The Sun.
London, England, 1863-09-23 00:00:00

THE SON. LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 23, 1863.

CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT,--This Day.

OLD COURT.
(Before Mr. Justice Byles.)
CHARGE OF CHILD MURDER.
The trial of Sarah Emily Mitchell, who was indicted for
the wilful murder of her infant child, was, ou the applica-
tion of Mr. Clarke, postponed till nest session.

BURGLARY,
John Williams pleaded guilty to an indictment charging
him with burglary.
It appeared that the prisoner had been discovered in the
house of Mr. Ferris, at Islington, about two o'clock in the
morning, and a quantity of property had been made up for
removal but not taken away.
Nothing was known of the prisoner by the police.
Mr. Justice Byles said there were circumstances con-
nected with this case which differed from there generally
before the court. Under alt the circumstances, he should
sentence the prisoner to six months' imprisonment with
hard labour.
[On bearing the sentence, a person in the court gave a
sort of low whistle to attract the attention of the prisoner,
and then hurriedly left the court, exclaiming, " Good-bye
Jack 11

NEW COURT.
(Before the Recorder.)
THE CHARGE OF ENLISTING FOR THE POLES.

Alfred Styles surrendered to his bail to answer the charge
of having induced one John Gregory to enlist as a soldier
for a foreign Power (to wit, Poland), without the leave and
license of her Majesty the Queen.

Mr. Poland appeared for the Russian Government, and
Mr. Gifford for the defendant,

The Clerk of Arraigns—Having heard the charge against
you, how do you plead ?

Defendant, in a firm voice—Guilty.
Mr. Poland said he had been instructed in the present
case to prosecute on the part of the Russian Government.
The defendant, it became known, had engaged offices in
Buckingham-street, Strand, for the purpose of enlisting
young men to proceed to Poland and take part there in
opposing the Russian Government. The manner in which
he proceeded was shortly as follows :—He caused an adver-
tisement to be inserted in one of the daily papers, offering
employment to young men. Of course such an announce-
ment attracted general attention, and when the applicants
for employment went to the ,ffice they became aware
that the object of the advertisement was to ob-
tain soldiers for Poland. Amongst the applicants
were two persona who, on becoming aware of the
object of the defendant, immediately communicated with
the Russian consul, and an application was made to a
magistrate to grant a warrant for the apprehension of the
defendant for an infringement of the Act of Parliament.
On the officer proceeding to Buckingham-street he found
the defendant in the office, with a book before him, from
which it appeared that ho had obtained about 250 persons
to join. On being informed by the officer that he held a
warrant for his apprehension, the defendant replied that he
did not know that he was doing anything contrary to the
laws of England, but, if it was so, he would give it
up. The whole of the books, papers, &c., found at his
office were taken possession of, and after an examination
at Bow-street police-court he was committed for trial. On
behalf of the Russian Government, if it met with the sanc-
tion of the court, he proposed that the defendant should be
called upon to enter into recognisances to appear when called
upon for judgment, but if he did not continue his enlisting
he would hear no more of the matter.

Mr. Giffard said he had simply to say that his client en-
listed these persons under the impression that he was not
transgressing the law. He had held a commission in her
Majesty's service, and also in that of General Garibaldi,
and believing the cause of Poland a good one, and that he
was guilty of no moral wrong in supporting it, he felt so
interested that he had no hesitation in perilling his life in
the enterpzise. It was true he was morally wrong in
acting contrary to the law ; but it might Le a question
whether he had committed a crime.

The Recorder said it was desirable that the law on the
point should be generally known, and this case would have
the effect of making it so. The defendant, therefore, would
have to enter into his own recognisances in the sum of £lOO
to appear for judgment when called upon.
The necessary arrangements having been made, the de-
fendant quitted the court with his friends.

4D C lIIROURT.
(Before the Common Sergeant.)

THE SCENE BETWEEN THE COMMON SERGEANT AND MR.

RIBTON.

