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RAILWAY COMMITTEES. (SATURD A.Y•) Group E. THE NORTHUMBERLAND AND NEWCASTLE AND BERWICK LINES. The Committee met this morning at eleven o'clock, and the cross- examination of Mr. Robert Stephenson, the eminent engineer, was resumed by Mr. Sergeant WaaasGusim.—lt appears from one of Mr. Samuda's experiments that there is a greater tenuity produced at that end of the pipe next the engine than at the other. The barometer rises as the pipe becomes exhausted ; and in one of his experiments referred to the barometer was falling and the fluid was consequently be coming less rarified In the experiment tried by carrying 64 tons 17 miles in an hour by the atmospheric principle, the mean velocity on the last quarter of a mile was slightly augmented. It must take some time before 64 tons could be put in mo tion. tint the space of time depends upon the amount of force applied. In the experiment just alluded to, the barometer was raised to 24 inches. It was remarkably uniform; and commenced at 22 inches, or 1 llb per square inch, and 24 4.10 at t.e close. It rose to 24 inches during the first quarter of a mile, and the speed continued to increase slightly. On the atmospheric line a stoppage of 15 minutes must take place at every point, and in his experiments 17 minutes were taken up, consequent on the impossibility of attaining an uniform velocity ; and even assuming that Mr. Brunell is correct in stating that 2i minutes are sufficient for exhaustion in every mile, it would be impossible to calculate the stoppages with reference to uniform speed at less than 15 minutes, when proceeding at the rate of miles an hour. To go over a distance of three miles, I 1 minutes are required from the moment the train is attempted to be moved until the three miles are gone over. He is now speaking of a4O ton train, and he is of opinion that the general rate of traveling will not exceed seventeen miles an hour, but it may gt, at a some what greater speed as the train approaches the engine. Mr. Brunel maintains, that by means of this tank and by working the motive power half the vacuum is obtained, but this only reduces the time in pumping, but as there is but one engine to work the two tubes, there is no gain in point of time and :speed after the vacuum is obtained. Thinks that from the great pressure on the reservoirs, they must be made of iron. The pressure on them would be 1.200 tons, or 73 i 1b. per square inch, or half a ton to a foot. There is great dan ger to be apprehended from trains on atmospheric railways, uhether the trains go right through or stop at particular stations. si bs the case of a train going right through, and no other traff coming upon the line, then accidents are to be ap hended at the level crossings only. Does not recollect any accident having occurred on the Great Western and the London and Birmingham from trains going through when they arrived at the level crossings, but then there are few level crossings to be met with on either line. On the Blackwell line the switches at the Minories are locked, and the danger is thereby in some measure obviated. The accidents on the Blackwall, where the switches are placed at the Minories, arose from mo • mentum, which he anticipates would be a cause from which danger would be greatly to be apprehended on an atmospheric railway. Tlie engine man at the station should, if possible, be aware of the approach of a train, but he is not necessarily so from the working of the pump, because the pumping goes on when perhaps there is no train on the line. It is ridiculous to suppose that the engineman, whose attention is absorbed by wa tchin g the working of ' a large machine, could attend to the moving of the switches on the approach of the trains, and he thinks it would be most improper to devolve such a duty on a per son who has otherwise enough to attend to. has known of accidents occurring from self-acting switches, from going back after having been properly opened. The Peterborough line, although a single line railway, is unobjectionable with the present traffic, but if the traffic increases much, two rails will become absolutely nener;sary. His experience of the running of large monster trains is not that they are always behind titre, on the contrary, they are generally punctual. Delas s might arise when monster trains are run, from a desire to accommodate the public. Is aware that there is an ob jection entertained at the Board of Trade against monster trains, but not against excursion trains. Has always recom mended the South-Eastern line to divide these monster trains. The.large engines which he has lately constructed, and which he believes to be the largest in the world, are ca pahle of carraing 600 or 700 tons at a speed of from 12 to 15 miles an hour, and he has tried one in which it pro pelled 500 tons at 18 miles an houa, and he con aid ra the engine capable of carrying lio tons at the rate of ten miles an hour. They are of 300-horse power. The goods trains are dispatched at night for the con venience ot carriers and the public, and not for any particular object which a railway company has in selecting night trains far carrying goods. It is, of course, cheaper to a railway company to concentrate the goods and forward them in large tr tins, than if they were to forward them by smaller trains. The 300 horse power engines are not used to carry passengers, but for goods only. Again examined in chief by Mr. Hrtaavanni—Resistance is Cmitp;,,e(l of three elemera s—the first, is the mere friction, which is 81b. per ton ; the next, is the resistance arising from gravity when the rail is not level, and that resistance is. of course, variable; the force of gravity on 1 in 100, being 221 b per ton; and the third arises from the atmosphere, which varies with the velocity. Gravity contains two haws, weicht and bulk. The experiments made by Me-srs. Locke, Wood, and the ether engineers, at the request of the British Association were made on trains varying from thirty to thity-five tons, which is about the tonnage :proposed to be carried on the at mospheric lines; aid in drawing my deductions from these experiments, I bore in mind a particular part of their re port. It is that atmospheric resistance depends upon the number of carriages of which a train is composed—the re sistance varying according to the number, or the resistance to two carriages is double that to, one carriage. On the Peterborough line only two trains meet in one day, and the line has been purposely constructed to have two rails, and there is a clause in their Act which empowers the Board of Trade to compel them to have two rails whenever that is deemed necessary. There is an electric telegraph on this Inc.i It is much easier to pull up with a locomotive than with the atmospheric power, because when the steam is tvrned off there is only the momentum to contend with, and even this can be counteracted by moving the engine backwards; but on the atmospheric line the train continues to advance by the power by which it is propelled, besides the momentum, until it has had time to be controlled by means of the valve. If two thousand men were to be sent from one place to another by an atmospheric rail way, it is evident, from the diagram, that the line would be entirely stopped, because it appears that between many of the trains there is an interval of an hour and a halt. Recollects when a large body of troops and a great quantity of material were fbrwarded by the Birmingham Railway, three or four years ago, and they were dispatched with great expedition. MI . Hililyard—Yes ; and I remember that a French officer who was present. told me that he was so much surprised with it that he considered that railways must effect a revolution in military science. Mr. ALEXANDER, Q.O They have at last got a good witness it. the case—(Laughter)—and as he is so ready to give his testimony to the Committee, I hope he will not forget to recommend the French officer to the favourable attention of Marshal Soult.—(Laughter.) The Committee then adjourned till twelve o'clock on Mon day. Group X. The Committee met again this day at twelve o'clock, Lord Courtenay in the chair, and proceeded with the adjourned in- quiry into THE LONDON AND YORK RAILWAY. Mr. T. Walker, of the firm of B. W. Cooke and Co., bankers, at Don sister, examined by Mr. Dension—The London and York line would confer considerable advantage on the town of Don caster. The inhabitants were all favourable to the scheme. The London and York line would not only enable the mer chant 4 and traders to keep their present trade, but it wculd materially increase that trade. There were three meetings held at Doncaster in favour of the line. The first was not so strongly in favour of it as the last two meetings. The second meeting - was liehl on the sth of March last, and the feeling was unanimous in favour of the undertaking. The last meeting was held on the 17th of March, which was sub sequent to the report of the Beard of Trade reporting against the line. The town was in a great state of excitement. Never remembered so strong a feeling in favour of any other public undertaking. The meeting came to very strong reso lutions, and the town reso lved to memorialise the Board of Trade on the subject. The London and York was the only line that cou I ! confer advantage on Doncaster. It was not unfavour able in any one point. There is a sweeping extension of an other hoe inteinied. whieli is known as the Leeds and Selby, and tie Direct North MSfland line. It would cross several im7,oitain tborinighfar s, u hich would greatly impede the tr.ffie i.f the highway and endanger the safety of the public. That line would not confer anything like the advantage of the London and York line. Cross-examined by Mr. TALBOT—Between Selby and Rotherham there was a considerable traffic. There are coaches from Doncaster to and from Swinton and Sheffield. The railways, however, left them but a very few coaches. Never