The Sun.
London, England, 1852-01-06 00:00:00

RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE

MOLASSES.—Honey is yet in small supply, and there
are several buyers; low to fine Jamaica realises from
36s to 56s per cwt. Tamarinds are wanted, and stock is
still on the decrease, West India fetches 20s to 205, and
East India 8s to 12s per cwt.
Coco.—This afternoon the demand was not better
for Trinidad Cocoa; et auction 460 begs were nearly all
withdrawn on account of the low rates offered.
COFFEE.—This afternoon Native Ceylon was sought
after, but stiffer rates being demanded operated against
business privately; at auction the sound of 400 bags
was taken in at 40s 6d for real good ord. Plantation met
with attention, but at previous terms holders were disposed
to realise; at public sale 112 casks 117 bags all found
buyers, mid realised 50a 6d to 51s 6d, low mid 49s to
50s, other sorts 41s to 48s 6d, and triage 36a to 425.
Of Bahia 1,200 bags were mostly taken in, mid at 355;
a small part sold at 37s for good ord; and 12 barrels
Berbice at 45s 6d for fine ord.
TEA..—Since this day week a large demand has been
experienced for Congou from home dealerz, and specula-
tive purchases have also been made. The descriptions
most in request have been those under is per lb on
which an advance of id has been obtained ; other sorts
fully sustained previous terms. General quotations are for
low Congou Bd, good ord sound Bid to 9d, blackish leaf
9)sd to 1 lid, superior and Pekoe kinds is to is 6d. In
Kuchong operations are upon a more extended scale, and
rates are firmer—low to mid selling at 9d to lid, and
good to fine is to is 10d. Oolong sells more freely,
common at 10d to is, and mid to fine at Is ld to is sd,
there is also less disposition on the part of merchants to
realise. There is at present no rise to record for Green, the
demand is however on the increase. Hyson of low and
mid qualities realised is to is 3d, good to fine is 4d to
2s, superior 2s 2d to 25 10d. Gunpowder Cantou 9d to
Is ld; good to tine Hyson kind is 9d to 2s 4d; inferior
Is 3d to is 8d; Imperial Canton lld to is Id; Hyson
kind is 3d to 2s 6d; Young Hawn, good to fine is 3d
to 2s 6d; low to middling is to is 2d; Twankey
lld to is 2d, and Hyson Skin 10d to is 4d. In
Scented Orange Pekoe several transactions have taken
place and al firm rates; good to fine selling at is 2d to
Is 9d; inferior and mid 10d to is Id; the former being
most in request. In Flowery Pekoe there is, however,
still little passing, good to fine can be obtained at Is 4d
to is 8d; low to mid Is ld to is 3d: Caper rather more
in request at 10d to is 2d, and scented ditto at Ild to is
5d per pound.
BILE.—To-day little was done privately in East India
Rice, and late rates are barely supported, several parcels
being declared for auction.
&-tuaTe.—Few purchases have been mado in Leo-
ward Island Rum, and holders appear disposed to sell
at; is 5d to is 6d proof. East India is rather
cheaper, limited transactions having taken place
at is 3d to is 34d. Demarar is in a quiet
state; supply is more plentiful, and rather lower
prices are accepted; sales of 30 to 40 over proof
having been made at 2s to 2s 4d. In Jamaica pur-
chases have been immaterial by shippers or home
dealers; fine quality 34 to 38 over proof can
be obtained at 3s 2d to 45 2d, good mid to
good 32 to 35 over 2s 2d to 3s, mid 2s 6d to 2s Bd, and
low quality Os to 30 over proof 2s 3d to 2s 5d per gal-
lon. Rum is 2d to 5d cheaper than last season. Full
terms are demanded for Brandy. Cognac best brands
of the vintage of 1851 being held for 4s 2d to 4s 4d, 1850
ditto 4s 6d to 4a Bd, 1848 ditto 4s 9d to 4s 11d, 1848 ditto
5s 3d to 55 sd, older 5s 7d to 6s 6d, low to mid 2s 10d to
4s, and Bordeaux 2s 2d to 2s 4d. British made Spirit is
still quotedlat 9s 8d to 9s 9d net cash, and Gin at 8s for
22 per cent under proof, the market is, however, quiet. In
Geneva limited sales are made at is 7d to Is 8d for old,
and fine is 9d to 2s.
INDIGO.—The demand continues trifling for East
