The Sun. — London, England, 1849-12-03 00:00:00

FRANCE. The Droit states that the oath required to be taken by the members of the Legitimatist Associa tion of St. Hubert was this : " Wo swear before God to place our lives at the dis posal of Henri de Bourbon, our legitimate King, and to sacrifice them sooner than betray our oath." The clergyman arrested is the Abbe Matalone. of St. Sererin, and the beadle of the same parish is also in custody. As already stated, the association was organized on a military basis, and it appear that officers of all kinds—corporals, sergeants, subs lieutenants, captains, chefs-de-bataillon, sergeant majors, adjutant-majors, and even drummers—were duly appointed. THE ARMY AND NAVY. (From the United Service Gazette.) STAFF OF THE ARMY. The appointment of deputy assistant-adjutant general, vacant by the death of Major Meade, has been conferred upon Captain Pack, of the 7th Fusi leers. Captain Pack's services extend over a period only of about 16 years, but, we understand, he has received, whilst in the discharge of his duty, a severe injury, which in a great measure incapaci tates him for the duties of an officer of au Infantry Regiment ; and, in addition to this, he is justly con sidered to have strong claims on the score of the bril liant and distinguished services of his late father, Lieutenant-General Sir Denis Pack. Lieutenant Bell, of the 7th Foot, has been appointed Aide-de-Camp to Lieutenant-General Sir John Har vey, Lieutenant-Governor of Nova Scotia. Lieutenant Moore, of the 19th Foot, is Acting Paymaster of the Depot of the Regiment. The Acting Adjutancies of the Depot and that of the 16th FJot are vacant. Stati•Surgeon:Peter Robtrtson has succeeded Staff Surgeon John Millar in the Coventry Recruiting District. Lieutenant Cowper, 86th Foot, has been appointed a Superintending Officer of the 21 London Infantry Recruiting Sub-division. Stet-Surgeon R. H. A. Hunter has succeeded Staff Surgeon A. Cumming in the Bristol Recruit ing Diatmt, and Lieutenant Evans, of the 69th, has been appointed Superintending Officer at Gloucester in the same district. Staff-Surgeon G. K. Pitcairn has been nominated to the Glasgow Recruiting District, vice Dempster. Major Thomson, East India Company's Service, is one of the Staff Oaicers of Pensioners at Cork. Captain F. B. Russell, halt pay,: has _been appointed Staff Officer of Pensioners at Van Diemen's. Land. Staff Assistant-Surgeon Poulton embarked on the 28th November, in medied charge of the detachments in the ship Essex, for Gibraltar. CAPTAIN SIR EDWARD BELCEIER. —lt is reported that this most amiable, gallant, distinguished, and. talented officer has offered his services to the Admi ralty in commanding an expedition to proceed in search of Sir J. Franklin in any direction. Sir Edward's great and well known popularity with officers as well as men in the Royal Navy would, doubtless, place him at the head of an able, deter mined, and fearless ship's company. Tue PEN GE ASYLUM.—There is at present a va cancy in the Penge Asylum, founded by the 'Queen Dowager fur the widows of naval officers, caused by the death of Mrs. Fi7her, the widw of a paymaster and purser. We believe applications for vacancies are made through Captain Bedford, RN., Gentleman Usher to the good Queen Adelaide. DRSERTION TO CALIFORNIA.—Ten men belonging to the head quarter division of the 59th Foot deserted at Rio, being persuaded thereto by the glowing tales of California, narrated by the American adventurers who at present infest the " Paradise of the Pacific," ranch to the alarm and disgust of the Brazilians. It is said that every kindness and attention have been shown by the Brazilian authorities to the officers and soldiers, and that several magnificent entertainments have done honour to the presence of a British regiment. COMMANDER'S OUT-PENSION OF GREENWICII HOS NTAL.—The Admiralty have conferred the vacant commander's out-pension of Greenwich Hospital on Commander Jchn Geary (1831). Ile was a Lieu tenant of 1807, and is an officer of most distinguished service. He entered the navy 1797, and during his alant career of eighteen years afloat was twice wounded,----first, as master's mate of the Monarch, 74, at Trafalgar, and secondly, when serving with a detachment of boats at the capture, July 15, 1806, in face of a desperate and well-concerted resistance at the entrance of the river Gironde, of the French cor vette, Le Caesar, 16. TUE BRITISII FLEET IN TURKISH WATERS.—The French press seems extremely enraged at the actual presence of Sir W. Parker at the Dardanelles, and vents its spleen in all sorts of inuendoes as to the in tentions of Great Britain. It has been asserted, however, upon semi-official authority, that orders have been sent to Sir W. Parket to return with his fleet to Malta ; but we have good authority for be lieving that the fleet will not budge, unless at the request of the British Ambassador at Constantinople. The fleet is placed at his disposal. Lieutenant-General Sir Edward Blakeney, com manding the troops in Ireland, has been summoned to the Council of the Commander. in-Chief upon an important military quection which was yesterday discussed at the Horse Guards. The matter is said to have reference to the command of one of the regi meats in Ireland. Captain Leicester Viney Smith having resigned the office of Assistant-Deputy-Quartermaster-General in Ireland, the appointment has been given to Captain Seton, of the 74th Foot. Captain Seton is an officer of but seventeen years' Garrison service, parts of which have been passed in India and Australia. But he is a man of large professional acquirements of the character indispensable in the department to which be has been appointed. Colonel Forbes, late of the 92d Regiment, is, we hear, appointed to the Glasgow recruiting district. The appointment was offered to Colonel Sir James Dennis, of the 3d Buffs; but the gallant veteran is understood to have declined it, preferring to remain at the head of the regiment in which he is so much esteemed, and of which he has held the command for 18 years. The Colonelcy of the 4th Dragoon Guards has been conferred upon Lieutenant-General Richard Pigot, formerly of the 21st Dragoons. The Lieutenant- General has not the ordinary recommendation of being an old Peninsular officer, but the Duke of Wellington is not unmindful of services ren dered elsewhere. There was work to do in the West Indies in 1794, in the Mediterranean in 1798, and the capture of the Cape of Good Hope was not effected without a struggle in 1806. But it was during the Mahratta War in 1817 and 1818 that the services of the 21st Dragoons were chiefly called into action. There are many records of their gallantry in the history of the great Deccan campaign, and no one knows better than the Commander•in-Chief that the Mahratta was a formidable subreur, and gave to those who discomfited him a clear claim to be re membered in the distribution of rewards. MINING INTELLIGENCE. (From the Mining Journal) The share market continues in a very gratifying po sition, inasmuch that the demands for shares generally are not responded to, but at advanced prices. We learn, not only from our local correspondents, but from several parties who have visited the mining districts in the west, that the mines generally assume a very encouraging aspect, and that a considerable degree of activity prevails throughout. The apparent firmnesss of the metal market, and the many important improvements which have taken place, have given a manifest impetus to this valuable adjunct to our great commercial and national interest. Devon Great Consols hare been done at an advance on last sales. Since the East and South Tamar Mines meetings, held on the 24th November, a large number of shares have changed hands at an advance, and inquiries for these shares are still maintained. Our last quotations appear to have been rather under the average market prices. South Basset, Trelawny, Mary Ann, South Frances, Trethellan, Great Consols, and Condurrow, are among the shares now in request. Alfred Consols and Wheal Tremayne are stated to be in a very gratifying position, and the discoveries in the former are highly important. Tincroft shares have been dealt largely in, and yes terday advices were received of an improvement in the 90 on Chappel's lode, where it is worth 401. per fn. Tamar Consols have also been in request—the present profitable position of each mine affording every encou ragement to purchasers. Bedford United assets were stated, in our last week's journal, at 4,978/. lls. 81; it should have been 5,2061. 03. 4d. The sum of 227/. Bs. Bd. was omitted, being an amount due, for which a steam-engine is held as security. Another dividend of ss. per share may be anticipated at the next hi-monthly meeting in January. An improvement is reported in Tregorden, and shares have bean inquired for. West Wheal Jewel, Kirkcud bright, Mary Ann, tied Condurrow have also been in recriest, from the improvements which hare recently taken place. We learn that the list of shareliolders in the Trethevy Mi n e (late Caradon Copper) is rapidly progressing towards completion, and that a large proportion of the former holders have signified their desire to continue their interest, with an increased number. Shares in the following mines have changed hands during the week :—Devon Great Consols, South Basset, West Wheal Jewel, Trebane, Bedford United, E as t and South Tamar, West Caradon, Condurrow, Stray Park, Tremayne, South Frances, Mendip Hills, Tre allidiY>trlaleieliaijrkendbright, Alfred Consols, Mary , Ann e --Tamar- Consols, Daren, Tincroft, Tregorden, Callingwn, West Pvidence, &c. ee In &newel' ' sets i . d that North Pool, Stray Park, Wheal Seton,; C,' ' .01. Comfort, West Seton, East f -- la.; Gratitabb-te West Buller, and other leading ( 0 hares,. lairs . 