The Sun. — London, England, 1855-12-14 00:00:00

Naval and Military Intelligence. The Edina steam-transport, No. 1.99, ;arrived at t Spit heade yesterday from the East , bringing the body of the late Capt. Pechell, of the 77th (son of Admiral Sir Geo. Pechell, M.P.), who died in the camp before Sebastopol invalids. The the sth of September. She brought no The Hamburg steam -t ra nsport also arrived at Spit head yesterday from the East with condemned stores. The Sampson, 6, paddle ste am-fri g ate, Capt. Hun d, , went out of Portsmouth harbour yesterday and anchored at Spithea The Tr d. a nsit, naval steam-transport, Commander C. R. Johnson, was taken out of clock at Portsmouth yes terday afternoon after refit ; she will take is her troops next Tuesday, The Salamander, 6, paddle-sloop, Commander Me cham, will go to Spithead to-day, and leave for the coast of Africa about Sunday, taking a mail, &c. The Russian schooner Aline and Fanny has arrived at Sheerness, laden with a general cargo, consisting princi pally of tea, coffee, sugar, &c., Lieut. W. R. Boulton, - of the Tartar, in charge as prize-master. The Aline and Fanny was taken by the crew of the Tartar attempting to break the blockade by going into Gamla-Carleby. The Royal George, 102 guns, screw steam-ship, Capt. Henry J. Codrington, C. 8., has been put into No. 1 dry dock, Sheerness, to have her defects repaired. The floating batteries Trusty and Thunder are ordered to be taken into the fitting basin, Sheerness, to improve their steerage and to make them more ( ffisients The Lightning, 3, paddle-wheel steam-vessel (tender to the Duke of Wellington), Lieut.-Commander James C. Campbell, has been taken into the fitting basin, Sheerness, to have defects repaired ; her crew having been paid, and leave of absence granted them. There are now in Sheerness harbour, from the Baltic, besides the Royal George, the Majestic, the Cressy, the Firefly, and the Lightning. The screw steam-ship James Watt, 91, Capt. George Elliott, went from Plymouth Sound into Hamoaze on Wednesday, where she was moored off Keyham yard. The paddle-wheel steam troop-ship, IDee, 4, Com mander L. Pullen, was placed in the new basin at the Devonport dockyard on Wednesday, to have her boilers taken out for the steam block-ship Forth, 44, which is to be commissioned by Captain Lord John Hay, with a csmplement of 400 men. The sere x , steam-ship Orion, 21, Captain John E. Erskine, went from Plymouth Sound into Hamoaze yes terday morning. To facilitate the progress in the Enfield rifle practice 210 small targets have been painted on the wall of the parade-ground, Chatham, so that, in the event of the usual practice-ground being wet or the weather incle ment, no impediment will be offered to the daily practice. The arrangements on board the gun-boats Plover and Sandfly, in Woolwich dockyard, are being completed with the greatest activity. A working party of Marines has been engaged for the last two days in shipping the heavy guns with which they are to be manned. The Plover is commissioned by Lieut. Stewart • Lieut. B G. W. Nicolas is appointed to the command of the Sandfly, and Lieut. C. H. Simpson to the Sheldrake. No. 2 iron mortar-boat has taken in her ammunition, &c., and will go down to Shoeburyness to-day for experiments. The cylinders which compose the pontoon float of the experi mental mortar raft have been forwarded to Messrs. Sea ward's for repairs, so as to undergo some further trials. The lockgate of No. 1 dock in Woolwich dockyard hav ing been repaired, the basin is again ready for the ordi nary service. The Inflexible was yesterday moruieg admitted for the reception of a cargo of machinery for the western yards. Lancaster's elliptically-bored carbines having been subjected to various proofs in the Arsenal marshes at Woolwich ; her Majesty's Corps of Sappers and Miners are now being armed with them. These muskets hare many qualities which have been pronounced superior even to the Minis rifle, and hays a range of upwards of 1,000 yards. Orders have been received at the head-quarters of the Royal Engineers at 'Woolwich to have a company ready to proceed to Aldershott, to be employed under the com mand of Gen. Sir F. Smith, K.H. The 26th company of the same corps, under the command of Capt. Walker, will proceed to Chatham on Monday, to be instructed in field-works, &c. The following appointments were made yesterday at the Admiralty :—Commander Charles Fellowes t ) the Conqueror ; Lieut. R. G. Douglas to the Excellent ; Lieut. J. C. Patterson to the Orion ; John M. Foster, assistant paymaster in charge, to the Intrepid ; J. F. Browning, assistant clerk, to the Tartar ; Charles S. Pettis and 11. W. P. Kooyster, assistant clerks, to the Boscawen. At the monthly examination held at the Royal Naval College, Portsmouth, yesterday, the following passed:— For Naval Cadets—Messrs. Larcom, Macnamara, Hill, Pearson, Reads, and Dalben. For Clerk's Assistant— Mr. Shield. For Masters' Assistants—Messrs. Mere wether, Paddon, Westaway, and Boniface. For Marine Cadet—Mr. Ellis. Four of the above were from the preparatory naval establishment of Mr. Eastman, R.N., Southsea. Contracts were entered into on Wednesday at the Royal William Victualling-yard, Plymouth, for the sup ply of 3,000 quarters of wheat, viz.:—Messrs. Collisr Brothers, 1,000 qrs.,:at 803. per qr. ; Messrs. Fream, Dawe, and Serpell, 1,000 qrs., at 795. 93., and 500 qrs. at 795. per qr. ; Messrs. Fox, Sons, and Co., 200 qrs., at 80s. per qr. ; and Messrs. John Bowden and Cu., 300 qrs., at 795. 9d. per qr. A detachment of the Land Transport Corps emb irlsed on Wednesday on board the hired steam transport Ell rya, Commander Leitch, which loft Plymouth on Thursday for the Crimea. The order arrived at the infantry barracks, Windsor, on Wednesday morning for the 221 Regiment, which has been doing duty at the Cantle during the last three months, to march to Portsmouth, and today this regi ment, consisting of 23 officers and 760 rank and file, will leave Windsor under the command of Colonel Boileau. This regiment will remain at Portsmouth until early in the spring, and then proceed to the East. The Ist battalion of Grenadier Guards, from the camp at Aldershott, will arrive at Windsor to-day to replace the 22d. At the request of Lieut.-Colonel C. P. B. Walker, we contradict the statement in The Sun of Tuesday thas he is about to exchange for the unattached half-pay with Col. the Hon. Cecil Forester, of the Royal Horse Guards Blue. ql On Tuesday night the following soldiers arrived from Fort Pitt at the Crimean Hotel, Dublin, where they re mained at Lord Carlisle's expense, after having been discharged from the service :—Corporal Skallv,9th Foot, shot threugh both hips and stomach ; Michael Monag han, 9th, right hand shattered; John Madden, 4th Dra goon Guards ; Patrick Corner, 49th, left hand shattered ; Owen M'Donnell, 88th, wounded in left cheek ; James M'Reilly, 34th, left arm shattered ; P. Young, 34th, do. ; John Hurley, 17th Foot ; Thomas Bailey, 18th, left foot fractured ; John Brady, 95th, loss of left leg by a shell; Martin Garnee, Wrn. Decamp, 33d, loss of left leg by grapeshot ; John Cook, 28th, loss of right leg— underwent amputation twice. Corporal Skelly exhibited a pair of handsome crutches presented to him by the Queen last month ; they cost three guineas, and were mounted with crimson velvet, springs, and rich brass mountings. His wound was of a very severenatur, as was the wound of Private Owen M`Donnell, .88th ; a Minn) bill struck him on the left side of the head under the eye, whence it traversed beneath the flesh past the ear, round the neck, and came out over the right shoulder, shortly after which another b a ll went through the shoulder kde This man, as well as his comrades, was in the highest spirits ; they only regretted that the nature of their wounds prevented them servin g h er Majesty again. rr LAW INTELLIGENCE.—Dec. 13. ROLLS COURT. (Before the Master of the Rolls.) THOMPSON V. ARMITAGE.