India, both for shipping and home consumption, those
parties that are inclined to sell are compelled to accept
rates at 211 to 3d per lb under the last quarterly sales, as
the accounts from Calcutta are favourable with respect
to the crop, which is expected to reach 120,000 maunds.
Full rates are obtained for Spanish, and at present little
is doing.
COCHINEAL.—This afternoon the demand was good,
and at auction 450 bags of Honduras were sold at full
rates, and realised 2s 8d to 23 10d for low to good mid
silvers, black ord to good 3s 3d to 3e 9d. 10 bags Mex..
can blacks 3s per lb.
PRoTISIoNS.—In consequence of rather lower terms
having been submitted to for Irish Butter, operations are
to a fair extent Carlow, Clonmel, and Kilkenny
realised 725 to 83s, Waterford 66s to 725, Cork 74s to 765,
Limerick 65s to 70s, Tralee and Sligo 64a to 68s per cwt.
The demand for Foreign is decidedly brisker,:and rates
rule firm; Friesland fine fetched 88s to 90s, other sorts
61s to 765; Gronengen fine 60s to 665, inferior 52s to 58s;
Edam and Leer fine 64s to 665, ether sorts 56s to 625,
and fine Kiel 86s to 90s pea cwt; only 4,250 casks sold
last week. English is in fair demand at 70s to 96e,
and Fresh at 8s to Ils per dozen lbs. There is a re-
luctance to operate in Bacon, and a desire is evinced to
sell; Irish sizeable at 40s to 44s being 385 to 425, and
Hamburgh from 373 to 41s. In Middles sales
have been trifling; Irish bale at 40s to 425,
and tierce 39s to 403. The market for Hams is in a
dull state, excepting forsmall. Prices for Irish rule at
from 40s 6d to 60s. In Lard purchases have been small
and rates still incline downwards; Iris bladdered is of-
fered at 49s to sds, keg and firkin 465 to 50s, and
Hambro from 45s to 575. In barrelled Provisions there
is still little business doing, and a desire is evinced to
sell prime new Irish India Beef at 105 s per aierce; Mess
ditto 75s to 80s; Pork 62s 6d to 65s per brlland prime
India 110 s to 112 s per fie.
TALLow.—Prices cannot be quoted lower for Russian
on the spot, although only limited transactions have
taken place since last week. Fine Old Y. C. can be ob-
tained at 35s 6d to 365, and new ditto at 36s 6d to
363 9d. Fur delivery little has been done, and there
are sellers for next two months at 36s 6d. Home melted
is offering at 365 6d to 37s nett cash. Previons terms are
barely sustained for other sorts of Tallow. At unction,
however, 400 casks Australian were disposed of, Mut-
ton at 34: 6d to 37s 6d, Beef 31s to 36s 611; 550 pkgs
South American low to fine 33s to 35s 9.1; 13 casks
North American 34s to 34s 6d; 7 casks Italian 345 6d,
to 375, and 37 casks damaged Petersburgh 33s 9d to
35s 6d per cwt.
OlLS.—There is mere business doing in Seal Oil, and
prices have become firm ; pale realized 321 to 331. 10,
straw tinged and yellow 301 103 to 311. 103, brown
29/ to 301. In Cod several transactions have
taken place at 321. Southern remain in small
supply, and is wanted at from 521 to 351 for low to tine.
On the part of holders of Sperm there is confidence,
and operations are upon a more extended scale
at 841 to 851 103, Headmatter is also selling at 92/
to 951. Olive is in good demand, and an advance
has been obtained; Gallipoli selling at 431 to 441, and
other sorts 411 to 421. In Palm transactions are yet
limited, and fine can be obtained at 265. There are
several buyers of Cocoa Nut; Cochin and Ceylon realiwd
32s to 355, and Sydney 28a to 30s. Rape Seed Oil
is in plentiful supply, and prices are on the decline.
The value of brown is 30s to 33s 6d, pale 31s to 31s 6d,
and refined foreign 32s 6d to 333. Linseed Oil conti-
nues to be operated in with reluctance both for shipping
and home consumption; prices have further declined;
sales on the spot having been made at 26s to 26s 3d.
Lard Oil is offered at 47s to 48s per cwt.
SALTPETRE.—To-day a fair business was concluded
privately, but at auction 400 bags were mostly taken
in, Calcutta at 25s to 253 6d for 15i to per cent re-
.rastion.
COURSE OF EXCHANGE.—(THIS DAY.)

