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THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVEN! N - GP APRIL 1, 185 8. -----........-.................. . . pim . . ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. to be advanced upon the instrument that was I for 2,000/. with his solicitors on the Saturday, 1 usual reniedies'were applied without the slightest notice of everybody, and so important is their bearing that i no commercial transactions whatever can be duly corn- ' • . - P.RICHS OF SHARES. „__ _ .... _ .- _ sought to be rendered invalid was advanced for the leaving them to arrange what security should be ' delay. It was stated by the police that tho gatekeeper minted upon without reference to them. We would here .... ROME CIRCUIT. -KINGSTON, Men= 30. purpose of paying bets, and he should show them i taken for the rrpayment of the amount. merely wish to call attention to the fact, that during one rUBLIs Pmm the Officzal Last. HILL V. FOX. that nothing of the sort .took place, and that the I, The jury inquired whether it was not in evidence . had positively refused to get up to open the gate to of the most remarkable monetary derangements in the HED EVERY TUESDAY AND FRIDAY EvE +4IN memory of those now living, and one so widely disastrous LONDON, TUESDAY, MARCH 30, I.Ba. LII This was a special jury cause. The action was money was advanced as a loan in the regular and I that Mr. Hill admitted he expected to be paid v his I let them out with the accused, when taking her iri in its results to the commercial world, the operations of in- ordinary manner, and there was not the slightest bets out of the money that was to be advanced . an exhausted state to the workhouse, the gate to CANALS. et brought upon a mortgage deed for 2,000/. and this company have maintained so firm and steady a course." terest, to which the defendant pleaded that the pretence for the attempt that was now made to re- Mr. Justice Erle said he was of opinion that if it which they had come being much nearer to the place in question than any other, and they were The CHAIRMAN, in moving the adoption of the report, Names of i Divideud i - 51 s S t t o ft ta rd rb & ri W dg o . re Names of . ,r 3 Dividend Le bond was given to secure the payment of bets that sist payment ot the bond in question. He should show were so that fact would not avoid the loan. Price. i- , per . per Companies. .4 Annum. Price. a ' had" been lost upon horseracing, and that it was that Mr. Hill had kindly assisted the.detendant on Mr. Chambers tendered a bill of exceptions to therefore under the necessity of getting her over congratulated the meeting on the success that had at- Companies Annum. is this as he had on several other occasions with the this ruling of his lordship. the railings. tended the operations of tle society. Although the corn- _ Ashtn - &OW 93 71. ri. et. - Peak Forest. 78 57.05. - consequently null and void. nhad been in existence but about four years and a balf X X Mr. Edwin James, Q.C., Mr. Lush, Q.C., Mr. loan of money, and it was a most discreditable The jury then deliberated, and in about five Mr. Be aeon said, the circumstance ought to be her sult of its operations was favourable in the extreme.. p Hawkins, and Mr. Cohen were counsel for the act on the part tf the defendant to put such a plea minutes they returned a verdict for the plaintiff for made the subject of report agaimst the gatekeeper It would be superfluous to occupy space in this meeting, Birmingham 40 41. 93 ißegeat's.... 30 17s 16 TI plaintiff ; Mr. M. Chambers, QC., and Mr. Peters- as this upon the record, and it was a proceeding the full amount of the bond and interest, together, to Lord John Manners, the Commissiener of either to show that it was the duty of every man to pro- Coventry..•. ,00 193 ,Rochdilo.... 85 41. 84 11 that could not be justified either in law or 2,559/. Woods and Ferests. I , 3:l 6 j. pr•Ct. 10 6 , pr. ct. - , Severn and ' dorff were for the defendant. . . vide for his family after his death, or that life assurance, morality. It had been stated that Mr. Hill was ---. A female relative of the young woman, with • in one or other t f its forms, aff ,reed a most effective G D Dr e oa r i t: 145 Mr. CHAMBERS, upon the ground that an affirm a- !;11 - ct; 'O OO O 2 6 / . Ll p l r l .. i e s t . . ' 4O 12 . 1 2 . 8 1 1 05. ---- is connected with the turf, and his learned friend had WESTERN CIRCUIT.-TAUNTON, MARCH 29. whom she is now living in the neighbouthood of and - 1 el aValiau.e means of accomplishing the object. It Grand Union +OO 7s. 6d 1 Wye Raid 26 11 ' its. - jive Lune was upon the defendant, claimed the Gra nt &. Ave 40 63. 6% Warwick & - i admitted that not a word could be said in impeach- (Before Mr. Justice Willes.) Portland-market, being sent for, said the accused would be sufficient to state that this company (tise 2/. 24 right to begin, and he accordingly first addressed Leeds Scryyry 00 251. - Birming. j +OO li had been in service, but unfortunately, losing her mint of his honour and integrity. He would be Joseph Ashman was indicted for shooting at the 37 .1 secnrity of which was guaranteed by an ample capital, Leicester .•. 00 51 - Warwick &) the jury. He said that, although for the purposes 9 ti called to give his version of the t ra nsaction, and Rev. G. A. Mahon, on the 27th Sept., with a gun situation abut a week ago her spirits became. de- and by the character and standing of its subscribers) Leicstr &Nitl• 83 17 ss. 12 ,Tipton., 5 too 21. of thepresent proceeding he had admitted the debt, eoseeteren its , so , I - warest]: e. would flatly contradict many of the statements loaded with powder and ball, with intsut to do pressed. The accused hed certainly never befere proposed as its ha,-blig features :-14. To secure t. I 78 10s. 17% t he did not consider it of any importance that the Ma,clestield. inn 21. 10s- I 51 . Binning.l made by the defendant, and he believed the jury him grievous bodily harm. made so rash an attempt, and she was surprised at widows and others, for whom such provision may b t Neath •.••.. 00 16!. I - Wilts & Brkt - 7s. 0,1 - 'l case of the defendant should be first laid before the desirable, a fixed annual income, to c .mmence , xacey 1 Oxford .- .. 1 00 - ' 105 would not have any difficulty when they looked at Mr. Prideaux and Mr. Kerslake were counsel for her doing so on this occasion. The accused should t jury, because it appeared to him that if the plain-when the occasion for it ari-e . . s. 21. To furnish peen the conduct of the two parties, to say which of the the prosecution, and Mr. Edwards and Mr. Tilting be taken home, if the magistrate pie sed, and pro- I WATER-WORKS. tiff had been first put into the box, he must have niary accon3medation to the public by way of two was entitled to a verdict. The defendant, ac- defended the prisoner. perly looked to. - s made out the case in pretty much the same way as loan, in connection with different f irma of assur- Dividend Amount cording to his own showing, had been guilty of The prosecutor was curate of the parish of Leigh- Mr. Beadon having suitably admonished the :I he now proposed to do. The action was brought ance, and on various systems of re-payment. It Name of Company. • per of Paid Price observing about as scandalous and dishonest a transaction as on-Mendip, and on the evening of the 27th of prisoner, handed her over to her friend, g Annum. Share. c upon a deed of covenant to pay the sum of 2,000/., . is a source of extreme gratification that the public ______ had ever been perpetrated. The great majority of September, about a quarter-past seven o'clock, as that the Brea' est Leedit was due to the intrepidity , -- - and also to hand over two policies of insurance, one generally have largely availed theimselves of the benefits £ s. d. £ s. 0 the transactions upon the turf were conducted with he was in the pulpit of his church preaching, of Sergeant Ho ••for the promptitude he had offered hv this company. The annuity and endoarnent Berlin ....... for 1,500/., and another for 500/., and also to pay the snictest honour and integrity • but what was he was suddenly shot through a witidow. He displayed in saving the young worn-tn. branch had been very successful ; and the loaning de- East London -, per wit Stock. all - t the interest and premiums upon the policies, and2s , 4/. percent. 25 11 0 - m odefendant admitted that he had received the the conduct of the defendant ? I n nee h e lost was struck on the temple. He was thrown back S irah Graham, a young woman stylishly dressed, Pertinent, which had been equally so, filled up avid Do 4 per Cent. Pref. 1)o, -5 per Cent. Pref. 51. per cent. 25 0 0 - 27 ' oney ; but his answer to the action was that it 5,000/. upon the Derby ;he knew the settling-day on the steps of the pulpit, he wig covered with was charged with picking the pocket of a lady in that was much required. T en. society had no cornexion Grand Junction ...... 1.. ~ ei eta 00 0 0 - - was on the Tuesday, and, in gross violation and blood, and a piece of glass was driven into his eye, Oxford-street, and attempting the pockets of several with ecc..mmodatien bits. (Rear, hear.) Its objet was Do. New - • ..• 25 0 0 - I was lent to him for the purpose of his paying the ico 0 0 - - plaintiff a sum of 1,65 W., which he had lost to him fraud of all the rules of the turf, he went on the which organ was so much injured that he could others previously. . to lend money - 0 respectable persons, the repayment of - Lambeth ............ 