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proprietor of the Royal Hotel at Brantford; Mr. Casey,
silk manufacturer; and other gentlemen, gave the prisoner
Ralph& an undeniable character for honesty. It appeared
he was a medical student, but wu passionately fond of I
shooting,•in which he indulged at the Red House, Battersea,
to a great extent. He was never known to gamble, and had
not large means. He wee son of a surgeon at Brantford.
The Recorder summed up.
The jury then retired, and after a deliberation of au hour
and a quarter, returned with averdict of Guilty against all the
prisoners, conddering that all were concerned in the con-
spiracy.—The prosecutor, through Mr. M. Chambers, recom-
mended Ralpks to mercy.
The Recorder said the case was en important one, and the
coart would take time to consider itajudgment.—Ellntence,
it was intimated, would be palsied on Thursday morning.

POLICE.- Y _ VITERDAT.

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.— Citanos AOAINBT A
NOBLEMAN.—Lord William Vane Posalett, of 19, Curzon-
street, Mayfair, was charged with having stolen two em-
broidered slippers, value 12e., from the shop of Mr. E.
Stahl, bootmsker, Burlington-arcade—W. Oakley, shopman
to Mr. Stahl, said, on Friday evening the prisoner came
into his master's shop, and asked to be fitted with a pair of
blucher boots. Witness tried on several pairs, but none
would fit. He was absent from the shop some minutes,
looking for a pair, and, on his returning without finding
any, was requested by the prisoner to look again. He
again returned without finding the size repaired, and took
the prisoner's measure, and his name and address. The
boots were sent aid paid for, and shortly afterwards two
embroidered slippers, one red and the other yellow, and
both for the same foot, were missed from the window, where
witness had seen them when Lord Powlett was in the shop.
Witness recollected that he saw a red slipper in Lord Pow-
lett's hands when he was coming down from the wareroom.
—W. Allen, shopman, said, as soon as the slippers were
missed, and suspicion had arisen against the prisoner, he
was instructed to go to Canon-street, and make inquiries.
He went, and, on telling his business to tho footman, he
received a message from his lordship, that he had taken the
slippers, and they were then in the house. Witness re-
turned, and mentioned what he had learned to Oakley, with
whom lie returned to Lerd Powlett, who said he would not
have had the thing occur for 601. He said he took the
slippers to ascertain which would fit him best, in-
tending to call and take that pair which he
might fix upon. Lord Powlett also said that Mr.
Stahl was in the shop when he took the slippers.
Tho foreman contradicted this, asserting that he was
the only one present in the shop at the time. Witness',
received both slippers from the footman.—Lord Powlett, in
defence, said he took the slippers, but certainly with no in-
tention of stealing them. He had offered to pay for them
when the first application was made at his house.—The
foreman drew attention to the singular fact of hie lordship
taking away the slippers in his pocket. He thought some-
thing might have been said about it. It was also suspicious
that Oakley should have been sent out of the shop
twice.—Mr. Bingham said it appeared to him that consider-
ing the prisoner bad given his correct address, had paid for
the articles he ordered, and, above all, that two odd slippers
could have been of no use to any one, the probability was,
