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LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF EXCHEQUER, Dec. 20. (Sittings at Nisi Pri us, in London, before the LORD CHIEF BARON and Special Juries ) GURNEY V. LORD INGESTRE. Mr. Unthank and Mr. bio,rn appeared for the plain tiff; and Mr. Chambers and Mr. Bramwell for the de fendant. Tnis was an action to recover back the sum of 1901., as portion of the deposit paid by the plaintiff on 100 !shares in the Marseilles and London Railway, and Dock Company, to which the plaintiff was entitled, according to the prospectus of the company. It appeared that the plaintiff had paid the company . 21. upon each share, and the prospectus held forth that every shareholder should have back the amount of his deposits, less 2s. per share, in the event of the project not receiving the sanction of the French Chambers, which ultimately turned out to be the case. The present action was now brought to enforce the observance of the promise contained in the prospectus, the defendant being sued as a member of the provisional committee, on the authority of the well known case of Walstab v. Spottiswoode. The plaintiff. however, failed to prove that the defendant was a number of the company prior to the 11th of March, 1846, when the shares in question were allotted, and Au conse quently obliged to submit to a nonsuit, in which the case terminated. GILLARD (HKECUTRIX) V. THE LANCASHIRE AND YORK. SHIRR RAILWAY COMPANY. INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT, Dec. 20. (Before Mr. Commissioner LAW.) IN RE JOHN BAKER. The insolvent, an officer to the sheriffs of Middlesex, applied to bz. discharged. Mr. Snow appeared to oppose, on the part of the Duke of Brunswick, and Mr. Cooke supported the ap plication. The case was before the Court on a former occasion, and reported in our columns. The insolvent had ap plied to be discharged on sureties, and the Duke of Brunswick opposed, on the ground that he was indebted to him in the sum of 1021.-40 s. damages, and 1001. costs, in an action of slander, on which opposition the application was refused. An objection was now taken to the opposition, on the plea that notice had not been given in the proper manner. Mr. SNOW admitted that notice had not been given, and asked whether he was precluded from opposing. He appeared for the Duke of Brunswick, to oppose for the damages in an action of slander. Mr. COOKE objected to his Learned Friend saying a word. According to the practice of the Court, there could be no opposition allowed. His HONOUR said he had no authority to hear the opposition. Ile had refused to discharge on sureties, according to the practice of the Court, and he must, ac cording to the established practice, decline to hear the opposiiion. The omission was no doubt to be accounted for by the circumstance that opposition was made on the former occasion but as there was no rule to the effect that opposition then made was notice for the hearing, the Duke of Brunswick could not oppose. The case was ultimately adjourned for better ac counts. ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. NORTHERN CIRCUIT.—Ycrh, Dec. 19. (Be'ore Mr. Justice MAULE.) Henry Hunt, Isaac Jefferson, William Angus, Na thaniel Frith, David Lightowler, Joshua Waddington, William Gurney, and George Hirst, were severally found guilty on charges of attending unlawful meetings, drilling, and training, in various parts of the county. Hunt, Angus, Jefferson, Lightowler, and Frith were then placed at the bar for judgment. Mr. Justice MAULE, addressing them, said—With regard to your plea of ignorance, although you may have been ignorant of the Act of Parliament on which the indictment is framed, and that would have excused you to a considerable extent had the object of such drilling been harmless; yet we cannot shut our eyes to the fact of the object being to prepare yourselves to effect by physical, what you had failed to eff et by moral force. In that you have, it was true, failed, and I hope you will continue to fail in such ()Wets, for it would be far better to live under a despotism than to hold life and property by the uncertain tenure which would result from the accomplishment of your objects. I believe the great majority in this country wish to live in peace, and that they will be able to keep down, by force if necesary, those who entertain vague notions of bettering , heir conditions by means they hardly them selves know what. I hope. however, a better spirit now prevails; hut I canner- f ir;.7,et that your drilling was t 4 a very mkchievous object, and I mu,t ti-eat your ()notices severely. I have tak-n into consAiiraiion that you have already been irepris,n• d s+. me ~ f pal a long time, and have reetil +tea your sentences with ref. rence to it. His Lordship then 91.-n., need Hunt to be impiisoned eight calenda- months. Ancus ten calendar months, Jefferson four calendar months, I.i. , htowler calendar mouths, and Frith el-v , .n calendar months. George If ebber, aga d 26, stated to be imperfect in education, pleaded anilty to an indictment fir sedition, c ommitted at North Bierley, in th-e West Riding, on the 15th of Julr. It ftp P ea rt , tl from th e statement made by Mr. Phipps, I that there was a gre tt gatherin g of the Chartists on that day, arid the prisoner, who said to be a very I lo t man, which way fully borne s out by the parts of his speech r,ari by yl r i . T P e hip s na, m ide a very violent aLd exoiiing ipetch • s h u ,,, red h his hea s of the wotdeiful events corning, and pilies hoped to see an as- ' Sernb!y of 500,000 men with ,s etc. should he aPhrril'eswpii:leilic., hem that Lancashire and York,t.' • As he htd tren four in niths in prison, L')RDSHIP sentenced him to be further imprisoned four calendar months. LIVERPOOL WINTER ASSIZES. At the sitting. of the Court yesterdsy movnin z , j o . asph Barker,• who was found guilty of sedition and blas phemy, was brought up, and, after some very foreiful and pointed remarks from his Lordship, showing the enormity of the offence of which he was convicted, his Lordship remarked—lt is my duty to endeavour, by a penal example, to impress upon all those who, by listen ing to you, may have a tend( ncy to follow your ex ample, that they will by so doing reap to themselves more misery and distress. The practical administra tion of the law limits the sentence which I am en abled to pass in your case to two years' imprison ment; that at the end of that time you find security in two sureties in 201, and yourself in 1001., for your good behaviour for a further space of two years ; end that you be imprisoned until you find such securities. After the above sentence had been pronounced the trial of the Manchester jChartists was proceeded with, and about one o'clock the ury came into court, finding the prisoners Grocoat, Ran.. kin, Donovan, Leech, Nixon, and Cropper Guilty of conspiracy at Manchester; and the prisoners West and White Guilty of attending unlawful meetings. Hi s Lordship shortly after addressing the prisoners, sentenced Grocoat, Rankin, Donovan, West, White, and Cropper to twelve months' imprisonment, and at the expiration of that time to enter into recognizances for two years, themselves in 1001. each, and two sureties in 25/. each; Leech to nine months, with similar recognizances; Chadwick and IVlLDonough, who had pleaded guilty, to six months' imprisonment, and to enter into recogni ,,„--zaeces for tw o years in th e sum o f 5 00 1 .; and Nixon to 0, .. fOnrittontbs'imprisonm en t an d s i m il ar recognizauces. psoceedings in one of the courts having terminated, Baion64 I d ers on and the Attorney-General returned to t"T*-fl ' - --Weiegret to learn that the young Hugh ( "Ivan, - who was severely injured by the fall of man a parapet wall duriag the gale of Friday night, has since expired, 113 died on Saturday morning.— Glasgow Paper. --- `'N i •P_ITS-N This action was brought under the provisions of the Deaths by Actitlent Comptinsatiiin Act, to recover attainst rh Lancashire anti Yorkshire Railway Company compensation for the loss sustained by the plaintiff, in consequence of the death of her husband in an ao-ident upon the defendants' line, which she alleged to have oc curred through the negligence of their servants. She sued as executrix of her husband, and the defendants plea fed generally not guilty. Sir Frederick Thesiger, Mr. Cockburn, and Mr. Un thank were counsel for the plaintiff; and Mr. Montagu Chambers and Mr. Sergeant Wilkins for the defendants. the It appeared th a t t h e d ecease d, w h o , at the time accident occurred, was on l y twen ty- s even years old, and had not long b een marr i e d t o the plaintiff, held the situation of inspector of instruments in the office of the Manchester and Leeds Electric Telegraph Com pany. Shortly before the accident he had gone to live at Wakefield, and on the II th of September in last year he went to Manchester, from which place he was returning when the unfortunate accident oc curred in respect of which :he action was brought. Ile travelled in the last carriage of the express train, which left Manchester at one o'clock that afternoon. Mr. Weston, the Surveyor-General of Customs, Captain Ellis, and his Secretary, Mr. Nixon, were riding in the same carriage. When the train reached the Ludden bush station, the oscillation of this carriage increased to a great extent, and two miles beyond that place it came off the rails. It was then dragged through a tunnel on the common road to the Swinley-bridge Station, on passing through which it was dashed against the down platform, which carried off the hind-wheel ; and about forty yards further