•• .• •• •• 11 17%
Ditto, three month! .. 11 19
Etotterthun ••• • • • • • 11 1954
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A.ntwerp •••• • • • • ...... 25 42%
3russeis•• •• •• ....• .. ~ 25 42%
Hamburgh • • ....M.B. 13 10%
Mona • • .... ••••• • • • • • ,__. _
Paris. 3 days'sight .. .• 25 25
Ditto, 3 months •• .. 25 45
Marseilles ••• • •• ...... 25 45
Bourcleaux.• • • ..... •
rantforton Mains.... 120%
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Vienna, effec. do •• •• •• 12 8 ,
Trieste, ditto. •• • ...... 12 9
Potersbexga' ill. lible••
rid .. - .. .. 49
..._ .. 49%
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iGihraltar...: ..........

'Leghorn ........ •• .. •• 30 87%
Genoa ............ •• .. 2 60

Venice................

Naples 40
Palermo, per0z........ 120 34
Messina .............. 120 Ni
Li5b0n................ 52%
0p0rt0................ 52%
Rio Janeiro ........ ••
Buenos Ayres .. ••.. ••

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?RICER OF BI7LLION, PER OZ.
Foreign Gold inbars.. £3 17 9
Portugal Gold Coin •• 0 0 0
Spanish Doubloons .. 0 0
New Dollars •• 0 4 1
311ver tn bare 5 0%

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passengers,
Passengers,
NORTHERN.--vv;na Dec. 24 to Dec. 30 :
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:th_e gross re-
-167,9171.; goods, 2a7,562f.; total, 455,479 f.
ROIIEN.—From
50,5671.; goods, 88 0061 ;
34,9961.; total 53,354 f.
HAVRE.—From Dec: 21 to Dec. 27 • Pa
. Passsseennggeerrss:
18,3881.; goods,
ORLEANS.—FrO:CD.
74,983 F. ; goods, 96,014 f.; total, 170,997 f.
to Dec. 22:
BORDEAUX.—FrOM Dec. 16 passengers,
33,5961.; goods, 58,856 f.; total,
32,4521.
VIERZON.—From Dec. 22 to Dee. 28. Passengers,
29,757 E; goods, 38,563 f.; total, 68,320 f.
BALE.—From Dec. 8 to Dec. 14 ; Passengers,
19,6571.; goods, 16,863 f.; t0ta1,36,920f.
MONTER.EAM—From Dee. 17 to Dec. 23: Passengers,
5,872 f.; goods, 11,667 f.; total, 17,539 f.
MARSEILLES.—From Dec. Ito Dec. : Passengers,
32,980 f. goods, 24,821 f.; total , 57,801f.16

LYONS.—From Dec. 14 to Dec. 20 : Pa
140,448 f. ; goods, 90,274 f.; total, 230,722 f. agengers,
]MANTES.—From Dec. 17 to Dec. 23 : Passengers,
18,281 f.; goods, 26,981 f.; total, 45.262 f.

THE CONVICT, SABAH ANN HILL.-A memorial
as to this unfortunate woman, now under sentence of death
at York Castle, for child murder, was presented on Saturday
last to Sir George Grey, by the Rey. H. Jones, curate of
Wakefield, and G. W. Harrison, Esq., an alderman of the
borough, forming a deputation from the inhabitant house-
holders of Wakefield, for the purpose, praying for a commu-
tation of the extreme sentence of the law. Mr. Jones and
Mr. Harrison had an interview yestesday with Mr. Wad-
dington, at the Home-office, and laid before him some addi-
tional facts, on affidavit, in support of the prayer cf the me-
morial.

.NEW YBAIC'S DAY IN LANARK.—On the first day
of every year for about two centuries, a small fund has been
dispensed by the magistrates and town council of Lanark
amongst a number of the poorer inhabitants. The origin of
this fund is rather interesting. On the first day of the year
1644, one of the Carmichael family, in the vicinity of
Lanark, an ancestor of the present Sir Wyndham Car-
michael Anstruther had occasion to be in Lanark, and ob-
serving numbers
of the townspeople running about from
house to house with jugs and kettles, smoking with a hot
drink, familiarly turned the "het pint," he inquired the
meaning of it. On being told that it was an ancient custom,
he remarked—" Ay, but what do the poor people do who
cannot afford it ? Oh," ' was the reply, " they must just
without
go it." " ell then," he further observed, "they
shall not go without it any. longer." Captain Carmichael,
acting upon the kind intention which his words indicated,
" mortified " a sum, the interest of which is given to poor
People in small sums, which they are free to expend in any
way they think proper the procurance of the " het
pint " not being indispensable under the deed of mortifica.
tiou. On Thursday the money was distributad amongst up..
wards of fifty indiridgals.,„Scotiencrt.

