The Sun. — London, England, 1850-12-16 00:00:00

THE ARMY AND NAVY. (From the United Service Gazette) LIE COAST or AFRICA MAlLS.—Devonport is the place of departure for the Coast of Africa mails, but it would appear that it is ineligible a 3 a port for landing the mails from the Coast. Oa Saturday last, the Waterwitch appeared in the offing from the Coast, but instead of the mails being landed there Water witch proceeded to Portsmouth, and the mails were sent back to Devonport, per railway. Had the mails been landed at Devonport there would have been ample time for answering letters by the Harlequin, which sailed for the Coast on Wednesday, Major-General Jervois has, been induced to accept the Hong-Kong command. It will be remembered that this officer, a few months ago, resigned the Mastership of the Ceremonies at Bath. The gallant officer, having had considerable experience of Terpsichorean gaieties, will no doubt exert himself to introduce choregraphic pursuits into the Celestial Empire. If St. Vitus's dance, instead of malaria fever, were the disease which assails our troops in China, the General would be peculiarly fitted to control and regulate it ; and we dare say, if the Chinese again show fight, he will lead them ' a devil of a dance." These considerations are important. Independently, however, of the peculiar claims which they confer, we believe Major-General Jervois to be a good and efficient officer. A report prevailed at Portsmouth this week, that Rear-admiral Superintendent Harvey of Malta Dockyard, had died suddenly. The report WM said to have reached this country vin Marseilles, by the French mail packet steamer. No information, how ever, has reached the Admiralty, and we have strong reasons for believing that the above rumour has no foundation in fact. RETIREMENT.—Major Bonham, of the 50th Regi ment, is about to retire from the service. His first commission is dated October, 1829, and he purchased all his commissions. He was present at the battle of Punniar ; served at the campaign of the Sutlej in 1844 and 5, including the battles of Moodkee, Ferozashah, Aliwal, and Sobraon, where he was dangerously wounded. TROOP 3 AT DIVINE SERVICE.—It has been sug gested to us to point out to the authorities how ma terially the interests of the Established Church might be promoted in the army, if the practice of marching Roman Catholics to chapel were abolished. It is believed by many officers, who are attentive observers of the habits of men, that, if they were not coerced into an attendance at chapel, they would stay away. It strikes us that it might not be inappropriate to allow the Catholics, Presbyters, and others, to follow their own inclinations, and only to make a parade and a duty of attending the service of the Established re ligion of the realm. ''GREAT EXHIBITION OF 1851.—1 t is said that the battalion of Guards at Chichester will be relieved by a Highland regiment (the 42d from Bermuda, we believe), and come to London to do duty during the Great Exhibition. HEALTH OF PORTSMOUTH GARRISON.—Oat of upwards of 2,000 men not more than 93 are on the sick list, and of that number one-third are invalids from their ow❑ imprudence. JAMAICA CONINIA.ND. Major-General Banbury, commanding the troops in Jamaica, has issued an order that the several military medical officers afford such medical assistance as may be in their power, to persons residing in the vicinity of each military sta tion who may be attacked with cholera. In conse quence of the cholera having attacked the troops sta tioned at Port Royal, the Major-General has re moved them into barracks at Stony-hill. Tuft ARCTIC EXPEDITIONS.—A report is in circu lation that the North Sear is to be recommissioned forthwith, and sent out to Behring's Straits, to relieve the Plover. This is incorrect. A vessel will be dis patched to the Arctic regions, but it will not be the North Star, she is unfit for the service. STEWARD OF GREENWICEI HOSPITAL.--Paymaster Elliot, Storekeeper of Deptford Victualling Yard, has been appointed Steward of Greenwich Hospital, vice Paymaster Jessep, deceased. Mr. Elliot is 66 years of age. He is brother of that late distinguished officer, Captain Sir W. Elliot. SURVEYING SERVICE.—Her Majesty's brig Pan dora, at Davunport, will be commissioned for sur veying service, by Commander Byron Drury (1845). We regret to hear that Captain Sir William Sy monds, C. 8., Ex-Surveyor of the Navy, is seriously indisposed. GOOD SERVICE PENSIONS.—The following General Officers have just received an addition of one hundred pounds per annum to their pensions for distinguished services in the field, viz. :—Major-Generals Archi bald Money, C. 8.; J. F. E wart, C.B. ; H. A. Proc tor, C.B. ; Sir Francis Cockburn, E. Parkinson, C. 8., and Richard Lluellyn, C.B. When we announced the conferment of the pension in the first instance, we mentioned the services of these officers, and need not, therefore, repeat the honourable record on this occasion. Suffice to say, that they have well earned the favour of their Commander-in-Cheif and their country. UNFOUNDED RUMOURS.—The following paragraph has been going the round of the papers :—" There are still rumours that the Duke of Wellington has at last convinced the Government of the absolute necessity of balloting the Militia, and that we shall have a new Militia Act, and also a Bill for enlisting seamen, in troduced next session." With respect to the latter, at least, we may give a positive contradiction to the statement. Tne Paymaster of the Frolic's death vacancy in the Mediterranean, in the gift of Vice-Admiral Sir NV. Park , r, the Commander-in-Chief, has been conferred on Mr. Harrington R. Jones, Clerk of 1843, and late Acting Paymaster of the Volage. EXTRAORDINARY POLICE CASE. THE SCARLET LADY AGAIN. Yesterday Mary Mummer, well known in the neigh bourhood of Exeter-hall as " the Scarlet Lady," was brought up on the now frequent charge of using chloro form to produce, a stupefaction, as a means of thieving with impunity. John Russell, a most respectable-looking man, who described himself as an Independent Minister, deposed that as he was walking towards Westminster shortly after dusk, he was accosted by the prisoner, who in• formed him that she had something greatly to his advantage to communicate to him, aiding that it was of pressing importance, and urged him to accompany her to a less frequented thoroughfare that she might divulge if. With some reluctance he consented, and had no sooner left the main street, than, with the assist ance of a confederate who had joined her, and who was not yet in the hands of the police (this reprobate, we understand, is Fanny Faldstool, known about Pimlieo as Pretty Pusso)"), she suddenly applied and held close to his face a letter or paper containing some atrocious matter which had the effect of instantly stupifying hint. When he recovered his senses, he found that he had been robbed of half-a-crown.* He immediately lodged his complaint at tbe nearest police station. Inspector J. Bull said that he had :taken the charge from the yre'Aieman, who had reached the station evi• dandy s tilt labouring under the nervous excitement re sulting from the treatment to which he had just beea subjeeked, although his alarm did not scam to equal his just jaidignation. From information he received, he in stantly took the prisoner into custody, and ou her being stykrehed a paper (now produced) was found upon her, as as thirteen bad half-snverei9nl, a bead necklace, a small gold crucifix, some millinery, two large keys, and other suspicious articles. The paper was handed to the magistrate, and though no longer fresh, its contents had a considerable effect upon him, and, indeed, he remarked, for the moment nearly petrified him. Mr. Roebuck, who appeared for the prisoner, subjected the complainant to a searching cross-eximination. He asked, among other things, if complainant bad not b9en lonc, on terms of intimate friendship with the accused? Complainant—On terms of courtesy merely. Mr. Roebuck—ln Ireland? Recollect yourself. Complainant —In Ireland I once assisted in relieving the prisoner, when in a very sestitute condition, and have since treated her with more consideration than she deserved, fcr which I have been repaid with the grossest ingratitude. Mr. ti , oebuck—That will do, Mr. Ru3sell; pray spare your eloquence, which is not of a very edifying order. Nov.