The Sun. — London, England, 1856-12-24 00:00:00

MONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, Two O'CLOCK The Liverpool Cotton Market yesterday closed with a hardening tendency, and prices of all de scriptions were nearly id. per lb. dearer. The sales were estimated at 12,000 bales, 3,000 of which were taken on speculation. The Railway Share Market was quiet, and prices were a shade easier. From Manchester the advices relative to trade are very encouraging, and there can be no doubt that business next y ear will commence very favourably. In cotton cloth an extensive business has been done, at enhanced rates. All kinds of fabrics have been in request, and goods which for a long time past were quite unsa!eanle are being rapidly cleared off. The inquiry is for exportation as well as for home use, and it is remarked that so much activity immediately preceding Christmas has not been experienced for many years. The letters from Leeds are equally satisfactory in tone, and the stocks of cloth have been considerably reduced. The manufacturers, therefore, look forward to the New-year with much confidence. The dividend declared at the Court of Bank ruptcy yesterday, in the case of the Royal British Bank, was ss. 6d. in the pound on 380,0001. This is 6d. in the pound more than was expected early in the day, but the assignees have not retained anything for expenses, and it is thought that a further instalment will be paid in a month or six weeks. It is contended that had it not been for the Chancery proceedings the first dividend might have been 10s., instead of ss. 6d. The accounts from Ireland state that there is less excitement with regard to the " run" on the National Bank for gold, and as upwards of half a million sterling has now been remitted from Lon don, it is not very likely that much farther incon ♦enience will be occasioned. There is a considerable demand for discount ac commodation in Lombard-street and the Bank of England, and full rates are paid. There is rather more firmness in the market for public securities, notwithstanding the li mited transactions recorded. It is expected that the authorities of the Bank of France will ex tend their discount business to bills of 90 days to• morrow, and this has strengthened the market. Consols have been 932 k, and 9n to 94. Exchequer Bills, however, owing to the pressure for money, have receded to ls. discount and 2s. premium, and the Bonds are 98 The New 3 per Cents. are 931 to 94, and the Reduced 93i I . Bank Stock is 216, and India Bonds 2s. premium. In the Foreign Market the dealings have been very limited, but the quotations are a shade firmer. Turkish 6 per Cents. have been 95 to 95k, and the 4 per Cents. 1021 Spanish 3 per Cents. are 42k, and the Deferred 24i Sardinian are 89, and Ditch Securities are nominal. Mexican are 21i. _ The following are the nominal prices of Foreign Stocks :—Grenada Deferred Bonds, 6 7 ; Mexi can, 211 ; Peruvian 4i per Cents., 76 8 ; ditto a per Cents., 54 6 ; Portuguese 3 per Cents., 44 6 ; Russian 5 per Cents., 106 8 ; ditto 4i per Cents., 95 '; Spanish 3 per Cents., 42i ; ditto New Deferred, 23i 4# ; ditto Certificates, ; ditto Passive, 6. The last week's railway receipts, ascertained up to this day, are in round figures as under : 1856. 1855. Blackburn Blythe and Tyne Brighton 12,576 12,705 Manchester and South Junction North London North Stafford Seuth-Eastern 'West Hartlepool Belfast and Ballymena Ulster 1,401 1,320 Caledonian Glasgow and South-Western Grand Trunk of Canada Great Western of Canada 13,246 12,134 Great Luxembourg Northern of France Norwegian Trunk 566 367 There has been a very limited business transacted in the Market for Railway Shares this morning, and the fluctuations in prices have not been to any great extent. Chester and Holyhead ; Edinburgh, Perth, and Dundee ; South-Western ; Midland ; North-Eastern (Berwick) ; and Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton, declined about ss. to 10s. ; and East Lancashire, Great Northern, Brighton, and North-Western advanced about 58. The Prench lines have also slightly improved, Paris and Lyons being quoted at an advance of about ss. to 7s. 6d. Lombardo-Venetian are also firmer, the Canadian and East Indian lines are dull, but prices are well supported. In Joint Stock Bank Shares no business of any amount has been done. London Chartered of Australia advanced about 55., and London and County 10s. Miscellaneous Shares are without any alteration in values. °zonal" FUNDS THIS DAY AT ON (From the Officza List.) - Bank Stock 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities New 3 per Cent. Annuities India Bonds, £lOOO Ditto ' under £lO OO 2 p Consols for Account • 93 i i i Exchequer Bills, 21d. 81000 arnall 2 d Ditto Bonds, 1858, 31 per Cent. 9Bi Ditto, 1359 ............ . PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOt K Grenada New Active, 2} per Cent. Sardinian Bonds, 5 per Cent. Ditto Account ..... .... SPKnnh Bonds, 3 per Cent ... Ditte New Deferred, 3 per Cent bitto Account kith Bonds, 6 per cent — Ditto Account Ditto Guaranteed, 4 per Cent Ditto Account Venezuela Bonds, 41 per Cent Ditto Account• Dtvieends on the above payable .In . London t TWO O'CLOCK. Console '(Money) — Ditto Account MANSLAUGHTER BY FURIOUS DRIVING.—An inquest Was held last night at the Middlesex Hospital, on the body of Sarah Sydenbaw, the young woman who died in consequence of being run over by a cab, which WAS driven by a man in a state of intoxication. The facts of the case appeared yesterday in The Sun. The jury, without a moment's deliberation, returned a verdict of manslaughter against the accused, and he was committed for trial. THE WARDMOTES.—The result of the poll in Aldgate was the election of Mr. Lusk, in place of NI r. Stephenson. In Coleman -street ward Mr. Kenyon polled but 64 votes. In Cordwainers' Mr. Lamb was elected to fill the vacancy caused by the removal of Mr. Tress. In Dowgate ward Mr. White, in place of Mr. M'Laren. In Far ringdon ward Mr. Longhorn was chosen instead of Mr. Clemow. In Cripplegate, in consequence of the numbers polled by Mr. Sewell and Mr. Spencer, a fresh election will take place. THE REPRESENTATION OF GREENWICH. —Yesterday a deputation ; composed of electors of the borough of Greenwich, headed by Mr. A. R. Bristow, attended at the town residence of Lieutenant-General Sir Win. Codrington, in Easton-square, and presented him with a requi s ition, numerously signed by all classes& of the constituency resident in Greenwich, Woolwich, and Deptford, to allow himself to be put in nomination as a candidate for the seat in the representation recently 'vacated by the retirement of Mr. Peter Rolt. The gallant general promptly responded to the invitation, and immediately issued an address to the constituency. TREATMENT OF CHILDREN AT BOARDING SCHOOLS.— Yesterday, Mr. Carter, coroner for East Surrey, con cluded an adjourned inquest at the Swan Tavern, Bat tersea-bridge, respecting the death of a child named Maria Bailey, which, as alleged, had been caused by ill treatment and starvation, at a school kept by Mrs. Mears at Battersea. The general evidence, confirmed by that of Mt'. Richardson, a surgeon of Battersea, proved that the cause of the death of the deceased was insufficient and improper food, want of clothing, and neglect of cleanliness. The jury returned a verdict of " Manslaughter" against Marian Mears, die mistress of the school. THE HEIGHT OF IMPUDENCE.