with option till 1866 all 111 11/ 10 Norfolk Deb. 4 p.c. sh ares all 9 10 Stool , Do. 5 4 . c. Ext.Stock,lB-Ifi 100 - - Stock Do. p. c. Pref. do. 1847 100 - - Stock Do. U ay.V al.Ex.Sk 1847 100 - - Stock{North British, 5 percent 100 111 113 Stock Do. New, gua. 5 percent 100 - - Stock Nth.Dev.Rail.& Dok.Co. 100 - - Stock N-East. irred. 4 p.c. Deb. 100 - - Stock Do. Berwick, 4p. c. Pref. 100 99 100 17 Do. do. do. 20 Do. Leeds, 6p. c. No. 1 l3 - - 121 Do. do. Quarters, 1816 - 25 , Tao. York, H. &S. Purch lO 1 d 4p 20 North Staffordshire ... Stock Ox.Wr. & Wol. 6pc.lstg 100 122 124 Stc-zk Do. do. do., 2d gua lOO 108 110 Stock Do. 4} p.c. Db. stk.in peril 100 101 103 81 Scottish Central, new in all - - Stock Scottish N.-Eastern deb 100 - - St ock Do. 31 per c. pref. stock 100 - - St ock Do.Aberdeen.gua.6 pc. 100 - - Stock Do. 7p. C. pref. stock. 100 - - 10s. South Devon, Ann. 10s. all 101 11 10 Do. Fixed 41 percent. all - - 1.0.6. South Eastern (Reading Ann., 1.0 6) Stock Do .41 per cent lOO 104 106 Stock Do.Fixed4l p.c. lst is lOO 101 106 Stock Do. New do., 2d issue lOO - - Stock South Wales, gma. 4 p.c lOO - - Stock Do. 41 per cent lOO - - 20 S.-Yerkshire, 4 p.c. gua all 17 19 25 ) Stockton and Dar. 5 p.e all 29 30 25 5 Do. 6 per cent al 33 31 Stock Waterford & Kilkenny, 6 per cent. LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. Railways. Paid . 1 Leasing Closing Business Co.'s. Price. Done. Redford and Bletchley l Buckinghamshire Clydesdale Junction .. Colchester, Stour Val. E.Lincolnshire,tr.6p.c. E Union,HarwichShs. Do. Woodbridge Gl!t.l3arr.&Neils,Drct. Do. New I ost er & Dean Forest Hartlpool.Dck.&Rail DWI and Selby Do. 4 Shares Do. Shares London &Greenwich Do. Preference Lon.,Tilby.&Soutend Do. Barking . Shares Lowestoft, sits. 4 p. ct Do. 6 per cent Man c.,Buxtn. & Matk Midsb.& Redcr, Mid.BradfordPrf. Stk. Newmarkt.,BuryEx guaranteed 5 p. c. 5 Northn.& Eastn. 5 p.c. Do. do. 6 per cent. Do. Fixed 5 per cent Preston and Wyre. all Ln& N.W 100 iLn & N.W 100 Caledonin all E.U.ALE C 100 Gt.Nerth. all E.Counts. 100 o. 4 Shares A. Rovstn,Hitch.,& Shep Shf Iloth.&Gol.g.sp.c. Shrewsbrv& Hereford South Staffordshire Wear Valley, g. 6 p. c. Do.. do Wilts and Somerset Wimbledon& Croydn 100 Caledonia 100 Do. all Gt. West all Yk.N.&llr all Yk.N.Md. all Do. all Do. 100 S. East 100 Do. 104) Peto &Co. all Do. 100 Norfolk 100 Do. all LN w&m all Stk.& Dar 100 Midland . 5. 5.6. E.Counts. all Do all Do all Do. LN W a ll & L.Yk. j all Do. 100 Gt. North 1811 6 Lan.& Yk all T Brassoy all M'Clean . all Stk.& Dar all Do. 100 Gt. West all L.&Brgtn 99 101 104 106 17 19 143 145 4 41 Docks. DOCKS. 211 4 21 I !p a i d Closing 1 Business Price. I Docks. Stools Commercial lOO —106 i Stool: Do 4 perCent.Pref.3lin lOO Stock East and West India lOO Stock London lOO Stock it. Katharine lOO Stock Southampton lOO Stock Victoria 20 Do New lB id ip 24 Share al al f a; al BRITISH POSSESSIONS. Shaul Closing I Business Railways. Paid. Price.. Doae. 100 Atlantic &St Lawrence' all _ Leased at 6 per cent 18 Bom.,Baroda& Cent.lnd 9 par 4p94 9 gu. 5 percent 18 Do. all 181 18 Do. Addit. Capital A 6 1 411 6 18 Do. Do. B 4 4 4 1 , 204 Buffalo and Lake Huron all 8 9 8 t 4 204 Do. New l6l 124 11 id 100 f Buffalo,Brant. &Godrieh i 100 86 90 ( 6 p. ct. bds. 1 Aug., 1872 ) 100 Do. do. 1 July, 1873 100 83 68 190 Do. - do. 1 June, 1874 100 ,80 83 81 20 Ckutta.&S.Eastrn.Lim. 1. 3. O. per 4 p par -20 Cape,Eastn. Prov.(Lim.) 2s. 20 Cape Town & Dock Scrip 214. Pm 20 Central Oude (Limited) 2s. 6d. 20 Ceylon Guaranteed 6p.c 2 I 1 11p on 174 Demerara 20 Eastern Bengal.gu.sp.c 5 4 iP Stock East Indian„Tu. sp. c lOO 1074 108 1084 7 4 i 4 20 Do. C Shares all - 20 Do. E Shares Ext lO --p 20 Do. Jubbulpore 5 100 D0.44p.c. lids. pay.'s9 all - 20 Geelong& Mel.gua.s p. c. all 18 184 18} Et° I Geelong Corporation 6 1 100 __ • ( per cent. Fonds . Stock Grand Trunk of Canada 100 364 374 37 61 100 Do. 6 p.c. Deben.,pay.'7B all 77 78 100 Do. 6 per cent. I'ref lOO 914 924 20 Gt.lndiaPenin.g - ua.sp.c all 106 1 , -8 loci 7 20 Do. 20 Do. do 4 New, gua.s per cent 4 1 1p 4l 20 c Gt.S.of Ind.Lim.—Scrip 1 28. _ guaranteed 5 per cent. ) 204 Gt.W. of Canada Shares all 161 161 164 f 204 Do. New 100 I Do. Bonds pay. '76,with I all 106 108 I apt. till '6O 100 Do. do. '73 till '6O all 106 108 100 Do. do. ''/3 without opt all 105 107 100 Do. 51 p. c. do. '77 do 20 Madras, guar., 44 p. c all 181 lg i t 20 Do. do. 5 p er cen t a ll 20f 20 20 Do. 41 p. c. Extension.. 15 20 Do. Third Ex. gua.s.p. c . 10 I 1 p 20 Do. Fourth do. stock Melb. Corp. 6 p.c. Bonds 100 20 1 Newßrimswick&Canda. Ry.&Land(Lim.)g.6pc 10 Ciass ACapitl.Share 2 14d Do. do. Land do .. 20 Do. do. B. Capital do llO 4 3 d .. Do. do. Land do ) _ 20 r Northoflndia Tramroad 1 2a. ( Limited, Scrip J 20 Oude (Limited) 20 Scinde 4.1 15 1 llp 20 Do. 20 Do. New V, Z 5 } 1 p 101 20 Do. Punjaub ~,,v 6 4cl 4. p 5 20 Do. Indus. St. Flo to„.7 5 f 1 20 St. Andrews & Quebec-A. 18 ' 'a I Trinidad(Limited) Scrip 1 par 1p ' 1 Stock BRITISH MINES Share! Mines. I Paid. I Closing Business Price. Done. 'Alfred Consols (Philack) 2.11.10 9 10 20 Pritish Iron. l4 24 34 Condurrow (Camborne). 20 10 Devon G. Cons. (Taoist.) 1 455 46.5 East Ba-sett (Mogan). 30 185 19.5 Great South Tolgus 17s 124 13. G.Wheal Alfd.(Phillack) 11.14.11 24 3 G. Wheal Vor(Helston) 9f Lady Bertha North Frances (Mogan) 84 74 84 North Wheal Crotty 7.9.4 2 3 N.Wh'l Basset (Illogan) 74 t 1 * -- Par Consols (St. Blaxy) 14 151 1e, 3 164 Porkellis Unit. (Wend.) 9 Sortridge Cons. Min. Co. 6 4 4 s SouthCaradon(St.Cleer) 24 41 0 420 —• SOrth C. Brea( Mogan' 2 24 3 S. W heal Fran. (Illogar' 18.18.9 230 240 5 Tamar Silver and Lest Mining Co 44 1 11 10 Tin Croft 9 31 3i UnitedMinee(Gwennap) 40 - Vale of Towey (Cann.) 12s 6d West Basset (Illogan) l4 22 23 W. Caradon (Liskeard) 2O 130 140 Wheal Basset (Mogan) 54 210 220 Wheal Buller (ltee uth) 5 120 140 Wheal Edward (Cals.) 54 21 21 Wheal Kitty (U. Lelant) 1.7.2 8 9 Wh'l Mary Ann (Meahe) 8 45 47 -- Wh'l Trelawney (List) 44 29 31 FOREIGN MINES 20 Australian 7l 4 4 1 Boa AccordCopper,Lim. 108 d *pit 35 Brazil. Imp. (is. at £sp.) 27 1 2 20 Do.St.JohndeUtey,Lim. 15 11 13 5 Do. Land and Mining - Co. all 11 24 1 Clarendon Consols Min ing Co. of Jamaica ... 4 d 40 Cobra Copper all 90 42 Cepiapo l6 10 12 1 DunMoun.Cop.Ming.Co all 2 Fortuna 20 General all 20 21 20 3 Linares all 7 8 5 Lusitanian 1 Mariquita all 1 1 New Granada all f 1 N.RhineCop.of S.Aus.L 10 1 3 p 20 Poltgibaud Silver, Lead Mining and Smelt all 44 5. 5 Port Philip 1 - 1 30 Santiago de Cuba 164 1 1 28.2.81 United Mexican all 24 2 ,24 COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. Share Securities. Paid. Closing Busines s Prices. Done. Can.Gov.6p.c..Ta. & July 100 1124 1131 1134 4 Do. 6p.c.Fb.