The Sun. — London, England, 1857-05-13 00:00:00

ONEY MARKET! AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, Two O'CLOCK. Lettora from Liverpool mention that the Cotton Market yesterday closed firmly. Prices of Amei i e./tits were extreme. All other descriptions were unaltered in value. The sales were estimated at 6,000 bales. The Railway Share Market cksed steadily, but there was only a limited business transacted. The public sale of indigo commenced yesterday under rather unfavourable circumstances. The at tendance of buyers was limited, and the biddinga wore made with great caution. Some parcels were withdrawn, as previous prices were not offered, and quantity of old goods was disposed of at a decline °1 4 d. per lb. Subsequently the reduction in values was increased to 4d. and Gd. per lb. For the new imports of Bengal there was a better en quiry, but at a fall of 3d. per lb. Good ICurpahs realised February rates to 2d. de cline, and ordinary and Madras receded 3d. to Gd. The condition of the Parisian money market con tinues very stringent, and considerable attention is therefore paid by all classes to the negotiations in Progress for augmenting the power of the Bank of Fra nce. We have already published the terms u Pon which it i s b e li eve d thi s g i gan ti c opera tion will be carried out ; but some moditi seati°,n3 may yet be introduced in order to render it m ore p o p u l ar . Th e f u ll ra t e o f Per emit is still charged for discounts, and a re duction is not expected for some time. The con !Nuance is that trade remains dull, and the Bourse ' is depressed. During the last week the stock of c oin and bullion in the Bank has declined seven nlillions of francs ; but, as arrivals were expected, t he monthly balance-sheet, to be published on Thursday, may not show a very material alte ration. Although an easier feeling is apparent in the ite neY market, and the supply is temporarily abun ut, the publi c mus t no t b e d e l u d e d i nto the be lief that a sudden change from scarcity to plethora, Uri from high to l ow ra t es , i s a b ou t t o b e 3 noed. Indeed, if any improvement is approach ing, it m us t o f necess i ty b e verygradual, and a par tial relapse will no doubt occur whenever a revived demand springs up. To-day there is a good inquiry, and perhaps some increase of pressure ; but it does not emanate from the commercial. public, but from those engaged in specie operations, large purchases Of silver being made for transmission to India and China on the 20th. At first it was sup - Posed the vessel which will then be despatched Would not take out more than 30C,0001., but a larger remittance is now expected. Mode fate supplies were coming from the Continent, about 30,0001. being received yesterday, but these transactions are very small compared with those lately concluded. The Foreign Exchanges were firmer yesterday afternoon. About 75,0001. of.the gold from America by the steamer Arabia has been sold t ) the Bank, and as 'steady remittances from the United States are ex pected, thi s appropr i ation has given satisfaction to those interested in an improvement in financial affairs. A supply of about 106,000/. in specie has ar 'wed to-d,y from Africa, America, and the Brazils. At the annual meeting (this day), of the "Legal id Commer c i a l Life ALLITatIC,3 W". C. tenning, Esq., in the chair, a sa ti s f actory repor t as read b y te actuary and s ecre t ar y o f th e insti :ti°ll. The qui e t an d gradual progress of tha S °e ; i etY, under all circumstance 4, was a source gratification to the policy—as well as 1/4archolders. The premiums received in the ( . 1 13a st year were 18,9291., and the loss by h ` t oath, 9 ,020/., whilst it was only 4,0001. in the r e ' v inua year. Still the two (13,0001.) were said be under the average calculation for two years, :nd caused for that reason no alarm. The society 033 conducted with every degree of economy, and to of th e prof i ts the directors now set aside 7,000/. 44, - le reserve fund, and made a dividend of 5 per c e nt• Per annum to the shareholders. A cordial ° t e Of th an k s was passed to the d i rectors, and Mr. a raell, the actuary and secretary of the society. Th e English funds have undergone no particular h ariatio n , as b usiness is dull, and monetary and t now influences remain as before. A high point ni a aw bee n a tt a i ne d , and unless a f urt h er favour le movement in the money market takes place, 13 not likely that prices will go much higher. Co ~,, ` 1" ?sula have been 93i 941, and 93 . 4- 94 for money, 9 42- for a ccount. The New 3 per Cents. are tilt • the Red uce d , 9 24 ; the March Exchequer a lki Bthe par to 3s. i 3 em. ; th e J une d o. , l prem. ; a nd India stock 220:- Bonds, 985'2 Bank stock is 21 2to 214 ; Foreign Socks have given rise to few operations tins morning, but some of the rincipal invest ments were deare r . Turkish 6 principal invest- - euts were dearer. Turkish 6 par Cents. have L - t been 1. 93i 94k, and they are 941 z for the next ac count. Th e 4 per Cents., 100.1 Russian 5 per 4 ee nts. 1054 to 106,•and the 45 per Cents. 96 . 3Xican are 23 and Dutch 4 per Cents. 97 3 . 4 l The following are the nominal prices of Foreign„ 9 4) 7 e „ i r, 3 :—Grenada Deferred Bonds, 7 ; ; Peruvian 41 per Cents., 77 78 ; ditto 3 per 11 - ,,,`"•3 54 55 ; Portuguese 3 per Cents., 45 46 ; e,„ i an 5 per Cants., 104 106 ; ditto per 10.'s• 97 97 ,• •_.'panish 3 per Cents., 41:1 2 ; ditto -,..,saerr e d , 25 , ; ditto Certificates, 61 ; ditto -a& i'Ve 4 t 2 Th e • • t O , O Railway Share Market has exhibited symp -110:8:::::aprovement, and prices generally are a ce - o l ng upwards, now that the settlement of the nearly completed. Caledonian rose ii; North Western, 15s. ; Eastern Counties, ss. ; e l r ile ashire and Yorkshire, ss. ; Oxford, Worcss and- Wolverhampton, 10s. ; South-Eastern, d i al ' and N orfolk, 1/. The Foreign and Colo- Ice 'undertaki ngs ru l e d very qu i et ; and the Weallell lines were not dealt in. G rea t tha n of Can a d a i mprove d a b out ss. ; East In gr.,?ld Great L uxem b ourg were at steady rates. Libit e "Pb, Forei gn , an d C o l on i a l Mi n i ng Sh ares ex joi" no change o f i mpor t ance . Lomat Stock Bank Sh ares were a l mos t neg l ec t e d ; 111);011 ° II and Westmin-ter declined about 5 5 ., an d of , _ In a l London ss. rep ort e Miscellaneous Shares the only business Q eoer ed ha s b een in Crystal Palice and London es. rat al Omnibu s C ompany, a t a b out previous liar ! , -4'Bll F UNDS. —CLOSING PRICES—THIS DAY. (.From the Officzal List;) 8 3 . 41 , Business done. 4 ' l / 4 Stock 212:i 12 11 Per 3 I,er Cen t , Reduced a.nnuitie,i 14, / , ~,ent. gonsol3 A.nnnities 934 -ti 3 4 t o '''' ', Per Cent. Ann.uities 4,, A "21 if hie ',nullities ,expire stu Jan. 1850 .. 2 7-16 0 04 14 Stock ' • . 220 _ ,ola for Ascc;ntii ........................ 94 i i a 4(0110p:ter 13111 s, ltd. March. I June. COOO ...... par 3 pi Ipld tstlo 1 p 3 ius.ll ip . ....... ... ..... . . . .., ..._ ,s,lto Bonds, 1853, 3) 1 per Cant. .... ..... --- .oitto, 1 , 359 ..................... 984 i i t .11. ICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS —THIS DAY. Olean 3 per Cent 23 ',fission Bonds, 1822, I; St., 5 per Cent._ 1051 6 ~, b itto, 44 per Cent. 96i 7 ''Phuish Bekds, 3 per Cent. ti hittc Few Deferred, 3 per t%eu t! k uisli Committee Cert. of Coup.. not fun 6,-f i 3 -Arkio-, Bonds, 6 par cent . 9 31 i 4i [i Dbitto for account 94,f a 5 it to Guaranteed, 4 p er C en t . .A.ccount bb f . Divoenda on the above `..,1111. in London. 3el! Exchange, 2. 2 1 per Con', 12 Guilders , Lo 4 per Cent. certificates 0°13411s:318A, etoinmeyt (J une 4) THREE O'CLOCK. 94 k 943 ti pr lt le confidently asserted in some quarters that the appointt So licitor -General has actually resigned his inent. ~ tin t ~, 4k1kt1i,..„ RE PRESENTATION OE EAST . NORFOLK.—On °7' 4 3' the heads of the Conservative i)artyinEl,9l tak.'nitt held a meeting in Norwich for the t purpose e _ eat. of It W 4 , 11 ,,R some steps to retrieve their recend f V.uetertnin:!d to revive the Conservative .. Registration eniZ e e r t Y i vv.hich formerly exited in the division, and a 1 / a 4 Ptl°4 being entered into for this purpose, ectoptly collected. 2001. last 11 ' COBDEN AND THE BALLOT SOCIETY.