The Sun.
London, England, 1867-01-30 00:00:00

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Lnd NION EY 111ARKET , PeDruovAiacncosupnetr Cent., 1865
my
Do 41 per Cent., 1865 -
ing AND Do 41 per Cont. (Uribarron) -
the COMMERCIU INTELLIGENCE Do 6 per Cent., 1862 _ ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS.
Do Account
clo
.4.- Portuguese 3 per Ct., 1853 '6,'7,'9,'60,'2, '3, - Share Railways.
In- Do. Account
TWELVE O'CLOCK. Russian 5 per Cent., 1822, £St BBl at Bristol andl:nett-7:7.1 ir---iii
;e-
There is no change to report in the state of the Do 41 per Cent. 1850
ior Do 41 per Cent., 1860
Discount Market, and the question of a decline or Do 3 per Cent. 1859 - - -
tiS
advance in the minimum of the Bank excites little Do 5 per Cent. 1862 -
87 62- 20 'orn wall , all 4 8
at Dublin at Belfast June ' 100 65 68
ler , Do 5 per Cent. 1864 at Dun„Perth, at Ab.Junc.l 100 70 72
if any interest in monetary and commercial circles. Do. Anglo-Dutch, 1866, all paid -
:e- 871 100 rJ.Loudon, cirip Certi. all - -
A witl
as idrawl of £30,000 in bar gold took place Do. do. £25 paid li pin Do. 160 - -
st Glasgow &S. Western 100 1:6 .18
Sardinian 5 pr,r Cent
at the sank of England yesterday. \ at Great Eastern, Ord. stk.' 100 34 35
- Do. Account
11- The official liquidator of the Commercial Bank Spanish 3 per Cent -
- bt Great North of Scotland[ 100 - -
Corporation of India and the East has issued divi- Do Acc,-.,unt
dead notices of the Do New Deferred at Du. A stock .... 100 132 i 3.3
first payment of 10s. in the Do. Account -
ad ' Ptincl, payable on the 19th, 20th, and 21st Feb- Passive Do 2',l Do. New, is. at 25 pm! 10i - -
- 3 at Gts, and W. of Ireland' 100 91 OS
un rear Do Creditors of £5O and under are to be paid Do. Account r - at I,,it. Western -Original leO 51 66
in full on the 13th proximo. Spanish Cert. of Coup not funded - at Dr,. S. Val. Rail gua.l 100 - -
'all Do Account - at Do. South \Vales ....I 100 - -
rS. It has been resolved by the Directors of the Swedish 4 per Cent. - at Do. W. Mid.-Oxforri• 100 32 35
ud Electric and International Telegraph Company to ID)
,o,
.. 41 perSeri,i, £CGeontp.alidB64 - st Do. Newport
at Do. Hereford ioo 34 37
100 0.- -
'Y a
recommend, at the forthcoming meeting, the pay- Turkish 6 per Ceut. 1851 - dis
- at Lancashire& York.shirr, 100 133 131
st London and Blackwalli 100 • - -
ho
Do. Account - 100 87 83
ors meat of a dividend, at the rate of 5 per cent. per
annum for the past half year. Do 6 per Cent. 1858
rp Do. Account
at Lon. &North Western 100 123 124 123
r 0 The second ordinary general meeting of the Lion Do £lOO Bonds
- at Lon. & South Western 100 87 83
he Ilrewery Company will be held at Westminster Do. Account
at Man., Shet., & Lincoln 100 13 14
54 4 all 130 132 1291
Do 6 per Cent. 1862 . at Itetropolitan
ay Palace hotel, on the 7th of February next, when Do Account lO Do. New B5 24 31p
id the directors' report for the year ending 31st De- Do £IOO Bonds
an Do 6 per Cent., 1863 _ [loo f Metropolitan District., all - -
)it eember, and a resolution for declaring a dividend
Do 5 per Cont., 1865 - -
10 Do. and St. John'sW'O, 0 - -
for the last half year, will be submitted for the Do. Account
at Mid,and
)1.,
Do. 6 r Cent., 1865
ts, ' arprOval of the meeting. Do. 4 per Cent. Guaranteed - et Do, 13irmin.. & Derby 100 93 95
/11 nezuela 3 per Cent. - 25 id Kent - - Atlantic and Great 'Western Railway Deben- V°
al tures Do 41.00 Bonds
st Do. Ed., Pth., dr Dun lOO 4 18
have advanced 4t041 42 ; and the Consoli- Do. 6 per Cent, 1862
0, dated Mortgage Bonds 4to 30 31. Ditto 11 per Cent - et Nth. Eastern-Berwicai 100 106 107
25 Do. G.If•E purch,.s, q 6.13.4 -ty -
Dividends on the above payable in London. at Do. Leads
on Perlin
ne fourteenth annual general meeting of the
Austrian 5 par Cent., Ex. 10 Florins ... - a t Do. Yon( lOO 101 103
Water Works Company (Limited) will be Belgian, '44 per cent., Ex. 25f. - -
Is held on Monday,the 11th of February next, for
Dutch 241- per Cent. Ex. 12 Guil„.., MI 25 Do. Stock. & Darling all 3.5 16
10 Do. do. 1860-61 [ 18 10 11 p
receiving and considering a report from the French Rentes, 3 per Cent., Ex. 25f.
a- board for the election of three. directors and one Italian 3 per Cent. 1831, Ex. 251.
w auditor, and for transacting thdinary business Do. Account 541 at North Staffordshire .. 100 74 76 75 W
at N. &S. . Junction .. all 114 118
e or
TWO O'OLOCK. 25 Scottish Central
j.. of the company. Consols, Money 9Ol 4 at Scot. N. E , Aber. stock 100 - -
I.- At a meeting held to-day of the East London Do. Account -
at Shropshire Union .... 100 - -
,0 tank, the directors recommended the payment of a at South Devon too 18 60
1- dividend at the rate of 5 per cent. per annum, free LAW INTELLIGENCE—This Day. st ,011t11 Ea stern
20 Staines, Wok., & Wok all 9 10
,dof income tax. -_ *. _ at Pia Vale lOO 150 153
10 Do. C .
n A meeting was also held of the Union Bank of COURT OF COMMON PLEAS. st Vale of N.eatli - -
