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••••...••••••••••...................'••••••••••• • ...., 111!1/• LAW INTELLIGENCE.—Nov. 25. their attention on thepresent occasion were of the that the facts to which he should have to bes p eak VICE-CHANCELLORS' COURTS. I most asto unding character, and would develop a (Before Vice-Chancellor Stuart and Mr. Justice 1 fraud o f a most enormous description, in which Creswell.)i • ; fraud, n the result, he believed they would BROOK V. BROOK.—MARRIAGE AT ALTONA BY A , entertain no doubt that the whole of the prisoners BRITISH. streJECT DOMICILED LN ENGLAND WITH had deliberately engaged themse l ves. ft Th l ein h di a c n t d - A DECEASED WIFE ' S SISTER. m ent was pre f erre d un d er a- s eo f the 12th Sir F. Kelly, in reply, said he would confine 13th of Victoria, which declared it to be a felony for any person, after he had been made a bankrupt, himself strictly to those arguments which had been urged on behalf of the Crown.\ to embezzle or Conceal any of his effects with a General had relied on some passages The tlicc,iTtohre view to defraud his creditors, and he believed that Queen v. Chadwick." He (Sir no case had ever been brought forward under this at the outset that this Court would e i ly)Presu med not Bench, and statute in which so gross and enormous a fraud bad 1 F . K overr overrule the decision of the Court of Quee n ' s been committed as in the present instance. The bad therefore assumed that a marriage b etween a but prisoner John Marks appeared to have carried or I as deceased wife's sister was prohibit ed b y law ; the business of a coachmaker for a good many yea? a ' reference had been made to that case he should not in Long - acre, and a lso in Be ll-street, Paddingto n, scruple to arraign the decision o f that case if neces- and he seemed to have enjoyed so m e considera: ole sary before the court of ultimate down t hat amount of 'credit among the persons with whom ILe at ~tote of Henry VIII. had la id it that no did busines., and he had a brother at Melbourr Le marriage was invalid_ except such a s was contrary who also carried on the business of a coachma k ff r, to God's law. "The. Queen v. Chadwick , " how ever, proceeded on a repealed statute of Henry a nd with whom he bad a sort of correspond i ng agency. The prisoner • Samuel Marks likewis_ ti , V 111.,. but left untouched the moral and social carried on the business of in a coachmaker question. Long-acre, in partnersh ip He, for one, must therefore impugn the with the other pri validity of that decision. The question was not soner Simmons, whose daughter he had mar now, rigid and he believed there could now, however, as to the validity of a marriage of a be very little deceased wife's sister in this country, but as to such dou bt a marriage in a foreign count r y, w h ere it w as valid that the bankruptcy, and the subsequ e n t proceedings that were taken to defraud the credi_ by law. There was not a s i ng l e case , exce pt the tors, were concocted originally by Simmons, a nd The Sussex peerage case, where a marriage celebrated in that he was the principal agent in the matter. T a foreign country, where such marriages were valid , learned counsel then proceeded to state t h at John was not held to b e valid here, though there had Marks was declared a bankrupt in May, 1857, and always existed courts in this country with juris- he said he should prove that for several months diction to impea c h such marriages. This was a before this period he had obtained an enormous remarkable circumstance, that no such case had q f ur of goods from different tradesm en, g g iv ing ever occurred. The Sussex peerage case—the only bills at and five months' date, whic h, ocourse,iv cods exception—was a singular one, depending on the he had no intention ever to,pay, and those language of the statute. It was a personal statute, were dealt with by all the p r i so ners, and g concealed and was tantamount to a statute enacting that the at different places under very extraordi nar y cir- Duke of Sussex should not be able to contract ma- cumstances, and a greater portion of them were t, imony without the consent of the Crown. It was eventually consigned to ,Sydney. The whole cf as much a personal statute as the statute by which the prisoners would be distinct ly p roved to have the sovereign became of age at 18 instead of 21. taken a share in thus disposing o f the property, To hold that such a statute could be defeated by and the proceedings would leave n o d oubt that de warily crossing the Channel would be absurd. liberate perjury was resorted to i n order having,tocarry Mr. Justice Cresawell—l n the King v. Lolley did out the fraud, the prisoner John Marks any question arise whether the second marriage in the course of his examination before the Court Ives good or bad—in a word, was a man treated as o f Bankruptcy distinctly denied, upon his oath, that a felon without discussioa ? _ . he was in possession of any property except that Sir F. Kelly—That case las determined on the which was given up at •the time of the bank question of the validity of divorce—viz., whether ruptcy, although he must have known that pre en -English marriage could be dissolved in a foreign perty to the amount of many thousand pounds had country, and it was held it could not. been removed , and secreted after the bankruptcy, Mr, Justice Cresswell—a man is guilty of felony evidently with the intention, that when that had if he take asecond wife, his first wife living. _ Had blown over the property _should _be disposed of, he married a eecon.dwife in Scotland, it would have and the proceeds divided among them. The beeu good ; then, according to your argument, he result of the examination, into the affairs of John might haencome to England with two lawful wive.% Marks showed that he was deficient several thou- Sir F. Kelly—There was no doubt there might sand pounds in his cash accounts, and that pods of arise a conflict of laws, but the question was not the value of nearly 15,0001. were entirely unac the inconvenience, but whether thecasehad arisen. counted for. A considerable portion of these goods The report of Lolley's cases gives the argument, but was subsequently recovered through the informa l does not state the reasons of the judgment, which - then that was given by a man named Molloy, who was merely that an English marriage could not be had been in the service of the prisoner John Marlo., dissolved by a foreign tribunal. All •we claimed and this prop erty had been sold and. divided among here was the power of foreign courts to legalise the general body of creditors, but they had still acts done within their jurisdiction - which - were been defrauded to a very large amount through net contrary to moiality. He repeated tbere the proceedings of the prisoners. He should call 'WAS not a case in which a marriage celebrated this man Molloy before them as a witness, and he abroad was regarded on any other point-than would detail the course that was taken with the ou the one, vie., was it legal there? The Attorney- goods that were obtained by the priso n e rs ; an d, General had contended that the legalisation of a although he undoubtedly stood in the position of marriage in a foreign country was as to the form an accomplice, yet, when the jury found that and ceremony of it, but that, though true, was by h e was corroborated in many essential particu ne means the limit of the proposition. To say that lars, he believed they would entertain no doubt the jurisdiction did not extend also to the personal that he was speaking the truth, and his evidence capacity of the contract and all other contracts was would be almost Conclusive against the prisonera. to cenfound the language and meaning of all the Evidence Confirmatory of the leartled counsel's authorities. In the case of May v. Ross (3 Espi- s t a t emen t h av i ng b een a ddd uce d , nesse) Lard Edo et" eld that a contract, though the Sergeant Parry then urged thet his client could question was personal, must be determined by the not be convicted as a principal under the present law of the country where it was entered into. In indictment. He called the attention of the Couet De la . Vega v. Viaena (B. and Ad 284) the same to the section of the statute under which the charge principle was laid down, and the remedy must be was preferred, and he contended that the offence pursued according to the laws of the country where could only be committed by a person in the position the party was. of a bankrupt, and that any other person whO Mr. Justice Cresswell—Suppose a promise to might assist in the removal of property did not marry a deceased wife's sister in Denmark, would stand in the position of an accessory before