The Sun. — London, England, 1860-12-18 00:00:00

.i. 5••••... 1im5.r....,,11 H r t EDITION. SUN OFFICE, Seven o'clock. THE WAR IN CHINA. FOREIGN-OFFICE, DEC. 18. A telegram has been received from her Majesty's Minister at St. Petersburg, dated this afternoon, and statirag that the Russian Government have received no news of the fate of Messrs. Bowlby and Brv.bazon. IIIEE7ING OF PARLIAMENT. (From the Gazette of this Evening.) BY THE QUEEN. A PROCLAMATION. VICTORIA R.—Whereas Our Parliament stands pro rogued to Thursday the third day of January next ; We, with the advice of Our Privy Council, do hereby publish and:declare, that the said Parliament shall be further pro rogued, on the said third day of January next, to Tuesday the fifth day of February next ; and We have given order to Our Chancellor, of that part of Our United Kingdom called Great Britain to prepare a Commission for prorogu ing the same accordingly : and We do hereby further, with the advice aforesaid, declare our royal will and pleasure, that the said Parliament shall, on the said Tuesday, the fifth day of February next, assemble and be holden for the dispatch of divers urgent and important affairs : and the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and the Knights, Citizens, and Burgesses, and the Commissioners for Shires and Burghs of the House of Commons, are hereby required and commanded to give their attendance accordingly at Westminster, on the said Tuesday the fifth day of Feb ruary next. Given at Our Court at Windsor, this seventeenth day of December, in the year of our Lord, one thou s and eight hundred and sixty, and in the twenty-fourth year of our reign. GOD SAVE TILE QUEEN. TUE NEW COINAGE. BY THE QWEEN.—A PROCLAMATION. VICTORIA, R.—Whereas we have thought fit to order that certain pieces of money of bronze or mixed metal should be coined, which should be call e d " P enn y Pieces," " Ha lf Penny Pieces," and "Farthing Pieces," every such Pe nny t having for the obverse imp ress i on Our E ffi gy laur ea ed, with the Inscription " Victoria. D. G. Britt : Reg F. D.," and for the reverse i m p ress i on the Figure of Britannia seated upon a rock in the Sea, her right hand resting upon a shield and holding in her left the Trident, with a Ship and Pharos in the distance, and the inscription " One Penny," with the date of the year ; and every such Halfpenny piece haying for the obverse impression the aforesaid effigy and inscription, and for the reverse the figure of Britannia, with the same emblems as described for the Penny, and the, inscription " Halfpenny," with the date of the year ; and every such Farthing piece h av i n g for the obverse impression the aforesaid effigy and inscription, and for the reverse the figure of Britannia, with the same emblems as described for the Penny, and the inscription " Farthing," with the date of the year; all of which said moneys of bronze or mixed metal have been and shall be coined in a mixed metal or bronze composed of copper, tin, and zinc. And whereas pieces of money of the description aforesaid have been coined at Our Mint, and will be coined there. We have, therefore, with the advice of Our Privy Council, thought fit to issue this Proclama tion. And we do hereby ordain, declare, and command, that all such pieces of money of bronze or mixed metal, so coined and to be coined as aforesaid, shall be current and lawful money of the Kingdom of Great Britain and Ire land, and shall pass and be received as current and lawful money of the said Kingdom, every such Penny piece as of the value of one penny of present lawful money, every such Halfpenny piece as of the value of one halfpenny of present lawful money, and every such Farthing piece as of the value of one farthing of present lawful money. Provided that no person shall be obliged to take more of such Penny pieces in any one payment than shall be of the value of one shilling, after the rate aforesaid, or take more of such Halfpenny or Farthing pieces in any one payment than shall be of the value of sixpence after the rate aforesaid. Given at Our Court at Windsor, this seventeenth day of December, one thousand eight hundred and sixty, and in the twenty-fourth year of Our reign. GOD SATE Tan QUEEN. _ _ At the Court at Windsor, the 17th day of December, 1860. Present, the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty in Council. This day the Right Hon. John Arthur Douglas, Lord Bloomfield, was, by her Majesty's command, sworn of her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council, and took his place at the Board accordingly. WHITEHALL, DEC. 18, 1860. The Queen has been pleased to give and grant unto Sir William Verner, Bart., formerly a Lieutenant-Colonel in her Majesty's Army, her Royal licence and authority that he may accept and wear the insignia of a Knight Com mander of the Royal Hanoverian Guelphic Order, which the late King of Hanover was pleased to confer upon him, in approbation of his distinguished services in connection with Hanoverian Troops of the German Legion employed against the enemy during the Peninsular War and at Waterloo. The Queen has been pleased to present the Reverend Charles Hinaman, 8.A.. to the Rectory of Barford St, Martin, in the county of Wilts, and diocese of Salisbury, the same being void by the promotion of the Honourable and Right Reverend Father in God Doctor Samuel Walde grave to the See of Carlisle. LONDON GAZETTE -(THIS EVBNING). CROWN-OFFICE, DEC 12. MEMBER RETURNED TO SERVE IN THE ?RESENT PARLIAMENT. Borough of Southwark.—Auatin Henry Layard, of No. 130, Piccadilly, in the county of Middlesex, Esq., in the room of Sir Charles Napier, K.C.8., deceased. WAR-OFFICE, PALL-MALL, DEC. 18. 7th Regiment of Dragoon Guards—Captain Archibald Philip Douglas, from the 4th Light Dragoons, to be Cap tain, vice William Digby Wentworth, who exchanges. 3d Light Dragoons—Dodgson Hamilton Thompson, Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Barrett, promoted. 4th Light Dragoons—Captain William Digby Wentworth, from the 7th Dragoon Guards, to be Captain, vice Archi bald Philip Douglas, who exchanges. sth Light Dragoons—Lieutenant Frederick Walter Carden to be Captain, by purchase, vice Amyatt Ernie Brown, who retires; Cornet Alexander Ewing to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Carden ; Richard Moore Sadlier, Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Cotton, appointed to the 99th Foot; James George Hubert Fox, Gent., to be Cor net, by purchase, vice Chaffey promoted. 7th Light D ragoons —Lieutenant Arthur L'Estrange Hamilton Holmes, from the 12th Light Dragoons, to be Lieutenant, vice Arthur Hamilton Scrope, who ex changes. 11th Light Dragoons—Llewellyn Traherne Bassett Saun derson, Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Russell, appointed to the 10th Light Dragoons; iohn Delacour, Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Calvert, promoted. 12th Light I )ragoons—Lieutenant Arthur Hamilton Scrope, from the 7th Light Dragoons, to be Lieutenant, vice Arthur L'Estrange Hamilton Holmes, who exchanges. 16th Light Dragoons—Charles Francis Arnold Howard, Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Edwin Andrew Corbet, who retires; James Herbert Lovell, Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Edward Philip Salter, who retires. 