The Sun. — London, England, 1857-12-22 00:00:00

POLICE INI'ELLIGENCE.— (This Day.) MARLBOROUGH-STREET. A JUVZNILN 'hum—James Sullivan, a dirty little arehin, whose head scarcely reached the top of the dock, was charged before Mr. Beadon, with stealing a purse, *Waiving 1/. 16s. 6d., in gold and silver, money belong fhg to Mrs. Harriett Warren, 7, Belsize-road, St. John's Wood. It appeared from the evidence of the prosecntrix, that on the previous afternoon, about half-past five, she was with her daughter in a confectioner's shop in Regent street, when she had occasion to lay her parse, con taining the sum named in the charge, on the counter. At the rear of the latter was an ornamental plate of silvered glass, and, on happening to cast her eye thereon, she distinctly saw a dirty hand stealthily aove along the counter and clutch hold of the parse. Proitecutrix immediately turned round and saw the prisoner running out of the shop with the purse in Lis hand. She pursued him through the mud across the street, when he was st.pped by Webb, one of the Mendicity constables,. who picked up the purse, which the prisoner had previously thrown away. The prisoner, being interrogated by the magistrate, re plied that he knew "neat wot somdever " about the purse, and he was as " hinnercent " as a young ki t t en . He subsequently changed his tone, and pleaded gu ilty. Mr. Beadon therefore committed him for a ;month. THAMES. btrIMENT ROBBERY BY CARD ..iHARPRRS.---John Hann and William Jones, aged 30 and 25 respectively, Vero brought before Mr. Selfe charged with stealing three sovereigns from the person of Johann Hanning, a German. Mr. Charles Young, solicitor, defended the prisoners. It appeared from the evidence that the prosecutor and countryman of his went into a public-house in White shape! to obtain some refreshment, and were followed by the prisoners, wbo marked the foreigners as their prey. The prisoners, who are most notorious card sharpers, commenced playing and betting with three cards, and invited the prosecutor to play and win some money, which he refused to do. Soon after. wards the prosecutor's companion called for a pint of beer, and Harming said he would pay for it, and put his hand in his pocket and took out three sovereigns. While the prosecutor was looking among the sovereigns for a shilling to pay for the beer, Williams made a snatch at the German's gold, and took it away from bim and ran away. The German made an attempt to pursue the prisoner Williams, and Jones got between them and made pretence that the money was taken in fun, and would be given back. Williams got away, and was pursued and overtaken by the prosecutor and his friend, but no money was found upon him. Jones fled in a different direction, and was actively sought after by the police. He was met with accidentally, and taken into custody. The sum of 31. 9a. Bd., which included two sovereigns, was found upon him. He was proved to have changed a sovereign after he left the public-house where the robbery took place, and there is no doubt be received the gold from bis companion in the public-house. Brass medals resembling sovereigns, cards, and all the apparatus for carrying on the trade of sharpers, were found on the prisoners, who were said to be two of the most notorious card sharping impostors that ever infested the races and fairs in the kingdom. Mr. Young adroitly attempted to make the whole affair look very ranch like a gambling transaction, but the prosecutor said that he never bet on the cards at all. His friend did bet 25., and lost it. The depositions having been taken, Mr. Young pleaded guilty for his clients, and Mr. Selfe said—l convict them of larceny, and sentence Them to tour months' imprisonment and hard labour. BILE OF AGRICULTURAL STOCK. The late Earl of Fitz william bred and fed a large quan. tity of agricultural stock at the home farm at Wentwortl Woodhouse, near Rotherham, and for some years a sale of the produce took place annually on the premises just mentioned. Owing, however, to the prevalence of dis use among his lordship's cattle, no sale has taken place for the la.t two years, but the present earl being about to reside on his Irish Estates, the stock at Went word was disposed of by auction by Mr. R. Tilburn, o. Doncaster, on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday last. There was a large attendance, including the principl farmers and dealers from the neighbourhood of Sheffield, Barnsley, Rotherham, and Doncaster. The sheep cou sisted of 225 Leicester wethers and gimmers and 1! Scotch wethers, all of them in excellent killing condi tion. The fat sheep realised from 355. to 60a. each; ewe lambs, from 251. to 28s. ; wether lambs, 21s. ; Lei o ster ewes in lamb, 335. to 144. each ; and Southdowns, 445. to 465. The herd of fat beasts comprised 42 heifers and cows, 5 fat short-horned bullocks, and 9 Scotcl. heifers. This portion of the stock, though not highly fed was in excellent condition for the Christmas markets, and in consequence excited a spirited competition. Mr average price obtained for the fat heifers was 17/., but one fetched 251. s'. The Scotch bullocks sold for about 151. per head, which was considered their fah value ; the Scotch heifers brought 161. per head. The store beasts made good prices, one fine Alderney cow and calf selling for 231., and several others for 20/ each. A fine steer of superior breed fetched 12/. site) a smart competition. Pure Alderney beifers made from 9/. to 12/. ; Alderney's in calf from 161. to 2a1.; Ayrshire cows in calf realized 171. to 191. 10s. : sows in milk from 11/. to 221. The shoethorm and blood-stook went for low prices, bulls realising ouly 301. each, about half what they were said to have cost. This result was owing to the herd haring been visited with disease. The fat, it was calculated, made from 7s 6d. to Bs. 3d. per stone. There was only a comparativel) small Dumber of bone, for sale, and these consisted only of aAttirtborough-breds and half-breds. A fine gray cult by Chanticleer, out of Aggripina, fetched 60 guineas. the highest figure reached. Two carriage horses made 40 guineas each, another 364 guineas, and a fourth 34 guineas. The bidding for the agricultural horses war very spirited, and several fine animals sold for upwards of 50 guineas each. The sale of pigs (chiefly small ones), realised extreme prices, the highest being 10 guineas. The poultry and farm implements also sold well, The sale realised nearly 4,000/. MARKET NEWS.—(This Day.) NAVAL AND MILITARY INTELLIGENCE. Yesterday orders were received by the officers commanding the first and second battalions at Chatham garrison, directing the following rein forcements to proceed this morning to Gravesend, to embark on board the Salamanca for Bombay and Knrrachee :-18th Royal Irish, 64 non-commis sioned officers and men ; 51st Light Infantry, 53 men of all ranks ; 83d Regiment, 2 men ; 86th Royal County Down, 23 rank and file ; 98th Regiment, 5 men. The following officers are ordered to embark with the detachments, viz. :—Capt. G. H. Adams, 86th Regt.; Lieut. E. L. Dillon, 18th Royal Irish ; and Ensign E. M. Crowe, 51st Light Infantry ; Assistant Staff-Surgeon A. R. Kilroy will embark in medical charge of the reinforcements. The whole of the troops are to be fully armed and equipped with the Enfield rifle. A large supply of clothing has been forwarded to Chatham for the purpose of being dis tributed among the wives and children of those soldiers who have proceeded to India, pre viously to their being forwarded to their respective homes. The articles have been sent to Mr. H. T. Jones, storekeeper at Chatham, for gratuitous dis tribution to the wives of (soldiers, on recommenda tion of the several commanding officers. In addition to the detachment of the Medical Staff Corps which proceeded from Chatham to Cal cutta for the purpose of being employed as assistant dispensers in the hospitals in India, a detachment has likewise embarked for Hong Kong. Her Majesty's steam troop-ship Urgent, 6, Com mander M'Donaid, arrived at Portsmouth yester day from the Mediterranean. She left Malta on the 11th and Gibraltar on the 16th inst., bringing the following passengers and invalids :—From Malta garrison and the fleet—Commander the Hon. H. Moreton on promotion ; Mr. R. W. M. Jones, pay master, RN., invalided from the Curlew ; Mr. B. D. Connor, second master, R.N., invalided from the Conqueror ; Mr. H. H. Tregelges, assistant engineer, R.N., from Malta Hospital ; Mr. G. Ares, gunner, R.N., on promotion ; Mr. R. D. Lys, late paymaster of the 55th Regiment, 25 naval invalids, 2 seamen, to join her Majesty's ship Brunswick; 7 ditto, for passage to England; 6 ditto, on completion of service; 4 ditto, unfit for duty ; 2 ditto, prisoners ; 9 ditto, discharged with disgrace ; 2 distressed British subjects ; Lieut.