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Business
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OLD COURT.
(Before the Recorder.)

The New York papers publish the following de
spatches

Richard May, described in the calendar as a cattle•
dealer, 54 years of age, was charged with stealing 401,
from Stephen Rose.

Louisville, Saturday, Dec. 20.

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The Russellville Herald of Wednesday last says that
the negro insurrection excitement exists in the neigh-
bourhood of Volney and Gordonsville. A number of
negroes had been arrested. A negro at one of the iron
works in Terines.ee said he knew all about the plot,
but would die before he would tell. Lie thereupon
received seven hundred and fifty lashes, from which be
died.

Mr. Thorpe prosecuted, and Mr. Ribton defended the

priFoner.

It appeared from the evidence that the prosecutor, as
described by the learned counsel for the prosecution, is
"a raw and ♦erdant youth," not from the agricultural

districts, but a fisherman of Oxfordshire ; and in Decem-
ber last be came to London, and received a sum of
money, which he placed is a purse and gave to the
landlorl of the hou-ze he was stopping at to keep for
him. He then strolled out for a walk, and when in
New Oxford-street he was accosted by the prisoner, who
asked him if he had been to the cattle-show.
Prosecutor replied that he had, and after some further

At Cadiz, Trigg county, Kentucky, yesterday, a free
negro was hung, after being tried by a vigilance com-
mittee. There are a number more in gaol, some of whom
will be hung. Judge Cook has called a meeting of
the court for Christmas.day. Excit• merit runs very
high.

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Louisville, Mon,lay, Dec. 22.
Mr. Joyce's home at Briar-creek, Kentucky, was
burned on Thursday night last, together with four of
the inmates. Mr. Joyce was absent at the time. Three
slaves were arrested on suspicion of being implicated in
the matter, and confessed to murdering the family, and
then firing the house. It was thought summary ven-
geance would be taken on the negr,es.

conversation the prisoner propo3ed that they should

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go to a public-house and have something to drink.
They did so, and whilst there a third man came in
and said the. he bad just received a legacy of 2,5001,
and twenty houses, but that a portion of it was to
be given to the poor, and he proposed to give 201.
to the prisoner and 201. to the prosecutor ; but, be-
fore doing so, he must be satisfied of their respect.
ability, by their showing what " capital " they had.
The prisoner produced what appeared to the prosecutor
to be gold and notes, and the latter went to the
public-house where he was lodging, and returned with
his money. The prisoner and his friend tried a
variety of means to induce the prosecutor to part
With his money, but lie had sense enough not to do
so. At last the prisoner appeared to be angry
with his friend, and asked him to give him
a sovereign for his loss of time. The third
man expressed his readiness to do so, on which
I the prisoner gave him his purse, and he appeared
to drop a coin in it. Prisoner then said to his friend
that he ought to give the prosecutor a sovereign also
for his loss of time, which the friend was so obliging an
to consent to, and asked the prosecutor for his purse to
put it in. The prosecutor still objected to part with his
purse, but held it open for the third man to drop the
sovereing in, The third man then took something like
a coin from his pocket, and whilst prosecutor was
holding the purse open the third man let something
fall on the floor, and in stooping to pick it up
snatched the puree out of the prosecutor's hands,
and on rising handed to him a purse similar
to his own and then the two men ran off. Prosecutor on
finding his loss, immediately ran after them and suc-
ceeded in capturing the prisoner and holding him till a
policeman came tip, when he charged him with stealing
his money. The prisoner protested his innocence and
tried to get away from the policeman's custody. When
he was searched at the station-house one purse was found
on him, which contained 14 halfpence and seven coun-
terfeit sovereigns, and also a lock with which no doubt
many have been elved of their money, by what is known
as the " lock trick." The prisoner is well known to the
police,
and has been in trouble before in reference to
these tricks.

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The jury found the prisoner guilty, and the learned
Recorder sentenocd him to 12 months'implisonment with
hard labour,

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—(This Day.)

THAMES.

CONVICTION OF A FEMALE BURGLAR.—Ann Roston,
a most incorrigible thief, aged 33 years, was brought
before Mr. Selfe, charged with entering the dwelling-
house of William Middleton, in Pennington street, Rat-
cliff-highway, and stealing therefrom a coat, a pair of
trowsers, 3 shirts, 2 bonnets, a table-cloth, and other
property.

