The Sun.
London, England, 1857-11-18 00:00:00

TEE GREAT EASTERN.

Since the first failure vague rumours have al-
ways been flying about that this maritime town-
ship was to ba launched in a private and off-hand
manner. Within the last few days these reports
have assumed such a circumstantial "consistency,

and named not only the day but even the hour at
which the operation was to be commenced, that the
suspicions of the most incredulous were gradually
overcome. Yesterday was the day thus arb;trarily
fixed, and yesterday accordingly witnessed the dis-
appointment of many hundreds and even thousands
of the would-be sightseers. From a very early hour
in the morning (many hours earlier, indeed, than
it was possible to have launched any vessel at all)
the visitors began to arrive at the yard from all
quarters. The horrid ditchy tracts round Poplar
and Lirnehouse seemed animated, and even the Isle
of Dogs wore a cheerful aspect under the unusual
influx of vehicles and pedestrians. The lively and
intelligent natives of the districts we have mea-
-1 tioned, however, seemed by no means to have fallen
victims to the general hoax, and were as a matter
of course, in a proper frame of mind to enjoy the
disappointment of those who had. Each fresh om-
nibus and cab load of eager spectators therefore
was hailed with derisive cheers, and cries of " The
Leve Athon ain't a-going," which, though rather
obscurely expressei, none were at a loss to under-
stand meant dat there was to be no launch that
day ; and such they found was literally the fact.
The doors of the yard were kept rigidly closed, and
as admittance was refused to all and the men had
most positive orders not to take in cards, the great
rush of visitors was effectually excluded. These
after vain efforts to oppose the Cerberus at the gate,
betook themselves to neighbouring points of eleva-
tion which commanded a view of the yard, and
there remained with a patience worthy of a better
cause. The river steamboats, of course, were laden
to the water's edge with reckless cockneys (for
steamboat companies had actually advertised the
launch as positively fixed for yesterday), and all
along the Deptford shore was crowded with a con-
course of fog and mud-enduring spectators.
Now, it is not in our power to inform our readers
when the launch, or the next attempt at it, will
really take place, but we can at least tell what per-
haps may save the public such a fruitless journey to
Millwall as that of yesterday. Our readers, then,
may implicitly depend upon it that the time fixed
for the launch wilt be kept a strict and most pro-
found secret—that no persons, no matter what
their influence or even connection with the com-
pany may be, will be admitted to the yard on that
occasion, and that the first which the general pub-
lic is likely to hear of it at all is that the vessel is
at last afloat, or that another attempt hes been
made to move her without success. It is no exag-
geration to say that every possible precaution is
being taken to keep the time which will be ap-
pointed for this next attempt a real secret, and
even the workmen employed in the yard will not
know when it is to take place till they actually be-
gin to push the gigantic vessel down the " ways."
Any of our readers who were present at the first
attempt on the 2d of this month will see the impe-
rative necessity for this sect esy being observed.
On that occasion the yard was thronged with visi-
tors, who were constantly getting into danger and
always getting into the way. It was then ascer-
tained, when too late that beyond a doubt a great
error had been committed in admitting any person
at all, while, in consequence of the publicity which
the event had obtained, the river was so thronged
with steamers crowded down to the water's edge,
and halting right in the track which the vessel must
have taken had she slipped off the ways, that it
would have been nothing short of downright man-
slaughter to launch her under such circumstances.
To get rid of all these difficulties, and most espe-
cially the last named, it has been decided, as we
have said, to keep the whole matter secret in the
strictest sense of the term. Let our readers,
therefore, be on their guard, and turn a deaf ear to
announcements or rumours of the launch, no mat-
ter from what quarter they may come. All the
preparations making for the next attempt are ready,
and the matter now rests with Mr. Brunel. Di-
rectly he perceives that the time and tide have
come, the effort to move the ship will be made at a
single hour's notice. We may mention, however,
that it will not be long delayed, for it cannot be
concealed that the launching ways have yielded, and
omnorteheumnd, earndthet
htarte me
ve
enrdyo uwse we
week
i gshhet
mwlaiyichyibeledersstitlilp
remains in her present position greatly increases
tie difficulty of moving her at all.
During the whole of yesterday the workmen were
employed iu getting the cables and tackle which is
to haul her down towards the river in working
order, so as to have everything ready at a moment's
notice. Beyond these movements, and that the
artists from the firm of Cundall, Howlett, and
Downes, of B Ind-street, were employed in complet-
ing the beautiful series of photographic and stereo-
scopic views of the hull and interiors of the engine-
rooms, nothing was doing or done to recompense
the curiosity of the hundreds who stood gazing into
the yard all day.

THB INDIAN TELEGRAPH COMPANY"

We have received the following correspondence
relative to the European and Indian Junction Tele-
graph Company :
"TO THE EDITOR OF THE SIIIC.
" Gresham House, Old Broad-street,
London, Nov. 17.
" SlR,—The Times having declined to insert the
accompanying 1.-qter, with enclosure, addressed by
me to it on the 14th inst., I shall feel much obliged
by your giving it a place in your journal.—l am,
sir, your obedient servant,
" W. P. ANDREW."

"TO THE EDITOR OF THE TIMES.

" Sir,—With reference to your leading article of
to-day on the subject of telegraphic communication
with India, in which you . state that her Majesty's
Government has adopted the Red Sea route, I have
to request that, in justice to this company, you rill
he good enough to insert the accompanying copy of
a letter acidnsied to me as chairman of the com-
pany, on , the 11th instant, to Lord Shelburne.-4-
am, sir, your most obedient servant,
(Signed) "W. P. ANDREW, Chairman.„
" Gresham House, Old Broad-street, Nov. 14.

" Gresham House, Old Broad-street)
London, 'Nov. 11.
"My Lord,—l have the honour to acknowledge
the receipt of your lordship's letter of the 4th inst.,
to the effect that while her Majesty's Government
regretted the decision at which the Turkish Govern-
ment had arrived regarding the application which
this company had made for a concession for a line
of telegraph from Seleucia to the Persian Gulf, her
Majesty's Government could not hold themselves
givenrbeys pt oh the
coi
obml fo
assurance
e pan for the
as
thatexpensesher
Majesty'ste
e thato nphaGandyo
Government mapplication
incurred
had
to the Porte would be successful.

