The Express.
London, England, 1865-11-24 00:00:00

CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT•

(THIS DAY.)

TRIAL OF DR. HUNTER.
Dr. Robert Hunter surrendered this morning to take his
trial for felosiously assaulting Mrs. Merrick.
Be was placed in the deck.
The coma appeared to ovate very great interest.
SOMA Bottom end Mr. Butler Rigby prosecuted ; the
/eloper was defended by Soria Ballantine, Mr. Sleigh,
sad Mr. Montagu Williams.
&treat Robineos, in opening the owe to the jury, said
that they were aware that the charge against the prisoner
aroma of a most serious character. and he was bound to
my that it rested almost entirely on the evidence of the
prosenesix, aad It wee for them to say whether they
Tad
any air room to doubt that She was speaking the truth.
primer was not a regularly qualified practitioner, award-
ing to the law of this country, bat he had for several years
advertised the moat successful cures of consumption, and
this led Mrs. Merrick, the prosecutrix, so come into eon- •
✓ake with the prisoner. An arrangement was made that
MIL Merrick should visit the prisoner, and that
he should prescribe for her, and she did so cm
several occasioo prior to the 14th of September. On that
day she went to the prisoner's house about 1 o'clock.
end he gave her something to inhale, and she became de.
rived of all physical power. He then locked the door,
and, as she alleged, committed the Ohara imputed to him.
she would inform the= that the effect of what she inhaled
was not to deprive her of cionscionsesee, bet of all physical
power, and she was unable to cry out. The learned counsel
thee proceeded to state the other facts in the same very
Wetly, and he said it was a question for them whether a
woman on the brink of death, se he should prove she was,
was likely to have Bumped ty such a charge against the

Oozier.
The f aliwing evidence was then addaried
Mrs. Anse Merrick, • well dressed ladylike woman, who
appeared to be M and weak, and apparently about 30 years
of age, was examined. She said—l am the prosecutrix
is this case and the wife of Mr. Samuel Merrick, of No.
52, Upper Baker street. My husband carries on the bud-
seas of • tobsoooniat at that place. Previously to last
September I had been suffering from ooasumption, and I
malted the prisoner in that month, and saw him from
lime to time till the 14th of October at his house. On
the first occasion when I saw him he arid that if I at-
tended to his directioes he would make me as well as
ever I was in my life. His fee was six guineas
a Meth ; and the amusement was that I was always to
go to his house. Os the 14th of October I went to his house
about 11 o'clock in the morning. The servant answered
the door and he asked me to step in the maim-room till
the doctor was ready t• see me. I had to wait for more
thea two hours, aid then I went upstairs to the prisoner,
oa the first floor. He was quite 'lose. After I got into
the room he asked me how I was, and I told him the pain
I felt in my ride was much worse. Ho told me to sit down
and gave me an instrument to inhale something from. The
instrument was on the table. I continued to inhale about
five minutes, sad the prisoner Um& poured somethiog out
of a small bottle into the instramest that was oa the table,
and very soon afterwards I felt a strange feeling come over
me. I was inhaling from the instrument at the moment
the prisoner poured the contents of small bottle into it.
The feeling I refer to was • stupefying feeling, it was not
very much at first, but it increased afterwards. It
seemed to render me almost powerless, bat I re-
tained W coasciouness. The prisoner then said that
he would examine the pain in my side, and be
put his hand wide: nay clothes, and said that I was
:nosh better, and that I should soon be well. I was listen-
ing to what be said, and was hardly aware what he was
doing, and the prisoner suddenly pulled me backwards in
the chair, and it was each a position that I felt completely
powerless. (The witness then described what took place.)
I struggled as much as I could, and the prisoner placed
his face over mine and kissed me in the most pas-
sionate manner, and by this means I was pre-
vented from screaming. The prisoner then left
me, and went to the wash-hand-basin, sad I got
up, bat could not get out as the door was looked. The
prisoner said he hoped I should Dot think any more of
what bad been duns, and I demanded that the door should
be opened. The prisoner opened the door, and I left the
house and went to • friend, Mrs. Sharland,who lived about a
minute sod a hall's walk from the doctor's residence, and
remained at her house about tea minutes. When I went
out I hailed • cab near Dr. Hunter's residence. I rang the
doctor's bell and asked for an embrocation, which was to
have been prepared for me, and when I reiived it I rode
home in • cab. The moment I got home I made • oom-
maladies to my mother. After tide I remained at home
asd teak to my bed, and remained in it for a fort-
night, and during that period I was unable to make
any communication to my husband. My mother slept
with me at night. During this period I was visited
by Dr. Willes, OD behalf of the prisoner. I had never
seen him before. The assault took place on Saturday, the
14th of October, and Dr. Wilke came on the following
Monday. I was also visited by another medical gentleman,
aimed Melville. I made the first complaint to my hus-
band on • Monday, about • fortnight after the occurrence
took place. I did not at first make a full disclosure, but I
did so two or three days after I first spoke to him upon
the subject.