-Col. Spence ; Lieuts. Waldron and Gould, and Ensign. Tibbetts, 31st Regt.; Mrs. Gould ; Capt. Bray and Lieut. Cochrane, of the 96th Regiment ; Lieut. Thompson of the Ist Royal Regiment ; Lieut. Thompson, of the 57th Regiment ; Lieuts. French and Shakerley, of the Royal Artillery. Troops, do., from Corfu :—Royal Artillery. -4 27 transfers, 5 women, and 8 children. 3d Buffs. —4 invalids, 7 transfers, 2 women, 1 child, 1 ser geant, wife, and family. 47th Regiment. -3 in valids, 6 transfers, 1 woman, 1 child. 68th Regi ment, to join the depot.-21 men, 3 women, 7 chil dren. 91st Regiment.-17 invalids, 1 woman, 1 barrack sergeant invalided, 1 ditto transferred. b'rom Malta : Assistant-surgeon O'Callaghan, Medical Staff Corps ; 56 ward masters and orderlies, 3 women, and 8 children, 27 invalids from the 14th Regiment, 2 of the 21st, 3 of the 28th, 12 of the 57th, 1 of the 71st, and 1 prisoner from the 21st. From Gibraltar.-7 invalids, 1 woman, and 5 chil dren, from the Royal Artillery ; 2 invalids and 1 woman from the Royal Engineers, 1 invalid from the 31st Regiment, 3 from the 48th, 5 and 1. woman and 1 child from the 92d, 12 recruits, in charge of a non-commissioned officer of the Ist Royals. The Urgent spoke nothing on her way home, and went into Portsmouth yesterday afternoon to land her troops, itc. The result of a garrison court-martial held at the Royal Ai tillery Barracks, Woolwich, on Thursday, Lieut.-Colonel N. Freese, president, has again been the infliction of the lash. The delinquent in the present in.tance was a man named Vance, gunner, 2d battalion of the Royal Artillery, who was acting as helping man to Sergeant-Major Taylor. It ap pears that the prisoner, having the run of the ser geant-major's house, managed to extract a sove reign from an open desk lying in the bedroom. The act was promptly &fleeted and laid to the prisoner's charge, and the sum of 18s. was found in his pos session, the remnant of a sovereign changed at the canteen. This he accounted for by asserting that it had been given to him by a woman. On her being called as evidence at the court-martial she denied the assertion, and added moreover that she had re ceived a number of letters from the prisoner since he had been under arrest, begging and entreating her to confirm his story. A bombardier, a second witness produced by the prisoner, and whom he had solicited to bear false testimony in his favour, was likewise examined. The guilt of the prisoner having been clearly proved, he was condemned to receive 50 lashes, and on his being discharged front the inir mary to be imprisoned in Fort Clarence for the term of 84 days. The sentence of the court-martial having been confirmed by Major-General Sir W. F. Wil liams, commandant of the garrison, the prisoner was publicly flogged yesterday morning in presence of the troops assembled in the Riding-house. Seventeen artillerymen now under arrest at Wool wich will be brought for trial at the ensuing weekly court-martial. The half-yearly term of the Royal Military Aca demy at Woolwich was brought to a close yester day, when the company of Gentleman Cade's paraded in review order under Captain Sh‘kespear, R.A., for the inspection of the Governor of the establishment, Col. Wilford, R. A.., who was received with a general salute at 2 o'clock. The cadets then marched past in the usual manner in slow and quick time, and were put through the manual and platoon exercises by Gentleman Cadet Traill, Gen tleman Cadet Cobbold acting as Adjutant. The command being then taken by Captain Shakespear, they were put throughseveral battalion man ceuvres, firing with blank cartridges, afterwards forming on original ground, advancing in line, and perform ing a general salute. They were th-n marched into the dining-hall to witness the interesting ceremony of awarding the prizes for proficiency in the differ ent branches of study. The Governor, before dis tributing the prizes, addressed the cadets, compli menting them upon their uniformly good conduct and their steadiness under arms, and de.ailed the progress of the company during the past half-year. He pointed out in an encouraging manner the im portant nature of their future career as officers, and urged them to persevere in their studies. The prizes were then presented to the cadets to whom they had been adjudged, tho Governor addressing to each one an appropriate remark. Gentleman Cadet Sitwell was especially complimented upon receiving the sword, the prize for general good conduct. The remainder of the prizes were delivered in the fol lowing manner, viz. : Mr. Sitwell—General good conduct and land scape drawing. Mr. D. Jones—Fortification (practical class). Mr. Innes—First mathematics, first fortification. Mr. Armstrong—Second mathematics. Mr. 'Woodward—Second fortification. Mr. Stevens—a!scriptive georia.e . 4 . . Mr. Althorpe—French. Mr. Burnett—History n (.1 geography. Mr. Wilmer — TOpe,gr a phi ca l th aw i ng. Mr. Johnston--La.ndscape drawing. Twenty-air .6 cadets of the practical class in this academy .ave been recommended for commissions in the - Royal Artillery and Engineers, making an aggregate number of 85 commissions from the esta blishment during the last half-year. The vacation will terminate on the 3d Feb., 1858. Brevet-Major Smith's company of the 4th batta lion Royal Artillery arrived at head-quarters, Woolwich, yesterday, and Capt. Blosse's company, 12th battalion, arrived on Saturday, having been relieved from duty at Purfleet and the Tower by Lieut.-Colonel Hamley's and Lieut.-Col. Morris's companies. The Australasian steamship arrived at Ports asouth from Southampton, and went into harbour to prepare for the embarkation of the head-quarters of the 68th Regiment and other troops for India. She hauled alongside Portsmouth dockyard jetty yesterday afternoon and commenced shipping t h e baggage. Her Majesty's state yacht Victoria and Albert, Capt. the Hon. Joseph Denman, Is ordered to be prepared for the special service of conveying th e Priuceis Royal and the Prince of Prussia to Yru s . sia after their marriage. The Curacoa, 31, screw frigate, Captain T. M. Macon, Iris her topmasts pointed and the rigging over the mastheads, and has entered upwards of 200 of her ship's complcro- dn t. Mr. R. Allen has / Leeu appointed paymaster to the Wellesley at a a th ana . The follow . mg- appointments werenawle yesterday at the A:Lini ra i t y Se:ond Master—John H. Tully, to the Industry. Mr. James W. Johnston, to be Deputp4apector of the Marines at Woolwich. Tee North British Drv . • %io n o f Messes. 0 . .tyMail announces the suspen liabilities fr , - ,Johwabe and Co., of Glasgow, with , [4:ll'` about 30,000/. firt - rismittivr I—Holloway's Pills.—This medicine 44,5 be en constantly i ncreas i ng i n pu bli c est i mat i on f or Tears,nd ais now a c k now l e d ge d to b e the most wonder re re ffiedY in the wor ld . It acts directly on the system, renovating the spring s of life and purifying the bin id, totally era d ise dica m ting liver comp l a i nts, that mainspring of t many es—indigestion, loss of appetite, pain in the side, and general debility. It is also a remedy on which the esthTnA!io 'nay place the greatest depend ance, and obtain peeect restoratio n to health.