The Sun. — London, England, 1851-03-06 00:00:00

RAILWAY PASSENGERS' ASSUR- ANCE COMPANY. The third half-)early meeting of this company was 'geld yesterday at the offices ' 3, Old Brcal-street, City; John Dean Paul, Esq., chairman. The report commenced by congratulating the share holders on the satisfactory progress made during the past year in the business of the company. The perio dical tiCkets issued in 1849 were 1,123, and in 1850, 2,320. The single journey tickets issued in 1849 were as follows:—lst class, 11,397; 2d class, 18,429; 3d class, 16,504. They had increased in 1850 to—ist class, 14,008 ; 2d class, 30,040 ; and 3d class, 40,236. The receipts for the half-year, ending 31st December, amounted to 2,5311. Is. 11d., being an increase over the previous half-year of 4441. Is. 7d., and over the amount of the premiums taken in the first five months the com pany was in operation, ending 31st December, 1849, of 1,109/. 14s. 11d. The directors had not availed them selves of the power to raise a call of 1/. in addition to the deposits paid. The claims during the last six months had very largely increased. Several serious railway accidents had occurred in England and Scotland, and among the sufferers, on almost every occasion, wero some who had taken insurance tickets previous to com mencing the journey, or who held periodical tickets. The claims consequently had been numerous, and in some instances heavy, so that the compensation paid during the period in question, and in course of adjustment at the time when the accounts were made up, would necessarily absorb what would otherwise have been divisible to the shareholders at this time. From the commencement of the business of the company to the present date, embracing a period of twenty months, the claims had been for two fatal cases, insured for 5001. each, and for fifty-five cases of personal injury, the compensation to which in the cases adjusted had varied from 11. to 4251., according to the severity of the injury sustained in each case. The com pany had some remarkable escapes to notice. In one very serious accident which happened to an excursion train in July last, where upwards of 150 per sons wer e more or less injured, there were only eleven out of that number who held insurance tickets, who became claim ants on the company. In another still more se rious accident in August, when they had eleven cases of personal injury to meet, there were no fewer than six persons killed, of whom, unfortu nately for their families, none had taken insurance tickets. Again, in September, when 18 persons were more or less seriously injured, only one of them was in sured, and his claim was for an injury so slight, that the sum of 31. sufficed to meet his demand for compen sation. The accounts up to the 31st December exhi bited a gross income from premiums for the half-year (including balance due from previous half-year's ac count) of 3,6601. 16s. 4d., and a total expenditure of 2,2611. 19s. 9d., leaving a balance at that date, after de ducting estimated amount due on various accounts of 9981. 16s. 7d. This sum the directors would have ap propriated in paying interest or dividend upon the shares, but the claims upon the company in re spect of accidents, towards the close of the year, were so numerous, and some of them so heavy, that the entire balance must necessarily be reserved to meet them. The issue of single journey tickets had been extended, since the last half-yearly meeting, to fourteen additional lines of railway. Two or three companies still refused to sanction the issue of tickets, though on one of those lines where this refusal had been persisted in, a very serious accident happened in December last. In the month of December, arrangements were made to es tablish the issue of single journey, as well as periodical tickets, on the leading railways in Ireland. The Great Southern and Western Company, and the lines towards Belfast, afforded every faci lity for this purpose, and since the Ist of January, the receipts from that source, though small, had not been trenched upon by any claims in respect of acci dents. The company established in France had com menced its operations, and being in friendly correspon dence with this company, the mutual interests of both would be promoted by the publicity given to the system of insurance there, as well as here. Since this period last year two companies had been formed to do insur ance business, in some respects similar to that which this company was the first to propose to the public. But as neither of those companies had obtained an Act of Parliament, it was not expected that they would seri ously affect the business of this company. The CHAIRMAN, in moving the adoption of the report, said he was glad to inform the proprietors that there had been a steady and, he trusted, an important and perma nent increase in the amount of business transacted. The company had rapidly risen to a position of great public utility and usefulness, and the success which had at tended it had scarcely a precedent in the history of life assurance societies. Since the commencement of the enterprise they had issued no less than half-a-million of journey -tickets, and the returns of the last quarter showed that the company had grown daily in the estima tion of the travelling public. While the proprietors would reap, as he fully anticipated, a fair reward for their invested capital, they would at the same time have the satisfaction of kaowing that they had relieved the misfortunes of bereaved widows and orphans, and also compensated, as far as pecuniary assistance could do, many sufferers from railway accidents; and these great advantages were secured to the parties by paying a com parativety trifling premium. During the half year fifty eight cases of accident had occurred, in which the sufferers had received from the company sums varying from 1/. to 425/. as compensation for the injuries they had received. There were also two cases of fatal acci dent, in which the deceased individuals had assured their lives for 5001. each, and the company had just received notice of a third case of the same kind. In the two first cases both the parties were married, one leaving behind him a family of six children, but they were possessed of no property; and letters had seen sent to the directors by their representatives or friends, acknowledging with grateful thanks the ready boon conferred upon them by the company. Though the accounts for the half-year showed a balance of 9981. 16s. 7d.. the directors did not feel justified in recommending a dividend at present ; but they fully expecte' that the shareholders would soon have an ample return for the capital they had invested in the undertaking. The Caairman concluded by moving the adoption of the report. After a brief discussion the motion was agreed to, the retiring directors and auditors re-elected, and a sum of 300/. awarded to the directors for their labours during the past year. The meeting was then made special, and a resolution which was agreed to at a former meeting confirmed, ex tending the benefits and advantages of the company to emp.oyees on railways. After a vote of thanks to the Chairman for his con duct in the chair, the meeting separated. GERMAN Y. The following is the text of a letter of the King of Wurtemberg to Prince Schwarzenberg, on the Con ferences at Dresden, to which many allusions have recently been made in the German journals Your Highness,--From the report of my Plenipo tentiary in Dresden, I perceive that you decidedly reject the idea of calling into existence a representation of the collective nation by the side of the chief Executive Power of the Band, which is proposed to be newly established. That I sincerely regret this intelligence even in this open declaration, your Highness will think quite natural, from my well-known freedom of ex pression. For my own part, I have always, before as well as since the lamentable events of 1848, believed that a reform of the Act of Confederation, and especially a revision of the 13th article, was unavoidable. The last In particular I regard as the true palladium and the only real test of the value of all we may negotiate and resolve collectively in Dresden. But if that article is to be re vised in a manner not in arrear of the age and the moral necessities of the nation, then we must extend the hi therto existing representation of the States to the Federal compact as a whole, and bring together the divided, bar ren, and confused powers of the different Chambers into one united Upper National Parliament. Only with such a united Parliament, according to my conviction, will it be possible to establish a generally respected and lasting Central Power, the activity, force, and influence of which will be in vain sought in its external form and numerical composition alone. In these times mere phy sical power will not suffice to sustain a general form of government. Repressive laws and measures of police alone have hitherto neither guaranteed political institu tions, nor averted political convulsions. If Ido not err the old Confederation has proved this to us is the manner that suffices to make it a fearful example. A federation of states is mnch more difficult to guide and hold together than a single state. The first requires, much more than the last, a common moral bond of connexion which may preserve it—which may preserve it from dissolutian from within, and destruction from without. Such a moral bond for the whole of Germany can now only be found in a general Parliament. In vain shall we seek a sub stitute for it in a general commercial union. Material interests promote social revolutions much more than '' ). '"7 hinder them; these interests do not fight; the y retire ;' n Lee hour of danger and submit themselves easily and w 'tectit conditions; they are as variable as prop ert y itself 1311 in which they depend; their exclusive demand s " n ee prevented neither the fall of the restored Monarchy nor the revolution of 1848. In my opi nion, a. Co nfederative Government supported by a general representation of the nation is alone able to master the destructive elements beneath, and effectually to prevent divisions between the liberal States of the Bund from above: If we deprive the nation of its proper share in its chief collective political government, we cannot hope to reconcile it with the conatitution of the Band, and as Alkle can we hope to arrest t h e revolution in Germany. 