17th Light Dragoons—Lieutenant Robert Bainbridge to be Captain, by purchase, vice Charles Steel, promoted, by purchase, to an Unattached Majority; Cornet Henry Richard Abadie to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Bainbridge. 18th Light Dragoons—Lieutenant William Coxon to be Captain, by purchase, vice George Eden Jarvis, who re tires ; Cornet Harold Esdaile Motet to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Coxon. Military Train—Lieutenant Edward Jervis to be Captain, by purchase, vice George Pilkington Blake, w h o re ti res ; Ensign Kilne r Augustus Arthur Brasier-Creagh to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Jervis ; Samuel Masters Davies, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Benthall, promoted. lsi Regiment of Foot—William Collett Sanders Gent., to be Ensign, by pu rc h ase , v i ce C osens , promoted. 2d Foot—Lieutenant George Tumor to be Inspector of Musketry, vice Page, retired. 4th Foot —Staff-Surgeon Benjamin Lane to be Surgeon, vice Fisher, placed upon half-pay. 9 th Foot—Major Henry James Buchanan, from half-pay Depot Battalion, to be Major, vice Charles Henry Leslie, 11th exch anges . it% Foot —Charles John Wix, Gent., to be Ensign, by 3,Kir,chase , vice Lewis, promoted. St Yo nt — Staff-Surgeon Thomas Ligertwood, M. 8., to be - 13 t 1 1 7_ 6 ", vice Jackson, appointed to the Staff. Ensrtglit,-s,William Ernest Anderson Hooper, Gent., to be 18th Foot-2. purchase, vice Churchill, promoted. 3d W est Lieutenant William Thomas Croft, from the Bland ,s aw "La Regiment, to be Lieutenant, vice John 36th Foot---IV r I 'who exchanges. Mercer Maxwell, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchaan, ° -- ,1 " 8 vic e s tn., promoted. 38th Foot — Lieut enent f Musketry, vice Captain red Stokes to be Instructor of Wm. Kidstone Elles, who has resigned that app e i ntt. Staff Assistant-Surgeon Colin Henderson to be As u ni a appointed to the Staff. aut-Surg eon , v i ce L aw l or, 53,1 Foot Foot—Ens to be Ensi ign gn, Thomas vice R Rend e ll M orris, from the 92d who e xchanges. Hutchinson A. St ewart, , xchanges. 58th Foot—Joseph Barrington D eacon to be En by purchase, Tice Webb, promoted sign, by purchase, vice Foster, pro mot :,Pent Donald Georg - Anderson, Gent., to be, Ensign, b be Lieute promoted in the Military Tram. vice brevet 79th Foot—Ensign Gilbert Walter_ Coventry to nant, by vice Crawfurd, p_r_o_T a oted. 82d Foot—Captain purchase, William Cooke Oibla ughn essv, from the 2d West India Regiment, to be Captain, Major Samuel Peters Jarvis, who retires upon half.p ay 87th Foot—Captain James Bailie to be Major, by purel?as e , vice Charles F re d er i c k C amp b e ll, who retires; Lie u t Richard Throckmorton to be Captain, by purchase, vice Bailie; Ensi gn J o h n L e i g h H o li es t t o be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Throckmorton. 92d Foot—Ensign Harry Hutchinson A. Stewart, from the 53d Foot, to be Ensign, vice Thomas Rendall Morris, who exchanges. 96th Foot—Frederick Noel Hill Rocke, Gent., to be En sign, by purchase, vice Curteis, promoted. Ride Brigade—The Hon, Bernard Thomas Howard to be Ensign by purchase, vi ce C ary , promoted. 3d West India Regiment—Lieutenant John Bland Sawyer, from the 18th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Wm. Thomas Croft, who exchanges. Ceylon Rifle Regiment—John Fielding Willis Kane, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Francis Pearson Murray, who retires ; Francis James Baker, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Guy William Frederick L'Estrange, who has retired ; Ensign John Glover has been permitted to resign his Commission. I UNA.rrAcnED—Captain Charles Steel, from the 17th Light Dragoons, to be Major, by purchase. - - COMMISSARIAT DEPARTMENT. TO Em ASSISTANT-COMMISSARIES -GENERAL. Deputy A ssistant -Commissary -General John Moria M`Lean Sutherland. vice Kean Osborn, deceased Deputy Aaels tant-Commissary -General Theodore Ernest 111ntock, vice Widdrington Tinling, deceased. Deputy Aveitstant - Commissary - General Alexander Walter Turner, vice George Shepheard, placed upon retired pay. The undermentioned Commissariat Clerks, having passed the prescribed examination, and having been found to possess the qualifications considered requisite for promotion to the rank of Deputy-Assistant-Commissary-General, to be promoted accordingly :—George James Neill, and Frederick William Callaghan. MEDICAL DEPARTMENT. Surgeon James Jackson, from the 13th Foot to be Staff- Surgeon, vice Ligertwood, app o i n t e d t o th e 13th Foot. Assistant-Surgeon Digby William Lawlor, from the 38th Foot, to be Staff Assistant-Surgeon, vice James Stevenson, whose services have been dispensed with. BREVET. Lieutenant-Colonel William Lennox Ingall, C. 8., 62d Foot, having completed five years' service in the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel, to be Colonel in the Army. Lieutenant William Dring, Paymaster, 62d Foot, to save the honorary rank of Captain under the Royal War rtint of 27th January, 1880. MILNIORANDUM. Brevet-Colonel Graves Chamney Swan has been permitted to retire from the Service by the sale of his commission, he being about to become a Settler in North America. BANKRUPTS. Philip Lags, artificial manure manufacturer, Moretown Ringwood, Hants, to surrender Jan. 2, at half-past one, and 29, at half-past twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Edward Williams, builder, Wrexham, Denbighshire, Dec. 31, and Jan. 18, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court. _ John Sellars, chemist, Manchester, Jan. 3d and 22d, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court. John George, licensed victualler, Pemberton-row, City, Jan. 1, at half-past two, and Feb. 5, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Frederick Young, woollen warehouseman, Basinghall street, Jan. 2, at half-past twelve, and Jan. 29, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Wm. Newland Williams, hemist, Farnham, Surrey, Jan. 1, at two, and Feb. '5, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Thomas Bagley Cousens, underwriter, Lloyd's Coffee House, 3, Saint Michael's -alley, City, Jan. 1, at twelve, and Feb. 5, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. George Robson, saddler, Handsworth, Staffordshire, Jan. 7 and 28, at eleven, at the Birmingham District Court. Thomas Harris, cabinet maker, Cardiff, Jan. 1 and Feb. 5, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court. Charles Stark and William Stark, :corn factors, Mark, Somerset, Dec. 31 and Jaa. 29, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court. SCOTCH BANKRUPT. John Lockhart White, plumber, Glasgow. MONEY MARKET AND CITY NEWS. CITY, Two o'CLocx. 