The Sun. — London, England, 1858-03-22 00:00:00

ASSIZE I.Y I'ELLIGENOB. of mercy, but of justice, to say the prisoner was .gnilty,. not of murder, but en enelanghtei only.' Mr. Baron Watson passed a warm eiilOgiurn on the manner in which the prisoner had bees. defen ded, and then summed up the evidence with great minuteness. After explaining the distinction be tween murder and manslaughter, his lordship direc•ed the attention of the jury to the question whether there had been any provocati-n giVen to the prisoner by blows, so as to reduce the crime to manslaughter. The prisoner had stated that there had teen a scuffle, but even he had never said the old woman had struck any blow. When a deadly instrument was used, it required greet provocation by blows before the crime of murder could be re duced to mansiatighter, and the jury must say whether or not they cou'd come.to the conclusion that there had been su li provocation in this case. The jury retired, and ou their return into court they found the prisoner guilty. Mr. Baron Watson then assumed the black cap, and, proclamation of silence being made, his lord ship said that after a long and patient trial the jury had found the prisoner guilty, and in that verdict he entirely concurred. had looked in vain at the evidence to see •f there was anything to reduce tile crime .0 mausl•u..,ll.er . . Tee guilt of 1,1,,a was upon toe prisoners heed, ,nd he must die. and pre pare himself to meet that Judge b:fore wit em he and ell must, appear. Time would be given to hie ) , which he had not given to his uufortunate vie im ; end his lerdship implored t prisoner to apply himself to he consolations of relieion, so that he might be prepared fur the tribunal before which he was about toappea% His lordship then pronounced sentence of death in the usual form. The prinner was then removed. William Charles Browne, aged 25, engineer, was charged Rite forging an endorsement to a bill of exchange for 1961. 165., with intent eo deft aud the members of the Old Bonk at Shrewsbury, on D,-c. 3t , 1857. Mr. Scotland and Mr. L. Warren appeared for the prosecution ; Mr. Cook Evans.(with whom was Mr. Neale) defended he prisoner. It appeared that the prisoner, a young man of extremely good appearance, was, in Dee,m).er last living with a Mr. Briscoe, a builder at Ketley, near Wellington. Ott that day the prisoner called upon Mr. Eyton, member of the firm called " the Old Bank" at Shrewsbury, at his residence at Eytou, near Wellngton, and asked him to make an ad vance upon a bill of exchange which he produced. The hill was in this form : " 11561. 165., March 19. "23, Moorgate-street, city, London, Doc. 16, 1857. " Three months after data pay to my order in London the sum of one hundred aril ninety-six pounds sixteen shillings, value received. WILLIAM CHARLES BROWNE, Ketley, near Wellington, Shropshire. "To Messrs. A. Barrington, merchants, 28, Moorgate-street, London, 185'." "Accepted, payable to the Union Bank of London. A. E. BERRINGTON and L. ROTHSOHILDE." Mr. Eytou told the prisoner that he did not know any of the parties, and asked him if Mr. Briscoe would put his name , upon the bill. The prisoner said he thought he would. Mr. Eyton then wrote a letter to a gentleman at the hank, stating he knew nothing of any of the parties, but that lie had had dealings with Mr. Briscoe, and he had always paid him feithfulle. He gave prisoner the letter, and the same day the prisoner presented the bill at the bank at Shrewsbury. It then purpot ted to be en dorsed by " Thomas C. Eyton, Eytone" The cashier believing the endorsement to be Mr. Eyton's, as stated by the prisoner, discounted the bill, and gave him the amount (te , ,s discount) viz., 1951. odd. The prisoner endot see the bill-in the cashier's pres,nce, and also gave his c et d of address, and then went away. In a shirt time be return• dto the bank and sta.ed they hae given him too mueleby 54, but the cashier, ou counting the money, found it was all tight, the p lam r's m s•aeo, it any, having arisen from his counting a 5/. n number of 104 notes, as if i had b .en 10/. S ton after his departure some conversation took plaue at tne bank aboutthe endorsement, which was c le , idered a strange thing for Mr. Ey on to do, and ioquities being made of Mr. Eyt the same night, it was diseovered that tee e do seinen' was foreed. Toe prisoner was ar rested in the middle of the night, in bel with his lit le :Sty, and iu his room was found a large por tion'of the money, and also a • eceipt for abc,ut 401. wh ch had b.-en lodged in a bank in Mr. Briscoe's n one. Tile letter written by Mr. Epon to the cashier was also found on the mattress. The next morning Mr. Eytou received a letter by post from the prisoner, stating that he had not been able to get the bill discounted, as they knew none of the parties, bit., he was equally ooligee to Mr. Ey•ton for his kindness. When taken eefore the magistrates up-n the charge, the pri oner that he had forged the sig iiaiure, but :rat, d. that he had no intention to defraud, and expected to receive motley by which he would have taken up the 1411. • Mr. Ey _o,, was cro=ss-i-xatutued to show that he had re ceived the pcisoner at his ht.use with great kind, ues., end r hat from the conversation wh ch hid Itaken oi4Ce •he pnqnri,r might hare supposed he ad a rity , o use his name. The witn.sg, how ever, s4id hr. had referred the pri,oner entirely to the potpie at the Bank, with the lt t:er stating that he lct ow nothing of the patties. It appeared that the ptisonerhail beea for about 20 minutes with Mr. Eyton, and that in the course of the conversa tion tee prisoner produced from his pocket a fossil fern, which Eyton accepted as a present, to put in his collection. Mr. Cook Evans submitted that, upon the evi dence, it mast.te taken that this was a good bill, and that if it had been duly presented at the Union Bank of Lyndon when it bin tme due, viz, .on - the 19 h inst., it would have been paid, and no loss would have bee I sustained. Mr. Baron Watson, however, overruled the ob jection, and said that if the prisoner petite money by means of the forgery, the intent to defraud was proved. Mr. Evans then addressed the jury, and urged in favour of the prisoner, that if he reasonably be lieved that he ha 1 authority to use Mr. Eyt n's name it would nit be forgery, though, in fact, he had not such authority. He contended that ti e conduce of Mr. Ey ton in accepting a fossil fern, an article of great value to scientific o•hit'emen, and kind ki manner in which lie received the prisoner's a e plicatiou, might have led him to believe that he had authority to use i is name. Mr. B rein Watson, ia -utnwing up, slid he thought this wes the clear :st case of forgery he ha I ev r seen. His lordship, however, went through tee evidence at some length, and left it to the jury ro sty whether te else was proved. The jury, without hesitation, found the prisoner guilty, and Mr. Baron Watson sentenced him to eight years' penal serri:ude. OXFORD CIRCUIT.—SHREWSBURY, March 20. CRIMINAL COURT. (Before Mr. Baron Watson.) MURDER. William Davies, aged 35, labonrer, was charged with the wilful murder of Ann Evens, at Much venlock, on the 12tu of Septerebtr, 1857. _ Mr. Scotland and Mr. Benson appeared for the prosecution.' Mr. Powell, at the request of the learned judge, undertook the prisoner's defence, and was assisted by Mr. G. Brown. It appeared that the deceased was an old woman, between 60 and 70 years of age, a reputed witch, who lived in a cottage on a common at Westbrook, in the parish of Much Wenlock. She had paassd by several names, and for some years lived with a man named Evans, who died in the year 1856. The prisoner, a labouring man, of about 35 years cf age, soon afterwards came to live with her. He dug a bit of land which the old woman possessed, and planted her potatoes, Arc., and being generally a quiet and rather weak-minded man, he was in the habit of going to near Litt, for her, and, es the re port ran, tee old coma' hal promised te marry him, and a'eo.l7, nine mouths bif re her death hae got the Lanus onbliehe l in Atileley Cirurch. In the mearitiale they lived together as m tar and wrte, and, according to the evid nee, the prisoner was "bewitched" by the, old woman. According to his owe