The Sun. — London, England, 1839-01-03 00:00:00

SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. MONEY AND CITY NEWS. Th, newsp pubh..l.,al ;u 11,, agricultural districts are beginning to be struck with the statements of the Man chester manufacturers. The Bury Post, which is " quite ready to join in the opinion that if either the agriculture or the commerce of this country must be sacrificed, the for mer is incomparably the more important interest of the two," and " that the standard of value which has been con ferred upon landed property by laws of twenty, or perhaps forty years' standing, is not lightly to be disturbed," sees, however, that " if the present state of the law continue, our ability to compete with foreign manufacturers, not only in the markets of the world abroad, but within our own country, must every year diminish as the application of skill and capital is extended on the Continent," and thinks that " the grand desideratum of the Legislature is to find that rate of duty which, withoutinterrupting the improvement of our own soil, will render the produce of other countries at all times admissible." It is something to have an admission that the present law is too injurious to the commerce and in dustry of the country to be much longer endurable. Those who contend that this country ought to be independent of all others for the supply of food, forget the trifling circum stance that no Corn-law can regulate the seasons, and that by preventing a regular trade in food, we deprive ourselves of the means of supplying our,deficiencies io bad seasons. It is no doubt most important that lords and squires, who are over head and ears in debt, should still desire an in come from artificial prices ; but then a famine at home, without the means of relieving it from abroad, is very much calculated to wean the affections of the people from the landlords' law. The Rev. Mr. Stephens and Mr. Oastler think that every man has at all times a right to as much meat and drink for himself, wife, and children as they can possibly consume. We are more moderate : we merely wish that the landowners would let the in dustrious classes have as much food as they can ob tain in exchange for the produce of their labour ; and we predict that—so strong is the feeling of man kind, that all attempts to prevent the labourers from sup plying their wants by their industry are unjust—they will not stiffer themselves to be starved so quietly as their land lords may suppose. The people of England are prover bially patient, and had corn been purchasable at the pre sert price, they would have submitted to short commons, for the sake of enabling the Squirearchy to indulge in a becoming luxury. As Captain Basil Hall would say, a country can hardly purchase at too high a price the glory of having a spending class. But then, unfortunately, when the high price is offered in vain for cargoes which are not forthcoming, John Bull begins to have doubts whether the glory of the Aristocracy, like other glories, may not be too costly. The Hull Observer of Tuesday last very happily exposes the claims of the landowners to liberality in allow ing wheat to be imported at a nominal duty when it reaches a certain price : " We produce," say the Legislature of ' landowners,' " the staff of life, and, therefore, reasonable profits ought, under all circumstances, to be secured to us; but, being very reasonable and easily satisfied, we, in the plenitude of our beneficence, decree that when wheat reaches 725. a quarter, you, the multi tudinous masses, may get a supply from Germany or the Ame ricans. God forbid that we should absolutely starve the people of England 1 And it is credible that the disinterested and benevolent Lords and Gentlemen who passed the Corn law of 1828, really believed that foreigners would always keep a supply on hand sufficient at any time for the English de mand. They never imagined any difficulty in procuring abundance from the Continent ; they aimed at preventing as overwhelming importation from foreign ports, and, therefore, enacted that the duty should rise upon every' reduction of price consequent upon increased supply. But actual experience has demonstrated a truth, which no person of ordinary knowledge and observation ever doubted—namely, that the steady and usual demand regulates supply, and that it is ridiculous to expect foreigners to keep their granaries full of wheat on the chance of a deficient harvest or extraordinary demand from England. Germans and Americans are not English serfs. They exist not for our convenience solely, but have an eye to the profitable investment of their own capital. Thus it has come to pass, that although we should gladly snake extensive purchases of corn from Continental growers, they have little to spare. Enormous prices --80s. and upwards a quarter—produce but small quantities in compa rison with the English demand." (FROM TILE. MORNING rArEns, OF TM? DAY. ClifioNlCLE.—Business in the English Stock ket I.as not been extensive, but its appearance, notwithstanding, is good, and a tendency to improve is apparent. Consols closed la 941 to 944 for the opening, which is I per cent. higher tll.ln yesterday. Exchequer Bills left off at 645. to 665. prem., and Bank Stock at 2021 to 2031. Foreign Securities do not present any material alteration si,:ce yesterday, and the transactions in them have also been unimportant. Spanish Active was last marked at 161 to 36i; Portuguese Five per Cents., 31i to 314; ditto Three rer Cents., 204 to 204; Dutch Five per Cents., 1014 to 1011 ; ditto Two-and-a- Half per Cents., 54 to 544, ex. div. ; Belgian, 99 to 991 ; Brazilian, 771 to 78 ; Colombian, 251 to 26 ; and Mexiean, 23 to 23i. Shares on the whole continue to look well. Birmingham, ld;left off at 78 to 80 prem. ; ditto, new, 24 to 25 prem. ; S:.uthampton, old, 45 to 46 per share ; ditto, new, 20 to 21 prem.; Great Western, 12 to 13 prem. ; Leeds and Man chester, 19 to 21 prem. ; Birmingham and Derby, 10 to 8 (!ii ; Brighton, 3+ to 3 dis. ; Blackwall, 14 to 1 dis. ; Greenwich, 161 to 174 per share; Croydon, 124 to 13} per si.are ; and ditto new, 2 dis. HERALD.—The Money Market, either as regards the ccinmercial discounts or the transactions on the Stock Ex ( Lange, presents but little occasion for remark. The transactions in the Share Market have been of no mo ment, and with regard to the railway concerns, there is a strong i.pinion that the "thing" has been overdone, since scarcely tie most prosperous are able to pay their expenses without drawing upon their capital, or obtaining new loans, and it is understood that the Croydon Railway will be in the market ,i,ortly for a new loan, to the tune of about 130,0001. to corn -,,lete a line which will never add Is. of wealth to the country through which it traverses, a remark, by-the-by, which will apply to most other railroad concerns. Great Western Rail ay Shares are 124 a 13 pm. ; Brighton are 3k a 24 dis. ; B;ackwall are 14 a dis. ; Southampton are 4 dis. ; and Croydon 64 a dis. ; London Joint-Stock Bank Shares are 34 a pm. ; and Colonial Bank Shares 44 pm. Commercial advices have been received from the Mauritius to the 3d of October. Their contents are generally not very important, inasmuch as they give but a very faint account of the state of commerce in that settlement, which appears, how ever, to continue in a most stationary position. The exchange fur Government bills at 30 days' sight was 3 per cent, prem., and on private bills 2 a 3 percent. die. Mauritius Commercial Bank Shares were 5 per cent. prem., and the rate of dis counts on local commercial bills 6 a 8 per cent. per annum. Freights to England were 41. per ton, with five per cent. pri msge, and indemnity claims were scarce at five per cent. prem., according to circumstances. One letter from Port Louis states that the unsettled state of the sugar market here had had the effect of checking the speculation in sugar for the European markets, which decline, all our commercial men will recollect, was caused by the impolitic reduction in the draw b.ick upon the exportation of sugar refined in this country. In consequence the planters had resolved to ship sugars to this market on their own account, and run the risk, with the view of saving the middle commission. The amount of the new , •ugar crop, which had arrived at Port Louis, was estimated at about 18,000 bags. PO ST.