The Sun. — London, England, 1859-12-17 00:00:00

THE EXECUTION OF OLD JOE BROWN. The Boston Journal contains the following tele graphic account of the execution of Brown at Charlestown : CHARLESTOWN, DEG. 2. The prisoner was brought out of gaol at 11 o'clock. Before leaning he bade adieu to all his fellow-pri soners, and 'was very affectionate to all except Cook. He charged Cook with having deceived and misled him in relation to the support he was to receive froth the Alves. He was led to believe that they were ripe for insurrection, and had found that his representations were false. Cook denied the charge, but made little reply. The prisoner then told the sheriff he was ready. His arms were pinioned, and with a black slouch hat on, and the same clothes he wore during the trial, he proceeded to the door, apparently calm And cheerful. As he came out, the six companies of infantry and one troop of horse, with Gen. Tallaferro and his entire staff, were deployed in front of the gaol, while an open waggon, with a pine box, in which was a fine oak coffin, was waiting for him. He looked round and spoke to several persons he recognised, and, walking down the steps, took a seat on the coffin box along with the gaoler, Avis. lie looked with interest on the fine military dis play, but made no remark. The waggon moved off, flanked by two files of riflemen in close order. On reaching the field the military had already full possession of it. Pickets were stationed, and the citizens kept back at the point of the bayonet from taking any posi tion but that assigned them. Through the determined persistence of Dr. Raw lings, of Frank Leslie's, the order excluding the press was partially rescinded, and they were as signed a position near the Major-General's Staff. The prisoner walked up the steps firmly, and was the frst man' on the gallows. Avis and Sheriff Campbell stood by his side, and after shaking hands and bidding an affectionate adieu he thanked them for their kindness. The cap was then put over his face, and the rope round his Neck. Avis asked himn to step forward on the trap. He replied, "You must lead me ; I cannot see." The rope was adjusted, and the military order given—" Not ready yet." The soldiers: marched, couNtermarched, and took position as if an enemy were in sight, and were thus occupied for nearly 10 t m .nn . es. The prisoner standing all the time, Avis inquired if he was not tired. Brown said—" No, not tired ; but don't keep me waiting longer than necessary." He was swung off at 15 minutes past 11. A slight grasping of the hands and twitching of the muscles was seen, and then ail was quiet. The body was several times examined, and the pulse did not cease until 35 minutes had passed. The body was then cut down, placed in a coffin, and conveyed, under military escort, to the depot, where it was put in a car, to be carried to the Ferry, by a special train at four o'clock. All the arrangements were carried out with a precision and military strictness that was most annoying. The general conviction everywhere entertained was that the excitement about the rescue was an egregious hoax. Brown executed an instrument empowering Sheriff Campbell to administer on all property of his in the State, with directions to pay over the proceeds of the sale of the weapons, if recovered, to his widow and children. Sheriff Campbell bid the prisoner farewell in the cell, the latter returning thanks for the sheriff's kindness, and speaking of Captain Pate as a brave man. The prisoner wss then taken to the cell of Cope land and Green. He told them to stand up like men and not betray their friends. He then handed them a quarter each, saying he had no more use for money, and bid them adieu, He then visited Cook and Coppie, who were chained together, and remarked to Cook, " You have made false statements." Cook asked, " What do you mean ?" Brown answered, "Why, by stating that I sent you to Harper's Ferry." Cook replied—" Did you not tell me in Pittsburg to come to Harper's Ferry, and see if Forbes had made any disclosures ?" Brown—" No, sir ; you know I protested against your coming." Cook replied—" Captain Brown, we remember differently," at the same time dropping his head. Brown then turned to Coppie, and said, " Coppie, you also made false statements, but I am glad to hear you have contradicted them. Stand up like a man." He also handed him a quarter. He shook both by the hand, and they parted. The prisoner was then taken to Stevens's cell and they kindly interchanged greetings. Stevens—" Good bye, Captain ; I know you are going to a better land." Brown replied—" I know I am." Brown told him to bear up, and not betray his friends, giving him a quarter. He did not visit Hazlitt, as he has always per sisted in denying any knowledge of him. On his way to the scaffold a Mr. Sadler, an un dertaker, who was in the waggon with him, re marked—" Captain Brown, you are a game man." He answered, " Yes, I was so trained up. It was one of the lessons of my mother ; but it is hard to part from friends, though newly made. This is a beautiful country; I never had the pleasure of see ing it before." On reaching the field where the gallows was erected, the prisoner said, " Why are none but mi litary allowed in the enclosure ? lam sorry citizens have been put out." On reaching the gallows he observed Mr. Hunter and Mayor Green standing near, to whom he said," Gentlemen, good bye," his voice not faltering. While on the scaffold Sheriff Campbell asked him If he would take a handkerchief to drop as a signal when he was ready. He replied, " No, Ido not want it, }):t., do not detain me any longer than is absolutely ,:ecesary." Shortly after the execution, and while the body was heir tlkon to the depot, great excitement was raised t 7, , arrival of a horseman announcing that Whe.lll': the late residence of George W. Tur ner, 17 1 , - ,r, at Harper's Ferry, was on fire, and t' r. --as extending to the farm and _ _ _ The latter, -cv<2.s in town, said that he had left home at 10 o'clock in the morning, and that se .veral of his horFez; had died very suddenly, and also H,.is sheep. He intended to have their sto ialysed, a;; he believed them to have been The stock of Mr. Castleman and Mr. ieighbourhood, had also died urner. some mz 1)07 very mystcrlon. , '.y. The exciternclt c:lu-,e(l by this was very great. Colonel Davis had the Faquier cavalry in readiness to go out, and inquire into the truth of the report about the fire.- The body of Brown arrived by the special train, and will be taken on by Mrs. Brown and friends direst to Albany. It is desired to avoid all public demonstration, and it is determined that the body shall not be visible anywhere on the route to North Elba, where it will be deposited in the family burying ground. Mrs. Brown speaks in the highest terms of the great kindness shown her by the citizens and authorities of the State. She is, of course, in great distress. She has most favourably impressed all who havf- met her as a woman of fine feeling and of great affection for her husband. ANOTHER, ACCOtNT. CHARLESTOWN, DEC. 2. The interview between Brown and his wife yes terday lasted from four o'clock in the afternoon until eight o'clock in the evening, when General Taliaforro informed her that the period allowed her had elapsed and that she must prepare for departure to the Ferry. A carriage was again brought to the door, the military took possession of the square, and, with an escort of 20 mounted men, the cortege moved off, Captain Moore, of the Montgomery Guards, accompanying her. The interview was, I learn, not a very affecting one, rather of a practical character, with regard to the future of herself and children, and the arrange ment and settlement of business affairs. They seemed considerably affected when they first met, and Mrs. Brown was for a few moments quite overcome, but Brown was as firm as a rock, and she soon recovered her composure. There was an impression that the P r;sone , - might possibly be furnish e d w ith a weapon or strychnine by his wife, and befor e th e interview her person was searched by the wife of the gaoler. A strict watch was kept over them during the time they were together. At the time of separation I they both seemed fully self-possessed, and the part- ing, especially on his part, exhibited a composure, either feigned or real, that was surprising. I learn from Captain Moore that she rather re pelled all attempts on his part to express sympathy with her under her