The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-12-11 00:00:00

11 LATE_ HIGHWAY ROBBERY AT
•7. ! . BIRKENHEAD.
OD D ---
'.•.•,ST OF THE SUPPOSED PERPETRATORS.
outt%"l. Paper of Monday we recorded the particulars of an
have ewurnitted at Birkenhead on Mr. R. Singlehurst. We
14 th- q"? to state that two of the persons (out of three engaged
de, '• outrage) are now.in custody, and it is said that the evi-.
vr7e.which will be produced is very conclusive on the point.
P 0741 information received by the police, Carlisle, Horn,
0:,),',...aed NVOullocb went Monday night to a heerhouse in
'we ;;;"-slreet, kept by " Jem Clarke," where they arrested
I/icier-4os, named Francis Jones and James Little, on sus-
stleotV. heing concerned in the outrage. The prisoners are.
,nteterC.° Years of a4e, and Jones, it is said, is respectably n
In this town;c° Collegiate
D'4ktit and received his education at the
tioek,iti,"; At one time he held a situation -in the Albert
,i'l "atlatterly•be has been associated with a number o
ill 44,racters who infest this town. His residence
.has been
Itastoric":'treet, Texteth-park. Little, the other prrlonerldi
utit IL',lB an iirrerant confectioner. He belongs to Srufhe ,
lo e'Y Ile 1 been l' • 14 Norhury-street. near
,-ale.,et, 'as tying at ,
'etil "1 in this t It pears ttrat a smart ~,er 0, own... ap youth, a
two
Pliseeer ' newspapers on the landing-stage, noticed thet
six
iTol 8- aPti another man cross the aver. by the half-pas
ve,,,,,4. steamer Saturday" • to Woodside. They
' on reamer on evening .
at re
o Cheshire side about 40 minutes, when the
od.
!_i'le h :1, W 49 again attracted to their leaving one of the- Vo
were "3-•'•' at the landing stage. The youth knew that they
erl)s4ad characters, but of course was not aware for what
tilhil.theY had been at Birkenhead. On the followingn
the, of," en hearing of the outrage, the boy gave information
'eirTh—e,li'e• OR Sunday the prisoners were in a houseful
'5. I:CW6-buildings where they offered a watch for sale for
stie4lltit r'°,tir being captured they had in their pusEessitr
—4lll3:d new wearing ' apparel, supposed to have been
'4, eu et'',-,' with the ' .k n from Mr. Singlehurst. Both
4 4ei, —re removed'nen" 'a e h d on Tuesday, and upon
g placed. to Bleken ea
r. Si, , to brideweil
amongst a number of other prisoners,
krae,sg'ehurst immediately identified Jones as one of the
wh° had attacked him. The prisoners were -remand!!
Ailsto
' °I°1:13 BUR LARY AT MANOR OAKS,
G
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NEAR SHEFFIELD.

