The Sun. — London, England, 1848-02-21 00:00:00

- - RAILWAY INTEE.LIGENCE. NOR EII-WESTERN RAILWAY. The half-‘ early mk eaing of this company was held on Friday, at twelve e'clocle, at the Eustoa Hotel, George Carr Glen, Esq., M.P., in the chair. The large room was filled to excgss. After the usual pie liminaries, The CHAIRMAN addressed the meeting at some length. ' The principal features of his address may be thus summed up. He said the meeting had been delayed owing to the illness of his Hon. Friend Mr. Creed, and ' from the immense labour of obtaining the accounts from the various parties among whom they were spread into one focus, to a much later period than any of its prede- . cessors. Ho denied that they had converted floating into fixed capital, or that the dividends were paid out of anything but the legitimate receipts, though statements to the contrary had been most in dustriously circulated. They had found it ab solutely necessary to purchase streets and large plots of land in order to erect warehouses and sta tions, and hence their expenses had been materially increased ; but if they had double the room they had at present, he assured them that they would not have too much. It was utterly impossible to close the capital account, as some of the proprietors seemed to suppose, on account of new lines, and from various other circumstances, which they must be aware kept it constantly open. The replacing of the old rails, as they wore out, by heavier ones, had received the serious con sideration of the company. This had been done to a great extent, and the cost was charged against revenue. The same remark applied to the new engines that were required from time to time, as they were paid for out of revenue.—(Hear, hear.) The total income for the half-year had been 1,130,1291..05. ld., showing an increase of 38,0001. over the preceding half year ; whieh arose principally from the goods and coal traffic, wieich traffic had fully answered the expectations the directors had formed.—(Hear.) In consequence of the commercial depression the general stagnation that pre.eailed in some of the manufacturing districts had led to a diminution of their traffic as contrasted `with that period when the railway mania caused engineers, solicitors, and assistants, to fly all over the country; but it was rather more than within 100/. of the corresponding period of the previous year, when there was no fluctuating cause, like that he had mentioned, to disturb it.—(Hear, hear.) They had great reason to complain of the amount of rates charged upon the railway. They amounted to no less a sum than 30,0001. for the half-year, showing an increase of 4,5001. on the half year ; and he hoped if they did not get any relief from Parliament, that they would be able to protect their interests• in the courts of of law, for persons in the country were in the habit of levying the most enor mous rates upon the railway, simply because they thought it would pay anything.—(Hear.) As prudent men, they thought that the dividend should not exceed four per cent.—(Hear) The directors suggested that 15,0001. a year should be set apart to meet the expense of relaying the rails and other contingencies.—(Hear, hear.) Without reserve he wished to state that at that moment they were not engaged in any arrangements for amalgamations, for leasing, or in any proceedings of the kind, which would add to their liabilities in any way.—(Hear, hear.) With the excep tion of a small colliery branch at Coventry, which they were not required to make immediately—not for a year or two, if they thought proper—he might state that, in point of fact, they were not engaged in any Par li mentary proceedings of their own this year.—(Hear.) He hoped now that the time had come when expensive contests between great companies was at an end— (Cheers.) —and he hoped now that railway companies would unite for the protection of their mutual interests, taking care that their interests were cared for in Par liament. It was hardly necessary for him to deny -the absurd rumour that they had entered into a contract with Messrs. Chaplin and Herne to run coaches along the old road.—(Laughter.) The rumour went the 14tath of saying that the line was about to be closed—(Renewed laughter)—aed he had even had a letter addressed to him seeking informa tion ehether the line was open, and if so it the Kilsby Tunnel was safe.—(Continued laughter.) Under the circumstances of the times they had thought it advisable to defer some of the works of several of the lines authorised in the last two sessions, and they would not be pursued without the most mature consideration.—(Hear, hear.) If Parlia ment encouraged direct competition to the extent it had, he had no hesitation in suing that railways would be come a most uncertain source of investment.—(Hear, hear.) If instead of adopting the system Lord Dal housie recommended, Parliament would put all rail way companies upon a fair system of fares and charges, much good would be conferred upon the proprietors and the public. The power of railway companies should, therefore, bring their influ• ence to bear upon the Legislature. If this were done railway companies would be a sure instead of an unsafe source of investment. He concluded amidst loud cheers. Mr. BOOTH then read the report:— " In meeting the proprietors on the present occasion, the directors have to report to them the position of the company, after perhaps the most disastrous period upon record in our commercial history ; a period of enter prise, speculation, and excitement, having been followed by its natural consequence, a season of extreme stag- nation and unprecedented difficulties. " As regards the extent of the railway traffic, the effect has, so far, been less seriously manifested than might have been expected. The passenger traffic, not withstanding the general depression, has equalled that of the corresponding period of last year ; and both in general merchandise and coal, the gross receipts have exhibited a considerable increase. " The proprietors are aware that in the merchandise eepat trnent the directors have carried into effect, on the southern division of the line, that system of operations which for a long time, has been the prevailing policy in the north, of employing no intermediate agent between the company and the public; in feet, of being themselves the carriers on their own line. The directors up to the present time have every reason to be satisfied with the result; and they attribute the favourable position of this branch of their busineess, in part, at least, to the im proved system of working; a system which has been introduced under many disadvantages, and certainly at an unfavourable season in reference to the recent mone tary and commercial crisis. " The attention of the proprietors'has been called, on previous occasions, to the fact, that at the reduced rates of conveyance now prevailing, a much larger number of passengers, and a greater w eight of merchandise must be carried, to produce the same gross receipts, than was formerly the case ; while at the same time an increased ratio of disbursements is the obvious ten dency. Larger stations, and a greater number of servants, more locomotive engines, carriages, and waggons, and the repair of all these, are the necessary consequence. Under these circninstances the directors consider that they have reason to be well satisfied with the general result of the last half-year's working, as exhibited in the accounts now laid before the proprietors. The per centage of working charges on the receipts, exclusive of Government and parish taxes, is 331 per cent. " The increased wear and tear of the rails, owing to the more rapid speed of the trains and to the greater weight of the engines, has been very carefully investi gated by the company's officers, and the result has been to satisfy the Board that, as a matter of prudence, it is desirable periodically to set aside a Depreciation Fund to meet the expense attending a gradual relaying of the whole line. A sum of 10,0001 will be found to be ap propriated for this purpose in the current half-year. " It is satisfactory to the directors to be enabled to add that the whole of the tunnels, and the way and works of the line, are in perfect order. " In further pursuance of this policy, by which the company has heretofore been guided, the proprietors will perceive that a large sum has been appro priated to renew the locomotive engine and carriage stock as gradually worn out. The direc tors rely on the full concurrence of the proprietors in this proceeding ; and at the same time they are happy to report to th em t h a t t h e w h o l e mov i ng p l an t o f every kind is in the most complete and satisfactory state. They believe that the expediency of a timely and ade quate provision for the maintenance and renewal of stock —as a question affecting all railways, has not generally been sufficiently considered. " The directors are happy to inform the meeting, that they have no intention to apply to Parliament for any new lines in the present session, With the exception of two short branches to a coal field n e ar C oven t r y, an d cost of the estimatedwhich is 26,0001. They have requested from the Com missioners l of Railways, under the provision of the Act of a atsession, an extension of last of time for the pur c h ase in all case s w h ere it has appeared to be beneficial' to tho company to adopt that course. And in reference ar to cert a i n o f t h e ' ne w lines, for which A c t s of Parliament have been o btained, but in the