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

NAVAL AND MILITARY INTELLIGENCE. Lieut. 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. Hume, 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 construction 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. H e remainedin 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 out of the 17 En 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 ing 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 Bolundshuhury was left with Lieut. Lang, of the Engineers T ana two companies of the Sappers, to destroy the ' defences of the fort of Malaghur. In the performan& 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 coun teracarp, and thus connect the exterior with the interior of the fort. He laughed as he called to us to clear away. I scrambled up a ruined bastion and saw him run up to the slow match with the port fire 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 were broken, and his arm almost torn from the body. Poor fellow ! Think of his escape unhurt from the Cashmere gate, where he and Salkeld earned the Victoria Cross— now to meet his death in this manner. It only re mains to aid 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. Benon, with upwards of 800 troops on board for India, has not yet sailed from Portsmouth. 011 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 Lrgotten in the issue of the " routes" to the other detach ments ; and thus at least a couple of days' delay in the despatch of the vessel is occasioned. The de tachment is expect©d at Portsmouth to-day, and if they arrive the Argo may be put to sea to-morrow. As Plymouth lies between Pembroke and Ports mouth, it would have bean 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-sent 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 both 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. R. Peel. They are to be attached to the Indian battalion at Fermoy. The 'Cork Steamship Company's vessel Preus- Ascher Adler, Captain Tooker, arrived at Queens town from London and Plymouth on Sunday evening, having on board the depots of the 33d and 89th 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 son-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 are 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 yesserday morning, in his 72d year. He was a gallant and experienced Indian officer, was engaged as a Sapper and Minfr 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 mangle 1, in his en deavour to escape the hands of the Sepoys in the early pArt of the Indian rebellion. The Serpent, 12-guu sloop, was taken out of dock yesterday at Portsmouth, in order to be moored up the harbour as a target for the gunnery practice of her Majesty's ship Excellent. The Locust, 3 guns, paddlewheel stoamvesael, Lieutenant and Commander J. B. Field, arrived at Sheerness at 11 a.m. yesterd.ly, from Scotland, where she has bees on particular service. The Lords of the Admiralty have dire3t.d the following steamvessels, now at Sheerness, t.) 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, &c. The select committ ee of Voolwich Arsenal Lavo appointed to-morrow for the second experimental trial of the 36 inch mortar constructed by Mr. Mallet for Government. At the former trial the huge weapon was somewhat injured, and a slight rout discovered in the chamber tement. 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'ery. The whole of the shells destined for the experiments to-morrow have been painted one-half white, so that the object in iy be clearly discerned during its flight through the air. Her Majesty's paddlewheel steam slcop Ardent, Commander J. H. Cave, was yesterday morning, inspected in Woolwich basin by Commodo:e Shep herd, and sailed thence for Greenhithe, to adjust compasses, 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 Chatham for a few days past in inspecting the school for apprentices in the Chatham dockyard and the other Admiralty Schools at Chatham. Yesterday the :chools for the thillren of the non-coinmissioued otficeis and pri vates of the Chatham Division of Royal Marines r e i•aspected by Dr. Woolley, and all the schools ere found is•a•thoroughly effi3iont working con dition. The u f o • ' OVIC4r ao day at the Admiralty appointments were made yester •— Carain Patey 1 1 1 3 • Packets at Southarn- tfe)eu appointed Superintendent of n_,avrice Ramsey. Paymasters—AH4„ 3 4 C4mi t i fon, tot he Swallow ; Win. J. Stevens, to the wel i es i ey ; William E. ic..,l f:; It!chard Allen, to the As4ist.nt Payrnante r _w: 1., , the Mehropus. Scott (in charge) to he Buffa'o. Clitlis—Ge,frge Prince, to the eu r a; William promoted to the good- Rhoees, to the Calypso; Rrlr,rt NV. L iLin,,a, to the Lynx. Captain F. Flu.ton hai bee) service pension, vice h',lmsey. THE MILITIA. The 2d West York Regiment of embodied militia will arrive in Portsmouth garrison this day for dntY. They will be quartered in Anglesey and Cambridge Barracks. THE AMERICAN MA MS.—SOUTHAMPTON, Wednesday'. —The United States' mail steamship Arago, Captain Lines, arriv e d f rom H avre last night, and sailed heocr to-day for NewNork with the Usual French and English rnailP, 70 passengers, and about 250 tons of French and English merchandise. The Joshua, Capt. Fowler, is now lyiug in the dock, prepari ng to leaie for Sydney, New South Wales, on the 21st inst., with Government cmi grants, THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY 'EVEN 7NO, ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE, OXFORD CIRCUIT.