o'4:
11-i)
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TO MURDER. MR. BRADLEY, .AND
AbNd k ROBBERY OF £3OO,
...
t',1)1),,,,,, half. ROBBERY one o'clock on Monday. Morning, a. daring
t'''' 4 sec past
with' brutal violenee, was L't'arlar °4", the residence .of William Bradley,_ Es
q.,
'r. A, ,committed at
tsenPri'letee -,;tir time stated, Mrs. Bradley was aroused from
' "" e—
by hearing one of the panes of glass in_ the
'," gai: ef the first landing broken. She got out of be 1, and
ti"'" g t;ee the .nd f und th
ttt'ltrighole'lltet tisu, chswvliolennwee °as t.o cuatta haoreninne thheadeubretea7in.seAntt
et.,•er 1,,,,, o,e,heard the voices of several men in a room
Mr ' Bradley was in a sound
b ('situ
" a''"
bedchamber.
him, •tried to waken him
I,' aye, ",• Bradley shook and .
tant the
-atlit),4 " William William !" In another. •ms e five
41es, ~,:'' door was opined 'with considerable noise, "
tieN teii. their faces blackened, and some also having masks,
ay he room, armed with bludgeons and pistols.
°0 lay • 3' entered a heavy blow was aimed a. t Mr. Bradley
41,N1' - 41
he
almost smashing the elbow joint o. f hsiisdeleofft
the 44144. Btadle then dragged him to the opposite side
him
t'",. Prot; anl after getting him in the corner, stood
;4r hl et
n'' The m n continued to strike. at
tieceteeeeddgrus, which were loaded with. lead, bet Mrs..
before him
e ,deed e n, Preventing them from seriously maltreatinghim.
4;e:rejyZeezr.erece!'ved several blows, one of which. ,s,tsfruok good
,iii7t, what
~her
,right breast. Mr. Wadley said
.y
as
lets rind Whicuh° 3?ti want?" An *answer to this enquiry w
NI i: being ee , alarmed both Mr, and M
life.•We are come to murder
Mg's. radley very
444 ' 1,17:"" Jess than "Your .
I a% This threat was followed up with continued violence!
i‘ier"le Celle blows fell more upon Mrs. Bradley, who. was
th(tliti. lalletle!..o,nding her husband, Mr. Bradley exclaimed,
We c.aente_n_ t murder my wife
" it is you.
!" " No," cried the fellows,
horrid purpose,
st, ill tour races betraying, their
Tele litad' i you , A furious onslaught was again made
treared at th'eY, and a blow he receivedhed.it
hie
fihnigserlse.ft hand
Mrs.
ereeee --e moment to have limas-- a
otier injsbnat°,W, began 'to fear that the fellows intended to murder
Ms' of the ', and her fears betraying themselves in her looks,
i'ter,,le a
2onro.,,bliers said, " We will not hurt Mrs. Bradley,.
ere ei. irlte good women." "Well now, men," said she, in a
f!at4e' " don't murder either of us. There isnrhdontoheart
..,. e.ol°,tne thieves, and will you •give m I,l,°‘re 1, ,iniure Mr Bradley.';
" ' nut we will' money.lt is money we .
iee.'l?ee e e have your
~ We , i l le, ,P youreried onew
woafntth.
,e,
S;' 4 "'had began to break epee the drawers in the room,
'ff',', 0%:%a11e-y then stepped. from behind his wife, and
te' keye his trouq.re, sod flair], " Fr re are my trougem
ti d'ete Y 4 Will find in the pockets.e Don't break open
lea era. ,-..--
_; What money I have yen will find.''
The
in the
t'"dPer'''eued to unlock and ransack the drawers, and .
robbers
elisi4i'': 'tilr fee found a small bag containing a number oldof
41,tlitty wierr' Bradley re nested' them' - not' to take those coins,
th
toes ~,,. ,°,IIY old coins, " Oh, but we'lle steyethabeeetiotintisiatoen'
1,6 No ~ the fellows and proceeded to P
ttraY, ler'
osSceing that they much value,
were
'''' •er4ert re""m ' there and proceeded to roafnsaek-thaendotthieter
t''''' . a •-ehree., of the men searched the drawers,in keeping .
,t'et'olte,,,reed Mr'. and Mrs, Bradley, one
eier,Tthe; l'reBented at them,
asecoeulroedo
gsinlk, set 4 ° f value in this room ,henwhich e imonfcel.ntuhde-headdßradley's
old grad eke Mr.
law' Vim,several £5 note: some go•-' • me the owd
the!' *ateelh''.°rl(' of the fellows called out, " Give
char left th' I know he wears a Rood 1
l'nh the revolver to take
tti,ii,e ee Ai.. .r°ol3l, leaving the man with " Four of the men
a ,ii.three I.' and Mrs. Bradley. The robbers
ndle another
were provided
it"`„lk lante'g.ibts, one carryieg a, small yellow.ca , _
,fore
lsfi. nt the ', and a third an oeletashioned oil lamp. ed., ,
I e is that wealth)
t „'", You , r°lni the fellows asked. '''W-ler Bradley
'"jett `,;5 ‘ , - a i „",he(•rel' the
house
• old mother, who
lestle ' g ~ ! none but my poor
The
~ '24t, v: VII !' said the men, anti left the room.
e,4011.1.01
th,,ilPy ransacked was Mrs. Bradley's. dressing room,
ilisn',l.loll j:re was an immense quantity of valuables. Tee
A)4'nler,4", which this room was left P