there had been some oversight or misapprehension. It was
• question, however, to be decided by a jury if the prosecu-
tor thought fit to proceed further.—The foreman said hie
original impression of the case was in tome degree altered by
the view taken of it by the magistrate. In the absence of
instructions from his employer he should not be disposed to
go further. —His lordship was then discharged.
WESTM IN ST ER. —MANSLACGLITen.—H. Spicer WAS
finally examined, charged with manslaughter. On the
evening of the 4th of Nay , P. Birch, the deceased, entered
the parlour of the Admiral Keppel Tavern, FulhanLroad, in
a state of intoxication, and indiscriminately insulted the
whole of the company there, and amongst other persons the
prisoner, whose shirt he tore, after laying hold of him and
challenging him to fight. Some time after this Birch chal-
lenged a man named Cook to fight, and although the man
refused, struck him and knocked him back in his seat, when
Cook, seizing a file which was near him, told Birch that if
he repeated the blow he would strike him with it. Birch
eosin struck him violently, when Cook made • blow at him
with the file. Birch caught the tile oat of his hand, and
thrust at Cook two or three times, inflicting a severe injury
near his eye, upon observing which a person named Fuller
snatched the file out of deceased's hand, when the
latter seized Cook by the throat and almost choked
him. At this moment the prisoner, taking the tongs from
the fireplace, struck deceased with them on the back or
loins. Fuller called out, " For God's sake Spicer, don't
strike the man like that." The prisoner struck again at
the deceased, who being at the moment looking over his
shoulder, received a very severe wound on hie head from the
knob of the tongs, and was taken to St. George's Hospital.
There the houserurgeon dressed the wound and endea-
voured to persuade deceased to remain ; informing him that
his life was in danger, but he refused, and went away. On
the 24th he returned to the hospital, and died on the 7th
inst. Deceased did not attempt to give the prisoner into
eustody at the time the offence was committed, nor at any
subsequent period, declaring " that he would take the law
Into his own hands whenever be saw the prisoner."—Mr.
mpeted, house•urgeon at St. George's Hospital, in reply
to inquiries from Mr. Broderip, said that deceased was
brought in with a lacerated wound on the left side of the
head, such ea might have been inflicted with the tongs pro-
duced. The cause of death was an abscess on the brain,
resulting from the wound. He had no doubt the wound
was the cause of death.—Spicer was cammitted for trial.
SOUTHWARK.—Cnanom or Bionier.—J. Redpath
was finally examined, charged with intermarrying with
Sarah Ann Philpot, his first wife, Elixaboth Thomson, being
then and still living.—B. Thomson, brother to the first wife,
oile
mid that he was present when she was married to the pri-
soner in the Regirtrar's-office, Lumberton Toll, Berwick-
upon-Tweed, according to the Scotch rites, on the Bth of
October, 1838. The prisoner had three children by the first
marriage, whom he deserted in 1842.—Sarah Ann Philpot
said that she was married to the prisoner at St. John's
Church, Southwark, on the 24th Nov., 1844. They bad one
child, but the prisoner deserted her shortly after their
manage.—ln answer to the charge, the prisoner said that
the first was not a legal marriage, and Thomson knew it.—
Mr. Cottingham mid it was perfectly legal, and committed
him for trial.

