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LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF EXCHEQUER, Dec. 20. (Sittings at Nisi Print, in London, before the LORD CHOP BARON and Special Juries.) GUMMY V. LO&D INGSBTRE. Mr. Unthank and Mr. Brown appeared for the plain tiff; and Mr. Chambers and Mr. Bramwell for the de fendant. This was an motion 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 2L 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 e. Spottiswoode. The plaintiff, however, failed to prove that the defendant was a member of the company prior to the 11th of March, 1846, when the shares in question were allotted, and was conse quently obliged to submit to a nonsuit, in which the case terminated. •ILLARD (HICECUTRIX) v. THE LANCASHIRB AND YORX. SHIRE RAILWAY COMPANY. This action was brought under the provisions of the Deaths by Accident Compensation Act, to recover ;against the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway Company compensation for the loss sustained by the plaintiff, in consequence of the death of her husband in an accident upon the defendants' line, which she alleged to have oc stirred through the negligence of their servants. She tiled as euecutrix of her husband, and the defendants pleaded generally not guilty. Sir Frederick Thesiger, Mr. Cockburn, and Mr. Un thank were counsel for the plaintiff; and Mr. Montagu Ckambers and Mr. Sergeant Wilkins for the defendants. It appeared that the deceased, who, at the tim e the accident ()warred, was only twenty-seven years old, and had not long been married to the plaintiff, held the o _ situation of inspector of instruments in t he ohc _om_t the Manchester and Leeds Electric Telegrap pony. Shortly before the accident he had gone to live at Wakefield, and on the 11th of September in last year he went to Manchester, from which place he was returning when the u nfortunate acc ident oc curred in respect of which the action was brought. 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 Me. Moon insensible. Under these circumstances the present action was brought, the circumstances of negligence charged against the defentinnts 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 shi, Id 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 compa-y 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 stole: rs, had stopped the train. The LORD Carey B.&now, 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 feelingl, 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 damage:, 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 The LORD CHIEF BARON adjourned the court at half past five o'clock, when the defendant's case had only b3en part heard. INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT, Dec. 20. (Before Mr. Commissioner LAW.) IN RE JOHN BAKER. The insolvent, an officer to thQ sheriffs of Middlesex, applied to ha discharged. Mr. Snnw apneared to oppose, on the part of the Duke of Brunswick, and Mr. Cooke supported the ap plicstion. The case was before the Court on a former occasion, and repor:efl in our columns. Thu insolvent had ap plied to be discharged on sureties, and the Duke of Brunsziok opposed, on the ground that he was indebted to him in the sum of 1021.-403. (Images, and 100/. costs, in an action of slander, on schich opposition the application was r4used. An objection was now taken to the opposition, on the plea that notice had not been given in the proper manner. Mr. Suomi' admitted that notice had not been given, and asked whethar ha was precluded from opposing. He appeared for the Duke of Brunswick, to oppose for the damages in an action of slander. Mr. Coome objectel to his Learned Friend saying a word. According to the practice of the Court, there Gould be no opposition allowed. His HoNova said he had no authority to hear the opposition. De 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 oppoaiiion. 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.—Yerh,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 ALkuLE, 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 effect by moral force. Tn that you have, it was true, failed, and I hope you will continue to fail in such objects, 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 necessary, those who entertain vague notions of bettering their conditions by means they hardly them- selves know what. I hope, however, a better spirit now prevails; but I cannot forget that your drilling was for a very mischievous object, and I must treat your offences severely. I have taken into consideration that you have already been imprisoned some of you a long time, and have regulated your sentences with reference to it. His Lordship then sentenced Hunt to be imprisoned eight calendar months, Angus ten calendar months, Jefferson four calendar months, Lightowler nine calendar months, and Frith eleven calendar months. George Webber, aged 26, stated to be inaperfect . in education, pleaded guilty to an indictment for sedit io n, _ coraleiSed at North Bierley, in the West Riding, on the 15th of July. It appeared from the statement made by Mr. Phipps, that there was a great gathering of the Chartists on that day, and the prisoner, who was said to - be a very eloquent man, which was fully horns out by the parts of his speech read by Mr. Phipps, made a very violent and exciting speech. He assured his