The Sun.
London, England, 1858-11-23 00:00:00

SHARE MARKET.-( THIS DAY.)

ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS.

Share Railways. I Paid. Closiog I Business
Price. Done.

\
Share R Closing Business !
ailways. Paid. Price. Done. 10 Antwerp & Rotterdam all 51 51
_ — ' 2O Ardennes all - - p
12.10 -Amberg., No 'Ain.% Bost. 20 Bali.&S.F: dn.,Lin-.7,--.c 3 par * p
~
and Eastern Junction 10 63 61 61 5 5 Belgian East. Junction all 1 1
50 Belfast and Ballvw ena.. all - - 20 Beziers to Graissessac. all 9 1
13.14 Bin, Wol., and Str.Val. all 74 74 5 Carmeaux Mine & Rail, all 2f 2
Stook Birk., Lane., and Chesil. 20 Dutch Rhenish
Junction lOO 66 68 6 Eastern of France ...... all 28 2
25 Blackburn - - P
25 ißlyth and Tyne all 29 31 20 Great Central of France all - -
Stock i Bristol and Exeter
Stock Caledonian -
Stock Chester and Holyhead - -
50 Cork and Bandon all - 20 Lierre and Turnhout... all -, -
20 Cork, Blkrock,&Passage all - - 20 Lombardo Venetian.... 8 44 44 P
2010 Cornwall
all 44 41 20 Luela & Pistoja, 5 p.c.pf. all - -
A roves. no div. all - - 20 Lyons and Geneva all 244 254
10 Do. B intil6p.c.per an. all 331 Maria Antonia all - -
hasbeen pd.toß. 20 Do. do. New - --__
50 Dublin andßelfastJu'ec. all - - 20 Namur and Liege all Il VI
25 Dun.,Perth,& Abr.Junc. all 7 8 20 Do. do. 6p. c. Pref all 21 22
Stock East Anglian lOO 15 17 161 16 Northern of France .... all 39 401 394
Stock Eastern Counties lOO 62 63 621 1 2 29 Do. New Shares - - P
Stock Eastern Union A Stock 100 44 46 10 Norwegian Trunk Pref all 84 94
Stock Do. do. B Stock 100 29 31 20 0+ toman. gua. 6 per cent 7 3 I,d
25 Do!Niv.A.(lte.E.U3ds) 84 - - 20 Paris,Lyous, and Medit. all 35 Mt
25 East Kent
Stock East Lancashire lOO 93 95 20 c Recife& S. Fran. (Pern.) 1 9 5 4 d
20 East Suffolk - - t gua. 7p. et. (Lim.) ...
10 Do - - 20 Riga and Dwaaburg.... 4 - __
Stock Edinburg and Glasgow 100 f 4 65 10 Row and Frascati .... all - -
Stock Edin.,Perth, & Dundee, 100 264 27 261 764 20 Royal Danish all - -
10 Forth & Clyde Junction all - - 5 Royal Swedish - -
Stock Furness - - 4 Do. 7 per cent. Pref. .. all - -
Stock Glasgow & South Westn liZ 90 92 20 Sambre and Meuse..... all 71 8
10 Great North of Scotland all 10 101 100
Southern Do.
Stock Great Northern lOO 107 1074 107
Stock Do. do. A Stock lOO 03 95 934 44 34 44 84 West Flanders all 51 5
54Pe r of ce nFtr' a inrceef..:::
Stock Do. do. B Stock lOO 130 132 lall
239
23
2
10 Do. 54 p. c. Preference . all 91 9
Stocie,Gt. South.& Wstn.(lreld) 100 103 101 1031 20 W. & N.W. of France.. all 24 25 24}
Stockpreat Western - -
Stock iDo.Str.Vl.Rail Gua.Stk lOO 55 57 20 Western of Switzerland all - -
12 Irish South Eastern all - - 6 WieslNden - -
50 Lancaster and Carlisle. all 84 88 ' 6 Do 8 per cent. Pref all - -
lE' Do. Thirds - -
1613 4 Do. New Thirds l6 11 12 p •
Stock Lancashire & Yorkshire 100 954 95 951
16 Do. do. F £l6 6 1 01d. BRITISH POSSESSIONS.
9 Do. do. £9 shares 7 4 3 d
' Closing
3 Do. West Riding Union I Share Railways. paid.
20 Do. Southport - . ,ri Businass
ee Done.
11.6.3 London and Blackwall. all 64 v
11.6.3 Do.Newiss.at £slosp.sh. 44 I Atlantic &St Lawrence! all -- - 784
Stock Lon.. Brighton &S.Coast 100 111 112 111 411 100
Stock London & North Westn 100 901 914 914 1 903 1 Leased at 6 per cent .1
124 Do. Eighths
par 2 p
Stock London& South-Westn. 100 93 94 034 4 u. 5 perdcent
18 ' Do all - -
25 L'der.7 & Coleraine ... all 18 Do. Addit. Capital A 6 rip
25 L'derry & Enniskillen. all ~.-, - ~„ ~, 18 Do. Do. B 44 d 1 p
Stock Man., Shef., & Lincoln.. 100 da § 364 th't Ur