afflictions. She resented the idea that Captain Brown had done anything to deserve death or to attaint his name with dishonour, and declare that the ignoinious character of the unishment d that was abou t to be inflicted upon him p was as cruel as it was unjust. She regarded him as a martyr in a righteous cause, and was proud to be the wife of such a man. The gallows, she said, had no terrors for her or him. She stated that she had not seen him since last June, about six months ago, and that they had been separated, with the exception of a few days, for nearly two years. They bad, however, corresponded , and she had always felt a deep interest in the cause in which he was engaged. The character of the interview may be judged to some extent from his conversation with Captain lk.loore, which took place previous to it. I learn from Captain Avis, the gaoler, that the interview between the prisoner and his iv :e was characteristic of the man, and the directions given for the management and distribution of his property embraced all the minor details of his last will and testament. General Taliaferro was also present, and Captain Brown urged that his wife might be allowed to re main with him all night. To this the General re fused assent, allowing them but four hours. On first meeting they kissed and affectionately embraced, and Mrs. Brown shed a few tears, but immediately checked her feelings. They stood, embraced, and she sobbing, for nearly five minutes, and he was apparently unable to speak. The pri soner only gave way for a moment, and was soon calm and collected, and remained firm throughout the interview. At the close they shook hands, but did not embrace, and as they parted he said, " God bless you and the children." Mrs. Brown replied, " God have mercy on you," and continued calm until she left the room, when she remained in tears a few moments, and then prepared to depart. The interview took place in the parlour of Capt. Avis, and the prisoner was free from manacles of any kind. They sat side by side on a sofa, and after discussing family matters proceeded to busi ness. He stated that he desired his property to pass entirely into her possession, and appeared to place full confidence in her ability to manage it properly for the benefit of his younger children. He requested her to remain at North Elba, New York, on her, farm, where she now resides, and which belongs to her. He desired that his younger children should be educated, and it she could not obtain facilities for their education at home to have them sent to a bearding school. • He then gave directions, and dictated to She riff Campbell a will, which directed that ail his property should go to his wife, with the exception of a few presents and bequests which he made. To one of his sons he gave a double spy-glass, and to another a watch, while a third was directed to take a tombstone or monument that marks the grave of his father at North Elba, and have his name, age, and the manner of his death, together with the cause for which he had suffered, cut upon it. He directs that it 'hall remain at North Elba as long as his family resides there. To each of his children he bequeathed the sum of 50 dols., and to each of his daughters a Bible, to cost 5 dols., to be pur chased out of the money coming to him from his father's estate. He also directed that a Bible, to cost 3 dols., shall be presented to each of his grand. children, and that 50 dols. each he paid to three persons whom he named, if they can be found, and if not, to their legal representatives. During the conversation Mrs. Brown asked him if he had heard that Gerrit Smith had become insane, and had been sent to the, asylum at Utica. He replied that he had read it in the papers, and was sorry to hear it, but immediately changed the subject. The subject of the death of his two sons was spoken of, and Mrs. Brown remarked that she had made some effort while at Harper's Ferry for the recovery of their bodies, to which object she said Col. Barbour had kindly consented to give his assistance. Captain Brown remarked that he would also like the remains of the two Thomusons re moved if they could be found, but sus , gested that it would be best to take his body, with the bodies of his four sons, and get a pile of pine logs, and burn them altogether ; that it would b-, much better, and less expensiv6, to thus gather up all their ashes together, and take them to their final resting place. Sheriff Campbell told him that this would not be permitted within the State, and Mrs. Brown objected to the proposition altogether. The prisoner said that he contemplated his death with composure and calmness. It would undoubtedly be pleasant to live longer; but, as it was the will of God he should close his career, he was content. It was doubtless best that he should be legally murdered for the good of the cause,"and he was prepared to submit to his fate without a murmur. Mrs. Brown becoming depressed at these remarks, he bid her cheer up, telling her that his spirit would soon be with her again, and that they would be reunited in Heaven. With regard to his execution, he said that he desired no religious ceremonies, either in the gaol or on the scaffold, from ministers who consent to approve of the enslavement of their fellow-creatures —that he would prefer rather to be accompanied to the scaffold by a dozen slave children and a good old slave mother, with their appeal to God for blessings on his soul, than all the eloquence of the clergy of the commonwealth combined. During the past week several letters, contain , ing checks and draughts, had been forwarded to him by his friends in different sections of the country. These he endorsed and made payable to his wife, Mary A. Brown (one of them was for 100 dols. and one for 50 dols.), and handed them to her. During the day the bells were tolled in many places in New England, as well as in the other States. Immediately after prayers in each branch of the Legislature, a motion was made to adjourn, out of respect for Brown and the cause for which he suffered. A debate ensued in both branches upon the motions, both of which were rejected. ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. NORTHERN CIRCUIT.—YORK, Dec. 15. (Before Mr. Justice Wightman.) Charles Normington, aged 18, was indicted for the wilful murder of Richard Broughton, at the borough of Leeds, on the 6th of August last. Mr. Blanshard, Mr. Middleton, and Mr. Austin appeared for the prosecution ; and Mr. Campbell Foster and Mr. Bruce defended the prisoner. Mr. Blanshard, in opening the case for the Crown, stated that on Saturday, the 6th of August, Mr. Richard Broughton, who lived near Roundhay, left his home about 20 minutes before five o'clock in the afternoon to go to Leeds. He went along a footpath through several fields. He wore a watch with a key attached by a riband. He returned home about 6 o'clock very badly wounded, and with his clothes dirty. He was washed and tended by his wife, and Mr. Hey, the surgeon, was called in and attended him professionally. The 'text day Mr. Broughton dfed. A post rnortem examination was made by Mr. Hey, and injuries were found which had, no doubt, caused his death. It appeared that he had been attacked ou the road, on a footpath leading from Roundhay to Leeds, at a place which he subsequently pointed out. He was knocked down, stunned, and robbed of his watch and riband, and received the very severe injuries 6f which he died. His blood was sprinkled on the hedge, and was found on the road in a pool. Portions of his hair were afrerwa - rds found lying about, and a few yards off a bludgeon was picked up, bloody, and with hair adhering to it. On recovering the poor man walked for some distance on his way to Leeds, but, finding how seriously he was hurt, he returned home to,. die. The prisoner was in Marsh-lane, at Leeds, at about eight o'clock on the morning of the 6th. He was then in company with another person. He left a shirt at Mrs. Whiteley's, and his companion left a bundle. The other man has not been identified, but he came back for his bundle the same morning. Normanton returned for his shirt about six o'clock in the evening. He washed, put on his clean shirt over his dirty one, and went away. In the mean time he had been seen near the spot where the murder took place by several witnesses. But the identification principally relied on was of another character. When Mr. Broughton returned home his watch was gone. After the prisoner