The Sun. — London, England, 1849-08-20 00:00:00

Viitrb 921ittion NORTHERN AND EASTERN RAILWAY.-(THIS DAY.) The half-yearly meeting of the shareholders of this company took place to-day at the company's offices, Bishopsgate Station, for the purpose of receiving the report of the directors, and also for the election of directors in the room of those gentlemen who retired by rotation ; Richard Paterson, Esq., the chairman of the company, took the chair. The usual preliminaries having been gone through, The SECRETARY read the following report : " The directors have to:report to the proprietors, that the dividend on the respective shares of this company for the half-year ending the 30th of June last, will be payable on and after Saturday, the 25th inst., and will be as follows, viz.— "On Shares guaranteed 5 par cent. per annum, 501. paid, 1/. 5s ; 431. paid, 11. ls. 21d. each, less property tax. " On Shares guaranteed 6 per cent per annum, 501 paid, 11. lOs. ; 431. paid, 11. 63. lid. each, less property tax. " In their last report the directors reminded the share holders that the period for which the quarter shares were originally guaranted six per cent. would expire on the following 30:h of July, and they caused an adver tisement to be inserted in the public papers, to the effect that parties wishing to avail themselves of the option given by Act of 6th Victoria, cap. 28, must signify the same in writing on or before the 30th of June. " This notice has been given by fifty-five shareholders, holding in the aggregate 5,420 quarter shares, equal to 1,355 shares of 501. each. The dividend on the quarter shares that have not availed themselves of this option, will be calculated in future to the 31st December and the 30th of June respectively, and will be payable at the same time as the dividends on the other shares of the company; and one month's interest having accrued on these shares to the 30th of June last, payment thereof will be made on the 25th instant, and will be at the rate of ls. 3d. for each quarter share, less property tax; but such of the shareholders as have adopted the guarantee under the Act of 6 Vic., cap, 28, will receive their interest on the 31st of May and the 30th of November, as heretofore. " The undistributed shares have bean sold, in accord ance with the resolution of the proprietors, and have pro duced a profit of 7431. I Is. 5d., which sum the directors propose to divide amongst all the shareholders of the company, pro rata, in addition to the above dividend. "The two directors retiring from office by rotation are John Clermont Whiteman, Esq., and the Hon. John Henry Knox, and the board recommend these gentle men for re-election. " The half-yearly meeting of the proprietors of the Eastern C)unties Company will be held on Friday the 31st instant, at one o'clock precisely, at the London Tavern, Bishop3gate•street, at which meeting the nor thern and Eastern proprietors have the privilege of at tending." The general statement of the receipts and expendi ture up the 30th of June showed a balance in hand of 7,2701. 10s. 10d. The two directors who retired by rotation, John Clarmont Whiteman, Esq., and the Hon. Henry were unanimously re-elected, the report was adopted after a short discussion, and after a vote of thanks was carried to the chairman and directors,the meeting separated. AUSTRIA. The Kolncr .Zeitung, stags that a dispatch from Lord Palmerston, offering his mediation in the affairs of Hungary, arrived at Vienna on the 13th inst. The same paper states that the late Hungarian Premier, Count Louis Batthyany, has been condemned to be imprisoned fbr four 3 ears, and to pay a fine of 50,0001. ITALY. Letters from Turin of the 15th inst. state that the Chamber of Deputies had assembled in secret committee to hear the explanation of the Ministry relative to the peace concluded with Austria. The Minister of the Interior had demanded the ap pointment of the secret committee, which was declared by the Chamber to be urgent. The Minis ter declared that the treaty of peace contained no secret cause. He then demanded of the Chamber the funds necessary for the payment of the war in demnity fixed by the treaty at 75 millions of francs, of which 40 are to be paid forthwith, and the re mainder within twenty months. The Chamber of Deputies almost unanimously refused the supply demanded. The Minister persevered in his demand, adding that six days only were allowed for accepting the treaty. The Chamber deferred its final decision until the following day, when it was to meet in secret committee. BANK OF FRANCE. The following is a return of the situation of the Bank of France up to Aug. 16:— A SSETS. ... C 9.36,872,282 00 . . 128,567,723 00 ... 1,440,469 00 Ca?l , . and ingots Ditto in branch Walks Bills past due Bills falling due in Paris, of which 15,373,5141. are from the branch banks ••• ••• ••• Bills in the branch banks Advances on coins and ingots... ... Ditto by the branch banks ... Ditto on French public securities ... Ditto by branch banks... ... ..• Ditto to the State on Bons du Tresor... Ditto on the loan of 130 millions Rentes of the reserve fund ... Rentes, disposable funds ... Investments of the new branch banks in the public funds ... Hotel and furniture of the Bank ... Real property of the branch banks Interest in National Discount Bank ... Ditto branch banks ... Bills protested at Paris ••• •WO Ditto at the branches ... ..• Expenses of administration of the Bank Ditto of the branches ••• Miscellaneous ... .. • .. • ... Advance to the department of the 42,498,690 00 81,343,292 00 6,688,800 00 546,176 00 22,184,035 00 1,331,715 00 50,000,000 00 50,000,000 00 10,000,000 CO 42,581,488 00 12,779,541 00 4,000,000 00 2,396,225 00 200,000 00 230,000 00 4,359,256 00 2,842,580 00 96,070 00 151,763 00 731,673 00 Seine ••.. ••• ••• ••• Loan of 3,000,000 f. to the city of Mar aeilles ... •.- 3,000,000 00 ... 1,075,000 00 E 705,916,780 00 LIABILITIES. Capital ... Ditto of the Branch Banks Reserve fund ... Ditto of the branch banks ... f. 67,900,000 00 ... 23,350,000 00 ... 10,000,000 00 ... 2,980,750 00 Reserve- inamobiliere Notes to bearer, in circulation ... ... 4,000,000 00 ... 3.€8,054,300 00 . , Ditto of the branch banks ... ... 41,265,074 00 Ditto to order (post-bills) ... ... 602,711 00 Account-current with Treasury creditor 53,344,562 00 Various accounts current ... ... 84,164,069 00 ... 25,710,491 00 8,902,000 00 1,542,382 00 Ditto in branches Bills payable at eight ... Ditto at branches ••• ••• •.• Bills of the branch banks payable by the Bank ..• ••• ••• Ditto of the Bank payable by branches.. Dividends payable ••• • • ••• Liquidation of the Algiers Bank ... Discounts, interest, and expenses Ditto branch banks ... ••• ••• Re-disccunti of the last six months ... Ditto in branch banks -.. ... •.. iscellaneous ... ... • . • 6,887,257 00 3,802,089 00 725,486 00 170,282 00 1,228,056 00 684,206 CO 143,693 00 321,562 00 137,842 00 f. 705,916,780 00 Certified by the Governor of the Bank of France. D'ARGOITT. TO THE _EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR, —1 beg to inform you that I have paid to•day into the bank of Leatham and Co., of this place, 311. 165., to the credit of Coutts and Co., to assist the brave Hungarians, and which, I hope, will find its way to your committee. We shall have a little more shortly, which shall be duly forwarded. Hoping to see the favour of a copy of this subscription in your paper.—l am, Sir, yours very truly, SAMUEL SEAL, Treasurer to the Wakefield Committee. Wakefield, Aug. 18, 1849. [We shall acknowledge the receipt of the same to morrow, under the usual heading, and also the sub scription from Edinburgh, per George Harrison, Esq , amounting to 201., which had been paid into the banker's without our being made aware of it. W e always publish the subscriptions sent to us shortly after their arrival.—ED. Sun ] -- -- TIDE MOORS AND FORESTS. The opening of the grouse-shooting season has been marked by most unpropitious weathe r, at least in the county of Inverness. Monday morning dawned in clouds and storms, and drenching rains prevailed throughout the day over a wide extent of the county. Nor was Tuesday . much . more favour able. The mornin g , i t • f is true, was fair, and may have permitted some the keener . sportsmen to try their dogs and gun. o b guns, but heavy rain . set in early in the forenoon. On the better took place,t showers fair shooting may and c tsday morning a change for have been enjoyed, with a high wind. The e rs . fell about mid-day, many st f ate the of part t i h e e s moors marred the sports of who went out, and under these untowyarod c. cuistan.ces our list of sport cannot be otbeilthan smal l l The first grouse seen in town were eight brace from . Moyhali, which arrived at the coach-office here by mid-d a y o n the 13th, and we understand that The Mackin tosh's gamekeeper (Do nald Macbean) killed six t y brace of grouse and two hares, on the moors around Moyhall, vn the 13th. Sir Francis Tyrell, at Lakefield, shot 15 brace. H. Martai n, Es q ., Errogie, had 15 brace. John Wood, Esq., at Flichity, had 6i brace in two hours. Mr. Biscoe, a t Kingillie, had 10 brace. A. Macmahon, Esq., at Corrybroughmore, had 34 brace, and D. Fullerton, Esq , 17 brace. S. Boulderson, Esq., and friends, were out at Erch less Castle in two parties of two guns each : On the 13th, the one party bagged 22 brace, and the other 23 brace ; and on the 14th the one party shot 3 brace, and the other 20 brace. R. Winsloe, Esq., killed 441 brace of grouse at Dallas. The birds were found very strong and wild; but all were fine healthy birds, though scarce in number. We have little news from the deer forests. The most interesting note of the week's sport is from Bra han, where the woods were beat for fallow-deer and roe, on the 10th current, by Keith Stewart Mackenzie, Esq., of Seaforth, Captain Dougla,, Captain Jocelyn, Mr. Langton, Mr. Fowler, of Raddery, and J. W. Ramsay, Esq. The whole party shot with single bullets, and the trophies of the day's sport were nine fallow deer and roe. One of the latter had a most curious mal formation of one of its horns, the first antler twisting downwards close to the head, and overhanging the right eye. The head is to be preserved as a curiosity. The only other stalk we have heard of was at Guis achan, where R. Ainslie, Esq., brought down a capital stag on the 11th inst. The recent rains have swelled the Ness and occa sioned a run of fish from the sea. For two or three days the numerous anglers have been very successful in the streams and pools, and the nets are capturing large quantities of tine fish.