The Sun. — London, England, 1857-12-23 00:00:00

.4 &SIZE INTELLIGENCE. WESTERN CIRCUIT. TAUNTON TUESDAY, Dec. 22. THE LEIGH-WOODS' WIELDER. (Before Mr. Justice Willes.) John Beale, aged 30, was indicted for the wilful murder of Charlotte Pugsley at Long Ashton, on the 11th September. Mr. Stone and Mr. Coleridge were counsel for the prisoner, instructed by Mr. Edward Chadwick, ef Long Ashton, and Mr. T. M. Saunders, instructed by Mr. Harris, of Bath, defended the prisoner. Tins was a case which excited the greatest inte rest, it being the trial of the prisoner for t 1 e murder of the poor woman in Leigh-woods, near Clifton, in September last. Leigh-woods are situated close to the river Avon, but on the opposite side to the vil lage of Clifton ; they are extremely beautiful, and are the resort of all the pleasure-seekers of Bristol andelifton. There is a particular valley there, called Ni g tissegale Valley, which is one of the moat lovely spots in England, and it is to this valley the mind of the reader must be directed. On the top of the hill is a rabbit warren, surrounded by trees and nnderwood, and for the protection of the game a The is kept, wh o li ves near th e warren . . The gamekeeper's name is Worth. He is in the habit of walking all over this place daily. On the morning of the 10th September Worth went his rounds exa mining every part closely, but he saw nothing un common. He did not pass that way again until half past 5 in the afternoon, when, as he was looking about, he noticed a handkerchief on the ground, apparently saturated with blood. He then saw a pool of blood on the top of a precipice overlooking Nightingale Valley, partly covered with mould. He looked over the precipice, and about 12 feet below, in a kind of natural vault, he saw what appeared to him to be a woman. He descended the hill, and then he fouod it was the body of a woman, com pletely laid out, the clothes being in perfect order; the body had not any shawl or bonnet on. There was no blood about it. Worth instantly went and fetched a policeinan named Jones, and they then observed that the throat was cut, and there watia hole in its temple. It was evident that a murder had been committed. Worth and Jones then took the body to the New Inn at Rownham Ferry, which is a ferry over the River Avon, lead ing from the Hot Wells to Long Ashton and Leigh Woods. The body was exhibited to any one who came in order that it might be identified. The face and head were much disfigured. - On Monday, 14th Sept., au inquest was herd, and at that time her clothes were removed from ber person: The hand kerchief and clothes were examined, and the letters "C. P.," were upon theni ; but no one came for ward who could identify the person. A post-mor tem examination was made, and a bullet was found is the bead. The teeth were very peculiar, having been stopped in a particular manner, and the sur geon therefore took out the jaw. He had no doubt that the poor woman had been murdered, and, in his opinion, she had been first shot and then her throat had been cut. The question then came as to who she was, and by whom she had been murdered. The matter, of course, soon b'came known, and it was then found that a woman answering the descrip tion of the deceased had lived as cook in the ser vice.of Mr. Bythesea, at Freshford, near Bath. The servants there saw the clothes which had been found on the body, and they identified them as those of Charlotte Pueeiley, the cook of Mr. Bythe sea. She had left his service on Wednesday, the 9th Sept., with the prisoner. It then appeared that the prisoner had formerly lived at Long Ashton, in the neighbourhood of Leigh Woods, and he had courted the deceased, but latterly he hid been in the service of Capt. Watkins who resided at Da ventry • but the courtship between him rand the deceased still continued, notwithstanding the pri soner was a married man and had a wife living near Daventry. On Sunday, the 6th of Sep tember, the prisoner obtained permission from Captain Watkins (who unfortunately met wi - h that dreadful accident the other day on the South Devon Railway) to go out for a week. He stated that his father was a builder at Bath, and had fallen from a scaffold and broken his thighs ; that his sis ter was so much frightened that she had died, and he wished, therefore, to ge and see his father at Bath. He left Daventry on Sunday, Sept. 6. On Monday, Sept. 7, the prisoner called at a shop in Bristol, kept by a tailor named Aplio, and he there ordered a coat, and in measuring him Apliu saw that he had a pistol in his breastpocket ; he said he was going to Bath. Between 3 and 4 o'clock on Wednesday, Sept. 9, he went to Mr. Bythesea's, and gave the servants to understand that his master, Capt. Watkins, had discharged all his servants and bad gone to India, and that, according to envious arrangement, he hadcome to fetch CharlAte Pugsley, that they were going to Southampton to be mar. ied, and were then going to Americ a. He assisted in carding three boxes belonging to Charlotte Pugs ley, which contained all she had in the world. He directed them in his own name, " Beale Bris tol." The housekeeper of Mr. Bythesea asked him as he was going to Southampton why he went to Bristol, and he said he had some business to trans act there. The prisoner and Charlotte Pugsley then left Mr. Bythesea's together. They went, accom panied by the butler, to the Freshford station, but tiuding the train did not stop there they walked to Lymply Stoke station, the butler carrying Char lotte's shawl and carpetbag. The prisoner and Chariot , e then got into the train and proceeded on their way. The luggage was forwarded by another train after them. Tile prisoner and a woman were •t the railway station at Bristol waiting for the ar rival of the 9.40 train ; the prisoner then selected the luggage, but as it came by another train the officer charged them 3s. 10d. for the carriage. The prisoner demurred to this charge, and it was ar ranged that the luggage, consisting of three boxes, alioald remain till then •xt morning. The prisoner anskthes woraux then left the s ation at 10 minutes b e lkapielo e?cloek. The next morning the pi-wrier apt a, woman again went to the station, and after some discussion he paid the 3s. 10d. He then left tAe woman, and told the officer he was going to Liverpool, and he had the boxes removed, across to the Midlaud station at Bristol. They were put in the luggage-rioin, and he took the usu d tickets for them. He then joined the woman and they went away. This was on the morning of the 10th of Sept., the day on which the murder was committed. In the course of that day he and a wo man were seen going in the direction of Dorvnham - ferry. Ab .ut sin the afternoon of that Thursday, the 10th of Sept., the deceased was se:n by a per son named Hancock at the f )ot of the hill leading to the warren • he could swear to her, because at fir4t he tbou;hit wai his sweetheart, an-I be went and looked particularly at her, she was walking with a man wno was unknown to him. On the trp of the bill, near Vie scene of the murder, the pri soner and the deceased were seen by a man named Jackson walking together ' apparently in a most af fectionate 'manner • he had his arm round her waist, and she had her head upon his shoulder. Whit a fearful contrast to the dreadful crime that wasahortly to lee committed, and which it was evi dent the prisoner must for sone days have hid in contemplation. She at that time was confiding in his love, and he was full of murderous intent—for what reason it is difficult to conjecture. From that moment the poor woman was never seen again alive. On the next day, Friday, the prisoner went to Alpiu'a shop for his coat, and said he had boon having a glorious spree at Bath. On the Saturday morning the three boxes were fetched from the Mid land station, and on the evening of that day the prisoner arrived at Daventry, having three boxes with him, which were taken to Capt. Watkins's. The prisoner told his fellow-servants that he had buried his sister, that he had maintained her a leng time, and he ha i brought away all her clothes, which were in the boxes. On the Mcnday morning be gave the wife of a shoemaker a silk dress and other articles, the property of the unfortunate wo man. He told the shoemaker's wifo that they had belohged to his sister. In