The Sun. — London, England, 1857-10-21 00:00:00

MIDDLESEX SESSIONS.—Oct. 20. (Before Mr. Bliss, Q. C.) Wm. Cavanagh, 42, jeweller, was indicted for having stolen a gold ring, the property of Thomas Wm. Eady and another, his masters. He pleaded Guilty. Mr. Payne prosecuted ; Mr. F. H. Lewis ap peared for the prisoner. The prosecutors are manufacturing jewellers in Red Lion-street, Clerkenwell, and the prisoner was in their service. The case against him was that he stole a ring from a drawer in which a fellow -work man kept his work, and sold it at a refiner's shop is j erusalem-passage for Bs. 6d. The prisoner was a pprehended near his own house, 36, Augustus street, Cumberland-market, by Tyler, detective officer of the G division. He was intoxicated when taken into custody, and said he knew nothing of the ring. Mr. Bliss said it was a very bad case, and sen tenced him to six months' hard labour. Eliza Holden, 20, pleaded Guilty of stealing in the dwelling-house of Eliza Harding, her mistress, two 51, notes, two sovereigns, a pencil case, &c., her property and money._ Mr. Bliss sentenced her to nine months' hard labour. Several similar cases came before the Court. Caroline Deane was indicted for stealing a watch from the person of James Crisp. The prosecutor, who lives at No. 8, Wareham street, Hoxton, was in the company of the prisoner, a girl of the town, at a coffee-shop in Wenlock-road, and from something which the landlady told him he missed his watch, which was found in the pri soner's possession. She alleged that he had given it to her instead of money, and that was the defence now set up. The jury acluitted her. John Williams, 24, was indicted for obtaining goods by false pretences. There were three charges against him. Mr. Platt prosecuted ; Mr. Poland appeared for the prisoner. Tue mode of plunder adopted by the prisoner was this :—He would go to a tradesman's shop and order goods to be sent to the residence of some person who he had ascertained was a customer, then intercept the errandboy who was sent with the articles, and obtain possession of them by saying he was going back to fetch them, as there had been delay in the delivery, the goods being wanted for immediate use. The jury found him guilty, and he was sentenced to nine mouths' hard labour. Wm. Grant and Mary Grant, husband and wife, were indic'ed for stealing a cash-box and 261. in gold and silver, the property and money of E. C. Battey, proprietor of the Duke of Cambridge beer shop at Hounslow. . _ flir. Atkinson prosecuted, and Mr. Payne ap peared for the prisoners. The male prisoner belonged to the South Middle sex Militia, and one night he and his wife slept at the prosecutor's house. A cash-box was stolen from a bedroom, and there was suspicion that the prisoners, or one of them, had something to do with it, but the evidence did not amount to sufficient proof, and they were acquitted. Mr. Payne remarked that as the male prisoner wore a Crimean medal it was the more unlikely that he would commit such a theft, and as be Wa3 a volunteer for India it would be much better that he should be acquitted and sent to use his muscle and sinew against the miscreant Sepoys than shut up for no good at all in a prison. (Before Mr. Creasy.) - Robert Baker, 44, was indicted for unlawfully and indecently assaulting Eliza Winterfiood, with intent, Stc. Mr. Sleigh appeared for the prosecution. This case was prosecuted by Mr. Vann, vestry clerk of Shoreditch, under the direction of the authorities of that parish, the offence with which the prisoner was charged having been committed in their workhouse. The prisoner was a pauper in mate, and was occasionally employed as a watch man. It appeared that the prosecutrix, a girl about 12 years of age, whose parents live in Char lotte-row, Angel-alley, Bishopsgate, committed a petty theft and ran away, and, being too frightened to go home, she wandered about the streets until she was taken by a policeman to Shoreditch Work house for the night. The prisoner opened the ghte and the policeman left her in his charge ; he took her to a dark place and committed the offence imputed to him, after which he conducted her to a ward and left her with a nurse. She did not then complain of what had occurred, ' because she said. the prisoner had threatened to flog her if she did, but ou being taken home next morn ing, she immediately told her mother, and on being taken back to the workhouse she singled the pri soner out from seven other men. The jury found him guilty, and _ _ _ Mr. 'Creasy sentenced him -- to ten months' bard labour. It was a very proper case for the parish to prosecute. Frederick Knock, 23, sailor, was indicted for un lawfully and maliciously assaulting and wounding Charles Smith. Mr. Honey prosecuted ; Mr. Sleigh appeared for the prisoner. The prosecutor was a sailor, and a dispute arose between him and the prisoner and two of the mates. The prisoner applied a peculiar epithet to the pro• secutor's wife, and they had a fight. While they were preparing for a second round the prisoner ran up to the prosecutor and stabbed him in the arm and ran away. The jury found him guilty, and Mr. Crawly - sentenced him to four months' hard lai'our. -Wil iam Smith, 31, was indicted for unlawfully assaulting and boating John Hewett. Mr. Sleigh prosecuted. The prosecutor stated that he lived at 84, Drum mond-street, St. Pancras, and was an officer of the Bloomsbury County Court. On the 17th inst., abut half-past 10 o'clock in the evening, he went t) 21, Brill row, Somers-town, to serve the pri swier with a judgment summons. He Went to a r;otu on the first floor occupied by the prisoner, knocked, and the prisoner opened the door. He told him.that he had to serve him with a judgment summons at the suit of Paine, and gave him the documen'. The prisoner sail he did not owe the money, and that he had a good mind to throw him down stairs. He told him not to do that, as lie wcis only doing thit which wa3 his duty; but as he turned to descend the staircase the prisoner pushed him from behind and he fell down 13 stairs, injur ing his head and back. He bad been unable to resume his duty in consequence, and could now walk but at the rate of one mile an hour, whereas before he was injured he coull walk from four to five. The prisoner said he did not do it wilfully. The jury found him guilty, and Mr. Creasy sentenced him to six months' hard labour. Ellen Ward, 20, was indicted for stealing four sovereigns, the monies of Josephine Hammett, and book and other articles, the property of Henry and Eliza Jane Atterbury. Mr. Sleigh (instructed by Messrs. Mullen) ap-- peared for the prosecution. Josephine Hammett, of No. 2, Caroline-street, Bedford-square, sta•ed that she had the care of a house belonging to Mr. Atterbury, of No. 14, Pem broke-terrace, Caledonian-road, where the prisoner was employed as a servant. A gentleman also lolged there, but he only slept there occasionally. 1 His bedroom was on the ground floor, and no one but the gentleman, herself, and the prisoner had access to the rooms. On Saturday, the 12th of September, the witness missed four sovereigns from a drawer in her room, which had been seen safe a short time before. On the night of the 12th of September she west out for about two hours. Jane Atterbury said she bad engaged the prisoner as servant to her brother, as she represented that she wanted to get into a place, as she had not much money and could not afford to pay for a lodging. She said that her mistress was out of town, or she could have produced a good character, and, in con sequence, she was taken into the service without a character.