The Sun.
London, England, 1860-01-13 00:00:00

BANKRUPTS.

James Kelps, licensed victualler, 27, Old-street, St.
Luke's, to surrender, Jan. 26, at eleven, and Feb. 23, Et
twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy.
William Strange, printer and publisher, 294, Strand, Jan.
20, at half-past one, and Feb. 24, at one, at the Court of
Bankruptcy.
James Warren, licensed victualler, East Stonehouse,
Devonshire, Jan. 23, and Feb. 27, at twelve, at the Exeter
District Court.

Raley Middlewood and John Middlewood, linendraperF,
Leeds, Jan. 30, and Feb. 27, at eleven, at the Leeds Dis-
trict Court. . ;

Philip Hawks, brickmaker, Kinson Ledge, near Poole,
Jan. 25 and Feb. 21, at 12, at the Exeter District Court:

. •
William James Webber, baker, Teignmouth, ' and
Feb. 15, at 12, at the Exeter District Court
John Rowlason and Thomas Brooks, buillt,• 'obi,
Jan. 23, and Feb. 15, at eleven, at the District
Court. • -• •

Matthew Bradbury and George Weaver, .clothiers, Tun
stall, Staffordshire, Jan. 26 and Feb:"-at eleven, in the
Birmingham District Court.
William Jackson, victualer, Kidderminster, Jan. 26 and
Feb. 16, at eleven, at the Birmingham District Court.
Joseph Bentley the elder and Joseph Bentley the
younger, gun and pistol makers, Liverpool, Jan. 20, at
twelve, and Feb. 17, at eleven, at the Liverpool District
Court.

_SC;OTCII BANKRUPT.
William Richard Paterson, merchant, Glasgow.

BANK OF ENGLAND.
An Account, pursuant to the Act 7amtaild Bth Victoria,
cap. 32, for the week ending- on Wechicsday, the 11th day
of January, 1860:

ISSUE DEPARTMENT.
Notes Issued £30,002,060 Government Debt £11,015,1C0
Other Securities .. 3,450,900
Gold Coin Bullion 15,527,060
Silver Bullion .... -

.£30,002,060

f 30,002,060

BANKING D
Proprietors' Capi-
tal £14,553,000
Rest
Public Deposits (in-
cluding Exche-
quer, Savings'
Banks, Commis-
missioners of Na-
tional Debt, and
Dividend Ac-

7.PARTPIENT.
Government Secu-
rities (including
e Dead Weight A-
nnuity) £10,963,822
Other Securities 19,892,930
Notes
Gold and Silver
Coin 697,019

counts) 5,561,925
Other Deposits 15,543,4C9
Seven Day and
other Bills

£39,721,561
M.l

£39,: 21,561
,RSTIALL, Chief Cashier.

Dated Jan. 12,1860.

AVERAGE PRICE OF SUGAR.

The Average Price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, com-
puted from Returns made in the week ending the 10th day
of Jan., 1860, exclusive of the duties of Customs paid ur
payable thereon, on the importation thereof into Great
Britain _ .

Per wart.
From the British possessions in America 27s 9id
Muscovado, the produce of the East Indies 32s 4d
Average price of the foregoing 29s old

COURSE OF EXCHANGE.—THrs DAY.
Amsterdam
Ditto
Rottet Jam . 11 141 11 15
Antwerp
Brussels — 25 20 25 25
liamburgh
Paris
Ditto
Marseilles
_ . - - .

Frankfort on AI aino
Vienna
Trieste

1161
12 9,3
12 95

13117 A
13 13

Petersburgh
Madrid
Cadiz
Leghorn
Genoa
Naples
Palermo

35
491
30 27}
25 40
40a
121

491
60
30 35
25 45
40/
121

Messina
Lisbon

1211
52,t

1211
521

Oporto
Rio Janeiro
New York — 00 00
Foreign Gold in Bars (Standard),...per oz. £3 17 9
Mexican Dollars .... 99 0 0 0
Silver in Barg (Standard) 99 0 5 2i
South American Doublons