In the course of the trial, yesterday evening, of Flynn,
Cassidy, and Miles, for wilfully assaulting George Smith of
the R division of police in the execution of his duty, when
Mr. Ribtoia was addressing the jury for the prisoner Flynn
in rather a loud tone, the Common Sergeant interrupted
him, on the ground that the unseemly and loud voice
in which the counsel was speaking could be heard outside
the court by the witnesses or the prisoners who had not
then been examined. Upon this a very angry discussion
arose, and the Common Sergeant ultimately refused to
hear anything further from Mr. itibton, and suddenly ad-
journed the court.

This marring the prisoners were again placed at the bar.

Mr. itibton, in addressing the court, said he hoped his
lordship would allow him before Ulf, business proceeded to
make a few observations in reference to that which
took place yesterday, and, in the first instance, he
had to say that he never had any intention to say any-
thing disrespectful to the learned judge, but in justice to
himself he was bound to say that in the whole course of
the proceeding there was no intention in the slightest de.
gree to say anything which could be personally unpleasant.
As far as regarded other matters, he begged to repeat that
he was instructed by one of the most respectable attorneys
in Woolwich, and from these instructions he ba-
lieved he had a substantive answer to the charge,
and he entirely was led into some excitement in the
mode of addressing the jury and might have been betrayed
into using language that might savour of being disrespect..
ful to the Court. He could assure his lordship that it was
not his intention to have said anything personally offensive,
and he trusted that the present explanation would be
deemed satisfactory.

The. Common Sergeant said he was quite satisfied with
the explanation, as it was tho tone of voice rather than the
observation which appeared disrespectful.

The Price of Gold,

The quotation of gold at Paris is about 6 per mille pm., and
the short exchange on London is 25.271 per £1 sterling. On
comparing these rates with the English Mint price of Li
178. 106 d. per ounce for standard gold, it appear that gold is
about 6-10ths per cent. dearer in London than in Paris.
By advices from Hamburg the price of gold is 425 per mark
and the short exchange on London is 13.61 per £1 sterling.
..7,tandard gold at the English Mirit price is, therefore, about
6-10ths per cent, dearer in London than in Hamburg
The course of exchange at New York on London for bills at
60 days' sight is about 1421 per cent., and the premium on
gold is 29 per cent. At these rates there Is a profit on the
Importation of gold from the United States.

THE FUNERAL of the late Mr. Charles Robert
Cockerell, late President of the Royal Academy, and archi-
tect of the Bank of England, will take place at St. Paul's
Cathedral onlThursday:next. There will be a full choral
service on the occasion at 12 p.m. Mr. Cockerell was for
some years architect at St. Paul's. With the consent of
the Dean and Chapter, Mr. Haward, of Old Quebec-street,
has made arrangements for a full and impressive cere-
monial.

A curious incident occurred at Potsdam, at the
time of the visit of the members of the Statistical
Congress. Among the persons who were walking in the
gardens of the Palace of Sans-Souci was a Prussian officer,
who entered into conversation with an English savant. The
latter, after a time, could not avoid expressing his surprise
at finding a Prussian cfficer speak English so well. The
officer replied that there was nothing astonishings in that
fact, as his wife and his mother-in-law were both tnglish.
" Might I venture to inquire the name of your mother-in-
law ?" said the English savant. " Queen Victoria," re-
plied the officer, who was no other than the Crown Prince
of Prussia.

Loss OF THREE LIVES IN THE ‘IERSEY.—On
Saturday morning, about half-past ten o'clock,
whilst the Isle of Man steamer Graded was proceeding
from her anchorage in the Gouge to the north landing stage
she came into collision and sunk the flat Mary Agnes almost
immediately. Owing to the watchfulness and gallantry of
a boat's crew of the ironclad Warrior, Captain Barlow and
his crew were saved; but unf3rtunately, Mrs. Barlow, the
wife of the captain, her child, and a Miss Macquiness, were
drowned. Much indignation—and very just indignation too
—has been caused by the evident recklessness and stupidity
of those in charge of the Graefell, who after the collision
exhibited only a lazy attempt to save those in the water;
indeed so little heed did Captain Kermode and the crew of
the Graefell take of this catastrophe that the steamer went
to sea, her captain exhibiting a rare callousness as to the
fate of those on board the flat,

