The Sun.
London, England, 1847-01-15 00:00:00

' DESPERATE BURGLARY, ACCOM-
PANIED WITH VIOLENCE.
About one o'clock in the morning of Saturday last, one
of the most daring burglaries which has been attempted
in this neighbourhood for a long time past, took place at
Lady Barn farm, in Burnage, which is occupied by an
old farmer named John Wood. Thb old man, who is
upwards of 70 years of age, is reported in the neighbour-
hood to'be very wealthy, and rumour (as in many other
instances) has no doubt exaggerated his riches, caused in
a great measure by his eccentric and somewhat penu-
rious ways. The report of his wealth seems to have
gained strength from the fact of his having for several
years systematically prevented any person from entering
his bed room. Mr. C. Wood, a nephew of the old man,
also lives at Lady Barn, and with his wife, four children,
and a domestic servant, make up the whole of the in-
mates. About one o'clock on Saturday morning, a band of
nine or ten men broke into the house by forcing open
the kitchen window and proceeded up stairs. Some of
them had their faces blackened; others wore masks;
one or two carried pistols, and all the rest were armed
with bludgeons. In order to prevent identificatien,
some of them had thrown over their clothes loose calico
frocks. They at first proceeded cautiously in the execu-
tion of their nefarious design ; but, having once got
into the house, they prowled about, swearing and cursing
most horribly. One of their first acts was to burst open
the bedroom door of the nephew, Mr. Charles Wood,
whom they forcibly dragged out of bed, when one of
the burglars presented a pistol at his head, and
swore he would blow out his brains if he gave the
least alarm. Similar threats were used towards his
wife, who, at her peril, was told to keep quiet, when
others of the party seized the little daughter, and
giving her a candle made her direct them to the
old man's bedroom. Having broken open the
door, they presented a pistol at the head of the
farmer, and bade him reveal where his treasures were
secreted. The quaking old man was not very prompt
in making the expected revelations : his fears and his
love of his gold, both operated in one direction; and the
ruffians kept urging him to confession by the most hor-
rible and barbarous threats. Some menaced him with
speedy hanging ; others called out, " Set the bed on
fire ;" others declared that they would come and kill his
cows; and another, brandishing his weapon, exclaimed,
" Aye, he would not let any one make his bed, but
we'll make it for him." In this way the masked and
blackened band talked, threatened and cursed for some
time, around the bed of the farmer; but what infor-
mation they succeeded in extracting from him we
cannot say. In all probability he had little to com-
municate. He did, however, • give them an old gingham
purse, containing somewhere about 65., but this only
seemed to exasperate them. The burglars very deli-
berately ripped open the bed, in search of concealed
treasure, scattering the feathers about the room in all
directions, but finding no money. The ruffians, however,
at length left him, and, with the little girl as their lamp-
lighter, ransacked the whole house; but, after a long and
careful search, for nearly an hour and a half, they only
succeeded in finding one purse, containing 241. This,
together with a watch, and two or three other trifling
articles, constituted the whole of the booty, so far as is
yet known ; for the old man is either unable or unwilling
to make any further disclosures. A number of title-
deeds and leases, which they had stolen, were discovered
on the following day, having been found in an adjoining
ing field, tied up in a pocket handkerchief. Three men,
whose names are Emanuel Wainwright, Henry Hartley,
and John Holden, have been apprehended on suspicion
of having been concerned in this daring outrage ; but as
yet the evidence against them is only slight. Wain-
wright lives in the neighbourhood, and some of the foot-
prints in the garden are said to be his. The clogs which
he wears are said to be somewhat peculiar, so as to
enable parties who are acquainted with him to speak to
this fact. The prisoners were brought up before Mr.
Trafford, at the New Bailey, on Monday, and, after some
little evidence had been taken, they were remanded til
this day. Manchester Courier.

RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS.
LIVERPOOL, JANUARY 14.
STOCK EXCHANGE.-The sales are-Birmingham and Ox-
ford Junction, 10% p.-Buckinghamshire, 7/8 p.-Caledo-
donian, Halves, % p.-East Lancashire, New, 3% p.-Ditto,
New Scrip, 1% p.-East Lincolnshire, 214 p. ex int.-Edin-
burgh and Glasgow, 78_-Fleetwood, Preston, and West
Riding Junction, par-Glasgow and Dumfries, 14 p.-Great
Northern (Nos. 1 to 108,000), 1 p. ex int.-Ditto (Nos.
108,001 and upwards), 58 p. ex int.-Huddersfield and
Manchester Extension, 11,4- p.-Ditto, and Bradford Union,
2 p.-Leeds and Thirsk, 134 dis. ex int.-Liverpool and
Newcastle Junction, par-London and North-Western, 197
-London and York, 1% p.-Ditto, Direct Northern, 3/4 p. -
Manchester and Leeds, Fifths, 6% p. -Ditto, Extension, 1/.
