The Sun.
London, England, 1862-01-07 00:00:00

ROBBERY BY AN ARTILLERYMAN.

James Morrison, a private in the Royal Artillery, at
Woolwich, was indicted for stealing a quantity of buff lea-
ther from the store of Sergeant Morris, in charge of the
collar-makers' shop, Woolwich.

The prisoner, it appeared, was employed in the saddlery
department, and the leather in question was offered for sale.
It was purchased, the police were communicated with, and
the prisoner was apprehended in London, and charged with
stealing the leather.
The jury found the prisoner guilty, and the Recorder
sentenced him to six months' imprisonment with hard
labour.

NEW COURT.
(Before the Common Sergeant.)

The Court was occupied the whole of the morning in
hearing Mint prosecutions, none of which possessed the
slightest interest.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—(This Day.

THAMES.

CHARGE OF WILFUL MURDER.—SamueI Howard, a
bricklayer's labourer, about 35 years of age, was brought
before Mr. Woolrych, charged with the wilful murder of a
woman named Sarah Smith, better known as Howard,
with whom he cohabited.
A coroner's inquest was commenced on the body of the
deceased yesterday (Monday) evening before Mr. Walthew,
deputy-coroner, and adjourned for:a week.
The prisoner and the deceased had been cohabiting to-
gether for upwards of 14 years. The prisoner was reputed
to be a very sober and industrious man. The deceased
was addicted to drinking, and of irregular habits., On Wed-
nesday night last the prisoner came home at 10 o'clock, after
being hard at work in Bermondsey two days and one
night in the demolition of some old buildings.
There were :no preparations made for his supper, and
no fire in his dwelling to cheer him. A quarrel ensued
between the wretched couple, and the prisoner beat the
woman in a dreadful manner, and killed her. Other people
in the house heard the quarrel and the sound of blows, and
also heard her fall. There was a stillness afterwards, and
the prisoner left the house, went to a public-house in Old
Gravel-lane, St. George•in-the-East, and, after partaking
of some refreshment there, returned to his house and went
to bed. There was no doubt the unfortunate woman
was dead before the prisoner• went out the first time ; but the
prisoner took no heed of this, slept all night with the dead
body in the room, and at five o'clock the next morning
he called in the police and stated to Police Sergeant Cox,
45 S, that he had knocked down the deceased with either a
bellows or a stool, and then he got a table and knocked her
about with it several times, and then kicked her. He laid
down a little while, then go; up, felt her, and found her
dead.
Mr. J. B. Ross, jun., surgeon and apothecary, and divi-
sional surgeon of police, said he examined the body of the
deceased. He found marks of violence on the head as if
done by a blow or fall, and a bruise on the leg. On a post-
mortem examination he ascertained there was conges'ion of
the brain. The cause of death was disease of the heart, ac-
celerated by the violence used.
Mr. Woolrych remanded the prisoner for a week.

The Calcutta, China; and Australian mails have
reached Alexandria, and are expected in London about the
leth inst.

This Day,
i etween 8 and B. E. M. D. F. C. LS.
9 a.m.
-- ,- - -.-- -- -
Nairn 29'93 35 I 34 W.S.W. 4 3 C. 6
Aberdeen 2918 35 34 W 3 9 0. 2
Leith. 30.03 37 35 NW. 1 3 C. 1
Berwick ' 29*95 39 36 W. 2 9 o. 3
Ardrossan 130•09 36 31 S.S.E. 2 5 14f. 2
Portrush • • ' 30.97 41 43 S.W. 3 4 o. 2
I
Shields 30'05 36 31 N.W. 3 3 o. 5
Galway ' 30.15 38 37 S. 0 9 m I
Searborongh 3o'oo 38 36 N N.W. 4 8 0. 4
Liverpool ' 30•09 89 36 S. 1 9
b. 2
1
Valentia. 3OlB 40 39 0 2
Queenstown i 3017 41 49 N. P. 2 0 0. 1
Yarmouth , 29'99 36 35 N.N.W. 4 8 s. 9
London 30*09 35 33 N.W. 2 9 f. 0
Dover 30'06 37 34 N. 4 6 c. 2
Portsmouth
Portland
Plymouth
Penzance
EXPLANATION.—B. Barometer, corrected and reduced
to 32 deg at mean sea level ; each 10 feet of vertical rise
causing about 1-100th of an inch diminution, and each 10
dog above 32 deg causing nearly 3-100ths increase. E.
Exposed thermometer in shade. M. Moistened bulb (for
evaporation and dew-point). D. Direction of wind (true—
not magnetic). F. Force (1 to 12—estimated). C. Cloud
(1 to 9). I. Initials:—b., blue sky; c., clouds (detached);
f., fog ; h., hail; 1., lightning ; m., misty (hazy) ; 0., over-
cast (dull) ; r., rain ; s., snow ; t., thunder. S. Sea dis-
turbance (1 to 9).