It appeared that Mrs. Middleton, as she laid in bed
at a late hour last night, heard the chain of her street
door rattle, and hastily left her room and rushed into
the passage, where she saw the prisoner with a large
bundle in her possession. Upon asking the prisoner what
business bhe had in the house, she replied that she
thought it was her own dwelling, and bad made up a
bundle in the kitchen. The bundle consisted of the
property above-mentioned, which had been taken out of
the kitchen. The prisoner must have entered the house
in the early part of the evening, and concealed herself
until the family had retired to rest.
Roche, the gaoler cf the court. said the prisoner had
been repeatedly in cw tcdy, and twice convicted cf
robberies committed under similar circumstances.
The prisoner said she was in a state of destitution.
Mr. Selfe—You have just come out of prison, and I
cannot overlook this serious offence.

The prisoner—l committed the robbery while I was
excited.

Mr. Selfe—Nonsense. You have been convicted
twice before, and I recollect your face very well indeed.
Do you plea'd guilty or not guilty ?
The prisoner—I am guilty.
Mr. Selfe—Then I sentence you to Eix months' im-
prisonment and hard labour; it is no use giving you less.
If you are brought here before me again, I will cammit
you for trial, and you will no doubt, if convicted, be sen-
tenced to a long terni of penal servitude.
The prisoner—l want my pawnbroker's duplicates,
which a policeman took from me.

Mr. Selfe—No. I shall not make any order about
them, for it is very likely the property to which these
duplicates relate has been stolen.

TWO CHILDREN POISONED BY THEIR

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DUBLIN, MONDAY.

STATE OF THE IRISH BANK.

The trade report of the Freeman says that' the
Irish Bank returns show but the slightest trace of
the wide convulsion of last month,' and it is as-
sumed that the system of average prevents its being
immediately manifest. The circulation has de-
creased 119,0001., there being usually an increase
of from 50,000/. to 70,0001., and there is an increase
of bullion to the extent of 59,0001. only. Here
are the figures

Circultion. Gold.
Bank of Ireland
Private Banks

7,308,000 ... 2,622,000

Last month

January, 1856
Ditto, 1855
Ditto, 1852
Descending to particulars, the report shows that
the Bank of Ireland has only varied 30,0001. in
notes and 40,0001. in bullion, the Provincial Bank
a scarcely appreciable amount in either, while the
National Bank has only declined 49,0001. in circu-
lation, and but 3,2001. in bullion. The fluctuations
of the northern banks are equally trifling.
The .Northern, Whig, the leading commercial
authority in the north, publishes a lengthened re-
trospect of the year 1856, in the course of which
there is the following flourishing account of the
state of the Belfast banks : _ I

" Amid all the disquietude created by the Sadleir
frauds, during the year, against joint-stock banks, our
own neighbourhood has stood forth unshaken in its
confidence, the prudent and judicious management of
our local banks having secured the confidence of the
public. The extravagant rate of money has gathered
in a rich harvest for all their shareholders, the division
of profits, in one instance, being equal to 20 pef cent.
per annum. Although this fact speaks eonvincingly of
prudent management, it also indicates too surely that
there is not sufficient banking accommodation to meet
the requirements of this large town, which has increased
during the last five years fully 29 per cent, in the value
of her imports, and 44 per cent. in the value of her
exports, must necessarily require more banking facilities
than she did at the commencement of those five years ;
and yet we have just the same number of banking
establishments at present that we enjoyed then.
To supply this increased demand we have only
three joint-stock banks, with a nominal capital
of 2,000,0001. sterling, but of which only 462,0001.
have been paid up ; and two other banks—viz.,
the Bank of Ireland and Provincial Bank branches—all
of which added together do not, In their circulation, ave-
rage much, if anything, beyond 1,500,0001. sterling per
month, a sum totally inadequate for the purpose. The
very fact of the Belfast Bank 1001. shares, upon which
251. have only been paid up, being saleable at 701., or
1801. per cent, prem. ; of Northern Bank, 1001., 301.
paid no, selling for 631., or 110 per cent. ; and of Ulster
Bank 101. shares, 41. 108. paid up, being at high pre-
mium, affords sufficient evidence of the profitable nature
of Belfast banking. It is beyond doubt—although our
bankers must naturally be better acquainted with the
status of the merchants of this locality than their metro-
politan brethren—that a large portion of our local paper
has been latterly allowed to find its way annually to
London ; and we have known of frequent instances of
Belfast six months' paper having been discounted in 016
metropolis at 1 per cent..under our local rates."