on it plunged into an ash-pit, when the others flew off. It was then discovered that Mr. Weston was thrown out, and killed on the spot ; that the deceased was dying ; and Mr. Moon insensible. Under these circumstances the present action was brought, the circumstances of negligence charged against the defendants being various; the principal being that the permanent way was too slight, and improperly main tained ; that the ash-pit ought not to have been upon the main line at an intermediate station ; that the guards were inside the carriage to shield themselves from storm, which was just then at its height ; and that the last carriage was not such a one as the regulations of the company prescribed. On the part of the defendants it was contended that the accident was unavoidable, and attributable solely to a broken rail upon the line ; that every precaution had been taken for safety; and that the guards themselves, and the :engine-drivers and stokers, had stopped the train. The LORD CHIEF BARON, at an early period in the course of the plaintiff's case, ruled that the intention of the Act was only to award compensation for absolute pecuniary loss, in contradistinction to what might be termed "fanciful damage," which it meant to exclude, such, for instance, as injured feelings, lost society, or in short, anything other than absolute pecuniary loss. Mr. Baron Parke had ruled the same way on a pre vious occasion, and the defendants now contended that damages, supposing the company liable from negligence, were reduced to a mere matter of calculation of the plain tiff's share of the deceased's probable earnings during his lifetime. The LORD CHIEF BARON adjourned the court at half past five o'clock, when the defendant's case had only been part beard. have shown that the defalcation Was thetely the testilt of error and mistake; and he submitted to the jury that in thaiisactions which, according to the statement of the prosecutor, amounted to so much as twelve or fifteen thousand pounds a year, some mistakes might very easily occur, and he reminded the jury that the whole of the sums alleged to have been embezzled by the three separate indictments which they had heard read did not amount to more than 201. He also contended that it was quite clear the prosecutor in the first instance only looked upon the matter in the light of a civil transaction, and that he had n.) idea of treating it as a criminal charge, until he found he had got himself into a diffi culty by his hasty proceeding in giving prisoner into custody upon so serious a charge as arson, without any justification. A number of highly-respectable witnesses gave the prisoner an excellent character for honesty and in tegrity. Mr. Baron ROLFE summed up the case, and the jury, after deliberating f or some t i me i n t h e b ox, expressed a wish to retire. They were absent nearly three-quarters of an hour, when they returned into court and gave a verdict of Guilty, but recommended the prisoner to mercy on account of his previous good character. Sarah Waters, 32, was indicted for the wilful murder of her female illegitimate infant, by leaving it exposed in the open air, and so causing its death. There were other counts, varying the form of the charge. Mr. Ballantine and Mr. Clerk conducted the prosecu tion, instructed by Mr. Hayward, for the Treasury; Mr. Clarkson defended the prisoner. Mr. BA LLANTINE, in opening the case, said, that by some of the counts in the indictment, the prisoner was charged with causing the death of her infant by admi nistei ing some deleterious drug to it, but the jury would dismiss these counts from their consideration, as it was clear that the death was the result of exposure to the cold, and that the child was so exposed by the act of the prisoner, and the only question in the case was, the in tent of the prisoner at the time she deserted her infant. rho evidence he should lay before them, he said, he be- Hayed, would establish the following facts :—The pri soner, who is an unmarried woman, was lodging, on the 21st November, at a house in Plummer's-buildings, Commercial-road, and on that day she was delivered of the infant in question. On the following ramming, to the surprise of the persons in the house, she was observed to be dressed, and in the act of leaving the house with her infant, and notwithstanding the remonstrances of the persons about her, she persisted in doing so, and left the house, saying that she was going to take the child out to nurse. The prisoner returned home the same night without the infant, and on her being asked what she had done with it, she said that she had placed it out to nurse, ai.cl that she was to pay ss. per week for it. She afterwards male other statements, which excited sus picion, and information was given to the police, but no thing A as heard of th e c hild un til th e f o ll ow i ng morning, when the infant was discovered in a dung-hole, in Bel grave mews East, quite dead, the death evidently having been oc cas i on ed by t h e ex p osure t o theincle mency of the weather during the night. The Learned Counsel said that upon these facts the only question for the jury to consider was, with what intent the prisoner had deserted the infant, and whether the offence she had committed amounted to murder, or only to the milder of&nce of .manslaughter. The law with regard to the subject was perfectly clear. It was undoubtedly the du duty she fa of t ied to d h l e mother o s to ,a nd itshould appear protect and rthatchild, and ifshe placed it in a concealed position, where death was likely to follow, and with the expectation that such would be the result, the offense would amount to the crime of murder. If however, it should be the opi nion of the jury that the intention when the child was exposed was not to cause its death, but that it might be found by some one, and taken care of, in that case, although a highly criminal act would have been committed, it would not amount to murder, but to the less serious offence of manslaughter. He said he thought it right to state that the place where the pri soner deposited the infant was in a public mews, to which grooms and persons belonging to the stables were constantly in the habit of resorting, and the pri soner might reasonably have imagined that the child would be discovered, and she had all along stated that it was her intention that the child should be found, and disclaimed all idea of destroying it. He concluded by stating that it certainly was not a far-fetched supposi tion, under the circumstances, to imagine that the child must really have been discovered, and it would be for the jury to say, after they had heard the evidence he should lay before them, whether they ought not charit ably come to the conclusion that the prisoner was not guilty of the dreadful crime of wilful murder, and exer cise the power which they possessed by the law, of find ing her guilty only of the offence of manslaughter. Evidence was then adduced which made out the state of facts as:represented by the Learned Counsel; and it was clearly established that the mews in question was a public thoroughfare, where it might very reasonably be supposed that the child would have been discovered, and that the prisoner, from the moment of her apprehension, continued to declare that this was her object, and that she expected some one of the grooms employed in the mews would discover the child and take it home to his wife. CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT. OLD COURT. (Before Mr. Baron RoLFE.) Samuel Smith Niche!burgh, a youtg roan of respect able appearance, eel-rendered to take his trial, upon three indictments, for embezzlieg and secreting money the property of his employer, William Henry F eming. The prisoner pleaded not guilty to all the charges, and the case that was gone into was one imputing to the pri soner the receipt of three several sums of 21. 25., 21 Be., and 1L 83., in the months of March and June of the pre sent year. Mr. Clarkson and Mr. Ballantine prosecuted. The defence was conducted by Mr. Huddlestone, in the ab sence of Mr. Bodkin, who was with him, but who was prevented by severe illness from attending. Mr. CLARKSON, in opening the case, said that the pro secutor was a brewer, at Camberwell, and the prisoner had been for several years in his service as clerk, and in that capacity used to receive money en behalf of his employer. He was discharged from the ser vice without, however, at that time there being any imputation upon his honesty. On the 31 Oc e t o f b t e h r e , a a c u c d o u v n e t r s y , t s h o e o p a r osec u tafterwards,or wa s u i p n o d n u e a e n d examinationto send r the prisoner, and in his presence the books were examined, and various deficiences were discovered, of which the prisoner could give no explanation, and he was requested to obtain the assistance ot a solicitor, and come the next day and have a full investigation. This was on the 27th October, ar don that night the brewery rook fire and was almost entirely consumed. two of the books, which would have been very mat rial upon the present inquiry, being destroyed in the conflagration. The prisoner was taken into custody on suspicion of having caused the fire, but be thought it right to in form them that, upon inquiry, there did not appear to be the slightest foundation for that charge, and he called upon the jury to dismiss it entirely from their minds, and not allow the circumstance of the destruction of the brewery by fire in any way to prejudice the prisoner upon this inquiry. The Learned Counsel proceeded to state that the books which eecaped would abundantly make out the present