a cupboard in theprisoner's rootn the keys of the boxes were found, as well as two pistols, one loaded and the other unloaded. The bullet found in the head of the deceased fitted these pistols. In one of the boxes were three new diessee, which the poor woman had bought for her marriage. The prisoner had dealt in lies. Captain Watkins had not left Daventry. The prisoner's father had not met with an accident ; and his sister was no dead. He must have contemplated this act before he left Daventry, for he had brought the Distol with him and had it in his pocket when be Xl° ` l his ht y poor victim an d t oo k h er f rom h er r es 7rZ ea -oe. A more d e lib era t e , crue l, heart eact:f fearful mu r d er cou ld h ar dl y b e conceived. Th e got up with grea t care , f or there was note link s e was the chain wanting. The evidence give n , b as proved the findit, of the the identity ct o o fth7? l e aoey body ; the cause by the clothes and the t e , th • this fa i t t ß h psi soner having courted her ; b e i ng riytul with the pistol ; his going to Mr. Bythesea's and cording the boxes, and directin g them Bytiletshek ptri l , - 'loner and the decease] leaving Mr. • m the Lyruply Stoke t t 6 °- gether, and going from s a toe to Bristol ; the arrival in Bristol ; the 41 . 2r te at° '' t the luggage ; the prisoner being seen Br is tol and near Leigh-wood ; his return to Daventry ; tVie , ce finding the boxes containing the d -need's cloth es , the pistols and bullets, and a knife with blood on it; and the shawl the unfortunate woman wore en the day she left Mr. Bythesea's. Mr. Saunders addressed the jury for the prison er. He did not d en y th a t th e body was that ofCharlotte Pugsley, but he denied that the prisoner was the murderer. No motive had bean shown, and he contended that the evidence of the prisoner b a jug with the woman near Leigh-wood was of too doubtful a character to-justify the jury in finding the prisoner guilty, With regard to the pistol, the THE seN, LONDON, prisoner had—foolishly, no doubt—been in the habit of carrying a pistol about him. The case, he submitted, was one of extreme mystery. There was nothing to show but that this woman had gone from Bristol with some other man, and the prisoner might foolishly have taken away the poor woman's boxes, but even that not with any felonious intent. He then submitted that, even if the jury should be of opinion that the woman had met with her death by the hands of the prisoner, it did not ne cessarily follow that it was a murder. The death might even have been accidental. • Mr. Justice Willes, in summing up, said the pri soner was charged with the wilful murder of Char lotte Pug , ley. No doubt there were cases in which the charge of murder contained an alternative of manslaughter—in which there might be evidence to reduce it to something less than murder ; but, with reference to the observations which the learned counsel had addressed to them, it was his duty t , say that if a person took away the life of another it . , was prima facie murder, and there must be some-. thing to show it was not before a jury should jump, to a conclusion that it was not the greater crime: There was not in this case a shadow of evidence upon which, if theyshould be of opinion the prisoner took away the life of the woman, they could in law or common sense find him guilty of anything less than the offence of murder. He thought it right to make these observations, because the learned counsel had used an argument which was not founded o❑ the facts or on the law. The woman was found not only with a bullet in her brain, but with her throat cut, and there were no appearances of her having made any resistance to the violence offired to her. If they were of opinion that she came to her death by the hands of the prisoner they ought to find him guilty of murder ; if they were not of that opinion they ought to acquit him. The jury found the prisoner guilty, and the learned judge, in an impressive manner, sentenced him to death. MIDLAND CIRCIIIT.—WA - awicK, Dzc. 21. (Before Mr. Baron Chappell.) .ALLEGED ROBBERY OF GOVERNMENT STORES. We resume our report of this case : The learned Judge, in summing up, directed the jury that they had first to inquire whether the pri soner was proved, to their satisfaction, to have sold and delivered the guns contained in the case No. 2 ; secondly, whether those guns belonged to her Ma jesty ; and thirdly, whether he sold them knowing they were the property of her Majesty. As to the remarks which had been made upon the witness, Clarke, he must tell them that although they might not in all respects approve of his conduct, still, if they believed him to be the witness of truth, they must act upon his evidence. The jury returned a verdict of guilty. Sergeant Hayes said they did not propose to offer any evidence on the second indictment. Sentence deferred. William and George Brueton were next tried, charged with having, at Birmingham, on 31st Oct., wittingly and knowingly, in their custody and po, session, certain stores of war and goods, marked as in the statute in that behalf is expressed, 29 gun.- stocks and 29 gun-barrels, the property ofthe Queoo. The same counsel appeared as in the last case, Mr. Elers only being retained for the Bruetons. This case was, in many respect@ similar to the last, but some of the evidence showed additional particulars ; a to how the goods were obtained. Itap peared that the prisoner, William, was in the em ploy of Mr. Turner, contractor, for the setting up of Gore nnent stores. Guns were given to him (Brueton) in their screwed-together state, in order to be completefy finished. During the year upwards of 100 had been so issued to him, but not many more than 50 returned. Some time ago Mr. Turner ordered him not to take any guns from the manu factory, but work at them there. Williams was much in the company of the Bruetons, and on his being seen by Blaudtord to bring guns from a shop . which they (the Bruetons) occupied, they were ap prehended. They took the officer to their shop, and upwards of 30of the mis iinggurt were there. Evidence was given, not only that the guns were Govern ment stores, but that some of them had been in Mr. Turner's establishment, and had been given out to Brueton, there being remarks made by his different workmen upon them. At the conclusion of the case for the prosecution, Mr. Elers submitted that there was no case to go to the jury against George Brueton. His Lordship, agreeMg in that view, directed a verdict of alquittal. Mr. Elers then addressed the jury on b2lialf of William Brueton, ,contending that there was not sufficient evidence upon which to convict. His Lordship having summe•l up, the jury re turned a verdict of guilty against William Brueton and Williams. NORTHERN CIRCUIT.—DAIRMAIK, DE.c. 21. (Before Mr. Justice Crompton.) The court resumed this morning at nine o'clock, Oswald Storey, 50, silversmith ; George Harris, 26, shopkeeper; John Hepburn, 59, jeweller; James Cunningham, 24, publican, and James Atkinson, 24, watchmaker, were indicted for having, on the 15th November, at Sunderland, s'olen a quantity of jewellery and other articles, the pro perty of Thomas Wilson Ranson. Mr. W. D. Seymour and Mr. Lowers prosecuted. The Hon. A. 0. Liddell defended Atkinson ; Mr. Price defended Harris ; Mr. Davison defended Cunningham. Mr. Seymour briefly opened the case for the pro secution, and called, Mary Ball, who said she was servant with Mr. Ranson, the prosecutor, and left her master's house on the afternoon of Sunday the 15th November, belting all the doors wh, n she went. On return ing, about nine o'clock, she found the back street door, the kitchen window, and the door leading from the kitchen to the yard wide open. Thomas Wilson Ranso3, solicitor, son of the Mayor of Sunderland, said he left the house iu charge of the last witness, on the 15th November. She came to him in the evening, and on going home with her they found the house in the condi tion she hsd de , cribed. Went to his wife's bed room, and found that his wife's dre , sing-case had been broken open, and the jewellery and mountings of the case taken away. The mountings bore the initials of his wife's name, "F. D." An oval tea pot, which bore the initial " R." on one side, and "J. and A. W." on the other, was also taken. His dressing-case was