The Sun. — London, England, 1857-11-26 00:00:00

LAW INTELLIGENCE.—Nov. 25. VICE-CHANCELLORS' COURTS. (Before Vice-Chancellor Stuart and .Mr. Justice Cresswell.) BROOK T. BROOK.—_MARRIAGE AT ALTONA. BY A Bltf#Xl StBJECT DOMICILED IN ENGLAND WITIT A DECEASED WIFE'S SISTER. Sir F. Kelly, in reply, said he would confine himself strictly to those arguments which had been urged on behalf of the Crown. The Solicitor- General had relied on some passages in "The Queen v. Chadwick." He (Sir F. Kelly) presumed at the outset that this Court would not overrule the decision of the Court of Queen's Bench, and had therefore assumed that a marriage between a deceased wife's - sister was prohibited by law ; but as reference had been made to that case he should not scruple to arraign the decision of that case, if neces sary before the court of ultimate appeal. The statute of Henry VIII. had laid it down that no marriage was invalid except such as was contrary to God's law. " The Queen v. Chadwick," how ever, proceeded on a repealed statute of Henry VIII., but left untouched the moral and social question. He, for one, must the re f ore i mpugn t h e validity of that decision. The question was not now, , herwever, as to the validity of a marriage of a deceased wife's sister in this country, but as to such a marriage in a foreign country, where it was valid by law. There was not a single case, except the Sussex peerage case, where a marriage celebrated in a foreign country, where such marriages were valid, was not held to be valid here, though there had always existed courts in this country with juris diction to impeach such marriages. This was a remarkablei circumstance that no such case had ever occurred. The Sussex peerage case—the only exception—was a singular one, depending on the language of the statute. It was a personal statute, and was tantamount to a statute enacting that the Duke of Sussex should not be able to contract ma trimony without the consent of the Crown. It was as much a personal statute as the statute by which the sovereign became of age at 18 instead of 21. To hold that such a statute could be defeated by merely crossing the Channel would be absurd. Mr. Justice Cresswell—ln the King v. Loll ey did a.-ny 'question arise whether the second marriage wag good or bad—in a word, was a man treated as a felon without discussion ? Sir F. Kelly—That case was determined on the question of the validity of divorce—viz., whether an English marriage could be dissolved in a foreign cottntry, and it was held it could not. Mr ' Justice Cresswell—a min is guilty of felony if he take-a second wife, his first wife living. Had he married- a second wife in Scotland, it would have been good s then, according to your argument, he might have come to England with two lawful wiver. Sir P. Kelly—There was no doubt there might arise a conflict of laws, but the question was hot the inconvenience, but whether the casehad arisen. The report of L9lley's cases gives the argument, but does not state the reasons of the judgment, which was merely that an English marriage could not be dissolved . by a foreign tribunal. All we claimed here wes the power of foreign courts to legalise acts done within their jurisdiction which were not contrary to morality. He repeated there waa not a case in which a marriage celebrated abroad was regarded on any other point than on the one, viz., was it legal there ? The Attorney- General had contended that the legalisation of a marriage in a foreign country was as to the form and ceremony of it, but that, though true, was by no means the limit of the proposition. To say that the jurisdiction did not extend also to the personal capaCity of the contract and all other contracts was to confound the language and meaning of all the authorities. In the case of May v. Ross (3 Espi nesse) Lord Elsie e eld that a contrast, though the question was personal, must be determined by the law of the country where it was entered into. In De la Vega v. Vienna (B. and Ad 284) the same principle was laid down, and the remedy must be pursued according to the laws of the country where the party was. Mr. Justice Cresswell—Suppose a promise to marry a deceased wife's sister in Denmark, would this Court enforce it ? Sir Y. Kelly—That would raise a difficult ques tion as to specific performance. The Vice-Chancellor—Sir F. Kelly, we have not oome yet to bills for specific performance to marry. (Laughter.) Sir F. Kelly—lf the contract were to marry in Denmark, he could see no objection to the action. Mr. Justice Story's " Conflict of Laws," section 103, laid it down clearly that the lex loci must prevail ; but not to weary the Court with authorities, he would refer to the only class of cases within his know ledge depending on prohibition in a parent State of marriages between different classes of persons. There were several States of the Union where marriages were prohibited between white men and black women, but in some States such marriages were lawful: and yet the test has always been considered to be, was the marriage valid by the law of the State where it was contracted ? 'Tlad learned counsel then referred to the case of "Read ing v. Smith" (2 Haggard Con.), to show that such was the test in this country. The same theory was to be found in Scrimshire, v. 9. The next case was Harford v. Morris," which be had not referred to, because it had been overruled; but it did not bear out what had been sought to establish thereby. Then came the case of "Middleton v. Jan verin ; but thesante principle was acted on there. There was, therefore, no single exception to th e ru l e th a t the validity a marriage depended on the validity by the laws of the country where it was celebrated. In the case of " Monro v. Monro," which had been cited (7 Cl. and Fin. 782), it was held that the law of the country where it was celebrated deter mined its validity, and the law of the domicile re gulated its consequence ; therefore, any question of divorce or alimony, had such arisen in this case, would have depended on the law of England. In " Birkwhistle v. Hurry" the same principle was acted on. It might be that the Attorney-General believed that these marriages were incestuous, but it was too much to denounce these marriages, wh'cb millions of virtuous, Christian, and religious pr sons believed t ) be inno cen t. We must ri-menaber that there marriages were lawful throughout the wh 13 of the Protestant States of the continent of Europe and of America, and even throughout Rona in Catholic countries subject to disren..cali )ii. [fever there was a cass in which a qnestion oug%.t to be considered calmly, it woe one whero the pater patrice came into one orter own c-)urts to take away from the children the property earned by the labour of their parent. He now came to the real question at issue, that the marriage was valid here if valid by the law of the country where it was celebrated, bur, of conne, with the qualification that it must nat. be contrary to morality or Christianity. This country would not recognise polygamy, on the groend that it was immoral. No case had been cited in which this country had refused to recognise the validity of other laws. We ought, therefore, to beware, how we made laws at v ar i ance w ith ose of civilised Europe, and spreading ruin, desolation, and de gradation among thousands of families. He now came to the question whether the Act of William tended to the colonies —would it extend to Ire land before the union ? There was no doubt of the power of the Legislature to make laws. but it was settled that a statute did not apply to Ireland un less Ireland was named (7 Coke, Calvin's Case"). The learned gentleman then cited The Attorney- General v. Stuart" (2 Merirale), cont4oing a note from Blackstone's %Commentaries," to the effect that the laws of England only extend to such co