construction ef which little or no outlay has taken place , the directors will take into their serious cons ideration the course which it may b e desirable to pursue. " Th e opening of the Chester and Holyhead Rail way has been retarded long er than was ant icipated at th e date of the last half-yearly meeting. The works, how ever, have proceeded steadily, and without accident towards their completion ; and the opening of the line froth Chester to Bangor, it is expected, will take place in the ensuing spring. " The Caledonian Railway in which this company are interested was opened throughout, to Edinburgh and Glasgow, en the 15th instant, thus completing the rail way communication by the west coast line betn een London and the north. "'the Trent Valley Railway was opened throughout, both tor goods and passengers, on the Ist of December last. "Owing to the imperfect consolidation of the new lire of way, and to the unfavourable weather, for some time afterrithe openin g , th e j ourneys were performe d w i t h l es s arity than along the old route by Birmingham. I t o te r s n e ey diffieulties, however, no longer exist, and the With the b e t weene* London and the North is now performed valley Rairred regularity. The opening of the Trent req uire d f .,:P t );: e and the new Post-office arrangements a f a vourable ef the mails by that line, was considered uniformity b t opport un i ty for introducing e between th i e iailway and Post-office time ; and for regulatin expression of all local time, as far as practicablegin eon ormity with the longitude' of Greenwich. In this arram.ement e the principal railway p have concurred; and the public authorities of ion with the great the most impOrtant towns in, connexion Manchester, Birmingham, lines of railway (Liverpool the public Leeds, &c. &c.), taking into consideration and inco me . to convenience of one common standanretriL regulate the appointments of a commercial a Y Live people, cheerfully acquiesced in the views of of railway companies, thereby as s i s ti ng t h em most matethrei ally to accompli s h th e d es ir e d a l terat i on, without either public or privute inconvenience. " From the statement of the half-year's accounts it will be mu that the net proceeds, after deducting T SUN, LONDON' 40,4621. 18s. for the renewal of stock, amount to ... £607,492 16 7 To this must be added the balance car- rigid forward from the last half-year 7,027 1 n Making a disposable sum of ... £614,419 18 6 " Out of this sum the directors recommend a dividend of 4 per cent. for the six months, amounting to 564,0291. Bs. lid., and leaving a balance of 50,390/. 9s. 7d. (exclu sive of the contingent reserve fund of 130,0001.), to be carried to the next half-year's account,. The dividend on the Manchester and Birmingham shares is calculated for the present half year, or five months' receipts, which arises from these shares, in conformity with the Act of Parliament, having been entitled, previously to the present half-year, to a dividend for six months, ending on the 31st of January instead of 31st December. In future these shares will receive dividends in common with the general stock of the company." The accounts showed the disposable balance in hand to be 614,4191. 18s. sd. After considerable discussion the report was adopted, the dividend declared, and the following shares were consolidated into stock 25/. shares, of the late London and Birmingham, 251. shares of the late Grand Junc tion, 401. shares of the same line, such 20/. shares of the late London and Birmingham, and 401. shares of the Grand Junction as have been paid in full. The company then resolved itself into a special meet ing, when the drafts of the f o ll ow i ng Bill s , p ro p ose d to be introduced into Parliament, were agreed to: — "A Bill for enabling the London and North-Western Railway Company to make a branch railway from the London and North-Western Railway at Leamington to the Birmingham and Oxford Junction Railway, in the parish of Leamington Priors; another Branch Railway from the Coventry and Nuneaton line, in the parish of Exhall, to the Craven Colliery; another Branch Railway from the said Coventry and Nuneaton line at Bedworth to the Mount Pleasant Colliery ; to construct a new approach road to the station of the London and North-Western Railway at Tamworth ; ' and to enlarge the Rugby station of the last-mentioned railway, all in the county of Warwick ; and for other purposes. " A Bill to enable the Chester and Holyhead Railway Company to purchase, hire, and use steam-boats, and for other purposes. " A Bill to enable the Scottish Central Railway Com pany to lease their undertaking to the Caledonian, Lan caster and Carlisle, and London and North. Western Railway Companies. " A Bill for enabling the Manchester, South Junction, and Altrincham Railway Company to provide additional station accommodation in Manchester, and for other purposes. " A Bill to extend the time limited for the completion of parts of the Shropshire Union Railways, and to au thorise deviations and a branch, and for other purposes." A vote of thanks having been passed to the Chairman and directors, the meeting separated at hulf past three o'clock. ELECTION COMMITTEES. (Continued from our Afternoon Edition of Saturday.) LYME REGIS. Another witness gave similar testimony, and the evi• deuce of bribery closed. Mr. Sergeant KINGLAKE then summed up on behalf of the petitioners, atter which The Committee adjourned till eleven o'clock on Monday, LATEST PRICES OF SHARES, IN BANKS, ASSURANCE, AND 'iTIIER COM PANIES' STOCK, From the Official List, PUBLISHED EVERY TUE S DAY AND FRIDAY EVENING. LONDON. FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 18. TOTNT-STOCIL BLiniXS. KINSALE. (Continued from our Afternoon Edition of Saturday.) Some other evidence of a similar nature to that given by the above witnesses occupied the attention of the Committee during the rest of the day. OPENING OF THE CALEDONIAN RAILWAY. This line, the most extensive, and, in other respects, the most arduous and remarkable of Scotch railway undertakings, was, on Tuesday, opened for traffic throughout. No public celebration of the event took place, further than that on Monday the directors, with a few others, went over the line from Edinburgh and Glasgow to Beattock (from the southward of which the line has been opened for some months), lunched there, and returned. The entertainment at Beattock, which was presided over by Mr. Tite, the architect of the London Ro.yal Exchange and London-bridge, and architect for the North-Western and Cale donian Companies, lasted only, sufficiently long to enable the company to refresh, and to drink a toast to the success of the undertaking. Among those present were Sir Graham Mont gomery, Colonel M'Donald of Powderhall, Mr. Hope Johnstone, Mr. Monteith, yr. of Carstairs, Mr. Hodgson llinde, Mr. Locke, &c. An event of so much importance might seem to demand a celebra tion on a greater scale ; but, under all the circum stances, and especially considering the present de pressed condition of railway affairs, the directors have acted, as we think, with equal good taste and good judgment. A banquet such as some people think the occasion demanded, must have cost a couple of thou sands of pounds, and, after all, a number of people who would have thought themselves entitled to an invitation, would necessarily have been omitted, and of course offended. The caution and economy of the directors in thus avoiding expense for mere purposes of display, afford all the stronger presumption in favour of their wisdom, when contrasted with the boldness of their expenditure for necessary and busi ness purposes, nod the extraordinary courage and energy with which, in times when other directors faint and fail, they have pushed to completion an un dertaking having more than a common share of diffi culties, both natural and pecuniary.—,Scoffsrnan. A PIG FED ON APPLES.—About ten years ago, Mr. Thomas Neste, of Dudbridge,near Stroud, fatted a pig on apples and barley meal. The quantity of meal was much smaller than would have been required if potatoes had been used, and the speculation proved a very profitable one. All the facts of the case were printed in Anti-Bacchus, but, as the result has been questioned, Mr. Neste resolved this year to make an other experiment. On the 12th of October, 1847, a pig worth 21. was selected, and fed for fourteen weeks; when it was killed, it weighed twelve score, and, during the time of fattening, consumed apples which cost 11. 145., and a bag of meal which cost 11. los. Tho apples were of an inferior description, chiefly blights and windfalls. The leaf weighed 151bs. or about 3lbs. above the average. There is no doubt that a better description of apple would have been more nutritious, and less would have been required. Many of the Americans have found that it is snore profitable to make pork than cider out of their fruit. The meat in this case was excellent, some almost imagined that the apple sauce was in the pork.—Glou cester Journal. DESPERATE AFFRAY WITH POACHERS NEAR WHITBY.