—lnverness Courier. EXTRAORDINARY OCCURRENCE AT HORBURY. The quiet village of Horbury, near Wakefield, has been throws into a state of great excitement by a painful occurrence that has come to light within the past week. An independent gentleman of the name of Craven lived in the village in respectable style. He was a bachelor, and a young lady lived with him as housekeeper, who was known as Miss Craven, and was reputed to be his natural daughter. In the middle of last week a report prevailed that this young person had given birth to a child, which had been made away with, and that the body had been found buried in the plantation belonging to the house. The report was, of course, not long in coming to the ears of the constables, who instituted proper inquiries —traced the report to a man who bad seen the body of the child—and then in formed the coroner, who thereupon directed that an inquest should be held forthwith. Accordingly, on Saturday last, the body of the child having been pro duced, an inquest was held over it at the Fleece Inn, when the following extraordinary facts were elicited in evidence : Thomas Nettleton said—l live at Horbury, and am a butcher. I was told by Ellen Sykes (Mr. Craven's servant) that she saw Mr. Craven burying something in the plantation, and in consequence I went to the place. I took some earth up with m r y h l a t n e d o s k , and found a bundle wrapped in brown pape . it up and o t openedhe new - born hel i e t, en an d d bu f r o l u e n d d it a again.l showed child. itl made anr to Ellen Sykes before I buried it—it was a bo y . This was on Tuesday morning. I was called upon by Mr. Roger Hirst, Mr. Joseph Berry, and Mr. John Gee, on Friday morning. They are constables for Hor bury ; they asked me to meet them at the Fleece Inn, in Horbury, and to bring the bundle I had found. I went and dug up the bundle and brought it to the Fleece. I laid it on the table in the room in the pre sence of the constables and other persons. I left it with them. Ellen Sykes told me not to say anything, so I did not mention the finding of the child to the constable nor to any one. Ellen Sykes told me she saw Mr. Craven digging something. She told me she suspected something was up. I never denied I knew anything about the child, or had it in my pos session. I groom and work occasionally for Mr. Craven. Ellen Sykes, upon her oath, said—l am a single woman. I was servant to Mr. Edward Craven, but was discharged last Thursday by Miss Craven. Mr. Craven is a bachelor. Miss Craven is about 24 years old, and lives in his house as his daughter. I had been there three years the Ist of last June. I never told Nettleton I saw Mr. Craven digging or burying in the plantation, but I did tell him I saw Mr. Craven graving in the garden—by graving I mean working in the garden. He is in the habit of doing so. He (Nettleton) said he suspected something was up, and said he supposed I suspected. I laughed and put it off, and a little girl came in and we said no more at that time. This conversation took place on Tuesday evening. I never told Nettleton not to mention the finding of the child to any one. It was last Monday morning, betwixt nine and ten, when I. saw Mr. Craven working in the garden. Nettleton told me I was not to name it to any one that he found the child. At the time Miss Craven was confined to her bed I had reason to suppose she was delivered of a child. My reason for supposing so was the difference in her appearance before she was confined to her bed and after she came down stairs; ' she came down stairs about four o'clock last Monday afternoon. I saw the bed linen was changed and taken away. There were finer sheets on the bed than were put on before. I did not attend her on Saturday and Sunday. Mr. Craven himself attended to her on those two days, but I went into her bcd room occasionally. No medical man was sent for to Miss Craven. Mr. Craven, on Saturday, shut the inner door leading from the kitchen to the room after him, as he often does ; it was betwixt twelve and one o'clock. I also heard him shut the stairs door. I heard Miss Craven crying out as if in much pain all Saturday morning, and was very poorly. On Wed nesday night I think it was, I went into Miss Cra • ven's bedroom ; she was undressing ; I saw her ap plying something to her breasts, but did not notice what it was • I shut the door and went away without going into her ; it was bed time, and I had my shoes off. I had not spoken to Nettleton on Wednesday morning before he brought the child. I have looked at the piece of cloth the child is now wrapped in ; it is a piece of linen cloth ; the child was wrapped in calico that Nettleton produced to me on Wednesday morning. Medical testimony concluded the evidence, and the coroner then went over the evidence very minutely, and directed the jury as to the law of the case. The jury returned a verdict of " Still-born." J. Stringer, Esq., solicitor, Horbury, was present on behalf of the authorities, and three other solicitors were also present to watch the inquiry. On Monday, Mr. Stringer applied to the magis trate for warrants of apprehension against the parties concerned in the above offence ; but the magistrates required some evidence to be produced before taking this step, and issued summonses to the witnesses al ready named to appear before them. This no doubt has been done, and the warrants have doubtless been granted, although we have no information to that effect. Mr. and Miss Craven have left Horbury, no one knowing whither they are gone.—Bradford Observer. THE JEWS IN HUNGARY. NEUSTADT, AUG. 7,1849.—1 n my former letter I described t o you the enthusiasm of my Hungarian countrymen, and that of the Jews in particular, since which the success which has attended the Hungarian arms has raised it to a height unknown in modern history, and considering the inequality of the struggle —a dwarf with two giants—l compare our present war to that of the handful of Maccabees against the overwhelming force of the Syro- Greeks. Indeed, the motto of the standard in the company where my son serves, is the same as that of the Maccabees of old, " Macbe," the Hebrew initials of which are, " Who is like unto thee, 0 Lord, among the gods ? " It is a remarkable circumstance, that though we are losing men every week, I may say every day, for there is hardly a day p2sring in which some skirmish or sally does not take place, yet our ranks, so far from being thinned, daily augment from the voluntary influx of men, young and old, Rho sell their little stock of goods, or their farm, and purchase weapons with the money to defend their liberty. But above all, we must prostrate ourselves before the Ruler of Provi dence, and offer Him our warmest thanks for keeping away all kind of sickness, fever and plagues, such as are raging in the camp of our enemies, where they are falling rapidly before the great drought which prevailed lately, and the foulness of the poisonous waters which they are obliged to drink. Indeed, to us apply the words of the Psalmist, " Thou shalt not be afraid for the terror by night ; nor for the arrow that flieth by day ; nor for the pestilence that walketh in darkness ; nor for the destruction that wasteth at noon-day." And how awfully exact are the next words, " A thousand shall fall at thy side, and ten thousand at thy right hand ; but it shall not come nigh thee !" .My youngest son, who is not yet eighteen years old, says in his last letter, "In the short time that I have been in the army, I witnessed scenes, not in our camp, but in that of the retreating enemy, which nearly paralysed me. The loathsome sickness, increased by venomous food, which made the soldier writhe in agony like a worm, which I often saw, is more than I can endure. Poor innocent Austrian soldiers, why should you be doomed to suffer for the mercenary aggrandisement and vices of your despotic Ministers and courtiers, for the bar barities of your generals ? We yesterday fell in with several straggling Austrian soldiers in the miserable condition just described, and we at once fed, clothed, tended, and let them go. They have deserted, and can not return to the army. We rescued them from death, though the Austrians show no mercy if any of us fall into their hands. But we are fighting for life and liberty, and why should we deprive those of it who cannot endanger ours ? The number of Hun garians now fighting is not very short of a million, besides Germans, Poles, and Italians, who amount together t o no l ess t h an twenty -fi ve thousand. 