broken open, and three sets of shirt-studs and a breast-pin abstracted. David Marks, a jeweller, in Newcastle-on-Tyne, deposed that on the 18th November Atkinson cave to his house and offered to purcha se some watches, which he proposed to pay for with a tea pot and some silver heads of a work box. The tea- FA was broken up, of an oval shape, and bore the letter "R" on one side. He did not take the silver. John Elliott, sworn—Am Inspector of Detec tive Police at Newcastle. On the Ist December was in Pilgrim -street with Detective Douglas, and saw Atkinson come out of Mr. Sufton's pawn-shop, where he works, and join Hepburn, with whom he went to the house of the latter, in St. Nicholas Churchyard. Followed them, and saw Hepburn put his hand haw-it) , into his pocket. Took hold of it and found it contained a Scotch pebble brooch. Charge! then with the robbery at Sunderland. Atkinson said he got the brooch fr In Harris. Harris, when apprehended, said he had found the brooch on the Quay-side, with some more stone,. At the s'ation-house Harris told me to look in his collar box, in his bedroom, and I should find some shirt studs and stones in it. Found them as he directed, together with a hair necklace. Storey, on being apprehended and interrogated, - denied having bad anything alio with any silver and gold belonging to Harris. Cunningham, when told that Harris had said that Cunningham had given him some old gold and silver, said he wished he was as sure of the kingdom of heaven as he was of being free of that. Harris sent for me to the cell, and said be wished to make a statement, and have it taken down in writing. The other prisoners were called in, and Atkinson stepped forward and said he wished to make a statement too. The statements of Atkinson and Harris, which were rather voluminous, were read. Harris's state ment was to the effect that he had received a quan tity of old gold and silver to sell for Cunningham, and that the stones and studs found in his collar box were portions of it. Atkinson said he got the goods which were traced to his possession from Harris, not knowing they were stolen, and that he offered them for sale to Mr. Marks, and that even tually Hepburn sold them for him. Detective Douglas corroborated Elliott's testi mony. John hoed, a newsagent, spoke to having seen Harris near Mr. Ranson's house on the night of the robbery. James Craven, a cabman, deposed that he saw Cunningham and Harris is the vicinity of the house on the day before and the evening of the robbery. Mrs. Ranson identified a trooch, hair-chain, a pearl, and two amethysts, and Mr. Ranson identi fied the shirt studs found in Harris's collar-box. Mr. pike c intended that Thrris's statement was tr 152., and a bona fide account of the transaction. t hx,h? Hon. 4. Liddell ca ll e d . w it neeses t o prove Atkinson was at his house at Walls-end on the night of th i e u ro:ibery, a n d i n a dd ress i ng hi mse l f to the co unt , t Hatris,s siaieni,ivnii: ,the dtiietrent charging his c lient w ith felc niounly re c ' ei pioperty, contended th a t germs gated Atkinson'e, and that the eviden ce went to show that Atkinson did not know it was dio:ionestly obtained. Mr. Davir_on briefly addreisedthe court on be half of thinning am The jury retiredior abo u t h alf an hoar, and re- DNE'StI) AY E V ENI NO, turned with a verdict of guilty: of housebreaking. and stealing therein against Harris and Cunningz ham, and guilty of receiving against Hepburn and Atkinson ; Storey not guilty. Harris, after a previous conviction for felony, had been sentenced to 4 years' penal servitude in 1855, but was liberated on account of a cancer from which he is suffering. His lordship sentenced the prisoners as follows : —Harris, 6 years' and Cunningham 3 years' penal servitude, and Hepburn and Atkinson 1 year's im prisonment with hard labour. The business of the assize was concluded at 3, o'clock, and his lordship left this city shortly after- . wards, and opened his commission in Newcastle.- MIDDLESEX SESSIONS. (Before Mr. Pastdey, Q.C., Assistant-Judge.) SENTENCES. Peorge Nathaniel Socking, surgeon, convicted .on-Monday, upon his'own confession, of embezzle- Ment, was brought up, and sentenced to 12 months' hard labour. George Cuthbertson, 26, clerk, was indicted for embezzling three sums of money, amounting to 2/. 12s. 6d., received by him on account of George Craker, his master. He p'eaded guilty ; and being brought up for judgment was sentenced to eight months' hard labour. Michael Hannon, 28, pleaded guilty of stealing a cask of white lead, the property of Wm. Petra. Former convictions were proved against him, and the court sentenced him to 3 years' penal servitud , .. Thomas Carmeody, 22, and Thomas Reeves, 20, were found guilty of stealing 20 pounds of lead,the property of John Lee Sullivan, the same being fixed to a building. Both prisoners were known. Carmoody was sentenced to 18, and Reeves to 12 months' hard labour. John Scott, 42, a Life Guardsman, pleaded guilty of having stolen two guns, and other articles, of the value of 2501., the property of the Hon. Charles Ba+eman Hanbury. The prosecutor is a lieutenant in the 2d Life Guards, and the prisoner was his servant. On the Ist of August, Lieut. Hanbury went on leave, and returned on the 4th of November. Th 3 prisoner was left in charge of his wardrobe, but during his absence he purloined a great variety of articles of clothing, the gold lace fr.m his uniform, two guns, a violin, opera-glass, and altogether of the value of 2501. The prisoner absented himself from barracks until the 7th, when the pro=ecwor saw him iu the yard, and asked him what he had to say for him self ? He said he was very sorry, and told where he had pawned the property. The prisoner had been twenty-one years in the regiment, and sewn and a half the prosecutor's servant, great confidence being reposed in him. The court sentenced him to be kept to hard labour for one year. Lieutenant Hanbury stated that there were two other John Scotts in the regiment, young soldiers of very good character, and be was anxious, on their account, that it should not be supposed thlt either of them was the John Scott who had been guilty of this dishonesty. The distinction between them was, that they were young men, while the prisoner was an old soldier, having been in the ser vice over twenty years. Edward Scott, a well-known thief, was indicted for stealing a basket containing a number of plated articles, value 51., the property of John Stratford Best. His last sentence was twelve months. Lie court now passed one of four years' penal servitude. (Before Mr. Creasy.) Catherine Vale was indicted for stealing a quantity of hien, the property of Roland Webster. There were two other indictments against her. Mr. Langford prosecuted ; Mr. Ribton was counsel for the prisoner. _ The prisoner commlted three offences charged against her by going to houses stating that she had been sent for the washing, which was untrue. She was found guilty in two cases, although an alibi was set up for the defence. She had been convicted before. Mr. Creasy sentenced her to eight months' hard labour. Alexander Cumming, a journeyman baker, was found guilty of embezzling. money received by him from customers on account of John Todd, his master. He wai sentenced to t,•n mo - iths' hard labour. Mary Ann Die.;son was indicted for having ob tained by false pretences a silk dross, wi'h intent to defraud. Mr. Orridge prosecuted ; Mr. Sleigh appeared for the' prisone r. It appeared from the evidenc) that the prisoner W 33 in the employment of a dressmaker, mined Tetley, and availing herself of her knowledge of her mistress's customers, she applied to one of them a lady named Mayhew, for the silk in question, stating that she had been sent forit by - Mrs. Tully. It was given to her, but she never returned to her employment. Mrs. Tully had nog given her auy authority to go for the silk. The pr - ison:r wis found Gulty, and sentenced to two months' h3r,l labour. POLICE LYTELLIG ENCE.—Dac. 22. MANSION-HOUSE.