The Sun. — London, England, 1851-12-25 00:00:00

PORTUGAL. OPENING OF THE CORTES-SPEECH FROXI THE THRONE. The following is a copy of the Queen of Portugal's speech upon the opening of the Cortex at Lisbon on the 15th instant : " Worthy Peers of the Realm, and Gentlemen Deputies of the Portuguese Nation,— " I felicitate myself with you upon thus seeing you, the national representatives, surround my Throne as its most secure support, and upon whose dedication Ilconfide for carrying out with firmness and prudence the great work of reform which was proclaimed, embraced by the nation, and cordially adopted by me. " The revision of the fundamental law of the State being thus acknowledged as a necessity, it became my first duty to consult the nation by means of a new election. " The non• existence of a fundamental law to as sure the freedom of election constrained me to assume extraordinary powers for its regulation, and the supreme law of public safety imposed u pon . . ur the duty of providing by my authority that in it o oo it was no longer possible for the Cortes t de uties de the then existing state of the country. the revision, and provided that the nep w should be elected with powers necessary its for ac complishment. " My Ministers are charged with the e d additional o t f e lays ing before you a project of la w ' the Constitutional Charter of the Monarchy, which yon will in your wisdom discuss, in or . d . er that it may, with my sanction, be duly re form . ele . in those articles which experience has shown the_ indispensable neces city of being corrected an d ,perfected, for the better guarantee of the libertY .(t the . representative . Mo narchy, and the unalterable principles in which that charter sought to e , stabllsh and constitute it. " The Prince 1 1 °Yait my most beloved son, having attained the legal age, will publicly take in this Curtes the s olemn oath to the Constitution of the State, w hich I have the glory to assure you he will know ho w to maintain as my son, and the grandson o f Don Pedro IV. The unavoidable delays of the electoral process, the . urgency . of cir cums t ances , a nd the cogent neces sity to provide promptly for various branches of the public administration, authorized me to use the ex ceptional powers to decree some measures of manifest utility, .which have laid the foundation of reform and will facilitate its efficacy. " MY Ministers will lay those measures before you, with the special reasons for their adoption and the projects of law necessary for their completion, and for the coherency and efficacy of the reform I pride myself upon having commenced, and which I rely upon securely completing with the aid of the national representatives. " Gentlemen Deputies of the Portuguese Nation,— " The necessities of the public finances called for sacrifices from all. That they may not be sterile, it becomes necessary to organize with such persevering economy our expenses, and reform to such point our fiscal system, that the employes and creditors of the State may be manifestly secure that such violent sacrifices will never be called for again. " With a better distribution of political burdens, a better regulation of the imports, and of the method of taxation and collection, it is n ot the less urgent we should place ourselves in a position to provide for other reproductive expenses, t o foment industry in com merce, agriculture, and the sciences and arts, which promote and direct civilization. In the gene ral go vernment and a dministration of th e coun t r y, i n it s ecclesiastic A affairs, in the establishments of benefi cence, and in the qualifications, promotions, and reforms of the employes of the State, it becomes ne crary to make many improvements, which expe rience calls for, an d f or w hi c h th e i n t erven ti on o f th e Legislature is requisite. " The increased facility of public transit, and the means of communication, claim the first place in your attention. A project of law to authorise the Go vernment to construct a railroad to unite us with the rest of Europe ; vivifying the internal traffic of the country, and reinstating Lisbon as the central empo rium of the two worlds, between which it is situate. " Worthy Peers of the Realm, and Gentlemen Deputies of the Portuguese Nation,— " Our vast possessions in Africa, and those in Asia and in o,:eania have my most careful solicitude. I reinstated the ancient Ifultrs.-Marine Council to give constant regularity and stability to their com plicated administration. I have adopted, extraordi narily, measures to provide for some of their most urgent wants. The principal are the promotion of their closer connextion with the metropolis, the increase of our navy, the promotion of industry, of civilization, and of the light of the Gospel, for all these means are requisite, and it is indispensable that the mother country atiould cultiva'e, morally and physically, those vast tracts, from whence.it must derive incalculable advan tages, and the surest guarantee of our existence and national independence. " I have renewed negotiations with the Holy See for the definitive solution of some points pertaining to the spiritual weal of the people, and to the dignity of the Portuguese Cro ern. I continue to receive from all friends an 1 allies he most secure proofs of friend ship arid good hrmony. With his Imperial Majesty the E nperor of all the R'.issias I cel4b7ated a treaty to estahli ,, h securely oar mutual interests in comrnerce and navigation. I associate l myself with the French Republic in a convention to recognise the rights of literary property in the same way as had been dove by S irdinia. England and Hanover have followed the same course, and thus will be established ere long a right common to all civilized people. " I rely upon the patriotism of the Cortes to enable my Government to do its duty, realising the hope of the country. " The session is declared open." BELGIUM. BRUSSELS, DEC. 22. ADOPTION OF THE HOLLANDO-BELGIAN TREATY. Tne debate with closed doors on the nollando- Belgian treaty was terminated on Saturday night, by the Second Chamber. After the public sitting the Chamber proceeded to vote, and the treaty was adopted by a majority of 31 to 21. The Chamber then - separated. Members of the dissolved French Assembly arrive here daily. It is probable that M. TRIERS'S stay will be protracted, for it is ~aid that he intends completing and printing his new work, "Vingt Pages d'Histoire," before his departure for England. Although the communication between Belgium and France has been restored on its normal footing, no Belgian newspapers are yct admitted into France, and every traveller is compelled to exhibit his passport to five Government offices before he is permitted to enter the French territory. Snail divisions of French moaned troops are sta tion: d along the frontier from Armentieres to Bail leul. Our Government has likewise placed a regiment o f th e Mounted Rifle Brigade and several brigades of gendarmes in the villages bordering on the French territory. DENMARK. The following are the principal conditions of the last arrangement proposed to the German Govern ments for the administration of the Duchies of Schleswig and Holstein by Denmark, the acceptation of which it was the mission of Al. von Bille, at present at Vienna, to obtain :-1. The re-establishment of the old Provincial Diets, as well in Schleswig as in Rol s t e i n , is conceded by the Danish Government, but under the condition that it is not the last existing Diet that is to be summoned again ; that Diet is to be declared dissolved by royal decree, and a new election for another taken, according to the election law of 1834, with the exclusion of the vote possei,stA by the house of Augustenburg. 2. That the Danish Government regards the Diet to be thus summoned as one ad interim only, and called for the special Purpose of framing an entirely nevv law of election. 3. 'that the former connexion administrative and judicial tch.bieesagf7iin establiihed, but that each between th':liDnou dornniut:tration and its own purpoqes shill its ow T i ha a t Duchy shall h4ve supreme tribunal. competence to 4. e part of the Diet of of the ateyl to a 17th of the Confederation, the resolution - Sep tember, 1846, reserving to th D e un D h l y et o a f the , maintain the right of closer connexion with the Duch of Schleswig be regarded as cancelled. After the abolition administrative and judicial connexion, none of the former institutions common to both of the Duchies shall continue to exist, except the social ne xus of the Ritterschafc. STATE OF TRADE. (From the Manchester Guardian.) AIiCTIEST ER, TUESDAY.