charge against the prisoner, and he was afraid that when they had heard the evidence they would have no alternative but to return a verdict of guilty. Mr. W. H. Fleming deposed that he was a brewer at Camberwell; and on the Ist October last he had premises on Camberwell-green. At that time the pri soner was his clerk, and had been so for several years previous. It was his duty to receive money in the counting-house from customers, and also from the dray men, and to keep a day-book, cash-book, and ledger, and to enter all moneys be received in the day book and cash-book—immediately they were paid in the former, and at the close of the day in the latter. Wit ness was in the habit of looking over these books and balancidg them every week; and if he found them to correspond he put his initials to them; and the ledger was subsequently posted from the day book. The pri soner left witness's service on the day he mentioned, and before he left he balanced the cash-book with him, but he made no mention of any other sums of money than those stated in it. After the prisoner had left witness made a more minute examination of the books, and drew up an abstract of the different sums that ap peared to have been received by the prisoner, and which he showed to the prisoner, and called his attention to. He sent for the prisoner specially for that purpose on the 27th October, and called his attention to three, amongst other items, referring to different sums of 2/ Bs.. 21. 25., and IL Bs., which appeared by the ledger to have been paid, but ot which sums no mention was made in either the cash or day. book. The two first items ap peared by the ledger to have been paid in March, and the third in June. The prisoner appeared very con fused, and said he could not make out how the sums were posted in the ledger without being in the cley book, and there must be some mistake. Witness then asked him whether the cash in the cash-book always agre,cl with the day-book, and he said it did, and then himself looked through the day-book, and the result of the in vestigation was, that witness told him he had robbed him of the money, and it was a very serious charge. Wit ness's brother, who is an attorney, was present, and he told the prisoner he did not wish him to commit himself, but if he would appoint a solicitor to meet him on the following morning the books should be fully in spected. The prisoner then wrote a letter to his so licitor, and he heard him afterwards say that he bad destroyed this letter. The prisoner left, and witness, locked up the counting-house, and all the books were placed in the prisoner's presence in the iron safe. About one o'clock, on the following morning, he received infor mation which led him to his brewery, and he found it in flames, and the premises, including the place where the books were kept, were almost entirely destroyed. Some of the books were entirely consumed, and among them were the cash and day-books. The ledger was only partially burned. The remains of this book were produced, and the witness said it containe d entries in the prisoner's handwriting of the receipt of 21. Bs., on account of a customer named Bagshaw, another sum of 2/. 2s. from a customer named Dollond, and a third item of 1/. Bs. on the Ist of June, to the credit of a third cus tomer named Barron. The witness said he was certain that neither of these items appeared in the cash-book or the day-book, and that he particularly called the pri soner's attention to the fact on the day before the fire, and also asked him to look over the books to see if the entries had been made by mistake on any other days. The witness then referred to the draymen's book and also to the receipts of the customers, all of which were signed and receipted by the prisoner. Cross-examined— Prisoner had been in his service eight years, and he had given him notice to quit in March, but he stayed on until October. A disagree ment took place between them on the 2d of October. On that day witness had been to Croydon, and when he re turned he found an exciseman, named Lewis, on the pre mises, sad witness thought he had no business there, but he did not swear at the prisoner, nor did he remember telling him he would not have his friend there. In conse venue of something said by the prisoner, he told him he had better leave his service, and directed him to come the next morning to settle his accounts ; but he swore positively he did not tell him that, if he found a shil ling wrong, he would transport him. Would swear he did not tell the prisoner that, if his " pals " wanted him, they were to come to him after he had finished with him. The prisoner came to the counting-house the next morning and made up his books and paid over the balance, and witness gave him a che que f or 261. for sal ar y that was due, and a month's salary in advance ; and when the prisoner went away he said that if any errors were discovered in his accounts, he should be glad to attend and rectify them. He met the prisoner a few days afterwards, and he asked him to give him a character to enable him to take a si tuation at Messrs. Combs and Delafield's. At this time witness had discovered irregularities in the accounts, and he gave the. prisoner an evasive answer, telling him he would consider of it. Ile went to find the prisoner, on the 26th of October, at Mr. Turnley's brewery, to re quest him to come to the brewery the next day to show him the state of the accounts, but he did not recollect whether he shook hands with him. He was not aware that the prisoner was managing this brewery ; but he told him that he had brewed some ale, which witness tasted, and told hire it was very good. He did not say a word to the prisoner about the embezzlement on this occasion, for if he had he should not have expicted him to come the next day. Did not remember hearing his brother ask the prisoner what he meant to do respect ing the errors, and he did not ,ay so to witness's know ledge. I saw the prisoner at the fire, but did not observe him in the act of endeavouring to rescue the horses, or that he was very wet, and had been exerting himself to extinguish the fire. The moment witnes saw him he gave him in charge to Inspector Campbell, fur setting fire to the premises, and that c h arge was investigated on the following morning, before the magistrates, and he was discharged, but was immediately accused of embezzle ment, and remanded up m that charge. A portion of the premises of the prisoner's father-in-law, which abutt d upon witness's brewery, was burned by the fire. Wit ness was insured. Some suggestioe was made that the origin of the tire should be inquired into by the Coroner, atid witness's brother, who acted as his solicitor, was agreeable to this being done, but it was not carried our. He would swear that he never said to a person named Depledge that the brewery was a -- expensive con cern, and he wished it was burned down. Witness never received money himself and directed the prisoner to give a receipt for it. He knew a public-house call, d the Fleece. He held the lease of the house. The pri soner lied lent 501. to the former landlord. bus witness had paid him that amount when he died, and he was not in any way indebted to the prisoner. The amount of the dealings of the brewery would be from 12,000 L to 15,000/. a year, and a great portion of that amount would pass through the prisoner's hands. Re-examined—Witness was insured in the Kent Fire office for 1,4001. for his house and building=, and in the Phcenix for 2,6001 for stock, &c. The claim upon the latter was 3,000/., and upon the former 1,3001., and the full amount of both insurances had been paid. Every opportunity was given to the prisoner to examine the books, b u t h e never gave any explanation regarding the items referred to. Catherine Hunt, in the service of Mr. Dollond, of Camberwell proved that OR the 16th of March, in this Year, she paid the prisoner two guineas on account of he g i 7, l o er tf , for beer purchased by her master, and given Mrs, lane re PR : ag opattstofhoerilost(tihueoefesiadmaarocruehec.te,ipwt for r ch 2L s B h s e . producedby. ner Another witness proved the payment o f th e thi r d amount of I/. B s . to thPeo givenprisoner by him o n t h e occasion. w n the I s t o f June, and he produced the rece i pt the case for the pro- Mr. BALLA.NTINE sa quesptrooloMutro.rHuddlestone, Mr. ,n.,wustpoutfot him,i t o the h e secution, but at the re Fleming, the brother of the witness-box, and in answer to questio of what c oe confirmed the account given by his brother curred in tbe counting-house on the 27th and he also said that a suggestion was made on b o et e a r i of the prisoner by his attorney, that there should be an " examination of the accounts, but no such examination took place. Inspector Campbell deposed that while he was taking the prisoner to the station-house, he said that he thought Mr. Fleming had been actuated by vindictiveness in charging him with arson, and that he believed it was in consequence of his having discovered some errors in the accounts which he should have been able to rectify. It also appeared that upon the examination of some wit nesses on behalf of the prisoner, the charge of arson was at once dismissed by the magistrate. Mr. HUDDLEsToNE made a most earnest appeal to the jury on behalf of the prisoner. He complained of the circumstance that had been again introduced, that the prisoner was guilty of the crime of firing the brewery in order to screen his guilt, when it must be apparent to every one who heard the case that there was not the slightest foundation for the charge, which was imme diately dismissed by the magistrate. He