The Sun.
London, England, 1866-12-31 00:00:00

THAMES.

THE PRICE or AN Era.—Mr. Albert Bryant, the mate
of a ship, and dwelling in Totten-street, Stepney, who had
been out on bail, appeared before Mr. Partridge to answer
a charge of violently assaulting John Lee on the eye with
an umbrella, on the 12th of the present month, in the
White Swan public-house, Commercial-road, East.
Mr. Charles Young, solicitor, defended the prisoner, who,
he said, deeply regretted the lamentable accident which
had taken place, and by which the unfortunate man Lee
had been deprived of the sight of an eye.
Mr. Partridge said the evidence was that in the course
of an altercation in a public-house the prisoner struck the
prosecutor on the eye with the point of his umbrella. The
surgeon, who gave evidence three weeks ago, said the
sight of the eye was destroyed.
Mr. Young—No doubt about that, sir; the defendant
had no intention of injuring the man.
Lee, who has been under medical treatment in the Lon-
don Hospital, said he had no wish to proceed with the
charge.

Mr. Partridge—You have received compensation, I sup-
pose.
Lee —Yes, sir ; ho has agreed to pay me £l9.
Mr. Partridge —That is the price at which you value
your eye.

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Mr. Young said he had nothing whatever to do with
effecting the compromise, and did not know until then the
amount agreed to be paid.

The prisoner was discharged.

Naval and Military Intelligence.

The screw steam frigate Liffey, 31, of 2,654 tons,
and 600-horse power, was removed on Thursday from
Keyham steamyard to the sheer hulk in Hamoaze for
the purpose of receiving her masts, after which she
will return to Keyham to be rigged and stored for
the first division of the Steam Reserve. She will
probably enter the basin to-day.

The armour-plated, double screw steam gunboat
Vixen, 4, having had her iron deck covered with
composition in order to prevent corrosion, was re-
moved on Friday from Ilamoaze into Plymouth
Sound, where she received her ammunition. The
Vixen will shortly take a cruise, and may be sent to
Ireland. Captain Ewart, of the Cambridge, took
her outside Plymouth Sound, and tested her quali-
fications for shot practice on Saturday.
The gunboat Dapper, from Dartmouth, arrived at
Plymouth on Saturday. The screw steamship Gib-
raltar, 81, Capt. R.. Cook, which arrived in Ply-
mouth Sound from the Mediterranean on Monday,
was inspected on Tuesday by Port-Admiral Sir W.
Martin, K.C.B. On Friday she was removed Into
Hamoaze. Her crew will be paid off in the course
of a few days. It is not yet decided by the Admi-
ralty that her masts shall be unstepped.
The screw steam frigate Phoebe, 35, hating been
coppered, is appointed to boron:loved to-day from No.
1 dock in Keyharn steamyard, to give place to the
Galatea, 26, which will probably go in to-morrow.
The gunboat Ruby (tender to the Coastguard
ship Dantless), having had defects made good at
Devonport, left Plymouth Sound on Saturday with
supernumeraries for Ireland. She will shortly re-
turn to her duty at Hull.

MR. GARTH AND MR. BRIGHT.-=At the totem
Guildford election Mr. Garth took ecveral opportu-
nities of animadverting upon Mr. Bright, charging him with
being a bad master, stating that " he had never dared to
stand for Rochdale," that "he had been hooted PA`kty from
his own premi.zes," that "his own people distrusted himi"
that " such men were rather a curse to to tdttntf than
otherwise," and so on. The papers t,.!orktaining these re-
ports having been forWardeci toil Ar. Mills, the manager of
Mr. Bright's works OA itochdale. have elicited the follow-
ing reply :—" Rochdale, Doc. 25th, 1866. Dear Sir,—Par-
don me for not sooner replying to your note of the 20th. I
have the papers you sent. Mr. Garth does not seem a
gentleman on whom many words may be expended with
profit. I have not the smallest hesitation in saying that
his reference to the business relations of Mr. Bright was a
wilful, malignant, and premeditated falsehood. I hope the
legal knowledge of the hon. member for Guildford will be
able to comprehend the meaning of this. I am, dear Sir,
faithfully yours, ROBERT MILLS. Mr. D. 31. Stevens."
THE EQUITABLE JURISDICTION IN COUNTY
COURTS.—The Lord Chancellor has made an crder that all
causes transferred from the County Courts under the
Equitable Jurisdiction Act to the Court of Chancery be
heard boforo Vice-chancellor Stuart.

PRKFERENCE BRARES AND STOWEN.
qreat Eastern, E. Counties Ex., No. 2, 79
t;reat orthern, 5 per cent., 110
North Eastern, Cons. pref., i per cent.,
Ditto, 44 per cent., rd., 91i
North Eastern, West Hartlepool Harbour and Rail,. 84

LINES LEASED AT rum RENTAL'S.
London and Blackwall, 814 1

FOREIGN RAILWAYb.
A ntwerp and Rotterdam, 81
Wtst Flanders, 71 ;

FOREIGN MINE%
Chontales Gold and Silver Mining, 8
eontgibaud Silver; Lead Min. and Smelting; tk
Kcottish Australittu,
T. John del Jtty, itm.,
YUdannmutana of South Australia, Ilm., lj

13AN /IN
Agra and Misterman's, Um., 8i
AAlialier, lieu. 19
Australasia, t',4
Bank of Istt* ±ttiafid, 18}
hartered der. of India, London, and China, 331
City, 141 15
°lonia!, 401
East London, lim.,
English and American, litn., 5A 6
English and 6wedisftLitl4; tf,
Loperlat ni
Lard Mortgage Bank of India, ltm.,
De. 5 per cent. Debentures, 1861, for 30 years, 82
London Chartered nano of Australia, 20
Loudon Joint Stock, 431
London and South African, 13
Loudon and estniinster, 961
Metropolitan and Provincial Bank, 11fn,1 Ili 14
Oriental Baita Corperattou, 42 Li
Union of liOndOn,

DOCKS.
ondon and St. Katharine, 07i 81
MISCELLANBOUSI
Anglo-A.t...00A Telt:graph, 151
010.AitxiCitti Mint, 15
AtiAntio Telegraph,
Dlt 0, 8 klek alit ;70 „
Credit Foilba+ di litit.eritliin, ihi . 31
Fgyptich 63tn. and Trading, Inn., b
Fore-strcet Warehouse, Um., 121
City of Moscow Gas, lim , 16)
East India Irrigation and Canal. 10 91
Gen. Credit and Finance of I.2,midin; Um.. 4i
General Stearn NA,kigAtitin; 11[1E; 011
Italian IttiOtta. (Canal Carehir), 01
Land Securities, lim.' 21
London Financial Association, lira,. 10
London General Omnibus Company, lira, 3/
hi idras Irrigation and Canal (4 per cent. guaranteA by It 3
dian Government),
Ditto (ati), ly
National Discount CompanY.Tl4
Panama New Zealand, and Aug. R. Mail, 71
Rio de Janeiro City improvements, 191
Royal Mail Steam, t. 7
Telegraph Construction and Maintenance,
Ditto (.Cif.),
Viceroy of Egypt, Mortgage, Loan, 721 3

Grenada had been visited by a terribly storm,
which had done great damage to property.
,The
cane fields and cocoa fields in some district! hadbeen laid waste.