the fact, th:s Court enforce it ? and could not under the recent statute be convicted Sir - F. Kelly—That would raise a difficult ques- as a principal. tion as t 6 specific performance. Mr. Justice Coleridge "asked if he was to under- The Vice-Chancellor—Sir F. Kelly, we have not stand that the learned sergeant contended that any come yet to bills for specific performance to marry. person who so acted could not be convicted of any (Laughter.) offence? Sir F. Kelly—lf the contract were to marry in Sergeant Parry said that his objection certainly ' Denniark a he could see no objection to the action. went to that extent, but if there was any omission -Mr. Justice Story's " Conflict of Laws," section 103, on the part of the Legislature the prisoner was en laid it down clearly that the lex loci must prevail t titled to the benefit of it. but not to weary the Court with authorities, he would Mr. Huddlesten took the some objection in bee refer to the only class of cases within his know- half of his client. He alio urged that.under the ledge depending on prohibition in a parent State bankrupt law a 'ocus penitentice was allowed to the of marriages between different classes of persons. bankrupt until he had passed his last examination, There were several States of the Union where and as John Marks had not passed that examine marriages were prohibited between white men.and tion, for all that appeared to the contrary, he black women, but in some States such marriages might have made a full cli , elosure of the whole of were lawful : and yet the test has always this property, and then there would have boon an been considered to be, was the marriage valid by end to the present inquiry. the law of the State where it was contracted ? The The Court having intimated that the learned learned counsel then referred to the case of "Read- counsel for the prosecution need only direct his at ing v, Smith" (2 Haggard Con.), to show that such tention to the point whether the prisoner Samuel was the test in this country. Ti 2 e same theory was Marks and Simniens could be convicted as principals, to be found in Scrirashire, v. 9. The next case was Mr. James said it appeared to him that this ob ,‘ Harford v. MOrris," which he bad not referred jection was entirely unfounded, and that it was to, because it had been overruled; but it did not quite disposed of by the section of the 7th and Bth beer out what had been sought to establish thereby. of George IV., which enacted that any person who Then came the case of "Middleton v. Janvenn ;" incited or aided another in the commission of any but the same principle was. acted on there. There felony, whether at common law or created by sta was, therefore, no single exception to the rule that tute, should be considered as an accessory before the validity of a marriage depended on the validity the fact, and in that capacity might be convicted as by the laws of the country where it was celebrated. a principal. In the case of " Monro v. Monro," which had Mr. Justice Coleridge, after a short consultation been cited (7 Cl. and Fin. 782), it was held that the with his learned brother, said the Court was at law of the country where it was celebrated deter- present of opinion that the objection was not a mined its validity, and the law of the domicile re- valid one ; but, as it was a question of consider gulated its consequence • therefore, any question a ble i m p or t anc e, they ' wou ld g i ve t h e po i nt further of dit'orce or alimony, ba d such arisen in this case, consideration, and they 'would reserve the question would have depended on the law cf England. In if it should become necessary. " Birkwhistle v. lorry" the same principle was Serjeant Ballantine then proceeded to address acted on; It might be that the Attorney-General the jury on behalf of the prisoner John Marks, and I olieved that these marriages were incestuous, but be contended -that the evidence did not support it was too much to denounce these marriages, which the specific charge brought against him under the millions of virtuous, Christian, and religious per- presen t i n di c t men t . H e said he would not deny sons believed t:, be innocent. We must remember that he had acted recklessly and imprudently, but that these marriages were lawful throughout the it appeared tohimtbatthe evidence failed altoge- her whole of the Protestant States of the continent of to show that he had committed the vary serious Europe and of America, and even throughout offence contemplated by the statute, and he said he Roman Catholic countries_ subject to dispensation. felt assured that but for the prejudice introduced Meyer there was a case in which a question ought into the case by the evidence as to the disposal of to be Considered calmly, it was orie where thepater large quantities of other property which had no- Patric came into one alter own courts to take away thing to do with the present charge, the jury from the children the property earned by the labour would ,not for a moment thick of convicting him. of their parent. HO now came to the real question Serjeant Parry and Mr. Huddleston next ad at issue, that the marriage was valid here if valid by dressed the jury for the other prisoners. They did the law of the country where it was celebrated, but, so very briefly, and the principal point they ap of course, with the qualification that it must not be peered to rely upon was the fact that Samuel contrary to morality or Christianity. This country Marks and Simmons appeared to have made a claim would not recognise polygamy, on the ground that to a considerable amount upon the estate of the it was immoral. No case had been cited in which other prisoner after his bankruptcy, and they eon thia country had refused to recognise the validity of tended that all that they had done was to endeavour other laws. We ought, therefore , to beware how to get a preference in the pay men t o f th e i r cl a im ; we made l aws a t _ var i ance with those of civilised and they saidthat, although this was undoubtedly Europe, and sp rea di ng ru i n, d esolat i on, and de- very wrong and improper in a commercial point of gradation among thousand s o f famili es . He now view; yet that such a proceeding did not come c tine to the question whether the Act of William, within the scope and intention of the Act of Par e . tended to the colonies—w ou ld it extend to Ire- liament, and that if the jury believed this to be the land before the union ? There was no doubt of the real state of the case they ought not to convict the power of the Legislature to make laws, but it was prisoners. settled that a statute did not apply to Ireland un- Several witnesses were called to speak to the less4reland was named (7 Coke, " Calvin's Case"). character of John and Samuel Marks, and they The learned gentleman then cited " The Attorney- sated that they had known them a gnat many General v. Stuart " (2 Merivale), centeieing a note years, and they had 'always conducted themselves from Blackstone's weomilentarie , ," to the effect in an honourable and respectable mariner. that the laws of England only extend to such co- Mr. Justice Coleridge then summed up th e wh o l e lollies as are nam e d. W e b a d co l on i es w hi c h had of the . evidence with great care and i m p ar ti a lity, formerly belonged to cou n t r i es by w h ose l aws these and the jury after deliberating a short ti me i n th e misted thi s quest i on was to be governed by he sub- box, expressed a wish to reeire. They left th e strict constructio n o f th e l anguage of the LP court at ten minutes past 5, and a t a quarter t o 6 gisla- the o'clock they returns I into court and gave a verdict tare, without reference to opinions of individuals of guilty on certain passa ges o f S cr i pture, an 1, tried by that test!, the marriage c ou ld no t b e impeac h ed. g • prisoners Mr.Ja a res said thatet all the as - he nude . rstood their lord- The ViceaChancellor s a id it was t oo i mportant a ships only reserved for furth er cons id erat i on tbe cpostion to be determined hastily, and ha should, point raised by Sergeant Parry, whether the pri therefore, with the advice and assistan ce o f Mr. sonata S. Marks and Simmo ns cou ld b e convicted Justice CCesswell, consider his judgment. as principa's, he proposed to l e t th e o th er indict merits stand over until this point had been decided. . The prisoners were then called up for judgment. Mr. Justice Coleridge, in passing sentence, said that they had . been found guilty, upon evidence which was perfectly satisfactory, of the commission of a crime which no one could doubt in a great commercial country was a crime of the highest gravity, and required to be visited by very severe punishment. By the bankrupt law, so