The Sun. — London, England, 1857-10-15 00:00:00

METBCPOLITAN BOARD OF WORKS. 7.kIAIN DRAINAGE OF THE METROPOLIS. A meeting of the Board was held yesterday in the Council chamber, Guildhall, to further consider )he communication received from the First Corn .aissioner of her Majesty's Works, Szc., in relation to the main drainage of the met ro p olis ; Mr. L'hwaites in the chair. After some explanations on certain engineering , points had been given by Mr. Bazalgette, the en eineer of the Board, — Mr. CA.RPNIA.EL rose to move that the reports of the board submitted to the Commissioner of her Majesty's works and public buildings, also the re port of Messrs. Galton, Simpson, and Blackwell, be referred to two eminent engineers, and the en gineer of the board to report thereon at their ear. Lest convenience. The chief commissioner had re turned the plan B* submitted to him by the board accoinpanied with a report which had been pre pared under his direction by three eminent engi neers, and he had invited the board to well con sider that report. It would appear from that re port that those eminent gentlemen by whom it was prepared w;:ra of opinion that the board had not arrived at a \vise and proper conclusion on the sub ject. But in order to ascertain the value of the propositions of those civil engineers it was desirable to see first wherein those gentlemen differed from the board. They started with stating that they themselves bad based their plans upon the same principle as that adopted by tha engineer of the board ; and theyfurther stated that no other prin ciple could with propriety be used in carrying out this great work. The board therefore was justified so far as the principle of their plan was con cerned. Subject to certain suggestions and modi fications, they' Jikewi-e approved other portions of the plan propounded by the board ; especially that of having a high-level sewer on the north and south sides of the Thames. They agree as to the expediency of a low-level sewer on the southern, but they differ as to the propriety of having a low-level sewer on the north side of the Thames. They also agree to the want of two middle level sewers, but they . propose to have these con strnced so as to get the benefit of a larger area, and to carry the sewage into the Thames by the simple act of gravitation. They propose to carry the sewage across the Thames at Battersea, there to be raised by artificial means into a southern high level sewer, so as to arrive at the Thames by gravi tation. In these several respects the Board and the referees were laigely agreed. It must not there fore be supposed that because Sir B. Hall had sent back the plan B* he disagreed with it in toto, be cause his own engineers did not do that. He belicved that the plan of the Board had come back from the First Commissioner stamped with a deg. ea of credit that no engineering plan of like dimen sions had ever before received. It had not only met with the approval to a great extent of those three eminent referees themselves, but it had also the support of Mr. Foster, Sir W. Cubitt, and Mr. Stephenson, who were formerly Commissioners of Sewers, as far as regarded the principle upon which that plan was based. Was the board then prepared at once to accept the engineering propositions of Messrs. Galion, Simpson, and Blackwell He did not believe that any man would do so. But, if not, was the Beard prepared, on the other hand, to take the responsibility upon them of rejecting those pro positions without making any engineering inquiry ? He thought not. The First Commissioner had re quested the Board to take the report of the Go vernment referees into consideration, not because he himself approved their suggestions—for in regard to them he had expressed no opinion—but because it was, as he believed, the wish of that right hon. gentleman to have s• great a national work exe cuted in the best possible manner. AM the proposi tions of the referees depended upon the possibility of their having one outfall sewer, 18 miles long, with a fall of six inches a mile. If they could not carry out that portion of their plan, then all those parts of it which had reference to a larger area, for the purpose of conveying the sewage by gravita tion and to a larger rainfall, must fall to the ground. It wag, therefore, to that point— namely, the practicability of such an outfall sewer —that he invited the attention of the Board. The proposition was this the formation on either side of the Thames of an open cutting which they called the main outfall channels. Etch cfithese channels was to be 16 feet deep and 38 feet wide, with a general fall of 6 inches iii a mile. This would be able to