-JUDGMENT. The Master of the Rolls gave judgment in this case. The answer put forth to-day on behalf of the defendants amounted merely to a general denial of any intention fraudulently to administer their trust, and of having re ceived any particular benefit by acting in the way they were accused of doing. The case had reference to a dis pute between the plaintiffs as the present directors and the defendants as the former directors of the South Aus tralian Copper Mining Company, and the particular accu sations made against the defendants were that they had wrongfully appropriated to themselves some thousands of shares in the company; had charged the company 20,0011. for the purchase of mines for which only 12,0001. had been really paid ; and generally that they had been deceiving the shareholders of the company and the pub lic as to the real nature of the company's condition and affairs. His Honour, at the conclusion of the defen dants' case, without calling upon the plaintiffs to reply, said that there was no doubt that the plaintiffs, the present directors of the company, had a right to call upon the defendants, as the late directors, to render a more satisfactory account of their stewardship than they had done. It was the invariable rule in this court to look upon the directors of a company as merely trustees for the general body of shareholders, for whose benefit they were appointed to act, and over whose interest it was their duty and privilege to pre side. In the present case, it could not be denied that a large number of shares had been distributed among the former directors, to which, however, there cculd have been no objection if such shares Intel been duly taken up, and formally entered in the company's books. There was no objection to a director bolding a large number of shares in the company over which he presided, but there were a great many reasons why it would not be correct that a director should have a large number of shares allotted him, with the option of paying upon them if he found it profitable so to do, or repudiat ing them if they turned out profitless. The former di rectors of the South Australian Copper Mining Com pany had, beyond question, somewhat indifferently dis charged their trust in the allotment and distribution of the shares of the company, and any loss arising to the company from their having done so they must be held liable to make good. Again, with respect to the differ ence between the 12,0001., alleged by the plaintiffs to have been paid for the mines, and the 20,0001. stated by the defendants to have been given for the purchase of them, all the evidence, at the best meagre on this point, went to show that the sum really was only 12,0001., and not 20,0001.; so that the defendants would have to prove how the difference between the two sums could be ac counted for, and produce all the documents in their pos session relative to that transaction. The general account asked for and the general relief prayed by the bill must, therefore, be granted. It appeared to the Court that the c'ecendants ought to be made to pay the costs of the suit —but, inasmuch as there was no pressing necessity to make a decree as to costs now, that question would be deferred for future consideration. Mr. R. Palmer, Mr. Lloyd, Mr. Roupell, Mr. Web ster, Mr. Hetherington, Mr. Hardy, Mr. Welford, and Mr. Webb appeared for the different parties ; Messrs. Valiance and Valiance were solicitors for the plaintiffs. COURT OF BANKRUPTCY.—DEc. 13. (Before Mr. Commissioner Evans.) IN RE GOODEIND.-" YE HOUSE OF LUD." This ;;;; — tleexaMination meeting in the case of Richard Goodhind, described as a draper, hosier, and hawker, of Ludgate•hill, Crown court, Cheapside, Tioh borne street, and Back Mosley-street, Manchester, he having had establishments in all those places. Mr, A. Turner, for the assignee, stated that this was the day appointed for the last examination of the bank- rupt, but he had not yet filed any accounts. The Commissioner—Why has not his balance-3heet been filed ? The bankrupt said he had been obliged to go down to Manchester with the accountant, as all his books were kept at that place. Air. Turne'r said it appeared that the only accounts of the bankrupt's transactions had been kept in the books of Mr. Caldecott, of Manchester, who had supplied him with goods. As this was a very irregular proceeding, the assignees objected t• the expense of the adjournment coming out of the estate. Mr. Lowrance said that at the last meeting be had submitted a large proof on behalf of Mr. Caldecott, against the bankrupt's estate. The bankrupt had been a travelling hawker, Mr. Gaidecott supplying him with goods, and keeping his accounts. An adjournment was ordered for two months. The bankrupt asked for an allowance out of the estate, stating that he had to support his wife and family in Manch ester. The Commissioner—What assets are there ? Bankrupt—About 2501. Mr. Turner objected to the allowance ; the bankrupt had made a settlement upon his wife. He also stated that when the bankrupt surrendered, he was asked what money ha had in his possession, and admitted, in the presence of Mr. Dubois, the messenger, that he had from 201. to 251. The Commissioner—Where is that money ? The bankrupt said he had spent it. His Honour said, under these circumstaaces, he did not think it was a case in which any allowance ought to be made. THE MILITIA. The two regiments of militia which have been qu tered in Newry barra cks—namel y , the Ferm anagha l ti r d . part of the Warwickshire Militia, will be removed at the end of this week. The destination of the Fermanagh Rp. giment is Dublin, as at present determined, and that of the Warwickshire Militia Monaghan. These regiments will be replaced in Newry by the 2d Lancashire Militia. The statement that the Royal Glamorgan Militia Its. giment bad volunteered for service in the West Indies was a mistake. The regiment has stated its readiness to verve wherever its services may be required, but not especially in the West Indies. PRICE OF BREAD.—The bakers at Oxford yestrklay reduced the pric e of b r e a d 4d. per loaf ; the be:t bread is now selling at B.' 2 d. per loaf, and seconds at Bd. It is generally remarked at Oxford, that when wheat rises 3s. or 43. per quarter, bread rises immediately 13. the loaf, but before they will sink it, the price of wheat must be from 63. to Be. lower. DISAPPEARANCE OF AN EDINBURGH CLERGYMAN. — Considerable anxiety has, we believe, been occasioned in certain circles in Edinburgh, by the unaccountable dis appearance of the incumbent of an Episcopalian chapel in this city. The rev. gentleman, who became settled here at a comparatively recent period, left his residence about the middle of last month, and has never since been heard of.—ScoVish Press. TRIAL FOR MURDER AND ROBBERY.—The Court of Assizes of the Saone -et-Loire three' lays ago tried a man, named Jandot, f or murder and robbery. The circum stances of the ca se , which have already been briefly touched on in the Messenger, were peculiar :—At a late hour in the evening of the sth Oct. last, an inhabitant Saint Gemain-du-Plaine happened to be w alki ng near a bri f go over the NassYr when he perceived a man in a light car t drive on to the bridge, remove something h .avy from the vehicl.e, throw it into the river, and then drive off rapidly. His suspicious being excited, he got examine the river with him, and they A neig • hbour to f mild that what the man had thrown into the water as the dead body of a boy, abo . ut 1 . years of age ; t w h,„ ) , found also, from a cord tied tightly round his neck, that Inquiries having, been. made, it he bad been strangled. turned mat that the boy was t he son of an innkeeper, named Vannier, of Chtt!ong, and that he had bee n sent 1 with the cart to convey a traveller from that city ) Dole. It was also ascertained that, on the fol lowirt d ay, a man h a d b een arres ted at l Alanziat, a he vil lage a t Borne distance, on suspicion of being a thief, having en d eavoure d to se ll a h orse an d light cart for whatever they would fetch. Vannier went to see the horse and cart, and recognised them as his ; and on the man in custody being searched, a knife and pockethand kerchief, which hail belonged to the murdered boy, were found. It then appeared certain that it was he who had murdered the boy, and the matter was subsequently placed beyond all doubt by the discovery, that, at Na „illy, he had agreed with th e b oy , w h o was returning home with the cart, to give him Ifr. 25c. to convey him to Chalon?, and that they had been seen together in the vehicle only a very short time before the body was thrown into the river. The prisoner, who was unable to deny his guilt, waA convicted by the jury, an d condemned to - death . On hearing the verdict, he uttered loud cries, d w h o a the sentence was pronounced, he exclaimed, " Oh, my children ! lam condemned to death i" ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. YORK WINTER ASSIZES—DEC. 12. (Before Mr. Baron Martin.) MURDER OF A POLICEMAN AT SHEFFIELD. James Burke, 22, and Cormack Dunlevy, 32, were in dicted for the murder of Wm. Beardshaw, at Sheffield, on the 221 of July last. Mr. Hardy and Mr. Johnstone conducted the prose c ition. The prisoners were defended by Mr. Dearsley. Mr. Hardy briefly stated the case. The person who came by his death on the 22d of July, by the hand of some one, was a man named Beardshaw, who was acting on that day for the first time as a watchman in the town of Sheffield. It appeared that a man named M'Cormack was supposed to have been com mitting a robbery in the shop of John Shannan, who charged him with the offence. M'Cormack escaped, but he was shortly afterwards apprehended in the neighbourhood by a policeman, and irons were put on his hands and legs in consequence of his violent conduct. About a thousand of M'Cormack's fellow countrymen (Irishmen) were assembled near the place