1 a the course of time the old conflict will be renewed, with all the powers of anarchy in and without the seve ral Chambers arrayed against the Central Government, and I believe I do not deceive myself w h en I assume that in the end this conflict will not be de c id ed to the advan tage of our new political creation. "In the above lines I have Highness po g l i i v ti e c n al Yboeulrief as t o th e sincere declaration of my political re-organization of Germany. Either we can govern in the several States without Chambers and popular representation, or we cannot. If we c annot, neither can we dispense with a similar representation tia the centre of the federative system, if we wish not t () produce a conflict, sooner or later, between the n ewly-established Central Power and the dis°r - Itanized elements of the several State Diets, which we st d divide the Confederation internally, and more and more weaken it with out. T o ma i nta i n that a gen eral Parlia mentary co nnex i on is impracticable is, accor di n g to my view of the question, equivalent to admitting that the Bund its,elf can neither be adapted to the age nor lessg upheld. Your Highness knows lam no friend improvised cha.rters and modern political experi zAeilts; but inl " l3 ical affairs I like just' as little the introduction or return to tbat svhich,.cpmes too late or has outlived itself. A s a P r i nce o f he Con federation, I shall, as conscientiously discharge my duties I to the new Bund ese to the old one; but as a German and THE SUN, ruler of my land, I cannot recognise as satisfactory, adapted to the age, or definitive, a revision of the Bund, which does not sufficiently admit the just claims of the na tion to a participation in its own great political destinies. Luckily I am old enough not to expect to live to See the unavoidable consequences of all we are doing and neglecting to do at this moment in Dresden. " With assurances, &c., " Stuttgardt, Jan. 18. " WILHELM." ITALY. We read in a letter from Rome of February 24 : " General Gemeau's fete was kept here last Thurs day, Many cardinals and Roman princes were present, but retired early. The ball was very brilliant. The first day of carnival, which began on Satu:day, was not remarkable for gaiety; Rome is, however, perfectly tranquil, and if the weather prove favourable, there is every reason to be lieve that the carnival will be more splendid than last year. The premium on specie continues to fall ; trade is improving, and signs of increasing prosperity begin to appear. A funeral mass was celebrated, and a Te Deum sung at the church of St. Louis, on this day, for the 24th of February." Private letters from Rome of the 22d ult. state that Cardinal Antonelli is likely to retire, and that the Secretaryship of State will be divided between two cardinals, one of whom is to be entrusted with Fo reign, the other with Home Affairs. Cardinal An tonelli, however, will, it is supposed, continue in the post of Prefect of the Palace, so that his influence with the Holy Father would not be diminished in the slightest degree. STATE OF TRADE. (From the Manchester Guardian.) MANCHESTER, TIIESDAY.—The termination of the Ministerial crisis has removed the political pressure which, in some degree, affected our market last week, and, with the upward tendency of the raw material, has encouraged the producers of some kind of yarn to take a somewhat higher stand than they did a week ago, and rather added to the firmness of others. The quotations are fully id. per lb. higher for 20's and 30's water in the bundle; and also fur pin-cops and warps; in many instances, id. is demanded. The sellers have found more inquiry, with an inelinatiou for business among the buyers, which would have been attended with greater actual results, if the pre vious rates had been accepted. A disposition has been shown by the home consumers to add to their now scanty supplies; and by the European merchants, to execute such limited orders from the manufacturers and dealers of Germany, Italy, and other parts of the continent, as their deteriorated trade enables, and the fluctuating state of our market warrants them to send over. There have not been any particular indications of business either in yarns or goods from the India merchants, who have not yet received their lettere. The telegraphic statement of the news by the overland mail, posted on 'Change early in the forenoon, with the detailed accounts con tained in the newspapers, received at half-past two, have not tended to promote but rather to check operations, as they describe a worse state of trade both at Bombay and Calcutta. The advices from Constantinople, re ceived this morning, represent the market as in creasingly depressed in yarns, prints, and gray and white goods ; the merchants here have, therefore, shown less inclination to purchase than before. The present restricted buying on the part of the Greeks is mainly in connexion with Alexandria. Altogether, the day's transactions in goods have been on a limited scale; there prevails, however, a general firmness in prices; and the sales of 40-inch shirtings effected within the last few days on China account have rather added to the value of those articles. ROCHDALE, MONDAY.—We have had another dull market to-day; few pieces were sold, and those at re duced prices. There has been little or nothing doing in wool ; those manufacturers who have purchased have given less money for it. MACCLESFIELD, TUESDAY.—The :demand for manu factured goods has not received any impulse since our last ; the wholesale houses still demurring to give any advance on the prices of last year. Should this feeling continue, we fear that many more operatives will be thrown out of employment. The thrown silk market remains in the same inanimate state as quoted for some time past. Notwithstanding this continued flatness, we do not hear of prices having given way in the least. The dyers are again very slack of work. The raw silk market remains firm, with, however, very little business doing. HUDDERSFIELD, TUESDAY.—We had but slight hopes this morning of any business being done; in our market to-day ; and, indeed, our expectations were realized up to ten or eleven o'clock, as ❑othing was done before that hour. But after the resumption of office by the late Ministers became generally known, business took a change and began to be brisk nearly at once ; and indeed a very good trade has been generally done, but more especially amongst the lighter quality of woollens and fancies for the spring trade. Mixtures have been inquired for. In the wool trade it has been flat, though the dealers are more open for bargains than they were a fortnight since. HALIFAX, SATURDAY.—The uncertainty that (hangs over our domestic politics, and the increasing depression in every branch of the worsted trade, make almost every one unwilling to enter upon any operations, either in wools, in yarns, or in manufactured goods; and prices may be considered as almost nominal. . . LEEDS, TUESDAY.—There is no change to noticein the woollen trade since our last report. The markets have been dull at the Cloth Halls, both to-day and Saturday 14st. Prices unaltered, and stocks are not heavy. THE FINANCES. (From the Derbyshire Courier.) " Most people," says our politic contemporary, the limes, " are now agreed upon the conclusion that Go vernments rise and sink, thrive or decline, in accordance with the success or failures in the administration of the public finances." Now this is a proposition which we are by no means prepared to dispute. The head of a family may be liberal, learned, scientific, full of enlightened views and patriotic aspirations, but if the finances of his establishment are suffered to fall into confusion, his liberality fails to pro vide just remuneration for his dependants, his learning and science are rendered inoperative, and all his en lightenment fails to secure the comfort, happiness, and respectability of " those of his own household." As it is with a family, so it is with a nation. And, therefore, it is of the highest importance that a country, and especially an old, a thickly-populated, commercial, and deeply-indebted country, should pos sess, at least, one able financial Minister. No one will accuse the late Chancellor of the Exchequer of being this very desirable national functionary—a good financier. Finance does not seem to have been the forte of the late Ministry, and certainly a more unsatisfactory, feeble, do-nothing Budget was never intruded on the patience of a Parliament, than that of Sir Charles Wood. It, doubtless, has ba nished him from office, and accelerated the downfall of the Ministry which he encumbered with his assistance. His refusal to adjust the income-tax, so as to make an equitable distinction between the income derived from personal exertion and professional energy, and that derived from realised capital, decided his fate. When, in 1842, after an ineffectual at tempt to raise the income of the country up to its ex penditure, it was sagely proclaimed that "indirect taxa tion had reached its limit," and with a deficit of upwards of ten millions, the nation, in despair, submitted to the imposition of an income-tax, which Peel assured them was the only means of escaping from their embarrass ment, the country was too glad to get out of its difficulties to inquire minutely into the means of relief. But after the experience of some years, and find ing, moreover, that what was accepted only as a tempo rary expedient, is likely to become a permanent impost, it is natural that all who pay this tax should insist on its being equitably apportioned. There would have been, we conceive, no real difficulty to a man of