" 2. I have to state, for the information of the
Earl of Clarendon, that the directors did not con-
sider that her Majesty's Government were in any
way responsible for the expenses incurred by them in
their endeavours to establish telegraphic communi-
cation with India, and no such demand was intended
to be made in my letter of the 14th October. 111 e
board merely expressed their regret and surprise av
Mr. Under-Secretary Hammon's letter of 21st
September stating that tier Majesty's Government
had reconsidered the whole question of establishing
telegraphic communication.. with a step
which the directors did not think that her majestys
Government were justified in taking, considering
the arrangements that had been entered into with
the Austrian Government and with this company,
and a proceeling so little in accordance with the
countsenance and support hitherto extended to this
company by her Majesty's Government.
"3. As the board, however, cannot but think
that Mr. Hammond's letter was written in entire
forgetfulness of the arranzement above alluded to,
the directors addressed, on the 16th inst., a letter
to the Secretary to the Treasury, a copy of which
is annexed, for Lord Clarendon 's information, in'
tiniatieg their willingness to apply again to the
Turkish Government for a concession upon certain
conditions specified therein.
"4. In conclusion, I would mention that the
total estimated expense of establishing telegraphic
comme,nicaton with India, via Seleucia and the
Persian Gulf, is little more than half that required
for the satire object by way of the Red Sea, while
ihe r,,ute via S. leucia and the Persian Gulf would
witi,draw the line from the political influences
which might prove adverse to the interests of this
country, were the line carried either through Egypt
or Constantinople.—l have the honour to be, &c.,
(Signed) "W. P. ANDREW, Chairman.
" The Earl of Shelburne, &c."

The Tower Hamlets Militia left London yester-
day morning en route for Newry.
THE LORD RECTORSHIP t F GLASGOW lINTVERBITr.
—Monday being
the day appointed for the election of
Lord Rector of our University, at 10 o'clock the pro-
fessors end students assembled in the common hall.
Professor William Thomson, Vice Rector, presided.
After an imi.ressive prayer in Latin by the Reverend
Professor Hill, the laws relative to such occasions were
read, and thereafter the several nations were distributed
in the various class rooms for the purpose of voting.
After a short ab:ence the general result was made known
y Mr. J. G. Eraser, B.A , the oldest student in the
natio Loudoniana, favourable to Sir B. B. Lytton. The.
unaniinGus voice of the alionvi re-elected the author of
the Cax;ons to the office to which he was last year
appointed.