'ands. , At the, Goa. ;". olidated Mines bi mon thl y accoun t \--a clivlllered-C€ '1 _ .er share was declared. The profit eittbe to. moss of September and October amounted to 1,7586 13a, 10d.; and the Woo ki hand, after pay meat of dividend, is 1,4581. 14s. Id. The mines are re presented to be looking very well. At the Providence Mines meeting a dividend of 1,120/. was made, being 10/. per share; the profit realised dur ing the three months amounte d 1,4321. 15s. sd. After paying the balace of 2161. 10s. Id. against the company at last account, there remains to credit 96/. ss. 4d. At the Wheal Margaret meeting, for the quarter end ing September, a profit of 2,029/. 13s. Bd, was shown from the sale of about 117 tons of tie. A portion of about 50 tons had been roserved during the previous quarter, in consequence of the depressed price of the metal. A dividend of 12/. per share, amounting to 1,3441. was declared, and a balance of 1941. 9s. 2d. car ried to credit of next account, after discharging the debit of 4911.45. 6d. found against the mine at the last account. Esgair Llee (South Wales) Mining Company and Cwm Erfin meetings were held on Monday and Tuesday last, when some more efficient arrangements were en tered into, and committees of management formed for each mine. The prospects were represented to be very encouraging ; and when the newly adopted measures come fairly into operation, the results will, doubtless, prove beneficial. At Wheal Anderton meeting the accounts showed— Ores sold 4191. 3s. I Id., with a balance against mine, 53/. ss. 41., and calls to receive, 2811. 2s. BJ. At West Downs meeting the accounts showed balance in favour, 57/. Ms. 4d. At the East Buller meeting a call of 10s. per share was made. At the Wheal Reeth meeting, the accounts showed — Costs and merchants' bills, G,7331.—8y tin sold, 5,9881. 7s. 7d.; calls, 2031. 103.—leaving a balance against ad venturers, of 5404 35. 2(1. At the West Whoal Solon meeting, held on 27th Nov., the accounts showed—Copper ores sold, 7201. 13s. 9d.— Labour cost, merchants' bills, and materials, 720/. 4s. Id. —leaving balance, 9s. Bd.; to which add balance last account, loaves in band, WV. 18s. 61 At the Caradon Wheal Hooper meeting, the resigna tion of 49 shares from different parties was accepted, and six forfeited; Mr. Joseph Otton was appointed purser. A call of 2/. per share was made, payable in 14 days. Tho accounts showed a balance against the mine of 5051. 9s. lei. At the Ilunnaford Coombe meeting, the accounts showed cost for September and October, 2711. Bs. 6d., and a balance in favour of adventurers, 2231. 19s. Id. At the Wheal Honnock meeting, a report from Cap. tain James was read, in which he informed the shore holders of some extraordinary discoveries of lodes, made up of rich gossan, containing silver, copper, and carbo , mite of lead; and states that there are thousands of fathoms of ground from which those minerals may be raised at great profit, and for which a good market has been discovered. A call of ss. per share was made. In foreign mines there has been some considerable business done in Mexicans, arising from the important advices received by the Mexican mail. St. John del Rey, Copiapo, Imperial Brazilian, Cobre Copper, Alten, and National Brazilian, have also been dune. The Bolanos report to the 4th October contains nothing very encouraging. THE SUN, RAILWAY RETURNS RLtt.wat TRAFFIC.—The following are the Total Receipts of Rail ways for the past week—that is to say, up to the date to which the respective returns are made, together with the receipts of the same •week in the previous year:— E Week Last El 4 ending NAME OF RAILWAY. week. 1: t;•,-..`.2. 5 - _ _ --- .£ £ Nov. 21 Aberdeen .. 25 Amiens and Boulogne. •• .. 21 Belfast and Ballymena ••••••• • • • • • • • 428 367 25 Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire 757 675 25 ' Bolton, Blacliburn, C 'Aherne, and W. Y. 353 260 25 Bristol and Exeter • • .... • • ..• .••• • .. 3,005 - :18 Ca1ed0nian............. .......... • • 6,374 4,529 25 I Chester and Holyhead. • • ... • • • .. 1,262 1,117 22 Dublin and Drogheda. ••• • • ••••• • • .. 688 623 27 Dublin and Kingstown ••••••• • • • • • • • 561 632 24 Dundee, Perth, and Aberdeen .. •••• • • 1,058 1,035 25 East Anglian.. ..... . •• - 619 621 21 Edinburgh and Glasgow .• • • •••• • • • • 3,'224 2,987 21 Edinburgh and Perth 25 Eastern Counties and North Eastern.• 12,8 6 12,732 18 East Lancashire •• • • .... •• • • ........ 2,607 1,523 25 Eastern Union • ••••..• • • • • • • • 1,417 1,277 24 Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ayr ••• • • • 2,331 2,328 21 Glasgow and Greeneck• ••••••• • - • • • • 908 855 18 Great Northern and E. L. ••••• • • • .. 2,543 - 21 Great Southern and. Western •••• • • .. 3,630 2,975 25 Great Western, Bse ••••• • • • • • .... •• • • 17,093 16,234 25 Lancashire and Yorkshire..• ••••. • • • • 11,765 10,191 18 Lancaster and Carlisle •••• • • • • 18 Leeds and Thirsk • • ... ••••••• • • • • • • GGO - 25 Liverpool, Crosby, and Southport •• • • 85 54 24 Londonderry and Enniskillen • ...... . 123 109 25 London and North Western, &c. 25 London and Blackwall ... ...... 24 London and Brighton .••••.•• • .. • . • • 8,288 7,267 25 London and South Western .-.•• • • • 7,597 7,936 25 Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire 4,671 2,739 25 Midland, Bristol, and Birmingham •• • • 18,933 19,802 25 Midland Great Western (Irish) - Monklands .• • . ....... .. •• - ~...... - 768 25 North British ••..•••••••• • • • • • • • • • • 3,113 2,417 - Paris and Rouen .••••••••• • • • • • • • • • - 5,384 - Rouen and Havre .. •••••• • • • • • ..... - 2,308 25 Scottish Central ••••••••• • • • . • • • .. • 1,110 945 24 Scottish' Midland ••••••••• • • • • • •• • • 335 299 26 Blirewsbury and Chester ••••.• • • • • 25 Shropshire Union .. .. - 349 -- 24 South Eastern and Branches •• •• •• .• 8,248 6,772 18 South Devon•• •• ••.. . • . 24 Taff Vale •• •• •• •••••• •• •• 763 762 - Waterford and Limerick-. -.•••• • •• - 266 18 Whitehaven Junction .• ••••••- • • • • • • 222 204 25 York and Newcastle .••••••• • • • • • • • 12,176 13,120 25 1 York and worth midland . .. -••• • • • 6,629 7.079 IRELAND. (FROM OUR CORRESPONDENT.) DUBLIN, FRIDAY EVENING.—There was but one case adjudicated on in the Encumbered Es tates Com mission to-day. It was only remarkable for the tenacious forbearance v;ith which the Commissioners demean themselves in reference to all proceedings in the Court of Chancery. In this matter a Mr. Ed ward C. Villiers was the owner, and a Mr. Sayers the petitioner. Counsel appeared for Mr. Timothy O'Brien, a gentleman residing in the county of Li merick, to show cause against the making absolute of a conditional order fer a sale, and in case the order should be made absolute, to apply to have the carriage of the proceedings taken from the party who had ob tained it. The application was grounded on some proceedings in Chancery. Baron Richards, in giving judgment, said, that the application should be refused with costs. The Learned Commissioner remarked that where it ap peared that proceedings had gone to a certain extent in the Master's office for the purpose of ascertaining the rights of creditors, the Commissioners should give a certificate to be laid before the Chancellor, that his Lordship might be satisfied that he could allow the proceedings to go on to some extent, notwithstanding the order of their Court. The Commissioners' order stayed proceedings in the Court of Chancery with reference to a sale only, but did not stay other pro ceedings. Some other cases that appeared on the list were postponed. Baron Richards said, he thought it well to observe that for the future the Court would be very strict as regarded the attendance of counsel. The Commis sioners wculd not postpone cases in consequence of the non-attendance of counsel, so that gentlemen who could not attend there had better give up their prac tice in that court, The Coirt then adjourned till Thursday next, the Chief Commissioner observing that, Judge Keatinge having a very heavy case to go into, the Commis sioners could not have the use of his court sooner. They (the Commissioners) would, however, sit in chamber daily as usual. T/1.11 UNIVERSAL DEPRESSION OP TRADE.