business in doing this. But difficult or not, the country expected that it should be at tempted ; but this expectation the Chancellor disappointed, and his whole plan was weakness itself. The country, as Mrs. Malaprop would say, does not ad mire the " ineffectual" qualities in a Chancellor, They had hired him, and found him wanting. .2V ex quosis ',mi° Mercurius fit. But where are we to look for the " coming" Chancellor? Would it not be well for the country to advertise (our paper is " an excellent medium for advertisements") for a Chancellor of the Exchequer? He must be sober, and active, and understand his business. He will be required to modify the income-tax, so as to give satisfaction to everybody. To take five millions or so off malt, and put it on something to which nobody can object. He must be prepared to give up the window-tax, paper, tea, soap, stamps, land-tat, hop duty, with others of which the particulars may be seen at the office. And lastly, he must so contrive that the agricultural interest may, in some way or other, be in demnified for a loss of some fifty millions by the fall of prices. And, when not better engaged, he will be ex pected to devise a plan for paying off the National Debt. Lord Stanley, it seems, has engaged to do his best to form a Ministry—and we hear, from excellent authority, that he has full power t B u t n o remedy which does not go to the very root of the financial evil, will meet the ex igencies of the country. We have seen Ministry after Ministry based by the state of the public finances; then what, we ask, would be done, if we should be forced into a war? We must then return to Yu' s sys tem—improved as much as you please—of a represen tative paper money. And by this means only can we fight against the national indebtedness, against the dis tress which periodically pervades our agriculture, our commerce, our manufactures, and against the in creasing requirements of our teeming population. One Ministry may fall, and another rise, but we base our pi diction for the future on the experience of the past, when we say that without a real reform o f the monetar y system, no Ministry, Protectionist or Free-trade, Whig or Tory, can permanently retain office. ACCIDENT TO THE STEAMER. ATALANTA. --00 Sunday evening last, about six o'clock, as this boat was coming from Harwich, and when opposite the cuff, she ran foul of the Admiral Codrington's anchor, which had been im prudently left without a buoy, or any one on board at the time. There were 18 or 20 passengers on board the steamer, who were taken on shore in boats ; all the valuable pro perty, carpets, looking-glasses, &c., being taken out of the cabin as speedily as possible, and happily without sustaining injury. The boat quickly filled with water and sank. For tunately, the damage done is very trifling, and another boat being in it reserve,Waa of course put on the station the fol lowing morning; the public, therefore, sustained no incon venience, nor is the slightest blame attributable to Captain Cook, of the steam-boat, or any of the crew. We think it desirable that the authoritiei should take coguisance of such a matter as this, in order to p revent any similar occurrence, by which human life is considerably endangered,—lpswich Express. Dividend Amount Same of Company. per of Paid. Prioe. Annum. Share. s. d. a. d. Australasia •••••• • • • • V. per cent. 40 0 0 40 0 0 34 BritshNorth American 51. per cent. 50 0 0 5O 0 0 - Ceylon ••••..•• • • • • •• 25 0 0' 25 0 0 - Commercial of London 61. per cent. 100 0 0 20 0 0 25% Colonial 21. per cent. 100 0 0 25 0 0 - Gloucestershire •• • • 15/per cent. - lonian ••••••.. • • • • • • 61. par cent. 25 0 0 25 0 0 - Landon and County .. 61. per cant. 100 0 0 20 0 0 - Londn and Westminstr 61. per cent. 50 0 0 20 0 0 - London Joint-Stock 6i. per cent. 50 0 0 10 0 0 17% Provincial of Ireland.. ! 81. per cent. 100 0 0 25 0 0 - Ditto, New......... ! 8/. per cent. 10 0 0 10 0 0 - National of Ireland .. 51. per cent. 50 0 0 22 10 0 - Nat. Provincial of Eng. 61. per cent. 100 0 0 35 0 0 - Ditto, New. • •• • • 51. per cent. 20 0 0 10 0 0 - South Australia •• •• •• 61. per cent. 25 0 0 25 0 0 - Union of Australia • • 61. per cent. 25 0 0 25 0 0 34 Ditto • ....... • • • • 61. per cent. - 2 10 0 3% Union of London... 61. per cent. 50 0 0 10 0 0 - Union of Madrid .•... 40 0 0 40 0 0 - INE11:111ANC113 COMPANIEIB., Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Price Annum. Share. s. d. X s. 41. Albion .. •••••• •• • • .• Si. 10s. 500 0 0 50 0 0 86 Alliance Brit. and For. 7114s6d&bs 100 0 0 ! 11 0 0 - Ditto Marine. •• •• •• 61. per cent. 100 0 0 ' 5 0 0 - Atlas 138.6 d. 50 0 0 510 0 17% Argus Life ••.•• • • • • 4i.per cent. 100 O 0 16 0 0 - British Ceramercial • • 73. 6d. 50 0 0 5 0 0 7% Clericl,Med.&Gen.Life spr ct.&bs. 100 0 0 10 0 0 20 4/. 100 0 0 10 0 0 86 14s. SO 0 0 5 0 0 15 Eagle ss. 50 0 0 5 0 0 6% European Life ••• • •• 10s. 20 0 0 All paid. 11% General ••••••• • •• •• 0 0 5)4 Globe Guardian •.•• • • • • 51. 100 0 0 45 0 56 Imperial Fire .... •• 121. per cent. 500 0 0 50 0 245 Imperial Life • • 12s. 100 0 0 10 0 18% Indemnity Marine,. • • 11. slit. & bs. 100 0 0, 20 0 47% Law Fire 100 0 0 ! 2 1 0 2% Law Life.......... 11. 16s. 100 0 0 10 0 46 Legal and General Life 50 0 0 2 0 4% Licensed Victuallers • • 5 0 0 1 0 - London Fire .... •• • . 10s. 25 0 0 12 1 0 17% London Ship Marine •• • •..• 15s.per share 100 0 0 15 0 6% Med. Invlid &Gen. Life 4%1. per et. 50 0 0 2 0 2% National Lean Fund- 51. per cent. 20 0 0 2 1 0 2% National Life.... - Palladium Life 5l. per cent. 50 0 0 2 0 2% Phoenix - 155 Professional Life ...... 51. per cent. 6 5 0, 0 1 0 205.0 d Provident Life........ 11. ss. & bs. 100 0 0 10 0 30 flock Life............ ss. 5 0 0 0 1 0 6% Royal Exchange Si. p.ct. k be. Stock. 215 Sun Fire. - - 209 Ditto Life 11. 6s. 48 United Kingdom .... 41. p. ct.&bs. 20 0 0 4 0 0 3% Universal Life.....• 10% ct.lk bs. 100 0 0 10 0 0 - Victoria Life . 51. per cnt. - 4 12 6 5 Name of Company. East London..•. •• •• •• Grand Janctian • • •• •• $l. per cent. 41. per cnt. 41. per cut. Lambeth ............ 51. per cnt. New Rivr Lndn lirdge Vauxhall West Middlesex . . • it. Os. 51. per cnt. 51.05. pr cnt. PRICES OF SHARES IN BANKS, ASSURANCE, AND OTHER COM- PANIES' STOCK. From the Official List. PUBLISHED EVERY TUESDAY AND FRIDAY EVENING. LONDON, TUESDAY, MARCH 4. JOINT-STOCK 2ANX33. WELTZE..V7ORICEi. Dividend per Annum. DOC Dividend per Annum. 41. pr cent. 61. pr cent. 20s. per alt. 51. pr cent. 41. per cent. 3% per cent. 4341. pr cent. 21. per cent. nitxna: Dividend per Annum. 35e. per cent. Paid. £ s. d. Paid. X s. d. 50 0 0 Paid. A. s. A. Name of Compaay. Commercial . • • • .. • • .. East and West Ind' a ... East Country London .. •• • Ditto Bonds • • • • • • • • iit.Katharine .. • . • . • • Ditto Bondz•• .• • . •• Southampton •• .• • • •• Name of company• Charing -cross.• •• .. •• Southwrk ...... •• .. Ditto Nw of 7% p.c. waterloo ............ Dittn Old Ann. of 81. V ~' LONDON, Amount of Share. X s. d. 100 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 Amount of Share. X S. d. Stook. Stock. 100 0 0 Stock. Stock. 50 0 0 Amount of share. Z. 6. d. 100 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 co 00 40 0 0 Ditto Nw ditto of 71. Vauxhall .... . • • AY. 11. 4s. Od. 11. 18. Od. 11. 70 10 3 57% 97 109% Price. 115% Price. CALN.A.I.B. , . 1 , Dividend Names of ' 2 Dividend Names of •• IPrice. per Companies. ' ; per 1 Companies. 4 A nn um . Price. c I Annum.l c —• .£ .£ Ashtn& Oldh 97 71. 113 Macclesfield. 100 21. 10s. 50 Barnsley. •• • 160 , 121. 180 Neath ••• • • • 1001 161. itrknk&Abrg 150 Al. 85 Oxford.. •• •• 100 201. 188 Birmingham 40 41. 86 Peak Forest. 78 31. 18s. 70 Coveatry.. •• 100 251. 900 Regent's •• •• 33 11. 3s. 18)‘ Derby ••• • • 100 61. 63 Rochdale.... 88 41. 42 Ellsmre&Chs 133 355. 26% Somrset Coal 180 71.105. GrandJunctn 100 41. pr.et., 63 Do.LkYd St 12 61. p. c. Do., i pr. Ct. 7% ' a StErri &Wore 140 281. 405 GreuldSurrey\ 100' 21. Os. 83j 4 Shrews b ury.. 126 Grand Union 100 11.10 s. 24 Stonrbrldge.. 145 201. 290 Kennt & Avn 89 4s. Oa. 4 Severn and Lancaster .' lOO 41. 32 Wye Rail. l i 26 al * °s• 24 Leeds&Livrp 100 241. 400 Warwick& 4l. 46 Leicester .... 100 51. } 66 liirming. 3 100 Leicstr &Nth 83 41. I 44% Warwick&l 2 , 34 Loughboregh 142 701. 510 Napton.. j 100 "" Monmoutbsh 100 111. Worcstr it} 78 31. 4034 Mntgomrysk? 100 Birming. M l eltnMwbry 100 — & Brks Its. 6% GAS-LIGHT AND COKE COMPANIES. Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. ---- - Z. s d. A. s d. • • British ••••••.. • • •• •. 11. 1 40 0 0 18 0 0 13 Ditto Provincial •• • • 11. 85. 20 0 0 20 0 0 18% Brighton ••••..• • • • .. 51. 90 0 0 - - City of London .. •• •• 61. 100 0 0 150 0 0 - Continental Consolidat. 925. 75 0 0 31 6 0 - Equitable...-. -- -50 s. 50 0 0 50 0 0 - Imperial .• .... ••• • .• 31. 50 0 0 50 0 0 71 Independent ....... - 61. 40 0 0 40 0 0 46 London. • .... --- • • _ 50 0 0 50 0 0 - - 50 0 0 50 0 0 - Do., Part Preference 61. 25 0 0 210 0 - Phosnix .••-•• • • • • _ 4%1. 50 0 0 49 0 0 28% Ratcliff .. •.•..• • • • • • 51. 100 0 0 90 0 0 - United General •• •• • . 11. 50 0 0 80 0 0 15 Westminster Chartered 31. 50 0 0 - 46 Ditto, New .. •.• . . . 12s. 50 0 0 10 0 0 9% LIST OP SCOTTISH COMPANIES' PRICES Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. pric e . Annum. Share. - -.-- - £ s. d. £ s. d Bank of Scotland British Linen Company 81. per cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 199% Caledonian Bank •• .• • 81. per sent. 10 0 0 210 0 31. 3 • City of Glasgow Bank 61. per cent. 10 0 0 10 0 0 1i34 Clydesdale Bank -... •• 6% per cent. 20 0 0 10 0 0 13 Commercial Bank •• •• 71. per cent. 500 0 0 100 0 0 173 Eastern Bank ...... • • 61. per cent. 25 0 0 10 0 Si. is. Edinb.&Glasgow Bank 61. per cent. 50 0 50 0 4 Eaehangeßak of Scot.. 41. par cent. 100 0 0 50 0 0 15 National Bank North of Scotland Bank 6 0 i .p p e e r r c c e e n n t t . . , 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 10 0 0 0 21. 