-, on your oath, were you surprised by the prisoner's accosting you? Compiainant—l wag. Never more flabbergasted in my life. _ _ Mr. Roebuck—No bad language, Mr. Russell. Do you not recollect sending her any message by a Mr. Minto? Comphid:Ant—Possibly. „,/lr. Roebuck—llid you not desire her, through hi m , "",, m ee'. you with a certain paper or agreement ? ,- /„. ,), .oplainant—Not with that paper, or anything like it. ,"Y•r• Roeb uc k o b serve d t h at h e h a d never met with so ""datin g a witness. He had to state that his unfortu r.ate client had lately been the victim of a most diabolical system of persecution at the hands of the whole neigh bourhood; that she could never appear without being pelted and abused; and that the man Russell (who was no more an Independent Minister than he was) was evi dently at the bottom of it; hence this trumped-up charge. As to the thirteen bad half-sovereigns spoken of as found on the prisoner, ho had r6ason to believe they were p4r fecl.ly good. The Magistrate—How do you account for the conteuss of this raper, Mr. Roebuck? Mr. Roebuck (putting the paper un , ?er his nose)--I see nothing the least offensive in the p per. I think it is rather pleasant than otherwise. The Megistrate remarked that Mr. Roebuck's idio;yn craiy must, then, be a very sim:ular one. He (the worthy Magistrate) thought that Mr. Russell's evidence was perfectly straightforward and satisfactory : Was , the'ee any one pres en t w h o cou ld s p e ak to the prisoner gf nerd' character? The prisoner said she saw two gentlemen in court with whotu she was nearly connected, and who could give her an excellent character. Ur. Beaumont and Mr. Norfolk, the gentlemen re ferxed to, hero stepped forward, and said that, while they coal not deny the connexion, they were very far from wis+ling to countenance the prisoner's late conduct, whi`cti - hatt fleaii a sad disgrace to her family. • "He chose the cassock, circing:ie and gown, The fittest mask for one that nobs the crown." Aland on Blood's stealis 9 , the Crown Jewe's. OAS-LIGHT AND CORE COMPANIES. Dividend Amount Name of Company. per I of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. --- , -- Z. a. d. A. a. d. British ---- - - - 11. 40 0 0 18 0 0 13 Ditto Provincial- - 11. as. 20 0 0 20 0 0 17% 11 - Izhton ••••..• • • • .. 51. 20 0 0 - - City of London ...... 6L 100 0 0 ISO 0 0 - Continental Consolidat. 925. 75 0 0 31 5 0 - - Equitable-....... •.. 50s. 50 0 0 50 0 0 - Imperial ...... -•• • • 31. 50 0 0 50 0 0 73 Independent ........• 61. 40 0 0 40 0 0 46 L0nd0n.............. - 50 0 0 50 0 0 - - 50 0 0 50 0 0 - Do., Put Preference 61. 25 0 0 2 10 0 - Phomix . •........... 4%1. 50 0 0 49 0 0 28% Ratcliff -- . ........ 51. 100 0 0 90 0 0 - Cnited General .... •• it. 50 0 0 50 0 0 15% Westminster Chartered 31. 50 0 0 - 48 Ditto, New •• -- -12 s. i5O 0 0 10 0 0 9% Liam OP SCOTTISH COMPANIES' PRICES Dividend Amount 1 Name of Company, per of ' Paid. Price. Annum. Share. ---- Z s. d. £ s. d Bank of Scotland British Linen Company 81. per cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 201 '3aledonlan Bank City of Glasgow Bank 61. per cent. 10 0 0 10 0 0 11% Clydesdale Bank •. •• •• loi% per cent. 20 0 0 10 0 0 13% Commercial Bank ...• 71. per cent. 500 0 0 100 0 0 175 Eastern Bank •••••• •• 1 61. per cent. 25 U 0 10 0 21, Is. Zolinb.&Glasgow Bank I 61, per cent. 1 5 0 0 5 0 0 ' 4% Ezehangeßnk of Scot.. 41. per cent. 1100 0 0 50 0 0 13% National Bank O4 percent. 50 0 0 10 0 0 15% North of Scotlandßank 1 4 1 .pereent. 20 0 0 5 0 0 21.115. Royal Bank of Scotland I 51. per cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 133 Union Bank of Scotland 81. per cent. 100 0 0 50 0 0 88% Western Bank •••• • • • • 71• per cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 71% Alliance Fire and Life 4%1.pr cent. 10 0 0 10 0 0 20 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 21. 17s Colonial Life ...- .• • • 61. per cent. 5O 0 0 1 0 0 11.103. Edinburgh Life Incur. 51. per cent. 100 0 0 15 0 0 20 Eng. & Scot, Law Life Gl. per cent. 50 0 0 217 6 2% Life Assoc. of Scotland 51. per cent. 10 0 0 1 0 0 11. 19s National Fire and Life 51. per cent. 10 0 0 1 0 0 243.0 d North British Insur 6l. per cent. ; 200 0 0 20 0 0 26 Scottish Union Insrnce. i 1. pr cent.' 20 0 0 1 0 0 211.6 d Standard Life ...... - 51. per cent. '5O 0 0 4 5 0 10 United Delp. Assurance 51. per cent. 10 0 0 1 0 0 17s fid MISCELLANEOUS. Dividend Amount Name of Company. per 1 of Paid. Price. Annum. I Share. --- -I - Z. s. d £. s. d. Assam Tea .... ...... - 20 0 0 .0 0 0 4 i( Auction Mart- -- -2/. ss. 50 0 0 - 28 Austranan Azrieulturl 11. 100 0 0 30 0 0 15% Australian Trust -.. 61. per cent. - 35 0 0 20 I .nglo-Mexican Mint.. 11. 1011. 10 0 0 10 0 0 20 Ditto, Half Shares.. - - 2 10 0 5 British American Land (Jeer Canada * Bond; - - 38 1 0 0 - Canada ..... . . 561.. pee er e ce e n n t t . . 100 _0 0 32 _lO 0 41 - Ditto ditto .... 6'. per cent. - - - City Navigation Bends 34 per cent. - - 96 t ;ten. Revers. & Invest. 5 p.c.&b5,2/ 100 0 0 100 0 0 90 Equitable Rover/Beery 5p.c.&b5.5, 100 0 0 100 0 0 108 Ditto New ........ - 50 0 0 1 - 50% Gen.SteamNavigation 11.81. 14 00;14 0 0 27% Hudson's Bay.. •.• • • • - Stock. 1 - - flungerford -..•• • • . • 21. ss. - 1100 0 0 46 London Institution .• • - - 178 15 0 _ Sew Zealand Company - 2 25 5 0 10 12 0 0 0 - Ditto, New .. . • • • • • 0 - , Russell I ns titution •• • • - - 2 t; 5 0 g/. per cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 92 100 0 0 100 0.; 1. pr cent.l 0 0 ico., Reversionary Int. Soc. . P en inslr& Orient.StM. Royal Mail Steam • • • • 4/• p. share. 1100 0 0 160 0 c, 70 '. 0 0 24 South Australian .• ••• ;100 0 0 1 29 0 0 - Van Dieman's Land.. 11. peLsliare. 125 0 01 25 SUN, Prisoner—Oh, the saints! oh, Rimini!—the blasphe mous Pagan heretics! Mr. Bennett, the late acting-manager of the Pim lico Theatre, stated that he had long known the pri soner, whose character he considered decidedly good. He had been, at one time on the point of offering her a permanent engagement in his troupe, to which another person he had heard that day calumniated, Miss Fald stool, had always belonged. As to Russell, he (Mr. B.) could only say that ho hoped (but did not much expect) he would be forgiven fur endeavouring to blast the repu tations of two most innocent and estimable persons. Russell had once belonged to his company, and was ac tually a connexion of the lady (Miss Faldatool) he had just mentioned. Mr. Russell strongly denied the fact. Mr. Roebuck then attempted to establish weakness of intellect as regarded the prisoner, and insisted that she was an object of pity, and should be given over to the care of her friends. He called a witness to prove that she was in the habit of burning candles in the middle of the day. The Magistrate—Oh, Mr. Roebuck, if eccentricity were to be taken in proof of weak intellect, some people who think themselves very highly intellectual might be proved very much the contrary; I am sure you agree with me in thinking so. A Mrs. Harris (so we understood) here remarked, as umiei eurice, that if the prisoner were not fully com mitted, she (Mrs. H.) was quite determined to be the death of her, and of all her friends. The Magistrate immediately bound Mrs. Harris over to keep the peace, remarking that the interruption was highly improper, and that he advised her to get rid, as quickly as possible, of such bloodthirsty intentions, most unbecoming to a respectable elderly gentlewoman. The prisoner, he added, stands fully committed. Prisoner—Oh, the holy poker!— Weekly News. PRICES OF SHARES IN BANKS, ASSURANCE, AND OTHER COM- PANIES' STOCK. From the Official List. PUBLISHED EVERY TUESDAY AND FIIDAY EVENLNG. LONDON, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 13. ZOINT-STOCX BA ZB. Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. Australasia •••••• • • • • 245. 40 0 0 40 0 0 29%, BritshNorth American 51. per cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 42% Ceylon •.••..•• • • • • • • 71. per cent. 25 0 0 25 0 0 - Commercial of London 1 61. per cent. 100 0 0 20 0 0 - Colonial.. . - Gloucestershire ...• • • 151 per cent. - - - lonian .........• •• •• 61. per cent. 25 0 0 25 0 0 - I Londn and Westralnstr 61. per cent. 100 0 0 20 0 0 - - - 13 0 0 - London Joint-Stook ... , ii. per cent. 50 0 0 10 0 0 - Provincialof Ireland.. 1 81. per cent. 100 0 0 25 0 0 4254 Ditto, New. •• •• -•• B/. per cent. 10 0 0 10 0 0 - tiational of Ireland .. I Si. per cent. 50 0 0 22 10 0 - Nat. Protrude' of Eng. , 61. par cent. 100 0 0 35 0 0 - Ditto, Now. •••• • •• 1 51. per cent. 20 0 0 10 0 0 - South Australia •• -- 1 61. per cent. 25 0 0 25 0 0 - Union of Australia. •- 1 61. per cent. 35 0 0 25 0 0 - Ditto ........ •• - 6 l. 6l. per cent. - 2 10 0 - Union of L0nd0n..... 1 61. per cent. 50 0 0 10 0 0 - Union of Sfadrid ....• I - 40 0 0 40 0 0 - INSURANCE COMPANIES. Dividend Amount Name of Company. I per of Paid. Price Annum. , Share. --- - 1 A s. d. X s. d. Albion .. --••• • • • • • 31. 101. 1500 0 0 50 0 0 86 Alliance Brit. and For. 711456 d& bs 100 0 0 11 0 0 21% Ditto Marine. •• •• • • 61. per cant. 100 0 0 5 0 0 61,i Atlas ..... •••••• . • • • • 135.6 d. 50 0 0 510 0 17% Argus Life .. •• • • •• 41. per cent. 10) 0 0 16 0 0 - lirlusti Commercial .. is. 6d. 50 0 0 5 0 0 754 Cloriel,Med.& Gen. Life 5r r et.& bs. 100 0 0 10 0 0 20 County .......... •. • • 31. 100 0 0 10 0 0 86 14s. 50 0 0 5 0 0 14% Eagle .... •.... ..... .. ss. 50 0 0 5 0 0 6M, European Life ••• • • -10 s. 20 0 0 All paid. 11 General •• .......... - - 5 0 0 554 Ghle - 133 G iardian ---•• • • • • 51. & bonus. 100 0 0 45 0 0 5554 Imperial Fire ...... • . 