soon as a man became bankrupt the whole of the property be pos •/sed became the property of his ci editors and was to be equally divided among them, and it was -quite clear that this law was a perfectly just oue.' From whatever cause the bankruptcy arose, the creditors were entitled to have all the property that remained divided be tween them, and the least the bankrupt could do was to Live up such property honestly in return for the immunitie s that -he afterwards and any one who e n d eavoure d to em bezzle suc h property embezzled the property of his creditors, and was properly held to be guilty of fern y. evot 11 undergo A questio n further consideration, s ill proceed to p , i h d a er d at b io e n e7 seised which but he should Belt-once, for if that point would not be carried out,their n a fa ti v le o y ur wo t l e d seatsuffe r n n c e e i should be decide-al.'s hardship by the course h was taking. I I fectly clear th a t a great and gross fraud ti t a w l as b P e e e r n " lo t o hm k e ed all'and h carefully at and t facts t o see , brot h er te h l a d by his learned whether they were justified in makin g any uilaany di i st i ine- , st et , lion in their cases, but th ey h ad . hf Ois -over any grounds for making such diincti If th e y had been inclined to speculate _upon th e , matter, they might perhaps have considered it pro- CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURX—Nov. 25. OLD COURT. (Before Mr. Justice Coleridge and Mr. Baron Watson.) Joh n M , , _ arks, 36, Samuel Marks 24, and Abra taara.einzukamfteenrs;_ 40, were indicted' for felony, for ciarea and adihoudrstit-nanied prisoner had been de coaled and on4b4 a bankrupt, unlawfully con above the value of e-110cert.ain portion of his effects . ~ kith intent to defraud his creditors. There were severparlisootnheerr,similar indictmentsthey for felony against the creditors theto dera't.nntd wil h a conspiracy were ellar - fed b ►ukrupt by secreting and ena l bez h zlit e l of t ty of his effects after his nankrupteg a lar ge Tian _ L ar ed iffa sp rd ecially . 1 M?. Edwin James, Q. C , was rot to r:..)nduct the prosecution, with Mr. Pol Ind, and Mr. Wilkinson ; Sergeant Ballantine. appeared specially, with Mr. Robinson, for Joh n .. Marks; Sergeant Parry was specially retained for Simnel Marks ; and Mr. Eluddle,ton, Q. 0., was 4 K-> specially retained, with Mr. Sleigh, for the prisoner Simmons. „:rhe case that was proceeded with charged the c P re tr . ner John Marks with having unlawfully se t 1 ty...eolfasnadekenibezzled six pianofortes and a quan with intent to cheat and defraud his creditorstug' ark s - anc k,alicl- the other prisoners, Saints I . ircy as r .nc.bra_ham Simmons, were charged j wi t h l a i dino , rl i Palsk in the first and.second degree, feno P , and ass sting him to commit that of- 4 i%lr. James, in opening the ease to the jury, said i e was wider bable that S' ,ens, on account of his position, and VIA i . -- „,2 r ibtedly the oldest of them, had taken the ra:• 13 " " iinal part in the transaction, but they -vi°43.11 Dente " 1r ..ct upon any speculativ e o p in io n , an d th ent! lice would therefore be the sa m e upon them, J. His lordship then concluded by ordering ea of the prisoners to be kept i n p ena l serv it u d e for eight years. 1 her, 'on which was written "Fugitive Slaves from America," and the younger carried a money-box in which was a shilling in copper money. When be fore the magistrate they in the most artless, manner stated that they were fugitive slaves, having last fall escaped from a plantation in Kentucky, and found their way to Philadelphia, in the free State of Pennsylvania. They were then sent to Greenock by some benevolent person, with the view of get lino% into some sort of service. Being unable to obLin employment there, they came to London, and, faring no better, they had resort to an appeal to the kindness of the English people. They then told Mr. Burcham that they most likely could gain a livelihood if they had the means of purchasing wool for knitting caps and gloves, which they had "frequently done in America. Mr. Burcham then, b:lieving that there might be some truth in their story, granted them a trifle from the poorbox enable them to buy some wool, when they left the court, expressing their gratitude. Since then his Wo:ship had received several small sums from be nevolent individuals for their use, and The _prisoners, and particularly Eimmons, who app e gyred quite astounded at the sentence, were then r•ernoved from the bar. NEW COURT. (Before the Recorder.) Henry Zachariah Jervis, 52, clerk, was indicted for obtaining by false pretences from Sarah Parker, the sum of 505., with intent to cheat and defraud. The jury found the prisoner guilty, but recom mended him to mercy. Prisoner—l am innocent, but God's will be done. The Recorder said, but for the recommendation he should have passed a severer sentence than he was about to do, and that was 18 months' impri sonment and hard labour. The case lasted until past 8 at night: Yesterday morning they attended for the pur pose of showing their small stock of knitted caps which they had been enabled to make up through the kindness of his Worship. Mr. Burcham told them since they were before him on the last occasion he had not only received several small sums for their use, but letters from variou person!, soma of whom were of high dis tinction, offering to take care of them and place them in comfortable situations. He had also re ceived an anonymous letter which did not speak very, highly of their characters, so that he had thought it might be necessary to make some in quiries about them before he answered the letters of those willing to assist them. He inquired where they now reided. The elder girl said that they had removed from Bishopgate-street to the house of Mr. Smith, 10, Wentworth-street, Whitechapel. Mr. Edwin (ehief clerk) informed his Worship that: Wentworth street was full of low lodging houses' similar to the Mint in this district. Mr. Burcham (to the girl)—Do youknow Crown court, Wentworth-street ? THIRD COURT. (Before the Common Sergeant.) David Rees Davis, 47, schoolmaster, pleaded guilty to having obtained by false pretences the sum of V. 4s. from Pascoe Grenfell and others, and also the sum of 1/. ls. from Edward Budd. The Court sentenced the prisoner to six months' imprisonment. John Sankey, 27, police-constable ; Matilda Ross, 18, spinster • Wm. Burnett, 26, labourer; and Ellen Mills, .2 2 5, widow, were indicted, Bur nett and Sankey for stealing property valued at 5001., the property of Rosabella Robertson Aik man, Ross with aiding'and abetting in the commis sion of the said felony, and Mills with having felo niously received part of the said property. Mr. Orridge appeared for the prosecution, and. Mr. Thompson for Sankey. The learned counsel having stated the case, called Mr. Aikman, who stated that the prosecutrix in this case was his mother, and being an invalid was not present. The house from whence this property was stolen, 68, Portland-street, was hers. About three years ago witness obtained, upon application to the Marylebone Station, the services of the pri soner Sankey, who was a constable in the D divi sion, to take care of the house. , The kitchen was allotted to him and his wife, and the furniture, plate, and other property were kept locked up in the other rooms, and the whole left in the care of Sankey. Witness used to call occasionally when in town at the house for his letters. All the rooms, excepting thefront drawing-ro o m, w er e k e pt l oc k e d. John Robertson Aikman, another son of the pro secntrix, gave similar evidence of the possession of the house by Sankey, adding that on the 22d Oct., from some information which he had received, he went to the Marylebone Police Station, and from thence to his mother's house, when he found that the prisoner Sankey was no t there, and that the rooms had been broken open, and property, consist ing of plate, linen, jewellery, and watches, amount in value to about 5001., had been taken. He identified the travelling trunk now produced as his sister's property. George Robinson, a marine store-dealer of East street, Marylebone, said that on the 3d Oct. Sankey took a lodging at is house for the prisoner Ross, and used to come occasionally to see her. Upon the 20th of that month Ross left the place in a cab, and he saw nothing more of either of them until they were in cnitody. He found the travelling - hunk identified by the last witness in the room which Sankey took after Ross had left. Sergeants O'Brien and Pearce, of the D division, proved examining the house of prosecutrix, and found that the different boxes and drawers had been forced, some of them with a jemmy, and also that at the