'We have this great advantage over the enemy, that we fight voluntarily, and brave all the dangers and hard ships of w ar , lik e the sailor in a storm. Every Hun garian fights as if the issue of the battle depended upon him. The Austrians, however, fight against their inclination ;andyou, even the Russians would as th rer be with us, than e ath froth good authority, I can tell they call thatti months e i g ll o - . fee j li e n i g . towards us which they did three lachich is growing more unpopular every day on account of his barbarities. As to our defence against the Russians, and General Georgey's operations on the bank of the Saja, the success is corn plete." From a Vienna paper just put into my hands, it would appear as if the Russian general, Grabbe, bad caused the Hungarians, under Georgey, to retreat with great loss, after a sharp battle. I can assure you, upon good authority, of the very contrary. General Bern's operations in Moldavia have also surpassed his most sanguine ex pectations. Russia must now have a sharp look-out for her own country, and Schwarzenburg must find a good deal more money than bankrupt Austria can muster, to satisfy the exorbitant demands of Russia. As to reinforcements, I doubt very much if Russia has it in her power to send them. Indeed M. B---n, banker at Vienna, declares to me, that a letter from St. Petersburgh, of recent date, states tbat Russia is exhausted. She dares not now strip herself of the soldiers scattered about her wilds; nor can she afford to trust for any expenses of war to Austria.* Their occupation of Raab by our men was hailed with delight by the inhabitants, and particularly the Jews. Thanksgiving to Almighty God were read by the Chief Rabbi at the synagogue last Sabbath, in which he exhorted the congregation to remember the philanthropic Jewish member who fell an innocent victim to Austrian cruelty. Two Jewish officers and about a hundred privates attended the service in their uniforms. It was a most solemn one. He took his text from the lxxxvii. Psalm, v. 4—" I will make mention of Rehab," &c. Speaking of Comorn, he applied the Ist verse, "His foundation is in the holy mountain"; and again, verse 3, " Glorious things are spoken of thee, 0 city , of strength." Offerings were then made for the widows and orphans of those who have shed their blood for Hungarian independence. May it soon be realised ! I break off now ; there is a mob in the street. No doubt some news from the seat of war. I shall write more to-morrow. Correspondent of ihe Jewish Chronicle, Aug. 17. This corroborates every word of Mr. Cobden's at the meeting in the Lcndon Tavern.—En. J. C. THE APPROACHINC PEACE CON- GRESS AT PARIS. There will be a very large attendance from this country at the ensuing peace congress at Paris, which will commence its sittings on Wednesday next, the 22d instant,' including representatives from the following important cities and towns :—London, Edin burgh, Liverpool, Manchester, Birmingham, Bristol, Newcastle-on-Tyne, Hull, Norwich, Plymouth, South ampton, Oxford, Nottingham, Aberdeen, Leeds, Lei cester, Bath, Bradford, Huddersfield, Cheltenham, Brighton, Coventry, Colchester, Chelmsford, Dundee, Glasgow, Gloucester, Ipswich, Jersey, Lincoln, Maidstone, Northampton, Oldham, Preston, Paisley, Rochdale, Sheffield, Stockton, Sunderland, Wakefield, York, Youghal, and from a vast number of smaller places. The following Members of Parliament have ex pressed their intention of being present :—Messrs. Cobden, Hindley, E wart, Thompson, Wyld, Smith, Heyworth, C. Villiers, M. Gibson, J. Brother ton. The French Government have expressed their ap proval of the proposed demonstration in favour of in ternational peace. Dufaure, the Minister of the Interior, has ad dressed a letter, of which the following is a transla tion, to the Committee of Organization in Paris : " Gentlemen,—Conformably with the verbal ex planations which you have done me the honour of making to me, and with the written request which you addressed to me on the 21st of July, I authorize the assembling of the Peace Congress in Paris during the month of August. "The object which this Congress has in view is too philanthropic for me to refuse to give my consent; besides, the names of the members who form part of the Committee of Organization give me an additional guarantee that the Congress will confine itself within the limits of its programme, and will not permit any infraction of order or of the laws. " Receive, Gentlemen, the assurance " of my most distinguished consideration, "The Minister of the Interior, " J. DUFAURE." We understand that the English and American delegations combined will leave the London-bridge Station by special train on Tuesday morning, the 21st, at eight, and expect to reach Paris the same night. A considerable number of the American delegates have alrerdy reached England. One of these gentlemen, the Hon. Mr. Durkee (member of the House of Representatives), travelled 2,000 miles from the far West before embarking at New York, purposely to attend the Congress. SIR ROBERT PEEL. This eminent statesman, w ith Lady and Miss Peel, arrived in Inverness at two o'clock on Vrid3ay last, Laving posted that day from A viemore. They re mained for luncheon in the Caledonian Hotel, but pre viously took a survey of the river, the principal streets of the town, and the Castle Hill. They were accompanied by Colonel Baillie, of Redcastle (formerly M.P. for Honiton), who met Sir Robert in High-street, and welcomed him to the north. A considerable crowd soon gathered round the distinguished visitors, and by the time the party returned from the Castle Hill the street was thronged. Sir Robert made some pur chases in the shop of Mr. Douglas, bookseller, and on his proceeding towards the hotel he was cordially cheered. Though seemingly in good health, the Right Hon. Baronet has lost much of that elasticity and vigour which characterised his appearance when he was last in Scotland, in 1842, on occasion of the Queen's visit to Taymouth. " Years following years steal something every day," And the incessant toils and anxieties of public life, especially during the last few eventful years, and to one so actively and honourably engaged in them as Sir Robert Peel, must wear down the strongest nerves and constitution. The quiet retirement and pure air of Eilean Aigas, joined . to the healthy excitement of the moor and forest, will, we trust, soon repair the Baronet's exhausted energies. Sir Robert and party left Inverness about four o'clock, and in about two hours reached their Highland residence. We are happy to learn that the visitors are delighted with the country and the accommodation of Eilean Aigas. On Saturday Sir Robert visited his outpost lodge at Struy. On . Sunday the party attended Divine service in the parish of Kilmorack. It hap pened to be the day on which the_ summer sacrament was dispensed, and the party had thus an opportunity of witnessing one of the most interesting and impor tant portions of Presbyterian worship. John Wesley, in recording his impressions on first seeing a Scottish sacrament, exclaims, " How much more simple, as well as more solemn, is the service of the Church of England 17 If he had been present at a summer sa crament 4n the Highlands, held in the open air, dt influencesui ff r c e f r ci e u n et situationsopinion.i n. suc h c l a V fs ot e rss e always knew ch selected Tpihce shade of sycamore trees surrounding old farm houses, a garden wall in the- suburbs of a city, or some retired winding valley in the country, were favourite spots With the venerable divine. Highland scenery is ruder, grander and far more impressive; and this very scene at Kilmorack has been well de scribed by William Howitt in his "Visits to Remark able Places." The peculiar sound of the Gaelic psalm inging —the roar of the waters far below—the lofty hills waving with crimson heather and foliage—and the earnest devout congregation scattered around on the green knolls and rocks — form spectacle. A communion Sunday in such a situation 2, touching and sublime may vie with the most august cathedral service. On Saturday last Lord Lovat called at Eileen Aigas to pay his respects to Sir Robert and Lady Peek—lnverness Courier. MR. SERGEANT WILKINS.—We regret to state that Mr. Sergeant Wilkins, while on the circuit here, suffered from a sudden attack of illness, and was unable to at tend to his duties on either Friday or Saturday. The attack was one of diarrhce i, but rumour immediately had it that the Learned Gentleman had been seized with cholera. We were happy to learn, on inquiry, yesterday, that he had almost entirely recovered, and there is every likelihood that he will resume his duties in court this morning. —Liverpool Albion of this day.' His Excellency M. Van de Weyer, Minister Plenipotentiary for Belgium, and the Countess of Van denberg, arrived on Saturday at St. liatherine's-wharf by the General Steam Navigation Company's steam-ship Triton from Ostend. ROMAN REMAINS AT COLCIIESTER.