—A half-yearly general meeting of the Proprietors of the Colonial Bank was held to-day at the London Tavern, when a favourable report of the state and prospects of the Company was received, and a dividend was declared of two and-a-half per cent. for the half year ending on the 30th of June, 1838. The only arrival of later date to-day was from the Mauri tius, whence we have accounts to the 4th of October. The commercial advices from England, relative to the decline in, and the unsettled state of, our sugar market, had reached Port Louis, and they had had the effect of checking speculation in that article in the colony. The fall here, it will be remem bered, was caused by the great reduction in the drawback upon the export of refined sugar. The planters had, how ever, preferred shipping on their own account, and to take the chance of the home market to lowering their selling prices in the island. The quantity of the new crop which had arrived in town was about 18,000 bags. Freight to London was 41. to 41. ss. per ton. Government bills on England, at 30 days' sight, were at three per cent. prem., and private at 90 days two to three per cent. disc. Commercial Bank Shares are quoted three prem. Discount on commercial paper was at six to eight per cent. per annum. Representations like the above are, it must be admitted, a sore trial to the patience of the man who finds that he cannot always buy a loaf when his children are crying for bread.—Morning Chronicle. We recommend to all who are curious to record the fantastic and tyrannical tricks of the Whig Government, to read attentively the letter of our Manchester Correspon dent. The intention was to strike a formidable blow at a supposed helpless individual ; but the clumsy wielders of the hammer have, as is the Whig custom, broken their own heads.— Times. The Globe of last night has fallen foul of the following passage, which appeared in a leading article of this paper yesterday :—" No one pretends to say that the followers of Mr. Stephens have ever imbrued their hands in blood, or that they have destroyed property in any way." Our Contemporary admits the first clause of the sentence, but observes, with regard to the second, ." One good half of the Morning Herald's assertion is flat untruth. It is pretended, nay, it is proved to moral conviction, that the followers of Oastler and Stephens have on their promptings proceeded to destroy property." Our remark was confined solely to the case of Mr. Ste phens, but we should like, in either case, to see the facts alluded to distinctly specified, and the connection between them and the parties named satisfactorily established before we concede to our courteous opponent the truth of his counter assertion. We apprehend that the Government, whose good graces he would be nothing loath to propitiate, would feel itself to no small extent his debtor, if he could make out the parts to which he so confidently, but indis tinctly, appeals. In the same article from which our Con temporary has quoted the sentence he condemns. nay, in the very next sentence of that article, we alluded to the charge of burning Mr. Jowett's mill, which was for some time directed against some unknown disciple of Mr. Stephens, as baying been gainsaid by Mr. Jowett himself. This we should take to be pretty good authority ; and, un til we are put in possession of the other cases on which " the moral conviction" is supposed to rest, we must be excused for retaining our own opinion, notwithstanding the flat contradiction by which it has been met. It is some what singular that the Globe should rest satisfied with picking out a single sentence from an article which con demned the policy of the Government in respuct to this very question of incendiary speeches, and leave the main body of the argument untouched ; that it should have passed over the allusions to Mr.O'Connell's inflammatory harangues, and the demand that equal justice should be dealt to him and to Mr. Stephens. But it is easier to reply to a general assertion or an incidental expression than to a train of reason ing calculated to prove the inconsistency and partiality of Dlinisters in cases which can only be distinguished from each other by the influence of the parties implicated. After all, the Government and their advocates will find, should they succeed in convicting Mr. Stephens, that if they stop there, and do not follow up the law in other instances, it will be no easy matter to satisfy the public that justice was the only object in view. There are some side-thrusts made at the Corn-laws in the article of the Globe, which corroborate the opinion now pretty generally entertained as to a medi tated attack on the rights and property of the agricultural body. We hope that the influential leaders of that im portant class will not suffer themselves to be out-generaled on that occasion, but will prepare to meet the Ministers in Parliament with all the zeal and energy which circum ataeces are likely to require. The tone of the Govern ment Press is a sufficient indication of what is intended in that quarter, and it only remains for those who are in a position to check the advance of the enemy to show that they are prepared for the crisis.—Mortzing Herald. TFIE ONLY DAUGHTER, EDITED BY THE AUTHOR OF " THE SzniaLTEßN.'"—The Editor's an nouncement, that " The Only Daughter" is " the pro duction of a mere girl—of one brought up in seclusion"— would be sufficient to disarm us of all severity, were there in the work itself anything which might have a tendency to excite such a feeling. But the case is quite otherwise. " The Only Daughter" is not only a production of great merit, bat of brighter promise for the future. Written in a style of considerable beauty, and abounding wifh descrip tions of a high order, it exhibits at the same time no com mon power on the part of the authoress of seeing into the workings of the human heart. It is a tale of pure, and gentle, and maidenly love—of true and generous friendship. To carry it forward, not many actors are required ; a few, accordingly, occupy the stage. They are all well con ceived. In the character of Ruth Annesley there is a de. gree of originality which we had no right to expect from so young a writer, and it is this circumstance, not less in the command which she seems to have acquired over the English language, which makes us confident that the antici pations expressed by the Editor will not be disappointed.— Literary Gazette. On Friday night the house of G. Morgan, Esq., at Brickendonbury, near Hertford, was entered by some burglars, who succeeded in stealing a large quantity of plate, consisting of 240 silver spoons, forks, and knives of diffe rent kinds, besides other va rious articles of value. An inquest was held yesterday in the Dover-road 430 the body of a little boy named Passfield, who was found dead under melancholy circumstances. The jury, after some consideration, returned a verdict of " Manslaughter against John Passfield, for that be has accelerated the death of the deceased, his son, by wilfully neglecting to supply him with necessary comforts and food, he being labouring under disease called consumption." The witnesses were then bound wiser to prosecute at the Central Criminal Court. The invest;gation lasted seven hours, and caused a great Sensation in the neighbourhood. THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY, JANUARY 3, 1839. KIRKCUDBRIGHT ELECTION. The return of Mr. Murray has been most triumphant. hi no instance has greater enthusiasm been manifested by all classes of people in favour of any candidate for parliamentary honours. This was excited partly by a desire in electors and every one else to testify their respect for the high character and worth of Mr. Murray as a private gentleman, and partly by respect for and devotion to those liberal constitutional prin ciples of which he is known to be an unflinching supporter. lad any other candidate appeared on the Liberal side, he ould certainly have been opposed, and the result might have been doubtful. But the most determined Tories saw from the beginning, that all opposition to Mr. Murray would be worse than useless, and would add to rather than detract from his triumph. The election took 'place on the 31st. Mr. Murray was escorted