The Sun.
London, England, 1847-12-14 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 14, 1847.

MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS.
CITY, QUA RTER TO THREE.
The Cotton Market at Liverpool yesterday was very
flat, at the previous rates. Sales 3,000 bales. American
realised 4id. to 6d. per lb.—Railway Shares had not been
dealt in to any extent, and prices were lower.
There have no: been any late colonial advices an-
nounced this morning.
A somewhat uneasy feeling has been engendered in
City circles at the early adjournment of Parliament for
the Chi istmas holidays, and the unstable position of
M. Guizot, the Premier of the French Ministry.
To this, probably, more than to any other cir-
cumstance, may be ascribed the reaction in our
Funds this morning, to which more especial atten-
tion will be directed hereafter. Should a change
in the advisers of Louis Philippe occur, pending the
recess, and any hitch occur in consequence—say in the
affairs of Switzerland—prompt replies of our Foreign
Minister, of our .status with the new Cabinet at the
Tuileries, would have to be postponed until the early
part of February in the coming year.
The accounts from the United States, received this
morning by a steamer arrived at Havre from New
Orleans, are considered, as far as the condition of the
markets there, as favourable. Specie, it is said, must
come forward, and that to a very considerable amount,
to this country. The letters, of course, have net yet
been delivered.
At New York freight had been engaged for 2,000
barrels of naval stores for London.
The advices from Bombay by special overland express
state, that the news of several of the large failures here
had arrived, but without any visible effect being pro-
duced. To new houses consignments were in progress.
In the Consol Market the business transactions have
been few. For Money the price is 854 without the
dividend, while for the Account it has advanced from
84i to 854. The premium upon Exchequer-bills has
run up from 6s. to 10s. India Bonds still remain at a
very heavy discount. Bank Stock is flat at 186 i.
in the Foreign Bond Market Buenos Ayres Bonds have
been sold at 31, Russian at 107, Spanish Five per Cents-
for Account at 171, and the Dutch Two-and-a-half per
Cents. at 55k.
The Railway Shares are steady.
BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK.
(From the Official List.)
Bank Stock .. 186%
3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 84%1A34
3 per Cent. Consols Anna 85%
New 314 per Cent. Anus 86% 86 BCi
India Stock

Do. Bonds, 10001 . 25 dis
Consols for Amount B5 851 84% 851,ixd
txcllequer Bills. 3d.

1,0061.
5001.
Small
PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK.
Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent
Ditto Small
Buenos Ayres Bonds, 6 per Cent 3l
Mexican Bonds, 1846, 5 per Cent —
Ditto Small
Russian 80nd5.1822, 5 per Cent lO7
Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cent,lB4o
Ditto for the Account ....... 171,i
Dividends on the above payable in London.
Dutch 2V, per Cent.,l2 Guild 551/8
usINESS DONh IN RAILWAY SHARES AT ONE O'CLOCK
RAILWAYS. PAID. PER SuAae.
Aberdeen

Amber., Notting., Boston, &c. 2%
Ayrshire and Galloway
_ .

