The Sun. — London, England, 1857-12-19 00:00:00

ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. NORTHERN CIRCUIT.—DURHA.3I, DEC. 17. (Before Mr. Justice Crompton.) John Hodgson, aged 29, aid Samuel Cook, aged 24, were indicted for a garotte robbery at West Hartlepool, on the 13th of October last, and steal ing a purse and 2/. 19s. 6d. from Mr. David flume. Mr. Price prosecuted, and Mr. Davison de fended the prisoners. It appeared that about half-past 10 o'clock on the night in question, Mr. David Hume, the pro. secutor, was returning home from the Athe . nurn in West Hartlepool, whereheedd been delivering a lecture. On his way he a cry close to him of " Hallo, I say I" and. turning round to see what it was, a man's arntwa.s suddenly thrown round his neck, and the person doing it struck his knee in his back and rendered him powerless. At the same instant another man rifled his pockets of his purse, containing two sovereigns and 19s. 6d. in silver. The man who had got the money then ran away. The other man held him about half a minute until the other had got some little distance, and then loosed hold of him and also ran. The prosecutor immediately followed, and never lost sight of either of them, and was perfectly certain as to the indentity of both the prisoners. He was perfectly cool and sober at the time, and although the robbery was only the affair of a moment he distinctly saw the man wha robbed him, who was the prisoner Cook, and he was within two yards of the other man when he followed him. Meeting the police they were both taken into custody. The defence was set up that the prisoners were not clearly identified. The jury found both the prisoners guilty, and His lordahip sentenced them to be imprisoned 15 calendar months with hard labour. The rest of the day was occupied in trying Mint cases and charges of a trivial nature. The grand jury were discharged to-night, and His lordship, in dismissing them, said he had been occupied-two clays aiding the magistrates to try cases usually tried at quarter sessions, while the real assize business would probably occupy him when he ought to be trying prisoners in Northum berland. His lordship to-night sat late in order to dispose of as many of the lighter cases as possible. MIDDLESEX SESSIONS—Dec. 19. (Before Mr. Creasy, at Clerkenwell.) Hugh Brady, formerly a constable of the H divi sion, who had been brought iu custody from Dub lin upon a judge's warrant to take his trial, was in dicted with George Queenby, police-constable 125 H, who surrendered, for having, on July Bth last, unlawfully and maliciously inflicted grievous bodily harm upon Diedrich Rathgen. The prosecutor upon the present occasion, it will be remembered, was tried for an assault upon the two constables, now the defendants, and acquitted, on the ground that they had been guilty of bruta lity to him, and had acted greatly in excess of their duty. Brady was allowed to resign ; Queenby was retained, pending this trial. Mr. Sleigh, who defended the prosecutor on his trial, and Mr. Lawrence were for the prosecution ; Mr. Metcalfe appeared for Brady, and Mr. Ribton defended Queenby. Mr. Sleigh, in opening the case, said it involved an inquiry of the gravest possible character, both as regarded the interests of the public at large, and the conduct of the police force of the metropolis. That force was composed of a body of men who were ex- posed to considerable danger in the discharge of their duty, and the law very properly surrounded them with great protection, and inflicted severe pu nishment on persons who improperly interfered with them or prevented their performing their office ; but, on the other hand, when they were found abusing the powers which were vested in them, the law also afforded the means of bringing them to pu nishment. In this case he was afraid he should have to lay before the jury such a state of facts as could leave no doubt that the two defendants had been guilty of most disgraceful conduct, first to a married w•man, and then to her husband when the latter threatened to report such conduct at the station, inflicting such injury upon him that he was disabled for many weeks, and was still suftiring from the effects of their violence. If this were proved the jury would do their duty and find them guilty, without regard to the con sequences, although they were officers charged with the protection of the property and interests of the public. The Prosecutor—l am a bag-maker, and reside at No. 9, Old Montague-street, Whitechapel. I have resided there some years, and my name is on the outer door. On the Bth of July last I went with some friends to a German festival held at Highbury-barn, and I, my wife, her sister, and friends returned home in cabs between 3 and 4 next morning. We all got out near Whitechapel Church, about four minutes' walk from my house. A young woman was with us, and my wife and her sister went to see her home. While waiting for their return I heard an altercation in Hope-street, close to my house, and on going there I found the , defendant Brady, the policeman on duty, and my wife and her sister. My wife complained to me that Brady had insulted her, and had thrown her cape over her head. She said he bad called her a soliciting prostitute. I said " Why did you do that 1" He said " What is that to you: I'll give you a spank on the face." I then told my wife to come home. A young man named Conrad was with us. He lives in our house, and we all four went in together. As we were leaving Hope street Queenby came up. I had not struck or done anything to Brady. Nothing occurred till we were inside my house. When Queenby came up I said I had got Brady's number and should report him. When we went in Conrad shut the gate and was leaning upon it. Both defendants camo up to the gate. I was standing in the passage with my pocketbook in my hand, writing the number of Brady, but before I could do so I was struck a blow on the head with a truncheon. I cannot say which did it, but both rushed into the passage at the same time. Conrad came in bleeding . He had been struck on the head and elbow by Brady, and he ran upstairs. The de fendants broke down the gate. (It was produced.) When they rushed in I received several blows on the head, but I could not see, for my eyes were filled with the blood flowint , from my h .ad. Sotce how I got up and laid hold of Brady's truncheon, when the other defendant struck me six times on the arm. I struggled with Brady from the passage to the kitchen, and held on to the truncheon to save my life, but was compelled at last to let it go ; and Brady then gave me a blow on the top of the head, and I fell down from the effect of it. Both of them then went out into the street. I remained inside some minutes, and. then went out to go to the station to complain. I got as far as the corner, but, finding I was covered with blood, I went back to get it wiped. The defendants were then in Old. Montague-street, and I told them I should go tol the station, when they laid hold. of me and said they should lock me up. They did so, and charged me with having assaulted them with a poker. I did not do anything of the kind. The doctor came and cut the hair from my head where I was hurt. I was detained half-an-hour, and was then bailed out. I appeared at the police-court to answer their charge, but was so bad that the magistrate ordered me to betaken to the hospital. I was an in-patient till the 23d July, but was under medical care some time after, and now feel the effects of the blow. sometimes it is so bad that I nearly faint. I was tried in this court for assaulting them, but ac quitted on the evidence of my witnesses. I then charged them. Mrs. Ratbgen gave evidence fully bearing out that of her husband. As to the cause of the affair she said • —Wben.l returned from taking the girl home 1 saw Brady at the bottom of Ely-place. He followed us to the top of Hope-street, when he came up behind me and threw my black cloth mantle over my head. I said, "What have you done that for ?" He said, " You know what I did it for." I said, " I don't understand you, sir." He said, "1 knOw you, and if you don't go on I'll lock you up." I said, " I have lived in my house over the way eight years, and you cannot lock me up, for I've done nothing." 