time Sankey absconded he was upon the sick list. • Ga4—Yes sir, we lodge in a house there at the back of No. 101. We have a room there, and piy balf-a-crown a-week for it. Burcham—Does any one else live with you Girl—Oh no, sir. Mr. Burcham—Have you a Lther and mother in E agland ? Girl—No, sir ; my parents were slaves, and one of them died about 18 months ago, We were about to be parted and sold; when by the kindness of some persons we were enabled to escape to a free StAte. Mr. Burcham—ls there a coloured man living in the same house with you I Girl—No, sir; there is one living in the same court, but he has a wife and a large family. We have knitted some caps and sold some, and what remains of our stock you can inspect. Mr.. Burcham examined their small stock of knitted caps, which they had carefully placed iu a box,' and asked whether they had sold many. Eldest Girl—We have sold several, sir, and these are all we have left. We have not sold one to-day. Mr. Burcham—Do you know the name of the vessel you came from America in ? Girl—Yes, air, the bi.gYan She left Phila delphia last spring. Burch-am Who defrayed the expenses of your psiage to Greenock ? CriilL--Some free coloured persons in Phila delphia, sir. Mr. Burcham told them that an officer of the Mendicity Society had promi-ed to make inquiries respecting them, but he had failed to attend before him to make his report. However, they appeared to have made an attempt to obtain their livelihood by industry, therefore he hoped that their story wai true. Under those circumstances he should order them to be paid ss. out of the benevolent contributions to enable them to go on for a few days. On Monday next they might call again, when, if their Story proved correct, no doubt they would be taken care of. T. A. Browne, chief superintendent of the Cork constabulary, stated that upon the morning of the lstlof Nov., he .went to a house in Middleton, county •f Cork, where he found the prisoners Ross and Sankey in bed. He told the man to get up, and asked his name. He said " William," andthat be was making a tour of pl easure . Witness told him that he suspected that he was the person answering the description of Sankey. The prisoner seemed to laugh at-the idea. Witness then desired to look at his luggage, and, having stripped the canvas cover off a box and examined its contents, told him he should take him into custody. Th e woman Ross then took a watch from her neck and gave it to Sankey. Witness also found a gold pin and bracelet in the room. The prisoners were then taken into custody, and brought to this country. The watch, bracelet, and pin were identified as part of the property stolen, and also a silver purse found upon Ross when searched at the liarylebone station. The girls thanked his Worship for his kindness and withdrew. THE ASHOVER MURDER. ASHQVER, TUESDAY. This morning at 9 o'clock the inquest on the body of James Simpson, farmer, of Aehover, who was brutally murdered on Friday, the 13th inst., was held at the White Lion Inn before Mr. Busby, the coroner for the district, and a jury of 15 persons. • Mr. W. G. Fox, the chief constable of Derbyshire, was present. The police have made great efforts to secure the murderer, and several suspicious charac ters have been apprehended, but they could not be identified by those who saw a person in company with the deceased a short time previous to hid be ing murdered. Last night a man named Richard Hodgkinson was apprehended at Matlock on sus picion. He has a dog, and on the day of the mur der a man was seen near the place with a dog, which he set at some children as they were returning from school. Sergeant Potter, 16 D, said that being upon duty at the station after Sankey was locked up he, at his (Sankey's) desire, went to the cell where he was. Sankey.then said he would tell the truth, as he had been deceived in two men whom another man, named White, had introduced to him ; that they took him out and made him drunk ; -that he fell asleep ; that they went out for more drink, when he thought they let some one in. When he woke and found the place had been robbed he took the things fuund upon him from the drawing-room, and put them into the travelling trunk, intending to come to the station and make a report, but fearing that the robbery would be put upon bis back, he took the woman and went off. Upon last Thurs. day week witness went to Earl-street, Seven Dials, and after breaking into the front garret of a house there found Burnett and Mills in bed. They denied having any of the stolen property on then], but from Mills's- hand a gold watch, part of the plunder, was taken. Some linen was also found, together with skeleton keys and a " jemmy" fit ting the marks-alluded to upon the drawers. The jury acquitted Ross, finding the others guilty. Hannah Simpson was the first witness called. She saideraly husband left home on Friday about 10 minx es past 11 in the morniog. He had his watch, purs., and half-a-crown. It was a steel drop chain, an i the watch was a silver one, with double case.. I don't know the maker's name. The chain was about nine inches long, with a seal to it. The key WAS s'eel, and bent. I have wound the watch up three times since we have been married. The seal was a middle-sized one, with glass in, but I don't know the colour. The face of the watch was gave watch " and white, and the figures were black, and it had a loud click. lam certain I should know the watch and chain again. againisai, " Mauer,w a tc h The d I put it in his trousers' pocket. He said before he started, "Mother, have you a sixpence 7" I said " No ; I have half-a-crown," He said, " Th a t w ill cb." - The purse I gave him, with the half-a-crown I avkee him just i'fl just before he in it, was a brown one, with a leaden clasp to, and one in the inside.. There were three compartments in the purse. I saw my husband put the purse in his trousers' pocket just before he left. I don't know that he had any other money upon him. I put him some bread and cheese in his pocket, and he had nothing else in his pocket that I know anything of. When he was brought home in the evening I was present, but did not see his pockets smirched. Those who searched them asked me what he had, and I told them. H e went to Alfreton market, intending to meet Mr. Rogers. Re took 1141 b. of butter in a basket to sell at the market. The lehtter was wrapped in two cloths, which are not missing. He was also going to Alfreton market t ) 1 bargain for the sale of some cheese and two fat pigs. All my husband's clothes were about him when he was brought home, except the handker chief, which contained the bread and cheese. There seemed to be nothing injured about his clothes. He never spoke at all after he was brought home. He was not a man to scrape acquaintance with any per- Fon on the road, as ha generally studied Scripture. In the morning my husband said, " What groceries shall you want ?" I said, " 21b of sugar, vies, and can llts." The .butter sold for Is 3id per lb. The. basket was brought to me the same night. It con tained the two cloths he had taken the butter in., 21b of sugar, llb of rice, llb of midi. s, 2oz of tea ; a copybook and a sl de for the little boy, a pair of black worsted stockings, and two pennyworth of swets, which were in his basket for the children, and two ounces ot mustard. The contents of the besket would be worth about 4s. 80. The rice was partly spilled on the road. Thomas Rogers, 'Summercotes, grocer--I: saw' the deceased on Friday last about 1 o'clock in the market place at a Melon. I had not met him .there by appointment. I told him I would give him an answer that day about some pigs and cheese which we were birgainin„o- for. He had a basket ot but ter, containing 1141 b. which I bought at ls. 3id. per lb., and I paid him- 14s. 10d. Ttie &cea=ed did: not pull out any purse, but put the money, in his pocket. I could not say which pocket. I b ar gained w.th him to r two pigs and about three cwt. of cheese, which he was to deliver on the following Friday, when I was to pay him for them. I did not pay him then. I - was in his company about a quarter of an hour. He went away, an! I did not see him any more after I hid paid him for the but ter. The last time I saw deceased was about 2 o'clock. I agreed with him in the market for the butter and cheese about 1 o'clock. I told him to take the butter to my room in the castle yard, and I would meet him there after I had bought some more butter its the market. He went with liS but ter and waited till I came, which would be abut 2 o'clock. I p ,id deceased in my room with silver and copper. Ho went away out of the room a 3 soon as ho received the money, and I did not see him __!__ Sankey was sentenced to six, 4nd Burnett and Mills to four years' penal servitude. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—Nov. 25. MANSION-HOUSE.—On Saturday last four children named Quill, who had been found in a shockingly destitute condition begging in Old Broad street, were brought before the Lord Mayor by a policy-cons able. The Lord Mayor, learning from the constable that their father was in confine ment ou a charge of felony, and that their mother sent them into the street to beg, ordered a sum mons to be issued to compel her attendance, and desired the constable to take the children to the union. Yesterday the mother was in attmdance, and the const Ible said he had been makiog further inquiries into h. r character, and found she was in the habit of getting drunk with the money which the children obtainkl by begging. He had also ascertained that she had taken her children out of the union. The Lord Miyor—Why did you not let your Chil dren remain in the union ? Quill—l'm too fund of them to ba partad from them. . The Lord Mayor—Why don't you go to the uoionyourself ? Quill—Because I should be parted from them there. The Lord Mayor—Sa that you, are prepared to sacrifice the lives of your four children by sending them into the streets in this inclement weather to beg, rather than they shall be in the union, where they will be properly clothed, warmed, and fed during winter. You would rather expose them and see them die by inches in the streets, iu order to sup port you. Of course you do not want to go to the union, because you know you cannot t, et drink there. That is the greatest punishment to you. You ought to be thankful that there is such a place where your children can. be taken care of during the winter. Do I understand that you refuse to let • them go there ? Quill (crying)—Yes, my lord ; I won't part with them. It I was deprived of my children I should be dead. . The Lord Mayor—Another week or two's expo sure in the public streets will certainly d-stroy one of your children at least, and then you will be sent to the Old Bailey for trial. If any one of them is found either begging or destitute, and the case is proved, I shall commit you to prison for a trona. Emanuel Solomons, who bad been tsvcs re manded, charged with having stolen a bracelet value 80 guineas from the shop of his mistress, Mrs. Mary Sumnei, a jeweller, carrying on business in Church row, ,Houndsditch, waragain brought up. Mr. Lewis sad he was not in a condition to c'arry flip ewe against the prisoner any further. Mr. Solomon submitted that no case whatever had beer. made out against his client The Lord Mayor said that althcugh . there were many suspicious circumstances connected with the prisoner's conduct, there was not sufficient evidenca to justify his detention. He would therefore be discharged, but would he liable to be again appre hended in the event of further evidence implicating him iu the robbery being obtained. SO UTHWARK.—A report appeared a few days ago respecting two remarkably good-looking young coloured girl , , who were brouglit to this court by Police-constable 85M, charged with soliciting alms in Blackman-street, Borough. It appeare I that they were dressed very n atly in light coloured clothing, such as is usually worn by female sl Ives in the Southern States of America, and walked by the side of the kerb, the elder sister carrying a placard in front of , agair. Joaeph Boar, of t' t e R a t t l e Ashover, farmer's servant to Mr. John Gladwir, Over t o n park- 7 . Oa Friday, the 13:h I met tt e deceased in Alfrcten market. I did Nov.,ot go with him to Alfre ton. The deceased and I l e ft ALreton market to gether about 3 o'clock in the afternoon. The de cels(d had a basket on his arm, but I don't know what it contained. I did ' no t no tice whetbe: 11 , 3 had a watch 'with him, Wo walked about three miles, and parted at Oyston-Ird'. We went fron.,, Alfleton by the George Inn, and c tme d. Alfreton-hill,ll, by Shi r l an d an d Mi g h a m, and to n d off to Oyston-hall. D ecease i then tutnel to the right, which Was his road home, and I came by Oyston along the foot road to Wool'ey. Oyston hall is about three miles from where th 3 deceased live It wanted 20 minutes to four by Oyston a ,clock when we parted. It was not dark or foggy. W cb.(l not notion anyb o dy , following us on t J road. The deceased was quite sober, and had not had anything to drink. I asked the deceased at Oyston-hall to go the road I was going, which would have led to his house, to see Mr. Stanley ; but he said he should see. Mr. Stanley on Monday, instead of going by Stanley's house. The road he took was the nearest to his own house. Joseph Fletcher, of Ashover-hill, coalmaster—l was coming from my colliery, which is called Atton colliery, on Friday, the 13th. It is about a mile and a quarter from the deceased Simp son ' s h ouse. In going from nay colliery to my house I pass by the junction of the roads at Ashover-hill-top on the left band side. I left my colliery about a quarter past five on Friday afternoon. I think the distance from my collery to the junction of the roads is about one mile. I left my colliery to go home, and when I came up withinl2 yards from the junction I saw an object lying in the cart rut on the ground, but cuuld not distinguish what it was. The object was a few paces past the junction, on the road leading to Simpson's own house. There are some gorse bushes on either side of the road. I had not heard any previous report of firearms. I heard the de ceased groan. I was then on the other road leading to my own house, and when I heard the groan I stepped over the gorse to him. I found a man lying lengthway in the rut, with his head laid in the direction of his own house. I thought it was some person tipsy, or that he might have been thrown off his horse. I knelt down and. smelt, but I could not perceive that hs; had bad any liquor. I then saw blood on his temples, and felt very much alarmed. I raised- a cry for assistance, when my son Iram and a young man- named Cress well came up within five or ten minutes after wards. I was pacing about for five or ten minutes till they came. up. I spoke to the de ceased, but he did not answer, and continued groaning. I put my arms under his shoulder and lifted his head on the bank. I did not examine the gorse, nor hear any_ footsteps before or after wards, nor any voices. -I noticed a basket which lay a yard from the deceased, which appeared as though it had fallen from his arm, and a portion of the contents was strewed abou'. I sent my son and Cresswell to Mr. Bassett's for a light, and told them to go to Mr. Skidmorje surgery. It was not very dark, but so dark I could not seethe deceased's face. It was a foggy night. As soon as my son and Cresswell had gene Joseph Marriott came up and looked at deceased, when he said "I think it is the man on the hill." Shortly after Mr. Bas sett aad Mr. William Bassett came with a laden, which was applied to his face, when I recognised him as the bAy. of Mr. Simpson. We then sent for a door, which was brought very near 6 o'clock. We laid him on the door and carried him to his house. I and William Bassett took one end and Cresswell and my son at the other: When the light came I saw a wound near the left ear, which was bleeding. • The flesh under the ear and the back of it and the shirt collar wee* blackened, as if with powder. He never spoke at all. His waistcoat was unbuttoned, each side thrown open, and one button in the front of his trowsers was unbuttoned. His hat was lying close by the side of his head. There were no marks of dirt on the clothes. I did not notice any marki of a struggle. After he had been taken home I left for half-an-hour. I am in the habit of passing this junction once or twice a day on my road to and from the colliery—about half-past four in the afternoon. I pay my men at the colliery on a Saturday afternoon, and I am not in the habit of carrying much money about me. I employ about 40 or 50 men. None have left my employ since this affair. I go to Chesterfield once a week, sometimes on a Friday and sometimes on a Saturday. Igo to the bank for money to pay the men, which I carry with me to my house. It was not my intention to have gone on Friday, the 13tb, and I never stated to anybody that it was. I pay about 461. in wages weekly, but the average would be 501. per week. Sometimes on my way from Chesterfield I call at the colliery, but I don't pass these three lane ends. I generally walk the whole way. I passed that way twice on the 13th of No vember, but did not see any person. John Bassett, Ashover-hill, printer—On Friday evening about 5 o'clock, I was in my field, which is about SOO yards from the junction of the three roads at Ashover-hill-top. While there I heard the report of a gun or pistol in