The Sun. — London, England, 1858-12-21 00:00:00

MONEY MARKET AND CITY NEWS. CITY, Two O'CLOCK. The foreign and colonial produce markets, during the last few days, have exhibited very little activity, and no material variation can be reported in the values of most of the principal staples. Tea con tinues steady, and at the public sales, which com mences to-day, full rat es silo expected to be rea lised. late sed • Sugar has 1 ::cn inactive, but holders demand full y. l uotations, and the sales have only been "ancient for immediate requirements. Coffee con tinues firm, and for rice there has been rather more inquiry, particularly for the inferior descriptions, Which have slightly improved in value. Saltpetre is dull, and in fruit and spices the trans actions have been limited. Tallow continues quiet, and prices show a slight decline. P.Y.C., on the s pot, is quoted 50s. 9d. ; all the year, 50s. 6d,. and spring delivery, 50s. 6d. per cwt. Letters from Liverpool state that the Cotton Market yesterday closed steadily, and 8,000 bales Were disposed of at full quotations. In the Rail way Share Market a good business was transacted, and prices slightly improved. With the exception of about £2,400, the whole of the gold received by the Orwell from Australia, 316,880 has been purchased for the continent. There is a further supply in hand of about £200,000, Part of which will probably be sent into the Bank. Fresh remittances arc likely to "arrive during the next fortnight, including £390,744 by the Kent, f m/n• Victoria. Silver continues in steady request, but it is stated that the shipments by the steamer on the 24th inst. will not exceed 1150,000. New loans are spoken of for Russia, Austria, Portugal, and Egypt. If encouragement is given to these projects, an important efflux of specie must be anticipated. Such operations would, of course, exert an immediate influence upon the money Market. A meeting of the South Australian Bankin g Company 4, took place to - day — Mr. Divett , M. P . , in the chair. A supplementary report was read, which announced the unpleasant news that on an e xamination of the accounts of the colony for 1857, the directors found it impossible to realise the keurities, the consequence of which was the ab straction of the colonial profits for the year 1857. The chairman seemed to attribute these losses to a Want of judgment on the part of the colonial mana- Rer• He was happy to say that since June they nad be en p rogress i ng f avoura bly, and he hoped to lave a satisfactory report to lay before the share holders at the next annual meeting. It was stated that the losses of 1857 were somewhere about 53,00 0. This subject led to discussion prio r to the adoption of the report. Increased depression has been created in the English Stock Market to-day by the prospect of new loans and the exportation of specie to the c ontinent. Some large sales have been effected, and the result has been a decline of 1 to 4 per cent. Consols being 96a t. The Government broker (3111 3 , bought £lO,OOO. Reduced, and the operation 1 juld no efl ec t i n c h ec king the retrograde movement. t is supposed that there are extensive engage thents for the rise still open, and the speculators evidently less confident of a further improvement. h ank Stock is fiat at 2251 ; and the New 3 per I, ‘-'ents. and R e duced Annuities at 961 and 9 71. ditt o March Exchequer Bills are 3 6 5. to 39 5. ; June 368, prem. ; and the Bonds are steady at WI. India Loan Debentures are firm at 991 to .00 ; and Long Annuities, 18 3-16 /. In the market for Foreign Securities business has b een „, quiet, and prices show a downward tendency. Turkish 6 per Cents. are 921 93 ; ditto Scrip, Ist , 18811 e, dis.; ditto second issue, t to 1 dis. ; and °. 5 per Cents. have declined to 1054; Chilian Loan ' 8 I to d prem.; Venezuelan 5 per Cents. have re ceded to 44, and the Deferred to 161; Russian 41 Per Cents. to 103 ; Mexican has been dealt in at 20 1, Brazilian 5 per Cents. at 103/, and Chilian 3 P e r Cents. at 76 ; Austrian 5 per Cents. are marked 83. A very moderate amount of business has been recorded in the Railway Share Market to-day, i tnd a further decline of about to 3 per cent. has taken place in several of the principal lines. Great Western, Lancashire and Yorkshire, Brighton, a lidland, and North Eastern (Berwick) have de clined 58. ; and North Western and South Eastern, . 1 , 1 , 8 . Chester and Holyhead, Eastern Counties, and '"°rth Eastern (York), improved 55., and North -n ritish 158. The Foreign lines were at quite n ominal rates, no business having been transacted. to the Colonial Market prices had a downward elidency. Gran Trunk of Canada receded .£l, a nd East Indian d ss „ Joint-Stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares Zre very quiet, and prices remained unaltered, :".th the exception of Royal Mail Steam, which u nproved to 601. It- auk FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. 1341 1 k Stock a New Cent. Reduced Annuities 97 6 1"r 3 per Cent. Annuities ullg Annuities, expire sth Jan., 1860 — bdiaitto S 330 k Years, expire sth Apr. , 188 5 lBl 346 4 b Ditto Debentures b i h ,tto Bonds, £l,OOO r ,..."itto under £l,OOO - ' lll Ol5 for Account P March June. Di tto Bills, £l,OOO, 2d. &lid... 36 9 I 36 titto Small, ltd. lellequer Bonds, 1859, 3f per Cent .... 1001 DICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. i i _ ... lll zilian 5 per Cent. " 11 ,ian, 6 per Cent.... 1 , 4 „.itt0 3 per Cent s 'Vean 3 per Cent. - uitto Account Russian, 1822, £ St., 5 per Cent — 1 Ditto 4 per Cent. ujicig 6 er Cent itto h Account 921 Ditto Guaranteed, 4 per Cent. Ve nezuela, A ccount v...l l eZuela, 5 per Cent. Mao Account Ditto Deferred 2 per Cent Dividends on the above payable in London. Allstrian, 10 Gu. £, 5 per Cent. TWO O'CLOCK. ... - ... 76 Consols, Money Ditto Account DEATH OF LORD POLTIMORE.—We regret to : 111 l 0 unce the demise of the above nobleman, who expired I _ l l Saturd a y, at his seat, Poltimore-park, in his 7 3 d year. Poltimore was the son of the late Sir Charles W. "Pfylde, Bart., whom he succeeded in 182 3 ; and in i R he was created a peer. His lordship married, first, in 4 1'4, the only daughter of the Rev. Ralph Sneyd, who A 1 in 1835, and secondly, in 1836, the eldest daughter of leut. -G en . Frederic Buller, by whom he leaves an only 7,1 who attained bjs majori ty about three months since. Poltimore had b een a Lord -in-Waiting to the Queen, office which he resigned in 1841. His lordship was -41 , 01 respected for his benevolent disposition, and his loss Zo be severely felt where he was best known, inthe neigh hrhood of his own estates. TUE LATE COL. PEncEvAL.—On Thursday was r i oe to his rest, in the cemetery of Norwood, one well t lown to many of our readers, the late Sergeant of the e e lse of Lords, Colonel Perceval. He was the son of the v. Philip Perceval, of Temple House, Sligo, and was : l ocated at the University of Dublin. He represented his na tive county in Parliament for ten years, and served the „, 1 ,w -a of Lord of the Treasury and Treasurer to the Ord- F il ch. He received the honorary degree of a doctor in law from the University of Oxford. He for some time ti unhanded the Sligo Militia. He was a stanch Conserva tive, and firm supporter of his party in the House of Com . , )118 , but his courteous manner, Ins humour, his cordiality ;7 4 1 frankness procured him friendships amongst political Portents ; virtues of high quality endeared him, in that hue test of a man's real character, to his home and more , mediate assoc iates, and lea him without an enemroad. WRECK ON BIDEFORD BAR.