The Sun. — London, England, 1849-12-06 00:00:00

P" --- f Ibtrlatfition CAMERON'S COALBROOK RAIL WAY COMPANY.—(THIS DAY.) An extraordinary general meeting of the proprie tors of the above railway took place this day, at the Company's Office, Moorgate- street, for the purpose of taking into consideration the propriety of increas ing the capital of the company, of sanctioning or disapproving of a branch line to Lanethly of 21 miles in length, and confirming certain contract loans which some of the directors had advanced to the company; Mr. Smallbone, chairman of the Board of Directors, in the chair. The advertisement convening the meeting having been read, Mr. J. DANFORD read the following protest, which was addressed to the acting directors, secretary, officers, members, shareholders, and subscribers of the company : " Take notice, that the meeting convened for this day is illegal, as far as the same relates to the making of any further call upon the shareholders of the said company, and that such call, if made, will be invalid and fraudu lent, and a breach of faith towards the shareholders and subscribers of the said company, and contrary to the original engagement that not more than 6/. per share ehou'd he called up. " And take further notice, that the said company is a fraudulent and illegal association, and void as a bubble. " And take further notice, that by the Act of Parlia ment mentioned in the advertisements and notices con vening the said meeting for this day, all the powers and authorities contained in the registered deed of settlement are superseded and avoided, and are no longer in force. " And we protest that the company pretended to be constituted by the said deed of settlement hath no legal existence, and that all the pretended proceedings thereof at the meeting of this day are null and void. " And we protest against the holding of the said meeting for the purpose of, or with reference to, any further call, and against all proceedings of the said meeting, for the purpose of making, or ratifying, or enforcing such call. ' The CHAIRMAN insisted that the protest was false in fact, and called upon the shareholders to resist the proposal to have it entered on the minutes. It would be a ruinous proceeding to abandon the concern ; but if the shareholders would second the exertions of the acting directors, it might soon be made a profitable undertaking, without involving any great additional outlay. Mr. Jong DcNFOBD made a formal motion that the protest be entered upon the minutes, which was seconded by his son, MACVARREN DANFORD, and unanimously rejected by the meeting. Mr. ELDERTON, the solicitor to the company, at the request, of the Chairman, then explained that three of the directors, namely, Messrs. Winthropp, Barham, and Smallbones, had advanced 1,6501. to the company under an agreement that all future calls paid into the bankers of the company should be carried to their account until such sum had been repaid. This amount had been applied to the discharge of some judgment debts that had been hanging over the company. There was a second contract made as far back as 1847 with Mr. Winthropp, for a loan amounting to 2,8001., which had since been embodied in an agreement, whereby Mr. Winthropp advanced an additional sum, making in the whole 5,0001., which, it had been arranged, should be discharged, and had in fact been liquidated by the calls made upon the shares held by Mr. Winthropp, Mr. DANFORD asked how many shareholders there were in the company ? Mr. ELDERTON replied about nimty. He then Jei,Al s resonidon approving of these contracts, which - Ite*aid the shareholders must deal with as they thought fit, simply explaining thatt he moneys so raised had b( en expended in the pay ment of the company's debts. Colonel BAINES took exception to the resolution till he had received some explanations of the present con dition of the concern. Mr. SMALIRONES said he had been sued as a share holder for debts to which they were all jointly and severally liable, and these loans had been contracted for the purpose of paying those debts and preventing the shareholders from being sent to gaol. The resolution was then formally moved by Mr. HUGHES, seconded by Mr. TAYLOR, and carried unanimously. The CHAIRMAN said he had now to inform the meeting that there were parties ready at once to complete the line to Lanethly. He need not tell them that when that was accomplished the undertaking must become highly remunerative ; but the question for them to consider was this—could they legally expend any slight addi tional funds they might raise in the shape of a call upon the construction of the line without the sanction of their landlord, Colonel Cameron ? He was afraid they could not, but he was in a position to state that the landlord was ready and willing to make them every concession. Mr. ALDERTON explained that originally the shares of the company numbered 20,000, of which 4,186 are now held by the general public, 11 , 970 by Mr. Wililiam Cameron, and 3,6.55 had been forfeited by the non-raym nt of calls. It was proposed, with the sanction of Colonel Cameron, which had been ob tained, that the shares should be divided into three classes, designated reapectively A, B, and C, Class A would consist of the 4,000 forfeited shares, which it was proposed to reissue to the public guaranteed with a preferential dividend up to Cl. or 81, and free from the existing liabilities. Class B would be made up of the shares now held by the public and 4,000 of the shares held by Mr. William Cameron, which would come in for dividend after class Aup to Cl. or 8/. per cent. ; while class C would be composed of the 4,000 in the hands of Mr. Cameron, which would be the last shares to carry dividends. This arrangement would have the effect of reducing the liabilities the company were under to Colonel Cameron by some 12,0001 ; but if it could be done with the consent and advice of counsel, the Colonel was willing to make any other concession that could assist the operations of the shareholders. The consideration the Colonel expected at the hands of the shareholders, in return for these concessions, were the undertaking of certain mining work, completing the line to Lanethly, which was consented to by the landowners, and consenting to the making of the last call of 4/. on the shares now held by the shareholders. This proposal gave risa to a lengthened discussion, but nevertheless it was ultimately agreed to, and resolutions accordingly passed sanctioning it. t was understood, however, that the call was not to be put in force or paid in one large sum, but that the direc tors were armed with that power to enable them to come to terms with the landlord, Colonel Cameron. Thanks were then voted to the Chairman, and the meeting terminated. CALEDONIAN ASYLUM. (THIS DAY.) The quarterly general court of the guardians was held this day in the hall of the Scottish Hospital, Crane• court, Fleet-street ; J. A. Sympson, Esq., in the chair. . . . Mr. RENTON, the superintendent and secretary, read the minutes of the list court, as well as of the monthly meetings of the directors. After a discussion with respect to the time of calling the meeting, the hour appointed being eleven instead of the ordinary hour of twelve, Mr. CAMPBELL said he never in his own country or in this saw accounts so much mystified as those that bad been presented to the Court. They ought on no consideration to be received until they were audited. Besides, notwithstanding, they paid their superintendent and/ secretary a liberal salary, an accountant, tt appeared, had been called to assist him. llow could the Governors coming there for an hour investigate satisfactorily such accounts.? The CHAIRMA.DI said the secretary had not been long in their service, and he had had great difficulty in making them out. Mr. CAMPBELL saw no reason why, if they employed a superintendent, he should not make out the accounts without additional expense to the insti tution. The funds with which they had to deal amounted to only 4,000/. If they amounted to millions there might be some excuse ; but, in his case, there was none. Mr. SUNDERLAND, one of the auditors, said the accounts were so l,ft by the late secretary that the services of an accountant were necessary. The de falcations of the secretary rendered it necessary that the new secretary should inquire minutely into them. The late secretary had entered various sums received by him in a private book, so that he completely baffled the vigilance of the auditors. In March the accounts duly audited should be presented. Captain LANIIII OND justified the employment of an auditor, and sa id it was done on his recommendation. Mr. llAmiLzoie said, in allusion to the deficiences in the accounts of the late secretary, that the com mittee which was appointed to investigate the affairs of the society had recommended hi s di sm i ssa l , b ut the directors threw this