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

MONEY MARKET A ,;D COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, Two o'CLocx _'['he Liverpool Cotton Market yesterday closed with a hardening tendency, and prices of all de scriptions were nearly id. per 1'). dearer. The salt:s were estimated at 12,000 bales, 3,000 of which wetre taken on speculation. The Railway Share Ma rket was quiet, and prices were a shade easier. From Manchester the advices relative to trade are ver y encouraging, and there csu be no doubt that bus iness next year will commence very favourably. Ia cotton cloth an extensive business has been don e, at enhanced rates: All kinds of fabrics have been. in request, and goods which for a long time past were quite unsaleable are being rapidly cleared off: The inquiry is for exportation as well as for horae use, and it is remarked that so much activity immediately preceding Cl,ristmas has not bee a experienced for many years. The letters from Let ds are equally satisfactory in tone, and the stocks of cloth have been considerably reduced. Tho manufacturers, therefore, look forward to the Ne sr-year with much confidence. The dividend declared at the Court of Bank rupt tty yesterday, in the case of the Royal British Ban', E, was ss. 6d. in the pound ou 380,0001. This is 6c1,, 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 furtl ier instalment will be paid in a month or six weel rs. 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 milldon sterling has now been remitted from Lon doss, it is not very likely that much further incon venience will be occasioned. 'There is a considerable demand for discount ac commodation in Lombard-street and the Bank of Et igland, 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. Colasols have been 93 1 5, and 93i to 94. Exchequer Bills, however, owing to the pressure for money, ha - re receded to is. discount and 2s. premium, and the, Bonds are 981 a. The New 3 per Cents. are 931 to 94, and the Reduced 931. 2. Bank Stock is 21&, and India Bonds 2s. premium. In the Foreign Market the dealings have been very limited, but the quotations are a shade fin ner. Turkish 6 per Cents. have been 95 to 95k, awl the 4 per Cents. 1021 I T . Spanish 3 per Cents. are, 42k, and the Deferred 24i 1. Sardinian are 89, and Dutch Securities are nominal. Mexican are 21t. The following are the nominal prices of Foreign. SI ocks :—Grenada Deferred Bonds, 6 7 ; Mext. Dan, -&-; Peruvian per Cents., 76 8 ; ditto 3 per Cents., 54 6 ; Portuguese 3 per Cents., 44 6 ; Russian 5 per Cents., 106 8 ; ditto 4 per emits., 95 7; Spanish 3 per Cents., 421 ; ditto /Tew Deferred, 232 41 ; ditto Certificates, fit ; ditto Pamir°, 6. The last week's railway receipts, ascertained up to this day, are in round figures as under :-- 1856. 1855. Blackburn Blythe and Tyne Brighten 12,576 12,705 Manchester and South Junction 743 683 North London North Stafford South-Eastern West Hartl e p oo l 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, aid 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 ss. The Preisoh lines have also slightly improved, Paris and Lyons being quoted at an advance of about ss. to 7a. 6d. Lombardo-Venetian are also firmer, the Canadian and East Indian lines are dull, but prie fs 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. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY.-CLOSING PRICES. (iron) the Offiem List.) ~,, ners done Sank Stock ... 216 3 p e r cent. Reduced Annuities Now 3 per Cent. Annuities Isdi, Ronde. .Cl009 Ditto, under £lOOO 2 p Consols !or Account ExchennAr Bills, 21d. £lOOO. imall Ditto Bonds, 1858, 3i per Con' Ditto, 1859 PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY. Grenada New Active, 21 per Cent. Peruvian Bonds 4i per Cent Ditto Account ................... Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent., Con. 1841 Ditto 1853, 3 per Cent .................. Sardinian R0n4,,5 per Cent. ........... Ditto Account 13 P-ro, h .4,24, 3 per cent ~. ..... -..-- 42i Ditto Kew Deferred, 3 per Cent. ... bitto Account 4 : 1 4 • kir b + .onds, 6 per cent .... ~.... Ditto Acoount • Ditto Guaranteed, 4 per Cent, -- Ditto Account ' Venezuela Bonds, 41 per Cent Ditto Account . 36k 6 i Of enfis .I,P *here :'z' me Lenior. Dutch Exchange, 2i per Cenl., 12 Guilders Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates 971 THREE O'CLOCK. Onnqnla '(Money) Ditto Account (January MANSLAUGHTER BY FURIOUS DRIVING.—An inquest Vas held last night at the Midilesex Hospital, on the body of Sarah Sydenbam, the young woman who died in consequence of being run o7er 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 ♦erdict of manslaughter against the accused, and he was committed for trial. 