—The despairing complaints of the farmers, and the re clamations of corn merchants, conjoined to the rumour that a fixed duty of six shillings per quarter upon corn occupied Ministerial attention at a recent Cabinet Council, have excited great agitation in the minds of people here. Already even some of the Liberal and quondam free-trade journals, have " come out" in favour of the fixed duty. I have just seen an early copy of a respectable weekly paper, the Register, Dec. 1, which advocates " fixity' in this mode : "We observe that the conviction is forcing itself every day on the most intelligent men in this country that we cannot go on if something be not done in re gard, at least, to wheat. We have at present in our harbour a regular fleet of Austrian, Turkish, and Gre cian vessels, all laden with corn. There is a constant influx of grain even in a manufactured state, breaking up the milling establishments of which we used to be so boastful. We could not help being struck with an observa tion of one of our few manufacturers, some time since, in view of a French vessel. ' Observe that ship,' said he to the writer, 'it is landing flour free of all port charges; and if I freight it on its return with linen, the article will enter a French port loaded with 40 per cent. duty.' It is not easy to see any trace of the reciprocity which we were promised in that state of things,' said the writer. No,' replied the merchant, ' our allies, the French, are now enjoying what may be considered a monopoly [of our flour market, to the ruin of our millers, and our only manufacturers are practically excluded from their ports.' Such a state of things is, on the face of it, anomalous, and the feel ing is becoming every day more prevalent that it cannot by possibility work to our ultimate advantage." For the satisfaction of the consumers, the writer thus essays to prove the change will be a matter of small moment to them : " The statistics of the question aro these:—A quarter of wheat, consisting of 4801b5., is transmutable into a great number of four pound loaves. It y i elds in the North Dublin Union 154 loaves, a moiety of fine flour being added to the fine and coarse of the wheat itself, ground on the spot. We will suppose that a quarter of wheat will, in general, supply materials for 144 of the loaves usually sold in bakers' shops. These 144 loaves are delivered to so many pur chasers, each paying a portion of any tax, or duty, to which the raw commodity may ba subject. Suppose it to be a fixed charge of Gs. that will enhance the price of the 41b. loaf exactly one halfpenny, or add a farthing to the 21b. loaf, which is more commonly delivered to the public. A halfpenny added to the cost of 4lbs. o f _ bread is an imperceptible burthen. It would I only make that 7d. w.' is now sp., leaving society the agreeable cense' • that it enjoys great modera tion in the cost of t. ipal article of food—a mode ration not known for .4 • ny years. " But it may be very questionable whether a fixed duty of 6s. would add even one halfpenny tothe 41b. loaf, or, rather, whether the loaf may not remain at the present price, notwithstanding the imposition of such a duty. The change in the navigation-laws is only sow beginning to make itself felt. It is calculated that it will reduce freights ss. or 6s. a qulrter, and with I the advantage of freights so reduced it might therefore be practicable to draw a small fixed revenue from wheat, without raising bread to the smallest fractional amount above the present price to the public." When the writer proves that farmers can not be as effectually relieved by a reduction of rents, and that lands are not at present let at exorbitant prices, he may be able to convince the consumers of bread that they should tax their stomachs, however lightly, for the ultimate advantage of the landlords. LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 3, 1819. COFFEE.-CHICORY. A deputation from the Commercial Association of Manchester, consisting of Messrs. Atherton, De Cas tro, Robert Smith, &c., waited on the Chancellor of the Exchequer, for the purpose of presenting the following memorial on the subject of the sale of chi cory, under the denomination of coffee. The depu tion was very well received by Sir C. Wood, who expressed himself anxious to give the subject his best consideration. The following is the memorial of the association : " TO THE RIGHT HON. SIR CHALKS WOOD, DART. &C., CHANCELLOR OF HER MAJESTY'S EXCHEQUER. " The Memorial of the Directors of the Manches• ter Commercial Association, " Respectfully Showeth,—That the attention of this association has been specially directed to the practice which extensively prevails amongst the re tail dealers in this country of mixing chicory with coffee. _ _ _ "That the annual consumption of coffee in Great Britain has been estimated at about 37,000,0001b5. and that of chicory, for the purpose of admixture therewith, at about 22,000,0001b5. " That a duty of 4d. per lb. is levied upon colonial coffee, and it is further burdened with freight and charges e Le port v3rYing from Gs. to Bs. per cwt. i n it s t rans it of shipment to thi s country, w hil e c fr h o a m r chicory, the produce of Great Britain, is untaxed. " That in the opinion of your memorialists, the serious evil which is thus inflicted upon colonial coffee planters, and the gross imposition practised upon the public, demand the interforence of her Ma jesty's Government. "That while your memorialists disclaim all desire of seeing any special advantage extended to colonial coffee planters, they, nevertheless, respectfully submit that as they have expended large sums in the culti vation of their distant estates, they have reason to demand that they should be placed upon an equal footing with the growers of chicory in this country, so far as duty is concerned. " That your memorialists are aware that it has been alleged by dealers that consumers of coffee con sider its flavour to be improved by mixing chicory therewith. If such, however, be the fact, why should deception be practised by the dealers in vending the latter article under the name of the former ? " May it therefore please you to take the matter into your early consideration, and, by a reduction of the import duty upon coffee, place the colonial planters upon a more equal footing with the growers of chicory, and take such steps . as may seem calculated to guard the public against imposition by compelling the dealers in chicory to sell it under its true name. " And your memorialists, &c. " Manchester, Nov. 28, 1849." LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF EXCHEQUER, Dec. 1. COLLINS (CLERIC) V. COLLINS. This was an action by the Rev. Charles Collins, the vicar of Faversham (Kent), to recover from his brother, Mr. W. A. Collins, who is a member of the Chancery bar, the sum of 6,0001. for money lent. Sir F. TIIESIGER, (with:whom was Mr. Hoggins) opened the plaintiff's case; and from his statement it appeared that towards the close of the year 1845, the plaintiff, at the request of the defendant, had been in duced, upon the security of:some property which he pos sessed, to borrow a sum of 6,0001. from an insurance office in Kent, which sum the defendant entrusted to a Mr. Thomas Saunders Cave, who was at the time largely engaged in mining and other hazardous speculations, for the purpose of purchasing shares in a project then before the public, known as the Paris and Strasbourg Railway Company. By a memoran dum of agreement, dated the Ist of October, 1845, the defendant charged his house, No. 18, Hyde - park-square, with the payment of a sum of 2,0001., part of the sum of 6,0001. so advanced by the plain tiff; but afterwards, when the Paris and Stras bourg Railway, like many other schemes started at the same time, became abortive, the defendant refused to pay his brother any part of the 6,0001. ad vanced, and alleged that it bad been advanced to Cave who was not now solvent, with the knowledge of the plaintiff, as a loan, and that Cave alone, and not the defendant, was liable to the plaintiff. In order to satisfy the jury that the nature of the defence set up on the pleadings could not be supported by the facts, the Learned Counsel read various extracts from a very voluminous correspondence, carried on between the two brothers, and running over a period of nearly four years. The evidence adduced in support of the plaintiff's case consisted almost exclusively of the let ters and documents referred to in the Learned Counsel's statement. Mr. MARTIN (who appeared for the defendant) inti mated that his defence was also founded on a very extensive correspondence, with which, if the case proceeded, he must trouble the jury. It appeared to him, however, that by trying the case to a close, un necessary injury would be inflicted on the feelings of both parties ' • and he, therefore, thought this might be spared and justice better done if the voluminous correspondence, of which the jury had heard a part, was read over carefully by some gentle man at the bar. For his own part he was convinced both the parties acted from first to last bond fide, although they appeared to misunderstand each other. The CUIEF BARON certainly felt that, considering the relationship between the parties, it was a proper case for reference. Sir F. TIIESIGER thought it would be preferable, if one of the Learned Judges could be induced to peruse the correspondence, and say whether the de fendant was bound to pay the sum advanced. It was ultimately agreed, after some discussion, that Mr. Baron Alderson should be asked whether, under the circumstances, he would undertake to decide between the parties, and if his public duties prevented him the case should be referred to a gen tleman at the bar. A verdict was thereupon taken for the plaintiff, in the sum mentioned in the declaration, subject to the above arrangement. EXCHEQUER CHAMBER, Dec. 1. (Sittings in Error from