&Aug. 100 113 115 Do. 6 p.c. Mr. & Sep. 100 113 115 1144 N.8.G0v.4p.c. Ja. &July 100 110 111 Do. 6p.e.Ap. & Oct. 100 - -- N. S.W. Gov. sp. c. Deb. 100 99 100 994 NovaScotiaGov.6 p.c. St. Deb. redeemable, 1875 100 110 111 S.Aus.Gt.6pc.Jan&July 100 100 111 110 -- Viet - Gov.6p.c.Jan&July 100 JOINT-STOCK BANKS. Share Joint-Stock Banks. I Paid. Closing 1 Business Irice. Done. AgTa&UnitedServiceßk Australasia Bank of Egypt Bank of London Brit. Col. Bk. & LoanCo British North American Chtd. Bank of India, &c City Colonial Corn. Bank of Canada Commercial of London Eng., Scot., & AWL Ch Gen. Bk. of Switzerland Lon . Char. Bk. ofAus tral. London and County London Joint Stock London & Westminster ' Nat. Prov. of England ' Do. new National Bank New South Wales Orient. Bk. Corporation Ottoman Bank Provincial of Ireland Do. New South Australia Do. New Union of Australia Do. New Union of London Unity Mutual Western Bk of London 91 93 27 28 49 51 58 60 _ . ll ljd 8 1 i 10! 17f 21 1 22} 48 50 208 21 64 66 20 18d1 MISCELLANEOUS. I . Miscellaneous. Anglo-Mexican Mint' Atlantic Tel. (Limited) Australian Agricultural Australian Royal Mail . Berlin Water Works Do New, issued at £5 dis British American Land Brit. & Irish Mae:.Tel.A. Do. B, 7 p. c. till 1862 Do. C Canada Land Chan.lslands Tel.(Lim ) Cop.Min.otEng &Smltg Do. Preference 7. per ct Crystal Palace. Do. Preference Eastern Steam Electric Telegraph Eng. & Aust. Cop.St.Co Europ. & Ind.Junct.Tel Europ.&Am.Stm.(Lim ), Gl.lron ScrewCol.(Lim , Gen. Steam Navigation London Discount Lond.Gen. Omnibus Co 3lediter. Electric Teleg Med. Exteu. Tel. (Lim ) National Discount Co Netherlands Land Do do Do 8 p.c. Pref.,iss.at ldis N.Br.&NovaScotiaLand N.B.Australasian (Lim ) North of Europe Steam Oriental Gas Do. New Shares Peel River Land & Min Pen. & Oriental Steam Do. New Red Sea & Ind. Teleg,r Rhymney Iron Do. New Royal Mail Steam Soot.Austrin.lnv.(Lim ) South Australian Land Submarine Teleg. Scrip: Do. do Registered ITr.& Ln.Co.of Upr. Can Nan Diemen'a Land Closin g Business done Pall ! Price. MO 280 35/ I 21 31 40 42 19 21 13 15 9 10 24 25 If 5 5 4 2 lOB 111 2 i 1 1{ II 11 1 id 1/ 2. 6 7 i i d 1 2 11 2 15 18 I 1 die par 2/ 3 81 83 124 13 25 266 p 7i 8 r 25 1371 37 39 1 it 1111 113 65 671 1 117122 94 96 , THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, JANUARY 5, 1859 THI111) EDITION. Closing Business Paid. Price. Done. morning previous to the fire he had nine trusses of straw from me. Cross-examined—lf he had wanted more he could have had it. I always considered him an honest man. Mary Cowell—l am the mother of the prisoner's wife. I reside at Deptford. I recollect the fire. Previous to the calamity the servant, Waterfall, brought to my house Some crockery from Mr. Roper's. On Wednesday before she came four times. She brought things each time. She brought a dinner service. I placed the property in a back parlour. I knew a dessert service and a case of wax flowers was brought. There was also a sack containing books, two lamps, and a set of three tea trays. They belonged to my son-in-law, the prisoner. They were afterwards given up to the police. Cross-examined—He has been married seven years. He was a kind father, and respected by everybody. Tho rea son Roper gave for sending the things was, that he had let the shop. I asked him what he had let it for, and he said £l5O with the stock. He said Mrs. Roper wished to pack the crockery, as they were about leaving the neighbour hood. Eliza Cowell, daughter of the last witness, after speak ing to crockery being brought, said—A day or two before the fire Waterfall brought a writing desk. Roper told us he had let his shop. My father is a tailor. He used to supply Roper with wearing apparel. He always had a good stock. Mrs. Roper also kept a good wardrobe. The Court here adjourned for a quarter of an hour. Mr. Charles Cowell, father-in-law to the prisoner —On the Thursday before the fire, I removed the glass-shade and flowers from the prisoner's house. In August I pledged for Mr. Roper some silver and plated articles, and some wearing appareL I also pledged a coat belonging to Mr. Roper. I got about £3. I handed the money to Mrs. Roper. Cross-examined I never received any directions from the prisoner to pawn the things. He was never present when I received any of the articles to take to the pawnbroker's. Mrs. Cowell was recalled, and said she offered to let Mrs Roper be confined at her house, but the prisoner said he did not think she would like to leave her children. Cornelius Davis—l am a relative of the prisoner. I used frequently to visit his place and occasionally served in the shop. It was very lightly constructed. The coiling was made of canvas, whitewashed over. From this the gas lamps hung. The sides of the shop were very lightly put together. The prisoner had spent a good bit of money in improving the appearance of the premises. An assistant to Mr. Barr, a pawnbroker, proved that in August last a maroon velvet mantle, and other articles, were pledged at his employer's shop, and remained there ever since. Henry Bull, another pawnbrokers assistant, gave similar evidence. Mr. Burt, pawnbroker, of Woolwich, proved that a quan tity of glass and decanters were pawned at his shop belong ing to the prisoner. Inspector Wilson—l received a number of articles from Mrs. Cowell belonging to Roper. There was among them a dinner service, and other articles, entered by him as de stroyed in the fire. Mrs. Cook, sister of the prisorrer, proved that he brought a writing-desk to her husband's house previous to the fire. It was wrapped in a blue handkerchief. Inspector Wilson, after the fire, came for the desk. I had removed it to a neighbour's house. I had previously been examined at the inquest. In consequence of what the inspector said I went and got it and delivered it to him. He put a tape round it and sealed it. I told, my brother about it the next morning. He was very angry, and said he should open it to see if there was any papers in it that would assist him in making out his claim. lie opened the desk, and took some papers out of it. Police-constable 92 R produced the writing-desk. Charles Nash—l supplied the prisoner with a dinner ser vice of the pattern produced. The service complete cost four guineas (charged in the claim £1010s.) It would con sist of 124 pieces. I also sold him a tea service. I charged him four pounds for it. Elizabeth Waterfell, the female servant of the prisoner, said—l have been in prisoner's service about two years. Shortly before the fire I removed the articles spoken to. I went several times to Mrs. Cowell's. I first