—There is no new feature to noticain our market today as compared with the date of dur last re p or t. I n y arns an d goods at large, we continue to have a quiet and moderate buiiness, gene-y.lly tit the rates then current, which, in mule yarns and 'sortie of the lighter cloths, were rather lower than id the preceding week ; the value of some counts of mule only, as Nu. 40's, betraying a further slightly advers hiss to-day. Reeled water twist, however, being still in request for China, and rather more so than it was for Germany, is more firmly held than before and indeed inclines upwards i n sore t ountS. The makers of the lower numbers of w . r ,, 4 r ar e hardly dispos e d t o accept terms which, in many,. ; ns . anc es would have been agreed to a f ew d a y s back ; but, in P of most kinds h e against t sellers. The better qualities there be a 3 i t s rathey descriptions o f goods are ren n). change, of o remarkably firm by the contracts in hand; in rn Stlfi c4 P - ' \7l s hi r ti n gs are rather higher. , As regards ttie tueerial, learn by the Asia that the New Inparted increased - L -- York isirke't was rather dearer, end that advices from thi s .04tf the ?6th November ad i ' tc ;" . firturv.. crop remain ing before , though some ss o that of .New Orleans ; the estimates of the much the same as ▪ _ - to THE SUN, parties were less inclined than before to the highest amount. ROCHDALE, MONDAY.—This is generally called the last market in the year, being the Monday before Christmas-day; and the first or new market is held oa the first Monday after old Christmas-day, or the 6th of January. We have had very little doing, both in the wool and piece market; but former prices have been fully maintained- MACCLESFIED, TIIESDAY.—We have little change to report in the market for manufactured goods, b u y e r s only purchasing sufficient for immediate wants ; but after stock-taking with the wholesale houses, it is expected there will be more activity perceptible in this department. The dyers are more freer su pplied with work, which is a good indica tion. — Thrown silks continue to be inquired for at former rates, and the stocks of useful descriptions are becoming scarce ; but as yet prices are without much alteration. This, however, cannot long con tinue, as thrown silks are much below their relative value, as compared with the raw material. Raw Silks---The market continues active. The sales reported for the past month comprise about 5,000 bales of China ; and the business done in Italian has been considerable. Holders are now asking an ad vance of 6i. to Is. on China, and 15. to is. per lb. on Italian. Bengal silks have also participated in the movement ; and the market for Brutia has advanced 61. to is. per lb. At the public silk sale held at Liverpool on Monday last the attendance of buyers was large, and the China silk brought forward, amounting to 100 bales, was all sold, at an advance of 61 to 93. per lb. HALIFAX, SATURDAY. — There have been more merchants in our Piece Hall to-day than for many weeks past ; but they have not purchased freely. The prices they offered were too low to be generally ac cepted. In yarns there is more doing, and the mer chants are offering better prices. The wool market is quiet, without any change in the qu otations ; and there is a pretty confident expectation that things will be better after the turn of the year. HUDDERSFIELD, TUESDAY.—There has not been a large amount of stock disposed of to-day, but the at tendance of buyers has been more numerous than for the last few weeks. The prices offered by the mer chants have generally been considered low, and conse quently the sales effected have been of a limited cha racter. Articles for exportation have been more in quired for, and a few orders for the American markets given out. Compared with the same time last year, the market has not been equal by a large amount. LEEDS TIIESDAY.—The market has been flit to day. On Saturday, however, a fair business was done, considering we are so near the close of the year. During the past week there has also been rather more done in the warehouses, particularly for the London houses. BRISTOL DONKEYISM. Many of the merchant 3 and professional men of our city were agreeably surprised, while bending their steps homeward towards Clifton, between the hours of four and five on Monday last, at meeting a large batch of Bloomers walking in College-green. The party consisted of four gentlemanly-looking young men, each supporting a juvenile brace of these elegant creatures. The young ladies, who by the way, were all good-looking, personated in their dress the four seasons. Two of them represented spring, and wore pale green trousers, richly embroidered vests of the same colour, and dark green velvet dresses reaching to the knees ; they bad gigantic gills, and light green Joinvilles on ; and to crown all dark green beaver hats, of enormous dimensions, profusely decorated with light green feathers and falls of white lace. Two more were in pink to represent summer ; two in yellow to represent autumn; and the remaining couple in white, to personate winter. Their eight dresses were all of a uniform character. Each young lady wore French shoes, and frills round her ankles ; also nicely fitting kids ; and sported splendid bouquets of artificial flowers, appropriate to the various seasons. They were followed, and, we presume, chaperoned, by a tall bouncing-looking Bloomer, in a dark costume, who looked about forty, had hair of a reddish hue, a turned-up nose, and grinned and squinted about in the most extraordinary manner. Indeed, " she" is believed to have been a " he" in disguise, for we trust no one of the fair sex would have conducted herself so disgracefully. How ever, notwithstanding, the "motley group" met with few insults, and, in fact, for the honour of Bristol be it said, were everywhere courteously received. Several hats were raised to the spirited " seasons," who re turned the compliments by bowing and smiling right and left. They are said to have behaved with the greatest modesty and decorum throughout the entire of their promenade.—Bristol Piper. DEATH 12V A WASH-HOUSE. On Tuesday Mr. W. Carter held an inquest at the Tri nity Arms Tavern, Newington, on the body of Susan Hobbs, aged 88 years, who was found dead in a cellar or wash-bons°, at 11, Swan-stie,t, Diver-road. Mrs. Cutler, the deceased's daughter, stated that her mother was hi the receipt of Is. 6d. weekly from the parish of Gravesend, but for the last five months she had been re siding with witness, being infirm and incapable of as sisting hers lf, owing to her advanced age. Witness rented the house, which contained seven rooms, and they were chiefly let to lodgers. The deceased lived in an underground hack room; and on Sunday morn ing last witness found the deceased complaining (.1 difficulty in breathing. She gave her a little warm brandy and water, which seemed to relieve her. Shortly afterwards witness went to her, and dis covered that the deceased was dead and cold. No medical man was called to see her before or after death. The officer said that when he entered the place where the dead body was lying he was nearly suffocated by the dreadful effluvium which filled the room. There was a sink in the corner that communica ted with the common sewer, and the place seemed to him to be more like a cellar or wash-house, It was quite unfit for a human person to sleep in, more ospecialy an an aged woman like the deceased. Coroner—Could not a better place be found for your aged mother to sleep in? Mrs. Cutler—No, Sir; and she seemed very happy there. Coroner—You have rendered yourself liable, by the Metropolitan Building Act, which came into opera tion on the of July, 1846, to 3 fine of 20s. every d a y that such a place is occupied otherwise than as a ware house or store-room. The jury concurred in the obser vations of the coroner, and returned a verdict of natural death. PUTNEY BRIDGE. Among the improvements called forth by the in creased locomotive propensities of the age, we note one which is likely to be productive of much convenience avid advantage to the public. The old, unsightly, incon venient, and dangerous bridges on the Thames have one by one given way to more safe anti elegant structures. The bridge across the river from Fulham to Putney still remains, a serious obstruction ti the navigation. Fur the requirements of a century ago, the existing bridge was doubtless sufficient; but the enormous in crease of the traffic, more especially of steamers, calls for a bridge less dangerous to vessels and passengers. To effect this object, a company has been formed, with the view of obtaining an Act of Parliament, conferring the necessary powers. The capital, a large portion of which has already been subscribed, is ample for the purpose, and as the shareholders in the old bridge have already shown a desire to amalgamate with those of the new one, the expense and delay consequent on a Parliamen tary opposition will be avoided. The new c,)mpany propose to construct a handsome iron bridge, with arches of sufficient height and span, to replace the present un sightly mass of timber. They have received the best assurances of support from the neighbouring proprietors, and other parties likely to be interested. In addition to the tolls obtained on the present bridge (which will be adjusted on a liberal principle), there will be those de rived from steam-boat passengers, a part of the plan being to erect a pier f.fr their accommodation, as on llungerford-bridge. MORTALITY in the METROPOLIS. NUMBER OF DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES REGISTERED IN THE WEEK ENDING SATURDAY, DEC. 20, 1551. Epidemic, Endemic, and Contagious Diseases ...*251 Diseases of Uncertain Seat ... ... 56 Tubercular Diseases ... ... 204 Diseases of the Brain, Nerves, and Senses... ... 121 Diseases of the Heart and Blood-vessels ... 55 Diseases of the Lungs, and other Organs of Respiration ... ... 