—The Rev. Mr. May, the head master of the Brewers' Company's School, Tower-hill, appeared before the Lord Mayor to answer a charge preferred against him of having unlawfully assaulted and beaten John Henry Grossmith, of the Three Tuns Inn, Jewry-street, Aidg4te. Daniels appeared for the prosecution; Mr. Ho bier for the defence. The justice-room was crowded, and very great interest was excited during the investigation. The defendant pleaded "Not guilty." John 11. Grossmith said—l am ten years and a half old, and go to the defendant's school, at No. 9, Tower-hill. Last Friday I was sent to sch 'Ol at about half past 3by my mother's desire. I ivis de:aiued at home till that hour, and took a note from my mother to him, and I bdieve he read it. He said it was nothing about going home. 1 had told him that my mother ha I sent a note about my going home. He told me to go to my place and work, and I made an attempt to run out of school, because my mother had told me to come home. I had no other reason. I went towards the door with the intention of leaving the school, and I was follow , -0 by Mr. Cattermole (one of the ether masters), who brought me back into the school. I did. not use any improper language to him. Mr. May then told me to come to him and he would cane me. I went to him, and he caned me. He did not say anything nor did I. He caned me on the thighs. It took about ten minutes. I asked him to forgive me. I said, " Forgive me—l did not mean to do it ;" and he kept on caning me. I went to my place. I saw afterwards that my trowsers had a hole in them from the effects of the cane. I stayed at the school about three-quarters of an hour, and then went home. I felt a little difficulty in going home. I saw my mother, who examined me and sent for a doctor. Cross-examinedby Mr. Nobler—l saw my mother write the letter produced. It is as follows :—" Sir, I have kept my son at home for a few hours, re quiring him particularly.—M. GROSSMITII. Dec. 18, 1857." I hal been complained of for keeping from school. My master did not tell me to bring the note—my mother sent me with the note. I told my master that my mother told me to go hom , . There was a scuffle between Mr. Cattermole and me when I stopped. School breaks up at half-past 4. .1 don't know how Mr. Cattermole got struck unles3 it was with the satchel I had with me. Mrs. Grossmith, the mother of the boy, said—l sent-a note by my son on Friday, and told him to give it to his master, and bring back his books as it was so late. I had forgot to mention in the note for him to come home, and so I sent that as a message by my son. I saw him when he came home. He had his head forward, and he staggered across the bar to me and began to cry. I said, "John, you have been punished." He was very pallid. He brought the fol lowing note with him from Mr. May .—" Tower hill Grammar School, Dec. 18, 1857. Sir —I have frequently complained of your son being fate in his attendance at school. He always tells me it has not been his fault. He tells me so again to-day for being late both morning and afternoon, the second time, notwithstanding my remonstrances to him. I mentioned the case at' the court last Fri day, and they requested me to be very strict in re quiring punctuality from him, and in punishing when failing therein. The register shows his regu lar absence. This afternoon, as soon as ho came, he wanted to go home again on pretence that his mother told him to do so ; the nay sent with him being thus :—' Sir,—l have kept my sou at horno for a few hours, requiring him particularly.--M. GItOSSMITH.' And in no way making mention of his return. On my showing him this and telling him to go to his place and work, be ran off to get away and would not c.une back when called, and when Mr. eattermule ' the master, was asked to fetch him h e s t ruc k an d kicked him, for all which he has been severely canal, and I etnuA for r.no moment allow snail fllgrant disobedieneo. Had I thought that he had struck- his ina, , ,t(.l. inteiOionaPy ho would have been visited with far mere severs punishment. I must now again request his regular and punctual attendance, otherwise the court have requested me to bring it officially before their notice, and I shall not fail to do so. The result will be altogether your own fault.—l big to remain, sir, yours obediently, "ED. JNo. MAY, M A., Head Master. " To Mr. Grossmith." The witness here slated that the boy, who was a delicate child, had been before punished by the un•ler master. sir. S&ltterie, a liemtiate of' the Apothe6ari,s' Company,. resident. in Jewry-street, said—l was called to examine John H. Grossmith between six and seven o'clock in-the evening of Friday. He came hobhjing in, evidently suffering from some thiiig which 'prevented his walking straight. I examined his - legs, and counted about twenty most severe contusions, one almost through the skin. I directed that he should go to bld directly and keep perfectly quiet. The blows appear to have been very severe. There would have been a less ap pearance had he been a stronger boy. The marks may be visible a week or ten days to come. Cross-examined by Mr. Nobler The marks were on the thighs, just under the buttocks. It is `not the usual place. Mr. Hobler—The boy, my lord, h as b een con stantly habitstaying ahvwaayin and he has b e en c ons t an tly nthe g in the rudest manner in the school. The Lord Mayor—But I do not consider this (pointing to a long and rather thick cane which was exhibited) a fit instrument for the punish ment of a boy of the age of 10 years and a half. Mr. Hobler said there were present the fathers of several of the boys who were under instruction in the school, and they, and their boys, many of whom were in attendance, were ready to prove that i lthe defendant was admired and respected for his judgment and humanity. The general con duct of the boy, too, would be described. The Lord Mayor—l really would rather leave it to another court to decide whether a man is justi fied in using such an instrument in punishing a child. I saw the boy's person when the summons was applied for, and certainly criminals who have been flogged in Newgate have not shown such evidence of punishment. I observed, toe, that the punishment had not been inflicted on the part to which it is usually applied in the case of boys. I believe that a great deal more can be done in schools by the exercise of another sort of au'hority. Others are of a different opinion, but corporal Punishment appears to me to be peculiarly objec tionable except in instances of uncontrollable vice. The question bere is whether unnecessary violence has been used, and as the character of the school is concerned, I would wish the case to be sent to the sessions. I am perfectly aware of the respecta bility of Mr. May, and the estimation in which he is held, and I dare say he has no objection to go before another tribnnal. Mr. May—Certainly not, my lord, but I wish to say a few words. This has been simply an ex parte statement, and I wish to say something on the op posite side. Your lordship has not heard anything of the gross insolence of that boy to me t'eforehand7 I will merely state that hero are a number of the boys present who witnessed the whole transaction, excepting the kicking and striking Mr. Cat - erroole, which took place in the passage. Mr. Cattermole's face still bears the marks of the boy's violence. Hero are present a number of the fathers of the boys to testify as to their opinion of the system pursued, and a number of the o'der boys who have left the school, and to give their opinion as to whe ther I am cruel or kind to the boys. The Lord Mayor—ls the practice of caning the boys sanctioned by the authorities / Mr. May—Certainly. Mr. Grossmith said he was perfectly satisfied with what hid fallen from the Lord Mayor on the sub ject, and had no desire to ptoceel any further in the matter. He wou'd therefore willingly drop the prosecution if Mr. May would make a concession to the ext?nt of expressing his regret for the severity of the infliction. Mr. May siid he could not for a moment think of making an apolo g y f or the course he had pu rsu ed. The Lord Mayor—l am sure it is better to take the case to the quarter sessions, and I shall te Llad to have the responsibility taken off my shoulders. The Rev. Mr. May was then bound over in his own reco,zni , ances to the amount of 101. to appear at the next quarter sessions to answer the accu-a tion, and Mr. Grossinith was bound over to prose cute. A Llsear named Shakabid was charged a 3 A Policeman—Yesterday the defeudaut a.ked a g(litleman for a penny to buy bread, and having seen him beg frequeutly, I took him to the station after a great deal of trouble, as he resisted viol-ntly. The Lord Mayor—l saw that you had a great deal of trouble with him. Take him to the union, and tlie authoritie3 there will take care that the East India Company send him home, ac cording to the act, as soar' as possible. We can scud all persons of this deicription home, and that will be a great relief to the public thorough fareg. Jas. Hordin was charged with having stolen a hamper containing linen and bread. 