The Sun. — London, England, 1851-05-02 00:00:00

POOR-LAW—LA WofSETTLEMENT TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR, —The official intimation to Parliament with re ference to the question of the law of parish settlement, appears to indicate an inte ntion to adopt bit. James Graham's proposition of consolidating 1,500 p arishes into 600 unions or " circ les, " or some scheme so closely approximating to this, that upon comparing the two, it is possible they may assume an appearance like unto a distinction without a difference. A ssum ing that the views of Sir James and the autho rities agree, what is it that Sir James proposes, but the utmost amount of centrilization that the public will pro bably submit to; this change, however, would {lot abate the evil attending the present law; but it would retain all the inducements that now influence interested par ties to resort to the many devices that are adopted to thwart settlements, and the same motives to progress in the present work of demolition, which now prevents pre sent and future settlements being obtained, and with union settlements, similar modes would be practised, the object of which would be to burden some other union with the maintenance of the needy applicant. A writer in a local paper, of a recent date, says— .. My way of removin g d run k en paupers wou ld be simply to give them into the custody of the police, take them before a magistrate for being drunk, pay the passage across the water (which is another parish), and save all unnecessary removing according to law." In the principal of this economical way of dealing with the question of removal of paupers there is nothing new ; nor is the taking of fatigued paupers to a public-house for refreshment anything novel; neither is it new for paupers to become so intoxicated, that after a profound sleep, and upon, restoration to their senses, for them to discover that they are no l onger i n t h e p ar ish which had treated them so kindly, b ut i n some o ther parish, at a distance from their benefactors. Such proceedings have been justified, upon the ground that when doubts exist as to the ultimate result of re moval, under a d ou btf u l set tl em ent, th it e intention, avoid ts an easy and equally efficient mode of compassing iag litigati on , an d r iddi ng the par is h of a p au p er family. b That it is an ea s y mo de must a llowed, s but it is illegal notwithst a ndin g; and, however much some of us may be attached to such summary these things are not to b e done and a lawless proceedings, with impunity. The idleness of such lawless proceedings is illustrated in a case of settlement and removal, which occured last summer in a country union!— " A widow with three children were inmates of the union, the mother was a native of Liverpool, and she app li e d to the board of guar d ians for 34 to pay her ex penses home; she stated that if she had the means to return home amongst her friends and relations she could get a good living (legally the request could not be gra nted), but appearances wer e so muc h i n favour of ge tting rid of the expense of the woman and her family so cheaply, that one of the guardians agreed to pay the 31. out of his own pocket. The woman had, however, a settlement in the union, end shortly after her arrival in Liverpool was compelled to apply to that parish for relief. The authorities at Liverpool inquired how she got there, and she told them the whole truth." This is one of many examples of the law of settle ment, the woman absolutely belonging to the union, yet one of the guardians benevolently advances sufficient means for the paupe r to reach a distant town, who shortly after have to incur the risk and liability of remo val to the settlement which she had so recently left. It happens, in this case, that no misapplication of the union funds took place, the money being advanced by a guardian, of cour se no loss could be sustained ; neither was there any loss; for, says the report, "he (the guardian) is still minus that sum; but this irregular pro ceeding caused the town of Liverpool to incur all the expense attending the removing the woman and family beck to the settlement in the union which she had been enabled to leave by mistaken generosity." Change the law from parish into union settlements to morrow and the succeeding day will witness that the same process to check, frustrate, and prevent settlements will be resorted to by most if not every union through out the kingdom. In the union referred to one of the persons interested, and who is watching the working of this question, with a view to immediate advantage to the union in which he is interested, says,—" We consider a strict attention to removal as one of the most vital questions to which we can direct the attention of the parish authorities, and we feel assured that at the present moment our out-door relief list, and the books of the union workhouse have scores of names upon them of paupers that do not belong to us, and which might be speedily taken off if removals were rightly attended to." A complaint is here urged against the officials for the want:of energy and stringency with the cases of paupers, so that by the disribution of the poor to other places, the parish in question may be relieved from maintenance, and by this means a saving to them will accrue. The writer cannot be censured, ho is only moved to • action by one of the lowest but predominant motives that influences mankind, namely, that of self-interest; and, unhappily, it must so continue while the law defines a division of land, be that division a circle, a parish, or union, as a place for the purpose of defining a legal set tlement. The retention of any spot, be it what it may, can have no beneficial effect with regard to paupers, and while one union is engaged in removing a family from being to them a burden, some other union will be si milarly employed in forcing some other finaily to the opposite union, and in these cases all parties are, and will, under union settlements, be injured, and neither benefited ; and worse still, to inflict all this mischief, heavy expense is and will be incurred, which the payers of poor-rates must discharge. This expense frequently reduces payers to paupers, without the payers obtaining any real advantage, bill the consequence to families, which untowardly get in volved in the gulf of settlement, the result is; most distressing, while, on the contrary side, who can esti mate the advantage that would result by rendering set tlement tree ? Every one will readily admit that this is a most diffi cult problem to solve, but, to meet the difficulties of this complex question, there has been devoted much anxiety, deep thought, and great care to mature, upon principles of equity, a plan to abolish parochial settlement, and render relief to the'necessitous universal, without injury to any existing interest, the whole of which has been embodied into a petition, presented to Parliament last session, and ordered, by the House of Commons, to be printed, and is among the public petitions, twenty-first report, March, 1850, Appendix 455, No. 4,116. The enormities of the present system are so great, and as all interests are involved in this question, it, there fore, demands the attention of every man in the king dom, so that when reflection is satisfied of the magni tude of the mischief it produces, it will not be much longer tolerated in any form—be that form parish or union.—l am, Sir, your most obedient, 6, Hollywood-place, Fulham-road. April 14, 1851. W. B. WEST. MONEY MARKET—The quotation of gold at Paris is about 3 per mine discount, according to the new tariff, which, at the English Mint price of 31. 17s. 100. per ounce for standard gold, gives an ex change of 25.10; and the exchange at Paris on London at short being 25.05, it follows that gold is 0.20 per cent. dearer in Paris than in London. By advices from Ham burgh the price of gold is 426 per mark, which, at the Eng lish Mint price of 3/. 17s. 101 d. per ounce for standard gold, gives an exchange of 13.51; and the exchange at Harn• burgh on London at short being 13.54, it follows that gold 111 0.18 per cent. dearer in London than in llamburgh. The course of exchange at New York on London for bills at 60daps' betw sight is 1101 per cent., and the par of exc han g e it for n England and America being 109 23-40 per cent., favour w a that the exchange is nominally 0.67 per cent. in ence ofoi England; and after making allowance for differ leaves nont"" and charges of transport, the present rate States Profit on the importation of gold from the United ALLEGE D 11 . and BY POISONING —The mothe r AT MANCHESTER. Mary Waddin g f 4stepfather of a girl aged 16 years, nanaed on the horrible Coy Hardy), are in custody at Manchester, ministering suspicionarsenic. of having murdered her by ad and Ann Waddin g u u i f le names of the parents are James lamplighter), and the 4the male poner being by trade a prior r e t ased was an illegitimate child of the female prisoner, , r o h her marriage with Waddington, by a man named Hardy. street, Manchester, and t ,!.Prisoners resided in Boundary service, resided with' th em 7:Vaughter, who had been at picion of foul play was causedave., time of her death. Sus. the mother's and step father's accounts of her death t o Y, she died during the night of ViedTsrlice, which were, that in aY last, and was found dead in her bedroom on Thursday wdefsets bince ascer ments beiog much at variance with other ing, these state tained. She was found to have aco : i ulination being arsenic in her stomach upon a post-mort e , e r z a ble quantity of y z e K dt a t .nd ill from made, and the mother stated that she was some cause on the day previous to her death ( c n .er said that she had no suspicion of the cause. 