The Sun.
London, England, 1866-12-21 00:00:00

'THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, DLCEMBER, 21, MM.

SHARE MARKETS.--This Day.

ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS.

Railways. Paid.? Closing Business
, Price. done.

Bristol ano Exeter ... -
Caledonian
Cambrian
Cork and Bandon--
Cornwall

85 S 7
lis 120
40 45

Dublin & Belfast June.
Dun„Perth, dt A b.June.
London, :,crip Certi.'
Do.
Glasgow Lit S. Western.
Great Eastern, Ord. 8:1,1
Do. E. Angl. st. No. 21
reat North of Scotland
Great Northern
D. A 5t0ck......
Do. B stock

4 6
65 68
70 72

114 :16
2til 27
5 6

1:6 117
126 126

Do. sew, Is. at 25 po
t 6, and W. of Ireland.
lit. Western -Origina;
D..). S. Val. Rail gua.

90 021
61i 601 i

Do. South Wales .

Do. W. Aliti.—Oxtord

30 35
3) 3,

Do. Newport
Do. Hereford... 1
Lancashire & Yorkshire,
London and Blackwallj
Lou., Brig-h.,& S Coast
Lou., Char., and Doveri
Do. Metrop. lix. A
'Lou. & OILII Western
Lou. & South Western,
IMan., Lincoln'
Aletropolitan
1 Do. New

12131 127

88 87
15i 16;
10 LO
1181 /18.1
81 k!3
43 59
22 124
2
10 11
83 85

Do. Extension...—.
netropolttan District.
Do. du. do.

- -
Do. and St. John'sW ',l
Mid,and

Do. £9 Share

100
7
100
all
100
100
100
16.13.4

i2Oi 121
If 21,
89 40

Do, ISirinin.. t Derby
iiid Kent . .
North British

35 36

Do. Ed., rth., & Dun.
N th. Eastern— Berwick,
Do. U.N •li parents( I
Do. Leeds
Do. York
Do. Carlisle .....

4 18
103 115

Po. Stock. & Darling.

Do. do. 1860-01
Sorth London

Do. do. 1864 5 . .

Do. do. 1866
North Staffordshire
N. & S. W. Junction
Scottish Central
Scot. N. E , Aber. stock
i)o. Soot, Mid. stook
Shropshire Union
South Devon
south Eastern
Staines, Wok., & Wok
Taff Vale

Do. C
Vale of Neath
Waterford & Kilkenny.
Waterloo & Whiteha
West Cornwall.,.

VI 8}

117
1'25 7i 8! 71

52j 11

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POLICE INTELLIGENCE.-.-This Day.

MANSION-MOUSE.

AN OLD TRICK REVIVED.—James Watson was charged
before the Lord Mayor under the following circumstances.
It appeared that he had ordered goods from a grocer's
in the City to the amount of £5, and directed them to be
sent to an address which ho gave in Cullum-street. He
met the porter with the goods, and asked him to go to a
public-house in the neighbourhood and ascertain if he
could get change fora £5 note. No sooner had the porter
left than he took the goods with him and ran off. How-
ever, the porter on returning from the public-house caught
a sight of the rapidly disappearing figure of the prisoner,
and, readily summising the state of affairs, he followed
him, and after a sharp chase succeeded in overtaking him.
Ho was then given into custody.
The prisoner pleaded guilty, and was remanded in order
that some inquiries might be made respecting him.
DARING STREET ROBBERY.—Mary Aun Ricketts was
charged with stealing a watch, value £4, from the person
of James Zurnio, a poulterer, living at Northgate-place,
South Lincoln.

The complainant said that he was a stranger in Lon-
don, and between 7 and 8 o'clock last evening he was ac-
costed by a woman who asked him to treat her with some
drink, and they went to a public-house in the neighbour-
hood of the Post-office. They left the house together, and
when they got outside he perceived two men standing
near the door. The prisoner snatched at his guard, and
pulled out his watch, which she gave to one of the men,
who ran away. The prisoner struggled with him in order
to prevent his following the men, and he cried out, " A
thief," when a policeman came up and he gave her into
custody. He swore most positively that he was perfectly
soter at the time.

The prisoner, in her defence, said she was quite inno-
cent of the charge, but said that the prosecutor had been
drinking, and got into conversation with other women
when he left the public-house.
The police-constable who took the prisoner into custody
said that the prosecutor was quite sober.
A former offence of a similar character was proved
against the prisoner, and she was sentenced to six weeks'
imprisonment, with hard labour.