statement to several witnesses the old woman bad great power over him, and had the power as often as he left her, which he did more than once, t o d r aw - him back. There w2s no (lonia , upon the evidence that the old woman was a fortuue-seller aud practised witchcraft, and that by na- ans of her supposed intercourse with spire's she was generally believed it, ,the country rouud to nave the power over people's fortunes, and particularly over poor men's sheep aria pigs. Under these cirFumstauces, notwithstanding the disparity of theiesges, the pris • oner went to live with her. The old woman, it appeared, was very violent in her temper, aud in the habit of using very foul lineuige ; and o u several occasions words took place between t h e parties which induceei the prisouer to leave her, which he did more than once, but was "drawn back" by her It appea red that he continued to live with her till the 12th Sept., 1857, when her death took place. Two days previously he had purchased a new pocketknife at Wet block, but not under cir cumstaaces to excite any suspicion. Oa the day in question the deceased sect hurl to Wenlock on some errand;, when he stayed longer than he ought to have done, drinking at Mrs. Astenha publictiou ie. On his way home, in conversation with a waggoner, he said he was living with an old wensen on the bill, and was very comfortahle. and that he should have a lot of money when the old woman died. The deceased met him on Vie road at 3 e'el ck, p.m., and was very angry and abusive, and, taking the basket from him, told him that he might go back to Wenlock, or h—, if he liked. The prisoner was very quiet and civil, and followed her to the cottage ; and it appeared that they had tea together, for the remains of tea were afterwards found in two cups on the table. Shortly after thay had gone into the cottage the old woman came out. At that time a min was sitting on a wall near the cottage, and called out "Bi'L" The prisoner came out, aril the man asked him what was the matter. The pri soner looked down and said, "There is nettling the matter with me." The old woman teen said she had sent him to Wenlock on an errand, and he had spent part of the money ; be was an eternal villain, and had thrown p art of th 3 sugar in , o the fire and part into the ashes. She also said, "He in a e et nat rogue ; he has robbed rte-, and not only that, he'll mui der ire." She then returned into the cottage, and a few minutes aft- rwatda little bey was on the coitunoe near the co , tage, and heard the parties quirrelling inside. The door vets open, and tie heard the old woman say that if the prisoner did not go out she would mike him torn out. The deceased was a very powerful women f r her age, and very vi -lent in her manner ; and, ac cording to the bey's evidence, she was usit-g a gr.at deal of foul asd abusive language. The prisoner then said he wanted his smock. and the woman said he should not have it. Thu prisoner then went upstsirs ‘o fetch it. It appeared the weman a-s.i went op-tart's, end the b y herd a f 11 on the doo , and tie wormin's voice saying, "B.li, let me alone." He also heard the woman acre tin out three times, and presently the prisoner came running down stairs, and shut the outer door and locked it. Helen; turned the key, he left it in the do •r and walked away. The little boy went home to h s mother, and told her what he bad seen and heard, and in a few minutes his mother came to tee spot, but, seeing bloodupou the door-lstch, she was afelid to enter. In a few minutes some ut ire neighbours . came to the spot, opened the de-ii, and cailea out the old woman's name, but receiving no a .swer, they entered and went up.taira, and there fou.iii the old women lying dead upon the flo r. Ou ex evaluation several slight wounds :Jere discoveted on the old woman's face, and four stet-8 in the neck, one of winch had penetrated the eAroti:d ..r v- J .-, and an )thar ceinaletelea ;severed and so eau ed ione diato sieeet. It appeared the old tvo ean had bought the prisoner a silver watch and chain, arid the wa.cit was found iu her loft hand, w.ta the chain passed between her fingers ; and the sugges tion on the part of the prosecution was that there had been a struggle for the watch. The prisoner's pocketknife was found lying open on the dresser in the kitehen co;er ed with fresh blood. He was taken iota cuetod at trio o'clock kei6 mornieg, in a barn at *Teeele it wood, about 20 uni - es off. The policeman charged him eith the murder of Nancy Morgan, and the prisoner asked, "Is she dead 1" and, on bailee answered in the a ffirma. ive, he slid, "Oa Lord, I did not think it was quite s ) bad as that." He was then brought to Wenlock in a cart, aryl, on the way, he said he had spent 2s. of the old woman's money, and had had two pints of old beer, and that when he came back the old woman abused him for being so long away, and that, they cursed each other. He said he told her he would le ave her, and would not step, and went upstairs to-fetch his clothes. The old woman followed him, and he asked her for the watch she had bought for him, and also that ho several times asked her to kiss him. Ho said that if he did it it was not for money, for he knew where it was, aed there was bat 6d. in the heuse, arid he knew where the bank books were. He adde 1, SI did love the old woman." Another witness confirmed this tvidetee, and also tease d that the prisoner sae', '• We had a scuffle." He a'lowed him tell to be seu.c:icil witeleut epp:eition, but uothine was found upon hen beyinel a few illinge To ano . her witness, a feral eta he ropes red the same aac met, eith the addition teat ne wanted _ to have his clothes lied the wate't, and told the eld women he would leave her, and she might hive "Todd, or Wood," hut she would not let him have them. He also said jealousy had done it. It ap- HOME CIRCUIT.—MAIDSTONE, March 20. peered, fro n the cross-exunivation ef the wit nesses, that there was a genera l belief among CROWN SIDE. the igneraut pe ple about Westbury that the old (Before Mr. Justice Williams.) woman p osse ssed whit they called " the evil Wm. Ballwin, a respeat:ble-lookirig man, nor eye," and that, by tee aid of ol d b rendered to take riis t. ial upon an indictment which magic, and the ant;nowe lan-cage iewlu ) c - h ks she chateetl him with the mansleu 6 hter of Betsy ssuietienes sp ke, she p essessed supernatural Bre rt. en powers. The con. sad, for the pits' -nar wished t e Mr. Reseed and Mr. Addison conducte I the pro _ cress, xamtne the rate her of :the little, boy who :riteutiou ; the prisoner was defended by Mr. G. proved the chief portion of the case a ga i nst the Dsnmare prisoner, to show that she believed the old woman Taere was another person named Wm, Ayerst still had t over ove- her, but the learned judge i nc l u d e d i n th e i n di c t ment w i t h the prisoner. He . would not allow that to be done. It was, heweier, is it aepeered, a very aged man, and he has for a evident that the woman was Jab:luring from so rte grew m toy years exercised the medical prot:es , ion mental anxie7, and nothing would indeca aer to in abe rieig bourhood re Mai 'stone. They were leave-the witne.'s-box while her Ltd.- boy was bung both achnitte to hid, but the prisoner Baldwin examined. It appeared that a 'few months before alone surrendered to take hie trial. . her death the old woman had so'd a bit .1 land for The charge was of a F...ouiewhlt peculiar nature. 651 a and that the money had be e n lod ge d i n a Tice deceased was a young married w o m an , th e w if e bent-. of a leb airing man, residing at Tovel near M od- Mr. Powell, for the prisoner, said one thing was atone, and the case on the part of the prosecution , gui_te clear in thi s case — v i z., th at th e o ld woman was, th at b y i mproper t reatment i n the course of had a very a ton g body and a very alsen , ire tongue. what was supposed to bi a premature labour, but N era Vh f a , , •e i ver might, have been her powers of witch- which tuned out to be a totsl'y different m at t e r, 'TaB clear she had great power over the pri- the persons accused had caused the death o f the "' II "' and had induced him, thce lg h a young wen, dece ised. The case was not of a nature to admit to eo and live with her. That f a ct was m ore s tr ange of the facts being given in detail, but it a pp eare d • than witchcrft, week mind th and such was her p isver over his that the deceased lei .g attacked with w h a t she at we e tulles, he always felt t t i t h , e left her, as he did several consid-r dto lie the pains of lab ant, sent . 