11 Ireland, when the report for the past half-year was (Sittings at Nisi Prins, before Mr. Justice Byles and a at Waterford & Kilkenn), 100 - - -
• r 10 Waterloo & Whiteha r• 6 - -
Presented. A dividend of Bs. per share, free of Common Jury.) at %Vest Cornwall lOO - - ,
in
emne-tax, was recommended, £5OO in reduction WINYAItD v. MARKS -FALsE IMPRISONMENT. .
:y of preliminary expenses, £1,500 to the reserve fund, This was an action for false imprisonment, and the BRITISH POSSESSIONS.
ty
and to be carried forward to next account the ba- facts, as deposed by the plaintiff are as follows: -The 100 itlantiodSt.Lawrence all 56 58
.y lan Boa,sllpareorda, Ar Cen.ln. 100 100 101
-cc of £1,201 15s. 11d. plaintiff, Mrs. Elizabeth Winyard, said that she was the at 1 cent........
10 wife of William Winyard, an engineer, living at 85, 20 Do. F shares lO id ip
,d -- Euston-road. On Saturday, the 29th of September last ;14 istatop tt
fLake Huron all 4 45
all 74 84
ir Two O'CLOCK. she went out with her daughter between eleven and twelve Buft9.,BrraenZrZetnaderich
100
-- According to Reuter's telegram, this morning in the day to make purchases, and amongst other places
at 1 6 p.c. 1872-3- i lOO - -
100 - -0, i the French Rentes were 69f. 20. Firm. went to the shop of the defendant, who sells bacon, cheese, st (3JaaliceaYoawn I.ltek,mgu- lOO 50 55
10 There is very little speculation in the market for and VTgs. It was a double-windowed shop, and there .00 Demerara, 7 p.c. per. p all 1011 1100:1
1- st East. Bengal, gu., 5 dor 100 0
y the English Funds, and the operations for trans- were two counters, at one of which the bacon was sold, at East Iridian gu. 5 p.c. 100 106 107 1064
She took a piece of bacon from outside the window and 20 Do. J EXtension - -
10 English
are too limited to produce animation. Consols st irandTrunkof Canada 100 21 22
are 9 went to bacon counter, but there was no one serving then
100 Do. Equip. Mort, Bonds r, , 01 to 904 for moue and 90 11-16 to 90 13-16 at the time. She then went to the other counter and all 85 88
1 charge 6 p.c
foe
the account. These money,
indicate heaviness, purchased some eggs, and she placed the bacon on the too Do. Ist Pref. Bonds all 57 59
Y but
The
the decline is of the smallest fractional character. top of her basket and went outside the shop, when she 100 E
co.. do prelrrgedmi
s.
100 :11 52 54
Che New Three per Cents. are marked 894 to 904 gave the eggs to her daughters. She wished to have the 100 Do. do. deferred - -
i 1 ' bacon weighed. The defendant's man, who was outside 100 Do. 3d Pref. stook all 37 40
and the Reduced 3 per Cents. 90 to 904, being , 100 Do. do. deferred - -
1
Without material variation. asked her if she had a piece of bacon, and she answered, 100 Do. 4th Pref. stook
t- Th - -
a liquidation is occupying the chief attention came out of the shop and said, "I.lolloa, what is this?'' st Gt. India Pen. gua. sp.c lOO 105 10.6 141 5
23 Co. Gus, 5 per cent lB i I p
of the
,c 1 , operators in the Foreign Market. The new At this time she had 2s. 6cl. and 2s. in her hand, and the 20 Do. New g,ua. sp. c 6 6 li'
it transactions recorded to-day are few, and the varia- value of the bacon was 2s. 9d. Mr. Marks then sent for a at 1G LuSao.u_lhloert Icnendtia
d dons g 5' , i S unimportant, Spanish Passive have advanced policeman, and without listening to anything she had to st
d R, 221 sav gave her into custody on a charge of stealing theD
~
44
per cent . . . . 1100002 I_9ool 1029_3
at Do ....
2- 4 ; the Certificates 4, to 144 i ; while Italian '' ' - 205 Clreat Wes. of Canada all 124 134
A declines
4, to 53i 544 ; Turkish 5 per Cents. are bacon. She was taken through the streets to the police- 204 Do. N w
Without station, and thence to Clerkenwell police-court. She had
:0)00 1D.100.. 1356 pd. eeo. Bp.(iys pap... 318. 7. 1-887. 3.
allai, i 8814 188442,1
I change, at 29i. A ; Mexican, 174 3- ; and one sovereion Bs. Gd. in silver, and some coppers when she 10at
minaddiaranal..irancb, limited 2
o' Greek, 14 i. The Chifia4n Loan Scrip is 44, and was taken int' ,charge, and she had been for two years a
the .
4; Russian Loan Scrip 14 4 prem. _1:(,. v gLoua. 5 p.o
91402
910204
100 85 90
frequent customer of the defendant's. The magistrate dis-
sat
Do. I
:0 Business in Atlantic and Great 'Western Railway missed the charge. 20 Do. Fifth Extension 5 - -
a shares is almost suspended, shareholddrs and bond- at nab. Cor. 6p. c. Blida. 100 - -
)1
holders beina unable to form any satisfactory
opin • • '
_len
with regard to their position and prospects.
AThe Bonds are at the price of about 30 ; other I_The case was not concluded when we wont to press.]
LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET,
(This Day.) 50 Mel. dr Hudson's Bay.. all -
at N.lll.(rda, 6pc Ist pt. be 100 82 85
at Scinde •
st Do. Delhi
20 Do. do to g:,, 1
100 97 93
... ::: {lOOO 917
198
100 97 984 94 i
American 41- st Do.lndus St.Flot 100
at Do.
Punjaub . 1 1:1
f Securities were also flat, except Illinois. _ _ _ . .. ~. _