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 Wm. Codrington, in Easton-square, and presented him with a requisition, numerously signed by all classess 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-lpidge, respecting the death of a child named Maria Bailey, which, as alleged, bad been caused by ill treatment and starvation, at a scnool kept by Mrs. Mears at Battersea. The general evidence, confirmed by that of Mr. Richardson, a surgeon of Batterse a , Proved that the cause of the death of the deceased was insufficient and improper food, want of clothing, a n d neglect of cleanliness. The jury returned a verdict of " Manslaughter" against Marian Mears, the mistress of the school. MR. ERNEST JONES ON THE BRITISH CONSTITUTION. — Last night Mr. Ernest Jones gave his second political soir6e, at St. Martin's-ball, Long-acre. As on the previ ous occasion, the political porti in of the ent• rtaintnent was preceded 1:y a concert, of which it is impossible to 'peak 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 ho alleged, misrepresented them. He then went into an arithmetical calcula tion to show that every labouring man in the country 'lnght to have at leapt 145/ per annum, This, in Mr. npiair.ll, is to be accompli2lied by the pr , !e els , a v i rpy with twritorifd arist9c.: - .4cy, 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 "Jived by his unthinking audience. 20 20 20 20f., 00 LOO rIIE SUN, SHARE MARKETS — (This Day.) W tram ',A/LWA • 4tn, Nr•c , th s Jay. ansinels dune this day &mt)g, Haw.. Jar dtrall7l2. aour 8 • 9 --• 2( 171 U 131 D. C:o.e.fl. 4: ctrl 27i 25 710. do. Blackburn .._ „ !1,7 - t). ;; • £I:S (lead. at i bristol ant! 7.xeter,.. c dor, Chester 4; flulylion, Cork and Bandon Cork, Black, dc Pas ,or: , ws!l Do. A ' Do. B Dublio&Belfastsi Dun. P. do J 1 1 ,; East Augllar. Eastern Counties, F, ,, st. Et St De., B. Stock... 1 , 0., New East Kent Lsnpnshire East Suffolk Do. Edinburgh dt Olasge lEdinb. and Peebles !Edin.Prt:l &Druid , . "oral: A Clyde Jun Furness Glasgow (St S. Weston ,Great N. of Scotlnd Great Northern Do., A. 5t0ck...... Do , B. Stock . Gt. btli. &Weet.(lre.: Great Western Do. Stour Val. Rai Gna. Stk Irish South- Eastern Lancaster St Carlin!. iDo., Thirds Do. New Thirds [encash. an dirork 81 , Wet. Riding Un Do. Eouthl or , I ILondcu A Blackwsii ' Lond. Bright & S.Cst. Lend. and N. Westr. !Do. Fifths Do. Eighths London andEi. West , adudrrydr Col erah 4ndiairry. & Enn;Fl 4anch.Shcf.lL Lincl Wetropoli tan Do. J. L. Ricardo'e arrangement tidiana )o. Birmr.g. k Der tidld. G. West. f I )c. Half Shares._ g2wcn.stle Csrlisl `Zwpt.Absrg. Ilrf 4 ewry k, Eaniskil! Lowry, Warronpo'n Tlestrevor. , ;orfolk (Ttlin.Counties North Betts} , .„ th Devor. Dock Stock A Stock , B Stock .... Eastern—Beres I f , . do. Extensior G.N.E. rur. `,o. Leeds 100 100 all al: all 93 -- 634 - 37 Of - F 18i 19 !;i 38 40 26 -28 ;lan all 100 1.00 7 - 5 90 - 92 51 - 55 1100 100 130 100 !100 all all 100 100 36 - 36 kXI iO, al , all J4' .r .. '''' 94 - 96 7 -7; 89. 75 - 77 .20 125 10 112 694 69i St. • York ;ortli Et •r. 0., r.n,i City J. Statrol-dshi orc., .q IJnr th ..... • Rhymney . Scot. N E.Abrdn St. Do. I , ct.t. St r, r' Sitingbournek,Shoer. 'CAM. Eutern outh sir4sh.L Riv. Dn 70 - 74 54 • 64 54 64 91 97J a;ne , ,Wok. itzokton & Darling 1 . 00., do., 1654 Do., do., 1855 Hartle‘ 'tiff •o. Pref., No. larnoal-1,-;.7. D.& R. ;';,le of Math +. l Vaterfcl. & Kilhenn Vltert'orldsLimor, • West Cornwall__ Vest End of Louth:. and Crystal Palace. Do. A ....... Do. B •• West Lo , Aor Do. Filst Class Do. Second Class : . , Virriblodr , Pr: l l,w • 6t - 7 'll4 112 .054 - 106 20) 21 101 - 101 1063 - 107 ; d par 82 - 82,! 54 14 50 52 3i e 40 40! 83 1 ! 81 44 4 3 2t Rf - 594 604 96 99 5i 5i 64 - 7 10 11 28j 293 634 38i n 19i 9 h i 89 8i 9 76 694 i a LO4 103 26! 27,3 i 0 72 48 49 14 1 174 8 73 74 SO4 81 5 3 d 2 1 14 16 37 3) ... ..... , . itii -2) pn. 17i 97 6} 6 112 } 1051 i i 20i 104 7i SI li 51 84 3i 60} 54 I - 8 2 - 4 5 - 5i ••• ""*. •. 7 9 Sr_ 1.1; 100 100 too 100 'lOO 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 au } COLONIAL. !sown%) .9.rutax, ADt Cen.lndia, g. 5 p. c Do. `Ceylon A shares Do. B. do , Fnnerar , Eastern Bengal , tast Indian. A and B, g. 5 P. ' Do. Ex. C, gu. 5 p. c Do. do. D, gu. 5 p. c. D 0.44 p.c.13nda.,"57 to. do. do., 'sf,'„ leclong t Mclbournt guar. 5 per cent... id. Trun't - of Canada 'o. Cert. of Deben. con. into Stk. till '6:- )o. Comp. 6 p. c., do. it, Tn. Pen. g. 5 p. c Do New, guar. 5 p. c -it. Western of Mundt Do. New 10, 3da., payablo 's' Do. do., p. 'BO. io„ do., '73 do. 00. dc., '73, witbou opt ion ......... Aadra2, guar. 4 4 p.c Do. do., 5 p. c, no. 44 p. c. Extol' Do. 3clEx., g. sp. c guar 5 p. c . Do 31. kndreven '3,ehee t 0?.... -U". atwer • ~:zl-1..2.tt rc Ll Irdennes . . Piglan Eastn. Jun: , '(Awing} Grticisens o Ruff. & Lk. Hur. Ry. Carineaux & Toulouse Coal Mines and Ry. ut.,;;:s icuenish -, :nstern of Pranee „ Euphrates Valley Eur.s In.Jn.Tel.Rail Cebtrai of Vim. e Luxembourg,,, Italian Junction Const. & Bash, Lierre and Turnhout Lombardo Venetian. Lucca Piet, sp. c.p. [goys and Genova Lyons ac Mediterran. Visria Antonia Do. do. New iamnr 4 Liege Do. do., C p. c. Prof. Niorthern of Frani:a. sorwegianTrtuakPre Paris and Lyons Paris and Orleans Recife & San. Fran., (Pernam.) g. 7 p. c, Rome and Frascati Royal Danish ...... Royal Swedish ambre and Meuse_ Do. b# p. cent. Pref. iouthern of France Vest Flanders Do. Os per c. Prof_ W. & N. W. of Franc( Western of Austria West. of Switzerland Wiesbaden Do. 8 per cent. Pref. &Ilan° 011 Tr-S T( kustralaait. ..... Bank of Egypt •• ••• Bank of London tiri. Col. 1ik.