into Kirkcudbright by about 300 of the most respect able electors from all parts of the county on horseback, and sas received by the trades. It is believed that no fewer than from 5,000 to 6,000 individuals from different parts of the county were assembled in the town, who greeted Mr. Murray, on his appearance on the hustings, with cheerings unparalleled in the annals of Scotch county elections. Mr. Murray was proposed by J. H. Maxwell, Esq., of Munshes, and seconded by Mr. Haining, a respectable farmer. No other candidate having appeared, he was declared duly elected. On coming forward to return thanks, he was for a while prevented from proceeding by the cheering. When this had sub t•ided, Mr. Murray expressed his heartfelt thanks for the nour the electors had done him in electing him to be their representative in Parliament. To have received such a mark of their approbation and confidence was most grati ing to him, and he should endeavour to deserve it. He said i.e could make no pretensions to the eloquence, business ha bits, and high attainments of their late distinguished represen tative (Mr. Fergusson), but he pledged himself to discharge Hs duties as their representative zealously and faithfully to the best of his ability. He bad always openly avowed his political principles; they were those that placed the House of Brunswick on the throne. He professed himself a Constitu tional Whig—a Reformer of the school of Earl Grey, the most eloquent and accomplished statesman of our times. reese principles, he said, would lead him to support the pesent Liberal Government of our most gracious Queen in ai safe and salutary measures of Reform ; but at the same time, he was determined never to become the tool of any :Ministry; that having neither place nor pension, and r o hing to ask for, he went into Parliament a free and iuilependent Member, ready at all times to do all in his ',Giver to promote the cause of civil and religious liberty, lat: resolved to withstand all rash, violent, and revolutionary projects. While be avowed his determination to assist in re forming all abuses, he would study to preserve the purity and grity of the Constitution, believing that the stability of the throne was essential to the preservation of the gMs and liberties of the people. Mr. Murray then went on o say, that he should pay every attention to the interest and iiness of his constituents, and do all in his power to promote t'- , e agriculture, trade, and commerce of the county. Having concluded his address, amid deafening cheers, Mr. irray was presented by the Magistrates with the freedom the town. He then entertained the electors to a collation the Court-house, when several excellent speeches were ale and liberal toasts proposed. There were also copious I . t:itions of punch at the market cross. The utmost harmony p evailed, and the day will be long remembered as the most g :laying of its kind in the annals of Kirkcudbright. CAPTAIN SCOTT'S " RONDA AND GRANADA." —There are few readers who may not derive information, n;:(1 none who will not find considerable amusement, from p n using these reminiscences of Captain Scott's " Excur sions" in the South of Spain. There is no part of this de l'ghtful, though distracted country, which, in reference either to the magnificence and beauty of its ancient monu ments, the picturesque and varied character of its scenery, th e peculiar manners and customs of its wild and dark ibitant., more claims, or more rewards attention, than the province of Andalusia, comprising the four kingdoms of S .ville, Cordoba, Jaen, and Granada ; the most interesting calities of which are described with great truth, taste, and spirit by Captain Scott. Were we, as we are not, unac qu.iinted with Spain and the Spaniards, there is a some thing in the author's style and tone of thought and feeling, which would command our confidence in the correctness of s individual narrative and the justice of his general views. Equally removed from the inflated and the common-place, hi,; book records events, anecdotes, and impressions, or touches on subjects of more gravity and importance, in the language of an intelligent and well-educated soldier.— Morning Post. Mn. WARD'S NEW WORK.—These " Pictures of the World" will unquestionably form a most attractive idition to our " National Gallery" of Literature. They arc three in number, each essentially differing from all the others, yet each exhibiting a master's hand. " Sterling" is a highly finished " picture" of the highest grade of actual society in our day. " The Enthusiasts" belongs to the school of romance, but the realities of life are so intimately b'ended with it, that it will touch a chord in every heart. The third " picture"—that of " Penruddoek ; or the High-minded," combines, in a singular manner, the high eat qualities of the other two : it is at once romantic, li . s:orical, and full of the realities of domestic life. We are also much mistaken if it does not include portraits, the living originals of which can scarcely fail to be recognised. Between eight and nine o'clock yesterday morning a female, about twenty-five years of age, respectably dressed, Ma , observed by the Waterloo bridge-keeper sitting in one of the recesses, evidently in a very desponding state of mind. He was induced to watch her, and observed her take off her bonnet and climb on to the balustrade s of the bridge, from which she was in the act of precipitating her self into the River, when he caught hold of her dress and drew her on to the bridge. She expressed much regret at being frustrated in her attempt. She was given in custody of the police, and conveyed to the Bow-street station-house. LAW INTELLIGENCE. INSOLVENT DET37'ORS' C011F?T,.1:42v. 2. POItTA N T TILE MA I'TER OF JEREMIAH BOARD. In this case an important application was made under the :iew Act, to commit the prisoner, confined in the Fleet-prison, to the gaol of Newg ate for contempt in not obeying an order ~f the Court. He had been an inmate of the Fleet upwards of twenty years, and a vesting order had been made, on the pctition of Thomas Richards, one of the detaining creditors. Mr. WOODROFFE contended that the Court had no power to the rule absolute, no power to enforce a removal from t ie Fleet-prison to Newgate. Mr. COOKE, in support of the rule, remarked that the pre_ sent Act varied from all others made in respect to insolvent debtors. It now extended to persons who kept their property and their creditors at arms' length but the Legislature had thought proper to give the Court power over persons who re mained in custody to the injury of their creditors. He con. vended that the Court had the power under the 66th section, on the words " other persons," to commit the prisoner. In the 36th section authority was given by a general direction to commit in all cases. Then, as to the removal from one prison to another, it was known that an habeas removed a prisoner from the Fleet to the Queen's Bench, and vice versa. The 110th section gave the gaoler an indemnity for obeying any order of this Court. The question, which excited much interest, and on which several cases rest for decision, stands for the opinion of the four Learned Commissioners. CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT. NEW COURT. REMARKABLE CASE OF CONSPIRACY AND FRAUD.—William Norrington, described as a clerk, aged 22, Martin Caten, a groom, 19, George Henry Keene, a draper, 34, and John Sid_ ,lord, 34, also described as a clerk, were placed at the bar to plead to a long indictment, which imputed to them nearly thirty several acts of conspiracy and fraud. It is set forth that the prisoners, with other persons whose names are unknown, on the Ist of May last, at St. James's, Westminster, did combine, confederate, and agree together to get possession of the houses and premises of divers persons, with intent to obtain the goods and chattels therein, and that, in pursuance of such conspiracy, they obtained possession of the goods and chattels of Robert James Norton, and others certain goods and chattels, with intent to cheat and defraud them t hereof. [The indictment contained the names of more than twenty prosecutors who had been defrauded to amounts varying from 51/. 