The Sun.
London, England, 1862-10-28 00:00:00

PRICE OF GOLD

The o- -
a quotation of gold at Paris is about at par,
„114 the short exchange on London is 25.20 per £1 sterling.
17s. 101(1
c(Milparing these rates with the English Mint price of £3
. per ounce for standard gold, it appears that gold is
about,s 1-10th per cent. dear in London than in Paris.
157 advices from Hamburg the price of gold is 1251 per mark,
and the short exchange on London is 13. ti per £1 sterling.
andard gold at the Eng
About the game lish Mint price is, therefore, at
price London and Hamburg.

LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS.
Leasing Closing Business
Railways. I Paid. Co. s Price. Done.
-.-.....,
Bedford and Illetchleyi all Ln.&N.W - -
Birkenhead.. ...... 100 ;Do.&G.W 88 90
Buckingh •m<nre.... 100 [Do.
Chester & Holyhead.. 100 I Do.
Do. 51 per cent 100 i Do.
Do. 5 I Do.
IDyko ,
N" II; 1
Clydesdale Junction 100 Cledon lO3 105
Colchester, Stour Val. 100 E.U.&G.141 67 69
E. Lincolnsh. g apr e. 100 Gt.Nerth. 136 138
01s.liarr.&Neils.Drct. 100 ,Cledo . - -
lalolooll Gt.E t , _
Glos ter & Dean Fores all IGt. West.: - - Gt.Ea -tn. Newmarket
c 100 IDo. a 8
n.
- • -
DM9I; NI
callV3: and°dijs .percent.....,
lragrw . Selby.EehL . *** ******
-10 1-12
Lancaster & Carlisle 100 Ln:&N. W 198 201 1 SO
Lon. and Chat. Ext. B
6 per cent
Do. Bromley, 6 per c. all Do. .........
DlNew ShlB6l, 41p.c. all Do ..... ... ii 24
Do.WI). Ext. A, 41 pc. all Do. .... ... 81- 11
London & Greenwie 100 S. Eastern 64 66
Do. Preferen ,
L',n.."l'ilh.&S.:ltitend` 100 reto & Co. 87 act
Lnd'dr. &Ennis. orig.! 100 - -
Do. A 100 Irish N. - _
Do. B, 100 Western. -
Do. C 100 - -
Lolvestoftgua. 4pc lOO Norfolk .. .. ..
Do n per cens
3lnc.,Extn.,&Matlocki all LNW& 31 44}
Mid. Bradford Prefer-'
enee stock
100 Nlidland 96 98 97 4
Nor.Dev.Rail & Dock. 100 1,.&5.W. - -
Do A stock lOO from Ist - -
Do B stock - -
Northm&Eantn. sp. c all Gt. Eastu 66 56
Do. 6 per cent.
N. Eastr -Hartlepool 100 N. ic4. per .. .. i
North Western
Not. Gran. Rl. & Cl. 100 Gt. North. 954 964 05
Preston and Wyre. 1 all iL&N.W
sz L. yk. 1 44 46
Do.. shares A. all i Do. ••• • .. .. . •
Roystn.Hitch.&Shep. 100 !Gt.North. 136 138
Shrewsby & Hereford 100 1,. &'N.W.. 136 137
Do. Do.
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South Staffordshire lOO jLn r&N.II - -
West London, Cla A c all yZIT.I.,n.Ex - -
Do
Wilts and Sr- do B -411 Ln&N.W. - -
Do do iL ( all !&, tit.Wst. - -
L &Br7t-DI Si fib' - dn & Croydon! all ! • .. _
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TOCKS
Whop-. „nerset ; 100 I Gt. West., 92 94
PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCKS
1 Dividends contingent on the Profits of each Separate Yea

:ND STOCKS
if each separate Year.

102 101
106 10S

et l*Caleden. £lO Gus. Stlil 100
6t IGt Eastern 5
10 'Rent Coast, 6 p.ct. pt. B, 2i
Kt Lon.dc iikwalt44 p. %sic, ; 100
6i Do. do. .1i do. shares i all
st Lond'n, Brig'tn, ADC., 4i
P. C. pret.l 100
et per cent. ........ 1858' 100
•
Do. do.
1 per ct. 1860, 100
Do. do. 40 per et. 18011 100
st Ln.et.t 'atc. 6p.e.2d pr. 100
5 Do. do. 4i per et. 18611 31
c.t Lon. &S.Western 4CP.°ol,
10 Do, bletroo.Extll,6 - all
100
10 North British 4.10
Shares, 1861.
. all
st *szottisheentral44 p 4":1
st Dolid,Prth,&ls'.ee,4-pc: 100
.c.l
irred. pret.... ... . . .. 1 _
10 S.-Eastern 44 p.c. 1859. ioo _
all 94 10 f
10 I D 0.5 p.c. June 1861 (rd.) all z* .„m'
10 .D 0.5 p.c. Aug. 1861 (rd.). all I n' mi
20 Vale of Neath ....... I all 201 21 * Failure of full dividends in any given half-
MO goigi out of the profits of ozy publeaueni

101 102
C 6
103 105
92 26
103 105

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83 85
to i 10i
103 105

83 85

year not to be
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CRIMINAL COURT---THIS DAY

OLD COURT.
(Before the Recorder.)
Ann Allman was indicted for assaulting Ann Eldridge.
The case presented no feature of interest to the public.
The Recorder sentenced her to six months' imprison-
ment.

