The Sun.
London, England, 1840-01-08 00:00:00

TMB BONDI.

Consols, which left off yesterday at 92/ for the Ac-
count, opened rather lower this morning, and may be
quoted at 92 for the Account ; Money, 90i ex-
dividend ; Exchequer Bills, 2 4 prem. ; Bank Stock,
1781 ; India Stock, 250/ 251/ ex-dividend ; India
Bonds, 4 2 discount.

Hamburg, which is the chief exchange, was higher
yesterday ; that of Paris and Amsterdam does not
effect the exportation of gold.
In the Foreign Market Spanish Active left off yes-
terday 24 f, and this morning it opened lower at
24 ; Portuguse, at the closing price, 36} ; Three
per Cents. 24 25 ; Brazilian, 72f 73 ; Colombian,
24i 25 ; Mexican, 29/ 80e ; Dutch Two-and-a-Hall
per Cents., 52 -a ; Five per Cents., 991 ; Spanish De-
ferred, llf ; Passive, 6 1.
We have no accounts as yet of the overland express
from India, which is much looked for.

PRICES OF STOCKS THIS I)AY Al' ONE O'CLOCIt.
Brisk Stock l7Byi i India Stock
I par Cont. Red. ....... .....V1514% Ditto Bonds
B Pon Cent. Cons. w•-•% 1 sou Sea Stock
___
3:6 per Cent — Old Annuities
Ditto Red. NUL% % Now Ditto
New 3% per Con' si34 34 3 per Copt. Anituitie; 1751 ___
New 5 per Cent.
Bank LonsAnnuitiestoexpire . Ditto 500 ... 3 6 pm.
Jan 5, HIM i,114 1-16% Ditto Small ~. a 6 pm.
Oct. 10, 1859 —. Ditto Commercial —
Jan. 5, 1860. — Ditto Advertised ,
Jan. 5, 1860 — Bank Stock for Account ... ---
April 5, ISBO — Indira Stock for Account ...
Jan. 5.1870 — Consos tbr Ace0unt........ 92%;;,
PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O,CLOCK
Austrian Bonds — Peruvian Bonds 16M4
Belgian BOnds
Ditto Account — Portuguese Bonds
Brasilia n Bonds ... ....... .... Dit to Now Bonds ......
Ditto Account
Buenos Ayres Bonds ..... .... —! Ditto, 3 per Cent.
Ditto Account ......... .... Ditto Account
t‘. 24"“ 2,-:
2IN
Chili= Bond s • Prussilan Bonds ..., .........
.. _
Dstto A.c.so*. nt - Russian Bands, 1822
Coktrat t7.3:-.lds — . Ditto Account _
Ditto Accot nt
La arr r X 3:: (16,182.4
n Y.:O Act 2-.llt , Ai 78,2
Danish Licr d s _______—
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spr3Drliittitt:o.,Mßelkoetcrcialt.ltic.
t,',`;;
Ditto Atur nr
Greek Bonds. -- ' F.rpenecf'br,"4s 'pea cobra. —l. _,...
n 4..... IJ--'s, 1825. • _ --. 4 per cent. _IL —c.
__. _ ; ___--- 3_ OF cent. _t.—c,

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Mexicaut Bonds, 5 per Cent. ---- Exchange. ''''''
f. ...r:
Ditto Account ..—...., ..... . Dutch, `2,4 per cent 52%
4 Ditto Account
Ditto. 6 per Cent. ...... _
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110,4 Ditto Account —
' Ditto, 5 per cant `9M
Ditto Account
NeaPolitan ........ ................. --.
PRICES OF SHARD THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK.
Paid
_ . Per Share.