carry away an enormous amount of sew age and rainfall. The report of the referees, though exceedingly voluminous on matters of information which anybody might have collected, was very mea gre when it came to practical facts. It was not known whether those three eminent engineers pro posed to have gates at the and of their outfall chan nels or not. They stated that the cuttings would commence near Barking on the north side, and near Woolwich on the south side. The top of the chan nel on the Woolwich side would be level with Trinity high-water mark, and the top of the north side cutting would be 6 inches above Trinity high water mark. It was said that these cuttings would extend to Sea Reach with a fall of 6 inches a mile ; but, strange to say, when they came within four miles of Sea Reacb, the fall was at the rate only of 1 foot 6 inches per mile. The consequence of this would be that from 10 to 13 feat of water would be constantly lying at the bottom of the sewer, and be washed up and down with the tide for a distance of 12 miles. These channels would, moreover, be tide-locked, for there were inverts 28 feet on one side of the river and 29i on the other side below Trinity high-water. As shown by their owsa diagrams and sections, the low-water mark was from 10 to 13 feet above the inverts. The consequence would be that the sewers would never empty themselves. But then these gentlemen proposed, in order to in crease the current, to take water in from the river ' at high water and from the reservoirs to be constructed at the upper end into their outfall channels. First, then, it was proposed by them to take water into the reservoirs and then to let the water in the reservoirs run intothe channels. But the report was silent altegeiler as to the depth of these reservoirs. The engineer of the Board had here detected a great fallacy on wh;ch these gentle men had founded their scheme. The whole ques tionrested upon this,—what were to be the size and depth of the reservoirs 1 At present the top of the outfall channel on one side was on a level with Trinity highwater mark, and on the other side six inches above that mark. Now, the spring tides at Woolwich were coincident with Trinity high-water mark. It was quite clear, therefore, that they could not take in any water at high-water mark —that was to say, at spring tides. The neap tides were sometimes lower than Trinity high water mark, and sometimes as much as five feet higher. When lower than high water mark the depth of the outfall sewer must be considerably reduced. But the whole fallacy of the plan was fancying that it was possible for them to get an al titude at Woolwich with a constant higher head of water than they had in the river here, from which they had to derive it. It was quite clear, in an engineering point of view, that if they had an al titude affording a high head of water they would always drive out every particle of sewage from the open channels. But, as they were dependent upon the Thames for obtaining that altitude, they could only only get it as the Thames could bring it to them, and the Thames could not bring them a constant head of high water under any circum stances whatever. Supposing the reservoirs were deep enough' to keep up an altitude of held water at spring tides, and supposing that they had no gates at the outfatls ' the tide would rise to the same height in the outfall sewers as it did in the Thames ; an I the sewage would flow just as freely in the Thames as in the outfall channels ; there would be no head water in favour of those cuttings. Bat, although he was himself convince I by these reasonings, yet he did not expect the board t.) adopt his conclu sions without inquiry. He cau'd not ask them to come to a resolution that the scheme propounded • by the Government referees was based on a fallacy. He could only ask them to call iu further profes sional aid, who would investiga'e the soh rine and "Pert whether the engine3rs who had propounded it were right or whether what he had been stating was correct. The plans of the beard had been re commended to them by their own engineer, for whose skill an t a i n h a e i ( V ir gm e ent he entertahied the highest respect, those plans 47eniael) having himself in vestigatediii.ttehad aniv, d at the con vict'on that Mr. Baz knowledge in details,- an rsessed. more practi calb tier acquaint, d with principles having reference to hparticular qv estion, than any other man new living. (e ire rs. ) He was delighted to hoar that a copy , the engineer of this board had been sent bypthaleltof fez ees t f the Government to all the dior ct nee; s for th r opinion as to its efficacy in r..f,retic; to their particular