The Sun.
London, England, 1856-12-17 00:00:00

T.E SUN, LONni,i'oN WRDNESDA.

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114TULIGENG1,,

Shr. 'raid I
_

01...11wA1e,

Cloning Prc
this day.

Business
this tt

CITY, Two o'OLO,

Accounts from Liverpool state that the Cotton 50
Market yesterday closed &rally, and, compared with
Friday's rates, prices of all kinds were extreme. I all
The sales were estimated at 7,000 bales, 1,000 of 271
Which were taken by the exporters, and 500 by the I 2, all
speculators. The Railway Share Market closed 25 all
quietly, and a very small amount of business was 4,5 all
transacted.

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Blackburn
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£25 (13

Bristol an,' ito

Accounts from the manufacturing districts report
increased firmness in the cloth markets and Min-
Chester, in consequence of favourable advices from
India relative to the import trade, and also to the

lededonian.

heifer Ho

I fiork
Cork, B:tck, PAN
CGrnwal 1

advancing tendency of Cotton at Liverpool. Goods
suitable to the Indian and China markets have
been in request, and a large business is in progress.
The Leeds markets are in a very satisfactory condi.
tion, and the inquiry is of an average character.
Wool is exceedingly firm, at late rates.
The meeting of the shareholders of the Commer-
cial Bank was held yesterday, for the special pur-
pose of appointing a director, in the place of Mr.
Oxenford, whose protracted absence from this
country rendered it necessary that his place at the
board should be filled up ; but as it was known
that the directors would take the opportunity of
denying the various adverse rumours which have

Do. A
Do. B

D-aban,-..6e!fasta

P. jn.

20
St. 'lOO
St. 10'.• De., B. Stock
25 8k tio., New A.,
25 17! Oast Kent
St. 100 te-mea-ehire
20 a 1 East Suffolk
10 4 D 0...
St. 100 Orlin burgn et ulas6
10 ell Eeti.b.antl•Peobles
3t. Eclin.Prt% ezDurd,
n all Forth & aydo Jun
St. 100 Furnoss.
St. 100 Glasgow &S. Westrn
10 I all Great N. of Scotia
3t. 140 Groat Northern
3t. 100 Do., A. Stocl
St. 109
1)) let ..-th
3t. 100 'Groat We2tf,,r-,

East ADgna

torn Countics.„
A St

recently been circulated with regard to the stabi-
lity of the concern, a considerable number of the
shareholders was present. The chairman replied
to these prejudicial statements in a manner which
elicited much applause, and fully restored the con-
fidence of the proprietors as well as the depositors
in the soundness of the establishment. Mr. M.
Runter said that the Bank had lost nothing what-
ever by Messrs. Fox, Henderson, and Co., that
ZO application had ever been made to Messrs.
'Tones, Loyd, and Co. for assistance, or
iu fact to any others; and that the
-Rank of England never sat for two hours in deli-
beration on the subject of lending the establish-
ment 180,0001., all of which reports had been in-
dustriously circulated after the failure of the Royal
tritish Bank. A vote of thanks was passed to the
Directors and the manager, and the meeting sepa-
rated, fully satisfied with the explanations that had
been offered.

?1;....

100 1,0. Staur Val lin
Gum. Elta ... . ,
all lri'ill !-'outli- .Eastext
all r.•., . r . sL qte: & Oarlis,
1 1._4,D0., Third 5.........
12 'Do. New Thtrds....,
1"3 L.o.c as h. az rlYo-vl.-11

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ill Do

Riding ;
outhrorc

ILo-ad.-Ya & Blackwa.
Ltrici..Bri7,ht &S.CIF!
Load. rzrt Wostr

D.rlftll3

Do.111.(..211.

De.
LondonandS.Vire44.
,Jll,-in.irryst'joleral.

Innisl.
'Tancl-J.She.& Lincl,
,Tetropolitn.n
Do. J. L. Ricardo's
arrangement._
.......„
eirmni-7. &Der
51,11 d. G. West,a,,
Half Shares,.

