The Sun.
London, England, 1845-01-09 00:00:00

THE BOURSE--TUESDAY, JAN. 7.

Tint Highest Lowest Last
Price. Price. Price. Price.
French rive per Cents.•.•.• 121:10 .. 121 25 .. 121 10 .. 121 25
Fours. lOB •• 108 .. 108 .. 108
Three per Cents••••• 85 23 .• 85 35 •• 85 20 .. 85 30
New Loan ........ 86 40 .. 86 GO .. 86 40 .. 86 60
Bank of France...—. ..... 3280 .•3280 .•3275 ..3275
Gouin Bank, I,ooof. Shares • • 1095 ..1095 ..1045 ..1095
Beigian Fives,lB4o ........ 104% .. 104% .. 104% .. 104%
1842 ........ 186 .. 106 .. 106 .. 106
Four•and-a-Half•... 103 •• 183 .• 193 .. 103
Two-and-a-Half.... 62 • • 62 • • 62 • • 62
Spanish Threes ...... .. 37 •• 371,E • • 37 % .. 371,E
Active 37 .. 37% .. 37 .. 37
Passive ...... 6% • • 63 ..
Neapolitan 96 50 •• 96 50 .. 96 50 .. 96 50
Roman •...
RAILWAY SHARES.

485 .• 485 .. 482 50 .. 485
385 •• 385 •• 375 .. 378 75
Rouen— ••••••............1042 50 • 1042 50 ..1042 50 ..1042 SO
Itorea to Havre .. 826 25 .. 826 25 .. 826 25 .. 826 25
Orleans .•••

Strasburg to 8a1e.......... 302 50 .. 302 58 .. 301 25 . 301 2;
Avignon to Marseilles.. 942 30 942 50 . 937 50 .. 938 75
RAILWAYS FOR THE ACCOUNT, .Tax 16.
St. Germa1n:...............1017 50 ..1017 50 ..1017 50 ..1017 30
Versailles, R. 8... ...... 480 25 .. 487 50 .. 482 50 . • 482
L. 8............. 382 50 .. 332 50 .. 377 50 .. 375
Rouen .•1050 ..1042 50 ..1045

Rouen to Havre•.. - . 827 50 .. 827 50 .. 625 •• 825
Orleans
Strasburg to 8a1e.......... 302 50 .. 302 50 .. 301 25 .. 302 50
Avignon to Marseilles.. 940 .. 942 50 .. 935 935

THIS DAY'S NEWS

A Cabinet Council is appointed to be held at three
o'clock this afternoon at the Foreign-office, Downing-
street, at which all the Ministers are expected to
attend. Sir James Graham arrived in town this
morning to attend the Council, from his seat,
Netherby. Lord Wharncliffe arrived from Witley
Court. Mr. Gladstone arrived from Wales. Others
of the Ministers also came to town on purpose to at-
tend the meeting. Lords Aberdeen, Stanley, and
Granville Somerset, and the Chancellor of the Ea•
chequer, had previously arrived in town.

CRIMINAL COURT-(THIS DAY.)
OLD COURT.

(Before Mr. Justice PArrnsoN and Mr. Justice ERLE. )
FORGERY.— William Wicks pleaded guilty to an in-
dictment charging him with forging an order for 101.,
with intent to defraud the Union Bank, and was sen-
tenced to two years' imprisonment.
SINGULAR CHARGE UNDER THE NEW BANKRUPTCY
ACT.—Thomas Kenrick, who was described in the calen-
dar as a horse-dealer, and who is a most respectable
man in appearance, was indicted under the 32d section of
the sth and 6th Victoria, chap. 142, with wilfully, know-
ingly, and unlawfully neglecting and refusing to attend
the Court of Bankruptcy on the last day specified in the
fiat. _ _

