The Sun. — London, England, 1848-04-21 00:00:00

BANK RETURNS. (From the London Gazette of Tuesday.) An Account, pursuant to the Act seventh and eighth Victoria, cap. 32, of the Average Amount of Bank Notes, of the several Banks of issue in England and Wales. in Circulation during the Week ending Satur day, the B th day o April, 1848: Average PRIVATE BANKS. Amount. Abingdon Bank, Abingdon—Knapp and C 0.., Andover Bank, Andover—Heath and Co 11,571 Ashford Bank, Ashford—Jemmitt and Pomfret 11,625 tylshasn bank, Aylsham—R. and G. Copeman 5,025 Aylesbury Old Bank, Aylesbury—Rickford and Hunt Baldock Bank and Baldock and Biggleswade Bank, Baldock—Wells, Hogg, and Lindsell 29,702 Barnstaple Bank, Barnstaple—Drake and Co 12,114 Basingstoke and Odihatr. Bank, Basingstoke— Seymour, Lamb, and Co. Bedford Bank, Bedford—T. Barnard Bedford and Bedfordshire Bank, Bedford— • Trapp, Halfhead, and Co. 3ewdley Bank, Bewdley—Nichols, Baker, and Crane Bicester and Oxfordshire Bank and Oxford Bank, Bicester—Tubb and Co. Birmingham Bank, Birmingham—Attwoods, Spooner, and Co 24,335 Birmingham and Warwickshire Bank, Birming ham---J. L. Moilliett, and Sons . 14,009 Blandford Bank, Blandford—Bastard and Oak. 7,73 G Boston Bank, Boston—Garfit and Co 72,297 Boston Bank, Boston—Gee and Co 14,629 Bridgwater Bank, Bridgwater—J. &J. Sealey 8,284 Bristol Bank, Bristol—Miles, Harford, and Co. 31,580 Broseley and Bridgnorth, and Bridgnorth and Broseley Bank, Broseley—Messrs. Pritchard 18,501 Buckingham Bank, Buckingham—Bartlett, Parrott, and Co. Bury and Suffolk Bank, Sudbury Bank, Stow- Market Bank, Bury—Oakes, Bevan, and Co. 71,868 Banbury Bank, Banbury—Gillett and Tawney. 27,375 Banbury Old Bank, Banbury—Messrs. Cobb... 33,135 Bath City Bank, Bath—Molter and Son . Bedfordshire Leighton Buzzard Bank, Leighton Buzzard—Bassett and Grant 31,958 Birmingham Bank, Birmingham—Taylor and Lloyds Bradford Old Bank, Bradford, Yorkshire—H A. and W. M. Harris and Co Brecon Old Bank, Brecon—Wilkins and Co Bridport Bank, Bridport—S. and W. E. Gundry Brighton Union Bank, Brighton—Hall, West, • and Borrer Burlington and Driffield Bank, Burlington — Harding, Smith, and Co Bury St. Edmunds Bank, Bury St. Edmunds — J. Worlledge and Co. Bromsgrove Bank and Stourbridge and Broms grove Bank, Bromsgrove—Rufford, Biggs, and Co 14,908 Cambridge Bank, Cambridge—Mortlock and Sons Cambridge and Cambridgeshire Bank, Cam bridge—Messrs. Forsters Canterbury Bank, Canterbury—Hammond and 27,050 Carmarthen Bank, Carmarthen—Morris and 50n5......................... . Chertsey Bank, Chertsey—Messrs. La Coste Colchester Bank, Colchester—Round, Green, and Co. Colchester and Essex Bank, Witham and Essex Bank, and Hadleigh Bank, Suffolk, Colchester —Mills, Bawtree, and Co Cornish Bank, Truro —Tweedy and Co ...... Coventry Bank, Coventry—Little and Wood cock ••• ....... • City Bank, Exeter—Milford and Co Craven Bank, Settle—Birkbecks and Co. Christchurchßank, Christchurch—Tice, Welsh, and Co Cardiff Bank, Cardiff—Towgood and Co Chepstow Old Bank, ChepstoW Bank, Mon mouth Old Bank, Monmc uth Bank, Brecon Bank, and Ross and Herefordshire Bank, Chepstow—Bromage, Snead, and Co. .. Derby Bank, Derby—Messrs. Evans Derby Bank, Derby —Smith and Co. Derby Old Bank and Scarsdale and High Peak Bank, Derby—Crompton, Newton, and Co Devizes and Wiltshire Bank, Devizes—Hughes Locke, and Co Diss Bank, Diss—Oakes, Fincham, and Co Doncaster Bank, Doncaster—Leatham, Tew and Co. 6,175 ..... 20,913 11,835 55,692 11,126 3,852 -) 21,096 45,045 14,426 3 266 17,757 32,659 37,235 10,638 16,567 78,330 1,576 5,827 6.373 13,798 40,936 28,355 11 ; 970 9,618 Doncaster Bank and Retford Bank, Doncaster — Cook and Co. Darlington Bank, Durham Bank, and Stockton on-Tees Bank, Darlington—Backhouse, & Co Devonport Bank, Devonport—Hodge and Nor man 61,576 75,554 9,104 Dorchester Old Bank and Dorsetshire Bank, Dorchester—Williams and Co. East Cornwall Bank, Liskeard—Robins, Foster, and Co. East - Riding Bank, Beverley—Bower, Hutton, and Co. •••• Essex Bank and Bishops Stortford Bank, Chelmsford—Walford, and Co. Exeter Bank, Exeter—Sanders and Co Fakenham Bank, Fakenharn—Gurneys, Birk beck, and Co. Farringdon Bank and Bank of \Vantage, Far ringdon—Barnes and Medley Farnham Bank, Farnham—Messrs. Knight Faversham Bank, Faversham—Hilton and Co. Godalming Bank, Godalming—Mellersh and -Keen 33,476 87,850 49,522 44.779 26.037 19,212 6,313 12,385 5,639 5,154 Grantham Bank, Grantham —Ke*ney and King 13,905 Guildford Bank, Guildf - ird—Messrs. Haydon... 11.538 _ and C 0.... 22,600 Hilder, Grantham 13 "lasting and Co, s Old Ba ITaitinrrg—S Hereford CaN Matth • and id Co itereford— Ltertford and War and Co Bull Bank and K. Ware—S. Adams -Hull Bank, Hull Huntingdon Town and County Bank, Hunting don—Rust and Veasey Harwich Bank, Harwich—Cox, Cobbold, and Co Hemel Hempstead Bank, Hemel liempstead— Smith, and Whittingstall Monitor. Bank, Honiton—Flood and Co Hertforishirelitchen Bank, Hitchim—Sharpies and Co. ... }lereford, Ross, and Archenfield Bank, and Ross and Aschenfield Bank, Hereford—Morgan, Hoskins, mid Co - Ipswich Bank, Ipswich—Bacon and Co. Ipswich and Needham Market Bank, Suffolk, Hadleigh Bank, Manningtree and Mistley Bank, and Woodbridge Bank, Ipswich— Alexanders and Co. Kentish Bank, Maidstone—Mercer, Randall, and Mercer 23,668 13,945 21,798 20,628 41,216 5,650 20,313 36,629 19,2:19 19,114 71,127 11.920 18.947 7,636 Kington and Radnorshire Bank, Kington—J. Davies and Co Knighton Bank Knighton—J. Davies and Co. Rnaresborough Old Bank and Ripon Old Bank, Kna7esborough—Terry and Co Kendal Bank, Kendal—Wakefield, Crewdson, and Co, Kettering Bank, Kettering—Gotth and Sons.. Langton Staffordshire Bank, Lane End—C Uarvcy and Son Leeds Bank, Leeds—Beckett and Co 50,683 Leeds Unionßank, LQeds—W.Williams, Brown, and C. Leek and Staffordshire Bank and Leek and Congleton Bank,Leek—Fowier,G au nt, and Co. Leiiester Bank, Leicester—Pagets and Kirby 27,818 Lewes Old Bank, Lewes—Molineux and Co 32,167 Lichfield Bank, Lichfield—Palmer and Green 21,224 Lincoln Bank. Lincoln—Smith and Co 81,819 Lampeter Bank and Llandilo Bank Llando very—David Jones and Co. Loughborough Bank, Loughborough—Middle tuns and Cradock Lymington Bank, Lymington—C. and S. St. 19,153 35,415 8,263 3-i,116 8,110 - Barb6 Lynn Regis and Lincolnshire Bank, Lynnßegls —Gurneys and Co. Lynn Regis and Norfolk Bank, Lynn Regis—. Massey and Co. Macclesfield Bank, Macclesfield—Brooklehurst and 10,735 Co Manningtree Bank,Manningtree—Nunn and Co 6,995 Marlborough Bank, Marlborough and Wilts Old Bank, Marlborough Old Bank, Marl borough Old Bank and fiungerford Bank, and Hungerford Bank, Marlborough—Tanner and Pinckney 14,325 Marlborough aid North Wiltshire New Bank, Marlborough—Ward, Merriman, and Hillier 7,604 Merionethshire Bank, Dolgelly—Jones and Williams Miners' Bank, Truro—Willyams and Co 13,619 Monmouthshire Agricultural and Commercial Batik A lA__ , bergavenny—Baileys and Co 24,260 """.in., , a ro n 9uth 01(1 Bank, Monmouth Bank, Brecon 13 k, Chepstow Bank, Chepstow Old Bank , and - 1 ,...._ 3 _ 131 .7 0, 3 , and Herefordshire Bank, Monmouth Monmouthshire Snead Newport —W. Willia mseons Old Bank, Newport Newark Bank, 1.4 and 8,576 Newark and Sleejoardk—Godfreys and Hutton 22,473 Newark Bank, s I r e f ß ank, and Sleaford and and Co a or d — H9dley, Peacock, Newbury Bank, NeyWur . ............................ . 48,990 , NewY—Banny and Slocock. 18,735 Newmarket Bank mond, and Son ...... Suffolk Bank, rnaa ket—Eaton, Ham. --Taylor and Norfolk and Su Di; ................... 18,613 Dyson ...................... Norwich Crown Bank, Norwicit . ..... I ............. ^ 0 . rwie . ......... .. lludsons ... ................ arve Y 3 and Norwich and Norfolk 13ank, ... nays and Birkbeek ................. h—Gur. 42,105 - N otting ham and Nottinghamshire liank .. Not tingham—Hart, Fellows, and Co ...... .: Nuneaton Bank, Nuneaton—Craddcoek ....... 3,343 88,414 12,575 11,925 2,099 63,037 C 0...................................................... Naval Bank, Plymouth—Barris, Mudge, and 9 ,666 5 ,921 24,4 Oric C 0... . New Serum Bank, Saram—Hetley, Everett, and 00 00000000000000000000000 . 