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DI A 11.1 iii T i ,SILARE liiiVilii.,i,.:s2S-,This Day. .IN Es LENS ti.:l) AT FIX ED RENTALS.
0 lei IP
A -4)-- Leasing Closing Prices Business
Shr. Paid' Banwar
AND RAILWAYS. '' Companies. yesteriay this day
COMMERCIAL TiTELLIGEIICE, closing tericec Business done t ........0 ..•••••••••••••..^.
Shr. !Paid narawats. yestera4; this day. St. 100 Bnekghamsh, Ln.&N.W. 99 - 92
.--.40,.....-...
--.... St. 100 Clydesdale Je. Calsdon _ 93 - 95
.--"' - - ----."" 25 all Col.Stour Vy..E.U.&E.O 12 - 14
CITY, Two o'CLOCK. 121' 10 Antbz. Noting. Bost. St. 00 E.Lin. g. 6 p.e at•Northn 127 - 130
& Evtn June..,, 41 -FA 5 all E. Uu, H. Sh, E. Count. 31 - 4
'letters from Liverpool state that the Cotton • •
50 all Belfast & Ballyrnen, 8 - 81 St. 100 •lias. Parr. di Caldonian.
Market yesterday closed with a flat appearance, 131 all Birmng. Wolverh. .•
621 - Neils. Direct.
Stour Valley. ..... ...
. : and a downward tendency was visible in prices. 631 'vowSt. 100 Do. ow Do • •-- •••
.
St 100 Birkenhd. Lancsh. . 25 all ,Glstr.&Dn.Fr. ,G•,..Westri. _ - ..
The sales were estimated at 1,500 to 2,000 bales. ' Cheshire Junct..,... ••• -•-,.. 150 all +lull di Selby. :Y. & N.M. 104 --106 106
i The Railway Share Market was dull, and but very 25 all Blackburn - 9 25 all Do. A Share,,. ,Do - •••
25 all Blyth & Tyne origina' 14 all Do. i Shares. Do
little business was recorded.- •••
x 25 oss. at £45)... - - - l2 all Lono&Greenw S.Eastern. 12 -13
Notwithstanding the relief afforded by the st. 100 Bristol & Exeter.-- 82 - 84 83 20 1 all Do. Preference Do 2al - 231
St. 100 Caledonian. 731 - 74/ 74 31 4i St.
Government and t% • • that the worst of
~e impression St. 100 Chester & Holyhea.' 29 .-- 31 100 j Lon. Til., &S. Pete &Co. 89 -91
10 9l Do, Bark. Sh Do 1 - § a
the monetary and commercial crisis is over, the 50 all Cork and Bandon... 7 - 9 511 all Mancli.Bxton. Lei. &N.W
feeling of apprehension is paitly sustained through
22108 alll CCoo7rk:,
allillack. & Pass. - - ..• l and Matlock & Midld 2/ -2*
3 - 5 S. 100 Mdid.Bradfd. Midland._ 88 - 90 90
the serious failures which are almost daily recorded.
.•• - ... 6i' 51 Newmarket
The mischief caused by these disasters is in 10 ' 8 , Do. B - ... BuryE.G.spc. E. Count.. par - 4 Pm
calculable because the effects are difficult to trace 50 45 Dublin&BelfastJuna ••• - •••(.I 50 ; all N.&Est.s p.c. Do 5l - 56
25 al/ Dun P. &Aher•June. 7i - 8* 50 ; all Do. 6 per ct.. Do ... - ...
and slow to exhibit themselves. Thus the sus- St. 10n East Anglian 171 - 181 50 1 all Do.Fixedsp.c Do
' Pensions announced yesterday, and to which we 20 1 all Eastern Counties__ 62 - 53 ' 25 1 all Prest. &Wyre L. &N. W ... - ...
Call presently. refer, will no doubt effect the posi- _St. 'lOO i'F_asteraUnion,A.stk. 42 - 44
st. 100 jDo. do. B. 2B - 30 1211 all Do. 1 Shrs. ADo - •••
St, 100 floystn.& Hit. Gt.Northn,l2s - 130
tiers of many firms, and in sonic cases entail insur- 25 81 IDo. New A ...... .... - '-•- 10 ' all Shrews.& Her T. Brassey 71 - 6
mountable embarrassments. When a firm fells for 25 17t ;East Kent ..........: 17 - 18 12 all IS. Staffordsh.. M. MCloan 9 - 91
St. 100 !East Lancashire B9 - 91 89 8 50 all IWearVal.g6pe Stk.&Dar. ... - ...
half-a-million sterling the inconvenience to all 20 all Eat Suffolk - - 25 , all IDo Do 3O - 32 ;31
. - ... St. 1100 iWilts&Sorarst Gt.Westn ... - ... I
its conneetions must be very severe, especially 10 i 4 I Do.
1 at a period when credit is impaired, and solvent St. 1.00 ;Ed!nteireh &Gtia.seow 57 : 5..9.
u all lEdinb. and Pee nes_ - PREFERENCE SHARES.
houses are suspicious of each other. The whole t. 400 ;Edinb.Prth.&Dunda 26 -27 25 all Blyth and Tyne 10 p
e.pref.(issd.at 50/.: ... - ..,
Commercial system is deranged, and some time 0 1 all d?orthandClydeJunc. ... - ...
St. 1100 Furness ...,. . ...... . ••• - - St. 100 Bris.&Ex.4 p.c. qt. 89 - 91
must elapse le,fore affairs resume their usual steady st. .10020 5 Do. 4 per c. Shares.. ... - ...
Position. The failures have now been very numerous, 9 - 10
10 all Great N. of Scotland .
IGlasgow & S.Westeru 88 - 90
St, 100 Caledn, 110 41 p. c. 90 - 95
St. 100 iChes. & Ho. 51 p.c. ... - ..,
and the aggregate amount involved cannot be far 55tt...111.0000 'Do., A.
Northern .. .. .. .. : L 2, : v, 2
St, 100 Do. do. 5 per cent... ... -- ...
short of 30,000,000/. We believe we are under the at. :100 iDo.., B. Stock ..::. 121 - 123 64 all Cork &Bandonslp.e. ... - ...
6.3, all Dun.Perth.&Aber.J. 51 - 61
Mark in stating this sum. The results, therefore, St. ',WO !Gt. Stli.&West.(lre.l 96 - 98
St. 1.00 E. Anglian Cls. A Sh. - - -
must prove injurious ;and, unfortunately, the St. 'lOO .Great Western. ... .: 474 -47 i 49i
St. )1.00 Do. Str.V.R. gua.St 60 - 65 St. 100 Do. do. Cls. B 6p. c. 106 - 112
St. 100 Do. do. Cls. C7p. c. 110 - 120
events of the past •
week have furnished a conclusive 12 , all 'lrish South-Eastern. ••• -