Ditto

10 18%
184 ?E,
Is 50
2:15i S
434

Groat Western Railway Company 65
Ditto New ......... •......• 20
Brighton ltailvrety 'lt)
Lennon and Birmingham 112ilnay Company... go
Ditto % Shares 5
141. 18s. 6d.
13
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Ayduositiraßliaailway C.o. rapa- sy .
COURSE OF EXCHANGE, YE.....E.RDAI,
Amsterdsm. ......... ...C.F. 1,2 Cii: Moran... ~.......,,............... 0
Ditto, at sight
Rotterdam-- ........... 2U l2 7 cent, .. ~,,,, ...,..:., ~
„':5.,t
Antwerp... •••••• ............. tte 6 • Marl .... •41,1•. ' ... 3i
Hamburg ....—. M.B. !:1 'ley, Venial.,
.4.ltona ..... ................... . 11.1 Pe i NIL plea
................ _
.1.,
Nri, 3 days' sight...—. 55 V) 1 ralerrno ~....,.....„,,:- 1:;,..,32. ....4
Ditto... .. .. 3 Ms. '..;5 75 1 Li,,,...,
.....
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54
Marseilles. .............. ...... tif: 75 j0rit0......................... ..... 5414
Bour,teaux ................... .1, fig Rio Jalleirr ,_,......, ....,., , ..t7
Frankfort on Mains, Et. M. 151 i.ati1..5........„,,,.............::: v,
L'etershaigh, ruble 3' Us. 37 auctios Apes ..., • • ..—.. -.
Berlin
ViLynna, effective ti... 3 51 lv 4; IThilanc,prita .........., ..... it,
l'rkste......ditto .ri • I` kIC'S Ur et.:,...1...it_ N. pe/.. CZ
Madrid ,
Cadiz le./.4 i br.,ign G 0..; ... tAis... z. s: t
Bilboa ....
Oarcelona. New Dr!lus •_. ... ~„ u 0 0
%vine 36 Silver ... Bars ............... 0 5 L.!4,
HALF-P.457' ONE.

The chief feature to notice is the Bank of England,
where a great bustle prevails ; crowds are flocking there
to receive their dividends, which are now paying.
To the present hour we continue without any in-
formation respecting the arrival of the Liverpool steamer
or the other packets from New York.
Consols, which were rather heavy in the early part
of the day, are at present better for Money. and may
be quoted 904 91, for the Account 921 ; Exchequer
Bills, 3 6 prem., improved ; India Bonds, 3 dis. ; Bank
Stock, 1781 ; India Stock, 251, cx. div.
In the Foreign Market the chief business doing was
in Portuguese and Spanish Stock, the former receded
to 85i at present 36 ; Spanish was done at 04-
since which it has improved to 24i ; Mexican, 304
Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents, 521 ; Five per
Cents, 99i ; Spanish Deferred, 11l
We are very dull in the City for want of intelligence.

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The Earl and Countess of Jersey gave a splendid
ball at Middleton Park, on Wednesday last, to a dis
ringuished party. The festivity of the evening wa
ptolonged until an eery hour in the succeeding morning
COURT MARTIAL.—A Court Martial was held

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in Ipswich Barracks on private George Brown, of the
oth Lancers, for desertion. He was foumd guilty and
sentenced to two months' imprisonment.
WALKING MATCH..—The match on Tuesday
drew such a concourse as has rarely been witnessed at
such a performance.
The match was one calculated to
try the speed and lasting powers of the men, and was
for 501. ; but, although the stakes were not so large as
have been known in pedestrian struggles, the sporting
interest was as considerable as though hundreds had
been the award of victory. The contest Wll5 half back-
wards in walking, half forwards, and the distance twenty
miles. At ten minutes past twelve, in the
presence of
some thousands, the two men came to the starting post,
nearly facing the Swiss Tavern, in the New Avenue-
road, St. John's Wood, and both looked confident of
success. Betting was 5 and
6 to 4 in favour of
Townshend, but there were
plenty of good sporting
men on the ground, who took the odds. The dis-
tance was done on a half-mile out and hal&mile in.
At the conclusion of the first mile it was difficult
to discern which had the lead. At the end of the
second mile Sutton had about 15 yards the lead.
and at the time two more had been accomplished he
increased it to about forty yards. The five miles for-
ward left Sutton eighty yards, or from that to one hun-
dred-yards, ahead.
They then went off for fire miles
backwards, and in the first of these three Sutton in-
creased the advantage ; but in the last Townshend
gained way considerably, and the eleventh mile, which
was the second straight forward, Sutton did not head
more than a hundred yards. These five miles brought
the men much nearer each other. The last five miles
were backwards, and at the conclusion of seventeen
miles it was anybody's tvager. Both men were drelplz
e
fully distressed. Sutton bed falleil twic froze weak-
nes9, and Townshend bad snarcely a leg to stand upon.
At the conclusion of the nineteenth mile Townshend
resigned, nature was exhausted, and the veteran was
almost carried from the ground. Sutton was then three
hundred yards ahead, and won with difficulty.
•

CIZEiIiNALc,uI;

OLD COURT.
(Before Mr. Baron GURNEY, Mr. Justice COLERIDGE,

and Mr. Justice ERSKINE.)
Three young men, named Brown, Graham, and Hol-
liday, were convicted of coining, and sentenced by Mr.
Baron GURNEY to fifteen years' transportation.
Julia Smith and Henry 11PCave were indicted for
having in their possession a mould for coining penny
pieces.