—The following is a "Pi, verbatim, et literatint, of a letter received the other day by a landed gentleman in the stewartry, Rho anxiously preserves the game on his estate , irom one of the most notorious poachers in the district :—" Rhonehouse, Oct. —, 1856. Sir,---AS I mad a promis to Mr. -- last year that i wud mak no mor e Hair nets if the gentlemen of the districk Would allow me aney thing for giving it over. fcr it Is worth six pounds a year to me and I will become Bound that I will take no more. Pleas put Down what You Give. (Signed S— G. To Mr. fries Courier. 20 20 20 SHARE MARKETS—(This Day.) Y RAILWAY. Ciming Floes yesterday. Mtstnews done this day ;mug, rzch,z 0 4. .31.1 Bast,.. Jun ;,Ifasl. Pallynatr, Binning. Wolveth Stour Valley... Birkeand. 'illezihire Janet Do. Chesil. & Birk ,?.>., do. ..... . Blackburn ...... tilyt!4 &Tyaaor:gi., £25 (incl. at £4 Bristol and Bxete Caledonian. Chester. d Holyhear , Cork and Bandon. Cork, Black, & Par Cornwall.. Do. A Do. B Dublin&Belfastrunc Drat. P. & Aber. Jnc East Auean ....... Eastern Counties.. rininn. A. St ];?.., B. Stock Do., Now A...., East Kent F:ast Lancashire East Suffolk Do. ! Edinburgh dr Ulasy, &blab. and Peebles l Edin.Prtb dgDnivi Forth St Clyde Jun Petrness Glasgow & S. Westrn Great N. of Scotlnd. Groat Northern „. Do., A. Stock , B. Stock Glt. nth. ftWest.llre Treat Western ...... . gtotir Val. Ms; Gus. Stk Irish South-Eastern t,tneaster & Carliri. Do. ) Thirds Do. New Thirds Lancash. and Yorks Do., Wst. Biding ITn Do. Southr ort London & Blackwai Lond. Bright &S.Cs , Loud. and N. West Do. Fifths D0.101.5h.,M&8...( Do. Eighths.. . London andS. Wont• Lndudrry4Colerain Catdndrry. & Ennisk •4anch.Sh cf.& Lincl Ketropoli tan Do. J. L. Ricardo's arrangement Wielland )o. Birmng. &Der' G. West. (Ire 1)o. Half Shares._ qewcastle& Carlisl iwpt.Aberg. Yewry Warrenpoini %nd Rostrevor lorfolk orthn.Counties r North British..._„ Yth. Devon Rail. Dock Stock ►o., A Stock.., , 0., B Stock Eastern—Bores; , o. do. Extension ) , ..do.G.N.E.i'nr( Do. Leeds )o. York.. Yorth London., .&S.Wstrn.,Haie siwid, and City J , lortb Staffordshir 4 orth Western... . & S. Westrn. Jun tx., Wore., & Woh •Asmoutil Rkymney . • °Weil Centrx.l Scot. N E.Abrdn St. Do. Scot. Mud. St ngl k irc, ;itinebourneltSheer. Devon Tenth Bastorn outh Wales Trksh. & Riv. a t &nem, Wok. &We Stcokton k Darling Do.. do., 1554 Do., do., 1855 -tookten b Hr rtlel - aft" Vale o. Pref., No. 1. ^*.ames Hay. D.& 1 Vale of Neath... Watertd. & Kilkenn V%terford&Limer West Cornwall,, 3 , lst End of Lond I.nd Crystal Palm:. Do. A Do, B Wed London Do. Fist Class Do. Second Class.. Wimblwin k(rn. 4; 8i 9 191 -- 20. 171 - 18 131 14 93 - 95 6:3 - 63 37 39 .. 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Do. do., '73, withou , option Wsdras, guar. 46 p.c I Do. do., 5 p. 0. Do. 4i p. c. Exten Do. 3d Ex., g. 5 p. c &nude, guar. 5 p. c, Do - St. Andrew's and Quebec (A).. et)it 1 1 - 1k 113 - 115 2 24] - - ... 214 - 22 12i - 13. 80 85 211 -22 i 1$ lip 24 -24 t 2i -23 p 99 - 100 115 120 115 - 120 108 110 20 - 20 22i - 22?, a 1 Up - 2ip IGII. 1i 1 - 2p, -Ip 5k 5i 311 41 1 9 - 10 P 3/ - 41 - 5} - SIP iii 1 iiii 18 191 84 ; 36 - 37 8 - 531 - 541 51 - 63 i- i P 18 20 - - 1 9 - 91 8i - 9 1 4i 94 10 33 - 34 4 - Ipi BANK ta. 98 100 id - pai 62 64 ... .. ... - ... 1 - ..p 1 1d 67 - 69 17 - 18 19i 20 194 - 20 1 - -1) .. ''" 35 37 65 - 67 7 - 9 6 ,7, --- ill • ntwerpaltutt rd• m Ardennes • • Belgian Eaetn. teZierli to Gra i SEIC C Buff. & Lk. Heir. Ay. Carrot:mum & Toulouse Coal Mines and Ry latch Rhenish Eastern of France 'so. New Euphrates Valley ... .4t. Central of Frail ..t3 great Luxembourg Italian Junction Lake Const. & Basle Liorre and Turnhout, Lombardo Venetian.' Lucca & Pist. 5 p. c.p. [gong and Geneva Lyons dlg Mediterrau. ,laria Antonia ... Do. do. Now vPanur okLiego c. f Dppli Paris r :r ri t se d h o esa e g ,, n r n i n ada C ti o oiryr . p France e f nne Recife & San. Fran., (Pernard.) g. 7 p. c. Rome and Frascati,. ',:oyal Danish ...... Royal Swedish Sambre and Meuse_ Do. 5} p. cont. Prof. southern of France, Arost Flanders Do. 6A per c. Prof_ ez N. W. of France Western of Austria ‘,Ves. of Switzerland Wiesbaden .. • ..••• Do. 8 per cent. Pref. Zealand ....... JOINT-S'N kustralasia ............ Bank of Egypt •••••• Bank of London Bri. Col. lik.StLn. C. iiritish N. American Chnrtd. Bank of Aniii Chrtd. Bnk. of India, Australia, & China City.................... Colonial .............. rionarscreinl of Loud. F,n goof. &Aro. ell t. f•nud. Bk. 0 1 Australia ............. Ditto Now ............. Loudon and County.. Lind. &E. Bnkg. Corp. London Joint Stock.. Lond. & Westminster National Pro.of Eng Do. New National Bank New South Walt. E..., triPrtNl k. Ottoman Bank Provincial of Ireland Do. Now , A.us B &Go Ina 0 ( Anuth kustralia Unit a of Anstr.ll% Do. New Tinini t, , ,n ior Unity Mutual Weatern Bk cif Loudj 27i 22 25 45 , 11)(1 4 100 5 4t St. St. St. J.F B' 3L. Loo 31 [oo' 100 a)i all all all 47 38 14 INES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. I I ) RAILWATB, O I , ,cdior d a, Blat 1)1(), Clydesdai. Col. Stour Vy. E. Lin. g. ti pc. E. Un. H. S. Glas. Barr. Zt Neils. Direct Do. N0w...... OlstroisDn Fr Hrtlpl. Dk Railway... Hull it Seib) Do. Sharei-. Do. 4 Shares. Lon.kGreenw De. Preference Lon., Til., At P. Do. Bark. Sh. Lowestoft g.. 4 per cont. Do. 6 per ct. Manch. Bmtn. and Matlock Middiesbro' Lon lUL t We • t. L. &N. W. Cal oclo v 1A) all :100 E,U &LC N E. Count. Odd° n , Gt. Wes - ,n Irk. New. At Bcrw Do Redc.g 6 p.c. Midlel.Brzcir • Newmarket Bury E. G.spc N.& Est.s p.c. Do. 6 per et. Do. Fixeds pc Prest. & IN yrc Do. Shrs. A Roystn.d; Shef.Roth an Goolog. 5 p.e Shrews. &Her S. Staffordsb. Wear Valloygr 6 per cent Do WiltsSe 7 nmrst s. Easter! ,Do Peto Sr Co Do Norfolk. ,Do L.& N. lY & Mid la. Stekton & Darlingt. En. Conn. E. Omni... Do Do L.&N.W Do Gt Nortlin 4ancaah & I Yorksh. T. Brassey M.MCIor I Stockt. Darlingt. Do ntWeetn 97 99 98 102 11 - 13 133 138 4 ... 41 ... -- ... 2i - 91 - 93 b 6 58 132 - 135 89 91 PREFERENCE SHAtt& Closing Prices yes.orday. 12i - 13 22i - 23 112 - 114 1 p Myth and Tyne lOpei a. pref. (iBed..tsol Brig. & Ex. 4 p. c. St Do. 4 p. c. dares ... Calcdn. £lO 4i p.c. Ches. Elo. Gn. 5 s 1.4 Do. do. Pref. 5 per G. Cork di Bandons Dua.Prth Aber..i. & Anglian Cls. A Sh Do. de. Cis. B 6 p. • Do. do els. 7p. c Ems. Co.Ex, spc No Do. No. 2 ....... . . Do. New 6 p. a. S, East Un. G. 6 p. Do. 51., 10 ner cent Do. 101. Deloentr.Sl. 'Do. do. 4 per cent . East Lancash. 6 p. ct- E. kW. York. S. sth, Edin. & Gl. 5 p.c. sh Ed. Prth.&Dtm.4 Furness, 5 p. c.... Gifts. & S. W. G. 5 p. c Great Northn. 6 p. c Do. 5 p. c. Redeem at 10 p. c. prom. Do. 4/ I p.c D 0.5 p. c., Red. at f P.C. pm... . ..... Gt. N. of Soot. 1 et PrL Gt. 5.3; W. (Ireland Do. 4per o. Prof. S (It. W.(B. kll.Exspc Do. con. red. 4i p.c. Do. eon. red. 4 p. c Do. irred. 4p. c. Do. 5 p. c. red. pref Do. Birm. Pref. Sh , Do. Chester Bp.c. P. . Do. do. 5 p. c. do Do. Birm, Gus. Stk Do. Ches. Gum, Sh. Do. do. do Do. do. de Lan. &York. F. £2O Do. 6 p. c. Stock Lon. &B. 0.5 pc. No.l Do. P., spc. St.No.2 Da. New Guar.6 P. • Do. do. 5 p. e.,N0.4 Lon..kN. W., Coy. uneat on 5 p. ct... Lon.& S.W. 7 per et late 3d Shares ... L ,ndy.& Color. Sh. Londy. & Ennis. N1.,5.„& L. 6 p. Cent Do. do, do. £6 .„ Do. do. 31 per cent. Nfarypt .& Carl.4p Do. 4A per cent Do. do. Consol.6 p.c St Do. Con.Br.ilir. 6p( Do. 4i p. c. Pref. t Ditto L. & H. Pref. St New., Abar., &c., pr. 5 p. c. red. 5 p.c. pm. Do. Perpet. 