0 two • could not sugg .st that ati's,,,aise drew h m back. He different tuedicd. men residing in the town of Maid- right prisenes n t know stone, but neither of them were able to attend, and frora wrona, but hp weaknes of rated, she then applied t ) the prisoner Baldwin, who re and up to the day to hive borne her abuse an i d l :e n ie h le e nc e with appeared always sided at Maidstone, where he practised as a man-mid . and quietness. It seemed, patience wife and chemist, and he went to her, and finding owever, that he had at that the case was of a very unusual character, and. last resolved that he would liberate himself from the decease I being in excruciating agony, ho re . her pow e r, and determined to leave her. He de- quest e d th a t Mr. Ayerst, should be called in to aesist. manned his clothes_ and his wete.a, which she re That gentleman accordingly came, arid he and the for it cou ld not be doubted that tire old prisoner appeared to have remained with the de . 7,- Zatinhaada strange and unnatural fondness for I ceased during the night, and it was alleged that they did ,,i not wish him to low , . The risorier, resorted to mechanical means to relieve her, and to g et Ibowevei * 11, e11 "44 -- ttajl "" 1 gso, and t want p upstairs that Vso doing they caused the injuries which re and it w0u1a 534 The old woman cillowed him, suited iii her death. It was admitted by the wit had taken place no en an sur • What b dee flosses that the prisoner and Mr. Ayerst, treate 1 the learned counsel 'rin g ": 4 n ,,,„‘r l l exactly telmlu; must tuht Lave v e deceased very kindly, and appeared st anxious been struck by thew o rna ,, i t n ui? Mow s to t relieve her from the pain she was enduring, and this had tempted tree prisoner -17,g,t",cr, and that _ , e a prisoner from the first seemed to have declared stab her in the hurried talt,ted s e c a n c a ti s ta 4 r i ' l l f : tint the matter, never intended to have any responsibility done. Possibly during aht h ae . matter and. that he only asted under the be an old and nr direction of Mr. Ayerst, who was assumed to exercise supernatural powers a.„, 1 Q. th or ity a . t ,.„,,, eeer a ten mrule a very able defence for the tered those incantations, which to us would lac ikon t experienced practitioner, but incoherent jargon, but to the pen +4- be haven; that d t e e g w e g Other manatttteedrsbiyn thebis be nothing be sone r would appear to . be the very words of fate, eau to - u° b ..deatb and in that moment, without thought or reason, be any act a „ A __ Jr-anima evidence that blow. The pr soner prisoner waa the 0..„5. might bare struck h-r thefatal a t A i h that ie bad no rao . ive to de=troy the old wornan'e life, but condition at the lima her on the contrary he had ev ry e motive to tues OCcag- o il ed , pre , .erve it, by a variety of oth er o i t ev a b es everythi u '. 48 .1c1 that tees become ,- e in order that h • d was done by the I might be married to her, and so evidence showed that authority of M r . • oit pla ue become niVer of hi r little property. The jean ,- Yero, have counsel carnet called upon tko jury as fl aot ) not coato )24-0 W " A; 2 ; 14 _ Cl be YerY.unitniates the soner -tern:lake hint xesponsibles for - what took T place I , under' anal circumstances. - t . , Mr. Jasticn Wilt arm, on stniaseaingup , -told-tomt jury that if they were of opinions - that the death was the result of gross negligence: or ignorance on the part of the prisoner, it would bias their duty to find hi m gu ilty of the offence of mans laughter. T he jury, after some delibttr etion, returned is verdict of Guilty, accompanied. with a strong re- , e ommendatien to mercy, on the ground that he a ppeared to have been actuat ed by a good inter,- tion, and so have behaved wit h kindness towards the deceased during the period: be was attending upon her. This case , excited a good deal of interest in Maid stone, and occupied the court until nearly twelve o'clock on Friday night ; and during the whole time it was crowded by persons who were anxious to hear the proceedings. When tho verdict was de livered, the impression among the persons in the body of the court appeared to be that it was one of acquittal, and there was some loud cheering upon that supposition. Mr. Justice Williams, not being aware of the real cause of this prcresding, exclaimed with great warmth that such con luct was most disgraceful and diseusting. The court was then adjourned, but on the follow ing morning Mr. Denman called the attention of his lordship to what had taken place on the previous night, and he said it was due to the town of Maid stone, to the - county, and to the country al-o, to inform his lordship that there was no doubt that . the manifestation of feeling that had taken place was made under a belief thet the prisoner Baldwin had been acquitted, and was not, as had been supposed, an expression of satisfaction that he had been convicted. Mr. Russell said he had no doubt from what had come to his own knowledge that what his learned friend stated was the fact. Mr. Justice Williams said he was very ad the learned counsel had put him right in the m tter, as of course, from what he had stated, the expressions he had made at the time did not apply. His lordship, in passing sentence, observed that he looked upon the offence of which the prisoner had been convicted as one of a very serious charac ter, and notwithstanding the recommeudat!on to mercy of the jury, he felt it his duty to order him to be imprisoned without hard labour for a year. Mr. Wordsworth, Q.C., has been sitting since Thursday in the grand jury room and trying prison ers, and but for the assistan-e thus rendered in dis posing of the criminal business, it is doubtful whether it would have been possible to commence business on the day appointed for the county of Sussex. The whole of the cases, however, were disposed on Saturday evening, and the commission for Sussex will b 3 opened on Monday (this day) at Lewes. -- MIDLAND CIRCIIIT.—WARWICK, March 19. NISI PRIUS. (Before Lord Chief Justice Campbell.) SAUNDERS V. READING. This was an action fur a breach of promise of marriage. Mr. Sergeant Hayes and Mr. Elers appeared for the plaintiff; Mr. Macaulay, Q. 0., and Mr. Brewer for the defendant. The plaintiff was a:cook at Leamington, aged 40; the defendant a lodging-house keeper in the same. town, aged 53. In July,. 1853, he met the plaintiff in the town of Leamington walking with his ac quaintance, Mrs. Townsend. They conversed toge ther, 'and the next day - the defendant sought an interview with Mr:. Townsend, with whom he spoke of the plaintiff. Thence arose a correspon de, cm by letters between the defendant and the plaintiff ; in one of these he wound up his assur ances of esteem andsaffection by a request that she weird meet him, adding "that he should be ready at any time or any place, and (following the style of his business cards) that the least informatibn would be strictly attended to." The banns were published at lieoilworth, and the plaintiff quitted service in which she wa living and went to lodg.- with Mrs. Townsend. The.banna had been a second time published when the plaintiff received a letter from the deendait, informing her that he would net marry her; "he .was so fond of his housekeeper that he would remain as he was." The defendant afterw Ards called upon 11,-r, shook hands with her, and asked her to take a walk ; to this her indignant reply cves—" No I get away, I've done with you." It was centended that these words amounted to, an exoneration of the defendant from his promise. Lord Campbell directed the jury that these words, spoken after the breach of promise by the defendant, were a proper answer to that faithless man, and were no bar to the plaintiff's action. It was not a case for romantic damages, but she had, been subjected to the annoyance of being twice asked at church, and had then been deserted. Vordict for the plaintiff—Damag,s, 2W. POLIO& INTELLIGENCE. —March 19. MANSION-HOUSE.