er,. teas
tl' eenfusioe such as it is im . resetnoteddesearihscee.nTehoef
lortserT;g des'kv,:r:Lotviter
fwith. papel:s,tbhroPossinlderessing cases, and
oN,,,ki haiir
very
draweer u,rnnditbuntexekreonom was one complete
inhad been forced open, exceptmore
te,l'able ar.,,"?lk, and this one neglected box contained
lee tlkeli te,e!es than all beside. Mrs. Bradley's.ld watch
'l"%': land "rn the dressing table, along with gold
aovalusble
''s tl a Pair of gold bracelets ; and out o onnse
fiovfethofe
t,'43 i,.1.‘ ;ere were taken three devil silver teaspoo ee
from
nese ailrited with tl letter " yv e • They also
,s,tol t
d two
:I',r salt a silver tankard marked. " LC:NV" een sing
l'c'et'4l,A! 4),,,°r.nts. While atrhe robbers were_ in, her dressing
*teii'''tds„l'dradleY beseeched them not to destroy or take
d, " Oh,
t4l %6,
,Pfipers, and the fellows insolently
.rep
eel'°4 eov rrein the breakfast, dining, dra'wing
es they
teal'' fi d" stairs, the fellows took all the silver artic
,liae.nd other
Two
iliij'fidise-s' anmunting in value to nearly
tl,iittrieli
we:veer
whichloo• were
tealri.epnened, and tThieteresilwvears srsoonea
goldwatch
fi,,'Y e.:l,°'n the room aiwnawy•hich Mrs. Bradley slept, and t whileawa,.
it, tl4 ransacking the drawers in the room shefi got away
t 4 frog of?
rho
Meditated throwing herself. fi ern
t'de she saw
''' I'w "e
h",e • but drawing the blind-as' °
41,
8_ erfui fel, , . on
; , eorberke'e
te,11,,,, tile 1 ptng sent 7
8,it6,,-,`, it.rspt. s h e
veal.] 'lir spt
teon ttehrer
them
g,
and in a fer Vent umainnneer,
outltlsoidero'onaS'heinv;lntitclbl alelke;
S i,°ztprt, Nr of you have a mother I pray you spare
in
1., lei amen see and they replied .
'erjg lINI t,ne rued to touch the men,
.N.. they di' We we have got. mothers,
dyer, :They pr"o',!'e not leave off their wet
k e t will spare
destruction,andve how.
° adt" In the u der] to break open all the cupboards and.
every
I,t'°lll tIP°II. v, r"rn• All the valuables the y could lay their
"lif, 'lPstai 'ere conveyed away. After having searched
and a
1t,,,,,,,1eritir thehich occupied them nearly
hourstwdoMrs. Bradley
tttra threat whole of which time
tt llls to with .
'lra Went d,death if they
N the
are going down
i'te ' 4erl if wia stairs, saving, " —°w'
madMenhaenleast alarm, the
'l4; W d'en Make any alarm
to get
i‘nileilg° KhOW tht9 is a good shop, and we ate
we shall return and murder
te, Yrie
43' replied, ~
414 b'"dlet° eat and drink, and shall be aboutgtowinohouirvse.'s:
a 4
The
11. ,the, re welcome to whatever food you like.
My good fellows, don't take. anyr 1
tal,:ee silt down stairs,
and helped themselves to
reeti 4, ,{...iver articles they could find in the differentthem
ir, 'Y et.,4 which they decamped, taking with . o
1114'tlsiati n Pr()P"tY to the amount of about £3OO A
4ithl'e en°Tteef the premises was then male. It was found
4 crow'' break:"" had been effected through the front window
l'4t bkr, ['St room, the shutters being wrenched open with
e premises,
Ilia !Lee 1,,' There vVere.two lay e dogs outside the
pr
that
W,4l'llP,,,Bej° uot heard to hark gat all, and it
is
probableoon as it
rodree 'tserrtzt,,"ad GA thorn to keep them quiet.
As
was' made,
4 hie trained that the men had decamped an
I:, ea, tadie,B
ll'
r.
li ' aek4on and S eons were sent for to attend
ig(, a
tuber 4, injur es. In a field opposite Mr. Bradley's
t1,,1, am of keives two mahogany knife boxes, a bread
4at•tc`tn wa:-ther articles 'were 'found, having evidently been
On Mr.
tlf \,t8541, at'
.3- the thieves to accelerate their escape. th t t• Beadle ,l was discovered that the thumb and first finger
teeit- Li '''''ey's left handliadbeen broken by the blow, and 1
ri7e tliesther Rogers • . seriously injured. His elbow,.
4`4:", se,,%st blow was struck, was found to be seriously
Iqii ~ 4 ~li,htl of the flesh having been knocked. off, and I_7,
L'`l 4;s
1 shivered. Besides the wall in the corner i
i:%it i, ther'. il'adley protected her husband being withmanrskeerti,tlie
4tiii of the:ee'e Many robber evidences about the ho
add, are
4" large. e°wardly s, who, we are sorry to
hi iii,
11!1 ' the National
closed in the autumn
tit, 1' piet,, . Gallery was
.
iris'sote "'es have been hung on the line, and,
.therefore,
e,, adva,,
tageously seen.
11„itta ; la a Material improvelenf.
'The change, in several
viliti '4.1.`". ATT
t 4 Itli' (411tlesd tated that Mr. Ira
at 4 ve,
and
daEMPT AT SUICIDE —On enquiry at the
y evening, it was s
as could be txpected. We
e Will evenotiunagllya3rewcoevller Held