. B7:_ Ifast and County Down .. 10 .. ..
Birmingham & Oxford June-. 15
Birmingham, W 01.,& Dudley 10 ... . 13% to
Birming., Wol., & Stour Val. 101.145....
Birkenhead, Lancashire, and
Cheshire Junction 73/ — to
Boston, Stand., & Binning-. 5
Bristol and Exeter
D0., Thirds
Buckinghamshire lOl. 4s — to
Caledonian .....•......... 50
Ditto, Half Shares - ... 1N..... to
Ditto, Clydesdale Junction 50
Chester and Holyhead 371,4 ..... 21% to 21
Ditto, Preference 8
Clarence. .... 7Bl ..... to
Do., let Class, 6 per Cent... 10
Do., 2d Class, 5 per Cent... 10
Do., Gov. Loan, 4 per Cent. 10
Dublin and Belfast Junction.. 20
Dundalk and Enniskillen ... 15 ......
East Anglia, 25/.& L. , E.
ald L. & D.
Ditto, 184 E. & H
Ditto, 31. 10s., E. & H... 2
Eastern' Counties
Ditto, ditto (B)
Do. Perpet., 5 per ct. No. 1,6/. 13s. 4d...
Do., do N 0.2,61. 138. 4d...
Do., York Extension lO .....
Do., Northern & Eastern... 50
Do., Quarter .... .. ........... 12 %.....
Do., New
East ersn Union ... .. 50
Ditto, Quarter Shares ...... 12% — to
Ditto.,
13s. 4d — ...... to
Ditto ( Thirds
guar. 6 per cent.) ...
East Lancashire
Ditto, New . • l3
Do., New Quarters
East Lincolnshire ... 12% — to
Edinburgh and Glasgow 5O — ...... to
Ditto, Half Shares
Ditto, Quarter Shares 12I,E
Edinburgh and Northern ... 22% —
Ditto, New..... - .......... ... 33/4 — ..... . to
Ditto, New port 9l,(e — ...... to
Ditto, ditto, New ........ .... 214 — ...... to
Exeter, Yeovil, & Dorchester 2%
Ditto, New
Glasg., Dumfries, & Carlisle-8/. 65.8 d... to
Glasgow, Kilmarnock, & Ayr 50 — to
Ditto, New
Do. ,z 4 Shares (5 per ct. gua.) 121,4 ..... ..
Great Northern lO% 4%..... to
Do. London & York Exten. 21,¢ — ..... to
Gt. South. & West. (Ireland) 35
Great North of England. ..... 100
Ditto, New 40/ 5
Ditto, New 30/.
Ditto, New 151. 6% — . ... to
Great Western-
Ditto, Half Shares
Ditto, Quarter Shares
Ditto, Fifths
Do. New 171 7 ...... 8 ...... to 734
u uddersfield and Manchester 22 - to
Dittc, Thirds
Hull and Selby
Ditto, Half Shares .......... 25 ..... 49
Ditto, Quarter Shares ..... .. 12% — to
Ipswich & Bury St. Edmunds 15
Do. do. and Norwich ls
Do., do., Extension Scrip
(late (Comb. and Ely) 21,4...... to
Lancaster and Carlisle.... ... 50
Do., Thirds lO ......
Lancashire and Yorkshire ... 93
Ditto, ditto
Ditto Half Shares ...... - 38 ...... to
Ditto Quarters ......... 14%......
Ditto Fifths ...... 8
Ditto Sixteenths ........... 6q —
...... to
Ditto Thirds (Reg.) ... 101.45. —
Do. Liverpool and BUry... 34
Do. (Rudders. and Shed'.) &3
Do., Wakefield, Pontefract,
and Goole 47%
Do., West Riding 11iti0n....4/. 2a..... ..~
' ' Do., Preston and Wyre ... 25
Do., do., Half Shares (A) 9 — to
Ditto ditto ........ ......(B) 11
Leeds and Bradtord
Leicester and Bedford l6s.
Leeds, Dewsbury, & Manches. 371,4 — to
Do., Branch % Shares 12% to
Ditto, New Branch (blue).. 2% — to --,
Ditto, Extension (green)... 2% — to
Do., New Exten. (pink)... 2% — ...... to
Leeds and Thirak
Ditto, New
Do., do., Prefer., 6 per Cent. 3 . .... ...... to
Liverpool. Crosby, and South-

port..
Liverpool, Manchester, and
Newcastle Juncti0n.......... 2% — ...... to
London & Blackm*all...l6/. 13s. 4d — -
Ditto New, No. 1..
Ditto New, No. 2 4/. 13s. 4d.... . .... to
Do. Extension
Lond., Bright., & South Coast 50
Do. Consolidated Eighths... 30 ......
Do. Guaranteed 5 per Cent. 9 ••••••
Do. Pref. Co,iv. 5 per Cent. 50 ......
London and Greenwich... 12/.155. 4d... --
Ditto Preference
London and North 1 8/17s
Western..100
Do. Quarter .....L. and B. 17
Do. do. New ...... ....
...... 2
2d... to
8%.... to 8
Do. do. Fifths
Do. Quarters ......... G. J. 25
to
Do. 401. Shares.....L. & M. 15 -
..
•••
to
Do. 401. Shares...M. and B. 40 .... 59
Do. 10/.... M. and B. (A.)
71%.....
11%
Do. 10/. .. M. and B. (B.) 7% — to
1)o. 101.... M. and B. (C.) 1 -
London and S. Western.... 41.. 638 d 54 53% to 54%x.n.
Do. New ConsolidatedBths. 40
Ditto New 50/......., „...„ 321/4_, _2914 ex n. to
Ditto New 404 __ .. 26
Do. Tenths (Consolidated) 50 ••••••
Do. Tenths (Consolidated) 40
Ditto, Thirds 61. 13s. 40... ...... to
London, Salisbury, & Yeovil 1% — to
Londcnderry and Coleraine... 27% — to
Londonderry and Enniskillen 23% ..... to
Manch, Buxton, & Matlock 3
Manchr, Sheffield, and Linc.100
Ditto 14 Shares (No. I ) ... 18
Ditto, ditto (No. ')) 25
Ditto, 1/i3 Shares (No. 3)... 7% — to
Ditto Grimsby 25 — to
Ditto, ditto. ..... 7
Ditto, ditto . . 4% to
Ditto, Sheffield, and Line. 7%......
AlanchesteranclSouthampton `214...... ..
Micliand lOO lO7
Ditto, Consul. Preference...loo ......
Ditto, 40/. Shares
Ditto, 501. 5hare5........... 10 ... 8
Midland, Birm., and Derby-100 ... 81% to
Midland, Consol. Bristol and
Birmingham 6 per ceat....100
Midland, Bristol and Glouc. 34
Ditto ditto 7 L 95.... .. ...... to
Midland, Leices. and Swan-
nington (8 per ct.gua.) 50 .... .
N.lidlil. Great Western (Irish) 35
Newcastle and Carlisle lOO ....... ...... to
Ditto Quarter Shares
Newmarket and Chesterford 181 h — to
Ditto Extension - •••••• to --

Newport Abergy., and Heref. 6
Norfolk,
Ditto New 201.

