The Sun.
London, England, 1869-12-24 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 24, 1869.

SIIARE LIS7.

JOINT-STOCK. BANKS.

Closing Blaine.
Share) ' 1114tX. Paid. Price done
10 Agra Limited, A all 101 11
10 Do B lO 44 51
60 Albion l5 10 8
00 Alliance, Limited
20 Anglo Austrian
20 Anglo-Egyptian, lira all 22 221 p 221
20 Anglo-Hungarian 8 11 24
20 Anglo-Ital!an 1866, limited 10 5 4
40 Australasian
50 522 50 1
20 .Bank of British Columbia.. all 14 13
20 Do issued at 2 pm..., ~., 5 5 4
25 Bank of Egypt
20 Bank of Otago, lira.
25 Bank of South Australia_ all 30 32
60 Bank of Victoria, Australia 125 37 39
10 Bank of New Zealand all 141 181
60 British North American
20 Chartered of India, Austra-
lia, i,ncl China all 17 18
25 Chartered Mere, of India,
Loudon, and China all 31 32
20 City is 10 11 int
100 Colonial 25 1 4 1
10 Consolidated, lira.
50 Delhi and London, lira .., 25
50 East Loudon, Rm. ..... .
A
20 English and m,:rican, litre 19 ..•
20 English Bank or Rio de Ja-
neiro. lira
.... ii pr 1p ,
20 English, ::cottish, and Ls.
tralian Chartdred ..... 04- all 161 161
281 Hong Long and Shanghai
Bank C0rp0rati0n......... all 38 38
281 Do new......... 114 4, 5.
100 Imperial,lim .......6 ......... 20 15 1
20 Imperial Ottoman...
..,,,... 10 21 21 1 I
46 lonian. all 19 22
26 Do now 6 6 3
_ _

Lad Mortgage of Luba,hut 4 81 31
.............
100 Do 5 p.c.Debs.lB64, 3U all 76 16 b 0
.00 London Bank; of Mexico
and South America, litn. 20 5 4
100 London and Brazilian, hill. 45 :5 :9
20 Do now s 71 h 44
100 London &River Plate, lim. 40 11 13
25 Do now 10 11 t p
20 London Chart. of Australia all 231 211
20 Loudon ant County 2O 491 401
60 Do now iss at 20 p.m, 16 pd ll •• • • •
London Joint 5t00k.......„ 311 421
London and South African al 8 9
100 London & S.-Western, lint, 20 13 11
50 London &Venezuela, liar l2l •••
100 London and Westminster 2O 671 sti 5) 1
100 Do Scrip, iss at 10 pm,..,,,,, 2O •••
100 Merchant, lim
10 Metropolitan, lint all 71 74
00 Midland, lim 2O 11 1
5 National of Australia
25 National of Liverpool, lint, lb 2d Ip
00 National rrovinc. of Enz'd 42 ••• •••
10 Da . ...... 42 •••
50 National. 3O
20 Now Solth W. 1.. -,.. -- tin 41 42 V} 1
20 North-11 ostorn
25 Oriental Bank Corporation all 41 42
50 Provine. Bank. Corpo., lim lO 61 61
30 Provincial of Ireland 25 90 VC
10 Do new, all ... ...
100 Stand. of Brit. S. Africa, lim 25 11 13 114
100 Do issued at 6pm lO 8 6
20 Union of Australia all 45 4 ;
100 Union of Ireland, lim
60 Union of London l5 g 7 3s 37e

TELEGRAPH COMPAN I ES.

11l Anglo-American Tel., limCiir, "iii DI. isi i
10 Anglo Mediter Tel., 1im.... .0 17i in
at Atlantic Telegraph lO 10 12 tei
at Do. 8 per cent. lOO 35 41 39
at B. 311(11. Magnetic Tel., lim. 100 178 le3
at Electric & Inter. Telegraph 100 •A;) 265
10 Do. Now 8 12 Lip
25 Indo-European Tel., lim all 28 2l
5 Long. Provincial Tel. lim all 21 xi
1 Do. Prefer. 10 per cent all i i p
10 Mediterra. Eaten. Tel., lim all 6 61
25 Renter's Telegram all 78 1..
20 Societe Transatlant., lim all it} Li, isl f
at Submarine Telegraph -
1 Do. Scrip all ii ii
SU. Kingdom Tel. Co., lim all 7 ; i
b Do. 10 per cent. Pref all , I i 5 p

MISCELLANEOUS.