where he was apprehended, and on the policeman at tempting to put him in a cab, for the purpose of having him conveyed to the police station, he called out to the Irishmen, " Will you see me taken," or words to that effect. Immediately upon this an attack was made upon the police, stones and brickbats were thrown by the mob, and M'Cormack was rescued, but apprehended at a later period in the evening, when it was discovered that he had employed the time which had intervened from his rescue in removing the irons which the police had put 'pen him. In the course of the melee Beardshaw re ceived the injuries which caused his death, and another policeman, named Dickinson, was also severely injured. The deceased was at the time in the execution of his duty, taking into custody a man charged with a serious offence, and if the prisoners were two of the pal fee who attempted to rescue this man by violence, they must be considered responsible for the effects produced by such means as they employed. It would be proved that the prisoners were extremely violent ; that they were seen by many witnesses to throw stones and use other vio lence to the police. This was not the case of a disturb ance between private individuals ; here were police offi cers in the execution of their duty, and he (the learned counsel) should submit, under the correction of his lord ship, that anything which was done to them resulting in death would bring the offence within the crime of murder. Mr. Baron Martin dissented from this view of the law; to convict of murder, the intention must be brought home to the person committing the crime. Mr. Hardy said that, after this intimation from the learned judge, he should abandon the capital offence, and charge the prisoners with the manslaughter of Beardshaw merely. The witnesses for the prosecution were then called. Amongst these—Jane Jubb deposed that on the night in question she saw Burke throw a stone during the melee, and on a companion saying to him, " Get out of the way, you have hurt a watchman," he exclaimed with an oath that he would kill the watchmen.—George Rushton, a police constable, proved that he saw Dunlevy throw stones twice at the police ; he was twice hit.—John Hill also saw Burke throw stones, and heard him say that he " would kill the watchman." He was as sisting in conveying Dickinson, who hadbeen injured, tle the infirmary, when Burke struck him (witness) over the back with a stone in a stocking, and he also stab. bed him in the right arm with a knife.—Thomas ( e l s n h a bi w T w e e r r ul e a k e n k oc w k Chapiey proved that Burke kickedtopoliceme n who had been knocked down in a gutter.—Samson Barker, aq eeing put in • to the cab, he an e h c e t oa head, o f a u p d e police constable, deposed thdatßewarh ed said d ,, o o w h n : m y B ihaeradds Samuel u h e i l s is present, an I L ha ie n i l ey, to i h n the riot. Both the prisoners were d. they saw d that the deceased's skull —Mr. Wright, surgeon, prove appeared to take a very active part in the disturbance. was fractured, and that consequent extravasation of was such a one as was likely to have been pro , y blood on the brain was the cause of death. The n w e o d un b d a stone. Mr. Dearsloy, on rising to address the jury no m fo a r n th il e defence, remarked that he would yield to , struggling to the last for a client when there was e wanays thing like a fair chance of success ; but when there not Le would not do it to please any client. Tho ques tion was, were the jury satisfied that the witnesses who had spoken to the prisoners throwing stones and strik ing persons were to be believed ? He had no instruc t instruc tions th a t h e cou ld s h a k e th e i r cre dibility, and without such i ns t ruc ti ons it wou ld b e i m p ro p er for him to attempt to of possibility, se. Therefore all he could say was this the ni g h t was dark, there was no light, and it was w i th i n he range possibility, and that was all, that some of the _rwitnesses might have been mistaken. M . Baron Martin told the jury that there was no evidence of murder at all, and the jury found the pre- , toners guilty of manslaughter. RIOT AT SHEFFIELD. William M`Cm•mitk, 32, Patrick Charleston, 19, Hichact Finnerty, 46, and Robert Smith, 38, were in dicted for a riot at Sheffield, on the 22d of July last. Mr. Ha,rdyand Mr.Johnstone were for the prosecution; Mr. Doarsley and Mr. Shepherd defended the prison. rs . The circumstances were very similar to those stated iu the preceding case ; in fact, it was in the course of this disturbance that the poor fellow whose death had just been inquired into was killed. Several witnesses were called to prove the particular part which the prisoners severally took in the traneac- tion. They were heard to urge on the crowd to violence, and themselves throw stones, and were heard to vow vengeance against the police. All the prisoners were found guilty. Mr. Baron Martin, in sentencing the prisoners, said he had made up his mind to make an example of them, in order that the people of this country might see that the law and the peace should be upheld, if possible. Here were six men belonging to a large body of people resident in this country--he alluded to the Irish—who, obliged probably to leave their own country because of its poverty, came over to this country, where they en joyed better wages and other great advantages which they could not have at home, and yet they could not keep quiet, but must needs display their gratitude by breaking the peace of this country, and indulging in all sorts of riot and acts of violence. He considered Burke the worst of the party engaged in this present transaction, he having thrown the stone which in all probability killed the policeman, and having also struck another man with a stone in a stocking, and stabbed him in the arm with a knife. The sentence upon him, therefore, was that he be transported for 15 years. As to Smith, he considered him quite as bad, he having beat a man while he was almost dead, and then sworn upon the re monstrance of his own daughter, that he would murder him ; but the law would not allow him to give Smith the same punishment as Burke. He, however, should give him 2 years' imprisonment, with hard labour ; and the other four prisoners, Dunlevy, M'Cormick, Charleston, and Finpet ty, must be severally imprisoned for 12 months with hard labour. NORTHERN CIRCUIT.—DEC. 12. (Before Mr. Justice Wightiaan.) AGGRAVATED CASS OF MANSLAUGHTER. John O'Neil, 25, labourer, was indicted upon a coro ner's warrant for the wilful murder of Thomas Cahill, at Liverpool, on the 6th October. The deceased and the prisoner were neighbours, and resided in a court in Scot land-road. Their children bad been playing, and the prisoner's little girl having been pushed down and some what injured by a boy of the deceased's, the prisoner a few day's afterwards came into Cahill's house, brandish ing a knife, and swearing that he " would have blood for blood." No direct violence, however, appears to have oc curred that night, but on the night of the 6th October, O'Neill again entered the house in a state of intoxication, but net finding Cahill then at home, he returned about midnight, when the deceased was in bed, and kicked violently at the door, at the same time challenging the deceased to come out and fight. Cahill got up, looked out of the window, and though his wife did all she could to persuade him to remain in the house, he went down stairs, and haring laid a poker upon the kitchen table, opened the door, and advised O'Neill to go home. "Don't (said he) let us quarrel about the children—go home, and I will talk to you to-morrow," On this the pri soner struck the deceased twice, and the latter then went into the house. The prisoner followed him and struck him again, when the deceased cried out " I'm stabbed." He fell, and on his friends coming to him they found that he had received a wound in the left breast. When the prisoner was taken into custody, a pocket-knife, with blood on the blade, was picked up close to the door. In consequence of the dangerous state of Cahill, his deposition was taken on the Monday follow. ing, before Mr. Bolton, and in the presence of the pri soner. Cahill, in this deposition, stated that he was stabbed by the prisoner, though " he never struck him from first to last." Cahill died the same day (Monday), and the prisoner was subsequently committed for trial by the borough coroner. The deceased's relatives and a host of witnesses were called to prove the above facts. Mr. Macdonald, who made his maiden speech in defence of the prisoner, argued that when O'Neill committed the crime with which he was charged he was not in his proper senses, and he could not be charged with the crime of wil iol murder. The jury found the prisonerguilty of the minor offence of manslaughter. His lordship then passed sen tence in the following terms :—John O'Neill, the jury have taken a favourable view of your case, in deciding that you are guilty of manslaughter. Notwithstanding the circumstances under which this homicide was com mitted, they have not been satisfied, beyond all reason able doubt, that, however desperate, however reckless, your conduct may have been, that you were actu ated by that deliberate malice which is essential to the crime of murder. But your crime is only just barely below that of murder. The facts of the case—the instrumentwhich you used, in the absence of all resist ance on the part of the deceased—are deep aggrava tions of your guilt, and make this one of the worst cases of Manslaughter that I ever recollect to have occurred in the course of my experience. You appear, by the evi dence, to be of a temperament which, when exasperated by drink, is quite ungovernable. It is another ca=e, arising out of the already too fearful catalogue from that deplorable vice, intemperance. The sentence upon you is, that you be transported for the term of your natural life.