The Sun. — London, England, 1857-12-17 00:00:00

NAVAL AND MILITARY INTELLIGENCE. Lieue Duncan C. Home, who with Lieut. Sal keld so highly distinguished himself at the assault of Delhi, was the eldest surviving son of Major- General R. Home, of the Bengal Army, and born at Jubbulpore in 1828. He joined the army under Major-General Whish, before Mooltan, in 1848, and when lately in charge of the Ist division of the Baree Dooab Canal, he organised a body of three companies of Sappers from the workmen (Muzbees) under his command, and in July joined the army before Delhi. On the arrival of Gen. Nicholson's force he was charged with the cons truction of one of the first breaching batteries on the right, and afterwards constructed the battery nearest the city from which the Water-bastion was breached. He remained in charge of this battery until the assault. When under a murderous fire from an open wicket be affixed the powder bags to the Cashmere-gate, 6 out of 12 of this advance party were shot, and in firing the train the lamented Salkeld lost his life. After gaining an entrance to the city Lieut. Home, one of the few fit for duty (nine oat of the 17 Et:- gineer officers who went into action having been killed or wounded), was attached to the third column, and to him was assigned the duty of blow leg in the Palace-gate, where his uncle, Mr. Simon Fraser, Commissioner of Delhi, one of the first vic tims of the mutiny, met his death. On the evacua tion of the city by the rebels Lieut. Home was attached to the moveable column under Gen. Great- hed, and after a sharp action with the mutineers at Bolundshuhur, was left with Lieut. Lang, of the Engineers, and two companies of the Sappers, to destroy the defences of the fort of Malaghur. In the performance of this duty the fatal accident occurred which terminated his promising career. This sad event cannot be better described than by quoting the words of his companion, Lieut. Lang, writing, on the day it occurred, to his younger brother, Lieut. Robert Home, of the Engineers, now serving at Sarempore :—" For the last three days we have lived in the fort, blowing up and destroying its defences. Yesterday and to-day he had exploded five mines with his own hands. One important one only remained to blow in the cows terscarp, and thus connect Wig ealerior with the Interior or Lue n.. z. sa 1.,,a1,v1 an hP called to us to clear away. I scrambled up a ruined bastion a.a saw him run up to the slow match with the port tire in his hand. Heaven only knows how, but instantaneously, to our extreme horror, the mine sprung. We rushed down and set the men to dig, but on looking about I discovered your brother's body about 15 yards off. Life was quite extinct, and fortunately so, as both legs wore broken, and his arm almost torn from the body. Poor fellow ! Think of his escape unhurt from the Cashmere gate, where ho and Salkeld earned the Victoria Cross— now to meet his death in this manner. It only re mains to add that, from the kindness of his dispo sition, unassuming manners, and high principles, he won t :e esteem and regard of all who knew him, and that his untimely death is most deeply and sincerely regretted." The steamship Argo, Capt. Benson, with upwards of 800 troops on board for India, has not yet sailed from Portsmouth. On the ship being ready to haul off the dockyard jetty and out into the stream, preparatory to the start, it was discovered that the medicine-chest had been sent from London to Ply mouth, instead of Portsmouth, and that ore of the largest detachments (71 men of the 17th Light In fantry), quartered at Pembroke, had been forgotten in- the issue of the " routes" to the other detach mews ; and thus at least a couple of days' delay in the despatch of the vessel is occasioned. The de tachment is expected at Portsmouth to-day, and if they arrive the Argo may be put to sea t )-more ow. As Plymouth lies between Pembroke and Ports mouth, it would have been a " business" way of remedying the above blunders had the Argo, when all else were on board, had been ordered to pick up the mis-seat medicine-chest at Plymouth, on her way out, at which place the detachment from Pem broke might have been telegraphed to embark in her, thus bath time and money (about 1,0001.) might have been saved. The Argo will go away with nearly 1,000 persons on board. The steam-ship Sabrina, Capt. Staveley, arrived at Cork on Monday morning with the depot of the 13th Light Infantry, which she had embarked at Pembroke Dock on Sunday morning. The depot consists of 2 captains, 2 lieutenants, 2 ensigns, 8 sergeants, 10 corporals, 4 buglers, and 112 rank and file, under the command of Capt. IL. Peel. They are to be attached to the Indian battalion at Fernley. The Cork Steamship Company's vessel Preus aiseher Adler, Captain Tooker, arrived at Queens town from London and Plymouth on Sunday evening, having on board the depots of the 33d and 80th Regiments, which she had embarked at, Portsmouth. The depot of the 33d consists of five officers and 62 non-commissioned officers rank and ' file, under the command of Brevet-Major Thomas Wickham, and that of the 89th comprises five offi cers and 75 non-commissioned officers and rank and file, under the command of Brevet-Major John M. Cuppage. Both depots are to join the Indian bat talion at Fermoy. The service companies ara now at Bombay. The number of recruits continuing to arrive at Chatham for the purpose of joining the various Indian depots at that garrison is very large. At a late hour on Tuesday night about 100 arrived at Chatham Barracks from the recruiting districts in the north, principally for the depots attached to the Ist and 2d battalions. Col. Geo. Holland, of Southsea, Hants, died yesterday morning, in his 72d year. He was a gallant and experienced Indian officer, was engaged as a Sapper and Miner in the fortification of Delhi,. and was for many years subsequently on the Staff in India. He dies universally respected, and leaves two gallant sons, also in the Indian army, one of whom narrowly e , caped massacre after being cut from his horse and dreadfully mangled, in his en deavour to escape the hands of the Sepoys in the early part of the Indian rebellion. The Serpent, 12-gun sloop, was taken out of dock yesterday at Portsmouth, in order to he moored up the harbour as a target for the gunnery practice of her Majesty's ship Excellent. The Locust; 3 guns, paddlewheel steamvessel, Lieutenant and Commander J. B. Field, arrived at Sheerness at 11 a.m. yesterday, from Scotland, where she has been on particular service. The Lords of the Admiralty have directed the following steamvessels, now at Sheerness, to be im mediately fitted for the first-class steam reserve— viz., the Terrible, 21 guns, paddlewheel steam frigate, in charge of Chief-Engineer A. Douglas ; the Snake, 4 guns, screw steamvessel; and the Scout, 21 guns, new screw steam corvette. The Snake was taken into the fitting basin at Sheerness yesterday, to be masted and rigged, and to receive all her stores, The select committee of Woolwich Arsenal have appointed to-morrow for the second experimental t 641 of the 36 inch mortar constructed by Mr. Mallet for Governmens. At the former trial the huge weapon was somewhat injured, and a slight rent discovered in the chamber seznient. To guard against any casualty resulting from an accident to the mortar on this occasion, when the charges of powder (it is understood) are intended to be consi derably augmented, the firing will be conducted by galvanic bat:cry. The whole of the sliAls destined for the expr-rinients to-morrow have been painted one-half white, so that the object nity be clearly discerned during its flight through the air. Her Majesty's paddlewheel steam sloop Ardent, Commander J. H. Cave, was yesterday morning inspectal in Woolwich basin by Commodoze Shep herd, and sailed thence for Greenhithe, to adjust mpasses, preparatory to sailing for the West Coast of Africa. The paddlewheel steam sloop Barracouta was yesterday taken into basin at Woolwich to be re paired and brought forward for service. The Rev. Dr. Woolley, the Admiralty Inspector of Schools, has been engaged at C‘iathana for a few days past in inspecting the school for apprentices in the Chatham dockyard and the other Admiralty Schools at Chatham. Yesterday the schools for the ehil lren of the non-commissioned officers and pri vates of the Chatham Division of Royal Marines were irapected by D r . W oo ll ey , an d a ll th e sc h oo l s Were found in a thoroughly efficient working con dition.. da r : h a ", ,f, , 41 0 , 4ing appointments were made yester xrsev _A.dtniralty Captain PEteY has been appointed Superintendent of Packets at Sonih a vice Ramsey. Pa y m uters--A2 e P e t i n J. Stevens, to the emnb a.Tron, to the Swallow ; Win. Wellesley ; E . / I . l e d i r ; Richard Allen, to the Assistant Paymaster the Mehl:opus. he Buffalo. P. Scott (in charge) to Cie kF— Ge(Tg" Prince, to l'4' '`th '44ll %e Rhodes, to the Calypso ; vy.tguiiags, to th« a; William Lynx. Captain F. Flu ton has Leea promoted t o the g pod _ service pension, vice Ramsey. THE MILITIA. The 2d West York Regiment of Embodied militi a will arrive in Portsmouth garrison this day for duty. They will be quartered in Atiglesey and Cambridge Barracks. AMIRICAN MAILS.