took a !eating part in fay. or of a line be t wren Gainsborough and Swinton. Attended a meeting in 1844, at Gainsborough. It was a meeting called for the pur pose of forwarding a line of railway from Gainsborough, there by connecting that place, the city of Lincoln and Donca.ster, with the North Midland Railway at Swinton. Did not support resolutions passed at the meeting. Was sent there to watch the proceedings en the part of the Town Council of Doncaster. Did not go there in a postchaise—went on his own horse, and alone. Mr. TALBOT—YOU say you took no part in the proceedings ; nc.w, is not this extract from the local paper a correct report, as it more materially affects you : " William Sharpe, Esq., moved—' That the verbal report made to this meeting, by George Stephenson, Esq, of a line of railway from Gainsborough, southward to the city of Lincolnst and westward by Doncaster to Swinton on the North Midland Railway, be approved and adopted by this meeting.' " Mr. Stark seconded the motion, and in doing so recited Dome of the preliminary proceedings referred to by the Chairman, and in which he, Mr. S., with others, had taken an active part. After so much labour, to see so respectable a meeting afforded him great satisfaction. He believed not only that the railway would be of great service to the town, but that it would be the oi ly means of saving it from that decay with which it was threatened, and which had already commenced. " Mr. Bellwood thought the present meeting was prema ture; that Gainsborough had no right to take a decided step until Lincoln bad pronounced in favour of one or other of the lines, and he moved as an amendment, that a Committee be appointed to watch the proceedings of the various railway projects connected with Gainsborough. " John Walker, Esq., banker, of Doncaster, claimed tle attenti , al of the meeting. " Chairman—Are you going to second the motion? • " Mr. Walker—No, .•Sir John.—(Laughter.) " Mr. Bellwood—The town is not here. The meeting has not been properly convened. " Chairman—lt has been advertised. " Mr. Bellwood—lt 14 self-elected.—(Laughter.) " Chairman (pleasantly )—Surely the gentlemen here can pledge themselves if they choose, to any particular line. The meeting is not illegal, I presume? " Mr. Walker—l understand Mr. Stephenson to say there are two peint• , of junction with the North Midland proposed, theioie at Darfield, the other at Swinton. I would suggest thatitl-I,l44ato!pear,Swinton. , isaar,Xtrt., supported the proposition, which was aPpfOirarythe-reeeting. •, Mr. Stephenson, in reply to Mr. Walker, said he proposed • 1 ,Darfieid with the vievr di making a more direct cernmunica ftion with:t ncliesterand Leeds, and entirely to obviate he- Ma -the ntee96ll•V,foEttle Lincoln and Wakefield line. Taking .1 . -the i n terests -parties into consideration,.. it is their interest to,!go-to DartieiOnstead Wakefield. " The Chairman—The resolution now stands at or near Swinton.' a , Mr. Stephenstas—lf the other line is persevered i n, we cannot go to Darfield. But I want to do away with that line altogether. The resolution, as amended, being adopted." I believe you will allow that to be a fair report. Witnems—lt is correct, as far as I can remember. Mr. TALBOT—I believe the press materially increased that szcitement of the town of Doncaster which yeti told us had taken place after the report of the Board of Trade against the London and York line? Witness—l cannot say, I be lieve they write about it. Mr. TALBOT—I believe so, too—they keep the steam up pretty fairly. Is not one of your partners in the bank at Doncaster in the habit of writing for one of the local papers? Witness—l believe he does now and then, I can't say po sitively. Mr. TALBOT—No doubt he throws in a spicy leader or so now and then. Are you not the bankers of the London and York ? Witness—We have been, but there is no account now in our hands.—(Laughter.) The witness was briefly cross-examined by Mr. COCKBURN on behalf of the Direct Northern scheme. Another witness was then called ; but, after a few minutes' examination, the Committee adjourned till Monday. TRINITY TERM. of the 29th. Understanding from your letter that the property was found at Notting Hill in the public road unconcealed, I do not conceive that the Lady of the Manor has any claim to it, and therefore, on her part, I make none, and do not feel it necessary to trouble her on the subject. I am, your obedient servant, " BENJAMIN CURAEY." SITTINGS IN CHANCERY IN THE ENSUING TERM AT WESTMINSTER-HALL. (BPfore the Lord Chancellor.) - - - Thursday, May 22 —Appeal motions. Friday, May 23—Petition day. Saturday, May 24, Monday, 26, Tuesday, 27, and Wednesday, 28—A p peal s. Thursday, May 29 —Appeal motions. Friday, May 30—Petition day, unopposed petitions only, and appeals. Saturday, May 31, Monday, June 2, Tuesday, 3, and Wednesday, 4—Appeals. Thursday, June s—Appeal motions. Friday, June 6—Petition day, unopposed petitions only, and appeals. Saturday, June 7, Monday, 9, Tuesday, 10, and Wed nesday, 11—A p peals. Thursday, June 12—Appeal motions. Note.—Such days as his Lordship is occupied in the House of Lords excepted. (Before the Vice-Chancellor of England.) _ _ _ _ _ The LORD MAYOR said that he could not at that mo ment make any order. It was quite evident that Gutnm was not the owner, and it had not been satisfactorily ex plained that the property should ` e given up to him. Perhaps the real owner might yet come forward. Mr. King submitted that the facts of the advertise ments in the Times, and the length of time since the goods had been found and remained without a claimant, were unanswerable arguments in favour of the appli- PARLIAMENTARY BUSINESS. FRIDAY, MAY 16. The following Bills were read a second time, and committed, and referred to the Committee of Selection : Tottenham and Farringdon- street Extension Railway. Aber,' are Railway. Liverpool and Manchester Railway. Birmingham and Gloucester Railway (Worcester Deviation). The LORD MAYOR—I shall give you an answer on Monday. It is quite impossible that without looking into the case, I can consent to give up the property stated to have come into the possession of the applicant in such a manner. Thursday, May 22—Motions. Friday, May 23—Petition-day, petitions (the unop posed first), short causes, &c. Saturday, May 24, Monday, May 26, Tuesday, May 27, and Wednesday, May 28—Pleas, demurrers, excep tions. causes, and further directions. Thursday, May 29—Motions. Friday, May 30—Petition-day ; petitions (unopposed first), short causes, and causes. Saturday, May 31, Monday, June 2, Tuesday, June 3, and Wednesday, June 4—Pleas, demurrers, exceptions, causes, and further directions. Thursday. June s—Motions. Ft iday, June 6—Petition-day ; petitions (unopposed first), short causes, and causes. Saturday, June 7, Monday, June 9. and Wednesday, June 11 Pleas, demurrers, exceptions, causes, and further directions. Thursday, June 11—Motions. (Before Vice-Chancellor Knight Bruce.) The following Bills were referred to the Select Committee on Petitions for Private Bills : Southampton and Dorchester Railway. London and Brighton Railway (Wandsworth Branch). The following Bills were reported, and the report referred to the Select Committee on Standing Orders : Chester, Manchester, and Liverpool Junction Railway. Sunderland, Durham, and Auckland Union Railway. Harwich and Eastern Counties Junction Railway (No. 2). COMMITTEES ON TUESDAY, PETITIONS FOR PRIVATE BILLS M 20. Birkenhead, Manchester, and Cheshire Junction Railway (No. 2) Newport and Ponty Pool Railway (for additional provision) Sheffield Waterworks (for additional provision) Guilford Junction Railway (for additional provision) Grimsby Docks Brighton, Lewes, and Hastings Railway (Hastings, Rye, and Ashford Extension) Harwich Railway London and Brighton Railway (Wandsworth Branch) North British Railway (for additional provision) Preston and Wyre Railway (for additional provision). Thursday, May 22—Motions and causes. Friday, May 23—Petition-day; petitions and causes. Saturday, May 24—Short causes and causes. Monday, May 26, and Tuesday, May 27—Pleas, de murrerc, excepti ,, ns, causes, and further directions. Wednesday, May 28— Bankrupt petitions, and pleas, demurrers, exceptions, causes, &c Thursday. May 29—Motions and causes. Friday, May 30—Petition dAy; petitions and causes. Saturday, May 31—Short causes and causes. Monday, June 2, and Tuesday, June 3—Pleas, demur rers, exceptions. causes, and further directions. Wednesday, June 4—Bankrupt petitions and muses. Thursday, June s—Motions and causes. Friday, June 6—Petition-day; petiti( ns and causes. Satuiday, June 7—Short causes and causes. Monday, June 9, and Tuesday, June 10—Pleas, de murrers, exceptions, causes, and further directions. Wednesday, June 11—Bankrupt petitions, and pleas, demurrers, exceptions, causes, &c. Thursday. June 12—Motions. (Before Vice-Chancellor Wigram.) _ _ _ _ _ COMMITTEES ON PRIVATE BILLS APPOINTED BY THE COMMITTEE OF SELECTION. FRIDAY. MAY 16. 1. Kidwelly Inclnsure Bill,—Committee postponed from Monday, 19th, till Wednesday, May 21, at half after two o'clock. 2. Wolverhampton Waterworks Bill,—Committee post poned from Tuesday, May 20, till Monday, June 2, at one o'clock. 3. Yoker Road Bill,—referred to the Leinster List, and Sir R. Heron (Peterborough), Mr. Grogan (Dublin), Mr. C. Turner (Lincolnshire), Viscount Newport (North Salop), Hon. William Dawnay (Rutlandshire). Three to be the Quorum of Selected Members, and the Committee to meet on Tuesday, May 20, at one o'clock. 4. Chelsea Improvement Bill,—referred to the Middlesex List, and The Hon. Rice Trevor (Carmarthenshire), Mr. E. Stanley (West Cumberland), Mr. Farnham (North Leicester), Mr. Colvile (South Derby), Mr. Mark Blake ()Jay° County). Three to be the Quorum of Selected Members, and the Committee to meet on Wednesday, May2l, at twelve o'clock. 