1 Business in the Foreign Stock Mark e t con ti nues moderately active, but prices in some i ns t ances show a slight decline. Turkish 6 per Cents, are 711 to 72; ditto New, 57f to 584 ; Mexican is flatter at 211 1 ; Peruvian 41 per Cents, at 96 ; ditto 3 per Cents. are firm at 74: ; Venezuelan 3 per Cents. are 211 ; and Dutch 4 per Cents, remain at 1004. The transactions in the Railway Share Market have been moderately active; a slight decline, however, has been apparent in prices. Lancashire and Yorkshire, Brighton, and Midland, have re ceded ss. ; Caledonian and North Western, 10s. ; and Great Northern A stock, 15s. ; South Easterns improved ss. ; and London, Chatham, and Dover, and Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln, 10s. The Foreign and Colonial markets were steady ; Pacific and San Francisco brought 10k. and San Paulo, 34- ; Grand Trunk of Canada improved to 251 26; and Great Western of Canada declined to 111. Joint Stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares realised fully previous quotations. BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. Bank Stook 3 rer Cent. Reduced Annuities 921 3 New 3 per Cent. Annuities India Stock OO .• Ditto Enlaced Paper, 4 per Cent. Ditto 51 per Cent. .. Ditto Bonds £l,OOO of:to under £l,000 Num°ls for Account, Jan. 10 India Stock for Account , . Ditto 5 per Cent, for Account lOll Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO, lid 5 dis FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. ehilian 6 per Cent. Ditto 4± per Cent vlexican 3 per Cent Ditto Account ........... 21i a Peruvian 4,1- per Cent .................. 96 k Ditto 3 per Cent .. Ditto Account Spanish 3 per Cent •••• Ditto New Deferred 42/ Spanish Cert. of Coup. not funded., 6/ Turkish 6 per Cent .. Ditto Account Ditto New Loan Ditto Account 5 9 Ditto £lOO Bonds Venezuelan 3 per Cent Ditto Account Dividends on the above payable in London. Austrian 5 per Cent. Ex. 10 Florins 4B Dutch Exchange, 12 Guil. 21 per Cent — Ditto Certificates, 4 per Cent. O'CLOCK. 11Consols for Acc oun t, ex div.THREE 93k COURSE OF EXCHANGE.—Tms DAY. Amsterdam Ditto Rotterdam — 11 171 11 17/ Antwerp Brussels — 25 35 25 40 flamburgh Paris Ditto Marseilles — 25 47/ 25 521 Frankfort on Maine — 1171. 118 Vienna Trieste - 14 35 14 45 Petersburgh - 34/ 341 Berlin — Madrid Cadiz Le horn Milan Genoa Naples Palermo Messina Lisbon Oporto Rioi\lrviol;7v ie, , j iirg 1 iYaaninfrGkitri 1 : 1 1 ea inr(ss (Standard) and Pars a r ( d S ) t a --- n dard ) , . •• ii , 0 0 0 •e 0 VI 0 0 0 f I South American Doublons „ 00 0 4(J - 49# - 25 65 - 25 57i - 2.5 57/ 391 -119 i - 119} 5'4 - 53 49 49 25 70 25 62f 25 62f 39i 119} 1194 53 53k / are happy to state that REY S HEALTH.---We (Press) THE EARL OF DE , ...., so fully restored that he to Knowsley Park after Ch rt the ankles is the last trace Whichas. earl's recent severe indisposition. CONTRACT OF RUM FOR TILE N tract for 100,000 gallons of rum for the health of the Earl of Derby is s . in e invited a large shooting party A slight weakness in remains of the noble use of con has been taken by the undermention e d fi rm s s e . of -,, T he navY and Co., Thomas Lowndes and Co., R oW .--lenr Y White e and s ons, and Alfred Lamb. THE NEW SCHOOLS IN ST. GILES'S. —Lord j o b, Russell, M.P., has consented to preside at the op en i n , — , the new parochial schools , in t h e parish of St. Gilefi-i °. the-Fields, to-morrow. The s c hoo ls o ccupy the site a n ; block of old houses which formerly stood at the south-west corner of Endell-street and Broadstreet, St. Gilee's, and thus form a highly prominent object as viewed either from the south-west or the north-west in association with St. Gilee's Church. The transactions in the Foreign Colonial Produce Markets during the last few days have been of a rather restricted character. Tea has been dull, without any change in price. Sugars have been in very limited demand, at a decline of about 6d. per cwt., and in the refined market lower rates have been accepted. For coffee there has been a limited inquiry. The finer descriptions, however, have maintained their previous values. Rice, fruit, spices, and saltpetre have been at almost nominal rates. In the tallow market a steady business has been done chiefly for forward delivery, the demand for consumption on the part of the trade having been extremely limited. P.Y.C., on the spot, is steady at 60s. 3d., and for speedy delivery 60s. 3d. to 60s. 6d. per cwt. A fair amount of business was concluded in the Liverpool cotton market yesterday, and prices were well maintained. The sales were 12,000 bales. A meeting has been convened by the Bank of London shareholders, for the purpose of receiving the directors' report and for the declaration of a dividend. The directors of the Bombay, Baroda, and Cen tral India Railway ha - re made a final call of £2 per share on the B shares. • The traffic receipts of the Great Western Rail way of Canada, for the week ending the 30th ult., exhibited an increase of £414 compared with the same period in 1859. There were no bullion operations of importance at the Bank of England yesterday. It :has been announced that Mr. F. H. Saroder, sugar refiner, has suspended with liabilities esti mated at £20,000. The transactions in the market for Public Secu rities, to-day, have been limited as usual, and they have not led to any change of importance in quota tions. At the close of business yesterday some depression was experienced, the improvement esta blished in the morning being nearly lost, but a slight tendency towards recovery is now apparent, Consols being 931 4. The New Threes and the Reduced are steady at 921 93 ; India 54 per Cent. Enfaced Paper is firmer at 1014 ; but Ex chequer Bills are flat at ss. dis. THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY `EVENING, DECEMBER 18,' 1860. SHARE IVARKET.-(TkIS DAY.) BRITISH POSSESSIONS. ORDINARY SIIA/tES AND STOCKS. Share Railways. ! 1 p a i l ! C r lo r s ioe in . g I Done 50 Belfast and Ballymena all 13.14 Bir., Wol , and Ste. V a l. all 84 81 Business stock Birk., La, and Ch June 100 81 83 25 Blackburn 25 Blyth and Tyne all 10 Bost. Sleaf. and Mid.Co all 64 7 stock Bristol and Exeter stock Caledonian lOO 98 984 984 1 4 10 Carmarthen & Cardigan all 50 Cork and Bandon all 2 0 Cork, filrock., .r Passage all 20 Cornwall ... . ..... C r A gets no div. 10 Do A t all 10 Do B 1 h all 25 Dun., Perth, &Ab..l unc. all 7 / 8 4 50 Dublin u&nasbi e6epn' Belfast c Ft-1 :B i e. u rt a ne ~ all stock East Anglian lOO 16 17 Hi i stock Eastern Counties lOO 53 54 534 4 stock Eastern Union, A stock 100 36 38 stccx Do do B do 100 26 28 25 Do Nw A, late EU3ds. 134 stock East Suffolk stock Edinburgh & Glasgow 100 88 90 stock Edin. Perth & Dundee 100 29 294 19 10 Forth & Clyde Junction all stock Furness stock Glasg, and S. Western 100 115 117 10 Great Nthn. of Scotland all stock Great Northern lOO 111 112 112 stock Do do A stock stock Do do B do stock Gt. S. &W. of Ireland 100 111 113 1114 stock Great Western stock Do Str Val gun. stock 100 61 63 Trish South-eastern sto l c 2 k Lancashire & Yorkshire 100 121 1214 121 20k 11 stock London and Blackwall 100 82 64 stock Lon., Bright.. & S Coast 100 116 1 17 117 18 4 stock Lond., Chat., and Dover 100 53 55 54 stock Lond. & Nth. Western 100 102 1021 102 k 1 11 1 stock Lond. & Bth. Western lOO 95 951 95 4 i 25 L'derry & Coleraine 25 L'derry & Ennisiallen all 104 11 stock Man. Shef. & Lincoln 50 Maryport and Carlisle all 124 Do do 1 shares all 10 Metropolitan 5 34 Zid stock Midland . lOO 1351 1364 136 45; 64 6.4.0. Do new stock Do Uirming. do Derby 100 108 110 1084 50 Mid. Gt. W. of Ireland all 25 Do 1 shares all 25 Mid K . Kent 10 Do, Cray Line .. 