The Sun.
London, England, 1864-11-25 00:00:00

SIJN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, tOVEMBER 25, 1864.

SHARE M A RKE TS,—This day.

ORDINARY SHARES AND STOOKS.

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Railways. Paid Closing Businesk
. Price. I done.

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50
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Bristol and Exeter I
,Caledonian
3ork and Bandon
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87 80
13t 132

6 7

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been paid to B.
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Great Northof Scotland'
Great Northern
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Great, Western ,Orig final
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Do. South Wales '
Do. West Mid. -Oxford;
Do Newportl
Do Tlereford
Lancashire & Yorkshire,
London and Blackwall;
Lon., Bright. S. Coast;
Lon., Chat., and Doverl
Lon. & North Western
Lon. & So',.th Western;
'Sian., chef., &
Maryport and Carlisle.'
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Midland
Do Birming. & Derby)
Aid. Gt. W. of Ireland

33 35
16 17
90 92
107 109
18 49

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Shrews, and Welchpool I
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South Devon
!South Eastern

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MISCELLANEOITS—COntinued.
Ceylon Company, 11/
City Offices, lint.,
Continental Union Gas, lint., 10}
Contract Corporation, lint., VI 2 15
Credit Fonder and Mobilicr or England, 8)
Ditto (X 2), 5H
Crystal Palace, 6 per cent. perpetl. deb., 113 12
Discount Corporation, 111 is 15
Ebbw Vale, 4
Electric Telegraph, 1065
English and Australian Copper, 15
English and Scottish Marine, Rm., 41
Fore-street Warehouse, lint., 95
Gen. Credit and Finance of London, lint., 7 (i 7
Hudson's Bay, 17 16}
Imperial Mercantile Credit Alum., lira., 8}
International Financial Society, lint., 7lf 8 753 Italian Irrigation (Canal Cavour,
Ditto, 6 per cent. Bonds, redein. 1870, issued 90, 81} 5
Joint Stock Discount, Urn., 7 7 I
London Financial Association, lim., 541 I
Ditto, new, 2q
London Mercantile Discount, lira., 15
Mauritius Land, Credit, and Agency, Jim., 2
'National Discount Company, lira., 151 a
National Financial, lint.,
National Steam Navigation, lint., 8
North British and Mercantile lasurtncc, lira., 2)
Oce.in Marine Insurance), 26
Peninsula and Oriental Steam, 83)
Ditto, new, 60
Smith, Knight, ani Co., lim. 31
Thames and Mersey Marine (insurance), lint., 7)
Universal Marini, Insurance, lim., 6 ,`,.-
'''arrant Finance, lim., Oi

LAW INTELLIGENCE—This ray.
COURT OF DIV RCE.
(Before the Judge Ordinary.)
POOLE V. POOLE.
This was a suit for dissolution of marriage, instituted by
the wife, the well known vocalist, against her husband, an
instrumentalist.
Mr John E. Rouse said he was a singer and musician,
now engaged at Her Msjesty's Theatre. He was acquainted
with Mr and Mrs Poole. He had known Mr Poole for some
years previous to marriage. The lady's maiden name was
Saunders. He saw them for a few weeks after their mar-
riage, which took place at St. Hilliers, in Jersey. Poole
was at that time the leader of an orchestra. He did not visit
them much after marriage. The photograph produced was
that of Mr Poole.

L tura Winfred Poole, the petitioner, said my maiden
name was Saunders, After our marriage we went to spend
the honeymoon at my husband's mother's. We afterwai d 6
went to Norwich, and ultimately kept a house in Canal
street, Birmingham, and afterwards in Belmont-row. I
don't know how many children I have now, as I have been

told so many falsehoods about their deaths. I believe I
have, at this time, four alive. I have borne my husband
six. The children were not taken from me, but b,ing a
bird of passage, and remaining in no place for a long rime,
I took my children to his mother's, and afterwards I used
to be told peculiar things stout them. About a month after
marriage I began to suspect something, but, as I was doat-
ingly fond of the man, I hoped I might be able to secure
his happiness at home. He, however, began to threaten at
this time. At Norwich, while I was engaged to play
Columbine, he gave me a black eye
The Judge—What did he do to you ?
Witness—He struck me.
The Judge—Did you strike him first ? (Laughter,)
Witness—Oh dear, no, My husband has not used other
violence towards me.
Dr Spinks--Nething else ?