recommendation overboard, and continued him in office, and the sad conse quences s ere now well known. He felt th a t thi s com mittee had been unkindly and unfairly treated, for they sat no less than fourteen days, and devoted a great deal of labour to the investigation, and the plan which they suggested for governing the institution was calculated to bring about may and harmony among all connected with it, and put an end to all those unhappy dissension s which had so long existed, and driven away many valuable patrons and subscribers. A kind of agrarian spirit had crept into the society, and disputes had risen up with respect to the removal of children from one place of worship to another, and as to the infliction of corporal punishment upon some of the girls, and thus alienated the affections of their mcst valuable supporters. Their income was now 1,8001. or 1,9001. below their expenditure, and unless some remedy was immediately adopted inevitable destruction would come ppon the institution. They spending 1,0001. a year more than they received, I which led him irresistibly to the opinion that the institution could not last many years unless some great change took place. lle begged to move that so much of the minutes as related to the approval of corporal punishment with respect to the girls in the Caledonian Asylum shall not be confirmed, and that the punishment fi °in this day be abolished.—(Cheers.) The Rev. Dr. Cum :uric, hoped for the sake of peace and harmony that the motion would be with drawn, and that the matter would be referred to a special committee. lie might not approve of every little of the way in which the chastisement was inflicted, but he did not think that corporal punishment could be done away with; and he should hold thig opinion until a better mode of en forcing discipline was introduced, Let them con sider well what would be the advantage of its aboli• tion. It was a very weighty question, and could not be disposed of during a twenty minutes discussion at a meeting like that. If the motion was not withdrawn he should move an amendment. Mr. HAMILTON said though he was an advocate of corporal punishment, yet he did not approve of the way in which it had been inflicted in the asylum. The CHAIRMAN -Do you know how it was would either have to alter their system altogether or diminish the number of the children ; one of these courses was absolutely necessary. It had been stated in the newspapers that the matron was to be removed on the ground of her having in duced the parents of the children to get up a state ment against the superintendent. This lady had as sured him, on her word of honour, that this was not the fact ; and from havingknown her for many years, he was bound to say, there was not a more honour able, faithful, or upright person, and he considered her incapable of telling an untruth. He believed she was a safeguard to the institution, and if they had removed her on the ground of economy, as had been alleged, he thought they had begun to economise at the wrong end.—(Hear, hear.) lie believed the band had been' a most unfortunate affair in connec tion with the charity ; for a great deal of money had been expended upon it, and nothing but mischief had resulted. The school was not founded to make the children pipers and fiddlers—(Laughter)—but to give them a solid, substantial, and scriptural education, such as would prepare them for becoming useful and honourable members of society.—(Hear, hear.) Sending children to evening parties, to public dinners, and keeping them out till twelve or one o'clock, was certainly not a proper way of bringing them up. They all knew how some public dinners were conducted, and these children received impressions which would do them a great deal of injury, and their attention was entirely taken up with music, instead of something more solid and useful. He understood that the last examination :of the children before the Government inspector es as discreditable to the institution, particularly with re gard to scriptural knowledge, and was very different to what had been seen at former inspections. He did not know whether the information he had received upon the subject was correct, but perhaps the chairman could lay before the meeting the report of the inspector. In conclusion, be begged to say that if no one took up the matter with respect to the band, he should move, before the close of the proceedings, that it form no longer an integral part of the in stitution.—(Hear.) The CHAIRMAN said he felt bound, in reply to the lion Gentleman's observations respecting the examina tion of the children, to read a letter which had been received from the Rev. Mr. Cook, the Government inspector. It was as follows : "51, Torrington square, Dec. 5, 1849. "My dear Sir,—l cannot send a formal report of the last examination of the Caledonian Asylum. " It was conducted in the presence of a large number of persons, and as I then informed those members who were present, I could not prepare a written report under such circumstances. " You are, however, perfectly right in supposing that I could not have expressed an unfavourable opinion of the state of instruction. On every occasion I have re peated the opinion which I expressed in my printed report, that the instruction is good in quality and sufficiently extensive in the boys' school. I also con sider that the girls' school is in a very satisfactory condition. " I fully authorise you to contradict the statement which, as I learn from you for the first time, has been inserted in a public journal. " I am, yours faithfully, " J. C. COOK." Mr. HAMILTON said he was :very glad that the Chairman had read the letter, because it corrected an erroneous impression which had got abroad, but at the same time he must state that the information he received came from a gentleman who was present at the meeting. The Rev. Dr. CUMMING said the observations of Mr. Hamilton were certainly calculated to send forth impressions to the public mind most prejudicial to the interests of the charity, and would, although, no doubt, made with the best intention in the world, make many parties lose confidence in its management. If he (Mr. Hamilton) had at heart the substantial welfare and growing prosperity of the institution, he must deny himself the gratification of coming there and raking up past quarrels and disputes.—(Hear.) The charity was conducted now exactly on the same principles as those on which it was managed when Mr. Hamilton first joined it—belonging to the same religious connexion, and inculcating the same reli gious principles—and there was no reason why sub scribers should not give as munificently to the institution in 1849; as they did in 1842.—(Hear.) If Mr. Hamilton, or any other gentleman, acknow ledged a grand change in his religious or Christian convictions, however good or erroneous they might be, he was not entitled to derange the institution to suit any change in his opinions, instead of allowing it to remain, as it always had been, and he trusted would continue to be, in connexion with the Estab lished Church of Scotland. Every man's dogma could not be gratified, and if they were to attempt to please all connected with the institution, their affairs would soon come to a stand-still. It I reminded him of a story about a husband who had the misfortune to be troubled with two wives; one hated grey hairs and the other white hairs ; to please them both he agreed to allow them to pick out what they disliked, and the consequence was that the poor man's head was soon made bald.—(Laughter. ) Mr. HAMILTON denied that he had changed his religion. The Rev. Dr. 'Commix° said he did not accuse him of having done so. He spoke generally of those that had. Mr. HAMILTON expressed his belief that Dr. Cum ming was vastly clever at insinuations; but as a minister of the Gospel he ought to exercise more charity with respect to the opinions of others. He could not forget that Dr. Cumming was but a friend of yesterday, and bearing this in mind it did not become him to set himself up as a reprover and teacher oi others, who having been connected like himself with the institution for 27 years, were better able to judge of it than the Rev. Gentleman. A more injudicious or more offensive act eould not have been committed than the removal of the children to another place of worship. The Rev. Dr. CUMMING said he was not the origi nator of the removal of the children, though he fully and entirely concurred in the course that had been adopted with respect to them. The doctrine, how ever, inculcated had not been altered one iota. Mr. HAMILTON went on to urge that great injury had been done to the institution by the removal of the children from the face of a large congregation like that in the Regent's Park to the nook at Holloway, the congregation of which was not more than one hundred. If the governors thought with Dr. Cum ming, that he and his friends injured the institution by their presence, they would never appear at the meeting again. The CHAIRMAN—I hope you will do nothing of the kind. Mr. HAMILTON said if they could not do gocd they would do no harm; though the more the institution increased in prosperity the more should they rejoice —to promote which end they should leave nothing undone ; but if they did not appear there again it would be in accordance with the feeling and out of respect to the governors, and not in consequence of any course Dr. Cumming had thought right to pursue.