Llst.—:-Thati.the. Railway Companies • must ine-
vitably arrange for the present terminus to be
transferred to the northside of the Woodside slip,
and that the Corporation ought then, to secure,
not only the present station, but also the whole. of
the remaining portion" of the land between Church-
street and the river. The cost would be small,
and would make their present property complete.
2nd.-That it is now absolutely imperative on the
Corporation to secure the Ferry right. If our pro
perty in Birkenhead is on so vast a scale, it is self
evident that the access to it should be in our hands,
and not subject to the control of any other party. •
leave these matters for the serious considera-
tion of the Town Council.—Yours, &c.,
Liverpool, 9th Dec., 1856. RATEPAYER.

STABBING POLICE. OFFICERS.

On Monday, Ludwig Theis, a young Bavarian, was
Snallyexamineil before r Mr. D'Eynconrt, at Worship
street 'Police Court, on the charge of maliciously
stabbing, on, the Ist of .November last, police constable
Josiah Warner, 33 H, 'and Henry Moles, a brushmaker
FiVe adjournments of this case have been requisite, in
consequence of the injured men's inability to attend and
give their additional important testimony ; and even at
this distant period the officer was so- extremely weak,
that having been carefully assisted into court by two of
his own division, he gave the following evidence,
seated : —Shortly after twelve o'clock on the night in
question; being on duty at the time, my attention was
directed to a disturbance and a crowd of persons
in Brown's Lane, Spitalfields ; a young man in-
sisted on my taking the prisoner into custody for
attempting to' rob another person. Prisoner was then
standing in the road. I walked off the kerb to him.
and ealied oat " Stop ;" he answered, " You too, you
tar)." At that moment he was flourishing something
above his head, which I took to be a roll of paper, but
he did not then appear excited or in a rage. I seized
him by the collar of his coat with my right hand, and
he instantly stabbed me in my right breast. I stepped
backwards about a foot, and then he stabbed me in the
right thigh, striking his arm backwards. I felt my boot
flowing over 'with' blood. I screamed for assistance, some
one came, butt don't know who,'and becoming exhausted,
I fell to the ground. Henry Moles sworn : I reside in
Pearl street, Spitalfields. About ten minutes to twelve
on the Ist of November I was standing at the corner of
Vine-court talking to Sarah Bryant. Prisoner caul°
up and asked for some water. I put my hand 'to
my mouth to imply drinking, and he nodded,
his: head. I said, !‘ Call at the first public house'
and they will give you a glass of water,'
Ile: was they about three yards from us. I- turned
and spoke to the young woman again, , when he
suddenly came' up, and seized her by the arm as though to
throw 'her down. I pushed him away, and he made two
or three blows at me, but did not touch me. Then he
laid hold of my watch guard and pulled it, tearing a
button off my waistcoat, for I held' my watch in my
pocket. He then stabbed at me near the collar of my
coat,-and I felt a slight cut. The young woman called'
out " murder," and prisoner ran away. I looked aboUt
for a polieeman; and while so doing prisoner returned,'
and 1 said to :him, " I will give you in charge." He
then, I perceived, had the knife in his bail I, and this
time I saw him open it. He made a plunge at me with
it, saying, "Do you," and flourished the knife about.
Again the girl screamed, and again he ran off. I saw
the constable come out of a turning and catch him. I
was fifty yards off, but I saw the officer stabbed
in the breast. He cried out, " Help me, he has
stabbed me," and I saw blood coming from the
bottoin of his trousers. He became weak and ex-
hausted, and I seized prisoner's right hand, which held
the knife. We struggled very hard. He broke away
from me, and 'stabbed me in the cheek. The blade
paSsed into the roof of my mouth, and he then:severed
my cheek to the 'corner of my mouth. A man came up
and laid hold of him. Mr. Robert Debenbam : lam
house surgeon at the London Hospital : Henry Moles
was brought in on the morning of the 2nd of November,
faint from the loss of blood flowing from a wound in
the cheek, three inches in length, extending in a perpen-
dicular direction from the lower jaw to the corner of the
inOuth., The wound in the r ,of of the Mouth was half
an inch in extent. Before I had finished dressing them
the constable was brought in ; 'he was in a state of col.
lapse from loss of blood, proceeding from a. wound an
inch' and a half in length. on the right thigh ; it was a'
punCtured wound of three inches depth. I expected he*
would have died. There was also a punctured wound of,
superficial character between the third.and fourth ribs
of the right hrea,st ; ,it did not penetrate the chest. Such
wounds might have been occasioned by the knife shown
to me. Both men are now out of danger, but it will be
long before the.officeris enabled to attend to his duty.
The above evidence having been interpreted to the
prisoner by, Louis Williani• Strauss, whose services are
frequently in requisition at this court, and the usual
caution given, he merely answered that he should reserve
his defence, and the depodtions being then completed by
Mr.'Henry Phillips,' 'the chief clerk, and the witnesses
bound over, he was fully committed to the Central
Criminal Court for trial.

MURDEROUS ASSAULT ON A WIFE.