Owing to the increased activity in the silver
tiarket the price of that metal has risen Is. Bd. per
eunce. A further parcel of 10,0001. in gold was
taken from the Bank yesterday, for the purchase of
fire franc pieces on the continent.
There is a very brisk inquiry for discount accom-
modation to-day, and it is therefore not expected
that the Bank Directors will lower the minimum
rate to-morrow, and as the succeeding Thursday
ia.Christmas Day, no alteration will probably take
place this year.
The English Funds exhibit rather a heavy ap-
AParance, and as business is exceedingly dull the
market tends downwards. A few small sales have
been effected, which, together with the further
decline, of I per' cent. on the Paris Bourse yesterday
111ve occasioned a decline of about per cent. Con-
-I,ll°lB have been I, 93} I, and 93 I. Exchequer
are ls. lower, viz., 4s. to 7s. premium. and
the Bonds are 984. The New 3 per Cents. have
i•been dealt in at 93a. /, and the Reduced 93g
bclia Bonds are 2s. prem.
the Foreign Market -there is very little alte-
ration of :iinportance to notice. Turkish 6 per
Vents. are marked 94/ to 95, but have since
been •94 4, and the Four per Cents. 1024,
being abdut previous rates, but they are now
tither flat ter. Sardinian Bonds are 89k. Russian
per Ce at. Small Bonds, 97i. Danish 5 per
Cents. 103. Dutch 4 per Cents. 96i

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4,:vpt.A.berg.&Hrf
&!,-7!nniskiii
ravr, Warrenp, n
Itostrilvor.

Ttlin.Coaxties

North Brit

.••i1 Ilevon Rail
Dock Stock
A Stock._ „
13 Stock

Eastern—Ber-;i
do.lmtensior.
.do. (I.N.E. 7/. lir&
Leeds
),). York

Borth rannecz.
.st3ac.l, and City JY,
•iorth f.',ttaffereishil•
ortb
S. West rn. jlll3
W01*(. &c.': WOl,
mt.n.,-10t1th
Rhymney .
• otti,o Cootrczf
Scot. N E.Abrdn St,
Do. Scut. Mid. St

3itingbourne°zSheer,
Dovoit
i..'"ut'2, 3.8 tern.,..„
:)ntit Wake
Wrksh. Riv. Fro

a• e,,, Wok. &W'
itcekton & Darling
Do., do., 1554.,,,,,
Do., do., 1855
tockten
ffVa1e........
•o. Pref., No. 1,

The foil owing are the nominal prices of Foreign
Stocks - Grenada Deferred Bonds, 67 ;
Mcxi-
-3 211 ; Peruvian 41 per Cents., 76 78 ; ditto
44 Per Ccnts., 54 6 ; Portuguese 3 per Cents.,
46 ; Russian 5 per Cents., 106 8 ; ditto 4i por
95; 97; Spanish 3 par Cents., 42 ; ditto
heferred, 24 I; ditto Certificates, 51 6 ; ditto
'4Baive, 51: 6.
ih There h: as been very little business transacted
the Railway Share Market this morning, and,
411 one or two exceptions, prices have rather
hded dal rynwards. Caledonian, East Lancashire,
n'at Northern, North Western, Manchester,
Sheffield, and Lincoln, North Eastern Berwick,
lford, Worcester and Woverhampton, and South
pastern
z 1 have all declined about ss. to 10s. per
( treat Central of France, Northern of
prance, and Paris and Lyons are also at reduced
Ihetatioz ; and Grand Trunk of Canada have ad-
vanced al bout ss.
In • •
Jou it-Stock Banks and Miscellaneous Shares
tl4iness 1 tas been very dull. Commercials of Lon-
don are di ,alt in at 27k, and Union of London 27/.
nada L and Shares have improved to 120 and
2. Nat Tonal Discount Company are 6, and
°lldon Di iscount Company sa.