Witness—Well, he has knocked my head against the
wall. The violence was occasioned in consequence of ray
not being able to study my part. It was from Shakspere,
who is very difficult to study. I told him I would rather
losi a night's:salary than make a stupid of myself. He
said I was lazy, and struck me. I was unable to attend to
business for three days. The next act of cruelty took place
at Yarmouth. He gave me a black eye. This was before
we took our house in Birmingham. He usually committed
violence in bed. He used to kick ire out of it.
The Judge--What for ?

Witness—Because I used to remonstrate with him spend-
ing so much of his salary. Ho only came home for about
eight or nine days after cur marriage about nine or ten in
the morning.

The Judge—What time used he to get up ?
Witness—About two in the afternoon. (Laughter.) He
always spent nearly all his salary; and whenever I made
any remark ho said he should not work either for
me or my kids. Ho afterwards quarrelled because I
refused to sing at concert halls. I preferred thea-
tres. I have, however, since that been singing at
music halls in Portsmouth and Southampton. I think 1
was in Sunderland about this time last year. On one occa-
sion, on my returning from an engagement to my home in
Belmont-row, I found the whole of the furniture had been
sold off and my husband gone. I met a professional lady
after this, and she told me she had met my husband with
Madame Alford at Glasgow, although he had left word for
me to address my letters to him in London. I received one
letter from my husband, in which he stated he had now
got a perfect lady. I felt disgusted, and I have never
seen him since.

Several other witnesses corroborated the evidence of the

petitioner.

The case was not concluded when we went to press.

Liverpool Cotton Market—This Day,

Markct quiet but steady. Sales probably 13,000

Metropolitan Music Hall, Edgware Road.

We have pleasure in drawing attention to this now
deservedly popular place of amusement. For months past
extensive improvements have been going on, which have
only just been brought to a conclusion. Our visit the other
evening enables us to speak not of what the directors in-
tend to do, but what they have fully and satisfactorily ac-
complished. They certainly have worked out their con-
ceptions in a manner that cannot fail to attract public
attention. The hall and its approaches have been com
pletely remodelled—a billiard and bowling alley added,
whilst the artistes employed are numerous and decidedly
well selec'ed. The comic department certainly predomi-
nates, Miss Lizzy Florence is a very clever and humorous
vocalist, and Mr Vance, in his song the " Ticket of Leave,"
is laughter-moving in the highest degree. One could
hardly repress the thought that he must have "done" his
14 years so perfect. Lingard is an able pantomimist,
and the Messrs. Ouck are exceedingly droll in their comic
duets. Mr Davis does all sorts of odd things while in the
position known as "standing on one's bead"—not on the
stage, but on the top of a bot tlo. While in this position he
singe, pours out a glass of wine, smokes a cigar, beats a
drum, &c , with as much ease as if in the ordinary position.
The most exciting part of the performance, however, is that
of Herr Rossach. All sensible people must be convinced
by this time that the Davenport Brothers' rope business is
nothing more than a clever trick. On the evening of our
visit a knot of gentlemen were earnestly discussing the pos-
sibility of so tying
Herr Rossach that ho could not release
himself within the allotted five minutes. Mr Glennie, of
the Edgware-road, loudly
affirmed that he could so tie him,
and set about his task with considerable ingenuity. When
he had bound the professor hand and foot he was placed in
a small cabinet and the door closed, but scarcely had this
been done when from a small hole in the cabinet out came
a bundle of knotted cord,
and the professor himself appeared
at the door perfectly free with a globe of fish in each hand.
Mr G. took his defeat in good part, simply requesting to be
allowed on a future evening to try his hand again at bind-
ing the professor. The request of course was granted, and
to night he is again to try whether ho can improve upon
his first experiment. -- a it
great deal of curiosity exists in the
neighbourhood of the hull with respect to Mr Glennits'e
second attempt.