hearers of the wonderful events cowing, and he hoped to see an as sembly of 500,000 men with pikes, and promised them that Lancashire and Yorkshire should be a republic. As he had been four months in prison, his LORDSHIP sentenced him to be further imprisoned four calendar months. LIVERPOOL WINTER ASSIZES. At the sitting of the Court yesterday morniag, Ja seph Darker, who was found guilty of sedition and bla s . phemy, was brought up, and : after some very forciful 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 exampl e , t o i m p ress u p on a ll t h ose w h o, b y listen ing to you, may have a tendency 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 ti me y ou fi n d secur i t y in two sureties in 201, and yourself in 100/, for your good behaviour for a further space of two years ; and that you be imprisoned until you find each, securities. After the above sentence had been pronounc-d the trial of the Manchester Chartists was proceeded w ith, an d a b out ono o ' clock the jury came into court, finding the pri soners G rocoat, Han kin, D onovan , Leech, Nixon, and C ropper Guilty of conspiracy at Manchester; and the prisoners West and White Guilty of attending unlawful meet i ngs. His Lordship shortly after address in g , the prisoners sentenced Grocoat, Rankin, Donovan, NN est, White, and Cropper and at the expi ra ti on of to twelve months' imprisonment, that time to enter into recognizancTs for two years, themselves in 1001 . each, and two sure ti-s in 251. each; Leech to nine months, with similar recognizinces; Chadwick and APDonough, who had pleaded guilty, to six months' imprisonment, and to ent:er into recogni aaaces for two years in the sum of 5001 ; and Ni xon to four, months' imprisonment and similar recogn i z aaces. The proceedings in one of the courts having. terminated, Baron Alderson and the Attorney-General returned to town. ,-._!-_, , itrn that the young man Hugh C ag n. _ ..thli t ik .. w . s sayeiely injured by the fall of a parapet , . . itilare.:_of iF i riday night, has sinco expired, 40 - la liiitlitdiy, mornlng.--:Glasgow Paper. T : . %.,' .: - - :_t - -. 1 ,_ s. - -'-'-' ' /- - • • . k ' Vi nt, Virt, CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT. OLD COURT. (Before Mr. Baron RoLPx.) Samuel Smith Mickelburgh, a young mgn of respect able appearance, surrendered to take his trial, upon three indictments, for embezzling and secreting money the property of his employer, William Henry Fleming. 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. 2e., 21. Bs., and 11. Ss., 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. CLARICON, 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 3d Oc tober, and very soon afterwards, upon an examination of the accounts, the prosecutor was induced to send for 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 of a solicitor, and come the next day and have a fall investigation. This was on the 27th October, and on that night the brewery took fire and was almost entirely consumed, two of the books, which would have been very material upon the present inquiry, being destroyed in the conflagration. The prisoner was taken into custody on suspicion of having caused the fire, but he 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 escaped 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 he 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 attend el 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 21 83., 21. 25., and 1/. 83., which appeared by the ledger to have been paid, but of 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 nut make out how the sums were posted in the ledger without being in the d book, and there must be some mistake. Witness then asked him whether the cash in the cash-book always agre,d 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 nesi'e 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 reoreing 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 had destroyed this letter. The prisoner left, and witness, locked up the counting-house, and all the books were plsced in the prisoner's presence in the iron sate. 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 book; were kept, were almost entirely destroyed. Some of the books were entirely se msumed, 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 2/. Bs., on account of a customer named Bagshaw, another sum of 2/. 2s. from a customer n ineJd Dullond, and a third item of 1/ 83. 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 pris men Cross-examined-- Prisoner had been in his service eight years, and he had given him notice to quit in March, but lie stayed on until October. A disagree ment t )ok place between them on the 2d of October. Oa that day witness had ben to Croydon, and when he re- turned he found an exciseman, named Lewis, on the pre mises, aid 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 quence of something said by the prisoner, he told him ho had better leave his service, and directed him to come the next morning to settle his accounts ; but he swore positively ho 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 cheque for 261. for salary 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. Combe 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 him 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 expected 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 say 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 witness saw him he gave him in charge to Inspector Campbell, for settinc , fire to the premises, and that charg e was investigated' on the following morning, before the magistrates, and he was discharged, but was immediately accused of embezzle ment, and remanded upon that charge. A portion of the premises of the iprisoner's father-in-law, which abutted upon witness's brewery, was burned by the fire. Wit ness was insured. Some suggestion was made that the origin of the fire should be inquired into by the Coroner, and witness's brother, who acted as his solicitor, was agreeable to this being done, but it was not carried out. 