—The prisoner received the sentence apparently un concerned, but his wife and other relatives in court uttered the most distressing cries until removed by the officers of the court. MURDER AT GORTON.—THE WRONG MAN CHARGED. Patrick Healey, 20, weaver, was indicted along with Michael Healey (not in custody) for the wilful murder of William Bell, at Gorton, near Manchester, on the let of September. The evidence had proceeded for some time, when it became evident that another man struck the fatal blow, the prisoner taking no part in the affray, only being in company of Michael Healey. His lord-hip said they had evidently got hold of the wrong man.—The jury acquitted the prisoner ; and his lordship, in die i'larging him, warned him to avoid brawls in future. MANSAUGIITER AFTER A FUNERAL. James Ascroft, S 3, collier, was charged with the man slaughter of his wife, Bridget Ascroft, at Wigan, on Sa turday, 22d September. The deceased and another woman, a neighbour, went to a funeral on the afternoon of the day named, and on their return called at a public house, and had "a little sup of drink." The prisoner also came into the house, and drank with them for some time. He left about eleven, but the woman remained " supping" until nearly twelve o'clock at night, when, in going home, they met the prisoner, and the deceased and he (both of them drunk) went towards home together. Soon after several persons saw the prisoner beating the deceased in Wellington-street (Wigan), and heard her crying out for mercy, and her husband applying vile epi theta to her. He kicked and beat her most severely, and between one and two o'clock on the Sunday morning, she was found lying insensible and in a stape of collapse in an adjoining entry, attention having been drawn to hsr by some females. The prisoner, it appease 1, also went to one or two parties who knew him, and asked them to " come and look at Bridget, lying nearly kilt." Eventually, the woman was taken home, and attended by a surgeon, but she died on the Thursday following, from inflammation of the brain, caused by the injuries she had received. The jury at once returned a verdict of guilty. His lordship in passing sentence again al luded to the painful number of cases arising from habits of intemperance, and sentenced the prisoner to 15 years' transportation. —The prisoner appeared agreeably sur prised at the result of the trial, and with apparent since rity he ejaculated, " Thank you, sir," as he left the dock. MANSLAUGHTER BY MISTAKE. Joshua Tunstall, 33, labourer, was charged upon a coroner's warrant with the wilful murder of Hannah Bailey, at Haydock, near St. Helen'e.—On the night of the 19th September, the prisoner, who is a member of a enefit society, went into the club-room in a state of iquor, and this being against the rules of the society, he was remonstrated with, and became exceedingly angry, challenging all the members to fight. On getting, near home he suet Thomas Tunstall, a young man also a member of the society, who lived a few doors from him. He and Tunstall had a quarrel through his accusing Tunstall of disgraceful conduct. Tunstall struck him a blow with a piece of wood, and then ran away, and took refuge in a yard. He was chased by the prisoner, who, finding himself foiled, went back to his own house and got a poker. He then challenged Tunstall to come out, and the latter did, but again escaped him. At this time the deceased, an old woman, 72 years of age, who lived meat dour to Tunstall, was standing outside her own door, having been attracted by the row. The prisoner attacked her, as it would appear, by mistake, for shortly afterwards he went into the house and solicited her par don. In the attack, however, he broke the old woman's head, and fractured several of her ribs, and she died in two hours and a-half.—Mr. Atkinson made an able speech on behalf of the prisoner, urging that Thomas Tunstall was the person really responsible for the death of the deceased ; and that, supposing the prisoner believed he was striking Thomas Tunstall, when attacking the old woman, the provocation he had received from him would constitute the case one of manslaughter only. Verdict, guilty of manslaughter ; sentence, 5 years' penal !tern- I tude. THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY .EVEN 1 N't3 DECEMBER 14, 1855. CUTTING AND WOUNDING AT LIVERPOOL. Samuel Farrell, 26, shoemaker, was indicted for having, at Liverpool, on the 22d August, feloniously stabbed and wounded Elizabeth Eades, with intent to kill and murder her. The proseutrix was not forthcoming when called upon, and her recognisances were ordered to be forfeited. The offence, however, was fully proved by a female witness who was with Ellen Eades, in Glouces ter-street, when the offence was committed—Verdict, guilty ; sentence, 9 months' imprisonment. WOUNDING ♦ POUCH OFFICER. - ----- George Tighe, 19, described as a dock labourer, was charged with having, at Liverpool, on the 6th Novem ber, feloniously cut and stabbed Win. Lakewan, with in tent to do him grievous bodily harm. The prosecutor, a policeman, saw the prisoner on the night in question hanging about the premises of a Mr. Annan, an outfitter in Oldhall-street, and trying to force an entrance. He endeavoured to apprehend the prisoner, when the latter stabbed hi m i n the back and right hand, disabling him so much that he fainted. The officer cried " Stop thief," and the prisoner was apprehended by another officer while running away. Verdict, Guilty. The prisoner had, since 1851, been twice convicted and sentenced to 18 months' imprisonment at the Liverpool sessions, and 19 times summarily convicted at the police courts. His Lordship said it was high time to put a stop to such a career, and sentenced the prisoner to 15 years' transpor tation. Prisoner : " Thank you, sir ; that's just what I wanted." He was then removed. MIDDLESEX SESSIONS. The December general sessions for the trial of priso ners commenced yesterday at the Guildhall, Westmin ster, before Mr. Sergeant Adams, the Assistant Judge, and a bench of magist rates. There are 37 prisoners for ' trial-26 are charged with felony, and the remainder with misdemeanour. The education of the prisoners is thus defined in the calendar-14 can neither read nor write, 14 can read, and 9 can read and write well. Richard Anthony, 16, pleaded guilty to an indictment charging him with stealing several pieces of timber, of the value of 23., the property of Mr. Thomas Cubitt. Mr. Sergeant Adams said he should sentence the pri• soner to imprisonment for two years, in the hope that he might be sent to the Reformatory School at Red-hill. The prisoner had been in prison before. C . /tare:4 Blake, 21, a machine ruler, was sentenced to be imprisoned and kept to hard labour for three calendar months, for stealing a carriage cushion, value 303., the property of Isaac Aldedent. Woolf Lyons, 28, described as a hawker and well edu cated, was indicted for having feloniously received a quantity of scissors, the property of Lawrence Dolan and others, knowing the same to have been stolen. Mr. Woollett appeared for the prosecution, Mr. Sleigh for the prisoner. The circumstances of this case were these :—The pro secntors were Messrs. Dolan and Co., the army clo thiers, of St. Martin's-lane, and since the breaking out of the war, they had had extensive contracts with the Government to supply the army in the East with clothing and a variety of articles coming under the denomination of military stores. In March last they received from a manufacturer a quantity of scissors marked with their own name, but as they were not of the same quality as the sample, they were put aside in the store room. In July, on stock being taken, twenty dozen pairs of them were missed, together with other property to some amount, in consequence of which information was given to the detective police. Circum stances came to their knowledge by which they traced some of the scissors to the shop of the roan named