—A gang of poachers have for some time fre quented Mulgrave woods during the night time, for the purpose of shooting pheasants. The gamekeepers and watchers kept a vigilant look out, and one night closed upon four of them, at a place called Truckey Roek Hole, not far from the spot of the fatal recontre with Lowthor, where the keeper Moffat was shot four years ago, and within 36 hours of the same time of year. Two of the poachers fired their guns, evidently with a view of shooting their captors, but the contents of one gun was lodged in the body of a poacher, named Joseph Rhodes, who is from the neighbourhood of Leeds. One of the keepers was severely wounded, in consequence of which the rest of the gang got away. The keepers were not at this time aware that Rhodes was shot, and did not discover him until after their return from taking the wounded keeper home, a lapse of two hours, when he had got out of the wood into one of the fields, using his gun as a crutch, his companions having left him for dead. Rhodes was immediately conveyed to Whitby, and surgical aid procured. A mortification has since taken place, and there is now no hope of his recovery Rhodes gave the names of his companions, and one of them named Cautrill. the only one that could be found, was apprehended and brought before the magistrates at Whitby on Fri 'ay (week), and remanded to Northaller ton gaol for a fortnight, until the others could, if possible, be apprehended, and further evidence procured.—. Hull Packet. JUDGING OTHERS.—A singular scene was once witnessed by the writer, at White Roothing Church, Essex, where a poor idiotic man, who constantly at tended the tervice, after having himself slept through the greater part of an excellent sermon from the rector, upon suddenly waking, observed another parishioner who sat near him fast asleep also; upon which he con sidered it his duty to arouse his sleeping neighbour with so sonourous a slap on the face as resounded through the whole congregation. I could not but think that the circumstance, however ridiculous in itself, was not with out its moral—namely, the criminality and absurdity of setting up for censors of others when our own ignorance is so abundsrit, and when our proneness to the very same evils renders us the last persons to assume the office of judgment or punishment.— Poynders's Literary Extracts (New Series). TUE BIBLE IN ENGLAND.—A return cf the num ber of Bibles, Testaments, Prayer-books, and Psalms, printed, p u bli s h e d , an d so ld , b y the Q ueen ' s Pr i nter, In England, and th e U n i vers iti es o f O x f or d an d Cam bridge,i gives the following results :—Bibles published and sold by the Queen's Printer from 1837 to 1847, 2,284,540 ; Testaments, during the same period, 1,971,877 ; Prayer-books, during the same period, 1,464,690; Psalms, 1,179,21 6 • amount of drawback of paper duty r ece i ve d i n the sail;e period, 23,9521. 165.8 d. Bibles printed at the University Press, ss Jan. 1, 1838, to Dec. 31, 1 847, 2,612;75' Oxford, 0; Testaments, e r n o t m s 2,062,250; Prayer books, 2,548 ,650; Psalms, 1,685 250: Psalters, 76,000 ; Apocryph as , 63,500; drawback,, 32,4721. for ten pars. Number of Bibles and Testaments sold by the University Press, Oxford, to the British and Foreign Bible Society, from Jan. 1, 1838, to Dec. 31, 1847: Bibles, 1 , 167,711 ; Testamtints, 1,373,130 . N umber of Bibles printed at the Cambridge University Press, from Michaelmas, 1836, to Michaelmas, 1847 ; 895,500 ; Testaments, 1,111,600 ; Common Prayers, 591,600 ; Psalms, 403,700; Apocryphas, 29,550. Num ber of Bibles bought by the British and Foreign Bible Society from the Queen's Printers, from Jan. 1, 1847, to Dec. 31, 1847: Bibles, 1,314,031; Testaments, 1,352,604; Psalms, 92,622. Number of books bought by the same society from the Oxford University during the same period : Bibles, 1,151,276 ; Testaments, 1,355,926 ; Psalm ,, , 30,900. Number of books bought by the same society from the Cambridge University during the same p , riod : Bibles, 527,846 ; Testaments, 737,496; Psalms, 10,200. BRISTOL SUGAR MARKET, FEB. 18. Scarcely any business has been done in our market this week, and the tendency of prices is downward. Rum iu steady demand at the reduction lately established.--Bristol Mercury, g..IST OF SCOTTISH COMPANIES' PRICES Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. £ a. d. £ s. d Bank of Scotland British Linen Company Si. per cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 198 Caledonian Bank City of Glasgow Bank Clydesdale Bank-- 6/. per cent. 20 0 0 10 0 0 12 Commercial Bank • • 71. per cent. 500 0 0 100 0 0 164 Eastern Bank 61. per cent. 25 u • 1; 10% Edlnb.ScGlasgow Bank G. per cent. 5 0 0 6 0 0 61 Os Exehange Bnk of Scot 6l. per cent. 100 0 0 50 0 0 47% Isle of Man. Company 71. per cent. 10 0 0 7 0 0 8% National Bank 6l. per cent. 50 I 0 10 0 0 13% Northof Scotland Bank 71. percent. 20 0 0 5 0 0 6 North British Bank • • 50 0 0 10 0 0 5% Royalßank of Scotland 61. per cent. 100 0 0 100 I 0 143 union Bank of Scotland 81. per cent. 100 0 0 50 0 0 84 Vestern Bank Bl. por cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 69 Aberdeen Fire and Life 121. per cent. 12 10 0 2 0 0 812.6 d. B. Accord. Llfe and Fire 20 0 0 0 11 0 9e. British GuarAntee Ins. 10 0 0 1 • 0 lee. Caledonian Fire Insur. 101. per cent. 100 0 0 10 0 0 21 Church of England Ins. 50 0 I 2 0 • 2 City of Glasgow Life 5l. per cent. 25 0 0 2 21. 9s Edinburgh Life Incur 5l. per cent. 100 • I 12 10 0 17% East of Se •tland Life lO 0 0 olb 0 125. Eng. & Scot, Law Life 51. per cent. 50 I • 217 6 2% Hercules Insurance Co. 71. per cent. 100 0 0 10 0 0 11% Insur. Co. of Seetlnd • • Si. per cent. 100 0 0 10 0 • 7 Life Assoc. of Scotland 51. per cent. 10 0 • 1 0 I 11 5_ Mercantile Life National Fire and Life 51. per cent. 10 0 0 1 0 I 245. North British Maur 5% I.pr cent. 200 0 0 20 I 0 23 North & West of Soot lO 0 • 1 0 0 11, Ii Scottish Life and ,luar 2O 0 0 0 11 0 Scot. Ma , . and Gen. Life 5/. per cent. 1 0 0 015 0 ,10s. 0,1 Scottish Union Inarncs. 6%1. pr cent. 20 0 0 1 0 0 IL Is Stan lard Life . 51. per cent. 50 0 0 4 5 0 t Called Dep. Assurance '1 per cent. 10 0 0 1 0 0 1 12s. MISCELLANEOUS. Dividend Amount I Name of Company. per of Paid. Price, Annum. Share. X. a. d. X. a. d. Australian Agriculturl 100 0 0 30 0 0 - Anglo-Mexican Mint., 11. 4s. 10 0 0 10 0 0 16 Ditto, Half Shares.. - 210 0 - Canada ............. 61. per cent. 100 0 0j32 JO 0 31 Uppr Canada Bonds 51. per cent. - - City Bonds.. .... 3%1. pr cent. - I - 89 Comp. Cppr Mars Eng. 51. per cent. 100 0 0 70 0 0 - Gen. Revers. & Invest. sp. c.Se bs, 21 100 0 0 100 0 0 - Equitable Reversienry 43r. pr cent. 100 0 0 95 0 0 Gem. SteamNavigatlon 11. Bs. 15 0 0 14 0 0 24N London Institution ... - - 11 Penlnslr & Orient.Stm. 21. per cent. 50 0 I 50 0 0 59% Reversionary Int. Soc. 3%1. pr cent. 100 0 0 j 100 0 0 95 Royal Mail Steam.- • 3%1. pr cent. 1110 0 0; 60 I 0 - 'South Australian ..... 61. per cent. 25 0 0 25 0 0 -- Van Dieman's Land.. 100 0 0 23 0 0 - Universal Salvage • 25 0 0 I 5 0 0 - QUAINT INSCRIPTION.-Allusion, says Professor QUAINT INSCRIPTION.—AIIusion, says Professor Donaldson, has recently been made in the Builder to in scriptions on buildings: there is one over the door of the cloister of the Convent of the Carmelites in Caen. Per haps I may be excused in alluding to it, although not immediately an architectural subject. The lines are these in honour of Simon Stock, one of the saints of the order:— D Di Si scap ao ab as iura atm mon ulare cepit tr s T SO) DO3 11l in in an To which I may perhaps bo permitted to join the follow inv)arallel free version:— ho Si first beg hen ly mon an his T wi De howled to sc —Builder. pr •aching. THE WEATIIER.—Since our last publication we have had what we long ago heard called "a weather gaw." On Monday evening, we observed a brilliant " brough about the moon." which, according to an old saw, prognosticated that " there would be rain soon," and it was in this case not untruthful, for it rained heavily all Tuesday, and at night snow came on, which continued till after mid day yesterday, when it measured fully an inch in depth, where not melted by the heat of the city. Last night the weather settled down to a mild frost, with clear moonlight.—Caledonian Mercury. PREPARATION FOR THE GRAVE.—A few weeks ago we mentioned the circumstance of Thomas Francis, Esq., of Bebingtou, having ordered Mr. Walter, plumber, of Birkenhead, to construct two leaden coffins for himself and his wife. The coffins were duly made, and the wife of Mr. Francis actually assisted to polish them up. On Sunday last she died at the age of eighty-four years; and on Thursday she was interred in the coffin she herself had worked at recently.--Stockport Mercury. Dividend Amount same of Company. n, r of Paid. Price Annum. Share. - £ e. d. X s. d. Australasia .......... 40 0 0 40 0 0 - ..iritshNorth American , 51. per cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 - Ceylon .............• ! 6/. p:a* cent. 25 0 0 25 0 0 - Jommercial of London' 6/. per cent. 100 0 0 20 0 0 - :lolonial.. .... ..... .. 51. per cent. 100 0 0 25 0 0 - Gloucestershire ...• • • 151 per cent. - - - lonian .............. 6/. per cent. 25 0 0 25 0 - Londn and Westminstr 61. per cent. 100 0 0 20 0 - - 13 0 - London Joint-Stock ... 61. per cent. 50 0 0 10 0 - Provincial of Ireland.. 81. per cent. 100 0 0 .25 0 43 Ditto, New......... 81. per cent. 10 0 0 10 0 - National of Ireland .• SI. per cent. SO 0 0 22 1 0 - Nat. Provncial of En. 61. per cent. 100 0 0 35 0 - Ditto, New. - South Australia ...... - - 22 1 0 - Union of Australia.... 6/. per cent. 25 0 0 25 0 23t - - 21 0 - 1.11,31.nt of L0nd0n..... 61. per cent. 50 00 10 0 - Union of Madrid - 10 0 0 i 40 0 - INSITILA.NCE COMPANXES. Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Price Annum. Share. X e. d. l 4 s. d. Albion .... -•••• • • • • 3/. 105. 500 0 0 50 0 0 75 Alliance 13rit. and For. 6 per cent. 100 0 0 11 0 0 1714 Ditt) Marine••• •• • • 61. per cent, 100 0 0 5 0 0 - Ntlai . 138.6 d. pr sh. 50 0 0 5 6 8 - British Commercial Clerici,Med.