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 called the Fleece. He held the lease of the house. The prie soner had lent 501. to the former landlord, bat 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 12,0001. to 15,0001. 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 buildings, and in the Phoenix for 2,6001. for stock, &c. The claim upon the latter was 3,0001., 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, but he never gave any explanation regarding the items referred to. _ Catherin e H un t, i n t h e serv i ce o f M r. D o ll on d , o f Camberwell, p rove d t h at on the 16th of March, i n t hi s Mgr' she e paid the prisoner two guineas on account of gave m i l l n e g, for beer purchased by her master, and " Mrs. Jane Et a ig r sh eceipt for the amount, which she produced• the prisoner also produced a receipt for 21. Bs. given by amount of 11. 83. to thpeprt°v Another witness d the payment of the third r on the Ist of March. prisoner on the Ist of Jane, and he produced d ß u AL ced i atNhTeirxecEesiniagan w by him on the occasion. ) tli r e case for the pro uto.riluddlestone, Mr. pro secution, but at the request ol eo s put into the of f o him, he Fleming, the brother of the pros what co oc witness-box, and in answer to questions was confirmed the account given by his brotlieurtof curred in the omnting-house on the 27th and he also said , that a suggestion was made on behalf 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. HIIDDLESTONE made a most earnest appeal to the jury on behalf of the prisoner, lie 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 have shown that the defalcation was merely the result of error and mistake, and he submitted to the jury that in transactions 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 indictmentsseparate 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 no idea of treating it as a criminal charge, until he found ha 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 for some time in the box, 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 tho prisoner. Mr. BALLANTINE, 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 nistering 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. The evidence he should lay before them, he said, he be lieved, 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 morning, 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, and that she was to pay ss. per week for it. She afterwards made other statements, which excited sus picion, and information was given to the police, but no thing was heard of the child until the following morning, when the infant was discovered in a dung-hole, in Bel grave-mews East, quite dead, the death evidently having been occasioned by the exposure to the incle mency of the weather during the night. 'rho 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 offence of manslaughter. The law with regard to the subject was perfectly clear. It was undoubtedly the duty of the mother to protect and nourish her child, and if she failed to do so, and it should appear that she placed it in a concealed position, where death was likely to follow, and with the expectation that such would be the result, the offence 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 ho 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 wool f 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 lie 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 asirepresented 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. Mr. CLARKSON, at the close of the case for the prose cution, put it to his Lord'hip whether there was suffi cient evidence to go to the jury to support the charge of mur ler. 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 act 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 destroy the life of her child, but that her object was to provide that support and succour for it, which her own miserable position rendered it impossil)le 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 Pullen, 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 years of age. On the morning of the 24th November, the prisoner had gone out to work at six o'clock, and had directed her to do some 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 she left her in that state until nearly eleven o'clock at night, when upon her entering the room, she found the unfortunate 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 tied 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 sired to punish her daughter for her idle conduct. Mr. Sfs - ow, in addressing the jury for the prisoner, after remarking upon the painful and melancholy nature of the cue, 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 guilty of manslaughter, under such circumstances as appeared in this case. Mr. Baron ROLPE 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 death 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 sentence, 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 labour for one year. last was addressed, " Mr. Donohue, Ballyadora, Mayo, Ireland," in which were enclosed a half .