3s. 7d. down to 71., the aggregate of which forms a very ►arge sum.] The prisoners all pleaded not guilty, and when asked whe ther they would be tried at this session or traverse to the next, Sidford only claimed the privilege granted in charges of misdemeanour. The others said they were ready to abide their trials. The Common Sergeant put it to Sidford whether it would not be better for them all to be tried together ? Sidford—A friend waited on me yesterday, and told me I was entitled to a traverse, and he advised me to claim it. The COMMON SERGEANT—You are certainly allowed your option ; but you must remain in custody in the meantime, or procure sufficient bail. The prisoners then left the bar. SURREY SESSIONS, JAN. 3. Mr. HAvas, M. P., called the attention of the Court to the important subject relating to prison discipline, and said that there were now three new systems before the public, and the object of his bringing the subject before the notice of the Court was, in order that a model prison might be erected, to ascer tain whether it would be an improvement on the systems al ready in operation. The experiment might be tried in any of the metropolitan counties, and he was of opinion that the separate system had the advantage over the others; it had ?seen ten years in operation in Pennsylvania; and in one pri son in Sussex where it had been tried, it was found to an swer the purpose, and had elicited the approbation of Lord Mansfield. The same system had also been approved of and adopted by several of the Continental Powers. It appeared hat the great objection to this particular system of prison discipline was that it led to very considerable mortality amongst the black population of the West Indies, who, extraordinary as it might appear, were more affected by its operation than other persons. Notwithstanding this, it was considered the best system in the West India Islands, and , vas therefore carried out in those colonies. He admitted that at present they had no accurate knowledge of the working of ihe system in this country, but if a model prison were built, to put it to the test, and it answered expectation, it would be of vast public benefit, and have the effect of diminishing the present enormous sums expended in the transportation of felons. He concluded, after making some further remarks on the subject, by intimating that he should move a resolution to that effect Mr. BARCLAY perfectly coincided with the Hon. Member's view of the subject. He had no correct information with respect to the working of the separate system ; but he was , )f opinion that it was necessary to give that system a trial, and therefore he should second the proposition. Lord KING also spoke in favour of the motion. ___ Mr. WiLsoN said that the Government had the full power to build an experimental prison, with entailing an enormous expense on the county by such an erection. Mr. BRISCOE was favourable to the proposition introduced by Mr. Hawes, and said that instead of entailing, the object was to prevent expense. The Rev. Mr. ROGERS inquired if the separate system had not been carried into effect at the Millbank Penitentiary ; and whether two prisoners had not died in consequence of its ope ration on them ? Mr. HAWES said that the Millblnk Penitentiary was not the kind of place adapted for such an experiment, and he added, in reply to the Rev. Gentleman, that it was erroneous to sup pose that two prisoners had fallen victims to the system. He then proposed the following resolution on the subject:— " That it is the opinion of the Court that the erection of a model prison upon the separate system, at the public expense, would be of great general benefit, inasmuch as it would enable the local magistracy to determine the comparative merits of the systems of prison discipline, now dividing public opinion, nd thereby prevent, as well in this county as elsewhere, all useless expenditure of the county rate, either in continuing the ! resent system of classification in gaols or for the adoption of the silent system (which in two large prisons have now been übmitted to the test of experience), until some authentic and I,ractical knowledge of the separate system is attained under :!e direction and responsibility of Government." The above resolution having been put to the vote it was !-Irried with only one dissentient, and it was directed to be forthwith transmitted to the Secretary of State. The Court afterwards proceeded to the trial of the prisoners, none of which possessed any public interest. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION-HOUSE. CHARGES OF STEALING AND OF FORGING MEXICAN BONDS, &C.-A great sensation has been occasioned, particularly :::.ongst foreign mercantile houses and the members of the Stock Exchange, in consequence of the detection of a number (.1 forgeries committed by David Macnin, the clerk of Messrs Lizardi and Co., who was some days ago charged with having st , )len and appropriated to his own use several Mexican Bonds, shich had been sent to the firm to be converted. Yesterday, he was brought up again, re-examined, and af , rwards remanded. Q UEEN-SQUARE. Mr. Wilson, said to be a nephew of the present Lord ,N 1 lyor, and a member of the Common Council, was yesterday ( Lai ged with assaulting a constable of the metropolitan police v. !lile in the execution of his duty. Mr. WHITE, the sitting Magistrate, fined him 10s. which %.‘ paid. MARYLEBONE. " SERVED HIM RlGHT."—Yesterday John Fiela, of How id:id-mews, was charged with assault on George Shelley, the ,11 of a tradesman of Tottenham-court-road. The complainant, whose eye was dreadfully blood-shot, siated that on Monday evening he was passing to his father's stables in the above mews, when the defendant suddenly ;A:ed upon him with a stout broom handle, and exclaiming, " I'll murder you," at the same instant felled him to the E : ound by a tremendous blow from the weapon. He was quite i:. , ensible, and was conveyed away for surgical assistance by a ~ u ng man who witnessed the blow. The defendant said that the complainant bad acted the part of a villain, in having seduced his daughter, a girl not more t:: in seventeen years of age, and she was enceinte by him. Mr. RAY/UNION inquired for the girl, who came forward, ai.d having confirmed her father's statement, Mr. Rawlinson d Anissed the warrant, on the grounds of the great provocation which the defendant had received. _ STATE or TRADE.--There has been exceedingly little business doing during the last few days, either in yarn or manufactured goods ; and purchasers generally show g• pat 'disinclination to give the advance which the late rise in the cotton market compels the spinners and manufac turers to demand.—Manchester Guardian. Yesterday afternoon a man was received into Bar tholomew's Hospital, having fallen a distance of from thirty to forty feet while cleaning the windows of the Old Bell tavern, in Little Friday -street. He was dreadfully injured, and lies in a precarious state. An inquest was held yesterday at Bartholomew's Hospital on the body of a man named Aley, who was lite rally smashed to pieces by the falling of a large stone, v., ighing upwards of a ton, upon him, w hil e he and hia. fel low-workmen were endeavouring to lower it at a building in liluorgate-stroet, City. Verdict, " Accidental Death." WATCH DOGS.