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LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF CHANCERY, D.c. 20. The Lord Chancellor sat for the first time to. day since his attack of illness, in Lincoln's lan Hall. The cause of his Lordship's sitting was to enable him to give judgment in several cases that had been heard before him on appeal pre vinue to his resigning the Great Seal. Long before the hour appointed for his Lordship to take his seat, one o'clock, crowds of persons had assembled in the old hall of Lincoln's Inn, and upon his Lordship taking his seat, the inner and outer bar were crowded to excess. His LORDSHIP, who appeared considerably improved in health, and to have regained his usual cheerfulness, upon taking his seat, stated that a short time since he had given several of his judgments to the registrar in writing; but that, in order that those judgments might be delivered in the pre sence of counsel, in case any questions should arise, he would give them over again. Just previous to his Lordship's commencing to give his judgments, a Treasury ehessenger brought an official box, which was handed to his Lordship, containing a letter, which he read. It was rumoured that the letter conveyed informa tion to his Lordship that Sir Robert Peel had been again sent for by her Majesty. After perusing the letter, his Lordship directed the registrar to call the judgments in the order in which they stood on the paper:— MANN V. RICKETTS. The LORD CHANCELLOR then gave judgment in this case, which was heard, shortly before his Lordship's illness, upon motion to diechargean order made by the Master of the Rolls. His Lordship was clearly of opinion that the decision of the Court below was correct, and ordered the appealed to be dis missed with costs. COOMBE v. THE MAYOR AND CORPORATION OF LONDON. The LORD CHANCELLOR then proceeded to give judgment in this case, which was argued before him some considerable time since, upon an appeal from the decision of the Vice- Chancellor Knight Bruce. His Lordship said the case came before me after motion to discharge an order of the Vice ' Chancellor Knight Bruce, for the production of documents mentioned or referred to on the answer of the defend ants. It is not necessary to state the facts in detail as they arc fully set forth in the report of the proceedings before the Vice-Chancellor. The Corporation of London claim to be entitled by prescription to measure all coin, grain, &C., brought by the River Thames, and landed at any point between Staines-bridge and Yantleet, and to receive certain ancient fees in respect of the performance of that duty. The plaintiffs had landed certain quantities of malt at their wharf in Westminster, and the Corporation filed a bill against them for an account of the malt so landed, claim ing the accustomed fees. The plaintiffs filed a cross bill fur a discovery, denying the right of the Corporation, con tending that if the right existed it was to a much more limited extent than as claimed by them; that it was compa ratively of modern origin; that the fees had been from time to time varied, and that there was no ground for the prescription claimed. The defendants having put in their answer, the plaintiffs moved for the production of the docu ments mentioned or referred to iu such answer. When the mo tion came on for argument the defendants consented to the pro duction ofsuch of the documents as had been produced under an order of the Chief Baron, Lord Abinger. Secondly, to the met age, accounts kept by the meters, who were the ser vants of the Corporation. Thirdly, to certain books and re pertories enumerated in the first schedule to the answer. And lastly, to the charter of the 6th of James 1., and the subse• quent charter of Charles. With respect to the case and opinious it is unnecessary for me to express any opinion; they were considered by the Vice-Chancellor to be protected, and the defendants do not of course complain of that part of the judg ment. The first question for consideration relates to the books of account kept by the corn-meters. The plaintiffs in sist in their bill, among other things, that the rates of charge have varied. and that they will appear after inspection of their books. The statement in the bill is, that the defendants have in their possession, custody, or power, divers accounts or books of account, in which entries have been made of all corn kc., measured by the corn-meters during a long period of years, together with (among other things) the fees and wages re ceived for such measuring, and that it such books of account were produced, it would thereby appear that among other things the rate of fees, and wages, and rewards claimed and received on account of the metage aforesaid, and the labour incidental thereto, have from time to time varied. The bill, therefore, charges the possession of these documents, and that they relate to the matters in,dispute in this suit— namely, among other things, the metage, and the fees and wages paid in respect of it: if they exhibit a variance in the amount of the rates paid at different periods, it is obvious that such evidence would be material for the plaintiffs at the hearing of the cause. The defendants, the corn -meters, in their answer, admit the possession of these books of accounts, and say—not positively— to the best of their information and belief—that it will not appear from them that the fees and rates of charge have varied, and they further state that these accounts or books of account, contain material evidence for the Corpora tion, and that they are intended to be used in support of their claim, but the material question is, whether they do not also contain, by the alleged variance of charges, evidence for the plaintiffs. This is denied only according to the information and belief of the defendants. In Ban nestyne v. Leader, 10th Simons, the Vice-Chan cellor of England considered, and I think properly, that it Was not sufficient in a case of this kind to swear merely to the defendant's belief. It further appears from the answer that the examination of the documents of the defendant, the corn-meters, bad been imperfect, for in another part they set out the names of certain places where the measurement had taken place out of the city of London, being, as they state, all that they had met with, but they add that the accounts 'are numerous, and that there may be many others besides those they have mentioned. The number of the documents is not a sufficient excuse for an imperfect examination of them, as the Court would, upon a proper application, allow the necessary time to prepare a sufficient and satisfactory answer. The same objections apply to the answer of the Corporation. With respect to the town-clerk, it does not always very distinctly appear when he is meant to be included under the descrip tion of these defendants, but if he denies at alt that the accounts will show that the payments have varied, he states that only according to information and belief, and there is sufficient also in his answer to show that if he has examined the accounts the examination has been partial and imperfect. lam of opinion, therefore, that these accounts must be produced. The next q ues ti on re l ates to the books a nd repertories mentioned in the first schedule, The defendants, the Corporation, and their town-clerk, say in their answer that, save as therein mentioned, they deny that they have in their possession any book or le.oks re lating to the matters in the bill mentioned, except that there are in the custody or power of the defendants certain written books or repertories, set forth in the first schedule, which contain entries of divers matters and things which the defendants believe form material evidence as to the exclusive right of metage, and which they intend to use in support of their right. And, in a subsequent passage, they ex pressly admit that the books and repertories, men tinned in the first schedule, contain copies and ab stricts, or extracts, from documents relating to the measuring of corn and grain by the meters; and they admit the possession of such books and repertories, but they deny that the plaintiffs have any interest in them; and further they deny, to the best of their knowledge, information, and belief, that if they were produced, it would appear by them that the right had commenced within the time of legal memory, or that they contain, or would fur nish evidence on behalf of the plaintiffs ; on the con trary, they say they are advised and believe that they contain entries which they are advised and believe are most material evidence in support of the right of metage, end which they intend to make use of in support of their exclusive right against the plaintiffs. There is in these passages a sufficient admission that the books and re pertories se: forth in the first schedule relate to the matter mentioned in the bill. The only question, there fore, is, whether any sufficient reason is assigned why they slesuld not be produced The defendants deny that the plain tiffs have any interest in them, and further they deny, to the best of their belief, knowledge, and information, that, if pro duced, they would show that the right had commenced within time of legal memory, and that they would furnish evidence on behalf of the plaintiffs. The plaintiffs do not claim the right to the production of the documents on the ground of their having any interest in them in. the -ommon acceptation of that word, but as con taining evidence in their favour in support of the allegations contained in the bias, and this is denied by th.s defendants, the Corporation, and the town-clerk, only according to the best of their knowledge, information, and belief, which. as I have already stated, I do not think sufficient. They farther add that these books and repertories contain, as they are advised and believe, entries which form most mate rial evidence of their exclusive right of metage, and which they intend to use in support of their right : but this will rot entitle them to withhold the documents, unless they a'so deny with sufficient certainty (which they do not), that they contain evidence in support of the case of the plaintiffs. It was further objected that the bill only charged that these books related to the matter in question, and that it was riot alleged that, if produced, they would establish the case of the plaintiff., and that it was only admitted by the answer that the accetnits related to the matters in question in the cause. But this admission alone will, prima facie, entitle the plaintiff to inspect them. Smith v the Duke of Beau fort, Storey v. Lord Lennox, Tyler v. Drayton, and other cases have decided that point. It i 3 not necessary that more should be stated in the bill, or that more should be admitted by the answer. It was also said