The Sun.
London, England, 1867-02-25 00:00:00

FRANCE.

BOURSE, Feb. 23.—Two o'clock.—There is not
the slightest feature of interest to notice in the
markets for stocks and shares to-day. The quota-
tions of the principal securities have experienced no
appreciable variation, and are at this hour the same
as those current at yesterday's close. Italian Fives,
however, as an exception, have receded 15c., the
price now being 54f. 20c. Railway shares generally
maintain yesterday's closing rates.
Three o'clock.—The market has been more
buoyant during the past hour, and closes on the
following higher quotations
per Cents lOO
Do. end month —
3 per Cents. 69 95
Do. end month 69 871
Credit Mobilier
Do. end month
Credit Foncier —
Do. end month 1518 75
SAIL'

Bank Shares 3572 70
Italian Loan 54 40
Do. end month b4 42
Mexican Loan 2l 25
Do. Bonds 142 50
Spanish Threes
Home Debt —
Deferred
'ATB.

For Account.
Orleans
Northern 1225
Lyons and Mediterranean 938 75
Southern 6Bl 25
Western —
Eastern
Sardinian
Austrian
Lombard 417 25
North of Spain
Saragossa
Ditto to Barcelona
Roman.

90 -

LAW INTELLIGENCE.—This Day.

COURT OF BANKRUPTCY.
(Before Mr. Commissioner (ioulburn.)
IN RE LIEUT.-COL. S. A. DICKSON.

This bankrupt was described as a Lieutenant-Colonel in
the Royal Limerick Militia, of many addresses, and now a
prisoner for debt. To-day ho applied for his release from
custody, his liabilities being £12,000, of which £1,500 are
duo to Mr. Tait, Mayor of Limerick, and £350 to Sir
Thomas Bateman, M.P., the cause of the bankruptcy being
the failure of other parties, and heavy electioneering ex-
penses.

Mr. Reed, for the bankrupt, urged that he should be
discharged from custody.

His Honour—ls the bankrupt the great reformer of whom
we have hoard so much lately ?
Mr. Reed—No, sir.

Mr. Bayley, for the detaining creditor—No assignee has
yet been chosen, and I do not see why your honour should
depart from the usual course.

Mr. Rood—Bail to any amount can be given.
His Honour —I do not see any reason for departing from
the usual course. The bankrupt can receive the applica-
tion after the choice of assignees.
Application refused.

SHERIFFS' COURT.
(Before Mr. Lefroy.)
MORGAN V. HILL.

This was an action to recover £5 55., the valuo of a pane
of glass put into a window upon premises in the occupa-
tion of the Estates Company (Limited).
A. Witness, who appeared for tho plaintiff, said that the
goods had been auppliod upon the express order of the
defendant.

Mr. Beard, for the defendant, said his client was simply
the housekeeper upon the premises in which tho company
had its offices, and therefore ho was not personally liable.

Plaintiff's witness declared upon previous occasions
orders had been executed upon the auhority of the de-

fondant, and the amounts had been paid. No account was
kept against the Estates Company.
Mr. Beard asked plaintiff whether he had not debited
the Estates Company with tho amount ?
Plaintiff's Witness—No, certainly not.
Defendant expressed a wish to be sworn, and he said that
a pane of glass was being fitted into the premises occupied
by the Estates Company, and it fell from the slings, being
broken. He ordered another pane from plaintiff, but it was
ordered solely for the account of the Estates Company.
Plaintiff's wituess said he had subpoenaed the managing
director of the Estates Company to show that no authority
was given to defendant to order the pane of glass for the
company.

His Honour ordered that the managing director should
be called upon his subpcona, and upon his not appearing
fined him 405., which sum was awarded to the plaintiff to
meet any loss he might have sustained through the non-
attendance of the witness.
Plaintiff was then nousuitod.

CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT.—This Day.

OLD COURT.

The adjourned February sessions of the Central Crimi-
nal Court commenced this morning before the Recorder
and the usual cfyic authorities.
The calendar contains 98 cases for trial. Thero was a
case of murder on the high seas, two of manslaughter, two
feloniously wounding, eight of forgery, the rest being of
the ordinary character.

The Recorder, in charging the Grand Jury, referred to
the case of Charles Anderson, a ship's carpenter, who
stood charged with the manslaughter of Jas. Marnchien
upon the high seas within the jurisdiction of tho Admiralty
of England. The prisoner, it appeared from the evidence,
killed the unfortunate man by cutting him down with a
chopper, but there were circumstances which would have
to be considered by the petite jury, namely, the state of
mind of the prisoner at the time the act was committed.
With that, however, they had nothing to do ; their inves-
tigation was simply for the purpose of ascertaining whether
there was a prima facie case against the prisoner. If so,
it became their duty to return a true bill, and leave the
question of the sanity or insanity to bo determined by ether
persons. There was also, he said, a charge of manslaughter
against three men,bnt the evidence seemed weak against some
of the persons charged; therefore they would have to deter-
mine whether there was sufficient to justify theta in retur-
ing true bills in each case. The only other case that was
referred to was the indictment against a person named
John Graham, who stood indicted with feloniously draw-
ing a trigger of a loaded pistol at W illiam M'Evoy. The
prisoner, it appeared, chat ged the prosecutor with following
him and his wife, which the prosecutor altogether
denied, and eventually the pistol was presented, the
hammer wont down, fortunately the weapon did not
go off, and, when the matter was investigated, it stated
that the hammer went down by accident, and that ther&
was no real intention to shoot the prosecutor, but merely
to frighten him. However, the matter was one which they
would deliberately consider, and upon the result of that
consideration would depend whether or not a true bill
ought to be returned against the prosecutor. The other
cases were merely of the ordinary description, in the dis-
posal of which he did not anticipate any difficulty would
arise.