--STAFFORD, Deo. 15. (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,-1 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 brewhouse, 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. he 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 ?' 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, sho 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 ; will you go with me or Mr. Ponder to the gentleman 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. I am sure of that. I had washed its clothes and suckled it. The prisoner's mother found her with victuals, but she bad 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-const able 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 asked 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 throw my child in alive." She then began to tear her hair. She said she should have gone to Froghall, but her shoes were so bad sho turned bank. She said the child's Darnel 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 produc3 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 that examined the body of the child, and he was of opinion the child was suffocated by drowning. There were no marks of violence. The prisoners's statement before the magstrates 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 brewhouse. I had nowhere to tike it to." Mr. Baron Martin having summed up, The jury found the prisoner guilty, with a strong recommendation to mercy. Ms 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 be 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 Wem, 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, who 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 nide 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 water made hot. Cross-examined—There 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 out, and ell-lied it to Mr. Welton's. Cross-examined—Between the house and the canal there is a coke-hearth, which gives a flickering and unsteady glare. Mr. H. D. Best, surgeon, of Bilston, who had made a po . st 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 the back of the right arm. The deceased died from suffocation by drowning. She was a strong, healthy girl. Cross-examined—The discolouration would n t nec7ssarily indicate violence, and the scratches might have arisen from struggling in the water. It is just possible, but highly improbable, that she could have rec e i 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 ore. The wall of the canal was two feet above the water. The witness said he was of opiniote that in corning to the angle where the canal forms a fork the deceased had falten over the wall into the water. He said the light of a coke-hearth w as very flickering and dazzling. By the Judge—lf she had been struggling with a I think there must have been marks on her body, but there were none. Edward Lloyd, the landlord of the Square and Compasses Public-house. at Bilston, proved that the prisoner was at his house from half-past 6 till 11 o'clock on the night of the 29th April, and left in company with a man named Withers Wolliscroft and three others. Wm. Wolliscroft proved that he accompanied the prsener part of the way to Mosiley, where the pr i soner lived, and parted from Lim about a quarter of a mile from his (the prisoner's) house. Cross-examined—Wo went along 'he Holyhead road. We talked together for some time on the road. George Hague, a ie liceman, saw the prisoner, at about 12 o'clock, aboat 50 or 60 yards from hie (Prisoner's) house. S. Wall said-1 am a labourer. On 9 9 1.1 . 1 was night watchman to Mr. Rose, at Bradley. The p. near the rail Tway are s ea t r h t e li e nt ilw ay . bridge. I know the p nightri of the 29th of April I came to the foot of ytahrede °tee° I wasbridge. I noticed two people on notths bridge. tell whethe r e t b t or 200 yards off. I could they were men or women. I went ear the rails. I was by the r e e n il e i y o were at the abut ment heard the wo m about l b - or 16 said you would kill m e before:' (is j o o i f ti t t h h e e b 7 ri ay d lo g l railings where the t a nsaY, "Philip dI one of them was a woman. I saw him o t n h ' e t n kill k n knew w e raise his fist and knock her down. It was on some part of her head. I was at the bottom of the rails. I was struck, and I could not speak or movo. After this I wont up to him. Before I got up I saw him put her on his shoulder. I went close up to them. I knew the man directly; it was Philip Clare (the prisoner). He had got her on his shoulder to carry her away before he was aware of me. I said to him, " Philip, you'll have to suffer for this." He said, " If you speak I'll serve you the same." I said nothing further to him. He took her off. I followed him a space of five yards. I thought it better to follow Minty, as I thought I should stand no worse chance if I followed him up than if I stood where I was. The road which crosses the bridge goes up to Bradley. He took her over the bridge to the Bradley side, and then turned to the left, after two or three yards. He went along a cartroad, between two buildings, cottages. This was about 20 minutes past 12. I know that, because