—(Hear.) The Rev. Dr. CUMMING explained that the children had now to go to attend Divine service but a quarter of a mile, instead of travelling a mile and a half through the mad and mire. Mr. CRAIGMYLE then rose to bring before the attention of the meeting the recent flogging of girls in the asylum, whereupon much uproar was raised against him. One or two rose to order; but he said he was determined not to be put down ; and after some time, but not without much interruption, he proceeded to say, that he was altogether opposed to the Austrian mode of discipline introduced into the asylum, for it was barbarous in the extreme. The CHAIRMAN protested against the use of such a term. Mr. CRAIGMYLE would then withdraw it; but he would take the liberty of retaining the term " Austrian discipline." At a previous meeting it was said that the girls who had been flogged were mere children. This was untrue, since no child was admitted under 7 years of age. W hat were the names and ages of the girls? Sarah Jane Marr, 12 years, 7 months, and 19 days ; Margaret Maeozie, 12 years, 7 months, and 6 days ; Mary Eliza Robertson, 11 years, 6 months, and 1 day ; Ann Young, 11 years, 24 days. Now, he would ask if it was either Christian or humane that girls of this age should be disgustingly exposed before their schoolmates ? The ChAIRMAN said the punishment was not in flicted in the presence of their schoolmates. Mr. CRAIGMYLE said, at least, then, there were parties present. He was satisfied that no father of a family would permit such a punishment to be in flicted upon his daughters of such an age as was inflicted on these three or four children. A GOVERNOR said six were whipped. Mr. CRAIGMILE—So much the worse. The ex posure which had attended, and would attend such a course of proceeding, if persevered in, would bring more degradation than anything he could imagine upon the Caledonian Asylum. The matter was now before the public, and it was rung in his ears from the right and from the left ; and he confessed he was never ashamed of his country until he found that girls were flogged in a charitable institution sup rirdt e a d t tbhye I S as e t o e tc o h u m rt en th .— at (t h l e ea b r o .) ys w M e r r . e s l ( l ) e d c i t s o o r rd ß er o l s y e that it was necessary that corporal punishment should 'be inflicted upon them. if that gentleman had inflicted such a punishment on a child of his in the 'asylum, he would not have carried his complaint to that Court, but to a police magistrate. The punish ment was offensive, disgusting, and degrading. The 'nay to deal with children of such years was to reason 'with them. It was, however, a little remarkable that the system was advocated from the pulpit, the senate, and the camp, but, like negro slavery, though 'public opinion might be disregarded for some time, it would at last fall, Then they were A report just issued by the landlords, guardians, &c., of the Limerick Union exhibits a lamentable condition of things in that extensive and hitherto fertile district. The document is very long, but em bodies a host of facts, one of which still strikingly proves the falling off in production—whether the de falcation b.:, the result of famine, extermination, de spair, or emigration—or, most probably, of all together : "Tables of the area of cultivation and produce of the Limerick unions—Limerick, Rath!reale, Newcastle, and Kihinallock :—la 1837, 52,900 acres of wheat, cultivated, producing . 304,000 barrels of twenty stone each ; 67,500 acres of oats, producing 645,000 barrels of fourteen stone ; 9,000 acres of barley, producing 80,000 barrels of sixteen stone ; 12,000 acres of potstocr, producing 820,000 barrels of twenty stone: 16,000 acres turnips. In 1848-32,000 acres of w hcat, producing 136,003 barrels; 52,800 acres of oats, producing 260,000 barrels; 14.900 acres of barley, producing 121,000 barrels; 38,900 acres of pot - 4- toes, producing 772,000 barrels; 11,800 acres of turnips. 1849—n0 leturn," The Queen's College, Belfast, will be opened on the 20:h inst. with great éclat—some of the most distin guished names being already mentioned on the roll of visitors. It is said the Primate will establish a then• logical prolessor in the college, in connexion with the Established Church. There is nothing worth noting in :the city to-day. Even the courts, although in term, present no feature of interest. By the way, Mr. John O'Connell is a regular attendant at the Four Courts now, and may be seen, in wig and gown, traversing the hall, or, book in hand, pacing the library. The Honour able Gentleman, it is understood, intends to follow the profession henceforth; and, for the purpose of having time to attend the courts, had further post poned the meeting of the Repeal Association to three o'clock on the Mondays. The weather is wretched. It threatened snow this morning, bat changed to a perfect deluge of rain and sleet, which continued until three r.rs. THE FuND3.—Three per Cent. Consols closed at 0411-1- : Three and-a-Quarter per Cent. Stock, 94 1 ,- 95 ; Bank Stock, 199 L. Railways—Great Southern and Western, 41 Waterford and Limerick, 8 a. inflicted? Mr. HAMILTON said if the governors received a guarantee that it would not be inflicted in any in decent or improper mode ; he thought they would be satisfied.—(Hear, hear.) The Rev. Dr. CUNNING—That guarantee can be safely given. Mr. MACGREGOR then drew attention to the dis missal of Mrs. Maddocks, the matron, and expressed his opinion that no real economy would be effected by her dismissal, and the appointment of Mrs. Renton, as unpaid matron. Mrs. Maddocks brought them a character of twenty-eight years, and if they dis charged her they would not meet her like. Upon this much discussion enused, in the course of which Mr. CAMPBELL demanded if any charge had been made against Mrs. Maddocks. The CHAIRMAN replied that the charges were general, and read a letter from Mts. Mad docks to the band-master, denying that they had ',leagued themselves against the superin tendent ; also one from Miss Mackenzie, the schoolmistress, declaring that she was not in the asylum when, the girls were flogged. He wished to state the alteration was made on the score of economy. Mr. CAMPBELL hoped the matron would not be dismissed until the charges against her had been fully investigated,, and moved that she be continued in her occupation, which was seconded by Mr. MACGREGOR. Mr. M'CuaE advocated the reduction of the ex penses by? limiting the number of children admitted, in order to bring their expenditure within their in come. He derived, however, by analysis of the ac counts of the last few years, that their subscriptions, or donations, had fallen off. Ever since they had admitted girls they had exceeded teeir expenditure. He moved that the .number of children next year be reduced from sixteen to five, three boys and two girls. After much discussion the emendment of Mr. Crackmyle was put, and lost by ten to six; that of Mr. Campbells was carried, twelve voting for it and 9 against, whilst that of Mr. M'Crae , was lost—that gentleman expressing a hope that after what they had just done, the directors would never again be accused of extravagance. A letter was read from Captain Forbes presenting 1001. to the Asylum—a munificent offer, which was much cheered. The election of children was then proceeded with. LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF QUEEIVS BENCH, Dec. 5. PA.LET V. CIJESTERTON. !(Continntd from our Third Edition of last night.) i 6 LORDSHIP having E.urrned up, The jury retired to coLsult on their verdict, when the Learned JuDGE, from some discussion which arose as to the assessment of the damages, recallc.d . them, and stated that they shnuld find separate danmges for imprisonment, for searching, tuAl having tic:lted him as a person guilty of a misdemeanour, and kct ping him to hard labour. The jury again went out, and returned about six o'clock with a verdict for the plaintiff, damages 231.—f0r imprisonment, 5/.; for searching and shaving, 10/.; and for improper treatment, &c., 101. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, Dec. 5. (Sittings at Nisi Prius, before Lord Chief Justice WILDE and a Special Jury.) HOARE V. SILVERLOCK. Mr. Carter appeared as counsel for the plaintiff; and Mr. Sergeant Shee, Mr. Creasy, and Mr. Peacock for the dAendant. The action was brought against the defendant, who is the publisher and proprietor of the Nautical Standard and Steam Navigation Gazctle, to recover damages for alleged lihellou3 matter concerning the plaintiff, which had appeared in the abovementioned publication. The action wee brought under the following eir cumstancas :—ln 1847, an action was brought by Miss Hoare (who has frequently within the last two or three years figured in different courts of law) against Commander Dixon, R.N., the Secretary of t: e " Royal Naval Benevolent Society," for certain scandalous matter aliened to have been uttered by him respecting the plaintiff. The case came on for trial at Croydon, on the 10th of August, 1847. It then appeared that Miss Hoare, towards the end of the year 1837, memorialized the above society, which is established by and composed of officers of the navy for the purpose of affording relief to the distressed families of deceased naval officers. Although her application was informal (not being signed by two naval officers), and although her own father had not been a subscriber to the society, which was established only for the relief of the families of such officers as had been contributors to the funds of the society,. Commander Dixon, considering it a case of real dis tress, had consented to waive these objections, and, as the agent of the society, had afforded her relief every year from the above period up to 1841, when, consi dering from information which had reached him con cerning her that she was by no means a deserving object for the consideration of the society, he refused to grant her further assistance. In consequence of his refusal, several rather warns discussions took place at the meetings of the society, she having managed to ingratiate herself with a few distinguished officers, members of the society, who espoused her cause, and some of the observations made by Com mander Dixon on those occasions formed the subject of the action. At the trial, which took place before Mr. Baron Parke, in which the defendant obtained a verdict, Mr. Sergeant Shee appeared for the defence, and the report of the Learned Sergeant's speech on that occasion which ap peared in the columns of the Nautical Standard formed the libel for which Miss Hoare now claimed damages against the present defendant. The Learned 'Sergeant on that occasion, in justification of his client, stated that a person living at Camden-town, at whose house the plaintiff had lived, and applied to Comman , der Dixon for the sum of 201. 93., due for board and lodging, and which she had untruly represented would be paid by him, as she was in receipt of an annuity of 301. from the society. In order farther to justify Commander Dixon, a letter from a clergyman at Portsut was produced, in which the writer stated that she was an unprincipled character; that she had called on him for the purpose of discussing religious doctrines; that she had described herself as enter taining infidel notions, which she wished him if pos sible to remove, and that on one occasion when she proposed to take the sacrament he refused to adminis ter it on account of her infidel opinions, when she stated that she wished to communicate in order that her scruples might be removed. On his continuing his opposition, she created a scene in the church-pre tending to faint, and afterwards throwing about a quan.. tity of lucifer matches, Another letter from a different quarter represented her as a complete " female Jeremy Diddler." On one occasion, at Plymouth, she feigned herself ill, and sent for a gentleman, the head of some religious sect there, and after some conversation expressed herself as almost persuaded to become a convert to the body to which he belonged; and before he left the house she induced him to present her with 51., amusing herself and the people of the house after his departure with mimicking his speech and manner. The report of these and similar passages in the Learned Sergeant's speech, which appeared in the defendant's columns, formed the first count in the present action. The second count was founded upon the report of a speech of Sir John Ross at a meeting of the society, held subsequently to the trial of the action against Commander Dixon, in which he (Sir John Reiss) expressed his hope that those officers who had lett the society in consequence of the dissensions that had existed among the members with respect to Miss Hoare would, now it was apparent that they had been grossly misled as to her claims upon the society, be induced to return and join in a subscription to be entered into for the purpose of defraying the heavy legal liabilities that had been incurred by the society through her means. Mr. Sergeant SUEE, for the defence, contended that the report which the defendant hail published in his character of a journalist was a fair and impartial one, and that nothing like could possibly he inferred from any part of it. If the plaintiff chose to appeal to a jury, she had no right to compain of any report so long as it was correct and devoid of malice. On the present occasion the report touched more lightly upon the conduct of the plaintiff than she had any reason to hope or expect. If she insisted upon chal lenging inquiry and raising an issue for the opinion of a jury, a journalist was not only justified in faith fully reporting the proceedings, but it was his bounden duty to the public to do so. Several shorthand writers who attended at the trial at Croydon were examined, who proved that the re port in the Nautical Standard was much more lenient than it might have been under the circumstances. Mr. CART Eli having replied at great length, The Cuter JUSTICE summed up, and the jury, without hesitation, gave a verdict for the defendant upon both counts. The trial continued throughout the whole day, and ,e;) did not terminate until 9 o'clock in the evening. EXCHEQUER.—(THIS DAY.) (Continued from our Afternoon Edition.) WOOD V. HUTTON AND _ANOTHER. Witnesses were called on the part of the defendants Mr. Jones, :solicitor to the defendants, depo,ieed that about the end of the year 1837, he had been con sulted with respect to Newman's transactions with them. On the 1311 of January, 1838, wrote a letter (given L in Mr. Martin's address to the jury) to Mr. Walton, Newman's solicitor, re quiring an account of alpayment of whatever might be found due to the Messrs. Hutton. Several other letters were likewise written to Mr. Walton on the subject. On the 17th Dec., 1837, caused a search to be made at the Bank of England for any invest ments made by Newman and his wife, and ascertained that 2,1001. was found invested in the name of " John Newman and Elizabeth Ann his wife." On Nov. 14, 1835, 700/. was invested, 1,200/. on the 18th Oct., 1837, and 2001. on the 19th of the same month. Here a clerk of the Bank of England was called, and corroborated the particulars and result of the searching. Witness continued—Attended at the defendant's office on the 2d January, 1838, and found the Mesrr. Hutton, the deceased, Mr. Newman, and Mr. Nelson, his step-son. The Messrs. Hutton expressed their dissatisfaction at Newman having so long delayed furnishing his books, and complained that the " piece book " was not among them. Newman had a red book with him, and replied that he could make up the " piece book" frcm it, and that he would return at two o'clock that day (it was then about ten o'clock). The meeting then ter minated. Witness went again at two o'clsck. The parties were all there, with the addition of Mr. Walton. Mr. William Hutton said that Newman had that day made an admission to himself and partner, and called upon Newman to repeat it before the professional gentle. men. After much hesitation on the part of Newman, and on being over and over again urged by Mr. W. Hutton to do so, Newman said "I owe Messrs. Hutton 1,0001., and I wish them to place that amount to my debit." Mr. Walton seemed surprised at this admission, end said "No, Captain Newman, you mean no such thing; you mean that Messrs. Hut ton owe you 1,000/." Captain Newman replied " No, I mean no such thing; I owe Messrs. Hutton 1,0001., and I desire they will place that amount to my debit." Mr. William Hutton then pressed Newman to say how that sum had at isen, and then Newman said that he had sold some gold dust, doubloons, and foreign bills to different persons. He was then asked the quantities, &c., and he furnished the particulars ver bally. He mentioned the names of Massey, Simmons, and Childs. The bills were sold to Simmons. Mr. Sirrell, a gold-refiner in Barbican, deposed that on the 14th of October, 1837, a persvn who gave his name as Newman called upon him and sold him a quantity of gold dust (116 ounces) for which he paid him 437/. 13s 61., at the 31. 