0000000 . k, Nottingham—Smith and Co 28,242 Nottingham Bank, _ Oswestry Bank and Oswestry Old Bank, Os westry—Croxon and Co 12,504 Oxford Bank, Oxford—J. and R. Morrell 10,255 Oxford Old Bank, Oxford—Robinson, Parsons, and Co. Old Bank Tonbridge, Tonbridge and Tonbridge Wells Old Bank, Tonbridge and Tonbridge Wells and Sevanoaks Bank, Tonbridge— Beeching and Soils._ Oxfordshire Witney Bank Witney—Williams, tied Co 8,985 7,296 Average Ara Dant. Pease s Old Bank, hull, the Hull Old Bank an d Beverley Bank, Hull—Pease and Co 46,104 Penzance Bank, Penzance—Batten and Co 10,332 Peterborough Bank and Oundle Bank, Peter borough-210291. Yorke Peterborough Bank, Peterborough—Simpson, White, and Simpson 11,683 Pembrokeshire Bank, Haverford west—J. and W. Walters Penzance Union Bank, Falmouth Bank, and a T n ur Truro Bank, Penzance—Rickets, Enthoven d Co Reading Bank, Reading—simonas and Co 25,335 Reading Bank, Reading—Stephens,Blandy, and Co 24,332 Richmond Bank, Richmond—Stapleton and Co 4,055 Ringwood and Poole Bank, and Town and County of Poole Bank, Ringwood—Ledgard and Sons Rochdale Bank, Rochdale—Clement, Royds, and Co 3,863 Rochester, Chatham, and Strood Bank, Roches ter—Day and Nicholson 9,774 Royston Bank, Royston—Fordham and Sons... 14,715 Rugby Bank, Rugby—Butlin and Son 15,229 Rye Bank, Rye—Curteis, Pomfret, and Co 18,972 Reigate and Darking Bank, and Reigate, Croy don, and Darking Bank, Reigate—Nash and Co - 11,390 Ross Old Bank, Herefordshire, Ross—Pritchard and Alla way Saffron Walden and North Essex Bank, Saffron Walden—Messrs. Gibson Salop Bank, Shrewsbury—Burton, Lloyd, and Co 10,980 Scarborough Old Bank, Scarborough—Woodall and Co. 2Q964 Shrewsbury Old Bank, and Shrewsbury and Ludlow Bank, Shrewsbury—Rocke, Eytons, and Co. ......... .................................... . 27,487 Sittingbourne and Milton Bank, Sittingbourne • —Valiance and Son .............................. Southampton Town and County Bank, South ampton—Maddison and Son Southwell Bank, Suuthwell—Wylde and Co. St. Alban's Bank, St. Alban's—J. S. Story 978 Salisbury Bank, Salisbury—Messrs. Brodie Shaftesbury Bank, Shaftesbury— Brodie and King Southampton and Hampshire Bank, Southamp ton—Atherly and Fall Stone Bank, Stone—W. Moore 5,335 Stourbridge Bank, Stourbridge —Rufford, Wragg, and Co ...... Stafford Old Bank, Stafford—Stevenson and Co 14,185 Stamford and Rutland Bank, Stamford—Eaton, Cayley, and Co. Stourbridge Old Bank, Stourbridge—Bate and Robins Shrewsbury and Welshpool Bank, Shrewsbury —Beck, Downward, and Co. 20,046 St. Alban's and Herts Bank, St. Alban's—Gib son and Stuart Taunton Bank, Taunton—Messrs. Badcock 19,287 Tavistock Bank, Tavistock—Gill, Rundle, and Co 10,170 Thornbury Bank, Thornbury—Rolph, Yates, and Parslow Tiverton and Devonshire Bank, Tiverton—Duns ford and Barne Thrapston and Kettering Bank, Northampton shire, Thrapston—Yorke and Eland Tring Bank and Chesham Bank, Tring—But cher and Son Towcester Old Bank, Towcester—J. and S. Percival Union Bank, Cornwall, Helston—Vivian and Co. 8,09 Uxbridge Old Bank, Uxbridge—Hull, Smith, and Co. 17,468 Wallingford Bank, Wallingford—Wells and Co. 8,033 Warwick and Warwickshire Bank, Warwick— Kelynge, Greenway, and Co. 25,64 Wellington Somerset Bank, Wellington—Fox. 3,553 3,248 9,790 9,55 8,47 7 Brothers .... West Riding Bank, Wakefield, and Pontefract Bank, Wakefield—Leatham, Tew, and Co. ... 43,869 Whitby Old Bank, Whitby—Simpson, Chap man, and Co 14,095 Winchester, Alresford, and Alton Bank, Win chester—Bulpett and Co. Winchester and Hampshire Bank, Winchester —Wickham and Co Weymouth Old Bank and Dorchester Bank, Weymouth—Elliott and Pearse Wirkesworth and Ashbourne Derbyshire Bank, Wirkesworth—Arkwright and Co. . 32,713 Wisbech and Lincolnshire Bank, Wisbech— Gurney and Co. Wiveliscombe Bank, Wiveliscombe—P. and 'if Hancock Wolverhampton Bank, Wolverhampton—Good ricke and Holyoake. Worcester Bank, Worcester—Farley, Lavender, 2,995 4,563 and Co. Worcester Old Bank and Tewkesbury Old Bank, Worcester—Berwick, Lechmere, and Co 72,64 Worcestershire Bank, Kidderminster—Farley 9,610 and Turner Walsall Old Bank, Walsall—Charles Foster and 9,743 19,873 Sons Warminster and Wiltshire Bank, Warminster— Everett and Co. Wrexham Bank, Wrexham—S. Kenrick 338 Wolverhampton Bank, Wolverhampton Messrs. Fryer Yarmouth and Suffolk Bank, and Halesworth and Suffolk Bank, Yarmouth—Gurney, Birkbeck, and Co. Yarmouth, Norfolk, and Suffolk Bank, Great Yarmouth—Sir E. K. Lacon, Bart., and Co 10,992 Yeovil Old Bank, Yeovil—E. and J. Batten York Bank. York—Swann. Clough. and Co 42,076 7,410 JOINT-STOCK BANKS. Bank of Westmoreland, Kendal Barnsley Rinking Company, Barnsley Bradford Banking Company, Bradford 41,313 Bilston District Banking Company, Wolver hampton Bank of Whitehaven, Whitehaven Bradford Commercial Banking Company. Brad ford . Burton, Uttoxeter, and Staffordshire Union Banking Company, Burton-upon-Trent Chesterfield and North Derbyshire Banking Company, Chesterfield Cumberland Union Banking Company, Work ington Cheltenham and Gloucestershire Banking Com pany, Cheltenham Coventry and Warwickshire Banking Company, Coventry Coventry Union Banking Company, Coventry., 14,660 County of Gloucester Banking Company, Chel tenham Carlisle and Cumberland Banking Company Carlisle Carlisle City and District Bank, Carlisle 18,334 Dudley and West Bromwich Banking Company, Dudley Derby and Derbyshire Banking Company, Derby 19,309 Darlington District Joint-Stock Banking Com pany, Darlington 18,585 East of England Bank, Norwich Gloucestershire Banking Company, Gloucester. 134,545 Halifax Joint-Stock Bank, Halifax 12,735 Huddersfield Banking Company, Huddersfield 31,017 Hull Banking Company, Hull Halifax Commercial Banking Company, Ha lifax Halifax and Huddersfield Union Banking Com- 9,152 pany, Halifax Helston Banking Company, Helston 1,558 Herefordshire Banking Company, Hereford 19,422 Knaresborough and Claro Banking Company, Knaresborough . 25,133 Kingsbridge Joint-Stock Bank, Kingsbridge 3,842 Lancaster Banking Company, Lancaster .. . 57,751 Leeds Banking Company, Leeds Leicestershire Banking Company, Leicester Lincoln and Lindsey Banking Company, Lincoln 50,854 Leamington Priors and Warwickshire Banking Company, Leamington Priors Ludlow anil Tenbury Bank, Ludlow Moore and Robinson's Nottinghamshire Bank ing 8,644 Nottingham Nottinghamshire ot Nottinghamtinghamshire Banking 23,061 Newcastle, Shields, and Sunderland Union Joint- Stock Banking • Company, Newcastle 26,598 Head-office, 112 National Provincial Bank of England, Birming ham,aßa:ll;psgate-street, North Wilts Banking Company, London ... .......................• 376,131 Northamptonshire Union Bank 'Nloerlksham 46,632 Nurthamptonthire Banking thampton 73,167 Company, North ampton North and South Wales Bank, °° Liverp 1 ........ Pares's Leicestershire Banking Company,-....... Lei cester Saddleworth Banking Company, Saddlewo. ....... 54 1' 33 2 1 Sheffield Banking Company, Sheffield .. . an - ',; Stamford, Spalding, and Boston Banking . . .. '''''' '' Com pany, Stamford Stuckey's Bankin g Company, Bristol S omerset - ' shire Bank, and Somersetshire Bank, Lang port 266,735 Shropshire Banking Company, Shiffnall ... Stourbridge and Kidderminster Banking Corn pang, Stourbridge Sheffield and liallamshiro Banking Company, Sheffield .•..,.. ................ Sheffield and Rotherham Joint-Stock Banking Company, ~. Sl-011i,;:d Swaledale and Wensleydale Banking Company, 48, 698 Richmond .. . Company Storey and Thomas's Banking Shaftesbury ... ' Sheffield and Retferd Bank, Sheffield .. Wolverhampton audStaffordshire Banking 3 Com- 2 9 pany, Wolverhampton -59 Wakefield and Barnsley Union Bank, Wakefield 11,616 Whitehaven Joint-Stock Banking Company, Whitehaven War ' wlck and Letooir_gton Banking Company, Warwick West of Englane. an-r 1 South Wales District B ank-Bristol ... 70,541 Wilts and D o West Rid' rset • Banking Company, Salisbury 62,967 ing Union B • dersfield . Banking Company, Hud- Whitchurch and ..'....•......"•. ...... 21,378 Whitehurch .. • Ellesmere Banking Company, Worcester City ,;;;,,i' Worcester._ County Banking Company, York Union Banki ... g" . ao . ....... ' 4,218 York City and County Ra m n pany, York 71,746 king, Company, York 89,188 Yorkshire Banking Company, Leeds P. DEANS, Registrar of B e 109,567 ak OttIMP6 find Two; Apra 15,1548. Return& 9,021 24,210 16,060 108 LATEST PRICES OF SHARES. IN BANKS, ASSURANCE, AND OTHER COM- PANIES' STOCK. From the Official List, PUBLISHED EVERY TUESDAY AND FRIDAY EVENING. LONDON, THURSDAY, APRIL 20. JOINT-STOCK BANKS. Dividend per Amount of Share. Annum. Z i. d. 40 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 25 0 0 100 0 0 60 0 0 100 0 0 10 0 0 N 0 0 100 0 0 20 0 0 25 0 0 5000 40 0 0 ,--- INSURANCE COMPANIES. Dividend Amount Name of Company. I per Annum. Sh o ar f e. ----- 4 S. d. £ a. d. Paid. Price - Albion ••••••• • • • • • • • 31. 