10 Metropolitan - d 201 Buffalo and Lake Huron all 71 71
Stock Midland lOO 974 984 971 8 204 Do. New l6l 131 13 d
Stock Do. Birming. & Derby. 100 69 71 100 I Buffalo,Brant&Godrich 1 100 80 85
I 6 p. ct. hds. 1 Aug., 1872 )
50 Mid. Gt. West. (Ireland) all - - 100 Do. do. 1 July, 1873 100 77 80
25 Do. 1 Shares all - - 100 Do. do. 1 June, 1874 100 74 77 76
100 NeAtastlo and Carlisle all - - 20 Clcutta.&S.Eastrn.L,m. 1. 3. 0. - - p
25 New., Aber., & Herefd all 11 12 20 Cape,Ea stn. Prov.(Lim.) 25. - -
10 Newry & Armagh (def ) 9 - - 20 Cape Town & Dock Scrip 2a. - - Pm
20 Newry, Warpt., & Ros all - -
Stock Norfolk lOO 63 65 20 Central Oude (Limited) 2s. 6d. - -
20 Ceylon Guaranteed op.c. 2 1 14p
50 North. Counties Union. 34 31 174 Demerara - -
3 d
Stock North British lOO 561 561 554 4
.‘
20 Eastern Bengal.gu.sp.c. 5 Par 1P at ,
Stock Nor.Dcv.Rail.&Dk. Stk. 100 - `-Stock East Indian, gu. sp. c.. 100 1074 1074 107 1 Z
Stock Do.A Stk.- Arec.no div. 20 Do. C Shares all - -
until6p.c.hasbeenpdß 100 - -
Stock Do. B Stock - - 20 Do. E Shares Ext. 10 1 14P
Stock North-Eastn.-Berwick 100 924 93 924 20 Do. Jubbulpore 5 - -
25 Do. do. G.N.E.Purchase 1613 4 1 4 d ii 100 D 0.41 p.c. lids. pay.'l:9 all - -
Stock Do. Leeds lOO 464 47 20 G eelono* Mel olia sp. c all 17 18 174
~.,
sto. f Geelong Corporation. 6
Stock Do. York lOO 754 76 751 lOO - -
Stock North London lOO 102 103 ( per cent. Bonds
10 N. &S.Westn., Hampstd Stock Grand Trunk of Canada 100 38 39 1 4
and City Junction ... .£3 Ja. - - 100 Do. 6 p.c. Deben.,pay.'7B all 78 SO 78 9
20 North Staffordshire.... 174 4* 44 d 134 4 100 Do. 6 per cent. Pref lOO 90 92 92
North-Western
20
10 No. & Sou. W. Junction all 7 84 20 Do. New, gua.s per cent. 4 .#p 4}
Stock Oxford, Wor.,& Wolver. 100 27 29 20 Do. do 2 1p 2
10 Peebles all - - 20 I Gt.S.of Ind.Lim.-Scrip 1 26•
par ip i pm
Portsmouth
10 Rhymney 2Ol Gt.W. of Canada Shares all 184 18/ 18
Stock Scottish Central lOO 110 112 201 Do. New
f
Stock South. N. E., Aber. Stock 100 27 28 100 Do. Bonds pay. '76,with
Stock Do. Scottish Mid. Stock 100 83 85 opt. till '6O
Stock Shropshire Union lOO 43 44 100 Do. do. '73 till '6O
1 all 105 108
100 Do. do. '73 without opt. all 105 107
10 Sittingbourne & Sheer. all 4 2 d
3-55 36* 100 Do. 54 p. c. do. '77 do
Stock South Devon lOO
Stock South-Eastern lOO 744 754 20 Madras, guar., 44 p. c. all 18 181
20 Do. do. 5 per cent. all 20 2'4 204
Stock South Wales
20 SouthYorks.&Riv.Dan all 12 14
20 D
St o. do lB - - 20 Do. Third Ex. gua.s.p.c. 6
20 Do. Fourth do.
ip
20 aines, Wok., &Wok.. all 9 11 tock Melb. Corp. 6 p.c. Bonds 100 - -
25 Stockton & Darlington. all 324 334
Newßrunswick&Car
25 Do. do. 1854 224 - -- 20 da.
25 Do. do. 1855 7 / Ry.litLand(L,mdg.6pc le 2 14d
Cthss ACapitl.Saare..
- Stockton & Hartlepool 164 - -
.
Stock Taff Vale lOO - - .. Do. do. Land do. .•
20 Do. do. B. Capital do. 110 4 3 d
Stock Do. Preference, No. 1 - -
25 ThamesHavenDk&Rail 22 - - .. Do. do. Land do. - I - -
20 c Northof India Tramroad 1
Stock Vale of Neath lOO - - 2s.
t Limited, Scrip
Stock Waterford & Kilkenny 100 - - 20 Gude (Limited)
_
50 Waterford & Limerick all - - 20 Scinde
20 West Cornwall
10 W-end Lon. & Cry. Pal. all - - 20 Do. New i7.
,' 5 1 1 P
5 Do.A.-Arecv.nodiv.till 20 Do. Punjaub
7 p.c. has been pd. to B all 31 20 Do. Indus. St. Flo br:,:j 5 par / p
5 Do. B all 3
61 Of 20 St. Andrews & Quebec A 18 - -
20 West London - - 10 'lTrinidad(Limited) Scrip 1 par 1p
10 Do. Ist Class all - -
20 Do. 24 Class all - -
PREFERENCE SHARES. BRITISH MINES.