that the documents were re quired merely to negative the case of the Corporation of London, and that the plaintiff had no right to require the production for that purpose; and the case of Bolton v. the Corporation of Liverpool was cited as establishing that position ; but the ground upon which the production was there refused seems to have been, that the documents were re quired merely for the purpose of ascertaining whether they contained anything tending to disprove the title of the Corporation, not for the purpose of proving, a , in the present case, the facts alleged in the bill, and leek!), if established, would defeat the plaintiffs' claims. Here the plaintiffs charge affirmatively that the pay ments have varied at different periods, that thee , - veil be shown by the accounts when produced, and the state the , t is not positively denied, but only according to infor reatien and belief in the answer. When documents are charged and Admitted to be in the defendant's possession relating te the matters in question, it must depend upon the suffi ciency of the answer whether the Court will order the.pro catetien of th em. Th e rema i ning question relates to the ( . barter s of the 4th James I. and the charter of Charles 11. he charter of the 6th of James the First, either the original u. a cony. but as I read the answer, the original, and the carter of Chaelee the Second, are a d m i tte d b y t h e defendants. Aenl4V n aldermen, and common a lty, an d t h e town-c l erk, to 'le . ir ,: eir P° 3s ession, and they clearly relate to the matters mentioned in the lea ; that may be material to the plaintiffs' 'nee, for they tend to show that the right is confined to corn, N r ., imported for the Purpose of sale. In one altp of their answer th odeendants say the charter of the 6tli of Jaws I. was notecessary to their case; but in a aubse (pent part they state that the charter of Charles IL. in senich the charter t h e 6th of James I. was recited, firms pert of the evidence of their title to the ex• r‘eusive right of metage, but they nowhere, as far as I ean discover, state that they do not afford evi- Oence in support of the plaintiff's case. Beyond the ;Acts which I have stated there is nothing relied upon as a reason why the charter should not be produced. Ther e i s no ground therefore fur discharging any part of the Vice-Chan cellar Knight Bruce's order, and the motion must, therefore, be refused with coats. FOSTER V. SMITH. • The LORD CHANCELLoR also gave judgment in this cane, diemilting the bill without costs; but, in consequence of some question being. raised with respect to the costs, his Lordship said lie would hear the arguments upon that point on Mon day morning. OLDFIELD V. COBDETT. The Loan CHANCELLOR alio gave judgment in this case, refusing the motion without costs. HEIGHTON V. GRANT. His Lonnstiti- also gave judgment in this case which came before him upon a n a pp ea l f rom the judgment of the Blaster of the Rolls. His Lordship affirmed the judgment of the Court below. BOOTH V. LIGHOOT. In thi s case his La:moss/IP gav T e F judgment, also affirming the decree, and dismissing the appeal with coats. HILL V. NAstr. The LORD CHANCELLOR gave judgment Ifkeivive - inihis case. It came before his Lordship upon appeal from the judgment of the Master of the Rolls, deciding wind an ob tjection that had been made to the suit for want of parties. It appeared that the plaintiffs were corn factors, and that, in the year 1840, they entered into a specu lation with the defendant /slash, and two other persons, named Carpenter and Shepherd, to purchase wheat by that speculation. Eighteen thousand pounds were lost by the plaintiffs, and they instituted a suit for the pur pose of recovering from the representatives of Nash that sum. The defendants, the representatives of Nash, asserted that the suit was defective, inasmuch as Carpenter and Shep herdwere not made parties, but the Master of the Rolls de cided against that objection, and from that decision the de fendants appealed. Hi s Lordship was clearly of opinion that the objection ought to have been allowed, and ordered the decree to be discharged and the suit to be amended. JONES v. HOWELL. His LonnsHrp also gave judgment in this case, Affirming the judgment below with costs. BLUNDELL V. GLADSTONE. His LORDSHIP also gave judgment in this case, which came before him upon an appeal from the decision of the Vice• Chancellor of England, dismissing the petition of Lord Camoys and a lady named Temple, praying to be admitted into the possession of certain property belonging to the testator in the cause called Molyneaux and Horton. His Lordship was of opinion that the Vice- Chancellor had acted wrong in dismissing the petition, and ordered it to be referred to the Master to inquire whether the estates of Blelyneaux and Horton were be queathed by the testator, subject to any and what trust, the Blaster to state special circumstances, stATTnEwa V. BRISE. The Lonn CHANCELLOR also gave judgment in this case, the question on which was whether the defendant, who was the executor and trustee of a fund for the plaintiff, was bound to make good a sum of 4,0001. in Exchequer-bills, the amount of which was lost by the bank ruptcy of his brokers and bankers, Messrs. Wakefield. His Lordship was clearly of opinion that the defend. ant was liable to make good the amount, and ordered the judgment of the Court below, to the same effect, to be affirmed. His Lordship, in consequence of an ap plication to that effect of the counsel for the defendant, stated that he would look into the papers between this and Monday, in order to see whether he was entitled to an in quiry before the Master as to whether the widow of the plaintiff had assented to the disposition of the money. LEI RE GALE. His LORDSHIP gave judgment likewise in this case, which came before him upon appeal from the Chief Judge in Bank ruptcy. His Lordship discharged the order of the Court below. YOUNG V. LORD WATIRPARIC. His LORDSHIP, in this case, affirmed the decision of the Vice-Chancellor, with costs. BOOTH V. CRESWICK. Mr. WAKEFIELD applied in this case, which stood in the paper of the Vice-Chancellor of England to be heard on exceptions, that it might be transferred to the paper of his Lordship. The LORD CHANCELLOR—Very well. Mr. PARRY said that he was instructed to oppose the cue being put on his Lordship's paper at all. The LORD CHANCELLOR, With apparent surprise—What, did Mr. Wakefield apply to have it put in my paper ? I may, per haps, not be there to hear it, and I am sure I will not do my successor so great an injustice as to order it to be put in the Lord Chancellor's paper.—(A laugh.) His Lonnszni then stated that it might be convenient for the Bar to know that he would sit on Monday at ten o'clock, in order to dispose of lunatic petitions. We believe that the Court of Chancery never furnished an instance before of a Lord Chancellor giving twelve judg ments in one day. His Lordship rose between three and four o'clock. The hall was crowded during the whole period of his Lordship's sitting. ROLLS' COURT. Dec. 20. His Lordship at at ten o'clock, and proceeded with the hearing of son e very important motion•. EARL NELSON V. LORD RRIDPORT. Mr. TEINEY, on the part of the plaintiff, replied at great length to the sueguments on the other side, which occupied the remainder of the day. COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH, Dec. 20. THE QUEEN V. ECULESNEGAR. This was an indictment for wilful and corrupt per. jury. A verdict of guilty was returned against the de , fendant, who was recommended to mercy by the jury. COURT OF EXCHEQUER, Dec.2o. (Sittings at Nisi Prius, in London, before the LORD CRUM BARON and a Special Jury). =ATM AND AND ANOTHER t. DURANT. This was an action of assurnpsit, brought to recover 10,400/. upon a policy of insurance effected upon certain goods by the plaintiff with the defendant, who was an underwriter at Lloyd's. The defendant had plsced upon the record a number of pleas, amounting in all to twenty-nine, denying his liability, on the ground that the vessel in which the gods were embarked, and the goods themselves, were seized by the Portuguese Government, and condemned as being in tended by the owners to be used for the purposes of carrying on the slave trade. The Attorney General, Mr. Crowder, Mr. Martin, and Mr. Bovill appeared for the plaintiffs, and the Solicitor-Ge neral, Sir Thomas Wilde, Mr. Jervis, and Mr. Greenwood for the defendant. The plaintiffs are African merchants, and the defendant an underwriter at Lloyd's. The action was brought to re cover 10,4001., the aggregate amount of a policy of insurance effected upon three distinct parcels of goods which constituted the cargo of a Brazilian vessel called theVirtuosa Maria Aldina, and the policy specified that the goods were to be insured for a period of twelve months, extending from September -1840, to September, 181 I, during which time the vessel was to sail from Genoa to Pernambuco, and other ports on the coast of South America, and thence to Angola and other place*. on the coast of Africa. The vessel sailed in due course from Rio de Janeiro for Angola, her final destination, and intended port of discharge; but, in order to avoid some exceedingly heavy export duties which were imposed on vessels sailing from the Brazils direct to the African coast, the captain, au Italian, named De Moro, cleared her at the Rio custom-house for Pernambuco ; but, without touching at that port, he steered direct for Angola. In th e course o f t h e voyage h e put in at Benguela, a Portuguese settlement on the African coast, and there she was boarded by the crew of a Portuguese sloop-of war, called The Eighth of July, when the fraud committed by the captain upon the Brazilian custom-house was discovered, and it was found that the Virtuoea Maria Aldina had an unusual number of pipes of water, as well as 160 bags of Mandahoaca foin on board, which induced the Benguela authorities to fancy she was intended for, or about to embark in the slave trade, and the crew were arrested. and the vessel and cargo seized and condemned. The plaintiffs, hewever, denied that this was so, and contended that it was the valuable nature of the cargo, which consisted of silks. velvets, and cotton goods, that instigated the crew of the Portuguese sloop of war to capture the Virtuosa Maria Aldina, because it was manifest from all the papers in possession of Capt. De Moro, that she was engaged in a legitimate trade. Nevertheless, the de fendant refused to indemnify the plaintiffs against the loss, in asmuch as the policy did not provide that the Virtuosa Maria Aldina was to be insured against such a capture, and the present action was brought to determine the question whether it did or not. pression. The prisoner then drew his bayonet and stabbed him