Joel, in Sandy-street, Spitalfields, and Inspector Thornton proceeded there, accompanied by Sergeant Hodges, and found three dozen of the stolen scissors. Joel accounted fir his possession of them by stating that he had them from ono Levy ; from Levy a portion was traced to one Lazarus, and finally to the prisoner, who said he bought in all five dozen of scissors and 20 dozen of knives from a strange man in the street near the Royal-mews, Pimli: o, whose residence he did not know. It appeared that Levy purchased between 6 and 7 dozen of scissors of the pri soner at the rate of is. 9d. per dozen for sonic and ls. 6d. for others, and the prisoner told him he had bought them of a man who was giving up business, but he had not suf ficient money to clear them all at once, and had therefore cleared them in several lots. The invoice price of the scissors from Sheffield to the prosecutors was 6e. 6d. per dozen, and there could be no doubt as to the identity of them, as they were a lot mad e ex p ress l y f or th em. I t was stated by the witnesses that it was impossible that the articles could have left the pre m i ses exce pt by dis honest means. The prisoner kept a chandler's shop in Dorset-street, Spitalfields. Mr. Dolan, on being cross-examined, said—their firm had sent out a considerable quantity to the Crimea. These scissors were intended for the cavalry, but as they were not elual to the sample they were put aside for use in their own establishment. It was usual for use less military stores to be sold, and some time ago a ship was lost on her way to the Crimea—the Imperatrice— and part of the cargo afterwards recovere 1 being unfit for use, it was brought back and sold in Budge-row. They (Messrs. Dolan) had 1,000 pairs of boots only on board that ship and no cutlery ; and he could say posi tively that those scissors could not have been sold. Mr. Sleigh, for the defence, suggested that the priso ner, in his way of miscellaneous dealing, might have come into possession of these articles honestly enough at a low price, although in point of fact they might originally have been stolen from Messrs. Dolan's premises. The jury found the prisoner guilty, and he then pleaded guilty to a previous conviction. He had in ad dition been summarily convicted. Mr. Woollett said Messrs. Dolan had lost a great deal of property in this way, and they had now 300 persons in their employ. It might be useful if the prisoner was remanded for judgment. The Assistant-Judge said he could be no party to that suggestion but should simply remand the prisoner for further inquiry. • THE LATE VADUZ JULIE.-REFUSAL TO DELIVER UP THE BODY. PLYMOUTH GUILDHALL.-DEC. 11. (Before the Right Worshipful the Mayor, J. Kelly, Esq., and W. Burnell, Esq.) OUTRAGEOUS AND UNFEELING CONDUCT OF A LODGING HOUSE KEEPER. Mr. J. R. Newcombe, lessee of the Theatre Royal, attended to solicit the intervention of the magistrates under the following extraordinary circumstances. He stated that the late Madlle. Julie, who died, on Sunday, of the injuries which she received from the accidental ignition of her dress, whilst performing at the theatre on the 20th ult., had previously to the accident, and throughout her illness, been lodging with a Mr. Morris, the occupier of a small lodging-house, between George place and Athenmam-terrace. The lodging money was regularly paid, but when he (Mr. Newcombe) had ar ranged for the removal of the remains of the deceased lady to London, for burial, he was informed by Mr. Morris that he claimed 11 guineas as compensation for the damage which he said had been done to the bed and other articles of furniture, consequent upon the iiness of Mademoiselle Julie, and that until that sum was paid, he should not allow the corpse to be re moved from the house. On looking at the items in the bill, applicant considered the charges were unreasonable, but he offered to place 121. in the hands of any respectable person, unconnected with either party, with a view to the payment of the demand, should it, upon examination, prove to be reasonable and just. Mr. Morris, however, positively refused to agree to any terms short of the immediate payment of the amouat which he demanded, and as he persisted in re taining possession of the dead body, he (Mr. Newcombe) • was reluctantly compelled to seek the advice and assist ance of the Bench in the matter. The Mayor expressed his surprise at the necessity of such an application, and asked Mr. Morris, who was in court, what explanation he had to offer. Mr. Morris replied that he had not refused to allow the remains of Madlle. Julie to be taken out of his house, but he nevertheless expected that his claim for compen sation should be first satisfied. So far from his bill being exorbitant, he had omitted to make some charges which he might have included, and which he should seek to include if the bill were disputed. He believed he hal power to detain the corpse, and he did not want any thing which was not legal and right. Mr. Phillips, magistrates' clerk—But you do want what is neither legal nor right. The proposal of Mr. Newcombe seems a very fair one, and such as no honest man could object to. He isready to pay whatevershall be proved, on inquiry,to be equitable, and what more can you require As to your retaining possession of the corpse beyond the time necessary to arrange for its decent sepul ture, that, you will find, you cannot do. It will be the duty of the magistrates to see that the public health is in no danger of being injured. Mr. Morris said he believed that he was legally justi fied in the c ourse which he had taken, and he should not consent to a bandon his claim. The Mayor—lt seems that you are in ignorance as to your true position. I may then tell you that you have no remedy whatever as against Mr. Newcombe. You could not r ecover a penny from him, whatever might be the extent of the d ama g e which you allege y ou h ave sus tained. Mr. Newcombe has, it appears, kindly under taken to superintend the removal of the remains of the deceased lady from Plymouth, but that gives you no claim upon him. Mr. Phillips—Have you any objection to Mr. New combe leaving 121. in the hands of Mr. Codd, the Super intendent of Police, and to refer the matter to the arbitra tion of Mr. Skardon, it being understood that Mr. Codd shall then pay whatever sum Mr. Skardon shall deem to be just? Mr. Morris —I shan't agree to anything of the kind. I have no o bjection to Mr. Sk ar d on persona ll y, b ut I shall not a bandon any part of my claim, an d s h a ll t a k e legal advice upon the subject. Mr. Phillips—You ma take whatever advice you please, but if I were Mr. Ne wcom b e I wouldn ' t pay you a penny after this ; and as to Sour supposed right to de tain the c orpse, the magistrates will, no doubt, quickly put that matter straight by sending for the inspector of nuisances. The May directed that Arr. Symons, the inspector of nuisances under the Board of Health, should be de sired to give his immediate attendance. Whilst the Court was waiting the arrival of that officer, it was remarked by Mt. Elliott, an undertaker, t h at h e had seen all the articles said to have been damaged, and he would guarantse to replace them for the sum of 51. Mr. Morris—That's quite ridicrlous. Mr. Elliot, however, renewel his offer ; and Mr. Phillips observed that it sufficiently proved that the bill of Mr. Morris required to be exassined. The Mayor said it appeared to him to he an extraor dinary thing that after the offer made by Mr. Newcombe there should have been any attempt upon the part of Mr. Morris to retain possession of the corpse. Mr. Morris—lf you were to place yourself in my po sition, sir, you would feel differently. The Mayor—l should be very sorry, indeed, to find myself in such a position. lam quite sure that under no circumstances could I have acted 45 you have done in this instaice. Mr. Symons, the inspector of nuisances, here made his appearance, and stated that, havieg desired the de puty-inspector of nuisances to visit the house of Mr. Morris, that officer was prepared to eliposethat it would be injurious to the public health if the remains of the deceased lady were not forthwith removed for the pur pose of sepultire. The Bench remarked 'that they could no longer hesi• tate as to the course to be adopted. Unless Mr. Morris at once agreed to the quiet removal the body, th ey should issue a formal order to the inspector to take the necessary measures for that purpose. Mr. Morris, finding that he had no choice in the matter, then agreed to what be could not prevent, and it was arranged that Mr. Skardon ;sad Mr. Clement should be requested to inquire into the pertioulars of Mr. Morris's demand, with a view to the psyment of such sum as should appear to be justly due. The remains of the ill-fated la d y were removed to London the same afternoon. Sporting IntelligenCe• TA'rrERSALL'S — TIIIIBB L A Y. Very few subscribers were present, and no busines was transacted. THE SMITHFIELD CLUB CATTLE SHOW. —Yesterday the Baker-street Bazaar was crowded from its opening to its close. Amongst the sales which took place during the day were nearly the whole of the specimens exhibited by 131 . 