The Sun.
London, England, 1865-01-09 00:00:00

MISCELLANEOUS.
Berlin Water Works, lim.. 8/
City of London Real Property, lim., 22
Commercial Union, Insurance, 83/4
Contract Corporation, lim., 21 2
Credit Fonder and Mobiiicr of England, 81
Ditto 42), 51 I
Egyptian Com and Trading, 51 2
Electric Telegraph, 112;10
Fore-street Warehouse, lim., 91
Gellivera, Um., 3
Gen. Credit and Finance of London, lim., 72 1
Hudson's Bay, 162
Humber Iron Wo:ks, 2/ 31 21
Imperial Mercantile Credit A sso., lira., 83/4
International Financial aociety, lim., 7/ 11
Italian Irrigation (Canal Cavour;,—
Ditto, 0 per cent. Bonds, redem. 1870, issued 90, 821
Joint Stock Discount. lim.. 911
Land Securities, 42
London and Caledonian Marine, lim., 51
London Financial Association, lim., 23k
London Gencral Omnibus Company, 3;
London, Italian, and Adriatic Steam. 43/4 1 ,
London Mercautile Discount, lim., 3
151 dras Irrigation and Canal,
I:itto, new, 191
• Milwal I Iron Works, 41
ational Discount Company, lim., 15/ 16 152
National Financial, Bm., 43/4
National Provincial Marine, 21
North British and Mercantile Insurance, lim., 19
Oriental Commercial, lira., si 8
Oriental Inland Stealu, 21 3/4
Peninsula and Oriental Steam, 80
Royal Mail Steam, 95 51
Societe Final,ciere d'Egypte, 1im.,:43/4 5
Thames and Mersey Marine (Insurance), lim., 7E/
Universal Marine, Insurance, lim., 61
Warrant Finance, lim., 81 e
West India and Pacific Steam, lim., 112

LAW IN ELLIGENCE—(This Day.)

COURT OF BANKRUPTCY.
(Before Mr. Conimissioner Goulburn.)

IN RE CUDDEN.-NOVEL APPLICATION.

In this matter Mr. Reed applied for leave to expunge a
proof of 3251., made by a creditor named Bulkley, for
money alleged to have been lent to the bankrupt. The
proof had been allowed, but was now opposed by the

assignees.
His Honour—Does any one appear for the creditor ?
Mr. Howell said he appeared for the creditor, and
not oppose the application.
Mr. Reed said he believed it was after all only a question
of costs, and his Honour directed the order to be drawn up
as agreed to.

IN RE BARKS.-1

.44 MEN OF STRAW."

This bankrupt was described as an architect, of Lewisham.
It appeared Mr. Banks had accepted accommodation bills for
another bankrupt to the extent of over 400/. There was
no opposition to the order of discharge now applied for, and
an attorney who appeared for the bankrupt explained the
matter of the bills by stating that in the first instance he
did owe the drawer £6O, and had been gradually led on to
the much larger amount.
His Honour said that nothing could well be more mis-
chievous than tho system of accommodation paper. Bills
were sent flying about in all directions, and when inquiries
were made it was found that the parties making them were

" men of straw." In this case there was not one farthing
assets, and the bankrupt did not pass at all creditably, but
in the absence of opposition the order of discharge would
be granted.

IN- RE WILLIAMS.-AN APPEAL TO THE HOUSE OF LORDS.

The bankrupt was described as a gentleman, not being a
trader, of Boulogne-sur-Mer. Mr. Lewis (Harrison and
Lewis), said that in this case an appeal against the adjudi-
cation in bankruptcy was now pending in the House of
Lords, and therefore he did not now propose to go into the
matter to-day.
His Honour all Owed the case to stand over.

It appeared that Mr. Williams is a contributory to the
Professional Life Assurance Company, now in course of
winding up in the Roll's Court.

i'ENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT—This Day.

The January sessions commenced this morning.
The Common Sergeant, on charging the grand jury,
mentioned the principal cases contained in the calendar.
Two deaths had been occasioned by the furious manner in
which public vehicles were driven about the streets, and
the drivers would be placed before them to answer certain
indictments which had been preferred against them. It was
desirable that some regulation should be made to protect
the public from so great a danger. There was the charge
of murder against a parson named Kohl, committed in the
marshes at Plaistow ; also the charge against an Italian,
for the murder of Michael Harrington, and several other
serious offences, but he did not anticipate that the facts
connected with them would occasion them any difficulty.
The Grand Jury then retired to their room, and in a
short time after the trials commenced.

