The Sun.
London, England, 1866-03-03 00:00:00

TB E (TN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, MA.RCII 3, 18€6.

a seat near Sergeant Ballantine, was surrounded by
friends, and the result of the case appeared to give
the fullest satisfaction.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—This Day,

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.

STABBING.-Emily Bullock, a young woman, was charged
before Mr. Knox with assaulting Mrs. Anna Tenuchi, of
25, Grafton-street, by cutting her on the head with a knife.
The prosecutrix said—The prisoner has been lodging
with me for some time. Yesterday evening, about half-
past 8, she came in while I was cooking something for
tea, and said, " Have you done my chop ?" and on my
saying 1 had not, but would, she took up a knife from
the table and stabbed her onco on the head and once in
the cheek, and then struck her on the shoulder with the
handle of the knife. 1 went to the Charing-cross HoLpi-
tal to have my wound attended to, and on returning spoke
to a sergeant, who took the prisoner out of a beerhouse.
Tho prisoner—We had been drinking together all day.
Don't prosecute me.

The prosecutrix—l don't want to hurt you, only I was
obliged to come here.

Agnes Tenuchi, a little girl, daughter of the prosecutrix,
said—l saw the prisoner take up the knife and stab my
mother twice, and then struck her on the back with the
handle of the knife.

Sergeant Leech, 14 C—ln consequence of what the pro-
secutrix told him he went to a beerhouse and took the pri-
soner into custody. On telling her she was charged with
stabbing the prosecutrix, she denied doing so, stating that
it was the landlord who had done it. Tne prisoner was
drunk, and always is drunk, and the prosecutrix and the
prisoner are generally drunk together.
Mr. Knox—That is no reason why they should murder
each other.

The Prisoner—Did I not have a mark on my forehead
when you took me into custody ?
. _ _

Sergeant Leech—l did not see one.

Mr. Knox—l shall remand the prisoner, and you, Ser-
geant Leech, can make inquiries at the hospital to see ii
any danger is likely to result from the prosecutrix's wounds,

THAMES.

SANGUINARY AFFAIR.—VERY NEARLY A MURDER.—
John Tuson, a strong, powerful, middle-aged man, was
brought before Mr. Partridge, charged with violently as-
saulting and attempting to strangle Joseph Winslow, a
young man.

Mr. Charlos Young, solicitor, conducted the prosecution,
and said a murder had been nearly committed, and that it
was a case for a jury to determine. The complainant had
not recovered from the effects of the outrage committed
upon him.

The complainant said he was now living at No. 6,
Edwin-terrace, Burdett-road, and was a plasterer. The
prisoner was also a plasterer. He was indebted to the de-
fendant about £4 10s., and Tuson held a suit of clothes
and a ring valued at £5 as a security. On Saturday after-
noon last they met at the White Horse public-house in
Bow-common-lane. The prisoner, without any provoca-
tion, struck him and knocked him down. and then fell upon
him, twisted his scarf for nearly a minute, and almost
strangled him. Several men pulled the prisoner off him or
he must have been killed. He got up and ran out of the
house. The prisoner followed, seized him by the scarf
again, got him down, put his knees on his chest, and again
twisted his scarf very tightly. He became insensible, and
should have been murdered if a young man had not cut
the scarf. The witness then produced the cut scarf.
Several witnesses, including the landlord of the White
Horse, confirmed the statement of Onslow, and said if his
scarf had not been cut he would have been a dead man.
The complainant was quite insensible, all but strangled,
and was "as black as ink in the face" for some time after
the scarf was cut.

Daniel Smith, 415 li, a police-constable attached to the
court, was directed by the magistrate to look at the com-
plainant's neck, and he said there is a dark mark round it.
There is no doubt he has been much hurt.
Mr. Partridge said this was too serious a case for him to
dispose of summarily, and he should commit the prisoner
for trial.

Mr. Gorum, clerk to Mr. Hodson, a solicitor, who ap-
peared for the prisoner, said the assault was committed
under circumstances of gross provocation, and called
William Burns, from whose evidence it appeared that the
prisoner addressed the complainant very offensively, and
his wife came in directly afterwards. Onslow then said
that while he was ill in bed the prisoner's wife brought
some gruel to him, put her arm round his neck, cuddled
him, and called him my dear. The two men then fought,
and he saw them both on the ground.
The prisoner was then committed, and bail was refused.

MARKETS.---This Day.

COVENT GARDEN.

