The Sun. — London, England, 1858-04-12 00:00:00

~~; _____ R~`LAI~D. THE MURDER AT PORTSMOUTH. APPREHENSION AND EXAMINATION OF TEIE BROTHER OF THE MURDERED MAN. PORTSMOUTH, SATURDAY, APRIL le. This day at three o'clock in the afternoon, being fixed for the examination of Edwin .Hart, the brother of the unfortunate man, Daniel Hart, who was most mysteriously murdered on the night of Saturday, the 13th of March, th e entrance to the gaol in Penny-street, which is also used before the police office, was crowded by persons long the stated hour, who were anxious to obtain admis sion to be present at the proceedings. Hitherto this murder h been completely shrouded in mystery, inasmuch as no object for the commission of the street could be assigned, being perpetrated at the door of the house ;n the presence of a witness, and no attempt at roZ.lbery appeared to have been made. The coroner's investigation tended to throw but little light on lthe traa2saction, except so far as was obtained from Mrs- I lia:, the keeper of the house where tin deceased lodged as to a description of the person of the man who committed the murder, and that he was dressed in a Macintosh coat, and wore a glazed bat. On Thur . EAsy last Mr. Superintendent Leg ' Batt, of the Portsinouth Borough Police, received ..etain information which has led to the appre heocion of the prisoner on suspicion of the murder, tio other than the b rother of the murdered being man. eomewhAt remarkable fact that the It is Admiralty coroner, prisoner is a clerk, and was employed in the office of Mr. Swainson, the i n High street , Portsmouth, dna that gentle man professionally attended the dOroner's in quiry as to the death of Hart, to watch the case on behalf of the relatives of the deceased. The peculiar circumstances of the case and the person now charged with the commission of this foul deed, have led to an excitement almost with out a precedent in this town and neighbourhood. The Mayor presided, and the bench was filled by magistrates, amongst whom were the ex-Mayor, Mr. A. Nance, and Mr. W. B. Carter. Mr. R. W. Ford, solicitor, appeared for the pro secution ; Mr. Field, of Gosport, for the prisoner. Mr. Ford briefly stated the case which tie should have to lay before the court against the prisoner at the bar, and said that it was one of vast import ance, not only as regarding the public, but as to its deep and serious con sideration towards the pri soner, and most sincerely d id he (Mr. Ford) wish that he might be able to give an answer that would be satisfactory to the evidence that he should have to adduce. It would appear that on Thursday last the superintende nt of p olice (Mr. Leggatt) received E. comm unication, and in consequence of he w aited upon the p risoner, and having put some questions to him, his answers were so unsatisfac tory that he felt it to be his duty to take him into custody on suspicion of having murdered his bro ther, and subsequent inquiries led to the discovery of other circumstances, which would be dttailed to the bench. Mr. Superintendent Logga.tt was then called. Mr. Ford—You are su perintendent of the p olice of this borough ? Mr. Leggatt—l am. Mr. Ford—l believe your attentio be en n has e c alled to the circum stances attending a murder cm mitted in this town on Saturday night, the 13th of March 3 Mr. Leggatt—yes, myattention has been drawn to that unhappy event, and I have for some time been engaged xn endeavouring to trace the mur- ----, 041-7 O RDAT MORNING.. DUBLIN, SHE FIN.A.LE Or THE C OL:LEOR EMEu TE. greet Police-court, T he pro ceedings in College i 11111 reported in The Sun of Satu).'deff, s the leading The Freeman, topic of this morning's _ papers: ;w ith commend on the part o f the police, Eu gg ests, matter Able taste, that the whole should termi slate at this k:ltage, that bygones L ii ould be by gones, and that r econciliation mutual • should be the order of the day. t.. a 1 eof the College cha . . capons (the impress) t a k es a s i ra ,'lar view of the as. 1 a ff ~ but the writer is laudably nen'ons at the receptio.ll with which the last act of the drarb;a is likely to be met At the other side of the channel. )3y way of for. - stalling the verdict the closing proCeedings are thus treated "It was, indeed, quite a scene. The -.B encll A though unused to the melting mood, was sort.. en' on this occasion, and a tear stole down the at`" face of justice. Even the opposing counsel ' 7l- . 8 disarmed, and Mr. M'Donough declared, ' as a gt' tleman,' that he could not ask another question. How dramatic I What a fine subject for the nove list ! One touch of nature on the' part of the vene rable Cole:gel destroyed in a moent the hostility of the ligitaets ; all was regret, forg ive ness, recou- ciliation, broti:erly kindness, and dro char ity, e a l n s dthe over re this delightful 5c., 118 tl 3 t eccuorllteagine fiell.rost and won?' no one to dramatize? 5 : , It would make a capita'.farc e, which, if tolerably It . g a run of 100 nights, totally well acted, vrould hay the Theatre Royal. The eclipsing " Faustus" at +h e accessories the scenic ac dramatis persove , - • ' mixture of tragic and oompaniments, the straugd thefaction, and the comic interest, the rapidity fo, spirit of the dialog s pot would be of the most ex citing character, and the piece might end with the apotheosis of Col. Browne, surrounded by a band of wounded students, cheering and celebrating his victory. Seriously, we fear this business will make sis very ridiculous to our neighbours at teattther side of the Channel. season ill violent, im pulsive, impetuneß, pite, changeful, forgiving people these Irish are ! Donnybrook Fair has beans bolished, but the humours of Donny brook arinherent in the Irish character—wild, wayward, fickle, loving and hating, joking and fight ing shaking hands, and breaking one another's heads: almost in the same breath, and then `quite overcome by their feelings,' shaking hands again, sad perhaps chairing the commander-in-chief of ' the skull-crackers." Nevertheless, the public are to be still further sur feited with this foolish transaction. At the police office this morning one of the counsel for the police intimated that they would proceed with the exami nation of witnesses for the purpose of identification; that they would examine constables who had been se injured as well as witnes ses to the general ca among the citizens of Dublin, and conclude with the evidence of the medical man wko attended the police. THE MURDERER LANI. In accordance with the usual custom in cases of conviction for murder within the jurisdiction of the Central Criminal Court, the execution of the above criminal has been fixed to take place on the first Monday after the intervention of three Sundays from the period of the conviction, that being the 26:h instant. As the trial proceeded he lost all the hardihood that had previously been exhibited by him, and after sentence of death had been passed, and he was removed to the 'cell where he will re main for the short period allotted to him in this world, he seemed completely prostrated. In all cases of capital conviction the culprit undergoes a strict search in order to discover whether ho has in hie possession any weapon or instrument by which he may effect self-destruction, and while he was undergoing this prceess he burst into a flood of tears, awl appeared utterly overcome by his feelings. It was stated iu the report of the trial that the pri soner was defended by counsel through the instal mentality of Mr. Heath, the Consul-General for Sardinia. That gentleman was repeatedly in com munication with the prisoner before his trial, and OD several occasions he felt it his duty to warn the prisoner of the fearful position in which he was placed, but it would seem that almost up to the day of the trial, the prisoner professed to entertain an opinion that he should not be convicted of murder. The pi isoner, it has already been stated, is only able to speak fluently his own language, :he Italian, but he c m converse to a slight extent iu French. He has not, it appears, ever made any allusion to the cri me for which he is about to suffer, but from some observations that have fallen from him at different times it would appear that the denies having originally had the intention to destroy the deceased, and that he merely intended to rob her. It appears