10s. 500 0 0 50 0 0 75 Alliance Brit. and For. 6 per cent. 100 0 0 11 0 0 17 Ditto Marine.. ••• • • 61. per cent, 100 0 0 5 0 0 - Xtlai • British Commercial .. 7s. per share 50 0 0 50 0 6 Clericl,Med.&Gen.Life 51. per cent. 100 0 0 10 0 0 20 31. 100 0 0 10 0 0 - Crown .............. 13s. 50 0 0 5 0 0 11 Eagle Eng.itc Scot. Law .... 51. per cent. 50 0 0 212 6 - European Life ••• • • • 534 per cent. 20 0 0 All paid. - FamilyEndowrant Soc. 41. & ba. 40 0 40 0 - Freemasons' ... •••• • • 51. per cent. 20 0 0 3 0 0 - Globe - 11834 Guardian ...... •••• • • • • :mperial Fire .....• • • 12 per cent. 500 0 0 50 0 0 220 Imperial Life .••• •• • • 12s. 100 0 0 10 0 0 1434 Indemnity Marine ... • 11. sh. & Its. 100 0 0 513 1 25 Law Fire •.•.•• .. • • • • - 100 0 0 210 0 - Law Life Legal and General Life - 50 0 0 2 0 0 18 4s. London Fire •••• • • • • 10s. 25 0 0 12 10 0 1334 London Ship .... •• • • 10s. 25 0 0 12 10 0 1334 Marine.. •..••• • • • - - 100 0 0 15 0 0 - Med. Invild & Gen. Life 4341. per et . 50 0 0 2 0 9 234 National Lean Fund 5l. per cent. 20 0 0 211 0 - National Life . Bl. per cent. 100 0 0 5 0 0 - Palladium Life 5l. per cent. 50 0 0 2 0 0 - - - - 33 Phenix • - - 158 Pi otcctor Life.- ... 54. per cent. 20 0 0 1 0 0 - Provident Life .• ••• . • • 11. ss. 100 0 0 10 0 0 - [lock Life............ 4s. 5 0 0 010 0 434 Royal Exchange 5l. per cent. Stock. - -- Sun Fire . - - I - Ditto Life . 11. 6s. - - - I v U i ni et v o e ri r a sal Li L fe lf . e . - - 4 ........ ICAL pr cot. 100 0 0 8 10 0 00 4 GAS-I.IGIIT AND COKE COMPANIES. Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. - , X. a. d. A. s. d. British ••••••• • • • • • • • 1/. 40 0 0 18 0 0 16 Ditto Provincial. •• • 11. Bs. 20 0 0 19 0 0 22 Bristolh f : . ... n 0 d n .:..: . .:. 5 . - 10 1 1 . . per cent. 20 0 0 - per cent. , 20 0 0 - 18 101. 100 0 0 100 0 0 250 ißt3,gof L ondon . 0 . . . . . . . . . . . ContinentalConsolidat. 925. pr share 50 0 0 39 5 0 - Ditto, New • • .... • • 85s. pr share $0 0 0 37 10 0 - Equitable -••••. . . • • .. 455. pr share 50 0 0 50 0 0 37 Imperial • • .... ••• • • • 61. per cent. '5O 0 0 50 0 0 73 Independent ..... •• • • 61. per cent. 1 40 0 0 40 0 0 64 ondon.• ...... ••• • • • 2 341. pr cent! 50 0 0 50 0 0 - Ditto . ••• .. .. ••• • • • 61. per cent. 150 0 0 50 0 0 40 Phoenix .•• . . Ratcliff ••••• .. ••• • • • 5/. and bns. 100 0 0 90 0 0 75 United General •••• • • 4341. pr cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 15 Westminster Chartered 31, 50 0 0 - 51 Ditto, New .• • ..... 12s. 50 0 0 10 0 0 BRIDGES Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. X. a. d. Z. v. d. llungerford • • • .. - - - 45 Southwrk, Nw Sub. Av. - 632 12 8 - 23 4 Ditto Nw of 734 p.c. 2155. per cent. 50 0 0 - 16 Waterloo ............ - 100 0 0 - 5 Ditto Old Ann. of Si. 11. ss. 4d. - 60 0 0 27 Ditto Nw ditto of 71. 11. 2e. 2d. - 40 0 0 25 Vauxhall .... - 26 DOCKS. Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. Xs. d. X s. d. Commercial - - East and West India 6l. pr cent. Stock. - - East Country - 21 I andon 5/. pr cent. Stock. - 96 Ditto Bonds •••. • • • • 41. per cent. - - - 9t. Ka marine .. ••• • .. 5 per cent. Stock. - 76 Ditto 800d5........ 1341. pr cent. - - I - S3uthampton •• . . WATER-WORKS. Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Peet.. Annum. I Share. X s. d. £ s. d. Birmingham .•••• • • • • ! 18s. 25 0 0 25 0 0 - Bost London.... ••• • • • 81. 100 0 0 - 175 Grand Junction ••• • - 21. 10s. 41 13 4 - 80 31. 100 0 0 - 83 Jew Rivr Lndn Brdge 21. 10s. - - 55 Vauxhall -- - - .... 100 0 0 - 105 West Middlesex . . . 51.15s.prent. 63 12 9 - 11 "'• ce.w.a.z.s. ' ' 1 . Dividend ; Names oi 1 e i t Dividend, Price. Names of ,- per Price. Companies. 1.4 per . Companies. .:1 Annum. I •i: Annum. se _ ---• , 1 X X Ashtn& Oldh 97 71. p c 110 Macclesfield. 100 21. 10s. - Barnsley •• • • 160 121. 180 Neath ...... 100 201. _ rirknk&Abrg 150 51. . 85 Oxford.. •• • • 100 201. 190 Birmitmham 35 41. 85 Peak Forest. 78 , 31. 10s - Coventry.... 100 251. , - Regent's •• • • 331 11. 4s. 18% to , nv ••• • • 100 61. 63 Rochdale..• • 85 1 41. 54 Ells rre&Chs 133 41. 48 Somrset Coal 150 71. 10s. 130 Eren ash .•• 100 32,. - Do.LkEdSt 121 61. p. c. - GrandJunctn 100 51. 83 Stffrol &Wore 140 281. 290 GrandSurreylloo - 30 Shrewsbury.. 125 1 151. - I.iratiii Union; 100. 1/. 10s. 214 Stourbridge.. 145' 201. 285 Grantham .•11501 121. - Severn and Kennt & Avnl 39, 7s. 6d. 54 Wye Rail. 5 26 1/. Bs. 26 Le,. Is& Livrp, 1001 341. 410 Warwick&l Leicester .. 1140 101. 75 Rirming. j 100 51. 65 Leicstr &Nt . 11 .1 831 41. 36 Warwick& } 100 _ 46 ::oughboroghl 142, 701. - Napton.. Monrnouthshllool 81. - Worcstr &2 78 2/. 39 Mntgamrysla , 100. 51. ; - Binning. j Meltnlfwbryloo' 101. 1 - Wilts & Brks 67 11. 11 1.,15T. OF SCOTTISII COMPANIES' PEACES. Dividend Amount 1 Name of Company. per I of Paid. 1 Price. Annum. Share. --- 1 £ s. d.. X s. d Bank of Scotland ••.• • 71. per cent. 100 0 0 'lOO 0 0 16 , 1% British Linen Company 81. per cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 195 Caledonian Bank •••• • 8/. per sent. 10 0 0 2lO 0 4 City of Glasgow Bank . 61. per cent. 10 0 01 10 0 0 11 Clydesdale Bank ••• • • • 61. per cent. 20 0 0 10 0 0 12 Commercial Bank •• - 71. per cent. 500 0 0 100 0 0 15414 Eastern Bank ..... ... 61. per cent. 25 u 0 10 0 C 10 Edinb.fc Glasgow Bank 61. per cent. 5 0 0 5 0 0 51( Exchange Bnk of Scot.. 61. per cent. 100 0 0 50 0 0 38N Isle of Man. Company 71. per cent. 10 0 0 70 0 84 National Bank 6l. per cent. 50 0 0 10 0 0 134 ; North of Scotland Bank 71. per cent. 20 0 0 5 0 0 6 North British Stank • • - 50 0 0 10 0 0 2 Royal Bank of Scotland 61. per cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 1142 Union Bank of Scotland 8/. per cent. 100 0 0 50 0 0 I 80 Western Bank •••• • • • • 81. per cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 68% Aberleen Fire and Life 121. per cent. 12 10 0 2 0 6 4, B. Accord. Life aud Fire - 20 0 0 011 0 9s. British Guarantee Ins. - 10 0 0 1 0 0 10s. Caledonian Fire Insur. 101. per cent. 100 0 0 10 0 0 21 Church of England Ins. - 50 0 0 20 0 2 City of Glasgow Life 5l. per cent. 25 0 0 2 0 0 2l. 91 Edinburgh Life Insur. 51. per cent. 100 0 0 12 10 0 1 17' East of Scotland Life - 10 0 0 015 0 , 115.6 d. Eng. & Scot, Law Life 51. per cent. 50 0 0 217 6 1 24 Hercules Insurance Co. 71. per cen t . 100 0 0 10 0 0 ' 1154 Insur. Co. of Seetlnd• • Si. per cent. 100 0 0 10 0 0 7 Life Assoc. of Scotland 51. per cent. 10 0 0 1 0 0 11 73 1 Mercantile Life - 10 0 0 010 0 1 Is. National Fire and Life 51. per cent. 10 0 0 1 0 0 1 235. North British Imam ssyyl.pr cent. 200 0 0 20 0 e 23 North & West of Scot. - 10 0 0 1 0 0 1/. Is Scottish Life and Guar. - 20 0 0 011 0 4 Scot. Mag. and Gen. Life Si. per cent. 1 0 0 015 0 10s. Od Scottish Union Insrnce. 641. pr cent. 20 0 0 1 0 0 . 11. Os Standard Life .• • • •.• • 51. per cent. 50 0 0 4 5 0 ' 94 (Tilted Dep. Assurance , 51. per cent. 10 0 0 1 0 0 : 12s. MISCELLANEOUS. Dividend Amount Nano of Company. per of Paid. rrico Annum. Share. ---,. X. s. d. 1 X. a. d. Australian Agriculturl - 100 0 01 30 0 0 - Angio-Mexican Mint., I/. 4s. 10 0 0 ; 10 0 0 - Ditto, Half Shares.. - - ! 210 0 - Canada ............. 61. per cent. 100 0 0132 10 0 28 Uppr Canada Bonds 51. per'sent. - ' - - City Bonds.. -.... .. 35y1. pr cent. - - 89 Comp. Cppr Mira Eng. 51. per cent. 100 0 0 70 0 0 - Gen. Revers. & Invest. sp. c.& bs, 2/ 100 0 0 100 0 0 - Equitable Reversionry 4% 1 . pr cent. 100 0 0l 95 0 0 - Gea.Steam Navigation 11. Bs. 15 0 0 14 0 0 22 London Institution . • • - - - 10 Peninslr & Oricnt.Stm. 2/. per cent. 50 0 01 50 5 0 51 Reversionary Int. Soc. 3%1. pr cent. 100 0 0 . 100 0 0 90 Royal Mail Steam.... 3%1. pr cent. 100 0 0 1 60 0 0 - South Australian 61. per cent. 25 0 0, 25 0 0 - Van Dimities Land., - 100 00123 0 0 - Universal Salvage.. - - 25 0 0 , 5 0 0 --, FROST, WILLIAMS, AND JONES.