The Sun.
London, England, 1865-01-10 00:00:00

THE ROBBERY ON THE SOUTH WESTERN RAILWAY.

The man Fuller, who was convicted yesterday of rob-
bing the South Western Company, his employers, was
brought up and sentenced to five years' penal servitude.

NEW COURT.
STABBING BY ITALIANS.

Montigni Alexander, an Italian, was indicted for stab-
bing George Smith, a seaman, with intent to do grievous
bodily harm.
From the evidence it appeared that the prisoner occu-
pied a room in a house situate in Shadwell, and that on the
18th of December the prosecutor, who was in a state of in-
toxication, with a woman entered the prisoner's apartment
by mistake. The prisoner thinking they had come to rob
the ;place, a scaffie ensued, but the prisoner, being the
weaker of the two, he drew out a knife and stabbed the

seaman.
In defence, the prisoner said he struck the blow in self-
defence, as he thought, and not with the intention set out
in the indictment.
The Common Sergeant, having commented upon the
evidence, and informed the jury the circumstances that
would justify the prisoner in using force to defend himself,
The jury found the prisoner guilty of unlawfully
wounding.
The Common Sergeant sentenced the prisoner to nine
months' imprisonment.
Another Italian, named Conceni, was indicted for stab-
bing Henry Davis, with intent to do him grievous bodily
harm.

This was a case which had arisen out of the disturbance
which had taken place in December last on Saffron-hill,
when the unfortunate man Harrington was killed. The
evidence showed that there had been a great disturbance
at the Golden Anchor, Saffron-hill, and that the prosecutor
and prisoner were amongst those present. The prisoner'
took part in the quarrel, and eventually ran away, when
Davis pursued him. On coming up to him he caught hold
of his coat, when the prisoner turned round and stabbed
him in the head.
In defence, the prisoner said he was the injured party,
and that he was very much ill-used by the costermongers.
The jury found the prisoner guilty of unlawfully wound-
ing.
The Common Sergeant sentenced him to nine months
imprisonment.

THE ITALIAN MINISTER OF COMMERCE, AND THE
UNITED STATES.—The following circular has been ad-
dressed by the Minister of Commerce to the Chambers of
Commerce and Arts of the kingdom of Italy, under date
December 26, 1864:—" Introduced by the necessity of war,
the paper money of the United States has undergone great
depreciation, through the excessive extension given to the
compulsory circulation. The prices of merchandise were
thereby subject to continual fluctuations corresponding with
the rise or fall of the premium on gold, which, rising last
spring to 285, caused the same, and even a greater, augmen-
tation in the prices of other objects. Tho immense profits
then made by merchants on goods which they already had
in stock, led them into new and large purchases, a wilder
sphere of business, and a more important sable of produc-
tion and exchange. Thb consumption considerably di-
minishing, however, through the exorbitant prices, and gold
falling in a few days from 285 to 180, by reason of the
strong expectation of peace, a commercial crisis very soon
took place the effects of which were felt all over Europe,
but especially in England, where the- relations with Ame-
rica are more extensive ; and where, consequently, the fever
for large importations into the United States was much
greater on account of the speedy advantages offered thereby.
The course of events not having subsequently responded
to the hopes of peace, the premium on gold rose to a higher
proportion, and will probably maintain the same rate,
with perhaps constant variations, until the war be termi-
nated, or the financial condition of the Government be
radically changed. Meanwhile business remains sus-
pended, and the panic has not yet disappeared, none
being able to foresee the future state of the market, so that
the commerce of the United States at the present moment
is entirely dependent upon fortune. The commercial rela-
tions of Italy with America are not at present such as to
cause these perturbations to be much felt ; nevertheless, I
have not deemed it useless to address the Chambers of
Commerce and Arts on the subject, in order that they may
apprise the mercantile community of the great circumspec-
tion necessary to be used by those who wish tq opeculatp
in the United States markets."