The Sun.
London, England, 1862-04-26 00:00:00

SITN,7 LONDON, SATURDAY EVENI APRIL 26. 1832.

BRITISH POSSESSIONS.

Closing,
Share Railways. Paid I Price. Business don,-
100 Atlantic &St Lawrence all 65 f 8
stk c Bom.,Baroda&.Cent Ind
100 1014 1024 102 11 24
( Gu. 5 per cent.. ..
205 Buffalo and Laze Huron all el 61.1 64 4
204 Do. New
10 Do. Preference
100 c Buffalo, Brant,&Godrich
(I 6 p. ct. bds. Aug. 1, 1872 100 83 86
100 Do. do. July 1, 1873 100 82 85
100 ;Do. do. June 1, 1874 100 81 84
5 ,Clcutta.&S.Eastn. (1.1.• ' 5 r
20 I ICapeTown & Dock Scrii 181 5 1. 1 p
174 IDemerara.. ..... , all
stock Eastn. Bengal bp. c 100 1014 1024 102
stock East Indian, gu. sp. c. 100 10±4 .1* 1034
20 Do. do. G Ext.. all 4 5
stock Grand Trunk of Canada 100 234 241 214 34
100 Do. 6 per cent. Pref all 70 74
100 Do. 2d Pref. 6 per ct all 61 63
100 Do. 6 per ct. Debentr all 90 45 40 1
100 Do. 7 per cent. 1862 .. all 45 43
100 Do. do. 1867.. all 37 10
100 Do. do. 1872.. all 35 40
stock GtlndiaPenin.gua.sp.c. 100 1011 1024 1014 2
20 Do. New gua. sp. 0... 12 pr 4 p
stock Gt. South.of In dia (Lim'
guaranteed 5 per cent. 100 101 102
204 Gt. W. of Canada ShareF all 121 12/ 124
204 Do. New . 18 84 74
100 Do. 6 p.c. '73 witlet opt. all 102 104
100 Do. 54 p. c. do. '77 d 0... all 93 115
100 Do. 1878. all 93 95
stock Madras guar., 5p.0. .. 100 1014 1024
stock Do. 4/ p. c. Extension 100 94 96
stock Do. 41 d 0......... 100 91 93-
stock Mclb.Corp. 6p. e. Bnds. 100
20 Newßrunswick & Candu
Ry.&Land(Lim.)g.6pc an 5 7
Class A. Capital Share
.. Do. do. Land do.. ....
20 Do. do. B Capital d 0... all 4 6
Do. do. Land do. ...... ^
s toes Scinde .......... ii,..; 100 103 104
20 Do. Punjaub .... L. 3 g.' 15 4 I P
ZO Do. Do. ....... a c all 204 201
1
stock Do. Indus:St Flo. gid 100 49 100
10 Trinidad (Lim.) Scrip.. 1 I li.
FOREIGN RAILWAYS
20 Algerian 5
10 Antwerp & Rotterdam all 7 74 74
20 Ardennes.. .......
20 Bah.&S.Fran..Lim.7 p.c 164 1 14 171 5
5 Belgian East. Junction alp 4 14 1
Carmeaux Mine & Rail 3C 11 12
100 Copiapo
10 Ditto Extension
20 Dutch Rhenish
20 Eastern of France ..., all z 3 14
20 Grand Itus Guar. 6p. c. al! --
20 Gt. Luxem., Con. sirs—. all 144 154 15 415 4 .
20 Italian Junction
20 Lyons & Geneva
20 Samar & Liege
20 Do. 6p. o. Pref all 20 21
16 Northern of France all 41 42
16 Do. New Shares ...... 15
10 Norwegian Trunk Pref all 8 10
20 Ot'mn(Smyrna to Aidn) 13 71 61
20 Paris,Lyons, & Mediter. all 491 (5
20 Paris & 0r1ean5........ all 50 62
20 I Recite & S. Fran. (Fern.) '
gua. 7p. et. lira .... 19 4 3 d 154
20 Riga & Dunaburg...... all
20 Royal Dani5h.......... all 13 15
5 Royal Swedish ...... . all
4 Do. 7 per cent. Pref.... all
20 Sambre & Meuse .
10 Do. 55 per cent. Pref all 91 92 1
20 San Paulo, lim, g•. 7 p.c 8 1 ;pmBl 5 II ,
20 S.Aust. &Lomb Venetin 18 3 34p 21 20/
20 S. East Portugal 7 p ct. 7 --
20 Southern of France all 314 324 1
8/ West Prandero
10 Do. 5/ pe. Preference all 104 104
20 W. & N.W. of France .. all 21 22

