The Sun.
London, England, 1870-02-24 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 24, 1870.

STIARR LIST.

JOINT-STOCK BANKS.

Closing RARiiIOP
Share NAME. Paid. Price done
10 Agra Limited,A all 11: in
. 10 Do 13 lO 41 5
50 'Albion l5 10 8
00 Alliance, Limited
20 Anglo Austrian
20 Anglo-Egyptian, lint all 211 25 241
20 Anglo-liunglrian -d ip
20 Auglo-Italian 1866, limited 10 3
40 Austrabisian-
20 Bank of British Columbia all 15 16
20 Do issued at 2 pm-- 5 34 24
25 Bank of Egypt
20 Bank of Otago, lint.
25 Bank of South Australia.., all 324 334
50 Bank of Victoria, Australia 25 37 19
10 Bank of New Zealand all 15 16
50 British North American
20 Chartered of India, Austra-
lia, and China all ISI 19
25 Chartered Mere. of India.
London, and China all 1! 31
20 City lO It 111
100 Colonial 25 41 43
10 Consolidated, lim.
50 Delhi and Loudon, lint 25
LO East London, Bin 5
20 English and American, lint 10
20 English Bank of Rio de Ja-
neiro. Btu
20 English, Scottish, and Aus-
tralian Chartered
281 Iloug Kong and Shanghai
Bank Corporation all 37 : 9
281 Do new lll 41 51
100 Imperial, him 2O 3 2
90 Imperial Ottoman lO 21 3 13; I
25 lonian all 2) 22
25 Do uew 5 6 3
Lud Mortgage of India, lint 4 3: :31
100 Do 5 p.c. Debs.lB64, 30 all 76 76 80
100 London Bank of 41exico
and South America, lim. 20 5 4
100 London and Brazilian, lim. 45 35
20 Do new 7] 5 41
100 London &River Plate, lim. 40 11. 13
25 Do new 10 11 2 p 126
20 London Chart. of Australia all 231 241
20 London and County 2O 401 al 481
50 Do new. iss at 20 p.m, 16 pd ll
London Joint Stock
London and South African al
100 London &S.-Western, lint, 20
50 London & Venezuela, lint_ 121 ..• •••
100 London and Westminster 2O 6') 61 6:4
100 Do Scrip, iss at 10 pm 2O
100 Merchant, lint 25 61 51
10 Metropolitan, lim all 71 7
00 Midland, lint 2O id
5 National of Australia
25 National of Liverpool, lint l5 3d • 111
00 National Provinc. of Ens'd 42 ... •••
10
50 National. 3O ...
20 New South Wales all 41. 43
20 North-Western 7l
25 Oriental Bank Corporation all 43 41
50 Provine.Bank.CorpO., lim. 10 61 51
30 Provincial of Ireland 25 85 87
10 Do new. all
100 Stand. of Brit. S. Africa, lint 25 14 13
100 Do issued at 6 pin. 10 8
25 Union of Australia.., all 46 43
100 Union of Ireland, lint
50 Union of London ...

10 liP

-611 32i 33

13 11

...* 15 351 361 371

TELEGIIAPII COMPANIES.

10 Anglo-American Tel., urn all 191 191 171 I
10 Anglo Mediter Te1.,1im.... 10 2ul 21 204
St Atlantic Telegraph lO 14 16
at Do. 8 per cent.
at B. and I. Magnetic Tel., lim lOO 18.) li:0
at Electric & Inter. Telegraph 100 262 267
10 Do. New 8 12 13p
25 Indo-European Tel., lirn all 23 25
5 Lond. Provincial Tel. Jim all 3 4
1 Do. Prefer: 10 per cent all
10 Mediterra. Eaten. Tel., lint all 9 10
25 lteuter's Telegram all 12 13 1
20 Societe Transatla,ut., Um all 16 lei 144
at Submarine Telegraph
1 Do. Scrip all 14 11
5 U. Kingdom Tel. Co., lim all 7 8
5 Do. 10 per cent. Pref all 1 r,

MISCEL L ANEOUS.

LAW INTF,LLIGIVNCE—This Day,

THE MORDAUIST CASE.

