The Sun.
London, England, 1866-02-13 00:00:00

COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.

Money easy. Gold, 1401. Exchange on London, 150 ;
on Paris, 3721. Stocks declining. New York Centrals,
881 oz. dividend ; Illinois, 115 ; Erie, 771; Five Twenties,
103. Cotton dull. Mid. Upland, 49. Flour firm but active
Wheat very firm. Corn, good inquiry. Provisions steady.
Coffee quiet. Sugar slightly firmer. Molasses steady.
Petroleum dull. Crude, 32; refined, 53.

NEW ORLEANS, Feb. 1.

Cotton quiet, 48.

MOBILE, Feb. 2.
Cotton, 45 to 46. Week's sale, 8,500 bales. Receipts,
1,400. Exports, 16,900. Stock, 81,000 bales.

Lord Charles Percy has left Claridge's Hotel for
Guy's Cliff, Warwick.

Lord and Lady Lindsay and the Hon. Misses
Lindsay have arrived at Thomas's Hotel, Berkeley-square,
from Haigh Hall, near Wigan.
A MATE COMMITTED FOR MANSLAUGHTER. —l-1.
F. Williams, the mate of the ship Eliza, from Mobile to
Liverpool, was committed by the Liverpool magistrates
yesterday for manslaughter, the victim being a seaman
named M'Cluinness. The defence was that the crew
mutinied whilo the captain was ill, and that the deceased
was struck by the mate in self-defence.
CHARGE OF MURDER.—BRISTOL, Monday.—This
evening John Beard, labourer, of Cheltenham, died from
stab wounds received whilst fighting with Samuel Cher-
rington on Friday last. Cherrington will be examined to-
morrow on a charge of wilful murder. Beard's deposi-
tic= were taken just before death.

Mr. H. T. Sewell, of No. 35, Tachbrook-street, Pimlico,
said that about 12 the previous night ho was in the tavern
of Mr. Carter, 49, Haymarket, the prisoner being also
there, when Munday, who was apparently intoxicated,
came in, and addressing the prisoner, said, " I mean punch-
ing your head." The prisoner said ho did not wish to
have anything to say to Munday, and then Munday
struck the prisoner on the side of the head. A sort
of tussle then took place, and Munday seized
hold of the prisoner's hair, and wanted him to fight.
Munday again went up to the prisoner, who had a glass in
his hand and was sitting down, and then the glass went,
and Munday was injured on the forehead ; but ho (witness)
could not say whether he was struck with the glass, or
whether the glass was thrown at him—the affair being so
instantaneous. The glass was broken on Munday's fore-
head, and afterwards Munday wanted to fight the
prisoner.

Henry Witt, 67 C, said he found Munday staggering
along the Haymarket, bleeding profusely from a wound on
the forehead. He took him in a cab to the Charing-cross
Hospital, and there left him, and he was still there. The
prisoner was taken to the station, and when charged said
he could not help it, and that he was very sorry for it. He
also said it was done in a struggle.
Mr. Tyrwhitt said, as the injured man was not present,
there must necessarily be a remand.
Mr. Lewis asked that bail might be taken, and Mr.
Tyrwhitt at once agreed to take bail, and the prisoner was
remanded.

AFFECTION FOR A OAT.—Jc-hn Ostella, of 3, Marshall-
street, Golden-square, appeared before Mr. Tyrwhitt to
answer a summons for an assault upon Mrs. Bowen, of the
same address.

Mr. Edward Dillon Lewis, of Great Marlborough-street,
in stating the case for the complainant, said a serious as-
sault had been committed upon her by the defendant, pro-
voked, it appeared, by jealousy, that feeling having been
called into being through a cat, upon which the defendant
seemed to have bestowed his disengaged affections.
The complainant was then called by Mr. Lewis, and she
stated that up to a week after the defendant was possessed
of a cat, which had been a nuisance to every one in the
house. On Monday last the cat having taken refuge in
her room from the defendant's cruelty was driven out by
her, and the defendant having complained of this ejection
struck the complainant three times with his fist in the
mouth, displacing two of her teeth and causing her
face to be considerably swollen for some days.
The complainant's daughter fully bore out her state-
ment, adding that the defendant was in the habit of hold-
ing the cat up by its tail and lashing it with a strap.
_ _

The defendant—" Ah ! but that was before I lost it."
(Laughter.)
Mr. Lewis remarked that the defendant only appeared
to have learnt to appreciate its value when ho lost it.
The defendant complained that the cat exhibited a
marked preference for the complainant.
Mr. Tyrwhitt said that such a squabble about a cat had
scarcely ever been heard of. He had no doubt the de-
fendant had committed the assault complained of, and he
should fine him 408., and costs.

Mr. Lewis asked that a portion of the fine might be
given to the complainant as compensation, as she had
suffered a good deal from the defendant's violence ?

Mr. Tyrwhitt said he would consider the application.

THAMES.

EXTRAORDINARY CHARGE OF ROBBERY AND FORGERY.—
Francis Hill, a lad aged 16 years, described as having no
fixed abode and no occupation, was charged with stealing
a black frock coat, over-coat, and a pocket-book containing
a bill of exchange for £26 18s., the property of Mr. Wil-
liam Musto, engineer, of No. 56, Green-street, Stepney.
He was also charged with forging a cheque for £26 95.,
with intent to defraud the Metropolitan and Provincial
Bank, and with stealing, on the 28th of December last, a
gold watch and chain value £l4.