1 1 5 5 s . Royal Bank ofScetland 51. per cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 130 Union Bank of Scotland 81. per cent. 100 0 0 50 0 0 88% Western Bank ••••• • • • 71. per cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 70 Alliance Fire and Life 0 %I.pr cent. 10 0 0 10 0 0 21 British Guarantee Caledonian Fire Insur. 101. per cent. 100 0 0 10 0 0 23 City of Glasgow Life. , 61. per cent. 25 0 0 2 0 0 51. 61 Colonial Life ... • ...: i - 50 0 0 10 0 11.155. Edinburgh Life Insur. 61. per cent. 100 0 0 15 0 0 20% Eng.& Scot. Law Life 51. per cent. 50 0 0 217 6 2% Life Assoc. of Scotland 61. per cent. 10 0 0 1 0 0 21. 6s National Fire and Life 51. per cent. 10 0 0 1 0 0 245.6 d North British Incur. • • 81. per cent. 200 0 0 20 0 0 27 Scottish ljnionlnsrnce. 6%!. pr cent. 20 0 0 1 0 0 235.3 d Standard Life •• • ... • • 51. per cent. 50 0 0 4 5 0 11 United Dep. Assurance 51. per cent. 10 0 0 1 0 0 17s 6d MISCELLANEOUS. Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. --- ' -. Z. 5. d. Z. 0. 1. Assam Tea .... • • .... - 20 0 0 20 0 0 g Luction Mart •••• • • • • 21. 55. 50 0 0 - 28 Australian Agricultarl 11. 100 0 0 30 0 0 is Australian Trust •• .. 61. per sent. - 35 0 0 21 Anglo-Mexican Mint.. 11. 10s. 10 0 0 10 0 0 20% Ditto, Half Shares.. - - 2 10 0 6 British American Land - -- 38 10 0 - Canada ............. 61. per cent. 100 0 0 32 10 0 46 Uppr Canada Bonds 61. per'eent. - - - Ditto ditto .... 61. per cent. - - 1118 City Navigation Bonds 3i per cent. - - 96 flon.Revers.k Invest. 5 p.e.Szba, 2/ 100 0 0 100 0 0 92% Equitable Reversienry 5 p.c. & bs. 61100 0 0 100 0 0 109% Ditto Kew ........ - 50 0 0 210 0 234 Gen.SteamNavigation 10 p.ct.B4 bs. 15 0 0 14 0 0 28% Hudson's Bay ...... • • - Stock. - 204 Hungerford .......... 21. ss. - 100 0 0 47 London Institution ... - - 78 15 0 7 New Zealand Company - 25 0 0 25 0 0 - Ditto, New ........ - 25 • 0 12 10 0 - Russell Institution- - - - 26 5 0 - Peninslr& Orient.Stm. 81. per cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 72 Reversionary Int. Soc. 4%1. pr cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 99% Royal Mail Steam •• - 41. p. share. 100 0 0 60 0 0 71% South Australian ....• 11. per share. 25 0 0 25 0 0 24 Van Dieman's Land.. - 100 0 0 29 0 0 - PRACTICAL EYORCISM.—About ten days ago all the population of Brunn, in the Austrian States, were thrown into commotion by the appearance of the devil in proprid psrsond, surrounded by gensdarmes with drawn swords. His Satanic Majesty was, as he is always represented, per fectly black. with two enormous horns, goat's ears, a body covered with hair, horse's legs, and cloven feet; but he seemed decidedly out of spirits, and it appeared that he was undergoing the indignity of being conveyed to durance vile. The old men and women of the place fell on their knees, and prayed to all the saints to protect them against the ter rible Prince of Darkness; but the young men bad the im piety to laugh and to scoff at him. Oa inquiry the follow ing facts were stated :—A few days before, as a peasant woman named Hint was lying in bed after having been de livered of a child, the devil suddenly leaped through a window, clanking a chain, and demanded that she should either give him the child to be carried to the regions below, or make over to him a sum of one hundred florins in new silver, which he knew she had collected. The poor woman, greatly terrified, at once produced the money, and the devil pocketed it ; after which he went away. The next day the woman told the parish priest of the visit she bad received, and added that she bad collected the 100 florins penny by penny to pay for religious services on her accouchement. "Did you tell any one that you had the money ?" asked the priest. "Only the midwife," said she. "Well, tell the midwife that the devil was mistaken in supposing that you had only 100 florins, for that you have 50 florins more ; and say that you are glad he did not compel you to give them perhaps pay you another v i s i t after t h at, oes h o a r d cis s e ai h d i . m. T " h.e T h h e e xt w n o ig m h a t n t t h o e ld de t v h i e l midwife hiwel what e v t i tt l hh will there priest t reappeared and demanded the 50 sOseifizoendnhsi;mbhuyt the at neck, and th e same charged him with being a thief. The devil, it t urne d ou t, was the husband of the widwife. H e was fast ened in a room, a moment the priest rushed and the ;Liszt morning wai taken to prison-- Gaiignani. THURSDAY MORTALITY in the METROPOLIS. NUMBER OF DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES REGISTERED IN THE WEEK ENDLNG SATURDAY, MARCH 1, 1851. Epidemic, Endemic, and Contagious Diseases ...*223 Diseases of Uncertain. Seat ... Tubercular Diseases 190 Diseases of the Brain, Nerves, and Senses... ... 113 Diseases of the Heart and Blood-vessels .. 41 Diseases of the Lungs, and other Organs of Respiration ... 281 Diseases of the Stomach, Liver, and other Organs of Digestion... 71 Diseases of the Kidneys, &c. Childbirth, Diseases of the Uterus, &c. 11 Diseases of the Joints, Bones, and Muscles Diseases of the Skin, &c. ... Malformations... ... ... ... ... Premature Birth ... ... Atrophy ... ... ... ... ... Old Age Sudden... ... ... ... ... ... ... 6 ... 2 ... 35 ... 22 ... 46 Violence, Privation, Cold, and Intemperance ... 29 Causes not specified „, ... 6 DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES Population Deaths in corre- Enumerated, sponding week 1841. of 1850. West Districts... 301,189 . 139 ... North Districts.. 376,568 .. 159 ... Central Districts 374,199 167 ... East Districts ... 393,067 191 ... bouth Districts .. 503,346 240 ... 1,148 Deaths in the Week. 175 264 204 234 271 Totals... ..... 1,948,369 ... 896 ... 1,148 Males ... ... ... ... ... 580 Females ... ... ... ... ... 568 EVENING, Charlotte Rolfe—My occupation is that of a monthly nurse. I attended Mrs. Heathcote in two of her confine ments. I remember seeing Mrs. Heathcote on the 2d of May, previous to the 18th, the time of her last confine ment. I am not certain that I had a conversation on the Ist of May. I recollect saying something to her about her size. I said to her, " Ma'am, I think you are getting very stout." She said, " Do you think so, Rolfe?" Cap tain Heathcote's name was mentioned. After I told Mrs. Heathcote she was getting very stout, she said, " I do not know that I have a day to go." I looked quite confounded. She said, " Rolfe, Do you understand me?" I said " Ma'am, the captain has not been home more than six months, and scarcely that." I then said, Have you informed the captain?" She said she had not, and asked me if I could keep a secret. I then asked her if she had named it to a medical man. She said no, and asked me to keep it secret, for if the captain knew it it would be a deathblow to him. I do not recollect any more of the conversation. I went home that even ing. I recollect being sent for to go to Fritham about the 15th of May. The captain left that morning to go to Bath. I went to stay with Mrs. Heathcote and take care of the children. I remember Mrs. Heathcote being taken very ill, in consequence of which I sent for a me dical man. That was on the 17th. It was between eleven and twelve at night when I sent the man off for the medical man. The child was born about half-past one in the morning. There was only myself present, and I delivered her. I have had a great deal of expe rience, and according to my judgment the child was a full-grown child. I think Mrs. Heathcote must have gone her full time. I remember the captain came home on the Saturday evening about seven o'clock. I remem ber seeing him in Mrs. Heathcote's room. By the LORD CHANCELLOR—It was Saturday morn ing, between one and two, when the child was born, and the captain came home in the evening. By Mr. TALISOT—I was present when he came into the bedroom. He went to the bedside and kissed his wife, and said, " Dear Lucy, how are you ❑ow? " She said she was better. I had the child at the far side of the room. The captain walked to the other side of the bed. The baby cried out; he looked round and saw it. He had Mrs. Heathcote's hand in his, he dropped it, and he never spoke to his wife, or to the baby, but walked out of the room. I afterwards saw him go down stairs. I did not follow him, but he sent for me the next day and I told him what I have told their Lordships. When I told the captain he appeared very much hurt—very much indeed. I do not know whether Captain Heath cote had any suspicion that the child was to be born so soon or not. I remember the children being removed on the Tuesday morning. The captain left the house on Sunday. I saw him at the house, but never saw bim in Mrs. Heathcote's room again. I saw Mr. Arthur Heathcote come with him about a fortnight afterwards. I know Geore Francis Law. Ido not know whether he was living in the'house. In the conversation which took place between myself and Mrs. Heathcote, and when I told her that the captain had not been home more than six months, she said, " Oh, Rolfe, I know no one but my brother." Mr. George Robert Tatam—l am a medical practi tioner, and remember being summoned to attend Mrs. Heathcote. I saw the child. She was confined b‘ fore I arrived. The confinement seemed to me to be recent. The child was a perfect child—full grown, and I should say certainly a nine months' child. Henrietta Prowett—l am in service. lam twenty three years of age. I lived in Mrs. Heathcote'a family at Fritham. I went to live there in 1848. I went there in the capacity of nursemaid. I never saw the captain until he came home. He came home the 24th of No vember in the next year; that must be 1849. That was the first time I saw him. Mr. George Francis Law was stopping with us. I can't remember when he came to stop with us first, but it was, I think, in November or December in the same year. I have known him to stay a month or six weeks at a time, then go away for a mouth, and then return again. Mrs. Heathcoto was in the habit of going to parties with her brother. I was in the habit of helping to make the beds. Ellen Del man used to help me make all the beds, except the cook's.:,We often remarked that Mr. G. Law's bed had not been slept in. We