took a dozen plates. I took a few things at a time. It was in the evening time. The prisoner told me when I took the things I was not to say anything to anybody. Roper took the large dishes himself. The wax flowers was removed on the Wednesday before the fire. I recollect a lot of glass on the sideboard. I missed it from its place before the fire. In dusting the wardrobe I noticed a number of her dresses were gone. I found a pawnbroker's duplicate. Before the fire two sacks of books were removed. I held the, sacks while the books were put in. Mr. Roper filled the sacks. I removed the writing-desk on the Saturday before the fire to Mrs. Cowell's, by order of Mr. Roper. It was rather heavy, and was wrapped in a blue cotton handkerchief. On the Saturday before the fire, about 11 o'clock, the prisoner sent me for some turps. He told me to get sixpennyworth. He gave me a white bottle to get it in. I had got turps before, but never in that bottle. I got half a pint at an oil shop in London-street, Greenwich. Marie Harding served me. I gave the turps to the prisoner, but I don't know what he did with it. I told him how much there was. I used usually to get the turps in the bottle pro duced, a two ounce phial. The turps I got the night in question was in a much larger bottle. He told me it was to clean a bookcase. I went to bed the night of the fire about 12 o'clock. Tho prisoner went• to his room at the same time. Before he went up stairs he turned the gas three-parts off in both the sitting room and shop. I had not been down in the cellar for three or four days. There was no gas in the cellar. When I went to bed everything appeared safe. I was woke up by the prisoner calling " Lizzy " twice. T got out of bed and went to the door. When I opened the door I saw the flames at the bottom of the stairs. 1 got out of the window on to the roof of the house, and was taken from thence by the fire-escape. The articles produced in court—the china, glass, &c.—be longed to Mr. Roper. Cross-examined by Sergeant Ballantine—Twopenyworth would about three-parts fill the bottle. The reason I got more than the usual quantity was that I thought the book case would require it. I did not know in the morning that the book-case was to be cleaned. I don't recollect it had been ordered to be cleaned. I was examined before the magistrate four or lye times before I recollected about the turps. I don't recollect being directed to clean the furniture. I got out of bed as soon as I could. I did not try to save the baby sleeping in the same bed with me. If I had attempted to do so I should have lost my own life. Maria Harding proved the purchasing the tarpentine by the last witness on the Saturday previous to the fire, about 11 o'clock in the evening. Robert Morris, a lad In the employ of the prisoner, proved moving several articles from his residence by his direction. On the 10th of September (Friday) I brought nine trusses of straw from Murrell's. I put it near the back door. There is a place to go down to the cellar close by. After the fire I saw the trusses of straw lying underneath the steps in the cellar. The cellar, I think, would hold two or threeloads of straw. There was only about half a sack of flour and a few lots in bags when I left the shop on Satur day. On the afternoon of the fire I saw Mr. Roper. He told me to say, if anybody asked me questions, to say I knew nothing. He told me to call upon him the next morn ing at ten o'clock to go round to his customers. Cross-examined—l don't know that the straw had been removed from the usual part of the cellar in consequence of the damp. I don't know what Roper meant when he told me not to mention anything. I didn't know anything ex cept the amount of stock he had in the shop. I don't know whether the ledger was burnt. I now recollect it was, and that was the reason I was sent round to the customers. I will not swear that Mrs. Roper did not tell me to take away some of the things. I know there were several applications made respecting the letting of the shop. I did not sleep on the premises. I swept up the shop by Mr. Roper's orders, before I left to go home to bed. Re-examined—l had had no quarrel with Roper. If the fire had not taken place I should have gone to my work as usual on the Monday. George Lilly, fireman, London-bridge, attached to the Southwark division, said—l took charge of the ruins after the fire. I was in charge a week. I then handed it over to another brigade-man. Nothing was removed whilst I was there. Thomas Smart—l am a fireman stationed at Greenwich. On the 21st I was placed in charge of the ruins of the house. I have been used to such business for 20 years. On Friday, the 22d of October, I went down into the cellar after the rubbish had been removed. I found the steps nearly consumed. I produce the bottom. There was no staircase in the cellar, merely a step ladder. The part of the ladder was hero brought into court, and also a quantity of the burnt straw found in the cellar, and the witness placed it in the position he found it. _ Examination resumed—The roof of the cellarwas charred by the action of fire. The fire, according to my opinion, must have commenced below. If the fire had occurred in the shop, and some of the wood had fallen into the cellar, the straw would not have been so much burnt as it was, as the falling rubbish would have smothered it and pre vented it burning. There were three holes burnt in the shop floor. My decided opinion is that the fire began in the cellar. Cross-examined---I have made no inquiry where the gas was fixed in the house. I don't think it at all important to ascertain where the gas was situated. I made up my mind the fire occurred in the cellar, and I made no further inquiry about the matter. I don't know positively what the ceiling of the shop was made of, but I was told it was made of canvas. I tried whether canvas whitewashed over would burn briskly, and I found it would not. I procured the canvas for my experiment from the wall of the shop. I merely tried whether it would burn from pure curiosity. The fire, if it began in the cellar, would run upstairs and fire the shop. Mr. Henderson, the fireman, saw the holes in the shop floor as .well as myself. When I first went into the cellar a portion of the sifted rub bish had been thrown there, but not in the part of the cellar I have been speaking of. Re-examined--I feel confident the part of the cellar I have been speaking of was in precisely the same state when I went into it in October as it was left by the fire. Richard Henderson—l am foreman in the London Fire Share' Railways. SUN OFFICE, Seren o' Clock. 10 Antwerp & Rotterdam all 4; 54 1 20 Ardennes all p 20 Bah.