—Sold by a ll medicine ve4dorB throughout the world : at _Pro fasior ii,:povray's establP , brhent., 244, Strand, Londor, and M ti4an lane, / • Tew Y or k ;by A.. Stamps, Con A. Guidicy, Smy rna ; and E. Muir, st B s, o l:tinopl? i Malta, I.IIE SUN, LONDON," TUESDAY EVENING, DECEAIhER 22, 1857. went proof mark would be upon wasters. Wasters are of two classes, and when they are condemned for bad workmanship they are returned to the con tractor, who generally returns them to the work men. Guns are rejected after the viewers' marks are placed upon them. If the barrel is rejected for bid workmanship the condemned mark is put be side the lock ; if for bad material, under the bar rel. I say the guns produced were not con demned, partly from not seeing the condemned mark, and partly from personal kndw ledge. I will tak e upon myself to say the condemned mirk has never been there, because such a barrel wou ld no t b e rejected. That mark could be totally erased. I always considered the prisoner a respectable honest man. Other witnesses were called tl prove the mark ing of the guns by the viewers, and that they were not waste. Detective officer Lockyer, of London, proved that he apprehended the prisoner. The case for the prosecution being closed, Mr. O'Brien addressed the jury for the defence, and was doing so when our report was despatched. all knowledge of the transaction, but afterwards admitted that he was the man, and the trunk was found in a corner. Upon examining the. place the sergeant found the gold watch and other yaluable articles on the roof. The priboner, who did not deny it, said he should reserve his defence. Mr. Cowie committed the prisoner for trial. THAMES.—Captain Robert M'Eachern, the owner and master of the brig Heather Bell, now on her voyage to Barbadoes, and who left the vessel in the Downs for the purpose of meeting the charge against him, appeared for the second time before Mr. Selfe to answer a charge of committing a series of assaults on John William Norris, a boy who was apprenticed to him by the Marine Society previous to sailing on a voyage to the West Indies. After hearing the evidence, Mr. Selfe said,—l think it a matter for the consideration of a jury. Three witnesses !have sworn most distinctly to many assaults. In the main facts they all agree, but there are some little discrepancies. The captain has cer tainly met the serious charge against him most man fully, and nothing can be better than hiS conduct in coming here and giving up the voyage, but what ever inconvenience it may inflict upon individuals, a jury under the direction of a learned judge must say whether the defendant is guilty or not guilty of the serious assaults charged against him. Mr. Pelham—lf that is your determination I will reserve the defence and not call any witnesses now. Mr. Selfe—l ought to say this, that the father of the deceased may make his mind perfectly clear that his boy did not commit suicide. There is no pretence for saying so. The boy was aloft on a stormy night, and, not being a very expert sailor, fell overboard. The depositions, which were exceedingly vo luminous, were then formally taken by Mr. Bowdler, the junior clerk, and read over, and Captain M‘Eichern was called upon to find bail— himself in 2001. and two sureties in 1001. each to appear and take his trial at the next Old Bailey sessions. Bail was immediately tendered and accepted. LAMBETH.—A powerful and ruffianly-looking fellow, who gave the name of Georg,-, Jonei, was placed at the bar before Mr. Elliott on the following charge:— Police-constable Charles Revelle, 175 L, deposed that on Sunday morning at 7 o'clock he was in company with Sergeant Broad in Carlisle-street, Lambeth, and saw the prisoner and another min going on towards Royal-street, and from their ap pearance and manner tliby were induced to follow and watch them. In a short time they observed the prisoner's companion go up to the door of 45, Royal street, put a key into the latch, and en deavour to open it, but he did not succeed, and rejoined the prisoner. At this time they must have observed Broad and himself watching them, for they hurried off in different directions. The witness turned up another street, and, having met the prisoner, he asked him whet it was he was loitering about the streets at that hour of the morning for, and he denied that he was loi tering at al', but was going to his house in Princess street, near the Elephant and Castle. Observing something bulky under his coat, he asked the pri soner what it was, upon which he replied, " I'll show you," and drawing alife-preserver from under his coat aimed a desperate blow at his head with that weapon. It fortunately missed his head and struck him on the side of the neck, which stunned him for a few moments, and the prisoner started off. He called out " Stop thief" as loud as he could, and the prisoner was stopped and secured. Sergeant Broad corroborated the testimony of the last witness, and added that on hearing Revelle call out he ran to his assistance, and just came up as a civilian was in the act of stopping the prisoner, and saw the latter strike the former with the life preserver on his forehead. He (Broad) at once closed with the prisoner and they went down toge ther, and while on the ground he disarmed him of the life-preserver. The prisoner was then removed to the station-house and immediately after he (Broad) received from a woman the bunch of skele ton keys he then produced, and which she said she picked up close to the pace where the prisoner was apprehended. Witness subsequently tried the keys with the latch of the door the prisoner's companion had attempted to open, and found that two of them would raise the latch, and of course open the door, if there had been no additional fastening to it. The witness here banded the life-preserver to the ma gistrate for his inspection, and a most formidable instrument it appeared to be. Mr. Win. Robinson said, that hearing the cry of " Stop thief" on the morning before, and seeing the prisoner running, he stopped him, and he in stantly struck at him with the life-preserver pro duced ; fortunately hie head was so close to him at the time that the prisoner's fist struck his forehead as well as the instrument it held, and therefore the blow from the preserver was not so severe as it otherwise might have been. Mrs. Thornhy, the lady residing in the house 45, Royal-street, said that about 7 o'clock on the morn ing before she heard some persons move a key in the front door lock as if endeavouring to open it, but did not succeed, and Mrs. Louisa Smith deposed that on the morning of that day month her house, 23, Allen-street, in the same neighbourhood, was entered by thieves by means of skeleton keys, and plundered of a good deal of property. She saw the thieves leave te premises, and the prisoner so strongly resembled one of them that she believed him to be the same. The prisoner, who said he was a blacksmith, and only six weeks from Birmingham, was remanded for a week. Dr. Iliff, one of the churchwardens of the parish of St. Mary, Neivington, waited on Mr. Elliott, and informed him that on that morning the body of Frances Paisleyor Parley, about the burial of which complaints had been made at this court, had been exhumed at the Victoria-park Cemetery, and iden tified by her friends, who expressed themselves per fectly at rest, and the parish authorities were anxious that the fact should be made public as soon ai pos sible. With respect to the extraordinary circum stance of issuing two certificates for the burial of the same body from the workhouse, that matter was still under strict investigation. SECOND TRAGEDY IN Sr. PANCRAS.