5. Agricultural and Commercial Bank of Ireland,—referred to the Leinster List, and Viscount Hoe, ick (Sunderland), Mr. Mark Phillips (Manchester), Mr. Pattison (London), Mr. J. Tollemache (South Chester), Mr. R. Walker (Bury). Three to be the Quorum of Selected Members, and the Committee to meet on Wednesday, May 21, at half after twelve o'clock. 6. West of London and Westminster Cemetery Bill.—re ferred to the Middlesex List, and Lord C. Fitzroy (Bury St. Edmund's), Mr. W. Fielden (Blackburn), Mr. Wilshere (Great Yarmouth), Hon. G. Fitzwilliam (Peterborough), Sir G. H. Smyth (Colchester) Three to he the Quorum of Selected Members, and the Committee to meet on Wednesday, May 21, at one o'clock. 7. Duddeston and Nechells Improvement (No. 2) Bill, — referred to the Warwick List, and Mr. Stansfield (Huddersfield), Mr. Hodgson Hindu (Newcastle-on -Tyne), Hon. G. S. Smythe (Canterbury), Right Hon. li. S. Byng (Chatham), Hon. T. Vesey (Queen's County). Three to be the Quorum of Selected Members, and the Committee to meet on Thursday, May 22, at twelve o'clock. 8. Quiuborowe Borough Bill,—referred to the Kent List, and Thursday. May 22—Motions and causes. Friday, May 23 Petition day ; pleas, demurrers, ex ceptions causes, and further directions. Saturday, May 24—Short causes, petitions (the unop posed first), and causes. Monday, May 26; Tuesday, May 27 ; and Wednes day, May 28—Pleas, demurrers, exceptions , cau ses, and further directions. Thursday, May 29—Motions and pleas, demurrers, exceptions, causes. &e. Friday, May 30 — Petition day ; pleas, demurrers, ex ceptions, cause., &c. Saturday. May 31—Short causes, petitions (the unop posed first), awl causes. Monday, June 2 ; Tuesday, June 3 ; and Wednesday, June 4—Pleas, demurrers, exceptions, causes, and fur ther direction.. Thursday, June s—Motions and ditto. Friday, June 6—Petition day : pleas, demurrers, ex ceptions, causes, and further directions. Saturday, June 7 —Short causes, petitions (the unop posed first), and causes. Monday, June 9 ; Tuesday, June 10; and Wednesday, June 11—Pleas, demurrers, exceptions, causes, and fur ther d,r ctions. Thursday, June 12—Motions and ditto. CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT. OLD COURT. (Before Mr. Baron ALDERSON and Mr. Justice CourstAN Thomas Wkiffin, a sailor, aged 18, was indicted tor feloniously personating John Foley, a seaman belonging to her Majesty's ship Conway, and entith-d to receive a share in certain prize money, called Chinese Donation Batta, with intent to defraud the East India Company. On the 3d of April the prisoner presented himself to Mr. Smith, of the military department of the East India Company, and, presenting a certificate purporting to be signed by the first lieutenant of his ship, said his nan e was Foley. The money, EL 45., having been previow , ly paid to the proper party, the prisoner was taken into custody. He said he had received the certificate from person in Ratcliffe Highway, whom he had never seen before. Mr. DOANE. on behalf of the prisoner, said it was evi dent he was the dupe of other persons. Mr. Justice COLTMAN summed up, and the jury, after some deliberation, found the prisoner guilty of uttering, but without a felonious intent to defraud. The JUDGE said they must either find a verdict of guilty or not guilty. The jury then retired, and after an absence of three hours they were sent for by the judges, when Mr. Justice Coltman asked if he could render them any assistance. They rep'ied in the negative. After a further de liberation they returned a verdict of guilty, with a strong recommendation to mercy. Mr. Justice COLTMAN said that, adopting the recom mendation of the jury, he should pass upon the pri soner the lowest sentence within his power. He should, however, forward a recommendation to the Secretary of State for a further miti gation. At present the lowest sentence the law enabled him to pronounce for the offence of which the prisoner had been convicted was that he be imprisoned and kept to hard labour in the House of Correction for the space of two years. William Thomas Sharp was indicted for secreting. embezzling, and stealing the sums of 211. 2s. 6d., 131., and 8/. 135., which he had received for and on account of Sir W. Magnay and Co., t ) whom he was clerk and servant. The circumstances of this case have already been be fore the public. The COMMON SERGEANT summed up, and the jury, after deliberating for ten minutes, delivered a verdict of Guilty. The prisoner was sentenced to seven years' transpor tation. Frederick Wm. Zabel, a German, was indicted for the manslaughter of John Frederick Gobett, one of his countrymen. It appeared that on the 6th of May the parties met at a public-house inWhitechapel, where they had a quarrel ; they afterwards fought outside, and during a scuff- that took place between them, the deceased slipped off the curb-stone ani fell with great violence. Ile sustained such severe injury thereby as to occasion his death two days afterwards. Mr. CLARKSON addressed the jury on the part of the prisoner. The jury returned a verdict of Guilty. The COURT sentenced the prisoner to one month's soli tary confinement. FORGING CHEQUES.—George Matthews, aged eighteen, was indicted for feloniously forging and uttering five cheques, in the name of King and Son, of 51. each, with the intention of defrauding Messrs. Cocks, Biddulph and Co. Mr. Clarkson appeared for the prosecution, and Mr. Payne for the defendant. It appeared that Messrs. King and Son, brewers, of Brent ford, kept an account at the bank of Messrs. Cocks and Co. They were in the habit of obtaining cash for small cheques from Mr. Piper, a publican at Brentford, and that the pri soner, who was in their employ as an errand boy, was fre quently employed to take them to him. Five cheques signed " King and Son," but the signatures to which were forged, were paid to the prisoner in this way, but he could only swear to the payment of two of them. The cheques were paid by Mr. Piper to a Mr. Baker, the collecting clerk to his brewer's, and were presented at the bank, and paid in the course of business. i here was no evidence to show that the prisoner forged the cheques, and the question the jury had to consider was, whether the prisoner, at the time of utter ing them, knew them to be counterfeit. The jury found the prisoner guilty of uttering one cheque on the 24th of January. The other charges were not entered into. Mr. Baron ALDERSON, in an eloquent and feeling address, sentenced him to be transported for ten years. Mr. Tatton Egerton (North Cheshire), Mr. Tovrneley (Beverley), Mr. Ferrand (Knaresborough), Mr. G. P. Shirley (Monaghan county), Mr. Corbally (Meath county). Three to be the Quorum of Selected Members, and the Committee to meet on Thursday, May 22, at half after twelve o'clock. 9. Hartlepool and Port Bill,—referred to the Durham List, and Colonel Rawdon (Armagh), Mr. Ramsay (ii.dinburghshire), Mr. A. Hope (Maidstone), Mr. Thomas Hussey (Lyme Regis), Mr. Deedes (East Kent). Three to be the Quorum of Selected Members, and the Committee to meet on Thursday, May 2, at one o'clock. RAILWAYS. Select Committee on Group NN. The Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone discharged from attend ance on the Committee. The Viscount Castlereagh appointed Chairman. Mr. Hornby (Blackburn), selected, and added to the Committee. Select Committee on Group L. Mr. Gibson Craig discharged from attendance on the Committee. Mr. Beckett Denison (West Riding of York), selected and appointed Chairman of the Committee. Select Committee on Group R. Mr. Beckett Denison discharged from attendance on the Committee. Mr. Gibson Craig (Edinburgh), selected, and appointed chairman of the Committee. Select Committee on Group FF. The Right Hon. R. L. Sheil discharged from attendance on the Committee. Mr. Collins (Warwick), selected, and added to the Committee. The Select Committee on Group AA is appointed to meet in the week commencing Monday, June 2. The Order appointing the Select Committee on Group Z to meet in that week is discharged. The following is the List from which Members will be se lected to serve on those Railway Committees which com mence their sittings in the week beginning Monday, June 2 : Mr. Barclay Mr. Heathcote (Tiverton) Mr. Beckett Mr. Lambton Mr. Edward Buller Mr. Edward Heneage Burroughes Childers General Johnson Lord John Manners Sir Thomas Esmonde Mr. W. Evans Mr. Fellowes Mr. Philip Mil©s Mr. William Miles Mr. Muntz Niarquis of Granby Viscount Grims,ton Sir Stephen Glynne Mr. Henley Mr. Newdegate Sir John Owen Mr. G. R. Philips Sir John Trollope NOTICES GIVEN AT THE PRIVATE BILL OFFICE. London and Croydon (Orpington Branch) Railway,—Com mittee on Bill, Monday, May 26, at twelve. London and Croydon Railway Enlargement,—Committee on Biil, Monday, May 26, at twelve. Lon,ion and Croydon (Chatham to Chilham) Railway,— Committee on Bill, Monday, May 26, at twelve. London and Croydon (Maidstone, Ashford, and Tonbridge) Railway,—Committee on Bill, Monday, May 26, at twelve. London and Croydon (Chatham and Gravesend) Railway, —Committee on Bill, Monday, May 26, at twelve. Hull and Selby (Bridlington Branch) Railway,—Further consideration of Report, Tuesday, May 20. Leeds, Dewsbury, and Manchester Railway,—Further con sideration of Report, Tuesday, May 20, at twelve. Blackburn. Darwen, and Bolton Railway,—Further consi deration of Report, Tuesday, May 20. Leeds and Bradford Extension Railway,—Further consi ders: ion of Report, Tuesday, May 20. Huddersfield and Sheffield Junction Railway,—Further consideration if Report, Tuesday, May 20. Huddersfield and Manchester Railway and Canal,—Fur ther consideration of Report, Tuesday, May 20. Grand Junction Rallway,—Further consideration of Re port, Tuesday, May 2i Great Grimsby and Sheffield Junction Railway,— Further consideration of Tuesday, May 20. Ely and Huntingdon Railway,—Further consideration of Report, Tuesday, May 20. Dunstable and London and Birmingham Railway,—Fur ther consideration of Report, Tuesday, Mav 20. Bedford and London and Birmingham kailway,—Further consideration of Report, Tuesday, May 20. Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway,—Further consideration of Report, Tuesday, May 20. Chester and Holyhead Railway,—Further consideration of Report, Tuesday, May 20. Berks and Ilants Railway,—Further consideration of Re port, Tuesday, May 20. Wilts, Somerset, and Weymouth Railway,—Further con sideration of Report, Tuesday, May 20. Midland Railways (Svston to Peterborough),—Further consideration of Report, Tuesday, May 20. Manchester and Leeds (Burnley Branch and Oldham and Heywood Branches Extension) Railway,—Further conside ration of Report, Tuesday, May 20. Shrewsbury, Oswestry. and Chester Junction Railway,— Further consideration of Report, Tuesday, May 20. Trent Valley Railway,— Further consideration of Report, Tuesday, May 20. Guildford, Chichester, and Portsmouth Railway,—Com mittee on petition, for additional provision, postponed from Monday, May 19, till Tuesday, May 20. Newport and Pont.y Pool Railway,—Committee on peti tion, for additional provision, postponed from Monday, May 19, till Tuesday, May 20. Birmingham and Gloucester (Worcester Deviation),—Se cond reading, Tuesday, May 20. Birkenhead, Manchester, and Cheshire Junction Railway (No. 21,—Committee on petition, postponed from Monday, May 19, till Tuesday, May 20. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. (SATURDAY.) MANSION-HOUSE. Application was made to the Lord Mayor, by a solici tor, on behalf of a man named George Gumm, who was committed from the Mansion-house, in the Mayoralty of Sir William Magnay, upon the charge of having received bank notes which were supposed to have been stolen on board a Boulogne steam-vessel. The case was a very singular one. Gumm had been committed to Newgate by Sir Peter Laurie, but was ac quitted, no eviden-e having been produced on the trial. in his lodgings, Daniel Forrester, the officer, found several watches, seals, chains, and other articles of jewel lery, which Gumm, upon being questioned as to the manner in which he had become possessed of them, stated that be had found them in a buMdle, on Notting-hill. From that statement he had not at all deviated, and up wards of twelve months having elapsed since the goods were found without producing a clai:nant, it was argued, upon the part of Gumm, that he was entitled to them. Mr. King, solicitor to Gumm, on these grounds, ap plied for the restoration of the property, and added that the circumstance of the finding had been advertised in the Times newspaper without effect. The LORD MAYOR—Under what Act of Parliament does this man apply to have the goods given up to him ? He is not the owner of the goods by his own acknow ledgment. The Solicitor—He is the finder, and as nobody claims we are to look upon him as the owner. Mr. King then produced the following letters in answer to applications made by him, on the part of Gumm, to the Lords of the Treasury and the Lady of the Manor of the district of whizh Notting-hill forms a part : ELECTRIC CLocas.—The following account of a clock of this description, constructed by Mr. Alex. Bain (whose labours in this department of scientific art we have so often had occasion to notice with commendation), is con tained in a letter from Mr. Finlaison, of Loughton Hall : " Mr. Rain has succeeded to admiration in working electric clocks by the currents of the eat th. On the 28th of August he set up a small clock in my drawing-room, the pendulum of which is in the hall, and both instruments in a voltaic circuit, as follows :—On the N.B. side of my house two zinc plates, a foot square, are sunk in a hole, and suspended to a wire ; this is passed through the house, to the pendulum first, and then the clock. On the S.E. aide of the house, at a distance of about forty yards, a hole was dug four feet deep, and two sacks of common coke bused in it : among the coke another wire was seemed, and passed in at the drawing. room window, and joined to the former wire at the clock. The ball of the pendulum weighs nine pounds, but it was moved energetically, and has ever since continued to do so with the self-same energy. The time is to perfection, and only 7 e s i h 6 e d r . w Tee og h h r tB n a o r e r the ttlewheels e i u p o t w b e e r c o w e s: , u o u n d l butthe ctboareteofii so there &Waling spring ; to be wound up."'—T he Arc chania Magazine, " 7th May, 1845. "Sir,—The Lords Commissioners of the Treasury having had b-Jore them your application in behalf of Mr. George Gurnm, rc,pecting some property supposed to have been stolen from a Boulogne steam vessel, I am commanded to acquaint you that, under the circum stances stated, it does not appear to my Lords that the Crown has any legal claim to the property in question. —Your obe , iient servant, " C. TREVILLIAN. " 6, Old Palace-yard." oz , kbeg to so "January 31, 1845. OW lulowledge the receipt of you letter TUE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY MORNING, MAY 19, 184% GUILDHALL. EXTENSIVE FRAUDS. Barney Barrie*, a general dealer, living at No. 6, Broad-street, St. Giles's, William Siopson, alias Butcher, Timothy Long, and a lad named Thomas Russell, the latter of whom was in custody of a Windsor police-constable, were charged before Mr. Alderman T. Wood with having carried on an extensive system of robbery in the houses of Messrs. Morrison and Co., Leaf and Co., and others in the City. Mr. Humphries, the solicitor, appeared to prosecute ; and Mr. Robinson and Mr. Wontner attended for the prisoners. From a quantity of evidence adduced it appears that a week or so since the above-named firms discovered that they had been defrauded to the extent of nearly 100/. by forged orders, purporting to be signed by certain trades men at the west end of the town, who dealt with them, and who, for convenience sake, were in the habit of forwarding orders for goods. The orders were in variably presented by the lad Rus=ell, and on the fraud being detected, a full description was given of him. On Tuesday he was taken into custody at Slough, for attempting to pass bad money, and having about two pounds' worth of counterfeit. coin in his possession ; when he informed the constable. who had him in charge, of the many transactions he had been implicated in, and at the same time gave him a kind of statement so as to instruct him in finding the prisoners, the parties who had instigated him in committing the robberies. Ac cordingly the constables, in company with the lad and two of the City policemen, went into a public-house in St. Giles's, and on entering they saw Simpson and Long. Russell exclaimed, " Ah ! Butcher, how are you ?" who was about to shake hands with him. but withdrew it on perceiving a police-constable behind him. They were then apprehended on the charge of having uttered the forged orders; and the prisoner Bar nett was subsequently taken into custody at his resi dence for receiving the property gained by the orders, well knowing it to be stolen. Mr. HUMPHRIES begged for a remand, as the police considered that they could bring several charges —very serious ones too—against the three first-named prisoners. He believed that the system of robbery now brought to light had been carried on to much extent. Mr Alderman T. Wood said he was almost of the same opinion; and remanded the prisoners until Thurs day, at the same time refusing bail. BOW-STREET. Charles Clifford, described on the police-sheet, as an attorney, residing at No. 30. Duk -street, St. James's, was placed at the bar,charged with indecently assaulting Sarah Price, aged ten years, with intent to commit a rape upon her. Constable Gibson, 175 A, stated that he was passing through Northumberland -street, on his way to Scotland yard, about half past two in the morning, when h e o h. served the prisoner and the prosecutrix, and he consi dered it his duty to take them to the station-house. The child, being questioned by the magistrate. pre vious to the depositions being taken in the usual form, said she had no father alive, and si,e was lodging with a Mrs. Bishop, in Orchard-street. Westminster. She was sitting at the step or a door, with Charing. cross, 'th two bunches of flowers in her hand fr.r sale, when the pri soner passed, and induced her to aecorn ',any him to a bye-place, where he committed the off. rice. She gave no alarm. Mr. M'Cann the surgeon considered the child was under twelve years of age, and that there were no marks of any abuse. Mrs. Bishop said that the prosecutrix came up from Liverpool about three weeks back with her mother. who got her living by selling small articles in the streets, and had not since returned. She knew hf r since sh e was fifteen months old, !but could not exactly say what her age might be. The prisoner, being called upon for his defence, said he was returning home when he met the chill, who offered to sell him flowers, which he refused, and having made improper overtures to him, :he unfortunately ac cepted of them, in consequence of the quantity he had drank. -Mr. TWYFORD said if he had evidence that could be depended on that the child was under the age of ten years, he would commit the prisoner on the capital charge ; but as the surgeon and the woman, to a certain extent, had shown she was under twelve years, it reduced the offence to a misdemeanour, for which the prisoner should be committed for trial. The prisoner said he was in practice. but not a man of fortune, and, consequently, could not procure heavy bail. Mr. TWI FORD ordered him to put in bail, himselt in 2001. and two sureties in 100/. each, with forty-eight hours' notice, to answer the charge at the sessions, and the child to be taken to the workhouse. CLERKEN WELL. Mary Wilson, an old woman, was put at the bar before Mr. Greenwood. c harged with uttering counterfeit money to Mrs. Fitchett, wife of Jacob Fitchett, pro prietor of the George public-house, in the New North road, Islington. Mr. Powell, the solicitor for the Mint, attended to prosecute. Mrs. Fitchett stated that on Tuesday night the pri soner came to her husband's house and asked for half a pint of beer, in payment of which,. she tendered a bad sixpence ; witness at the i , nst s a h n e t d e e a tec ve ted her the fiv f e 'r p a e t n id e e r n e g mark to her allowed she would return her rt change, t il o o t a w ng i do t h s a t w a wi n tan d y i n n ,n g t s u t as h np a ye t e t again in a few days and make a second uttering. This step she had taken by advice, having been told that it was necessary to prove two utterings to ensure a punishment. After the departure of the pri soner witness marked the sixpence with the date of the month, and carefully put it away. As witness antici pated, the prisoner paid her another visit, and for two pennyworth of gin gave a bad shilling, and witness gave her full change. Mr. Powell remarked that there was such a difficulty in prosecutions of this sort, that he hoped similar strata gems would be resorted to. The prisoner was committed to Nowgate. She said it was of no use contradicting the evidence. WANDS WORTH. THE ADVANTAGE OF ELECTRIC TELEGRAPHS.. TRALIAN BLACKS. ELOPEMENT AND RODDEAT.