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London, England, 1855-12-28 00:00:00

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. TEE SUN, LON DON, FRIDAY EVEN 1N C 3, DECEMBER 28; 1855;
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I THE MURDER NEAR THE mIIVoRiEs. screams! being continued I rushed into the room, and i beration, returned a verdict of manslaughter against 'BANK RETURNS. Ross Old Bank, Heredfordshire, Ross - ' STATE OF TRADE.
Naval and Military Intelligence.
Allaway and Macdougal
I • I Fa w the prisoner with a knife in his hand, and Mrs. i Michael Madden, as principal, in the first degree, and
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1 Burton holding him. I held the prisoner till further as- I the same verdict against James Massey, Thomas Sayers,
Saffron Walden and North Essex Bank, Sat-
• - EXAMINATION OF THE PRISONER.
sistance came. I and some friends held the prisoner I Jeremiah Noon, and " S weepy" as accessories. lAn Accrev.ut, pursuant to the Act seventh and eighth Iron Walden-Gibsons and Co
The new steam•sloop Pearl was yesterday morning I
I Yesterday Thos. Wm. John Corrigan, a.resectable- .
commissioned at Woolwich by Capt. Sotheby, who
looking while Mrs. Burton took the knife from him. I was quit© 1 Victoria, cap. 32, of the Ayerage Amount of Bank Salop Bank, Shrewsbury-- Burton, Lloyd, This was to have been the principal market day, '''‘
tely man, about 30years of age, was brought before
14,320 stead of Tuesday (Christmas-day), but the arranges!
there
hoisted his pennant on board, and was immediately
iMr Ingham,
FATAL MACHINERY ACCIDENT AT Notes of the several Banks of Issue in England and and Co.
does not appear to have been well understood, and toe
joined by a number of officers who had received their ap- 11 .. at the Thames police-court, Stepney,
wounds inflated upon them. The prisoner came down Wales, in Circulation during the Week ending Satur- Scarborough Old Bank, Scarborough-Wood- ugh-Wood-
internal fit- caarged with the wilful murder of his wife, Louisa. ROCHDALE.
Pointments is the Pearl. Her rigging and
stairs, out of the bed-room, and remained wth me until day, the 15th day of December, 1855 :- all and Co
a- -
Average Shrewsbury Old Bank and Shrewsbury and Probably this is partly owing to many parties not On.
Ling are being carried on with the utmost exertion, so I
t. The investigation was. one of. a most painful descrip- the policeman came. I gave him into custody. Mrs. I ion, and excited great interest in a crowded court. The
PRIVATE BANKS. Amount. Ludlow Bank, Shrewsbury- Rocks, Eying returned from their holiday excursions. There Dr;
that within a month the Pearl will be ready for sea.
Burton was about to throw the knife out of the window One of the most horrifying deaths we have bad to de-
The steam-ship Pacific, 1, ' 500 tons, Capt. W. C. Thomp- i prisoner is a man rather under than over the middle size,
when I prevented her doing so, and she loched it up in scribe for a long time past occurred to a young man called Andover Bank, Andover-Heath and Co.
e she landed 500 men of the ' with a somewhat mild-looking countenance, not indicat-
Thomas Nuttall, about 20 years of age, yesterday morn- Ashford Bank, Ashford-Jemmitt and Pomfret 10,423 Sittingleourne and Milton Bank, Sittingbune. veils, with firm prices. Manufacturers are mostly well
son (from the Crimea, whrer
f r all t°B
Army Works Corps), arrived in the river ing any want of humanity. He has been for many years the iron safe.
yesterday, Mr. Ingham-Have the prisoner and his wife been on ing (Wednesday), at tbe works belonging to Thomas Aylsham Bank, Aylsham-G. and T. Co amen 3,381 -Valiance and Co.
from Lisbon. Thein the employ of the East India Company, at their ware-
Sultan
d terms s Robinson and Son, Oldham-road, Rochdale. This Aylesbury Old Bank, Aylesbury-Z. D. Hunt 32,253 Southampton Town and County Bank, South-
bringing two days later news
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s entering as she left. The passage of houses in Leadenhall-street, in the capacity of "tom- Mr. Burton-As far as I can see they have. They firm deals extensively in wood, and within the last year Baldock Bank and Baldock and Biggleswade ampton-Maddison and Pearce
12,988 Aerate quantities could not be obtained for early d, ft
mail steamer wa
the Pacific from Genoa to Lisbon occupied only four and modore," or foreman, and lived on tolerably good terms were only casual visitors. They have rarely vesited me. or two a new saw mill has been erected near the railway. Bank, Baldoek-Wells, Hogge, and Co 55,690 Southwell Bank, Southwell-Wylde and Co.. 13,740 very. In yarns only a moderate business is doing, "
with his unfortunate wife up to the time of her murder. I went to the doctor's shop after the tragic& event in To place the peseibility of accidents at a minimum every Barnstaple Bank, Barnstaple-Marshall and Co 9,461 Southe.mpton and Hampshire Bank, Southamp- prices are steady.
a half days.
P ad.
The Transit steam-ship, Commander Johnson, returned Four young children were the offspring of the marriage, my house, and I saw Louisa Cooper, the prisorer's wife. arrangement was adopted that could be devised. An Basingstoke and Odiham Bank, Basingstoke- ton-Atherley, Fell, and Co.
to Spithead on Wednesday evening in a disabled state. who are all living.
She was then alive. She died a few minutes afterwards, underground story was sunk, and in it all the shaftings Seymour, Lamb, and Co. •
The Earl of Aberdeen, No. 20 steam transport, sailed The first witness called was Mr. Andrew Gernon an She had two wenn& on the shoulder, and another on and straps were placed, so that the saw mills above were Bedford Bank, Bedford-T. Barnard and Sons 33,057 Stafford Old Bank, Stadord-Stevenson rind exclusive of the money on mortgage upon the building
yesterday afternoon, inspector of police, H division, who said-Yesterday the breast, worked from the shafts and straps below. From one end Bewdley Bank, Bewdley - Nichols, Baker, Co.
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The Imperador and the Thames, steam transports, afternoon the prisoner was brought to the station-house Roche, the gaoler, who was standing alongside the of this underground story to the other there extends a and Co
sailed yesterday afternoon from ortsmouth for the in Leman-street by two City policemen, who said he had prisoner, here said he wished to ask this witness a (Ines- strong shaft about five inches in diameter, and on diffe- Bicester and Oxfordshire-Bank and Oxford Cayley and Co. ... 28,625 equal to a dividend of 7s. 6d, in the pound sterling.
Crimea with the British German Legion. stabbed his wife. I asked where she was, and was in-
rent equidistant parts of it large driving pulleys, about 4 Bank, Bicester-H. M. and G. Tubb 14,226 Shrewsbury and Welshpool Bank, Shrewebury NOTTINGHAM, Die 27. A
The Neptune, 120, La t, Hutton, and the Geyser formed that she was at Dr. Cooke's surgery, in the Roche-He wishes to know if the witness did not no- feet diameter, are fastened, to work small pulleys oppo. Birmingham Bank, Birmingham- --Attwoods, -Beck, Downward, and Co. ... 114,909 The Christmas holidays have this week prareate;
Minories. I went there, and found the woman lying on a tion.
23,110 Taunton Bank, Taunton-H. and R. Badcock 23,861 much business being done in the lace trade Imre ; los! _
steam-sloop, Commander Dew, came into harbour from
Lice he had been drinking yesterday. site each on a counter shaft, but distant from three to Spooner, and Co
active
Spithead yesterday afternoon, sofa in the surgery, quite dead. There were two wounds
four yards. Each pair of pulleys is connected by strong Birmingham and 'Warwickshire Bank, fir- Tavistock Bank, Tavistock-Gill and Rundle 8,471 facturers are, however, looking forward to an
on her left shoulder, a large and a small one, and a very
10,105 Thornburg Bank, Thornbury-Rolph and Co. 8,600 trade in the spring.
The Severn, steam transport, arrived at Spithea'l yes- Mr. Burton-I observed that when he came into the
house yesterday he was much excited, from some cause straps. When the hands went to work on Wednesday mingham-J. L. Moilliet and Sons
&de
deep wound on the
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breast. I afterwards proceeded
terday afternoon from the Crimea with 190 invalids.
or other. I have no question it was drink. His nervous morning one of these straps was off, and the custom is Blandford Bank, Blandford-Oak and Co. 7,002 Tiverton and Devonshire Bank, Tiverton - In the hoftiery department a number of buyers 01„,,,
to the house of Mr. E. Barton, optician and mathemati-
-74,487 Dunsford and Co.
The Wasp, 16, steam-sloop, Commander Lloyd, sailed
system has been shaken by strong drinks. I met him the to put such straps on before the engine begins to work, Boston Bank, Boston-Garfit and Co
I cal instrument maker, 47, Church-street, Minories, and other day. He was in the same state then as he was on or to cause the engine to slacken while it is done. This Boston Bank, Boston-H. and T. Gee and Co 14,844 Thrapston and Kettering Bank, Northampton- general hosiery trade is, on the whole, tolerably active
yesterday afternoon for the eastward.
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was shown into a bed-room where the prisoner a wife had Christmas-day. On Christmas-eve, shortly after tea, it youth, however, did neither. Apparently in buoyant Bridgwater Bank, Bridgwater-J. and J. L. shire-Thrapston, Yorke and Eland
The St. Hilda, steam transport, came into harbour
been wounded. The bed clothes were stained with blood, was mentioned that he had bad an attack of delirium spirits-for but a minute or two before he had been Seeley
yesterday afternoon to be paid off.
Seventy invalids who arrived at Chatham from the 1 and there was blood on the floor.
tremens. I know that he has been drinking hare, but I offering to toss a fellow-workman for a pint of ale-and Bristol Bank, Bristol-Miles, Miles, and C 0... 37,263 cher and Son
Clara Brown, servant to Mr. and Mrs. Barton, stated also know he has attended regularly to his vocation for being a venturesome youth he got hold of the strap to Broseley and Bridgnorth and Bridgnorth and Towcester Old Bank, Towcester-Percival and
Crimea some time since left the invalid depot for their
that on Wednesday afternoon, about 4 o'clock, she was many years, from nine to three o'clock, at the East India put it on. He was immediately caught by the strap, Broseley Bank, Broseley-Pritchards, Boy- Co 7,091
homes yesterday, having been pronounced by a medical
DERBY SMITHFIELD.-Delo. 26.
who had going up stairs in her master's house, and saw Mr. Core Company's warehouse. I have no question but what he which broke, and lapped round the surface of the large cott, and Co. - as w°
board unfit for further service ; and 30 more,
The supply of fat beasts to-day was quite as large r.
quite recovered their health, joined theirs respective rigau with a kife in his hand going towards her master drank to excess, although I have not been much in his pulley, fastened him upon the surface, and carried him Buckinghamßank, Buckingham-Bartlett, Par- wood and Poole Bank, Poole-G. W. Led- • old xis
expected for the market following the Christmas e
lead mistress's bed-room. She screamed aloud for help.
round at the rate of not less than 100 revolutions per rott, and Co.
depots.
company.
ket. The number of buyers small, but the animals 'nosy/
ail/.
Assistant-Surgeon A. Grant is to be attached to and Inspector Gernon here produced a new clasp knife Mr. G. H. Cooke, surgeon, of 140, Minories, said-I minute, on the upper surface dashing him against the Bury and Suffolk Bank, Sudbury Bank, and Union Bank, Cornwall, Helston-Vivian and disposed of. Several pens of sheep, which sold re ..,_t
stained with blood, and the witness Brown said the was not at home when the deceased was brought to my edge of a strong beam beneath the floor above, distaat Stowmarket Bank, Bury St. Edmunds- Co 13,786 Bacon pigs were scarce, and porkers more numerous. t"
do duty with the provisional battalion, Chatham, pre-
knife which the prisoner had in his hand was such an shop. When I came home I saw a woman lying on my about 18 inches, and on the under surface dashing him Oakes, Bevan, and Co.
viously to his appointment to an Indian regiment.
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one as that produced, but she did not take particular sofa. She was quite dead. I examined the body very against the floor, distant about a foot. One of the poor Banbury Bank, Banbury - Gillet, Tawney, and Co 15,831 The following were the quotations i-Beef, 6d to . r
The subjoined appointments were made yesterday to
notice of it. The prisoner did not seem to be in a passion, carefully. There were two wounds en the left shoulder. fellow's feet was smashed to pieces, parts of it being and Co.
the gun-boats for service in the Baltic :-Lieut. W. F.
and said nothing. Directly after he rushed into the One was an inch and a half in length, and a quarter of found in different parts of the room. The other foot was Banbury Old Bank, Banbury-Cobb and Son 27,315 Wells, and Os, 7,417 lb. ; pigs, 10s Od to lOs 6cl, per score ; rough fat, 6s 9e t)eto
Lee, Lieutenant and Commander to the Palter ; Lieut.
H. G. Hall, ditto, to the Ruby ; Lieut. David Spain, bed-room, she heard loud screams from Mrs. Corrigan an inch in depth. The other was about an inch in length also broken off at the ankle, and hung only by a small Bath City Bank, Bath- -G. Moger and Son - per 141 b.; hides, 4d to 4ed per lb ; calf•skins, 3id t'
and Mrs. Fearon, who were both in that apartment. and quite superficial. I then observed another wound on bit of skin. An arm was broken off right at the shoal- Bedfordshire Leighton Buzzard Bank, Leighton K. Greenway and Co.
ditto, to the Thistle; Lieut. S. B. Piers, ditto, to the
Soon afterwards Mrs. Corrigan rushed down stairs, and the upper and inner side of the left breast about an inch der. One of the men who was standing on the steps Buzzard-Bassett, Grant, and Co ... $5,930 Wellington Somerset Bank, Wellington-Fox,
Starling ; Lieut. R. G. Craigie, ditto, to the Weasel ;
EDINBURGH GRAIN.-DEO: 2C
Lieut. A. G. Bogle, ditto, to the Gleaner ; Lieut. A. J. her gown appeared to be cut about the shoulders, and in length and in depth down to the breast bone. I traced gave instant alarm, and an order for the stoppage of Birmingham Bank, Birmingham-Taylor and Brothers, and Co 3,313