MONEY MABILII2

the Imperial Maxillas Railway Company (Limited)
by the 15th Janne'''.
Subjoined is Meow. Culverwell, Brooks, and
Co.'s report of yesterday's hide sales :
At tho twestr.second amiss of bide males for hem •
good dowsed was experienced, sad fall primesed.
East Inslia—Ox and cow : Celesta' were is geed moat,
en
the boom trek operating to a oewsiderable retest, sull
prime ware realised. For expert early • moderate basilicas
was done. The analysis of the sales is 91,084 Calcutta sew
puede, 15,448 brought forward from foveae, wiles. led
3.249 Bombay, he., is all 109,779 hides, of which 93,760
wore sold. East India : Buffalo were mostly bought in, the
demand being slack for the manes* osly. Leather : Aus-
tralian wee is good demand et labs rates. Salted Hides :
Asstralian were in goal request. Cape besought late rete•
Smith American reareed full prism Dm sad dryealted
Hides : &nth American were only port aced. Prises rea-
lised fair prima. Mauritius were all sold. &Dian were is
good request. Horse Hides : Gerenao robot fair WAWA.
Belk : Mimosa 1M in good request. at late rata.
The following is from the bullion circular of
Messrs. Sharps and Wilkins :
quiet to-day.
The silver market has beers exeseelisair
not% ithstaadise the reduction is the Bask rate of &sweet
rasa the delivery of the kitten from Bombay. The price
clam with • flat appearance st ss. lid. per oz. eteedard.
Mexican dollars SJ unchanged at se. though a redaction is
szpsetad os the arrival of the Mexican steamer due tie
Ski inst.
The return of the Bank of Ragland for the week
ending Wednesday, Nov. 22, compared with that
for the previous week, shows the following changes
Circulation Wire g28,323,900 loanwes 1:813,905
561,16.5
Circulation active .
Publics deposal ... .......
Other deposits... 12,878,92.3 Isere:um 603,907
Government securities is
banking departmest
Other eactuisiss is basking
department 19,004,565 Decrease 304,317
Coin and bullies ia both
d
14,465,032 Ismael. 7F7,924
&wenepartment+
day end other bills 490,143 Distreese 16,7n3
863
The Best 3,210.548 lacrosse 12,
Notes In reserve
Total reserve (notes & coin i
in banking department
These changes show an extraordinary increase in
the Bank's resources, and, besides fully explaining
the reduction in the ;ate of discount made today,
denote quite a turn in the course of the looney
market. The Bank hes gained under nearly every
head of its accounts, the
and
deposits
having increased 433,9151., and the private deposits
603,9671., while the private securities haveadditi dimi-
nished 304,3171. The conseque is au
on
of no less than 1,356,099/. to the reserve, which
(notes and coin) is thus raised to the large sum of
8,531,0721. The amount of newly-itnported gold
received by the Bank during the week, after allow-
ing for the withdrawals, was about 539,0001., and
the difference between this sum and the increase of
787,9341., now shown in the coin and bullion, must
have arisen through a redo: of coin from the in-
ternal circulation.

BANE OF NM:ILA:M.—An
and th Vic.. c. 32, for the
November ?I, MS.

xoent kerma' to the Act Ttk
reek ending uo Wednesday.

ISISOC DIM
[.337,900
Not issued

MITRES?.
Onvernoent debt.. L 11,01300
!Caber annuities 3.634.900
Gold coin and bul-
-1 Rae 13,673,900

wu~ _. ~

P:13,X3,0,0

848,143.888
surnso DI
Proprietors. Capital £14.563,000
Rest L210,1148
Public Dap°.its (in
clndhig Excheq ,
Bay. Banks. Co
nits. of NaUonal
Debt, sod Div
Accounts)
Other Deposita 14,8-.1083
I...evn day and other
Bills 400,148

',Arnow.
Gotballoou.rilyikerritLszoiLeuilienist
hue:
1:00,774491.:1040165ce
Gold and lher 791,132

£37.276,757

L 37, 71.737
W. MILLER, Cl:let Cashier.

Nov. tl. 111016.

NINES,-(T1118 DAY.)

Two o'l

:LOCI.