districts, and that out of the 40 gentlemen, all men of talent, who c mstituted that body, not one had objected to the broad principle o f th e pan. (fl , ar.) Seven of the number hat rot given any answer to the circular ; six had suggested certain alt rations in details for the convenience of their particular districts ; and 26 of those gentle -111311 had entirely acceped the plan, saying that, in their opinion, it was amply sufficient to carry out the great work of the hoard. He would ask them whether it was not the fact that their plan had come back to them with a degree of credit and of stability with which no plan of any former engi neer had ever b een h onoure d . U n d er these circum , stances he submitted that the only proper course for the board to take w as , s i nce their- plan had been re turned, together with a report,from the 3 engineers to whom its consideration had been referred by Sirß. Hall, to call in further professional skill ; and should the persons so called in concur with what he had now stated it would then be the duty of the Board to wait upon Sir B. Hall. and state to him , that they adhered to their own plan, and would leave it for him to decide whether be would support the recommendations of his own referees or the plan which the Beard then submitted to him. The hon. gentleman concluded by moving the following re- solution : " That the reports of this Board submitted to the Corn mi-sioners of her Majesty's Works and Public Build ings, also the; report of Messrs. Galton, Simpson, and Blackwell be referred to two eminent engin eers and the engineer of this Board, to report thereon at their early convenience." Major LYONS seconded the motion. He could scarcely do less, seeing that it was precisely to the same effect as the motion he himself proposed as long ago as February, 1856. The loss of all the time that had since elapsed was much to be re gretted ; but it was now inevitable, and the only course the Board had to pursue was that now pro posed by his hon. friend. It was impossible for the First Commissioner to accept a plan which three professional gentlemen to whom it had been re ferred found wanting. Neither Parliament nor the country would have been satisfied had the First Commissioner given his sanction to the plan of a single engineer. Having a very important work in hand which, when completed, would last for hund reds of years, he hoped the Board would, even at the expense of a little of their official dignity, ac cede to the motion, in order that no more valuable time might be lost. Mr. WRIGHT rose to lay a counter proposition before the Board. Agreeing as he did with many of the observations made by his friend Mr. Carp mael, still he thought the course he had pro posed was not the best that could be adopted. He apprehended that the first duty of the Boaad was to ascertain how far the two schemes differed. He believed that on examination it would be found that they differed in few particulars in which an engineer could help them. The most important dif ference arose as to the point to which the sewage should be carried down the river. The Government engineers required the Board to take it down to a , point which the Board had all along admitted was advisable, and to which point, it they had had money, they would have carried it. This was not a question to be referred to two eminent engineers. The next point of difference was the extension of area. The Government engineers recommended a larger area, but the Board had no power under the act to adopt the recommendation. It was true they might go to Parliament for an enlargement of their powers; but the public would look with great jea lousy if such step were taken by the Board. Having disposed of these two points, there were only three other points of difference to be consi dered. One of these was the carrying the drainage across from the Middlesex to the Surrey side of the Thames. His own private opinion had always been favourable to such a scheme, although he had not before declared it. But it might be a fairly con tested point with engineers whether it was wise and advisable t a make a drainage large enough to carry the sewage through the hear ef the city of London. Another point was the proposed increased dimen sions of the sewers. Hitherto the sewers had been considered by many engineers too large; by others they were thought to be the right size ; but now, for the first time, theywereheld by the Government engineers to be too small. The object of enlarging the sewers was to provide for an increase of rainfall; but that was not an engineering question. The only advantage to be gained by the enlargement of the sewers to include more storm