—In the course of the excavations that have recently been made in the premises now occupied by Mr. G. W. Bradnack, St. Mary's, Lexden-road, two beautifully perfect sepulchral urns were discovered; but the workman who came upon them, having probably never made the acquaintance of Sir Thomas Brown, shattered them both by a most un• archaeological dab of the spade. Close by the urns were found the skeletons of a man and a horse. Many frag ments of pottery have also been turned up; one bearing as its inscription the word "Viducus," another " Omri," and a third decorated with the figure of a tiger rampant in very bold relief. ITER MAJESTY'S TIIFATRE.—Her Majesty the Queen Adelaide's box was on Saturday evening occu pied by his Serene Highness Prince Edward of Saxe Weimar, the Viscount :and Viscountess Curzon and party. Amongst the visitors were—the Duchess of Inverness, the Marquis of Bristol, the Marquis of Clan. ricarde, his Excellency the Russian Minister, his Excel lency the Swedish Minister, his Excellency the Neapo litan Minister, his Excellency the Brazilian Minister and Madame la Marquese de Lisboa, the Charge d'Affaires of Belgium, the Chargi d'Affaires of France and Madame de Montherot, M. de Berg, the Count de Barke, General Cabrera, Lord Ernest Bruce, Lady H. Bentinck, Lord F. Fitzroy, Count de Rosen, Lieut.-General Sir Alexander Woodford, Bart., Lady and the Misses Woodford, Lieut.-General Sir Andrew Barnard, Bart., Sir Corn wallis Ricketts, Bart., Admiral Sir Edward Codrington, Bart., and the Misses Codrington, Sir John Bayley, Bart., and Ludy Bayley, Sir Seymour Sadlier, &Q. TATTERSALL'S-THIS EVENING EBOR HANDICAP. 5 to 1 agst Glen Saddel 7 to 1 agst Ellerdale 7 to 1 agst Giselle 10 to 1 agst Westow 10 to 1 agst Cockermouth 10 to 1 agst any other GREAT YORKSHIRE STAKES. 7 to 4 on the field BT. LEGER. 7 to 4 on Flying Dutchman 14 to 1 agst Uriel 15 to 1 agst Nunnykirk DERBY. 20 to 1 agst Cyprus 20 to 1 agst John o' Groat 30 to 1 agst Compass 33 to 1 a gst Mildew MINING INTELLIGENCE. (From the Mining Journal.) The amount of business which has been done lately, and the expected advance in copper and tin, have given a tone of firmness to the mining share market. Public confidence appears to be gaining, and it only requires a stability ie. our metal market to arrive at business both safe and permanent. The constant inquiry for divi dend and f ading mines is strong evidence that the mining interest is not likely to be so disregarded as it has hitherto been. In Tincroft there has been some considerable business done 'lace our last, the reports from the mine more than confirming the discoveries referred to in last week's notice. Trcleigh, Trelawny, Bedford, and East and South Tamar, have been in , request, and business done. In the latter, a large number of shares have changed hands at an advance. Inquiries are also being made for East Wheal Rose, North Pool, South Basset, South Francis, and West Caradon. In Kingsett and Bedford some considerable improve ments are said to have been reported, and shares have found buyers. A requisition for convening a special general meeting has been signed by several adventurers. North Roskcar, Comfort, Treviskey and Barrier, and West Caradon, are among the mines lately represented as improved. Shares in the following mines have changed hands since our last, viz.; East Wheel Rose, Devon Great Consols, .Trelawny. Treviskey and Barrier, South Basset, Tincroft, Bedford United, Mary Ann, releigh, South Tamar, Tregorden, East Tamar, Tamar Consols, Esguir Llee, Wellington, South Tolgus, West Providence, Tre bane, Kingsett and Bedford, &c. Wheal Mary Ann adventurers audited their accounts for March, April, and May, on the Bth instant, showing a profit of 5571. 1 Is. on the three months' workings, which, with the balance from la . st account, carries a credit of 1,0171. 19s. 8,1. to the next meeting, when a dividend may be fully expected. ' The mine is now re presented to be in a better position than hitherto seen, and capable of returning 65 to 70 tons per month, and, from present appearances, may be considered a perma nent and paying mine. Wheal Trehane two-monthly meeting was held on the Wth inst. The accounts for March and April show a balance in favour of the adventurers of 6471. 13s. 9d. A dividend of 303. per share was declared, and paid forth with. We learn that some new steam machinery is about being erected, for which a reservation has been made in the funds. The agent's report represents the mine in a very favourable position, and operations progressing towards some very important points. A parcel of about 131 tons was sold on the 10th. _ The Wellington Mines bi-monthly meeting was held on the lOch. The balance in favour of the mines amounted to 4481. 155. 3d.; a dividend of 11. 10s. per 256th share was declared for March and April, leaving a balance of 641. 15s. 3d. to next account. The agent reports the lode productive in the 32 fm. level especially, which is the deepest level, and there is every prospect of the course of ore holding down. The Allred Consols adventurers met on the 10th, and audited the accounts for February, March, April, and May; the division of loss for the four months amounted to 11. li. 2d. per 1,024 th share. The mine is repre sented to have considerably improved since the last meeting. Kingsett and Bedford meeting was held on the 6th, when the accounts for April, May, and June, were read; the statement shows a balance of 51. 2s. 7d. against the company, to meet which, and future operations, a call of ss. per shale was made, with a sanction for the com mittee of management to make a further call of 55., should it be required, before the next meeting. The agent's report is highly gratifying; exclusive of the course of lead which they are now working upon, several improvements were anticipated, which we learn have been realised since the meeting. Vincent meeting was held on the Bth, when the re ports of several agents were read, confirming the opinion of, and the mode of, operations adopted by the managing agent as being the most satisfactory towarls bringing the mine into a profitable position; the statement of ac counts was satisfactory, and a call of 10s. by two instal ments made, which will free the mine from all liabilities. Wheal Tregorden account for April, May, and June, was held on the 9th; the accounts showed a balance of 1421. 10s. 10d. against the mine, and a call of 10s. per share wag made. The mine has much improved sine the last account, and continues to hold out prospects of furtht r and immediat.! improvement ; the lead raised hero is unusually rich for silver, averaging 27/. 185. rer ton. In foreign mines there has been a fair proportion of business done. United Mexican has been in demand, and several transactions closed. In Alton, Copiapo, John del Dev, and Australian buyers have been found, and bargains effected. FROM THE LONDON GAZETTE OF FRIDAY. DIVIDENDS. In the Country. J. Hinchliffe, Wakefield, carrier, Sept. 25, at eleven, at the Court, eeds—J. Protheroe, jun., Bristol, iron and timber merchant, Sept. 18, at eleven, at the Court, Bristol—W. Burgoyne ' Plymouth, builder, Sept. 12, at eleven, at the Court, Exeter—J. D. Blake, Honiton, innkeeper, Sept. 13, at one, at the Court, Exeter—N. Bishop, .jun., Honiton, victualler, Sept. 20, at one, at the Court, Exeter—J. C. Brown, Taunton, draper, Sept. 20, at one, at the Court, Exeter—N. Baker and W. S. Ben tall, Newton Abbott, Devonshire, bankers, Sept. 12, at eleven, at the Court, Exeter. PAYMENT OF DIVIDENDS. J. D. Harper, Derby, woollendraper, 4s. 4d., on Sa turday, Oct. 13, or any subsequent alternate Saturday between eleven and three, at the office of Mr. Bittleston, Nottingham. H. Cranston, Sunderland, Durham, confectioner, 55., on Saturday, Oct. 13, or any following Saturday, be tween ten and three, at the office of Mr. Wakley, New castle-upon-Tyne. ,sch s o a o t l u m r a d s a t y 7 b , e 3 t s w . 9 e d en ., Wakley, oten Saturday , nl'at rlh s 3e t e oo - r u f Rapcnoeyn following-T of y ji n i e r n Grey, athree,Oct.eawt c Newcastle upon-Tyne. J. 0. Hogg, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, accountant, Is. 2d.., on Saturday, Oat. 13, or any following Saturday, be tween ten and three, at the office of Mr. Wakley, New castle-upon-Tyne. NOTICES OF CERTIFICATES. In the Country. W. Pardington, Elmstone, Hardwick, Gloucestershire, coal merchant, Sept. 7, at eleven, at the Court, Bristol— P. Chaloner, Clirow, Radnorshire, innkeeper, Sept. 24, at twelve, at the Court, Bristol—Archibald Dickson, Narbeth, Pembrokeshire, grocer and teadealer, Sept. 24, at eleven, at the Court, Bristol—W. H. Suter, Liver pool, ship broker, Sept. 11, at eleven, at the Court, Liverpool---U. Morgan, Liverpool, hotelkeeper, Sept. 11, at eleven, at the Court, Liverpool—F. Poynter, Penzance, Cornwall, attorney, Sept. 18, at eleven, at the Court, Exeter—G. Millership, Oldbury, Worcestershire, draper, Sept. 11, at twelve, at the Court, Birmingham—J. Beut, jun., Dudley, Worcestershire, grocer, Sept. 11, at twelve, at the Court, Birmingham—T. Winter, Basford, Not , tinghamshire, builder, Sept. 21, at ten, at the Court, Nottingham. At the Court of Review, Sept. 7. .1. S. Rollinson. Argyll•strect, King's-cress, cowkeepor —.E. Woudgate, Greenwich, electro plate manufacturer —A. Whi'v ' Wimborno Minster, Dursetshire, saddler— J. Quigley, Birkenhead, Cheshire, victualler—C. Oawin, Harley-street, Cavendish-square, dentist—T. Plumley, jun., Bristol, grocer—T. Hughes, Liverpool, woollen draper—J. Bonifas, jun., Dorchester, woollendraper— L P. Cartwright, Nantwich, Cheshire, chemist. