The Sun.
London, England, 1860-12-25 00:00:00

TAE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 25, 1860.

BRITISH POSSESSIONS.

Closing
Share, Railways. BPaidClosingusiness done
100 Iki !antic &St Lawrence, all 77 80
stk tßoni.,Baroda&.Cent Ind( ico 95 to
Gu. 5 per cent
18 I Do, Do. B; 16 15 1 d
204 [Buffalo and L axe Huron all 45 5 d
201 Do. New
10 Do. Preference ...... all 64 7
100 f Buffalo,Brant&Godrich 100 75 80
t 6 p, ct. bds. Aug. 1, 1872
100 Do. do. July 1, 167:1 100 67 72
100 Do. do. June 1, 1871 100 05 70
5 Clcutta.&S.Eastn. (Lim' 3 id pr
20 , ap, /C •, I, ,astn.Prov. (Lim 2s.
20 [CapcTown & Dock Scrip 5 14 1I d
20 iCeylon Guarantd. 6p. c 7/ 14 I d
174 , Demerara all --
20 JEastn. Bengal go. sp, c 10 14 14 d
stock !East Indian, gu. sp. c, 100 1005 105 1014 1
20 Do. F Shares Ext.._ all d pr
20 Do. Jubbulpore all d pr
100 Do. 41 pc. Debentra all 984 994
100 Do. sp. c. Deb., 1864 all 1004 1014
20 Geelong & Melbourne all
stock 'Geelong Corporation
percent. Bonds ..._ 100
stock'Grand Trunk of Canada 100 23 24 234 3
100 Do. 1 per cent. Pref all 78 HO 78
100100 Do. Do. 7
6 ppeerr ccte.atD. elbseon) t.r
all
ll
8478
6502 400
100 8
i,
Do. do. 1867
all 50 54
100 Do. do. 1872
stock Gt.lndiarenin.gua.sp.e lOO 971 9SI
20 Do. New ,roa. sp. c 8 :d le
20 Gt. South.of India (Lim)
guaranteed 5 per cent, all 2 14(1
201 Gt. W. of Canada Shares all 11 114 11
204 Do. New .. .......
100 Do. Bonds pay. '76, with
opt, till '6O
100 Do. do. '73 till '6O all 95 100
100 Do. do. '73 without opt all k,3 96
100 Do. 54 p. c. do. '77 do all 90 03
stock Madras, guar., 41 p. c lOO 85 87
stock Do. do. 5 per cent lOO 955 436.5
stock Do. 44 p. c. Extension 100 885 895
20 Do. Fourth do l5 15 II d
20 Do. do all
stock Melb.Corp. 6p. o. Bnds lOO
20 Newßrunswick k Ganda
Ry.&Land(Lim.)g.6pc all 5 7
Class A Capital Share
• . Do. do. Land do
20 Do. do. B Capital do.
.. Do. do. Land do.
20 Owle (Limited)
stock Scinde
20 Do. Punjaub
20 Do. Do. ......a s 2 all d
stock Do. Indus. St. Flo. r,,c„..," 100 ,91 96
20 iStAndrews I Quebec A. 18 [
10 'Trinidad (Lim.) Scrip.. 1 j 4 4d,
FOREIGN RAILWAYS.
10 Antwerp & Rotterdam all 5 : 55 i
20 Ardenne5..............l all ' —pJ
20 JBah.&S.Fran..Lim.7p.c. 10 15 154
5 'Belgian East. Junction all 4 1
20 I Beziers to Graissessac.. all —.
6 [ ! Ca”-rteaux Mine & Rail all 10 11
100 ;Copiapo ........ & ...... all
10 1 Ditto Extension .... all 3 251
20 Dutch Rhenish ........ 16 2: 240
20 ,Eastern of France .... all 235 241
20 Gram? Rus. Guar. 6p. c. 6
20 Do. do. all
20 Great Central of France all
20 IGt. Luxem., Con. shs... all 64 :' 64
20 !Italian Junction ...... all
20 Lake Constance & Bale. all
20 ILierre & Turnhout .... all --
20. !Lyons & Geneva, ...... all
335 ',Maria Antonia .... . all
10 ,Do. New ..... ........ all
20 [Namur & Liege ........ all 74 ,74
20 Do. 6p. c. Pref......... all 194 201
16 Northern of France.... all 885 395
16 Do. New Shares l5
10 Norwegian Trunk Pref.. all 74 65
20 Paris,Lyons, & Mediter. all 351 384
20 Paris & 0r1ean5........ all 51 56
Recife & S. Fran. (Pern.)
20 (
/ , gua. 7p. cf. Ern...—. 13 35 24d
20 Riga & Dunaburg...... 14
10 'Rome & Frascati
20 'Royal Danish all
5 Royal Swedish
4 Do. 7 per cent. Pref all
20 Sambre & Meuse
10 Do. 54 per cent. Pref all 84 sf
20 San Paulo, lim, g. 7p. c 2 1 4 d
20 S.Aust&Lonib Venetia 12 f d : d 131
20 Southern of France all 20 21
84 West Flanders
l 0 Do. 51 p. c. Preference all 4 94
20 W. & N.W. of France
23Western of Austria 6
120 Western of Sw itzet land all
6 Wiesbaden
6 rpo. 8 per cent. Pref all
20 'Zealand

