The Sun.
London, England, 1858-12-30 00:00:00

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SHARE MARKET.-( THIS DAY.)

FOREIGN.

THIRD EDITION

uY SHARES AND STOCKS.

Railways.

Cloning I liusin,,ss
Paid. price.
Done.

SUN OFFICE, Six o'Clock.

TATTERSALLS'-(THIS EVENING.)

Very few members were praient, and no bets o:
any importance came under our notice.

LA TV INTELLIGENCE.-( THIS .DAY.)

COURT OF BANKRUPTCY.
(Before Mr. Commissioner Evans.)
IN RE J. POLDEN AND J. A. POLDEN.
These bankrupts were fishing-tackle manufacturers,
carrying on business in Castle-street, Leicester-square, and
to-day came up to pass their last examination. The
balance-sheet extends over a period of nearly two years—
from January, 1856—and shows—Debtor to creditors,
£517 liabilities on bills receivable, £433; profits, £295;
surplus, January, 1856, £289 ; cash introduced by J.
Polden, £240. Creditor—By good debts, £69 ; property,
£246; losses, £256 (Xl5O on realisation of stock)l trade
expenses, £503; partners' drawings, each, £142 10s.
Mr. A. Warrand appeared for the assignees, and Mr. J.
Cook for the bankrupts, who passed unopposed.
(Before Mr. Commisstmer Fane.) •
RE WALTON AND WALTON.
The bankrupts are ship and insurance brokers, of Grace-
church-street, and to-day was appointed for hearing argu-
ments on the application for a certificate.
Mr. Cotterill appeared for the assignees ; Mr. Sargood as
counsel for the opposing creditors; Mr. Linklater and Mr.
Lawrence for the bankrupts ; Mr. Cannings (Butler and
Cannings) was in attendance as accountant for the cre-
ditors.
Mr. Sargood proceeded to address the Court at great
length, and the case was proceeding when we went to press.
It is understood that there is a perfect answer to all the
charges brought against the bankrupts.

SHERIFFS' COURT.
(Before Mr. Prendergast, Q.C.)

PRINTERS' APPRENTICES.-IMPORTANT CASE.-41ACFAR-
LINE, JUN., V. BAIT AND CO.

Mr. Blakely appeared, for the plaintiff; Mr. Gibson for
the defendants. Plaintiff is a lad, a compositor, and
_de-
fendants are printers, of Newgate-street. The action was
brought to recover the sum of 30s. for two weeks' wages in
lieu of notice. The evidence of the plaintiff went to show
that ho was discharged at 5 o'clock on Saturday morning,
under the following circumstances :—He had been at work
from 9 o'clock the previous morning, and about 1 on Satur-
day morning, having finished his composition, and waiting
only for his proof, he obtained a promise from one of his
fellow apprentices to do his portion of the corrections. He
then asked one of the defendants if he could go, and was
told that he must wait for his own proofs, as the
others had as much to do as they could get through.
About four o'clock, one of the defendants brought him a
proof which did not belong to him and told him to do the
corrections. Plaintiff grumbled a little, but did the work,
andlat five o'clock he was told to take his coat and "stick," as
his services could be dispensed with. On the part of the de-
fendants it was admitted that the custom of the trade allowed
an apprentice a fortnight's notice provided he behaved him-
self, but in the present case there had been a downright re-
fusal to do some work handed to him by the overseer.
Mr. Inwoed, one of the defendants, stated that when he
handed plaintiff the first piece of proof to correct, plaintiff
was very unwilling, and said if he did anybody else's work
he should charge for it. Witness said, of course, and plain-
tiff did his work. A second piece of proof was then given
to hith, but instead of doing the corrections ho put
the proof upon the frame of the person who set
the matter. A question then arose as to the
custom of the trade and as to the right of an overseer
to set the compositor to do another compositor's corrections.
It was stated that it was the custom, when the work was
very much behind, for such a course to be taken, and for a
charge to be made.