under the eye. The prosecutor screamed out and ran across the road, but the prisoner remained standing where he was until a policeman came up and took him into custody. The prosecutor confirmed this statement, as did also the girl Elizabeth Dibley. Mr. Bonxix made an able address to the jury, and con tended that the act was one, not of premeditated violence, but of sudden provocation and anger. The Learned Counsel also called several witnesses, who gave the prisoner an excel lent character. Mr. Baron ALDERSON, in laying the evidence before the jury, remarked that the counsel for the prosecution had opened the case as if he intended to screen the prisoner. That was not the way to conduct a prosecution, and he hoped he should not see it practised again. The jury returned a verdict of Guilty of a common asmault. Mr. Baron AtmEttsoN sentenced him to imprisoned and kept to hard labour for three calendar months. THIRD COURT. Alexander Gordon and John Cummins, the master and mate of the barque Neathesis, were indicted for assault ing William Scott. a stupid-looking lad, about sixteen years of age, an apprentice o❑ board that vessel, on the 20th of June last, whilst on the voyage out to India. Mr. Payne appeared for the- prosecution ; and Mr. Ballantine, Mr. Wilde, and Mr. Robinson, defended the prisoners. _ The Learned Counsel for the prosecution having stated the case, and detailed the various acts of cruelty prac tised against the prosecutor by the prisoners, such as re peated floggings, and the subseqnent application of vitriol, so as to madden and increase his torments, proceeded to examine the prosecutor in support of the charge. Several other witnesses corroborated the testimony of the prosecutor, and gave a frightful description of the tortures he endured. It appeared that, in addition to the floggings, the prosecutor had fallen overboard in escaping from the fury of the mate, and had remained immersed more than a quarter of an hour before he was picked up again. For the defence, it was alleged that the prosecutor h.d been found asleep on his watch, and the punishment with which he was visited was the ordinary treatment in such cases. The application of vitriol was strenuously denied, the contents of the phial being described as an Ointment of healing quality, which was admiuistert'd from kind and humane motives. Dr. Guy, of King's College, had examined the boy's back, and gave it as his opinion, from the appearance of the skin, that neither vitriol, nor any other corrosive liquid, bad been applied. Several witnesses were called to testify to the humane and excellent disposition of the captain, as well as to the risk which he incurred in picking up the prosecutor out of the sea. The Learned Commissioner summed up. The jury, after an hour's deliberation, returned a ver diet of Acquittal of the mate, and found the captain Guilty. The cake occupied the whole of the day and had not ter. minated when the Court rose. JUDGE'S CHAMBERS, Dec. 20. (Before Mr. Justice COLERIDGE.) ALLEGED DETENTION OF SLAVES. It will be recollected that a few days since Sir George Stephens, and others connected with the Anti-Slavery Association, made a complaint at the Thames Police office, in reference to the alleged detection of slaves on board of a vessel in the London Docks. It appeared that the individuals in question arrived in England in the Caroline, with presents to her Majesty from the 'mourn of Muscat, and were now on board the brig Anne. in the London Docks, uetil their ship was repaired, when they would be conveyed back to Zanzobar as slaves. Sir G. Stephens not succeeding in the object whi..di he had in view on that occasion, applied for and obtained a writ of habeas corpus from Mr. Justice Coleridge to bring the bodies of the poor men in question before him, and fifteen of them were conveyed in omnibuses yesterday to the Judge's Chambers, in obedience to the writ. At three o'clock Mr. Lush, the barrister, appeared with Sir George Stephens, the solicitor, in support of the writ of habeas corpus. Mr. Clarkson and Sir J. Bayley attended on the part of Messrs. Newman, Hunt, and Co., the consignees of the vessel Caroline, to show cause against the writ. The several sailors were again ques tioned by his Lordship, and they all said that they were sailors and not slaves ; that no one had died on the pas sage, and they added that they were all well treated. Mr. Justice COLERIDGE, at the suggestion of Sir George Stephens, told the men, tnrough the instrumen tality of the interpreters, that they were ail free, and that, if they had been slaves, the moment they came to England they became free. The men seemed to understand his Lordship's ex pression, and left the Court to return to the ship. The return to the writ of habeas corpus was ordered to be made by Tuesday. Sentence deferred till this day. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. BOW-STREET. On Saturday John Wheatley was charged with steal ing two silver spoons and two silver forks, the property of Mr. Evans, the proprietor of the well known hotel at Covent-garden. It appeared that the prisoner had been in the service of the prosecutor fur about three months, and during that time some of the plate was missing, and suspicion falling on the prisoner, he was given into cus tody, and his lodgings being searched, the two silver spoons and forks were found there, but the marks on them had been partially erased. The prisoner was re manded. There have been several robberies of plate recently at the Bedford and other hotels in the neighbourhood of Covent-garden, and which it is supposed have been effected by waiters. CLERKENWELL. AN hum WAKE Goodman, landlord of the Ship, in Saffron-hill, was charged with having bad his house open for the sale of spirits at an unlawful hour. Police-sergeant Wilkinson deposed that on passing the Ship, at twenty minutes to four on Sunday morning last, he heard sounds of merriment proceeding from the first floor. He knocked, obtained admission, and on entering the front room on the first floor saw several persons sit ting round a table drinking. Mr. COMBE—What was on the table? The sergeant— Several pewer pots containing beer. Mr. COMBE—What else? The sergeant—A coffin, in which the corpse was. They were all drinking round the body. Mr. COMBE—Did the man die there? The landlord admitted that he did net. Mr. COMBE—Then it would appear the corpse was brought there for the purpose of selling the beer. The landlord denied that such was the case. Here an Irishwoman, "in weeds of woe," vociferated from the body of the court " I am his wife," and at the same time flounced up to the witness table. Mr. COMBE—Whose wife are you ?—My husband's. Mr. COMBE—The defendant's ?—No, the dead man's, Mr. Comni—What do you mean ?—The lady, stentorian voice, went on to say that she brought the re* mains of the deceased there because she had no place else " to wake him decently in." The defendant was fined 1/. and costs. The widow left the Court vowing vengeance *gains. the police. m a John Peters, a strong built, powerful man, was charged with assaulting police-constable 432 N, in such a manner as to place his life in danger. About twelve months ago the prisoner was convicted and punished for a very brutal assault en the com plainant., against whom he has since harboured a grudge. On the night of the 7th ult., the constable w 43 quietly standing at the corner of Southampton street, Pentonviile, when the prisoner went up, and in an inso'ent manner directed the constable to give him a light lir his pipe. The constable replied, "I have not got one, sir." The prisoner, who was sober, said, "Then ge up the lamp. post and fetch it." The officer, of cour.-e, refused ; whereupon the prisoner attacked him, knocked him down, and kicked him violently ir. the groin and abdomen. At this moment Police-con stable 333 came up : he was lifting the prosecutor, when the prisoner, with his heb-nailed boot gave the nnfortunate man another kick on the stomach, from the effect of which he became insensible. The police-con stable 333 N then attempted to secure the prisoner, who beat him severely. The constable, however, clung to bim, and, with brutish ferocity, the prisoner fastened his teeth in the officer's hand, producing four wounds. As • sistance came and the fellow was secured, Police-con stable 432 N (the prosecutor) was for several days in a very critical condition, and is still weakly, and looks ghastly. For the assault on police-constable 333 N the pri soner has undergone a month's imprisonment. Ile was now sentenced by Mr. Combe to another month's im prisonment without fine. Prisoner---" I'll sky the beaver ;" and so saying threw up his hat to the ceiling of the Court, catching it on its fall with great adroitness. A little fellow, about ten years of age, named Franks, was charged with begging. Mr. George John Garnet, residing in Newington-street, Somer's-town, deposed that on the previous night he was going home along the St. Pancras-road, when he was accosted by the prisoner, who asked for something for God's sake, saying that he had no food, and was utterly destitute. He was about giving him some money, when a gentleman in formed him that he bad just given him a shilling, and upon further inquiry Mr. Garnet learned that as soon as the little rascal got the money he went into a public-house and called for some beer and a pipe. At the time he told complainant he was starving he had lOid. on his person. The prisoner acknowledged he had been rigged out in his present wretched habiliments by his father, who was a farrier, living in Windmill-street, Tottenham-court- roa d, and that he had been sent out by him to beg. The case was remanded for further inquiry. The Duke of Buccleuch will leave Montague House early in the following week for Dalkeith Palace, near Edinburgh. The Earl of Dalkeith has joined the Duchess an' 'mxtfly there from Eten. The Duke of St. Alban's is entertaining a select party with the sports of the field at Redbourne Hall, Lin colnshire. The Duchess, with the youthful Earl of Burford and Lady Diana Beauclerk, are staying at the Noble Duke's swine villa, near Ventpor, Isle of Wight. The late Henry Iltid Nicholl, D.0.T.., of the Col lege, Doctors' Commons, and of Upper Clapton, whise sudden death on the 24th ultimo, at the early age of thirty-six, it was our painful cit} lately to have recorded, has died in. testate, leaving personal property in England estimated at 90,000/, besides freehold and other property in Wales. Letters of administration of his effects have been granted to his re lict, who, with his children divide the personalty, one-third to the widow, and two-thirds among the children. The freeholds to the heir-at-law. The deceased was cousin to the Judge-Advocate, the Right Lionourable John Nicholl D.C.L., P.C. and _III.P. for Cardiff.