'Watkins (a detective officer) said—Last evening I saw this man go to a truck on which was a ham per, and after throwing a smock frock over the hamper ho took it up and we tt down a lane with it. I immediAtely followed and took him into cus tody,i together WiLil the hamper, which he had thrown down. Two men had been with him. The prisoner—l wt in fault, my lord, it is very true, but then I was drunk at the time, and know nothing of what took place. I hope you will try it short. Committed for trial. Timothy Crowe was charged with haring stolen a beer-barrel, the property of Messrs. Thorne, the brewers. _ _ _ The prisoner said ho had got it from his sister, and she appeared and said she had got it from a neighbour. Mr. Goodman, the chief clerk, said that the woman was under an obligation to produce the person who had given the cask to her, or be respon s!bc l t e to for penalty of a serious kind. the twful possession herself, and b..; sub j The woman—l only speak the t ru th. My neigh bour kept a beer - shop, and on leavin it gave me the cask to cut into two tubs, and I let my brother have it. _ _ The Lord Mayor—We must trace this matter, and you must attend here on your own rec 'gni zanees in 51. on Thursday with your friend. The woman—Certainly I shall. who sail he had been an officor in the BOW-STREET.7Richard Potts, a fashionab'y now independent,. was place.] at the at b ir a 7n r, sys be da fo nm r d e alivi M as r. Jardine, on a charge of stealing 2001. which had b3en entrusted to him to get it dis counted. . _.... Mr. R. Augustus Bingham Jennings, the elm a gentleman, residing gave a bill for 2001. to p at la p il l i m ati i t, oc s . eat In ed Sept.lhas e t w hase a Mr. Chancey to get discounted, and afterwards authorised Mr. Chancey to entrust it to the pri soner. Tho latter had several times written to him saying that he had been unable to get it dis c minted. He ha'l since wee' tained, however, that it had been discount° Iby a Mr. Leo. It had been taken up by afriend of his; Mr. Banks, whose name was upon it. Witnees had never received any money from defendant on account of the bill, though he had on one occasion borrowed 1/. of him. Defendant called the Mr. Chancey referred to, who deposed that complainant had in his prevince authorised defendant to obtain an advance on the birl, and had subsequently received from deft ndant a 20/. note, and some other sums. Defendant then procee led to cross-examine the complainant, and elicited that he had very recently ris.ed through the Insolvent Court. He did not enter this bill in his schedule, as he bad received no money for it. He had been arrested en another bill, also signed by Mr. Banks, who, however, did not pay it, because it was signe I when be was a minor, and he had recei ve l no mon ey for it. Seve ral judgments against Mr. Banks bad been set aside ou the ground that he was in his minority when the debts were alleged to h ‘vely3en contracted. Mr. Chancey observed that he had received letters from an attorney th reaten i ng criminal proceedings, but had called on the attorney and explained matters apparently to his satisfaction. He was with defend ant that afternoon, when theymet the complainant with a friend, to w h om h e pointed them out as "swindlers." D e f en d an t ca ll e d a policeman to pro tect them, and thencomplainant gave him in custody on this charge. Mr. Jardine said there was no evidence to justify him in remandin g the defendant to prison. Mr. Hughes, solicitor, here addressed the magis trate on behalf of M r . C our t e nay, grandson of the Earl of Devon, wh o , h said, had a similar charge against defendant. Mr. Courtenay had entrusted him with three bills, one of which was for 4001 . , and another for 6001. them discounted. If for the purpose of get t ing e understood that defendant was hawking them a b ou t the town, and trying to g et them discounted. At all events he (Mr. (lour tenay) cJuld not get them back, and had instructed him (Mr. Hughes) to prosecute him if he could be found. Every endeavour had been made to find him. Advertisements had been inserted in the papers, and all sorts of ingilicioi made, but in vain. Defendant Dills had never loft his p ocke ' , and he was Prep u e to give them up on rece i pt of an rier from M r . C tenay. Mr. Hugh( s —lf your worship discharges the prisoner I shall for a summons aga,in:t. hiin, to show cause why ho of Mr. Courtonay detains the bills. it at once, that it may be served on him before he leaves the c mrt, as we do not know where to find him. I :hal( a l i e k lj y al o f u r worship to grant Mr. Jar line could pay no attention to this appli cation, as he could no t appearance t o answe r it. t s h u e ni p m r s o o n c w r o i o t h u e t evidence. 14 his own reco,guisances for his app -- first charge, b u ° t rtegaiaeanntda OLE EtKEN WELL.—Ellen Ernmerson, aged 29, who refused her address, was CbargEa with stealing a female child named Johanna Richardson, about 11 montl a old. It appeared from the evidence that the mother of the child had been a w dow for about three years —but, as she herself stated, "had unfortunately had a chance or love child." The prisoner, who was also suckling a child, undertook for a small daily recompense to mind the prosecutrix's child while she went ost to work. On the day on which the child was stolen the prisoner asked the mother to return as early as she could in the evening, 'but upon her doing so she found the child and the prisoner gone. Nothing could be seen of the p r i soner or child' until last evening, when the prisoner was given into custody. On her way to the police-station she informed the constable that the child was dead, and bad been buried in the Victoria-park Cemetery. She also stated that she took the child because a gentleman was allowing ber ss. per weekfor it. The constable had made inquiries of a surgeon at Spital fields, who informed him that he attended a child of the name of Richardson, for the prisoner, and that after a short illness it died of the measles, but the prosecutrix now stated that that could not be her infant, as it had already had that disvaae, and someparties had recently seen it alive in the care of the prisoner. Police constable Cook, 198 S, informed the court that on the same week another child bad been stolen, and no trace could be found of that. The prisoner, in defence, did not deny taking the child, but said it was now dead and buried. Mr. Conic, remanded the prisoner for a week. Philip M'Guiness, a poor dirty-looking boy, only six years of age, residing at 17, Short's-gardens, Drury-lane, was placed at the bar before Mr. Corrie, charged with teloniously cutting and wounding John Hall, an errand boy, living with his mother, at 3, Bryan-street, Caledonian road. From the evids i co it appeared that when the offence was committed the mother of the prisonee was charged with being drunk and creating a turbance in the Pentonville-road. A mob bad collected r( and the woman, and when the pi ose cutor, who was only about nine years of age, went near her, be said to his companion, " Oh, it is only a drunken woman, :et's go on." The words were no sooner out of his mouth than the prisoner in the most determined manner, rushed at him with an open knife, and stabbNd the prosecutor in the shoulder. The injured boy ran away, when he was pursued by the prisoner and again stabbed in the ribs, and became so weak from loss of blood that he fainted away. Police-constable Holloway, 197 G, then came up, and took the prisoner into custody, and having conveyed the pi osecutor to a surgeon's was informed that if the stab in the ribs had been a little lower, death might have ensued. The prosecutor was so weak that he was unable to go to his work, and in answer to Mr. Currie, said that he now felt much better, but was still very weak, - The mother of