On Monday, John Collins, a workman in the service of
Messrs. Holies and Sons, the extensive floor-cloth manu-
facturers, in Kennington-lane, was charged before Mr.
Elliott, at Southwark Police-court, with the commission
of a most savage and murderous assault on his wife, Julia
Collins. Police-constable Philip M'Cauley, 182 L, said
that on Saturday night, while he was passing through
George-street, Lamneth-walk, he saw the daughter of the
prisoner standing at the door of No. 27, and she asked
him to go upstairs, saying her father had killed her
mother. On going upstairs to the room occupied by the
prisoner, he found him there, and also his wife. The
latter was lying on the bed in a very exhausted state,
and her person, as well as the floor about the bed,
'smothered with blood. She said her husband did
it, and'the prisoner admitted having kicked her. Mr.
Elliott : What were her words? Witness: She said,
your worship, that she slapped his face, and that he struck
and kicked her. I then took the prisoner to the station
house, and left a brother officer with the wife to take her,
tq the station house. Police constable John Smith, 152 P,'l
said he went to the lodgings of the prisoner immediately
after the last 'witness. and on going.iuto the room he saw
at least two quarts of blood on the floor. The prisoner's
wife wai lying on the bed, and the lower part of her dress
wa,s completely saturated with blood; and at that time
blood was flowing from the lower part of her person.
He asked her if she thought she could go to the station
house to give charge there of her husband, and she
replied that she thought she could, and got out of bed,
but the moment she stood up she fainted from exhaustion.
She also fainted a second time, and a surgeon was sent
for. She charged the prisoner with striking and kicking
her, and his reply was, " If I did, she deserved it ; and
if I had killed her, I should not have been hung for it."
He was then taken into custody, and the surgeon, after
examining his wife, gave the following certificate of her
then state:—" This ip to certify that I have seen and
examined juliaGollins, of No. 27, George-street, Vauxhall,
and that she is labouring from the effects of injuries
inflicted by her husband, which will not admit of her
leaving home. W. M. Thompson, Surgeon, 119, Vauxhall-
walk." Mr. Elliott : Have yon got a certificate of the
poor woman's present condition? Witness: Yes, your
worship ; here it is; but she is here. Mr. Elliott : What
in attendance, after the state you have described her to be
in ? Witness; Yes, your worship, she is in court. The
magistrate read the second certificate, which ran thus :
" I hereby certify that Julia Collins, though much im-
proved since Saturday night, is nevertheless in a very
weak and precarious condition. W. M. Thompson,
Surgeon, Vauxhall - walk, December 8, 1856.
The
unfortunate wife of the prisoner was here observed
struggling towards the witness box, and having ultimately
managed to get into it, she, in the most imploring manner,
said, "Your honour, it was all my own fault. My hus-
band had been out drinking, and wanted to get out again
to get more, when I objected to his doing so, and struck
him a slap on the face ; so he could not bear it, and struck
me ; but it was all my own fault, and I hops your worship
will forgive him." Mr. Elliott: You say he struck you;
did he not kick you as well? Witness (after some hesita-
tion) : Well, sir, he did, but it was my own fault altogether.
Mr. Elliott: And those kicks were on a delicate part of
your person? Witness (again hesitating): Oh, no, sir,
they were on the small of the back. The poor creature,
whose countenance was completely blanched, vas here
observed to be no longer able to support herself in the
witness-box, and was kindly assisted by one of The ushers
to a seat at the table appropriated to solicitors. The
prisoner, when asked what he had to say for his savage
conduct, replied in a blustering tone, that his wife had
provoked him to hit her, but denied that his ill-usage had
caused the more serious injuries, alleging that it had been
occasioned by miscarriage, a thing she was subject to.
Mr. Elliott remanded him for a week. . •

LIVERPOOL, WEDNESDAY EVENING
There has been rather a better demand for
cotton to-day, the sales reaching 10,000 bales, of
which 1,500 were taken by speculators and ex-
potters". There is no change to notice in prices.
The Liverpool Share Market exhibited a very firm
aspect to-day ; a fair business was done, and prices
were well maintained. The transactions consisted
of the following, viz :—Chester and Birkenhead;
£22 shares, 14 ; Blackburn, 7 ; Caledonian. 301 ;
Eastern Counties, 9 9-16 ; Lancashire and York-
shire,97l. :3; London Stock, 105/. 6, 56, 6, 4 ; Manches
ter, Sheffleld, and Lincolnshire, 341, -Mid-
land, 82k 1. Berwick Capital Stock, 214.. North
British, 10. Dover, 221. The closing prices are thus
reported :—Aberdeen, 131 14: Blackburn. 7
78: Chester and Birkenhead, 171 18. Cale
donian, -31 31/. - Chester and -Holy-
head, 198 191.. Eastern Counties, 9 916 9/
East Lancashire, 211 xn 211. Great Northern;
224 221. Ditto A shares, 91 9k. Great Western,
691 70. Lancashire and Yorkshire Stock, 97 974.
Liverpool, Crosby and Southport, 181 18a.. Lon-
don and North • Western • Stock, 1054 •106
Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln, 341 .34k
Midland '•Stock, 82* 82g. North British 9 15.16
10. 1-16. North Staffordshire, 51 sd. South Eastern
and Dover, 221 22 3-16. York, Newcastle, and
Berwick, 218 211. York and North Midlanfl,
30 30}. Leeds Capital Stock 181- 19. - Buffalo
and Lake Huron, 1-8 gyp. • Dutch Rhenish, 8 ip
Great Western of Canada, 211 24a Do. New
Shares, 21 28p. Great Luxemburg, 10-i 101 d
The Money Market is rather easier; partly in
consequence of the largo arrival of gold from Aus-
tralia, and the better feeling prevalent in the chief.
banking cities on the Continent. As the silver
speculation of the Continent seems to have sub-
sided, and the withdrawals of gold from this
country, to pay for purchases made of the former
metal, most-, if not all, of the Australian imports '
will, no doubt, remain in the Bank vaults, and not
be bought up immediately on their arrival, as was
recently the practice, to be transmitted to Paris
and other cities abroad. This is, therefore, an
additional reason why a further decline in• the
value of discount accommodation may be s )on
anticipated. The Bank of England return for last
week is now in the hands of the authorities, and
will be published next Friday. This statement
. owing to the large revenue payment, is 6.xpeated
to show a large increase in the reserve of notes,
besides a further addition .to the bullion, and a
diminution in the other securities. On this pre-
sumption 'many are inclined to predict another
reduction of I per cent to-morrow in the rate of
discount ; but others contend that the change will
not be made until the end of the month. Of the
two, the former seems the most reasonable conch'
sion, but without a knowledge of what is passing
within the Bank of England, it is of course impos•
sible to tell what course the directors will be
' enabled to pursue.
The Funds were decidedly firmer to-day, and a
tolerably large business was done. A fresh im-
prtivement of / per cent. was attained in the
morning, and Consols are now quoted 116th per
cent. higher than at four o'clock yesterday.
English and French railway shares are also rather
better. Consols have ranged between 93/ to 94
and 94-to /,: and are now quoted exactly 91, ex div.,
for the Bth January. The Three per Cents. Re-
duced .have been dealt in at 93a to I ; the New
Three per Cents. at 931 to 941 ; Bank Stock 4 at 217;
Exchequer Bills at 53 to 8s prem, being is higher;
and India Bonds at par to 2s prem.