___EawardSlve - rfock of No. 3, Norfolk-place, Lower-road, Islingt the eveni ng o f the I°2nt.' inendraper, proved that on h of Sept em b er the prisoner came to his shop and purchased articles to the amount of 31. It was farther proved that on the prisoner being searched at the station-house some stolen articles were found secreted on her person. The jury immediately found the prisoner Mr. Sleigh said there was anotherin indictment ent guilty. against the prisoner for stealingone soverei gn , n tm L c . the property of Miss Atterbury, but he said he should not proceed with it. Mr. Creasy said the sovereigns . might have been taken - at the same timels-the articles named in the( first indictment, and therefore he should treat thie as a first offence, as he found no other conviction against her in the return before him. H e t h eß sentenced her to imprisonment and hard labour for three months. Augustus Kinlan, 30, hawker, was, indicted for stealing two beds and other articles, value 101., the property of Joseph Muskett Yetts and others. It appearedirnm the evidence that the presecutoz is a solicitor, residi n g at Homerton, and he is also the owner of a furnished cottage adjacent to his house, in which his servants slept, On the night of the 9th ins., at ~ about ten o'clock, on the servants going to their apartments as usual fur the night, they found that t wo f ea th er b e d s, th ree 1 THE SUN, LONDON, cotton dresses, and other articles, value 101., the property of the prosecutor and the servants in his empl6y, had been taken away. Upon the discovery of the robbery the matter was at once put into the hands of the police, and from information they received they went to the house of the prisoner, who lived in the neighbourhood, and there found the whole of the stolen property. The prisoner said he bought it of a man whom he did not know, but bad frequently seen him at market at Old Ford. The day he named as-that on which he had bought them was previous to the commission of the rob bery. _ _ The jury found the prisoner guilty, and Mr. Creasy sentenced him to hard labour for six months. With respect to the case of W. Smith, mentioned above, at a subsequent part of the day the wife of the prisoner complained to the Court that she had paid a solicitor, Mr. John Pater, of 33, Argyle square, a sum of money for the purpose of obtain ing counsel to defend her husband, but he bad not appeared at the trial, and the prisoner was conse quently undefended. Mr. Pater, who was in court, protested " upon the honour of a gentleman" that he hadbeen taken by surprise, and wished the case to be re-heard. Mr. Creasy, thepresiding judge, told him not to talk to him about the " honour of a gentleman," or he should have to say something he might not wish to hear, for it was quite clear that he had taken the woman's money, and yet the man had been tried without counsel. Mr. Pater then wished to address the jury, but Mr. Creasy imperatively ordered him to quit the court, or he would commit him, and instructed the prisoner's wife to put the case into the hands of the county solicitor. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—Oct.-20. GUILDHALL.—John Williams, an emaciated and miserable-looking man, about 30 years of age, was charged with stealing a set of letter scales and weights, three coats, and other articles, the pro perty of Mr. B. Maggerklge, from 27, St. Andrew's hill ; also with stealing 141 b. of loaf sugar and 91b. of coffee, the property dr Messrs. Copestake and Co. ; and a silk mantle and other articles, the pro perty of Isabella Holloway, from 28, St. Andrew's bill. The prisoner was further charged with bur glaxiously breaking out of the last-named premises on the night of Thursday the 15th inst. Policeman 64 E said, in consequence of infor mation, he went to a house in George-street, St. Giles's, and found the prisoner in the kitchen with several other persons. The prisoner had all the property mentioned in the charge by his side with the exception of one of the coats, which he had on, and a number of small articles concealed in the ockets of the coat. He accounted for the clothing by saying he bought it in Petticoat-lane, and the scales he said he brought from California, where he had used them for weighing gold. The prisoner had 'a skeleton key in his possession when taken into custody. William Collis, foreman to Messrs. H. and E. Muggeridge, of St. Andrew's-hill, said he locked up the premises on the night of Thursday, the 15 h inst., and when he cane in the morning he found the doors outside all safe, but his own desk had been broken open and several of the articles pro duced taken from it. The counting-house, com municating by an open window, had also been visited, and the coats and other property belonging to Mr. Benjamin Muggeridge taken away. In the yard was a ladder against the wall leading into the window of the adjoining premises of Messrs. Cope stake and Co., from which place the coffee and sugar had been taken. It further appeared that some person must have been concealed during the day, and the back part of the promises being open facilitated the operations of the thieves, who were, ' however, obliged to go out by the front door to get clear off with their booty. Nearly the whole of the property was identified, and the prisoner was remanded for further inquiry. BOW-STREET.—Geerge Berringtoh, D.D., formerly a clergyman of the Church of England, but now a ticket-of-leave man, was brought up on a warrant issued a few days ago by Mr. Hall, to be recommitted for the remainder of the term of his orginal sentence. That sentence was passed at Lewes on the Ist of December, 1852, when Berrington was condemned to seven years transportation. At that time he bad acquired considerable notoriety for the extent and ingenuity of his frauds. The offence of which he was convicted was that of obtaining a sum of 201. by false pretences from a young lady named Richardson, who had been attracted to apply to him for an engagement as governess by an adver tisement « a which he escribed himself as a " clergyman about to proceed to Australia in his own vessel." He engaged her at a liberal salary, and obtained the 201. from her on the pretence of laying it out to advantage. Of course the ship, the intended voyage the salary, and the investment were equally fictitious, and the handsomely furnished villa in which appli cants were received (at Rottingdean, near Brighton) had been furnished upon credit, without the slight est intention of payment. After serving three years and four months, nearly half the term of his sen tence, he obtained his ticket of leave in April, 1856. Lastly, it was ascertained that he was living by victimising tradesmen, but had taken care not to render himself liable to criminal proceedings. This, however, was sufficient to justify the revoca tion of his license and the issue of the warrant for his apprehension. The constables invested with the warrant (Gymer, 54 F, and Mason, 25 S) first sought him at a villa at Holloway, where Baring t n had for some time been residing, but found that he had suddenly disappeared, as the tradesmen with whom he had run in debt were beginning to open their eyes to his true character, and were be )ming troublesome. He had left in possession hip son and daughter, who, of course refused to ,g.ve any clue to his whereabouts. The officers then reso:ted to the following ruse .—They sent to the house one of-the lads of the .Electric Telegraph Company in his uniform. The meszen-Y e er pretended that he had a telegraphic despatch for the Rev. Dr. Berringtou, which must be delivered at once, and ieto his own hands. So earneAly did he prc Si the matter that the prisoner's son was atlast induced to take the boy to his father. The officers followed at a distance, and thus discovered the pis er's r,treat in Mabledon-terrace, Burton-crescent. They found him enjoying his pipe, and with a bottle of gin by his side. A lady was in the room, in her night-dress, and expressed hermit* much sho,:ked at the in'rusion of the constables. Ber rington admitted his identity, and suffered himself to he taken without resistance. On the question being put by the magistrate whether the prisoner bad anything to say why ho sh , uld not be recommitted,, His counsel, Mr. Sturgeon, said it was impossible for him to show cause, as he was not aware on what grounds he was recommitted. It was not stated in the warrant. Mr. Hall said it was not necessary. The license, however, did set forth the several grounds on which it might it t e revoked, so th•it the holder was fully warned of the consequences of any breach of the conditions on which it was granted. At all events he (Mr. Hall) could not entertain any question as to the grounds of recommitment, as he had but one citity to perform, and no option. The prisoner must be committed for the remainder of his term. With respect to the recent seizures in Holywk. I street, it will be remembered that Mr. Jardiue gave judgment on the 13th inst. that certain of the books, &c., were obscene, and ordered them to be destroyed, subject to a delay of seven days in case of appeal, and also subject to the discretion of the Government as ta retaining any p or ti on o f th em t o be produced in evidence in any future proceedings. The period of seven days expired yesterday, one only of the defondanti having given notice of appeal. This wai J ames Thornhill, of 53, Ho y well-street, who now tendered the required bail. The sureties, Wm. Palmer, of West-street, St. Martin's-lane, stereotype founder, and Thomas Clark, of the Crooked Billet, is Wych-street, were bound in 50/. each, and the appellant in 1001. MARYLEBONE.