51. per cnt 100 0 0 - 95 Monday and received the bets that were due to not for some time discharge his clerical duties ; his Hammond, 317 A., of the detective force, said which might be spread over one, two, or three years. Newßiver Company .. - - - in bets upon horseracing, and that upon this ground Another great advantage was, that in the event of the Southwark & Vauxhall 100 0 0 - 92 - the'deed was invalid and the plaintiff could not re- him to the amount of 2841., and then " levanted," nerves received so severe a shock that he had not he saw the •prisoner and another woman in Oxford death of the party burrowing, the debt was cancel e t, West Middlesex •••• - - 61 ' 0 - - cover upon it. The defendant, Mr. Fox, had been as it was termed, and did not pay a single farthing completely recovered at this time. Tile congrega- street.) esterday afternoon try the pockets of several and the surviving part of the family were thus imine- Do. Do, .... • • ,4' per cent. 5 1 8 - - 1 of the amount he had lost himself. The real trap- tion was thrown into a state of great confusion. ladies who were looking into shop windows. He - for a great many years connected with the turf anddiately freed from the burthen (Hear, hear.) Without BRIDGES. sections that took place relating to the bond now The prisoner had been a farmer, but was now a kept pretty near to thew, and distinctly saw the . . . engiaged in betting transactions, and fur many years delaying the meeting further, he begged to move that be had been able to meet his engagements. The in question was this :-At the Derby the plaintiff kind of cattle doctor ;he lived near the church and attempts he had sleeken of. He watched them to the rep int, together with the balance-eheet, wnieh had Name of Company. I • per I Dividend Amount of Paid Price, won about 1,500/. from the defendant, but the his family were of soma importance in tee parish. the booking-effice in Oxford-strest, and there saw been read, be received and adopted. (Cheers.) . 1 Annum. Share. plaintiffs Mr. Hill, was also a gentleman exte sively connected with the turf, and he was not in- greater portion of this sum was for bets that he He had been atenant of the rector of the parish, but the prisoner insert her - hand into tile pocket of a Mr. DAVIS felt great pleasure in secoiffing the notion - , , X s. d. X s. d. had made for the defendant with other persons. from some representations made to the rector by lady and draw out a purse, her coutpaniou placing The resolution was pur. from the chair and oarri®a tlttnerford.. 6 3 4 strutted to say one word against his honour or in- .•• .• •• .... 25 0 0 - tegrity. It so happened that in 1850 Mr. Fox had On the Saturday following the defendant went to Mr. Mahon, the prisoner was turned out of his herself so as to screen her as much as possible from unanimously. Southwark ......•• ~ .... 10u 0 0 _ ..... betted on the Derby race, and he lost be to the the plaintiff and told him that he had lost more tenancy. His reasons were the ill-treatment by the view. They then walked a way arid witsess ap- The retiring director, viz., David Lloyd, Esq., and w l a tgi o ew of 7% p.c. 103 per cent.. 30 0 0 • • .... 100. 0 0 - - - amount of 1,650/. to the plaintiff. He went to him money over the race than he could pay, and that prisoner of his wife, and some other misconduct. prized the lady of her loss, which, till then, she Alfred Smee, Eel, having been re electer , , Ditto Old Ann. of 8/. H. 125. Pd. 60 0 0 - - he should be declared a defaulter if the plaintiff The prisoner was always in the habit of carrying a was perfectly ignorant of, and he made after the Mr. HARRISON moved that the dividend on share- Ditto Nw ditto of 71. , 11. 9s. Od. 40 0 0 _. - two or three days after the race and tad him thatVauxhall .. . .... 28s 7n in 3 174 he was unable to pay his bets, and Mr. Hill ob- did not lend him 2,0001. The plaintiff said it was gun. After the commission of this shameful out- thieves. He succeeded in apprehending the pri- holders; sto,lz_. fir the current year, be as heretofore, at. the 3t f . 5 per cent. per annum. ii ~, ii.:, served that if he did not he would be declared a large sum, and he could not advance it without rage Mr. Mahon and some constables proceeded to sonar, but her coefederate had escaped. On taking The motion having been seconded by m T. _r. _Lionutvi, - a defaulter, and Mr. Fox then asked him to consulting his solicitors, and taking their advice a public-house at Taddhill, about two miles from the prisoner to the lady who had been robbed h© was carried utianinieusly. Name of Company Dividend Amount per of Paid. ? Prie.• lend him sufficient money not only to pay the as to the security that was to be given. He ac- the church, and there they found the prisonerdrink- saw her band towards her the purse, and he itume- The CHAIRMAN ' said he had great pleasure in moving annum. Share ' amount he had lost to him but also the bets he had cordingly went to Messrs. Hill and Williamson, ing with his brother-in-law, named Plaister. Mr, diately took possession of it. the • next resolution. It was-" That one-tenth of the --.--. £ s. d. £ s. cl. ,- lost to other persons, and he consented to do so. who were highly respectable gentlemen, accom- Mahonthen gave him into custody. Inquiries were The prisoner was remanded. 1 surplus shown by the statement of assts and liabilitie ,, Commercial -....... Si. pr cent. Stock Stock. ' - Mr. Hill then accompanied the defendant to his Panted by the defendant, and he gave them his set on foot and it was found that on that Sunday -- Ibe dlvided among the shareholders rateably according Do. Preference ~ Atock 9, -.- solicitors, Messrs. Hill and Wilkinson, in Bedford- check for 2,0001., in order that they might give morning the prisoner had purchased a quart of THAMES.-William Lskey, a master mariner, to the number of shares held by each ; and be paid with East and West mum- 6/. pr cent. Stock. •• - 0/ and sorry D. & Canal 4/. per cent. 100 0 0 00 0 0 - that amount to the defendant if he satisfied them blood from a butcher in the parish, which he said aged 35, ant late ma-ter of the brie Clipper, of the neat half-yearly dividend." i to. Loan Notes .... 100 0000 0 0 - row, and an arrangement was made that he should advance the defendant 2,000/. upon his executing as to the security that was to be given for its re- was for the purposeof doctoringcattle and he stated Dartmouth, and John Manhood, 1 rte the mate of The resolution having been seconded by Mr. S -OLLY, Do. 5 per cent. Pref. 5/. pr cent. 25 0 0 50 0 London . • • ••••• •• stock ' took _ f 9 mortgage of two policies of insurance and giving payment. The security now in question was after- that : he had mixed up some of it, and that the re- the rains vessel, aged 30, were examined on re- was carried unaninaously. 't Katharine •• •• •• • , 4% I. per cnt. stook. „ 94% promissory note payable on demand. ' The 4th July wards executed, but the money was advanced as a mainder was in his house. Search was made, but Deana charged with having feloniously, wilfully, Mr. DAVIS said, before the meeting separated he bad Southampton ........ 4 per cent. 50 0050 5 •., - . . was settling day at Tattersall's for the Derby, and loan and in no other shape, and from the Satur- none found. The prisoner was taken before the and maliciously sunk the brig while at anchor off a resolution to move which he thought would e ive sat++,• Victoria ...• • .... 5/. Os per c. 20 0 0 20 0 0 9934 20 0 0 14 0 0 - on that day the defendant received a cheque for day he referred to until the following Tuesday, magistrate, but was discharged. Subsequently, Dungeness, on .the night of the 13th of March, faction to ev-ry shareholder present. It ryas that the Ditto New ... .... ft best thank.; of the 1858, with intent to defraud Joseph Cooper an dshareholders be given to John Bead- INSURANCE COMPANIE:, 2,000/. from Messrs. Hill and Williamson, and, ac- when they met at Tattersall 's the plaintiff saw however, fresh evidence was obtained, and a bey pelt, Esq., for the talent, energy, and perseverance he nothing of the defendant, and he was instructed named Hiscockstated that he the - cordine to an arrangement that had been made, he the underwriters, of the sum of 8001., the Dividend kmouni us h " emPl'Vel in bi t cate-loity , 1 niatiaar of the ~:ele,y. ° I,amount for weieli the vs:eel :7 :1! in-mro 1 p-erio game a Company. per mount 1, Pm.. went to Webb's Hotel, in Piccadilly, where he met that it was a deliberate falsehood that the plaintiff into the ehurehyard °Lillie even: igLici .0 t,:ou, but The r es olution es having been seconded,' it was carried annum. Share. the plaintiff and handed him the check, expecting met the defendant at Webb's Hotel on the 4th of instead of going up the churchpath he went under a to her sailing from London for Newport, in Wales, unanimsly. - ..._ to receive the diffrnce. The plaintiff, however, June, or that he requested him to go and get the wall, and then opened the door into a dranevray in ballast. _ ... ' Mr. BRADNELL said it was a great pleaeure to him to £s. el. s. After a good deal of additional evidencs, Mr. Albion .... • • ........ 71. per e. iOO 0 0 50 0 0 - told him he should have got the check cashed, and 2,0001. cheque cashed at the banker's. The transac- and went through it. That drangway led to a i7ouse receive so flattering an acknowledgment of his service-. Alliana B. and For. 7/. Ili. 6d 100 0011 0 17 N he went to the London and Westminster Bank in tion was merely a loan transaction of the ordinary in which a brother of the prisoner lived, and in Yardley again remanded the case. All he could say was, that his best energies would Ditto Marine ... -- 4. p.c.& bs. 100 0 25 0 453 4 Holborn and procured bank-notes, and he then re- description. The money was advanced to the de- whose house the prisoner had a rootn, in which he al ways be exercised for the prosperity and welfare of the sthenseam. .......... - i 0 al Atlaslss 00. &/ 50 0 . 515 t 1734 SOUTHWARK.-Ann Smith, a powerful-look- society (Cheers.) turned and paid the plaintiff the amount of bets fendant upon the security referred to and he might . generally kept his gun. Shortly afterwards His-argus .. lac ....... .•• I- .per cent 00 0 0 25 0 • - he had lost to him, 1,6501. The deed now in ques- have kept the whole of it if he had ' been pleased to cock saw the prisoner come out of the drangway ing young woman, was charged with stealing a A vote of thanks to the chisrman having been passed C.ritlsh Commercial .. 7/. toy 50 0' 5 - silver watch with violence from George Georgensen, the proceedings terminated. Chu - eh of England .. 71. iOs 50 0 0 20 0 lion was executed shortly afterwards, and for do so. The defendant had never denied the validity door into the chili chyard with a gun in his hand. ,ety of London ...• .. 5/ 50 0 0 20 1, - several years Mr. Fox paid the interest and the of the deed nntil this moment, and he now put Mr. Hiscock watched him, and saw him go to a window the master of a vessel lying off florselydown. ClericlAled.& Gen. Lin spr ct.& b, too 0 t 10 0 premiums upon the policies according to the agree- Hill to the orpense of bringing this action, and of the church and point the gun close up to it. He The pro ecutor said that on Monday night, NEW OVERLAND fiUUTE TO INDIA. Count Crown .... .......... 