100 Newcastle and C trlisle all 10 Newry & Armagh, def 9 7 8 d 20 Newry, Warnpt. & Roe all stock Norfolk ........ . 50 Nthn. Counties Infon 34 d stock North British .. 100 66 67 66j 4 7 6 1 stock NorDev.Rail&Dk.stock 100 stock Dn A stk ; A recs no d. until 6pchas beenpd.B 100 stock Do B stock .... ._ .. 100 stock Nth. Eastern—Berwick 100 105 1054 105 4 5 1 1 1 25 Dodo, U.N.E. purchase 16134 p ip P stock Do Leeds stock Do York stock North London 10 Do new 5 19.16.4 North Staffordshire 174 24 - I 15 1 15 1 10 N. and S. W..Tunction all 9 ?; 12 Not. & Grantham Rail ll 8 81 10 Peebles ...... ...._ - - Portsmouth 10 Rhymney.....— all 7 stock Scottish Central stock Scot N. E., Aber. stock 100 334 .34 stock Do Scot. Mid. stock lOO 87 89 stock Shropshire Union lOO 49 51 10 Sittingbourne & Sheer. all 6 7 stock South Devon stock South Eastern stock South Wales stock S. York. and River Dun 100 77 79 20 Staines, Wok,. and Wok all 6 8 25 Stockton & Darlington all 42 43 424 1 25 Do do ll 104 11 p stock Taff Vale stock Do Pref. No 1 lOO 25 ThamesHavenDk&Rall 22 50 Ulster 25 Do 12 10 Do .. : ............ 2 d p stock Vale of Neath 13 Victoria Sta. and Pim stock Waterford & Kilkenny 100 50 Waterford & Limerick all ! 20 West Cornwall 20 West London all ' 10 Do Ist class 20 Do 2d class .. , . stock WestHartlepool Harbr and Rail lOO stock West Midland—Oxford 100 47 48 stock Do. Newport 100 1 42 44 stock Do. Hereford 100 ' 83 85 PREFERENCE SHARES. BRITISH MINES. I Share! Railways. iPald Closing Business I Closing Business 1 Price. Done. Mare i Mines. Paid. 1 Price. Done 25 Blythe and Tyne 10 per 1 c. pref. (issued at £5O all stk Bris. & Exet.4 p.ct.stock 100 95 97 20 Do. do. do. Shares . .. 14 stock Caledon £ 10,41 per oe .. n't 100 101 103 1014 stock Do. Quar. Shares, No. 2. 100 61 Cork & Bandon, 51 p. c. all 20 Cornwall. 5 per cent... all 201 211 61 Dun.Perth&Aber Ttm.. all 51 61 stock E.Angn.Class A 7 &sp.c. 100 99 101 stock Do. do. Class B 6 p.m ... 100 111 113 stock Do. do. Class C 7 p.c.._ 100 106 108 stock E. Conn. Ex. sp. c. No.l 100 110 112 stock Do. do. No. 2 100 108 110 stock Do. New 6 per et stock. 100 124 126 stock Eastern Union, 4 per at: 108 80 82 stock Do. 5 per cent. guar... 100 stock EdinstGlas.sp.c. shares 100 111 113 stock Do. 4p. o gua. S. &D. 100 90 72 stock Edin. Perth& Dun. 4 p.c. 100 " stock Furness, 5 per cent .... 100 stock Glas.& S. West.g.a. 5 p.c. 100 stock Greb.t Northern, sp. ct. 100 117 119 stock Do.sp.c.Redm., 10 p.c.pm 100 111 113 stock Do. 11 p. c, do. do. 100 Do. sp.c. Redm. 5 p.c. pm 80 85 87 10 Gt. NI. of Scotld. Ist pf. all stockl GtSn. & W(lreland)4 i 100 98 100 I p. et pref. stock 1 50 Great West. (Berks and Hants) Ext. sp. et 6 stock to. Redeemable, 44 p.ct lOO 99 101 stock Do. Redeemable, 4p. et lOO 90 92 stock Do Irredeemable, do lOO 91 93 stock Do. 5 p.et. Redeem. Pr e f lOO 102 104 8 Do. firm. Pref. Shares, all 9 10 10 Gt. W. Ches. 8 p.c. ptsh. all 17 18 10 I Do. do. sp. et. pref all 10 10 stock (Do Birmg.g.uar. stock lOO 76 78 26/ Do. Chester gua. shares all 20 21 131 Do. do. do. 20 Do. do. do. stock Lan.&York 6p. c. stock lOO 137 139 stock Do.Barnsl.stXs 38 10d pc 100 —•-- stock Do. 6 per c. (E. Lan.) stock Lon.& Brig.s pc.gu. No.l 100 116 118 stock Do. sp. c. No. 2 100 116 118 stock Do. gua. 6p. c. stock Do. do. 5f c. No. 4 100 116 118 4 stock Do. do. per cent lOO 103 105 5 Do. do. 4 p. c. shares., all stock Do. 7p. ct. Pref. stock. 100 152 155 stock Db. 6p.c. do. (W.E.&C.P.) 100 130 134 stock Do. 4 p.c.S.(div.dettil '65) 100 69 71 stock Lon. Chat, and Dover., 100 90 92 stock Lon. and N.W. Coy. and Nuneaton, sp. et._ 100 116 118 stock Lon. & S.W, 7p. et. stock 100 150 155 stock Do. 41 per cent .. ... 100 2.. 6d. Do. (Prtsm. perpl anns. of 2s. 6d... ... ....... all 121 Londondy. &COle. 1 sh. all 121 Londony. & Ennis. 1 sh.r all 121 13 14 stock Iran. Sh. &Lin. 6 per et.! 100 6 Do. X 6 stock Do. 31 per cent , 100 70 72 10 iDo. redeem. 6 percent 5 1 i P 12 I llaryport & Car., 4p. c , all 12 4 Do. 41 per cent j all ' stock lrid. Con. 6p. c. stock 100 stock Do.Con.Bris. & Bir. 6 p.c 100 136 138 stock Do. 41 p. c. pref. stock 100 101 103 6 Do. with option till 1860 3 stock Do. Leic. & Hit pref. st. l 100 95 96 stock Norflk sp. c. Ex. 5t.1845 100 stock Do. 51 p. c. Pref. do. 1847 100 --- — stock Do. s Way.Val.Ex.st.lB47 100 stock INorth British, sp. e. lOO 111 113 1124 stock Do. New, gua. .5 p. c 100 109 11l 10 ) I Do. Bor. Un. g. pf. she 1 i 11 p 10 ( Do. do. do. all Stock Nth. Dev.llail. & Dck.Co. 100 stock N-East.Cons.Pref. 4 p.c. 100 93 95 94 Stock Do. Berwick, 4 p.c. Pref. 100 102 104 17 Do. do. do q 114. p 1p 20 Do. Leeds, 6p. e. No. 1 13 121 Do. do. Quarters, 1848.. 9 'l5 Do. York, --.. &S. Purch. 10 p iro 20 North Staffordshi re .... all 23 24 10 Rhymney Guaranteed. all I 81 Scottish Central, n ew pfg all Mock Scottish North-Easterni 31 p. C. pref. stock..., 100 'lock Do.Aberdeen,gua.fip.c.l 100 122 124 took Do. 7p. c. pref. stock, 100 130 133 10s, South Devon, Ann. 10s.; all 101 11 10 Do. Fixed 41 per cent , all 1.0.6 South Eastern (Reading/ Ann., 1.0.6) took Do. 41 per cent. 1 100 101 103 101 lock Do. Fixed 41 p.c. Ist is. ' 100 101 103 1021 took South Wales, gua. 4p. c.l 100 90 92 `oak Do. 41 per cent. I 100 99 101 ock S.-Yorkshire, 4p, c. gua. l 100 85 88 25 Stock. & Dar. Asp. c all 271 281 25 Do. B 6 per cent all 82 33 25 Do. C 6 percent all 32 331 ock Watrfd & Kilkny, 6p. c lOO 45 48 ock W.Mid -Oxf Ist Gua stk 100 124 126 1251 1 ock Do. 2d do 100 123 125 ock Do. Newport 5 p.e.ptred. 100 99 101 ock Do.Perpet. 6p.c.pt 18 100 124 126 125 ock. Do. till 1869, let is.l 100 118 120 118 121 Do. do. 2d is. 71 I ,Alfred Consols (Philack). British Iron Clifford 'Devon G. Cons. (Tavist.) , 'East Bassett (Illogan).. 'East Caradon . . IE. WI Russel (Tavistk.)l Gam.dzSt.Aubyn(Gwen.), Great South Tolerns....l ,G.Wheal Alfd. Oillack); G. Wheal Vor ( elston)l Grenville !Herod's- Foot ,llingsloon Downs Lady Bertha Margaret (Uny Lelant), !North Downs ;North Franees (Illogan), Wh'l Basset (1110 anY iNorth Wheal Crotty ;Par Consols (St. Blazey) Providence (Uny Lelnt.) Sortridge Cons. Min. Co. 'South Caradon(St.Cleer) IS. Cam Brea (Illogan) S. Dev. Iron &Gen., Lim S.Wheal Fran. (Illogan) 'Stray Park Tamar Silv.& Lead Min I Tin Crort ' I 5 10 Vale of Towey (Caren ; West Basset (Illogan).. W. Caradon (Liskeard: West Seton Wheal Basset (Mogan) .Wheal Buller (Redruth) Wheal Edward (Cals.) Wheal Xitty(U.Lelant) Wheal Mary Ann (Men.) Wheal Treiawney (Lis.) FOREIGI - 1 Australian 'BonAccord Copper,Lim. Brazil. Imp. (is. at £5 p.) Do. St.Johndel Rey,Lim I Do. Land and Mining• Co. jClarenflon Cons.MinCo. Cobre Copper ,',ou o p n 3, i po un Ming.Co sortuna. 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Business done s t l k OO f 1 A B o t m l a n . B t i o ft r & o d S a t t L . c a e w n r t e i n ti c ( e i 8. 1 1 00 1 9 7 5 9 0 8 6 F 9 60 54 • i Gu. 5 per Cent.. . - - - ' 18 Do, Do. ' l3 16 11 1 d 20 5 Buffalo and Labe Huron all 41 55d 201 Do. New ....... ..... all - - 10 Do. Preference .. - . all 61 7 100 f Buffalo,Brant&Godrich 100 75 SO I 6 p. ct. bds. Aug. 1, 1872 100 Do. do. July 1, 1871 100 67 72 100 Do. do. June 1, 1874 100 65 70 5 Clcutta.&S.Eastn. (Lim) 3 %d pr 20 Cape,Eastn.Prov. (Lim. , 2s. - - 20 Cape Town & Dock Scrip 5 11 If d 35 1 5 29 Ceylon Guarantd. 