252 Diseases of the Stomach, Liver, and other Organs of Digestion... ... ... 51 Diseases of the Kidneys, &c. 15 Childbirth, Diseases of the Uterus, &c. 12 Diseases of the Joints, Bones, and Muscles ... 13 Diseases of the Skin, &o. ... ••• ••• Malformations... ••• ••• ••• ••• A P mature Birth ••• ••• ••• Old A p h y ••• ••• ••• ••• ••• Sudde Z, •n ... '" ••• .•• ••• ••• • ••• ••• Violence, ' riv • u. ..., - on Cold, and Intemperance Ciusos not ap,a ec i ... ••• ••• ••• ... 3 ... 2 ... 33 ... 19 ... 52 • 6 ... 53 • 8 DEATHS FRox Enu:ne:Z CAUSES POpuu,_ Deaths in corr 43- •• 1851. , 8 1 3 011 ding week West Districts,.. 376,332 of 1850. North Districts .. 490,441 ' • 156 ••• Central Districts 392,986 .:: 225391 ... East Districts ... 485,336 ••• 247 S ou th Districts .. 616,545 ..• 31a "• ____. 1,206 Deaths in the Week. 187 250 210 257 302 ..... 2, 361 , 640 1,166 ••• 1,206 Males ••• ••• ..• ••• ••• 6 03 Femates ..• 6U3 ••• BIRTHS IN THE WEEK. ••• ••• ••• 7 33 ••• ... ... ... ••• 672 Males Females Total ... ... ..„ ... ... 1,455 *ln this number are included 41 by Scarlatina, 50 by Typhus Fever, and 17 by Diarrhoea. STATE OF THE WEATHER DURING THE PAST WEEK. SUNDAY.—The sky was overcast throughout the day ; thick fog. Electricity—Nothing was shown at any exam!- nation. hIOI4DAY.—The sky was overcast throughout the day; cirrostratus. Electricity—Nothing was shown throughout the day. TUESDAY.—The sky was overcast throughout the day; cirrostratus. Electricity—Positive, and tension moderate during the afternoon. WEDNRSDAY.—The sky was overcast throughout the day; cirrostratus. Electricity—Positive, and tension moderate throughout the day. THURSDAT.—The sky was overcast throughout the day ; cirrostratus. Electricity—Positive, and tension moderate during the morning and afternoon. FRIDAY.—The sky was generally covered with cloud till 7h. A.m., soon after this time the clouds became broken, and by Ph. 30m. A.M. the sky was clear, and it remained in this state till lh. 30m. P.M. During the remainder of the day the sky, with slight exceptions, was overcast. Thick rain fell during the evening. Electricity—Nothing was shown throughout the day. SATURDAT.—The sky was generally overcast throughout the day; cirrostratus. Thick rain fell frequently. The mean reading of a thermometer placed on the main mast, and read each day ati9h. A.M. was 42.8 Q ; and the mean reading at 9h. P.M. was 43.7°; the mean readings at the Royal Observatory for the same times were 40.7 4 , and 42.3° respectively. The reading of the barometer increased from 30 . 31 in. at the beginning of the week to 30*39 in. by 10h. A ar. on the 14th, and decreased to 29.89 in. by the end of the week; every successive reading after 14th at 10h. A.M. being less than the preceding. PRICES OF SHARES IN BANKS, ASSURANCE, AND OTHER COM- PANIES' STOCK. From the Official List. tUBLISIIED EVERY TUESDAY AND FRIDAY EVENING. LONDON, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 23. JOINT-STOCIC BAZVER. THURSDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 25, 1851. ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. NORTHERN CIRCUIT.—York, Dec. 23. CROWN COURT—(Before Mr. Justice MAur.E.) Frances Cooke, aged 26, a sickly-looking woman, was indicted for the wilful murder of her infant child, John Herbert Cooke, on the 18th September last, t Huddersfield. Mr. Hardy and Mr. Boothby prosecuted ; the pri soner was defended by Mr. Overend. It appeared that the prisoner was a member of a respectable, though very poor family, and the wife of a person named Charles Cooke, who had formerly been a waiter at the George Hotel, in Huddersfield. He having deserted her, she was last May living at her mother's house, and being pregnant, she on the 80th of May went into the Kirkheaton workhouse, which is three miles from Huddersfield, for the pur pose of being confined, taking with her a child two years old. She was confined there on the 21st of August of a male child, and remained at the work house till the 18th of September. All the wit nesses called spoke of her being uniformly kind to her children, and to her being extremely well con ducted whilst in the: workhouse. Ou the 18th of September she expressed a wish to the matron, Mrs. Mothershaw, to leave the workhouse and go home to her mother's, and she wished to go that day, in order to go the day following before the board of guardians to get some alto wance made to her towards the support of herself and children. Being in a very weakly state of health, the matron thought she would be unable to take care of both her children to Hud dersfield, and as a pauper named Heaton was going to be sent on some errand great part of the way, the matron suggested that Heaton should carry her eldest child for her, to which she assented. The eldest boy had been dressed in a blue nightgown belonging to the work house, and while the prisoner was unable during her confinement to wash and attend to the eldest child, another pauper had done this, and knew the night gown he was in the habit of wearing. This blue night gown was hanging over a line when the prisoner was going and she put it on the baby. The baby, which was then four weeks old, was also bound round with a bandage which the matron had made and which she identified, and was also dressed in a little shirt stamped with the workhouse mark. Some things were lent to the prisoner for the child, which she was to return, and she left the workhouse at four o'clock carrying the baby and accompanied by Heaton, who carried the elder boy. Heaton accompanied her to a bridge over the canal between Kirkheaton and Huddersfield, called the Gut Bridge, and there left her. She gave suck to her child as she went along. As she seemed tired and exhausted he looked back after her, and saw her walking slowly along carrying her baby, and the other boy walking after, holding by her gown skirt. On her way were two roads, both leading to her mother's, one of which went along the canal side. That by the canal had no houses near it, though it was a frequented path. About half-past five o'clock that afternoon the prisoner was met at Chapel-hill Huddersfield, by her sister, Emma Hopkinson, fro.n which it would appear that she was coming in the direction from the canal path. She was then carrying her eldest child on one arm and a basket on the other. Her sister asked her where her baby was. She replied it was dead and buried, and appeared very much dis tressed, and looked very wild, and began to fret, and her sister then said nothing more to her, but that she would call at night and see her at her mother's. That night her sister again asked her more particularly about her child, and she said it was dead and buried in Kirk beaten churchyard. Next day she gave a messenger the clothes she had borrowed at the workhouse, and when asked where her child was, she said it was at her mother's. She also went before the board of guardians to ask for relief, and they granted her 4s. a week, and she then said, " Is this all for three of us ?" On the 25th of September, a week afterwards, a man named Holmes saw something floating in the water at Waterhouse Sharefoot Mill dam, the cut to which is open to the canal, and down which there is a stream from the canal, and on getting this floating substance out, it was found to be the dead body of a male infant child, in a state of great decompo s iti on . The body was found to be dressed in the workhouse clothes of Kirkheaton workhouse, and it was accord ingly shown to persons there, but could not be iden tified ; but a blue gown upon it was i lentified as the one which had been worn by the pri soncr ' s eldest boy, and a bandage and little shirt upon it were also identified as belonging to the work house. The prisoner was in consequence apprehended on suspicion of having murdered her child, and after wards was on several occasions found wringing her hands and exclaiming, "I am a guilty woman." One of her neighbours asked her, " Was it asleep when you did it ?" and she answered, " No, it was sucking, and I thought of throwing myself in and the boy after it, but was spellbound and could not." She afterwards said that she must have been deprived of her senses to do such a thing. The clothes worn by the dead child were identified, and a surgeon gave it as his opinion, from a post mortem examination of the child, that it died from drowning. The body was healthy, the brain slightly congested, and there was milk in the stomach ; the child appeared to him to be a six or seven weeks' child. had been driven twenty-two yards into the seam of coal, which was so " sulphurous" (as the men termed it) that before working i❑ it on Friday, the sth, they were obliged to " waft" their jackets backwards and forwards to repel the foul air, and work in it with Davy lamps. The state of this " board bole" was made known to the prisoner, but he had not ordered a " brattice" to be erected in it to direct a current of air through it, and it appeared that it was intended on the day of the explosion to break a way through this " board hole" into another " horse-gate," and the men of their own accord bad, therefore, not thought it ne cessary to erect a " brattice," though " brattices" were lying about, and could be erected in a few minutes. It appeared that so far as the works of the pit had gone, the men had been left to look after their own work, and