DESCENT INTO A MINE BY LADIES.—On Friday
last a large party of ladies and gentlemen, at pre-
sent the guests of Sir William Call, Bart., at Whiteford-
park, near Callington, visited, in company with Sir William
and Lady Call, the New Wheal Maria mine. So vivid an
interest did they manifest in the undertaking, that, equip-
pmg themselves in garments provided lor the occasion, the
most enterprising of them descended into the bowels of the
earth, consisting of Lady Call and Mrs. Jones, of Pantaglas;
Messrs. Boscawen, Somerset, Collins, Uniacke, and liaslers.
They were lustily cheered on making their reappearance on
term firma, and the courage and intrepidity displayed by
those ladies will long be the theme of enthusiastic admira-
tion among the miners of Weal Maria.—Plymouth Western
News.

HORACE VERNET AND ART SCREFFER PROMOTED
TO THE LOUVRE.—From the Luxembourg Gallery of Mo-
dern Art the works of Horace Vernet and Ary Scheffer
are now being removed ; the decease of both painters
having rendered their works admissado to the Louvre,
where their finest productions in the hands of the French
Government aro to be placed.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE—This Day.

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.

THE HAYINIARKET,—ALLEGED ASSAULT.—Catherine
Willis, a smartly dressed young female, was charged before
Mr. Knox with assaulting Mr. Albert Herbert Lewis, sur-
geon, of Nuneaton, Warwickshire, but staying at present
at 20, Newman-street, Oxfcrd-street.

The complainant said—l was in the Haymarket last
night. Ido not know what time it was, but I think it was
half•past ono, when the defendant scratched my face. I
met her at Bignell's, a place where, when I was a student, I
was in the habit of visiting. She said she knew me. She
annoyed my friend, and I rent my friend home in a cab,
and then she scratched my face.
Mr. Knox—Had you been drinking?
Complainant—Oh, I was not drunk.
Defendant—Did you not strike me i'
Complainant—No.

Benjamin Jeffrey, 201 C, said—About three this morning
I heard a female calling "Polio," and the complainant
said he hid been assaulted, and seeing marks on his face I
took the defendant into custody.
Complainant—Oh, look at my pocket handkerchief.
Defendant—He struck ma twice, and I called for the
police.
Mr. Knox—lt certainly strikes me as remarkable if the
defendant had not been struck, that she could call for the
police. I think, Mr. Lewis, that now you are no longer a
student you had better keep from the Haymarket. I think
you brought it all on yourself, and that you did strike the
young woman, and I shall, therefore, discharge her.
SYSTEMATIC THIEVES.—A. THIEVING FAMILY.—Mary
Ann Larkin and Caroline Larkin, sisters, the latter only
having come out of prison yesterday morning, were charged
before Mr. Knox with stealing a shawl of the value of 16s.
from the shop of Mr. Fred. Augustus Penny, linendraper,
10 and 11, Walker's-court, Soho, and a piece of cotton
print, of the value of 4s. 6d., from the shop of Mr. James
Horne, linendraper, 5, Little Pulteney-street, Soho.
Elizabeth Jane Bowen, assistant to Mr. Penny, deposed
that, about one o'clock yesterday, she saw the two prisoners
in the lobby of the shop. The prisoners left, and she
went upstairs, and on her return to the shop, in
about twenty minutes, the prisoners came back again, at the
same time a woman entering the shop and asking to be
shown a bonnet. While showing the woman the bonnet
she observed the prisoner Caroline take down a black and
white shepherd's plaid shawl of the value of 165., and on
her (witness) going for assistance they got away. As the
woman bargaining about the bonnet denied all knowledge
of the prisoner she was allowed to go. Last evening about
8 o'clock she was called to the shop of Mr. Horne, and saw
the prisoners, and identified them as the women who stole
the shawl from her employer's shop.
John Henry Somers, assistant to Mr. Horne, sail that
having been informed yesterday evening about half-past 7
that a female had taken a piece of cotton print, he went in
search of her, and had nearly given up the search when a
boy informed him that Mary Ann Larkin had the print
under her shawl, and on going out he secured her, took it
from her, and took her into the shop. The prisoner Caro-
line then bounced in, and said, "Oh my dear sister 1 She
did not steal it; I stole it." A crowd collected, and in con-
sequence information got to Mr. Penny's assistant, and on
her arriving she identified the women as those who had
taken her shawl, and they were then given into custody.
Charles Palmer, a boy, living in Hopkins-street, proved
seeing the prisoners and another woman talking together,
and seeing the print under Mary Anne Larkin's arm. He
gave information to the witness Somers.
Patrick Winter, 321 A, proved taking the prisoners into
custody, and said that the prisoner Caroline had a fit and
was obliged to be taken to the workhouse. The prisoner
Caroline said her sister knew nothing about the print.
Mr. Knox—And yet it was found under her shawl
Sergeant Brown, 5 C, said the prisoner Caroline was com-
mitted on the 29th of July last for two months for stealing
69 yards of print from Mr. Horne's shop, and only came
out yesterday. They belonged to a thieving family.
Committed for trial.