the Court of Exchequer.) RENNIE AND ANOTHER V. WYNN. This was a bill of exceptions to the ruling of the Chief Baron. The action was brought by Sir John Rennie and Mr. Remington to recover upwards of 2,0001, the balance of their bill for engineering and surveying work executed by them for the East and West Junction Railway, of which the defendant, Sir William Wynn, was at one time the deputy chairman. It appeared at the trial that at a meeting of the committee of management, whereat the defendant presided, Mr. Remington and Mr. Maclean were appointed engineers of the line, and the case of the plaintiffs was, that the latter gentleman having re signed, Sir John Rennie had been associated with the former, and that these two having done the works specified in their demand, and having been paid a portion of their claim by the solicitor, they were now entitled to recover the balance. In the course of their case they tendered this entry in the books of the directors, under the date of the 13th Septem ber :---" Resolved, that Sir John Rennie be requested to accept the post of joint engineer to the line with Mr. Remington .....asaes. chairman ;" and also a docu ment which was put forward as a letter from the then secretary, conveying to the plaintiff Rennie the in timation of his appointment. Both these documents were rejected—the first, because it had no signature of any one as chairman of the meeting; and the second, because there toisoaa w bobvifg a ele s iort no authority in the secre tary to write such a letter to the plaintiff, if letter it was, which was doubtful. As to the rest of the case, accordinglythe f n evidence cian tChiefplaintiffsw whatever refusing srit directed l eg e yt W r e dtal opinion dynti :o to ostufhtoi ehtree t dt h j ; per t ther e layadniendtfotei nirfipds: defendant, tnfawashentr preferring idt n n hhe g o ee. their right of appeal to the Court of Error. Mr. MARTIN (with whom was 'sir John Bayl e y) now appeared in support of the . bill of exceptions, contending that the two documents in question ought to have been received at the trial, and that, even rest r of the evidence on though they were proper l y re j ected, t h ere was an amplecasethe opinionm ade out of the taken as to the liability of the defe nd a n t t o the claim of the plaintiffs. in the e uy ought to have bee n The ATTORNEY-GENERAL appeared (with Mr. Welaby) for the defendant, and contended that the direction below was quite correct, and that the two documents were properly rejected, as there was no evidence whatever to connect the defendant with them. As to the entry of the resolution, it did not appear that any meeting had ever been held on the 13th of September, or that the defendant was present or knew of any other engineers than Remington and Maclean ; and as to the letter of the secretary, that was not a letter to the plaintiff, but a mere memorandum, and certainly was not an act within the ordinary scope of a secretary's duties. Both of these had rightly been rejected; and that being so, there was really nothing else at all in the case to go to the jury. Mr. Justice PATTESON was of opinion that the de fendant was entitled to the judgment of the Court. The documents were properly rejected by the Chief Baron, and his ruling was perfectly correct as to the true character of the other facts proved by the plain tiffs. Judgment for the defendant in error. CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT. OLD COURT. James Stirland, 25, pleaded " Guilty " to a charge of forging an acceptance to a bill of exchange. He was sentenced to be kept to hard labour for two years. Charles Corby, 20, was indicted for feloniously cutting and wounding Mary Noble, with intent to murder her. In other counts the intent was laid to be to do grievous bodily harm. Mr. W. Cooper prosecuted, and Mr. Payne de fended the prisoner. The prosecutrix, a good-looking young woman, de posed that she was unmarried. She had known the prisoner for three years, and in August last they went to live together as man and wife, and continued to do so until the Ist of November. On the 31st of October they had a quarrel, but she could not say what it was about, although she knew it was some foolish thing or other. They had had similar quarrels upon other occasions, and she had frequently told him that she would leave him, and she did so on this occasion. The prisoner pressed her to make it up with him, but her temper would not let her, and she re fused ; and in the evening she left the pri soner's lodging, and went to a place where she had formerly lived, in Ironmonger-row, St. Luke's, and stayed there all night. The next morning she went to her work at capmaking, at the house of Mr. Lee, in Prospect-place, St. Luke's, who was the pri soner's brother-in-law ; and about ten o'clock in the morning the prisoner came and inquired for her, and she went down to see him. The prisoner then asked her where she had passed the night, and she at first refused to tell him, but, on his saying that if she told him the truth he would forgive her, she said she had been to her old landlady's. He then asked her how she could go there, when he had so repeatedly cautioned her not to do so; and said he supposed she frequently went there unknown to him, and that she went to see some one unknown to him. Witness re plied that she had better be there than with him, quarrelling, and although she knew he liked her, and she liked him, she would rather part from him than be continually quarrelling as they had been. She then went up into the work-room, and the prisoner followed her, and in a good-humoured manner pressed her to come home to dinner, but she refused and s iid she did not know whether she should ever go to his house again. , 'When she said this the prisoner looked at her as though his "heart would burst," and said, "I hope you and I will be in heaven before long," and he then went away. In about an hour and a half he again came into the room. He appeared very pale and agitated, and the tears were running down hi: cheeks. He placed himself opposite to her and looked fixedly at her, and she was so alarmed at his appear ance that she exclaimed " Charley, what is the matter with you; what have you been doing ?" and leaned towards him and kissed him. She thought he was going to return her kiss, when at the same instant he drew a razor from his pocket and cut her throat. She shrieked out acd pushed the prisoner away from her, and said he would be hung for what he had done. He replied, " I could not help it, Mary. Ido sin cerely love you ; I don't sham it, and if I cannot marry you, no one else shall." The prosecutrix, in answer to a question put by Baron ALDERSON, said that the prisoner was a watch maker, and was apprenticed to his father, and was not yet out of his time. She herself was 22 years' old. The prisoner's brother-in-law, and one or two other witnesses, corroborated the statement of the prosecu trix with regard to the circumstances under which the act was committed. One of them stated that at first the prisoner appeared to be rubbing the prosecu trix's hair, when he suddenly drew her head back and cut her throat with the razor, which he took from his left-hand pocket. Mr. Joseph Asbury, the surgeon who was called in upon the occasion, described the wound as being se veral inches long; the external jugular vein was divided, and the injury was altogether of a most dangerous character. A police-constable deposed, that when he took the prisoner into custody he asked him if Mary Noble was dead, and on his telling him he believed not, the prisoner said, "I know I shall be hung for this. Oh, policeman, you don't know what love is !" He also said that when the prisoner made this observation he tore his hair and appeared in a state of great agitation and distress. Mr. PAYNE, in his address to the jury for the prisoner, endeavoured only to shield him from a conviction for the capital offence, and urged upon the jury that he had committed the act in a moment of frenzy while under the excitement of love and jealousy. Baron ALDERSON, in summing up, said that how ever distressing it might be to the feelings of the jury to find the prisoner guilty of a capital offence under such circumstances, yet they had only one duty to perform, according to their consciences and the oath they had taken, which was to say what was the truth of the matter according to the evidence. The Learned Judge then recapitulated the facts of the case, and conclwied by asking the jury whether it was possible to come to any other conclusion than that the prisoner really intended to destroy the life of the prosecutrix. The jury, after deliberating a few minutes, returned a verdict of Guilty of wounding with intent to mur der, but at the same time strongly recommended the prisoner to the merciful consideration of the Court, on account of his youth. The prosecutrix also got into the witness•box, and, at the same time bursting into tears, earnestly im plored the Court to have mercy on the prisoner. The latter, upon hearing the nature of her application, began to cry bitterly, and leaned his head upon the front of the dock, and seemed deeply affected. Baron ALDERSON, in ordering judgment of death to be recorded against the prisoner, said it was a most dreadful case. It was evident the prisoner had com mitted the desperate