The Sun.
London, England, 1862-11-06 00:00:00

THAMES.

ATROCIOITS CASE OF STABBING.—WiIIiam Ranks, a
notorious ruffian and thief, well known to the police, was
brought before Mr. Selfe charged with stabbing a young
woman named Margaret Cullen. ,

The complainant, who belongs to the class termed un-
fortunate, said she was living at No. 2, Palmer's .Folly, and
was in Ratcliff-highway, a short distance from her own
nouse, walking with a young man, a sailor, when the pri-
soner came behind her and stabbed her twice on the shoul-
der. She screamed aloud for help and called out "murder."
She was taken to the station-house, where her wounds were
dressed, and was afterwards sent to the London Hospital.
In answer to questions by Ir. Selfe,
The witness said—l am sure the prisoner is the man. I
have known him a long while.

William Walker, apolice-constable, No, 488 K, said
that he found the prisoner in the Crown public-house
about fifteen or twenty minutes after the woman was
stabbed. The prisoner said he knew nothing of the affair
whatever.

The prisoner—Nor more do I, I never did it.
The woman was recalled. She was sure the prisoner
was the man who stabbed her. _ _

Walker produced a knife which he siid a shopkeeper
Barnett pick€d up directly after the woman was stabbed,
and close to the spot where the transaction took place. The
prisoner was a thief who had not long been out of g,al,
where he had been confined six months for stealing a
watch.

Mr. Selfe asked the woman Cullen if the sailer, who was
with her when she was stabbed, could attend the court, and
how long he intended to remain on shore.
The witness replied that 'he sailor would appeAr as a
witness, and that he would be on shore another week.

A certificate from the house-surgeon of the London Hos-
pital was put in, and it stated that the woman, Mugaret
Cullen, had received two severe punctured wounds on the
shoulder.

Mr. Selfe remanded the prisoner, and directed Walker to
procure the attendance of other witnesses.

SHIPPING---THIS DAY.

LONDON, Nov. 6.---Wind this day at noon—North-
Westerly ; moderate breeze, with dull, foggy weather,
and rain.

(BY MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH)
GRAVESEND, Thursday Morning.
Arrived, Nov. s—Mary, from Riva de Calla ; Aime,
from Gravelines ; Providence and Elizabeth, from
Guernsey.
Arrived, Nov. 6 Sidwell, from Guernsey.
DEAL, Thursday Morning.
Anchored—Helen, from Hamburg for West Coast of
Africa ; Johanna, for New York ; Victoria, for St. Kitt's ;
Kate, for St. Michael's; Sydney for Cardiff; Melody, for
St. Lucia; Matchless, for Antigua—all from London.

The first of the semi-monthly biddings for bills
on India took place yesterday at the Bank of Ent-
land. The amount to he disposed of monthly
i:500,000, of which £300,000 were offered on this
occasion, tie 19th inst. being fixed for the receipt
of tenders for the remaining £200,000. The mini-
mum prices were the same as those of last month,
Is. 11/d. for bills on Calcutta, and ls. li d. for
bills on Bombay and Madras. The applications
within the limits amounted to more than £2,300,000.
Tenders on Calcutta above 2s. will receive about 28
per cent. renders on Bombay and Madras will re-
ceive i❑ full at 2s. 0/d., at which rate the accounts
4 p po. t iolied to those Presidencies were entirely sub-
scribed for, with the exception of a sum so small
that it could not be rateably divided within the
terms of the notice. At the commencement of last
month. when bills were offered for £380,000, the
tenders within the limits amounted to £1,500,000.
The increase in the present instance indicates an
extraordinary demand for remittances to pay for
cotton, but many of the applicants, expecting to get
only a portion, are believed to have asked for three
or four times the total actually wanted.

A mere, ntile firm have received a telegram from
Melbourne, via Suez, mentioning the stoppage of
the Provident. Institute of Victoria and Deposit
Bank, with liaiti►itiea for £260,000. The under
taking was established in 1855 to employ money it,
loans on real estate, and the improvement of free-
hold property.

The letters from St. Petersburg to-day state that
the weather had become very cold, and that the
navigation was interrupted.
Accounts have been received of the opening of
the Eastern Bengal Railway from Calcutta to
Rhanaghat, a distance of 45 miles. The remaining
65 miles of the line were expected to be completed
by the Ist of the present month.

AUSTRALIAN EXPLORATIONS.—At the opening
meeting of the Royal Geographical Society, on Monday, the
10th inst., Sir R. Murchison in the chair, the latest ex
plorations in Australia, under Landsborough, Walker,
M'Kinlay, Howitt, &c., will be read.
NEW BLEACHING ACT.—On the Ist of January
women and children are not to be employed in bleaching
factories during the night, that is from. eight o'clock in the
evening to six o'clock in the morning.
CASE OF MRS. M.'LACHLAN.—It was rumoured
in town yesterday that Mrs. M'Lachlan will be liberated
by the Home Secretary in the course of a week or so. No
official intelligence has yet been received on the subject.—
North British Mail.
INDICATION OF A SEVERE WINTER.--ithin
few days past two flights of wild geese have passedW
over this
town from a north-easterly direction, and towards the
marshes in this neighbourhood, where they are likely to
sojourn until the spring. The early coming of these birds
is understood to indicate a severe winter.—Down Recorder.
VENUS PRESERVED.—Sorne I,,dies were decrying
Mr. Gibson's Tinted Venus, when an old maid exclaimed
pityingly, "Poor creature I if she is stinted, why doesn't
she wear a crinoline ?"--Puneh.
THE MARQUIS OF BREADALBANE.—The telegram
received yesterday from Lucerne represents the Marquis of
Breadalbane to be in the same weak cendition.
GARIBALDI AND THE LONDON TRADES.—A gene-
ral meeting of the trades delegates and others forming the
Trades Garibaldian Demonstration Committee was held
last evening at 2. Bouverie-street, Fleet-street. There was
a large attendance, comprising representa.ires and members
of the principal trades in the metropolis. Mr. Burgess,
jun , occupied the chair. A letter was read from Mr.
Richardson, the Secretary of the City committee, express-
ing the pleasure he felt at hearing of the formation of the
Trades Committee, and supporting joint action. Garibaldi
would arrive in London early in Mart.h, before which timee
it was hoped all the arrangements would be complete.
delegates reported that the various societies were P
would
be question very enthusiastically, and that the
to the
and creditablen_
„t• the
be a demonstration worthy of the man,
operatives of this country. Deputations from Y
might
provinces
principal trades and trade councils in
Garibaldi
ported that no reply had yet been received d
be expected to attend upon the °coast°
trades, but it was
to the address sent to him by the Londonbeea
_ppomted to
also
expected daily. Deputations having
Sent delegate:,
1 associe •
upon those trades who have not yeto
the
large
frietnofythe
upon the executive cummittefoers
the
carrying ou
strictly
of and several resolutions e
ating, which was
enet.hivealhforrret secretary re-
ob-
ject having been adopted,
etilai ""'
At the Wandsworth
IHE DEERFOOT CrAnSing
judgment was given for
County Court this
sued
George Martin, the originator
of a business character, then
tA, for which
bee
of the travelling troupes, in which
J.nd propriet" °f onßrighton, and others, have been en-
gaged. Jackson,
fully reported, when the case was
a The facts were
gage-.
d on the' 23d ult.
ga:ljourned.
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