16s. 3d. per ounce. Mr. Jone (recalled) said the sale of the 116 ounces of gold dust was made matter of discussion at the meeting. Several books were produced by the Messrs. Hutton relating to their transactions with Newman. Newman examined them. The Nessrs. Hut • ton complained that some of Newman's charges were very heavy, and that some gunpowder which had been shippal to the Coast had not been accounted for. The meeting was then adjourned until Tuesday, the 30th, at two o'clock. Saw nothing in Newman's behaviour ever to make him suppose that he was not in a state to transact business. On the 30th instant met again, at the office of the de fendants, Newman, Nelson (his step son), Mr. Child and Mr. Walton being present. After the interview had lasted half•an•hour witness went away. Pre viously to leaving, the accounts had been gone into and the " piece-book" was examined. The books of the two last voyages were produced, and all the books thas Nnewman usked for were furnished. From all the interviews and transactions that witness nad had with the deceased, Mr. Newman, he never had any doubt that he was of sound and disposing mind. The case was again adjourned at five o'clock until ,o-morrow. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. BOW-STREET. TATTERSALL'S-TIIIS EVENING Slx O'CLOCK. Nut a bet laid. of t N htth l he N eeA G IRELAND. DUBLIN, g iu (FROM OUR CORRESPONDENT.) dispersingby e - m E h p eulc uhEjurisdictioneBrDfalvnYot EVENING.—The businessssy—us eipss l te ' oaarh Assistant e ot trt project hheee u Barristers' i f t o y r sidel Courts—finds o a u ro i tsfsicourts— especiallyg the thefi provin cial papers which have come to hand to-day. Al though the local tribunals of this country posses a largar jurisdiction than the English County Courts, the desire of gain, even at the ex pense of a city which has been the capital of the country for more than a thousand years, has induced the advocacy of the localizing principle on the part of the provincial press, whilst the metropolitan broadsheets, although ever reclaim ing against the "centralizing system," inveigh agains' the project with indignant bitterness. They point t it as the first step to " vulgarise, scatter, and make contemptible the intellectuhl strength of Ireland," of which Dublin is the head-quarters, and finally, when that strength shall have been broken up, to remove the business of the superior law courts altogether to Westminster. The appointment of the Encumbered Estates Commission, too, is indicated as one phase of the plot ; ar.d most certainly, were that court established to substitute Chancery, it could not have been endowed with more potent attributes for the supersession. In fact, in two years, the Commis mission will drain the Chancellor's Court of all its business. Cu/ bow the Chancellor then ? say the Dublin papers ; and they aver, at each issue, that in rotation the same question will be great as to all " national institutions" in Ireland. For my part, I believe the entire alarm has been aaised by the lawyers themselves, who notoriously influence almost every paper in Dublin. It is not easy to see the motive; but as a vast number of Irish Bills are about coming into operation, and as they involve a very large amount of patronage, the profession naturally desire to show that they are a "power in the state," and are not to be forgotten in the proximate distribution of vice-regal favours. TEE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING. DECEMBER 6, 1849. the Scotch Stores, Burlington- street. These state ments were utterly untrue, but, believing them to be genuine, the shaman made up the gold leaf, and delivered it as requested. The second case was this :—He went to the shop of Messrs. Gass, 116, Regent-street, and handed to Mr. Samuel Gass a note which purported to have emanated from Mr. Reid, of Rose Villa, Hampton, Messrs. Gass's land lord ; and in that note was a request that two gold enamelled watches might be forwarded on approval to Mr. Reid. Mr. Gass made up four watches, of the value of 501, in order that Mr. Reid might have a good choice, and an approbation bill, into a parcel, and gave it to the prisoner, who stated that the watches not approved of would be returned on the following Wednesday. The note was a forgery ; and on the prisoner being apprehended at 91, Morton street, two of the watches were found upon him, and the other two had been pawned by him. Before the examination of Mr. Gass was concluded, The prisoner said he was in a very unfortunate position, having no legal adviser nor the means to procure one ; nor had he any friends who would, if applied to, provide him with such means. lie was not in a situation to meet the charge, and therefore, not to waste the time of the Court, he would, with his Lordship's permission, plead guilty to both in dictments. Toe plea of guilty was then recorded. Mr. Collard, the superintendent of the Great Western Railway police, was then examined. He proved that in July, 1848, the prisoner was at the Old Bailey upon five indictments for railway robberies, and he pleaded guilty to two of them. In considera tion of his having given information that led to the recovery of more than 2001. worth of property, he was sentenced to a year's hard labour. The Learned JUDGE said he very well knew, but did not like to say, who the prisoner was. lie had no doubt but that the position of the prisoner was a heavy effliction to his aged and worthy father. The sentence of the Court was, that for the felony he be kept to hard labour fur nine, and for the fraud six calendar months, making fifteen months together. IVhilst standing in the dock the prisoner was served with a notice that he had been struck off the rolls. MUSIC AND DANCING-TILE ARGYLL BOOMS. In the course of the day the grand jury brought in a true bill against George French Bryer, Robert Bignell Emile Laurent, Charles Dursin, Alfred Calkin, Joseph Calkin, and Richard Moxey, for keeping a public place for music and dancing, called the Argyll Rooms, in Windmill-street, Ilaymarket, without being licensed to do so. Just before the rising of the Court, Mr. RASSEN, a solicitor, said that three of the parties named in the indictment were then in attendance, accompanied by several persons who were anxious to become their bail, and he hoped his Lordship would admit them to bail at once, so that they might not be subjected to the annoyance of being taken into custody upon a bench warrant. The Learned JUDGE asked who the defendants present were ? The SOLICITOR replied, Messrs. Bryer, Laurent, and Dursin. Mr. WITIIAM (magistrate)—ls not Mr. Laurent a casino keeper ? The JUDGE—It is not likely that he will answer that question just now. The SOLICITOR trusted that his Lordship would accede to his request, for he was convinced, from the character of the parties who were instituting these proceedings, that one object was to get the defendants into custody until bail was procured. The prosecutor was not au unknown individual—Mr. Thos. Stowell. The Learned JUDGE said he expected so; nod that simple fact told him not only what sort of a prosecution it was, but the peculiar manner in which it would be conducted. lie fully understood the character of such proceedings, and if the magistrates (addressing Mr. \Vahan)) would not grant more licenses to such establishments, who could wonder at such proceedings being taken. The public required a greater amount of entertainment than the licensed places afforded, and if illegitimate places afforded what there were not legitimate places to provide, why of course people would go to the illegitimate establish ments. If the parties did their best to conform their houses to the law, and were refused the permission to do so, it was not their fault, and lie could not think otherwise than that the greater the number of such establishments there were licensed the better. lie felt convinced that the system at present pursued was wrong, and he certainly hoped it would soon be changed, and the change he was certain would be productive of good results. He should say nothing of this present prosecution on that occasion, but as to the application, he had no hesitation whatever in granting it; and the order of the Court was that the defendants, Bryer, Laurent, and Dursin, enter into their own recognizances in 401. each, with two sure ties of 201. each, to appear for trial at the adjourned session • and the solicitor for the defendants must undertake to give the parties prosecuting notice that the trial would then take place. The required sureties having been entered into, the parties left the court. Joseph Hawhes, a sea-faring man, was brought before Mr. Henry, charged with repeatedly assault ing Mrs. Colliver, who keeps a coffee shop in Holy well-street, Strand. It appeared from the statement of the complainant, that about half-past eleven o'clock on Tuesday night, when she was alone, and about to close her house, the prisoner came in very much intoxicated demand ing to be served ; and before she had time to comply with his request he commenced a volley of abuse, threatening that if she said a word death would be