MIDDLESEX SESSIONS.—Dec, 20.

(Before Mr. Payne, Deputy-Assistant Judge.)
MUAWAY ROBBERY WITII -VIOLENCE Ai

REFORM DEMONSTRATION.

James Mann, 20, a rough and determined-looking
fellow, was indicted for stealing a watch, value £B,
the property of Cornelius Butler, from his person.
Mr. R. Harris prosecuted ; Mr. Palmer defended
the prisoner,

The prosecutor, a respectable-looking man, by
trade a smith, and living at No. 3, North-street,
Edgeware-road, as a member of the trade society
was present in the Reform demonstration at Beau-
fort-house, Fulham, on Monday, the 3d of Decem-
ber, and when the ground became full, a consulta-
tion took place amongst the leading members of
the committee, and it was thought advisable
that a person should be deputed to go and meet that
part of the procession that had not then arrived,
and to inform them that it would be useless pro-
ceeding further, as Beaufort-house grounds were
already full. The prosecutor was selected for that
duty, but had no sooner got to the entrance to the
grounds than a number of "roughs" surrounded
him, and he distinctly saw the prisoner take hold
of his watch and break it from the guard-
chain. He seized the prisoner's hand, upon which
he stooped down, and some of the prisoner's com-
panions called out " Sling it, sling it" (throw it
away). The prosecutor saw his watch thrown away,
but he still retained his hull of the prisoner, and
while this was going on the prisoner's companions
struck him about the head, smashing in his hat,
and trod upon his fingers to prevent him from re-
covering his watch. The prisoner then gave him a
violent blow in the mouth, the force of which
knocked out one of his teeth ; he then hit the pro-
secutor's hand and kicked him in different parts of
his body. He retained his hold of the prisoner un-
til he became exhausted, when he was obliged to
relax his hold, and the prisoner twisted himself
away. Just at this moment the prosecutor's son
came up, and seeing the condition his father was in
went to his assistance and secured the prisoner.
A Mr. Henry Blanchard, a sawyer, corroborated
this statement, and said he saw the prisoner with
other men surround the prosecutor, and observed
the prisoner pull his watch out of his pocket, leav-
ing the chain dragging. The prisoner dropped the
watch, and some one said, " Sling it," and it was
then passed between the legs of some of the prison-
er's companions. The prisoner was never lost sight
of until Wm. Barber, a police-constable, 258 P,
took him into custody.

Mr. Palmer declined to address the jury on behalf
of the prisoner, and he was immediately found
guilty.

A police-constable proved that the prisoner was
convicted in 1861 for stealing a cask of herrings,
and sentenced to six weeks' imprisonment.
Mr. Payne having consulted with the magistrates
on the bench, said, but for the opinion expressed by
his brother magistrates, he should undoubtedly have
sentenced the prisoner to be kept in penal servitude
for five years, and, if he had the power, he should
have coupled with it an order that the prisoner
should have been punished with the lash. It was,
therefore, with reluctance he yielded to his brother
magistrates in sentencing the prisoner to be im-
prisoned and kept to hard labour for two years.
Since he (Mr. Payne) had been at the bar, if the
prisoner bad been convicted of such an offence, he
would most certainly have been hanged for it, and
nothing could have saved him.
The prosecutor was ordered to stand forward.

Mr. Payne said for the very brave manner in
which he had acted he should order him to receive
a reward of £3, as some compensation for the
injury he had sustained.

The Prosecutor—My lord, if you will allow it, I
will hand over that sum to my son, who also lost
his own watch when he came up to protect my life.

Mr. Payne—That is very kind and praiseworthy
on your part, but as he rendered you assistance,
under the circumstances, I shall order your son to
receive a reward of £2.

There was loud applause in the court on this an-
nouncement by the learned judge, and the jury
expressed their entire concurrence in what had been
done.

OFFICIAL REPORT.

THE LOSS OF THE CHILDIVICKBURY.

Greenwich Police-court, Dec. 17, 1866.