121. per cent. 500 0 0 50 0 0 230 Imperial Life ........ 12s. 1100 0 0 10 0 0 161 indemnity Marine.... 11. ox. & Its. , 100 0 0 20 0 0 43 Law Fire ............ - 100 0 0 210 0 2% Lew Life........ •• . 11. 16s. 100 0 0 10 0 0 43k, Leal and General Life - 50 0 0 2 0 0 454 Licensed Victuallers •• - 5 0 0 1 0 0 - Londcn Fire ........ 103. 25 0 0 12 10 0 177% London Ship - .... •• •• 105. 25 0 0 12 10 0 177, .i.erine - ........... 15s.per share 100 0 0 15 0 0 - lied. Invlld &Gen. Life 45,1. per et. 50 0 0 2 0 0 254 National Lean Fund.. 51. per cent. 20 0 0 210 0 274, National Life.. -.• ..• 61. per cent. 100 0 0 5 0 0 - Palladium Life 5l. per cent. 50 0 0 2 0 0 2% PUtenix • • - - 155 Professional Life ...... 5/. per cent. 6 5 0 010 0 166.0 d Provident Life • • ...... 11. ss. & bs. 100 0 0 10 0 0 31 Pock Lite- .. .. .. .... ss. 8 0 0 010 0 64 aoyal Exchange . 6!. p.ct. & be. Stock. , - 211 Sun Fire. - 1 - 209 Ditto Life . - - 48 United Kingdom Universal Life.... - - 110% et& bs. 100 0 0 10 0 0 - Victoria Life .... - I 412 6 5 177AT8IL-VTORKB. Dividend per Annum. Amount of Share. X a. d. 100 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 Amount of Share. ♦mount of Sham X. I. d. 100 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 70 10 3 Name •f Company. East L0nd0n...." .• •• 81. per cent. Grand Junction •• •• •• 41. per cnt. Kent-- •• •• •• 31. 10e. Lambeth ...... •• SI. per cnt. New Itivr Lndu Tirdge 21.105. Vauxhall'• • • • 51. per cnt. West Middlesex • 61.05. pr cnt. ';ame of CoNapaßy. East and West Ind'a... Eist Country London . . Ditto Bonds— it.Katharine ........ Ditto, Scrip • • •• •• . . Ditto 1i0nd5•....... Southampton ........ Name of Company. Charing -cross•• • • .. •• Southwrir .• .....• .. Ditto Nva of 7% p.c. Waterloo .... •..... •• DUO Old Ann. of ill. Ditto Nw ditto of 71. Vauxhall • • • Ay. DOC Dividend per Annum. 61. pr cent. 20s. per sh. 51. pr cent. 41. per cent. 4 per cent. 1%1. pr cent. 21. por cent. £ a. d. Stock. 100 0 0 Stock. Stock. 50 0 0 B&XDG Dividend per Annum. 355. per cent 11. 4e. Od. IL Is. Od. Z s. d. X s. d. 95 0 0 50 0 0 Z. s. d GO 0 0 40 0 0 CANALS. i r, Dividend Names of 11 Dividend p ,,,,, Names of Companies. , 1 per l''''''' Companies. 1 34 , i Per Price. Annum. e I Annnn.4 se 1 - -- -- ----- _ £ £ Ashtn& Oldh 971 1 7l. 113 Macclesfield . 100 21. 10s. 50 Barnsley.... 160 121. 180 Neatk .• •• • • 100 161. 340 ) lirknk&Abrg 150, 5/. - 85 Oxford.. •• • • 100 201. 185 Birmingham 40 41. B 6 Peak Forest. 78 31. 18... 70 Coventry..• • 100 251. 260 Regent's •-• 33 11. Os. 1834 Derby ••• •• 100' 61. 63 Rochdale.. • • g 5 , 41. 42 Elismre&Chs 133 355. 26% Somrset Coal 150: 71.105. - Grand•Junctn 100; 4/. 6514 Do.LkFd St 12 61. p. c. - Do., 6 pr. Ct. 734 - 814 Stffrd &Wore 1 4 0 281. 405 Grand Surrey, 100 21. Os. 33% Shrewsbury.. 125 - - Grand Union 100 11. 10s. 24 Stonrbrldgs.. 145 201 . 290 Kennt & Avn 39 7s. 64. i 4 Severn andl Lancaster . ,100 41. 32 Wyc Rail. i 26 V. Os. 24 Leeds& Livrp 100 241. 325 Warwick& / Leicester .... 100 51. 366 Ilirming. lOO 41. 6434 Leicstr &Nth 83 41. 4834 Warwick& Loughhorogh,l42 701. 510 Napton. I 100 31. 42 Monmouthsh, 100 81. i - Worcstr & ) 78 31. 4034 Alntgomryshlloo - - Birming.3 MeitnMwbryl 100 - - Wilts & Brks - Ile. 6% THE LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 16, 1850. THE EXHIBITION OF 1851. RAILWAY TRAVELLING CLUBS. The following circular has been sent to the local com mitte-s by the executive committee:— " Sir,—With reference to the copy of the resolution of certain railway companies, receLtly transmitted to you, we beg to call your particular sttention to resolution No. 2, by which you will observe that the facilities proposed to be afforded for enabling the working classes to visit the Exhibition next year, are confined exclusively to those associated in clubs. " The expediency of promoting the formation of tra velling clubs has thus become a subject which, in our opinion, deserves serious consideration, and we request you will bring this resolution before your committee with our earnest recommendation that they should use their weight and influence for the formation of such associa tions as shall be acceptable to the working classes. In towns, however, where such associations are already in active operation, we would suggest that your com mittee might express their readiness to promote the es tablishment of additional clubs, should the wants of the town, or any other circumstances, be found to render them desirable. " We would also suggest that resolution No. 2 should be widely circulated in your district. " We shall be glad to be advised from time to time of the progress made in these arrangements. " We are, Sir, your most obedient servants, " WILLIAM REID.. ALEI. REDURAVE. " Office for the Executive Committee, 1, Old Palace-yard, Westminster, Nov. 25." RACING FIXTURES FOR 1851. The following are the present fixtures as nearly as we can ascertain:— FEBRUARY. Liverpool Spring MARCH. Warwick Spring Northampton . 26 IL. Bath Mahon l5 Newmark. First Spring 21 Abergavenny 24 Chester Coven try 4 Doncaster Spring, API Croxton Park 1 Catterick Bridge... 3 Epsom Spring 4 Newmarket Craven The Hoo l2 Newmkt. Second Spring 6 Shrewsbury 8 Plymouth Spring Ascot Beverley, Hull, &c 4 Hampton ll Manchester ll Btbury . lB Newmarket Cirlisle ........ 1 Worcester Liverpool 9 Ripon Brighton 6 Wolverhampton ..... SEPTE; Warwick Radeliffo 8 Weymouth lO Doncaster Saudbach Monmouth Richmond Chester .. York Spring Epsom Worcester.. Newton Stockbridge Winchester 2O Newcastle Nottingham Stamford.... .. l6 Goodwood UST. Lewes ]3 or 14 York Egham 27 '3lBEft. Bedford 22 or 23 Eglinton Park Manchester Autumn.... 25 Newmarket F.O 3O Wrexham Newmarket S.O l3 Newmarket Houghton 27 ,MBER. First week. NOVE. RAILWAY TRAFFIC RETURNS. MIDLAND RAlLWAY. —'Traffic Returns, including the Bris tol and Birmingham receipts, also Leeds and Bradford, Not tingham and Lincoln, Syston and Melton, Stamford and Peterborough, Leicester and Swannington, Ashby Canal and Erewash Valley, and Nottingham and Mansfield : Week ending Dec. 8 ... £19,355 8 7 Corresponding week of last year, exclu sive of the Nottingham and 11Iansfield receipts ... ... 19,065 5 6 Aggregate :-1849, 520,537/. 17s. Id. ; 1850, 53 . 5,618/. 3s. 11d. Miles opened for traffic : —lB5O, Double line, 47 Oi ; single, 26 total, 496*. 1819, Double line, 467 i ; single, 23i — total, 491. ISIANCHESTER, SHEFFIELD, AND LINCOLNSHIRE RAILWAY. Traffic returns for the week ending Sunday, Dec. 8, 1850, inclusive : Passengers, parcels, &c. Goods, merchandise, &c. ... £2,463 8 61- ~. 3,588 7 8 Total ... ... ... £5,051 16 21 Corresponding week in 1849 ... 4,428 1 0} Number of miles opened, 1671. The above includes the Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire Railway Company's proportion of the receipts of the Manchester South Junction and Altrincham Railway; also, the Grimsby Dock duties, &c., and Chesterfield Canal receipts. Number of miles opened corresponding week 1849, 164 LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH, Dec. 14. 'LAX V. THU LONDON AND NORTH-WESTERN RAILWAY COMPANY. (Continued front our Afternoon Edition of Saturday.) Mrs. Sear proved that she lived at 75, Castle-street East, Oxford-street. In August a gentleman came to her house and said he wanted apartments for a gentle man coming from Liverpool to London. He took a room on the first floor at Bs. a-week, and said his nephew for whom he took the room would come the next day. He paid a deposit of 45., and gave a reference to a Mr. Heather. The gentleman said his nephew's name was Elam. The next day a person came to the house and said he had just come from Liverpool, and -hen took the apartments which had been engaged en the previous day. He said he expected his 'uggage from Liverpool in the afternoon, and then cent out. He returned about eight o'clock, and in %bout half-an-hour afterwards his luggage arrived in one of Messrs. Chaplin and Horne's ♦ans. The person who said be was Mr. Elam paid the porter and signed the book. A cart afterwards came and took all the goods away, with the knowledge of the person calling liimself Mr. Elam. The person calling himself Mr. Elam went out in the evening and never returned again. Mr. George Sear,' the husband of the last witness, proved that he went to a Mr. Heather's, in Cirenceater place, and asked him if he knew anything of the person who had made use of his name as a reference when he took the lodgings of witness's wife. Mr. Heather said he did, and that he was a respectable man, and paid his way. The SOLICITOR-GENERAL addressed the jury for the defence. This was on• of the most remarkable and mysterious cases that had ever come within his experi ence. The defence which he had to lay before them rested mainly on probabilities. What the circumstances of the plaintiff were was a most material consideration for the jury. There was no doubt that the plaintiff had deposited certain goods at the railway station at Liver pool, on the 26th July. The goods were conre) ed to London, and they remained at the Camden station from the 27th July until the 20th August before they were called for, when the defendants received a letter, signed "A. Elam," the name of the plaintiff, directing them to forward the boxes to the house of Mrs. Sears, in Castle-street. A person was on the spot to receive the goods and to sign the way-bill. The company then supposed there was an end of the transaction. That was in August. 