The Sun.
London, England, 1865-12-22 00:00:00

niE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 22, lEEE.

LAW INTELLIGENCE—This Day.

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COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH.
(Before the Lord Chief Justice and a Special Jury.)
HILL V. FINNEY.

The hearing of this case, which has occupied the atten-
tion of the jury for the last six days, was resumed to-day.
The suit was brought by the plaintiff, Captain Wil-
loughby Hill, an officer in the Bombay Cavalry, against
his solicitor for alleged misdirection in regard to a suit, by
his wife, for judicial separation, heard before the late Judge
Ordinary, in which the defendant was stated to have ad-
vised the plaintiff not to defend the action, in order to
avoid statements that would be damaging to his character,
assuring him, at the same time, that if he agreed to aban-
don his defence, no evidence of a. derogatory character
would be given at the trial. However, at the trial it was
necessary to give evidence in support of Mrs. Hill's allega-
tion of cruelty, and this not being rebutted, the plaintiff's
character became so damaged that his fellow officers re-
fused to associate with him, and a communication was for-
w:trded to the Secretary of State for India involving the
question as to whether he should not be dismissed from her
Majesty's service.' The evidence was very lengthy and
most 'conflicting.
Mr. Coleridge, for the plaintiff, at the sitting of the court
this morning, said that he hoped the court would not call
on him to address the jury that day, as he was suffering
from a severe cold ; and his friend Mr. Karslake, who was
on the other side, was in the same position.
The jury intimated that the postponement met their
special approval, and it was agreed that at the close of the
evidence the case should be adjourned until the 12th of

January.
Some witnesses were called, who corroborated previous
evidence on behalf of the defendant, and the proceedings
in regard to this case terminated for the day.

COURT OF BANKRUPTCY.
(Before Mr. Commissioner Winslow.)
IN RE JUSON-CABBY AND THE LONDON GENERAL OMNIBUS

COMPANY.

This bankrupt was described as a cab-driver of 17, Bris-
tol-mews, Paddington, and he applied to-day for his order
of discharge. The cause of the bankruptcy is as follows :
Having lost an action I brought against, the London Ge-
neral Omnibus Company to recover damages for injuries
sustained by reason of the negligence of the compsny's
servants, and being unable to pay the costs. The debts are
only £77, and include the Company (for costs), 'XS7 ; bank-
rupt's attorney, £11; and his doctor, £9. There is a for-
mer bankruptcy, and no regular accounts being filed, the
case was adjourned.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—This Day.

were said to amount to 30s. a week. His business of
" caller up" has brought him in frequent collision
with the police, and he has preferred several charges of
assault against constables, and also of interfering with him
in his calling. All these charges were dismissed, and the
police warned not to interfere with him in call ing-up_people,
although it diminished the profits of the policemen in the
district. Latterly the lad Sun had competed with the prisoner,
who entertained a very bad feeling against him in conse-
quence. This morning, between 4 and 5 o'clock, the pri-
soner met the boy at the corner of King David-lane, Shad-
well, a few yards from the station-house of the K 'division,
and, uttering a fearful oath, knocked him down with a
very strong and heavy stick. He then fell upon the pros-
trate lad, seized him by the throat, and made a
savage and deliberate attempt to strangle him, in
which he would have certainly succeeded but for the
timely interposition of Police-sergeant Cox, 45 K, who taw
the whole transaction, 11‘Kay, 275 K, Greenfield, 495 K,
and John Welch, a watchman employed at the opening of
the low-level sewer at the Corner of King David-lane.
They all described the condition of the boy as most piti-
able. The prisoner was compressing the boy's throat,
which was bleeding, and blood was gushing front his nose,
mouth, and ears. There were marks on the boy's throat,
which he bared and exhibited to the magistrate. He was
in a very sad condition. _

Mr. Joseph Smith set up a defence that the boy was
always prowling about under the fostering care of
the police and annoying the prisoner, who carried on the
same business which his father had done for 40 gears.
The boy called him bad names this morning and he shoved
him down.

Cox was recalled, and said he had known the boy six or
seven years, and he was always well behaved. The pri-
soner was jealous of the boy, said to him "What do you
want here, you young -?" and then knocked him down
with the stick and seized him by the neck. The boy was
all but choked, and was black in the face.
Mr. Partridge said there was no truth in the defence set
up. The boy was not prowling about in the sense in
which prowling ought to be used, but was on his legiti-
mate business, and had as much right to call people from
their beds as the prisoner. A more gross and savage out-
rage had not come under the notice of the court for some
time. He sentenced the prisoner to one month's imprison-
ment and hard labour.