Two O'CLOCK.
According to Reuter's telegram, this morning
the French Rentes were 69f. 20. Firm.
There is very little speculation in the market for
the English Funds, and the operations for trans-
fer are too limited to produce animation. Consols
are 901 to 90/ for money, and 90 11-16 to 90 13-16
for the account. These prices indicate heaviness,
but the decline is of the smallest fractional character.
The isirew Three per Cents. are marked 891 to 901,
and the Reduced 3 per Cents. 90 to 901, being
without material variation.
The liquidation is occupying the chief attention
°f the operators in the Foreign Market. The new
transactions recorded to-day are few, and the varia-
tions unimportant. Spanish Passive have advanced
81' 22i ; the Certificates 1, to 141 1 ; while Italian
eclined 1, to 53; 541 ; Turkish 5 per Cents. are
Without change, at 29i- ; Mexican, 171 1 ; and
,G,reek, 14 The Chilian Loan Scrip is 1 1, and
the Russian Loan Scrip 1+ 1 prem.
Business in Atlantic and Great "Western Railway
shares is almost suspended, shareholddrs and bond-
ileklers being unable to form any satisfactory
The
with regard to their position and prospects.
'e Bonds are at the price of about 30 ; other
American
Securities were also flat, except Illinois,
which are firm at 801 1 ; Erie shares are 38; 391 ;
and United States 5-20 bonds, 731 1.
Little business hasbeen done in the. ailway Share
illarket beyond those connected with the settlement,
Ind prices generally show spmptoms of increased
"Pre2sien. Great Eastern have receded 1, Great
Western I-, Midland I, Great Northern A Stock li.,
and Metropolitan 2.
Tile Foreign and Colonial Railway undertakings
show little variation of importance.
Bank shares are quiet. Alliance, however, have
41n, Preyed to 171 ; Oriental Bank have declined to
London Joint-Stock remain steady, at 44i
and Union of London at 45+ 1.
without, vvthl‘liscellaneous and finance shares are very dull,
however, any material change as regards
16 Ues• Anglo-American Telegraph are marked
1; Egyptian Trading Company, 51; Credit
oneier of England, 3/ l ; and London Financial, 7+.

Market quiet, but rather steady. Sales pro-
bably 8,000 bales.

MARKETS. --I his day.

MARK-LANE.

The fresh arrivals of wheat from Essex and Kent, coast-
wise and by land carriage, were but middling both as
regards the quantity received up and the quality of the
supply. Although the supply was short, it was quite equal
to the demand, the trade for all descriptions being .very
quiet, at Monday's decline in value.
There was a fair show of foreign wheat on the stands
Even the finest samples were neglected, and in inferior
sorts very lithe was doing. The prices realised were
about equal to those current at the close of business on
Monday.
Floating cargoes of grain commanded but little atten-
tion, at about late rates.