I had heard Mosley 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 set 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 iu 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 Motley. When he over took me I was 20 yards from the main road, and be came after me down the fields. I went to the en gine, and locked myself up till daylight. I did that because I was frightened of 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 watch." Three weeks after this I first gave infor 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. The prisoner several 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 latter 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 Bilston, 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 giving 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 after 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 I heard 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 minutes I heard the goods train. It was then 11.45. Cross-examined—l afterwards mentioned in the neighbourhood what I had heard. lie-examined—l examined the railway book to see what time the train arrived. It was 5 minutes behind iti 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 60 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 seo Plant. She knew it was one o'clock because she heard the clock strike. Cross-examined—Was fetching water for some one who was ill. John Plant, the witness referred to by the last witness, said he saw the prisoner pass his door on the night in question, but he believed it was about 12 o'clock. The prisoner spoke to him, and stayed talking till nearly two. Ho then went home. ( Hugh M'Crea, the 2uperint)nclent of police at Bilston, took the prisoner into custody on the 24th of May, and charged him with the murder. The prisoner 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 1 wharf, ten minutes' walk from the Holyhead-road, and about 300 yards from the house where the deceased lived. The canal is 6 or 7 feet deep a short distance from the bank. The bottom of the canal is red with the iron ore. Cross-examined—There were appearances of re I ores 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 coke-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. Mts. 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 the learned Judge, be said he saw the deceased on the night of the 29th of April, at 10 minutes before 6, but he did not see her again that night. Mr. Kettle, in addressing the jury f or th e pri soner, said that but for the evidence of the witness Wall there was nothing to show that the deceased had 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. The 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 sho was drowned by accident, as the surgeon seemed to think. The case against the prisoner rested entirely on the evidence of the witness Wall. According to his statement the murthr 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 suggested 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 read 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 sly he was not guilty. The jury almost immediately found the prisoner Not Guilty, and he was discharged. WESTERN CIRCUIT.—EXETER, DEc. 14. (Before Mr. Justice Willes.) Joshua Westlake, John Pike, and Alfred Clarke were indicted for a burglary in the dwelline , house of Francis Weeks, on the 18th of September, at Whimple. Mr. Coleridge c widucted the case for the prosecu tion, and Mr. H. T. Cole defended the prisoners. It appeared from the evidence of the servant girl, named Emma Woods, that oa the night of the 17th of Stpteruber, about 11 o'c'ock, she was aroused by a noi:e outside the hou , e. She looked out of the wiudov.• and saw the three prisoners in ,t,ho yard. Site went to her mast- r's roam, but li was not in bed. She then lighted a lamp and took it to her own room, and then put a cloak over it She look« 1 out of the window and saw three men. Two of them, Westl and Clarke, put a lad r up to her window, and Westlake ascended it. H,, then took a kale from his br, act and cut a cord which had been used to fasten the window. He un hung the casement and handed it to Pike, who was also standing on the ladder, and he passed it to the other prisoner who stood at the foot of the ladder. She then took her cloak from off the lamp, and as Westlake was getting in at the win dow she put it to his face, and put her baud upon his bead, and said, " Westlake, I suppose you have not had bread and water enough." (He had been in prison for stea'ing some wood.) He then drew back and descended the ladder, and she went down stairs and called her master, who was asleep in the sitting-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 had been taken from the dairy. Three ducks had also been taken. The girl then took him to an out house, 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 the girl saw the men in the yard why did she not alarm her master aed 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 young 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 prisoners, who lodged with him, to prove that he was not in the house, and so the girl charged them also. It was therefore .rged 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 o f N ovem b er , with intent to murder him. Mr. Coleridge and Mr. Bere Were counsel for the prosecution. William Rumbelofr—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 ? Witness—lt is put on so that it cannot 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 be 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 of 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 hold 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 finger 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 loosen the belt, as it was too tight, and I refused. By the Prisoner—l 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 headT—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 for ?