113e m a i tad di "Yo u . are out soliciting prostitution." I an " I'll take as I got very excited at such at that m i. o n take your number and repo r t y ou ," and up and tout them a my husband and Conrad cam e e what he had said. My husband took me bytiur told me to go indoors, and said he would r eir ,,, t al e Qaeenby came up, and I told him of Brady', co Z in three or four minutes He told me to be off home, and we went hom e _ i n pay came up to the door. • The rest of her evidence was With assault—precisely th e same accoun t to her an ,that given by the prosecutor. Emma Roberts, Mrs. Rathgen's --ter, who w with her when Brady thre w u p her mantle, and said she was soliciting prostitution , entirely e r: fi n _ rad her account of what bad occurred, an rad Wendenbeim gave evidenc e as to the assa ult upon the prosecutor and himself. • Mr. Adams, surgeon at the London Hos p ital, stated that he attended to Mr. Rathgen on his ad mission tolhat institution, and found that he had a severe laceratio n o f th e scalp, which was cut in three or. four pla ces . He left on the 33d July , b u t the "unda Were not then healed, and he was a n out patient. • • The cross-examination of the witnesses was founded upon the evidence g iven by the defendants on the former trial—to the effect that,.Brady in the first instance civilly asked the parties, who had been drinking and were making a noise in the street at an advanced hour of the morning, to go home ; 1 his observations by calling upon the magistrate to dismiss the summons. The matter was ultimately settled by the defen dant making an apology, and paying the costs. that he was struck by the prosecutor with a poker and that Queenby went to render him that assist ance which he was bound to give a brother officer under such circumstances, when he also was as saulted with the poker, but the facts given in evi dence were not in any degree varied, although there were some minor discrepancies as to certain parts of the transaction. Mr. Metcalfe addressed the jury at length on be half of Brady, who, he said, had served creditably in the police force, in the Bth Hussars, and the Land Transport Corps in the Crimea, having left the police to join that service, and was again re ceived into the force. He contended that it was clear upon the evidence that there were grounds for the constable interfering—to induce disorderly persons to go home, and that he used his staff only after he had been struck with a poker, as he had solemnly sworn upon his oath, supported by the testimony of the other defendant. Mr. Ribton, on behalf of Queenby, urged that whatever view the jury might take of the case against Brady, it was totally different with respect to his client, who had nothing to dowith the original cause of quarrel, and acted, as he considered, properly in aiding a brother officer whom he believed, and knew, indeed, to have been assaulted, and was as saulted himself. He dwelt with great force upon the circumstance of both defendants having sworn to their account of the occurrence, and submitted that they were as much entitled to be believed as the witnesses now brought against these. Queenby was entitled to his acquittal if the jury thought he acted in the honest belief that he was rendering proper assistance to his fellow-officer. Several sergeants and an inspector of the H divi sion gave each defendant an excellent character as an efficient and well-conducted officer. The regi mental sergeaut-major of the Land Transport Corps spoke of Brady while in the Crimea as a quiet, well behaved man. Mr. Creasy summed up with great care and mi nuteness. He said the importance of the case could not be well exaggerated, and drawing the distinc tion between the conduct of Brady and that of Queenby, as deposed to by the witnesses, told the jury that Queenby ought to be acquitted if they really believed that at the time he was acting under the impression that he was aiding a brother constable who had been Mused. The jury retired, and, after some consideratiop, they came into court with a verdict of guilty against Brady, and not guilty with respect to Queenby, whom, nevertheless, they censured for not restraining the violence of his brother con stable. Mr. Creasy said he would consult the Assistant- Judge as to what sentence should be passed upon Brady. orders not to deliver the coal without receiving payment, and, in obedience to them, drove back with it, passing, on his return, through the Ken sington-gate, where a second toll was demanded. The driver of the waggon produced his ticket, but was not allowed to go through till, as he had no money, he gave the toll-keeper an empty coal sack for the toll. Both gates belonged to the Kensington turnpike trust. Mr. Dayman said in reading the act the words were in favour of the complainant, but he really thought the legislature had intended that the same vehicle going and returning loaded should pay two bills. He would, however, take time to consider the point, and accordingly adjourned the summons for that purpose. BOW-STREET.—Thomas Pickering, a tall, strong-looking man, of respectable appearance, de scribed as a private in the Grenadier Guards, and wearing a profusion of beard, was brought before Mr. Jardine upon a warrant, charging him with having sent a letter to His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, containing threatening lang uage in reference to Augustus Frederick Foley, a colonel in the Grenadier Guards. The letter was put in evidence, and read by Mr. Burnaby, the chief clerk. It was as follows : " Dec. 12, 1857. " Your Royal HiglinesQ,—l am informed by Colon& Pipon that you can adopt no further proceedings in the matter before Major Foley and myself, therefore leaving no other course open to me but that of wild revenge, When my case is before the public, I question if your royal highness will hold so high a position in the minds of the people as at present. You have in my case pro tected an officer against a man most unjustly. All that I have accused Foley of is the truth, and you know that— the blackest part being that of a liar as well as a robber. " I may add, my only reason for not taking the law into my own hands at the time the event occurred, was to see if it was possible for a man to get any justice when opposed to an officer ; and there is none. But as I have said from the first, I will have justice at any cost. — I am your humble servant, " T. PICKERING. " You need not trouble anyone to answer this." Defendant—l admit that I addressed that letter to his Royal Highness. It is my writing. Colonel Foley examined—l am a colonel in the Grenadier Guards. The prisoner was a private in the same regiment. He was discharged by his own request. I received the letter produced from his Royal Highness the day before yesterday, and I am apprehensive of the threat contained therein. Defendant—My object in writing that letter was simply to bring my case before the public. O❑ the 6th of December, 1855, while I was on duty in the Crimea, Colonel Foley directed a body of armed men to rob me of a sovereign. I have never since been able to get any redress, and I wrote that letter on purpose to get apprehended. Col. Foley has written letters upon this subject to the Secre tary-at-War, containing statements wholly untrue. I only require the matter to be investigated. Colonel Foley—His complaint has been already submitted to the authorities, and fully investigated. Mr. Jardine—l have no doubt of that. Such matters are generally inquired into, and the pri soner should have been content to abide by the de cision. As to getting his case before the public, no advantage would be likely to result to him from that. As public opinion is nowconstituted it would no doubt agree with the conclusions formed by the tribunal appointed with the public sanction, to in vestigate such matters. At all events I cannot listen to your nonsense about an officer setting on a body of armed men to rob you, and the public are too sensible to believe it either. You have been very foolish, and got yourself into a serious scrape, for you will have to find sureties to keep the peace. Defendant—l can offer no sureties except my own. THE JEUIFOSSE TRIAL. FOURTH DAY. This affair was continued yesterday, before the Court of Assizes for the Eure. Theevidence for the prosecution having closed on the preceding day, M. Berryer said that a number of witnesses had been summoned in behalf of the prisoners, but that he would only call very few. He then examined Mme. Duclos and M. Leblanc. The latter, director of the prison at Gaillon, deposed that Mme. Jeufosse was virtuous, pious, and charitable, and had brought up her daughter carefully. A woman named Lan fray, who had been four years in the service of the lady, declared that never did she allow her daugh ter or Laurence to go out alone, and that the daughter had always slept in her mother's chamber. M. Lefebvre-Durufle, a gentleman of property of Evreux, stated that he was on a visit at the chateau when it was !discovered that the apartments had been entered, and that dirt had been cast on the portrait of Mme. de Jeufosse's husband ; also, that he had been with that lady when in her drives she had gone out of her way to avoid Guillot. M. Miguel, receiver of registration dues, gaie Guillot a very bad character, and said that he had had the impudence to pay attention to witness's wife ; he spoke highly