returned to Leeds he went to a person named Topham, a pawnbroker, and offered him a watch with a key attached by a riband, corresponding in description to Mr. Broughton's. He did not, however, sell it there: Shortly afterwards some one who could not be sworn to pawned Mr. Broughton's watch at another pawnbroker's, close by. That night the prisoner was shown to be possessed of a pawn ticket for a watch. Subsequently he found his way to Whitworth, near Castleford. At this place marks of blood were found upon him, And shortly after that time he sold a pawuticket for Broughton's watch to Smalos, a collier, from whom it was traced back, which led to the apprehension of the prisoner. Mr. Sharper, of Leeds, proved the accuracy of the various plans produced to assist the Court and jury to understand the frequent references to the locus in quo. Mr. English, chief constable of Leeds, produced a steut sick, a pawn ticket, and a watch and key, &c. Mr. C. Foster requested this witness to produce the various bills that had been at times published offering rewards for the apprehension of the pri soner, and they were produced accordingly. Mrs. Mary Broughton, widow of deceased, exa mined—My husband left our house at Roundhay for Leeds, which is three miles off, at 20 minutes to 5. He had his watch. He wore it in his trousers watch pocket, with a black riband and key visible out side,This i and s in fastened n r a o , u s n w d a h t e i s h n . e c b He y a came another k r i l i ) n a n a d n . I hour. Ho was covered with blood from his head, , and his clothes were dirty, as if he had been on the ground. His watch was gone, but he had his money. t The long riband round his nec k h a d been broken, and part of it was left, Mr. Hey came an hour and a half afterwards, and my husband died between 1 and 2 o'clock the next day, Sunday. , Cross-examined by Mr. Fostia:—My husband wee a healthy, active, strong man for his'age. _ ._.. Mr. Iley,.sar,geOn, of Ro unr.l; ..1:1 7 , near Leeds, exa mined—lfound deceased pelt- insensible, inca pable of giving rational. nnswr 1.,. He hid four or fi ve woun ds on .the head, ;led' . 11:;(.1' IoA li - ich blood. I saw him again next morning,. and on Monday night I made a post mortem examination. The skull was extensively fractured. Such a stick as the one produced might have prodoced the injuries. They could not have been caused by a fall. Any one of them might have been so caused, but not all of them. Death had been caused by those fractures. Thomas Kitchen, a boy, 14 years of age, exa mined—l was on the footpath from Leeds to Round hay ol Saturday, between 5 and 6 o'clock. I passed through the " ginnel." I saw two men. I went on the path towards Roundhay. I saw an old man further on, near a stile. He was getting up from the ground. This was three fields from the ginnel, in the ox pat4ure. He was covered with blood from his head. He went towards Leeds. I and the boys with me accompanied him. He turned back when he got as far as Lupton's-park, and we turned back with him. John Holder came up. On our way back we noticed blooi on the ground and on the hedge where the old man had got up. We afterwards met Wm. Barber. He spoke to the old man who was with us. Cross-examined—lt was a fine warm afternoon-5 o'clock in August. There is a cricket field near there. It is much frequented, particularly at that time in the afternoon. We were going to bathe. Alfred Bell, examined—l joined the last witness in Lupton's-park. I saw an old man in the middle of the field, standing still and bleeding. I went with him towards Itoundhay. I saw a man in a blue smock leaning over some rails about 50 yards off. I shouted to hid.). He turned round and ran away towards Mr. Smith's farm. Cross-examined—lt was a blue striped smock. The man could see Mr. Broughton, and when I called to him to come to me he ran away. He was a stoutish built titan, with whiskers; he appeared to be a young mail. He had dark trousers. 11.2-examined—He was at a junction of paths, at a frequented place. John Holder ; milkman, examined—l met Barber at Lupton's-park at half-past five. I met the boys and BroughtoL, and helped him over the style. He showed me 2s. William Edward Barber, farmer at Roundhay examined—l Inew Broughton. About 20 minutes past five I met Broughton, Holder, and the boys. Thomas Du:ton, examined—l shall be 14 next Hou;hton "feast." On one Saturday in August I heard of a murder. I went that morning at six o'clock to work at the colliery. I stayed till a quarter to seven. Charles Normington and another man came to the cabin at the colliery that day; they came together ; I left them there. The other man went away to where they had left their stuff, and then came back. I noticed that the prisoner had a stick. He said it would fell a chap on the way. I had the stick in my hand two or three times. I should ledosv it again. This is it (the stick produced by English). He had it when he left the cabin. Cross-examined—The other man had a stuff coat- I knew the stick when I saw it at the Town-hall. I was quite sure of it then. I was almost sure then. I have now become quite sure of it. I don't know what a hedgestake is. Normington's stick was like a piece of -wocd in a hedge. William Joseph Topham, son of a pawnbroker at Leeds, and assistant in the shop, swore that Nor mington cime to his father's about 6 o'clock and asked for 10s. on a German silver watch. There was a black riband and a key attached to it. It was such a watch as that. Charles Richard Ashland, assistant to Mr. Barras, pawnbroker, proved having taken Broughton's watch in pledge for 4s. on the night of the 6th. The man who pledged the watch took away the ticket produced by English. Smales came to redeem the watch, and produced the ticket produced at the trial by English. James Barras confirmed his assistant's evidence, and identifies the watch and ticket, and also the cheque-ticket or duplicate. When Smales pro duced the ticket which had been given to the man who pledged the watch, this witness gave Smales into custody, and delivered the watch and duplicate to the chief constable of LeedS. William Hoyland proved that on the 6th August the prisoner, in company with another man, offered him a pawn ticket for sale. On cross-examination it was proved that his companion had on a blue striped smock, trousers of fustian, light coloured and apparently newly washed. George Watkinson saw the prisoner with a pawn ticket. He said it was for a watch he had pledged. Frank Magee, who was with the last witness when the prisoner showed him the ticket, confirmed his evidence ; but on the duplicate being shown to him he declared his belief that that was not the ticket which was that night in the possession of the prisoner. John Fawcett, a collier at Whitwood, proved that he saw the prisoner on " trMonday after t'rainy Sunday." The prisoner offered a pawnticket for sale. He afterwards engaged in the service of the witness, who subsequently apprehended the pri soner in Sheffield. Cross-examined----He had clogs on with wooden soles, which laced up above the ankle. His own stockings were up on the fender to dry, and I lent him some of mine. Betsy Fawcett, wife of last witness, said—Nor mington came to Dixon's, with whom I lived, on Monday, the Bth, and from that time he lived there. He said he had been to pledge a watch at Topham's, or he had pledged it—l am not sure which. It was done on the Saturday for 4s. He left on Thursday morning, and before he went he said he had sold it to James Smales. On Tuesday, the night he came, he washed an old faded handkerchief. It was marked with red in more places than one. He said his nose had been bleeding, and it required washing. Cross-examined—This is the first time I have mentioned about his nose bleeding. It has come into my head since I was before the magistrates. Jane Dixon, of Whitwood, with whom the two last witnesses lodged, swore to the blood stains on the handkerchief, and to similar stains on his shirt, which she boiled with soda and soap and water. There were stains of blood on the stockings between the clogs' top and trousers' bottom. It was along the wrinkles of the stockings. Cross-examined by Mr. Foster—The stains on the handkerchief were of a dark colour, with casts of red. This is the first time I have ever said it was staged with blood. The shirt was hung openly in the room where the two Fawcetts slept. It was en a nail in the kitchen. Eight people had access to that room. The spots on the shirt