'l'h e rn e o ' t d,Y) , but she had had poison in the house, but had thro w The statement that deceased bad been sick on IVedielvay• contradicted by neighbours, who had seen her out o f Z ,, is and quite well, up to eight o'clock o n Wednesda y night '. Martha Fernhead, a woman who had liv ed nei g hbour with the prisoners eight months ago, says they used to beat th e deceased very much when deceased was out of place. On one occasion she heard him (the male prisoner) run up. Stairs in his strong shoes, and ask her if she bad got work yet? Heard her on one occasion say "No," and the male prisoner then said, with an oath, " Madam, I've w orked a l i g ons rugh to keep you—l'll kill you." On thes e occa iel,l3utd heard him kick or throw her down, and tur n her out of t She had heaousa. This occurred two or three times a week. de ceased m any a both the father and mother say to the de " a time they wished she was dead. The motive for murder is supposed to have been to obtain possession of 71. in club money, and which was paid to the prisoners on the day after her death by the secretary of a sick-club, of which deceased was a member. MIDDLESEX HOSP lTAL.—Yesterday a quarterly general court of the governors of the above important charity was held is the board-room of the institution ; Thomas Hunt, Esq., occupying the ehair. Owing to the g r e a t a tt rac ti on o f her Majesty opening the Exhibition in Hyde-park, the at tendance of governors was much smaller than usual, but the proceedings were not without interest, and the ordinary routine business wgs satisfictorilygonethroug ewan.Thpearteipenotrst stated that the average weekly attendance was fifty, while the average of out-patients fora period of five years had been nearly 10,000. The chairman announced the receipt of a donation of 101., presented, in grai:iatuuldde,b) the friend of a patient who had died in the cancer ward; and having further s t a t e d th a t Captain Maude, R.N., pre side, in the absence of the Duke, of Northumberland, at the anniversary festival, on the 11th of June, thanks were voted to the chairman, and the meeting separated. ROYAL ORTITOPCEDIC HaSPITAt. — O n Wednesday the number c.f medical and surgical officers of the above im portant hospital was increased by the election of two assis tant surgeons. The ballot closed at four o'clock, and the result was declared in favour of B. E. Brodburst, Esq., M.R.C.S., and W. Adams, Esq., F.R.C.S. ; the numbers being—for Mr. Brodhurst, 329; for Mr. Adams, 240 ; and for Mr. H. Coote, 141. The staff of the Royal Orthopcadic Hospital is now exceedingly efficient and talented, and it only remains for the friends of the charity to increase their exeitions in order that the much-desired increase of accom modation may be afforded by the erection of a more suitable hospital. THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, PARLIAMENTARY DIVISIONS. (From the Votes and Proceedings of the House of Commons.) THURSDAY, MAY 1. OATH OF ABJURATION (JEWS) BILL. Order for Second Reading read; Motion made, and Ques tion proposed, " That the Bill be now read a second time :" Amendment proposed, to leave out the word " now," and at the end of the Question to add the words " upon this day six months." Question put, "That the word' now stand part of the question." The House divided : MAJORITY—AYES, 202. Fitawilliam, G. W. Paget, Lord A. Foley, J. H. Paget, Lord C. Fordyce, A. D. Palmerston Vis. Forster,"Matthew Parker, John Fox, W. J. Pechell, Sir G. Freestun, Colonel Peel, Frederick Pendarves, Edward French, F. Gaskell, J. M. Pigott, Francis ()each, Charles Pilkingten, James Glyn, G. C. Pinney, W. G r anger, T. C. Price, Sir R. Grenfell, C. Pascoe Posey, P. Greiffell, Charles W. Rawdon, Colonel Grey, Sir George Ricardo, J. L. Grey, R. W. Rice, E. R. Grosvenor, Lord R. Rich, Henry Guest, Sir John Roebuck, J. A. Hall, Sir B. Romilly, Colonel Hardcastle, J. A. Romilly, Sir John Harris, Richard Russell, Lord John Hastie, Alexander Russell, F. C. Hawes, B. Sadleir, John Henry, Alexander Salwey, Colonel Heywood, James Scholeileld, W. Heyworth, L. Scully, Francis Hindley, C. Seymour, Lord Hobhouse, T. B. Shelburne, Earl et Hogg, Sir J. W. Sheridan, R. B. Horsman, Edward Smith, Vernon Howard, Lord E. Smith, John Abel Howard, C. W. G. Smythe, George Hume, Joseph Somerville, Sir W. Humphery, Ald. Spearman, H. J. Hutchins, E. J. Stansfleld, W. R. Hutt, William Stanton, W. H. Jermyn, Earl Strickland, Sir G. Johnstone, Sir:J. Stuart, Lord D. Kershaw, James Sullivan, Michael King, P. J. Talbot, J. H. Labouchere, H. Tancred, H. W. Langston, J. H. Tenison, Edward K. Lennard, T. 13. I hicknesse, R. A. Lewis, G. C. Thompson, Colonel Locke, Joseph Thornely, T. Lnshington, C. Tollemache, F. J. M'Cullagh, W. Townley, R. G. M'Gregor, John Trelawny, J. S. Maher, N. Trevor, Thomas Mangles, R. D. Tufnell, Henry Marshall, W. Villiers, Charles Matheson, Colonel Vivian, J. H. Motile, Fox Wakley, T. Melguad, Viscount Watkins, Colonel Milner, W. M. Wawn, J. T. Mitchell, T. A. Westhead, J. P. Moncrieff, James Willcox, Brodie Morison, Sir W. Williams, John Morris, David Williams. W. i; Mulgrave, Earl Wilson, James Muntz, G. F. Wilson, Matthew Murphy, F. S. Wood, Sir Charles Nicholl, J. Wood, Sir W. P. Norreys, Lord Wrightson, W. B. Norreys, Sir D. Wyvill, Marmaduke O'Connor, Feargus O'Flaherty, Anthony Ogle, S. C. Ord, William Owen, Sir John Abdy, Sir T. N. Adair, Hugh E. Aglionby, H. A. Alcock, Thomas Anderson, Arthur Anstey, Thomas Armstrong, Sir A. Armstrong, R. B. Arundel, Earl of Bagshaw, John I3aines, M. T. Baring, Sir F. T. Baring, Francis Bass, M. T. Bellew, B. M. Berkeley, Admiral Berkeley, H. F. Berkeley. C. L. G. Bernal, Ralph Bethell, Richard Brocklehurst, J. Brotherton, J. Brown, W. Buikeley, Sir R. B. Butler, P. S. Buxton, Sir E. Cardwell, Edward Carter, J. B. Caulfeild, J. M. Cavendish, C. C. Cavendish, W. G Childers, J. W. Clay, James Clay, Sir W. Clements, C. S. Clerk Sir G. Cockburn, Sir A. Coke, Hon. E. K. Colebrooke, Sir T. Collins, William Cowan, Charles Cowper, W. F. Craig, Sir W. G . Crawford, W. S. Crowder, R. R. Currie, Raikes -, ---- Dalrymple, Captain Davie, Sir IL Dawson, T--. 7. D'Eyncourt, T. Disraeli, B. Dived, E. Duff, George Duff; Jame-s Duke, Sir James Duncan, George Dundas, Admiral Dundas, Sir David Ebrington, Lord Ellice, Edward Ellis, John Elliot, John E. Enfield, Viscount Evans, Sir De Lacy Evans, J. Evans, William E wart, William Ferguson, Col. TELLERS. Hill, Lord 'quoin Hayter. W . . G. Fitzroy, Hon. H. MINORITY-NOES, 177. Emlyn, Viscount] Moody, C.A. Estcourt, J. B. Morgan, 0.: Farnham, E. B. Mußings, J. R. Farrer, James Mundy, William Floyer, John Naas, Lord Forbes, W. Napier Joseph Fox, S. L. Neeld, John Freshfield, J. W. Neeld, Joseph Frewen, C. H. Noel, G. J. Fuller, A. E. Ossulton, Lord Galway, Viscount Packe, C. W. Gooch, E. S. Pakington, Sir J. Goold, Wnydham Palmer, Robert Gordon, Admiral Peel, Sir Robert Goulburn, Henry Plowden, W. H. Greene, Thomas Prime, Richard Guernsey, Lord Rendlesham, Lord Hale, R. B. Richards, Richard Halford, Sir Henry Rushout, Captain Hall, Colonel Sandars, Joseph Halsey, T. P. Seymer, H. K. Hamilton, G. A. Sibthorp, Colonel Harris, Captain Smyth, John George Hayes, Sir E. Somerset, Captain Heald, James Sotheron, T. H. S. Heneage, G. H. Spooner, R. Henley, J. W. Stafford, Augustus Hervey, Lord A. Stanford, J. F. Hildyard, R. C. Stanley, E. H. 11111, Lord E. Stephenson, Robert Hodgson, W. N. Stuart, John Hornby, John Stuart, H. Hotham, Lord Start, Henry G. Inglis, Sir R. Thesiger, Sir F. Jolliffe, Sir W. H. Thompson, Alderman Jones, Captain Thornhill, George Kerrison, Sir E. Tollemache, John Knightley, Sir C. Trevor, G. R. Lacy, Henry:C. Trollope, Sir J. Langton, W. H. P. Tyler, Sir G. Lennox, Lord A. Tyrell, Sir J. Lewisham, Viscount Verner, Sir W. Lockhart, A. E. Villiers, F. W. Lockhart, W. Vyse, R. H. R. H. Long, W. Waddington, H. S. Lopes, Sir Ralph Walpole, S. H Lowther, Colonel Walsh, Sir J. B. Lowther, Henry Welby, G. E. Lygon, Gen. Wellesley, Lord C. Macaghten, Sir E. Whitmore, T. C. Mahon, Viscount Wigram, L. T. Mandeville, Vis. Williams, T. P. Manners, Lord C. Willoughby, Sir H. Manners, Lord J. Wodehouse, E. March, Earl of Worcester, Marquis Masterman, J. Wynn, H. W. Maunsell, T. P. Yorke, E. T. Maxwell, Hon. J. P. TELLI XL Meux, Sir H. Newdegate, N. Miles, William Plumptre, J. P. Aeland, Sir T. Adderley, C. B. Arkwright, George Ashley, Lord Bagge, William Bagot, Hon. W. Baud, James Baldock, E. H. Baldwin, Barry Bankes, G. Barrow, W. H. Bateson, Thomas Beckett, W. Bennet, Philip Bentinck, Lord H. Beresford, William Bernard, Viscount Best, John Blackstone, W. S. Blair, Stephen Blandford, Marquis Bolder°, George H. Booker, T. W. Booth, Sir R. G. Bowles, Admiral Bramston, T. W. tiremridge, Richard Broadley, H. Brooke, Sir A. B. Bruce, C. L. C. Buller, Sir Y. Burghley, Lord Burrell, Sir C. Burroughes, H. N. Cabbell, B. B. Carew, W. H. P. Chandos, Marquis Chatterton, Colonel Child, ,mitt} Christopher, R. Cobbold, John C. Codrington, Sir W. Coles, H. R. Colvile, C. R, Compton, 11. C. Conolly,Thomas Cotton, W. H. Davies, D. A. Deedes, W. Dick, Quintin Dod, J. W. Duckworth, Sir J. Duncombe, A. Duncombe, 0. Dundas, George Du Pre, C. George East, Sir J. Edwards, H. Egerton, Sir P. Egerton, W. T. NA VAL INTELLIGENCE. Yesterday morning the mortal remains of the late Admiral Sir Edward Codrington, G.C.8., were herme trically sealed down in the presence of Colonel Codring ton, Captain Codrington, C. 8., and several other rela tives and naval officers, and the body was removed from his late residence, No. 110, Eaton-square, Pimlico, and finally deposited this morning, at nine o'clock, in the family ♦ault of St. Peter's Church, Pimlico. The Admiral of the Fleet, Sir Thomas Byam Martin, G.C.8., paid a visit to Portsmouth Dockyard on Tuesday last. Sir William Burnett, director general of the medical department of the navy, paid a visit of inspection to Llaslar and Portsmouth; he arrived at Haslar oa Tues day, and Lift for London again yesterday. Vengeance, 84, Captain Lord Edward Russell, bent sails on Wednesday, and yesterday, at half -past eleven o'clock, was towed out to Spithead by the Echo steamer; she saluted the Admiral's flag when at the harbour's mouth, with 17 guns, which the Victory returned. Twenty-five smart first-class boys were setet by rail to London yesterday for the purpose of manning the model frigate on the Serpentine. These boys are well up to their work, having been cruising in the Rolls apprentices'-tender at Portsmouth. THE TURKISH SQUADRON AT PORTSMOTTH.