lonies as are named. We had colonies which had formerly belonged to countries by whose laws these marriages were lawful. In conclusion, he sub mitted this questi on was t o b e governed by the strict construction of the language of the Legisla ture, without reference to opinions of individuals on certain passages of Scripture, an I, tried by that test, the marriage could not be impeached. The Vice-Chancellor said it was too important a question to be determined hastily, and he should, therefore, with the advice and assista nce o f M r. Justice resswell, consider his judgment. CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT—Nov. 25. OLD COI7RT. (Before Mr. Justice Coleridge and Mr. Baron Watson.) Jobn Marks, 36, Samuel Marks, 24, and Abra -144314 Si mnAonsindicted 40, were for felony, for baying, after the first-named prisoner had been de clared and adjudged a bankrupt, unlawfully con cealed and embezzled a cer t a i n por ti on o f his effects above -the va l ue of 10/., with intent to defraud his creditors. There were several other similar indictments for felony against the t hey were charged with a conspiracy to de e f r r a ° ng and era c b the creditors of the bankrupt by secreti log a large quan tity of his effects after his banl e cr was urx[PattearTnaldi ff sp e cially Mr. Edwin James, Q.O , to conduct the prosecution, with 13 ;o ri n J Mt o i Poland, and Mr. Wilkinson ; Sergenasunt, ne appeared specially, with Mr. Rub, hn Marks ; Sergeant Parry was specially retained for Samuel Marks ; and Mr. Huddleston, Q.c ., was also specially retained, with Mr. Sleigh, for the prisoner Simmons. The ease that was proceeded with charged ilia Pri*dr John Marks with having unlawfully se emb.-yzzled six pianofortes and a (Juan tit og Backing, with intent to cheat and defratd his creditors • and the other prisoners, Samrl .Marks an d k b jowly rahm Simons, werei...ch.argt4 with principal s, ailing in the first an I se,:ona da4r4e, assisting him to commit that.: If fence. ;aria 1 Mr. James, in opening the case to the jury, said that the-faets to- which he should have to bespeak their . attelitioif on the present cccasion were of the most astounding character, and would develop a fraud of a most enormous description, in which fraud, i n the result, he b e li eve d t h ey wou ld entertain no doubt that the whole of the prisoners had deliberately engaged themselves. The indict ment was preferred under a statute of the 12th and 13th of Victoria, which declared it to be a felony • for any person, after he bad been made a bankrupt, • to embezzle or conceal any of his effects with a view to defraud his creditors, and he believed that no case had ever been brought forward under this statute in which so grass and enormous a fraud had been committed as in the present instance. The prisoner John Marks appeared to have carried ou the business of a coachmaker for a good many years in Long-acre, and also in Bell-street, Paddington, and he seemed to have enjoyed some considerable amount of credit among the persons with whom he did business, and holed a brother at Melbourne who also carried on the business of a coachmaker, and with whom he bad a sort of corresponding agency. The prisoner Samuel Marks likewise carried on the business of a coachmaker in Long-acre, in partnership with the other pri soner Simmons, whose daughter he had mar ried, and he believed there could be very little doubt that the bankruptcy, and the aubsequent proceedings that were taken to defraud the credi tors, were concocted originally by Simmons, and that he was the principal agent in the matter. The learned counsel then proceeded to state that John Marks was declared a bankrupt in May, 1857, and he said he should prove that for several months before this period be bad obtained an enormous quantity of goods from different tradesmen, giving bills at four and five months' date, which, of course, he had no intention ever to pay, and those goods were dealt with by all the prisoners, and concealed at different places under very extraordinary cir cumstances, and a greater portion of them were eventually consigned to Sydney. The whole of the prisoners would be distinctly proved to have taken a share in thus disposing of the property, and the proceedings would leave no doubt that de liberate perjury was resorted to in order to carry out the fraud, the prisoner John Marks having, in the course of his examination before the Court of Bankruptcy distinctly denied, upon his oath, that he was in possession of any property except that which was given up at the time of the bank ruptcy, although he must have known that pro perty to the amount of many thousand pounds had been removed and secreted after the bankruptcy, evidently with the intention that when that had blown over - the property should be disposed of and the proceeds divided among them. The result of the examination into the affairs of John Marks showed that he was deficient several thou sand.pounds in his cash accounts, and that goods of the value of nearly 15,0001. were entirely unao counted fon 'A considerable portion of these goods was subsequently recovered through the informa tion that was given - by a man named Molloy, who had been in th service of the prisoner John Marks, and this property had been sold and divided among the general body of creditors, but they had still been defrauded to a very large amount through the proceedings of the prisoners. He should call this man Molloy before them as a witness, and he would detail the course that was taken with the goods that were obtained by the prisoners ; and, although he undoubtedly stood in the position of an accomplice, yet, when the jury found that he was corroborated in many essential particu lars, he believed they would entertain no doubt that he was speaking the truth, and his evidence would be almost conclusive against the prisoners. Evidence confirmatory of the learned counsel's statement having been addduced, Sergeant Parry then urged that his client could not be convicted as a principal under the present indictment. He called the attention of the Court to the section of the statute under which the charge was preferred, and he contended that the offence could only be committed by a person in the position of a bankrupt, and that any other person who might assist in the removal of property did not stand in. the position of an accessory before the fact, and could not under the recent statute be convicted as a principal. • Mr. Justice Coleridge 'asked if he was to under stand that the learned sergeant contended that any person who so acted could not be convicted of any offence ? Sergeant Parry said that his objection certainly went to that extent, but if there was any omission on the part of the Legislature the prisoner was en titled to the benefit of it. Mr. Huddleston took the same objection in be half of his client. He also urged that under the bankrupt law a 'ocus penitentice was allowed to the bankrupt until he had passed his last examination, and as John Marks had not passed that examine tion, for all that appeared to the contrary, he might have made a full disclosure of the whole of this property, and then there would have been an end to the present inquiry. The Court having intimated that the learned counsel for the prosecution need only direct his at tention to the point whether the prisoner Samuel Marks and Simmons could be convicted as principals, Mr. James said it appeared to him that this ob jection was entirely unfounded, and that it was quite disposed of by the section of the 7th and Bth of George IV., which enacted that any person wile) incited or aided another in the commission of any felony, whether at common law or created by sta tute, should be considered as an accessory before the fact, and in that capacity might be convicted as a principal. Mr. Justice Coleridge, after