MURDER IN GOVAN, NEAR
GLASGOW.
It is our painful duty to record the particulars of
a barbarous murder, committed late on Thursday
night or early on Friday morning on the body of a
woman named Margaret Lyle, residing in the vicinity
of the village of Govan, near Glasgow. Though
several persons are in custody charged with the per-
petration of the bloody deed, and though the whole
or the greater part of them may be found to have
been implicated in its commission, we understand the
evidence which has been collected points more di-
rectly to one of their number, a carter of the name of
Neil Strachan, as the person who actually caused the
death of the unfortunate woman. From the isolated
position of the house in which the murder was com-
mitted, and the fact that all who could have any
knowledge of it are more or less the objects of sus-
picion, the precise circumstances are as yet involved
in some degree of mystery; but enough is known to
show that the deceased was beaten to death in the
most cruel and barbarous manner by one or other of
the persons now in custody. The features are
swelled to twice their usual size, and are disfigured
almost beyond recognition. The head is cut in
several places ; the neck and shoulders are one mass of
wounds ; and, in short, the whole body is covered with
bruises as if it had been hacked by a raging maniac.
The house in which this horrible murder was per-
petrated forms the extreme corner of a range of low
brick buildings standing in the fields near Bolton-
street, South Kinning-place, and used as stables by
Mr. Brownlie, contractor. They are completely de-
tached from the surrounding houses, and, with the
exception of Neil Strachan and his family, who re-
sided in two small apartments at the end of the range,
were untenanted. Strachan is an old gray-headed
man, a widower, and the father of four children, two
of them under ten years of age. He is described to
be a quiet, inoffensive person while sober, but one of
those who go mad under the influence of intoxicating
liquors. It is alleged he had formed an improper con-
nexion with Margaret Lyle, the supposed victim of his
passionate violence. This ill-fated woman was about,3o
years of age, was unmarried, and was the mother of
two or three illegitimate children, of whom Strachan is
said to be the father, though he never acknowledged
the paternity, nor allowed them to live in his house.
She usually resided with her mother in Long Gavan,
but frequently left her home to cohabit with Strachan,
and was regarded by all who knew her as a woman of
profligate habits.
It appears that Lyle, a female friend of similar cha-
racter, and a labourer named John Watson, met in
Strachan's house on Thursday morning, for the pur-
pose of passing the day of the New Year in their own
way. They were visited in the forenoon by one of
Mr. Brownlie's carters, who found them all in a state
of intoxication. Strachan and Lyle were lying in
bed, scarcely able to articulate a single word, while
a second bed in the same apartment was occupied by
the woman, Watson, and Strachan's eldest daughter,
a girl about 20 years of age. How the party spent
the rest of the day and evening it is impossible to tell,
for nothing more was heard of them till 2 o'clock on
Friday morning, when Dr. Smith, of Paisley-road,
was aroused from sleep by Neil Strachan, who told him
there was a woman either dying or dead in his
house. Dr. Smith immediately hastened thither,
and found the lifeless body of Margaret Lyle
lying on a bed mangled in the dreadful
manner we have described. The police having
been called in, Strachan was taken into custody; his
daughter, Christina Strachan, was subsequently
apprehended, along with her brother Neil and the
man Watson ; the unknown woman is still at large.
Spots of blood were discovered on the floor, on the
walls, on various pieces of furniture, and on the clothes
of the elder Strachan. The plaster of the wall near
the spot where the body was lying was knocked off in
several places, and the wall itself was indented, as if
by a weighty instrument, showing that a severe
struggle had occurred. On searching the house
further, the police found a poker, marked with blood,
with which there can be no doubt the murder was
perpetrated. Various other indications were disco-
vered, all tending to show that a terrible crime had
been committed ; but the frightful spectacle pre-
sented by the body itself was sufficient to prove that
the unfortunate woman had been deprived of life by
an almost unprecedented degree of violence.
The prisoners were examined on Friday, before the
authorities of Itenfrewshire. We understand that
young Strachan, his sister, and Watson denied having
any knowledge of the manner or cause of the death
of Margaret Lyle, and declared that when they left
the house some time on Thursday evening, she was
lying in bed in a beastly state of intoxication. The
statement of Neil Strachan, the father, was that he
sat drinking with his friends until he became uncon-
scious ; that in this state he was put to bed ; that he
did not recover till the middle of the night ; that he
then felt Margaret Lyle lying beside him; that he
found she was dying, and got up to afford her every
assistance in his power ; that he endeavoured to pour
some whisky down her throat, but finding that im-
possible, immediately proceeded for medical assistance
leaving the dying woman alone in the house. We
have seen that when he returned with Dr. Smith the
woman was dead, but it has not yet been stated that,
on examining the body, the doctor ascertained that
parts of it had been recently washed, or that the floor
of the apartment was flooded with water, exciting the
suspicion that an attempt had been made to obliterate
he traces of murder.

COLLEGE ROBBERIES IN CAMBRIDGE
At the Cambridge Borough Sessions, holden on
Monday, Henry Padwick Butler (medical student)
was put to the bar, charged with stealing two gold
watches, a dressing case, and other articles, from the
rooms of members of Magdalen and Emmanuel
Colleges. The particulars appeared in The Sua at
the time the offence was committed. The trial
excited intense interest. There were now
three several indictments against the prisoner,
and he pleaded guilty to the first, which
charged him with stealing a gold watch, the
property of Mr. Brown, of Emmanuel College. No
evidence was offered on the other two, and he was for-
mally acquitted on those charges. Mr. Leapingwell,
who appeared on behalf of the prisoner, then addressed
the Learned Recorder, characterising this as a
most melancholy case, as all the prisoner's friends
were highly respectable, though he (Mr. Leaping-
well) would be one of the last to urge that circum-
stance as any extenuation of the offence of the pri-
soner. He trusted, however, that the Court would
allow the previous good character of the prisoner to
weigh somewhat in mitigation of punishment, and
begged to assure the Court that, in the event of its
sparing the prisoner from a sentence of transportation,
it was the fixed determination of his friends to send him
out of this country. Mr. Leapingwell proceeded to cha-
racterise this as one of those mysterious cases which
sometimes occurred where the offenders had previously,
borne irreproachable characters, were in good circum-
stances, and had no apparent motive for the commis-
sion oefelony. Mr. W. Musgrove, residing near Old
Charlton, Kent, who had been the prisoner's preceptor
for 18 months, and had known him 10 years, gave him
a high character for generosity and kindness of dispo-
sition and trustworthiness in every respect. The pri-
soner left school about ten months ago, and had since
been on visiting terms with the family of witness.
Mr. Musgrove stated that Colonel Arbuckle was to
have attended to have given the prisoner a character,
having known him from his childhood, but was de-
tained. Mr. Leapingwell proposed to put in a let-
ter from Colonel Arbuckle, but the Court rejected it,
and the prisoner, who seemed during the late trial to
be struck with the most acute sense of his degraded
position and to desire to avoid the public gaze, was
sentenced to twelve months' imprisonment and hard
labour. The prisoner's late father was a surgeon in
large practice at Charlton, in Kent ; his mother is
still living, and the whole family have been in the
habit of moving in the best society.