—Edward . Morris. 'Was charged watt beiug concerned in vitealong 18 bol.ts of cau vas, value 361., from the watehon=e of Messrs. Crocker anl Co., 103, Minories, sailui %kers, on the bight of the 2nd iri3t. Theodore le, , uher, detective, deposed to having taken the prisoner into eu,t.Kly as he was leaving Newgate, where he had b-en to visit a friegid. however, asserted his inkoceuce, and said the infur !nation had been given against him through jealousy. Thomas Franklin, Neville-street, Vauxhall, butcher, said—Ou the 2n4 of this month I went t) the George Inn, Old Bailey. I had haif a-pint of porter, , and sat in a box, where there was also a man sitting, who was a stranger to mP, and who got into conversation with me. He said he had a friend who had some canvas to sell. About an hour afterwards the pri soner came in, and the other man told him I would be a customer for the canvas. Whilst we were talking Mr. Howes came in, and I said he was the person who would buy it. I spoke to Mr. How€s about it, and. afterwards he told the prisoner and the other man that he would buy it. The prisoner produced some samples,for which he said he wanted Bd. a yard, and they .both sa, , d they had a good quantity of it. They then said they would go away to fetch it and that they had to go about six tniles and should not be back till eight. Tney told sue to wait. I did s.), fur I expected to get something for my trouble from each party. Thsy came back again at eight o'clock, with a pony and cart, con ' tainia., 18 packages or rolls of c.toivas, bolts. I went wi It then to Mr. lloweio' shop, and h Iped to vet the canvas out of the cut. The piisoner then left, and I did not see him again till he wail!, cost sty. 1 stopped there till 10 o'clock, and wssisted the police in taking the things to the station-h use. • Mc. Crocker, sailmaker, 108, Minorio, depo ed that en the evening (tithe Ist instant he locked up his place, safely at eight o'clock, and found it broken open the next morning, canvas to the value of 361. having bean stolen during the night. After tome further evidetica the prisoner was fully committed for trial.. MARLBOROUGH-STREET.—JoIin Croft, a cab driver, badge No. 6,048, was summoned before Mr. Bingham for taking more than his leg4l fare, on demand, oca Mr. lltmten Nicholson, of the Cider Crl ars; _ Complainant stated that the defendant was fetched to Berkeley-villas, Brixton, on Sunday evening last, from. the neighbouring cab stand, to take him up. He was detained cer-ainly not more 'han three or four minu es before starting, when he was directed to drive to Titcbfield-street, Haymar ket. On the road he and a gen tleman who hadacconi p inied him stepped three or four minutes. On arriving at their destination he-tendered the defen dant-2a. 6d., which he refused, telling him his fare svas 35., find this consequently give him, when he assailed him with muc'i abuse and aggregating language. Finding he could not get-rid of hinalvi told him to dri re to the station house and demanded his ticket. It was shown at The statiou-house that the distance wae, from Briton Church to- the top of the Haymarket, under four miles. Mr. A. Murray, of B tith, wen was with Mr. Nieholson all the time, said, :although he did not look at hia watch, he could swear the time the de fendant stopped did not, in the Whole, -exceed ten minutes. The' language of the defendant was ex ceedingly abusive. . The defendant? in reply, said the distance he was brought from to takeup was half a mile. He slopped there 20 minutes—he was sure of that. Coming along, he was directed to pull up at Hatt's, in the Varesaninster-road, where the complainant and his friend went in and remained from ten minutes to . a quarter of an hour. He was quite certain he waited altogether more than 20 minutes. The hackney-carriage attendant at the Mariih gate cab-stand, called by defendant; said he saw the gentlemen go into Hart's, and was sure they remained there from ten minutes to a quarter of an hour. He did not look at the clock when they welt in, but he did when they came out. Defendant said h 3 knew who complainant was. Ho was known to most cabmen, and they Alwaye had. a great objection to take hm, and frequently refused. Mr. Bingham said the defendant's remark Fe to give a clue to the whole affair. It would have been better if he had said nothing. The eloquence of some people was a dangerous thing ; it fre quently gob them into sad scrapes. He was of opi— nion the case bad been proved, and should fine the -.defendant an 1 •cost s. M.r. Nicholson beeged so be allowed to hand the Qosta,to the boor-Nix. , L4RE,EI JIO .ILioe-7 - 46, e, latQa bergeialt IA the • : -peiicey , waa summoned for obstructing the public,- thoiroughfare as a "tout" to ene of the numerous photographic shops in t he-Westminster-road.-- - - It appeared that within the short distance be tween Westminster-bridge and the York-road there were no fewer than ten of these places for taking photographic likenesses, and the rival shops had as many as 18 touts, whose laugua t ,rre and abuse of each other seriously interfered with the convenience f the pill - die. The principal business was con duc,ed on Sundays, to the great annoyance of well d isposed-peop le. The charge against the defend ant Goose was, that, notwithstanding repeat _d. cautious from the police, he was in the habit of getting the worse for liquor, placing himself on the pavement before people passing by, thrust ing a bard of likenesses iu their faces, and urging them to employ his master instead of any of the other artists. Mr. Norton said he had before him the letter of a respectable inhabitant, complaining of the gross nuisance caused by these ." touts ;" and h tying de nounced the conduct of tne defendant as scandalous and improper, he adjourned the summons, for the purpose of ascertaining whether the proprietors of ‘ all the shops wo.ild agree to close them on the Sun day& If not, h- would try the stop the syst e m by the infliction of heavy fines. WANDSWORTH.—James Townsend, the hug band of 12 wives, who already stands committed conspiracy, and rob bery,was brought before Mr. D a y man , t o b e exa mined on the more serious charge of attempting to on several cases of bigamy, murder a young woman, named Martha Rolph, formerly in the service of Mr. W. B. Kitson, a gentleman connected with th e C us t om -h ouse , resi ding Warwick-street, Pimlico. tsken on a f ormer occas i on went din T g h a e t evidence N , 1 to prove that on the 16th of July, 1855, Mr. Kitson and family were out of town, the house left in charge of Rolph who had been in the service many years, and her aged grandfather. The house was securely fastened, and about 12 o'clock at night Rolphwas awoke by hearing an unusual noise. She called to her grandfather, and not hearing any anwer or a repe , iti .. n of the noise, she was about to g 0 0 0 t m it to sleep wh again when the prisoner r u sh e d i n t o th e the large kitchen pokerin one hand and a light in the other. He commenced a murderous attack upon her, by striking her over the head and arms with the pok• r. She called to him to spare her ' and he discontinued using the poker. She then felt a pressure upon her throat, which she took for his hand grasping it. She shortly afterwards be came insensible, and did not remember anything more until about six o'clock in the morning, when her grandfather called her, and she had only suffi cient strength to tell him what had occurred. Upon entering the room she was found in a frightful con dition with a rope fastened round her throat. It had evidently been fastened very tight, and the knot had slipped, or she would have been strangled. She was removed to the hospital, and was in a dangerous state for some time afterwards. It also appeared that the cellar had been broken open and plate of the value of 1001. stole*. It was customary when Mr. Kitson left town to place his plate in the cellar, the circumstance of which was only known to Rolph and two former cooks.. One of them hap - gened to be Caroline Walters, Who is now suffering eighteen mouths' i m p r i sonm ent for giving a 'false character to Kezia Ilarradine, one of the prisoners' wives, by which she was able to rob Mr. Pearse of Wandsworth-fields. The house was entered