ex forrernely probab'e that this was so, and that the pri soner enuesvoured to render the unhappy woman insensible by forcible pressure upon the wind-pipe, and that she made a more violent resistance than he anticipated, and, being fearful of suffering per sonal violence from the parties who were in the house, he committed the dreadful crime for which he is to suffer. The prisoner would, in all human probability, have escaped from this country, as the vessel in which he had taken his passage would have sailed direct for her destination in South America a very few hours after the prisoner was taken into custody by the officers Iluggett and Parke, and all clue to him would have been lost, but for the prompt informaion given to the police by Kroom, the waiter at the hotel in Finsbury, where the prisoner was staying' It is understood that the learned judge who tried the case intends to make an order that this witness shall receive a re ward of 20/. for his praiseworthy conduct, but the exact sum has not yet been determined upon. On Saturday afternoon the sheriff., the under-sheriffs, —4;,,..ry and the g overnor of Newgate, pro ceeded to the cell or te _ _ him of the day that had been fixed for his execution. He was at the same time told that be might have the spiritual as istance of any priest he might name, the prisoner being a Ronehu Catholic, and also that writing materials would be placed at his disposal in case he should wish to write to his friends or make any statement relative to his crime. This communication was made to him by Mr. Under- Sheriff Parker, in Italian, and he asked the prisoner whether he understood it 7 To this Lani answered, "Si Signore, ca p isce bene " (YeP, Sir , I perfectly understand it.) He was then asked if he wished for anything. This question brought tears, which be wiped from his face, and he then said that he hoped the sheriffs would allow him to have some better food than the visitingto d that ju t s l t i i e e e r s e , q w ue b s e t had the control of such matters, and their decision prisonoul d allowance.b be submitted made known to him without delay. The prieoner ji t e o thee s in London. does not appear to have any cennections or friends There are two curious circumstances connected with the convict which have not been mentioned. The vessel in which he was to have sailed for South America had on board a vicious bull, which was to have been conveye d to Valparaiso. The bull, not liking his quarter, be came violent, all the securities which interposed between himself and his fellow passengers. This ucc isioned a delay of 24 hours. If this singular accident had not cc curred the vessel would have been far down the channel when the officers arrived off Greenhithe, there being at the time a strong easterly wind Another fact mentioned in connection with the the convict is, that when Lani was at the office of the Messrs. Owden, the owners of the vessel, he had in his hands a piece of chain, which he threw in a very skilful manner, previously calling the at tention of the clerks to the circumstance, and re marking that by such a process he could at once choke any one ha pleased. This fact taken by it self would, of course, be of no importance, but viewed in connection with the crime for which he has been convicted, it appears to have some signi ficance. SHOCKING DEATH OF AN ECCENTRICCHARACT ER. A shocking case of en death of an old and well-known eccentric character of the town of Greenwich Miss Maria Suter, of Blissett-street— was discovered on Monday afternoon last. It ap pears that the unfortunate lady, who possessed ample means of living comfortably, had given way of late years to so many eccentricities that two of her relatives (brothers) visited her on Thursday week at her residence, with the view of obtaining the opinion of two medical gentlemen as to her con dition of mind, and, if necessary, their certificate to obtain her admittance into some lunatic asylum. Accordingly Mr. Hollingsworth and Mr. Pink were consulted, Mr. Hollingsworth first seeing her and then Mr. Pink, both being together and con versing with her. To Mr. Pink she remarked that she did not know who he was, and on that gentle man saying that he knew her and her family, and that she knew him (telling her his name), her reply was, "I know no one who is not introduced to me ; aad as you have not been introduced I don't know you." This interview with the unfortunate creature led to the determination on their part to sign the requisite certificate, in order that she should be removed as soon as possible to some place of safety. Living without any domestic ser vant, and being particularly sensitive as to any interference in her mode of living, the intention of removing her was kept secret, and shortly after wards the brothers left, giving her no idea but that they had paid but a casual visit, and bidding her as usual an affectionate farewell. An hour afterwards the old creature Ras seen by a neighbour at the door, having given twoyouc g women, who had called upon her, some money. Nothing particular was thought of this circumstance, as beggars, far and near, were in the habit of calling upon her, none of whom ever left without receiving some kind of relief. Tile - neighbours, at a late hour the same night, heard an unusual noise made in stirring the fire, but, after this nothing more was heard or seen of the de ceased. On Monday morning the postman knocked at the door with a letter from her brother, but re ceived no answer. This was no unusual circum stance, as the deceased was in the habit of retiring to rest between one and two o'clock in the morn , ing, opening her door and entering into conversa tion with the policeman on the beat, and not being seen again until two or three o'clock in the day. Two or three hours later Police constable Ralph, engaged in delivering the voting papers for tke election of guardians, knocked at the door, but still no answer was returned. About four o'clock in the afternoon, a brother of the deceased—a gen tleman residing at Maidenhead, Berks—called at her residence, when the house being atilt closed, • an entrance was eff-acted at the back of the pre mises. On proceeding into an up-stairs room a hor rible sight presented itself, the place being in a most filthy dirty state, totally destitute of furni ture, and the lifeless body of the deceased being discovered on a box, and near her head standingla saucepan covered with a saucer containing coffee in a decomposed state, showing that her death could not have been of a violent character, as the lea,t movement of the body must have caused the sauce pan to fall. The deceased had evidentltocki y ng laid d how- own to rest without undressing, her stook ever, , being partly drawn from her leg s to her feet, and quantities of blood being found upon the floor immediately beneath her left leg and left hand, • which were hanging over the end and side of the box, her right h and beinga firmly clenched and drawn towards her ch est. Oan examination being =Ate it was only too evident that whilst lying in this position ithe flesh of the deceased had been gnawed by mice or other vermin, causing the blood to flow from the distended parts, whilst the flesh of the knuckles of the right hand was likewise gnawed in the same way. By the side of the de ceased was also a portion of candle, at which the mice had also been engaged, and which had bean pro perly extinguished; thus favouring the supposition that the deceased had died in her sleep. The police authorities were immediately communicated with, • and on Sergeant Grant, 6R, searching the body, he discovered three 51. Bank of England notes, two sovereigns, and some silver and copper money wrapped in separate pieces of paper, together with about 30 keys, on her person. On entering the bedroom of the deceased a like disgusting sight was witnessed, being in reality the abode of filth and wretchedness, all sorts of eatables lying strewed about the floors, the bed and furniture equally dirty, whilst from the ceiling hung innumerable cobwebs, and books and papers being covered with like accumulations. The whole of the house was entirely destitute of furniture, whilst the front par lour sideboards contained cooked and uncooked meat, bread, vegetable?, and every kind of eatables mixed together, and in another part of the room supply of candles. A more an extraordinary wretched sight, ev en in the poorest neighbourhoods,An in nest it -would be impo ssible to conceive. q was held upon the body on Tuesday afternoon, • before Mr. C. J. Carttar, coroner, at the Mdorden formal evi A r ms, Brand-street, when m erely en . ce, bearing out the principal of the abov e fa.cts, having been deposed to, the inquiry was adj _ admit of a post mortem ex amination being made, and which, it is believed, will result in the fact that the deceased had laboured under disease of the heart sufficient to account for death.