Ditto Extension
Do. Scrip, 1847, N. of Norflk 2
Do. do. Waveney Valley... 2
Newry and Enniskillen
N awry, Warrenpoint, and
Rostrevor
Sorthern Counties Union
North British
Ditto Half Shares. 121,4 l 2
Do. Quarters 43A — ...... to --
Ditto. Extension % to
Ditto Thirds
North Staffordshire... . ....... 7% 7% to
North Wales 3l/, ..... . .... to
North Western . 6
Oxford, Worcester, and Wol-

verhampton
Reading, Guildfd., & Reigate 7% ...... to
Royston and Hitchin
Scottish Central
Scottish Midland .... ....... .... 17% — ...... to
Ditto, New lO — to
Sheffield, Rotherham, and

Goole
5 -
Shrewsbury and Birmingham 6 — ...... to
Ditto, ditto, Class B. 3
Shrewsbury and Chester

(Nor. W. Min.)
Ditto Halves, Ditto... 8 ... .. . to
Ditto, Oswestry
Ditto (New) .. 1
Shrewsbury and Hereford ... 2
Shropshire Union .
South Devon ....... ...... ... 40

--
Ditto, Preference
South Staffordshire 4
South Eastern and Dover 33% 3114 to 31
Ditto, New, No. 1

Ditto, New, N 0.2
' Ditto New, No. 3 ls
Ditto New, No. 4. .. .. 714 5%%... to
South Wales
South Yorkshire, Doncaster,
and Goole
Swans. and Loughor and Ca-
meron's Stm. Coal ...... ... .. 4
(lames Haven Dock and

Railway 17% to
'raw Vale Extension
Vale of Neath
Waterford and Kilkenny 13%......
Waterford and Limerick ... .. 40 ... .. to
Waterford, Wexford,Wicklw,
and Dublin
West Cornwall 4 -
Whitehaven and Furness l2 ... ..
Windsor, Staines, and South

Western s2s.
Wilts,Somerset,&Weymouth 30
York, Newcastle, and Berwick 25 ... .
Do. Original New & Ber'ck 25 .....30% 31% to 30%
Do. North Shields Purchase 25 .. ...
Do. Extsn. No.l (Y. &N.) 10 - to
Do. do. No. 2, New & B. 10
Do. G. N. E. Par. or Pref. 8
York and North Midland .. 50 . 741/2...... to 75%
Ditto, Preference
Ditto East and West Riding
Extension .... .. ...... 20
FOREIGN RAILWAYS.
Anglo-Belgian
Barbadoes ".••• 1
Boulogne and;Amiens 2O ...... 1414%... to
Central of France ( Orleans
and Vierzon)
Central of Spain
Ceylon
Demerara. .....
Dendre Valley
Direct Bombay and Madras ss. .... .
Dutch Rhenish
East Indian . 1% to
Great Indian Peninsular
Great Southern of Madras
Great Western Bengal ss.
Great Western Canada
Italian and Austrian
Jamaica S. Midland Junction 1
Louvain ala Sambre ......... 7
Luxembourg
Lyons and Avignon (Con-
stituted)
Madras
Madras, Nellore, and Arcot... % — to
Madrid and Valentia
Namur and Liege . l4 ...... ... . to 5
Northern of France.
Orleans and Bordeaux
.... .. 6
Over Yssel 4l3s 4d — to

Paris and Lyons: .. 10 ^ 514 to
Paris and Orleans.~
Pans and Rouen ..
Paris & Strasbourg ...... ..... 8
Rouen and Havre 20
Sambre and Meuse
Strasburg and Bale
Tours & Nantes ... ... .. 8
Tournay, Jurbise, Leaden,
and Hasselt - ••••• • to .....
Trinidad.. ........
West Flanders B-A — to
JOINT STOCK BANKS.
Australasia
British North American .... 50
Colonial
Commercial of London
London Joint Stock .... ...... 10
London and Westminster... 20
Ditto, New
National Provincial of Engld. 35
Ditto, New
National of Ireland 221,E — ... .. to
Provincial of Ireland
Ditto, New
Union of Australia 25
Ditto, New 21,%' — to -
Union of London ........ ...... 10
Union of Madrid 4O
MINES.
Anglo Mexican .. 100
Astrian Mining Company ... 11 ......
Australian ...
Blaenarvon Iron and Coal ... 50
Bolanos Scrip ''
to
British Iron
Brazilian Imperial ...,. .. ... 21
Cobra Copper
Galvanized Iron
Pad del Monte, Unregistered . .. 8

LLOYD'S SHIPPING—(THIS DAY.)
LONDON, DEC. 14. —Wind E.S.E., light breeze and
cloudy. _ _

011 i RAMSGATE, Dec. 13.—Margaret West, Batavia.
OFF Dovzn, Dec. 12.—Wanderer, Tims, Prince
Edward's Island.