!AMOS liay. D.& i.
Vale of N0r1th......

qaterfd. & Kilionn
Taterford&Linier-,
Welt Cornwall....
x.rest End of Lon
sad Crystal Fr 2-
Do. A .....
Do. B

West L0nd0n.....
Do. Fig st Class

Do. Second Class,..
k-•rn,), • A-- •

COLONI A L.
India, g. sp.ci 1 1
IS all Do,
20 10.. Ceylon A shares_
20 1' Do. B. do 1 - 1 21
171 , ,E! ;era,'
20 2s. Castern Bengal •
-
India), A and B;
g. 5
••• 113/
20 5 Do. Ex. C, gu. sp. c 2)p
Al ail Do. do. D, gu. sp. c.
1011 all Do.4lNc.Bnds.,'s' „„
1.01; all so. do. do., '59, df•,.
20 all Geelong Az Melbourne
guar. 5 per cent.. 211 - 22
25 all 'id, TrmA of Cana& 114 'l/ 11/
100 .11 Do. Cert. of Debea,
con-into Stk. MVP; ...
100 Do. Comp. 6 p.a., du. 75 E 0 79
20 all 4). Tr. Pest. g. sp. c 214 -22 A 22
20 2 Do New, guar. sp. c 1 4 1.
1•,. 'Resters of Canno: 24 -
201 8 Do. New 2a - 2 p 10,1
)0.13,18., payable 's' 99 - 100
100 a 1 Do. do., '76, p. 117 122
100 - )o. do., '73 do. 117 - 122
)o. do., '73, withou
option . 109 ill
10 all 'iadras, guar. p.c 20} 20R
20 allp.
p.
c.
c. 224 - 224
20 10 Do.
k 4
apr..cw.
sE x tseanri Hi
2k 2p
,r; all Do
20 8
'st).KElt+.l:
74,
Quebec (A)
ntwerp.c7i77_,.tt
rd, m 6
24) 14 Ardennes -
all ielgian Eartn. June, i
16 ,e7ierstoGraiss..aa,
c 1 10'2 Buff. & Lk. Hur. RY 2t7
6 al' Catiaeaux& Toulouse. - •
Coal Mines and Ry. 51
20 12 )nt,cl Rlierush - 51
21,1 ai gastern of France
20 19 'TeNv 32 - 321
20 2s. Euphrates Valley -10
10 10% Eur., P p
8 .t. Central of Fru: e 0,1
,?,0 16 treat Lnzemboarg„, 5 , • 4,
10 4 Italian Junction__ - 51 513
Lo all Lab- Coast. & Basle ."
10 all Lierre and Turnhout
20 6 Lombardo Venetian. 6 -64 p 12 11ee
5 all Lucca & Pist. sp. o.p.
11; "15 Lyons end Geneva 9i _ 16;
1' all 'Sons at Moditerran. „,.
33i, all aria Antonia
.•.
10 all
Do. do. Now
.3! cAmnr is Liege - 8 77
20 all Do. do., 6p. c. Pref. 1!) - 1(.4 19
16 an gorthern of France. 37 3 371
ail tiaorws
andegi Lyons CIS 5 544anTrunla re' 8
sn rriB i
31
20 all ?axis and Orleans. 51. - 53
20 5 Recife & San. Frau.,
(Perim) g. 7p. e. - p
10 71 Rome and Frascati -
2:0
Danish
is -
5 all Royal Swedish
?,), all iambre and Menge" 9 94
If% all Do. 5i p. cont. Pref B/ -
91
20 all ern of France -
••est Flanders 4l •- 44 4/.
10 all 5A per c. Pref lO
20 al] ' W. of Franct 34 -34 i
20 6 Western of Austria - 11p
sli West. of Switzerland ..•
(.; all Wiesbaden ,•• •
6 , all Do. 8 per cent. Pref - ..•
'lO all Znalane
•••

BRITISH :
FUNDS THIS DAY.—CLOSING PRICES
(From the Officzal List.)
a hA Ittistnem. done.
4.hf Cent. 1 seduced AnnuitiesNt Cont. console Annuities shut 91$
„ '"
3 nor !cut. Annuities 93a 6
h`l Annuli ;ies, expire sth Jan. 1860,..,
Witte 31k rears, expire sth April, 1885 lB 1-16 18
114.,da . ezi,t tt •
itto, uni ler £lOOO .....................
m?or A cuouut .......................
heqUC4l ' Ellis, 2id.
1000
V,too .

