The Sun.
London, England, 1855-12-21 00:00:00

in Account pursuant to the Act 7th and Bth Victoria, cap 52, for
the Week ending on Saturday the 15th day of Dee., 1855.
man DEPAMIBIWT.

Noted Issued .. • • .. •• 25,1.37,985

A
Government debt.... 11,015,100
Other securities ...... 3,459,910
Gold coin and bullion 10,662,985
Silver bullion .... -

425,137,985

£25,137,955
:. MANSITALL, Chief Cashier,

Dated the 20th day of Dec., 11

BANKING Dlr
Proprietors' capital .. 14,553,000
Rest .. .......... 3,203,482
Public deposits (in-
cluding Exchequer,
Commissioners of
National Debt, Sav-
ing's Banks, and
Dividend Accounts) 4,4211,440
Other deposits ...... 1 2,321,462
Seven Day and other

;PASTMMCST.

Government neuritis'

(includg.Des.d Weight
Annuity) .... .•• • • • 9,789,376
Other securities...... 18,360,761
Notes .. „ .......,, 6,556,625
Gold and silver coin .. 643,353

CBlllB .. .. .• .. .. .. .. 840,731

425,860,115

435,350.115
d. MARSHALL, Chief Cashlur.
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Dated the 20th day of Dec., 11

AVERAGE PRICE OF SUGAR.

The Average Price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, com-
puted from the returns made in the week ending Dec. 18,
1855, exclusive of the Duties of Customs paid or payable
thereon, on the importation thereof into Great Britain :
From the British Possessions in America 3ls. 104 d.
Musoovadd, the produce of the East Indies
Average of the two foregoing descriptions

BANKRUPTCY ANNULLED.
Thomas Thompson, bookseller, Sunderland.
BANKRUPTS.

William
Beavan Martin, wine merchant, Mark-lane, to
surrender Jan. 4, at twelve, and Feb. 1, at one, at the
Court of Bankruptcy. Whitmore, official assignee, Ba-
singhall-street ; Healey, Basioghall-street.
sjDouelitrur:ee_3nyiry.asatKruedee_lt
jlyas.,utb.rna3inidd builder, At
two
Arthur-street,
at
stthr ea ect ,t)uNret wufo,x
Bankruptcy.f ord-s Oxford-street,
Johnson, official assignee, Basinghall-street • Rushbur
J, ouhtn
twelve,Joyce,
abaker,litahtetßhrceowumus
Matthews,
Arthur-streety ,
u Kent,
Bankruptcy.J an. 2, at two, and
29official assignee ;
London-
bridge.
Henry Raeford, livery-stable keepWeresLteciLwroiasnhhdaaommn
JAIL 1, at two, and Jan. 29, at twelve, at the Court of
Bankruptcy. Lee, official
assignee, Aldermanbnr
Chidley, Gresham-street.y ;
John Hughes, maltster,
Shrewsbury, Jan. 5 and 25, at
eleven, at Birmingham. Whitmore, Official assignee, Bir
ingham ; Turner, Wolverhampton ; Motteram and
Birmingham. Knight,
Thomas Morris, raits,hasltfr.apwasthat
two,m aaunudfpacetbn.r3eor:
atH ouxutou,naNt
theew
olk7acni:ul:7B,igOnxefeo;rdjs.l2 Oxfordshire,
C.circo uwßrnoebnifnßsoann,k7r,upcltuoyee.u.uSttraenest.fvelidaca,
City.
Depc.an2i9e,laGtahradlnf-epra'stplitwaleplvrkaenrh Feb. 2, at one,
Gatuitlhde.
bearsrtrßupratdcyy.
auPdesnunuel,l, official assignee,
Staple-inn.
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dd Longford, fd
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Bristolos eDistrict keeper,
Court.Batli
Miller, official assignee, Bristol; Bevan, Bristol.
William Wiffin and Frederick William King, card.
makers, Long-acre, Dec. 31st, at eleven, and Jan. 31, at
one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Johnson, official assig-
nee, Basinghall-street ; Stopher, Cheapside.
Thos. Watson Nioholson, oil and flock merchant, Rook-
er7, Halifax, Jan. 11, and Feb. 1, at eleven, at the Leeds
District Court. Young, official assignee, Leeds; Ambler,
Halifax ; Bond and Barwick, Leeds.
George Kay, boot and shoe maker, York, Jan. 11, and
Feb. 1, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Young, A

LA F' INTELLIGENCE.—Dec. 20.

ADMIRALTY COURT.
(Before Dr. Lushington.)
THB PEACE.- SALVAGB.

This was a suit promoted by the brigantine Brunette
to procure salvage remuneration for services rendered tc
the bark Peace, on the 66th of May last.
The learned Judge decreed 4001. for the entire service,
of which the ship and freight were to pay their rateable
proportion.

TUE FENIX.-SALVAGE.
This was a suit instituted by the steam-tug Charm and
two luggers, the Fly and the Dart, to obtain salvage re-
ward for services rendered to the brig Fenix on the 19th
of August last.

The learned Judge was of opinion that there was no-
thing to detract from the value of the services rendered,
and he allotted to the salvors 1501., with costs.