—The court was crowded to excess in consequence of a report which appeared in our paper of yesterday of the examination of Mr. John Probert, a wealthy farmer at Llanfelly, Aber gavenny, who, on the previous day, was charged with having been concerned with another in stealing property to the amount of 1001. from the shop of Mr. Stradth, jeweller, &c , carrying on business in London-street, Paddington. Mr. Grange attended, as before, for the prosecu tion ; and Mr. Herring f r the accused. It will be remembered Oat the robbery took place on the 3d inst. . regard to the length and with mu c h ability with Mr. Herring addressed the magistrate at some th p at as n f e a o c n t s a i s n p c o o B n s i n b e l e c t a i o f t n e r with t cl e e n c at was s e, a g n i d ve s:. i c i l i charge a telegraphic communication was made to his wife, informing her that her husband was in custody, on a charge of robbery, and requiring her to send np to London instanter such persons as would be able to prove beyond a doubt that he (prisoner) could not have any knowledge of, o; participation in, the abstraction of the jeweller, and watches said to have been stolen on the day alluded to—the 3d instant. The persons who would no doubt clearly e:itablish an alibi had ar rived with "hot speel," and he wal positive that upon the magistrate hearing their evidence he would have no hesitation in coming to a conclu sion that the case was one of mistaken identity, ann that the prisoner would be discharged with an ex prewion from the Bench that there was not the slightest imputation upon his character. Mr. Broughton—Whom do you first call ? Mr. Herring—l'll first put in the box, sir, a highly-respectable tradesman. George Price was then sworn. Mr. Herring—Where do you reside, and what are you ? Witness—l live at Llanvetherire. Mr. Herring—You are a grocer and a butcher, are you not ? Witness—l am, sir. Mr. Herring—Have you known theprisoner long? Witness—l have. Mr. Herring—What is he ? Witness—He is a farmer. Mr. Herring—How long have you known him ? Witness—About five years. Mr. Herring—What opinion have you formed of his character ? Witness—His character is in every respect un exceptionable. . _ Mr. Herring—Has he held any public office in your parish ? Witness—Yes, sir, that of a road surveyor. Mr. Herring —Any other ? Witness --At this time, sir, he is a collector of land and assessed taxes. Mr. Herring—Now, as to his moral character what do you say Witness—l never knew a stain cast upon it. He constantly attends with his family at tha parish church, and a more respectable and well-conducted man does not, I believe, exist. In reply to further questions the witness said—l called upon the prisoner at his house on the 2d of this month, at eleven in the morning, and on the next day, the 3d, between eight and ten. I saw the prisoner going along with a number of sheep to a field called the "Hentland" (on the very morn ing the robbery, as alleged, took place), and I spoke to him. Prior to my going into business I was gardener to the Vela. Archdeacon Williams, now Dean of Llandaff. The defendant is a wealthy man, and has a very ex t ens i ve s t oc k. dr. Broughton—When did you first know of the prisoner being in custody ? Witness—Yesterday morning, sir, between five and six o'clock. . Mr. Herring—Did you start immediately for London ? Witness—l did, and arrived in London last night at six. By Mr. Grange—l came up at the instigation of Mrs. Prabert, the prisoner's wife, to whom the telegraphic message had been sent. I had not re ceived any message from Mr. Herring. The next witness was Henry Evans, who said— I have been in the employ of the prisoner since the sth of June last. Mr. Herring—Do you recollect the evening of the sth inst.? Witness—l do, sir; on that day I made cyder for my master, and at 9 in the evening my master sat down to smoke hispipe. He said to me, "Henry, will you have a pint of cyder ?" and I said, "Yes, sir, if you please." IVlr.Heiriog—Did you see him tlip next morn ing ? Witnes - i—l did, at 9 o'clock. Mr. Broughton—How do you know the time you have sworn to ? Witness—l know it well, sir ; I know when the Fast day was, and that it was on the 7th. lam certain it was three days before that. Caroline Lloyd said —I have been in the service of Mr. Probert (the prisoner) since the last Monday in July. Mr. Herring—During that time, up to last Wed nesday, have you seen your master at home ? Witnets—Yes ; he has slept in the house every night, and I have seen him after he got up the next morning. _ Mr. Broughton—When did you first hear of your roaster being charged ? Witness—Not till the message came by telegraph to my mistress. Mr. Grange—When did your master leave home to come to London ? Witness—Last Wednesday. _ A letter from the rector of the parish in which the prisoner dwells was banded to the worthy magistrate. It was highly favourable with regard to the character of the accused ; in fact, a better testimonial as to moral worth and respectable stand ing could not have been given to any one. Mr. Grange, fur the prosecution, said, that he really could not hold out, nor would be attempt to do so, against the evidence in favour of the prisoner which had been adduced. There was no vindic tive feeling in connection with the prisoner beinc , charged, and he would n o t h ave b een t a k en t o the station-house if the servant girl had not spoken posisively as to his identity. Mr. Herring, in an able address, contended that an alibi had been clearly made out, and that his client was entitled to an honourable acquital. Mr. Broughton, after many remarks upon the case, came to the conclusion that an alibi had been clearly and satisfactorily established, and he should therefore discharge the prisoner. Mr. Stradth, from whom the valuable property had been stolen, now said that from what be had heard while in court he was convinced that the person accused was innocent ; his servant gave him into custody herself, being quite satisfied at the period of her doing so that she could not be mis taken ; be (Mr. Stradth) had been threatened with an action, but he could not imagine how any action could be brought against him, inasmuch as his servant gave the accused in charge herself, being quite sure at the time she did so that she was acting perfectly right. Mr. Herring—With regard to the threatened action you speak of, you will very likely find that the intimation you have received thereof will turn out to be no joke. Mr. Probed with a number of his most respect able friends then left the court. LAMBETH —Airs. Susan Humby was further examined before Mr. Elliott on a charge of passing three notes, two for 501. and one for 101., well knowing the same to be forged. On the former examination only one charge was known against the prisoner, and that was for pass iog a 10/.-note to Mr. Toby, boot and shoe manu facturer, in Wellington-street, London-bridge, and by the evidence it appeared that the prisoner gave a , ' order to the prosecutor for boots and shoes amounting to 10/. 45., requesting them to be sent to a house in Cambridge-terrace, Wandsworth-road, where sbe said she was about to open a shop, and on the goods being delivered gave a forged 104- note in payment. Yesterday in addition it was proved in evidence that the prisoner gave an order at a drapei's shop in King William-street, London-bridge, for goods amounting to 51. 7s. 3id., and on their being sent to Cambridge-terrace, she gave a 51. forged note iu payment, and in a day or two afterwards it was found that the house was deserted, and that, in fact, it had been merely taken for the purpose of receiv ing the goods and passing off the forged notes. A third charge was preferred against the prisoner by Mr. Turner, landlord of the Globe publichouse, Regent-street, Lambeth•walk, who deposed that on Thursday week the prisoner came to his house and asked him for change for a 51.