& 14 . C. ;ritivh N. American Ohartd. Bank of Actin' chrtd. Bnk. of India,, A.ustraila, At China City Colonial Commercial of Loud r, Fl o n n g d. .Ec o o h t ut . &A . tis. Bk. Ch o t i Australia n tto New London and County Law. &E. Bnkg. Corp London Joint Stock , Loud. & Weetminsto lational Pro.ef Eng Do. Naw National Bank New South Wales..,, Oriental Bk. Corp._ Ottoman Bank rovincin.l of Ireland ifre.Now .Lusß;zGolru<;; 4oatt.k I.natraiia, e. { . ,..tubs. Do. NOW Ejmob of London Unity Mutual I Vfootorußk of Loud 1 - li *ii = ii 113 - 115 2 241)1 21i - 22 12i - 13) 80 21k -22 A IIL 24 -24 2i - 231 99 - 100 115 120 115 - 120 'OB 110 20 - 20 22f - 22 1 1 ii) 2} 2ir JON Gi 7i 1 2p oi 5a 31 —32 i 9 —lO P 4 4i 5 5. '613 - 6ip ••• 9i - 103 7 . 3 4 .1 18i 19i 37 37t 8i - 81 54i 51 - 53 # - 3 P'i is 1 9 —9, 8i 44-- 90-- 10 33 24 lap li BA.Nlitl. t 1 - 100 d 62 64 ..• - ...r1 1 4d 67 - 69 .« -~ .. -- 18 x .? 2„ 19 z v 4 i - ip .., ' 38 39 - lid ' Or) 101 65 - 67 7 - 9 6 r, - ; 4d, LON DON, WEDNES DA Y EVR NIN GI, t „ .4.‘k Al't CIA a• &,) t 70-44 ' ,;'; UN 0 pirICIP, Six o'Olock. SPAIN._ Our accounts from Madrid are of the 19th ins In consequence of the late amnesty several Carlist chiefs had presented themselves at Junquera, and among them the Brigadier Domingo Forcadell. Lord Howden had given a grand dinner at which the members of the Corps Diplomatique and other high personages attended. The three eldest daughters of the Duke and Duchess of Montpensier had been decorated with the cordon on the ladies of the Royal Portuguese order of Saint Isabella. LINES LEASED T FIXED RENTALS. ~: ~..i 8/11, , ,Cfi 0 TS ;i ail Loactor2. N, Weq. L. &N. W Caledfirt,_ EX &EX 06.tirt, E. Count. Caldoniti•+. Gt. rA'OF:t , Tic New. derv.' Y. & N M: Do 1 ! Do.. Is Easter: Peto & Co Do Norfolk Do G. &N. & I Stckton & Darlingt. Midland En. Conn. E. Count Do Do.. L.&N.W Do Gt Northu Lancash & Yorksh. t. Brassey f. MClenn Stockt. & Darlingt Do IGtWestn. Closing Prices this day. 97 - 99 - 98 102 11 - J 3 133 13i 4 ... 44 .~. --• .. di ;iii 124 -- 13 22. -23 i 112 ••- 114 1p •N ~... 2i - b 6 - 58 ••• .'... .• • 132 - 135 - 94, 33 - 34 89 - Business this day 131 5 PREFERENCE SHAitlid. myth and Tyne lOpe o. pref. (issd. at 501 Brie. & Ex. 4 p. c. St Do. 4 p. c. Shares ... Caledn. £lO 4i p.c. rhea.& Ho. On. 5 P 4 Do. do. Pref. 5 per a. Cork 4 Bandons Dun.Prth.&Abei..l S. Anglian Cis. ASh Do. do. Cis. B 6 p. C Do. do Cls. C 7 p. C . gas.Co.Ex,6poNo. Do. No. 2. Do. New 6 p. a. St East Un., G. 6 p. c Do. 51., 10 per cent Do. 101. Debcntr.Sh Do. do. 4 per cent. FAA TALIICash 6p. ct: E. ir.W. York..l. sth Edin. & Gl. 5 p.c. sb Rd. Prtb. kflii n. 4 p. , Fumes?, 5 p. c (41as. &S. hi .0.5 p.O Great Northn. u p. Do. 5 p. c. &dem! at 10 p. c. prern p. c D 0.5 p. c., Red. at P. IGt.ll. of Soot. lat IGt. P. 'OW. (holism Du. 4per C. Pr,f. S At. 4.(D. Az, IL gxsp( Do. con. red. 4 p.c, Do. con. red. 4 p. c I :)o. irrod. 4p. c. 'Do. 5 p. 0. red. prof Do. Birm. Pref. Sri Do. Chester S p. 0. P. • Do. do. 5 p. 0. do Do. Birm. Qua. 1:3 1- Do. Ches. Qua. Sh )o. do. d 0....... Do. do. de L.an. Az York. F .4 20 ')0.6 p. C. Stoel r.on.& B. G. 5 pc. No.l Do. P., spc. St.No.2 le. New Onar.6 o. Do. do. 5 13. C.,Ne.4 uon.&N. W., Coy. uneaton 5 p. et . [Alta.& 6. W. 7 per et late 3d Shares ... L & Coley. Sh. Londy.&Ennis.3 ,l, 11.,5.,& L. 6 p. Cent. Do. do. do. £6 Do. do. 34 per cont. vlarypt .& Carl. 4 p 0 00. 4 , 4 per cent....... Do. do. id. Consol.6 p.e.St Con.Br.Nr. 6 p Do. 4i p. C. Pref. , t Ditto L. & IL Pref. St New., Aber., 6zc., pr. 5 p. e. rod. 5 P.o. Pm. Do. Porpet. 6 p et. with optn. till '66 Norfir. Deb, 4 p.c. sh Do. Pref. 5 p. c. 8t e Do. 5 pc. Ext.,1846 sipere.pf ,1847 n0."gv.V.gpc.,1847 :CorthEritisb IDo 7/. Preference N. E. Perw, 4 p.c. Do. do. do ..... Do Leeds 6 p.c %No.' Do. do. QrP.,1848 Do.Yorkll.& S. I"nr Worth Staffordshire Do. 6 P.C. Redeem ,Scot. cent Pref Sc.N. E. Aber. g 6 pc Do. d0.,7 pc. pf. st. D0.d0.,3t p.c. pf. st South Devon Do. fixed,46 per cent S. Eastern (Readinr Ann.) of £1 Oe. 6d. Do. 4i per cent Do. Fixed 41 p o sh Wales Ota. 4 p, C Do. do. 4. p. 0.... 3.YorkshA4p.c.Guar Stock. & Dar., 5 p. o Do. do. do Stock. ,h Hart]. g. p. 0. till July 1, 'V Waterfd.& Bilk. 6 p c o: 100 4i - 5 6 - 6i 109 -• 113 10t - 108 I -g: 2 - -12 t ... -- ~. 16! 76 ]7 119 09 - 111 .02 IC4 62 - 64 9t - 6 - 95 - 97 86 88 99 101 10 10§ 16/ - 17 10 10/ 73 - 75 19i - 20 9/ -10 i 14/ -- 154 139 142 117 - 119 1157 - 159 6o 70 • 12,7 - 139 98 - 100 89 - tl 1 - li 1(2 -104 92 —94 lf d id. P Jo; :.108 114 - 116 105 - 110 ii =_ i 8 23 24 102 105 10k —10 e 274 -• 28) 2 - 8 I; "i :- Ei MINES. sin glo Ca li tor ni A.n6tralinn Badon (Gcl.Duchy of Blaanar. iron & Con; British Iron Braailianlmp.