waters was that it would prevent the overflow of the storm waters into the river on from 10 to 12 rainy days in the year more than by the plan of the Board. But this he repeated was entirely a business matter, and not one to be referred to an engineer. There was one other point of difference. The Government engi neers intercepted the metropolitan sewage by gra vitation fron4a larger area, and at a eonsiderably lower level. That was certainly an engineering question, but fortunately the plan by which this was proposed to be done was so impracticable that no question would be raised upon it ; for no man would tell him that it required an engineer to decide whether there should be open or covered sewers. He had thus noticed all the points of difference Let ween the Board and ilie Government engineers, and he believed that if they went about the matter like men of business they would have no occasion to refer anything to professional engineers. He thought it would be much better to have an inter viw with Sir B. Hall to ascertain whether the few points of diffetence might not be arranged and ad justed in an amicable spirit. The Board owed a duty to the public. Every district board was at the present moment actively at work putting fresh soil into the river Thames. The tidal power of the river was not larger, though the quantity of sewage was becoming larger every day. No doubt certain classes of disease were increasing. The cholera was travelling through Sweden, Denmark, and Hamburg, and nothing was so likely to engender diseases of that character as the particular miasma arising from sewage-water surging up the Thames, especially at this season of the year when the air was so moist. Every hour was of importance, and he therefore begged to move the following resolu tion, which, if carried, would require the appoint ment of a committee to carry the object of it into effect : "That this Board regrets that the First Commissioner of her Majesty's Works has rejected the Plan We with ont communicating to the Board the reason for its rejection. " Tilsit this Board, with the assistance of its engineer, considered the scheme proposed by the referees ap• pointed by the First Commissioner so far as the materials furnished have enabled them, and that, while entertain ing great respect for the eminent enginee,s consulted by the First Commissioner, it has arrived at the contusion that the scheme proposed by tam cannot be adopted by the Beard. "That this board while it regrets the further delay in ,carrying out the great sanitary work of the main drain aee, is gratified to find by the report of the referees that they have adopted the principles of the plan of this Board ai a basis for their scheme, notwithstanding the latitude of investigation given to them in their instructions by the First Commissioner, and that the differences upon this important question are now reduced to a few tengihle points, viz.:— " Recommendations which this Board hes no power to carry into effect. " Recommendations of works the expense of which it has been admitted by the First Commissioner that the Beard cannot wit justice be called upon to defray out of the metropolitan rates. " Differences of on engineering and sanitary character upon the following points : " Open sewers, with diminished falls. " The western sewage carried on the Surrey aide. " A large increase in tLe dimensions of sewers to pro vide mainly for an increased area and rainfall." Mr. TURNER seconded the amendment and thought it possessed a great advantage over the course proposed by Mr. Carpraael. The objections that existed against open sewers he deemed to be condemnatory of the whole plan of the Govern ment referees. The points of difference between the two plans were not very serious, but still they were such as he thou g ht might he made the nth. ject of conference with Sir B. Hall. The original resolution and the amendment having been read by the secretary. Mr. Deputy HARRISON pointed out the passage in the amendment in which it was stated that the Board, with the assistance of its engineer, had carefully considered the scheme proposed by the referees, and had come to the conclusion that it could be adopted. What sort of examination had the Board had with the assistance of the engineer ? To a question put to Mr. Bazalgette the other day as to whether he had examined the plan or not, his answer was that he was not able to do so, be cause he had not any information upon the subject. It was from a full conviction that it was the duty of the Board to examine the plan of the Govern ment engineers with the greatest possible care that he most readily supported the original resolution. The Act of