—Post. COURT OF BANKRUPTCY, Dec. 19. (Before Mr. Commissioner Rom.) IN RE SAMUEL ELPHICK. The bankrupt in this case was described as of the Green Dragon, Bermondsey, victualler, end this day applied for his certificate. His debts are about 6001. He was supported by Hr. Duncan, counsel, and opposed by Mr. Pyke, solicitor to the assignees. upon the grounds of untradesman-like conduct, and disposing of assets to favoured creditors, instead of allowing them to be distributed by the Court. LICENSED VICTUALLERS' PROTECTION SOCIETY.- At a Special Committee Meeting of this Society, held at the office, New Bridge-street, on Friday, the 19th inst., Mr. T. R. Elt in the chair, upon the motion of Mr. Edwards, seconded by Mr. Hughes, it was resolved unanimously— " That the thanks of this Committee are justly due, and be hereby given to the late Chairman. Mr. Lewis Jones, for the able and efficient manner in which he discharged the important duties appertaining to that office, during the past year." At this and a previous meeting the following sums were awarded—to Richard Walker, 33 G, one guinea, for apprehending Edwin Spencer for robbiog Mr. Major, White Lion, Finchley, of a barometer; to Sergeant Thompson, 12 R, one guinea, for apprehending Michael Kerrigan, for robbing Mr. Avery, Gibraltar, Deptford, of a watch ; to William Humphreys, half-a-guinea, fora pprehending Wil liam Colcham, for robbing Mr. Hobbs, Spanish Patriot, White Conduit-fields, of two pewter pots ; to Timothy Wells, 83 V, one guinea, for apprehending Joseph Allen, for robbing Mr. King, Cadogan Arms, King's-road, Chelsea, of two pewter pots; to William Ling, 77 D, one guinea, for apprehending George Thompson, for robbing Mr. Stanton, Victory, Oxford-street, of a pewter pot; to C. H. Rennoldon, half-a-guinea, for apprehending Elizabeth Robinson, for robbing Mr. Rennoldson, Coach and Horses, Ray-street, Clerkenwell, of a glass mug; to W. Millerrnan, 95 B, two guineas, for apprehending William Davis, for robbing M r. Chandler, Ship, Milbank, Westmi ns t er , of two glasses; and Sarah Ponsford, for robbing Mr. King, Coachtnakers' Arms, Belgrave-mews, Pimli co , o f two pewter pots; to Inspector Proud, M division, Samuel Brown, and Thomas Towerey, 237, one guinea each, for apprehending two men, for robbing Mr. Wickens, Old Justice, Bermondsey-wall, of a cash-box —through the exertions of the above-Lamed individuals, the whole of the property, nearly sixty pounds, was recovered, and the thieves sentenced for ten years' transportation ; and to Henry Todd, 221 G, one guinea, for apprehending Elizabeth Taylor, for robbing Mr. Hart, Duke of York, Liquorpond street, of a glass iiAILWAT PENALTIES.—We understand that the validity of the 7 and 8 Victona it now on the point of being tested. It is perfectly clear that the Registration Act has not bean complied with in many of its clauses. We hear that men of high standing and respectability, being promoters of companies themselves, have instructed their solicitors to sue for penalties under the Act. 'We are prepared to state, that in several companies the provisional committees have ren dered themselves liable under the 76th and 77th sec.--. Rai lway Telegraph and .4.feehant's Advocate. Some of the coal proprietors in Lancashire have raised** price of coals ono Wiling per ten. It appeared that the nntradesman-like conduct was founded open the fact of his not giving notice, as is usual in the line of business that the bankrupt had carried on, to the whole sale tradespeople, that he was going to dispose of his stock on the 29th of May llst, which he did for 201.; and giving a preference by paying certain persons, and absconding the day after he sold his business, and also residing at Brighton, expending part of the 200/. he received from the sale of hie business, instead of corning to the Court and allowing it to be fairly distributed among the general body of creditors. Mr. Duncan, in reply, said that certain individuals had ad vanced the bankrupt certain sums of money, which had been used in his business, and, therefore, such creditors were en titled to have the preference; and that at the time he gave the preference he did not contemplate bankruptcy, and had not kept anything for his own purposes. Mr. Commissioner FANE was of opinion that the bankrupt had not conducted himself in a way to entitle him to the benefit of the bankrupt law; that he had acted in an under hand manner in distributing the major part of his :wets among favoured creditors, and with the remainder living in the country. It was impossible f or t hi s H onour to say that this bankrupt had acted fairly, and, therefore, under all the circumstances of the case, he must mark the censure of the Court upon such conduct, by suspending the allowance of the certificate for two ears from the date of the fiat. - - - CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT. OLD COURT. (Before Mr. Just ic e P Arri tsos and Mr. Baron AmEn.soN, &c.) "STABBING. Tirm. 21.1‘Carthy, a corporal in the Royal Ma rines, was indicted fur stabbing a young man named Mug geridge. Mr. Payne conducted the prosecution, and Mr. Bodkin de fended the prisoner. Wm.. Heiiwright, an omnibus conductor, residing in Grafton -court, Marylebme, stated that on the day named in the indictment he was standing at the end of Grotto-passage. There were two girls standing there also. The prisoner, who was very tipsy, came up, and spoke to one of the irls; whose name was Elizabeth Debly. Her comparoon said to her, " Come away from the soldier, or I will tell your mother, and she will give Y6u a good thrashing." The prisoner said to her, " What do you mean ?" and struck her a blow on the face which she instantly returned. The prosecutor then came up and told Dibley to go home and' if the soldier attempted to molest her he would b—y well drub him. The prisoner said, " Wbat do you mean P" and lduegtridgit r e P'alted tht THE S UN, LONDON, MONDAY MORN ENG, DECEMBER 22, 1845. APPALLING MURDER. We are to-day calied upon to record one of the moat appalling murders which probably ever took place within the circle of the Channel Islands. The name of the victim is Thomas Hodge, the name of the murderer John Noon, both seamen. It appears that the individual who has thus fallen a victim to brutal violence and pas sion, was a sailor belonging to a vessel which trades be tween the port of Jersey and Newfoundland. About three weeks ago he arrived in St. Helier's from the latter place, and took up his lodgings at a respectable house in Mid - caster-street, generally frequented by the better class of seam en w h o h ave occas i on to b e some time in harbour. He was universally respected as a quiet, orderly, individual. On Wednesday last, the 10th instant, being the anniversary of his birthday, he treated his friends to an entertainment in the house in which he resided. In return for the compliment, his fellow-lodgers, being just on the eve of departure for a distant port, invited him on the evening of Sa turday last to a farewell entertainment in the house at which they had all mutually taken up their resi dence. The hour of ten had arrived, and the whole party were quietly seated at supper, when the individual who is at present in custody upon the atrocious charge of wickedly depriving a fellow-creature of his life, in truded upon their innocent hilarity. He had only arrived in port some few hours before from a long voyage, and, as was also his usual custom, had re paired to the boarding-house where the melancholy catastrophe was fated to take place. Seating himself down in the very midst of the company, he forthwith began to Use language which ordinary eh-cency would pre vent us from repeating ; oaths and imprecatioss, and the most obscene epithets flowing from his lips in the most admired rapidity. At last, however, his conduct seems to have proceeded beyond all further endurance, and the landlord of the house was obliged to rebuke him for his unmanly behaviour in the company of females. The re buke, however, did not Seem to have much apparent effect, and noon still continued his oaths and imprecations as before. All efforts proving un availing, it was at length found necessary to re move him from the apartment, and at this moment it is important to observe the amiable con duct of the deceased. With the view of seeing that no harm should result to the individual who had thus wantonly broken in upon the pleasures of the even and whom, from the outrageous nature of his con duct, he could scarcely regard as in his sober senses, he volunteered to accompany him on board his vessel, where he was to Like up his quarters for the night. Hodge had only proceeded a.lew steps upon his way, and was descend ing a flight of steps which led from the doorof the house to the court below, when the murderer was observed to draw from his pocket a largeknife which he always carried about his person, and handle it iii &mantic r as if aiming at some deadly pu pose. Before, however, the murderous instru ment reached Ike spot at which it was evidently intended to be struck, it fell upon the assassin's hands ; hut hastily stooping to the ground, it was in a moment plunged into the thigh of the individual, who, regardless of incon venience, had so willingly volunteered to do an act of kindness. Falling back upon the steps on which he had been standing, the unhappy man uttered a scream which was heard at a considerable• distance, and was in a moment prostrate in a fit of insensibility. The mur derer, however, did not wait to see the issue of his atro cious act. Uttering an oath indicative of the pleasure he experienced on having done for the ill. fated Hodge. he hastily decamped. The unfortunate victim only survived for a short space of time, and in three minutes from his receiving the fatal stab of the assassin, he had breathed his last. Medical assis THE SOUTH EASTERN RAILWAY. FATAL ACCIDENT. On Saturday evening an inquest was held by Mr. Carter, the Coroner, at the Royal Oak, Croydon, on the body of Mr. James Padden Cross, a respectable master butcher, of Croydon, who met with his death in conse quence of injuries he received at the Dover Railway station, at Croydon, on the :24th of November. The inquiry created very considerable interest, on account of an impression that very generally prevailed, that the accident which led to the death of the deceased was occasioned by a want of proper a tt en ti on an d accommodation to the public on the part of the South- Eastern Railway Company. Mr. Howell, the superin tendent of the traffic department, was present to watch the proceedings, and to give any explanation that might be required on the part of the Company. The following evidence was adduced:— Mr. W. Jones deposed that be was a butcher, and reside dat Croydon. On the morning of the 24th of November, at four o'clock, be proceeded, in company with his orother, to the Brighton Railway station, to meet the up Dover mail train, for the purpose of pro ceeding by it to tewn, to attend Smithfield market. On their way they met the deceased, and they all proceeds d together to the station, and the train drew up at the same moment upon the centre line of rails. A juror asked whether this was the usual place for the ordinary trains to stop ?