--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 ?—N.), my Lord. Mr. Coleridge—l understand, my Lord, that this is sanctioned by the Secretary of State, and reported every 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 for 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 seat from London, ;and no one here knew any thing about it, The Judge said it was clear that there ought to be some inquiry before ajudge, as there was no act that be knew of. The prisoner, when called on for his defence, said he wished to ask for mercy. The Judge, in summing up, said they must be careful to see that the parties had not brought this act upon themselves, and had not exceeded their authority. Of course warders must be rrotected. The ques'ion, however, was what was the intention of the prisoner at the time he inflicted the blow ? He could not help saying that as far as he knew the law, an instrument of that kind should not be put on if the object was to give pain, or inflict punish ment in that way. It was said that this was con and approved. They s h i a d d er h e e d ar to d b t e he a p d r e o se p r e i r pt m i e o n d e , of the instrument—he owned ho was not aware of any law that justified its being put on. The jury found the prisoner guilty, with intent to do grievous bodily harm. The Judge, in passing sentence, said he found the prisoner had been twice convicted of felony, years' penal servitude. n, where ho had a li n e d h h a a d d b b e e e e a n s i n e n a t e n n e e r e t d b e t o r n 4 ar conducted himself in an orderly manner ; he had then been taken to Alillbank, 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 belt put upon him, which was said to have been approved as a means 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, he b ea t me. f or fi ve minutes before I did anything. The Judge—l protest that „if I tho ug ht a h a i r o f your head had been unnogessarilf touched I would not have given you a dayhf punishment, but I be lieve the evidence that his bean given. I should nog do my duty if I did nA order you to b 3 kept in penal serViindo for 14 years. CRIMINAL COURT.—Dec. 15. THIRD COURT. Ann Alexander, 38, married, was indicted for marrying John Wilkinson, her husband being then alive. In this 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) being at that time a married man. There baing 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 marrying the woman Ann Alexander, his wife Francis being thou alive. In to identify the p r i soner as b e i n g the man whose mar i r l ia th ge isas in - the former, thero was no wit ness the case, ertificate mentioned, and he was also acquitted. Thomas Wm. Alexander, 49, shoemaker, the other husband of Ann Alexander, was then indicted for feloniously marrying Rebecca Collard. Sayers. The prisoner plead e d gu il ty. Mr. Brooke prosecut e d, an d s aid that the case, although singular, was not one calling for severe punishment, as the prisoner, no doubt, thought that the woman Alexander, whom the Court had tried, was not alive when he contracted the second marri rge, which he did in 1850, at Faversham, Kest. His first wife had left him 15 years ago for the man Wilkinson. The Common Sergeant said that tho 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 month's imprisonment. OLD COURT. (I3efore Mr. Justice Erie and Mr. Justice Crowder.) onAuGs OF RAPE. 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 Sun. J 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 arranae merits for her to sleep in his house, and during this time the offence with which the prisoner was indicted was alleged to have been committed. The jury found the prisoner guilty, and he was se■ tenced 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 Clerken well before Mr. Pashley, Q. C., Assistant- Judge, and a full bench of magistrates. There wore 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 o f th e b ar pre smt, congratulated the learned Assistant-Judge on resuming his seat after his severe illness, and ex prt ssed a hope that lie would soon be restored to perfect health. James Lane, 32, pleaded " Guilty" to au indict ment, charging him with embezzling various sums of money, received by him on account of Messrs. Jude, Coope, and Co., his masters. Mr. F. Ji. 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 disposal, he could have appropriated sums of money far larger than those ho 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 ma,uy public-houses in the course of business he had indulged in expenditure beyond his proper means ; but the money he bad not accounted for he 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 Boweu and. another. Sentenced to 18 months' hard labour. William Hurndall, 21, was convicted of stealing a mare, value 61., tho property of Joseph Stokes. The Court sentenced him to 12 months' hard labour. Johu Roberta, alias Rawley, 62, was convicted of stealing five silver spoons and other articles, the property of E. H. Bradley. Sentenced to 18 months' hard labour. Mr. Creasy presided in the Second Court, and disposed of several cases of simplo larceny. • Names of P: Dividendt Names of Dividend Companies. A ; per .;:; Annum. /2 Annum. 