The Northern Daily Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-12-29 00:00:00

EXECUTION OF JOHN HANNAH FOR THE MURDER OF JANE BENHAM. vi r 1 S attiTd.ay John . H . who was tried and d_,con before Mr. Justice Earle, at . the late winter gaol isytlvery for county of York, of the wilful murder orJane sae n arn of Armley, near Leeds, on the 11th of Sept _e s t ; ' 6_ suffered the extreme penalty . of the law at the i vann hi behind York Castle, in the presence of several tkrusand spectators. The murderer was only twenty ° years of age, and became . acquainted_ with .n,,, ° letim when he was but sixteen, she having 4 ' 4 7 already married, and being several years his b or. John Hannah was a native of Manchester, and 1, 3- trade a tailor. Ho was a tall, fine young man, and rs l i cl i ce th e opportunity in his younger days of imbibing f ' l nas principles, combined with eduCation, hut. un vr°rtunltellY, be did not avail himself of it The murdered W ° y, was connected with a dramatic company. She d he el% married to a man named Benham, who e wseledhee; after which she formed an illicit intercourse 1 4‘_il . the convict, by whom she had two children. Thee tog-ether as man and wife till December, 1855, fillut,l'ineetahe woman left her paramour and went to her itaeveparthoTiset and refused, despite repeated appeals. on Hannah, to return to him or to allow him to Possession of his children. On the llth of "ii,f tc rnber he obtained an interview with . her at bp - it Mill Inn, Armlev. Here he again entreated fi,l " l, to live with him. She refused, angry . words s eli ,:, w aii• and afterwards blows, In the midst of the f.fannah drew from his pocket a razor, as he e i l Y e s to frighten her, but it did not have the desired_ e eet e is t ' atri. being maddened by passion and anger, but as h , "er throat. He then rushed out of the house, bu e:B,alrnost immediately afterwards captured. Since the ii-kavnemnation of the murderer, several petitions ahav o e f Sr i s e been presented to the Queen and the Secretary . _ -Le wi th . gro und view to saving his life ; the principal enurde set forth being that he did not intend to . commit . to ok I:, when he entered the inn where the interview the P ' a ce, but that it was done iu the heat of de n ran ntent, when he was excited by passion and B P l ea s ta,,nle culprit during his confinement has mostly sto ne "' 3 days brooding and silent,.an . d his nights wake the „and restless, In attending divine service daily in e • na Pel he displayed considerable earnestness his in his w r4ttius duties. After engaging in prayer cell he tito; l4 Start up and exclaim, ‘‘ I know I am guilty of e i rft thecare for poor woman's life. and wouldn't . iirAi °l° , ll life if I could be quite sure of meeting her ihd i a ' lll heaven! " He seemed, however, to have fore -1:4441,,,gke on this point that were far from satisfactory. Raei: a " seldom entered into conversation with the deje ura v.,1- 0 ~wn were in attendance upon him, being much iet a ;`e", and apparently experiencing an intensity . of far al l anguish. He spoke several times of the crime si s ,„,u'elt he h a d b een condemned, b ut i nvar i a bly per that4A, he did not premeditate the murder. the nvistinas day, there was full divine service at en„ tg 'Pel, when the condemned prisoner attended, h and laimuch devotion, The Rev. T. Sutton, the c . a i n a i Iva" w ho has paid unceasing attention to the spiritual ants n Prea c h - 1 the unhappy man since his condemnation, Whi c h e an appropriate sermon on the occasion, after_ he administered the holy sacrament, of whi the n - 114 h was a recipient. In the after part of the day stat e Pri snner seemed penitent, and in a more sa t isfactory sPeet " mind than he was previously. He, ho . wever, ti g i tee d a very restless night. The next morn i ng he was rieto n l i Y a sister, who remained with him in the eon later.." cell for f our or fi ve h ours . I n the course of the Wit:" le w, Hann a h reverte d to hi s tr i a l, an d discussed the 11 " that was adduced against him on that occasion dioti "le Pertinacity, and expressed a feeling of vin agiro ispeveaps towards one of the witnesses. His sister, who ! l•e u to be a pious sort of woman, expostulated w v i e t n h etteraln reference to the language to which he had o i ; Ifeeli nee, suggesting to him that the expression f a g s in u a c n h eh ouu ng was not accordant with the state of mind e n i . 1 beThe ef.ther who was on the verge of eternity. hisPfrit, during the last week, wrote two letters, one to Tae 011oWin mother, and another to his twin brat er. shy is a copy of the first letter : sod dear Father and Mother this is my Farewell letter ree e i, e lost i ever rite to vow in this world for when you -4ea ye e l titis letter i hope to be whear i meate you all in You r a dere f a th er i write to you in hope to soothe You 7row and believe inc i cannot help (ceiling for iry ll han' my Poor Mother though i wich to think of noth. she%but another world on which must i Shortly enter deat l and s bu t account of My Sins Dare Farther 1 i er t a , life is unserend but i hope that neither yow :dd of the family may be called out of this woild ir go r 6hato — Y as myself you of always been a good F d art e and many a good advice yotv gave me an wilii r t tle looke back on the faw years of My life and See aria far 'night af been and what i am and what Shame .re ble i rote on yow all but i hope vow for give Partb: enY crime was don in pashon and drink—Dear sad ,Zr When yon recfve this letter i be in the grave, Y°U,,`"e trebles of this world will be over and i hope t o a ulat freet abound me for it is not your fold that i go and4.erley grave for you af always been very kind to me tell I c annot plarne My Self for the crime and I wich to Of this before i leve this world that i at No intenchen sal ci te crime that i *River for but it was don in pashon i n ti nir Dear Farther my time is short in this world D ,"„ a .„ f aw years at most I hose to mete you in Heaven better - 1 4- oor Mother so to not freet for i Know I go to hor,e_ world than this and may god Bless you ar_! le l he r ., uear Father yow most put your trust in god and he hart " : 4 ebbapord for i hope wee all meate in Heaven ow t liore So My Dear parents i Sincerely hop y yow et more t, the t hat you can pray for me . and god will comford 'arth e 1 "' Years yow live in this world his. Te_D:e.al t o yowrand Mother May god Almighty give blessing re ati b a nd eotnford ow while and live in this world t e ver 1„ 3 :? and god Bless y ow and Mother Farewell fo b rad 'ilia world till wee mete in Heaven y and f been Of b e good Leven farther and Mother to mei mete f r , en a cornford to you My last wick is for you to kepe fretin of n leet . g. So Dere Parents i conclud with my wich F d i ng you in a better world -k t °I.- Y O U when • in i cannot 'rate more god Bless you and blteewli for am the grave SO jeoduri_ orth:lrl ever in this world 0 My Poor Broking Rann r Bless the Farwell from your Sorfoll 1i A /1 t• is the tur f on my tomb sk aY its v er d ure like emerelds be The ren should not be the shadow of gloom n au ght that reme i ns o f me.