--Kei ttish Mercury. derer. Mr. Ford—ln conseVence of information you had previously received did you go cn Thursday last to Mr. Swainson's office, where the prisoner was employed ?—I did ; it was about 12a1f past 11 o'clock in the morning. Who did you see there ?—Mr. Swainson and the prisoner. What did you say ?—I said to Mr. Hart, " I have come to talk to you about some information I have received." What reply did he make ?—He made some short reply ; but 1 do not remember what it was. I then said, I have been informed that you went to a beer shop on Sunday morning, the 14th of March, at about a quarter past 12 o'clock, to which he im mediately replied, "I did not." I went on to say, " The beer-shop is the Portsmouth Arms, in Penny street:Portsmouth. You had a glass of beer there, and you had on a Mackintosh coat, and Mrs, Whiting, the landlady of the house, has told me so." What reply did he make ?—He said, "It is a lie. I was not iu Portsmouth all that night, and I have not got a Mackintosh coat." Mr. Leggatt—l told him it was a serious thing, and asked him to go with me to Mrs. Whiting's and face re out, but• La anid he would not go. I remonstrated, and said, "Surely you cton't meae that ; for I would go to the end of the earth to prove my innocence of such a charge." He said Le should be out of the office at twelve o'clock. An inspector, Daisb, was with me during the conver sation, and Mr. Swainson was also there the greater part of the time. We then left the place, but placed ourselves in such a situation as to be enabled to fne when he should leave the place, but up to h a lf-past twelve o'clock he did not come out. About that time I saw Mrs. Whiting, the landlady of the Portsmouth Arms, coming across High-street, and I went to meet her, and had some conversation with her, and, in consequence of what she told me I went back to Mr. Swainson's office, ac. an by Inspector Daish and Mrs. Whiting. Mr. Swainson and Harr were both present. I asked Mrs. Whiting if she lass knew Hart, and she immediately said " Yes I will swear you are the man I served with a gof ale about a quarter-past 12 on Saturday night, the 13th of March, and you then wore a Macintosh have coat." The prisoner—" Nonse nse, woman; I not got a Macintosh, and I was not in Portsmouth on that night." Mrs. Whiting then said, " I heard a knock at the door, and I let you in. You asked me for a glass of ale, and said you were in a hurry, and you gave me sixpence to pay for it. There being no light in the bar, I went to the back room for a candle, to see to give you change. I had a good look at you, because I suspected you were a policeman in disguise, and might have come to entrap me for serving after twelve o'clock. That is the reason I know you so well." We all came away, but shortly afterwards I went again to Mr. Swainson's office, and told Hart that it was a very unpleasant business, and that he must go before the magistrates. He again refused to go, but I told him that I should be most happy if he could explain away any suspicious circumstances, but I had a duty to perform, and that he must go. Upon that he went with me to the police-office, and on the way denied that he ever wore a Mackintosh coat in his life. He was taken before the magi strates and remanded for eight days. Shortly after wards I went, accompanied by al police o mstable, to the prisoner's house in West-street, arid in a cupboard in the front lower room a double-barrelled pistol was found by the police constable, which I now produce. One bare el appeared to have been recently discharged, but the other was perfectly clean. I unscrewed the barrels and found in one marks of having bsen discharged, but there was not the slightest smell of gun-powder. A bullet was found in the body of Daniel Hart, by Dr. Roper, in making a post mortem examination, and was produced before the coroner. A. ball of that weight would precisely fit the chamber of the pistol produced. Mr. Field here addressed the bench, and said, after such meagre evidence as that now adduced, he thought there wa.s nothing tha.t attached the slightest suspicion towards the prisoner, and submitted that he should be at once discharged. At the sam e time the prisoner did not shun, but rather required, the most ample investigation. He did not see that there were any grounds for remanding him, and in justice to his character he ought at once to be discharged. In fact, although the magistrates might have some hearsay statement, they had no legal evidence that any murder had even been com mitted. The magistrates retired for a short time, and on their return said they required tome farther evi dence. Mr. Superintendent Leggatt—When I first saw Hart at Mr. Swainson's, he said on the night of the murder ho was at Tonsey's, at Landport, at half-past eleven o'clock, but I have ascertained that he left before that. Mrs. Mary Ann Whiting was the next witness. She said—l am the wife of Andrew Whiting, who keeps the Portsmouth Arms beer- sember hop, in 13Penny s treet, Portsmouh. I rem the th of the night on hich Daniel Hart was rriur delarerceth: I returned w borne that night about 20 I noticed the clock when I got bon©; sot n had taken my bonnet off, as my husband comp i mmute3 after 12 o ,i 'c ft l eor l e a k .. l. ned of my having stopped e door and on going to when I heard a knock at th , . diug on tee pavement in out so late. I had not been many minutes at home it I saw the prisoner stan g for I am and said " Serve me as quick as you c an,. L aid me will, front of the house. He asked me for a less of all, in a hurry." 1 drew the ale, and ee light The into the bar and gave him 41d. in c hange. a sixpence. I fetched a light from the next room was very near to him,so thatl had agood opportunity l il t e w w a o s r a e a ro ltac a in h ofseoing his f attires. I took particularnotice of him t a o t s , h w , i a t n h d a a b h r a o t a of b t r h i samee m. opportunity of suing him, h, as e remained for two or - three minutes. Whenhe left th h se he turned to l m h a a t d e r f i t a i l i . 1 the left, and then crossed in the e direction of f1.• ,,1 I,J- - street. I saw him again in the court during h the . in quest on Daniel Hart, and I knew cliately. I again saw him at Mr. S 'l2l ' "me . wamson soffice, nut CASE OF THE Ray. T. SMITH.—Mrs. Smith was liberated on bail on Wednesday, her sureties tieing, we believe, the brother of h,r hu.band and his cousin, Mr. Smith, arti,t, tf Gloucester. She visited her unfortu nate husband in the prison both on Wednesday and Thursday. We hear that Mr. Smith bears up manfully against his mistortones, and hopes thht t;ucces,ful efforts . will be made to obtain his removal to Australia. Hie I employment, whtlat at the County Prison, will he either as a tailor or shoemaker. A petition for the remission of the sentence is, it is said, being got up in Gloucester. —B/istol Mercury. [AIWERTIBENEENT I—fl , illoway'e Ointment and Pills aie superior Remedies for Btd 14 , gs.—Extract,, of a letter from Mr. Samuel Shannon, baker, Mill-street, Newtownards :—" To Professor liollowa — y.—Sir,—Fo r eight ycars I suffered with a bad leg, which confined me to bed for eight nuonths together ; it was completely black, and swollen to an enormous size. I consulted at different times sixteen medical men, but derived no be nefit by their t reatment.y, Finall I commenced using and afterp era eyiring with them your ointment a nd fcr two mon ths, the swelling gradually decreareil, the blackness disappeared, and I feel as though nothing bad been the matter with me."