-note, which she handed to him. On looking at it he said he thought it was a bad one, but the prisoner assured him that it was not, as her father had received it at Somerset house. The prisoner at that time was a stranger to him, but she said she was the daughter of M. Finch, who lived at No. 5, Gray's-plaCe, in the neighbour hood, and that her f ether and farhily had dealt at the house for years. On this representation he said he should give her the change, and told her to write her name and address at the back. She said she could not write, but requested him (Mr. Turner) to do so, and after marking it with the prisoner's name and address he gave her change. He subsequently passed it to his brewer, and it was returned stamped "Forgery." The witness added that after the note was returned he made 0, and found thatthe prisoner's father resided where she stated, and he (the father) had acknowledged to having sent his daughter with the note, but said he did not think at the time that it was a forgery. The father also offerad to return the Si. provided witness did not appear against hid daughter, but witness felt it to be his duty to at tend. Mr. Joseph Bumsted, inspector of bank notes at the Bank of England, pronounced all the three notes produced to be forgeries, and expressed it as his opinion that they were all of the same manufac ture. The prisoner was committed for trial on each of the three charges; but it was representod that she answered the deQcription ofa person who, in connec: tion with a man named Stephens, had pissed seve ral other notes of a similar description, she was re wanded until Monday next. LUDICROUS INCIDENTS IN TIME or DANGER —When the steatner Isaac Newton broke some Fart of her ma chinery, the lamentable disaster to the Central America was so fresh in the minds of the passengers that it added 'ouch to the excitement and alarm. The Troy Budget slys:—" Ooe gentleman was so overcome with fear that he plunged headlong out of his slate-room window into Vie water. Another, a hypochondriacal IA fel)ow from aoche&ter, New York, awoke at the first crash, seiz his carpet bag, and bounced out of his room ; with a whoop of despair he ran aft, and gra , p'ng four -ire , eryerg, placed two of them around kc s carpet bag and the others on each arm. Tins accoutred he sauntered back with head erect and with a pleasant, self-reliant «kxpressior. It was not until his attention was directed o his light garment that he shot back again to his state• room."—N ew York Paper. WEDNESDAY EVENING OCTOBER 21, 8 57. IMPOSTURE AND ITS VICTIMS. A case exhibiting the heartless manner in which the poor are plundeted through ill-placed confi dence was heard before the Todmorden bench on Friday last. A man named Howorth, residing at Hollingwood, near Oldham, a beerseller by trade, had persuaded a number of poor people that he could " get rid of their property out of Chancery" more readily and upon better terms than the law yers, and by means of this fiction was extracting money from their pockets, The police having as certained that there were grounds for a prosecution, procured a warrant for Howcroft's apprehension, and on Wednesday went to his residence and ap prehended him on a charge of obtaining money under false pretences. They at once proceeded to search the house and found a large quantity of wills, pedigrees, and other documents, belonging to several families, who had employed him to get their money out of Chancery. The whole of the were brought to prisoner, was taken before Todmordendocum documents, , i with i t the h e the e A. Ormerod, E4q., and remanded till Friday, when he was again brought before the same magistrate, and further remanded till Monday, and admitted to bail, himself in 1001., and two sureties in 501. each. We give the evidence below : Ann Cunliffe—l am a single woman, residing at Hanging-dirch, in Langfield, near Todmorden. I am 57 years old. I have known the prisoner, John River Burdett Howcroft, three years will be next Whitsuntid .4 I first became acquainted with him by going to his house at Hollingwood, near Old ham. It was in consequence of a message that I re ceived which caused me to go over to see Howcroft. When I went I told Howcroft who I was and why I had come. I told Howcroft that I had heard he had a will concerning the Wycoller Estate, and that it (the estate) belonged _to the Ounliffes of Todmorden. He said he had one, and he read it to me. The will said, as ho read it " Henry Cunliffe, of Colne Waterside Bools wortb, Edge of Frarnden, Wycoller Hall and Estates, Marsden and Bromley, belong to Cun liffes, and no other name but Cunliffes shall have that property." I asked Howcroft how much I must give him for his advice. He did not charge anything„ but said I must give him what I had a mind. I gave him 2s. When I gave him the 2s. he said, "If you bring me another 9s. I can get you Wycoller for that." I said I irould bring the 9s. I came home and told my brother James, who is since dead. In about a fortnight after I had paid the 9s. there came a letter by post to my brother James, from Howcroft, saying he wanted 6s. Bd. for open ing the County Borough Court. I saved up 10s., and went off to see Howcroft. Before this I had paid the 9s. to Howcroft, at his own house. This was in about a month after I first saw him. I told him I had brought the 93., which, with the 2s. previously paid, would make lls. to get Wy coller with. He said he could get it. He said he was working under the government, aid was doing as well as he could to get poor people their money for a little. He then said he should be down at Todmorden on a stated Friday morning, by the first train, and would want to see my brother. It was on a subsequent occasion when I paid him the 6s. 3d. I paid this in his own house about a fortnight after the 9s. I told him I had come to bring him the 6s. Bd. to open the County Borough Court with. He said it was right. He then told me about my brother meeting him at the Queen, in Todmorden. I an d m y b r other James m e t How croft at the Queen, in Todmorden, on the Friday after I paid the 6s. Bd. That was the time which Howcroft had fixed. When I got to the Queeu Hotel I found my brother and Howcroft together. My brother was poorly and unable to raise much money, and asked Howcroft how much more he would want to eat Wycoller with. Howcroft said, " It will take 3/. to gat the estate with, but you had better bring your cousins in, as they would join at the property, and they might as well join at the expense to help toget it." We gave him no money that day. Re said he could get us the property, and many a time since then he has fixed from time to time that he would get us the property, and those days have now passed. Howcroft said the second time I wentto his house, when I paid him 93. that besides the sstates there wa s i n mone y 70,3001. 11s. Bd., and that we should have to go to draw it. He said the money belonged to the Cunliffes, and was left to the people who left the estate, with the sub sequent interest of the property. After the inter view at the Queen we set about and saw our cousins, as Howcroft had recommended, and had a meeting. About three weeks before Todmorden fa;r, in September, 1856, I went over again to Howcreft's house. He told me to get the names of our cousins and all their children on to paper, so that the children could get the money if aught happened their parents before the money came, and for the names to be sent to him. We did this, and sent the names. He said he should want a shilling a piece for enrolling the names—a shilling for every name, whether children or parents. We met Howcroft at the Queen, at Todtnorden fair. It was arranged that the other cousins should pay him as far as we had paid, and then go on altogether. We reckoned up that my three sisters and myself had paid, with our expenses, lls. each. On that day 21. 17s. 6d. was paid to Howcroft for enrolling the names, and a sovereign for his day's work, so that we paid him 3& 17s. 6d. on that day. He said that he could got as the money in the following month. At this interview he made the money a good deal more than he had told me at his house. He then said it amounted to 200,3691. 