—The Turkish steam-frigate, Feizi Bahri, Admiral Mustafa Pacha, anchored at Spithead last evening near the other Turkish vessels, but we have not learned when they sail. It is not often that we hear of a Mabomedan abjuring religion and turning Christian, and there are many reasons for this. Turks are seldom linguists, scarcely any speakin„; other language than their own, and Turk- Ishlanguage is seldom s p o k en by th e p eo pl e o f ot h er cations. The Turks, also, w e un d ers t an d, wa k e t h e abjuration of their religion a criminal matter, and punish the apostate severely. During the time the Turkish squadron have been at Portsmouth, a number of their sick have been in Haslar Hospital; anion! these wes the Turkish interpreter (an Armenian Turk); who occasion ally attended at the hospital chapel, and also at some religious lectures; and when the Turks were all ordered on board their respective vessels when they left Ports mouth harbour this person declined going, he having abjured the Mahomenan religion and turned Christian. This being reported ou board the Turkish frigate, a number of officers and men were sent ou shore to look for him, and bring him off; but he contrived to evade them, and secrete himself, and we understand he is now in Gosport Bridewell for security. Whether he will be given up remain to be seen; we hcpe not, as we hear the Man himself says that he is afraid of his life it be should return to his own country. The Turkish steam-frigate saluted the garrison yesterday morning with 21 guns, which was returned by the platform battery. The Weekly Dispatch, of Sunday next, May 4, will contain ample particulars relating to the Opening of the Great Exhibitii,n in Hyde Park, together with an interesting original notice (which will be continued) of every object in the building worthy of being described. The Dispatch is not only the largest journal in Europe, but (we may add for the information of advertisers) it enjoys a more exten sive circulation than any other newspaper. The proceedings in both tiouses of the Legislature are always copiously re ported when the debates possess exclusive public interest. 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AMALGAMATION OF THE OLD AND NEW STEAM PACIKRT COMPANIES AT PORTSMOUTH.--After the varicll3 conflicts in which the steam companies have been engaged, it appears that a truce is in contemplation, and probably the foes of the past season will become the friends of the coming one.—Portsmouth Guardian, RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. NEWMARKEr. The half yearly meeting of this company was held on Wednesday at the London Tavern; Mr. Fane in the chair. Mr. Brown, the secretary, read the report, an abstract of which appeared in The Sun of Monday. The CHAIRMAN, in moving the adoption of the report, said he believed it was the most gratifying one that had ever been presented to the proprietors. It was of a cheering character, and he felt it his duty to state that their present position was not brought about through any fortunate circumstance, but it was the result of long and constant attention to the interests of the company. —(Applause.) At a meeting in March, 1849, a com mittee of investigation was appointed, of which he was a member, and from that moment he turned his attention to the affairs of the company, and he never doubted that the company could be placed in a safe position. The first favourable circumstance which presented itself to his mind was that they had no guaranteed stock. It was guarantees which reduced railway property to that lamentable state of insolvency in which some companies were at present placed. He found that the absence of guaranteed stock was a positive advantage. Their line then in operation extended from Newmarket, where there was a population of 4,000, to Chesterford, a village of 800 inhabitants. The works on the lin e from Newmarket to Cambridge, where there was a population of 30,000, remained in abeyance. He felt convinced that it they could complete and open this line they would have a dividend. He felt that it was no good to despair, and that by a careful attention to the circumstances in which they were placed they could, bit by bit, raise the company from its lamentable position. He then stated the kind and liberal manner in which the various cre ditors of the company behaved towards them. The Duke of Rutland, through the interposition of Lord G. Manners, reduced his claim to the extent of 1,5001. Mr. Wright, the carriage builder, settled in the most liberal manner his claim of between 5,000/. and 6,0001. for 2,600/. The engine builder had a claim of between 16,000/. and 17,0001. against the company, and he had been so dissatisfied with the conduct of the former board that he had three actions pending against the com p-any. The present directors, in the course of their ne gotiations with the creditors, sent for him and gave up certain engines as if they had not been delivered, and settled the claim for 1,000/. in cash, and 4,0001. in de bentures. The solicitor settled his claim of 5,7001. for debentures to the amount of 4,500/., bearing interest of 3i per cent. There was a Chancery suit against the company which he (the Chairman) took in hand, and in a very short time induced the plaintiff to give it up, he (the plaintiff) paying his own costs, and also 5001. for a piece of land of no value to the company, but which he prized very much. These nego tiations saved the company upwards of 10,0001. Not withstanding these advantages, there were still great difficulties to be surmounted. One difficulty was the conditions with the contractor for making the line to Cambridge, and another was the working of the line to advantage. The late board closed the line, and he found that while the line was closed there was a debt accumu lating against the company at the rate of 5,381/. a year. He put himself in communication with the dissentient shareholders, and by their united exertions the present board was formed, soon after which the line was again opened, and the effect was very satisfactory. Previous to opening the line they found that the former receipts were less than 7,000/. a year, and the expenses excessive. Upon going into the matter, he estimated that the re ceipts ought not to be less than 9,3281. per annum; and he believed that the actual receipts on the line were now more favourable than he had estimated—they were due. ing the past four months at the rate of 9,570/. per an num. Then as to their expenses, they were not less than 7,000/. a year up to the time of closing the line. At present the expenses were at the rate of 5,7001. a year, including the maintenance of the permanent way, and of course that would leave them a good margin to meet de benture interest. With regard to the funds of the com pany, they found, on accepting office, that there were 5,000 shares in arrear of calls for nearly two years, and on proceeding to enforce the arrears 3,000 shares were paid up, and 2,000 were forfeited. The forfeiture of these shares had the effect of increasing the value of the stock of the present holders to the amount of 10,000/. They found that the company were under heavy liabili ties to Mr. Jackson for completing the line to Cam brige. Ile was to have 54,000/. The prices of 1850 were not the prices of 1846, and Mr. Jackson, in a very liberal manner, reduced his claim to 28,0001., thus saving the company 26,0001. in going to Cambridge. Mr. Jack son held a large amount of their debentures, and in order to assist the company, he reduced the rate of interest on them from sto 3f per cent. The company saved 1,3031. a year by these arrangements. Mr. K. Stephenson re duced his claim, which amounted to more than 5,0001., to 2,5001. The Electric Telegraph Company kindly re duced their claim for 7001. against the company to 3501,, and the charge for the use of the electric telegraph from 3001. a year to 1001. a year. He then stated the terms of the arrangement entered into with the Eastern Counties Company, which he believed would secure to the Newmarket a dividend of 3 per cent. per annum, and place the company in a safe and firm position. He had made an estimate of the advantages obtained for the company by the exertions of the present board. They amounted, on the whole, to about 10,2001. per annum. These ad vantages to the proprietors, including the sums paid on forfeited shares, amounted to 61,2001.; the traffic ar rangements with the Eastern Counties Company to 2,000/. a-year, equivalent to 40,0001., and the 5,0001. guarantee to 100,000/. The gradual improvement in their property since the day they appointed the com mittee of investigation appeared from his figures to amount to 211,0001. He concluded by moving the adop tion of the report and accounts.