a short consultation with his learned brother, said the Court was at present of opinion that the objection was not a valid one ; but, as it was a question of consider able importance, they would give the point further consideration, and they would reserve the question if it should become necessary. Serjeaut Ballantine then proceeded to address :he jury on behalf of the prisoner John Marks, and he contended that the evidence did not support the specific charge brought against him under the present indictment. He said he would not deny that he had acted recklessly and imprudently, but it appeared to him that the evidence failed altogether to show that he hal committed the very serious off )ric con` enirlated by the statute, and he said he felt a-sur,d th d but for the prejudice introduced in' o the cIS9 by the evidence as to the disposal of large quantities of other property which had no thing to do with Vie present charge, the jury would rot for a moment think a convicting him. Setjeant Parry and Mr. Huddleston next ad tlresed the jury fur the other prisoners. They did so very briefly, and the principal point they ap peared to rely upon was the fact that Samuel Marks and Simmons appeared to have made a claim to a considerable amoluit upon the es'ato of the other prisoner after his bankruptcy, and they con tended that all that they had do: - ,e was to endeavour to get a preference in the payment of their claim ; and ihey said that, although this was undoubtedly very wrong and improper in a commercial point of view, yet that such a proceeding did not come within the scope and intention of the Act of Par liament, and. that if the jury believed this to be the real state of the case they ought not to convict the prisoners. .. Several witnesses were called to speak to the character of John and Samuel Marks, and they sated that they had known them a great many years, and they had always conducted themselves in an honourable and respec!ahle manner. Mr, Justice Coleridge then summed up the whole of the evidence with great care and impartiality, and the jury after deliberating a short time in the box, expressed a wish to retire. They left the court at ten minutes past 5, and at a quarter to 6 o'clock they returned into court and gave a verdict of guilty against all the prisoners. Mr. James said that as he understood their lord ships only reserved for further consideration the' point raised by Sergeant Parry, whether the pri soners S. Marks and Simmons could be convicted as principals, he proposed to let the other indict ments stand over until this point had been decided. The prisoners were then called up for judgment. Mr. Justice Coleridge, in passing sentence, said that they had been found guilty, upon evidence which was perfectly satisfactory, of the commission of a crime which no one could . doubt in a great commercial country was a crime of the highest gravity, and required to be visited by very severe punishment. By the bankrupt law, so soon as a man became bankrupt the whole of the property he posseused became the property of his creditors, and was to be equally divided among them, and it was quite clear that this law was a perfectly just one. Fro:n whatever cause the bankruptcy arose, the creditors were entitled to have all the prope.ty that remained divided be tween them, and the least the bankrupt could do was to give up such property honestly in return for the immunities that he afterwards received, and any one who endeavoured to em bezzle such property embezzled the property of his creditors, and was properly held to be guilty of felony. A question of law had been raised which would undergo further oansideration, but he should sill proceed to pass sentence, for if that point slicnbi- be de c id e d i n their favour ' the sent-nce would not be carried at the facts to see out, and they would suffer no hardship by the cour s e he was taking. It was per attempted' by the great fectly cloar that a gross fraud h a d b een a and he and hi s l earne d brother hail looke4 carefullyalln whether they ;ere • ustitied in makinc, any distinc tion re their ca res , b u t they had. been unable to cover any ground s for making such distinction If they had been, imelined t o speculate upotll. matter, they might perhaps h ave consider ed - 11 "" e pro bable that Simmons, on account of his position, and who was undoubtedly the oldest of them, had taken the most criminal part in the transaction, but they would no-, act upon any speculative opinion, and the sentence would therefore be, the same upon them all. His lordship then concluded by ordering each of the prisoners to be kept in penal servitude for eight years. The prisoners, and particularly Simmons, who appeared quite astounded at the sentence, were then removed from the bar. NEW COURT. (Before the Recorder.) Henry Zachariah Jervis, 52, clerk, was indicted for obtaining by false pretences from Sarah Parker, the sum of 505., with intent to cheat and defraud. The jury found the prisoner guilty, but recom mended him to mercy. Prisoner—l am innocent, but God's will be done. The Recorder said, but for the recommendation he should have passed a severer sentence than he was about to do, and that was 18 months' impri sonment and hard labour. The case lasted until past 8 at night. THIRD COURT. (Before the Common Sergeant.) David Rees Davis, 47, schoolmaster, pleaded guilty to having obtained by false pretences the sum of 41. 4s. from Pascoe Grenfell and others, and also the sum of II ls. from Edward Budd. The Court sentenced the prisoner to six months' imprisonment. John Sankey, 27, police-constable ; Matilda Ross, 18, spinster ; Wm. Burnett, 26, labourer ; ' and Ellen Mills, 25, widow, were indicted, Bur nett and Sankey for stealing property valued at 5001., the property of Rosabella Robertson Aik man, Ross with aiding and abetting in the commis sion of the said felony, and Mill;with having felo niously received part of the said property. Mr. Orridge appeared for the prosecution, and Mr. Thompson for Sankey. The learned counsel having stated the case, called Mr. Aikman, who stated that the prosecutrix in this case was his mother, and being an invalid was not present. The house from whence this property was stolen, 68, Portland-street, was hers. About three years ago witness obtained, upon application to the Marylebone Station, the services of the pri soner Sankey, who was a constable in the D divi sion, to take care of the house. The kitchen was allotted to him and his wife, and the furniture, plate, and other property were kept locked up in the other rooms, and the whole left in the care of Sankey. Witness used to call occasionally when in town at the house for his letters. All the rooms, excepting the front dra w i ng - room , wore k ep t l oc k e d. John Robertson Aikman, another son of the pro secutrix, gave similar evidence of the possession of the house by Sankey, adding that on the 22d Oct., from some information whioh he had received, he went to the Marylebone Police Station, and from thence to his mother's house, when he found that the prisoner Sankey was not there, and that the rooms had been broken open, and property, consist ing of plate, linen, jewellery, and watches, amount ing in value to about 5001., had been taken. He identified the travelling trunk now produced as his sister's property. George Robinson, a marine store-dealer of East street, Marylebone said that on the 3d Oct. Sankey took a lodging at his house for the prisoner Ross, and used to corns occasionally to see her. Upon the 20th of that month Ross left the place in a cab, and he saw nothing more of either of them until they were in custody. He found the travelling trunk identified by the last witness in the room which Saukey took after Ross had left. Sergeants O'Brien and Pearce, of the D division, proved examining the house of prosecutrix, and