—Sold ,a Establislatneby all dealers n i t o medicine, and at P rofessor Holloway 244, 6s.laand, THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY E V EATING, APRIL 12 , 1858 1•••••••••••.......1 1 .................... _ in High-street, - when I went there with Mr. Leg whabever that he is thesame man I saw at my house gatt and Inspector Daish, and I have no doubt WESTERN CIRCUIT. on the night of the murder. When I heard him BRISTOL, APRIL 10. speak at Mr. Swainson's office I at once recognised hi s voice as that of the same man I had served with (Before Mr. Justice Crowder a nd a Special Jury . ) the ale on the night in question. As I was going REMARKABLE CASE.—A LADY WORRIED BY A BEAR. home on thet night I heard the clock strike 12 . I The court was crowded to excess to-day to hear That was while I wasin High-street. I had never the trial of an action by a young Italian lady, who seen thitprisoner before. is stated to b 3 of high descent, but who, owing to Cross-examined by Mr. Field—On the night in question all he said was to ask me for a glass of ale, the misfortunes of her family, has lately practised and I never heard him speak before. Mr. Leggatt, as a teacher at Clifton, to recover compensation for Inspector Daisb, and Mr. Swainson were present her having b:en worried by a bear. alien I saw Hart at the office in High-street. I did BESOZZI V. HARRIS. not notice Mr. Leggatt tap at the door, but some one told him to come in. I did not then tell Mr. Mr. Prideaux, with whom was Mr. Ellin, ap peared for the plaintiff ; Mr. M. Smith, Q.C., and Leggatt that that was the voice of the wan I served with the ale. Ido not know whether Mr. Leggatt Mr. Bailey fur the defence. pointed out Hart to me when he asked me if he was Mr. Prideaux, in stating the case, said—ln Sep the man. I have heard that Government has tember au excursion trip was announced by a steam offered a reward of 1001. to any person who could packet to an island in the Bristol Channel, called give evidence to convict the murderer of Daniel the Steep Holmes, and Miss Besozzi accordingly, Hart, but I mentioned what I knew to Mr. Leggatt before the reward was offered. The man wore a on the 17th September, accompanied by a young light Macintosh coat, and I looked at him whilst I lady named Payton and three other ladies, took was takingthe change for the sixpence from the till. places by the packet, on board of which she met a I noticed him the whole of the time he was at the gentleman named Gully, and his wife and family, bar, as I had my reasons for doing so. I took par- to whom she had previously been known. The titular notice of him, because I thought he was a defendant, Mr. Harris, was the only resident on policeman in disguise. He was not agitated, and the Steep Holmes island. He farmed th e land there, had no stick or umbrella. I mentioned these eircumstances to my lodger before I heard of and occupied a house which he used as au inn. 1 the murder. I mentioned it to the inspector The party landed, Miss Payton and the ladies went on towards the top of the Holmes, and the plain of police, because I thought he wa s a policeman. In the week I also told another tiff and Mr. Gully remained at the house for a few person. The Macintosh worn by the man minutes whilst he ordered dinner. They were was not light-coloured, but the materi als were oabout to leave to rejoin their friends when Miss light description, such as are usua ll y wore ty a Harris, a daughter of defendant, pointed to a door gentlemen. by which which was chained to a kennel, struck Misshich to leave the house, when a large f eroc i ous At this stage the proceedings were adjourned, bear, and the prisoner remanded toe future day. Besozzi a violent blow on the back with his paw, which knocked her down on her face, seized her with his mouth, drew her towards him, and s o sa on as he had. got heri within his grasp began to worry ' her with Ins mouth, and passed his fangs through her person right down to the bone. Miss Besozzi's sere uns brought to the spot a Mr. Hazard, who had an unat.rella, and he broke his umbrella to pieces over the beast, which let go Miss Besozzi, and Mr. Gully pulled her away. She had to sub mit to painful surgical operations ; her nervous system was completely shaken, and she suffered from a lameness which it was probable she would ASSIZE INRELLIGENOZ POLICE IN . T.-April 10. MANSIONAIOUSE.—WdIiam Butler, a cooper in the service of Messrs. Hills, Underwood and Co., distillers of Eastcheap, was brought before the Lord Mayor, charged with having robbed his employers of two gallons of gin and Henry Wyer was charged e N om ar with receiving the same, well knowing it to have been stolen. Webb, the city detective officer, said—For the Asht last week I have been watching the premised of the Coven, prosecutors in Eastcheap. At a quarter past eight ( l e a this morning I saw the prisoner Butler ent,r the no., warehouse in Eas cheap, and a few minutes after- i C t. r n rand t wards he opened a door biding to St. Mary - at - Leeds! Hill. Shortly afterwards he brought the two gal- Leicesl lon bottle of gin, which I produce, and placed it re o l i cg just inside the door. The prisoner W y er at that Mac'el, moment came up, took the bottle and carried it Neatti xfo into a house where he is em p lo y ed close b y . I `'._l2(l followed him and asked him what he had got there, He wanted to know what that was to ma. I asked - him where he had got it from, and he sad he would be -- if he would tell me. He had two keys in his hand, and lie threatened, with a dreadful oath, that if I did not get out of the warehouse he would gouge my eyes out with them, and knock my teeth down my thr.at. A fellow-constable, Moss; then came up. Wyer refused to go to the station-house. I fetched a policeman in uniform. Wyer refused to go with him, and fought and struggled most violently. He was eventually taktn to the station house. I afterwards returned to the prosecutor's premises, and took Butler into custody. I asked him if he knew anything about a bottle going out that morning, and he said he did not. I then showed him the bottle, and he denied ever having seen it before. It contained two gallons of gin. J. Moss, detective officer—l saw Butler open the warehouse door, pull down the shutters, and look round as if for the pur F ose of seeing whether any body connected with the establishment was about. In a few minutes he went to the back part of the warehouse and got the bottle and placed it just inside the door. Wyer then came up and carried it off. After Webb left, Wyor went to a desk, and took out the pocket book I produce and was about to lift something out of it. I tried to prevent him from doing so, and he said, " You had better be quiet and leave me alone, or else I shall do you a serious injury." There was a knife close by which lie attempted to'seize, and he tried t i bite my hand. I afterwards searched his home, and found a bottle of gin and a bottle of whisky, I showed him these at the station, and asked him if he could account for the posession of them. He replied, "Why, from the same place as the other, I suppose. The prisoners, who said they should reserve their defence, wire fully committed for trial to the Central Criminal Court. Wyor, who appear° Ito be suffering from delirum tremens, was allowed to sit in a chair during the proceedings. not recover. Miss Besozzi, the plaintiff, was called, and con firmed substantially the statement of her counsel. Mr. Charles Gully, Miss Payton, and Mr. Hazard were called in confirmation. Mr. Greig, surgeon, described the plaintiff's in juries. Five of the bear's fangs had penetrated, and the wound was to the bone. Mr. M. Smith, in addres:;ing the jury for the . defence, said everybody must lament the severe misfortune which Miss Besozzi had suffered, but it would he his duty and that of the jury to discard all sympathy, and, looking calmly at the circum stances of the case, to inquire whether, although Miss Besozzi had suffered, Mr. Harris was answer able. The defendant for whom he appeared was a person in a very humble station. He paid Mr. Tyute 601. a-year for the island, which he farmed ; he eked out a livelihood by fishing, and he had a very 13? , rd streg4le to provide for himself and family. Mr. Harris, prior to this occurrence, had every reason to believe that the bear was a quiet animal. He had had it far-three s ears, and it had gone about like a dog, playing with the children, run ning in and out of the h ouse , g oing about the island with defendant's m en , end behaving in the most playful and docile manner. Samuel Baker, a farmer near Newport, deposed that the bear was imported by his brother, a cap tain, and given to his father. It used to run about the farm, eating with the calves and pigs, and was always gentle. The children used to ride it, and cried when it was given to Mr. Harris in exchange fox a dog. On one occasion it followed witness's gig to market, five miles and back. The bear came from Russia. Mr. Edin—Then it was a rugged Russian bear 'I Witi.ess (iudiguantly)—No, it was not. Mr. Ediu—Why, you say he came from Russia. Witnes3—But he was not a rough 'un. (Laugh ter.) The Judge=—The learned counsel suggests that he was a ruffian. (Renewed laughter.) The defendant and his wifo and daughter were likewise called to speak to the gentle character of Bruin, who (it was observed by Mr. Prideaux) must have been " a very gem of a hear." Both Mrs. Harris and her daughter stated that Miss Besozzi blamed Mr. Gully for taking her so near the bear, and said she should not have gone had she not been told it was blind. The jury, after a brief consultation, returned. a var. iiet for the MI. Mitch surprise wua expressed is eQ,... • marine s of the award. CI TY OF LONDON ATESSIONS. GUILDHALL.