Share) Railways.

Blythe and Tyne It per
c. pref. (issued at £5O)
Bris. & Exet.4p.ct.Stock
Do. do. do. Shares
Caledon £lO, 41 per cent
,Do. Quar. Shares, No. 2.
Chester & Holyhd, 51 pc
IDo. do. 5 p. ct.
,Cork & Bandon, 5i p. c
Dun. Perth,& Aber.Jun
E.Angn. Class A 7 & spc
Do. do. Class B 6 pc
!Do, do. Class C 7 pc
,E. Coun. Ex. 5 pet. No.l
Do. do
Do. New 6 per ct. Stock
Eastern Union, 4 per ct.,
East Lane. 6 per ct.....
E.& W. York. Jcn. fifths,
Edin.&Glas. 5 pc shares
Edin. Perth,& Dun. 4 pc.
Furness, 5 per cent ....
Glam. &S Wegt.tr a. 5 Pc.
Great Northern, 5 p. ct.
Do. 5 pc Redm.,lop.c.pm
Do. 41 p. c. do. do.
Do.sp.c. Redm.,s'pc. pm
Gt. IN h. of Scotld, Ist pf
( Gt. Sn.& W (Ireland) 4
) p. ct. pref. Stock
Great West. (Berks and
Hants) Ext. 5 p.ct.
Do. Redeemable, 4 p et.
Do. Redeemable, 4 p. et.
: Do. Irredeemable, do
Do. 5 p. ct. Redeem. Pref.
Do. Birm. Pref. Shares
Gt. West. Ches. 8 p.c.pf.