—(Applause.) Mr. PAULING said he had great pleasure in seconding the adoption of so satisfactory a report. The motion was then put and carried unanimously. The retiring director, Mr. Ball, was then re-elected, as was also Mr. A. K. Baker, the retiring auditor. On the motion of Mr. Commie, seconded by Mr. PAULING, a vote of thanks was passed to the directors, and 6001. a year placed at their disposal. Mr. BAKER called attention to the services of Mr. Brown, the secretary and manager, with a view to the shareholders recommending the directors to consider the subject of increasing his salary. The increase was re commended accordingly. On the motion of Mr. BALL a cordial vote of thanks was passed to Mr. Jackson for the considerate and liberal manner in which he had acted towards the company. The meeting was then made special for the considera tion of the agreement entered into with the Eastern Counties Company. The CHAutimax moved a resolution to the effect, that the agreement with the Eastern Counties Railway be adoptt-d, and the directors be authorised to affix the seal of the company thereto. Mr. JACKSON seconded the motion, and in doing so, said he believed the arrangement would prove equally advantageous to both companies. The resolution was then carried unanimously. The proceedings concluded with a special vote of thanks to the Chairman fir hia valuable services to the company. PARIS TO STRASBURG RAILWAY. The annual general meeting of the shareholders of this company took place on the 29:h instant at Paris, in Herz's Great Room ; Count de Sk;ur, the Pre si,lent, in the chair. Near him were seated the following directors :—The Duke de Galliera, Baron d'Hervey, M. Fouchard, M. Fayr, M. Baigneres, M. Blacque-Belair, M. Clary, tsl. Chevandier, M. Dofus- Meg, M. Dabochet, M. Llainguellot, M. Mac:lard, M. Roux, and M. A. Perdouizet. The meeting being de clared duly constituted, and the minutes of the preceding general meeting read, M. Bossange, the secretary, pro , seeded to read the report. This document commences by reminding the share holders of the favourable conditions of the concession granted to the company. The whole length of the line is 662 kilometres (415 English mites) ; everything is at the charge of the State on 540 kilometres (3371 English miles), except the laying down of the way and the ballast ing, and the moveable stock necessary for the workimg. The branch line from Frouard to the Prussian frontier, of a length of 122 kilometres (76-k English mile) is, however, completely at the charge of the company, but it did not present the same difficulties of execution as those which marked the main line. Experience has flown that the average cost of a kilometre on any great railway amounted to 375,000 francs, but in inn present case it was only 188,821 francs. As was announaed at the last general meeting, the company Cal offered to assist the State at a fair rate of payment in the execution of part of the line. The offer having been accepted, the company had executed the works which were necessary between Vitry-le-Frargais and Bar-le-Due, so that this section, which otherwise could not have been opened to the public until to wards the commencement of 1852, will be opened in the course of next month. The report then touched on the working of the line during the past year, and its results. The gross receipts have amounted to 6,007,417 f. 75c., from which, when the various taxes, duties, indemnities, have been deducted, there re mains, for the nett receipts, A sum of The expenses being The balance 13 The receipts have gradually increased in proportion as the extent of line opened became more considerable; so that, if the last year were divided into two periods, the first would give 2,490 f. 97c. per kilom. per month ; and the letter, 2,802 f. 54c., showing u general increase of thirteen per cent. The works on the unfinished parts of the line are being ex e . cuted with the greatest rapidity. The Strasburg to Bale Company having offered to work, with its own locomotives and carriages, the section from Sarre burg to Strasburg, for the joint advantage of the two companies, until such time as the company to which that section belongs was in a position to do so itself without inconvenience; a treaty had been entered into between the companies on the subj-ct. The profits are to be thus divided—threo•fourths to the company from Psria to Strasburi4h, end one fourth to that from Strasburg to Bale. The treaty has been entered into fur two years, but the Paris to Strasburg, Company can, on a notice o? three months, thatto t r o 4u S n a c a Y r . b r u T c k h e mats t-0t ,, ,r into possession of the section alluded to, ca ' n tb'e"e" the distance between Luneville to Strasburg from ra w r 7ked, or when the principal line shalt be open worksar,e nearly t thef ter b m r i a n n a e t those . of 111"ns may b 3 consieered as terminated; and financial situation of h ed l . ine T s h t e o the company on the Ist of the pre sent month was as follows: Money received Money expended ................. 109,985,812 f. 19c. ............... 96,181,551 f . 67c. Excess of receipts ................ Deduct caution•money ............... 13,804.260 f. 52c. 773,333 f. 34c. hand on April I , 1 3,030,927 f. 18c. As Art 44 of the statutes interdicts the distribution of any di4idend until the whole line op-m to the public, the profits of the working are always to be invested tor the benefit of the company. This has been done with the greatest care, and has up to the present time brought in not less than 8,857,811 f. The report then speaks of the utility of a circular junction-line between all the rail ways terminating in Paris, and laments the delay which has arisen in the execution of so important a project. It adds that it has entered into an arrangement with the Northern Company for the purpose of conjointly obtain • ing permission from the Government to execute & junc tion line between their two railways close to Paris, which would be the cause of great convenience, and saving of expense to both companies. " You may perceive, gentlemen," continues the report, in sum ming up what precedes, " how satisfactory is the situation of our enterprise. The social capital is uninjured ; out of the sum of 11,037,500 f., paid in interest since the origin of our society, we have been able to restore to the social capital 8,857,311 f. 17c., we have experienced neither losses nor disappoint ments : the working of the 205 kilom. (128 f Eng lish miles) from Paris to Vitry has produced an average of 7 3.10 per cent. on the capital - expended on that section; we hope to be able in the course of next month to open the section from Vitry to Barle-le•Due, and that from Sarreburg to Strasburg; and in the course of the month of July, the section from Metz to St. Avoid, making altogether 173 kilom , which, joined to the 261 kilom. already opened, will form an extent of 434 kilom. (2711 English miles) at full work in the first six months of the present year ; we shall be able to open in the spring of 1852 the section from Bar-le-Duc to Told, and that from Nancy to Lune villa; and, should no unforeseen events arise, we have every expectation of opening the whole of the principal line and the branch lice of Saarbruck in the autumn of 1852; the activity imparted to the works has enabled us to regain a portion of the time lost in consequence of the events of 1848; in fine, we approach the end which for upwards of five years we have been endeavouring to attain. We regret to have to inform you of the death of General de Mouthion, whose enlightend and unremitting co-ope ration was never withheld from us. We have also to state that Admiral Arnoux, of whose ability and expe rience we have had so many proofs, being under the necessity of quitting Paris, has sent in his resignation. Notwithstanding the importance of the task which still remains for us to accomplish, and the multiplicity of works of every kind which are its necessary conoo• mitants, we do not intend to propose to you to fill up at present these two vacancies. We shall wait until the whole line is finished before we ask you to decide on what is to be done. It is only then that we shall enter on a regular situation, and that we shall be able to judge of what course it will be best to adopt." The report then touches en the important point of the loan of 35 millions, which had been suggested by some per sons as a means of dispensing with the payment of the lest 100 f. on each share. The report, after expressing the regret of the directors that the question had been ever raised, denies that either the directors or a general meeting of the shareholders have a right to deliberate on such a proposition. No article of the statutes au thorises any such course, as, according to them, a loan is permitted only in case the funds of the company are in sufficient to execute any part of the works. But were a loan of 25 millions effected, it would change the con tract by which the company existed, and consequently alter altogether the position of the shareholders. Sup posing, too, that the loan was legal and practicable, would it be advisable to have recourse to it! The board thought not. Unless the loan-fonds of a company had a preference over the shares, and presented some decided adrentago to the holders, they were of difficult negotia tion. In either case the shareholders would suffee. In the first, because the bonds would receive a fixed inte rest, whilst the shares were obliged to receive what the working gave; and in the second, because whatever advantage was given to the bonds must be effected at the cost of the shares. Independently of these conside rations, there was another reason against contracting a loan, which was most conclusive, namely, that in order to be enabled to effect one, permission must be asked from the Council of State, the decision of which would not be riven, in all probability, for months. During that time the calls would be stopped, and consequently the execution of the works arrested, which event would prove of the very greatest detriment to the company, as by the cahier des charges it was bound to have all its en gagements terminated in the course of the ensuing year. The report also touches on another project which had been suggested—viz., to contract a loan of 25 millions for three years only. It alosits that such a plan ap peared less objectionable than the otner, but that it did not present sufficient advantages to induce the board to entertain it." Whe❑ the reading of this report, which was received with loud applause from the meeting., had terminated, M. Rennin, one of the members of the commission, named at the last general meeting to verify the accounts, read a report, in which the commission spoke in very high terms of the careful and accurate manner in which the accounts are kept on ever part of the line. The accounts for 1850 were then approved of, and a vote of thanks passed to the commisson, the three gen tlemen composing it being re-elected for the present year by acclamation. M. Bossange then read the articles of the treaty agreed to with the Strasburg to Bale Company, as alluded to in the report. This treaty was then put to the vote and adopted, without a dissentient voice. The arrangement with the Northern Company, for the