6p. c. 71 15 /d 61 175 !Demerara.. - - 20 Eastn. Bengal gu. sp. c 10 11 11 d stock East Indian, gu. sp. c. 100 101 102 1011 5 20 Do. F Shares Ext..... all d pr 20 Do. Jubbulpore all d pr 100 Do. 44 pc. Debentrs all 981 991 100 Do. 5 p.c. Deb., 1864 all 1001 1011 20 Geelong & Melbourne all - - stock Geelong Corporation i per cent. Bonds lOO - - stock Grand Trunk of Canada 100 241 251 251 651 1 100 Do. 6 per cent. Pref all 7' 79 811 80 1 100 Do. 6 per ct. Debentr all 51 53 100 Do. 7 per cent. 1862 100 Do. do. 1867 all 62 55 100 Do. do. 1872 all 50 55 52 stock Gt. IndiaPenin.gua.sp.c lOO 971 981 98 20 Do. New gua. sp. c 8 id id 20 it . South.of India (Lim) guaranteed 5 per cent. all 2 11d 201 Gt. W. of Canada Shares all 115 111 11% 201 Do. New 100 Do. Bonds pay. '76, with opt, till '6O 100 Do. do. '73 till '60....., all 95 100 100 Do. do. '73 without opt. all es 96 100 Do. 51 p. c. do. '77 do all 90 03 stock Madras, guar., 41 p. c lOO 85 87 stock Do. do. 5 per oent lOO 951 061 stock Do. 41 p. c. Extension 100 88 89 020 Do. Furth do l5 11 1/ 4 20 Do. d 0..... - - - stock Melb.Corp. 6p. c. Bnds. 100 - - 20 Newßrunswick & Canda Ry.&Land(Lim.)g.6pc all 5 7 Class A Capital Share .. Do. do. Land d 0... 20 ,Do. do. B Capital do. • . Do. do. Land do. 20 Oude (Limited) .. - - stock Scinde .......... '' •4 44 100 90 100 110 991 1001 20 Do.j Punjaub .... ILs w 0 10 1/ d 111 1 20 !Do. Do. .... -.. 2 0 all - - d stock I Do. Indus. St. Flo. , g c „,°. 100 94 96 20 !StAndrews &Quebec A 18 - - 10 !Trinidad (Lim.) Scrip 1 1 4 d FOREIGN RAILWAYS. 10 Antwerp & Rotterdam all 51 51 20 ;Ardennes.. -. ....... - -p 20 ,Bah.&S.Fran..Lim.7 p.c lO If 154 5 IBel g ian East. Junction all 1 1 20 I Beziers to Graissessac all - - t 6 ICto-neaux Mine & Rail all 10 11 1 0 0 Copiapo - ...... d; .. .. - - 10 j Ditto Extension - - all 3 24 , 1 20 ;Dutch Rhenish 20 Eastern of France 20 Grand Rus. Guar. 6p. c 6 - - 20 I Do. do. all - - 20 Great Central of France all - - 20 Gt. Luxem., Con. shs all 61 61 7 5 20 'ltalian Junction .. - - 20 ,Lake Constance & Bale all - - 20 ILierre & Turnhout - - 20 ILyons & Geneva - - 331 Maria Antonia .... - - all - - , 10 'Do. New ..... - - 20 Namur & Liege .... 20 Do. 6p. c. Fret 16 Northern of France all 01 391 16 Do. New Shares .-.. 15 - - 10 Norwegian Trunk Pref all 75 ft 20 Paris,Lyons, & Mediter all 351 361 20 Paris & Orleans.. - 20 1 1 Recife & S. Fran. (Fern ) gua. 7_p. ct. lim 20 !Riga & Dunaburg l4 - - 10 'Rome & Frascati - - 20 ( Royal Danish all - - 5 Royal Swedish - - 4 Do. 7 per cent. Pref all , - - 20 Sambre & Meuse 10 Do. 51 per cent. Pref all 8% 8 20 San Paulo, lim, g. 7p. c 2 15 4d 35 20 S.Aust.&Lomb Venetin 12 id 1 d 135 20 Southern of France all 20 21 81 West Flanders 10 Do. 51 p. c. Preference all 91 9 20 W. & N.W. of France 20 Western of Austria 6 - - 20 ,Western of Switzerland all - - 6 'Wiesbaden - - 8 Po. 8 per cent. Pref all - - 20 ;Zealand - - COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH. (Sittings at Nisi Prius, at Guildhall, before Lord Chief Justice Cockburn and a Special Jury.) HOOPER T. WARDE. This was aft action brought by Miss Hooper. for merly of Brighton, to recover damages for assaults, and on other counts against the defendant, Mr. Warde, a gentleman of fortune residing in Clop stock Park, Warwickshire, in the neighbourhood of Shakspeare's birth-place, Stratford-on-Avon. The declaration stated, Ist, that the defendant assaulted the plaintiff, cast her into prison, and there kept her for some time ; 2dly, that he on seve ral occasions, assaulted, beat, wounded, and ill treated her; and, idly, that the defendant converted to his use, and wrongfully dispossessed her of trinkets used by her for the decoration of her per son, that is to say, jewellery, and of books and wearing apparel of the value of £4OO and upwards. Plaintiff also sued the defendant in counts for money, comprised of money lent, money paid for him, and money on an account stated. To the Ist, 2d, and 3d of those counts the defen dant pleaded not guilty, and that the plaintiff first assaulted him, whereon he necessarily committed the alleged acts in self-defence. In another plea he said the goods mentioned by the plaintiff were his property ; as to the money count he pleaded not indebted ; and as to the sth count, he pleaded that before the action was brought he had satisfied and discharged the plaintiff's claims. On those pleas the parties joined issue. Mr. Edwin James, Q.C., and Mr. Honeyman ap peared as counsel for the plaintiff ; Mr. Hawkins, Q.C., and Mr. Coleridge conducted the case for the defendant. Mr. James stated the case, and then called evi dence. Miss Hooper, a good-looking woman, apparently between 30 and 40 years of age, deposed that she is plaintiff in the action, and that the defendant, a gentleman of independent fortune, residing in the county of Warwick, had been separated, as she un derstood, about twelve years from his wife, who is still living. At the time, some years ago, that he became acquainted with plaintiff, she was living with her mother at Brighton. She first saw him one evening that she was waiting in the street, in expectation of meeting a young man with whom she was keeping company. Defendant addressed her and induced her to comply with his request to go with him to his seat in War wickshire, and live with him nominally as " nurse maid," to take care of his children by his wife. She consented, and she continued to live with him down to May, 1859. They lived together as husband and wife, in which latter character she passed. She had altogether seven children by him, and five of them are still living. She accompanied him to Paris, and one of the children was born in that city. The birth was noticed in Galignani's Itessengsr. When defendant first accosted her in Brighton, and ascer tained from her where she lived and obtained her permission to walk and converse.with her, he told her that he was separated from his wife, and having let her into a knowledge of much of his domestic history, he engaged her, as stated, " nominally" for the purpose of taking care of his children, at £l6 a year. On their return to Warwickshire, defendant, who became jealous of her, treated her on several occasions with great unkindness. Her first improper intimacy with him arose after he had had an hyste rical fit. She was then his sole attendant. She after that lived with him openly as his wife, up to May, 1859, when his treatment of her became so brutal as to compel her to leave him. He on one occasion took gravy out of the dish and threw it over her, and he on another occasion seized a billiard cue, and beat her on the back and face with it, an d hurt her. She told him he should pay for it, and he knocked her down and cut her. His quarrels with her were frequent, and he on one suasion locked up silver forks, and wished her to eat her dinner with a steel fork. She refused, and he then knocked her down. On another occasion that he used her with violence, her shoulder was dislocated. He on an other occasion wished her to sign some deed, or document, and she refused to execute it, and locked herself in her bedroom for safety. He sent for the police, and she said she would not open the door for £50,000. She had a case of pistols and a double