PREFERENCE SHARES
Dividends contingent on the Profits

AND STOCKS.
of each separate Year.

st *Caledon. £lO Gua. Stk 160
20 Cornwallqp.c. ga.perp all
st *E. Anglian, Clsß, a p.c. 100
st * Do. ClsC, 7 p.c. 100
st Edin,Prth,&D'dee,4p.c. 100
st Lond'n, Brig'tn, er,c.,4i
per cent. 1858 100
Do. do. 4 per ct. 1800 100
Do. do. 4i per ct. 1861 100
Do. do,. 4 per ct. 1861 31

10 Lon. & Chat'in, Metrop.
Ext. B, 6 p.c .. 74
st Lon. &S.Wcstern 44 p.c. 103
I 0 North British £lO Gua. s all

Shares, 1861
st *ScottishCentral4l p.c lOO
irred. pr0f........
10 S.-Eastern 41 p.c. 1859 all
10 Do. 5 p.c. June ►B6l (rd.) 5
10 Do. 5 p.c. Aug:. 1861 (rd.) 3)
* Failure of lull dividends in any
made good out of the profits of any

102 104

80 82

103 105
92 95
103 105

102 103

year not to be
t half year.

LAW-THIS DAY.

COURT OF PROBATE.
(Before tho Judge Ordinary and a Special Jury.)
EMETHUINT V. TOMLINS AND BANKES.-THE 'WILL OF

me, so I could form no opinion of her mental state. All she
ever said to me was occasionally "Yes" or "No." I always
obtained the nature of her symptoms from Smethurst,
Antimony would most certainly be an improper medicine
to administer to her for what I saw. I most certainly did
not prescribe antimony. It has a very depressing effect on
the constitution.

Cross• examined by Dr. Phillimore—l often pres'.‘ribe
antimony for patients under certain circumstances. I dont
know anything about the great mistake that was made in
the analysis of the evacuation I sent to Dr. Taylor. I was
a witness at the former trial of Dr. Smethurst. Mr. Bird
went to Australia- in November last. I don't know that
Miss Louise Bankes cm in the house. The look of terror
is no.; unusual in persons suffering as Miss Bankes was. •

By the Judge—It was not a look of anxiety, it was a great-
deal more than that.

Dr. Alfred Taylor said a portion cf an evacuation was
put into my hands by Dr. Julius. There were two bottles.
I analysed them. I found in one, arsenic, blood, and
mucus, and in the other, bilious matter only. I afterwards
received portions of the intestines from Mr. Barwell, who
conducted the post mortem. I discovered antimony in
them. Antimony has a very lowering effect.
Cross-examined by Dr. Phillimore—Antimcny is occa-
sionally given to patients, but not in diarrhoea. It is given
under certain circumstances in fevers and also in colds. I
made no mistake in the analysis of the evacuation. I say to
this hour I made no mistake in the first bottle I submitted
to analysis. The mistake was made in a bottle which con-
tained medicine, numbered 133. A copper which I used
being dipped into the medicine, a salt in the bottle set free
the arsenic in the copper gauge. This was a new fact in
chemistry up to that time.
Mr. Robinson—l am the solicitor conducting the suit for
Dr. Smethurst. I also conducted his case when he was
indicted for bigamy. I have the brief I prepared in my
hand.