purpose of uniting the two lines together, was also ap proved of unanimously. A Shareholder having inquired whether there was any probability of may part of the last 100 f. on each share not being required from the shareholders? The Chairman said that all that the board could stilt') at the present time was that it saw no reason to depart from the course which it had hitherto adopted of mak ing calls of 25f. at such periods as the execution of the works would permit. The next call would be on July 1, and would, as before, amount to 25f. per share. The meeting then separated. DREADFUL RAILWAY ACCIDENT Yesterday morning intelligence reached Manchester of a dreadful railway accident in the Frodslaam tunnel, on the Lancashire and Cheshire Junction line, about half, pest seven o'clock on the previous (Wednesday) evening. A great number of people were said to have been brought to Manchester during the night who were more or lees injured, and it was rumoured that at least eight lives had been lost. There had been a great traffic over this line on Wedaeidity, owing to its being the principal day of the Chester races, and the facts which first came to our correspondent's knowledge respecting the accident were, that three trains bad left Chester on Wednesday nigh, twith gre it nutnbers of passengers for Warrington and Manchester, in quick succession; that the first train, having too many passengers for the power of the loco motive, came to a dead stand in the middle of the Frod sham tunnel, which is a mile and a half long, and was run into by the second, but without mach injury to either train, and that then the third train came up at a rapid pace and ran into the other two with a fearful crash, the tail lights of the second train in advance being obscured by the dense steam with which the tunnel was filled. The following particulars were gathered from gentlemen who had been passengers by one or other of the trains:— Colonel Petit, of the 50th Regiment, at Manchester, says he left Chester by a train at a quarter before seven on Wednesday evening. It was a very long train, and he was in a fi rst-class carriage, near the end. On ar riving in the tunnel at Sutton, by Frodshain (ten miles from Chester), under Sir Richard Brookes' property, the train, which had been going very slowly, came to a stand for want of steam, and the next train ran into them from behind, although the guard had been sent back to show a light as a signal for caution. The carriage in which he sat was entirely crushed, and he lost consoious ness for some time. Oa recovering he found himselt sitting on a p ort i on of the carr i age , the fram e o f w hi ch appeared to have been deinolish# d, and he walked out apparently on a level with the ground, and cane in con tact with the side of the tunnel. It was intensely dark, but he believed he saw four or five persons who had been killed. and a great many with broken limbs. Miss or Mrs. Ridgway, of Bolton, a lady who was in her own carriage, with servants, was amongst the killed. He (Colonel Petit) was cut about the head and face, but not seriously injured. Mr. Fulham, of Manchester, said he was in a first class carriage in the middle 6f a train which left Chester at a quarter-past seven o'clock on Wednesday evening. When they arrived in the tunnel near Frodsham they stuck fast for want of steane there being so little that the engine driver could not raise a whistle. They re mained stationary for at least three-quarters of an hour, when another train Came up very rapidly and ran into them behind, *mashing several carriages and throwing two off the lin e , An immense number of people were injured, some baying broken legs. The only light in any of the carriages was in that he was in, and that was procured as t favour at- Chester. He thought there were twenty-five or thirty carriages in the train, most of them being covered. In the train which ran into it there were many open trucks with people standing up. He reached Mallehester about one o'clock, being only hurt in the back, Wel not seriously. The guard of the third traill says it left Chester at half-past seven, and that there were lights at the tail of the train in advance, but that the steam from the en gine had so filled the tunnel that they could not be seen. Mr. Ansell, superintendent of the electric telegraph for the Manchester district, saes he was in a first-class carriage (about the fifth) of the second train. The first train of the three left Chester at five minutes to seven, and contested of about twenty carriages. In the Prod sham tunnel they struck the first train, but did not smash it as they were going very elowli , at the time. No person in the second train was hurt by that collision, he thought, but a few persons in the first were bruised. They had not become stationary more than three or four miuuteawhen the third train came into thc na, producing a fearful crash. There were about 25 carriages in the second train. The carriage in which he was sitting was smashed and the roof knocked off. No one in the same compartment was hurt, but he assisted to take out two men from an other compartment, one of whom bad Lost his fiegers, and the other was severely cut on the head. Another gentleman, who appeared much hurt, was brought on to the Albion Hotel, Manchester. After the accident the greatest confusion and excitement prevailed on ac count of the utter darkness prevailing. The cries tor " Help " were frightful. People were seeking wives, husbands, and friends in all directions, and running about in the greatest alarm for some time. He got out of the tunnel as soon as he could grope his way, and sent to some farmhouses for lights. At or near the end of the train he was in was an open truck crowded with pcople standing, which the engine of the third train must have struck, and over which it was supposed to base passed. One man was thrown completely out of that carriage upon the top of a covered one, and said " God only knew how he escaped." He (Mr. Ansell) arrived at Manchester about 12 o'clock. MAY 2, 1851. Since writing the above it has been ascertained that th, folio =sing p , .rsons were i. j.tre I: L -er)-, our ,!:pou, leg brokeo; Mr. 1 ,7i1.0n. spirit merch a nt. th•gh broken; end Mrs. Lennox, leg injured, all of Newton, and have been conveyed to their own houses; Mr. Hurry, of Newton, compound fracture of the leg, Mrs. Hurry, eye cut—are at the Legh Arms Hotel, Newton-bridge, where also is Mr. H. Napier, calico printer, who is suf fering from severe internal injuries. At the Patten Arms, Warrington, are lying—Mr. Hardt), clerk to the London and North-Western Railway, who is severely shaken; Mr. Henderson, manufacturer, of York, who is slightly injured: and Mr. Hughes, dyer, of Manchester. Our correspondent at Manchester took the train to Frodsham and Chester yesterday, and learnt at the former place there were about 1,500 people altogether in the three trains, of whom it is supposed 35 or upwards were badly hurt, either by fractures or otherwise, besides five kilted in the tunnel, and three who had since died. The killed include Mrs. Ridgway, of Bolton, and a Mr. Davidson, of Manchester. Th e names o f t h e ot h er per sons killed had not been ascertained. Persons who had missed friends were coming by every train from Man chester, expecting to find them among the killed or wounded. A temporary hospital at the Sutton end of the tunnel had been established for the sufferers still alive who had not friends to attend upon them or see them home by the various trains. A Mr. Hooper had been sent home to Cheetham, near Manchester, attended by Mr. Burgess, surgeon, Frodsham, with injuries which left but little hopes of his surviving the accident. He had sustaire d a fracture of the breast-bone, compound fracture of one leg, and fracture of one arm. The inquest is fixed fur to-day (Friday). PRICES OF SHARES IN BANKS, ASSURANCE, AND OTHER CO PANIES' STOCK. _ _ From the Official List. PUBLISHED EVERY TUESDAY AND FRIDAY EVENING LONDON, TUESDAY, APRIL 29. JOINT-STOCX, Name or Company. Dividend . per Amount of nare. Annum. tustralasia .......... Brits7~ iv orth American Ceylon • • Commercial of London Gloucestershire lonian .............. London and County .. ~ ..ondn and Westmiastr London Joint-Stock Provincial of Ireland.. Ditto, New......... ,iational of Ireland ~ Nat. Provncial of Eng. Ditto, New. South Australia Jalon of Australia.... 1 Ditto •••• l.Xnioa of L0nd0n..... Union at Madrid 41. per cent. 6i. per cent. 61. per cent. 21. par cent. 15/per cent. 151. pr cent., 61. per cant. 61. per cent. 61. per cent. Si. per cent. Si. per cent. 51. per cent. 61. per cent. 5/. per cent. 61 per cant. 61. per cent. 61. per cent. 61. per cent. L a. d. 40 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 25 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 10 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 20 0 0 25 0 0 25 0 0 50 0 0 40 0 0 rtiORTALTTY in the METROP!I),T,P-1. NUAllik:U OF DEA 11-IS iPEONI ALL tatisK. REM 4 i'"ER[.: , ;. IN THE WEEK ENDING SATUU,DAY, APRIL 26, 14451. Epidemic, Endemic, and Contagious .Diseases _932 Diseases of Uncertain Seat ... ••• ••• ' 40 Tubercular Diseases ... ... 196 Diseases of the Brain, Nerves, and Senses... ... 131 Diseases of the Heart and Blood-vessels ... .. 36 Diseases of the Lungs, an d other Organsof Itpspiration ... ••• ... ••• . ... 197 Diseases of the Stomach, Liver, an d other Organs of Digestion... ••• 040 ••• ..• ... 61 Diseases of the Kidneys, &c. •• ••• ... 12 Childbirth, Diseases of the Uterus, &c. ... 12 Diseases of the Joints, Bones, and Muscles ... 10 Diseases of the Skin, &e. ... ••• ... 2 Malformations... ••• ... ••• ••• ••• 1 Premature Birth ... ..• •• ••• ...• 29 Atrophy ••• ••• "do Nee ... 0., 24 Old Age ••• ••• ••• ... ... 45 Sudden ... ... ... ••• ••• ••• ... 7 Violence. Privation, Cold, and Intemperance ... 22 ;auses not specified ... ••• ••• ••• ~. 18 nrATErs FROM ALL CAUSES ... Population Deaths in corre- Enumeraied, sponding week 1841. of 1850. 301,189 .. 141 . 376.568 .. 186 . 374,199 ... 120 . 393,067 ... 157 . 503,348 ... 