Off SHOREHADI DEC. 13.—Wind
Nancy, Fond, Quebec.
MUMBLES, DEC. 11.—Arrd. Hero, Harrison, Dal-
housie, for Port Talbot. Sid. British Queen Boston.
LIVERPOOL, DEC. 13.—Wind E.S.E.—Arrd. Nemesis,
late Brown, Calcutta ; Earl of Chester, Blackstone,
Bombay; Stirlingshire, Rattray, Maranhaw, sailed 10th
ult.; Wanderer, Jenkins, Laguna ; Actaeon, Daly, New
Orleans ; Anne and Jane, Swift, Calcutta • Mersey,
Shuraway, Mobile; William Prim, Michaels, Charleston;
Esther May, Boston; Maid of Erin, Egan, Pictou.
FALMOUTH, Dec. 12.—The Robins brig, of and for
Glasgow, from Berbice, was brought in here, having
been fallen in with by the barque British Isles, Robson,
of and for London, from Cuba, 17th ult., lat. 38 N., lon.
56 W.; foremast and bowsprit only standing, and aban-
dontd with the exception of two seamen, who were
taken on board the British Isles, when the chief officer,
three seamen, and a boy were put on board, and suc •
ceeded in bringing her in here, with the assistance of a
pilot only. It is supposed that the ground tier of sugar
is washed out. Cargo consists of rum, sugar, wine, &c.
PETERHEAD, DEC. 9.—The Clipper, Stott, bound to
London, has put back leaky and must discharge.
The Prince of Wales, Wilson, which arrived in the
river to-day, was struck by a sea on the 6th inst., in lat.
47 N., lon. 10 W., blowing a heavy gale at the time
from N.N. W., when she lost bulwarks, water-casks, &c.;
cutwater started, and has three feet of water in her
hold.
WEYMOUTH, DEC.. 10.—The American ship which
was burnt to the wattles edge, and the wreck of which
afterwards came on shore on Rimmeridge Ledge, is the
R. G. Shaw.
BRISTOL, DEC. 11.--The Amity, Waters, from Car-
diff to this port, is on shore beneaped above the river's
mouth.

MILFORD, DEC. 10.—A vessel, said to be a brig, was
seen to go down in St. Bride's Bay 6th inst. A largo
boom has been picked up on Newgate Sands, in the same
bay, and some bees we x has been picked up. The Flirt,
Roberts, from Odessa to Liverpool, which arrived here
Bth instant, is leaky, rind it is expected will discharge.
The Lady Eleanor, Mills, from Liverpool to Galway ;
the Jane► (schooner), i)f Cork ; and. the Agenoria, of
Colchester, are discharging to repair.
LLANNADOCK, NEAR. SWANSEA, DEC. 12.—The Mi-
nian, Elliot, of Limerie:k, from Quebec, which was on
shore on the Lagenny Sands on the 10th instant has
become a total wreck, rigging and part of cargo saved.
RANGLOSS, VALENTIA, DEC. 11.—The poop rail of a
large vessel, painted light green and lead colour, and
made of American elm was picked up here on the 9th
inst.; the weather here continues very strong.
DEAL, DEC. 13.—The Antwerp to Smyrna, was
in contact this afternoon :ixt the Downs, with the Fanny,
of Prince Edward's Island, and has sustained damage.
The Margaret West, De Boer, from Batavia, which
arrived off Ramsgate to-day, was struck by a sea in
lat. 46 N., and lon. 19 W.., and sustained considerable
damage. The outward bound, which sailed this morn-
ing, have mostly put back, and anchored on the South
Foreland.

BEAUJIIRIB, DEC. 11.—The Mary, of Newry, which
was ashore under Trecastle, has been got off, and beached
opposite this port.
DUNDEE, DEC. 11.—The Adah, Clark, from Arch-
angel, which got on shore at the entrance of the river,
is leaky; nearly the whole of her cargo has been landed
in a damaged state.
Wica, DEC. 10.—The wreck of a Norwegian
schooner, bound to this 'place, has been fallen in with
by another Norwegian vessel, which arrived here last
week. The crew are said. to have been five in number.
NOTICE TO MARINERS.
QUARANTINE REGULATIONS.
GENOA, DEC. 9.—The Board of Health published a
decree on the 3d inst., rescinding the suspension of free
pratique to all vessels arriving from French ports in the
Mediterranean; and, at the same time, ordered Quaran-
tine to be performed by all vessels arriving from the
lonian Islands which shall have sailed from those islands
between the 18th and 30th ult.

THE IRISH CIIANCELLOIL—.DUBLINt DEC. 12.
There is but little change in the malady under which his
Lordship is suffering. The physicians are in constant
attendance, and bulletins of the patient's progress at e
issued daily. The one of this morning states that the
Chancellor passed a tolerably quiet night, and has not
lost ground within the last twenty-four hours. A natu-
rally robust constitution encourages his friends to hope
that the present unfavourable symptoms will eventually
yield to medical treatment.

QUEEN'S BENCH.—(THIS DAY.)
(Sittings at Nisi Prius, in Guildhall, before the LORD
CHIEF JUSTICE and a Special Jury.)
BAILEY AND ANOTHER O. CRITCHLEY.

This was an action to recover 6501., being the balance
of 1,3001., the amount of an advertising agent's bill.
The plaintiffs were the well known advertising agents of
the City, and the defendant was one of the provisional
committeemen of the Paris and Strasburg Railway.
The sum sought to be recovered was the balance of the
plaintiff's' account for advertising the railway in the
English newspapers. The defendant contended that as
he did not act upon the managing committee, or instruct
the plaintiffs to advertise the scheme, he was not liable.
The jury returned a surdict for the plaintiffs.