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. J. Jones and J. Clark, Aston Cantlow, Warwickshire, papermakers—Elizabeth Dean and J. J. Dean, Man chester, common orewers—D. Palmer and P. Hall, Taunton mews West, Dorset-square, Marylebone, coachmakers—J. Hopkins, sen., J. Hopkins, jun., and J. Peggs, Shoreditch, linendrapers (as far as regards J. Peggs)—R. Henshaw and D. Edwards, Newport, Shrop shire, drapers—J. Rylands, 'T. G. Rylands, and P. Ry lands, Warrington, Lancashire, wire manufacturers (as far is regards J. Rylands)—W. Jackson, S. C. Hall, E. G. S a l isbury, and G. Viz tue, Pall-mall, proprietors and publishers of the Art Journal and Vernon Gallery (as far as regards W. Jackson)—G. Parke and R. Parke, Whitby, Yorkshire, woollendrapers and sharebrokers— E. Yarde and J. A. Edwards, Crediton, Devonshire, surgeons—J. Parker, J. Knowles, R. Brook, W. Gibbins, and G. Green, Plymouth, contractors—J. W. William son and 0. D. Hedley, Durham, owners of Burnhope Colliery—H. Unwin, W. Unwin, and S. Kirk, Sheffield, coal miners (as far as regards S. Kirk)—G. Cornford and S. T. Plummer, Mark-lane, Tower-street, ale and stout merchants—W. Hale and T. Richbcll, Woolwich and Plumstead.marsh, manufacturers of rockets—W. Hardy and W. Robinson, Leeds. pot manufacturers—H. A. Wildes, 11. D. Wildes, and F. Smith, Maidstone, Kent, solicitors (as far as regards F. Smith)—J. Ste vens, C. F. Ellernian, and H. S. Coleman, City of London Portable Manure Company (as far as regards C. F. Ellerman)—J. Lodge, J. Gunson, and P. B. Bell, Lancaster and Preston, cabinetmakers—S. Greenwell, W. Cook, J. Gladstone, and T. Richardson, Castle Enen Colliery, Durham (as far as regards S. Greenwell.) INSOLVENT PETITIONERS. Enoch Percival, Kingston upon-Hull, hatter. John Havereroft, Kingston-upon-Hull, sawyer. Elijah Haller, Kingston-upon-Hull, currier. George Eyre, Kingston-upon-Hull , mariner. John Walker, Kingston-upon-Hull , basketmaker. Henry Critchett, Stone, ataffordshire, currier. William King, Dover, labourer. John Creffield, Slough, Buckinghamshire, coachmaker. John Vickers, Sturton-le-Steeple, Nottinghamshire, blacksmith. James Clark, Cirencester, Gloucestershire, blacksmith. William Townsend, jun., Cirrncester, Gloucestershire, butcher. Henry Noble, Kingston-upon-Hull, retailer of beer. Thomas Henry Etherington, Stab!eford, Staffordshire, contractor. James Stanford, Birmingham, licensed victualler. James Lavill, Birmingham, cordwainer. James Hooper, Mosely, Worcestershire, plumber and painter. John Yates, jun., llandsworth, Staffordshire, brickmaker. William Osborne, Aston, Warwickshire, commission agent. John Thomas Brecknock, butcher. John Atkin, Newark-upon-Trent, farmer. Charles Bennion, Birmingham, commission agent. Joseph Heiner, Birmingham, retail brewer. James Osborn, Birmingham, turner. Thomas Jackson, Birmingham, die sinker. Ed ward Griffith, Birmingham, jeweller. Joseph Gibbs, Duddeston-with-Nechells, Warwickshire, huckster. Henry Cook, Bath, blacksmith. John Stf:veus, Grassthorpe, Nottinghamshire, tailor. George Robinson, Newark-upon-Trent, miller. William Perry Mills, Young's-green, Staffordshire, far mer. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS. W. M'Lean, wright and grocer, Glenmavis, Lanark shire, to meet within Drummond's Ropl Hotel, Airdrie, Aug. 22, awl Sept. 12, at, twelve. R. Stirlir g, commission agent, Glasgow and Calcutta, to meet within the Crow lon, Glasgow, Aug. ..23, and Sept. 20, at twelve. A. Campbell, merchant, Stratbpeff,ir, to meet within the Commercial Hotel, Dingwall, Aug 23, at twelve, and Sept. 19, at one. G. Roberson, flesher and cattle dealer, Perth, to meet within the Saint John's Tavern, Perth, Aug. 23, and Sept. 17, at one. PRICES OF SHARES IN BANKS, ASSURANCE, AND OTHER COM PANIES' STOCK. From the Official List. rLTBLIBILED EVERY TUESDAY AND F.3.TDAY EVENING. LONDON, FRIDAY, AUGUST 17. JOINT-STOCX BANIZS., Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. --- - - ---. ---. Australasia ....•• •• •• 31. per cent. 40 0 0 40 0 0 - BritshNorth American si. per cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 - Ceylon •.••..•• • • • • • • 71. par cent. 25 0 0 25 0 0 - C unnsercial of London 61. per cent. ICO 0 0 20 0 0 - C denial. 5/. per cent. 100 0 0 25 0 0 - Gloucestershire • • • • • • ' slper cent. - - - lonian - Londn and Westminstr 61. per cent. 100 0 0 20 0 0 - Ditto - ............ - - 13 0 0 - Loacion Joint-Stock ..• 61. per cent. 50 0 0 10 0 0 16% Provincial of Ireland.. 81. per cent. 100 0 0 25 0 0 40 Ditto, New... - • • • • I , 8/. per cent. 10 0 0 10 0 0 - Kational of Ireland .. 51. per cent. 50 0 0 22 10 0 - Na'. PrJrncial of Eng. , 6/. per cent. 100 0 0 35 0 0 - Ditto, New. •••• • •• 5/. per cent. 20 0 0 10 0 0 - South Australia ••• . • • 5/. per cent. - 22 10 0 - Union of Australia.... 1 61. per cent. 25 0 0 25 0 0 - Ditto •• ...... •.- - I 6/. per cent. - 210 0 - Union of London... •• 6l. per cent. 50 0 0 10 0 0 10% Union of Madrid 1 - 40 0 0 40 0 0 - INSURANCE COIVIPANIES. Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. . - £ s. d. £ s. d. Albion ••••••• • • • •• •• 21. 10s. 500 0 0 50 0 0 75 Alliance Erit. and For. 7114 s 6d &bs , 100 0 0 11 0 0 - Ditto Marine.•• •• •• 6/. per cent. 100 0 0 50 0 5% Atlas . • - British Commercial •• 7s.per share 50 0 0 5 0 0 5% Clericl,Med.& Gen. Life spr 01.8; bs. 100 0 0 10 0 0 19 GJunty .. •........... 31. 100 0 0, 10 0 0 60 Crown --.•-- - -14 s. 50 0 All 5 0 0 - E 1;le ...• • • ...... •• • • 61. 50 0. 0 ' 50 0 5% Eng.& Scct•Law •• •• 51. per cent. 50 0 0 212 6 - 1. , -nropean Life -•• •• 41y per cent. 20 0 0 All paid. 15 Family Endo"vraint Soc. 41. & bs. 100 0 0 4 0 0 - :• - reemasons' .• •••• • • • Gl. per cent. 20 0 0 3 0 0 - G 1 :be - 122x.d G iardi an •••••••••• • • 51. 100 0 0 36 10 0 49% Imperial Fire -••• • • • 121. per cent. 500 0 0 50 0 0 220 I-nperial Life •••• • • • • 12s. 100 0 0 10 0 0 15 Indemnity Marine •• • • 11. sh. & bs. 100 0 0 513 1 - Law Fire •••••••• •• • • - 100 0 0 210 0 2% Ltw I ife • ... -••• • .. IL 16s. 100 0 0 10 0 0 - Legal and General Life - 50 0 0 2 0 0 4% Loriden Fire •••• • • • • 10s. 25 0 0 12 10 0 16% London Ship •.•.• • • • 10s. 25 0 0 12 10 0 16% Aarine.. ........... 12s.per share 100 0 0 15 0 0 9% Mcd.lnvlid & Gen. Life 1%/. per ct. 50 0 0 2 0 0 2% ..:;;ational. Lean Fund.. 51. per cent. 20 0 0 210 0 -. Sational Life • 15/.per cent. 100 0 0 5 0 0 - Palladium Litt 5l. per cent. 50 0 0 2 0 0 21 Os. Pelican ...... •• •• - •• - - - - Thicenix • - . - 141 Pi otector Life.... -5/. per cent. 20 0 0 1 0 0 - Provident Life....., • • 11. ss. & bs. 100 0 0 10 0 0 26 Cock Life............ ss. 5 0 0 010 0 5% Royal E tehenge 6% per cent. Stock. - 200 Sun Fire - - 203 Ditto Life . it. 6s. - - 44 Universal Life........ 10% pr cut. 100 0 0 9 0 0 - Victoria Life . - 4 0 0 4% DOORS. Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. -------- - X s. d. £ s. d. East and West India... 61. pr cent. Stock. - 131 East Country - 21 London - 115 Ditto Bonds •• -.• • • 41. per cent. - - - St. Katharine .... •• - 4 per cent. Stock. - 80 Ditto, Scrip - - - - Ditto 80nd.',........ , 13“. pr cent. - - 1 - Southampton •• ......1 V... per cent., 50 0 0 50 0 0 ! - - - . 137itID%ES ________ DiviticuA Amount ' _ Name of Company.- per - of - Paid. Price. Annum. I Share. X. s. d. X. s. d. • Charing-cr055........ - ..1 - 25 0 0 - Southwrk,.Nw Sub. Av. - 632 12 5 - - Ditto NW of 7% p.O. 355. per Cent 50 0 0 " - - Waterloo .... - - .... . - . . !100 0 0 -3% Ditto Old Ann. of 8/. 1/. 4s. 01 I - 60 0 0 27 Ditto Nw ditto of 71. it. Is. Ocf. 1 --. 40 0 0 21 Vauxhall .... .•• Ay. • • 11. ••i 70 10 3 . . - 18 %VAT. Mittisaitlc.S. .11...1. 1 Dividend . 1 Amount Name of Company. • per • of f ' Pahl. Price. • Annum, • ! Share. --,- 1 . -- - X s. d. X s. d. East London •• -8/. 1100 0 0 - 177 Grand Junction .... •• 41. per cut. ' 50 0 0 - 81 Kent... •••..-• • • • • • 31. 10s. i 100 0 0 - 73 Lambeth .. • ... ••- • . ; 5/. per cut. 100 1 0 0 - 99 New Rivr Lndn Bridge 21. 10s. 1 - - 55 Vauxhall •• • ••••• • ... 51. per cnt. 100 0 0 - 99 West Middlesex . . . 61.05. pr cnt., - - 122 GAS. LIGHT AND CORE COMPANIES. Dividend Amount 1 Name of Company. . per of Paid. . Price. Annuni. . Share. Z. s. d. Z. s. d. British .••••• .. • • • • l/. 40 0 0 18 0 0 , 14 Ditto Provincial•• •• 11. Bs. 20 0 0 19 0 0 18 Bristol ........ ••• • - 10/. per cent. 20 0 0 - - Brighton ••••.. • • • • 5l. per cent. ' 20 0 0 - 16 City of London .. •• • • 101. 1100 0 0 100 0 0 249 Continental Consolidat. 925. pr share 50 0 0 39 5 0 , 30 Equitable-- --• • • • 50s. pr share 50 0 0 50 0 0 26 Imperial ...... •••• •• 6/. per cent. '5O 0 0 50 0 0 ! 66 % Independent ... .... • • 6./• per cent. 40 0 0 40 0 0 62% London• - 50 0 0 50 0 0 - Ditto .... .... .