BRITISH MINES.,
Share Mlnes, i Paid. Closing Buoitiess
Price. tone

-20 IIA13;
Clifford I •
litritslClornosnols (Philael) 2.11.10
,
l
Devon G. Cons. (Tavist.)l 1
'East Bassett (Illog*an). •
East Caradon .... ,u 4.6
(968";istli.), 7.4.0
.I(Gwen.)' 51t
Great SoutlA Tolgus I 17s
GGE.4.l7ll:lleSß's.tlu.AAssulefbcilv..(Philaelc) 12.13.9
IG. Wheal l'or (llelston)' Ok
,Grenville 5.14.6
'Herod's-Foot i 8.12
Illingsbon Downs 4.10.6
!Lady Bertha
'Margaret (Uny Lelant)[
,North Downs 2
,North Frances (Mogan)! 111
,N.Wh'l Bawd (1110 an)l 158 I
'North Wheal Crotty 9.18.9
'Par Consols (St. Illazey)1 lk
20 'l'rovidenee(Uny Lelnt.); 10.6.7
•Sortridge Cons. Min.Co.l 14s
South Caradon(St.Cleer)l 11
S. Cam Brea (Mogan). •1
1 S. Dev. Iron &Gen., Lim.' all
S.Wheal Fran. (Illozan)18.13,
Stray Park 121.18.0'1
5 Tamar Silv.& Lead Min 4k
10 Tin Croit
Vale of Towey (Carm )1,3s 6ct
'West Basset (Illog-an) 1 lk
W. Caradon (Liskeard) 5
,West Seton
- ,Wheal Basset (Mogan), 5
;Wheal BulleratedruthY 5
',Wheal Edward (Cals.)i 12
Wheal Kitty (U.Lelant)i 1.7.2
- Wheal Mary Ann (Men.)i 8
,Wheal Treiawney (Lis.)l 5.

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1 2
220
410 420
120 125
104 11
111 11t
27 29
9 91
1 1}
3 311111
32 14
31 31
11 1/
54 50
31 41
4 5
4 5
13 11
94 11
45 47
1 11
300 31
21 31
,11
115 155
49 51
21 21
51 51
171 ls3/4

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SUICIDE BY A FEMALE SERVANT.—Yesterday
afternoon an inquest was held at the Barrack Tavern,
Woolwich, on the body of Mary Ann M'Gowen, aged 18,
a young woman in the service of Major-General Sir Richard
Dacres, K.C.8., who committed suicide by taking poison
on the previous Saturday night. It appeared from the
evidence that the deceased was the daughter of Joseph
M'Gowen, a gunner of Royal Artillery, and had formed an
acquaintance with a young man belonging to the regi-
ment, which her parents did not approve. On the previous
Saturday night she was observed to become suddenly ill,