- INQUEST ON MRS. MACDONALD. Yesterja; afternoon,__ at 4 o'clock, Mr. Wakley held au inquest a. 4 - 5, Hardwick-place, Harrington square, Hampstead-road, the residence of Mr. Frederick Macdonald, on L' -, e body of Mrs. Char lottepon him and Augusta Macdonald, his ife, aged 34, who, after having inflicted serious injuries her servants, flung herself out of the s „cond floor window. The jury were summoned and the panel sworn .11 the Soutliampton Arms Tavern, but in cansequence of the inability of Mr. Macdonald, on account of his injuries, to attend to give evidence, the pro ceedings were aljourned to his house. The Rev. Mr. Jennings, M.A., the deceased's brother-in law, and other rela.tivos were present. Elizabeth Anson, servant to the deceased, raid, during the last three nights prier to Saturday morn ing she had slept on the sofa in the front room on the second floor, on account of the restless conduct of her mistress, who said she could not sleep, as her mother was dying. Mrs. Macdonald's mother died on Thursday night, and she was acquainted with it on Friday morning, and became much ex cited. About half-past seven o'clock on Saturday morning she was awoke by the cries of her master, who cried out, " My Gad, my wife is getting out of the window." He jumped out of bed, and, with witness, rushed towards the window. Deceased was partly on the window-sill, .and she exclaimed. " It you *erne near me, I will kill you. I have this raz .r." He seized her, and told witness to take the razor from her'. but, in trying to do so, she was cut in the hand and arm. Mr. Macdonald was still holding her while she bad only one foot on the inside of the window sill, and all the rest of her body out, when, there bein g no sash line, the window fell down upon his back. - He called to her to lift it up while he pulled her mistress in. Fur a minute or so she was unable to move the sash, and her master cried out " Police," and witness ran to the baby who was screaming. She ,a.vr htr master's hands streaming with blood, and afterwards saw the deceased lying in the front aria on her back. Wi'ar..-ms had been but three weeks in the deceased's service and saw nothing strange in her conduct. Dr. Fraser and Mr. Collins were called in, but the deceased died in about half an hour. On the Coroner desiring to examine Mr. Mac donald, Mr. Collin!. his medical adviser, said his kind was cut very shockingly, and he was in such a state that he could not be brought down with safty. Dr. Fraser, of 15, Harrington-square, said, when called iu deceased had been removed front the area into the kitchen. Both fore arms were broken, the right having a compound fracture, and the left a single fracture. Ono of the spikes of the railings had entered the fleshy anterior part of the right thigh. She died in about half an hour, Mr. * Macdonald's hands wore bleeding, and his left hand and wiist was cut right across the back, the tendons and veins being divided. No doubt the injuries from the fall were the cause of death. Mr. Julius Collins, surgeon, of Morniugt,66.7o aco , said he had attended Mrs. Macdgiiiad and her family for four or five years po.::t up to about six woks back, when, under Lie advice, slit was re f moved to a private lunatic wyluua at Bow. He certified for her to go there. She had continual delusions that she was poisoned, or about to be poisoned. A few days before she went to the asy lum she sent for him, and declared some medicine sloe had been taking was poison, and she taken it in mistake. She did not exhibit symptoms of a dangerous tendency calculated to make him believe she contemplated suicide. At the same time, how ever, he advised precautionary and watchful mes sures. The first witness was recalled, and identified the razor as her master's. They had missed it about a week ago, and it could not be lound any where. The deceased Inuit have secreted it. The Coroner said, with the evidence of the ser vant and that of Dr. Collins, he thought the jury had heard enough of this very deplorable catas trophe, without inflicting further torture on the unfortunate gentleman, the deceased's husband, to enable them to come to a conclusion. The jury concurred with the Coroner, and imme diately returned a verdict, " That the deceased c mmitted the shocking act which led to her death whilst in a state of insanity." THE FIRE AND LOSS OF THREE LIVIS IN SHOREDITCLI. CORONER'S INQUES i ON THE SUFFERE RS. Last night, Mr. W. Baker, the coroner for East Middlesex, and a highly respectable jury assembled at the Prince of Wales Tavern, Bonner's-road, Victoria.park, for the purpose of inquiring into the circumstances attending the respective deaths of Mr. John Metcalf, aged 52 ; Ann, his wife, aged 44 ; and his daughter, Julia Maria, aged seven years ; who were burnt to death at a fire which oc curred on Saturday morning last, at No. 27, Archer-street, Shoreditch. Owing to the many rumours in circulation as to the origin of the fire, the investigation excited a painful degree of interest, and the large concert room in which the inquest was held was densely crowded during the whole of the proceedings. Mr. Braidw'ood, the superintendent of •the fire brigade ; Mr. Fogo, foreman of the A. district ; Mr. Baddeley, inspector, and Mr. Sampson Low, secretary of the Royal Society for the Protection of Life from Fire, attended to watch the inquiry ; and Mr. Inspector Henley, of the H division, was in attendance to report the case to the Commis sioners of Metropolitan Police. William Opency, a weaver, of 13, Hare-marsh, identified the bodies, when Police-constable Gouldison, No. 38 H, said that on the morning in question he was on duty in Ar cher-street, and on going his rounds he met Mr. J. A. Harman, who did not rent the house himself, but his mother-in-law did. He asked witness if he knew him Gr not, and he replied that he did. They then walked down the court, and he said that he was going t b the west-end for his brother to take charge of his premises, He also said that his house had been broken into, and 601. of goods had been stolen therefrom. Witness had seen him two or three times before on the same morning ; he told him the first time that he had been robbed at half past 12 o'clock the overnight. By a Juror—Ho was not at that time sober. He also told him that he suspected his wife and his mother-in-law of having robbed him, and that they must have taken the goods backwards, as none of the neighbours had seen them taken from the front. He wished him (the constable) to go in and search the place, but he refused, and advised him to go to the station-house. At half-past one o'clock M. Harman offered him something to drink, which he refused to partake of. He saw no more of him from that time until three o'clock, when he saw what he considered to be the gas burning in Mr. Harman's house. He said to him, " Are you going to leave the gas burning," and he replied, " Well the gas is alight." Upon looking towards the top of the house he saw smoke coining from the shutters, when he said, " Harman, your place is on fire, and you know it." be made no answer, and witness took out his rattle and gave the alarm, when Mr. Har man forced the shop door open and he tried to get in, but witness seeing that he was intoxicated pulled him back as the flames were then too great for any one to pass. By the Coroner—His first impression was that the whole of the shop and parlour were on fire. In pulling Harman back they both fell down together. When they got up Mr: Harman attempted to . break open the side door by pushing bodily against it. He kept pushing him back and also springing his rattle. He then went into the next house. Other police officers coming up he sent them for the fire-escapes and engines. He looked at the second-floor, and saw the female and the child at time window. Ho called out to the elder female to make her escape, but not to attempt to come down stairs. He tx pected that she would have wade for the attics, as the house was three stories high. He next went into the adjoining house, and saw Mr. Harman there. By a Juror—The reason for witness going into that house was for the purpose of trying to rescue the other parties in the burning house. He heard 'au exclamation, " They are all out." Sergeant Edinger and the Royal Society's Escape conductor at that moment arrived, and the escape was placed next the house on firct, but he lost sight of the conductor for a moment or so, when he noticed him on the roof of the house, but he cJuld not tell how ha got there. By the Coroner—The parish engine and fire escape arrived together. The latter was supported by thoreditch parish, but was under the control of the Royal Society for the Protection of Life from Fire. If he had placed the escape in front of the burning house it would have been destroyed, as the fire was coming half way over the street. Sarah Harding, a widow, said that she resided at No. 13, Archer-street, nearly opposite the house where the fire took place. About twenty minutes after, the alarm was given sl:e saw the female at the window, who cried out to Mr. Harman, "Oh, you wretch Oh, you villain ! You have been the cause of i his." The Coroner—That looks something like a.dying