—SOIITHAMPTO N WedneadaY. —The United States' mail st,,amship Arago, Captain Lines, arrived fr,rn Havre last night, and sailed hence to-day for New,York with the usual French and English mails, 70 passengers, and about 250 tons of French and English merchandise. The Joshua, Capt. Fowler, is now lying in the dock, preparing t o l ease for Sydney, N ew South Wales, on the pre paring inst., with Government cmi grante. ASSIZE INTELLIC, - 15: OXFORD CIRCUIT. —STAFFORD, DEc. (Before Mr. Baron Martin.) Ann Plant, aged 22, was charged with the wilful murder of John Plant, on Oct. 22, 1857, at Wolver hampton. Mr. Spooner appeared for the prosecution ; the prisoner was undefended. The facts of this painful case will be sufficiently explained by the evidence given by the following witnesses : Hannah Hickman said,—l am the wife of George Hickman, at Half-green, Sedgley. The prisoner's mother lives next door. The prisoner has not lived with her mother for two years. I remember pri soner coming home with a little boy. On the 20th Oct. the prisoner was sitting in my brewhonse, and her sister asked me if I would let her sit by my fire. 1 did let her. On the 21st she lay at another person's house, Mrs. Cooper's. On the 22d she came to my house, and asked if I could let her wash and dress the bady. I gave her leave. That was on Thursday. She went out with the baby between 2 - and 3 o'olock. She said she was going down to Froghall to father her baby. She called the baby " John." I tried to give the baby some teaty, when she had none to give it. She called the baby "John Plant." She came back on Thursday be tween 8 and 9 o'clock. She had not got the baby. I said, " Ann, what has brought you back again ; what have you done with the child ? " She said, "By God, Hannah, I gave the child away. A gen tleman and lady came and said, 'Dear me, what ails your baby 7 2 and asked me to give her the child. The lady then took it, and carried it in her arms to Stafford-street." She said, "the lady took it to a house in Stafford-street, which was carpeted all over." I believed what she said, and that night (Thursday) she slept by my side. The next day (Friday) she slept in the house of a person next door but one. On Saturday, the 24th, she went away to Mrs. Walker's, of Hallfield. On the Thursday she took some clothes, and brought them back. She said the gentleman bought some clothes for the child, and told her to take back the clothes and make a few pence of them. On the Tuesday morning, the 27th, I went to Mrs. Walker's, at Hallfield. I saw the prisoner there, and said to her, "You've destroyed your child ; wui you gu wIGu hue Or Air. rwlact you gave the child to ?" She said she would neither go with me nor Mr. Ponder. I said, "Ann, if you've destroyed your child, you will have to con fess." She said, "Oh, Hannah, I have destroyed my child ; it is trouble that brought me to it." She said at first she had put it in the river, and then she said she had put it in the road. I then sent for Mr. Ponder and he came. The next day, Wednesday, Mr. Ponder showed me a child. It was the same child I saw with the prisoner. lam sure of that. I had washed its clothes and suckled it. The prisoner's mother found her with victuals, but she had no money. Catherine Ingram said,—l am the sister of the last witness, and live with her. I recollect the pri soner coming back without the child. William Ponder said,—l am a police-constable at Bilston. On Tuesday morning I was sent for to Mrs. Hickman's, at Hallfield. I saw the prisoner there. I asked her what she had done with the child. She made no reply. At length she said, if I would allow her to jump down a pit she would tell me all about it. I ;plied her two or three times, and she said she would tell me when the crowd of people were gone. I took her into an adjoining room, with two gentlemen. She then said she had thrown her child in the river. I asked her where abouts she threw it. She said she threw it in the river by the side of the railway bridge that goes over the river on this side Bilston-street, Wolver hampton. I asked her if she put anything with it to sink it. She said, " Oh, Mr. Ponder, I threw ray child in alive." She then began to tear hsr hair. She said she should have gone to Froghall, but her shoes were so bad she turned back. She said the child's name] was John Plant. I took her to the police station, and then searched the river, but I did not find any body that day. The next day I got some drags, and found the body. I showed it to Ann Hickman. I produce the gown it had on. The body was about 100 yards below the bridge down the stream. Mr. H. D. Best, surgeon of Bilston, said he had examined the body of the child, and that he was of opinion the child was suffocated by drowning. There were no marks of violence. The prisoners's statement before the magistrates was put in and read, as follows :—" I did it for want. I had no home to go to. I had been confined only a month, and had to sit up all night in the brawhourse. I had nowhere to t ike it to." Mr. Baron Martin having summed up, The jury found the prisoner guilty, with a strong recommendation to mercy. His Lordship said he entirely concurred in the verdict ; but, as he felt sure, under the circum stances, that if he passed sentence of death it would not be carried into effect, he thought it would ho better at once to avail himself of the power which he had, and to order sentence of death to be recorded. His lordship then ordered sentence of death to be recorded, telling the prisoner that she would be kept in penal servitude for life. The prisoner was then removed. EXTRAORDINARY CASE. Philip Clare, 30, miner, was charged with the wilful murder of Elizabeth Hopley, on the 29th of April, at Bilston. Mr. Scotland and Mr. A. S. Hill appeared for the prosecution ; Mr. Kettle defended the prisoner. Mr. Scotland having opened the facts of this case, the following witnesses were examined : Mrs. Welton, the aunt of the deceased, said she was a young woman, 18 years of age, the daughter of a farmer at Were, in Shropshire. In April last, and since Christmas, she had been living with her at Bradley, in the township of Bilston. On the 29th April she had been working for a Mr. Moon, and returned home about 7 o'clock in the evening. She went out again near ten o'clock, withoutbonnet or shawl, and without saying where she was going, and never came home again. Up to March last she had been working for the prisoner as a bank's girl, but had left his service on the Satur day night before Shrove Tuesday. She had had a dispute with the prisoner about her wages, and had summoned him before the magistrates. Cross-examined—l had had no dispute or quar rel with the deceased, wh© was in perfect health and strength that night. In going to her work at Mr. Moon's the nearest way would be by the canal, where her body was found, which is less than a quarter of a mile from my house. Joseph Davis said he lodged with the last wit ness, and remembered the deceased going out in the evening of April 29. The aunt found fault with the deceased about not getting some watermade hot. Cross-examined—Thera was no passion. Geo. Buckley, a labourer, said that at about half past 4 on the morning of April 30 he was going to his work, and as he was passing Mr. Rose's wharf he saw a body in the water in the Bradley arm of the Birmingham Canal. He took the body oat, and c Irried it to Mr. Welton's. Cross-examined—Between the house and the c mat there is a coke-hearth, which gives a flickering and unsteady glare. Mr. H. D. Best, surgeon, of Bilston, who had made a post mortem examination of the deceased, said he found a slight discolouration on the back of the neck and arm, and a few recent scratches on tho back of the right arm. The deceased died