barrelled gun loaded for her defence, in the room, and when the police and others attempted to take her she seised the double barrelled gun, and de clared she would shoot the first man who dared to approach her. She was threat ene d, if s h e did not go down and sign the document, that she would have handcuffs placed upon her. She, however, resisted, and the police, alarmed by the " double barrel," were afraid to act. (Laughter.) She re. faxed to sleep with defendant in consequence of an intimacy which she suspected existed between him and one of the servants. He ill-treated her because she refused, and with an archery bow which he had in his room, he struck her. She was obliged to have medical attendance. It was imputed by defen dant that one of the children did not belong to him, but she declared he was the father of the child. She would not have submitted to such repeated ill treatment, but from a desire to remain with her children. Plaintiff further stated that the defendant on another occasion approached her in his dressing gown, with a cart-whip in his hand, and having upbraided her abort the contents of some letters that he charged her with passing to some parties of whom he suspected her to be intriguing—a charge which she at the time denied, he used the whip violently on her. She threw herself on the ground and he then withdrew and returned into the house. She left his house the next day, and went to Stratford, and there took up her abode. In cross-examination, Mr. Hawkins elicited that the plaintiff had become addicted to drinking, and that she intrigued with a boy named Williams, little more than 14 years of age, who was first a sort of helper in the grounds, and who was after wards taken into the house for the alleged purpose of attending to the children's carriage. In re-examination by Mr. James, as to the man ner in which the intrigue between her and the boy Williams originated, the plaintiff gave her answers in a low and indistinct, and apparently embarrassed tone of voice, in which she was under stood to say that her intrigue and improper inti macy with the boy took place in compliance with the request of Mr. Warde, the defendant. The Lord Chief-Justice—Do you mean to say that the defendant, Mr. Warde, told you to allow the boy Williams to have improper intercourse with you? Plaintiff Yes; The Lord Chief Jdstice (with a look of surprise) —" Yes." Where did it occur ? Plaintiff—ln the bedroom. The Lord Chief Justice—Where was Mr. Warde then ? Plaintiff—ln the room. • The Lord Chief Justice—Was he in bed ? Plaintiff—Yes. The Lord Chief Justice—What o'clock was it then P Plaintiff—About six o'clock in the evening. The Lord Chief Justice—What ! six o'clock in the evening ? Plaintiff—Yee. The Lord Chief Justice—Was the room in dark ness P Plaintiff—Yes. The Lord Chief Justice—ls the boy Williams here ? Plaintiff—Yes. The Lord Chief Justice—Who brought him here ; has he been brought here by you ? Plaintiff—Yes. The Lord Chief Justice—ls he in, court ?' Plaintiff—Yes. The Lord Chief Justice—Let the boy, Williams, leave the court. [Williams, who is a witness for the plaintiff, here left the court, and was ordered to be conveyed to a room and there detained.] Examination resumed by his lordship--Was it your habit to go to bed so early as six o'clock ? Plaintiff (embarrassed) did not distinctly answer. Lord Chief Justice—Was it Mr. Warde's habit to go to bed so early P Plaintiff (evidently confused) did, not distinctly reply. _ _ _ A Juror—She may, my lord, have been intoxi cated, and perhaps may mistake the time. The Lord Chief Justice—Did you know that it was Williams that was in the room at the time ? Plaintiff—No, not then. Lord Chief Justice—And when did you discover that it was Williams ? Plaintiff—Afterwards. Lord Chief Justice—Was he undressed ? Plaintiff—No; he had his clothes on. Lord Chief Justice—And you say Mr. Warde told you to admit him to take liberties with you ? Plaintiff—Yes. Lord Chief Justice—And that Mr. Warde was present, in the room or bed ? The plaintiff here became much embarrassed, and showing symptoms of fainting, by loss of colour and sinking in the witness-box, she was told by his lordship to be seated, and the further examinations and proceedings of the trial were ad journed till to-morrow morning (this day). The plaintiff was f our h ours un d er examination. COURT OF PROBATE AND DIVORCE. Before Sir C. Cresswell and a Common Jury.) SMITH V. SMITH AND LIDDARD. This was a suit instituted by Mr. Thomas Brown- . ing Smith, M.D., praying for a dissolution of marriage with his wife, on the ground of her adult er y with the corespondent, and he also claimed damages. Mr. Cripps and Mr. M. Loyd were oounool for the petitioner; Dr. Spinks and Mr. Younge for the respondent ; and Mr. Murphy and the Hon. E. C. Leigh for the co-respondent. It appeared from the statement of counsel that Dr. Smith and his wife were married at Sparsolt, Hampshire, he being 35 and she 32 years old at the time. Dr. Smith had resided at Bedford-street, and subsequently at 1, Berkeley-gardens, Kensington, where he practised his profession, and they con tinued to cohabit until about the middle of last year, during which time they had four children, the eldest of whom is 15 years old. Both respondents pleaded denial. In 1856 Dr. Smith received Mr, William Liddard, the co-respondent, into his house as a medi cal pupil, he being at the time 17 years of age, and he remained at Dr. Smith's until the spring of 1859, when he went to Germany in company with his mother, and took up his residence there, where he had been educated in the doctrines of the sect of Meravians. From the great disparity of years between Mrs. Smith and Mr. Liddard, neither the petitioner nor any of his family entertained any suspicion of impropriety on their parts until Mr. Liddard's return from Germany, when he called at Dr. Smith's. On ascertaining that Mrs. Smith was at home he sent her a note, and went into the draw ing-room. Mrs. Smith was in the parlour with her husband and children, bet on receipt of the note she went to the drawing-room, and remained alone with Mr. Liddard for about half an hour, when she went up stairs to her bedroom, where she remained for the day, and it was noticed by one of the servants that she was in the greatest distress of mind. After Mrs. Smith left Mr. Lideard he had a short interview with Dr. Smith, and was seen running away from the house. Dr. Smith desired a female servant to go to his wife, and she remained with her that night. On the Ist of May, 1859, the day after Mr. Liddard had called, Dr. Smith received from him the following letter : "10, Clarendon-road, Notting-hill. " Sir,—l received your letter and the others. I feel that yon are right, and you have indeed been trusting and con fiding in one who has acted as a serpent towards you—one who, allowing himself to be blinded by sin, has acted with out one particle of honour, and poisoned the happiness of his benefactor. Would that I had felt all that at the time ; but I'll say no more, for you can only read it with contempt, as an attempt to deceive you—as some new lie. May He before whose throne we shall shortly have to appear and answer for our every thought and action, may He have mercy on