STATE OF TRADE.

MANCHESTER, Sept. 22.—The market for both
yarn and cloth is firmer, but there has not been
mueh business. The amount of business done to-
day has been small, in consequence of the great
advance in prices asked by spinners—namely, from
id. to 2d. per lb. on the rates of this day week.
Even this advance would hardly bring the rates for
yarn np in proportion to the advances which have
recently taken place in the raw material, but it is
in the attempt on the part of spinners to get some
portion of the advance to cover the increased cost
of cotton that business has been checked. The
inquiry has been very good, and it is probable that
a largo business would have been done if spinners
had been easy to deal with. The market closes
very strong, with a tendency to higher
prices. The balance of a largo stock of 16's
to 24's water twist, bought some time ago,
made from American cotton, was cleared out yester-
day at 2s Gd per lb. It was bought at 2s per lb
(the then current rate), although the cotton cost
2s 6d per lb. The price of the same quality of cotton
to-day is about 2s 3d per lb. There has been a fair
market for cop yarns from the home trade at full
prices. In some cases, in these as well as other
yarns, spinners have asked extreme rates, and this
has checked business. For cloths we have had only
a small amount of business, buyers to a great ex-
tent having been deterred from operating in conse-
quence of the high prices asked by manufacturers.
Although there have been few inquiries with a
view to purchasing, however, manufacturers are
very firm, and are rather disposed to advance their
prices to cover thecost of cotton oryarn than to make
any concession. So far as we can learn, where
operations have been effected very full prices indeed
have been given. Where manufacturers have hap-
pened to hold stocks of cotton or yarn bought before
the recent advances they have been rather easier to
deal with, but in cases where orders have been
offered to manufacturers who would have to go into
the market for the raw staple the advance required
has been such as to stop business. A telegram has
been received stating that a considerable rise had
taken place in the waters of the Nile (40 inches in
one night), and this had had some effet on the
market, through a supposition that disaster might
be the result to the cotton crops in Egypt.
Messrs. John Slagg and Co. report of the cloth-
market :—" There is no new feature in the mar-
ket to-day. The extreme prices of Tuesday
last are firmly adhered to by manufacturers, but
buyers so far are very reluctant to give them,
and there is consequently little or nothing doing."
LEEDS, Sept. 22.—The woollen trade keeps in a
healthy condition, and a pretty fair business was
transacted at the market to• day, although the very
unsettled state of the weather had the effect of
keeping many buyers from attending. For plain
blacks the demand is steady, and tweeds and mel-
tons meet with a good sale. In heavy goods manu-
facturers find the demand rather diminishing as
the season advances ; still, a few good sales were
made to day. Prices continue very firm in all de-
partments. The flax trade has been steady, and
the fine qualities keep in fair request. Prices are
about the same. In yarns the trade is brisk, and
spinners in many cases are full of orders, particu-
larly for tow yarns. Hemp is firm, and advanced
prices are paid. _ _

_
ROCHDALE, Sept. 21.—At to-day's market the
amount of business was rather above the average.
The principal inquiry has been for low goods, but
the price of the raw material makes them scarce.
Manufacturers prefer to be employed in producieg
the finer classes of flannels. The fancy trade is
rather brisk, and the tendency of prices is npwards,
manufacturers declining new orders upon the old
terms. All the Yorkshire goods on offer to-day
were readily sold. Of these goods, however, there
is rather a scarcity, and prices are somewhat higher.
There has been a good business doing in wool,
many large manufacturers having taken the oppor-
tunity to replenish their stocks. Prices have not
at all declined.