—Mr. C. P. Gren , fell, whose colleague, Sir G. Strickland, presented a petition praying for the recal of these prisoners from transportation, returned the following reply to a similar request from a portion of his constituents t— , " Sir, — I beg to acknowledge your letter of the 4th of April, informing me that at a public meeting, held in Preston, it was agreed that I be requested to support the motion of Mr. Feargus O'Connor on Thursday evening, April 6, for the return from transportation of John Frost, Zephaniah Williams, and William Jones. The report of the votes will show you that Kline was given against the said motion. I shall always be most happy to sup. port the views of my constituents where I can do so con scientiously. On the present occasion I felt it impos sible to comply with your request, and therefore I voted in the majority. The individuals in question were con victed, by a jury of their countrymen, of a treasonable attempt to subvert the laws and the constitution, and only escaped the extreme penalty of the law by a tech nical mistake. One of them was a man of education, and a justice of the peace, and all were in situations which called upon them, by their example, to maintain the laws, instead of caballing to entrap the unwary and delude the ignorant into illegal acts, which led to the loss of many lives and to the spread of t error and dis mayproceedingsong largo masses of peaceable citiz ens , To all I ever was, and ever will be, the deter. mined foe; and most fervently do I pray , that as then, so now, and at all future times, the L'.,rd will deliver us such among rebellion." from sedition, privy conspiracy, and MR. MACREADY.—This emi - ..ten t t rage di an w ill, on Easter Monday, commence r , aeries o f per f ormances at the Marylebono Theatre. ' IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. ROUSE OF LORDS, April 20. Their Lordships assembled at Five o'clock. PROBATE AND LEGACY DUTY (IRE LAND). The Earl of MOUNTCASHEL moved for a re turn of the amount of probate and legacy duty paid in Ireland from 1 797 to 1848 inclusive, which was agreed to. Lord BEAUMONT presented a number of peti tions from societies of Odd Fellows, praying for the adoption of some measure for the protection of their property and funds. The Marquis of LANSDOWNE also presented several petitions to the same effect, also a petition against the admission of bulls in cona Domini into this country. The NOBLE MARQUIS then gave notice that the House, at its rising on S a t ur d a y, w ould adjourn to this day fortnight. CHARITABLE TRUSTS. The Bishop of OXFORD wished t o ask the Noble Lord on the Woolsack, whether it was his intention to introduce any Bill for the regulation of charitable trusts ? The LORD CHANCELLOR replied in the affirmative, stating that it was his intention to intro duce the Bill shortly after the holidays. CROWN AND GOVERNMENT SECURITY POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION-HOUSE. John Piper (with a number of aliases), Mary Ann Piper, and Mary Webb, were brought before Alder man Gibbs for final examination, upon various charges of having fraudulently obtained goods. The Justice-room was crowded with the victims of the prisoners. It was the custom of the male prisoner to refer those with whom he wished to deal, on the subject of his respectability, to himself under a different name. Mary Ann Piper appeared sometimes as his wife, sometimes as his housekeeper, and sometimes as hid referee ; and 'Mary Webb generally appeared a 3 his servant, and was always at hand to aid in the decep• tions required. In addition to the evidence produced on former examinations, the following cases were detailed : Mary Webb went on the 23d of March into the shop of Mr. Ranwell, of Norton- folgate, and said that she wanted some articles of mourning, as her mother had recently died, and that her master, who was Mr. John Piper, architect and surveyor, residing at 14, Duke-street, Spitalfields, would be security for the amount, as it was not convenient for her to pay at that moment. The shopkeeper sent round one of the establishment to Mr. Piper, who turned out to be the prisoner, and who signed the paper drawn un as the security. Not a farthing of the amount d ever been received. Mary Webb said she never said a word about her mother's death. It was of her grandmother she had spoken. The principal witness—She spoke of her mother, and made use of the observation as we went along that it was hard for her to lose both father and mother in a very short time. _ Mr. E. W. Davis, upholsterer, said—The male prisoner obtained from me goods to the amount of 371. ss. 3d. He came to me in the name of Pember ton, and in the first instance purchased goods to the amount of 11. 1 Os., for which he paid. He subse quently came, selected goods to the amount I have stated, and gave the address No. 16, Wilmington square, and said he was not able to pay for them at the moment. I did not suspect his respectability. William Hale, carpet planner, in the employment of Mr. Davis, said—l went, by the direction of my employer, to fit some blinds to the windows of the house, No. 16, Wilmington-square. I there saw the male prisoner. On another occasion I saw Mary Ann Piper at the house, when I went to do business there; and I also saw her there on a third occasion. She appeared as servant in the house, and said that her mistress was up stairs, ill. Mary Webb was also in the house. Mr. Thomas Ferguson, bootmaker, of Cbarter house-lane, Charter-house•square, said—l am land lord of the house No. 16, Wilmington-square, and let it about October last to the male prisoner, for three years certain, at 50/. a year. He disappeared the day before Christmas-day, and I received the key by a Delivery Company, in a bundle of wood. I saw both the female prisoners there whilst they were living there. I received a referenec to a Mr. Broad, in Little Britain, who spoke highly of the prisoner, but he has since left Little Britain, and I cannot find out where he is gone. Mr. G. Hill, coal-merchant, sent coals to the amount of 41. 10s. to No. 16, Wilmington-square, and upon calling for his account he saw the male prisoner, who stated that he received his salary quar terly, and would pay in a few days. Pemberton was the name he went by. Mary Ann Piper acted as housekeeper. When the coal-merchant called again they were gone, The male prisoner—Oh 1 you called at the Compter yesterday, did you not ? Witness—l did. The male prisoner—You did; and you did not identiy me there. You did not know me at all. Witness—l am quite positive that you are the man. The male prisoner—l am a most respectable man, and know nothing at all about you. Mr. George Bishop—l am a builder, and landlord of No. 8, Argyle-street, King's-cross, and I let that house to the male prisoner on the 10th of January last for three years certain, in the name of Everett, at 441. per annum. After he had been in about two days i went to the house, for I had heard something wrong, and asked to see Mr. Everett. The prisoner Webb said Mr. Everett was not in the way, but her mistress was. Mary Ann Piper then made her ap pearance, said she was Mrs. Everett, and asked what he wanted. I told her they were not the people I supposed them to be, and I wished them to go away at once. They, however, remained in the house till March, and then disappeared. I received the key in a piece of newspaper, but I never received any rent.. The male prisoner—How could you ? There was no rent due.—(Laughter.) The witness—They disfigured the walls of the staircase with drawings as large as life, and they bored a number of holes with a screw or a chisel all over the place. Alderman Genus—Piper is liable to penalties under another Act for injuring the house. Mr. 11. Quelch, printer, of Charlotte-street, Black friars-road, said—l am landlord of No. 14, Rivers street, Maiden-lane, Battle-bridge. On the 19th of February Mr. Piper hired the house of me, at 221. per annum, in the name of Tubbs, and he gave me as a reference, Mr. James Everett, of 8, Argyle-street, New-road, King's-cross.—(Laughter.) I went there, and saw the two female prisoners. Mary Ann Piper said, in answer to my inquiry, that Mr. Everett was out of town, and would not be at home till Wednes day, and that she knew Mr. Tubbs's family.—(A laugh.) I agreed to let him have the , house, but the agreement was not signed, and he was apprehended there. John Potts, basket maker, Crispin-street, Spital fields, said, in consequence of an order left at my shop, I called at 14, Duke• street, Spitalfields, and saw the two female prisoners. One of them ordered some . baskets, which I took home, and the other called for the bill, and gave another order at the same time, which I executed, but I never received a farthing.