__...•
5C ! all ILanc,aster &Carlisle. 70 - 74 St, 100 Eas.Co.Ex,sp.cNo.l 103 - 106
• answer to the question asked by a morning contem- 61 - 74. St. 100 Do. No. 2 ....... ..... 101 - 101
.
1.6 t 144,D0., Thirds
porary-whose views have lately been the subject of 161 12-Do. New Thirds ... 61 - - 71; St. 100 Do. New 6 pr. c. St. 119 122
St. 100 Lancash. &Yorkshire 90 - Sui 90,1 20 all East Un. G. 6p. C. ... - ...
generalcondemnation, viz.--" And who will venture 161 6 Do.,' do. F 116 ... i - i 5 all iDo. W. 10 per cent. ..• - ...
to say that 10 per cent. is a ruinous rate ?" Scarcely 3 4 Do., Wat. Riding Un. •• • -• • • 10 all Do. 101. Debentr.Sh. ... - ...
a day
20 , all Do. Southpurt. ...... ••• - ... . St. all Do. do. 4 per cent_ ' ... - ...
passes without some casualty takes place,
111 all London & Blackwall 51 - 55 St, 100 East Lancash.6p.cts. ... - ...
Showing the "ruinous" effects of the crisis, and a St. 100 Lond•Bright•&S.Cst. 101 - 103 102 5 all E.&W. York. J. sths ... - _
hope is expressed that, at the meeting of Parlia- St. 100 London &N. Western 931 - 94/ 941 i 5 10 9 Edin. & Gl. sp. c. Sh. ... - _
N all Do. Fifths - ••• St. 100 Ecl.Prth.&Dun.4p.c. ... - ...
Inellt, the whole question of our monetary system 10 ' all D0.,101.5h.,M&8...0 ••• - ... St. 100 Furness, sp. c
Will be thoroughly investigated with a view to its 12* 5 Do. Eighths lld - ld 4 St. 100 Glas. & 5.W.C4.5 p.c.
. 100 London &S. Western 81 - 85 85* 5 / St. 100 Great Northn. 5 p.c. 113 115
l•eibl'ln. Several of the new members are strenu-
-25 : all landndrry.&Colerame ••• - ... St. 100 Do, sp. e. Redeem.
ously opposed to the Bank Charter, and they will 25 all Lndndrry. di Ennisk. . - ... at 10 p, c. prem.,,, 107 - 109
St. ,100 Manch.SbefaSzLincln. 351 - 36* 36
i• now have the opportunity of acquitting themselves St. 100 Do, 4* per cent ...... 100 - 102
10 1 Metropolitan ...., ... - ... 100 60 Do. 5 p.c., Red. at 5
to advantage. 10 , 1 Do. J. L. Ricardo's 60 - 62
10
The failures referred to are Messrs. Hoare, Box- I arrangement - - ... all p. c. prem.
Gt.N.ofScot.lst Priv lO •-••• 10
St. ' 100 Midland .......... . 81 - 311 811 1 2
ton, and Co., in the Swedish trade, whose engage-
st. 100 IDo.Bi km. & De.r.b**; El - 56 20 18 Gt. S& W. (Ireland) ... - -
racists are roughly estimated at 700,0001., and 50 all Midland G.West 50 a (Ir.) ••• - ... 20 18 Do. 4 per c. Pref. St. ... - •••
Gt.W.(13.&11.Ex.5pe 51 - 6
l Edwards, Matthie, and Co., in the Colonial ,25 1 all Do. 1 Shares, ... - ... St 100 Do. eon. red. 41 p.c. 85 - 87
St, 100 I
DDoo..
icrTied.
.re4cl;:r tnct.. V. = 2
,00 1 all Newcastle &Carlisle.. ... - ...
trade, with liabilities set down at 300,0001.
25 , all Newpt•Aberg.&Hrfd. 12 - 13
These events, together with the stoppage of the 50 1 9 Newry & Enniskillen ... - ... St. 100 Do sp, c, red. pref. 94 - 95
Wolverhampton and Staffordshire Bank, and the 20 ;all Newry, warrenpoint 8 all Do. Birm. Pref. Sh.. 9 - 91
& Rostrevor - - ••• 10 all Do.ChesterBp.c.P.S. 151 -16 A
unfavourable news received from the iron districts st. 100 Norfolk 56 - 58 10 all Do. do. sp. c. d 0.... 91 - 1.!-
50 , 31 Nortbn•Connties Un 3/ - 31 St. 100 Do. P,i a
generally, have created uneasiness, and the recovery rm. _ea. Stk. 67 - 69 671
st. 100 North British V* 471 26;,3 all Do. Cliesh. Gua. Sh. 171 -18
18 not making the progress that was anticipated. St. 100 North Devon, Rail. & 13/ ail Do, do, do Bl - 9
P Very little additional intelligence has been re- Dock Stock ............ ... ••• 20 al Do, do, do - 14
St. 'lOO Do., A Stock ......... ... - •
... .‘•
St. 100 Lan.& York. 6 pc.St. - - ...
ceived relative to this banking company, and. the
St. 100 Do B Stock - ...
~ ••• - ..
Circumstances which led to the suspension are not St. 100 N.Eastern -Berwick 901 -911 c 911 St. 100 D0.,P.,5p.e.5t.N0.2 ... -
all, Do. do. Extension -
.....i St. 100 Do. New Guar. 6p.c. 130 - 135
yet fully ascertained. The establishment was ...25..
2a i 164 Do do. G.N.E.Purch. .1 - Z4O St. 100 Do. do. sp. c., No, 4112 - 114
founded in 1832, with a paid-up capital of 50 ' all Do. Leeds - 1.8 St. 100 Lon. & N.W., Cov. &
100000/. Its reserve fund w •as 7, i
000/ and the St 100; Do. York 77 - 78 Nuueatou sp. et... ... - ...
, St. .100 North London ..... - 95 St. 100 Leen. & S.I.V. 7 perct,
liote issue was fixed at 35,378/. 10 ,31.1 N. &S. Wstn., Tramp late 3d Shares ... 155 - 160
A meeting of the shareholders and bondholders stead, and City Jn ... - ••• 121 all Londy.& Color. 1 Sh. ... - ...
of the New York and Erie Railway Company is
20 17* North Staffordshire_ -43 41 13 121 all Londy. &Ennis. A sh. ... -- ...
20 all North 'Western. - ... St. 100 Al., 5.,&14. 6p. Cent.
how being held for the purpose of raising an addi 10 all N. &S. Westrn. June ... - ... 6 41 De. do. do. £6 ... _ -4- - $,
St. 100 Oxford Worcester .i,
tional sum for removing the preferential mortgage St. 100 Do. do. 31 per cent. 62 - 6ti