-It would seem that the teeth of d, gs arc not merely an useless appendag e to their masters, but the use of them is illegal. Man —for his defence in tl'e dead of night, or in the garish glare of day if he like— m ,y have a barking dog, but if the animal, to protect the I,mily's life or property, should ever show his teeth, woe to the owner of the trusty guardian, for in a recent case re s; ecting an attack by a ferocious dog, it was stated by Counsel that any one who keeps a do g , known to bite, loose about his premises, is liable to be prosecuted, if the animal bite even a trespasser ; and that the law will pre sume knowledge of the ferocity of the animal on the part of the owner. The same principle which forbids th e set ting of steel traps and spring guns extending to ferocious animals. RAILWAY LAW. A general railway law has rec;_ , ntly be,... enacted ;.ftor dtw deliberation, and sanctioned by the signature of every member of the Cabinet, which in various points seems not ail worthy of attention here. if no other advantage re sulted from the regulations thus promulgated, the mere sim plification, by which all railways are subjected to one general system, which everybody may understand, is itself perhaps an improvement upon the practice of this country, where there are as many different railway laws as there are railways and Acts of Parliament to incorporate them. According to the new Prussian law, every projected railway is first of all to be submitted to the examination of the Minister of Commerce, with all the information necessary as to the line of road intended, and the amount of the capital to be sub scribed. These preliminaries being satisfactorily adjusted, a detailed examination of the plan and the workings is to be entered upon by competent parties, under the direc tion of the Minister, which if resulting favourably, his formal approbation will be signified. He is then to fix a term within which the projectors are to show that the subscribers have paid up the requisite capital on the conditions and liable to the charges indicated by himself, and that the company has been definitively constituted according to the rules agreed upon among the shareholders themselves. The shares may be issued to bearer, are to be exempt from stamp duty, and may moreover be delivered and transferable before the payment up in full of the nominal capital, subject to other provisions. There is a formal prohibition against the issue of promises of shares to bearer (share-letters, as well understood here) or other preliminary acknowledgment of a right to shares. Every shareholder is to be personally and rigorously compromised to the payment of 40 per cent. upon the nominal capital subscribed by him, and from this obligation he can neither be freed by the s le or ce sion c f his shares to a third party, nor by the" Company itself. In cases of delay in payments be is liable to be proceeded against a ith all the severity authorized by the statutes of the society. After the payment of the 40 per cent., the original proprietor may dispose of his shares, and the Company is em powered to release him from his remaining engagements in favour of the purchaser or at its option may still hold him liable, notwithstanding the transfer; but in this ease it can have no claim against the purchaser : the same option is reserved and in force in every successive transfer. New shares cannot be emitted or loans raised, excepting by the express permission of the Minister of Commerce, who will have the power to deter mine the amount of the sum to be reserved as a sinking fund for the reimbursement of the loan and the eventual repayment of the original capital. The regulations for the acquisition of the land or other property necessary for the Company's operations are not much dissimilar from those customary here, excepting that the previous approval of the Government will be necessary before the proprietors can be treated with or forced to sell. But in no case can a proprietor be compelled to part with his property for the accommodation of the Com pany in the construction of warehouses for the deposit of mer chandise, or other objects of private speculation, rather than of general interest. In case of compulsory sale, the Government takes upon itself to appoint the proper skilled parties to determine the amount of compensation on hearing of the two sides interested. In the event of the Railway not being fi nished within the period fixed, the Government may then pro ceed to put up for public competition the completion of the works at the charge of the Company ; but prior to this step a delay of six months extra is to be granted to the Company to finish the work themselves. No Railway can be opened and travelled on until the Government has previously caused it to be carefully surveyed and examined, Companies are to be held responsible for all damage to persons and pro perties, excepting in the case where it shall be clearly proved that such damage was caused by the fault of the parties them selves, or owing to circumstances over which they could exer cise no sort of control or power of prevention. During the first three years the Companies will be free from competition of other carriers on the Railways, providing that they con form to the tariff of fares and rates determined upon, and to the modifications which may hereafter be imposed, as well as that they provide for the carriage of all persons and commo dities requiring accommodation on the route. After the three years, the use of the Railway may be granted by Government to other parties on the payment of an equitable indemnity, and a rateable contribution on passengers or commodities to the Companies. _ _ Vie privileges of the post administration, that is the post horse and carriage as well as post-office service, may be exer died by the Companies, subject to certain charges and condi tions, amongst which they are to undertake the gratuitous car riage of letters rnd parcels, and of money, with other valuable effects, the right of carriage of which at present is vested in the post department. They are also to carry gratuitously other objects usually confided to the post, as well as persons having a free passport from the post authorities. The railways are to be subject to a tax proportioned according to the re served fund, but the receipt of this impost will not commence until after the first three years, and then only when clearly established that the profits are such as to be equal to support the burden. Until then the post revenue is to be indemnified in another mode for the loss ensuing from the railways, having regard to the other charges which have to be borne by them, as stated. When, through the operation of the sinking or reserve fund, the repayment of the original capital shall have been effected, the railways are then to be so regu lated that the charges for carriage shall not exceed the actual expenses to be covered. The right is reserved to the State of entering into possession of the railways on payment of an equitable consideration, but this right cannot be claimed be fore the expiration of 30 years after the opening of the rail way. The consideration then to be paid for the railway is to be assessed at a sum equal to 25 times the mean annual di vidend received by the shareholders during the five preceding years. The Companies are to have no claim for damages in time of war, even if resulting from orders given and mea sures taken by the Government. No concession for other railways in competition with lines established will be granted before the expiration of 30 years. The regulations, lastly, of this new law are retroactive, and applicable to the railways in progress or to be made.— Times. Application, it is said, will be made to Parliament next Session, for a bill for the purpose of forming a new road from Eaton-square to Kensington. The road is in tended to cross Sloane -street, Alexander-square, and, Thence to the gardens of Gloucester Lodge, the r'sidence of the late Mr. Canning, thence to the Ar. l etlison-road, and to ter minate at Kensington. The length will be two miles. One day last week a man was driving a cart near Branbridges, when five boys requested him to let them ride. He did so, and having to cross a stream in a dan gerous part of the road, the horse and cart were carried away by the current, and four of the unfortunate boys were drowned ; only one boy and the man escaping. On the same day the waggoner of Mr. Porter, of Hadlow, was talking with another man near the same place about this melancholy occurrence, when his team were frightened at sonic sheep, started off, and the waggon, which was luckily empty, went over his body. He was bled and received further attention, and is now doing better than under the circumstances might have been expected.—Maidstone Gazette. An inquest was held last night at Charing-cross Hospital, on the body of an Irish labourer, who died in that institution from the effects of a fractured skull, re ceived by the accidental falling of a portion of a scaffolding which he and others were erecting in Regent -street. Ver dict " Accidental Death." Another inquest was held at the London Hospital, on the body of a man iu the service of a floor•cloth manufacturer in the Hackney-road, who, being seized with a sudden giddiness while at work, fell from a scaffold, striking his head against a tile, and was so injured as to expire shortly afterwards. Verdict in this case also " Accidental Death." AN ACTOR IN TROUBLE. -Harvey Leach, of " Gnome Fly" celebrity, was yesterday held to bail at Guildhall on a charge of assaulting a young man named Williams, and horsewhipping him as complainant attempted to pass him on horseback while Mr. Leach was driving a chais e along Ludgate-hill on the 15th of November last. FIRE.