—James Julier, the driver, badge 11,907, of a "Favorite" omnibus, belonging to the London General Omnibus Company, appeared before Alderman Salouaons, in answer to a summons charging him with using offensive and insulting gestures towards the complainant. Mr. George William Petter said—l had a sum mons against the defendant, which was heard here on Wednesday last, and he was fined 20s. and costs. On the following morning I was i iding out side one of the Saloon omnibuses, and on arriving at the Nag's Head, at Holloway, the defendant came up with his omnibus, and, on seeing me, he stood up on the footb.,iard, turned round, and held up his whip to,vards me. The defendant, when he turned round, made some remark to his conductor, and then passed his hand over his upper lip and dawn his face iu derision of me on account of my wearing a moustache, and when near the Angel at Islington, he raised his hands in a deploring manlier towards me and said, " Twenty shillings and costs," in allusion to the fine of the previous day. A young gentleman on the defendant's om nibus, influenced by the defendant's conduct, applied au epithet to me for which he has since opologised. At the end of St. Anne's-lane, near the Post-office, defendant held up his hands in a most offensive manner, and continued his insulting conduct until he arrived at Belle Sauvage yard, where he met another driver, whose attention he directed to me by the same conduct. During the journey the defendant and several persons on his omnibus commenced hissing me in consequence of what he stated to them. Cross-examined—l am not in the habit of hailing passengers for the Saloon omnibus. I may have hailed a friend whom I may have desired should ride by my side. I was very indignant, but did not show it, because I knew my remedy. Mr. James Austin, ti clerk in the War-office, the gentleman who lied used the offensive epithets and afterwaids apologised, and other witness having been examined, rea dy been endorsed, once for tlietine a na l 'a second endorsement would be a very severe punish ment, if Mier such conflicting evidence, the magi strate thought there was any case made out at all. Alderman Solomonk said he gave the defendant the benefit of his good character when he fined him only 20., but in this case it was not his intention to inflict any penalty at all. He should exercise the discretion vested in him under the act of par liament, and try the effect of imprisonment with out a fine. It lie committed the defendant for a month it would deprive him of his right of appeal, which he did not desire, and he should therefore sentence him to six weeks.' imprisonment in order that he might appeal if he thought proper ; but in so doing he would still give him the benefit of his good character, and not commit him to hard labour. Mr. Beard immediately gave, notice of appeal, and the bail having beer' fixed at two sureties of 401. each, and the defen lant's recognisance, 801., the required sureties were tendered and accepted. The appeal is fixed for the July quarter sessions. The April Quarter Sessions for the City of Lou. don were held on Saturday at Guildhall, before the Lord Mayor, the Recorder, and a bench of aldermen. FRACAS ON THE CORN EXCHANGE. Mr. Alfred Firminger, merchant, 8, Great Win cliester-sttect, surrendered in discharge of his appeared Greatred for Tower-street. w the er- strPet. recognisances, to meet a charge of assault upon an i n dictment preferred by M r . W. Muggeridge (brother of Alderman Sir H. Muggeridge), mer chant, Toti'nFao:kAcitsk'-ibntsioilndinapgs Defendant pleaded not guilty. Mr. prosecu tion, and Mr. James for the defence. Mr. William Muggeridge, upon being sworn, de posed that he had known the defendant for some years, but had not spoken to.him for some little time previously to the 26 th of Februa r y, when defendant spoke to hi m as he nam e d . on th e Corn Exchange, and asked him if he had ever lent his (defendant's) brother 5/. 1 Witness replied that he had as he had done so to prevent his children, nieces and nephews of defendant, from starving. Defendant then asked if he h ad said that he (de fendant) had swi ndled him o ut of 500 /. ? Witness replied in the neg ative ; and defendant then asked him to read a letter, which lie handed to him. W Es and turned slid, " What is it all a b ou t?" H e h a d no to go away, upon which defen dant struck him in the face wit h his open hand, at the same time ca lling hi m asw i n dl er and a coward, t it e n , e a n t i u im and afterwards kicked him, upon which witness gave him into custody of the market beadle. Mr. James cross-examined the witness at great length, and elicited from him that he was intimately connected with all the movetnents of the Firmi neer family, and knew that o ne of the defendant's sisters ' had married an officer in the Belgian miletary ser vice named. Louis. Mr. James handed up the copy of a letter, as being the same which defendant had questioned witness about on the Corn Exchange. and particularly inquired whether (the letter having been sent to the colonel of M. Louis's regiment, Mr. Edward . Firminger) defendant did not espe cially call witness's attention to the same passage , viz. :—" I think I can make you laugh. When M. Louis got married to my sister, they took apart ments, but at the end of a week, no t having the money to pay the rent, they went away in the night , M. Louis carrying the night-gowo and stockings of his wife under his arm, and like this they had to beg money of my mother. The poor woman of whom they had the apartments had nothing else t o de p end upon d That an d she was in th e h a bit o f c alling M. thief of a dragoon ) The truth of all this you can learn by writing to Mr._ Muggetidge, 3, T ower - s treet, wer - s treet, as he told me a , and the woman Louis has been to me ab o u t it. It has also been said that some things were taken away from the rooms, but this I should not like to say myself." Witness did not very clearly remem ber whet her defendant h a d called his attention to this particular passage of the letter, but ho distinctly disclaimed all connexion w i t h i ts au th o rship. Two oth er w i tnesses wer e called upon the part of the prosecuti on, b o th o f whom witne ssed the assault but admitted ihat neither the blow nor the kick was very violent, and that b ath scorned to have been given ra th er as an insu lt than with any in tent to inj ure t h e prosec utor. id the swirl Mr. Jam es, upon t h e part of defendant, e character o f def en d an t's sister a nd her husband had been basel and cruel l y maligned, and that defendant h av i n y g reason to believe, from the l which had been produced, that prosecutor was the author of th e s l an d er , struck him in a m excitement, pro d uce d by his ref usal to ,gise any ex f Planation upon the point. He admit ed that his client had sc!ed illegal l y an d intemperately, and Vest i 1. , ef0:0 the Lord Mayor ;-- his willingne.s to apol , a course wh ch igic e he (Mr. J.ttnes) reffroted i a l been refused b y th e other sid e . U n d er these circum stances the court, no doubt, wou ld d e al with tee offence as a very :wine It , d be no light one, an d no t as on e which reflected upon defen dant's moral cliaracttr. guilty of the The said there could offence char *ed against him, and although he pleaded excitement in extenuation, it was not to be forgotten that the Corn Exchauge was not a proper d i- o l ti c bT i tl e i r A itnhes'cilillefelluinclUtp' was place to ask fer explanations upon private and family matters. The jury found the defendant Guilty, and the court sen teem), him (the outra,ge being a very gross one) to pay a fine of 201., and 1 o enter into his own taco, „,niseriees to keep ttie peace for twelve months, snd to be imprisoned moil the fine was paid. The fleecy was paid at once. WORSHIP•STREET.