(iesneri at -1-.15 pm.) Do. Comes aS, 01130 Do, Et. John Del ite , ! ( Mason:lon Cone. Min Ca. of Jamaica. s36bre Copper Colonial Gold Copper Kin. of En;; Do. Pref. 7i p. cent Copiapo Fortuna CGenc.•all "lt.NuggetVeinlK'•p. Great roleonth (fit Wheal Vor Unite Liberty Linares Lusi tanian ............. . • kfarßin , ta Vow Granada . ..... . • Nouveau M0nde...... Pontgi.Sil. & Le. Mill • Port Philip quarts Rock Rhymney Iron. Do. New Santiago de Cuba Sort. Cons. Min. Co •louth Australian Do. Scrip Do. 10 per cent Proi Tam. S. St L. Min. Co, Pin Croft ....... United Mexican , Waller West Mariposa Worthing Mining of Australia MISCHL: tustralian Agricult. kustraln. Royal Mail flerlin Water Works brit. American Land Canada. r.Oo.6p.c.Jan&jaly Do. 6 p.c. Feb & Aug Do. 6p c. Mar & Sept Crystal Pa1ace........ Do. Preference. Crystal Pal. of France pluton Iron Ore Eastern 5team........ Electric Telegraph Electric Teleg. of Ir En.drAus Cop Sm Co Gen. Ir Sc Col (lini.) Gen. Steam Navigat. General screw Steam London Discount Lond. Gen. Omnibus Magdalena St. Navig Ylediteran. Elec. Tel. eximn&S. &merlon. Nat. Discount Co Do. New ......... ... Netherlands Land Do. Do. Do. 8 p P las at 1 d Do. New B. & N.S. Land N. S. W. Gov. sp. c. D. N. B. Australasian Nrth.of Europe Steam Oriental Gas Do. "New Shares" Peel Rr. Ld. & Mind. Peninsular& Oriental Do. New Royal Mail Steam Scot. Austral. Invest Oitt.o New.... .„ ouch • , 61.brikar. Registered.... k Trust& 1,. C0.11.C.n. Van Diemen'9 Land V.o).6p.o.hatitTul/ ... - ... i - 11 7 - 8 - 2 30 - 4 15 - 17 P 57 - 59 30 ,?5 25 `z7 13 - 15 id 1 - a 4 - 5 8 - 1.(1 I • 7 9 - 11 23 - 25 7 9 2} -- 21 ig 1 3 - •.• ••• - ~ "" w R 0173. 24 - 25 .•• -• ... 4i-- 5 40 - 45 L2B - 132 Ll 3 - 114 2 - 51 - 5t Ii -- 93 i i ::: it - 6 6i id P 3a i - 10 } - - 1 tiP 3i - 44 i - fp 18 - 22 - 3* - 2 . d 1 1 1, 7. 66 - 68 4 s V F 66 68 1} li, 3C, ;-i?; t 1 t - 1 16 '4 ' .l 18 ../ Ili ... ••• THE PAPAL STATES. A private letter from Bologna, of the 16th inst., states that Cardinal Viale Prela had announced that the Holy Father would soon grant an amnesty worthy of him. The Archbishop had even fixed the period of the amnesty for the Bth inst.—the Feast of the Immaculate Conception. That day has passed, but no amnesty has been declared, nor does there appear to be any intention of granting one. The writer thinks that during the. festivities of Christmas some pardons may be granted, but only to persons confined for robberies or assaults. The keys which are to open the prison doors of political prisoners are said not to be in the hands of the Pope, but in those of Cardinal Antonelli and his friends, who maintain the state of siege. 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 becution to give up certain docum'nts 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 him to do so at this stags 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. Rees, in the absence of Mr. Bodkin, stated to his lordship that he proposed to have read over the deposi tions of the witnesses already exemined, 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 effected. He was, therefore, entitled to demand the prisoners' discharge, but presum. ing the prosecution would furnish him with a oopy 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 he 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. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. —(This Day. BO W-STREET. 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 ta escape fram custody, were planed at the bar for final examination. 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, Wyld-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 had 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 reaebinq the court in company with another constable a turtatr 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 offence, and remanded till to-day. Horrigan, who bad 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, be magistrate asked the prisoners what they had to say do the affair I Regan, in answer to the charge, Paid the witness An. derson was in fault. He had Etruck him several times on a former occasion, and when this row took place he had witnesses to prove he had neither knife nor stick in his hand. He then called 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 ;n his hand. Mr. Henry cautioned the witness, and asked her whether she was sure that what she had just stated was true Q Two witnesses had already sworn that ,Regan had both a knife and a stick in his hand. Connelly—l am sure tbat he bad neither stick nor knife when the police were endeavouring to take Regan to the station. I heard him Fay to the c netables that he would go quietly to the station. Mr. Ileury—Have yon ever been charged with an assault 7 Witness—Never. Regan said he knew nothing of the girl Horrigan. She was quite a stranger to him. Horrigan, on being asked what she had to say to the charge, denied that she ever brought the dog out of the house to attack the police. She denied that she had ever lived with Regan. An elderly Irishwoman said she had known the girl Horrigan for four years. She always knew her to be an honest hard-working, girl. The father of Horrigan said it was untrue that his daughter ever lived with Regan. He had witnesses to prove she was an honest, industrious girl. Mr. Henry said those witnesses could be produced at the trial. The prisoners were then both committed for trial at he next Westminster sessions. SOUTHWARK. ANOTHER DARING GAROTTE ROBBERY IN THE BOROUGH.