GREAT EASTERN RAILWAY COMPANY.

A meeting of East Anglian shareholders in this
company was held yesterday at the London Tavern
—Mr. Goodson in the chair.

Mr. Owen, the secretary, having read the notice
convening the meeting,
The CHAIRMAN said the meeting was called for
the purpose of carrying out the wishes of many
proprietors of East Anglian stock, and he would
call upon Mr. L. Simpson, one of the represegta.
Oyes of East Anglian interests at the Board of the
Great Eastern Company, to explain the business to
them.

Mr. L. SIMPSON said the meeting was held for
the purpose of exercising certain provisions in the
Great Eastern Act of 1863, by which the East
Anglian proprietors were authorised to separate
their stock in two parts, with a view to meet the
wishes of two classes of shareholders. They pro-
posed to convert one portion, or 20 per cent. of it
into a 5 per cent. stock, which would be bought by
trustees and others as a first-class security, and the
other portion of the stock, SO per cent, into a
separate stock of a speculative character, which would
take the contingent dividend to which the East
Anglian stock was entitled. He thought the division
of the stock into two denominations as proposed
would be found an unmixed good. They had been
supported in that view by proprietors holding
£500,000 of the stock of the company, or about
one-halfof the whole amount of it, who had intrusted
him with their proxies. He had no doubt they
woulA find that their stock divided would be more
valuable than in one. He then moved a formal
resolution, in pursuance of the powers of the Great
Eastern Railway Act, 1863, authorising the East
Anglian stock to be divided into No. 1 stock of
£206,721, entitled to a fixed dividend of 5 per cent.
per annum, and No. 2 stock of £826,825 entitled
to a dividend equivalent to one-half of the dividend
in excess of 3 per cent. per annum on the ordinary
stock of the Great Eastern Company which in any
half year might be declared on that stock.
Mr. HERAPATII seconded the motion.
Mr. WILKINSON said he intended to second the
motion, and to state that it would be better for all
parties if the East Anglian A, B, and C preference
stocks were consolidated into one preference stock.
Mr. HERAPATII explained that the East Anglian
proprietors were entitled under the amalgamation
to 1 per cent. on their original stock of £1,033,546,
and also to two-fifths of the excess of dividend over
3 per cent. per annum that !night be declared in
any half year on the ordinary stock of the Great
Eastern Company. He thought the present a
much simpler plan by consolidating the one per
cent. portion into one-fifth of the amount, namely,
£206,721, and making it a 5 per cent. stock. The
contingent dividend being confined to the other
four-fifths of the original stock, or £826,825, the
result to the holders with respect to dividend was
precisely the same.

Mr. gIIAW, the other representative of the East
Anglian at the Great Eastern Board, said, with re-
gard to the observations of Mr. Wilkinson, that
however desirable it might be to consolidate the
A, B, and C preference shares of the East Anglian,
it could not be done ender the Act without the
assent of all the proprietors. The resolution before
the meeting would require the assent of three-
fourths of the shareholders represented at the meet-
ing. The Great Eastern Board had cheerfully as-
sented to the proposition, which would do no harm
to them, but would be a great advantsge to the East
Anglian proprietors.

Mr. CoXIJEAD could not see any advantage from
the proposed change. The present stock would
now realise 27, and he wanted to know what the
contingent stock would bs worth when separated
from it. He thought it a very injudicious proceed-
ing, and would vote against the motion.
Mr. SHAW said the stock Was at 24 and 2ft
before, but since it had risen to 27; the difference
was the present value of the contingent right, but
when the stock was divided he expected that the
price of the two taken together would be 30.
After some further observations, the resolution
was unanimously adopted, and the proceedings con-
cluded with votes of thanks to the chairman for
presiding, and to Mr. Simpson and Mr. Shaw, the
representatives of the East Anglian at the Board,
for their valuable services.