The Sun.
London, England, 1859-05-26 00:00:00

THE MURDER AT LE2II3U.RY.

LEDBURY, WEDNESDAY.
Detective Williamson, from Scotland-yordl
is
diligently prosecuting his inquiries into this affair,
which is still enveloped in mystery. Suspicion has
fallen upon John Jones, one of Mr. Masefielcre
clerks, who lodges in the house next to that wher°
the murder was committed, who worked in the
lower office, and who produced the key of the back
door, and was the first to enter the house and Pre'
claim the discovery of .the crime. He is strictly
watched, but has not been apprehended. Before
the coroner he said he went home about ten o'clock
_
on the night of the murder, and Mrs. Baker Wil!
last seen a few minutes before ten. He had to Par_
her door to go to his lodging. In a path nearcon-
Ono
place, a quantity of silver money was found,
sisting of fourpenny pieces, sixpences, &c., wrePl2,.eic
in small pieces of caper. One piece with a 111:7
upon it has been identified as belonging to Mr.
Masefield. Tuesday, the day preceding the murder;
was market day at Ledbury, and several person
called at the offices to pay money, and were sent uP
to the private offices ; a large amount was accumu-
lated in the course of the day, and was taken to thoe
bank in the afternoon by Mr. Woodward, the chi"
clerk, when he went to his dinner.
Jones's effects have been rigidly searched, as
have those of a female with whom he keeps cow
pany ; but it is supposed that the same fruitless
result attended both examinations. The roogi9-
trates have held long private consultations each dap
this week, but nothing has transpired as to to_
result of their cogitations. Mr. Mmefield will offer
a reward of IN for the conviction of the murdere;,,
and the magistrates have applied to Government
add £lOO to that sum. inquest will be resumed
to-morrow (Thursday).
LATEST PARTICULARS.
Since the above was written it has been 02°4
tamed that the magistrates, at the close of their.
Tanner.nt;
investigation, directed Superintendent
take John Jones into custody on suspicio
the murderer. He was accordingly headedappre
ten o'clock last night. be
a,

MONEY DIA

'ITV NEWS.

CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK..
Although an extensive exportation of gold to
the Continent is still kept up, the specie movement
en the whole is less unfavourable. Comparatively
small shipments. of silver are now made to India,
and a further diminution is expected, owing to the
limited remittances now made on Government
account. It appears, moreover, that the supplies
of gold from Australia, America, and Russia have
satisfied the immediate requirements of the ex-
porters, and yesterday a small amount, viz., £4,200,
Was taken into the Bank of England.
The Money Market continues tolerably easy,
and the rates of discount have descended to 3 per
Cent. and under. This has occasioned some dis-
cussion as to the probability of a reduction in the
Bank minimum, and various opinions have been
expressed with regard to the expediency of a
measure of that kind. While some consider that
the authorities ought to follow the movement of
the market others contend that the existing easi-
ness may be only temporary, and should not be
relied upon as a guide to the general tendency of
financial affairs.
The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer
Behar, which leaves to-morrow the 27th, will take
out £2,000 in gold for Alexandria, and £16,250
gold and £183,500 silver for Bombay, making a
total of. £201,750. Of the amount despatched to
Bombay £152,500 is on account of the Government.
The Liverpool Cotton Market yesterday closed
very steadily, and 7,000 bales were sold at previous
quotations. In Railway Shares a fair amount of
business was transacted, and prices of all the lead-
ing lines advanced.
The official returns relating to trade and naviga-
tion for the four months ending the 30th April,
1859, have been published. The total declared
value of the exports for the four months amounted
to £41,851,524 against £32,951,723 in the like
Period of 1858, being an increase of £8,889,801.
The increase is most peiceptible in beer and ale,
Coals and culm, cotton manufactures, earthenware,
haberdashery and milinery, hardwares and cutlery,
linen manufactures, silk manufactures, woollen
manufactures, and woollen and worsted yarn. The
importations of the principal articles have been
smaller as regards cocoa, coffee, corn, flour, fruit,
guano, provisions, spices, and tobacco, but larger
as respects barley, raw cotton, raw silk, unrefined
Sugar, tea, wine, and sheep and lamb's wool.
The shipping accounts exhibit an increase in the
amount of tonnage employed in the foreign trade,
for the entriminwards, of 55,193 ; while the clear-
ances outwards have been augmented by 215,520
tons.

In the coasting trade there has been an increase
of 431,842 tons for the entries inwards, and of
264,444 tons for the clearances outwards, compared
With those of the same period in the previous year.
• No alteration has been announced in the Bank
rate of discount.
Continued inactivity has been exhibited in the
Stock Exchange Markets, but the quotations have
been buoyant, owing to the purchases for invest-
kent. The rise is equal tog per cent., and this
improvement has imparted a very favourable in-
hence to the market for other securities. Deal-
ngs have been recorded in Consols for money at 911,
92, 921, and for account at 91i, 92, and 921 1. The
present price is about 92 to 921 for transfer and the
7th proximo. A purchase of £30,000 stock has
been effected for the Court of Chancery. The New
Threes and the Reduced Annuities are steady at
sol 91 ; Bank Stock at 219 to 2211 ; Exchequer
Bills are flat at 18s. to 225. prem. ; India Stock at
217, ditto Debentures, at 93-: 1, and the Bonds at
las. discount. The Indian Loan Scrip is steady
at 921 93, being 21 to 2 discount.
Business in the Foreign Stock Market is rather
ttetive, and prices are firmer, Turkish 6 per Cents.
being, 64 to 66; ditto New, 54 to 56; and the 4 per
Cents. are flat at 101; Sardinian has improved to
9; Spanish. Deferred t 0.271 ; Venezuelan 5 per
Cents. have receded to 35 ; Belgian 4+ per Cents.
have, advanced to 871 ; Mexican is steady. at 161 1 ;
Brazilian 5 per Cents. are flat at 971, but the 41
Per Cents, are firmer at 91.
The last week's railway receipts, ascertained up _
to this day, are in round figures as under :