urged that the production of the cash-book and the day-book would have been most important for the prisoner, as they might Mr. CLARKSON, at the close of the case for the prose cution, put it to his Lordship whether there was suffi cient evidence to go to the jury to support the charge of murler. He would not attempt, he said, to struggle against a verdict of manslaughter. Baron ROLFE said, he apprehended the jury would hardly considerthe charge of murder had been supported, but he could not tell what view the jury would take of the case. He should tell them that before they came to that conclusion, they must be satisfied that the prisoner actually intended to destroy the child, or that the set imputed to her was one which would inevitably cause that result. If they should be of opinion that her object was to relieve herself from the burden of maintaining the infant, and that she placed it where she thought it would be found by some person who would take care of it, the offence would not be murder but manslaughter. Mr. CLARKSON then briefly addressed the jury for the prisoner, and urged that it was quite clear from all the circumstances of the case, that she had no intention to destr iy the life of her chid, but that her object was to provide that support and succour for it, which her own miserable position rendered it impossible for her to afford it. Baron ROLFE having briefly summed up, The jury immediately found the prisoner Guilty of manslaughter.—Sentence was deferred. Jane Pullen, 41, widow, was indicted for the man slaughter of her daughter, Anne Fallen, by strangling and suffocating her, by tying her by the neck with a rope to a bedstead. Mr. Huddlestone prosecuted, Mr. Snow defended the prisoner. The facts of this case lay in a very brief compass. The prisoner who, it appeared, was a hard-working industrious woman, occupied the second-floor room of a house in Princes-street, Fitzroy-square, with the deceased, a girl 14 3 ears of age. Oa the morning of the 24th November, the prisoner had gone out to work at six o'clock, and had directed her to do sorn.s portion of needlework, and when she returned home at eleven o'clock she found the work was not done, and the deceased accounted for it by say ing that she had fallen asleep. Upon this, it appeared, that the prisoner tied a rope round her neck, and then attached it to the top of the bedstead, tying the end in such a position as that the deceased could not reach it, and sh.- left her in that state until nearly eleven o'clock at night, when upon her entering the room, she found the unf ir unate child quite dead, evidently from strangu lation. The prisoner gave an alarm, and evinced the utmost regret for what had happened, and when the landlord went into the room, she at once admitted that it was by her act that her daughter's death had been oc casioned, and gave an explanation of the reasons which had induced her to punish her in such a manner, stating that she had gone to sleep instead of doing her work, and she tie 1 her up to the bed-post to prevent her from going to sleep again, and placed her work on a chair by her. It appeared that the prisoner's general conduct towards the deceased was characterised by kindness and humanity, and it appeared pretty apparent from the evidence that the prisoner, in acting as she did, was not actuated by any criminal intention, but she merely de sir,d to punish her daughter for her idle conduct. Mr. SNOW, in addressing the jury for the prisoner, after le marking upon the painful and melancholy nature ~ f , the case, said he should submit that the prisoner had not used, in the first instance, any more coercion towards the deceased than the law justified a parent in making use of to a child; and although a fatal result had ensued, he was of opinion the jury would hardly feel themselves called upon to find the prisoner guilt) of manslaughter, under such circumstances as appeared in this case. Mr. Baron ROLFE summed up, and in the course of his observations to the jury he said that undoubtedly the law gave a parent the right to inflict proper and rea sonable punishment upon a child, but he trusted the age was gone by when parents were to be allowed to have recourse to what seemed to him a most barbarous mode of punishment. With regard to the cause of death, upon which some observations had been made in the course of the case, it was his duty to inform them that whether the de.e h were occasioned by apoplexy brought on by strangling, or by actual suffocation, made no difference, as each result was clearly attributable to the act of the prisoner. The jury found the prisoner Guilty, but recommended her to mercy on account of her character. The Learned JUDGE, in passing sentencs, told the pri soner that she might have adopted many other means to correct her child, rather than resorting to the horrible expedient that had led to such a fatal result, and which he considered evinced a total absence of proper feeling on her part. He would, however, give effect to the re commendation of the jury, who probably thought it was more an act of ignorance than wilful cruelty, and under all the circumstances the sentence upon her would be im prisonment and hard lab mr for one year. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. BO W-STREET. Yesterday W. Makepiece, a letter carrier, employed at the Cl ap h am district, was placed at the bar before ?Ir. Henry, charged with stealing three letters contain ing sums of money, the property of the Postmaster- General. last lids addressed, " Mr. nonnlitie, liallyadord, Mayo, Ireland," in which were enclosed a hall -sovereign and two shillings marked, which he also handed to the officer, after putting a post-office stamp upon each. The letters should have reached the General Post-office, in the Clapham bag, if his directions had been properly carried out ; but when it arrived they could not be found, upon which he proceeded with the officer and Mr. Cole, inspector of letter carriers, and saw the pri soner, about seven o'clock, and having asked him if he had assisted in making up the bag at five o'clock, he replied that he had not; but. Baldwin, the change-taker, said, in his presence, that he had ; upon which wit ness demanded to see what money he had about him, and when the officer searched him there were twelve sovereigns found, among which were the several marked coins produced, a portion of which were discovered at No. 1, Ebenezer-row, Manor -street, Clapham, where he lodged. Peake, the officer, proved that he found a great quan tity of papers and letters at the prisoner's lodgings, among which were bank recaipts in the Three per Cent. Consols for the sum of 4751., all of which were in the prisoner's name, his salary during the eight years he was in the establishment being 16s. a week. He also found the envelopes belonging to the letters in question, and a letter addressed to a servant in Cambridgeshire, sup posed to contain one guinea. The prisoner declined saying anything in his defence, and upon the application of Mr. Peacock, he was or dered to be reprimanded. THE INDEFATIGABLE JOSEPH ADY AGAIN! Mr. HENRY said he would avail himself of the opportunity to mention a circumstance which had caused him no small degree of perplexity. He had lately received letters from different persons in various quarters representing that Jo.eph Ady had again commenced his annoyances by informing them that he was in a pos don to commu nicate to them something to their advantage upon the receipt of a certain remittance, which surprised him very much, being under the impression that Ady had still been confined in Tothill fields Prison. Mr. Peacock replied, that Ady had been convicted more than once at this court, at the suit of the Post 'nester •General, and sent to prison fur his extortionate practices, until lately, when he memorialis, d the Lords of the Treasury or the Secretary of State, expressing his contrition, and stating that confinement was making serious inroads upon his health. The document was backed by the visiting justices, and the circumstance being submitted to the consideration of the Postmaster- General, he was upon the faith of such representations allowed his liberty. The very next d•ty he had the effrontery to send him (Mr. Peacock) a letter, for which he had to pay 2d. postage, offering to put him in posses sion of something to his advantage, if he would only remit him by the earliest convenience the sum of 1/. Is., and there having lately missed through the Pest-office several suith letters to different individuals making the same flattering offers, the Postmaster• General finds it necessary to again institute proceedings against him and compel him to abandon for the remainder of his days such nefarious practices. CHARITY.-A gentleman handed to the magistrate the sum of 201. from the Goldsmiths' Company, being dou ble the amount of their annual donation. MARYLEBONE. EXTENSIVE ROBBERY OF PLATE, JEWELLERY, Sm.