by forcing the fr , mt kitchen window. Mr. Richard Painter, surgeon, of Brydges-street, Covent-garden ; now stated that he lived near Mr. . Kitson's-at the time in question, and was called in. He found ti young woman just recovering from collapse consequtlit upon some serious injury. The hod was very much tumbled, and was covered with large spots of blood. She had five or six contused wounds on the head, penetrating to the bone, which was quite exposed. Triewounds averaged from half an inch to two inches in length. Her arms were frightfully bruised and swollen. He saw the poker lying near the bed as well as the rope. He had her removed to St. George's Hospital, where she re mained three weeks, and was for some time in . danger .. . Caroline Walters was brought from the Wands worth prison, and proved another charge of bigamy against the prisoner. Mr. DAyman fully committed the prisoner for .rial on the charge of burglary and at . empted mur der. NAVAL AND MILITARY INTELLIGENCII. The following General Order, addressed to the army at home and abroad has been issued from the Horse Guards : "His Royal Highness the General Commanding-in-Chief directs that when prisoners sentenced by court-martial are temporarily placed in garrison or barrack cells to wait ad mission into a military prison, they are not, 'while thus coulitied„ to be deprived of their beds, or to be subjected to sny punishment beyoud imprisonment. • • By commend, • . : G. A. WETHICIA.LL, Adjutant-General." It is understood that Col. H. Eyre, commanding the depot battalion et ationed at Walmer, will suc ceed Major-General W. H. Eden in the command of Chatham Garrison on the Ist proximo. O'a Saturday the whole of Ile, troupe attached to the isteand 2d battalions of infantry at Chatham, to the number of about 3,000 men of all ranks, as sembled on the general parade ground at Chatham barracks in heavy marching Order, when the East India depots attached to those battalions under went an inspec:ion by Col. H. Jervis and Col. R. N. Phillips, the respective commandants. Although the majority of the troeps are very young soldiers the result of the inspection was considered satisfac tory. Her Majesty's troopship Vulcan, 6, Commander J. Seccombe, arrived in Portsmouth harbour from Malta on _Saturday, af; er a tedious passage caused by strong heed winds the whole distance, and a gale of wind, except the last two days, from Gib raltar. She was 15 days on the passage altogether having stoppedt o days at Gibraltar. She brought home Commander Cockrafr, RN., from her Ma jesty's ship Princess Royal ; Captain Tomkinson, Royal Artillery, from Gibraltar ; Lieut. M'Cormac of the 28th, from Malta : Mr. Cristian an i family and Mrs. Malta ; Lieut. G. S. Nares, R.N.; Et" f Dr. T o . Cunningham, om with 20 invalids of ; al t l h c e le ß ss e e v s . n F, I . stores. She arrived at Spitheed r a y nd steamed into Portsmouth har 2Go e n o sl°l u Ft e ttr: O nd n es'a S '°Y a filli tt gr r i t a : morning. She towed her Majesty's ship Lynx through the Girt of Gibraltar, bound to Sierra Leona. On the 1 7th inst., in the Bay of Biscay the exchanged colours with the steamship Anacron ; on the 18th, 60 miles southof the Lizard, spoke the Orinoco, West India mail packet, out ward bound. dettchme n t i o f t roops are or d ere d to Walmer, C an t er b ur y, Ch a th a m, CoTchhoeecseteed f Colchester, following) in Arberdeen, Stirling, and Formoy, and to embark on board the Peeiusular and Oriental Seam Navigation Company's ship*Ripon, at lSouth ampton, on the 26 n thinst ~o f r o u r e pass Elliot age i and ll ek toAlxanlri ia and a, °llt menway to In lie :_c t of tile 3d Dragoon Guards ; Cornet De Winton an t 15 men of the Bth H ussars ; Cornets Hard lingi Macgregor, Scott, and Ki ng , and 15 men of the t:i .Lancers ;31 men of the 18th Foot ; C apta i n Keurick and 25 men of the 33d ; Ensign Chambers and 66 men of the 51st ; 23 men of the 6 Ensign K one and 33 men of th e 71 s t ; En ssigtah ; Tanner and 27 men of the 72d ; 29 men of the ged ' - Captain Adams of the 86th ; E ns i gns S ee l ey end War ,urton arid 39 men of the 89th ; Lieut. Hunton and 20 men of the 92d ; 49 men of the 95th ; Assistant-Surge, n Mackay in medical charge. Total, 16 officers and 407 men. The Marlborough, 131, Captain Lord F. H. K-rr, 'flag of- Vice-Admiral Fanehawe, C. 8., for the Me iiterraneen command, has not more than eibout 550 men of her complement of 1,100, and of those about 200 are Marines. The Itcnown 91, Captain Forbes, which has been in commission ever since tee 19th of Nov. last, is still 100 or more short of her complement of M. The Racoon, 21, Captain Paynter, is the only vessel that is manned of those fitting out at Portsmouth. Ono hundred men of the depot of the 224 Regi ment, from Parkhurst, will cross over to Ports mouth this day, and proceed to Sheffield to join the regiment. One company Cum berland this d Brigade will ay. Capt. the 4th Battalion of the Rifle move from Chichester to Fort Cu - Capt. the Hon. Jos. Denman is to be Aide-de- Camp to her M a j esty, v i ce C ap t.' th e Hon. F. T. Pelham prom' i t e d to fl ag rank. The screw steamship Russell, 60, which arrived at Plynaou'h from Portsmouth on Tuesd ty, sailed on Saturday f or C oas t guar d serv i ce a t F a lmouth. Tte screw steamship Ajax, Captain J. M. N. thyd, has comp!etod her ri:fit at Plymouth, and sailed on Thursday evening, accompanied by the steam gunboat Badger, for Coastguard service iu Kii:gstown, Ireland. Letters received in Plymouth from Bahia, Feb. 3, state that the crow of the paddlewheel steam sloop Virago, 6, Commander H. V. Haggan, were all well, and daily expecting orders for England. She will be sent to Keyham steatnya,rd for rep lir. Letters from Sierra Leone, February 13, inform us that, although the wea . her was exceedingly hot, only one of the Boscawen, 70, Capt. R. A. Powell, was in the sick bay. The following appointments were made on Satur day at-4 he-AdmirdltY W. Prowse, naval cadet, to the Marl borough ; R. C. Drew, second master, to the Firm; T. • Warr, second muter, to the Watchful ; G. Robinson, second master, to the Actaeon ; and M. Edertg, 40CM1 ut:l' 3 tt) the OrerisYl AMBASS4DORS,AIV.D,ENVO= Never at any pericd during the present . con iry was it more necessary oFriaportitit toThave temperate, and passionless men as Ambassadors and as Envoys than at this moment. Though we live in an age of civilisation and refinement, and are in En! , land and France mere instructed and enlight ened than our neighbours, yet the experience of the last month or six weeks would serve to prove that these are questions ou which the most gentle and un&monstra.tive of men, whether English or French, may be as susceptible and impressible as vivacious And al usians or haughty Castilians of a century and a-half ago. Under such circumstances arguments, discussions, and dissertations are misplaced. The better plan is to fold one's arms and to remain tranquil ; for there are between nations as between indiviilutls, as be tween even husband and wife, times and occasions when wise men will not listen to reason, or discreet men to the moat obvious suggestions of common sense. While awaiting the " better time coming" ac cording to the words of the song, we may remark, that, if the diplomatic world has during the last two or three weeks been somewhat fluttered a ,d flurried by an exchange of notes, is will be to-day pleasingly excited by the return ef a diplomatic functionary who nnwidingly lett these shores seme four years ago, and who again returns on the , 10th March, 1858, to pertorm those functions, the duties of which he so ably fulfided ante cedently to the war with Russia. The Baron Brunnow (for it is of him we speak) is no I stranger to England, It is now nearly tbirty eight years ago since he first set foot. on the English soil as Secretary of the Russian Embassy in Lon don. He was then a young man, being scarcely more than twenty-three ye irs of age; but the solidity of his attainments, the gravity of his character, his judgment and good sense, pointed him out to his superiors as a person fitting to be attached to a first-rate Embassy. He had then but two years' experience in any Russian Chancery. But the aptitude he exhibited at the Congress of Aix-la- Chapelle