Turkish Six per Cents, have advanced to 954 to
The Guaranteed Four per Cents. are steady, at
104 to I. Very little business has been dune in
other foreign descriptions, the s des being limited
to Dutch Four per Cent. Certificates at 961;
Mexican Bonds. for the 16th inst., at 214, being
flitter ; and the Spanish New Deferred Three per
Cents. at 231 for money, and 24 for the account.
The L,lndon Share Market, though inactive, was
slightly firmer to-day, and one or two of the prin
cipal lines show a slight advanco on yesterday's
closing quotations. Great Northern, Lancashire
and Yorkshire, Brighton, and Midland are about
5a higher ; and Caledonian, Great Western, North
Western, North Eastern and Berwick have advanced
fully Ws. The French lines are also rather firmar,
Paris and Lyons improved 15s, and Lombardo-
Venetian 5s to 10s, Great Central of France, 55..
The-Canadian lines were dull, at previous quota
tions. Joint Stock Bank Shares have been very
little dealt in, ani prices generally ruled rather
lower. Bank of Australia declined lOs ; Bank of
Egypt, 55.• In Miscellaneous shares Electric Tele-
graph have' declined ss. National Discount Corn
pany, and. Peninsular and (Mental Steam were
firm, at fully former values.
The market for silver shows no recavery from
the recent 'fall The bar silver ex the steamer.
Xtrato was 861c-I:yesterday for India at 5s lid per
ounce standard,,showing a reduction of itel from
the price realised for the supply by the previous
packet, and a reduction of _a_ I compared with the
price obtained privately for some of the silver
despatched per the Ripon on the 4th inst. The
Mexican and Chilian dollars brought by the Atria()
remain on sale. It is anticipated that the supply
of the last-mentioned-Coin will be sent to the Con
nent, owing to its not being suitable for the Eastern
market. Judging from present appearances, it is
thought that the shipment of-silver to India by the
steamer of the 20th instant, will be considerably
below recent remittances.
A telegraphic despatch from Riga, dated Sunday,
reports warmer weather and a fall of rain. It is
doubted, however, whether this change in the
weather extends in an equal degree to Cronstadr,
and the parties whose ships are detained by the ice
at the latter port seemed to have resigned them.
selves to the belief that their release will not take
place until the spring.
.We understand that the • claim for 25,000/ pre
ferred against the General Serew Steam Shipping
Company by Messrs.
,Cunard, Brett, and Austen,
for commission 'on the sale of vessels _to the
French *Clipper Company, has been settled by
the General Screw Company by payment of a
sum of 10,000/. The sale of the steamers to the
French company, as is well known, was not com-
pleted ; yet, notwithstanding 'this' circumstance,
under the agreement entered into, the General
Screw Company found themselves liable for brokers'
commission.
Many- of our readers will no doubt be astonished-
at the similarity of the prices of butter in Cork
aril at Melbourne. They are nearly the same,
and the reason is thus explained by an intelligent
and reliable correspondent In a letter dated-this
day, he says :—" As many people are at a loss to
account for the very low price of Butter_in Mel-
bourne, and the very price here, I send you
the following table for the perusal of your readers,
showing the quantities shipped from England
during the last two seasons.

EXPORTS OF BUTTER TO MELBOURNE.
1855. 1856.
Cwt. Cwt.
•
May

June
July 7.053
August
September 2,815 2 9Bl
October .
November 3,950. 4,384

27,758 35,702
Difference about 8,000 cwt., or 400 tons for seven months.
The above may help to account for both facts, and to
show wild shippers the double injury they are doing
to themselves and to their neighbours at home, I
merely add that the shipments last year were too
large, and that the same remarks apply with equal,
if not greater, force to Cheese, Hams, Bacon, &c."
The half yearly meeting of the Londonderry and
Coleraine Railway Company was held yesterday.
The report was favourable, showing an increase in
revenue during the last half-year. As the line may
now be said to be in possession of the company,
though a large sum being paid to the Public Loan
Commissioners, arrangements would be made to
place the finances in a more satisfactory position.
The balance in favour of the company in the half-
year's traffic was 2,3041., but which was at present