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there was blood upon it. Mrs. Corrigan waited at the the wound with a probe, and found it took an oblique di- the engine was given ; but before it could be stopped Lloyds
Villiers, ditto, to the Snapper ; Lieut. A. H. Maresee-
rather heavy for all sorts, and a decline en all deserints°
street door fora policeman a short time, and then went rection, and penetrated into the cavity of the chest. This the •unfortunate man's body was thrown off the pal- Bradford Old Bank, Bradford, Yorkshire-H, Bank, Wakefield- Leathern, Tew, and C 0... 43 568 •
aux, ditto, to the Pincher ; Lieutenant the H. M.
, of grain.
In answer to questions by Mr. Ingham, the wit-
H. Nelson, ditto, to the Swinger ; Lieut. W. H. Ander- s away.
had been effected by some sharp instrument. The knife ley, and fell on the floor halfway between the A. and W. M. Harris and Co. - ws"
son, ditto, to the Biter ; Lieut. G. S. Malcolm, ditto, to nest said that, when she saw the prisoner, he walked now produced would be likely to do it. It is, no doubt, large and small pulleys. In the course of twenty Brecon Old Bank, Brecon-Wilkins and Co 67,718 man, and Co Wheat, top, is up, and en the average 3d d° a.a
14,147 Barley, top, 6d down-average, scl down. Oats on es`e
the Stork Lieut, Joshua Berkeley, ditto, to the Jack- slowly towards the bedroom where his wife was. She had ❑
the weapon which caused the wound to be ieflicted. minutes, Mr. Crompton, surgeon, was on the ground. Brighton Union Bank, Brighton-Hall, West, Winchester, Alresford, and Alton Bank, Win- to ls 4d down-average, 9d own. Beans on tke top
claw • Lieut. F. W. Pym, ditto, to the Skylark ; Lieut. known him to visit her master and mistress occasionally. Inspector Gernon said the knife was quite a new one, The case was utterly hopeless ; his injuries were so se- and Borger
J. Ward (a), ditto, to the Hind; Lieut. C. A. C. De Gres. Mr•lngham asked the prisoner if he would ask the wit• and had never been used but once. The prisoner vere that he could not possibly live. Several thoos he Burlington and Driffield Bank, Burlington- Winchester and Hampshire Bank, Winchester
pigny, ditto, to the Snap ; Lieut. C. S. Forbes, ditto, to ness any questions, and he replied in the negative. bought it on Wednesday. shortly before he enrernitted asked his tellow•workmen to lift up his feet and arm. Harding, Smith, and Co 11,098 -Wickham and Co --
Wheat
AVERAGES PER IMPERIAL QUARTER.
.£3 16 10 4-12ths.
the. Red-wing ; Lieut. M. B. Pechell, ditto, to the Mrs. Elizabeth Fearon, a respectable woman, who had the murder. By the advice of the surgeon he was allowed to lie where Bury St. Edmunds Bank, Bury St, Edmunds- Weymouth Old Bank and Dorchester Bank,
0 0 0 0-12ths.
Lark ; Lieut. W. H. Cumin g, ditto, to the Badger ; been wounded by the prisoner while she was attempting Mr. Ingham said he would not proceed further with he was, and in three-quarters of an hour his sufferings J. Werlledge
Barley
to rescue the deceased from his fury, was here led into
Lieut. B. C. Pine, ditto, to the Magpie.
the case that day, and asked if a post mortem examine- were terminated by death. An inquest was held upon Cambridge Bank, Cambridge-Mortlock & Co. 17,132 Wirksworth and Ashbourne Derb • '
Derbyshire Bank, Oats 1 9 5 3-12t1r.
Lieut. N. G. B. Twineviar has been appointed to the court and accommodated with a seat. She appeared lion of the body had taken place ? his body yesterday afternoon, at the Cross Keys, in Cambridge and Cambridgeshire Bank, Ca,m- Wirksworth-Arkwrigt and Co 34,287 Beane
Pearl ; Lieut. J. W. Lambe, to the Arrogant ; Lieut. greatly agitated, and after being sworn appeared in a Mr. Cooke-I intend to make the post mortem exami• Cloth Hall-street, by Mr. Dearden, coroner, and a ver- bridge-Messrs. Fosters 49,722 Wisbeeh and Lincolnshire Bank, Wisbech-
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W. H. Nurse, to the Cossack ; Lieut. A. 0. Lutton, to state of hysteria. Mr• Cooke applied some restoratives, and nation this evening. diet of " Accidental death" returned.-Afancliester E. Canterbury Bank, Canterbury-Hammond and Gurneys and Co 55,070 BOSTON-Dno. 26.
the Brunswick; Lieut, J. B. Collinson, to the Devasta- said she would be able to give evidence in a few minutes. Mr. Ingham-Will the two women, Mrs. Fearon and miner. Co
31,750 Wiveliscombe Bank, Wiveliscombe--P. and wheat
A scanty supply of all kinds of grain to-day. For toe
tics; Lieut. W. .B. Batt, acting mate, to the Con- The prisoner, on seeing the weakly condition of the Mrs. Burton, be able to attend next Thursday ? -
queror ;J. Fowler, second master, to the Pearl ;W. S witness, was much affected. He buried his face in his Mr. Cooke-Yes, sir. I hope so, they are going on
GAS EXPLOSlONS. and Sons - Spring corn also met a slow inquiry, at about the prow
Crealock, paymaster, to the Seahorse ; A. J. Settle, bands, and sobbed aloud. Mrs. Fearon, after the lapse favourably.
Chertsey Bank, Chertsey-La Costa and Son. 3,249 ricks and Holyoake 11,549 prices. •
8s Od t'•
surgeon, to the Coquette; J. Walsh, surgeon, to the of some time, said she was a married woman, and lived mr. Ingham-Then I remand the prisoner on the -. Colchester Bank, Colchester-Round & Green 16,358 Worcester Bank, Worcester-Furl Leven-
Y, • Prices :-Wheat, red, 63x Od to 78 Od; white, 7- nstie
Brunswick ;J. Cockin, surgeon, to the Pearl; A. Brown, at 39, Nichols-square. This was said in a low tone, and charge of wilful murder till Thursday. A terrific explosion of gas took place on Christmas- Colchester and Essex Bank, and Witham and der, and Co 6,289 81s Oil : extra, 82s Oct. Barley, 35s Od to 41,10d...e`e oe.
surgeon, to the Devastating; F. J. Whipple, surgeon, to she was unable to utter another word. The agitation of
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the Intrepid ; D. J. Dingan, surgeon, to the Seahorse ; the prisoner, his sobs and groans, were quite painful to
of William Greenwood, Esq., of Stones, near Tormor• Colchester-Mills, Bawtree, and Co 34,306 Bank, Worcester Berwick, Lechmere, and per qr.
W. F. 0. Kay, assistant-surgeon, to the Conqueror ;W. see and hear. Mr. Ingham, having waited for some THE BURNOPFIELD MURDER. den. It appears that Robert West, one of Mr. Green- Cornish Bank, Truro-Tweedy and Co 47,002 Co - .
0. Roberts, acting assistant-surgeon, to thelmpregnable ; time, begged of Mrs. Fearon to state what she knew of
-__„,,,e„...-- wood's servants, proceeded at the time stated to light a Coventry Bank, Coventry-Little & Woodcock 6,659 Worcestershire Bank, Kidderminster-Farley, NEWARK-Dna. 26. • et.
J. Boniface, mater's assistant, to the Conqueror; E. Wes- the affair in as few words as possible. She uttered a few
fire in the dining-room, where he felt a disagreeable City Bank, Exeter-Milford and Co 18,915 and Co 8 891 A full attendance to-day and a good supply of great th•
tawny, master's-assistant, to thii Seahorse •E.J. N. words, which were quite inaudible to Mr. Pyer, the NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE, WEDNESDAY. odour of gas, but did ot imagine any danger Craven Bank S 1 1 ' b kand Turner,
was at, ett e-A cocks, Birk ec s, Walsall Old Bank, Walsall-Charles Forster ' brisk demand for wheat, at late rates. Spring cora °D
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chief clerk, and to. our reporter, who was seated near Richard Raynteand John'pain, alias "WhiskyJack,"
decline.
Merewether, master's-assistant, to the Pearl; 'W. 11. L.
hand. The fire bad not been burning above a few mi- Co 67,335 and Sons
siting
him. At last the witness fell back in her chair and charged with the murder of Mr. R. Stirling, the young
Wheat, white 80s to 86s, red 72s to 82s; barley, in 02st,
Padden, master's-assistant, to the Forth; H. Celtin•e•
nutes, however, before a tremendous explosion took Cardiff Bank, Cardiff-Towgood and Co
ver ampton Bank, Wolverhampton-R.
fainted. She was removed into the clerk's room, and surgeon, of Burnopfield, were this day brought up for
38s to 40s, grinding 35s to 375; oats 24st. 32s to 38s, bos
master's assistant, to the Brunswick : NV. H. S. Batt,
Pace' by which the door of the closet in which the meter Chepstow -Old Bank, Chepstow Bank, Mon- and W. F. Fryer 12,123
attended by Mr. Cooke, and a loud and piercing shriek re-examination at the County Court, Gateshead, before
20s to 24s ; eans, 5s to 58s malt', 72s to 808; Pea.'
acting clerk, to the Brunswick ;J.H. L. Bowling, act attended
kept, and contiguous to the dining-room, was driven mouth Old Bank, Monmouth Bank, Brecon Yarmouth and Suffolk Bank, and Halesworth Lobos; tares, 56s to FOs per qr.
ing Clerk, to the Pearl. was directly afterwards heard to proceed from the room. Mr. G. H. Ramsay, the Hon. Mr. Liddell, M.P., through the windows of the room and carried to a die- Bank, and ROSS and Herefordshire Bank, and Suffolk Bank, Yarmouth-Gurneys,
Mrs. Ann Burton, who had also been wounded by the and other magistrates. The court was densely
8,285 Birbeck, and Co
Another supply of arms (Lancaster rifles) having been
tance of about 30 yards. The very paper on the walls Chepstow-Bromage Snead, and CO
47,544
issued from the Tower, arrived on Wednesday at Chat- prisoner, and was also greatly agitated, was next led crowded. The only additional witness examined to-day e Y of several of the rooms was burnt off, and the building Derby Bank, Derby W, and S. Evans & Co. 10,598 Yarmouth, Norfolk, and Suffolk Bank, Great BB4BORNE MAILS.
into the court, and accommodated with a chair. Mr. was Thomas Jackson, of Durham, attorney's clerk, who
ham, for the use of the Royal Sappers and Miners,
was shaken to its foundation, while
portions of the fur- Derby Bank, Derby-Samuel Smith and Co 36,286 Yannouth-Sir E. H. K. Lacon, Bart., and 4:
Cooke having given his opinion that she was able to stated that he is well acquainted with the prisoner
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The new regulations for the canteens in the different
niture were broken and scattered about in the greatest Derby Old Bank and Scarsdale and High Peak Co 13,173 (N signifies that the mails' are sent from the General Poe
barracks on the Thorne station will come into operation give evidence, she was sworn. She said that the prisoner Cain ; knew him under the name of "Whisky Jack," confusion, as if an earthquake had taken place. A gee- Bank, Derby-Crompton, Newton, and co .. 25,012 York Bank, York- Swann, Clough, and Co 41,181 sy the night-and Mby the morning-despatch.)
and his wife had been on a visit to her on Christmas- On the night of the 2d of November (the period at which
on the Ist of January, 1856. A circular has been issued
tleman visitor who was in his bedroom was awoke by D •and Wiltshire-Bank, D •
emzes
from the War Department directing the monthly returns day and Boxing-day. On Wednesday, afternoon, while Rayne has been sworn to as having offered to pledge a
the top of his bed falling upon him. He was greatly and Co 7,884 , -------------rw 0
Day when mad. of rrom what - a.o'
of the number of men in each corps in barracks on the she was. preparing tea in her parlour, she heard loud silver watch in Durham) about 10 o'clock, he saw the alarmed, but fortunately escaped without injury. The Diss Bank, Diss-Oakes, Fincham and C 0... 10,376 COUNTRIES. in General Pest- Port due
first of each mouth to be forwarded to such department, screams issuing from her bed-room on the second floor. prisoner Cain and another man going up Gileegate, in man West also managed to crawl out of the room, but Doncaster Bank and Retford Bank, Doncaster JOINT-STOCK BANKS. Office, London.* Dispatched. gat'
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Some more engineers who have passed the Govern- She hastened to the room and found the prisoner there that city. He could not identify the other man, but he with his head in flames. Another of Mr. Greenwood's -Cooke and Co
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America
(hylrrit.pack)li Every Friday .. • - Liverpool -ID e '
meat examiner at Liverpool will be forwarded to L. in a very excited state with a knife in his hand, and was taller than Cain, and in that respect answered to
men had a narrowescape from being seriously injured by
Darlington Bank, Durham Bank, and Stockton Barnsley Banking Company, Barnsley 9,039 kmericr. (by United Sta. 1 6
don this evening, partly kneeling on the bed and making blows at his the description of the prisoner Rayne. There was a •
. the falling of a large bookcase as he was leaving his bed- on Tees Bank, Darlington--Backhouse &Co 80,433 Bradford Banking Company,Bradford
packet) .. .... ....N
46,3/ 0 America (by U. States •••• - - • • Liverpool - JAIL
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wife,
The Cleopatra, screw-steamer, has been thoroughly who had fallen back on the bed. Witness rushed strong light shining when he saw them. He was going
room. The most remarkable incident in connection with DevonportCo 8 246 B•
Bank, Devonport-Hodge and , ilston District Banking Company, Wolver- packet) ..........N .. - ••• ••• • • southampte Dee'
overhauled, cleaned, and repaired at Liverpool, and will forward and caught his hand, and also fell upon his arm, to speak to Cain, but he turned away to speak to another •
Ch -
the event occurred in the kitchen, where a ristmas bush Dorchester Old Bank and Dorsetshire Bank,
.. hampton
be ready f)r sea next week. She will be engaged in con- and kept him in that position for some time until her person.
, ampton) ..........in •••••• -••• •• Southamptor
was suspended, and a portion of which was carried away Dorchester-R, and H. Williams 43,710 Bank of Whitehaven, Whitehaven
veying troops to the Crimea for the ensuing caumeign. husband, Mr. Daniel Harney, and others came to her Mr. Stoker, solicitor for the prisoners, said there and• • • '
28,69 e Ditto (via hiameilles) N
deposited between the ceiling which was closed so East Cornwall Bank, Liskeard-Robins, Fos- Bradford Commercial Banking Company, Ditto (via Cape of Good
eeftaili
Lieutenant T. B. Christopher, commander of the assistance. They all tried to get the knife from the pri- were several witnesses prepared ►to come forward and . ' •
... Mt ,
compactly that the bush could not be displaced without ter, and Co 84,973 Bradford 19,199 1101 m) •••••••• • • • • 14 •• • '
steam-tender Lizard, who was severely injured by the goner, who made a great resistaace. At last Mr. Fearon state that the prisoners could not have been at Durham
the aid of some • tr t It is d • • •