• - • - 50 0 0 50 0 Phoenix . ...... •• • • 5/. per cent. 50 0 0 46 0 0 27% Ratcliff --•..• • • • • • 5/. 'lOO 0 0 90 0 0 75 United General •• •• • • 4% /. pr cent.' 50 0 0 50 0 0 13% Westminster Chartered 31. 50 0 0 - 45 Ditto, New .• •• •• l2s. 150 0 0 10 0 0 8% CANALS. .; Dividend' Names of t.) Dividend Names of r. Companies. A per Price. Companies. A Ann per . Price cc Annum. ea - -•••- -.... A A Ashtn& Oldh 97 71. 113 Macclesfield . 100 21. 105. - Barnsley.. • • 160 121. 180 Neath •• •• • • 100 181. _ ldrknk&Abrg 150 Al. 85 Oxford.. •• • • 100 20/. Birmingham 35 41. 83 Peak Forest. 78 31. 18s. - Coventry.. • • 100 251. 210 Regent's •• - 331 11. Os. 17 3 A Derby ••• • • 100, 61. 63 Rochdale.... 33 I 41. 50% Ensmre&Chs 133; 565. 41 Somrset Coal 130 ! 71. 10s. 130 Erewash .• • 100 32/. - Do.LkFd St 12 161. p. c. - GrandJunctn 100 51. 85% Stffrd&worc 140 281. 310 Grand Surrey 100' 2/. 30% Shrewsbury.. 125 15/. - Grand Union 100 11. 10s. 24 Stourbridge.. 145 1 201. 300 Grantham •• i 150, - - Severn and) I 3 26 21 . 0, . - Kennt & Avni 39, Is. 6d. 5% Wye Rail. Leeds&Livrp 100 301. 325 Warwick&) Leicester .... ,140 5/. 63% • Birming, j 1 00 41. 57 % Leicstr &Nthl 83' 4/. 45 Warwick& / I rAughborogh 142 701. OA Napton.. 3 1 100 1 31. 41 I Honmouthsh 100 Si. - Worcstr ?4,} ' ., 48 1 ../. 41 i slntzmrysh .100 --- Birming. ' . ifeltnMerbry 100 - - Wilts k 1.;r1, , ,, -' It. 10 - ---- - r.ta.r OF SCOTTISH oonirANxzs' PRICER Dividend Amour t Name of Company. per of i Paid. Price, Annum. Share. - - - £ s. d. ! Z 2. d Bank of Scotland British Linen Company Si. per cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 201 Caledonian Bank • • ••• 8 per sent. 10 0 0 210 0 3/. 18 , City of Glasgow Bank . 6/. per cent. 10 0 0 10 0 0 11;1, Clydesdale Bank -• •• •• 6% per cent. 20 0 0 10 0 0 12 Commercial Bank •• • • 71. per cent. 500 0 0 100 0 0 163 Eastern Bank •••••• •• 6/. per cent. 25 0 0 10 0 C 9/. 7s Edinbir, Glasgow Bank 6/. per cent. 5 0 50 0 5N Exehangeßnk of Scot.. 4/. per cent. 100 0 50 0 0 2574 Isle of Man. Company 71. per cent. 10 0 7 0 0 - National Bank 6% per cent. 50 0 10 0 0 14% Northof Scotland Bank 4/.percent. 20 0 5 0 0 3/.5s North British Bank : • • - - - - Royal Bank of Scotland 5/. per cent. 100 0 100 0 0 129% Union Bank of Scotland 8/. per cent. 100 0 50 00, 84 Western Bank.. per cent. 50 0 50 0 0 70% Aberdeen Fire and Life 7%1.pr cent. 12 1 0 2 0 0 2 B. Accord. Life and Fire - 20 0 0 10 0 - Gritish Guarantee Ins. 41. per cent. 10 0 1 0 0 9s 6d Caledonian Fire Insur. 101. per cent. 100 0 10 0 0 21 Church of England Ins. - 50 0 2 0 0 2 City of Glasgow Life 67. per cent. 25 0 2 0 0 21. 7s Edinburgh Life Incur U. per cent. 100 0 12 10 0 18% East of Scotland Life - 10 0 015 0 , 93.0 d. Cng. & Scot, Law Life 51. per cent. 50 0 217 6 - !Jemmies Insurance Co. 71. per cent. 100 0 10 0 0 - [mar. Co. of Scotlnd • • IL per cent. 100 0 10 0 0 - Life Assoc. of Scotland 8/. per cent. 10 0 1 0 0 1/. Os Mercantile Life .. . • National Fire and Life 5/. per cent. 10 0 1 0 0 205.6 d North British Insur. North & West of Scot 6l. per cent. 10 0 1 0 0 195.6 d Scottish Life and Guar - 20 0 0 11 0 - Scot. Mas. and Gen. Life - 0 0 15 0 - Scottish - Union Insrnce. 6741. pr cent. 20 0 1 0 0 11. 2s Standard Life ...... - 1 51. per cent. 50 0 45 0 91 4 United Dep. Assurance I 51. per cent. 10 0 I 0 0' 14 s.6ci PIIISCEI.I.ANEOUS. Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of ' Paid. Price. Annum. Share. Z. s. d. Z. s. d. A us tralian Agriculturl 1/. 100 0 0 30 0 0 16 Anglo-Mexican Mint.. 11. 41. 10 0 0 1 10 () 0 - Ditto, Half Shares.. - 61 - 210 0 ...... Canada ... ••••• • • • • • . per cent. 100 0 0 32 10 0 - Uppr Canada Bonds 51. percent. - - 89 City Navigation .... - - - 90 Comp .CpprMarsEng. 51. percent. 100 0 0 70 0 0 - Gen. Revers. & Invest. sp. c.& bs,ll/ 100 0 0 100 0 0 - Equitable Reversionry 5 , . pr cent. ISO 0 0 100 0 0 104 Osn.SteaM Navigation 11. Bs. 15 0 0 14 0 0 - London Institution . • . - __ 78 15 0 - Russell Institution.... - - 26 5 0 3 Peninslr& Orient.Stm. Si. per cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 70% Reversionary Int. Soc. 1%1. pr cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 90 Royal Mail Steam •.• 61 18..4. p. c. 100 0 0 6O 0 0 - South Australian .•• • • 11. per share. 25 0 0, 25 0 0 16 Van Diaman's Land., - 100 00.,23 0 0 1)4 THE MURDER IN BERMONDSEY. LATEST PARTICULARS. The accounts which were given in the morning papers of Saturday of the circumstances under which this extraordinary murder has been committed, appear to be as correct as the present limited sources of in formation will allow . The deceased, Mr. Patrick O'Connor, has been many years in the Cus toms as a gauger, which may be surmised from the fact that he received 3001. a year, and expected shortly to be superannuated. He was a person who was well known, and is described as bei ng a b ou t fifty years of age. e was stout, of fair complexion, and generally of a respectable and gentlemanly appearance. The person who is understood to be Mrs. Manning is about twenty-five years of age, and is said to be good looking and interesting. The deceased had known her some time previous to her connexion with Manning ; and while, it is said, she was in the employ of the Duchess of Sutherland. Manning, it is now well known, was indicted at the Old Bailey for his connexion with the late robberies upon the Great Western Railway, and he is, we are informed, well known to the police as a person of very doubtful character. The most extraordinary part of the circumstance is, that although the murder is supposed to have been committed on Thursday evening, Manning and his wife should have remained at the house for three or four days afterwards, and should have had daring enough to *sell their furniture to a broker in the neighbourhood. It appears that Mrs. Manning went to the deceased's lodging the day after the murder was committed, unlocked his drawers, and took away all the most valuable part of his property, consisting of foreign railway bonds and shares, besides 3001. in cash. No suspicion was attached to her, owing to her being in the habit of visiting occasionally his lodgings during his absence. The house where the murder was committed fortris one of three newly and neatly-built residences, one story high, with kitchen underneath, called Minver-place, which abuts on Ivlolesworth- square, and is said to form a portion of the property belonging to Sir 'William Molesworth, Bart., M.P. The Maanings had resided at it about three months. On Saturday afternoon an inquest was held at the Leather Market Tavern, before Mr. Carter, to inquire into the death of the deceased, but only one witness had been examined at the time we went to press, a Mr. Wehh, a personal friend of the deceased, whose evidence went to show simply that he had ac companied the deceased to Manning's house the night previous to the murder (Wednesday), about ten o'clock, and that they remained there together about an hour and :a half. The deceased, being rather faint, laid upon the sofa and smoked a pipe. They left together, and parted at the end of Houndsditch. No evidence except corroborative of the facts already laid before the public was adduced. . . After a brief consultation between the coroner and jury, it was.ultimately decided that the inquiry should be adjourned to Friday, at eleven o'clock. AN ACCOUNT OF THE ALLEGED MURDERER AND HIS WIFE, AND THEIR ANTECEDENTS. Mrs, Manning's first connexion with Manning is as yet involved in obscurity. Manning, as already notice( l , was formerly in the service of the Great Western Rail• way Company, as guard, and there is no doubt was im plicated in the ex . tcnsive robberies which were committed on that line. It Trill be recollected that, in the short space of a twelvemonth, bullion in boxes to the amount of 4,0001. was stolen from the train of which Manning was guard. He was dischargedfrom the company's ser vice, and was not again heard of until the mail robbery took place in January last, and, as it will be recollected, as no clue could be found to the plunder from the up mail, suspicion irsnacdiattly alighted on Manning and his wife.. here it should bo observed that Manning had some months before become landlord of the White Hart Inn, at Taunton, where for the first time Mrs. Manning appeared. They were both taken into custody, and after undergoing an examination before Mr. Peach, they were dismissed, in consequence of no property being found; at the same time it was quite clear that the prisoners were connected with the robbery, and partimpated in the plunder. In fact, Nightingale, Poole's confederate while staying at Exeter, assumed the name of Manning. The rumours circulated at Taunton with respect to Manning's connexion with Poole and Nightingale (who were subsequently convicted before Lord Denman, at the Spring assizes at Exeter, and sentenced to fifteen years' transportation); proved so detrimental to the White Hart, and they were looked upon with such sus pinion, that it was found necessary to dispose of the business, Manning and his wife leaving Taunton, and coming up to London, where, in a few weeks they opened a beer-shop in the vicinity of the Hackney•road; but this place lasted a very short time, and the place was abruptly