Parliament distinctly said that the Board must initiate a plan. At present the Board had no plan to submit to the First Commissioner, and he very much feared, unless they immediat dy set about preparing one, the conclusion of the public mould be, that they ha-I not the capacity to prapar a plan at all. Mr. Hows had no apprehension that Sir B. Hall would think the Board had not the capacity of (healing with t'!is great question ; he was of opinion that the Board had already shown its capacity for t' •e task. Had Sir B. Hall possessed the advantage witch that Board enjoyed of having a legally ap pointed engineer, he did not think there would hive been any reference to three eminent engineers Mr. CeteeetN was opposed both to the resolution and the amendment, and cont , nded th •t it was the duty of the bo ird to institute an inquiiy as to the preeticabdity of converting 'narks abl e manure . the sewage into a Me. DENNI S supported the original motion. As 1 to 'Yen sew,rs, they would never be tolerated. He I believ e ' th at b efore the main draina4e o f th e me tropolis was fully carried out it w mid co et in round numbers n o t l ess t h an 10,000,000/. of money. theSoli e future two poe:inoddhitacvheestuwbeere Soli posing -hat would make u p t h e 10,000,0001. made covered they over, w o a tl u l ( d i Mr. H. L. TAYLOR thought it would be unbe coming the dignity of the board to adopt the pro position of Mr. Wright. Th ey h ad b een humiliated i enough by the right hon. gentleman at the head of tha Board of Works. Sir B. Hall was at present on the horns of a dilemma, and he wished to keep him there, because ho had been the grand instrument in deferring the main drainage of Loudon to an indefi nite period. Thera could be no doubt that althoirgh the board had been constituted through the instru mentality of that gentleman for the purpose of car rying out the main drainage scheme, yet the course he was pursuing had virtually for its object the taking it out of the hands of the board, it was a course not author ised by Parliament, not justified by a right and just discrimination, but was one dic tated by an overbearing will, and carried out by overbearing conduct, such as every right-minded man must condemn. He was a second Nana Sahib. (Laughter.) The question before the board was somewhat difficult to deal with. The best course they could pursue was to retrace their steps, and endeavour to do their duty in that way which Par liament had enjoined upon them, and which no other body had the privilege to do—namely, by initiating a plan, for at present they had no plan before thorn. Upon the whole, thinking it prefer able to have the opinion of three eminent engineers upon all the plans, he should votein favour of the original motion. Mr. WILKINSON supported the amendment. He did not approve the strong language which had been used in reference to die conduct of the First Commissioner, who, as it appeared to him, had simply done his duty Mr. DOULTON had failel to discover anything to induce him to assent to the course which Mr. Carpmael had suggested. If the reports were re ferred to three engineers, it was reasonable to expect that they would not make their report be fore eight or nine months had expired. The labours of Parliament would be then just about drawing to a close ; and if they found this great question ne glected the probability was that Parliament would not separate without first separating that Board. This was a time when they had an opportunity of merging small matters of difference in effecting a great principle. He accepted the amendment of Mr. Wright because it was the first step for bringing about a decision which it was most desirable to ar rive at. He was opposed to uhe motion of Mr. Carp mel because it would occasion great delay. Col. KENNEDY was anxious to support the amend ment for one very distinct reason—viz., that he be lieved they had received from their own engineer all the adviee that could be obtained upon the sub ject. Professional opinion was essentially critical ; if, therefore, they ware to consult three other pr feseional gentlemen, it would only be adding to their present difficulties. From much experience on boards he was of opinion that if any number of per sons ware made referees, the instruction to them should be to examine the subject matter together, but each to make a separate report. He never knew a collective report which containel the entire opi nions of any one of the parties making it. There were givings and takings by which the whole effi cacy of every individual opinion was destroyed. The Board had the ablest men to assist them, and they did not require any other assistance. He gave