—A fire broke out yesterday afternoon on the premises of a laundress named Bains, residing at Turn ham-green, from what cause is not known. Fire engines from town were speedily in attendance ; but did not suc ceed in saving the building or its contents. They are said to b e insured. The further investigation into the state of mind of Mr. Taylor was resumed yesterday. Two medical gentle men gave it as their opinion that Mr. Taylor was deci dedly insane at the time to which the inquiry refers. After the examination of other witnesses, who concurred in that opinion, the Court again adjourned. Since Monday, when the sessions of the Central Criminal Court commenced, upwards of forty persons have been fully committed to Newgate for trial. Amongst the charges are twenty cases of larceny, four of burglary, three of robberies in dwelling houses, four of robberies or em. bezzlement by servants, and one of highway robbery. The total number of prisoners for trial is about 130, although the Court was only adjourned for a week. As usual, large proportion of the offenders are under twenty years of age TwE RUSSIANS AS THEY WERE, AND AS THEY ARE.—The celebrated Arabian traveller, known by the surname of Ibn Batuta, who commenced perigrinations in 13 0 4, speaking of the Russians, says, " They are a people with red hair and blue eyes, ugly and perfidious ;" and our distinguished English traveller, Dr. Clarke, nearly 500 years after the time of Ibn Batuta, characterises them much in the same terms, alleging, amongst other things, that even in the company of Russian Noblemen, yen, must " take care o f y our pockets," or it is ten to one you will lose your handkerchief. What an extraordinary circum stance it is in the history of the world that the civilised na tions of Europe should have permitted these " red-haired, blue-eyed, ugly, and perfidious," barbarians, to have car ried on their plundering propensities to such an extent as to have wrested (within the short space of the last 70 years) from Sweden more than one-halt of her former possessions —to have grasped two-thirds of Poland—to have advanced their frontier over Persia and Turkey, 500 miles towards Constantinople and the Mediterranean, and 1,000 towaros Teheran and India! In allusion to the wonderful exploits of steam-Ves sels it has been remarked that " Time and tide once waited for no man, now n WM waits for them," PRICES OF CANALS, DOCK STOCKS, SSITRANCT, COMPANIFS ) &e, tire . r,l".;"i)N, TIE:-,WiY, J,l:\, I N maim' I),rnii,ziu Pri of per CANALS. per Shares. Annum. Paid. Share 1,766 7 pei cent. Ashton and Oldham...Average 97/. itis.sh. 135 ~082 41. Ashby-de-le-Zouch . Average 1151.5 h. 73 1,260 Basingstoke 1001.&h. 1,005 51. Brecknock and Abergavenny 150 i. sh. 90 8,000 1-16 sh. 91 68. Birmingham, 1-16th s h a re 8 1 1. & 711. 218 S. 000 Ditto and Liverpool Junct...l° o l sh. 1000 26 600 31. Bridgewater and Taunton ....1001 sh. all pd 64 400 4/. Chelmer and Blackwater 1001. sh. 101 500 481. C wentry :00/.sh. 4,545 Croydon - Average 31/.26.10d. sh. 2,060; 4/. N. Dudley lOO/.sh. 600 141. Derby lON. sh . 20,000 4 per cent. tianune and Mayne 4ll. 13s. 4d .pd 3,575; 31. Ellesmere and Cheater Average 133/. sh. 231 621. Erewash '001.61i. 1,297 28/. Forth and Clyde Average 11101.165. th. 1,600 121. Grand Junction lOW. sh. 11,849 f I/. Grand Union liall.sb 11,500 Grand Surrey .... .... 100!. sh. 0,0001. 41. per cent. Ditto (optional) Loan lool. 3 196 600 13/.125. 9d. Glamorganshire, Average cost 172/.135. td. 749 10i. Grant him 150/. sh. 6,238 2/. Os. Huddersfield Average 571. 6s. 6d. si, 100 Kensington 100 sh. all pd 5.528 11. ss. Kennet and Avon, Average :39/. 18s. 10d. sh 2,8971 241. Leed s and Liverpool 100/. sh. 515; 131. Leicester l4O/. sh, 1,897 61. Os. Leicester and Northampton... Aver 531.108. 2.400 101. Monmouthshire 1001. sh. 150 10/. Melton Mowbray 1001. eh. 500 251. Mersey and Irwell 100/. sh. 3.000 11. 10s. Macclesfield 1001. sh all pd. 247 171. Neath 1001. sh. 2,400 51. Peak Forest Aver.ge about 781. sh. 1,418 10s. Regent's (or London) Aver. 33/. 16.. Bd. sh. 5,669 61. per cent. ttochdale Average 85/. sh. 500 8/. Shropshire /251. sh. 800 91. lOs. Somerset Coal 1501. sh. 3,6001. 41 per cent Ditto Lock Fund Stock 12/. 10s. sh. 700 401. Stafford and Worcester 140/. sh. 500 91. Shrewsbury 125/. sh. 300 91. Stourbridge .........„, _ .... 1451. sh. 3,647 2/. Os. Stratford-on-Avoir...Average 791. Os. :rd. sh. 533 15/. Swansea 1001. sh. 3,762 1/. 15s. Severn and Wye and Railway ...AT 351. sh. 2,60..15h. 321. 10s. Treat and Mersey, } share 1001. sh. 8,149 I,ooosh.] 161 Warwick aLid Birmingham 1001. sh I,ooolsh. 9..40 15s. Warwick and Napton lOO/. sh. 6,000 4/.os. Worcester and Birmingham... Av. 78/.Bs. sh. 5,000 255. Wilts and Berk. .. Average 67/. 10s. Bd. sh. 800 31. IN yrley and Essington 1251. sh 126 Wisbeach lO5/. sh. 905 la. Wey and Arun llOl. sh. DOCKS. t,600& } Op. c Commercial _ . 'OOl. sh. 1,06515 h East and West India Stock 3,238,310 V. 555. p.ct. London Ditto Bonds 2,`.`.09 2/. 19s. Bristol 68,324/. 5/. per cent. Ditto Notes, various amounts 1,352,752 5 percent. St. Katharine Stock 500,000 41 per oent. Ditto Bonds 200.000 4 per cent. Ditto Bonds for 10 years 2.500 ..... Deptford Piet BRIDGES. 1,600 10s. Hammersm Ai 5O/. sh. 7,ff1l 1,700 1/. 15s. Ditto, New, of 71 r cent. 5O/. sh. 5,000 Waterloo lOO/. sh. 5,000 16s. &I. Ditto, Old Annuities of 8/. ... ...... 60/. pd 5,000 16s. 4d. Ditto, New Ditto of 7l 40/. pd `30,000/. 51. per cent. Ditto Bonds 5,848 17s Vauxhall... ... ......... Avnrage 701 . 10s. 3d. sh ASSIJRANCF .......... 2,000 __ 31105 _ Albion 500/. sh. 501. pd 74 113 1071 1011 1001 11 40,000 15 fn e ( r i cent. Alliance, British & Foreign 100/. sh. 101/. pd 14-1 50,000 6 per cent. Ditto, Marine 1001. sh. 51. pd 61 24,000 1 l per sh. Atlas 501. sh. 5/. pd 14i 1,200 }sh. 5/. Birmingham Lire 20,000 41 percent. British Fire . 250/. sh. 501. pd 40 12,000 61. percent. British Commercial 50/. sh. 5/. pd 6 5,000 51. per cent. Clerical, Medial, &c. Life, ICol.sh. 2/10s pd 4 4,000 21 !Os County 1001. sh. 10/. pd 42 20,000 _ _ ss. Eagle ~., „„,, r 5 per cent.l Ec onomic la/ .: lOOOl, sh. 2501. pd 375 ''''' land 30/ bs. 2,271 225. per cent. European In • 0 04 sh. all pd 22 50,000 2s. Ditto, New 2O/. ah 2/. pd li 1,000,0001. 74 per ct Globe Stock 1461 20,000 51. Guardian lOOl. sh. 27 1 1 pd 361 40,000 6s. 6d. Hope 5O/. sh. 51. pd 54 2,400 5/. 7s. 6d. Imperial Fire 5001. sh. 50/. pd 130 7,500 9s. Imperial Lite 1001. sh. 10/. pd 10/ 13,458 41. percent. Indemnity Marine 100/. sh. 8/. poi 28 2,020 31 !Os Kent Fire 50/. sh. all psi 82 3/. Ditto Life., 79 10,000 Ibis, Law Life , .1001. sh. 10/. pd 281 5,00 u 10s , London, Fire 954 sh. 12/. 10s. pd 16 3,900 105, London, Ship 25!. sh. 12/. 10s. pd 161 1,000,0001. ... ..... Minerva Life 1001, sh. 30,000 5/. per cent. Palladium Lite 501. sh. 21. pd 2198 Od 50,000 4/. per cent. Protector Fite 0 0/. sh. 2/. pd 16s Od 2,500 1/. Provident Lire 100,000 ss. Rock Life 0 04 sh. 1/, pd 61 049,220/ 5/. percent. Royal Exch.nige Stock... 2251 6,000 5 per cent. University Life lOO/. sh. 51. pd 51 50,000 4 per cent. United Kingdom Life 1001. sh. 51. pd 7/ JOINT STOCK BANKS 25,000 8 per cent, Agric. and Comm. of Ireland 25/. sh. 10!. pd 5,000 Australasia 404 sh. 40/. pd '7O 10,.06 10 per cent. Bank of Birmingham 5(l. sh. 10/. pd 13 10,000 10 per cent. Birmingham Bank 5O/. sh. 5/. pd 161 31,000 5 per cent. London and Westminster.,.loo/ sh. 201. pd 234 60,000 51. London Joint Stock 50/. sh. 10/. pd 13/ 3,000 4 per cent. Lancaster......... ........ -.. lOOl. sh. Ml. pd 50 25,000 Liverpool 1001 sh. 104 p 4 efts 100,000 '7l per sent Man chester and Liverpool] 501. eh. 151 IA 20 4 Di 20,000 7 per cent. Manchester 1. 041 . sh. 25/. pd 27 20,000 Provincial Bank of Irelanc! 100/. sh. 25/. pd 45 50,000 National Bank of 11 - eland 5Ol. sh. 17-4/. pd 17 10,000 5 per cent. National Provincial Eng. .„1001. sh. 35/. pd 341 10,000 Gloucestershire 5O l. sh. 10/. pd 20 6,000 10 per cent. Hampshire. 