The Sun.
London, England, 1855-09-20 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVEN In as SEPTEMBER 20 1.855.

THIS DAY'S NEWS

BANK OF ENGLAND-(THIS DAY.)

The Court of Directors of the Governor and Comg )any
of the Bank of England held their general court • this
morning. At 12 o'clock precisely, the chair was to ken
by T. M. \Vaguelin, Est.

The minutes of the last court having been real. and

confirmed,

The GOVERNOR, in opening the proceedings, sal I that

t he present was a general court, and was also one of the
uarterly general courts held in accordance wit .11 the
charter. The nett profits of the half-year ending )n the
• 31st of August last were 587,0321. ss. 3d., makir ig the
amount of the Rest on that day 3,605,1701. 7s. 6d. ;
and that, after providing a dividend of 4 per cent., the
Rest would be 3,023,0501. 7s. 6d. The court therefore
proposed that a dividend of that amount be now made
of interest and profit for the half-year ending Aug. 31,
without deduction on account of income tax. The directors
had, in accordance with the suggestions of many inluen-
tial fndividuals, determined upon the establishing of a
SVeot•end branch of the Bank of England, ; and while
they thought a great amount of convenience woul d be
afforded to that locality by such an establishment, they
also thought it would be a source of profit to the Bonk.
After such a resolution had been come to, the next ~ping
to be done was, to ascertain the best locality for this
new branch, and Anglesey-house, Saville-row, had been
decided upon as possessing the greatest amount of ader
vantages, and the premises had accordingly been taken
by the Bank authorities, He bad great pleasure in
moving the resolution in accordance with the statement
he had just made with respect to the dividend.

A. resolution to the effect that a dividend of 4 per cent.
of interest and profit for the half year ending the 31st of
August last, without deduction on account of income
tax, was then agreed to.

Mr. TITE inquired whether the premises in Saville-
row were freehold, or were the directors merely tenants ?
The GOVERNOR replied that the premises were free-
hold.

The dividend warrants were then declared to be pay-
able on the 11th of October next.

The GO7BENOR, in acknowledging the usual vote of
thanks, said he would take that opportunity of stating
that which he should have done in the observations he
had first made. It was that business would commence
at the new branch in Saville•row on the Ist of October.
The proceedings then terminated.

LAW INTELLIGENCE.-(THIS DAY.)

COURT OF BANKRUPTCY.
(Before Mr. Commissioner Holroyd.)
IN BE JAMES SMITH.

This was a meeting for certificate. The bankrupt
was described as of Philpot•lane, tea dealer.
The balance-sheet commenced March, 1853, and
ended May, 1855, and showed debtor to creditors,
908/. ; profits on separate trade, 619/. ; amount drawn
out to firm, 601. ; debtors, good and doubtful, 4371. ;
property estimated to realise, after deductions, 2911. ;
trade expenses, 323/. ; amount paid to creditors of Smith
and Croft in excess of receipts since November, 1854,
3241. ; personal expenses, 741. ; law expenses, 201. ;
losses, 341. ; deficiency at commencement, 801.

. .
The bankrupt obtained his certificate.
IN 1111 F. GADD.

This was a meeting for last examination. The bank-
rupt was described as of North-street, Chichester, grocer
and merchant.

The balance-sheet commenced October, 1853, and
ended July, 1855, and showed—Debtor to capital, 1131.
16s. 7d.; creditors, 1,2361. 6s. 3d.; ditto holding secu-
rity, 1,2111. 2s. lid.; wages paid in full, 41. 95.; profits,
8851. 15s. 6d.; creditor by good debts, 2491. Ge. 7d.;
doubtful, 321. 7s. 4d.; property in the hands of creditors
holding security, 18001.; trade charges, 817/. 15s. 7d.;
interest, 831. 7s. ld.; law costs, 741. Is. 6d.; personal
expenses, 3251.; losses, 581. 14s. 7d.
Mr. Matthews appeared for the assignees.
The examination was adjourned to allow the assignees
time to investigate the accounts.

CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT—Sept. 20.

OLD COURT.
(Before Mr. Justice Crompton.)