—James Parker, a miserable, dirty.looking fellow, was placed at the bar before Mr. Combo, charged with committing a violent assault on a widow lady, named Ann Anderton, and attempting to commit a robbery. 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. --- Mr. Dixon, a chemi6t, residing in Tooley•street, said he was returning home shortly after 12 o'clock on the previous night, and when pas,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 man had nearly strangled her and attempted to rob her. Witness went in pursuit of him ald sciz of him on the steps leading to tho railway. lie 6taug.4led wry hAtii to bet 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. A.nderton immediately ideuu•ified him as the man whip hat, assaulted ti.tr and attempted to rob her. In answer to the charge the prisoner said b e was struck first by the lady, who called :him bad. nra nes , an d then he took hold of her victorine auti struck lien, Mrs. Anderton positively , denied twat ; she. never saw the prisoner until he pounced upon her and nearly strangled her. Police-constable SO Ai said he took the prisoner into custody, but ho know nothing of him.. Mr. Combo asked the prisoner wh( ether 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. Combo 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. 100 5 100 100 all 115 13i 13k 12210 f i i 13 i 82 1 2i 4,11 all all 128.1 19i 20 Pm 24 1816 PERSUNATING A GflOSr. A long investigation took pace 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, it 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. Fliit's, where he and his parents lodged, to the farmhouse 'of Mr. Day, at Roby-fields, near Alfreton, for milk. The deceased and his father worked for 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 remained 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 telling tales about 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 Hudson took the deceased out of Mr. Day's house, and Hudsou 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 nil 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 terrified, and went home 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 scrvant-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 iu his throat. The deceased grew worse, and raved in his 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 w s izes. THE FRAUDS BY THE OFFICERS OF THE GUARDIANS OF THE CITY t/NION. The investigation as to the frauds and robberies c,itn mitted by Manini and Paul, who have disappeared, leay. lag an immense amount of money unaccounted tor, is proceeding vigorou=ly. It is believed 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 inhaoitants, who have known him many years—suspended from his office, although it is not imputed to hiin 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 : " °ITT 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 Milo! : 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 Tblmas 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 tue 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 ell!ct within the pe, ied of 14 days, and do accordingly direct that the same shall come into force forthwith. " Given !under our hand and seal of office thii 22d day of December, in the year 1856, " E. P. BOUVERIE, Presichnt. "COURTNEY, Secretary." THE WARDMOTES.—The result of the poll in Aldgate vas the election of Mr. Lusk, in place of Mr. Stephenson. In Coleman-street ward Mr. Kenyon pullet but 64 votes. In C,ird wainers' Mr. Lamb was elected to the vaoancy caused by the removal of Mr. Trees. In Dowgilte ward Mr. White, in place of Mr. M'Laren. In Far ringdon ward Mr. Langbatn was chosen instead of Mr. Clemo w. In Cripplegate, in consequeuce of the numbers polled by Mr. Sewell and Mr. Spencer, a fresh election will take place. THE GREAT CENTRAL AND THE CITY GAS COMPANIES. —Au adjourned meeting of the shareholders of the Great Central Gas Consumers' Company was held at the London 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. ANOTHER BURGLAR REPULSED BY A LADT.—Doe of the burglarious gang who infest the West Riding of Yorkshire suffered on Sunday morning a repulse at the hands of a lady while attempting to break into a dwelling. 