50/. att. Si. pd 9 GAS LIGHT AND COKE COMPANIES. 2,500 1/ Os 04 Bath 5,000 British 4O/. sh. 161. pd 2(1 ~,„, (54pereent.1 50- ''' Land Bs. 65.5 Ditto Provincial 201. sh. 19 p.I 241 928 51104 Birmingham 5Ol. sin 93 1,250 210 s Bristol 2o'. sh. 36 1,500 3/ lOs Brighton ‘)0/. sh. 111 750 31 105 Ditto, New 2Ol. sh. 18/ IA 9 2,471 41 per cent. Brighton General 20/. sh. all pd 17 4,000 5/, Continental Consolidated 1,000 101. City of London lOO/. s h . a ll p d 196 1,000 61. Ditto, New 4,000 44 10s. Equitable .. 5O/. pd 301 10,000 21 per cent. Imperial 800 5/ per cent. Isle of Thanet 251. sh. 20!. pd 20 2,350 61. per cant. Independent '3o/. sh. all pd 49 9,000 31. per cent. Phoenix .... 50/. sh. 39/. pd 23 1,000 41. per cent. Ratcliff 1001. sh. 801. pd 58 4,000 Soot's Metropolitan 5O/. sh. 191. pd 17 4,200 5/. per cent. United General 504 sh. 46/. pd ega 240 5/. per cent. Warwi c k SN. sh. 50 400 51 . per cent Wakefield ......25/. sh. 291 2,000 3/. Westminster Chartered .... 5Ol. sh. 521 ' 6,000 12s. Ditto N ew • 860 Yarinn,',',in 2Ol. sh. 191. pd WATER. WORKS. 4,800 - 9S. Birmingham 25!. sh. 25/. pd 20 ,'-'/4 61, East London lOO/. sh. 170 5,500 21 10s Grand Junction ~.,Average 411 IBs. 4d. sh. 69 2,000 2/. Kent lOO /.sh. 45 372 101. Liverpool Bootle 2201. sh. 326 1,500 2110 s Now River London Bridge WaterAnnui ties 62 6,486 1/ 15s Manchester and Salford lOO/. sh. 51 1,000 4 per cent. South Loudon 100/.Bh. 101 9,994 44 West Middlesex ....Average 634 12s. 9d. sh. 105 1,360 11 148 York Building Co. Lessee Prop 100/. sh. 35 IRON RAILWAYS. 6,300 Birmingham and Derby 50/. pd 401 9,500 Birmingham and Gloucester -15,n0 0 .........Bristol and Exeter 1 004 oh. 9 0 pd 11 600 Calcutta and Saugur 501 sh. 24 pd 01 7,500 Cheltenham and G. Western !001. oh. 20/. 3,000 .• Clarence WO/ 'h. 1001. pd 40 12,000 Commercial Blackwall 501 sh 2/. pd 4 8,000 Dublin and Kilkenny )00/ sh 5/, pa 3 60,000 Eastern Counties 25/. sh. 10/ pd Al ...... ... Grand Junction 1001. eh. 95/. vi 205 Great North of England :311, rid 18 5,000 Great Western lOO/ sh. 6.51, pd 781 2,000 Hartlepool.„ 100/. eh. 100/. pd 1001 4,000 ...... ... Hull and selby 501. sh. 20/. pd 10 10,009 Leeds and Manchester 1001. sh. 5/. pd 2,100 31. per cent. Leeds and Selby 100 sh. 65 1,500 Ills. Leicester and Swannington .. ,.501. sh. all pd '75 5,100 10 per cent. Liverpool and M a n c h es ter-10C /.sh. 100/. psi 205 10 per cent. Ditto Quarter Shares 25/. pd 61 16,000 ... ...... London and Brighton 5O/. sh. 14/. pd 11 12,000 London and Blackwall 50!. sh. 31. pd 8 20,000 3 per cent. London and Greenwich 204 sk. 20/. pd 161 25,000 London and Birmingham ...100/. sh. 901. pd 170 Ditto Quarter Shares 5/. pd 291 20,000 ...... ... London and Southampton -.50/. sh. 501. pd 4.4 Ditto ditto New 14,000 London and Croydon Trunk 20/ sh. 204 pd 14 6, 0 00 Ditto New Scrip l2ll. pd 1_1! 12,000 London Grand Junction 50/. s h. 5/. p d ni 1:3,000 Manchester and Leeds lOO/. s h. 50e . pd 61 10,000 Manchester and Birmingham 70/.B'n. 10/. pd 101 North Midland 1001. sh. 554 pd 56 Northern and Eastern 1001. -- sh, 15 1 . Pd 81 2,600 Preston and Wyre 50/, sh. ay. psi 36 1 38,000 1,000 10/. per cent. Stockton arid Darlingtn'. 1061. sh. 241) 9,000 Tha , ,es Haven -....„„ . . ....,501. sh 2/. 10s. pd 0 1,400 Westminster xnet Greenwich 501. sh. 2/. pd 0 11,000 York anti North Midland ...50 . sh. 12/. pd 20 MINES, 8,000 Albion Copper 5/. sh. 31/. pd 12 1,000 1 1, 5... A lten 151 sh. 121. lOs pd 11 "OM . 4 ...... Anglo Mexican, ;ss. 5/. pm....100L sh. all pd 21 Ditto Subscription .51. pa 3 2,000 1 , 1, LlOLuos • 1501. oh all pd 57 1 10,000 11. 19s Brazilian Imp. iss. 51. pm .35/. sh. 20/ pd Is 6,000 .... ..... Maeaubas 8e cocass United -251. sh. 24. pd 10 11,000 Ditto St. John Del Rey '2Ol. sh. 111.,ixl 5 10,000 Bolivar Copper Company 20/. oh. 20/. pd 5 10,000 ......... Ditto Scrip.... 10/. sh. 10/ psl 101 20,000 British Iron (3,000 British Copper 5/. sh. 411. pd li Cita Branca 611. r d 9 Candonga 714 pd 6 10,000 11 Copiapo 'lO/. sh, 131. pd 9) 4 8,500 3-4 ... Columbian, iss. 5/. pm, 2,950 3/. Englishl2/ Its. pd 7 50,000 General Mining Association...2o/. sh. 171., i n s 124 0,155 Mexican Company 100/. sh. .5511. pd 4 3,000 Politerou Consols .. 'l)/. sh, 8/. pd 41 11,500 Real del Monte, Unregistered 9/ Ditto Loan Not es 1504 pd MO 10,000 United Mov.:can, iss. 2 pin, ....401, sh, all pd 11 Dortt. Scrip . . „ s. 21 Ditto New Scrip 5l pd 4 West OW* 501 sh, 50/. pd 39 Ll'fl4 It ARV 1 NSTIT UTION S. 1,000 London, with Brown Ticket.... ..... 75gs. sh. 291 1,500 .. . London University 1001.5 h. all pd 231 700 King' College 1004 pd 26 MISCELLANEOUS. 10,000 158. Australian Agricultural.. .100/. sh 2011. pd 46 6,000 4/. per cent. British A mer i can Land eompany . . 2:3/. pd 11 10,000 6/ per cent. Can a d a C ompany 100/. oh .' 301. pd 29 200,000 51. per cent. Upper Canaria Loan 99 City Bonds, 4 per cent lOOl 20,000 1/. fis. General Steam Navigation ...151. sh. 14/. pd 231 104 per cent. Hudson's Bay Stock Av. 1 7 254.. 8 , 11 . ~. . ; . 5,000 C aou t c h ouc C ompany: 1 1 2 9 2,000 11. Londo n C om . S a l e R ooms 500,00 0 4 New Brunswick Land Company 5O/ . '-'•'-' 21 ,pd 2,751 5/. per cent. Reversionary In terest 50c...100: . s h , jou pd 134 2,5;33 51. per cent. Ditt o N ew -.1004 sh. 75/. d 96 %nisi '1 hassles Tunnel ..... • p 50/, sh. all pd 81 10,000 6s. Va n D K . news I; and 1001. sh. 171. pd 12 LIST OF SCO9..:I'ISII COMPANIES' PRICES. DEC. 26. 1838. BANKS. 1,500,001, 6/. p. et. Bank of Scotland 83/. 6s. Bd. sh all pd 1901, 1,000,0064 54 p. ct. li , yil of Scotland 100/ . s i n a l l pd 1024 50,010/. Bp. et. British Linen Company 1001. sh. .:11 pd 240/ 3,eni,,noet. 61. p. ct. Commercial 5OOl. sh. 1001. pd 1774 s,ots 41 si sn. . rt. "sn-tional 2,00.;,0001. 61 p. ct. Glasgow U n i on '2501. sh. 504 ini 4r 1,0000 04 4p. ct. Western o f S co tl an d . 2OOl. sh 404 8 pd 51.,/, INSURANCE COMPANIES. 25 , .0005h 01 p. ct. Scottish Union 204 sh. 14 pd - ,5041 61 p. et. Hercules lOO/. sh. 104 30,. pd 161. Os -100,000 5 p. ct. Insurance Co. o f Scotland -JO/. sh, all pd 101, b... 2004 sh. 10/. pd: 50,000 6 p. ct. North British 1,000 sp. ct. Caledonian Fire 100/. oh. 10 5,000 6p. ct. Edinburgh Life 100/ h ~t Iscl 201. _ "201. Os 100,000 31 p. cL West of Scotland .... MISCELLANEOUS, .... ".**" 7100 ' 5 . j o u 1.. p p c si 141105 4,810 .... Edin, and Ulan . n 0 • ....rt. vai1a....., a ll pd 104 Ditto Allocated. . ... .S.J . sh. 474 9 6 1 is all pd 5,400 5 per cent. Edinb. Joint Sind ( . W''''"'" ' o ' all Pd 391 ' Carron Iron corn ater....2.51. sh. pd 441, 9,0005 h 15 per cent. Shotts Iron F ' P4nY ...,..2501, oh. a ll d 52/. 10,000 3 per cent. Edinbstr. Catudery... 4,500 10 per cent. F. , ., , ..1 11 St Leith Glass -.201. sh. 164 p ' • -1,....rgh Coal G 4 W 2SL sh. all Pd 581. 75() ii per cent. L e ith Coal Gas 1,200 Edi nburgh and Dalkeitb ItallwaY • .• • Mi. eh 9111. a 001 5 per ceßt ' F, • • • - 4" 11 4.1)10 LW" co mpany 4M gh. Pa i l is 110 NEW, QUICK, and HUMANE METHOD OF FT A.I7OFITERING ANIMALS. I,lk. 4o the puldie, that. I hate discovered, a❑d, alter a long series of experiments, matured a new, quick, end humane method of slaughtering animals for human food, which promises to be of the greatest benefit to mankind, and for which her Majesty, the Queen, has been graciously pleased to grant me her Royal Letters Patent. I The physiological principle upon which this discovery is founded, and the existence of which was first ascertained by myself, is that a power of great and extensive use to ani. mal life is derived from the stretch in which the lungs are held both in the living and recently dead animal, in opposi tion to their elasticity. In consequence of this power exist ing after death, while the antagonist and controlling power derived from irritability was destroyed with life, the blood, lymphatic and lacteal fluids are all drained from the arteries and smaller veins of the larger circulation; and from the lymphatics and lacteals into the viscera and blood-vessels within the chest, and into the roots of the larger veins ap proaching to it. The object of the mode of slaughtering recommended is to remove the impediments which nature has set up against the elasticity of the lungs, on the existence of which impedi ments life, in a great measure,!depends, and, of course, to allow the lungs to resiliate into their natural