--BIDEFORD, D Dec. 18. "--At daybreak this morning a large brig was discovered tauded on the back of Northam Burrows, about a mile o 'n• the shore off the port of Bideford, in heavy breakers bonded thick fog. The call of " Man the lifeboat I" was readily to by a crew of seven men of the establishment _ging to the Royal National Lifeboat Institution, which ' here three first-class lifeboats, with carriages, and two h' i ltles, one on either side of the estuary of this dangerous • a re thi:Var. The boats are kept ready on new carriages, which has in every respect e ffi cient. Within an hour one of these hail boats had buffeted the broken waters, and was within 1 ,9. of the vessel which proved to be the brig Felicity, of °Au, with a crew of seven men, all of whom were s/cued and safely landed at Appledore, the vessel shortly going to pieces. The frequent recital of the valuable ices rendered by the lifeboats of the society cannot fail stimulate and encourage public benevolence in the maintenance and support of this philanthropic insti -4ion. a ,„9OVEENMENT EMIGRATION.—The Government b'ulaTant ship David Myer, 862 tons, Captain Robert etllllh, which Superintendent Isaiah Burrows, with 38 beta couples, 123 tangle women, 101 single men, 36 girls 4 , Wee)]. the ages of 1 and 12, 27 boys between the same os, five female infants, and six male, making a total of Isf: souls, equal to 334 statute adults, arrived at Sydney, on South Wales, on the 24th of September. Five deaths g ? adults and three children) and two births occurred ''lng the voyage. Kgrey heron was shot a few days ago in the 'Pra, a subdivision of Oran, in Algeria. Attached to one 0s leg s was a ring in copper, bearing the royal crown of j a wl;:hrd, and (in English) the inscription " Royal Hawk- Qub, 1850; L9O l lietherlAßd6." Le com reet, to )rietors 30th of i g with s to be apany's report, Sykes, ig been ,mpany y chair- 'ould be capital the 6th p r epared From Lord ontainir g ed to in ;igning Or idends on the war ier, it was o the cre k of Eng at of the itood that are to b.e, I Council after thei ion of the been COw yore the/ )nts, their • b a d left , ad a rigilt, n Conoco nagemen t lividends• nageillen i t ntoucheu• ei affairo rece ptioo .opted. ruing, ° T mclainleal that Lora mtinue o transferamount.° e attached I s fiercely 19 18 ---1 . then ar Dke uP i , 1 ,, that t '. r ' ro o'o°cl' SHARE MARKET.-(THIS DAY.) ORDINARY SIIAIiKS AND STOCKS Closinusines Share R I aiiWays. Paid. Price gB . Done. s 12.10 Am berg., Notting. Bost. , and Eastern Junction 10 ei 6 5 6 1 5 50 Belfast and Ballymena all 13.14 I Bir., Wol., and Str. Val all 71 85 Stock Birk., Lane., and Chesil Junction lOO 66 68 25 Blackburn 25 Blyth and Tyne all 29 31 Stock , Bristol and Exeter 1 100 00 89 8 31 n Stock Caledonian ' Stock 'Chester and Holyhead 50 Cork and Bandon all 20 Cork, Blkrock,&Passage all 20 Cornwall all 44 5 A roves. 10 Do. A no div. . n all 10 Do until6p.c.per an a. ' B hasbeen pd.toß. 50 Dublin andßelfastJunc. all 25 Dun.,Perth,.Sz Abr.Junc all 7 8 Steer i East Anglian lOO 16 17 Stock lEastern Counties lOO 47 63 641 64 31 45 Stock Eastern Union A Stock 100 49 Stock Do. do. B Stock 100 31 33 25 Do.Nw.A.(lte.E.U3ds) 85 25 East Kent all 12 13 Stock East Lancashire lOO 9 5 97 20 ;East Suffolk 10 I Do Stock Edinburg and Glasgow 100 68 5 695 Stock Edin.,Perth, & Dundee. 100 28 28 10 (Forth & Clyde Junction all Stock Furness Stock,Glasgow & South Westn 1 9 3 95 10 Great North of Scotland all 10 105 Stock Great Northern lOO 1 07 108 Stock Do. do. A Stock lOO 23 94 Stock; Do. do. B Stock lOO 132 134 Stock Gt. South.& Wstn.(lreld), 100 1015 1055 Stock Great Western Stock, Do.Str.Vl.Rail Gua.Stk lOO 55 57 12 ;Irish South Eastern all „,. bo so ;Lancaster and Carlisle all 2O 164 ,Do. Thirds 1613 4'Do. New Thirds l6 12 13 p Stock Lancashire & Yorkshire 100 98 94 98 1 16 'Do. do. F £l6 6 i d 9 ,Do. do. £9 shares 7 t d 3 ;Do. West Riding Union 1 20 I Do. Southport 11.6.31L0nd0n and Blackwall all 6 of 11.6.3 :Do.Newiss.at £slosp.sh 45 Stock Lon.,Brighton &S.Coast 100 1125 1135 113 121 Stock London & North Westn 100 96 965 95 55 125 Do. Eighths Stock London& South-Westn lOO 96 965 96 25 L'derry & Coleraine 25 L'derry & Enniskillen all —.— Stock,Man., Shef., & Lincoln lOO 38 5 395 10 Metropolitan 3 d Stock Midland lOO 1025 1021 102 4 Stock Do. Birming. & Derby. 100 74 76 50 Mid. Gt. West.(lreland) all 25 Do. 5 Shares all 100 Newcastle and Carlisle all 25 ,New., Aber., & Herefd all 11 5 12 5 10 (Newry & Armagh (def.) 9 20 Newry, Warpt., & Ros all Stock Norfolk lOO 65 67 50 North. Counties Union 35 A 1 d Stock North British lOO s gt NI 58 1 Stock Nor.Dcv.Rail.&Dk. Stk lOO Stock Do.A Stk.— Arec.no div until 6p.c.hasbeenpdß 100 Stock Do. B Stock Stock North-Eastn.—Berwick 100 94 415 94 i 3 l 25 Do. do. G.N.E.Purchase 1613 411 f d d Stock Do. Leeds lOO 485 481 Stock Do. York lOO 77 775 77 4 Stock North London lOO 101 103 10 N. &S.Westn.,Hampstd and City Junction £3 ls. 20 North Staffordshire 174 45 3,1 d 20 North-Western 10 No. & Sou. W. Junction all 7 8 84 Stock Oxford, Wor.,& Wolver lOO 30 32 10 Peebles all -- 20 Portsmouth 10 Rhymney lO Stock Scottish Central lOO 111 113 Stock Scoth. N. E., Aber. Stock 100 28 285 281 Stock Do. Scottish Mid. Stock 100 84 86 Stock Shropshire Union lop 46 47 10 Sittingbourne & Sheer all 4 2 d Stock South Devon lOO 368 3 74 Stock'South-Eastern 100 745 75 741 Stock South Wales 20 SouthYorks.&Riv.Dun all 13 15 20 Do. do lB 20 Staines, Wok., & Wok all 9 11 25 Stockton & Darlington all 321 33 4 33 4 3 25 Do. do. 1854 225 ' 25 Do. do. 1855 7 -- - Stockton & Hartlepool 161 Stock Taff Vale lOO Stock Do. Preference, No. 1 25 ThamesHavenDk&Rail 22 Stock - Vale of Neath lOO 90 95 Stock Waterford & Kilkenny 100 50 Waterford & Limerick all 20 West Cornwall 10 W-end Lon. & Cry. Pal all 5 Do.A.—Arecv.nodiv.till 7 p.c. has been pd. to 13 all 3 5 Do. B all 6 i 20 West London 10 Do. Ist Class all 120 Do. 2d Class Stock , 50 Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock 10 Stock Stock ' Stock Stock Stock 25 Stock Stock PREFEREN , FATi SS Share) Railways. Closing Business Paid. Price. Done. Blythe and Tyne it per c. pref. (issued at £5O) Bris. & Exet.4p.ct.Stock Do. do. do. Shares §tecklCaledon £lO, 44 per cent 12.10 IDo. Quar. Shares, N 0.2. Stock Chester & llolyhd, 5i pc Stock Do. do. 5 p. ct. StolCork & Bandon, 54 p. c. IDun.Perth,&Aber.Jun. lciE.Ang - ,n. Class A 7k spc Stock Do. do. Class B 6 pc._ Stockl Do. do. Class C 7 pc.... Stock E. Coun. Ex. 5 pct No.l Stock Do. do N 0.2 Stock Do. New 6 per ct. Stock Stock Eastern Union, 4 per ct. Stock East Lane. 6 per et 5 l E.& W. York. Jcn. fifths Stock Edin.&Glas. 5 pc shares Stock Edin. Perth,& Dun. 4 pc. Stock Furness, 5 per cent Stock Glas. &S West.:; a. SMI Stock Great Northern, 5 p. ct., Stock, Do. 5 Redm.,lop.c.pm pcl Stock Do, 44 p. c. do. do. 100 Do.sp.c. Redm.,s pc. pm ] 10 Gt. Iv h. of Scotld, Ist pf Gt. Sn.& W (Ireland) 4 p. ct. pref. Stock Great West. (Berks and. Hants) Ext. 5 p.ct.. Do. Redeemable, 44 pct. Do. Redeemable, 4 p. ct. Do. Irredeemable, do Do. 5 p. ot. Redeem. Pref Do. Birm. Pref. Shares IGt. West. Ches. 8 p.c.pf. shares 10 Do do. sp. ct. pref Stock Do Firming. guar. stock 264 Do. Chester guar.shares 13 iDo. do. do 20 :Do. do. do. Stock Lan. & York 6 p.c. stock! Stock LonAßrig.spc. g-u. No.l Stock'Do. pref., 5 p. c. ...No. 2 Stock Do• New gua., 6 p. ct Stoek l Do. do. 5 p. c. No. 4 Stock,Lon.&N.W.Cov..kNun- eaton, 5 p. et. Lon.&S. W, 7 p.ct. stock, late 3d shares Londondy & Cole, 4 she. Londondy.& Ennis 4 sh. Man.,Sh., & Lin., 6p. ct. Do. £6 Do. 31 per cent. Maryport & Car., 4 p.c. Do. 4 per cent. Do. Mid. Con. 6 p. c. Stock Do.Con.Bris e tßir.6p.ct. Do. 44 p. c. pref. stock Do. with option till 1860 Do. Leic. & flit.pref. vt. Newport,Aber,&c.