stropg ins umen . . suppose the Cast Riding Bank, Beverley-Bower and C 0... - Bui-ton, Uttoxeter, and Staffordshire Union Africa (West Coast) ..N 13d of the month.. Plymouth •.. Jan ••
explosion of the mortar at Shoeburynese on the 24th came into the room and wrenched the knife out of the on the night in question, as they were at home that night.
.. Alexandria ........ .. N. 1,9, 2, &30 of a). Dover ...... i
gas had escaped from the meter.-Leeds Mercury. Essex Bank and Bishop's Stortford Bank Banking Company, Burton-upon-Trent 53, eu 1 Alexandria..........m ith & 20th of mon. Southatnptor.l •
inst. is progressing favourably. The Lizard having prisoner's band. Mr. Fearon delivered the knife to The friends of the prisoners were anxious to have these 0
• n Wednesday a serious gas explosion occurred in Chelmsford-Sparrow, Bound and Co 48,919 Chesterfield and North Derbyshire
Banking Bahamas ........... M 17th Of the month southamptot.
towed the damaged float and shattered mortar to the 'eitness, and she locked it up in an iron cafe, and after- witnesses called, but he had refrained from doing so, as
Rol rum . le Daily-- .. -- .. Dover ...... (MO,
'Vest street, Hull, at a newly fitted up shop, tenanted Exeter Bank, Exeter-Sanders and Co 24 017
, Company, Chesterfield 9,727 r-1.. - • **** •• ••
....hi 9th of the m•nith.• Southamptoi. Jan- 1
Royal Arsenal-wharf, Woolwich, has returned to Sheer- wards delivered it to Mr. Gernon. The knife was pro. he felt that the magistrates would require time for fur-
b Mr. Wilford, T
reengrocer. hree or fuur of the Fakenham Bank, Fakenham-Gurneys, Birk Cumberland Union Banking Company, Work- ••••••••
Buenos Ayres ........IN 3th of the month .. South4m r ton •TAn' :Ist'
mess. The boat is to be brought up to the dockyard to- duced, and identified by Mrs. Burton, who said she was ther investigation. However, as a satisfaction to his
?e'en, wood and g -
flag, were torn up, and nearly all beck, and Co
ington 33,200 Cape of Good Hope ~I.; Various port I.lllo°
day, to undergo some re airs in her rigging, which was too much excited on Wednesday afternoon to settee if clients, he would put it to the bench to say whether, if
the windows blown out. It seems that a plumber had Fa • d Bank and Bank of Wantsge Far-
.hring on
B, Cheltenham and Gloucestershire Banking Com- Cape of Good Hope ..N
9,087 Cape do Verde ......N. 9th of the month 'BoUthampter 'Jan. 16
damaged by the accident. She is then to receive a new Aiere was any blood upon it when she received it of Mr, he called a dozen witnesses to say that the prisoners
been at work, a short time befor at th ernes Medle and Co
e, mart! gas- ringdon- , y, . 6,698 pony, Cheltenham
mortar-bed and mortar from the arsenal, and return to Fearon, but when she took it out of the safe she remarked were at home that night, they would still be remanded .
whichstopped
pipe, a been up, that a quantity of Farnham Bank, Farnham-- Messrs Knight ... 13,719 Coventry and Warwickshire Banking Company, Ceylon... ..........N
- Tel TI"St
Shoeburyness to carry out a succession of experiment al it was covered with blood. Witness was cut in the for further examination?
gas had escaped, and that jest after a joiner had corn- Faversham Bank, Faversham-Hilton and Co. 5,540 Coventry 24,561 Channel 151e5.... , ...N Zotit._,Tede.,&Frid. Southampton
trials. The timber of the boat has in no wise suffered band in attempting to teke the knife from the prisoner. Mr. Ramsay-We must remand them, for the eve- •
me f month iseathempto, ,
masted working near the door in the shop fronting the Godalming Ba,nk, Godalening-Mellersh and Coventry Union Banking Company, Coventry 14,000 griii•,,•"•• .• •• •• ....lA' once a month.... Jan. 4
from these accidents. She did not recollect anything afterwards. deuce appears to be increasing.
"" • •
street, the explosion took place. The Joiner, whose Keen - Constantinople ......N 8,13,18,23,8628 of m D0ver......
--- In answer to questions by Mr. Ingham the witness Mr. Stoker then said he would not call hie witnesses
name is Dick, wee found buried beneath the shattered Guildford Bank, Guildford-Messrs. Ha don
___.o,
MILITIA, said Mr. and Mrs. Corrigan spent part of Christmas-day till the case was more complete.
boards, and on being taken out was quite insensible and Grantham Bank, Grantham-Hardy and C 0... 26,932 Carlisle and Cumberland Banking Company, Cont. of Europe M 8; N Twice daily .... •. Dover ... ierwleee
The Nottingha.mshire Militia, 18 officers and 560 with her. The prisoner nas very reserved on Chrietmas- Mr. Ramsay--I think you have exercised a sound fearfully injured - both his l fractured,and h • • •
, lags were e Hastings Old Bank, Hastings-Smith, Hilder, Carlisle
22, sea France ........ m& N Twice daily.-- Dover .. ~, iveteso, IN
men, arrived at Liverpool yesterday, and embarked on y,
da and looked very serious,
Mrs. Corrigan slept with judgment.
aras also injured 'in other parts of his body. He was and
86,665 Carlisle City and District Bank, Carlisle
board the Niagara steam-ship, which Fulled the same witness on Tuesday night, and the male visitors remained The prisoners were then remanded for a week. ' They
removed in a state of insensibilit • Co.' ••5, to the infirmary. Hereford City and County Bank, Hereford- Dudley and West Bromwich Banking Company, %ream (see India)
evening for Cork. The regiment, which is composed of up all night. On Wednesday morning Mrs. Corrigan, will be brought before the coroner again to-morrow,
Mr. Wilford's sister-in-law was also found seriously in- Matthews and Co.
..........612nd & 17th of mon. Southampton
37,125 efieeeeeurze ..........N.Titesday & Friday London .....
flue, soldierly -looking men, will proceed to the camp at who was accompanied by Mre. Fearon, went home to when some strong additional evidence ag,ainst them will
ured, and was also taken to that institution, where she, Hertford and Ware Bank, Hertford-S. Adams Derby and Derbyshire Banking Company, Flavannah ...... „ „lei2nd of the monti. Southampton Ina I.
Curragh. The Niagara will bring back the Kerry MI- her residence in Selby street Waterloo -town Bethnal- be produced. It is stated that Cain is a reputed son of
ike the other unfortunate sufferer received
,prompt and Co.
litia- destination A Idershott. green, to see her children. The prisoner called in her the notorious Burke, who was executed many years '
medical
1.1111•••••,••••11., absence, and asked for his wife; and witness not then ago, in Edinburgh, for the wholesale murders corn-
Darlington District Joint Stock Banking Com- lndia (viaSouthampt.)m I4th 4; 20th of mea.lPlymouth •. Jan 4
-
the act of lighting a fire in the room adjoining the shop Hull, Smith, Brothers, and Co.
knowing she had left, told him to go right ' •witted f th f bt . • bd' f di
up Items and or e purpose o o wiling o bodies or ssec-
pany, Darlington
TRADE AND NAVIGATION.
when the gas ignited and expleded.-.Eastent Counties Huntingdon Town and County Bank, Hunting-
seek for her. He then looked round very curiously, and teen.
East of England Bank, Norwich 25,430 lonian Isles (see incua)f7. 17, &27 of mon IDover...• •• 1 del
--- - -.--- --
Herald,
don-Rust and Veaseys
Ireland ........M &./s.,_ _
._ -• •• ••1
- ITwice deny 'Holjlioad .. iTwlet.
appeared in a very abstracted mood. As he Was - -
512075 Gloucestershire Banking Company, Gloucester 151,388 Liab0n........., „. „ 154 7, u, 17, &27 of m..Southamptor, Jan ..'
The Trade and Navigation Returns of the United the house she said, " Where ?" leaving
- ____ Gloucestershire Harwich-Cox, Cobbold, and Halifax Joint Stock Bank, Halifax
are you going to . to which THE LATE FATAL PRIZE FIGHT.
18,107 Madeira ............M 9th of the month 'Bouthacopton •
Kingdom, in connection with foreign countries and he replied, "Ho "
Co,
5,387 Huddersfield Banking Company, Huddersfield 35,675 Madeira ............Nl23d of month .... Liverpool ...
Home." That was an hour and a half before ae. Sporting Intelligence.
British posseesions, in the year 1854, have just been the
e murder was committed.
Hemel Hempstead Bank, Hemel Hempstead Hull Banking Company, Hull 26,767 Neale% (see India)
T 4
issued. The subjoined report, signed by illr. Foeblan- Mr. In sham-Du • The adjourned inquest upon John Jones, who was _se__
-Smith and Whitton stall
you know of any unpleasantness
Mauritius (see India)
que, precedes the statistical tables :-killed in a pugilistic encounter with another prize fighter TATTERSALL'STURSDAY. Hertfordshire, Hitchin Bank, Hitchin -
existing between the prisoner and
Halifax and Huddersfield Union Banking Com- M
auritius
........../v 14th of the month
. • his wife, or any corn- named Madden, in the Kentish Marshes, near L
I
meztee ..,,,,
e,,.....1e 2nd of the month..,Boathampter Jett
TO THE RIGHT HONOURABLE THE LORDS OF THE COM- plaint on his part relating to her ? Lon The only bet that came under our notice was 300 to Sharpies, and Co. -
MITTEE OF PRIVY COUNCIL FOR TRADE. rs. Burton-Net a• 0 reach, a fortnight back, was held yesterday, before Mr. 15-taken-about Artillery for the Derby. Hereford, Ross and Archenfield Bank, and Holston Banking Company, Helston
quiet.;
sir n Christmas-day the c '
I, eee New Granada . .... )4 21 & 17th of monti4outhiupton • _a.
.J. Carttar, the coroner for West Kent, at the Bull's----- Ross and Archenfield Bank, Hereford-
My Lords,-In laying the second volume of the prisons
r was particularly very quiet, indeed. He
Herefordshire Banking Company, Hereford
foreign tracie and navigation of the United Kingdom for was in general Head Inn,' Dartford, WESTBURY STEEPLECHA.SES. -THURSDAY. Morgan and Co
Papal
Stet,
......../c sth Ihth2sthofmon. Dover ......
a quiet, reserved man but on Christmas-'
23,395 Knaresborough and Claro Banking Company,
the year 1854, upon the new plan of accounts before day he was quieter than usual, and I rallied • p • '
Upon the previous occasion the inquiry Neal princi- Tee NViltshire and Westbury Handicap of 6 trove each, Ipswich Bank, Ipswich-Bacon and Co.
6.! Ithl7th27thofhoon. Southampton
of mon.lSouthampton • ,
your lordships, I beg to advert to the successful accorn- it, and applied some name to him which l him
lig- on
pally of a preliminary character. It was proved that the 2 ft, with 50 added ; the second to save his stake. Ipswich and Needham Market Bank, Suffolk, Kingsbridge Joint-Stock Bank, Kingsbridge 3,298 Port NatZ7.7.7.7...N Ely private ship... Valeta ports UMW'
plishment of the very important work, the valuation, Mr. Ingham-Where was the ' • now
for-
et'
deceased and Madden bad gone down by a steam-boat Four miles. 12 subs.
Hadleigh Bank, Manningtree and Mistley Lancaster Banking Company, Lancaster 57,901 Sicily ~.............ii sthlSth2sthefinon, Dover ......I
according to the average market prices, of our general night ? prisoner on Christmas to tbe neighbourhood of Dartford, and that a ring was Mr. B. Land's Odibam, aged, lOst 71b (Boxa)l) 1 Bank, and Woodbridge Bank, Ipswich- Leeds Banking Company, Leeds 23,093 Tuscany '''''' " " "14 Sthlbth2sthofmon. Dover ......
n 1 s nos
imports, and of our exports of foreig,n and colonial mar- Mrs. Burton-He was in thetermed on the Marshes when the fight took place, which Mr, Cartwright's MatiriceDaley, aged, lOstslb (James) 2 Alexanders and Co.
ing Leicester.... 72,597 Venezuela ........ Odle 17th ofmonth Southampton 1.-
1
parlour. with my hue-
van Dieme L • .
n s and (se.
ended in the death of the deceased. Mr. Smith's The Nugget, aged, 9st 12lb (T. Burrows) 3 Kentish Bank, Maidstone-Mercer, Randall,
ch mediae.
baud and other male visitors; M
Lincoln and Lindsey Banking Company 49,303 Australia) ......, ,
Hitherto the only real value obtained for our foreign stairs along with me. Mrs, Corrigan slept up- At the opening of the proceedings to -day,
-y, Betting-6 to 4on °Ahem and 7to 4 aest Maurice and Co. 17,960 Leamington Priors and Warwickshire Banking West Indies .... ..
.: if 2d & 17th o t month
,Bonthampten 1
406 r00t,...----
commerce has been confined to the exports of the pro- Mr F Joseph Hoyles was called, and he said that the seconds Deley. The Nugget made the running the first time Kin ton and Radnorshire Bank, Kin n_-
-
s. earon was again led into court, and seated. 'h•
Company, Leamington Priors
i 4"
duce of the Uuited Kingdom. For the general imp, rts was so exhausted 0 e at the fight were a man named James Massey for Mad- round, when Odiham went to the front, Was not after- Davies and Co.
25,909 Ludlow and Tenbury Bank, Ludlow 9,787 Whenany of these dates fall on a Sunday, the malls will t• ~,,,
nd so much agitated that, noter ith•
and the rest of our exports the official value could alone stranding restoratia den, and another named Jeremiah Noon for the deceased,headed,and by six 1
wards
Moore and Robinson's Nottinghamshire Bank- tt e
Southampton), and the Malta, both of which will be despatch.'
ves and stimulants were constantly
boroueli Old Bank and Ripon Old Bank,
be given. It is well known how much the dissatiifae- plied to he b all" Alexander Findlay was then examined. He said-I Handica Knares ,
~ 32,513 preceding des.
The Warminsterp Plate of 50 sous, About ing Company, Nottingham
r y Mr. Caoke shecould only k -
spea in a
Lion of the public was increased, year by year, at the low whisper ;ad M ' sin a publican in Moor-street, Soho. I came down to three miles. Knaresborough-Harrison and Co - 21,001 Nottingham and Nottinghamshire Banking
continuance of a value for such important portions of side of her chair r. Ingham kindly stooped by the Dartford Marshes to see the fight between Madden and
Kendal Bank, Kendal-Wakefield, Crewdson,
27,111
aud received her evidence Mr Smith's The Nugget, aged, lOst lib (T. Burrows) 1 Company Nottingham
that way, Jones, I travelled by rail to Purfleet, and crossed the Mr. 'e II `..1 d 9 " d C ••••••••••••• '4O 4-9 ' Union SHARE MARKET'S.
.B. Land s Tow a , age. ,st rlb... ..... ...(Boxall) 2 an 0. ............ . ...................... , e Newcastle, Shields, and Sunderland
our foreign commerce according to rates fixed so long and repeated
it as follows, for the information of •
back as the year 1694. Mr. Pyer, the chief clerk. river.
Greenfinch and Nimrod fell. Kettering Bank, Kettering-J. C. Gotch and eree-a_q+ent- -neetee- rie-_____ T5,..--...ei-
A Treasury minute in October, 1854, directed the The magistratesaid The coroner here cautioned the witness not to ennimit -... ... - • ,--r•- •• - --- -
:-The witness .e.h. ee_,. _e
Cornmissieners of Customs to intrArlAAA . .-..,..... L.. _, ~