1849; and then, in the following December, four months afterwards, they received a letter from the plaintiff demanding the goods to be sent to his house in Holies-street. It was not for him (the Solicitor-General) to deny the first letter was in the handwriting of the plaintiff; but it might be so or not; if it was not his handwriting, it was evidently that of some ono most intimately acquaiated with the plaintiff's handwriting and his affairs, without going the length of saying that that first letter was written by the plaintiff in a feigned hand. There was in both letters the same peculiarity of dotting the " i's" with a comma instead of a round dot, and they both closed with the same words, that the goods were to be sent immediately. Nobody know of the packages being left at the Liverpool station, or of the contents of them, besides the witness Snowdon and the plaintiff himself, not even his father or brothers. What was the condition in life of the plaintiff ? Were his circumstances prosperous? He (tho Solicitor-Ge neral) should show the jury that the plaintiff left Hud dersfield in an insolvent condition, and that the whole family were then in difficulties. Afterwards, when the plaintiff was found at the shop in Oxford -street, he de clared that the goods by which he was surrounded did not belong to him, and that he was only a journeyman receiving twenty-five shillings a week. The plaintiff did not pay his rent or his taxes in the ❑eighbourhood. Under these circumstances the plaintiff went to America. When the plaintiff returned from America, he (the Solicitor-General) would prove that he described himself in the most destitute condition to an old friend whom he met in London, scarcely possessing the means of subsistence. Shortly after that he was found in prison for 1621., for rent which he owed. Was it at all probable that a man so circumstanced should lie in the Queen's Bench prison for a considerable time, when, according to his account to-day, he had lying at the railway station money and effects sufficient imme diately to relieve him from his difficulties? It struck him (the Solicitor-General) as one of the most extraor dinary stories he had ever heard. The plaintiff came out of prison in a state almost of destitutionon the 6th of November, and it was not till far on in December that he went to the railway station to inquire about his goods. How could it occur to any one besides some of the connexions of the plaintiff to go to the railway station and get the goods, describing at the same time the exact day on which they were forwarded from Liver pool? The jury under these circumstances would take the case into their most serious consideration, as the company believed they had been made the victims of a fraudulent transaction, Joseph Paul, a servant in the employ of Messrs. Chaplin and Horne, proved the delivery of the goods in question on the 21st of August, consisting of eight packages, at 75, Castle-street East. Mr. T. Thompson, a clerk at the railway station, proved the entry of the goods in the railway-bill, but admitted, on cross•examination, that he had been keep ing out of the way to avoid being subpcauae,d for the plaintiff. Mr. Pollard, a clerk in the employ of the Railway Company, said he went to inquire for the plaintiff at 75, Castle-street, and at 386, Oxford -street, i❑ December last. At the latter place he saw Mr. Alfred Elam, the plaintiff; and asked him if he had any goods at the Cam den-town station. lie said ho had, and ranted them very much. Witness asked him on what day they left Liverpool ; plaintiff .aid his letter would tell that. Wit ness then asked if ho ever resided at 75, Castle-street East, Oxford-street. He started, and asked why witness put that question. Witness said he had a reason for asking it. The plaintiff then said he never did reside there, and inquired it the cumpany deliv_nd his goods tlt 75, Castle-street. Witnei.. - s sgid the core pm3y had done so; to ITII:ch he replied, that it was nothin but a-rob bery. Witness and plaintiff then went to Castle street together. After they had made inquiries at Castle-street witness asked plaintiff if he had any suspicion of anybody. He said he did not suspect any one except a man of his named Wilkins, who had robbed him while he had been in America, and whom he had left in charge of his premises. Plaintiff also said that Wilkins was now in affluent circumstances, though he had been before in the greatest poverty. Witness (pled plaintiff where Wilkins lived; he replied Hemming's-row, and he was only waiting for an opportunity to catch him. Witness asked why he had not applied for his goods before. He said he had been at home only two or three weeks, and that he had been travelling in the North of England. Witness asked if there was any one in Liverpool who would bo likely to know when his goods were there. He said, " No; only a young man who had crossed the Atlantic with him." Witness engaged to meet him again in the evening at Mrs. Sear's. Witness met him there, and they went together to Mr. Heather's, in Cirencester-place. Ms. Elam pointed out a marine store shop as that cf Mr. Heather. Witness did not go in. He said, " Shall we go in ?" Witness said he had no orders to do so. They parted, and witness never saw him again. _ _ Criiis-examined—Witness had not been keeping out of the way to avoid being subpcenaud by the plaintiff. After the examination of several other witnesses, Mr. CHAMBERS replied, and contended that the plain tiff had endeavoured to get his property out of the hands of his creditors, and there was nothing whatever to warrant the belief that he had fraudulently attempted to obtain it from the defendants. Indeed, all the evi dence tended most strongly the other way. Lord CAMPBELL summed up, a❑d left it to the jury to say whether the plaintiff was privy to the sending of the goods to Castle-street. It he was, the verdict must be for the defendants; if otherwise, for the plaintiff. The jury retired at a quarter-past six o'clock, aud, after an absence of three-quarters of an hour, returned with a verdict for the plaintiff, thus finding that the company had wrongly delivered the goods. ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. NORTHERN ClRCUlT.—Liverpool, Dec. 14. NISI PRIUS COURT.---(Before Mr. Justice TALFOURD.) The following case was taken on Friday too late for our report : John Kilshaw, 31, was indicted for having, with a certain loaded pistol, feloniously shot at one Juseph Forster with intent to do him some grievous bodily harm. Mr. Blair prosecuted ; and Mr. Sergeant 'Wilkins (specially retained), Mr. James, and Mr. Pollock, de fended the prisoner. It appeared that the prisoner in this case was the son of a respectable gentleman residing in Liverpool, and the prosecutor, Joseph Forster, was by profession an engineer. Upon the 10th of October last, accord ing to Mr. Forster's statement, he was at the Globe Inn, Lawrence-street, Liverpool, and was playing at cards with the landlady, when the prisoner came in and said to the landlord, "Do you see that black whiskered fellow playing at cards with your wife ?" and used other very insulting language in reference to him. As the prosecutor was leaving the house shortly afterwards the prisoner called him a thief, upon which they began to fight, but were soon sepa rated. On going out into the street the prisoner presented something at the prosecutor's breast, and a young woman who was standing by told him to run, as the prisoner had got something in his hand. He did in consequence run away, and after he had gone a few yards he felt something strike him behind. He was taken immediately to a druggist's shop, and sub sequently to the dispensary, where it was found that he had been struck near the spins aed his coat and waistcoat had been perforated. He fell when he was struck, but he was able to walk to the dispensary. On cross-examination by Mr. Sergeant WILKINS, Mr. Forster said, he had not been employed profes sionally for twelve months. He had formerly worked at Mr. Robson's foundry at Newcastle, but left twelve years ago ; but could not remember whether he had given any notice previous to leaving. In answer to some questions put to him relative to his acquaint. ance with a Mrs. Chaplin, wha it appeared was a widow with whom he lodged, he indignantly denied that he lived with her as his wife. Ile said that he was supported by his father, and that he got quite enough money from him to live on. His father was a spirit merchant retired from business. The pro