14s. Bd. He said be could get it ns in the.next month of Octo ber. He told us we should have to go to London, arty, and that an aunt of ours, urn would bave to go with us, whotwo l out ive dofaetvße Blackburn would go with us. My and that he (Howcroft) three sisters and myself on that day paid 25., which w o uld make 135., andthis equalled the amount, and w as part of e the t 31.17s.Since then I have many a time rlowcroft at the Queen. I have m not paid he m next m atriry:eTe saw him resince ; I have not been abl©. T was at Portsmouth ; he did not require any money from anybody that day. Ido not recollect what I said to him, or he him any said to me on that day. This was about the time he should have brought the money, and we went expecting to have drawn it. The next time I saw him was at the Queen, about November, as well as I can r ecollest. H e a l ways to ld * Us t h at h e would get us .the money. He fixed one day after another, but always something turned up that the money had not come. Sometimes he said the money had not come because the war had prevented it. On the Ist of January, 1856, he came to the Queen ; I met bim, and three of my brothers, and three sisters, and some of our cousins. Howcroft was present. It was arranged that four of us should go to Wakefield on the 14th of February, to receive the checfsres for the money ; two of them were to receive the cheque s , and two to see that they did right. I saw lOs. paid to Howcroft, which was half-a-crown a piece for the four names being set down. The names were 'set down on a paper which Howcroft had. We offered him 155., but he returned 55., saying he would only have 103. When the names were set down at the Queen, the figures containing the larger sum were put down on the corner of the paper that we signed on, and we had some words about the amounts, and I asked how it was that it was otore than what he bad told me at Oldham 1" He „id, , " It is the Irish estates that made the difference. I should net have pa'd Howcroft any of the money, except from the statements that he made to me from time to time that there were the estates and money be longing to us, and that he could get them for us, and except he had read the will. On one occasion, whne we met at the Queen, my cousin, John C an . liffe, said to Howcroft be would like) to see the will. Howcroft answered, "Faithless Thomas, cannot you believe me ? You must come and look if you cannot believe." John asked Howoroft how much be would charge. Howcroft said, " I will let you look at it for 21. ; but if you 'will come to my house and bring something with yon, I will let ybu look at it for less." He brought the will next time he came to the Queen. He threw the will down on the table, and left it with us. He left the room, and when he returned they give it him back, Fhomas Barker was one who read the will. John Cuuliffe, Thomas Barker, William .Law, and John Greenwood were the four who paid 2s. 6d. each, who were called the cornmittee-uren for going to Wakefield to draw the cheques. The , will, as read at the green by Thomas Barker, was not the same as the will which Howcroft had read to me at his I house. Cross-examined by Howeroft—l w:as about five times at Howcroft's house. I cam e once on a rainy day. I should have had to walk all the way back but for you ; you asked me if I - was for walk ing, and I said I had paid you all my money except 4d., and that I should walk to Little - borough, and you asked your w if e t o pay my fare. She gave me Is., and you gave me 4id. [ paid lei= 9s. on th a t _day. Question—Did you ever pay me anything at a ll ? Answer—Yes, I did. I gave you Is. more that day than I expected, and it was for re ading the will. I do not recollect the day of the mo trth when you read the will. You never gave Me k m : l f - a - crown at your house on a wet day. I never r eceived a re ceipt or note for any money I paid yc In. I never received any bill at the Queen, shown ig the days of the months at the meeting. We sai timed up the 15s. amongst us to go back to Wakt 'field. You gave the 54. back to John Cunliffe; an d he did not give it back to me. I had nop-,4subr4 cribed any thing towards the 155., nor was the sc. paid back to me. I do not know how the 6d. in the 2/. 's. 6d. was got at, but it was for enrolling tho names, and 1/. for your day's wages. You gave the women a glass a-piece out of the 31. 17s. 6d.—a 4d. glass. isoner—l do not wish to ask any more ques tions. Upbn this evidence the prisoner was remanded. —Leeds Mercury. LORD CECIL GORDON'S INSOLVENCY. At the Taunton County Court, on Monday, the Hon. Cecil James Gordon, commonly called Lord Cecil Gordon, whose former petition for hearing was dismissed on September 7, on a legAl techni cality, and who had remained in prison, was he ►rd on another petition. His lordship was opposed by a number of creditors resident at Bath. The debts on the schedule were. 2,6391., and the insolvency was attributed to the non-payment of about 2,0001. as rent to Lady Gordon, from some property in Ireland, to the diminution of gifts from friends, and to having a family of nine to support and edu• cate. It appeared from the insolvent's statement that he had lived some years at Brussels, and previously at Mooresfort, in Ireland. He.left Brussels owing about 3001., and admitted that before he left he had not the means of paying. He was arrested at Bath, and his friends paid the money. His agent, Mr. Coady, gave him a list of the debts. In 1851 he went to Scotland, and from that period he had bad no property of his own. He married in 1811 Miss Moore, of Mooresfort, and he lived for some years with his father-in-law, who made him an allowance. His father-in-law died in 1849 without a will, and his property was shared. lie believed that his wife should have received about 2,0001., as stated in the schedule. His wife had 5,0001. under her father's settlement, and had received about 2,3001. His wife left England at the end cf July last, and was now residing at Paris. He had not determined on taking the benefit of the act when his wife left England. His wife took no jewellery with her, and her departure was, as he knew his creditors would come down on him, to avoid his wife and his children seeing him dis graced. He was first arrested on the 16th July, at the Racket Court, in Bath, and he went to Mr. Hall, a solicitor, who went into the room with the officer, and he was soon afterwards liberated. He went to prison on the Ist August, and had since remained in. confineroent. He had disposed of some articles of clothes, die., His debts were up wards of 2,0001., and he had no property. The opposition to his lordship's discharge was on several grounds--contracting debts without expectation of payment, obtaining forbearance, and disposing of property. At the conclusion of the examination the judge declared Lord Gordon entitled to the benefit of the act, and ordered him to be discharged forthwith. El LATE BRUTAL MURDER AT MERTHYR. FINAL EXAMINATION AND COMMITTAL OF THE MURDERERS. The four prisoners charged with the wilful mur der of Cornelius Donoghue, viz., Ellen Burke, Jno. Burke, Johanna Brien, and Timothy M 'Gaddy, alias Sullivah, were brought this day (Monday) before the stipendiary magistrate, Mr. J. C. Fow ler, to undergo a final examination on that charge. Great excitement prevailed amongst the crowd as sembled in and around the court, and the prisoners, on being removed to the railway station at the close of the inquiry, were followed by a mob, who hooted 'and yelled at them with much evident angry feeling. The evidence received was very voluminous. Jerry Donovan deposed to having seen the de ceased beaten near Burke's door, and to having heard Ellen Burke encourage the others by saying "Kill the -." Dr. Evan Davis deposed to having been called to visit the deceased on the night of the murder. He was dead. Had made a post-mortem examina tion on the body, and, oti opening the hear), found extensive effusioh on the brain. The effusion was the result of violence to the head, upon which, ex ternally, were the marks of severe contusions. Witness had no doubt that death was caused by the effusion, as the brain was otherwise healthy. Ellen Keally deposed that, on the Sunday night of the murder, she had occasion to pass Quarry lane, when she heard a woman say to a mart whom she knew to be the deceased Donoghue, " You are a-- thundering liar." She also said that he was older than she was, to which deceased re plied, "Not much, if it comes to that." Witness went on her business. As she returned she saw some persons near the Burkes' door, and heard a good deal of conversation, amongst which he heard Burke, who was in a bad rage, say that he would kick deceased over the head. fMary Wh:den deposed that at 11 o'clock on the Sunday night in question she was going to bed, when she heard screams. She went out into the street opposite Richard Milliphant's home, and saw a crowd of people assembled. On going to wards them she saw the deceased Donoghue stretched on his back on the ground, with his head resting on Betsy Regan's lap. Saw Timothy M'Guddy or Sullivan give him three kicks on the side. He said to Johanna Brien, "Come away now ; the -- is killed." She said, "No ' • the -- thing is not killed," and then she took up a stone, and struck him on the head. Ellen Burke said, "Kill the --." John Burke then went on with a stone, and was about to throw it, when witness screamed out and said, " The man is killed." All four of