the direction of the hill-top. Heard no voices nor footsteps. The re port startled me. It was not dark, but dusk. There was sufficient light to recognise anybody on the road. In about a quarter of an hour after I heard the shot I went home. Afterl had been there half-an-hour Iram Fletcher came to me and said, " My father has found a murdered =it on the road and you must bring a light." My nephew, Herbert Wray, and he started with a lantern, and. I followed them to the junction of the roads. I o.w the man lying in the road. He was carried home on a door, bleeding all t e way. I- picked up the basket and" the hat, and carried them to his house. Mr. P. Skidmore, Asbover, surg , .on—l saw the deceased lying in the lane about half-past 5 o'clock, near the junction of the roads. Mr. Fletcher and Mr. Bassett were present. I noticed a wound on the left temple. It was apparently a gunshot wound. There was a good deal of discolouration on the left cheek from powder. lie was bleeding at the time, and was in a perfect state of collapse when I arrived. I did not notice his dress being disturbed or soiled. I did not examine his clothes. I ordered his removal home, and he was taken thither on a door. The deceased was got hoine about 6 o'clock and I attended him until his death, which took place about half-past 8-t he same evening. I after wards made a post mortem examination of the body on Saturday evening. I found, considerable con gestion of the brain' and two wounds, a smaller and a larger one, and considerable extravasation of the blood, resulting from the wound. I extracted from the wounds a bullet and some swan shot, which had penetrated the skull, and the bullet was lolged in the middle lobe of the brain. The shot was fixed in the middle lobe. Both bullet' and shot had penetrated thaskull. The bullet and shot being there caused death. He could not possibly have lived. The shot Went upwards and inwards from the external wounds. The shot must have been fired from the left hand side of the deceased, and the gun or pis tol must have been-lower than the wound, but in close proximity to the head. I should think the gun or pistol must have been half a yard from the deceased when the shot was fired. I can't say whether a gun fired from that distance would not have shattered the-skull more. I gave the bullet and slug into the possession of Sergeant Gorham, of the police. By the Chief Constable—l extracted all the shot from the head. There were no external marks of violence on the body. Dividend) per rll Annum. A shtn &Oldh Birmingham Coventry.. • • Derby .. • • • • Grand•Tundn Do., 6'pr.Ct. Grand 'Union Kennt 6s Ayr. Leeds &Livri. Leicester.... Leicsti & Nth Loughborogh Macclesfield. Neath Oxford.. • • • • Name of Company. Berlin .. •• • • ........ East London Do. 4 pereent. Pref. Do. 5 per Cent. I'ref. Grand Junction .... • • Do. New ••• • • • Lambeth .. .. • • .. New River Company.. Southwark & Vauxhall West Middlesex Do. Do, ...... NamO of Company. Mr. Wm. -Jackson - Marshall,- surgeon,- of Mat lock—l first Fa w the deceased on Saturday night, the 14th of November, about,? o'clock. On the left side of the face and neck, on the left ear, and- on the external membrane of the left eye, there were black marks of powder. In front of the left ear there were two circular - vi , ounds, which penetrated the skull. Did not notice 'any other marks of vio lence about the body. The same evening I per formed a post mortem examination with Mr. Skid more. On removing the integuments in the neigh bourhood of the wounds there was a quantity of ex travaiatecl blood, the texture of the temporal mus cles was broken up, fro,m the openings made in the bone through the middle lobe of the brAin. The bullet had passed through the integument, over the I idge of the temporal bone, through the middle lobo of the brain to the upper and back part of the pos terior lobe, which was dark, and in which I found some shot. I havo no doubt the bullet and shot caused the death of the deceased, and he could not possibly h tve lived. I think from the direction of the wound that the person firing the' gun or pist-1 must have-been kneeling on the lft side of Simpson and somewhat in front of him. The shots pene trated opposite the orifice of the left ear, and were found at the back part of the head, showing that ;he shot went upwards and backwards. I think pawier will blabicen paper two or three yards off. I think if it had'been . a gun the shot would have gone through the brain, had there been a proper charge of powder. I am sure textrauted every shot from the brain: flungerford .... • - .... Southwark ...... • ... Ditto New of 7% P.C. Water 100......... • • • • Ditto Old Ann. of 8/. Ditto Nw ditto of 71. Vauxhall • • Name of Company William Barker, labourer at a brickyard—l work for Messrs. FletchEr and Cheethanr, at the _Alton Colliery. On Friday, the 13th of November, a s'ranger came into the brick Yard about 2 o'clock and asked me for a knife.. He had some bacon, which he threw on the fire: I lent him the knifes, and he brought -it back and thanked me. He asked me if Mr. Fletcher was about. I told him he was not. He said " Ohl" and went away m the direction of the Fabric.. I saw him for a quarter of an hour or 20 min u t e s. He was a tallish man -5 feat 8 or 9 inch e s,' very dark complex i on , and his Lair was not very stort. He had a pair of cotton _ trowsers on, dark pilot jacket, with the nap much worn, two patches on his sleeve, o ne of which hun g out. Ho had no whiskers, and appeared to ba about 39 years of aie: Ile had something under his Ift arm, under his coat; but I did not sae what it was. He had a black cloth cap, with a peak on it. I . did not notice his waistcoat, but should know hint' again if I should see him. My brother-in-law the man was a person who did not like work. His fiands were whits ; inked like lady's hands. He was marked with smallpox ;.nd slim mad .. His hair -was dark. I have not seen the man since n'r before. I did not notice his eyes. . - . - - - - -- • - Dennis Gorham., sergeant of. police, Ashover— Oa rAurning froth Aifreton Fessions on the 13th inst. I was informed that a man had been shot on the hill-top. I went to my Toting% where I saw a man named .Joseph 4ohneß, who . said he was waiting for me. I wort with Holmes to the ,junc tion of the roads, and with the aid of a lantern, I Commercial .......... Do. Preference East and West India.. Grand 3nrry D. & Canal Do. Loan Notes .... Do. 5 per cent. Pref. London .• • • .•••• • • Mt. Katharine ........ Southampton ........ Victoria .• .• •• Ditto New • • •• •• •• Name of Company. Albion •• •• •• •• • • • • •• Allianze Bri ;. and For. Ditto Nlarine ....... kthenaturn .......... Atlas .. irgus Life ... British Commercial• .. Church of England .. City of London • • Clericl.aled.St Gen. Life County .. • • •. • • • • •• • • Eagle Equity and Law...... European Life Family Endowment •• General • • . • •• •• • • •• •• Globe ...... Gresham Life 713 O: Do.. Guardian .....• Imperial Fire... •• • • •• Imperial Life Indemnity Marine.... Law Fire ............ Law Li1a............. Legal and General Life London ..... London & Prov. Law • • Marine... • • • • •• •• • • • • Med. Invlid & Gen. Life Minerva Monarch .• •• •• •• New Equitable Pelican .... • • • • •• •• •• Pheenix • • • • •• •• Professional Life• • • • Provident Life Rock Life Royal Exchange Bun Fire ..........•• Ditto Life ..... ....• United Xingdom •• Universal Life ..... Victoria Life •••• • • •• Name of Company. observed a large quantity of b'ood and brains on the road. This was about 7 o'clock. I observed a quantity of rice spilled on the ground. Holmes and I went to' Francis's, the parish constable, who accompanied me to the house where Simpson lay. I went to Mr. Milnes, the magistrate, and procured a horse and went to Alfreton, and saw Superinten dent Duncan in the street, and told him of the mur der. I think it was about 11 o'clock when I got to Alfreton. The superintendent sent a despatch to Belper, to the chief constable, and I and Mr. Duncan returned to Ashover, and proceeded to the place where the murder had been committed and wade further search. We saw footmarks opposite whero the man had been shot, just as if the man, whose footprints they were, had been right half face. Opposite to where the deceased lay, we found two pieces of wadding, one a yard from the body, and the other about two yards distant. We searched a long time for the watch and the pistol or gun, but we could not discover anything. George Duncan, superin. eudent of police, Alfre ton—On Friday night, the 13th, I met Sergeant Gorham in the street at Alfreton, and he told me a man named James Simpson had been murdered at hill-top. I left Alfreton about half-past 11, and arrived here about 1 