The Sun.
London, England, 1856-12-31 00:00:00

land, if Switzerland, on its part, would exhibit a little
good-will and a little confidence in the Emperer.
"Hither- 3
to the Emperor had prevented the King of Prui-,sia from
directly demanding from the Federal Council the libera-
tion of the prisoners, because, refusal being probable, an
arrangement wouldklien have been no longer possible.
But if Switzerland were to set the- . irisoners at liberty
at the formal request of the Em.:`. , and as it
iona were
consign the fate of Neuchatel toti- hands, the natl
self-esteem would be preserved intact,
and
the affair
would be settled ; if, on the contrary, Switzerland should
reject these proposals without taking acCOunf'of the
Emperor's advice, the Emperor would leave ;Afters to
Fettle themselves as they could, and would not offer any
impedimentto the concentratron of an army in the Grand
Duchy oqAlen.
These overarm of the Emperor, whieh were commu-
ki nicated to us by,gepikal Dufour, appeared to be of a
nature to require an answer, which the hon. general
transmitted verbally in his, capacity of envoy extraor-

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France upon an essential point ; the former in fact
never bad recomrnetiti,44l, or wi'bed to recommend,
Itr
the preliminai I,dmuc n lifi..- al liberation of the pri-
soners. So ear tag, 'i November our diplomatic
representative 'at! ariVia e ... us a communication to
the effect tApt, even were. . ; • -ing.of Prussia disposed
to renou4eihis.claitns Cur Neuchatel, it 'would be diffi-
cult to obtain such a promise upon the recommendation
of the two powers. He added that it was doittful whe.
ther the: king could be induced to specify hiedition as
categorically as Switzerland demanded.
Upon cur side, we thought ourselves boi
that, if the Emperor could not formally
guarantee the renunciation of the claim of thil.':.
Pmssia, England and France should at least decla l'r
tlOywithdrew their adhesion to the protoceof LA..64
in can of the King of Prussia still showing .himself dea,
to counsels of those powers.
We shall return presently to state the definitive resul
4")
of the negotiations.; ened at Paris. We have now to
inform you of anoth6 isode in this long contest.
The Envoy Extro„dinary and Minister Plenipoten-
tiary of the King ofhussia here asked and obtained, on
the 19th November, an audience of the President of the
Confederation, and made, in the name of his Sovereign, a
verbal proposal, expressed nearly in these terms.
" The King requires the preliminary and unconditional
release of the prisoners detained at Neuchatel, as well as
that their persons and property shall be placed in safety.
This preliminary being performed, the King declares him.
self ready to enter into negotiations. He relies the more
upon this demand being complied with, since in abstain-
ing since 1848 from pursuing his rightful claims, he has
exhibited great moderation. If the Federal Council re-
fuses to subscribe to this demand, the King reserves it
to himself to take ulterior measures."
Monsieur the Envoy alleged that he had no authority
to give us a written copy of this note.
On the same day the envoys of Austria, Bavaria, and
Bajen, presented themselves to support the declaration
of the Prussian legation, in accordance with the orders
which they bad received from their governments.
On November 21 we authorised our president to re-
ply verbally, ao follows, to the Prussian envoy, upon
the subject of his aeclaration of the 19th.
"That the Federal Coancil do not admit the King of
Prussia's demand to release the prisoners before trial,
and without conditions ; but that for the rest, the Fede-
ral Council was equally ready to enter into negotiations
to attempt to come to a pacific settlement of the dispute
relative to Neuchatel."
The President was charged, moreover, to inform the
representatives of the other German States of this an-
swer, in the same form—that is, verbally; and to add,
that the Federal Council appreciates the neighbourly
assurances expressed by the German Diet upon the oc-
casion of making these proposals • and that with regard
to the question at issue the Federal Council is animated
by the same sentiments.
.:he remainder of this important document is re-
served for a future publication.]

insist

THE SAMARITAN INSTITUTION. 1
I

UL:N EkV it
Yesterday afternoon Mr. S. L. •d'aeke Barber, the
manager of the Samaritan Institution, Victoria-street, in
the city of London, again appeared at the Guilahall,
before S:r R. W. Carden, to answer the charge 3 which
have been preferred against him of misappropriating
certain charitable contributions which had beeu entmsted
to him for the benefit of poor persons, whom thi.i4titu-
tion professed to benefit,

From the London Gazette of Last Night.