Only short supplies of fruit and vegetables were on sale.
There was a steady demand for most descriptions of pro-
duce at fall prices.
FRUIT—Pine apples, 8s to 10s; hot house grapes, 12s to
15s ; foreign do, is Od to 3s Od ; filberts, is Gd to 2s Od per lb ;
apples, 2s Gd to 4s Od per half sieve ; oranges, 4s Od to 8s ;
lemons, 3s 6d to 7s per 100.

VEGETABLES—Red cabbages, 2s Od to 3s Od; white do.,
9d to is 3d; Savoys, 6d to is Od; celery, Od to Os Od;
horseradish, 9d to 2s Od per doz. heads ; greens, 3s Od to 4s
Od ; turnips, 2s Od to 2s 6d ; carrots, 4s Gd to 5s 6d ' • onions,
Os Od to Os Od per doz bunches ; brocoli, 6d to 8(1; forced
rhubarb, Os 9d to is 3d per bundle ; seakale, is Od to 2s Od ;
mushrooms, 9d to is 3d per punnet; Brussels spouts, is
9d to 2s Gd per half sieve.

AMERICA.

ARRIVAL OF THE BAVARIA.

SOUTHAMPTON, MARCH 3.

The Hamburg' and American Company's steamer
Bavaria has arrived here with 119 passengers for
England, France, and Hamburg—a large cargo,
and $l,OOO in specie for the latter port. She sailed
from New York on the 17th ult., and experienced
strong head winds throughout her passage. The
Bavaria passed the steamer Fulton on the 24th ult.

The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer
Mongolia arrived off the Needles at 3.5 a.m.

ARRIVAL OF THE PERUVIAN.
LIVERPOOL, MARCH 3.

The extra screw steamship Peruvian, Captain
Ballantine, from New York on the 17th ult., ar-
rived here this morning. Her news has been an-

ticipated.

ARRIVAL OF TIIE AUSTRALASIAN.

NEW YORK, FEB. 21.

Money tighter. Gold, 134. Exchange on Lon-
don, 148 f ; on Paris, 380. Stocks tending down-
wards. New York Centrals, 911 ; Illinois, 114 ;
Erie, 801; 5-20 Bonds, 1031. Cotton slightly
firmer. Middling Upland, 46. Flour dull. Wheat
quiet. Corn heavy. Provisions steady. Coffee
heavy. Sugar and molasses dull. Petroleum,
crude, 29 30 ; do. refined, 46 48.
SAVANNAH, FEB. 17.
Cotton dull. Middling, 42f 43.

The President has vetoed the Freedman's Bureau
Bill, causing considerable Congressional and popu-
lar excitement. The Senate failed to pass the Bill
over the President's veto.

The House of Representatives has adopted a
resolution from the reconstruction Committee that
no Southern members shall be admitted until Con-
gress pronounces them entitled to representation.
CHICAGO, ILL., Feb. 8, 1866.

Business is unusually brisk in Chicago. Not-
withstanding the strong prejudices existing against
the railroads in the people of the North-west, they
daily pour into the city vast freights, and their pas-
senger travel is great. Conventions have been
recently held at Pontiac, Pepin, Genesee, and
Ottawa, by the farmers of this State, for the pur-
pose of devising a means of resisting the encroach-
ments of moneyed monopolies. Fifty miles from
Chicago it would take just four bushels of corn to
buy a single bushel of iron, and the freightage on the
produce of farmers is such that it exhausts all the
profit of the farmer. Wool is being raised in large
amounts, and affords a more remunerative occu-
pation.

COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.

NEW YoRK, Feb. 17, 1866.