There was a tolerably good show of barley, chiefly
foreign produce. .All descriptions were difficult to sell, at
the late dec:ine in prices.
Malt was dull, but not cheaper. In oats the transactions
were on a limited scale, at late currencies. Very few
English samples were included in the supply, which was
fairly ostensive.

Beans and peas were dull, at Monday's decline in prices.
Flour moved off slowly, on former terms. Seeds were
quiet, but rates ruled firm.

SHIP ARRIVALS THIS WEEIC.
Wheat. Barley. Malt. Oats. Flour.
English and Scotch 130 1,010 1,810 420
Irish

Foreign 7,030 6,890

1,400 -
- 870 3,780 sacks
brls.

COMPARATIVE QUANTITIES AND PRICES OP GRAIN.
For the week ending Jan. For the corresponding week
26, 1867. last year.
Qrs. Aver. Qrs. Aver.
Wheat 57,603-62 s 2d Wheat 55,216-45s 6(1
Barley ..... ....53,409-45e 9d Barley 64,077-33 s 1d
Oats 6,506-24s sd, Oats

COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES.
_
'British Columbia, 6 per
cent., Dec. 31, 1872.... 100 -
- Can.Gov.6 p.c.Ja.& July
1877-84
Do. 61% c. Feb. & Aug 1 0 19 101
Do. sp. c. Mar. ,e Sept 100 99 101
110000 5533
8585
..- Do.Aph&Oet, 1890-1900 100 101 106
E 011));',;(*. (5 t lip) ...ICI*. o lij(liis s,nc6.rpit. ce. djl
a 5873. 100 lot 13'k.1'04
1)0. do 1580-90 100 103 105
Do. Jan..VJuly, 1590-9. 100 101 103 102/
Do. 5 per t.ellt.. 13 April
and 15 Oct., 1900 10(i 9) 72 (111
';ey lon, Nov. 1868, 6 p., 100 101 103
Do. 1878, do.* 100 110 1,8
Mauritius, 6p. a 1873,
.... Jpaon .la7uBd July
1000
102 104 103
103 105 01
Do. 1882, Mayls, N0v.15
o. 1895, Feb. & Aug lOOlOO 110(35 107106
'atal ,30v. 6 per cent lOO 99 101
N.8.G0v.6 p.c.Ja.&J uly 100 95 97
S.W. Gov. 5 ire., 186 t, 100 90 93
*Do. 5 p.c. 1871 to 187( 100
Do. 5 p.c. ISBB to 1893 100 85 86 851 5
New Zealand, 6p. cent 100 93 101
Do. 5 per cent....
Nova Scotia Gov. 6p. a
Queensland Gov. 6p. a9l 100 P
S. Aus.Gov. 6 p,c 1868-9 100
sterling, 1875 l9O 96 98983 97j
Do. 1878 4 upwards 1(.0 104 106 105
Vlo,Crov. 6 p.c. Ja & July 100 -
- Do. do, April & Oct lOO 107 108 1071

BRITISII MINES.
Cam. Consol. Gold, lim. 1
Chiver ton
Clifford Amalgamated 3O 8 9
Devon G. Cons. (Tavist 1 400 410
Drakewalls 2.1.0 1 1
East Bassett (Illogan) 294 22 21
East Caradon 2.14.e 6 7
East Calm BrPa 3/ 2 3
icast Grenville
East Gunnislake .. 8.3.6 1 6
East Loved 3.9.0 9 10
E. WI Russell (Tavistk 10.8,0 21 21
Gam. StA übyn(G wen. 66 5 6
4 Great Laaey, limited., all 17 18
Great South Tolgus 0.14.6 -
- Great Wheal Busy 14.9.6
G. Wheal Vor (11elstgin 41, 15 16 17i
Grenville 8.18.0 11 13
1 erod's Foot 8.10.0 30 32
tiingston Downs ...... 5.10. G 21 54
Ilargaret (Uny Want 13.17.6 2 4
DI arke Valley 1.10.6 3 4.4 41
4 Ilwyndy Iron Ore, liw 31 21
New Se ton
- North Roskear
Bassett(lllogan 1.4.0
North Wheal Crotty 2.13. t 2f 31 54
Prosper United 7.1.6
Providence kUnyLelant 10.6.: 24 26
—• 8 Caradon (St. Cleer)., 11 300 820
i
South Condurrow 3.2.0 f 14
S.Wheal Fran. (Mogan 18.18.9 18 22
Stray Park . 35.15.6
Tin Croft.
Vigra and Clogan, lim all 9 10
West Bassett (Mogan
W. Caradon (Ltskeard 14 12 14
-- West Chi Tenon .. 11 54 66 65
West Seton •
Wheal Bassett !Mogan 51 65 75
Wheal Buller (Redruth 16 18 20
Wheal Mary Ann (Men. 8 10 12
-- Wheal Seton
Wheal Trelawney (Lis 5.17.0 7 9

PREFERENCE MARES
Great Western, 4 per cent irred ;72;
North Staffcndshire, 103/

AND STOCKS.

FOREIGN RAILS
Paris, Lyons, and Mediterranean, 36.

&YB.