RACING FIXTURES FOR 1862.

FEBRUARY.

.. 25
Lincoln

MARCH.
Nottingham S
Derby Spring 6 Shrewsbury S .. 27

* Has been only one year and a half at the College.
f Has been but one year at the College.

BULLION AT THE BANK OF FRANCE.—The finan-
cial advises from Paris state that the bullion at the Bank
of France has increased £240,000 since the last published
statement, and that the commercial payments at the end of
the year were, on the average, fairly made. The Bank of
France discounted in the last two days £2,120,600. The
rate of discount out of doors is 41 per cent. for first-rate
paper, but the smaller trades find it difficult to obtain money
at from 6to 7 per cent. On the Bourse the average rate of
continuation is, exclusive of brokerage, 4 per cent, per
annum, although on some securities, particularly foreign
shares, including brokerage, the borrower pays between 6
and 7 per cent. The amount required by th 9 French rail-
way companies for the year 1862 is from £14,000,000 to
£16,000,000, being rather less than the sum raised last year
The total required to finish all the lines con-
ceded up to the present moment amounts to
about three milliards of francs. It is hoped that the
Government will see the necessity of spreading this over
at least 10 years. It is difficult to specify the sum required
during the present year for continuing public works and
buildings in Paris ; but certainly £2,000,000 is within the
mark. Foreign railways conceded to French companies will
require this year at least £10,000,000. The Italian Loan.
which was principally subscribed in Paris, will also absorb
£10,000,000. Estimating together with these sums the de-
ficiencies of the State, it is seen that the engagements for 1862
are heavy. " Nevertheless," it is observed, "they are
smaller than for the past years, and by no means alarming,
should the political state of the country be satisfactoiy.
These engagements are in themselves, to a certain extent, a
guarantee of peace, for any appearance even of a chance of
war would be the destruction of public credit." Com-
mercial affairs are admitted to be in a very bad state. Busi-
ness is much reduced, profits are small, and discounts diffi-
cult for manufacturers and merchants. The constant ab-
sorption of money by the Government and the railway
companies at high rates tends naturally to deprive the com-
mercial classes of all resources.":it from 5 t
t isevidento 6 perthata nseleontg.,
as money can be placed in Government securities, or secu-
rities guaranteed by Government
commerce cannot borrow at less than 7 or 8." The wes-
tern provinces of France have suffered greatly, and there
have been many failures in Caen and other cities of Nor-
mandy and Brittany. Havre and Marseilles, owing to the
large trade in corn and rise in cotton, have been more for-
tunate. Paris, Lyons, Rheims, Tourcoing, and Roubaix
have felt severely the cessation of trade with America. The
exports to America for the first 10 months of 1859, 1860
and 1861 were as follows :-1859, 458,000.000 f. ; 1860'
412,000,000 f. ; 1861, 112,000,000. The importation of
English goods is gradually increasing. In iron it has aug-
mented nearly fourfold compared with last year. With re-
gard to corn and flour it is generally supposed that the pur-
chases already effected cover at least three- fourths of the
t deficiency, and nearly the whole of these are paid for,