CRIMINAL COURT.--(THIS DAY.)
OLD COURT.
(Before the COMMON-SERGEANT and Mr. Alderman
Gums.)
James Hardiman, a barman, was indicted for stealing
four sovereigns, the property of William Rowland
Seares, his master. When the case was called on
neither the prosecutor nor any of his witnesses were in
attendance.

The COMMON-SERGEANT (addressing the jury) said,
that if the prisoner's witnesses happened to be absent,
through any mistake or neglect on their part, or not
expecting the trial to come on from the state of the
paper, the prisoner would have no delay on that ac-
count. It was but evtn justice that the prosecutor
should also be required to attend, and that the trial
should proceed.
The case therefore being left to the jury without any
evidence, the prisoner was acquitted, and tha Court di.
rected the recognisances of the prosecutor and his wit-
nesses to be estreated.

Several other cases were callod on, in none of which
were the parties in attendance. In some the prisoners
obtained delay on account of want of preparation, in one
case upon affidavit. In another it was stated that it
was arranged between counsel, with the assent of one of
the judges, to come on at a particular hour. At
this the Common-Sergeant expressed great displeasure,
and at half-past nine said angrily that he " would wait
no longer." Mr. Alderman Gibbs said, " Nor I," and
both immediately left the court. The jury seemed at a
loss what they were to do, and were about to imitate
the movement of the bench and retire also. But, on
the intimation (as it appeared) of the officer of the
court, they kept their places, until the return of the
Learned Sergeant, at ten o'clock.

Again the counsel were unprepared to proceed with a
case which stood next on the paper, and a long discus-
sion took place, in which Mr. Ballantine, Mr. Clarkson,
and Mr. O'Brien took part.
Mr. BALLANTINE submitted that it must sometimes
occur that counsel may be elsewhere engaged in a case
that occupies an unexpected length of time, when
another of equal importance, and in which he is en-
gaged, may be called in this court. That was the
position in which he was himself placed. A case of
importance was proceeding in another court, which had
occupied from eleven o'clock yesterday, and would yet
occupy many hours.
Mr. CLARKSON said that there was another cause of
delay, in the great distances to which the jurisdiction
of the court extended, and which rendered it impossible
for witnesses to arrive at an early hour upon the short
nutice given of the day of trial after the committal of a
prisoner. In a case just now called on the witnesses
had to come from a distance of fifteen miles.

After much further discussion the court was again
adjourned for an hour. In the mean time the jury drew
up the following memorandum, which was signed by
twenty-seven of the jurors in attendance, and was pre-
sented to the Common-Sergeant on his return with the
Alderman:—

" It appearing to the jury assembled this 14th day of
December that the hour of nine o'clock is alike inconYe
nient to all parties concerned, more especially at this
season of the year, they beg respectfully to suggest to
the authorities of the court that no earlier hour than ten
o'clock should in future be appointed for the commence-
ment of business."

Mr. PAYNE said the suggestion had the support of the
whole of the bar.

The COMMON. SERGEANT said he would lay it before
the. Judges and the Court of Aldermen, and the other
members of the commission.

John Wakeman was indicted for stealing a quantity of
oats, the property of George Robinson, his master, from
a granary at Chiswick.

—The defence was that the prisoner, who was a carter in
the employment of the prosecutor, took the oats (three
pecks) for the use of his horse.

The jury found him Guilty, and he was sentenced to
imprisonment for six months, with hard labour.
Ann Barrow, a married woman, was indicted for
stealing 30 yards of lace, value 101., the property of
William Goodman and another.

It appeared from the evidence that the prisoner, on the
19th of November, made a purchase at the shop of
Messrs. Goodman and Taylor, of Uxbridge, the prose-
cutors, and went away without suspicion. In the course
of the next day the prisoner and her husband were
given into custody for attempting to pass had money.
They were placed in a cart to be carried to the station-
house, and one of the witnesses saw the prisoner stoop
down and let something fall from her muff. On his re-
turn from the station-house he found the lace in ques-
tion, tied up in a silk handkerchief: Upon inquiry at
the shop of the prosecutor, it was found that a corre-
sponding quantity of lace was missing from the stock.
Mr. PAYNE addressed the jury for the defence.
The jury returned a verdict of Guilty.
There were two other cases of a similar nature against
the prisoner, and
The COMMON-SERGEANT observing that she was a
common shoplifter, sentenced her to be transported for
seven years.

The Court was occupied the remainder of the day
with indictments for passing bad money.

NEW COURT.

(Before the RECORDER and Mr. Alderman H. HUGHES.)
The Court was occupied the whole morning with the
trial (continued from yesterday) of Barr, Brewer, Ralfe,
and Carter, who were indicted for conspiring to defraud
Mr. Kerrie, of Jamaica, by cheating him of large sums
of money at cards.
The prosecution was conducted by Mr. M. Chambers,
Mr. Ballantine, and Mr. Huddleston. The prisoners,
Barr, Ralfe, and Brewer, were defended by Mr. Clark-
son, Mr. Bodkin, Mr. Sergeant Wilkins, Mr. Sergeant
Allen, and Mr. Parry. Mr. Prendergast appeared for
Carter, who has not been taken into custody.
The evidence added nothing to the full details already
published in the Bow-street police report of The Sun.
The trial bad not conehried when we went to press.