. Wolverhampton 2B - 30 121 all Marypt. S Carl. 4 p.c. ... - ...
of Mr. Drew, and. placing the line in the safe cus- 20 16 pPortsmouth, 8 - 6 d 12i all Do. 41 per cent • - ...
tody of the shareholders and bondholders. The 10 10 Rhymney ... - ... 12* 10* Do. do. - •••
St. 101) S.,ottisli Central ...... 160 - 102 St. 100 iiiid.Consol.6p.c. St ... - . .
reports of the traffic are very satisfactory. st. too Scot. N.E.Abrdn. St 22 - 23 St, 100 Do.Con.Br.Bir.6p.c l2B - lit) 129
An extensive failure has been spoken of this St. 11.00 Shropshire make' .... 68 - 70 St. 1100 Do. 41 p. c. Pref. St 92 - 94
Morning with heavy liabilities. As, in times like
10_ 6 Sitingbourne &Sheer. :31 - &I;,21 , St. 1100 Do. L&I;, Pref. St. 83 - 85
eu Iwo smite' Devon.. ..... ... 31. - 33 10 all New.,Aber., arc., pr,
the present, many uefounded reports are circu- st. .IC3 South Ea5tern......... 61 - 62 611 S 1 sp. c. red. sp. c. pm. ... - ...
hated, wo abstain from giving , the name 1,0 all ID°. 4* per; . Shares ~ - ... 10 all Do. Perpet. 6 pr. ct. 10 - 11
St. 100 South Wales 7B - FO x d 10 all sTorfk.Deb.4p.e.Sh. ... - ...
Until some authentic information has trap- 20 el IS. Yorksh, RiverDnn 12 -14 :i St. 100 Do. sp, c. Ext. 1846 ... - „.
spired. The house is connected with 20 10 ;Do. 8- 6 d St. 100 Do. 51 p.c. pf, , 1847 ... - ...
20 all iStaines,Wok.,&Wolt. 9 - 11 St. 100 Do.Wv.V.sp. ~1847 ... - ...
.Ramburg, and is highly respectable. The engage- St. 100 North British .. ..... .. 97 - 99
25 all !Stockton & Darling_ 37 - 39
inents are estimated at from three quarters to a 25 15 Do. do., 1854
25 15. Do. d0., 1855 - ...
St. 100 N.E. Berw. 4 p.c.Pr",! 89 - 91
Million sterling. The firm to whose suspension
... I W',Stockton & Hartlepl. ... - ." I 17 B'l Do. do. do ll - 11
- reference has been made is that of E. Sieveking and St. 'lOO Irrad" Vale ••• - ... 20 13 Do. Leeds 6 pc. No. 1 ... - ...
Sons. St. 1160 'Do. Pref., No. 1 _ - ,„ 12A 9 IDo. do. Qrs., 1848... ... - .
25 10 IDo.York 11.&S. Pur. 1 - 1,1
Money is very tight, and full rates are in all 2_5 122 (Thames Hay. D. &R. ... - ...
20 all North Staffordshire_ 211 - e 2
cases de„, 20 all :Vale of Neath 194 - 201 201
St. 100 10x., Wor. & Wolv. 6
it is 0 1-'-anded. When large houses are failing, 20 all Vaterfd. & Kilkenny ... - ...
, naY natural that bill discounters could exer- 50 all IWaterford&Liraerick ... - ... p.c., Ist guar....... 107 - 109 1071
else e 20 all Westl Cm nwall ... - ,„ St. 1100 Do. tp. c. 2d guar... 98 - 110
extreme caution. 10 all ;West End of Loudon St. 1100 iDo. 00. Debentr. S. ... - ,„
The advices from America by the Baltic describe and Crystal Palace 7 - 9 811 all ;Scot. Ceut.New Pref. ..,, -
tho ...
Money Market as being very stringent. 5 all Do. A - 31 St. 100 Sc.N.E.Aber.g.6p.c. 104 - 105
The 5 all Do. B - 5/1 St. 100 Do. do. 7 p.c. pt. St.
b market for English Securities opened quietly, 20 all West London . - ...- St. 1100 Do, d0.:31 p.c. pt. St. 65 -70
but an improvement soon afterwards occurred, upon 10 all Do. First Class ... - ... 25 all South Devon - 10
a statement that the Baltic had arrived from New ?.3 all iv.P.V.c.7.l.Toasyl:;; ::: - - io all ,Do, fixd. li pr .3.04 ... - •••
• - ••• 1.0.6 all S. Eastern (Reading
York with 47,0001., but it was afterwards aster- Ann.) of El Os. 6d. 21 - 22
tamed that the remittance was only 47,000 dole. BRITISH POSSESSIONS. St. 100 Do. 41 per cent - - ..,
St. iOO Do. Fixed 44 p.c. Sh ... -
...
A slight reaction then ensued, but the quotations Lb alol ABombaySi Baroda and St. 100 Do. New 41 pr. cent ... - ...
upon the whole are well maintained. Consols are Cen•lnd,guar. i p.c. 1d - 1 9 St. 100 7.i. Wales Gua. 4p. c..... - _
St. 100 Do. do. 41 p. c
••• - •••
tow about 89# i for money, and 89i 90 fur the 18 all ID°. . _
...= i.d
201, 18 Buffalo er Lake Hur. 8 20 all S•Yorksh.4 p.e.Guar. ... - ...
account. The New Threes are 881- i ; Exchequer 100 100 !Buff. Brnt. &Godch., 25 all Stock. &Dar., 6p. c. ... -
„.
,
tills are 18s. to 12s ; ditto Bonds, 97-i ; and India 100 100 16 p.c.,bds.,l Aug.,'72 ' • 25 19 Do. do. do.
... •• •••
Do. do., 1 July, '73 ... - ... St. 100 IWaterfd&Kilk. 6pe - ...
Roads 40s. discount. Bank Stock is 212.
100 100 Do. do., 1 June,'74 ... - ... BRITISH MINES.
The following are the nominal prices of Foreign 20 2s. ,Calcutta and S. East. ... - ...
Stooks 20 i2stldCentral Gude (Lin].) ... - ... ... 2112 Alfred Cons. (Plink.) 14 - 15
-Grenada Deferred Bonds, 5 6 ; Alexi-
20 lOs Ceylon A shares 2O 14 British Iron - 7
can, 18.181; Peruvian 4i per Cents., 73 75 ; ditto 20 1 I Do. B. do. $ - 1 p 11 .. 20 Condurow (Cambrn.) 100 - 110
3 per Cents., -- •; Portuguese 3 per Cents., 171 all 'Demerara, - ..• 10. 1 Dev. Gt. Cnsls. (Tay.) 430 - 450
42 43 ; Russian 5 per Cents., 104 106 ; ditto ,q 2sot.
1200 s. Eastern Benr•al -•$ 1
'East Indian' - 1011 103 24 ... 27 East Basset (Mogan) 90 - 100
••• 1456 Great South Tolgus.. 134 - 141