of the Jeufosse family ; and added that he knew it had sustained great losses in the revolution. Some witnesses described Crepel as a quiet, well-conducted man. M. Cresson, advocate of Mme. Guillot, then pleaded at considerable length in support of the indictment. He main tained that, from a review of all the circumstances of the case, it could not be doubted that Guillot had conceived a violent passion for Blanche de Jeufosse, and that he had secret correspondence and interviews with her; that her mother and brothers having become acquainted with this, were so deeply wounded intheirfainilypride that they resolved to be avenged ; that they with premeditation planned the killing of the man ; and that it was Crepel who on their instigation and by their encouragement did the deed. In the course of his speech he made some very severe comments on the two young men, especially the elder; he described Mlle Blanche as ill brought up and ill educated ; and he dwelt on the brutality which he said had been displayed by Mine, Jeufosse in not causing anythin g to be done for Guillot when lying in the agony of death in her grounds. M. Berryer, advoeate - sof Mme. de Jeufosse, next rose and said : "My client, gentlemen, is ac cused of being an accomplice in this affair, but she presents herself before you through me as the prin cipal author of the act reproached against her ; she desires that my voice shall be raised the first, not so much to justify herself as to cover by her re sponsibility the other prisoners. It is to protect what is dearest to her in the world, the honour of her daughter, she now invokes my voice. It was by her .rder that a man's hand was armed, and if her sons excited the vigilance of that man, a servant, it was because they respect their mother ! It is then to her that all responsi bility must ascend, and she now tells you that she fully accepts the responsibility ! Yes, gentlemen, it is she who supported the cruel, the terrible conflict in which she so long lived, — a conflict of upright, and maternal sentiments, of dignity and honour, against infamy, with which it was endeavoured to stain the chastity of her house ! From respect to Madame Guillot, here present, I will not enterinto disgusting details, but I must tell you that Madame de Jeufosse was con stantly menaced, attacked in her repose, and in her dignity, was, so to speak, besieged in her own house, and consequently not only possessed the right of legitimate defence of her family and her household, but was placed under the necessity of exercising it ! That right I maintain was incon testable, that necessity I shall show was impera tive 1" The learned gentleman then went on to argue that it was clear from the evidence that after persecuting Mdlle. Laurende, the governess, and being very properly repulsed by her, Guillot paid attention to Male. Blanche ; but Mdlle. Blanche told her mother, and had never given him any en couragement. It was in consequence of that dis closure, and of something which Guillot had said at his club at Gaillon, that Madame de Jeufosse determined to break off her acquaintance with him ; but in order not to compromise her daughter in any way, she desired to do so as quietly as possible. " What, however," asked the learned counsel, "was the conduct of Guillot I Was it that of a man who, being engaged in an intrigue with an innocent young person, sought silence and mystery ? No—it was a series of odious manoeuvres to compromise the Jeufosse family. To do so, he climbed over walls—that is to say, , violated an enclosure, a domicile, an inviolable asylum ; and he acted so in order to cause noise and scandal—be did it in order to be seen—he made marks in the snow, and blew his horn, in order that none might doubt that it was he I And under such circumstances could it be maintained that his client had not the right to protect her household, as she would have protected her crops, her fruit trees, or other things of comparatively little value ?" After dwelling at some length on the manner in which Guillot had persecuted Mlle. Blanche ; and after stating that Mme. de Jeufosse could not, as had been suggested, excite her sous to fight him in a duel, since that would have been risking the honour of one child and the lives of the others, the learned counsel went on to contend that Mme. de Jeufosse was under the necessity of pre about the chateau at means by which she could night,ventin g an G d u t il h l a o t t t f h ro e m on h l a y ng u ! do so was by instructing her gamekeeper to fire at him ; yet before giving the order to do so she had caused an examining magistrate to be aske 1 if she had t he right to do it, and was answered in the affir mative. Arriving at the shooting of Guillot, M. Berryer said that hiselienthadtobeen whenreproached he f f e t l t fur not having given assistance wounded. " But what could she do ? Was it possible that she could have the bleeding body brought into the chateau, to be seen by Blanche and the governess 1 Besides, she was distracted, and she had cried to one of - the witnesses, ' Oh, do everything ! Act as the master here ! lam the most unfortunate of women, the most afflicted of mothers !' What had happened," continued the learned gentleman, "was a great misfortune, no doubt, but was it not caused by the victim himself ? Have you not heard that he took pleasure in brand ing the innocence of Mdlle. de Jeufosse ? Have you not seen that though he pretended to love her, he had described her to every one he knew, e ven per sons of the lowest class of society, as a m ost aban doned character ? And yet she never gave him the slightest encouragement, none ; she never wrote him a word, for, if she had, it would have been produced. But suppose that she were guilty --" Here Mute. de Jeufosse exclaimed, " Oh, never, sir !" "I beg your pardon, madame, but let me suppose for a moment that Blanche was guilty, and even then I say that her mother was under the necessity of defending her. She, however, was pure, and was it not the duty of her mother to pro tect her character ?" M. Berryer then proceeded - to argue that Mine. de Jeufosse, in causing lot to be fired at, was acting in her legi timate de fence, inasmuch as Art. 329 of the Penal Code sa ys that " resista nce to a forcible en trance, a Gu nocturnal entrance," is legitimate ; and he again asked if what was justifialde for protection of pro perty was not infinitely more so for the protection of a daughter's honour? He reminded the jury that a husband has in all countries in the world the right of killing his wife found in adultery, and her lover as well ; and he asserted that a parent had an equal right, and the solemn duty of defending the honour of her children. After speaking in eulo gisthicertelromsgs, he said in ofMme.Guillotconclusion and :e_xprqesknsinogwrethroatt for you will declare that no crime, no offence has t been co mmitted—that no culpability exists : bu after y o ur verdict, what will be the existence of this mo ther and her daughter ? I see i n it sorrow c urable and of immeasurable dep th 1 Oh, you will feel as I do that there is a victim who deserves more regret than the husband —more even than his unhappy widow, whose heatt I pray God may be s bleedpar l edthe ,, tortures which cause that of this mother to When the learned gentleman r esumed his seat, l o ud cries of " Bravo, bravo," bro ke , forth from all parts of the court. Advocate-GeneralThe pr e p e r . The Court then adjourned. declared tha t such mani festations w erem Mr. Jardine—You must enter into your own re cognisances in 801., and provide two sureties of 401. each to keep the peace towards Colonel Foley and all her Majesty's subjects for twelve months. A voice in the crowd exclaimed " I'll be one," but the individual who spoke, and who afterwards addressed the court upon a grievance of his own, was evidently suffering under some mental delu sion, and was gently handed out by direction of the magistrate. A short, well-dressed man, who gave the name of Thomas Mark Wheeler, and described himself as a gentleman, although better known as the Se cretary of a National Friend-in-need Association, carrying on its operations in the Exeter Change, Upper Wellington-street, Strand, was charged with a violent and cowardly assault upon Mrs. Lilly, a respectable married woman. The complainant said that she was walking quietly through the Change, between 7 and 8 o'clock the previous evening, when the defendant came up to her and put his arms round her neck. She resented this insult by pushing him from her, upon which he struck her a violent blow, twisted ' her arm, and knocked her down. He was evidently drunk. A lad who happened to be in the Change at the time, deposed that he witnessed the assault. There was a ladder in the Change and the defendant pushed the complainant over it and struck her after she was upon the ground. He fell with her. The defendant said he had been drinking rather too freely, there having been a wedding in his family. The complainant's statement, however, was exagge rated. She fell, he did not knock her down. The fact was, owing to a railway accident which hap pened to him a few years ago, a little drop took a serious effect upon him. So he must pay what ever fine his worship might choose to fix. To the astonishment of the defendant, however, Mr. Jardine committed him to prison for one month, without the option of a fine, he having been before in custody. LAMBETH.