10 Anglo-Mexican Mint all 14a 111
25 Australian Agricultural
25 Australian Mort. Land and
Finance. aim.
10 Baugarah Tea Estates, lira 3 .1
10 Berlin Water Works, aim all 111 141
10 Do. Now all —-.
100 Boleteow Vaughan, hill.
6 Bombay Gas, li:n.
CityCCCeli
ppttyYelorooDo. turf: BA:CmcLsooihmu liralnaanpdnrt Company,
shares
aim
nymp Realr lira.o
y . Pi
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5 Do. Now 4 1 4,1
50 British American Laud ll 15 17
20 British Indian Tea, Ihn all 21 31
20 British Ship Owners 7l
29 Canada Company all 14 at;
10 Canadian Loan and Invest-
ment, lini 2l .. .
10 a 1 aid
5 3 a a
22032105:6 _ _
9 51 414
25 City of Moscow alas, aim all
50 City Offices, lien 23 2.1 32 il
50 Colonial, lint.
Do.
... ...
50 Commercia. Juion (Assur) 5 pr 0 p
10 Company of African Mer-
chants, aim.
20 Continental Union Gas, Ifni all 23 27
25 Copper Miners of England,
pref. 7f per cent.
100 Corporation of London
Bonds, 1877, 41 per cent. all 1031 1011
100 Do. 1879, 4i per cent. all Jolt toss
100 Do. 1882, 4; per cent, all 103 104
10 Credit Fon. of England, Bin. all 21 21
50 Credit Fon.of Mauritius lim. 10 31 .24a
at Crystal Palace lOB at 24
et Do. Preference lOO 95 100
at Do. 6p. c Pezpotual Dob. 109 107 il2
20 Darjeeling, Rua
10 Eastern Assam, lint 6} ... ...d
50 East Indian Land Credit
and Finance, lim.
20 East India Erriga. & Canal all .. ..
32 Ebbw Vale Steel, Iron, and
Coal, lint.
100 Egyptian 9 taw cant. V'roy.
Gat, by atryin. Gov— _all; fit ! I 9:4 8
20 Egyptian (Ann.& Tea: t. inn. c
I Eng.& Aubt ral. Copper, Hai 24 0 i
14 English and Foreign Credit 7-,,, 44 30
100 Eng. :Ina Sent. Marine, lini. 8 ... ...d
10 Fairiniirn Engineering 5 3 2d
20 Fore-streetWareaouae,lina 12 1 2 p
Lou For. & Col: Gov. Trust and
Le an Scrip, issued at 1:85 all 83 20 92
50 Gallivant, aim 2O
10 General Credit & Dis., liar 71 11 1 1 6 13-16
15 General Steam Navigation 14 21 29
50 Roma & Col Marine In. li:n. 5 21 - d
10 Hong Kong and China Gas all ... ...
20 Hudson's Bay
20 Imperial Land Co. of Mar
seilles, lim.
20 Interna. Financial Soca aim ' 5 2 15
20 Interns. Land Credit, Lim 6 6 4,
50 Italian Land ...................... ld P
20 Italian Irri. (Canal Cavour) all 3 31
100 Do. 6p. c. Ms., redeem
1870, issaed 90 all 67 69
50 Land Securities, 1ira.,,,,,,.. 21 11
25 London African Trading,,, 10 7 5d
25 Lou. & Caled. Marine, Bn. 6 ••• •••4
10 London County Land and •
Building, lira.
50 Lond. Financial Asso., lira 30 22 21
4 Lond.Gen.Oninibus.Ce.lini. all 2 24
80 Lend. and Gllasg. Engineer
and Iron Ship, lint 25 21 164
20 Lond, & Provincial Marine 2 14 pr
at Madras Irriga. & Canl. Guar
Sp.c. by India Gov, op 104 108
10 Mauritius Land, Credit, and
Agency, lima....
150 Merchant Shipping, aim all 32 37
60 Millwall Iron Works, lim l2l ••• •••
10 Natal Land and Colonisa-
tion Co_., lint. ..
25 National Discount Co ~ liin 5 Vii 114
25 National Pro,. Marine, lint. 4 ... •
10 National Steam Ship, lint. rn 91 10.4
20 Nerbudda Coal & Iron I
lint. 6 34 ,
3 (i!.4
10 New Consolidated Dis, Jim, 3 T '4'
5 New Quebrada, llin 4.5.0 44 41
25 New Zealand Loan & Mer
candle Agancaaliin:., l4 4 iP
25 New Zaftlattd Train odd
',dad, lini 18 if
10 Northern Assam Tea, aim, 5 7 6
10 Do. B
et North Brit. Austral., lam lOO 48 53
50 North Brit. & Moreau. in .61 il 114
25 Ocean Marino (triattritileo) a • L'
80 Oriental Financial, lira ll ... ...
5 Oriental Gas, Jim
8 Do. New
10 Otago and Southland' In
vestment, lint .......... ..ai 411 4p
'5 Ottoman g-A.3 llnAntaiiiiist 14 24
10 Pittlatilta OW Zealand, and
Australian R. Mail aim ...1 •
5 Do. do.
at Peel R. Land & Minerl Bra 100 ' 31 31
50 Peninsn. & Oriental Stettin allie
4i6 11/
50 Do. New lafir aa,aa p It Ad
be Rhynintly Iftql. H., ........
1 fin. New
2 1110 do Janeiro City Im.,liin. all •18 19
Do. Gas, aim all 21 254
100 Royal Mail Steam MI 46 50
Scottish Meat: lIIVOata 11tH: 100 ;it 83
WI; 6lt qiChlati: Pre: 109 O. %II
00di8td Fifa d'Bl/Ypili, Illal. 18 7 6d
4430100 OM& Ptatipira Ot. 8 24 31
80 S. African Mort; & Inv., aim. 6 ... ...
25 rgth Adatiallan :and . - ttki 13 34
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21 ...mites and Aieipey marine