frequently noticed this. In the evening, about ten o'clock, I have noticed Mrs. Heath cote going into Mr. Law's room, about the time we went to bed. We have known her to go in and come out again. We have found in Mr. Law's room an ex tinguisher put on the candle, and the bed tumbled as if it had been laid upon. This has happened more than once. There was no one in the house besides the ser vants, except Mrs. Heathcoto and George Law, on the occasion I have spoken of. Mr. Law was in the draw ing•room. I did not see Mr. Law go upstairs on this occasion. There were six steps to go up, and the cook's bedroom was between Mrs. Heathcote's bedroom and Mr. Law's. The cook's room was on a line with Mr. Law's. I have observed that Mrs. Heathcote's bed had been occupied by more than one person. I judge it from there being marks of two having been in it. I nave noticed that more than once. There was nobody in the house but Mr. Law who could have slept with Mrs. Heathcote. After the captain came home I noticed that be treated his wife very kindly. She did not ap pear so fond of him as he was of her. Ellen Delman—l was housemaid in the service of Mr. and Mrs. Heathcote at Fritham. I went into their ser vice in November, 1847, and stayed until 1850. I never saw Captain Heathcote until November, 1849. That was the first time I ever saw him in my life. He came to live at Fritham with Mrs. Heathcote. I had seen Mr. Law on and off there for two or three months at a time. He was not so constant in his visits at last as he was at first. I saw him first in 1848. It was my duty to take up the hot water to my mistress. I sometimes put it down at the door instead of taking it in. There was a night bolt on my mistress's door. This excited my attention, and in consequence of it I used to go Mr. Law's room. I went there to see where he was. I did not find him there. I used to take up the hot water sometimes at eight, and sometimes at ten. I noticed Mr. Law's bed; sometimes it was tossed and sometimes it was not. I have seen Mr. Law outside Mrs. Heath• cote's bed, sometimes with bis trowsers on and sometimes with his trowsers and waistcoat. I have seen Mrs. Heathcote go into Mr. Law's room. I have been into Mr. Law's room to fill up the jugs, and have noticed that the bed has been pulled to pieces as if somebody had lain in it. This witness also corroborated the state ment of Henrietta Prowett. Mr. W. Legge Harvey, from the Consistory Court, Doctor's-commons, produced the proceedings in that court in this case. Mr. Lee, on being recalled, produced a copy of the judgment in the action in the Court of Common Pleas betwee❑ the petitioner and George Francis Law,wherein a verdict by default was taken for 1,0001. damages, the defendant not having appeared either in person or by counsel. lie also produced the record of the conviction of Geor:Te Francis Law at the sessions at Southampton in August last year, when he was sentenced to transpor tation for seven years for having fraudulently obtained money under false praences upon a draught. The further proceedings were then adjourned to Thursday next. Adjourned accordingly. ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. HOME ClRCUlT.—Chelmsford, Marsh 5. CROWN SlDE.—(Before Lord Chief Justice CAMPBELL.) Thomas Hammond, aged 21, was indicted for feloni ously setting fire to a haulmstack, the property of John Bush, since deceased. Mr. Hawkins prosecuted, and Mr. Charnock defended the prisoner. The circumstances under which this charge was pre ferred were of rather an unusual character. It appeared that the fire in question occurred so far back as the month of October, 1847, and it seemed that two brothers named Wood were taken into custody on suspicion of having committed the offence, and were eventually com• mitted for trial, but the grand jury ignored the bill, and they were ,discharged. Shortly afterwards the prisoner was represented to have entered i n to conversation with Joseph Wood, one of the parties who had been com mitted, and after observirg that " he had suffered inno cently for that there fire," he said that he would tell him who was the guilty party; and he then went on to say that it was himself who had fired the stack. The only witness to speak to this conversation,was the young man Wood, and he accounted for not having said anything about it at the time by stating that nobody applied to him upon the subject until a policeman came to him a short time back, and he then related the particulars of the conversation he had had with the prisoner. The witness admitted on cross-examination that the prisoner appeared to have had some beer when ho made the state ment, but he declared that he was quite sober. When before the magistrate, however, it seemed that the pri soner asserted he was drunk at the time, and did not know what he said. The LORD CutEr JUSTICE expressed an opinion that, under these circumstances, and in the absence of any cor roborative evidence, it would not be safe to convict the prisoner. The jury therefore returned a 'verdict of Not Guilty. (Before EDWIN JAMES, Esq., Q.C.) John Barrens, 22, and Thomas Purhess, 20, were in dicted for a robbery with violence upon David Little child. Mr. Maude conducted the prosecution, and Mr. Par nell was for the defence. It appeared that the prosecutor was a waggoner, and on the night of the 15th of November, he was going with his waggon on the London-road, near Brentwood. A boy was driving, and he was asleep in the hinder part of the waggon, when two men jumped from the hedge by the road-side and got into the waggon and rifled the pockets of the prosecutor, using considerable violence to him in the course of the proceeding. The prosecutor positively identified one of the prisoners, and the lad who was driving spoke to the other, and there were other circumstances deposed to which tended to establish the guilt of the prisoners. Mr. PARNELL addressed the jury for the defence, and endeavoured to satisfy them that the witnesses were mis taken in speaking to the identity of the prisoners. Mr. JAaiEs summed up the case very minutely to the jury, and he particularly reminded them that before they could return a verdict of guilty they ought to be satis fied that the identity of the prisoners had been esta blished beyond any reasonable doubt. The jury returned a verdict of Guilty,and the prisoners were sentenced to be transported for seven years. CROWN COURT.—(Before Mr. Justice PATTEsoN.) John Lambourn, a labourer, aged 50, was charged with having murdered his wife, Ann, at Watlington, on the evening of Saturday, the 28th of September. Mr. Carrington and Mr. Skinnerdefence. conducted th e pro secution; and Mr. Williams t he It appeared that the prisoner and his wife had lived very unhappily for several years. She was very e ma . ciated and weak in constitution, a few years older than the prisoner, and partially deaf. They lived in a cottage in Watlington, which was separated from the road lead ing to Cuxham by a small garden and h e d ge. They li ve d quite alone, without lodgers or children. Their cottage adjoined another inhabited by a fathily named Coles. A little beyond that was another cottage, inha• BIRTHS IN THE WEEK. Males ••• ••• ••• ... 784 Females ... ••• •• • 807 Total ... ... 1,591 *ln this number are included 19 by Scarlatina, 31 by Typhus Fever, and 17 by Diarrhoea. HEATHCOTE'S DIVORCE. HOUSE OF LORDS, March 4. This afternoon their Lordships heard counsel and wit ntßtl es s their Lordships' og s eeehr i ,H, n a Lmost Peersona h , ri . i tdd s Mb peßdt present i Eee. v baas T o aeatur r nrAml e ht L e i eoonnwfn e oe a htLT: s iee, anddn—, supporti net sThbseLhto stating honour i L odun tn o gghso r i a d u: hyprt Chancellor, ot h ecai fatannisnado case for s e kfp foeee l or, o areo r rt. ain L f vvegß o pe r i aell Lord e for the divorce of Captain Edmund Heathcote from his wife Elizabeth Lucy. Doubtless their Lordships had read the previous proceedings of this unusually painful case, and therefore he might be relieved from entering into a detail of certain distressing portions of the circum stances, which he should be glad, with their Lordships' permission, to be spared. With their Lordships' sanc tion, then, he would at once enter upon an outline of the case which he was prepared to prove by evidence. The petitioner was a commander in her Majesty's navy, and a member of a highly respectable family in Hampshire, and who in the year 1844, being on the New foundland station, had become acquainted with the lady who had subsequently become his wife, Miss Eliza beth Lucy Law, the daughter of Colonel Law, a gentle man holding an official appointment in Newfoundland. The ceremony of marriage was performed, with the ap probation of the members of the lady's family, by the Bishop of Newfoundland. After the marriage the par ties resided at the house of the lady's family far some time, and until the then Lieutenant Heathcote was or dered off to the West Indies. Lie went, leaving his wife at her father's, where she remained till 1846. A son was born in April, 1845, and in the year 1846, Mrs. Heathcote quitted Newfoundland for England, in the company of Mrs. Spearman, where she was to meet her husband. Having reached Portsmouth, Captain Heath cote and his wife went to Fritham, where he had pur chased a house and grounds, that place being only about two miles distant from the residence of his father at Bromham. The stay of the captain, however, was but short, in consequence of his having been ap pointed to the Constance, and he set sail again on the let of August, 1846, bound for South America. Mrs. Heathcote remained at Fritham surrounded by every luxury and comfort that a lady could desire. She was liv ing in the vicinity of her husband's family, and was visited by and visited all the neighbours. Up to that moment there was no reason to doubt but that the warmest affection was felt by Mrs. Heathcote towards her hus band. In the course of April, 1847, a second child was born. Affection and harmony of feeling still reigned, but in the month of October, 1848, the lady's brother, George Francis Law, returned home, after an absence of six years' service in India, when he paid a visit to Mrs. Heathcote, at Fritham, at which place it would be proved thatthe most improper and criminal conduct had taken place between the two; and, although this con duct would be proved to have taken place from day to day, and from month to month, and although the suspi cions of what was going on amounted to positive know ledge, yet those suspicions had been entirely confined to the servants, and had not come to the knowledge of Mr. Heathcote's family. The consequence bad been, there fore, that during the whole of the time that this crimi nality of conduct was proceeding Mrs. Heathcote had continued to visit the family of her husband, who, of course, were in total ignorance of the acts of the lady. Captain Heathcote returned to England on the 24th of November. 