1/ +Bs. 50 0 0 5 0 8' , % - ment he had entered into. He subsequently, how- also to the expense of a bill in equity, which had heard the gun fired, and saw the prisoner runback shortly after 10- o'clock, he was passing dewn , ---a- ever, got into difficulties and was compelled to go been dismissed, in order to defeat a claim which he through the drane way door. He then ranaway as he Duke-street, Loudon-bridge, towards Tooley -street, The contingencies to which our present Conti-' canciuit 1 1w...... 5% per cent 100 005 0 • - it 20 0 0 an - when the prisouer came up to him and rudely r t.... F i a tx e abroad, and his friends interfered in order to must know he had no answer either in morality or was frightened ; the prisoner was seen getting over a neural transit to the East is exposei give imp) i n:i.;erment • 4/. per it-Celli iOO 0 0 4 0 0 . arrange his affairs, and the plain tiff was asked to justice. wall into his mother's timber-yard. Hi-cock and asked him to treat her. He refused, and told her sues to the subjoined suggestions fit an alternative ••'• per cent 50 0 Globe .. ... 5/. per cent Stock. all -. all 90 to go away, but she still persisted iu annoying him, wait until some arrangement could be made. He Mr. H. Hill, the plaintiff, was then called as a others who saw the prisoner in the chuichyard overland route via Switzerlan i and Piedmont :- Gresham Life - - 47 5 4 and he Bushed her away. She again rushed at_ would ot, however, do s and upon the present witness. He said,-1 have been fora great many stated that they had only recently made the r „ Sir,-There are at pie scut two lines across the- C )1, Do Do. . • - 20 0050 0 0 him, and whsts he got away from tier he missed luardian ............ 51. per cent PIO 0 s - 10 0 0 51 action being brought the legal advisers of the de- years engaged on the turf, and am the owner of statements, because they were afraid of the in- tinent which c nnect ..he Me titerranean with the British i lmperiai Fire... •• .... 121. ter + , ent 500 0 +! 33 0 0 . 363 his watch. It had been broken from the chain Channel. One, the French line, traversed Franc in it. - re al danthen they were mule acquainted with the racehorses and am in the habit of bettine very fiuence of the ptisonerand his family in the parish. mparial Lif6 Sun real nature of the transaction, had felt it their duty largely. racehorses, known the defendant for 30 ears A gun was seen in the prisoner's ro men the Sun- which was hanging down loosely. entire ion,e.h from Marseilss te Calais ; and the econd, Eadetnnlty Marine::: ,i p ct. &I), 100 0013 0 6 134 to put upon the record the plea that had been and I have been in the habit of lending him money day morning, but it was not there in the evening. A constable of the M division who apprehended the Austro-German, runs from Trieste en the eleiriatie Law Fire ............ 2s &Cs bons ioo 0 0 2i () 0 Law 1.1te.•• •• ........ '2l Ps' o at 100 0 0 12 10 ~ 64 brought to their notice, and, if he made out the from time to time for the last 20 years. He fee- Mr. Edwards addressed the jury with greet the prisoner, said she was s-arched. immediately co Ostend. I:.,e?•a+ and General Life as. per shale 50 0.,2 0 0 - facts as he had stated them, he bdieved they would quently applied to me for loans to pay his losses on earnestness for the pi isoner. He commented se- sfterwares, and the watch was not found on her, " Whatever may be adduced in fevour of these lines. London .... 1 1 . 25 00121 • 40 be a good answer in law to the, action, and the the different races. !frequently lent him 500/., and verely upon the circumstances of Mr. Mahon going but see was connected with a gang of thieves in there is, at amy rate, one serious drawback attached te London & Prov. 1.4,117 .. • as. 50 0 0 20 0 - 18s. St bs ;, 'OO 0 0 r ; 2 2 0 0 .1 77% defendant would be entitled to a verdict. The once I lent him 1,000/. I alwsys lent him money behind the prisoner's back and getting him turned fes'ing Tooley-street, and might easily have them-viz., that none of them offer that full security • Nl a ec r l in f e r,...ilia . de . n ' Lie learned counsel then called the attention of the whenever he asked me for it. (A laugh •) I tof • f He teen referred. to the fattier of , . rememe taut o his erne. paesed it to one of her compauious before he and liberty of intercoU'se which ism inclaperisable on a Nlinerva •• •• •• •... 1 5 per 50 2( 0 0 40 0 -- main road that brings the Eastern World iiito close con- Monarch ••- - •• ..., 5/. per cent. 5 0 0 1 0 0 - jury to a statute passed in the reign of Queen her the Derby of 1850. It was won by Voltigeur. Hiscock and other witnesses not having made any cattle up. tact with the SY st, and makes tse na.tions, as it were, le veto Eq limb .... 6 + s p i er cent t 10 0 0 1 0 0 - Anne, which enacted that every deed, bond, or My horse was the second. The defendant would statement until lately, and he then said he should The prisoner eta'. a little hesitation, pleaded next-door neighbours. The reason fir this is bvi,, u ,,. ~ e h .i can .. •• : ~ . s ~, p. c c eß . t - - " Guilty." 173 other security given to secure money for the par- have won a large sum if my horse had won the call witnesses who would completely disprove the B.ith those lines run through c-untries whice, besidt a . P t rofe n s i s A iona . Life.....:, 5/ per 6 5 0 0 1 - 0 0 - . per cent poses of paying gambling debts, where any portion tae©. Shortly after the Derby had be®n won the evidence given by Hiscock. Mr. Burcham sentenced her to six- months' hard • being subject to severe passdort and Custom regulations Provident Li .e.. .. ..., 12% per C. 100 0 0 11- 0 0 - of the money advanced should be employee for defendant came to my house and said that he Witnesses were called who stated that Hiscock labour. and a -erict police sinveiltarce, veiltance., ar •in consequ-nce ot Cock Life.. •.•••• •• ttoy-al Exchange .. .p. , 7s. . - c& he Stock. 5 0 0 0 10 0 8 , all 274 wanted 2,0001., and he should be much obliged if said to them that as he was sitting in Ilia porch of their unsettled political state, period i icalle liable to s d such a purpose, should be null and void, and he n - Sun Fire ......• - o - said that, although this statute had been repealed, I would let him have that sum by way of loan. I the chinch nearly asleep, he heard. the report of a THE PROT ECTOR ECTOR ENDOWMENT LOAN den and violent ree.vul -ions, whereby not only the traffic nate Life . 1/ 145 - - similar enactments had been made in subsequent told him thatall my money matters were managed gun, and believed it had been fired from the porch. AND AN AU: T Y COIVIPA .;.,, Y. may b© he errup'ed a, any time, for a shorter ur lou cr United al L i fe .... V. & bonus. 20 0 0 510 0 - Universal • ..... 5' & bonus. 100 0 0 10 0 0 statutes of the sth and 6th of William IV. and and hy Messrs. Hill and Williamson, my soliciters, The jury retired for some t . d.• time, an then said - c a .-- , period, but iikexis- the lives and pr T ele ) . Lf those Victoria Lif6 • • ..... i. & 0111 s. 50 0 the Bth and 9th of Victoria, and the.law was guilty, quite and he must state to them the nature of the secu- the y found the prisoner • lty, but not of an in- [The following appeared in a port i o n of our impression endangered who might happen to be tia•elling dame , an unexpected , utbreak. JOINT-Sroi:K i INKS. clear upon the point. Bets upon horseracing un- lay he proposed to offer for the loan, and if they tention to do grievous bodily harm. of yesterday :- " Without, therefore, wishing to cast a slur on the . Divicknd Amount he were gaming in the eye of the law, and were satisfied I .would let him have the money. The learned J edge told the jury that this verdict The annual general meeting of the shareholders was Goverrituer•ts now in posse.ision of those rou'ee, the Name of Company. per of Paid Fnc, if he made out that this deed Was given te secure Not a word was said about paying me 1,650/. .He amounted to an acquittal, as the prisoner was in- held yesterday at the offices of the company, 31, King- necessity may he pointed out of seeintried .' . g a line este Annum. share: the payment of debts, or for the purpose of paying did not lose that sum to me. On the same day I ac- dieted for intending to do grievous bodily harm. strett, Cheapside, this afternoon. blished, while combining all the advantases ef the b- , . se eV. ----- - . £ s. d. £ s. d. bets lost upon a horserace, he should be entitled to companied the defendant to the office of Messrs Hill If they believed that, although the • e prisoner fired Tee chair was filled by Alfred Smee, Esq., (surgeon would at the same time effer the guarantee of a perfectly tustralasia........... 201. per cent 40 0 0 all 84 their verdict. and Williamson, and I left with them a cheque for the gun, he had no intention to do • gtievous harm free and safe transit by conveying passengers as welt as Hank o Egypt ...... 25 0 0 18 15 0 _ )of the Bank of En ' • gland), chairman of the Beard of of London ...... sl. per cent. too 0050 0 0 _ Mr. E. B. Fox was then examined-He said-I 2,000/. for them to make the advance if they he was entitled to tt lan aerie.' a . mails and goods over neutral territerie-e geverned by 'i l r a , nk 'tish NorthAmericat, 9 per cent. 50 0 e all - am the defendant in this cause, and reside at present thought proper to do so. On the settling day, the Verdict, not guilty. Directors. ceestitutions similar to our own, arid thus place them ch Bk. Ind. Aust& Ch. 4 per cent. 20 0 0 60 0 _ 4th of June I went , to Tatters The routine business having been transacted, 51. per cent. 1100 00,50 0 0 - in the island of Jersey. Before I became connected all's about 2 0 clock, Mr. Justice Willis said there was another indict- beyond the reach of arbitrary measuree and pllitica. City ... 1100 0 01 25 0 0 27% with the turf I was agen t. em of property. I know . and .saw the defendant there. I had not seen him at mint against the prieoner for inflicting actual The CHAIRMAN called upon Mr. Beadnell, the eventualities. There is no queation that a guarantee f.. 0. `` )l°nial "" ••"• • •• - the plaintiff very wel He is connected with all during the interval, and it is not tine that I was bodily harm, and he would at once proceed with manager, to read the report, which was as follows :- all these advantages will be fmnd on the It-Gorman ' line if once fairl established The northern portion of ~ : ;: c in i g n ins Fr e c t i als ,o A f London. 