The Sun.
London, England, 1859-02-18 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 18, 185 g.

BRITISH POSSESSIONS.

Share! Railways. / Price. Done.
Croiing Business
_____
,
100 1 Atlantic & St Lawrence
Leased at 6 per cent.. all 78 80
18 Bom.,Baroda&Cent.lnd 1 9
4 -1d 131
gu. 5 per cent
18 Do. all
18 Do. Addit. Capital A 6 1 1 d
18 Do. Do. II 44 1 f d
201 Buffalo and Lake Huron all 7 8
20. Do. New 164 -- -- d
100 Buffalo,Brant&Godrieb 1 100 85 90
6p. ct. bds. 1 Aug., 1872 )
100 Do. do. 1 July, 1873 100 82 86 84
190 Do. do. 1 June, 1874 100 80 84
20 Clcutta.&S.Eastrn.Lim. 1. 3.0. 41 4 p
20 Cape,Eastn. Prov.(Lim.) 2s.
20 Cape Town & Dock Scrip 2s. pm
20 Central Oude (Limited) 2s. 6d.
20 Ceylon Guaranteed 6p.c 2 I 4p 6
171 Demerara
20 Eastern Bengal.gu.sp.c 5 4 i 6 44
Stock East Indian, gu. sp. c lOO 103 104 104 ii 4 i
20 Do. C Shares all -
20 Do. E Shares Ext lO I 4 p
20 Do. Jubbulpore 5
100 D 0.41 p.c. Bds. pay.'s9 all -
20 Geelong& Mel.g-ua.s p. c. all 19 20
sf,.s. j Geelong Corporation 6 1 100 _ .....
ir, i per cent. Bonds
Stock Grand Trunk of Canada 100 29 31 30 29i 304
100 Do. 6 p.c. Deben.,pay.'7B all 70 72 704 1
100 Do. 6 per cent. Pre(
20 Gt.lndiaPenin.gua.sp.e all 100 1(1 1 1001 1
20 Do. New, gua.s per cent 4 1 1d34 4
20 Do. do 4 f d par
20
Gt• S' of Ind. Lim.—Scri i 1 0
[
guaranteed 5 per cent. )
201 G LW. of Canada Shares all 154 10
205 Do. New
100 Do. Bonds pay. '76,with
i cpt. till '6O
100 Do. do. '73 till '6O all 101 106
100 Do. do. 'Y3 without opt all 102 104
100 Do. 51 p. c. do. '77 do ._ all 97 99 971 7
20 Madras, guar., 41 p. c all 174 Ist
20 Do. do. 5 per cent, all 10i 10,1-
20 Do. 41 p. c. Extension l5 184 191- 20
20 Do. Third Ex. gua.s.p.c lO 4 4 d
20 Do. Fourth do.
Stock Melb. Corp. 6 p.c. Bonds 100
20 I Newßrunswick&Canda.
Ry.&Land(Lim.)g.6pc 10 d
Class ACapitl.Share
.. Do. do. Land ,do ..
20 Do. do. B. Capital do lO - --d
Do. do. Land do
Northof India Tramroad
2s.
20 i Limited, Scrip
20 Oude (Limited)
20 Scinde
20 Do.
20 Do. New r; '2 lO 1 d f
cr
20 Do. Punjaub
20 Do. Indus. St. Flo t-L„-;'' 5 1 1 fd 44
A2O St. Andrews & Quebec lB
10
ITrinidad(Limited) Scrip 1 Id 4 p

Stock,

FOREIGN.

Share' Railways. I Paid.
Torrcien.g I Rusinneel.is

Share'

1000

100
10
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all
all
all
15s.
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LAW INTELLIGENCE-( THIS DAY.)

COURT OF CHANCERY.
(Before the Lords Justices.)
APPEALS.-ATTWOOD V. LLOYD-ATTWOOD V. LLOYD-

LLOYD V. ATTWOOD.