The, brief was here handed to his lordship.
Mr. William Campbell Sleigh—l conducted the defence
of Dr. Smethurst for bigamy. Beyond all doubt I received
other instructions than those contained in my brief. After
reading the brief I thought it would be desirable to plead
guilty. A consultation on the night previous to the trial
took place at my house, at which my junior, Mr. Salter,
Mr. Robinson, the solicitor, and other persons were present.
Dr. Sniethurst certainly was not there. I should not have
had him in any house. It was from what was disclosed to
me at the consultation that I altered my opinion, and that
I was induced to raise the defence I did. With the respect
to the allegation that Smethurst had written some notes to
me during the trial as far as I can reeollect nothing of the
kind took place had it been so I should have thought it
would have been my duty as a counsel to have thrown up
my brief.

There was some attempt at applause in court, but it was
instantly suppressed.
This concluded the evidence.

Mr. Sergeant Ballantine the proceeded to reply on the
part of the defence.

Dr. Phillimore adireasod the jury for the plaintiff.
The summing up the evidence by the learned judge fol-
lowed.

The jury had not returned their verdict when we went
o press.

POLICE---THIS DAY.

MARLBOROUGH .STREET.

SINGULAR APPLICATION.—SHOOTING A CAT.—A re-
spectable looking female applied to Mr. Knox for his advice
under the following circumstances :

The applicant said she asked to know whether a person
could shoot cats ?

Mr. Knox said it was clear if a cat was caught in a trap
set to catch birds she could have no remedy.
The applicant said the person had shot two cats before.
She was aware that she could not claim anything as

damage.
Mr. Knox asked her where the pers n was standing, and
the applicant said at a back window, and that the place was
not a thoroughfare but a back yard.

Mr. Knox told the applicant to call again and he would
see what could be done, and this morning she did so, when
Mr. Knox said he had considered the case since she was a
the court on the former occasion, and he thought if the
person shot the cat dead it would not came within the act
for the prevention of cruelty to animals.
The applicant said the person fired at the cat twice, and
the second time the whole charge went into its body.
Mr. Knox said he did not think it could be considered as
an act of cruelty.
The applicant said some glass was broken.

Mr. Knox said if the person whose glass wag broken
came forward he could interfere. The applicant would
have a remedy if there was any commercial value in the
cat, and she could then sue him. If it was a dog, she could
put some value on it, but he did not think she could on a
stray cat.

The applicant said the person might have shot a child.
Mr. Knox said there was such a place as Newgate for
that. Tho Highway Act said—" Any person who shall
wantonly fire a gun within fifty feet of the centre of the
carriage way."

Sergeant Franklin, G Division, said he measured the
distance, but not to the coLtre of the carriage way.
Mr. Knox said he was afraid, after what the Sergeant
had stated, that it would not be within the fifty feet cf the

centre of the carriaga_uoix---T--......LAy ^.11,r1 the
Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, and if
they would like to t Ike the case up and fight it, he would
see what could be done.

The Sergeant said he would communicate with the so-
ciety, and the applicant retired.

THAMES.

VIOLENT ASSAULT ON A CHlLD.—Edward Brown, a
clog maker, of No. 218, High-street, Shadwell, was brought
before Mr. Woolrych, charged with assaulting Annie Willis,
a girl about 11 years of age.

It appeared that the prisoner had been quarrelling with
his wife in the street, and their brawls caused some boys to
assemble, who commenced laughing and shouting. The
wife followed her husband and commenced scolding him.
The urchins followed, and one of them threw a stone. The
prisoner then filled his pockets with stones and began pelt-
ing the boys. One of the stones thrown by the prisoner
struck the girl Willis on the forehead and inflicted a severe
wound, which was dressed by Dr. Rosa, of High-street,
Shadwell. There was a deep indentation on her forehead,
and she lost a good deal of blood.
Mr. Woolrych commented on the absurdity of the pri-
soner's conduct in making public his domestic brawls, :and
then indulging in the childish and mischievous practice of
throwing stones.

The prisoner said he had only a few Pieces of coke and
charcoal in his pocket, and he was pelted by a mob of dis-
orderly boys. He denied wounding the child.

Mr. Woolrych said several witnesses had sworn the pri-
soner had thrown the stone and wounded the girl. He re-
commended him to make compensation tc the parents of the
child, and on his refusal to do so, fined him £2 and 20s
costs, or 21 days' imprisonment.