frem suffixation by drowning. She was a strong, healthy girl. Cross-examined—The discolouration would n necessarily indicate violence, and the scratches might have arisen from s'ruggling in the water. It is just possible, but highly improbable, that she could have recei ve d a bl ow on th e head sufficient to stun her for 20 minutes without leaving some mark. From the appearance of her body she must have been sensible when put in the water. The dress and one boot were coloured by the haematite I , ore. The wall of the canal was two feet above the water. The witness said he was of opinion that in coming to the angle where the canal forms a fork the deceased had filters over the wall into the water. He said the light of a coke-hearth was very' flickering and dazzling. By the Judge—lfshe had been struggling with a man, I think there must have been marks on h er body, but there were none. Edward Lloyd, the landlord of the Square and Compasses Public-house at Bilsten, proved that the prisoner was at his house from half-past 6 till 11 o'clock on the night of the 29th Ap. il, and left in company with a man named William Wol!iscroft and three others. Win. Wolliscroft proved that he accompanied the pishier part of the way to Muxley, whfra the pri soner lived, and parted from him about a quarter of a mile from his (the prisoner's) house. Cross-examined—We went along the Holyhead read. We talktd together for some time on the road. George Hague, a puliceman, saw the prisoner, at about 12 o'clock, about 50 or 60 yards from his (prisoner's) house. 8. Wall said—l am a labourer. Oa 29-J1 April I . `was night watch man to M r. Rowe, at Bradley. The near the rail ? , are near the railway bridge. I know the pri soner. On the night of the 29th of April I came bridge. I noticed two people on not tell whether the bridge. Was th 100 or 200 yards off. I could to the foot of theey- were rid men or women. I went yarashoftgeLnear the rails. I was olfsthoer 16 bridge, by the They rai m ah e were at the abut onujtto i n the wall. I heard theiwnegm; awubsere the rail don't kill me ; you said you Would kill me' before."PlliliP' I then knew one of them was a woman. I saw him i raise his fist and knock her down. It was on some 'o nt n hH a t eh t 1 mei 1 dsp had nah O l 4..hA l fraet l- was . s rut Ithzsoi knew tshnr her rr e l) k vo. aodhu c gi o rini n tce. t d hr 1. Beforeey r n ; o oli nt t part of her head. I was at the bottom of the rails. p ld C er lar to e away before he was aware of me. I said (the k you'll have to suffer for this." carry her t a o e lli sa m ik speak I'll serve you the same." I .o him. He took her off. I s fo a ll id ow no e t d h h in iin g ftlarstphaecre of five yards. I thought it ag I thought I should stand wwhseaplin:tgapsockhthl ooiousluriepu.llps move.atwo better n o worse chancew h i f i f n o P liovred him sp than if I stood where I was. The road which crosses the bridge goes up to Bradley. He took her ov er the brid g e to the Bradley side, and then tai ed to the left, after two or three yards. He went al,?rig a cartroad, between two buildings, cottages. This was about 20 minutes past 12. I know that, becaugo I had heard Morley clock strike 12 a few minutes before. I saw prisonergo to the breast of the wharf, to the basin. He turned round to me and said, " Now, if you speak, or tell any one, I will kill you ; I will serve you the same as I served her, and sot some one else on to watch instead." He said this at the breast of the wharf. He then turned from me and carried her to the point of the two basins. I then went along the rail to the " Wonder Pit." I saw the prisoner put the woman in the water. I did not see the woman move, nor hear a sigh nor a groan. He carried her in the same position all the way. I did not see him leave the wharf. When I turned off he was putting a woman into the water. The woman had something of a red gown on. I saw nothing on her head. The prisoner overtook me again that night when I got a quarter of a mile. I was going to the engine that did not work at nights. He said, " Now, if you speak and tell anybody, I'll serve you the same as I served her." I did not speak to him at all. He went across the main canal road, as if he was going to Moxley. When he over took me I was 20 yards from the main road, and he came after me down the fields. I went to the en gine, and locked myself up till daylight. I did that because I was frightenedof my life. I saw the pri • soner the next night about the same place, about 300 yards from the little engine. He said, " Now, if you speak or tell any one, I'll kill you and serve you the same as her, and set some one else on to rtituc 'Tycho csfLci. Ghia I fhb& gave haul mation. It was to the mistress of the house where I lodged, at the New-town, Bilston. I did not give the information before because I was afraid of my life. Tile prisoner s3veral times spoke to me the same. Three days after I gave the information I was summoned before the magistrates and sworn. Soon after I was discharged on a sudden without notice. I then went to Dudley, and stopped there at the Plume of Feathers till the 5 o'clock train, and then went to Worcester. I was afterwards in the workhouse at Bristol, at the later end of June. When I left I did not tell anybody where I was going. I came back to Warwick. I was sent to pri son there for breaking the windows of the Warwick Union. I went there for a night's lodging. I was brought back by the superintendent of the War wick police, and taken before the corener at Biliton, and examined. That was September the 4th. Samuel Hawes said he was a watchman on the Great Western Railway at Bradley, and on' duty on the night in question along with another man named Watson. Watson watched the Bradley bridge, at a quarter to 10 he left, and I took charge of the bridge. The bridge had been g iving way on account of the pits. I was in a little hovel by the side of the bridge. At near 11 o'clock I heard some people talking on the bridge. It appeared to be a man and woman. I then went to sleep. I was woke by a loud screaming noise, like a woman. I heard a voice say, "Don't hit me," and directly atter that she said, " You said you would, but don't, dont." It was all in a loud screaming voice. I then went outside the hovel. I could not see any one, but 11. eard some people talking. [ then went in and sat down. I sat down about 20 minutes, and thought I heard some one on the line. I could see no one. In about 20 rainu`.es I heard the goods train. It was then 11.45. Cross-examined—l afterwards mentioned in the neighbourhood what I had heard. Re-examined—l examined the railway book to see what time the train arrived. It was 5 minutes behind its time. It was 20 minutes before the train arrived I heard the expressions. Elizabeth Ellmore said she lived near the pri soner's house, and saw him on the road about GO yards from his house at one o'clock on the 30th of April, and saw him go into his house. She saw him pass Plant's house, but did not see Plant. She knew it was one o'clock because she heard the clock strike. Cross-examined—Was fetching water for some one who was John Plaut, the witness referred to by the last witness, said he saw the prisoner pass his door ou the night in question, but he believed it was about 12 o'clock. The prisoner spoke to him, and stayed talking till nearly two. He then went home. Hugh M'Crea, the auperint3ndeut of police at Bilaton, took the prisoner into custody on the 24th of May, and charged him with the murder. The prisodei said he was innocent of that, and had never spoken to her since she left him, and bad him up about the wages. That was on the 3d of March. The Bradley-bridge is about 260 yards from the wharf, ten minutes' walk from the Holyhead-road, and about 300 yards from the house where the deceased lived. The canal is 6or 7 feet deep a short distance from the bank. The bottom of the canal is red with the iron ore. Cross-examined—There ware appearances of red era having been unloaded on the wharf. I have known frequent accidents from people walking in these fields at night. The lights are very dazzling. During the assizes a man has walked into a canal a quarter of a mile from this place and been drowned. The cake-heath is 50 or 70 yards from the wharf. The light makes it dangerous. Re-examined—There would be no difficulty in finding your way on a clear night. Mrs. Welton, recalled by the Judge, said the deceased was keeping company with a young man at Mr. Moon's, where she worked. The deceased said he was at