&S.Fan.,Lim.7p.c 3 id par 21 5 Belgian East. Junction all 1 11 ('ENY'RAL CRIMINAL COURT. (.?his Day.) 20 Bezters to Graissessae all 7i 8 5 Carmeaux Mine & Rail all 21 2 , O 20 Dutch Rhenish 6 Eastern of France ....., all 26 . 1 27 OLD COURT. 20 Euphrates Valley 2s. p 20 Great Central of France all (Before Baron Martin and Mr. Justice Wines.) 20 Gt. Luxem., Con. she., all 74 71 71 1 10 Italian Junction 20 Lake Constance & Bale all Richard Roper, 29, formerly carrying on business as a 20 Lierre and Turnhout all 20 Lombardo Venetian 8 2 2 4 p corn-dealer, who had been remanded from last session, was 20 Lucca & Pistoja, 5 p.c.pf all placed at the bad, charged, by the first count, with felo -20 Lyons and Geneva 3.3. Maria Antonia all niously setting fire to his dwelling-house, certain living 20 Do. do. New 20 Namur and Liege all 91 9i '2O Do. do. 6p. c. Pref. all 21 22 with committing a n ac t w ith i n t en t t o d e f rau d th e K en t 1 16 Northern of France ... . all 39 391 341 Fire Insurance Office; and in the third count, with felo -20 Do. New Shares 10 Norwegian Trunk Pref all 8 9i p niously setting fire to his house. 1 20 Ottoman, gua. 6 per cent 7 3 Ifl The prisoner pleaded not guilty. 20 Paris, Lyons, and Medit. all 341 341 341 Mr. Sergeant Parry and Mr. Giffard appeared f or _ th e 20 Paris and Orleans 20 j Recife& S. Fran. (Fern.) 1 9 id ip gi prosecution ; and Mr. Sergeant Ballantine and Mr. Robin t oma. 7p. et. (Lim.) 20 R ig a and Dunaburg - 4 -- 10 Rome and Frascati .... all ' ? • Mr. Sergeant Parry, in opening the case, stated th a t th e 20 Royal Danish all prisoner formerly carried on business at 8, Royal-hill, 5 Royal Swedish ' Greenwich, and on the night of Sunday, the 12th Sept., an 4 Do. 7 per cent. Pref. 20 Sambre and Meuse all 79 8 alarm of fire was raised, when it was found that the pre -10 Do. 5i per cent. Pref. 20 Southern of France liaises in his occupation we r e in flame s . At th e ti me o f th e 1 - St West Flanders all 51 6,' r fire the prisoner's wife, who had only been confined two or 10 Do. 5} p. c. Preference 20 W. & N.W. of France all 23 241 20 Western of Austria 6 in the attic above t w o o f hi s child ren were s l ee pi ng 20 Western of Switzerland all ' with the servant girl. The prisoner occupied another 6 Wiesbaden 6 Do 8 per cent. Pref all apartment in the house. The conflagratio n so ra pidly de -20 Zealand all strayed the oremises. that it was with oreat diffirtlltv that Richard Roper, 29, formerly carrying on business as a corn-dealer, who had been remanded from last session, was placed at the bah, charged, by the first count, with felo niously setting fire to his dwelling-house, certain living persons being therein at the time ; in the second count, with committing an act with intent to defraud the Kent Fire Insurance Office; and in the third count, with felo niously setting fire to his house. The prisoner pleaded not guilty. Mr. Sergeant Parry and Mr. Giffard appeared for _the prosecution ; and Mr. Sergeant Ballantine and Mr. Robin son defended the prisoner. Mr. Sergeant Parry, in opening the case, stated that the prisoner formerly carried on business at 8, Royal-hill, Greenwich, and on the night of Sunday, the 12th Sept., an alarm of fire was raised, when it was found that the pre mises in his occupation were in flames. At the time of the r fire the prisoner's wife, who had only been confined two or three days, with a nurse, was in one apartment, and in the attic above two of his children were sleeping with the servant girl. The prisoner occupied another apartment in the house. The conflagration so rapidly de stroyed the premises, that it was with great difficulty that Mrs. Roper was saved, but unfortunately the two children, one 7 years and the other 11 years of age perished. Great sympathy at the time was expressed by the inhabitants of Greenwich, but in the course of certain inquiries made to ascertain the cause of the disaster, circumstances arose which created a suspicion against the prisoner, and the present indictment was preferred against him. The prin cipal ground of suspicion was that the prisoner had insured his premises in the Kent Fire Office for a year for £3OO, and in the claim sent in for loss he put down the damage sus tained at the amount of 1290, when it was discovered that the prisoner had fraudulently removed and disposed of a large quantity of furniture which he had entered in his claim as destroyed. The learned sergeant then at some length went into the details of the charge, and called the following witnesses Mr. William Emerson Sanderson, who said—l am agent to the Kent Fire Insurance. At Greenwich, in 1857, I saw the prisoner. He effected an insurance on his household furniture and effects for £2OO, on fixtures, £2O, on stock in trade £7O, and on hay and corn in' premises behind the house £lO, making in all £3OO. I delivered the policy to the prisoner. The original document was not forthcoming. I produce a copy. Cross-examined by Mr. Sergeant Ballantine—l went through the premises previous to completing the insurance. I did not consider £3OO an unfair sum. I don't recollect the position of the gas pipes in the shop. Priscilla Wheeler—l reside at Deptford. hwas a distant relation of the prisoner's wife. I was, in September, nursing Mrs. Roper. She was confined on Thursday, the 9th. She occupied a back room on the first floor. I re member the fire taking place on the following Sunday. On the Saturday, before going to . bed, I went into the kitchen. It was about half-past eleven. When I left to go up stairs the gas was burning. It was also burn. ing in the back parlour. I let Mr. Roper and the servant (Waterfall) down stairs. The gas was turned full on. After I got up stairs, Mr. Roper came into the bed-room. It was about a quarter of an hour after I left the kitchen. He wished us both good-night, and went to the front room, second floor, in which he slept. The children slept in the attic. After the prisoner left the room I went to bed. After had been there sometime Mr. Roper awoke me, and said there was a nasty smell in the room ; but I was not sensible of it. In a short time afterwards, Mrs. Roper again awoke me, and said she smelt fire. In a short time after the pri soner burst the door open and rushed into the room. He had his drawers and night-shirt on. He said, " There's fire in the house, for God's sake get out of the window on to the roof of the shed." The fire followed Mr. Roper into the room. He assisted Mrs. Roper and myself out of the window on to the shed. He then left us. When he came into our room he called out to the servant, " Lizzy I Lizzy I" up stairs. In a short