-- Yesterday Nuthania Hobbs was placed at the bar before :qr. Broughton, on a charge of having been concerned in stealing property to the amount of more than 501. in plate and jewellery, from the private residence of Mr. J. Rockley, 3, Grove-end-place, St. John's Wood. The evidence was gone into at great length, and it appeared that the prosecutor, who is the proprietor of the well-known New Hummums Hotel, Covent-garden, quitted his house above alluded to every morning with his wife, leaving the care of the premises to Mary Anne Millett, the housekeeper, and her niece, Hester Stride, the cook. On Wednesday, the 13th inst., Millett, who h. d been upon terms of intimacy with the prisoner, re ceived from him a letter, requesting that she would go out with him that afternoon, and at three o'clock she and her niece quitted home with the prisoner in a cab; the vehicle was pulled up at the Nightingale pub public-house, Lisson-grove, where the prisoner alighted, and in the course of a few moments he again took his seat. They went on to the Co!oilman, where they re mained for some time, and on their (the females') return it was discovered that the house had been broken open, and a quantity of valuable plate and jewellery abstracted from drawers, &c., in different apartments. Information of the robbery was, without loss of time, communicated to Mr. Rockley, and the prisoner was ultimately cap tured by police-constables Tomlin, an officer of the S division, No. 250. None of the stolen articles have yet been met with. Tomlin expressed an opinion that if a little more time were allowed him in the investigation of the affair he should, in all probability, be enabled to get no other im portant and more conclusive evidence, not only as to the prisoner's guilty knowledge, but also that of other par ties, whose names it was not in the present stage of the proceedings prudent to disclose. The prisoner, who asserted his innocence, was re manded till next Wednesday; but was told that he was at liberty to put in bail for his re-appearance on that day, himself in 501. and two sureties to 301. each. Not being prepared with the required sureties he was locked up by the gaoler. NAVAL INT i..J.LIGENCE. Mr. Peacock, solicitor to the Post-office, conducted the prosecution ; and Mr. Stringer, a solicitor, appeared for the prisoner. Mr. Walter . Sculthorpe, a president in the London district, stated that in consequence of numerous com plaints b-ing made to the authorities respecting missing letters, containing property, from the Clapham district, he caused the three letters produced to be written, one of which was addressed, " Becca Garnam, widow, care of Mr. Woolley, power-loom manufacturer, Dundee," enclosing in it a sovereign and two fourpenny pieces, which he had grievously marked. He sealed the letter, and handed it to Peake, the officer, between twelve and ono o'clock. The second was addressed, " Mrs. Leigh ton, High-street, Spalding, Lincol ns hi re, " i n w hi c h h e enclosed a half-sovereign an d a shilling, also marked ; and having sealed it, delivered it to the Ober. The PORTSMOUTH, WEDNESDAT.—AR investigation took place this morning at the Admiralty-house, before Admiral the Hon. Sir Bladen Capel, the Commander-in-Chief, into the circumstances of the Sharpshooter, iron steam-schooner, getting ashore off Worthing on Thursday last, the pilot having refused to keep the certificate given him on board, in conse quence of its setting forth that he ran the ship ashore. The commander, master (second), pilot, gunner, the man at .the wheel at _the time, and the quartermaster, were each examined to-day, in the Secretary's-office, by the Commander-in- Chief; and it appeared that the pilot (Joseph Bur nett) took charge of the vessel at Spithead on Wed nesday last, for Brighton. At ten o'clock that night the commander ordered the vessel to be hove to until towards daylight next morning, to get into Bri g ht on . A abelow to as k th e comman d er f or ethe wtcJihq on Thursday, th e pil o t sen t t h e officer twor of o'clock permission to make sail, which was granted; and sail wasmade, with but little wind at S S.E., and the ebb making strong. The watch was called at four A.M., the vessel then getting well in towards the west part of Shoreham. The master, as well as the pilot, was on deck at the time. At a quarter past four the pilot asked the master to " stay ship," as she was getting well in, being rather awkward to handle without steam. The master said, " It's time enough yet, pilot, till five o'clock, as I want to get my decks cleaned." The pilot then gave up charge. Just before five the pilot again went to the master, and said, " Sir, you had better tack ship, as you are getting well in." The master said that he had done so, and would take charge of the ship; and told the pilot that he had better go below; but this the pilot did not do, but kept on deck. When the vessel got near the ground the master then wanted the pilot which he did, and gave again, which which was don e , when, minutes aft e r, s h e s t ruc k on ordersin about a t b o o tuo taketg tge t tw e charge cnatnyva% s gain one of the outer banks to the eastward of Worthing, and " sewed" a foot, but at about half-past nine o'clock she came off with a hawser and kedge, and proceeded to the Downs. The pilot then had the en tire charge again, by the commander's orders, and she brought up safely in the Downs on Friday, at 11 o'clock. The pilot remained in charge until Sunday afternoon, when a young gentleman was sent to tell him the master wanted him, and he went on deck, where a certificate was given him to go ashore at Deal on hi; way homewards, with the commander in his gig. The pilot stated the master had mistaken the lights of Worthing for those of Brighton; the result was the vessel went ashore, the pilot, as he states, having previously given up the responsibility. No leads were hove at any time during the passage. The pilot is a Trinity pilot, and navigated a French screw-yacht from this port for Treport some few years since with the French Royal family on board, and has some of the best testimonials and certificates of ability that could be granted a man of his pur suits. The Sharpshooter will be docked to-morrow. Two more cases of cholera have occurred since Monday night in the Hashemy convict ship, which has been this afternoon removed from Spithead to the quarantine-ground at the Motherhank, where she now remains with the yellow flag flying. Two me dical men have been sent from London to-day to render additional aid. Messrs. Garrett and Gibbon, the agents to Lloyd's at this port, are indefatigable in their exertions to render aid and to afford as much relief as possible, but their kindness is frustrated in a great measure by the mystery and closeness pre served by the officials. As near as could be ascer tained up to this time (5 Pau.), about thirty cases of sickness are on board, several with cholera, others with diarrhoea and bowel complaints. in the three fatal cases, death ensued a few hours after attack. Although the bodies , have been dead some time, one as long as since Monday night, the three remain on board uninterred. The Myrtle steam-vessel, Mr. Balliston, Acting- Master, Commanding, conveyed Captain H. D. Chads, C. 8., to Cowes this evening, that officer being in vited to dine with her Majesty and the Prince Con sort at Osborne. The Court will leave Osborne to-morrow morning at ten o'clock for Windsor. ind, E.N.E., strong breezes, and dark cloudy weather. Hamburgh advices of the 15th state that the cop per trade had become active, owing to a contract, for the use of the French Government, of 70,500 kits. of Russian copper, or copper from tha Ilimbu!go Copper Works. The prices of both had advance Ito the same Point. The latter is quoted at 62 dollars banco per 1001bs. Business has been extremely brisk in coffee. Ordinary Brazil, in which the greater portion of the de.lings consisted, have improved fully batzen. The sales of rice, except 13 , 000 bags Java, at unknown prices, had been limited to small quanties for home consumption. The cotton market was firm, with an ac tive demand. The wool market was also firm. Meck lenburg fl sees have gone at 13k to 14k bco., and fine at 15f to 17f bco.; Silesian, at 18f to 32f bco. Several parcels of short lambs-wool have been purchased at llf to 12. The corn market had become more active, owing to the favourable news from England. The businese doing in exchanges was trifling. Bills of both long and short date, on London, were in demand, at 13 9 and 13 10i. Gold, 4361. Money was abundant. THE SUN, LONDON, TtItTESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 21, 1848, THE ASSASSINATIONS AT STAN FIELD-1i ILL. WYMONDHAM, DEC. 20. —The protract.d inquiry he • fore the coroner's jury was resumed by Mr. Press, yes terday, at the King's Head, iu this town. At a former meeting o , the jury it was suggested that the coroner should on this occasion proceed with the jury to Stanfield hail for the purpose of taking the de positions of Mrs. Jenny and her domestic (Eliza Chestney), but it being an , munced that they had not sufficiently recovered fir such an ordeal—although we are happy to announce that they are progressing to the satisfaction of the family's medical attendants—it was de termined not to risk any change that na:gh p , ;ssibly arise oy their examination. The proposition was therefore abandoned. The CORONER stated that he had received several communications, suggesting means of discovering the fire arms which were employed in the perpetration of the murders, and among them one recommending the net of clairvoyance. He, however, observed, that he had no faith in that art. Hows, the police-officer in the Norfolk constabulary, I produced seven letters which he found in a desk at the threliing at Potash-farm, occupied by Mr. Rush, written to J. Rush, jun., by the accused, James BLitt:al.:ld Rush, and dated 'row different parts of London. Their con tents were scarely of any importance in throwing any new light on the mystery attached to the case, but they confirm the ill-feeling towards the deceased, Mr. Leine Jenny, by Rush. In one of the epistles, referring to the proceedings which Mr. Jermy had taken against him, he writes, " I have at last got Jermy in a fix; he is a rogue and a villain." Again, he says, "I am getting ready for