—(A laugh.) Mr. J. Barnes, assistant to his father, hatter, of Norton-folgate, described.the manner in which Piper had contrived to get some oats at their concern, and proved that Mary Ann Piper had stated herself to be housekeeper to that prisoner, whose wife she declared to be a woman of good property. Mr. Delamere, a silk manufacturer, landlord of the house No. 14, Duke-street, said, "On the 22d of February I let that house to Piper for three years certain, at 331. a year. He described himself as an architect. He took possession immediately, and left the house, without giving any notice, on the 29th of March. He still has the key. I have received no rent." Several other witnesses gave evidence on other charges of conspiring to defraud, amongst whom was a man named Morris, who, upon going to 14, Rivers street, • Maiden-lane, and insisting upon being paid for eggs, &c., with which his mistress had credited Piper, was assaulted by one of the females, and threatened with slaughter by eight fellows who were inside, evidently accomplices of the prisoners. John Jenkinson, G 53, of the metropolitan force, said on the Ist of April I went to 14, Rivers-street, Maiden-lane, with another constable and Morris. I found the door open. I knocked, and Webb answered me. I asked if Mr. Jones was at home. She said I think you make a mistake in the house. Morris said that's the woman, and she tried to shut the door. I forced it open, and found Mary Anne Piper there. I got in at the window of a bed-room, and found Piper in bed. I told him that I was a constable, and that I took him into custody on a charge of obtaining goods under false pretences. He laughed, and said, " Oh, you can do nothing in that ; it's only a debt." I then searched the house, and found a variety of articles. _ Here the officer produced several articles, which had been obtained under the pretence described move. _ _ _ _ John Piper denied that he had any idea of fraud in any dealings he had had, and the two women were willing to take their oaths to the same effect. Alderman Gum said the prisoners, it was evident, had been concerned in a most extensive plan of fraud and robbery, and he should give directions to the City Solicitor to prosecute them. He should require un questionable bail. Bail to what amount ? said a person in the crowd. Alderman GIBBS -I shall require him to procure four securities in 501. each, and himself in 2001., and each of the women to procure two bail, each in 801. The man in the crowd said he was willing to be one of the securities for John Piper, whom he knew to be an honest man. Upon being called forward by the magistrate, he was at once identified by Morris as one of the men who had threatened him when apply ing for payment of his mistress's bill, and the coal merchant recognised him as the party who had pur chased the coals of which Piper had defrauded him. The bail was of course at once rejected. The prisoners were then committed to Newgate. GUILDHALL. Samuel Smith, George Wilkes, Mary Ricketts, Ma tilda Ricketts, her daughter, Mary Smith, and Jane Walker, were again placed at the bar, charged with stealing a quantity of plate, and about 401. in notes and silver, from the Red Lion public-house, King Edward-street, Newgate-street, on the 20th of March. A greater part of the depositions taken on the former occasions were on Wednesday read over, and additional evidence given, which induced the Alder man (Moon) to remand them until yesterday, at the same time intimating to Mr. Humphreys, who con ducted the prosecution, that he should take the depo sitions already made out, and read them at home. When the prisoners were now brought up, Alderman Moon said, that after reading the evidence against them, he had arrived at the conclusioi, that although it was a case of suspicion against the two Smiths and the girl Walker, still it was no more, and he shoal discharge them, but send Wilkes and the two Rickettses for trial. The prisoners were then re moved. CLERKENWELL. Edward Price and George Hyams were finally examined, charged with having feloniously entered the house of Mr. Jermaine, the Grapes, in Old street, St. Luke's, and stealing ten gallons f brandy, and other property. The house, it appeared, was closed on Friday night last, at 'eleven o'clock, and at an early hour on Saturday morning it was found broken open, and the property was missed. Tyler, 130 G, saw the prisoner Hyams carrying the property, which he took to the lodgings of Price, in Peartree-street, adjacent to Mr. Jermaine's, where it was ultimately found. _ _ The prisoners reserved their defence, and they were fully committed for trial. John Brown was finally examined, charged by Mrs. Hall, licensed victualler, of St. John-street, Clerkenwell, with pot stealing. The prisoner was observed by some boys in an empty house in Islington cutting up pewter pots; they gave information to a policeman, who took the prisoner into custody. One pot was traced to have been stolen from the prosecutor. The fragments of pewter were numerous, but it could not be traced from whom the pots had been stolen, but it was evi dent that he had been in the habit of plundering licensed victuallers. He did not deny the charge, saying he was driven to the offence by distress. He was fully committed for trial. MARYLEBONE. John Kellar, an athletic man, having the look of a foreigner, was brought before Mr. Long, charged with the following gross misconduct : The evidence went to show that on the previous evening the Belgian Minister had a dinner party at his mansion, in Portland-place, and that on some gentlemen alighting from their carriage at the door, the prisoner abused them, at the same time raising his arm, as if for the purpose of striking a blow. He also uttered an offensive expression with regard to Mrs. Bates, the mother of the Minister's wife, and shamefully abused a person who had been engaged to assist in attending to the distinguished individuals. The prisoner, who denied having conducted himself in the way shown, was fined in the full penalty of 405., which he directly paid. Kazoo of Company. Australasia • ......... 3ritsh North American Ceylon • Commercial of London Colonial . • • • • • Gloucestershire • • • • • • Londn and Westminstr London Joint-Stock . • • Provincial of Ireland • • Ditto, New.• • • • • • • • National of Ireland . Nat. Provncial of Eng. Ditto, New.• • • • • • • • South Australia • • • • • • Union of Aastralla• • .. Union of London Union of Madrid 61. per cent. 61. per cent. 61. per cent. 51. per cent. 151 per cent. 61. per cent. 61. per cent. 61. per cent. Si. per cent. 81. per cent. 51. per cent. 61. per cent. 51. per cent. 61. per cent. 61. per cent Paid. A s. d. 40 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 2000 25 0 0 25 0 0 20 0 0 13 0 0 10 0 0 25 0 0 10 0 0 22 10 0 35 0 0 10 0 0 22 10 0 25 0 0 2 10 0 10 0 0 40 0 0 BILL. l A u d c M h t n i i o so n t This Bill went through Committee.On the motion that this Bill be read a third saideoaconviction of tre as on iwct h tri e eto hanas o h t tn a ho d aptt po ot n hr o ate u on o mffi bt offence nn e co c t oer time, of high treason was just as much deserving of po t i af f o s L e n sn o c r we d t hb ß ou ß ut t t hOheUe stating GcrßßO U GHAM capital punishment as the crime of murder, for offenders of that class often brought about civil war which invariably led to great loss of life. The offence, therefore, of high treason was often productive of great loss of life, and it ought to be held in as much abhorence as that of murder or any other repulsive crime. Lord CAMPBELL perfectly agreed with the opinion of his Noble and Learned Friend, and could SMUT' the House that no offence was fraught with so much danger both to life and property as that of high treason.—(Hear, hear.) After a few words from Lord CREMORNE, The Bishop of OXFORD said he was sure that the Noble and Learned Lord opposite (Brougham) did not wish it to go forth to the world that he was anxious that capital punishments ought always to be applied to treasonable offenders. It appeared to him that the opinion the Noble Lord wished to convey to their Lordships was, that the Crown ought not to be deprived of the power of inflicting capital punish ment upon parties convicted of high treason.