The Sun.
London, England, 1869-06-25 00:00:00

JOINT-STOCK BANKS.

Closing -Tiisinese
Share NAIKE. Paid. Price. done
10 Agra Limited, A all 10 101 104 1
l 9 Do B lO 31 31 3 1
50 Albion
00 Alliance, Limited
20 Anglo Austrian
20 Anglo-Egyptian, lim all 204 211
20 Anglo-Hungarian 8 11 2
20 Anglo-Italian 1866, limited 10 54 41
40 Australasian
20 Bank of British Columbia all 10 14
20 Do issued at 2 pin ~.. 5 5 4
25 Bank of Egypt
20 Bank of Otago, lim.
25 Bank of South Australia all 30 32
50 Bank of Victoria, Australia 25 37 39
10 Bank of New Zealand all 16 17
50 British North American
20 Chartered of India, Austra-
lia, rnd China all 18 19
25 Chartered Mere. of India
London, and China all 02 33
20 City
100 Colonial 25 38 4!
10 Consolidated, litn.
50 Delhi and London, lim
so East London, lim 5 24 11
20 English and American, lira 10 ... ...
20 English Bank of Rio de Ja-
noir°. lim
20 English, Scottish, and Aus •
traliau Chartered
L 8; Hung Kong and Shanghai
Bank Corporation all 36 08
284 Do now 54 21 24
100 Imperial, lim 2O 15 16 151 I
20 Imperial Ottoman lO 21 sit 1!1 12
.5 loni:in all . e *z2
25 Do new 5 o 3
20 Lud Alurtga,,e of luditt, lint 4 ;'i ;:1
100 Do sp.c. De r)5.1861, 3d all 76 76 40
SO London BAnk, of atexico
- - .

mat South !marina, lila. 20 7 6
100 London aud Brazilian, liw. 45 30 27
20 Do new 71 0 4
100 London ,t River Plate, dim. 40 6 8
25 Do new 10 11 2 p
20 London Chart. of Australia all 231 2
20 London and County 24 4411 auk 53
50 Do new. iss at 20 p.m, 16 pd ll
London Joint Stock 1 311 3:1 32
London and South African al 8: 9
00 London &S.-Western, dim, 20 13 11
150 London & Venezuela, dim l2l ...
100 London and Westminster 2O 61 G 2 61 1
100 Do Scrip, iss at 10 pm. 2O
100 Merchant, lira 25 6 5
10 Metropolitan, Om all 7f 71
100 Midland, inn 2O 11
5 National of Australia
25 National of Liverpool, dim l5 32 alp
100 National Provinc. of Eng'd 42 ...
10 Do
613 National. 3O
20 New South Wales all 41 43
20 North-Western
25 Oriental Bank Corporation all 4 i 42
50 Provinc. Bank. Corpo., Om lO 61 51
00 Provincial of Ireland 25 90 92
10 Do new. all ...
100 Stand. of Brit. S. Africa, dim 25 14 11
100 Do issued at 6pm lO 8 6
25 Union of Australia all 47 48
100 Union of Ireland, dim
50 Union of Loudon

TRADE DISPUTES.

The silk weavers at Leigh, in Cheshire, bare thia,*reek
struck work. It appears that at the mills of Messrs. Ifart.T,
where most of the bands are employed, a notice was late'y
posted up, to the effect that a fine would be inflicted for
irregular attendance at work. This innovation the work-
men resent, on the ground that, as they are paid by the piece
they have a right to choose their own thee.
At a meeting of the operatives connected with the diffe-
rent branches of the building trades in Liverpool, held on
Wednesday night, it was resolvtd that a weekly levy of is. a
man should be made for the purpose of ,us sting the masons
in the prest nt dit-pute with their masters.
The wages dispute in the cotton trade in the Oldl am dis-
trict is practicaly settled, the operatives at the mills in
Oldham, Royton, 1104:wood, and Cicrepton
accepted the 5 per cent. reduction and returned to their
work.

The house painters of GhtFgow, who have Loan out on
strike since the Ist of lay, have agreed to rsajourn their
strike until r. more COLINTLit nt retied.