were reddish. This is the first time I have ever said they were spots of blood. I found his stockings in his clogs, aed I put them back there. I don't know whether the hlisel on his stockings came from the foot inside or not. • • Jamcs Worsernan saw the prisoner while living at Dixon's on the 9th of Augnst. The prisoner showed hi:.; a pawn ticket, and told him it was for a wateli whi h had been " popped" on the Gth of A.u;tv.t. J:nocs 3Tuales proved that he saw the prisoner at Wiiitwood on the 9th of August: The pri soner sold him a pawnticket for a watch, which he said had cost 265. The witness afterwards took the same ticket to Barras, pawnbroker, at Leeds, and. theft was taken into custody. _ _ _ Patrick Byrne proved the finding of the stick marked with blood and hair not far from the scene of the outrage- Robert Heaton, a watchmaker, identified the watch produced as being Mr. Broughton's. English, chief constable at Leeds, exa mined the ;round, and saw the deceased before his deqth. He afterwards arrested th.) prisoner at Sheffield, who said at that time that he had not been at Leeds for four months. _ _ The prisoner's statement, which has already ap peared in The Sun, was here read. Mr. Campbell Foster then addressed the jury for the prisoner. The learned Judge, in summing up, directed the jury that if they were of opinion that two persons were present at the attack on the deceased—and two persons had been spoken to—if both were con cerned in that attack, and the evidence led them to that conclusion, then it was immaterial. which was the hand that did it, and both were equally guilty. His lordship then with great care summed up the evidence. The jury retired to consider their verdict, and after an absence of nearly half-an-b our returned with a verdict of Guilty. The Clerk of Arraigns called on the prisoner for judgment. The Crier of the Court made the usual formal proclamation for silence during sentence of death: The Judge arranged the black cap over his wig, and as he did so a loud hysterical scream was heard from the gallery. His lordship, then, with great solemnity, said—Charles Normington, the jury have found you guilty of a cruel murder, and a murder perpetrated for the basest of all possible motives, the mere lustof gain. The law of God and the law of man equally require that your life should be the forfeit of your crime. It is an awful thing to think that one so young as you should have been so guilty, or should now be called on to suffer such a penalty ; but if your untimely fate should warn others from courses which may end in the same misery, one good result will at any rate follow from your suffering. It is not my duty, still less is it my inclination, to aggravate by any words of mine the misery and humiliation which you must now fed, especially as I feel that I can hold out no hopes , of r.ercy to you after the perpetration of a crime so dreadful. Let me, therefore, earnestly entreat you to cast your thoughts beyond the grave, and by earnest prayer and sincere repen tencc to secure that mercy in heaven which is de ntlilnedelntruemone esaernttle"neelloifs t l h o e rd l s a l N i v ip in th th en e pd the amid the repeated cries from the willery of a woman stated to be the m o th er o f the prisoner.' The prisoner is about 5 feet 3 or 4 inches hig h, and he looks younger than th e age h e i s stated to be in the calendar. He has no signs of beard, moustache, or whiskers ; he has light hair, with a tendency to curl behind, a full and almost womanly countenance. During the trial he remained very quiet, his hands were folded before him on the dock, and his chin rested almost immoveably on the upper rail in front of him. The evidence seemed to have no effect upon him, and yet his conduct did not seem to be caused by obstinacy or stupidity. There is certainly nothing aboxt his appearance or behaviour to suggest the idea that he would be at all likely to commit any offence, much less of a crime of so deep a dye. Once only during the appeal to the jury by the learned counsel did he manifest any symptom of emotion, but he very soon recovered himself, and paid the same quiet and apparently half-interested kind of attention which he had shown during the whole proceedings. He broke down at last, however, when the judge was pronouncing the sentence of death, and was led off weeping bitterly. This case concluded the business of the assizes. P OLICEINTELLIGENCE—Dec. 16. MANSION-HOUSE—Edwin Boucher, described as a clerk, of 35, Brewer-street, Pimlico, was brought up on remand, charged with stealing two casks of carpenters' tools, value £54, belonging to Messrs. Heinmarsh and Co., merchants, 17, Law rence Poultney-hill. There had been two previous examinations, in which it was deposed that the prisoner went to the premises of the prosecutor during his absence, pre tending to have an appointment with him, and that immediately afterwards it was discovered that the two casks of tools had been removed. Subse quently it was ascertained that the goods had been pawned by the prisoner for £22, in the name of Hammond, and the prosecutor, meeting him in Cheapside, gave him into custody. The pawnbroker now produced a sample of the tools pledged with him, and also handed in a notice which had been served upon him by the solicitors of Messrs. Sorby and Son, of Sheffield, manufacturers, that the goods were their property, and requiring him to deliver them only to them or their order. Mr. Atkinson, the prosecutor, was examined and said—l bought the goods of Messrs. Sorby on credit for six months, according to the invoice produced, or 21 discount for cash. After the delivery of the goods they wrote me, and in consequence of that I sent them a bill for £5O at four months. In the letter enclosing the bill I told them that the goods had been stolen, and that one of the thieves was in custody. The bill was an accommodation bill. It was drawn by a Mr. De Witt. of 14, Roll's-build ings,Fetter-lan e,and was payable at Messrs. Sharpe and Olding's, bankers, Clement's-lane. The prisoner was present when Mr. De Witt gave me his accep tance. He had introduced me to Mr. De Witt, whom I had seen only once before the time when he gave me his acceptance. The prisoner never had any business transactions with me, and I only knew him through meeting him at a luncheon house. I paid him no commission for getting me Mr. de Witt's ac ceptance, and he had no interest at all in the £5O bill. I bought the stamp myself. I gave Mr. De Witt no consideration for the acceptance. I had no intention of using it at the time, and should not have used it at all if Messrs. Sorby had not written to me as they did, I suppose because some one had sent them a letter saying there was something wrong in the affair. I had the acceptance in my pocket three weeks before I used it. I had it, I believe, be fore the goods were delivered. Mr. De Witt gave me the bill ie blank. I filled it up for £5O, because the stamp carried that amount. The bill is dated 6th December, and the goods were stolen on the 17th November. As I have said, the prisoner introduced me to Mr. De Witt. The Lord Mayor—Who is Mr. De Witt ? Prosecutor—He is a man who gets his living by accepting bills. I believe the bankers allow him to make use of their banks for that purpose. The Lord Mayor-1)o you mean to say that Messrs. Sharpe and Olding allow any man to use heir names in this way ? Mr. Goodman, chief clerk—Oh, it is quite impos- Bible. Prosecutor—However that may be, I know a gentleman who had one of his acceptances, and who went to the bank on purpose to inquire about it. The Lord Mayor—Then is he a man of such copious means that he gives his acceptance in blank to gen tlemen he has seen only once before, and allows them to fill up at discretion ? Prosecutor—lt was so in my case. The Lord Mayor—And you gave him no conside ration—paid him nothing ? Prosecutor—Nothing at all. The Lord Mayor—Well, really, it was very gene rous of him. Mr. hope (the prisoner's solicitor)—Your name is Atkinson, you say, and your firm is that of Hein marsh and Co ? Prosecutor—Yes. Mr. Hope—Well, who is the Co. ? Prosecutor—Why, you see me here. Mr. Hope—Then you are Heinmarsh and the " Co." too ? Prosecutor—Yes, I am both. Mr. Hope—Then there is no Mr. Heinmarsh ? Prosecutor—Yes there is, but he is in Germany. Mr. Hope—How long is it since you saw him ? Prosecutor—About four months. Some witnesses were then called, who proved that a man named Gleed had been connected with the prisoner in removing and. pawing the goods ; and Mr. Hope contended that there was no ground at all for detaining the prisoner longer in custody, after the prosecutor's admissions about the bill. An officer handed in a certificate of the prisoner's previous conviction and imprisonment for 12 months, for obtaining money by false pretences. The Lord Mayor said it was his impression that there had been collusion to obtain the goods among the three, the prisoner, Gleed, and the prosecutor, and that upon such evidence no jury would convict, but as it was possible that something more might be proved, he should again remand the prisoner. Remanded accordingly. BOW-STREET.