ROBBERY OF STORES ON THE SOUTH WESTERN RAILWAY

Edward Fuller, assistant storekeeper in the employ of
the South Western Railway Company, and Thomas Smith,
labourer, were indicted for stealing a large quantity of
stores, the property of the South Western Railway Com-
pany.
Tho prisoner, it appeared, filled a situation of trust
and confidence under Mr. Beattie, and in that position he
was enabled to purloin and convey to his farm in the
country all manner of articles, such as paint, turpentine,
white lead, oil cans, brass fittings, &c. The value of pro-
perty found at the prisoner's house was over £l5O. Smith
had merely acted as a servant to Fuller.
The jury acquitted Smith, but found Fuller guilty.
Mr. Metcalfe, in mitigation of punishment, said the pri-
soner had given certain information to the company which
would enable them to put a stop to many, bad practices
which now existed,

Mr. Ribton said the information amounted merely to a
number of assertions against several persons, without the
slightest proof.
The Recorder said he would defer passing sentence until
he had read a certain correspondence which the prisoner
had had with several officers of the company..

NEW COURT.

(Before the Common Sergeant.)

CONVICTION OF A DEALER IN COUNTERFEIT COIN.

John Clarke, a young man aged 25, was indicted for
having in his possession 43 pieces of counterfeit coin, with
intent feloniously to utter the same, well knowing them to
be false and counterfeit.
The prisoner, it appeared, had been for some time
suspected of dealing in counterfeit coin, but the greatest
difficulty was experienced in effecting his capture. In
December last, however, Mr. Brennan, the officer to the
Royal Mint, met the prisoner in the street, and asked him
if he had any counterfeit coin in his possession. The pri-
soner made no reply, and after the officer had repeated his
question, he put his hand into his (prisoner's) pocket, and
took therefrom a .purse, in which no less than 43 pieces of
counterfeit coin, consisting of half-crowns and shillings, all
executed in a remarkably fine manner. The prisoner was
therefore taken into custody, and on being searched at the
station-house, a number of pieces of paper, with a name
and address written thereon, at which counterfeit coin
could be obtained were found.

The jury found the prisoner guilty.
The Common Sergeant asked whether anything was
known about the prisoner.
Mr. Brennan said he had known the prisoner for about

15 or 18 months as a dealer in counterfeit coin, in
co-partnership with a person named Watson, who had been
formally convicted and sentenced to five years' penal ser-
vitude. They had for some time carried on the trade of
dealing in counterfeit coin, and although the fact was known
the greatest difficulty had been encountered in effecting
their capture in consequence of the exertions of their asso-
ciates to prevent their apprehension. Nothing coulkbe more
difficult than to effect the capture of the middle-man—the
one who took the coin from the maker and disposed of it
to the utterer, and he would defy any person to watch
the prisoner 100 yards in the streets of London
without bad success. It had only been since a
number of the prisoner's confederates had been convicted
that they had been enabled to secure the prisoner.
The prisoner said it was untrue to say he had been
known for a year and a half as connected with coiners.
He had been in London but 12 months. A year ago he
was engaged driving the post-office mail cart, between
Farnborough and Aldershott.

Mr. Brennan—You have been long enough in London

give me a great deal of trouble. My lord, we have, after
much trouble, captured the prisoner's trainer, and he is

now under remand. They have been most active in
disposing of their counterfeit money, which, owing to
the excellent manner in which it was got up, was readily
bought by evil-disposed persons.
The Common Sergeant said it mattered little whether

the prisoner had been 12 or 18 months in London.
The offence of which he had been convicted was

a very serious one, and he had some difficulty in
making up his mind not to sentence him to penal servi-
tude. However, as he had not been previously convicted,
he should not do so, but he should send him to prison for a
considerable time. If, however, the imprisonment should
not have the effect of deterring him from his evil course, he
might depend upon it his next sentence would be either
seven or ten years' penal servitude. He sentenced the pri-
soner to 18 months' hard labour.

REDUCTION IN WAGES AT THE SOUTH WALES
IttoNwoitxs.—The men employed at the South Wales
Ironworks have received one month's notice of a reduction
in wages, which will expire at the end of this month. This
step has been taken after mature consideration on the. part
of the masters, and it has not taken the men by surprise,
especially after the course determined upon in Stafford-
shire. The reduction contemplated is 10 per cent., and
after this has been carried out the wages paid will be higher
than the usual proportion Observed with the price of iron.
It is believed that the men will submit to the reduction
without opposition, as it is evident that the state of the
trade compels the ironmasters to reduce the wages, and a
turn-out would injure the men themselves far more than
their emplopers.