work that night, and she need not be afraid of her going to him. Martin Egan, the young man in question ' was in court, and, being called by th e learned Judge, be said he saw the deceased on the night of the of April, at 10 minutes before 6, but he did not see her again that night. Mr. Kettle, in addressing the jury for the pri soner, said that but for the evidence of the witness Wail there was nothing to show that the deceased bad not met her death by accident. The learned counsel then commented at some length on the evidence given by that witness. He said it was his duty to wander about at night among flickering fire and strange sounds, and he suggested that, having been himself the subject of blame, the wit ness had deluded himself so far as to make. up the strange story ,which he deposed. Tho story he told was wholly unworthy of credit, and the learned counsel called on the jury to disregard it altogether, and to say the prisoner was not guilty . _ _ . _ Mr. Baron Martin, in summing up the evidence, said the first question they would have to determine was whether deceased was murdered at all, or whe ther she was drowned by accident, 23 the surgeon seemed to think. The case against the prisoner rested entirely on the evidence of the witness Wall. Accordin g to his statement the mur d er was com mitted at about 20 minutes past twelve; but, ac cording to the other evidence, the prisoner at that time was at Plant's house, having left the Square and Compasses at 11 o'clock. It was suggestei that Wall was under a delusion, but' he (Mr. Baron Martin) could see nothing iu his manner to sup port the suggestion. The jury, however, must say whether they believed him, for it might be that for some reason he had come to give false evidence. The learned judge then rea 1 over the whole of Wall's evidence, and that given by the other witnesses, and left it to the jury to say whether, under the circumstances, they could so far rely upon Wall's statement as to find the prisoner guilty. If they had any reasonab'e doubt, it would be their duty to s ty ha was not guilty. The jury almost immediately found the prisoner Not Guilty, and he was diticharg,A. WESTERN CIRCUI P. —EXETER, DEC. 14. (Before Mr. Justice Willes.) Joshua Westlake, John Pike, and Alfred Clarke were indicted fora burglary in the dwelling hens, of Francis Weeks, on the 18th of September, at Whimple. Mr. Coleridge c )nductei the case for the prosecu- Hen, and Mr. H. T. Cole defended the prisoners. It appeared from the evidence of the servant girl, named Emma Woods, that on the night of the 17th of September, about 11 o'clozl, she was aroused by a noise outside the hou - 0. She looked out of the windo iv and Eaw the three prisoners in the yard. She went to her masttr's roam, but h was not in bed. She then lighted a lamp and took it to her own room, and then put a cloak over it. She looked out of the window and saw three men. Two of there, Wesil k and Clarke, put a lad 1• r up to her window, and Westlake ascended it. Ho then took a knife from his breast and cut a cord which had been used to fasten the window. He un hung the casement and handed it to Pik', who was also standing on the ladder, and he passed it to the other prisoner who sool at the foot of the ladder. She then took her cicak from off the lamp, and as Westlake was getting in at the win dow she put it to his face, and put her hand upon his head, and said, " Westlake, I suppose you have not had bread and water enough." (He had been in prison for stealing some wood.) Ho then drew back and descended the ladder, and she went down- Stairs and called her master, who was asleep in the siting-room. The house having been broken open a few nights before, he was sitting up. She told her master what had happened, and the names of the three men. They then proceeded to examine the house, and they found that three cheeses hid been taken from the dairy. Three ducks had also been taken. The girl then took him to an out how3e, where she had previously seen the prisoners go, and there they found the cheeses and the ducks. The police were sent for, and the next morning the three prisoners, who worked on the railway, and lived near the prosecutor's, were apprehended, and the girl identified them. The dairy had been en tered through the roof. For the defence it was urged that of all the ex traordinary cases ever presented to a jury this was the most extraordinary. When tho girl saw the men in the yard why did she not alarm her master and the other inmates of the house ? But instead of that, according to her own statement, she never called anyone until the men were gone. It was submitted that the story was too extraordinary to be believed. The yoang girl was the only witness, and she pointed out to her master the place where the cheeses and the ducks were found. " Those who hide can find." The girl must have had an enmity against Westlake. He called the two other prison ere, who lodged with him, to prove that he was not in the house, and so the girl charged them also. It was therefore irged that the case was too dangerous for a jury to convict upon. The learned Judge summed up the case. The jury found the prisoner guilty. Westlake was sentenced to 15 years', and the other two to 10 years', penal servitude. Joseph Weaver was indicted for having, at Dart moor Prison, assaulted William Rumbelow, a warder of that prison, on the 24th of November, with intent to murder him. Mr. Coleridge and Mr. Bere were counsel for the prosecution. William Rumbelow—l am one of the warders of the prison. The prisoner was a convict. On the 24th of November the prisoner was brought to the refractory cells. I put upon him a body belt, which is a covered chain, to which are attached two handcuffs, in which the prisoner's wrists are placed, giving him five inches' play for his hands. The Judge—Does it squeeze him round the body ? WiLuccia --it is put on so that it cauuot hurt him. The chain is locked round the body. There is a staple at one part of the chain. Before it was put on the prisoner said, as soon as he got out of the cells he would rip open any man he could see. He was in the refractory cell about two hours and a half. While he was there I heard the glass of the cell window breaking. I unlocked the door. The prisoner was standing on the guard-bed, a sort pf wooden bulk raised from the floor. His right hand was free, and he had taken off the body belt, having forced the lock. He had hold of the belt with the left hand. I went up to him, and he made a blow at me with the belt, which I parried and knocked him down with my staff. Not wishing to injure him further, I went to free him from the belt ; he laid bold of my staff and I fell. The staff broke, and the prisoner struck me twice on the right temple with the part he had. Three of us then, after violent resistance, took the staff from him. He got hold of my flag: r between his teeth and bit the top joint of it off. The prisoner was then taken to a cell. I don't know where I struck the prisoner, because it was in a moment of irritation. The prisoner had previously asked me to looseu the belt, as it was too tight, and I refused. By the Prisoner-1 did not beat you for five minutes before you struck me. The Prisoner—You beat me on the head, and here is the mark. The Judge to the Witness—Was there a mark on the prisoner's head?—Yes, my Lord, but I can't account for it except it was when he fell against the bulkhead. By the Judge—What ii it put on fox !--For re• fractory conduct. By the Judge—ls it to inflict pain ?—No, my Lord. The Judge—But do you think if you had this on with your hands confined in that position it would not cause pain. I suppose these handcuffs are not padded ?