These appeal causes came on to be mentioned on adjust
ing the minutes this morning _ _ _

Their lordships declared—Firstly, that the whole of the
deeds granted by the plaintiffs for gratuities given to them
should be wholly and entirely swept away. Lord Justice
Knight Bruce said it was a most scandalous shame to take
these deeds front the plaintiffs at the time they were
solely and entirely in the power of the defendants.
Secondly, their lordships remitted the whole causes to the
Master of the Rolls, to take an account at chambers of all
just and lawful charges, as mortgages or incumbrances,
against the plaintiffs' freehold or copyhold estates, with the
interest, costs, charges, and expenses in these suits, and the
costs of these appeals. Thirdly, in the appeal suit of Lloyd
v. Attwood, the costs paid to be refunded, without preju-
dice to any subsequent application for costs. These orders
were made, in hoc statn, before final decree is pronounced.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.-(7711S DAY.

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.

A BRUTAL HUSBAND.—Thomas Coles, a carpenter, was
brought up by O' Shaughnessy, one of the warrant officers of
the court on, a warrant, charged with assaulting his wife,
Martha Coles, a very respectable-looking female.
The wife, who said she resided at 12, St Martin's-street,
said that on the previous morning about 10, the prisoner,
who had that morning come out of the House of Correction,
where he had been for six weeks for assaulting her, came
to where she was resi ling, and immediately upon entering
the room, said, " You -, who authorised you to remove
the goods ?" She told him that she had been obliged to
do so, as her landlord had given her notice. He then said,
" You -, where are the trousers I left at home." She
told him they were in the box, and that there was a clean
shirt ready for him and some dinner. He then sat on the
side of the bed, and while she was in the act of rising from
the hearth, which she had been cleaning, he gave her a back-
handed blow across the nose, from which she had suffered a
very violent head-ache ever since. She did not so much
mind the blow as the expressions he used towards her,
which were very bad.

Mr. Bingham asked the poor woman how many times he
had similarly treated her ?

The wife, who was in tears while giving her evidence,
said this was the third time he had been at the court. The
first time was in March, 1858, when he had three months ;
on January 7th, this year, when he had six weeks; and
once on a summons, when he was ordered to allow her Bs.
per week, but never did so. On the previous day, to avoid
his brutality, she locked herself in the water closet, and
while coming to this court for the warrant, he sold the bed-
stead and spent the money in beer.

Mr. Bingham, having animadverted in strong terms on
the prisoner's brutality, committed him for a month, and
hoped that in the meantime a separation might be effected
by their friends.

It was stated that the prisoner has carried on a systema-
ic course of brutality to his wife for a length of time.

THAMES.

A HARD CASE.—THE LAW OF AFFILIATION.--A young
woman, of respectable appearance and address, named
Charlotte Chamberlain, came before Mr. Yardley, and
asked for a summons against Luke Williams, Parliamen-
tary agent, of No. 22, Henrietta-street, Covent-garden, the
alleged father of her illegitimate female child, born in the
district of this court.

The applicant was before the Court on Monday last,
when a summons against Mr. Williams was made return-
able, and she then stated that she had been seduced by

him, and that since the birth of the child he had owned
the paternity, and given her halta-sovereign. He had
also promised to pay all the expenses of her accouchement,
and allow her 2s. 6d. a-week from the date of the summons.
She produced a letter from the defendant relating to the
arrangement for the support of the child, but
unfortunately there was no corroborative proof, and the
young woman could not identify the defendant's hand writ-
ing. The summons was consequently dismissed, and the
magistrate said that he would grant another summons
whenever any corroborative evidence could be produced.

The young woman now said she had lost a good situation
in New Bond-street, owing to her attendance in that court
on Monday last, and that she could bring forward corro-
borative testimony.

Mr. Yardley—lt is a very hard case upon you. I dare
say you will find some legal gentleman to take up your case.
I did say that I would grant another summons if you
could obtain the corroborative evidence required by the Act
of Parliament.

The applicant—My mother waited upon Mr. Luke
Williams on Wednesday, and ho gave her 305., made
an apology for not attending to the summons on Monday,
and said he would pay some more money at the end of the
quarter.

Mr. Yardley—And your mother will prove that ?
The applicant—Yes, sir, and he also owned that he was
:he father of my child.

Mr. Yardley—Then take another summons; and called
the attention of Toplin, the summoning officer, to the
case, to take care that the necessary evidence was forthcom-
ing to confirm the young woman.

Mr. Stoddart, solicitor, of Arbour-street-east, Stopney,
said he would conduct the case for the young woman.