ins!antly her portion, and struck her violently several times, until she was fortunately protected from fur ther injury. He also called her a murderess, allud ing to the unhappy fate of a gentleman named Wild man, who had thrown himself or was thrown out of her second-floor window, from the effects of which he died, the particulars having appeared in the news papers at the time. Mr. lIENRY inquired if she had ever seen the •pf Boner before? Mrs. Colliver replied that about :three years ago le was brought to her house by a woman, to whose daughter he was about to get married, for the pur pose of procuring a lodging for him, and having retired to his bedroom, and locked himself in, he threw himself out of the window in the middle of the night, and after he was removed to the hospital, where he remained only three days, he said that he had been robbed of all his money except what gold he pos sessed, after which he returned to the house and treated her husband with a bottle of wine. Constable 154 F proved that he heard the com plainant request the prisoner to go away, upon which he laid hold of her and violently assaulted her. In answer to the MAGISTRATE, witness said he knew nothing against the character of the house; but he had not been long upon the beat. In answer to the charge, the prisoner said that although he had been twice in China, and the West Indies, he had b 9 en lately discharged from his ship i❑ consequence of the fracture ha had received in his skull when he fell from the window, and when he took drink he was quite unconscious of what he did. The complainant said he was frequently in the habit of coming beforQ her door, announcing to persons outside that it was the house where the mur deress lived who drugged and robbed whoever fre quented it to get refreshment. The prisoner attempted to justify his conduct by saying that the complainant was against him, because the coroner's jury wanted him to give evidence re specting the death of Mr. Wildman, although he told the jury that no blame whatever could be attached to her. _ _ Mr. HENRY said the prisoner could not be allowed with impunity to commit an assault; he should pay a fine of al., or receive one month's imprisonment. Th e fine was not forthcoming, and the prisoner was sent to confinement for a month. ACCIDENT TO AN OrriarEa OF THE COLDSTREAM G UARDS. —On Monday Colonel Windham's hounds met at Stoke, about four miles from Chichester, and, having found, pursued the fox to Woodmancot, near Ensworth, where they killed. Amongst the foremost in the chase were several officers of the battalion of Guards now quartered in the barracks at Chichester. One of these, Captain Strong, met with a severe accident, in conse quence of his horse failing to clear a drain, which was at the far side of a fence, at which his gallant rider had put him. The animal contrived to get his fore legs into the drain, fell, threw his rid. r, and then rolled over him. Prompt assistance was rendered by Captain W. Crosby and the Messrs. Deacon and Lyne, who were close at hand. The first named of these gentlemen rode off in quest of m. dical aid, which was not long in arriving, as he met, within a few minutes ride of the spot where the accident occurred, Dr. Foster, R N., and Dr. Joseph Baxter, of Emsworth. Upon examination by tiles() gentlemen, it was found that, in addition to several severe bruises, one of the gallant captain's collar-bones was broken. Alter the necessary manipulations of the medical gentlemen, and when Captain Strong had re covered from the first effects of his fall, he was placed in a fly, and conveyed to Chichester, uhtro ho is doing well, under the care of the battalion assistant-surgeon. The flesh of animals which feed excursively, is allowed to have a higher {Layout. than that of those which are cooped up. May there not be the same dif ference between men who read as their taste prompts, and men who are confined in cells and colleges to stated tasks2—Eliza Cook's Journal. _ . - A letter from Philadelphia says that a box of gold dust, directed from San Francisco to New York, had been tapped with en augur by some ingenious and .cu rious rogue, and 10,000 dollarb' value abstracted from it. TIIE NEW DRAWING OFFICE AT THE BANK OF ENGLAND.—On Tuesday the office for the privae banking establishment of the Bank of Evgland, which will be known as "The Drawiug-office," and which has been seine months in course of construction, was completed, when the whole of the books connected with this de partment were removed from the old office—a temporary wooden building adjoining—preparatory to the com mencement o 1 business there. PRICES OF SrIARES IN BANKS, ASSURANCE,AN.r: OTHER CO I- PANIES' STOCK. From the Official List. PUBLISHED EVERY 7 lEsD..ky AND FAMAY EVENING LONDON, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 4., TOINT-STOCX EiVIVES. Dividend Amount Name of Company. I per of Paid. Fri , e. Annum. Share. - ---- A s. d. A s. d. Australasia ...... •• •• 31. per cent. 40 0 0 40 0 0 24% Britsh North American 51. per cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 42 Ceylon • • 71. per cent. - Commercial of London GI. per cent. 100 0 0 20 0 0 - CJlontal. . Gloucestershire ••• • • • 15/per cent.' - - - lonian ........ •••• • • i 61. per cent.l 25 0 0 25 0 0 - Londn and Westminstr Cl. per cent. 1100 0 0 20 0 0 - - - 13 0 0 - London Joint-Stock .• • 6/. per cent. 50 0 0 10 0 0 -- Provincialof Ireland•• Si. per cent. 100 0 0 25 0 0 - Ditto, New.• •••• • • • U. per cent. 10 0 0 10 0 0 - National of Ireland .. Si. per cent. .;0 0 0 22 10 0 - Nat. Provncial of Eu. 61. per cent. 180 0 0 35 0 0 - Ditto, New. . ........Cl. per cent 20 0 0 10 0 0 - South Australia ••• • • • 5/. per cent. - 22 10 0 - Union of Australia.. •. 61. per cent. 25 0 0 25 0 0 28 Ditto - ............ 6/. per cent - 2 10 0 - Union of London - 61. per cent 50 0 0 10 0 0 - Union of Madrid • • • • - 40 0 0 40 0 0 - /NWT/LANCE COWMAN/ES. Dividend Amount Name sf Company. per of - Paid. Prii e. Annum. Share. ------- A s. d. X s. d. Albion .. -••.•- •• • • 31. 10s. 500 0 0 50 0 0 75 Alliance Brit. and For. 711456 d & lie 100 0 5 11 0 0 19 3 4 DM.) Marine.• ••• • • 61. per cent. 100 0 0 5 0 0 fi.i Atlas . - British Commercial • • 7s. per share 50 8 0 5 3 0 - Cleriel,Med.& Gen• Life spr et.& bs. 100 0 0 10 0 0 19 Cmnity ...........• •• 31. 100 0 0 10 0 0 GO 14s. 50 0 0 5 0 0 14 Eagle ..... European Life •••• •• 4 1 4 per cent. 20 0 0 All paid. 10 Family Endow= t Soc. 4/. et be. 100 0 0 4 0 0 - Freemasons' ..• ••• • • • 64 per cent. 20 0 0 3 0 0 - GIL Le -•• • • • • 61. per cent. Stock. -121 y, GJardian ...• •••• • • • • 51. 100 0 0 36 10 0 4914 Imperial Fire .. •••• •• 12/. per cent. 500 0 0 50 0 0 228 Imperial Life •••• • • •• 125. 1100 0 0 10 0 0 15 Indemnity Marine.. • • 1/.31i. & be. 100 0 0 513 1 36 Law Fire •.•.•• • • • • • • - 100 0 0 210 0 214 LW Life- •• •• •• •• .. U. las. 100 0 0 10 0 0 42 Le;al and General Life - 50 0 0 2 0 0 4 London Fire •• •• •• • • 105. 25 0 0 12 10 0 16% London Ship •.••• • • • 10i. 25 0 0 12 10 0 161 4 , !Amine.. .•• •• ...... 125. per share 100 0 0 15 0 0 9 ' Sled. Itrelld&Gen.Life 4141. per ct. 50 0 0 2 0 0 214 1 National Lean Fund- 51. per cent. 20 0 0 210 8 -- National Life •• • • - l' Palladium Life 5l. per cent. 50 0 0 2 0 0 21 Os. 1 Pelican •• •••••• • • •• • • - - - - Peamix • .• 3/. p. sh. & bs. - - 141 1 Pi °teeter Life .• ••• • • 52. per cent. 20 0 0 1 0 0 - Provident Life - 11. ss. & bs. 100 0 0 10 0 0 26 a Rock Lifa• • • . ss. 5 0 0 010 0 5N lloyal Exchange 6!. per cent. Stock. - 202 Sall Fire - . . . • . - - - - 205 y D i tto Life .•... - - 47 ✓ tiri.ifed Kin_ don - U aiversal I:ife lO% pr cut. 100 0 01 9 0 0 - o Victoria Life . .. o__ _ _ - - a DOC32E3. Dividend Amount :9 Name of Company. per of Paid. Frio Annum. Share. ..--..---- t, £ s. d. X e. d. East and West Ind i a-. 6/. pr cent. Stock. - - Beat Country - 21 a Lonam ••• • • ••••• • • 5/. pr cent. Stock. - 115 Ditto Bonds •••• •• • . il. per cent. - - - , St• Katharine ........4 per cent. Stock. - 79 '' Ditto, Scrip.. - • • . . - - - - Ditto Bonds •• • • .... iIV. pr cent. - - - Id Southampton ••••.. .. 21. per cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 I - lIIIII3GZEI Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of raid. Price, Annum. Share. -- - X. a. d. X. a. d. ---- Charing-cross —.... •• 25 0 0 Southwrk, Nw Sub. Av. b 32 12 9 2 Ditto Nw 01 7% p.c. 355. per cent. 50 0 0 6 Waterloo •••••• • • • • • • 100 0 0 3 Ditto Old Ann. of 8/. 11. 4s. Od. 60 0 0 27 Ditto Nw ditto of 71. 11. Is. Od. 40 0 0 24 Vauxhall •• .. .... Av. 11. 70 10 3 , 1/1./.l.llon.—‘37o7LlLfli Dividend Amount Name of Company. I per of raid. rricf Annum. Snare. ----. --. ___— ---.— £ a. d. £ a. d. East London..• •••.• • • i SI. 100 0 0 161 } Grand Junction ...... 1 4/. per cut. 50 0 0 82 1ient................ i 31. 105. 100 0 0 75 Lambeth ••• • • • ...... ( 51. per cnt. 100 0 0 99 New Rivr Lndn lirdge 21. I0s• 55 Vauxhall .