dimensions, or in other words to collapse, while the animal is still alive. The method of removing these impediments in the cir cumstances stated, to break fully and at once what may be considered the main-spring of life, in all animals with elastic lungs, in the most humane manner, has been the object of long and anxious consideration an d o f muc h var i e d experiment. The results have been effectual and conclusive. The effect of this method of slaughtering is to retain the lymphatic and lacteal fluids, and, indeed, all the finer juices of the body, at the same points, and in the same proportion in which they existed while the animal was still alive, in stead of being accumulated in the large vessels and dis charged out of the body in a mass and becoming a nuisance. The result is an increase of the edible part of a car case to the amount of at least one-tenth beyond that which it would supply by any mode of sle.ughtering hitherto in use. The meat thus obtained is more juicy, tender, and far better flavoured. It sets sooner, and, of course, is earlier fit for use. It keeps much longer sweet and untainted. This remarkable and important property is evidently derived from none of the vessels being empty so as to adthit the external air, and from an oozing of juice or lymph from the full vessels, when any portion is cut, upon the raw surface of that portion, and, by its tenacity, forming a sealing ce ment. This property is of great importance to butchers, who lose a great deal of meat in certain statu s of the wea ther ; to the public in general ; but particularly to mariners and to the inhabitants of warm climates. The time to which this meat wiP, keep in different states of the weather has not been ascertained, for it has always been used before any marks of approaching putrescency have been discovered; hut, in the course of last autumn, this meat continued sweet and untainted for many days after other meat, killed at the same time and placed in the same circumstances, had given such proofs of spoil ing as to render it necessary to cook it. The meat, the produce of slaughtering in this mode is more economical. In the first place, it never shrinks, but, on the contrary, enlarges in cooking ; the fat being supplied with the juices which enrich the muscular or red portion, is much more savoury and is more acceptable to delicate pa- Lites, and is, therefore, less wasted. It requires less time to cook. The centre of a large joint is done nearly as soon. as the surface. These properties are derived from the meat. being less spongy and a better conductor of heat than meat obtained by any of the modes of slaughtering at present, in use. It preserves well, and requires a much less quantity of salt. Other valuable properties will present themselves to those who use this meat, and the method in question it also attended with advantageous results affecting hides,. skins, &c., upon which it is net necessary now to dilate. JAS. CARSON, M.D. F.R.S. Liverpool, Dee. 24, 1838. An inquest was held on Friday on the body of an illegitimate child, a fortnight old, who died in its mother's arms a few days ago in the streets. There was nothing to lead to a suspicion that the child had met with its death unfairly ; on the contrary, it was proved that the mother was exceedingly attached to it. Verdict—" That the de-, ceased died from being exposed to cold on account of its mother having no home to take it to, and not with any intention to destroy life on her part." A juror said he un derstood the mother had been remanded for a week from Union Hall. He thought she ought not to be kept in, cus tody another hour. Several other jurors expressed, their conviction that in her distressed condition it would be an act of charity to keep her for that period in food and shelter. ILLEGAL ARREST.--A correspondent states that the neighbourhood of Harlesden..green and its vicinity have , for the last few days been in a state of great excitement, in consequence of the occurrence of the following proceed ings :—lt appears that a man named Smith, a beer-shop „ 41 keeper, in Lc), er-place, Harlesden-green, ootupied pre raises belonging to Mr. Tanner, a wealthy landowner re siding in the parish, and by whom he had been warned. to • quit. This, however, he refused to do, and on Saturday night at eleven o'clock, Mr. Tanner, accompanied by the Rev. Mr. Curtis, his next-door neighbour, and a constable of the parish, proceeded to t l . - 4e house, and endeavoured to persuade Smith to leave ; but he refusing to comply, they fell upon him, and succeeded in placing the handcuffs on him. At this time a constable of the parish and one of the • mounted patrol, who were passing, hearing the disturb ance, stopped, and having ascertained what was going for ward, protested against the illegality of the proceedings. Smith was, however, taken into an empty house adjoining, where he was kept a prisoner till Monday morning, when he was conveyed before the Magistrates at Hendon, charged with retaining unlawful possession, but on the cir cumstances being detailed, was immediately dEscbarred. Mr. Smith then, accompanied by some friends, reprAired to town, and waited on the police-magistrate, Mr. Rawlin son, who, on the facts of the case being recited, immediately granted a warrant against the three parties above named. ENGLISH SILVER W&TCHES.— A. B. SAVORY and SONS, Watchmake rs , No. 9, Cornhill, London (opposite the Bank of England), submit for selection a very large STOCK of SILVER WATCHES, the whole of which are made and finished under the caref: 4 l inspection of experienceel workmen on their own premises, ar,d each warranted for correct performance. Fine Vertical 'Watches, jewelled, with double-backed engine -turned cases, - warranted ... £ 4 4 Fine vertical W a t c h es, j ewelled, with seconds' hand, and double-backed - eases, warranted Patent detached Lever Watches, capped, jewelled in four holes, with secon d s ' h an d, and - double-backed cases, warranted Either of the above in silver hunting cases, 10s. 6d. extra. A large variety of second-hand Silver Watches, which have br an carefully examined, and can be warranted at 2/. 2s. each. N.B. Second-hand Watches purchased in exchange. LADIES' GOLD WATCHies, - The following Watches are London made, of very supr ir i or qua lity, and warranted to perform correctly. GOLD WATCHES— Engine-turned cases, wit!, l elegantly chased gold dials, the movements hig:nly finished and jewelled in two holes - £lO 10 0 Ditto ditto, double-bo.tiom cases, i. e. to wind, at the back 12 12 0 PATENT VER WATCHES in engi ne -turned Gold Cases, with elegantly finished Gold Dials Th , z lever construction is the most accurate. These Watches are with the improvements (and have a detached escapement), jewelled in four holes Ditto ditto, double-bottom cases, i, e., to wind at the back 14 14 0 T. COX SAVORY, Goldsmith, Watchmaker, &c., No. 47, Cornhill, London. (Seven Doors from Gracechurch-street .) N. 13. Second-hand Watches Purchased in Teachange. BITHS On the 30th ult., the lady o f. C. A. Crosswell, Esq., North Brixton, of a son.surgeon, On the 30th ult., at Poplar House, West-end, Hampstead, Mrs. George Wainwright, of a daughter. of a On the 31st ult. , a t G rove H ouse , K ent i sh -town, the lady of At Edinb nr Bernhard Rei n eeter, Esq., of a son. Ballin in, on the 29th uh., the Hon. Mrs. Trusser, o f o f "., d e an ,daughter. On t. , e Ist inat. ,in Gloucester-place, Portman-square, th e l ady ohn Kingston. Esq., of a daughter. MARRIED. On the 2d inst., at St. George's, Hanover-square, by the Rev. Dr. Dealtry, Chancellor of Winchester, .John Macqu een , E sq ., o f Lincoln's-i nn , b arr i ster - at -l aw , to Georgians, only d aug ht er o f th e Rev. Geo. Dealtry, of H egworthingham, L inco l nshire. The bride: was given away b y Vi ce -Admiral Sir Thomas Dundas, K.C.B. At Bombay, on the 2.5 th of September, John William Wood cock, Esq., of the Civil Service, youngest son of Charles Wood cock, Esq., Park-crescent, Portland-place, to Lucy, fourth daugh of Charlton House, Wastage,Berkshire., At St. James's Church, Westminster, on the 7th ult., Wil loughby Feter Burrell, Esq., third son of the Hon. Lindsey Bur rell, to Fanny, second daughter of William Jones Burdett, Esq.. of Copt Hall, Twickenham. 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