6 p et. with optn. till '66 Norflr. Deb, 4 p.c. sh Do.Prief. 5 p. o. Bt . Do. 5 pa. Ext.,1846 D. 5i per c.pf ,1847 Do. Wv. pc.,1847 North British Do 7/. Preference N. E. Pony, o p.a.l-' Do. do. do Do Leeds 6 p.o "0.1 Do. do. Qre.,1848... Do.Yorkll.& g. 'nr North Staffordshire. Ox,Wo,kW., 6 pc... Do. 6 p.c. Redeem. Scot. Cent. ,New Pref Sc.N.E. Aber. g 6 pe Do. do., 7 p.c. pf. st. D0.d0., 3i p.c. pf. st South Devon Do. fixed, 4i per cent S. Eastern (Reading: Ann.) of £1 Os. 6d. Do. 4i per cent Do. Fixed 4i p e sh 3 Wales Gna. 4p. 0 Do. do. 4i p. a.... .• i S.Yorksh.4p.e.Guar Stock.&Dsr., 5 p. c 1 Do. do. do Stock. & liartl. g. 5 p. e. till July 1, '56 Waterfd.& Kilk. 6 p c I Anglo Californian jAnotralian Radon (Gd. Duchy of) 1 Blronar. Iron & Coal British Iron Brazillanlmp.(iesned at £5 pm.) Do. Comes & OniabA Do. St. John Dol Rey Clarendon Cons. Min. Co. of Jamaica Ochre Copper Colonial Gold Copper Min. of Eng Do. Prof. 7i p. cent Copiapo Fortuna Genova. . Gt.NuggetVeinßeg. Great Polgooth. Gt Wheal Vor Unite.] Liberty Linares Lasitanian ...........•• Niariquita •..•••' New Granada Niouveau Monde Pontgi.Sil.& Port Philip Quartz Rock Rhymney Iron. Do. Nov! Santiago de Cuba , Sort. Cons. Min. Co. South Australian , Do. Scrip Do. 10 per cent Prei Tam. S. & L. Min. Co, Pin Croft ......... United Mexican Waller West Mariposa Worthing Mining of Australia ........ MISC astralian Agri=lt. 4.rtstraln. Royal Mail Berlin Water Works Brit. American Land Canada • I. (lc ) . 6 p.c. Jan&julY Do. 6 p.c. Feb & Aug D o. 6p c. Mar & Sept Crystal Palace Do. Preference crystal Pal. of France Duston Iron Ore Eastern Steam l'llectric Telegraph Electric Teleg. of Ir En. &Aus Cop Sm Co Gen. Ir Sc Col (li.m.) Gen. Steam Navigat. General Screw Steam Loudon Discount Loud. Gen. Omnibus Vagdalens. St. Navin, Aediteran. Elec. Tel. Mexican&S.Americu. Nat, Discount CD. Do. New ..... Not aorlaud a Land Do. Do. Do. 8 p c P is s a t I d Do. New B. & N. S. Land N. S.W. Gov. sp.c. D. N. P. Australasian... Nrth.ofEuropeSteam Oriental Gas. Do. "New Shares" Peel Kr. Ld. & Minrl. Peninsr.;ar& Oriental Do. New Royal Mail Steam Scot. Austral. Invest Ditto Now South Austral. Land iubmar. Tel. Scrip D.,. Registered....., r , .intei no.II. (It.e Van Diemen's Laud Business this day 38i 71 9 i I E 9 8i 9 69i j p 17i t. 97 6i 112 k 105 4 k 201 1061 32j li 100 100 100 100 R 4 3i 19j 3 41 10• 1100 100 100 100 f all St. et. St. dt. St. 21$ 13A 121 13 82 1 24 6s.' all all all all all all 12s. 191 20 THE GOLD BULLION ROBBERY. MANSION HOUSE (THIS DAY). COMMITTAL OF THE PRISONERS. The prisoners Pierce, Burgess, and Tester were again placed at the bar, before the Lord Mayor, for further examination on the charge of stealing gold bullion on the South-Eastern Railway in May, 1855. Mr. Rees appeared for the prosecution, and the same legal gentlemen appeared for the prisoners as on the former examinations. The proceedings commenced at 11 o'clock. Mr. Wontner applied to his lordship to order the pro secution to give up certain documvnts and papers found at Pierce's house ; amongst others a lease and several I 0 U's but his lordship refused the application, deeming it would be unsafe for hint to do so at this stage of the proceedings, because it was impossible then to say whether they were in any way connected with the proceeds of the robbery, or might lead to the completion of the charge against the prisoner. Mr. ReeP„ in the absence of Mr. Bodkin, stated to his lordship that he proposed to have read over the deposi tions of the witnesses already examined, and then ask for the committal of the prisoners. Mr Lewis said that at present there was no evidence before his lordship of any gold having been sent on the day in question over the South-Eastern Railway, nor of a robbery having been erected. He was, therefor, entitled to demand the prisoners' discharge, but presum. ing the prosecution would furnish him with a copy o the evidence relating to those parts of the case he would not press it. He also asked to be furnished with the substance of any other evidence the prosecution might deem it necessary to produce on the trial. Mr. Rees acquiesced in the application, and said be would furnish the legal advisers of the prisoners with all the evidence that was usual under such circumstances. Mr. Goodman, the Chief Clerk, then read over the depositions of the witnesses (forty-four, exclusive of Agar), who signed them, and the three prisoners were committed for trial at the next sessions of the Central Criminal Court. oi : ioo 4! 5 6 - POLICE INTELLIGENCE. —(This Day. BOW-STREET. 09 113 10t - 108 THE LATE ATTEMPT TO MURDER A POLICEMAN.— This morning Regan, the man in charge with stabbing police constable 75 F, and Horrigan the woman charged, with aiding and assisting him tl escape from custody, were placed at the bar for final exammation. From the particulars that have already appeared, it will be remembered that on the afternoon of Fri day last an Irish row took place in the vicinity of Lincoln • court, Yr yld-street ; that Regan, who had been quarrelling with another man, said he would have his revenge on him, and that he did not think a policeman would dare to take him into cus tody. Police-constable 75 attempted to capture him, when he made a stab at him with the knife he bad in his hand, saying, "Take a bit of cold steel, you --." The knife fortunately was prevented entering his body by coming in contact with the metal buttons on his under coat, but it penetrated through his great coat and a silk handkerchief he had in his breast pocket. He returned to the station for assistance, and on reaching the court in eompany with another constable a turttkr attempt to capture Regan was made. When they had succeeded in collaring Regan, Horrigan, the other pri soner, came from the house in which Regan resided, accompanied by a large dog, which she set on the policeman who was endeavouring to convey Regan to the station. The dog bit the man so severely that he was compelled to let Regan go, when he retreated into the house and effected his escape, and he was not taken into custody until Sunday night last, when he was brought to this court on Monday and charged with the offenoe, and remanded till to-day. Horrigan, who had been taken into custody on the evening the offence was committed, was placed at the bar on the Saturday morn ing and also remanded until to-day. The evidence of the witnesses having been read over, the magistrate asked the prisoners what they had to say to the affair ? 2 - - t 26 ... • 'l6; 7 16 l 7 - 119 09 - 111 .02 IC4 al 63 91 10:$ 6 - 5 95 - 97 86 88 99 101 16f - 10 171 10 164 73 - 75 196 - 20 9i - 104 141 - 15 ... -- ,37 139 139 142 117 - 119 .57 - 169 - I 60 - 70 Regan, in answer to the charge, said the witness An derson was in fault. He had struck him several times on a former occasion, and when this row took place be had witnesses to prove he had neither knife nor stick in his hand. He then called .