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LIVERPOOL PRODUCE MA.RKET.—DEo 10.
SUGAR t There is rio change to notice in suga-, the mar-
ket being very b trely supplitA, and the sales consist only
of 150 bags Dates at 51s, and 1,000 bags Paraiba in bond,
from the quay, at 33s 61 per cwt.
MoLasscs AND Rum: Nothing has occurred in molasses
or rum.
• Co FFEE : The business is confined to 100 bags Rio at 47s
61 to 48a per cwt.
Rice : Of the Madras rica offered by auction, 4,000 bags
were sold at lOs 3d per cwt, for pinky.
SALTPETRE: About 810 bags of SaltPetre were offered,
but there being no disposition to purchase, the whole vras
withdrawn.
At the other public sales, 250 bales Bombay madder
roots, part all'faults, realised 42s- 6,1 for sound, 50 bags
sago fl mr, all faults, 18s for first.class damaged, 25 serous
white gum.33l, a parc2l of heated and repacked gambier
15* 9d to 163..9 1 per owt, and 40 tons, of sapan wood £lB
per ton: —
AGRICULTURAL PRODUCE MARKET.—Dao. 10
Per stone, 201135. ' _ Per corks. d. s d.
8. d. a. d. Potatoes. Seedlings 3 4 lo 3 6
Flay, oH ...... 0 8 to 083 Ditto, Kempa .... 3ls to 4 0
Ditto, new.. 0 63 to 0 S Ditto, Whiterocks.. 2 1 t to 3 1
Ditto, clover 0 6 ,0 0 7iDitto, Balahaws .. 2 9 to 2 11.
Green Clover 0 0 to 0 °low°, Beldrums... 2 6 io 2 8
Vetches - 0 0 to 0 0 Ditto, cattle
Straw, whe-tt 0 23 to 0 33! Per ton.
Ditto, oat 0 23 to 0 3 Turnips lB 0 to 20 0
Ditto, barley .... 0 0 to 0 0 Carrots
Oats, in straw ... 0 0 to 0 0 Mangle wurtel 18 0 to 19 0
Manure - r, 0 to 7 0

LONDON PRODUCE MARKET. —DEC 10.
SUGAR : The advance quoted yesterday of 6d to Is on
good and fine qualities is maintained to day, but low
descriptions are neglected. Refined lumps, fair to fine,
62s to 645.

COFFEE : Na public sales to day.
TEA : The demand csntinues very good for blackish leaf
kind, and speculators show great confidence in the article.
Common congou, 9id to sti per lb.
&nem: The- public sales are large and various to day.
And are going 3ff without showing any.material alteration
in prices.
Rice eontinues dull of sale.
Rum has a very firm appearance, and it would be rather
difficult to buy at last week's prices. Demerara proof sold
at Ba.
CorroN : 100 bales only sold.
SALTPETRE: General quotations are unaltered.

LONDON TALLOW MARKET.—DEc. 10.
The market is firmer at the subjoined quotations.—
Town tallow 58s 6d nett cash; Petersburg Y,C , on the
spot, 593; December, 583 91 to 593 ; January to March,
58s 6d to 595.

BOROUGH HOP MARKET.---Dnc. 10.
The demand for fine coloured hops continues unabated,
and prices are stili advancing.

LONDON CORN MARKET.—Dac. 10.
The receipts of all descriptions of grain thus far this
week have been m3derate. The wheat trade, although very
inactive, cannot be quoted lower. Flour a retail sale at
Mondays quotations.
Barley of fine quality fully maintains its value, other de-
scriptions drill.
The Oat trade was firm at the currency of last market day
with a limited business.
Beans and Peas unchanged.
ARRIVALS INTO LONDON FROM DEC 8 TO DEC. 10.

Wheat.
Barley .....
Oats
Malt

English avid Scotch
930
240

Foreign.
4580
650
Mo 1 3040

Flour, .... sacks...

barrels.

LONDON MINING MARKET.—DEc. 10.

Tne cbief feature in the mar;et for British mining
securities is a steady demand for dividend shares, of which
there aro few sellers at present prices. The market is
generally steady in character.
In the Stock Exchange to-day the only business reported
is in Linares shares, at 84.
Subjoined is •a list of yesterday's transactions in the
Mining Exchange : —Alfred Consols, 164, t, 17 ; Bailing
Well. 5 ; Great Alfred, 12, ; Bender, no 4,4, N ;
Ilen'difoot, 34, s ; Hingston D .wn, 31, 3-16 ; North
Basset, 36 ; North Crofty, 31, Am, Porkellis, 91 •,
Pe4nandrea, 21s, 22s ; Sortrilge Consols, 24, 8 ; South
Frances, 350, 355, 357 i, 360, 365 ; Tamar Consols. 17= 61,
20s ; West Sewn, 340, 3421 ; Wheal Basset, 260, 265,
270 ; Wheal Edward, 21, 4, g, e ; Wheal Grenville, 28s ;
Wheal Trelawney, 151, Wheal Trefusis, 7f ; Wheal
Zion, 20g, 22s 63.
In the Stock Exchange, South Frances, 360 ; West
Seton, 358 ; North Basset, 35, 1,4; Alfred Consols, l6a
4, 16; Tamar ammo's, 15s, 16s 6d ,• Great Wheal A gild ,
117-, 12; Wheal Edward, 2?,-; Porkellis, 9a, ; Trefusis,
B ronfloyd, 6; Linares, 8, 1.