THE PRESENT TO LORD GRANVILLE.
A letter, of which the following is a translation,
has been addressed by Lord Granville to M. Sallan-
drouie de Lamornaix, returning thanks for the hand-
some present recently received by him from the late
Commissioner for the Great Exhibition :
" Monsieur le Commissaire-Gkeral,—l have the ho-
nour to acknowledge the receipt of your letter, in
which you inform me, in such flattering terms, that,
at the suggestion of the Minister of Commerce,
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and I avail myself of this opportunity to repeat the as-
surance of my most distinguished sentiments.
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GAROTTE ROBBERY IN EDINBURGH.—On Tuesday
night, while a seafaring man was turning the corner at the
foot of Inverleith-row, on his way to Newhaven, two men
came up with him, and after following hint for a little dis-
tance, he felt a a stout cord suddenly thrown over his head
and shoulders, which pinioned his arms and prevented re-
sistance. A third party then came up and robbed him of his
watch and money. No trace of the robbers has since been
gained.—Scotsmen.

ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH ON THE GREAT WESTERN
RAILWAY.—As public attention has lately been di-
rected to the absence of this indispensable medium of
communication on the West of England districts, it
may be mentioned that in a month or two there will
be an unbroken range of telegraphic communication
completed from London to Land's-end. The wires
have this week been completed on the Great Western
Railway from Paddington to Slough, and are being
carried to the palace at Windsor. In another week
they will be finished up to Reading, and some hun-
dreds of men are now employed in running them on
between Reading and Bristol and Exeter, where they
will unite with those already in existence between
E xeter and Plymouth. It is also intended to esta-
blish the telegraph in connexion with this line over
the whole of South Wales.
GREAT NORTHERN AND EASTERN COUNTIES.—
We understand some negotiations are afoot between
the managers of these companies for a division of the
Cambridge traffic, and amicable settlement of their
differences in that quarter.—Herapatlea Jourßal.
DUBLIN AND BELFAST JuricrioN.—The works of
this railway, from Portadown to Newry, are progres-
singver
very
rapidly, and the first engine was put on
the line on Thursday last, by T. French, Esq., C.E.,
accompanied by other officials. The turning-table is
completed ; sixty tons of iron were used in the manu-
facture of it. The Junction Company have taken the
old station on the Ulster line for a luggage store and
engine-shed. We may state that the railway from
Portadown to the Newry station will be open for pas-
sengers and traffic on the 6th inst., when a train will
leave the latter place every morning at half-past eight
o'clock for Belfast.—Louth Advertiser.
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SWEDEN. letter from Christiana of the 20th
uted,‘ A small portion of our railway is already
and a trial has taken place, at
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which Mr. Stana, the Minister of the Interior, Mr.
Crowe, English Consul-General, and several members
of the Council of State, were present. The trial was
perfectly successful. The locomotive used on the
occasion was christened by Mr. Stanz, who gave it the
name of the illustrious
Robert Stephenson.' " engineer directing the works,
RAILWAY DIVIDENDS.—BRIGHTON.—There is'good
deal of speculation abroad as to what the dividend
will be. They paid 281. per share for the current
half of last year. Their receipts appear to be about
27,3951. more than then, which ought to produce,
with the same expenses, Ss. to 6s. per share more.
But their expenses have been greatly increased. It
is therefore supposed that shareholders will have to
be satisfied with 281. or 293. Newmarket—lt is said
this line will pay 2g. 6d. Eastern Counties—Early
in the half-year 2s. Cd was talked of as the probable
dividend, but we hear the expenses have been reduced,
and that an effort will be made to add another 6d,—
Herapath's Journal.
INDEPENDENT AND LEASED RAILWAYS.—Of the
82 railways in England and Scotland, 57 are what
is termed independent lines, and the remaining 25 are
leased to the others at fixed rentals.
TELEGRAPH Team, IN FRANCE.—The tariff as
fixed by the Government for a dispatch of 20 words,
including the name of the party sending and sent to,
is at the rate of 4f. 800. for the distance between
Paris and Amiens, and in proportion for a greater
distance.
RAILWAY 'PROM PETEttsnutteac TO WARSAW.—
Correspondence from Lo wics, of the 24th December,
states that the survey of this gigantic line is completed,
and that the works will be commenced early this
spring. The line will be 440 French leagues in
length, and it is expected, at about 37 leagues every
year, the entire construction will occupy about 11 or
12 years. The line will pass by Lowicz in the
province of Marovia, Poland, whence a branch is de-
signed to be carried to the frontier of Prussia, but the
Prussian terminus is not yet, it appears, determined
upon. The Augskurg
Gazette fixes a shorter period
for the completion of the entire line—namely five
years.