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 be found a great quan tity of papers and letters at the prisoner's lodgings, among which were bank receipts 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 INDEVATIGABLE JOSEPEI Any AGAIN I 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 Joseph Ady had again commenced his annoyances by informing them that he was in a pos tion to commu nicate to them some thing 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 master-General, and sent to prison for his extortionate practices, until lately, when he memorialised 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 day he had the effrontery to send him (Mr. Peacock) a letter, for which he had to pay 2d. postaike, 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 11. Is., and there having lately passed through the Pest-office several such 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 204 from the Goldsmiths' Company, being dou ble the amount of their annual donation. MARYLEBONE. EXTENSIVE RODETRY 01 7 PLATE, JEWELLERY, he...— Yesterday Nathaniel Hobbs was placed at the bar before Mr. 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 heusekt eper, and her niece, Heater Stride, the cook. On Welnesday, the 13th inst., Millett, who h A 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 publ.c-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 Colosseum, where they 0- mained for some time, and on their (the females') return it was discovered that t he 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. Totnlin 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 up 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 prcceedings prudent to disclose. Tho prisoner, who asserted his innocence, was re manded till next Wednesday; but was toll that he was at liberty to put in bail for his re-appearance on that day, himself in 501. and two sureties in 30/. each. Not being prepared with the required sureties he was locked up by the gaoler. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. PORTSMOUTH, IVEDNESDAY.—An investigation took place this morning at the Admiralty-house, before Admiral the Hon. Sir Bladen Capel, :K.C.8., the Commander-in-Chief, into the circumstances of the Sharpshooter, iron steam-schooner, getting ashore off Worthing on Thursday last, the pilot hiving 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, fur Brighton. At ten o'clock that night the commander ordered the vessel to be hove to until towards daylight next morning, to get into Brighton. At two o'clock A.M., on Thursday, the pilot sent the officer of the watch below to ask the comma n d er f or permission to make sail, which was granted ; and sail was made, 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 to take charge again, which he did, and gave orders to get canvass on her, which was d one , when, in about twenty minutes after, she struck on 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 commande r ' s o rd ers , an d she brought up safely in the Dow ns on F r id ay , a t 12 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 his way homewards, with the commander in his gig. The pilot stated the master h a d m i s t a k en 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 singe 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 Motherbank, 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. Garratt 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 (i p.m.), about thirty cases of sickness are on b oar d, severa l w i t h cho l era, ot h ers with diarrhoea aid 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 even i ng , 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. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. BOW-STREET. at the Clapham district, was placed at the b a r b e for e Yesterday W. M a k ep i ece , a l etter •carr i er, emp l oye d Mr. Henry, charged with stealing three letters contain ing sums of money, the property of the Postmaster- General. 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 &strict, stated that in conseqnence of numerous com plaints being made to the authorities respecting missing lutters, containing property, from the Clapham district, he caused the three h vers produced to be written, one of which was addressed, " 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 Peak; the officer, between twelve and one o'clock. The second was addressed, "Mrs. Leigh ton,hag, Lincol ns hi re, " i n w hi ch h e enclosed a half-sovereign and a s hi lling, also marked ; and sealed it, delive re d i t to the officer. Thu li v z i h n -street, Spalding, l Wind, E.N.E., strong breezes, and 'lark cloudy iveather. FIELD-HALL. There being no other witnesses to examine, --- Hantburgh advices of the 15th state that the cop per the usetr trade d e e t had he b F e or c re o e t ne French copper ate, e t i fromlv, e e r , e o m w teh i e n et ti t o fa m a 7bo c o sr n og t