—Richard Birken, a well-dressed man of respectable appearance, was charged before the Hon. G. C. Norton with knocking violently at the door of a Mrs. Smith, on the night before, and disturbing the neighbourhood. The complainant deposed that at a late hour on the preceding night the prisoner thundered so violently at her street door that the whole neigh bourhood was disturbed, and many persons awoke from their sleep in perfect alarm, believing it to be a fire. Mr. Norton—What did he knock at your door for ? Witness—For his wife, sir. He thought she was there, and demanded her ; but she was not. Mr. Norton—Did she live at your house ? Witness—She was compelled to leaits her husband on account of his ill-treatment and drunkenness. Mr. Norton—ls the wife here ? Witness—She is, sir, and she wishes to ask for your protection. The wife, a decent•looking woman, said she had suffered a perfect martyrdom from the prisoner, who was a lazy, drunken, and violent person, and she was determined not to submit to his cruelty any longer. He had been in the habit of taking knives and forks to bed with him and pl icing them under his pillow, so that she did noc know the moment when he would take it into his head to cut - throat or stab her to the heart. The prisoner here imploringly begged that his wife would forgive him, saying he would conduct himself kindly and properly for the future. Mx. Norton replied that ho certainly should not part with him so easi;y, and ordered him to find bail for his good conduct for six months. SOUTHWARK.—Frederick Diefke, a man with sandy hair and moustaches and light complexion, stated to be a native of Berlin, was charged with having in his possession a gold watch, chain, and fancy clock, a dressing-case, several articles of jewellery, wearing apparel, and other property of considerable value, supposed to have been stolen and obtained fraudulently from various tradesmen about the metropolis. Bell, a detective officer, stated that on the pre vious evening, from information he received, he went to a house in Elizabeth-street, Dover-road, which was tenanted by the prisoner, and met him as he was going out. He told him he wanted him on a charge of being concerned in stealing a large quantity of jewellery, watches, vita wearing appa rel. He made no answer, and witness took him into custody. On him he found a new gold watch and chain, and a pocket-book containing two pass ports and several memoranda. In searching the house he discovered a dressing - case handsomely fitted up, two lady's companions, a fancy clock, a small timepiece, a geld locket and chain, a pair of bracelets, two valuable parasols, several fancy woollen shirts, drawers, rd towels, 14 silk hand kerchiefs, 2 coats, and other articles—all of which were quite new. Bell informed his worship that he had no doubt the prisoner belonged to a gang of Prussian swell mob who had been in Londan about 6 months, carrying on a successful system of plunder among jewellers and all sorts of trades people. They took houses in respectable neigh bourhoods, and kept up a very fashionable appear ance. The wife of the prisoner was examined at Bow-street, on Wednesday, for stealing an um brella from a shop in the Strand, value 305., and on Tuesday a Prussian female, who gave the name of Betsey Euston, was charged with stealing a dia mond ring, worth twelve guineas, from the shop of a jeweller in the Railway-arcade. Witness was in possession of such facts about her as left no doubt she was connected with the gang. She re sided up to the time of the robbery with the pri soner, and one of the passports in his possession was hers, and his real name was Poulmau ; he was a native of Berlin. Witness also believed that he should not only be able to trace more of the gang with the assistance of the Berlin detective police who were in London, but find a great deal of other valuable property, consequently he asked his wor ship for a remand. The magistrate accordingly remanded the case until Thursday next. TURNING THE TABLES.—We learn that, if Lord Shaf tesbury's Act be passed and cline into operation, a Chris tian Mission will at once be started in Islington, where for so many years the "Gospel a :cording to Calvin and Luther" has had undisputed sway. High Churchmen have acted on the defensive long enough ; some of them at all events are now prepared to adopt another policy. Their work wiil be strictly of a missionary character amid the swamps of ultra-Yrotestaut misbelief, and we dially wish them success.--UnWa• HAMMERSMITH.—James Fawcett, toll col lector at the Kensington gate, was charged with having demanded and taken toll which had been already paid. • The facts of the case were these ;—A waggon of coal, belonging to the Clay Cross Coal Company, I was driven tl uoug h th e E ar l' s - cour t b ar on it s way 'to Pimlico, and toll was paid on it. The man bad ZHE SI7N _L 0 N WON, SATURD _ EVEN XN G, D E B E -R 19, POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—Dec. 19. MANSION-HOUSE.—Frederick William Web ster, a broker, was charged before the Lord Mayor with robbery under the following circumstances : W. Henry Clarke—l am an accountant and re side at 5, Brunswick-square. In the early part of October last I employed the prisoner to value some office furniture, at No. 1, Anchor-alley. He noticed a quantity of charcoal there, and asked if it was for sale. I replied that it had been consigned to me from Ireland for that purpose • that he might take a- sample of it, and if he could get a customer I would let him know the price. He accordingly took a sample. I paid him for his valuation, and saw nothing further of him till I received from him a note, on which were the words " credit charcoal 55." with his signature. I then ascertained from the landlord of the premises that the prisoner had taken away the charcoal, which he had no autho rity to do. • The Lord Mayor inquired how much charcoal there was, and its value. Prosecutor—There were about 20 bushels. It is a new smokeless charcoal, and it cost me about 2/. for its package and freight from Ireland. I met the prisoner in the street an hour ago and gave him into custody. Prisoner—My lord, I can prove, I am sure, to your entire satisfaction that he gave me authority to sell the charcoal, and the reason why he has given me into custody is that I have taken out a summons against him for U. lls., the balance of my charge of two guineas. The case is to come off at Wandsworth County Court to-morrow, and he wants to prevent my being there to establish my claim. (To the prosecutor.) Did you not give me authority to sell the charcoal by auction ? Prosecutor—Certainly not. Prisoner—The night previous to the sale did you not receive a notice from me, that unless you fixed a reserve the charcoal woul d be sold by auction for what it would. fetch 1 Prosecutor—No. Prisoner—Did you not receive a bill from me after the sale, in which I told you to deduct 7s. from my account, less 2i. expenses ? Prosecutor—l believe there was something of that sort on the note. _ _ _ The prosecutor then called into the box the land lord of the premises for the purpose of supporting his charge. The witness, however, swore most positively that the prosecutor had authorised him to deliver the charcoal to the prisoner whenever he chose to take it away. The Lord Mayor—Prisoner, you are discharged. Prisoner—l trust, my lord, you will do me the justice to say that I leave the court without a stain on my character. I declare most solemnly that my county court summons against Clarke has been the real reason of his giving me into custody. The Lord Mayor—All I can •say is that the charge against you is not proved. GUILDHALL—Richard Paternoster, barrister at-law, was charged with publishing a libel on a police-constable. Mr. Sleigh appeared for the de fence ; Mr. Lewis, of Ely -place, for the prosecution The libel which the defendan twas charged with was the following letter, received by the Commis sioner of Police : "M. Temple, 3d Dec., at 2 p.m. Fountain-court. "A boy plays with a ball as he goes along in the court of the Temple. He makes no disturbance. No. 384 coming up, steals the boy's ball and walks away. I think, so tar as I c)uld see, he pec it in his pocket. He does not turn the boy c4it for noise or disturbance, or playing ; the boy remains there. Finding he is dett:ctel, and his number about to be taken, he gives up to the boy nis ball, in the while I am going down stairs after him. Then he has his number taken. Now, then, is this &so in execution of his duty—to be coining in hero to thieve 2 It he had done right in taking the ball why did he give it up? If wrong, the sooner such a clalracter is struck off duty hi the Temple the better. We don't want thieves here under pretence of protecting. No doubt at all of the fact that he would have kept the ball if he had not been found out—probably for his own children it he has any.