act of which he had been con victed under the influence of love and jealousy, and this was one of the consequences that frequently re sulted from connexions of this description. At present judgment of death must be recorded. He would do what he could for him, but the prisoner must expect to receive a very severe punishment, and it would be for the Crown to say to what extent. Henry Snell, 59, - mariner, was indicted for feloni ously sending a letter to Henry William Snell, threa tening to murder him, and also to murder Jane Snell, his wife. Mr. Ryland and Mr. E. Platt conducted the pro secution. Henry William Snell deposed that he was in the service of Messrs. Allen and Son, in St. Paul's Church yard. The prisoner was his father, and on the 24th o f October he received a letter which he knew to be in his handwriting. The letter was produced and read. It was ad dressed, " Mr. Henry Snell, Messrs. Allan's, St. Paul's Churchyard," and on the envelope was written, " Forward this to your infernal mother immediately." The letter commenced, " You infernal ---, I again condescend to address you, and if you do not imme diately send me lit of my money within two days from this date death shall lbe yours and Henry's por tion. I will have one, at all events, if not both. I am fully prepared, and will walk straight into Allan's shop, and shoot him like a dog. I care nothing for myself; I can die but once, no matter how. Cheer fully will Igo to the gallows, and with much plea sure will I die, to your eternal disgrace. I have spent my last shilling for pistols, and may I be if I don't use them for the purpose they are intended." The letter proceeded at considerable length in a strain of foul abuse, the threat of destroying both the pri soner's son and mother being repeated in it. He concluded thus—" I am, your determined and blood thirsty husband, H. Snell." _ _ The prisoner, who had no counsel, declined to ask his son any questions on cross examination. Upon being called upon for his defence, the pri soner said he was in great distress, and had suffered many privations, and in a moment of excitement he wrote the letter in question ; but he denied entertain ing any serious intention of injuring either his wife or his son. The jury found the prisoner Guilty. Mr. RYLAND said that the prisoner had been brought to his present position by intemperate habits, and the only desire of the family was to be protected from his violence. Mr. Justice CRESSWELL sentenced the prisoner to be confined in Newgate for three months, and at the expiration of that period ordered him to enter into his own recognizance in 1001., with two sureties in 50/., to keep the peace for two years. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION-HOUSE. On Saturday Mary Ann Rowland, who appeared to be above the ordinary class of paupers, and carried an infant in her arms, was brought before Sir J. Key under very remarkable circumstances. Mr. Thwaites, the relieving officer of the City of London Union, and the clerk of the parish of Christ Church, N T ewgate•street, attended upon the occasion. Mary Ann Rowland had been on the preceding day charged before the Lord Mayor with having ha rassed Mr. Thwaites, the city of London relieving officer, for relief, without possessing any claim as a casual pauper. She had, it appeared, frequently re ceived assistance from the union, both in and out of the house, for some years, but in consequence cf the violence of her conduct within the walls, the authori ties had come to the determination never again to admit her. In addition to the parochial vexation which she had for a considerable time occasioned, she became the mother of an illegitimate child, but even that fault would have been overlooked in the merciful consideration of the guardians if she had shown the least feeling of gratitude or disposition to industry. She proved to be singuluarly deficient in both ; but her case, notwithstanding her gross misconduct, at tracted the sympathies of those before whom she appeared, and strict inquiries were ordered to be made into the account she gave of a very extraordinary event, which, if correctly represented, would have the effect of establishing her claim beyond all doubt upon the funds of Christ Church parish. She stated to Mr. Thwaites, and subsequently to the Lord Mayor ' that some month ago, having a claim by right of birth to support from Christ Church parish, she was induced by the authorities there to consent to marry a man who belonged to another parish, and that she had received the sum of 4/. for such service ; that she had put up the: banns for the, man whose wife she had intended to become and her self, but that her lover at the eleventh hour refused to enter the church, and that consequently she had been obliged to get another man to adopt his name ; that in her anxiety to oblige her parish she had prevailed upon a sailor to go to church with her, and marry her in the name of the person to whom she had been engaged, and that she handed over, as the price of that accommodation, the sum of 1/. to the sailor, who thereupon went about his business without having had anything more to do with her. Yesterday Mr. Young, the solicitor to the parish of Christ Church, attended in order to hear and answer the case. The young woman having stated the facts as to her marriage with the sailor in the name of the man whose name had been included in the banns with hers, and her purchase of the husband for V., but softened down her statement as to the knowledge of the parochial authorities, said, in answer to Sir John Key, that scarcely three months had transpired since her marriage, which occurred in St. Luke's Church, Whiteehapel. Sir J. KEY—How long did you live with your husband ? Defendant (laughing)—l never lived with him at all. lle was going off to sea, and off he went. Sir J. Kry—W hat ! the moment he married you ? Defendant—Yes ; he only waited to get his sove reign, and then he cut away.—(Laughter.) Sir J. KEY—Do you recollect his name ? Defen dant—l think it was John Kelly.—(Laughter.) Sir J. KEY—Do you happen to know the name of the man to whom you expected to be married ? Defendant—Yes ; Joseph Murray. We were called three times, but he would not come and be married, I suppose, because he did not consider the parish gave enough.—(Laughter.) 41. was but a small fortune. Sir J. KEY—I suppose that child is Joseph Murray's ? Defendant—No, it a'nt. It's Bill Maw by's. He was a bookbinder with me, but he's dead. Mr. Thwaites—She swore that she would leave the child wi:h me if I did not do as she required. Sir J. KEY—What reason have you for saying that tho pari'h authorities induced you to marry to rid them of the responsibility of supporting you? Defendant—Why some of them were in the church when I was married to John Kelly, the sailor. I asked one of them for money to pay the fees, but he refused me. Mr. Young (the solicitor to the parish of Christ Church) said it was impossible to conceive a more foul misrepresentstion than was contained in the state• went of the defendant, which was the more dangerous as some of the assertions which she openly avowed, and which told against herself, were undoubtedly true. It was well known that the authorities of Christ Church parish were most kind and liberal to the poor. The case of the defendant was one of the strongest instances of that fact, and she bad availed herself of their liberality to libel their motives. She had represented to the parish that a young man named Joseph Murray, who was the father of her child, was willing to marry her; that such an event would save her character and make her for ever, and that if she had the means of furnishing an apartment and redeeming her clothes she and her husuaud would be able to support themselves without being burden some to any parish. The authorities listened favour ably to the sugge,tion, and some of the officers were sent to witness the performance of the ceremony, which accordingly took place, but not a syllable, of course, had been mentioned as to the substitution of one man for another. Sir J. KEY (to the defendant)—Did you ever in troduce Joseph Murray to the parish officer ? De fendant—No. I would if he had come, but he wouldn't. He hadn't the pluck. But he's a pauper himself. Sir J. KEY—Did you introduce John Kelly to them ? Defendant—Of course I did. He met me at the church door, by appointment, and I intro duced him as Joseph Murray, and so we were mar ried, and I paid him for it. Sir J. KEY said that the conduct of the defendant was certainly such as showed that she had no sense of decency, not to say a word about morality. It was equally clear that she had extended the imposi tion from the clergyman who performed the cere mony to the parish authorities of Christ Church, and it would be desirable that a further investigation should take place ; and, in the interval, the woman and her child should be maintained by the union. Mr. Young said the parish authorities were deter mined to inquire into all the circumstances, and it was his opinion that it would be in his power to bring to light the whole of the particulars of a very vile confederacy to defraud them. GUILDHALL. Mr. J Nairne, of Warneford-court, stock-broker, was brought up for further examination, charged with not surrendering to be examined as a bankrupt in the Court