The grand jury then retired.
THE SILK ROBBERY.

Thomas Charles Calvert, agent, Henry Brown, dealer,
and William Newman, barman, surrendered to an indict-
ment, charging them with stealing a quantity of moire
antique silk, of the value of £BO, the property of Sherbrook
Taylor and another.

Some delay was occasioned by the counsel for each
prisoner demanding the right to challenge the jury, the
desire being to have separate trials.
Mr. Avery, the Clerk of the Arraigns, said if the pri-
soners insisted on their right the trial could not take place,
as there were only 36 jurymen in attendance that day, and
the number required to be in court— each prisoner having
the right to 20 challenges—would be GO jurymen.
After some discussion, the right of challenge was with-
drawn, and the trial commenced by calling

George Alfred Morrell, who said he was in the employ
of Messrs. Taylor and Stokes, of Friday-street, Cheapside,
silk manufacturers. Ho knew the prisoner Brown. Ile
was a marine-store dealer in George-street, Portman-
square. Newman was a publican, also carrying on busi-
ness at the Swan Inn, in George-street, and he
was also also acquainted with Cuthbert. Brown
asked him to get him some moire-antique dresses,
and he stole two from the warehouse, and Brown gave
him £4 for them. After he had paid him the money they
went to the Globe public-house, and as they were return-
ing Brown asked him whether he could get him 10 or 11
dresses. He told him he would let him know. On the
following Saturday ho told Brown he had got the dresses,
and that he had taken them to the Golden Last in Can-
non-street. The dresses were wrapped up in brown
paper. lie afterwards went and got the dresses, and took
them to the Portland Stores, where he left them whilst he
went to see if Brown was at home. Ho found he was absent,
but heard he would be at the Swan in the evening. He went
there, and in a short time Brown came into the skittle-ground
where he (witness) told him (Brown) that he had got the
moires. Brown was to give him 30s. for each dress. Brown
toll him he had not then got the money, but pointed to
Cuthbert and said ho would do as well. Brown then told
him (witness) to go and get the dresses and bring them to
the Swan. Ho went for them, and on his return he went
into the back kitchen, where Brown brought in Cuth-
bert and then went out again. Some conversation
then ensued, during which he told Cuthbert there
were eleven dresses, and that he wanted £l6 10s.
for the lot. Cuthbert said he supposed £l5 would do ;
and the witness having agreed to that, Cuthbert said he
had not the money, but he could borrow £lO of Newman,
and that he would give his I 0 U for the £5. Cuthbert
then went to Newman at the bar and said, " Sand me a
tanner bill." Newman said he could only let him have
£5, and after Newman handed the -£3 to Cuthbert, ho
gave it to him (witness), and he signed a receipt which
Cuthbert wrote out. Cuthbort then went and got the
parcel from the back kitchen, which he handed
over to Newman, who put it behind the bar, and
ho (witness) wont away. Cuthbort promised to
pay the £lO on the following Monday. On the Sunday
previous, however, he saw his (witness's) master, and
from what took place at that interview the whole of the
prisoners were taken into custody and charged with the
offence. Newman had asked him previous to the present
matter to obtain him two silk dresses cheap. Ho did so,
and Newman gave him £2 for the two. The real value
of the two dresses was from £l6 to £l7. He had sold
Brown also six or eight dresses, all of which he had
stolen from his employer's warehouse.

The case is not expected to conclude to-day.

POLICE INTELLIGESCE.—This Day.

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.

AN INTERPRETER IN A Flx.—Peter, Pfaunenger, a strange-
looking man, described as an Italian, was charged before
Mr. Tyrwhitt with assaulting Wilhelm Bock by cutting
his band, supposed with a knife.

Prosecutor, a waiter, at M. Kuhn's restaurant, Hanover-
street, Hanover-square, said that the previous evening about
8 o'clock, the prisoner came to the restaurant and opened
the door, and began begging. He told the prisoner that he
had nothing to give him that night, it being a practice to
give poor people at times meat and bread. The prisoner
pretended not to understand him, and continued to hold
the door open. A gentleman complained of the prisoner's
doing so, and then ho (prosecutor) requested the prisoner
to go away, but, as he took no notice, he had to remove
the prisoner's hand from the door and turn him round.
Directly ho found his hand was cut, evidently by some sharp
instrument, the prisoner by this time having gone away.
Having gone into the restaurant and bound up his hand,
ho went to look for the prisoner, and found him near
Very's in Regent street, and afoisoon as the prisoner ob-
served him he ran away. After pursuing the prisoner for
some distance ho saw him enter a publichouse, and be then
caused him to be taken into custody.

Mr. Tyrwhitt asked the prosecutor if the prisoner was
deaf and dumb.

The prosecutor said tho prisoner last night spoke both
Italian and German, and said that ho was a nativo of
Milan.

Mr. Tyrwhitt asked the prisoner if he wished to put any
questions to the prosecutor.
The prisoner remained silent.
Sergeant Edwards said that while searching the prisoner
last night he dropped a knife (produced).
Mr. Tyrwhitt ordered Mr. Albert, the interpreter, to bo
sent for; who, though he addreised the prisoner in Italian,
German, French, and English, pretended to understand
neither, remaining during the hearing of the case mute.
Mr. Tyrwhitt remanded the prisoner for a few days to
see if anything was known about him.