—" JOHN HANNAN! ttiej,l3l.eecaoptildkeletvterrywas written in the same strain, but in e affectionately of his children. On "Aefjore his execution the culprit slept well aril 'ix I.k this morning a letter was lag tact at the o► C Ot, ah n t -at in castle from the Seeretary . of State, direct tii-at an this case the law must take its course ; and e cowl hour afterwards the convict was removed from to - k ellt ned cell, and conducted across the castle faereleerinD.too.ra, adjoining the scene of his last sufferings. a l , Zell ~,ne condemned cell he bid an affectionate a toh wit to officers of the prison who . had been sitting 4 bly I:" during the night, observing that though 4Pell tbeue should see them no more in this . world, lie h e at thi ! Would all meet again hereafter in se e hate appeared to be penitent and . resigned, e re a ,„ ..et bear tin very against his feelings, which coon a 4 ad ° .he easily wrought upon. He . cooti . n t i s te e d oi t i o to tl e l et nnat a i l o g n h as he had done frequently since n ,t th e he workmen began at an early hour 4 6- 4ti ou scaffold, in the adjustment and general pre -4'14 Ili °I which they were busily engaged. until of t en ne t The chaplain arrived at the castle 411 ( 11 bbn o' r e k , and thenceforward for upwards A°wMel! .-e Prayed with and read to the prisoner, larer 4kaistered every spiritual consolation his hi;i Ci ray arrtlY before twelve o'clock the Under Sheriff, th e y V.t 7 : arrived at the castle, and demanded the h i n 4edLehe culprit in the usual form. The poor fellow 1 4 4 ses tm "vent the operation of pinioning, during which_ ili; e utly :l e d himself with considerable fortitude. a rid ' inioe castle clock struck - the hour of twelve, and ffis, als a b it te ,„.r two, the halberdiers, followed b the " t m , the governor of the castle, and other h eUI ; their appearance on the drop, followed the sro,,,„ 4 , D a i L a ' who was in his surplice. Next came ati D . ser e. was attired in a black surtout coat and dark W n ttl eni eri At this time the .crowd had b considerably tl ot see i n numbers, but there were not y far so 1/4 arson as when Dove was executed. ro ow 3 d 4 -I ( i titl ah 5,000 were present. On facing the er Ice blke an sheared to tremble considerably, and facts INN wit'hulY whiteness. He was almost immediately gayer Or t o t he f " his back oa• a few minutes, engaged fervently in With the ehaplain. Before rising the avb to o k , hie leave of the unhappy man, l 'es ta Pt ison eni offi na . shook hands, as did also several of e kt ' sb "als. He was then placed under the fatal 8.• %GI e executioner advanced, and proceeded wi,h fle as 16 tm a and nerve to the performatice of h . duties. ~l k s co rd c ed the cap and rope in their positions, he th," f r i ntn his pocket, with which he bound the e nPrit. He then calmly walked across the ,i 4 , 1 °1 1 44 `() the steps , and having drawn the bolt the 15`1!):ithalltreo7Y0‘.utli as launched into eternity. At the Whi LP T ell the prisoner held a prayer-book . in his tvh e u he retained until his mortal conflict wls atii e ,.se e , n it drop ed on the pavement below. The I , ll t il tif itt to ,;P ff neared from p the convulsive motions of his er greatly for a few moments, but shortly l i l ' o , 4 ''s to be seen but a p S ended in the air. t ß i O r g was r emarkably eo s r till e orderly. After 144,44,4 usual time, the body was cut down, and i nets of d in the after part of the day within the the prison, pursuant to the sentence, - 1 ♦ )'~ r ~ •MERCANTILE LA TV CONFERENCE. The following programme of a Mercantile Law Con ference, which will take place in January next under the presidency of the Right Hon. Lord Brougham, has just been issued. The Conference has for its vice-president, the Right Hon, Sir John Pakington, Bart., M.P., Sir 'Fitzroy Kelly, Q.C., M.P., Mr. Alderman Salomons, Mr. Charles Holland, president of the Chamber of Commerce, Liverpool, Mr. Thomas Batley, president of the Chamber of Commerce and Manufactures, Manchester, Mr. John Selmer], president of the Chamber of Commerce, Bristol, Mr Wm. Balfour, presidentof the Chamber of Commerce and Manufactures, - Glasgow, and Mr. R. Grinishaw, presi dent of the Chamber of Commerce, Belfast. Mr. Thomas Head!am, Q.C., M.P., chairman of the committee. The Conference will meet at the rooms of the Lav Amend ment Society, Waterloo Place, on the 28th and 29th of January. and will be composed, first of such members of the Law Amendment Society as shall desire to attend ; secondly, of representatives of town councils, chambers of commerce, trade associations, law societies, and other public bodies of a simiiar nature; thirdly. of such peers, members of parliamere, and other persons, as the committee of the Conferenee may invite. The ebivts of the Conference are-1. To discuss and bring under the notice of government, parliament, and the public, those imperfections in the mercantile law , of the United Kingdom which most require amendment. 2. To collect information from the various bodies repre sented at the Conference as to the best legislative remedies for those imperfections. 3. To consider the practical steps which ought to be adopted for obtaining such legislative measures. Tie subjects for discnssion will be classified by the committee before the opening of the Conference, and their selection will be guided by the communications to be receirod from tho bodies by whom delegates may be sent. Among the sub jects already determined on are-1. The Law of Bank ruptcy ; 2. the Law of Partnership ; 3. the Law of Merchant Shipping • 4. the Law of Principal and Ag ent ; 5. the 17th section of time Statute of Frauds; 6. the Law of Banking ; '7- Assimilation of the Commercial Law of England, Scotland, and Ireland ; 8. Tribunals of Com merce. The list of names composing the committee is a most itifluential one,embracing 15 members of parliament and a number of other gentlemen well versed in legal and mercantile matters. RESUMPTION OF DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS WITH THE UNITED STATES. We are glad to be enabled to state that arrangements are nearly completed fur the full and complete resumption of diplomatic relations with the Republic of the United States. The Minister selected as the representative of the Queen of Great Britain will probably arrive at Washington before the 4th of March, and will be accompanied, or very soon followed, by the consuls of the three places left vacant at the time of the enlistment dispute, and by the Consul for Baltimore, vacant by death, and the Consul for Buffalo, which is henceforth to have a British resident to watch over the large British interests in that very rising town. When the name of the Minister appointed shall be announced in a few days, we have no doubt that it will be received with satisfaction upon the other side of the Atlantic as well as upon this. When President Pierce, in the midst of his long speech to congress. not remarkable for its amenities to his enemies at home or abroad, thought proper to adopt a most conciliatory tone as regards England and the British government, and when he gave official and formal acknowledgments that the disputes with Great Britain, which ho bad got up during his presidency, were at an end, it was easy to see that the door was opened o our government for the renewal of the intercourse which has been temporarily disturbed. There is no occasion to open up the questions of enlistment in the neighbourhood of the States, nor the Central American question, since Mr. Pierce announces that all differences relating to them are at an end. Since these questions are happily set at rest for ever, they may be at the same time, let us hope, forgotten for ever also. It is now krown, nd admitted on both sides of the Atlantic, that these questions have been settled by the admirable temper and discretion of the statesmen of Great Britain, to whom the decision of these delicate matters was referred. It is only following up the system of conciliation—of the abandonment of fruitless claims—and of the dignified refusal to reciprocate email resentments—that the Government of Great Britain has resolved to finish the work of conciliation, and to promote, as f r as lies in them, that cordial inter course that should subsist between friendly states, by sending an experienced and honoured representative to the newly elected Government of the States. We may bo per mitted, perhaps, to express our regret that a gentleman p093C89 - lug so many of the re Trish° qualifications and talents as the Right Hon, Charles Pelham Villiers, is not to he, as suggested by a morning cotereporary, the person to inaugurate this renewal of friendly intercourse at Washington. But we believe we may also feel assured that the minister seeetecl for the delicate and friendly mission, will give ample satisfaction on all sides.