~. W 3 Grt.W.Alfrd.(Philk.) 4. - 61
per Cents., 94 96 ; Spanish 3 per Cents., 40 404 ; 120 15 Do. C Shares par - 1 p
ditto New Deferred, 24i 25. 00 all I D 0.41 Buds. 'S ... - ... ••• 7 Grt.W. Vor (Helstn.) 2.1 - 31
100 all I Do. do. •do. '59, do, ... - ... ... 13s Lady Bertha - 1
In the Foreign Stock market a fair amount of 20 all 'Geelong & Al'elbourne; ••• 71 N. Frances (Mogan) 10 - 11.
business was transacted, and prices in most in- guar. 5 per cent. ...l 19 - 191 N W.Basset (Illoc•a) 12 - 13 •
stances rather firmer. Turkish 6 per Cents. are ISoot. 100 Gd. Trunk. ofCanadal 31 - 36 351 6 . 5/15 North Wheal Croft} 5 - 51
•••
all Do. 6p. c. Deben.„' 65 - 67 i 66 51 61 **
11 Par. Cons. (Stßlaxy) 19 - 20
9 Porkeilis U. °Vend.) 41 - 5a
871 88, and the 4 per Cents. 97. Russian 5 per 20 all Gt. In. Pen. g. 5 perc. 20 -204 i 201 •••
Cents. are 104 ; Mexican 3 per Cents. 18,1 ; Peru 20 4 Do. New. guar. 5 p.c.,par -1 p ••• •
6s Sort. Cons. Alin. Co. 2 - 21
Vin 44 per Cents. 75 ; Portuguese 3 per Cents. 201 all iGt. WeAn. of Canada' 171 - 18 , 171 1 01 S. Caradou (St. Cheer) 335 - 345
201 101, Do. New ', 3 -21 d 71 ••• 2S. Corn Brea (Illogn.) 5 - 6
421 ; Danish 3 per. Cents. 821 ; ditto 5 per Cents. 100 all iDo. Bds.: payable '57 ... - ...
all jDo. do., 76, p. '6O NO - 105 ••• 19 S.W. Frances(lllocm.) 230 - 250
100 ; French :3 per Cents. 67f. , the Exchange 11°°00 all I Do. do., '73, do. -100 - 105 5 ,41 Tam. S. &L.Min.'Co. 1 - 1
10 9 Tin Croft 3l - 4
25f. 25c. ; and Dutch 21 per Cents. 631. 100 all iDo. do., '73, without' ... 40 Un.Mines (Gwennap) ... - ...
In the Railway Share market this morning I option 99 - 101 ... 1256 V. of Towcy (Camar.) $ -
20 all 'Madras, guar. 41 p.c 18 - 19
prices have slightly improved. Midland, South- 20 all Do. de 5 *2O -20 i . 11 W. Basset (Illogan).. 221 - 23,1',
~ per c. _ 20 W. Cara.don (Liskrd.) 110 - 115
Eastern, and Great-Western, and Lancashire and 20 10 Do. 41 p. c. Exten. li - 1 d •••
20 5 i Do 3d Ex a 5 c 4 ,1
'Yorkshire advanced lOs. ; Bristol and Exeter, 20 5 l Do: 4th E'x”.,-110P 'l
cl.- --
i ddl g ... 55, ~,,,,,,,,: It;:i,,((andiorguathni, 7,0,
_____ 138,(!)
••• •
... ,5* Wh. Edward(Calstek) 7 - 71 61
North-Western, and South-Western, 11. ; East 20 55, iOude (Limited)
20 5 Seincle, guar. 5 per a O.. - IP' ... 1178 Wli. Kitty (U. Llant) 17 - 18
Lancashire receded 2/ and Great-Northern, 10s. 8 Wli.Ma.Ann (Menht.) 48 - 50
1.1 • i l . ••• •••
20 all Do 4* Wh. Trelawney (Lis.) 24 - 26
oat of the other lines at former quotations. The _
foreign FOREIGN.
lines are inactive. Dutch Rhenish have
'
declined 10s. The Colonial undertakings are 10 all Antwrp & Rotterdam 54 - 6 20 71 ' Australian
firmer. East Indian improved 11. ; Grand Trunk 20 18 Ardennes..
5 all Belgian East. Junct * i - .I.** 1 10s, Bon Accord Cop. (li.) 4d - par
of Canada, 10s. ; and Great Western of Canada, 20 16 Beziers to Graissessac ...
- ••• 35 27 Brs.zilia,nlinp.(issued
ss. ; Great Indian Peninsula are about ss. higher. at 15 pm) - 2
6 all ,Carmeaux&Toulouse
30 all Do. Cocaes & Cuiada ... - ...
Joint Stock Banks and Miscellaneous Shares I Coal Mines and Ry. 31 - 41 4 1 20 15 Do. St. John Del Rey 11 - 13
20 12 !Dutch Rhenish - 5/ ' 7
have been dealt in to a moderate exteut, but prices 20 all lEastern of France _ 24$ - 251 1 a Clarendon Con. Min.
Co. of Jamaica...... ... - ...d
are steady. Union of London have decl 20 all I Do. New - 41
lined 15s. ; 2O 2s. 'Euphrates Valley ... ... - ... 16 Copiapo . 10 - 12
National Discount Company about ss. 20 18 'Gt., Central of France ... - _ •••
1 all Dun Mountain Cop-
-20 all Great Luxembourg... 51 - 6
per Mininn- Co,
BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK, 1G 4 Italian Junction ,.• --- ••• 2 all Fortuna - 161
20 all Lake Const. at Bale .. - ... 20 all General - 15
(Irons the 0111(141 Lista 20 all Lierre and Turnhout ... - ...d 4 3 all Livares - 81
20 6 Lombardo-Venetian 2 -21 p
Business dene. 5 11 Lusita.nian - ld
5 all Lucca & Pist.sp.c.p. ... - ..
India Stock
20 all Lyons and Geneva... 23 - 24 i -
3 pe, Gent. deduced Auuutties - ... 1 all New Granada i -
3 per um. oensols Anumities 1 all Noveau Monde
8)1 g 11 II ! 33i. all 'Maria Ante;lia, - •••
New :3 per Cent. Annuities B3:i it ti I • --- ••• 20 all Pont.Sil.LdM4 Smlt 5 - 6
Law Annuities, expire sth Jan. 1860 lO. all I Do. New
.. Ditto 30 Years, expire sth April, 1825... 171 * 20 all 'Namur & Liege - •••
20 all Do. do. 6p. c. Prof lBl - 181 30 161 Santiago de Cuba ... •14 - 2
la lie Bonde, Aatmo ... 4O d 28/ all United Mexican 3l - 31
Ooi eels tor ACeount . l6 all Northern of France.. 331 - 331
89i 00* 89i 10 all NorwegianTrtik•Pref 8t - 9A
EZThequer bilth, 2t.u. MISCELLANEOUS.
£lOOO - 3:21 -
vac() lB 12 d 20 all Paris and Orleans.... 46 - 50 1000' 900 Atlantic Tel, (Lim.) ... - ...
S call
................ 1122 'di
•ssi•ati•,•ii* per Com .... --
Exchequer BonaL, ,20 7 'Recife & San Frau., 25 19 Australian Agricult. 21 - 23