Yesterday Thos. Wm. John Corrigan, a. respectable-
looking man, about 30 years of age, was brought before
Mr. Ingham, at the Thames police-court, Stepney,
charged with the wilful murder of his wife, Louisa.
The investigation was one of a most painful descrip-
tion, and excited great interest in a crowded court. The
prisoner is a man rather under than over the middle size,
with a somewhat mild-looking countenance, not indicat-
ing any want of humanity. He has been for many years
in the employ of the East India Company, at their ware-
houses in Leadenhall-street, in the capacity of "com-
modore," or foreman, and lived on tolerably good terms
with his unfortunate wife up to the time of her murder.
Four young children were the offspring of the marriage,
who are all living.
The first witness called was Mr. Andrew Gernon, an
inspector of police, H division, who said—Yesterday
afternoon the prisoner was brought to the station-house
in Leman-street by two City policemen, who said he bad
stabbed his wife. I asked where she was, and was in-
formed that she was at Dr. Cooke's surgery, in the
Minories. I went there, and found the woman lying on a
sofa in the surgery, quite dead. There were two wounds
on her left shoulder, a large and a small one, and a very
deep wound on the left breast. I afterwards proceeded
to the house of Mr. E. Burton, optician and mathemati-
cal instrument maker, 47, Church-street, Minories, and
was shown into a bed-room where the prisoner's wife had
been wounded. The bed clothes were stained with blood,
and there was blood on the floor.
Clara Brown, servant to Mr. and Mrs. Burton, stated
that on Wednesday afternoon, about 4 o'clock, she was
going up stairs in her master's house, and saw Mr. Cor-
rigan with a kife in his hand going towards her master
and mistress's bed-room. She screamed aloud for help.
Inspector Gernon here produced a new clasp knife
stained with blood, and the witness Brown said the
knife which the prisoner had in his hand was such an
one as that produced, but she did not take particular
notice of it. The prisoner did not seem to be in a passion,
and said nothing. Directly after he rushed into the
bed-room, she heard loud screams from Mrs. Corrigan
and Mrs. Fearon, who were both in that apartment.
Soon afterwards Mrs. Corrigan rushed down stairs, and
her gown appeared to be cat about the shoulders, and
there was blood upon it. Mrs. Corrigan waited at the
street door fora policeman a short time, and then went,
away. In answer to questions by Mr. Ingham, the wit-
ness said that, when she saw the prisoner, he walked
slowly towards the bed-room where his wife was. She bad
known him to visit her master and mistress occasionally.
Mr.lngham asked the prisoner if he would ask the wit-
ness any questions, and he replied in the negative.
Mrs. Elizabeth Fearon, a respectable woman, who bed
been wounded by the prisoner while she was attempting
to rescue the deceased from his fury, was here led into
court and accommodated with a seat. She appeared
greatly agitated, and after being sworn appeared in a
state of hysteria. Mr. Cooke applied some restoratives, and
said she would be able to give evidence in a few minutes.
The prisoner, on seeing the weakly condition of the
witness, was much affected. He buried his face in his
hands, and sobbed aloud. Mrs. Fearon, after the lapse
of some time, said she was a married woman, and lived
at 39, Nichols-square. This was said in a low tone, and
she was unable to utter another word. The agitation of
the prisoner, his sobs and groans, were quite painful to
see and hear. Mr. Ingham, having waited for some
time, begged of Mrs. Fearon to state what she knew of
the affair in as few words as possible. She uttered a few
words, which were quite inaudible to Mr. Pyer, the
chief clerk, and to. our reporter, who was seated near
him. At last the witness fell back in her chair and
fainted. She was removed into the clerk's loom, and
attended by Mr. Cooke, and a loud and piercing shriek
was directly afterwards heard to proceed from the room.
Mrs. Ann Burton, who had also been wounded by the
prisoner, and was also greatly agitated, was next led
into the court, and accommodated with a chair. Mr.
Cooke having given his opinion that she was able to
give evidence, she was sworn. She said that the prisoner
and his wife had been on a visit to her on Christmas-
day and Boxing-day. On Wednesday, afternoon, while
she was preparing tea in her parlour, she heard loud
screams issuing from her bed-room on the second floor.
She hastened to the room and found the prisoner there
in a very excited state with a knife in his hand, and
partly kneeling on the bed and making blows at his
wife, who had fallen back on the bed. IVitness rushed
forward and caught his hand, and also fell upon his arm,
and kept him in that position for some time until her
husband, Mr. Daniel Marney, and others came to her
assistance. They all tried to get the knife from the pri-
soner, who made a great resistance. At last Mr. Fearon
came into the room and wrenched the knife out of the
prisoner's band. Mr. Fearon delivered the knife to
witness, and she locked it up in an iron cafe, and after-
wards delivered it to Mr. Gee-non. The knife was pro-
duced, and identified by Mrs. Burton, who said she was
too much excited on Wednesday afternoon to nctice if
;here was any blood upon it when she received it of Mr.
Fearon, but when she took it out of the safe she remarked
it was covered with blood. Witness was cut in the
hand in attempting to take the knife from the prisoner.
She did not recollect anything afterwards.
In answer to questions by Mr. Ingham the witness
said Mr. and Mrs. Corrigan spent part of Christmas-day
with her. The prisoner was very reserved on Christmas-
day, and looked very serious. Mrs. Corrigan slept a ith
witness on Tuesday night, and the male visitors remained
up all night. On Wednesday morning Mrs. Corrigan,
who was accompanied by Mrs. Fearon, went home to
her residence in Selby-street, Waterloo-town, Bethnal-
green, to see her children. The prisoner called in her
absence, and asked for his wife ; and witness, not then
knowing she had left, told him to go right up stairs and
seek for her. He then looked round very curiously, and
appeared in a very abstracted mood. As he was leaving
the house, she said, " Where are you going to ?" to which
he replied, "Home." That was an hour and a halt before
the murder was committed.
Mr. Ingham—Do you know of any unpleasantness
existing between the prisoner and his wife, or any com-
plaint on his part relating to her ?
Mrs. Burton—Not any, sir. On Christmas-day the
prisoner was particularly quiet ; very quiet, indeed. He
was in general a quiet, reserved man, but on Christmas-
day he was quieter than usual, and I rallied him upon
it, and applied some name to him, which I now forget.
Mr. Ingham—Where was the prisoner on Christmas
night ?
Mrs. Burton--He was in the parlour with my hue-
baud and other male visitors ; Mrs. Corrigan slept up-
stairs along with me.
Mrs. Fearon was again led into court, and seated. She
teas so exhausted and so much agitated that, note ith-
standing restoratives and stimulants were constantly ap-
plied to her by Mr. Cooke, she could only speak in a
low whisper ; and Mr. Ingham kindly stooped by the
side of her chair, and received her evidence that way,
and repeated it aloud, as follows, for the information of
Mr. Pyer, the chief clerk.
The magistrate said :—The witness says that she
and the prisoner's wife had just returned from Beth-
nal-green to Mr. Burton's house in a cab, and went
up stairs. The prisoner's wife was untying her bonnet,
when they heard something click like the opening of a
knife. Mrs. Corrigan called out, "Is that you, Tom ?" Tae prisoner made no reply, but rushed into the room,
separated me and his wife, and got between us and
struggled with her. She finally fell on the bed, and he
closed in upon her, and I thought he was punching her.
I was surprised, and went in between them, and said,
What are you quarrelling for ?" He took no notice of
me whatever. I put out my left hand to save the pri-
soner from striking his wife. I struggled a few minutes
more with the prisoner, and found my hands wet with
blood. I then became conscious he was using some in-
strument. I rushed out of the room shrieking, "He
has =Herod her !" I did not at that time see an} -
thing in his hand. When I screamed and said "He has
murdered her," Mr. and Mrs. Burton, my husband, and
a Mr. Marney came up. I rushed towards the doctor's
shop, and Mr. John Marney followed me, holding my
arm, which was cut. I told Mr. John Marney to look
to the prisoner's wife. When we got three or four
rlnd.::ue,neadtniyatinfdepihisaw
vve
xt hee ea
wentpn ei
ds 00,
yards from the house I heard a loud scream. I looked
nn
L'Bs
theets wife,
a few yards behind
doctor's,neta thinkinga n d almost
base only fainted. Mr. Cooke's assistant began bathing
my arm. I then saw it was very badly cut. I did not
dare to look at it before. I clasped it with my other
hand all the way to the doctor's shop. The into prisoner • '
s
four wife was brought the doctor's shop by fo
men. I
saw her brought in, and left the room. I had noticed,
h. fore I left the prisoner's wife, that there was a cut in
her dress, I did not notice anything more of what hap-
pened. As soon as I got to the doctor's shop, I saw she
had a cut on the arm, but saw nothing more.
Mr. logham asked the witness to turn round and look
at the prisoner for the purpose of identifying him, but
her terror was so great that she was afraid to do so. At
length she was raised from her chair, and was being led
out of the court, when she wildly rushed towards the dock
in which the prisoner stood, and stretched out the arm
that was not wounded to shake hands with him. The
prisoner eagerly leant forward, naught her hand in his,
and exclaimed, "God bless you. He then gave way
again leant over the edge of
to a paroxysm of grief, and
buried hisface in
• his hands. As Mrs. Fearon was beingled into the
the dock in a stooping position, and b • d
clerk's room, she exclaimed, "Oh, my arm/ my arm,"
and fainted away.
Mr. Edward Burton, optician and mathematical in-
strument maker, of 47, Church-street, Minories, who
lost all self-possession when he entered the witness-For,e
and was sworn, was desired by the magistrate to be
seated, and said—The prisoner is no relation of mine,
but I have known him some time. On Christmas night
we were as happy and as convivial as possible, and
when the hour grew late I advised Mrs. Corrigan to
sleep with my wife, make herself as comfortable as pos-
sible, and go home early in the morning. The prisoner
remained up with me and some friends. I made him as
comfortable as I conld.r. We had tea and coffee in the
morning, and shortly before nine o'clock he went to his
Place of business quite collected. At half-past two
clock in the afternoon be came into my room, and he
inquired for his wife, He was very excited, and I said
to him in a joke " Your wife is in the next room," al-
though I knew she was gone home to see her children,
in company with Mrs. Fearon. He went into the bed-
room, came out again, and went down stairs directly.
I remarked how distant he was in his manner. We gos-
sipped until four o'clocir, and I told ray servant girl to
get the tea ready. A few minutes afterwards the pri-
soner came into the room where I was, and said Mrs.
Corrigan and Mrs. Fearon bad just come home in a cab.
He made no other remark. The two females went into
my bed-room to take off their bonnets and shawls. I
sat down with the two Marneys and Mr. Fearon, my
brother-in-law, and we were in social conversation
together, when I heard some screams from the ad-
joining room, which is my bed-room, and, to tell the
truth, I thought the screams were in fun ; but the