the prisoner, though told that the pit was not fit to go into in a morning, took no precautionary steps. O❑ the morning in question, a man named Hamsden was wheeling a waggon down the " horse-gate," past the entrance to the "board hole" mentioned, having a lighted candle stuck up at each end of his waggon. On passing the " board• hole," which was filled with infl immable gas, an explosion took place, which killed Remsden and another man named Stones, and severely burnt and bruised Samuel Bacon. Bacon was taken out of the pit alive on Saturday night, but died afterwards from the injuries he had received. Mr. Charles Morton, the Government inspector of collieries for this district, who has had twenty-five years' ex perience of coal mines, was then directed by the Secretary of State to inspect the colliery where the explosion had occurred. The pri soner stated that the ventilation of the pit was similar to what it had been during the week. The quantity of air passing into the pit at that time was quite insufficient to ventilate it for 30 men to work in. It was decidedly insufficient for 10 persons. The mine was a fiery mine, generating fire-damp, and it therefore required more air on that account. The details of the ventilation he found to be greatly neglected. The entire ventilation of the mine depended on one very bad door at the bottom of the pit, and there ought to have been two good doors. Generally speaking the air passages were too small, and these were unneces sarily obstructed by heaps of rubbish carelessly left in different places; and in two places the works had been allowed to fall in altogether, so as to obstruct the air passage almost entirely. The general details of the ventilation did not appear to be attended to. The prisoner told him a fire was kept burning in the pit in the day time only, the effect of which would be to slacken the ventilation during the night time, and to make the pit more dangerous when the men went to work in it in the morning. It was the duty of the ground-steward to go down into the pit first every morning, and to see that each working was fit for the men to go into. There ought to have been "brattices" erected at the " board hole," where the explosion took place, to turn the air up it. It would be extremely dangerous to work a " board hole" a week, as this had been worked, without " brattices." The " board hole" would fill with inflammable gas in 24 hours, and when filled the gas would escape out of it into the " horse-gate," and passing the end of it with a candle would lead to great risk of an explosion. The prisoner had always reported to his master that there was good air in the mine, and when taken into custody he admitted that it was his duty to have gone down into the mine first to see that it was fit to work, but said his breathing was so bad that he could not " tew" with the foul air. It appeared also that the prisoner had four sons and two grandsons working in the mine. Mr. OYEREND, for the defence, contended that it was left to the men in the mine to do what they thought was required, and it could not be supposed that the prisoner would be wilfully negligent of his duty when four of his own sons' and two of his grand sons' lives depended upon its fulfilment. his LORDSHIP having summed up the evidence, The jury Acquitted the prisoner. This case finished the assizes, at half-past seven. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. GUILDHALL. LAMBETH. Joseph Cox, describing himself as a tailor and draper, carrying on business at 22, Drummond-street Euston-square, was brought up for further examina tion before Alderman Cubitt, on the charge of at tempting to obtain 1001. from a charity known as " Wilson's Trust" by fraud and forgery. The prisoner was committed for trial. Mr. James Solyman Davis, of 14, Dalby-terrace, City-road, dealer in jewellery, &c., was again placed at the bar upon the charge of obtaining a large quantity of goods on credit within three months of his bankruptcy under false pretences, with intent to defraud his creditors. A Jew dealer was also charged on remand with conspiring with Davis, and also with receiving stolen goods with a guilty knowledge. The prisoners were commited for trial. Mr. Clarkson, for the,prisoner lleilbrond, requested that his client might be admitted to bail, and after some discussion it was arranged that the same bail, two sureties of 1001. each, should be accepted, but that 24 hours' notice should be given to the solicitors for the prosecution. Mr. OVEREND, for the prisoner, contended that from the absence of all motive to commit so dreadful a crime, and from the fact of the prisoner's uniform kindness to her children, it was impossible to supp ose she could have committed the crime imputed to her. The body was not identified, and the evidence was by no means conclusive that the child found was the prisoner's from the circumstance of the clothes being identified as belonging to the workhouse, as many children were born there who would be dressed in similar clothes. If however, the jury thought the evidence conclusive that the child was the prisoner's, then he suggested that, in the absence of anything to show malice or motive on her part, it was more pro bable that in her weak and exhausted state she had accidentally let the child fall into the water whilst walking along the canal side ; that this sup position would explain her subsequent conduct and distress, and that she had told falsehoods to conceal an accident from want of moral courage and the fear that it would be imputed to her that she had purposely thrown the child into the water. WORSHIP-STREET. William. Moore, a well-known thief, identified by Alderman, the gaoler, as havi ng b een t ranspor t e d f or felony and subsequently sentenced to nine months' imprisonment for some other offence, was placed at the bar before Mr. D'Eyncourt, charged with the fol lowing dexterous robbery : A lady named Hymns stated that she went on the preceding evening to the City of London Theatre to witness the performance of Mr. James Anderson, and at the conclusion of the entertainment was passing through the door of the lobby attached to the boxes, when the prisoner forced his way up to her, and, lightly raising her shawl, drew from her bosom her gold watch, which he had no sooner got into his hand than he gave it such a violent tug to wrench it from her as to pull her completely forward and break the ring of the watch, leaving the guard still hanging to her neck. She distinctly ssw the watch in his hand, and made a grasp at his collar, but the prisoner broke away from her and by a violent struggle got out of the house; hut she could positively identify him as the man who had so assailed her. His LORDSHIP, 111 summing up, told the jury they must first be satisfied that the child found was the prisoner's, as to which the evidence produced was rather the other way, as the surgeon stated his belief that the child found was six or seven weeks old, whilst that of the prisoner was only four weeks old, and at that age very little time made great alteration in a child. Ti:er a e , o was the asno colourother e o v f id h en is ce ha a i s r. to Theits clothes identity,itsiz found on the body were such as had been used in the workhouse for years, and it was quite possible that they might have been on some other child than the prisoners. The expressions used by the prisoner were rather general expressions of distress and sorrow than admissions that she had killed her child. It was consistent no doubt with the facts proved that whilst in a state of exhaustion and great depression she might in a half frantic state have thrown the child into the water, though the probabi lities from the prisoner's conduct to the child were entirely the other way. The jury, after a short consulta`ion, found the prisoner Not Guilty, Joseph Oqfilld e c a onllieo at man, lv otohdetghororpe Collieryund-stewmtd, n of a coal mine, was indicted for the manslaughter of Sa sa m t u s by neglecting a on Saturday, th e 6 t h o f D ecem b er in e his duty i n k ee pi ng th e sa id m i ne properly whereby an explosion t oo k pl ace , el h e Bacon,yfneendiventilated, causing the death of the deceased. Mr. Phillips and Mr. Pearce prosecuted, and Mr. Overend defended the prisoner. It appeared from the opening of the Learned Coun sel for the prosecution, and from the examination of the witnesses, that the prisoner was ground-steward of a coal-pit leased to a Mr. John Rhodes, at Wood thorpe, near Sheffield, and that as g r o und-ste war d h e had the complete management of the pit, and it was his duty to take care that the pit was properly venti lated and fit for the men to work in. There was a shaft sunk down into the coal-seam 164 yards deep, passing through an upper seam or pit into a lower coal-pit ;from this shaft passages or " horse-gates" were driven through the coal seam horizontally a considerable distance, and branching out on either side from this " horse gate" were other drifts into the coal seam called " board holes." These were exca vated so as slightly to ascend. For the ventilation of the pit one-half of the shaft was boarded off and used as an air-hole, the other half being used for the pas sage up and down of the corve, or coal-waggon, by means of which the coal was drawn out of the pit. The " horse -gate",at the bottom of the shaft was then divided by what was called a " brattice," which was a boarded longitudinal division, the object being to carry the current of air along one side of the " horse-gate," and by means of valve gates and doors this current was directed along the various passages divided in a similar manner by " brattiees," and then brought down the other side of the " brattice" to the air-hole of the pit, by which means a current of air could be directed along every passage of the pit, and the inflammable gas could be removed and driven eut of the air-hole. The current of air was caused by a furnace burning at the bottom of the shaft at the extreme end of the air passage thus formed, the air required by the fur nace for its supply creating the current down the shaft. In this manner the air traversed the passages of the lower bed, then ascended to the upper bed, and after traversing 650 yards of passages, escaped out of the air-hole. To create a sufficient current of air there ought to be a regular furnace kept burn ing night and day. In the mine in question there was only a coalpan kept burning during the daytime, while the men were at work. The coal seam of the deep mine was two yards thick, and thirty men usually worked in the mine. On the morning of Saturday, the 6th of December, fourteen men had gone down into the mine to work. At a distance of 145 yards from the shaft a " board hole" Mrs. Floro Hyams, a widow lady, stated that she was in the company of her sister at the time in ques tion, the latter in advance, but holding each other by the hand, in consequence of the pressure of the orowd, when the prisoner brushed past her and went direct up the prosecutrix, who immediately exclaimed "Oh, that man has got my watch !" Witness called " Stop thief !" and pursued him as fast as she could, but he was not captured until he bad got into Spital-Bquare, when the witness came up and charged him, having kept him in sight the whole way. Watkins, 660, of the City force, deposed to seeing the prisoner running with great rapidity from the di rection of the theatre, with a crowd of people after him shouting for him to be st)pped, and one man at tempted to do so, but the prisoner instantly knocked him down, and continued his course until he came up to the witness, when he endeavoured to double upon him, but the witness pursued and took him. The prisoner protested he had committed no offence, and no watch could be found in his possession ; but a wo man in the crowd, who had seen something glittering on the pavement by a house-wall, shortly after pro duced the watch, and it then appeared he had only flung it away upo❑ finding himself in the constable's clutches. The prisoner, notwithstanding the conclusive evi dence, still assured the Magistrate that he was per fectly innocent, but the Magistrate ordered him to be committed until that day week for the depositions to b 3 taken, and formal evidence adduced of his previous convictions. Clare-market, who had been victimis e d by th e p r i- o f d ea th were not natura l cows?. Mr ' CITI-4 , soner. w ill. Mr. Tcaff or d—A more disgraceful exbibictib°Bnrgie have not seen for some tim e. Coming child upo n f o here t ° b a man with the murder of his own B. . evidence as this! Mr. Carr --1 c harge n Mr. Trafford —Leave the court, sir; your e vo a sou throughout has been disgraceful. Mr. Carr' choose to act upon my deposition ? Thee I Mr. Trafford—l shall not. Mr. Carr-- shall apply to a higher authority. Jr. CO o one,ovirst Mr. Trafford—Leave the court, sir. ..-- `,hen left the court. Mr. TYRWiHrT said he should commit the prisoner for trial, and, under all the circumstances, he should not feel himself justified in accepting bail for his ap pearance. - On the application of Mr. Lewis the witness Sim month was ordered to put in bail for his appearance to give evidence. The whole of the witnesses were bound over to pro secute at the sessions. James Spanstrick, who described himself as a cooper, residing at 16, Thomas-street, Lock's fields, Thomas Brooks, and Charles Mallen, three notorious house breakers, and Eliza Spanswick, the wife of the first named prisoner, were placed at the bar before Mr, Elliott on a charge of stealing 881bs weight of sealing wax, and 2001 b. of twine, the property of Mr. James Terry, cheesemonger, of 12. St. George's-place, Wal worth- road, which formerly belonged to the Post master-General. S. THE COUNTRY MAAKET tra N ie E Little alteration CORN MARKET , DEC. 23.---lb_ eerßbeas to not® in our market to•clay. Th w polel continued dull, but prices were not lower. was an exceedingly slow sale, at about previous 00' In flour and other articles no variation. BIRMINGHAM, DEC. 24.—At Gloucester ruled d I ~.,1 Vilorel . ter markets, on the 20th, the wheat trade with pt ßarley hreeisrent w 6 ed have, to ls rule d tio u n ; the turn in favour of the buyer on all descr i P :.. e d Daring .. value. Beaus and p+ as both cheaper. on the sal, s made , f e w tree' Per quarter loner• Oats reeilYtD",,,, a t s h u e s t u u a r i n in w C as a r i actions to report. Wheat is nominally BA IChristmas "1:114:011fre:: I " . „ d de k :: rey held for fora iQ r prices. Cats qui te 6- k 1 prlces. ~ Of t Beans and peas quit© negketed. At this day ' hp bat wheat was fully as dear. Barley the tarn big:sBolcl slowly make no alteration in our quotations., ' s ot at previous rates. - d • Dg jil beau Very little ot peas. 2801bs. is EDINBURGH MEAL o q There W! re h i g Wletilthe.rebut yet. MARKET, DEC. ..•-••--. ,j, weg--,ni the meal . market to-day 6 sacks oatmeal, ea.- t 11 9,0. imperial, which sold thus ;-2 at 1/105 Od, I a, „ A O* and 3at 119 s lid ; . 1195 Oa v" , average price of thew ho e 2 sacks pot - barley , whereof 1 sold at 21t. c IN C ' 2 , 0 3.' EDINBURGH HAT AND STRAW MAx- rt 4 w oes - : t i: Oat straw, whe_,,. from 9s Od to lOs Od per kemple of 1 Od t ° 11 Hay,, "le , 7s Od to 85 Od; barley dine► 6$ from 9d to 1 Id per stone. feel ~ __There ~,t DALKEIT 80 bagsof H MEAL MARKET, DEG• -1.4. „ o ar.u ri which oatmeal and 4of barleymeal at this diti; oeko met a dull demand. Oatmeal the same 0 laltbe 010° the top, thto second price 3d per bag up ; barleyraeal a on p ; there was no pot -barley is market . d ' Oatmeal, per sack, of 280 lbs. Yirst Secnt2A imperial .. ... ••• 285 Od 213 o'4, Barleymeal p Barleymeal , per ditto 20s Od .....5 O.' easemeal "• ...„ 0 Od. Flour . ... ... ... .....s Od .... nA • ••• --5 0 d 0 y: i . Pot bard; ... .. --- sOd - -s ''''' Police. constable Richard Moss, 256 P, deposed that from information h e r e c e i ve d he on the day be fore went to the house of the prisoner Spanswick, 16, Thomas-street, Lock's-fields, and there found all the prisoners. He told the three men, who were in the parlour, that they must consider themselves his pri soners, and he communicated the same intelligence to the woman, who was upstairs, and took all into custody. On searching the house he found 27 duplicates, a picklock key, two centrebits, 881 b. of sealingwax, and 2001 b. of twine, the two latter arti cles being concealed under a bed. He subsequently searched the house of Mallen, in Amelia-street, Walworth, and there found 71 duplicates. On examining the premises he found that the back adjoined the warehouse of Mr. Terry. He also observed that some bricks and tiles had been removed from the roof of the warehouse sufficient for a person to enter, and found some sealingwax in th e gu tt er , which had evidently been dropped there while it was being taken away. He (Moss) had also omitted before to state that the life-preserver he found in the house of Spans wick. The officer here produced the sealingwax and twine far the magistrate's inspection. The greater portion of the latter was in hanks and perfectly fit for use, and the former was also fit for use, and some of the sticks had merely been lit, as if to give them the sem blance of being used. Job White, 356 P, said that he accompanied Moss to the house of Spanswick, and, on searching it, found three street-door skeleton keys and twelve picklock keys, one crowbar and screwdriver, one chisel and a dark lantern, which had recently had a light in it. These implements of housebreaking and house-entering were also exhibited to the magistrate, and nothing could be more perfect or complete in their way. oirti od , pd ,s Mr. James Terry, cheesemonger, of No. 12, St. George's-place, Walworth, deposed that he believed the twine and sealing-wax produced to be his. The weight of the sealing-wax was 881 b., and that of the twine 2001 b., and he had purchased them from a clerk in the General Post-office, whose perquisites they were as the refuse of the office. Prisoner Mellen—Refuse, your Worship ! Why, you will see a quantity of that twine in perfect hanks. It's no refuse, your Worship. Well,that is so. A great portion of the twine seems very fit for uv, and therefore I suspect there is something wrong about it, and should recom mend the officers to make inquiries at the Post office into the matter. I much doubt whether such things are permitted to be carried away as perquisites, and particularly in such quantities. Mr. Terry, in continuation, said his warehouse bad been broken into on Monday night, and the property produced carried away. That warehouse was in Amelia-place, and it abutted on the back premises of the prisoner Mallen. In answer to a question of the Magistrate, the witness said he had purchased the wax and twine on the 16th, and they were brought by the clerk, who represented them as his perquisites, in a bag belonging to the Post-office. The prisoner Spanswick said he had purchased the was and cord, and neither Brooks, who was his lodger, nor Mallen knew anything about it. The other prisoners declared their innocence of the charge, and at the request of the officers engaged in the case all were remanded to a future day. )y ... ... - .. _ COAL MAREET.