secutor admitted that he had had " the gloves "on occasionally ; but he had not had lessons in boxing from a man who seemed to have been known by the name of " Jackey Davy." He was quite sober on the night in question. He defended himself as well as he could, but could not say whether he had knocked any of the prisoner's teeth out. The prisoner fol lowed him out of the house, and ran up Scotland road, as soon as he saw the prosecutor come up to him. It appeared also that three sovereigns had been offered to the prosecutor by a man named Jaffers, but be had refused to take them, and had told the police of it, and he had the money now in bis pocket. On cross-examination the prosecutor said, the three sovereigns had been put into his pocket by Jaffers, who had then run away. The prisoner had said he did not know what he was doing, and was very sorry for what had taken place. A consultation here took place between the Learned Counsel for the prosecution and the defence, after which Mr. Sergeant WILK'Ns stated that he could not hope to do more that to reduce the case to a common assault, upon which The Learned JUDGE said, it would be better to examine one of the medical men as to the nature and extent of the injury. Mr. Leather, surgeon, stated that the injury wad but trifling. He did not think that the clothes harl been perforated with either a bullet or wadding. Mr. JAMES observed that, as the pistol was not proved to have been loaded, the charge of felony could not be sustained. His LORDSHIP then summed up, and directad the jury to return a verdict of " Guilty of a common as sault ;" which they accordingly did. Mr. Sergeant WILKINS then said that at the last assizes he had defended the prioner against a charge of assaulting the police, on which occasion the pri soner received some severe sabre wounds on the head, and since that time he became so excited when ever he took anything to drink that he was quite unconscious of what he was doing. His LORDSHIP then addressed the defendent in a feeling manner, and warned him to abstain from drinking in future, sentencing hi m t o i mpr i so nment for one month, with hard labour, and requiring him to find sureties—himself in 1001. and two of 50/. each, to keep the peace for one year. The prosecutor then came forward and said, he should wish, if the suggestion met with his Lordship's concurrence, that the prisoner should be at once dis charged on his own recognizances. He did not wish the prisoner to be further punished, as he believed he had done the act with which he had been charged quite unconsciously. His LORDSHIP said, the suggestion was very cre ditable to the prosecutor, and he should certainly gratify him by discharging the prisoner on the terms he had suggested. Mr. Sergeant WILKINS then said that after the honourable conduct of the prosecutor he begged to apologise to him for any insinuations he had thrown out against his character on cross-examination. He now thought that both himself and the respectable gentleman who had instructed him had been misin formed, and he felt great satisfaction at such a ter mination of the case. The prisoner, after thanking his Lordship and the prosecutor for their clemency, was discharged. Robert Harrett was indicted for shooting at his wife, Mary Harrett, with intent to do her some grievous bodily harm. Mr. James prosecuted ; the prisoner was undefe n d e d. It appeared from the evidence of James Eaves, bar man at the Jamaica vaults, Ridley-street, Liverpool, that about half-past eight o'clock on the night of the 20th of November last, the prisoner came into the vaults, and his wife directly afterwards. He asked her to hate some whisky, which she took and drank. The prisoner then said in the hearing of the wit ness , " I'll blow somebody's brai n s out to-night before I sleep;" and on b e i ng as k e d for payment of th e whisky he thr e atened th e w itness and put the muz z l e end of t t h h e e pi p st ig o t l ol towards with sSaoyoinng that he w ou ld he went ou t, taking go and buy some caps. His wife followed him. In about a quarter of an hour he returned, and called for a glass of ale. He was served with this, and soon af terwards his wife came in again, upon which he said toher ",Go from my presence, or I'll shoot you." She turned round to go out, when the prisoner presented the pistol at her. She saw it, and seized hold of the muzzle end with her right hand. The witness then saw the prisoner pull the trigger, and the pistol went off and shot h e r i n th e h a nd. The witness then went away, and on his return found the prisoner only in the vault. He said to him, " Have I shot my wife?" Witness told him he had. Upon which he said, "Is she dead ?" and, upon hearing that she was not, he said, " Let her come in, then," and began to cry and said, " Take this pistol from me ;" and he gave the pistol to a itness and went out. The woman was subsequently taken to the Northern Hospital, and the surgeon who examined her wounds said that her right hand was severely injured—the fore and middle fingers being completely shattered, there being great laceration of the hand. Two fin gers were amputated. The wound was a dangerous one, and it would be some time before she could be removed from under his care. The prisoner, in his defence, said that he was well known in Liverpool by the name of " Mickey Free ;" and that be had engaged, for a wager, to walk 1,000 miles in as many hours, at the Strawberry Gardens, Liverpool. The pistol was bought for the purpose of waking him at night. When he finished his walking he took the pistol home with him ; and he said, that since that time, whenever he had got anything to drink, his head bad been so bad that he did not know what he was doing, but that he loved his wife end children more dearly than all the world. ih could not tell what had brought him to this. The jury found the prisoner Guilty, but recom mended him strongly to mercy. His LORDSHIP, in sentencing him, said that he was not surprised that the great physical exertion he had been making had produced considerable nervous ex citement, as he had deprived himself of sleep and na tural rest. He must, however, mark the serious nature of the offence, and accordingly sentenced the prisoner to nine months' imprisonment. CROWN COURT.—(Before Mr. Baron ALDERSON ) William Hugh Hannay, 57, was indicted for the manslaughter of Robert Middleton. Mr. Whigham and Mr. M'Ouhrey conducted the prosecution; and Mr. Monk defended the prisoner. If appeared that the prisoner was a gatekeeper in the employment of the East Lancashire Railway Com pany at their station at Marsden. Upon the 29th of August last, about ten o'clock in the morning, when the express train from Liverpool to Leeds was due, the former was trying to push a truck along a siding which at one point comes very close upon the main line. A witness of the name of Latham, who had just crossed the line, and knew that the express train, which did not stop at the Marsden station, was shortly coming up, and perceiving that the waggon which the prisoner was pushing along was just approaching the part of the siding which was nearest to the main line, and that unless he could immediately get out of the way into a part of the siding further off there would he a colli sion, called out to the prisoner, who was an old man, to " look sharp." Directly after he had done so he heard the railway whistle, and the train, which was ten minutes behind its time, came up, and immediately after he heard a collision. On looking round he saw that the whole train, with the exception of the last carriage, had been overturned. It further appeared, from the evidence of John Thompson, that the usual staff of the company at this station consisted of the witness Thompson, a man named Hartley, and the prisoner. Hartley, it seemed, had been ill fur two days, and was so on the day in question, and conse quently absent from his work. The particular duty of the prisoner was to attend to the opening and shutting of the gate of a crossing at this station ; and Hartley's place was that of a porter to attend to the removal of waggons, and generally to what was re quired about the station. It appeared, from Thomp son's evidence, that there was a space of nine inches between the main line and the siding where they ap proached nearest to each other, and that one end of the waggon had been pushed only just past this point when the train came up. In consequence of the ap proximation of the main line and the siding the wood work of the waggon projected over the main line a few inches. When, therefore, the train came up, the waggon being in this position, the left buffer of the engine struck the left hinder corner of the waggon, the other end of the waggon being out of the way owing to the curvature of the siding. The waggon was consequently flung round upon the train, and the whole of the carriages but one upset. Mr. Middleton was travelling in a second-class carriage, the second in the train, along with another