shares _
Do do. 5 p. ct. pref
Do Birming. guar. stock
Do. Chester guar.shares
Do. do. do
Do. do. do.
Lan. & York 6 p.c. stock
Lon.&Brig.spc. gu. No.l
Do. pref., 5 p. c. ...No. 2
Do. New gua., 6 p. ct
Do. do. 5 p. c. No. 4
Lon. & N. W. Cov. &Nun-
eaton, 5 p. ct.
Lon.&S. W, 7 p.ct. stock,

l ate 3d shares
,Londondy & Cole, 4 she
Londondy.& Ennis 4 sh
Man.,Sh., & Lin., 6p. ct 1
Do. £6
Do. 3% per cent.
Maryport & Car., 4 p.c
Do. 4 per cent

Paid.

Do.
Mid. Con. 6 p. c. Stock
Do.Con.Bris.&Bir.6p.ct
Do. 41 p. c. pref. stock
Do. with option till 1860
Do. Leic. & Hit.pref. st.
Newport,Aber,&c. pref.s
p. c. redeem, at 5 p. c. pm
Do. Perpet, 6 p. c. with
option till 1860
Norfolk Deb. 4 p.c. sh arcs
Do. 5 p. c. Ext.Stock,lB46
Do. 5 p. c. Pref. do. 1847
Do. way.Val.Ex.Sk 1847
North British. 5 per cent
Do. New, 7, ua. 5 per cent
NDDODD t0x:0h....
ywddiD,
do. Quarters,
.revkd.
,lst;ai 1. & D9k.Co.
N- East. irred. 4 p.c. Deb.
o. 1.
Do. Ilervt ick, 4 p. C. Pref.
do.Q4u H.wa6rotple.. S. r6cspc., 114.
(Northlstg
Do.do
.S
dt Staffordshire
fdd Pra
eu r. c. .
Do. 41 p.c. Db.stk.in perp
Scottish Central, new pi
Scottish N.-Eastern deb
Do. 34 per C. pref. stock
Do.A erdeen.froa.6 pc.
Do. 7 p. c. pref. stock.
South Devon, Ann. 10s,
Do. Fixed 41 percent.
South Eastern (Reading
Ann., 1.0.6 .)
Do .41 per cent
Do. Fixed 41 p.c. Ist is
Do. New do., 2d issue
South wales, gua. 4 p.c
Do. 41 per cent
S.:Yorkshire, 4 p.c. ,gua
Stockton and Dar. 5 p.e
Do. 6 per cent
IWaterford & Kilkenny,
6 per cent.

Closing Business
Price. Done.

Share'

Mines.

Alfred Consols (Philack)
jtritish Iron
Condurrow (Camborne)
Devon G. Cons. (Tav
East Bs asett (Illog,an).
Great South Tolyruw
G.Wheal Al .L.(PhiPack)
G. Wheal Vo •(Helston)
Lady Bertha
North Frances (lllog an)
North Wheal Crotty
N.Wlt'l Basset (Illo.zan)
Par Cone()ls (St. Waxy)
Poekellis Un.t. (Wend.)
Sortrido;e Cons. Min. Co.
SouthCaradon (St.Cleer)
South C. 13-ea( Mogan).
S. Wheal Fran. (Mogan)
Tamar Silver and Lout,'

Mining Co
Tin Croft

\ Closing
I Paid.

UnitedMines(Gwennap)
Vale or Towey (Carm.)
West Basset (Illogan)..
W. Caradon (Liskeard).
Wheal Basset (Mogan).
Wheal Buller (Redruth)
Wheal Edward (Cals.)..
Wheal Kitty (LT. Lelant)i
Wh'l3faryAnn (31enhe)
Wh'l Trelawney (Lick.)