(Insurance), lim 2 21 3 41 1
20 Trinidad Petroleum, lim Bl ..'
10 TruF,t &Agency of Aus.,llin 1 1 1p
10 dr", (4., 4,.
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50 5 44 8 fi
i 0 Slap;Ali 0.
5 g 1 id
20 tniverial Marine(ln.), lint 5 3 4 p
10 Upper Assam Tea, lim all 4 2
30 Van Diemap'a Land 2Bl 6 7
100 Viceroy of Egrefl Load, T phi
0411,a1l 1101 Ell 821 I
50 Val:lain 12 to 84
50 Wlist anti PaCi2e.
Siegi4i; ........ • .... 10 8 g
90
WbOti4r-iiolOnOliatafi and
Warehouses lO ••• •..

t;OLON.L/LL 00VBENALSNT SECUILLTIr.

L 411103 AKtlinhios, Il 1Y
0ent.,1V19...• i6O _
pc). 1855' • ' • 110
- LlathSiOvi6llo.l.l4.lll',l6Jtily
isnuet amAist•Lilt /1 100 WI Ict
- Do. 6p; 0 7eb. & Aug leo
Do. sp; 0; !Jar. tt Sept:: 100 10i 104
Do: S; j 611: 100 911 g3l
Do: 5 :et Ititibribed sk:: 100 90 91
- uou ,111itti bp:OB73H 1019 102 10+
Do.Apl.3toel 150490.. j)1
Do. do IbBo-00.• 100 lu7 109
Do. Jan..tjuly, l?')1 100 lOS Ile
Do. 5 per colt. 11 April
and 16 Oot., 1900 .. 100 98 .00
Ceylon, Nov 1878,0 100 108 11C
Do. 1872, d 0.... 100 105 107
111aurittur.4, 6p. 0, 1873,-
- Jan. and July
Do. 1378 ... lOO Its LOG
Do. 1882,31ay and tic' ;,. 00 105 108
I)c.. 1S 5, Feb. ‘t Aug lu 1o&
3Libourne Corporate.,
1067-75, 6 per cent leo 100 100
N.11.G0v.6 100 103 104
- N atal 6 p et, Apl it Oct
- Do 6p e. ez Nov l.O lt 6 101
N. 8.11.5 we., '7l to '73 lOO 00 101
Do. 6 p.c. 18f,13 1816... 100 09 IUO 102
Do. 5 p.e.rd.'i; to '75
- N.Zenland, 6F. et. :891 lOO -
-- Do. 5 per cent....
- Do.)(in, A prl„lu;y, Oct lOO 91 92
Do 6p c. liar ,t 6ept '9l lOO 108 110
Do June (1.- Dee., 1,91 100 lu9 tll
- Do l'rov., 1 ALetld. n
ttriei 1 2, M 1... )
-- Nova Scotia 6p. r.J an
and Jnly, 1876
..... 100 19
-
Qty,ensind. sp. C. 100 '('7 1081
- Do 1891 . lOO 107 leoil
Te;;tnanian 6 per 3 . 107 109
Do' (193 97 ~.. 100 198 100
Victoria 6 per cent.lB9l.. 106 114 115
Do, April and IJJQ 011 112 110

IRISH PRISONS;

The Governffient Of rreiand
is Said to be drafted, alid Will be laid beta 'tar-
lisinent at an early period of the Session. The main
features of the bill (according to the frEsh. limes)
will be the abolition of the bounty; cols and the
substitution instead of district prisons Under the
more immediate supervision of the Government: Those
gaols which will be maintained and expanded into district
prisons Lave been decided oil, and two questions—their
central positien, and the facilities they present for the adap,
teflon of the separate system—have weighed hi their selec-
tion. The gaol building to be abolished will be sold, and those
governors and other officials not absorbed will be allowed
to retire with gratult!e3. The post of local inspector will
cease to exist, and instead, district officials will be ap-
pointed, the whole system being under the supervision of
the two present' admittedly Inspectors-Gonoral—Mr.
Lontaigne and Mr. Bourke.