Bank of Westmorland, Kendal
Barnsley Banking Company, Barnsley
Bradford Banking Company, Bradford
Bilston District Banking Company, Wolver-
hampton
Bank of Whitehaven, Whitehaven
Bradford Commercial Banking Company,
Bradford
Burton, Uttoxeter, and Staffordshire Union
Banking Company, Burton-upon-Trent
Chesterfield and North Derbyshire Banking
Company, Chesterfield
Cumberland Union Banking Company, Work-
ington
Cheltenham and Gloucestershire Banking Com-
Copvoennytr'y CanhdelltVenahrwamickshire Banking Company,
Coventry
Coventry Union Banking Company, Coventry
County of Gloucester Banking Company, Chel-
tenham
Carlisle and Cumberland Banking Company,
Carlisle
Carlisle City and District Bank, Carlisle
Dudley and West Bromwich Banking Company,
Dudley 37,125
Derby and Derbyshire Banking Company,
Derby
Darlington District Joint Stock Banking Com-
pany, Darlington
East of England Bank, Norwich 25,430
Gloucestershire Banking Company, Gloucester 151,388
Halifax Joint Stock Bank, Halifax 18,107
Huddersfield Banking Company, Huddersfield 35,675
Hull Banking Company, Hull 26,767
Halifax Commercial Banking Company, Halifax 12,488
Halifax and Huddersfield Union Banking Com-
pany, Halifax
Helston Banking Company, Helston
Herefordshire Banking Company, Hereford ...
Knaresborough and Claro Banking Company,
Knaresborough 26,285
Kingsbridge Joint-Stock Bank, Kingsbridge 3,298
Lancaster Banking Company, Lancaster 57,901
Leeds Banking Company, Leeds 23,093
Leicestershire Banking Company, Leicester 72,597
Lincoln and Lindsey Banking Company 49,303
Leamington Priors and Warwickshire Banking
Company, Leamington Priors 11,887
Ludlow and Tenbury Bank, Ludlow 9,78'
Moore and Robinson's Nottinghamshire Bank-
ing Company, Nottingham
Nottingham and Nottinghamshire Banking
Company, Nottingham 27,
Newcastle, Shields, and Sunderland Union
Joint-Stock Banking Company, Newcastle-
upon-Tyne -
National Provincial Bank of England, Birming-
ham, Head-office, 112, Bishopsgate-street,
London
North Wilts Banking Company, Melksham
Northamptonshire Union Bank, Northampton 79,1'
Northamptonshire Banking Company, North-
ampton
North and South Wales Bank, Liverpool
Pares's Leicestershire Banking Company,
Leicester
Saddlc,.vorth Banking Company, Saddleworth
Sheffield Banking Company, Sheffield
Stamford, Spalding, and Boston Banking Com-
pany,,
aStamford
Stußanking
Company, Bristol Somerset-
shire Bank, and Somersetshire Bank, Lang-
port
349,543
cke
Shropshire Banking Company, Shiffnall 43,670
Stourbridge and Kidderminster Banking Com-
pany, Stourbridge
Sheffield and. Hallamshire Banking
_Company,
Sheffield
23,22,
Sheffield and Rotherham Joint Stock Banking
Conipa,ny, Sheffield 49,983
Swaledale and Wensleydale Banking Company,
Richmond
Storey aid Thomas' Banking Company, Shaftes-
bury
Wolverhampton and Staffordshire Banking
Company, Wolverhampton 34,498
Wakefield and Barnsley Union Bank, Wake-
field
Whitehaven Joint-Stock Banking Company,
Whitehaven 26,903
Warwick and Leamington Banking Company,
Warwick '
West of England and South Wales District
Bank, Bristol 77,058
Wilts and Dorset Banking Company, Salisbury 71,727
West Riding Union Banking Company, Hud-
dersfield 81,992
Whitchurch and Ellesmere Banking Company,
Whitchurch
Worcester City and County Banking Com-
pany, Worcester 5,974
York Union Banking Company, York 66,454
York City and County Banking Coy, 90,419
Yorkshire Banking Company, Leeds 119,896