BANKS.
Consolidated Bank, lim., 5
English and Ilia de Janeiro, Aim., 9k
Imperial Ottoman, lim.,
London and County, 674
London Joint Stook, 44a
London and 11 estminster, 97i
Metropolitan and Provincial Bank,
National Bank, 68

MISCELLANEOUS;
Anglo-American Telegraph, 151 164
Anglo-Mexican Mint, 154
Atlantic Telegraph, 274
Ditto, 8 per cent., 674 64
Berlin Water Works, 1im..:,124
Ditto, new, 54
City Discount, Um, 2
City of London Real Property, lim., 41 I
City of Moscow Gas, Um., 0314 18
Credit Fonder of England. 4
Crystal Palace, 29 4
East Indian Land Credit and Finance, Lim„ 34
Ebbw Vale, 114
Electric Telegraph, 133
English and Australian Copper
Fore-street Warehouse, lim., 13,1
Gen. Credit and Discount, lim.. 51
Hudson's Bay, 164
Imperial Land Company of Marseilles, 11.m.,_ 14
International Financial Society, lim.. 24
London Financial Association, lim.. 7
London General Omnibus Company, lim, 34
M+dras Irrigation and Canal (guaranteed 5 per cent. by In.
dian Government), 191
Merchant Shipping, lira., 121
Willwall Freehold Laud and Dock, 8
Nr.tloual Discount t.ompany, 14
Ditto, new, issued at 5 prem., of whioh 24 is to pay, 114
North British and Mercantile Insurance, 154

A Cabinet Council was held yesterday, at the
private residence of the First Lord of the Treasury, in St.
James's-square. The ministers present were the Earl of
Derby, the Lord Chancellor, the Duke of Buckingham, the
Earl of Malmosbury, the Right Hon. Spencer U. Walpole,
Lord Stanley, the Earl of Carnarvon, General Peel, Vis-
count Cranborne, the Chancellor of tho Exchequer, Sir
John Pakington, Sir S. Northoote, Lord John Manners,
and the Right Hon. Gathorne Hardy.
The United States Government is preparing for
an active and vigorous campaign against the hostile Indian
tribes of the extreme west. Troops, horses, and munitions
of war are being concentrated at Leavenworth, Omaha
city, and other points on the Upper Missouri, and the cam-
paign will begin with the opening of spring. All the mili-
tary posts on the plains are to be strengthened at once. A
general attack and massacre is feared from the Indians,
;tad the frentier §ettlers are in great dread 91 their lives'

THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENINti, JAUNARY 30, 1867.

CRIMINAL COURT—This Day.

OLD COURT.
(Beforo Mr. Justice Blackburn).
THE CHARGE OF SCUTTLING THE SHIP SEVERN.

Charles William Webb was indicted for feloniously,
upon the high sea, casting away and destroying a certain
ship called the Severn, with intent thereby to prejudice
divers companies and persons who had underwritten
certain policies of insurance upon the said ship ; and
Thomas Berwick, sailor: Lionel Holdsworth, broker;
and Joseph Stansfield Dean, agent, were also indicted for
feloniously aiding, abetting, and procuring Charles Webb,
to feloniously and maliciously cast away and destroy the
said ship. There were also indictments against the pri-
soners for conspiracy to defraud the London and Caledo-
nian Marine Insurance Company, the Friend-in-Need
Fire and Guarantee and Accidental Association and divers
other companies which had underwritten the ship and
freight.

The investigation of this case, it will be recollected, oc-
cupied many days at the Mansion-house, and the evidence
having been published at groat length on that occasion, it
is unnecessary to repeat it again to-day. The ship was
lost off Cape de Verde, in consequence, it was alleged, of
certain holes being made in the bottom of the ship. The
claims for the amount of the various policies having been
sent in, certain suspicious circumstances transpired which
led to the apprehension of the parties now on their trial
Holdsworth, it will be recollected, absented himself from
his office in Fenchurch-street, and was afterwards taken
into custody in Switzerland and brought to London.
The Solicitor-General and Mr. Giffard conducted the
prosecution ; and Sergeant Atkinson and Mr. Ribton de-
fended the prisoners. There aro no less then about 63
witnesses to examine.

When the Court adjourned for refreshment, Mr.
Justice Blackburne told the jury that from the appearance
of the case there was no likelihood of its terminating either
to-day or to-morrow, and, as that would render it neces-
sary for them to be kept together for that tine, it would
perhaps be as well that they should make their arrange-
ments accordingly.

NEW COURT.
(Before Mr. Justice Keating.)

John Wilmot, who stood indicted, upon the coroner's
inquisition, with the manslaughter of the unfortunate per-
sons who lost their lives by the falling of a girder upon
one of the carriages of the Metropolitan Railway, surren-
dered to take his trial.

Mr. Sleigh, who appeared for the prosecution, said he
did not intend to offer any evidence against the defendant,
in consequence of the death, since his committal, of the
man Chaney, who stood charged with the prisoner.
Mr. Sergeant Ballantino, who appeared to defend the
prisoner, said he had to inform the court that Wilmot bore
a very high character for care and good conduct, and that
previous to his entering the service of the Thames Iron
Company he had been employed by several of the most
eminent engineers in London.