At the Court of Windsor, the 29th day of Dr Member,
1856, present—The Queen's Most Excellent Majesty in
Council. Her Majesty having been pleased to appoint the
Right Hon. Charles Crespigny, Lord Vivian, to be Lord
Lieutenant and Custos Itotulorum of the county of Corn-
wall, he this day took the oaths appointed to be taken
thereupon, instead of the oaths of allegiance and supre-
macy.

Mr. Sleigh, the barrister, who appeared for the prose-
• tion, said he intended to call further evidence, which
a • ght would warrant the Alderman in hold-
Barber to bail to answer any charge that might
ireferred against him at the Central Criminal Court.
: ei wished to say that since the last inquiry he had re-
ceived a large number of letters from gentlemen whose
names bad been published as vice-presidents of the insti-
tution, disclaiming any connection with the society. The
learned gentleman produced a formidable bundle of
letters, but Mr. Horsley, who appeared for Mr. Barber,
objected to their being read, and Mr. Sleigh gave way,
after making a most humorous speech on the character
of the evidence he intended to adduce.

THE SUN, LONDON; WEDNESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 81, 1856

found the youngest child I found a woman's night-dress,
r:11 The prim-mer " T not (7)
it;z, Jr.

. .
Mr. Eiiiott —Was this all she said respecting the death
of her children ?

Witness—Yes, i Sr; I don't recollect her saying any-
thing else ; but the fact was that there was something
the matter with her mind, and I avoided talking to her.
Mrs. Harriett Payne, the wife of William Payne, of
Anglesea-street, Waterloo New-town, Stepney, said—l
know the prisoner, and she is married to my nephew,
who is a whitesmith and bell hanger by trade. On Sun.
day evening last she and her husband came to my place
to ask my daughter to come and stop a week with the
prisoner, as her husband was going to work at Reigate
the nes' morning, and would not be home until Saturday
night. I told them my daughter should come, but as she
had some things to take to the warehouse she could not
be with prisoner until late. My daughter left home for the
purpose, and called at prisoner's house, but though she
knccked repeatedly she could not make any one hear her;
and she was obliged to return. Not getting home before
11 o'clock, and when told she could not get an entrance
into the house, I became very much alarmed, so much
so that had it not been so very late I should have gone
to her house on that night. This morning I went to
her house, but before searching it I saw the prisoner,
who said she had been to pay her rent. I then asked
her where she had been all night, as my daughter
could not get in on knocking, and she said, " I have
been in
,the house ; a man has been in and murdered
the two children, and cut my throat as well." The
prisoner then unlocked the door, and on my going into
the back parlour I saw the eldest child sitting in a,
chair quite dead. The prisoner mentioned to me that
she had been quite insensible all night. I was much
shocked at seeing the child, and I thought the best
` way was to come to the station-house.
Mr. Elliott.—Did you observe anything particular
1 about the prisoner on the Sunday evening when she
called on you with her husband ?

Names of
Companies.

Ashtn &Oldh
Birmingham
Covenizy.. • •
Derby .. • • • •
GrandJunctn
Do., 6 pr. Ct.
Grand Union
Kennt & Ave
Leeds &Livrp
Leicester
Lcicstr &Ntb
Loughborogh
Macclesfield.
Neath
0xf0rd......

Dividend
per
,A Annum.

98 71. p. ct.
40 4/:
100 11/.
100 6/. 15s.
(00 U. pr. ct.
10 6/. pr. ct.
100 7s. 6d.
40 63.
100 251.
100 5/.
83 11.55.
143 701
100 21. 10s.
100 161.
1100

Name of Company.