the prisoner, a low, sottish-looking woman, fell upon her knees, and begged for mercy " for hor poor, innocent, and blessed child." Mr. Cori ie said if it bad not been for the drunken and dissolute habits of the mother, the prisoner would not have gob into the trouble. After censuring a boy for using a knife, and cautioning him how he did so in future, be discharged him. He then directed the mother of the prosecutor to send him the doctor's bill, which be would pay out of the funds of the poor-box, as well as allow him something for his loss of time. HEALTH OF LONDON DURI.VO THE WEEK. (From the Report of the Registrar General.) The deaths registered in London, which were 1,423 in the first week of the . current month, and fell to 1,240 in the second, were in the week that ended last Saturday (December 19th) 1,234. In the ton years 1847-56 the average number of deaths in the weeks corresponding with last week was 1,249, which if raised in proportion to increase of population (to admit of comparison with last week's return) will become 1,374. In the third week of December, 1847, influenza raised the deaths from all causes to 1,946, and consequently, to some extent, augments the average which is now given ; and if this element is eliminated from the calcula.ion, it will bo found that the present rate of mortality approximates very nearly to that which is to bo expected towards the close of the year. _ _ _ That those pulmonary complaints (the result of influenz ti which lately swelled the mortality con tinue to grow less Mil appears from comparing the facts of the last two weeks ; the deaths from diseases of the respiratory organs (exclusive of phthisis) were in the previous week 336. last week they were 298 ; in the former week those from bronchitis were 185, last week they were 159 ; while pneumonia declined from 119 to 107, and ca._es, in which influenza is specially mentioned, from 19 to 15. The fluctuations in the mortality from phthisis (or consumption) are apparently not ruled by the same atmospheric conditions, fur the deaths from that disease rose in the two weeks from 114 to 161. In the same periods hooping cough was fatal in 47 and 48 cases. On reference to the zymotic class of diseases it will be seen with satisfaction that small-pox con tinues to exhibit a mortality singularly small in a population so large ; the deaths in the present re • turn are '3, and since the present year began the weekly average has been only 3. Last week measles, Ecarlatina, abd hooping-cough produced very similar numerical results, for the first was fatal in 45 cases, , and each of the two latter in 48. Fourteen young children died of croup ; 13 persons of diarrbcea, two of whom were children in a family 20, Canal-road, Haggerstone West, and bad been surrounded by circumstances of insa;u brity which, if correctly described, are sufficient to account for any amount of diarrhea,. amongst petsons so unfavourably situated. Three children died of measles in Plums'ead, where it has been prevalent lately ; in a family of five children in that locality three have died of the complaint, and two others are dangerously ill. The medical attendant considers that the extreme severity of the disease in this case is due to, the bad condition of the premises. Of three nonagenarians whose deaths are returned a woman was 90 years of age, a man in Poplar 94, and a widow who died in Albion-terrace, Lime house, was 96. La=t week the births of 936 boys and 891 girls, in all 1,830 children, were registered in London. In the tea corresponding weeks (f the years 1847- 56 the average number was 1,503. MORTALITY IN THE METROPOLIS NUMBER OF DEATHS FROM AIL CAUSES REGISTERED IN THE WEEK ENDING SATURDAY, DEC. 19 Zymotic Diseases Diseases of Uncertain Seat Tubercular Diseases „ l9O Diseases of the Brain, Nerves and Senses Diseases of the Heart and Blood-vessels 45 Diseases of the Lungs and other Organs of Respiration Diseases of the SCo-ma,ch, Liver, and other Organs .... of Digestion Diseases of the Kidneys, &c. Childbirth, Diseases of the Uterus, &e. • 5 Diseases of the Joints, Bones, and Muscles - 11 Diseases of the Skin, &c. Malformations Premature Birth and Debility Atrophy Old Age •••••• 42 sudden l5 Violence, Privation, Gild, and Intemperance 46 Causes not specified DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES 1,234 Population Deaths in corro- Deaths Enumerated. spending week in the 1851. of 1856. Week. West Districts North Districts 490,396 Central Districts 393,256 East Districts 485,522 South Districts Totals 2,362,236 1,060 1,234 Males 631 Females. BIRTHS IN THE WEEK. 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VICTORIA CROSS. —Erratum in the London Gazette of Friday, Nov. 20 :- -The date of Lieutenant Symons's Act of Bravery, ii the Cth of June, 1855, and not the 18th of October, 1354. CROWN-OFFICE, DEC. 21. MEMBERS RETURNED. TO SERVE IN THE PRESENT PARLIAMENT. Burghs of Elgin, Cullen, Banff, Inverury, Kintore, and Peterhead.—Mountstuart Elphinstone Grant Duff, Esq., younger, of Edon, in the room or George Skene Duff, Esq., who has accepted the Office of Steward of her Ma jesty's Chiltern Hundreds. DECEMBER 22. County of Northampton—Northern Division —George Ward Hunt, Esq., in the room of Augustus Stafford O'Brien Stafford, Esq., deceased. BOARD OF TRADE, WHITEHALL, DEO. 21. The Right Honourable the Lords of the Committee of Privy Council for Trade and Plantations have received, through the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, a copy of a despatch from her Majesty's Minister at Bern-, report ing that the Swiss Federal Government have reduced the import duties upon meat, bacon, sausages, and sewing silk, of British produce or manufacture, if accompanied with a certificate stating them to he of British origin, to 3f. per quintal, and that all articles intended for transit through Switzerland should be accompanied with a similar certificate in order to be admitted at the lowest rate of duty. WAR OFFICE, PALL-MALL, SEPT. 22. Corps of Royal Engineers—Brevet-Colonel William Biddle comb Marlow to be. Colonel, vice Portlock, retired on full: pay ; Captain Conolly McCausland to be Lieu tenant-Colonel, vice Marlow'; Second Captain John Gor don Jervois to be Cap'ain, vice McCausland Lieu tenant Wilbraham Oates Lennox to be Second daptain, vice Jervois. The undermentioned Gentlemen Cadets to be Lieutenants, viz.:—Joseph Allan Millar, Edward Pelham Hardinge, John Robert Hogg, Napier George Sturt, s Thomas Pilkington White, Charles John O'Neill Fergusson, George Herbert Boliand, Richard Warren Stewart, and William &amend. 91st Foot—Ensign Elliot Armstrong to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Dobie, who retires; Wm. Hunter Baillie, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Armstrong. BREVET. Colonel Joseph Ellison Pot tlock, on the retired fall-pay of the Royal Engineers, to be Major-General, the rank being honorary. Lieut.-Colonel George Sandham, retired full-pay Royal Artillery, to be Colonel, under the Royal Warrant of 3d Nov., 1851, in consequence of the promotion of Colonel Cockburn, who stood below him on the Effective List of the Regiment at the time of his retirement. The undermentioned Officers of the Royal Artillery, having completed three years' service in the rank of Lieu tenant-Colonel, to be Colonels in the Army, under the Royal Warrant of 3d November, 1854 . Lieutenant-Colonel St. John Thomas Browne. Lieutenant-Colonel Henry Aylmer. Lieutenant-Colonel Alexander Irving, C.B. Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Bingham. COMMISSIONS SIGNED BY LORDS-LIEITTE MART. Regiment of Royal London Militia—BreVet-Lieutenant- Colonel Henry Boys Harvey, late 95th Regiment, to be Major, vice Graham Elmslid, resigned ; Lieutenant Ed ward - Stare Jones to be Captain, vice Charles Mackinnon Walmisley, resigned ; Lieutenant Thomas William An drews to be Captain, vice Robert Wallen Jones, super seded ; Captuin Miles Fisher Moucktou, late 6th Regiment of Osmanli Irregular Cavalry, to be Lieu tenant, vice Edward Sackville Smith, resigned. Captain John Lambrick Vivian, late 3d Regiment Os manli Irregular Cavalry, to be Lieutenant, vice Edgar Wainwright Bishop, resigned ; Lieutenant Wm. Henry Emerson, late 63d Regiment, to be Lieutenant, vice Ed ward Kelly Obbard, resigned ; Thurlby Smith, Gent.. to ba Ensign, vice Augustus Belle de Lasalle, ' promoted; Henry Frank Otte...Golding, Gent., to be Ensign, vice James Cunningham, promoted; Sergeant-Major John Birkin to be Quartermaster. 