7' i . p. pe c ; & ce b n s t:. lo 2 o o 0 0 0 ;20 0 0 - 0 1 all f,ond.Coar. Ms .of Aus 51, percent. ,200 0 ! •• - 18% the turf, and before the transaction " now in ques- with him at Webb's Hotel on the 4th. It is also not that case. " The directors feel much satisfaction at reoating you on y . ' this line, which crosses Belgium an i Germeny, ie too well Do. T v' e ' t . C . o . ui:t . : 28% lion we have had many betting transactions tope- true that I sent him in my chaise to the banker's The learned Counsel, however havire known to require a further explanation. Between • . es , , • , ' • - left the their annual statement of lucerne and expenditure, and non & Eastn- 11, 11. 3 g. C . .6- per cent. 100 0050 0 0 they. I made some bets with hint upon the Derby to get the 2,000/. cheque cashed. I never saw the court (eight o clock) the Court was adjourned. Basle, on the frontier of S witz-rland, and Geneva, the London Joint-Stock their report of the company's operations during the year of 1850, and after the race rowed him about 1,700/. cheque at all on that day. The defendant paid me " MARCH 30, which ended on the 31st of December last, .and also for the different links through Berne, Fribourg, ani is-us:vine [ewe aisa Westminstr 18 per cent. 100 0 0 20 0 0 45 4, for bets I had lost. The race was run on the 29th what was due to me at Tattersall's, but it was con- Ashman was put to the bar, and indicted f •or IEI- transaction of such other business as is required under the are gradually approach] ng to a janction. As to Pied- Nat, Provincial of Eng. iepc. &bs 100 0035 0 0 - 1./Ate New .••• • • • 20 0 0 I t.. 0 8 - of May, and the 4th of June following would be the siderably under 1,6001. It consisted principally of flitting bodily harm on the Rev. G. A. Mahon. constitution of the company. As it is also proei•led by our moot, where the Government, under their eel,gb tened Dia ,'aitt o . 9l 2000. 5 0 0 - settling day. On the second or third day after the bets I had made at the request of the defendant Mr. Prideaux and Mr. March were counsel for deed that a statement of the assets and liabilities of the • " and patriotic Premier, Count Cavour, i•s successfully N'atio•iri Bank I went to the plaintiff's house, and told him with other parties. I had myself laid the defen- the prosecution, and Mr. Edwards and Mr. Th . company at the close of its fifth year shall be laid before leading on the nation to political and commercial pre New oath Wiles - racedant a bet of rtlig the shareholders the manager has prepared the same by )rieritui Bank Corpora. W. per cent. 25 0 0 38% that I had lost more money than I could possibly 2,000/. to 50/, against the winner, defended the prisoner. , gross, the works are advancing with utiexpected rapidity. Ottoman 91 order of the board; and we shall have the pleasure of sub- T • Bank - 20 0015 0 0 17% pay then, and he asked me how much I had lost in and but for his having made other bets he would The learned Judge read over the notes f o the mating this statement also to you at the present meeting, ins part of the route, owieg to the gi,gantic eff 'toe or Frovincial of Ireland B.p.ct.&bs. 100 0025 0 0 addition to his bets, and I said that about 300/. have had a large sum to receive from me. I sw• ar evidence in the former case. feeling confidence that both statements the one of the hutnan skill in overcoming immense natural obstacles, is Ditto, N ew.• •.. • fonlan 5l. per cent. 25 0 0 all - more woule enable me to pay everybody. He then positively that no agreement was ever entered into The case was not concluded when our report was year's transactions, and the oth• er shown the present state by far the most attractive of the whole, and deserves, at South Australia • • -.. to% per cant. 25 0 0 all 301 A .m... 4 ir. ~,,....‘,,,. ........ ‘) Anni ...,,,., 4.k. ~,,,, , ,ii, i ,,,, by me and the defendant that a portion of the loan deep itch of affairs-will be highly satisfactory to all interested in any rate, a few cursory remarks. Union of Australia 2U. per cent. 25 0 0 all 461 4 • - - - the advance and well-being of the company. Messrs. Lloyd " Genoa, the starting point on the Mseliterranean, was , - 210 0 - , ~_ : + ..,_ ~.. • _.. ci Union of Hamburg • • - 15 0 0 30 0 - - - HILL V. FOX. This was a special jury cause. The action was brought upon a mortgage deed for 2,000/. and in terest, to which the defendant pleaded that the bond was given to secure the payment of bets that bad been lost upon horseracing, and that it was consequently null and void. Mr. Edwin James, Q.C., Mr. Lush, Q.C., Mr. Hawkins, and Mr. Cohen were counsel for the plaintiff; Mr. M. Chambers, Q. 0., and Mr. Peters dorff were for the defendant. Mr. CHAMBERS, upon the ground that an affirma tive issue was upon the defendant, claimed the right to begin, and he accordingly first addressed the jury. He said that, although for the purposes of the present proceeding he had admitted the debt, he did not consider it of any importance that the case of the defendant should be first laid before the jury, because it appeared to him that if the plain tiff had been first put into the box, he must have made out the case in pretty much the same way as he now proposed to do. The action was brought upon a deed of covenant to pay the sum of 2,000/., and also to hand over two policies of insurance, one for 1,5001., and another for 5001., and also to pay the interest and premiums upon the policies, and the defendant admitted that he had received the money ; but his answer to the action was that it was lent to him for the purpose of his paying the plaintiff a sum of 1,6591., which he had lost to him in bets upon horseracing, and that upon this ground theeleed was invalid and the plaintiff could not re cover upon it. The defendant, Mr. Fox, had been for a great many years connected with the turf and engiaged in betting transactions, and fur many years be had been able to meet his engagements. The plaintiffs Mr. Hill, was also a gentleman exten sively connected with the turf, and he was not in structed to say one word against his honour or in tegrity. It so happened that in 1850 Mr. Fox had betted on the Derby race, and he lost bets to the amount of 1,6501. to the plaintiff. He went to him two or three days after the race and tad him that he was unable to pay his bets, and Mr. Hill ob served that if he did not he would be declared a defaulter, and Mr. Fox then asked him to lend him sufficient money not only to pay the amount he had lost to him, but also the bets he had lost to other persons, and he consented to do so. Mr. Hill then accompanied the defendant to his solicitors, Messrs. Hill and Wilkinson, in Bedford row, and an arrangement was made that he should advance the defendant 2,0001. upon his executing a mortgage of two policies of insurance, and giving a promissory note payable on demand. The 4th July was settling day at Tattersall's for the Derby, and on that day the defendant received a cheque for 2,000/. from Messrs. Hill and Williamson, and, ac cording to an arrangement that had been made, he went to Webb's Hotel, in Piccadilly, where he met the plaintiff and handed him the check, expecting to receive the difference. The plaintiff, however, told him he should have got the check cashed, and he went to the London and Westminster Bank in Holborn and procured bank-notes, and he then re turned and paid the plaintiff the amount of bets he had lost to him, 1,650/. The deed now in ques tion was executed shortly afterwards, and for several years Mr. Fox paid the interest and the premiums upon the policies according to the agree ment he had entered into. He subsequently, how ever, got into difficulties and was compelled to go abroad, and his friends interfered in order to arrange his affairs, and the plain tiff was asked to wait until some arrangement could be made. He would not, however, do so, and upon the present action being brought the legal advisers of the de fendant, when they were made acquainted with the real nature of the transaction, had felt it their duty to put upon the record the plea that had been brought to their notice, and, if he made out the facts as he had suited them, he believed they would be a good answer in law to the action, and the defendant would be entitled to a verdict. The learned counsel then called the attention of the jury to a statute passed in the reig n of Queen Anne, which enacted that every deed, bond, or other security given to secure money for the pur poses of paying gambling debts, where any portion of the money advanced should be employed for such a purpose, should be null and void, and he said that, although this statute had been repealer), similar enactments had been made in subsequent statutes of the sth and 6th of William IV., and the Bth and 9th of Victoria, and the. law was quite clear upon the point. Bets upon horseracing un doubtedly were gaming in the eye of the law, and if he made out that this deed was given t secure the payment of debts, or for the purpose of paying bets lost upon a horserace, he should be entitled to their verdict. Mr. E. B. Fox was then examined—He said—l am the defendant in this cause, and reside at present in the island of Jersey. Before I became connected with the turf I was a gentleman of property. I know the plaintiff very well. He is connected with the turf, and before the transaction now in ques tion we have had many betting transactions toge ther. I made some bets with him upon the Derby of 1850, and after the race I owed him about 1,7001. for bets I had lost. The race was run on the 29th of May, and the 4th of June following would be the settling day. On the second or third day after the race I went to the plaintiff's home, and told him that I had lost more money than I could possibly pay then, and he asked me how much I bad lost in addition to his bets, and I said that about 3001. more would enable me to pay everybody. He then agreed to advance me 2,0001. upon the condition that I paid his account out of it. I agreed to this at once, and he went with me to his solicitors, Messrs Hill and Williamson, who were to arrange about the security I was to give for the money, and it was agreed that I should Live the bond now is question, and hand over a policy for 1,5001., and effect another for 5001. upon my own life, and also give a promissory note. I went to the office of Messrs. Hill and Williamson about 12 o'clock on the 4th of June, and after I had signed an agree ment for the mortgage