The Sun.
London, England, 1867-01-25 00:00:00

FRANCE.

BOURSE, Jan. 24, Two o'clock.—The Bourse
opened with generally higher quotations and much
firmer. Threes are doing at 69f. sc.—an advance
of 10c. Credit Mobilier shares at 503 f. 75c., only
a fractional advance, and Italian Fives are unvaried
at 54f. 90c., but Credit Foncier have risen 7f. 50c.,
at 1,4121. 50c., and Comptoir d'Escompte 5f., at
757 f. 50c. Numerous transactions continue to take
place in Mexican funds ; the 6 per cent. Loan re-
mains at 21i, but the Bonds have further advanced
to 145 f.—a rise of 6f. 25c. Hardly any business
in Railway shares, which remain at previous prices.
Each of the London telegrams announce a rise on
Consols of I.
Three o'clock.—lmmediately after 2 o'clock the
market became very heavy, and has closed with the
following lower quotations

Bank Shares 3585
Italian Loan 54 75
Do. end month 54 75
Mexican Loan
Do. Bonds
Spanish Threes
Home Debt
Deferred
'lath
For Account.
Orleans 905
Northern llBO
Lyons and Mediterranean 907 50
Southern 563 25
Western 5BO
Eastern —
Sardinian 95
390
Austrian —
Lombard 3BB 75
North of Spain —
135
Saragosra
Ditto to Barcelona —
Roman

II per Cents - 98 90
Do. end month —
3 per Cents. 6B 80
Do. end month 6B 77i
Credit Mobilier
Do. end month
Credit Fonder —
Do. end month 1430 -
RAIL'

BANK OF FRANCE.

PARIS, Jan. 24.

The following is the return of the Bank of France
for the week ending to-day, together with the cor-
responding figures of the previous account :

Jan. 17.

LAN INTELLIGENCE.—This Day.

COURT OF COMMON PLEAS.

Sittings in Nisi Prius, before Mr. Justice Byles and a
Common Jury.)
HISCOCK V. BATCHELOR.

This Is as an action brought by the plaintiff, an adver-

tising agent, to recover a sum of £5 2s. for commission on
advertisements supplied to the defendant, as proprietor of
the Glozczcorm newspaper. There was a set-off of over £3,
and there was also a plea that the engagement with the

aintiff was terminated with a month's notice.
Mr. Sergeant Parry and Mr. Joyce 'were counsel for the
aintiff, and ➢lr. E. James, Q.C., and Mr. Thrupp for the

defendant.

The plaintiff's case was that in October last he euterod
into a written agreement with the defendant to receive 15
per cent. commission on all the advertisements that ap-

peared in the paper.
On the other side it was alleged that ho had received all
the commission to which he was justly entitled, and that
ho had failed to bring in advertisem‘ents to the extent
he led the defendant to believe he could procure.
The case turned chiefly on accounts between the parties
and the wages of the trade in respect to advertising agents
and canvassers.

The jury found for the defendant on the first count,
which was in effect that the notice had been sufficient,
and for the plaintiff on the second for £1 45., leaving both
parties to pay their respective costs.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—This Day.

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.

A WIPE BEATER PROPERLY. PUNISHED.—Thos. Dennis
O'Brady, residing in Hunt's-court, Castle-street, Leicester
square, was charged, before Mr. Knox, with assaulting his
wife, Mary Elizabeth.
The wife, whose face bore marks of ill-usage, said—
About half-past one o'clock this morning my husband
came home drunk and knocked awl kicked me about. lie
then seized me by the hair and swung me down.
Mr. Knox—Has he ever assaulted you before?
Complainant --Yes, sir; and he was once here before.
He took up a knife and threatened to stab me.
Mr. Knox—Has he ever attempted to use a knife on
you ?
Complainant—Yes, sir.
Police-constable Shrive, 82 o—About half-past one this
morning I was called to a house in Hunt's-court, and the
complainant gave the prisoner into custody for assaulting
her and threatening to stab her. The prisoner denied
doing so, but afterwards admitted that he took up a knife
and threatened to run it into his wife. The complainant
had a bruise on her eyo, and her hair was hanging down.
1 took the prisoner into custody.
Prisoner—l had had a drop to drink, and if I take a
couple of glasses you know, I don't know what I'm about.
if you'll look over it this time I'll not offend again.
The complainant, in answer to Mr. Knox, said the last
time I charged him he was committed for a month—that is
9 months ago—and ever since his conduct has been very
bad.

Mr. Knox—He will be committed for two months.
BREAKING INTO A BUILDER'S COUNTING HOUSE.—John
Cavanagh, a young mau, was charged before Mr. Knot
with breaking into a counting-house at Argyle House,
Argyle-street, belonging to Mr. Owen Lewis, builder, of
Great Portland-street. _ _ .

It appeared from the evidence that Lewis has a portable
counting-house in the enclosure of Argyle House, and
that about five o'clock yesterday afternoon a cellarman in
the employ of Mr. Haig, wine merchant, who has cellars
under the ground, found the prisoner in Mr. Lewis's
Counting-house, which had been broken open. He secured
the prisoner, who resisted violently, and handed him over
to Solomon Peisley, 69 0, and he was taken to the station;
and on searching him Peisley found he was wearing a coat
which turned out to be the property of Mr. Lewis, and
which had been taken out of the counting-house, and in

the prisoner's possession 19 duplicates (13 relating to coats)
were found. It further appeared that on a former occasion
some one had entered the same counting-house and stolen
some valuable drawing instruments.

The prisoner, who stated that he was in great distress,
was remanded for a few days.

WESTMINSTER.

CHARGE OF ROBBING VISCOUNT DESPUILL.—Margarot
Griffin was charged with robbing Viscount Despuill of
various sums of money with which she had boon entrusted
to pay his tradesmen's bills.

The' Viscount said that he was a member of the French
embassy, and had lately lived at 24, Montpelier-square,
Brompton, with a friend. The prisoner was cook in his
service, and paid the bills. She was in the habit of bring-
ing the bills to him every week, when ho gave her the
respective amounts. She left on the 2Gth of December
last, and after that, when he considered everything paid,
he found a further demand made upon him by the trades-
, men.

Mr. Belie asked if any book was kept.
The Viscount said he kept a book in French, and tho
prisoner had one in English.

Mr. Selfe inquired where prisoner's book was.
The police replied that it was not to be found. There
were three tradesmen who had not been paid.
Charles Andrews, 56, Harker-street, cowkeeper, said ho
had supplied the viscount with milk and cream from June
to December. He sent in his bills weekly, and was paid
up to July, but had had none since.
David Ramsay, of Raphael-street, baker, stated that he
had supplied bread from July to December. On the 3d of
October prisoner paid him 10s. off 13s. 11d., and he did
not have any afterwards.
A great many questions wer e put respecting different
items of the account, and then it transpired that the Vis-
count paid no money from the middle of September to the
end of December, as he was out of town. He did not pay
for anything ho had while away.
Mr. Solfe said that there was nothing to sustain the
charge of misapplying the money. It seemed that goods
had been supplied to the prisoner which tradesmen thought
were for the master.

Prisoner said she honestly owed the money for the
bread, but she did not owe the milkman above 2d. or 3d.
She did not know the bills were of any consequence, and
did not keep them after she paid them. She was on board
wages while the Viscount was away.
Mr. Selfe—She had no right to have had the bread under
those circumstances. She was, however, now discharged,
and if anything further was ascertained she could bo again
taken into custody.