closed up by Mrs. Manning absconding, taking with her the greater part of the property. This was done at the wish of the deceased, who had pre pared a home for Mrs. Manning at another part of the metropolis. Manning traced her through the cabman ho had driven her to O'Connor's house. They made up matters, and remained fur some time in apartments, end eventually took iros,sersion of the house where tits murder Was, eurritititted a few days after last quarter day. . . From circumstances that have since transpired, very little doubt exists that the murder of Mr. O'Connor was premeditated long before that time, and that the house was actually taken for that purpose. The Mannings, through their extravagance and dissipation, had got rid of nearly all their property, with the excep tion of the furniture, and their circumstances became critical; scarcely had they been a week in the house than suspicion was excited amongst the inhabitants of the neighbourhood by their extraordinary conduct. They appeared, to use the words of the person who resides next door, " to be up all night, th( re was nearly always a light burning, and there always appeared to b 2 some thing mysterious going on." In order to show that the act was long premeditated, as far back as the 11th of July, Manning went to Messrs. Dray, Dean, and Dean, the ironmongers in King William-street, City, to pur chase a crow-bar, about 11113 weight, for, as ho said, to lift heavy things up, " such as stones," and chalked out on the counter a design of the instrument ; the shopman told him he had not one ready, but would make him one ; he therefore ordered it to be made as speedily as possible, and to be sent to his house, the address of which he gave, at the same time paying the money for it (45.). The firm not being able to procure one like the order, sent the money back in a day or so ; the person saw Manning at the time, who said, " Never mind, I shall be able to do without it." It is pretty clear from the ap pearance of the place where the body was concealed, that it had been some time before prepared, and an instru ment of the kind would be necessary to raise up the stones, which are largo Yorkshire flags. To show the extraordinary nerve of the Meanings, particularly the female, she on Sunday prepared her dinner in the back kitchen, where she roasted a goose over the spot where her murdered paramour was lying, and when the police called at the house on the following Monday, to inquire after the deceased, she coolly asked them ih, bade them take a seat, and answered all ques tions with the greatest composure; but a nephew of the deceased who was with the police, fancying he saw a alight tremor, said to Mrs. Manning, Why, you appear to be ill." She said, " No, no; I had an attack of ill ness about Six weeks ago, and I have not quite recovered yet." Her coolness quite threw the police off their guard; and although the nephew said he was convinced some foul play had been practised, and that he should like the police to take Mrs. Manning, they refused, as there was no charge against her. Almost immediately after the police left the place, a cab drove up to the door, and Mrs. Manning put into it three boxes, lightly packed up, and drove off, the woman putting her head out of the window, and saying, " Be quick; drive fast." _ _ The police, it appears, called again at the house late on Monday night, and finding no one there managed to obtain an entrance. The disordered state of the place, cheats, and bed linen being laid about excited their cus picion ; but although they minutely examined every quarter of the house, no evidence presented itself to cause the slightest suspicion that such a fearful tragedy lied been perpetrated. All the articles they could find they removed to the police-station, among which were two pencil portraits of Mr. and Mrs. Manning. The following bill has been extensively circulated by the authorities in all parts of the kingdom, and the teltr graphs upon the several lines of railway were set in aao• tion to convey the earliest intelligence of the event to the local authorities :—" Murder and Robbery : Whereas a warrant has .been granted for the apprehension of Frederick George Manning and Maria, his wife, a native of Geneva (whose maiden name was Maria Rue), for the murder of Patrick O'Connor, Custom-house officer, on the 9th day of August, and the said Manning and his cite are supposed to have stolen the undermentioned scrip of the Boulogne and Amiens Railway, dated 11th May, 1849, Nos. 48,665, 48,666, 48,667, 48,668, 48,669, 48,670, 48,671, 48,672, 48,673, and 48,674. Scrip of the Sambre and Meuse Railway, dated 3d August, 1849, Nos. 6,460, 6,461, 6,462, 6,463, 6,464, 6,465, 6,466, 6,467, 6,468, and 6,469. All persons arc cautioned against purchasing any of the said scrip. Description: Frederick George Manning, thirty-five years old, five feet eight or nine inches high, stout, very fair and florid complexion, full bloated face, light hair, small sandy whiskers, light blue eyes, and a peculiar fall of the eyelids at the corners, and large mouth. Was dressed in an invisible green overcoat, brown trowsers, black hat, and wore a small plaited linen shirt front. He was formerly a guard on the Great Western Railway, and kept an inn at Taunton, in Somersetahire, in the latter part of last year. Since then be kept a public-house in the neigh bourhood of the Kingsland-road, and has resided in Minver-place since Midsummer last, out of business Maria Manning, a native of Geneva, thirty years &d, fire feet seven inches high, stout, fresh complexion, with loag dark hair, good looking, scar on the right side of chin, extending towards the neck, dresses very smartly, and speaks broken English. Has been a lady's maid and dressmaker. A reward of 1001. will be paid by her Majesty's Government for the apprehension of the said Frederick George Manning and his wife; or a reward of 501. for the apprehension of either of them. And the Seeretary of State will advise the grant of her Majesty's gracious pardon to any accomplice, not being the person who actually fired the shot, or inflicted the mortal wound, who shall give such information and evidence as shall lead to the discovery and conviction of the mur derer or murderers of the before-named Patrick O'Connor. Information to be given to Inspector Field, detective police, Scotland-yard, Westminster; or at any of the me tropo!itan police station.—Metropolitan police-office, 4, Whitehall-place, August 18, 1849." ADDITIONAL PARTICULARS. Some curious circumstances have transpired sine* cur list reports, which involve this horrible affair in still deeper mystery. It appears that on the Monday after the murdered man was missing, a person called at his lodgings, and on hearing from Miss Armes that he was not at home, he said, " I had," and then after a pause, " some little business to transact with him." He further added, " I saw Mr. O'Connor on Saturday, and he will be sure to be home to-night." This person appeared to be about 32 years old, 5 feet 5 inches high, stout, dark complexion, black hair and whiskers, walks a little lame, and was dressed in a mourning suit, with crape on his hat. When this circumstance was told to the police after the ditcovery of the body, it was supposed he was an accom plice, and that the assurance given of Mr. O'Con nor's return was done with the view of gaining another day to facilitate the escape of the mur derers. This supposition, however, is met by another fact which would render it probable that Mr. O'Con nor might have been in the City on the Saturday. A clerk in one of the railway share offices of the Eastern Counties Railway states that on the Thursday in the night of which the murder was supposed to have been committed Mr. O'Connor called with some scrip, and said he would want to draw about 110/. on the following Saturday. The clerk further adds that he did call on the Saturday and drew that amount. The same clerk, accompanied by another, viewed the body of the mur dered man in Minver-plece on Saturday last, and identified it as that of the gentleman who had drawn for scrip on the previous Siturdity. Under these circumstances, it the person who called at Miss Armes', on Monday, be not, as was supnesed, an accomplice of the Meanings, he ought to come forth, and declare what he knows. From one fact which occurred after Manning left the house, it would appear that he does not possess half the nerve exhibited by his wife. On proceeding with the broker to whom he had sold the furniture in Mlnver-place, he objected to enter the house, saying he would not do so fur 20/, and waited at the Leather market public-house opposite, until Bainbridge's return. The police are now of opinion that Mrs. Manning has made off with the booty on her own account, giving her husband the slip, as she did on a former occasion, when they kept a public-house at Kingsland. He inquired eagerly after she had left amongst the neighbours, and st cmed surpri,ed at her departure. SUNDAY NIGHT, NINE O'i:LOCK.