—N9, my Lord. Mr. Coleridge—l understand, my Lord, that this is sanctioned by the Secretary of State, and reported ovary fortnight. The Judge—l am not aware of any act of Par liament to justify the Governor or the Secretary of State to inflict such a punishment. Witness—The body-belt is put on by order of the Governor. I have known a prisoner have it on fur six weeks. I don't know that I have tried it on myself. It is only sufficiently tight to pre vent their slipping it off. The Judge asked for some Act of Parliament or regulation to justify this treatment. Mr. Coleridge said he knew nothing of it except what he read in his brief, because the briefs were sent from London, and no one here knew any thing about it. The Judge said it was clear that there ought to be some inquiry bdote a jaclge, as there was no act that he knew of. The prisiner, when called on fur hi 3 defence, said he wished to ask for mercy. The Judge, in summing up, said they must to careful to see that the parties had not brought this act upon themselves, and had not exceeded their authority. Of course warders must be protected. The ques'ion, however, was what was th e i n t en ti on of the prisoner at the time he inflicted the blow ? He could not help saying that as far as h e k new th e law, an instrument of that kind should not be put ou if the object was to give pain, or inflict punish ment in that way. It was said that th's was con sideredmode,o and approv e d. Th e y f the i ns t rumen t—h e hadhear to d btehea proper descri ptin owned he was not aware of any law that justified its being put OR. guilty, with intent to T d h o e g j r t i l e ry vo f u o s un bo d d t i h prisoner lye harm. The Judge, in passing sentence, sa id h e f oun d the prisoner had been twice convicted of felony, and had been sentenced to 4 years' penal servitude. He had been in a northern prison, w h ere h e h a d conducted himself in an orderly manner ; he had then been taken to Millbank, where he had not acted properly ; he had then been removed to Dartmoor Prison, where his conduct had been very bad, al though he had then been drawing towards the end of his sentence. He had this bait put upon him, which was said to have been appro ve d as a mean s of restraint, and although he was at first inclined to take a different view of it, yet he was not now prepared to say that it was anything more than a means of restraint. No doubt it was necessary. where there were so many convicts, that severe means should be adopted. The Prisoner—My Lord, be beat me for five minutes before I did anything. The Judge—l protest that if I thought a hair of your head had been unnecessarily touched I would not have given you a day's punishment, but I be lieve the evidence that h bean given. I should not do my duty if I did n)t order you to ba kept in penal servitude for 14 years. CRIMINAL COURT. --Dec. 15. THIRD COURT. Ann A'exander, 38, married, was indicted. for marl yin; John Wilkinson, her husband being then Iu th's case it appeared that about 14 years ago the prisoner left her husband, Thomas Wm. Alex ander, a short time after their marriage, and went with Wilkinson to America, and previously to doing so married him, he (Wilkinson) bring at that time a married man. There being no evidence to prove that the pri soner was the woman named in the certificate, the jury acquitted her. John Wilkinson, 45, shoemaker, was then in dicted for feloniously marry i ng th e woman Ann Alexander, his wife F ranc i s b e i ng t h en alive. In this case, as in th e f ormer, t h ere was no wit ness to identify the Pris oner as b e i ng the man whose marriage the certificate mentioned, and he was also acquitted. Thom-is Wm. Alexander, 49, shoemaker, the other husband of Ann Alexander, was then indicted for feloniously marrying Rebecca Collard Saye rs. The prisoner pleaded gu ilt y . Mr. Brooke prosecut e d, an d sa id that the case, although singular, was n o t one ca lling for severe punishment, as the prisone r , no doubt, thought that the woman Alexand er , w h o m the Couit had tried, was not alive when he contracted the second marriage, which he did in 1850, at Faversham, Kelt. His first wife had left him 15 years ago for the man Wilkinson. The Common Sergeant said that the conduct of the first wife and Wilkinson was most disgraceful. The prisoner's conduct was not so bad, and he should sentence him to one mouth's imprisonment. OLD COURT. (Before Mr. Justice Erie and Mr. Justice Crowder.) CEIARGE Or RAN:. Joseph Drake, a milkman, was indicted for a rape upon Alice Toomes, a child about ten years of age. The facts of this case have already appeared in The San, It will be recollected that the prisoner kept a dairy, and the child had been hired to attend to the business during the absence of the prisoner; he afterwards made arrange ments for her to sleep in his house, and during this tame the offence with which the prisoner was indicted was alleged to have been committed. The jury found the prisoner guilty, and he was sot ,enced to 15 years' penal servitude• MIDDLESEX SESSIONS —Dec. 16. The December general sessions of the peace for the county of Middlesex commenced this morning at Clerlicuwell before Mr. Pashley, Q. C., Assistant- Judge, and a full bench of magistrates. There were 51. prisoners for trial-45 for felony, and six for misdemeanour. After the grand jury had retired to their room, Mr. Cooper, the senior member of the bar pre sent, congratulated the learned Assistant-Judge on resuming his seat after his severe illness, and ex pressed a hope that he would soon be restored to perfect health. __ _ - James Lane, 32, pleaded "Guilty" to an indict ment, charging him with embezzling various sums of money, received by him on account of Messrs. Inde, Coope, and Co., his masters. Mr. F. H. Lewis appeared for the prosecution, and recommended the prisoner to mercy, on the ground that he had been in the service of the pro secutors 12 years, during which time, had he been so disposed, he could have appropriated sums of money far larger than those he was now charged with having embezzled. Mr. Poland, for the prisoner, said it not be dis puted that the sums in question had been received, and not accounted for. The prisoner had been traveller to the prosecutors, who were brewers, and his income was made up of 10s. per day for expen ses and a commission upon orders. Having to call at many public-houses in the course of business he had indulged in expenditure beyond his proper means ; but the money he had not accounted for ho certainly would have replaced had he not been called upon in the sudden manner he was. The Assistant-Judge said, he would consider what the sentence ought to be. George Jones, 32, pleaded " Guilty" of having feloniously broken and entered the dwelling-house of Thomas Ashley, and stolen a watch therein. He was sentenced to nine months' hard labour. Thomas Maynard, 13, pleaded " Guilty" of steal ing a horse, cart, and a quantity of sugar, the pro perty of Peter Bowen and another. Sentenced to 18 months' hard labour. William Hurndall,2l, was convicted of stealing a mare, value 61., the property of Joseph Stokes. The Court sentenced him to 12 months' hard labour. John Roberts, alias Rawley, 62, was convicted of stealing five silver spoons and other articles, the property of E. 11. Bradley. Sentenced to 18 months' hard labour. Mr. Creasy presided in the Second Court, and disposed of soveral cases of simple larceny. PUBLIC DISCUSSION ON THE SUNDAY Q UESTION. A public discussion between the National Sunday League and the Rev. Robert Maguire, incumbent of Clorkrnwell, on the vexed Sabbath question, hiving been announced by advertisement to take place yesterday evening at Exeter Hall, long be fore the hour appointed for commencing the dis cussion, namely, 8 o'clock, all the approaches to the large hall were choked up with a dense crowd eager for admission, and by half-past 7 every part of the room was filled. The meeting was the result of a challenge given by Mr. Maguire, at a meeting held a short time since in Clerken well, and ac cepted by Mr. Langley, vice-president of the Sun day League. Strictly speaking, the contest was between the two gentlemen named, though each was of course regarded for the occasion as the champion of his party. Two propositions were agreed upon as the basis of the discussion, one for last night and the other for this evening ; the affirmative resting on the shoulders of Mr. Langley, and the negative on those of Mr. Ma guire. The first proposition, that which formed the subject of last night's discussion, was, " That the opening of the public museums, galleries, libraries, and gardens, after Divine service on Sunday mornings, would be in accordance with the principles of the Christian religion." In order to secure impartiality there were two chairmen, Mr. Robert Baxter on behalf of the Maguire party, and the Rev. Baden Powell on behalf of the Sunday League. The opposite parties were also pretty equally represented on the platform. Two speeches of half an hour's duration were deli vered by each of the disputants. Mr. LANGLEY, in opening the discussion, con tended that the Sabbath now observed by Chris tians does not rest on the authority of Christ or his apostles, and referred to Christ's declaration that " man is not made for the Sabbath but the Sabbath for man," and others of a similar