Hitherto the only real value obtained for our foreign
commerce has been confined to the exports of th 3 pro-
duce of the United Kingdom. For the general imp its
and the rest of our exports the official value could alone
be given. It is well known how much the dissati4ac.
tion of the public was increased, year by year, at th
continuance of a value for such important portions of
our foreign commerce according to rates fixed so long
back as the year 1694.

A Trsasury minute in October, 1854, directed the
Commissioners of Customs to introduce a system by
which the real values, hitherto wanted, should be com-
puted upon the basis of the actual prices. Mr. Mes-
senger, the Inspector General of Imports and Exports,
was charged with this important service ; and a new
system is commenced in the present accounts. The ave-
rage annual prices fixed fur the valuations are, pine],
pally, those of the Loudon and Liverpool markets. In
e .ch place one gentleman was specially employed to ob-
tain prices for the Custom-house. Many of the princi-
pal merchants and brokers were consulted, and also
some of the Chambers of Commerce. All the aid applied
for at the hands of the mercantile gentlemen was most
willingly furnished, and often not without considerable
trouble.
The prices used and specified in the accounts are for
the articles in bond, including all the charges of freight
and landing, but exclusive of the duties.
The total value of our imports in 1854, as computed
by the old and neyv systems, shows the following e,..):11.
parison
Old official value £124,338,478
New computed real value... 132,591,513