THE FATIIIM'S EVIDENCE ABOUT HIS
FASTING CHILD.

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The evidence of the father, Evan Jacob, given on Thurs-
day before the Coroner who is investigating the case of
the Welsh fasting girl, did not explain anything about
tl:e child. He told the same story he has given for
months. He said he had a wife, seven children, and a
.-rvant man at Lletherncud. Tne eldest girl was 18
years of age. The deceased was the third daughter. The
second child was a girl of 15, and Farah was 12 years old.
She was a very healthy child until a change occurred last
February. Two years since she was at school, and one
morning she complained to her mother that she spat blood,
and was ill. For three days they thought it was a cold. She
was up the first three days. Then she got worse, and
took to bed for the next three days. On the third day she
became worse, and Dr. Davies wavent for. The girl was
crying and complaining of a pain in the side. The doctor
gave her medicine, which eased the rain that night. They
sent next day to Dr. Davies to get some medicine, according
to arrangement, and the doctor gave a bottle of medicine,
which brought no relief. The week after the pain inside
became more acute, and Dr. Davies thought she had worms
and treated her accordingly. He attended her for ono
month, and then confessed his inability to understand her
complaint. At the end of the month he said he could not
relieve her. There was no cure but the Great Doctor, God
Almighty. Dr. Davies withdrew, and said they might go
to other doctors, but that it would be of no use, and that
they would only spend money. They called in Dr. Hop-
kins, who said if they had called him nine days sooner
there would have been a chance of a cure. Now there
were no hopes, as she had inflammation of the brain.
This was in April, 1867. Dr. Hopkins only came once and
gave two pills. She could not take them, she was too ill.
Dr. Davies was again sent for, and came. He said there
would be some change before Sunday. On the following
Sunday it was thought she was going to die. She called
in a faint voice for milk. She had not taken food before
for months. They used to moisten her lips and the inside
of her mouth with weak table beer, but she did not swallow
any. There was no excrement. She took a small quantity
of wine, and had a clyster. Up to the following August
she took six cupfuls of rice and milk. Her bowels did not
act regularly, and there was no passage for a week or
eight days. The only food swallowed came back with
froth and blood. From August to September she did not
wish those about her to give her food. Between the
periods named she had fits, in which she threw her arms
about. She was weak, and remained in bed constantly
from September to October. She took a little apple
dumpling some week or two afterwards. In the end of
the month she took a little apple in a spoon, and about
the size of a pill, morning and evening. She passed
water every other day. The neighbours then came to see
her. She was not very thin, but she was looking
ill in the face, and suffered pain in the left side.
From the Leginning to the end of October, 1867 she
never took food. From that time until her death they
moistened her lips with water several times a day. Three
weeks after she ceased to take food she had motions every
day for a week, and very largo stools. The excrement was
very hard, and she passed water in middling quantity during
the same week. At the end of the week a stool was very
large. She had no stool afterwards till the time of death.
Three weeks after the end of the week when she had her
last stool she continually every morning at five o'cluch
passed water of the usual quantity girls of her age might be
expected to pass. From that time, the end of December
18C7 to December 1863, he was quite sure she passed no
water, as she remained in bed to the time of her death.
There was a utensil in the room under another bed in
which he and his wife slept, but there was none under hers.
She could not have used that utensil, as she could not
move. Neither he nor his wife ever observed water
in that or any other vessel which they had reason to
believe cans from her. lle was sure of that. She was Fen-
s:ble, except when in a fit. Soznetimes she had a fit several
times in a day, and it sometimes lasted a quarter cf
an hour; then there was an interval of about a quarter of
an hour, and afterwards again another fit for a quarter of
an hour. This did not last during any day, except when
she slept frem about eleven at night to eleven in the morn-
ing. The fits enly occurred at night time when awake. This
state of things only went on a few weeks. Ho was quite
sure about the water, because he always made the bed in
November 1867, when his wife was confined. Since then
he made the Led. He never saw stains of urine on the
bed. From August 1867 to December 1363 the deceased
never made water, and then for three consecutive days
the witness made the bed and counted spots on it. She was
unconscious of passing water. The first time strangers
came was in the spring of this year. He commenced to
dross her in the manner desciibed when she ceased to take
food. The shopkeepers gave the riband, and she had a
crucifix before she was taken ill. Hundreds came
to see her, and many put a sixpence or a
shilling on the girl's chest. Ho could not say
how much they left. One reason why ho made the bed
was that the mother could net make it so well or so
smooth. It was made every other day. The special
reason for discharges of urine was something on her mind.
Last year she passed water because her grandfather died.
She made water because she was watched by strangers. At
the fiat watching she did so. Last summer she did the
same thing because the cow died. She could cry like
another child. When he consented to the watching he
hal no reason to think she took food. He was never
hold by the doctors that his daughter's life was in peril
from the commencement of the watching until the morn-
ing of the day of her death. Dr. Davies sent John
Daniel, his brother-in-law, to tell him that the child got
a'ofge: What passed between him and Dr. Davies was
that he said, "You do not like to give her a dose of brandy
and water?" and he said ho did not. 110 had not offered
anything for two years. She always got ill when ho offered
her anything. lle gaid he might offer it, and was perfectly
willing. Dr. Davies went to try her,and whenite came back the
witness asked him if ho offered her any thing. He said that he
was afraid ; as she had done so long without food it would
choke her. Dr. Davies told him on Thursday night she
was better than on the previous night, and there was no
danger. All her brothers had access sometimes to her
bedroom. He could not say whether they could take
food into her room, but he believed she could not take
food ; it made her ill. None of the doctors told him tho
child was dying for want of food, nor did the nurse. Dr.
Hughes and Dr. Davies asked him on Thursday evening
if be should like to get rid of the nurses, and hesaid he should
not, bccauie he did Rot !tee her getting worse, and he did
nothing for her, as she had remained lo long without food
If he knew the child was dying of starvation he certainly
would not have refused. The candle was put out at night
When ahe went to sleep. He once found a scent-
bottle in the bed-clothes. He never found things concealed
I before.
The coroner, in summing up, said ho could not under-
stand how any rational person could believe the story of
the girl's fasting. Urine and excrement must have come
from somewhere. Tho doctors were not to blame. They
Were deceived by the father. There could be no question
that if there had been starvation, the responsibility
fell on the father. By law the father was responsible not
merely to provide, but also to induce his child to take
food. There had been criminal negligence on the part of
the father, and the only question was one of degree. The
father had on oath that day endeavouscd to impose on the
jury with a hideous mass of nonsense, and ho should
ask if it was easier to believe the natural laws reversed or
Plat the father was stating falsehoods. The life of the girl
I )2,4 been itteriticodt and the question arose if the offence
manslaughter. The cases cited
anmi.ttcd was murder 6: _
Iseemed to skew that it was manslauginCi:.