—l make the above report. " RICHARD PATIRHOSTER, Barrister-at-law. " 2, Essex-court, Temple, Dec. 4 " After witnesses had been called to prove the publication and handwriting, Philip Monk was exa m i ne d, an d sa id—l a m a police-constable, No. 334, and have lately been doing duty in the Temple. I have been on duty there about three months. On the 3d of the present mouth I saw a boy in the Temple playing with two marbles, bowling them along the pave ment one after the other. From a conversation I bad with the boy, I took one of the marbles away, but I did not put it in my pocket. I afterwards returned it to him. Cross-examined—The boy was by himself play ing with the marbles. lir. Sleigh—l suppose there is no great harm in playing at marbles. Witness—He was making a noise with them, and laughing, and our orders are to prevent any noise being made. Mr. Sleigh—There is no great harm in laughing in the Temple. I should think the place is dull enough. Witness—l am ordered to act as I have done. Mr. Sleigh—There is not much to do in the Temple, is there ? There is not much variety ? You have not made any arrests during the three months you have been there ? Alderman Wire—They are there to scare the disorderly characters away. Mr. Sleigh—Was not this boy the child of one of the porters of the Temple ? Witness—l have since found he was. Mr. Sleigh—Aid do you consider it your duty to put his marble in your pocket and walk away with it ? Alderman Wire—That is hardly a fair way of putting the question. Witness—This took place under the defendant's window, but I neither saw nor heard him at any time while I had the marble is my possession. I did not walk more than three or four yards before I returned the marble to the boy. After I had given the boy his marble the defendant came up and took my number, but did not say what for. He said nothing about a marble. Mr. Lewis—He speaks of a ball in his letter. Mr. Sleigh—Ob, yes, but that is a mistake. Witness —Th e defendant is constantly annoying tls,_ appeal to tiir fined —The boy did not cry or make any Re_„ arra . not to Play with. o lutant, and upon his promising with the defend an t , him his marbl e ag a i n , I I afterwards saw him talk ingra again in the Temple I gave Mr. Sleigh ceocinetoent that the letter in question actinion. from a person feet: was 4 privileg bons. fide spirit, jog himself wronged and stitutto a a u p d er a s s o s n uc in h authority!,::: te .forro. of a com plaint, P 7 be construed into a libel. He repudiated the charge of malice or any intention to injure the complainant, and concluded her THE LONDON AND EASTERN BANK. COURT OF EXCHEQUER. [The following appeared ix part of our impression of yes terday :—] THE LONDON AND EASTERN BANKING COMPANY V. J. B. STEPHENS. This was an action arising out of the transactions in reference to the London and Eastern Banking Com pany, which are now so well known to the public by the recent examination of Mr. Stephens in the Scotch Bank ruptcy Court. Liter the failure of the bank it appeared from the opening statement of the learned counsel for the plaintiff, the Oriental Bank took, under certain condi tions, the business of the London and Eastern Bank, an arrangement having been come to tbat the shareholders in the latter should pay up the remainder of the calls I due on the shares. Under that agreement the defendant, who was the holder of 172 shares, gave a promissory note for 8,6001. to the Oriental Bank, the amount of the remaining 501. due on each share. Of the 172 shares, 150 of them belonged to a gentleman named Griffiths, of whom the defendant purchased them for 6,000/., drawing a cheque on the bank for that amount. The de fendant pleaded a variety ;of pleas, and amongst others that the shares were purchased on account of the bank to secure a certain gentleman being on the direction ; and, furthermore, that he had given a bond for the amount, which bond was for an illegal purpose. Mr. Bovill, Q.C., Mr. Lush, Q.C., and Mr. Honey man were concise' for the plaintiff. Mr. M. Smith, Q.C., and Mr. Maud were counsel fur the defendant. Mr. Bovill called the following witnesses : George Clough said he was a clerk in the London and Exeter Banking Corporation till May, 1857. Mr. Stephens was manager of the bank and a director. He bad a drawing account there. Mr. Griffiths had also a drawing account. The balance on Mr. Stephens's drawing account was 111. 6s. 51. The last entry was on the 11th of April- The Lord Chief Baron—How came Stephens to cease to be manager 1 Witness—l don't know. By resignation I suppose. Examination continued—This cheque (6,0001.) was given to him to enter in the journal to the debit of Mr. Stephens and credit of Mr. Griffiths. Referring to the deposit ledger Le found this entry-1856, July 22, 120 shares London and Eastern Bank, purchased of Mr. Griffiths, 6,0001. This was carried to Mr. Stephens's floating account first, and then transferred to the EIX per cent. share account. The signatures to the various receipts to the cheques and dividend warrants were in the handwriting of Mr. Stephens. Cross-examined by Mon4ague Smith—He did not keep the ledger himself. Mr. Smith—When that 6,0001. was carried to the credit of Mr. Stephens in the share account, was there a sum of 5,0001. to the credit of Mr. Stephens on the current account ? Witness-4,9791. 2s. 7d. Mr. Smith—Were there similar accounts kept between other directors? Witness—l don't know of any other. George Harrison said he was a clerk in the London and Eastern Bank in 1857. He filled up a demand of payment on Mr. Stephens. The notice to produce this document was admitted by the council for the defendant, but it was not forth coming. Witness—The amount claimed in that notice of demand was 6,011/. 6s. sd. In March, 1857, Stephens held 172 shares in the bank, including the 120 shares bought of Mr. Griffiths. The promissory note given to the Oriental Bank for the calls of 50 per cent. on the shares was in Mr. Stephens' handwriting. He signed it in witness's presence. The promissory note was for 8,6001. Cross-examined by Mr. Smith—When he filled up the notice he posted it to Mr. Stephens, at Gothic Lodge, Twickenham. Mr. Stephens' bond was given at the time the transfer of shares was made, but it was not executed till September following. It was a cash credit bond. Mr. Smith—Do you know that the shares bought of Griffiths by Stephens were bought for the bank i Witness—No, I don't. I know the contrary. Mr. Smith—Was this transfer approved of by the Board of Directors ? Witness—lt was approved of after the transfer was entered. A resolution approving of it was passed on the 10th of August, and it was signed by Mr. Morris, the chairman. Re-examined by Mr. Bovill—The bond was signed by Mr. Stephens soon after the British Bank broke, and Stephens directed witness to place it amongst his private securities. , The bond was produced, and it was found that there was no stamp or seal to it. Mr. Bovill—As this is not a bond, we will call it the cash credit paper. The Lord Chief Baron—You may call it a bond just as you call a thing a bad shilling. (Laughter.) Mr. Smith contended that the plaintiff could not re cover on the bond, although the defendant admitted it. The bond en the firm in which it was given, was to secure a balance on the account credit on which there was only 111. due. The other was a separate account. The learned gentleman read the terms of the bond, which was to cover any account current. The Lord Chief Baron said that all accounts were covered. Mr. Bovill said he feared that in his opening speech be had thrown more discredit un Col. Yates. That was very far from his intention, as Col. Yates was a most honourable man. The jury returned a verdict for the plaintiffs, for 6,011/. ss. Immediate execution was applied for. The Lord Chief Baron —Certainly. The Clerk—immediate, or in four days. The Lord Chief Baron—lmmediate. From the London Gazette of Last Night. NOTE. —For " Harhood," in page 4434, No. 5, or the supplement to the Gazette of the 15th instant, read " Har good." FOREIGN-OFFICE, DEC. 16, 1857. The Queen has been pleased to approve of Don Juan Pico y Villanueva as Consul at Cardiff