—Robot Lane, a man abom 35 years of age, dressed as a soafering man, and Amelia Spencer, a young woman ofconsiderable personal attrtc tions, were placed in the dock before Mr. Clive, charge d with stealing the sum of 37/ Is. 6d., the property of the father of the female prisoner. The apprehension of the prisoners may be attributabl • solely to the electric tele graph on the South Western Railway being brought into application, as the guilty parties had left Gosport some time when information of the robbery was brought to the station. Mr. Dalby, the superintendent of the South Western Railway Police, stated that on Friday afternoon, about three o'clock, he received information from the telegraph office at Nine Elms, that a robbery had been committed at West End, South Stoneham, near Southampton, and that the accused parties were in the train that left Gos port at half-past twelve o'clock. A personal description of the parties accompanied the communication. Witness procured the assistance of Sergeant Emmerson, 16 V, and when the train arrived at half-past three o'clock. the prisoners were taxed with stealing the sum of 371. odd, and taken into custody. They seemed thunder struck at finding that the robbery was already known in London, and that their 'arrival had been anticipated. Sergeant Eromerson stated that upon searching the male prisoner at the station-house, he found two purses on him, one containing 311 in gold, and the other 7s. Superintendent Dalby said the young woman admitted at the station that she had taken the money —th.it she !net the prisoner at Bishopstoke ; went from there to Gosport, and from thence to London, and that on the road she gave the male prisoner the whole of the money. A letter was found upon her person from the male pri soner, asking her to elope with him, and stating that he had got a house ready for her. It appeared from what had since transpired, that this man was married and had a numerous young family- A respectably dressed, middle-aged woman was then called forward. She was absorbed in grief, and for some time was incapable of speaking. After a short delay she said that her name was Caroline Spencer ; that she was the wife of James Spencer, a carman, living at West End, South Stoneham, near Southampton, and the female prisoner was her daughter. The male prisoner was to have married her daughter, who left her place on Monday last for that purpose ; but her late master, Dr. Buller, having a:certained that the pri soner Lane was a married man, communicated that fact to witness and her husband, and consequently Lane was forbid the house. Her tlau,hter was present when Dr. Buller made the announcement, and must have heard it. Witness intended to have sent her to London on Friday morning, that she might be out of the prisoner's way. The prisoner must have got scent of this arrange ment and turned it to his own advantage. Her daughter left home for the train at a quarter to ten o'clock, and at ten minutes past she discovere4 that a little box containing 371 is. 6d. had been stolen out of a large chest. She proceeded to the nearest s'a don, Bishopstoke. and there found that her daughter had gone to Gosport. To this place she proceeded as quickly as her daughter an d t h e ma n Lane had sta rted for London possible. and when she arrived learnt that together. Having given the necessary information she remained at the station, and in three hours learned that the prisoners had been apprehended in London. Sergeant Emmerson said, that the little box alluded to was found ti , on the female prisoner. Mr. `LIVE asked the prisoner Lane if he wished to enter into any defence at that time—if he did so, he would hear him. . The prisoner said he knew nothing a bout the money ; he left Bishopstoke on the preceding morning for Gos port, with the intention of proceed :11g to Chatham. When he got to Gosport he net Miss Spcncer, who few shillings left, said she was going to London, and he agreed to go with her. She paid the fares, and had, as he thought, only a miles of London, she gave him 311 in gold, stating that but when they had got within a few it was money she, had drawn from the savings bank. The female prisoner here exclaimed, " That is not true, Robert ; I told you, at Gosport, I lad Wien it from my father, and you said, well, we had better go to London." The motlut here said she did not wish to hurt her daughter. Mr. CuvE observed that the case must go for trial ; and the only question for his consideration was, whether the prigoners should be sent down into Hampshire for examination, or be committed flow that Court. Mr. CLIVE consulted with Mr. Fletcher, the chief clerk, and ultimately decided that the prisoners must be r..moved into Hampshire. The prisoners, who did not exhibit the least uneasi ness at the unpleasant situation in which they were placed, were then given into the custody of Superin tendent Dalby and Sergeant Emmerson. CURIOUS - IDEAS OF THE AUS- Their legends and traditions I have received with some caution, knowing well in what kind of soil they have grown : often planted there by romancing shepherds, and afterwards adopted by the dark people as their own. The idea . generally entertained by the blacks that they at their decease go to Van Diernen's Land and come back white fellows originated no doubt in this way. Buckley, * on his first appearance amongst them, the first European they had seen, was received as the re appearance of a native just dead, whom, in every respect, except colour, he closely resembled ; was fully believed to be the very man ; was adopted by the dead man's friends and tribe, and called by his name. No doubt but the similarity, for tunately for Buckley, saved his life. Afterwards, when settlers streamed over from Van Diemen's Land, and the natives beard it mentioned almost only as the place whence the white people came, and, probably, seeing many others in person or feature resembling their dead relatives that they should have such an idea is nothing singular or wonderful. Much more singular and curious ideas they have. Straw4e, indeed, is their notion of death, or rather that, with the constant and palpable decay of the human frame before their eye', they have no belief in death from natural causes. All deaths they consider to be the result of accident, malice, or magic. When a death oc curs, they decide that the deceased person's kidney-fat has been stolen away in sleep by some enemy, aided by magic. The body is tied up immediately in a lump, tightly drawn together, body and limbs, by strips of bark or cords, and he and ev ry kind of property belonging to him scrupulously and superstitiously, war imple ments, his wailer wallert, or opossum rug, guns, if he has any, even double-barrelled ones, although ever so highly valued, are broken ; and these, with the white and black money, in spite of itching hands longing to take it, everything:, in fact, goes with him into his grave religiously. Gravely, also, is it whispered into the ear of the dead man that he may Jest satisfied in his grave, that his black friends will, without fail, avenge his death. And in consul ration of this arrangement, he is requested to refrain from terrifying his old friends and tribe ; that he must not haunt them with alien voices, or the footmarks of strange feet about their encampments. The mourners wear their white paint mourning, never washing them selves, even if months should elapse before they have performed their vow ta the deceased. When they have, tasted the enemy's kidney-fat the mourn ing ceases. This is a miserable superstition, and causes a great deal of bloodshed. To discover in what direction the enemy of the dead is to be found they take an insect and obs..rye in what direction it crawls, and that is an infallible indication. In that quarter they eo. no matter how far. The first native brossing their path is the murderer of the dead, and, in his turn, becomes the murdered. One death, even a natu ral death, thus becomes, through ignorance and supentitious custom, the cause of many unnatural deaths. Another of their inhuman and inhos pitable superstitions is that regarding strangers. How different from the Jewish or Christian code, by which strangers are privileged and sacred people, •` Thiel shalt in nowise hurt the stranger in thy gate." Imme diately that a strange native is found by any tribe in their neighbour all the people are in a state of tumult, yelling, and getting ready their weapons of war for his instant destruction ; f.r their belief is the!, if they do not kill him. they will themselves generally and most fatally be visited with dysentery.