It appeared from the evidence for the prosecution
that the prisoners were living together as man and wife,
at No. 5, New-way, Westminster. In consequence of
a little boy named William APCave, the son of the pri-
cone:B, attempting to pass a counterfeit penny, the
lodgings of the prisoners were searched by a policeman
nv.med M'Elleny, and there he found tvro moulds for
coining penny pieces, and various counterfeit penny
pieces of lead or pewter, and also a quantity of blue
vitriol, or sulphate of copper, which being precipitated
upon the counterfeit pieces; gives them the appearance
of the genuine.

Smith in her defence said that she had obtained the
pieces of a boy, believing them to be genuine.
MiCave said that he had separated from the other
prisoner, with whom he had formerly cohabited, and
knew nothing of the transaction, although he was in the
habiting of visiting her.
In his defence he called a witness named Venables,
who stated he knew M'Cave, wly., had recently been re-
siding with his father. He further stated that when
the prisoner was first apprehended the policeman came
to the witness and asked him if he could give any evi-
dence against the prisoner, as if he could it would be
bet ter pay than for felony, as he would have five shil-
lings a day. The policeman asked him if he would not
stand something, and although he had very little money
he gave one policeman a quartern of gin, and the other
a pint of beer.

The policeman M'Elleny, being recalled, said, he did
not recollect saying anything about the five shillings, but
he would not swear that he had not. He admitted
having gone into a gin-shop and drank with the witness.
The prisoner M'Cave's father being called, said, that
his son at the time of this transaction, was living at
home with him.

Mr. JusticeC OLERIDGE, in summing up, commented
upon the manner in which M'Elleny had answered the
questions put to him by the prisoner M'Cave, and also
upon the fact of his having gone into a gin-shop to
drink with Venables, after having satisfied himself that
Venables's evidence would be of no importance. If the
Jury entertained any doubt as to the fact of M'Cave
being in occupation of the apartment at the time, they
would give him the benefit of it.
The Jury acquitted the prisoner M'Cave, and found
Julia Smith, Guilty.
Mr. Justice COLERIDGE sentenced her to two years'
imprisonment and hard labour in the House of Cor-
rection.

(Beforve Mr. Sergeant ARABIN,)
ROBBERY BY A SERVANT.—Anne Brown, aged 22,
was indicted for stealing four rings, one necklace, and
other articles, value 301., the property of James Holder,
her master.

The case having been proved, the Jury returned a
verdict of Guilty, and she was sentenced to be trans-
ported for fifteen years.
CUTTING AND MAIMING.—EIIen Johnson, aged 24,
was :indicted for feloniously cutting and wounding
Charles Kingsbury, with intent to do him some grievous
bodily harm. She pleaded Not Guilty.
Charles Kingsbury keeps a public-house in Kent-
street, Borough. On December 25, between eight and
nine in the evening, prisoner came into his house. She
was quarrelling with a man named Walker. Witness
separated them. She began quarrelling again, and wit-
ness put her out of the house. When he had carried
her outside the door she stabbed him in the arm. Wit-
ness had not struck her at all. He then gave her i❑
charge to a policeman.

Reuben Walker corroborated the prosecutor's testi
mony, and stated that he saw the prisoner draw a smal
penknife from her bosom while the prosecutor was eject
ing her from the taproom.

The policeman who took the prisoner into custody
produced the coat and shirt of the prosecutor, the sleeve
of which seemed saturated with blood.

The surgeon who attended the prosecutor described
the nature of the wound.

The prisoner, in her defence, said she was so tipsy she
had no recollection of what had occurred ; and she was
very sorry she should have injured the prosecutor.
Mr. Justice ERSKINE having gone through the evi-
dence, the Jury found the prisoner guilty of an assault.
Mr. Justice ERSKINE in passing sentence said, that
had the Jury convicted the prisoner of the more serious
offence laid to her charge he.should have felt it his
duty to sentence her to transportation, as the offence of
stabbing with sharp instruments was so much on the
increase in this country. As it was, he fait it his duty
to pass a severe sentence on her, as it was evident sho
had this instrument in her possession ready to stab be-
fore any provocation had been given her by the prose-
cutor. The sentence of the Court was that she be im-
prisoned in the House of Correction, and kept to hard
labour, for twelve calendar months.