• •• ...... 1 51. per cut. 100 0 0 98 bleat Middlesex. . . j 61.05. pr cut. 191 MIDDLESEX SESSIONS, Dec. 5. (Before Mr. Sergeant ADAms, Assistant Judge.) Thomas Brainhall, an attorney, and most respect ably connected, was indicted for havino7 fraudulently obtained, by false pretences, from William Augustus Ham, 10,000 gold liaveF, of the value of 27/ 10s., with intent to defraud Christian Henry Augustus Drake ; and also for stealing four - watches, of the value of 50/., the property of Samuelllopp Gass and another. The prisoner plealed guilty to the first indict ment, and not guilty to the second. The evidence upon which these indictments were founded was briefly this appeared that the prisoner went to Mr. Drake's shop, in king street, Soho, and represented to Hum, the shop man, that he was Mr. Wilday, of the firm of Wilday and Co., of Holland-street, Blackfriars•road, whose card he presented, and that he had met Mr. Drake, at Birminglum, and had arranged to do business with him. Ile produced n card of Mr. Drake's, and having asked the shows n if they were in want of any of the articles Messrs. Wilday manu factured, to which question the shopman answered in the negative, the prisoner requeved that 10,000 leaves of gold might be made up for him and left at CAS-LXGET AND COarm COMPANIES. Dividend Amount N:.me of Company. per of Paid. Price Annum. Share. --- - .Z. s. 5. 2. s. d. British ••••••• • • • • • • • U. 40 0 0 is o 0 14 Ditto Frovincial. •• • 1/. 85. 20 0 0 20 0 0 18 Brighton .. •... ••• . . . 51. per cent. 20 0 0 16 City of London .. •• • • 101. 100 0 0 100 0 0 250 Continental Consolidat. 925. pr share 75 0 0 31 5 0 30 Equitable -•• . • • ...... 50s. pr sharei 50 0 0 60 0 0 , 26 Imperial ...... • ..... 31. per cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 67 Independent ....... • • 61. per cent. 40 0 0 40 0 0 62 L0nd0n...... •••• • . • • 50 0 0 60 0 0 Ditto 50 0 0 50 0 0 Do., Parl. Preference 61. per cent. 25 0 0 210 0 L'heenix . • ... • • ...... 4%1. per ct. 50 0 0 48 0 0 28! Rateliff .... •..•• • • • • 51. 100 0 0 50 0 0 75 United General ...... 7s. Cd. 50 0 0 50 0 0 13 Westminster Chartered 31. i 50 0 0 46 Ditto, New •••• -• .. 12s. 150 0 0 10 0 0 8 C12.).7417.13. ~; c?: ' Divide Names of ;I; I ;? . ., Dividend Price Names of 43 m. p nd er Price. Companies. A per -' Companies. cd Annu ~c Annum. ..1 ----- r-- - - £ £I Ashtn& Oldh 97 71. 113 Macclesileld . 100 21. 10s. 50 L'arnsley.• • • 160; 121. 180 Neatla •••• • • 1001 161. 340 Urknk&Abrg 150 51. 85 Oxford.. •• • • 100 201. 185 Birmingham 35 41. 82 I'eak Forest. 78 31. 18s. 70 Coventry.. •• 100' 251. 250 Regent's - - 33 1/. 2s. 18 1 ,i Derby ••• - 100 61. 63 Rochdale.. • . g 5, 41. 50% Ellsmre&Chs 133 565. 41 Somrset Coal 150 171.105. 130 Erewash ... 100 321. - Do.LkFdSt 12 61 . p. c. - Grano,l unetn I 100 51. 155 Stffrd &Wore 140 281. 400 Grand Surreylloo 21. 30 Shrewsbury.. 125 151. - Grand Union 100 11. 10s. 24 Stourbridge.. l 4s 201. 300 I Grantham •• 150 - - Severn andl t llcnnt & Avu 39 7s. 6d. 5% Wye Rail. j 26 21.13' -•. Leeds& Livrp l loo 301. 325 Warwick& 1 Leicester .... 140, Si. 63% Birming. j 100 41 . 63 Lciestr &Nth 83 4/. 46 WarwickSc L on4 hboregh 142, 701. 650 Napton..} 100 31. 43 Monmouthsh 100 81. - Worcstr Stl Mntgemrysh 100 --- Birming. 78 31. 42 Meltnlkiwbry 100 - - Wilts & Brks -, l4s. 9 L!ST or SCOTTIS33 COMPB.NIES' PEIcES Dividend 'Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. ,---. --...--. --. - £ s. d. £ s. d Bank of Scotland British Linen Company 81. per cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 211 Caledonian Bank ••.• • 8 per sent. 10 0 0 210 0 3 /. 19 s City of Glasgow Bank. 6/. per cent. 10 0 0 10 0 0 12 Clydesdale Bank ••• •• 6% per cent. 20 0 0 10 0 0 131.65. Commercial Bank •• •• 71. per cent. 500 0 0 100 0 0 165 Eastern Bank.. •• •• •• 6/. per cent. 25 0 0 10 0 0 gli Edinb.&Glasgow Bank Cl. percent. 50 0 50 0 51, Exahangeßnk of Scot.. 41. per cent. 100 0 0 50 0 0 20 , A Isle of Man. Company 71. per cent. 10 0 0 7 0 0 - National Bank ...... Northof Scotland Bank 4/.por cent. 20 0 0 5 0 0 3/.08 North British Bank • •• - - - - Royaillank of Scotland 5/. per cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 125 Unionl3ank of Scotland 8/. per cent. 100 0 0 50 0 0 as Western Bank.. •.• • • • 7/. per cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 7314 Aberdeen Fire and Life 7% ?.pr cent. 12 10 0 20 0 2 13. Accord. Liteand Fire - 20 0 0 010 0 - British Guarantee Ins. 41. per cent. 10 0 0 1 0 0 Its 60 Caledonian Fire Insur. 101. pet cent. 150 0 0 10 0 0 21 Church of England Ins. - 50 0 0 2 0 0 - City of Glasgow Life.. 61. per cent. 25 0 0 2 0 0 21. 7e Edinburgh Life Incur. 61. per cent. 100 0 0 12 10 0 19 1 , 4 East of Scotland Life.. _ 10 0 0 015 0 95.00. Eng. & Scot, Law Life 51. per cent. 50 0 0 217 6 - Bercules Insurance Ca. 71. per cent. 100 0 0 10 0 0 , - Insur. Co. of Scetind.. 51. per cent. 100 0 0 10 0 0 1 - Life Assoc. of Scotland 6/. per cent. 10 0 0 1 0 0 r 11. 7e Mercantile Life .. •• .. 4/. per cent. 10 0 0 010 0 3s. 31. National Fire and Life 51. per cent. 10 0 0 1 0 0 208.60 North British Incur... 534 /.pr cent. 200 0 0 20 0 0 1 24 North & West of Scot. Gl. per cent. 10 0 0 1 0 0 I - 3cottish Life and Guar. - 20 0 0 011 0 - Scot. Alas. and Gon.Life - 0 0 015 0 I - Scottish Union Insrnce. 6 1 41. pr cent. 20 0 0 1 0 0 222 Gd Standard Life •••• - • . 51. par cent. 50 0 0 45 0 9% United Dep. Assurance 51. per cent. 10 0 0 1 0 0 14s. raxscELLAzrzous. Dividend Amount Namo of Company. per of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. Z. s. d. 1 X. s. d. Anetion Mart •••• • • • • 27. ss. 50 0 0 - 25 Australian A7rieulturl 1/. 100 0 0 30 0 0 16 Anglo-Mexican Mint ll. 4s. 10 00 ' 102 10 0 0 0 - Ditto, llalf Shares - - - Canada ... ••. • • 6/. per cent. 100 0 0 82 10 0 26 Uppr Canada Bonds Si. per_cont. - - - City Navigation .• • • - - - 91 Gen .Bevers. & Invest. sp. c.Scbs, 2/ 100 0 op,loo 0 o - Equitable Royeralenry 5/. pr cont. 100 0 0 100 0 0 103 Go3S.SteamNalVigiltioll 11.82. 15 0 0 14 0 0 25 London Institution .• • - - 75 15 0 - Russell Institution.. • • - - 26 5 0 - Peninslr&Orient.Stm. 81. per cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 76 Reversionary Int. Soc. 4%1. pr cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 90 Royal Mail Steam•• •• 61 18..4. p. c. 100 0 0 60 0 0 - South Australian... - 11. per share. 25 0 0 25 0 0 17 Van Dioman's Land - 100 0 0 23 0 0 2 MONEY MARKET.—The premium on gold at Paris is 11 per raffle, which, at the English Mint price of 3/.175. 101 d. per ounce for standard gold, gives an exchange of 25.42; and the exchange at Paris on London at short being 25.474, it follows that gold is 0.22 per cent. dearer in London than in Paris. By advices from Llamburgh the price of gold is 437 per mark, which, at the English Mint price of 3/. 17s. 1043. per ounce for standard gold, gives an exchange of 13.11; and the exchange at Hamburgh on London at short being 13.121, it follows that gold is 0.57 per cent. dearer in London then in Hamburgh. The course of exchange at New York on London for hills at GO days' sight is 109 i per cent., and the psr of exchange between England and America being 109 23 40 per cent., it follows that the exchange is nominally 0.33 per cent. egainst Eng land. But, after making allowance for difference of interest and charg es of transport, the present rate does not admit of gold being exported to the United States. OIL SEED CAKE.—The importations of oil seed cake for feeding and fattening cattle are very large and numerous at the present time, which is to be accounted for by the great demand for the article fur that particular purpose at this season. The vessel Shepherdess, from New York, has brought 260 tons weight, an entire cargo; the Goede Haab, from Copenhagen, 155 tons; the Z:phyr, from Konigsberg. 145 tons; the Arfeprindsen, from Stockholm, 60 tons; the Norden, from Liebau, 125 tons; the Bernard and Elise, 60 tons; the Aurora, from Franenberg, 102 tons; the A fina Agatha, from Memel, 159 tons; the Wilhelmins, from 'Rostock, 82 tons; the Al da Schminda, from Memd, 130 tons; the Maria Elizabeth, from Norden, 112 ton, , ; the Gertrude, frem Konigsberg, 110 tons; and the Independence, from New York, 400 barrels and 96 tons of the article. fourtt libitton WARWICK RACES. (THIS DAY.) (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) The Hunt Cup Steeplechase. Merryman Kilkenny &atm ran. Grand Open Steeplechase. Knight of Gwynno MA-el-Koh r Little Fanny The Professional Steeplechase. Br gby the Cardinal ... Variety . . Four ran. ... 1 ... 2 ... 3 ... 1 ... 