Ils. 3d. p.-Ditto, Halves ( late L. and B.), 6 p.-Manches-
ter, Sheffield, and Lincoln, 100-Ditto, Quarters, No. 2, 24%
Ditto, 20/, Shares, 11. Is. 3d. dis.-Midland Stock, New, 434
p.-Newport, Hereford, and Abergavenny, 1% dis.-Roys-
ton and Hitchen, 1 p.-Shropshire Union Railway and Canal,
3' dis.-South-Eastern and Dover, No. 4, Thirds, % p.-
frent Valley, Midland, and Grand Junction, 11. Bs. 9d. p.-
West Riding Union, 2% p.-York and Newcastle, 381/2-
Ditto, Preference, 5% p.-Limerick and Waterford, 101/ dis.
-Demerara, 114 p.-Dutch Rhenish, 1% dis.-Shrewsbury
and Hereford, % dis.
MANCHESTER, JANUARY 14.
STOCK EXCHANGE.-The sales are-Ambergate, Not-
tingham, and Boston,,l-16 p-Birkenhead, Lancashire, and
Cheshire, I p.-Boston, Stamford, and Birmingham, 2 p.-
Buckinghamshire' 1 p.-Eastern Counties, York Extension,
1 9-16 p.-East Lancashire, 31h p.-Ditto, p.-Ditto,
New (scrip), 1 9-16 p.-Edinburgh and Glasgow, Halves,
1114 p.-Great Northern (Direct Northern), Registered, 3A
p.-Ditto (London and York), Registered, 3% p.-Hudders-
field and Manchester Railway and Canal, 334 p . -Ditto,
Thirds, 1 5-16 p.-Leeds and Thirsk, 1% dis.-Ditto, Pre -
ferentials, 1% p.-Liverpool, Manchester, and Newcastle
Junction, 1/ dis.-London, Manchester, and Birmingham,
76-Manchester and Leeds, Fifths, 614 p.-Manchester, Shef-
field, and Lincolnshire, 98-Ditto, Quarters, No. 1, 334 p.-
Manchester, Sheffield, and Grimsby, 201. Shares, 11/s dis.-
Ditto, Sheffield and Lincolnshire, % dis.-Manchester and
Southampton, 3-16 dis.-North British, Extension, 7sB p.-
North Staffordshire, 334 p.-North-Western, orth-
ern Counties Union, % dis.-Oldham Alliance, 11-16 p.-
Royston and Hitchen, 34 c. p.-South-Eastern and Dover,
No. 4, 1,4 p.-Wharfdale (late North-Eastern), 5-16 dis.
LEEDS, JANUARY 14.
STOCK EXCHANGE.-The sales are-Ambergate, Notting-
ham, and Boston, 3s. 6d. c. p.-Birmingham and Oxford
Junction, 101/1 p.-Buckinghamshira, 11/s p.-East Lanca-
shire, n. p.-Ditto, New, 314 n. p.-Ditto, New Scrip,
325. p.-East and West Yorkshire, 6s. n. dis.-East Lincoln-
shire, 214 p.-Leeds and Bradford, 471, p.-Leeds and Dews-
bury, Extensions Scrip (pink), 11 p.-Leeds and Thirsk,
13' c. p.-Ditto, New, % c. dis.--Ditto,. Preference, 28s. p.
-Leeds, Wakefield, and Midland, 10s. dis.-Liverpool, Man-
chester, and Newcastle Junction, 2s. p.-Malton and Driffield
Junction, 245. p.-Manchester and Leeds Extensions, 11,4 p.
-Ditto, Extension (late Wak. P. and G.), 614 p-North
British, Thirds, 234 p.-Ditto, Quarters (late Carlisle
Branch), 41a. p.-Ditto, Extension (scrip), 17s. 6d. p.-
North Staffordshire, 3% n, p.-Northern Counties Union, 15s.
dis.-North-Western, 12s. 6d. p.-Sheffield, Rotherham, and
Goole, % p.-West Riding Union, 414-Wharfdale Junction,
ss. dis.-York and Newcastle, New, 714 p.-Ditto, Pre-
ference, 5% n. p.-York and North Midland, Preference, 11 p.
HULL, JANUARY 14.
STOCK EXCHANGE.-The sales are-North British, Halves,
1514-Ditto, Quarters, 095.-Ditto, Thirds, 535. p.-Black-
burn, Clitheroe, &c., % dis.-Buckinghamshire, 20s. p.-
Great Grimsby an Sheffield Extensions, 19s. 6d. dis.-
Great Northern (London and York), 3/. Bs.-North-Western,
511 p.-Northern Counties Union, 315.-Derby, Staffordshire,
&c., 14s. new scrip.