Berlin

East London
Do. 4 per C ent Pref.
Do. 5 per Cent Pref.
Grand Junction

Witness.—l cannot say I did observe anything strange.
Mr. John Bushell, surgeon, of Kennington-lane, said,
on this afternoon, between 1 and 2 o'clock, I was called
in to attend the prisoner, who I found at the station-
house. On examining her I found a leng skin wound on
her throat, not at all of a dangerous character, though it
might have bled a good deal, and five or six other wounds
of a small description above it. When I first saw her I
asked her how she was, and she answered " Very poorly,"
and I then asked her to let me look at her throat. On
finding the wounds I asked her how they were done,
and she replied that a man got in at the window on
the night before, at 8 o'clock, and did it, and also cut
the throats of her two children. Having dressed her
wounds I accompanied the prisoner, the last witness,
and the constable to the house, No. 4, Acre-street, anl
there found, as the constable described, in the back par-
lour the eldest child sitting in an easy chair with his
head leaning forward on a table placed in front of him
quite dead and cold. I made a hasty exarnivation of
the body, and found the little fellow's throat cut from
ear to ear, the windpipe and all the principal blood
vessels severed, Sc, that death must have been instan-
taneous.

Do. New ......
Lambeth ..... . • • • • ..
New River Company..
'Southwark & Vauxhall
West Middlesex • • • • ..
Do. Do, .....

Name of Company.

Ilutrreebrd •• •• ••

Southwark ..........
Ditto New of 7% p,c.
Waterloo ..... .... ••
Ditto Old Ann. of 81.
Ditto .I.+l'w ditto of 7/.
Vauxhall ............

GAS-LIG:

Name of Company.

British Provincial .• ••
Brighton •• •• •• •• ••
City of London .. •• ••
Equitable., •• ••
European .... .•• ••
Great Central
Imperial
Ditto New

Ditto Debentures
Do. Continental I st Cap
Do. Do. 2d Cap
Do. Do. 3d Cap
Do. Do. 4th Cap
Independent
Condon Pail. Preferen
Phoenix . •• ••, •• •• ••
Rateliff •• •• • •• •• ••
Su.'rey Consumers .'
United General ••
Westminster Chartered
Ditto, New .... •• ••
Western A
Ditto B

Mr. Elliott—Was it your opinion that the act had
been committed where the child was fowad ?
Mr. Bushell—Oh, yes 1 from the quantity of blood
there can be no doubt of it. I next went up stairs, and
f -d thr lying on the floor, face down-
ts' throat cut in a very deter-
te State of the room it appeared
not been made on the Monday
In that the younger child had
Id its throat cut on the floor
!d the nightdress of a woman

IN?,1

Name of Company.

.PRICER OF SHARES,

Price.l

Names of
Companies.

Peak Forest.
Regerat's••
Rochdale....
Stftrd &Won
Stourbridge.,
Severn and
Wye Rail.s
Warwick &
Birming.
Warwick &I
Napton..
Worestr &
Binning.
Wilts & Brks

103

51. per cit.
6i. per cnt.
4/. per cent.
5/. per cent.
C. per wit.

Si. per •ent.

41. per cent.

BRIDG:

Dividend
per

Annum.

103 per cent.)

11. 12s. Od.
U. 88. Od.
288.

LT AND CO]

Dividend
per

Annum.

71. per cent.
51. per cent.
21. per cent.

Amount
of
Share.

s. d.
10 0 0
Stock.
25 0 0
25 0 0
50 0 0
25 0 0
100 0 0
100 0 0

it. 10s,
51. per cent.
81. per cent
101. per cent,

31.
4/.158.
41. 103.

100 0 0
61 0 0
5 1 8

Amount

Dividend
per

Annum

Slaa:e.

5/. Os.
17s

7s. Od.

•s. d.
25 0 0
100 0 0
50 0 0
100 0 0
60 0 0
40 0 0
70 10 3

COMP.

Amount
of
Share.

X s. d.
20 0 0
20 0 0
150 0 0
50 0 0 1
23 0 0
10 0 0
50 0 0
50 0 0
Stock
50 0 0
50 0 0
50 0 0
50 0 0
40 0 0
25 0 0
60 0 0
20 0 0
10 0 0
50 0 0
59 0 0
50 0 0
10 0 0
10 0 0

Paid.

X s. d.
100
all

Paid.

X a. d.

Paid.

Z s. d.
all

61. per cent.
5/. per cent.
5/.
8/. per cent.
13s 6d per sh.
6; eer cent.

'ANIES.

Amount
of
Share.

Paid.

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