and staggered and fell. Dr. Evans, of the Royal Ordnance
Hospital, was promptly in attendance, but life was found
to be extinct ; and upon searching the deceased, a small
bottle was found in her pocket which had contained.cyanide
of potassium—a poison used for renovating gold lace—and
to which the decease-a had access. The jury returned a
verdict " That° the deceased committed suicide by taking
poiso,':inilst labouring under temporary insanity."
FROZEN TO DEATH AT AN OYSTIR STALL.—
Last evening Dr. Challice, the deputy coroner for East
Middlesex, held an inquest at the Marquis of Cornwallis
public •house, Curtain-road, Shoreditch, relative to the death
of Agnes Edgell, aged 73 years, who died from exposure to
the weather, under the following circumstances:—lt ap-
peared from the evidence that the deceased had kept an
oyster stall at the corner of Charles-street, Pitfield-street,
and on Saturday night last she was seen sittir g on a chair by
her stall. When her daughter and a lodger called upoß her
and asked her if she wanted anything, she replied, "Yes, I
am very cold." The daughter went for some tea and bread
and butter, but about half-past 11 o'clock the deceased
suddenly became ill, and died in hor chair before medical
assistance could be got. The deceased had been in charge
of the stall about 30 years, and was a decent woman, much
noticed by her neighbours for her cleanly and sober habits.
Mr. John G. Blackall, surgeon, of Pitfield-street, Hoxton,
stated that the deceased was dead when he was called.
Life had been extinct five minutes, and ho found her dead
in a chair. He had mode a post mortem examination of
the body and found that the various organs were healthy
and free from disease. The heart and lungs were congested,
and the immediate cause of death was cold and exposure to
the severity of the weather. On the night in question the
deceased complained of the cold, and had once had some
warm rum and water, although she was an abstemious wo-
man. The jury returned a verdict that " the deceased died
from congestion of the heart and lungs brought on by ex-
posure to the cold and inclemency of the weather while
sitting at a public stall." Mr. E. Waller, the officer, said
the deceased was well known among the inhabitants for her
eccentric habits.
A TERROR TO EVILDOERS.—Our contempo-
rary, the Invergordon Times, makes a terrible assault this
week on one of the vices of the day. He says—" We have
ourselves been considerably victimised by some advertising
Medical Swindlers in London, whom we shall have ne hesi-
tt
uastitohne ian denouncingofe br yr
ens
pa
emeet i they
vf
ehi doI
bills. The
not forthwith
viisn r y
perms
ci
tised by those impostors upon country journalists, at a dis-
tance from the scene of their nefarious practices, is beyond
conception."—lnverness Courier.
THE ABORIGINES OF NORTH AMERICA.—The
- United States Commissioner for Indian Affairs, in his
- report, states that during the year the Indians had enjoyed
uninterrupted health; peace and plenteousness having led
_ to that result. During the calendar year 2,924,069 dols.
65c. had boen paid to various tribes in money, goods, and
provisions. Since 1857 nearly 31,000,000 acres had been
obtained by treaty from the Indians at a cost of 3,726,880
dols., exclstaive of 632,400 acres sold in trust for the respec-
tive Indians. Some of the tribcr, were improving in civili-
zation, but ()there were ii3)4)ordinate and dieaatizfied.

rEI)fFION.

SUN OFFICE, 81:x o'clock.

LON1)ON GAZETTE--(THIS EVILATLYO).

LORD CHAMBERLAIN'S OFFICE, DEC. 24.
Orders for the Court's going into mourning on Thursday
next, the 27th instant, for her late Majesty the Queen
Dowager Desiree of Sweden and Norway, grandmother of
the reigning King :
The ladies to wear black silk, fringed or plain linen,
white gloves, necklaces, and ear-rings, black or white
shoes, fans, and tippets.
The gentlemen to wear black full-trimmed fringed or
plain linen, black swords and buckles.
The Court to change the mourning on Thursday, the
10th of January next :
The ladies to wear black silk or velvet, coloured ribbons,
fans and tippets, or plain white, or white and gold, or
white and silver stuffs, with black ribbons.
The gentlemen to wear black coats, and black or plain
white, or white and gold, or white and silver stuff waist-
coats,
full trimmed, coloured swords and buckles.
And on Thursday, the 17th of January next, the Court
to go out of mourning.
FOREIGN--OFFICE, Nov. I.S.