--YnsTxxrai•erket:•' 0,1 Prices of Coal per ton at the close of the 01 17 5 Bate' Carr'a Hartley s West Hartley 14s 0.1 Lambton .......... ''....• 16s 0 „, Buddle's W. Hartley 14s 6d Pensher .................. lea ol , s 0500 ... 17 . D o Newcastle Hartley 14s 6d Stewart's ............... 03,1 ..... lis Cd Russell Hasting's Hartley l4s 6d Whitwell ............ .. Os ° 34 North Percy Hartley 14s Od Caradoc ..... ...'" . 10 s d 11 ....... 6 Ravensw ' orth sW. Hart 14s 6d Heugh glut •• ~,,•1 .... 1 , 7 g I Westßiding Main l4s 6d Soutm liartler, ..... 10 „ 3 'Canfield Moor ..... l4s 9d South Eelloe ........... os !!, A Walker's Primrose l4s Od Whitworth . ......... . 141 0'; Wylam . 16s 6d Bowdon Close ........ Do 0 Wall's End, &c. North Hart1e0°.3....... 1 6.1 Gosforth 1. 15s 9d Adelaide Tees .„ I . • •• Heaton ,_ oe 16s Od Tee• ...... .. ......... 1e 4 5 , ,J Lawson lss 6cl Cleveland Tees .... l Northumberland Riddell ..... . .... - ... 1 ,, r f . 1 111.(1 Eden Main .. .... '' s • ' Biel' ..„,.. Braddyll ru 1 . Hetton Haswell... l7s 9d Ships at market, Christmas-day intervening, on Friday. 2110 14! 196. ..... So ld, 9 4 kit there w ill not be snl TS. RAILWAY SHARE NIA ° I I heavy, and scarcely ea f it STOCK E BRISTOL DEC. 24. its being 'ea"". STOCK EXCHAN L G I : Christmas Eve, have caused the 010" of butthe Ministry.was anyTbhueginpeoslsiticwaals tcrhaannsageet&e,dc.Volo ced rupti c o i n os oo morning, ERTPheoOshba,reDga.o,2o4t. news °j otbire dig rather It has, tr i ..:,, ss fr oilo c ; •. s and Lancashlired very good. The transactions Yrietbs, 8 'l i e ro, London and Yorkshire, 58141 —Ditto, I N TO aoL t ito and 3:i p._ D . Northwestern, 116%--Ditto, ,Lu at° , Fifths, 21.4 p.—Midland, b 7-",," and Dover, 21 York and North Midland, 2.• dO ll MANCHESTER, Dgc• 2 1;,. bss bees 81 11 STOCK EXCHANGIL The share mar' priceo' 04 and inactive without to-day, with little business oing. dos s re . p o d, noticeable alteration. The only tranl,L..-Alid rtli' were—Caledonian, 15 --% —East Lancashim 1 ed ple Western, 57—Lancashire and Yorkshire, and D oper, 116% —South-Eas d Dover, 21. tof tern an 00' n but lin? 6 swim Ex BIRMINGHAM, - 1 a slfla I i - rtil. oz.—There has been ~esersl 9 l i s t, business tran sacted Quotationsee - altogether guided ia .ottl Yd .."--'OItNE letAil,s,o„.ol Pi' SEABORNE INI. B -"j ki ; gesiP - EN signifies that the mails are sent ff" l „,„ich J , o rq by the night-and Mby the inorning--"ea,'"- • ...bla r .. e° , port 0' When made 1 1 P "' port ~./' London. __ PLACES. General Post-olte P Atcho.' _,......"""" , .-------------• pe ,,;• 1 Liverfl l .• . I ,,ei 0 America (by Brit. pkt.) J an. 6 6 •• ' vcent. 11 " . i America (by U.S. pkt.) N Jan 6 •• ut' Jo t ec : 08 America (by U.S. pkt.) M . ' •• • ° l tilcgtj3 11 i l l th F I Africa (West coa.st).- N 14th of the monk e v e P" 0 Alexandria* ........ N 19th & 30th of n t° : ip '- oTe r i; PP' 16 B Belgium uenosA y r . a . .. .. .. N Daily •• •• ' sout hanl t. 1/ rlaizfoilrnia(v.faCh.agre:i)xiM 92cithkolf7tthheofinteLtaho goo vwni uth o l u .. J pe oi. re i M 9th of the month o bara t. 90. s Cape of Good Hope N 14th of month i .,'" • ,",yer ...0 . Pe c ili. o/ Constantinople* ...• N 7th 17th 27th of ino ."„ ti tilater t . l'*• 00 Central America .. M2d & 17th of mon. ~,0 " 0,1Unl'i• 90c, '„(1A. Channel isles - .. N Mon., Wed., / 4 Fri. i ' tie ,°°? ' I ll i ° Chili .. ,„ .. . M 17th of the manila ; Ter . pas. pt. France .. .. 31 & N Twice daily • • • •1,,0p0f ' 11 1 V 0f Greece* •'•• • • N 7th 17th 27th of Ivo L on "dosi • • 01 0 '00 Hamburgh .. .. N Tuesday & Fridal 000 ;• 00 Jaw Holland .. •• .. M Wednes. It Satur•lL ° olls lol. Ill; Honduras .. .. . N 17th of them outh 0 0 0ly besai: JO 0 Ireland .. .. M& N , Twice daily .. • • iy„,tIiSO IP , 1 0 ' India(via Southamp.) M 20th of the month ',.,'",., f 0r „ 0 India (via Marseilles) N stli& 24th ell:Ong) v" JY" Mediterranea n(via Oa t ' Sou th as Southampton) •• M,2oth of the Month , ,1-- 0 Mediterranean (via i „ o ot . 0 , Ps ;6 Marseilles) .. „. N gthe,24thofraoMn m O,O l P s. /' , Mexico - - -M2d of the moMn•• Zutioda ..s • l' Madeira .. .. .. M 9th of the month -.• tF• 0 Naples*Malta •• • th i th,190 1,17th 1 P °"• . Iso i (I & 30 7 th of month D over ' JO' 16 Papal State ' s . * .... :•• NNl6stl.lllllsstthh 2 2 5 5 th th 1411nW°71:Ivtv-;tflet°ll I Se°•'. r Peninsular .. • • .. M j7th 17th 27th of ino S ° tli siOlo . " OP 00 Tuscany* .. .. .. N sth 15th 25th dui v„,,,0,00 _ , Tu Peru • • .. .. .. Mll7th of the mon th - S l i fer _.4, West Indies .. .. M 17th of the raoath '`' oJral 0 West Indies (except soutbaotP P al t 0 Havanna & Nassau) M2d of the Month •• *) Ar e ',,,i1 1 ' led ( itOac. , * The mails to those countries thus ma r to° o f iP'" 0 Fren hc_ packet Vi a Marseilles, _ i . s etle ig geisd, s oi O S* The direct Havre mail from London ~-,-: 11. "--„. Ow month will be made up three times a we e ' :too "le CALIFOBNIA.-Mails to and from Cantoo;n ow- ~ ;VI are now des p atched l and due by every Aw ed ••*" amell' alo pits ° f 011 0 ' 14 [ADVERTISEMENT.] HOIIOWBI head • 8 plo - c,Ol , Pills have cured a Cancerous Tumour seventy-three years old.—Extract from 3 13 , Pl uf ' o ni °O O i? o n theeertifiold 0,1,01 Mr. Alex. Ayson, dated Markiand, Dr•,,, ' a tq li g i il gel e A " I hereby certify that I was afflicted v/ 1 "" nd that 0" head, which the faculty termed cancerous, s ,,ot es o i i s tier the Perth Infirmary for some time and nl' atr ael . lll ; sti.a d tlei cal men, but deriving no benefit by their b an d fl h t ' o ( 11 ' , rorl e was induced to try Holloway's Ointment sbegail,feoti 001. using them for a short period the tumo ur / n o ',jest ° and it is now perfectly cured, although tr , ' di of JaPir tl/5 4 aWr an d at , years of age.—Sold by all Druggis Lon don ofi.,- fibs loway's Establishment, 244, Strand, lO Ol lO 01 '00 RARE INSTANCE OF NERYE."--.lbjat be ~° r i , lo e d 1 0 ,, player declared at a great public festival bat b• a small lime laid on a man's pah n i irr t- er) e ci - id 'lleit member ; and the General (Sir Charles right hand for the trial. The sword-13.0-iiyoU''osid:,J t°„ rank, was reluctant, and cut the fruit the pal oh d re o ;bi e " urged to fulfil his boast, he examined „ er g, ° OlO/' . 11 48' not one to be experimented upon with 8 3 ,2. l e ft i . Ol Ot l OP proceed. The General then extended Pi!, O PO A 10 0 8 was admitted to be suitable in forni ; 3Teti.ci: ival.sl3olhderio clined the trial, and when pressed tt f ioe !„ I slll,,lje, keen-edged blade as if to strike, and " -0. Fib ar l r, blow, declaring he was uncertain a succe,, of i, cro at i,i. forced to make trial ; and the lime fell °r t. ,' passiol v the edge of the sword had just marked pig Cba r / skin without drawing a drop of blood --" 0. . g f o 1r _Administration in Sinde. OT - o°' doi n 0 14 .-Atif 11011,1 , I . 1° 0 1 0 f r A -------------------3 (.;RITICAL CASE.—" To BE 3 5:t 01 t i ra : f il i°r.4'g At thirty seconds past seven o'clock 0 0 Tmi caP' h e / 11 , t e last a man and woman entered the Eas t stopped at toil , r 0 station in breathless haste. The man steq in g fory pa y . jo, where tickets are issued, the woman r".".einen.l it., 0; 6 departure platform in a state of great el‘elL 1 ! stv o reu p iCe was just in motion. She screamed, ' st e P t iy i • jelo at clef fer goodness' sake,. stop it." She instelocltb e i bi 3 e lof officials, adding, "I should be married at o by th e tpe 9clock. Whatever must I do?" The 1 ” 1 ,1ed ° DP O e ' had .e joined her, and being rather unceueer bride gra r e t o ee i , tba porters set it down that he was th e o re ° D ig goeir . superintendent, seeing the desperate v o , o t uPg OCI 0 /0 4 signalled the driver, who bad scarelY..,7, set e,,,i f . The engine was stopped, and the " tw,3i"e 00. journey, returning in the evening ' °Il Guardian. pa l _ 8 1c BIRTHS . 1 0 oF A soft. Colons 3 0 Ho O olin n an t t h hi,e e 22d inst., iu Dublin, the lady of ic , , pl t field Gough. elf of fed,l On the 21st inst ,at Epsom, Surrey, th e " Ael'i" 1310' 2 Esq.st inst.,. Mrs. Edmun d Bel fbar ' Iti Maida-hill.talle'3' mr o s. n j t o h h e n 2 s l n s o t w i d n o s n t., l O l a F e n t r A l y V . o n o A d V l s a c n i 11: Cr u " 1— P S all, - o f i')l'; WO tbe On the 21st inst , at BrUtOD, S omerset Crouch, jun., Esq.' titerfd - .Aer 4 31.411 lil E D. , 5 ,..- c p.