— Observer. A singular death by apoplexy is mentioned by the Havre journals :—The ship's carpenter of the whaler Espadon, anchored in that port, was engaged on one of the masts taking the measure of a spar with a rope, the end of which was held by the captain on deck, when of a sudden his hands dropped and his head sank on his breast. A sailor was sent aloft to see what was the matter, and to his horror he discovered that the carpenter was dead, but that even in death his body preserved its equilibrium on the spar on which he was seated. THE STAFFIELD MIIRDER.—The great feature of the case now is the confession of the murderer. William Graham admits having on the night of the murder gone to Eden Banks for the purpose of poaching. He had not been long there when the unfortunate gamekeeper,. Thos. Simpson, suddenly presented himself from behind the wall and laid hold of the gun which Graham had in his hand, for the purpose of wresting it from his grasp. A struggle ensued, in the course of which Simpson succeeded in firing off the gun, but Graham maintained his hold, and eventu ally freed it entirely from Simpson's grasp. Seizing upon this advantage Graham struck Simpson a heavy blow upon the:front of the head with the barrel of the gun, felling him senseless to the ground, and while upon the ground the, poacher dealt his defenceless antagonist three other blows upon the base of the skull with the butt end of his gun, which effectually killed him, if the deed had not already been done. Graham then went home and roused his brothers, Henry and Joseph, told them what he had done, and obtained their assistance in the disposal of the corpse. The prisoner's confession was' made formally before the Penrith magistrates on Wednesday, at the police-office, where Graham was lying, apparently in a dying state. GAOL PROSELYTISM.—Mr. George Bowyer, M.P., in a letter to the Times, charges the chaplain of Winchester Gaol with having attempted proselytism in the case of the three Italian convicts recently executed. He says:—"The prisoners never asked for the assistance of the Protestant chaplain; but that gentleman, nevertheless, having secured the assistance of an interpreter, named Ferretti, formerly a Roman Catholic but now a Protestant, commenced an active crusade against their religious faith as soon as sen tence of death had been passed on them, though they had the services of two priests of their own church. The miserable men hoped for a commutation of their sentence, and they dared not refuse to hear the chaplain, a govern ment officer. lam indeed convinced, from information which I have received, that Barbalano thought that by becoming a Protestant he might save his life." The writer adds, " - By the joint efforts of the Roman Catholic clergy, Barbafaue and Lagava were brought to rep.n tance and to receive the rhos of the chu rch on the ver y day before their execution. Barbalano had not been confirmed, and our saintly bishop, the Right Rev. Dr. Grant, went down from . London on Monday to administer th a t sacrament, and remained with,.the prisoners to the last. As for retrici, the report in the Times shows that in him the love of life was peculiarly strong. He would let slip no chance of saving it. He refused to admit the priest on Monday, and received the Church of England sacrament. But the bishop informs me that the other prisoners asserted to him that Petrici went to execution a Roman Catholic after all." An address, signed by 43 rectors, vicars, and curates, of the diocese of Salisbury, was forwarded to the Bishop of Salisbury, expressing the pain which the subscribers to said address had felt on seeing the signatures of two of the said bishop's chaplains to the recent public protest against the decision of the Archbishop of Canterbury in the case 'of Archdeacon Denison, and the relief ft would be to their minds to hear that the bishop had not sanctioned it. The bishop, in a reply dated " Palace, Salisbury, Wednesday in Ember week," expresses to his "reverend and dear brethren " regret that his chaplains should have caused them so much pain, and that he could not relieve their anxiety in the way that they suggested. He then adds, that was he to make known whether his chaplains had his sanction for signing the protest, it would be acknowledg ing a most unauthorised claim on the part of the signers of the address to interfere with the relations of confidence in which a bishop and his chaplains stand to one another ; and, he trusted, that if one of his chaplains taught anything contrary to the doctrines of the Church, that the rev, addressers would not have any occasion to call him to explain whether ha was a party in any way to unsound teaching, whilst he desires to re press any undue license setting aside the authority of the Church of England. Fle:is not jealous of the addressers enjoying that liberty which the Church allows. His lordship adds, that per haps the address was only used as a means of obtaining an expression of his judgment on the conduct and issue of the trial of Archdeacon Denison at Bath; and, if' so, he obeli be happy, by private advice, to quiet the doubti or per plexities which his rev. brethren may entertain, but at present it will be more in accordance with ecclesiastical principles, and for the good of' the diocese, to refrain from making any public declaration about the judgment lately passed in the case of Archdeacon Denison. His lordship concludes by saying : " And now, in the earnest hope that all my clergy will endeavour to combine with a loyal jealousy for God's truth a spirit of forbearance and can dour, and a desire, above all things, to do to others as they wonld be done by." Signed, "W. K. sarum."—" To the Rev. G. Abbot, &e." • -- .; ~ .. 