43 ---- - £I X Ashin &Oldh 98 71. p. ct. Peak Forest. 78 5/. Os. Birmingham 40 41. 8834 'lle4eut's• ••• 3G 17s. 16 Coventry..•• 100 111. 190 ;Rochdale.... 85 41. 80 Derby .••• •• iOO 61. 15s. Stflrd &Wor, 140 281. GrandJunctn 100 21, pr. ct. 49% Stoarbridge. 1 45 121. 10s. Do., 6 pr. Ct. 10 61. pr. ct. Severn and Grand Union 100 7s. Gd Wye Rail. j 26 11 . 16 s• Kennt &- Avn 40 Gs. 6!y Warwick & 1 Leeds &Livrp 100 251. 501 Birming. j 100 21. 24 Leicester.... 100 51. Warwick & I 9 Leicstr &Nth 83 11.55. 13 Napton.. 3 100 21 ' Loughborogh 143 701. Worcstr & i 78 10s. 1634 Macclesfield. 100 21. 10s. Birming. Neath .. •• •• 100 161. Wilts & Brkr 7s. Od. Oxford.... •• 100 106 DECR 11 R s PUBLIC DISCUSSION ON THE SUNDAY QUESTION. A public discussion between the National Sunday League and the Rev. Robert Maguire, incumbent of Clerkenwell, on the vexed. Sabbath question, having 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 Clerkenwell, 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 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 au 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 nrral 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. MAarmE 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 apostles. After Mr. Maguire had concluded, Mr. LANGLEY again spoke, and claimed Luther, Calvin, Melancthon, Archbishop Whatoly, 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 Sunday. He also alluded to Christ's declaration that it is " lawful to do good on the Sa,blath day," and argued that this was a justification of the opening of national places of resort, which have a tendency to enlighten the 1 minds and elevate the tastes of the working classes. Mr. MAGUIRE, in reply, cited Paley on the ques tion of the lecialityorrion-legalityof different things, to the effect 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, ho remarked with ranch emphasis that the S tbbath is a fact, and that its existence 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 th9se who agreed with him had done and were doing more to promote that object than those who were opposed to them on the Sunday question. It having Cecil previously agreed that both gen tlemen should speak only twice, occupying half an hour each time, both these specu!ations were care fully adhered to, and the meeting, which com menced at eight o'clock, torminited about ten. The proceedings wore characterised by fairness and good temper on both sides. The discussion this evening will have special 10- ferenco to the moral and social aspects of the ques tion. NARROW ESCAPE OF AN AMERICAN LAKE STEAMER.— The Chicago Journal gives the following narrative of the dangerous storm •which overtook the steamer Cleveland on Like Michigan :—"The steamer left Green Bay on Tuesday, at 10 a.m., withls passengereand afull freight. On her waydown she touched at different points, and took on in all about 60 passengers. Everything wont 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, a n d it th en seeme d th a t d es t r uction was inevitable. Captain Fioed, undaunted, however, set about to bale her out, and passengers and crew, with one dastard exleption, 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 files were 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 shore, and kept on bailing in the midst of this terrible storm. About 3 p.m. they espied , much to their g ratifi c ation and delight, a chimney, which proved to . be in Chicago. At half-past 6 o'clock the ste amer rescued her docks. Once or twice during the gale a ll ho p es of ever readmi g shore were given up,and a list of 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 uu flinching courage displayed on every hand shines still brighter the courage of a woman who in one of the passengers, the brighter, as it stands in contrast with the sheer cowardice of a craven-souled man who was aboard. The man was a Frenchman, and not an Englishman, as we stated yesterday. lie 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 oassengers, 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 board, while th e 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 oral t.—Ncio York Times. LIST OF SCOTTISH COMPANIES' PRICES. ' Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. -- - £ a. d. £ s. 5. Bank of Scotlaud .. •• 71. per cent. 100 C 0 100 0 0 187/0s British Linen Company 81. per cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 21510 s Caledonian Bank. ..... Si. per cent. 10 0 0 2 10, 031 15s City of Glasgow Bank 51. per cent. 10 0-0 10 0 0 -1 Os Clydesdale Bank -•• 53y1. p cent. 20 0 0 10 0 0 111 5s C minercial Bank .. 71. per cent. 500 0 0 100 0 0 222110 Eastern 8ank........ 61. par cent. 25 0 0 10 0 0 101 5s Ediub. & Glasgow.... 3%1. p cent. 5 0 5 0 0 41 Is National Bank ...