TL;ES D AT BYENINO.
The uneasiness inspired by the accounts from Paris
about the divisions in the French cabinet, and the
probable ejectment of M. Gnizot, depressed the funds
to-day. Not that that statesman meets on the Stock
Exchange with much sympathy or respect on his own
account, however, or that he is otherwise than gene-
rally disliked for the tortuousness of his political
course since he was virtually first, and has been really
since, at the head of the government, but because ap-
prehensions are vageely prevalent that a change,
filet bring parties into the French cabinet, the
ibuslatioes of whose policy would be laid in offen-
d= interventions everywhere, eventually resulting in
war more or less general. Some words uttered by
our prime minister also about the national defences to
be cared for have not passed unobserved. With these
impressions abroad Consols became heavy this
morning, and at one time were sellers at
85, and done indeed at 84„. Previous to
the close of business they rallied, however,
to 851 to 1„ which are equal to the last quotations of
yesterday. The favourable character of the com-
mercial and monetary intelligence from Bombay,
received by a casual overland arrival, and of that also
communicated from the United States to the 26th ult.
from New York in an extra edition of the Daily
News, contributed probably in some degree to this
recovery of prices. Reduced Threes 841 to 1. Three-
and-a-Quarter per Cents., 864 to 1. Bank Stock,
1864 to 84. Exchequer Bill., 6s. to 10.. pm. India
Bonds, 255. to 18s. discount.
Towards the afternoon, as Consols grew better, the
transactions in foreign securities became rather more
active. Mexican from 17 to advanced to 171 to 181,
probably on the strength of the eegotiations for peace
being in more successful train from the reported
depa-tnre of Banta Anna from Mexico; probably, also,
from the report that the forthcoming message of the
President of the United States would be more favour-
able to the restoration of peace between the two coun-
tries than his conduct hitherto would give reason to
expect. Brazilian were done at 80, quoted 79 to SO.
Buenos Ayres bought at 31, but were widely called
28 to 31. Chilian, 89 to 91. Span!sh Fives 17 to 4 ;
the Threes, 284 to 9, and firm at those prices. Portu-
guese, 22 to 3. Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents., 641
to 51 ; the Fours, 841 to 1. Russian, 106 to 7.
Foreign exchange did not exhibit much variation
this afternoon. Bills on Amsterdam and Hamburg
wars ether in request, but otherwise:the transactions
wire not of consideration. On Amsterdam the nego-
tiations were 12.6 to 4 ; on Rotterdam, 12.64 to 7 ;
re Antwerp, 26.10 to 15 ; on Hamburg, 13.151 to ;
on Frankfort, 1234 to ; on Paris, 25.921 to 971 ;
on Vienna, 10-18 to 21 ; on Naples, 391 to 40 ;
on Leghorn, 31.321 to 45; on Madrid, 461 tot—all
at three months. On Lisbon, at 60 days, 514 to!.
The Dundee Mercantile Gazette, of last Saturday,
mentions that " a very large (flax spinning and
manufacturing) work in the neighbourhood of Bou-
logne, it is said, has suspended." As the report of
some embarrassments in that quarter was referred to
yesterday, but the suspension of the concern contra-
dicted, it may be right to explain how the affair is
understood or known in the quarters best informed.
The establishment in question, which is conducted on
a large and very complete scale, became, in
coneequenee of the money pressure of the
times, embarrassed, and the managers therefore,
are said to have applied to their correspon-
dents in Ramie and elsewhere, for the delay of a few
months, till April next, it is stated, to meet their en-
gagements, accompanying a statement of their debits
and assets, copies of which have been received and
shown here from St. Petersburg. The delay re-
quired is understood to have been granted, as may
readily be supposed from the exhibit of a balance-
sheet of the concern, showing about two and
a half millions of francs of debits, with be-
tween five and six millions of francs of assets to pay
with. In the mean time, however, a bill of 24,0001.,
drawn from St. Petersburg upon Paris, is said to
have made its appearance here, about the acceptance
of which, by the drawers, there were at first some
difficulties, which have since been all set right, and
the bill is following its regular course. It will be
seen, therefore, that there is no actual suspension of
the concern, but merely the temporary ac-
commodation in question. The drawing credit of the
establishment is on Rothschild's, and on Foulds, Op-
penheim, and Co., both of Paris. We have the last
account for 1846 of this Flax-spinning Company,
established according to the French law, en comas-
clite, before us, which may, perhaps, be noticed on
another occasion.

111NOLIBB FUND&
Beak Block, 1866 India Benda, under £l,OOO 18
3 pa Orat. Boa. Anna, 846 6 a Consols for Am., &SW dlr.
3 per Cl (boa Anna. (shut), 1136 Es. BOA /3.000, id., 961
New Ai meant. Ann5.,1166 6 Ditto gaoo, 9 6
New 6 per Cent. Anne., shut Ditto Small, 13 9
India Bonds. DODO, 1.5 18
TOZZION
6 pa Ct. Brasilia. Bonds, 80
Ditto Erma), 81
6 per Ct. Buenos Ayres Bonds, 31
6 per Cent. Chilien Bonds, 89
3 per Cent. do. do.. 10
Dr
6 170 180 Cent. Malan Awl. Dec.l6,
1711
Ditto &wall. 171

fIYWDB.
6 per Cott. Ruston Bond., UNA
ESL. 107 61
6 Bar Cent Bpantait di,. from
Nov. 1A40.171 6
Ditto Alictt.4l=.l.l&ll.
Ist 9
Dutch Badman*. 12
1 pax Ct. Dutch Cart/EWAN 21i
STOCKS ABROAD.