oo r a kc c t oi „ sp. p f e o e rk r . Russian copper, Works. The prices of both had advance,' to the same point. i ooi h s T B he l Buy . ie a e t i t e s r hasis quoted at 6 been extremely 2 d o r brisk l sb o p t a e n ceh coffee. Ordinary Brazil, in which the greater portion of the dealings 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-eces have gone at 131 to 141 bco., and fine at 151 to 171 bco.; Silesian, at 181 to 321 bco. Several parcels of short lambs -wool have been purchased at to 12. The corn market had become more active, owing to the favourable news from England. The business doing in exchanges was trifling. Bills of both long and short date, on London, were in demand, at 13 9 and 13 10 . Gold, 4361. Money was abundant. i slightest foundation for the charge, which was imme diately dismissed by the magistrate. lie urged that the production of the cash. book and the day-hook would have been must important for the prisoner, as they might THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 21, 1848 , THE ASSASSINATIONS AT STAN- WYMONDITAM, DEC. 20. —The protracted inquiry be fore the coroner's jury was resumed by Mr. Press, yes terday, at the King's Head, in this town. At a former meeting of the jury it was suggested that the coroner should on this occasion proceed with the jury to Stanfield•hall for the purpose of taking the de positions of Mrs. Jermy and her domestic (Eliza Chestney), but it being announced that they had not sufficiently recovered for 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 might possibly arise by 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 use of clairvoyance. He, however, observed, that he had no faith in that art. Hows, the police-officer in the Norfolk constabulary, produced seven letters which he found in a desk at the dwelling at Potash-farm, occupied by Mr. Rush, written to J. Rush, jun., by the accused, James Blomfield Rush, and dated trom different parts of London. Their con tents Here 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. Isaac Jermy, 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 and some papers under the flooring of a closet in the dining room of Potash-farm 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 our 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 quite in legal phraseo logy, there is no doubt, 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 Hall, 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. Jermy, and copies would be fbund in his possession at the Hall. Mr. William Glasspool, a juror, residing at Wymond ham, said about ten years ago he was clerk to James Blomtleld Rush, and was well acquainted with his hand writing. The letters produced by Hows were in his writing. The CORONER then proposed to proceed to the Bride well with the jury to take the testimony of Emily Sand ford. He said he was precluded from taking reporters with him into the prison, but should be happy, on his return, to detail such facts of her evidence as might ise 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 explained 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. The 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 dal not see him come in; he told me to keep to my room. On Tuesday, 28th 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 wa►s awoke by a rapping at 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. The CORON — EIt proceeded to notice briefly the main points of the evidence, and explain the law as it referred to the case. The jury retired fur 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's trial at the next assizes 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 maid, Eliza Chestney, is, we are happy to state, satisfactory. Mrs. Jermy is fast recovering, and Eliza Chestney may bo said to be going on in the same favourable way. Just previous to the dispatch of our parcel we re cetved private information of more disclosures of a most important character having been communicated to the authorities, which we understand will lead to 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 calm, the wind being 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 had freshened into a tremendous gale. The tide, at four 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 unl ikely 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 felt in this district for the last half-dozen years; the gusts of wind being sometimes so violent as to render it almost impossible to keep one's feet. Slates and chimney-cans were flying in all directions, so 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 the limited room for berthage, great contusion prevailed. The 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. Sev era l 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 Gouroek Bay, where a number of vessels outward-bound were lying at anchor, a smack was driven ashore, and several of the vessels were driven from theirmoorings, the American barque Elijah Swift being carried ne arly overto wind a R s en ea r t! . the Amongst Acme, thevesse ls Jamaica, Q utihnetri n Leitch, there wa iting a fair , Alexander Johmaton, Halyards, Ste. We have been in formed that Dunoan Quay was completely demolished by the force of the storm. 