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. About half-past 1 a.m. on Sunday the lady, who was sleeping in a room on the ground floor, was alarmed at hearing a noise. She started up, turned on the gas, and saw a man's bead p ro j ectin g through the window into the interior of the room. Th e hOuse bad been but recen tl y broken into, and therefore, for protection, Miss Blamires kept in her sleeping apart meat an iron orow-bar. With this she struck several heavy blows at the intruding head, severely mau li no , it ; was as Bonn . and while this was being done an accomplice th owner of the head had outside cried out " Strike her e ; marked strike her with the bludgeon, Jack." The advice, h cm ever, could not be followed, but the heal as possible withdrawn, and then the party Although leaviog behind them two iron crow-bars. with decamped, b 1 oo d ye urnnedal'enrhsme o f a lattice. their track was for some distance they have not yet been captured. enthtiloenveeds game v EXTRAORDINARY attempting to ent e r SPORT.—The the o R house T b i was killed by the following noblemen the Earl of Stamford and Warrington'sand e g s e t n a t t l e e , m a e t n , B o n n . ville, Staffordshire, last week, ford, Earl of Strathmore, o • the a Forrester, Col. the Hon. R. Charteris, C a t. Col, l z. :—The Earl of Stam ford, Hon. S. Lyttleton,PM B. Milbanke, Mr. W. Grazebrook, Mr. Rowe b r ; and Mr. A. Payne. bits, 14 Mills, Sir G. Dec. 15 (10 guns)-232 pheasants rt 232 bares, 187 rah total, 681. Dec. 1 partridges, 12 woodcocks ' 3 snipes, and 1 jay ; hens, and 1 weasel ; total 1,001. Dec. 17 ( 11 bares, 192 rabbits, 13 partridges, 5 vroodoockst 6 water -0.0 guns)-311 pheasants, 473 guns)— 645 pheasa n t s, 9 2 hares, 296 rab bi ts 10 partridges, 1 woodcock, 4 water-bens' and 2 hybrids ; total, 1,050. Dec. 18 ( 10 guns)-71 pheasan t s , 126 hares, 93 rabbits, and 3 pigeons ; total, 308 . Dec. in woodcocks 19 (8 guns)---129 p heasants, 241 hares , 242 rabbits, 2 partrid grs, 626 aking a grand tota l of 3,666. The two beautiful 10 woodcocks, and 2 water-hens ; total, ' fl hybrids that were killed on the 17th were bred in his iordslaip'e preserves, from a golden pheasant hen and a common pheasant cock ; four more s p lendid birds of the Isame cross, and bred this sea s o n, ar e now in his lord ship's aviary. THAMES. DARING ROBBERY IN RAToLIFF-HiGswAY.---Thomas Chesney and William Clark, young men who belong to a desperate gang of thieves in Riteliff-highway, were charged with stealing 69. 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 2e. of his money only. The other prisoner, Clark, knocked him down and kicked him while be was down. William Al!wood, brother-in-law of the last witness, said that, while looking at the pork in Hagmain's shop, be 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. They made a violent resistance. He found Is. ld. 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. Mr. Selfe—l can't punish innocent men. If you plead guilty I can punish you. The prisoner—Then punish me, sir. lam guilty. I .00k the man's money. Mr. Selfe—You are sentenced to' three months' mprisonment and hard labour in the House of Correc- MARKET NEWS.—(This Uay.) BOltOtliiti 110 f We have to report a steady demand for most kinds of hops, at fall quotations. WEirTEOFIAPEL. Each kind of meat sold briskly, as follows :—Beef from 3s 6d to 4s 8d ; mutton, 3s 8d to 4s 10.1; veal, 4s 01 to 5s Od ; pork, 3s 10d to 5i 4.1 per Blbs., by the carcase. LLOYD'S SHIPPING.—ahis 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 Now Colombo • Alma, Mauritius. COWES, Dec. 23.—Wind iN.E.—Sailed—Trave, for Arica; Josetina, Havana. HOLYHEAD, Dec. 23. —Wind variable.—Sailed.—Orkney Lass, for B.►bia. 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 b 3 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 Dartmoutb, drove on tho Herd Sand,, from the tow line of the tug breaking. CORK, Dec. 22.—Wind N.W.—Arrived.—Swan, from St. John's, N. B. ALEX&NDBIA, 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 wasabandonod on the 6th inst., after the decks had been blown up by an explosion anti the vessel had become a mass of flame ; crew arrived here. The Emma Graham, of Liverpool, was driven ou shore at Mar. seen, on the coast of Tarsons ; crow saved, and arrived\ here, by a French steamer from Syria. (MR ELECTRIC' TRILEGBAPIL) LIVERPOOL, Wednesday Morning. Wind W.N.W. Arrived—Horatio, fiom Demerara; Verona, Alexan dria ; Charles, Havre. QUEENSTOWN, Dee. 23. Wind W. Arrived—Lebanon, from Alexandria. Sailed—Gui'hemline, for Lisbon; Panopo (s.s.), Athens; Flora, Cadiz. DUBLIN, Deo. 23. Wind. W. Arrivod—Telemaque, from Antwerp. (BY SUBMARINE AND BRITISH TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Wednes lay, 10.8 S.M. Wind W.S. ; tide, it flood ; raining. Arrived, Dec. 23—Sarah Richardson, from Gothenburg; Fear Sos Kende, Bogense. Arrived, 24th—Johanna, from Konigsberg. Sailed, 24th—Negociator, for Sydney. DEAL, Wednesday, 9.58 a.m. _ Wind W. ; moderate. Passed, Dec. 23—Cosmopolitan, from London, for Glasgow. Passed, 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. CIISTOM-HOU3E, TUESDAY, DEC, 23, ENTERED INWARDS.—Oriental, from Madras, &c. ; Bee cher Stowe, Alexandria; James It. Keeler, Now York; Hastings, "Madras ; Lady Beta, .Tainnica ; Pearl, Q ue b ec ; Gen. 