2.11.10

178
11.14.11
81
188 6d
8}
7.9.4

64 7,
3 4
50 60
450 460
105 110
13i 14i
24 3
1
11
711
6
3i 41
7 8
16i IV,

I 1
i
1405 415

I- ii 3
-
xe 240

1
31 31
70. SO
1
22 23
110 120
tl.O 290
tBO 200
2i 3
8 9
46 47
26 28

11 11 I)
8 9
lt 2}

36 37
11 13
20 21
8 9
1 1d
1
I
41* 61
1 11 1
21 3

SECUR:

Can.Gov.6p.c.Ja. & July
Do. 6 p.c.Fb.&Aug.
Do. 6 p.c.3lr. & Sen.
N. 11.G0v.6 p.c. JP. &July
Do. 6 p.c. Ap. & Oct.
N. S.W. Gov. sp. c. Deb.
NovaScotirGov.6 p.c. St.
Deb. redeemable, 1875
S. Aus.G t.6pc.Jan&July
Vict•Gov.6p.c.Jan&July

1151 1174
113 115
113 115
1134 1141

1014 1024
1124 1134
113 115
112 114

JOINT-STOCK BANKS.

Business
Done.

Closing Baststess
Share Joint-Stock Banks. Paid. Price. Doke.

Agra&UnitedServiceßk
Australasia
Bank or Egypt
Bank of London
Brit. Col. Bk. & LoanCo
British North American
Chtd. Bank of India, &c
City
Colonial
Coen. Bank of Canada
Commercial of London.
Eng., Scot., & Aus. Ch.
Gen. Bk. o Switzerland
Lon.Char.Bk.ofAustral.
London and County
Loudon Joint Stock
Loudon & Westminster.
Nat. Prov. of England.
Do. new
National Bcnk
New South Wales
Orient. Bk. Corporation
Ottoman Bank
Provincial of Ireland
Do. New
South Australis
Do. New
Union of Australia
Do. New
Union of London
Unity Mutual
Western Bk of London

251 261

3 21(11
60 62 1

SOCIETY.

OLD COURT.
(Before the Recorder.)
BURGLARY.

161, 17

22 221

191 Iti

20 18d

THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 23, 1858.

LAW INTELLIGENCE.-( THIS DAY.)

COURT OF CHANCERY.

(Before the Lord Chancellor.)
IX RE THE ROYAL BRITISH BANK EXPARTE NICOLL.

The Attorney-General was heard for Mr. Nicoll, as to
his liability as a shareholder of the bank. The arguments
will occupy the whole of this day.'
(Before Vice-Chancellor Kindersly.)

FALRENER V. TILE EQUITABLE REVERSIONARY INTEREST

His Honour the Vice-Chancellor granted a decree for
specific performance, with costs, and recommended the par-
ties to arrange the portion of costs that each was to pay,
and insert the amount in the decree.

INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT.
(Before Mr. Commissioner Murphy.)
IN RE WILLIAM LASLETT, THE ELDER.
This case had been adjourned from Friday in order to
produce books and additional evidence as to the sale of his
business.

Mr. Dowso opposed and Mr. R. Martin supported.

Mr. Dowse complained that there was an imperfect de-
scription of the insolvent, inasmuch as he had omitted a
place where business was carried on in Kent ; and also
described the copartnership, previously referred to, as of
Laslett and Son, in place of William Laslett and Son, which
had been printed on his bill heads.
_

The learned Commissioner declared that it was one of the
rivolous and vexatious technical points to which ho was
too frequently compelled to yield, but that when the
advertisement was completed he would discharge the insol-
vent on the merits and listen to no further opposition.

CITY SHERIFS' COURT.
(Before Mr. Prendergast, Q.C.)

POTTER V. SMITH-HORSE DEALING EXTRAORDINARY.