secured him the friendship of M. de Stourdza, a Greek Councillor of State in the Russian service, and this gentleman pointed him out to MM. Nesselrode and Capo d'latrias as one most fitting to be employed in the Russian Foreign office. His first labour there was on a code for Bessarabia, and having subsequently attended the Congresses of Troppau and Laybach, he was imme diately afterwards appointed Secretary to the Rus sian. Mission in this great metropolis. In Loudon he remained for a year, and although all the lead ing English and almost all foreign statesmen of that epoch are gathered to their fathers, still there are those living now in high places in this town who remember the diplomatic debut in our capi- Val of the laborious and pains taking young diplomatist who, nearly two scores of years ago, exhibited a German's predilection for our habit., manners, and system of government. From London M. Brunnow was despatched to the Congress of Verona in a subordinate capa city, and there he had an opportunity of wit nessing the skill and sagacity of Mr. Canning's ple nipotentiary, the late Duke of Wellington, and the rising ability of his secretary, who has since played an importent part at St. Peterburg, and now most worthily fills, as Sir George Seymour, the place of Plenipotentiary at the Imperial Court of Vienna. F.rom Verona Baron Brunnow was again transferred to St. Petersburg. His laborious habits and admi nistrative abilities, sound judgment, and accurate knowledge of treaty law and history stood in good stead at a Court where leading diplomatists were German either by descent or by educa tion. It was not until 1827, we believe, that he was attached to the Count Woronzoff, then Go vernor of Odessa, and one of the most influential of the Russian functionaries. The edueatiou of the Count had been in a great degree Euglish. He had a mania for everything savouring of our coun try, and serving with such a man it was natural that M. Brunnow's early and favourable ideas con cerning England should be extended and fortified. From the side of M. de Woronzeff he proceeded to Turkey, and in 1828 and 1829, whilst Diebitch was crossing the Balkan, M. Brunnow was e:n ployed in a civil capacity at the head-quarters of die army. The qualities he exhibited on this Arduous occasion caused his nomination as a Russian Councillor of State. At the close of the war he was transferred to the private cabinet of Nesselrode, and exercised by the side of that statesman functions not different from those per formed at Vienna by M. Gentx. The principal Rassian State papers, between 1830 and 1839, were drawn up by M. Brunnow, and the luAdity and logical force by which they are distinguished prove him to be a dialectician of no mean order. Services of this nature are speedily rewarded at Imperial Courts. M. Brunnow was named, in 1839, Russian Minister to Stuttgardt, and, in 1840, was entrusted , with a special mission to London on the Eastern question'. To him, indeed, is chiefly duo the treaty of the 15th July, 1840, and the success of this strument gained him his permanent position ' of the firsc, class a, the Court of St. James's. • He had for eight years enjoyed that position with credit to himself and wi li advent age to ,is country, when he negotiated w.th L )rd Pal merston the Commercial Treaty of 1849. From that epoch; fir nearly five years, he conciliated the esteem of official and commercial men in this country, and for seven or eight 'months antecedent to the war made every effort that an honourable and honest man could make to prevent an open rup ture. But 'the obstinacy and blind and headstrong wilfulnes of the late Emperor Niehotas - were not to be conquered, and M. Brunnow, to his regret as a private iudividual, and with sincere sorrow, if not with some sense of humiliation as a public man, left these shores, where were spent thir teen or fourteen of the happiest years of his not uneventful life. The esteem of all good and intel ligent men followed him to the small Court in Ger many to which, by the displeasure of Nicholas, he was relegated. Since his departure from Belgravia four or five eventful seasons have elapsed, great battles have been lost and won, a powerful Em peror is dead, and a peace, folloWed by a Coegre,s, has been chronicled in all the gaze' fes of Europe. " Not Amurath an Amurath succeeds," however, for Alexander is not Nicholas. The one was war like and aggressive ; the other is peaceful and con ciliatory. The new Emperor being in the latter category, and appreciating M. Brunnow's past Fee vices and efforts in the cause of peace, sends him back now to his old Embassy, whera he will be received kindly and cordially by Court, Cabinet, and People ; first, because he represents an honourable and powerful Prince and a great empire, with whom we desire to be in rola tons of amity and commerce ; and secondly, be cause of his own proper merits and virtues. For English statesmen, politicians, and public men re member that the Baron Brunnow did_ all i t n lia l t Bs i 3 n effortsoah f ni md t h ll e aBys sp 'f e t d oa i Congresslprevent Russian trl concludeisor , uffi i ti a ua a d lr made the t n e h a a l j e n c d'emj as °st whichna m etn everyhe strenuousr lover of his species trusts may endure for a genera tion beyond our own.—Morning Post. Ashtn &Old Birmingham Coventry.... Derby .. • . •• GrandJunetn' Do., 6 or. Ct. Grand 1. 7 n ior, Kennt & Avr Leeds &.1.1 , rp Leicester.... Lcicstr &Ntl• Louglilorogb Macclesfield. Nefth • . • • .. 0xf0rd...... RgVENGE-gUßDiltt OF A WIFE. At the Galway Assizes, before Mr. Justice Christian, ou Wednesday, Patrick Leyden and John Leyden were tried for the murder of Mary Leyden, wife of Patrick, on the 27th of August last, at Derry. It appeared that the deceased had been in the service of the prisener's father. She made a charge of rape against Patrick Leyden in January, 1856. He was bailed out, and then married her. They both went to the assizes in March after. On their way there was a talk in a pnblichouse. John Ley den was there, and taunted his brother with being obliged to marry Mary, or go over the sea. He replied, " I'llgive . her a short life for tha', before you see three quarters„!". Her cousin, who was present, stood up and said, "You rascal, how dare you say that ?" Mary Leyden replied, " Don't mind him, ho only said it to please his brother John, for he would not give an inch of me for gold." It was proved however, that ho said to ano ther person that " the marriage would not do her much good, as she had sworn a lie against him, and he would give her a short life for so doing." John Leyden had said that, "if she was good enough for Pat, she would not be killed." After the marriage and the assizes they never lived toge ther. She lived in the house of her brother, Law rence Connealy, and her husband lived with his father. On the night of the 27th of August he came to her brother's door and called her out. They were seen _going towarda Lough Mark, and she Was never seen alive afterwards. A day or two subsequently her body was found buried in the sand of the shore of the lake. There was a mark of strangulation on the neck and a cut on the temple. Spota of blood were on the prisoner's shirt when he was arrested. The jury found Patrick Leyden guilty, and ac quitted John Leyden. [ADVERTISEMENT.] Pus an Indisputable R-intdy fur the Cure of Coughs, Col is, &AL, so Preva lent at this Season.-2he cause cf half the disea.e to which suffering huinani.y is liable is the incorrect mode of treating the human system when attacked with the above complaints, which lead ultimately to the same direful results. 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Westminster Chartered Ditto, New Western A Ditto B Dividend per Aniium. 7 1 . per cent. 81. per cent 81. per cent 51. per cent. 5 p cent 71. per cent 61. pia' cent. 8%1. p cent. 6 per cent. 51. per cent 51. per cent. Si. per cent. 71. per cent. 8 /.pr cent. 41. per cent. 10,.per cant. 61. per cent. 51. per cent. Cl. per cent. 51.,1er cent. 61. percent. 61. per cent. 71. per cent. IN!. pr cent. 51. per cent. GAS-LIGHT AND COX Dividend per Annl4m. 5;. Os 175 281 121. 10s. I% 16s. 10!. 7s. Od. Paid £ s. d. 100 all Paid. £ s. d. Paid. £ a. d. Stock. If 100 0 0 ;0o 0 • 5 0 0 Ftock. 