1849. and having resumed his place at home. continued, in the fullest reliance in his wife's faithfulness, to live with her up to the 15th of May in the last year. About that time he had gone to pay a visit at Bath, leaving his wife with the knowledge of her pregnancy, with the firm conviction that he was himself the father of the in fant to which in due time she would give birth. On his return home on the 18th of the same month, the Cap tain was informed by one of his servants that Mrs. Heathcote was extremely ill, and had become so during the preceding night. He went instantly to her room, and in the most affectionate terms inquired how she was, and was lying on the bed with her hand in his, when he saw the nurse, and presently heard the cry of an infant. He looked at his wife in a feeling of despair, struck with the conviction of her faithlessness to him. Utterly unable to speak, he turned upon his wife one more look, and left her for ever. From that time to the present Captain Heathcote had never seen his wife; he had not seen her since that fatal day. Subsequently he had an interview with the nurse, from whom ho ascer tained the lamentably criminal faithlessness of his wife. Measures were subsequently taken, and Mrs. Heathcote was eventually removed to Jersey, where some mem bers of her own family were then living. It would be his duty to put in a letter from Mrs. Heath cote, addressed to her husband, in which, in terms of the bitterest pain she confessed her guilt, and pointed out the party who was the father of her child. That letter it was not his intention to read, unless under the command of their Lordships, before whom a copy had already been laid. An action had been brought against Mr. George Francis Law, and a verdict for 1,0001. damages re covered. Not one farthing of those damages had been obtained, for the defendant had since been convicted of fraudulently obtaining money under false pretences, and was at the present moment undergoing his sentence of seven years' transportation. The Learned Counsel then called the following witnesses : Mr. Charles Bush Lee—l am a solicitor, and conduct this bill for Captain Heathcote, the petitioner. I know Elizabeth Lucy Heathcote. I served her with a copy of the bill and the order of the House. Mrs. H. Spearman—l remember being resident in Newfoundland. I remember the marriage of Miss Lucy Law. I was present at the marriage. lam a member of the Church of England. It was solemnised by the Bishop of Newfoundland. The father of the bride, Colonel Law, was present. I was acquainted with her family previously. The marriage took place with the consent of the father of the lady. I knew them after the marriage. It fell to my lot to accompany Mrs. Heath cote to England in 1846. While they were in Newfound land they lived at Colonel Law's. They lived upon terms of affection and goodwill. We came to the p ort of Bristol. I did not afterwards go to Portsmouth. I remember the birth of a child a year sifter the marriage. It was a son. He came with us to England. William Arthur Heathcote—l am a magistrate for the county of Wilts, and brother to the petitioner. I think it was in July, 1846, when my brother and his wife , arrived from Newfoundl an d. He came home in t h e Eurydice. I saw them at Fritham and Bromham. Fritham is between two and three miles from Bromham. My brother was appointed to the Constance on the Bth 1 of July. 1846, and he sailed on the Ist of August follow ing. He was in England some five or six weeks onl y . I am the elder brother o f the ca p tain. a D t u ß ri r n o g ra t h h a a m t . time I met them frequently at m y father's They were living, I consider, on the most amicable terms. The Constance was bound for the South Ame rican wife ry remained a t i h n e e r d s . a t EveryFritham at hicomforts station. When he (my brother) went away his I have met her at my father's house frequeutly. lam my father's executor. He died the 27111 house. She had oehotmheewas27 provided of 1846. I corresponded ' with my brother in conse quence of his death. I heard from my brother from South America very shortly before ho came home. w H a e s born enme lBth in 1850. I know George Francis Law. I saw George Law in company with Mrs. Heathcote the first time at Salisbury. That was in November,ofmay, 1849. The child November, 1848. I afterwards saw him in June, 1849, at Fritham, while I was on a visi t there. He was livin g there for some mon th s . After Captain Heat h cote came home I had opportunities of seeing him and his wife to gether. They were then upon the most affectionate terms. I always treated her as a sister-in-law. lam married, and my wife treated her as a sister. I remem ber being at Bath in the month of May, 1850. I was living there. I remember leaving Bath on the 18th of was going to Bromham • , my brother to Fritham. My brother came to me the day a fter we p arted on Salisbury to Fritham subsequent to May. I parted with my brot her on Salisbur y - plain. I saw Mrs. Heathcote. My I e did not see Mrs. Heath cote. that.rl Salisbury plain. i t n h . e rulwp was sn e m i n thate tmheb occasione s r ta g b o le in , g h cote. Mrs. Heathcote told me she could not tell what had possessed her—it was a sort o f inf atuation. Having committed the first fault she could not withhold. She confessed that her brother was the father of the child. The children were taken away from Fritham and brought to my house. I took Mrs. Heathcote to South ampton, thence she went to Jersey. By Lord BaouGsast- - I saw my brother within a week after his return in November, 1849. I received a letter from him within a month of his coming home. That let ter came by post. Mr. Thompson—This witness produced the logbooks and the musterbooks to show the time when Captain Heathcote was out of the country. An entry could not be found in August, 1849, either in the log or muster books in consequence of the petitioner having been pro moted to the rank of commander, and his name would not appear. MARCH 6, 1851. hited by a family named Jones. At five o'clock on the above Saturday evening she crane to her neighbour Mrs. Coles for some firing, and got it. About hair-past seven Mrs. Coles and her husband left their house, no one re maining behind. They passed by again at half past eight, when they heard the prisoner and his wife quar relling, and he complaining that she ought to have made his tea before. They came home that night at eleven, and went to bed. The door of the prisoner's house was at that time ajar (ashore was the word used by 'the wit nesses), and there was no light in the house. They did not mind that, as the deceased was i❑ the habit of sitting in the dark while she was waiting up for the prisoner. Soon after twelve o'clock they were roused by Robinson and the other neighbours, and then they learned that she had been murdered. Mrs. Martha Wheeler said her husband sold beer, and on the Saturday evening in question the prisoner came to her house about half-past SLveu, and asked for a pint of mild beer. She remarked his manner as being stiller than usual. George Gould was there, and ask , d the prisoner, "Well, John, how is little Nan; don't you wish she was dead?" and he ans,ered, " Oh, George, that is going too far." Little Nan was Mrs. Lambourn. He was generally a lively man, and would sing and joke. When he first came in that evening he had some bread and beer. Moses Rubinson proved that Lambourn came to his door about eleven o'clock, and cried out, " Will some one come along with me, for I thick my wife lies dead in the garden." Witness went with him. When they got to the door it was open. There was no light in the house. The body lay dead in the garden iwar the door. Lam bourn said, "My poor old w ife." The body lay cold. The hands were bloody, and grasped some grass, as if she had clutched it in the agony of death. She lay on her back. She had no shoes on her feet. The prisoner first pointed out where she lay. Tho neighb,urs soon brought a light. Blood was on her cap and bonnet, and a good deal on the ground where her head was lying. She was not quite dead. He could just discern a little life. He found her heart basting. She was not a stout woman; she was a poor little object. The next morning, after church, he went to the place where she had lain, and saw blood there, arid also scattered around the gar den in a good many places, as though spurted from a water-pot round it, but not so far as ttn yards from where she had lain. When they had placed her on the bed the night before, Lambourn said, some one must go for a doctor; and witness answered, " You must go yourself;" and he (Lambourn) immediately went off and brought back the doctor. _ _ William Cole, the next-door neighbour, said that the prisoner came into his hcuse about one o'clock that night, and said that if she lived twenty-four hours they could not demand a jury, and he hoped they would not have one; to which witness answered that if she lived three weeks there would be a jury. Prisoner and his wife had quarrelled frequently, arjd he often said that God Almighty must have forgotten her or he would have taken her long ago. Samuel Lewis, a baker, met the prisoner about twelve o'clock that night, who said he had found his wife curled up in the prden, and asked him (witness) to fetch the doctor. lie added that she was cold, and he did not know whether she was dead or alive. He said "It you will fetch the doctor I will fetch my sister." Samuel Gould, a baker, said that when he had the prisoner in custody on the Sunday afternoon he observed to him that she was as untried (i. e. horrid) a sight as he had seen. The prisoner asked him whether he had seen her? He said that he had that morning. Witness remarked that she must have been murdered by some one. Prisoner replied, "I am innocent of it." The pri soner afterwards said to him that when he came home the preceding evening, there was no light, and he heard a gurgling noise outside the door, and went out and found his wife lying near the door, and then went for the neighbours. On the following day he took up the tongs which were in the chimney corner of the prisoner's house, and bound blood and hair on the flat points of them. The blood appeared to be very fresh. Moses Robinson was recalled, to prove that it was not possible for the prisoner to have gone into the house without seeing the body as it lay at the door, Mr. 