Mr. Buchanan appeared for the \plaintiff, and Mr. Scott
for the defendant.
This was an action to recover a sum of money for meat
supplied and £1 due upon a transaction relative to a grey
mare.

Defendant pleaded a set-off of butter and cheese, and £4
12s. 6d. due upon a transaction relative to a black colt.
There was a great deal of hard swearing in the case, and
in reference to the £1 defendant proved that he had paid it
for the mare's keep.

Plaintiff declared he had promised to pay. As to the
colt, it appeared that defendant and a person named Bar-
nett attended
,a .sale at Newton, and bought a colt for
twenty-three and a-half guineas. They charged plaintiff
£29 16s. 6d. for it, and he now swore that defendant had
nothing to do with it, and that Barnett had told him
was the owner of the colt. This Barnett could not deny.
Plaintiff likewise said that Smith at;ended the sale and
bought the horse for him (plaintiff). This defendant de.
ied, and said he never agreed to do so. A witness depdones
that he heard Smith say Barnett was the owner of the
horse.

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.

CRYSTAL PALACE.

Mr. Scott said, upon the evidence as it stood he was
entitled to a verdict. Mr. Buchanan intimated that the
preponderance of evidence was in his client's favour, but'
his Honour decided in favour of defendant.
Mr. Scott asked for his cost, and said it was a case calling
for a solicitor. _ _ _

His Honour agreed, but said he could not allow costs.
TIIE SMOKE PREVENTION COMPANY-FRANCIS V. TILE

SMOKE PREVENTION COMPANY.

Mr. Buchanan appeared for the plaintiff. This was a
claim for commission. It appeared that plaintiff had been
the London agent to the company, who agreed to pay him
15 per cent. When ho applied for his commission they
discharged him.
His Honour thoughtthat was very hard, and gave plain-
tiff a verdic with full costs.

CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT (This Dag.)

Edward Attwood and John Regan were indicted for
burglariously breaking and entering the dwelling-house of
a gentleman named Cooke, and stealing therefrom certain
valuable articles, his property. Regan pleaded guilty and
Attwood not guilty.
Mr. W. F. Cooke said—l live at 1, Percy-terrace, West-
minster. I also occupy the next house, No. 2. On Sun-
day, the 14th of November, I went to the house, No. 2, and
while there I heard a noise, which induced me to return to
No. 1. I wont in by a private door from the garden, which
I found had been broken open. I went into the back par-
lour and found the place in disorder, and a quantity of pro-
perty packed up for removal. I heard a man up stairs and
I challenged him to come down. He did so. Regan is the
man. He threw something at me and attempted to get
away. The back entrances to the house had all been
broken open. I only saw one man come down stairs. I
cannot say how many persons were in the house.
Bartlett, a police-constable, said, on the night in ques-
tion I saw Attwood come out of No. 1, Percy-terrace. He
cried out "'there he goes," and ran away. I pursued him,
and whilst I was doing so he kept on threatening me. On
coming up to him I took him into custody on suspicion of
being concerned in a robbery.
Another policeman produced some spoons which dropped
from the prisoner Regan when he was taken into custody,
which the prosecutor identified as his property.
James Ward, the hackney carriage attendant in the Lam-
beth-road, identified Attwood as the man he stopped running
in the Kennington-road. When Attwood was stopped he
said we had got the wrong man.
William Weale, a cabman, said he stopped the prisoner
Regan, and found in his possession the crowbar produced,
which corresponded with the marks on the door and win-
dows of the house No. 1, Percy-terrace.

The jury returned a verdict of guilty.
A former conviction for burglary was proved against
Attwood, when he was sentenced to four years' penal ser-
vitude in 1854. _ .

The Recorder sentenced Regan to 12 months' imprison-
ment, and Attwood to six years' penal servitude.
Daniel Ferris, labourer, aged 21, pleaded guilty to an
indictment charging him with committing a burglary in the
dwelling house of Joseph Weatherley, and stealing there-
from two tea-pots, a coffee-pot, and several other articles.
The Recorder sentenced him to 18 months' imprison-
ment.