passenger. Ile was first seen after the collision sliding out of the carriage perfectly insen sible. The unfortunate gentleman was immediately taken into the station-house, and several surgeons, including Mr. White, of Burnley, were speedily in attendance, and every attention was paid to him, but he was so seriously injured that he expired in a fe ,v hours. Several of his ribs were found to have been broken, and one of the kidneys had been torn nearly across. The haemorrhage from the laceration of the kidney seemed to have been the proximate cause of death. Mr. Middleton was a married man of about thirty-seven years of age, but without family. The prisoner was an old man, apparently unfit for the dis charge of any duty requiring much bodily strength. Mr. MONK addressed the jury on behalf of the prisoner, and contended that the old man was doing all in his power to place the waggon where it would he removed from any chance of collision, when the unhappy occurrence took place which resulted so de plorably in the death of Mr. Middleton, and that what took place was purely misadventure and accident. His LORDSHIP agreed with the Learned Counsel in his view of the case; and after some short deliberation, The jury returned a verdict of Not Guilty, accom panied by an expression of their opinion that the com pany were culpable in having so deficient a staff at the Marsden station. Mr. Baron Alderson has been engaged during the greater part of the day in trying some cases of a na ture unfit for publication. The business of the assizes will probably not ter minate before Monday. York. Dee. 13. (Before Mr. Justice PATTESON.) Thomas Dean Calvert, a respectable looking man, employed as an overlookqr in a warehouse, was charged with having wounded a mare at Morley, the property of Joshua Asqwith, on the 2.21 of November last. Mr. Wheelhouse prosecuted; the prisoner was de fended by Mr. Matthews and Mr. Blanchard. k appeared that the prosecutor is a woolstapler re siding at Morley, and carrying on his business at Leeds. On Saturday, the 2d of November, the pro secutor arrived from his place of business at Morley in his gig about six o'clock, and having unharnessed his mare put her into the stable, and left her there for his groom to attend to. About seven o'clock William Lassev, the groom, went to the stable to dress down and feed the mare, and, according to his account, had only just gone there, accompanied by his cousin, when he found the stable door open. The stable was dark; and on going into it he heard groans proceeding from the mare, upon hearing which he cried out " Halloa." A voice, which he recognised to be the prisoner's, immediately answered "Hallos." The groom then reached down some matches from a beam and struck a light, and then saw the prisoner standing behind the mare with his hands bloody and reeking, and his shirt wristbands dyed with blood. The mare was trembling violently, and straining and groaning, and he saw a piece of wood sticking out from her hinder parts, which he pulled out, and which had been forced twelve inches into the body of the mare. The piece of wood had formed a bolt for the stable-door. He immediately accused the prisoner of having done this, and said "It would be a bad job for him.' He then gave information to his master and the prisoner was given into custody on this charge. On being taken into custody he said he was drunk and did not know what made him do it ; that he had no ill-feeling against the prosecutor, and hoped it would be made up. This account of what was seen in the stable was corroborated by the cousin of Lassey, who was with him. On cross examination it appeared that the prisoner was drunk at the time ; that there was some blood on the ground behind the mare, and that the prisoner was found standing holding his hands up, which with his wrists were covered with blood ; that the stick with which the mare was wounded was usually in its place, and that the groom had had some words with his master for driving the mare out on Sunday without his leave and losing the horse-cloth; and was going to leave his employment that night. The mare was a vicious and kicking mare. For the defence the Learned COUNSEL suggested that it was the groom himself who had committed this disgusting and cruel act in revenge against his master whom he was about to leave; that he alone, in the dark stable, was likely to know where to find the stick used, or to be permitted by the mare to ap proach her; that after committing this act he had got hold of the prisoner, who was drunk that night, and who in that state was not at all likely to have been able to commit this act, even if inclined to do so, and had knocked him down with his hands in the blood, and had then gone out, and meeting with his cousin, had returned immediately to the stable with him ; and all the rest of the evidence combining to throw the stain of guilt on the prisoner was no doubt true. At the conclusion of a most able and ingenious address on behalf of the prisoner, the Learned Coun sel called witnesses who gave the prisoner the highest character. His LORDSHIP having summed up, The jury Acquitted the prisoner, who was ordered to be immediately discharged. Dec. 14. Abraham Walker and Thomas Fryer were indicted for night poaching, along with divers others persons unknown, on the 29th of November last, at Me wby with-Mulwith, on lands in the occupation of Mr. Henry Pyner. Mr. Blanchard prosecuted ; and Mr. Price de fended the prisoners. It appeared that on the night in question Robert Topham, the gamekeeper of Mr. Pyner, went about 10 o'clock, accompanied by two watchers, to a wood called Carr-wood. There they heard the reports of guns in Martin-le•Moor•wood. They then obtained the assistance of other five men and proceeded into the wood, when they heard some one say, " There are only five pheasants in the wood, and three of them are flown." They then saw five men armed with sticks and guns. The gamekeeper said to his assist - . ants that they must take the poachers, and imme diately those of the poachers who had guns stepped in front of the others and swore they would shoot the first man that attempted to take them, while those behind cried out to them to " Shoot ! shoot !" The gamekeeper rushed in and was assailed with stones, and fortunately the poacher{ did not carry their threat into execution. The watchers succeeded in taking the two prisoners into custody, the rest escaping. The evidence was, however, defective that the pri soners went into the wood with the intent to kill game. Mr. PRICE having addressed the jury, His. LORDSHIP summed nrp, and the jury found the prisoners Guilty of a common a'sault. They were sentenced to be imprisoned for three calendar months. A number of cases of ordinary robbery and lar- ceny were tried in the - course of the day possessing no interest. (Before Mr. Baron MARTIN.) John Warm was charged with having forged, and also with having uttered, knowing it to be forged, the indorsement of Messrs. Holt, Brothers, of Leeds, to a bill of exchange for 7441. 15s. on the 4th of November last. Mr. Hall and Mr. Hardy appeared for the prosecu tion ; the prisoner was undefended. . . It appeared that a Mr. Atkinson, a woolstapler at Bradford, being indebted to Messrs. Holt, Brothers at Leeds, indorsed a bill of exchange for 7441. 1.55., to them, and inclosed the bill in a letter which he sent by post to Messrs. Holt. The letter, in due course of post, would arrive that same evening. Messrs. Holt did not send to the post that night for their letters, but the letter appeared to have been ob tained by the prisoner at the post office, he having been in the employment of Messrs. Holt as an errand boy some three years. On the following morning the prisoner presented the bill of exchange at the Brad ford Banking Company's bank, at Bradford, by whom it was drawn on Jones Loyd and Co., and accepted by them. The cashier at the bank, on examining the bill, and seeing it was genuine, asked the prisoner his name ; to which he answered " William Holt," and indorsed that name on the bill. The cashier told bin that he must write the name of his firm, and the prisoner thereupon indorsed " Messrs. Holt, Bro thers" on the bill. He was then paid the amount of the bill in gold and notes, one of the notes being a Bank of England 1001. note. The prisoner on the same day called at the Branch Bank of England at Leeds, and there presented the same 1001. note for payment, indorsing on the back of it Watkin Brooke, Alfred-place. Leeds, and received twenty 51. notes in change. 