—Howitts Impressions of Ansi, alia Fe/ix. ENGLISH ETIQUETTE. The ceremonial observed by the Tudor sovereigns ap proached absurdity. When the sisters of the young King Edward the Sixth dined with him they were not permitted even a chair, but sat on a bench sufficiently distant from the King for his canopy not to overhang them; and, when Elizabeth dined with Queen Mary and Philip of Spain, though heiress presumptive to the kingdom, and treated as such, she was carefully placed outside the cloth of estate. But King James the First carried this etiquette quite as far; for we read that, on the 4th of June, 1610, he created his son Prince Henry Prince of Wales, having previously knighted him, without which honour he was incapable of sitting at dinner with his Sovereign, though his father. Elizabeth was intrenched chin-deep in observances. . . . If we are to credit the opinion of the witty fashionist of the day, De Grammont, such manifestations were more honoured in the breach than the observance. When dining in state on one occasion, King Charles made his favourite remark, that he was served upon the knee, a mark of re spect not common at other courts. " I thank your Ma jesty for the explanation," replied De Grammont ; " I thought they were begging pardon for giving you sobad a dinner." The customs which were of necessity habitual at meals form a curious contrast to this sup -rabundant display of etiquette. We do not, indeed, read of ladies sitting under the table, or of one lady in particular being enviably placed there (as erst at the coronation of Anne Boleyn), "to hold a fine cloth before the Queen's face when she list to spit, or do otherwise at her pleasure. But, most certain it it, that the prudish maiden Queen fed herself with her fingers. It is a mis take to say that forks were not known then, fur Elizabeth possessed several, which had been pre sented to her ; but it is certain they were not used, nor for a considerable time after did they become common. Indeed, the prejudice was as rife against them, even among the higher classes, as it is now against machinery among the lower ones. One divine preached against the use of forks, as " an insult on Providence, not to touch one's meet with one's fin gers." * * • • Forty years after this forks were still a novelty, as may be inferred from a pa4sage in Heglin's " Cosmography." published in 1652. " The use of silver forks with us. by some of our spruce gallants, taken up of late, came from hence into Italy. and from thence into England." For a long time after their introduction into England they were considered as a most superb mark of coxcombry ; and it appears that then, even as now, empty-headed yount_• men affected to display their consequence by the parade of foreign fopperies —M s. Stone's Chronicles of Pastime. DIRECTIONS FOR AIDING OR EF FECTING ESCAPE FROM FIRE. The following important direction, for aiding t . r effecting escape from tire have recently been issued by the Royal Society f r the Protection of Life from Fir -, and, if acted upon, will prove the means of preventing many of those appalling accidents which it is so fre quently our painful duty to record :- 1. Every householder should make each person in his house well acquainted with the parts thereof which afford the best means of escape, whether the fire break out at the top or at the bottom, and, in securing the street door and lower windows for the night, care should be taken that an easy outlet for every member of the house is not thus prevented, in case of fire. [A coil of rope in the upper part of the house will be f un-i the most avail.,ble escape that can be kept on the preleises.) 2. It is the duty of all to he well acqu,inted with the various fire-escape stations of the Royal Society, and the places in their own neighbourhood' where ladders, ropes, &c.. are generally at hand. 3. On an alarm of fire it should be the object of all pert.ons to direct their efforts to save the inmates, and ' when the fire occurs near one of the society's stations. see that instant notice is forwarded to the conductor ; if at a considerable distance from any station, call to mind where a ladder has been seen, and especially ropes or chains ; pending their arrival see the next direction be observed. 4. Two well qualified persons (constables or others should ascend to the roof, through the adjoining house it is often the case that most efficient assistance can be rendered the inmates, by an entrance to the upper part of the building on fire; from thence either by the win dow, the loft door, or removing the tiles. 5. As soon as the ropes are brought, let one be conveyed to the upper windows of both the houses on either side of the one on fire, and one end of each dropped into the street, which may speedily be attached to the two ends of an ordinary length ladder or a baker's large basket (this can be obtained at any hour of the night ;) the greatest care should always be bestowed in securing the ropes to the carne ; in the absence of these, the ropes should be well tied together, so as form a line across the house on fire. The parties above may then with common care haul the same eh ar of the flames, and bring it before the window where the persons waiting to escape are. The avoiding the flames will be aided by a guide rope attached and held in the street ; repeated descents could thus be quickly made ; and if a person would ascend from the street in the first instance, he would render great service, as it generally happens that the inmates are unable to help themselves. 6. When a fire occurs in a narrow street, assistance can be given most efficiently from the windows of the opposite houses, particularly by means of a ladder placed across from window to window. 7. When ne other means present themselves, the by standers hid better collect all the blankets, &c., at hand, and thus be prepared for the inmates throwing them selves from the windows ; if there be a scarcity of bed ding, a blanket or carpet stretched out by several per sons will serve the purpose. 8. Inmates at the first alarm should endeavour calmly to reflect what incites of escape there are in the house ; if in bed at the time, 'ran themselves in a blanket or bedside carpet, at.d nei hi r open windows nor doors more than necessary, and shut every (1.)or after them. If there is much smeke a wet silk handkerchief will he found useful inavmuch as when tied over the face without being folder!, it permits free breathing, and, at the same time, excludes the smoke from the lungs. 9. It must be borne in mind thst in the midst of smoke it is comparatively clear towards the ground. conse quently, pro.'ress through smoke can generally be made on the hands and knees. 10. When all escape is cut off by the staircase, the object must be to open the front windows, and here the endangered persons are cautioned against acting too hastily ; they must not precipitate themselves at once, but wait until the last chance of' assistance fails. then drop rather than leap. as by that means the hei, dit of several feet is saved, and in dropping give a spring ,back wards. The window over the doorway would at all ties be proferablt to escape from rather than,. those ot N :c the tree. LATEST PRICES OF SHARES PRICES OF SHARES IN RAILWAYS, BANKS, INSURANCE AND DOCK COMPANIES, From the Official List, 'MASHED EVERY TUESDAY AND FRIDAY EVENING. LONDON, FRIDAY, MAY 16. 72.11.ILVIVITS. Dividend per Amount 1 Paid. Name of Company. Annum. Share. Price. 2 ?a 1:48 2 14 11.,', 4% 3% 25Lj 185 1051;, I!4 1% 107 4 % 66 49 18% 5i 3 17% 214 64 3►4 02 1 4 47 42 1 ,4 2% 28 IA FRIDAY NIGHT'S 6.21.1ETTE. DIVIDENDS DECLARED. J. H. Heron. J. S. Heron, J. K. Heron, and A. Heron, cotton spinners, Maneht,ster—final div. of nd following Wedne 11-Isdayths of at a penny in the pound, May 21, as, the office of Mr. Putt, Manchester. W. Caton, ironmonger, Preston—final div. of 6 1 ,4 d. in the pound. and a first and final div. of is. 8 1 / 2 d. on new proofs June 3, or any subsequent Tuesday, at the office of Mr. Fraser, Manchester. T. Crosfield, linen draper, Kirkham, Lancashire —first div. of !)a. in the pound, June 3. or any subsequent Tuesday, at the office ftf Mr. Fraser, Manchester. J. Trevitt, butcher, Wheaton Aston—first div. of in the pound, any Tuesday, at the o ffice of Mr. Christi* Birmingham. DIVIDENDS. At the Court of Bankruptcy, Basinghall-street. F. J. Pegler, woollen draper, Reading , J une 10, at twelve —S. Fossick, warehouseman, Mut - Ilford- court, 3111 k-street, Cheapside, June 6, at eleven—H. Thorp e, linen draper. Kell" sington, June 10, at eleven — \\ , . Head groceW r. ickham, Southampton, June 10, at eleven—H T. C. Kerr, 3. Baughan, and T. T. Haines, army. gents,Suffoll-street, Pen man East. June 12, at twelve—A. Thomson, merchant, ha Lea' denhall-street, June 12, at twelve—F. Figge, naercnt, Dunster-court, Mincing lane, June 12, at half-past twelve. In the C. P. Clarke, merchant, Hull, June t l2. at eleven, at the Leal Disc Court—W. S. Drury, ironmong er, Chester, June 10ents, , at twelve, at the Liverpool District Court —C. Clem common brewer, Liverpool, June 10, at half-past ten, at Of Liverpool District Court—A. Vickers , ironmonger, „Ilanher ter, June 7, at el yen, at the Manchester District Cour. 0 CERTIFICATES to be granted, unless cause be shovin the contrary, on the day herein mentioned. y. J. Yates, wholesa . le haberdasher, Fore-street, June 7 - ' l . Bradshaw, coal merchant, High-street, Camden -town, Juu 6—S. Taverner, bricklayer, Sovereign-mews, Paddingto.: June 6—W. King, coach proprietor, Reading, June 6 - 5 4 1 . Macwilliam, hosier, Gloucester, June 10—S. P. Bid if, slate dealer, Fleetwood on Wyre, Lancashire, June 1- Stead- Robinson, draper, Burton-upon-Trent, June 13--It e man and W. Adie, button makers, Birmingharn, Jn6_,r. 