the prisoners then ran away together. Mary M'Donald deposed that she had known the deceased, and also knew the prisoners Ellen Burke and Johanna Brien. About six week ago she met theM on the road near her house. Donoghue, the deceased, was standing at his own door, and there were two men going along who was intoxicated and quarrelling. Ellen Burke said, " I don't know ; is it with Donoghue they are quarrelling 1" She also said, - " I should like to see the -- killed." .;: o o u h a c n a nnakikill a Brien m s a a n i d . , , , 7h whicha t Ellenbly you replied,ar are to , say lf I don't, I shall get ' some one who will d o it. I should like to dance in his blood." Mary M'Donald, a daughter of the last witness, deposed that she knew the deceased, Cornelius Donoghue, who had .been paying his addresses to hQr fcr sewed or eight months. The prisoner Ellen Burke was also after him, and had threatened to get him killed, and that she (witness) should never enjoy him. She had often said that ; she said i.r last about.seven weeks ago, in a field near her (wit ness's) mother's house. Several other witnesses were called, who spoke to having seen John Burke and Johanna Brien strike deceased on the bead with stones. All the prisoners appeared to be acting in concert, but Sullivan was not shown to have been present until somewhat late in the affray, although he ran away with the others. Mr. Superintendent Wrenn, of the Merthyr con stabulary, deposed to having apprehended the two female prisoners at one o'clock the same night. When he told them the charge against them they denied having been away from their own doors that night. The male prisoners were sought for, but could not be found, at their lodgings. They were , arrested on the following morning in other houses by police-constables Williams and Dunlop. The magistrate said he hid carefully examined the evidence, and considered that it made out a charge of wilful murder against John Burke, Ellen Burke, and Johanna Brien, and he should commit them to the County Gaol to await their trial on that charge. With respect to Sullivan, the evi dence showed that the violence committed by him was after the fatal injury, and there was no proof of his having been concerned in the first part of the transaction. He therefore discharged. The other prisoners were then committed for trial on the capital charge. [A DVE ATLSEHENT. j— SIGHT AND HEARING SPECTACLES— POWERFUL TELESCOPES OPERA, RACE, AND PERSPECTIVE GLASSES. —S. and B. Solomon, opticians, 39, Albemarle street, Piccadilly. Observe—opposite the York Hotel, W. By her Majesty's Royal Letters Patent for valuable and ex traordinary improvements in the most powerful and brilliant Telescopes, Camp, Race-course, Opera, and Perspective Glasses, to know the distances. These Telescopes possess such extraordinary power that some, three and a-half inches, with an extra eye-piece will show distinctly Jupiter's moons, Saturn's ring, and the double stars ; with the same telescope can be seen a person's countenance three-and-a-half miles distant and an object from 16 to 20 miles. For the waist coat:pocket, and are of larger, and all sizes, with increasing powers accordingly. The Royal Exhibition, 1851. —A valu able, newly-invented, very small, powerful, Waistcoat-pocket Glass, the size of a walnut, by which a person can be seen and known one and a-half mile distant. They answer every pur pose on the Race-course anti at the Opera-houses. Country scenery and ships are clearly seen at 12 to 14 miles. They are invaluable for shooting, deer-stalking, yachting, to sportsmen, gentlemen, gamekeepers, and tourists. Opera, Camp, Perspective, and Race-course Glasses, with wonderful 'powers. --Invaluable preserving Spectacle Lenses of t.e greatest transparent power. Tee great advantage derived from this invention is, that vision impaired becomes pre served and strengthened and very aged Pero"! are enabled to employ their sight at the most minute occupation—can see with those lenses of a much leas magnify ing power—and they do not require the frequent changes to the dn . . gerous effects of furtber powerful assistance. Persons can be suited at the most remote part of the world 17 send ing one of the glow out of their spectacles in a letter, and stating the distiuce from the eye they can read mall print with it, and those who have not made use of spectacles by stating their age. Deafness. —New Discovery.—The Organic Vibrator, an extraordinarily powerful, sr all, newly-invented instrument for deatnegs, entirely different from all others, surpassing anything of the kind that has been, or probably can, be produced. Being of the same colour as tke skin, is not perceptible. It enables deaf persons to hear distinctly at churehand at public assemblies ; the unpleasant sensation of singing noises in the ears is entirety removed, and it affords all the assistance that possibly could be desired.-39, hits , marle-street, Piccadilly. — Opposite the Y or k M o tel, W. PRICES O.F . SiIAR:jIIS. Prom the Official List. PUBLISHED EVERY TUESDAY AND FRIDAY EVENING LONDON, TUESDAY, OCT. 20, 1.357. CANALS. Names of Companies. Ashtn &Oldb Birmingham Coventry... • Derby .. • • . • GrandJanetn Do., 6 pr. Ct. Grand Union Kennt& Ave Lends &Livip Leicester .... Lelcstr &Nth Loughborogh Macclesfield. Neath 0xf0rd...... Dividend ) per Annum. 93 74. p. 40 4/. . 00 11/. 100 61. 15s. 00 21. pr. ct. 10 6 , . pr.ct. 100 7s. 6d 40 6s. 00 251. 00 51. 83 11.55. 143 70/ 100 21. 10s. 100 161. 100 Nano of Company. Berlin ....... East London Do. 4 per Cent. Pref. Do. 5 per Cent. Pref. Grand Junction ...... Do. New ...... Kent.. ~...... Lambeth New River Company.. Southwark & Vauxhall West Middlesex a Do. Do, Name of Company. flungerford.... • • .. •. Southwark ...... • • .. Ditto New of 7% p.c. Waterloo ..... .... • • • • Ditto Old Ann. of 81. Ditto Nw ditto of 7/. Vauxhall ............ Name of Company Commercial .• •• •• •••• Do. Preference East arid West India.. Grand Sorry D. & Canal Do. Loan Notes Do. 5 per cent. Pref. London .•• • • • •• •• • • St. Katharine •• .• • • Southampton ........ Victoria •• •• •• •• •• •• Ditto New ........ GAS-LIGII' Name of Company. British Frovincial Brighton • • • • • • • • . • .. City of London •• Equitable ........... European .... . • • • • .. 4-rest Central ........ (mperial , .......... I)it to New Ditto Debentures.. Do. Continental Ist Cap. Do. Do. 2d Cap. Do. Do. 3d Cap. Do. Do. 4th Cap. Endepewlent ....... •• London Parl. Preferen. Pho3nix • •• •• •• •• •• •• Etateliff ........ Surrey Consumers .... United General .. •• •• Westminster Chartered Ditto, New . Western A. Ditto B Name of Company. Albion A.llianz Bri:. and Fcr. T)ltto sia.rine ....... Athergeuin .......... Atlas .. 4.rgus Life ......... • • British Commercial .. Church of England City of London •• ClericlAcd.& Gen. Life County •• •• • • • ••• • • • Crown .............. Eagle .. Equity and Law...... European Life N'amily Endowment General. ..... • • • ... •• Globe ... • ....• Gresham Life Do. Do• • ....... Guardian ............ Imperial Fire... • • .... Imperial Life Indemnity Marine .... Law Fire ............ Law Lite............. Legal and General Life London London & Prov Law.. Marine. • • %fed. Invlidev Gen. Life Minerva • • ...... •• .. Monarch •....... New ETil table Pelican •• •• •••• •• •• Phmnix Professional Life • • .. Provident Life ........ Rock Life.... • • •• .. Royal Exchange Sun Fire Ditto Life ..... United Xingdom _ Universal Life .•. Victoria Life • • .... •• Name of Company. Rant of Egypt ...... Rant of London British North American Ch. Bk. Ind. Aust & Ch Colonial Commercial of London. Eng Scot, & Aust. Ch. Load. Char. Bk. of Aus. Do. New .. • • London and County .. Lon & Eastn. B okg. C • London Joint-Stock ... Londn end Westminstr Nat. Provincial of Eng. Ditto, .. • • • • • • Ditto ditto National Bank New oath. Wales Oriental Bank Corpora. Ottoman Bank frovincial of Ireland Ditto, New... South Australia Union of Australia Ditto ..:..... •..... Union of Hamburg.... Union of London-.... Unity Mutual ........ Western Bank of Londn tO/. per cent. 51. per cent. 9 per cent. 41. per cent. 51. per cent. 8. d. 40 0 0 25 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 20 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 50 0 0 20 0 0 25 0 0 20 0 0 100 0 0 10 0 0 25 0 0 25 0 0 25 0 0 1 71. p. c. & bs. 4/. per cent. 51. per cent. le/. per cent. 61. per cent. 28 per cent. 18'. per cent. l6pc. bs tf il.per cent. 20'. per cent. 101. per cent. 31. p. ct.&bs. Si. per cent. 5L per cent. 10!. per cent.' /1/. per cent. 151. per cent. 15 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 Price. Names of Companies. 