7 Aelle(Or TIM NORTHERN TIMES. UNCERTAINTY OF. LAW DECISIONS It appears that at the end of 18r.3, a person named An derson, then, considered to be a man of respectability, procured finial a Mr. Kingsford a delivery order for a certain quantity of tartaric acid, upon which ho afterwards borrowed £2,000 of Messrs. Merry & Son, handing them warrants as security. Anderson having shortly afterwards become bankrupt and been convicted of forgery, the acid was sold by Messrs. Merry, who then repaid themselves the £2,000 advanced, and handed over a surplus to the assignees. Meanwhile it had been discovered that Anderson had obtained the order for the acid under false retences, and having allowed a year to elapse, (luring which no step 3 were taken, Mr. Kingsford brought a claim against Messrs. Merry and Sou for the entire proceeds. Messrs. Merry answered that they bad advanced the £2,000 upon the warrants bona fide, and without any knowledge of the circumstances undar which Anderson had obtained them, which was fully admitted ; and they also urged that if notice had been given them when the frauds of Anderson were first discovered, both parties might have been protected, as they would not in that case have paid the balance to the assignees. An action was, thareupon, brought by Kingsford against Merry, before Lord Chief Baron Pollock and a special jury, in which the judge, isumediately on hearing merely the plaintiff's Case, expressed his decided opinion that, Merry was entitled to the verdict, and remarked that, " if a bona fide transaction like this, was to be impeached, no man would be safe, and business could not ho transacted in a great commercial city like Lon Ion." The verdict, with the unani mous consent of the jury, was entered accordingly, and a subsequent motion having been made against it, the bill court pronounced that the Lord Chief Baron had decided correctly. Kingsford, however, then appealed to the Court of Exchequer Chambers, and that court reversed the decision. This result is stated to have caused an extraordinary ferment among all commercial persons where it has become known, and Messrs. Merry have felt it their duty to place a record of the facts before the public, contenting themselves with the following remark :—" Any observations hero on the case are deemed unnecessary. In consequence of no regular report of the trial having been published in the daily papers, this epitome is merely circulated in order to place the facts fairly before the commercial community, to expose the insecurity in which all transactions are involved by the judgment of the Court of Error—to show that warrants and delivery or transfer orders, which have hitherto been considered and treated as valid instruments and securities, may be jeopardised ; and, further, in the hope that the merchants and brokers may be induced to take the necessary steps to obtain an act of Parliament to remedy the present frightful defects in the law." THE BURGLARY AT MANOR OAKS, NEAR SHEFFIELD. On Friday forenoon, at eleven o'clock, the two men, Glcadhall and Nicholson, who alone have been retained in custody (out of the seven at first apprehended) on the charge of being concerned in the daring outrage on the 9th inst., at the residence of Mr. W. Bradley, were brought up at the Town Hall, Sheffield, for examination, before a full bench of magistrates. Mr. Bradley gave evidence of the burglary. When the burglars stooped down, the masks blew on one side, and ho had opportunities of seeing their faces. He was quite positive Gleadhall was one of the men. To the best of his belief Dickenson was one of the men, but he was not so positive about him. Ho gave his gold watch and chain to Gleadhall. The next witness was Martha Broornhead. Her evidence was to the effect that after the robbers left Mr. Bradley's room, three of them entered the bed room where she was sleeping with another servant girl. She started up in bed, and distinctly recognised the features of the prisoner Dickenson as one of the robbers. He came to the bedside, seized her and threatened her, and she hid her head under the bedclothes while the men ransacked the room. Inspector Linley stated that ho examined Mr. Bradley's premises shortly after the robbery. On a flower bed in front of the house he observed a very peculiar footmark, which lie carefully covered over. In this footmark there was the impression of several rows of nails, irregularly placed, and in the centre there was an indentation in the earth, as if from the hoot haviag been mended by a thick patch of leather having been placed on the sole. When Gleadhall was apprehended, his boots were taken off, and it was found, on making an imp cation with the left boot by the side of the foot print in the garden, the two exactly corresponded. Ti►e boot was patched on the sole precisely in the manner indicated by the impression in the garden. The prisoners were remanded till Wednesday. A man named Haddon, who lived in Uuion street, Belfast, was choked on Christmas-day, whilst attempting to swallow a piece of beefsteak which he had for dinner. A DISTINGUISHED PERSONAGE EXPEGTED.—The Liver pool NORTHERN TIMES states that Mr. Arrowsmtth, the modern Munchausen, who was so successful in hoaxing the London Times, has left England for the United States. It is not stated to what part of the country he is coming, but, if he should arrive in New York, it might prove a good speculation if some association should secure him to deliver a lecture on English credulity, and to relate the particulars of his exploits in hoaxing the " leading journal."—New York Daily Times. SINGULAR TESTIMONIAL TO A CLOWN,—It may interest some of our readers to know that amongst the most promi. nent performers at Heugler's cirens, which has just closed at Chester, was Frowde, the mimic. We feel much pleased to hear that his conduct in private life has attracted as much honour and justice as his mimicry in the ring, for having been noticed as a constant attendant on church services, three clergymen of that ancient city hays presented him with a very handsome Bible.—Cheltenham Examiner. It is remarkable that no female has ever been a good composer of music. They have excelled in astronomy, chemistry, ani other sciences, but no one can point out a good original musical composer amongst them. A SURGEON SHOT.—An account appeared in a York. shire paper of the shooting of a burglar by a woman, who believed her house was about to be attacked by robbers. It turns out that no robbery was intended, but only a " bit of a lark." A, surgeon who lives in the neighbour. hood of the woman's residence was, it appears, in the habit of paying his devoirs to her occasionally. He was on some such errand on Friday morning week about two o'clock, and was followed by two or three boon com panions, who hal been spending the evening with him, and who made their appearance just as he was endeavour ing to obtain admittance to the woman's house. She, being alarmed at the noise they made, opened her chamber window, and, hearing them say something about going round to the back door, she fired a horse pistol at one of the intruders, who instantly fell, and was soon afterwards removed by his comrades. The wounded man is the surgeon alluded to, and he is rather seriously injured in the neck, where the contents of the: pistoljprincipally lodged. THE GREAT NORTHERN AND CRYSTAL PALACE FRAUDS. —The convict Robson has for several days past been suffer ing in the infirmary of Newgato severe illness, and for two or three days was entirely deprived of his mental faculties. He is under the care of Mr. Gibson, the surgeon of Newgate, and is now improving. He has made but slow progress with his accounts, which ho must file before passing his examination at the Bankrupt Court, and he will not be removed from Newgate till that is disposed of. Redpath and Kent had not reached Newgate at three o'clock yester day afternoon, although they were stated to have been committed for trial from Clerkenwell on Wednesday. Since the appointment of Mr. Mowatt, Secretary of the Great Northern Railway Company, as trade assignee, between £30,000 end £40,000 has been seabed from Redpath's property, and his trade debts being but little more than £4,000, they will, it is stated, be paid 20s in the pound, and upon Redpath's conviction a petition will b 3 presented to the Lords of the Treasury to permit the surplus assets to be appropriated towards the liquidation of his defalcations on the company. Redpath has been visited several times in the House of Detention by an accountant, to assist him in preparing hie balance sheet. With Hancock's Safety Inkstand before you there need be no blotting or besmearing of paper, bteause its construction is such as admits of no more than an adequate supply of ink being taken up by the pen. You may put as much ink in the reservoir as will serve a person for mouths, and still always have a clear fluid, and a smart inkstand. Its advantages to solicitors aro most apparent, and we have pleasure in commending it to their notice, as will as to mercantile and commercial houses, and to the public generally."