character, in op position to the stringent views of his opponents. He also maintained that the authority of Genesis was by no means clear as to the original institu tion of the Sabbath ; •that the Jewish Sabbath was purely local and national ; and that there was no proof of the general observance of the Christian Sabbath earlier than the second century ; and, in speaking of the comparative lawfulness of various acts on Sunday, challenged his opponent to show what moral difference there was between a person boiling a kettle in his own house on Sunday and his being employed to boil water on a railway, in order that hundreds of persons might enjoy the fresh air of the country. In replying to these views, Mr. MAGUIRE taunted his antagonist with not having adhered to his pro position, or attempted to show that the opening of museums, gardens, &c., on Sunday was "in ac cordance with the principles of the Christian reli gion." He also demanded what right the League had to assume any limitation to the hours of divine service, or confine by implication the observance of Sunday to the morning, and pointed out that if Mr. Langley's view were correct, there was no au thority whatever for Sunday observance, inasmuch as it rested neither on the Book of Genesis nor on the 4th Commandment, which was said to be of strictly local obligation, nor upon the authority of Christ and his apost'es. _ _ _ _ _ After Mr. Maguire had concluded, Mr. LANGLEY again spoke, and claimed Luther, Calvin, Melancthon, Archbishop Whately, and other authorities as supporting his view, the sup port of the Archbishop being manifested by the fact that he is a director of the Zoological-gardens of Dublin, which are open on Sunda - y. fle also alluded to Christ's declaration that it is " lawful to do good o❑ the Sab' , ath day," and argued that this was a justification of the opening of national places of resort, which have a tendency to enlighten the minds and elevate the tastes of the working classes. Mr. MAGUIRE, in reply, cited Paley on the ques tion of the legality or nou-legality of different thir,gs, to the effort that the Sabbath being established and beneficial in its influence, it was the duty of all to abstain from acts which tended to destroy it as an institution. As regarded the origin of the Sabbath, he remarked with much emphasis that the Sabbath is a fact, and that its ex!stence was traceable to the earliest periods of the Christian era in corroboration of which he cited a passage from a letter of Pliny to the Emperor Trajan ; and admitted the desirableness of improving the moral and physical condition of the poor, maintained that he and those who agreed with him had done and were do:ng more to promote that object than those who were opposed to them on the Sunday question. - It having been previously agreed that both gen tlemen should speak only twice, occupying half an hour each time, both these specu'atious were care fully adhered to, and the meeti ng , w hi c h com menced at eight o'clock, torminited about ten. The proceedings ware characterised by fairness and good temper on both sides. The discussion this evening will have special ze ference to the moral and social aspects of the ques tion. NARROW ESCAPE OF AN AMERICAN LASE STEAMER.— The Chicago Journal gives the following narrative of the dangerous storm which overtook the steamer Cleveland on Lake Michigan :—" The steamer left Green Bay on Tuesday, at 10 a.m., with 15 passengersand a full freight. On her waydown she touched at different points, and took on in all about 60 passengers. Everything went on smoothly until about 11 o'clock on Wednesday night, when the blow struck her. She was at time a short dis tance above Milwaukie. The wind and snow raged with fearful violence, and every wave, as it washed into the noble craft, seemed bent on destroying her. Her fires were put out, and it tbeu seemed that destruction was inevitable. Captain Flood, undaunted, however, set about to hale her out, and passengers and crew, with ono dastard exception, took hold, and worked four hours and a half. At the expiration of this time the fires were rekindled, and steam once more got up, but the fires wcre soon put out again. The passengers again went to work with a will and baled until 9 or 10 o'clock, when steam was once more got up. They headed for shorn, and kept on bailing in the midst of this terrible storm. About 3 p.m. they espied, much to their gratification and delight, a chimney, which proved to be in Chicago. At ball-past 6 o'clock the steamer reached her docks. Once or twico during the gale all hopes of ever reaching shore were given np,and a list ..f the passengers on board was prepared by the captain to throw overboard. Hap pily so terrible a calamity was averted. In the midst of the unflinching courage displayed on every hand shines still brighter the courage of a woman who was one of the passengers, the brighter, as it stands in con`rait with the sheer cowardica of a craven.souled man who was aboard. The man was a Frenchman, and not an Englishman, as we stated yesterday. He absolutely refused to work, when a woman, which should have brought a burning blush of shame upon his cheeks if he was possessed of any manhood, stepped forward and volunteered to take his place. That woman's name was Miss E. Wishard, of Milwaukie. The passengers, how ever, would not allow her to work. Her noble beha viour upon this occasion won for her the admiration and esteem of every one on hoard, while the conduct of the Frenchman provoked just the opposite, and we should not have blamed the crew had they looked upon her as a second Jonah aboard their noble craft.—Neto York Tinto. PR I E AIC 2. From the Official List. rITELISHED EVERY TUESDAY AND FRIDAY EVENIN.A. LONDON, TUESDAY, Dec. 15, 1857. CANALS. 4 i • .3 , Dividend Names of , 4 Dividend Names of c Pr; ;-. per Companies. A , per c r. Companies. cd Price. .c 1 Annum. al Annum. , 4 - -- X ! X Ashtn &Oldl. 93 71. g. et. Peak Forest. 78 51. Os. Birmingham 40 41. 88 1 ,,i :Beget.' t's .. • • 30 17s. 16 Coventry...• 100, 111. 190 i Rochdale .... 85 41. 80 D er by ...... 100 61. 15 s . Stfird &Wor, 140 281. GrandJunetn 100 2/. pr. ct. 49% Stonrbridge. 1 45 121. 10s. Do., 6 pr. Ct. 10 61. pr. et. Severn and ,26 1/. 165. Grand Union 100 7s. 6d Wy e R a il. Kennt & Ayr 40 65. 6% Warwick & 1 Leeds gcLivrp 100 251. 501 Birming. j 100 21. 24 Leicester ..•• .00 51. W a rwick ki 9 Leicstr &Nth 83 11. ss. 13 Napton.. J 100 21 . Loughborogt. 143 701 Worcstr & Macclesfield. 100 V. 10s. Blrming. 78 10s. 164 Neath ...... 100 161. Wilts & Brk: 7s. Od. Oxford.. •• •• 100 106 WATER-WORKS. Dividend per Name of Company. Amount of Share. Paid. Annum. rlin .. •• •• 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 ...... Do. Do, ...... Name of Company. f1ungerf0rd.......... Southwark ...... •• .. Ditto New of 7% p.c. Waterloo ....... .. • • • . Ditto Old Ann. of 81. Ditto Nw ditto of 71. Vauxhall ............ Name of Company Commercial .......... Do. Preference East and West India.. Grand Surry D. & Canal Do. Loan Notes .... Do. 5 per cent. Pref. London .• •• • ••• •• • • St. Katharine •• • • •• • • Southampton ........ Victoria •• •• •• •• •• •• Ditto NeW • • •• •• •• Name of Company. Albion .... •• .. .. • • •• Allianze Brit. and For. Ditto Marine ....... Ithenmani ........ Atlas .. irgus Life ........... Critish Commercial .. Church of England .. City of London .. • • Gen. Life Crown .............. Eagle .. Equity and Law...... European Life......... Family Endowment •• Globe . .. •• •• •• Gresham - Life . ....... Do. Do.. ....... Guardian • • • • Imperial Fire... •• .... Imperial Life Indemnity Marine.... Law Fire •• Law Llte.•• .. . • • •• Legal and General Life London ..... London & Pros'. Law.. Marine... • • • • • •• Med. Invlid & Gen. Life Minerva •• •• .. •• .. Monarch New Equitable Pelican •••• •• •• •• •• Phoenix Professional Life•..... Provident Life........ Rock Life.... • • ...• Royal Exchange Sun Fire ...... Ditto Life ..... United Kingdom .... Universal Life .•. ..... Victoria Life ........ Name of Company. A.ustralasia• • • •• • • • • •• Bank of Egypt ...... Bank of London . British North American Ch. Bk. Ind. Aust & Ch. Colonial Commercial of London. Eng. Scot. &Aust. Ch. Lond. Char. Bk. of Aus. Do. New .• •••• •• London and County .. Lon. & Eastu. Bnkg. C. London Joint-Stock ... Londn And Westminatr Nat. Provincial of Eng. Ditto New Ditto ditto Natkrta Bank New =oath Wales Oriental Bank Corpora. Ottoman Bank Provincial of Ireland Ditto, New.• • .. • . • . 