declaration. Was any further remark madd ? Witness—Yes, he replied, "Make your way to the top of the house." Several questions were put to the witness by Mr. Harman, but 'lolling of importance was elicited. Robert Cathere, of 10, Archer-street, said that the rcasim for placing the fire-escape ag•iiust the next house was owing to the flames coming so fiercely out of the window?. Police-sergeant E linger, No. 124, of the H division said that on Saturday morning at three o'clock, he was on duty in High-street, Shoreditch, when be receive" information of the fire. He pro-' ceeded to the spot at once, and noticed flames cross ing the street. The fire-escape man and the parish engine came about the same time. By the Coroner—He thought that the escarie man pai t more attention to the escape than he did t o the escape of the inmates. He, however, thong th,,t from the distance the machine had to come frol:") it could be of no avail in saving any of the lives. The whole of the parties must have perished before he arrived. Upon questioning Mr. Harman, be denie," that he had been out in Archer court on the night preceding the fire, or that he made a statement to the constable that he had had his house robbed. Mr. Thomas B. Crystie, M.D., proved that the three persons had died from the combined effects of suffocation and burning. He thought if the escape upon its arrival had been at once used, it would have been of no use in rescuing the deceased. Barton, the escapenian, proved that when be reached the spot the fire was coming out of the windows, and he tried all that was possible to get the deceased persons out. Mr. Low said that Barton was one of the best conducted and most active.escapemen they had in their establishment. The fact was he had saved upwards of 40 persons in five years, and it was only at the express wish of the leading men in the parish that he was appointed to take charge of the parish escape. Several other witnesses having been exainined, it was proved that Mr. Harman was instiret:l for 3001., in the Liverpoill and London Fire-officc.. The jury not being satisfied with the evidence adduced, adjourned the inquiry to a future day. [AnvERTISVIENT.I—We have read with much Pleasure Du Barry's report on the cure of diseases without medicine by Du Barry's Food, of Indigestion( . Dyspepsia), Flatulency, Constipa tion, Nervous, Bilious, and Liver Complaints, Cough, Asthma, Consumption, and Debility. The following are a few extracts which appear to merittho attention of many:—Cure No. 47,121. —Miss Elizabeth Jacobs, of Nazing Vicarage, Waltham cross, Beets: a cure of extreme nervousness, indigestion, gather ings, low spirits, and nervous fancies. Cure No. 48,314. — Miss Elizabeth Yeoman, Gateacre, near . Liverpool: a cure of 10 years' dyspepsia and all the horrors of nervous irritability. Cure 52,612. —Rosstrevor, County of Down, Ireland, 9th Dec., 1854.—The Dowager Countess of Castlestuart feels induced, iu the interest of suffering humanity, to state that Du Barry's excellant llevalenta Arabica Food has cured her, after all medicines had failed, of indigestion, bile, great nervousness and irritability of many years' standing. This food deserves the confidence of all sufferers, and may be con sidered a real blessing. Inquiries will be cheerfully answered. Supported by testimonials from the celebrated Professors of Chemistry, Dr. Andrew Ure ; Dr. Sherlund; Dr. Harvey ; Dr. Campbell ; Dr. Gattikcr ; Dr. Wurzer ; Dr. Ingram ; Lord Stuart do Decies ; the Dowager Countess of Cast ?- Stuart; Major-Gon. Thomas King, and many other respectable persons, w_4s-4-0 health izailuen snetorod by it, after all 3ther mean,,'6rcure had failed. Suita bl y p acked with full in 4tructions. In canisters, 11b, 2s. Oct. ; 21b, 4s. 6d. ; r ib, 1 ; 121 b, 2 . 25. The 121 b c anisters are sent carriage fz ee, ou receipt of Post-Oflice ordor.—Barry Du Barry, 4 Co,, 77, Regent-street, Lou don. IMPORTANT CAMPION, against the fearful dangers of spurious imitations :—Tliho. Vico-Chancel. for , Sir William Pag e Wood, granted anlnjunction on the 10th March, 1851, against Alfred Beeper Nevill, for imitati ng "Du Barry's Reyale uta irabica Food," THE PROPOSED NW SMITHFIELD MARKET. Supposing the plan to be carried out in detail, as laid- down, the north-east corner of Smith field, which is a sort of cul-de-sac, or what builders call au " eel-trap," lying between Long-lane and the Charterhouse, would be the spot selected for the market ; and to obtain the necessary space, without encroaching on one inch of the great central space claimed by the Crown, that cul-de-sac would have to be enlarged by pulling down some of the adjacent property, which is of tow value, and by continuing the line westward to Durham-yard, create a nearly square space of 250,000 square feet. This plan would be divided nearly equally by Smithfield Bars, which would be straightened and made 60 feet wide. and the erection on the space would be constructed principally of iron and glass, and bearing the aspect of a very utilitarian Crystal Palace, not, however, utterly destitute of elegance. There would be continuous rows of shops, spanned by a continuous roofing of glass supported by iron columns down the centre and ornamented at the intersection of the central avenues with a graceful dome with lantern over, to be constructed entirely of iron and 100 feet high. The area would be set out longitudinally and transversely by avenues 32 feet wide, and the shops for meat-salesmen would average 24 feet in length by 16 in width, while those in the part to be appropriated for poultry would be only 16 feet square ; but the nature of the plan is such that two or more of the shops can be easily united to meet the requirements of large dealers ; and, besides the ordinary shop room, there is basement for store,tge, and a room over to serve as office or retiring-room for the principals. Practical usefulness is stamped on every detail of the plans of elevation,—abundant light, free venti lation, efficient drainage, and plenty of elboiv• room. Externally, a simple but effective facade, FAO readily obtainable in structures of glass and iron, will contribute with the crowning domes to relieve the utilitarian character of the structure, and render it what it should be—an ornament as well as & necessity. But the proposed improvements in the adjacent thoroughfares and outlets are equally worthy of consideration ; for was it not a repeated argument for the abolition of the Smithfield Cattle Market, that the approaches and outlets were too small for the ingress and egress of droves of cattle, and that foot-passengers were exposed to danger every market-day. This same argument might be used in reference to the establishment of a dead-meat market ; nay, the narrowness and weekly suffo cation of Newgate-street, by means of market traffic, is one prime reason for the transference of the dead-meat trade from that close nook to the open and accessible space of Smithfield. Ac cordingly Mr. Isaacs proposes, a s shown in h is ground-plan, to open a new road from Holborn bridge to K - ng-street, which would level that ques tionable block of houses lying West-street Toth an d open a sixty-feet causeway in a locality that has long been in need of light and air. Then, in con- . tinuation of this street, one side of King-street and Long-lane would have to be pulled down, so s B , to give a spacious roadway from the corner of Bar bican to the corner of Farringdon-street, which is, even now, a desideratum, and with market bustle inaugurated on the spot, would be indispen sably necessary.—City Press. HAY MARKETS. SKITTIFIELD.—Meadow hay, 21 103 to Os; clover, 31 las to 51 sa; and straw, 115 s to 1/ 103 per lo%(!, A slow trade. CUMBERLAND. —Meadow hay, 21 12i to 41 4s; clover, 31 iOe to 51 Os ; and straw, 11 6s to 11 10s per load. Trade rather dull. WHITECHAPEL.—Meadow hay, 2/10s to 4/ Os ; clove!, 31 101 to 51 5s ; and straw, 11 6i to 11101 per load. A fair demand. COLONIAL, Tzs..