— Sheffield Daily Telegraph—Price is 8d 2s 6d, 3s, and 3s 6d each.—Advt. IMPROVED WRITING INX.—What a delicious treat it is to be blest with free, flowing writing ink. We have often been disposed to quarrel with our very finger ends when compelled to use some of those abominable quasi-fluids called ink. Mr. E. T. Hall, of South John street, has pro duced an i❑k, which we have tried, and we do not hesitate to pronounce it one of the best kind we ever used. It flows freely from the pen, and is amongst other things distinguised by its Affinity and intensity of colour.— Northern Daily Times, 24th October, 1853.—501 d in ll3ottles, 6d, ls, and 2s each.—Advt. AS MANTLES and JACKETS are so very zenerally worn this Season, J. MAC LENNAN, 36, CHURCH-STREET, (OTToF.ITE PARKER-STREET), Has made arra gements to Kaye a Case of Paris MANTLES and JACKETS, in Velvets, Reversible Cloths, and all the other Fashionable Materials, delivered Every Week for the next Two Months; therefore, those Ladies desirous of having the Fashions as soon as they make their appearance in Paris, combined with moderation in prices, are respect fully solicited to inspect the Stock. JUST RECEIVIiD, from London, Two Cases contain. log about 700 MANTLES, commencing at the extraordin arily Low Price of 4s. lid. each. SHAWL AND MANTLE WAREHOUSE, OPPOSITE PARKER STREET. tf i 1 ,.";1' . 7 S J 6 Y l -LIVERPOOL, MON DA V. MONETARY AND cOMMERC;AL. The Money Market remains in much the.same position as noticed in our remarks on Friday evening. The demand for commercial purposes is still large, so that there is not any relaxation in the rates of discount, nevertheless the market for English securi ties manifests considerable buoyancy, although the Bank of England return gazetted on Friday evening, exhibits a decline in the stock of bullion, and a large addition to the other securities The cause of those alterations, however, is well understood, and, as there is a disposition to close outstanding hear accounts, the quotations are firmer. Besides this the Bank of France will soon make a further relaxation in their discount restric tions. The money market at Hamburg is becoming easier, as the rate of interest is now 61- to GI- per cent, instead of 7 to 11- per cent, and the prospect of financial affairs in the ciuntry is very encou ragin..t, so that there is nothing to check an upward movement in prices. On Saturday the transactions in Consuls were soinawhat limited, 'out the prices ruled rather buoyant. The tendency of the markets appeared so decidedly in the direction of improvement, that the Bears have in most instances closed their ac counts, but speculation continues very quiet. A more confident feeling with regard to political affairs, together with an expectation that the di rectors of the B tnk of France will soon extend their discount operations to bills of 00 days, also gives support to the market. Consols opened at. 94,1- but afterwards they rose to 941 f. This point, howorer, was not maintained, the latest quotations " after hours" being 94 The New Three per Cents were 9-ti- to 94!-, and the Reduced 94 to 942 Exchequer Bills were is discount to 2s premium The subjoined table shows the fluctuations in Console during the past week : Lowest Highest Closing prices. prices. prices. Monday ... .Money ... shut Account .. 931 931 931 Tuesday ......Money .. shut Account 932- 933 933 Wednesday... Money .. 911 shut Account 931-, 94 94 Thursday ..Money .. shut Account Christmas day. Friday Money ... shut Account .. 94 94-1 94k Saturday .. Money ... shut Account ... 94 1 ; 942 941 The dealings in the London Share Market during Saturday were limited. but prices generally were without material alteration and ruled rather firm. Bristol and Exeter advanced 1, Great Northern to 1, Great Western Lancashire and Yorkshire i s and Midland 1 The others were generally at about previous rates. The only trans actions in the Foreign Market were in Great Luxembourg at 54, and Sambre and Meuse at 91 The Grand Trunk of Canada, and the Great Western of Canada wereat rather enhanced values. The North of Holland railway shares are about 4. to premium. The transactions of the day embrace the following:— Bristol and Exeter, 94 3 ; Caledonian, 631 ; East Anglian, 19 ; Eastern Counties, 91 ; East Lan cashire, 92; Edinburgh and Glasgow, 54 1; Great Northern, 204, H, 1 ; Great Western, 691 ; Lan cashire and Yorkshire, 97i 4 ; London and North Western, 106 51 ; London and South Western, 107 ; Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, 34 Midland, 822, d, , ; Newport, Abergavenny, and Hereford, 14; North Eastern Extension, 191 1 1; North Eastern—York, 60 591 , North London, 06i ; North Staffordshire, 121 Z ; Scottish Midland Stock, 72 ; South Eastern, 731 ; South Wales, 82 11. There was very little business transacted in our local Share market on Saturday, but there was a better feeling, and prices were a point higher. The sales reported comprised :—Caledonian, 311 Eastern Counties, 91. London and North Western, 1051. Midland Counties, 82! 1. South Eastern Stock, 224 2 L. The market closed at its best point. The traffic returns of railways in the United Kingdom for the week ending Dee. 20, amounted to 420,400/, and for the corresponding period of last year to 416.7371, showing an increase of 3,663/. The gross receipts for the eight railways having their terminus in the metropolis amounted, for the week ending as above, to 181,444/, and for the corresponding week of last year to 191,7281 showing a decrease of 10,2841. The decrease on the Eastern Counties amounted to 5501; on the Great Western to 3,3361; on the London and North Western to 4 2201; on the London, Brighton, and south Coast, to 1291; on the London and South Western, to 2.9761; and on the South Eastern, to 3481; total, 11,5591. But from this must be deducted the increase on the Great Northern of 1,1601, and on the London and Blackwell, 1151, leaving the decrease as above, 10,2841. The receipts on the other lines in the United Kingdom amounted to 238,9561, and for the corresponding pericei of 1855, to 225,0091; showing an increase of 13,9471 in the receipts of these lines, from which must be deducted the decrease on the metropolitan lines, leaving the total increase 3.6631 as compared with the corresponding week of 1855. During the past week the imports of specie amounted 250,0001, viz., by the Persia, from New York, 178,0001; by the Ericsson, from New York, 10,0001; by the Columbia, from Alexandria, 28,0001; and two cases of specie from Alexandria, by the Candia. In the same period the exports were limited to 10,0001 by the Ilermaun, to New York The bar silver brought