'Nelson, the surgeon who attended her, and made the post reorient examination, said the wounds which caused death were a lacerated wound on the back of the head, which went as far as the bone, but did not break, but merely bruised it; and a clot of blood at the junc tion of the brain with the spinal marrow, which was the result of a concussion. She was a very small woman and quite emaciated, and it was not possible for such in juries to result from a fall or a fit. She died at eighr o'clock on the Sunday morning. The injuries must have been inflicted upwards of an hour before he saw the body. There were slight discolorations on the body. The prisoner told him that he would find bruises about her, as she had thrown herself about. These bruises were so slight as not to call for any observation. The wound on the scalp indicated that a violent blow had been inflicted on her. The bonnet which she wore was crushed and quite saturated with blood. It was proved that on the Bth of September the pri §oner was at a public-house at Cuxham, and said if he could get rid of that old brute of his he could get a nice young woman. He had had a good deal of beer, and there were several young girls in the house, and they were laughing, and joking, and larking. It was also proved that in the course of the la=t summer he said he would cut her old head off, and on the Thursday before her death he quarrelled about 4s. which she had laid out, and called her offensive names. Within a month of her death he said God Almighty must have forgotten her or he would have taken her long ago, and he would not stand it long. Last summer twelve months he beat her. When they began to quarrel, Mts. Coles, the next neighbour, used to leave her own house in order not to be in the way, as the deceased did not wish any one to interfere in their quarrels. It was proved that he repeatedly in the course of last year said he wished to see her dead and the daisies growing over her. He once said he would kill her, and when remonstrated with for using such language, he said he should be hung for her some time or other. Mr. NVILLIAMS addressed the jury, contending that there was no satisfactory evidence that the prisoner was the person who committed the crime. It was proved that blood was scattered about in every direction, and that the poor woman's bonnet was saturated with blood, yet no blood whatever was found on the prisoner, or traced in any manner to him. It might be that some ruffians who were bent on robbing the house murdered her, but were disturbed before they could take any pro perty away. His LORDSHIP went carefully through the evidence, and left it to the jury to say whether or not the prisoner was the person who had committed the crime. The jury retired for an hour, and returned with a verdict of Acquittal. (Before Mr. Justice TLLFOURD.) Richard Bonner, labourer, was indicted at ed for Th ti r o ti o n n g Il John orsor,n on the Queen's highway , the 27th of December, 1847. Mr. Phillimore conducted the prosecution, and Mr. Williams the defence. Mr. Horsman, a farmer, was coming out of the town of Thame, on the road home towards Towersey, on the evening of the above day, about six o'clock, when the prisoner and another man overtook him, and after walk ing about 100 yards along the road with him suddenly knocked him down and rifled his pockets, and took away 15s. in silver and some cloth, for which he had just paid 15s. He was positive that the prisoner was one of the two men. He had often seen him in the town of Thame. The prisoner was soon afterwards arrested in Thame, but was rescued from the constable, and left this part of the country,qand eluded the vzilance of the po lice till he returned last August to work in the neigh bourhood, when he was apprehended and secured. Another farmer proved that as he was going into Thame about six o'clock on the above evening he met the pri soner and another man going out on the road towards Towersey, and as the prisoner passed looked hard at him, but the pri soner did not return the r oo k , an d went off in a great hurry. He, too, was positive the prisoner was one of the men. The spot where he saw them was not more than 500 yards from the spot where Mr. Horsman was robbed. Two men were called to prove an alibi. The first made a feint of kissing the book by merely putting it to his nose, but the trick being discovered he was obliged to be sworn properly; and then he said he had not kissed it before, but excused himself by saying he thought he had done so. He swore that the prisoner came to his house that evening at five o'clock, and remained there till nine o'clock, helping to pick hemp for matting. The second witness swore to having been with him during the same time. Great and very material contradictions were elicited from these witnesses, and the jury without a moment's hesitation discredited them, and found the prisoner Guilty. It was then proved that ho had been twice before con victed. The second conviction took place in 1831, and he was then transported for 14 years, and he was sent out of the country. His LORDSHIP said this was the last stage of a career of crime. The prisoner could not have been long re turned from transportation when he committed this crime, and he had greatly aggravated his offence by calling perjured witnesses to defeat the ends of justice. The lightest punishment he could impose was transpor tation for life. NORTHERN CIRCUIT. —Durham, March 4. Mr. Justice Cresawell and Mr. Baron Platt arrived in this town yesterday afternoon, from Newcastle, and opened the commission. The criminal calendar con tains the names of 43 prisoners, which is above the or dinary numb er t r i e d at these assizes ; one is charged with shooting with intent to murder, four with rape, two with manslaughter, two with burglary, eight with cutting and wounding, five with coining, five with for gery, the rest are minor offences. The civil list contains nine entries only ; one is a special jury case, and is fixed to be tried on Thursday. CROWN COURT.—(Before Mr. Justice CRESSWELL.) Robert Thirkeld, 23, was indicted for shooting at one Joseph Langstaff, with intent to murder, to maim, to do him some grievous bodily harm, and to resist the lawful apprehension of him the said Robert Thirkeld. Mr. Overend and Mr. Wallis prosecuted ; Mr. Otter defended the prisoner. It appeared that Joseph Langstaff, the prosecutor, is a game watcher in the employ of Mr. Bowes, of Streatham Park. The prisoner was a labourer on a farm of Mr. Bowes's which was tenanted by a Mrs. Brownless, and called the Heatherick Grange Farm. Langstaff having lost a dog whilst ferreting rabbits on Wednesday, the 23d of Oct,ber last, was inquiring a b ou t i t on Thurs day, the 24th, and whilst doing so of a man named Jackson, who lived near the Ha wkesley farm, he heard the report of a gun in the direction of a plantation called the Long Allotment Plantation. He proceeded towards the spot where he heard the gun, and on getting near a fence which bounded one of the fields of the Heatherick Grenge Farm, he looked over and saw a man in the field, whom he tho ug ht was t h e pr i soner, arme d with a gun, walking along. The prosecutor, who was armed with nothing but a stick, walked along the fence a little way and jumped over it, and seeing that the man Rai the prisoner, said, " Thirkeld, what art thou do ing here with thy gun to-nit.,,h,?'"fhe prisoner made no answer, but ran towards a plantation. The prosecu tor ran after him, and the prisoner, finding that be was being over taken, turned round suddenly. The two men being only about ten ) ards distant f r om eac h oth, the pried his , put it to his s houlder, and er levelled it sone at r the keeper' g s un head, who cried out, " Bob, thou badst better mind thyself." The ga° went off immediately, the charge entered the I fv° coats of the keeper, and literally cut large pieces out of the sleeves. Some of the shot entered the cher kof the keeper, and wounded his tongue and ear; and had it aoi been for his presence of mind in screening his h ed, t h° ead b 7 holdng up his arm when he saw the gun levell shot must have proved fatal. As soon as the shot wsa fired, the prisoner stood for a moment and then rail away. The wounded man went to the nearest boll which wa s the very farm where the prisoner lived , 1 1 ° Mrs. Brownless dressed the keeper' s wounds, and ahetlC eight o'clock in the evening he was sent home in a cert. ..bont, nine ~'clo c k the prisoner returned home, and on his mistress, Mrs. Brownless, accusing Linn of shoot ie g the ratkeepe, denied having done so, and said that be had been his father's, lied had seen nobody whi lst r b : bad been out. He then had his supper, end sbortly tottici t iok a candle to go to bed, on doing which be s ai l ;: a ll rd — s n e.a t ni he e ni, they may take me and do what the de ll they like with me." The police-officers shortly t old them them and took him into custody. no W sta ble , where his gun was hid, under some straw in a where it was found loaded. The barrel, however, wil d damp, i a s if it had been recently fired, and he said be / 1 . 