for her Majesty the Queen of Spain. FOREIGN-OFFICE, DEC. 17. The Queen has been pleased to approve of Mr. Alfred Winter Evans as Consul at Port Natal for his Majesty the King of the Netherlands. The Queen has also been pleased to approve of Mr. Antonio Pisani as Consul at Malta for his Majesty the King of Hanover. The Queen has also been pleased to approve of Mr. An tonio Pisani as Consul at Malta for the Free Hanseatic City of Bremen. CROWN-OFFICE, DEC. 16. MEMBERS RETURNED TO SERVE IN THE PRESENT PARLIAMENT. Borough of Ashton-under-Lyne—The Right Hon. Thos. Milner Gibson, in the room of Charles Hindley, Esq., deceased. DECEMBER 18. Borough of Whitehaven—George Lyall, of No. 17, Park crescent, in the county of Middlesex, Esq., in the room of Robert Chas. Hildyard, Esq., deceased. BOARD OF TRADE, WBITEFIALL, DEC. 18. The Right Honourable the Lords of the Committee of Privy Council for Trade and Plantations have received, through the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, a copy of a Despatch from her Majesty's Minister at Copenhagen, reporting that the Danish import duties on bran, oatmeal, oilcake, and husks and brand of rice, are provisionally suspended. BOARD OF TRADE, WHITEHALL, DEC. 18. The Right Honourable the Lords of the Committee of Privy Council for Trade and Plantations have re ceived, through the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, a copy of a Despatch from her Majesty's Consul at the Cape Vert Islands, reporting that in consequence of the recent inundations, no salt can be shipped from the Island of Sal, until the month of March next. WAR-OFFICE, PALIOIALL, DEC. 18. 3d Regiment of Foot—Major-General Sir Henry Have. lock, Bart., and 5.C.8., to be Colonel, vice Lieutenant. General Nichola3 Wodehouse, deceased. WAR-OFFICE, PALL-HALL, DEO. 18. Royal Regiment of Horse Guards—Lieutenant R. M. L. Williams-Bulkeley to be Captain, by purchase, vice F. W. Fitzhardinge Berkeley, who retires. Cornet Walter Palk Carew to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Wil liams-Bulkeley. John Albert Craven, Gent., to be Cor net, by purchase, vice Carew. sth Dragoon Guards—Gentleman Cadet Charles Walter Lee, from the Royal Military College, to be Cornet, ithout purchase, vice Devaney, appointed to the 3d Dragoon 'Guards. 7th Dragoon Guards—Gentleman Cadet John William Zorapore Wright, from the Royal Military College, to be Cornet, without purchase, vice Echalaz, deceased. 4th Light Dragoons—The future designation of Captain Keith to be " The Hon. Charles James Keith-Falconer," and not Keith only, as hitherto stated. 7th Light Dragoons—The Hon. Walter Harbord to be Cornet, without purchase. Military Train—Captain John W. McFarlan, from the 9th Foot, to be Captain, vice Rogers, who exchanges ; Lieutenant Noel Alleyne Harris, from 34th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Rutledge, who exchanges. Grenadier Guards—Lieutenant and Captain and Brevet- Major Ed wyn S. Burnaby to be Captain and Lieutenant- Colonel, by purchase, vice Rous, who retires ; Ensign and Lieutenant William Henry iarnell to be Lieutenant and Captain, by purchase, vice Burnaby ; Charles George Henry Viscount Hinehinbrook, to be Ensign and Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Parnell. 6th Regiment of Foot—To be Ensigns, without purchase Oliver Robinson, Gent. ; George William Morland, Gent. • William Lowe Butler, Gent. ; Charles Edward Whitaker Roworth, Gent.; Jon Giffard, Selby Barry Moriarty, Gent. ; William Seymour Selby Lowndes, Gent. The second Christian name of Lieut. Hunt is George and not John, as stated in the Gazette of the irtth inst. 9th Foot— Captain George Alleyne Rogers, from the Mili tary Train, to be Captain, vice M`Farlan, who ex changes. 20th Foot—Paymaster John Matthew Gibbs, from the 2d West India Regiment, to be Paymaster, vice Mosley, appointed Paymaster of the 7th Foot; Lieut. John James S. O'Neill, to be Instructor of Musketry, vice Captain Lutyens, who resigns that appointment. 26th Foot—Gentleman Cadet Lancelot Allgood Gregson, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Barton, promoted. 29th Foot—Gentleman Cadet William Boycott, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Hart, promoted ; Gentleman Cadet Howell Davis, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Winn, promoted; Assist. -Surgeon William Alex. Mackinnon, from the Staff, to be Assist.-Surgeon, vice Chartres, appointed to the Staff. 30th Foot—Gentleman Cadet Malcolm from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Wray, promoted. 31st Foot—James G. Hamilton, Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Inge, appointed to the Bth Light Dragoons. 34th Foot—Lieutenant John Bruen Rutledge, from the Military Train, to be Lieutenant, vice Ir.larris, who ex changes. 36th Foot—Ensign C. S. T. Sale to be Liei tenant, by pur chase, vice Hugo, who retires. 37th Foot—Gentleman Cadet Henry A. I ogles, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, w ii shout purchase, vice Jarvis, who ieaigns. 44th Foot—Ensign Henry Leake to be In v tructor of Mus ketry, vice Captain Staveley, who resig - a s that appoint- ment. 45th Foot—Robert J. Callwell, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Webber, promoted. 52d Foot—Gentleman CadetC Charles Mid lleton Prender gast, from the Royal Military College y to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Beattie, prom, tied ; Gentleman Cadet Thomas Brett Cowburn, from th e Royal Military College to be Ensign, without purchas , in succession to Lieutenant Hallam, deceased. 58th Foot—Lieutenant G. J. R. Wynyardl to be Captain, . by purchase, vice Isaac Rhodes Cooper, si 'ho retires. 60th Foot—Gentleman Cadet John East B.enter Peyton, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, with out purchase, vice Hatchell, promoted. 61st Foot—Lieutenant Thomas Maitland Id :oore to be Cap tain, w ithout purchase, vice Dely, tlo ceased.; Ensign Edward W. Rumsey, from the 91st Foot t,, to be Ensign, in succession to Lieutenant Moore ; G r 3 ntleman Cadet Frederick John Farte, from the Royal A lilitary College, to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Casement, promoted. 62d Foot—Jules Victor Le Blond, Gen t., to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Clay, aopointe( t to the 78th Foot. 65th Foot—Lieutenant Thomas Georges itr ange to be Cap tain, without purchase, vice Bazalget re, deceased. 67th Foot—Gentleman Cadet George Baker, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, without purchase, -rice Kingsley, promoted. 70th Foot—William Henry Ralston, Ge art., to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Backhouse, pr emoted. 78th Foot, Thomas Hinde Thompson, G mut., to be Ensign, without purchase, in succession to Lie LI tenant Swanson, killed in action. 79th Foot—Lieutenant Arthur Walker i,o be Instructor of Musketry. 91st Foot—Gentleman Cadet Horace B ilph Spearman, from the Royal Military College, to be I f:nsign, without purchase, vice Rumsey, appointed to 1-1 e 61st Foot. 97th Foot—The second Christian name (if Ensign C respin is Champante, and not Chawpante,, as stated in the Gazette of the 11th inst. 98th Foot—Gentleman Cadet William Al - offett, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, w. ithuut:purchase, vice Gregory, promoted. 99th Foot—Gentleman Cadet Albert Lt tncelot Walker, from the Royal Military College, to be, 'Ensign, without purchase, vice Jacob, promoted. 2d West India Regiment — Paymaster NI Tilliam Neilson, from the sth Lancashire Militia, to be Paymaster, vice Gibbs, appointed to the 20th Foot. 3d West ' India Regiment—Lieut. John 0 'Flanagan to be Captain, without purchase, vice Hi .nyston, deceased ; Ensign George Stow Beet to be Li .entsnant, without purchase, vice O'Flanagan ; William thair, Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Beet. Royal Canadian Rifle Regiment —Payt master Luke Fitz gerald Bernard, from the 68th Foot, -to be Paymaster, vice Wardell, who retires upon half-pa y. 1857. HOSPITAL STAFF. Staff-Surgeon of the First Class, mes Henderson, M.D., to be Deputy Inspector-General of Hospitals, vice Barry, promoted. Staff-Surgeon of the First Class, Richard Dane, M.D., from half-pay, to be Staff-Surgeon of the First Class, vice Henderson. Assistant-Surgeon John Smith Chart ri from the 29th Foot, to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Maoli innon, appointed to the 29th Foot. BREVET. The undermentioned promotions to• take place conse quent on the death of Lieutenant-Gene rad Wodehouse, on 11th December, 1857 : Major-General Sir Duncan McGregor, 8.C.8., to be Lieutenant-General. Brevet-Colonel Frederick Charles Griffiths, 12th Light Dragoons, and Commandant of the Cavalry Depot, at Maidstone, to be Major-General. Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Barry, half-pay as Captain, Unattached, to be Colonel. Major Charles Lavallin Nugent, 58th Foot, to be Lieu tenant-Colonel. Captain Henry Montagu Smyth, half-pay, 44th Foot, and Staff Officer of Pensioners, to be Ms jor. ADMIRALTY, DEC.. 14. Corps of Royal Marines—Gentlemnam Cadet Duncan Gordon Campbell to be Second Lieutenant. COMMISSIONS SIGNED BY LORDS-LIEUTENANT. - - -- - Royal Rifle Regiment of Militia of: the County of Den bigh—Lieutenant George Tyrwhitt Drake to be Captain, • vice John Jocelyn Ffoulkes, promoti!,ll. East Kent Regiment of Militia—Robert Owen Hordern, Gent., to be Ensign, vice Brodrick, appointed to the Rifle Brigade. Inverness, Banff,*Elgin, and Nairn. Regiment of Militia —Captain the Hon. James Grant, ti) be Major, vice Sir Alexander Penrose Gordon Cumming, Bart., resigned. 4th or Royal South Middlesex Rog iment of Militia — Willoughby Burrell, Gent., to be :Ensign, vice Scriven, promoted. 2d Regiment of the Duke of Lancaster's Own Militia Lieut. Edmund Molyneux Seel to be Captain, vice Lam bert Disney, resigned. Royal Lancashire Militia Artillery—Daniel George At chison, Gent., to be Second Lieutenant, vice Ford, re signed. 2nd Devon Regiment of Militia --Henry Smith to be Ensign ; Henry Downe C. Barton to be Ensign ; Henry Wm. Barbor to be Ensign ; Christopher Wolston to be Lieutenant, vice Godfrey, resigned ; John P. Burnett to eb Lieutenant, vice Parr, resigned ; Arthur Wonlfe Bell Wilson to be Ensign, vice Wolston, promoted ; Hugh C Tanghan to be Ensign, vice Barnett, promoted ' • Clarence H. Irvine to be Ensign ; Edward M. R.. Rendle to be Sur geon, vice Tucker, resigned; Frederick V. Sandford to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Rendle, promoted. Devon Militia Artillery—Wolfran. Cornwall Charles Nugent. Guinniss to be First Lieutenant, vice. Thomas Clarke, resigned ; William Tomkyns to be Second Lieu tenant, vice Dunsterville, resigned. COMMISSIONS RESIGNED. Ist Regiment of Derbyshire Militia—Moreton Le Brookes, Captain ; Hiram Manfall, Lieutenant ; William Lynch, Ensign; Raymond W. Radford, Ensign; Samuel Ashton Pretor, Ensign. B t iNKRUPTCY ANNULLED. William Benjamin Phillips, bolt manufacturer, Bir mingham. BANKRUPTS. Thomas Tally, builder, Tudely, Kent, to surrender, Jan. 5, at half-past two, and 29th of the same month, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Thomson Webb, cheesemonger, Park-terrace, Camden- Town, Deo. 29, at half-past eleven, and Jan. 28, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. George Belsey, corn-dealer, Isle of Tlaanet, Jan. 12, at half-past one, and Jan. 29, at half-paat twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. John Coling, timber merchant, Stratford, Essex, Dec. 29, at three, and Jan. 29 , at twelve, at the Court ofßank ruptcy. tamuel Pearce, oilman, Minories, City, Dec. 23, at one, and Feb. 3, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. William Kempeon Walker, skin merchant, Wolver hampton, Jan. 7, and 21, at half-past eleveb, at the Bir mingham District Court. John Owen and John Matthew Gutch, bankers, Wor cester, Jan. 8 and Feb. 5, at twelve, at the Birmingham District Court. Joseph Davenport, silver plater, Sheffield, Jfan. 2 and 30, at ten, at the Council-hall, Sheffield. Samuel Bracegirdle, timber merchant, Leftwich, Cheshire, Jan. 4 and 25, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court. John Griffith Williams, ropeniaker, NewpOrt, Mon mouthshire, Jan. 4, and Feb. 2, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court. George Parsons, ironmonger, Oakhill, Somersetshire, Jan. 4, and Feb. 1, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court. Robert Henry Anderson, scrivener, York, Jan. 8 and 12, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. George Johnson, upholsterer, Notting-hill, Jan. 6 and 29, at half-past twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. John Britten, dealer in worsted braids, Park-road, Dal ston, Jan. 5, at two, and 29, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. John Hubbersty, broker, Kingston-upon-Hull, Jan. 13, and Feb. 10, at twelve, at the Leeds District Court. John Walker, coal merchant, Bridlington, Yorkshire, Jan. 13, and Feb. 3, at twelve, at the Leeds District Court. John Lancaster and John Brayford, iron manufacturers, Walsall, Jan. 8, at half-past eleven, and Jan. 22, at ten, at the Birmingham Disti ict Court.' William Rainford, cabinet-maker, Liverpool, Jan. 7 and 28, at the Live, pool District Court. Alfred Guttnaann, lace manufactu rer, Manchester, Dec. 29 and Jan. 27, at the Manchester District Court. William Wild, machine maker, Rochdale, Dec, 29, at eleven, and Feb. 26, a t twelve, at the Manchester District Court. Robert Lees, cottonspin art, the Priory Manchester MilM il Mills, Old Di s li t a r t , Jan. 4th and 25th, at twelve, Court. Elizabeth Onion and William Onion, coach fringe manufacturers, Drury-lane, Dec. 28, and Jan. 25, at half past ten, at the Birmingham District Court. George Ashworth, manufacturer, Manchester, Dec. 30, and Jan. 20, at one, at the Manchester District Court. Christopher Cross, cotton manufacturer, Habergham Eaves, near Burnley, Dec, 29, and Jan. 26, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS. William Brown cattle, oil merchants, Glasgow. John llil‘Dougall, dealer, Rothesay. Charles Greenshields Reid, writer to the signet, Porto bello. J ames Simpson, so li c itor, Keith, Banffahire. David Neill, stoneware manufacturer, Glasgow. William Bailey, jun., merchant, Edinburgh and Leith. William Hailstones, grocer, Clarkston Lanarkshire. , Patrick R. Russell, draper, Bathgate. Alex. Chalmers, grocer, Greenock. • BANK OF ENGLAND. An Account, pursuant to the Act 7th and Bth Victoria, cap. 32, for the Week ending on Wednesday, the 16th day of December, 1857. ISSUE DEPARTMENT'. Notes issued . ...... . 25,400,735 N.B. Of which two millions are issued un der the authority of the letter from the First Lord of the Trea sury and the Chancel lor of the Exchequer. Government debt. • • • 11,015,100 Other securities .. • . 5,459,900 Gold coin and bullion 8,925,735 Silver bullion.. • • ......................• 425,400,735 £25,400,735 L MARSHALL, Chief Cashier. 1857. Dated the 17th day of Decemb BANKING D] X Proprietors' capital 14,553,000 Rest • ... • • Public deposits (in cluding Exchequer, Commissio era of National Debt, Sav ings' Banks, and Dividend Accounts) 6,944,352 Other deposits Seven Day and other Bills ~ .. • • ...... 893,754 'ARTiSENT. Government securities (includg.DeadWeigh t AnnuitY).. " 5,446,131 Other Securities• NoLes ..... .•• .• 5,757,175 Gold and Silver Coin 525,120 £40,993,36 6 i £40,993,366 M. MARSHALL, Chief Cashier. Dated the 17th day of Dec., 1B . —. AVERAGE PRICE OF SUGAR. The Average Price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, corn• puled from the returns made in the week ending D ec. 15, 1857, eAteuluusi:oje tihulpeDbrutatizsonotfhCeruesotfominstopaGi(rioat or pay.ulo the , t Britain : s• d, From the Bri tish POSSOSSiOna in Ameri ca Muscovado, th e p roduce of the Mauritius.... Muscovado, the produce of the East Indies . l9 101 7i A vera ge 0f 26 the above descriptions, , 24 114 Country Markets. LIVERPOOL-DEC. 18. There was only a slender attendance this morning, and the show of wheat samples was very small, holders firmly requiring the full prices of Tuesday, and only a limited business was done. Flour moved very slow, at late rates. Indian corn 6d to 8d dearer. No• other change in quota tions, and altogether it was an insipid market. WAKEFIELD—Dzo. 18. There was a steadier market for wheat, and for parcels of useful red an advance of Is per qr was given in some in stances on last week's rates. Beans is lower. Barley in moderate request at late rates. In oats and shelling no alteration. Averages week ending Dec. 14 : Wheat, 49s 71d I Oats, 27s —d Peas, 40s 6d- Barley, 36s I Beans, 40s 3A I Rye, EXETER—DEC. 18. CORN.—Wheat, Os .to 6s 6d ; barley, 4s Od to 45 6d grinding do., Os Od to Os Od. Oats, Ps 9d to 3s Ocl• Beans, Os Oil to 0 Od. Peas, OOs Od to OOs Od. FLOUR.—Fine, 37s Od to 38s Od; seconds, —s Od to 36e Od per sack. CATTLE.. -There was a small supply of bullocks. Bes t beef, from lOs 6d to lls Od per score ' • inferior, 7s to 8s pe r score ; fat calves, Od to 6d per ib ; barrenners, Os Od to O a Od. per store ; cows and calves, 121. to 201. bs ; butchers' calves, Od to 7d per lb., rearing calves —s to a each; sheep, ewes and lambs, 21. 5s to 31. 5s per couple; e wes. Ott to 66d; wethers, 7d —d ; lambs, 7 t id to 0 per lb. rigs, large size, —s to —s ; second size, —s to —s ; sliP to —s ; suckers, —s to —s. Rough fat, 4id per lb ' Pork carcases from 8s Od to 9s Od per score. BRISTOL SUGAR—Dze. 18. The market contintues in precisely the same state as noticed for several weeks past. Beth refiners and grocers are ready purchasers of all descriptions suitable to their purposes ; but prices are almost daily rather easier--net withstanding the supplies • are anything but large. For floating cargoes there is also a steady demand, at mode' rate rates. Refiner's produce sells freely, and nearly all descriptions command former prices. The market for rum has been better supplied with samples, but buyers have shown no disposition for business, and we are cone' quently without any sales to report. COAL MARKET.