Plaintiff said that he thought :the piece handed to him
had been corrected, and that the galley was pulled.
This was denied by Mr. :Inwood, who said he expressly
told the lid to correct the marks.

His Honour said he thought it was too much for a lad
like plaintiff to work so many hours, but he took the work
and must abide by the rules of the trade. The only ques-
tion was, how long was plaintiff bound to wait for his proofs
to come out ?

Plaintiff's father, who said he had 36 years' experi-
ence, said it was not usual to wait longer than one hour,
but on the part of defendants it was insisted that a composi
tor was bound to wait till the proofs came out.
His Honour said, upon the evidence bcfore him, he had a
downright refusal to, work, and he must find for defendants,

THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 80, 1858.

DR. L7VINGSTONE.

THIS DAI'S SHIPPING.

LONDON, Dec. 30.—Wind this day at noon, S.W. ;
light breeze, and hazy.
SHEERNESS, Dec. 29.—Wind N.W.—Arrived—Suome,
from Belize. _ _ _

PLY3LOUTH, Dec. 29.—Wind N.N.W.—Sailed—lndus,
for Callao.

FALMOUTH, Dee. 29.—Wind N.N.W.—Arrived—Diana,
from Matanzas.
SWANSEA, Dec. 29.—Wind S.W.=Arrived—Pomonee,
from Newfoundland for Cork, with kiss of bowsprit and
foretopmaat.

(BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.)
SOUTHAMPTON, Thursday Morning.

Wind W. ; rain.
Arrived—Norman, steamer, from Cape of Good Hope ;
:Foyle, steamer, from Dublin ; Wonder, and Atalanta,
steamers, from Jersey ; Alliance, steamer, from Havre ;
Parramatta, Robert Bruce, and Sir William Wallace,
steamers, from London.
Saileed—Eveline, for Cardiff; Foyle, steamer, for Lon-
don; Dispatch, steamer, for Jersey ; Liverpool, packet, for
Rotterdam.

Wind S.S.W.

LIVERPOOL, Thursday Morning.

Sailed—Alma, for Bombay ; Levant and Coromandel,
for Calcutta ; Albatross, for Savannah ; Albion, for Madras ;
Martha, for Bombay; Great Western, for New York.

(BY SUBMARINE AND BRITISH TELEGRAPH.)
GRAVESEND, Thursday Morning.
Wind calm ; tide last hour's flood ; weather foggy.
Arrived, Dec. 29—John Arthur, and Gladiator, from
Dantsic ; Mecca, and Countess of Camden, from Gothen-
burg ; Red Rose, from Cronstadt ; Harlingen Hafen, from
Grebbestadt ; Tetta Margretta, from Agger ; Exchange,
from Alexandria; Eva, from Gothenburg.
Arrived, Dec. 30—Roman from Marstrand ; Harmony,
from Memel ; Southern, from Dantzic.
Sailed, Dec. 30—Herefordshire, for Bombay; Neptune,
for Hamburg.

DEAL, Thursday Morning.
Vied N., moderate.
Passed—Dominica, from Odessa, for London.

EXTRAORDINARY ADMINISTRATION OF THE
GAME LAWS AT GAINSBOROUGH.—At the last petty ses-
sions holden at Gainsborough, a case was heard exhibiting
the necessity of some alteration in the existing Game Laws.
The magistrates on the bench were Sir Charles H. J. An-
derson, Bart. ; W. Hutton and ,H. H. Bacon, Esqrs. ;
and the Revs. G. Hutton and J. H. Pooley. Two men,
named George Wilkinson and William Fairbanks, were
charged with trespassing in pursuit of game on lands be-
longing to Sir Thomas Beckett. A watcher, named. Codd,
had heard a shot about 4.30 on Sunday afternoon, and on
repairing to a part of the wood he saw two men, one of whom
was putting a gun in his pocket. He addressed them, and
he was now quite sure that the defendants were the men.
No additional evidence whatever was given. For the de-
fence six witnesses were called, three for each of the defend-
ants, who swore distinctly that they were with the prisoners,
in their respective houses, from soon after dinner until after
4.30 in the afternoon, and during that time neither
of them went anywhere. Each of these witnesses was sub-
jected to a rigorous cross-examination by the bench, but
they failed entirely in shaking in the least their testimony.
Notwithstanding this, however, the bench convicted both
prisoners, and inflicted the full penalty, with costs.—
Manchester Guardian:

Intelligence has been received from Dr. Living-
stone up to the 4th of October. Writing on that
date from the Kongone River, to the Rev. W.
Thompson, he states:—
"My dear Mr. Thompson,—l could not possibly
write you by last opportunity from the Zambezi ;
but there was so little to communicate you were no
loser. We have now had more time to look about
us, and I think we have ascertained the point that
entering this river at the time we did is nearly quite"
safe, if no delay takes place among the mangrove
swamps. We have been favoured with fair health,
and have had ailments more like common colds
than fever. Two of the party are now at Tete, and
the others hope to join them shortly. We got a
ton and a half of coals there, the first ever taken
out of the earth in that country ; and as the Por-
tuguese have shown a great deal of public spirit,
we are almost sure of a larger supply when we
return. My poor fellows received me with joy.
They had been taunted by the Tete people
that their Englishman would never return
but they hoped on, and have amassed quantities
of beads, to take back to their own country.
Thirty of them died of small-pox, and sib were
killed by a rebel chief at the confluence of the
Suneya. The confidential servant of Lekwebu is
with me now on board the launch, which is so small
we could not bring more of them down, though they
were anxious to come into our service. We found
the country in a state of war, and the Portuguese
were too busy with that to help us with canoes. It
is finished now, and my old friend, Major Lecard,
at once assisted us with luggage ; but it has quite
depopulated the land adjacent to the river. We
see the river in this month at its very lowest ; a*d
as it spreads out into from one to three miles in
width, the broad parts are very difficult. When
we get up to Lupata our difficulties vanish, for
above that point it is in one or two channels of
about 1,000 or 1,200 yards broad. I admire its size
more than ever. When I came down in a canoe it
was full, and I saw but one channel where now are
two or three. If the Portuguese would be at the
expense of a few piles driven in, to effect what
'snags' sometimes do now, deep channels might be
secured for the whole year. They arc going to
build a fort and custom house .at this or the
Luallo.—With kind regards, &e.
" D. LIVINGSTONE."