A the sitting of the court, upon the application of
Mr. Dallantine, the case of Isabella Mary Jolly, who
stands charged with the murder of her mother, Isabella
Jolly, was postponed until next session.
Frederick Moul who was acquitted in this court yes-
terday afternoon, was again indicted upon the same evi-
dence for obtaining money by false pretences from the
Times Insurance Office.
The jury acquitted him.

NEW COURT.
(Before Mr. Justice Crowder.)
Henry Watts, 3S, coachman, was indicted for the wil-
ful murder of Sarah Watts.

Mr. Bodkin and Mr. Clark prosecuted, and Mr. Parry
and Mr. Francis defended.

The facts of the case, which Mr. Bodkin opened to
the jury as one of manslaughter rather than murder, have
been recently fully before the public. The prisoner, atthe
time of the occurrence, kept a beer-shop in Spring-street,
Paddington, and deceased, who was spoken of as a
most exemplary character was his wife. Upon Satur-
day the 14th of July the prisoner, who was drunk, had
been chastising his son for some offence, when the de-
ceased interfered, and said that the prisoner had better
do his duty to the children and send the boy to school.
Upon this the prisoner struck her several times with the
same cane, in consequence of which she began to cry,
upon which he abused her and turned her out of the
bar. She then tried to go up stairs, but he went
up before her, and upon her reaching the
landing he either struck or pushed her down the stairs,
and she fell to the bottom, and became partly insensible.
She was then taken into the room of a lodger upon the
ground floor, and placed upon the bed. The prisoner
followed her in, and again ill-used her, but was finally gut
out of the room,and the deceased remained there for about
two hours, when, feeling better she left the room,and was
assisted upstairs into her bedroom. Almost directly
afterwards a scream and a fall was heard, and upon the
lodgers in the house going upstairs, they found her
lying senseless, and the prisoner ill-using her. They
again placed her upon the bed, and tried to keep prisoner
from getting at her ; but he succeeded, and repeatedly
dragged her:from bed, and struck, kicked, and beat her
head about the floor. He said she was drunk, and not
fit to live, and that he would do for her. This conduct
he pursued from the middle of the afternoon until
late in the evening, when the lodgers, finding that the
poor creature was in a dying state, begged the prisoner
to send for a doctor, but refused, and said she might
die and be d—d. Finally a Dr. Reece was sent for.
Prisoner abused him, and in his presence again tried to
ill-treat the poor woman, who was then in a dying state.
Prisoner said he would not let Dr. Reece attend
her, and sent one of his children for Dr.
Forbes. Dr. Reece then got her into bed and left her
in the care of the lodgers. The prisoner then again
dragged her out of the bed, shook her, beat, kicked, and
pinched her. Finally, Dr. Forbes came, and from that
time the prisoner was prevented ;from assaulting her.
Dr. Forbes found her quite insensible, in which state
she remained until Monday night when she died.
The jury found him guilty of manslaughter, and he
was sentenced to be transported for 14 years.
The six navvies and the woman convicted yesterday
of the riot at PeDge-common, were brought up for sen•
tence, and severally ordered to be imprisoned for terms
varying from 9 months to 4 years.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.-(THIS DAY.

GUILDHALL.

James Hurley, aged 63, was brought up on remand
before Sir P. Laurie, charged with having several pieces
of silver spoons in his possession supposed to have been

stolen.
Police Constable 115 stated that on Friday evening,
from information he received, he went up to the prisoner
in Barbican, and asked him if he had some silver spoons.
He replied he bad, and said be picked them up in Fins-
bury-square. He took the prisoner into custody, and
found four spoons in his possession, broken in half, with
the crest erased, and 11. 18s. 110. in money. The pri-
soner endeavoured to dispose of the spoons at the shop
of Mr. Benham, refiner, Barbican.
Lawson, the beadle of Leadenhall•market, said the
prisoner had been forbidden the market from his pilfer-
ing practices. He believed he was a returned convict.
The prisoner admitted he had been transported, but it
was 25 years since.

Sir Peter Laurie, however, discharged the prisoner,
ordering the spoons to be detained by the police.