BIGAMY.
James Charles Camplin was indicted for feloniously in-
termarrying, his first wife.-being still alive.
The first marriage of the defendant had been an unfor-
tunate one, and some time ago in consequence of the con-
duct of his first wife a separation took place, and even-
tually he became acquainted with the young woman
whom he married.
Both marriages having been proved the jury returned a
verdict of guilty.
The Recorder sentenced him to six months' imprisonment.

Leopold Shocke was indicted for feloniously uttering a
forged receipt for 640 yards of Scotch tweeds, with intent to
defraud Thompson, Richardson, and others.
The prosecution broke down and a verdict of not guilty
was returned.

Frederick Godwin was indicted for steaing 1,200 yards
of silk value £l5l, and Joseph Burgoyne was indicted for
feloniously receiving the same, well knowing it to be
stolen.

Both prisoners pleaded guilty.
The Recorder sentenced Godwin to three years' penal
servitude, and Burgoyne to nine months' imprisonment.

NEW COURT.
(Before the Common Sergeant.)
RICK BURNING.
Frederick Lem!lle was indicted for feloniously setting
fire to a rick of hay, the property of Charles Murray.
The Common Sergeant, in passing sentence, said any-
thing more ridiculous than the defeace of the prisoner, viz.,
that he was induced to fire the rick through distress and
hunger, he could not imagine. It was impossible that any
of the wants of the prisoner could have been satisfied by the
wilful destruction of the property of a person with whom
he had not the slightest knowledge. The Court had the
power of awarding a very severe sentence,viz., 14 years penal
servitude. He would not go that length in the present
case, but, under all the circumstances, he should not feel
justified in passing a less punishment than eighteen months'
imprisonment with hard labour.

Two lads, named Charles Ellis and John Wilson, pleaded
guilty to a similar offence.

The Common Sergeant sentenced them each to eighteen
months' imprisonment with hard labour.

NE TV LAW ON MILITARY OFFENDERS.

Among the acts of Parliament passed in the late session
was one for the more speedy trial of homicides committed
by persons subject to the Mutiny Act, on persons under the
same law. It will be recollected that some fearful crimes
were committed by soldiers on their officers ; and the object
of the law is to bring speedily to justice persons guilty of
murder or manslaughter, committed under similar circum-
stances.

The act declares that the offences mentioned shall be in-
quired into with all convenent speed, and that the inquiry
trial, and punishment, in certain cases, be more speedy
than the usual course of practice ; and it further declares
that it would contribute to the more speedy punishment of
persons guilty, and to the maintenance of good order and
military discipline if, when charged with murder or man •
slaughter committed in England and Wales, and out of the
jurisdiction of the Central Criminal Court, such persons
were rendered liaVe to be indicted, and tried at the Central
Criminal Court, and if when charged with murder or man-
slaughter, committed in Ireland and elsewhere than in the
county or city of Dublin, they were rendered liable to be
tried in that capital.
Fortunately no case has occurred since the act was passed
to put it in motion, but it is provided that when a person
of the above description mentioned is charged with the
murder or, manslaughter of another under the same law,
the Secretary at War may apply for, and a judge of the
Court of the Queen's Bench may order, the accused tube tried
at the Central Criminal Court. Upoß such order being
made the prisoner is to be removed to Newgate, and for an
offence in Ireland to Richmond Bridewell, in Dublin. Any
person when convicted may be sentenced to be punished
either in the county where the offence was committed, or
within the jurisdiction of the court by which he is tried.

Further, the act provides for the payment of expenses to
be incurred, and also of the prisoner's witnesses. The last-
mentioned section states that whenever any prisoner is tried
at any court under the act, the judges of the court may
order the payment of the expenses of the witnesses on the
part of the defence, and the Comm'ssioners of the Treasury
are to pay the sum ordered out of the law charges. Her
Majesty in Council may make orders to carry out the act;
and perhaps some means will be adopted to prevent parties
charged with cffences suffering by removal under the act
as to the expenses.

The cases which occurred before the passing of the pre-
sent act were of soldiers shooting their officers; and the
offenders being kept some time in prison before they could
be tried on the Circuit, the Government considered that
such offences should be speedily tried, and the offenders
punished without delay. Hence the new law, and it is to
be hoped that a long time may elapse before it will be neces-
sary to enforce its provisions. But a knowledge of the new
law is necessary, and both officers and soldiers in the army
should bo informed that for either murder or manslaughter
an offender can now be speedily brought to trial, and, if
convicted, suffer the deserved punishment without delay.