NEW COURT.
(Before the COMMON SERJEANT.)
James Turner, an ex-policeman, lately acting in the
capacity of a broker's man, was indicted for stealing six
printed, hooks. a broach, and other trifling articles, the
property of John Bowes Iley. A broker, named Gingle,
was emplo)ed to levy a distress in the house of the pro-
secutor, and the prisoner was put in as his man. After
the distress was paid out the property named in the
indictment was missed. Information was given to the
former comrades of the prisoner, who went and searched
his rooms in Gingle's house, and the books, &c., were
there found. Verdict—Guilty.
The L3arned JUDGE said it was highly necessary that
those who were employed under the powers of the
lAw should be honest, and he found it to be his duty to
make an example of the prisoner. The sentence of the
Court was—That he be transported for the term of
seven years.

Elfiabetli Morgan and Ann Perry, were indicted for
stealing a tea-pot, a shift, a number of small pieces of
ribbon, and a few artificial flowers, the property of Wm.
Best Capper.
The prosecutor resided in the Waterloo-road, where
his wife carried on the business of a milliner. Being in
want of a servant they put a bill in the window, and in
consequence the prisoner Morgan called, and• mention-
ing the name of a friend of his, said she had a niece
coming out of Monmouthshire, would he take her ?
He said he would willingly, but he was ill off in the
meantime. She said she had no objection to come till
her neice arrived ; he was very glad of it, and she came
on the same day. She frequently got drunk ;on the
27th December she was in that state when a shift be-
longing to Mrs. Capper dropped from her person. A
policeman was called in, and other parts of the property
were taken from her person. As a woman had fre-
quently called upon her, Mr. Capper gave or-
ders that she should be secured. Next morn-
ing the prisoner Perry called, and asked for Mor-
gan. She was given in charge, and, on searching her
lodgings, other parts of the property were found.
Mr. BEST addressed the Jury for the prisoners. He
said he would be able to prove that Morgan had been
six times in St. Luke's Hospital, and was at times to-
tally incapable of knowing right from wrong ; and he
would be able to prove, with respect to Perry, that
hitherto she had borne• an irreproachable character,
and was incapable of stealing the trifling property found
in her room. It was too unlike a thief to give her proper
address in a moment, and thew was no attempt at hiding it.
He then called Dr. Davis, the resident apothecary at
St. Luke's, who had had Morgan six times under his
care, and she at times was incapable of knowing right
from wrong. Also Major Revel, who said lie had often
left Perry and her husband in charge of his town-house
for months together, in which there was much property,
and he never found any thing wrong. He would take
her into the same situation to-morrow, if discharged.
She was sister to Morgan.
The Jury acquitted both prisoners—Morgan on the
ground of insanity.

SHOCKING ACCIDENT ON THE LONDON AND
BIRMINGHMAM RAILWAY.—An accident, likely to
terminate fatally, occurred yesterday morning at the
Euston-square terminus of the above railway. The
down train had just gone out (nine o'clock), and the
engine that works the towing rope had stopped, when
a labourer on the line, named George Collins, and the
foreman of the works, descended into the well where is
situated the horizontal wheel on Which the rope coils,
and by which it is connected with the engine. Collins
got upon the wheel, with his legs between the spokes,
for the purpose of examining and cleaning it. On a
sudden the engine began to work, the wheel revolved,
and, though an alarm of danger was instantly raised,
and the engine almost immediately stopped, it was not
before Collins had both his legs much crushed near the
anel es. The poor fellow was conveyed with all possible
dispatch to Middlesex Hospital.
DESPERATE ATTEMPT AT SUICIDE.—On
Saturday, Mr. Cove, a boot and shoemaker of Uxhi idge,
made a desperate attempt at suicide. He was a
her of the corps of Uxbridge Volunteers, and had for
some time been subject to attacks of deii*nz tremens,
occasioned by intemperate habits. On Saturday his
wife accompanied him far a walk as far as Hillingdon,
but on the way he appeared much excited, frequently
exclaiming, " See, they are coming to take me to Han-
well," meaning the Lunatic Asylum. - On his return
home he had not been many minutes in the p,aoour he,
fore she observed him take down big b,ayenet and stab
himself three times in alp 4toulach. She immediately
seized his arm, preveated his repeating the thrusts, and
tficors: *Namara' Bullock, and Silvestre, surgeons of
the town, promptly dressed the wounds, which may pro,
bably not prove fatal. On being remon;toa.tetd with on
the subject of the rash attempt, 4e,sakk " E had
wanted to kill myself instantly .4 cOlald have got my gun
and shot myk)elf,"o Brave cut *my throat ; but I wanted
ci.h.leed' a good deal, that I might have time to repent.'