10nian................ South Australia • . •... Union of Australia.... Union of lianaburg • • Union of L0nd0n...... Unity Mutual .... • • • • Western Bank of Londn, LIST OF SCOTTISEI COMPANIES' PRICES. Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. .£ a. d. s. d. Sank of Scotland •• 7/. per cent. 100 C 0 100 0 0 1117/0s British Linen Company 81. per cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 215/0s Caledonian Bank ...• . 81. per cent 10 0 0 210 03/ 15s City of Glasgow Baak Si. per cent. 10 0 0 10 0 0 —i Os Clydesdale Bank .... /. p cent. 20 0 0 10 0 0 11/ Os C .mmercial Bank •. 71. per cent. 500 0 0 100 0 0 /22/10 Eastern Bank.. •••• •• 61. par cent. 25 0 0 10 0 0 101 5s Edinb. & Glasgow.... 3%1. p cent. 5 0 5 0 0 41 Is National Bank •• •• •• 6% per cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 18110 s Nortnof Scotland Bank 51. percent 20 0 0 210 051 10s Royal Bank of Scotl. .. 51. per cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 137:0s Union Bank of Scot. •• 81. per cent. 100 0 0 50 0 0 751 0 Western Bank ••.•• • •• 71. per cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 —1 0 Alliance Fire and Life.. 8541. pr cent. 100 0 0 11 0 • 171 Os British Guarantee.. 41. per cent. 10 0 0 2 0 0 11 Ils Caledonian Fire Insur io••per cent. 100 0 0 10 0 0 251 Os City of Glasgow Lite.. 61. per cent. 25 0 0 2 0 0 El Os Ctionial Life ••• .• .. 51. per cent. 50 0 0 3 0 0 71 Os Edinburgh Life Insur. 61. percent. 100 0 0 15 0 0 281 Os Eng. & Scot. Law Life 51.0er cent. 50 0 0 3 5 0 41 1 s Life Assoc. of Scotland 61. per cent. 40 0 0 3 0 OGI 15s Nationa, Fire and Life 64 per cent. 10 0 0 1 4 OSi 0 s North British Insur... 71. per cent. 200 0 0 20 0 0 371 Os Northern Assurance Co. 20 0 0 1 0 0 11 12s Scottish Provincial 50 0 0 2 0 02/ 17s Scottish Union Insrnc. 7541. pr cent. 20 0 0 1 00 11 I4s Standard Life •••• •• 51. per cent. 50 0 0 7 0 0 271 5s GAS-LIGHT AND COKE COMPANIES. Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. 4 s. d. Z s. d. 71. 1. per cent. 20 0 0 all - ri B B dg tl i s ,, h ton Pr . o . v . i . n . c . la . l ... ...... 5 per cent. 20 0 0 - - City of London ...... 2/. per cent. 150 0 I 150 e 0 - Equitable-. •. •• .. •... 2/. 50 0 0 all - European .... . - - Great Central .• •• •• . . Q. per cent 10 0 0 - 11!-4 Imperial - - ........ 101. per cent. 50 0 0 - 70 Ditto New - 55 0 0 12 10 G - Ditto Debentures - Stock 100 0 0 200 De. Continental Ist Cap. 31. Is. 50 0 0 42'15 0 - Do. Do. 2d Cap. 41. 15s. 50 0 0 41 0 0 - Do. Do. 3d Cap. 41. 10s. 50 0 0 43 10 0 - Do. Do. 4th Cap. 31. 50 0 0 41 0 0 - Independent - Londov Parl. Preferen 6/. per cent. 25 0 0 - 27 PhcsniL •-.. •• - Ratcliff ..... •..: 5/. 20 0 0 16 0 0 - Surrey Consumers - United General .. •• - - Westminster Chartered 7 per cont. 5O 0 0 - 50 Ditto, New - - 50 u 0 10 0 0 - Western A. - Ditto B ..• •••• 10 0 0 4 0 0 3 MISCELLANE OI7B . Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. 4 a. d. £ a. d. - Acadian Charcoal Iron •• 10 0 0 2 0 0 - African Steam Ship . • . . • 20 0 0 10 0 0 - GI. per cent. 50 0 0 20 0 0 - Assam Lea •• ,• •• •• •• Auction Mart........ / 1 41 per cent 50 0 0 - - Australian Agriculturl - 25 0 0 19 0 0 22 Australian Trust •• .. 81. pr cent. 100 0 0 25 0 0 - Austradan Royal Mail - 10 0 0 all - Anglo-Mexican Mint ll. 10s. 10 0 0 all - British An,ericau Land 51. per cent. 50 0 0 40 0 0 - Canada ... ...... .... U. per cent 100 0 0 32 10 0 14 Do. 5 per cent Bonds Si. per cent Stock 100 0 0 - Ditto, 5 per cent bds 5/.per cent. Stock 100 0 0 - Ditto. 6 per cent. •• 61. per cent. Stock 100 0 0 - Ditto, 6p c. bds 1874 51 . per cent. Stock 100 0 0 - I Ditto, 6p c. bds 1876 61. per cent. Stock 100 0 0 - Crystal Palace Ditto Preference 7l pr. cent. 50 0 50 0 3% Crys. Palace of France - 4 0 0 all - City Nuvigation Bonds 3% /. per cent - - - Electric Telegraph Eng.& Aus. Cop. Smelt - 5 0 0 all _ Eng.&lris. Mag. T. Co - 50 0 0 all - Equitable Eeversionry 5/per cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 - Ditto New - 50 0 0 22 10 0 - 1 Gen. Revers. & Invest. 51. p c and 11 100 0 0 100 0 0 - Gen. I. Sc. Col. (Lim.) - 25 0 0 all - Gen.SteamNavigation 10/. per ct. & 15 0 0 14 0 0 - London Gen, Omnibus 121. per cent 4 0 0 ' all 3% Hudson's Bay - Hungerford ...... •• - Lon. No. &Na. Mauso - 10 0 0 all - London Reversionary Si, per cent. 15 0 0 all - Mex. & S. American - 10 0 0 all - Nat. Discount Comp ' - 25 0 0 50 0 2 % N.S.W. Gov.sp.c. Deb 5l. per cent. - 100 0 0 - Nor. Bri. Australasi an 6d. 1 0 0 17 all 0 % 10 - North of Europe, St m . 91. per cen t. 20 0 0 Prlce'sPatent Cand. Co - 29 0 0 a l l 0 0 all - Peel River.Lancl&Min. - 5 Pen. & Oriental Steam 71. per cent 50 0 0 all 79 Ditto New - 50 0 0 0 0 Reversionary Int. Soc 4 1. pr cent (0 0 0 0 20 0 0 - 10 allO 0 17U Ditto New ••••• • •• IN I. pr cect. 10 0 0 se 0 0 , 55 Royal Mail Steam G. p. share.lool 0 0 a f i 1,6 Scottish Aus. Invest l5l. per cent. 0 0 0 6 all 1 3214 South Australian Land 0 0 Trust and Loan Comp. 105. 100 002$ ) 0 0 ; Van Diemen's Land•• 7 ;1 4 . , Percent.p 2 2 0 5 Do. 6 per cont. Benda 6 p er Cent ' 7' • - 72: I'7 £ g. 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 3. d. 25 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 60 0 0 40 0 0 70 10 Amount of Share. 1 4 s. d. Stock. Stock. Stock. 100 0 0 100 0 0 25 0 0 Stock. 3tock. 50 0 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 Z a. d. 100 all 51. per cnt. 61. per cnt. 41. per cent. 51. per cent. 41. per cnt. it. per cnt. .41. per cent. BRIDG: Dividend per Annum. 108 per cent.' 11. 123. Od. 11. Bs. Od. 28s. DOC: Dividend . per Annum. 51. pr cent. 61. pr cent. 41. per cent. 51. pr cent. 43y1. per cnt. 4 per cent. 51. Os per c. RAN CE COMPANIES. Dividend per Amount of Share. Annum. 71. per c. 71. 14s. 6d. ;1. p.c. & bs. 15s. Ocl. & bs 41. per cent. 71. 10s. 71. 10s. 51. 5 pr ct.& bs. 41. per shark Id. 188. 53. S'4 per cent. Id. 41. per cent. 6 per cent. 51. per cent. Si. per cent 121. per cent 5/. p. ct. kbs. 28 Et 2s bons . 21/. per sh. 4s. per share 11. 18s. & bs. 4% per cent 51. per cent. 41. per cent. G% per cent 51 p. ct. Si. per cent. 51. per cent. 12 per c. 71. p. c. & bs 8% p. c & bs i/. i4S. 41. &bonus. 5/. & bonus. 5/. & bonus. TINT-STOCK Dividend . per Annum. MI. per cent. 51. per cent. 9 per cent. 41. per cent. 51. per cent. 71. p. C:& bs. V. per cent. 51. percent. ,el. per cent. 61. per cent. 28 per cent. 181. per cent. 16pc.Scbs i cl.per cent. 20'. per cent. 101. per cent. 4/.p.ct.Stbs.. 81. per cent. 51. per cent. 10!. per cent. 111. per cent. 51. per cent. £ S. . 500 0 100 0 100 0 1 0 50 0 100 0 50 0 50 0 50 0 100 0 100 0 50 0 50 0 100 0 20 0 100 0 5 0 Stock. 20 0 0 100 0 0 ;00 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 100 • 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 0 100 0 0 5 0 0 Stock. 20 0 0 100 0 0 .ANTS. Amount of Share. X s. 40 0 25 0 100 0 50 0 20 0 100 0 100 0 , 100 0 1 20 0 20 0 20 0 0 1 50 0 0 'lOO 0 0 50 0 0 108 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 9 0 25 0 0 25 0 0 25 0 0 15 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 SUICIDE AT THE LORD RAGLAN 110TEI, ALDERSGATE-STREET.-INQUEST. Yesterday Mr. William Payne, the city coroner, held an inquest at St. Bartholomew's Hospital, on the body of George T.J. Campbell. Mr. George Pepler, landlord of the Lord Raglan Hotel, near St. Martin's-le-Grand, said the deceased came to his house on the 14th of November, and ordered tea. He afterwards inquired if he could have a bed there, and being answered in the affirmative, he paid it, observing that he should not require breakfast the following morning. He smoked a cigar, and sat up till about 12 o'clock, when he retired to his bedroom. At half-past one o'clock the report of a pistol was heard in theroorn followed by a noise as of some one falling heavily on the floor. Witness went to the room door, and inquired what was the matter, and the decease answered, " All right, I shall be better presently. He forced the door open, when be discovered the deceased lying on his back on the floor, with his hand on a wound in his left breast. The deceased then said, "To think that I should have been such a confounded fool as not to do it effectually. The confounded trigger went so stiff, and that was the cause of it." He (witness) sent for a doctor. Three letters and a card on which was "G. C am pbell, 404, Euston-road, Lond on ," i n p en cil, were lying on the table. He was remove d t o St. Bartholo mew's Hospital. Witness had several interviews with him at the hospit a l, an d he said that his