•• Lii7 - 139 98 - 100 89 - q Catherine Connelly, who said she was looking out of the window when the row took place, and was positive Regan never had either a stick or knife in his hand. Mr. Henry cautioned the witness, and asked her whether she was sure that what she had just stated was true ? Two witnesses had already sworn that ;Began had both a knife and a stick in his hand. 1 - Connally—l am sure that he bad neither stick nor knife when the police were endeavouring to take Regan to the station. I heard him say to the c mstables that he would go quietly to the station. Mr. Henry—Have you ever been charged with an assault I 107 108 I Witness—Never. - .02 -104 92 94 - d 4 - p Regan said he knew nothing of the girl Horrigan. She was quite a stranger to him. 114 -- 116 105 -- 110 Horrigan, on being asked what she had to say to the charge, denied that she ever brought the deg out of the house to attack the police. She denied that she bad ever lived with Regan. 17 - IS 23 - 24 102 - 105 10/t -10 i, An elderly Irishwoman said she had known the girl Horrtgan for four years. She always knew her to be an honest hard-working, girl. The father of Horriga❑ said it was untrue that his daughter ever lived with Regan. He had witnesses to prove she was a❑ honest, industrious girl. Mr. Henry said those witnesses could be produced at the trial. 27 -• 28? 2 - 3P 3 - 31 The prisoners were then both committed for trial at ;he next Westminster sessions. i - 11 SOUTHWARK. ANOTHER DARING GAROTTE ROBBERY IN THE BOROUGH.—James Parker, a miserable, dirty-looking fellow, was placed at the bar before Mr. Combe, charged with committing a violent assault on a widow lady, named Ann Andean), and attempting to commit a robbery. ... ... 8 7 - - 2 31 - 4 15 - 17 P - 57 - 69 The prosecutrix, a middle-aged lady, said that she resided at No. 6, Staple-street, Long-lane, Bermondsey, and on the previous evening she had been on a visit to some friends in the City. Shortly after twelve o'clock they were returning home along Tooley-street, and just as they were passing the railway arch, next the incline steps, the prisoner suddenly rushed upon her and seized her by the throat. She was so frightened at the sud denness of the attack that she nearly lost her senses for a minute, when the prisoner struck her two heavy blows on the throat and seized hold of her victorine with the view of stealing it. Her sister, who was also much alarmed, screamed out, and a gentleman making his appearance the prisoner ran away, but was pursued and captured. Her victorine was much torn in the straggle, but he was unable to steal it. 30 36 25 27 13 15 i id i - A it - i 4 - 5 8 —8; ld 6 • # - 11. 23 - 25 7 - 9 -- 2i lH - 11 Mr. Dixon, a chemist, residing in Tooley•street, said he was returning home shortly after 12 o'clock on the previous night, and when ciNs , ing opposite one of the railway arches he heard some females calling out for assistance. He crossed over and saw a man running away, when Mrs. Anderton told him that men had nearly strangled her and attempted to rob her. Witness went in pursuit of him and seized hold of him on the steps I leading to the railway. He struggled very hard to get away from him, but witness was too much for him, and he kept hold of him until a constable came up, when he was taken into custody. Mrs. Anderton immediately identified him as the man who had assaulted her and attempted to rob her. In answer to the charge the prisoner said he was struck first by the lady, who called him bad names, and then he took hold of her victorine and struck her. Mrs. Anderton positively denied that ; she never saw the prisoner until he pounced upon her and nearly strangled her. Police-constable 80 M said he took the prisoner into custody, but he knew nothing of him. Mr. Combe asked the prisoner whether he would be tried by him or go to the sessions for trial ? If he was innocent he could choose the latter. The prisoner said he would rather have the matter settled at once. Mr. Combe then told him he had made a most fero cious attempt to rob the lady, consequently he should sentence him to three months' hard labour in Wands worth House of Correction. - 1 31 -3, 36 - 4 •.• ••• - BOU B. 24 - 25 43 5 40 45 128 132 1 113 114 2 2i 51 93 - 95 ..ii 1- li 6 - 6 0 - P 3i - 3i 3} - • lip - P. 1 - 3i -4. f - ip 15 20 - 20 1 1 - 1 P - it) 21; 2 66 - 68 4 5 66 - 68 1# • Ii 1* ji 36 38 1 t 16 18 gal; PO. •••• WI THAMES. DARING ROBBERY IN RATCLIFF-HIGTIWAY.—Thomas Chesney and William Clark, young men who belong to a desperate gang of thieves in RAtcliff-highway, wore charged with stealing 6s. 6d. from the person of Thomas Kitchen, a tailor, of No. 27, Cannon-street-road. The prosecutor stated that he was looking into Mr. Hagmain's shop, in Ratcliff-highway, last night, and the prisoner Chesney put his hand in his pocket and took from it 6s. 6d. He immediately caught him by the sleeve and a struggle ensued, in the course of which some of his money fell from the hand of the thief, who managed to effect his escape. He recovered 2s. of his money only. The other prisoner, Clark, knocked him down and kicked him while he was down. Williams A.llwood, brother•in-law of the lad whew, said that, while looking at the pork in Hagmain's shop, he suddenly missed his relative, and upon turning round saw him lying upon the ground. Kitchen said he had been robbed by the prisoners, and he endeavoured to capture them, but they got away. William Walker, 56 K, said that on hearing of the robbery he went after the prisoners and took them into custody. Tbey made a violent resistance. He found ls. id. upon Clark, and 3s. 91. upon Chesney. Both prisoners declared their innocence. Mr. Selfe said he should commit Chesney for trial, and discharge Clark. Chesney continued to protest his innocence. Mr. Selfe—l shall commit you for trial, and a jury will decide upon your guilt or innocence. The prisoner then said he did not want to be sent for trial, and would plead guilty, although he was innocent. ➢lr. Safe—l can't punish innocent -men. If you plead guilty I can punish you. The prisoner—Then punish me, sir. lam guilty. I took the man's money. Mr. Selfe—You are sentenced to three months' imprisonment and hard labour in the House of Correc- tion. D 0.., Do.. MINES. 1121 82 i m pa 130 113; MARKET NEWS.—(This ay.) 80E.014711 HAP?. We have to report a steady demand for most kinds of hops, at full quotations. WHITECHAPEL. Each kind of meat sold briskly, as follows :—Beef from 3s 6d to 4s Bd. ; mutton, 3s 8d to 4s 10.1; veal, 4s Od to 58 Od; pork, 3s 10d to 5s 41 per Sibs., by the carcase. LLOYD'S SHIPPING.—(This Day.) LONDON, Dec. 24.—Wind this day at noon, N.W. light breeze and mild weather. - PORTSMOUTH, Dec. 23. —Wind N.E. to E.N.E.—Sailed —Migrator, for New Colomb o; Al ma , M aur i t i us. COWES, Dec. 23. —Wind E.N.E.—Sailed—Trave, for Arica ; Josefina, Havana. HOLYHEAD, Dec. 23. —Wind variable.—Sailed.—Orkney LASS, for Bahia. LIVERPOOL Dec. 23.—A wreck, apparently the side of a ship, with stem gone and bow under water, painted black with a white ribbon, green inside forward and main deck, and yellow poop, supposed to be a foreigner, was passed od the 12th inst., 12 miles S.W. of the Smalls, di rectly in the track of vessels. SHIELDS, Dec. 23.—The brig Galatea, of Dartmouth, drove on the Herd Sand, from the tow line of the tug breaking. Coax, Dec. 22.—Wind N.W.—Arrired.—S wan, from St. John's, N.B. ALEXANDRIA, Dec. 13.