MURDEROUS ASSAULT—CUTTING AND WOUNDING.—
Thomas Long, a tall, dirty, and determined-looking man,
carrying on the business of a marine store dealer, in Ship-
alley, IVellclose-square, was brought before Mr. Yardley,
charged with committing a violent assault on James
Nicholls, an oyster dealer, of No. 13, Ship-alley, and at-
tempting to murder him.

The complainant said—l sell oysters in the street. The
prisoner occupies a house, No. 9, opposite to me. He came
to me drunk last night; and abused me, and demanded
money, which I refused to give him, and he made use of
dreadful throats, and said—" I will have your life."
Ho then took a knife from his pocket and made a thrust at
me with it, and if I had not stopped aside I should have
been killed. As it was, in parrying the blow he cut my
two fingers, and I lost a good deal of blood. Ho made
other attempts to stab me, and but for the timely arrival of
the police he would have murdered me. I saved his life
five years ago, when ho attempted to cut his throat, and
this is the gratitude he has shown me. I have behaved
kind to him on all occasions. .

The prisoner—lt is quite right, sir. What ho says is
quite true. I was intoxicated.
Mr. Yardley—That is no excuse, but an aggravation of
your offence.
The prisoner—He knocked me down.
The prosecutor—He freviously abused me in Ratcliff-
highway, but I did not hurt him but pushed him away.
Mr. Yardley—lt is a very shocking thing to draw a
knife, it is most atrocious conduct, and the prosecutor has
been severely injured. I fine the prisoner £5, and in de-
fault he will be imprisoned for two months.

THIS LA FS MARKETS.

CORN EXCIIANGE.

ARRIVALS THIS WEEK.

Coastwise, the arrivals of English wheat this week have
amounted to only 1,790 quarters. Fresh up, to-day, by
land carriage, the receipts were limited, and the show of
samples was very moderato. Good dry qualities sold at full
prices; but other kinds moved off slowly, at Monday's cur-
rency.

There was a large supply of foreign wheat on the stands
The amount of business doing was limited. In prices, how
ever, no change took place.

Malting barley was scarce, and in request, at fully late
rates, and the value of grinding and distilling sorts was
supported.

Malt realised full prices, but the demand was far from
active.

We had a fair demand for oats, beans, and peas, at full
currencies. Flour, however, was a slow sale, at late rates

Wheat. Barley Malt. Oats. Flour.
English 1,790 1,650 ; 2,410 ; 1,430 i 1,710
Irish
Foreign .. 2,600 6,180 , 4,570 , 610 sks
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LONDON AND NO RA W.IMST:E.RN
RAILITTA.Y.

HALF-YEARLY MEETII.G.- (This DAY.)

The ordinary half-yearly meeting of - the London and
North-Western Railway Comp illy was held to-day, at
Euston Station.
The CHAIRMAN stated that the receipts front passengers,
parcels, mails, &c., for the past half-year amounted to
£814,665 against £910,258 for the corresponding half of
18.57, showing a decrease of £91,593. The receipts for
merchandise, &c., in the past half-year amounted to
£767,197 against £771,802, showi. ig a decrease of £4,605.
The total receipts for the pa st half-year amounted
to £1,581,862 against £1,682,060 in the corresponding
half of 1857, showing a decrease of £100,196. The
working expenses for the past half-year amounted to
£657,092 against £669,363 in the same half of 1857, show-
ing a decrease of £12,271. The directors recommended the
payment of a dividend for the past half-year after the rate
of 41- per cent. per annum, carrying forward a balance of
£23,196. He regretted the continuance throughout the
past half-year of severe competition at very reduced rates
for the traffic between London and Lancashire, and the de-

pressed stato of trade, together with the absence of any
extraordinary source of revenue, such as that derived from
the Manchester Exhibition, have caused the receipts of the
past half-year to compare unfavourably with those of
1857• In the working expenses considerable economy
had been effected under various heads, especially in
the cost of fuel and in the consumption of stores gene-

rally ; but the necessity forced upon the company of
keeping up numerous trains at high rates of speed,
in order to retain the traffic, had prevented any