time after we had got on the roof of the outbuilding Mr. Roper left us. Ile was absent about 20 minutes, and then returned. The bed was in a different position to that it usually occupied. Cross-examined—The bed was placed where it stood by my suggestion about a month previous to the fire. Mr. Roper was a kind and affectionate husband. He always appeared very much attached to his children. The gas was left burning in the shop for my convenience. The burner was covered with a globe. I don't remember whether it was broken. I never remarked any alteration in the fur niture of Mrs. Roper's room. The house was altogether very respectably furnished. I recollect Mr. Roper saying on one occasion it was rather unfortunate that she should be confined at that time, as he had let the shop. George Allright—l am an auctioneer and valuer, residing at Greenwich. I knew Mr. Roper previous to the fire. I i heard of the fire on the Sunday morning. After the fire I offered my services to make a valuation. I saw him on the following Monday morning, at Mr. Cowell's, his father-in law, at Deptford. After some conversation about the hiss of his children, I said, " You had better try and give mo an account of the loss of your property." He said he did not want anything. Although he had lost everything, nothing could compensate him for the loss of his children. He appeared very much distressed in mind. He asked me what had better be done, and I told him I should require an inventory of the whole of his goods. He then said he had prepared an inventory when he had insured. He asked me if it was usual for the surveyor of a 'fire office to see if the goods were worth the amount insured for. I said no ; they generally leave it to the agent. I told him as he had an inventory of his goods, it would be very useful in making out his claim. asked him if he was properly insured, and from his manner I ascertained he was. He was insured for £3OO. I asked him to give me a list of things destroyed, and he told me a number of things. He said he had lost an Arabian bed stead, two beds, two mattrasses, two pairs of blankets, two pairs of sheets, and a counterpane. He told me there were six chairs, fender and fire-irons. There were 209 items. The claim was sent into the fire-office. I recollect Roper mentioning that he had a Brussels carpet. I asked him the size, and he said it was a large one, and ho had formerly had it in use when he occupied a larger house. I imagined by his description that there 'might be about twenty yards in it. I went through all the furniture in the house. I was with him from ten o'clock in the morning. I recollect 'a set of tea-trays. He said they cost £2 10s. Another item was a large bouquet of wax flowers, £2 2s. How this was mentioned was owing to me asking him if had any sort of ornaments. I asked him if he had any books, he said yes ; I asked him if they were worth £lO, he said yes. There was a long dinner service ; it comprised 150 pieces, and ho said he thought it cost from £8 to £lo—l put £lO for it. There was a tea and coffee service put down at 7 guineas. There was a large quantity of glass and dessert service charged for as destroyed. There was also a suit of black clothes charged £G; a black dress coat, lined with silk, £4 ; another black coat, lined with silk and quilted ; a maroon velvet mantle, and a quantity of other things. I wrote the letter accompanying the claim. Roper never saw the letter after it was written. I sent in the claim. Roper signed the document. I told him I had claimed for the full amount, £290, and I was very sorry he was not insured for more money. The reason the £3OO was not charged was owing to the shed adjoining the house not being destroyed. A proposition was made by the fire-office to give £255 and the salvage in lieu of the claim for £290., and it was accepted. Cross-examined by Mr. Sergeant Ballantine—When I first saw Mr. Roper ho said he should not make any claim —for what amount of money could bring back his poor children ? I told him he ought to consider the living as well as the dead, and ultimately the claim was made out. I went over the ruins the morning after the fire. I believe the furniture in the house was fully worth the amount charged. From all I saw after the fire I was fully convinced the claim was a correct one. I should say I saw articles lying about the rooms not included in the claim, worth about £2O or £3O. In the attic I found nine articles out of 11 charged for in the claim. In the bedroom 21 out of 26. In the front parlour . 11 pieces, and in the ground floor everything specified in the inventory. Re-examined—l had no chance of looking amongst the ruins for traces of glass or books. I was not allowed to search. All I saw was lying on the surface. The fireman would not allow me to touch a thing. Mr. William Sitgrave—l am employed by the appraiser to the Kent Fire-office. The claim of Mr. Roper was put into my hands. I visited the ruins on the Thursday fol lowing the fire. I found the remains of some of the articles, but of others I did not discover any vestiges. I found nothing like a dinner service, or dessert service, or tea service. I only found a few pieces of common blue ware. I have been engaged in valuations for the lasi k 30 years, and I always have discovered the remains of any large quantity of china that had been destroyed during a fire, I found no books. It is exceedingly difficult to burn a book. Seine part of it is sure to remain. I found no traces of .the 14 sacks of flour. I found no remains of wearing apparel. I reduced the amount of the claim from £290 to £255 with the salvage, as I thought there had been an overcharge in two or three articles. Mr. James Denham, corn factor, said—l stocked the prisoners's shop in July, 1857. It amounted to about £5O or £6O. It was a general stock. In November of the same year he owed me £llB 10s. I spoke to him about the debt, and afterwards I said I should not give any more credit. I have supplied him with articles from time to time since that period. He used to use about five sacks a week. When the fire took place. the £llB was still owing. He offered me his business, but I declined to take it. Cross-examined—Before this affair I never heard a breath against him. I have known him since he was a lad. He was a good father. I was anxious he should get on, and I supplied hi,s shop liberally. Mr. Robert Murrell, corn dealer, of Deptford—On the all all all 15s. all all 211 50 50 78 10 32 38 71 81 21 207 581 9 122 3 62 131} Brigade. I have been so for 19 years. On the 24th and 25th Oct. I minutely examined the mini. I was of opinion that the fire commenced in the cellar, under