MARRIAGE IN HIGH LIFE.—On Saturday, the
11th, by special license, at the church of Holy Trinity,
Brompton, by the Rev. W. J. Irons, vicar of Brompton,
the Hon. Robert Fitzrnaurice Tilson Deane, eldest son of
the Right Hon. Baron Muskerry, of Springfield Castle,
county of Limerick, to Elizabeth Geraldine, eldest
daughter of Hamilton Knox Grogan Morgan, Esq., of
Johnstown Castle, M.P. for the county of Wexford.
The ceremony was attended by a number of the distin-
guished relatives of the bride and bridegroom. After
partaking of a splendid dejeund given on the occasion
by Mr. and Mrs. S. C. Hall, et their beautiful cottage
in Old Brompton, the happy couple left town in a car-
riage and four for Richmond, en route for Antrim Castle,
the seat of the Right Hon. Viscount Massarene and
Ferrard, county of Antrim, Ireland.
RAGGED SClloOlS.—Yesterday the fourth anni-
versary meeting of the subscribers to the Union-mews
Ragged School was held in the Portland Rooms, Foley-
street, Portland-place, and was attended by a large
number of the neighbouring gentry. The chair was
taken by Sir William Baynes, Bart., in the absence of
Mr. B. B. Cabbell, who was to preside. The secretary
read the report, which stated that the attendance of chil-
dren had considerably increased during the last year.
The average number on Sunday evenings was ninety
boys and forty girls, and on week days forty of the for-
mer and thirty of the latter. The report stated that the
year's receipts amounted to 561., and the expenses to 691.
The report was unanimously adopted.
FIRE AT BERMONDSEY.—Yesterday morning, be-
tween ten and eleven o'clock, a very alarming fire broke
out upon the premises in the occupation of Mr. Hai--
board, rope-manufacturer, situate on Jamaica-level,
Bermondsey. It commenced in the tar house, and was
occasioned from the leakage of one of the coppers filled
with that combustible material. In the space of a few
minutes the building became fired from the bottom, and
penetrating the sides, another similar erection used as
the stabling, and also the yarn-house, became ignited.
Three engines soon reached the spot, anti owing to the
combined exertions of all parties present, the fire was
eventually extinguished, but not until considerable da-
mage was done not only in that portion of the premises
where the flames began, but also to the furniture in the
private house, by removal and water. The adjoining
spur
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Mr. Harboard was insured in the Sun Fire-office.
SOUTHAMPTON,
MONDAY, DEC. 13.—The fears en-
tertained for the safety of the American steamer Wash-
ington were groundless, as intelligence has come to hand
from Bremen that she arrived off the Weser on Sunday,
the sth instant, in 42 hours from Cowes-roads, thus
making an unusually quick passage. The Washington
was to leave Bremen for Southampton on the 13th (to-
day) with the United States mail from Germany, and is
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mails,t o-m morrow
day, the 18th instant. The Peninsular and Oriental
wsittehanatheer
C(lo,unlepsadnayy;S,
ATTEMPT AT HIGHWAY ROBBERY NEAR ABER•
AVON.—ONE OF THE ROBBERS SHOT.—As Captain Dean
Lovering, of Neath, was on his way home - from Port
Talbot ome
Talbot (where his ship' I •
was prig), ou Friday night last,
he was attacked by two men, who demanded his "money
or his life." He replied that he had no money, when
they exclaimed, with an oath, that he had a "very good
coat on his back," and that he must also have money
about him, and that he had better • give up both. Captain
Lovering had fortunately been persuaded by his mate,
on leaving the ship, to take a pistol with him, which he
did; and on the robbers continuing to demand his
money and coat, threatening instant death, he proceeded
apparently to take off his coat, but drew out the pistol,
and fired it at one of the men, whom he wounded in the
leg. On seeing his companion drop, the other said, in
the most determined manner, "D—n you, you have not
finished us both yet," and attacked Mr. Lowering
fiercely, when a violent struggle took place, which ended
in the defeat of the villain, as Captain Lowering used
the butt end of the pistol most effectively. The police
are on the alert, and will no doubt come upon the track
of the robbers.—Cambrian.
We are informed that Messrs. Heywood have re-
solved to adopt in their future banking arrangements the
recent example of Messrs. Jones, Loyd, and Co.—Li-
verpool Albion.