Mr. Jermy." Mr. John Witherford, superintendent of the Norfolk constabulary, was next examined, and' deposed to the same facts as on the examination of the accused at Nor wich Castle, respecting the discovery of a tin box end some papers under the flooring of a closet in the dining room of Potash-tarna on the 2d instant Mr. J. S. Cann, solicitor at Wymondham, and clerk to the magistrates, was sworn, and went into a lengthened detail of his search of Potash-farm on the 2d instant, and the finding and nature of the forged documents—all of which was given at some length in oar notice of the exa mination of Rush at Norwich Castle on Friday. The forged documents were produced, and the writing which Emily Sandford has admitted to have executed, excited considerable interest by its masterly style of en grossing. They were drawn up quire in legal phraseo logy, there is no (fouls!, by Rush. Mr. Cann added that five small keys were found in the tin box. He did not know whether they opened any of the cupboards of Stanfield-hall. The CORONER said this was a very important fact to learn, for, supposing Rush to have been the murderer, a motive would present itself that he went there with the keys, with a view of placing the duplicate copies of the agreement in some part of the Hail, and in the event of being hereafter suspected, he would turn round and inquire why they accused him—he was on good terms with Mr. Jermy. He had got the agreements signed by Mr. Jenny, and copies would be found in his possession at the Hall. Mr. William Glasspool, a juror, residing at Wyrnonti . . _ ham, said a b out t , -.11 . years ago he was cle•rk to James Blomfielid Rush, and was well aequainted with his hand writing. The letters produced by flows were in his writing. The, CORONER then proposed to proceed to the Bride- well with the jury to take the testimony of Emily Sam' ford. lie said he was precluded from taking reporter, with him into the prison, but should be happy, on return, to detail such facts of her evidence as might be important. The Coroner and jury accordingly proceeded to the Bridewell, and being seated in the board-room, Miss Emily Sandford was introduced by Mrs. Bryan, in whose custody she still remained. The Coroner explaine.l to her the occasion of their second visit, and then went through a lengthened examination, which lasted nearly three hours. The Coroner and jury having returned to the inquest- room, the Foreman suggested to the Coroner the pro. priety of reading the additional statement of Emily sand. ford, which was done. Her evidence in respect to the forged documents was exactly the same as she gave at the Castle, and which has already been pub lished. 'rho following very important facts were, however, elicited from her, which have not as yet been disclosed to the public.—He (the accused) went out five or six nights previous to the murder, to look atter poachers. I never saw him go out. He told me always to keep in an adjoining room. On the Monday evening, the night before the murder, he was out about two hours. When he returned he went straight to his room. I cl,cl not see him come in; be told me to keep to my room. On Tuesday, 2iith ult. (the night of the assassination), I went to bed about half-past 9 o'clock. In the middle of the night, or early on the following morning, I was awoke by a rappingat my door. I heard another rap, and I aske " Who is there?" Rush answered, " Open your door, I wish to bid you good night." I got out of bed and un fastened the door. I returned to my bed, and Rush then came in; he was undressed. He leant against the bed, and I saw that he was trembling considerably. He said, "If you hear any inquiries in the morning, you must mind and say that I was only out 10 minutes." Noticing that he continued trembling, I said, "For God's sake what is the matter? what have you done?" He said, "You must recollect and be firm, and say I was out only 10 minutes." I again asked him, " What is the matter?" He said, "Nothing; but you may hear of something in the morning." When he went out on the previous even ing I saw there was no fire in the room. After he had returned I saw one had been kindled. There beinc , no other witnesses to examine, The (IoaoNEN proceeded to notice briefly the main points of the evidence, and explain the law as it referred to the case. The jury retired for about a quarter of an hour. On their return to the inquest-room, the foreman (Mr. Pos tle) announced the unanimous verdict of the jury to be— " That the deceased, Mr. Isaac Jermy and Mr. Isaac Jermy Jermy, were wilfully murdered by James Blom field Rush." The necessary documents were then signed by the jurymen for the prisoner'. trial at the next a.szt..s at Norwich on the charge of murder. It appears that notwithstanding the strictest search no trace has yet been discovered of the firearms with which the murders were committed. The condition of Mrs. Jermy and her mead, El za Chesfney, is, we are happy to state, satisfactory. Mrs. J , •rmy is fast recivering, and Eliz i Chestney may b. said to be going on in the' same favourable way. Just previous to the dispa^ch of our parcel we re ceived private information of more di..closures of a m est important character having been c , emmun , cate.d to the authorities, which we understand will lead t') another examination of the accused. THE LATE HURRICANE. GREENOCK, DEC. 15.—The weather has been very coarse to-day in this quarter. In the morning it was rather cairn, the wind lacing from S.S.E. As the day advanced, it began to rain heavily, the wind going gra dually round to S.W. Between three and four P.M. it began to blow very hard ; and at five P.M. the wind ha.i freshened into a tremendous gale. The tide, at fou' P.M., was higher than it has been for several years, the water flowing over the quays, and at one or two places rendering them quite impassable on foot. Several steamers are lying at the quay, and it is unlikely they will venture out to sea until the storm is somewhat abated. Amongst them is the Vanguard, Dublin steamer. The gusts of wind are becoming stronger, and there is every probability of our having a terrible night, so that considerable anxiety will be felt for Intel ligence from sea. DEc. 16.—Last night we had the severest storm that has been telt in this district fur the last half-dozen years; the gusts of wind being s•irnetinies so violent as t., render it almost impossible to keep one's feet. Slates and chimney-cans were flying in all directions, sc, that it was extremely dangerous to walk the streets. At the steam•boat quay a number of steamers had to re main all the evening, and, owing to th e l im i te d room for berthage, great contusion prevailed. Th e screw - steamer Fire Queen, which left this for Ayr in the forenoon, had gut down as far as Ardrossan. when she was obliged to put back, and arrived at four o'clock. Several vessels lying at the Tail of the Bank were blown over to within a very short distance of the opposite shore. In Gourock the gable of a newly-built house was blown down, but we understand no person was hurt. In Gourock Bay, where a number of vessels outward-bound were lying at anchor, a stasck was driven ashore, and several of the vessels were driven from their na.iorings, the American barque Elijah Swift being carried nearly over to Itoseneath. Amongst the vessels there waiting a fair wind are the Acme, 'Jamaica. Quintin L-itch, A'exander Jot.* ton, Halyards, /ice. We have Lsen in formed that Dunoon Quay was completely demolished uy the force of the storm. 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London, The Amsterdam Bourse report, of the 17th in stant, mentions a considerable improvement o Ipive rater, place in the IstAtiousl Secnritn-s, Owing to V 43 receipt of the rise on the Paris Bourse. BeigiAn Stock were like wise higher, and Spanish firm. INDIA. ,e.--- IS'e hate been favoured with the fol!owing letter from an officer attached to Major Edwardes's bri gade Camp Srnraj Roond, Mou!ten, Oct. 2g, 1848. Having seen many erroneous accounts relating to the proceedings of Lieutenant Ed wardes's army, I am induced to think a few facts will not he unaccept able to the public. Toe circumstances connected with the military operations of this force, and the causes ahereby it was brought together, would furnish matter for many lengthy letters. But it is not my purpose to enter into detail. I desire only to give a succinct account of some of the leading occur rences. It will be remembered that in the month of April last two British officers were barbarously murdered at Moulton, and that immediately after Dewan Moot raj took up arms against the Government. It was proposed to send troops against the rebel at once, but the authorities did not think it safe in consequence of the heat. Moolraj had therefore some months given him to raise an army, to s - rengthen himself % i•hin the fort, and to put himself in a condition to cope with the British. He did not neglect 80 . favourable an oppor tunity, neither did he forget to assure his followers that the British were not in a condition to advance upon Moultan. He hastened to collect military stores, and to draw together troops by raising the country in every direction, arid in this he was but too successful, for in a few weeks he had a large and well-appointed army at his command. There can be no question, had not Moolraj met with defeat at this time, that the whole of the Pun jaub would have been in a blaze, and all the richest districts of Moultan would have fallen into the hands of the enemy. But happily Edwardes was in the country, on the right bank of the Indus, opposite Leiah, with two guns, 300 horse, four companies of foot, and one disaffected Seikh regiment. Ed wardes crossed to Leiah, and commenced collecting the re venue; whereupon Moolraj sent 10,000 men and ten guns to attack him. Edwardes was necessarily obliged to retreat, and take up his old ground 'on the right batik of the Indus, securing all the boats ; at the same time he wrote to General Cortlandt (Nizam of the district in Bunnoo), to come to his assistance, which he did in six days, with six guns, one regiment of foot, and a hundred horse. At Derafatty Khan, Edwardes added in ten days two thousand men to his force, and Cortlandt moved towards Sungur, with six guns, two regiments of foot, and a few horse, Edwardes remaining to prevent the enemy from crossing the river at Leiah, or Lyah. On the day Cortlandt marched down the right bank of the Indus, towaids Sungur, the enemy made a corresponding movement on the left bank, and encamped opposite to Cortland, at Soottara Kor. Next day, Edwardes dropped doss n the river in mats, and joined General Cortlandt. 