Mr. Bodkin and Mr. Doane appeared for the prosecu-
tion, and Mr. Ballantine for the prisoner.
Mr. BODKIN in opening the case for the prosecution
said, that this was the first one that had come before the
Criminal Court since the passing of the Act; that by
that Act the offence committed by the prisoner was a
most grave one, and subjected him to severe penalties;
the Act declaring that if a bankrupt did not appear
on the last day appointed for his examination he
committed a felony. The principal point for the consi-
deration of the Court would be, whether the prisoner had
such notice of the different adjournments that had taken
place as was required by the Act. The Learned Coun-
sel, after going shortly through the facts of the
case, which have already been published at some
length, proceeded to contend that the prisoner
had had proper notices of the different ad-
journments, and that therefore he must be considered
as guilty of the offence contemplated by the Act. He
should be able to show clearly that the prisoner knew of
all the adjournments, and that he went to the Continent
to endeavour to evade them, and that under the new
treaties he had been brought to this country.
Mr. BALLANTINE, on behalf of the prisoner, contended
that his case did not come within the operation of the
Act, inasmuch as the non-surrendering to an adjourned
meeting was not contemplated by the statute,.added to
which, the indictment was bad, because, although it
stated that the prisoner had had personal, it did not
assert that he had had a written notice of the
adjournment, which the Act required. He (Mr. Ballan-
tine) considered the New Bankrupt Act to be one of the
most penal and severe on the statute book.
After some further conversation between the bar and
the
bench,both Mr. Justice Patteson and Mr. Justice
stated it to be the impression on their minds that
Erie
the indictment was defective, inasmuch as it did not state
that the notices were in writing.
Mr. BODAIN, fter such an intimation from the
Learned Judb-es, felt bound, on the part of the creditors,
not to proceed with the case further against the priso-
ner ; and
The jury, under Mr. Justice Patteson's directions,
gave a verdict of acquittal.
wept repeatedly during the pro-
ceedings, ectfully to the Court, and withdrew
The prbsoonweerd, who
resp
from the dock. Ile has been in prison since the last
session, when his trial was postponed by Air. Justice
Maule.
The Court then proceeded to hear the Mint case. It
is expected the sessions will terminate this evening.

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.
(THIS DAY.)
Ilardinge Ackland, .a well -known sporting character,
was brought up on a judge's warrant, issued on the
finding of an indictment against him and ten other per-
sons, for keeping gambling-booths at Gorhambury
Races in May last.
Having been indicted he was, as a matter of course,
sent before a Judge at Chambers.

-L.
.caTRAORDINART ARRIVAL OF SHIPPING AT
LIVEAPOOL.—From Friday morning last up to last night
upwards of 200 ve,sels have reached this port, the majo-
rity of wftich have been detained outside by the late
easterly v%.;nds. The departures have also been rather
more numerous than usual, considering the westerly
winds, 31 veosels having
sailed on Friday, and 23 on
Saturday. l'he docks and dock quays have assumed a
very different appearance to that which they exhibited at
the middle of latzt week, and for some time previously.—
Liverpool Paper of Tuesday.
GREAT INFLUX OF SHIPPING IN THE RIVER.—
During the last two or three days, between 200 and 300
sail hare arrived in the river, which had been kept back
in the channel by the late strong easterly winds. There
has also been a large increase of colliers in the Pool.
The arrival of foreigners in the West India, London,
and St. Katharine Docks have been considerable, and
the greatest activity is manifested in the several dock de-
partments of the Custom-house.
DEATH FROM BURNlNG.—Yesterday, Mr. Wak-
ley, M.P., coroner, held an inquest at the Plough public-
hcuse, at a place called Ellend, between Cribb's Farm and
the river Colne, on the borders of Hertfordshire, on the
body of Joseph Tucker, a child, four years of age, who
was burned to death at a fire of twigs, which his brother
had lighted in the fields to warm themselves. The
elder brother left the child at the fire whilst he went to
the canal to look at some boats, and in the mean time
the deceased was burnt to death. Verdict, "Acci-
dentally burned."
DISTRESSING ACCIDENT AT WooLwicu.—Yester-
day afternoon, while a bricklayer's labourer, of the name
of Mahoney, was engaged in carrying slates on his head
to the top of the Marine Barracks, now building at Wool-
wich, the ladder on which the poor man was ascending
broke, precipitating him from a height of about forty
feet, with frightful velocity, to the earth. He was imme-
diately removed to the Royal Alarine Hospital, where he
is receiving every attention that the skill and humanity
of the medical officers can suggest. His back is sup-
posed to be broken. His mother and sister were by his
bed-side, and a Catholic priest administered to him the
last offices of his Church.
The Marquis of Cholmondeley last week gave
his annual munificent donation to the indigent on the
Noble Lord's Cheshire estates, causing to be distributed
to three hundred and fifty families fifteen pounds of
good beef each, half a bushel of wheat, and 2s. 6d.
in money.