THE CHARGE OF LIBT,L AGA.INS7' THE

" NORTH 1V IL TS ilE11.11,1)."

The case of " Cadogan v. Piper," the action by the Hon.
Mr. Cadogan against the proprietor t f tLe North Wilts
remit!, was resumed on Thursday in the Com t of Queen's
Bench. The se‘setruy of the Elect] ie Telegraph Com•.
patty was called as the last witness fur the plaintiff, and
he had leen in attendance each of tl.o previous days, but
was not now present. After waiting for some time
without his arriving, the learned judge ruled that it was
unnecessary to wait any longer.
Mr. Giffard, Q.C., then proceeded to address the court
and jury. He called special attention to the letter of Mr.
Evans, which, he said, was the first point from which they
bad started. After having read the whole report of Mr.
Cadogan'a evidence at the trial at the Old Bailey, he
asserted that it was impossible to come to any other con-
clusion than that Mr. Cadcgan gave evidence at that

time, the effect of which was to give an impression which
he (Mr. Cadogan) knew was not true. The charge made
by Mr. Evans agairst Mr. Cadogan was that he made
use of the information he derived from the telegraphic
messages by his position as a director cf the company for
stock-jobbing purposes. The jury who tried the case
in 18.57 did not know the facts which had been proved
before the present jury. He asked whether anyone believed
that Mr. Cadogan would be unable to remember whether
he had sold the MAO on the 13th of December referred
to at the trial. He also asked whether great value could
be attached to Mr. Cadogan's evidence after such circum-
stances had cccurred. Mr. Giffard dwelt at great length
on the details of the trial in 1E37 as it Lore upon those
of the . present suit, and especially deprecated the
line of conduct adopted by the brothers Thomas
and Albert Evans. Ile strongly defended the witness
Mr. Sandilands from the accusation of having committed
perjury, and commented with great severity upon the
whole of the treatment to which Mr. Thomas Evans had
been subjected. Ile also dilated at considerable length,
and in terms of the most emphatic censure, on
the means which bad been taken in every direc-
tion by the llon. F. Cadogan to relieve him-
self from the more than questionable position in which
he had placed himself in relation to the telegraph com-
pany, and also to the contractor for the refreshment
department at the French Exhibition. Rela-
tive to the letter which was sent by Mr.
Cadogan to the newspapers in explanation of his
connection with the French Exhibition, be (Mr.
iffard) did not hesitate to say he had suppressed a por-
tion of the truth, and had suggested that which was
untrue, for the purpose of vindicating himself and at the
same time misleading the public.
The judge will sum up to-day.

A large meting of grocers was held at Birming-
ham on Wednesday, about 400 being present, when it wits
resolved to alamlon the present system of selling sugar,
awl in no case to sell it at a loss, or under wholesale market
•aluo.
_ . .

The Roman Catholics of London are about to
erect a new college for the training of their foreign mission-
aries, and Mill Ilill, Hendon, where thew has for some time
past been a temporary college, will bo the site of it. It. has
been arranged that the foundation stone shall be laid by
ircLbishop Manning, on Tuesday next, being St. Peter's
Day.