'Peak Forest Regerst's•• • ! Rochdale . !Stitrd &Wor, IStoarbridge. Severn and Wye Rail. j Warwick & Binning. lWarwick & Napton.. j !Worcstr & Binning. j Wilts & Brb Dividend per Annum 28/ 121. 10s. Li. 16s. 10s. 7s. Od. Z B. d. 100 all X s. d. X s. d. Stock. too "6 0 too o o 5 0 0 Stock. 50 - 0 0 20 0 0 14 0 0 Z s. d. all e 0 all 12 10 0 100 0 0 42 15 0 41 0 0 43 10 0 41 0 0 52 0 0 16 0 0 all 10 0 0 all • 4 0 0 Paid. Xa., d. all 18 15 0 50 0 0 all 6 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 20 0 0 20 . 0 0 50 0 0 10 0 0 20 0 0 35 0 0 10 0 0 5 0 0 22 10 0 15 'i) 0 25 0 0 2 10 0 3 0 0 10 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 LIST OF SCOTTISH COMPANIES' PRICES. Dividend Amount Name of Company, per of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. • - - - X a. d. .4 s. d. Bank of Scotland .... 71. per cent. 100 C 0 100 0 0 19310 s British Linen Company 8/. per cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 218/0s Caledonian Bank .. •.. 81, per cent. 10 0 0 210 031 17s City of Glasgow Bank 61. per cent. 10 0 0 10 0 0 131 Fs Clydesdale B •ttilt .••• 5%4 p cent. 20 0 0 10 9 0 13 12,, C , mmercial Bank •• 71. per cent. 500 0 0 100 0 0 2401 0 Eastern Bank.. ••• • .. 6/. per cent. 25 0 0 . 10 0 .0 141 Os Edinb. & Glasgow.... 3% /. p cent. 5 0 5 0 0 41 19s National Bank •• •• .. 6% per cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 19310 s Nortitof Scotland Bank 5/.per cent 10 0 0 210 051 10s Royalßank of 8 cotl. .. W. per cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 1311's Union Bank of Scot. .. 81. per cent. 100 0 0 50 0 0 1031 0 Western Bank •....... 71. per cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 59/ Os Alliance Fire and Life.. 8% /. pr cony. 100 0 0 11 0 0 17112 s British Guarantee ... 41. per cent. 10 0 0 2 0 0111 is Caledonian Fire Incur. 10i.per cent. 100 0 0 10 0 0 24110 s City of Glasgow Lite.. 61. per cent. 25 0 0 2 0 0 41 2s ColonialLtfe ......... 51. per cent. 50 0 dl 3 0 0 61 12s Edinburgh Life Insur. 61. per cent. 100 0 0 15 0 0 281 Os Eng. & Scot, Law Life 51.0er cent. 50 0 0 3 5 0 4/ Cs Life Assoc. of Scotland 61. per cent. 40 0 0 3 0 061 158 Nations; Fire and Life 61. per cent. 10 0 0 1 4 02/ Os North British Insur... 71. per cent. 200 0 0 20 0 0 37/ Os Northern Assurance Co. 20 0 0 1 0 0 1/ Ils Scottish Provincial ..., - 50 0, 0 2 0 0 21 19s Scottish Union Insmc. 7541. prcent. .20 0 0 1 0 0 11 155 Standard Life •..... • • 5/. per cent. 50 0 0 7 0 0 261 Os MISCELLANEOUS. Dividend Amount Name of Company per of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. ---- - 1. s. d. 4 s. d. Acadian Charcoal Iron • • 10 0 0 2 0 0 20 0010 0 0 - African Steam Ship .. • • Assam 'Lea .... ••.• •• 6 1 . rer ce nt. 50 0 0 20 0 0 24/per cent 50 0 0 - Auction Mart.. • • • • •• - 25 0 0 19 0 0 = k A a u s s t tr rai al l i aa an T A r g a r s i t cul . t . u . r . l 81. pTcent. 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 25 ai l 0 - - Alungstlroa2Bilaenxillcaoynasll3llnati.t. 11. 10s. .10 0 0 i a oo ll 00 - 2 1 - 3 British Axnerican Land 56/I..ppearrcaeanntt.. 10050 0 0 0 0 3 4 2 0 Ca p la o. 5 per cent .. Eondf 51. pet cent Stock MO 0 0 - per cent bds 51 . per cent. Stock 100 0 0 - Dpiitttteo, 5 6 per cent. .. 6/. per cent. Stock 100 0 0 - Ditto, 6p c. bds 1874 61. per cent. Stock 100 0 0 Ditto, 6p c. bds 1876 6/. per cent. Stock 100 0 0 _. Crystal Palace • 24 per cent. 50 0 all 15 Ditto Preference 7l pr. cent. 5 0 0 5 0 0 - - Crys. Palace of France 4 0 0 all - City Navigation Bonds 3%4 per cent - - - Electric Telegraph Eng.&Aus. Cop. Smelt - 5 0 0 all - Eng.&lris. Mag. T. Co - 50 0 0 all - Equitable Reversionry Sipe/. cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 - Ditte New - . - Gen. Ret ers. & . Invest 5l. p c and 11 100 0 0 i OO 0 0 - Gen. I. Sc. Col. (Lim.) 25 0 0 all - Gen.SteamNavigation M. perct . & 15 0 0 14 0 0 24% London Gen. Omnibus 121. per cent 4 0 0 all 3% Hudson's Bay 5l. per cent. Stock Stock - Hungerford Lou. Ne. &Na. Mauso - 10 0 0 all 3% London Reversionary 51, per cent. IS 0 °- all - Mex. & S. American - 10 0 0 all 14 Nat. Discount Comp - 25 0 0 50 0 3% N.S.W. Gov.sp.c. Deb 5l. per cent. - 10 0 0 0 - Nor. Bri. Australasian 6d. 10 0 • all % North of Europe, Stm. gi. per_ cent. 29 0 0 0 17 a l l l 0 _- PricesPatentCand. Co Peel River.Land&Min. _ 5 0 0 all 2 Pen. & Oriental Steam 7 1 . per cent 50 0 0 ~ an - Ditto New • • - 50 0-0 10 0 0 - Rev e rsionary Int. So . c 443.21%1.. prpr c c e e il t.t t. 1 1 0 0 0 0 g 0 0 Ditto New •• •- • • Royal Mail Steam ll p. chart. 100 00 w a O Oll - 0 0 ss' . Scottish Au.... Invest 151. per cent. 1 0 0 all SouthAnstralian Land 71. per cent. 25 0 0 all - Trust and Loan Comp. 1 5 ... pr cent. 20 0 0 50 0 5 yam Diemen's Land .• 103 . 1100 0028 1 0 0 ' 9 % Gov. 6 per cent. I. IllS. 6 per cent. 77 . , - • ...... WATER-WORKS. Dividend per Annum. Amount of Share. Price 51. per cnt. 6t.per cnt. 41. percent. 51. per cent. 4t. per cnt. 51. per cnt. ,41. per cent. BRIDE: Dividend per Annum. 103 per cent.' 11. 12s. Od. 11. Bs. Od. 28s. DOCKS Dividend per Annum. 51. pr cent. 61. pr .3ent. 4/. per cent. 51. pr cent. 4%1. per cnt. 4 per cent. 51. Os per c. [T AND CDR: Dividend per Annum. COMP, Amount of Share. 71. per cent. 5/, per cent. V. per cent. 2/. 6/, per cent. 8!. per cent 10/. per cent. 31. ss. 41. 158. 41. 10s. 63. per cent. 534 per cnt. 5/. Si. per cent. 16s Oil per sh. 7 per cent. X s. d. 10 0 0 Stock. 25 0 0 25 0 0' 50 0 0 25 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 61 0 0 5 1 8 Amount of Share. X s. d. 25 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 60 0 0 40 0 0 70 10 3 Amount Share. X s. d. Stock. Stock. Stock. 100 0 0 100 0 0 25 0 0 stock. Stock. 50 0 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 £ s. d. 20 0 0 20 0 0 150 0 0 50 0 0 23 0 0 10 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 Stock 50 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 40 0 0 25 0 0 60 0 0 20 0 0 10 0 0 50'0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 10 0 0 10 0 0 , RANCE COMPANIES. Dividend per Annum. Amount of Share. Paid. 71. per c. 71. 14s. 6d. 11. p.c.& bs. 15s. Od. & bs 41. per cent. 71. 10s. 71. 10s. 51. 5 pr ct.& bs. It. per share 11. 188. ss. 514 per cent 11. 41. per cent. 6 per cent. 5/. per cent. 51. per cent 1.21. per cent 5/.p. et. &bs. 2s & 2s bons 214. per sh. 4s. per share, 18s. & bs. 4% per cent 51. per cent. Si. per cent. 6 yi per cent 5/ p. ct. 51. per cent. 51. per cent. 12)4 per c. 7s. p C. &bs 1 6% p. c & bs _ _ 1/. 14s. 4i. & bonus. si. & bonus. 51. & bonus. X s. d. 500 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 1 0 0 50 0 t) 100 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 20 0 0 100 0 o 5 0 0 Stock. 20 0 0 100 0 0 500 0 0 MO 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 20 0 0 .5 0 0 10 0 0 6 5 0 109 0 0 5 0 0 Stock. 20 0 0 100 0 0 IINT-STOCK Dividend per Annum. BANKS. Amount of share. Z a. d. 50 0 0 n 0 0 25 0 0 all 5 15 0 25 0 0 5 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 10 0 0 10 0 0 5 0 0 5 0 0 5 0 o sel 4 0 0 47 b 0 5000 20 0 0 33 0 0 2 10 0 13 0 0 2 10 0 12 10 0 2 0 0 12 13 0 2 0 0 20 0 0 2 0 0 4 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 o 10 0 10 0 0 0 10 0 5 10 0 10 0 0 5 0 0 IRELAND. DUBLIN, TUESDAY MORNING. MEETING OF THE ROMAN CATHOLIC BISHOPS. The treeman of this morning chronicles the .arrival in Dublin of 11 Roman Catholic prelates, who, along with further reinforcements from the province, are to meet at the 'Metropolitan Presby tery to-day "for the consideration of several mat ters of importance." ENCVMBERED ESTATES COURT. On Saturday tne estates of Mr. W. H. Rogers were put up for sale in the City of Cork by order of the Commissioners. The property, consisting of the demesne lands of Lots, Lotamere, &c., situate amid some of the most beautiful scenery on the banks of the Lee, produced 23,625/. five lots only were disposed of, the amount realised by their sale being sufficient to discharge all the encumbrances on the estate. The rew petitions in the Encum bered Court embrace property to the extent of about 11,0001. per annum. The Earl of Kenmare is a pett iouer for the sale of his estates in Carlow, Kil kenny, and the Queen's County. The gross rent ia estimated at 4,0001. a-year and the encumbrances are set down at 110,0001. MR. SMITH O'BRIEN. Mr. O'Brien has addressed a letter to Mr. John Francis Maguire, M.P., enclosing a subscription towards the fund worthily set on toot for the erec tion of a monument in memory of the late