by the last West India steamer has been sold at 610 per ounce, and the price is now rather firmer Owing to the intervention of the Christmas holi days, trade in the manufacturing districts has been rather dull and restricted. At Manchester the attendance on 'Change has been scanty, and every one apparently more anxious to escape the discom forts of the weather than to negociate purchases or sales. And good reason there is for indifference on the latter subject; because the heavy transac tions of the last five or six weeks have left compa• ratively little to work upon, and made it a matter of prudence both with buyers and sellers ti stay their hands for a while. For the season of the year, there is, indeed, a remarkable lightness of stocks and fulness of contracts in the hands of spinners and manufacturers, especially the former; And hence it is that we have the unusual occurrence of a consider able advance in prices in the month of December. Business both at Leeds and Halifax has been very quiet, but prices are steady. From Bradford we learn that there has been a very insignificant amount of business transacted in the worsted trade. There were very few merchants present at our.. market on Wednesday. and a small number of pieces changed hands. In all kinds of wools there has been a dull demand ; combing wools were held for later prices, and short descriptions were not much enquired after. In yarns a fair trade has been done for home use, at full rates ; and spinners for export are generally well employed working out their orders. The trade meeting of the ironmasters of this district, preliminary to the ensuing quarterly course, was held at the Swan Hotel at Wolverhamp ton on Wednesday afternoon. There was an unusu ally full attendance. Since the commencement of last week a great number of orders have come in for all descriptions of finished iron ; the leading houses are most of them full, and the second class estab lishments have participated in the improvement which has taken place. An occurrence of this kind within a fortnight of the end of the year is almost without precedent, especially having in view the prospect of a reduction of 1/ per ton. It is known that there aro a vast number of orders to bo given out, and which were held back only until the result of this meeting was delayed. It may be noticed, too, that the improvement which has taken place is not confined to Staffordshire; Welsh bars are about 12s 6d per ton dearer at Cardiff than they were three weeks since. The Welsh iron masters generally are fuller of orders, especially foi rails ; and there aro indications of an improvement, in the demand for rails for Staffordshire. These undoubtedly favourable features in the aspect of the trade brought about a feeling adverse to any reduction of prices; and a resolution was agreed to, to the effect that the old prices be adhered to, This was carried with two dissentients only. The present quotations are—for bars, 9/. ; hoops, 91. 10s to 101. ; and sheets, 10/. I.os to ill. per ton; these I rates having prevailed since the preliminaiy meet ing held at the end of September, 1855. This resolve, to adhere .to the. old rates has led to an abandonment of the contemplated reduction of the wages of the colliers and stone-getters in the Wolverhampton district.. , Mine pigs are from 5s to 7s 6d dearer than they were a month ago ; at that time pigs of very fair make were sold at 31 12s 6d ; these' are now called 41 per ten. ' Some of the large houses are reported to have bought an immense quantity at the low prices; and although there are a very large number of furnaces in blast. the stocks with producers are small. The state of trade in the town has undergone no change what ever since our last week's report. The celebrated Pontypool works, in South Wales, immensely rich in material and in the means of production, have just changed hands. The new proprietors are Messrs. Darby, of the Ebbw Vale Company. The official returns relating to trade and naviga tion; for the month ending the 30th Nov., 1856, have been published. From these, it appears that the total declared value of exports from the United Kingdom for the month, was 10,272,0751, being an increase of 1,512,2261. compared with those of the like month in 1855. The increase is perceptible in beer and ale, butter, coals and culm, cotton I manufactures, earthenware, glass manufactures, haberdashery and millinery, hardwares and cut ' lery, linen manufactures, linen yarn, machinery, thrown silk, stationery, refined sugar, sheep and lambs' wool, woollen and worsted manufactures, and woollon and worsted yarn ; but there was a falling off in leather, silk manufactures, soap, and cordage. The importations of the principal articles were larger as respects pearl ashes, animal char coal, brimstone, cocoa, wheat, barley, beans, Indian corn, flour, oatmeal, raw cotton, cotton yarn, dyeing stuffs, flax, currants, hemp, hides, leather manu factures, linen manufactures, palm oil, potatoes. provisions, raw silk, spices, brandy, rice, saltpetre, unrefined sugar, tallow, tea, timber, wine, and sheep and lambs' wool. There was a diminution in live animals, bark, coffee, needlework, oranges and lemons, raisins, mahogany, palm and cocoa nut oils, opium, and quicksilver. The Shipping accounts exhibit an increase in the amount of tonnage employed in the foreign trade of the United Kingdom of 106,720 for the entries inwards, and 69,005 for the clearances outwards. In the coasting trade 164,519 tons more were employed for the entries inwards, but there was a decrease of 19,467 tons in the clearances out wards, as compared with the corresponding month of 1855. Tenders will be received by the Admiralty on the 30th inst. for the conveyance of stores (ball car tridges, medical stores, powder, combustibles, provisions, masts, &c.) from the river Thames to Auckland, Honduras, Jamaica, Antigua, Demerara, Ascension, Cape Town, Graham's Town, Hong Kong, Corfu, and St. Helena. The Emigration Commissioners will receive tenders on the Ist of January for the hire of ships, to proceed respectively to Sydney and Geelong These vessels must be ready for passengers between the 10th and 17th of February. The East India Company will receive tenders on the 2nd of January for the convey/taco, in a vessel of about 500 tons register, of 250 tone of dead weight, and 200 tons of measurable goods, from England to Madras ; als , ), on the same day, for the conveyance, in a vessel registering about 500 tons, of 100 tons of galvanised iron wire, from Liverpool to Calcutta. By the Arabia, which arrived here yesterday forenoon, we hive New York advices of the 16th inst. Money was in active detnand at New York, and the rate for loans on call was 7 per cent. Bills were without change, ruling at 8 to 10 per cent, according to length and signature. A large busi. nest was done in Foreign Exchanges for the Arabia. Bills on London were heavy, at I per cent decline, the chief sales being made at 1081 to 109. The state of the New York markets is thus noticed in the Herald's " City Article :"—" The bank move ment last week was very extraorlinary. In the face of a decrease in all other departments we have an increase in discounts of nearly one and a half million of dollars. The aggregate line of discounts now is greater than we have reported since the 27th of Sept. last, while the specie reserve is less than it was when the loans were six million smaller. The bank movement at present is by no means a healthy one. An