RESULTS OF THE AUSTRALIAN EXPLO-

.R. 21216;:

POLICE-THIS DAY.

MARLBOROUGH-STREET,

-
There are now four distinct routes laid down upon the
map of Australia as those which have been wholly or in
part explored. The route of the Burke and Wilis' expe-
dition is the most westerly one, and is almost identical with
the 141st meridian of longitude. Landsborough's route is
somewhat less .than half a degree more easterly. The line
which marks Walker's journey is still more easterly; and
we have then Leichardt's route up the Bardekin, after-
wards re-traversed by Gregory, and along which---as far, at
least, as the bead of the Burdekin, pastoral occupation has
already extended. These routes radiate from a common
point and range between a line drawn south from the head
of the Gulf, and another drawn in a south-easterly direc-
tion, and within these are included the country which has
been the subject of the north-eastern exploration. The whole
of the eastern half of the great island continent may now
be said to be explored. There are, of course, some minor
geographical details to be filled in, but they partake more of
the character of surveys than explorations. To the west of
the line, formed by Landsborough's route, there still lies the
western half of the continent, and over that area, about
one-third of the size of Europe, is a vast field of discovery.
Stuart has journeyed over that small portion which is
marked as lying between Adelaide awl the Victoria River,
but there is still a western world to explore and the un-
known country which lies between Spencer's Gulf and the
Exmouth Gulf, at the north-west extremity. It is idle to
speculate upon the character of the country, but it is by no
means improbable that the travels over this vast area may
result in showing that Western Australia is not bounded on
its north by dreary desert, and that the western and north-
western shores may yet be destined to witness a prosperity
great as that which seems in store for the opposite tide of
Australia. It is now clear beyond dispute that the eastern
half of Australia is capable of being turned to account for
pastoral purposes. The count!), may not be the rich pasture
lands that we are accustomed to see in the highly cultivated
districts of England,"and residents in Australia tell of the
arid and parched appearance which the lands already under
pasture present to those accustomed to look on the verdure
of English lands. But the stock thrive well on what, ac-
cording to an English grazier's notion, would be insuffi-
cient to support animal life.—Australian and New Zealand
Gazette.

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MURDEROUS ASSAULT THROUGH JEALOUSY.—CharIes
Rummell, a respectable-looking young man, a tailor, re-
siding at 69, Berwick-street, was charged, before Mr.
Tyrwhitt, with the following violent assault on Jonas Nord,
a foreign tailor, residing at 15, King-street, Soho.
The prisoner's wife, a rather good-looking young
woman, was in court.

The complainant, whose head was bandaged, said—One
day last week I emFloyed a young woman to work for me.
She did not come the next day, but on Saturday came for
her day's pay. Yesterday morning I met her out, and she
asked me how business was. Last night I went to her
house, 69, Berwick-sreet, to tell her whether I wanted her
or not, and when [she came down she asked me to step up.
I went upstairs. I sat down and she said she had been out
that day and earned a shilling. The prisoner directly after
came in and said something to the female, and asked what
business I had, and then stooped down, I then felt some-
thing on my head and found that I was dreadfully cut.
My head bled dreadfully, and the blood poured down like
water.

Mr. Tyrwhitt —How did you get the cuts on your head ?
Complainant—He did it with the chamber and cut my
head. Some of the pieces broke in my head and were taken
out last night. The room was, directly after I was struck,
put in darkness. I scrambled down to the street, and there
found that I was drenched in blood.

Mr. Tyrwhitt —Did he say anything about your being
there ?

Complainant—He asked what my business was. The
young woman did not say anything. Prisoner threw the
article at me, and then the light went out.
The following certificate was handed to Mr. Tyrwhitt :
" This is to certify that Jonas Nord has received several
severe incised wounds on his temple and forehead, and they
may be attended with danger.

" JOHN OSCAR, Surgeon, 4, Tyler-street."
Prisoner to complainant—Were you not at my house on
Sunday night week ?

Complainant—Yes, but I did not go upstairs.
Prisoner—Did I not tell you not to come to my house
again ?

Complainant—l did not see you.
Prisoner—When you came and asked for the young
woman, did I not tell you that she was my wife ?
Mr. Tyrwhitt (to complainant)—Why did you go there
at all ?

Prisoner—Why could he not have told her about business
when he met her ? _ _

Complainant—She made an appointment for me to come
to the house.

Prisoner—You came with a bad intention. You sat by
my fire, and I certainly did make a blow at you. I could
not help doing it.
Davidson, 301 A, said—The complainant came to the
station covered with blood, and by direction of Inspector
Bowler I went to 69, Berwick-street, and took the prisoner
into custody. I asked the prisoner why he assaulted the
man, and he said, " What business has he with my wife.
If he comes again, I'll serve him the same." The wife was
not then present.
Mr. Tyrwhitt—Prisoner, you were rather hasty. The
man is a foreigner, and there might have been nothing in
his going to your house whatever. I must remand you for
a week, but I will take one bail in £l5 for your appearance.