The coroner here cautioned the witness not to commit
himself, and told him he might decline to answer any
questions that were put to him if he pleased.
The witness, after this caution, said he came down to
see the fight, and it had begun when he arrived. He
was not in the ring, and did not second either of the
parties, and took no active part in the fight.
The coroner—Can you tell us who the seconds were ?
Witness—l only know Massey ;he seconded Madden.
Examination continued—l know a man named Sayers.
I saw him in the ring ; be acted as second to Madden,
j dutly with Massey. Jeremiah Noon was in the ring,
and he seconded Jones ; another man seconded Jones
but I don't know his name. No other persons were in
the ring but Jones and Madden and the four seconds,
and no other person interfered. I did not rye a time-
keeper. I did not see a watch all the time. (A. laugh.)
Coroner—Was it a fair stand-up fight ?
Witness—Quite fair. I did not see anything foul.
The last thing I saw was that Jones get off his second's
knee laughing, and blows were exchanged, and he went
down, but I don't know what caused him to fall. He
was lifted up by his seconds, but I don't know what be-
came of him. The fight was then declared at an end.
By the Coroner—Witness was quite sure that none of
the persons outside the ring interfered in any manner
with the fight. About 2,000 persons were present. He
heard of the death of Jones on the following day. He
bad heard the other man, who seconded Jones, called
by the name of "Sweepy."
The Coroner then inquired of Lillywhite, the consta-
ble who had the case in hand, whether there were any
other witnesses.
Lilly white replied that he had not been able to ob-
tain any further evidence.
The coroner then brieflycalled the attention of the jury
to the facts that had been laid before them that day, and
to the former evidence that had been adduced. It ap-
peared, as has been already stated, that on Tuesday, the
11th Dec., the deceased and Madden came down in a
steam-boat, with some 3,000 other persons, to fight a
prize battle for 501. a-side, and the ring was formed in
the Marshes a short distance from Dartford. The fight
lasted but one hour, and it would seem that the deceased
had all the best of it, and punished Madden in a most
dreadful manner, until the last round, when, after a
struggle he fell, and became almost immediately insen-
sible, and died about two o'clock the same night. Dr.
Culhone, a medical gentleman residing at Dartford,
was promptly on the spot, but he found that his assist-
ance must necessarily be unavailing from the cm-
dition of the deceased ; and he gave his opinion that
the cause of death was effusion of blood upon the
brain, occasioned either by a blow or a fall, but
no doubt accelerated by the state of excitement in
which the deceased was from the struggle in which
be was engaged. He then explained the law bearing
the parties actually et
hn
egaegyede inof tthhee sti
aruwg,
upon such a case, and said there was no doubt that all
Present might also be included in the
galendwtebraetgueviletyn
ctohltiaoltirsgeaenw.shialouigwe ecroenPclrudsel by stating that the evidence ap-
peared clearly to point to five persons as having taken
an active part in the transaction, and it appeared to him
itgliat a the jury their duty in return-
ing
identified againsti the parties who
otjduiorty
of
fould manslaughteronly loe d
had been actually as being concerned in the
illegal transaction which had resulted in the death of the
deceased.
When the Coroner had concluded a juryman addressed
him, and said be thought it right to inform him that one
of the jurymen who bad been sworn upon the present
inquiry, he was informed, was present at the fight.
The Coroner said if such were the fact, he was very
sorry indeed for it, and he could not help observing that
any juryman who was in such a position had most grossly,
tmi
oi sue, obn
edouacutseed
ilti i mwsoeullfd.
bH h e e
his
n
sd
duty
yr itgoh tg
itvo
eaas k o
at hue q
t i
euu ques-
tion,
the same time that the party was not bound to answer
it. He hoped, however, if the facts were as had been
stated, that, now the proceedings were brought to a con-
clusion, every gentleman on the jury would return a
had taken.
to his conscience and to the oath he

Betting-6 to 4on Goodlad. Won by two length.,
Goodlad refused and lest much ground.

Sons
Lane End Staffordshire Bank, Lane End—C
Harvey and Son
Leeds Bank, Leeds—Beckett and Co.
Leeds Union Bank, Leeds—W. Williams,
Brown and Co.
Leicester Bank, Leicester—Pagets and Kirby, 30,834
Lewes Old Bank, Lewes—Molineux and Co 29,733
Lichfield Bank, Lichfield—Palmer and Greene 7,815
Lincoln Bank, Lincoln—Smith, Ellison, and Co. 90,601
Llandovery Bank, Lampeter Bank, and Llan-
dilo Bank, Llandovery—D. Jones and Co 23,668
Loughborough Bank, Loughborough—Middle-
ton and Cradock
Lyming-ton Bank, Lymington—St. Barb* and

9,063

LIVERPOOL, DEO. 27.

CASES DECIDED BY THE JOCKEY CLUB.
CANTERBURY CASE.—The Stewards of the Jockey
Club, to whom the Stewards of Canterbury Races al-
lowed au appeal in this case, have decided that Punc-
ture, having won only the second heat, could not be
deemed the winner according to the Laws of Racing, and
that Grey Chicken, who walked over for two heats, is
entitled to the prize.
LICHFIELD CASE.—This case was referred to the
Stewar Is of the,Jockey Club, who decided that W.
Saunders, having made the entry of Cock of the North
as Mr. Merry's servant, was not entitled to scratch the
horse without Mr. Merry's consent, and that Cock of
the North is entitled to the stakes.

5,412
53,085

STOOK EXCRANGE.—The tone of the market Las bean
quiet to-day, and prices are a shade lower than yenta rd AY
Lancashire aid Yorkshire, 77 —London and North blast
tame, 94b c.—London and South-Western, Bb—Croat
Western of Canada, 244 c.—Ditto New, p. 2/. Bs. 9d.

22,300
49,084

MANCHESTER, DEC. 27.
STOOK EXCHANGE.—The market to-day has been dull;
but prices steady. Midland, 64A—Leeds, 77—Dover, 1'
3-16—London and North-Western, 944—Sheffield, 23i--
Great Western of Canada, New, 24 pr.