and the promissory note payable on demand, I received a cheque for 2,0001. It had been arranged that I should meet the plain tiff at Webb's Hotel in Piccadilly, and I went there immediately I had received the check, and handed it to him, expecting that he would give me the dif ference. He said that I ought to have got the check cashed, and he asked me to go in his chaise, which was at the door, to the banker's and get the Money, and I did so ; and when I came back I paid the plaintiff 1,650/. which was the amount of the bets he had won. I after wards paid 500/. as pre miums and interest, and the premiums were paid by me upon the policies down to November, 1855. Mr. Justice Erle inquired whether this last mat ter was at all relevant to the inquiry. Mr. Petersdorff said he asked the question in justice to the character of the defendant, to show that he went on paying as long as he was able. The defendant was then cross-examined by Mr. E. James—He said, the plaintiff used to lend me money very often, but I don't think he ever lent me so large a sum as 1,000/. at one time. The largest sum I ever recollect him to have lent me at one time was 600/. The money was lent me for my convenience, and possibly some of it was to pay losses I had sustained on the turf. I had borrowed money of the plaintiff both before and akr this transaction of 1850. In 1856 I was a de faulter on the - turf for about 5,0001., and since that time I have been abroad. I have been out of the way of my creditors. I only came in their way last Monday. (A. laugh.) I intend, of course, to get out of their way again as soon as this trial is over. (Renewed laughter.) I did not " show" at Tattersall's on the settling day after the Derby of 1856. I did show on the Monday, and received some bets, but did not pay any. I re ceived 2841. for bets. One bet was paid me by Mr. Richard Tattersall, another by a gentleman named M a xwell, and a third by Mr. Whitburn. I did not pay a farthing of the bets I had lost myself. The money I received did not pay my journey to Jersey. I received the money on the Monday, and started for Jersey on the following morning. I believe this is what is called on the turf " levant ing." (Laughter.) I received the money in the course of the Monday afternoon. I did not ask Mr. Tattersall to pay me the bet ho had lost. Thomas, the porterat the rooms, brought me a check from him. I did not tell Thomas that I was going off to Jersey the moment I obtained the money. (A. laugh.) I don't know where I received the money from Mr. Whitburo, but I will swear I did not tell him that I should be at Tattersall's on the Tuesday morning. I will swear I saw the plaintiff at Webb's hotel on the 4th June, 1850, and that I paid him the money there, and I will swearthat I did no t p a y him at Tattersall's. I believe that I walked with him from Webb's hotel to Tattersalre. I lost alto gether about 2,600/. on the Derby of 1850, and I paid everybody. I am not aware of the plaintiff having ever lent me money without charging inte rest, but he never charged me more than 5 per cent. Re-examined—I .owed other debts besides my sporting ones when I went to Jersey, but all my bona fide creditors are or will be paid. My friends have come forward to assist me to do this. I went away in order that I might live more economically, and I have now only an allowance of 100/. a-year, upon which I support myself. Mr. James then addressed the jury for the plain tiff, and said that when they had heard the evidence he would give them he had no doubt they would be of opinioa.that the defence set up on the present occasion was a most scandalous one, and that it was 'characterised by the basest ingratitude on the part of defendant. Before, however, the jury could give effect to such a defence they must be satisfied that ti here .was an express understanding that the money June, or that he requestel him to go and get the 2,0001. cheque cashed at the banker's. The transac tion was merely a loan transaction of the ordinary description. The money was advance Ito the de fendant upon the security referred to, and he might . have kept the whole of it if he had been pleased to do so. The defendant hadnever denied the validity of the deed nntil this moment, and he now put Mr. Hill to the expense of bringing this action, and also to the expense of a bill in equity, which had been dismissed, in order to defe tt a claim which he must know he had no answer either in morality or justice. Mr. H. Hill, the plaintiff, was then called as a witness. He said, —1 have been for a great many years engaged on the turf, and am the owner Of racehorses and am in the habit of betting very largely. I have known the defendant for 30 years, and I have been in the habit of lending him money from time to time for the last 20 years. He fre quently applied to me for loans to pay his losses on the different races. I frequently lent him 5001., and once I lent him 1,0001. I alw-iys lent him money whenever he asked me for it. (A laugh.) I remem ber the Derby of 1850. It was won by Voltigeur. My horse was the second. The defendant woubt have won a large sum if my horse had won the race. Shortly after the Derby had been won the defendant came to my house and said that he wanted 2,0001., and he should be much obliged if I would let him have that sum by way of loan. I told him thatall my money matters were managed by Messrs. Hill and Williamson, my solicit-rs, and he must state to them the nature of the secu rity he proposed to offer for the loan, and if they were satisfied I would let him have the money. Not a word was said about paying me 1,6501. He did not lose that sum to me. On the same day I ac companied the defendant to the office of Meszrs Hill and Williamson, and I left with them a cheque for 2,0001. for them to make the advance if they thought proper to do so. On the settling day, the 4th of June, I went to Tattersall's about 2 o'clock, and :aw the defendant there. I had not seen him at all during the interval, and it is not tine that I was with him at Webb's Hotel on the 4th. It is also not true that I sent him in my chaise to the banker's to get the 2,0001. cheque cashed. I never saw the cheque at all on that day. The defendant paid me what was due to me at Tattersall's, but it was con siderably under 1,6001. It consisted principally of bets I had made at the request of the defendant with other parties. I had myself laid the defen dant a bet of 2,0001. to 501. against the winner, and but for his having made other bets he would have had a large sum to receive from me. Isw ar positively that no agreement was ever entered into by me and the defendant that a portion of the loan was to be returned to me in payment of the bets I had won. Cross examined—l have been on the turf for quite 30 years, and I believe the defendant has been so for as long a period. I bet largely on my own ac count, and I have Lad bats with the defendant for 20 years. I have no claim upon him except for this bond, and a sum of 5001. which he owed me when he "levanted" in 1850. I hedged the bat of 2,0001. to 501. against Voltigeur, at the request of the de fendant, by laying 2,3001. to 1001. against him shortly before the race. I paid that 2,3001. When I agreed to advance him the 2,0001. I expected, of course, he would pay me the bets I had won, and he would have been a very dishonourable man if he hid not done so. I lent hitn the money, in order, no d‘tunt, that he might pay his bets, but he might have put it into his own pocke . , and kept it if e pleased. I gave my cheque for Y,OOOl. to the soli ito:s on the Satui day, because I was busy, and it would have been inconvenient for me to have gone a ;ain, and I lett it to them to prepare the ne cessary security. lam not in the habit of going to Webb's Hotel, but I may have been there upon one or two occasions. Mr. James—l believe Webb's Hotel is a place frequented by a good many of the people from the north ? Wi ness—l believe it is. You know I have seen you there with Mr. Scott. (Laughter.) Mr. James—Yes, I believe we have met there once. " Whatever may be adduced in ftvour of these lines. there is, at any rate, one serious drawback attached to them—viz., that none of them offer that full security and liberty of intercowee which is so imlsperisable on a main road that brings the Eastern Werld into close con tact with the \V et, and makes V.e nations, as it were, nexk-door neighbours. Tho reason far this is obvi,us. Bath those lines run through countries whic'i, besides being subject to severe passdort and Cu-torn regulations and a strict police suiveiltance, ar: e in consequ-nce of their unsettled political state, periodicalle liar - is to sod den and violent ceovul dons, whereby not only the traffic may be in , errup'ed ac any time, for a shorter or loner period, but like wis.- the live,' and pr of those endangered who might happen to be tinselling during an unexpected utbreak. " Without, therefore, wishing to cast a slur on the Govermueets now in possession of those routes, the necessity may he pointed out of seeing a third line esta blished, while combining all the advantages of the others would at the same time eller the guarantee of a perfectly free and safe transit by conveying passengers a 4 well as mails and goods over neutral territerie , , governed by constitutions similar to our own, and thus place them beyond the reach of arbitrary measures and pelitica eventualities. There is no question that a +guarantee Lr all these advantages will be found on the Italo-German line if once fairly established. The northern portion of this line, which crosses Belgium an i Germany, is too well known to require a further explanation. Between Basle, on the frontier of Switz-rland, and Geneva the different links through Berne, Fribourg, an-i lan•aiine are gradually approaching to a junction. As to Pied mont, where the Government, under their eni,gbtened and patriotic Premier, Count Cavour, is succe ,, sfolly leading on the nation to political and commercial pr. , gress, the works are advancing with unexpected rapidity. This part of the route, owing to the gigantic eff irte of human skill in overcoming immense natural obstacles, is by far the most attractive of the whole, and deserves, at any rate, a few cursory remarks. " Genoa, the starting point on the Meliterranean, was some time since connected by rail with Turin and Susa, " The directors feel much satisfaction at meeting you on the present