—A distressed looking elderiy man, named Robert Lawrence, described as a jobbing bricklayer, in Collins-street, Homerton, was c harged with having feloniously appropriated a stamped receipt for the debt and costs in an action at law, an d also with having assaulted and resisted o ne of the officers of the Shoreditch County Court in the execulion of his duty. The complainant, James Wiley, a bailiff's as sistant, stated that on the previous evening he went to the defendant's house to execute a distress warrant for the debt and cost iu a couuty-eourt suit, in w hich judgment had be s an obtained against him in default of appearance. On communicating his business to the defendant, he at first exhibited ex treme indignation and excitement, but subse quently he cooled down, and he requested him to wait tia he procured the money, as he lvid none iu the house. The defrnlint then went out, but re turned soon after, and intimated that he had borrowed the amount from a friend, who had generously pawned his watch to raise it, at the same time asking him to make out a receipt for the debt and expenses. He had no sooner done so than the prisoner snatched the paper out of his hand and put it into his, pocket, with the obervation—" Th will do ; you can now go." Witness stared at him in mute astonishment at the cool audacity of the act, and, before-he recevercd himself, the prisoner seized him by the shoulder, and exclaiming, " You had better clear out at once," °jewel him by main force, and closed the door a gainst hint. Witness immediately obtained the assistance of a policeman, with whom he retained to the house, and having with some difficulty effected an entrance, pri soner was taken into custody. In answer to the charge the poisoner admitted all the facts alleged against him ; but said his wife had incurred the debt to a reatl tally-man without hi hes knowledge, and he was gy irritated when discovered that fact. The magistrate &kid the prisoner had rendered himself liable by his reckless and inconsiderate con duct to be sent for trial upon a charge of felony, which would probably have resulted in his utter ruin . ; but, under the circumstances, he should abstain from adopting such a stringent course, and only punish him for the assault, for which he must inflict a penalty of 20s. [ADVIIRTISINENTd—Du Barry's delicious Revalenta Arabica Food invariably restores health, without medicine, inconve nience, or expense, as it saves fifty times its cost iu other remedies, and removes indigestion (dyspepsia), flataleucy, constipation, nervous, bilious, and liver com plaints, cough, asthma, consumption, and debility. 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Important Caution against the fear ful dangers of spurious imitations. —The Vice-Chancellor Sir William Page W0..41 granted an Injunction on the 10th M "arDu ch, 1854, against Alfred Hooper Nevill , for imitating Barry's Revaleuta Arabica Food.", SERIOUS FIRES IN THE METROPOLIS, Yesterday morning, between the hours of one and two o'clock, a call was received at the engine sta tions of the London Brigade, 'parish, parish, and West of England office, that a fire had broken out in the extensive premises belonging to Messrs. W. S. and A. Cox, corn chandlers, carrying on busi ness at No. 99, Broad-street, RAdiff. The out break commenced in the front sh - p, and the flames quickly extended to the back parlours, and they were rapidly progressing towards the top part of the building. The engines of the London Brigade Corn Schoolhouse lane, _lNellcloAo, and Jeffrey squares, and Watling-street stations . attended, and a bountiful supply of the East London Company's water having been procured, the firemen took ad vantage of the same and got their engines into ftill opera' ion, but in spits of which the fearful ele- ment continued its ravages, and at one period it was appreheedel that the whole of the surround ing buildings would have been consunned. Under the direction of Mr. Fogo, chief officer of the A section of brigade, the firemen went to work with the greatest vigour, and some thoussnd tons' weight of water were thrown upon and into the blazing property ; hut, notwithstanding, the fire could not be corquered until a very considerable amount •of property was destroyed, the lower compartments being entirely burnt out, and the upper part ex tensively injured by fire, water, and removal. The origin of the fire was enveloped in obscurity. The sufferer fortunately was insured in the Unity Fire- office. • Another fire'took place in the premises of Mr. R. Hall, linen draper and silk merger, 27, S. John.- street, Clerkenwell. The outbreak commenced in the shop wiLclow, from, it is supposed, the gas burning too high. Au instant ui was gitrtn, and rueseng,cfs were dispato'ted in all directir.ns for the engines. With all possible expedition the engines of the parish, Le.tndon Brigade, and the West of England Office, attended,. and a splendid supply of water having been obtained, the fire was extin guished, but not until. a quantity of Lice., muslin, and other light goods were consumed. The sufferer was insured in the Sun, Atlas, and West ot Eng lrnd Fire Offices ; and the building was insured in the Guardian-office. Several other fires also took place, but the damage done was inconsiderable.- If newspaper enterprise be a true teat of prosperity in a new land, Victoria, in Australia, is a most prosperous c ity. There are no w published in Victoria—daily papers, 8 ; tai-weekly, 8 ; tri-weekly, 3•; weekly papers, 21 ;to al, 40. More, we think, than in Paris; ce rtainl y more than in Vierma, PRICES OF SHARES. - From the Official List. PUBLISHED EVEUY TUESDAY AND Fitin) LONDON, THURSDAY, APRIL 1 CANALS. Les of ;IL, ' Dividend' Lanies. A per 1 - 1 Annum. IkOldh 93 7t. p. ot. ingharn 40 4/: try.. 00 _ll /. 100 6/. 15s. IJunctn 100 2L pr. ct. 6 pr. Ct. 10 6! pr.ct. 1 '.lllloll 400 78. fid t Sc. Avn 40 63. &Livrp 100 251. ;ter.... 00 5 1 . r &Nth 83 17.55. iborogh 143 70i lestlel4l. 100 21. 10s. •• 100 161. .... 100 Name of Company. Berlin .... •• . East London _ _ Do 4 per Cent. Pref. Do. 5 per Cent. Pref. Grand Junction .... • • New • • • • • • Do Kent... • • .... Lambeth • ..... • • • • • • New 'River Company.. Southwark & Vauxhall West Middlesex • • • • .. Do. Do, .. •• • • Name of Company. flungerford ~.. • • .... Southwark .. ..... • .. _., Ditto New of 7% p.e. Waterloo •• •• •• Ditto Old Ann. of Si. Ditto Nw ditto of 71. Vauxhall ...... • • • • • • Name of Company Commercial ...! .... Do. Preference East anti West India.. Grand , urry D. & Canal Ito. Loan Notes .... Do. 5 per cent. Pref. London • • •• -it. Katharine •• •• •• •• Southampton •• •• •. •• Victoria .• •• •• •• •• •• Ditto New .. •• •• •• Prico.l Names of Companies. Peak Forest. Regal t's • • • • Rochdale.. .• Stftrd &Wor, IStoarbridge. Severn and Wye Rail. j Warwick & Birming. j 'Warwick & Napton.. Worcstr & Binning. Wilts & BrIKE WATER-WORKS. Dividend per Annum. 51. per cnt. 6i. per ent, 41. per cent. 51. per cent. 46. per cat. 51. per cut l!. per cent. BRIDGE Dividend per Annum. 109 per cent.) 11. 12s. Od. U. Ss. Od. 28s. Dividend per Annum. 51. pr cent. 61. pr cent. 41. per cent. 5/. pr cent. 4%1,. per cut. 4 per cent. 51. Os per c. INSURANCE CO: Dividend per Annum. Name of Company. &Mien .... • • • • • • •• •• Alliance Brit. and For. Ditto Marine ....... Athenaeum .. • • • • • • • • Atlas .. Arg,us Life British Commercial .. Church of England .. City of London .. •• • • Gen. Life County Crown .... ........ • • Eagle.. Equity and Law...... European Life Family Endowment •• General.. Globe Gresham Life . ....... Do. Do. , ..... •• Guardian .......... Imperial Fire......... :mperial Life .. Indemnity Marino.... Law Fire! ............ Law Lite............. .... Legal and General Life London London & Prov. Law • • Marine.... • .... • • • • Med . Irvlid & Gen. Life Minerva • • Monareli ...• .• • • .. •. -- - - New Equitable Pelican •• •• •• •• •• Phcenix ..... ••• • • • Professiona Life • • • • • • Provident Lite.... •• • • Rock Life.... • • • • • • • Royal Exchange ....• • Bun Fire •••••• Ditto Life • • • • • United Kingdom •• Universal Life ..... Victoria Life ...... • • Name of Company. Australasia •• Bank of Egypt .....• Bank of London ... • • • British North Americ an Ch Bk. Ind. Aust & Ch. City Colonial .. • • • • • • Commercial of London. Eng Scot & Aust. Ch. Rk of Aim London and County • • Lon & Eastn Ilnkg. C. London Joint• Stock.•• Londn and Westininstr Nat. Provincial of Eng. Ditto, New .... • • • • Ditto ditto Natiori4l Bank ••• • • • New •oath Wales .. • • Oriental Bank Corpora. Ottoman Bank Provincial of Ireland I)itto, New.. • •• • . lonian.... .. •••• • • •• South Australia Union of Australia.... Union of Hamburg.... Union of :L0nd0n...... Unity Mutual Western Bank or Loud n Amount of Share. s. d. 10 0 0 Stock. 25 0 0 25 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 61 e 0 5 1 8 Amount of Share. X s. d. 25 0 0 100 0 0 , 50 0 0 100 0 0 60 0 0 40 0 0 70 10 3 Amount Share s. Stock. stock Stock. 100 0 0 100 0 0 25 0 0 Stock. :stock. 50 0 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 :PANIEE4. amount of Share. 71. per c. 71. 14s. 6d. il. p.c. & bs £ s. d. 500 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 1 0 0 50 0 J 100 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 20 0 1, 100 0 0 5 0 0 Stock. Iss. Od. & ts 41. per cent. 71. 10s. 71. 109. 51. spr ct.Bcbs U. per share 1/ 18s. ss. 5 1 4 per cent. 1/. 41. per cent. 6 per cent. 51. per cent 51. per cent 121. Fer cent 143. 5. p. ct. &bs. 2s & 24 bons 21t. per sh 4s. per shan 20 0 0 100 0 1+ 500 0 0 100 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 50 0 0 00 0 1, 50 0 0 20 0 0 5 0 0 10 0 0 18s. Bt, be. 414 per cent 5t per cent. 5/. per cent. 5q per cent 5/ p. ct. 5/. per cent Si. per cent 1214 per c. 72. 6 5 0 ►OO 0 0 5 0 0 p. c &bs p.c & bs 1/ 14s. 41. & bonus. 5/. & bonus. 5/. & Lonus Stock 20 0 0 100 0 0 TINT-STOCK ANKS. Dividend per Amount Paid, Annum. Share. 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Dividend per Annum. 7/. per cent. 1 81. per cent Si. per cent 5/, per cent. o,il. p cent 71, per cent :4K p per coat.. t cent . 636 per cent. 51. per cent 51. per cent. 81. per cent. 7/. per cent., 8 /.pr cent. 41. per cent. . 10/. per cent. 61. per cent. 51. per cent. 6/. oer cent. 51. ter cent. 1 61. per cent. 6/. per cent. 71. per cetat. iNI. pr cent. 51. per cent. Paid. 1 Prii X s. d. COO 0 0 193 100 0 0 217 2 10 0 3/ 10 3 0 8i 10 0 0 3 100 0 0 225 10 0 0 11, Name of Company. Bank of Scotland .. • • British Linen Company Caledonian Bank .. •• . City of Glasgow Bank Clydesdale Bank •• •• C mmercial Bank .. Eastern Bank.. • • •• • • Edinb. & Glasgow .• • • National Bank .. •... North of Scotland Bank Royal Bank of Scotl. • • Union Bank of Scot. •• Western Bank • • • . .• Alliance Fire and Lire.. British Guarantee • • Caledonian Fire Inger • City of Glasgow Lite.. Colonial Life Edinburgh Life Insur. 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Do. 5 per cent Bonds Ditto, 5 per cent bds Ditto, 6 per cent. • • Ditto, 6 p c. bds 1874 Ditto, 6 p c. bds 1876 Crystal Palace Ditto Preference Crys. Palace of France City Nuvigation Bonds glectrie Telegraph Eng.& Aus. Cop. Smelt. Eng.&lris. Mag. T. Co. Equitable neversionry Ditto New Cl3n. Revers. & Invest. Gen. I. Sc. Col. (Lim.) Gen .?.teamNavigation London (len. Omnibus Hudson's Bay.. • Hungerford Lou. Ne. &Na. Mauso. London li‘iversionary 11,1 ex. & S. American Nat. Discount Comp . • N.S.W. Gov.sp.c. Deb. Nor. Bri. Australasian North of Europe, Stm. Price's Patent Cand. Co l'eel Rivor.Land&Min. Pen. & Oriental Steam Ditto New •• ...... Reversionary Int. Soc. Ditto New • • • • Royal Mail Steam.... Scottish A us. Invest. South Australian Land Trust and Loan Comp. Vats Diemen's Land.. 5 per cent. E0u(.13.... AND CO: Dividend per Annum. 71. per cent 5/. per cent. 2/. per cent. 2/. 6/. per cent. 8/. per cent 101. per cent 31. ss. 4/. lss. 4/. 10s. 6?. per cent. 5} per cnt 5/. tit. per cent. 16s Ckl per sh 7 per cent. :SCELLAN Dividend per Annum. 61. rer cent. 2 1 4/per cent 81. pr cent. 108. 51. per cen: St. per cent 51. pet cent 5/.per cent. 61. per cent. 6/. per cent 6/. per tent, 2/. per cent 71 pr. cent. 341. per cen 61. per cent. 5l par cent, FM. p c and I 10/. per ct. & 12/. per cent 5/. per cent. 2/. ss. 57, per cent. 51. per cent l. per cent. 71. per cent I% Z. pr cent 4 1 / 2 1. pr cent. I/. p. share 151. per cent. 71. per cent. 7 pr cent. 103. 6 per Mt 5 0 011(0 100 0 0 184 2 10 0. 51 100 0 0 ►4 50 0 0 90 50 0 0 - 11 0 0 17 .. 2 0 0 1/ 10 i i 25, 2 0 0 4/ _3 0 0 71 1 5 0 0 26 3 5 0 4/ 3 0 0 6/ I 4 0 it 20 0 0 39, 1 0 0 11 2 0 0 12/ I I 0 (t 11 7 0 , j 28/ Paid. I Pri, £ a. d 150 0 u I 101 all 1 4! 12 10 G 2' 100 0 G 42 15 0 51 41 0 0 6, 43 10 0 - 41 0 0 all 52 0 16 0 10 0 0 all 4 0 0 Paid. I Pill 8. d. 2 0 0 10 0 0 20 0 0 19 0 0 2 0 0 40 0 12 10 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 all 5 0 0 00 0 u 1p 0 0 22 10 0 vu 0 all 14 Stock 5 0 0 100 0 0 all 17 10 0 10 0 0 5 4 0 28 10 e .Y EVE NIN 1858. Dividend per Annum Price. 281 IV. 10s. 1/. 16s. 7s. Od A s. d . 100 all Paid Z 1. d. DOCKS Paid. I Price. £ s. d. Stock. too "6 0 tOO 0 0 5 0 0 I Mock. 50 0 0 I - 20 0 0 I - 14 0 0 - 8. d. 50 0 0 11 0 0 1' 25 0 0 4, al 5 15 0 r 25 0 0 50 0 20 0 20 0 10 0 0 - 10 0 n 81 5 0 5 0 50 0 - a 1 4 0 0 all 85 47 5 4 50 0 6 20 0 0 51 30 0 6 36: 2 10 0 11 13 0 r 13' 210 1 12 10 2 0 12 11 41 2 0 0 20 0 1 7 20 0 - 40 0 - 1 0 - 10 0 - o 10 0 IC 0 0 0 10 0 5 fo 0 10 0 0 - 50 0 6 15 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 .PANIES' PRICES. emau❑t of Share. 2. d. 100 C 0 100 0 0 10 0 0 10 0 0 20 0 0 500 0 0 25 0 0 5 0 100 0 0 20 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 10 0 0 100 0 0 25 0 0 SO 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 40 0 0 10 0 0 200 0 0 20 0 0 50 0 0 20 0 0 SO 0 0 COMP. Amount of Share. £ e. d. 20 0 - 0 20 0 0 150 0 0 50 0 0 20 0 0 10 0 0 s 0 0 0 50 0 Sti , ck 50 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 40 0 0 25 0 0 60 0 0 20 0 0 10 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 10 0 0 10 Q aineulit of Share. S a. d. 10 0 0 20 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 100 0 0 tO 0 u to 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock 5 0 0 5 0 0 4 0 0 Stock 5 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 00 0 0 04 0 0 15 0 0 4 0 0 Stock 100 0 0 10 0 0 IS 0 4. 10 0 0 25 0 0 1 0 0 20 0 0 2) 0 0 5 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 100 0 0 1 0 0 0 20 0 0 100 0 °, EXTRAORDINARY CASE OP SELF-MURDER, AND DESTRUCTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE. The village of Beaufort, South Wales, has been ;he scene of one cf the most remarkable cases of aolf-de , truc•iou which it has ever fallen to our lot to record, and a cor(mer's jury has decided that at the time of his committing the fatal crime, ire per petrator was in his right senses, and accountable for his acts. The deceased, whose name was George Screech, and who was between 45 and 50 years of age, was not a native of the principality, hut came to the neighbourho, d. of Beaufort from Somersetshire four or five years ago, and had since work9d in the mines. At the time of his death he was residing at the house of a relative of his, a decent man, who also got his bread as a miner, nanit-nd Richard Greenland. During the last few months he had once or twice said he wished he was dead, as he was tired of so much hard work, but nothing in his conduct had induced any suspi , iou that his "mind was effected. ' Latterly he had been out of work, and looked more poorly than usual, but his appetite continued good, and no apprehensions were entertained re garding him. On the day of his death he was talk ing to Mrs. Greenland as usu , d, and she was work ing about her house performing her usual household duties. Her husband being a miner, lie always kept some kegs of blasting gunpowder in his house, which, with a view to greater seeutity, he deposited in an upstairs room. At the time in question there were quantities in two