The hearing of this extraordinary case was re-
sumed this morning. The Court and its approaches
were thronged as on previous occasions. Sir F.
Johnstone was among the occupants of the gallery

this morning

A juror desired to have the ex urination of Dr.
Jones yesterdAy referred to, with reference to his last
visit to Walton Hall, and Lady Mordaunt's state at
the tine.

Lord Penzance read the evidence, which was that
Lady Mordaunt was generally sane ; and that all
the I- eculiarities which she exhibite I were produce!
by that crushing weight on her mind which the
pressure of circumstances could scarcely fail to
produce.
Sergeant Ballautine then addressed his lordship
and the jury, and pointed out that in a case in-
volving such weighty results as the honour and re-
spectability of Sir Charles Mordaunt's family, this
was the last opportunity which Sir Charles now
bad to ar•peal to the jury. Calling attention to
the months of March, April, and May, he observed
that it was for the Moncreiffe family to show
that Lady Merdaunt was in an unsound state
of mind iu those months. On the part of Sir
Charles Mordaunt, every single atom of evidence
that he could produce, although he was only re-
quired to prove a negative, he had placed before the
jury. The most remarkable difference appeared on
the other side, and this he characterised as an at-
tempt to sueprs%s and keep back all the evi-
dence which ought to have been brought forward.
They had confined their evidence to four women
servants and a swarm of medical men who knew
nothing of the case they t.‘ ere called upon to
consider, but endeavoured, •in the weight of
their scientific judgment, to lead the jury to
sacrifice their own judgment. Where was Lady
Moncrieffe? She had been in court. Where was
Mrs. Forbes ? Where was Miss Blanche Mon-
crieffe? Where was Mr. Fiennes, whom Lady
Mordaunt had consulted with? Why had they
not been put in the witness box ? He thought
no argument could be offered more strong than
the *absence- of the most important witness, Lady
Moncrieffe ? Was there a person in the world
who could give so good an idea of the state of
Lady Mordaunt's mind. She knew matters of the
deepest and gravest importance, without which it
would be • impossible for them- to come to an
affirmative conclusion. had this been the case
of a mechanic's wife, would not the mother of
the girl have been called to give evidence as to
the state of her daughter's mind at the time
of her confinement and afterwards? Of course
it would be a very painful matter, but would
• not a servant-maid feel the position as painfully
.as Lady Moncrieffe would ?, He contendLd that
she was not put into the witness box because his
learned friend knew that something would be ob-
tained from her which would damage his case. Then,
why had not Mrs. Forbes been called ? Who could
know the facts of the case; exc.Tting a mother, better
than a married sister ? 1t was said she coultlllv be
called because of her confinement, but could not her
evidence have been taken in the same manner as that
of !Ir. Haynes during his illness. 'Then there was
the absence of Miss Blanche Moncrieffe and of Mr.
Fienuts, the uncle of Lady Merdaunt. Mr. Herbert
Murray gave evidence yes erday that he had advised
Lady Mordaunt to consult her uncle, and that next
day he took her to see her uncle. Why was not Mr.
Fiennes called to state what took place ? They
had called four witnesses, one of whom was sent down
from a lunatic asylum, and one of these four women
could speak as to the state cf Lady Mordaunt
during her confinement. They had left ttio matter
to influence, and had declined to call these wit-
nesses, who could have stated whether the lady was
or was not insane. The confinement occurred on
Sunday, the 28th. Lady Louisa arrived upon Wed-
nesday, March 3, and remained until 11 arch 6th. The
first confession to Slr-Charles took place on March 8,
and the second on the 13th. Sir Charles disco-
vered the letters and hotel bills on the 14th.
He made a comaiunication to Lady Louisa, who
arrived at the house on the 16th, and remained over
the 20th, when Sir Thomas arrived Sir Charles
having discovered the proofs of his wife's guilt left
Warwickshire on the 15th Apri-. The citation was
served on the 30th April. The visit of the d ctor
took place on May the 6th. Lad! AlOr•laUll t left on
May the 15th, and there was a letter from her on
May the 16th. Thes.: dates would exhaust the

period t ) which he wished to refer more in detail.
The disbelief of Sir Charles in his wife's guilt,
and the painful agony which he was suffering,
would account for the tone in which his letters
were written.