occasion, for the purpose of laying before you their annual statement of income and expenditure, and their report of the company's operations during the year which ended on the 31st of December last, and also for the transaction of such other business as is required under the constitution of the company. As it is also provided by our deed that a statement of the assets and liabilities of the company at the close of its fifth year shall be laid before the shareholders the manager has prepared the same by order of the board; and we shall have the pleasure of sub mitting this statement also to you at the present meeting, feeling confidence that both statements-the one of the year's transactions, and the other showing the present state of affairs-will be highly satisfactory to all interested in the advance and well-being of the company. Messrs. Lloyd and Smee are the two directors who retire in te usual course of rotation on the present occasion, and both those gentlemen are re-eligible, and are recommended to you by the board tube re-elected to the seats which they now vacate. The auditors, Messrs. Ladbury, Thornth Waite and Han cock, who retire from office, according to prescribed rule, are also all re-eligible and all willing to serve the company again as during the past year. It is with sincere regret that we have to announce the decease of Mr. B. L. Sowell, late one of the company's auditors, whose business habits and integrity qualified him so well to fill the post which has become vacant by his lamented death. As our deed of settlement has fixed the number of auditors at four, it will be necessary for you at our present meeting to supply the vacancy which has occurred. It will be seen from the figures hereinafter set forth that the operations of the company show a result satisfactory and encouraging. The loan transactions have been largo, somewhat more than 30,700/. having been advanced during the past year. This amount might have been even larger had not the di rectors consideree it incumbent upon them rather to con tract this department of business than to urge it during a period when so much caution was required, the demand for money being much increased and the discrimination re quired in making advances being increased in the same ratio. Much thought and attention have ben bestowed on this branch of business with the view of rendering it a great and real source of benefit and good to those who have occasion to seek its aid; and the company, having had now a large experience in its working, have, from time to time, made various improvements in its details. Advances are promptly male upon satisfaction as to security, and each transaction conducted throughout its whole course of re payment in an indulgent and liberal spirit. The deposit department, which shows an amount of more than 21,7001. deposited--a great increase on the amount recorded for the previous year-sp iaks for itself. Any one present has but to call to mind the remarkable value which money has borne in the market during the year to give this fact its due weight. It was deemed prudent during the year to accumulate a balance in hand to be Prepared for deposit withdrawals, and our leaning operations, as before ob served, were contracted with this view. The withdrawals were, however, scarcely sensibly increased, and the pre caution was therefore needless, but the result shows, in a most remarkable and satisfactory manner, the confidence of the public. This department is becoming more and more what it is our desire to see it become-not merely a temporary convenience for a fair rate of interest for money lying otherwise idle, but a means of locating monies which are the subject of trusts, and of sums to be made payable years hence to carry out special pur poses of provision, whether by will or otherwise. The other departments of business, annuities, endow ments, and all the various forces devised for family pro vision, and dependent on the contirgencies of human life. are also progressing favourably ; and there can be no doubt that the ratio of advance in these branches will be higher and higher as the company goes on increasing in years. The return of a more natural condition of the money mar ket may also be reasonably expected to produce a favour able result. Tho statement of income and expenditure for the year ending December 3 !et, 1857, duly certified by the qualified officers of the company, is as follows : - " Ircome.-To balances, Dec., 1856, viz.-Cash, 1,1271. 6s. 60. ; petty cash, 461. 16s. 9d. ; agents, 1,779/. 3s. ; interest from borrowers, 602/. 15e. 6d. ; capital stock, 567/. ; deposits, 21,757/. le. 60. ; loan (repayments), 26,779/. 103. 61. ; premiums and life risk, 6,8551. 19s. Bd. ; premiums on annuities, 2,203. Bs. ; interest, 1,990/. 13s. 2d. ; loan guarantee fund, 233/, 55. 3d.-total, 63,9391. 19s. 11d. "EXPENDITURE.-By preliminary expenses (carried to suspense account, pursuant to deed of settlement), includ ing travelling expenses, printing, stationery, do., incurred in extending the company's agencies, 1,604/. 43 ld.; claims accruing during the last five years, 1,522/. 2s. ; office ex penses, rent, rates, taxes, coals, gas, Sec., 418/. ls. ld. ; printing, stationery, and postage, 15' 1 / 15s. id ; salaries and wages, including directors' and auditors' fees, 1,82 e/. 7s. 61. ; advertising and commission, CO9/, 4s. Bd. ; bond and receipt stamps, 59/. Os. 4d. ; medical and surveyor's fees, 791. 15e. ; law charges, 74/. 18e. ld. ; re-assurances, 8801. ss. 64. ; annuitants, 1,760/. 153. 11 , 1. ; dividends and interest,:2,lo6/. 164. 8.1. ; surrenders, 1,0731. 10s. sd. ; loan charges, 3/. 15s. 41. ; advances on various securities, 33,701/. 14s. 7d. ; deposits and investments repaid, 16,6181. ss. 11d. •, cash, balance at bankers, 2,8221. 175. 9.1. ; petty cash, balance in hand, 701. 63. 10. ; agents' balance, 721/. 103. 11d. ; interest from borrowers, 8201. 175.-total, 63,93.1.19 e. 11d. The directors recommend that the dividen 1 on shareholders' stock be for the current year, as heretofore voted, at the rata of Si. per cent. per annum. In conclusion, the direc tors have to state that their unceasing endeavours have been directed to the extension of business in every way ; and more particularly to the establishment of efficient agencies in parts of the country which afford the best prospect of safe and profitable business, and they have the pleasure to report that names have been added to their list of agents, from which satisfactory results may be fairly anticipated. Looking back on the transactions of the past year, stand ing by themselves alone, sled without any reference to the special circumstances of the times, the directors feel that the prosp sets of the company are in every way gratifying. j The circumstances, however, of the year have been of so extraordinary a character ae to force then:wives on the Union of Ramburg•• Union of L0nd0n...... Unity Nfutual •• •• Western Bank V Londn MARcir 31. 151. per cent 15 0 0 50 0 0 1(10 0 0 100 0 0 2 10 3 0 10 0 50 0 50 0 0 - 0 - 0 2 0 - 0 - Ashman, who was tried for inflicting bodily harm on the Rev. G. A. Mahon by firing a gun loaded with blood at him when in the pulpit, was convicted of unlawfully wounding. Mr. Mahon most strongly recommended the pri soner to mercy. which latter place is situated on the southern elopes of the Alps. Ttliti mighty ridge for a while put a stop to the extension of the line in that direction. The importance, however, of an uninterrupted communication with tilt. northern side of the mountain becoming daily mon patent, Count Cavuur resolved on having a pissage cut, through the stupendous granite wall, some eight r ni n e miles in thickness, and, at his proposal, the Piedwout,se Chamb , rs voted, almost unanimously, the sum of 21,400,000 f. (856.0001.) as the share of the Sta , e to wards defraying the ,x,"enses of the tunnel. The works were at once commenced, and the conterspla ed tunnel ---- - LIST OF SCOTTISII COMPANIES' PRICES Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Price. annum. Share. - - - .£ s. d. £ s. d. Sank of Scotland .... 7.,. per cent 100 C 9 101 0 . 193 , 10 British Linen Company 81. per cent 00 0 0 100 0 • 217 a s Caledonian Bank .. - . 8/. per cent 10 0 0 210 31 16s .Jity of • aasgow Bank 5/. per cent 10 0 0 10 , .1 to 122 •.11ydesdale Bank •... 51y/. p cent 20 0 0 10 0 0 13 1:D C rntnercial Bank .. 71. per cent sto 0 0 100 0 0 225/10 Eastern Bank:. •• - -6/. par cent. 25 0 0 10 0 a li• 2s Ediub. & Glasgow.... nal. p cent. 5 0 5 0 0 I oOs National Bank •• - - 6y5 2 per cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 81 10 North of aeotland Bank 5/.percent 20 0 0 210 .i 3/ 12s Royal Bank of a cotl. .. 51. per cent 100 0 0 100 0 , i 142/ s aUnion Bank of Scot. •• a/. per cent. 100 0 01 50 n 0 90/ Os Westear, Bank-. .. •... 71. per cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 --I 0 011ance Fire and Lice.. 8%1.pr cent. 100 0 0 11 0 0 17/ Os British Guarantee .. 41. per cent. 10 0 0 2 0 0 1/ 5s Caledonian Fire Insua . 10i. per cent. 100 0 0 10 0 0 25/ Os City of liasgew Life.. at. per cent. 25 0 0 2 0 041 Os Co'oulal Life ••• •• -.. 5/. par cent. 50 0 0 3 0 0 11 lOs Edinburgh Life Incur. 61. oor cent. 100 0 0 15 0 0 2'l/15s Eng. & Scot, Law Life Sl a w cent. 50 0 0 .3 5 0 4/ Os !ate assac. of teatland 6/. per cent. 40 0 0 3 0 06/ 155 Nationai Fire and Life 61. per cent. 10 0 0 1 4 i t/ 19 s sforth British Insur..• 71. per cent. 200 0 0 20 0 , ..91 Os Northern Assurance Co. 20 0 0 1 0 0 1/ 15s Scottish Provincial .... - 50 0 0 2 0 0 2/ 15s Scottish Union Insrne 7%1 pr cant. 20 0 0 1 a 1 143 atandard Life - . . 5 per cent e • a 7 21 Os GAS-LIGHT AND COKE COatrais Iva" Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid Pric, Annum. Share. £ s. d. £ 5. d. aritish Provincial •• •• 7t, per cent 20 0 0 all - arighton --.••• •• • • 5/. per cent. 20 0 0 - - :ity of London .. •• •• 2/. per cent. 150 0 e 160 100 b7,ctuitable •• •• .., •• •• 2/ , 0 5 a all 423 a European .... .•• •• .. 6/ per cent. 2 1 0 0 - - Ireat Central .. .. •• . • •t/ per cent 10 0 0 -- 11% Imperial .. - ...... 101 per cent. t•O 0 , - Ditto New - 5' 0 • 12 10 G 27 3 4 Ditto De' entu• es - SVck 100 Do Continental Isteap. 2 7 . ss. so 0 , 42 15 0 50 Do. Do. 2d Cap. 41. Ds. 50 0 0 41 0 0 60 Do. Do. 3d Cap. 4/. 10s. 50 0 0 43 10 it _ Do. Do. 4th Cap 3'. 50 0 0 41 0 0 - Independent . •• 51. 40 0 0 all - aotaiov Part. Preferen a • per cent. 25 0 0 - - Phaerdx .....