The prosecutor is the step-father of the prisoner, and
lived with him until about two months ago, when he ab-
sconded. On Tuesday night last Mr. Musto locked
and bolted his bed-room door as usual before re-
tiring to rest. Next morning the bed-room door
was open, and the key was in the lock inside. Some per-
son must have been secreted under the bed, and unlocked
and unbolted the door in the night time, while Mr. Musto
was asleep, and without disturbing him. He missed two
coats, and a bill of exchange for £26 18s. He was not
aware whether the bill had been negotiated or not. He
gave immediate information to the police. Yesterday the
prisoner came to his house in Green-street, and did not
expect to find him at home. Directly the prisoner saw
him ho ran away. He followed him, and secured him.
He charged him with stealing the things, and he made no
answer. At the station-house the prisoner laughed, and
said, "lam as clever as you are." On the 28th December
the prisoner stole a gold watch and chain from his house.
He had not traced any of the property.
Mr. Henry William Payne, a clerk in the Metropolitan
and Provincial Bank, No. 75, Cornhill, stated that on
Saturday afternoon the prisoner presented a cheque for
£26 9s. for payment. It was signed William Musto, who
had an account in the house. He suspected it was a forgery
and questioned the prisoner, who said he brought the
cheque from Mr. Hayes in Old-street-road. He returned
the cheque to the prisoner, and wrote upon it " signature
differs."

Mr. Musto said the cheque produced had been stolen in
blank out of his cheque-book. The signature was not in
his handwriting.

Patrick Kennedy, a police constable, No. 690 A, reserve,
said he found the prosecutor's pocket-book on the prisoner
and two pawnbroker's duplicates, one related to a coat and
the other to a gown.

Other evidence affecting the prisoner was given. He
was stated to be a very hardened lad, who had given much
trouble to his family and friends.
The prisoner was remanded for a week, and directions
were given to the police to make inquiries after the stolen
watch and coats.

MARKETS.---This Day,

HAY

SMITHFIELD.—Meadow hay, £4 4s to £5 10s; clover,
£5 5s to 16 lbs Od ; and straw, £1 16s to £2 2s per load.
Trade steady.

CUMBERLAND.—Meadow hay, £4 4s to £sl2s 6d; clover,
£5 5s to £7 Os Od ; and straw, £1 18s to £2 4s per load.
A fair demand.

WHITECHAPEL.--Meadow hay, £4 4s to £5 10s; clover,
£5 5s to £6 15s Otl; and straw, £1 16s to £2 2s per load.
Trade quiet.

COLONIAL.

TEA. Only a moderate amount of business has been
transacted, and prices gene;ally are steady.
SUGAR.—The market has remained very dull. A mode-
rato quantity, however, is announcedfor public sale during
the week, but quotations generally are very depressed. In
the refined market there is only a limited inquiry for com-
mon lumps, at about previous rates.

COFFEE.—The dealings have been to a moderate extent,
without any material change to report in prices.

RlCE.—Business has remained very inactive, without any
alteration to notice in values.

TALLOW.—After the late advance there has been a slight
reaction, and a decline of about is per cwt. has taken place.
P.Y.C. on the spot is quoted 46s 9d ; March delivery, 46s
9d to 475 ; and last three months, 49s 3d to 49s 6d per cwt.

COAL MARKET.
Price per ton at the close of the market.

s. d. m. d•
Hetton l7 6 Hartlepool
N.Staffordshire 17 0 South Hatton
Shaw's Hartley lB 6 Walls End Haswell... 17 6
Peusher Primrose
Tunstall
Walker Primrose l3 9 East Hartlepool

Ships at market, 31; sold, 23.

Liverpool Cotton Market. —This Day.

The market opens with a fair inquiry. Sales
probably 7,000 bales.

THE ANTHROPOLOGICAL SOCIETY Will meet on
Tuesday, 20th of February, at eight o'clock, when the fol-
lowing paper will be read :—" On the Physical Charac-
teristics of the English People." By Luke Owen Pike,
Esq., F.A.S.L.
THE FIRE AND Loss OF LIFE IN WHITECROSS-
STREET.—Mr. Wright, the unfortunate sufferer at
Upper Whitecross-street, we regret to state, remains in
St. Bartholomew's Hospital in a very precarious state. The
infant is, however, recovering rapidly, the mother being
allowed to be present in order to give the baby the breast.
The inquest on the body of the deceased, lying in St.
Luke's dead-house, has not as yet been fixed, but it is
thought that it will be formally opened to-morrow. Mr.
Harrison, assessor, has been engaged to settle the loss for
Mr. Wright with the fire Offices.
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able in assuaging the sufferings from cramps and other
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or internal. It is earnestly recommended that every suf-
ferer from these pains should give Holloway's remedies a
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POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—This Day.
MARLBOROUGH-STREET.A " BETTING MAN" CHANGED WITH VIOLENTLY ASSAULT-
ING A JOCKEY.—Chas. Sheen, of Epsom, Surrey, described
as a betting man, was charged before Mr. Tyrwhitt with
violently assaulting John lelunday, a jockey.
Mr. Edward Lewis, of Great Marlborough-street, ap-
peared for the prisoner.
The injured man was unable to attend, and a certificate,
stating the injury he had received, was handed to the ma-
gistrate.