&Gen.Life 51. per cent. 100 0 0 10 0 0 20 C3unty .• •••.•• • • • • • • 31. 100 0 0 10 0 0 - 13s. 50 0 0 b 0 0 11 Eagle 6s. 50 0 0 5 6 0 6% Eng.& Scot. Law .• - European Life ••• • • • 5% per cent. 20 0 0 All paid. - FamllyEndowmct Soc. 41. & be. 4 0 5 4 0 0 - Freemasons' .•••• • 51. per cent. 20 0 0 3 0 0 - Glote - 119 Guardian - .... •• -•• 51. per cent. 100 0 0 36 10 0 45 Imperial Fire ••.••• •• 12 per cent. 500 0 0 50 0 0 214 Imperial Life .••• • • • • 12s. 100 0 0 10 0 0 14% Indemnity Marine•• •• U. sh. & bs. 100 0 0 513 1 - Law Fire .... -••• • • • - 100 0 0 2 10 0 - Law I ife.......• .. 1/. ss. 100 0 0 10 0 0 45 Le;al and General Life - 50 0 0 2 0 0 - L.3ndcn Fire •••. • • • • lOs. 25 0 0 12 10 0 13% London Ship ......•• 10s. 25 0 0 12 10 0 133% Marine.. ••.•.• . •• .. - 100 0 0 15 0 0 - Med. Invlid&Gen.Life 1141. per et. 50 0 0 2. 0 0 2% National Lean Fund- 5/. per cent. 20 0 0 210 0 - Sational Life. • - Palladium Life 5l. per cent. 50 0 0 2 0 0 2!. ls Pelican .. - - - 33 Pacenix - - 165 ' - 'lotector Life.... ... 5.1. per cent. 20 0 0 1 0 0 - rovident Life-- -• • 11. 55. 100 0 0 10 0 0 - Rock Life... -- - - 4s. 5 0 0 010 0 4% Royal Exchange 5/. per cent. Stock. -18 G ;an Fire • - - - I:itto Life 11. 6s. - - - Universal Life........ tour. pr cnt. 100 0 0 810 0 - Victoria Life • - - 4 0 0 - DOCKS. Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid.. Price. Annum. Share. £ s. d. X a. d. Commercial . - 70 Last and West India 6l. pr cent. Stock. - 119 East Country - 21 f_ andon - 100% Ditto 80nd5........ 4/. per cent. - - - St. Katharine ........ 5 per cent. Stock. - - Ditto 80nd5........ 4%1. pr cent. - - - Snitbampton •• -- -2/. per cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 , 22 C.&NALS. . I " 1 Dividend Names of ,:. Dividend' Names of ‘ ...Price. ~ per Price. Companies. A per j Companies. 4 1 Alltlurn. v: Annum.' v 3 . - -.... X X A.shtn& Oldh 97 71. 13 e 110 Macclesfield . 100 2/. 10s. - Barnsley.• •• 160, 121. 180 Neath ••• • •• 100 201. 210 3rknk&Abrg,lso, 5/. 85 0xf0rd...... 100 201. 200 Birmingham; 35 41. 7N Peak Forest. 78 31. lOs. 68 Coventry ....!100; 25/. , 270 Regent's •••• 33 11. 4s. 19 i iorbv •• • - 1100; 6!. j 63 Roelidale..• •85 4/. 54 Ells rre&Chs , l33, 41. , 43 Somrset Coal 150, 71. 10s. 130 t , ;:e, , , ash ••• ; 100 32t. , - Do.LkFd St 12 61. p. c. _ araml.l unctn 100 Si. , 80 SttTni &Wore 140! 281. 275 GraudSurrey,loo - , 40 Shrewsbury.. 125 , 151. - ..rand Union 100 11. 108. 21% Stourbridge.• 145 201. 285 Irantham -1150 121. , - Severn and kennt & Avid 39 7s. 6.1. 51( Wye Rail. j 26 11. Bs. 30 Leeds& Livrp,loo 341. I 430 Warwick& 1 , 'oeicester .. • . 'l4O 101. 1 75 Binning. j 00 51. 65 Leiestr &Nth! 83 41. ! 26 Warwick& 1 „ :,omeihorogb,l42 701. , 530 Naptou.. j' ' --• 46 Monmouthsh 100 81. ! - Worcstr &/ 78 21 . 39 Mntgemrysh 100 Si. I - Birming. 3feltnMwbry,loo 101. 1 - Wilts & lirks 67 11. 11 GAS-LIGHT AND COICE COMPANIES. Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. ! Price Annum. Share. 1 X. s. d. A. s. d. ' British ........•• •• .. 1/. 140 0 0 18 0 0 17 Ditto Provincial•• •• 11. Bs. ,20 0 0 19 00 I ! 23 Bristol .. ........... ICI. per cent. 20 0 0 - i - Brighton ...... - ' 18 City of London ...... 101. 1100 0 0 100 0 0 ' 290 ContinentalConsolidat. 925. pr share; 50 0 5 39 5 0 - Ditto, New .. .. 85s. pr share' !it 0 0 37 10 0 i - Equitable-. . ... 15s. pr share' 50 0 0 50 0 0 , ZB3 Imperial ...... • ..• .• 61. per cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 ; 75 Independent ........• 61. per cent. ,40 0 0 40 0 0 i 64 London.• ............ 2%1. pr cent.' 50 5 0 50 0 0 I 10 D1tt0........ ••- • . 61. per cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 i 35 Phoenix ....... • • .... 5/. per cent. 50 0 0 45 0 0 1 31% Ratcliff ..• • • .. ••• • • • 51. and bns. 100 0 0 90 0 0 ! 80 United General ...... 4%1. pr cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 j 17 Westminster Chartered 31, 50 0 0 - 1 36% Ditto, New .... -... 12s. 50 0 0 10 0 0 ! 11 1 4 BRIDGES Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. frit c. Annum. Share. .Z. s. d. 2. r. d. linngerford • • • • .. • • .. - - - 45 Southwrk, NW Sub. Av. - 632 12 8 - 2 Ditto Nw of 7% p. c. 355. per cent. 50 I V - 16 Waterloo ...........• - 100 0 0 - 5 Ditto Old Ann. of 8/. 11.55. 4d. - 60 0 0 27 Ditto Nw ditto of 71. 11. '2s. 2d. - 40 0 0 25 Vauxhall .... ... Av 11. 16s. 70 10 0 - 26 WATER-17.TOILIES Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. £ s. d. £ s. d. Birmingham. •• •• •• •• 18s. 25 0 0 25 0 0 ••••••• EASt. London..• •••• • • • 81. 100 0 0 - 175 Grand Junction •••• -2/. 10s. 41 13 4 - 82 31. 100 0 0 - 84 Aew Rivr Lndn Brdge 21. 10s. - - 55 rauxhall -•• • • • • 100 0 0 - 104 West Middlesex . - - )40.1.4113 A. I' MVO /4114 G, rEARtf AR V FROM THE LONDON GAZETTE • OF FRIDAY. DIVIDENDS. At the Court. Basinghall- street. T. Brooke, Boxton 011-town, baker, March 11, at eleven—Joseph and John Baker, Fore-street, machinists, March 11, at eleven—R. Baker, Cheapside, tailor, March 11. at halt-past eleven—G. Gale, Winchest,r, corn chandler, March 11, at one—E. G. Shackell, Leadenhall street, March 11, at twelve—F. Clark, jun .. Bury St. Edmund's, innkeeper, March 13, at two—F. Macnaghten, Nicholas-lane, Lombard-street; merchant, March 10, at half-past twelve—L. Alexander and W. Bardgett, Old Broad-street, merchants, March 13, at eleven—S. May, Myddleton-street, Clerkenwell, watch manufacturer, March 10, at two—P. BLekmore, Little James-street, Bedford-row, saddler, March 10, at two. In the Country. D. Williams, Ruthin, Denbighshire, cattle salesman, March 10, at twelve, at the Court, Liverpool—J. Harper, Dudley, Worcestershire, Walsall, Tipton, and Bilston, Staffordshire, mercer and draper, March 15, at eleven, at the Court, Manchester—S. Stott, Rock Life- vale Mill, Lancashire, cotton spinner, March 14, at eleven, at the Court, Manchester—R. Scholes, Bury, grocer, March 21, at eleven, at the Court, Manchester—W. Richardson, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, glass manufacturer, March 10, at twelve, at the Court, Newcastle-upon-Tyne—A. James, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, oil and glass merchant, March 10, at eleven, at the Court, Newcastle-upon-Tyne— I. N. Pearce, Liverpool, stationer, March 13, at eleven, at the Court, Liverpool—J. Lee, Coventry, watch ma nufacturer, March 16 at eleven, at the Court, Birming ham—R. Linell, Shrewsbury, grocer, March 18, at eleven, at the Court. Birmingham. PAYMENT OF DIVIDENDS. W. Chappelow, jun., Jermyn-street, St. James's, wholesale saddler, 4s. Bd., on Monday, Feb. 21, and two following Mondays, between the hours of eleven and three, at the office of Mr. Graham, Birchin-lane, City. W. Bennett and H. S. Reeve, London road, South wark, victuallers, 4s. 3d., any Wednesday, between the hours of eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Graham, Coleman-street. M. C. Johnstone, Lamb's Conduit-street, linendraper, 2s. 11d., any Wednesday, between the hours of eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Graham, Coleman-street. M. J. Stone, Abingdon, grocer, first dividend of Bs., proportio❑ of the first dividend of 10s. on new proofs, any Wednesday, between the hours of eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Graham, Coleman-street. W. Bibb, Alnwick, currier, id., in addition to 2s. 3d., previously deelared, on Saturday, Feb. 19, or any sub sequent Saturday, between the hours of ten and three, at the office of Mr. Baker, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. J. Hudson, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, dealer in marine stores, 155., on Saturday, Feb. 19, or any subsequent Saturday, between the hours of ten and three, at the office of Mr. Baker, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. R. Greenham, Liverpool, merchant. 5a., on Thursday, Feb. 17, or any subsequent Thursday, between the hours of eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Turner, Liverpool. NOTICES OF CERTIFICATES. At the Court, Basinghall-street. C. Hall, Uxbridge, grocer and cheesemonger, March 10, at half-past eleven—L. Chaplin, Weatherfield, Essex, straw plait dealer, March 13, at twelve—J. Phillips, Cambridge, boot and shoe maker, March 11, at twelve— F. Fupouy, Cross-lane, St. Dunstan's-hill, City, wine merchant, March 11, at one—J. Gesle, New Burlington mews, Regent-street, job master and livery stable keeper, March 10, at two—C. Stuart, Herbert-street, New North-road, wholesale milliner, March 10, at twelve—J. Parker, Princes-road, Chelsea, Nutting-hill, coach pro prietor, March 10, at one—H. Ashley, Fleet-street, and Little Carter-lane, Doctor's-commons, carrier, March 10, at half-past two. . . In the Country. A. James, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, oil, colour, and glass-merchant, March 10, at hal f-past eleven, at the Court, Newcastle-upon-Tyne—E. Porritt, Huddersfield, Yorkshire, banker and cloth manufacturer, March 25, at eleven, at the Court, Leeds—W. Bedells, Leicester, paper and general dealer, March 21, at eleven, at the Court, Birmingham—E. Lea, Shrewsbury, ironmonger, Nfarch 25, at eleven, at the Court, Birmingham—G. Blake and J. Blake, Liverpool, and Dublin, soap manu facturers, March 10, at eleven, at the Court, Liverpool— W. Gregory, Liverpool, hosier and glover, March 10, t eleven, at the Court, Liverpool—Elizabeth Mooney, Egremont, Cheshire, upholsterer, March 10, at eleven, at the Court, Liverpool—G. Lupton, St. Helen's, Lanca shire, tailor and draper, March 9, at eleven, at the Court, Liverpool—C. Williams, ictualler and flour dealer, • March 10, at eleven, at the Court, Liverpool—J. Ed wards, Allington, Dorsetshire, sack, twine, and shoe thread manufacturer, March 13, at eleven, at the Court, Exeter—J. 