Sir B. Hall great credit for the course he had taken. If he had intended absolutely to reject your plan, what was his object in referring it to three engineers I It was a project of enormous magnitule, and it re quired to be scrutinised. Every engineer ought to work in conformity with the laws of nature as far as it was possible to go ; and he traced in Mr. Bezel gette's plan those principles, but he traced in the suggestions seat back by the referees the greatest hostility to the laws of nature. Mr. Waßnstipporteel the amendment, and thought it would be perfectly competent for the Board to come to an arrangement with the First Commissioner without any previous reference of the plans to other engineers. He denied that in so great a work as that with which the Board had to deal no unnecessary or undue delay had taken place iu their proceedings. Mr. D'IFFANGER rose to correct what he consi dered an error. It had been said by one or two gentlemen that the Board had no scheme before them. How could that with any accuracy he said when the plan which had been sent by Sir B. Hall to the Board was the very plan, with certain modi fications, which was prepared by Mr. Baz ilgette, their own engineer ? He thought it was the duty of the Board to have an interview with Sir B. Hall, to ascertain what modifications he would be willing to agree to in the plan prepared by the Govern ment engineers, and to consult with him generally as to the best means of carrying out tit's great work. That would not in any degree compromise the dignity of the Board, the primary duty of which it was to consult the best interest; of the public. After a few observations by Mr. CA,RMAEL in reply, the motion was put, when there were on a division 8 for, and 20 against it. The amendment was then put as an original motion, when there were on a division 18 for, and 9 against it. Mr. - Alderman Cuotrrr said the idea of open sewers was one that never could be tolerate‘l, pub lic feeling would revolt against it, and public opinion would emphatically pronounce against it, and he was satisfied that Parliament would never permit it to be done. He therefore begged to move,— " That this Board considers that the open sewers pro posed by the plan of the referees of the First Commie sioner are altogether inadmissible, and is of opinion that it wonld not be jastifkd in carrying out any scheme of which such open sewers formed a parr, but that the other points of difference appear to be fair subjects for discussion and arrangement." Mr. BRISTOW seconded the motion, which was agreed to unanimously. Mr. BRISTOW then moved " The appointment of a committee for the purpose of drawing up a written communication to be made to the First Commissioner, based upon the preceding resolu tions, preparatory to a conference with him on the .subject." Tue motion having been seconded, was strongly opposed by Mr. HAWKES, Mr. LESLIE , and Mr. H. L. TAYLOR ; but on the question being put the motion was carried without a division. The following gentlemen were named as the com mittee :—Mr. Bristow, Mr. Wrigtt, Mr. Alderman Cubitt, Mr. Doulton, Mr. Turner, Mr. Offor, Mr. Dennis, Colonel Kennedy, and Mr. D'lffanger. • The Board, after sitting 5 hours, adjourned. REFUSAL OF SHELTER TO THE HOME LESS POOR.-DISRRESUNG CASE. Yesterday afternoon Mr. Wakley, coroner for West Middlesex, held at the Elephant and Castle, King's-road, Camden-town, au inquiry touching the death of Elizabeth Hughes, aged, 47, who it was alleged had died from cholera. It was further stated that the poor creature, after " tramping" all the way from Birmingham, had been refused admission a few hours before her death for a night's shelter at Is lington Workhouse, notwithstanding the weather was exceedingly tempestuous at the time. The evidence of the deceased's husband, a miser able-looking being, went to prove that he and the deceased, after walking all the way from Birming ham, on the night before her death, as it was rain ing very fast at the time, applied for a night's lo 'g ing at the Islington Workhouse. They were re fused admission, and sent on to St. Pancras Work house, the Islington officials telling them that the latter place was only 10 minutes' walk, whereas it was more than an hour's walk. After waking through the drenching rain they arrived at St. Pan cras Workhouse at 8 o'clock p.m., and were admitted at 9 o'clock. They were then separated, and he be tr.l nothing more of his wife until he was informed of her death the next morning, she having died about 2 o'olock a.m. After his admission he had nothing given him to eat until breakfast time the next morn ing, when be was supplied w;th some " skilly," which was a kind of