FRENCH PLAYS.
ST. JAMES'S THEATRE.
A pleasant little vaudeville, entitled Manche a Mancha,
was produced here last evening, for the purpose ot in-
troducing- to an English audience M. Henri Allix, in the
character of Montmedi. This Montmedi is an old
veteran, who brings about a reconciliation between
a Captain Geran (M. Tourillon) and his lady, La
Comtesse Aretheuse de Montabor (capitally acted by
Madame Valmy), who are on the point of sepa-
ration in consequence of the jealousy enter-
tained by the lady for a pretty soubrette, Marie,
who has been introduced into the house by the
husband under somewhat suspicious circumstances, and
who has been dismissed by that lady. Montmedi,
who knows something of the antecedents of the Coun-
tess, hints to her that he is aware of certain affairs in
which she was concerned " long, long ago," and the
Countess, imagining that he knows all, confesses that,
some years before, she bad given birth to a- daughter,
and entreats him to keep the affair a secret from her
husband, and also to seek out her daughter, of whom she
had long since lost sight. He consents, on condition
that Marie shall remain. The husband, Geran, also has
a secret. He, too, has had a daughter before his Ina"
riage, and that daughter: is Marie. Montmedi re-
cognises in Marie a young girl whom he had saved from
insult some days before, and, from the papers confided
to him by the Countess, proves that Marie is her lour
lost daughter. Marie marries Montmedi, and all ends,
happily. M. Henri Allix is an excellent actor, full el
life, vivacity, humour, and bonhommie. In person, voice,
and style of acting he bears a close resemblance to the
late Fawcett. The house was well and fashionably lit'
tended.

LYCEUM THEATRE.
A clever adaptation, by Mr. John Oxenford, of the
French vaudeville :Tiridate was produced here last
evening with complete success, under the title of Pi'
Tragedy Queen. The tragedy queen is Mrs. Brace
girdle (Mrs. Stirling), who has, by her acting, tone°
the head of a certain David Standfast (Mr. ParselleN
a law-student. Old Ebenezer Standfast (Air. F•
Matthews), his father, an attorney of Banbury, forces
himself into the presence of the tragedy qug!l3"
and, bearing his testimony against the iniquity
of stage plays and stage players, dernaeu'l
what she means by beguiling his son frl
his studies to frequent such wicked pastimes, 515
to seek to ally himself with a " stage woman." She
sets old Standfast'a mind at rest by telling him she Wl'
soon cure his son of his folly ; and when David h°
for the first time an interview with her, she ridieliD°
sentiment, poetry, and everything graceful, and is 'A
coarse and boisterous that he leaves her in despair,
,„813:',
his life is in danger from his disappointment. .-1-
father, more alarmed than ever, begs i the tragedy
queen to come again to the rescue. Bridget, he't.
servant (Miss Marshall), discovers:that David is the geir
tleman who had on one occasion saved Mrs. Bracegirdle • ,
from insult, and the actress herself finds that he is the
author of a beautiful tragedy, which has been seeeP-e-. =1
at the theatre on her recommendation. She seeks i.
second interview with him, and so charms him by ail
manner of reciting some exquisite passages from his °l''
tragedy, that he is once more reconciled to life, ,
and tb
curtain falls. Mrs. Stirling acted the tragedy queel3s
to perfection. These was, a kind-hearted warmth abort
her 'Banner that was perfectly bewitching ; and We are
not surprised at the conversion of old Standfast from 11.
heresy of stage play-hating. Miss Marshall, as Bridge"
made much of a little part ; and F. Matthews made Cu
admirably stern old Standfast. The piece was COar 1
pletely successful. ' 1

STRAND THEATRE.
Last night a domestic drama, called The Chid of
Crime ; or, the Village Outcast, was produced at this
0
theatre for the first time. It is a version of the 01113. a
story upon which the drama of Grace illintleY
founded, and which was so successful when prodto
at the Adelphi theatre a few years ago. Mr. Roger-
son sustained poor Yates' character of Joseph Huntley,
very creditably ; and Sandy Smith, a villain of s
first water, was ably represented by Mr. Yarnold.
,
berry, as Simon Siealbag, the village baker, was veil
good. Miss Love, as Grace, acted with her accustomed
care and judgment. Peggy, a village coquette, was re-
presented with spirit and archness by Miss Jane Coleman.
Miss Eliza Terry, as Alice Green, sustained the charac-
ter in her usual style. The drama was perfectly suc-
cessful. The farce of Airs. White followed, and th®
entertainment concluded with the laughable farce of Thl
Pwcha's Pets, the principal characters being sustaineus
by Messrs. Oxberry, Yarnold, and Rogerson, sustains
Coleman, and Mdlle. Louise Blanche. The house vrn
well attended.

PRIVATE THEATRICA-LiTS,,TRIT
COLLEGE FOR CIVIL ENGINEERS, Flu
Last night was a gala at this excellent instituLion-
The students having concluded the more serious lab ours
of the Michaelmas term, invited their friends resident in
the vicinity to an exhibition of private theatricals, alto;
gether prepared and got up amongst themselves, withot!,
any external assistance. ,Thu lecture-room of the eOl,
lege was fitted up as a theatre, the scenery painted, .
dresses arranged, and everything completed for the per-
formance by the young gentlemen of the college.
At seven o'clock, an audience, consisting of the
most respectable inhabitants of the neighbourhood,
had assembled. The walls were hung round with nn;
merous flags and banners, and with various garlands of
evergreens, in which the Christmas holly was not for-
gotten. The room was exceedingly well lighted, and
there was a drop scene painted specially for the occasion
by Mr. Christie, a student, which attracted much atten-
tion.