found that the different boxes and drawers had been forced, some of them with a jemmy, and also that at the time Saukey absconded he was upon the sick list. T. A. Browne, chief superintendent of the Cork constabulary, stated that upon the morning of the lstlof Nov., he went to a house in Middleton, county of Cork, where he found the prisoners Ross and Sankey in bed. He told the man to get up, and asked his name. He said " William," and that he was making a tour of pleasure. Witness told him that he suspected that he was the person answering the description of Sankey. The prisoner seemed to laugh at the idea. Witness then desired to look at his luggage, and, having stripped the canvas cover off a box and examined its contents, told him he should take him into custody. The woman Ross then took a watch from her neck and gave it to Sankey. Witness also found a gold pin and bracelet in the room. The prisoners were then taken into custody, and brought to this country. The watch, bracelet, and pin were identified as part of the property stolen, and also a silver purse found upon Ross when searched at the Marylebone station. Sergeant Potter, 16 D, said that being upon duty at the station after Sankey was locked up he, at his (Sankey's) desire, went to the cell where he was. Sankey then said he would tell the truth, as he had been deceived in two men whom another man, named White, had introduced to him ; that they took him out and made him drunk ; that he fell asleep ; that they went out for more drink, when he thought they let some one in. When he woke and found the place had been robbed he took the things found upon him from the drawing-room, and put them into the travelling trunk, intending to come to the station and make a report, but fearing that the robbery would be put upon his back, he took the woman and went off. Upon last Thun day week witness went to Earl-street, Seven Dials, and after breaking into the front garret of a house there found Burnett and Mills in bed. They denied having any of the stolen property on them, but from Mills's hand. a gold watch, part of the plunder, was taken. Some linen was also found, together with skeleton keys and a " jemmy" fitting the marks alluded to upon the drawers. The jury acquitted Ross, finding the others guilty. Sankey was sentenced to six, and Burnett and Mills to four years' penal servitude. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—Nov. 25. MANSION-HOUSE.—On Saturday last four children named Quill, who had been found in a shockingly destitute condition begging in Old Broad street, were brought before the Lord Mayor by a. police-constable. The Lord Mayor, learning from the constable that their father was in confine ment ou a charge of felony, and that their mother seat them into the street to beg, ordered a sum mons to be issued to compel her attendance, and desired the constable to take the children to the union. Yesterday the mother was in attendance, and the const able said he had been making further inquiries into h , r character, and found she was in the habit of getting drunk with the money which the children obtained by begging. He had also ascertained that she had taken her children out of the union. The Lord Mayor—Why did you not let your chil dren remain in the union ? ----- • Quill—l'm too fond of them to be parted from them. The L--rd Mayor—Why don't you go to the union yourself ? Quiff—Because I should be parted from them Viere. The Lord Mayor—So that you are prepared to sacrifice the lives of your four children by sending them into the streets in this inclement weather to beg, rather than they shall be in the union, where they will be properly clothed, warmed, and fed during winter. Yoa would rather expose them and see them die by inches in the streets, in order to sup port you. Of course you do not waut to go to the anion, because you know you cannot get drink there. That is the greatest .punishment to you. You ought to be thankful that there is such a place where your children can be taken care of during the winter. Do I understand that you refuse to let them go there ? Quill (crying)—Yes, my lord ; I won't part with thorn. It I was deprived of my children I should be dead. The Lord Mayor—Another week or two's expo sure in the public streets will certainly destroy one of your children at least, and then you will be sent to the Old Bailey for trial. [f any one of them is found either begging or destitute, and the case is proved, I shall commit you to prison for a montlo s Emanuel Solomons, who had been twice re manded, charged with having stolen a bracelet value 80 guineas from the shop of his mistress, Mrs. Mary Sumner, a jeweller, carrying on business in Church row, Houndsditch, was again brought up. Mr. Lewis sa;d he was not in a condition to carry the case against the prisoner any further. Mr. Solomon submitted that no case whatever had been made out against his client The Lord Mayor said that although there were many suspicious circumstances connected with the prisoner's conduct, there was not sufficient evidence to justify his detention. He would therefore be diichare , d, but would he liable to be again appre hended"in the event of further evidence implicating him in the robbery being obtained. SOUTH WARK.—A report appeared a few days ago respecting two remarkably good-looking young coloured girl, who were brought to this court by Police-constable 85 M, charged with soliciting alms in Black - wan-street, Borough. It appedre I that they were dressed very neatly in light coloured clothing, such as ] 8 usually worn by female slaves in the Southern States of America, and walked by the side_ of the kerb, the elder sister carrying a placard in front of her, on which was written "Fugitive Slaves from America," and the younger carried a money-box in which was a shilling in copper money. When be fore the magistrate they in the most artless manner stated that they were fugitive sl aves , h av i ng l as t fall escaped from a plantation in Kentucky, and found their way to Philadelphia, in the free State of Pennsylvania. They were then sent to Greenock by some benevolent person, with the view of get ting into some sort of service. Being unable to obtain employment there, they came to London, and, faring no better, they had resort to an appeal to the kindness of the English people. They then told Mr. Burcham that they most likely could gain a livelihood if they had the means of purchasing wool for knitting caps and gloves, which they had frequently done in America. Mr. Burcham then, believing that there might be some truth in their story, granted them a trifle from the poorbox to enable them to buy some wool, when they left the court, expressing their gratitude. Since then his Worship had received several small sums from be nevolent individuals for their use, and Yesterday morning they attended for the pur pose of showing their small stock of knitted caps which they had been enabled to make up through the kindness of his Worship. _ _ Mr. Burcham told them - since they were before him on the last occasion he had not only received several small sums for their use, but letters from variou persons, some of whom were of high dis tinction, offering to take care of them and pia- . e them in comfortable situations. Be had also re ceived an anonymous letter which did not speak very highly of their characters, so that he had thought it might be necessary to make some in quiries about them before he answered the letters of those willing to assist them. He inquired where they now resided. The elder girl said that they had removed from Bishopgate-street to the house of Mr. Su Ath, 10, Wentworth-street, Whitechapel. Mr. Edwin (chief clerk) informed his Worship that Wentworth-street was full of low lodging houses' similar to the Mint in this district. Mr. Burcham (to the girl)—Do you kno w Crown