2p
933

4 7 p
8 4 p

- •
lranll ~
Ditto Bon: 8 p -
le, 1858,3 i per Cent 9B.
'
Bra PRIOR 4 OF FOREIGN FUNDS TFIIS DAY.
tazilian Lo nds, 5 per Cent. loo§
r,itto Soaa; ii lOl
elliau Bone Is, 6 per Cent lO3
Nall Bond s, 3 pet Cent., 1825
Di
ic.,..,tt0 spe r Cent.
-''eao 3 3r i h Cent .
itti—tto A.CCIIN Mat
'lBia,i Ron cis, 1822,£' St., 5 per Cent....
eiitto and
.11
bian on-le, 5 par Cent. ... ..... , B9l 81
itte Mel f Deferred, 3 per Cent.
1)140 Ac< ;mint
i544ia1l Coi nrnittoe Cert. of Coup. nit fun, 5i 6
licit,ll PC .ncis, I; per cent.
ditto A. count
bitto G ruaranteed, 4 per Cent.
en'' , .hr ahn.r, lb,o in lon ,o.
lfan, '/4 per Cent., ex. 25 francs —
II'IL) an,
per
ge Cent.. ex. 25 francs
li,t() I .S:chan, 2e per Cen;., 12 Guilders
ittO 4 per Cent. Certificates

THREE O'CLOCK.

G ,mole *(Money)
D itto Accounti(January S

93i i x d

THE PENINSULAR MAILS.

SOUTHAMPTON, WEDNESDAY, 10.30 A.m.
The Peninsular steamer Alhambra, Captain Joy,
u'ae just arrived. She lay outside Calshot all night,
account of the fog.
jier dates are :—Gibraltar, Dec. 6 ; Cadiz, 7' .
ishon, 11 ; Oporto, no communication ;go, 12.
She brought 21,4891. in specie, 16 passengers,
444 a full cargo of fruit, wine, &c.
bOn the 10th of December a vessel on shore off
ern Castle, on fire, with coke and wine, for the
Brazils.
The Frankfort screw steam ship from Liverpool
Ittriveil at Gibraltar on the Ist.
lax,..enauges at Gibraltar, on the 6th—London,
'7lO 14. Paris, sf. 2Oe.
Lisbon exchanges—London, 53i to 53 ; Paris,
• 32c. Stock market dull.

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&T.lstralssis.

§ -77T.01
pat—
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93 6

[tank of Egypt .....

Sauk of London
Col. Lk.Stim• C.
iirithL N. American
Chtrtd. Bank of Asia
Bnlc. of India,
& China
C;ty
....
Colonial

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the Executive Committee have reason to hope that'
'e Queen may honour the Great Exhibition of nexte
Year at Manchester with a royal visit. The committee
e to state that his Royal Highness Prinhe
"'bed has expressed his intention of honouring t
ntng oeremonial of exhibition in May next with his
vte.hae ce.
ht,'llloE OF GOLD —The quotation of gold at Paris is
t °tit 6 per mule premiutn, and the short exchange on
rates
is 25.221 per 11 sterling. On comparing these
with the English Mint price of 31. PET
:
il.
.Ince for standard gold, it appears that gold is nearly 00,4
„, per cent. dearer in Peri. than in London. BY
4 'Lees from Hamb rg, the price of gi,hl is 423 per mark,
1.13 d the short exchange on London is 13'3i per 11. ster-
CP)g. Stand and gold, at the English Mint price, is there-
" about 3-10ths per cent, dearer in Hamburg than in
rille course of exc-ang,e at New York on
wi;',oll for bills at 60 days' sight is 1091 per cent,
Waen compared witi; the Mint par between the
fls"countries, shows that the exchange is slightly against
tr,„4141)6 ;: and, after making allowance fi,r charges of
Ip,"Port and difference ef interest, the prevent rate
IJ-41:_8 in a profit on the importation of gold from the
‘ed