— The market is very inactive, no business of any importance having been reported. Common congou is quoted llitd to 12d per cwt. SUGAR. —The demand for colonial descriptions has some what improved, and moderate sales have b :en effected at firm prices : other qualities continue inactive. The Refined Market is quiet, but prices are fully supported, owing tc the scarcity of dried goods on offer. COFFER. —There is very little business doing privately, but a large quantity is advertised for sale during the week, and prices are firm. Coc ,A.—The market is very dull, and only limited sale have been effected, at barely previous rates. RIM—A few parcels of Bengal have been forced up( se the market, and prices have given way to a slight extent, other desoriptions barely sustain former quotations. Mm.—There is a very limited enquiry and no sales o! importance have been effected, prices being quite nominal. FRlllT.—Former rates are current for all descriptions, but the sales have been very limited. SALTPETRIL—There has been rather more enquiry fot inferior qualities, and quotations have risen about is to2e per cvt. TALLOW. —The market is firm. P.Y.C. on the spot is quoted 535, and January to March delivery 53s 6d per owt, Australian beef is :51s 6d, sheeps 535, South American 52s and town tallow 53s—nett cash. LLOYD'S SHIPPING.--(Tlais Day.) LONDON, Dec. 21—Wind this day at noon, S.; light breeze and cloudy. COwgs, Dec. 21.--Wind S.W. —Arrived—Stanislaw, from Callao. FALMOUTH, Dee. 21.—Wind W.—Her Majesty's steamer Vulcan, from Plymouth, and left for Queenstown; Voghandel, Manilla, _ _ CARDIFF, Dec. 21.—Wind Agnes, for Melbourne. PICNRITII ROADS, Dec. 21.—Arrived—Lord Riveradale, from Quebec. SHUILDS, Deo. 21.—Wind W.N.W.—Sailed—Poronto, for Harannah. (Br ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) SOUTHAMPTON*, Tuesday Morning, Wind W. Arrived —Argyll, (s), from Carenton ; Wonder, 0), Jersey ; Star, and G ra tit u d e , G uernsey ; Alliance, (s), "tft; Sailed—D espa t c h , ( a), for Jersey ; Devonshire, (a), Car- Hamburg (s), Hamburg; Florida, Jersey ; Havre, lit). Rene. LIVERPOOL, Tuesday Morning. Wi n d - wa. . w looTitrwEarlirec o of eaked.rrick, screw st eamer, f rom Ayr, for Liver boughs. Only two u Satu r d a y i n H erring Bay, near DOUGLAS, IRLZ 01 1 . 11, saved. for Dublin, came in Za — The steam-ship Iron Duke, for Savannah. The steetneru te s t night with the Georgi ~ mast ; the ship lost starboard baeir f a o n re fnulial and main- Arrived—Adam Carr, from c,,,,,,. d . royal stays. Chapulpepoc, Mobile. to, Qnito, New York; Sailed—Mignon, for St. Mith4er,i: Gambia ra steamer, Africa; Thesaa l i a,scr n w st eler, i A,ezau . d a F re w ria., Pat back—Coat, for Mon tavideo. QUBENBTOWN D ' "' 4) . Arrived —Lawsons, from Alexan dria; Si unarm, ue —me . bee Prince Philipe, New Yorke. Sailed— Anne Cropton, for K9tterdom ; Theodosia, Boston; San Nicol°, Antwerp. (BT EUBMAR!IfE AND BRITISH TZTAGRAPD.) GRATA:SEND, Tuesday 4 ' Wind W. ; tide three hours' ebb ; weathP- Arrived, Doc. 21 —Fyetioord (s), dora, Ibrail. Sailed, Dec. 22—Belgium Boulogne. ,Lorniug. fresh and fin , ?, Rotterdam ; Pan• . k e), for Ostend ; Panther (s), Wind W., r^ Passed— -3 (.4erate. . favre .7 f g o :tl , t r ri ew na c , a fr Sandal!, for L on d on; E ngeina, from Anchored—Swift, from Leith, for Seville; Hialmar, fro m Nesvc3stle, for Constantinople. Ei}ileci—Beyc:ut screw gteamor fp' Constantinople., DffA,L, , Tuesday, 9 a.ne. ASSIZE rNr.E.tmomcE. MIDLAND CIRCUIT. ---WARWICK, DEC. 21. (Before Mr. Baron Channel].) ALLEGED ROBBERY OF GOVARNMENT STORES. Thomas Williams, gunmaker, was indicted on two counts, first, for having at Birmingham, on 25th Sept., 1857, knowingly sold and delivered to Charles Clarke, certain stores of war and ordnance, the property of her Majesty, the stores being new or not more than one-third worn ; secondly, for having on 12th Oct. feloniously and fraudulently caused divers persons unknown to obliterate certain marks, denoting the property of her Majesty, in certain ordnance stores, for the purpose of conceal ing her Majesty's property therein. Mr. Sergeant Hayes, Mr. Bodkin, Q. C. (specially retained), and Mr. Bittleiton were counsel for the prosecution ; Mr. O'Brien and Mr. Elers for the defence. Mr. Sergeant Hayes having opened the case for the prosecution, the following evidence was called : Charles Clarke, exami ne d by Mr. Bodkin, Q.C. —I live at Stepney, and am a gunmaker. In the first or second week in August last I went to Bir mingham. I know a gentleman named Goodman, the chairman of the small arms department. I put myself in communication with his partner, Mr. Cooper. I saw Williams at the King's Arms, Wit tall-street. He called me from a room on the 9th or 10th August, and desired to speak to me. I had known him before, when he was at work at a glove manufactory. I knew be was at work at the Tower at Birmingham. When I went out of the room he asked me if was a buyer of rifles. I said it depended on what they were. He said he knew a person who bad some to dispose of, the same pattern as the Go vernment Minie rifles, and very good guns. I ar ranged to see a sample the following day. That appointment was not kept, but the dayafter I went to his residence. He showed me a sample gun. It was in what is technically called "A screwed together state ;" that is, all the parts of the gun are put toge ther provisionally ready for finishing. That is the state in which the guns are issued by the contractor for finishing. On the barrel of the gun I saw there was a bright place apparently where a mark bad been taken out. Part of the Government marks were in the barrel. In places where I looked for the Government mark I found traces of marks having bean recently effaced. He mentioned 235. each as the price. It was worth 555. in the state I saw it. `I told him I would be happy to purchase one case of guns, and wished them to be sent as soon as possi ble. I requested that the proof mark might be left in, as without it it would be difficult to have them proved. I then saw Mr. Cooper, in the absence of Mr. Goodman, and communicated what was goiug on. 1 then left for Landon. I received the letter produced on the 23d Sept. (The handwriting of the prisoner was here proved by a witness named Eve rard. The letter was to the effect that the guns were ready.) Upon the receipt of that letter I went to Bir mingham, and saw Williams. He took me into:a side room and showed me 20 guns in a case. I exa mined the top row, and found them same as sample. I left that room for the front room, and wrote my address on a card, which was affixed to the case. 1 afterwards wrote to him to say I would take the other portion of the gnus, pressing him to get their done as early as possible. I received a letter in an swer. (This letter said the prisoner would accom modate Mr. Clarke with the remaining guns, and, as he wished there out of the way as quick as pos sible requested the latter to go on F r id a y.) I wel t on iriday. He told me that 17 were ready, mid that some person having been round taking stack, he could not supply the others he had intended We went to his house, and he showed me 17 in rough stock state and three screwed together. The marks had been erased. The Government proof mark, which is different from proof marks on other guns, was eras e d. I did no t jelly him but gave him 31., and paid him the rest on Monday, at the rate of 13s. each for 17 guns, and 235. each for three. He objected to be paid in notes. The guns were conveyed the same as the others. All of them had ramrods and b tyonets. After I got to London 1 wrote again for the other guns, which he had promised I s h ou ld h ave. I re ceived two letters in reply. I afterwards saw him, and he told me the clerk had taken stock iu the place where he had the guns from, and they would not let him have any more. He told me he could let me have some locks and other materials. I knew from my own knowledge that the guns were Government stores. I told him I believed he was being watched. He said it was a mere fancy of mine. I communicated with Mr. Cooper, and for warded to him the letters. Cross-examined—I carry on ray business at my house, Stepney. Ido not carry on business now at Upper Berhers-street. I left it some time since: I have only five or six men employed, at a tempo rary place lent me by the London Armoury Coin pany. I had carried on bnaineas at 'Upper Bern era street. I had no communication with Mr. Goodman before I came to