Mr. Justice Keating said he had read through the depo-
sitions, and it appeared to him the parties who had charge
of the signals were the most culpable, and he hoped that
great precaution would be taken for the future.
A verdict of not guilty was returned, and tho prisoner
was accordingly liberated.

THIRD COURT.
(Before the Recorder.)

John Adams pleaded guilty to an indictment charging
him with feloniously aiding a certain prisoner, to wit, one
Fhilip Bovill, a prisoner in the Rouse of Correction, Cold-
bath-fields, to which he had been lawfully convicted.
The Recorder sentenced him to a month's imprisonment.

FOURTH COURT.
(Before the Common Sergeant.)
William Moulton, a sailor, was sentenced to 18 months'
imprisonment for a robbery with violence on Levy Her-
bert, and stealing from him money and various articles of
wearing apparel. Ann Islahomet, who was also indicted
indicted with the prisoner, was sentenced to 9 months' im-
prisonment.
William Butcher, a soldier, was sentenced to 18 months'
imprisonment for a robbery with violence on George
Doughty. John Bowdy, who was indicted with the pri-
soner, was sentenced to 15 months' imprisonment.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—This Day.

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.

ATTEMPTED SUICIDE IN A POLICE CELL.—Ann Newman,
a woman about 40 years of age, was charged before Mr.
Tyrwhitt with attempting to strangle herself in a police
cell at the Marlborough-mews Police-station.
Police-constable James Livermore, 118 C, said that
about 12 o'clock last night, the prisoner came up to him iu
Oxford-street and asked him the way to the Marlborough-
mews station, and on his telling her she became verylabu-
sive and left. While going round his boat ho saw her
outside the station door in a state of intoxication, and on
telling her to go away she made use of very bad language,
and he then took her to the station.

The Reform League in Lambeth.

&rgcant Rowe, 30, said the prisoner came to the sta-
tion and asked to lace the inspector. As she had been
drinking ho told her to come when sober and to go away.
She was put out of the station, and subsequently brought
by the last witness and put into a cell with another
female. Shortly after hearing a scream he went to the
cell, and found that the prisoner had tied something
tightly round her throat. He took it a and left her,
telling the other female to warn him if she attempted to
do anything to herself again, and also giving the gaoler
instructions to keep a watch on her. About a quarter of
an hour after there was another alarm, and on going to the
cell he found the prisoner had again tied something round
her neck so tightly that she was nearly dead.
In answer to Mr. Tyrwhitt, the sergeant said the pri-
soner was drunk at the time.
Mr. Tyrwhitt remanded the prisoner, observing that it
had better be marked on the committal that she was a
dangerous person.

A meeting in connexion with the Reform League
was held last night at the Horns] Tavern, Kenning-
ton, under the presidency of Mr. Thomas Hughes,
M.P. The proceedings commenced with the sing-
ing by a party of vocalists of both sexes of a newly-
composed song, entitled "We will rally round the
League, boys." The chairman, in addressing the
meeting, said he had been asked by some really good
Reformers whether they could consistently attend
the gatherings of the League, since the League
wanted one measure while they wanted another
His reply was that when a ship was drifting
the first thing was to get up steam, and it
would be time afterwards to settle what flag
should be hoisted. The nation was drifting
towards dangerous breakers, and it was the duty
of all good citizens to work heartily together until
the greatest class in the country was fairly repre-
sented. He ridiculed the weakness of a Govern-
ment which, it was said, was about to ask Parlia-
ment what its wishes were, and remarked that the
object of these meetings was to prove that the
people were thoroughly in earnest in demanding a
good Reform Bill, such as would enable them to
carry out all those measures which must follow.
As to other reforms, he urged that education, the
food and dwellings of the masses, and the relations
of labour and capital could not be satisfactorily set-
tled so long as the class mainly interested were
unrepresented. In conclusion he alluded to the ru-
moured attempt to supersede the leader of the Liberal
party, remarking that in Mr. Gladstone they had
a man of real genius and of hearty sympathies with
the people, who worked last Session harder than
he had ever seen a man work in order to carry the
best bill which there was a chance of passing at that
time, and it would he the basest ingratitude to
allow any other man to be put in his place. (Cheers.)
Mr. Connolly moved a resolution protesting against
the present restricted franchise, as excluding the
great bulk of the working classes from participation
in government, and expressing approval of the prin-
ciples of the Reform League. He predicted that on
the 11th of February the people of London would
come out with all their might and majesty, and
declared it monstrous that Englishmen should be
denied a right enjoyed by every citizen in Germany
and America. Mr. Mantell, in seconding the reso-
lution, suggested that the constituency might allow
the working men, who, according to officialstatistics,
formed a third of their body, to nominate one of their
members, and said he should much like to split his vote
at the next election between the chairman and Mr.
Beales. Mr. Beaks said he had made up his mind
never to enter the House of Commons if a single
vote were to be given for him under the influ-
ence of corruption, so that if the constituency of
Lambeth at any time thought proper to invite him
to be a candidate they would know the conditions
on which alone he would consent. He predicted
the approaching triumph of Reform from the
language of the Times of that day, which affirmed
that the Government could not retain power unless
it was prepared with a Bill. He urged Reformers,
however, not to relax their exertions, and pointed
to Mr. Neate, Mr. Harvey Lewis, and the half-and-
half Liberal members who refused to join in the
Newcastle demonstration as the greatest obstacles
to be encountered. The resolution having been
carried, with two dissentients, Mr. Dresser Rogers
moved a second, thanking Messrs. Gladstone,
Hughes, Bright, and Beales for their advocacy of
Reform, which was seconded by Mr. Mottishaw
and carried. The proceedings concluded with a
vote of thanks to the chairman.