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The Atnsterdatn Bourse report, of the 17th in stant, mentions a considerable improvement f,o have t&:en piece in the Nation/1,1 Securities, owing to the receipt of the rise on the Paris Bourse. Belgian Stock were 1i e wise higher, and Skanish firm. INDIA. We have been favoured with the following letter from an officer attached to Major Edwardes's bri gade:— - Camp Sooraj Roond, Moultan, Oct. 26, 1848. Having seen many erroneous accounts relating to the proceedings of Lieutenant Edwardes's army, I am induced to think a few facts will not be unaccept able to the public. The circumstances connected with the military operations of this force, and the causes whereby 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 Moultan, and that immediately after De wan Mool• 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 strengthen himself ta it bin the fort, and to put himself in a condition to cope with the British. He did not neglect so 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, and 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 h orse , f our com p an ies of foot, and one disaffected Seikh regiment. Edwardes 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 bank of the Indus, securing all the boats ; at the same time he wrote to General Cortlandt (Nizam of the district in Bunnoo), to rcome 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, towards Sungur, the enemy made a corresponding movement on the left bank, and encamped opposite to Cortlandt, at Soottan Kot. Next day, Edwardes dropped down the river in boats, and joined General Cortlandt. In this way Edwardes and Cortlandt reached Dera Ghazee Khan, where a small friendly force was quartered, the enemy, as before, encamping on the opposite bank. On the march to Dera Ghazee Khan, Edwardes raised four thousand men, his whole force amounting to seven thousand. Three thousand Bahawulpoor troops now crossed the Ghenad, at Ooch, 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 back and took up his ground on the left bank of the Chenab, distant from th e c ity a b ou t e i g hteen 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 1,000 men over the Chenab. Early in the morning of the 18th Edwardes has. tened 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 M., 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. Ed wardes'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 mei, 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 r.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 hunlred), and made a headlong charge into the enemy. For a few minutes they were chocked or rather surprised; and the remaining horse had scarcely returned to their ranks, when one of General Cortlandt's regiments, with six guns, 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 true, for the 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 Sooraj Roond (about three miles from Moulton), to the west of a large deep canal. The enemy had taken up his ground within two miles of the city, and to the east of the same canal, defending the bridges (two) with his remaining guns. Early on the morning of the ad 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 Behawulpoor 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 flank, and Edwardes moved to the left, threatening the enemy's rear. The battle of Sedosam commenced by Lake opening his guns at grape dist ance, t h e enemy returning his fi re with great spirit, which was kept up for some time. When Cortlandt and Edwardes got into position, the battle became general, and lasted for six hours. The enemy fought with desperation, and although compelled to retreat early in the day, they took a . d vantage of every fav o ur a bl e p os iti on , an d d i d no t fella quish it without a struggle. About four r.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 Moultan, leaving two guns, and numbers of killed and wounded on the field. FOREIGN FUNDS. BELGIAN FUNDS.—Baussaxs, Dae. Is. Actual Debt, 2% per Cent ••••• • • • .. ... Rothschild's Loan, Five per Cent ........ Loan of Thirty Millions, FourperCent.• Ditto Three per Cent .••••. • . • • ........ Ditto Thirty-seven Millions, ditto ...... ... 84% Ditt0,ditt0,1842.......• •• • • .......... 84% Ditto, 1836.. .......... .............. 70 Ditto, 1838 ...... ,„ „ „ Ditto of the City, 1832 .. .......... . , . 113% Ditto, 1843 ...................... • • 81 Bank of 8e1gium...... 65 Isoue of 1841 ,„ • • ...... 97% Exchange on London, 15.50. LIAIIBURGH FUNDS, Dac._l6. Bills. Money. Hanoverian New Loan, 5 per Cent. • • 103% 101 Bank Shares •• • ••••••••••• • • • • • • • • • Anglo-Russian Loan -••••••• • • • • • •• 98 % Ditto, Hamb. Certificate;s per Cent • • Ditto let series Inscription. •••••• • • • • • Ditto, 3d and 4th series .... ••..•• • • • • Ditto, in Certificate, 5 per Cent. ••• • • • New 5 per Cent., Hope and Co• • • Ditto Stleglitz ••-•••• • • • • • ••••• • • • • 80 Spanish New 5 per Cent • • • • • • • • • . •• 8% Ditto 3 per Cent ••••• • • • • • •• 17% Anglo-Swedish Loan .. • • ........ •• .. 96 Ditto, 1846..... ....... ••• • • •• ~ Anglo-Portuguese Loan, 2% per Cent • . Dutch Actual Debt, 2% per Cent...... Ditto 3 per Cent• . • • • • • . • ....... Norwegian Loan, 1848 .• ..... ...„ 95 95 Anglo-Danish Loan, 3 per Cent ...... It: National Bank Shares • • • • • • • • • • .• RAILWAYS. Hamb. Bergd. •••••••• .. • • • • • Ditto, Priority Shares ... . ....... 