SHEFFIELD, JANUARY 14.
STOCK EXCHANGE.-The sales are-East Lincolnshire, 2/,
Gs. 6d. c. p.-Manchester, Sheffield and Lincoln, 14s. dis.-
North-Western 5/8 p.-Leeds, Wakefield, and Midland, 1/2
dis.-South Yorkshire, Doncaster, and Goole, 6s. p.
EDINBURGH, JANUARY 13.
STOCK EXCHANGE.-The sales are-Ayr and Galloway,
505.-Caledonian, New, 635.-Caledonian and Dumbarton-
shire, 455.-Direct Northern, 625.-Dunblane, Doune, and
Callender, 355.-Dundee and Perth, 281.-Ditto, New, 14%
-East of Fife, 535. -East Lothian Central, 555.-Edin-
burgh and Glasgow, Halves, 22-Edinburgh, Leith, and
Granton, New, 755.-Edinburgh and Northern, 15%-Ditto,
New, 975.-Ditto, Newport, New, 655.-Edinburgh and
Perth, 38s. 6d. -Ditto,sBs.-Glasgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle,
Its-Great Northern (late. Direct. Northern), 885.-North
British, Halves, 15%-Ditto, Thirds, 775.-Ditto, Quarters,
705.-Ditto, New Quarters (scrip), 315.-North Stafford-
shire, 91.-Scottish Central, 22/.-Shrewsbury, Oswestry, and
Chester, 7 % -Stirling and. Dunfermline, 778.- Strathern
Junction, 855.-Direct Bombay and Madras, 4s. 9d.
GLASGOW, JANUARY 13.
STOCK EXCHANGE.-The sales are-Aberdeen, 25-Ayr
and Galloway, 495.-Caledonian, 29 %-Ditto, New, 605.-
Caledonian and Dumbartonshire, Northern
455.-Direct
(scrip), 615.-Dundee and Arbroath, 44/.-Ditto, New, No. 2,
251.-Ditto, New, No. 3, 55/8-Dundee and Perth, New, 14%
-Dunblane, Doune, and Callender, 375.-East Indian Rail-
way, lls. 3d.-Edinburgh and Glasgow, Quarters, 191. 55.-
Edinburgh and Perth, 575. 6d.-Glasgow General Terminus,
12%-Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ayr, GM-Glasgow, Dum-
fries, and Carlisle, 6/. 135.-Glasgow and Greenock, Prefer-„
ence, 365. &1.-Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ardrossan,
Glasgow, Airdrie, and Monkland Junction, 735.-Glasgow
Harbour Mineral, 345. 6d.-Kilmarnisck and Ayr Direct, 625;
6d.-Madras, Nellore, and Arcot, 2s. 9d.-Manchester and
Southampton, 395. 6d.-North British, 361.-Ditto, New
Quarters (scrip), 325.-Paisley, Barrhead, and Hurlet, 69x._:
Scottish Central, 2134-Scottish Grand Junction, 28s. 6d.-;
York and Newcastle, Preference, 714.

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and Haileybury College, arrived at Calcutta in 1818, and
after twenty years of civil service, latterly as district com-
missioner at Gorackpore and Gazepore, joined the Earl
of Auckland at Simla, in 1838, as government secretary
for the north-western provinces, and accompanied
his lordship to Lahore. In 1842 he was appointed
by Lord Ellenborough government secretary for the
foreign department. He continued to discharge the
duties of this important office through the glorious
campaigns of 1845 46. The Governor-General in
his despatch to the Secret Committee, dated
Camp, Ferozepore, December 31, 1845," writes
—" I owe great obligations to the Chief Secretary to
the Government, Frederick Currie, Esq., who has,
during all the various and sometimes conflicting duties
in which I have been engaged, given, me his sound ad-
vice and active aid, sometimes accompan}ing me in the
field, and at all times evincing the coolest judgment, and
exhibiting the resources of his experience to the great
advantage of the Company's service." Sir Frederick's
services are again acknowledged in the general order,
Feb., 1846 ; and he was afterwards deputed to conduct
the Maharajah Dhulep Singh in state to his palace in
the citadel of Lahore, and to arrange the treaty of Om-
ritzri. In November last Sir Frederick Currie was una-
nimously appointed by the Court of Directors to fill the
next vacancy in the Supreme Council of India ; and the
Gazette of Friday,- the 18th of December, shows that her
Majesty% Government are honourably alive to the merits
of this long career of distinguished public service.—
Northampton Mercury.
Dispatches were received "euterday, at the Colonial-
office, from the Governors of the North American Pro-
vinces. Dispatches were also receiv'ed' yesterdaY from
the Governor of the Mauritius.