one who has deserved none. May He also enable you to pity and forgive the unworthy sinner, however you hate the sin. "I, William Liddard, of No. 10, Clarendon-road, Not ting -hill, London, acknowledge and confess that I have during about these last two years had at times criminal connexion with the wife of Dr. Browning Smith, who is at present living at No. 1, Berkeley-gardens, Kensington, London. "May 10, 1859." " WILLIAM LIDDARD. On the same day Mrs. Smith wrote the follow ing letter to her husband : " 1, Berkeley gardens, Monday, May 10. " I am so completely overwhelmed with grief and shame that I know not how to address you. If you have ever knoWn what it is to feel perfectly miserable, and to know that misery is entirely brought on by my own shameful be haviour to one of the kindest and best of husbands, you may imagine how very, very unhappy I feel; and generous as I know you to be, still I cannot, dare not, hope you will forgive, but I mist kneel down to my Maker and to you to implore that you will do so, for mercy sake. I fear your good advice hitherto seems to have been thrown away on such a wicked person as I have been, and how solemnly I promise, if ever I should be restored to your affections, I believe I shall know how to value one so kind and good, for indeed I have been very unhappy, and richly deserve to feel so; and I would now give all I have to be allowed just to kiss your hand, for you cannot tell how unhappy and miserable I am. Do pray forgive me." Another letter was also read from Mrs. Smith repeating her entreaties for forgiveness. Dr. James Clark, M.D., Penton-street, Penton ville, proved the marriage, and stated that he had known Mr. and Mrs. Smith for years, and in 1850 he was on a visit at their house for some weeks. They appeared to live on very good terms, and Dr. Smith was very kind to his wife. lie saw them fre quently in 1852, and he remembered seeing Wm. Liddard, and he appeared about 17 or 18. Dr. Smith was now 51, and Mrs. Smith was some years younger. On one occasion Mrs. Smith complai.ned to him that Wm. Liddard bolted his door at night, and refused to open it when she asked him. Upon cross-examination he said that Liddard was treated like one of the children of the family. The complaint about locking the door was a few months before Mrs. Smith left her husband. His impression was that she made the complaint because she was alarmed at his locking the door. He be lieved that Mr. Smith was not present, but he would not swear it. He could not swear what led to her saying it. They all sat up late at Mr. Smith's. He never saw Dr. Smith disqualified from attending patients, although he had seen him oocasionally tipsy. (Laughter.) Mr. Liddard frequently attended Dr. Smith's patients. Mrs. Smith indulged in the use of morphia and opiusn to great excess, but he never saw her carried to bed insensible. Dr. Smith lamented this habit, and spoke of its disastrous consequences to Mrs. Smith and himself. Mr. Liddard was in the habit of going to parties with Mrs. Smith without Dr. Smith. The latter had disposed of his practice at Kensington. He never heard him express a wish to get rid of his wife in consequence of her habit. He and Dr. Smith occasionally smoked in Mrs. Smith's bedroom, but he was not aware that Lid dard ever did so. (Here witness identified the handwriting of the letters produced.) Hannah Stone deposed to Mrs. Smith's having described Mr. Liddard as an ill-natured fellow be cause he would not open his bedroom door to her the night before, when Dr. Smith was out. They had previously been talking about robbers. Mrs. Jane Browning Smith, sister of the peti tioner, said that Mrs. Smith said something which induced her to believe that she used to allow Lid dard to come into her room, and she remonstrated with her on the impropriety of her conduct, but, not suspecting anything criminal, she said nothing to her brother about it. Her brother never sanc tioned any familiarities between his wife and Mr. Liddard. . Mrs. Laura Liddard, mother of the co-respondent, stated that she resided at 10, Clarendon-road, Not ting-hill, and that her son was about 22 years old. She had seen Mrs. Smith very rude to him, pinch him, and strike him indelicately. He was very cross to her, and said, " You had better mind what you are about." She complained of his unkindness and abruptness. She said he was more like a great girl than a man, and had shown her her arms, which were bruised and pinched, for she said he would not take a joke. When witness mentioned the matter to him he told her she had better mind her own business, as she did nat know what he had to put up with. In the summer of 1858 Dr. Smith suggested that Mrs. Smith should go to Mar gate with her son, and she and two of her children accompanied them there. They lodged in the same house. One morning she heard her son, who slept overhead, slam the door. She heard Mrs. Smith call to him t o o p en th e d oor, tp Nt_hich he replied two or three times " I shan't," and s,:'° heard him add " Put it under the door." She saw Mrs. Smith come down stairs, and she said " I only went up to carry him his shirt," but she had nothing in her hand at the time. She was dressed in her petticoat and shawl. In the spring of 1852 she went with her son to Germany, and while there he received a letter in Mrs. Smith's hand writing, which he refused to read. Some time after her return, when Mrs. Smith had left her husband, she saw her at her sister's, and she said to her "A pretty thing Willie has been about," to which witness replied " Oh, it cannot be true." Mrs. Smith then said she wished she could die, and in the presence of her sister said she wanted to see her (witness's) son, and that she must give her his address. The jury returned a verdict that Mrs. Smith had been guilty of the adultery, with damages of one farthing. Sir C. 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Samuel Twigg, the younger, aged 16, deposal that at about one o'clock in the.' morning of the 25th of July he heard his father knocking at the front door, and shouting, " Now, Folly, get 1.11) and loose me in." lie heard his moth er g o down' s'-airs, and then he heard also the voice .of a stra n g e matt in the kitchen, and his mother rue,ning back' Afterw - ards he heard his father call to 11. s mo the , r , to come,lown, but she refused , until " t he man was ;one." The prisoner then said, " str°ll y don't come down and cook we some steaks,°ll' t angy her throat from ear to ear." He heard the 01°11 say he would go, find afterwards the door clooe on u• He then went down And found his father lying the screen. His mother followed him down 0° shut the door. Prisoner r efused to go to be& 0 ° they put a jacket under his' head, took his 0) 3 °,1 off; and put a chair under hio feet, and left kT S asleep. In about a quarter of an hour afterwal) he heard the prisoner cry out, " Sam, get up, o a get me a light; I want to go to bed." He sek. his mother to go down, as he heal to rise early the morning to go to work. His mother It o down, and he heard her poking the fire. W_ 11 , 1 ; she was doing so, prisoner said, " Gie us a sl ° "' Polly." Immediately after this he heard else' knife closed, and the prisoner say, " Now, I satisfied," and