-pref.s p. c. redeem, at 5 p. c. pm Do. Perpet, 6 p. c. with option till 1866 Norfolk Deb. 4 p.c. shares Do. 5 p. c. Ext. Stock,lB46 Do. 54 p. e. Pref. do. 1847 Do. Way.Val.Ex.Sk 1847 North British, 5 per cent Do. New, grim. 5 per cent Nth.Dev.Rail.& Dvk.Co. N- East. irred. 4 p.c. Deb. Do. Berwick, 4 p. c. Pref. IDo. do. do. . - __ _ Do. 'Geis, 6 p. c. No. 1. Do. do. Quarters,lB46 180. York, 11. & S. March. North Staffordshire Ox. wr. & Wol. 6pc. Ist g Do. do. do.. 2d gua. Do. 44 p.c. Db. stk.in perp Scottish Central, new pa Scottish N.-Eastern deb Do. 34 perc. pref. stock Do.Aberdecn.gua.6pc. Do. 7 p. c. pref. stock. South Devon, Ann. 108. Do. Fixed 44 percent. South Eastern (Reading Ann., 1 0 6 ) Do .44 per cent Do. Fixed 44 p.c. let is Do. New do., 2d issue South Wales, gua. 4 p.c Do. 44 per cent S.-Yerkshire, 4 p.c. gua Stockton and Dar. 5 p.e Do. 6 per cent :IWaterford & ;I 6 per cent. 49 51 96 95 1103 105 6 6i 100 103 115 120 109 112 115 117 113 115 1 131 133 84 86 72i 731 113 115 122 124 1 113 115 1105 107 C 4 66 101 95 97 84 n 87 89 99 101 94 10 Ifii 174 10 10 72 74 18 19 9 9 13! 14 ;143 145 1120 122 1163 168 121 123 68 - 72' 1142 144 1104 106 - -1 ' - - 41 ,1 9e 97 gi 91i 114 111 9 10 1109 111 99 100 i die p I d 1p 23; 24 121 123 105 107 101 103 104 11 241 25 103 105 103 105 2si 29 33 34 40 45 LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. Railways. paid. l Leasing Closing! Business Co.'s. Price. Done. Bedford and Bletchley Buckinghamshire .... Clydesdale Junction.. Colchester. Stour Val. E.Lincolnshire,g. 6 p.o. E Union,liarwichShs. Do. Woodbridge ... - 150. New Gloster& Dean Forest Ii artlpool. Dck. &Rail Hull and Selby Do. 4 Shares Do. Shares London&Greenwich Do. Preference Lon.,Tilby.&Soutend Do. Barking Shares Lowestoft, gua. 4 p. ct. Do. 6 per cent Manc.,Buxtn. & Matk. liidsb.& Redcr, g.6p.c. Mid.llradfordPrt. Stk. Newmarkt.,BuryEx I guaranteed 5 p. c. j Northn.& Eastn. 5 p.c. Do. do. 6 per cent Do. Fixed 5 per cent. Preston and Wyre. Do. 4 Shares A. Roystn,Hitch.,& Shep S hf. Roth. &G01.g.5p.c. Shrewshry& Hereford South Staffordshire Wear Valley, g. 6p. c. Do. do Wilts and Somerset , Wimbledon& Croydn Share Ln & Mit ILndc N.W Caledonin C Gt. North. E.Counts. Caledonin Do. Gt. West. Yk.N.&Br Yk.N.Md. Do. Do. S. East Do. Peto &Co Do. Norfolk Do LN W&M Stk.& Dar Midland . . E.Counts. Do. Do. Do. L&N W 1 & L.Yk. Do. Gt. North. Lan.& Yk IT Brassey McClean . Stk.& Dar Do. Gt. West. L.&Brgtnl DOCKS. 99 100 104 106 17 19 143 145 4 4} 110 112 65 674 1 11741224 94 96 2i 11 99 IGI I 58 50 1142 144 Af 101 1041 92 94 8 9 Docks. I Stock L Commercial lOO Stock Do 4 perCent.Pref.llin lOO Stock East and West India lOO Stock London lOO Stoc St. Katharine lOO Stock Sou thampton lOO — Stock Victoria lOO ) 101 103 vo New lB I id ip p a ! d Closing Business Price. Docks. Stock 50 Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Et Stock Stock 121 Stock Stock Stock 6 I Stock 10 111 Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock ait Stock Stcck Stock Stock 10s. 10 1.0.6. Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock 2.51 2.55 Stock! all } 100 6 100 100 100 100 all THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 21, 858. FOREIGN. LA TV INTELLIGENCE.-( THIS DAY.) Closing I Business Paid. Price. Done. COURT OF CHANCERY. (Before the Lord Chancellor.) APPEAL.-WYTHES V. LABOUCIIERE. This is an appeal from a decision of Vice-Chancellor Sir Wm. Page Wood against the appellant. The plaintiff is a railway contractor at Highgate, and the defendants are the banking firm known under the name of William Deacon and Company ; and the question raised is whether a bond for £30,000, granted by. the late Mr. James M'Gregor, M.P., to the bank, was without valuable consideration, and void. Mr. Daniel, Q.C., resumed his argument in this part heard appeal this morning for the appellant. The hearing may extend over several days. (Before Vice-Chancellor Sir W. Page Wood.) JUDGMENT.-BRISTOWE V. WHITEMORE. His Honour the Vice-Chancellor, in delivering judgment, said that the question in this case was as to the right of the plaintiff, Mr. Bristowe, who was master of the ship called the Cumberland, to have recouped certain sums of money which he advanced on the part of the owners for victualling and fitting up his ship as a transport ship, for the transport of Government troops, under two contracts — the one under seal, dated 19th April, 18.56, and the other a memorandum of agreement, dated 27th May, 1&56, with the Admiralty agent, in which he described himself as master and owner of the weasel, and by which he :became bound to fit up and provision the ship and troops in terms of these contracts, and according to tender. The ship sailed, but before completing her voyage the owners became bankrupt, and tho question raised was, whether the bankrupt's assignee or the master of the ship was " entitled to the freight. The Lords of the Admiralty paid the money into court. The master contended that he had a lien on the freight for the money advanced by him for fitting up and for provisioning the ship and troops. The defendant claimed the freight as assignee for the bankrupt owners. His Honour, on the authority of decided cases, and in terms of the contract and eha . rter-party, considered that the plaintiff was entitled to be repaid all the money ad vanced by him under contract for fitting up the ship for the transport of troops, and for provisioning the ship and troops during the voyage, and for which the owners were liable. Plaintiff was also entitled to the costs of the suit. His Honour made a declaration to that effect, and directed an account of the expenses to be taken, and the costs to be taxed and paid, and, subject to these payments, the surplus funds to be handed over to the assignee of the owners or mortgagees. WALBRO OK WARD. WHITECHAPEL COUNTY COURT. (Before Mr. Deputy Forster.) RIVAL TRADESMEN.---SINGULAR CASE-SHEPPARD V. LYONS. LIME-STREET WARD. Plaintiff is a labourer and defendant is a tailor, of White chapel-road. Plaintiff sought to recover the sum of 21s, for one pair of trousers taken by plaintiff from defendant's shop, and paid for, as alleged, in error. Plaintiff stated that on a certain day he went to a tailor's shop in Whitechapol, and was measured for a pair of trousers. A few days afterwards he went to defendant's shop and received a pair of trousers, for which he paid, and which he took away. A friend who was with him ex plained subsequently that he had gone to the wrong shop. Cross-examined by Mr. Beard for defendant--The shop he first went to had Lyons over the door, but was kept by one Franks. He did not take out this summons. Mr. Franks did. Mr. Beard—Yes ; ho institutes these proceedings and is the rival tradesman. The trousers were not a good Mr. Beard then called his Honour's attention to defen dant's book, in which was entered an order, in the name of Sheppard, for one pair of trousers. Plaintiff had taken his trousers away, and never instituted proceedings until he conferred with Franks. Both houses had Lyons over the door. Defendant was then called, and proved that he had an order in his book for one, pair of trousers, 21s. Plaintiff called a day or two after the delivery, and said they were a little too long, but they were according to the book mea surement. Plaintiff demanded his money back, and said ho had been told to do so by Franks. [Upon this evidence Franks became very excited, and gesticulated in such a manner that he was ordered out of court]. His Honour then made an order for repayment of the 21s. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.