—At the redTeeting of the Executive Committee a letter was 4 11 r e, rn4,l Mr. Cobden to Mr. Thomas grout, the trea . enclosing his annual subscription of 101., in . which e;,49:' )b deh said :—" Now is the time for agitating your ~lue etioo' Mr. Grote was accustomed to say he was likjB Well supported in the first session of a new Par freahent, for that then the wounds of the electors were Ye ll vp,nid green from the electoral battle-field. I hope in ii 4 - 1 1 1" he able to set up branch societies, and to gather kr. ,_scriptions all over the country. lam sure you, goat ere, and Mr. Wickham, and the rest of the Rtatit"' have done your duty and are entitled to the Ilta t il(le n f the Country," lts th °le Corn:incr.—On the evening of Thursday last, : 1 , hi: BOn,of Captain Alikn was sculling a boat from ". ' . 11 - 1 -1 R • h bour the boat became un i,?ci me egis ar, , . onti a, ' a nd be fell overboard into deep watr. id. A Otg,, named Thomas Reddie, son of Mr. Re( le, ti tee mi • st and composer, who was in another boat at the ar,d nrimediately jumped into the water, dived twice, Pet,ollen,ceded in bringing Allen to the surface. Some Ile w-:9111 another boat held out an oar to Reddie, as 41:41 bL 6 k wirn nlicy. to shore with his rescued companion, d e s —u Were thus safely landed. The youth's coura liciet4l3:cutuctbweraoß f witnessedperson and applauded by a con- .... 0 ...,......,. , maga ot The Letter lication Row— as, and I, there Alitzhed. 1.11. and Liar and initial rorni..es rovoca , - shank ! rough's in the Masters of th© is from flat the fun — to the 7e alto . them. who ready in score of most-- )ortrait :ve the akspere debat--- gain—a himney an an lee that . in the , p. Tlie ir stick- L - night's us and second tt I. of entitled 3w bray, at the ht-built good ed.! It 11. fun-- on just hank of ag, A ith alto illustra- -3 of the ith and .ye, and ge some THE adon il l and e% 18 week, the ave ponding eathg of ion, the , e raised it wilt deaths her•tbat of Wool' is 1,846, .ecorded he two whorl Work- 2 girls mdon• 1847 - 1 5 rola° SHAIi.E MARKET S—('i his Day). RAILWAYS. RAILWAYEI. Closing Prices this day. Business done this day. ?al.l j 10; Piratic. Nottng.l3ost. & Eastn. June. all jßelfast & Ballymena all Bi rin ng. Wo'verh. Stour Va11ey....... 100 r :Birkenhd.. Lancsh. & ! Cheshire Junc:; 1 all ;Blackburn all I myth & Tyne original j £25 (iss. at £45) 100 IBristol & 100 ( Caledonian. 100 (Chester & Holyhead all ;Cork and Bandon all Inork, Black. & Pass all Corti wall all D. A Si B iDublin&l3elfastJunc all Dun. P. &Aber. June 100 'East Anglian ..... all !Eastern Counties 100 'EasternUnion,A. stk -L'A „ , Do., do. 8.. ....... B 'l Do. New A._ ...... 7iiEa,t Kent 100 !East Lancashire ... all iEast Suffolk ...... . 4 I D o . 100 I Edinburgh & Glasgow all Edinb. and Peebles_ 100 'E L dinb.Prth.&Dunclee all Forth and Clyde.func. 100 jFurness ...... ........ . 100 'Glasgow & S.Western all !Great N. of Scotland 100 ;Great Northern 100 Do., A. Stock 100 Do., B. Stork 100 ;Gt. Sth. &West. (Ire. ) 100 Great Western. 100 ID°. Str.V.R. gua.St all 'lrish South-Eastern. all ! Lanca.ster & Carlisle. 11x Do., Thirds... ....... 12 Do. New Thirds Laneash. &Yorkshire 6 Do., do. F. n. 6 ... I Do., Wst. Riding Un. 11 Do South.port. London & Blackwall Lond.Brig'nt.&S.Cst. London & N. Western' !Do. Fift. Do. ,10/.5h..M&8...Ci Do. Eighths London 4e S.Wezterni Lndndrry.&Coleraine Lndudrry. & Ennisk.l Manch.Shef.&Lineln. Metropolitan Do. J. L. Ricardo's arrangement 131idia.nd Do. Birmiug. & Derby Midland G. West.(lr. ) 1 Do. i Shares Newcastle &Carlisle Newpt.Aberg.&Hrfd. , Newry & Enniskillen! !Newry, Warrenpoint! & Rostrevor ...... Northn. Counties Un 'North British i 6 St. 10 US all St. 100 St. 100 LO all 10 all 12J.' 2i St. 1100 25 all 25 j all st. :100 10 1 1 10; 1 St. :100 St. !100 50 ; all 25 all 00 , all 25 all 50 9 20 all St. 100 50 St. 100 St. 100 North Devon, Rail. & Dock Stock Do., A Stock ......... Do., B Stock ..... N. Eastern - Berwick 1• Do do. Extension Do do. G. N. E Purch Do Leeds IDo. York North London. N. & S. Wstn., Hamp stead, and City Jn North Staffordshire North Western & S. Westrn. June rOxford Worcester & Wolverhampton Portsmouth Rhyroney Scottish Central Scot. N. E. Abrin . St Shropshire Union Sitingbourne &Sheer, St 101 St. 100 St. 100 25 ! 23:7 25; it 50 ! all , St 101 St. ,100 10 pr.l 20 17, 1 , 20 I all 10 , all St. 100 20 10 10 10 St. 100 St. 000 ; St 100 i 10 4 50 all 'Sough Dev0n..... ... St. 100 South Eastern 10 all .Do. 4i per c. Shares' S. 1100 ,South Wales... ....... . 20 17 ;S. Yorksh. River Dun 20 7 IDo.. 20 all Staines,Wok.,SiWok. 25 all Stockton & Darling.; 21 15 Do. do., 1354 25 3j Do. do., 1855 1.64 Stockton & Hartlepl St. 100 'Taff Vale St. 1100 iDo. Pref., No. 1 25 i 22 'Thames Hay. D. &R 20 all j Vale of Neath 20 all iWaterfd. & Kilkenny 50 all i Waterford&Limerick 20 all West 10 all West End of London and Crystal Palace 5 all I Do. A 5 all Do. B 20 all :ffest London 10 all i Do. First Class 20 all Do. Second Class 10 all iWnabled on &Croydon BRITISH P 0 all !.4.tlan. and St. Law. .8 9 Bombay, Baroda, and I Con. lud,guar. 5 p.c. .8 I all !Do, 2061 106 Buffalo & Lake Hur. .00 1 100 Buff.,-Brnt.&Godeh. .G 0 100 ;1; P. e.bds., 1 Aug. ,'721 Do. do., 1 July, '73 .00 100 Do. do., 1 June,'74l 20 2s. Calcutta and S. East. 20 !2srkl i Central Oude (Lim.) 20 110 s Ceylon A shares 20 1 1 I Do. B. do. 1731 all 20 2s. 100 20 15 0 all /0 all 20 all Demerara Eastern Bengal East Indian Do. C Shares D 0.4 p.c.Bnds.,'s7 Do. do. do., '59, do. Geelong & Melbourne guar. 5 per cent. Gd. Trunk, of Canada Do. G p. c. Deben 'Gt. In. Pen. g. 5 per c Do. New, guar. 5 p.c Gt, Westn, of Canada Do. New ;t. Pico )0 all !O all !O 4 !N all O. 8 DO - all DO all DO all DO all Do. Bis., payable '57 Do,do '7 6 p. Do, do., 73, do. do., '73, without opt'on 'Madras, guar. 41 p.c. Do. do., 5 per c. Do. 4 p. c. Do, 3d Ex., g. sp.c. Do. 4th Ex., do, Oude (Limited) Sciude, guar. 5 per c Do all !O all !O 10 !O 5 !O 5 !O ss. !O 5 !O all 10 all 20 18 5 all 20 16 6 all FOR: A.nt , :srrp & Rotterdam !Ardennes. Belgian East. Junct. Beziers to Graissessac Carmeaux & Toulouse -Coal Mines and Ry Dutch Rhenish Eastern of Franco Do. New Euphrates Valley Gt. Central of France 'Great Luxembourg Italian Junction Lake Const. & Bale Lierre and Turnhout Lombardo-Venetian Lucca & Pist.sp.c.p. Lyons and Geneva Lyons & Mediterran, Maria Antev-Ia Do. New Namur & Liege Do. do. E p. c. Pref Northern of France N orwegianTrnk.Pref Paris and Lyons Paris and Orleans,,,, Recife & San Fran., (Perham.) g. 7 P. c Rome and Frascati Royal Danish ...... R oyal Swedish.,.. ••. Sambre and Meuse )o. 5:1 per cent. pref ISouthern of France IWest Fla nders . . Do. 51 p er c. Pref ' W.& N.W. of France Western of Austria 'West. of Switzerland ,Wiesbaden . Do. 8 p. cent. pref. Zea1and.............. 5.1 - 5A Bi-- 9 66 - 68 8i - 9 89 - 91 721 - 724 34 - 354 ... -- 4 --- 8 - 9 19 - 20 11 -11 i 52 - 54 351 - 361 8 7 d i 98 99 1 59 - GE 82 - 33 97 - 98 8 - 97 - 98 89 - 90 122 - 123 102 - 101 6 -67 i 63 - 65 70 - 74 6 - 8 pl I 6 - 8 102 - 102: - 64. - 63 11L - 106 1 1031 -100 i, 4`.? = ii 83 - 81? 54 - 5521 16 -1.6 A 63 - 65 3i - 3i 1 43 - '44 87 - 88 3} - 3 ri 24 4C q -41 A 65 - 66 96 - 99 41 did 8 10 11 - 7 - 5 106 - 103 25 i - 26.3 48 - E 0 2 t - 18 - 19 75 - 76 861 -86 i 6 5 6 5 d .4;5 -- 43 - 20f -- 20 4f -- 4i 7 - 9 2,1 - 3 51 - 6 SSESSIONS. - i P id —gip 196 98 95 97 95 97 1 - li pl A 107 - 109 18 - lip 19A -20 i 64 - 66 91 - 92 21 - 21 - 1 I) 24* 245 , 2k - 237, 99 - 10 115 - 120 1115 - 120 106 108 19 20 211 21 d par fp - li -21 - 7 - 7.1 ... - ... 2- 3 p 1 d 32 32 par ip 23i 21 7 71 ...; - „_ 4I rid 30 = 31 8 - 84 20 - 20; 383 - 381 8i - 57i - 58} 57 - 59 f d par] 17 19 1 11 B, 81 314 32 9 i 10 301 311 par 1 p JOINT-STOCi. 111 !Australasia 118 i Bank. of Egypt (50 Bank of London all Bri . Col. Bk.& Ln. Co 1 all 'British N. American S ,C.Bk.of Ind.Au.&Ch 50 City 25 , Colonial 20 ,Commercial of Lond all I Eng. Scot. diAns.Cht all jIJon.Ch. Bk.of Aust all Ditto New 20 London and County 50 Lnd.&E.Bnkng.Corp 10 !London Joint Stock 20 FLond.ancllVestminst 35 !National Pro. of Eng 10 Do. New 22 i i National Bank all New South Wales all ,Oriental Bank Corp. 15 Ottoman Bank I Provincial of Ireland [ all IDo. New ... 1 it.Aus.B.SzC4.lm.Co all south Australia ail Union of Australia 23 Do. New IO Union of London - 'Unity Mutual... - 0 I Wostru,Bk,,,o Loud., ~0 87 - -: MI - ) li li d 52 54 62 1d64 17 - 17 11 17 - 174 46 -- 481 403 -- 413 1 .-3(1 57 59 6 - 7 •• -- ••• • I 9 -... 