2 COURT OF ALDERMEN. On Tuesday a Court was held for the dispatch of public business. THE DEATH OF THE QUEEN DOWAGER. The following notice cn the paper took precedence of the other business of the Court :—" To express the sense of the Court on the melancholy event of the demise of her Majesty the Queen Dowager." Sir neren LAURIE said the first business of the Cow t was to agree to a resolution of condolence with her Majesty the Queen, Prince Albert, and the rest of the royal family upon the lamented death of the Queen Dowager. He felt the greatest anxiety to propose a resolution to that effect, inasmuch as her late Majesty had dope him the high honour of visiting the Mansion-home in his mayoralty—an honour, the recollection of which could never be effaced from his memory. The announcement of the event to which he alluded had been entered upon the records of the court, and he cherished a lively memory of the extra ordinary kindness and courtesy with which her late Majesty had, upon an occasion of so interesting a nature, replied to the tokens of re s pe c t a n d affection with hich the royal visit had been received.—(Hear.) It would be almost unnecessary to detain the Court a moment in describing the excellence of a character w Lich had been so long distinguished for the exercise of virtues the example of which had produced so noble an effect upon the society she moved in. It had been said of George 111. that the irreproachable character and:conduct of that Sovereign had accomplished more in advancing the interests of the nation than the army and navy of which England had so much reason to be proud. It might be said of the late Queen Dow ager that the acts of her private life exhibited a variety of excellence calculated to heighten the estimation in which she had lived as the consort of the Sovereigns —(Hear, hear.) lie had looked at the record of the , Court on the event of the 'death of his Royal Highness the Duke of York, and he found that Alderman Brown, the present excellent Chamberlain of the City, had upon that occasion moved a resolution of 34 condolence to the members of the royal family, and that he had seconded the motion. The court was, he believed, restricted to the use of a mere resolution of condolence, and had not the privilege of approaching the throne with an address. He should, therefore, move a resolution expressive of the feeling of the Court upon the loss of an exalted individual who bad been remarkable for deeds of charity and the most unbounded benevolence; , -AfTear, hear) Sir Peter Laurie then moved_ resolution. Alderman Ilutth?.44.i said it would give him the highest gra:ls4oo . second the resolution. Be had also a grt44ll*ollection of the visit of Queer* Adelaide to the Tilartion-house, for he had attended as one of the sheriffs during the mayoralty of Sir Peter Laurie, When Queen Adelaide partook of s dijeuner at that place of civic festivity.—(Bear, hear.) The resolutLn was then agreed to unanimously'' and was or!ered to be advertised in the morning and evening newspaper:. THE CITY PRHONS. Mr. Alderman and Sheriff LAWRENCE, and Alft NicoLL, the other sheriff, presented the reports frel l the several prisons of the City. The health of the inmates was represented as very good, and the condi' tion of the prisons was stated to be extremely clean and well ventilated. ➢lr. Alderman LAWRENCE presented petitions frail ,„. Bezor and Shaw, the Chartists, at present confined in Newgate, praying for a relaxation of the restric tions to which they had been subjected in comae' quence of their misconduct, which, after a 104 discussion, were referred to the Gaol Committee. THE ROYAL ARTILLERY COMPANY. Mr. Alderman lloorers moved, within closed doors, as we were given to understand, that it be referred to the Committee of Privileges to inquire into the recent changes made in the Honourable the Royal Artillery Company, and to report to the Court the result of that inquiry. The motion was agreed to. THE CoUNTRY MARKETS. NEWCASTLE, DEC. 4.—Supplies of all kinds of wheat are liberal, except the finest qualities of south country; they in consequence nearly maintained former prices , but all other sorts are a dull sale at a decline of 1s t° 2s. Barley in most liberal supply, and sale exceeding l9 depressed at prices 2s per quarter lower. In other articles no change. NEWCASTLE CATTLE MARKET, DEC. 4.--- 111 , 11 supply of beasts small, being 300 less than last wee m; Quality middling, and trade active at an advance of 6° ' per stone. All cleared off. Sheep trade exceeding' brisk, at id per lb. above the rates of last week. Abli 800 less than on this day week; quality good, and j sold. Beasts, 400; sheep, 3,200. Beef, 4s 9d to 6 6 9 per stone. Mutton, 5d to 6d per lb. EDlNnuncii MEAL MARKET, DEC. 4.—There we r° ,, in the market to-day 76 sacks oatmeal, each weighl °6 1 2SOlbs imperid, whereof 75 sold thus:-0 at 11 6s 6 1 31 at 116 s Od, 1 at 1/ 53 6d, 0 at 115 s Od, 36 at 1/580 611 7 at 1/ 4s 63; average prico of the whole 11 5s 4d 5-12t13.1 ' 5 sacks flour, whereof 2 sold at 30s, 2at 275, and 1 6 26s Od. 18 sacks pot-barley, which sold thus 11 ,1 1/ 7s 03, 1 at II 4s 6d, 4 at 113 s 03, 2 at 1/ 2s od, 1613 10 at 1/ la 6d. FDINBURGII HAY AND STRAW MARKET, DEC. 4 .": 0 Supplies of all kinds large. Oat straw, from 83 63 „ 1 ,1 lOs Od per kemple of 16 stones Iron; wheat ditto, 76 - 4 to 8s Od; barley ditto, 6s Od to 7s Od. Hay, from • to 10d per stone. DALKEITII MEAL MARKET, DEC. 3.—There we t , 162 bags of oatmeal, 4 of barleymeal, and 4 of P °t i barley at this day's market. sales ready. Oallin up 6d per bag on the top, but 3d lower on the scel, quality; barleymeal up is per bag; pot-barley also vanecci 3d per bag. Oatmeal, per sack, of 280 lbs. First Second Til i ; , l l imperial .. ... ... 24s 6d 22s 9d 2 2 $ "j Barleymeal, per ditto ... 17g 6d 17s 31 — l3 ° 0 ,1 Peaserneal ... ... ... —s Od —s Od • ---9 oa Flour Pot, barley ... —s od I —s od. I --s 20s 9i 1 —5' 1 04.1 I —3 COAL MARKET.—YESTEMDAY. 3 Carr's Hartley East Adairs Main Pls Od Haswell Ski Hasting's Hartley lss Od Lambton Old Tanlield Ord's Redheugh ,As , West Wvlam - 60 W all's End, &c. 1 14s Ik'lBo j Brown's Gas 6 Tees South Hartlepool ..... 170 0 Bell and Brown ...... Buraton Killingworth 17s OCowpan Hartley ...... 1 5 ! ed Hcdley Hotspur .... lgs 3(1 Nixon's Merthyr and 053 10 0 Lambton Primrose - 0 4 Belmont lBs 00 1 Sidney's Hartley ...... ._. . Ships at niatkot, 49. RAM'S:V.A. - le SHARE MARKETS' BRISTOL, DEO. 5. S TOC K EXCHANOIL—The share market win quiet but presented much firmness. The only transaction 11 Great Western, Quarters, 11% dis. LIVERPOOL, DEC. 5. ti 4o, STOCK Exciimica—The share market was not so of to-day, and prices were lower than yesterday, but it e t firmly, with a fair demand. The tran s a c tions were o to low :—Birkenhead, Lancashire, anaTheshire, 16 1 / 9 (late C. and P.), 6 per cent. till 1850, 12% - East 1 .'„ 1 ,1 shire,l2% Lancashire and Yorkshire, Fifths, 6/.lls- iirot —Ditto, Preference 12%—London and North -Wea 113 ' Ditto, New Quarters, % p.—Ditto, Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln, Preference, 9%-0 1 4)) . ; 50% Ditto, Halves, 20% dis,— Ditto, Consol. (B. $. ,s t lio" 26 1 / 4 North Union, 224 Shrewsbury, Oswestri'pitto Chester, 10 dis.—South-Eastern and Dover, 19'• Y. (No. 4), 6%—York, Newcastle, and Berwick (G. Purchase), 6 per cent. till 1850, 4LA die. MANCHESTER, w „ 5 ° STOCK ExcuANoli.--The transactions today follow Birkenhe ad, Lancashire, and Cheshire, 2 01 6 ....r.,L 9 3 / 4 dis.—Caledenian, 12—Ditto Preference, 8 1 - J ll9 6'Y Lancashire, 12 ) 4—Lancashire and Yorkshire, f r ,i ; , t ,„:l"f e ; dis.—Ditto (West Riding Union), 6% c. ference, 6 per cent., I.2!‘4—Leeds and Thirsk, 8 1 4 /3", i and North-Western, 7-16 D. p.—Ditto, Manchester n ri e d, att`: ininglmm (C ), Quarters, 1% p.—Manchester, She y ltii b Lincolnshire, Quarters, (No. 1), 11% — N ort h ScaDu'i; 9 91/ 4 dis. —South-Eastern and Dever (No. 4), ScriP, -4.touth Staffordshire, 4 1 4 dis. g a YORK, DEC. 4. ife re g fia STOCK EXCHANGE.— •The transactions fellow:—Great Northern, 7i/2—Sheffield, Fotherf:: ei2:ve'tottild, Goole, N. Div., guaranteed 5 per cent., 16-1 7011 ''' 1 , ,•1 and Berwick, IS Dit o'(Newcastle Ex tension ) I , tb —Ditto (G. N. E. Purchase), 3 %—Y or k and .i.vo land, 19%. DIED On the 2d inst., at Edm on on, aged SI, CaP tlin •'-- bet b ' Swan Waters. lizsi On the 2d inst.. at Boulogne- sur-Mer, France , .: the widow of Lieut.-Colonel James 'Nita, ag_e d _ 59. 00 0 ---. . ; - -- 4 0 London: Printed and Published by 15AURD(„,-) Pfif No. 112, Strand, Printar, at l'lte Sun Oluc e ' 00 0,01 - strand, in the PrecinA of the SavoY. In t he Illiddlesex, Thursday, December 6, 18,t9. Joey 811t7173, , f Aor ,-- At Manchester, on the 13th ult , the lady of ' 1 " - " o cl, 30th Regiment, of a daughter. tab, Irelii. On the 2d inst., at Greenmount, county of Lo Wog' the lady of L. Macan, Esq., of a daughter. of pr. • (in the 2d inst., at Norland-Equare, the wife ':. gett, of a daughter. 1 D el'i° i , .. Ad A R RIED. On the Ist inst, at the Bavarian Chapel , D a c i l : t igb ter °.;''. Esq., to the Ikon. Jane Matilda Methuen , on l y the late Lois; Methuen. ..' 4.1009 5 % 202 205 Price, at -• Pi an • it , " 0 • • NI • I t cc t a ,- Iyi atr, Ch, Ox