'The hurried manner in which the prisoner left the bank with these notes without counting them excited suspicion, and he was followed, and on War• mation being given to the chief constable of Leeds he was apprehended at his father's house, when the notes and gold he had received at the Bradford bank and at Leeds were found upon him. It also appeared that a cheque for 4001., payable to " bearer, had been sent to Messrs. Holt, the words "or bearer" being struck out,wbich the Learned Counsel for the prosecution said in the country was thought to answer the same purpose as crossing a cheque. It was inclosed in a letter written in a strange band, purporting to come from Mr. Holt. This cheque Mr. Thomas Holt had inclosed to his sons from Har rogate on the 4th of. November, and the letter con taining it appeared to have been obtained at the post office at the same time by the prisoner, as it had never reached its destination, and probably being found use less by him bad been sent by him to Messrs. Holt, as the letter in which it was sent and the indorsements on the bill of exchange and 1001. note were proved to be in the prisoner's handwriting. The prisoner in his defence admitted having re ceived the money, but denied that he had forged the indorsement on the bill. His LORDSHIP having summed up, The jury found the prisoner Guilty. There were other charges against the prisoner of having stolen post letters containing Post-office orders, which the counsel for the prosecution thought it un necessary to proceed with. His Lordship deferred passing sentence. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION HOUSE. On Saturday Thomas Costello was brought before Alderman Gibbs, charged with having feloniously forged several orders for wine, with intent to defraud wine merchants in the City. Two men, named Smith, alias Savage, and Cor nell, had been tried and convicted at the Central Cri minal Court upon charges of having stolen some of the wine upon the orders alleged to have been forged. A wine merchant of Fudding•lane said—l produce an order written in the French language for the de livery of six dozen of champagne. It was brought to me on Tuesday, the 10th of September, by a man named Savage, now a prisoner in the name of Smith ; and I delivered three dozen of the wine to Savage and Cornell, who accompanied him. The order was in the name of William Nind of the Sablonilre Hotel, Leicester-square. Mr. Nind said, the order was not in his hand writing, neither was it authorised by him. The pri soner had lived with him, and he believed the order was in the handwriting of the prisoner. George Hyde, one of the City police, said—ln con sequence of information I received, I went to Pud ding lane, and saw a truck at the warehouse door of Mr. Day, the prosecutor, and Savage and Cornell with it. At the bottom of the lane I saw the prisoner, whose eyes seemed to be fixed upon the truck. I followed Savage and Cornell and took them into cus tody. The prisoner went towards London-bridge. A clerk to Mr. Scott, of St. Svvithin's-lane, wine merchant, said—l received an order for six dozen of champagne on Thursday, the 27th of August. Some objection was made as to the accuracy of the descrip tion. Neat day a description was brought, which was considered satisfactory, and I delivered the wine to Cornell. The value was 171. 18s. The order pur ported to be signed by Mr. Verry, of Regent-street. The order was stated to be in the handwriting of the prisoner. Five other orders for champagne, amounting to 631., were also produced, and proved to be in the hand writing of the prisoner. The prisoner said the police were mistaken in his person. He was committed upon all the cases for trial. BOW-STREET. Alexander Gilles, a foreigner, described on the charge sheet as a commission agent, was charged with having obtained a picture, value 1251, from Messrs. Chamberlayne and Pearce, opticians and picture dealers, 203, Holborn, under false pretences. Mr. Wontner, who appeared for the prosecution, said the prisoner had had some dealings with Messrs. Chamberlayne and Pearce prior to the one under in vestigation, hut they were on a much smaller scale. On this occasion Mr. Chamberlayne had thought proper to ask the prisoner for some reference. He gave a false address, and stated that part of the fur niture in the house which he mentioned as his resi dence belonged to him. Upon these representations Mr. Chamberlayne permitted him to take away a picture worth 125/. Mr. Wontner added that he should to-day (Saturday) only prove the facts above stated, and he hoped Mr. Henry would remand the prisoner, in order that some inquiry might be made with regard to the picture, of which nothing had been seen by the prosecutor since Thursday last, when the prisoner took it away. Mr. Chamberlayne was then called, and said that on Monday evening last the prisoner went to his house and said he had called about some pictures which he was going to take into the country to sell. It appeared that he had had some previous conversa tion with witness's partner, Mr. Pearce, concerning these pictures, and only waited witness's acquies cence before he took them away. The value of the pictures was 5001. Witness refused to let him have them without a satisfactory reference, and he then said that he lived at 28, Great Pulteney• street, Golden•square, where he occupied the ground and first floor, the furniture in which was his own. He showed witness a bill of exchange for 2501., drawn at seven months' date upon a Mr. Newingham, and gave him the address of the manager of the London and County Joint Stock Bank at Worthing, of whom, he said, witness might make inquiries with regard to the validity of the bill, the prisoner promising to call again on Wednesday. Witness wrote to the gentle man at Worthing, but received no answer. The pri soner came on Wednesday, and said he wished to show a picture by Backbuysen, belonging to the firm to a young nobleman. Witness told him he had no objection to his taking it if he brought it back the same night, to which the prisoner replied that under these circumstances he had better not take it. He, however, called the next day and took the picture away, promising to return either the picture or the money for it that evening. It was in consequence of this promise and his statement with regard to his fur niture, that witness permitted him to take the picture. He did not see him again till yesterday (Friday), when he came to the house and said he had sold the picture for 1401., and it would be paid for in the course of the week. He declined telling to whom he had sold it. He, however, assured witness he should have his money that night. Witness did not get it, and on Saturday went to 28, Great Puiteney street, and saw the landlady, who said that the prisoner did not live in her house, nor did any of the furniture belong to him. He once lodged there, but had occupied furnished apartments. Witness then went away with the intention of giving information at a police-office, but on his way met the prisoner, who the moment he saw him ran into a pub lic-house, where witness followed and told him if he did not get the picture he should give him into cus tody, and the prisoner not giving any information he called a constable and him gave into charge. Mr. Columbine, who appeared for the prisoner, cross-examined the witness, who stated that Giles gave him a receipt for the picture, which was now produced and ran as follows: " Dec. .12 1850 " Received of Messrs. Chamberlayne and Pearce a picture by Backhuysen, cost 1251, to be sold on cost• mission, and the profit, if any, to be divided. The pic ture to be returned or accounted for is the course of this diy. "ALEXANDER GILLIS." Mrs. Lye, the landlady of the house 28, Great Pal teney-street, corroborated that part of Mr. Chamber layne's evidence having reference to her. Mr. Wontner here stated that he had heard during the examination that the picture had been foundlt a pawnbroker's in Bridge-road. Alfred Linford, sbopman to Mr. Richards, 102, Brisige-r(Td, ,Lambeth, was next called, and stated that"the - picture which he produced had been pledged at hi 4 master's shop on Thursday afternoon last, for 121., by a person giving the name of French The prisoner was not the person. Th e prisoner, in his defence, made a rambling statement about his dealings with Messrs. Chamber layne and Pearce, and stated that he had in fact sold the picture to a Mr. John Franc', with whom he often transacted business, and who was to pay him in the course of a few days. Mr. HENRY said, that undor the circumstances he should remand the 'prisoner till Wednesday ne xt,. and issue a summons for the attendance of Mr. Franc' . MARLBOROUGH-STREET. Huron Francois was brought before Mr. Hardwick charged with having committed an extensive robbery: at the Prince of Wales Hotel, Leicester-street, 1.4!1' center square, under the following extraordinary cir cumstances The prisoner had formerly been employed as porter in the establishment, but had left three months ago; On Saturday week he was seen to enter the hotel, and from that time up to Saturday last he must have coo • trived to conceal himself in various places in the house. During the week noises were heard in different rooms! such as would be made by some person in them, but the most careful search failed to detect the intruder. On Saturday about 12 o'clock the wife of the pr'' prietor had occasion to enter her