of BAnkruptcy at the time notified by the L.ndon Gazette. Mr. Lucas, the counsel for the creditors, said he had two charges to make. Besides not surrendering under the fiat, he was charged with embezzling three Exchequer, bills, with which he had been entrusted for safe custody only. Mr. Sturgeon, an innkeeper at Hounslow, was recommended to Mr. Nairne as one of the best men to tell how to make a safe invest ment of 1,0001., and Mr. Nairne advised the pur chase of an Exchequer•bill at 48s. premium. The innkeeper's friend next inquired about a safe place of deposit for such a thing, as the innkeeper lived at a now lonely place. Mr. Nairne said there was an iron chest in the Stock Exchange, in which he had securities to the amount of some thousands. It would not be negotiated, but be merely kept safe for him. Mr. Sturgeon afterwards purchased, and deposited with Mr. Nairne, two other bills for 7001. Eventually Mr. Nairne absconded to France, and it was found he had negotiated the bills. Mr. Sturgeon and sonic other witnesses were ex amined in support of this statement, and then an adjournment was granted to get further evidence. A solicitor stated that at the next hearing he should adduce a like charge of negotiating 2,0001. worth of Ituesia❑ Bonds, the property of a clergyman, under circumstances of great atrocity. They were en• trusted to him in like manner, without authority to negotiate them. JONES'; OR TUB GOLDEN LECTURESHIP.—This honourable and valuable appointment, vacant by the resignation of the Rev. Thomas:Dale, was en Saturday conferred on the Rev. Henry Melvill, 8.D., by the Haberdashers' Company. PERILOUS POSITION AND PROTIDENTIAL ESCAPE. —'l he followin g gra phi c anec d ote of S i r James Ross ' s expedition has been comm un i ca t e d t o us b y one o f t h e parties engaged in it:—" Those who have never visited the rocky icebound shores of Greenland, can form no conception of our dangerous position on the evening of the 15th and morning of the 16th of July, 1848. It was raining and blowing fresh. We were moored to an iceberg, and that berg drifting in a space of open water not larger than the Grand Harbour of Malta, sur rounded by mountains, precipices, and glaciers ; huge bergs drifting and closing around us from all directions, presenting to the eye a scene of terrific grandeur. No means of escape left us—the only passage—that by which wo entered this sombre locality—being blocked up with heavy ice. The berg that we were fast to began to tumble to pieces ; we had then no alternative left but the dangerous one of making sail, and endeavouring to get hold of one aground. To accomplish this we had to run the awful risk of coming in contact with some of the numerous floating masses through which we had to thread our way in the " wind's eye." Our vessel was sluggish and uncertain in her movements, and had we " missed stays " our destruction would have been inevi table. Ilad we been commanded by an officer of ordi nary experience it is hard to say what would have been the result; but our safety was entrusted to a man firm of purpose, and of strong nerve, who gave his orders on this trying occasion as cool and distinct as if h e h a d been "tacking ship" in the middle of the Atl an ti c . At five A.M. we got hold of a berg aground, and lay fast to it in apparent safety until the afternoon of the following day, when we let go and stood into open water, all of us exceedingly glad that we had got out of our critical predicament." Moderation is the silken string running through tho pearl-chain of all virtues.—Eliza Cook's Journal. OFFICIAL ANNOUNCEMENTS.—The system of re duction in the Customs' department is still being carried out with rigid economy. Among other arrangements a diminution has been made of 15 persons in the number of officers employed in the class of landing waiters at the port of Liverpool ; and, as opportunities occur, re. ductions are effected at many of the smaller ports, which, although of comparatively small amount in each case, will in the aggregate form an important item in the financial expenditure. In Dublin, however, wo understand that the requirement of the service render it necessary to increase the existing staff of officers at that port ; but that any new appointments which may bo deemed necessary will be filled up by experienced offi cers, whose services have been dispensed with at other ports in the United Kingdom. The situation of Collec tor of Customs at Sierra Leone, recently become vacant by the decease of Mr. Logan Hoek will be filled up by selection from the list of redundant officers whose ser vices have been discontinued on the abrogation of the imperial duties in the West Indian and Nerch American colonies. The Queen has conferred a pension of 100/, per annum from the Civil Li A, upon Mr. George Petre. one of the honorary secretaries of the Royal Irish Aca dewy, who is so well known for his extensive antiquarian researches.—Senday l'aper. CIIRLiTMAS GEESE.—There are two poalterers in Spalding who have now near 4,000 geese up, tattering for the approaching Christmas. They are fed upon dry oats, ar.d the quantity they daily consume is almost in credible.—Lincolnshire Chronic?e. LEST OP SCOTTXSE COMPANIES' PIIICES Dividend Amount ' Name of Company. per of Paid. Prioe, Annum. Share. £ e. d. t 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 31. 19 City of Glasgow Bank . 61. per cent. 10 0 0 10 0 0 12 Clydesdale Bank •• • • 6 35 per cent. 20 0 0 10 0 0 131.65. Commercial Bank •• •• 71. per cent. 500 0 0 100 0 0 163 l'a3torn Bank.. •• •• •• 61. per cent. 25 0 0 10 0 0 8% Edlnb.&Glacgow Bank 61. per cent. 5 0 0 5 0 0 6% Exchangeßnk of Scot 4l. per cent. 100 0 0 50 0 0 201 !sic of Man. Company 71. per cent. 10 0 0 7 0 0 ' , rational Bank 634 per cent. 50 0 0 10 0 0 143 siorthof Scotland Bank 41. per cent. 20 0 0 5 0 0 31.0 s North-British Bank . • - Royal dank of Scotland 5/. per cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 125 Unten Bank of Scotland 81. per cent. 100 0 0 5G 0 0 85 Western Bank •• • • 71. per cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 731 Aberdeen Fire and Life 73%1.pr cent 12 10 0 2 0 0 2 B. Accord. Lite and Fire - 20 0 0 • 0 10 0 - dritish Guarantee Ins. 41. per tent. 10 0 0 I 0 0 Its 6d Caledonian Fire Incur. 101. pet cant. 100 0 0 10 0 0 21 Church of England Ins. 50 0 0 2 0 0 - City of Glasgow Life 6l. per cent. 25 0 0 2 0 0 21. Is Edinburgh Life Insur CI. per cent. 100 0 0 12 10 0 19 East of Scotland Life lO 0 0 015 0 96.0 d. Eng. & Scot, Law Life 51, per cent. 50 0 0 217 6 - Hercules Insurance Co. 71. per cent. 100 0 0 10 0 0 - Insur. Co. of Scetlnd.• SI. per cent. 100 0 0 10 0 0 - Life Assoc. of Scotland 61. per cent. 10 0 0 1 0 0 11, 7s Mercantile Life ... • National Fire and Life b/. per cent. 10 0 0 1 0 0 208.6 d North British Incur s3¢l.pr cent. 200 0 0 20 0 0 23% North & West of Scot 6l. per cent. 10 0 0 1 0 0 - Scottish Life and Guar 2O 0 0 0 11 0 - Scot. Mas. and Gan. Life 0 0 0 15 0 - Scottish Union Insrace. 6541. pr cent. 20 0 0 1 0 0 i225.6d Standard Life ...... 51. per cent. 50 0 0 4 50 i 5% United Dep. Assurance 51. per cent. 10 0 0 1 0 0 14s. MISCELLANEOUS. Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. Z. s. d. Z. I. d. Auction Mart .••• • • .• 21. bs. 50 0 0 25 Australian Azrieulturl I/. 100 0 0 30 0 0 16 Anglo-Mexican Mint.. 11. 4e. 10 0 0 10 0 0 - Ditto, Half Shama.. 210 0 - Canada GI. per cent. 100 0 0 32 10 0 26 Uppr Canada Bonds 51. per:cent. - pity Navigation .... 90 Gen. Revers. & Invest. sp. c.&bs.2l 100 0 of 100 0 0 - Equitable Reversionry 51. pr cent. 100 0 0 ;100 0 0 103 Gen.SteamNavigation 11.8 s. 15 0 0 14 0 0 25 London Institution .•• 73 15 0 - Russell Institution.. • • 26 5 0 - Peninslr & Orient.Stm. 81. per cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 73% Reversionary Int. Soc. 4341. 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 Dleman's Lund.. 100 0 0 23 0 0 9 EtY MARKETS. 'flees to-day are unchanged. .1 s. d. 8. r. Barley, English, pr imperial quarter 31 0 to 32 0 Irish, Scotch, and )Vlanx,per6olb,.. 3 0 3 4 Barley, Feeding.. 3 0 3 4 Rye, per 4801 b .. 22 0 24 0 Beans, English, pr imperial quartr 34 0 36 0 Irish and Scotch, per 4801 b.. .: 50 0— 31 0 Foreign, duty pd. 25 0 25 6 European, per im perialquarter.. 32 0 —33 0 Peas, Engllsh, per imperial quartr 32 0 33 0 Foreign • • .. 29 0— 33 0 Malt, English, per Imperial quartr 50 0 5G 0 Do., Irish •• 40 0— 4G 0 Do., brown • • 30 0 —5l 0 Flour, English, pr 2301 b 31 0— 35 9 Irish, extra fine.. 34 0 35 0 Muted States, per barrel .. 23 0 26 0 (Canadian .. 23 0 23 6 iOatmeal, English, PRICES OF StIARES IN BANKS, ASSURANCE, ANS OTHER COM- PANIES' StOCIi. From the Official List. PUBLISHED EVERY I'IESDAT AND F2IDAY EVENING. LONDON. FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 30. JOINT-STOGIE 131124-3 ES, Name of Company. A:tetralasia • • •• • • • • .• It rash North American C vi on Commercial of London C ilonial Gloucestershire ...• lonian • • Londn and Wositainstr Loudon Joint-Stock ... Provincial of Irelang • • Ditto, Now... • • • •• N . :Atonal of Ireland •• Nat. Provncial of Eng. Ditto, New. • • • • • • • South Australia • • • • • • Union of Australia.... Union of L0nd0n..... Union of Madrid .•... Dividend per Annum. 