—Anne Smith, a woman of the town, was charged with robbing Mr. Edmund Wal lack of £l9 in gold, in a house of ill-fame in George street, St. Giles's. Mr. Wallack, who described himself as a " ren tier," and formerly a dramatic artist, staying tem porarily at an hotel in London, but permanently residing in Paris, deposed that at about 7 o'clock that morning he went to a brothel with the prisoner, whom he had met at a public-house. They remained there in bed for several hours. At 1 o'clock he counted his money in her presence. He had then 18 sovereigns, two half•sovereigns, and some silver. At half-past 2, having been asleep in the interval, he missed his money, and also a pair of red flannel drawers. The landlady and her daughter being called in, searched the room, and also searched the prisoner, on whom they found his cigar-case and note-book, but no money. Mary Toole, the landlady's daughter, proved that the prisoner could not have left the room as the door was locked on the outside, and the key was in possession of the servant. There was a folding door communicating with another room, but that door was also locked, and the key was down stairs. The prosecutor observed that the prisoner, deny ing all knowledge of the money, said that she had taken the case and note-book to pay herself, as his money was gone. It had been suggested that she might have swallowed the money. Mr. Hall said that was absurd. Could she have swallowed the drawers ? (A laugh.) It was im possible that she could have committed the robbery by herself. More probably some person had entered the room while she and the prosecutor were both fast asleep. However, he would send the case be fore a jury if Mr. Wallack wished it. Mr. Wallack thought it was too much open to doubt. The prisoner was discharged. SOUTHWARK.—GROSS OUTRAGE ON A YOUNG WOMAN BT A CABMAN IN HIS CAB.—John Pettitt, cab-driver, badge No. 13,737, of 5, South-mews, Manchester-square, and Charles William Taylor, coachman, of 18, Guildford-street, Berkeley-square, were brought before Mr. Combo, for final examina tion. charged, the former with criminally assaulting Louisa Davies in his cab, and the latter with aiding and abetting him in the commission of the offence. The prisoners were first brought before Mr. Combe on Saturday, the 3d instant, but being un able to attend through the injuries the prosecutrix had received from Pettitts violence, they were remanded. Yesterday, however, she was able to attend, when Mr. Shaen, the solicitor and secretary of the Associate Institute for the Protection of Young Women, was present to prosecute ; and Mr. Her ring defended the prisoners. It appeared from the evidence of Broderick, 43 M, that about a quarter past three on the morning of Saturday, the 3d inst., he was on duty in Amelia street, Bermondsey, when he saw a cab drive past him, and the prisoner, Taylor, who was on the box, asked him if that was Amelia-street. Witness told him that it was, when the other man put his head ont of the window and called to drive further. They then left the street and turned down Maze-pond. A few minutes afterwards he saw them drive into Thomas-street, from which there was no outlet, when the cab stopped and Pettitt got out. Witness went up to him and then he began looking on the ground. He asked him what be was looking for, when he replied, " For a shilling I have dropped." Witness opened his lamp and examined the ground all about, but no shilling could be found, and he told him so. Pettitt then jumped into the cab again, and they drove off towards Guy's Hospital. Witness, suspecting that something was wrong, followed the vehicle some distance off his beat, and then he perceived the head of a female pro truding from one of the windows. He imme diately ran up to the cab and looked at Taylor and told him he had no badge on, and asked him where it was. Ho made no observation, but pointed inside, when he saw Pettitt and the prosecutrix, the latter lying down insensible. Ho also perceived th t Pettitt had a badge on. He ordered the latter out, and then he saw that the fe male's dress was much disordered. He iquestioned Pettitt about her, when he told witness that she had attempted to drown hen:elf, and he waa taking her home to Amelia:street, Bermondsey. Witness told him that could not be true, as he had seen him a few minutes before in that street, and that he had followed the cab. Witness then took them all to the station-house, and as soon as the female re mefle the followie7 statement :—She said that she lived in the service of an Indian gen tleman at Hammersmith, and had the previous evening been on a visit to her mother's, in Amelia- OXFORD CIRCUIT.-GLOCESTER, DEC. 16. (Before Mr. Baron Channell.) Ann Fowler, 33, silk weaver, was charged with the manslaughter of her child, Mary An:Fowler, on the 30th of January, 18:54, at Thornbury. It appeared from the evidence that the prisoner was a married woman, who, in the beginning of the year 1854, was living with her husband in a cottage at the Cross Ways, in the parish of Thornbury. She was now charged with causing the death of her little girl, who was about two years of age, by omitting to give it necessary food, in consequence of which the child died on the 30th of January, 1854, in the workhouse of the Thornbury Union. The prisoner and her husband absconded immedi ately on the death of the child, and she was not taken into custody until Monday last, when she was apprehended near Newport, in the county of Monmouth. The evidence now given showed that the prisoner's husband was an able-bodied man, but it did not appear whether he was in work, or that he had supplied the prisoner with necessaries for the use of herself and child. From the evidence of a next door neighbour, a Mrs. Thorne, it appeared that in the early part of January, 1854, she saw the child, who was about two years old, in a very poorly and weak state. The prisoner nursed the child, and continued doing so until its death, but it continued wasting away. Mrs. Thorne, finding that the prisoner had no broth to give the chill, on one occasion gave her a pound of " lazarus," which was explained to mean a bit of pork bone, but the prisoner neglected to make any broth, and excused herself by saying she had no sauce pan. Mrs. Thorne also from time to time gave the chili milk and arrowroot, of which it would take a little. A Mrs. Ball also gave the prisoner some milk, but she said the child would not take it. The prisoner and her husband used to quarrel, and on one occasion the child was seen with a black eye, and some of the skin scarred off the head, but this was caused by the husband. The prisoner, however, used to leave the child alone in the cottage for several hours, and on those occasions it was sometimes left in bed, or tied on a chair before the fire. At length, on the 21st of January, the relieving officer of the union and the medical officer went to the cottage, and finding the child in a wretched state, lying on some rags placed for a bed upon two chairs, the child an mother were taken to the union. The child was there nursed twice in the day by another pauper, and also twice at night, but though it seemed to improve for a short time, it died in a few days. On a post nzortem examination it appeared that the various vital organs were small, and nearly , empty and colou-less, and as there was no appear ance of disease, the medical men attributei the death to want of food. The child after death weighed only between 91b. and 101 b., instead of from 201 b. to 251 b., the ordinary weight of a healthy child of the same age Mr. Baron Channell summed up the evidence and told the jury that if they believed the child died of starvation they must then consider whether the prisoner had the means of providing it with the necessary food. If she had the