- , On the 17th inst., at Cuckfield, C°!l,,s,:elde° 0 Tatham, 11.M.5. Fury, to Catherine A g l3 ' . .. f it'd r , SurlOPicille, t of the late T. Brown, Esq., of Cheat , ri . ..,, 13e c 1,0 ' of A B t ee S e t i . os A , s u o d i r f e o w ik 's . , H ]born, John ne ri ` J e of ' P ls Greenwich, to Maria Elizabeth Last, n i e ce ott' ells la o"ogb t . hiba ,da On the 18th inst., at Rowner, itretogos" M.D., Royal Navy, to Sarah Foster , 5 3- 0 t. the late J. Carter, Esq., of Bury, near GO 5 l l r eJ '.: ') 0g , . ) 1i: Aylmer Italy, Esq., formerly On the 22d inst., at I'l)l4lP'Pton-Pl3cei illc sltb' (1 :, Iill major ° ie li 1 Re O v r . i ii th en e j2amlsitninsstta.;laet aged 3i. Own) Regiment. olc , : r„,„bro joi,, AO' fl 41 3' On the 22d inst ,gat Walsworth, fig t, 00 j, late O the late Mr. Joseph elowes. l oae s 11111 0 711 n of th h 7 i 2 g l h st w in y s e t o . m , abte,Cil3aupchkr, Mr. , foij o g r II 6t. " , lO' On the 19th inst ,at Wellington•terracer,' A. 01 1 , 1 ,1 P Margaret, widow of the late W. Fauqui er ! o a ,1 111e ' 5 0 4" On the 21st inst., at Brighton Catharliatioat,dl of the late John G. Cobbold, Esq: , of n i3 Gt.i lJll) ,, r ecl °'/ ;' On the 18th inst., at Chinthrst, ne3130.10,030V4thi: near Cdas,,s, , ~e,, Forrest, Esq., of Forest lodge, Binfield, _„--- -- y0 1) , 1 it _____------------10)0 6 1 4 ' o e London: Printed and Published bY 1/ ' 0 0 ,.. c C ( # No. 112, Strand, Printer, at Pi' e Sun in til• strand, in the Precinct of the lB w, h . , Middlesex, Thursday, DeQember 25, LONDON, Same of Company. Australasia .......... Britsh North American Commercial of London C010nia1........ Gloucestershire • • • • lonian • • • • • • .. • • • • • • London and County • • Londe and Westminstr London Joint-Stook ... Provincialof Ireland.. Ditto, New.• • • • • • • . National of Ireland .. Nat. Provnoial of Eng. Ditto, New. • • • • Oriental Bank Corpora. South Australia • ... Union of Australia.... Ditto ...• .... .... Union of L0nd0n..... Union of Madrid ..... Dividend per Annum. 41. per cent. 51. per cent. 61. per cent. 21. per cent. 15 /per cent. 61. pr cent. 61. per cent. 61. per cent. 61. per cent. 81. per cent. 81. per cent. 41. per cent. 61. per cent. 51. per cent. 6L per cent. 61. per cent. 61. per cent. 71. per cent. 1 Amain t of Share. Z a. d. 40 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 25 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 10 0 0 ' 50 0 0 100 0 0 20 0 0 25 0 0 25 0 0 , 25 0 0 50 0 0 40 0 0 INSURANCE COMPANIES. Name of Company. Div p i e d r end Amount of Annum. Share. Paid. Price ------ - - - --- X a. d. £ s. d. Albion •..• .• .. •• ...• El. 10s. 500 0 0 50 0 0 86 Alliance Brit. and For. 71. 14s. 6d.bs. 100 0 0 11 0 0 21 Ditto Marine. ••• • • • 61. p.c.& be. 100 0 0 25 0 0 4234 Atlas .•• •• .... - 135.6 d. 50 0 0 510 8 175( Argus Lifb •• •••• • •• 41. per cent. 100 6 a 16 0 0 -- British Commercial • • 7s. 6d. 50 0 6 5 0 0 7% Clericl,Med.&Gen•Life spr ct.& bs. 100 0 0 10 0 0 2734 County - ...... ••• • • • 41. 100 0 0 10 0 0 - Crown 14s. 40 0 0 5 0 0 15 Eagle . Eqlty and Law •• 434 per cent. 100 0 0 5 0 0 4 34 European Life ••• • • 10s. 20 0 0 111 paid. 12 General •••. • • •• .... - 5 0 0 ~ 5 5f Globe Guardian ...... ••• • •• 51. per cent 108 0 0 45 0 0 55 Imperial Fire •••• • • • • 121. per cent. 500 0 0 50 0 0 245 Imperial Life •••• .• •• 12s. 100 0 0 10 0 0 18 Indemnity Marine.. -11.1 k. & bs. 100 0 0 20 0 0 48 Law Fire •••.••• •• •• 25.& 2s. bs. 100 0 0 210 0 334 Law Life •••••• • • • • .. - 100 0 0 10 0 6 46% Legal and General Life - 50 0 0 2 0 0 4% London Fire .. •• •• -10 s. & be. 25 0 0 12 10 0 20% London Ship . .... 10s. & be. 25 0 0 12 10 0 20% Marine --• • • .... •• - 15s.per share 100 0 I 15 0 0 155( Med.lnvlid&Gen.Life 4341. per ct. 50 0 0 2 0 0 2% Monarch •••• • • • • .... - 5 0 0 1 0 0 19s. National Lean Fund.• 51. per cent. 20 0 0 210 0 2% Palladium Life ...... • • 51. per cent. 50 0 0 2 0 0 - Pbceaix - - 160 Professional Life.. •• .• 51. per cent. 6 5 0 010 0 173.6 d Provident Life • • •••• • • 11. ss. 8G los. 100 0 0 10 0 0 30 Rock Life • ........... 58. 5 0 0 010 0 6% Royal Exchange 6l. p.ct. & be. Stock. all 225 Sun Fire. - 9 9 209 Ditte. Life • ...... 11. 6s. 1 - „I 48 United Kingdom .... 41. p. ct. & bs. 20 0 0 ! 4 0 0 4 Universal Life.... .... 10% ct. & bs. 100 0 0 10 0 0 - Victoria Life . Si. per cnt. - i 4 12 6 554 BRXDGES Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. ---------------- -- ----- X. a. d. X. 8. d. Hungerford • • • • . • .. •• - - - 15 Southwrk .... ••.• .. - 100 0 0 - - Ditto Nw of 734 p.o. 703. per cent. 59 0 0 - 16 Waterloo .. -••.• • • • • - 100 0 0 - 3 Ditto Old Ann. of 81. 21. Bs. Od. - 60 0 0 24% Ditto Nw ditto 0f.71. 21. 2s. Od. - 40 0 0 22 Vauxhall .......Ay. 21. 70 10 3 - 18 WATER-WORIES. Dividend Amount Name of Company• per of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. --- - - £ e. €l. £ s. d. East London.... • • •••• 81. & bs. 100 0 0 - - Grand Junction ••• • • • 41. per cut. 50 0 0 - 67 Kent.. .... ••••• • • • •• 41. per cat. 100 0 0 - 80 Lambeth - 07 New River Company.. 21. 10e. - - 6 0 Vauxhall .• -.. ... .. .. 61. per cut. 100 0 0 - 97 West Middlesex . . . 61.0 e. pr cat. - - 106 100C2C53. Dividend Amount ' Name of Company. per of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. £ s. d. £ e. d. ;'ommercial ••-- • • .. 41. pr cent, Stock. - 8734 East and West Ind' a ... 61. pr cent. Stock. - 145 East Country ••.• • • • . 20s. per sk. 100 0 0 - - London •• • • .•.• • .. 51. pr cent. Stock. - 121 Ditto B . onds• •••.• - 41. per cent. - - - Ot. Katharine .... - - 334 per cent. Stock. - 81 Ditto Bonds • • •... - 1381. pr cent. - - - Southampton ........ , - 50 0 0 50 0 0 - CANALS. . , , ~ .; Dividend Names of 1 .e., Dividend Price. Names of tt , r Companies. 1 3 per , Companies. . Annum . ! Prim. sc Annum. I c 1 '- - , - X X Ashtn& Oldh 98,71. p. et. 140 Macclesfield • 100 21.108. 50 Barnsley •• • • 1601 - - Neatk ••.. • • 1001 161. - Brknk&Abrg 150, 51. 85 Oxford.. •• • • 1001 13'. 135 Birmingham 40' 41. 9334 Peak Forest. 78181. 18s. 75 Coventry.. • • 100, 251. 200 Regent's •• • • 33 11. 3s. 1434 Derby ••• • • 100 61. 63 Rochdale.... 85 21. 42 Ellsmre&Chs 69 2% p. ct. 3534 Stmrset Coal ISO - - GrandJunctn 100 3/. pr. ct. 1 4834 Do.Lk Fd St 12 - ottc;rrea - Do., n.nnn ad 6 t se cper U n i onrA. r e Te t y . \ 110 1 30 0 009 62. 4s.tp. . pr. .t. lOs. . 32_ 1 254 1 4: s S ss v i rht t e o f f vr ayo r e rw d er bia & RBr 1.1 7 :u? gri d o . ye r i.. c .. 14 245:1' 2 2 7 8 1 1 . . 405 290 26 21, Os. 24 Lancaster • 1 100 - Leeds& Livrplloo 201. 405 Warwick& 1 Leicester - • •1100 Si. 66 la irming. s leo 41. 40 Geicstr &Nth 1 83 41. '44% Warwick& Loughboroghi 142 701. 510 Napton.•l 100 31. 28 Nionmouthsh! 100 - - Worcstr ic Vntgomrysh 100 - - , Birming.l 78 31 ' 33 MeltnMwbry 100 - - Wilts & Brks - Ils. 6d. 714 OAS-LIGHT AND COKE COMPANIES. Dividend 1 Amount Name of Company. per I of Paid. Price. Annum. ' Share. ---- -- -- --- X. a. d. Z. a. d. British •• ••••..•• • • •• 11. 40 0 0 18 0 0 11% Ditto Provincial •• 11. 88. 20 0 0 20 0 0 18% Brighton -••-•• • • •• 51. 20 0 0 - - City of London .. •• • • 61. 100 0 0 150 0 0 130 Continental Consolidat. 50s. 75 0 0 31 5 0 39% Equitable.. ... .. •• .. 60s. 50 0 0 50 0 0 27% Imperial ............ 31. 50 0 0 50 0 0 70 Independent ......... 61. 40 0 0 40 0 0 46 L0nd0n.............. - 50 0 0 50 0 0 .... - 50 0 0 50 0 0 - Do., Pail. Preference 61. ,25 II 0 710 0 - Phcenix ............. 41. 5O 0 0 49 0 0 27 Ratcliff ..... ........ 51. 1100 0 0 90 0 0 - United General ...... 11. 50 0 0 50 0 0 16 Westninster Chartered 31. 60 0 0 - 44% Ditto, New ........ 12s. 50 0 0 10 0 0 834 3.IST OP SCOTTISH COMPANIES' PILICES Dividend Amount per of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. -- -- ---. X a. d. X a. d Bank of Scotland British Linen Company 81. per cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 203 01. per cent. 10 0 0 2 10 0 31.115. Caledonian iilK, u N t iod.yaName uin e i o f Bank City of Glasgow Bank 61. per cent. 10 0 0 10 0 0 11 3 Clydesdale Bank -• •• •• 6% per cent. 20 0 0 10 0 0 12% Commercial Bank •• •• 71. per cent. 500 0 0 100 0 0 177 Eastern Bank - ... ••• 6/. per cent. l 25 0 0 10 0 I 9% Edinb./14Glasgow Bank 61. per cent. 50 0 50 0 334 Zachangeßnk of Scot.. 41. per cent. 100 0 0 42 0 0 8 National Bank O4 per cent. 50 0 0 10 0 0 1514 North of Scotlandßank 51. percent. 20 0 0 210 0 274 goyalßank of Scotland 5/. per cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 134 Union Bank of Scotland sl. per cent. 100 0 0 50 0 0 90 Western Bank -•.•• •• 71. per cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 70 Alliance Fire and Life • .%/.pr cent. 10 0 0 10 0 0 21% British Guarantee Caledonian Fire Incur. 101. per cent. 100 0 0 10 0 0 23 City of Glasgow Life 6l. per cent. 25 0 0 2 0 0 31. 114 Colonial Life Si. per cent. 50 0 0 10 0 2% Edinburgh Life incur. 61. per cent. 100 0 0 15 0 0 21% Eng.& Scot, Law Life sLper cent. 50 0 0 217 6 $ % Life Assoc. of Scotland 61. per cent. 10 0 0 110 0 31. 15s National Fire and Life 51. per cent. 10 0 0 1 0 0 258.6 d North British Insnr Si. per cent. 200 0 0 20 0 0 27% ScottishUnionlnsrnce. 6MI. pr cent. 20 0 0 1 • 0 1 311.00 Standard Life •• •• .. - 51. per cent. 50 0 0 7 0 0 I 12% United Dep.Assurance 51. per cent. 10 0 0 1 0 OEs OB MISCELLANEOUS. Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. ---.-- ---- A. a. d. X. e. d. Assam Tea .... • • .... - 20 0 0 20 0 0 9 /Luellen Mart •••. • • • • 21. ss. 50 0 0 - 26% Azstrallan Agricniturl 11. 100 0 0 30 I 0 15 Australian Trust •• .. 61. per cent. - 35 0 0 20M Anglo-Mexican Mint.. 11. 10s. 10 0 0 10 0 0 24% Ditto, Half Shares.. - - 210 0 - British American Land - -- 38 10 0 - Canada ... • • ........ 