• •• 616 per cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 18110 s Nortbof Scotland Bank 5/.percent 20 0 0 210 051 105 Royal Bank of 8 cot). .. bi. per cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 137105 Union Bank of Scot... 81. per cent. 100 0 0 50 0 0 751 0 Western 8ank........ 71. per cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 -1 0 Alliance Fire and We.. 8%1.pr cent. 100 0 0 11 0 0 171 Os British Guarantee ... 41. por cent. 10 0 II 2 0 0 11 lls Caledonian Fire Insur • Illt.per cent. 100 0 0 10 0 0 251 Os City of Glasgow Lite.. 61. per cent. 25 II 0 2 0 0 41 Os Colonial Lilo ......... 51. per cent. 50 0 0 3 0 071 Os Edinburgh Life Insur. 61. per cent. 100 0 0 15 0 0 281 Os Eng. & Scot, Law Life 510er cent. 50 0 0 3 60 41 Is Life Assoc. of Scotland 61. per cent. 40 0 0 3 0 061 15s National Fire and Life 61. per cent. 10 0 0 1 4 021 0 s North British Incur... 71. per cent. 200 0 0 20 0 0 371 Os Northern Assurance Co. 29 0 0 1 0 0 11 12s Scottish Provincial .... - 50 0 0 2 0 0 21 175 Scottish Uuton Insrnc. 7%1. pr cent. 20 0 0 1 0 011 145 Standard Life •• •• -•• 51. per cent. 50 0 0 7 0 0 271 55 GAS -LIGHT AND COKE COMPANIES. Dividend Amount Paid. Price. Name of Company. per 1 of Annum, Share. -- - £ s. d. X 1. d. , - British Provincial .. •• 71. per cent. 20 0 0 all Brighton •• .......... 5/. per cent. 20 0 0 - - CElgtuyitoafblLe .. 0ni . 1 . 0n .... .......... 2/. pe 2. rlcent. 1 60 0 050 0 I 150 all - i 0 - - 11% - 70 Ditto New. - 50 0 0 12 10 6 - G l E n ru i e p rao e tp r Imperial • • l nn . t i r. . l. .. :. ....: ......... Si pppeeerrr cent . cent. 50 20 0 0 0 1 6 : - Ditto Debentures.. - Stock 100 0 0 200 Do. Continental 1 steep. 31. 59. 50 0 0 42 15 0 - Do. Do. 2d Cap. 4/. 15s. 50 I 0 41 0 0 - Do. Do. 3d Cap. 4/. Ills. 50 0 0 43 10 0 - Do. Do. 4th Cap. 31. 50 0 0 41 0 0 - Indepensent ......... al. 40 0 0 all - - 27 London Parl. Preferen. 6/. per cent. 25 0 0 5 47 2 0 0 Phoenix . •........... liatcllff..... ........ Surrey Consumers .... 5% . s p i er cnt. 60 0 0 20 0 0 1 6 0 0 _ 81• per cent. 10 0 0 all - 0 United General ...... 16s 05 per sh. 50 00 - _ Westminster Chartered 7 per cent. 5 0 0 0 - 50 0 Ditto, New ...• •• •• - 50 0 0 10 0 Western A. 10 0 0 4 all 0 0 3 Ditto 11 •• .. ••• • • • •••• MISCELLANEOVS. Divido -----------. 'd • ----- I° oo ti 7 .---' -----...-----.- Name of ComPlifir• per of Paid. P r i ce . Annum. Share. --- ---___ -..- 4 a. d. 4 a. d. • • 10 0 0 2 0 0 - AfricanAcadian Charcoal Iron 20 0 0 10 0 0 - oi. rer cent. 50 0 0 20 0 0 Auction Mart...... - 2 1 4 'per cent 50 0 0 - Assam , S e t a c a . i . n .. 8 h .. 1 p .. .... , _ . . - Australian - 25 0 0 19 0 0 22 81. pr cent. 100 0 0 25 0 0 - Aastralian T tr e l t eul . t . u . r . l Australian Royal Mall - 10 0 0 all - Anglo-Mexican Mint.. 11. 10e. 10 0 0 all - British American Land Si. per cent 50 o 0 40 0 0 ........ ~ el. percent 100 0 0 32 10 0 14 Canada p o .5 per.. . cent Bonds 51. pet cent Stock MO 0 0 - Ditto, 5 per cent bds si.per cent. Stock 100 0 0 - Ditto, 6 per cent... 6/. por cent. Stock 100 0 0 - Ditto, 6p c. bds 1874 41. per cant. Stock 100 0 0 - 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 Navigation Bonds 3%1. per cent - - - ;electric Telegraph . • 6/. per cent. Stock. 100 0 0 104 Eng.& Ans. Cop. Smelt. - 5 0 0 all - Eng.&lris. Slag. T. Co. - 50 0 0 all - Equitable Reversionry 5/per cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 - Date New 5O 0 0 22 10 0 - - 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 - u Lo u i d id s o o i n i ,g Gen. hlay () .. m .. ni . b . u s 1 5 2 1 1 . . per cent 4 0 0 3% all per cent. Stock Stock - liungerford ...... • • - Lon. No. &N a . M auso - 10 0 0 all -_ London Reversionary 5/, per cent. 15 o o .11 - - Mex. & S. America!: - 25 10 0 0 Nat. Discount Comp.. -100 00 0 0 - N.S.W. Gov.sp.c. D e b. Si. p er ce nt. S Nor. Bd. 10 0 Australasian 6d. 0 017 10 0 - North o of Europe, Stm. Si, el per cent. 0 0 29 0 0 all , 2 all 0 2% Price's Patent Cand. Co - 5 0 0 all l'eel River.Land&Min. - 79 10 sa a o l l l 0 114 Pen. & Oriental Steam 71. per cent Ditto New - 21 0 0 - Reversionary Int. Soc. Ditto New •• - Royal Mail Steam r cent. 1 0 0 all i 1% 41, p. share. 100 0 0 6C 0 0 55 ] Scottish Ails. Invest. 151. per t 25 0 0 all per 1161. pr ct 1 1 0 4* 0 1 0 0 430 0 0 00 32% pr cent. 20 0 0 0 2, 5 10 0 0 0 - 9 TrustS o u t h a tu d s tr a Loanl l a n c Land ornp. 1 % 1. , . Vaa Diemen's Land.• 105. 100 0 Do. 6 per cent. Bonds 6 p er cent , PR I S. From the O f ficial List. PUBLISHED EVERY TUESDAY AND FRIDAY EVENING LONDON, TUESDAY, DEC. 15, 1857. CANALS. Name of Company. rlin .••••• East London _ _ Do. 4 per Cent. Pref. Do. 5 per Cent. Pref. Grand Junction .... •• Do. New .. .. • . Kent.. .. • • . i .. .. .. .. Lambeth • ... .. .. • ... New River Company.. Southwark & Vauxhall West Middlesex • . .. .. Do. Do, .... .. Name of Company. ffungerford.... •• .... Southwark .......... Ditto New of 7% p.c. Waterloo..... Ditto Old Ann. of Si. Ditto Nw ditto of 71. Vauxhall .. .. .. .• •• •• Name of Company Commercial .......... Do. Preference East and West India.. Grand garry D. & Canal Do. Load Notes Do. 5 per cent. Pref. London .•• • • ••• • • St. Katharine ........ Southampton ........ Victoria .• •• •• •• •... Ditto New •• •• •• •• Name of Company. Albion .. ••.... • • • • Alliance and For. Ditto Marine ....... Athenaeum .......... Ulm . . &rgue lac ......... • • British Commercial .. Church of England .. City of London .. •• .. ClericLeind.