50 " 0 0 20 0 0 14 0 0 20 0 0 100 0 0 BANKS. Amount of chore. 4 a. d. 40 0 0 25 0 0 :03 0 0 50 0 0 20 0 0 1100 0 0 ,100 0 0 100 0 0 . 20 0 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 50 0 0 ,100 41 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 50 0 0 2) 0 0 25 0 • 20 0 0 100 0 0 10 • 0 25 0 0 IS 0 0 25 0 0 15 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 Name of Company. Acadian Charcoal Iron African Steam Ship Assam sea ...- Anctisn Mart.. • • • • • • Australian Agriculturt Australian Trust • • Australian Royal Mail Anglo-Mexican Mint British American Land Canada Do. 5 per cent Bonds Ditto, S 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 Navigation Bonds Electric Telegraph . • Eng.&Aus. Cop. Smelt. Eng.&lris. Hag. T. Co. Equitable Reversiont7 Ditto New .• Gen. Revers. & Invest. Gen. ). Sc. Col. (Lint.) Gen .8 team Navigation London Gen. Omnibus Hudson's 8ay.......• Hungerford Lou. Ne. &Na. Mauso. London Reversionary Mex. & S. American Nat. Discount Comp • • N.S.W. Gov.sp.c. Deb. Nor. Bri. Australasian North of Europe, Stm. Price's Patent Cand. Co Peel River.Land&Min. Pen. & Oriental Steam Ditto New --- Reversionary Int. Soc. Ditto New ...• • • • • Royal Mail Steam,... Scottish Ans. Invest. South Australian Land Trust and Loan ColuP• Vaa Ditinen's Land -6 PqZ ;tut. Bvnda~.. 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 GI 0 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 of Share. A s. d. Stock. Stock. Stock. 100 0 0 100 0 0 25 0 0 stock. :Rock. 50 0 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 'ANIES. Amount of Share. I X 1. d. F5OO 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 1 0 0 50 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 !00 0 0 20 0 0 100 0 0 5 0 0 Stock. 20 0 0 1(10 0 0 500 0 0 1 00 o 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 50 0 0 4 00 0 0 50 0 0 20 0 0 5 0 0 10 0 0 6 5 0 100 0 0 5 0 0 Stock, Paid. 1. d. 50 0 0 11 0 0 15 0 0 al 5 15 0 25 0 0 5 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 10 0 0 10 0 4 5 0 5 0 5 0 0 all 4 0 0 47 5 ti 50 0 0 20 0 0 30 0 0 2 10 0 13 0 0 2 10 0 12 10 0 2 0 6 12 10 0 2 0 0 20 0 0 2 0 0 4 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 o 10 0 10 0 0 o 10 0 all 5 10 4 10 0 0 5 0 0 Paid. X ■. a. all 111 15 0 50 0 0 g P 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 20 0 0 20"0 0 50 0 0 11 J 0 20 0 0 31 0 0 10 0 0 5 0 0 22 10 0 15 0 0 25 0 0 2 10 0 3 0 0 10 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 4 s. d. 100 0 0 100 0 2 10 0 10 0 0 10 0 0 100 0 0 10 0 0 PANIES' PRICES. Amount of Share. X a. d. 100 t 0 100 0 0 10 0 0 10 0 0 20 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 25 0 0 5 0 'too o 0 20 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 'lOO Q 0 10 0 0 100 0 0 25 0 0 sO 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 10 0 0 10 0 0 200 0 0 20 0 0 50 0 0 20 0 0 50 0 0 £ s. d. 20 0 0 20 0 0 150 0 0 50 0 0 21 0 0 10 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 Stock 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 0 0 Amount of Share. X s. d. 10 0 0 20 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 25 9 10 0 0 0 10 0 0 10 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock 5 0 0 5 0 oa. 4 0 0 Stock. 5 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 50 0• 0 00 0 0 25 0 0 15 0 G 4 0 0 Stock 100 0 0 10 0 0 Is 0 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 r 100 0 0 1 0 .0 25 0 o 20 0 0 100 0 0 Paid. b 0 0 100 0 0 2 10 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 11 0 0 2 0 0 10 0 0 2 0 0 3 0 0 15 0 0 3 5 0 3 0 0 1 4 0 20 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 7 0 0 X I. d all 150 e all 12 10 G 100 0 0 42 15 0 41 0 0 43 10 0 41 0 0 all 52 e 0 16 0 0 all 10 • 0 *ll 4 0 0 Paid. X s. d. 2 0 0 30 0 0 20 0 0 COMPANIES. Amount of Share. Paid. 19 0 0 20 0 0 40 0 0 32 10 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 100 o 0 all 5 0 0 00 0 C tlO 0 0 22 10 0 00 o 0 all 14 0 all Stock Price Price. lulK Price. 18% 8 1 ,6 274 Price. Price. Price, 103% 35% 10}i - • 5 6 o [oo 0 0 all 17 10 0 10 0 o all 20 0 0 Q 0 0 all 5 a 0 28 10 0 red, ~ , Country Markets, NE C' T CASTLE—MARCEI 20. Farmers' w: 'teat in large supply, with a slow sale, and the pikes of the Mast i narket day barely obtained. South country iu retail lei nand at late rates. Foreign arrivals to a fair extent, and rather a slow sale. Flour difficult to quit. Barley inquired for, and rather scarce . B eans an d peas not quite so L risk. Oats steady at former prices. 'WOP,k - ESTER-11A•aan 20. Our market remain. sin the same low state as has bee reported for several %,, , e eki pun, wi.th no prospect of an i•oprovement in request. CFIBLAISEORD—Afi k .mCII 19. The wheat trade to-day was ii a rather dull P tato, and rather below the rates of la at week, Spring corn dull, and all else little changed in value. Wheat, white, old, per s. s. q i Oa T B. No 51 ts, per qr . 94 2'.i new.... 45 51 O a t s, Partridge 40 43 old 43 46 White._ 38 42 new—AO 46 Barley Boiling 34 90 Dun 39 44 08 . 40 Chevalier - 38 44 I Ifeans, Tisk Grinding 23 32 1 Harro,-?: ticks 36 40 4falt 70 73 f Mazag l kti 32 35 Chevalier 72 731 Ditto,. new... 32 .31 DALKEITII GRAIN MARKET-3 L. \RCII IS. Qrs. Best. Current. Inferin , 326 Wheat 45s oa 957 Oats 31s Od 26s 5d 408 Barley 36s 6d 3os li , 1, ....,... 25- 01 44 Peas & beans 45a Od 42s 6d HADDINGTON GRAIN MARKET— - M.tuen 19. wilful. BARLEY I ) ITC, i SEWS. First 47s 01 40s Od 32:t Od I 44s 0 1 Second 42s 2d j 3381 4d) 2z i t lld i 4O 101 Third 36s 03 I 26s Od 11 , It Od 1 314 01 Total quantity of wheat in market, 4 n qrs., 316 sold barley „ 2 1) 7 qrs., 397 sold oats ,; 3 6 3qrs., 368 sold beans IP 1 1 8 qrs., 111 sold AVERAGES PER IMPERIAL WV LI .TER. Wheat, 21. 2 2 5-12ths 1 Barley, ...1 1: 13 4 9-12th' Oats, ... 11. 811 4.l2ths 1 Beans, "1. 010 1.12t1 a DUBLIN, liAncil 19. There was a moderate supply at our corn market to day, and every description of grain met a, dull demand at last Tuesday's currency. Indian corn of Pa red at a redac tion of 6.1, without inducing business. White wheat, 27a Od to 29s Od ; red d 1i to, 24s Oil t o 26s 6d; ditto new, s Od; barley, malting, 1::';s to 17s 6d; grind ing, —a to —a : oaLs, old, 11. to 14s 6 , 1; • ditto, new, — 1 Od to —s Od ; oatmeal, 13e to 15s Od; iv 3, new, 118 to 15s Od ; rapes' d, 23s Od to 25s Oct per brl ; dour, 141 6d to 19s Oct per cwt; Indian corn, 33s .01 to 35, 01 per 180 14. LOCAL SLIA RP MA ,t?KiT4 LIVERPOOL—MAnca 20. STOCK EXCHANGE—The market ha s been quiet to-day, but closed firm, at 4 per cent. abov E the lowest prices of the day. Caledonians, 44} :I—Eas.t Lancashire, 57i 8 Chester and liclyheacs, 19 -- Birk a oheads, 70 to 70 3 - Great Western 563 4—Lancashire :4n d Yorkshire, t 9 i --Sheffields, 3 Midlands, 97t, North British, 13 - -Berwicks, 92i i---York and Nor•tl:c Midland, 37i -London and North Western, 95.1 6—Dovers, 20 i f -- -Eastern Counties, 119-16—Grand Trunk of Canada, 11 9.16- Great Western of Can ad.a, 18j 19.—Dutch Rhenish, 31 d. BIRMINGHAM, MA 20. STOCK EXCHANGE.—This market was very fiat to-daYs and prices of shares worn generally lower. Birmingham and Derbya, OS 69.1—South Stafflrtls, 10—Birminghaft and Stour Valleys, Bi. LEEDS—MAD= 20. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The market was rather improved to-day. North Western, 8j -North British, 13. 3. lid. — Leeds, 89—Midlands, 96j—Great Western, 5 per cent. pref., 99,/i. MANCHESTER, MA nen 20 STOCK EXCHANGE.—Thera was a good business doing to-day, and prices closed at a slight improvement on yesterday. London and North-Westerns, 95N—Leeds, 89 Eastern Counties, 111—Dovers; 29i—Great Western of Canada, new, 2d —Sheffields, 38i s--East Lancashire, Hi —Midlands, 97 [ADVERTISEMENT.)