THE PLAISTOW MURDER.—It is stated that,
through information furnished by Mrs Warren, in whose
house the murdered man Fuhrh,p resided on his first
arrival in this country, some additional evidence has been
obtained in support of the prosecution against Kohl, and
will be adduced before the magistrates at Ilford to-morrow.
Saturday. The witnesses previously examined attended at
the Home-office, at two o'clock yesterday afternoon, with
Superintendent Howie, of the division of metropolitan
police, and had an interview with the legal gentlemen who
will conduct the prosecution on the part of the Govern-
ment,
appears to be more
andtyheteohletjee.ct,
Tithies stated,prison of confirming the deposi-
tionser,
it is stated, since the
adverse verdict t f the coroner's
deeply impressed with the critical position in which he is
inelit'iwlriet
placed.

-
A ROMAN ALMANACK.—Among the interesting
discoveries which are being daily made at Pompeii
that of a Roman almanack deserves particularly to be re-
corded. It is engraved on a white marble slab found in the
vicinity of the Isis gate, and contains the indication of the
months arranged by threes in vertical columns. Each
column is headed with the sign of the zodiac pertaining
to the month it contains, and curious indications concern-
ing the agriculture and religion of the Romans are in-
terspersed here and there. At the top of each column,
under the sign of the zodiac, there is the name of
the month and the number of days. Next follow the
nonce, which during eight months of the year begin
on the fifth day, a circumstance explaining why they were
called quintance in those months, while in the remaining
ones they received the name of septimance On acc)unt of
The idus are not
them and the nonce
markedtheirbegbiencnauinsge
the on thein
te
rave
av
le nbteht
wdeaeyn.
was invariably seven days. The number of diurnal and
nocturnal hours is also marked on the almanac, the inte-
gers being expressed in common Roman figures, and
the fractions by an s for ec»2l, or by small horizontal lines
for the quarters, The equinoxes and the summer solstice
are also marked, while opposite to the winter solstice there
are the words Ilionis tnitirein (the beginning of winter.)
Next comes the agricubura: chapter, in which the farmer
is reminded of the chief operations to be performed each
month. The religious section is not the least interest-
ing. It tells us which of the gods is the tutelar one of
the month—it also gives us the principal religious fee,.
tivals, and advises the farmer, if he would have a
good harvest, not to neglect the worship of the protecting
divinities. At the top of the marble slab Apollo is seen
driving the car of the sun, and at the bottom Ceres is seen
reaping a field. From all this information put into the
ulmanack, it was evidently intended for the rural popula-
tion. It has now been placed in the Museum of Naples.--
Gallynani's

POLICE INTELLIGENCE,--This Day.

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.

EXTENSIVE ROBBERY BY A SIIOPIVOMAN IN REGENT-
STREET.—Annio Alexander, a good-looking young woman,
lately shopwoman in the employ of Mr Frederick Wootton
Isaacson (trading under the name of Madame Louise) silk
manufacturer and laceman, No. 170, Regent-street, was

charged before Mr Knox with stealing 150 yards of silk,
some lace handkerchiefs, seven imitation pearl necklaces,
some bracelets, and a quantity of other property belonging

to Mr Isaacson, and of the value of above £SO.

➢ir Isaacson said ho carried on business at 170, Regent-
street, as a laceman and silk manufacturer, trading in the
name of his wife, Madame L-mise. The prisoner had been
in his employ for five months as an improver, and left on
Tuesday last. In consequence of information he received,
he went yesterday to No. 9, Alfred-street, Tottenham-
court-road, accompanied by Police-constable 82 C, and saw
the prisoner, who was lodging there. Ho told he had called
respecting some trorerty he hnd missed, and which he
felt confident she either then had or had had in her
possession, The prisoner denied having any of his
property, and ho then showed her an article
of jewellery which she had given to a Miss
Gociding, a friend of hers, telling her at the same time
that Miss Godding had stated that she had received it from
her. The prisoner denied doing so. and he then searched
her boxes, and found a large quantity of his property in
them—consisting of silk, lace, jewellery, &c., of the value
of £B2 cost price. Seeing a large b...x in the room, he asked
the prisoner whether it belonged to her, and she said it did
not, but to her landlady; but on its being opened he found
some more of his property in it. The prisoner asked to b:
forgiver, but he told her it was impossible, having been
robbed of such a large amount of property during the last
few years, and that ha felt bound to make the charge. Ile
was disposed to tbink the prisoner had yielded to tempta-
tion, and, therefore, hoped she might be dealt with in that
court, •

Mr Knox said he could not do so. He would remand the
prisoner for a week, and in the meantime Mr Isaacson could
see if there was any other property missing.
The prisoner (crying) appealed to Mr Isaacson for for-
giveness.