his mother came to the bottom °,, the stairs and said, " Oh, Sam, I am s tabbed - t His mother then went out at the door. He Well„ down immediately, and found his father lying (4" the screen. The deceased, it appeared front other evidence' had been stabbed in the left side of the abdomen' and died on the following night. When the deposition of the deceased was rear:loll! to him, the prisoner said—" I was drunk at the din e ' she was a very good wife to me." Before the easfil trates he said—" I was very helpless drunk ind= o ,s I had no occasion to set about her. She was a go' wife to me." The Judge summed np the case as one of Wil fel murder. The jury after a brief deliberation returned verdict of that nature. His lordship was about passinV sentence of del t ,! j ' e when the prisoner's mother ski .i ek ed out tinhe gallery, and had to be removed. .26,t the same ul n a the prisoner fell upon his, -8 it,' the dock the began to shed tears. H'l uPb t it' gaolers, and ceasing , receivee' the aff sentence of death in tl• form. e the The unhappy criminal, as he was led out en dock, found vent for his feelings in tears Ae ' r The next prisoner charged with wilful 'mu was Ann Williams, aged 31, who had bee n coil mitted for the murder of her infant child. vese Mr. M'Mahon prosecuted, and Mr. Scotland instructed by the judge to watch the case for - prisoner. lot The evidence ',glowed that about the end of " . tlr September the prisoner left her home at Willenha u with her child in hey arms very early in the more ing. She was missed for some time, and the ca n e was searched for her. ,Subsquently she was Olin at the house of a relative some few miles s'iv.l without her babe, and apparently of unsound re,„ On being brought home, she' said the child was r e the canal. By one witness si2e seen carrying t el child along the bank, and by twe other wi tnesee, she was seen the same morning standing on a brid e ; which crosses the canal, still with the child in be_, arms. After she had been on this i'ridge she WZ seen to be without the child, whose bi.ltly was elt, sequently found in the canal not far from t"'" bridge. The surgeon who was called in to see her will she was brought home was of opinion that the woma n was insane. There was reason to belie; that her insaaity wee occasioned by exceeel' nursing. The jury returned a verdict of Not Guilty. His lordship asked on what ground ? The foreman did not seem able to give a sa tisfef. tory reply ; but one of the twelve said th e y we n not satisfied that the prisoner threw th e child in w the water. His lordship made no reply - , and ordered til ° woman's discharge. A for Stephen Dickenson, 40, was then arriOgne,• the wilful murder of Elizabeth Dicketoson, on to' sth of August, 1860, at the borough of NoWcastle' under• Lyme. Mr. A. S. Hill was instructed by his lordship t ° watch the case for the prisoner. The evidence showed that the prisoner was sane, and that the deceased was hie mother. L" had been visited by a parish surgeon two or three days before, and instructions given for the remoT s beyond his reach of any cutting instruments. °II the day in question his mother was taing him 11 P. medicine, when on the top of the lauding he Ine" his mother and struck her on the head v•ith a lare wooden stand called a candle-block, that the pri soner had been accustomed to use when working by night as a shoemaker. • The judge stopped the case, and put it to the jury it it was necessary to proceed with it ? The jury found the prisoner guilty of wfor; • murder, committed when he was in a Rate of 4 " sanity. His lordship sentenced the prisoner to confin e ment during her Majesty's pleasure. NORTHERN CIRCUIT--LivmarooL, Dec. 11 ' (Before Mr. Justice Keating.) WIFE MURDER IN LITERPOOL. Thomas Newsham, 38, was charged with the murder of his wife in Homer-street, Liverpool, 00. the 18th of September last. It appeared from the evidence that the prisoner and his wife had lived together for some time 00 tolerably friendly terms. On the day of the occur" rence in question there was a quarrel between parties, when the deceased, being drunk, was heat to use very improper and provoking language? which very much irritated her husband. In the course of the squabble the prisoner used a knife, and stabbed hi s w if e i n th e l e ft s id e , the woun d causing death. For the defence it Nvud contedded that there was no deliberate malice on the prisoner's part, and ultimately he was found guilty of manslaughter, and sentenced to penal' servitude for life. MURDER ON SHIPBOARD. A Norwegian seaman, named Henry Lawson, wail tried for the murder of Charles P. Wallace, boat swain of the American ship Lombard. On the 228- of August last, while the Lombard was lying in the Liverpool Docks, the prisoner went to his bed and refused to work. This led to a fight between the p; ironer and deceased, in the course of which the latter was stabbed bi,Lawson in th e nec k. The wound 'partially severed the windpipe, an d the boatswain tilt; matel y died on th e I st of Sept. Mr. Justice IC 9 a ,in g sentenced him to penal De r ' sla l u lh g e hte juryand f o und the prisone r gu il ty o f roan vitude for life. Mr. Justice Blackburn commenced trying 61 41 cases in the Nisi Prim Court. The mine list is small, and the cases of little public interest. VACANCIES OCCASIONED B - THE DEATH OF TO EARL OF ABERDEEN.-By the death of the Right Ho. the Earl of Aberdeen the following vatoncies are caused Chancellorship of the University of .V,)erdeen, lord lieu tenancy of the county, representation of tho county tivoug ai ll the elevation of Lord Haddo to the peerz'g®, and sev er knighthoods and other dignities, including' knighthood oft he Garter. BI ItT.HS. AITKEN.—On the 15th inst., at Wallington, tho wild the Rev. James Aitk en , o f a son. HARCOURT.—On the 14th inst., at 71, St. George's-squar r o Belgravia, Mrs. Harcourt, of a daughter. POCHIN.—On the 15th inst., at Leicester, the wife of Limit' Ralph George Pochin, R.N., of a son. ST. AUTIYN.—On the 15th inst., at Pondrea, Cornwall, the Ludy Elizabeth St. Aubyn, of a daughter. MAItItIA(I S. LUFKIN—HARVEY.—On the 11th inst., at Stowmar 'fret Church, George Lufkin, Esq., of the India-010 ,„9 '" Elizabeth Christiana, only child of the late John Gadd' Harvey. Esq., of Stansfield Hall, Suffolk. SMITH—HANSLER.—On the 15th inst. at St. Savioet Maida-hill, Henry Clement Smith, Esq. , , of St. Leonard ° terrace, Maida-hill, to Josephine, only daughter of Capt Hansler, of Kensington, J.P. for Middlesex. DICATHB. ALLEN.—On the 15th inst., at 3, C rave n-hill, Hyde-park, Ellen Allen, daughter of the late Joseph Allen, D.D.I Lord Bishop of Ely, aged E. BUTTON.—On the 10th inst., at Norwood, Hamm'', relict A of the late Captain Usmond Button, R.N. CLARK e —On the th F e .l, l6 . t s., 16th inst, ,agaetdl9Bo,. Gilt s pur-atreet, E.C., B , ra; , JEuvis.—On the 12th inst., Mr. Francis P. Jervis, of 26, Edward-street, Portman-square, aged 28. MILLS.—On the 14th inst., at Botesdale, the Rev. John Mills, M.A., aged 52. WEIR.—On the 16th inst., at 12, Arlington-street, D. C. Webb, Esq., aged 64. WILLIAMs.—On the 12th inst., a t Bat h , Major - Ge neral W. Freke Williams, K.H., aged 68. 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