court, Wentworth-street Girl—Yes, sir, we lodge in a house there at the back of No. 101. We have a room there, and pay half-a-crown a-week for it. Mr. Burcham—Does any one else live with you ? Girl—Oh no, sir. Mr. Bureham—Have you a father and mother in England Girl—No, sir ; my parents were slaves, and one of them died about 18 months ago, We were about to be parted and sold, when by the kindness of some persons we were enabled to escape to a free State. Mr. Burcham—ls there a coloured man living in the same hOlllO with you ? Girl—No, sir ; there is one living in the same court, but he has a wife and a large family. We have knitted some caps and sold some, and what remains of our stock you can inspect. Mr. Burcham examined their small stock of knitted caps, which they hail carefully placed iu a bog, and asked whether they had sold many. Eldest Girl—We have sold several, sir, and these are all we have left. We have not sold one to-day. Mr. Burcham—Do you know the name of the vessel you came from America in ? Girl—Yes, air, the brig Jane. She left Phila• delpbia last spring. Mr. Burcham—Who defrayed the expenses o your passage to Greenock ? - Cilia—SOme free coloured persons in Phila delphia, sir. Mr. Burcham told them that an officer of the Mendicity Society had promi-ed to make inquiries respecting them, but he had failed to attend before him to make his report. However, they appeared to have made an attempt to obtain their livelihood by industry, therefore he hoped that their story wag true. Under those circumstances he should order them to be paid ss. out of the benevolent contributions to enable them to go on for a few days. On Monday next they might call again, when, if their story proved correct, no doubt they would be taken care of. The girls thanked his Worship for his kindness and withdrew. THE ASHOTER MURDER. ASHOVER, TVESDAY. This morning at 9 o'clock the inquest on the body of James Simpson, farmer, of Ashover, who was brutally murdered on Friday, the 13th inst., was held at the White Lion Inn before Mr. Busby, the coroner for the district, and a jury of 15 persons. Mr. W. G. Fox, the chief constable of Derbyshire, was present. The police have made great efforts to secure the murderer, and several suspicious charac ters have been apprehended, but they could not be identified by those who saw a person in company with the deceased a short time previous to his be ing murdered. Last night a man named Richard. Hodgkinson was apprehended at Matlock on sus picivu. 110 h... doe, gond on the day of the mur der a man was seen near the place with a dog, which he set at some children as they were returning from school. Hannah Simpson was the first witness called. She said,--My husband left home on Friday about 10 miastes past 11 in the morning. Be had his watch, purse, and half-a-crown. It was a steel drop chain, an l the watch was a silver one, with double case. I don't know tha maker's name. The chain was about nine inches long, with a seal to it. The key was steel, and bent. I have wound the watch up three times since we have been married. The seal was a middle-sized one, with glass in, but I don't know the colour. The face of the watch was white, and the figures were black, audit had a loud click. lam certain I should know the watch and chain again. The watch I gave him just before he started. I said, "Master, take your watch," and I put it in his trousers' pocket. He said before he started, "Mother, have you a sixpence '' I said "No ; I have half-a-crown," He said, "That will do." The purse I gave him, with the half-a-crown in it, was a brow❑ one, with a leaden clasp to, and one in the inside. Thole were three compartments in the purse. I saw my husband put ►he purse in his trousers' pocket just before he left. I don't know that some bread and cheese in his pocket, and be had he had any other money up nu lin t I nothing else in his pocket that I kno w an ythi ng of. put him When he was brought home in the evening I was rresent, but did not see his pockets searched. Those who searched them asked me what he had, and I told them. Ho went to Alfreton market, intending to me t Mr. Rogers. He took 1111. b. of butter in a basket to sell at the market. The butter was wrapped in two cloths, which are not missing. He was also going to Alfreton market t bargain for the sale (if seine cheese and two fat pigs. All my b usbaud's clothes were about him when he was brought home, except the handker chief, which contained the bread and cheese. There seemed to be nothing injured about his clothes. He never spoke at all after he was brought home. He was not a man to scrape acquaintance with any per son on the road, as he generally studied Scripture. In the morning my husband said, " What gioceries shall you want 7" I said, " 21b of sugar, riee, and can lles." The butter sold for is 3id per lb. The basket was brought to me the same night. It con tained the two cloths he had taken the bitter in, 21b of sugar, 11b of rice, llb of midi- s, 2oz of tea ,• a copybook and a sl tte for the little boy, a pair of black worsted stockings, and two pennyworth of sweets, which were in his basket for the children, and two ounces of mustard. The contents of the basket would be worth about 4s. Bd. The rice was partly spilled on the road. Thomas Rogers, Summercotes, grocer—l saw the deceased on Friday last about 1 o'clock in the market place at Alfret on. I h a d no t met him there by appointment. I t o ld hi m I wou ld give him an answer that day ab ou t some pigs and cheese which we were barg a i n i ng f or, He had a basket of but ter, containing 1141 b. w hi c h I b oug ht at la. 3id. per lb., and I pa id hi m 14s. 10 d . Th e deceaseddid not pull o u t any purse, b u t pu t th e money in his pocket. I could not say which pocket. I bar gained with him for two pigs and about three cwt. of cheese, which he was to deliver on the following Friday, when I was to pay him for them. I did not pay him then. I was in his company about a quarter of an hour. He went away, and I did not see him any more after I had paid him for the but ter. The last time I saw deceased was about 2 o'clock. I agreed with him in the market for the butter and cheese about 1 o'clock. I told him to take the butter to my room in the castle yard, and I would meet him there after I had bought some more butter in the market. He went with his but ter and waited till I came, which would be about 2 o'clock. I p aid deceased in my room with silver and copper. He went away out of the room as soon as he received the money, and I did not see him again. Joseph Boar, of the R a ttle, Ashover, farmer's servant to Mr. J o h n Gl a d w i u , o f Overton park— On Friday, the 13th Nov., I me t the deceased in. Alfreton market. I did not go with him to Alfre ton. The deceased and I left Alfreton market to gether about 3 o'clock in the afternoon. The de ceased had a basket on his arm, but I don't know what it contained. I did not notice whether he bad a watch with him, We walked about three miles, and parted at Oyston-hsll. We went from Alfreton by the George Inn, and Gana° de eta Alfreton-hill, by n d Shirland and Higham, a nd tu. off to Oyston-hall. D ecease d then turned to the right, which w as hi s roa d home, and I came by Oyston along th e f oo; voi d t o W4'"lleY* Oystori ' hall is about three miles from where the deceased live]. It wanted 20 minutes to four by Oystin clock when we part e d. It was n ot dark or foggy. We did not notice an yb o dy f o llowing us tle road. The deceased was quite sober, and had not had anything to drink. I asked the deceased at Oyston-hall to go the road I was going, which would have led to his house, to see Mr. Stanley ; but he said he should see Mr. Stanley on Monday, instead of going by Stanley's house. The road he took was the nearest to his own house. Joseph Fletcher, of Ashover-hill, cealmaster—l