Mr. Villiers and Mr. Weguelin upon
Parliamentary Reform.

The following letters from the members for
Wolverhampton were read at a Reform Demonstra-
tion held in the Agricultural Hall in that town on
Monday evening :

THAMES.
EXTENSIVE SYSTEM OP FEAUD.—James Bradshaw, aged
52, and who was described as an agent, of No. 15, Ran-
dolph-street, Camden-road, Holloway, was brought before
Mr. Paget, on a warrant granted by Mr. Partridge on the
27th of December last,
charged with fraud and conspiracy.
Charles Ross and John Leyland were included in the same
warrant and are still at large. The throe men aro charged
with having by divers false pretences and subtle devices
unlawfully and fraudulently acquired and obtained 1,400,000
bricks, valued at £1,365, and conspiring together to de-
fraud Mr. John Peed, of Cambridgeshire.
The prisoner is connected with a gang of swindlers,
called the "Forty Thieves," and after a successful course
of most iniquitous frauds he absconded. The bricks were
sent from Cambridgeshire to London by rail, and disposed
of below the invoiced price by Bradshaw, Leyland, and
Ross. He Assumed the name of Sibley, and went under
various disguises from place to place. He was discovered
yesterday in a house in Randolph-street by police-sergeant
Freeston, No. 58 K.
Freeston said that Bradshaw had
not left the house in Randolph-street for three weeks, and
that while he was concocting his infamous frauds in the
Hamlet of Ratcliff he wore no beard and moustache. Since
then he had cultivated both. The swindlers traded under
the name of Bradshaw and Co., Regent's Canal Basin,
Ratcliff. The gang obtained good under false pretences
from tradesmen in various parts of the metropolis.
Mr. Paget remanded the prisoner.
Rewards have been offered for the apprehension of Ross
and Leyland.

"39, Sloane-street, Jan. I.G.

"Dear Sir,—l beg to apologise for the delay which has
occurred in acknowledging the letter which you addressed
to me on behalf of the Wolverhampton Auxiliary Branch
of the National Reform League, and in which you convey
to me an invitation to be present at the Reform meeting on
the 28th inst. The letter was not addressed to my resi-
dence in London, and I only found it at the Club to which

it was addressed long after its date. The delay, however,
for which I am answerable, I am sure you will not ascribe
to any want of respect for yourself, or certainly to the cause
on account of which it was written. That cause is now
propeily absorbing the attention of the community, and
is deserving of the gravest considertion. It has in view
the removal of glaring disorepancies in our system of re-
presentation, and . seeks, by an extension of the people's
rights, to render that system more faithful and fair. It was
for this purpose that Lord Russell's Government (of which
I was a humble member) proposed a Reform Bill last Ses-
sion ; and it is the end which the same men will keep stead-
fastly in viewin governing their course while in opposition.
During the long time that I have been in Parlia.mentl have
voted for every practical measure of Reform that purported
to widen the basis of representation, and my opinion in this
respect is wholly unchanged. If, therefore, 1 should now
seek to judge freely formyself in what way I can personally
serve the cause best, I hope I am not drawing too largely on
the confidence with which my past course may possibly have
inspired my constituents. On the mode in which the peo-
ple think it right now to make known their wishes and
opinions upon this important subject I have not a word to
offer. It is emphatically their own course--(cheers)—and
they have the fullest right to its management. (Renewed
cheers.) But Parliament is about to re-assemble in a few
days, and wishing to give the fairest consideration to the
various views that are known to be entertained by honest
'Reformers, as to the course which it will be best to pursue,
I trust that the committee of the League will not think it
disrespectful if I decline to attend a meeting which at this
moment might appear to fetter my independence as a mem-
ber of the house. Asking you to have the goodness to state
to the committee the reason of my non-attendance, and to
thank them, on my part, for the honour of the invitation
I remain, dear sir, yours very faithfully,
" William Parker, Esq." " C. P. VILLIERS.

" Billingbaar-park, Wokingham, Jan. 16.