& Gen. Life County Crown .............. Eagle .. Equity and Law... European Life Family Endowment • • Gieueral.. •• •• •• •• •• •• Globe Gresham:Life . Do. Do.. ....... Guardian .........• • • Imperial Fire. Imperial Life • • •• Indemnity Marine.... Law Fire ...... • • • • • . Law Lite. • • • • ...• • • • • Legal and General Life London •• London Se Prov. Law • • Sled. Invlid & Gon. Life Minerva • ....... • • Monarch •• • . •• • Mew Equitable Pelican •• •. •• •• •• •• Pheenbc Professional Life • • .. Provident Life........ Rock Life ............ Royal Exchange Sun Fire .. •••• Ditto Life ..... United Kingdom .... Universal Life .• • ..... Victoria Life Name of Company. Australasia - .•. •• • • •• •• Bank of Egypt Bank of London British North American Ch Bk. Ind. Aust & Ch, City Commercial of London Eng. Scot. & Aust. Lond. Char. Bk. of Aug. Do. New .. • • .... .. London and County .. Lon. & Eastn. 11 nkg. C. London Joint-Stock ... Londn •ad Westminstr Nat. Provincial of Eng. Ditto Neff • • ••• • • • Ditto - ditto Natiortal Bank New oath Wales Oriental Bank Corpora. Ottoman Bank Provincial of Ireland Ditto, New......... r0n1an................ South Australia ...... Union of Australia.... Union of Hamburg.... Union of London...—. Unity Mutual .. .. • • • • Western Bank of Londn WATER-WORKS. Dividend . per Annum. 51. per cnt. 61. per cnt. 4/. percent. 51. per cent. 4/. per cnt. 61. per cnt. 4!. per cent. BRIDGE Dividend per Annum. Amount of Share. Paid. Price. los per cent. •• • • 1 11. 12s. Od. H. Ss. Od. 28s. DOCKS. Dividend per Annum. 51. pr cent. 61. pr cent. 41. per cent. 51. pr cent. 43 /. per cnt. 4 per cent. 51. Os per c. Amount of Share. X s. d. 10 0 0 Stock. 25 0 0 25 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 61 • 0 5 1 II .£ a. d. 25 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 GO 0 0 40 0 0 70 10 3 Amount Share. Z s. d. Stock. Stock. Stock. 100 0 0 100 0 0 25 0 0 Mock. 3tock. 50 0 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 MANCE COMPANIES. Dividend per Aiinum. Amount of Share. Paid. Price. 71. per c. IL 14s. 6d. ;l. p.c. & bs. 15s. 0(1. & bs 41. per cent. It. 10s. 71. 10s. 5/. 5 pr ct.& bs. ll._ per share 1/. 18s. I ss. , Sq per cent. 11. 41. per cent. 6 per cent. 51. per cent. V. per cent [2?. per cent - 14 s. 51. p. ct. &bs. 2s & 2s bons. 211. per sh. 4s. per share 18s. & bs. -I% per cent 51. per cent. 51. per cent. 6% per cent 51p. et. Si. per cent. Si. per cent. 12 per c. p. c. & bs p : c bs 11. 14s. 41. & bonus. 51. & bonus. 51. & bonus. lINT-STOCK Dividend per Annum. 101. per cent.' 51. per cent. 9 per cent. 41. per cent. 51. per cent. 71. p. e. & bs. 4'. per cent. 5!. percent. 1 lel. per cent. 61. per cent. 28 per cent. 181. per cent. 16pc.&bs Sl.per cent. 20'. per cent, 101. per cent. 41. p. ct. &bs. Si. per cent. 51. per cent. 101. per cent. 311. per cent. 151, per cent s. d. 500 0 0 'lOO 0 0 100 0 0 1 0 0 50 0 J 100 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 I 'loo 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 20 0 0 100 0 0 5 0 0 Stock. 1 20 0 0 100 0 0 500 0 0 'lOO 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 20 0 0 5 0 0 10 0 0 6 5 0 100 0 0 5 0 0 Stock. 20 0 0 100 0 0 Z s. d. 50 0 0 11 0 0 25 0 0 all 5 15 0 25 0 0 5 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 10 0 0 10 0 0 5 0 0 5 0 0 5 0 0 all 4 0 0 47 5 0 50 0 0 20 0 0 30 0 0 2 10 0 13 0 0 2 10 0 12 10 0 2 0 0 12 11 0 2 0 0 20 0 0 2 0 0 4 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 • o to 0 to o 0 o to 0 •it 5 10 0 to o 0 5 0 0 B LNICS. Amount of Share. X a. d. 40 0 0 25 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 20 0 0 100 0 0 'lOO 0 0 100 0 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 50 0 0 'lOO 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 2000 20 0 0 50 0 0 20 0 0 25 0 0 20 0 0 100 0 0 10 0 0 25 0 • 25 0 0 25 0 0 15 0 0 50 0 0 100 .0 0 100 0 0 A s. d. all HI I 5 0 60 0 0 all 1 0 0 SO 0 0 25 0 0 20 0 0 all 20 '6 0 50 0 0 10 0 0 20 0 0 15 0 0 10 0 0 5 0 0 22 10 0 15 . 0 0 25 0 0 all all 2 10 0 3 0 0 10 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 Paid. Z s. d , 100 all Price X s. d. Stock. ,00 0 oo 0 5 0 0 Stock. 50 0 0 20 0 0 14 0 0 SUICIDE AT THE LORD RAGLAN BOTEE, ALDERSGATE-STREET.-11VQUEST. Yesterday Mr. William Payne, the city coroner, held an inquest at St. Bartholomew's Hospital, on the body of George 11. Campbell. Mr. George Pepler, landlord of the Lord Raglan Hotel, neat 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 for 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 repot t of a pistol was heard in theroom - 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 deceased, answered, " All right, I shall be better presently. He forced the door open, when he 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. Th e 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. U. Campbell, 404, Euston-road, London," in pencil, were lying on the table. He was removed to St. Bartholo mew's Hospital. Witness had several interviews with him at the hospital, and he said that his friends formerly lived in Sutherlaadshire, but were now in America. He said that 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 Juno 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 had been without money. He owed 191. odd. His father was a clergyman. Mr. Newton Lee, house 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. He died from inflammation of the pericardium pro duced by the bullet wound. The jury returned a verdict of temporary sanity. Country Markets. EDINBURGH HAY AND STRAW MAT ULET DEO. 15. Suplies of all kinds these last six days large. tropOa: straw w he wheat do., 7 8 s s 0 01 t o o 9 1 8 0 0 , ; 41 6 ; d per r k l s e y m d p 0 1 0 . 