-
Ting HIINTERIAN ORATIoN.—The oration, founded
in honour of the celebrated John Hunter, and which is
delivered annually at the Royal College of Surgeons, will
take place this year on the 14th of February. Mr. Luke,
one of the Vice-Presidents of the Royal College, and Sur-
geon of the London Hospital, will be the orator on the oc-
eanic.

LAWINT-ELLIGENCE.
INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT, Jan. 5.

IN TEE MATTER OF EDWARD GRIFFIN.
The insolvent, a young man who had been a cadet
in the Austrian service in Hungary, applied under the
Protection Act. There was no opposition ; Mr. Sar-
good supported.
It appeared that the insolvent and another person
made a bill for 2.51. to raise money for their mutual
accommodation. It was placed in the hands of a per-
son to be discounted, but no money was obtained,and
it was now in the hands of a third party, who had
threatened to sue him on it. He had therefore in-
serted him as a creditor in his schedule.
Mr. Commissioner PHILIPS thought the bill in
question would preclude him from naming a day for a
final order.
Mr. SARGooD submitted that it was not what was
generally termed an accommodation bill. It was
:ought to raise money on a bill, and it had not been
obtained.
In answer to the Learned Commissioner, • the insol-
vent said he expected to pay the bill by money from
his father. He had Oxford debts in his schedule. His
father had paid 1,7001. of debts contracted whilst he
was at Oxford, and the parties now in his schedule
had omitted to send in their accounts, or they would
have been paid.
Mr. Commissioner Privaars asked him what allow-
ance his father made him when he was at Oxford ?
The insolvent said 3001. a year.
Mr. Commissioner Pnimars—And pray how long
were you there ?--The insolvent said three years.
Mr. Commissioner PHILLIPS—And besides the
,
allowance of 3001. a year your father paid 1,7001. for
debts contracted in that period ?--The insolvent an-
swered affirmatively.
He further stated, in answer to the Court, that he
entered
Therewere the University
people whos tyga iiiv e him credit and he was
led away. He went " too fast," as it was called.
Mr. SARGoOD said it was his own fault.
Mr. Commissioner Duman thought it was not his
own fault. It was the system of credit at the place.
eri"43, when he was 19.
He bad contemplated the schedules of Oxford debts
with horror. He was quite amazed that the heads of
Colleges bad not stopped the system. Since be bad
had the first case before him, he had heard of eight or
nine instances of clergymen in the Church of England
who were now struggling to pay debts contracted in
their minority. It was high time there was some
enactment on the subject.

The insolvent, in answer to further questions, said
his father was a clergyman with an income of about
1,0001. a year. lie was the only son, and there were
three daughters.
Mr. Commissioner PHILLIPS said it seemed to him
that young men went to Oxford to get initiated into
debt—that seemed to be the education they got M
Oxford.
A creditor applied to be assignee. He was an
Oxford creditor, and had lent money. He lent money
at 30 per cent.
His HONOUR thought a person lending money at 30
per cent. was not a person to be appointed assignee.
The case was adjourned, for the Learned Commis"
sioner to consult another Commissioner on the point
on the bill of exchange mentioned.

CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT.
OLD COURT.
Henry All em surrendered to take his trial for wilfu
and corrupt perjury.