31. per cent. 51. per cent. 71. per cent. 61. per cent. 6/. par cent. 151 per cent. 61. per cent. 61. per cent. 61. per cent. al. per cent. 87. per cent. 51. per cent. 61. per cent. 5/. per cent. 5/. per cent. 61. per cent. 61. per cent. 61. per cent. INSUILALNCE C, Name of Company. ,Ulianco Brit. and For. Ditto Marine. •• • • Atlas ......... Dritisti Commercial .. TericLMed.tia Cien.Life 0 ~ ftity .............. Eigie •• • ...... European Life ••• - • • Family Endow Pant Soc. Freemasons' . • • • • • • • • GI )t:e G fardian ............ Imp,ri al Fire • • • • • • • • Imperial Life •• •• • • Indemnity Marine • • • • Law Fire ............ Law L ife •• • • • • • • Legal and General Life London Fire ........ London Ship ........ Med. Inylid&Gen.Life Sational Lean Fund.. iationid Life.... Vanadium Life Pelican ... •••• • .. VIIO3IIIX • • •• Protector Life •• .. • . • Proyiden t Life FD c!: Lloyal E xehanze Sun Fire •.. T.ife .... U. i'od Kin doin . Universal Life.... .... Vlot3ria Lifo • • • • .... Dividend per Araum. 31. 10s. 711486(1k bs 61. per cent. 136.6 d. pr sh. 7s. per share b pr ct.B4 bs. 31. 14e. Cis. 43 per cent. bs. Gt. per cent. 6/. per cent. 51. 121. per cent. 12s. it. sh. & bs. 11. 16s. 104. 10s. 12s.per share '4NI. per et. 51. per cent. 81. per cent. 51. per cent. zl.p.sh.&bs. 51. per cent. 11. ss. & bs. bs. 6d. per cod. 61. 10s. 11. 6s. V. per cent. 10% pr cnt. 51. per cnt. Amount of Share. X st. d. 40 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 25 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 100 o 0 10 0 0 So 0 0 100 0 0 20 0 0 25 0 0 50 0 0 40 0 0 Z .. d. 40 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 20 0 0 25 0 0 25 0 0 20 0 0 13 0 0 10 0 0 25 0 0 10 0 0 22 10 0 35 0 0 10 0 0 22 10 0 25 0 0 2 10 0 10 0 0 40 0 0 IIVIPILN: Amount of Share. s. d. 500 0 0 'lOO 0 0 100 0 0 50. 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 20 0 0 100 o o 20 0 0 Stock. 1 100 0 0 500 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 25 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 20 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 20 0 0 100 0 0 S 0 0 Stock. 20 0 0 100 0 0 4 0 6 9 0 0 4 0 0 DOGHS. Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. -- .f.. s. d. X s. d. East and West India... 6/. pr cent. Stock. - - East Country - 21 London - 114 Ditto Bonds •••• • • • • 4/. per cent. - - - St. Katharine •••• • • • • 4 per cent. Stock. - 79 Ditto, Scrip - - - - Ditto Bonds •• • • - - - S^..ithampton •• •• •• •• 21. per cent. 50 0 01 50 0 0 - BRIDGES Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of raid. Price. Annum. Share. .£. a. d. £. s. d. Charing-cross... - - - 25 0 0 - liouthwrk,Nw Sub.A.v. - 632 12 8 - 2 Ditto Nw of 1 7,, p.c. 355. per cent. 50 0 0 - e Waterloo • ........... - 100 0 0 - 3 Ditto Old Ann. of 8/. 11. 4s. 01 - 60 0 0 27 Ditto Nw ditto of 71. 11. Is. Od. - 40 0 0 24 Vauxhall .... •• • .Ay. 11. 70 10 3 - - 121 TATER-11170$14:5 Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of raid. Price. Annum. Share. -- - £ s. d. X s. d. East London.... ••• • • • 81. 100 0 0 - 18134 Grand Junction ••- • • 4/. per cnt. 50 0 0 - 82 cent- .... ---- .• 1 31. 108. 100 0 0 --75 Lambeth ••• • • • ...... 51. per cnt. 100 0 0 - 99 New Rivr Lndn Brdgo , . 21. 10s. - - 55 Vauxhall ............ ; 51. per cnt. 100 0 0 - 96 West Middlesex • . . '6l. Os. pr cnt., - - 120 GAS-LIGHT AND COKE COIV/PANEES. Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Price Annum. Share. . --- British ••••••• • • • • • - 1/. X. s. d. A. a. d. 40 0 0 18 0 0 14 Ditto Provincial- - 11. Bs. 20 0 0 20 0 0 18 Brighton ••••..• • • • •• 51. cent. 20 0 0 - 16 City of London .. • ••• • 101. 100 0 0 100 0 0 950 ContinentalConsolidat. 925. pr share 73 0 0 31 5 0 30 Equitable -•• • • ... •• • • 501. pr share 50 0 0 50 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 London.... .... ...... - 50 0 0 SO 0 0 - Ditto - 50 0 0 50 0 0 - Do., Parl. Preference 61. per cent. 25 0 0 2 10 0 - Phoenix . ............ 4%1. per et. 50 0 0 48 0 0 2834 Itatcliff . •• • .* .. -• • 51. 100 0 0 90 0 0 76 United General .... - Is. 6d. 50 0 0 60 0 0 13 Westminster Chartered 31. 50 0 0 - 46 Ditto, New .... -.. 12s. 50 0 0 10 0 0 i 8A CANALS. z I I . .-. Dividend Names of e, Dividend Price. Names of . pr Companies. , f, per Companies. 2 : 1 1 Ann e Price. WIII. of Annum. eo 1 --........._ - -. ' X X A.shtn& Oldh 97 71. 113 Macclesfield. 100 21. 10s. 50 Barnsley.• • • 160 121. 180 Neath • • • • • • 100 161. 34 0 17,..r1nk&Abrg 150 51. 15 Oxford- • • • • 100 201. 115 Birmingham 35, 41. 82 Peak Forest. 73 31. 18s. 70 Coventry.... 100, 257. 210 Regent's • • • • 33 11. 2s. 18% Derby • • • • • 100, 6/. 63 Rochdale... • 33 41. 50% Ellsmre&Chs 133 565. 41 Somrset Coal 150 71.105. 130 Erewash • •• 1001 321. - Do.LkFdSt 12 61. p. c. - GrandJ (mein 100 51. 86 Stffrd &Wore 140 281. 403 Grand Surrey 100; 21. 30 Shrewsbury.. 125 151. - Grand Union 1001 11. 10s. 24 Stourbridge.. 145 20/. 300 Grantham .. 150 - - Severn and Kennt & Avu 39 1 Is. 60. 54 Wyeatail. j 26 21.05. - Leeds& Livrp 100 301. 325 Warwick& Leicester ..• • 140 5/. 63% lairming. j 100 41. 63 Lemetr &Nth 83, 41. 48 Warwick& } 100 31. 43 Loughboregh 142, 701. 650 Napton.. Aonmouthsh 100 81. - Worcistr & ] 78 31. 42 Nintgentrysh 100, - - Birming. Ifeltmlfwbry 100 - - Wilts & Brks -14 s. 9 38 6d per bushel for old samples. Irish from 2s 6d to 34 4d. Good old English beans 14s to 153 per bag. Peas average 43 per bushel. Spring vetches from 5s to 5s 6d. Rye 45 to 43 6.1 per bushel. At Stourbridge market on Friday business was heavy, but we cannot quote prices lower. Eoglish wheat, white 5s 4d to 5s Gd per bushel of 621 b, and red ss. Barley as last quoted, 29s 6d being the highest rate per quarter. In other grain no transactions worth noting. At Stratford-upon Avon market on Friday there was a lair amount of business done. White wheat main tained last quotations, and good samples of red found buyer-. Barley hardly worth so much money Oats, beans, and peas flat. Kidderminster market was sell supplied with wheat, which was disposed of at 6d per quarter below last neck's rates, though farmers tnade this concession with reluctance. Barley is per quarter cheaper, but not much business done. Beans and oats rather lower. For peas a slow sale at late rates. Wolverhampton market was plentifully supplied with whr at, and the demand not corresponding, farmers had to submit to a reduction of Is per quarter to effect sales. Barley also declined in value to the same extent, and in otl‘er grain there was a corresponding depression, with a 1 mited business doing. At Rugby and Atherstone market there was a decline of about is per imperial quarter in the value of English wheat upon the rates of last week. Good English wheat sold at 15s to 15s 6d per bag, or 15s 9d tor the finest samples of white. Barley was inquired for, but was to be had at less money than last week—average, 27s per quarter. Beans and peas lower. Oats better supported, and worth fully as much money. The re duction which has latterly taken place in the value of stock has led to a slight reduction in the price of meat, though by no means corresponding to the decline in the cattle market. COLCHESTER, DEC. I.—The trsde for wheat and barley has been dul and droopint , at all the markets of this district throughout the week, and the quotations have fallen back to the figures they stood at previous to the advance of a fortnighr ago, In our market to-day wheat declined 2s to 3s per quer er from the prices no ticed, white being from 44s to 51s; red, 42s to 465. Only the very finest samples of malting barley maintained their former value, all other descriptions were dull of ale, and from is to 2s lower. On Friday, at Chelmsford, wheat was unsaleable unless at lower rates, and the quotations of the day were— u bite, 44s to 483; red 42s to 453. There was a very large supply o: fine burley, and prices declined is per quarter from last week, the best samples of malting reaching only 31 s. _ _ In Sot)lkall the leading markets have this week been lower. At Stowmarket, on Thursday, the wheat trade was miserably dull at is reduction, and for the best samples of barley an abatement of is to 2s was obliged to be sub mitted to to cilia sales. At Woodbridge barley generally was 24 lower; the best samples of malting ls; white peas were also is cheaper. _ _ _ Ai Bury wheat and barley were both reported Is to 2s lower, and trade extremely dull. The like reductions were recorded at Ipswich, Bungay, and Eye. GLAscow, Nov. 29.—At our market to-day the numbers were —oxen, 597; sheep, 464. Owing to the scarcity of cattle at our market to-day it caused prices to range a shade higher than last week's prices. Beet ox beef 48s per cwt, second quality 42s to 45s per ditto, cows, bu ls, and inferior beasts, from3Os to 35s per ditto, sinking the offal. Sales dull, and a few cattle turned out unsold. Owing to the large supply of sheep it caused sales to be dull at barely last week's prices. Best wethers commanded fully Sid per lb, second quality from 4d to 4id per ditto, old ea es 3d to aid per ditto, sinking the offal. Several lots turn , d out unsold. litLxviTu, Nov. 29.—The relative weight per four bushels of the three prices of wheat were 18st 61b, 18st lib, and 16st 81b. Oats, I2st 121 b, 12st ta, and lOst 71b. Barley, 16st 81b, 16st 31b, and 153 t 11b. Peas and beans, 18st 121 b, 17st 111 b, and 17st 121bs. Qrs. Best. Current. Inferior. 