The Sun.
London, England, 1863-12-16 00:00:00

Liverpool Cotton Market—This Day.

Market still dull and generally unchanged since
YesterdaY. Supposed sales will not reach more
than 2,000 or 3,000 bales.

_ -
TAE E DUKE OF ATIIOLE, Who is, as already stated,
ery sad condition, though not worse than some weeks
f -'8
or 80, suffering from cancer in the face; his disease has
me
months past been regarded as hopeless.
d 'll/1 EARL OF ELGIN'S DISEASE, it is said, was
r°Ps37 at the heart.
MARRIAGE IN HIGH LIFE.—The marriage of
321adY Beatri,:e Violet Graham, daughter of the Duke and
thstnile,ss of Montrose, with Mr. A. W. Fulke Greville, of
ito'st3lLife Guards, 'and eldest son of Colonel and Lady
64 vine,
was solemnised yesterday at St, George's
utchl liauover-sqiare,

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PREFERENCE S
Great Western Orig. 44 per cent pf.,
Great Western, 4 per cent. irred , 882
Lon Jon and S.-Western 44 per Gent,
Ditto, Portsmouth perpet. anus. of Ls. 6d., 21
LINES LEASED A] FIXED RENTALS.
Buckinghamshire, 98
Chester and Holyhead,
Ditto, 5 pJr cent., 1154
Manchester, Buxton, and Matlock, 4
Midland Bradford pref. stock, 954

FOREIGN RAILWAYS.
Antwerp and Rotterdam, 8f
Bahia and San Francisco (lim.) gua. 7 per cent, 18/
Dutch Rhenish, 171-
N. Rail of Buenos Ayres, gua. 7 per cent., 10}
Sambre and Meuse, 81
South Austrian and Lombardo Venetian, 201 1
Turin anti Savona,
Ditto (all), 14

(lira.) 58
CriU
Coppernbitr,eed Mexican l USBEIGN MINES.
Yud nara a 1% Slinl
St. Johna outin 2yl6dit 6.
Australia
Wallualitna G M(l'l'
6i
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A.gra and UniteeijS°elN T-STOCK BANKS.
&Mance Bank of Lon ice (BMA 114 13
Anglo Austrian, netm and Liverpool (Urn.), 441 •
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Chartered
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n, China, and Japan Ulm.), 291 9 /
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Imperial Ottoman, 174 18 17/ 18
Laud Mortgage Bank of India, Um., 4/
London, Buenos Ayres, and River Plate, 50 / 49/
London and Comity, 65}
London Joint Stock, 371
London and Westminster, 79/ 81
Merchant Bank, litn., 7 6}
Oriental Bank Corporation, 5R}
Standard
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sS3outh Africa (11mi), 21f
MISCELLANEOUS.
Crystal Palace, ?51
Esst,lndia Irrigation and Canal,
I,:i7iDgisuyedriostuoilna:t,C,Cßooarmyp,omirealrcial
ztion, limited, fn
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tal inancial Society,Association,lmprovements,
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Australiantto 44
Land, 33 —
Van Diemen's Land 10i 10i 11

By advices fromfranaburg the Price of gold is 4251 per mark
and th
tandard e short exchange ou London is 13.41 per £1 sterling.
S gold at the English Mint:price is, therefore, about
3-lOth per cent. dearer in -Hamburg than in London.
The coarse of exchange at New York on London for bills at
60 days' sight is 160 to 1661 per cent., and the premium on
gold is:about 51i per cent. At these rates there is scarcely
any profit on the importation of gold from the United
tates.

LAW INTELLIGENCE—(This Day).

4.-
COURT OF BANKEtTIPTCY.
(Before Mr. Commissioner Goulburn.)

IN RE SPARHAIi-JUDGMENT-A ritAvDIJLENT

ATTORNEY.

This bankrupt was an attorney in Basinghall-street, and
applied about a fortnight since for his discharge, and after
a long examination judgment was deferred. The leading
grounds of opposition were for fraudulently contracting
debts. The debts amount to £4,190, and the assets about £2B.
The charge of fraud was made out by a Mr. Lockington,
formerly a client of the bankrupt. Bankrupt brouEht an
action for Mr. Lockington, and recovered the amount, re-
ceiving three bills, which he got discounted, and
applied the proceeds to his own use. The charge
of contracting debts without reasonable prospect
of being able to pay was made out by his own
admission, au he had been hopelessly insolvent
for S or 10 years,' although he had been doing an extensive
business—discounting bills for his clients—and he also con-
tr,tcted loans ; bat, on the whole, the business was unprofit-
able. He had been living at the rate of £l,OOO a year,
which was more than his gross profits and a private income
which his wife was entitled to.
His Honour briefly referred to the facts, and severely
censured the bankrupt for his extravagance. All tho
grounds of opposition had been made out, and said he should
mark his sense of such gross misconduct-, especially on the
part of an attorney, and suspended the order of discharge
for nine months, without protection for six, except one,
months, to give the bankrupt, an opportunity of appealing
if he thought proper to do so.

CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT—This Day.

OLD COURT.
(Before the Recorder.)
THE WATERLOO-ROAD MURDER.

Samuel Wright, bricklayer, was this morning placed in
the dock to plead to an indictment, charging him with the
wilful murder of a female named Maria Green.