GLASGOW CORN MARBET.—Duc. 10.
At to day's market there was scarcely any business
passing : wheat trade very restricle3, and sales confined
to choice qualities at a reduction of fully 63. per 240 lbs.
Americin red sold at 303 to 31s 61; white, 333 to 34s 6d.
Flour barrel, a slow salt', and 6d cheaper ; 32s to 343 for
new Westerns ; 34s to 37s for Canadas barley. Prime
malting quality scarce and unchanged in value; secondary
descriptions almost unsaleable, though offered Is. lower;
top price-of 51 lb ; Danish, 303 ; oats, demand lets active
but full prices asked ; oatmeal very dull.

GLASGOW PIG IRON MARKET.—DEC. 10.
The market keeps extremely dull. 13 )th sellers and
buyers are silent; and the prices are nominally 72s 9I per cwt

CORONER'S INQUESTB.—On Tuesday, the coroner held the
following inquests. On the body of Edward William., aged
51 years, who was engaged as a sewer watchm to, and who
died in consequence of injuries received by an aecidental
fall. Verdict, accidental death.—On the body of a coloured
seaman, named Moses Burke, who died at No. 3,Westmore-
land street. It appeared that deceased had been ailing for
some time, and died of natural causes. Verdict, died by the
visitation of God.—On the body of Winifred McGuinness,
43 years, who died suddenly at her lodging in Midghall
' street ; and it appeared that the deceased was:much given
to drinking, and that death was much hastened by intem-
perance. Verdict acocrdingly.— On the body of Jobn
Tomlinson, a butcher, 57 years of age, who died suddenly
at 71, Ellison street, and who was stated not to have been
sober for some considerable time past. His death was very
sudden. Verdict, died of excessive drinking.
Two DEATHS FROM SUFFOCATION.—h camaity of a
a very serious nature, resulting in the death of two men by
suffocation, took place on Saturday forenoon, at Messrs.
Birley's, Chorlton Mi.. John Dishley, aged 33, gasfitter,
was employed as such at the mill, the firm making their
own gas. On the forenoon in question, in consequence of an
obstrc ctien in the passage of the gas, Dishley descended the
place in which the pipes go down to the gasometer. A
bucket of water was In readim ss to hand him, and as soon
as he had taken it he fell off the ladder to the bottom of the
well. An alarm being given, George Darlington, aged 44,
labourer, came to the place, and descended the ladder, with
a rope to tie round Dishley ; but before reaching the bottom
he too fell. A rope was then tied round a man named
Schofield ; he was let down, fainted. and had to be drawn
up again. A fourth man, named Farrell, was then let down,
having a handkerchief tied over his mouth. When he had
attached a lope to the body of Darlington, he was so over-
powered by the smell, that he was only able to make a sign
to those above to pull both ur, which they did—Darlington
a corpse, and Farrell in a very exhausted condition, He,
however, recovered in a short time, and on making a second
descent, he brought up the body of Dishley. The man
Schofield came round after lying some time in the yard.—
At the inquest, before Mr. Herford, city coroner, Mr. Chas.
James Healy, the chief engineer, said the obstruction to the
passage of the gas had been sought for in vain in the syphon
well; afterwards it was supposed there might be too much
water in the dry well. and some was taken out. by means of
a bucket attached to a rope. Still the obstruction continued,
and Mr. Healy-gave instructions that a hole should be
drilled in a pipe in the syphon well, so as to admit of the
escape of water without letting off the syphon. The in-
ference is, that Dishley misunderstood those instructions and
supposed they referred to the dry well, as he went to it im-
mediately. He told Farrell he had been sent by Mr. Healey
to drill a hole in that well, and that he thought he could not
remain down long enough, but be would do what he could,
and he tied a handkerchief over his mouth and took a drill
with him. Mr. Healey considered that Dishley distinctly
understood the order given him. The jury, upon the evi-
dence,
returned a verdict of " Accidental death."

Queenstown. Dec. B.—Areved —Marion, Roxby ; and Argo Green-
der•on. from Alexandria—Alms, Thornton, from Card.ff for Per-
nambuco, to loud the crew of the ship Importer.
Falmouth, Dec. 8 —Arrived—Trinithod, Lom Noaport for Alicante
—Marshal Pelissier from Havre for Goree Hylton, from Taganrog
—Paul August, Sultan, and Franklin, from Alexandria—Director,
from London for Jamaica—Crim Roth, 13rant, from London for
—onstantinople.

Kingstown, Dec. 9 —Arrived - Bridget, from Santander for Car-
diff.

Portsmouth, Dec. S.—Arrived—Vereinsrang, Wehlen, from Ham-
burg for Liverpool.
Torbay, Dec. 7.—Arrived—Britannia. Phillips. from Liver') for
Figuera.