8 Royal Highness Prince Albert, the cattle be in g prin cipally divided between Mr. Jeffrey, of Foubert's-place, Regent-street, and Mr. Bannister, purveyor to her Ma jesty. The pigs were purchased by Meisra. Wall, of Jermyn-street, ‘ and Mr. Squire, of Tottenham - c ourt-road. The Duke of Richmend'3 Southdown stock were secured as usual by Mr. Ki n n o f P a ddi n gton-street, whilst Mr. Davy, of Brighton, was the purchaser of Mr. Rigden's pen of shert.woolled Southdowns, which obtained the gold Lledal, BANK RETURNS. An Account, pursuant to the Act seventh and eighth Victoria, cap. 32, of the Average Amount of Bank Notes of the several Banks of Issue in England and Wales, in Circulation during the Week ending Satur day, the Ist day of December, 1855 :- Average PRIVATE BANKS. Amount. Andover Bank, Andover--Heath and Co. Ashford Bank, Ashford-Jernmitt and Pomfret 9,465 Aylsham Bank, Aylsham-G. and T. Copeman 3,947 Aylesbury Old Bank, Aylesbury-Z. D. Hunt 33,542 Baldock Bank and Baldock and Biggleswade Bank, Baldock-Wells, Hogge, and Co 35,503 Barnstaple Bank, Barnstaple-Marshall and Co 9,553 Basingstoke and Odiham Bank, Basingstoke- Seymour, Lamb, and Co. 3 3edford Bank, Bedford-T. Barnard and Sons 30,729 Bewdley Bank, Bewdley - Nichols, Baker, and Co Bicester and Oxfordshire Bank and Oxford Bank, Bicester- H. M. and G. Tubb Birmingham Bank, Birmingham --Attwoods, Spooner, and Co 23,033 Birmingham and Warwickshire Bank, Bir minghatn-J. L. Moilliet and Sons 8,649 Blandford Bank, Blandford-Oak and Co. 7,080 Boston Bank, Boston-Garfit and Co 74,120 Boston Bank, Boston-H. and T. Gee and Co 14,869 Bridgwater Bank, Bridgwater-J. and J. L Sealey Bristol Bank, Bristol-Miles, Miles, and Co 35,823 Broseley and Bridgnorth and Bridgnorth and Broseley Bank, Broseley-Pritchards, Boy cott, and Co. Buckingham Bank, Buckingham-Bartlett, Par rott, and Co Bury and Suffolk Bank, Sudbury Bank, and Stowmarket Bank, Bury St. Edmunds- Oakes, Bevan, and Co. Banbury Bank, Banbury - Gillet, Tawney, and Co. Banbury Old Bank, Banbury-Cobb and Son 28,272 Bath City Bank, Bath-G. Moger and Son Bedfordshire Leighton Buzzard Bank, Leighton Buzzard-Bassett, Grant, and Co 56,222 Birmingham Bank, Birmingham-Taylor and Lloyds Bradford Old Bank, Bradford, Yorkshire-H A. and W. M. Harris and Co. Brecon Old Bank, Brecon-Wilkins and Co 64,744 Brighton Union Bank, Brighton-Nall, West, and Borrer Burlington and Driffield Bank, Burlington- Harding, Smith, and Co 12,587 Bury St. Edmunds Bank, Bury St. Edmunds- J. Worlledge Cambridge Bank, Cambridge-Mortlock &Co 16,514 Cambridge and Cambridgeshire Bank, Cam bridge-Messrs. Fosters 49131 Canterbury Bank, Canterbury-Hammond and C 0........ ............................................... 34,518 Carmarthen Bank, Carmarthen—David Morris and Sons 22,671 Chertsey Bank, Chertsey—La Coste and Son 3,229 Colchester Bank, Colchester—Round & Green 16,405 Colchester and Essex Bank, and Witham and Essex Bank, and Hadleigh, Suffolk, Bank, Colchester—Mills, Bawtree, and Co 33,637 Cornish Bank, Truro—Tweedy and Co 45,881 Coventry Bank, Coventry—Little & Woodcock 6,571 City Bank, Exeter—Milford and Co 18,20 Craven Bank, Settle—Alcocks, Birkbecki, and Co Cardiff Bank, Cardiff—Towgood and Co Chepstow Old Bank, Chepstow Bank, Mon mouth Old Bank, Monmouth Bank, Brecon Bank, and Ross and Herefordshire Bank, Chepstow—Bromage, Snead, and Co Derby Bank, Derby—W. and S. Evans & Co. Derby Bank, Derby—Samuel Smith and Co Derby Old Bank and Scarsdale and High Peak Bank, Derby—Crompton, Newton, and Co Devizes and Wiltshire Bank, Devizes—Locke and Co Diss Bank, Diss—Oakes, Fincharn, and Co Doncaster Bank and Retford Bank, Doncaster Cooke and Co Darlington Bank, Durham Bank, and Stockton on-Tees Bank, Darlington--Backhouse & Co Devonport Bank, Devonport— Hodge and Co Dorchester Old Bank and Dorsetshire Bank, Dorchester—R. and H. Williams East Cornwall Bank, Liskeard—Robins, Fos ter, and Co 87,553 East Riding Bank, Beverley—Bower and Co 52,160 Essex Bank and Bishop's Stortford Bank Chelmsford—Sparrow, Round, and Co Exeter Bank, Exeter—Sanders and Co Fakenham Bank, Fakenham—Gurneys, Birk beck, and Co Farringdon Bank and Bank of Wantage, Far ringdon—Barnes, Medley, and Co 6,475 Farnham Bank, Farnham Messrs Knight Faversham Bank, Faversham—Hilton and Co 6,244 Godalming Bank, Godalming—Mellersh and Keen Guildford Bank, Guildford—Messrs. Haydon Grantham Bank, Grantham—Hardy and Co Hastings Old Bank, Hastings—Smith, Hilder, and Co. Hereford City and County Bank, Hereford— Matthews and Co. Hertford and Ware Bank, Hertford-li. Adams and Co. Hull Bank and Kingston-upon-Hull Bank, Hull, Smith, Brothers, and Co. Huntingdon Town and County Bank, Hunting don—Rust and Veaseys Harwich l ßank, Harwich—Cox, Cobbold, and Co. Hemel Hempstead Bank, Hemel Hempstead ---Smith and Whittingstall Hertfordshire, Hitchin Bank, Hitchin Sharples, and Co. Hereford, Ross and Archenfield Bank, and Ross and Archenfield Bank. Hereford— Morgan and Co 24,439 Ipswich Bank, Ipswich—Bacon and Co. Ipswich and Needham Market Bank, Suffolk, Hadleigh Bank, Manningtree and Mistley Bank, and Woodbridge Bank, Ipswich— Alexanders and Co. Kentish Bank, Maidstone—Mercer, Randall, and Co. Kinedon and Radnorshire Bank, Kington— davies and Co. Knighton Bank, Knighton—Davies and Co Knaresborough Old Bank and Ripon Old Bank, Knaresborough—Harrison and Co 21,615 Kendal Bank, Kendal—Wakefield, Crewdson, and Co. ............... . .. Kettering Bank, Kettering—J. C. Gotch and 72,110 9,953 10,2D1 37,322 8,155 10,296 77,535 85,420 7,853 43,578 49,520 23,472 4,545 13,894 28,445 35,625 19,405 21,355 20,670 Sons 9,052 Lane End Staffordshire Bank, Lan* End—C Harvey and Son 5,194 Leeds Bank, Leeds—Beckett and Co. Leeds Union Bank, Leeds—W. Williams, Brown and Co. Leicester Bank, Leicester—Pagets and Kirby, 30,366 Lewes Old Bank, Lewes—Molineux and Co 30,549 Lichfield Bank, Lichfield—Pahner and Greene 8,474 Lincoln Bank, Lincoln—Smith, Ellison, and Co. 94,264 Llandovery Bank, Lampeter Bank, and Llan dilo Bank, Llandovery—D. Jones and Co 25,847 Loughborough Bank, Loughborough —Middle ton and Cradock 7,317 Lymington Bank, Lymington—St. Barb and Co. ................................................... 3,985 Lynn Regis and Lincolnshire Bank, Lynn Regis-Gurneys and Co. Lynn Regis and Norfolk Bank, Lynn Regis- Jarvis and Co 11,992 Macclesfield Bank, Macclesfield-Brocklehurst and Co. Manningtree Bank, Manningtree-Nunn and Co. Marlborough Bank, Marlborough and Wilts Old Bank, Marlborough Old Bank, Marl borough Old Bank and Hungerford Bank, and Hungerford Bank, Marlborough -Tan ner and Co Merionethshire Bank, Dolgelly-Williams and Son 9,178 Miners' Bank, Truro-Willyams and Co 16,602 Monmouthshire Agricultural and Commercial Bank, Abergavenny-Bailey and Co 25,593 Monmouth Cld Bank, Monmouth Bank, Bre con Bank, Chepstow Bank, Chepstow 0141 Bank, and Ross and Herefordshire Bank, Monmouth-Bromage, Snead, and Co 15,632 Newark Bank, Newark-Godfrey and Riddell 26,251 Newark and Sleaford Bank, and Sleaford and Newark Bank, Sleaford-Handley, Peacock, and Co 48,294 Newbury Bank, Newbury-Bunny & Slocock 18,561 Newmark- t Bank, Newmarket--Eaton, Ham mond, and Co Norwich Crown Bank and Norfolk and Suffolk Bank, Norwich-Harveys and Hudsons 10,168 Norwich and Norfolk Bank, Norwich-Gur neys and Birkbeck 117,740 Nottingham and Nottinghamshire Bank, Not tingham, Hart, Fellows, and Co. lO,BOO Nuneaton Bank, Nuneaton-Craddock and Co. 2,911 Naval Bank, Plymouth, Plymouth-Harris 15,281 and Co. New Sarum Bank, Sarum-Everett and Co 10,543 Nottingham Bank, Nottingham-Samuel Smith and Co. Oswestry Bank and Oswestry Old Bank, Os westry-Croxon and Co Oxford Old Bank, Oxford-Robinson, Parsons, and Co. Old Bank, Tonbridge, Tonbridge and Ton bridge Wells Old Bank, Tonbridge and Ton bridge Wells and Sevenoaks Bank, Ten -10,240 B S. an ß k e , ech l i v n i g tney- J. w. Oxf b o ri r d d g s e- hirs T. W H it . n a e n y d Clinch and Ca. Pease's Old Bank, Hull, the Hull Old Bank and Beverly Bank, Hull-Pease and Co 47,851 Penzance Bank, Penzance--Bitten and Co. Peterborough Bank and Oundle Bank, Peter borough-D. Yorke and Co. Pembrokeshire Bank, Haverfordwest-J. and W. Walters.. . 12,090 Reading Bank, Reading-Simonds and Co 31,408 Reading Bank, Reading -Stephens, Blandy, and Co. 29,126 Richmond Bank, Richmond-Roper and Co. 0,586 Rochdale Bank, Rochdale-Clement, Royds, and Ce. Rochester, Chatham, and Strood Bank, Roches ter-Day and Nicholson 7,655 Royston Bank, Roysten-Fordhain ant]. Seas 14,281 Rugby lark, Rugby-A. Butlia Rai 8,392 Rpe Bank,lt,y6-2, .T6mfret and CO 6'. 