'l'. Cox, lamp manufacturer, Birmingham,t, June Jun e 6-- Cooper, coffee-house keeper, Aldgate High-stree J. and C. Green, corn-dealers, Borough-road, southwasrvic: June 6—T. Ferris, grocer, Wootton Bassett, June Spencer, common brewer, Wallingford, Berkshire, Jun PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. H. Cooper and A. G. Butcher—T. and R. Brent,c","„,, ad Red Lion -street—W. R. Eccles, R. Eccles, T. U. A. Eccles, coal proprietors, Orrell, Laricashire-";• and J. Aspinall, brass founder., Wigan—R. Aduerialer- Adderley, and A. Collingwood (so far as regards R timber ley and A. Collingwo ,, d)—W. Furnell and J. J...)cce , s i merchaots, Poole—J. C. Runi , ey and W. AAtK,cinh:s°o sod geons, Beaconsfield, Buckingtianishire—W . EL Yellowley, linen drapers. Newcastle- uPor •price, Bond and J. Jones, hosiers, Exeter—G. Powell, 14. Long deal..rs in snuff, Bishopsgate-street Without n sq uats and T. Tiller, wine merchants, York-street, po rta d a alditr -I• —I. Smith and T. Peatling, wine tnerchantg:, Lam and T. Woodcock. wine merchants, Li ve rpool --J• and H. Smith, c.;ach builders Sheffield —W. c o lhatch 411c1 W. P. Astley, silk manufacturers , Aldermanbtni• it: 1 .. . ___.-------- Ai A RKET NE Ws. (s.A.TUaDit'iv Cors7ZITT-Or 32.3:4Z1V• ablest We ha4l full average supplies of both fruit and Y e g e retir toes, from 3s to 43 3d per cwt ; Turnips, yet the demand was steady at our quotations. Old s 9; 2 s to a 2 to 35; Dung Onions, 2s to 3s ; Coleworts, or Greens, is, S .h, 6d t ( o , Is ;. Apples, '2, to 3s, and Old Onions, and Leeks, 8d to is 2:1 per dozen bunches; S halt l g 2s Per SS t o •hemes, 21s ; Forced Potat es,. 4d to 8d ; Pine-6 ap ples , _ 0; er d°`• 10s ; and Filberts, Is 6d per B . ); Parsnips, 2s to I I' rsc lish* Rhubarb, 4(1 to Is 2d ; Asparagus, 2s 6d to 8s ; W rse. Ole; 3s to ss; Brocoli, is to 2s 3d ; and Celer per bi! relie b is to 2 3 3, d Forced An Oranges, 7s to 13s ; Lemons, 8s to 12s ;an - , . Trp i r , Beans • , 2s per hundred • Cucumbers, is to 65 Nic'' bobs , ' r Greens Is 6 1 ' ' Brocoli Sprouts, 35 per sob. Radishes, 4d per dozen hands Small Salad, 3d; nn s mall rooms, is to Is 6d per;Strawberries, als° per punnet; basket. o ?rime Beef and Veal were in active reqaes t, fill i y s per p B r lbs i . w h i i i l e e et t ; h f 2(l'"evril wrzit.D3Olillslldvanc° a t n eat was g a ttoi.,l , o d; i d n ; d s ° f 5 - ' B6a 3s 02.0,,1i to is 10(1 ; Lamb, 4s 10(1 to 5s 8d ; Veal, f e r: ' ,.n a l l u 9 e s 6o(fl other k 8 There n es t ore and Pork, 3s to 4s per Sibs, by the carcase• a moderate business doing in Poultry, and previous rat e 48 6d 1 hardly sup•,orted. Fowls, 4s to is 6d; Chickens, ! tiro , 45 ta Pigeons , 6d to 9d; Duckling-, 38 3d to 55; Gi°'' 6s 6,1; and Guinea Fowls, 3s to 45 each. i Ofl a INT Z W'r OILS% odt °I Each knd of Meat, the supply of which Was g off freely, at full pt ices. ante' 13IL - i. =V GSGATE. he r se $ sold # Notwithstanding the supplies of Fish were rat ,r„rbots - I d 0 the general demand ruled rather heavy. '- Eels, to from 7s to 165, and Cod Fish , 3s to 7a each ; Sole* 44 10d, and Salmon, 10d to is 4d per lb ; 2s 3d per pair ; Mackerel , 21., to 32s per 120. fie ° WIEXTECNAP X I. •i n n a t pre A full average amount of bu,ituss was Pas' e4 "' quotation=. su pp so i R n e a v h h e a r t nolioirtehbeuigninlicrefsilwe.aGsEdolginrg°hfrfill prices were pretty generally supported. 4." 11 ,0* SIDE MANtatirr stee„pd ditto Raw H . le i( at per stone of 14Ibs : -13"t 2d • In feri f* 5s 41 to 5s 8d; Middling ditto, 4s 8d to 5s a ' t per k lu s p . 4s 2d to 4s 6d. Sheep and Calf-skin,3d to is9di Market Calf, Gs 6d to 8s ; Lamb Stu Ds 5 Shearlings, fid to 10d. ,nrest artielileiss,:reirde 7f2latidivieiTaec demand. yfhsvouue, do.,etarti 47 Cloverii 7t t p ddlßT4 r di. 2: i , lo c i 'Wheaten l e 3sLAN:2o s isatAfs o wopip f teni,6(7::.T2sul,3".ll_ : sae42doo; ld BdßiSttrtl.e7fa,e(llPsadidntoow;h6esi,l'padfer,t 3r4°lllPbrn°9ll,lo.li.ss.llsfeta. A g r 6 e s „,,..1 010 ... s: ; SMlTllrm.D.—C lEl oa lt rs ir e Meadow a fi At n e t. a Uirp Straw,al an ei Upland o ot a ao r r e se Meadow Hay, a' ';lss to ° `, 1 .4 1 E t Hs t et o a , n 4/ 4 1 1 4 143 to 5143 to ; 6 6 1 7 Uopaltansdtdrai twto,' s , o s to ' ,AI , / ir.: .t.., ditto, 4! 12: to 5/ ss; 21 4s per lox d• steady, at late rates. 94 to V u rn l 3\ ‘ 2 ' lo s ii - FNll.eselaid C liN l , , oEs . .. trG ‘ Rt - e r.:Ct r ai Lt.,., 11 .,811.. : . ?; . : , 2a 4 st i at l ,l 0 , : ,lii t.( ts e, ti j et 6 ri t i l oi n n ; , ;( r ! t iv al P t I 73snt'ordtahwd:riii:::j1;8astlit:P --- : :".%1 11:1 figures. 3irlaii.:BlB7:l:. '. sts9o:/I:sl2ps:l2":s lsr t :l b . 1 2 aaa ; sTtii a __ , 00 1 O ,a , P , ..-.--.... 1),( 111) ''- ---------, „,, y, Silt," the —(lit —loreili remains of this gallant and distinguisheu. thes w, moved from his villa at Inveresk, and deposit ;l ie r etl , 4 be . buryin4- vault in the churchyard there At sir as l r the fishermen of Fi-herrow, whom. in 1.804‘,,,„ Iv o K or e n ; a formed into a body of sea-fencibles, his c_ r aer nbelntra j the grave by them, a large number of its, „ t the re ing i:, two and two, until, having arrive" at ~.. the ground, they deplo‘ed and allowed th ( e ) :' t d fron i w eta t n company to pass forward. Tile whole c t i . .. d w ith 9 re r ese o le r j Lodge to the place of interment was crow : t m olt °re., dent' Anion:x those who attended to pay the la'sicr. vre s ol il , to this naval hero, c mnected with the set; Admiral 1,0°4 Melville, lion. Sir Anthony Maitland, .1 1 _ " Bo oti ir lop Captains Preston, Hon. Charles St. latr, aer ved be ll, t o Tait, Ramsay, Frazer. &c. We also " r. cattl i i s t „ rs a d Hope, Sir Thomas Dick Lauder, Sir Lough, the 11 '1, Cos i Robert Mowbray, Hurt. Captain Cathcariaishop. ~,plg and town council of Musselburgh, Ste. -- „ I nolawili of Thursd.ty. Satt lruti" th e y" "0 4 A MAN FOUND.--Ah,nit five on ad, n eac t o_„o a man was found dead in the Finchley-r° a; beiVoistc_;',ol 'l'avern. He is about 35 or 40 years of f a l, f 01C% b lao Sr i ;ig, four inches ; dressed in a brown fro` ls ,„ irt wit b lue ,`, t o and trousers. blucher boot., and socks; ~,,,,!,'., with_,,,,steso on it ; and one of his hands is marked "1-„` . ,„, , Llsoir ~,000 The body was taken to the Yorkshire ul'.7 ableFej-risli‘ await an inue , A. ts to e n ao c oic I'IIE EYE S.-Optical Improve men_ an d to g m oo re. at :in a dvanced age to read with eaSU it , _ A sol' M ej e l e et•l nate objects with perfect distinctnes,es:frive'es, sce. rirs t . she Instruments for relief of extreme d . ,,, ° ' , Albeta,, s ,,, I ,ao S. and B. Solomons, Opiiciams. n den seS , g' iv ivico Piccadilly, have invented Sp The o hiabl e ie , 0°.,011 greatest transparent p..wer. The spe ctc . _, F trf i iti. derived from this invention over the gelbecothlu:cus ogea common use i , , that instead of 'is' cases yell o cal h• ated, wealtenfd, awl in nurne,r,o.uestled, o d st the of • jured, it is preservA an-1 strenn ii l ' eie Fight voseilot.tar persons are enabled to emploY their t13 0 , 5 ? e h lot 144110:: minute occupation, and can 5" ) d that which 11 006 much less magnifying powe r ! a l . hlit the,' is,o . h de Y e of the greatest consequence imcieZre:cs.r..Avilisetit'oisa::::o. the frequent changes to furthe. 1 1 o „ e s, . o fo o f Telescopes, Opera Glasses, d al i l ,af k n i e n s d s s . of c A au c otiuosnt.iLi Messrs tru m . s n , t; ,..„ fl y li' co S a n itl i e c e f o tem e : g cbo o o ; clans and Aurists, are not in givi ifi oned in ' -ree li e t 5 9. person of the same name in theotr_trv, lyi pl e d et hood.; nor in any part of the c u," . ,i, to Yon D!ic ) 4 ,„ i s* takes, be cautious, and observe--I'.7t, the ..0.(1.':034 Albetnaile-street, Piccadilly, °PP°7_ 1,00$011;wilaL 010 SPLENDID AREVidEIiENT __ ° 6l 2. e, ~,a ._,„, or y producing the effect of a long o or_c .. l ' r . it , D°w. 1e, ,, r as to cause a doubt whether y ll.' ... to r ...i 4 j Rome. pod, dfid * I- or a ile lu e— ting' be s at' "Arch follows arch, an _p od t o en . p g 0 00%0 This unique apartment is de:0,1001er hurl ip el t o 0 ing the hair in, and with h rotind-flor. 05,1 v., ihoo, view of Naples, are on t.. 0 men noSs to r-• -/ fr ota p ii tention to their establish °f Bis oes the el., to notice the advantages .. I you p . b roj i _A; never take apprentices • et,°,roe.r's 0 6 ,15 cl 4t3 f/a sbr" pot country, nor object to ens ne rson " heing i , do ~4 man to wait upon them ; evF r ! rwitbt!t _ a t tt,,,,isliOr they never b? ing used t wice , ~.„, thng, 0 0, Y, , , g awn it ni t• t - P. s a tr rA ce ti ,----- ollt 6 ~.r....*,...........;.'"...- .. ( r. i t S C . lr a e r : S , ..'*''''''''''..."''''''. Bill Tg s' ti dire' r d V A' riolti,spsreasnsedrivOnuoi9 any _______. 4 °o no 0 00 ,b., . 10 On the 9th inst., at Paris, the byre' 'l' 11 0., ant , of a son. exe c tb e - t at Wilton - Bo or, eir On the 10th ins t., a 12n the 16th inst., at Claiiliarnia-dcy of wolf _o_. of e, 130 i,- Da of a son. i rltr 0 . On the 13th inst., at the Pa, r s°nag rrviatt'cic' tb* the Rev. Edward Miller, of a a , Al b .bra T dg e ' ' , . ( le•P - fa o°_, ,-. sh O ire n , Ferrite Cliobridge-rrister‘s3 i s . of t 0 - On the I 4th inst.. in :_, ~,,,,.. ps to 1 („, re, t t,Ahlera2Et.b„,i,n. inst.' at of Ofa-edoliglte„fireet, l i t 'i s ialc. ( i i i 0 IP' . 1 , `'' rts, t wife of George Yo uli g: ( i l 3 ). i ' ldock• Ile r a-oe s Ice On the 14 t h in3t., , t d „,,,titer. , ~,, 13 , c lib Edward Burridge, of :a a i cifred - P` l- t 'er. , P On the 15th inst., t f do gh TAP r 1.,a11V Of C. J. ANfOl-13 ' 9. vii. 40 ,I8P i oe ;• /: 'M l'i' ; 4 , Di'" P 'Sig il v i O s' orTiiit.hoef Issethwrainasta,Batrte7:.ol3s_!-u,r..(pi;.l:o:risti.ree,evto.lbestebri,, i tuiriteri; % IA On the 3d inst., Mary , Ba t., a t wick, of Broad-street-builditibl)egi3j,.;:i.e of 0. ii,„:,1400 :„; ,,,,,,_ ,: s ~ on the Sth i nst., •oi , • ~ Reg i . e ~, ,a , 0 . _ ib ‘l , . 1., , 4 1 ,.„ 1 ., 54 , 0 „ put,..L" - the 0 r 1,01 ',4 Powlett Bingham, -, 1 0, u• '„,.t011, , o ne, . v g, ' 7 ,;:t tiarwFdth'.44eiss,l.idt7itiii.snt:, at‘Pi:ctrj:"Tro°:a. re, rties_n.,..t. to s.nopoi:ei°,.:o4 etigej, 778 dulourgii)ileitrttet)rerttfiattlriiil:,hll:‘,ltt.e.irC.B:tdi:s:ert:n:iiern__yt'sv,,4:/::.otitioib_;:.s, e p , r ~, i pf ~,, y . nu, - --- ;00 S" w' li __.,.„:., . .. ,....„____ l i ter o f Scii arr_ii ::::::' , ~c - i- .