1.11 this way Edwardes and Cortlandt reached Dera Ghazee Khan, where a small friendly force was quartered, the enemy, as a-fore, encamping on tie- opposite bank. On the march to Dere Ghazee Khan, Ed wardes raised four thousand men, his whole force amounting to seven 1 - housand. Three thousand Bahawulpoor troops now crossed the Ghenad, at ()loch, to draw off the enemy, so as to allow Edwardes to cross the Indus, and the main force (Bahawulpoor) crossed the Sutlej towards Moultan. Fearing for the safety of Moultan, the enemy fell hack and took up his ground on the left bank of the Chenab, distant from the city about eighteen miles, and between it and the Bahawulpoor troops. Ed wardes was thus enabled to cross the Indus, and on the night of the 17th of June with great difficulty he passed 3,000 men over the Chenab. Early in the morning of the 18th Edwardes has ened to cross the Chenab himself, but, before he had reached the opposite bank, the enemy commenced the battle of Canary, by attacking the Bahawulpoor army. Edwardes soon joined his men, and took up his ground on the left of the line. At seven A za., the whole of the Bahawulpoor and the enemy's guns were engaged, and a well-directed fire was kept up for six hours, when the enemy ad vanced, pouring in grape and musketry which compelled the Bahawulpoor forces to tall back, and withdraw their guns. Edwardes's small force was consequently (3,000 men) left to maintain its ground between the two armies, and the enemy immediately brought all his guns and infantry against it. Ed wardes had the greatest difficulty in keeping his men from advancing, but by riding up and down the line, and constantly assuring the native officers that the guns were being brought up, and by ordering the men to lie down, he succeeded in holding his position until nearly three P.M., when, finding that all must be lost in a quarter of an hour if something were not done, he collected the few horse he had (about one hundred), and made a headlong charge into the enemy. For a few minutes they were checked or rather surprised; and the remaining horse had scarcely returned to their ranks, when one of General Cortlandt's regiments, with six suns, came up. No time, as may be supposed, was lost in bringing them to bear; no gun discharged, that did not make dreadful havoc amongst the enemy— Edwardes himself pointing some of the guns, and riding everywhere to encourage the men. It was soon apparent that the enemy's fire began to dimi nish ; and Edwardes, thinking this a favourable moment, ordered the whole of his men to charge ; and then began one of the fiercest hand-to-hand fights, short-lived it is tr ue , f or th e enemy were soon completely routed and driven off the field, leaving eight guns and the whole of their baggage in the hands of the victors. For want of cavalry the pur suit could not be carried far, but the enemy did not attempt to make head again, but retreated upon Moultan with all the haste he could make, whither Edwardes and Cortlandt followed him. On the 29th of June the allies encamped near Souraj Round (about three miles from Moultan), to the west, of a large deep canal. The enemy had taken up his ground within two miles or the city, and to the east of the same canal, defending the bridges (two) with his remaining guns. Early on the morning of the 3d July, Edwardes moved towards Tibbee (on the north- west of the fort), and Moolraj marched in the same direction to prevent Edwardes attacking the city. The allies were, therefore, about to encamp at Tib bee, when the enemy crossed the canal and offered them battle. Lieutenant Lake, commanding the Bahawulpoor troops, and forming the left of the army, immediately marched to secure some high ground in his front, General Cortlandt, forming the centre, marched on the enemy's flaok, and Edwardes moved to the left, threatening the enemy's rear. The battle of Sedosam commenced by Lake opening his guns at grape distance, the enemy returning his fire with great spirit, which was kept up for some time. When Cortlandt and Edwardes got into psition, the battle became general, and lasted for six hours. Ile enemy fought with desperation, and although compelled to retreat early in the day, they took ad vantage of every favourable position, and did not relit'. qui‘h it without a struggle. About four P.M., orders being given for the whole line to advance, and a shower of grape being thrown in, the enemy were routed in every direction, and driven into Moulton, leaving two guns, and numbers of killed and wounded on the field. FOREIGN FUNDS. BELGIAN FUNDS.—Banims, Dee. 18. Actual Debt, 2% per Cent ... Rothschild's Loan, Five per Cent • . Loan of Thirty Millions, Four per Cent— .. -- Ditto Three per Cent.. • Ditto Thirty-seven Millions, ditto ...... Ditto,ditto,lB4o ••• • •• • • ••• • • • ••• 84% Ditto,dltto,lB42 ••••• • • • • . 84% Ditto, 1844............... • . ... 76 Ditto, 1836.. .................. • 70 Ditto, 1838 ..................... 54% Ditto of the City, 1832 .• • ••• • • - 93 % Ditto, 1843 81 Bank of Belgium.... 65 Issue of 1841 • • • 97% Exchange on London, 25.50. HAAIBURGII FUNDS, DEC. 16. Bills. Money, Hanoverian New Loan, 5 per Cent. .. • • 103 IA 103 Bank Shares ••••••••••••• • • • •• • • • • • • Anglo-Russian Loan ...............98 Ditto, Ilamb. Certtficate,7s per Cent .. Ditto Ist series Inscription. •••••• • • • • • Ditto, 3d and 4th series .............. Ditto, in Certificate, 5 per Cent. • • .• Niew 5 per Cent., Hope and Co. ••• • .. Ditto Stieglitz .. ••••• • • • • ••••• • • •• 80 Spanish New 5 per Cent • • • • • • • • • • • • •• Ditto 3 per Cent .•••••••• • • • • • • • • • 17% Anglo-Swaish Loan .. •• .• ...• ••• • .. 96 Ditto, 1846.. •• .. •• .. •• • • •• „ Anglo-Portuguese Loan, 2% per Cent.. Dutch Actual Debt, 2% per Cent ..... Ditto 3 per Cent. • • • • •• .......... Norwegian 1 oan, 1848 ......... 95 95 Anglo-Danish Loan, 3 per Cent ...... 66 National Bank Shares RAILWAYS. Hamb. Bergd. •• • • ••••••••• • • • •• •• 68 Ditto, Priority Shares ... ........ 97% 97 Berlin and Hamburg 643 Ditto, Priority share.' 92 Cologne and %linden . • ..... 79% 7934 Ditto, Priority Shares •• •• ••• • • . 92 35 Altona and Kiel ..... ••• • • - .... • ... BS% 88 1 A Gluckstadt ..... ......... •• Rendsburg ............ Hanseatic Steam Company AUSTRIAN FUNDS.—VIENNA, DEC. 13. 5 per Cents. 78 38 t per Cent..... 3 net , 234 per Cent 1 per Cent.. 1834 •• •• •• Ditto, L 439.• •• Bank shares..... I , l,itQrliazv's Loan 4l • 111 • 82j .. 1,092 CLOSE OF T}l GROUSE SHOOTtNG.—:';,ttUrday, the 9th currant, en?« , ,t tnp ~„h0,,, f ,7 tot gron,e. hi wk :inii 11,4 /kyr an ro, were wore ph-ni.fal : ut in t;ron-• rpanr;er b-IT,e , , , mt was helqw the av,rage of sta-in , . It 1 , -; but doe to th - KeAl. men who rentA tn.' mo-rs b g ) , : a ty t have &inf. all :ho . y eu'd. sp,ring lie hi, ds. pro vide b.-tt -r :To! t next s .as 13,1 is the tit tftehm , nt of sp-rtsmen to the llghlands that, a;thottuh sp•wt Wai th..ug linger, d gerwrany till a late period, and spent the tune agreeably pa) • d an receiving virile,—Ross-shirt Advert:4er. 1H P; C , UNT! , IY MARKETS. LEEDS CATTLE AND SHEEP =' , -IARKET, DEC. 20 Then, wa. a very good show of stock to r!ay, both M cattl, and sheep. litqtsts in high comti;.ion wire readily bought up at rather improved tate.; and for sheep there w4s a fair demand at prices fully equal to those that have been ntcently DAT.NErtu MEAL MARKET, DEC. IL—There were 196 bags of oattne,l, 4S of barlsymeal, anti 2 of rot barhy; sliks ready for oatmeal; barloymeal met a dull demand. 6,1 to is per bag :town; barliym.:al 9d Per beg up or t ,, e top, but the second quality is 3d per bag down; there wa3 no pe.asemeal or flour in mai ket. Oatmeal, per sack, of 280 lbs. First Second Third imperial .. ... '2Bs Od 27s Od 25s Od Barleymeal, per ditto 23s Od 2s 01 21s 6d Peoemeal ..• —s Od —s 0,1 Od Flour Pot bare y -s 01 I —8 Od ... I 26s Od —s Od I --s Od BELFAST, DEC. 15.—Notwithstanding the severity of the night and morning, our market is largely supplied with grain and oatmeal. Wheat and barley are a sow sale at about former prices, whilst oats and oatmeal are eiffi c ult to girt at a reduction of 3d to .4d per civt• I dtsn corn 2s 6d to 5s liwer. Monday, Dec. 18.-- - Grain— The. Tiiintity forward since Friday has been small, and at this morning's market the decline on oats (3d to 4il) noted on Friday, was fully recovered, and in wi,eat and barley last week's prices .sere well main' tained. Oatmeal, on the contrary, was dull at the de cline of Friday (3d to 4d). Wheat, 8s 6d to 105 Od; barley, 5s 6 1 to 7iii; oats, 5s 3 , 1 to 6s 3d; and oatmeal,9s 81 to 105 4d per cwt. Indian corn a slow sale at 71 1 55 to 81 per ton. Pork sells freely at former prices- 375 to 48s per 1201 b. COAL MARKET. —YESTEIMAY. Buddle's W. Hartley.. 