61. per cent. 100 0 0 32 10 0 49 Do. 5 percent Bonds - - - - Ditto, 6pr ct. Bonds 61. percent. - - 109 City Navigation Bonds 31 per cent. - - 93% Gen. Revers. lc Invest. 5 p.c.BDbs, 2/ 100 0 0 100 0 0 95 Equitable Iteversionry 5/ pr. cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 101% Ditto New ........ - 50 0 0 7 10 0 - G IL, o e u n nnd : oe t nr e f I st i i nraßdisit N ta.isiy.tt a tuj i i t i..tii... g mcin : . i t .. . 1 : 0 .... . n ... 10 p.c t . 15 0 0 14 0 0 27% - Stock. - 206 2/. ss. - 100 0 0 47 - - 78 15 0 6% New Zealand Company - 25 0 0 25 0 0 - Ditto, New ........ 25 0 0 12 10 0 - - Penl ns l r 3 cOrion aLn t. a ;m : 1 81.p. - c.k bs. 50 - 0 0 5 2 0 6 0 5 0 0 7 - 5 Reversionary Int. Soc. 4141. pr cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 100% S v o a n n t p h A i o n m str an a . li a 41. p. share.. 1 1 0 00 0 0 0 0 60 29 0 0 c e , 80 1 11. per share 25 0 0 25 0 0 2314 - The specimens of Australian gold weighing 1061 b., discovered in July last at a sheep run about 50 miles from B a thurst, reached London yesterday, an d are now i n t h e quartz possess ion of Messrs. Matheson and Co., t o w h om t h ey were Originallyof about three cwt.they formed p ar t o f an entire mass of gcoonldsiganndedq.o a Paid. A ■. d. 40 0 0 SO 0 0 20 0 0 25 0 0 25 0 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 10 0 0 25 0 0 10 0 0 22 10 0 35 0 0 10 • 0 25 0 0 25 0 0 25 0 0 2 10 0 10 0 0 40 0 0 CLERKENWELL. Aldborough Richardson Davis, aged 30, of gen tlemantly appearance and address, who was described as a wine merchant, was placed at the bar for final examination, charged by Mrs. Mary Ann Pass, who was described as a lady residing at No. 221, Strand, with stealing twenty dozen of wine, value 401., her property. John Simmons, of No. 26, Cock-lane, Smithfield, said he was porter to the prisoner. On Sunday, the 30th of November, he was at the house 94, Guildford street, Russell-square. Saw no wine or packing cases or bottles on that evening. Mr. MOULD—Pray, what were you there for on Sunday night ? Witness—l went there by Mr. Da vii's desire. I went there merely to see him. I was in the kitchen. Mr. Davis was not in the kitchen. Can't say how long I was in the kitchen. The witness was told to speak the truth without hesitation, or he would be charged with th e pr i soner. He admitted having seen the three cases, which he took away in a cart. He did not drink wine with Mr. Davis and Mr. Webb in the kitchen on the night before the cases were removed. Witness—l got the cases from Mr. Davis's ware house, Bow-lane, City. I was summoned to attend hEra. Mr. George Boys, wine -merchant, of No. 29, Bread-street, Cheapside, said that three cases of wine were left by mistake at his house. Saw Mr. Davis (prisoner), who said they were meant to have been left at Mr. Bowie's. Mr. John Bowie, of Wood-street, said he fre quently bought wine of the prisoner. On Tuesday, the 2d of December, three cases of wine were deli vered at his hotel in Wood-street. They were binned in his cellar; and he paid 325. per dozen to the pri soner. It was not usual to have sealed corks. Did not notice whether the corks were cut. Simmonds, the witness, assisted his man to put the wine into the cellar. The prisoner was introduced to witness by a highly-respectable man. James Brett proved the apprehension of the pri soner in the Bankruptcy Court. On serving Sim monds with a summons to appear to give evidence he attempted to evade it and make his escape. The summons was served upon him at the house of Mr. Edwards, jun., licensed victualler, of Stanhope-street, EXTRAORDINARY CONDUCT. On Monday morning a' surgeon from Rusholme, near Manchester, earned John Alfred Carr, presented himself before Mr. H L. Trafford, stipendiary ma gistrate at the New Bailey Police Court, Salford, to prefer a charge of murder against some person, and asked to be put upon his oath. Mr. Trafford said application had better be made to the coroner. Mr. W. S. Rutter, coroner for the hundred, said application had been made to him by Mr. Carr, and be had held an inquest in the case, the jury finding a verdict of " Died from natural disease." Mr. Trafford—Mr. Carr says he wishes to have further investigation into the case. Mr. Rutter—l don't know what Mr. Carr is driv ing at. Mr. Carr—l say this child bas died from the effects of some narcotic poison —probably opium. Mr. Trafford—Will you tell me what the case was, Mr. Rutter ? Mr. Rutter—The case was one in which Mr. Carr was called in to look at an infant child belonging to Mr. Grundy, of Rusholme. Soon afterwards Mr. Carr wrote to inform me that there was reason to be lieve the child died from poison, and I caused an in quiry. The surgeon who had prescribed for the child was Mr. Birks, a respectable surgeon ; and Mr. Carr had access to a bottle of medicine he had sent, and to a bottle of Infant's Preservative found in the house. I directed Mr. Carr to make a post mortem examination of the body of the child, and examined him upon the inquest. His evidence was that he still believed the child died from poison, but that he could find no trace of poison in the body. He grounded his be lief of poison being the agent of death upon the fact of contractions of the child's fingers and other symp toms after death, which he admitted m i g ht b e pro duced by common convulsions to which children are subject. Mr. Birks was present, and examined him, and the two bottles were produced. Mr. Carr—The botth s were produced, but their contents were not proved. Mr. Rutter—The bottles were proved. Mr. Carr—They were not proved. Mr. Trafford—l was asking Mr. Rutter, and not you, Mr. Carr. You had better wait your turn. Mr. Rutter—Mr. Birks proved the contents of one of the bottles to consist of paregoric, soda, syrup, and water, and that he ordered a spoonful to be given at a time; but Mr. Carr admitted himself, after examining the bottle, that if the child had swallowed the whole contents at once it would have received no harm. Mr. Carr also went up to Mr. Birks, and said he had meant to cast no imputation upon him, but was indig nantly repulse]. The jury found a verdict of "Died from natural disease," and the case, I supposed, had ended there; but Mr. Carr, at the conclusion of the proceedings, wished to take possession of the two bottles, and being appealed to by the police, I directed that they should not be given to Mr. Carr, but be retained by the police. Mr. Carr then said there was poison in the bottles, and one of the jury, disgusted at the animus he had ahown throughout, replied, " Then I believe you have put it there." Mr. Trafford—Now, Mr. Carr, are you prepared to prefer a charge of murder ? Mr. Carr—Not at present; but I am prepared to say the child died from poison. Mr. Trafford—And you gave that evidence on the Inquest? Mr. Carr—Yes. Mr. Trafford—And the jury did not believe you. But you are prepared now again to swear the child died from poison ? Mr. Carr—l am. Mr. Trafford—Then go into the clerk's office, and let us have your deposition before the court in writing. Mr. Carr left the court, and about an hour after wards returned with the following deposition : " John Alfred Carr, of Rusholme, surgeon, upon oath says :—On Sunday, the 14th instant, I was called upon to visit professionally the child of Edward Grundy, of Rusholme. The child appeared to be labouring under the effects of a narcotic poison, and was in a dying state. It died a few hours after. An inquest has been held upon the body, and brought to a conclusion before I had had time to bring to a con clusion the necessary post-mortem examination of the body, an order to make which I had received from the coroner. From the appearances before death and post-mortem examination of the body, so far as that examination has at present proceeded, I am of opinion that the deceased died from the effects of a narcotic poison, and I suppose that one of two bottles in the possession of the s uperintendent of police contained the poison and destroyed the child. A careful chemical analysis of their contents, as well as of the contents of the stomach and intestines, will be required before it can be satisfactorily proved by whom the poison was administered. I have hen unable, hitherto, to detect any appearance of disease sufficient to ac count for death from natural causes." Mr. Trafford having read the deposition, asked for Mr. Carr's depositions at the inquest. These were handed up, and the Coroner pointed out the statement then made (in addition to what he had before named to the court) by Mr. Carr, that he had made a post mortem examination ; that the contents of the abdo men appeared perfectly healthy ; that a clot of blood was found to fill the cavity of the heart, which was the only coagulation of blood observed in any part of the body , that the coagulum in the heart was the immediate cause of death, and must have formed during life and probably a few hours before death. Mr. Trafford —You say you made a post-mortem examination and could find no traces of poison, and you say that convulsions would produce all the ap pearances you perceived before death. Will you now undertake to say, upon your solemn oath, the causes Price. %MI 1 111 +to. do t ani Co. at( Of 1 the Ott bl ( t ) '‘to %S.Z. 14 2_Di rm blet, kr ) troi 17% 110 th rei !to t , No ...., 114 _, weito° tt .. 4thtl 114's4ttni, it) 441 I' ll A bl tt : LIN; tiejt ,