REFORM DEMONSTRATION IN EXETER.—It was
briefly stated in The Sun of Tuesday that a Reform
demonstration, in connexion with the National Reform
League, was held in Exeter on Monday. The working men
of that city having been joined by those from other neigh-
bouring towns, the total number present, we now learn, was
about 1,500. In the evening a public meeting was held in
connexion with the movement, over which Sir J. Bowring,
presided. On the platform were Sir B. Wrey, the Rev. W.
H. Bonner (a vice-president of the National Reform League),
and a large number of the supporters of the cause. Sir
John Bowring, in the course of a lengthy speech, claimed
for the unenfranchised the right 'to bo admitted into the
electoral hall. John Bright, the tribune of the people, had
been marked out as a special object of Calumny, and
he asked the working men never to desert that honest
man. (Cheers.) He also extolled Mr. Gladstone, whose
name was received with loud applause, and censured the
conduct of Mr. Lowe and the Adullamites. Not long
since the Tories said the people were quiet and contented,
and that no Reform was therefore wanted, but now the
people had become clamorous, earnest, and turbulent, so
Reform should not be granted. Ho urged them not to trust
the Tories for any measure of Reform, pointing to their
opposition to all Liberal measures hitherto brought for-
ward as a proof that they would not approach theisubjeet
in earnest. Having alluded to the Solicitor-General's views
on Reform, and to the "miserable delusion as to the balance
of power"— a delusion which he thoughteras dissipated 50
years ago when the sovereigns and chief diplomatists of
Europe met, he said his notion of the constitution was that
it was a pyramid of which the people wore the base and
the Sovereign the apex ; and this pyramid they desired to
strengthen by widening its base. Experience had shown
that working men, if predominont, would not send ignorant
or prejudiced representatives to Parliament. He then argued
for the ballot as a protection for the voter, contending that
it was no more un-English for a man to register his Par-
mentary vote in secrecy than for members of clubs and cha-
ritable institutions to avail themselves of the ballot in order
to conceal their opinions. At this moment, while 150
millions of human beings wore provided with the ballot,
in England, where the influence of wealth and title was
greaterlhan in any other country, the House of Commons
would not make the experiment. The truth was they dare
not do it, for it would succeed, and its effect would bo the
banishment of the Tories and the security of the Govern-
ment of the people. In conclusion, ho hoped that this
meeting would show that they were determined to have
Reform—efficient, practical, and beneficent Reform. I3eve-
ral speeches were made, and resolutions approVing 111:111-
hind tiaras and the I:Fallet carried unanimously,

" Sir,—Some delay has unavoidably occurred in reply
ing to the invitation which you have been good enough to
send me from the committee of the Wolverhampton Auxi-
liary of the Birmingham branch of the Reform League to
attend at the Reform Demonstration to be held at tho Agri-
cultural Hall, Wolverhampton, on the 28th inst. In the
first place, I wished to consult my colleegue, Mr. Villiers,
being anxious to act with him in this matter, and in the
next place I had a desire to consider whether I could by
my presence on that occasion promote the settlement on a
moderate and therefore permanent basis of the question of
Ref c rm.

"I have come, however, to the conclusion, with mature
regret, that it is my duty to decline the invitation, being
satisfied that the settlement of this question will rather be
delayed than promoted by a movement of the extreme na-
ture advocated by the National Reform League.
"In the face of the opposition which any Reform mea-
sure will encounter from open and disguised enemies, I
cannot think it wise, if a measure is to be carired by con-
stitutional means, to alienate by advocacy or by the coun-
tenance of extreme views, the great bulk of the Liberal
party in the House of Commons and in the present con-
stituencies of the country. I supported with constancy the
Bill introduced by the late Government, although object-
ing to some of its details, because I considered it, on the
whole, a wise and temperate measure, because it enlisted to
a very great extent the support of the Liberal party at
large, and because it was introduced by a Government
whose principles were not doubtful on this subject, and
whose honest endeavours to settle this question entitled
them to the support of all parties in the State.
"The members of the Government, now th, leaders of
the great Liberal party in opposition, have for the present
withdrawn from the public advocacy of any specific mea-
sure, no doubt with the wish to give their opponents the
opportunity of bringing forward a measure which, if it do
nothing more, will open the points of contact of both parties
on this subject, and thus, perhaps, lay the foundation of an
agreement. But if the Government on the meeting of Par-
liament should propose no measure, or only an illusory one,
then, no doubt, the loaders of the Liberal party will feel it
their duty to speak boldly and distinctly to the country ;
and I have little doubt their policy will then meet with the
almost unanimous support of one united Reform party.
"I have the honour to be, your faithful servant,
" .g. WEGUELIN.
"W. Parkes, Esq., President of the Wolverhampton

Branch of the National Reform League."
After the usual motions had been adopted, it was
resolved :
" That the thanks of this meeting be given to our
borough members—to the Right Ron. C. P. Villiers, for
his long and faithful advocacy of all measures tending to
promote the welfare of the people--to both, for their steady
support of the Reform Bill introduced by the late Govern-
ment."
Working men had been brought together from
Bilaton and Wplenhall and other parts of the Par-
liamentary borough, and there was perhaps 3,000
present.