-(THIS DAY.) dered on board ship, and after he was repeatedly stabbed, bags of sand were attached to the body, and it was thrown overboard. A verdict of wilful murder was returned against some persons unknown, and the Coroner was in communi cation with the authorities in a foreign country, to which the ship from which the body is supposed to have been thrown had returned. He had no doubt whatever that the body, which drifted into Westgate Bay, was the same as that which floated past the light-ship, and to which bags of ballast were attached, and afterwards pierced. The holes made in the body with a harpoon were mistaken for stabs inflicted before death, and the description given of the body, on which the inquest was held, corresponded in every re spect with the body which was handled by the crew of the light-ship. He had thought it his duty to communicate with his worship directly he came on shore, that innocent persons might not be brought into trouble, and charged with a murder they had not committed. He believed the body had been identified as that of a North Sea pilot, who left a port in the north with a foreign ship which was wrecked, and the crew, or a portion thereof, saved. Mr. Yardley said he had read of the finding of a body in Westgate Bay, and that its peculiar appearance led to a suspicion that a murder had been committed at aea. The statement just made was of the highest importance, and the more publicity was given to it the better. The appli cant had done quite right in 'coming to that court and making the statement he had done, and he hoped that if anybody was taken into custody on suspicion of murder, the Justice who would have to hear the case would be written to and informed of what had taken place. The applicant then retired, and said he should communi cate by letter with the authorities at Margate. THE COMMON COUNCIL .2..1.TT10N5. (THIS DAY.) This being St. Thomas' day, the annual election of the Common Council took place in the City. In the majority of the wards the old members were re-elected. The wardmote was held this morning at the Mansion- House, the Right Hon. D. W. Wire, Lord Mayor, and aldermen of the ward, presided. The following gentlemen were re-elected as Common Councilmen :—Mr. Deputy Conder, Mr. Ford Hale, Mr. Wm. Dawson, Mr. T. Rowley, Mr. H. E. Murrell, and Mr. T. H. Fry. Mr. WAncnts moved, and Mr. ROCK seconded, a vote of congratulation to the Lord Mayor on his recovery from his severe indisposition. The vote was enthusiastically agreed to. The Loup MAYOR briofly returned thanks, and:the pro ceedings terminated. This wardmote took place at the School-house, St. Mary axe. After the usual preliminaries the following were' re elected to represent the ward in Common Council for the ensuing year :—Mr. Deputy Cork, Mr. T. B. Simpson, Mr. T. Symonds, and Mr. W. Simpson. Shard Railways. lAnti' erp dc Rotterdam lArdel nes 113ah.&S.Fran.,Lini.7p.c Belgian East. Junction Beziers to Graissessaa. E Carmeaux Mine & Rail Dutch Rhenish !Eastern of France lEuphrates Valley Great Central of France Gt. Luxor'. ' Con. shs Italian Junction (Lake Constance & Lierre and Turnhout... Lombardo Venetian.... ILueca&Pistoja, sp.e.pf ! Lyons and Genera Maria Antonia Do. do. New Namur and Liege Do. do. d p. c. I'ref. Northern of France Do. New Shares Norwegian Trunk Pref Ottoman, gua. 6 per cent Paria,Lyons, and Mcdit. Paris and Orleans Recife& S. Fran. (Porn.) gua. 7 p. et. (Lim.) Riga and Dunaburg Rome and Frascati Royal Danish Royal Swedish Do. 7 per cent. Pref. Sambre and Meuse Do. Si per cent. Pref Southern of France..., West Flanders Do. 5i p. c. Preference W. & N.W. of France Western of Austria Western of Switzerland Wiesbaden Do 8 per cent. Pref .Zealand 5 58 — P kd kp 1 1 7 : 2 3 - Id ! 7 28 -p 74 n 3j 31 P P - - 23 25i 21 2' 91 2 39 40k —P 81 Pi 3 1 4 3.5 35k 55 56 id ip 7; 81 9 i 9 23 2.3 51 6 9 9 23 24 BRITISH POSSESSIONS. Atlantic & St Lawrence ) Leased at 6 per cent.. 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Wheal Vor(lIelston) 8 Lady Bertha North Frances (Illogan) 8} 7} 84 North Wheal Crony 7.9.4 3 4 N.Wh'l Basset (Illogan) nil. 7} 8} -- Par Consols (St. Illaxy) 1} 16 17 I'orkellis Unit. (Wend.) 9 Sortridge Cons. Min. Co. 6a # # SouthCaradon (St.Cleer) 2} 1405 41 -- South C. Brea( Mogan). 2 2} 3 S. Wheal Fran. (Mogan) 18.18.9'235 245 6 Tamar Silver and Lead Mining Co 4} / 1 10 Tin Croft 9 Si UnitedMines(Gwennap) 40 Vale of Towey (Carm.) 12s 6dl 4 West Basset (Illogan) l} 22 23 W. Caradon (Liskeard) 2O 130 140 Wheal Basset (Illogan) s} 210 22,. 0 Wheal Buller (Redruth) 5 120 140 Wheal Edward (Cals.) s} 2} 3 Wheal Kitty (U. Lelant) ;1.7.2 8 9 WWI Mary Ann (Menhe) 8 44 46 -- Wh'l Trelawney (Lisk.) 4} 28 30 FOREIGN MINES 20 Australian 1 Bon AccordCopper,Lim lO6 par } p 35 Brazil. Imp. (is. at £5 p ) 27 1 2 20 Do.St.Johndelßey,L:m l5 13} 14} 14} 14 5 Do. Land and MiningCo all 11 2} 1 Clarendon Consols Min ing Co. of Jamaica 40 Cobra Copper all 40 42 Copiapo l6 10 12 1 DunMoun.Cop.Ming.Co all 2 Fortuna 20 General all 20 21 3 Linares all 7 8 6 Lusitar 14 1 1 d 1 Mariquita all 4 1 New Granada all } 1 N.RhineCop.of S.Avs.L 10 # p 20 Pont,gibaud Silver, Lead Mining and Smelt all 41 5 5 Port Philip 1 30 Santiago de Cuba l6l 1 1 28.2.811Unitei Mexican COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. Closinc , Business Share Securities. Paid. Prices. Done. - Can.Gov.6p.c.Ja. &July 100 116 117 1164 Do. 6 p.c.Fb.&Aug. 100 113 115 Do. 6 p.c.Mr. & Sep. 100 113 115 114 N.8.G0v.6 p.c. Ja. &July 100 113} 111# Do. 6 p.c.Ap. & Oct. 100 N. S.W. Gov. sp. c. Deb. 100 101} 102} NovaScotiaGov.6 p.c. St. Deb. redeemable, 1875 100 113} 114} S.Aus.Gt.6pc.Jan&July 100 113 115 1134 Vict•Gov.6p.c.Jan&July 100 111 113 JOINT-STOCK BANKS. Closing Share\ Joint-Stock Banks• Paid. Price. Business Done. 100 I Agra&UnitedS'erviceßk 50 -- 40 Australasia all 25 Bank of Egypt all 27 28 100 Bank of London 5O 40 Brit. Col. Bk. & LoanCo all 00 British North American all 20 Chtd. Bank of India, Am 10 24 lid 100 City 5O 62 64 100 Colonial 20.11 Com. Bank of Canada all , 100 Commercial of London. 20 20 Eng., Scot., & Aus. Ch. all 11 18 , 20 Gen. Bk. of Switzerland all 20 Lon.Char.Bk.ofAustral. all 214 21/ 50 London and County 50 London Joint Stock 100 London & Westminster: 20 49 50 100 Nat. Prov. of England. 35 20 Do. new lO 50 National Bank 25 20 New South Wales 25 Orient. Bk. Corporation all 1 20 Ottoman Bank all 214 211 100 Provincial of Ireland".; 25 - • 10 Do. New all 25 South Australia 25 Do. New 25 • Union of Australia all 25 Do. New 2O 50 Union of London lO —21 t 100 Unity Mutual 65 - 100 Western Bk of London 50 20 118 d MISCELLANEOUS. Shard — Miscellaneous.: Paid. ClosPriceing Business dons . 10 Anglo-Mexican Mint' all 13 14 1000 Atlantic Tel. 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(Lim ) all 74 81 25 National Discount Co 5 1 1 d 10 'ethcrlands Land 6 10 nodo all 1 2 5 Do 8 p.c.Pref. s. at ldis. all 14 14 100 N.Br.&NovaScotiaLand 80 15 18 1 N.B.Australasian (Lim.) all t 20 North of Europe Steam all I Oriental Gas 1 Do. New Shares 155. dis par 5 Peel River Land &MM all 24 3 50 Pen. & Oriental Steam all 81 83 50 Do. New lO 12 13 20 Red See d Ind. Telegr: 5 2 50 Rhymney Iron all 6i all 4 8 15 Do. New 100 Royal Mail Steam 6O 59 61 60i 25 1 sScooutt.hAAusutsrtlrnalinarn.(tainmd ). all a 130 % 4 1 0 40 1 Submarine Teleg. Scrip. all 11 1 Do. do Registered all 11 20 Tr.& Ln.Co.of Upr. Can. 5 VAR 1)10111C11'5 _ Poi •_l2 111. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. OBTAINING GOODS BY FALSE PRETENCES. - Henri Loncelet, a waiter at the Cafe Chantant, Leicester-square, was charged with another not in custody, with obtaining a quantity of lace, &c., of the value of £2O, from Mr. George Stevens, of 218, Regent-street, laceman. Mr. Edward Lewis, of Great Marlborough-street, ap peared for the prisoner. From the evidence it appeared that on the 6th December a man (not in custody) went to the shop of prosecutor, and representing that he was sent by Mr. B. Cohen, of Brighton, and 10, Sussex-gardens, ordered some dressing gowns and other articles to be sent on approbation. The goods were sent as directed, by the porter, but brought back. The man afterwards called and said he was to take them on to Brighton. He did not giyel his name, but as Mrs. Cohen was a customer, he -was allowed to take the goods. lid said young Mr. Cohen was in the habit of coming up and down eery day, and would return what was not wanted. Inquiries were afterwards made at Sussex gardens, and it was then ascertained that the goods were never ordered. Achille Bonnel, assistant 'to Messrs. Marshall and Snel grove proved a man coming to their house and ordering goods to be sent to Mrs. Cohen, and that they were left by the porter. Mary Herricks, an " unfortunate," was called and proved being with the man now in custody, and seeing the goods mentioned, and also that the prisoner called on her and left with some of them in a bundle from a house in Castle-street. The prisoner said he was going to sell the goods, and the other man went with him. Sergeantßogers, who was engaged in the case with Ser geant Glass, said he went to the prisoner's lodgings in Panton-street, and in a box found some of the goods identi fied, and that the prisoner said they were purchased in Paris. Mr. Lewis addressed the magistrate in a very able manner on behalf of the prisoner, contending that there was no charge against his client. The man not in custody had re presented to the prisoner that he was a dealer in such things, and as foreigners were in the habit of visiting the cafe there was good reason for his believing him. Remanded on bail. ROBBERY OF A VALVABLE GOLD WATCH, &C., BY SoLDlEns.—James Rans ome an d J ames B r own, two pri vates of the Ist battalion of the Coldstream Guards, were charged with stealing a gold watch and chain, of the value of £25, and a silver-mounted cane, the property of Mr. Jas. Pace, of the Soho-chambers, teacher of languages. The prosecutor said he was going along Oxford-street on the previous evening, when he accidentally fell in with the prisoners, and getting into conversation with them about India, &e., he afterwards went and had some ale at a pub lie-house in the street, and then walked about with them, talking on different subjects, and when they got into Bury street, they suddenly seized him, and snatched away his watch and chain and stick. Re called for the police, and they very properly pursued and apprehended the prisoner!. He considered they had very basely treated him after his kindness to them. The soldiers, in their def ence, said the prosecutor had treated them to some ale, and after that he behaved in a very improper manner towards Itansome, and ga ve him his watch, saying he had no moneyto give him. The prosecutor denied thig, and said they behaved like savages towards him, notwithstanding that he had shown them great kindness. Card, 38 C, proved being called to the spot and seeing the two prisoners running. They went down a place where there was no thoroughfare, and were taken into custody on returning. Inspector Webb said, at ;the station Ransomo made a statement to him similar to What he now said, and that the prosecutor gave him the watch. !dr. Beadon said he should remand the case that inquiries might be made. The prisoners, who are said to bear pretty good charac ters, were then remanded. THAXES. SUSPECTED MURDER AT SEA.--THE MYSTERY Ex- PLAINED.—Among the numerous applicants this morning a stalwart, weather-beaten Seaman passed in among the crowd, and said he had some very important information to furnish to the magistrate, which might save much trouble, and be the means undoubtedly of clearing up a mystery of a singular nature. On being desired to enter the witness box he said his name was Francis Reeves, that he was in the employ of the Trinity House Corporation, and that he was at present living at No. 1, Titley-street, Poplar, New Town. Ile was one of the crew of the Princess, Channel light-ship, stationed off Home Bay, and was two months on board and one month on shore. On the 4th of Nov. last the body of a man, who ho had no doubt was a maniac in his life-time, was seen floating past the vessel. The master of the light-ship gave immediate orders to get up some ballast to sink the body. The order was obeyed, and the ballast was tied up in a piece of old canvas and made fast to the body with a rope. Another canvas bag, also containing ballast, was made fast to the legs of the deceased, but that was not sufficient to sink it, and as the tide was drifting the body past the light vessel, the crew had no time to attach mere ballast to it, and the master gave orders to prick it. The body was pierced in several places, and drifted out towards the" deeps," and was soon lost to view. On the 15th of November ho read in a newspaper , left on board by a passing steam tug, an account of the finding of a body at Westgate Bay, near Margate, and an account of the Coroner's inquest upon it. It was stated that the body presented marks of violence, was stabbed in several places, and two bags of canvas were attached to it. The jury had come to the conclusion, from the extraordinary circumstances connected with the case, that a foul murder had been ceminitted, end that the deceased had been DIV- DOWGATE WARD. According to annual custom this wardmote was held in the Vestry-room of Allhallows-the-Great, Upper Thames street, Alderman Sir R. Carden in the chair. The follow ing five of the old members of the Common Council were elected :—Mr. Deputy Keppel, Mr. George Harker, Mr. Thomas White, Mr. J. Kearns, and Mr. J. Coleman. FARRINGDON WITHIN. The wardmote for the election of Common Councilmen of this ward took place in the large hall of Christ's Hospital, Benjamin Samuel Phillips, alderman of the ward, pre siding. The following gentlemen were proposed :—Messrs. Joseph Morris, John Kelday, H. Blake, Young, Glover, G. R. Bengough, Holt (deputy), Charles Reed, George Virtue, Geo. Dolland, E. Wheeler, C. Phillips, M'Lauch lan, Thomas Millard, and Thomas Rudkin. On a show of hands, the new candidate (Mr. Rudkin) was found to have a majority, and Mr. Millard then de manded a poll, which was fixed to take place to-morrow. FARRINGDON WITHOUT. This wardmote was held in the New Court of the Old Bailey; Alderman Sir James Duke, Bart., M.P., in the chair. The names of the following gentlemen who had been returned by their several precincts, were read by the Alder man :—Mr. Edmund Hodgson, Mr. Henry John Lias, Mr. William Lawley, Mr. James Anderton, Mr. Richard Natha nael Philipps, Robert Obbard, Esq., (deputy), Mr. George Walter, Thomas Cotterell, Esq., James Michael Barnard, Esq., (deputy), Mr. Charles Edward Butler, Mr. George Ross, Mr. George Scamell, Mr. William Thomas Bedford, Mr. Charles Wooltorton, Mr. William Gresham, and Mr. Samuel Frederick Langham. Messrs. Butcher, Stanborough, and Surridge also offered heraselves is candidates. The proceedings had not terminated when our reporter left, but a poll was looked upon as almost certain. BRIDGE WARD. Alderman Sir Chapman Marshall took the chair at this wardmote, held at St. Magnus Church, Lower Thames street. The business merely comprised the election of officers. Mr. Deputy Pewtress, and Messrs. J. Hill, H. Matthew, James Low, C. Whetham, Josh. Arnold, Thos. Johnson, and Wm. Dray, were re-elected Common Councilmen. Thanks were passed to the chairman, and the meeting separated. BREAD-STREET