—The Myra, of Sunderland, from Newcastle to this port, with coal, took fire on the 4th inst., in 28 30 E., and about 30 miles from the coast of Egypt, and was abandoned on the 6th inst., after the decks had been blown up by an explosion and the vessel had become a mass of flame ; crew arrived here. The Emma Graham, of Liverpool, was driven on shore at Mar. seen, on the coast of Tarsous ; crew saved, and arrived here, by a French steamer from Syria. (PER XLEOTRIO TELEGRAPHO LIVERPOOL, Wednesday Morning. Wind W.N.W. Arrived—Horatio, from Demerara ; Verona, Alexan dria ; Charles, Havre. Wind W. QUEENSTOWN, Dec. 22. Arrived—Lebanon, from Alexandria. Sailed—Guilhermine, for Lisbon ; Panope (s.s.), Athens; Flora, Cadiz. DUBLIN, Dec. 23. Wind W. Arrived—Telemaque, from Antwerp. (BY SUBMARINE AND BRITISH TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, WedDefilay, 10.8 a.m. Wind W.S. ; tide, flood; raining. Arrived, Dec. 23—Sarah Richardson, from Gothenburg; Feur Sos Kende, Bogense. Arrived, 24th—Johanna, from Konigsberg. Sailed, 24th—Negociat or, for Sydney. DEAL, Wednesday, 9.58 a.m. Wind W. ; moderate. Passed, Dec. 23—Cosmopolitan, from London, for Glasgow. Pa - ssed, 23d—Minna, screw-steamer, from London, for Constantinople; Georgians, London, Liverpool; Martha Clar, barque, from the north, to the westward. Anchored—Gilbert Munro, from London, for St. Lucia. Towing-in—Southampton, from New York, for London. CUSTOM-HOUSE, TUESDAY, DEC. 23. ENTERED INwAßDS.—Oriental, from Madras, &c. ; Bee cher Stowe, Alexandria; James R. Keeler, New York; Hastings, Madras ; Lady Bate, Jamaica ; Pearl, Quebec ; Gen. Williams, Genoa, Leghorn, and Messina ; Baretto, jun., Quebec ' Marianne, Dantsic; Enterprise, M oga d ore ; Lord Palmerston, Rangoon ; Mystery, New York; Elphin stone, Honduras; Zephyr, Umea. ENTERED OUTWARDS.—EcIipse, for Cienfugos ; Pearl, Quebec; Uncle Billy, Dunkirk; Dreadnought, Cape of Good Hope ; James R. Keeler, New York ; Oriental, Hobart Town ; Premier, Demerara ; Royal Charles, Ade laide ; Admiral, Rotterdam ; Ino, Antwerp; Vicar of Bray, Valparaiso. CLiAR 6 OUT WITH CARGO.—Herzog Paul, for Mel bourne. The German customs conference which had sat at Eisenach from the 15th July to the 12th Octo ber, and from that date to the 17th December, closed its session on the last-named day. PRIVATICERING.—Accompanying the President's Mes sage is a letter from the Russian charge d'affaires at Washington, in which he says :—" His Majesty the Em peror accepts, for his part, the conditions under which the United States consent to the abolition of privateer ing, viz., that the private property of the subjects and citizens of the contracting parties shall, in times of war, be respected by their respective naval forces, as well as by those of all the powers which may join in this decla ration.—New York Journal of Commerce. MR. ERNEST JONES ON THE BRITISH CONSTITUTION.— Last night Mr. Ernest Jones gave his second political soiree, at St. Martin's-hall, Long-acre. As on the previ ous occasion, the political portion of the entertainment was preceded by a concert, of which it is impossible to speak but in terms of just admiration. Mr. Jones's own address commenced with the praise of that portion of the press which was liberal enough to open its columns to the reports of his lectures, and the condemnation of those papers which, as he alleged, misrepresented them. He then went into an arithmetical calcula tion to show that every labouring man in the country ought to have at least 1451. per annum. This, in Mr. Jones's opinion, is to be accomplished by the simple process of doing away with a territorial aristocracy, with the Established Church, with the factory owners, and with royalty itself. The address, which was delivered with a good deal of oratorical effect, was enthusiastically received by his unthinking audience. ..._ THE GREAT CENTRAL AND THE CITY GAS COMPANIES. —An adjourned meeting of the shareholders of the Great Central Gas Consumers' Company was held at the I,)ndon Tavern last evening, to resume the discus. sion of a project for effecting an amalgamation with the City Gas Company. Mr. Dakin, the chairman, moved a resolution committing the meeting to an ap proval of the amalgamation upon the terms laid before the first meeting, but referring the matter back to the board that it might in investigate the state of the City Gas Co.'s plant, and make other preliminary inquiries. The motion having been seconded by Mr. Virtue, a long and animated discussion ensued, in the course of which Mr. Bennoch (a director) strongly condemned the proposed amalgamation, characterising it as a whole sale sacrifice of the property of the younger company, whose plant was perfect,while that of its old and almost effete rival was in the last stage of decay. Amid the general applause of the meeting, Mr. Bennoch proposed an amendment declaring the principle of taking the gross income of the City Gas Company as a basis of calculation, without regard to net profits, to be utterly fallacious. The amendment was carried without a dissentient voice. WHY SAILORS DESERT FROM AMERICAN SIIIPS.--The desertion of seamen from American merchant ships la foreign ports has latterly, we regret to say, become an event of frequent occurrence. Last summer a rather remarkable case of this kind took place in England. Several sailors who bad contracted on American soil for the voyage out and back, absconded from their vessels at North Shields, in the river Tyne, and thus violated the engagements to which they had voluntarily become par ties, in this, their native, or adopted country. When the details of this case first reached us we could perceive no valid excuse for such conduct on the part of the abscond ing seaman, and at once denounced it as unjustifiable and criminal—nay, we went so far on that occasion as even to cry out fora remedy for an evil which appeared equally injurious to the interests of our shipowners and our com merce. In this particular instance the conduct of the sailors was probably what we described it ; but our sub sequent experience in cases of a similar class has led us t ► the conclusion that oppression on the part of ship captains and their subord►nate officers too often con strains seamen to abscond from their vessels and violate their engagements. The Liverpool correspondent of the London Times, in a recent communication, reports shameful things of some officers of American merchant ships that have visited that port. Outrages by officers of United States' vessels, as well on the high seas as in the Mersey, are, according to him, of common occur rence. Seamen, he assures, are not unfrequently seen to jump into the river on the arrival of our ships, that they may swim ashore and escape the brutality of our mates. Nor is this the worst. Numerous cases are admitted into the hospital in which men have been beaten, he asserts, " within an inch of their lives ;" while for several days before the communication in question was penned Mr. Mansfield, the stipendiary magistrate of Liverpool, bad been engaged in the in vestigation of chr.rges against three of the mates of the American ship Ocean Monarch, and bearing evi dence which disclosed a series of atrocities of the most dreadful and disgusting nature. The result of this in vestigation was that the three officers were found guilty, and fined in proportion to their respective criminality. Now, these cases reveal a state of things which is not less discreditable to our national character than injuri ous to the interests of our commercial marine. Of course, such disgraceful conduct is far, very far from being characteristic of the officers of our mercantile navy as a class. But there can be no question that it is too ex• tensively prevalent among them, and that in every case where it exists it not only induces desertion on the part of our seamen, but renders desertion under such circum, stances justifiable and excusable. Let there be only less of tyranny and brutality on the part of our efficers, and they may depend on it that there will be less desertion, and more fidelity to their several engagements on the part of our seamen.