The performances commenced with the overture to
The Caliph of Bagdad, which was extremely well give!'
by the orchestra. The musical taste of the students I
carefully cultivated, and the college consequently boasts
an excellent band. The first piece was Planche's comic
drama, The Jacobite, with the following cast of charac
ters:—

Sir Richard Wroughton, Bart.... Mr. Harris,
Major Murray ... ••• ... Mr. Fothergill,
John Duck
DSoumckerford ... Mr. Aston,
Lady
••• Mr. Ashwell,
Widow Pottle ... ... Mr. Sutton,
Patty Pottle ... ... Mr. Davidson,
being the first appearance of each of the actors oP°'
ny stage.
Mr. Ashwell made an uncommonly pretty Lady Sores::
ford—we have seen many fair performers with less ferry,
tensions to good looks. All got through their parts two
efficiently, and exhibited much less nervousness
might have been expected. Mr. Aston made „
uste -
a. c3:sr,
John Duck. He was perfectly at home in the c'ar- of
and in some of his touches strongly reminded, nation
13uokstone, more particularly in his burst of in""6 that
when he becomes jealous of the Major, believing, by
it was Patty he had gone to visit. This was follow
Borough Borough Politics, in which Mr. Sutton, as Mrs. Thi°u9e,
son, and Mr. Harris, as Florid, received much al?P`l,,,,ee
The last piece was Morton's farce of Chaos is
Again, which excited much risibility. The
_Aey,:.; the
entertainments concluded with Negro Alelwf-:,;e the
young gentlemen having darkened their visage! rni" ante
occasion. During the intervals of the perform &c
several selections of quadrilles, polkas, volt,,ze for
were very pleasingly given by the orchestra, and the
ments were provided in the adjoining roomio
audience. the
Although much care must have been devoted by w
students to the getting up of the entertainment, thereo
ra
no infringement upon their hours of study or the g tecl,
pursuits to which their time should chiefly be deep re
Everything connected with the performances was 11:01,
pared during their leisure hours, and the practical e
which it is the object of the Principal and his assist/0'
to confer, was thereby brought into operation.
It is always desirable to provide innocent means 'of re,
creation for young men approaching to maturity. 1.11
cannot at all times be engaged in study—there is trot,
in the old adage, " That all work and no play lnekeo
Jack a dull boy;" and it too often happens that thesci
who perform all their collegiate duties efficiently, ISO
make considerable progress in the course of study
quired, get into mischief, from having their leisure boric-
left unoccupied. A performance such as that which too
place last evening will afford a motive for the emplorne„ljr
of those idle hours that might otherwise bo wasted:,
misapplied. We trust that the beginning whieh„';
thus been made may serve as a precedent for in',"%.
years, and that we may have often to record similar jog
hibitions, so creditable to the students and so &P.'
to the audience,

to
_ -
Viscount Melbourne received a select ''g
dinner, on Sunday last, at his residence in sout''The
POWER OF COURTS-MARTIAL AT „,
° CRAC°:f 110W'
.Austrian governor of Cracow has published tm",h ugh
ing decree:—" His Majesty the Emperor has tion
right, under the circumstances, to ordain, by reL-ilu sbsil
of the 21st of November, 1847, that courts-warioliovi insg
try all persons guilty of high treason in the
specified cases:-1. Those who shall excite others o
view
revolt or insurrection, with high treason vi,
exist
although without success. 2. Those who 015;1 ce•
with an object of high treason the armea yrpot
3. Those who being armed shall join a crowd, ,and
obey the authorities who may enjoin them to Witn it
the
or who, during a revolt, are seized with arms
hands."

BIRTHS.
On the Bth inst., at Windsor, the wife of Captain •-• r °Or
rane (late) Rifle Brigade of a son. G•
On the 9th inst., at Harrow-on-the-hill, Maclaine
Rualt, of a daughter. the
On the 9th inst., in William-street, Lowndes-square,
wife of Robert Frederick BroWne, Esq., of a son. se
On the 10th inst., at Eltham, the wife of Henry Ron
Baines, Esq., of a son.
On the 10th inst., at Loosleigh, Devon, the wife of Wo'iter
ElliOsn the 10th, Esq., of a son.
st A.,
in., the wife of the Rev. W. B. Flower, —' f
Assistant-Classical Master at Christ's Hospital, London, °
a son.

M.
On the 11th inst., at St. ARRIE
James'sD, Piccadilly, the Baron F'
Van de Capelien, to Catharina Van Hoogstratem

DIED. ;
Yesterday morning, Eliza, the wife of Mr. S. B. 113hop of
the Mitre, bownham- road, Kingsland, aged 34.
On the 10th inst., in Lower Eaton-street, Grosveri°,,r;
place, the Right Hon. Lady Montfort, wife of the ltig"
Hon. Lord Montfort.
Brown,zige dfSi
a();
On the Otis inst., in Park-road, Mrs. Anna Brown,
On the Bth inst., at Potternewton, near Leeds, Gar,'“"„gl-1
Frederick, infant son of Captain Frederick Cleaveland,
Horse Artillery.
On the 10t1 inst., at Walmer, Miss Staniforth, ag,!(1133" of
On the 111th inst., Sir John Leman Rogers, "a""
Blackford, Devon, aged 68.

NGll
London : Printed and Published by MURDO YO.„"
No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Suez Office, NO', ft
Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, ix the CoP"
Middle4ex, Tuesday, December 14, 1847.