6d. Hay from 10d to 12d. ,o;slitettoonse: EDINBURGH MEAL—DEO. 1 0 . There were in the market today 12 sacks oatmeal, each weighing 2801 b imperial, which sold at 33s Od and DALKEITIT MEAL MARKET—DEO.I 4 . There wore in the market to-day 8 bags of Oatmeal, oof barleymeal, and 0 pot barley. • Sales dull. Oatmeal, per sack of 2801bs I First. Second. TWO. imper i al Barleymoal, per ditto -s Od —s Od —s ua, Peasomeal, per ditto Flour, now, per ditto — s Od — s Od —s Od Pot-barley, new, per ditto —a Od a Od — 0 ti' DUBLIN. DEC. 15. The market is still dull for all sorts of grain. We repeat our quotations of Friday, which, however, were searcelY supported for oats or Indian corn. White wheat, 28s Oct to 29s 0(1 ; red ditto, 249 Od to 270 6d; ditto new, —s 01; barley, malting, 15 s to 18 s 6d; grind ing, —s to —s ; oats, old, 12s Gd to 15s; ditto, now, Oct to —s Od ; oatmeal, 14s to 15s Gd; bero, new, ll s to ltis Od ; rapose( d, 239 Od to 25s Od per brl ; bakers' flour, 16$ Od to 22s Od per owt ; Indian corn, 31 s 01 to 339 0 Isr 430 lbs. BRISTOL SUGAR—DEC. 16. In West India sugar about 250 hhds only have been sold •di 'motions, bat at a decline of fully is per cwt. on low descrip. fine kinds and crystalised maintained their former Rums are flat, and only in limited demand. value. COAL MARK] Prices of Coals per ton at 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 3 Long,ridge's Wst Hartley 15 3 Morpeth West Hartley 14 6 North Percy Hartley —l4 6 Tanfield Moor l3 3 Tanfield Moor Butes 13 3 Haswell Gas 14 0 Wylam •• West Hartley Grey's, 1.4 3 :T.—DEo. 16. the close of the market Walleand, &a. d. Nixon's Duffryn. 21 6 Russell's Hatton 18 6 ISouth Hotton 19 0 Toes Hough Hall ___ 17 6 Whitworth l6 0 Plummer l6 6 Haswell 19 6 ' Hutton l9 3 Josforth l6 3 Radon Gibson l6 I Medonasley 16 6 Cassop 18 6 Jesmond l6 0 Acorn Close lB % ~ 78 ; sold, 65. Wsllsend, &c. Framwellgate l7 llartley 14 0 Ships a market LOCAL SHARE MARKET& LIVERPOOL, DEC. 10. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The transactions today were important, and prices were quiet. London and North Western, 94 A—Great Western, 50;- - -Lancash ire and Yoikhire, 91 8 --:East Lancashire, 891—Midlands, 851 Borwicks, 23g. MANCHESTER, DEO. 16. STOOK EXCHANGE. --The market opened active to -day, with a moderate business, and prices were better at this close. Dovers, 19 i—Eastern Counties, 11 7.l6—Leeds, , 92 92—Sheffields, i 6 ii—North Eastern, Berwioks ' 23 11-16--Midlands, 87 3 i — E ast Lancashire, new, 1 dis.-- Ditto, Fifths 3-16 pm.— Grand Trunk of Canada, EA—. London and ' North Western, Eigh ths, 1i d -- Blackburn, 9}—Caledonians, 39 . • BIRMINGHAM, DEC. 16. STOCK EXCHANGE.—Business in the market generally brisk ; prices were well supported, and for all stocks there was a better demand. [ADVERTISEMENT.] —We quote some interesting cures with* out medicine of indigestion (dyspepsia), flatulency, constipas tion, nervous, bilious, and liver complaints, cough, asthma, consumption, and debility, by Du Barry's delicious Rev:tient* Arabica Food : Fifty years' indescribable agony front dyspepsia, nervousness, asthma, cough , constipation, flatn• lency, spasms, sickness at the stomach , and vomitings, have been removed by Du Barry's excellent Revalenta Arabic 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. valeta Arabica Food.—James Porter, Athol-street, Perth. Cure No. 41,617.—Winchest er, Dec. 3d, 1847. Gentlemen, —I am happy to be able to inform you that the person for whom your Revalenta was . procured hasderived very great benefit from its use; distressing symptoms of dropsy, dyspepsia, and constipation ,of long standing have been removed, and a feeling of restored health induced. Hay.: • ing witnessed tho beneficial effects in the above-mentionee case, I can with confidence recommend it, and shall have much pleasure in doing so whenever an opportunity offers, &o.t &c.—James Shorland, late Surgeon, 96th Regiment. This food deserves the confidence of all sufferers, and may be con sidered a real blessing. 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Barrow, Dart., aged Si. • Dmenros— On the 15th inst., at Bournemouth Richard Sco tt Deig ht o n, Esq , solicitor, late of J o h n • street, Bedfora row. G R EATIIED —At Simla, on the 16th O c t o b er, Louisa, wife of Lieut.. Colonel Greathed, Bth Regt.. an d Uddens House, Dorset. II kvimr, —On the 16th inst., at 3, High-row, Konsiugt°ll Gravel-pits, William Haven, Esq., aged 75. PRENDERGRASS-0 11 the 15th hist at 29, Upper Berk street, Port man - square, R o b ert 'P ren dergrass, Esq. , li g ° 70. WICKIIAM- -On the 15th inst., at Bideford, North Devon, Orr Thomas Wickham, aged 80. _ - LONDON : Printed ard Published by MURDO YOUNG . of No, 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun Otliee, 112, Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the eouatY of Middlesex, Thmrs4ay, December 171 1867* A i. d. Paid. Price. Paid. 49 330 17% 130 7% Price.