THE CALEDONIA.— WAGES.
This was a suit brought by Mr. J. M'Dowall, the
late master of the ship Caledonia, against the mortgagees
in possession to recover the amount of wages due to
him, together with a commission of 2i per cent. o❑ the
net profits of the voyage. It appeared that in April,
1854, the ship then lying in Glasgow, she was designed
on a voyage to Melbourne, thence to some port in Peru,
and back to a port of discharge in Great Britain or Ire-
land. She arrived in London on the 25th of July last,
and the master remained with her until the 3d August,
when she was taken possession of by the mortgagees.
The claim of the master amounted to 316/. 13s. 4d. On
the part of the mortgagees it was contended that they
were entitled to deduct 51. paid to the master prior to
the voyage, 841. advanced to his wife during his absence,
and 501. paid to him on the 4th of August. The ques-
tion raised before the Court was whether it was compe-
tent for the mortgagees to snake those deductions with-
out going into the entire accounts between the master
and the ship, and thus render themselves liable for any
balance which might be due to him.
Dr. Deane appeared for the master ; Dr. Twins for
the mortgageeß.

The learned Judge said he was of opinion that
they were.not entitled to deduct either the 51. or the
841. The 501. advanced by them to the master on the
4th of August stood on a different footing, and he would
allow that deduction. With respect to the commission,
that item must be referred to the Registrar, to ascertain
the sum due.

ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE.

WESTERN CIRCUIT. —Wrxemisnint, Dig. 20.
(Before Mr. Baron Parke.)
WILFUL MURDER.

Abraham Baker, 2ti, was indicted for the wilful mur-
der of Naomi Kingsivell, at Southampton, on 14th Oct.
last. Mr. Cooke and Mr. Lomer conducted the prose-
cution.

It appeared that the prisoner lived in the service of
the Rev. Wm. Paynder, at Moira-place, Southampton,
and the deceased girl was is fellow-servant. On
the Sunday morning, on his supposed return from
church, about a quarter past 12, the deceased opened the
door for him. As he passed the kitchen door, another
fellow-servant, Charlotte Lacey, asked hlm if he knew
it was Sacrament Sunday, and he said " No." He then
went into the pantry, to lay the luncheon tray ; in the
meantime the deceased bad come downstairs in the kit-
chen, and as she and Laoey were talking together at
the end of the screen by the fire, the prisoner came and
stood at the other end, and rested his left elbow on it.
His right hand was behind him, under his coat. He did
not Fpeak at all. In about a minute Lacey saw him
move his right arm from behind his back, and immedi-
ately saw and heard the report of a pistol. The deceased
fell instantly to the ground, and blood flowed from under
her left ear. He was about a yard from the deceased
when he fired. Not a word hal passed between him
and the deceased at that time. Lacey said to him,
"Baker, Baker, what have you done '1" He made
no reply, and she ran up to the front doer and
called to a policeman named Tatchell, who came in and
t okthe r prisoneront
door
hold of his hand and said ; and as he was going out
of the
again, "Baker, Baker, what have you done I" He re-
plie 1, "She deserved it, you know." Oa the previous
Saturday morning he had asked her why it was that
the deceased would not speak to him. She could not
tell him. She did not know that there was any attach.
ment between him and the deceased. It appeared that
the prisoner purchased a pistol at a gunmaker's shop on
the Saturday. He also bought some balls, powder, and
caps. He was asked if he was going to fight a duel,
and he said be thought the pistol would do to kill a
large dog. When the police went into the kitchen after
the removal of the prisoner they found, after some
search, a ball in the hairs of a long hair broom. The
ball was much flattened, and an examination by the sur-
geon proved that the ball had passed quite through the
head of the deceased, and had torn away a large portion
of the skull with it, causing instant death. Lacey, when
cross-examined by Mr. Cooke, said the prisoner always
professed to be a religious person. He had religious
books before Lim at every interval, and was always
talking of religious subjects. She bad beard since that
he belonged to the Wesleyan chapel. The deceased was
also of a religious turn of mind. The prisoner took the
sacrament at the church. It had been rumoured since
the fatal aot that they were attached to each other.

Inspector Enright, who produced the pistol, stated
that when he received it from Tatchell it appeared to
have been very recently discharged, and in consequence
of certain information which he obtained he went to the
post-office and procured a letter, which he showed to
the prisoner, and he said it was a letter he had written
to his father at Newport, Isle of Wight. It was read as
follows :

" Oct. 14, 1855.

" Dear Father and Mother,—This may bee for the
last time shall have to write to you, and I will leave all
my things for you and mother. One box is at Mr.
Wood's rating-house. You must come up to see me to-
morrow morning, and fetch all my things home for your-
selves, There is three large boxes, two hand-box, a
large bundle of clothes. My watch and clook, leather
hat box, and all my money, you can have."
By a statement made by the prisoner a few days after
he was in gaol, it was asserted that there was an attach-
ment between the parties ; that be had been
ANtay from
the deceased for some time, with a portion of the family
who were residing at Anglesea, near Portsmouth ; that
while there deceased wrote letters which upset his mind;
that when he came back to Southampton she would not
speak or be sociable with him, and that it was more than
he could bear. He told her he should give warning to
leave his place, and she appeared to be glad to hear of
it ; and the whole of the morning and the previous even-
ing he scarcely knew what he was doing, she had upset
his mind so much and so frequently.
Mr. Cooke addressed the jury for the prisoner, and
urged that the attachment of the prisoner to the de-
ceased was so deep that it bordered close upon insanity.
The prisoner was maddened by feelings which deprived
him of reason for the time.
The learned Judge summed up and said no doubt the
pride of the prisoner was hurt by the rejection of his
addresses by the young woman, and he inflicted the fatal
wound under the influence of passion ; but this was not
in-anity. She had refused to speak or to shake hands
with him, and that bad probably led him to avenge him-
self.

The jury consulted for a few minutes, and having
found the prisoner guilty,
The learned Judge sentenced him to death, without
holding out any hope of mercy in this world.