bedroom, when 0 1 found the prisoner crouched down by the sid e °, a chair. She gave an alarm, and the prisoner vi% secured. An investigation was then set on foot , and It turned out that the prisoner had possessed himself of a large quantity of property, which he had conce aled .. in various places. Up the chimney were found se . veral articles of we a ring app a r e l, w hich were fled by the w a it e r. Th e p r i soner h a d also dree sed . himself in some of the wa it er ' s c l o th e s. In the p ri soner's pocket wer e f oun d 35 l arge pi e ces of foreign, a gold, worth bet w e e n 401 . an d 501. Near the poles' where he was discovered were found a gold watch.: lady's chatelaine and silver watch, opera glass, an other property. In a bag w ere notes of the value, „r° 1251., which the prisoner had either overlook e d considered to be of no use. The prisoner - was remanded until Wednesday Jolt' WORSHIP-STREET. A well dressed middle-aged woman, who gave tba name of Elizabeth Wayman, but who has also ear. by two other names, was placed at the bar b.o. t r b Mr. Henamill, charged with being concerned With others not yet in custody in burglsuiously bten'i; into the premises of a tradesman named ThorP e i„ - f , Turville-street, Bethnal-green, and stealing tn en : r ii securities, and other property to the value of near ly 1401. elt The prosecutor, who is a wholesale walking en manufacturer, stated that he left his warebour t i e eight in the evening of Friday, the 6th inst., wi t "p e s doors and windows all properly secured, but in .." 00 than two hours afterwards he received inform i r i bi that the place had been entered and plundered thieves. He immediately hastened back to the ware house, and found that a large quantity of wa l , l/1 „7; sticks, canes , and other articles, some of them 0i, c , 4 siderahle value, had been stolen, and on examTitile the desk in the counting house he discovered Oa' tes cash-box, which contained when he left it bank 4 l, and bills of exchange f o r more than 1001., had "ch. wise been carried away by the burglars. (The box and two silver-mounted canes were here producers by the police, and the witness at once identified b een as having formed a portion of the property stolen the night his warehouse was entered.) in Mr. Cummins, an umbrella and parasol mak e- he Talbot-court, Gracechurch-street, stated that on ' to morning before a man, who was a perfect strang er ia him, called at his shop, and asked him if he purchase a large quantity of walkingsticks he b ad for sale ? He said he would sell them very eir a n r e e for ready money, and asked him to go to the " : . ° L e s of an acquaiutance of his to select some. " , i:, s agreed to do so, and went with him to a hour b bye-street at the rear of Shoreditch . where he was shown into a bedroom 17 1., stairs, and introduced by the man to the pri se . p be i The woman seemed to be perfectly aware of wha t ,: t he had come about, and the man having taken on Gwo counterpane from the bed, showed him abou t " re doaen walkingsticks for his approbation, and then p a y duced a:number of ferules and silver caps. From thel i it in which the property was secreted, he suspect e lo formed part of the produce of the burglary at be. Thorpe 's warehouse, of which he had some time t he fore heard, and, though much pressed to buy ;A, goods, excused himself from doing so at once, t o o after appointing to meet the man at a beershop the 9 : fp evening, went straight to the house of the prosecutohtio whom he gave such information as led to the pris° fle apprehension. Sergeant Teakle stated that in consequence oral% tions he had received from the prosecutor he wen t be t night before to the house of the prisoner, and to l d to he had come to look at the walkingstick ' s she ha d e b sell. The prisoner affected a total ignorance of si l o articles, and stoutly denied she had any, but witn i so said he must search the place, and in the course ° t he doing discovered the cashbox hidden under one % a s beds, but entirely empty, and in one of the eer fp e found two silver headed canes, which Mr. T," ° ,; t el identified the moment he saw them. He also f 0 o ut upwards of twenty duplicates for articles of va',"b e r descriptions, a silver watch, two gold rings, and °„,' valuables, which had not been stolen from the e r— o f tutor's, but he felt it his duty to take possessif u t be them, as he had reason to suspect they roje*a.- connected with some other robbery of a similar scription. r i . When asked if she wished to say anything th e t e s soner declined offering any observations, and she to . remanded till that day week, to afford an opPet(eriso nity for the police tracing the remainder of the property. SEABORNE MAILS, When made up in From what When PLACES. General Post-office port die- dile° London. patched. Africa (West coast)" America (via N. York DO. 19. by British packet) • .*N January 3 .. .. Liverpool .• America (via Boston 'nee• 22 by British packet) .. N December 20 .. Liverpool .. ' [ America (by United Liverpool k December . 20 States packet).. N Southampt.' Belgium .. N Daily .. .. Dover • • j l 2'7, Brazil .. 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Southampt. ig Peninsular.. • • .. M 7th,17 th,27 th of mo Southampt. 'Dee' 2 Peru • • .. • • M 17th of the month i Southampt. West Indies .. M 17th of th e mon th ISouthampt. De c ' West Indies (except Havanna & Nassau) M 2d of the m on th .. ;SoutheMPt• Inn N signifies that the malls are sent front the General Fit*" by the night—and M by the morning —dispatch. a by [ADvEwriszsamr.]—An Ulcerated Arm CU of Holloway's Ointment and Pills.—Mr. Robert Gregg, ..l un e ' v 'ero Clinkeeland, Clowes, Ireland, was sorely afflicted with a !da gathering in his armpit, and which discharged very cob s biO for nearly three years - another wtbind also broke 014 , 1 Of shoulder. His father ' felt alarmed, having consulted tu e „d to eminent surgeons to no purpose, while his son contierool waste away. At this juncture a friend advised a trial °t w, o loway's Pills and Ointment, which was made, and in oil the A Nue they perfectly cured him. He is now getting fat Oli"_„ Ws' sinews are restored to their wonted pli a bility, and no 0 1 0 110' tion is visible.—Sold by all Druggists, an d a t Professor way's Establishment, 244, Strand, London.• AL4. 15 ,, APPOINTMENT OF Mn. PEA.TT TO TRACY.—The Lord Chancellor has acted on the recon2,l4ol dation of the Borough Council, and has included John re the Pratt, Esq., in the commission of the peace. We W.'r,..."0 did first to suggest Mr. Pratt's appointm e nt ; which " l oco from the belief that an additional magistrate viali e d wanted in Portsea, and that Mr Pratt was well qua!' tbo, fill the post. Circumstances th a t ha ve t ran spired 011 7$11 suggestion was made have con fi rme d our o pinion ° ode Pratt's qualifications for a mag i s t ra t e .—H a mpshils pendent. O f : FOREIGN SWINE.—A steamer which has J- 1t •• Ot rived from Boulogne has brou g ht, as p ar t of her ce• rg e , large number of live sucking pigs, the p r oduce of F0u_.2.„54 Price. , BER. BIRTII2. OF A SON. oodt °IS On the 10th inst.. at Queen's-road, St. John's-w -wife of J. A, Russell, Esq. . re , th e On the 12th inst., at Chester, place, Chester-NV-- wife of W. F. Higgins, Esq. OF A DAUGHTER. t h e f On the 10th inst., at So u thfl ee t R ec t or the wi.e Rev. George .inst Murray. • i'sp ej On the 9th , at Sheerness, the lady of A. Stuart MacGregor, Esq., R.N. O MARRID. ( On the 12th inst., at Lewis E ham, Kent, Alfred, fourth 0 41) Mr. George Selby, o f R avens b ourne - park, to S o phia, f ° daughter of Mr. B. Smith, of. Morden-hill, LewishamA i rle° On the 12th inst.. at St. George's, Hanover-square , , t :otir Julien Roth, Esq., only son of Charles Roth, Esq., of grove, Brompton, and Old Bond-street, Piccadilly, to " tr eew eldest dau g ht er o f M r. J o h n S a l mon, o f Alb em arle-$ Piccadilly. t On the 7th inst., a t C annes , nen .- in France, Colonel 60 , Staudwith, C. 8., of the Bombay Light Cavalry. aged 111 0 On the 9th inst., at Monk's Kirby, Warwickshi re ' Sophia Fending Farrell, aged 80. On the 10th inst., at Kenniugton, Andrew Ewbank , late of the Custom-house. • On the 11th inst., at the Parsonage, Cirencester. a r H. Jacobs, Esq , 1.., of Queen's College, Oxford. ,_ iv irtf On the 12th inst., at Camden New Town, Robot M.D., tiepnty Inspector a Military Hospitals, aged t : t te_,et: On the 12th s) t Hyde-park-square, George r o f r v p Esq., one of her majesty's Counsei, and a Inner, Temple. . • • ' ' ' On the 12th inst , at Ponton-row, wo#l,, •,( n d Elizabeth. Dbrey, aged 67. - (he'd* inst,, it Matigheaei9l4 l 140 ut/i ) widow or thelate L. Chesliyri,V L Printod and MURDO YOU2' 11 1 1 No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun COG* ~1 1 ° ' ty Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, is the 03— Kiddie:se; Monday December 16, 1860. Paid. Paid. Paid. 119% Price 1 T, t4,11a it A l, kli4 ,_ei h 4 tl , 14 0 , I 44`4,3