means, and the child died from her neglect, she would be guilty ; but if she had not the means she ought to be acquitted. The jury found the prisoner not guilty. James Frebroy, 27, labourer, was charged with cutting and wounding Emma Mabbett, with intent to murder her, and in another count with intent to do her grievous bodily harm, on the 29th October, 1856, at Almondsbury. Mr. Cripps appeared for the prosecution. The prisoner was undefended. It appeared that the prisoner had lived for about 18 months in the house of a Mrs. Mabbett, a widow living at Almondsbury. In the same house the prosecutrix, Emma Mabbett, also lived, she being the widow of Mrs. Mabbett's son, William Mab bett, who had died several years ago. It would seem that the prisoner had formed an improper con nection with her, but at Michaelmas last the mother obliged him to leave the house. The pri soner became jealous in consequence of the prose cutrix having formed an acquaintance with a man named Mitchell, and threatened that her court ship should not last a fortnight. On the 29th of October last he went to her house, in the absence of her mother, and rushed in by forcing off the bolt of the door. He immediately took hold of the pro secutrix and asked her to go upstairs. She asked, " What for ?" and he then took off his boots and forced her upstairs into her room. He pulled her about for a minute or two, and then said, " Turn round, there is a flea on your neck." She then saw that he had a razor in his hand, and struggled with him to save herself, but received several cuts on her neck and face. T he prisoner then left her, and the prosecutrix crawled• to the window and gave an alarm, which brought some persons to her assistance, and she was taken to the infirmary. The surgeon stated that he found four severe cuts on her throat, near the windpipe, and one on the forehead. The wounds were of a dangerous character, but not so dangerous as those found on the prisoner, who was discovered in an upper room at the house of the pro secutrix with his throat cut and apparently in a dying state. He also was taken to the infirmary at Bristol, and had recovered, but still appeared in a languid state. When before the magistrates the prisoner made a statement to the effect that he had lived with the prosecutrix for several years till about two months previously, when she picked up another man, " which," the prisoner said, " drove me beyond myself." Mr. Baron Channell summed up the evidence to the jury, and left it to them to say with which of the intents charged in the indictment the prisoner inflicted the wounds. The jury found the prisoner " Guilty" of wound ing with intent to murder. Mr. Baron Channell ordered sentence of death to be recorded, at the same time intimating that the, sentence would not be carried into execution, but it would remain with her Majesty's advisers to decide as to the prisoner's fate. Peter Burston, 41, labourer, was charged with the manslaughter of Jane Jones, on the 13th of September, 1859, at Bristol. It appeared that on the evening of the 23d of July last the prisoner went to a public-house at Bristol named' the Black Horse, where his wife was drinking, and had become intoxicated. The prisoner wanted his wife to go home, but the de ceased interposed to prevent it, and said she would show him haw she would serve him if he was her husband. The deceased was ironing at the time, and held up the iron to his face, which so irritated the prisoner that he snatched up an iron from .before the fire, and with it struck her a blow on the left side. Another witness rather varied the story by saying that the prisoner was pulling Mrs. Jones's things about, and that she told him to leave off, end held up the flat-iron towards the prisoner's face, but without touchin him, and that he then took up the iron and struck her. The woman when struck, cried out, " Oh! Peter, you've killed me," and fell down on a chair. The blow caused a bruise on the side, and the deceased was afterwards taken to the infirmary, where she remained some time. She was the' brought home, and appeared to be getting better ; but in a few days she lost her speech and died. The evidence of the surgeon showed that when the deceased was first taken to the infirmary she had no bruise on her side, but she was suffering from pleurisy and inflammation of the lungs. At the end of August she left the in firmary, at her own request, but against the wishes of the surgeons, who thought it not safe. On a post-mortem examination the Bth and 9th ribs were found to be broken, and at the fracture there was a small abscess. There was also a large deposit of pus on the surface of the brain and at its base, which the surgeon thought had been absorbed from the abscess at the fracture. The prisoner, in his defence, said the deceased struck him with the iron. The jury found the prisoner guilty, with a strong recommendation to mercy. , Mr. Baron Channell saia that, independently of the recommendation of the jury, he should have felt disposed to pass a lenient sentence, as the prisoner had received considerable provocation, and never intended to do any serious injury. His Lordship then sentenced him to one week's imprisonment. COLLISION IN HARWICH HARBOUR.—On Wed nesday a collision took place in Harwich harbour between the schooner Rover of Goole, and the smack Diligence of Harwich, the latter sinking in a few minutes from the effects of the injuries she ha l sustained. A man named Bowen, one of the smack's crew, was drowned. [ADVERTISEMENT.] —Mr. Benson, Ludgate-hill, has just published a new illustrated pamphlet on watches (free by post for two stamps). It should be read by all who are about buying a watch, as it contains prices and important information as to—What watch to buy ! where to buy it and how to use it 1 street, Bermondsey, which place she left at half past ten to proceed home ; that she went to Lon don-bridge, and finding the Hammersmith omnibus gone, got into a Paddington one, thinking of find ing the former at the Battik, but when she got there and alighted, the, last Hammersmith omnibus had left, and that seeing the prisoner Pettitt there with his cab, she hailed him, and told him to drive to Hammersmith, as she was anxious to get home. She got inside the vehicle, and Pettitt drove her some distance and stopped,:when he got inside and engaged another man to drive them. They drove about in all directions, and Pettitt indecently as saulted her until she became insensible,%The pro secutrix was perfectly sober at the time, and ap peared in great distress. Witness took her home to her mother's, where she has since remained, an the prisoners were locked up. Mr. Herring said that he had no wish to put any question to witness, as he had no doubt related the story told by the prosecutrix in hevonfusion, but he should be able to show that nearly the whole of it was false. The prosecutrix was no stranger to men, and on the very night in question she ac companied a gentleman down Chancery-lane long before she got into the prisoner Pettitt's cab. He understood that her mother saw her into one of the Citizen omnibuses on Friday night, a little after ten o'clock, and told the conductor to put her "down at the Bank, as she wanted to go to Hammersmith, recommending her to return to Amelia-street if the Hammersmith omnibus was gone. What did the prosecutrix do ? Not act like a virtuous girl, as he should show. The omnibus she went in went to Paddington, and when it got to the Bank the conductor told her so, and that she had better get out, according to her mother's directions. She would not get out, but went as far . as Holborn, where she alighted with a gentleman and walked arm in arm with him down Chancery-lane. He (Mr. Herring) had the con ductor here to prove these facts, and other witnesses, which would show that very little reliance could be placed on the prosecutrix's statement. Mr. Combe—You can't deny the fact of her being in the prisoner Pettitt's cab and the other man driving them. Mr. Herring said he could not, but that was a considerable time after she had been walking about Holborn and Chancery-lane with gentlemen. When she got into Pettitt's cab she told him to drive to Amelia-street, Bermondsey, which he had considerable trouble in finding, and then he did not know the number. Mr. Combe—What have you to say about his employing another man to drive and then getting inside and indecently assaulting her. Pettitt pleaded guilty to that on the first