Philip Shrives, 82 C, corroborated Me Isaacson.

The prisoner said Mr Isaacson promised to forgive her it
she told him where all the property was.
Mr. Knox asked the r•.onstab:e whether that was the
case.

Shrives said at first Mr Isaacson said be would, but on
the prisoner denying that she had any of his property he
refused to do so.

The prisoner again appealed to Mr Isaacson for for-
giveness.

Mr Knox remanded the prisoner for a week.

THAMES.

STEALING FowLs.—John Dixon, a master chimney-
sweeper, eged 54, Luke Dixon, 21, and Matthew Dixon, 15,
Lis sons; George Hatchman, 15, Richard Rudd, 13, Henry
Newton, 13, and Patrick Lyons, 13, were brought before
Mr Partridge, charged with stealing seven fowls from a
henhouse on the premises of Mr Charles Parsons, dust con-
tractor of Lower Shadwell.

It appeared that a great many fowls had been recently
stolen from the premises of the prosecutor, and that other
persons in Shadwell had been sufferers and lost their fowls.
A. gang of urchins, allowed by their parents to run wild
about the streets, had been robbing the henroosts. Mr
Thomas Ward, foreman to Mr Parsons, missed seven fowls
on Monday morning. A boy named Black, an accomplice,
who was allowed to give evidence against the prisoners,
criminated the whole of them. The four boys Hatchman,
Rudd, NeWton, and Lyons, and himself "had a game," as

it was termed, with Mr Parson's fowls. They took the tiles
off the roof of the fowl-house and went in and stole five
fowls. Ono was put back, and Hatchman, Newton, Lyons,
and Clack carried away one each. Two of them were sold
to a man named Conway, and two were sold to Matthew
Dixon for Is., Clark receiving 6d. of the money. Last
night Robert Smith, a police-constable, No. 253 K, went
to the house of the Dixons, No. 1, Jould's-hill, Shad well,
where Rudd was also living, and asked John Dixon what
fowls he had, to which he replied, " One in the yard, which
you can see." There was a pot on the fire, the interior of
which sent forth very savoury fumes. Smith asked
John Dixon what there was in the pot. The
prisoner answered only a little piece for supper. Smith un-
covered the pot, in which he found two fowls cut into
pieces, boiling. The heads of the fowls were in the grate
—one was the head of a gamecock, a fancy bird, the other
the head of a speckled hen. Mr Ward said his master had
lost two fowls answering that description. It was proved
that the four boys had concealed the fowls in the cellar
under a barber's shop in High-street, Shad well, before they
sold them—that Rudd, Newton, and Luke Dixon had been
in custody before for fowl stealing. Rudd was then con-
victed and sentenced to one month's imprisonment and
hard labour.

Smith produced the half-dressed pieces of two fowls taken
out of Dixon's pot last night,
Mr Partridge—Then you deprived them of their supper.
Smith—Y2s, sir, I did indeed.
Mr Partridge—Very proper too.
Mr Joseph Timbs, a grocer in High-street, Shadwell,
said he missed a fowl on Saturday night last.
Joseph Shipp, a boy, said the fowl stolen from the last
witness was sold to Matthew Dixon for 6d. Ho gave
Matthew Dixon the 61 and got the fowl back again.
A Shopkeeper—l lost some fowls very recently. I believe
they went into the family p it of the Dixons.

Mr Partridge said that four of the boys had been stealing
fowls, and old Dixon and his sons stealing with them, The
evidence of Clark, the accomplice, was confirmed. He con-
victed all the prisoners. He sentenced Hatchman and
Lyons each to 21 days' imprisonment and hard labour,
Rudd to six weeks' imprisonment and hard labour, Newton
one month's imprisonment and bard labour, John Dixon
to pay a fine of £5, or be imprisoned two months, and
Matthew and Luke Dixon £3 each, or be imprisoned for one
month.