Robert Green, labourer, aged 20, pleaded guilty to an
indictment charrging him with stealing a clock and glass
shade, the property of Mr. Kebble, of Gracechurch-street.
He was sentenced to 18 months' imprisonment.

NEW COURT.
(Before the Common Sergeant.)
THE ALLEGED WHISKY FRAUDS.
Edward Thurgood, 38, surgeon, and John Riky, 43,
agent, were indicted for unlawfully obtaining 29 gallons of
whisky, the property of Charles Cook Christie, with intent
to cheat him thereof.
The facts of the case have already appeared at consider-
able length in The Sun while the prisoners were under
examination at the Guildhall Police-court.
After a very eloquent appeal by Mr Metcalf and Mr.
Sleigh, who defended the prisoners,
The Common Sergeant summed up the evidence at great
length, explaining the law as it affected the offence with
which the prisoners stood charged.

After some deliberation, the jury found both prisoners
guilty on the first and fourth counts, and not guilty on the
second and third.

The prisoners having been called up for judgment in the
usual form, .

The Common Sergeant, in passing sentence, said the
jury had found both prisoners guilty, after a very earnest
defence, on the first and fourth counts in the indictment,
which charged them with obtaining by false pretences a
quaitity of property, and endeavouring to obtain by the
same means a still larger amount, with intent to defraud.
The jury, on the other two counts, which imputed con-
spiracy, had acquitted them, and he entirely concurred in
the verdict which had beenreturned. It was of the utmost
importance in a commercial country that all frauds should
be severely punished, and had the jury returned a different
he should have passed a heavier punishment. The learned
judge then sentenced both prisoners to 18 months' imprison-
ment.

THIS DAY'S MARKETS.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—(This Day.)

OUTRAGEOUS CONDUCT OF A SOLDIER.—EXTRAORDI-
NARY BEuxvioun or A CONSTABLE.—Edward Sargent, a
private of the 3dbattalion of Grenadier Guards, was charged
with assaulting and stealing from the person of Mrs. Eliza-
beth Scott, of 12, Albion-street, Hyde-park, a veil and
portemonnaie, under the following circumstances ; he was
further charged with assaulting Woolland, 129 D, and
Clark, 171 D.

The prosecutrix said she was going home through Oxford-
street that morning about 4, having been to see a sick
friend, and stopped for a conveyance, when the prisoner
came up and seized and dragged her in a very rude manner,
and pulled her about. She walked on in the hope of meet-
ing with assistance, but did not succeed till she got to the
Marble-arch, when a constable came up, and she asked for
his protection, but instead of .affording her any he struck
her in the mouth, and said " Take that."

Mr. Inspector Parke said he wished here to state that the
prosecatrix had lodged a complaint against the constable at
the Vine-street Station.

Prosecutrix, 'in continuation, said she then ran, and
meeting a working man, asked him to save her as the sol-
dier was following her. She screamed out, and two con-
stables came up and acted very properly and promptly.
The soldier had previously snatched her veil and porte-
monnaie from her, but she did not blame him as he had been
drinking.
Mr. Beadon—Not blame him for treating you that way
in the streets ?

The soldier said he was very sorry. He had been drink
ing at the time.
Henry Gosling, a working man, confirmed several por-
tions of the previous witness's evidence.
The sergeant of the prisoner's company said the soldier
had been 15 years in the regiment. He was absent with-
out leave.

• _,_
Mr. Beadon said it was his duty, as a soldier, to protect
females and keep the peace. Here ho was following a
female in the streets, taking her veil from her, and behaving
in an outrageous manner. He should fine him 1.5 or two
months.

A constable said he was also charged with assaulting two
constables.

Mr. Beadon said the fine he had imposed would suffice.