—(Hear.) Lord BROUGHAM said he was much obliged to the Right Rev. Prelate for giving him an opportunity of explaining his meaning. He never meant to convey to their Lordships that he was favourable to inflicting capital punishment upon all treasonable offenders, but simply that it was injudicious to take the power of inflicting that punishment out of the hands of the Crown. It was absurd to say, upon the authority of " Thou shalt not kill," that capital punishment ought to be abolished, for the same authority asserted, that "Whoso sheddeth man's blood by man shall his blood be shed." The Bill was then read a third time and passed. EXCHEQUER -BILLS. Lord LANSDOWNE moved that the Standing Orders should be suspended in reference to a Bill for raising money upon Exchequer-bills. The motion was agreed to. The Bill then went through its various stages, and was read a third time and passed. PUBLIC WORKS (IRELAND) BILL. The Public Works Completion (Ireland) Bill was read a third time and passed, after a short discussion. Their Lordships then adjourned to Saturday, at Two o'clock. LAW INTELLIGENCE. SHERIFFS' COURT, April 20. (Before Mr. U❑der-Sheriff BURCIZELL.) PORTER V. HUMPHREY. This was an action brought to recover the sum of 21. 13s. 6d., the balance of an account on the purchase of the goodwill and stock in trade of the plaintiff, who had been a beer-shop keeper. On the part of the plaintiff, the broker was called and proved that the valuation for fixtures, &c., was 2441. 15s. 9d., but there was also a second valuation of 2/. 13s. 6d. for petty stock. There was also a sum of 21. 3s. 6d. due for some cigars, which had been ordered for defendant, but paid for by plaintiff. This 2/. 3s. 6d. was paid, and the defendant now insisted that it was paid on account of the petty stock. The defendant paid 10s. into court. Mr. CHARNOCK said it was a most unfortunate mistake on one side or the other, but did not arise from any desire on the part of defendant not to pay what was just, for he had deposited 3001. to pay the amount of the valuation. The real fact was that the 21. 3s. 6d. was paid to plaintiff on the day of the sale, and she gave a receipt ; and the sum subsequently paid was for the petty stock, but the person who called for it had made an error in the amount, and the 10s. was paid into court to cover the difference. Witnesses were called to support this statement, and The jury gave a verdict for the defendant. The matter had been pending for two years and a half. THOMAS V. THE BEENTFORD GAS LIGHT COMPANY. The Court was occupied during the rest of the day in an action brought by the plaintiff, who is a widow lady, residing Thomas place, H amme rsmith, against the B net o in rd Gas Company f or d amages ar i s i ng f rom th e negligence defendants or th e i r servants . Th e groun d s f h act o ion were that the gas h a d esca p e d from the oret pipes, whereby the water in the wells supplying her houses was rendered so impure as to be unfit to drink. The case was likely to occupy the remainder of the day. COURT OF EXCISE, April2o. (Before 11. F• STEPHENSON, Esq., C. J. HERRIES, Esq., and C. R oss, E sq. ) Th o mas Humphreys, of No. 2, Jubilee-place, Stepney, was charged with having on his premises an illicit still, and also with working the same, with intent to defraud her Majesty of the legal duty. The officer of the court p rove d h av i ng s e r v ed th e defendant (who is at present a prisoner in Coldbath fields Prison) with a copy of the information. Mr. T. Hucues, an officer of Excise, deposed that on the 4th of February last, he went to the premises, Stepney. No. 2, Jubilee - place, They were kept by the defendant, who was entered as a retailer of tea, tobacco, and beer. In a washhouse at the back he found a copper still, set in brickwork, which was at full work, making spirits illicitly. In addition, there was a quantity of molasses wash, yeast tubs, and the usualspirits,ing There was a stock of pre pared cent. over proof, and other 44 utensils. per articles, the whole of which he seized. The defendant was in the shop at the time. A gentleman who attended on the part of the defendant said this portion of the premises had been let off by him to a man who represented himself as a cooper, who al so occ upied the back premisesof th eadi andoi adjoining house, and that entirely without the defendant's knowledge the cooper had had contrived to convert the washing-copper into a still for making spirits. The defendant, therefore, had nothing to do with the illegal trade that had thus been carried on. The COUBfr, after a short consultation, gave judg ment for the full penalty of 2001., with condemnation of the whole of the seizure. John Curling, of Maiden-lane, St. Pancras, was charged with retailing spirituous liquors on Sunday, the 20th of February, having no license.—Fined 251. Sarah Stephenson, keeper of a French hotel, Lei cester-place, Leicester-square, was charged with re tailing spirituous liquors, without license, n the Gth of March last. Mr. Kingsby, an officer, proved that on the day in question he went to the Hotel du Prince Albert, in Leicester-place, Leicester -square, in the company of another officer. They ordered coffee, and afterwards two glasses of brandy, which were served imme diately, taken from a cupboard in the room Defendant—Did I not send out for the brandy ? Witness—No, it was taken from a cupboard. I was not asked for the money first, but you remarked that it was fortunate that you had it in the house. The Court gave judgment in the penalty of 251. John Dyer, proprietor of the Saloon and Oyster rooms, 63, Haymarket, was charged with retailing malt liquor without license. Mr. Kingsby said he we nt to the defendant's with Mr. Lloyd, leaving Mr. New land, the supervisor, out side the house. When they g ot u p stairs the y or dered oysters and a bottle of stout. In about a minute tne oy s t ers and stout wer e brou g ht in. Before the stout wa s b roug ht the money was asked for, and one shilling handed to the waiter. Mr. Lloyd corroborated this testimony. Mr. Newland said he accompanied the two last mentioned officers and remained outside, and during that time a boy left the house with a dish of oysters and went towards the theatre, but did not return. No other person came out having the appearance of a waiter, nor was any stout taken in. The defendant protested that he never bad stout or any other liquor whatever in the house. After further evidence, The CHAIRMAN said, that it appeared from the general allegations, that the defendant had not sold, but as the evidence as to the particular day remained uncontradicted, they mus t give judgment against the defendant, w hi c h theyidL lj22,izL___ penalty of 101. GLASGOW iron deliver e d h ere ma y be quoted to - day at 41s. p er ton net cash, f or 3. 5 N o . 1, and 2-5 No. 3 . Comme rcial confidence I APRIL 15.—The p rice of Scotch pi g so shaken everywhere that we unhappily can note no reviving activity in our pig iron market. There. is, however, less disposition to p ress sales. An opinion is gaining ground that the price has already touched its lowest point, and there is a greater anxiety to purchase at the present low rates. Sales were m ade during the week at 395. ad., 403., 40s. 6d., and 41s. per ton cash, Price WORSHIP-STREET. A young man, named Thomas West, was placed at the bar before Mr. Hammill, charged with paving been found secreted, under remarkable circumstances, in 'the house of Mr. George Seager, landlord of the Flying Horse, Mare-street, Hackney, having previ ously entered it burglariously, and stolen a quantity of silver and copper money, and other property. It appeared from the evidence that between three and four o'clock that morning, police-constable White, 87 N, was informed by another officer that he had just heard a suspicious noise in the prosecutor's house, and, observing that th e s tr e et-door was partly open, turned his lantern into the passage, where he saw the prisoner standing against the wall, with a large poker in his hand, which he instantly raised, and dealt him a tremendous blow upon the fore part of the head, which felled him to the ground in a state of in sensibility. The other officer immediately sprang his rattle for assistance, and placed himself in the door way to prevent the egress of the prisoner, until the arrival of Sergeant Hawke and several other con stables, who alarmed the inmates, and upon examining the interior of the bar the landlord discovered a wax taper, a knife, and bundle of keys lying about, his till standing empty upon the counter and a great coat lying near it, which belonged to no one in the house, and in the pockets of which part of the contents of the till were found, consisting of 713 farthings and a large quantity of other copper and silver money. A thorough search was then made for the escaped thief, but al though not the slightest trace of him could be dis covered in any of the apartments, the officers were so convinced he was still secreted upon the