'rite, Clenham-mill, Dorsetshire, flax and tow-spinner, March 13, at eleven, at the Court, Exeter —T. Law, Manchester and Salford, corn and flour dealer, March 13, at the Court, Manchester—J. Collins, Manchester, common brewer, March 15, at eleven, at the Court, Manchester. At the Court of Review, March 10. H. W. Frampton, Bideford, Devonshire, grocer and tea dealer—J. Boucher, Bridgnorth, Shropshire, draper W. Carruthers, Desborough terrace, Harrow-road, builder S. R. Kedward, Clipatone-street, Fitzroy square, licensed victualler—G. Kiallmark, Hampstead street, St. Pancras, music seller—S. Hobbs, Camber well•green, cook and confectioner—N. Batho, Man ehester, machine maker—F. 11. Agar, New Windsor, Berkshire, grocer Sarah Sherratt and G. Sherratt, Hilton, Derbyshire, blacksmiths W. Reeve and R. Reeve, New Bond-street, upholsterers—F. Smith, Man chester, innkeeper— R. F. Gower, jun., New Boad• street, merchant—J. Basire, Red Lion-square, and North flyie, brick maker IL Turner, Old Cavendish street, St. Marylebone, tailor—T. Stott, Liverpool, liceman—J. Johanning, Newman-street, Oxford-street, commission agent—S. Street, Bedford, draper—T. Burnell and W. S. Fitzwilliam, King William -street, City, merchants—J. Welsh, Carlisle, tailor and draper. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. GUILDHALL. Mr. Alderman Gibbs, the presiding magistrate, was occupied several hours on Saturday in investigating the charge of forgery preferred against William Ed wards, a labouring man residing in Brompton-square, with his mother, who, on presenting herself in the cc urt, was also given into custody by Mr. Butt, solicitor, of Ryde, who is conducting the case, as being concerned in the fraud. She gave as her name Charlotte Edwards. The brief facts of the case are these :—A few weeks since Mr. Butt had occasion to forward a Bank post bill for 241., on Jones, Loyd, and Co., in a letter by post, to Miss Mary Ann Charley, living at 51, Brompton-crescent. By some unfortunate circum stance it was directed to 51, Brompton-square, and was there taken in by a female, known by the name of Miss Underwood and Miss Mary Ann Charley. The latter she adopted about the period the letter was sent to please some gentlemen, who said that she was so much like the Miss Charley of Bromptun•crescent, that they wished her to go by the name. The accommo dating young lady lodged at the r: sidenee of Mrs. Edwards. A day or so after the delivery of the letter, the bill was presented by the male prisoner to be dis counted at Mr. Tucker's, in Nicholas-lane. This gentleman required it to be endorsed by Miss Charley, and the prisoner accordingly took it back, and the female who had gone by the name of Underwood, alias Charley, was stated by the servant girl to have written " Mary Anne Charley" on the hick of it. This was the forgery. The bill was then discounted, and the male prisoner handed the amount over to the female, who had since decamped. The non-delivery of the letter to the real Miss Charley led to the de tection of the fraud. Mr. Alderman GIBBS committed the male prisoner for trial. His mother was liberated on putting in her own recognizances to appear when called upon to answer any charge. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. Mr. Francis Mowatt, M.P., of Devonshire-place, was summoned for riding furiously through the park, in the early part of the week. Ilendillon, one of the park-keepers, proved that the Hon. Member, in company with two ladies, was galloping at a hard pace through the park, notwith standing the prohibition against the dangerous prac tice conspicuously displayed in several parts of the park. Mr. Mowatt said he was certainly taking a ride in the park with his two daughters, and the horses being rather fresh they went at a smart pace, but not such a pace as he was aware was not permitted, or that was dangerous to the public. Mr. HARDWICK said there so many crossings at Rotton• row that it was necessary to have some re striction put on the pace at which riders might be disposed to go. He was surprised the defendant did not know that he must only ride at moderate speed when there were so many boards w ith this intimation on it distributed about the park. Mr. Mowatt said he had recently seen Earl Grey and the Chancellor of the Exchequer riding through Rotten-row at a much greater speed, and no notice was taken of the proceeding.—!' fined 10a. and costs. SOUTHWARK. A respectable looking couple, named Richard and Charlotte Stubbs, was placed at the bar before Mr. Beadon, charged with working an illicit still. Frederick Pargiter, an officer of the Excise, said that on the preceding afternoon he took a man in cus tody on London-bridge, with a horse and cart, having in his possession fourteen gallons of illicit spirit. He took him before the Lord Mayor, who inflicted the usual fine, which was not paid ; and after he was locked up he (witness) took the horse and cart towards London- bridge, thinking by means ' of the animal that he might discover from whence the spirits came. When he arrived in High-street, Southwark, he allowed the horse to have its own , way, and, on coming to Great Suffolk-street, he turned round and entered Chapel-place, at the rear of the police court, when he suddenly stopped at a gateway and refused to proceed further. Witness had a key, which he took from the man at the Man sion -house, and which he found unfastened the ' gate. On his entrance he found a strong effluvia from molasses wash, clearly indicating that a still was at work near the place. While he was looking about, the prisoners ran out of the house and endea voured to escape; but the officers who attended him , took them into custody. They then acknowledged working a still, and said that they did so to keep them from the workhouse. Witness then entered the room at the rear of the stables, and found a large still in full working order, running off spirits. It was fully charged with molasses wash, and capable of working off a hundred gallons. In answer to the charge, the prisoners said they had only been concerned in the still about three weeks, and that they were not aware whose horse and cart it was the officer had in his possession. Mr. BEADON told them that it would be unwise for them to make such a statement, as it was quite positive that the horse would not have stopped at their place unless he had been in the habit of going there. He should inflict the penalty of 301. on each of them, and the only way to get it reduced would be by telling the whole truth to the Board of Excise. In default of paying the fines, the prisoners were committed to the House of Correction for three months each. TO THE SECRETARY 01P THE BRADFORD REFORM ASSOCIATION. Sir, —On NVer!nesday the 16th, the Roman Catholic Relief Bill was considered in Committt e. The most prominent part of the debate was the speech of Mr. Gladstone. Moderate, sagacious, and just, he is clearly one of the rising statesmen to whose care we must bequeath our children when we die. On local business, I presented the petition of your solicitors for the removal of the certificate duty ; which appears to have been the precursor of a general movement on the subject. Ido not know whether the petitioners may approve of their petition being presented in what may be deemed a light vein. But I beg them to observe, that by means of this I intro duced the answer to the stock fallacy adduced in this and other cases, which is that the tax will be re covered from the consumers. On Thursday was a Currency debate, curiously got up in defiance of the appointment of a Com mittee. From the defection of the Scotch Members, and other causes, there seemed to be an apprehension in the House that Ministers would be in a minority. The question however was carried in their direction, by 163 against 122. On Friday came on the Ways and Means, or what is called the Budget. And here I believe I came in some respects to different conclusions from some in my neighbourhood. Having been art and part in that greatdemonstration at Manchester, which though it did nut " go for gold" may be surmised to have been the beginning of the movement which stopped the progress of the war mania, I of course watched for tokens of the effect on the measures of the Govern ment. And I must avow, if lam to speak my mind honestly, that with certain exceptions towards the conclusion of their proposals which shall be noticed, I felt a firm and increasing conviction, that the Go vernment was doing precisely what considerate and intelligent men would do in such circumstances for themselves The Government did not make the war madness; it was the simple consequence of one " untoward event," over which they had no manner of control. The unfortunate letter, was the torch thrown into the peace of Europe. Late and limping apologies have been made, on the ground of its pub ' lication being unintended. Military men do not often make such mistakes; and when they do, they incur such consequences as leave small risk of the repetition of the weakness. But if it was so, produce the culprits and the evidence. Till then, the natural conclUsion will be, that the letter was cruising about for a twelvemonth for somebody to publish it. It is known that six months ago, it was in the state of being a great secret on the continent. The letter had carried a bitter feeling towards England into every cottage