•• •• •• -5% [Went 60 0 0 52 0 • 51% t , Ratcliff ••• • • •• •• ••• • • 5/. 20 a 16 e - Surra, Consumers .. • • a/. nor cent. 10 0 0 all 10% United General •• •• •• 16s Od per sh 50 0 0 - •Vestminster hartered 7 per cent. 50 0 0 - 51 Ditto, New .• ••• • • • - 50 0 0 10 0 0 1') Western A •• • - Ditto B • • ~. •••• 10 0 0 4 0 0 - MISCELLANEOUS. . • Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Price Annum Share Acadian Charcoal Iron .. 10 0 0 2 0 0 - African Steam Ship .. 20 0 0 10 0 0 - Ahsran tea ... 6t. rer cent. St 0 0 20 0 0 - A:tartan Mart" -•• , • 2 1 a / per cent 50 0 0 - - Australian Aariculturt - 25 I , 1 .1 19 0 0 - kustralian Trust - Austra,lan Royal Mail - 10 0 u all - Anglo-Mexican Mint LI. 10s. 10 0 0 all - British Amarican Land 57. per cen 50 0 0 40 0 , - Canada ......... •• - it. percent 100 0 0 32 10 0 141 Do. 5 percent Bond 5/. pet cent Stock 100 0 0 - Ditto, b per cent bds saper cent. Stock 100 0 0 - D tie, 6 per cent. • 6/..er cent. Stock 100 0 0 - Ditto, 6p c. Nis 1874 a nett cent. Stock 100 0 0 - Ditto, Co c, bds 1a76 Cl. per cent Stock 100 0 0 - Crystal Palace Si. per cent 5 0 1 all lag Ditto Preference. „ Crys. Palace of France - 4 0 o all - - City Navigation Bon a 3%/. per cent - - - Electric relerraph Eng.&Aus. Cop. Smelt 5O 0 all - Eng.&lris. Slag. T. Co - 50 0 0 I ' - • 111 Equitable Reversionra 5 l per cent ,00 • all • Date New -•••• a - i 0 0 a 22 1 0 0 - • 1 Gen. Revers. & Invest. s'. p c and 1/ 00 0 a) , 0 0 all - 0. 0 .- nu Gen. I. Sc. Cu!. (Lim.) - GeraateamNavitr a tion tor. per c• & 15 0 C 14 •• Lall ondon (len. Omnibus 1 21 . per c ent 4 0 0 3 i Hudson's 8ay.... •• •• 5/. per cent. Stoc k etock -. , Flungerford .... -•• • V. 58. 00 0 0 all - Lou, Ne &Na. 'Vans°. - 10 0 0 all - London Reversionary Si. per cent. it, 0 ' all - Mex. &S. American - 10 0 0 all - Nat. Disconnt Comp- - 25 0 0 1 5 0 0 4 N.S.W. Gov.sp.e. Deb. 51. per cent. - 100 0 0 - Nor. Bri. Australasian 6d. I 0 0 all - it/. per cent, 20 0 0 17 10 0 - North of Europe, still. Price's Patent Cand. Co - 211 0 a all - P e el River.l , at td &Min. - 5 0 0 all 2 73 3 4 Pen. & Oriental Ste am 71. p er cent 4 0 0 all Ditto New •••• • • , • _ 50 0 0 tO 0 o 17/4 Reversionary Int. Soc. 4%/. pr cell 10t, 0 a all Ditto N •• •• •• •• ay. pr neat. 130 0 ' 4O 0 '' - Royal - .ail team Scottish Aus. Invest 151. par cent. i 0 0 all 114 South Australian Land V. per cent. is 0 a all 3536 Trust and Loan C °"'' 7 %.• fr cent. 20 0 0 5 a 0 -- Vac Diemen's Land. , 10,. 100 0n ,2$ 10 0 - 5 par cent. ecnas ~ :, a per eeat , --' - Mr. Justice Wales said it was a most diabolical act, and had it not been for the recommendation to mercy he should have ordered the prisoner to be imprisoned for two years, but be would now sen tence him to be imprisoned and kept to hard labour for 12 months. is to be constructed according to a new system, whice , only requires boring horizontally through Mont. Celli-. at either extremity. Peeviously the efficacy of the new invention had been tried at Genoa on various kinds .f and it proved so successful that the machine made an opening of one yard deep in less than 10 minutes. Mr Sommelier, one of the inventors, has the direction of the excavation, and he expects to finish the under ground road in a few years. "North of Mont Cenis the line between Modane ano Annecy is nearly completed, and the last link which to connect Pieennotit with Switz-:vand by rail— that to say, that portion from Annecy t o Geneva—was grantee o a Genevese company, consisting of the most respect able firms, who have besides obtained from the Pied tnontese Government the guarantee of a subsidy of 5 per cent. on the espital to be employed in laying the rails. "Thus of 436 miles, which is the whole length of the line between Genoa and Riga, 274 miles are already open, 92 nearly finished, and tne reameiing 70 gran eo to several companies, who are about to commence their respective endeitakings. " In conclusion, it may be etated that a branch is pro posed from Turin to Savona, which w.mlel shorten the line by 17 miles. The "poeiaon of Savona is extremel% favourable. Its part is acknowledged as the safest along that coast, and the Piedmontese Government has de cided upon making the necessary improvements to render Savona a first-rate commercial herb iur. "Thus, it seems plain that the line time Switzerland amid Piedmont will best answer most if not all, of the requirements of an overland route, anal that we ehall be prompting our own interest by leterin.; a helping haeci to our transalpine bretheen in their final exerti ess. "A. M." Mr. Hill, of the firm of Hill and Williamson, de posed that they were the solicitors of the plaintiff. He said he remembered Mr. Hill coming to the office alcompanied by Mr. Fox in 1850, and the former stated that he was going to lend Mr. Fox 2,000/., and it was at ranged that a mortgage should be executed of the two policies of assurance, and a promissory note, payable on demand, given in ad dition. Tne transaction was one of the ordinary de scription where a loan is to be advanced, and the defendant thoroughly understaod the nature of the security he was to give, and he declined to have a copy of the mortgage deed, as he said he was quite aware of the nature of the instrument. On the Tuesday following witness gave def , -ndaut his own chqqae for 2,0001., and he subsequently executed the deed which was now the subject of inquiry. Mr. James then briefly summd up the plaintiff's case. EMBEZZLEMENT BY A BANK :R'S CLEaK. —The London paper , gave as acc ,uut last week t , ,e absconding 01 James Barber, late caohier of the bank of I , lsssri.i. G.r ney and Co., Great Yarmouth, with defalcations al le: e to amount to nearly 1,0001. We have no further infor mation to add, as no public notification has been made on the subject, except that Mr. Barber was honorary secretary, and had almost the entire management of the Young Men's Institute and Commercial Newsroom. which is found to be - deficient to the extent of 3001., but in what degree owing to misappropriation, or in what to fallacious appearances in the accounts, we aro unable to say. A meeting of the members was called fur Mon day evening, to consider as to the paces' ity for winding up the concern, which for 15 years has been the mans of imparting much benefit and recreation to the towns people. Barber had a handsome salary at the bank, as well as income in right of his wife, to whom he has been married only nine months, but :s said to have involved himself by speculations:, especially in French rail say shares.— Bury and Norwich. Post. 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Mr. Chambers, in reply, contended that although an attempt had been made to give the transaction the colour of an ordinary loan, there could be no reasonable doubt that the object of the plaintiff ill advancing the money was that he should be paid the beta he bad won, :and that such a transaction was undoubtedly illegal, and that defendant was entitled to a verdict. Mr. Justice Elle, in summing up, briefly called the attention of the jury to the nature of the action and said, that if it were made out to their satisfac tion that it was understood when the 2,0001. was advanced that a portion of it was to be returned to the plaintiff in payments of the bets he had won, defendant would be entitled to their verdict. Ho should also inform them that if they were of opinion that the bond was merely a colourable proceeding with a view to defeat the statute, in law defendant would sill be entitled to a verdict ; but if they thought neither of these facts was established by the evidence then the plaintiff was clearly entitled to recover. The learned judge referred to the statutes respecting bitting, and said that betting was not in itself illegal, and all that the law endeavoured to do was to prevent the giving facilities for the recovery of money won by betting. He was, how ever, of opinion that if a person paid bets for another at his request, be was entitled to recover the money so paid, and that any instrument that was given as security for money so paid would not be vitiated on that account. The else on the part of the defendant was that the while transaction wag merely a colour dale proceeding to evade the statute, while Mr. Hill co n t en d e d th a t the opera tion was for a loan of the ordinary kind, and the question for the jury to decide would be on which side the truth lay. He could not, however, help observing that it was a strong corroboration of the testimony cf Mr. 1 that he had left the cheque POLICi INTELLIGENCE.—Marc. 31. BOW-STREET.—Bernard Keen, a young wan dressed as a co , termonger, was charg- , d wi h rob bing the till of a puulic-house in Great Queen street. It appeared that on Tuesday evening Wm. Pur doa, the barman, and James Poulter, the porter, at the Prince of Walls publiehonse in Great gieen street, were sitting in the bar parlour, when t! - .ey observed the prisoner lying across the counter with his hands in the till. Pou'ter went out into the bar and charged him with robbing the till. He said he was only looking into the next box to see if a friend was there. Prisoner then went out, flllowed by Purdoe, with whom he returned after a short time. Purdoe again ebargedlum with stealing some m , ney from the till, which he again denied. On counting the money in the till it was found that about ss. had been abstracted. Finding they were deterinin.-d to detain him, he begged bard for forgiveness, and said he would give up what money he had, which amounted to 9d. This proposal being refused he at tempted to get away, and was engaged in a despe rate struggle with Purdoe, when a constable arrived and took him into custody. In the midst of the struggle he had been observed to thrust something under the window shutter, and on subsequent search 9d. was found there. When he VMS searched at the station 81d. was found in his pockets. -It was supposed that he had passed the remainder of the money to a confederate outside the house. The prisoner said be had only taken the BA-d. which was found upon him. _ _ .._ Mr. Henry committed him to be tried at the sessions. _ _ Catherine Lee and Daniel Murphy, two misera ble ragged little children of about 12 years of age, soaked with rain and spattered with mud, were brought up by policeman A 580, who stated that he had found them on the doorstep of a house in Carl= ton-gardens. His attention was called to them by an inhabitant. They had each a basket of oranges. Mr. Henry—They were taking shelter from the rain, I suppose ? Constable—Yes, sir. Mr. Henry—Did they refuse to go away Constable--I did not tell them to go away. I thought it was my duty to take them. Mr. Henry—They would hive gone directly if you had told them. It would not have been much trouble to you. There, take them home to their parents, and tell them to take better care of the poor little things for the future. MARLBOROUGH-STREET.