Birmingham. I went there to engage men for the London Armoury Company, and with no other object. I engaged some work men. I knew many of the men in the prilo'ie house. I had never bought military guns at Bir mingham except of Messrs. Cooper and Goodman, military contractors. I might have had a game of ale before Williams spoke to me. It is possible I may have mentioned to people in the public-house that I wanted guns. Williams called ins out of the public-home before any conversation took place be tween us. I was acting under instructions. I drank with him. I told him on several occasions he was watched. Though I was acting under instruc tions, I felt I was only giving him a fair chance of escape by warning him. Pressed she prisoner to deliver the guns under the instructions I received as a detective. The money I paid him I received from Messrs. Goodman and Cooper. I have not been paid a farthing myself, nor do I expect to be, for what I did. I certainly do not like the job. I have been to a person named Jones for the purpose of buying waste materials, but not for my own pur poses. Never bought but one barrel in Birmingham in my life from men in the prisoner's position. I was in constant communication with two detectives from London while I was at Birmingham. Have bought many " wasters" from gunmakers, but none from men. I do not know that thousands of wasters are sold by men. Thera are ne wasters amongst those I purchased from the prisoner. None of them ha l condemnel marks. I have sold many guns with the double R ( he mark of rejec tion by the Government) on them. Ido not geue rally take the double R off, became it cannot gent,. rally be done without taking the pr. of mark off also, and that involves the necessity of proving again. Th ere were deuble R's upon other parts of the gu n as we ll as on the proof mask, but I have generally t a k en t h at out before selling such guns. Waster s wish the double R upon them cell as well as guns from a priv a t e manu f ac t or y. Th e d ou bl e " 1 - (3 placed on the proof mark and where the gun is defective. The latter is generally taken out and the former left. Wasters have all the Government marks upon them as well as the mark of condem nation. By a Juryman—The Government marks were erased on the sample gun, and the condemned mark might also have been erased. Thomas Toone, the carter who conveyed the goods to the canal, was next called to prove that fact. Charles Blanford, a tailor, examined by Serjsant Hayes, said he was engaged by detectives to watch Brueton's house on the evening of Oct. 9, and saw Williams go in and afterwards come out with a bun dle of guns. Had seen him the previous night go from his own borne to Bath-street with a wheel barrow, which contained a case. Cross -examined—I hare been employed on and off for the detective force since 1842. I have been engaged in this job for five or six weeks. By Mr. Bodkin—l acted under Mr. Smith's in structions, and took my measures accordingly. (Laughter.) John Peacock, clerk to the Bridgewater trustees, proved receiving the case, which was sent to Mr. Goodman's. A man named Davis proved that he took the two cases from the office of the Bridgewater trustees to Mr. Goodman's. Adam Bruce, Wm. Mattison, and Wm. Taylor also gave evidence to prove that the cases delivered at Mr. Goodman's, and produced, were the same as received at the cane!. Wm. Smith, a sergeant in the London detective force, produced the cases and guns. Mr. Goodman examined by Mr. Bodkist—l am flbairtnan of the Birmingham small arms trade. In Sept. and Oct. I was in communication with Mr. Clarke, who sent me the letters. The guns were sent to my place by my orders. By Mr. O'Brien—The first interview I had with Clarke was about the end of Sept. Re-examined—l had been absent about a week. When I returned, Mr. Cooper, my partner, made a report to me. Mr. Gee. Vincent, examined by Sergeant Hayes —I ani head viewer at the Tower in Birmingham. I have examined the guns produced. The twenty screwed together guns were government stores. They are net was era, either the whole or part. There is a government proof work partly erased. I believe the barrels have never been wasters, because there is no appearance of a condemned mark having been placed on them. I find no trace of ar. jetted mark en any port on of the guns. There are marks of goveen merit viewers not erased on two of the guns. There aro pl Ices on others where the viewers' marks have been erased. The government proof mark re maina upon nearly the whole of the guns. The guns produced are original gturs - -n -t made up by a bar rel of or.e and a stook. another. I never knew of an entire gun waste. Cross-examined by Mr. O'Brien--The govern- MIDDLESEX SESSIONS. The sit' ings of the court for the December Gene ral Session were resumed yesterday morning at the Guildhall, Westminster, before Mr. Pashley, Q. C , Assistant-Judge, and a bench of mal,istrates, by adjournment from Clerkenwell. There were 48 eases for trial ; 41 of felony, and 7 of misdemeanour. 'th3es, surgeon, was. isums of 41. 3s. n d G i c e t o e r d g e fo N r a h t a h v a i n n i cr e l Hoembezzled skin gs and 51., received by him on account of Win. Henry Gardner, his master. He pleaded guilty. Mr. Sleigh and Mr. F. IL Lewis were for the prosecution. Mr. Metcalfe was instructed on be half of the prisoner. It was stated to the court by Mr. Lewis, in the absence of Mr. Sleigh, that the prisoner had been in the service of the prosecutor, a surgeon of exten sive practice, about two years and a half, and he had embezzled money, amounting altogether to near upon 3001., the frauds extending over a period of two years. He had been in the habit of sending letters requesting payments and intercepting the answers returned by the patients. A betting book was found upon him when he was given into custody. Mr. Metcalfe challenged the production of any such book, and said all the sums the prisoner was charged with having embezzled were 41. 3s. and 51,, and the whole amount that could have been placed in the indictment was much less than had been stated. The prisoner was a highly respectable man, a licentiate of the Apothecaries' Company, and had been medical officer to the Bath Hospital. He had been in practice at Bath, but he gave it up, and entered upon a brewery speculation, which proved unfortunate. He came to London and took the situation of assistant to the prosecutor, at the salary of 801. per year at first, but latterly the pay had been increased to 1001. a-year. The prosecutor had two practices, ene of which, at Bayswater, was en tirely under the prisoner's control, and he had to attend upon first-class patients, to keep up the po sition of a gentleman, find lodgings, and support his family, uponsos ma ll an i ncome . He complained that the prosecutor had bean harsh to the prisoner, who had been a good servant to him, as was evi denced by the fact that he sat up with one patient, an admiral, 20 nights, for which the prosecutor charged at the rate of two guinea' per night, while he gave the prisoner not a penny for thi: extra ser vice. The prisoner was rather closely pushed by creditors, and certainly did make use of the prose cutor's money, but he did so under the expectation of receiving a sum of 5001., in which he was unfor tunately disappointed. In a legal point of vie ,v the prisoner had been guilty of the offence of embezzle ment, but he (Mr. Metcalfe) thought he had not been dealt with by the prosecutor in that liberal spirit his positron would have justified. The prosecutor was put into the witness-box to answer several questions put by the court as to the amounts, and he wished to contradict some parts of what prisoner's counsel had stated. He did give the prisoner something for his extra services, and the greater part of the nights be sat up he was at a billiard table. The Assistant-Judge thought that bad no direct bearing ou the case. He would consider what sen tence to pass. Wilihm Hilton, 65, pleaded guilty of having at tempted to defraud the Right Hon. Lord Paninure of 3s. Gd. The prisoner went to his lordship's re-i -dence in Cheshatn-place with a parcel which he s,id had just arrived by railway, and demanded 3s. 6i. for the carriage. The valet took the parcel to his lordship, who opened it and fou•id it contained but an old hat. The prisoner ran away on seeing the valet return. He threw another old hat dawn the area of au adjoining house. The court sentenced hint to three months' hardlabour. POLICE INTELLIG.