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to the dwellingd the prisoner at No. 39, London-street,
••d found him in bed. He told him ho was charged
•ith shooting a ma e, and he must consider himself in
custody. The psis( ,ner said it was no use denying the
truth, and voluntarily stated that shortly before_ one
Zee ,k in the aftern•)on of Thursday, he was firing at an
ea heuware jug, placed on the top of a post at the back
of fence in the yard at the rear of the premises, and
missed it, and he did rot think his gun would carry so
far as it had done. Witness searched the room, and
fouLd in it two flasks, one containing powder, and the
other shot. The prisoner also said he put a leaden bullet
into a gun, and that ho picked it up at the top of Lon-
don-street. Witness asked him if he had heard Of the
death of Ablett in the Regent's Canal Dock, to which
the prisoner replied that ho had, and that he was
quite shocked at it, believing that he was the author of
his death.
In answer to questions by Mr. INGHAM, Potter
said the prisoner told him the jug was placed at the top
of a post, and that the yard where the prisoner stood
when he tired the shot was rising ground, and above the
waters of the Regent a Canal Dock, where the Lively
was moored. The shot must have passed over and be-
tween the rigging of several vessels before it reached the
deceased. He informed the prisoner that. he had been
firing at the fence some days ago, and he admitted that
ha had done so, and that the shot bad penetrated half an
inch into the board and rebounded. Witness looked at
the fence, and found an indentation in one of the boards
evidently caused by a shot.
The prisoner, on being asked if he had any questions
to pat to the witness, said, I have got no more, to say
than that I fired the ball in the afternoon. I had fired
off some small shot before.
Thomas Squire, police sergeant, No. 14 K, said, I
found this gun (producing one) in the prisoner's room.
Ho acknowledged it to be his. I asked if he bad
heard of the death of the ureOrtunate man in the
dock, and he said, " Yes, I have; I heard of it about
three o'clock, and I was quite shocked at it;" and that
his impression was that he had fired the shot which
killed the man.
In answer to questions by Mr. INGRAM, Squire said—
I believe that a shot fired from the prisoner's yard
would have reached the deceased. The Lively is very
nearly in a-direct line from the place.
'I i:'ean, mate of the Lively, was next called, and
L c d a very strong opinion that the shot which
It. deceased could not have come from the direc-
tion of s a prisoner's garden, but from an opposite one.
He was snout two or three feet from the deceased, who
was heaving at the winch on the neck of the Lively,
when the report of a gun was heard, and the deceased,
who was in a stooping position, put his hand on his
breast and exclaimed " Oh, my God, I am shut!" and
then fell, and died almost immediately. He examined
the deceased, and found the ball had entered just below
the right nipple, and had passed through his flannel and
his cotton shirt. Numerous vessels intervened between
the back of London-street and the Lively. There was
a collier several feet higher than the Lively alongside.
He thought it was impossible the shot could have come
from the prisoner's yard. The deceased was on the lar-
board side of the Lively, and sideways to the prisoner's
house, in London-street, when he was shot.
Squire and Potter were recalled, and entered into va-
rious explanations at the desire of Mr. INGHAY. The
yard where the prisoner fired the shot was about 250 or
260 yards from the Lively. Several colliers and other
ships intervened between the back of London street and
the schooner. The prisoner pointed out to him, by
means of the flask, the charge which he put into the piece
he fired. It was no more than an ordinary one. The
deck of the Lively was certainly much below the collier
alongside.
Mr. INGHAM—That only makes the case the more re-
markable. He then asked Dean if he heard the report,
and ho said he did, but he could not tell in what direction
it was.
Mr. Samuel Taylor Rose, surgeon, stated that he ex-
amined the body of the deceased after he was shot, and
found a wound about an inch below the right nipple.
He had no doubt the ball was still lodged in the body.
It took an oblique direction backwards and downwards,
and he had no doubt it was fired from an elevation. It
must have entered between the breast bone and the ribs,
and passed through the lungs in a direction towards the
spine.

An earthenware jug, which the prisoner said he had
been firing at was produced, and some other evidence of
no importance.
Mr. INGHAM said it was absolutely necessary that
some practical gunmaker or a person in the habit of firing
guns should be summoned, to give evidence and state
his opinion, whether an ordinary charge of gunpowder
in the piece now produced would carry a shot a distance
of 250 yards. It was also requisite that the ground
should be measured, and the exact distance from the
place where the gun was alleged to be fired to the
schooner should be ascertained, and in the most accu-
rate manner. lie should remand the prisoner until to.
morrow (this day).
Sergeant Squire believed the inquest was to be held
to-morrow (Saturday).
Mr. INGHAM—It is no matter. If the witnesses cannot
attend to-morrow, in consequence of their presence be-
fore the coroner, the prisoner can be remanded again.
A respectable man in the body of the court asked if
bail would be taken for the prisoner.
Mr. INGRAra —Yes, I'll take bail.
sureties were tendered and accepted.
Mr. Maynard, superintendent of the K division, with
Inspector Smith, afterwards measured the locality and
the height of the post where the jug was fixed as a mark
to be fired at, and they ascertained that it was possible
for a ball tired from a gun in the prisoner's garden to
have reached the deceased on board the Lively. The
post is nine tea high, and considerably above the level
of the deck of the Lively.

RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS.
BRISTOL, JAN. 17.

STOCK EXCLIANGE.—The share market opened heavily this
morning, and a slight decline in the value of stock took place.
Great Western Stock closed at 76%.
_ _

LI VE.KPOUL. JA-N. 17.

STOCK EXCITANGB.—The market has been steady to-day,
still the business done was very limited, and prices remain
languid. The transactions were as follow : Caledonian,
1014—Eastern Counties,6l/s—East Lancashire, 121%!—Kendal
and Windermere, 81i— Lancashire and Yorkshire, 506--
Ditto, Fifths, 7% dis.—Leeds and Thirsk, 131'8—London and
North-Western, 1231 k Ditto, New Quarters, 3% p.—
Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, 2514—Midland, 474
—Ditto, Halves, 20 3-16 die.— South-Eastern and Dover, 23
—York, Newcastle, and Berwick, Preference, unpaid-up, 3
dis.—York and North Midland, 21% Dutch Rhenish,
474 dis.

MANCHESTER, JAN. 17.
STOCK MECHAM:IE.—The share market was very inactive
to-day. The business done was limited, and prices had
'a downward tendency. The transactions were as follow:
Eastern Counties, 6 1-Ig—Great Northern, 17—Sheffield
Stock, 25';;—Ditto, Prellrence, 10%—Ditto, New Pre-
ference, 8 p.—East Lancashire, 124! n.—South-Eastern and
Dover, 23%—London and North. Western, 1231,4—Ditto,
New Quarters, 3% p. Ditto, Quarters (C), 21,4 p.
West Riding Union, 5g dis.— Cheshire Junction, 11% dia.—
Shropshire Union, :3 b-16 dis.
BIRMINGHAM, JAN. 17.

STOCK EXCHANGK.—We have little change to notice in
this share market. The amount of business transacted was
very limited, being confined to London and North-Western,
at 124, and Midland (Birmingham and Derby), 26.

RAILWAY TRAFFIC RETURNS.
THE GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY.—(MiIes in work, 236.)
—Return of Traffic for the Week ending Jan. 5, 1851:
. Passengers, parcels, carriages,
horses, dogs, and mails ... £3,781 2 3
Merchandise and minerals 3,146 0 7
Cattle ... ... 129 3 7

Total .. .. . £7,056 6 5
Corresponding week, Jan. 6, 1850 (143 miles) :
Passengers, parcels, &c. ... £1,210 8 4
Cattle ... ... ... ... 1,263 2 9

Tot al ...

... 2,473 11 1

EASTERN COUNTIES AND NORFOLK RAILWAY....TTARIC
return for the week ending Jan. 12 :
Passengers, parcels, kc. ... 46,125 10 3
Merchandise, cattle, and cartage 6,245 9 6

Total £12,370 19 9
Corresponding week of 1850 ... 13,578 0 11
LONDON AND BLACK:WALL RAILWAY.— Amount of revenue
for the week ending Jan. 12:—
Passengers
Goods

•••£758 4 5
... 26 0 0

Total ... 4784 4 4
Corresponding week last year ... 545 10 3

MANCHESTER, BUXTON, MATLOCK, AID MIDLA.NI)B JrTC-
TION RAILWAY.—Return of traffic for the week ending
Jan. 12:—

Passengers, &c.... ...
Merchandise ... ...

X 46 13 8
55 0 0

Total £lOl 13
Corresponding week last year 84 3 1
SHREWSBURY AND BissmiaNAM RAILWAY....Tritfile r,
ceipta for the week ending Jan. 12:—.
Passengers £348 7 6
Carriages, horses, and parcels ... 15 5 5
Live stock •..
Merchandise and minerals 208 187
41

Total ••• £5BO 18 4
Corresponding period last year.. 382 7 24

BANK OF ENGLAND.
(From last night's Gazette.)
AnAccount, pursuant to the Act 7th and Bth of Victoria, cap. 12, for
the Week ending on Saturday, the 11th (lay of January 1151.
DT.I.AITIKENT.

Notes i55ned........ 28,010,150

Government debt .. 11,015,100
Other securities 2,984,900
Gold coin and bullion 13,970,528
gilyer bullion • • • • 39,667

4 26,010,190
M. MARSHALL, Chief 'Cashion
Dated the 16th day of January, 1851.
B ANIL MG DETARTMENT.

228,010,190

Proprieters'capttal 14,b53,000
'test • • • •• . 3,194,398
rublie deposits (In-
cluding Exchequer,
Commissioners of
National Debt, Sav-
ings•hanks, and lll-
viden,l accounts) . • 6,455,107
Other deposits .• •..• 10,975,856
Seven day and other

Government seeuri-
ties (including Dead
Weight Annuity).• 11,150,256
Other securities •• •• 13,511 364
Notes _.• 8,132,550
Gold and silver coin • • 631,659

.... 1,247,508

£:',6,425,b69

£36,425,869
di. MARSHALL, Chief Cashier.
1851.

Dated the 16th day of January,

THE PAPAL ROSE.--It is customary for the Pope
to give every year a golden rose, ornamented with diamonds,
to whichever of the powers of Europe appears in his eyes to
be the most distinguished for sincere piety. His counsellorsto obtain the preference, every one proposing
Mizuel onw received the prize I.—
Boston Evening Transcript.
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