WARD. The wardmote was held in the Cordwainers' Hall, Can non-street. Alderman Lawrence presided. The following gentlemen - were re-elected without oppo sition :—Mr. Wm. Hawtrey, Mr. N. Maughan, Mr. D. Laurie, Mr. J. P. Snell, Mr. J. J. Millard, Mr. F. May nard, Mr. W. Patten, Mr. J. Smith, and Mr. Ivie M'Cut chon. CORDWAINER WARD. The annual wardmote was held at Bow Church, Mr. Alderman Salomons presiding. Messrs. Lott (deputy), Joyce, H. L. Taylor, J. Chaffey, J. Lamb, and W. Croucher, the old members, were re elected as members of the Court of Common Council. LANGBOURN WARD. This wardmote was held as usual at the Schools, Lime street. After the necessary forms had been gone through, the election of Common Councilmen for the ensuing year was proceeded with, and the following gentlemen were unani mously:re-elected :—Mr. S. Unwin (deputy), and Messrs. T. Snelling, Ebenezer Howard, Richard Corre Bache, Charles Sully, Thomas Webber, Alexander Crosley, and John Symonds. VINTRY WARD. This wardmote took place at the Ward Schools, in Brick hill-lane, Upper Thames-street. Mr. Aldermsn GABRIEL occupied the chair. Mr. Deputy Archer, Mr. W. D. White, Mr. T. Sprague, Mr. Geo. Mason, Mr. Chas. Gammon, and Mr. R. Tress were re-elected. QUEENIIITHE WARD. This wardmote took place in the parish church of St. Michael, Lower Thames-street. Mr. Alderman Rose presided. The following gentlemen wore unanimously returned : William Rathbone, Thomas Burroughs, George Rayment, Thomas Harvey Saunders, James Terry, and Mr. Todd. TOWER WARD. This wardmote was held at the Board-room, Black Raven-court, Seething-lane, Tower-street—Thomas Q. Finnis, Esq., alderman of the ward, presiding. The following gentlemen were unanimously re-elected : George Aitchison, Esq. (deputy); Messrs. Redhead, Turn bull, Barkley, Nissen, Smith, Cornell, and Verry. In the remaining wards, with trifling exceptions, all the old members were returned. SPOI7'ING INTELLIGENCE. ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. WESTERN CIRCUIT.—TAUNTON, DEC. 20. (Before Mr. Justice Ryles.) THE EXMOOR FOREST MURDER. Win. Burgess, 43, was arraigned on an indictment charging him with the wilful murder of his .daugh ter, Hannah Maria Burgess, a child six years of age, at Exmoor, on the 25th July. Mr. Kerslake and Mr. King pro:ecuted, and Mr. Rotton and Mr. Murch defended the prisoner. The prisoner pleaded not guilty : Mr. Kerslake stated the case against the prisoner, which was, in brief, that he had taken the chilli away with him mysteriously on the 25th July last, that it was not again seen alive, that portions of its clothing had been found destroyed by , fire, and that the body of the child was afterwards discovered, with marks of violence upon it, at the bottom of a shaft of an old mine in the district where the ac cused had resided. Thomas Hughes proved pumping the water out of a deserted mine called Wheal Eliza on Dec. 2, and finding the body of a child at the bottom, en veloped in a bag and an oil macintosh, afterwards satisfied as having belonged to the accused. George Taylor, a police constable, described the clothes found on the body, whiTh were subsequently identified as having been worn by the deceased when taken away. He also produced some rem nants of child's clothing which had been burned, and which he had received from Sarah Marley on the 16th of August. Crescent Jells, superintendent of the Somerset county police at irivilscombe, proved apprehending the accused. He said—l got information, in conse quence of which I went to Swansea, and found him working at the docks. When I saw him I called him aside and said, " Burgess, I want to speak to you concerning your youngest daughter." He turned very pale, and appeared much confused, and said, " It's all right." I then told him I should arrest him on suspicion of murdering his child. Prisoner—You never said no such thing till this day, you lying thief. I will go and die for it, and that will make my words true. Examination continued—He said, " I did it, and shall never be happy any more. My b ox th a t is at Exmoor I should like given to my daughter that is at Okeham ; the money that is in my pocket and my clothes you give to my boy. I would have saved you the trouble to come and fetch me by making away with myself. I ought to have done so before." He then said—" Have my other children seen it ?" I took him to Swansea and searched him, andfound £2 6s. Old. I afterwards searched at his lodgings at Swansea, and found a pair of child's boots in his bag. On the 21st of August I produced these boots at Dulverton before the magistrates. The prisoner said, " They are a pair of boots bought for my boy." I showed those boots to Sarah Marley and Wm. Smith. Mr. John Collins, a surgeon, living at Dulverton, described the appearance of the body when found. There was a fracture of the skull caused by a blow with some heavy blunt instrument sufficient to cause death. There were other blows inflicted during life. Sarah Marley, wife of John Marley, said—l live at Falcon-cottage, opposite the Falcon House Inn, Exmoor. The prisoner came to lodge at my house in the beginning of June last. He had lodged with me before. He got his living by working at mines on Exmoor. Some little time after he came the last time he brought his little girl to live with him. It was three weeks before the 25th July when she came. She was about six years old. He was to pay me 2s. 6d. a week for her keep, The last time he paid me he asked whether I should charge him the same for the child, and I said, " Yes." This was a few days before he took away the child. On the 24th July he told me to clean the child and get her ready to go away with him, as he was going to take her to his sister at Porlock. I did so, and saw the child go to bed in his room that evening. I never saw the child alive after that Saturday night. When I got up next morning the prisoner and the child were gone. About 3 o'clock in the afternoon he came back without the child. I asked him how his mother was, and he said, " Near the same : she will never be any better." A few days after I asked him if there were any children where his little maid was ? and he said, " Yes, but she is not going to stay there long." He then asked me if I was going to charge him the same for the child,and I said,'" Yes." He did not pay me what was due for the child when he took her away till a few days afterwards, and it was then he asked me whether I was going to charge the same for the child. lie left my house altogether on the 10th of Aug. The witness identified the clothestfound with the body. Wm. Cockram—l work on Exmoor as a miner. In July last I lodged with the prisoner at the house of the last witness. He worked at Piekettstone's mine, on the surface, and I worked .underground. The little girl slept in the same room and bed with me and the prisoner. On Sunday morning, the 25th of July, the prisoner got out of bed and asked what time it was. I looked at my watch, and told him it was half-past 3. It was getting light then. He then dressed himself. He looked out of window, and said it was raining. I asked him if he was going to take away the child in the rain, and he said, " Oh, yes, this is nothing." The little girl got up. I did not see her dress herself, but they both went away. I saw the prisoner again in the evening, about nine o'clock. He continued to live at the cottage till the 10th of August, and he then left. He had left off working on the Saturday before. I knew that he had a macintosh. I saw the macintosh which was found round the body of the child, and know it to be the prisoner's. I saw him wearing it on the 27th July, while he was at work. John Moore—l am a