large saving in the total expense of the half-year.
The next subject alluded to was the fire which occurred in
September last which destroyed the timber viaduct, 150
yards in length, by which the Trent Valley line is carried
over the river Penk and the Trent and Mersey Canal.
Arrangements had been made for its reconstruction with
brick piers and wrought-iron girders, the cost of which
would amount to £lO,OOO. The directors had the satisfac-
tion of stating the settlement of the long-pending
differences, and the abandonment of all litigation between
this company and the. North Staffordshire Company.
The negotiations between the directors of the company,
the Great Northern, and Manchester, Sheffield and Lin-
colnshire Companies, have resulted in the admission and
adoption of the important principle of equality of charge
between all points of competition, at rates to be fixed by
arbitration in case of difference, the heads of agreement
being exchanged on the 26th November, providing for the
interchange of traffic at through rates; for co-operation
between the several parties ; for the conduct of competitive
traffic at equal rates, to be settled by arbitration; and for
the adjustment on satisfactory terms of all questions con-
nected 'with the London-road station, Manchester. On the
23d of Dec. a further agreement was signed, providing fora
division cf competitive traffic, and for arrangements gene-
rally, which it is believed will tend to the advantage of the
companies and promote the public convenience. Steps
have been taken to obtain Parliamentary sanction to these
arrangements, which will be submitted to the proprietors in
due time for approval. The agreement with the Great
Western Company, referred to in former reports, was now
in operation, by which it had been provided that they are
to use the lines and stations of this company for the Man-
chester traffic for a period of years upon mutually advan-
tageous conditions, and the arrangements for the division of
traffic at all competitive places were also in progress.
The directors reported the completion of the agreement for
the purchase by this company of the Chester and Holyhead
Railway, on the terms sanctioned by the special general
meeting of proprietors' held on the 30th of December,
1858; and that the contract with the Postmaster-General,
for the improvement of the postal and passenger communi-
cation between England and Ireland, has been completed,
and will come into operation as soon as the vessels to be
provided, and which arc in courso of construction, are
ready.

The CHAIRMAN having alluded to the retirement of their
esteemed general manager, Captain iluish, concluded by
moving the adoption of the report.
After a short discussion, the motion was agreed to.
Resolutions for the payment of the dividend mentioned
in the report having been passed, the proceedings termi-
nated with a vote of thanks to the chairman.

SP 01? TING INTELLIGENCE.

TATTBRSALL'S—TnunspAr.

Business moved somewhat slowly, and no material change
was made in the last list of quotations. For the Liverpool
Steeplechase the Brewer and Jealousy were head and head
in the betting ; and Miss Harkaway, about whom several
ominous reports were circulated, was quite friendless.
Drogheda was still in good demand for the Chester Cup, and
was advanced from 14 to 1 to 100 to g, taken and offered.
4 to 1 was offered on the field for the Two Thousand ; 9to
2 would have been taken. Marionette was second favourite,
at 10 to 1. 100 to 10 was laid three times against Promised
Land winning the Two Thousand and Gaspard the Derby.

CLOSING PRICES.

LINCOLN HANDICAP.
7to 1 agst Orleans (taken)
100 to 8 agst Stapleton (taken)
100 to 6 agst Mr. Sykes (taken)
LIVERPOOL STEEPLECHASE.
10 to 1 agst Jealousy (taken)
10 to 1 agst The Brewer (taken)
100 to 7 agst Weathercock (taken)
100 to 6 agst Jean du Quesne (taken)
20 to 1 agst Half Caste (taken and offered)
33 to 1 agst Glautias (taken )
CHESTER CUP.

100 to 8 agst Drogheda (taken and offered)
25 to 1 agst Herne (taken)
30 to 1 agst Polestar (offered)
TWO THOUSAND GUINEAS.

4to 1 agst The Promised Land (take 9to 2)
10 to 1 agst Marionette (taken)
DERBY.

11 to 1 agst Promised Land (offered)
28 to 1 apt Volcano (taken)
1000 to 10 agst Fyfield (taken)

THIS I)A1 S SHIPPING.

LONDON, Feb. 18.—Wind this day at noon N.W. ;
strong breeze and fine. Dublin, W.S.W. ; Cork, S.W. ;
Queenstown, W.; Waterford, N.N . E . ; Limerick, W. N.W. ;
Belfast, N.W. ; Londonderry, W.S.W. ; Coleraine,
W.S.W. ; Dundalk, N.W.
PLYMOUTH, Feb. 17.—Wind W.N.W.—Arrived—Agin-
court, from Melbourne. _ .