Mr. Clarkson Prosecuted ; and Mr. Parry was
counsel for the defendant.
The Learned COUNSEL, in the course of his
opening speech for the prosecution, observed, that the
charge against the defendant was the result of a re-
cent alteration in the law, by which the parties in a
civil proceeding were
allowed to
their own behalf, and
the jury, when they had heard
the evidence he should a he
fo r
ethem,
r'ury evidence
would,
he
on
y
feared, have no alternative but to come to the con-
-1
clusion that the defendant, upon the occasion of his,
giving evidence in the Westminster County Court,
had attempted to defeat a just claim upon him by
wilful and deliberate pe
Evidence was then adduced., from which it appeared
that the defendant had kept a coal-shed and beer-shop
in Great Wild-street, and that he had been in the
habit of purchasing the patent fuel manufactured by
a Mr. Walstab, and in December last he was sum-
moned to the i Westlnnster County Court for a sum
of 11. es. Bd. for wood that had been furnished
to him in the month of December, 1850. When the
hearing took place witnesses were examined who
proved that the defendant had ordered the fuel, that it
was delivered to him at his shop, and that he signed the
delivery-book acknowledging its receipt, and also that
when he was applied to shortly afterwards for the
amount, he said he would look over the bill, and pay
it the next time the collector called. In answer to
this case, the defendant himself was sworn, and he
then gave evidence, denying all knowledge of the
transaction, declaring that he bad never ordered or
received the fuel, and that he bad never seen the per-
sons who had been examined as witnesses to prove the
debt. The judge of the County Court decided in
favour of the claim, and ordered the defendant to pay
the debt and costs forthwith, and be at the same time
directed that an indictment for perjury should be pre-
ferred against the defendant. All the witnesses that
bad been called in the County Court were now ex-
amined, and the evidence given by the defendant was
likewise put in, establishing the facts above narrated.
Mr. PARRY, in addressing the jury for the defence,
complained that his Learned Friends should have
described the case as being the result of the recent
alteration in the law) which enabled parties to be
witnesses in their ow 4 cause, wad said it appeared as

though he would almost have it inferred that such a
thing as perjury was unheard of before the passing of
this law. It was not for aim to place his humble
opinion in opposition to that of his Learned Friend,
who had had so much more experience and know-
ledge, but he could not help stating that it appeared
to him that a more wise, sensible, and rational Act
of Parliament than the one in question had never
been passed, and that it removed a very great stigma
from the law of England, and was the means of ena-
bling many persons to obtain their rights who other-
wise never could have done so. The Learned Counsel
then proceeded to remark upon the facts of the case,
contending that it was possible there was some mis-
take in the matter, and that it was not at all probable
that a person of good character, such as he should
show them the defendant was, would deliberately per-
jure himself for such a trifling amount.
Some witnesses were called for the defence, to
show that the signature in the delivery-book was not
the prisoner's handwriting, but their evidence was
very far from establishing the fact. They all, how-
ever, gave him a very good character.
The Learned JUDGE, in summing up, said it was
no part of his duty, or that of the jury, to discuss the
policy or impolicy of the law which permitted persons
to be witnesses in their own cause, but it was per-
fectly clear that, while the law gave persons in that
position the right to appear as witnesses, it was the
duty of all to take care that any wilful deviation from
the truth should be punished in a manner likely to
prevent a repetition of the offence. His Lordship
then proceeded to call the attention of the jury to the
principal points in the case, and said it was for them
to decide whether or not the defendant had been
proved to have deliberately sworn that which he knew
to be false.

The jury immediately returned a verdict of Guilty,
but recommended the defendant to mercy on account
of his previous good character. Sentence was post-
poaed.
Thomas East, 21, pleaded guilty to three indict-
ments charging him with embezzlement.
The prisoner was in the service of Messrs. Staples,
the proprietors of the Albion Tavern, in Aldersgate-
street, as clerk. It was his duty to pay the servants
and make other disbursements, and money was given
to him for that purpose ; and it appeared that for a
considerable time he had been in the habit of keeping
back and appropriating to his own use a portion of
the money so intrusted to him, the whole amount of
his defalcations being over 1001. since May last.
He was sentenced to be imprisoned and kept to
hard labour for 12 months.

John Cook, 20, pleaded guilty to an indictment
charging him with stealing two pewter pots, and to
another charge of feloniously stabbing and wounding
Charles Jacobi, a police-constable, with intent to
prevent his apprehension.
In answer to questions put to the officer Jacobi by
the Court, he stated that the prisoner was given into
custody for stealing a pot from a public-house, and he
walked with him quietly for a short distance; when
he suddenly stopped and drew a knife from his pocket
and stabbed him with it in the breast. It appeared
that the prisoner used such force as to cause the knife
to pass through the constable's greatcoat and all his
other clothing, and the point of the blade entered
his breast and slightly injured the lung. It also ap-
peared that upon another constable coming up to the
assistance of the prosecutor, the prisoner also attempted
to stab him, and cut through his clothes in two or
three places.
The prisoner was aentened to be transported for
seven years.
Margaret Tennent, 38, was charged with feloniously
wounding Peter Burrell, with intent to do him
grievous bodily harm.
The prosecutor, an old man, stated that he got his
living by having a coffee-stall during the night in the
neghbourhood of Cheapside. On the Ist of Decem-
ber, about one o'clock in the morning, he was stand-
ing as usual at his stall, when the prisoner came up
to him, and, on his saying to her, " Oh, you are
there I see," she attacked him with a poker, and
struck him several violent blows on the head. He
felt that he was very much injured and went to the
hospital, where he had remained until last Friday.
In answer to questions that were put by the Court
the prosecutor said that he was a married man with a
family, but that he had deserted his own wife and had
cohabited with the prisoner, who was a married
woman, for several years. He also admitted that she
had left her husband at his solicitation.