increase in discounts without a corre sponding increase in deposits, is by no means desirable, and very seldom exhibited. The decrease in specie last week is greater than that reported in any one week throughout the whole of the con traction. In proportion to the discount line, the specie reserve is at a very low point. The Money Market must be sensibly affected by the movements of specie. The stringency is increasing, and is likely to be severe before the turning point is reached. The Cotton Market at New York was firm, and a mode rate business going forward ; prices also have had an upwa.zd tendency. According to the circular of Mr. W. P. Wright, we have the following statement respecting the movements of the Cotton trade : Exports Stock Receipts. to Great Britain. on hand. 1556 ...1,068,000 212,000 550,000 1855. ..1,108,000 387,000 464,000 From these figures it will be perceived that the decrease at the ports compared with last year is 40,000 bales ; compared with 1852, 59,000. Decrease in the exports to Great Britain, 175,000; compared with 1852, 199,000 ; other foreign ports, 47,000 ; compared with 185 2 , 7,000. The Breadstuffs trade was quite vigorous. Flour was freely purchased at rising prices. A lively demand existed for wheat and corn at a slight im provement in value The amount of each of these, available to buyers, was very moderate, Provisions were in fair request at, however, somewhat irregular rates. Freights were quoted heavy, though the demand for ship-room was very fair. The Asia brought 268,932 dols specie, on freight. We have late commercial advices from Havanah, from which we learn that Sugar had improved in price, the'crop which was to he gathered in, promised to be an abundant one, and some decline had taken place in making contracts for the coming delivery. The lhst report of the markets in that city state that business in produce was active and shipments quite large for the season. Sugars advanced another fraction in the lower classes for merchant able goods. Contracts for the new crop reach 56,000 boxes from second hands at $23 to $24 per box of 400 lbs net, equal to $5 to $6 ql, through all classes and qualities of the product of several estates of good reputation. Our quotations are are firm, for whites through $7 to $B2 per ql (100 lbs), yellows equal to Dutch standard, Nos. 18 to '2O, $6 to $7 ; Nos. 15 to 17, $6 to $6l; Nos. 13 to 14, $52 to $5l do ; browns do, Nos. 11 and 12 at $5 to $5l; Cucuruchos do, Nos. 8 to 10 at $4-a to $4l; and for Muscovado new crop many bargains closed for early delivery at s4f to $5 per ql. Stock 75,000 boxes. Molasses, contracts for new crop at Brs per keg of 5i gal. Exchange—London n to 4 p.m. hero observe that an attempt is being made at Washington to have sugar put upon the free list ; but it is opposed by the Secretary of the Treasury on the ground that some arrangement must be made with the government of Cuba that the abro gation of the duty here shall not have the effect of increasing the export duty in Cuba. In this the Secretary Is in error. The export duty on sugar in Cuba is a specific one of 871 cents. per box, and a change in our duties or prise would not affect the duty in Cuba iu any manner. STEAM COMMUNICATION WITEI CANADA.—In a letter to the Times, " Canada," after arguing the matter at great length, sums up thus : " We want a weekly line of steamers and must have it now, if we are to secure a trade of vast importance to our future prosperity, and which will not wait for us. We a s k f rom you a contribution but equal to what we ourselves will give, and we are content that it shall end when your subsidy to the foreign ports shall cease. If you will not do this, the world will see the spectacle of the parent not only building up the trade and revenue of a foreign nation in preference to that of its own offspring, but contributing, by pecuniary aid, to withdraw from it that very trade which it is straining every nerve to attract. You are aware that in the public works of Canada are invest' d £5,700,000 of Engli4h money. To render these more productive an effort at the present juncture must be made. S hall we have imperial co operation, or its a ct i ve diacour ag ement " ; 1 1( r G(l.-1 - •7 • •CIC commercial Intelligence. LONDON TALLOW MARKET.—DEC. 27. The market is firm. Town tallow is quoted 58s nett cash; Petersburg Y.C., on the sp,t, 53s to 6d; all this month, 58i; January to March, 58.. MARKET AVERAGES.--TOWLI tallow, 593 61; fat by do. 3s 21 ; yellow Russian, 593 34; melted- stuff, 43s 6d; rough do, 27s ; tallow graves, 178; good dregs, 7s. LONDON MINING MARKET.—Dsc. 27. The market for British mining stocks remains quiet, with only a moderate amount of business. Prices exhibit no material variation. In the Stock Exchange Pontgi baud shares are officially marked 84 (.£2O paid), and Cobre 58. Subjoined is a list of yesterday's transactions in the Mining Exchange:—Bryntail, 5; Great Alfred, 122, I, it, 12, ; Lady Bertha, 20s, 21s, 19s, 20s, 20s 6d, 21s, 22s ; North Basset, 36 5; N or th C ro f ty. 51; North France!, 10,1 ; North Penhaldaria, 2t ; 104,1; Sortridge Consols, 11,4 ; South Caradon, 350; South Cara Brea, 17,1; Treweatha, 34; West Caradon, 1421, 145; Wheal Edward, 24; Wheal Harriet, lOs 6d, lb 6d, Wheal Kitty (Lelant), 15, 16. 14t ; Wheal Zion, 20s. In the Stock Exchange : North Basset, 354, 36 ; Sortridge Consols, 14, 1 9-16 ; Porkellis, 104, I; North Crafty, 51, 4; Lady Bertha, 20s 6d, 22s 6d, 225, 21s. GLASGOW PIG IRON MARgET.—Dsc. 27. The market keeps very quiet, and there are sellers at 72s 9d, for cash. One s‘le has been reported at this quotation. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. LIVERPOOL, DECEMBZI 29, 1~1017 WATRR--liforn. 12 20 —O. men. 12 40—Height. 16 ft. 4 in . Dec. 27. -, - Speedy .. Dee. 28. Oden Honduras (R.M.S.) .... Boston, &c. Confidence Mary Ann John Owens S t. . Lisbon St. John, N.B. Norman (a.s.) Dec, 27. Asia (R.M.S ) New York Patna Hong Kong Lydi t Prances Wilmington Livonia San Sebastian General Mina Havannah Moultrie .. . Charleston Emily .. Para Leo Eliza Palermo Luzon • ....... Havann+h Minerva Valparaiso Char:es Thompson.-- Havanna)) A'chille Ingleborough —City Point California .. Ship Island .. __ Happy Return Wicklow Monkey Minnie.. Gannet Cs s.) ...... ..... .... Cork Mary Limerick Lange .... .• Dublin Waterlilly ...... ... Kingstown Eliza fenny Lind Dublin Pees Packet .... • Wicklow Betsey and Jessie Wicklow Sarah ........ ...... Wicklow ovely Peggy A beryst with Collier „......Bamor Eliza Amlwch Eliza .. .. Aberystwith. Rope .. .... Plymouth. Providence Barrow Harmonie Minho .... Newport )R LOADING. Ralbec (a.a.) Havre Renner St. Thomas Queen 8ee.... Santa Martha, &c. Dee. 28. Caroline Laconia (Ls.) .... Con stsn tinople Margaret ...... ... Whitehaven ENTERED Pi Dec. 26. Gunte(s...).. Arendahl, Dram,&c. Leander Bahia Albat'ne Calcutta OUTPORTS. Pill-Bristol, Dec. 2 6.—Arrived—The Amelia, Howe, from Liverpool. Barrow, Dec. 21.—Arrived—The Joshua Williams, from Liverpool. Dec. 25.—The Integrity, E va is , Mary Jane, Morri s; and Thomas, Hodgson—all train Liverpool. Jersey, Dee 24.—Arrived—The Envoy, Cori, from Liverpool. Newport, Dec. 2t ; tiled The F mpress, Sinnott, for Liverpool. Neath, Dec. 26. Sailed—The Fanny Truss, Jones; Visitor, Cook I and Esther Ann, Moult—all for 1 iyerpool. Plymouth, Dec. 26.—Arrived—The Elizabeth and Mary, Sweet.. land, from Liverpool. Deal, Dec. 27.—Arrived—The Royal George, Morgan, from Moulmein—Prospero, Taylor, St Michaels. Greenock. Dec. 26.