—New York, Tilrces. PERSONATING GHOST. A long investigation took p':ace at Greenhill-lane, near Alfreton, on Monday afternoon, before Mr. Busby, one of the coroners for Derbyshire, touch ing the death of Robert Mitchell, agricultural labourer, aged 15 years, the son of Joseph Mit chell, who died on Friday evening last from the effects of fright. The deceased was a healthy, ii.- telligent lad, and used to work with his father in the fields. He had been in the habit each night for about a fortnight past, after leaving his work at 5 o'clock in the evening, to go from Mrs. Flint's, where he and his parents lodged, to the farmhouse of Mr. Day, at Roby-fiel is, near Alfreton, for milk. The deceased and his father worked fur Mr. Day in draining the land. Mr. Day had two servant lads, one named John Percival, about 20 years of age, and the other Isaac Hudson, 15 years old. On Mon day evening, the 15th inst., about a quarter to 6 o'clock, Robert Mitchell, the deceased, came as usual for the milk, and remaiked till between 7 and 8 o'clock. Mr. and Mrs. Day, Percival, Hud son, and the deceased were the only persons in the house, and tellin g t a l es a b out some knocks that they had been frightened with. Percival and Hudson arranged together, unknown to the de ceased, that they should play the ghost. It was agreed that Percival should take a white tablecloth and put it over him, and stand in a close not far from the house, and Hudson was to conduct the deceased to the place, and pretend to be frightened when he (Hudson) saw Percival with the sheet on. About half-past 7 o'clock Percival called Hudson out and said he was ready. He had a white table cloth under his arm, and he told Hudson to follow him with the deceased shortly after. In about 10 minutes or a quarter of an hour after this Hudseu took the deceased out of Mr. Day's house, and Hudson told the deceased that he would go with him to Mrs. Flint's, where he lodged. They went together along the footpath across the field in that direction. After they had got about 120 yards from Day's house Hudson saw Percival with the tablecloth over him. Hudson said "Look, Robert, what's that ?" Deceased said " Nothing, come along." Percival, " the ghost," was then about 40 yards from them. Hudson and deceased then went on further, until they came within seven or eight yards of the ghost. Hudson feigned a scream, and the ghost was standing by the stile which they had to pass through. The "ghost" then moved about a yard and a half behind the stile. Deceased stood still and said " Jack." There was no answer, and Hudson ran and hid himself behind a tree in the hedge. Deceased went up to the stile and called "Jack" a second time. There was no answer, and deceased went through the stile, when Percival made a noise like a moan. Hudson was only 10 or 12 yards off. Hudson then heard deceased say, "Is it Jack ?" and there was another moan, but afterwards Percival threw off his disguise, but the deceased was much teriitiei, and went houn• and arrived there about 8 o'clock with the milk. He was " all of a tremble," looked white, and stared wildly, and on being interrogated by his father re lated what had occurred, though he did not believe it was the servant-man Percival, and he could not account how he got home. Deceased ate nothing that night and went to bed, and to his work the next day, but he was seized with vomiting, and was obliged to be conveyed home, and complained of a pain in his throat. The deceased grew worse, and raved in kis bed about what had happened, and he died on Friday evening. Mr. Belcher, surgeon, attended the deceased, who, he said, was suffering from extreme nervous excitement. He believed death to have resulted from exhaustion occasioned by a shock on the nervous system which he had received on the previous Monday evening. The coroner told the jury that they must be satisfied that the death arose from fright, and, if so, whe ther it was a frolic in which all the boys were par ties. If it. arose from fright, the frightening was unlawful, and Percival would be responsible. After some deliberation, the jury returned a verdict of " Manslaughter" against Percival, who was com mitted to the a , s izes. THE FRAUDS BY THE OFFICERS OF THE GUARDIANS OF THE CITY UNION. The investigation as to the frauds an:l robberies corn mitted by Manini and Paul, who have disappeared, leay. ing an immense amount of money unaccounted tor, is proceeding vigorously. It is bel►eved that the defalca tions exceed 50,0001. Mr. Rowsell, clerk to the guar dians of the several parishes, has been—greatly to the regret of many of the most respectable inhabitants, who have known him many years—suspended from his office, although it is not imputed to him that he was at all cog nisant of the fraudulent transactions which have taken place. The following is a copy of the warrant of suspension, which was signed and sealed on Monday at the Mansion House : "CITY OF LONDON UNION. "To the Guardians of the Poor of the City of London, in the City of London, and the liberties thereof ; " To Mr. John Rowsell, clerk to the Guardians of the Poor of the said Union ; " To the Churchwardens and Overseers of the Poor of the several parishes and places comprised in the said ___ Union ; "To the Clerk, or Clerks, of the Justices of the Petty Sessions, held for the division, or divisions, in which the said Union is situate ; "And to all others whom it may concern : " We, the Poor Law Board, hereby declare that we deem it expedient that John Thomas Rowsell should be suspended from the office of clerk to the guardians of the poor of the City of London Union, in the City of Lon don and the liberties thereof ; and in pursuance of the powers given in and by the statutes in that behalf made and provided, we do hereby suspend him from the said office, and order and direct the said Thomas Rowsell to cease to exercise and discharge the powers and duties of the said office, until we shall, by any order under our hand and seal of office, otherwise direct. "And we do declare that the urgency of the case re quires that this order should take effect within the period of 14 days, and do accordingly direct that the same shall come into force forthwith. " Given (under our hand and seal of office this 22d day of December, iu the year 1856. " E. P. BOUVERIE, President. "COURTNEY, Secretary." UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE. OXFORD, DEC. 22: Congregations will be holden for the purpose of granting graces and conferring degrees on the following days in the ensuing term —viz., Wednesday, January 14 ; Thursday , February 5 ; Thursday, February, 19 Thursday, March 12 ; Thursday, March 19 ; Saturday, April 4. No person will on any account be admitted as a candi date for any degree whose name is not entered in the book, kept for that purpose, at the Vice-Chancellor's-house, on or before the day preceding the day of Congregation. , In a Convocation to be holden on Wednesday,January the 14th, 1857, at 10 o'clock, it will be proposed that the Rev Henry Holden, M.A. of Balliol College, be permitted to proceed to the degrees of B. and D.D. by accumulation. The Regius Professor of Civil Law (Dr. Twies) has given notice than; an examination of candidates for the degree of Bachelor in Civil Law will be holden in Trinity Term, 1857, upon the four books of Imperatorie Justiniani Insti tutiones and the first two books of Heineccii Syntagma Antiquitatum Romanarum Jurisprudentiam illustrantiutn secundum ordinem Institutionurn Justiniani Digestum, Ed. Haubold. CAMBRIDGE, DEC. 23. TRINITY COLLEGE. We are requested to state that in the list of the first class at the recent examination at Trinity College, Cam bridge, published in cur impression of Dec. 20, the name of F. M'Clean was omitted. A reported loss of the Prince of Wales, the Oscar, and the Scandinavian, North of Europe Company's steamers, is totally unfounded. ANOTHER BURGLAR REPULSED BY A LADY.