1 i
68 7°

Ooramereial of Lord.
t. &Aus.Cht.
Lund. Chart. Bk. of
Arai:rani .............
Ditto, New ...........unty..
Lon.lon and Co..
',,no.&B.Bnicg.Cerp.
London Joint Stock..
& Westminster
ticne Pro.ef 'Mug
tirm

17;- Is

20 21
19; - 20.

1 - 3P

4,:tioiL.l Bank .
•lew South We.l
re.nta.l Fk. Corp
)ttoman Bank .....
/.Gvincill of Ireland
OW

38 39
d

Aw, Ti &Gr. im do
h

ri-nitz of Aj.35tr,119.1,
Nolo;

35 37
6G - 68
7' - 9

i ~,11 • re‘nelo.•
Unity Mutual
Western Bic of Lono

to
6 -In 4 d

, Y
IA 0 21m R, KE. 1 SHARE MARKETS—(rhis Day.)

TINES LEASED AT FIXBD RENTALS.

RAILWAIEti.

Bedford
Bleb 'aley
BnekgtiaTnßl
ClydesOA -
Col. St3ar k, 5

opan

-Loutlon. &
N. We t.

Closing Prices
this day.

E. Lin. 2..1
E. Un. H. S
Glam. Barr. &
Neils. Direct
Do. New......
Glstris Dr, Fr

C. Count.
Oaldonian,

Hrtipl. Dk &
Railway...
.1 Hull & Selby
II Do. Sharon.
►ll Do. Shares.
Lon.&Greer,w
:11 Do.Prefereuce
)O Lon., nt.dr
3i Do. Bark.
)O Lowestoft gr.
4 por edit.
a) Do. 6 por et.
dl Manch. Bxtn
and Matlock
11 Middlesbrn' &

Gt. Wenn
Yk. Now.
Borw.
Y.StNAL
Do

S. Easter,

EAST INDIA HOUSE.

Business
this day

Peto & Co.
D 0.........

97 - 98
98 102
11 13
133 135
4 4i

.. .....

107 - 109

12} - 13
22. -24
.12 - 114
I 1p

Norfolk
Do

L.& N. W
& Midld.
Stckton &'
Darlingt.

• •• • •

2}--2

;MEETING THIS DAY.

The usual quarterly Court of the proprietors was held
this lumping at the East India House ; Colonel Sykes,
Chairman of the Beard presiding; but as 15 proprietors
only were present the Court was adjourned, Mr. Jones
protesting it was a shabby way to get rid of a discus-
sion on an iinporti.nt question, viz., the abolishing the
Board of Controul.

- _
LAW INTELLIGENC2,' .—(This Day.)

COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH.
(Before Lord Campbell atd a Common Jury.)
LINLEY AND WIFE V. lIMPLELY.

This was an action brought by the plaintiff, a coffee-
house keeper, reaiding in. Camden-town. to recover
damages for injuries received by his wife, from the
alleged careless driving of the defendant, a draper, of
Holborn.

Redc.g 6 p.c.
JO Midld.iirad t•
Newmarket
Bury E. G.spc
di N.& Est.sp.c.
di Do. 6 per et.
dl Do. Fizedt p c
dl Prest. &IN yr
ll Do. 4 Sims. A
Roystn.&llit.
Shof. FlotiLan,
G0010f.,,.5 p.c.
11 Shrews.&ller.
Di S. Stailordth.
il Wear Valloygr

91 - 93

It appeared from the plaintiffs case, that about 9
o'clock on the evening of the 6th of August, Mrg. Linley
was in High-street, Camden-town, and when near York-

street, as she was crossing the street, she was knocked

En. Conn.
E. Count.
D 0...