268 Wheat .. £2 8 0 £1 15 6 £1 7 0 1611 Oats 1.0.;.6 Barley 33 Peas and Beans 1 12 0 1 6 6 1 3 0 Average of wheat 34s Id. ABERDEEN, Nov. 3U.—Grain—Oats 13s to 14s 04, 401 b per bushel ; oats, new, 00s Od to 00s ; foreign oats, 00s Od to 00s Od per qr.; barley, OUs to 005 Od, 521bs per bushel; bear, 20s to 005, 521bs per bushel ; wheat, 40s to 45s ; oatmeal, 11 s6d to 12s 6d per boll ; flour, 34s to 38s per sack. Provisions—Beef, 5d to 7d per lb ; mutton, ditto, 5d to 7d ; veal, ditto, 5d to 7d ; pork, per stone, 45 6d to 55; lamb, per lb, Ed to 7d; tallow, per stone, 4s to 4s 6d ; potatoes, per peck, 10d to le ; hay, per cwt, Os to Os ; rabbits, each is to 132 d; hares, each, le to is 3d ; grouse, per brace, Os to Os ; butter, per lb, 7d to 9d ; eggs, per doz, I s to if 3d ; cheese, per stone, Os to Os ; hens, per pair, 2s 64 to 350 d ; chickens, ditto, I s Pd to . 43 Od ; ducks, dittos Is 8d to 2s Od; ducklings, ditto, Is rd to is 8c1; turkeys, each, 7 1, to 8s Od; geese, ditto, 7s to 8s Od; butter for exportation (present cure), per cwt, 50e to 00s ; eggs, wholesale price, per dozen, 9d to Os ; 4b loaf, 6d ; 2lb leaf, 3d ; pork, per stone of 14 Ibis 3s 6d to Os Od; pork fine, small, 5s 6d to Os Od ; pork larger 3s 6d to 4s 3d; ship pork per barrel of 204 lbs, Os to Os. Meal—Oatmeal, Is 3d to Os Od; barley dust, 7d to 8d; peasemeal, Is 8d to Is 9d; side, 7d to 8d; bearmeal, le 2d to Is 31, flour, is 10d to 2s ; barley, per lb, lid to 2d; barley flour, is 4d to Os Od. CORK, Nor. 30.—The supplies of both foreign and home grain are moderate. The receipts of the latter for the week are:—Wheat, 2,326 brls at 17s to 215 6d per brl; barley, 2,181 brls at 8s to lis 6d per brl; oats, 4,922 brla at 6s bd to 93 4d per brl. Owing to the smallness of the supply every description has been taken readily at full prices. Of prepared Irish wheat some sales have been made at 21s per barrel, and of Odessa at 23s 94. Anything of prime foreign is scarce and in great demand. Malting barley, and pilaw descriptions of grinding are looked for and find ready purchasers at ratber improving prices. The value of prepared oats is scarcely supported. Holders have lowered their pre tensions and black oats are now offering at Ss 9d per barrel, frum that figure to 96 being the current value 9f the article, in which there is little doing. Irish flour if still found to work badly, and is in consequence ahnost unsaleable. Foreign flour, however, bring scarce, is eagerly ked for and fetches readily the prices of last week. Coal se descriptions continue in demand. In the early part of the week a slight improvement was mani fested in Indian corn, and some business was done 1 0 the article at an advance of 23 6d per ton. During th e last day or two however there has been less liveliness 10 the trade, and we must quote the article a dragging sale at the improvement noted. We note it s current value 61 5s to 61 7s 6d per ton• Indian meal continues to meet a languid inquiry: Flour—First 12s 6d to 135 64 ; extra 14s 6d seconds, 111 Od to 12s 6d ; households 9s to 1 Is; thirds, 7s to BS per cwt. Oatmeal 9e 6d to 10s; Indian meal 636 d to 6s 9d; wheat meal, 9s 6d to lOs per cwt. Indian corn 125 s Od to 12716 d per toil. Bran 31 I Os to 311.2 s 6d per ton. Hay—Farmers 25s to 365; averar 305; dealers 34s to 40s Od; average 37s per ton. Str aw—Farin e rl 12s 04 to 24s Od ; average 18s ; dealers 25s Od to 275 u°: average 00s Od per ton. Bread—Wheaten loaf 6d to eid household loaf 5d to bid per 41b. Fresh butter, Sd ° 9d per lb. Eggs-6s Od to 6s 2d per hundred. Coals--' Newport 14s; Lydney 163; Landore 14s ; Best Neath Culm 13s per ton. Tallow 395 Od to 00s per cot: Whisky, 25 o. p., 5s 9d per imperial gallon. Mel' —Beef 4d to 7d; mutton 4d to bid; veal 4d W Od ; pork 40 to 5d ; bacon 7d to 8d ; sausages 5d per lb. Hops 81 Os per cwt. Bangor slates 3/ 21 6d to 3155 per ton. Bark—Barbary 715 s to 815 s; Valonia 141 to 01; French 715 e; English 01 per ton. Fleece Wool 10s to 12s per tone; Hemp 321 to 00i per ton. Fish— Scotch herrings 18s to 191; re" ditto 24s to 26s per barrel ;:Newfoundland 00/ 00s to 00/ Pe e ton. Timber—Memel, 85l per ton ; deals, first quality, ledif second quality, 16s per 100. Hides—Market 12s to 161 ' salted 13s to 18s per cwt ; calf skins 2d to 24d per Iv. Potatoes, white bid to 8d ; Minions lld to 12d ; Guano' Peruvian, 11/ 10s; Ichaboe 91 per ton; Tar—Archang el 19s per barrel. RAILWAY .1 . 541 14.. MARKETS. BRISTOL, Du 1. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The transactions to-day were as follow :—Great Western, Whole Shares, 60 -Ditto, Quarters. 104 dis. Ditto, New 171. Sh ares, 7% di e. Midlan Stock, 51. LIVERPOOL, DEC. 1. STOCK EXCIIANGE.—There was a very good demand for shares to-day at the quotations. The transactions Were as follow .—Lancashire and Yorkshire; Fifths, 614 c. c ll . l ° —Ditto, Halves (No. 4), 6t/ 5 p.--Birkenhead, Lancashire; and Cheshire, 16 1 /,; dis. Great Northern (London B. o° ' York Extension), 2 dis. Great Western, Fifths, 1 1 3 k: —London and North-Western, New Quarters, 3 1 6 Fifths, 1% c. p.—Midland, 51% c.—Ditto, Halves, 20%, dis.— Oswestry and Chester, 10 1 A4 dis.— South-Eastern an Dover, (No. 4). El. lls. 3d--York, Newcastle, aad Ber wick (G. N. E. Purchase), 6 per cent. till 1850, 4% do. YORK, - Nov. 39. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The transactions to-clay were is follow :—Great Northern, 7 3 / 4 —Eastern Counties, 7—Noral Staffordshire, 8 LA— York, Newcastle, and Berwick Extension' 11%—Ditto (G. N. E. Purchase), 3X. NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE, Dac. 1. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The transactions to-day were ati follow :—North British, Thirds, 3 1 4—Ditto Quarters, VA' York, Newcastle, and Berwick Extension, 12. GLASGOW, Nov. 30. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The transactions to-day were as fol low :—Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ayr, 4614—Edinburg b ' Perth, and Dundee, 71h—Clydesdale Junction, 48%. A paragraph, which recently obtained extensl circulation, stated that Sir Charles Rowan, the C h ief Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police, intended re signing his situation ; and it was rumoured that Mr. 13 '' W. Harvey, the head of the City of London Police force, would he appointed his successor. Sir Charles Roo° has no intention to relinquish the duties of Commissioner' His health, we are happy to learn, is now quite restored. —Weekly Chronicle. BIRTHS. f 0 This morning, at Cricklewoud, Middlesex, the w if e Adam Rivers Steele, Esq., of a son. Of At Bromley-house, Guildford, on the 27th ult, the w if e •- E. Jekyll, E , q , of a son. On the 27th ult., at Upper Clapton, Mrs. William 31.111L well, of a son. On the 28th ult., at Clarence-place, Dalston, Mrs. R. F " Steele, of a son. On the 28th ult., in Bedford-row, the wife of Mr. Holmes, of a daughter. On the 28th ult., at Sion-hill, Bath, the lady of Frao ciS Falkner, Esq., of a daughter. MARRIED. On the 29th ult., at St. • ark's, Myddelton-square, Fonci9 Berringtoii, second coil of Mr. Richard Crittall, West Wic,.: ham, Kent, to Fanny Morris, eldest daughter of Mr. °"'" Godfrey, of River-street. DIED On the 15th ult., at Gibraltar, Thomas Australius , surviving son of General Sir Thomas Makdougall Brisbane, Bart., On the 25th u1t., 1 at Hemswortb, aged 74, Lucy, widow' °f the Rev. Henry W. Champr.eys, late rector of Ba dswob, Yorkshire. On the 28th ult. at Islington, Elizabeth, wife of J. P e ' Le Roche Bragge,Esq. London: Printed and Published by MURDO YOLJ./Ga, No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun Office, . 0 " ) .,„; o f Strand, in the Precinct et the Savoy. in the cooly &lige69.lr, Monday, December 3, 1848., THE COUNTI LIVERPOOL, DEC. s. d. s. d.I Wheat, per 701 b : English, old.. .. _ . Do. new .. 6 4 to 6 6 6 0 6 3 4 10 5 6 5 8 5 10, 5 9 6 0, 7 0 7 4 6 6 7 6 6 8 6 10 Irish, new Do., old .. Manx, red and wh. Dantsie, liigli mixed Do., mixed Rostock .. llambargh and Lower Baltic .. 6 6 6 8 American, white 6 B—6 10 Spanish and Italian, red and white.. 6 0 6 5 lltmgarlan and Mariaropoli Odessa, Polish .. Do., common .. Do., hard.. . • Egyptian •• Oats, per 451 b : English, Scotch, and Welsh .. 3 0— 3 2 Irish, new, best mealing •• 2 5 2 G Do., mid and inf. 2 3 2 41 Old •• •• 2 7 2 8 .. 5 3- 5 6 5 S -- 6 0 5 2 - 5 6 4 6 - 4 9 4 0 - 4 4 Indian corn, per &Fcoteli,pri4olb ‘l3 0 24 0 4801 b •• 26 0 29 G Irish, new .. 21 6 22 t. Do.lllcal,perl96l9 14 0— II 6, Do , old .. .20 0— 21 0 WORCESTER, DEC. I.—The market was well attended, and we can quote but little alteration in prices since our last report, though, if anything, they are in favour of the buyer. The highest price for best white English wheat is 16s 6(1 per bag. The general run is 16s, and for red samples, 15s per bag. Barley in slow request, at a re duction of about 6d to is per quarter. Grinding quali ties 3s, and fine malting 33 6d to 3s 8d per bushel. Malt 7+l 61 per bushel. English oats average 3s for oew, and $ s. d. 50 0 0 11 0 0 b 0 0 5 6 8 5 i 0 10 0 0 10 0 0 5 0 0 b 0 0 All paid. 4 0 0 3 0 0 35 10 0 50 0 0 10 0 0 5 13 1 2 10 0 10 0 0 2 0 0 12 10 0 12 10 0 15 0 0 2 0 0 2 10 0 5 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 10 0 0 0 10 0 ~A Paid. :Es. Paid. Price. Price. 121% 49% 223% 19 60 14 _6% 210 e. 5 % 202 205 1;-