199 . West Districts... North Districts.. Central Districts East Districts ... outh Districts.. Totals... ..... 1,948,369 Males Females 803 Males Females 1,075 De atn in the Week BIRTHS IN THE WEEK. ... 1,075 ... 569 ... 506 ... 771 ... 732 Total ... ... 1,503 *ln this number are included 10 by Scarlatina, 32 by Typhus Fever, and 21 by Diarrhoea. OFFICIAL RETURN OF I'HE NUMBER OF ENGLISH RESIDENTS in FRANCE in 1851. The French Government has recently been taking the census of the present population of Frauce, the same as the registration authorities have been doing in the United Kingdom of Great Britain .(England, Wales, Ireland, Scotland, the Channel • Islands, &c.) According to the Gfficial return of the Minister of the In terior—compiled from the returns of the prefects, sub- . prefects, mayors, and municipal authorities of the different departments, communes, &0.--. it appears that there are in France 35,500,000 inhabitants of both sexes, and, with the Island of Corsica, her colonies in Algeria, Martinique, Guadeloupe, Pondicherry, &c., it will amount to more than 36,300,000. With respeet to the number of foreigners domiciled, of all nations, it exceeds 1,000,000; of these upwards of 75,000 are English in various parts of the country, vshich is considerably less than previous to the Revolution, when it ex ceeded 150,000. The following are a few of the principal localities frequented by the English :—Paris, Neuilly, St. Cloud, Versailles, St. Germain, Charenton, St. Denis, &c., 25,000 (some years ago there were more than 36.000 in the capital end vicinity); Boulogne sun Mer (15,000), end its environ villages and towns—Cepecure, Msquetra, Wicardenne, Ruesembert, Wimille, Marquise, Ustrobove, Samer, Neufchatel, Wimereux, Montreuil, &c., 17,000 Boulogne is justly called an English colony, as it is tte • tavourite resort of families in consequence of the purity of the air, the del, gh Elul scenery in its environs, moderate prices of provisMire, the baths and port, which is one of the finest in La Manehe, and its proximity to England, with the facility of steam communicateen with Folkes tone twice daily, Dever once, and London direct twice weekly, by the splendid packets of the Commercial Steam Company, and twice by those of the General Steam Navigation Company, and vice versa. It is the nearest port to land at for parties going to Paris, Italy, &c., and has the advantage over Calais, leaving alway s a snflicient quantity of water to adroit the packet.; .hug it is more preferable for the mail packet station than the other. Calais, Besse Ville, Si. Pierre, Co logne, and Gaines, 3 200 (formerly upwards of 7.000); Dunkirk, Bergues, Bourg Bourg, and Vilorinhout, 2,800; Sc. Omer, Cassel, and Armen', a es, 1,200; Amiens, Lille, Arras, Douai, Cambrai, Valenciennee, and St. Q.:entin, 1,000 (these are the chief towns in the north where English reside); Rouen, Havre de Grace, Dieppe, Caen, and other parts of Normandy, 7,000 (formerly mouritteg to 12,000); Orleaes, Naetes Blois, Teurs, &e., 4.000; Barrages, Peu, Bordeaux, Toulouse, and 'he department of the Py reuees, 3,700; Montpellier, Nismes, Marseill, s, Toulon, &u., 3,500; Aix, A vig eon, Lyons, &c., 1,000. The others are distributed in different parts—St. Mele, Bresr, Cnerbourg, Rochefort, La R whelk?, L'Orient, &e. Admitting that each one expends on an average st. or 4s. per day, the sum spent annually by the English resident absentees in France, would be about 5,475,0001, sterling per annum, which is I very moderate calculation. This, however, does not include casual tourists visiting Boulogne, Calais, Havre, Dieppe, Paris, &e., or passing through France, en route to Switzerland, the Rhine, and Germany, Italy, and vier Marseilles to the ports of the Mediterranean, Malta, Egypt, &c., by the overland wails to India, and vice versa, which will considerably increase that amount. At Brussels, Ostend, Ghent, Bruges, Antwerp, Liege, Verviers, Charleroi, and ocher parts of Belgium, a great number of English are domiciled. So that the present census taken i❑ England as to the number of her Majesty's British born subjects must be very imperfect—ineeed, it is utterly impossible ever to ascertain what is the actual number of English in the various pkrts of the globe and our colonies. BOW MAJOR EDWARDES LOST THE USE OF HIS RIGHT HAIVD. I was in the very act of writing, when a horseman rode in from the picket, and reported that Moolraj's army were crossing the bridge iu the same order that they had done before, and were coming on again to give us battle. Astounded, but unable to disbelieve, I beat to 1111113, summoned the chief officers, ordered the line to be turned out at once, and was bolding a hurried conference with Lake and Cortlandt in my tent, while all three of us were jump tag into boots, or buckling on swords and pist o l s , when a second horseman trona the picket entered. I had just loaded my pistols, and went on cramming them into my belt while ;is tetii tag to the man's report. The hammer of one got en tangled; but without looking to see what was the matter, I seizsd the barrel in my right hand and pulled the pistol into its place. A loud report, a s h ort pang, and bad lost the use of my right hand for life ! The ball bad passed through the palm, and lodged i n t h e fl oor at my foot. But there was no time for regrets. The line had turned out, and Lake rushed to the field to take my duty and his own. Nobly he would have done both; but .1 must own it was a great relief to me to hear that as our line advanced the enemy retreated sgain behind the city walls, and proved to have been only a party of cavalry sent out to reconnoitre our position. . . . After this ac cident I was twelve days without a doctor—at least an European one. The native doctor of General Cott iandt's troops sewed up my hand with a packing needle, and thought he had done a fine thing ; but the agony it caused me I never can forget ; for what with the laceration of the wound, the tightness of the -titcbes, and the intense heat of the sun, inflammation ensued, the hand swelled, the stitches; grew tighter and the pain greater, till at la s t I wou l d h ave thanked either Lake or Cortlandt, if instead of nursing me they had drawn a sword and chopped the limb clean off. One day, too, a sympathising friend in the Indian navy. came into see me, arid intending to seat himself on m) bed, sat down on my wounded hand, which was stretched out on a pillow by my side, and then asked me," How I did?" At last Dr. Cole arrived from Lahore, cut the stitches, and relieved me of all pain in a moment; though it was m any weeks before I could even put my hand in a sling; and, in spite of all that surgical skill could do, I -12411 never grasp a sword again. To a soldier that is a great loss. On horseback, in subsequent engagements, I have felt quite detenceless; and though it selaom tails to a commander's lot to be personally engaged, yet it may so happen at any time; and it is not pleasant to know to a certainty beForehand that you have no chance of escape.—A Year in the Punjaub. SEABORNE MAILS [N signifies that the mails are sent from the General Post-ofile. b 7 the night —and M by the morning —dispatch.] When made up in From what Wban PLACES. General Post-oalce port dis- due. London. patched. America (by Brit. pkt.) N May 2 .. .. Liverpool .• May 6 America (by U.S. pkt.) N ' .. Liverpool • • May 13 America (by U.S. pkt.) M May 7 .• Southampt. May 4 Africa (West coast).• N 14th of the month Plymouth May 3 Alexandria* ........ N 19th & 30th of mo. Dover • • May 18 Belgium .. .. •. N Daily .. Dover • • y Brazil .. • 51 9th of the month Southampt. May 12 Buenos Ayres • • .. M 9th of the month Southampt. May 12 California(viaChagres)M 17th of month Southampt. May 5 Cape of Good Hope N 14th of month Plymouth— May 3 Constantinople* •. N 7th 17th 27th of mo Dover . • May 10 Central America M 2d & 17th of mon. Southampt. May 5 Channel Isles .. N Mon., Wed., &Fri. Southampt. Ta. Th.S a Chili M 17th of the month Southampt. May 20 . France M&N Twice daily .. .Dover .. Twi ce d aily Greece* .. N 7th 17th 27th of mo Dover .. May 10 Hamburgh N Tuesday & Friday London .. Tues. Sat. Holland Wednes. & Satur. London .. Moh•Thri Honduras N 17th of the mouth Southampt. M v ayiee2doaily Ireland & 1 T w ice daily .. Holyh ea d .. i India (via Southamp.) M 20th of the month Southampt , S lay 28 India (via Marseilles) 7th& 24th ofmon th l D over • • May 1 Mediterranean (via Southampton) M 20th of the month Southampt. May 28 • • hiediterremea.n (via Marseilles) • Nltli& 24th ofmonth Dover • . May 1 Mexico .• ,2d of the month.. ISouthampt. May 5 Madeira • 31 9th of the month ,Southampt. May 12 • r 70,17 th,l9th,27th I mut e .• N & 30th of month j Dover May 10 Naples* •• • • Nisth 15th 25th ofino'Dover .. May 2 papal States* NlSth 15th 25th of mo Dover .. May '2 reninsular.. • • .. M,7th 17th 27th of mo Southampt. 51 ay 6 Peru .. • • M 17th of the month ;Southampt. May 20 Tuscany * • • • • • • Nlsth 15th 25th of mo Dover • . May 2 West Indies 31117th of the month (Southampt. May 20 West Indies (except Havanna & Nassau) 31,2 d of the month .. iSouthampt. May 5 . 0 The mails to those c ountries thus marked (*) are conveyed b' French oackot Marsei lles CalaronNta. Mails to and from California, via the United States are now despatched and tine by every American packet. We are informed that a paragraph, which has ap - pc:red ir. this and the other daily papers, copied from the Weekly Chronicle, to the effect that Ni'. James, of the Northern Circuit, has been appointed to the office of etipen• diary magistrate for Liverpool, is entirely Without futinda tMn. /Mr James is not a candidate for that or any other office. Eximple moves more than homily, though it be ess clamorous.—Eliza Cook's Journal. THE EARL OF CARDIGAN.—We understand Col wick Hall, the residence of the late J. Musters, Esq., is now fitting up for the reception of the Earl of Cardigan, Col. of the I 1 t h Hussars, immediately expected in this town. The 11th Hussars, or Prince Albert's Own, is considered one of the finest regiments in the service, and the band et first-rate excellence.'