friends formerly lived in S u th er l an dshire, b u t were now in America. He s a id th a t Lord Ward used to visit his father, and that nobleman upon being written to sent him 51. Mr. David Willett, of No. 404, Euston-road, said the deceased lodged with him from the 19th of June until the 14th of November, when he left a note on the table, indicating that he should com mit suicide. A gentleman came to this country' with the deceased, but he had gone . back to Ame rica, and since his departure the deceased bad been without money. He owed 191. odd. His father was a clergyman. Mr. Newton Lee, holism surgeon to St. Bartholo mew's Hospital, said the decased ' was brought in on the 14th of November with a shot wound in his left breast. He extracted the bullet, but he gra dually sunk, and died on Tuesday morning. Ho died from inflammation of the pericardium pro duced by the bullet wound. The jury returned a verdict of temporary in sanity. Country Markets. EDINBURGH HAY AND STRAW MARKET Dio. 15. Supplies of all kinds these last six days large. stone~ Oat straw, from 7s Od to 10 3 Gd pe r kemple of 16 tron ' • wheat do., 8s Od to 9s Od ; barley do., 760 1 to fis 6d. Hay from 10d to 12d. EDINBURGH MEAL—DEc. 15. There were in the market to-day 12 sacks oatmeal, each weighing 2801 b imperial, which sold at 33s Od and p. DALKEITH MEAL MARKET—DEo. 14. There were in the market to-day 8 bags of oatmeal, oof barleymeal, and 0 pot barley. Sales dull. Oatmeal, per sack of 2801bs First. Second. Third. imperial Barleymeal, per ditto --s Od I—sOd—s Od Peasemeal, per ditto Flour, new, per ditto. Pot-barley, now, per ditto... —s Od s Od —s Oa DUBLIN, DEO. 15. The market is still dull for all sorts of grain. We repeat our quotations of Friday, which, however, were scarcely supported for oats or Indian corn. White wheat, 28s Oa to 29s Od ; red ditto, 249 Od to 27s 6d; ditto new, —s Od; barley, malting, 15s to 18s 6d; grind ing, —9 to —s ; oats, old, 12s 6d to 15s; ditto, new, - - fg Od to —s Od ; oatmeal, 14s to 15s 6d; here, new, 14s to 15 0 Od ; rapeseed, 23s Od to 25s Od per brl; bakers' flour, 15's Od to 22s Od per owt ; Indian corn, 31s 01 to 33a Od Pr 480 BRISTOL SUGAR—DEC. 113. In West India sugar about 250 hhde only have been sold at a decline of fully is per „wt. on low descriptions, bat fine kinds and crystalised maintained their former ;slue. Rums are flat, and only in limited demand. COAL MARK Prices of Coals per ton at ET.—DEa. 16. t tho close of the market 1 Welleend. &0.. s. d. Bebside's Hartley 15 3 Howard's West Hartley Netherton 15 3 Davison's West Hartley 15 3 Benton W. Hartley 15 0 Walker Primrose l3 Longridge's Wst Hartley 15 3 Morpcth West Hartley 14 6 North Percy Hartley —l4 6 Tanfield Moor . . l3 3 Tanfield Moor Buts s 13 3 Haswell Gas l4 0 Wylain West Hartley Grey's... l4 Wallsend, &o. - a d. 21 6 N a il ls . : e n i 'ilt s D li u f e f i rr n . 18 6 South Hotton 19 0 Toes l9 3 Hough Hall 17 6 Whitworth l6 0 Plummer l6 6 Haswell 19 6 Hetton l9 3 Gostorth l6 3 liarton ibson l6 6 fedorasley l6 6 assop 18 6 Jesmond l6 0 scorn Close lB 0 Framwollgate l7 9 Hartley 14 0, Ships at market ~ 78 ; sold, 65. LOCAL SHARE MARKET& LIVERPOOL, DEC. 16. STOOK EXCHANGE.—The transactions today were nn' important, and prices wore quiet. London and North Western, 911 i—Great Western, 50, Lancashire and Vol khire, 914—East Lancashire, 891—Midlands, 85/ Borwicks, 23g. MANCHESTER, DEO. 16. STOOK EXOHANGE.—The market opened active to-day, with a moderate business, and prices were better at the close. Dovers, 19 i—Ea stern Counties, 11 7.l6—Leeds, 92—Sheffields, h,—North Eastern, Berwick% 23 11-16---Midlands, 87! i—East Lancashire, new, 1 dis.--• Ditto, Fifths, 3-16 pm.---Grand Trunk of Canada, 94 London and North Western, Eighths, 1i d—Blackburn, 91—Caledonians, 34. BIRMINGHAM, DEC. 16. STOCK EXCHANGE.—Business in the market generally brisk ; prices were woll supported, and for all stooks there was a better demand. {ADVERTISEMENT.} —We quote some interesting Cures With• out medicine of indigestion (dyspepsia), flatulency, constipa• Can, nervous, bilious, and liver complaints, cough, asthma, consumption, and debility, by Du Barry's delicious Rovelent* Arabica Food : Fifty years' indescribable agony from dyspepsia, nervousness, asthma, cough, constipation, flatu lency, spasms, sickness at the stomach, and vomitings, have been removed by Du Barry's excellent Revalenta Arabica Food.—Maria Jolly, Wortham Ling, near Diss, Norfolk. Cure No. 3,9o6.—Thirteen years' cough, indigestion, and gene ral debility have been removed by Du Barry's excellent Re valenta Arabica Food.—James Porter, Athol-street, Perth. Cure No. 41,617.—Winchester, Dec. 3d, 1817.-- Gentlemen, —I am happy to be able to inform you that the person for whom your Revalenta was procured hasderived very groat benefit from its use; distressing symptonis of dropsy, dyspepsia, and constipation of long standing have been removed, and a feeling of restored health induced. Hay. ing witnessed the beneficial effects in the above mentioned case, I can with confidence recommend it, and shall have much pleasure in doing so whenever an opportunity offers, &c. &c.—James Shorland, late Surgeon , 96 th Regiment. This food deserves the confidence of all sufferers, and may be con sidered a real blessing. Inquiries will be cheerfully answered. Supported by testimonials from the celebrated Professore ,of Chemistry, Dr. Andrew Ure ; Dr. Shorland; Dr. Harvey ; Dr. Campbell; Dr. Gattiker ; Dr. Wurzer ; Dr. Ingram ; Lord Stuart de Docies; the Dowager Countess of Cast e stuart; Major-Gon. Thomas King, and many other respectable persons, whose health has been restored by it, after all other means of cure had failed. Suitably packed with full in structions. In canisters, 11b, 2s. 9d. ; 21b, 4s. 6d. ; 5 1 b, lls ; 121 b, 225. The 121 b canisters aro sent carriage ft ee, on receipt of Post-Office order.—Barry Du Barry, dig Co., 77, Regent-street, London. IMPORTANT Caunoe against the fearful dangers of spurious imitations :—The Vice-Chancel. lor , Sir William Page Wood, granted an Injunction on the 10th March, 1854, against Alfred Hooper Nevin, for imitating " Da Barry's Revalenta Arabica Food." BIRTHS. BINGHAM—On the 15th lust., at Broad•streot, Bristol, the wife of Mr. It. W. Bingham (news agent), of a son. FosTER—On tho 15th lust., at Wigmoro•stroet, Mrs. Win. Foster, of a daughter. JACKSON— 0 n_ the 15th iust , at Blackheath•park, Mrs. War. Jackson, of a daughter. - • STANLEY—Ou the 12th inst., at Hendon, tho wife of Captain Edward Stanley, R.N., of a son. ULLAfIIORNE—On the 15th inst., at Lansdowne-terrace, Not ting-hill, the wife of George H. Ullathorne, Esq., 14 13". MARRIAGES. EIMEE GRAY—On the 15th inst., Mr. J. S. Elgee, of the Old Kent-road, to Jeannie, youngest daughter of James Graf, Esq., oflaocester-road, Old Brompton. Edwin RIDLEY—Brot—On the IGth lost., at Ipswich, Mr. Ridley, of Cowpor's-court, Cornhill, London, and Shore road, Hackney, to Mary Louisa, second daughter of the late J. Buck, Esq., Norwich-road, Ipswich. DEATHS. Binaow—On the 15th inst , at 7, Now-stteet, Spring-gar' dens, the Dowager Lad? . Barrow, relict of the late Sir J. Barrow, Bart., aged 81. DEIGHTON —n the 15th inst. at Bournemouth, Richard Scott Deighton, O Esq , solicitor, , late of John-street, Bedford- row. GREATIIED —At Simla, ou the 16th October, Louisa, wife O f Lieut.-Colonel Groaned, Sth Itegt.. and Udders House, Dorset. H A vELT, —Ou the nth inst., at 3, High-row, Kensington gravel-pits, William Haven, Esq., aged 75. PRENDERGRASS—On the 15th inst., at 29, Upper Berkeley' street, Portmau-square, Robert Prendergrass, Esq., aged 70. WICKHAM- -Oa the 15th inst., at Bideford, North Devon, Mr. Thomas Wickham, agLd 80. LONDON : Printed and Published by MUB.DO YOUNG of No, 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun Office, 112, Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the county of Middlesex, Thursday, December 17. 1811. Fria* raid. A c d. Paid. A s. d. Stock. 100 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 Stock. BO - 0 0 20 0 0 14 0 0 Paid. .£ s. d. 50 0 0 n 0 0 25 0 0 Price, Price. Price, 49% 330 17% 130 o to 0 to 0 0 o 10 0 au 5 10 0 10 0 0 5 0 0 raid. X s. d. all is 15 0 50 0 0 all 4 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 20 0 0 20 - 6 0 30 0 0 10 0 0 20 0 0 35 0 0 10 0 0 5 0 0 22 10 0 all 15 0 0 25 0 0 all all all all 2 10 0 3 0 0 10 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 Price. SO 13% - 11 SeN, LONDON. THURSDAY 'EN 7 b:N [No, DECEMBER 17, 1.55;. , •