THURSDAY EVENING.
Consols, which closed yesterday at 884 to 4 ex
div., for the 7th December, opened and closed to-
day at the same quotation. For money the last
price was 894 to 4 with div. The official
business
report sas follows :—Three per Cent. sole,
for money, 891, 4,1, ; ditto, for account, 88f, 4e;
Three per Cents. Reduced, 871, ; New Thre
per Cents., 874, 4, d ; India Five per Cent. Stock,
1054, 105 ; ditto Bonds, 18s. prem. ; Four per
ICent. " enlaced " rupee paper, 864.
The government broker bought to-day 20,0001.
New Three per Cents. for the Sinking Fund.
Indian government securities were firm. Indian
Bonds were dealt in at 1.83. prem. The March Ex-
chequer Bills were unaltered, at 6a. to 2e. ilia., while
the June improved ls., closing at 9s. to 4s. dis.
In the foreign stook market there was an almost
general improvement. Sardinian, Buenos Ayres
Deferred, Peruvian, and Russian of 1864,r0ee 1 per
cent. ; Mexican, Brazilian scrip, and Turkish Con-
solides, Ito 4 ; and most of the other stocks cur-
rently dealt iu in this department, 1 to 4 per cent.
General firmness prevailed at the cloee.
The shares of the financial companies were
firm. International Financial and General Credit
met with more demand. The closing quotations
were as follows :—lnternational Final/4W, 1 1-16
to 3-16 prem. ; General Credit, 24 to 21 prem. ;
London Financial, 64 to 7 prem. ; Imperial Mer-
cantile Credit, 24 to prem. ; Credit Foncier and
Mobilier, 34 to 4 prem., ex div. and new ; and
ditto New, 34 to 44 prem.
National Discount shares were last quoted 111
to 4 prem., being better ; Joint Stock DirJount, 11
to 11 die., showing also an improvement ; Hudson's
Bay, 151 to 4, being 2s. 6d. to ss. higher ; Egyp-
tian Trading, 1 to 04 dis., ex div. ; Ottoman So-
clad Gdndrale, 3 to 4 prem., showing a rise of
7a. 6d. ; and Atlantic Telegraph 8 per cent. Pre-
ference, 24 to 34. The shares of Overend,
Gurney, and Co. were in demand, and rose 7s. 6d.,
closing at 74 to 4 prem.
There was some excitement this afternoon in the
market for Canada Land shares, owing to a report
—which as yet seems to require confirmation—that
discoveries of oil have been made near the com-
pany's property. A fresh rise of 71. to 81• occurred,
transactions taking place as high as 86, and 85 being
bid at the close. Crystal Palace and Peel River
Land shares were also inquired for, while City
Offices and Upper Assam Tea were flat.
The closing (but in some cases nominal) quota-
tions for shares in new undertakings are follow:
Bank of Turkey, 14 to 24 prem. ; Ismas it Fore et,
to 14 prem. ; St. Saviour's Wharf, 1 to 2 prem.;
Frederick Symons and Co., I to 2 prem. ; American
Oil Wells, 14 to 24 prem. ; East and West Junc-
tion Railway, 2 to 3 prem. ; and Import and Ex-
port Provision, 4 to 1 prem.
American securities were decidedly better. Erie
and Illinois Central Railway shares rose 4 to 1 dol.,
and the 5.20 Bonds and the Erie Railway Loan, 4.
The principal feature in this department, however,
was a strong demand for Atlantic and Great
Western Railway Debentures, which rose as much as
3 per cent., owing to the confidence inspired by the
explanations given at to-day's meeting. The fol-
lowing shows the latest prices, viz.: 5-20 Bonds,
64 to 4 ; Erie Railway shares, 56 to 4 ; Illinois
Central, 824 to 83 ; Atlantic and (heat Western
Railway Debentures, 85 to 86 ; ditto, Small
Bonds, 864 to 871, ex div. ; and the Erie Rail-
way Loan, 4 to 4 prem.

In the mining market today there is a decline in
Wheel Chiverton share, which are now
quoted 9 to 9}. West Chivertou are
quoted 77 to 79 ; West Wheal Maria, 2to ;
Great Vor, 34 to 36 ; East Carn Brea, 5i to
lßast Caradon, 91 to 10 ; and Wheal Beton, 215 to
No.
shares
Foreign sad colonial mining are quiet. St.
Jobs del Rey are dull.

MGR TLDIII AT WOZTHING.--The tide at noon on
Weekends! towed over bate the awned. Tbe boat-
men. welshing sa bey germs do be rot the
weather. lied prepwwi ter the threateeed nriensice.
awl haslet ap- timer hoe* ka. oat et heroes way.
At the weakest perks of be tweak leek' sawed esedek.
ed demep. Ihe meelsel its highest pobt
at 21b. sad se it esetiemd to rise. the once-
mate of the parade homes essesed it advisable
to take active embers, be keep* it out of their
dwellings. The par stood the gale without the
slightest lalegr—Wesi Bmen Gezefla