31 Regiment of King's Own Staffordshire Militia En sign Walter Mainwaring Coyney to be Lieutenant, vice Mainwaring, resigned._ _ (neon's Own Royal Regiment of Staffordshire Yeomanry Cavalry—Assistant-Surgeon Joseph' Pinalott Oates to be Surgeon, vice Lish man, deceased ; Charles Ed ward Elliott Welchrnan, Gent., to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Oates, promoted. King's Own Light Infantry Regiment of F. Wilkinson, late Lieut. 2d Somerset Militia, to be Lieut. ; George Waugh, Gent., to be Lieut. Bedfordshire Militia—John James Spedding, Gent., to be Ensign; S. E. Wentworth, Gent., to be Ensign. 2d Somerset Regiment of Militia—Lient. Wm. Henry Spurway to be Captain, vice Edward Sawyer, resigned ; Lieut. Win. Barrett, the younger, to b 9 Captain, vice Richards, resigned; Lieutenant Alfred Hudson Ricketts to be Captain, vice Barrett, resigned P Ensign Kut ner Augustus Arthur Brasier Creagh to be Lieute nant, vice Willliam John Evered Poole, appointed to the 60th Rifles ; Ensign Richard Marker to be Lieu: tenant, vice W. 11. Spurway, promoted ; Ensign Edward Fox to be Lieutenant, vice William Barrett, jun., promoted; William Frederic Holt, Gent., to be Ensign, vice Parkes, promoted ; William Frederic Gore Lang ton, Gent., to be Ensign, vice Edwards, resigned ; Spencer Cargill, Gent., to bo Ensign, vice Bellamy, ap pointed to the 2d West India Regiment; Christopher Lucas Salmon, Gent., to be Ensign, vice Chamb , rs, up pointed to East India Company's Service. Ist Somerset Regiment of Militia—Captain John Mat thew Quantock to be Major ; Lieutenant George Deedes Warry, to be Captain, vice Quantock, promoted ; Ensign Ralph Sadler, to be Lieutenant, vice G. D. Warry, promoted; Scptimus James Barrett, Gent., to be Ensign, vice Winsloe, promoted. 90th, Stirlingsbire, &c., Militia, Highland Borderers Light Infantry—James Dunlop, Gent., to be Ensign, vice Baird, resigned ; George Scott, Gent., to be Ensign, vice Doezing, appointed to the Line. BANKRUPTS, Samuel Edward Steane, soap and blue manufacturer, Oxford, to surrender Jan. 6 and Feb. 4, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Samuel Harris an,-1 Isaac Gabriel Costa, wholesale clothiers, Commercial-street, Whitechapel, Dec. 29, at one, and Jan. 23, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. A petition for arrangement was presented by John Britten, dealer in silk and Worsted, Noble-street, Falcon square,-City, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Andrew Veitch, music-seller, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Dee. 30, at eleven, and Feb. 19, at twelve, at the Royal arcade, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. Charles Hubbird, builder, Queen's-road, Haverstock hill, Jan. 5, at three, and Feb. 2, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. John Starkey and John Frederick Adcock, percussion cap makers, Birmingham, Jan. 9 and 28, at half-past eleven, at the Birmingham District Court. John Collinson, licensed victualler, Old-street, St. Luke's, Dec. 31, at half-past eleven, and Jan. 29, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. William Wainman, builder, Sheffield, Jan. •2 and Feb. 6, at ten, at the Council-ball, Sheffield. James Raynes, shipowner, Liverpool, Jan. 4 and 25, at twelve, at the Liverpool District Court.. John Jamieson M`Rae, tailor, Newark-upon-Trout, Jan. 5 and 26, at half-past ten, at the Shirehall, Nottingham- Thomas Gullick, victualler, Bristol, Jan. 5 and Feb. 8, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court. Thomas 13 , rrs, moister, Sedgley, Staffordshire, Jan. 4 and 25, at half-past ten, at the Birmingham District Court. Henry Johnson, licensed \Veit Brom wich, Jan. 4 and 25, at half-past ton, at the Birmingham Dis trict Court. William Goundrill, farmer, Eastrington, Yorkshire ; Jan. 13 and Feb.' 10, attwelve , at the Leeds District Coart4 ' Samuel Burlow grocer, Sheffield, Jan. 9 and Feb. 6, al ten, at the Leeds District Court. John Buckley Sharp, paper merchant, Bradford, Jan. 8 and 29, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Roberts and Hanson, worsted spinners, Halifax, Jan. 8 and 22, at eleven, at the Leo , s District Court. ' John Hampson, grocer, Wrexham, Danbighshiro, Jan. 4 and 23, at twelve, at the Liverpool District Court. William Skirving Walker, shipbroker, Liverpool, Jan. 4 and . 2s, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court. 'Robert Cave, fishmonger, Windsor, Jan. 4, at twelve, and Feb. 8, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Marjory Moon, child-bed linen manufacturer. Green street, Grosvenor-square, jab. 4, at one, and Feb. 8, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. John Stead, builder, Dewsbury, Jan. 12, at half-past eleven, and Feb. 9, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Wm. Crossley and Geo. Crossley, cotton spinners, Elland, Yorkshire, Jan. 8 and Feb. 12, at el.ven, at the Leeds District Court. Edwin Spence Roberts, shipowner, Liverpool, Jan. 7, -and 28, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court. George Worsdell, iron manufacturer, Warrington, Jan. 4, and Feb. 1, at twelve, at the Manchestei District ourt. Edward Stuyth, draper, Swansea, Jan, 4, and Feb. 9, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court. Alexander Bryson, brJwer, Redcar, Yorkshire, Jan. 11, at half-past twelve, and Feb. 9, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. MANCHESTER TRADE REPORT. MANCHESTER, Toes. d ay. —Last Friday was about the most depressed day in this market since the crisis; end, notwithstanding the rise J. per lb. in the cotton market since Thursday last, there is no response here. Prices cf last Friday are scarcely main slued for yarns; for clothe, the prices of last week are not obtainable to-lay, ADVERTISEMENT.j— SIGHT AND HEARING SPECTACLES—. POWERFUL TELESCOPES OPERA, RACE, AND PERSPECTIVIa GLASSES.—S. and B. Solomons, opticians, 39, Albemarle street, Piccadilly. Observe—opposite the York Hotel, W. By her Majesty's Royal Letters Patent for valuable and ex traordina-y improveinents 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, S a t urn ' s ring, and the double stars ; with the same Hesenpe • can be seen a person's countena%ce 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 and 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. 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Deafness.— vv_ with it, and those who have not ma,do use of rpoetacics by Vibrator, an extraorclicari iy different from all °hers, instrument for deatnoss, eeektiirned-that bas been, or prot ably !y pollwuerful, small, newly-invented surpassing anything sing Of the souse n ;e l leoaus unpleasant n as t s t e i n ). e sa s t k i c i s can, be produced. ti!caiables deaf persons to hear distinctly at not' perceptible. churchaud at n of singing "is" in the ears t 1 Li • ieulowd, and it Af) nth , . Opposite the York Hotel, W, y eu ,1 be desircd.—P. Alive s e all the assistanucbolitebaa 8 S t l i b b 1°1.'7 .et -11? a 1 -streot, ricca44lY.—.