labourer, living at Porlock. I married the prisoner's sister. His mother, who is bedridden, lived with me. I remember the pri soner coming to my house on Sunday, the 25th of July, between 7 and 8 o'clock. It had been a wet morning. He was very wet when he came. He stopped about three-quarters of an hour, and left after breakfasting with me. There was no ono with him. I had never seen his little girl. I saw the prisoner about three weeks or a month before that. He had not made any arrangement to bring his child to live with me. lie wanted me to take her when his wife died, about two years ago ; but she did not come, and he never talked to me about it after. I knew his wife and two of the eldest children—two girls, one about 17, and the other about two years younger. Ido not know the other children. I did not seevery much of the prisoner or his family. Cross-examined—When I married the prisoner's sister her father was dead; I did not know him. I knew two of the prisoner's brothers ; one is alive, and the other died, I believe, in the lunatic asy lum. Ido not know how the prisoner and his wife lived together. I cannot say whether he was of sober habits before or since his wife's death. I did not refuse to take the child when he talked about it ; I and my wife were willing to take it, but he made an arrangmcnt with some one else. I never had any quarrel with the prisoner. I was never afraid of him. I once took a stick to protect my self from him ; I took it because he said I was like a Withycombe man. I was not afraid he would make an attack on me. By the Judge—l cannot tell what time he got to my house on the Sunday morning, the 25th of July. I did not observe anything particular about him. He ate a very hearty breakfast. This was the case for the prosecution. Police-constable Taylor was recalled and exa mined by Mr. Rotton—l was present on one occa. sion after the prisoner was in custody at Dulverton. I took off the handcuffs to give him his breakfast. I turned round, and he took up a pair of scissors and thrust them into his throat. He inflicted a wound on himself an inch-and-a•half long, and and nearly an inch deep. I seized him. He tried to pull open the wound in his throat. He told me after that if he could see the chance he would make away with himself. I sent for a surgeon who at tended the prisoner. Mr. Kerslake said that Mr. Collins was the sur geon who attended the prisoner on the occasion in question ; and if his learned friend (Mr. Rotton) liked to examine that gentleman as to the state of the prisoner's mind at that time, he (Mr. Collins) was present, and could be asked any questions on the subject. Mr. Rotton then briefly addressed the jury, con tending that if the jury should come to the conclu sion that this dreadful crime was perpetrated by the prisoner, the utter absence of motive or pre meditation might well suggest that it had been committed in a sudden paroxysm of insanity. The attempted suicide of the prisoner afterwards might confirm this view, and suggest such doubt as might make the jury pause before they retarded a ver diet which would forfeit the life of the unfortunate man at the bar. The learned Judge then summed up, and The Jury having consulted, found the prisoner guilty. His Lordship, in an impressive address, passed sentence of death. THE LATE CALAMITY AT WESTON.—We are sorry to have to state, on what we believe to be reliable authority, that the distressing circumstances arising out of the fearful accident at Weston, the seat of the Earl of Bradford, have not yet come to a termination. It will be remembered that Lord Newport, in his endeavours to extinguish the flames, which ultimately proved fatal to his lamented sisters, was himself seriously injured in both hands. It is now stasta ted that the injury t o one o f them has proved much more im portant than was at first imagined, and that latterly the wounded part h as b ecome so much worse as to occasion the o great unea s i ness not only to the no b le l or d h imse lf, but t his lordship' s f am il y and fr i ends. We sincerely hope gloomy accounts which h ave reac hed us may Provo exagge . ratel—Barmingh arn rot, TATTERSALL'S—MosnAr. Very little betting. Six to 1 was currently offered against Ralpho for the Two Thousand, and at those odds, it was said, the horse had been backed for money in the City. The quotations on the Derby show no material change, and the Chester Cup prices are merely nominal. CHESTER CUP. 1000 to 30 agst Drogheda 50 to 1 agst Longrange 50 to 1 agst Polestar 66 to 1 agst Queenstown 66 to 1 agst Eclipse 1000 to 10 agst Gorsehill TWO THOUSAND. 4to 1 agst The Promised Land (offered) 6to 1 agst Ralpho (taken and offered) DERBY. 20 to 1 agst Cavendish (offered) 2.5 to 1 agst Merryman (taken) 28 to 1 agst Rainbow (bike 20 to 1) 33 to 1 agst Balnamoon (taken) 40 to 1 agst Viking (taken) 50 to lag -t Nimrod (taken) 1000 to 15 agst Enfield (taken) MR. SPURGEON ON GOTHIC ARCHITECTURE; At a tea meeting, held last week, the Rev. Mr. Spurgeon said': —He could not help remembering that God had honoured those present to be the first who assembled in great multi tudes in Exeter Hall. When he first heard of a clergy man of the Church of England preaching in Exeter Hall, his soul leaped within him, while he said, " Lord, now let thy servant depart in peace." They were going to build a large tabernacle, and ho was sure they would have great success. (Cheers.) They had done a great deal—(hear, hear)—but they ought to have done a great deal more. (Laughter and cheers.) Some ought not to have done so much, but others had spared themselves, keeping back what was the Lord's, who made them the stewards of their wealth. They had not done badly in collecting £9,000, and buying a piece of land at Newington. In regard to Gothic deigns for churches, he could never make himself heard in thew, and could may eec that the Deyil invented it, all all 8 all all RANI RETURNS. An Accon t, pursuant to the Act 7th and Bfh Victoria cap. 32, of the Average Amount of Bank Notes, of the several Banks of Issue in England and Wales, in circu lation during the week ending Saturday, the 4th day of December, 1853. PRIVATE BANKS. Andover Bank, Andover—Heath and Co . £ 8,914 Ashford Bank, Ashford—Jemmett, Pomfret, & Co. 11,883 Aylesbury Old Bank, Aylesbury—Cobb and Co 23,440 Baldock Bank and Baldock and Biggleswade Bank, Biggleswade--Wells, Hogge, and Co. Barnstaple Bank, Barnstaple—Marshall and Co 6,864 Basingstoke and Oldham Bank, Basingstoke— Seymour, Lamb, and Co. Bedford Bank, Bedford—Barnard and Co 2 8 ,299 Bawdley Bank, Bawdley—Nichols, Baker, and Co — Bicester and Oxfordshire Bank and Oxford Bank, Bicester—Tubb and Co Birmingham Bank, Birmingham— Attwoods, Spooner, and C o . Boston Bank, Boston—Claypons and Co. Boston Bank Boston—Gee and Co. Bridgwaterßank, Bridgwater—J. &J. L. Sealey 7,756 Bristol Bank, Bristol—Miles, Miles and Co. 26,799 Broseley and B r id gnor th and Bridgnorth and Broseley Bank, Broseley—Pritchards, Boycott, and Co. Buckingham Bank, Buckingham—Bartlett, Par rott, and Co. Bury and Suffolk Bank, Sudbury Bank, and Stow market Bank, Bury St. Edmunds--O a k es , Bevan, and Co. Banbury Bank, Banbury—J. C. and A. Gilbert Banbury Old Bank, Banbury—Cobb and Son 27,320 Bedfordshire Leighton Buzzard Bank, Leighton Buzzard—Bassett, Son, and Co. Birmingham Bank, Birmingham—Lloyds and C o 21,630 Bradford Old Bank, Bradford, Yorkshire—Harris . and Co. 11,877 _ Brecon Old Bank, Brecon—Wilkins and Co 52,384 Brighton Union Bank, Brighton—Hall, West, and Co. Burlington and Driffield Bank, Burlington—Hard ing, Smith, and Co . Bury St. Edmunds Bank, Bury St. Edmtmds-- Worlledge and Co. Cambridge Bank, Cambridge—Mortlock and Co 14,817 Cambridge and Cambridgeshire Bank, Cambridge —Messrs. Fosters Canterbury Bank, Canterbury—Hammond and Co — Carmarthen Bank, Carmarthen—David Morris and 20,301 Sons Chertsey Bank, Chertsey—La Coste and Son 2,644 Colchester Bank, Colchester—Round, Green, &Co 14,095 Colchester and Essex Bank, and Witham and Essex Bank, and Hadleigh, Suffolk, Bank, Colchester — Mills, Bawtree, and Co. Cornish Bank, Truro—Tweedy and C 0 .37,835 Coventry Bank, Coventry—Little and Woodcock 6,303 City Bank, Exeter—Milford and Co , 16,186 Craven Bank, Settle—Alcocks, Birkbeck, and Co. 56 , 660 Chepstow Old Bank, Chepstow Bank,_ Monmouth Old Bank, Monmouth Bank, Brecon Bank, and Ross and Herefordshire Bank, Chepstow— Bromage, Snead, and Co. 7,915 Derby Bank, Derby—W. and S. Evans and Co. 8,997 Derby Bank, Derby—Samuel Smith and Co .. 