the ladder. I saw some holes in the shop flooring, but it is just possible they may have been occasioned by some rubbish falling on it. There was a large quantity of straw under the lailder nearly consumed. The fire must have burned very fiercely. If turpentine had been placed on the straw it would increase very considerably the strength of the flames. Cross -examined —It was very difficult to get rid of the smell of turpentine. If some of the burning straw had dropped from above through an aperture into the cellar, that would ignite the straw below ; but I don't think the cellar would present the appearance it exhibited when I saw it. The rubbish, when I went into the cellar, had been turned over. Mr. Heisch, professor of chemistry at Middlesex Hos pital, said if straw saturated with turpentine was entirely consumed, no smell would remain. Mr. Sergeant Ballantine—You mean to say that if a thing is entirely consumed nothing remains. (Laughter.) Witness—Well, it amounts to the same thing. Mr. Carttar, the coroner for East Kent, put in the state ment made by the prisoner when he was examined, by his own request, at the inquest held upon the bodies of his un fortunate children. The statement was real by Mr. Hemp, the clerk. It went on to say the fire was perfectly accidental, and that the.lives of the children were lost in consequence of the shop door being burnt open long before the arrival of the fire engines. The things removed from his house were sent away merely because he was about leaving the neigh bourhood, he having thought that he had let his shop. At the time the inventory was made out he said he was in such trouble he scarcely knew an article mentioned therein. Ho took no active part in making out the list of his losses. The statement went to show that the furniture and stock was fully worth the amount insured for. This closed the case for the prosecution. Mr. Sergeant Ballantine then addressed the jury for the prisoner. A large number of witnesses gave the prisoner the highest character for honesty and kindness. ' The learned Judge summed up the evidence. =The jury returned a verdict of not guilty. NEW COURT. (Before the Recorder.) MARRYING EIGIIT WIVES. Gloucester Gale, described as a clerk, aged 32, was in dieted with feloniously intermarrying Celia Maria Wyse, his wife Eliza Cecilia Gee being then and now alive. There were five seigrate indictments against the prisoner for marrying other women, >ving his first wife alive at the time. The prisoner in a faint voice pleaded guilty to all the charges, and begged for mercy on account of his ill ness and the trouble he had undergone. Mr. Sleigh, who was instructed by the Associate Insti tution for the Protection of Females, appeared for the pro secution; and Mr. Metcalfe defended the prisoner. The learned counsel then stated the facts of the case in aggravation of punishment He said the prisoner was married to his first wife on the 11th of January, 1849. The second wife, who lived at Marble Hall, Egham, he married at Islington Church, on the 30th of November, 1857 ; the prisoner married in the name of George Gordon, and lived with her at the time the officer took him into custody from information received. He did not deny the charge, and he was brought to London. The next was a young woman, named Lydia Birch. She was married to the prisoner in the name of George Thomas, at Trinity Church, Chelsea, on the 3d of January of last year. He left her in February, pre tending to go on a voyage as mate of a ship. She saw him again in April, ho having taken apartments for her and sent for her out of the country. He having stopped with her about a week, left her. He next married a young woman, named Sarah Ann Drewett, in the name of George Greer, at St. George's, Hanover-square, on the 3d of May, 1858. He lived with her five days, under the pietence of going a voyage to sea as mate. Shortly after he againmanied a young woman, named Martha Gover, at the church of All Soul's, Lang ham-place, in the name of Edwin Swain. After stopping with her about a week at the time, he left her to go to sea in October last, and she had not seen him till captured. He again married a young woman named Fanny Terrell, at St. Saviour's Church, Southwark, in the name of Edward Gordon. He only lived with her one day. He told her he was first mate of a ship, and was going to sea for three months and would return, but she did not see him again until he was taken into custody. Mr. Metcalfe, for the prisoner, urged that although he had £1,600 by the second Wife, he had made it over to her, and she would have the enjoyment of it. The Recorder, addressing the prisoner, said it would be useless to talk to a man who had made so many solemn vows in so short a time, for you have married five wives from November 1857 to December 18.58, therefore you must be severely punished. The sentence of the Court is that you undergo penal servitude for the space of four years. Tho prisoner then left the dock, seemingly surprised at the sentence. RAFE. Henry Rudledge, described as a clerk, aged 40, remanded from last session, was indicted for a rape on a young woman, named Ellen Saltmarsh. Mr. Sleigh appeared for the prosecution ; Mr. Ribton de fended the prisoner. The prisoner is tho man who was tried before Mr. Baron Martin, last session, on a charge of rape on his own daughter, snd after a long trial was acquitted. Mr. Sleigh stated that he thought the facts would not be sufficient to convict the prisoner, therefore ho should offer no evidence. The jury then, under the direction of the Recorder, re turned a verdict of not guilty, and the prisoner was ordered to be discharged out of custody. THIS DAI'S SHIPPING. LONDON, Jan. 4.—Wind this day at noon, N.B. ; ight breeze and hazy. SOUTHAMPTON, Jan. 4.—Arrived—Para (screw steamer), from Alexandria, with loss of propeller, &c. ; Report (steamer), from Gibraltar. Sailed—Celt (screw steamer), for Cape of Good Hope. TOUrAY, Jan. 4.—Wind N. to N.E.=—Sailed—Courser, for Valencia. DARTMOUTH, Jan. 4.—N.N.E.—Sailed—Liffey, for St. Michael's. PLYMOUTH, ,Tan. 4.—Wind N.N.W.—Sailed—Prince of Wales, for Melbourne ; Alice Thompson, for Suez. OFF HURST CASTLE, Jan. 4.—Arrived—Tagus (screw steamer), from Gibraltar, &c. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH SOUTHAMPTON, Wednesday Morning. Wind N.E. ; hazy. Arrived —Artisan, steamer, from Cardiff ; Pera, and Ripon, steamers, from Gibraltar; Ceres, steamer, from Dublin; Henry, from Goole; - La Poule, from Cherbourg; Charlotte, from Jersey ; Princess Royal, and Harmony, from Shields ; Thomas Powell, steamer. Sailed—Celt, steamer, for Cape of Good Hope ; La Poule, for Cherbourg; Ceres, steamer, for London. LIVERPOOL, Wednesday Morning. Wind N.N.W. Arrived, Jan. 4.