was coming from my colliery, which is called Atton colliery, on Friday, the 13th. It is about a mile and a quarter from the deceased Sinspsou's house. In going from my colliery to my house I pass by the junction of the roads at Ashover-hill-top on the left hand side. I left my colliery about a quarter past five on Friday afternoon. I think the distance from my collery to the junction of the roads is about one mile. I left my colliery to go home, and when I came up within 12 yards from the junction I saw au object lying in the cart rut on the ground, but could not distinguish what it was. The object was a few paces past the junction, on the road leading to Simpaon. s own house. There are some gorse bushes on either side of the road. I had not heard any previous report of firearms. I heard the de ceased groan. I was then on the other road leading to my own house, and when I heard the groan I stepped over the gorse to him. I found a man lying lengthway in the rut, with his head laid in the direction of his own house. I thought it was some persun tipsy, or that he might have been thrown off his horse. I knelt down and smelt, but I could not perceive that he had had any liquor. I then saw blood on his temples, and "felt very much alarmed. I raised a cry for assistance, when my son Iram and a young man named Cress well came up within five or ten minutes after wards. I was pacing about for five or ten minutes till they came up. I spoke to the de ceased, but he did not answer, and continued groaning. I put my arms under his shoulder and lifted his head on the bank. I did not examine the gorse, nor hear any footsteps before or after wards, nor any voices. I noticed a basket which lay a yard from the deceased, which appeared as though it had fallen from his arm, and a portion of the contents was strewed about. I sent my son and Cresswell to Mr. Bassett's for a light, and told them to go to Mr. Skidmore's surgery. It was not very dark, but so dark I could not seethe deceased's face. It was a foggy night. As soon as my Ben and Cresswell had gene Joseph Marriott came up and looked at deceased, when he said "I think it is the man on the hill." Shortly after Mr. Bas sett and Mr. William Bassett came with a lantern, which was applied to his face, when I recognised him as the body of Mr. Simpson. We then sent for a door, which was brought very near 6 o'clock. We laid him on the door and carried him to his house. I and William Bassett took one end and Cresswell and my son at the other. When the light came I saw a wound near the left ear, which was bleeding. The fl es h un d er th e ear and the back of it and the shirt collar were blackened, as if with powder. He never spoke at all. His waistcoat was unbuttoned, Bach side thrown open, and one button in the front of his trowsers was unbuttoned. His hat was lying close by the side of his head. There were no marks of dirt on the clothes. I did not notice any marks of a struggle. After he had been taken home I left for half-an-hour. I am in the habit of passing this junction once or twice a day on my road to and from the colliery—about half-past four in the afternoon. I pay my men at the colliery on a Saturday afternoon, and I am not in the habit of earrying much ru , ney about me. I employ about 40 or 50 men. None have left my employ since this affair. I g) to Chesterfield once a week, sometimes on a Friday and sometimes on a Saturday. Igo to the bank for m eley to pay the men, which I carry with me to my house. It was not my intention to have gone on Friday, the 13th, and I never stated to anybody that it was. I pay about 461. in wages weekly, but the average would be 501. per week. Sometimes on my way from Chesterfield I call at the colliery, but I don't pass these three lane ends. I generally walk the whole way. I passed that way twice on the 13th of No vember, but did not see any person. John Bassett, Ashover-hill, printer—On Friday evening about 5 o'clock, I was in my field, which is about 300 yards from the junction of the three roads at Ashover-hill-top. While there I heard the report of a gun or pistol in the direction of the hill-top. Heard no voices nor footsteps. The re port startled me. It was not dark, but dusk. There was sufficient light to recognise anybody on the road. In about a quarter of an hour after I heard the shot I went home. Afterl had been there half-an-hour Tram Fletcher came to me and said, " My father has found a murdered ma; on the road and you must bring a light." My nephew, Herbert Wray, and he started with a lantern, and I followed them to the junction of the roads. I saw the man lying in the road. He was carried home on a door, bleeding all the way. I picked up the basket and the hat, and carried them to his house. Mr. P. Skidmore, Ashover, surgeon—l saw the deceased lying in the lane about half-past 5 o'clock, near the junction of the roads. Mr. Fletcher and Mr. Bassett were present. I noticed a wound on the ,left temple. It was apparently a gunshot wound. There was a good deal of discolouration on the left cheek from powder. lie was bleeding at the time, and was in a perfect state of collapse when I arrived. I did not notice his dress being disturbed or soiled. I did not examine his clothes. I ordered his zewoval home, and he was taken thither on a door. The deceased was got home about 6 o'clock and I attended him until his death, which took place about half-past 8 the same evening. I after wards made a post mortem examination of the body on Saturday evening. I found considerable con gestion of the brain and two wounds, a smaller and a larger one, and considerable extravasation of the blood, resulting from the wound. I extracted from the wounds a bullet and some swan shot, which had penetrated the skull, and the bullet was lodged in the middle lobe of the brain. The shot was fixed in the middle lobe. Both bullet and shot had penetrated the skull. The bullet and shot being there caused death. He could not possibly have lived. The shot went upwards and inwards from the external wounds. The shot must have been fired from the left hand side of the deceased, and the gin or pis:- tol must have been lower than the wound, but in close proximity to the head. I should think the gun or pistol must have been half a yard from the deceased when the shot was fired. I can't say whether a gun fired from that distance would not have shattered the skull more. I gave the bullet and slug into the possession of Sergeant Gorham, of the p By the Chief Constable—l extracted all the shot from the head. There were no external marks of violence on the body. Mr. Wm. Jackson' Marshall, surgeon, of Mat lock—l first saw the deceased on Saturday night, the 14th of November, about 7 o'clock. On the left side of the face and neck, on the left ear, and on the external membrane of the lett eye, there were black marks of powder. In front of the left ear there were two circular wounds, which penetrated the skull. Did not notice any other marks of vio lence about the body. The same evening I per formed a post mortem examination with Mr. Skid more. On removing the integuments in the neigh bourhood of the wounds there was a quantity of ex travaeated blood, the texture of the temporal mus cles was broken up, from the openings made in the bone through the middle lobe of the brain. The bullet had passed through the integument, over the idge of the temporal bone, through the middle lobe of the brain to the upper and back part of the pos terior lobe, which was dark, and in whioh I found some shot. I have no doubt the bullet and shot caused the death of the deceased, and he could not possibly have lived. I think from the direction of the wound that the person firing the gun or pist must have been kneeling on the left side of Simpson and somewhat in front of him. The shots pene trated opposite the orifice of the left ear, and