—Nottinglian ,mercury. A FioHT WITH A BULL. n newel J in the empioY f r Gins (a term, r residing about four miles from vcrises! was, on Menciey last, leading home a bull from Devi° Greett fair. Shortly before reaching the Potter" turn pike-gat the hull, which up to this time had been vialli ing v..ry quietly, suddenly attacked the man, k nock s' e, him to the ground, and th e n g oring him with V force threw him against the hcdee. The an imal ye; treated a little, and then rushed at him with redouble?.. force. Thia w as witnessed by a little gill, one of t he dren of Buckland, the gate-keeper, who immediately tore her father o f th e c i rcums t ance . B uc kland, who is li" old men. nearly 70 years of age, seized the first iceaecsin' near him, a rough iron bar, and went to the res cue ' ..„0. his art ival, the bull was in the act of making a nother 1 " at J. fferies; and in a moment Buckland struck 16 011 the horn with the bar. The bull immediately left Jo,. ries and ran at Buckland; but the old man b eat it It retreated a li t tl e , t ore the ground, anel 5e, 1° ,„ 1 , 6 0 at the old m an; an d aga i n an d a gain the e n ' repelled its att ac k. F or f u ll t e n minutce the " atei Bucklandthus eland Buckles', were e g s 'll r e ' life in momeutery danger. At last the bu uich treated to a somewhat greater distance , " so d enabled 13uckland to get into a garden adjoining; after the bull ran back into the fair. Jefferi e r i of c-)urs"e from the •trry first, rendered P°! / `;'"ie. Seeamiug with WO, bruised from bead to fool', thigh dreadtully la , Trated. and one of his ribs breelo; h e contrived :to crawl to Liecleaud's cottage, wi lt Wickland h mself was engaged with the b ß u n i t k i,id:g during the whale o f the ten minutes that lit was so perill e d, men , stou t abhe'br a °d 0 men, stood co, c , wardiv looking °I 3 r ho the adjoining fi e ld s an d gardens-Lnotwithlitanding t , e , w, , re tamed with pitchforks, spades, and oth er ili ;11 moats with which th e y h a d' le-en at work , agdiftlhe which they could i n one m i nute h ave beater) Suic. a bull. They did say " run, run and if the old ble was even able to run, and had followed their sdv ice 'teee life would have paid die forfeit. A young fernier , g ol rode up to the gate during the attack. With te a r s her entreaties the wile of Buckland urged him to see t t he husband; but the youn g lamer quickly rode d °l°- bye-lane adjoining the gate, and sheltered biaa lf lac e,, the bull was go ne . H e then' came from: his bidZg e oir : and went on hie ro a d as va li ant as ever . Wee - Bole treat does the c o n d uc t o f t h e poor li tt l e o ld ma ° Back' land °resent to that of the young farmer an d to e bodied labourer.. Medical assistance e was islate diati e j e procured for Jefferies, an d he was sent home durinille. evening; but he still remai ns i n a very precarious eta THE CO UN 'l' E. MAKK L e r 8 ' e ster BIRMINGHAM, MAY I.—At Gl ouces t er a nd W d l bet markets, on the 26th ult., th e w h eat tra d e r uled , 'era the supply from the farmers being limited, lower Pri e W e o not submitted to for an y d escr i ption . B ar l ey d u ll, and We quarter cheaper. Oats held for rather more naan e Ppsrial had an increased demand for both beans and peas. to boa the present week little w h ea t h as c h ange d h an d s , and a sub' made progress in wheat so me re d uc ti on must h a ve bee witted to. Barley can o n ly b e di sposse d o f i n retail. 0 411' would meet a free sale at p rev i ous pr i ces, b ut consnalesoll not submit to the advance d eman d e d. B eans an d P ell a fair fully as dear. At Wolverhampton yesterday there We 00 sale for wheat, at forme r ra t es . A t thi s d ay ' s market ode was a short supply of whe a t f rom th e f armers, but the lit tis ruled dull, at the currency of this day se'nnight. Very 00 doing in barley, the value was nominally unaltered. D O sold more freely, at an improvement of 6d per quarter. i.et but were rather dearer at th e commencement o f the 1101." holders gave way towards the close. ifer' LOUGHBOROUGH, MAY I. Spri ng corn rather lo No altteration in wheat. aln ber DERBY SMITHFIELD MARKET, APRIL 29.—The - to s. , of fat beasts to-day was less than it has been for som e The supply from the north of England, Nottinghatash ir s e irlP Lincolnshire was not so l arge as usual ; the attendanee,`,'sosll chasers was nu merous, and t h e best things were readily onspog of. There we, e but few sheep shown, the greater p art sisbe out of their wool, an d a c l earance was easily effected at 'Sod prices. Fat and s t ore ca l ves were again plentiful. Pig s - bid; the average. Beef, slid to bd ; mu t ton , bd os Oa lambs, 1/ to 113 s ; veal, 4d to 4id p er lb ; p i gs , 7s to 051 ha per score. Rou g h fat, 3s 6d per stone of 141bs. Sides, to 2d per lb; calf skins 2d to 4d per lb. UPPINGHAM, Asett. 39.—Wheat 35s to 40s; barley nite r 25s ; oats 1:-s to 22s ; beans gas t o 30 s Od per qua rter. m 81,d to 9id per lb ; eggs 24 for Is. w hlte i9 , ; BOSTON, Area. 3'..—Wheat, red 24s to 38s to 40s, extra 42s to 00s barley 00s t e 0 s ; oats 13s 0 beans 25s to 2:+s ; peas 00s tot Os per quarter. 87s to NEWARK, APRIL : - A—Wheat, old white 46s to 48s, red 40s, new white 42s to 44 5 , new re d 0 is to 00s ; barley, "' - a stal 23s to 255, extra 00s, g inding 20s to 21s, extra o' 9 515 22e to 265; beans, 30 s t o 32 s ; tarea 32s to 34s ; wa it ' to 56s per qr. 400; LYNN, APRIL 29.—Wheat 28s to 325, fine 86s to barley 20s to 225, fine 24s to S6s per qr. 405; MELTON MOWBRAY, APRIL 9.—Wheat, Od tO barley 2 s to 26s ; oats 2.1 s to 24s ; beans 27s to 305 P er Butter 7d to 8d per lb ; eggs 21 to '26 for Is. tba GLASGOW, AP RIL 30. C oastwise and from /re.ase vett receipts have been li g ht ; f rom a b road, up the Clyde. 1;21 , 0 4,154 quarters of wh ea t, 2,44 0 quarters of beans, and bee sacks of flour came to ha n d ; an d , ri d G rangemou th, e t ut 5,681 quarters of wheat, 1,636 quarters of barley, 95 (111—see4 of peas, and 850 sacks of flour. The business during the oster was confined to retail sales, without material change in I TO with the exception of oats,which were the turn dearer. _ ra e day's market was poorly attended. Wheat and flour W! s ISt retail sale, and to make progress an abatement requiredlios submitted to. Barley was held at previous rates; g r r, r , st sorts were the turn dearer. Oats were more inquired air an advance of 3d to 6d per boll; oatmeal realized fa l loff week's currency. Beans were in lair request ; peas and in corn underwent no quotable alteration. a list EDINBURGH GRAIN MARKET, APRIL 30.—Our Os' bat of wheat and oats were larger to-day than last market , le ft sales dull. Wheat fell 1s 2d on the average, and 31 9 g r. ,seei , unsold. Barley sold ra th er b etter, and a little higher in P: a ti very few parcels b e i ng i n t h e market. Beans much the A'—tbe as last week. T op o f w h eat the same as hat week, I n ", g bri average Is 2d do wn . B ar l ey on t h e top 6d up, and the 7d up. Oats on the top 8d down, and on the average k. Beans on th e t o p 6d d own, an d t h e average same as las t 1a 4 0 Un,old-319 qrs w h eat, 8 qrs barley, 68 qrs oats, an d beans. Top of Wheat ... 64 lb. 44s Oa, „ Barley ... 56 lb. 3la I N „ Oats ... 45 lb. 23s "" „ Beans 67A1b. 31s 6d her EDINBURGH CATTLE M ARKET, A PRIL 30..... The . of cattle was 652. or 41 more than last week. Top P t i re ar y of the best cattl e , 6 5 9d ; current, 6s to Os Od; see° hose and inferior, from 5s Od t o 5s 6cl per Dutch stone. A e s .' ieg ante was not effected. The num b er o f s h eep this Inel-bsst was 2,481, or 661 more than last week. Top price of that o r mutton, cd per lb ; current, 511 to 041; ewes and infers sorts, 41d to 5d per lb. L am b s se lli ng from '2os to 23s a At the close a clearance was not effected. I,t DUNBAR, APRIL 9.—Whe a t, we i g hi ng 64ilbs, brought and prices to 30s Od. Barley, weighing 5541b5, 10 „ 1 - 'fit 26s Od, anti prices to 255141. Oats, weighing 43Ibs, hr h o -7 4 20s 6d, and prices to 17s 6d. Beans and peas, Ica 001bs, brought OUs Od, and prices to 00s Od. CORK, APRIL 30. Barrels. CurrencY• to o 0 White wheat oos Od t o 00 0 Od 00s Od- 20 ° 0 Red whe a t, 0 08 Od to 008 Od 00s Od-20 A. 37 Barley li s Od to 13s 4d 12s 6d---16 do ;) Bere 176 Oats Pigs oOs Od to 008 Od 00s Od per Cw' Qy sold at the heit Pr— ; 0 barrels white uantit wheat ; 0 red ; Hi 1 g barley ; ;o ices: bere; 11 9,0 0 pigs. Quantity of Grain and Number of Pigs sold last week Wheat, 71. Barley, 469. Oats, 1,197. Pigs, 82 * PRICES OF BUTTER. CANT. C UR RENCY. First quality Second quality Third quality ...... Fourth quality Fifth quality Sixth quality ..... Return of Cattle sold for the week ending April 26 Pigs, 362. Sheep, 531. Cows, 99. 6a Coax.—Flour—First II s 6d to 1 2s Od ; extra 12s 80 seconds, lOs tid to 11s Od; households 9s to 108 Od; thirds, 0 8 tO tf , per cwt. Oatmeal lO s t o 10.6 d; I ndian meal 7s 6d to 8s Od; 011te meal, 9s 6d to lO s p er cwt. I ndian corn 71 7s 6d to 7112.601;0 ton. Bran 80s Od to 85s per ton. Hay—Farmers 338 to 428; av e , r 7o 368; dealers 46s to 52. Od; average 48s per ton. Straw— F ar nia: . 23. Od to 30s Od; Average 265; dealers Oos Oet to 008 average ON Od per ton. Bread—Wheaten loaf bid to 6 d t ; household loaf 40 to 5d per 41b. Fresh butter, 1 00 12d per lb. Eggs--3s 4d to 3s 6d per hundred. LAPI" Nemuort 14s Od ; Lydnev 15s ; Landore 14 s ; Neath ,gito, 13p 6d per ton. Tallow , Od to 40 s per ;poi Whisky, 25 o. p., 5s 9d p et i mper i al gallon. AA to —Beef 41d to 64d ; mutt on 5d to 7d ; veal '``..lb. bd ; pork 4d to Od ; bacon 7d to 8d ; sausages 6d Pl2:„er Hops 61108 to 0/ 08 per cwt. B angor slates 3/ 2s 6d to 31a' rjt ton. Bark—Barbary 71 Os to 8/ Os; Valonia 151 to Fre° ' • 610 s; Spanish 0/ per ton. Fl eece Wool 14s to 15s per s te 0 0. Hemp 32/ t 0341 per ton. Fish-- Scotch herrings 19s to 00 8 1, r at ditto, 26s to 00,.. per barrel ; Newfoundland, 10/ 108 to I b i t as e ton. Timber—Memel, 808 per ton; red pine, 3/ 100 • y e ll • ditto, 2/ 15s per ton; deals, 12s to 15s per 100. P H, j u la;:s. Market 2 , 15 to 345, salted 253 to 34s per owt;; Loh 3id to 3id per lb. Potatoes, white 8d to 10d; I VI' D OO lod to 13(i. Guano—Peruvian. ill 10s: Ichaboe, 8/ to 9 per tor. Tar— A rehanze I, 19s per barreL MORTALITY AT SEA.