o'clock. I got a lanter❑ and made a search, and near to the place where I saw blood I found two pieces of wadding, which I pro duce. There is no printing on the wadding. Got the assistance of some constables, but could find nothing. I received from Mr. Marshall a bullet and some swan shot, which I produce. (The bullet was completely flattened.) Paul Brailsford, Atton, a boy, 12 years of age— On Friday night I met a man on the top of the hill, about 20 minutes to 5. He was a dark-look ing man, dressed in dark clothes, with a " billy cock" on. I thought I saw a barrel inside his coat. He was about 200 yards from the three lane ends. It was just going dusk at the time. Thera were two boys with me, Thomas Haslam and John Turner, both of them older than me. There were four girls, Sarah and Ann Brailsford, Hannah Rytey, and Mary Hopkinson. The man we saw was walking on slowly towards Simpson's house. The man had short dark whiskers. A man now in custody was put in a room along with others for the purpose of identification, but the witness could n o t recogn i se any o f th e party as the person whom he saw shortly before the murder. This being the whole of 'he evidence, the jury returned a verdict of " Wilful Murder" against some person or persons unknown. Her Majesty's Government have offered a reward of 1001. for the apprehension and conviction of the murderer, and a free pardon to any accomplice not being the person who fired the shot. PRICES OF SHARES. From the Official List. PUBLISHED EVERY TUESDAY AND FRIDAY EVENING•• LONDON, TUESDAY, Nov. 24, 1857. CANALS Price.l Names of Companies. 88% 19th IPeak Forest. Regen t's • • • • Rochdale.. • • Stflrd &Wor. Stonrbridge. Severn and Wye Rail. j Warwick & Birming. 'Warwick & Napton...l Worcstr Birming. Wilts & Brki Amount of Share. 's. d. 10 0 0 Stock -25 0 0 25 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 61 0 0 5 1,8 Amount of Share. Amount of Share. X s. d. Stock. Stock. Stock. 100 0 0 100 0 0 25 0 0 Stock. 3tock. 50 0 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 PANIE S. Amount of Share. X 8. d. 500 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 1 0 0 50 0 d 100 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 MO 0 0 20 0 0 100 0 0 5 0 0 Stock. 20 0 0 100 0 0 500 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 20 0 0 5 0 0 10 0 0 G 5 0 100 0 0 5 0 0 Stock. 20 0 0 100 0 0 ANKS. Amount of Share. X S. d. 40 0 0 25 0 0 :03 0 0 50 0 0 20 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 50 0 0 20 0 0 25 0 0 20 0 0 100 0 0 10 0 0 25 0 0 25 0 0 25 0 0 15 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 Names of Companies. 93 71. p. et. 40 4/: 100 11/. +OO 61. 15s. (00 2/. pr. Ct. 10 6/. pr. et. 100 75., 6d 40 64. 100 251. ' 'OO 51. 83 1/.Bs. 143 '7Ol 100 2/. 10s. 00 161. 1100 WATER-WORKS. Dividend per Annum. 51. per cnt. tit.per cnt. 4/. per cent. 51. per cent. 4i. per cat. 51. per ent. (f. per cent. BRIDGE; Dividend per Annuth. 108 per cent .1 s 6 d o . 25 100 0 0 50 ! 0 0 100 0 0 11. 123. Od. 60 0 0 11. es. Od. 40 0 0 28s. 70 10 3 DOCKS. Dividend per Annum. 51. pr cent. 6/. pr tent. 41. per cent. 51. pr cent. 434/. per cnt. 4 per cent. N. Os per c. Dividend per Annum. 51. Os. 17s. 281. 12L 10s.I H. 16s. 10s. 7s. Od. Paid. X s. d. 100 *ll Paid. X s. d. Paid. s. d. Stock. 0000 00 0 0 5 0 0 Stock. 50 - 0 0 20 0 0 14 0 0 Paid. £ s. d. 50 0 0 11 0 0 25 0 0 all 5 15 0 25 0 0 5 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 10 0 0 10 0 0 5 0 0 5 0 0 5 0 0 all 4 0 0 " all 47 5 0 50 0 0 WI 0 0 30 0 0 2 10 0 13 0 0 2 10 0 12 10 0 2 0 0 12 13 0 2 0 0 20 0 ,co 2 0 0 4 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 o 10 0 10 0 0 0 10 0 5 10 0 10 0 0 5 0 0 'RANCE CO. Dividend per Annum. Australasia........... Bank of Egypt .... .. Bank of London ...... British North American 71. per c. 71.148.6 d. 1 ;1. p.c.& bs. Iss. 0,1. & bs i 41. per cent. 71. 10s. 71. 10s. Si. 5 pr ct.&l3s. U. per sham 18s. ss. 544 per cent. 1/. 41. per cent. 6 per cent. 51. per cent. 57. per cent IV. per cent 3t. p. ct. & bs. 2s & 2s bons 241. per sh. 4s. per share cn 13k. Ind. Aust & Ch. City . Colonial • • • • Commercial of London. Eng. Scot. & Aust. Ch. Lond. Cour. k. of Aug. DO. New .. • • London and County • • Lon. & Eastn Eckg. C. London Joint-Stock . • • Londn and Westmin3tr Nat. PrOVillCial of Eng. -- - - ...• •• •• Ditto ditto ........ Natioqr.l Bank •...•• NOW Wales .• • • Oriental Bank Corpora. Ottoman Bank ...... Provincial of Ireland • • Ditto, N ew. • • • • • • • • lonian.. • • •••••• • . • • . douth Australia Union of Australia.... Ditto . •• • • Union of Hamburg • • .. Union of London.... • . Unit y Mutual • • • • Western Bank or Londn 18s. & bs. 4% per cent 51. per cent. 51. per cent. 6 per cent 51 p. ct. 51. per cent. 51. per cent 12% per c. 7s. p. c. & be p. c & be 11. 14s. 41. & bonus. 5/..& bonus. st. & onus :NT-STOOK Dividend per Annum. cO/. per cent. 5/. per cent. 9 per cent. 4 , . per-cent. 5/. per cent. 99 71. p. c. & bs. 4t. per cent. 51. per cent. jF le/. per cent.! C?. per cent. , 28 per cent. Is per cent. IGpc. & bs il.per cent. 20'. per rent. tOl. per cent. 33. p. et.Stbs. 81. per cent. 51. per cent. 10/. per cant. 111. percent. 151. per cen.l LIST OF SCOTTISII COMPANIES' PRICES. Dividend Amcunt Name of Company. per of Paid. Price. . Annum.. Share. £ s. d. X s. d. Bank of Scotland .... 7i. per cent. 100 C 0 100 0 0 188/0s British Linen Company 81. per cent 100 0 0 100 0 0 210/0s Caledonian Bank •• . 81. per cent 10 .0 0 210 031 17s City of Glasgow Beak 51. per cent. 10 0 0 10 0 0 —i Os Clydesildle Bank •• •• 5 1. p cent. 120 0 0 10 0 0 12 108 C unnercial Bank .. 71. per cent. 1500 0 0 100 0 0 2351 0 Eastern Bank.... •• .. 61. per cent. 25 0 0 10 0 0 12; lOs Edlnb. & 3%1. p cent. 5 0 5 0 0 4/ 8s gational Bank fik, percent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 153 0 North of Scotland Bank 51. per cent 20 0 0 210 05/ 105 iloyai Bank of con. .. 5!. per cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 1311 s Union Bank of Scot. •• 8/. per cent. 100 0 0 50 0 0 801 0 Western Bank— 7/. per cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 —/ 0 kiliance Fire and Lite.. 8 1. pr cent. 100 0 0 11 0 0 17 , 1 1 11: British Guarantee .. 41. per cent. 10 0 0 2 0 0 Caledonian Fire Insur. 10i.per cent. 100 0 0 10_ 0 21 1 4 1 2 0 : City of Glasgow Lite.. 61. per cent. 25 0 0 2 3 0 0 71 Os Co'onialLife ..• •• •••• 51. per cent. 59 0 0 0 0 15 0 0 281 Os Edinburgh Life Insur. U. percent. 100 0 0 3 5 0 41 Is Eng. & Scot, Law Life 51.0er cent. 50 Life Assoc. of Scotland 61. per cent. 40 0 0 3 1 0 4 0 0 2 6 / i 1 0 5 s ationni Fire and Life 6 1 . per con t. 10 0 0 north British Insur... 71. per cont. 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 Il l l4s Northern Assarance Co. 50 0 0 2 0 0 2 1 1 7s Scottish Provincial ... • . / r cent 20 0 0 1.1) oij Scottish Union Insrne. Standard Life •••• •••• 6• _ c 7 1 no . P ont. 50 0 0 7 0 0 27115 s 53 Paid. s. d. all 18 15 0 50 0 0 all 6 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 . 0 20 0 0 all • V' 20 0 0, 50 0 0 10 J 0 20 0 0 35 0 0 10 0 0 5 0 0 22 10 0 15 0 0 25 0 0 2 10 0 3 0 0 10 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 i -= Price. 15% -- . Price Price. Price. Price. 7% •277 Price. GAS-LIGHT AND COKE COMPANIES. Dividend Amount Name of Company, per of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. -- -- £ a. d. £ a. d. British Provincial .... 71. per cent 20 0 0 all 2211 Brighton .. •• .. •• •.., 5/. per cent. 20 0 0 - 144( City of London .• •• •• 2/. per cent 150 0 0 150 0 0 Equitable.. .. ........ 2/. 50 0 0 all 40 European .... .••• • .. 6/ per cent. 20 0 0 - - Great Central .. •..... 8/. per cent 10 0 0 - lig Imperial ............ 10/. per cent. 50 0 0 - 69 Ditto New - 50 0 0 12 10 G 12 % Ditto Debentures - Stock 100 0 0 - Do. Continental 1 stCap. 31. ss. • ;SO 0 0 42 15 0 - Do. Do. 2d Cap. 4/. 15s. 50 0 0 41 0 0 - Do. Do. 3d Cap. 41. 10s. 50 0 0 43 10 0 - Do. Do. 4th Cap. 31. 50 0 0 41 0 0 - Indepenclent ... .. - London Pail. Preferen. 6/. per cent 25 0 0 - 47 Pho3nix - Ratcliff..... „....., 5/. " 20 0 0 16 0 0 -- Surrey Consumers - United General .... • l6s Od per sh. 50 0 0 - Westminster Chartered 7 per cent. 50 0 0 - 51% Ditto, New - 50 0 0 10 0 0 Western A. - Ditto B . . .. MISCELLANEOUS. Dividend Amount • Name of Company. per of Paid. Pri ee ' Annum. Share. -.L... £ a. d. £ 0. d• Acadian Charcoal Iron .. • 10 0 0 2 0 0 African Steam Steam Ship Assam Lea ......... 6'. per cent. 50 0 0 20 0 0 -' - , Auction Mart•• •• •• •• .2 1 ,0 per cent 50 0 0 - Australian Aolcultur) - 25 0 0 19 0 0 2 1 Australian Trust - Australian Royal 31101 - 10 0 0 all 1X Anglo-Mexican Mint ll. 10s. • 10 0 0 all British Ana•u*icau Laud 51. per cent 50 0 0 40 0 0 - Canada ... •• .. •• •• Do. 5 per cent Routh 51. pet cent Stock 100 0 0 -- Ditto, 5 per cent bds 5/.per cent. Stock 100 0 0 MUG, 6 per cent. • • Si. per cent. Stock 100 0 0 Ditto, 6p c. bds 1874 Cl. per cent. Stock 100 0 0 -- Ditto, 6p c. bds 1876 6/. per sent Stock 100 0 0 "- Crystal Palace •• .. . . 