examination. Mr. Herring could not deny that, but no injury had been done. He called The conductor of the Paddington omnibus, who proved that she got into the omnibus, and instead of getting out at the Bank, she alighted with a gentleman at Holborn. The girl also admitted that. A consultation then took place between Mr. Sheen and Mr. Herring, when the former informed his worship that since the last examination he had fully inquired into the case, and ascertained that some of the facts related by Mr. Herring were true. No actual rape,had been committed, and the medical gentleman who examined her was in attendance if his worship wished him to be called. Mr. Combe said that after what he had heard and carefully inquired into, there was no reason to call him. Mr. Herring observed that before his worship gave judgment he wished to say a few words in Pettitt's behalf. Hitherto he had borne an irre prcachable character, and he hoped that would be taken into consideration, He had no right to get inside the cab with that unfortunate female, but he says he did not assault her. Mr. Combe—He pleaded guilty to indecently as saulting her. Mr. Herring said that Pettitt says that he was desired by a gentleman to take care of her, and to convey her either to Hammersmith or to her mother's. In her state he preferred the latter, and got into the cab with her. Mr. Combe—You must not persuade me to that. I have inquired into the case, and will, if you like, hear all the witnesses ; but I don't think such a course very edifying to the public morals. Mr. Herring did not wish such a course to take place. He would leave the matter in his worship's hands. Mr. Shaen also thought that, under the circum stances, such would be the better course. Mr. Combe said that as far as Pettitt was con cerned, his was a very bad case, and had it been otherwise, on the part of the girl's conduct, he should most certainly have sent him for trial. His conduct as a cab driver was very bad. He had a young wsman for a fare, and instead of driving her as he ought, he engages another man, called a " Buck," to drive, and then he got inside and drove about with her, according to his own account, more than two hours. When brought before him in the first instance he pleaded guilty of indecently as saulting her. It was not desirable that any fur ther evidence should be gone into, as it would not improve the morals of the public. He, however, could not pass this case over as an ordinary assault, but would deal with it under the Aggravated As saults Act, by sentencing him to three months' hard labour in the House of Correction. With re gard to the other prisoner Taylor, he is what they call a " Buck," and must have known what the other man got into the cab for with the female. Mr. Herring assured his worsnip that Taylor was not a " Buck,' but a respectable coachman. Unfor tunately he knew the other, and they mat, when he was asked to drive. Mr. Combo said that made him a " Buck" in every sense of cab phraseology. He had neither licence nor badge, and was liable to be summoned by the police for that. Under all the circumstances in his case he should order him to enter into his recog nisanees for his good behaviour for six months, and he hoped it would be a warning to him for the future. WOOLWICH.—WiIIiam Thompson, a seaman, was placed at the bar before Mr. Traill on a charge of refusing to serve on board the sloop Forest Fairy. after duly signing articles, and receiving an ad vance mote. John Ould, captain of the vessel, stated on Sa turday last he went to the Sailors' Home, in Wells street, St. George's East, and agreed with the pri soner, who signed articles for the voyage to St. Michael's. On arriving at Erith the prisoner had some dispute with the mate, and he refused to per form his duty, or proceed with the ship. The voy age was consequently delayed, and witness was compelled to return to London, and obtain a substi tute for the prisoner. Mr. Traill—Will you ship the prisoner again if. he consents to per form his duties ? The Captain—No ;as he endeavoured to persuade the other hands to be as obstinate as himself. The prisoner now stated that he was afraid to proceed with the vessel, as the mate had threatened to take his life, but this statement was denied by other witnesses. Mr. Traill committed him for 21 days' imprison ment. GREEN WIC M.—EXTRAORDINARY APPLICA TION TO A MAGISTRATE.-Mr. Rogers, one of the officers for the parish of Shadwell, applied to Mr. Traill for assistance under the following circum• stances : Mr. Rogers stated that three weeks ago a man named Welsh was taken suddenly ill at Rother hithe, and was removed to Shadwell, where he im mediately afterwards died. Having no relatives, a body of the deceased's fellow-workmen, excavators, subscribed a sum of 30s. among themselves for his funeral, which sum was paid over to Mr. Albion, an undertaker residing at Neptune-street, Rother hithe, who was engaged to superintend the in terment. The coffin was supplied by Mr. Albion, and the register of the death ob tained by him, but after this he had refused to proceed and.carry out his duties as undertaker. The remains of the deceased were then kept in a house inhabited by a large number of persons, for a fortnight, when it became so offensive that, for the health of the inmates, it was removed to the dead house of Shadwell Church, where it was then lying, awaiting interment. He (Mr. Rogers) had since called upon Mr. Albion repeatedly, either to bury the deceased, or allow the parish to do so, by deli vering the registrar's certificate of death, but bad been put off from time to time, and as the death had taken lace now three weeks, it was necessary the body should be removed from the deadhouse and immediately buried. Mr. Traill, on referring to the act of Parliament, said the law only empowered a magistrate to inter fere in cases where the registrar refused togive the requisite certificate as to death. Here the registrar, it appeared, had given the certificate, but, under the circumstances, he (Mr. Rogers) had better ap ply to the registrar to give a second c e nt r fiiceatestrar, Mr. Rogers said he had applied togi who had declined to give a second certificate. Mr. Traill remarked that it was an act of great obstinacy, both on the part of the u ndertaker a and the the registrar;. and the applicant could inform reg istrar that he was bou nd to give the parish the certificate. - Mr. Rogers thanked his worship for the advice givem, and left the court- ACCIDENT ON THE LONDON AND NORTH-WESTERN RATLIVAY.—An accident occurred on the above line last night, about iuth• past uiue ' hear the Wolverton. st a tion. It appears that a passenger train ran into a goods train, but whether any lives have been lost has not yet been ascer tained. G'OUIV TRY MARKETS LIVERPOOL—DEc. 16. We had a moderate attendance of millers and dealers at market this morning, and a fair disposition to do business in wheat, which readily supported last Friday's price°. Flour in limited demand, but unaltere d in value. Oats a slow sale, and oatmeal a fair sale. The amount of business transacted in Indian corn was greater, and fully suPP rt ea previous rates. Barley, beans, and peas gave way to slight extent. The market closed steady. WAKEFIELD—Dm 16. The show of wheat was fair, and there being b u t few arrivals, the quotations remain about the same a twit but st market. The business done in barl e y was lim, b easier in price. Oats, shelling, and other articles were all at previous prices. Flour dull. Wheat, per qr. of 8 bushels 601 b ., Essex, Suffolk, and Kent, white, old, 48s to 51s ; new , 48s to 51s ; dittojed, old, •12s to 44s ; new, 42s to 44s ; Lincolnshire and York shire white, new, 45s to 50s ; red, 418 to 448. Averages for the week : Wheat 3,072 qrs., at ........ 46 8 3d Peas Beans „ Barley 779 „ ......44s O4 Oats . 20 " ........ 2558 Od 3d R— ~ ...... ye .. EXETER—DEC. 16. The business to-day was dull at the following prices :-- 31 Wheat, white 5s 9d to 6s Gd Barley ...... 4s Od to 4s Ditto red 5s 3d to 5s 6d I Oats .. ...3sOdto O s Od Flour, fine, 32s to 33s ; seconds, 308 to . 31s per sack. CATTLE. Owing to Wednesday last being Christmas fair day', the attendance was small, and the market was poorly. supplied with stock, with Mee business doing. Pork car ' cases in tolerable supply. Fat beef, p score, 10s to llsOd Ewes, per lb .... 