—The ship State3man, Hong-Kong with troops, arrived at St. Helena Marc 13, and left next .d.ay for London. During the voyage Oro two men died of dysentery. Paid. Z s. d. 40 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 20 0 0 25 0 0 25 0 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 10 0 0 25 0 0 10 0 0 22 10 0 35 0 0 10 0 0 25 0 0 25 0 0 2 10 0 10 0 0 40 0 0 Price. INSITRANCIS 001ter.6.131131E5 • Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Price Annum. Share. . ----- .Z s. d. £ a. d. Albion .........• •• •• 31. 103. 500 0 0 50 0 0 86 Alliance Brit. and For. 711486 d &bs 100 0 0 11 0 0 21% liitto Marine. •• •• • • 6 p at. & bs. 100 0 0 25 0 0 - Atha ......... ..... -138.6 d. 50 0 0 510 0 17% Argus Life .... •• •• 41. per cent. 100 8 0 16 0 0 - oriti3ii Commercial.. 78. 6d. 50 0 0 50 0 7UI Olericlaled.it Gen. Life spr ct.&bs. 100 0 0 10 0 0 20 ;aunty .............. 41. 100 0 0 10 0 0 80 14s. 50 0 0 5 0 0 15 FiaTie 53. AO 0 0 5. 0 0 6% Eqity and Law Life •• 4% per cent. 100 001 5 0 0 5 - .l.irupetua Lilo •-• • 103. 20 0 0 All paid. 1134 iieneral .. -••••- - - - 50 0 5 1 (41•1, - 136 Grardian ---- •• • • 5/. per cent 100 0 0 45 0 0 56 1/nparial Fire --- •• 12/. per cent. 500 0 0 50 0 0 245 Imperial Life --•• •• 12s. 100 0 0 10 0 0 18 indemnity Marina- •• 11. sh. & bs. 100 0 0 20 0 0 47U Lava Fire -..-- .• - - 100 0 0 210 0 2N I.ow I ife........ •• .. IL 168. 100 0 0 10 0 0 46 rc.;al and General Life - AO 0 0 20 0 4% 540r,d0n Fire •• •• -•• 2)s. '25 0 0 12 10 0 19 London Ship .... .• •• 21e. 25 0012 10 0 19 4arine.. ..... • • •... 15s.per share 100 0 0 15 0 0 15 V fed.lnvlid&Gen.Life 4341. per ct. 50 0 0 20 0 234 Monarch .......... - 50 0 10 0 1 4ational Lean Fund- 51. per cent. 20 0 0 210 0 2% Palladium Life ...... .. 51. per cent. 50 0 0 20 0 2% l'nmaix . - - 155 Pirofessional Life •• 5/. per cent. 6 5 0 010 0 193.0 d Provident Life- -- •• 11. ss. k bs. 100 0 0 10 0 0 30 look Life............ ss. 80 0 010 0 6. .loyal Exchange 6l. p.ct. & bs. Stock. - 220 -.tun Fire. - - 209 !,itt ,, , Lite - ..... IL Is. - - 48 United Kingdom .... 41. p. et &bs. 20 0 0 40 0 4 3Tirversa.l Life......•• 10% et. & bs. 100 0 0 10 0 0 - '. r _dtoria Life. 51. per cnt. - 412 6 5% I XTALTER-VJOIMIES. Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. •---- X s. d. X s. d. akqt London..• •••• • • • V. per cent. 100 0 0 - 155% Grand Junction ...... 4/. per cnt. 50 0 0 - 70 'Zent...... .. .••• • • • • 41. per List. 100 0 0 - 80 Lambeth ...... ••• • • • bl. per oat. 100 0 0 - 97 New Rivr Lndn Erdge 1 41. Os. - - 57% Vauxhall'...... • • ...• 1 51. per cnt. 100 0 0 - 97 Test Middlesex . . • 161.05. pr cut. - - 109 XIOCALS. Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. - X s. d• X Commercial ...... •• .. 41. pr cent. Stock.. s. d. - e 4 Plast and West Inifo ... 6/. pr cent. Stock. - 145 ilast Country - - London 5/. pr cent. Stock. - 113 Ditto Bonds- •••• -4/. per cent. - - - 3/. Katharine .... •• •• 3% per cent. Stock. - 76 Ditto Bonds.. -. . • • 4%1. pr cent. - - - 3outhampton *. -- •• 21. per cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 15 BILXDGES Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. - X. s. d. A. 8. d. , "haring -cross.. • • • • - - - 15 Sbuthwrk ...... •• .. - 100 0 0 - - Ditto Nw of 7% p.c. 355. per cent. 50 0 0 - 16 Waterloo .. -•••• •• • • - 100 0 0 - 3 Dia, Old Ann. ofBl. 11. 4s. Od. - 60 0 0 25 Ditto Nw ditto of 71. 1/. Is. Od. - 40 0 0 - d'auxhall .• .. .• • Av. 11. 70 10 3 - 18 CANALS. „,; 1 ,•:; Names of 0 , Dividend Names of c.. ; Divid end Price. per Companies. h . I Per Companies. 2, . _ Price. c Annual. 'lc Annum. X X \ A,shtn& Oldh 97 7i. 113 Macclesfield • 100, 21.105. 50 Barnsley•• • • 160 121. 180 Neath .. •• • • 100 16/. - grknk&Abrg 150 5/. 85 Oxford.. •• • • 1001 201. 160 , srmingbam 40, 4/. 92 Peak Forest. 78131. 18s. 70 Coventry.. - 1001 251. 200 Regent's .... 33 11. 3s. 18% Derby ..... 100, 61. 63 Rochdale.... 1 181 41. 42 FillsairetChsl l33 ' 355. 26% Somrset Coal 150 , 71.105. - . ,rand.functn 1 100 4/. pr. ct. 63 Do.Lk Fd St 12161. p. c. - Do., 6 pr.Ct.l 19 - 11 Stffrel &Wore 1 40 281. 405 Grand Surrey l loo 21. Os. 33% Shrewsbury., 125 1 -- -- ~rand Unionlloo U. 10s. 24 Stourbridg./.. 1451 201. 290 Kennt & Avn 39 43. Od. 31( Severn and 1 Lancaster . 100 4/. - Wye R a il . f 26 1 21 * Os ' 24 Leedak iavrp 100 24/. 400 Warwick& 41. 46 Leicester .... 100 id. 66 Rirming. j 100 - i,eicstr &Nth 83 41. 44% Warwick& Lougliborogh 142 701. 510 Napton. I 100 81. 30 donmouthsh 100 81. - Worcstr & Nintgamrysh 100 - _ Bi rming. i 78 81. 40 qeltnlf wbry 100 - - Wilts & Brks -11 s. 6% 41..L15-I.IGII III A.MII CORM COMPANIES. Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. X. s. d. Z. s. d. British •• •• •• •• "•• •• IL 40 0 0 18 0 0 13 Ditto rrovincial•• •• 11. fis. 20 0 0 20 0 0 18% Brighton •••••• • • • • • • 5/. 20 0 0 - - City of London .. -•• 61. NO 0 0 150 0 0 120 ContinentalConsolidat. 925. 75 0 0 31 5 0 Equitable- ••• - - - sos. 50 0 0 50 0 0 27 Imperial • • ...• •• •• •• 31. 50 0 0 50 0 0 70% Independent ....... •• 6/. 40 0 0 40 0 0 46 - 50 0 0 50 0 0 -- Ditto.. •••• •• „ - 50 0 0 50 0 0 - Do., Parl. Preference 61. 25 0 0 710 0 Phoenix 4l. 50 0 0 49 0 0 ' 2736 liatoliff •• •• • ..• V. 100 0 0 90 0 0 1 - I United General IL 1 50 0 0 50 0 0 15% vfestmlzster Chartered SI. 50 0 0 - 1 46% Uitt o, Yew .... - l2s. 50 0 0 10 00 , 9% Z.1!..X.3, OP SCOTTISE COMP/MIMS' PRICITiI Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. - -- •E s. d. X s. d . Bank of Scotland British Linen Company 8/. per cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 1933( Caledonian Bank City of Glasgow Bank GI. per cent. 10 0 0 10 0 0 11% Clydesdale Bank - Commercial Bank -•• 71. per cent. 500 0 0 100 0 0 173% Pastern Bank- -•• • • 61. per cent. 25 0 0 10 0 9/. 7s. Edinblallasgow Bank 6/. percent. 50 0 50 0 4M Exehangeßnk of Scot 4l. per cent. 100 0 0 50 0 0 15% National Bank 64 Per cent. 50 0 0 10 0 0 15 Northof Scotland Bank Sl.percent. 20 0 0 210 0 2/.175. Royal Bank of Scotland 51. per cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 1313 Union Bank of Scotland 81. per cent. 100 0 0 50 0 0 90 Western Bank •• •• •• •• 71. per cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 70% Alliance Fire and Life 3%1.pr cert. 10 0 0 10 1) 0 21 British Guarantee ...• 41. per sent. 10 0 0 1 0 0 18s Od Caledonian Fire Incur. 101. per cent. 100 0 0 10 0 0 23 City of Glasgow Life 6l. per cent. 25 0 0 2 0 0 31. 8s Colonial Life - , Edinburgh Life Incur. 61. per cent. 100 0 0 15 0 0 21 Eng.& Scot, Law Life 51. per cent. 50 0 0 217 6 2% Life Assoc. of Scotland 6/. percent. 10 0 0 1 0 0 3/. Os National Fire and Life 51. per cent. 10 0 0 1 0 0 ,242.0 d 1 North British Insur 6l. per cent. 200 0 0 20 0 0 2B peottishUnionlnsrnce 63,(1. pr cent. 20 0 0 1 0 0 ;249 6d standard Life - ...• • • 51. per cent. 50 0 0 4 5 0 12 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. a1M 141 .m......imm.....1 ....WWI. Assam Tea ........ X• s. d. X. s. d. . - 20 0 0 20 0 0 5 . Auction Mart.. -- - 21. ss. 50 0 0 - 263{ Australian A , griculturl 1/. 100 0 0 30 0 0 15 Australian Trust .... 61. per cent. - 35 0 0 2r Anglo-Mexican Mint.. 11. 10s. 10 0 0 10 0 0 20% Ditto, Half Shares.. - - 2 10 0 6 British American Land - - 88 10 0 14% Canada ... - .... - - GI. per cent. 1100 o'ol 32 10 0 1 . 7 Upor Canada Bonds 61. p er cen t. - - Ditto ditto .... 6'. per cent. - In% I - City Navigation Bends 3} p er cen t. - - Gen. Revers.& Invest. 5 p.c.Srbs, 211100 0 0 100 0 0 91 % Equitable Iteversionry sp.c.Scbs.s, 1500 0 0 0 0 0 10 Ditto "New ........ - 2 0 10 0 0 0 10 9 2 9 6 ;4 3 4 Gen.fittam Navigation 10 p.ct.&bs. o 14 0 0 27k 1 5 0 - 205 ", Iludson's 8ay........ - Stock. Hungerford .. .... - •.21. 55. - 100 0 0 47 ( London Institution ... - - 78 15 0 7 t New Zealand Company - 25 0 0 25 0 0 _ 0 Ditto. New ........ - 25 0 0 12 10 0 Russell Institution •••• - - 26 5 0 ..... PeninslrEcOrient•Stm. 481. r. p er r e c e nt. ent 100 0 0 100 0 0 110. 50 0 0 50 0 0 67 e ; Raversionary Int. Soc. 34 7 Royal Mail Steam •• • • 4 .• p . s hare. 100 0 0 60 0 0 76 8 il.pensbare. 25 00125 0 0 24 % 'a South Australian ..• • • - in 0 029 0 0 2 fi Van Dieman's Lane. A charter of incorporation is about to be (granted to the borough of Blackburn. BIRTILS. OF A 80X. l?' On the 28th ult., at B rent f or d Butts, the wife of tt, u * Leader, Esq. ~, . On the 27th ult., a t N or l an d- square, N ott i ng -1111, wife of Dr. Waggett. OF A DAUGHTER. On the f.'6th ult., at Blackheath, the lady of Lieutell sot Ferguson, 1.N., F.R.A.S., &c. Idr On the 29th ult., at Park-villa, Finchley-ro a d, St. -t o o. wood, the lady of T. B. B. Stevens, Esq., of twin dat_2!2_,' .11.48111,ED. On the 30th ult., at St . G eorge ' s, Hanover-square, J uba to Ringrose, Esq., of Cottingham-grange Yorkshire, to Aj ig'-s of Ann, second daught er o f t h e late dambly Knapp, -r' s ' . " . Brook-street, Grosvenor-square. k On the 30th ult., at the church of Allhallows, B ar t,hs Great Tower -street, Thomas Samuel, youngest son d e st Fox, Esq., of Farnborough, Kent, to Rachel Mary , the &nigh' er of John Bookham, Esq., of West Mailing, in same county. On the 28th ult., at Eaton-square, Admiral Sir Edward Cothington, G.C.8., aged 8 L. On the 27 , h ult., Anthony Dunl o p, Esq., form e rly Madras. and late of Balnaki-I, Sutherlandshire, aged 5 Cart, On the 26th tilt., at Staffordshire, Thomas Wright, E.q , aged 73. - 6sq' On the 29111 ult., at Grove-place Hackney, J. Young 0 0 On the 2th ult., at Chester, Theodosia, daughte r of late Rev. Archdeacon Leigh, rector of Lymm, Cheshira.,,est On the 270 ult., at Od e ll R ectory, B eds, V ere John, elder son of the Rev. Vere Alston, aged 33. saT On the 26th ult., C aro li ne, wife of Deputy-Com/7W General Cumming, of North Bank, Re , ent's- rk: or . M On the 29th u lt., at C am b r id ge . terrace,Pa Miss Harrie t timer, aged 81. 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