—Sailed—Tne Tigraous, for Barbadoes—Bens, Newfoundl.ln i. Queenstown, Dec. 27.—A rrived —The Amnia, from Mauritius-- Isabella, New York—Rattler (s. tog), Liverpool, to tow the Mississipi to London. Fleetwood, Dec. 26 —Pat in—The Major Nanny, Lloyd, from Barr. w for Cardiff. Redcar, Dec. 27.—The Banff, Gerbell, of Harwich, is on shore near this place, dismasted ; no crew on b oar d . Holyhead, Dec. 26.—Put in—The Oulton, Owens, from Arklow and William Vickers, from Neath—both for Liverpool. Milford Haven, Dec. 25. —Put in—The Fur,p I, Williams, from St. John's, Newfoundland ; and Andromeda, from Honduras —both for Liverpool, London. Dec. 2 7.—Arrived—The Taliy.ho. Young, from Leg). : ,-, ? , —John Hillman Williams, Naples—F or tit u d e, Lee, Cardiff, Gravesend, Dec. 26 — Arrived—The Reaper, Archer. Ir on , St . Domingo. Dec. 27.—Arrived—The Waterfall, from. Gaernsev— Kath'een, Memel—Why Not, Guernsey—Ajax, C ..xh wen —Perini. Prince Edgard Island—lronmaster, Harris, --; Eliz.ibeth, Mills, Guernsey. Sailed—The Huntley, Pashley, for Algoaßay. Bristol, Dec. 27.—Sailed—The Industrious, Dixon, for Barba does —Hope, Day, Savannah—Maria, Murray, Demerara—Tribune, Berry, Lisbon. MARITimr: EXTRACTS, Liverpool, Dec. 25.—The Ontario, tn. New York, took the ground, yesterday, in Prince'. Rasin, but was got off and docked last tide, making about t 5 Inches w .ter per hour.—The Thornton, from New York, lost both anchors on Fri ar last, and was taken to the Ameri ci.n mall steamers' moorings, in the Sloyne, but broke them adril during the afterncon and got aground near Rock Ferry pier. She was afterwards got off and Into the Wellington basin without any apparent damage—Arabia (R. 3/. S.), Stone, arrived here. sailed from Boston Dec. 17, and from Halifax Dec. 19, at 2 10 p m. ; was detained 12 hours by fog, be ween Boron and Hall 'ax, and 4 hours off tha bar of the Mersey for water. On the 25th inst., in lat. 51 N., lon 26 W., passed a steamer, supposed to be the Niagara, hence to Boston. On the 27th inst., b,tween Tuskar and Holshead„ passed the R.M.s. Asia, hence to New York. The Arabia has 268 939 dols In specie, and 74 passengers. Hartlepool, Dec. 26.—The Osprey (0.5.), of West Hartlepool, from Hamburg, with a general cargo, chiefly barley, in taking West Har tlepool to-day strdek on the bar, caught the north pier, and imme delately sank, Inside the piers. Efforts will be mare to get part of the cargo out to-night. It is blowing hard from E.N.E. wills heavy sea. New Orleans. Dec. 6 —ln port—The ship Hesperus, Lewis, has been taken up for Liverpool, at ill for cotton, lid for wheat. and Is for corn. Boston, Drc. 12.—The Britirh barque Joseph Dexter, Roy, has arrived from Havannah, via Liverpool, N.S., where she put in on account of h-a 1 winds. Charleston, Dec. B.—Put in—The Rover (schooner) from Nassau (N.P.) for New Yorir, leaky, with part of /cargo thrown overboard and loss of mainmast. Malaga, Dec. 16. —The British barque Sabina, Walton, drove on shore on the need et Motul, Dec. 13. Attempts are being made to get her off. St. Johns, Newfoundland, Dec. 2.—The schooner Elfza Ryan, from Halifax to Liverpool, with molasses logwood. &c., having encoun tered heavy weather. shipped several seas, starting cabin on deck, and sternpost,and the vessel being leaky and disabled, bore up for Placentia, and in entering the harbour was driven on shore by the current s fell over, filled, was discharged, surveyed, condemned and void. New York, Dec. 13.—The hu lof a large vessel, painted blacg. was passed, Dec. 7. i n lat. 42 N .„ ion. 68 W.. by the Durnbaiton, arrived here. Dec 16.—The Talavera, Merithew, from Alexandria (V.A.) ti Liv. rpool, put into Portland, Dec. 12, for repairs, having been thrown on her beam ends, had her upper works strained which caused her to leak. and her deck swept, Btc., in a N.W. squall, in lat. FN., 10n.16. The John Currier. from almou.h, which was ashore on Phoen ix Island, was got of on Mobile 10 t ii inst., and next day was found to be completely broken up.—The Mississippi, of Baltimore, from Dominica sad St. Eustacia to Balti more, was reported to be totally lost at St. Thomas, about 10th inst. SPOICEN. Dec. 20.. Majestic. f rom P. R . Island to Liverpool, ln lat. Lon. waterlorecd, and with crew on b0ard...... -.. 18 W. Dec. 20.. John Haven, hence to Calcutta POREIGN PORTS. Pudsey. Dawson, sailed from San Francisco for Hong Kong, Nov. 6. Helen, Goodwin; and Tnomas. Calhoun, hence at Savannah. Sea King, Murphy, from Gibraltar ; and British Monarch, froth Tenerife—both at Savannah. Queen of the Lakes, Patching, belies at Charlest on . Constantine, afacoduck, hence at Boston. Steffar, Opulch ; and HeilecLina, Houghon—both hence at Trieste. Queen of the Sei, hence at Santan - !er. Eclipse, hence nt Ostend. Sea King, Barker ; and Harry of the West, Adams--both cleared at New Orleans for Liverpi , ol, Dec 3: Ticonderoga, Boyle, cleared at Mobile for Liverpool. Dec. 1. Isaac Wright, Marshall, cleared at New York for Liverpool. Dec. 15. Sylvia, Swasey, cleared at Charleston for Liverpool, Dec.ll. Adele Rogers, Snow. hence at Virgin 4. G. F. Patten, Mitchell, hence at Baltimore. Lawson, Harrison, hence at Philadelphia. Marenga, Alexander, sailed from City Pont for Liverpool, Dec. 5. Ashburton, Bradish, hence at New York. Netheiton. A des, from Bahia at New York. St. Lou's, Hoyt, hence at New York, with decks swept, deck houses started, bulwarks stove, loos of sails, &c. Africa (R.M.S.), hence at New York, Dec. 11. Anglo Saxon (s s.), hence at Portland, Dec. 10. City of Manchester (s.s.), bent)! at Philadelphia, Dec. 10, Arcadia (q.s.), Orfeur, hence at Constantinople. Prince Arthur cleared at Conttantlnople for Smyrna and Liver.. pool, Dec. 8. Rapid sailed from Zante, Dec. 4; Restless, Dec. 11 —both for Liverpool. Blarney (a s.) sailed from Galata for Constantinople, Dee. 15. Daniel Webster, Sampson, cleared at Boston for Liverpool. Dec. 10. West Point, Harding; and Arctic, Zerega, b—oth cleared at New York, Dec. 11; William Tapacott. Bell; Middlesex, _Parmlee ; and Sardinia, Huston, Dec. 12—all for Liverpool. Clara, Brown, from Glasgow at New York, Dec. 10. Essex, Welch, cleared at St. John, N. 8., for Liverpool, Dec. 6. ; DEATHS. On the 24th inst., after an illness of 'very short duration hfr. A. D. of the Dining Rooms, Harrington -street, universally respected by all who knew him. On the :.6:11, inst., at 124, Dake-street, Mary Maria, infant daughter of Mr. D. Baugh. 03- Births. Marriages, and Deaths, are only inserted when sent to our Office duly authenticated. THE POLICZ STABBING AT MERTHYR. —An adjourned inquest was held on Wednesday afternoon at the Castle Hotel, Merthyr Tydfil, on the body of Joseph Pearce, police constable on the Vale of Neath Railway, aged 28. The particulars of this case, which have already appeared in our columns, are briefly these :—.On the night. of the Ittth inst. the deceased was at a public-house in Merthyr, in company with some others, when a man named Elias Jenkins came in, who, after quarrelling with the whole party, was requested by the landlady to leave the house. As he continued to be abusive the deceased pushed him towards the door, and they all went out into the street together, Jenkins swearing he would be revenged. Upon this deceased returned towards him, when Jenkins sprang at him, and stabbed him with a knife in the abdomen. The jury returned a verdict of " Wilful murder" against . Jenkins, who was conveyed to gaol under the coroner'swarrant. • -oaf •