CRINOLINE HOOKED.—A ludicrous scene was
witnessed at the Dearham station of the Maryport and Car-
lisle Railway on Sunday. A brisk damsel got into the
morning train at the Dalston station. She had the usual
circular appendage to her- dress, and it required only a
slight pressure to enable her to pass through the narrow
doorway. Far different, however, was the young lady's
attempt at egress. The crinoline was unluckily not of the
most approvd pattern. It could not be contracted and
expanded at pleasure ; but when it was pressed at the sides
it jutted out both behind and before. When, therefore,
the blooming girl essayed to leave the carriage at Dear-
ham, the inflated machine was hooked by a projection of
the carriage, and its unfortunate wearer was fairly sus-
pended in mid-air. There she remained, to the gaze of
all beholders, till the guard ran to the rescue, and helped
the now blushing damsel from her awkward position. She
was quick to escape from the scene of her misery.—Cat lisle
Examiner.
A Government case of some importance came on
for hearing before the magistrates at Devonport on Tuesday. •
Mr. W. Eastlake, solicitor, who appeared on behalf of the
Admiralty, stated' that the prisoner, John Lawrence, was a
mason employed in the dockyard, and was charged with
attempting to commit a felony, having been detected in
making preparations and arranging a scheme for robbing the
pay-office in the dockyard. The case was a peculiar one,
and deserved the careful cmasideration of the magistrates,
as it closely approximated to a very serious crime. Mr.
Eastlake then stated that no possible doubt could exist of
the moral guilt of the prisoner, but that it would be for them
to decide whether his legal guilt was sufficiently established
to warrant his committal for the offence with which
he was charged. Whatever might be their decision the
bench would approve the course adopted by the Admiral
Superintendent, who had conceived
it it o
ttbtein a higher moral
duty to deter crime than to perm an aept tat
maturity and then to punish it. The evidence of Win. Isles
and John Martin, labourers and attendants on the pay.
office, and of Mr. Henry Brady:, the accountant, proved
.hak key
that on the 30th of December prisoner first asked Isles to
come to his ,‘cabin" in the yard, whenhesaid, " Wt I
want to know is if you'll mix up with a bit of roguery. I
want to get the impressiono f the keys,
e dh
especially
of the safe, for £2,000 or £3,000 is easily taken
the impressionakenas sa the
away." He
then
e'
differentsoap
p a
nd a
ways, and said it must be
and that if no locks were picked the
donwastotook
in
h g
eu taken
piecee n
four ot'
percha,
blame would fall on the clerks.
Isles
following Tuesday, when walking
indeclinedih the
v e r
a,
nde buth onof the
pay-office, prisoner showed him a piece of guttapercha, and
Isles, then informed Mr. Morris, second-class clerk, of all
that passed. On Wednesday prisoner askedhim to leave the
kbareaeyeksthie
ddo,ovir ,non. dh.aving received permission, he did so. There
keys on one ring, viz., one each for the front door,
and pay office. They are usually taken to the ae•
countant's office every evening at 5, and brought therefrom
in the
morning at half-past 7. During the day the key of the
Pay-office was missing. John Martin said that on the morning
of the sth inst. ha saw prisoner on his hands and knees
under the stairs. When questioned he said he was looking
for-it piece of carpet. Prisoner then inquired if any, one
slept in the pay-office, and if the safe-room was all iron.
Martin watched prisoner. and saw him replace the missing
key. The evidence not being sufficient to establish legal
guilt the prisoner was discharged. He has been many
years in the Dockyard, from which he is now dismissed.
Occasionally there is as much as-L30,000 in the pay-office
of the Devonport Dockyard.
ATTEMPTED SUlClDE.—Yesterday morning self-
destruction was attempted by a woman named Mary Ann
Davis, aged 35, residing in Osborne-street, Whitechapel.
It appeared that the policeman on duty in going round In-
gram-court, Fenchurch-street, found the unfortunate crea-
ture on the ground in a state of insensibilityt vith a phial
by her side which had contained laudanum.. He imme-
diately had her carried to St. Thomas's; hospital, but she
stillremains in a very precarious state.