7(1 ]?l all .0 all !CI all !O all 6 all 0 all !O all !O 1 all rEt i,43 Sp i N, Lt•O N 0 N, WEDNESDAY JEW Nl. iq MA Y Is, If. LAW DITELLIGENCE—(This Day.) conveying voters on ci)unties woo:d ha eifecL to dis franchise the poor voters, and it would also have the effect of swamping the towns by the e , .)untie... He asked why hon. menaberedid not practice it at the late elec tion ? And he instanced the fact that the Maryleboee tradesmen, at the election before List, put their favourite candidate, Lord Ebrington, to 7,0001. expense for cabs to go to the poll. (Hear, bear, and laughter.) The SPEAKER put tne motion, when the ayes and noes appeared to be pretty evenly balanced, and there were loud cries of "agreed." The house however divided, when the numbers were— For the introduction of the bill Against it . COURT OF BANKRUPTCY. (Befcro Mr. COmmispioner Goulburn.) IN RE BAILEY AND HARVEY. These bankrupts were described as of Crutched-friars, merchants, ar.d to-day was appointed for consideration of the certificate. Mr. Hughes, from the office of Mr. Linklater, did not oppo Le. Mr. Pa,3a, for the bankrupt, sail that the latter was quite a young man, and his father, on the faith of Bai a lay's respectability, had paid 300/. for his son to join and had also lent Bailey 500/. The greatest confidence was reposed in Bailey by almost every one, as he had been many years in busine s, but it eventually turned out that he was deficient in the month of January, 1856, to the amount of 2,4041., and he had carefully prevented the bankrupt, from ascertaining the state of affairs, but before he left England, he admitted to Mr. Harvey, sen., that he had perfectly swindled him and his son. His Honour said he could not look upon this as en tirely unavoidable loss, but it was unaccountable folly of that kind which became injurious to others; he, therefore, could only award a certificate of the second I class. . 151 . 58 Majority 93 Mr. WHITESIDE moved for leave to introduce a bill to make provision for the appointment of Registrars to the Masters of the Court of Chancery in Ireland ; also for the safe custody of title deeds and documents lodged in the said court ; and to amend the practice in certain particulars. Mr. FITZGERALD said that there was no necessity for the introduction of the bill. By the present arrange ments with the judges and masters the vacancy of mas ter would not be filled up, and the business of the Irish Court of Chancery would be conducted for the future by the remaining masters, with additional clerks, by which a saving of 1,7001. a year would be effected. He had no objection to the bill being laid on the table for consi deration relative , to a future comprehensive measure on Irish law reform. Leave was then given to bring in the bill. QUIT RENTS (IRELAND). Mr, GROGAN moved for a return showing the gross and net amounts of Irish quit and crown rents, as re ceived and applied by the Commissioners of Woods and Forests in each year from the sth day of January, 1850, to the 3th day of January, 1857 (in continuation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 243, of session 1850). Agreed to. GRAND JURIES (IRELAND). On the motion of Capt. MAGAN, leave was given to introduce a bill to amend the Grand Juries (Ireland) Act, 1836. HIGH SHERIFFS (IRELAND). Mr. MONTGOMERY moved for a return of all correspondence between the Irish Government and the High Sheriffs of Counties in Ireland who, prior to the late general election, tendered their resignation of office, for the purpose of becoming candidates at such election ; the dates of their resignation, and acceptance of the same by the Lord Lieutenant ; and also the dates at which each succeeding high sheriff was ap pointed.—Agreed to. MEDICAL PROFESSION. Mr, HEADLAM moved for leave to introduce a bill to alter and amend the laws regulating the medical pro fession, which was similar in its details to that of last session, which arrived at its second reading when Par liament was dissolved. Mr. COWPER, on the part of the Government, offered no opposition to the introduction of the bill. The question was one of great importance and pressing emer gency. Mr. A. Black, Lord Elcho, Mr. Napier, and Mr. Craufurd supported the Introduction of the bill. Leave was given to bring in the bill. PUBLIC PETITIONS COMMITTEE. Mr. B. CARTER moved that Sir William Russell be added to the committee.—Agreed to. HUDSON'S BAY COMPANY COMMITTEE Mr. ADDERLEY moved that Mr. Christy be added to the committee.—Agreed to. The above bills were then brought in and read a first time. The house adjourned at five minutes to five o'clock. CRIMINAL COURT—(This Day.) THE WALWORTH MURDERS. OLD COURT. TRIAL OF BACON AND HIS WIFE. Before Lord Campbell, Mr. Justice Creswell, and Mr, Baron Bramwell.) This morning Thomas Peer Bacon and Martha Bacon were indicted for the murder of their two children, Edwin Fuller Bacon and Martha Bacon. Mr. Bodkin and Mr. Clerk appeared for the prosecu tion. Mr. Sleigh and Mr. Poland defended Mrs. Bacon, and Messrs. Metcalfe and Lawrence appeared for Bacon. Mr. Bodkin, in opening the case for the prosecution, said, placed in the pesition in which he then stood it would be his duty to lay before the jury facts and cir• cunostances to bring horse to the prisoners at the bar the charge of murder. The case was one of the most extra ordinary kind that had occurred for some time ; and the fact that the prisoners were man and wife, and the victims their children, added to the heinousness of the crime. The learned gentleman then proceeded to detail the facts of the case, which have already appeared in the columns of The Sun, and, in the course of his observations, said it was his duty to inform the jury that the female prisoner had been confined in a lunatic asylum, and that she only quitted that asylum two months before the commission of the murder, but the version she had given of the affair, namely, that a man had entered the window and killed her chil dren and attempted to cut her throat, was irrational, absurd, and unworthy of belief, for the police had examined the place and found the windows fastened in side, and that the dust and ground about the place had not been disturbed in the slightest manner. Having al luded to Bacon's version of the murder, he said he should also lay before them evidence to prove its entire falsity, and he would prove that he neither lost a watch, note, nor clothes, on the occasion, and that the whole story about the robbery was a fabrication, and was only in ♦ented to draw off from him the suspicion that attached to him respecting the murder. With respect to blood found on the trousers of the male prisoner, he accounted for it by saying that he cut his finger at dinner on the Sunday previous to the discovery of the murder. That also was untrue. On the Sunday in question, he should prove that he wore black trousers, and that being the case, if he had cut his finger on that occasion the blood would have been found on the black trousers and not on those worn every day by the prisoner. The jury would take into their consideration the circum stance that the female prisoner had been subject to aber , rations of mind; but in order to acquit her on account of the state of her mind, it must be shown that she was in such a state of mind as to be unable to distinguiph be tween right and wrong. The learned gentleman con cluded his remarks by hoping that an all- vise Providence would guide them to a right conclusion. The first witness called was Harriet Monroe. She said--I am cousin to the male prisoner. On Sunday, the 23th of December, the female prisoner came to my house and asked rue if I would come and stay with ber while her husband stopped at Reigate. I said I would do so, and it was arranged that I should go to their house in Four-acre-street, Walworth, between the hours of 4 and son the following Monday. On the same Sunday evening I saw both prisoners together at her brother-in-law's house. I did not observe his hands that evening. On the Monday when I went to Bacon's house in Four-acre-street, I knocked repeatedly at the door but could get no answer. I listened and waited at the door for about three hours, not getting any answer I returned home, but went to Bacon's house again that evening about half-past 10. On the Tuesday morning, about 1 o'clock, my mother and myself met Mrs. Bacon in Four acre-street, she had a rent book and half asovereign in her hand. My Mother asked her where she had been, and she said she had been in the house all night. She then said a man had got in at the window during the night and had murdered her two children