—Flower, from Denia ; Progress, screw steamer, from St. Nazairs. Sailed, Jan. 4.—Medallion, and Nietaux, for Charleston; Delphin Elise, for Bordeaux ; N. Larrabee, for New Orleans ; Laurence, for Havannah ; Petronella, for Bar celona. (BY SUBMARINE AND BRITISH TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Wednesday Morning. Wind N.E. ; tide, one hour's flood ; cloudy. Arrived, Jan. 4.—Fantasy, from Christiana ; Ocean Gem, from Gothenburg ; Izian, from St. Petersburg. Sailed, Jan. s.—Albion, steamer, for Boulogne ; Hollen side, for Sydney; Astarte, for Rangoon. DEAL, Wednesday Morning. Wind N.E. by N., moderate. Passed.—Glance, for Canaries ; Paris and London, steamer, for Paris; Pillar, for Teneriffe ; Justine, for Rouen—all from London. Sailed.—Weasel, for Falmouth. • THE MAILS.—SOUTHAMPTON, TUESDAY. —The steamship Celt left this afternoon for Plymouth, where she will take in the mails for the Cape of Good Hope, for which port she leaves on th e 6th . T he Sultan, with the heavy portion of the Bombay mail ; and the Tyne, with the Brazil and River Plate mails, will be here on Thursday. The Ceylon is preparing to take out the next East India and China mails on the 6th, being delayed to that date by per mission of the Post-office authorities. The Tamar will take out the Brazilian mail of the 10th. The Thames takes out the Australian mail of the 12th. MAILS FOR THE UNITED STATES AND AUSTRA LT A.—The screw steamer City of Washington will sail to-day ("Wednesday) from Liverpool to New York. The Liverpool Post-office will close at 9 a.m., but letters with late fees will be received until 10, and on the landing-stage until about 10.30. The Black Ball clipper Lightning sails also to-day for Melbourne. The Liverpool Post-office will be open for the reception of letters and papers until 2.15 p.m., and with late fees until 2.30. THE LATE ACCIDENT AT THE ROYAL POLY TECNIC.—The following. is an official account of the acci dent as laid before the directors yesterday by the nianager, Mr. Longbottom :—" The manager begs to report that last night, January 3, at half-past ten, most providentially after nearly the whole of the audience had retired, a very serious accident occurred by the falling in of a portion of the south side of the spiral staircase leading from the entrance to the upper theatre. The manager is deeply distressed t o state that about 20 persons who were des6ending the staircase at the time were more or less seriously injured, all of whom who were willing to be removed to the hospital were promptly conveyed thither. The manager much regrets to add. that one little girl has since died. Six are remaining in the hospital, three of whom are reported to be not out of danger, though progressing favourably. The manager expressed at the hospital the board's wish - that any extra attention or comfort required by the sufferers should be in stantly rendered them at the charge of the Roy a l Poly technic Institution, and anxiously awaits the direction of the board as to any further steps to be adopted on the suf ferers' behalf. The manager further reports that every means were immediately employed on the occurrence of the accident for the relief of the sufferers, the police under Mr. Superintendent Hughes being instantly called in to make a rigid search beneath the dilapidations to ascertain that there were no more victims by any possibility lost sight of in this deplorable catastrophe,' LAW INTELLIGENC_E.-( TR-TS DAY.) COURT OF 33ANKRUYTCY. (Before Mr. CommlArrioner Got, Iburn.) JUDGMENT ON CERTIFICATE.-1N RE D, VVIDSON AND GORDON His'Honour gave judgment this morning chi the question of certificate of these bankrupts. The case has been before the court for a very long period, and the main facts have been so recently published at great length, that a summary of the judgment will explain the case. His Honour, after alluding to the great importance of the case in a commercial point of view, re ferred to the report of the official assignes, and expressed his regret that Mr. E. Hart, who had prepared it, was about to retire from his official duties in this Court, which he (His Honour) regretted, as he (Mr. Hart) had for many years assisted the Court, and no doubt his talents and abilities would . place him in a much higher position than he held at present. This eulogium was due to Mr. Hart for his many years of close attention to duties requiring the strictest faithfulness and impartiality. His Honour then went through the voluminous report and the mass of evi dence adduced, and ultimately said that the bankrupts had clearly brought themselves within the penal clauses of the act of Parliament, on several grounds—the non surrender and the concealment of property, as they had absconded, taking away a large sum of money. It was no excuse that they had subsequently been allowed to sur render to avoid the penal liabilities, or that they had been acquitted on several of the charges pre ferred against them. But, whatever the charges might have been criminally, or whatever the punish ment, it had nothing to do with this Court, which was a Court for the protection of the commer cial world. Had the bankrupts been tried and acquitted on the different charges on the merits, and not on mere technicalities, he would have endeavoured to brine his mind to another conclusion than he now felt himself bound to do, which was to wholly refuse the certificate. His Honour, in the course of his judgment, referred par ticularly to the bankrupts' transactions with Messrs. Overend and Gurney, and expressed his opinion that much of the misery and losses to innocent traders and mercantile firms arose from the facilities afforded by firms of much higher repute to bolster up a falling concern. Certificate suspended, and protection granted. POLICE IN2'ELLIGENCE.