3 _ tired it at a couple of sparrows. His boots ware also taken from him, and two curved rows of rails wh,tch. were in the soles corresponded with the marks of !,: e boots which were on the newly sown field wbere tel. keeper saw him walking. The prisoner had an ex c d 3 d lent character from his mistress , M rs. Brewnless, ao .' d was acknowledged that he was a well-disposed la, not addicted to poaching. Mr. OTTER contended that the jury could not, shoot'fromtbl evidence of the ke.-per, find the prisoner guilty of et, ing the gun Nith any of the intents laid in the indictraeari. for if it was true that they were only ten Yards apart, and if the prisoner had his gun at his shoulder, Cu-ible and levelled at the head of the keeper,.it was imP °9 Vs but that he must have killed him dead on tbe spot. ilea, relied on the good character which the lad Pos se w ho and that it might be easily imagined that a 1 9 11 1,01C 1 s hadthea y pwse.uirtssitoianwinwhedihtoaihiinaitdnejoutereyahsbiounceladaist.the keeper ha ° . — Ol be inclined to press his evidence rather bardlY °P His LORDSHIP summed up, leaving it to th e P ri bel fired the gun. The juvy, after a intent ecyoncsUelstiadtieornd, rtehtuerPnreids°:Yeerrdiel of Guilty of an assault. A tbi lt i His LORDSHIP, in passing sentence, observed hog Leffler P _ was most fortunate for the prisoner that the j ' I, r cl he a° had the presence of mind to shield his head as - . a ho e d ti e u s n e . rib l e t d, w f a o s r otherwise death would most lik e l biS comesheavrsevere ( l b , at sentence, b , f o o u r er labour, f i o m t h , wt e a wh n oi w d e ,h o . ensued, and it would probably have Nava, painful duty to have passed sentence of c d ef er he r w s :: t rafss: c lt t a h s ai O tt o ihi f ies assaultdbuet yimp to t r hip:sotsnreekda it ;10,3 h 4. WESTERN CM CUI T.— Winc hester, Marc,. ,s, NISI YRIUS COURT.—(Before the LOAD COI' BARON and a Special Jury) SHERLOCK A. FULLAGER. j ot!). This was an action brought by the plaintiff ags . t be defend seduction of his daughter. th e ant, to recover compensation in damage s for Mr. Crowder and Mr. Phinn were counsel fo de . plaintiff; Mr. C. Saunders and Mr. Cooke for the fendant. F the P ill Mr. CROWDER having opened the case .o - called ho go Ann Sherlock, a rather pretty looking girl, o,bgries her evidence as follows:—I am the daughter of ) t . I i S ia herlock, the plaintiff: I shall be 21 next birtiv i e l p 't to ve ore sister, she is 16. In 1846 my fath er 7.. Air. live at Emsworth. He was groom and gardener to be with us in . defendant lodged with my father. Carpenter, the clergyman. We live in the sans re ' He csoem3 to 1 1 1 b 1 : ground defendant took meals with us. floor, a bed and sitting-room. AV TO waited on him but when she could not I did soo,t too 1848. Be had two roans ;nether 9 his lie did 0 5 .,,, to notice of me at first, bat six months after be c c i 'try 1 ° live with us he would catch hold of me a n Vis kiss me. There is a garden behind the hous e ' so n)* used to play there. He would run after ine,itiossi time after he began to take liberties with me. 'f4 th e They were improper liberties. a_y a ear and a half after he came to live with nly ,so ' bap, rht was in the parlour when I went to it u we 0 0 o b u e ld wo b tt r it i lo n d g tlic o e V ci : j o r l the sofa. I got did so eg , away. Another day he ,_,,d c oa nexion with me, and again a fortnight I struggled. He once thr ew 11 0 to get away but could not, and he bad Jo' o f grace, m e. and ‘v t h h e a e l t fondant left in April last. After the first conneorpte disgrace and trouble. t s i hf a e i adnyt defendant h h i inmg happenb e d He said there would be kg c are I,ft be wen house of his own. His sister lived with big , . tbt , as. there c to assist sometimes, and slept there when ` col fer9ndfant was at Chichester. I remember Far potl teen' speaking to Inc about my person. lee"weeks ofte,t done that 4 that I was in the family way. Th r . "d tole me l i w t a o s ld . Mr. Fullager that Fanny Chslie s aid th h sl if persons i s n a said family w ay , and by 11 , ja3 " would make things of that sort of 111113 be of Ch ild op them mind their business. I was confined s spoieli• the 13th of December. My father th e e ister; The defendant had given Paid i so t oy s me a d res s, at 5 also a book. dre ss if / e Cross-examined by Mr. SAUNDE2O---lbe 0 ,001 b gi d Ji when he wag behaving properly to We' w ith t ig ' d_ i_ r for the first year and a half that he was , tor cel M . Smart, my father's attorney, was the o nly t e l e i in Emsworth before Mr. Fullager CaMe there. , P . 1 4, dos n he oton good terms with Mr. Fullager. The O r tel lrl ' had c , tnnexion a • h last day of .9. e _ f o ot with me was t e 1850. The next was f d three 01 of a ew ays after. dt p° lter days. It was in the same place. Igy father a° _,.. 0 0 ._ y r vere at home. It was in the parlour. Veil coo ail -1-1_ found out I was in the family way. It W A I did Ou t ( k 4 y o of April the defendant left my father. , , Cbt . chnesw that he was paying his-addresses t day, laclretar?_ on ter. lie used to go away on a Satur and hi° e Monday. I never talked to any one 5 00 0 Ss' being tu married. He did not begin to go siva,' fi g ; 01 rday until a year after he l. witb came to lie aro r. father has been discharged from Dir. SbeP b P s d D o s e x vice; .it was in March, 1850. He ho e , ii4it esS9 th e vice since that time. He has been in u,'", o ia ''",t don't know whether the defendant has hot been habit of assisting him. I know that tbe live o it , had applied to my mother to let me go to live of °',/, his mother and sisters. I had spoken 0 ,„ :1 ,. tv , ', o pregnancy before that. Mrs. Prestovt the ';' , ,il 3 In ns the house we lived in, came to lodge , yoe" father. Sh lap oto to e never caught me on t 1341 If e go 00 man named Me ' of defendantssam, and be kissing fey copy' the ' after my delivery. 1 kept a 00 letter. 0 .59, ~, Mary Sherlock, the sister of the above s°_,' n t's I °,l called, and confirmed he the defeats" s ever' ras to bout , °li ing kissed her sister, ' and pulled her a occasions. ns l etter ; It was then proposed to put in an ationynie-_,ter tb, which had been received by the plaintiff soonkalot Ter wore to con fined, and Mr. 'Smart, an d ti T r io the 3 o it being, to the best of their belie , rod, i3O fondant's handwric ' • d It s'e s al f mg, but disguise • a old E l l ri d ° was in these word s .__“ Be • dby -13 claeg -te tei cannot easily f • e a vise arra, . forget a kindness, and let ra d truo to 0 , word ultlly without any more to de, an' d th e V 0 . that she will not w . ant. I have Just hesr. t oile, d in l e, ticulsrs of the ea an ye 0 I se, and know the feelingsl hak e be of certain persons; so be advised and do t sts 1 pity' 0 0 and some day y ou shall thank me for 1110.1,010 i; /ii cannot help bl min a -- -g , and so must you re a les ° /GI P lis / have done you follow very badly and foolishly. aye girl 1 oleo my advice, I will see that m soot jog she wantsproved until she gets a situation. ,1 9 ,0 t, b e g g 0 0 him to that he wrote a letter to the dela) r wr ote of settle the Full 9 g e bad •' 0 matter; but Mr. ~a 8 e ver , h o 0 an answer, indignantly denying that be: „ s ting , ` tpo ded improper so connexion with the girl, an" s i, he in' - „ltea on as the wretched girl was well en oup , w het S' applying for a warrant to have her and h er - up on a charge of felony. closed, Oat The case for the plaintiff having be e r the- doll y to contending that the whole was a 0 01 1; f or/ " ri t ato extort money from the defendant; °At t ° •„„orobshla.„ tlf girl was wholly untrue, and was mOg 1 7.'11 in t " — 13 11 face of • it. O n the o f M F lbag°" °flexion Wit rt r. a ,„. denied that the girl. any impr The Lo CH IEF „oild a? , t he de' RD B ARON hav ing 09- - ~, , tor . The jury im • verd" immediately returned 8 fondant. ___.....1...,/le- g 00 0 0 BIRTHS. Chewton, of 2 a d n I li n e s i t 7 On the •tl3. Inst., at the Vicarage , wife of the Rev. Ralph R. Tatham, ALA. °f Susses , On the 3d • the 2d inst•, at Artillery -Place' f li eljrl OF A DAnottTfitt. l e 0- On the 3d inst., • the VI I JO' in Torrington-squ are, S. Selfe, Esq. nue re, On aWiAlton-°crescent, the Visc°' Joseph Freeman . --- • oh Eci lill ce MARRIED. t s h ol i t rd of da % u 7 g i On the 4th inst., at Trinity Church, Marylsboueo to Gre o f eldest son of Edward Bright, Esq., of 111,11d°fillv's, '34,i'lltcl eMatilda; youngest daughter of the late T. 2 'n f ' ov iell , 'pp flush-town ; and at the same time, Henry ar ia I' ° aO. Finsbnirs's lillitaernrolpliteil.,atp.s,_aonfdyl.i.so, mEsfofir.d, ,ottoirerTtio.e t e a ged , f o f s : l : rj i On the 2d inst., at HalkinD-IsEtnreet West, ~0, the c. Caroline Vansittart, relict of Arthur Shottesbrook, Berks, and sister Lord Auckleou' ill ofSs fr i Sodor and Man.age } 8 ' 00 , ° OR the 3d inst., in Bryanston-street, allas vansitte_ Ii f' Willett, the relict of the late Rev. Charles n• ge ar' East Dereham. IT bridg e ' a ,-' On the 3d inst., at Park -cottage, near — l h - re , eg e ,,ote , Admiral Colin Campbell, of Ardpatrick, ArgYleerloyd-Scl" On the 3d inst., George Tindall, Esq. , ° C ''' ble t „tea el Pentonville, aged 67. nIY ",,,,,ths On the 2d inst., at Dedham, Essex, Jan e, ° f the v of the Rev. Osborne Reynolds, Head blaster 0. - St ub S$ Grammar School. -,- gtoilt On the 2d inst., in Liverpool-terrace, As.l;n.• od L angr idge, aged 74. Att ila ' On the 3d inst., in Upper Harley-street, o'ed 17. ,o, youngest son of the late John Travers, Esq. , $,E , ,, - „ t iaoth' On the 24 inst., W. 11. Turner, Esq., 0 ' ' Hyde-park. o i LT N nd o o . ; l : l2 P , ri s n t t r e an d and Published T hy: s it: o, ll f Ace, I\l _„ °. ti °I ------- / . 0 1J5 6 ;iii Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, u 2 the Ow BLiddlegox, Thursday, March 6, 1651. .~ , c , 44