—The witness said it was not. The trains usually stopped on the side rails where there was a regular platform, but to get into the carriages upon the centre rails, it was necessary tor the passengers to go round the wall, a very considerable distance, or else to jump over the wall. Ile then went on to State that the deceased, in getting over tl:e wall, fell, and broke his leg. The CORONER—Then getting over the wall was not the proper way to get to the train ? Witness—lt was not, but the passengers by this early train generally did so, to save gong round the wall which divided the tw o lines of rails. By the was quite dark at this time, and there seae no other light than a lanthorn, which the porter had who attended upon the train. The ordinary trains drew up on the side roils, and if this train had dune so, the accident would not have happened. A juror inquired whether there was any platform for the passengers upon the centre rails? The witness said there was not. They had to scramble in as well as they could. He added, that since the acci dent there were lights at the :station for that early train, and it also drew up to the side platform, By the CORONER —Iied no doubt that the alteration was in consequence of the accident. Mr. Howell here said that he was present on behalf of the Company, and he was ready to give any explanation that, might be required. In answer to a question from Mr. Hunt, one of the jury, the witness said that, before the accident, the sta tion had no lights. That there was no clerk, and the only person in attendance was one of the porters. Mr. Hunt said he thought that it showed great want of care on the part of the Company to have such a state of things at so large a station ; and that the acci dent was in a great measure to be attributed to it. The CORONER said, in his opinion, these inquiries were not at all relevant. The deceased appeared to have met with the accident entirely from his own act; if the train had gone over him it would have been an other matter. Mr. Hui t said, in his opinion, it formed a very proper point of inquiry. if the Company had taken the same precautions es they did at present, in all probability the accident would not have occurred. Mr. Howell said that if the deceased had gone two or three yards on one side he might have crossed the rails by a passage made for that purpose, and need not have gone round the whole length of the wall. A juryman said that might be, but how could he see, when there were no lights ? Several of the jury ex , pressed an opinion that, under any circumstances, the centre rails was a most dangerous place to take up pas sengeis. There was no platform, arid it was, therefore, necessary so step up a height of eighteen or twenty inches, besides which the train was very close to the wall, and a nervous person might very well be frightened at having to be placed in such a position. They wished to know why the train could not draw up like the others, close to theplatform, upon the side rails? The CORONER said that perhaps Mr. Howell would give the jury some information upon this point. Mr. Howell said the jury were aware that Croydon was re large goods station, and it was customary to have the goods trucks at night upon the side lines of raile. It was therefore considered more safe that this early train should run into the middle line at Croydon, as that was alway kept clear, but since the accident it had been arranged that it should run to the side of the platform. He went on to say that the train in question was not originallyintended to stop at Croydon at all, but in conse quence of a le quisition to the Company by the hitchers of Croydon, representing the accommodation it would be to them to get- to market, it was arranged that it should stop for that purpose. Since the accident there had been lights at the station, and everything was done to prevent such an occurrence in future. A juror inquired whether there %ere many passengers who travelled by this train ? Mr. Howell replied, very few indeed, and those principally on Monday mornings. The jury said they thought they ought to append to their verdict a recommendation to the Company to con tinue the precautions they had adopted of having lights, and causing the train to draw up to the platform. Mr. Howell said this would certainty be done without any recommendation of that kind. The Company were always desirous to de everything in their power for the protection of the public. The CoatneEit said there could be no herrn in the jury making the recommendation in question. One of the jury said he thought that, at such a large station, there ought to be some one besides a porter to attend to the train. Mr. Howell said that a porter, with the guards of the train, was quite sufficient, and the Company would not think it necessary to mploy any one else. With regard to having lights, and running the train to the aide platform, he pledged himself that those precautions should be continued. ance was immediately procured, but all to no purpose. The femoral artery had been divided, and the haemor rhage which had ensued was such as to have precluded all hope of saving life had assistance arrived even within a minute from the infliction of the fatal gash. The eye-witnesses of the dire tragedy having in some degree recovered from the consternation which haJ been icdeced by the dreadful event of She moment, information was immediately forwarded to the po lice, and about twelve o'clock Mr. Centenier Le Cronier and Centenier Du Parcq, assisted by several other individuals, set out in search of the murderer. Directing their steps towards the vessel to which they suspected he had gone, they succeeded in appre hending him about one o'clock on Sunday morning. He was found apparently asleep in bed, and when apprised of the awful crime with which he stood charged, professed an utter unconsciousness of what had taken place. Nor did he accompany them quietly to prison; for it was only after despe rate resistance that they were successful in bringing him to shore. Hi?. cabin being strictly searched, the knife with which he consummated the fatal deed was dis covered. It bore evident marks of having been washed a very short period before, which would almost induce the supposition that at the period of the rash act his senses bad not been quite obscured from the influence of liqut , r. It is a long pointed French blade, and altogether 1 , ,0ks a most dangerous weapon. Upon his arrival at gaol, the strongest efforts were required to consign him to a cell, the ferocity and brutality of his conduct being scarcely credible. An inquest was held by the Deputy- Viscount on Sunday at ternoon, and a verdict of" Wilful Murder" was returns d. His examination before the Royal Court took place yesterday, a dense crowd being collected from all parts of the town.—Jersey Times. RAILWAY RETURNS. ItAILWAY 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:— Week ending Last week, Mr. Edward %Vestall, surgeon, was then examine -d, to prove that the death of the deceased was occasioned by the results of the accident to his system. The jury then returned a verdict of "Accidental death," coupled with a recommendation to the Company to continue their present arrangements at the station, with a view to prevent the occurrence of a similar acci• dent on any future occasion. THE ARMY. ALTERATIONS IN DRESS AND EQUIPMENT O 1 MEMORANDUM, T Horse G lAlt a lY d , Dec. 11, 1845. Her Majesty having been pleased to approve of the following alteration in the dress and equipment of the army, with a view to the health and comfort of the troops, the necessary patterns have been sealed and de posited at the Office of Military hoards, for the regula tion of future supplies: viz.:- 1. A more pliant and elastic description of leather stock is to be worn throughout the army, which it is ascertained can be furnished at the same price as the stiff one hitherto in use. 2. Thick cotton shirts are to he subitituted for linen in all climates, by which a cousiderable saving of expense will be r ffecvd. 3. It is intended that white linen or duck trousers, the use of which has already been discontinued in the cavalry, should no longer be worn by the infantry within the United Kingdom, or in the North American provinces, or on other cold or variable stations, but that trousers of a light worsted mixture, of the same texture and quality as those in use in Highland regiments, be submitted for summer wear, continuing the use of linen or cotton in the Mediterranean, the East and West Indies, and in all tropical or hot climates. It has been ascertained that the cost of trousers of p th a is ir t e s a c r t i i p m ti e o n w I n i e ed be n re o ci t u e ir x e c d e , e t d h i 6 a s. a , t a e n r d a will aolnsoe be in favour of the soldier. Lastly, an improved and more convenient mode of slinging and carrying the tools and implements cf pioneers has been established, which will not in any manner increase the charge against colonels of regi ments. Stocks and shirts of the newly approved description are to be gradually introduced as those now in wear become unserviceable, and regiments having these arti cles of nece,ssiries of the old pattern in store, under the provisions of her Majesty's warrant. of the 4th M a y, 1844, will he at liberty to issue them to the non commissioned officers and men until the whole shall have been expended ; but, in order to preserve uniformity, it will be necessary that the whole of each regiment commence the wear of wnrsted trousers at the same time, and this will be accomplished as early in the course of the ensuing season as they can conveniently be prepared; care being taken that recruits joining in the meantime are not provided with trousers of duck or linen. ~~~ 4 ~ 00 4,464 NAME OF RAILWAY. Dec. 13 Arbroath an Forfar ... ........... Bristol and Birmingham . • • Chester and Birkenhead .. Dublin and Drogheda.. Dublin and Kingstown ••. • • •• • • • • Dundee and Arbroath . • •• • •••• •• Durham and Sunderland ... • • • ....... Edinburgh and Glasgow . • Eastern Counties and North Eastern • . Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ayr ...... Glas;ow and Greenock• • • •••• • • Grand Junction Oraresend and Rochester • • • • ...• Great North of England • • .• • • • • Great Western . •• • Hartlep00l . London and Birmingham, Sze. • London and Blackwall— • • • London and Brighton. . • • • • • Londoc and Croydon . .. London and Greenwich . • • • • • • • .