—The blessings derived by innumerable thousands of persons of all ranks in society from Du Barrfg., Re valeuta Arabica Food, are of to o palp a bl e an d w ell-founded a character permit of a moment's rational doubt ; for the his tory of the world records nothing so unanimou and universe/ as the testimonies which have been received of the auspicious effects of this diet ; and when Fifty Thousand known indi viduals have given their personal evidence to the same pur port, nothing but prejudice and stupidity could withhold concurrence from general verdict. In the list of disorders completely cured, after having afflic,ted the respective patients for periods ranging from a few months to sixty years, are dyspepsia (indigestion), constipation, functio nal irregularity , obstruction, acid ty, cramps , spasms, fits, heartburn, diare rlixa, nervousness, affections of the liver and kidneys, flatulency, distention, palpitation of the heart, nervous headache, deafness, noises in the head and ears, giddi ness, pains between the shoulders, and in almost ever part of the body, chronic iefleimmation and ulceration of the stomach, eruptions of the skin, fever, scrofula, im purities, poverty of blood, consumption (if not beyond human aid), dropsy, rheumatism, gout, influenza, grippe, nausea and vomiting during pregnancy, after eating, or at sea, low spirits, spleen, general debility, paralysis, c oug h, as th ma , ti g htness across the chest, phlegm, inquietude, sleeplessness, involun tary blushing, tremors, dislike to society, unfitness for study, delusion,, loss of memory, vertigo, blood to the head, ex haustion, groundless fear, indecision, wretchedness, thoughts of self-destruction, &c. Besides its curative effects in cases of morbid affections, this delicious Food has been found, by experience, to form the most healthful and nutritious diet for invalids, infants, females whose peculiar condition re quires more than usually careful treatment, &c. Take one instance, furnished by Mr. Woodhouse, of Bromley, Middle sex. It was that of a lady, months gene with pregnancy, and was suffering severely from indigestion and constipation, throwing up her meals shortly after eating them, having a great deal of heartburn, and being constantly obliged to re sort to physic or the enema, and sometimes to both," The use of the Food produced immediate relief ; and Mr. Wood house proceeds :—" She has had a much better time' than formerly, and the child is very strong and healthy. Not satis fied with any thanks that I can give you, she begs that I will express to you lIKIL gratitude for this favourable change, which'she entirely attrilares to the Revalenta, and to follow ing strictly the advice you hrve been so very kind as to give her from time to time." From such an immense macs of tes timonials, the work of selection is a perplexing one. Suffice it to ' say, that they breathe one general tone of grateful seknowledgment, and that 11IesSrs. DU Barry invite any one who wishes to test the truth of the repro- Eentations made, by applying to the writers themselves. This is at once honest, satisfactory, and convincing. Supported by testimonials from the following celebrated Pro fessors of Chemistry: Dr. A. Ure; Dr. Sherland; Dr. Ilarveyl Dr. Campbell ; Dr. Gattiker ; Dr. Wurzer ; Dr. Ingram ; Lord Stuart de Decies; the Dowager Countess of Castlestuart; Major Gen. Thomas King, and many other respectable per liens, whose health has been restored by it, after all other means of cure had failed. Suitably packed with full instruc tions. In canisters, 11b. 2s, 9d.; 216. 4e. 6d.; 51b. lle. ; 121 b. 225. The 121 b canisters are sent carnage free, on re ceipt of Post-office order. Barry Du Barry, and Co., 77, Regent-street, London. Important Caution against the fear ful dangers of spurious . imitations.—The Vice-Chancellor Sir William Page Wood granted an Injunction on the 10th March, 1854, against Alfred HOoper Nevill, for imitating "Du Burry's Revaleuta Arabica Food." AJDVS 1.4 PIM AN T. SIGHT AND HEARING - SPECTACLES—. POWERFUL TELESCOPES OPERA, RACE, AND PIiRBrECrIVI GLA3W. —S. and B Solomons, opticians, 39, Albemarle street, Piccadilly. Obsave—opposite the York Hotel, N. By her Majesty's Royal Letters Patent for valuable and ex traordinary improvements in the most powerful and brilliant Telescopes, Camp, Race-course, Opera, and Perspective Glasses, to know the aistanees. These Telescopes possess such extraordinary power that some, three and a-half inches, with an extra eye-piece will show distinctly Jupiter's moons, Saturn's ring, and the double stars ; with the same telescope can be seen a person's countenance three-and-a-half miler distant and an object from 16 to 20 miles. For the waist coat-pocket, and are of larger, and all sizes, with increasing powers accordingly. The Royal Exhibition, 1851. -- A valu able, newly-invented, very small, powerful, Waistcoat-pocket Glass, the size of a walnut, by which a person can be seen and known one and a-half mile distant. They answer every put , pose on the Race-course and at the Opera-houses. Countrf scenery and ships are clearly seen at 12 to 14 miles. They are invaluable for shooting, deer-stalking, yachting, tO sportsmen, gentlemen, gamekeepers, and tourists. Opera, Camp, Perspective, and Race-course Glasses, with wonderful powers. - Invaluable preserving Spectacle Lenses of the greatest transparent power. The great advantage derived from this invention is, that vision impaired becomes pre served and strengthened and very aged persons are snablci to employ their sight. at the most minute occupation—can see with those lenses of a much lees magnifying power—and they do not require tho frequent changes to the dare gorone effects of further powerful assistance. Persons can be suited at the moo' remote part of the world by sends ing one of the glasses out of their spectacles in a letter, and stating the dist ,neo from the eye they can read small print with it, and those who have not made use of spectacles by stating their age. Deafness.—New Discovery.—The Ozganio Vibrator, an extraordirarhy powerful, small, newly-invented instrument for deafness, entirely different from all of hers, surpassing anything of the kind that has been, or prob Ably can be, produced. Being of the same colour as the skin, is not perceptible. It enables deaf persons to hear distinct ly church and at public assemblies; the unpleasant sensation of singing noises in the ears is entirely removed, and it atiords all the assistance that possibly could bo desired.-34. Albe marle-street, Piccadilly —Opposite the York llotel.W B ROT HERTON—On theßlsltt i r ns ff t., B n . ear Esher, Surrey, ( hi wife of tJoeh wits i W fe f B r e o a t p h t e a r i t n e n , sya E m s e q s . , F o u f r a n e s e l : FURNELL—On the 19th inst., at 7, Woodstock -Nigh Poplar, h MACKAY--On the 19th inst., at Granville-park, Blaek. heath, Mrs. L. D. B. Mackay, of a daughter. GREENFIELD—On the 17th inst., at 2, Porchesterterrace, north, the wife of W. B. Greenfield, Esq., of a eon. M ARR lAGE S. SOULBI—SEAVA—At St. Mary's Church, Invent °l3 ' " the 20th inst., by the Rev. Richard Gwillym, M.A., incumbent, Stephen Sonlby, Esq., Patentee of the the trl verstoniar, hinting Machine, t 3 AgIleSS, widow late William Seafle, Esq., Town View, 11317erstonpe DEATHS. • BOORN—On the 17th inst., Mr. RieLnrd Boom, of Chert• coy, Surrey, and Manor House, Chidham, Sussex. • t, DIXON— On the 17th inat. at 9, Albany - pl ace, Pl y mouth! Frances mancaensl eyDixon, Elizabeth,Deldest daughter of the late Admiral Sir DRIVER —o Mr. John u the o u pr3dN K i o v v: C . r , a ß c e . t h ' , o i a r n g t e s A e d y u 7 : t 3 r: a g lei aged ,21.1fred Driver, son Rev. EfinnlN—On the 18th inst. , at Camden-town, the Thomas Hitchin, aged 87. P OYSER —On the 18th inst., at the Elm s, Derby, Sera 1 01 Poyser, Esq., aged 30. LONDON Printed and Published by haTBDO YOUNG of ll'o. 112, Strand, Printer , at vie sus office , N° 112, Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the cotiv i Y of Midc*/10, Monday, March 73a ism I The May, Polk take out 186 1 ft..-- The. Nation TI-o tve yE Itssi Its I] to one Its a The Abot Sinc Ot thre( Fort num, 1. 142, I q 5....,.... INI New ar Anat , free 1 V enecf quencem bons of too.. Usual (8 koster-7 PERI `nal ten arid dise Per boy, ....Sold I 41 _ 00 per, u„ w W. Edsv street ; 'larding Atediein SE Jost pal EL on : 17 4 on • 'Tom vie to Manh riage in i l einarks l OYaterie Urinary e I)Enplain Vat rice: Alemb dpothi The es R crtnence ' 4 }itch 11:] } iced, am "her da artieula theli pity the her.lt Vitit It It: La 14;neiple: 't Incur e 'ed Viet tt 'ay be n 4(1 how t ' ,l ilt then 4erha,rangen- Publist be 1 `Krdon. e ,„drorcl•s t 1 1 he wo ~uttae— ,lreolator °lOl/Iboi Price. TH.t SUS, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING MARCH 22, 1858