in France, and was curiously directed to calling upon Frenchmen to ran sack their history for causes of rancour of which the existing generation hardly knew the names. What modern Frenchman, for instance, ex cept professed politicians, knew or cared anything about Toulon, till the schoolmaster called him up and asked, " Where did the English burn a fleet, on pre tence of being the allies of France rr" But for all this the Government was not to blame. One man can set fire to a house, and six hundred and fifty-eight men cannot put it out again. The Government had nothing to do with any thing but struggling with the consequences. It was clear, that in their position, they must do something, and that anybody else in their place must do it too. Assuming, therefore, that the Go vernment had as perfect an aversion to the origin of the mischief as any that met at Manchester, still all that it could do was to meet the mischief in the least mischievous way it could. And this, till it came to a point which shall be mentioned, I certainly thought it was doing. The several steps pro posed with respect to the navy, the army, and the ord nance, all seemed to me to be the measures of men desirous to see the end of the popular disease, with as little in the way of apothecary's bill as would satisfy the parish. They honestly declared their dis belief in the imminence of war. Two strong reasons for joining in this, present themselves to my appre hension. One is, that peace between the French and English nations was substantially concluded by the events of 1830 and their consequences It was a peace, not between diplomatists, but between the people on the two sides ; and what the people have inade, neither diplomatists nor militarists will break. I saw at that period old colonels of the Empire, men whose rank and prospects and ambition had been cut down by the results of the war, going back to France with tears in their eyes, and declaring that it never entered into their thoughts that the English people could behave as they did on that occasion. And the next reason is, that the Government has, on the rising questions in Europe, already taken the better part, to an extent which settles! anxiety on what their line of conduct is to be. Hence that France at this moment should be cherishing hostile designs is about as likely as that she should be doing it when Englishmen in Paris were demanding to carry a mu-ket in the bar ricades. But notwithstanding this, it is impossible to have a fire put out for nothing; the bill, therefore, should be laid at the doors of those who fired the train. The point where my objections began, was at the proposal for a Militia ; and one too, where, with that awkwardness which often marks the proceedings of the political denomination from which it came, it was intimated to be desirable that substitutes should not be allowed. Now on this I invite the most sifting search. If more force is wanted, let it he fairly pro posed in the shape of an addition to the regular army, and Parliament decide on it accordingly. A militia man does not eat less, cost less, than a regular soldier. He is a regular soldier with the exception that he is not to do a regular's work. An increase in the regular army is an operation which nobody need hear of; but the creation of the novelty of a militia is sounding the trumpet to every clashing feeling abroad and at home. In a militia regiment more port will be drunk, and more offensive toasts given to season it with,— there will be more harping on every tender question both in home and foreign politics, more quarrelling between the aristocratic feeling of the officers and the popular tendencies of the rank and file,—than in six regi ments of the line. The motto of the militia will ne cessarily be—" War with France and French opinions;" without this, or without talking about it, they wil be nobody. And by way of helping, the men are proposed to be raised by ballot, without allowing sub stitutes. Is there to be a Chartist company in a militia battalion, or are they to be divided among the rest that they may disperse their principles ? Is a Chartist to have liberty of conscience and of speech, or is he to be brought up for unsoldierike conduct if in his sleep he names the Charter? 'lf ever there was a way to get up a collision and revive political animosities, it is this. And to all this what is there to set off? Simply the desire to enlist on their side the ambition for militia scarlet. There may be excuse for the uneconomical force of a militia, which may be called an army with one leg tied up, when the population is greatly ex hausted by military service, and it is expedient to call on men for one kind of service who might not be willing to give the other. But there is no such reason now. Recruiting parties may not be very popular at Manchester; but a conscription among the working hands, without allowing substitutes, will be a great deal less. On all accounts together, therefore, the plan of a militia seems to be about as wise as to re commend a man to tie up his leg and use a wooden one, when he has got a good leg of his own. There is a deficiency in the revenue, if I make no mistake, of three millions and a half; and the pro posal of the Government is to make the new expenses overshoot the old by about 300,0001. Now this is only some three per cent. on the old; and there is no man who cannot economise to the extent of three per cent., especially if his previous arrangements have not been particularly economical. If nothing else, the experiment has been tried on the public with the income-tax, in a way that proves the possibility to be undeniable. If, therefore, I was in a position to offer counsel to the manufacturing and commercial interests, who undoubtedly have great power in their hands on this occasion, it would be that, instead of figuring in a barren minority, they should try what they could effect by a proffer to support the Government on the two conditions of the withdrawal of the militia and the dispensing with the three per cent. addition to the estimates. To pay up the deficiency, may be hell to be a necessity arising out of what bills of lading call the act of God ; but the other is not. And to the proposal for a militia force the most steady and persevering opposition should be engaged for, leaving to the decision of Parliamenj whether more of regu lar force is wanted or not. I had a desire to say something on the subject of income-taxes ; but it must be deferred to a slack time.—l am, Sir, your obedient servant, T. PERRONET THOMPSON. Blackheath, London, Feb. 21, 1848. TERRIBLE CALAMITY.—SIX PERSONS DESTROYED BY Emit IN KILLARNEY.—On Sunday night a dreadful fire took place in Killarney, by which six individuals lost their lives. The extensive pawnbroking establish ment of Mr. Carberry, in the New-street, which , con tained the deposits of the poor from a ll p arts of Kerry, to the amount of several thousands sterling, was the scene of this dreadful catastrophe. Two persons, in their endeavours to escape, were killed, and four chil dren perished in the flames. The affair is a most melan choly one.--Freeman's Journal. On Tuesday Patrick Ryan (Small) was executed at Ennis gaol for the murder of the late James Watson ' Esq. lie ascended the scaffold at half - past two o' c l oc k, in a very feeble state, supported by the Rev. M essrs . Mahony and Quinlan. The wretched man appeared almost inscnsib'e, and had to be held up w hi le the ex e c utioner was adjusting the rope. He fainted off before the bolt was drawn, and died instantly. The evening before his execution he declared his innocence in the gaol. A great concourse of persons congre g at e d before the prison to witness thu spectacle.--,Limerick Chronicle. ATTEMPTED MURDER. An attempt at murder was made yesterday (Sunday) forenoon, in Dudley-street, St. Utica's, which it i 3 feared will be attended with fatal consequences to an aged woman, named Mary Ritchie, and her daughter, a young woman, far advanced in pregnancy, 22 years of age. It appears that a young man named James Parker, a tailor, but who for some time past had obtained a living by dancing at public concert-rooms, had been cohabiting with the daughter, named Eliza, Burgess, for nearly twelve months. Parker being of very dissipated habits, she agreed to separate from him. Accordingly she went to live with her mother, who had lodgings at the house of Mr. Fleming, a boot and shoemaker, No. 26, Dudley-street, St. Giles's. Although living separate from each other Parker frequently called to see the unfortunate girl and her mother, but during the last week or so frequent quarrels had taken place between them. At an early hour yes terday morning Parker called upon them, and for nearly two hours Mr. Fleming heard the parties using high words. It was deemed necessary to turn him out of the house, which was accordingly done by Mr. Fleming. He, however, returned soon afterwards, and after staying a few minutes in the room of Mrs. Richie he muttered something, then left in a great hurry, and went to the house of Mr. Johnson, a shoemaker, No. 25 in the same street, of whom he borrowed a knife, statir,g at the time that he wanted it to cut the sole off one of his dancing pumps that had become loose. Parker having examined it, complained of the blade being rather blunt pointed, and asked alr. Johnson to give it a rub or two on the strop to make it sharper. This was done, when he re returned to Air. Fleming's house, and almost imme diately afterwards loud cries of " Murder" were heard proceeding from the