The prisoner, on making his appearance, seemed quite
overpowered by the horrible nature of the crime with which
he was charged. Immediately he took his position in
front of the dock, he took hold of the upper part of it with
both hands, and during the time he was before the learned
judge kept swinging himself backwards and forwards.
The Clerk of the Arraigns said—Samuel Wright, you
stand indicted for killing and slaying, with malice afore.
thought, Maria Green. How say you, are you guilty or
not guilty P
Prisoner (in a very faint voice)—Guilty.
The Recorder asked him if he knew the nature of his
plea of guilty ?
Prisoner—Yes; I'm guilty.
The prisoner was then removed.
(Before Mr. Justice Blackburn.)

Immediately Mr. Justice Blackburn took his seat on the
bench,

The prisoner was again placed in the dock, when

The Clerk of the Arraigns said the prisoner Samuel
Wright was indicted for the wilful murder of Maria Green,
to which indictment he pleaded guilty.
Mr. Justice Blackburn asked the prisoner if he clearly
understood the effect of pleading to an indictment for wilful
murder. He 'wished him to consider well his plea, and
although he by no means wished to persuade him to plead
not guilty, yet he wished him to weigh well his determina-
tion.

Prisoner (faintly).—l'm guilty.
Mr. Sleigh said he had been instructed to prosecute in
the case, and having read the depositions, he saw no
ground for asking for a postponement of the trial.
The Learned Judge said he also had read the depositions,
and saw no grounds for not proceeding with the trial.
The chief usher made the usual proclamation for silence•
whilst the sentence of death was being passed.

While this was being done Mr. Justice Blackburn put
on the black cap, which, being seen by the prisoner, he
dropped his head upon his hands in the most despairing
manner, and during the remainder of the awful proceeding,
he, with difficulty, seemed to keep a standing position,
owing to excessive trembling. _ . _

The Learned Judge, in passing the dreadful sentence of
the law, implored the prisoner to make the best use of the
short space of time left to him on earth, as he could hold
out no hope of mercy being extended to him. The learned
judge then, during the most profound silence, Sentenced the
prisoner to be hung by the neck until death, adding, "May
Almighty God have mercy upon your soul."
The Ordinary of Newgate, Mr. Davis, who was on the
bench, then pronounced the word " Amen," and
The condemned murderer was removed fronYthe dock by
the warders of the prison.
The sentence will be carried into effect at Horsemonger-
lane gaol on Monday, the 4th of January.

THE CHARGE OF MANSLAUGHTER AT WILTON'S MUSIC-

HALL.

Peter Molloy, vocalist, was indicted for the manslaughter
of John Bunn, a North Sea pilot, on the 23d of November
at Wilton's Music-hall, Wellclose-square.
It will be recollected that the deceased, on the night of
the 23d of November, went to Wilton's Music-hall, and
while there, he became, owing to his intoxicated state, very
unruly and annoying. The prisoner was singing a senti-
mental song, when the deceased called out "shut up" twice,
which greatly excited the prisoner, when he jumped off the
stage, and struck the deceased two blows with his fists,
from the effects of which, it was stated, he died.

A witness, of the name of Solomon, said he was in the
Hall on the night in question. He saw the deceased there.
He was annoying everybody. He heard him call out "shut
up," when Molloy jumped off the stage and struck him
twice. Deceased staggered and fell from the effects of the
blows. and eventually died.
The surgeon, who had made a post mortent examination,
in answer to Mr. Sleigh, who defended the prisoner, said it
was quite possible that some fall or blow, given two or three
hours before, might have caused the bursting of a blood-
vessel, and the blows received from the prisoner might,
therefore, not be the primary cause of death.
Mr. Sleigh, having addressed the jury for the prisoner,
called
Frederick Smith, waiter at the Three Tuns public-house,
Jewry-street, who said deceased was in and out his master's
house during the whole of the afternoon of the 23d of No-
vember, drinking. He was very quarrelsome to every per-
son in the house. A foreigner was there, whom he called a
rogue and a thief. Deceased wanted to fight the foreigner,
and got up for the purpose of doing so, when he fell down.
When deceased was raised from the ground, it was
found that blood Was oozing from one of his ears.
The landlord of the house and the foreigner alluded to
having given confirmatory evidence,
The jury, after five minutes' deliberation, returned a
verdict of guilty, but strongly recommended the prisoner
to mercy on the ground of the gross provocation he had
received.

The learned Judge said he could not pass over it without
some slight punishment, and for that reason he would
defer sentence for the present.
Later in the day the learned Judge sentenced the prisoner
to 14 days' imprisanment in Newgate.

NEW COURT.
(Before Mr. Justice Keating.)
Robert Ward, 48, tinplate worker, was indicted for un-
lawfully, by fraud, enticing away and detaining Emily
Wright, a child of the age of 12 years, with intent to de-
prive the parents of the said Emily Wright. The prisoner
was also detained on a similar charge with respect to a girl
named Agnes Barton.
The evidence described a great amount of immorality,
and at its conclusion,

Mr. Lewis, who defended the prisoner, contended that in
order to bring the prisoner within the provisions of the Act
of Parliament, they must be fully of opinion that there was
a forcible detention.

Mr. Justice Keating said the jury would have to say
whether the fact that had been stated in evidence, viz., that
the locking of the girl in the room by the prisoner, although
she afterwards made her escape therefrom, was a detention
within the meaning of the act.
The jury found a verdict of not guilty.

The prisoner was then indicted for the misdemeanour,
viz., the abduction of a girl under the age of 16.
The jury found the prisoner guilty.
The learned Judge sentenced him to 12 months' impri-
sonment with hard labour.