and cut her throat. She said she was going to pay her rent and tell her land lord of the shocking affair. Mrs. Bacon, my mother, and myself, returned to the house in Fouracre-street, and, on going into the back room on the gniund floor, I saw the littlo boy sitting in a chair by the side of the fireplace with his throat cut. There was a quantity of blood all round the place, and his face was resting on the table. Mrs. Bacon made no other observation while they were in the room but that " somebody came in at the window and done it." On leaving the house I went to the male prisoner's brother Mr. Edward Bacon's, my mother and Mrs. Bacon (the prisoner), went on to the police-station. I next saw Mr. Bacon after he was brought up from Reigate on the Wednesday morning, but I did not notice how he was dressed. I some days after saw the male prisoner in a pair of fustian trousers, but on the Friday the day of the funeral, lie did not wear them. I saw the fustian on the day of the funeral at Four-Acre-street, he took them off shortly before the funeral, and I then saw some spots of blood on the legs of the trousers. Two or three days after the murder I saw the spots of blood, and told Bacon of it, but he said the blood came from a cut on his finger. Lord Campbell—What day did you first see the blood on the trousers Witness—On the Tuesday after he returned from Reigate. Examination oontinued—Bacen told me he had cut his finger on the Sunday. Lor'd Campbell—Did he say on what Sunday ? Witness—On Sunday after Christmas day. He said be did it at carving the dinner. A day or two after he said he cut his finger while eutting some wood to light, a fire with. He wade this remark during a conversa tio❑ that was going on at my mothers. He said the knife slipped and it cut his finger. The first time I saw the cut on his hand was the Friday after the murder, the 2d of January. He did not have a rag on his hand. On the Thursday, as the funeral was on the Friday, Mrs. Hyde showed me a shirt of Bacon's upon. which there were stains of blood. She was just going to put it into the tub to waili when she showed me two or three very small spots of blood. One of the spots was on the collar, as if he had cut himself while shaving ; the other two were on the wristband. I have remarked several pieces' if cord and twine throwing about in the back kitchen and front room in the houae in Four-acre- street. I recollect seeing a piece of cord Oro rvu upon *e fire with the ashes after the police had left the house. I have known the prisoners ever since their marriage, which took place seven years ago. Mrs. Baco❑ had teen in a lunatic asylum in London, but I cannot to how long she had been there. My mother and myself took her b•nm the asylum in October of the last year. Cross-examined by Mr. Sleigh—From all I know Mrs. Bacon has always been kind and affectionate to her children. ]3y Mr. Metcalfe—On the day on which Mrs. Bann asked me to come and stop with her, she wished me to come early in the morning. The reason I was asked to stop with her was that Bacon said he did not like to leave her alone at home the whole of the week. It was from the circumstance of her being confined in the lunatic asylum. The blood be had spoken of was on the inside the collar of the shirt, and looked as if it had come from his chin while shaving. I have often seen his chin bleed while shaving. I never asked Mrs. Bac on to confess what part she had taken in the murder. By a Juror—She did not say what time it was when the men broke into the house. William Henry Cooke, a police-constable, L 75-- On Tuesday, the 30th of December, I was on duty at the station-house in Kennington-lane, and I remem ber Mrs Bacon coming there about half-past 1 in the afternoon in company with Mrs. Payne. They wished me to come to Four-acre-street, as she said she thought there was something taken place very serious in the house. I went with them, and on the way Mrs. Bacon said somebody had come in at the window and cut the childreu'e throats and her own as well, but she did not say when it had been done. On getting te Four-acre-street Mrs. Bacon unlocked the door and we went into the back room, and I there found a little boy with his bead on a table with his throat cut and quite dead. There was a good deal of blood about—on the walls, the furniture, and the floor. I asked Mrs. Payne where the other child was, and she said, " Up stairs," and in the room up stairs I round the infant lying on the floor with its throat cut. There was a child's bed in the room. There was no blood upon it, but it bad the appearance of having been slept in. Both the children bad their night clothes on. On seeing the children I said, " This is a bad job," and Mrs. Bacon said she did not do it ; a man came in at the window and did it. She did not say what time. She Paid it wag the back parlour win dow. 1 looked at the window, it was fastened, but not properly. The hasp of the window was bent, but it was sufficient to hold it down. A person from the outside could not have opened it. Af►er the observation about ,its being a bad job, we all went into the first floor front room, and I saw a female's night dress lying on the bed, nearly covered with blood. I particularly observed th• sleeve, there was a quantity of blood round the neck. There was a quantity of blood on the floor. While I was searching the room, Mrs. Bacon passed me and went to a little box, from which she took out an envelope and said that she must send it to her husband. The envelope was already addressed to "Mr. Bacon, at Mr. Marriage, Ironmonger, Market-place, Reigate." It contained a blank sheet of paper. She said the writing on the envelope was her husband's. I then returned to the station-house and took Mrs. Bacon with me where she was detained. She was taken before the magistrate the same afternoo❑ and was remanded. Before Mrs. Bacon was taken to the police•offYce I took Mr. Bushel, the surgeon, to see the children. Oa the table of the room in which I found the little boy I saw the two knives I now produce (they were two common black handled dinner knives). They bora marks of blood, and one appeared to have been recently sharpened. I examined the room on the Wednesday after the discovery of the murder, but there was nothing to lead to the belief that any person had entered the window. The dust about the window had not been dis turbed, and the ground underneath the window, which would have easily shown the impression of footmarks, was also undisturbed. On the 6th of January I received from a female turnkey of Horsemonger-lane Gaol the chemise which had been worn by Mrs. Bacon, which I 'lbw produce. [The chemise was stained with blood.] Cross-examined by Mr. Sleigh—On the Tuesday that I first sa at Mrs. Bacon I did not think she was in a right state of mind. She never manifested the slightest feeling or concern about the children. By Mr. Metcalfe--In searching the house I found a woman's apron. It had the appearance of a bloody knife having been wiped upon it. It had been placed over a pool of blood in th• room where the little boy had been murdered. There were some toys on the little table before the murdered child and several on the flJor. On the Tuesday I went to Reigate to bring him back to London. I was told not to tell him what had occurred. I went to the address on the envelope, but I did not find him there, and Mr. Mar rige said he did not know him by name. Re-examined by Mr. Bodkin—l found Bacon at the Bell public house at Reigate. I arrived about one o'clock in the morning, he appeared as if he had been in bed, and the first question 1 asked him was whether he bad not an aunt of the name of Payne, and he said yes. I was in plain clothes. I told him his aunt had sent for him as his wife was very ill. He wanted to know what was the matter, and said, " What can it be I" I did not tell him what really was the matter, in fact I had but little talk with him the whole of the time we were coming to London. We left Redhill by the mad-train at ten minutes to four in the morning. Ho never asked me who I was. or made the slightest inquiry. Thomas Horton, another policeman of the L said : I went with the last witness on the Tuesday to Bacon's house in Four Acre-street, and found the articles I now produce (a woman's night-dress and as apron), upon which were large blood stains. The apron was lying on the fl ior and night-dress on the bed. I also examined the window and found the dust outside undisturbed. Rebecca Longbridge : lam matron of Horqemonger lane Gaol. • I was present when Mrs. Bacon was brought there. I observed marks on her throat, it had plaister upon it. On the Wedueday I observed a mark on her throat as if a string had been tied tight round it. It was very visible at the back part of the neck. On being questioned about it, she said it had been made with the knife, the same as her throat was cut with. Ensiba Oaks, the female searcher at Kennington-lane Police Court.