DEATH FROM EATING A CHRISTMAS DINNER.—
On Tuesday night an inquest was held at the Leopard Inn,
Goode-street, on the body of a respectable man, 59 years of
age, named William Thornton, a jeweller, living in Slade-
lane. The circumstances are of a most melancholy and
singular character. Being acquainted with Mr. Southall,
the Hope and Anchor Retail Brewery, Lodge-road, the de-
ceased went there to enjoy his pipe and glass on Christmas-
day. • The landlord sent out to him from his table a plate
of roasted turkey. Very soon after Mr. Southall was sur-
prised at seeing his guest rush past the bar window, and
in the eproaavdis op
following him, as a matter of course, to ascertain the cause,
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ofi death.
sur-
geon, Great Hampton-street, was immediately sent for, po
but
medical aid was of no avail. It was ascertained that in the
act of eating deceased had attempted to swallow a piece of
the turkey, measuring four inches long, and one ounce in
weight. This had stuck in the throat and produced suffo-
cation. The jury, under the coroner's direction, in this
state of facts, returned a verdict "of
suffocation."—Bit mingh am Post.
DARING ATTEMPTED ROBBERY IN FLEET-
STREET.—Last night, about seven o'clock, a most daring
and nearly successful attempt at robbery took place at the
shop of Mr. Attenborough, silversmith, at the corner of
Bell-yard, Temple Bar. The persons in the shop were
alarmed by hearing a loud crash as if part of the plats glass
front had been suddenly smashed, and it was observed that
there was a large hole in one of the panes. which is of
considerable thickness, part of the extensive stock of jewel-
lery being also missing. The manner of the glass being
broken was soon explained by a tall, powerful man being
brought back into the establishment who had been seen
suddenly to dash his fist through the glass and grasp a
number of gold chains, and, in fact, all that lay in his
reach. So quick was the thief in his movements that he
would, in the confusion, have escaped with his valuable
booty, if he had not been promptly seized and held by a
person who had watched lus movements. When the at-
tempt was made several persons were talking together near
the shop door, and others were looking at the jewellery in
the window.
FATAL EFFECTS OF INTEMPERANCE.—Yesterday
evening an inquest was held at St. Ann's Vestry, Dean-
street, Soho-square, before Mr. Langham, deputy coroner
for Westminster, on the body of Mrs. Sarah Simpson, aged.
32, a married woman, whose death occurred under the fol-
lowing deplorable circumtsances. Mr. Henry Simpson,
confectioner, of No. 63, Wardour-street, Oxford-street, de-
posed that the deceased was his wife. She had unhappily,
for the last three months, given way to habits of intemper-
ance, drinking rum and gin to excess. On Sunday last she
was very muc intoxicated, and was falling about. Witness
lifted her up, and laid her upon a sofa. This was about six
o'clock in the evening. Witness locked her in the room
and went home with his brother to the Euston-road. He
returned between six and seven o'clock on the followino-,
morning (Monday), when he found his wife dead in the
same position upon the sofa in which he had left her. The
jury expressed their surprise and indignation at the poor
woman being left 13 hours without any one with her. In
answer to questions from the coroner, the husband admitted
that when he left his wife both himself and brother were in-
toxicated, but he (the husband) was not so bad as not to be
able to find his way home again. Mr. Fernandez Clark, sur-
geon, 23, Gerrard-street, said he had made a post mortem
examination, and found the liver double the natural size, the
result of excessive use of ardent spirits. It was what is
termed a " nutmeg liver." He had attended deceased for
two years professionally. She once attempted to destroy
herself by poison. She died of apoplexy, from drinking.
The jury commented upon the frightful effects of drink,
and returned a verdict in accordance with the medical evi-
dence.
The accounts from Paris state an expectation that
the contemplated scheme for a new loan bank will be
shortly put forth. It appears that it is to be called the
Commercial and Manufacturing. Credit Company, and that
its captial is fixed at £1,600,000, in L2O shares, of which only
£BOO,OOO will be issued in the first instance. Deposits, not
exceeding in the aggregrate one-half the capital, may be re-
ceived at interest. The company are to discount home and
foreign bills, to make advances on warrants and goods, to
grant limited loans on Government securities for 90
days and on mortgages for six months, to collect divi-
dends and' debts, and to receive securities upon commis •
sion for safe keeping. The advances on Government
securities and mortgages are each to be restricted to a fifth
of the subscribed capital, but the transactions in bills, war •
rants, &c., seem to be left to discretion. The total liabili-
ties of the company are never to exceed six times the
amount of the capital. Subject to the consent of the
Minister of Finance, subscriptions may be made to foreign
loans and foreign companies. It is impossible to measure
the prospects of an institution of this kind by English
custom, but the results of analogous establishments in
Europe and America have not been such as to encourage
expectations of great or sustained success. On the other
hand, there seems nothing in its plan inconsistent with
steady profits, provided it is not made subservient to Go-
vernment or speculative influences.—Trues.
PROPOSED NEW CLUB.—A club, we are informed,
is in contemplation whose object will be to give an oppor-
tunity of meeting together and promoting a friendly inter-
course between the higher classes of English society and
foreigners of distinction, either belonging to the corps
diplomat ique or otherwise, visiting this country. It is to
be combined on new principles, a sort of revival of the
defunct Coventry Club, and having some features of a
musical character.—Morning Post.