Many financiers in Europe have expressed surprise that
gold should continue at such a high premium as 38 per
cent. in New York since the war is fully over, the resources
of the country so immeasurable, and the credit of our
Government so good. As the price of gold regulates the
price of 5-20's and other American stocks in Europe, I will
try and solve the problem. Gold ere this would have been
down near par, had it not been for the bear speculators of
Wall-street, all of whom thought they could make fortunes
by operating for a fall of gold after the rebellion had been
crushed. But as all the gold in New York available for
speculative and commercial purposses is only about
$30,000,000, and the speculators have sold at least
$100,000,000, expecting to buy it back at a handsome
profit, the consequence is that gold has been greatly over-
sold, and the borrowers of the precious metal for the last
month have been compelled to pay from to per cent. a
day commission for the use of it to fulfil their contracts.
As long as this state of affairs continues, and as the stock
of gold in Wall-street is increasing but very little—all the
gold dust and bars received from California being shipped
weekly to Europe on freight—it is folly to expect gold to
depreciate in premium to any extent. On the contrary,
any hasty legislation of Congress relative to Mexico, or on
any other delicate foreign question, would instantly send
gold up again by frightening the speculators for a fall, who
would have to buy largely to fulfil their contracts. I
repeat, it is speculation alone that keeps gold at a premium.
The finances of the country are sound —the revenues con-
stantly increasing and no man doing a legitimate busi-
ness thinks of buying gold at any premium, as there is
unlimited confidence in the national currency. As soon as
the speculators got weary of their trade in gold, the pre-
mium will soon sink of its own weight in the neighbour-
hood of par. Old 5-20's, or those issued in 1862, are get-
ting very scarce here, and a few large orders from abroad
would send them to a very high figure. Of the 314 mil-
lions original issues it is estimated all are held in Europe,
except perhaps $10,000,000, and if the foreign demand
continues it will be impossible to supply it, for it is a sin-
gular ',circumstance and shows how eccentric foreign
capitalists are—that they will not buy at any price, any
other description of our Government Bonds except the
5-20's of '62 though there are several other descriptions of
bonds that pay the same interest, and can be bought for
some two to three per cent. less, only they have 18 instead
of 16 years to run before the principal is paid. This ought
to be in their favour, but for some unaccountable reason
foreigners will not touch them at all. But. they will have
to buy them or get none of our bonds very soon, as the
old issues, as I have before remarked, are nearly ex-
hausted.

Money is freely offered on good securities at 5 and 6
per cent., but there is an uneasy feeling in money circles
pending the action of Congress relative to Secretary
DUCulloch's new bill for funding the currency, and lenders
are cautious. It is doubtful if Congress will authorise
the Secretary of the Treasury to borrow money in foreign
countries. Although a foreign loan would unquestion-
ably bring down the price of gold, still there are a good
many financiers who think our Government would do bet-
ter not to become directly indebted to any foreign country.
We have a large debt, but let us owe it to ourselves, and
than we shall be independent, is their mode of reasoning.
The following aro the last two returns of the New
York Banks :

Discounts. Specie. Circulation. Deposits.
8 8
Feb. 3, 242,510,382 10,937,474 21,494,234 191,011,695
Feb. 10, 242,608,872 10,129,806 22,240,469 188,701,463
AMERICAN RAILROAD EARNINGS FOR
JANUARY.
1866 1865. Increase Decrease
Atlantic and Great
Western
Chicago and Rock
Island
Erie
Illinois 582,828 '646,051 36,777
Michigan Cen-
. tral
Michigan
Southern 314,598 363,996
IMPORTS AND EXPORTS.
The imports of merchandise at the port of Now York
wore, for the week ending Feb. 9, $6,582,700 ; and for the
week ending Feb. 2, $7,200,636 ; and since January Ist
$30,118,010. The exports from this port have been for the
week ending Feb. 9, $5,256,425, and since January 1,
$32,050,324.

282,438 306,324

49,398

The closing quotations this evening are—U.S. 5-20's,
1031; Eries, 81; New York Central, 901; Illinois Central,
1141; Gold, 1371. WALL STREET.

COTTON.

The amount of cotton remaining in the Southern States
at the close of the rebellion has now been pretty well as-
certained to have been 1,400,000 bales, and the new
crop of last year 400,000 bales, or 1,800,000 bales in all.
About 1,450,000 have now come forward, of which 630,000
have been exported to Europe, 300,000 taken for home
consumption, leaving on band at this point and in the
Southern ports 520,000 bales, with 350,000 bales more to
come in before the new crop, which will begin to reach
the market about August next. The probable amount of
cotton which will be exported this current season
will be about 1,000,000 bales, worth $160,000,000 in gold,
which forms a very good set-off—to say nothing about our
other exports—to the large imports of dry goods now
taking place.

FRANKFORT, March 1.

There has been a rise in the price of United States 5-20
Bonds during the last week of 3i per:cent., which has been
caused by large purchases by investors here and in other
parts of Germany ; also some orders have come in from
Russia. ;Russia baying all through the late war in America
been the firm friend of the Northern States, her bankers
and capitalists aro now very naturally investing in American
Bonds, which pay such a high rate of interest as the 6 per
5-20's. There have been but few parcels of American
bonds received here during the last two months, the prices
till recently ruling lower here than in New York; and as
there is constant buying, the late steady rise has, of course
been natural and legitimate. Tho closing quotations of
to day are, United States 5-20's, 74 ; Exchange on Lon-
don, DA ; Exchange on Vienna, 114 k. X. X.
AMERICAN SECURITIES IN THE PROVINCIAL