• London and South Western. • Manchester, Bolton, and Bury ...... Manchester and Birmingham. Manchester, Leeds, and Hull Assoc.. Midland Counties . Newcastle and Darlington Newcastle and Carlisle.:.. Newcastle and North 5hie1d5........ North Union and Bolton and Preston Paris, Corbel], and 0r1ean5...... .... Paris and Rouen . ......... ........ Preston and Wyre...... • . Sheffield and Manchester South Eastern ....... . Taff Yale • Ulster . ....... .. ............... Yarmouth and Norwich . ..... York and North Midland . .......... 572 2.333 6,772 1,803 740 16,058 1,274 31,412 - 681 4,051 5,097 95G 5,434 1,111 371 DEATH OF THE EARL OF BELssonE.—We regret to announce the decease of this Nobleman, who expired on Wednesday, at his seat, Castle Coole, in the county of Fer managh. The deceased, Arthur Lowry-Corry, Earl of Bel rnor ~ Viscount and Baron Belmore, of Castle Coole, county Fermanagh, in the peerage of Ireland, was born in pecen.ber, 1801, ant! married on the 27th of May, 1834, Emily Louise, youngest daughter of the late William Shepherd, Esq., of Bradbourne, in the county of Kent, by whom he has left three sons and three daughters, the eldest of whom, Somer set Richard, succeeds to the family honours and estates. The late Earl succeeded his father, the second Earl, in 1841. DEATH OF SIR JOHN CHETWODE, BART., M.P.— We have to record the demise of Sir John Chetwode, Bart., M.P., tor Buckingham, who expired on Wednesday last, at his marine residence at 13ognor, Sussex, at an advanced age. The deceased Baronet, son of the third Baronet, was born on the 11th of May, 1764, so that he was in his eighty-second year. He married, first, on the 16th of October, 1785, Laity Henrietta Grey, eldest daughter of George Henry, fifth Earl of Stamford and Warrington, who died in July, 1826; sine. in the following year he married, secondly, Miss Elizabeth Bristow, daughter of Mr. John Bristow. On the death of his father, in May, 1779, he succeeded to the baronetcy and the extensive family estates in the counties of Staffordshire, Buckinghamshire, and Cheshire. At t h e l ast general elec tion, in 1841, he was returned for the borough of Bucking ham by the Conservatives, in opposition to Sir Harry Verney. Bart. 'The deceased is succeeded by his eldest son, now Sir John Chetwode, born in 1788, and married in 1821 Miss Ludford, eldest daughter and co-heiress of Mr. John Newdi gate Ludford, of Ansley Hall, Warwickshire, when, on en tering on that gentleman's property in 1826, he asstitted by sign- manual the names of Newdigate Ludford before hisown. The Dowager Lady Boughry, the Rev. George Chetwode, the Hon. Mrs. Chetwode, and several families of rank are placed in mourning by the death of Sir John. A SELF-APPOINTED GOVERNMENT COMMISSIONER. —THuRLEs.—A young man, having, about him many externs, signs of a fiddler and dancing -master, has been arrested at 13 allyeahill, under the following circumstances :—lle repre sented himself to the people of the Barony of Eliogarty as one deputed by the Government to inquire into their griev ances, for the purpose of laying the groundwork for a ge neral reduction of rent. Flom the head of each family he demanded one penny for his trouble ; in many instances he got a shilling, so rejo i ced were the people at the prospect or haying two-thirds of their rent forgiven. He says his name is Edmund Ryan, and that he is a Tipperary boy. It is sup po,ed that he has for a length of time been practising upon the credulity of the people, in a variety of assumed charac ters.—Northern Whig. CHRISTMAS PRESENTS.—The present is hallowed by oneof the most delightful offices of friendship and affection ; the interchange of gifts as remembrances of the donors, and tokens of their esteem for the receivers. The most appro priate present becomes the first subject of consideration ; a On Monday, th e 15th D ecem b er, t h e R ev. J o h n merely useful one can afford no evidence of taste, while a pre sent poss ess i ng no claims to utility, shows a want of judgment. Vane, M.A., &c., of D u l w i c h C ollege, d i str ib uted the annual To combine these requisites, a more fitting souvedir cannot be suggested than Rowland's Toilet Articles, the Macassar Oil, Kent-road. The old scholars will read with delight that rewards to the boys of Mr. Walton's school, Albany-house, Kalydor, and Odonto, each of infallible attrib'ates. In creating their respected friend still continues to watch over the bast and sustaining luxuriant silken tresses, I:lo %fland's Macassar Oil interests of the pupils. is highly and universally appreciated ; `stowland's Kalydor is a SIMPLE METIIOD OF RAISING SUNKEN VEsms.— preparation of unparalleled efficacy • 'An improving and beauti- Captain Manby, a th e R oya l N avy, has a ddr e s se d a letter lying the Skin and Complexion.; and Rowland's Odanto, or to Lloyd's, upon the subject of a simple . and economical Pearl Dentifrice, is invaluable method of raising s un k en vesse l s , an d rem o v ing channel : ob.-- vative effects on the Teeth arA Gums. The august patronage atructions. conceded by our gracious '-, squeen, and the several Sovereigns (ADVERTISEMENT.)—A WONDERFUL CASE OF AN of Europe, together wl, f ..- , r its beawifying and preser 4, the-beauties which adorn the circles ATTESTED Cries or DILOPST ST HOL LOWAY ' S PILL S AND of princely and re' • magn ifi cence , and the confirmation by OINTMENT.—.Copy of a letter from Mr. Thomas Taylor, Clip- experience of t mist. '' Stockton, April 17th, 1845. Sir,—Mrs. Clough, the specifics b: ors characterised them with perfection, and given wife of Mr. John Clough, of Adam, a respectable farmer, them a ee letlity unparalleled. 1. .. e infallible efficacy of these creative renovating had been suffering from dropsy fps five years, and had the best ORA Tr.- - -- "'4E•PEEL ON THE FOOT -rAvEmzrvr.—Friday medical advice without receiving any bene fi t. She had heard day aft --( srnoon, between three and four o'clock, as Mr. of your your pills and ointment and used them with such surprising land, benefit, that she has now left off taking them, being so well ; aio. Holborn, he was suddenly throvn to the ground with but previously she had been given up as incurable. Signed!--r. a . F l i ght leg, se well ma . a gentleman residing in Hatton-garden, was proceeding tst violent shock, through accidentally treading upon Thomas Taylor." "'old at Professor Holloway's Establish s.une orange -peel. When assisted to rise he was unable to meat, 244, ,StrancLand by all respectable vendors of Medicit,- i e stand, keying sustainol a fracture of t I he threughtlot the oivilized world. . s di/Janda of the shoulder Although specially adapted for wear during the sum mer month,:, worsted trousers are to be worn on the march at all seasons, but must be changed for cloth ones immediately on the arrival of the troops in their quar ters, at the termination of each day's march. Soldiers proceeding by railway or by steam-vessels are, however, to wear cloth trousers throughout the year. The sashes or girdles of the pattern prescribed for sergeants of infantry by the memorandum of the 6th of August last, being only half the price of those hitherto worn, are to be furnished, if ncees.ary, every third year, an arrangement by which colonels of regiments will not be subject to any expense beyond what they have hitherto been liable to on that account. By command of Field-Marshal the DUKE of WELLINGTON, Commander-in-Chief. ;Signed) JOHN MACDONALD, Adjutant-General. STATE OF TRADE. 433 527 408 261 309 1,875 4,021 1,365 636 4,845 26,950 607 3,542 927 METROPOLITAN VISITING AND RELIEF A SSOCIA TIos.—The second annual meeting of th- members and sup porters of this institution was held on Friday at Willis's scorns, St. James's. T: - -e Right Rev. the Lord Bishop of London having taken the chair, briefly to open the business of the meeting. Mr. Haly, the secretary, then read the second annual report. It stated that the society had for its object the physical, moral, and spiritual improvement of the poor, without regard to religious distinctions ; and he spoke in encouraging terms of the success which had attended its operations. The balance sheets showed an income during the past year, including former balance, sale of Exchequer bills, &c., of 8,6911. 10s. 3d. The grants amounted to 7.0081. 18s., and there was a present balance of 8961. 3a. Mr. W. Gladstone, M.P., proposed the adoption and circuiatiou of the report. The Very Rev. the Dean of Westminster se conded the resolution, and it was carried unanimously. Sir R. H. Inglis moved the second resolution, to the effect that the experience of another year had justified the hope ex pressed at the institution of -the society, that the formation of district visiting societies throughout the parishes of the metropolis had been fully realised. Archdeacon Hale seconded the resolution, which was carried nem dis. Mr. Cardwell, ,1.P., moved another resolution, recommending the encouragement of provident societies amongst the poor, which was seconded by the Rev. T. Gibson, and carried unanimously. Votes of thanks were then severally passed to the auditors and the chairman, when the meeting sepa rated. ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION. There is hardly a week passes without some addition to the number of models of carriages and machinery connected with steam power propulsion, locomotive, and stationary engines, in the museum of this excellent Instituti.-n, arid among the more recent we observe a bernitiful adaptation of pneumatic science. It consists of a miniature steam-engine playing a fourettin, the whole forming an elegant article of vertu. The steam is generated by spirits of and carries out the whole process of a stationary engine, having a cylinder of five-eighths of an inch diameter, with pumps, cranks, fly wheel, &c., complete. The fountain is attached, and plays in a globe of glase, in which may be placed gold-fi s h, an d presents one d the proof that the ornamental and useful may be so com bined as to produce sensations of extreme gratification. This little bijou was designed and manufactured by Mr. T. Smith, who had the honour a short time since of exhibiting it to his Royal Highness Prince Albert, Who Was pleased to pay a high compliment upon its ingenuity. It M no* deposited in the Royal Polytechnic Instituti.n, and will no doubt be much appreciated by the visitors during the Christmas holidays. We hear there are numerous novelties in embryo which will shortly be produced to amuse and instruct the sight-seekers at this festive season of the year, more particularly those who are fond of spending the day in places of more quiet enjoy. men' 4,372 The late Major-General John Mayne, C. 8., of the Hon. East India Compatiy'S service, Bombay, late of Edin burgh) North Britain, has left personalty in England amounting to 5,000/. By his will, dated Feb. 24, 1845, he has left to his son, James Edmund Mayne, Esq., in the mili tary service of the Hon. East India Company, two hundred shares in the Northern Coal Mining Company, for which 4,6001. was originally paid. All his other property he leaves to his executors in trust for his children, viz., the interest of 4,0001., to be at the disposal of his daughter Mary, wife of Captain Wormald, of the Bombay Artillery, fir her life, and the principal to her c hild ren at h er d ecease To his daughters Hemet and Hannah, and son John, 2,2501. each ; anti to ins son Robert, 1,7501. The residue among them. The execu tors are James and Robert Mayne, Esqrs. his brothers, who are also appointed the guar di ans o f his infant children. The will was registered in Edinburgh on the 23d of August last, and proved in London on the 29th ult.