'Williams, Genoa, - Leghorn, and Massins. ; Baretto, jun., Quebec; Marianne. Dantsic ; Enterprise, Mogadore ; 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 It. Keeler, New York ; Oriental, Hobart Town ; Premier, Demerara ; Royal Charles, Ade laide; Admiral, Rotterdam; Imo, Antwerp; Vicar of Bray, Valparaiso. CLEARED 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. PRlVATEERlNG.—Accompanying the President's Mes sage is a letter from the Russian charge d'affaires at Washineton, 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 ieg, 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. WHY SAILORS DESERT FROM AMERICAN SNITS.--The desertion of seamen from American merchant ships in 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 had contracted on American soil for the voyage out and back, absconded from their vessels at Nolo h 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 for a 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 oases of a similar class has led us t 3 the conclusion that oppression on the part of ship captains and their subordinate 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 riv er on the arrival of our ships, that they may swim ashore and escape the brutality of our m ates. Nor is this the worst. Numerous oases 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, had been engaged in the in vestigation of charges against three of the mates of the American ship Ocean Monarch, and hearing 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 ease where it exists it not only induces desertion on the part of our seamen, but renders desertion under such circutu stnneee jast:ilAbio zwd eNcns,lble. Le , re e crity ieNs of tyranny and brutality on the part of our officers, 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.--Neon York Tinto. MR. JUSTICE WILLES UPON TRANS.. PORTATION. At Warwick assizes, on Monday, two men named Tombs and Parsons were convicted of burg; ary at Birmingham, and it appeared they had been old offenders, and sentenced to four years' penal servi tude iu 1855 at the Birmingham Sessions, but the 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 sen tence Mr. Justice Wiles said—" This case has to me a very extraordinary complexion, became:, 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 object 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 underetand 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 passed it would be a certain thing. Up to this moment I will frankly confess that, notwithstanding all my efforts to get information on the subject, I was under that impression, having always thought that penal servitude was to be a fixed and settled thing, of course subject to the high prerogative of mercy which may be exercised by h er M a j esty the Queen. That prerogative is, however, a different 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 bees 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 sentences' to penal ser vitude to let them loose in a country where persons will not employ them. I cannot understand wby, either for the sake of the public, or of your selves, you have been sentenced to four years' penal servitude in Januarry 1855, should be let out to commit fresh depredations in the same town as before, in 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 provei 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 iu 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 heing renewed—as many persons together with myself, fervently hope it will be—l will sentence you to be transported for 20 years." 1 e. is Li A ri 1) . DUBLIN, TUESDAY MORNING. THE TIPPERARY BANK.—APPEALS FROM. THE ROLLS. The Chancellor closed his sittings yesterday, but not without hearing some more last words in the case of the Tipperary B ink. The appeals from the decision of the Rolls Court "In re Vincent Scully, Wilson Kennedy, John Ginger, and 50 other Eng . lists shareholders v. the Tipperary Bank," having eon called on, Tho Chancellor addressed the counsel previously eugsged in them, and said he wished to know if it was intended to proceed with the appeals from the decision of his Honour the Mast,r of the Rolls, in the matter of the Tipperary , Joint-Stock Bai.k. He (the Chancellor) had placed all those eases at the end of his list fur this present, or rather the late term, on the application of and by consent of all the paries, and he now desired to know if thosecases were to be heard, as he (the Chancellor) would not allow them to interfcie 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 eases were post poned), said ho was not instructed in the matter ; brit,.ke might, he thought, say that it was not intended to proi„eiiii.