16,172 Ross Old Bank, Heredfordshire, Roes Allaway aid Macdougal Saffron Walden and North Essex Baok, S Iron Walden—Gibsons atid Co Salop Bank, Shrewsbury— Burton, Lloyd, and Co. Scarborough Old Bank, Scarborough—Wood all and Co 24,723 Shrewsbury Old Bank and Shrewsbury and Ludlow Bank, Shrewsbury— Rocke, Ey tons' and Co. 42,432 Sittingbourne and Milton Bank, Sittingbune. —Vallance and Co. Southampton Town and County Bank, South ampton—Maddison and Pearce Southwell Bank, Southwell—Wylde and Co 13,994 Southampton and Hampshire Bank, Southamp ton—Atherley, Fell, and Co. Stone Bank, Stone—W. Moore 345 Stafford Old Bank, Staaord—Stevenso n and C 0... 11,295 Stamford and Rutland Bank, Stamford—Eaton, Cayley and Co. _ _ 4,163 33,052 Shrewsbury and Welshpooi Bank, Shrewsbury —Beck, Downward, and Co. „.. 25,657 Taunton Bank, Taunton—H. and R. Badcock 24,3t6 Tavistock Bank, Tavistoek—Gill and Rundle 7,08 Thornbury Bank, Thornbury—Rolph and Co; 8,279 Tiverton and Devonshire Bank, Tiverton - Dunsford and Co. Thrapston and Kettering Bank, Northampton shire—Thrapston, Yorke and Eland Tring Bank and Chesham Bank, Tring—But cher and Son Towcester Old Bank, Towcester—Percival and Co 7,247 Town and County of Poole Bank and Ring wood and Poole Bank, Poole—G. W. Led gard and Sons 10,139 Union Bank, Cornwall, Helston—Vivian and Co 14,604 Uxbridge Old Bank, Uxbridge—Hull, Smith, and Co 14,640 Wallingford , Wallingford—Hedges, Wells, and C , ‘ ' 7,672 Warwick an,d Warwickshire Bank, Warwick— K. Greenway and Co. Wellington Somerset Bank, Wellington—Fox, Brothers, and Co West Riding Bank, Wakefield, and Pontefract Bank, Wakefield— Leatham, Tew, and Co Whitby Old Bank, Whitby—Simpson, Chap man, and Co Winchester, Alresford, and Alton Bank, Win chester—ulpett and Co Winchester and Hampshire Bank, Winchester —Wickham and Co Weymouth Old Bank and Dorchester Bank, Weymouth—Eliott and Pearce Wirksworth and Ashbourne Derbyshire Bank, Wirksworth—Arkwright and Co Wisbech and Lincolnshire Bank, Wisbech— Gurneys and Co Wiveliscombe Bank, Wiveliscombe— P. and W. Hancock Wolverhampton Bank, Wolverhampton—Good ricke and Holyoake Worcester Bank, Worcester—Farley, Laven der, and Co Worcester Old Bank and Tewkesbury Old Bank, Worcester—Berwick, Lechmere, and Co Worcestershire Bank, Kidderminster—Farley, Turner, and Co .. Walsall Old B an k, W a l sa ll—Ch ar l es Forster and Sons Wolverhampton Bank, Wolverhampton—R. and W. F. Fryer 11,5 Yarmouth and Suffolk Bank, and Halesworth and Suffolk Bank, Yarmouth—Gurneys, Birbeck, and Co Yarmouth, Norfolk, and Suffolk Bank, Great Yarmouth—Sir E. H. K. Lacon, Bart,, and Co York Bank, York- Swann, Clough, and Co.. JOINT-STOCK BANKS. Bank of Westmorland, Kendal. Barnsley Banking Company, Barnsley Bradford Banking Company, Bradford Bilston District Banking Company, Wolver hampton Bank of Whitehaven, Whitehaven Bradford Commercial Banking Company, Bradford Burton, Uttoxeter, and Staffordshire Union Banking Company, Burton-upon-Trent Chesterfield and North Derbyshire Banking Company, Chesterfield Cumberland Union Banking Company, Work ington Cheltenham and Gloucestershire Banking Com pony, Cheltenham Coventry and Warwickshire Banking Company, Coventry Coventry Union Banking Company, Coventry County of Gloucester Banking Company, Chel- 26,366 45,883 14,052 21,208 15,196 35,620 59,980 11,168 71,282 44,972 12,898 44,336 9,242 9,732 47,098 8,328 30,000 19,844 24,304 12,900 _ tenham Carlisle and Cumberland Banking Company, Carlisle Carlisle City and District Bank, Carlisle Dudley and West Bromwich Banking Company, Dudley 36,213 Derby and Derbyshire Banking Company, Derby Darlington District Joint Stock Banking Com pany, Darlington East of England Bank, Norwich 24,363 Gloucestershire Banking Company, Gloucester 153,785 Halifax Joint Stock Bank, Halifax 18,379 Huddersfield Banking Company, Huddersfield 34,590 Hull Banking Company, Hull 27,630 Halifax Commercial Banking Company, Halifax 13,962 Halifax and Huddersfield Union Banking Com pany, Halifax Helston Banking Company, Helston Herefordshire Banking Company, Hereford Knaresborough and Claro Banking Company, Knaresborough Kingsbridge Joint-Stock Bank, Kingsbridge Lancaster Banking Company, Lancaster Leeds Banking Company, Leeds Leicestershire Banking Company, Leicester.... Lincoln and Lindsey Banking Company Leamington Priors and Warwickshire Banking Company, Leamington Priors 11,385 Ludlow and Tenbury Bank, Ludlow 9,838 Moore and Robinson's Nottinghamshire Bank ing Company, Nottingham Nottingham and Nottinghamshire Banking Company, Nottingham 28,366 Newcastle, Shields, and Sunderland Union Joint-Stock Banking Company, Newcastle upon-Tyne -- 1 National Provincial Bank of England, Birming ham, Head-office, 112, Bishopsgate-street, London 417,336 North Wilts Banking Company, Melksham 46,586 Northamptonshire Union Bank, Northampton 81,788 Northamptonshire Banking Company, North ampton North and South Wales Bank, Liverpool Pares's Leicestershire Banking Company, Leicester Saddlcworth Banking Company, Saddleworth. Sheffield Banking Company, Sheffield Stamford, Spalding, and Boston Banking Com pany, Stamford Stuckey's Banking Company, Bristol Somerset shire Bank, and Somersetshire Bank, Lang port 348,85 Shiopshire Banking Company, Shiffnall 42,330 Stourbridge and Kidderminster Banking Com pany, Stourbridge Sheffield and Hallamshire Banking Company, Sheffield Sheffield and Rotherham Joint Stock Banking Company, Sheffield 51,614 Swaledale and Wensleydale Banking Company, Richmond Storey and Thomas' Banking Company, Shaftes bury Wolverhampton and Staffordshire Banking Company, Wolverhampton 32,980 Wakefield and Barnsley Union Bank, Wake field Whitehaven Joint-Stock Banking Company, 19,35 42,715 1,46 i 20,799 23,164 3,565 60,231 22,825 76,709 52,507 36,625 24,016 51,027 56,762 2,137 35,713 54,025 157,076 23,638 52,210 13,435 29,315 Whitehaven.. Warwick and Leamington Banking Company, - Warwick West of England and South Wales District Bank, Bristol 72,473 Wilts and Dorset Banking Company, Salisbury 74,882 West Riding Union Banking Company, Hud dersfield Whitchurch and Ellesmere Banking Company, Whitchurch Worcester City and County Banking Com pany, Worcester 6,286 York Union Banking Company, York 70,720 York City and County Banking Company, 92,216 Yorkshire Banking Company, Leeds 119,094 7,07 J. MICHAEL, Act'ng Registrar of Bank Returns, Inland Revenue, Somerset House, Dec. 8, 1855. THE SLOW POISONING CASE AT DARLINGTON.—The fees of the defendant's counsel were as follows -- Ser geant Wilkins, 200 guineas ; Mr. 0 verend, 100 guineas ; Mr. Lawrie, 50 guinets.—Darlington imes. ASSOCIATION OF LICENSED VICTUALLERS.- A meeting of the representatives of various associations of licensed victuallers in different parts of the country took place at Derby on Wednesday, Mr. Stinton, of Birmingham, in the chair, when a resolution was passed to the effect, that a National Licensed Victuallers' Defence League be formed, having for object the general defence of the in terests of tbat body, and to organise an opposition to measures likely to injure the trade. Mr. Skinner, of Sheffield, proposed a resolution That the general , committee of the National Licatsed Victuallers' Defence League be held in Birmingham for the year 1856, be composed of a member from each Li censed Victuallers' Society belongiug thereto, to meet at least once every quarter for the transaction of general business connected with the trade ; and that a sub-com mittee be elected from the Birmingham association, hav ing the power to transact all the business of an interrne diatemature between the quarterly meetings of the gene ral committee." Objections were made to London being made the centre of the proposed associated association, and a long discussion ensued, chiefly upon tho question whether there should be two leagues, one for London, and the other f,r the provinces, and an amendment was , moved. It was, however, negatived, and the original r esolution was carried by 13 to 2, 1 Country Markets. DJ ItBY SMITHFIELD.-DEC. 11. There was a good supply of fat beasts to-day, and th• greater part of excellent quality, most of which were dis posed of at about former prices. The pens were well filled with sheep, but the demand was flat, and several lots were left unsold. Fat pigs in more plentiful supply, and a dull sale. The following were the quotations :—Beef, 6d to 66d ; mutton, bid to 7d ; lamb, Od to Od ; veal, 7d tc 7d per lb. ; pigs, 10s Od to lOs 6d per score ; rough fat, 6s it to Cm per 141 b. ; hides, 4d to 40 per lb ; calf-skins, 3,d to bd per lb. EDINBURGH GRAIN.—DEC. I '. A large supply of grain to-day. Sales heavy for all de. scriptions, and prices generally downward. Wheat, top, 2s down, and on the average 2s Od down. Barley, top, 3s down —average, 10d down. Oats on the top 14 4d down —average, is ld down. Beans on the top 3s down—the average, 2d down. AVERAGES PER IMPERIAL QUARTER. Wheat £3 16 8 9-12ths. Do. new Barley -12ths. Oats Beans BOSTON—DEo. 12. A short supply of wheat and the demand inactive, at 2i to 3s per qr. decline on last week• Spring corn of all sorts a languid inquiry, at lower rates. Prices :—Wheat, red, 63s Od to 793 Od; white, 79s Od to 823 Od extra, 84s Od. Barley, 34s Od to 41s Od. Oats, 23s to 30s. Beans, 44s Od to 553 Od. Peas, 43s Od to 521 per qr. NEWARK-DEC. 12. 