—One of the burglarious gang who infest the West Biding of Yorkshire suffered on Sunday morning a repulse at the hands of a lady while attempting to break into a d welling house. Mr. S. Blamires and his daughter, a maiden lady, reside in one of the least populous parts of the village of Great Horton, near Bradford. A bout half-past 1 a.m. on Sunday the lady, who was sleeping in a room on the ground floor, was alarmed at bearing a noise. She started up, turned on the gas, and saw a man's head projecting through the window into the interior of the room. Th e house had been but recently broken into, and therefore, for protection, Miss Blamires kept in her sleeping a p art " Strik her ment an Woe crow-bar. With this she struck seve ra l heavy blows at the intruding bead, severely mauling it mau..ng it • and while this was being done an accomplice which the owner of the head had outside cried out stlike her with the bludgeon, Jack." The advice,e -er ; ever, could not be followed, but the heal as possible withdrawn, and then the party daeeca-nsilli, e u ndermentioned of leaving behind them two iron crow-bars. their track was for some distance marked they have not yet been captured. Th e awliathttice. blood, a tt, m EXTRAORDINARYpt ing t oen e r theSPOT.—The po house ET. T h by me was killed by the following noblemen ernientioned g ame the Earl of Stamford and W a • and gentlemen, ..-.," ville, Staffordshire, last week, rrington's estate, at Dn ford, Earl of Strathmore, C e i viz :—The Earl of Stain- Col. the Hon. H. Charters~, C the Hon. C. Forrester, Wombwell, lion. S. L ttl ' aPt.Hoe. G. Mills, Sir G. Dec. 15 (10 guns)-232 W. Grazebrook, Mr. ;,. eten, Mr. H. Milbanke, Mr. tlwiinv Althougha. show.we bits, 14 partridges, Howarth, and Mr. A. Payne. total, a6nBdl.l gas, 12 weasel pheasants 232 bares, 187 rab bet'. 16 woodcock , 3 snipes, and 1 jay ; hares, 192 rabbits, 13 (10 guns)-311 pheasants, 473 woodcock, pheasants, 92 partridges, 5 woodcocks, 6 water • total 1,001, Dec. 17 (11 guns)- 645l;ares 296 rabbits, 10 partridges, 1 8 partrid Dec._ lB (10 ~,,," ~, 2 partrid 4 water-hens, ' and 2 hybrids ; total, 1,050. )gear 7 wo dc , tcks, and ' ' 3 pigeons ; t tat, 308. - -/ i 1 phemants, 126 iiares, 93 rabbits, Dec. 19 (8 gmot)-129 p h e mants. 241 hares, 242tabbtts, , lordship's g' B , 10 woodcocks, and 2 water-hens ; total, 626— ma k ing a grand total of 3,666. The two beautiful hybrids that were killed on the 17th were bred in his preserves, from a golden pheasant hen and a l common pheasant cock ; four more splendid birds of the same cross, and bred this season, are now in his lord -1.. I b uIP 8 aviary. MR. JUSTICE WILLES UPON TRANS- PORTATION. At Warwick assizes, on Monday, two men named . Tombs and Parsons were convicted of burglary at [ Birmingham, and it appeared they had been old offenders, and sentenced to four years' penal servi , tude in 1855 at the Birmingham sessions, but the . i officers of the prison were ignorant of the reason , for their being set at liberty before the expiration of their period of punishment. In passing Ben : tence Mr. Justice Willes said--" This case has to , I me a very extraordinary complexion, because in the year when an act of Parliament was passed, by , which oertain periods of penal servitude were sub stituted for certain periods of transportation, the of ject was said to be to substitute imprisonment in this country for transportation to a penal colony. The act was passed in 1853, and a great deal of uncertainty has since prevailed concerning its operation. Myself and many persons in terested in the administration of justice have anxiously inquired what is the difference between penal servitude and transportation ? No one reading the acts of Parliament can understand other than that persons sentenced to penal servi tude and transportation will be treated precisely in the same way. There is no difference specified in the act, except the shortening of time with refer ence to the term of imprisonment in this country, it being doubtless considered that this imprison ment would be more likely to reform criminals than the more serious punishment of being trans ported to a colony where they could make them selves new men. It was understood that when a sentence of penal servitude was pasted it would be a certain thing. Up to this mom en t I w ill f ran kl y confess that, notwithstanding all my efforts to get information on the subject, I was under th a t impression, having always thought that penal servitude was to be a fixed an d sett l ed thing, of course subject to the high prerogative of mercy which may be exercised by her M a j es t y the Queen. That prerogative is, however, a differeut sort of thing from the official sort of mercy extended to prisoners in the shape of tickets of leave. I make these remarks because I find that in 1855 you were severally sentenced to four years of penal servitude. If Government intended to be merciful to you, I should have thought they would have transferred you to prisons in which you might have been instructed in a trade, and been enabled to get your livelihood afterwards. You have been convicted so many times, I see no reason why you should have been set at large, nor any hope that, when set at large, you could gain employment and abstain from doing wrong. I think it is a great hardship upon men who have lost their character by being sentenced to penal ser vitude to let them loose in a country where persons will not employ them. I cannot understand why, either for the sake of the public, or of your selves, you have been sentenced to four years' penal servitude in Januarry 1835, should be let out to commit fresh depredations in the same town as before, iu August, 1856. Those who did that act may justify to themselves the proceeding, but for my part I cannot justify it, nor can I follow the example set by those persons, for facts have proved the proceeding to be fallacious and injurious to criminals and to the public. You two young fellows are well able to earn an honest livelihood, and I heartily wish that you could. I hope, for the sake of the convicts themselves, that we may return to a system which sends them out to a colony where labour is in great demand, and where they may (as many transports have done) regain good characters and become useful members of society. In order to give you a chance to be sent to such a place, in the event of the former system Leing renewed—as many persons together with myself, fervently hope it will be—l will sentence you to be transported for 20 years." 