10 all Australis. Royal Mail ... - ..,
Ditto, 14i59
PRICES OF FOREIGN FI/VDWATONIE O'CLOCK. 10 71 Rome and Frascati,.. _ - ... 10 all !Berlin Water Works.. 4 -
97,
250 all
ll
RRooyaeal Swedishl)aliis 131 - 151 10 2 1110. Now iss. at Si. d ... - ...
Danish Bonds, 3 pm. Cont., 1.825 ..A - i ( 50 40 IBrit. American Land 30 - 35
Ditto 5 per Cent~ - 122
20 all
and Meuse...
Mu
te.ups ie• e" ty. 57
I --
68
• St. 100 Do•Go.6pc.Jan&July 1071 - 1085 103
Mexican 3 per Cent lBl 10 all
Peruvian Bonds, 41 per Cent 75 20 all Southern of France.. 201 - 2
i all (West Flanders 44 - 5 St. all 'Copper Min. of Eng. 27 -32
25 all iDo. Prof. 7* p. cent. 23 - 25
Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent., Con. 1841 -- 10 all !Do. 51 per c. Pref . 84 - 9i 5 all Crystal Palace l* - 11
Ditto 1853, 3 per Cent - 25 5 all Do. Preference - 4
Russian Bonds, 1622, St., 5 per Cent.... 101 20 6 Western of Austria_ 4 all Crystal Pal. of France ... -
...
Torko,t; • (Inds, 0 per cent -- 20 all West. of Switzerland - ...
Ditto Account - ... 20 all Eastern Steam ••• - •••
Ditto Guaranteed, 4 per Cent.
- ...
St. 100 Electric Telegraph ... 96 - 98
1
1 all 'Electric Tel. of Irel. ... -
„.
20 I all Zealand
.. - • ••• - •••
Dividends on the above payable in London. ....... 5 •all !En.&Aust.Cop•SmCo 11 - 11 11
French Routes, 41 per Cent. -
h
-----:-.722.------ ...
10 10s. Eur. & Ind.Jetn. Tel. ...
Ditto 3 per Cent.
11g.7 P.
c.
21
- lid
JOINT-STOCK BANKS, - •••
9 all ,Eur.&Am,Stm.(lim.) 5 - 6
Dutch Ex aatuge, 2* per Cen;., 12 Guiloers 6:3 40 all 'Australasia,,,, -77 2O all Gen. Ir.Se.Col.(lim. ... - ...
TWO O'CLOCK. 25 181 Bank of Egyt.....--1 '5- 77 764 15 14 ;Gen. Steam Navigat. ... - ...
Consols, taoney - 5 d 20 5 London Discount ... 21 lid 2*
Consols account ao- 110 40 all Britishl. Bk. & La. Co. •• - -' 4 all Lond. Gen. Omnibus 3/ - 311 3/
50 all Bri N. American : - •• 20 10 Magdalena St. Navig. ... - ...
2d 11005 all 8: ' ,lADI eo d.
Et
Discount
asecuno.
suiEonlnte cTc,
coli.e' e.g1.... .. .. ..
... _
.- ......
20 8 C.Bk.of Ind.Au.diCh • - ." Tuts Bn.anvo-nr, VI , ,
in the 100 50 City
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New -,.-7--- '•-.AGISTRATES.-Awong tne prisoners
61 --. 63
a child (mlyz-icson at Devizes, at the resent time, is
ford niagistratese ?ears of age, committed 100 25 'colonial
•••• -•-• ...
St,
:00112: :::: :00: •
by the Brad-21 -11 i 2i i 4
or 100 20 Commercial •of Loud. ... _. .
Independent. a month, fur vagrancy 1- Wilt hire 20 all Eng.ScotatAus.Cht. 174 - 171 171
20 all Lon.Cli. Bk.of Aust. 161 - 178 '2 -
THE LADY Or GT,"
garet and her Blide•inahllisß. 20 I all Ditto. New
11y the Author of " Mar-
-I.l.ll&;aniEin..,iiowi nets
tsint 1 enks i.: : : •.•
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441
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read ' Margaret and her l*:i'ln
3 nuts.-" Those who have 1:0
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of. E ut. o. p eSorPSI. tie all u. . ' - .
Y, B, •,A..uLs,tir..a&lasmiainnr.i... •i 1 -
for the e' juynaut that avia.it'seBtn)heamidsin' 113nndk ug. Countyeo r ...
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the a!iie urn L There was walkiloltbheer prepared
Nark
than "rho Lady 21250000
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of Glynn 9.,"'1,rr ee more original tale 100 35 National Pro. of Eng. ... - ... 1 all Oriental Gas - i
clever, but good, and we are
perused story is not only 20 10 IDo.aNew ............... ... - ...
1550 j al6l°ol
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charreieg si;ories have to be
) 1 all isot. Austrd Inilivicit*: 1 --
1
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. far wider circle than they have ev, sn .
yeir;ntlraavdetrnsierded I,iryhae N all- 'New South \Yates.- ... •
1....
heroine of ' The Lady of Glenne IS an ad '
pee
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reader
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Slt. 1(a)101
ie almost all res t Not toait•tieounitaaliiili,•ll.anrk:x C.o.
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touched by the noble self sacrifice which ail t
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tte career. A rare ability is to be observed in theodbi es
hue! _a r iv ,;,,,151 Pir.)lo7Ni-o:1:1. o; Ireland' ... - ...
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ti:lei nees with which characters have been draa a ni 25 all South Australia 3l - 35 1 all Submarine Tel. Seri 30t
-
like Peculiarities maintained, giving to fiction the ri-fe.-
hialir of truth. We echo the (At-repeated wish that !!). all !Union oi Australia 466 ---__ 478
2A,Do. New
In tut!rei,ore such tales as ' The Lady of Glynne' may be 231 20 5 Trus.Ln•Co.l.Tp. can
50 10-iUllioll Of LD11(1011 ... --- ...
d 1 281 VauDremea's ir.d.: ir -..: 10 9
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100 e Mestrn,llk of Loud a. --- ..,d