Liverpool Cotton Market—This Tay.

Cotton market steady. Sales probably 10,000

bales.

Bank of England Returns.—This Evening.

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An Account, pursuant to the Act 7th and Bth Victoria,
cap. 32, for the week ending Wednesday, Dec. 20, 1865.

isisuk. •,GY
•otes issued ;......--X27,693, 45,

tt.1,112.1%

Government Debt .ti.ll,u 15,1, u
Other Securities .. 3.634.'0,0
Gold Coin & Bullion 13,043,690
Silver Bullion

£27 693,345'
BANKING

£27,693,345

EPARTNIEI4I T.

oprietors' Capi-
al £14.553.000
at

Government Seen-

rities (including
Dead Weig-htAn-
nutty)
Other Securities
Notes
Gold and Silver b2;,064
Coin

-blie Deposits (in-
_ luding .xche-
•;uer, Saving's'
Banks, COMlLLlFl-
useionens of N a-
donal Debt, and
Dividend ite-
,otin tdl 7.37.5,055
tiler Deposits 14,099,236
ve-n Day and
other Bills
£39,67.4752

E 39,5'9,752
W. MILLER, Chief C;abh,tr.

Dec. 21, 1865.

Foreign Mail Packet List.

MAILS DUE.

Australia and New Zealand, via Southampton Dec.
Ditto, via Marseilles Jan. 12.
Brazil and Cape Verde. by Britten packet Jan. 4.
DAL°, by French packet
Cape of Good Hope, Ascension, and St. Helena... Dec. 22
China. Penang. and Singapore, via Sou hampton Doc.
Ditto, via Maretilles
i'aikland Islands
Gibraltar, via Southampton Dec. —.
India (Calcutta), and Ceylon, via Southampton... Dec.
Ditto, via Marseilles .. . ........ . .... Jan. 27
India (Bombay), via Southampton. Dto. 27.
Ditto, via d ambles .. Dec. 21
Mauritius, via Southampton Jan. 11

.Jan. 27

Ditto, via 141a.raeil.ei
Newfoundland

Portugal

.......Jan 4.

Ditto, by private ship to Lisbon..
United States and British North America, by Bri-
tish packet Dec. 28
Ditto. by United States packet, via Southamp-
ton

Ditto, via C,rk
Ditto, by Canadian packet, via Londonderry Dec.
West Coast of Africa. Madeira, and Teueriffe Jan. 10.
West Indies and Pacific (except Bahtt.i.as, Cuba,
and Mexico
Cuba .nd M, xico
Bahamas, via New 3 ork..
Bermuda, ditto..

Dec. 21
Deo <9
Jan 11.
Jan 17

RACING FIXT
JANI

JRES FOR 1866.
rARY.

Manchester..

FEBR
Lincoln

UARY.
I Nottingham Spring 27
RC H.
Croxton Park l6
Northampton 2O
Windsor Spring
Newcastle Spring 2B

MA.
Derby Spring 1
Liverpool Spring
Warwick Spring
Doncaster
15
Lewes Spring

AP
Newmarket Craven 2
Durham
Oatterick Bridge
Abergavenn y 5
Chelmsford Spring
M.
Ascot Spring 1
Salisbury
Bath 8
Harpenden lO
York Spring

Thirsk lO
Epsom Spring
Newmarket Ist Spring l6
Chester
Curragh 24
AY. _ _

Epsom Sum mer l5
Uxbridge 2l
Manchester
Ascot Summer 29

JU:
Windsor Summer 5
Newton
Hampton 7
Odiham
Bibury l3
Stockbridge
Chelmsford l9

NE. •
Liverpool
Beverley 2O
Ipswich
Hungerford
Newcastle on-Tyne 26
Curragh 26
Worcester
L'

JII
Carlisle
Newmarket July
Pontefract
Abingdon
Reading

ilr.
Down Royal Corp lB
Stamford l9
Winchester 24
I Southampton 25
Huntingdon
UST.
York August 2l
Plymouth
Lichfield
Devon and Exeter
Tunbridge 2B
Derby Summer 28
Weymouth 3O

AUG

Brighton _
7
Brighton Club
Lewes lO
Egham l4
Wolverhampton l4
Stockton l5
Oxford l6
Hastings 2l

SEPT]
Warwick September 4
Curragh
Leicester 6
Doncaster
Canterbury lB

BANK OF FRANCE,

PARIS, DEC. 21.

The following is the return of the Bank of France
for the week ending to-day, together with the cor-
responding figures of the previous account :

DEBTOR.

Dec. 14.
fr. c.
182,500,000

Der. 14.
fr. c
434,523,440 79