The three Manchester bus wl.cse Protestantism
ied tin in to b et to d, nth a little Irish girl for wearing green
ribands lave nut es:tired puniament altogether, notwith-
standing that the ecroner's jelly refused to I.old them re-
Flinn: fide. They ware brought before the magistrates on
Saturday and remanded till Thursday. They were then
discharged: after a lecture from the bench.
THE LONDONDERRY RIOTS.—It will be PCITICTII-
- that during the visit of Prince Arthur to Ireland,
some very serious rioting took place at Londonderry.
Telegrams from Derry state that Murphy, the third man
wounded at the said riots, died on Thursday night after
terrible and protracted suffering.
TILE 'WATER. SUPPLY OF TIIE METROPOLIS.—TIIO
report of the royal commission on the water supply of the
metropolis has Leen bid on the table. Its general pur-
port is, it is stated, to condemn the extraordinary sources of
supply which have been recommended, and to recommend
a development of the present sources under Government
supervision and control. The water now supplied ia very
favourably spoken of.
EDINDUEGII.-011 Thursday, at the Edinburgh
and Midlothian Rifle Association meeting, the Caledonian
Challerge Shield, value £SGO, was gained by Corporal
Angus Cameron, Gth Inverness Company, and Queen's
Prizeman of MG, with a score of 50 out of a possible GO.
The ranges were 2GO, COO, and GOO yards. The winning
score was two points above the highest ever before made
for the shield.
VELOCIPEDES. Velocipedestrians have corn.
plained a great deal that they are not allowed in the me.
tropolitan parks. It is now announced that practice on
♦elocipedes is in future to be allowed in Hyde Park from
the time of opening the gates until 10 a.m. on the carriage
road on the north side of the Serpentine. The use of
velocipedes is, however, to be strictly limited to the por•
tion of the park mentioned.
PnINCE ALT:It:WS VISIT TO CANADA. —it
is stated that Prince Arthur will leave Liverpool
en Saturday, the 14th of August, in the Inman Com-
steamer C ty of Paris, for Halifax. On arrival out the
Prince will join the 4th Battalion of Boyd Engineers, row
stationed in Canada. He will return to England next
spring. Before leaving the Mersey the City of Paris will be
placed in the graving deck, and will receive a thorough
overhaul.
Tint SUTHERLAND GOLDFIELDS.— A. despatch
from Helmsdale, in the fforthan Ensign, about the
Sutherland gold diggings, is as follows " Towards the close
of last week some of the digging claims turned out very
well, and a few of the lucky diggers made from 10s. to 12s.
a day for a few days. This raised the ebbing spirits of
moat of the men, and all hands are now working with a
little more courage. Most of the old claims are running
out, and a general desire is expressed that a new allotment
of ground should be marked off, but it is not known if this
will be conceded. A few new bands are still arriving, and
the number of licences issued for the month now amounts
to 170. One of the Inverness jewellers visited Kildonan
last week, and purchased a considerable quantity of gold
at £3 10s. an ounce."

INFANTLCIDE.—A shocking case of child murder
has formed the subject of a coroner's inquiry at Wimborne.
The mother, a single woman, named Emma Pitt, re-
spectably connected, was mistress at the National School,
Paik Home, near Wimborne. On Tuesday she was seen
to be suffering great pain, and on her going home after
school hours, the suspicions of the neighbours having been
aroused, a search was instituted in the school-house, and
in one of the drawers in an upstairs room was found the
dead body of a child. The child had been beaten on the
head with a heavy flint stone, and its tongue, which was
cut out at the root, was found wrapped rp in another part
of the drawer. The jury returned a verdict of Wilful
Murder against Emma Pitt.
CURIoUS CASE OF SOMNAMBULISI4.—A curious
case of animated trance or chronic somnambulism has come
to public notice in Chicago. A man was observed one
evening walking in a peculiarly straggling manner along
Washington-street. Thinking that the man was intoxi-
cated, a policeman approached him, intending to send him
home. When questioned by the patrolman he returned no
answer, and although his eyes were open, there was a fixed,
strong glare in them that alarmed the officer, and led him to
believe that the man was insane, and to take him into
custody. He was recognised as Joseph Ireton, a young
man about 24 years of age. He was in a state of partial
coma. He had been in the opera house during the-early
portion of the evening, from which place Le was ejected,
it being supposed he was drunk. The next morning he was
found to be in the same condition as upon the previous
night, and the city physician was summoned. The doctor
seemed to be unable to de' ermine exactly %that malady, if
any, the man was labouring under, and pronounced
the case to be one of the strangest that he ever
witnessed. When Ireton was placed in a standing posi-
tion in the centre of the floor, his head would drop forward
slightly, and he would be to all intents sleeping soundl:-.
He was placed in several other attitudes, tl e result being
precisely the same. He would allow the lids of his eyes to
be opened and closed by the fingers of another party with-
out giving any signs of feeling, and the lids would remain
in the position in which they were placed. All endeavours
to make him talk or eat anything were perfectly futile,
sleeping appearing to be the only thing that 110 WU capable
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