were found at the back part of the head, showing that the shot went upwards and backwards. I think powder will blacken paper two or three yards off. I think if it had been a gun the shot would have gone through the brain, had there been a proper charge of powder. I am sure I extracted every shot from the brain. William Barker, laboirer at a brickyard—l work for Messrs. Fletcher and Cheatham, at the Atton Coll , ery. On Friday, the 13th of November, a stranger came into the brickyard about 2 o'clock and asked me for a knife. He had some bacon, which ho threw on the fire. I lent him the knif-, and he brought it back and thanked mob He asked me if Mr. Fletcher was about. I told him he was not. He said "Oh l" and went away in the direction of the Fabric. I saw him for a quarter of an hour or 20 minutes. Ho was a tallish man-5 feat 8 or 9 inches, very dark complexion, and his hair was n o t ver y short. He had a pair of cotton trowsers on, dark pilot jacket, with the nap much worn, two patches on his sleeve, one of which hung out. He had no whiskers, and appeared to be about 30 years of age. He had something under his left arm under his coat, but I did not see what it was. He had a black cloth cap, with a peak on it. I did not notice his waistcoat, but should know him again if I should see him. My brother-in-law said the man was a person who did not like work. His hands were white ; looked like lady's hands. He was marked with smallpox and slim made. His hair was dark. ' I have not seen the man since nor before. I did not notice his eyes. Dennis Gorham, sergeant of police, A4hover— On r,tarning from Alfreton se3sions on the 13th ins';. I was inforined that a man had been shot on the I went to my lo IgingA, where I Raw a mau named Joseph Holmes, who said he was waiting forme. I went with Holmes to the junc tion of the roads, and with the aid of a lantern, I observed a large quantity of blood and brains on the road. This was about 7 o'clock. I observed a quantity of rice spilled ou the ground. Holmes and I went to Francis's, the parish constable, who accompanied me to the house where Simpson lay. I went to Mr. Manes, the magistrate, and procured a horse and went to Alfreton, and saw Superinten dent Duncan in the street, and told him of the mur der. I think it was about 11 o'clock when I got to Alfreton. The superintendent sent a despatch to Belper, to the chief constable, and I and Mr. Duncan returned to Ashover, and proceeded to the place where the murder had been committed and made further search. We saw footmarks opposite where the man had been shot, just as if the man, whose footprints they were, had been right half face. Opposite to where the deceased lay, we found two pieces of wadding, one a yard from the body, and the other about two yards distant. We searched a long time for the watch and the pistol or gun, but we could not discover anything. George Duncan, superintendent of police, Alfre ton—On Friday night, the 13th, I met Sergeant Gorham in the street at Alfreton, and be told me a man named James Simpson bad been murdered at hill-top. I left Alfreton about half-past 11, and arrived here about 1 o'clock. I got a lantern and made a search, and near to the place where I saw blood I found two pieces of wadding, which I pro duce. There is no printing on the wadding. Got the assistance of some constables, but could find nothing. I received from Mr. Marshall a bullet and some swan shot, which I produce. (The bullet was completely flattened.) Paul Brailsford, Atton, a boy, 12 years of age— On Friday night I met a man en the top of the hill, about 20 minutes to 5. He was a dark-look ing man, dressed in dark clothes, with a " billy cock" on. I thought I saw a barrel inside his coat. He was about 200 yards from the three lane ends. It was just going dusk at the time. There were two boys with me, Thomas Haslam and John Turner, both of them older than me. There were four girls, Sarah and Ann Brailsford, Hannah Ryley, and Mary Hopkinson. The man we saw was walking on slowly towards Simpson's house. The man had short dark whiskers. A man now in custody was put in a room along with others for the purpose of identification, but the witness could not recognise any of the party as the person whom he saw shortly before the murder. This being the whole of the evidence, the jury returned a verdict of " Wilful Murder" against some person or persons unknown. Her Majesty's Government have offered a reward of 1001. for the apprehension and conviction of the murderer, and a free pardon to any accomplice not being the person who fired the shot. PRICES UP• SHARES. From the Official Lut. PUBLISHED EVERY TUESDAY AND FRIDAY EVENIN LONDON, TUESDAY, Nov. 24,.1857. CANALS. Names of Companies. Dividendl per ,11 Annum. `, Price.: Names of Companies. A shtn &Oldh Birmingham Coventry.. • • Derby .. • . • • GrandJ unctn i Do., 6 pr.Ct.i Grand Union) Kennt & Aviai Leeds &Livrpi Leicester....) Leicstr & Nth Loughhorogh Macclesfield. Neath . • • • • • Oxford.. .. • . 98 71. p. at. 40 41: 100 111. 100 61. 154. 100 21. pr. at. 10 6/. pr. ct. 100 78. 6d. 40 63. 00 251. 00 51. 83 11.5 x. 143 701 100 21. 108. 100 161. 100 'Peak Forest.' 88% Regalia's • • • • 193 Rochdale Stfrd &Wor. 49% Stoarbridge., Severn and j Wye Rail. .5 6 !,‘ j Warwick & 501 Blrming. 'Warwick &1 13 Napton.. Worcstr & Binning. 'Wilts & Brkfj Dividend per Annum, 51. O. 175 281. 121. 108. 11. 168. 7s. Od. Price. Name of Company. Berlin .. • • ... East London Do. 4 per Cent. Pref. Do. 5 per Cent. Pref. Grand Junction ...... Do. New ••• • • . Lambeth ...... • • • • .. New River Company.. Southwark & Vauxhall West Middlesex • • .... Do. Do, ...... Name of Company. Hungerford.......... Southwark .......... __. 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Do. 2d Cap. 41. 15s. 60 0 0 41 0 0 - Do. Do. 3d Cap. 41. 105. 50 0 0 43 10 0 - Do. Do. 4th Cap. 3/. 50 0 0 41 0 0 - r.• Independent ....• _ - I,ondor Parl. Preferen. 6). per cent 25 0 0 47 , - Phoenix - Ratcliff ..... - Surrey Consumers - United General .... • l6s Od per sh. '5O 0 0 - .... Westminster Chartered 7 per cent. 50 0 0 - . 5154. 7 : Ditto, New .. .. •• •• - 50 0 0 10 0 0 - Western A ... •• .• 10 0 0 all -.-- - Ditto B ,0 0 _ - . , MISCELLANEOUS. Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Price* ' Annum. Share. ---tto I 4 s. d. £ a. d. Acadian Charcoal Iron .. 10 0 0 2 0 0 African Steam Ship .. .. 20 0 0 10 0 0 - Assam lea • • ...• • • ..6 , , rer cent. 50 0 0 20 0 0 - Auction Mart •••• • • • • 2 1 4 /per cent 50 0 0 - - Australian Agriculturl - 25 0 0 19 0 0 21 Australian Trust •• •• 81. pr cent. 100 0 0 25 0 0 .-, A.ustrattan Royal Mail - 10 0 0 all 1% , Anglo-Mexican Mint- 11. 10s. 10 0 0 all British American Land 5/. per cent 50 0 0 40 0 0 - .) Canada ....... •• •• - Si. per cent 100 0 0 32 10 0 114 Do. 5 per cent 80nd,.. 51. pet cent Stock 100 0 0 - ' • Ditto, 8 per cent bds s'.per cent. Stock 100 0 0 - ~; Ditto, 6 per cent. • • 6/. per cent . St oc k 100 0 0 -- Ditto, 6p c. bds 1874 61. per cent. Stock 100 0 0. - Ditto, 6p c. bds 1876 6/. per cent. Stock 100 0 0 -- Crystal Palace Ditto Preference 7l pr. cent 5 0 0 5 0 0 3% ; - Crys. Palace of France - 4 0 0 all - -- " City 111.vigation Bonds 3%1. per cent - - .... Electric Telegraph . • 61. per cent. Stock. 100 0 0 90 Eng.&Aus. Cop. Smelt. - 5 0 0 all lig Eng.&lris. 'slag. T. Co. - 50 0 0 all -7 , Equitable Reversionry 5l per cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 • 103 Ditto New - 50 0 0 22 10 0 -7 Gen. Revers. & Invest 5l. p c and 11 100 0 0 (00 0 0 -- Geri. I. Sc. Col. (Lim.) - 25 0 0 ail - - 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 5/. per cent. Stock Stock - Hungerford .......• - Lou. Ne. &Na. Mauso - 10 0 0 a ll ....... • London Reversionary 51. per cent. lb 0. ti all - Mex. & S. American - , 10 0 0 a ll - Nat. Discount Comp - 25 0 0 .5 0 0. 