14s 6d Belmont l7s 9d Carr's Hartley Davison'sWest Hartley 15s Od East Hetton Dean's Primrose East Adairs Main..... 13s 6d Hetton flasting's Hartley lls 6d Haswell lBe 9d New 'Canfield l4s 3d Jonas - sohns ....... ..... 15s 9d Urd's Redheugh Smith's Pontop ........ 13s 3d Russell's Hetton South Pontop .. ...... 133 3d Stewart's ' anfield Moor .... lss 6d Whitwell Fanfield Moor Butes... 14s 3d Haugh Hall lowniey l4s Od Hudson's Hartlepool 175 311 _ pool ‘Vylam ........ ...... ... 14s odKelloe l7s 6d est Hartley W all's End, &c. (Adelaide Tees Brown's Gas Clarke Clennell Elm Park Gosforth .... ... ...... 16s 6d Cowpen Hartley Hedworth .... Hotspur ... • l6s 3cllliartley Killingworth I 6s 3d Howard's W. li. Neth. 14s 6d South Killingworth Washington Eden Main • ii s 6,1 Sidne.'s Hartley Lambton Primrose ... 17s 3d l Ships at market, 160. RAILWAY SfiAtite, YIAtthETS BRISTOL, DEC. 20. :srocx EXCHANGE. .—The share market is slightly on the decline. Great Western, Quarters, were done at 44 dis. LI V Eta ot/L. DEC. 20. KxcHANG tt. - The sales ore—Caledonian, Prefer. t•nce, c. p.--Eastern Counties, 12—East Lancashire, 6 1 4 Preference, PA—Great Northern (B Shares), 24 Lancashire and Yorkshire (late ,Nlanchester and Birminp ham 1, Fifths, dis. - London and North- W e st er n. 1204 - Ditto, Fifths, 4A, p.—Ditto, New Quarters, 1% p.- - Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, Eighths, 61. 1144 3d. dis. - Ditto, 101. Preference, 6s. 3d.— Midland Stock, l Ne w Halves, 9 5 4 die.-- Scottish Midland , I. s A—South-Eastern and Dover, 23 3 4—Ditto, No. 4, Thirds, 7 dis. —York, Newcastle, and verwick (Extension), No. Ir Pi dis.—Ditto (G. N. P.. Purchase), 16s. 3d. dis. XANCIIES I th, .DEc. 20 STocx EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Cheshire Junctioth 9 dis.— Kendal and Windermere, 4—Manchester and dir mingham. Quarters (C), 2 p.—North Staffordshire, 5 11-1 6 dis.—Sheffield and Lincoln, 14 1 A dis. —West Riding Union, dis.—Leeds, 32/. Shares, B , A dis.—South-Eastern and Dover, No. 4, 6 15-16—Great Northern, 44—Clitheroer Preference, 18. BIRMINGHAM, DLc. 20. STOCK EXCHANGE. The sales are - North Staffordshir 4 5/. 11s. 3d. dis.—Shrewsbury and Birmingham (A), 6% d ip ' —Ditto (B), 438 dis.—Shropshire Union, al. li. 3d. dis. YORK, DEC. 19. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The business transacted to-dal la g as follows : —Great Northern, 84—North British, thirds, 4 %,—York, Newcastle, AA Berwick (Extension), No.l, 14... Ditto (G. N. E. Purchase) 714 IirLAGOTY, DEC. 19. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Caledonirin, Pre. ference, 8 4—Clydesdale Junction, 57 1 ,x—Eastern Counties, New, 6 per cent. guaranteed, 11 1 4—Edinburgh and Northern, 11 1 ,x Glasgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle, 51. Is.— Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ayr, Halves, No. 1, 51. 3s.—Ditto, Halves, No. 2,5/. ss. Ditto, Preference, 5',4 —Great Northern, 81 . Ds.—North Briti s h, 16 - Di tto, T hirds, 925. 6d.—Scottish Central, 261 A—York, Newcastle, and Berwick (G. N. E. Purchase), 7%. SOUTHAMPTON, DEC. 20 —The Ocean Steam Navi gation Company's ship Washington, Capta in J. Johnson, sailed to day at 3 for New York, with the United States mails from England, France, and Germany, in charge of Ntr. W. W. Hincken. The Washington had 56 passengers, including six Roman Catholic priests (missionaries) and six Si s t ers o f Charity, and about 350 ions of measurement goods on freight, the majority of which are from Havre, on French account. The Penin sular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company's ship Ripon, Captain R. Moresby, LN., also departed this afternoon, with the East India and China mails, in charge of Lieutenant Brady, R.N., Admiralty officer. The Ripon had abotit 200 tons cargo, 2,0001. in specie for Malta, and 118 passengers, amongst whom were Lord Royston, for Malta ; Major-General Sewell, Madras Sir C. W. Oakeley, for Calcutta. THE MURDER AT TEDBURN ST. MART.—EXE• TER, DEc. 20.—Last evening Mr. Frederick Lee, one of the coroners for the county of Devon, resumed an inquiry into the circumstances connected with the death of Grace Holman, a lady, aged 80, who was found dead in her bed on the morning of the 3d instant, and Was supposed to have met with her death by the hands of assassins, who afterwards robbed the house of all the articles which they could conveniently carry away. The particulars of the case have already appeared. Several witnesses were examined, but their testimony failed to throw any light upon the perpetrators of the murder. f tie coroner summed up, and the jury returned a verdict of " Wilful murder" against some person or persons un known. For some time past burglaries, in many cases attended with great violence upon the inmates, have been perpetrated in this neighbourhood nearly every night, fait stran4 , ,e to say, the perpetrators have in every case esca; ed detection. GAS METER FOR THE HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT. —A view was yes erday aff prded to a number of scien tific persons, mai wirers interested in the consumption of gas, at Messrs. Glover's iron foundry, Drury-lane, of the immense meter constructed and cast under the super intentie ce of Mr. Defries, of 67, St. Martin's-lane, the inventor and patentee. This machine, which is to be pLced in the New Palace et Westminster, is an almost stupendous piece of mechanism, hertz upwards of 10 feet in height and 20 feet in circumfeience or girth; It is in form a hexagon, the ch-s , ges are in the G o thic manner, and in t tact keeping with the interior of the new Houses of Parliament, so that it is an ornamental as well as a useful addition to them, and ought to be placed so as to t.e seen by the public. The machine w ighs four tons, and is of capacity to pass 10,000 feet or g a per hour, and of supplying 2,000 lights with, w eit ding to calculation, the loss of only half a tenth •f resmre; at which pressure it will work with the greatest ease. The principle and action of the machine are sery simple, and yet very accurate. There are iwo chambers, tl e lower containing three partitions, called diaphragms; as the gas, in its passage through the valve, acs upon these diaphragms, they move the ma wainery in the upper chamber, and by these means the quantity of gas consumed is registered. The intl. x eon- Ills a of six small dials almost similar to those of watches; on these the consumption can be calculated with a very minute accuracy. The iron has been bronzed, and has a fine surface, the castings being remarkably sharp arid clr an. The name of the patentee and the title of the Chartered has Company and the royal arms are intro than]. This meter far exceeds in dimensions any thing of the sort ever before attempted. CHRISTMAS BOXES.—Several meetings of the tr aster-bakers of the metropolis and other trades have b en recently held, and all unanimously revolved to put an end to the system of paying servants and others what are called " Christmas Boxes." Perhaps the most degrading form in which this tax (for such it is) is demanded is that adopted by the Post-office letter-car riers. It Is a degradation on the part of a great public establishrot at to parmit its servants to go from house to house begging for alms. The fact is, wnen tradespeople pay the servants of their customers in this way, it is not unreasonable to suppose that they get the equivalent in some other manner. On the 16th inst., at Long Sutton, the lady of the Rev. Edward L. Bennett, of a ann. On the 17th inst., at Walthamstow, the wife of ♦lbert Pelly, Esq , of twin sons. On the 17th inst., at Camden-road villas, the wife of T. T. i Beckett, Esq., of Gulden-square, of a daughter. On the 18th inst., at Leggatts, flerts, the lady of Thomas Kenable, Esq., of a daughter. - On the 18th inst., at Clapham-common, Mrs. Frederick Meyer, of a daughter On the 18th inst., at Chesterfield-street, the wife of T. E Preston, Esq., of a son. On the 16th inst., at Streatham-hill, Mrs. J. H. Shears, of a son. if A iKIED. On tl - ..2 :6th inst., at Walton.on-the-Hill, Mary Anne, sec,nd daughter of Mr. .1-h Southgate, of 011 Change and Pebl.;le t on tube, to Mr. W Alcock, of Watli. g,treet. On the 16• h inst., at St. Jam , .s's Church, Bayswater, John Sheehan, Esq., of the Inner Temple, to Ellen, relict of the late Major 11. Shubrick. On the 19th inst., at St. John's Church, Paddington, Sir Wiley Wakeman, Bart., of P er di swell, W reenter, to Mary Stnah, only daughter of the late T Adliogton, El,q. of CLii+ll , 2lll• C. intmot, :•iurrey. • On the ICtli inst., at Palgravr, age 1 84, the 1114 V. J. Cox, D.P., rector of Palgrave, vicar of Dinharn, and f.nmerly master of Gainsborough Scln.ol. Ott the 171, inst., at N , •rth Pielvnham Retr,ry, near Sy:atrium). N.,rfok, :he J natintii y . vicar of S!eenie Ersex aged 74. On the .7th inst., at Bath, Mrs. (jia :ett, , •••idt.'v of the late - IV. Garrett, Esq. Ih the 'Bth inst., at Hackney, Edy, wi•iow of the live I. Esq of tne Bank of England, aged Gd. Ott the I Sth inst., at D • .eauv,,ir-road, We t Hackney. Air. J. Browne, late of Barlii.g &Gib:, near Hochford, Essex. London Printed and Published . `;I. of No. 11 . 2. St-.an I..Princer, The Sun Offica..No. • 12, Stran in the Precinct it L Savoy in tne covnty o f Middlesex, Thursday, December 21,1448. Prince 'rex St the kir providi ther n which cement fortabb first-ch Mr. Pe --Men *111;i; to lovre hat f ree. 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