- THE BRUTAL MURDER IN NORTH DEVON. COMM ETTAL OF THE MURDERER. The brutal murder of a young woman, named Maria Blackmore, on Wednesday night, at the fashionable watering-place of Lynton, in North Devon, has already been recorded. On Saturday.' last an inquest was held on the body at the Castle Inn, Lynton, before R. Bremridge, Esq., coroner of the district, when a young woman named Han nah Mogridge, an acquaintance of the deceased, said that on the evening of Wednesday she met deceased near the Valley of Rocks Hotel. The latter said, she heard there had been fine work at the Globe Inn, and that Barwick (the man in cus tody charged with the murder) and a man, nante ll- Lethaby, had been fighting. Deceased said she should like to see Barwick (with whom she kept company), and, on her suggestion, the witness Mogridge went over to his residence, and told him that he must go over to deceased as she wanted to see him. This was a little after nine o'clock , all on Barwick joining the deceased the witness he ard o her say to him, tc You have been drinking to - d a y Barwick replied that he had not. Deceased said, " Yes, you have, for I have been told so." be also said, " I heard you had been fighting," ell' e replied that he had. Witness then went for soul milk, and on returning to whore the deceased a n d Barwick were standing, she said to the former , " Are you coming ?" Deceased replied, "Not for a few minutes," and witness passed on ; but in few minutes deceased ran into. her lodgings) ing at the neck, and was place I in a chair, but in It ss than five minutTs fell on the floor a cor p se. Before she expired the deceased said that Ba rwick had inflicted on her the fatal wound. Mr. John Clark, surgeon, who was called i n to the deceased, said he found her quite dead. °A bleea . examination witness discovered a wound in be throat, &'out an inch and a-half in length and the same in depth, in the direction of the internal jar; lar vein and common carotid artery. The wonlrd,. appeared to have been made by a knife. p eat ' was caused by the division of the arteries. Police-constable Woodrow, •who a pprehended, Barwick at Lynton on the night of the murder, sett' he asked prisoner" what he had been doing. .0" e . replied, "If you had not come when you did, jou would not have found me alive." Whilst witness was there, James Ridge and Richard Norman Came in, and the latter said, "She is dead." Witness said to Newman, " Who is dead ?" and he replied " Maria Blackmore." Witness then told Baravfek that he should take him in chargé for the mur der of Maria Blackmore. On searching Barwick •he found in his pocket two knives and a razor, whick he produced. The large knife had 'a quantity of blood upon it, which *as apparently fresh. There_ were spots of blood on Barwick's hand when b e took him into custody. After cautioning Barwi ck, be said to witness, "She told me that s h e should brea k off all correspondence with me that night, an d that caused it." s The jury found a verdict of wilful murder against John Barwick, who was then convey ed b y the North Devon Railway to the Devon coun t y g aols at Exeter, and will be tried for the capital offence at the Devon March assizes. Country Markets. LIVERPOOL-DSO. 22. There was only a slender attendance this morning, and the transaJtions in wheat, flour, and Indian-corn were r e ' striated to the daily requirements for consumption, end rather better prices were insisted upon and obtained 133' holders, who looked forward to easier monetary mattero, and an upwardly tendency in prices with the new Y e ca ea l l No marked change occurred in the val ue of any articl tho corn trade this morning. HULL—DE 52. Wheat, English red, 483 to 51s ; white 56s to Ges • 034 1 9 29s to 324; barley, 42s to 46s ; Indian corn, 393 ; GCs; cakes, Hull, 11/ Os to —/ —s Od; ditto, foreign, ' B/ 15s to 101 lOs ; rape cakes, 6/ 58 0.1 to 6/10s guano, et. to 151• ; bones, 140 s Od.; flow-, —s to --s; tares, to LEEDS—DEO. 22. The supply of grain is only moderate, and millers are very slow purchasers. There is a dull tone in tho market, and prices scarcely equal to Friday. Barley inactive, and without material alteration. Beaus in limited. demand• Oats and other articles at late rates. Averages week ending Doc. 19 : Wheat, 49s 00. I Oats, 22s :101(1 I Itye, Peas, 41 s s 9W. Barley, 33s 5 4 d I Beans, 40s 71d10d. COURSE OF EXCHANGE.-YESTERDAY. msterdsm 11 16 % Ditto, three months .. 12 1% •• •• •• •• •• 80 3. o ak nratttireedri Brussels :2 5 , 1 0 a a mburgh 13 1014 Saute. •• .• •• • • • • • • • • Paris. -.. • • .... 25' 32% Do. three months . 25 80 Marseilles • • .. . • . • • • • • 25 85 Bourdeaax .. • • .. Frankfort-on-Maine .... 121 Berlin •• •• •• •• • • • • •• • • Vienna •• •• •• • • • • • • • • •• 10 55 Irioste•• •• •• •• •• •• we 10 58 retorsburg ............ 33 Madrid • •• •• •• •• • • 4714 Cadiz • •• •• •• •• •• •• eia•• Bsreelona • • •• • • • • •• • • Selrille•••• ••••••,„„„,„ p Gibraltar ....... ..... Leghorn .. •• •• ........ 30 70 Genoa ......26 15 Milan •• •• •• •• •• Venie4.. ...... Naples ..•• .......... 41 Palermo • •1223 Messina • 123 Lisbon •• •• • • . ••.. 51M. Oporto ........ . 52% IRio Janeiro ..... .• • .... !Buenos Ayros...• New York,6o dayesight Philadelphla • • ...... ramE/Out BULLION, rzß Qx Foreign Gold .in Bars £3 17 9 Portugal Gold Coin .. 0 0 0 Mexican Dollars .... 0 0 New Dollax3 0 0 iSilver in bars LOCAL 'SHARE MARKBTA.' LIVERPOOL, DEC. 22. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The market opened steady to-daY , with a marked improvement, and prices of all the leading stocks are again a shade better. Chester and Holyhead , 171--Caledonian, 418 i —Grand Trunk of Canada, 11 London and North Westerns, 96/—Sheffields, 39 Great Westerns, 541—Midlands, 898—South Eastern, 20i Great Luxembourg coustit., 7 # —North British, 128' Great Western of Canada, 18 2-16—Lancashiro and York shire, 94—Royal Insurance, 31 pm.--East Lancashire, 92 North Union, A, 220—Dutch Rhenish, 41 dis. ' ' BIRMINGHAM, DEC. 22. STOCK EXCHANGE.—Business in the market generally active to-day, with the prices in advance. , In local shares little doing. MANCHESTER, DEO. 22. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The transactions to-day Were very strong, but prices closed rather easier. Londons, 97-- East Lancashire, 92—Sheffields, 31—Ditto, Pref., 115— South Eastern, 20 11-16 —North Staffords, 3. d —Eastern Counties, 11. 13-16—Midlands 881—Grand Trunk of Ca , ,ad -a, 114Great Western, '546 —Borwicks, 21—Cale donian, 411—Union Bank, par. RAILWAY TR PF IC RETURNS•. LONDON AND SOUTH-EASTE RATLIVAY.—Traffic re. turn for the week ending Dec. Doc. 19, 1857 21.6,090 6 8 Corresponding week last year ......... ... 16,669 9 7 Denroase in 1857 LONDON, BRIGHTON, AND SOUTH COAST RAILWAY.--"' Traffic return for the weekending Dec. 19, 1857... Corresponding week last year. 12,576 4 7 Total of the half-year to this date, 1857 412,673 19 3 Total of the half-year to this date, 1856, 416,986 16' 2 GREAT LUXEMBOURG RAILWAY.—Traffio ietnrn for the week ending Dee. 20, 1857 £l,OOO 17 7 Corresponding week last year . 713 13 4 - - MERCANTILE llONOUrt.—This week the creditors of the firm of W. and F. Ibbotson, who accepted a com position of 10s. in the pound several years ago, have bad the pleasure to receive from Messrs. Ibbotson. Brothers a circular, informing them the firm were n ow in a pg.... tion to carry out .their longo'teriehed desire to pay G S those debts in full, and requesting their attendance at the office of Mr. A. Clark Branson last Friday forenoon to receive payment. It is needless toisay that an in• vitation of this agreeable kind received a general response, and many were the congratulations and expressions of esteem addressed to Messrs. Ibbotson for their honourable conduct. The smaller creditors were paid in full some time ago.—Shefield and Rother ham Independent. BIRTHS. DIINSMIIRE—On the 21st inst., at Wickham, Hants, the wife of Lieut.-Colonel C. Dunsmure, of a son. ' DIIRLACHE—On the 20th inst.,•at 77, New Bond-street, Mrs. Henry Durlache, of a daughter. WILHELMS—On the 21st inst., at 14, Poultry, city, Mrs• .IC. Wilhelnas, of a son. WEsTott—On the 21st inst., at Forest L o silge, Shirley, Southampton, Mrs. Weston, of a eon. • MARRIAGES. SUDLOW—ALDERSON--On the 21st Inst., at Isloworth, Algdtnon Sudlow, Esq., of C a stle Comb', Wilts, the youngest son of John J. J. Suillow, Esq., of Bedford of SYlncn.d's-inn, row, and Weybriige , t o Rebecca Elizabeth, eldor daugh ter of the late Edwar d Alderson, Esq., Chancery-lane. • DE A T II S. of disease of the heart, Samuel ASHWRLL —On the 21st inst., at 30, Brook-street, Gres - A v e s n h ° w r : 3 7 l E l" :4. s , u la ck . l l) ll ., lY a ' ged 51 ABRA HAMS - On the 19th inst., at Dartfor.l, Kent, Mr. R. Abrahams, aged 59. - • Di x— Oa the 21st inst., at 10, Claremont•row, Islington , Mr. Christopher Dix, aged GI NUTTER—On the 11th inst., Mr. Thomas Nutter, brew er, Cambridge, aged 66. RIIDDOOK—On the 201,h inst., the Rev. Richard Hastivell Ruddock, M.A., incumbent of All Saints', Bishopsgato, aged 54. WEST—On the 15th inst., at Clipsham Rectory, Rutland, the Rev. John West, M.A., aged 63. WILLIS—On the 20th inst., Mrs. Willis, of 4, Sill-street, Berkeley-square, aged 78. - - _ LONDON Printed and Published by ?AMMO YOUN(' ; of No, 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun Office, No, 112, Strand, in the Preeinot of the Savoy, i n th c , coun ty of Middlesex, Wednesday, December 23, 1857.