premises, that the landlord, instead of retiring back to rest, determined to remain up and keep a vigilant wateh for his re-appearance. Nothing transpired, however, to confirm their apprehensions until near eight o'clock, when he heard a rustling sound proceeding from the interior of a cupboard in the tap-room, the door of which was constantly kept locked, and having pro cured the key from a recess in the bar parlour, where it was usually deposited, he unlocked the door, and was astonished to .find the prisoner crouching down inside without his coat, and the remaining portion of the contents of the till wrapped loosely up in a hand kerchief, which was lying at his side. He was then secured and conveyed to the station-house, where a further quantity of the missing money, and a penknife belonging to the prosecutor's wife, were found in his possession. The prosecutor identified the prisoner as having been in the tap-room of his house on the preceding evening with another man, both of whom were sud denly nissed, but by what means he contrived to in troduce himself into the cupboard and secure the door, which could not be fastened from the inside, and the key of which was found safe in the place where it was invariably deposited, was an inscruta ble mystery he was totally unable to throw any light upon. The prisoner, who declined offering any defence, was therefore remanded for a week. LAMBETH. John Cambell, a mechanic, appeared before Mr. Norton, to answer a charge of assault preferred against him by Mr. Charles James, cheesemonger, Lambeth marsh. Mr. James stated that, since the Chartist meeting on Kennington-common, on Monday week, he had been subjected to the greatest possible annoyance ; and such was the length and excess to which that annoyance had been carried, that he was compelled, in justice to himself and to his family, to seek for the protection of the law, and adopt the present proceed ings. Previous to the meeting to which he had alluded he felt it to be his duty, in common with his fellow-tradesmen throughout the metropolis, and with the view of assisting in the preservation of the peace and the protection of property, to get sworn in as a special constable at this court ; and for this, and this alone, he had been since subjected to the most incredible persecution. On the evening after the meeting, two individuals attended close to the factory of Messrs. Maudslay and Co., when the workmen were leaving the factory of those gentlemen, and having denounced him (Mr. James) by name as a special con stable, cautioned the assemblage from dealing at his shop. This denunciation was followed up with a report, that while acting as a special constable he had killed a child, broken the arm of a boy, and so ill-treated a poor old woman, that he had been convicted in a penalty of 5/. at this court. Indeed, so far was the feeling carried, that songs were -written and sung about the streets, alluding to him in the most scandalous and libellous manner, though he was perfectly unconscious of having given the slightest cause for such a feeling, beyond the fact of his having been sworn in a special constable. There was another calumny which he wished to remove, and that was a charge made against him of getting intoxicated on the evening and night of the meeting. The charge was grossly false, and on his solemn oath he pronounced it to be so. And while on this subject, he felt bound t o d ec l are , also upon oath, that in so far as he was able to judge and discern, there was not a single individual of his brother tradesmen in the neighbourhood, who like himself were serving as constables, in the slightest degree the worse for liquor. He (Mr. James) would now come to Sunday morning last, and the charge which he had to make against the defendant. At about half past ten or a quarter to eleven o'clock the defendant, with five or six other men, came up to the front of his shop, and made a full - stop. One of them, addressing a female who was pur chasing a piece of pork, said, " Come away from that special's shop ; don't buy anything there." He (Mr. James) requested the man to go about his business, when the defendant seized him by the breast, shook him, and put his fist in his face. He threatened to put the defendant under lock and key, and was so alarmed at the conduct of himself and his compa nions, and the crowd outside, that he left the shop and retired to the back part of the premises. The defendant denied committing the assault. Mr. NORTON said for the offence, of which he had clearly been convicted, he would adjudge him to pay a sum of 201., or in default to two months' imprison ment. Ultimately the Magistrate said he would re duce the penalty to one of common assault, which was 51., or two months. _ _ THAMES. An elderly man, who gave his name George Glad well, was charged with committing several robberies under the following circumstances : The prisoner, who is an old thief, and was convicted a few months since for stealing the bed-clothes from a tavern where he passed the night, resumed his old practices on leaving prison, and has been going from house to house, engaging a bed for one night, and next morning carrying away the sheets and blankets. On Wednesday night the prisoner hired a bed for 6d., at a beer-shop, in Benson street, Limehouse. Yesterday morning he was about to leave the house, when the landlord, observing that he looked rather bulky, stopped him, and upon searching him, found two calico sheets wrapped about his body under his clothes. He was immediately given into the custody of Huckstep, a police-constable, 293 K, who immediately recognised him as an old offender, and a man of whom he had been in search for some time. The second charge was preferred by Mrs. Allum, the landlady of the " Bonnie Scotchman," in the West India-road, Poplar, who said the prisoner hired a bed in her house a fortnight ago. On the following morning, a few minutes :after he had left the house, she missed a sheet from the bed he h a d s l e pt i n , an d p n pt .r from a ! , erl in thc A .o.lB—r ,1100 missed at the same time a table-cloth, a handker chief and several other articles. A third case, of a similar description, made out, having bee n uckstep, the officer, said a publican jst re' H hadd Said an be cognised the prisoner outside ,the court, detected him in the act of carrying off t h e sheets and blankets from a bed he ha d hired for ave big' ° the nig ht ' The landlord took them from him, g shaking, and, kicked him out of the house. Career W. lll _ Mr. BALLANTINE said the prisoner's he hoped, at an end, and committed him for now,tr.l John Webb, who had the appearance of a butche.g havingwas brought before Mr. Ballantine, c harged 11 2,,„ petted to have been stolen or unlawfully Procure ot a quantity of mutton in his possessfon,cr _On Wednesday night a police-constable, lathe Parsons, met the prisoner and another wary, b Mile-end-road, opposite Charrington's br each with a large bundle on his shoulder. Parsons put ist,e . hand on the bundles and found they contained mew . r i , He asked the two men what they were carr e f, 0 To which they reie" sis all righ , °Jue, by which appears to bet he ] summary thieves to get rid of an officer when anything is w r ha t Parsons was not satisfied, and insisted on seeing divvtel* the bundles contained. One of the men seeing dropped his load at the officer's feet, and ran 'W e il; The prisoner was detained with his load, and after desperate resistance on his part, was secured• a• all the bundle contained a quantity of mutton, io n na scr to carcass of a sheep, but cut up in a very mode adopteooog.J. manner. The meat was quite warm, and recentlyinl opinion of the policeman a sheep had been hes, stolen and slaughtered on or near the T he tei? sex illars taen• T • f and the meat brought up to L ondon. when stopped, were coming from the directiontio 130 w. A larce butcher's knife was found 11 P ° 40 prisoner with some gut upon it. been recently used. The prisoner said the man who ran toraY, trta whom he had never seen before, employed mii. carry the meat. • ies t ° Mr. BALLANTINE directed some further inquir , r • b w e e m k ade about the prisoner, and remanded Mal for ---..............--------"' STATE OF THE COTJNTO' (From the Times.) nde i We have It appeared to P received a letter from our corresp? .„03 at ef Aberdeen, communicating the alarming intelbrha a regular organization of the Chartist forces 1 0 '- northern districts of Scotland. 