1859.
65,685
Great Western £30,501
13,442
Xertb..Western
35,833
zlghton -
ANland
Sow-

'ollth-Eastern
Great Northern 23,584
,LEleashire and Yorkshire
16 ristol and Exeter 6,485
North Eastern
North British 5,705
Oxford,, Worcester, and Wolverhampton 4,614
,west Hartlepool
„'sdinburgh and Glasgow 5,928
"lasgow and South-Western
scottish North Eastern 3,505
Citi.-

1858.
33,212
63,128
20,795
33,210

18,147
21,704
24,106
6,189
37,206
5,577
4,492
3,633
5,568
7,092
3,455

4raud T Canada
Great Westernof of Canada 7,326 9,,165
,Great Luxembourg
The above returns are, in some instances, of a
!ether unsatisfactory character, more particularly
in Most of the pleasure lines, but allowance must
1 made for the late period at which the Whitsun-
tide holidays and the Epsom race week falls this
Year compared with last. The decrease on the
Great Western is £2,711; on the Brighton, £7,353 ;
441 the South-Eastern, £482 ; on the Grand Trunk
°f Canada, £32, and on the Great Western of
Canada, £1,839. The North-Western shows an
L
'4erease of £2,557; the Midland of £2,623; the
Great Northern of £l,BBO ; the Lancashire and
Y°4
-shire of £496 ; the North-Eastern of £923 ;
of.
luburgh and Glasgow, and South-Western
4541.
n 4 further slight improvement has been apparent
'a the Railway Share Market, although the trans-
yi,""is have been limited. North Western, South
earn, Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln, Mid-
s'„„u and North Eastern (Berwick), have improved
I.B* Great Western and South Eastern, 10s. ; and
'aueashire and Yorkshire, £l.
The Foreign and Colonial undertakings have
tueen very quiet. Namur and Liege have receded
o 73 ; Royal Danish brought 111; and Lombardo
Venetian were nominally sto 51 for the Old, and
41 to 5 for the New Shares. Great Indian Penin-
sula remain steady at 95 to 95f; East Indian, at
97 to 971- ; and Eastern Bengals have improved
to 31.

Joint-Stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares are
exceedingly inactive, and prices show little varia-
tion from previous rates. Ottoman Bank have
advanced 55., and South Australian Land £l.

BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK.
liank Stock
2 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 9l 90/
!per Cent. Consols Annuities
New 3 per Cent. Annuities' ' 9Ol 1
Lon,; Annuities, expire sth Jan., 1860 —
, Ditto 30 Years, expire sth April, 1885 l7l 11-16
11.xlia Stock
Ditto Debentures
ti;,t to Loan Scrip

.iitto Bond A
, V,OOO
Ditto under 11,000
cnsols for Account (June 7) 92 li 21 i
March. June.
t tchequer Bills, £l,OOO, 2d. & 11d.. 19 22 181
PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK.
—lltz-,, Ulan 5 per Cent.
Ditto Account
C Ditto 1858, 4 per Cent. 9l
hllian, 6 per Cent —
~.De itto 3 per Cent.
al ziettn 3 per Cent.
tioDitto Account
1-I,4Zuese. 18.53, 3 per Cent.
.uitto, 1857 3 r Cent
Ditto A ' Pe
Cent.
8.,_.. ccount .. 631
'Lvlllian, 5 per Cent —
. D
rliit.to Account Il OP
79
DaSh 3 per Cent —
TuDitto New Deferred, 3 per Cent. —
rk!o Account
Ditto.„ch 6
countnt 631
Ac
Ditto New Loan
Ditto Account
531 5
Ditto Gu' aorunantteed, 4 per Cent.
e at° Account nezuelan 5 per Cent.
35
-,,e Dividends on the above payable in London.
' ia
124 un, 41 per Cent., Ex. 2.5 f B7i
Ditto'xchange, 12 Guil. 21 per Cent —
Certificates, 4 per Cent. 9l
TWO O'CLOCK.
Consols, Money 92 1
Consols for Account, Jute 7 .. .

TAE
-,,EDBuRy MURDER.—LEDBURY, Wednes-
-5 404°1111. Jones, the clerk, has been arrested on suspicion
the Bering Mrs. Baker. At the close of an investigation
deut
olgistrates directed Mr. Tanner, the local superinten-
,eordin,Plioe, to take Jones into custody, and he was acd-
-41 the Yi_aPprehended at 10 o'clock last night, and lodge
4c4-up at Ledbury.