—Post. ATTEMPTED SUICIDE.—On Friday morning, be tween four and five o'clock, a determined attempt at suicide was made by J. R. Cullinford, Esq., a gentleman residing in Mary-street, Hampstead road, by shooting himself with a pocket pistol. It appears that he returned home to his lodgings, apparently much dejected; he proceeded up stairs to his bedroom; in a few minutes afterwards his landlord heard a faint report of fire-arms; he instantly proceeded up stairs, and on entering the bedroom he found Mr. Cullin ford on the floor bleeding from the left tide, and a pocket pistol lying by his side. Surgical assistance being procured, it was ascertained that the ball had passed through the flesh in an oblique direction, without injuring any vital part. WAKEFIELD CORN MARKET, DEC. 19.—The supplies - are not large this week. Although in the same un certainty about the corn-laws, there was to-day a firmer feeling in the trade, and although an extremely limited business was transacted, really fine and dry wheats were fully as dear; in common sorts nothing doing. Fine barley sold at former rates, inferior samples unsaleable unless at a reduction. New Ireans-rath . er cheaper; in old no alteration. Oats id. per load,. and Sinllina ed. to la. per load lower. Malt as FOREIGN WOOL TRADE, LEEDS, DEC. 19.—Foreign wools have been heavy of sale this week, and transac tions generally are very limit, d in extent. ENGLISH WOOL MARKET, LEEDS, DEC. 19. This branch of trade has remained during the present week in the same state as named in our last week's report. WAKEFIELD WOOL MARKET, DEC. 19.—The firm ness of the growers of wool renders it impossible to supply the market at the late reduction in price; and the dullness of the trade and the unsettled state of the money market and of politics, occasiens consumers to act cautiously, and generally to be indisposed to operate largely even at these rates, so that few sales have been passing. LEEUS.—The present state of the country, and the uncertainty of the measures likely to be brought forward to avert the evils attending a short supply of food, has considerable effect upon our cloth markets: both on Sa turday and Tuesday the markets were dull. There is, however, an improved demand for goods calculated for the United States for the spring trade, and also for Canada. This is prrbably on the speculation that as there will require to be a large importation of corn and flour, it will give an impetus to the demand for British goods in that quarter of the globe. The home trade is very dull, and little is now doing in purchases for the home markets, either in the cloth halls or in the ware houses. HoLateraTll.—The manufacturers complain seriously of the impossibility of disposing of their goods, in any quantities, at a remunerating price, and consequently working short time has become general at nearly all the mills. The failure of Mr. Edward Rawson, merchant. of Halifax, will materially add to the &pression; his h bilities in this district being stated at more than 60,0001. What with the inclement season of the year, the dearness of food, and the =carcity of employment, the workin classes, it is to be feared, will have to experience an amount of misery and deprivation it is fearful to contem plate. Truly the admonitory lessons of monopoly are cruel. When will our legislators consent to do our In dustriel population justice? HECK3IONDWIKE, DEC. 15.—The trade of this place has fallen of very much this last month, and it may he remarked that it gradually decreased as the price of bread advanced. We had a dull market to-day, and a thin attendance .of buyers, oa ing partly to tfe weather. BRADFORD MARKET. TIIIIRSDAY.—The dullness for all kimds of wool is not in the Last degree altered. The business doing is a mere trifle, certainly not more than 30 per cent, of average times; yet there has been no giving way in price to induce the spinners to extend their per. chases. The stock in the staplers' hands here is fully an average. Noils and brokes are riot very plentiful, which may be accounted for by the very small quantity making, and the reduced prices at %N hid) they have been latterly sold. We cannot hear of any better tidings among the spin , nets, whose complaints are nut in the slightest abated, as no better price can yet be obtain.4l for yarns; there is more inquiry than for some weeks past, and by no means see many jobs pressing on the market, which have been sold in many cases for little over the cost of the wool. There is, however, a prOspect of better times: with the present production stocks will not increase, and we hope at the turn of the year to see a more legitimate state of things. All will rejoice in this, the sake of our operative classes, whose privations. are ♦ery great at this inclement season of the year. We cannot report anything different in this day's market, which has only been dull, nor is any marked animation looked for during this year. Our next., e hi,th will be on, Wednesday, will close this profitless year, and it would prove a great boon to all engaged if the new mar ket, opening with the year 1846, should assume a mere cheering aspect. MANCHESTER, THURSDAY EVI,NING.,--WS hare been retrograding since this day week in our cloth marker, both in prices and in demand. The market at the former period exhibited considerable firmness, but since the resignation of Sir Robert Pet .1 we appear to have lost all previous con fidence. Price may be called nearly nominal, but the little that is doing is decidedly on lower terms than on this day se'nnight. Yarns are in much the same state, there being no confidence in the buyers, and it is not a slight reduction thut would tempt to buy on a large scale. TRADE OF NOTTINGHAM.—The Naltingltam Review of Friday contains a very gloomy statement of the trade in that district. THE RAILWAY ALMANACK for 1816. This Almanack might he properly entitled the Com mercial Annual. In the calimdar, in addition to the usual information contained in that portion of an almanack, we find the various railway meetings, bank meetings, &c., to be holden in the ensuing year regu larly recorded. It is, in fact, a diary pf those meetings for 1846. We have also lists of both Houses of Parliament, lists of the stock•br.>kers in the three kingdoms, of railway officials, of a'l existing and pro jecting railways, dividends, the funds and a railway stock, abstracts of all Parliamentary reurns relating . to railway matters, and digests of railway law, of the standing orders, and of legal decisions on railways. It is the most complete year book of commercial statistics that has ever been published. SELLING.— DARING HIGHWAY ROBBERY.— On Wednesday evening, about seven o'clock, as a man named Skinner, living in this parish, was on his return home from a friend's, where he nad been to receive a;•me money, he was stopped near the Wesleyan Chapel, Piekleden wood, by two men, one of whom placed his hands over Skinner's mouth, while the other rifled his pockets of three sovereigns and a tobacco-box ; and although it was moonligtit, he is unable to give the least description of the offenders, being so ex ceedingly frightened. Skinner is a journeyman shoemaker, and much respected in this place.—Dover Chronicle. DUBLIN, DEC. 18.—The Corp ra!iun of Dublin recently agreed to an address to the Queen, repre senting the great distress likely to arise from the fmiltire of the potato crop, and praying that the ports might be opened, and facilities given for the extension of employment by railways and public works. A copy of the address was forwarded to Sir James Graham, with a request that her Nlajesty's pleasure might be s i gri iti e d as to the time when the Lord Mayor and the deputation appointed to present the address might proceed to Londen. This morning the town-clerk, Mr. Ford, received the follow ing comtnunication from the Home-office : " Whitehall, Dec. 18, 1845. " Sir,—l am directed by Secretary Sir James Graham to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 13th indent, en• closing a copy of the address of the Lord Mai or and Corpo ration of the city of Dublin, and requesting to be informed when it will be her Majesty's pleasure to receive the address from the Lord Mayor and a deputation from the Town Council. " And lam to inform you, in reply, that Sir James Graham will take the earliest opportunity of submitting the subject of your letter to the Queen. But, under existing circumstances, he fears that some delay may take place before her Majesty's pleasure can be notified.—l am, Sir, your obedient servant., H. MANNERS Surrox. William Ferd, Esq , Town-Clerk of Dublin." j Dividend Amount 110 6 Name of. Company. j per of i paid. Annum. Share. ; ___ - ------ d .-------- X s. d. A '• Commercial .• East and West India hhl. pr cent. Stock. East Country L Anion .-••• • • • '4 .47. pr cent. Stock. —St Katharine ••••• • • • 5 per cent. Stock. . 0 0 Southampton •••• • • • • 41. pe r 'c en t . 5 0 0 0 50_______ lii., 10$ 1, 30 CANII.X.S. 'dead. . . i Div' F ri°. Names of ; it Dividend Names of . Pe r Price. Companies. A per Companies. , g Annum. x Annum.' ,G .../.. ......---- 1. 11 X X Ashtn ft Oldhi l 97 51.55. p c 72 Ifonmouthsh 10 1 .1 - 9 , 7'_,. Ashby-d-la-Z , 113 41. 70 3f ntgornrysh 100 4 " 0 Barnsley .. I IC.O 121. ' 180 'Macclesfield . 1001 --; 30 Basingatoke 'lOO - - - Neath .. .• • . 100 20 1 . few.. firknk&Abrielso,' 5 /. e 5 ... - ottingha m . ISO 121. 1 ,, , Croniford .. • • 100; lel. 150 peak Forest .78 31. O Dudley 1100, 41. - Regent's .. .. 33 11, 54 Derby •• • • 100; 81. 103 /Shropshire ... • 85 41. •••• Ellsinre&Chs , l33 41. SO /Shropshire . • 125 81. ii.) Erevrash •• • 100: 321. 3OO 'Somrset Coal 150 71. 10i. It Forth & Clyd 100 41. - 1 Do.Lk Fd St 12 61. p. c. A o GrandJunetn 100 71. , 100 :Stflrd &Wore 140 281. 9 30 Grand Union 101 , 1/. 105. - !Shrewsbury.. 125 IM. .... Glamurgnsh. 172 13,61. 2lO / k Stourbrklge.. 145 20% . .... Gistr & lirkly, 00, - , - (Strtirdon Av 79 11 . 