—DEo. 18. Prices of Coals ;peer ton at the close of the market s. d.I Wallsend, kge. Bebside's Hartley Howard's West Har tley iNison's Duffryn. 21 6 Netherton l5 0, Russell's Hetton 18 3 Davison's West Hartley 15 0; l9 3 Hetton 6 1 Walker Primrose .........13 6 Gosforth Longridge's Wst Har tl ey 15 0' Hartley ... .. ......... '. l4 6 6 Morpeth West Hartley 14 6. Re ugh Hall l7 Tantield Moor 8ute5......13 31Whitworth l6 0 Wylam West Hartley Grey's... 34, 6 i c assop ....................... 18 Haswell Gas l4 01 Eden Main ............... 17 9 Htl'pool West Hartley ..,15 o 'Riddell ................ .... 16 S . Braddyll .. . .... . ......... .. 1! : M on t ag ue Garesfield..... Gibson ... 16 3 1 1 6 Ships at market Wallsend, &o. ;, 81; sold, 68. COURSE OF EXCHANGE.-YEEXODAY• tm5terdam............ 11 18 Gibraltar •• •• 70 Witt°, three months .. 12 234 Leghorn .• •• R0tterdam............12 2%, Genoa ........ •• 26 35 Antwerp ••• • •. 2 5 80 Milan •• •" - Brussels .... • 25 80 Venice.. •••• • • •• " aarnburgh 13 1214 Naples • • •.. 40% Altena .. •• .. P a lermo .. • • ...... 122% Varis ••"'•• • • • • 25 50 Messina ....... 122}. Do. three months ... 26 85 Lisbon •• .. • . b 1 %, Marseilles .......... „ 26 90 ,Oporto ....... ....... • • b2g Bourdeauz .......... 'Rio Janeiro •• • • •• Frankfort-on-Maine I'l2 Buenos Ayres.. ••• • • • „ , .. New York,6o daye sight Vienna •• 11 10 Philadelphia .......... Trieste— .... ••• • •• 11 12 j PRICES OF BULLION, PBX OBI_ Petersburg 3334 Foreign Gold in Ba rs £3 17 :5_ Madrid ~.. 47k, Portuga l Gold Coin .. 0 Cadiz . 47% Mexican Dollars .... 0 0 p Barcelona -• •• •• .• New Dollars 0 0 ° Seville... . .• Silver in bars 5 2 11 LOCAL SHARE MARKET&• )11.2•TCHESTER, DEC. 18. STOCK ExcHANial3.—The market opened active to -dar: and a large general business was transacted. Leeds 92t Ditto, new, 15-16 dis. — North Eastern, Berwicks,'24-- Eastern Counties, 1 li—Sheffields, 39—Dovers, 20 9i 6 London and North Westerns, 96—Blackburn, 9i---Naai Lancashire, 91—Midlands, 88g—North &affords, 4 die- - Grand Trunk of Ounada , 10 i —South Westerns, 891-- Dutch Rhenish, ti d--heffields, 61. Prof., p—Uni" Bank, par. 818 BLINGHAM, DEC. 18. • STOCX EXCHANG E.—Busineea in the market generally active to-day, with a moderate business. Birmingham Banking Company, 27 —Birmingham and Staffordshire Gas, u6i—BirmnigkLana Waterworks, 30i. LEEDS, DEC. 18. STOOM EXOHAICGE.—Thb market to-day more active. Shares have again advanced, and a large amount of bin& ness has been tramaacted. Eastern Union, B, 7i—Short Bradferds, 4 d—Widlands, 88. i—Sheffields, 39—North Western, 73—East Lancashire, 90i—Leeds Northern, 26 London and South Western, 90A —Leeds Banking Co., 30— Dovers, 29A—York and North Midland, 41k. RAILWAY TRAFFIC .RETUILATS. TRAFFIC RETURNS FOR THE 'WEBS. -- --------- Miles BecelPl l . opened, NAVE OF RAILWAY. ' -------------. 1857. 1856. (857. -- ---.......----------- --_.------ BRITISH* X A - Aberdeen ... •••••• • • • • •• •'•• .• ••• ;• _ - 1,096 1,10 65 Belfast and Ba l lyme na .......,...... 1_ 17 Belfast and ount D0wn............ 82 Birkenheed, C Lanca y shire, and Cheshire 2,291 2,516121 26 1 ,E Bolton,Biaokbu rn ,and West York .... . 1,001 5,031 5,100 118 Bristol and Exeter ••.•.. • • .... •• -. 12 115 11,92 6 198% Caledonia.... ••.. • ... ••••••• • • • • .. • ' 4,6 50 99 Caledonia.!,... ii, Chester ruid llolyhead.•• •.••.• .. • ... 4,604 6% Cork, I ll ac krock, and Passage •• •• •• 2 1 20 Cork and Ban d o n .. • • • • • • • • •• ••••• • • 2 0 60 227 1,9 56 Dublin an ti BeltastJ unction • • ...... I°7 1484 63 Dublin and Drogheda.• .. •• • ......... 1,561 •011 4 17 0 1 1 D p u n b n l d i e n e ag d 490 Kingstown :: :: :: • ....... 1'62178 3ti DDI,4 Easununtddringk, P us ei nei th . E. ,. an d n .. d 3.k A . i.bi.iee.rn.d:e..e n: Junctio n 4,6 : 7553 1 6 1 : 0 444 1 4 3 1 93 East LanCaShire.• ... ••.••••••• •• •• •• 489 Eastern Counties and NOrfolk.. ••• • } 23,087 22,800 Edinburghno •••• • • • • ........ •• • 4,902 4,858 142 Ed and Glasgow .• ••••••• • • • • 2,843 2,788 78 Edinburgh, Perth, and Dundee ••• • .. - - 6 Exeter and Credlton •.• • •• •••• • • • • .- 22 - Furness Railway ••• •• .....„ ...• •• ~,sOO 5,932 183 % , Glasgow, and South-Western.• .....• 0 25574 25,286 283 Great Northern.• •.• ...... •••••• .- ,• 203% Great Southern and Western (Ireland) 465 Great Western .................... 2 6 7, 31 g 2 ' 57 :L 75321 25% Irish South Easte rn •••••• • • • • • • .•.• 5 , 572 5 322 90 Lancaster and Carlisl e ••••• • • • • . .... 17 902 21,598 2861 A; L an cashire and. Y or kshire..• ••• • • • •.. -•• • • , -•- L e eds Northern .. • • .. • • • • " " • • - 161 Liverpool, Crosby , a nd Southport.• ••' 53 350 59, „.... 058 637 London and North Western... ••• • • • ,2 44 1,289 5 14 , London and Black w all ••••• • • • •• .• .• 11,867. 11,249 187 % ' London, Brighton, and South Coast.. 289 % London and South Western. ••.••• • • 60 Londonderry and Enniskillen •••• • • • • 192:L07,76694233645 182:27816374706 - 17-3% Manchester, Sheila 811111 oonid,,aanuddldLianticooicnok,h&ire; 9 % Manchester and S outhJunction ••• • .. 724 28 Maryport and Carlisle •• -•••• • • • • 29, 93 7 28,501 idla 51727 M idland oNewcastle Great 667 Midl and ..„ .W . . e s . t . e . r . n . ( 1 .. r I . s . h . ). .. .. .. .. .. .. 3, L 75 3,....46$ 78 c and Carlis l e. ••• .......• • • - - 149 , North British - ..................... 4,794 4,645 233 North Staffordshire •••• - • .... - .... 6,475 6,571 47 North-Western •• •• •• •• •• •• •• •• •• •• 639 740 50 Scottish Central •••• • • • • ...... • • .... 2,693 2,62 6 2 3 , 2 % Shrewsbury Scottish M id l an nd d ßi . r . m - high - a . m ... ...:: :: -- 48% Shrewsbury and Chester - .......... 2 1 ;3 4- 4 4 5 1 9 1 , 5491 30 Shropshire Union .. ••• • • • .......... 884 8 5 ! 57 South Devon ...................... 2,205 2,28 ! 301% South Eastern •••••• .. • • • • : 15.112 132 4,6 80 171 South Wales .. •••••• .... ••:::: :: . 6,239 6,9 108 N South York., Doncaster, and Goole :: 2,580 3, 2, 916 108 53 Taff Vale .. •.••„• • • • • • •........... 2,180 36 Ulster. ••••• • • • • • .................. 1,427 1,005 403 77 Waterford and Limerick ............ 1,115 1, 525 497 27 West Cornwall •• • • ••..... •••• • -• 392 332 125 Whitehaven Junction .••• • • • •••• •• • • 682 York and Newcastle, and Berwick & York and North Midland & Leeds.. - ....! TOZEIGN. ..".• 2 ,846 2,146 109 Dutch Rhenish • • •... ~......... 344 Lyons and Mediterranea n •• .. •• •• •• - - 63 Monterean and Troyes .......... •• .. - =MP .-... Namur and Liege .. • • .......... • • •• 6 4 3 4 3:917 5 opep Northern araalrrreilianaaas nnnddd a n dost France ,R f tyoreouanesebsnnurt. ra.g. ..1h.. . .... ... ... ... .: ... ... ... ... .: .: 38 , - 833 35, 6 - 0 6 - - - - - --- - -. - Rouen and Havre • • .... - West and North-West of France .... mi. WOO -..••• BIRTHS. ANDREWS-On the 17th inst., the wife of Mr. C. W. Andrews, of tho Haymarket, of a daughter. ,ARMSTRONG—On the 17th inst:, at 9 , St. John's -park Villas, Haverstock-hill, Mrs. Walter Armstrong, of a so the wife n. NicnoLL— On the 17th inst., at Streatham Rectory, of the Rev. J. R. Nicholl, of a daughter. •J. STIRLING—On the 17th inst., a t Bath, the wif* of Captain F. Stirling, R.N., of a son. , MA RRIAGES. • ROBERTS —SWAYNE-011 the 17th ins t., at the parish chura, Croydon, Christoph er Roberts, Esq., George of Norw Sw ood ay"Surrey , t o Christina, younges t daughter of of the same place. Swim -ABDIGER—On the 17th inst., at Abiager Church, Su'' rey, the Rev. Sidney Lidderdale Smith, rector of Brampton Ash, Northamptonshire, to the Hon. Femmes Mari scar. lett, youngest daughter of Lord and Lad Abinger. DEATHS. BBRINSFORD—On the 17th inst., Percy Richard Dukes, the second son of William Beresford, Esq.. o f 4, TT _are.courtt Tem ple, aged 11. CAYLEY-011 the 15th inst , at his seat,Brom ton,Yorkshilla Sir George Cayley, Bart., age d 85 . 13 GISBORNE —On Thursday, the 17th i inst., at Derby, i n her 8 4 t 12 d las t survving daughter of the late Colonel Pole, year Millicent, relict of John Gisborne, of an g a dbora . Hall, Derbys Jiro. ~.,..„ GINN—On the 14th inst., at Hertford, Mr. Thomas u'"e 4 aged. 74. ay LITTLEDALE—On the 15th inst., at an adva nced a g e, Littw dale. . . LONDON Printed and Published by MURDO YOTINet of No, 112, Strand, Pr inter, at The Sun Mee. li t :* 112, Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the could of Middlesex, Saturday, December 19, 1557.