The prisoner made a long statement in her own de-
fence, asserting that she had been treated with the
utmost cruelty by the prosecutor, and she also said
that shortly before the night i❑ question the prose-
cutor had told her that he would drive her to do some-
thing that should send her out of the country or cause
her to lose her life. He had left her without money or
food, and she bad not a single article left upon which
she could raise a farthing, and it was under these
circumstances that she had been driven to commit the
assault.
The RECOE.DER, in summing up, said that the
case presented a melancholy picture of profligacy,
and the misery resulting from it. It was evident
that the prosecutor had conducted himself in a most
disgraceful manner, but this was no justification for
the act committed by the prisoner, and the only ques-
tions for the jury were whether she had committed
the assault with the more serious intention imputed
to her by the indictment, or whether the circum-
stances would justify them in coming to the conclu-
sion that she had only committed the minor offence of
unlawfully wounding, without the felonious intent.
The jury found the prisoner Guilty of unlawfully
wounding the prosecutor.
The RECORDER respited the judgment, and he at
the same time told the prosecutor that he had brought
it all upon himself by his own misconduct, and he
would therefore not be allowed any expenses.

EW COUU7'.
(Before the COMMON SERGEANT.)
Thomas llPPhorsoo, 49, and Charles Hopkins, 41,
tailors, were indicted for embezzling and stealing the
moneys of John Varley, their master.
Mr. Bodkin and Mr. Poland prosecuted, and Mr.
Woollett defended.

The case against the prisoners was this :—The pro-
secutor is a tailor carrying on two large ready-made
establishments, one in Tottenham-oourt-road, and an-
other in the Edgeware-road. In July, 1849, Hop-
kins came into his service at a salary of 1/. 15s. a week,
and 5 per cent. upon all custom that he brought to the
firm, but it was subsequently arranged that Hopkins
should have 21. a week, and no per-centage allowed.
In the June of 1850 MiPherson came into prosecu-
tor's employ, being recommended by Hopkins, and he
was also to have the same per-centage as Hopkins had
been allowed, the prosecutor distinctly telling them
that all the business they did was to be done in pro-
secutor's name. The prisoner's remained in his ser-
vice until the autumn in the past year, when, there
being a number of outstanding debts, the prosecutor
went over his books, and, upon making inquiry, dis-
covered that those debts which had been set down to
the prisoners' orders had been all paid, as also several
sums due to the prosecutor from customers wholly irre-
spective of the prisoners. They were in consequence
taken before Mr. Long, the magistrate, who gave
it as his opinion that the offence was not one of em-
beaslement. The prosecutor then took the opinion of
counsel, and the result was that the prisoners were
summoned to again appear before the magistrate and
answer a fresh charge, but, the prosecutor having to
employ another solicitor, some time elapsed before
they were again charged, and in the interim 11 ['Pher-
son brought an action against the prosecutor for false
imprisonment, laying the damages at 661. ; but on
their again appearing they were committed for embez-
zlement and conspiracy. Independently of the em-
bezzlement, it was clearly shown that prosecutor's
goods had been made up and sold by the prisoners to
their own private customers, and some memoranda
found by the police showed an account of the division
of the money between the prisoners.
Mr. WOLLETT having addressed the jury,
They, after a few minutes' deliberation, returned a
verdict of Guilty.
The COMMON-SERGEANT ordered them to be im-
prisoned for twelve months.

POLICE
NSNI I
ON-HOUSETELLIGENCE
MA.
Arnold Gerber, William Wagner, Philip Kessler,
and Solomon Krakauer, Germans, were brought be-
fore the Lord Mayor, in custody of Spittle and Jar-
vis, City officers, charged, the first with having ut-
tered a forged cheque for 3401., the others with having
been concerned in forging the document, with intent
to defraud the London and Westminster Bank.
Mr. George Tozer, cashier in the London and
Westminster Bank, St. James's-square, said—l pro-
duce a cheque for 3401., which was presented for pay-
ment at the bank about the 20th December. It is
dated the 19th of December, 1851, purports to be
drawn by Selim Dean and Co., and is made payable
to Mr. J. Sims. I believe that the prisoner Gerber
was the person who presented it. I was not
quite satisfied as to the accuracy of the signa-
ture, and referred it to one of my fellow-clerks,
the person who presented it remaining in the bank.
lie had stated to me that he would have the amount
in ten 201. notes and the rest in gold. Subsequently
Mr. Dean, by whom the cheque purported to be
drawn, was communicated with, and Gerber was
given into custody upon the charge of having uttered
the cheque, knowing it to be a forged instrument.
Gerber—That is all quite correct.

Webb, sergeant of the C division of Metropolitan
Police, said—l apprehended the prisoner Gerber at
the London and Westminster Bank, at 11 o'clock on
the 20th of December. He was given into my cus-
tody for uttering this cheque, and, after having been
detained three days, was discharged by the magistrate
at Marlborough street. I found upon him a
paper re.
lating to the insertion of an advertisement in the
Morning Advertiser, and also a letter calling upon
him to meet a gentleman named Sims, ut Osmond, 5