1 I. A r 4 DUBLIN, TUESDAY MORNING. THE TIPPERARY BANK . -APPEALS FRO:11 THE ROLLS. The Chancellor closed his sittings yesterday, but not without hearing some more last words in the case of the Tipperary Bank. The appeals from the decision of the Rolls Court, " In re Vincent Scully, Wilson Kennedy, John Ginger, and 50 other Eng lish shareholders v. the Tipperary Bank," having been called on, The Chancellor addressed the counsel previously engaged in them, and said he wished to know if it was intended to proceed with the appeals from the decision of his Honour the Master of the Rolls, in the matter of the Tipperary Joint-Stock Babk. He (the Chancellor) had placed all those cases at the end of his list for this present, or rather the late term, on the application of and by consent of all the parties, and he now desired to know if those cases were to be heard, as he (the Chancellor) would not allow them to interfere with the regular business of the Court during the ensuing term. Mr. Brewster, Q C. (who appeared for Mr. Vincent Scully on the former occasion, when the cases were post poned), said he was not instructed in the matter ; but he might, he thought, say that it was not intended to proceed with the appeals referred to at present. Nothing had been done since they were before the Court at the end of the Long Vacation, the time specially fixed for their hearing ; and nothing could, in fact, have been done in the way it was intended to deal with the affairs of the bank, He (Mr. Brewster) did not think his lordship would be troubled with those appeals at all, as far as he was in a position to form an opinion; but, as he said before, he was not in et' tided in the mat , er. The Chancellor said he would be perfectly satisfied with what had been stated if he were sure he would hear no more of the appeals in question ; but he did not wish them to re main in his list uodisposed of. The course, therefore, he was inclined to take was to strike them all out it they were not named. If not disposed of one way or another be fore the next term he (the Chancellor) would certainly not hear them until after term and all the other business was disposed of. • The subject then dropped, and his Lordship proceeded to dispose of other business. THE RECENT BANK PANIC. The Cork Reporter, alluding to the alleged origi nating cause of the run ou the National Bank, say s : The late decision of the Lord Chancellor, that has created this temporary alarm about joint-stock banks, has evi dently been misunderstood. He does not relieve share holders from their liabilities. His decision, if ecnfirmed, merely says that the 33d Goo. 11. does not apply to the present joint-stock banks ; but, by another, and a more recent act of Parliament, shareholders are liable for all the debts, and their liability lasts for three years after they cease to hold shares. By the 33d Geo. 11., under which au attempt was made to bring the Tipperary Bank, the shareholders could never be relieved from liability. How ever, tie three banks of issue in the south of Ireland have such a position that they cannot be disturbed by any deci sion or rumours. THE ATTEMPT TO ASSASSINATE MR. JOYNT. The following additional accounts, dated last night from Limerick, are given in 7.;aunder's i ngthepm a . News letter of this morning : Shortlytinteymdespatch assassination,laat evening i ldetail.ern t t f i t C e u r la l r e s n o c f l t o h se e ( a l that the injuries received by Mr. G. Joynt, though not serious, were more extensive than I had recorded, gentleman having been badly wounded in the thigh , that anti hand as well as in the leg. The horse which he drove in the gig, in which he was alone at the time of the occurrence, -i- ' ceived several grains of the heavy duck shot with re gun was loaded in the hip and loins. Before returningwhich the to Limerick Mr. Joynt called at the police back Cionlara, and reported the attack to the constablebarracks in Next day Mr. Gonne Bell, resident m a • incharge. Connell, h most intelligent public officer istrate at Castle collecting material facts calculated to leap! lost no time in the perpetrators of the homicidal outrage, to the arrest of injured gentleman, who is stopping ge- He visited the brother, Mr. Edward Joynt, at Brun t at the house of his city, and took his formal depositions,unwck-st, in this furred that more than one person from which it is attack. Mr. Mr. Bell subsequently was implicated in the Mr. Joynt had been tired at, revisited the locality where searched by the constanula and had several farm.honses found, which was ry- In one of them a gun was discharged, together ascertainedwith powder to have been very recently to correspond with that Powder and shot, the latter said has been announceo of lodged in the horse's hip. A reward ~ 50 / . reward wil i e which the following is a copy : person who i na , • ° given by the undersigned to any .1 give 8 , • . nto the sergeant of police at Cionlara,s u ch i nforma tio n and county Clare, as may lead to the appre hensionthe lands of C conviction of the parties who fired at me, off aPPavilla, when on my return to my resi dence, Bolle . Isle, on the evening of Saturday, the zOth of December, ISi6 " GALBRAITH JOYNT." ARREST OF: * THE SUPPOSED ASSASSINI.—A searching investigati on was held to-day by the magistrates in the district, the result of which has been the arrest of four young men named Maloney, whose families were among those under notice to quit. It was Mr. Edward Joynt, brother to the gentleman assailed, who was supposed to occupy the gig when the shot was fired. Such is the pre sumption, from the fact of his having previous ly hich w been served with the threatening notice, of was detailed yesterday ...--.-.- DUBLIN, TUESDAY EVENING. THE MURDER OF MR. LITTLE. The prisoner, Michael George Harrington, was brought up for further examination at Capel-street Police-office this day. A servant woman named O'Halloran deposed that the prisoner had not been from his home later than half-past 9 o'clock on any night since the last week of October. The magis trate said that indepaident of this testimony he had no hesitation in saying that, upon the infor mations received on Saturday, there was no case whatever against Harrington. Tue piisoner was then discharged. PRICE OF GOLD.—The quotation of gold at Paris is about 6 per milli) premium, and the short exchange on London is 2520 per 11. sterling. O n comparing t h ese rates with the English Mint price of 31. 17s, 100. per ounce for standard gold, it appears that gold is nearly s.loths per cent. dearer in Pari s t h an in London. By advices from Hamburg the prioe of gold is 423 per mark, and the short exchange on London is 13'24 Per I/' ster ling. Standard gold, at th e E ng l ish Mint price, is there fore about 8-1(46 per cent. d earer i n Hamburg than in London. The cou rse o f exc . ange at New York on .L•ndou for bills at 60 d ays ' sight i s 1094 per cent., which, when compared with the Mint par between the two countries, sh ows t h at the exc h an ge is slightly against England ; a n d, a f ter making al l owa nce for charges of transport and diff erence o f i n terest, the present rate leaves scarcely any pro fi t on the importation of gold from the United States. too 100 100 20 THE SUN, LON 00N, WEDNESDA I EVEN ING, DECEMBER 24 1856 40 5 St. 25 10 28A 1 1 1 25 10 10 50 100 20 St. 1 5 25 all all 100 3? 10r.) all all all 1')0 all 40 3.A 100 100 15? 2 '..00 all all all 66 7