973( 973( Berlin and Hamburg •••••••• • • • • • • • • 64% Ditto, Priority Shares .. ......... 92 Cologne and Minden ........ ... • • 79% 79% Ditto, Priority Shares 92 Mecklenburg• • • ..... • • Altona and Kiel • .. 88% 88 1 % Gluckstadt .. ••••••.. • • • • • • ...... • • Rendshurg.. •• .. ~.. •••••••• • • • • • • • • Hanseatic Steam Company ...... •• • • AUSTItIAN FUNDS.—VIENNA, DEC. 13. 5 per Cents. • • • • • . • 78% 4 per Cent............... 3 per Cent......... • • •• 2% per Cent.. 1 per Cent... Loan, 1834.... Ditto, 1839.. Bank 5hare5............ Estgrhazv'sLe an ........ • • .• •• •• -.1,092 - - Cross OF THE GROUSE SHOOTING.--Saturday, the 9th current, enitel the season's shootin g for grouse, bl:Lek ga,oe, and pt . : Irmigan. Red deer and roe were more plentiful than usual; but in grousz , the number bagged was below t' ae average of seasons. It is but due to the gentlemen who rented the moors to say that they have done all they could, by sparing the birds, to pro vide better sport io r next season; and so great is the at tachment of sports men to the Highlands that, although heir sport was din dnished, they lingered generally till a late period, and ,spent the time agreeably p t i, lag an d receiving Yit3iiih-r4 (oss-shire Advertiser, THE COUNTRY MARKETS. LEEDS CATTLE AND SHEEP MARKET, DEC. There was a very good sbow of stock to-day, both in cattle and sheep. Beasts in high condition were readily bought up at rather improved late.; and for sheep there was a fair demand at prices fully equal to those that have been recently obtained. DALKEITH MEAL MARKET, DEC. 11.—There were 196 bags of oatmeal, 48 of barleymeal, and 2 of pot barley; sales ready for oatmeal; barleymeal met a dull demand. Oatmeal 6d to la per bag down; barleymeal 9d per bag up on the top, but the second quality is 3d per bag down; there waa no peasemeat or flour in market. Oatmeal, per sack, of 280 lbs. First Second Third imperial 28s Id 27s Od 25s Od Barleynseal, per ditto 23s Od 2,s Od 21. 6d Peasemeal —s Od —s Od —s Od Flour ... —s Od —s Od — 5 Od Pot barley ... ... ... 26s Od —s Od Od - - • BELFAST, DEc. 15.—Notwithstanding the severity C the togltt and morning, our market is largely Supplied with grain and oatmeal. Wheat and barley are a slow sale at about former prices, whilst oats and oatmeal are cifficult to quit at a reduction of 3d to 4d per cwt. Icdian corn 2s 6d to 5s lower. Monday, Dec. 18.-- 6 rain— The. quantity forward since Friday has been email, and at this morning's market the decline on oats (3d to 4d) noted on Friday, was fully recovered, and in wriest and barley last week's prices were well main tained. Oatmeal, on the contrary, was dull at the de cline of Friday (3d to 4d). Wheat, 8s 6d to 103 Od; barley, 5s 61 to 7s; oats, 5. 3d to 6s 3d; and oatmesl,9 9 8d to 10e 4d per cwt. Indian corn a slow sale at 7l 159 to 81 per ton. Pork sells freely at former prices-37s to 48s per 1201 b. CO MARET.—YIS Buddle's W. Hartle AL y 14s K 6d Belmon t EADAY. 171 9d Carr's Hartley Davison'sWest Hartley 15s Od East Hetton Dean's Primrose ...... 14s 6d Lyons l7s 3d East Adairs Main..... 13a 6d Hetton Hasting's Hartley l4s 6d Haswell lBs 9d New Tantield l4. 3d Jonassohns ... 15. 91 Ord's Redheugh Smith's Pontop .. ..... 13s 3d Russell's Hettoa South Pontop .. ...... 1311 3d Stewart's lonfield Moor ranfield Moor Butes... 14s 3d Heugh Hall Townley l4s Od Hudson's Hartlepool... 17. Sd Wylam V 1 eat Hartley Wall's End, &c. Adelaide Tees Brown's Gas Clarke Clennell lss Odi West Cornforth Elm Park Gosforth . Hedworth .. . Hotspur 16s 3d Hartley ...... ..... ... 141 Od Killingworth l6s 3d Howard's W. H. Neth. 14s 6d South Killingworth Washington Eden Main l7. 6d I Sidney "s Hartley Lambton Primrose ... 171 3dl Ships at market, HO. RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS BRISTOL, Dsc. 201. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The share market is slightly on the decline. Great Western, Quarters, were done at 4% dis. LIVERPOOL, Dsc. 20. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Caledonian, Prefer ence, % c. p.—Eastern Counties, 12—East Lancashire, 6 1 4 Preference, 6%—Great Northern (B Shares), 214 die.-. Lancashire and Yorkshire (late Manchester and Birming ham), Fifths, 4 1 4 dis. -London and North-Western, 120% —Ditto, Fifths, 4% p.—Ditto, New Quarters, 1% IL-- Manchester She ffi eld, and Lincolnshi re , Ei g h t h s, 6 1. 18s. 3d. dis. - Ditto, 101. Preference, 101. Bs. 3d.—Midland Stock, 8 t 1 / 9 —Ditto, New Halves, 9% die.— Scottish Midland, 15N—South-Eastern and Dover, 23 3 4—Ditto, No. 4, Thirds, 7 dis. —York, Newcastle, anii lierwick (Extension), No. Ir ILA dis.—Ditto (G. N. E. Purchase), 16e. 3d. dis. MANCHESTER, DEC. 20. &rocs F.xcHewas.—The sales are—Cheshire Junction, 9% dis.— Kendal and Windermere, 4—Manchester and Bir mingham, Quarters (C), 2 p.—North Staffordshire, 5 11-16 dis.—Sheffield and Lincoln, 14 t 4 dis.—West Riding Union, 5 1 4 dis.—Leeds, 32/. Shares, 8-t4 dis.—South-Eastern and Dover, No. 4, 6 15-16—Great Northern, 44—Clitheroer Preference, 18. BIRMINGHAM, Dac. 20. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are —North Staffordshire, 51. 118. 3d. dis.—Shrewsbury and Birmingham (A), 6% dis. —Ditto (B), 43 , dis.—Shropshire Union, 31. Is. 3d. dis. YORK, Dao. 19. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The business transacted to-day WAS as follows :—Great Northern, 84—North British, rhirds, 4A—York, Newcastle, grid Berwick (Extension), No.l, 14-- Ditto (G. N. E. Purchase), 7 lA, ULAgGOT 4 i, Dec. 19. STOCK EXCHA NOIC.—The sales are—Caledonian, Pre ference, 84—Clydesdale Junction, 57%—Eastern Counties, New, 6 per cent. guaranteed, 114—Edinburgh and Northern, 11 Glasgow, Dumfrie s , and Carlisle, hi. Is.—Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ayr, Halves, No. 1, 51. 3s.—Ditto, Halves, No. 2,5/. 55,—Ditto, Preference, 54—Great Northern, Si. Us.—North British, 16 Diu*, Thirds, 925. 6d.—Scottish Central, 264—York, Newcastle, and Berwick (G. N. E. Purchase), 7%. SOUTHAMPTON, DEC. 20 —The Ocean Steam Navi gation Company's ship Washington, Captain J. Johnson, sailed to day at 3 P.M., for New York, with the United States mails from England, France. and Germany, in charge of Mr. W. W. Ilincken. The Washington had 56 passengers, including six Roman Catholic priests (missionaries) and six Sisters of Charity, and about 350 tons 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 Chins mails, in charge of Lieutenant Brady, R.N., Admiralty officer. The Ripon had about 200 tons cargo, 2,000!. in specie for Malta, and 118 'passengers, amongst whom were Lord Royston, for Malta ; Major-General Sewell, Madras; Sir C. W. Oakeley, for Calcutta. THZ MURDER ♦T TEDBURN ST. MART.—ExE• TER, Ditc. 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. The 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, but strange to say, the perpetrators have in every case escaped detection. SAS METER ' , on TEE HOUSES OP PARLIAMENT. —A view was yesterday afforded to a number of scien tific persons, and others interested in the consumption of gas, at Messrs. Glover's iron -foundry, Drury-lane, of the immense meter constructed and cast under the super intendei ce of Mr. Defries, of 67, St. Martin's-lane, the inventor and patentee. This machine, which is to be placed in the New Palace at Westminster, is an almost stupendous piece of mechanism, being upwards of 10 feet in height and 20 feet in circumference or girth; it is in form a hexagon, the designs are in the Gothic manner, and in e xact 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 he seen by the public. The machine w , igha four tons, and is of capacity to pass 10,000 feet ot gee per hour, and of supplying 2,000 lights with, ac cording to calculation, the loss of only half a tenth •f i.ressure; at which pressure it will work with the greatebt ease. The principle and action of the machine are eery simple, and yet very accurate. There are two chambers, the lower containing three partitions, called diaphragms; as the gas, in its passage through the valve, acts upon these diaphragms, they move the ma chinery in the upper chatuher, and by these means the quantity of gas consumed is registered. The index con sis 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 and eh an. The name of the patentee and the title ot the Chartered tans Company and the royal arms are intro duced. This meter far exceeds in dimensions any thing of the sort ever before attempted. CHRISTMAS Boxes.—Several meetings of the master-bakers of the metropolis and other trades have ben recently held, and all unanimously resolved 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 establishment to permit its servants to go from house to house begging for alms. The fact is, when tradespeople pay the servants of their customers in this way, it is not unreasonable to suppose that they get the equivalent is some other manner. BIRTH& On the 16th inst., at Long Sutton, the lady of the Rev. Edward L. Bennett, of a son. On the 17th inst., at Walthamstow, the wife of Albert Pelly, Esq., of twin sons. On the 17th inst., at Camden-road villas, the wife of T. T. Beckett, Esq., of Golden-square, of a daughter. On the 18th inst., at Leggatts, Herts, the lady of Thomas Bemble, 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. MARRIED. On the 16th inst., at Walton-en-the-Hill, Mary Anne, second daughter of Mr. John Southgate, of 011 Change and Pebble Coombe, to Mr. W. Alcock, of Watling -street. On the 16th inst., at St. James's Church, Bayswater, John Sheehan, Esq., of the Inner Temple, to Ellen, relict of the late Major H. Shubrick. On the 19th inst., at St. John's Church, Padd ngton, Sir Ofliwy Wakeman, Bart., of Perdiswell, W. rcester, to Mary Smith, only daughter of the late T. Adlington, Esq., of Clapham-c mmou, Surrey. DIED, On the 16th inst., at Palgrave, aged 84, the Rev. J. Cox, D.D., rector of Pa!grave, vicar or Dinham, and formerly master of Gainsborough School. On the 17th inst., at North Pickenham Rectory, near Swaffham, Norfolk, the Rev. Jonathan Townley, vicar of Steeple Bunipstead, Essex, aged 74. On the 17th inst., at Bath, Mrs. Garrett, widow of the late W. Garrett, Esq. On the 18th inst., at Hackney, Edy, widow of the late I. Booth, Esq., of the Bank of England, aged 66. On the 18th inst., at D. Leauvoir-road, West Hackney, Mr. J. Browne, late of Barling Mills, near Rochford, Essex. London Printed and Publi s h e d b y MIJIMO YoIING, of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun Office, No. 'l2, Strati 1, in the Precinct of, the Savoy. in the county e f Middlesex, Thursday, December 21,1845. rum It :` AP be O . Mar 100-] !nil Iliad Star sam In tl sect ran( snel offic larg trlfl the DO] ling 00; ti B 'At