- THIS DAY: MANSION-HOUSE ALLEGED EXTRAORDINARY SYSTEM OP OBTAINING GOODS BY FALSE PRETENCES. - John Constable, alias Thompson, of 9, Thanet-place, Lewisham, described as a shipbroker, was charged with fraudulently obtaining 43 bolts of canvas, by representing that they were required for the ship, Mary Ann, then lying in the Commercia. Dock. Messrs. H. and E. Russell, of 3 and 4, Star-court, Bread street, extensive linen factors, were the prosecutors. Mr. Buchanan, of Basinghall-street, who attended to pro secute, briefly set forth the particulars of the case, and from his statement it appeared that the prisoner had ordered and obtained the canvas in question on the plea that it was for the navy and for the purpose of making sails, and directly he obtained the goods he sent them to an auction room. Knight (city detective) deposed that the prisoner had given his address as Peckham, but, after some difficulty, he obtained a clue to his residence, which was as given above. The prisoner was met by Knight yesterday in Lewisham, and upon being charged with the offence, at once repudi ated all knowledge of both prosecutors And the transaction. He also declared that his name was not Constable, but Thompson. He was, however, taken into custody. Ho produced a card of the ship Mary Ann, and said, " There is no fraud ; it was for that essel, and the captain gave me the order. As the captain could not take the goods, I was obliged to dispose of them the best way I could. I in tended to pay the firm " At the station-house he begged Mr. Russell not to press the charge, and offered £lO, with security for the remainder, the value of the goods being £BO. Mr. Buchanan then called Mr. Russell and the captain of the Mary Ann, and the case was proceeding when our reporter left. Mr. Wontner appeared for the prisoner. THAMES. ROBBERY ON BOARD SHIP.—A ferocious and dirty looking fellow, named Salem, a native of Java, who came to this country in a Dutch ship a few years ago, and has been a thief ever since, was brought before Mr. Yardley, charged with stealing a quantity of wearing apparel, the property of Michael Carey, a seaman, belonging to the ship Liverpool, in the London Dock. Carey stated that he was aroused from his slumber at half-past two o'clock this morning by a noise in the fore castle. He turned out of his berth, and upon passing round the forecastle, caught the prisoner. A light was procured, and he discovered that the prisoner had on a pair of trousers, and a pair of mitts, which he had stolen out of a chest belonging to witness. On the deck of the forecastle there was a quantity of wear ing apparel, which had been stolen out of the same chest. On the prisoner being stripped, another pair of trousers, which he: (witness) missed on Saturday night last, were found upon him. When he asked the prisoner what busi ness he had on board, he replied, " I came here to sleep." A Thames police-constable named Pickman, No. 67, stated that the prisoner had been committed five times for robberies of a similar description, and was a most dangerous fellow. 111 r. Yardley committed the prisoner for trial. THE NAVY. The Tortoise, naval store ship, has hauled up to Chatham dockyard, and yesterday commenced un loading war stores from Devonport dockyard. The Aid has commenced shipping war stores at Chatham for Portsmouth and Devonport dockyards. A court-martial assembled on Monday, at 9 a.m., on board the flagship Waterloo, at Sheerness, to try (on his own application for a court-martial) Charles Frederick Puckett, late master of the steam sloop Alecto, on the following charges : That he, the said Charles Frederick Puckett, when master of her Majesty's steam sloop Alecto, and in actual service and full pay .of her Majesty's fleet did, on the 9th day of Sept. 1858, on board the said sloop, use insubordinate language to Commander J. Hunt of the said sloop, by stating to the said com mander that he would make him prove his words with reference to a statement of the said com mander, that he thought the said sloop was at the time 30 miles or thereabouts out of her position, contrary to the directions given by the said com mander to the said C. F. Puckett, and by the said C. F. Puckett stating to the said commander that he the said commander gave him no course—which statement was untrue. Captain E. P. Halsted was the President. The decision was to the following effect, that the Court were of opinion that both charges were fully proved, and they adjudged the prisoner to lose six months' time and to be severely reprimanded and admonished to be more careful in future. Excepting First Lieutenant C. O. B. Hall, Lieu tenant W. T. W. Hambly, Lieutenant F. Osburn, and Additional Paymaster Robert Bone, all the offi cers of the sc rew s t eams hi p R usse ll, 60 , re-commis sioned at Plymouth on Saturday by Capt. Wodo house, have been re-appointed. Previous to her being put out of commission, Lieut. Hambly had applied to be superseded. Lieut. Kirby has been appointed Second and Lieut. Alexander Third Lieutenant. The two other vacancies continued open up to Monday evening. The crew were paid off, with seven days' leave of absence and permis sion to join any ship in commission. Above 100 have returned to the Russell. A few have joined the Racer, Cambridge, Excellent, Impregnable, &c Lieut. Meheux and the detachment of Marines continued on board the Russell. The storeship Diligence, Mr. Crook, master, with stores for Pembroke, was towed from Hamoaze to Plymouth Sound on Monday. The Hamoaze, with bread, for Queenstown, was appointed to leave Plymouth yesterday. The screw steam-frigate Topaze, 51, was place d at her moorings in Hamoaze on Monday The Conway, 26, for Liverpool, will be % ready to be moved out of the basin at Devonport on Friday. The repairs of the screw steans IliP Victor Em e manuel, 91, and of the paddlew h l Advice, will probably be completed at steam vessel at Devonport on Saturday. The screw steamship D es perate, 8, was placed i n Keyham Basin, Devonport , Her Majesty's troopship on Monday. Himalaya, Commander a t officers - Engineers—aor Sedley, Li eut. and n 7 n S e e n e e 3 o , e m s b t eez,. day from d t h t e h_ the dockyardfollowing Warren, and aintd°YalEngineers—Major 103 rank and file (for Gibraltar). 2d Battalion or Fulion,Capt, Aarsn dl ; sthFoot (for Malta)—Nl a j Licuts. Dickson, Fitzroy, Allinson, and ea Bu Ensigns Coeti ogon, Hawkes, and Shaw Assistant - Surgeon ; ant-Surgeon Hinton, 104 ran k an d file, 9 women, and 18 children. 4th Battalion Rifle Brigade (for M alta)—Lieutenants Tottenham and Curson, 150 rank and file. The Himalaya will go out of Portsmouth harbour this morning at nine o'clock to Spithead, and thence proceed to Queens town, at which port she will embark the 2d Battalion 6th Foot (for Gibraltar)-30 men 25th Foot (for Gibraltar)-2 officers, 41 rank and. file, 1 officer's wife, 2 officers' children, and 1 ser vant, 2d battalion 3d Foot (for Malta)-1 offiecr, 52 rank and file, 2 children, and 2 servants, Ist battalion, 23d Foot, for Malta-4 officers, 32 rank and file, 4 women, and 2 children • barrack depart ment, 1 man, 1 woman, and 1 child. The French sloop Le Faon, Captain Auger, has arrived at Spithead from Calais and New!taven, and will proceed to Weymouth, it is said for the purpose of inquiry connected with the herring fisheries. _ _ Mr. Charles J. Parker was yesterday appointe d master to the Victory. J Share Stock, stock i