2% N.S.W. Gov.sp.c. Deb 5l. per cent. - 100 0 0 - • Nor. Bri. Australasian 6d. 1 0 0 all' l% - North of Europe, Strn. Si. per cent. 20 0 0 17 II 0. . ,- Price's Pa tent C and. Co - 20 0 0 all - ~ Peel Biver.Land&Mln. - 5 0 0 all Pen. & Oriental Steam 71. per cent 50 0 0 all 73% Ditto New -..- . . - 50 0 0 10 0 0 - Reversionary Int. Soc. 4%1. pr cent 100 0 0 all - Ditto New --• • • • 4, 1 1. pr cent. 100 0 0 20 0 0 - Royal Mail Steam ll. p. share. 100 0 0 Ile 0 0 54% Scottish Aus. Invest 151. per cent. 1 0 0 all Routh Australian Land 71. per cent. 25 0 0 all 413 - Trust and Loan Comp. , 714.. pr cent. 20 0 0 5 0 0 Vaa Diemen's Land los. 100 0 0 25 10 0 9 D 0.6 per cent. Buds 6 per cent , - . - - WM... , 54% 31%- Country Markets. EDINBURGH HAY AND STRAW MARKET Nov. 24. Supplies of all kinds these last six days large. Oat straw, from 7s Od to lOs Od per kemple of 16 stones troll ; wheat do., 7. Od to 9s Od ; barley do., 6s Od to M. 6d. Hay from lI to 12d. EDINBURGH MEAL—Nov. 24. There were in the market to-day 11 sacks oatmeal, each " weighing 2801 b imperial, which sold at 34s Od and —s. • XET—Noy. 23. •clay 5 bags of oatmeal, oof Sales doll. 4 is. d LOG all DALKEITH MEAL There were in the market to barleymeal, and 0 pot barley. Oatmeal, per sack of 2801bs First. Second. ThisiLz ., imperial Barleymeal, per ditto Peasemeal, per ditto Flour, new, per ditto .... Pot-barley, now, per ditto —a Od a Od —1 DUBLIN. Nov. 24. We had reacher a steadier market to-day. Wheat .and barley moved off at about Friday's currencies, but ?Os were ad to 6d cheaper. Indian corn, even in retail, is to 2s lower, and a considerable reduction would be ;lab mitted to in order to move a quantity. White wheat, 28b Od to 30s Od ; red ditto, 25e Od to- We, 6d; ditto new, —s Od; barley, malting, 14s to 18s 6d; grind•i ing, —s to ; oats, old, 12s to 14s 6d; ditto, new, - —s Od to —s Od ; oatmeal, 14s 6d to 15s; bare, new, 144 to 150 Od ; rapeseed, 23s Od to 25s Od per brl ; bakers, flour; MP Od to 23s 6d per cwt; Indian corn, 31:15 6d r to 331 - 6(1 - ,i)fr , 180 lbs. BRISTOL SUGAR—Nov. 25. -- • The sugar market continue■ very depressed,. and , the transactions since our last report have been very limited. There is some demand for refiners produce, which ielli et easy rates. The stock of rum is quite exhausted. COAL MARIO Prices of Coals per ton at a.—Nov. 25. the close of the market Walleend, to. • s. d. Wood's West Hartley ...15 0 Wylam , d. Haugh Hall lB 6 Cassop 19 0 Nixon's Duffryn. 6 - Brown's M•or Haigh Main 16 Framwellgato ' lB 6 Jesmond l6 6 • ;, 33; sold, 25, Wallsend, Zte, Acorn Close lB 6 Kelloe 18 6 Whitworth l6 0 Plummer l7 0 Ships at market LOCAL SHARE MARKET 4. LIVERPOOL, Noy. 25. STOOL EXCHANGE.—The transactions to-day were Slab* and the market well attended. North British, 114—I;on• ' on and North Western, 931—Ditto, A Shares, 11. d.— South Eastern, 18 5-16—Eastern Counties, 10 —Grand Trunk of Canada, 8--Royal Insurance, 2 p.—Midlands, 808 - Sheffields , 35i i—Lancaster and darlisle, 72—Dutch Rhenish, 6i c.—Birkenhead, 62i—North Eastern, wicks, 22k. MANCHESTER, Nov. 25. STOCK EXCHANGE. The market opened- &El to-day; the transactions have been moderate, and prices. aided, at an improvement. Caledonian,-,36i-H.Poyers,, 18 11 — —Eastern Counties, 10,i— , London and North Western, 1.. ' - Midlands, Bli—She ffi e le s , 35 g--Blackburn , 81 Lancashire, 87—Leeds, 88-i—Grand Trunk cif ,CaPsaair 9 11-16. _ • BIRMINGHAM, Nov. Z 5. - . STOCK EXCHANGE. —Prices in the market genetailT depressed from the rates of yesterday, and , little businoss doing. • . :x4 NEWSPAPER IN VIENNA.—The editors of, thextewe" ' paperd of *Vienna assembled a few days ago, in presence of a function,ary of the department of police, to deliberate' on what should be dune with regard to the new stamp duty, and they unanimously came to an agreement to suppress their evening editions ; they also were all, with the exc«ption of the representatives of the Zeit, of epi- , nion that they must increase the annual subscription. [Aryvnarisamskr.l—The greatest happiness of a journalist is to introduce to his readers some new discovery calculated to benefit that vast portion of our fellow-creatures which has the strongest claims upon our sympathies. It is with' this feeling that we call the attention of invalids to Ulu" following extracts. from Du Barry's, interesting Report Of C C o u n re s s ti wi pa t t h ion ou , m N ed erv ic o te , of Bilious, lndigestionandL(iDvyerspeeopmspial)a,inFlats, Cough,tnlency l A en st t h a m A a r , a O bi o c u a su F m oo p a tion • c , ur an e d N D o e . b 180. -Twenty B y a e rF y y: a s ie ll,e , n ya e : vousness, constipation, indigestion, and - debility, from whic I had suffered great misery, and which no medicine. could remove or relieve, have - been effectually cured by Du Barry food in a very short time.— W. R. 'Reeves, 181, Fleet-street; London. Cure No. 1,784.—N0t expected to live six days longer, I was cured by Du Barry's admirable Health-restoring Arabica Food.—Magdalena. Purvis, Moffat, Scotland. Cure No. 5,461. —Sixty years' partial paralysis, affecting one-half of my frame, and which had resisted all other remedies, I*, yielded tolDu Barry's Health-restoring Food, and I now con,:' eider myself a stranger to all complaints excepting a hearty ea age.—Wm. Hunt, barrister-at-law, King's College,Cambridge. Supported by testimonials from the celebrated ItilfOßßOTO . of Chemistry, Dr. Andrew Ure ; Dr. Shorland ; Pr. Harley ; Dr. Campbell ; Dr. Gattiker ; Dr. Wurzer ; .Dr,Aegralg; Lord Stuart do Decies; the Dowager Counter, of Put ee. stuart; Major-Gen. Thomas King, and Many other respectable persons, whose health has been restored by it, afteiall'athat means of cure had failed. Suitably packed with WI - in. structions. In canisters, 11b, 2s. 9d. ; 21b; 4. &Lona, lis; 121 b, 225. The 121 b canisters •are sent carriage Jr es, on receipt of Post-Office order.—Barry Da Barry, & Co y 77, Regent-street, Loudon. IMPORTANT CAETIOX against the fearful dangers of spurious imitations :—The Vies-Chancel: for , Sir William Page Wood, granted an Injunction en the 10th March, 1854, against Alfred Hooper Nevin, forisnitating "Du Barry's Revalentakrabica Food." BIRTHS. t. OF A SON. On the 24th inst., at 20, Queen's•gardens, Hyde-pirk, the wife of Robert Mallaby, Esq. On he 2ith ins,., at Kingsdown House, near Dover, Mrs• Sydenhana Clarke. OF A DAUGHTER. On the 24th inst., at Queen's-gardens, Hyde-lark, th• wife of Chr. Stuart Hawkins, Esq , of Buttville, Ou the 24th inst., at 12, Cavendish-square, John Deacon, Esq. MARRIED. On the 25th inst., at Christ Church, Bayswater, Joseph Tringham Powell, Esq., of Charles-street, Berkeley-00*M second son of Henry Powell, Esq., to Fanny Mati,da, the daughter of Frederick Clarkson, Esq., of 53, Cleveland•sq•s Hyde-park. DIED. On the 24th inst., at 1, Terrace, St. Helier's, Sir Thorns% Le Breton, Chief Magistrate of the Island of Jersey, aged 66. _ _ . On the 25th inst., at 13 , Holles-street, Cavendish square, Charles Craddo k, Esq., of 6, Chapel-place. On the 25th inst., at Streatham, Surrey, Miss Mary J 93l° Drew, aged 68. On the 24th inst., Wm. Frederick Nassau, Esq., of St. Osyth Priory, Essex, agd 58, On the 24th inst., in Upper Bedford-place, John Samuel Gowland, Esq., of Cagebroek, Herefordshire, aged 84. On the 23d inst., after three days' illness, Mark Lock! wood, Esq., of Highbury-place, and Stationer's-hall - cc iurt • aged 60. On the 23d inst., at High-street, Deptford, James Preston, Esq., aged 89, - - oisDON : Printed and Publiohed. by MURIJO YOUN G * oi No, 112, Strand, Printer, et The Sun Othee, 112, Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, is the counq of Middlesex, Thursday, November 26. 1867* X i. d. Z s. d. Stock. ,00 0 tOO 0 0 5 0 0 Stock. 50 - 0 0 20 0 0 14 0 0 0, EM ER 20, 1.857. Paid. Paid. Paid. Paid. Price. Price. 7% 277 Price.