,
PORTSMOUTH, Feb. 17.—Wind. W., blows hard.—Ar-
rived—Nina, from London, for Buenos Ayres.
ItAMSGATE, Feb. 17.—Sailed—James, for Bermuda,
after repairing.
So IT T unm FTON, Feb. 17.—Wind W.S.W.—Sailed—
Parana, (s.), for the West Indies.
FALMOUTH, Feb. 17.—Wind W.—Sailed—Marianne,
for the West Indies.

CLYDE, Feb. 17.—Wind W.—Sailed--Bruce, for Mel-
bourne.

SUNDERLAND, Fob. 17.—Sailed—Ancient Mariner, for
Calcutta.

(EY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH
LIVERPOOL, Friday Morning.
Wind W.S.W. ; strong breeze.
Arrived, Feb 17—Cestus, from Huslva ; Aga Sofia, screw
steamer, from Smyrna; Emelia, from St. Übes.
Arrived, Feb. 18— Esther, from Monte Video ; Alpha,
from Leghorn; Bridget, from Latakia.
WHITEHAVEN, Feb. 17.
The Flat Bay, from Ardrossan for Liverpool, with pig
iron, is ashore at the entrance of the river Duddon. All
hands drowned.

(BY SUBMARINE AND BRITISH TELEGRAPH.)
GRAVESEND, Friday Morning.
Wind, N.W. ; tide, first hours' flood ; fine.
Arrived, Feb. 18—Aspasia, front Berbice.
Sailed.—Admiral Kanaris, serew steamer, for Constan-
tinople; Moselle, steamer, for Boulogne.
DEAL, Friday Morning.
Wind, N.W. by W. ' • moderate.
Anchored.—Lady of the Lake, from London, for Port
Natal.

_
Passed.—llarmora, screw steamer, for Genoa ; Penin-
sula, screw steamer, for Gibraltar.
Sailed.—Ranger, llarold, Restless, and Plover, with
others outward bound.

SINGULAR ACCIDENT.—As some bulls belonging
to Mr. Wilkes, of Shrewsbury, which had been purchased
at a neighbouring fair, were being driven home the other
day over the bridge at Llangollen, three of them ran down
a narrow defile towards the river and were precipitated over
a rock 30 feet deep into the Dee. One was killed on the
spot and the others very seriously injured. The beasts had
to be conveyed half a mile down the river, and were then
landed with the greatest difficulty.
DREADFUL ATTACK BY A SON UPON Ms MOTHER.
—Yesterday morning the inhabitants of the Edgware-road
and Lisson-grove were considerably alarmed by a report that
a most shocking murder had been perpetrated by a sou upon
his mother, and that he had made his escape. It appears
that at 3, Slatton-street, Lisson-grove, there has resided
for some time past, along with her husband and a familyo
of young children, a woman named Mary Barrett, w:11, has
been in the habit of going out to work at a laundress as an
ironer. Latterly she has given way to drink: The s?n is a
sailor, 21 years of age. He had been engaged in the Crimean
war, for which he had received a medal and clasp. He had,
since quitting the service of her Majesty, been to New
Zealand, and after making a little money there returned to
England, with a determination to take his parents and
brothers and sisters out to that colony. With this view he
gave his mother a sum of money to provide for their outfit.
From what the son heard yesterday he went to his
boxes and missed some of his clothing, and he
was afterwards told that the money he had handed
over to his mother to provide herself and the younger
ones with an outfit had been spent in drink. He at once
sought her out, and upon taxing her with the above she
flew into a rage, and began to quarrel, when the son be-
came so exasperated that he took up_ a sharp-pointed table-
knife and threw it at his mother. The mother, perceiving
what her son was about to do, made an effort to escape, but
while so doing the knife, which was thrown with great force,
entered the right side of her neck, inflicting a deep wound,
from which the blood flowed profusely. The son, seeing
what he had done, along with his father and neighbours
went off. for a surgeon, and after half-an-hoUr or more
elapsing, and no medical man arriving, the poor woman
was convoyed in a cab to St. Mary's Hospital, Paddington,
where she now lies with but faint hopes of her recovery.
The son, after the mother was put into the cab, absconded,
and has not since been heard of.