—During the night of t.':aturday, Mr. Odling, the surgeon, of Blackman street, Borough, made a post nzoi tem examination of the deceased's body, the result of whch leaves not the least doubt in the,mind of that gentleman that the un fortunate party was molt barbarously illtreated. Upon ,examining the head, he found, besides the gun or pistol shot wounds before alluded to in this journal, that the skull was broken into numerous pieces. Not fewer than eighteen deep cuts were detected in the scalp, and the surgeon removed upwards of fifteen large pieces of the skull, leaving not the least doubt, as far as appearances go, that a pistol or gun was fired at the deceased's head, and the charge not having the desired effect, a heavy hatchet or hammer was employed, and during the whole time that the unfortunate person exhibited the least appearance of life the instrument was beaten on and over his head. From the state of the stomach it was impossible to tell whether or not the ill fated gentleman was drugged, before he received such violent and fatal treatment, but from what has been discovered there seems every probability that he was made insensible with opium ; a bottle containing that drug was foond by 'Mr. Burton in a cupboard, as well as another vessel which had contained the same sort of poison. The contents of the stomach have been detained by Mr. Odling, in case the jury should require an analysis of the same to be made. The police during yesterday succeeded in finding out the place where the limo which was intended to destroy the deceased's body was purchased. About three weeks since an order was given by Mr. Wells, of Long-lane, Bermondsey, to .send it. A boy took it to Manning a house, and he was shown into the kitchen, where ho allot the material. At that time there was only an old basket in the place, and there was not the least appearance of anything having been disturbed. The boy was then told that if he called again he would have something given him for carrying the lime to the house. He, accordingly again called, when Mrs. Manning partially opened the door, and gave him three-halfpence. At that period there is no doubt the murderers were busy in digging the grave for the deceased. During yesterday, from inquiries made by the au thorities, they ascertained from Mr. Hithcock, who re sides next door to the house where deceased was so savagely murdered, that the two Mannings had for some time past been in the habit of working all night. 011 Sunday morning last, about half-past four o'clock, there is no doubt the parties were busily engaged in finishing the deceased's grave. Mr. Hitchcock at that time got up for the purpose of going on an excursion to Margate , and finding the back windows opened, and persons bus,' in the building, he concluded that Mr. and Mrs. Manning were also going on an excursion to the place that be was, and he mentioned his surmises to his wife. gi s opinion is that neither Manning nor his wife have slept in the house a single night since the murder was perpe" trated. This party saw Manning on Tuesday last goiL 3 X under the railway arch, at the Maze, Southwark. -Li e was then holding down his head, and appeared to wish . to avoid him. Mr. Hitchcock, however, bade him " go° morning." At that time he had a pair of white trousers' on, and a shooting coat. The potman at the Leather market Tavern has given n important evidence to the police. He stated, that ,o d , Tuesday morning last Manning and another man cl's at the honze, and after remaining there zotre time left a hair trunk and a carpet b-,g, saying they wow call for it another time. The trunk was rather small, and had two handles to it. • • Instead, however, of calling themselves, they sent another person, who took the arti cles away. On Tuesday night last Mr. Poole, a relative, called to make inquiries about the deceased, end on Sergeant Burton and Constable Birnes entering the house, they found everything in the place in confusion. They broke the front room door open with a pair of tongs, but; foun d nothing. to excite their suspicion except the mere fact 0 the parties selling and having the furniture removed. 0 ° looking into the coal-cellar they found a quantity of line° therein. Even then - they had no suspicion that the de' ceased was buried in the kitchen. Mrs. Manning, the police have during their inquiries ascertained, called about three weeks since upon Messrs. Stevens, the stock-brokers, to know how she could pose of some foreign railway shares. She at that perine2 no doubt, contemplated selling the railway scrip wh" she stole afterwards from the deceased's lodgings. The authorities daring yesterday ascertained that e n Tuesday, after he received the deposit from Mr. 8 31 , 11. bridge, the broker, he wished th a t p ar t y to g i ve him 0? remainder of the money, as h e wante d to l eave town that morning. Mr. Bainbridge, however, refused until $ 11 , 13 vans were loaded. Manning then went to Bainbridge s house, and requested Mrs. Bainbridge to say, if a ny one called to ask for him, that he had not been seen for s fortnight. Upon the police searching the deceased's lodging's' they found a number of letters, written by Mrs. Marini when she was single, signed Maria Rue. They pretende d to breathe great affection towards the deceased. It was during yesterday ascertained that when MO' ning started he had not more than ill. los. in his posse!' sion, and if his wife does not join him, of which there is great doubt entertained, he will speedily be rendered penniless. At ten o'clock last night private information was for warded to the police, which, if true, must have the effect of placing the murderers in the hands of justice during the night. RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS LIVERPOOL, AUGUST 18. STOCK EXCHANGE —The transactions to-day were as follow' v"; Lancashire and Yorkshire (M. and L.), Fifths, 3% dis.—London And': North - Western, 127% c.—Ditt o , N ew Q uarters, 48s. 9d. p. --31 fri l e 62 c.—Ditto, Halves, 14% dis.—Shrewsbury and Birmingham, r 6), ference, .10% —South-E as t ern and Dover, 20% c. —Ditto, (Nth ' 4 r 67/ 8 c.—York, Newc as tl e , an d Berwick (G. N. E. Purchase) 6 P e cent. till 1850, 3 dis. B IRMINGHA, 18 . STOCK EXCIIANGE.— There was to-day AUGUST very little dispositiel evinced either to buy. or sell. The minds of shareholders. as W ... as of speculators, are not yet sufficiently settled down as to the future prospects of the Great Western and London and sort% Western Companies. The impression is that the Stour Talley sb ar .,, e . must Loup, and to-day there more buyers at 10%. London and Nort h , Western, New Quarters, were quoted at 2% p South Staffordslin, dis.—Shropshire Union, 21. 18s. Od. dis —Leeds and Thlrsk, Prefer ones, 5 dis. YORK, AUGUST 17. STOCK EXCKINGE.—The transactions to-day have been as f .,l ' low : —Great Northern, 8% York, Newcastl e , and Berwick (t*'"". E. Purchase), 3%—North British, Thirds, NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE, AUGUST 18. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The business done in the Stock Exchanl: to-day has been as follow :—Newcastle and Carlisle, 931.—N 0 British, 12 , ;i —Ditto, Preference, Is. 9d.—York, Newcastle, and 13 wick, 1934. BIRTHS. On the 6th inst., at Chevening, Kent, the wife of the Re' Egerton D. Hammond, of a daughter. On the 11th inst., at Whitmore Rectory, Staffordshire, the lady of the Rev. Charles Henry Mainwaring, of a daughtec• On the 14th inst., at Broad-green, Croydon, Mrs. Frederic!' James Catling, of a son. On the 15th inst., at 25, Saville-place, Mile-end-road, the wife of Mr. Richard Loder, jun., of a daughter. On the 15th inst., at Temple House, th e l a dy o f 1. •F Williams, Esq., M.P., of a son. On the 15th inst., at Holly-lodge, Trinity, Edinburg h ' the lady of Octavius Undecimus Trezevant, Esq., of /1 daughter. • On the 16th inst., at 28, Craven-street, Strand, the 1i of Horace James Bell, Esq. of a daughter. MARRIED. On the 4th inst., at St. Margaret's, W es t m i ns t er , by the Rev. J. A. Cooke, William Henry xagan, Esq., Lady Georgiana Keppel. On the 15th inst., at the Bapti s t Ch ape l, Bridgewater, le Edward Harris, of Abi ng d on, Berks, to Fanny Gertrur l .youngest daughter of John Nicholls, Esq., Eseott-`'ills' Bridgewater, Somerset. On the 15th inst., at Clapham Church, Thomas Knig ht ; Esq., of Clapham, t o Ch ar l otte, widow of the late Itol n° Moore, Esq, of Drummond -street, Euston•square. Oa the 16th inst., at Morchard Bishop, William Freder ielc Marriott, Esq., f our th so n o f th e late George" Wharton g ar ; riot t, 8.C.L., o f th e I nner Temple, Lieutenant in the Bombit-T. Engineers, t o Ff ances , eldest daughter of the Venerable d Bartholomew, M.A., Archdeacon of Barnstaple, On the 16th inst., at, St. Mary's, . Paddington, .L•.- Pavey, of Lyon-terrace, Maida hill, to Miss Shelton, Maida. hill, West. DIED On the 11th inst., at the Vicarage, aged 56, Mary the wife of the Rev. James Pew, icar of Preston, I I Favershana. al On the 12th inst., at Devizes, aged 44, William r.-- it e o f Bayntun, eldest son of the Rev. Henry Bayntun, rector Bromham, Wilts. Suddenly, at Spondon, on the 14th inst., Antonia fl en , ' rietta, wife of Lieutenant-Colonel Clowns, of Broughton Ow Hall, Lancashire. London Printed and Published by bIIIRDO YOUNG! of , No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Su n Office, No. Strand, in the Precinct of the Srivoy, in the county of. Middlesex, Monday, August 10, 1849 THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING-, AUGUST 20, 1849