Yesterday the first Bird Show which has ever
been attempted in this country on an extensive
scale was held in the tropical department of the
Crystal Palace, and attended with as much success
as, perhaps, could have been anticipated from an
exhibition in which the public feel such a very
qualified amount of interest. It was understood
that the success of the poultry shows had led the
directors to initiate a show of canaries and British
and foreign cage birds, in the belief that the dis-
play would excite the same feeling and command
the same success. The experience of yesterday,
however, would seem to prove that they were mis-
taken in their hopes, for certainly but compara-
tively few were in the building itself, while at no
time throughout the day did the visitors seem at
all inclined to give up the real attractions of the
admirable Crystal Palace band for the sake of look-
ing at the little occupants of one or two thin rows
of cages placed at intervals about the tropical de-
partment. Every one, of course, went to see the
show on first entering the building, but a most cur-
sory inspection seemed to satisfy their curiosity,
for who but professional bird fanciers could feel the
least interest in the precise shades of difference be-
tween a " Mealy London Fancy " and a " Jonque
London Fancy ? " As far as the majority
were concerned, there seemed not many
who could say where a " mealy linnet mule "
differed:from a magpie, or even whether there
was any difference at all. There were some 200
canaries of various kinds, many of them very
beautiful little birds, yet we must say that no one
seemed to care the least about them—even those
which took first prizes. Perhaps the taste of the
public wants cultivating in this respect, and this
very likely may be so, for apparently there was no
bird in the collection which excited so great a sen-
sation as a monstrous long-eared owl from Baden-
Baden, who sat on his perch as if carved in wood, i
scarcely opening his eyes to glance at the hundreds
which were bent upon him. Next to this interest-
ing "warbler" two German rats came in for a fair
share of admiration. On these curious competitors
for the honour of a bird show, a price—prohibitive,
we presume—of £5 ss. was fixed. One would
imagine that the same number of pence would have
answered the purpose equally as well. Next to the
canaries came an interesting but very limited col-
lection of British birds. In this division are some
very extraordinary hybrids of the goldfinch and
bullfinch. Among the birds of passage were black-
caps, nightingales, titlarks, and whitethroats.
Mr. Hanly, of the Ist Life Guards, exhibited au
aviary of 14 varieties, all caught wild, including a
skylark with white wings. Among the thrushes,
also, is one perfectly rntite, an albino thrush, in
fact, an exception to the general rule of colour,
which is found among birds of all kinds. A divi-
sion of the show is devoted to foreign birds, gray
and green parrots, love birds, paroqucts, cocka-
toos, &c. Some of these were represented in
the calalogue as wonderful birds for talking,
but they are apparently shy of displaying their
accomplishments before strangers.. We must
not, however, omit to mention that among
the canaries was one not only gifted with an un-
usual flow of song, but which had also learnt to
speak a great many words from a paroquet, with
which it had been reared. The prizes awarded
varied in sums from £2 to 10s., and £7O was thus
distributed among the successful competitors.

Perhaps owing to a want of interest in the bird
show, all the Fine Arts Courts yesterday received
an unusual share of public attention, and were
better filled than we often see them. The private
courts, too, were extensively patronised, and none
more so than Mr. Hawkins's China and Glass Court,
where there is probably of its kind one of the finest
and most tasteful displays of English manufactur-
ing and artistic skill that can be met with in Lon-
don. This court is fast becoming one of the most
attractive in the iuilding, The preparation for
the Great Handel Commemoration of next June or
July are already beginning, and, from the scale on
which they are intended to be carried out,
the fete is likely to leave all other musical festivals
yet attempted in this or any other country far
behind.

The great Handel orchestra is to be made still
larger, and, instead of accommodating 2,500 per-
formers, as it does at present, will be so enlarged as
to give ample space for no less than 4,000 persons.
A canvgss roof will also be placed upon it and the
sides heightened, and so constructed as to throw
out the whole of the immense volume of sound into
the centre transept. The mero orchestra, in fact,
will be a curiosity in itself, as it will be nearly
three times the size of any yet built in Europe.