—On the 30th of December I searched Mrs. Bacon, and, whilit I was doing so, she said a man had come in at the window and murdered her two children, and cut her throat as well. She said " will they lock me up," and I said "no," put on your clothes. There was blood on her chemise but none on the outside dress. The Court then adjourned for a quarter of an hour. On the return of the judges into court, Mr. Charles Bushel, the surgeon, was called and ex amined by Mr. Bodkin. I was sent for on the 31st of December from the Kennington-lane police-station to Mrs. Bacon. I saw her, and on asking her how she was she said she was very poorly—that a man had got in at the window and cut her throat as also those of her chil dren. I examined her throat and found a cut about three inches in length, it went over the windpipe, and another cut downwards about two inches long, there were also several cuts en the throat, but they were all above the first one. There was no continuous cut, they were all from right to left and from left to right. The principal cut was that over the windpipe, but :t did not wound that organ. The wounds might have bee❑ caused by her own hand. If they had been done by any other person she must have been quite quiet and assenting. I told her the wounds had been done some time, and she said, " Yes, eight o'clock last night." I examined her halide and found the left covered with brown colour as if from stains of blood. I noticed the nails o❑ the hand, the stains were much deeper colour rouvid them. The second finger of the right hand was also partially stained. After the interview with Mrs. Bacon I went to Four Acre-street and saw the bodies of three murdered children. I found them with their throats cut, and the wounds were very likely to have been caused by one of the knives produced. As far as lam able to judge the stains on the knives are those of human blood. I was shown a woman's night dre: , s in the front room on the first floor. Torre was blood upon the night dress. That on the lower part of the dress, but it was quite different from that which had proceeded from thethroat. It had the appearance of having been rubbed with something for come time after. I was shown a them ice and also a pair of fustian trousers, upon which there were appearances of blood on the front. I also saw a waistcoat. There was a spot of blood on the collar. I saw the waistcoat the first time. I wentto the house, but I did not closely etandue it. When I next saw the waistcoat it was in poesession of Inspector Young. The witness was then handed. the trousers, and pointed out spots of blood down the front. Cross-examined by Mr. Sleigh.—When I ssw the female prisoner on Tuesday my first impression was that she was not quite conscious of the aet, that had been committed. By Lord Campbell.—By that, do you mean she was not in her right mind ? Witness—l do, my lord, By Mr. Metcalfe.—l was examined on the first occasion, before the man was in custody, and I said it was my impression that the act had been committed be fore the tints she mentioned--8 o'clock. I should be very sorry to pledge that the stains on the trousers are those of bl )od. There are many things that will produce very similar stains. It is my opinion that the blood on the lower part of the chemise had the appear cace of having spurted on it, and for the blood to bear the appearance it did it must have come from a living person. Dr. Harris, surgeon of Horsemonger-lane Gaol said : I saw Mrs. Bacon for the first time on the 31st of December. I observed wounds on her neck ; they had been dressed with plaister. There was also one as it mark f caused by a cord bein g ti e d ti g htly round it. The lrk could not have been produced by hanging, it mustthave ular all round the been inflicted lying down—it is so reg throat. The cord must have been tied rather tightly, or see-sawed, to have produced the mark. I asked Mrs. Bacon how the injury was inflicted, and she said a man had come in at the window and tried to cut her throat. I have been shown a piece of rope by the police, and am of opinion that it would cause the marks he had de scribed. Cross-examined by Mr. Sleigh—When I first saw the female prisoner I was of opinion that she was not a per son of soiled mind. By Mr. Metcalfe—lt was my impression when I saw the female prisoner at Ilorsemonger-lan e gaol that she 1 bad inflicted the injuries upon h er t h roat herself. Mr. Sargeant, who resided next door to the house oc cupied by Bacon, said—l last saw the prisoners on Sun day, the 28th of December. They went out together. I did not see them again until the murder was discovered. On the Monday following I was sweeping i s front of the door, and in doing so accidentally struck Bacon's door and made a noise, and I hear: somebody moving inside, as if some person was approaching the door to open it. The door was not opened, and I heard the sounds return. I have frequently heard a child cry in Bacon's house, but on Monday I did not hear any crying. Mary Pearson said—ln December I resided next door to Bacon, in Fouracre-street. On Monday, the 29th, I heard a noise in the room adjoining ; it continued for about t en m i nutes or a quarter of an hour. My atten I f a, , Ulan 81IN OFFICE, Seven o'clock. SHREWSBURY R±l..OES.—(This Day.) (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) BIENNIAL STAKES. Nappy Prince Knockburn Four ran. HAWN:STONE CUP. Polestar .. Laudamia Alool,shine S:x ran. Won by a length. CORPORATION PLATE. Blue Rock Bold Buccleuch Old Tom Four ran. ALTRINGLIAII STAKES. Cripple .... Ethelbali.. SHROPSHIRE HANDICAP Catharine Logi° Madame Rachel Four ran. HANDICAP PLATE. Polly Peachum Raffle Four ran. LATEST BETTING. DERBY. Bto 1 agst Skirmisher (offered) 9 to 1 agst Saunterer Bto 1 on the Field (offered). 20 to 1 aget Bird in the Hand (taker) The Maid of Derwent is scratched for all her Man chester engagements. The following have ]eft here :—sedan Hero, Corn. panion, Grey Pyrrhus, and Gunboat. The following have gone to Ludlow :—Ephorus, St. Clair, Attorney-General, Pantomime, Whalebone, Wild Holly, and Oyster Girl. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF COMMONS—;This Day.) The SPEAKER took the chair at 12 o'clock. Mr. KIRK and the Hon. F. BARIN4 took the oaths and their seats. COMMITTEE OF SELECTION. Colonel W. PATrEN informed the house that owing to the pressure of private business th© Committee of Selection would have to abandon the precedent of for mer sessions in requesting members to state what period would be most convenient to them to attend to the Private Bill Committee, but, at the same time, they would be ready to attend to any representation mem bers might wish to make on the subject. (Hear, hear.) PRIVATE BILLS. The dropped private bills were passed through their various stages up to that at which they stood prior to the dissolution of Parliament. JUDGMENTS, EXECUTION, &c., BILL. Mr. CRAUFORD moved the second reading of this bill. He said it had been his misfortune to have this bill under his care for four years without being able to carry it through the house. Nevertheless, he was deter mined to proceed with it, and ba hoped ultimately to be successful. The hon. and learned gentleman then entered into the details of the bill, which were fully dis cussed last session, the principle of which was to make judgments obtained in one coun'ay available in either England, Scotland, or Ireland, instead of mak ing it necessary, as now, for a creditor to sue his debtor only in the country in which he resided. It was high time that such absurdities should be abolished from our laws. Mr. J. EWART seconded the motion. Colonel FRENCH said the bill was opposed from a belief that it was not a bill to facilitate the recovery of debts, but one to engraft on England and Ireland the "barbarism" of the Scottish laws. He moved the second reading of the bill this day six months. Mr. BLAND seconded the amendment. It was looked upon with suspicion and distrust by the Irish, who