- 1: t#,C'71.14 3ili tu:.1t,,,i(1,i..r.e: I,..rizt,,d dca i 4.,..;, r0v:,173 t 0,,,,, bLiddigetlf WOW/ til ”szt.ran--- Zatitlraatr,ll.,,ccorc.vtiorr.,h...tt7:,..lzsa ,o) Aberdeen •• • • •• • •• • Armagh, Coleraine, &I Portrush .. • • tiriningham & Gloster Ditto, New, iss.l Do. Halt Shares • • • • Brighton, Lews,& Hast. Bristol and Exeter • • • • Do. Now .. Ditto and Gloucesterl Caledonian • • ...... .; Cambridge and Lincohil Chester and Holyhead, Chichester & Brighton Churnet Valley .• • • • . • Coventry', Bedworth, & Nuneaton •• Coventry and Leicester Cornwall .• • Direct Northern .• • • •• Direct Norwich .• Diss, Deceits, & Yrmth Dublin & Belfast June. Ditto and Galway • • Do. and MuDinar • • Eastern Counties • • Do., Perpetual, No. I Ditto, ditto, No. 2... En.stern Union • • .•• •• Do. Extension • • • • • • _ _ Edit•burgh & Glasgow Ditto, Quarter Shares Do. New Quarters • • Ely abi lledord .• ;rand Junction •• • • • Ditto, Half Shares • Ditto, Quarter Shares' •t. Southern &Western Do. Extension.. • • • • Do. Additional.. • • • • tl , eat North of England Ditto, New . • • • • • • • • Do. New •.••• • • • • • ,real Western Ditto, Half Shares•.l Ditto, Fifths.... Guildford, Farnham. Bc.l Portsmouth •• •• Marwick • • • • ••.• • . • • • Hull and Gainsboroegh }lull and Selby .• • •• • • 1)1110, Quarter Shares Do. Half Shares • • • • Kendal & Windermere Kentish Coast • • • • • • • • Lancaster and Carlisle Leeds and Bradtbrd. Liverpool & Manenestr Ditto, Half Shares• Ditto, Quarter Shares '.ondon & Birmingham Ditto, New Thirds.. Ditto, New 14 Sbares rimloil and Blackwall . London and Brighton.; Do. Consolidated Bths ".ondon and Croy den Ditto, Guarntd. 5 p. c. Londoi. and Greenwich Ditto, Pref. or Priv London a , :d S. Western Do., New Cons. sths Ditto, New • • • • • • • • Do. New • • • • • . London and York .• • • Lndonderry & Coler.dne Do. &Enniskillen • • T.ynn and Ely ••• • • • Do. & Dereham • • • • anchester and Leeds Ditto, Half Shares • • Dino, Quarter Shares Ditto, sixteenths . • • Mancl'estr & Binning. Ditto, Quarter :hares Midland . ..... ....... Ditto, Fifths .•• • • • • Do. New • • Ditto, Bi Newcastle & Berwick Newcastle & New cstic & Dar!. June. Do. New Brandling' Newry & Newark and Sheffield.. North British • • • • •• ••' Do. New • • • • • • • • Northern and Eastern. Ditto, Serip, iss,s/. d. Ditto, Quarter Shares North Kent.. North Wa1e5.......... ! viorwich and Brandon . Ditto, New • • • Oxford & Worcester • • Preston and Wyre • • • • Klchmnd & W. E. Junc. Rugby ••.• • • • • • Scottiso Central .• • • • Do. Midland. • • • • • • • Sheffield and Lincoln • • Sheffield & Manchestr Di tto, Quarter Shares Shrws.,lVolv.,Dud.,Bir. :Mouth Devon ••.• • • • • • Soutli-Eastern & Dovr. Ditto, New iss. 32/.dis. Do. New, No. 2 • • • • Do. New, No. 3 •• • • South Wales .• •• • • • • • Staines and Richmondi Trent Valley •• • • • • •• . Trent Valley and Holy head Junction • • • • • . Waterford & Kilkenny West Cornwall• •.. • - Yarmouth & Norwich. Ditto, New ..... ' York & North Midland' Ditto, Half Shares• • Do., Scarbro' Branch Ditto, Selby Scrip .. Ditto, Extension .... Bordeaux and Toulouse Do. and Cette • • • • • • Boulogne and Amiens. Dieppe and Pails June. Gt. Northern of France Lyons and Avignon.... Orleans and Vierzon .• Orleans & Bourdeaux Paris & Lyons (Laffitte) Do. (Ganneron's).... Do. (Colon's) .. Paris anti Strasbourg Paris & St. Quentin .• Paris and Orleans. • • • • Paris and Rouen ..• •• • Royal North of Spain.: It .uen and Havre • • Sambre and Meuse • • Strasbourg and Bale .• Tours & Nantes (Mac kenzie's) ...... •• .• Do. (Levevres) .... • 41. Os. per sl) 11. 121.163. per sli . X ki. et 2000 25 0 0 50 0 0 . 2,1 0 0 15 0 0 5(1 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 6 13 4 6 13 4 50 0 0 25 0 0 50 0 8 12 10 0 12 10 0 25 0 0 100 0 0 F 0 0 0 2s 0 0 50 8 0 50 0 0 FO 0 0 ►OO 0 0 40 0 0 30 0 0 10 0 0 50 0 0 20 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 JOINT-STOCH ZANIES. Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Price Annum. Share. s. d. L s. d. Australasia •. • • .... 6/. per cent. 40 0 0 40 0 0 42% Brash North American 41. per cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 45% Commercial of London 5/. per cent. 100 0 0 20 0 0 22 ...... ....... I 5/. per cent. 100 0 0 25 0 0 15 1 ,4 Lotuln and Westminstr 6/. per cent. 100 0 0 20 0 0 2714 ?minion Joint-Stock .• • G/. per cent. 50 0 0 10 0 0 14 Metropolitan ••.•• • • • • 25 0 0 710 0 Provincial of Ireland.. 87. per cent. 100 0 0 25 0 0 49Y, Ditto, N ew. •••• • • •• 1./. per cent. 10 0 0 10 0 0 National of Ireland • • 57. per cent. 50 0 0 17 10 0 I 21! Nat. Provncial of Eng. Si. per cent. 100 0 0 35 0 H 3714 Ditt0,.........5i. per cent. 20 0 0 10 0 0 Union of Australia... • 25 0 0 25 0 0 26 Union of London •• • Si. per cent. 50 0 0 10 0 0 1214 INSURANCE COMPANIES. Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. - - £ s. d. X a. d. Albion ••••••.• • • • • • • 31. 10s. , 00 0 0 50 0 0 72% Alliance Brit. and For. 6 per cent. 100 0 0 11 0 0 20 Ditto Marine... .. _._. 6/. per cent, 100 0 0 b 8 8 6% Atlas British Commercial .. 7s. per share 50 0 0 5 0 0 7 Clericl,Med.&Gen.Life 51. per cent. 100 0 0 210 1 6% County •.••••• • . • • • • • 31. 100 0 0 10 0 0 9s. and / Crown .•••••. • • • • • • • 1 61. 51. bs. j 40 0 0 5 0 0 18 Eagle • . 6s. 50 0 0 i 0 0 5% Economic Life /Si. 30s.bs. Eng.& Scot. Law Life 5l. per cent. 50 0 0 2 0 0 2% European Life.- ••• • • • 5% per cent. 20 0 0 All paid. 20 Freemasons' ... •••• • • • 51. per cent. 20 0 0 3 0 0 Globe ••••.••• • . • • • • • • 6/. per cent. Stock. - 142 Guardian •••••• • • • • • • 51. per cent. 100 0 0 36 10 0 50% Imperial Fire •••• • • • • 12/. per cent. 500 0 0 50 0 0 200 Imperial Life. •••• • • • • 12s. 100 0 0 10 0 0 16% Indemnity Marine •• • • 1/. sh. & bs. 100 0 0 5 13 1 30 Law Life Legal and General Life - 50 0 0 20 0 6% London Fire 10s. 25 0 0 12 10 0 15 Loudon Ship . 10s. 25 0 0 12 10 8 15% Marine • 5/. per cent. 100 0 0 15 0 0 10% Med. Invild &Gen. Life - s 0 0 0 2 0 0 3 National Loan Fund• • 51. per cent. 20 0 0 210 0 2% National Life. Palladium Life 5/. per cent. tO 0 0 20 0 2% Phoenix 3/. p. ct. & bs. - - 195 Protector Life •••• • • • • 51. per cent. 20 0 0 1 0 0 1/. 2s. Provident Life .• . Rock Life •••••• • • • • • • 4s. 50 0 010 0 4% Royal Exchange •• •. • • 51. per cent Stock. - 188 Sun Fire ••••.• • • • • .• 61. 10s. - - Ditto Life ... 11. 63. - - Universal Life DOCKS. Dividend Name of Company. per Annum. iommercial .• •• dust and West India F.ast Country ••.• • • • London .• ••.••• • • • • • St Katliarine • . • • • • • • Southampton • • • . • • • • Amount of I Paid. Price. Share. X s. d. X s. d. 3/. per cent. I Stock. /. pr cent. I Stock. 1/. per sh. 100 00 I 4% /. pr cent. Stock. I 5 per cent. Stock. [ 41. per cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 LIST 01' SCOTTISH COMPANIES' PRICES. Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Price Annum. Share. ------------- ....------ -- X a. d. X a. Q. Bank of Scotland • • ... 6/. per cent. 100 0 0 175 Royal Bank of Scotland 61. p 28er cent. 100 0 0 11.9% British Linen Company el* per cent. 100 0 0 2 C omme rcial Bank •• —6/. per cent. 100 0 0 170 National Bank ••. • • ... 67. per cent. 10 0 0 16 Union Bank of Scotland 7341. pr cent. 50 0 0 59 Western Bank •.• • • ... 61. per cent. 50 0 0 83 North of Scotland Barik 61. per 7% Clydesdale Bank ••• • .. 6/. per cent. 10 0 0 1514 Eastern Bank . ... 3/. per cent. 15 0 0 1194 Caledonian Bank • • ... 61. per cent. 210 0 31 Editiblz Glasgow Bank 5/. per cent. 50 0 7% City of Glasgow Bank . 5/. per cent. gl5 0 14% Scottish Union Ins. Co. 51. per cent. 20 0 0 1 0 0 1 4i Hercules Insurance Co. 71. per cent. 100 0 0 10 0 0 1414 Insur. Co. of Scotlnd• • 5/. per cent 110 0 0 All paid. 10 Worth British Insur. • . 9/. per cent. 200 0 0 10 0 0 27% Caledonian Fire Insur. 101. per cent. 100 0 0 10 0 0 24 Edinburgh Life Insur. 6/. per cent. 100 0 0 10 0 0 19 Edln. 80 ( ;lasg. ltailway 5/. per cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 66 Ditto, 14 Shares. •.. 434,/. per - Cent. 12 10 0 All paid. 13 1 i Edin., Leith, ft Grantn 20 0 0 20 0 0 15% Glasgw & Ayrshir Rail. 434 /. per cent. 50 0 0 AU paid. 60% GlaafrwBr.Greenek Rail. 21. per cent. 25 0 0 All paid. 19 Glagw&Gaxnitirkßail. 51. per cent. 25 0 0 All paid. 3734 Mace Ec Altrothaall. SI. per cent. 25 0 0 All paid. 3 6 % _______....... X s. d. 2 10 0 1 . 7 6 100 0 0 17 10 0 3 0 0 20 0 0 70 0 0 2 0 0 30 0 0 5 0 0 1 10 0 10 0 0 10 0 0 2 0 0 Bs. per sh 2/. 5s p. sh. I Is 3d pr. sh 101. per ct. 101. per ct. 101. per ct. 6/. Os. p. sh 11. p. sh. Si. per ct. 81. per ct. Si. per et 3/. 10s. pr. sll 1 17 s. 6d. pr sl 91. per cent. 91. per cent. 91. per cent. 1 0 1. per ct. M. per ct. 101. per ct 3i. Os. per sh 6s. per sh. 47. per share 10s. pr. sh. 2 10 0 1 0 0 1 7 6 50 0 0 12 10 0 2 0 0 1 10 0 1 7 6 15 0 0 5 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 15 0 0 Stock. 2 0 0 2 0 0 50 • 0-8. 16 0 0 6 0 0 32 0 0 45 0 0 16 13 4 -MI -• 0 50 0 0 13 15 9 9 0 0 12 15 4 I+4 7 2 41 6 10 40 0 0 50 0 0 40 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 0 0 25 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 6 5 0 40 0 0 10 0 (I 40 0 AO 0 0 AO 0 0 12 10 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 20 0 0 10 0 0 50 0 0 VI o - e 20 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 25 0 0 100 0 0 25 0 0 50 0 0 f 0 0 0 33 2 4 50 0 0 50 0 0 F 0 0 0 50 0 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 25 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 8 0 0 7 0 0 2 10 0 2 10 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 7 6 1 0 0 1 5 0 20 0 0 11 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 25 0 0 20 0 0 1 5 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 4 0 0 2 0 0 4 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 2 0 0 14 0 0 4 0 0 14 0 0 5/.125. per lb. 2/. 2s. per sh pershare 61. per cent, 1/.125.6d.p.c. 11.0 s. per sh. I/. per share. 1t.145.10d.P.s 2/. ss, 15s. !11/ 105.6d.p.5. 10t1. p. sh 43. ad. 10/. per ct, 101. per ct 101. per et. O 0 O 0 O 0 O 0 O 0 O 0 O 0 O 0 O 0 O 0 25 0 25 0 0 0 0 0 00