The Queen has been graciously pleased to appoint Frede-
rick Jonson, Esq., now British Vice-Consul at Acapulco,
to be her Majesty's Consul at Tainpico.

FOREIGN-OFFICE, DEC. 21.
The Queen has been pleased to approve of Mr. Henry
Rhodes, as Consul for the Port of Victoria and other ports
of Vancouver's Island, for the King of the Hawaiian
Islands.

The Queen has also been pleased to approve of Mr. Sigis-
mund Cahlmann as Consul in London for their Serene
Highnesses the Princes of Schwarzburg Rudolstadt, and
of Schwarzburg Sondershausen.
BANKRUPTCIES ANNULLED,

William Burgess, dealer in soap, Pimlico, Middlesex.
Edward Barons Bowman, apothecary, Islington.
William Thomas, publican, Cardiff.
John Johnson, ; Richard Clarkson, and Frederick Fur-
ness, tailors, Ashton-under-Lyne.

BANKRUPTS.
John Griffith, bookseller, Hanway-street, Oxford-street,
to surrender, Jan. 4, at two, and. Feb..B; at one, at the
Court of Bankruptcy.
Charles West, baker, Brasted, Kent, Jan. 8, at eleven,
and Feb. 7, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy_
Nathaniel Shattswell Ilodger and Riiffaello Louis Gian-
donati, warehousemen, St. Paul's-churchyard, Jan. 8, at
half-past one, and Feb. 7, at two, at the Court of Bank-
ruptcy.
John Bound, draper, in the county of Brecon, Jan. 15
and Feb. 12, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court.
David Hollin, shoemaker, Leicester, Jan. 10 and 31, at
eleven, at the Shirehall, Nottingham.
George Bealey, innkeeper, Somerset, Jan. 7. and Feb. 4,
at eleven, at the Bristol District Court.
Peter Weston Ayles, builder, Weymouth, Jan. 4 and 31,
at twelve, at the Exeter District Court.
Matthias Wood, plumber, Barnsley, Yorkshire, Jan. 14,
and Feb. 4, at eleven, at the Commercial-buildings, Leeds.
John Dempsey, grocer, Hooley Hill, Audenshaw, Lan-
cashire, Jan. 10 and 31, at twelve, at tb.e Manchester Div
trict Court.

Robert Beard, wheelwright, Snow's-fields, Bermondsey,
Jan. 9, at two, and Feb. 6, at twelve, at the Court of Bank-
raptg.

John Hatfield, milliner, South 'Nl°lton-street, Oxford-
street., Jan. 8, at three, and Feb. 12, at half-past two, at
the Court of Bankruptcy.
Joseph Agate, grocer, Emsworth, Hampshire, Jan. 8, at
three, and Feb. 12, at half-past two, at the Court of Bank-
ruptcy.

EXTRAORDINARY SCENE IN THE
LOROucur COURT AT BOLTON-.

On Saturday last a most extraordinary scene
took place at the Bolton Borough Court, on the
ocension of the examination of seven persons for
intimidating the work-people ofMessrs. Hargreaves•
Mr. Richardson, solicitor, appeared for the pro-
secution ; Mr. W. P. Roberts for the defence.

John Clayton, of Blaekburn•road,-Little Bolton,
was charged with assaulting Elijah Thwaites, one
of the newly•engaged workpeople, and the bench,
considering the case fully proved, committed the
defendant to prison for one month. Mr. Roberts,
however, gave notice of appeal, and bail was
accepted for defendant's appearance at the March
sessions.