51,720
2,30 i
33,085

6,789

-Co. ....................
Lynn Eegis and Lincolnshire Bank, Lynn
Regis —Gurneys and Co.
Lynn Regis and Norfolk Bank, Lynn Regis—
Jarvis and Co
12,332
Macclesfield Bank, Macclesfield—Brocklehurst

8,828

63,025

A LONG RAIN.—A gentleman who came home in the
Tagus, which has just arrived with the Peninsular mail,
stated that he was in Spain 26 days previous to the
packet leaving Cadiz on the 20th inst., and it rained
there 24 days out of the 26.
A ROMANCE OF REAL LIFE.—Some years ago a
banker, supposed to be wealthy, resided in a well-
known borough town, of considerable magnitude, in the
west of England. The bank, however, failed, and the
banker died, leaving behind him a lovely and highly-
accomplished young lady, his daughter, penniless.
She at one time took to the stage, and, possessing a
charming voice, a beautiful person, together with
considerable talent, she was very successful. In or
near the same town there resided, at the same time, a
worthy gentleman upwards of 60 years of age, unmar-
ried, but having three daughters by his deceased wife. He
engaged the banker's daughter as a companion fur them ;
but he himself became so enamoured of the banker's

and Co. ____ll 275
Manning-tree Bank, Manning-tree—Nunn and '

66,575

Which shows an excess of £23,953,035 or 225 per cen
real value of I

Co. .............
Marlborough Bank, Marlborough and Wilts
Old Bank, Marlborough Old Bank, Marl-
borough Old Bank and Hungerford Bank,
and Hungerford Bank, Marlborough—Tan-
ner and Co
Merionethshire Bank, Dolgelly—Williams and
Son 7,824
Miners Bank, Truro—Willyams and Co 18,122
Monmouthshire Agricultural and Commercial
Bank, Abergavenny—Bailey and Co 27,399
Monmouth Cld Bank, Monmouth Bank, Bre-
con Bank, Chepstow Bank, Chepstow Old
Bank, and Ross and Herefordshire Bank,
Monmouth—Bromage, Snead, and Co 15,730
Newark Bank, Newark—Godfrey and Riddell 26,281
Newark and Sleaford Bank, and Sleaford and
Newark Bank, Sleaford—Handley, Peacock,
and Co 48,750
Newbury Bank, Newbury—Bunny & Slocock 18,709
Newmarket Bank, Newmarket—Eaton, Ham-
mond, and Co
' Norwich Crown Bank and Norfolk and Suffolk
Bank, Norwich—Harveys and Hudsons
Norwich and Norfolk Bank, Norwich—Gur-
neys and Birkbeck 89,318
Nottingham and Nottinghamshire Bank, Not-
tingham, Hart, Fellows, and Co
Nuneaton Bank, Nuneaton—Craddock and Co
Naval Bank, Plymouth, Plymouth—Harris
and Co.
New Sarum Bank, Sarum—Everett and Co lO,OOO
Nottingham Bank, Nottingham—Samuel Smith
and Co.
Oswestry Bank and Oswestry Old Bank, Os-
westry—Croxon and Co
Oxford Old Bank, Oxford—Robinson, Parsons,
and Co.
Old Bank, Tonbridge, Tonbridge and Ton-
bridge Wells Old Bank, Tonbridge and Ton-
bridge Wells and Sevenoaks Bank, Ten-
bridge--T. H. and S. Beeching
Oxfordshire Witney Bank, Witney—J,
Clinch and Cs. ....................................
ank
Pease's Old Bank, Hull, the Hull Old B
and Beverly Bank, Hull—Pease and C 0..., 46,315
Penzance Bank, Penzance--BAten and Co. ... 10,555
Peterborough Bank and Oundle Bank, Peter-
borough—D. Yorke and Co. ...................
Pembrokeshire Bank, Haverfortlwest--J. and
W. Walters ............................... : ........
Reading Bank, Reading—Sintonds and C
Reading Bank, Reading—Stephens, BI dan y,
and Co. .. . ........ . .................................. 27,471
Richmond Bank, Richmond--Roper and Co. 6,665
Rochdale Bank, Rochdale—Clement, Royds,
and Co.
4,510
Rochester, Chatham, and Strood Bank, Roan-
ter—Day and Nicholson 7,419
Royston ,Bank, Royston—Fordhana and liens 13,958
Rugby Ralik, Rugby—A. But to sag Neil, 3,364
Bye lank, Peatfret and fo ' 14,838

2)910

Of the imports from foreign countries and British
possessions respectively, from Abstract Table No. G, the
same comparison shows :

49,539

Official value
Real value....

FROM FOREIGN COUNTRIES.
£93,940,967
118,439,188

An excess of real value of ... £2l 498,521 or 26 per cent
FROM BRITISH POSSESSIONS.
£30,397,511
34,152,025

12,668

Official value,
Real value....

An excess of real value 0f... £3,754,514 or 13 per cent.
And with respect to the principal articles imported in
1854, the variation of the two systems of value, the fol-
lowing are presented as examples from No. 10 of the
abstract tables :

daughter that he ultimately married her. Afterwards
they went abroad, and resided for some time in a town

on the coast of Spain ; but ultimately he returned to
England, and bought a villa on the banks of the Thames.
While residing here, a young clergymen of the. Church
of Englaud, belonging to the Low Church or Evan-
gelical party, was a frequent visitor to the house, and
accompanied them on visits or excursions. One day
while sailing on the Thames, the boat or yacht was
upset. The old gentleman caught his young wife in
his arms, and sustained her in the water as long as
possible, calling out to the young clergyman to swim
towards them and "save her !' and he then sank
to rise no more; but the clergyman had reached the lady,
and making desperate efforts he saved her from a watery
grave. Some months afterwards she gratefully presented
the preserver of her life with her hand, and an income left
to her by her first husband of 2,000/. a year. Subse-
quently they came and resided in a small town on the sea
coast, not a thousand miles from Brighton. Here he was
rector of the parish, and built a most noble parsonage-
house, at a cost of 5,0001., on glebe land, where he re•
sided. He had, at the instance, it is said, of his wife,
abandoned the Low Church for the High Church
party, and gave great offence to some of the old
parishioners by the changes he introduced, being what
his termed a " Puseyite," or "Tractarian ;" but within
the last few days this gentleman has embraced
the tenets of the Roman Catholic Church, and re-
canted, it is said, what he now considers the errors of
Protestantism. He ceases, of course, to be a clergyman
of the Church of England. All his effects at the
parsonage-house are to be sold ; and he loses, we be-
lieve, all interest in the parsonage-house ; and be
and his family, it is said, are about to proceed to
Italy. As a married man, he cannot be a priest in
the Catholio Church, and therefore cannot administer
at the altar ; but we believe that in some similar
cases converts have been permitted to preach, and that
may be all he may desire. This " conversion," or,
as some will term it, "perversion," has made as great
a sensation in the Chureh as didfthe conversion of Arch-
deacon Manning, who is the intimate friend of the
gentleman we have been speaking ot, and who, as it is
said, was instrumental in his " conversion."—Brighton
Examiner.

Articles. New Old
Real value in excess : Real value. Official value
Weed, timber, deals, and staves k 11,062,094 R 1,812,690
Corn and flour ...................... 21,760,283 10,133,778
Wool . ........... . .... 6 499 004 2,722,713
, ,
Wine 3,616,369 1,231,T.;2
Butter 2,171,194 693,767
Hemp 2,384,578 1,098,426
Ilax seed and linseed; 2,545,107 835,334
raw and waste . 5,403,250
Silk,
3,433,471
Brandy 1,225,332 3 9,151
Tallow ...................
x.. ...... . 2,318,311 792,474
Official value in e cess :
2 01; :16 7947 5105 :: 3271 98; 8
4:55 28,656,756148:051:7:9i:8
Cotton,
Cotton manufactures .
Tea
424,281 1,735:480
Coffee
Cochineal
9,320 1 941 '73
Madder
The total value of our exports of foreign and colonial
produce, by the old and new system (from Abstract
Table No. 7), is :
Old official value
New real value .

5,948

19,394

49,583

10,253
3,144

J. MICHAEL, Acting Registrar of Bank Returns,
Inland Revenue, Somerset House,
Dec. 22, 1855.

29,361

A Berlin letter of the 22d, in the Pays, says :
" I have at present something positive and impor-
tant to announce. I a short time since stated that
the mission confided by the King to Count Munster
was a happy symptom of the dispositions of his Ma-
jesty. At present I have good reason for believing
that these dispositions are about to be manifested
by a still more significant act. Our political men
have been struck by the complete change which
has taken place in the language of several States of
the Confederation, and they have not learned with-
out a certain degree of emotion that Sweden and
Denmark, uniting their efforts to those of Austria
and Germany, have made pressing representations
to the Emperor Alexander, to induce him to ac-
cept the propositions of peace which are about to
be submitted to him. This movement, the com-
mencement and, to a oertain extent, the direction
of which belong to Austria, has not found the King
of Prussia indifferent, as I learn that Prussia joins
her efforts to those of Austria to influence the
Emperor Alexander. But she will not send a spe-
cial envoy to St. Petersburg, as the Prussian Am-
bassador at the Court of Russia will be charged, I
am assured, with the task of supporting, in the
most pressing manner, the propositions sent by
count Egterhazy."

_229,821,656
.. 18,643,978

11,262

The old value being in excess by
or 38 per cent.
The annual commercial volume of the United King-
de omm is no longer inferior to those of foreign countries as
rgards a complete system of real value ; and in one re-
spect our valuation may be considered as superior to
that of other nations, as it is founded upon prices vary-
ing according to the origin of the article imported.—l
have the honour to be, m
servant, y lords, your most obedient
Statistical Department A. W. FONBLANQUE.
, Board of Trade,
Whitehall, Dec nnber, 1855.

.X 11,172,678

11,681

3,262

12,980
39,465

CHIMER AND ItOranzi.rTraine return
the week ending Dec. 23, 1855 ........ . ....... -24,355 14 for 1
week last year ..................... 4,425 16 6
Corresponding

recrosae in 1655 .. .................... X7O 2 5

The jury then retired, and, after about au hour's deli-