21. per cent 5 0 0 all I% Ditto Preference 7l pr. cent 5 0 0 5 0 0 3 % Crys. Palace of France - 4 0 0 all "-- City Navigation Bonds 3341. per cent - - -- Electric Telegraph Eng.&Aus. Cop. Smelt. - 5 0 0 all 1% Eng.&lris. slag. T. Co. - 50 0 0 all - Equitable Iteversionry 5l per cent. 100 0 0 110 0 0 10 5 Ditto New ...., - 50 0 0 22 10 0 -- Gen. Revers. & Invest. 51. p c and 11 100 0 0 100 0 0 - Gen. I. Sc. Col. (Lim.) - 25 0 0 all -- Gen•SteamNavigation 10/. per ct. & 15 0 0 14 0 0 '- London Gen. Omnibus 121. per cent 4 0 0 all ' 3 % Hudson's 8ay...". •• 5/. per cent. Stock Stock - 11ungerford Lon. Ne. &Na. Maus° - •10 0 0 all •-• London Reversionary Si. per cent. 15 0 4." all - Mex. & S. American - 10 0 0 all - Nat. Discount Comp - 25 0 0 5 0 0 2%, N.S.W. Gov.sp.c. Deb. 51. per eent. - 100 0 0 - Nor. Bri. Australasian 6d. 1 0 0 all %_ North of Europe, Stm. 81. per cent. 20 0.0 17 10 0 - Prlce'sratent Cana. Co - 29 0 0 all - P eel River.Land&Min. - 5 0 0 all Pen. & Oriental Steam 71. per cent 50 0 0 ' all 73% Ditto New .... -. . - 50 0 0 10 0 0 - Reversionary Int. Soc. 434 1. pr cent 100 0 0 all - Ditto New •• .• •• •• i 3/. pr cent. 100 0 0 26 0 0 :7 34 Royal Mail Steam G. p. share. 100 0 0 6(' 0 0 54 % Scottish Aus. Invest 15/. per cent. 1 0 0 All South Australian Land 71. per cent. 25 0 0 all 31% Trust and Loan Comp. 744... pr cent. 20 0 0 5 0 0 --: Van Diemen's Land los. 100 0 0 28 10 0 9 ....... D 0.6 per cent. Buds. 6 per cent. - - Country Markets. EDINBURGH HAY AND STRAW MARKET Nor. 24. Supplies of all kinds these last six days large. Oat straw, from 7s Od to 10s Qd per kemple of 16 stones tron ; wheat do., 7s Od. to 9s ; barley do., 6s Od to 10 6d. Hay from 10d to 12d. EDINBURGH MEAL—Nov. 24. There were in the market to•day 11 sacks oatmeal, each weighing 2801 b imperial, which sold at 34e Od and —a. DALKEITH MEAL 'MARKET—Nov. 23. There were in the market to-day 5 bags of oatmeal, oof barleymeal, and 0 pot barley. Sales dull. Oatmeal, per sack of 2801bs First. ISeCond. Thir d. imperial Barleymeal, per ditto -s Od --s Od - 5 "" Peasemeal, per ditto Flour, new, per ditto —s Od —s Od --s °„1 Pot-barley, new, per ditto —s Od s Od.—s -mg DUBLIN, Nov. 24. We had reathor a steadier market to-day. Wheat and barley moved off at about Friday's currencies, but oats were 3d to 6d cheaper. Indian corn, even in retail, is is to 2s lower, and a considerable reduction would be sub• mitted to in order to move a quantity. White wheat, 28i Od to 30s Od ; red ditto, 25s Od to $7O 6d; ditto new, —s Od; barley, malting, 14s to 18s 6d; grind ing, —a to —s ; oats, old, 12s to 14s 6d; ditto, new, — 0 Oct to —s ; oatmeal, 14s Gil to 15s; bore, new,. 14s to 151 Od ; rapese d, 23s Od to 25s Od per brl ; bakers- flour, 17s Od to 23s Gd per cwt; Indian corn, 30i 6d to 33s 6d rr 180 lbt. • BRISTOL SUGALR—NoV. 25. The sugar market, con ti nues very depressed, and the transactions since our last report have been -very limited. There is some demand for refiners produce, which sells at easy rate.. The stock 'of - rum is quite exhausted. COAL MAR). Prices of Coals per ton a, s. d. Wood's West Hartley —.15 0 8 Wylam • Cassop 19 0 Wallsend, &c. Nixon's Duffryn. 21 0 Acorn Close Kelloe 18 6 Main ... ..16 0 Whitworth l6 0 Framwellgate IS 6 Plummer l7 OiJesmond l6' 6 .—Nov. 25. the close of the market Walleend, &e. Ships at market, ;, 33 ; sold, 25, LOCAL SHARE MARKET'S. LIVERPOOL, Nov. 25. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The transactions to-day wer e active and the market well attended. North British, 114 —Low on and North Western, 93i—Ditto, A Shares, 1 Grand South Eastern, 1$ 5-16 -- Eastern Counties , 10 i Trunk of Canada, 84—Royal Insurance , 2i p.—Midlands, 80$ - Sheffields, 353 2—Lancaster and Carlisle, 72—Dutch Rhenish, 61 c.—Birkenhead, 62I—North Eastern, wicks, 22g. 22i. MANCHESTER, Nov. 25. STOCK EXCEIANGE. The market opened firm to-day, the transactions have been moderate, and prices closed at an improvement. Caledonian, 36i—Dovers, 18 —Eastern Counties, 10, 1 ,—London and North Western, 931 - Midlands, 81A—Sheffields, 35 i—Blackburn, 81 -East Lancashire, 87—Leeds, 88i —Grand Trunk of Canada, 8 11-16. BIRMINGHAM, NOY. 25. STomc EXCHANGE. —Prices in the market generally depressed from the rates of yesterday, and little business doing. . . ' , NEWSPAPER IN VIENNA.—The editors of the news• papers of Vienna assembled a few days ago, in presence of a functionary of the department of police, to deliberate on what should be done with regard to the new stamp duty, and they unanimously came to an agreement to suppress their evening editions; they also were all, with the exc.-ption of the representatives of the Zeit, of opi nion that they must increase the annual subscription. [AuvEarisenzwr.]—The greatest happiness of a journalist is to introduce to his readers some new discovery calculated to benefit that vast portion of our .fellow Great ures which has the strongest claims upon o u r sympathies. It is with this feeling that we call the attention of invalids to the following extracts from Du Barg 's interesting Report of Cures without medicine of Indigestion (Dyspepsia), Flatulency, Constipation, Nervous, Bilious, and Liver eomplaints, ,Cough, Asthma, Consumption, and Debility, by Du Barry's Rove lenta Arahica. Food. Cure No. 180. —Twenty-five 'years' ner vousness, constipation, indigestion, and debility, from .which I had suffered great misery, and which no medicine could remove or relieve, 'have been effectually cured by Du Barry's food in a very short time.—W. R. Reeves, 181, Fleet-street, London. Cure No. 1,784.—N0t expected to live six days longer, I was cured by Du Barry's admirable Health-restoring Arabica Food.—Magdalena Purvis, Moffat, Scotland. Cure No. 5,461. —Sixty, years' partial paralysis, affecting one-half of my frame, and which had resisted all other remedies, has yielded to:Du Barry's Health-restoring Food,and I now con sider myself a stranger to all complaints excepting a hearty old age. —Wm Hunt, barrister-at-law, King's Colhge,Cambridge. Supported by testimonials from the celebrated Professors Of Chemistry, Dr. Andrew Ure ; Dr. Shorland ; Dr. Harvey ; Dr. Campbell ; Dr. Gattiker ; Dr. Wurzer; Dr. lagram; Lord Stuart de Decies; the Dowager Countess of Capt stuart ; Mcjor-Gen. Thomas King, and many other respectable persons, whose health has been restored by it, after all .their means of cure had failed. Suitably packed with• full in structions. In canisters, 11b, 2s. 9d. ; 21b, 4s. 6d. ; $lll,- 11s ; 121 b, 22 5. Th e 121 b canisters are sent eark;iage ft eo, on receipt of Post-Office order.—Barry Du Barry, & Co., 77, Regent-street, London. IMPORTANT CAUTION against the fearful dangers of spurious imitations :—Tho Vice-Chancel lor , Sir William Page Wood, granted an Injunction on the 10th March, 1851, against Alfred Hooper Nevill, for imitating " Du Barry's Revaleu t a Arabica Food." BIRTHS. OF A SOF• On the 24th inst., at 20, Quecn's•gardens, Hydo-park, the wife of Robert Mallat.y, Esq. On he 21th iusf., at Kingsdown House, near Dover, )r'• Sydenham Clarke. OF A DAUGHTER. On tho 24th inst., at Queen's-gardens, Hyde-park, tL• • wife of Chr. Stuart Hawkins, Esq , of Buttville, Dev.on. Oa the 24th inst., at 12, Cavendish-square, John Deacon, Esq. MARRIED. On the 25th inst., at Christ Church, Bayswater, JugeP ll Tringhani PAvell, Esq., of Charles-street, Berkeley-squa re, second son of Henry Powell, Esq., to Fanny Mati'da, the daughter of Frederick Clarkson, Esq., of 53, Cleveland-eq.,. Hyde-park. DIED. '3% - On the 24th inst , at 1, Terrace, St. He.ier's, Sir Moroni Le Breton, Chief Magistr a t e of the Island of Jersey, aged 66. On the 25th inst. , at 13, Holles•street, Cavendish - sq Charles Craddo k, Esq., of 6, Chapel-i lace. On the 25th inst., at Streatham; Surrey, Miss Mary Jan° Drew, aged 68. On the 2 4 th iust., Win Frederick Nassau, Esq., o f St. Osyth Priory, Essex, ag d 58, On the 24th inst., in Upper Bedford-dace, John Samuel Gowland, Es 1., of Cagebrook, Herefordshire, aged 84. On the 234 inst., after three days' illness, Mark Lock* wool, Esq., of Highbury-place, and Stationer's-hall -court, aged 60. On the 23d inst., at High-street, Deptford, James Preston. Esq., aged 89. LONDON ; Plinted and Published by MURDO YOUNG. of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun Office, Nr' 112, Strand, in tho Precinct of the Savoy, in th• County of Middlesex, Thursday, November 20, 1857• 1 - , 9 T LONDON, THITitSbA r EVENINQ, ‘ - '1"+10V - Eil,i'ETR 26,