room in question. Mr. Fleming without delay ran up stairs, where he met Mrs. Ritchie bleeding profusely from the lower part of the body. She cried out, " I am murdered: catch Parker, he is killing my daughter now." He rushed into the room, when he perceived Parker with a knife in his hand and his sleeves besmeared with gore. He, on seeing Mr. Fleming, cried out, " What business have you here? Stand off, or it will be cold coffee with you." At the same time be threw the bloody knife out of one of the back windows, and rushed forth into the street. One of the neighbours having heard the alarm, and seeing Parker's hands covered with blood, laid hold of him and kept him until the arrival of a police-constable, into whose custody he was immediately given, and he was at once removed to the station-house in Bow-street. Police constable Bain and other parties, without a moment's loss of time, took the two injured women to a neighbouring surgeon's, but such was the dangerous character of the wounds inflicted that their instant re moval to Charing-cross Hospital was deemed necessary. The younger woman, as she was being conveyed thither, bled most copiously from the wounds in her forehead and back, and her mother bled as extensively from a wound in the lower portion of the belly and another in one of her thighs. Mr. Steggall, the resident house. surgeon of the hospital, upon seeing the two women at , once pronounced them to be in imminent danger. The abdomen of Mrs. Ritchie was perforated to the extent of several inches, and so was the wounded thigh. Such is the dangerous nature of the injuries that her death is hourly expected. RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS. LIVERPOOL, FEB. 19. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The Share market keeps firm to-day, with n small business doing. The business done was the fol. lowing :—Huddersfield and Manchester, 2% din.—Lancashire and Yorkshire, Fifths, 1 / 2 p.—London and North-Western, 146—Ditto, New Quarters, sth p.—Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, 10/. Preference, 1 A p.—Midland, 40/. Shares, 458 —Shrewsbury, Oswestry, and Chester, 5 1 ( 4 dia.—York, Newcastle, and Berwick (N. and B. Extension), No. 2, 3 %2 P. MANCHESTER, Fan. 19. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Bolton, Blackburn, &c. (A), 6'% dis.—North Staffordshire, % po—South-Eaat: ern and Dover, No. 4, 1 1 ,4 dis. LEEDS, FEB. 19. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Lancashire and York shire (West Riding Union), 2% dis.—North British, Thirds 3s. 6d. dis.—Ditto, Quarters, 7s. 6d. dis.—North•Weetera, 5/. Ils. 9d. dis. BIRMINGHAM, FEB. 19. STOCK EXCIIANGE.—The sales are—Ambergate, Notting ham, and Boston, 46e. 3d. dis.—North Staffordshire, p. —Shrewsbury and Birmingham (A), 565. 3d. di&—Ditto (B), 365. 3d. dis. NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE, FEB. 19. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Lancashire and Car lisle, 53 ex div.—Newcastle and Carlisle, New Scrip, 102— York, Newcastle, and Berwick (G. N. E. Purchase), DA . p. —Ditto (N. and B.), 31/. 12s. 6d. YORK, FEB. 18. STOCK EXCHINGE.—The sales are—Great Northern, 4?. 12s.—Northern Counties Union, ss. 6d.—North Western, ' —York, Newcastle, and Berwick (Original N. and B.), 31% Ditto, Extension, No. 1, 20—Ditto, No. 2 (late New Ber wicks), 13 1 / 4 —Ditto (G. N. E. Purchase), 10%. GLASGOW, Fras. 17. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Airdrie and Bath. gate, 503.—Caledonian, 35—Edinburgh and Perth, 13s.— Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ayr, Halves, No. 2, 1144 —Man chester and Southampton, 6s. 3d.--North British, Thirds. 85s. 6d.—Wishaw and Coltness, 45 3 / 4 —York, Newcastle, and Berwick (G. N. E. Purchase), 10%. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. HUNTING APPOINTMENTS. Badsworth hds., Tues , Scawsby Bar; Thurs., Borne; Sat., Notton Village-10i. Mr. Lumley's hds., Monday, Sperkin-hill; Wed., Crookhill; Fri., Cringley on the Hill; Sat.. Swinnow Wood-10i. Rufford rids., Mon., Kennels; Thurs., Upton Village; Sat., Cocking Moor-10i. Earl of Harewood's lids., Mon., Spofforth; Wed., Hook Moor; Fri.. Wigbill Lord Yarborough's hds., Mon., Kelsey River Head; Fri., Utterby-11. Sir Tattoo Sykes's hth., Mon., Birdsall Honse-10i; Wed., Wilberfoss Mill-11; Pri., Scampston House —loi. Holderness hds.. Moni, Bessingsby; Tues., Cavil Hall; Thurs., Cranswick ; Sat., Rise Mill-104. Cheshire hds., Mon., Davenham Hall; Wed., Dunham Park; Fri., Black Dog, Saghton; Sat., Withingtoa Sit: . W. Wynn's hds., Tues., Styche ; Wed., Hawk stone ; Fri., Prees; Sat., Loppington South Essex hds., Tues., North Ockington ; Thurs., Hoekley Bull ; Sat., Turner's Gate, by Hadleigh-10i. East Essex hds., Tues., Stambourn Village ; Sat., Marks Essex and Suffolk hds., Tues., Hartley Wood ; Fri., Justice Wood. Cottesmore hds., Mon., Stocken Hall ; Tues., Throok Hall ; Thurs., Loddington ; Fri., Knossington-104. Earl Fitzwilliam's hds., Mon., Long Orton ; Wed., Oundle Wood ; Fri., Buckworth Village -10. Duke cf Rutland's hds., Mon., Croxton Park I.oi ; Tues., Great Gonerby-12; Wed., Croxton Park; Fri., Cranwell-14 _ _ _ _ _ _ Mr. M. Irgrarn's hds., Mon., Drakelon ; T hurl., Spread Eagle ; Sat., Blith field. THE TRIPLE MURDER AT BRUSSELS.—E 3 :ICU• TION OF TUE MURDERERS.—On Saturday moral ng, at a quarter to nine, Rouseel and Vandenplaas, panied by the chaplain of the prison and the Abbe Triat, left their cells. The cortege proceeded along the Ruo• aux-Laines and the Boulevard-de-Waterloo, as far: Is the Gate de Hal, against which the scaffold was er acted, fronting the Rue-Haute. Vandenplaas appeared to be greatly cast down, but Rouseel walked with fin anew. At nine o'clock the condemned arrived at the pl ace of execution ; they embraced their confessors, and Van deuplass was then executed. The sound of thy knife made Rouseel tremble greatly, and his whole frame shook for some time ; but he regained confidence„ and gave himself up to his execution, and soon afte, r the crowd dispersed in silence. THE CASE OF MICHAEL M'UABE.—We are glad to learn that intelligence was received on Wedneo .day. by Mr. Jackson, of York, solicitor for M'Cabe, to the effect that this unfortunate convict's case is underg oing further consideration in the office of the Secretar; r of State. Mr. Justice Patteson, by whom M'Cabe yea tried, had an interview with Sir George Grey, co Tuesday.—Leeds Mercury. HIGHWAY RolmEßT.—On Saturday night sat, about half-past seven o'clock, a hawker named Curt an, residing at Greenside, was returning home fig om Prudhoe, and when about 100 3ards from Mr. derson's farm-house, at liye, he was stopped by Is co men, who sprung out of the hedge, keocked him dove Eli and after several ineffectual struggles on the part s if' Curran, in which he received some severe blows, the . succeeded in rifling his right-hand breech es p oc k et es f the money it contained, which consisted of more than 41. in silver and then made their escape. Curran, it appears, had a larger sum in his possession in another pocket wrapped in a purse; but his cries for assistance brought the inmates of the farm-house to the spot, and being alarmed at their approach, the villains hastily abandoned their victim and fled. No trace has yet% been discovered of the perpetrators of this daring out-. rage.—Newcastle Guardian. Monsieur Alexandre Dumas made a sad mistake when he visited Madrid. lie inscribed his visiting card. with the words—" Alexandre Dumas, Escribano,' thinking to dazzle the poor Spaniards' eves with the advent of a genuine howne de lettres. In fact he was received in a very flattering manner, but at the same time was not a little perplexed, as well as mortified, to find his appearance in a salon, invariably the signal for suppressed laughter. It was some time before he die— covered the meaning of this enigma. In Spain a literary' man is called Escritor, a notary Escribano, so that poor M. Dumas had actually announ ce d hi mse lf as a notary ! _ _ BIRTHS. On the 18th inst., at Lowndes-square, the Lady Mary Egerton, of a daughter. On the 22d ult., at Madeira, the wife of James W. Bronghs. ton, Esq., AI.:D., of a son, still-born. On the 15th inst., at Porcho.•ster-terrace, the wife of Joseph llardcastle, Esq., barrister-at-law, of a son. On the 16th inst., in Upper George• street, the wife of Joh* Philpot Curran, Esq., barrister-at •law, of a son. On the 18th inst., in Upper Brook-street, the lady of R. Arabin, Esq., of a daughter. MARRIED. On the 16th inst., at Alva House, North Britain, Captain Lord Frederick C. P. Bnuclerk, R.N , to Jemirna Eleonoria Johnstone, sixth daughter of the late James Johnstone, Esq. , of Alva. DIED. On the 15th ult., at Barrie, Upper Canada, Captain John , Moberly, E.N. On the 9th inst., at Lausanne, in Switzerland, Lieut..' Colonel Charles S. Cerjat, formerly of the Royals, or Vat Dragoons. On the 18th inst., at the Grove, Clapham-road, asil Anne, the wife of Alfred Tomlins, aged 39. ~., ,is . _ London: Printed and Published by AIURDO YOU: !if i, a t . o. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun Of f ice, Nee 1 1 - ' t Qi Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in, .010 COMA I aiddleiez,lll9ndiy, February 21, 1841. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. Mary Martyn and Elizabeth Dyer, Grosvenor street West, Eaton-street, Pimlico, milliners—S. Phillips and J. Burton, New Broad -street and Moorgate street, timber merchants—R. Garrard, S. Garrard, and S. Spilsbury, Panton-street, Haybarket, gold and silver smiths (so far as regards S. Spilsbury)—W. Whitridge and R. T. Rhodes, Rahere•street, gold chain makers — W. Archer and T. Serginson, Manchester, plumbers and painters—T. Lucas and G. Lucas, Manchester, engravers—T. W. Willett, Margate, and F. Willett, Commercial-road. linendrapers—J. Hincliff and C. Hin cliff, Hepworth, Yorkshire, clothiers—J. Wales and C. Wales, Leeds, painters—J. Lee, J. Wood, and G. Bently, Bradford, Yorkshire, wharfingers (so far as re gards J. Lee)—W. W. Kett and H. Kett, Norwich, linendrapers—D. Thomas and E. W. Thomas, Oswestry, Shropshire, mercers—J. Oliver and J. Green, Cork itre,,t, Burlington-gardens, importers of silk—P. Dres cher and J. Shey, Kingston -upon-Hull and Scarborough, watchmakers—S. Woed and T. B. Brown, Liverpool, spice merchants—J. M. Clement and H. Adams, Devon port, coal merchants—H. T. Bussell and G. Damsel], Lyd brook, Gloucestershire, mealmen—L Robson, W. Smith, and C. Evans, Huddersfield, grocers—J. H. Needell and W. G. Langdon, Old Change, Cheapside, calico printerm — T. Darbyshire and J. Holgate, Manchester, grocers—R. Hargreaves and J. Marsdon, Little Bolton, Lancashire, ironfounders—C. Wilkins, T. Carr, and W. Carr, Tiver ton-mills, near Bath, cloth manufacturers—T. B. Hawks ley and J. C. L. Marsh, Nottingham, surgeons—J. Bryant and A. Ellis, Lewisham, drapers—F. Munday and C. R. Pottinger, ,Harkwick-place, Commercial-road, East, wine merchants—D. Grieef and G. Grief, Wool wich, bricklayers—G. C. Collyer and J. T. Blackmore, Old•street-road, surgeons—J. Mack and 0. J. Williams, High Holborn, chemists—A. R. Strong and F. G. Strong, Long-acre, varnish manufacturers—T. Dewhirst and T. Jamieson, Bradford and Leeds, sharebrokers— T. Whitehurst and J. Bowden, New Brompton, brewers —J. Brammall and B. Dickinson, Ecclesfield, Yorkshire, file manufacturers—W. Jaggy and Mary Ann Yates, Milton next Gravesend, licensed victuallers G. E. Waterton, P. Kagenbusch, W. Y. Dent, and R. C. James, Leeds, patent alkali manufacturers—G. Warwick and T. Cox, Great Malvern, Worcestershire, linen drapers—J. F. Morice and D. Wilkinson, Liverpool, ship brokerv._________ INSOLVENT PETITIONERS. Joseph Drury, Wellingrove, Lincolnshire, labourer. Michael Wieetatan, Dodderill, Worcestershire, black smith. Josiah Tho mas, Huddersfield, railway clerk. Watkin Williams, Birmingham, earthenware dealer. Edward Mead, Birmingham, button maker. Nathan Levi, Birmingham, dealer in watch materials. Thomas Flynn, Birmingham, collector. William Marment, of Stroud, Gloucestershire, farmer. John Bridle, of Milborne St. Andrew, Dorsetshire, vie• tuallet•. Joseph :imith, Bristol. James Eryant, Hanham, Gloucestershire, labourer. Thountm. Haynes, Grantham, Lincolnshire, gardener. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS. W. Fearn. Edinburgh, leather merchant, to meet within the Royal Exchange Coffee-house, Edinburgh, Feb. 2' and March 16, at one. Jag es Wright, Strathblane, Stirlingshire, Wright, to meet within the house of R. Buchanan, innkeeper, Strath blane, Feb. 24, and March 16, at one. Dar id Stirrat, jun., Glasgow, merchant, to meet withi.a the King's Arms Hotel, Glasgow, Feb. 21 and March 13, at twelve. R. Hall, Edinburgh, grocer, to meet within the sale rootr .s of J. M`Dowell, Edinburgh, Feb. 22 and March 13, at t•i /o. G. Armstrong, Edinburgh, tea dealer, to meet within Stem , enson'e rooms, Edinburgh, Feb. 23 and March 15, at two. R. Laing, Edinburgh, paper manufacturer, to meet wi thin the Royal Exchange Coffee-house, Edinburgh, Fe b. 23 and March 15, at one. D UNDEE TRADE, FED. 16.--Our trade has exhi bite( 1 little or no alteration during the past week. In flax it . is said that some transactions have been effected at ppee 4 a shade lower than formerly, but wo do not con sider that any farther decline has been fully established; alp!. wing to the now reduced state of the stocks of some kinds of flax, the course of prices will is a great measure, depen, 1 on the probability of there being an early or late re-opt fling of the navigation at the different flax ports. In art n and yarns there is still very little doing, and pric es are yet without any improvement. The Gustav, froc a Liebau, with flax, codilla, and timber, arrived here last week, after a passage of about six weeks.—Courier. D YEP-SEA FISEIING.—We are happy to observe that zh e people of Elgin are going to work in the right way Zo secure constant supplies of fish. The committee of the+ Working Men's Provision Association have taken the tilt og in hand, and propose to establish a fishmonger's shop, tc be supplied by a deep-sea boat or boats. The capital is to be raised by shares of five shillings each, and at a meeting on Monday week fifty shares were taken. Many s lore names have since been added to the list. news Courier. WOOLWICH. William Mayhew, described as a gentleman living at Brighton, TV. Johnson, alias Montroe, alias Jim the Greek, a well known cracksman, and J. Flowers, the keeper of a beer shop called the Folly, Barnsley street, Mile-end, were placed at the bar, before Mr. Traill, the sitting magistrate, for final examination, charged with having committed a burglary at the Powerful Inn, Warwick-street, Woolwich, and J. Burnton, a greengrocer in Albion-street, Woolwich, was charged with aiding them in the commission of the felony. The evidence, which was very voluminous, went to prove that on the 22d of last mouth, Burnton went to a beer shop, kept by a man named Duffill, and, after drinking a pint of beer, asked the landlord to step out with him, as he wanted to speak with him. Duffill did so, and when they got as far as Warwick. street, Burnton said, " Would a thick one or two be convenient this cold weather?" Duffill said " I do not understand ;" when Burnton rejoined, " Can't you tumble" (meaning understand) ? Duffill said no, and Burnton added, "Do you know any one that has any dust? Duffill said, "I know what you mean." Burnton then went on to state that he had been con cerned in stealing 1701. from an innkeeper in the town of the name of Covill, and offered to let Duffill go shares in any j o b h e cou ld p u t th e gang up t o , an d pointed out a grocer's, named Oliver, whose house they had fixed upon for a crack. They then parted, but met on sev era l su b sequen t occas i ons , a t eac h o f which Burnton bound Duffill to secrecy. On the Sunday following, Duffill called upon Mr. Covill, who had been robbed, and also the grocer whom it was proposed to rob, and they all went to the police, who advised that Duffill should seem to give his con sent, and fix upon the Powerful Inn as the scene of their depredations. O n the next da,y Burnton again called upon Dural, who told him what he had been instructed, adding that it must bedone before Friday. Burnton then asked him about several others in the town, and if they were worth robbing. They ultimately came to London, and went to Flowers' beer-shop, where be was introduced to Flowers and Montroe,who fixed upon the next day to do the job, and said they should allow Duffil and Burnton 101. a piece if 1001. was got, and arranged to meet the next day at the Trafalgar, Woolwich, which they did. The police were previously sta tioned at the Powerful, in such a position as to have a view of the bed-room. Some were also at the Trafalgar to identify the parties when they came. At the hour appointed, Duffil went and met Flower, Montroe, and the prisoner Mayhew, who was to be one of the party. They then ar ranged that Duffil should go and get Mr. Mould, the landlord of the Powerful, out for a walk, and bring him past there, which was to be the signal for them to go and commit the robbery. This was done, but Duffill and Mould went back to the Powerful, and having entered by the back way, and found that Montroe was upstairs, a preconcerted signal was given, and the police down stairs rushed from their hiding place, and captured Mayhew and Flowers, whilst the officers upstairs took Montroe, just as he was entering the bed room with a skeleton key. Upon the officers entering the colfeeroom, where they took Flowers, they found he had thrown a handkerchief containing a quantity of skeleton keys into the fire. After some resistance the whole party were locked up, and in Flowers' house, in London, skeleton i to n n ge k ni e o y u s sl a y n c d on v c a e r a io le u d, various were f burglarious ou n. instruments, The evidence being of a most conclusive nature, the depositions were taken, and the prisoners fully committed to take their trial at the next session of the Central Criminal Court. PORTERS, Vic., CUSTOMS.—A return ha s j us t b een printed of the number of porters and persons holding subordinate situations in the department of the Customs, in the receipt of not more than three shillings a•day, and showing how many of them are pensioners in the army or navy. In England, the number is, 1,890; of whom 737 are in the Coast Guard, 20 connected with the Quarantine Department, and 72 pensioners in the army or navy. In Scotland, there are 415; of whom 121 are in the Coast Guard, and 17 are pensioners; and in Ireland, 803; 369 of whom are in the Coast Guard, 16 are pensioners. Total, 3,108. An Eagle was shot near Ramsgate last week. The Kentis/s Observer says—" It belongs to the fishing species. It measures seven feet across the wings, and is a remarkably fine and powerful bird. On being shot, Mr. Peake forced from its throat, which was very much distended, nearly two pounds of large eels, and it is supposed shit it had gorged itself so much that it was careless of its safety, haviug been killed with a common charge of No. 4 shot.