considered a harsh use might be made of it as against themselves—(hear, hear,)—and also tbat the balance of convenience was against them. (Hear, hear.) One reasonable objection to the bill was that it would tend to centralise all the legal business of Ireland in Dublin. He condemned the bill as uncalled for. Mr. AYRTON said it was a remarkable thing, that this bill was opposed by ail the Irish members, whilst it seemed by inference that it was not opposed by the Eng lish members, and the reason he suggested for it was, that gentlemen in Ireland came very much to England, but that Englishmen did not go much to Ireland. He, however, went to Ireland once a year, and he assured the house that he had as much prejudice against the bill as any person who came from Ireland. (Rear, hear.) He condemned discussing this bill on prejudices, and he proceeded to st a t e th at t h e question was whether this bill was one of real law reform or not. He considered it was not, and in reference to a codifica tion of our laws be thought this a proceeding in the wrong direction. The honourable and learned gentleman then entered into the details of the bill with reference to the mode of procedure under it, and stated his objections to them, ( xpressing a belie: that this bill would rather tend to complicate than sim plify the law. Mr. 11`111AHON opposed the bill on the ground that it was in direct violation of the established princi ples of law and jurisprudence. The proper course was to assimilate the law of Scotland to England, rather than the law of England to Scotland, as was proposed by this bill, and he proceeded to show the anomalies of the Scotch law which this bill would enforce in England and Ireland. Mr. NEATE supported the bill. Mr. WIIITESIDE opposed the WI, and entered at some length into its details, pointing out the objection able points. Mr. MALINS supported the second reading of the bill. He did not consider that the objections raised against the measure touched its principles. The LORD ADVOCATE said that the objections to the bill appeared to be based on the defects of the Scotch law. This was not a Scotch measure, - but one of general jurisprudence, and it had received the approbation of Lord Brougham and all Engli s h l awyers . Jae defended the Scotch law from the charges that had been brought against it, and said that, so far from the Scotch system being a barbarous one, it was built on the old Roman law, and the feudal law of Europe, and was transferred from France into that country. He tsaw no objection to the house reading this bill a second time. Many of the objections raised against it could las better discussed in committee. Mr. NAPIER said the Scotch law was only known in Ireland as a "foreign law," and that, he thought, would be a defect in this measure, because by the bill they would have to give effect to the Scotch law in Ire land. This bill, if passed, would be most injurious to trade, because it would afford means for collusion and fraud. Mr. HADFIELD regretted that Irish memberg should oppose this measure. He was convinced that it would prove more beneficial to Ireland than to England and Scotland. He approved of the principle of the bill, which was peculiarly calculated at this time more than any other to produce beneficial effects. Mr. STEWART supported the second reading. The house then divided, when the numbers were— For the second reading . 137 Against it Majority for the second reading--38 The bill was then read a second time, and orderelil to be committed oil Wednesday. SUPPLY. The Chairman of Committee brought up the report on Supply, which was agreed to. The Army and Navy Estimates were ordered to be laid before the house. NEW MEMBERS. Several new members took the oaths and their seats. SLAVE TRADE (CUBA.). Sir G. B. PECHELL postponed his motion for a return of her Majesty's ships and vessels employed on the coast of Cuba for the suppression of the Slave Trade, from the Ist day of January, 1854 ; stating the dates of their arrival on, and their departure from, their respec tive cruising stations, with the names of their several captains and commanders, and distinguishing steam from sailing vessels. His reason for so doing was the non-attendance of a Cabinet Minister, which prevented his being able to call the attention of the Government to the subject. ELECTION EXPENSES. Lord R. GROSVENOR moved for leave to bring in a bill to alter the law in reference to the payment of the conveyance of voters to the poll, and the hustings ex penses, by the candidates at elections. The noble lord drew the attention of the house to the report of the committee of 1834, who recommended that members of that house should be returned free of expense, and which he said made out his case for asking for this bill. The practice of calling on members to convey voters to the p. , 11 and pay for the hustings could not be ju.tified on any principle, and as regar d e d the former, if a votercould not walk to the poll be ought to be carried at the expense of the County, and not at that of the candidates. The expense should be paid by the counties and boroughs. He expressed an opinion which was concurred in by the house, that the late elec tions were peaceably conducted, and said that this bill was necessary to fully carry out the recommendation of the committee of 1831—(hear, hear)— w ith w hi c h recent legislation was in accordance. The Government had intimated their intention not to oppose this bill, but should it be desirable hereafter that he should withdraw this bill that the subject might form a portion of a Go vernment comprehensive reform next session, he would do so. Mr. W. WILLIAMS said he did not object to the principle of the bill, but if it was intended for the coun ties and boroughs to pay the hustings expenses, he doubted if it would accomplish the noble lord's object, that of economy. Mr. DRUMMOND said that to put the expense of IN BE LEOPOLD BEDPATII. His Honour said that in the case of this bankrupt Mr. Pennell, the official assignee, had received a letter from a gentleman, named Rowe, living in the North of Eng land, encl!sing 201. and stating that he had applied to P-edpath for a subscription towards building a new church, and he sent 201. He, Mr. Rowe, as a clergy man did not feel himself justified in retaining it, as it was unquestionably the produce of fraud on others. His Honour said that such conduct on the part of Mr. Rowe was highly commendable. Sporting Intelligence. SHREWSBURY SPRING MEETING. TUESDAY. The Silopian Biennial Staked of 5 sovs each, with 30 added, for three-year-olds—colts, Set 71b ; fillies, Bat 41b. Certain penalties and allowances. The second to receive 10 sovs out of the stakes. One mile and a quarter. 13 subs. Mr. G, Drewe's The Dupe, Bst 71b (including 3lb extra) (Bray 1 Mr. Naylors L au d am i a , B s t 41b (i n. 31 b ex.) (Knott) ) 2 Mr. Starkey's Th e V au l ter , B st 121 b (in. slb extra) (A. Cowley) 3 Petting-7 to 4on The Dupe. Won very easily by a length ; two lengths between the second and third. Tho Longer Hall Stakes of 5 sovs. each, with 30 added, for two-year-olds—colts 8:t 71b ; fillies, Bst 41b. Al lowances and penalties. The second to save his stake. T.Y.C., six furl mg.. 11 subs. Mr. Parker's c. by Fernhill, 71b ..... ...(Hibberd) 1 Mr. La nert's Marnelon, Bst 71b (Yates) 2 Mr, Copeland's Trot, Bst 41b (Knott) 3 Lincoln Tom, and The Redan Hero also ran No betting. Won by a neck ; bad thi r d ; Li nco l n Tom and The Redan Hero we re close up with Trot. The Stewards' Cup of 50 soya, added to a Handicap Sweepstakes of 5 sovs each, 1 ft ; the second to save his staka ; certain penalties for winners, &c. One mile. 62 subs, 42 of whom declared. Mr. Wilkin's Oakball, 3 yrs, Est 31b (Fordbam) 1 Mr. Howard's Strawberry, 3 yrs, Sat 11th (Bray) 2 Mr. T. Walker's Eally Bird, 6 yrs, 9st 41b, (in. 71bex.) (Kendall) 3 The following al so ran: —Bl ue Rock, Gaalad, Lady Florence, Assail an t, A ttorney-General, and Raven. Betting-5 to 4 agst Oakball, 4to 1 each agst Straw berry and Early Bird, 8 to 1 agst Attorney-General. Won by half a length ; a length between the second and third. Attorney-General was a bad fourth; Raven fifth; Lady Florence and Assailant were the last two. The Great Cleveland Handicap of 15 sovs each, 3 ft, with 50 added ; the second to receive 20 goys, and the third to save his stake. Winner. 4 extra. Horses hav ing run in the Chester Cup this year without being placed allowed 31b. Cleveland Course, about two miles and a Quarter. 