—EIIen Mayes, a respectabie-looking young woman, was charged with attempting to destroy herself. Sergeant Hopper, of the 2d Life Guards, said his attention was attracted by the prisoner walking seemingly in a very despondent state along the margin of the Serpentine River. Suspecting her intention, he kept watch on her far some li tie time. This was about 10 o'clock at night. Suddenly, however, he lost sight o her, and raa towards the spot, when the MOM, emerging from a cloud, ena bled him to ctscover some dirk object floating on the water. As there was no person near, witness, rightly conjecturing that the object seen in the river was the woman he hal missed, plunged in and struck out towards it. He found it was the accused, and he clutched hold el* her just as she was sinking, and brought her to the shore. Wit ness went on to say that he lost no time in convey ing her to the society's receiving house, where the IMPROVEMEN' 'S AT TEE G. OFFICE. Improvements Of an extensive character, and of much importance to the public, have just been completed at the General Post-office. Alterations have taken place both in the building and in the administration, upon a most liberal scale ; and as it is the with of the authorities that the utmoit pullicity should be given to every change which is intended to facilitate the despatch and delivery of the enormous quairity of corrtspondence, our reporter has gleaned the followin_ ! particulars ALTERATIONS IN TUE HALL. The sides of the hall of the office in St. Martin's le-Grand have been brought out level with the fluted lonic side pillars which support the roof of the vestibules, and two capacious rooms constiucted. That ,n the north side is for the posting of letters to every pars 61 the world, with the exception of the LondA,n district area ; and that on the south sid- is now . used as an office for the sale of stamps, Postal Guides, the disti ibutiou of letters left " tilt cal ed for," poste restante le tern, &c., &c. Glass sky-lights have been iuser ed in panels in the roof,• and though the ,lterations have imiterially marred the effect f the building, considered as a specimen of nrehittcure, the 11411 has a li g ht, if not an ele gant ap F earatice. AJ the tv , rin-east corner of the hail is the &rano Tekgraph Office, and next to it the posting-box for the "district" area. Au officer, in uniform, is coi,w autly on duty during the day io the hail to answer inquiries and givt ii,forma ion to applicants. LICE UNDELIVERED AND RETURNED LETTER OFFICES. In consequence of the enormous increase which has takt-n place in the c , rre-pondence passing ihrough the chief 11. e 1-4 , politau office, it has fol lowed hat, the inquirt-rs for Ltters " undelivered," or become " dead," from various causes, have mul tiplied in something like a similar ratio. To meet thi , increased and increasing difficulty a most elabo rate i-cherne has been designed by tie heads of the office, and executed by Mi. J. Gould, Vie surveyor. c ,nsists of •he consolidation of the Undelivered with the it, turned Le•ter Office, and in order to effect this ohject a spacious room has been con structed, completely over the sorting offices. This room is built upon immense iron girders, which were raised* and have been fixed in a very brief space ( f time, and happily wilout the slightest accident. Below a door has been opened in the no,tti-west corner of the trout of the building, whet e is pl,c.cl a window for applicants for mis- - sin,i I , tt,rs. These improvements, whilst they will touch f.ciiitate the duty, will also be highly valued by the pubic, who will ave much time in conse quencr., and receive a much more speedy answer to iheit applications. Ina,simich as much misapprehension has arisen u k on- , equeuc- of want of Official information in regard to "de c.l" anti " un. laimed" letters, our eporter has written to the Secrt tary of the Post 04 Office, and received the following reply :—" I beg leAve to acqm.int Sou that there no printed list f uncl-,itned lettei s kept at the General Post Office, nor is the t ecord of de d letters which is kept in the returne i letter branch of ibis department accessible to the plidio. I beg to add that all applications respecting letters,' whether containing '54 property or nut, should be made to the General Post-office." THE NEWSPAPER DEPARTMENT. A most valuable impr-vement has been just comple , ,d for the accommodation of vendors who have to send papers " just in time to save post !" The contrivance is vevy simple. As alm , st every '% body kn , ws, the scene in the hall just before six o'clock was one of indescr,bable confusion, from the rush of wen with bags and sacks, boys with bundles, and kind , eds with single newspapers, to the window inside the hall. The mouth of the le ter box has been widened some feet, and the single papers must all be posted there, while the hags, instead of being pitched into the window and over into the office aie taken in by the front door of - he new under-ground office, put on a counter, op ned, rind the conients poured into baskets by the side of the counter. The baskets ate placed upon a tram, and immediately it is filled—which of course isinstantly—it is wheeled off, placed upon the ledge of the ascending machine, and by the medium of the " everllsting chain," lifted with the men to the sorting room at the top of the building, ote rted and despatched by the mails two hours afterwards to all parts of the habitable globe. Gouhtry Market 6, EDINBURkzH BAY AND STRAW MARKET Menea 30. Supplies of all kinds these last six days small. Oat straw, from On to Hs Od per lzemple of 16 stones tron ; wheat do., 7s Odto lOs Cd ; barloy do., 7s OJ to 9.i val. Hay from I.od. to 12d. EDINBURGH MEAL—MARCH 30. There were in the market to-day 13 sacks oatmeal, each weighing 2801 b imperial, which sold at 37s 5d and -- a. DALKEITH MEAL MARKET—MAR.:IH 29. There were in the market to-day 5 bags of oatmeal, 0 o: b3rleyrneal, and 0 pot barley. Sales ready. Oatmeal, per sack of 280Pes First. Second. I Third. imperial -s Od 36s 6d darleymeal, per ditto -s Od —s Od Cd Peasemeal, per ditto Flour, new, per ditto l—sOdl—sOd —a Od Pot-barley, new, per ditto --a Od s Od Od DUBLIN. MARCH 30. We have no alteration to report in the currencies of last Friday, except for oats and Indian corn, which were 6d advance. There will not to any other market this week. vvintt. wheat, 27. Od to Od, reu ditto, 24, Od to 26e 61 ditto new, sOd ; barley, malting, 13s to 17s 6d; grind ing, —s to —8 , ea..s, old, 13s to 15s Od; ditto, new, —a 04 to —8 0,1, oatmeal, 13s to 15s Od; bere, new, its to 15s Od , d, 233 Od to 25s Od per brl ; baktis' flour, 14s (31 to 19s Od per cwt; Indian corn, 33s 0.1 to 354 Od per pin lba, COAL MARKET OF Prices of Coals per ton at !1O s. os s Bebskle's Hartley l4 10 Davison's West Hartley 15 0 Its Haswell Gas 13 0 s rioward's West Hartley Os Netherton 75 0 0 North Percy Hartley l3 0 Os 58 Walker Primrose l2 o s Wylam MARCH 31. the close of the market Wallsena, sc Gosforth 33 6 graddyll . l6 0 Riddell l3 6 Russell's Hetton .15 9 Northumberland l3 0 Eden Main Thorp 3.li 0 South gelloe 16 0 Powell's Duffryn Steam 21 6 Trimdon Thornley l3 6 Whitworth l4 8 Harvey )t, 53 ; sold 37. Os \Vest Hartley Grey's 14 °s liolywell l4 t 58 Wallsend, Pt 9 s , (iaswell ... 17 0 Ships at mark LOCAL .lid KB MARKET& LIVERPOOL- MARCH 31. STOCK EXCHANGE—The market he been weak to-day, and closed at the lowest point. Dutch Rhenish, 33 dig. -Chester and Helybeaus, -Birkenbeacle, 69,1 70 —Sheffields, 35 i—Midlands, 914 i—North British, 121 — London and Noah Western, 938 B—Dovers, 20 204- 13erwicks, 224 York and North Midland, 36 Great Western 58 A—Lancashire and Yorkshire, 878 —E.tstern Counties, 114' 11-16—Grand Trunk of Canada, 11 15.16 Great Western of Canada, 194 I—Caledonians, 434 —East Lancashire, 87. BIRMINGHAM, MARCH 31. STOCK EXCHANGE. —This market was inactive to-day, with litt!e business doing. Great Westerns, 68',—Great Western Birmingham Guaranteed Stock, 73—Birming ham and Derbys, 66—Birmingham Canals, 92i. ALANCEIESTER,, MARCH 31. 0% STOCK EXCHANGE.—There was a moderate business - doing to-day, and prices were e.sier. Londons, 93 ' 1 ) --Midlands, 9!}—Grand Trunks, 114—Dovers P 20 13-16 Sheffiel , is, 35—Bitkebbead Stock, 70A—East Lancashire, 871—North St,,ffords, d—Leeds, 876—Eastern Coun. ties, 14—Great Western of Canada, • new, i d. BIRTHS. HOPE—On the Bth March, at Washington, the 'wife of William Hope, Esq. of H.B.M. Legation, of a son. SYMONDS—On the 3uth March, at Valetta, Watcombe, neer Torquay, the who of Captain T. M. C. Symonds, C. 13., of a son. WALSINGHAM—On the 29th March, at 23, Arlin g t on . street, the Lady Walsingham, of a son. MARRIAGES. CRABB—DUGGIN—On the 31st March, at St. James's Clerkinwell, Edmund A. Crabb, second son of Mr. e. Crat , b, of Maida-hill, to Elizabeth, second daughter of the late Mr. T. Duggin, of New ga t e - street. . . LEE-LOVE —On the 30th March at Romford, Mr. Wu , . Lee. of Gibbs-pack Farm, to Eliza, youngest daughter of James Love, Eq., Romford. DEATH S. A iioltrOjeDi—jyOn the th pariah l6t hMarch, the Rev. Jonathan Akroyd, f of Halifax, Yorkshire, aged 64. BLAIN—On the 29th March, at Christ Church Parsonage, F , iliestene, Captain _Peter Blain, late of Stepney, aged 95. CANNEY—Ou the 29th March, the Rev. Alfred Stephen (Janney, incumbent of St. Andrew, Lambeth, aged 38. CALDWELL—On the 2.ith March, at Boveridge-park, Dor sastare, t hal lotto ADD, wife of Charles Caldwell, Esq , (I,uguter of the late and sister of the present Sir Wm. Batt. NICHOLAS—On the 29th March, at Great Ealing, Middle sex, Francis Nicolas, D.C.L., of Wadhani College, (Wald, aged V. PUSEY—On the 23th ult., at 35, Grosvenor-square, Lady Lucy Posey, widow of the Honourable Philip Pussy, aged 89. LONDON: Printed and Published by MURDO YOUN( of No. 11; btrand, Printer, at The Sun Met, No. 112, Strand, in the Precinct• of th+, Savoy, in the ::our y of 1. 14, 14!z5ix, Thursday, April L 'ENERAL POST