Father Mathew. Small as the opportunity was, the ex chieftain of Young Ireland has something to say to attract the attention of his admirers, and accord ingly the "flunkeyism " of his countrymen (the phrase is the Cork Examiner's) furnishes a theme for bitter censure : "I confess (he writes) that it pains and humi liates me to perceive the readiness with which my countrymen award honorary distinction to the re presentatives of English dominion in this country wi hout considering whether by their personal merits or by their connection, past or future, with this country they can rightfully claim a title to couple their names with the institutions and memo rials of Ireland. I was amused by finding in a Cork newspaper which reached me lately an illustration of this tendency in the name given to a building appropriated to the insane, which is called The Egliuton Lunatic Asylum.' " Now, though lam not jealous of the association of names which I find in this particular case, I protest against the practice which has hitherto prevailed of leaving unhoncured the memory of the most illustrious children of our own soil, while we bestow compliments, often empty because undeserved, upon every delegate who may be sent for a time to administer among us the do minion of England. Impressed with these feelings, I have recently witnessed with much satisfaction the erection of a statue at Limerick to the memory of O'Connell, which will, I trust, be soon followed by the construction of a memorial in honour of Patrick Sarsfield." Country Markets. LIVERPOOL-Oa. 20. The business transacted was only of moderate extent. Fine qualities of wheat scarce, but at full prices, and ld.to 2d per 701bs less money for inferior qualities. Go o d fl o ur maintained its value. Barley, beans, and peas in fain request, and maintained their value. Oats and oatmeal more inquired for at Friday's decline. Indian corn in good request for feeding at 37s 9d per qr for prime Galat% and Odessa, and 38s 3d to 38s for mixed and yellow American, and 42s to 43s for prime white. HULL— OCT. 20. For the time of the year supplies of English wheat are well kept up, and markets generally are dull ; fine wheat Is and inferior 2s lower. Foreign excessively dull and neglected. Barley if very fine meets fair sale, while grind ing qualities are dull. Beans in demand, especially dry new. Linseed cakes easier at IC/. 15s. Wheat, English red, 48s to 518 ; white 56s to 60s; oats, 29s to 32s ; barley, 42s to 46s ; Indian corn, 398 ' • linseed cakes, Hull, 11/ Os to / —s Od; ditt o , foreign, 8115 s to 10110 s ; rape cakes, 615 s al to 61 los ; guano, 81. to 151. ; bones, 140 s Od.; flour, —s to ---s; tares, —s to —s. LEEDS—OcT. 20. There was a large show of wheat, with a slow trade, And little disposition to buy, except at 2s decline from Friday. Barley a slow sale. Beans down. Oats and other artiolts as before. Average prices of grain —Wheat, 56s 9d ; bailey, 4.1 s 111; oats, 2(is ; beans, 47s . 8d ; peas, 45s 54 , 1 i rye, --s. Od. NEWCASTLE-90T. 20, Finest whest - in limited supply, and 19 to 2e per qr• less money than on Saturday. Flour is per sack low's!? Barley dull sale at is decline. Oats in demand, at ful l prices. COURSE OF EXCH. Amsterdam •• •• •• •• •• •• 11 16% Ditto, three months .. 12 Rotterdam •••• •• •• •• •• 12 Antwerp 25 57% Brussels ....•• . 25 573 i aamburgh •• •• •• •• •• • • 13 10% rarifi• • •• •• ••40•• •• •• •• 25 35 .N GE.- YE STERDAT. Gibraltar ...... •• •• •• •• Leghorn .. •• • ... • • 30 3 0 Genoa . 25 b 4 Milan • • Pale Naples •• • ........... 42% ,rmo IMessina Lisbon !Oporto •• •• •• •• •• •• •• •• .52% IRio Janeiro ..... . Buenos Ayres.. <• •.., New York ,60 days' sight Philadelphia • ...... Do. three months .. 25 MarsePhs ............ 25 90 dourdcaux ranklort•un-!: aine 119 N Berlin .• •• •• •• •• •• •• •• Vienna .• •: Ire •• •• •• •• •• 10 45 frieste•• •• •• •• •• 10 45 eetersburg • • • • •••• •• •• 35% gadrid ••• •• •• •• •• s• d• 49 Cadiz • •• • • • • •• • • •• ...a 49% Barcelona •• •• •• •• •• .. • • Seville.. PRICES OF BULLION, PSI OZ: Foreign Gold in Bars £3 17 9 Portugal Gold Coin .. 0 0 0 Mexican DoHam.... 0 0 0 New Dollars 0 0 0 Silver in bars ...... 0 0 0 LOCAL SHARE MARKET,S. LIVERPOOL, OCT. 20. a STOCK EXCHANGE.—The tone of the market has been good to-day, b u r only a limited business done. Lond9s. and South Western, 90—Lancashire and Yorkshire, 9 " -- Eastern Counties, 11.1.3. 11 Midland, 81 0 —Great Western of Canada, 18.3.9. ex div. Lou ol l and North-Westerns,. 95i A—Dutch Rheni s h, Sit—Grand Trunks, 10 i—Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln, 38 North British, 11i—South Eastern, 19—Great Western of Canada, New, 2 d. MANCHESTER, OCT. 20. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The market is exceedingly seal to-day, with better prices. Londons, 95 6 Sheffield; 384—. Midland, 80 i—Eastern C oun ti es , 10 I—L ee ds, 9 g Dovers, 18I—East Anglian, 4i—East Lancashire, Grand Trunk of Canada, Blackburn, 74 - -Gr e Northern, 23&. LEEDS, Our. 20. STOOK EXOH.&NGL—The market rath er i nac tive 012 cl the quotations about the same. North E as t ern , York 39$—Midlands, 821 i—North West erns , P re f e rence, 13 / Craven Moors, ss. 9d.—North British, 11 13-16.—EatTr.. Counties, 10 11-16 —North Eastern, Berwicks, Dovers, 18g. LRAILWAY TRAFFIC RETURNS. LONDON AND SOUTH-BASTRItA RAlLWAY.—Traffic r e ; turn for the week ending Oct. 17, 1857 £23,898 16 i Corresponding week last year 86 1 _. Decrease in 1857 LONDON, BRIGHTON, AND SOUTH COAST RAILWAY'" Frattie return for the week ending Oct. 17, 1857 . 1 I 216,509 1 / corresponding week last year 16,191 19 i Total of the half-year to this date, 1857 292,633 3 f rota' of the half-year to this date, 1856 296,930 14 CORK AND BANDON RAILWAT.—Traf64 return for til: week ending Oct. 17, 1857 £335 17 s Corresponding week last year SERIOUS ACCIDENT AT WOOLWlCll.—Yesterday 13 : 01 ', A 11. ing a man named James Spicer, empl o y e d as a carman a contractor for Government works in the Reyal Arsons% met with an accident from the effects of which it is fearo" he will not recover. It appears that ho was engaged jn attending a vehicle heavily laden, which was procsediq upon a temporary line of iron rails, when by some wean s he slipped down upon the railway, and the wage' passed over both his lege, which were broken. Th e sufferer was immediately conveyed tolhe hospital, whet It was found that amputation was necessary. He is n o ' expected to survive. BIRTHS. OF A BON. ~ . • Of On the 19th inst., at Camden - place , Bath, the wif° Captain Clarke, 93d Highlanders. On the 18th inst., at Worth, Kent, the wife of Capta in N. Boys, R.N. OF A lAUOHTBZ,' Da On the 19th i ns t., a t H ooley Cottage, Red-hill, t h e of W. R. Richardson, Esq. s'On the 18th i ns t., a t Acton , Middlesex', the wife of Bailey Lingham, Esq. — MARRIED. On the 20th inst., at the parish church, Horneiy, .70 0011 Phillips Steam, Esq., of the Stock Exchange, idea 0 011 01 ' of Joseph Stearns Esq., of the Stock Exchange, and D wich-comMon, to 'Elizabeth Martha, eldest daughter of tm a late Joseph Paice Mason, Esq. , of Mi ncing - lane , J 1 Champion-park, Camberwell; and, at the same time An place, Thos. Lynn Brietowe , Esq. , of the Stock Excha nlo4 third son of John Syer Bristow°, Esq., of C am b erw ell, t°, Frances Ellen, second daughter of the abovemeutioned P. Mason, Esq. . - DIED. On the 19th inst., at King's Lynn, Lewis Weston o• - • vis, EFq., aged 84. On the 19th inst., Edward Tatton, the infant eon of the Hon. Thomas and Soph , a. Frances rakenhatn. 15, On the 18th inst., at Bath, Mr. Henry Philli ps , 01 Canonbnry-street, Islington, late of 30, B u d ge - ro w, e jl's aged 56. On the 17th inst., at Twickenham, Mr. Thomas Hairi er ' aged 69. on the 17th inst., Mr. John Scott Whiting, of Virarirl ° Lodge, West Hackney. r On the 18th i ns t., M r. Wm. Westbrook, of Grea t .P.-e low, Bucks, aged 67. ee, On the 18th i ns t. , a t th e T errace , P u t ney, George '- Esq., aged 55. On the 18th inst., at 4, Montpelier-crescent, Blight ° Samuel Waller, Esq, late of Cuckfield. On the 15th inst., Edward John Harington, Esq second son of the late Sir Edward John flaringtuu, aged 63. . . .. i..40.N:00:i" I Printer.k am.l.. Published i.r.7 70. t'' P-1...Y.: ‘,' :' 1 '. of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at zits, Sici; urn,,e, " : ', e .;, 112, Strand, in the Pyecinet of the Zavoy, in the CO . _ _ _ __. of Middlesex, Wednesday, October 21, 1357. 104 N .51. Os, 17s Paid. Paid. Paid. FEES. Paid. Price, 101% Price. Price, Price. Price 7 280 Price 28 % ii% 181,i