47 subs, 27 of whom declared. Mr. Howard's Companion, 3 yrs, 5,t (// wards) 1 Mr. Drinkald's Grey Pyrrhus, 4 yrs, 6st flub (Dales) 2 Mr. Hawkes's Gunboat, 3 yrs, Sat 31b (Pritchard) 3 The following also ran :—Pantomime, Cockatoo, Moonshine, and Six-and-Eightpence. Batting-5 to 4 agst Companion, 6to 1 each agst Cockatoo and Six-and-E:ghtpence, and " any odds" agst Pantomime. Polestar was declared not to start at 11.30 a.m. Won by three lengths ; a neck between the second and third ; two lengths between the third and fourth. The Salop Handicap Plate of 50 soya value, certain pe nalties for winners, &c. One mile and a half. Mr. Saint's Tom Thumb, 4 yrs, Est Glb (Dales) 1 Mr. Hawkes's Milk Boy, aged Est 121 b ...(Fordham) 2 Mr. Hey wood's Maid of Derwent, 4 yrs, 7st llb (Snowden) 3 Mr. Dknrcan's Mary Lovell, 5 yrs, Sat 91b ..(Ducker) 4 Betting-2 to lon Tom Thumb, 100 to 1 agat Maid of Derwent (offered). Won by four lengths ; three lengths bet ween the second and third. (SY ELEOTRIC TBLBGRAPH.) Queen's Guineas. Mary... Lance South Western Three ran. BETTING AT MANCHESTER. DERBY. 7f o 1 aget Skirmisher (taken) 9to 1 agst M.D. (taken) 10 to 1 agst Saunterer (taken) 10 to 1 agst Anton (taken) 14 to 1 aget Sydney (taken) 100 to 6 agst Arsenal (taken) 20 to 1 aget Adatnas (taken) 20 to 1 agst Lady Hawthorn (taken) 20 to 1 agst Strathnaver (taken) 25 to 1 agst Sprig of Shillelagh (taken) 25 to 1 agst Tournament (taken) 1000 to 15 agst Oakball (taken) The London Racing Indicator, private circular, on Saturday next, price thirteenpence, contain Notes and probable Winners of the SomersetAire Stakes ; also at Bath Meeting, the Oaks, and some important informa• tion on the Derby. Sent eight winners at Cnester. 1, Savoy-hill, Strand, London. I r..OYD'S SHIPPING.--(This Day.) LONDON, May 13.—Wind this day at noon, W.; light breeze and cloudy. OFF DOVER; May 12.—Arrived—Catherine, from Ant werp for New York. SOUTHAMPTON, May 13.—Sailed—Jura (s.), for Alex andria. OFF ScrLLY.—Arrived—Charlotte, from Cagliari for Elsinore ; James Alexander, Demerara. WATERFORD, May 10.—Sailed—Old England, for Quebec. PORTSMOUTH, May 12.—Wind S.S.E. to S. W.—Sailed —liarnilla Mitchell, for Montreal, via Portland and Ply mouth. FALMOUTH, May 12.—Wind S.—Sailed—Carl Peteo, for Malina. HULL, May 12.—Wind S.E.—Arrived—Bee, from Pa lermo. Sailed—Stella, for Havannah. PLYMOUTH, May 12.---Wind S.W.—Arrived—Melina, from Figneira. ST. PETERSBURG, May 11.—The Ward Jackson, from Hartlepool, which was on shore near the London Chest, May 9, has been got off, and is safe in the harbour • cargo without damage. The Diad em , f or L on d on, has returned waterlogged, having been cut through by the ice. ABERY STEAM May 12.—The Hibernia, of Cardigan, from Barrow to Cardiff, sprung a leak off Barosea Island, and was abandoned. (PER ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) LIVERPOOL, Wednesday Morning. Wind S. Arrived—British Queen, screw steamer ; from Palermo ; Retriever, screw steamer, Hamburg ; Alliance, Norway ; John Linu, New Orleans ; Empress, Mobile. Off—W. M. Rodgers, Baalbec, Dunrobin. Sailed—Lady Sale, for Maranham ; Advance, Calcutta; Dannebrog, Revel : Edouard, Ghent; Speculant, Stettin; Underwriter, New York; Middleton, St. John's, N.B. ; Ellen Maria, Portsmouth, New Holland. QUEENSTOWN, May 11. Wind S. Arrived—Azorea, packet, from ~.,myrna. CROOKHAVEN, May 11. Arrived—Magna Charta, from Scala Nova ; Albion, Alexandria; Hilda, Tarragona. (BY SUI3IIIABINE AND BRITISH TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Wednesday, 9.48 a.m. Wind W. ; last hour's ebb; cloudy. Arrived, May 12 —Aolus, from St. Lucia. Arrived, May 13—Victoria, from Wydah ; Anna Dros sins, Helsingborg. Sailed, May 13—Lightning, for St. Michael's. DEAL, Wednesday, 9.26 a.m. Wind S.W., moderate. Passed—Her Majesty's ship Dee, fr.= Woolwich, for Devonport ; Anna Mary, London, A]goa Bay ; Superior, London, Gibraltar. Anchored—Agamemnon, from London, for Hong tong; Ann, London, Sydney. MARKET NEWS. —(This Day.) CORN EXCHANGE. ---• To-day's market was well supplied with English wheat, mostly left over from Monday. The attendance of buyers was limited, and the demand for all kinds of wheat of home produce ruled heavy, at is to 2s per quarter beneath last Friday's currency. Foreign wheat—the show of which was tolerably good— was very dull, and the quotations were almost nominal. We had a moderate inquiry for barley at full prices ; but malt commanded very little attention. There was a good demand for oats, at fully the late improvement in value. Beans and peas were firm ; but flour ruled heavy. ARRIVALS THIS WEER. I Wheat. Barley. Malt. English.... ! 1 570 9lO Irish ..... .. I , - _ Oats. I Flour. 240 I 1,260 Foreign.... 950 I 5,110 Our mark e t i s steady for BOROU m G l rates aro Well supported. 2,650 -ll HOP. lost kinds of hops, and late WHITECAPEL. Beef from 3 s 2d to 4s 4d; mu H tton, 3s 4d to 4a 8d ; P'erB4Blbtso:tsoBsdin; k ve t a h l e 011 . 31. Tr veal, 386 d to4 aa s6d e a ; u p il o . rk, 33 led to 5s Oct 19 18; 111 1021 1/ 108 7i 16} tion was called to the circumstance by persons calling, and not gaining admittance. William Boke said—l occupy the house No. 5, Four acre -street. I was at home the whole of Monday. the 29 - h. I did not hear the children cry that day. Ever since the Bacons had lived next door to me I have heard a child cry every day. James Cooke, the gaoler of Lambeth Police court, said—Mrs. Bacon was under my care during the time of her examination. Mrs. Bacon, in my room, wrote a letter. Lord Campbell reminded the jury that the letter in question was one that did net at all affect Thomas Bacon, and that it ought not to enter into their consideration. Witness continued—Mrs. Bacon asked for ink and paper when she was in the gaoler's room at Lambeth Police -court. There were some other persons in the room, but they did not interfere with her. Having written the letter she gave it to me, and I said, "This is a very serieus charge you have made against your husband. Let me beg and pray of you not to make any charge that is not quite correct, and remember the Al mighty is looking down npon what you are doing." She said, "I am quite aware of that. What I have written there is perfectly true. I don'tsee why the innocent should suffer fir the guilty." I then went with her to the court, and handed the paper to the magistrate, who read it aloud. The male prisoner was in the court. He was taken into custody alter the letter was written, but be fore it was read in court. Bacon was standing near me when the letter was read, but I did not hear him make any remark. The letter was here read by the clerk of the arraigns. It stated that she was an innocent person—that her husband was the person who murdered the children. Inspector Young said—On the 30th Dec. I heard of the murder in Fouracres-street. I sent down to Reigate for the male prisoner, and on his arrival at the station house in Kennington lane I told hini I had sent to him in consequence of something that bad happened to his wife. He became very agitated, and asked what had been done. I broke it to him gently by telling him that his wife bad attempted to commit suicide. Ho appeared very much affected, and sa:d he knew three women who bad come from the same place, and had gone in the same way. I asked him what be meant, and he said out of their mind. He very anxiously asked about the children, and I told him there was nothing particular the matter, as he appeared very much distressed. I afterwards told him that the children had been destroyed by his wife. He wished to go at once to see his children, and I sent a constable with him to the house. He returned to the station house with the constable about half-past six, and he said he had not been able to see the children, but that he had seen the blood of his dear boy. On the Saturday follow ing this interview, I observed a cut on his finger. The first examination of Mrs. Bacon was on the 30th. The inquest took place on Friday, the 2d of January, I was present and saw Bacon there. I asked Bacon if it was true that some clothes were mis sing from the house. He said there were, and also a watch and 71. in money. In accordance with an ar rangement Bacon came to the station-house on Satur day and gave a description of the clothes lost. which consisted of a rough greatcoat and other apparel. The money lost consisted of a Si. note and two sovereigns. The 5/. note he had