Samuel Entwistle, the secretary to the Weavers'
Association, with several others, were then charged
with intimidating Mary Thwaites, by burning an
effigy, and a mob of persons surrounding her house,
and breaking several panes of glass in the windows.
They were all bound over to appear at the sessions.
Samuel Entwistle was then charged with strik-
ing Esther Austerberev. The complainant deposed
to being struck on the head violently by Entwistle,
when she was leaving the mill on Thursday night.
She said she knew the defendant, and therefore
could not be mistaken. Mr. Roberts said the
statement of the witness could not be true, as he
. had his possession a telegram from Blackburn,
requiring Entwistle's presence at Blackburn on
that day, and a witness swore that defendant left
Bolton at three in the :afternoon for Blackburn, and
did not leave the latter place until after eight at
night, and the assault complained of was committed
at six o'clock. Under these circumstances the
magistrates dismissed the case, believing that the
complainant might be mistaken.
Mr. Richardson having. made some remarks to
the effect that the witnesses for the defence had
conspired together and committed perjury in the
first case, Mr. Roberts commented in most severe
terms on the bench's decision in that case, observ-
ing that he had learnt what very little amount of
evidence was necessary to convict a working man
where one of the wealthier classes was the prose-
cutor—and all the working classes must be guilty
of perjury whenever Mr Hargreaves prosecuted
them ; that they had dreadful ,work to contend
with in a manufacturing town, and it was a hard
measure when the working man was left to the
tender mercies of a bench of magistrates; that sich
a decision as the bench had that day given was
enough to justify violence and make rebellion
lawful.

Alderman Heywood, one of the magistrates,
protested against the advocate's inflammatory lan-
guage, as calculated to engender bitter animosities
between the employer and employed, and it was
grossly insulting to the bench.

Mr:Roberts then uttered a loudly defiant " Yah !"
and turning round to the people in court, addressed
some further remarks to them, who gave him their
approval. He then commenced gesticulating vio-
lently, calling frequently upon the name of the
" great God.__

-Alderman Heywood resented the remarks of Mr.
Roberts as unjust, but was interrupted before he
could conclude.

Mr. Hey wood then said—Will you be silent, or
we will commit you ; to which observation
" Yah I" succeeded, more violent than before.

The Mayor then remarked that it was wrong to
charge the bench with dishonesty.
Alderman Wolfenden also protested against the
conduct of Mr. Roberts.

Mr. Winder, magistrates' clerk, said—Mr.
Roberts, you cannot be allowed to go on in this
way ; and received the reply, " Hold your tongue,
sir; you are not a magistrate, and never likely
to be."

Mr. Harris, superintendent of police, then inter-
fered, and said such browbeating could not be
allowed ; and

Mr. Winder said the only way would be to re-
move the browbeater.

Mr. Roberts uttered an indescribable sound,
more like a screech or howl, and in a fierce manner
exclaimed to Mr. Winder, " Who the deuce cares
for what you say ?"
The bench then rose, threatening to break up
the sitting if more becoming conduct was not
observed, Mr. Heywood quitting the bench,
declaring he would not sit to be so insulted. _ _

After further remonstrance Mr. Roberts cooled
down, and the business proceeded, occasional sar-
castic allusions being made by him to what had
already transpired.—Manchester Guardian.