r
56 - 58

down by a horse and dog-cart, and was seriously in•
lured. A man, named Bands, was standing at the c irner
of York-street conversing with a friend named Pullen at
the time of the accident. They noticed a dog-
cart with a gentleman and lady in it coming

L. &N.W
Do

iGtNorthn
Lancash&
Yorksh.
T. Brassey
11.14Cloan
Stockt. &
Darlint
Do
GtWestn

132 - 1'35

at a rapid rate from the direction of mother
Red Cap, and 'saw it near the cab-stand knock the old
lady (the plaintiff's wife) down. According to Band's
statement after she was knocked down the horse jumped
over her, and one of the wheels of the dog-cart passed
along her body, and she was •' crumpled all up in one
heap," or, as Puller said, " screwed up like a ball."
Some of the witnesses described the defendant as having
a high-stepping horse, which- was going at a slashing

- 941

6 pia
Do
Wilt4fforirst

33 -
89 - 91

pace, and others that lie was driving at a rate of 10

miles per hour, and that after the accident he threw
down the reins on the horse's back, which caused hien top
at a speed of 14 or 15 miles an hour. All the witnesses
stated that no alarm was raise•l before the old lady was
knocked down, but that immediately on it the lady in the
cart screamed out. The defendant was followed, stopped,
and returned to the plaintiff's house, and promised
to call again, but he never did so,,and refused to make
compensation to the plaintiff. Mr. Weather, a surgeon,
examined the plaintiff's wife immediately after the acci-
dent, and found her suffering, among other thing-, with
an injury of the thigh. It did not present any serious
appearance, but on the following day fever came on and
she was in danger for some time. She was now suffering
to some extent from the ',jury, and would continue to
do so,

The defence was, that the accident did not arise {rim
the negligence of the defendant, but from want of care
on the part of the old lady in stepping off the kerb to
cross the road, and that the defendant had no desire to
avoid responsibility, if asy attached to him.
The defendant was called, and stated that he was
accompanied on the occa3ion by Miss Pierce, his niece.
He was coming from Hampstead, and his horse was
very much j vied at the time. Seeing the old lady was
about to cross off the kerb, he called out to her, but she
took no notice of it. He then shouted lustily, and she
accelerated her pace to pass in front of his horse, and in
doing so she was knocked down from running against
and striking the shoulder of the horse. That frightened
the horse, and he immediately tried to pull him up ; but
as he was a high-spirited animal he was unable to do so
until he bad ran fifty yards. Defendant at once went
back and gave his name and address, and expressed his
sorrow at what had occurred, owing to the old lady's
negligence, but he did not promise to visit her after-
wards.

The niece was called, and proved that she said
to her uncle, "Mind the old woman." Her uncle
accordingly shouted out, and pulled up immedi-
ately. Ho pulled up,as much as possible before the old
lady was struck. The horse wail much startled and ran
off.

Other witnessel wore called in support of the defen-
dant's case.

The jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff, damages
801.

COURT OF EXCHEQUER.

(Before the Lord Chief Baron and a Special Jury.)

NOAKES V. NEALE.

This was an action to recover 150/. upon a promissory
note. The defendant pleaded that he did not make it.
The plaintiff-was a hope factor in the borough of
Southwark, and the defendant was a licensed victualler,
who kept the Camden Arms at Pembury, near Tun-
bridge. A person named Goding, ' who was a
hop grower at Pembury, called upon the plaintiff and
asked him to advance him a sum of money.
It was a very common practice for hop factors to advance
money to bop growers upon the understanding that the
growers should send them their next growth of hops.
This arrangement was entered into upon the present oc-
ca,ion. Goding produced a blank promissory note with
Neale's signature at the bottom, and it was filled up for
150/., Goding adding his own name. Inquiries as to the
character of Goding and Neale having been satisfactorily
answered by the Vicar of Pembury, the money was
advanced. When the bill became due, the plaintiff
heard that Goding was in difficulties, and he therefore
applied to Neale for payment. He took no 'notice of
the application, and a month having elapsed, the present
action was brought.
From the number of witnesses to be examined in this
case, in all probability it will not be concluded to-day.
(Before Mr. Baron Martin and a Common Jury.)
PALMER V. HALL.-SLANDER.
Mr. Joyce appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr. Powell
for the defendant.