„ with Vie appeals referred to at present. Nothing leatlinen 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 h r lship would be troubled with those appeals at all, as f a r as he was in a pesitien to form an opinion; but, as he said before, he was not in structed in the metier. The Chancellor said he would be perfectly satisfied with what hut been stated if he were sure he would hear no more of thu appeals in question ; but he did not wish them to re main in his list u.idisposed of. The course, therefore, he was inclined to take was to strike them all out if they were not named. If not disposed of one way or another be; fore the nezteterrn 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 busines.. THE RECENT BANK PANIC. The Cork Reporter, alluding t., the alleged origi nating cause of the run on the National Bank, says : The late decision of the Lord Chancellor, that has created this temporary alarm about j,,iut-stock banks, has evi dently been misunderstood. He does not relieve share holders from their liabilities. His decision, if cenfirmed, merely says that the 334 Geo. 11. does not apply to the pre seutjoint-stock banks; but, by another, and a more re2eut act of Parli,lment, shareholders are liable for all the debts, and their liability lasts for three years after they cease to hold shares. By the 33 , 1 Gee. IL, under which au attempt was made to bring the Tipperary Bank, the shareh,litei s could never ba relieved from liability. How ever, the 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. Tile following additional accounts, dated last night from Limerick, are given in ' o 3'attrider's.Aretus,, d ow r e e ie v tah e r i r n i 31 the ec gig, letter cf this morning Shortly after I enclosed my despatch last evening detail ing the particulars of the attempted assassination, I learnt that the injuries received by Mr. G. Joynt, though not serious, were more extensive than I had recorded, tha t gentleman having been ly whichh thigh and hand t The at t hheo horse s i e ine o ft h h e e in n s we which well a as waste lAelgo.n alone re ceived several grains of the heavy duck shot gun was loaded in the hip and loins. Before returning which the to Limerick Mr. Joynt called at the police back Clonlara, and reported the attack to the con barracks in Next day Mr. Gonne Bell, resident ma • stable in charge. Connell, b most intelligent public officegistrate at Castle collecting material facts calculated to lead r' lost no time ill the perpetrators of the homicidal outrage. to the arrest of injured gentleman, who is stePPinr, He visited the brother, Mr. Edward Joynt, at Br e. at the house of hie city, and took his formal depositions,unswick•street, in this ferred that more than one from which it is in attaak. Mr. Bell subsequentlyper son was implicated in the Mr. Joynt had been fired at revisited the locality where searched by the , and had several farm-houses found, which was constabulary, In one of them a gun was discharged, together w • ascertained, to have been very recently to correspond with l tu Powder and shot, the latter said that lodged • has been announced , ll* A reward of in the horse's ip. " 5(.1. reward _.•,; Which the following is a copy : will be si g person who given by the under ned to any police at may cionia give such information to the ser g eant of rar County Clare, as m a y lead to the appre hension and conviction of the parties who fired at me, off the lands• a Cap,.. •q a h my return to my resi dence, Bii • r aw. ,wen on e eisle, on the evening of Saturday, the 20th of December, 1856 " G.ALBRAITH JOYNT. ARREST ' • of THE SUrPOSED AssasslNl.--4 searching f: 1 •nv es-'IP-ttion 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 tired. Such is the pre sumption, from the fact of his having the nature previous which ly been served with the threatening notice, of was detailed yesterday. DUBLIN, TUESDAY EVENING. THE MURDER OF MR. LITTLE. The prisoner, Michael George . Harrington, was b roug ht up for furt her examination at Capel-street police-oftice 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 independent of this testimony h e had DO hesitation in saying that, upon the infor mations received on Saturday, there was no case w hatever against Harrington. The prisoner was then discharged. PRICE OF GOLD.—The quotation of gold at Paris is about 6 per mile premium, and the short exchange on London is 25.20 per 11. sterling. O n comparing t h ese ra tes with the English Mint price of 3/, 17s. 10id. per ounce for standard gold, it appears that gold is nearly 5-10ths per cent. dearer in Pari s th an i n Lon d o n. By advices from Hamburg the p r i ce o f gold is 423 per mark, and the short exchange on L on d on i s 1 3.24 Per 11. Iter. ling. Standard gold, at th e E ng li sh Mi n t price, is ther e. fore about 8-10ths per c en t, d earer i n H a mburg than in London. The cour se o f exchange at New York o n London for bills at 60 d ays ' s i g ht is 1094 per cent., which, when comp are d w i th t h e Mint par between the two countries, sh ows t h at the exc hangei s slightly against England ; and, after making allowance for charges of transport and difference of i n terest, th e present rate leaves scarcely any pro fit on the importation of gold from the 'United States. too 100 100 20 20 24i i I.i P 22k 5k 31 4011 20 1.24 25 20 St. L.0.6', 40 5 25 10 28i 1 1 1 25 10 10 50 100 St. 15i 100 all all all 1121 82 li i 130 1131 66 7