&VCE.—Dac. 21. MANSION-HOUSE.—The Lord Mayor, upon leaving the bench on Saturday, said—l feel that I way state in this room that I have received several communications upon the subject of the approaching holidays in consequence of the fact that th's year Christmas-day will fall upon a Friday, and suggest ing that the Saturday also should be kept as a public holiday. This would _give Friday, Satur day, and Sunday, and it would, lam convinced, be a boon and a blessing to thousands in this great city, who l under ordinary circumstances, have few opportunities of gettiog such holiday, or in fact any holiday at all. I understand that several most extensive houses in the city have decided upon clt sing their warehouses upon the Saturday ; and if any arrangement can be made by which the plan can be carried alit generally—that is, where ever the sue3essive days can bo allowed without great inconvenience to the prin, ipals, it will, as I said before, be of ei , sential service to thousands. If this'can be accomplished, I would also further sug gest that employers, in giving this holiday to their men, should not stop their pay for the Saturday. Of course, there may be some who will not have it in their power to adopt this suggestion, but it is an eccas'on which oc,:tirs only once in seven years ; and I am sure that if persons who can do so with out injury or inconvenience will take the hint their men will requite them well by increased diligence in purs ping their labours on their return in the fol lowing week. Ido not at all wish to be supposed as dictating from this chair to the public upon the justified in offering ?they will not be t s h u b e s j e , , c s t t , r b g u e t s t l i o f n e s e , l a myself nd I h q o u p i en tirely without effect. Apl lause, which WAS 'With difficulty checked by the officers of the court, followed the observations made by his Lordship. brought up in the custody lie nry of F G li e n o t rg w e as yesterday Webb, the detective officer, upon a warrant charging him with having embezzled money belonging to his employers Messrs. Grind lay, the proprietors of the Home employers , The prisoner was committed for trial at the Cen tral Criminal Court. _ Mr. Kilby, the brother of Mr. F. Kilby, who wa,s on the 17th inst., charged by Mr. Francis Worrell Stevens, stockbroker, of 3, Royal Exchange, with having attempted to zob him of several bun drAs of pounds, appeared before the Lord Mayor in very deep affliction. It will be recollected that the Lord Mayor, after having questioned the accuser very closely on tho day of examination, dismissed the case, assuring Mr. Kilby that he would leave the court without the slightest taint upon his character. Tho applicant of yesterday said that his unhappy brother became dreadfully prostrated on returning home at the idea of baying been locked up iu a statiot upon such a charge, and notwithstanding every effort to cheer him, grew worse and worse, and on Sunday morning put an end to his existence by cutting his throat. The Lord Mayor said he greatly regretted so deplorable an event. He had supposed that the result of the examination as published in the news papers would have had the effect of at least allevia ting the pain of baying been charged with the offence. Mr. Kilby intimated that he would in all pro bability petition the Court of Aldermen on the subject, and left the justice-room in great agitation, and much compassionated by all who were present. BOW-STREET. —M r . William Pitt Bowler, formerly adjutant and paymaster of the Done4al Artillery Militia, was brought before Mr. Jardine, f orc e, on. ft warrant c h arg i ng him with having in custody of Inspector W embezzled 1, 2 33/. hicher, of the detective of the public money. The defendant was remanded for further inreati ption. CLERKENWELL.—WiIIiam Jennings, a young fellow described on the police sheet as a labourer, residing at 54, Red lion-street, St. Pancras, was cha,ge.i with barglariougy bre tking and entering the dwelling house No. 54, Red Lion-street, and stealing therefrom one gold watch, eight women's dresses, 7/. 16:4. 14 2 d., one silver snuffbox, and a Baker and Georgina Baker, waitnesses. q uantity of other app are l, It appeared that that m orning, Police - sergeant the property of Agnes Brown, 10 E, was pasting near the prosecu ttix's re sidence, when he ascertained that an entry ha d hem. made into th e h ouse . The robbery of the above articles was then found out, and from the active inquiries that had been made by the police sergeant he entert a i ne d a suspicion that the pri soner was the man, and upon his proceeding to 21 Alhi.rt mews, lioxt , ii, he discovered the p ii- souer in a hay-loft there. When Sergeant Brown inquited of the pdioher abQut the matter he clewed Country Markets. CHELMSFORD—Dec. 18. A little more animation in the wheat trade to-day, an d the beat samples is higher. spring corn of all descriptions unaltered. Wheat, white, old, per s. qr.sl new 43 red, old 43 new 42 Barley 33 Chevalier 34 Grinding 29 Malt 72 Chevalier 74 0. 0. 54 Oats, per qr. 24 54 Peas, Partridge 4O 47 White 38 47) . Boiling 39 31 Dun 38 41 / I Beans, Tiak .......... 39 3'2 Harrow ticks 40 751 75 Mazagan 36 Ditto, ne wO6 Official Statement of the Quad in the port of London, fro] Dec. 13 to Dec. 19, both in ,ntities of Corn, &c, ,m the following p aclusive. j • 7.4 ta . es X 0 Pq Colchestor ... .. Harwich i 81 50 32 1389 19 30 Leigh hialdon I 630, 260/ 108 COLCHESTER— Dzo. 19. ~ received )rts, from I 11 I - I- - 20 s_oo i 79 1 ,1. 525 The wheat trade was firm, a moderate supply, and prices same as last week. Malting barley is dearer. Beans and peas is lower. Prices to-daywere as follow :—Wheat, white, 50s to 56•; red, 4ls to 50s; barley, 36s to 43s ; oats, 24s to 30s ; beau', Mazagan, 36s to 38s ; middle and small, 40s to 425; peas, white, 44s to 46s ; grey, 40s to 445. ICIRBCALDY—DEc. 19. To-day we bad fair supplies of all sorts of grain, and the sales ready, and all extra qualities tid to is dearer. Wheat. j Barley. Oats. g Beans. First Second 27s Od 22s 01 O s 0i Third 3os Od I 20s 01 j 18s Od Os Od COAL MARK Prices of Coals per ton at CT.—DEo. 21. the close of the market Wallsond, Am. s. d. _ Bebside's Hartley 14 9 a Howard's West Hartley Ili Nixon's Duffryn. 15 o;Russell's Hutton • 21 6 Netherton lB 6 Long,ridge's Wst Hartley 14 9Hartley 13 6 Nailed. Moor Butes 13 01Whitworth l6 0 Tanfield Moor l3 ,den Main lB 0 West Hartley Grey's....l4 O'Riddell l6 3 Htl'pool West Hartley...ls 0 Acorn Close l7 9 Bates's West Hartley .14 6 Haswell 19 9 Davison's West Hartley 15 O'South Hartlepool 18 6 North Percy Hartley ~.1 4 6 ' Gambton l9 3 15 3 I Wylam Wallsend, Ate i Walker Primrose ...13 6 Shincliffe. l7 0 Holywell .......... ....... _l5 6 Ships at market, 62 ; sold, 56. LOCAL SHARE MARKET& LIVERPOOL, DEO. 21. STOOK EXCHANGE.—The market opened active to-day. with a marked improvement, and prices of all the leading shares have advanced in value. Cale donian, 41/ —Grand Trunk of Canada, 10,f 11 i—London and North Wes. terns, 96i 97—Sheffields, 3911 —Great Westerns, 531 — Great Western of Canada, 18 2- 16—Midlands, 89—Great Luxembourg constit., 7 j — Nor th Union, A, 220—South Eastern, 201. --- BIRMINGHAM. DEC. 21. STOOK EXCHANGE.—Business in the 'market generally brisk to-day, with the pries in advance. London , 97—. —Midlands, 89 90—Holyhads; 30— Western, 544 —Shropshire Unions, 4 48 MANCHESTER, DEC. 21. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The transactions today were very much improved, but prices closed rather weaker. London and North Western, 97—South Eastern, 201 4 East Lancashire, 92—Blackburn, 94 ;I—North British, 71. Guaranteed, par—Grand Trunk of Canada, 11a—Dovers, 21 20 a—Midlands, 894 9—London and south Western, 951—East Lancashire New, dis.—Sheffields, 40 Leeds, 91 —Blackburn, 94—Great Western of Canada, new, 2 d—North Staffords, 3 —Eastern Counties, 11g. 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