82ABO.RNE MAILS. 3,838 5,853 6,715 8,246 Wauritins (see India ilauritius ........ Mexico ••• 1.• •fi • • „ N Slew Granada ...... New Zealand Papal :Rates Peninsula M Porn ...... •• ...• .• Di Port Natal ,N •• • • • • • I • • Tuscany iener.rel a M Van DI( men's Land (ce. Australia) ...- 32,672 West Tndies A, 52,630 Iqn .7th o morth I,Sonthatrpt. 9,243 A full attendance to-day, and a good supply of grain. Wheat and barley, best samples, 2s per qr. lower; inferior kinds, 3s to 45 per qr. cheaper. Wheat, white 80s to 86s, red 78s to 84s; barley, malting 41s to 435, grinding 36s to 38s; oats, 24st. 36s to 38s, 22st► 3 s to 34s ; beans, 48s to 60s ; malt, 76a to 60s; pens. 480 to 505; tares, 64s to Fas per qr. tbi signifies that the mails are sent from the General Poet ofilos the night—and M by the morning—despatch.) Day when inao, p re= what Whey COUNTRLEIt in General Post- Port Qua '0 Officb, London.* Di s p a t c h.," Ew a n& America(byßrit.pack)N Every Frida7.• • Liverpool 'Dec. lb America. (by United Ste. packet) •• • • Liverpool Dec. 24 't =rice (by U States packet) •• • • ••• • • Southatintt•-• Australia (via South ampton) ........M • Southampton Ditto (via Marseilles) N ')itto (via Cape of Good I Hope) ............ N ....... tfrica (West C 0567.) ...N il3d of the month . plymoutl, . Dee. 6 N S, 9, 2 4, & 30 of it • • Dover .... 4 th &. 70th of mot . SouthamptoA. liahamaa ........... 1/1117th of the month Southampro• Belgium ........ „ N itaily ••••• • • • • • - Dover Daily t3razil ..............M 9th of the mouth.. Southnmptm. Dec. lb flumes Ayres m 9th the Mont .•8,.0 th link tor Dec. I) Pape of Good hope .N Various port Hocartalr cape of Good Hope N •' - 'ape de Verde 9ti• of tb, rori.th goutnarnoto, Dec. lb ... r.leylon (see India ). f1ey10n............ . ilhannel Islet . , . N Southarni., ru.Tb, si I'hill. ............ 1 7 ,1 Of moot' 3outh amr ,. thins i Once a month.... Jan. lonstantinople . 8,13,18,23,&28 of it, Povei 'Emstantinople . „kV & 20th of mo• B),(th,nripi's• s Tw•en .. Dover ' .. rw••• - •det ..ont. of Europe M ,•.-- F.gypt (see India) France .. lath ... Dove Cwt.:". • libraltat „...... M 4,7, 17.20. 27. f n sontl•••tn • It °eft Ore India) 1 lreytowu ▪ „ „ 20) tz 1711, co , nif n Harnburgl% , N,Tuesday & Frht London lavannah ........ i2nd of the moot' Ifitootf•arr:p ,•• Dec. 16. m !Dail y • • ....IDnver 'Tolland , a l • :ionduras , ▪ „ „ „ mllit . I :the mon,l .!fgoitt , , , mp*Or 16thortne i trim (viasouthampt. . 20th of mo .IPlym utb Dec. 20 ndia via Morsel nes I Math& 26th of moo' Dover .• •••• lonian lit'es (see Indi e) l7, 17, & 27 of trio , Ireland & NiTwier daily . H.,t • head Lisbon—. m l 7, 9, 17, & 27 of rn.,Southamptou Dec. is Aladoira ........... 3,1;9th of the montl, 'Bon hampteu '.fadeira ......... 12 3 d o' month • - Liverpool ... Waits (see India) 8. Ix &28 n, moo. t Dover Dec. 20 Wauri tins (see 'lndia ......., tr• or the mom, M ex i co hi ;2nd of the moot' . "Southampton Dec. 16 Naples . „ ? ;,stlilsth26thofuton Dover New Granada „ r 21 So 17th of morn' Southampton New Zea1and........ „ !By private slip iVari us pert. ,taem-tai' Papal litotes • „ t, '6th I6th26thofmon. Dover ...... p en t mele 111117th27thormon. Southat, p ,.. Porn 2d At 27th of mon. l Bonthampt, Port Natal .... ,N By private ship...lVarious port Jne.rta -4tc1137 • sthl 9 th2 s thofnaon,!Dover Tuscany sth 15 th 25 thofmon.IDover •renezuel 2cl*l7tb otmonthlSoutharopt 1 &Ito ° Pan D 1( men's La nd (so. Australia) 118G16A 20 _.,••• When any Of these klate% fall on a Sunday, the malls son] pe dr ipatched on the following day, with the exception of the Miff (M . Southampton), and the Malta, both of which will be deapatch,d tt preceding day SHARE MARKETS. LIVERPOOL, DEO. 13. STOCK Ex ZOLNIGE.—The tone of the market was veil steady, at yesterday's prices. Dublin and Drogheda, 577" Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, 21—Ditto, Sit per Cent., 12t—Caledonian, 271 4—Midlands, 63j 4 ,1 Lancashire and Yorkshire, 770 7 7k 7—South Eastern, ill —North British, 74—Birkenhead, Lancashire, and CO" shire (late C. and B. 27g. shares), 134. MANCHESTER, DEC. 13. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The market to-day has been rather ate tdier, but the business WM limited. Great Western► 514—Leeds, 774 Sheffields, 93—Dovers, 174—lifidiandA 63A London Stock, 914—Groat Western of Canada, 2 —Ditto, new, 2i p. BIRMINGHAM, DEO. 13 . STOCK EXCHANGE.—The tone of tha market has I,o* flat to-day, and a fair business done. Midland., 6 4 1 South Staffords, 211 dis.—Birmingham and Stour Irallsl oo Bi. LEEDS, DEC. 13. STOCK EXCHANGE.—There was little business to -aso and prices lower. The only transactions up to one dcloa and Yorkshires, 77—North Westerns, sa. DUBLIN, Dm. 12. STOCK EXCHANGE.—Three per Cent. Console, f or Account, Jan. 8, 883—Now Three per Cent. Stock , 883—Ditto, for the Account, Bth January, 88i 8811 M ?Midland Gt. Western and paid), Royal Can a l, (50/ . 48 —Groat Southern and Western, 511—Ditto, 6 per ce l4 ' Prof., 71—N a ti ona l B an k (22 /. Ps. paid), 32--goys Bank, ' o—Dubli n and Wi c k low, 51—Waterford Limerick, 14—Grand Canal, 3'.—Bank Stock, 225--67 of Dublin Steam Co., 58 - General Mining Co. of Iroise South Eastern, si. The sold has suddenly and very severely set in 114 Nancy. In the ear ly p ar t o f l as t wee k t h e thermometel, stood at 9 degrees below zero centigrade (16k F.) Tye canal is completely frozen over, and the river l!ileurthe is so at the sides. EASTERN COUNTIES RAILWAY.—MEMORIAL TO T lai BOARD Or TRADE.—At a meeting of the Norwich town council on Wednesday, a memorial to the Board of Trad e was unanimously adopted with respect to the conditio n of the Norfolk and Eastern Counties Railway betwne il the city of Norwich and London. The memorialists 5t5 th,t they have found from inquiry and evidence, that tb , I,errnanent way of the lines is in a very bad condition ; that the timbers and sleepers on the road are greatif decayed ; that many of the bridges aro defective and to want of repair ; that travelling upon the line is dial agreeable and h azar d ous ; th a t f rom f ear of perso nal danger, parties avoid travelling on the lines, while pe r ( i sons nut in robust health cannot bear the shaking an jostling which the state of the rails occasions, and O . thereby greatly inconvenienced ; and that Mr. Simpson, one of the directors of the Eastern Counties l'hilwof Company, to whom, with others, it was referred to 50 1. mine into and report on the state of the permanent writ! at a meeting of the sharehold ers , h e ld on F r id a y In" dec'ared that " things are in such a state that not nu hour must be lost for the sake of the public safety i ll supplying defects the nature of which it would be incor" venient at a public meeting like this to explain." The memoriali4F, fearing that some accident may occur, prsl the interference of the board for the protection o f 00 public. BIRTHS. Or A EON. On the 13th inst., at Christ's Hospital, London, the wife of the Rev. James Thomson. On the 9th inst., at West Brompton, the wife of J. 5 : Bayford, Esq., o f D oc t ors '- commons, an d W es t BroglP ton. OE' A DAT:MUTER. On the 12th inst., at 8, Welbeck-street, Cavendish• square, Mrs. A. E. Williams. On the 11th inst.. at Eagle House, Enfield, the wife ef the Rev. John Fuller Russell, 8.C.L., F.S.A. MARRIED. On the 13th inst., at St. Marylebone Church, Major R. Douglas Clephane, of the 79th Highlanders, to A nne / A ria Pine, eldest :laughter of Thomas Smith, Esq., o f Bow mont-strset, Marylebone. On the 13th inst.. at St. George's, Haaever-aquar•• Reginald John Cust, Esq., third son of the Hon, and Bev. Henry Ceekayne and Lady Anna Maria Cust, to the Lad/ Elizabeth Bligh, eldest daughter of the late Earl of Dos' ley. - - - DIED. On the 11th inst., at 12, Devonshire-place, Portla nd' place, David Rowley, a Magistr a t e and Dep.-Lie° . for the county of Huntingdon, aged 64. On the 13th inst., at 28 B, Albemarle-street, Job Cowling, Esq, On the 12th inst., Mr. Thos. Seabrook, of Gray's Til° rl rock, Essex, aged 87. On the 11th inst., James Brain, Esq., of Egerton-row h Blackheath-hill, aged 57. On the 11th inst at Danbury, William Hilton, E Bc l' i aged 91. 1. Ott th e 9th i nst., at Bath, Capt. B. Leigh Lye, aged • 7 ,6 On the 7th i ns t. , th e R ev . P ryce J ones, l ate an d f o r years curate of Helmdon, Northamptonshire, aged 68. es On the 4th i ns t., a t G enoa , Lieuten n at-G ener al Jame Lindsay, of Balcarres and Leuchars, aged 65. le, On the 3d inst. ' at Bayswater, Edward Dalbee TeroP Esq., formerly o f the let Dragoon Guards, aged 7 iioNnoN : Printed and Published by MUItDO YOUN° f !Co. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun Office, Nn. 112, trawl, in the PrAcirct of the Savoy, in the county or L:iddlesex, Fri Jay, December 14, 1855. `-,~ * a