6d t. od Pork carcases,do 8s 6d to 9sod Wethers, 6 d 0... •• • r o g cl Sheep, per lb. Rough fat, 41d per lb. BRISTOL SUGAR—DEc. 16. All descriptions of sugar continue to meet with a fr"" le here. both to the refiners and grocers, rode rices have fur ther improved 6d per cwt. Refiners' p e also has bee s in excellent demand, and stove-dried goods have advance " fullyls. Rum more inquired for, and s ome Demerarash been disposed of, chiefly at 2s. ld. per proof gallon. RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. TRAFFIC RETURNS RETURNS FOR THE S'__--- --IC itoe ipte• Miles Opened • Railways. ,-,...._______.„ ,-- ----A- li ---' 5B„ ' 1859. 1858. 18 ' 5 ____' ~------ ..- --- 1 X --- - Ballymena and Portrush... 35 35 -- Bedale and Leyburn lO 10 1 , .... Low Belfast and Ballymena 65 65 , 455 603 Belfast and County Down 2O 17 2,450 2 ' 3 ---• 68 Birkd., Lane., & Ches. June 32 32 . 1,32. Myth and Tyne 2O 20 1,23 ,, _. 4 6,x1 Bristol and Exeter 125 119 6,540 ... 13'760 12,... Caledonian ..._ -'',, Ches.&llolyhead(witliMold) 04 9 214 2 "' Cockermouth & Workington 8 8 175 181 217 Cork and Bandon 2O 20 205 217 Cork, Blackrock, & Passage 6l 6 i 205 Deeside l7 17 Dublin & Belfast Junction 63 56 1,5 05 1 41 6 6 Dublin and Drogheda 63 63 4'326 4 , 1 7 Dub. & Wicklow (in.Kingst.) 401 401 1,10270 6 Dundalk and Enniskillen Dundee and Arbroath l7l 17/ 001 98 3 'B3B Dundee, Perth, & Aber. Jun. 31 31 1 801 .14 3 East Anglian 67 k 87 i 24,203 " o '"'" 4 E.Counties,Nrik.,&E.Union 499 489 242 East Kent l9-4 - --- E.L ancas hire(in.Blackburn) 111 1 05 5 619 G+ 3 48 ..t Edinburgh and Glasgow . - a 142 142 ~ 17 8 2,0.- Edinburgh, Perth,& Dundee 78 78 , 2 69 249 Forth & Clyde Junction Furness -)9 22 I,zio 6 032 7 118 ~....„ Glasgow & South-Western 1831 1831 ' B3 O 22,7 w • Great Northern 2 83 283 24 1:673 1 , 40 _1 Great North of Scotland ~ . 58 58 7 118 13,01 it 4t.Southn. & Westn.(lrind ) 226 2134 „,,', 0 9 2,8,5 n Great Western 466 466 ",' 1W 163 Hull and Holderness tnverness & Aberdeen June. 55 55 764 20 6 Irish South-Eastern 2 si 2 5 1 201 317 Killarney Junction Lancaster and Carlisle (in. -- Kendal and Windermere) 1 100 32 - COO 28 ` 460 Lane. & Yrks.(in.Blackburn) 289 289 - + ll9 94 359 Limerick and Foynes 26 26 45 7 Ll ane ll y 46 4 66 6 61 70 056 ~... Louden & North-Western . 791 /5 5 2 ! - 114 : ,4 4 r osr : London and Blackwall 5 London & South-Western Loud. Brighton, &S. Coast 2234 1904 7 49 L'derry and Enniskillen 9 4 28 Load., Tilbury, & Southend. 45 45 10,72 5 ' B lB Man.,Sheffield,& Lincolnsh. 1734 1734 89 2 9 70 Manch. S.J un.& Altrincham 91 9 t 1,152 „, Maryport and Carlisle Midland Midland Gt.Westn. of Irind. 177 17 7 4 1;4 1 8 4 9 7 31',1 4 3lonkland Monmouthsh. Rail. & Canal 44 44 3,172 5,8 9 11 Newcastle and Carlisle 7B 78 1,40 1, , - si Newport,Aberg.,& Herefor 50 50 5,517 5,42 North British (in. Dalkeithd 154 140 407 3 " North Devon 735 k 2 640 2, 14 ' North-Eastern ) 746 9 'l9 7,092 North London 9 7,4 _ 233 - North Staffordshire 2 3 34 4 0 - N ort h-W es t ern 46 - 4,325 N. Yorkshire and Cleveland 101 - 4,7 93 ,87 Oxford, Wore., & Wolver lO2 £ 4 19 5 A 1,9 01 Peebles lBl 1 8 2 2,083 . 04 St. Helen's Canal & Railway 30 30 2, 518 2, t Scottish Central Scottish North-Eastern ll5 1 5105 , 3 1; 6 8 6 57 . 13 " 1 / 4 " Shrewsbury & Birmingham 294 29 4 3,088 4 1, 617 Shrewsbury and Chester Shrewsbury , & Hereford Shropshire Union South Devon 17,1 v. 6 05 South-Eastern 306 302 . 6,906 o ' B 4o South Wales 171! 171 z 3,33 7 At, S. Yorkshire and River Dun 108 108 , 7,07 Stockton and Darlington Tall Vale 5l 54 1, 79 1,786 so Ulster Ulverstone and Lancaster . 19 19 1,376 __. Vale of Neath 251 251 -- 25 1 Warrington and Stockport lO - 26 3 Waterford and Kilkenny 3l 31 12 9 5 1,3 48 '498 Waterford and Limerick West Cornwall 274 27i 3, 728 3, 4 08 W.Hartlepool H 12 arbr.&Rail 39 39 8 . . ~3 0 47 4 Whit e ha v en Junction l2 ow 276 Whitehaven & Furness Jun 3.5 35 7 325 W'haven,Cleator,&Egrm nt 7 768 FOREIGN AND COLONIAL B3B 3 3,707 Antwerp and Rotterdam 52 52 41,613 271 Austrian B2B 673 28 5 1 5 Belgian Eastern Junction 26/ 264 1,233 ~ ..6 Buffalo and Lake Huron Detroit and Milwaukie lB5 185 2, 2 ° 3 2,,55 5 2,4 47 0 297 Dutch Rhenish Grand Trunk of Canada BBO 8 80 , 2,845 „: 8 64 Great Indian Peninsula.. . • 194! 1308 2,16 7 a .. A Great Luxembourg' 7,744 . Great Western of Canada 345 291 Lombardo-Venetian 285 285 4, .,10 3 i 4 6 3 3 _ 9 4 Lyons and Geneva .. - ...... Madrid, Saragossa dalicant 310 284 A ..--• ~... Maria Antonia' 2l 21 Northern of France 602 574 743 ~„, 24.1 Norwegian Trunk 44 44 * 7 0 7 ,4 9 1 21 i - 2, : :$ Ppaarrliss,aLnydoonrsie&a.3slediterrn 892,792 849220 45,5 79 ' 33a Paris and Strasburg Royal Danish 69 69 482 1, 5041 Sambre and Meuse 6B es 1,360 15,164 777 773 15, 7 8 7 0 6 2 30, 7 9 5 6 1 4 1 Southern of France West Flanders W. and N.W. of France 742 721 - DoT 3,43 9 11,60 46 b 0 ,215 70,24 s 4077 33 8 1,5 00 16, 10 76 1 30,964 CKET LIST' les that letters are deepstatie Lon, and T 1 1W morning 3211dit. Despatch of Mails. p p es o p rt at o a r b. Jan. 12, 31 Dec. 19, E SouthamP• _.••• Dec. 23, E Dec. 21, E IL Ll ty re er r p p o ot: Next ISail duci... ----- Ilan. 5, E DeYol l Po rt Sou thaDlP ... gouili;aoP. Southall:lP Dec.2o, E Dec. 26, M Dec. 20, M Dec. 17. 51 Dec. 20, M Dec. 26, g SouthamP• ............ Dec. 27, M Dec. 19 -14 SouthainP• ............ Jan. 9, )1 Deo. 17, M southanW• SouthanP• Dec. 2 0 , M Dec. 19, E Jan. 2. M 1 Dec. 17, El SouthamP• . ......... ot itharaP• (Galway • • •• Dec. 17, Dec. 21, L Liverpool.• SouthamP• 'Liverpool. • Dcc. 2 3 B IDec.l7, Isoutb 1 0 Jx°' 4 JO' pee. 22 °fad° FOREIGN 111 A In the following table E signifi by evening mails from Loncb DESTINATIONS. --- Australia and Mauritius, via Southampton .............. Ditto, via Marseilles ..... Bahamas and Havana via .... York Canada, &c. (by Canadn. pckt ) Cape of Good Hope, Ascen sion, and St. Helena China, Penang and Singa ' pore, via Southampton Ditto, via Marseilles Gibraltar, via pp on Honduras and Blewfiel m ds India (Calcutta) and Ceylon, via Southampton Ditto, via Marseilles India (Bombay), via South ampton Ditto, via Marseilles Lisbon. Brazils,Buenos Ayres, and F. Islands Lisbon, Vigo, and 0p0rt0...• Malta, Egypt, a.nd Adeu, via So uthamp ton Ditto, via Marseilles Mexico and Havana Newfoundland .......... •. U n ited States and British N America (by British packet) Ditto (by U. S. packet) •• • • West Coast of Africa, Ma deira, and Teneriffe West India, California, Vene zuela, Chili, l'oru, Grey town, New Granada, &c. • • 1.10- 1 De° . " " Deo . ; De , 16 Jan Deo39 • " Pe' 291 Pe 6 19 JO* 2 1 Dec- 19 Dec, . I 9 De' JO' 1 JO' i° ID;- 7_-_----__ --____ BIRTHS CURETON.—On the Sth ult , at Coon() r, Neilgherri-hi% the wife of Major Cureton, the 12th°Royal Lanc ers ' °. - daughter. DENDY.—On the 14th inst., at Long-cross, the wife of the Rev. A. DendY, of a son. vAing'y ROSE.—On the 14th inst ,at Cambridge House, A.- - , i . the wife of W. H. Rose,. Esq., of Madras, of a dough.° ' near Chertseif stead —On the 15th inst., at tho Parsonag, CV:: stead-green, Halstead, Essex, the wife of the ° 3/ ' Weston, of a son. MARRIAGES. , sir HUNTLEY—DErRY.—On the 15th inst•, at Torcl ue "Lr of Henry Vere Huntley, R.N., to Caroline, the daugh'- of the late Rev. Henry Drury, of Harrow, an d rect4r Fingest, Bucks. b u r he M ILNE—HENTT.—On the 15th inst ,at the paris h c- c lo Brighton, Charles Milne Esq., .of the Inner TeloP -' London, and Spring-grove, Isleworth, totElizath Clarof only daughter of George Henty, Esq., Chichester' BAMFORD —On the 15DthBinAStT., list SipsleY Villa', Ch- 11°11;1 C L lG' A. ai n n i c n ile —so.t n an t d h il e e l r l e t f h o rt t. aged , a 6 t 7 T . ours, James ___... b eor ert Bamford, Esq., J.P. for the COUDtlf3O I I . du k o L en D o,r A gb : Sae-01141$1/1 b C e l r a i r a k n e d a , .Esq., late of Fenham, in the county of N'OrttiUP. the 15th eodf ins L64i t n: nls p uil le, J-J- gl co iu ln A ' lIUTT.—On • Wife Er Haldane,rstern, aaged the 15th inst., at A.psley Guise, 13,,ed5.,, of Major-Gen. Hutt, C7B. 14 0 LLOYD,—On the 13th inst., at Manchestertree, __ta 81bineumaarnlae-inn cheater-square, Rickard Lloyd, Esq., Commander 11,a, Navy. NAsn.—On the 14th inst., at Bedford, G• I' • N 3814 1":1' aged 74• 7 ,‘ p of SPRY.—On the sth inst., Jose h Hume Sri' "'-• ' P Bath, aged 84. Print,(l ~ncl by ' , .11 7 R ,P0 of itio. 112, Strand, Pinter, at The Sun Ot 1'0'; of Straxid, tie Precinct of the Savoy, in the 01112' lTddhoax, Saturday,_ December 17, 1869. •• !L P. J PIE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 17, 1859. I to b Co.. *-Z 011 Ittl