TRH SCREW PROPELLER,—Her Majesty's screw
vessel Cygnet has just completed at Portsmouth a series of
highly interesting and important experimental trials with
the Griffiths propeller, testing some suggested improvements
in its form by the patentee. These trials which have ex-
tended over a period of several weeks, have been conducted
under the supervision of Mr. Lynn, of the Dockyard Steam
Factory, Mr. Eames, Engineer of the Victoria, 131, screw,
and the patentee, Mr. Griffiths. It has always been a
great object with engineers to obtain greater propelling
power froth the screw, without, at the same time, increasing
its size, in order that screw ships with full power might be
constructed with a light draught of water, and at the same
time have the screw well immersed. The present trial in
the Cygnet is the nearest approach to this yet attained, and
a fair hope may be now entertained that, after having
puzzled scientific men during the past 20 years, the marine
screw propeller may for the future be more fully understood.
It is now upwards of 10 years since Mr. Griffiths brought
forward his theory of the screw, namely, that the
centre part of the screw, equal to one-third its diameter,
should be filled up, and the screw blades should
be wide at the root, and tapering towards their extre-
mities, in contradistinction to the generally-received rule
and the form of the Admiralty pattern. The
improvements suggested by Mr. Griffiths on the form of his
own screw, and which have now been tested in the Cygnet
with the greatest success, consist of an addition of an an-
gular surface at the after edges of the screw blades, spring-
ing from their widest part, and increasing the width of the
angulated portion as it proceeds outwards to the periphery
or circumference of the blade. These angular surfaces stand
at an inclination to the after face of the blades, and conse-
quently as they rotate the water, which has been acted on
and put in motion by the fore part of the blade, is again
struck by this after, or angulated portion, thus making the
blades double acting, whereby, it is stated by Mr. Griffiths,
smaller diameter of screw propeller may be used without
decreasing the power employed or given by the larger
diameter in the old form, the theory of this being that the
front of the blade travels at the rate of 3,000 ft. per minute,
while the root, or wider portion of the blade, only moves
at the rate of 1,500. The water, being struck with the
higher rate of velocity at the point of the blade, recedes
off, and the after, or angulated portion, catching the same
body of water, strikes it a second time. In the first trials
the Cygnet's screw was 9ft. diameter, with a 12ft. pitch,
the engines in this instance making 114 revolutions per
minute. With the same screw reduced to 7ft. Gin. diame-
ter, and 12ft. pitch, with the angulated addition made to
the blades, the revolutions of the engines were 108, while
the speed of the ship was the same on both trials, the 7ft.
bin. screw thus doing an equal amount of work with the
9ft. screw, and with less revolutions. The screw was after-
wards reduced to a 7-ft. diameter, with the same pitch as
before. The result gave 111 revolutions, but the ship lost,
a quarter knot in speed. The sternposts of the Cygnet are
12 inches in width, and as a matter of course produced a
greater deteriorating influence upon the small screw than
upon the larger one. The sphere in the smaller screw was
also of the same size as in the larger one. Both these
causes, therefore, militated much more against the smaller
screw, notwithstanding its success, than is shown by the
figures. It is a singular fact that the recent trials of the
French authorities in th sir endeavours to obtain the same
results which have now been achieved by these trials were
conducted on the opposilk principle, and have failed. It is
very probable that the Lairds of the Admiralty may carry
out the experiments still further with a vessel of a larger
class and power than the Cygnet.
THE WINLATON AND URPETH MURDERERS.—

The guilty men Smith and Lackey, who are now lying
under sentence of death for the above murders in Durham
County Gaol, were apprised yesterday that the law is to be
left to take its coarse in both their oases. Mr. Justice Keat-
ing merely forwarded the recommendation of Smith to
mercy, by the jury by whom he was tried, to the Home
Secretary without adding any comment of his own. Both
the convicts have been informed that Thursday next is the
day fixed for their execution. Lockey, the Urpeth mur
darer, has been visited by his son and daughter during the
last week, but he has shown during his interviews with
them an amount of callous heartlessness that is almost in-
credible. This apparent unconcern as to his fate has charac-
terised his conduct throughout. In his youth he excelled
in athletic exercises, and he spends a great portion of his
time now in recounting his past achievements, and in going
through such exercises as are allowed by the prison autho-
rities. Smith, the murderer of Baty, at Winlaton, appears
to be quite destitute of friends, and he has been visited by
none of his old associates since his condemnation. Ho feels
veryacutely his terrible position, and be suffers as much in
his body as mentally. The Bishop of Durham preached in
the chapel prison on Sunday week, and after the service
had private interviews with both the convicts in the chap-
lain's room.
DEATH FROM DESTITUTION.--A deaf and dumb
man, living in Hedge .cottages, Chapel street, Edgware-
road, was found yesterday by one of his neighbours to be
in dying state, apparent ly from the want of the necessaries
of life. He had only an &ail jacket and ragged pair of trousers
to cover him, and looked. ens if he had not had food for days.
' He was taken upon a serf 3tcher to the Maryleb one W ork-
house, and properly attex aled to, but he died in a n hour or
two after his admission. His name was Robert Hussey,
and he was about 45 years old.
METROPOLITAN FREE HOSPITAL, DEVONSLIIRE-
SQUA RE, CITY.—The aggregate number of patients rel ieved
during the week ending December 22 was—medical' 81,6 ,
surgical, 354—total, 1,;00, of which 272 were new en 4, vs.