4. rest t ' f The first public meeting that excited the ie. ° , c og the d populace was convened for the purpose of el' a l elegate to the National Convention. res orting his delegate delared his determination ar e° 0 0 to physical force, if the moral influence of tbe c ot. should fail to produce its effect on the Governalo6l, On the departure of this gentleman for the 0 0 , ment of his " Parliamentary duties," the i i de r ti t aid curved to his constituents of organizing an' armies forcesnd a e v t e e n e i k n a ` National Guard," and measures have see ° ,, t , been Oe adopted for the enrolment of volunteers, ' - "i the Chartis lo o'clock the " National Guard " met in the gall,itbe having been joined by the other Chartists ifosti. deputation, marched in procession to the,. il a viel g plangereaatt dAemheorndseternat.i:oAet acne street, attended by a band of music. A ear it"„aera decorated .h with the tri coloured flag.. Other ' il s - s iao• Atwit the old mottoes were carried in the Pr e ' ee an sea' . seven o'clock the chairman opened the Pr eop le. ins in the midst of a very large concourse °foPto to 0 H stated that the object of the meeting Wa s of t he into consideration the present alarming s tate e t, Gover n_, :i t he countr, the recent roceedins o the and the measures necessary for thef r edempt inn nd Pr' country ;" and that Mr. Jones, M r. Ada Hunter ms, "- enter would address the multitude. b y r• red sv The eech of the evening was delive ode Jones of , the Convention. This gentlerna„o at the voured to vindicate the Chartist petition fr o m standing spersions cast upon it, and maintained that Li n e the the exposé of the Select CoraMi,ttesiatioa e d f ocu h ment in question was an important glapifetbat t e public feeling. Mr. Jones announoe"cortere memorial to the Queen in favour of th e a that ,_.' t wo is u d be signed by the working classes, 00 : flu ld °` field, resource should fail, monster meetings "" ce as a for with a view of appealing to arme d dernier ressort. -u n ion At nine o'clock the meeting adjourned t ° o bied• Hall, where nearly 1,000 persons were lose The _The business was of a practical charade% that Committee of the " National Guard" reP °rte and upwards of 500 members were unrolled, with that a correspondence had been oPen,,eclingbion; soe of the gun-manufacturers of Iti r `,:: - 5 0 '; one h of whom had offered to supplY grA;nettebi bayonets (wholesale) at 12s. 6d. each. as real' to the h gun-manufacturer in question vrf'' is ase' A o f t e meeting, and received with bursts of aPP ba t 16 ter a lengthened discussion it was resolved tober f o u r n th a w n i d th a bayonet should be ordered for each ni e hold ing On. Tuesday arrangements were ma de for Thea series of meetings in the city and suburbs' t t _„ special constabulary are held in readiness to '''',: btl f the no apprehensions are entertained that the peace.' tho ,t , i town will be disturbed. The general feeling 15 .. ca ' "there is nothing to revolutionize, but much to retov - . WARWICK, WEDNESDAY NIGHT, APRIL 19. 4 _ The troops composing the Warwickshire Yeon3an_.:; yaps corps will be again called out, and that, l'", i, immediately. Two expresses to Lord Warn c e jt the Lord-Lieutenant, have arrived at Wart a t, Castle during this afternoon from Major Arbutlos Commandant of the Midland district, NO ° troops in barrack at Birmingham. There is , 9 t ae port that the colliers have suddenly turned out 1 % 6 41 coal districts adjoining Coventry. We are int br n — der that the Yeomanry will be immediately plicetu.k, orders to march to Birmingham before Good i ' fi ticl' to watch the expected treasonable movements th at pated from the Chartists and disaffected there on day. RAIL WAY SHARE MAR LIVERPOOL, APRIL 20. A Land STOCK EXCHARGIL—The sales are—Birkenbea-0 C• , shire, and Cheshire Junction, 7'% dis.—Ditto late B.), 12—Edinburgh and Glasgow, Halves, 5 1 / 4 4.,' ° ' sod area: Northern, 9',% 4 dis.—Lancashire and Yorkshire P,. (MO 12% dis.—Ditto, 321 . Shares, 8 1 / 4 dis.—Ditto, i'‘Testera, West Riding Union), 4 dis.—London and North-Lopld' 127% c.—Ditto, New Quarters, 2 p.—Dlanchester, ifRW.?" and Lincolnshire, Eighths, 5% dis.-11iidland SOcliireed Ditto, Halves, 6 dis.—North Staffordshire, 3 1 4 di v s -- t ra an i bury, Oswestry, and Cheshire, 77/ 8 dis.—South--P.te io• 4 Dover, 22 1 / 4 —Ditto, New, No. I, dis.--kitn, li Thirds, 3' ,0 4 dis.—York, Newcastle, andßerwick, .04°' „.. —Ditto (G. N. E. Purchase), IA c. p.' MA AVM 20. ALa t i p, shire, and Cheshire Junction, 7 1-16 dis.-- STOCK EXCHANGIS.—The sales are—Birkenheau,._, ode* 13—Great Northern, n dis .— Lancashire , an "' o bit* and V r ( WO Fifths, 1% dis.—Ditto, 321 . Shares, 8% dis.--Vilostelli Riding Union), 4 1-16 n. dis.—London and North - p. , (Manchester and Birmingham), Quarters (C) , 2 A I c i di°. Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire , Preference, poet, —North Staffordshire, 34 dis.—South-Eastern old No 4, 3 1-16 dis. HULL, APSIL 20. ~ A plbr STOCK EXCHANGE —The sales are—iitu 1 antL f ,aoru . ” Halves, 48—North British, Thirds, 21s.—North Pl' _ . shire, 3% dis. NE WCASTLE-UPON-TYNE, Arno, 2 0 . d Or STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Newcastle sli lisle, 101 3 A—Ditto, Alston Branch, 4 I.l lli' [ADvEnTisnmENT.]-11olloway's Pills, the o f versal and most Popular Remedy for all Diseasesl„fog dental to Females.--The invigorating and Perl,•76 ol qualities of this medicine are so peculiar that fecittetbei all ages, suffering from any of the diseases to whicm,oo are more particularly subj ect, ma y with confidence Pi,oll recourse to it for relief, a few doses of which ;de shortly alleviate their suffe rin g s, and ultimately ten/ them to perfect health and strength. The rera (l s of safe and infallible, whether taken at the critical pert fei passing from childhood, or turning the meridian t bee and its beneficial effects are acknowledged by 18,;(j $ less mothers of families. Sold by all druggistsV7ool9 Professor Holloway's establishment, 244, Strand, .'"'" BIRTHS. lir" ' On the 1 1 th inst., the lady of Mr. J . Davis, 5 h ts s k i dentist, of Somerset - street, Portman - square , of a dila te , I On the 14th inst., at Hooley House, Red-hill; Re io 4, lady of Charles Henry Stedman, Esq., of a daughter. ife of '' On the 15th inst., at Manor- terrace,Brixton , th e icr 00 j, Osborn, Esq., surgeon, of a son. e On the 15th inst., at Claremont, West Derby' Lis' g ii r P the wife of John Scott, E sq., of a son. d Il i "' On the 15th inst., at Park-place Villas, Mai A" 00 o ne httehhree Robinson,l l 7 7 t t h h i i ns s t.. Ei a saq t t. E ,E n oar d s s at l ei gh- st daughter.ree t , thew if 0 ° Macarthur, of a daughter. f 00 of Fletcher the Rev. Charles Smith, of a son. if •clif MARRIED. , ii Ac ia t j On the 17th of January, at Port Elizabeth , .'9„,- - a th ry `-- il' the Rev. John Wilson, of Graham's-town, to 1 , -- a delto daughter of the late Mr. Goodchild, of Shoreditcb, mr 11PY i On the 18th inst., at the Independent Clope.'srf,: h iliv Consett Wright, E.A., Clapton, John, second son of William Daughs-i Wi - Lonadale-square, to Selina, younger daughte r ° Garston, Berkshire, the g " ~0 0 ch O ild n o t f h v e liBBotohuiontsct.,haetlosPefauStney-heath, Louis ltobert..7 pargpineldEgpfi7ewlde,eUksp.per ClePt ell o ' f Die 4th , naOntn- c t h o l e o n 1 O e i t i n Bowles,st., E a t a :B tl a n t h d , i a a nna th e w ife • I Company's' SerV iCe. 10 40 On the 13th inst., in Pembroke-place, Liverpool, A job' Henry Bertles. On the 14th inst., at Atherstone, Warwickshire' 0 Bourne, Esq., aged On the 16th inst., at Falham-place, George , r tillgest i ; t 1 J a s Se / ' of William Child, Esq., aged 26. Al iii On the 16th inst., at Rosstrevor, Ireland, Thera-- Esq., late Captain in the Bombay N. 1., aged 45. ~r s, On the 17th inst., at Kingston-on-MOWS, 0` AP' Cooper, aged 94. d St' 58 , On the 17th inst., at the Rectory House, Donhea,4ed 0 drew, Wilts, Sarah, the wife of the Rev. W. Dsos el - J00 81) On the 18th inst., at Rodney-villa, Cheltenbarof Jeanes Durbin, Esq., aged 74. f 8 0% c i, On the 18th inst., at Chertsey, Mrs. Bethune, 0 James Ste On the 17th hist., at Ovingdean, Sussex, ./ .14 ' ,•• Esq., aged 80. •-•G 0 , ,p, Prirf , A . 1 , 1 PnblirhO. by MURPO o f tio. 112, Strand, Printer, at 24146 Sun Oag e ' c ola - Strand, in the Precinct of the SAVOY, ime Fritla,y, April 21, 1848. THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENIN G, APRIL 21, 1848.