The jury deliberated for a quarter of an hour, au."
returned a verdict that tho child died of starratin
negligence, and that neglect to induce the child to talc
food en the part of the father constituted manslaughter
The father was admitted to bail.

The title of Mrs. Stowe's new book is " The True
Story of Lady Byron Establi.lied." It contains about 300
pages.

The Manchester Examiner, referring to the rumcur
of a threatened attack upon Salford by Fenians, says there
was no foundation for it. The removal of the arms to the
safe.t place for them was a mere mr.tter of military routine,
and is so regarded at the larraclis. The police authoritk
of Manchester and Salford are satisfied that no attack was
meditated. The information of the movements of the
tenians in the district shows that they are in no 'ma'am
attempt any entegrse of th? kind, an that there is 49
ittßaTaYliffiriZODY:U.ol4,4l94ll Itsinctin the

FOREIGN NOTES.

AUSTRIA AND THE CECUMENICAL COUNCIL,

The Vienna correspondent of the Eastern Budget denies
the report that the Austrian ambassador at Rome las
r4ceived fresh instructions fr( m Count Beust relative to
his position with regard to the CEmmenical Council. So
long as the action of the holy See is confined to dogmatic
and religious questions, the Austrian Government cannot
interfere, as the Constitution ensures perfect freedom to
all religions. The Austrian representative is accredited to
Pius IX., not as Pope, but as Sovereign. If any resolutions
should be raised at the Council encroaching on the rights
of the laity, the Austro-Hungarian Monarchy would inter-
fere, but not through the medium orCount Beust. Count
Trautmansdorff would in that case receive his instructions
through the Ministers of Religion and Home Affairs.