10 Grantham....- . • 150 121. , 100 !Severn and 7 26 11. 55. lluddersflold. 57 - i 20 1 wye Rail. 3 Kennt & Avio 3 7s. fid. 22 iTtnte"l r Ti 5 0 304 - Lancaster...! 47 11. 10. ;40 i fleY , 4 3 : h med 19 - 10 Leeds& Livrp 100 341. . 525 Allan's } Leicester .... , 140' 10/. 105 7Worestr Se 78 41. 49 Leiestr & thl 83 4/. 1 62 I Binning. 67 ii. 4s. 11 Lamalthorogh,l42' 70/. 850 'Wilts Sz ntkil MARKET ilk; WS.-(SATuRDA Co'4 b-Galiitnri• tio marketns and exhibited e attendance ave r g o o f y batstys.oerrtsmbeeni being gof large''Chrs. tfitiassu a d N e - cO e o r u m rmr ge amount of busint ss was transactrA in most arti at full prices. Potatoes from 2s 8d to 6156 d per cwt ; Tor n i i ; i d 10,1 to 2s • Carrots, 48 to 6s 6d ; Greens, Is 6d to 2s 3d, A : to Leeks, Bd' to Is 6d per dozen bunches; Onions, _ls , ° "... e b 2s 9d ; Apples, is 6d to 4s ; Pears, 4s to 6s; and bln" -- v ; 13 3d to Is Stil per half-sieve; Hot-house Grapes, bs itt; Gs; Pine-apples. 6s to 9s; and Filberts, 6d to 1 0 d p er r Red Cabbages, 4s to 6 s; and Savoys, 10d to Is r o d dozen ; Celery, 8d to is Brocoli, 34 to 2s 6d: Horse-radish, 2s to 5s per bundle; New Oranges , 75 12s; Lemons, 8s to 12s; and Walnuts, 8d to is per 100. ITEWGATS AND LMAZONICINAX II ,', . t for We had a very large supply t f eac h ki n d of id e al Christmas consumptio n h ere . G enera l ly spea ki n g, the ruled active, at very full p r i ces. B ee f , f rom 3 5 to ° A s * Yorlc , ; Mutton, 3s 6d to 4s 8d Veal, Ss 10d to 4s 10d; an d - 20 s; 3s 6d to 5s 4(1 per 81bs by the carcase. Turkeys. sto pitta Geese, 4s to 8s ; Tame R a bbit s, I s 4 d to 1041; .41 , (j 0 100 4tl to 8d; Pigeons, 6d t o 10d ; an d R oast i ng Pigs, ,_ °9 6 4 each ; Fowls, 3s Gd t o 9 s per couple; Pheasao°' "..31,t• to 4s 6tl ; Partridges, 2s to 2 s 6d ; H ares , 2s to ' s 'e r d to vets, 2s Gd ; W oo d coc k s , 2 s 6d to 3 s; G ro use, is 64/ is 8(1 ; Snipes, 8d to 1s; Teel, 13 3d to 1* 6d; Duc 3di to 2s 6d ; Wild D uc k s, 2 s 6d t o 3 s ; Wid geons , 2s to 2s and Plovers, 8d each. IZU NGZIL W Although the supplies of most arti ORD. cles on sale to-dal Ora consider..bly on the increase, the general demand WO and prices were well supported. lITEPONL Beef, from 2s 10d t o N 10 W (1; Mutt V on NGdto 44 6 d ' d eaf 4s to 5s , and Pork, 4s to 5s 4d p er Blb s . A moderat e - and a steady demand. IBILLINOSGATZ. 6d soles Turbots, "is to 18s; Cod-fish, 23 to Ss ; Crabs, Whitings 4d to 8d ; and Lobsters, &i to 38 eg,"lA to is 6d to :is 3d per pair ; &Almon, Is to i s 4d ; and Eels , per lb. ; Sprats, 4s 6d per bushel. WIEXTECHAPEL. 6d; Beef, from 2 s Id t o i s 10d; Mutton , 3s 6d to „ rods Teat, 4i t• as ; and P or k, 3s 6d to $s 2d per Vbs. steady, at the above quotations. BREAD. The prices of Wheaten Bread in the metropolis .r. frot2 9d to Sid; of Household ditto, 741 to Sid per 41b5 lo'L HIDE ZVI/LW:KEW. ab to Market Hides, 561 b to 641 b, 2id t o 3d per lb ; ‘ ll° ' sll l b , 721 b, 2 1 / id to 3d; do. 721 b t o SOlb , 3d ; d o. sOlb t ° 44. to ; do. 831 b to 961 b, 3cd to 4d ; d o. 96 1 b to 1041 b, os; 4id ; Market Calf Skins, each, 3$ to 6s 6d; Elora nidet l Pulled Sheep, 4 $ to 5 s 6d ; Half-breds, 3s 4d t° -- Downs, 2s 6tl to 3s 4d ; Lambs, 3s to 4s 6d. P.T.t...4 2L lials. C lose r SMITPJFILLD.—Meadow Bay, 103 to 41 1 5 +; C l o sa. ditto, 4/ 10s to 5/ 15s ; O a t s traw , I/ is to If 1 0 + Per r ats Wheat Straw, 11 10s to 1/ 12 $ per load. Trad e r dull, at the late dcline in prices. Cl uni4 Eni..oo oatiow Bay, Si 10s to 4 , 1 6 0 ; lo ad. ditto, 4! 10s to 6/ 15 $ , O a t S traw , 1/ 10$ to 111 2 + P er Wheat. Straw, 1/ 12 $ to 1/ 14s p er l oa d. A fair sc e r aC o supply, and a sluggish demand. Cleverditto, 1% HA PEL.—Ai ,Hay,3/ 88 to 4115+; 4l 10s to 6/ ; Oat straw, I/ 8s to 1/ 103 ; Wheat Stra o l g i I/ 10$ to 11123 par load. B o th H a y an d St r aw ;ne ed slowly, at late rates. BIRTHS. On the 17th inst., at Kentibh-town, Mrs. William toii, a , s son O n t;:. 15th inst., at AbPrcrombie• place, Edinburg -1, , the lady of Lie,:tenant-Colonel Cavaye, of a son. On the 11.5 th inst., at Coblentz on the Rhine, A. Jordan, Esq., .of a son. On the lath inst., ,at Quern -street, Edinburgh, ton, widow of the late Stainton, Esq., of a daup On the 18th inst., at Elt.ham, Kent, the wife of! mard, Esq., M.D., of a son: On the 19th inst., a t Addis o .,i-road, Kensington, the ladi of Walter T. Fawcett, Esq, of a dhsughter. the lady of Mrs. rhter. G tulle Isaac MARRIED. rh ries On the 27th of November, at Halifax, No va Scotia' f Einnev, Esq., R o yal Engin eers , t o E mm a Louisa, daughte r J. T. Walford, Esq., late of the 64th Regiment. , o f On the 18th inst., at Isleworth, Mr. William " es. ' - New Bretuford, to Sophia, eldest daughter of Mr. J'e ns Norris, of Sion-hill, kleworth. lED. On the 18th inst, at D Camberwell-grove, Emily, fourth daughter of the late W. March, Esq. On the 12th of August, at Cawnpore, George Leonel! Parish, of the Bengal Artillery, fourth son of Sir Woodbine Parish, K.C.H , aged 20. ff On the 7th in Switzerland, John Ellis, Esq., n e P h e of the late Lord Seaford. On the 12th inst., at Mayfield Hall, Staffordshire, t h e WO Henry Vernon. On the 14th inst., Elizabeth, widow of the late John lint cbison, Esq., of Cairpgall, Aberdeenshire. On the 14th inst., at Gloddaeth, near Conway, Charl ,, tte Margarvt Mostyn Chumpne3-s, widow of the l ate Sir Thomas Swymmer Chanapneys, Bert. London : Printed and Published irr MURDO YOUNG, ° No. 112, Strand, Printer, at As Susi 06E4 Strand, i the Preeinst of the Savoy. in tin Venlig Mims. Kat* Dimmilow 111411 LATEST PRICES OF SHARES IS BANKS, ASSURANCE, AND OTHER CC U ' PANIES' From etc Official List, PUBLISHED EVERY TI:II:ADAY AND FRIDAY Ev LONDON, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 19. 317 1 1NT-STOCH. BA BS. -- Invidend Amountthe Name of Company. per of Paid. d al the Annum. Share. act - - - .....--** .E a. d. A s. d. „a -ate Australasia ...... •• • • 61. per cent. 40 0 0 40 0 0 een Britsh North American 41. per cent. 50 0 0 50 cr 0 ;', Coinmercia of Loudon Si. p e r cent. 100 0 0 20 0 0 ,c 4 the Colonial .. !.Dodo and Westin 6/. per cent. 100 0 0 20 0 0 ijii aril London Joint-Stock ... 161. per cant. 50 0 0 10 0 0 hag iletropolitan •..•. • • .. i - 25 0 0 710 0 45 s a _ l'rovincial of Ir e l an d.. 0 81. per cent. 100 0028 0 17% Ditto, New.. ..... .. el. per cent. 10 0 0 10 0 0 10% IS. Nutitnial of Ireland .. 51. p e r cent . 50 0 0 20 0 0 6 for Sat. Provnclal of Eng. 51. per cent. t 100 0 0 35 0 0 f or Ditto, New.. •••• •• • 51. per cent. 120 0 0 10 0 0 . 44 i, US Union of Australia.... 125 0 0 1 25 0 0 0 :.,'" Cnion of London. .. .. 5/. p -- er cent. , 50112±L:1 0__ .... .,> • _ end ish WATME-N.V O =ICS _...---• 1 i s Dividend Amount . PrIA the !came of Company. per of . Paid. te- Annum. Share. sly East L on d on. .. i d. 81. s, lOO 00 j - 21 0 t,O ny Grand Junction .. • ••• 31 . 46 Is 4 i - 61 ~, Kent .......... ••• • • • 2/. 10s. 100 00 ' - 57 t 'Y Vauxhall ..... .. . 5/. per c ent . 100 0 0 - 1 00 .ho West Middlesex .... • • 4 1 . 16s. pr ct. 63 12 9 - ---- __ M ix of lINTSI..BI I TCH COMPANIMB. ----! - , 01. uiviuend Amount tea, sis Nsune of Company. p er of r a id. log, Annum. share. an X s. d. X a. 1: 74 rii Albion •...•••• • • • • . • 3/. 105 5 .00 0 0 50 0 0 20 ire Alliance Brit. and For. 6 p er cent. 100 0 0 11 0 0 6% Ditto 31 urine... .. • • til. per cent, 160 0 0 5 0 0 1 6 . 11- Atlas ... ••••.•• • . • • • . 13 s. e u. pi sli. 50 0 0 5 0 a 7 54 British Commercial .. 7s. p er s h are 50 0 0 5 0 0 6% t!e , :kricl,.slcil.& Gen. Lift al. per cent. 100 0 0 210 s he County -••...• • • • • • • 31. 10 0 0 0 10 0 0 S 9s. and 1 ..... 01 ' l ' c ' wil •••••• • • " " • • i Cl. ss. bs. j 40 0 0 S 0 0 il i I a haigle .. .. •• • • .... •. • 6a. 50 0 0 6 0 0 7 Economic Lite. jet 30s.bs. j - 0 • , , r Eng. & Scot. Law.. .. • • 5/. per cent. 50 0 0 2 0 0 0 h e European Life ••• • • • 5 1 ,4 per cent. 20 0 0 All paid. 30 Freemasons' .... ••• • - • 5/. per cent. 20 0 0 3 0 0 1424 Globe • • ..... •••• • • • • 61. per cent. Stock. - 51 ig Guardian In r Iniperal lire .....• • • 121. per cent. 500 0 0 50 0 0 'lOO 11 - iperial Lite ...... • • - 123. 100 0 0 10 0 0 Indemnity Marine •• • • 1/. all & ha. 100 0 0 513 1 II 1,) Law Life ll. is. 100 0 0 10 0 0 00 lit Legal and General Lire - 50 0 0 20 ° ihi ,i . London Fire ........ 10s. 25 0012 10 0 5,4 Loudon Ship ...... • • . 10s. 25 0012 10 0 120 1- Marine .. ..... •• • • Sc. per cent. 100 0 0 15 0 0 i ci, NI ed.ln vlid & Gen. Life - 50 0 0 200 04 r , Nati.,nal Loan Fund 5l. per cent. 20 0 0 210 0 0% ( - 1 National Life • I'II a atinun Li'f a • ... .• • Si. per cent. 50 0 0 2 0 0 'sie 't Phenix . . 3/. p. et. & As. - - it, Protector Life-. •• • • 5/. p a r c en t . 20 0 0 lb 1 0 0 14 Provident Life...-. • • 11. ss. 100 0 0 10 0 0 44 i: Rock Life.. • • •••••••• 43. b 0 0 010 0 00 1 N Royal Excha nge Si. per cent Stock. - '0 Sun Fire ......... •• • 61. 10s. - - is , r Ditto Life ... .... •• • 11. 6a. - - 11 1 - niversal Life e Axlsor OZ' SCOTTISH COMP/1.2 villa CO I, Dividend Amount 1 ~a id I Pr lC. 11 Xame of Company. per of .i" • e Annum. Sh are . t -- s. d. -------j ....... 171 ..t X - Bank of Scotla n d 0 I 165 , Royal Bank of Scotland 61. per cent. - 100 0 „° i 23 0 British Linen Company 81' per cent. - 100 0. 00 Commercial Bank .. • • 6/. per cent. - 100 0 • 15% 3 National Bank 6l. per cent. - 10 0 0 00§ , Union Bank of Scotland '7341. pr cent. - 50 0 ° 044 Western Bank .. •••• • • 6/. p er cent. - so 0 v 74 North of Scotland Bank 61. per cent. - 80 0 14% - Clydesdale Bank.... • • 61 . per cent. - 10 0 0 111 i t Eastern Bank Si. per cent. I - 10 0 0 1 Caledonian Bank •••• • 7%1. pr cent. - 210 7 .,4 , Edinb.& Glasgew B an k 61. per cent. - 5 0 . 154 City of Glasgow Bank .W. per cent. - sl5 ° 14 Scottish Union Ins• Co. 51. per cent. 20 0 0 1 0 (,), 1 4 ! 1 Hercules Insuran ce C o. 7 1. per cent. 100 0 0 10 0 lO.l Insur. Co. of Seethid • • 51. per cent. !10 0 0 All Pitl.,; 25 North Itritlsh Imam.- 5% /. pr cent. 200 0 0 10 0 " 2 4 ,1 Caledonian Fire Insur. 101. p er cent. l loo 0 0 10 0 0 197 s 1 Edinburgh Life Inc ur . 61 . per cent. 100 0 0 10 0 . O a edin.&(;lasg. Railway sLper cent. 50 0 0 50 o _,: 1 5 .1 Ditto, 14 Shares•••• 51. percent. 12 10 0 All Po"' ll* Edin., Leith, & Grantn - -20 0 0 20 0 0 7 0 (11asgw & Ayrshir Rail. 5/. per cent. 50 0 0 All Pal: 9 1 Glasgw & Greenck Rail. 21. per cent. 25 0 0 All Paid' 45 Glsgw& Garnkirk Rail. Si. per cent. 25 0 0 All po d ' 3 0 Dundee& Arbroth Rail. 61. per cent. 25 0 0 All P'`, 0 Standard Lite-Assn rnce.l 61 per cent. 150 0 0 I 2 10_2 ..... , „......' ._ f:S... -_.sue._. ----~-~ - 1 I tr k ,___ TI Tu T1:I 111(11, Perf ee ' the MI 0- r.. 4% miszer dig 140;4. thi 84 4 'kb"', " 4I L. C t 1,,,,: i : :,. ,•,::. v, k , *, s‘ ,‘ ",:i!i., oav, Ai :v,. ~~,. ~~ -B , the P ile do t , ' p 4 2, ez:i col Au %u