The plaintiff is a surgeon residing at Mortlake, and
the defendant is a corn-chandler carrying on business at
the same place. The defendant some time since net with
an accident to his arm, and ho called on the complainant
to attend him, but he could do no good for him. The
defendant afterwards went to St. Thomas's Hospital, but
the surgeons there did not succeed in curing him. On
his return to Mortlake the defendant went into a bar
tier's shop, and there spoke very disparagingly of the

Mr. Baron Martin said thi:s was a very proper action
to be tried, because the words might injure the plaintiff
in his professional character.

A verdict wag then taken by consent for the plaintiff
—damages, 40s.

CRIMINAL COTT.RT—(This Day.)

OLD COURT.
(Before Mr. Justice Crompton.)
UTTERING A FORGED NOTE.

Montague Carnie, aged 27, clerk, was charged with
feloniously uttering a forged 5/. Bank of England note.
Mr. Gifford and Mr. Bailey prosecuted. The prisoner
Was undefended.

It appeared from the evidence, that the prisoner bock
a beershop in the neighbourhood of %Valworth, and some
taxes were due on the houses from the previous
occupier, named Church. The tax-collector called
on the prisoner for the amount, and told him
that if it was not paid a distress would be put
on the premises. The prisoner asked for time,
and in the evening he called at the tax collector's
residence, and tendered his wife a £5 note in payment
for the taxes, which she got changed in the neighbour-
hood. A few days atter it was returned to her as a
forgery. The prisoner was then applied to, and he said
he took it in the regular way of business over the counter.
An indistinct name wag on it in the prisoner's hand-
writing. He, however„ offered to make arrangements
for repaying the £5, bot whilst this was negotiating he
left the beershop. He was found about three weeks
after at a beershop at Chelsea.
The jury found the prisoner not guilty, and the
learned Judge said it w as a very proper verdict, for the
case only amounted at t ho most to one of suspicion.

NE %V COURT.
SENTENCE ON SNELL, FOR THE GREAT NORTHERN
'RAILWAY FRAUDS.

William Snell, 19 years of age, who yesterday pleaded
guilty to indictments charging him with defrauding the
Great Northern Railway Company, was this morning
placed at the dock before the Common Serjeant re•
ceive sentence.

His lordship, in addressing him, said he had taken
into consideration all the circumstances connected with
this painful case, and he regretted to see a young man
so respectably connected as he was standing in that
dock. He appeared to have been led away by sudden
temptation, and to have converted the money to his
own use from the impulse cf the moment rather than
from habitual dishonesty. He sentenced him to 18
months' imprisonment, with hard labour.

THE ACCIDENT TO THE AZOFF STEAUER.—SOUTHAMP-
TON, Tuesday.—The Madrid steamer, which left here
yesterday morning to assist the Azoff, disabled (as re-
ported in The Sun of Monday), returned this morning,
with the Azoff in company, having fallen in with her a
little to the westward of Portland. The latter ship has
suffered severely from. stress of weather, her boats haying
workinggreat quantityo the opfuwmaptse r;,
awchdi which
been wa9hed. away, and bulwarks, steering gear, &c.,
seriously damaged.. Her bowsprit was carried away
while being taken in tow by the Cleopatra, and she
u'errasory examination of the ship
s
t
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hull and machinery are interfered
undis-
isull made
ri upe
e supposed,
t Ts-i ehlwdaeci )ti:khrni hffac tum thpe
will, enrthecpehowever, be docked immediately,
when every part of her will undergo a thorough exami-
nation. The crew have suffered severely from the con-
tinued violence of the gale and heavy seas, and a few
minor casualties have occurred, but fortunately no life
has been lost, or any serious injury sustained. The
Madrid assisted her home, but the engines of the Azoff
worked as freely as ever, tending to show that the ma-
chinery had not been much interfered with.