received at the London and West minster Bank in payment of a cheque for 151., drawn by Mr. Attar. I asked the name and number of the watch, which he hesitated in giving. I pressed him for the number, and it was some time before I got the number from him. Ultimately, he said he bad bought the watch of his brother James, who resided at 3, Charles-Ltreet, Northampton -square. The clothes stolen he said he had worn on the Sunday, the day of the murder. When he came back from Reigate he had on a black coat, a pair of fustian trousers, and a black waistcoat. I was referred' by Bacon to Mr. Edward James Bacon to get the number of the watch, and he gave me a bill in which the watch was described. The description of the watch was circulated amongst the L division of police, it was numbered 32,793. It was brought to me by Sergeant Broad, L division. The first time I saw a watch in Bacon's possession was on the 7th of January. He told me he had been down at Stamford on the 4th of January. I then asked him about his watch, and he showed me the one I now produce, No. 13,663. I went to the house for the purpose of searching it. Baron was with me, and told him I bad sent for a candle to search the cellar. While I was near the cellar I heard a noise in the yard, and Sergeant Broad told me Bacon had put something into his pocket. On search ing him I found the watch 13,663. With respect to some money he said he bad received, he said be had put away two Si. notes to buy furniture with, and the other two, part of the produce of a cheque fur 50/., he had paid away at Reigate. I told him I had traced four notes, and I asked him for further information as to the note he alleged to have been stolen. He said be had another 51. note, for which he had given change to a person in the street. This note I have also traced, and found it to have formed part of the money received for the cheque. In asking about the clothes he had lost, he said that Mr. Dixon bad made all his clothes for the last twenty years ; but I told him Mr. Dixon denied that be had ever made a coat for him like the one ho bad described. I asked him how he came by the cut on his left hand, and he said he had done it whilst cutting a stick. I asked him if he had seen his wife before he left London for Reigate, on the Sunday morning, and he said he had left her in bed very comfortable, that he bad kissed her, and that she bad bound up his finger to prevent it catching cold. After Bacon was in custody, he said, "Oh, Mr. Young, is it not shocking that she should say I did it ? I don't care, the Lori will help me through it. My poor boy I could nit hurt a hair of his Mile head. Truth Will always go the furthest." Cross-examined by Mr. Metcalf—Bacon was not much affected at his final examination, but has been very much affected on certain occasions when the children were referred to- The female prisoner throughout the police examinaCon seemed perfectly indifferent as to all that tot,k place. Win. Payne, an engineer, living at Mile End said— My wife was a relative of Mr. Bacon's. I saw the prisoner at Mr. James Payne's house in Gall sway street. It was about half past eight in the evening, they had neither of the children with them. On the day after the inquest I noticed Bacon's finger, and I asked how it way done, he said it wasoutting a piece of wood—l said I thought it was done whilst sharpening the knife on a steel. He said his knives were new and did not require sharpening. After some consideration I said his wife had murdered the children, and he saA he did not be. litve it. He then toll me he had been robbed of a snit of clothes and a coat, and I told him I did not believe it. I asked if Dixon made it, and he said no. He also said be had lost a watch, and I told Lim I did not be lieve it. When I last saw both the prisoners I told them it was not proper for them to leave the children alone in the house, and she said, " Never mind the children they are happy." Cross-examined by Mr. Metcalf —I told Bacon that I would not believe anybody would go and murder the children without robbing the house, and then a day or two after he told me he had lost the money. Mrs. Payne, wife of the last witness, stated that after the birth of her last child Mrs. Bacon laboured under insanity. She (witness) had heard that she had threat entd the lives of Ler nearest and dearest relatives. Sh• always appeared fond of her children and kind to them. Henrietta. Lawrence, a child about eight years, was next cxausined, and, in a very clear manner, proved the finding of Bacon's watch in George-street, Walworth. Sergeant Broad was next called, and repeated his evidence relative to finding the watch in the cellar. Mr. Acted, cashier in the London and Westminster Bank, Lothbury, said in Oct. last he cashed a check drawn on the Stamford branch of the Northampton Bank. He gave four five pound-notes. A clerk, from the Bank of England, proved that the notes traced by Inspector Young were the same as those received from the Stamford Bank. The case for the prosecution having closed, the jury were then taken to the London Coffeehouse for the night, in charge of the officers of the court. The Marquis and Marchioness de Vasconcellos have eft the Clareudon Hotel. Mr. T. L. Blane has left the same estahl;sloment for Wirkfield, near Windsor. THE SILK CROP.—The reports regarding the silk crop continue to be anxiously watched, but it is stillteo early to form any conclusive opinion of its general prosperity. In Spain, which is one of the countries where it is at ways most forward, everything has gone well to the present time, and the impression is thattbere will be an average supply. This statement is encouraging, since it has been in Spain during the last two or three years that the disease has first manifested itself. From Naples, where also the season is early, there is likewise an ab sence of bad tidings, and the same may be said with re gard to the Levant. In France and Lom ba r dy there yet very little means of judging, and, indeed, in are as ht be fore the prevailing uncertainty can be removed. Mean any quarter it will be at lea st ten da y s or a f ortnig while the silk-market remains stagnant, selers being willing to accept lower prices, and buyers being dis posed to place confidence in the safe progress of the crop, while they also attach importance to the more than usual extent of preparation that was made in sea son to insure an increased production. engaged in tna'ai eg th e i r o nosf thisfti p g u a l pulling ( d ) w a n t ENTIRE REBUILDING OF THE G AOL OF NEWGATE. 01, Yesterday workmen were b us il y t ti i r t e lfys not p at re d se e n n necessary re building known whether the ancient wall which front the Old Bailey will not also give place to new ones. The pre parations were commenced by the erection of hoardings at the north end of the building, where the reconstruc tion will commence, and if the resistance which the efforts of the ancient masons offered to the workmen in their endeavours to breach that part of the place for a door way through which they will carry on their operation is allowed to have any influence upon those conducting the matter they will see that there is no cause for their demolition upon the score of decaying strength. The interior is to be completely rebuilt upon the model of the Pentonville Prison and Holloway House of Correction and the separate system en forced. The walls of this part of the building will be raised a sufficient distance within the outer ones to form a passage right round, and the same will be carried out through the four walls from Newgate-street to that part which abuts upon the area facing the old court, but the governor's house will not be touched. In the origi nal plan it was intended to make the entrance for pri• sorters at the Newgate-street end, but whether that will be done or not there is no certainty. At present the prisoners are confined in one half of the gaol u n til th e oilier part is ready. REINFORCEMENTS FOR INDIA.—It is stated that her Majesty's Government have determined to despatch four more infantry regiments to India. The 7th Fusibere, the Sth Regiment, and the third battalion of the Rifles, have been warned for this service ; the remaining corps has not yet been named. Upon the arrival of these rein forcements the 10th and 29th regiments will return home.--Smith and Co,' 4 Ocerland Mail. Ali L. .. 18 3 61 ': 19 6 10 6 49 208 the lust ,IGN. 24 100 j 83 2i 91 i 21i i 4 23i 10 4 71 A