Report of the circumstances attending the loss of
the ship Childwickbury, on the night of the 15th
November, 1866, near the entrance of Kinsale Har-
bour :

The Childwickbury was a wooden ship, built at
Portland, New Brunswick, in the year 1857, and
registered in London, of the burden of 1,04,6 tons.
She was owned by Messrs. Toulmin and others, of
London, and commanded by Joseph Brathwaite
Cowx, who holds a certificate of competency
as Master, dated October 17, 1864. The Child-
wickbury left Liverpool coal laden for Callao at
noon of the 12th of Nov. last, manned by a crew of
28 hands, all told, and was wrecked near the en-
trance of Kinsale Harbour at midnight on the 15th.
On leaving Liverpool the ship's compasses, of which
there were two on deck (the one being iu a binnacle
on the break of the poop, and the other aft before
the wheel), were found to vary very much from
each other. Accordingly, a third compass was
placed immediately behind and in contact with
that in the foremost binnacle. In this position
they differed two points or more from the steering
compass. The placing of these two compasses in
this manner so near to each other was, to say
the least of it, a most unskilful proceeding, as
they must mutuallyact upon and derange each other.
This, however, is not a case in which the decision
depends on errors in compasses, except in so far as
the knowledge of their discrepancy ought to have
induced an especial degree of caution. The ship
sighted the Smalls, which was the last bearing she
had, at 4 p.m. of the 14th. She was then on
the starboard tack, under all plain sail, steering
S.W., the wind being from the northward and west-
ward, light, and variabb. On the morning of the
15th the wind having shifted, the ship went on the
port tack, heading about W.N.W., after allowing
two points leeway, with the wind S.S.W., increasing
to a moderate gale. At 4 p.m. soundings were
taken, and no bottom was found at 50 fathoms. At
8 p.m. another cast of the lead was taken, at 55
fathoms. Soon after this the master, who was suf-
fering from illness, left the deck in charge of the
mate,who holds a Board of Trade certificate of com-
petency as chief mate, and gave him directions " to
keep a bright look out," and " to keep the lead going
every two hours." At 10 p.m., the ship still being
on the port tack, as before, W.N.W., sound-
ings were taken, which are said to have been
at 40 fathoms. The chief officer went below
and told the Master, who repeated
.his
former direction, " to keep a bright look-out,"
and "stand on till midnight, unless lights were seen
in the meantime." The weather at this time was
very thick. Acting under these directions the ship
kept on her course till 11.45 p.m., when, on taking
another cast of the lead, as stated, in 30 fathoms,
the chief mate immediately ran and told the master,
who gave orders to wear ship instantly, but before
she could be got round she went aground upon a
rock, which must have passed through her bottom,
and she became immovably fixed and a total wreck.
No lives were lost, and a considerable portion of the i
stores were saved. Upon a review of all the
circumstances of this case, the Court was of
opinion that there were several points in which some
blame was to be attached to the persons in charge
of the ship. In the first place, assuming it
to be true' that the compasses differed as stated,
the captain acted very injudiciously in proceed-
ing to sea without having them accurately tested ;
but the Court was of opinion that this alleged error
in the compasses was not the proximate cause of
the loss of the ship. The Court was also of opinion
that the master was hardly justified in directing the
course to be steered till midnight when he was in-
formed at 10 o'clock by the first officer that the
soundings had shoaled from 55 fathoms to 40 in a
run of four knots. It would, at least, have been
prudent on his part to have directed another cast of
the lead to be taken in less than two hours, as he
was approaching the land. But the point which
requires the most serious consideration is the extreme

inaccuracy of these soundings, as may be clearly
proved by tracing the ship back on the course she must
have steered. By reference to the chart of the Irish
Channel, it is obvious that the lead, both at 8.10
and 11.45 p.m., was greatly over-hove. The
Court, however, saw no reason to doubt that
the persons who took these soundings believed
that they were correct, and, consequently, the mas-
ter might have persuaded himself that his ship was
in a safe position, particularly as he had worked
his course and distance from the Smalls, which cor-
responded with the supposed soundings obtained
that evening at 8. Again, though warned at ten
o'clock that the water was shoaling, yet, taking into
consideration the slow progress of his ship, and the
distance that 40 fathoms would give him from the
land, he might have felt that there was no danger
in continuing on the same track till midnight. The
court, having called attention to such parts of this
case as it considered open to comment, was not dis-
posed to regard the loss of the Child wickbury
as arising from any grave OrniSSlJll or neglect of
duty on the part of her master. With these obser-
rations the court returned Mr. Cowx his certificate.

JAMES TRAILL, Stipeneiary Magistrate.
We concur in this report.
HY. Mums,
Nautical Assessors.
R. B. BAKER,