LAW INTELLIGENCE.—kThis Day.)

COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH.

:Sittings in Banco, before the Lord Chief Baron, and
Barons Bramwell, Watson, and Channel)
LEE ♦. COOK.

Mr. Macaule-y, Q.C., moved on a previous day to
alter the verdict for the plaintiff, or an arrest of judg-
ment. The action was tried before Mr. Justice Cresswell
at Linc3ln, and was brought by the plaintiff, a farmer,
against the defendant, a rate-collector, for a trespaFs,
and illegally distraining a second time. It appeared
that atter the first sale the plaintiff refused to allow the
property to go off the premises, and the defendant had
to distrain again.
Rule refused.

Sittings in BAnco, before Lord Campbell, Justices
Coleridge and Wightman.)

THE QUEEN V. THE BOARD OF WORKS FOR ST. °LATE 8:

SOUTHWARK.

Sir F. Thesiger appeared on the part of the Metro-
politan Board of Works, to show cause against a rule
calling upon them to show causo why an order for
compensation, made by them should not be quashed.
It appeared that by the Metropolitan Board of Works
Act, of 1855, compensation is to be given to officers
of local boards for loss of emoluments, &c. Just
before the passing of the act the defendants gave Mr.
Dupree, who had been their clerk, notice, which be
accepted, and ceased, it was alleged by them, to be
any longer their officer. He, however, claimed com-
pensation, which the local board refused, and he then
appealed to the Metropolitan Board, whose decision
is final in these matters. They decided that Mr.
Dupree was an officer of the local board, and awarded
him compensation. The 230th clause of the Metre•
pollen Act takes away the issue for certiorari on the
acts, orders and proceedings of the Metropolitan Board,
except as " specially provided," but, strange to say,
the act does not make such " special provision," ai d
the learned counel contended that the certiorari had
been improperly issued.

After hearing the arguments on both aides,
The Court quashed the certiorari.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE. (This Day.)

MARLBOROLi G Et-STREET.

RUFFIANLY ASSAULT ON AN OLD WOMAN.— Richard
Doody, a stout' middle-aged lri-hman, was charged
before Mr. Beadon with violently assaulting Mary
Carny, a feeble old woman, residing at No. 4, Lloyd's-
court, Crown-street, Soho.
The complainant, whose head was bandaged up, stated
that the prisoner lived in the earns house as she did,
and was employed by the landlord, who was inspector
of nuisances, and his deputy. This morning about nine
o'clock the prisoner's wife came up to her room and said
the landlord had called the overnight for his rent, and
had requested her to ask witness for ss. rent due.
Witness said she did not owe more than 25., and would
go duwn and speak to the prisoner about it. She
accordingly went down stairs and saw the prisoner, to
whom she stated that she owed no more than 2s. to
her landlord, and if prisoner said she owed more he (the
prisoner) must have spent the rent she had already paid
him, as he had dose more than once before. The pri-
soner then became exceedingly excited, called her a
drunken old -, and then took up a broomstick and
broke it in pieces over her head. Her sen came to her
aid, when the prisoner put him hors de combat by a
blow on the back with a fire shovel. Prosecutor's bead
was much cut, and she was rendered insensible. She
was subsequently conveyed to the hospital, where her
wounds were dressed.

Paris, 38 C, took the prisoner into custody on the
present charge. The prosecutor was bleeding copiously
from a wound in front of her head. She was taken to
the hospital, and the surgeon dressed her head. The
surgeon told witness it was a dangerous wound, at
least two inches wide.

Mr. Bei.don said it was a bad case, and remanded
him for a week.

WESTMINSTER.

A. GANG OF " Monenzas."—George Macdonald, a
rough, powerful-looking fellow, was charge with being
one of a gang of fellows who go about defrauding tavern-
keepers and other tradesmen, termed " vouchers," and
with committing an assault.
Mr. Smith, proprietor of the Horse and Groom,
George-street, Chelsea, stated that last night the 4efen-
dant and four or five others entered his house, and hving
called for several pots of ale, refused to pay for them, and
rushed towards the doors. He endeavoured to detain
them, in order to get his money, when defendant as-
saulted a person in the house.
George Marlowe, a respectable citizen, said that hear-
ing a disturbance at the bar of the house, he left the
room in which he was sitting to see what was the matter.
Re found defendant and his companions endeavouring
to escape, and as he (complainant) was standing in the
doorway defendant struck him a violent blow on the
eye.
A policeman proved that after this assault the fellow
took to his heels and ran off, but was pursued and cap-
tured.

Mr. Paynter asked whether anything was known

of him.

Denness, the gaoler, replied that he had been charged
with a Pimilar offence previously and convicted.
Defendant said he did not call for the ale.
Mr. Paynter said it was 'quite clear that he had
swindled the landlord, and then committed an unpro-
voked assault.
He was committed for a month.

THA.VIES.
SCANDALOUS ROBBERY OF A SATLOR.—EIIen Fitz
gerald, a very bold and savage prostitute, well known
to the police, was brought up en remand before Mr.
Selfe, charged with stealing 381. from the person of
Abraham Smith, a Russian Finlander, in a house of ill-
fame, No. 8, Perseverance-place, a continuation of an
infamous locality called Palmer's Folly, Ratcliff High-
way, where a great many seamen have been plundered
of their hard earned wages, and shamefully beaten and
ill-need.

Mr. Daniel, clerk to Mr. Sidney, a solicitor, appeared
for the prisoner, and applied for the restoration of 3 gold
rings taken from her fingers by the police when she was
taken into custody. Mr. Daniel urged that the posses-
sion of the rings had nothing to do with the charge of
robbery.

Mr.- Self. said the police might give up the gold
rings to the prisoner.
Mr. David thanked the magistrate, and then asked
him if he should be of opinion that the case was made
out to dispose of the ease summarily.
Mr. Sella did not know that he could do so. The facts
were these, and perhaps Mr. David was not aware of them.
The foreigner, who had been lately paid off from a ship,
met the prisoner on Saturday fortnight, and he then had
421. in his possession, and gave the woman 41. for the
consideration of staying and boarding and lodging with
her for a week. The suitor remained with her until the
following Monday, when he was decoyed into a room, in
whick were several other women and a man, and they
held him while the prisoner cut off his stocking, in which
he had deposited his gold,
and took the whole of it
away. Some parties afterwards waite3 on the
prosecutor and returned him 71. with a view of compro.
liming the case, and a very absurd receipt was given.
If what the poor man said who had been so scandalously
plundered was true, how could he dispose of such a case
summarily. It was a case for a jury.
Mr. Daniel urged that the prisoner bad been in cus-
tody 10 days already.
Smith repeated the evidence he bad given on a former
occasion, and said that he received 841. 13s. when he was
paid off three weeks ago, and he bad not gut 40.. left.
lie wanted to go to sea again.
Mr. Selfe said the sailor was a foolish man to get into
such bad company with so much money about him, and
asked the prisoner if she was guilty or nut guilty E
The prisoner—l am guilty, sir.
Mr. Sella disposed of the case summarily by sentencing
the prisoner to three montlis imprisonment and hard
labour.