38,427 Derby Old Bank and Scarsdale and High Peak Bank, Derby—Crompton, Newton, and C 0... .. 27,581 Devizes and Wiltshire Bank, Devizes—Locke and Co. Diss Bank, Diss—Fincham and Co 0,114 Doncaster Bank and Retford Bank, Doncaster— Cooke and Co Darlington Bank, Durham Bank, and Stockton-on- Tees Bank, Darlington—Backhouse and C 0.... 85,415 Devonport Bank, Devonport—Hodge and C 0.... 8,020 Dorchester Old Bank and Dorsetshire Bank, Dor- cheater—R. and H. Williams 43,440 East Cornwall Bank, Liskeard—Robins, Foster, and Co. East Riding Bank ? Beverley—Bower and Co 50,979 Essex Bank and Bishop's Stortford Bank, Chelms ford—Sparrow, Round, and Co 37,051 Exeter Bank, Exeter—Sanders and Co 25,138 Farringdon Bank and Bank of Wantage, Farring don—Barnes Medley, and Co 6 ,974 Farnham Bank, Farnham—John and Jas. Knight 9,826 Faversham Bank, Faversham—Hilton and Co 6,300 Godalming Bank, Godalming—Mellersh and Keen 4,739 Guildford Bank, Guildford—Messrs. Haydon 13,007 Grantham Bank, Grantham —Hardy and Co 26,932 Hereford City and County Bank, Hereford—Mat thews and Co Hull Bank and Kingston-upon-Hull Bank, Hull— Smith, Brothers, and Co Huntingdon Town and County Bank, Hunting don—Veasey and Co Harwich Bank, Harwich—Cox, Cobbold, and Co. 4,265 Hertfordshire, Hitchin Bank, Hitchin—Sharples and Co. Hereford, Ross, and Archenfield Bank, and Ross and Archenfield Bank, Ross—Morgan and Co 17,870 Ipswich Bank, Ipswich—Bacon and Co 18,835 Ipswich and Needham Market Bank, Suffolk, Had- ' leigh Bank, Manningtree and Mistley Bank, and Woodbridge Bank, Ipswich—Alexanders & Co.. 57,193 Kentish Bank, Maidstone—Randall, Mercer, and Co Kington and Radnorshire Bank, Kington—Davies and Co. Knaresborough Old Bank and Ripon Old Bank, Knaresborough—Harrison and Co Kendal Bank, Kendal—Wakefield, Crewdson, &Co 41,339 Longton Staffordshire Bank, Longton—C. Harvey and Son 5,050 , Leeds Bank, Leeds—Beckett and Co Leeds Union Bank, Leeds—W. Williams, Brown, and Co. Leicester Bank, Leicester—T. and T. T. Paget 28,059 Lewis Old Bank, Lewis—Whitefeld and Co 22,606 Lincoln Bank, Lincoln—Smith, Ellison and Co 80,536 Llandovery Bank, Lampeter Bank, and Llandilo Bank, Llandovery—D. Jones and Co * 24,338 Loughborough Bank, Loughborough—Middleton and Cradock Lymington Bank, Lymington—S. and G. F. St. Barbe 3,266 Lynn Regis and Lincolnshire Bank, 1.0 an Legis— Gurneys and Co 32,158 Lynn Regis and Norfolk Bank, Lynn Regis— Jarvis and Co 10,674 Macclesfield Malik, Macclesfield—Brocklehurst and Co. Manningtree Bank, Manningtree—Nunn and Co 1,017 Merionethshire Bank, Dolgelly—Williams and Son 7,144 Miners' Bank, Truro--Willyams and Co. Monmouthshire Agricultural and Commercial Bank, Abergavenny—Bailey and Co. 26,315 Monmouth Old Bank, Monmouth Bank, Brecon Bank, Chepstow Bank, Chepstow Old Bank, and Ross and Herefordshire Bank, Monmouth— Brornage, Snead, and Co. .. 12,184 Newark Bank, Newark—Godfrey and Riddell .... 26,241 Newark and Sleaford Bank, and Sleaford and Newark Bank, Sleaford—Handley, Peacock, and Co Newbury Bank, Newbury—Bunny, Slocock, and Co 17,460 Newmarket Bank, Newmarket—Eaton, Hammond, and Co.. 16,977 Norwich Crown Bank and Norfolk and Suffolk Bank, Norwich—Harvevs and Hudsons 47,037 Norwich and Norfolk and Fakenham Banks, Nor wich—Gurneys and Birkbecks 88,288 Nottingham and Nottinghamshire Bank, Notting ham—Hart, Fellows, and Co. Nuneaton Bank, Nuneaton—Craddock and Co. 19 ,603 Naval Bank, Plymouth—Harris & Co New Sarum Bank, Sarum—Everett and Co Nottingham Bank, Nottingham—Samuel Smith and Co. Oswestry Bank and Oswestry Old Bank, Oswestry —Croxon and Co Oxford Old Bank, Oxford—Parsons and Co Old Bank, Tonbridge, Tonbridge and Tonbridge Wells Old Bank, Tonbridge and Tonbridge- Wells and Sevenoaks Bank, Tonbridge—T. H. and S. Beeching Oxfordshire Witney Bank, Witney—J. W. Clinch and Sons Pease's Old Bank, Hull, the Hull Old Bank ar d 8,218 Beverley Bank, ' Hull - Pease and Co. 45,718 Penzance Bank, Penzance —Batten and Co. Peterborough Bank and Oundle Bank, Peter• borough—D. Yorke and Co. Pembrokeshire Bank, Haverfordwest—J. and W. Walters Reading Bank, Reading—Simonds and Co. Reading Bank, Readinm—Stephens, Blandy, & Co. 23,528 Richmond Bank, Richmond—Roper and Co. Rochdale Bank, Rochdale--Clement Royds, & Co. 2,928 Rochester, Chatham, and Strood Bank, Rochester—. Day and Nicholson Royston Bank, Royston—Fordham and Sons _lyk, Rugby Bank, Rugby —A. Butlin and Son 9,660 Rye Bank, Rye—R. C. Pomfret and Co 2,810 Ross Old Bank, Herefordshire, Ross—Allaway and MacDougal Saffron Walden and North Essex Bank, Saffron Walden—Gibsons and Co Salop Bank, Shrewsbury—Burton, Lloyd, &Co 12,56.5 Scarborough Old Bank, Scarborough—Woodall and Co. Shrewsbury Old Bank and Shrewsbury and Ludlow Bank, Shrewsbury—Rocke, Eyton, and Co 36,083 Sittingbourne and Milton Bank, Sittingbourne— Valiance and Co. 2,685 Southampton Town and County Bank, Southamp ton—Maddison and Pearce 10,764 Southwell Bank, Southwell—Wylde and Co. 11,919 Southampton and Hampshire Bank, Southampton —Atherley, Fall, and Co. Stafford Old Bank, Stafford—Stevenson and Co. Stamford and Rutland Bank, Stamford—Eaton, Cayley, and Co 27,448 Shrewsbury an.l Welsh Pool Bank, Shrewsbury— Beck, Downward, and Co. 20,615 Taunton Bank, Taunton—H. and R. Badcock 27,365 Tavistock Bank, Tavistock—Gill, Sons, and Co 8,096 Thornbury Bank, Thornbury—Harwood and Co 9,077 Tiverton and Devonshire Bauk, Tiverton—Duns ford and Co. Thrapston and Kettering Bank, Northamptonshire, Thrapston—York and Eland Tring Bank and Chesham Bank, Tring—Butcher and Son Towchester Old Bank, Towchester—Percival and Co. 12 1 )8 45 3 5 Bank,oimty p of on P le. ot Town and a n . 13 W an . k Led an g d ard n a i reen c i l i 7,598 Poole dC Union Bank, Cornwall, Helston—Vivian and Co 14,141 Uxbridge Old Bank, Uxbridge --Hull, Smith, &Co. 9,392 Wallingford Bank, Wallingf or d—H d Wells, and Co. e ges, 7,292 Warwick and Warwickshire Bank, Warwick— Greaves and Co. Wellington Somerset Bank, Wellington—Fox, Brothers, and Co 3,686 West Riding Bank, Wakefield and Pontefract 43,540 Bank—Leatham, Tew, and Co • Whitby Old Bank, Whitby—Simpson, Chapman, 13,641 and Co. Winchester, Alresford, and Alton Bank, Winches- 16,325 ter—Bulpott and Co. Weymouth Old Bank and Dm cheater Bank, Wey- 13,727 mouth—Elliot, Pearce, and Co. Bank— and Ashbourne Derbyshire 33 ,744 Arkwright and Co. Bank, Wisbech—Gur- Wisbech and Lincoln shire 46,754 nays and Co Wiveliscombe—P. and W. Wireliscombe Bank, 6,081 Hancock ton Bank, Wolverhampton—Goodricke Wolverhamp and Holyoake Worcester Old Bank and Tewkesbury Old Bank, Worcester—Berwick, Lech mere, m re, and Co Wolverhampton Bank, Wolverhampton—R. and W. F. Fryer 9,270 Yarmouth and Suffolk Bank, and Halesworth and Suffolk Bank, Yarmouth—Gurneys, Birkbeck, pad Co. iti, 8,904 has ter. 23 2 1001 72 4 05} 5 Share 20/ 20/ 100 100 100 17i 20 Stock Sto. Stock 100 100 20i 201 100 100 100 100 tockl C