casks, one of which had the head our, and the other a I.ole bored through the top. In the course of her duties Mrs. Greenland had to leave her house for a minute or two. As she passed the door she noticed the deceased going hurriedly towards the bottom of the staircase, and in a minute afterwarls au expl, sion was heard, which shook the place like an eatthquake. The utmost terror was occasioned, and the affrighted neighbour.; ran from their cottages to see what was the cause of the alarming occurrence. It was soon perceived that Greenla ,scl's house was shattered to pieots. The roof was completely blown off, its fragments being scattered in all directions, the windows were torn out, he walls shattered, and the lower rooms filled with a dense cuff...cating smoke. On a search being made, Mrs. Greenland's intait, which she had left iu a cradle in a lower °urn,' was found alive, but the elthes were ou fire and the poor little thing half choked with the vapour. Screech was found amongst the debris frightfully burnt and mangled, but a ill alive and con,cious. Prior to his death, which occurred some six or seven hours afterwards, he confessed that lie had himself wilfully caused the explo sion, and, must have been tempted by the - devil. He said, being determined to dtstroy him self, he took the tongs, drew a red-hot coal from the fire, carri-d it upstairs, and threw it into the open cask of gunpowder, which was under the bed. As to the baby, he forgot that she was there. An inquest was held on the b.,cly at the Beaufort Arms Inn before the deputy-coroner, Mr. E. C. Davies, % and a r espectable jury. The foregoing particulars 14 were deposed to, and Mrs. Greenland and a man named Amos were examined with a view to ascer ,ain the state of his wind. A verdict of felo cis se was returned, and the remains of the unhappy man were interred in unconsecrated ground, and without funeral rites, at ten o'clock at night. i% Some of the adjacent houses were much shaken by the explosion, but were less injured than from its . violence might have been expected. CountrW Markets LEICESTER-APRIL 10. 94 At our corn market to-day there was a good supply of 4 who ,t, which sold at an advance of 3s to 4s per qr., good white making 51g. and red 50s. pea quarter. The trade in 4 ba:ley ruled dull, and last week's rates were maintained. 0 Beans in small supply, and is per quarter dearer. Oats 3 were scarce and ls higher. 7% NOTTINGHAM-Arm 10. At our corn exchange to-day, there was a moderate show of wheat, and a good attendance of buyers. The trade ruled brisk at an advance of is to 2s per tr. ; floe white samples realising 505.. and red 465. per 36 stone. There was rather less barley on offer. The demand was limited, „ and the quotations of last week fully supported ; good ' malting samples making 425., and grinding 115 s. per 30 stone. Oats were scarce and fully as dear. in beans there • was an advance of is. per quarter, but scarce. NORWICH-APRIL 10. The local markets have been generally steady during , the last few days, and an advance of Is. per quarter has been noted in wheat. Here to-day there was a fair show iee of wheat, and the demand rather, more brisk ;in the basi uess done, prices were 2s over last week's rates. The supply of bailey was rather small to-day, the samples offered were taken off at about former rates. In. other grain little - passing. Flour advanced is to 2s per sack. NEW CASTLE-APRIL 10. There was a moderate supply of farmers' wheat, and higher prices demanded, which checked business. Large arrivals of foreign, and a fair business at Tuesday's ratios. DALKEITH GRAIN MARKET —Aram 8. 3751e21?1-: .. ......... ... ... ... : 4.2 3: 4 21 "1 00 ; d 1 1 . 278 Whea .....—. 31s 6G e ta d i 43 2 21 7 i 49s Od (Id .. 27 03 % 789 Oats 14 209 5 Barley 37s h 3 42 7 : HADDINGTON GRAIN MARKET—APRIL v. WHEAT. 1 atattsy 1 OATS. SAAIN i. !first 49s Od 38a Od I 31s 6d ; 464 Od Second 42s ~,2d ; 34s 0(1 / 28s 3d 1 42 51 Chird 3 4 s Od I 29s Od I ..5s 6d I 393 01 .-- 14 Total quantity of wheat in market, 436 qrs., 410 sold ..barley PP 4051qr5.,' 405 sold 14 1 oats ~ 254 qrs., 239 - d PP PP beans 108 qrs., 107 sold AVERAGES PER IMPERIAL QUARTER. Wheat, ../. 2 2 0-12ths 1 Barley, ...11. 14 0 11-12t 1 s Oats, ... U. 8 3 9-12ths I Beans, ..... 21. 2 b 0-12 tbs I • DUBLIN-APRIL 9. :e. The corn trade has improved here. Wheat and barley fully supported the currenci , 9 of Tuesday. Oats of all sort' met a brisk demand at an advance of 6d per barrel. In 10 Indian corn no improvement. Foreign wheat more in tns for. lGs White wheat, 27s Od to 293 Od ; red ditto, 24s Od to 26s 12s i 6d ditto new, s ; barley, malting, 14s to18a0d; grind (long, —s to --s ; oa.s, old, 13s to 15s 6d; ditto, new, """g 2, 0,1 to —s Od • oatmeal, 139 to 15s 6d; bore, new, He to 150 Os Od , rapes, d, 23s Od to 25s Od per brl ; flour, 141 10 6d to 19s Oct per owt ; Indian corn, 33s 0,1 to 34s 6 d tar 12s ISO lbs. LOCAL 811ARB DIAREBT OS Os LIVERPOOL—APRIL 10. Os STOOK EXCHANGE—The market opened flat, andtoward. 15s the close prices gave way. Midlands and Great Westerno os freely offered at 1 per cent. decline. Birkenheads, 69 . ! j • 7 0 Iss —Caledonians, 414 2—Chester and Holyhead, 181 ir" 19 8 Eastern Counties, 14 11-16—East Lancashire, 861 71 -- ; °s Great Western 563 7—Lancashire and Yorkshire, 87i IF 15s 15s --London and North Western, 931 4—Sheffields, 35/ 143 Midlands, 90i I—North British, 13 4—Berwicke, 22A tos York and North Midland, 36/ 7—Dovera, 2011-16 Dutch Rhenish, 3 7-16—Grand Trunk of Canada, 11 11-16 /- Great Western of Canada, 19 ;(3. r BIRMINGHAM, APRIL 10. STOCK EXCHANGE. —This market was very flat to-We with very little business doing. Great Western BirmiDr ham Guaranteed Stock, 74—London and North Weeter o closed at 91—Midlauds. at 921 94—South Stafforde, st lOi 10i—Birmingham and Stour Valley, 8. LEEDS, APRIL 10. 'STOCK EXCHANGE. - London and North-Western* 31 94 a Lancashire and Yorkshire, b7l i—North British, 5.. , 4 East Lancashire, 87 — NorthEastern (Leeds), 47r Ditto (Leeds Fifths), pm. - - _ • ARRIVAL OF AN INDIAN MONSTER.—On Friday 00 largest and finest rhinoceros that has been seen for mil yearq was landed at the East India Docks, from on bO O , the Sutledge, which has just arrived from Calcutta. Tb" '% fine aniwal was safely conveyed to the warehouse of 2ti f ; Jatnrach, of Ratclafi-highway, whose exploit with tbi large Bengal tiger will be fresh in the recollection must of our readers. BIRTHS. FORTESCUE—On the 10th inst., at 75, Eaton place, as ° wife of Francis Fortescue, Esq., of a son. ' JACon—On the 27th Feb., at Sattara, Bombay, the Wif . of Lieut.-Colonel Herbert J.rcob, of a EMI. MURWOOD - On the 9th inst., at Buaby Hall, Cleveland! Yorlimhire, the wife of George Murwood, Esq., of son and heir SEYMOUR —At the Vicarage, Manaccan, near Helston a l Cornwall, the wife of the Rev. Edward Seymour, of daughter. MA I tRIAGIIB. OSiVALD —HAMILTON—On th e 10 t h inst , at All Sou l ': Church, George Oswald, Eqq., to Julia ary, the WO surviving daughter of Lieut.-Colonel Ferrier Hamilton' of Westport and Clirnhill. SPERLING—BAKER—On the Bth inst., at St. Mary's, It ie j . , mond, Arthur Sperling, Esq., eldest son of the Ro o , Harvey J. Sperling, of Lattonbury-hill, Huntiugd ° _,A shire, to Adelaide Noel, the daughter of Rear•AdroiPii Sir Henry Lorraine Baker, Bart., C. 8., of Drinsts> Howie, llichnionil, Surrey. DEATHS. ABBOTT—On the 9th inst., suddenly, Mr. John of Chi is church, Hants, aged it BAKER —On the Bth inst., at 19, Old Cavendish-30 0 v Cavendish-square, Robert Baker, Esq., formerly of BO ley Church House, Suffolk, aged 64. ED\VARDS —On the Bth inst., at Ring's-road, WindO tt Henry Edwards, Esq., M.11.C.5., aged 59. CFA. o 7 t Y ty — . o E n sq t . h , e ag 6t ta l d i ge i 6d l B ls .6 t.. o ,. at . Market Harborough, 11013 d ma m it a G r E g T et T t s s -- ; E o s u ch the 9th inst , Huntingdon, W Ab il b l i: ct PUEST— On the Bth lust , John Francis Puest, Esq . / Gower's-walk, Commercial -road, aged 72. RATRAY —On the 10th iust., at Stoke Newington, 1 0 advanced age, Miss Ann Ratray, late of Ashf o rd_ 6I y 2 , lIA IS2:MON : Printisti a i“; Publnthett by MURIA) Y t •!,. 'l; ‘,. 15% t •:-) il't, Str.--,ntt Friotoi, iii. The Sur4 Offices 4 Lit, 6trund, in the Precinct, of 61. i. ,wivoy, in the coo': of Middlesex, Monday, April 12, 1858. "7 bi. Os 17s Paid Price all i 0 0 ;C 0