gruel given them for breaktas'. Mr. Coster, the workhouse surgeon, said that supper was invariably supplied to all tramps on al -1 mission. The witness reiterated his statement that he had nothing until breakfast time the next moraine'. Mr. C.)ster, upon this, observed that he 'Lust have been admittel after supper hour. The witness further said that it was put to him whether he would remain in the workhouse a month bre.akingstouesand picking oaku ca, or be discharged. He of course adopted the offer of remaining in the house, for he belonged to that parish. The corner considered, from the wretched man's debilitated and worn appearance, that he was n fitted for such work as st , ne breakAag. The workhouse task master replied that the wit ness had not been put to stone bre iking. It was not likely they would send such a wan to the stAre yard. The witness, in answer to the coroner, said it w is true he was not put to stone braking, but he hid been picking oakum. Mr. W. T. Costar, on being sworn, deposed that shortly after the deceased's adivis-ron on the night preceding her death, she was seized wi h violent vomiting, cramps, and all the appearance of cho lera. She was removed to the Infirmary, where everything was immediately resorted to save He, but she died shortly after 2 o'clock the next mo.n lug. Upon making a post naortem examination, lie iound extensive disease of the heart, liver, lungs, and other organs, which, with a severe attack of dial-Aiwa, had proved fatal, and the die-eased la id not died from cholera, as was at first suspected. The Coroner said it 'ryes satsfactory that they had arrived at the procise CAUS3 of death, but he took occasion to comment upon tie tre.i.tinent of the vagrant poor, wl.O it seemed wi re bandied shout from one workhouse to another without their 'ob taining proper relief. Mr. Coster explained that in St. Pancras there were reception wards for such cased, and the conse quence was that the adjoining parishes got rid of this particular class by sending them there, as they had no such accommodation fir the poor creatures themselves. The Coroner considered the system should be al tered, and it was then further stated that the co - operation of other parishes were being sought by TIIE STN, LONDON' THUR,SDAY PirE'NING- OTTOITER 15; 1857 the St. Pancras parochial authorities for that pur pose. file jury then returned a verdict in accordance wilh the medical testimony, and the inquiry ter minated. LAW INTELLIGENCE.—Oct. 14. COURT OF BANKRUPTCY. (Before the Senior Commissioner.) IN THE BANKRUPTCY OF WILLIAM TYLER.---THE SURREY GARDENS. The bankrupt was described as a dealer in foreign animals and birds, Penton-place ' Walwortb, Surrey, known as the Royal Surrey Gardens, and of Cringleford, Norfolk. This was the last exami nation meeting. The balance-sheet, commencing Dec. 1, 1855, and ending at the date of the peti tion, August, 1857, bas the following items : Surplus, Dec. 1855, 8191. ; creditors, unsecured, 1,89u1. ; ditto, holding , ; security, 2,3851. liability on unpaid calls on 438 Royal Sur re y G ar d en shares, 3,5001. ; salary as manager of Royal Surrey Gar dena, 9001. By good debts, 101/. ; doubtful, 340/. ; 463 Surrey Gardens shares, given up to official as signee (no value set down) ; property given up, 501. ; by Surrey Gardens shares held by creditors, 1,500/. ; trade charges, 1,2631. ; losses, 2,305/. ; expenses, 3651. Mr. Lucas supported. Mr. Reid (from the office of Mr. Blake, Serjeant's Inn) appeared fur the assignees, and consented to the bankrupt passing. T. _ _ _ _ Mr. - T. B. Fleming, representing shareholders in the Surrey Gardens, wished to examine the bankrupt. The bankrupt stated that he had purchased the Zoological Gardens from Mr. Cross in 1844, for 11,5001. The original agreement was for 14,0001. No estimate or calculation was made, but he con sidered the gardens worth that amount. Knows the profit which Mr. Cross had made. It was more than 1,0001. aye ir, perhaps 2,000/. The above anloant included the stock and premises. He could give no idea of the value of the stock—it was so fluctuating ; for, instance, a giraffe, for which he paid 3001., and was afterwards offered 6001. for, was sold at law: for 401. Mr. Coppock, solicitor, advanced him 10,2001. towardethe purchase money, taki ig ass_.curity the lease of the premises and au agre meat for a mortage. When he sold the gar deni to the Surrey Gardens Company heiowe M-. Coppock 11.0001. for money advanced and interest. Mr. Coppock was pia in shares of die company. The agreement for the sale of the Gardens waA made with the gentlemen who were afterwards directors of the company ; the com- R imy was not then formed. Tney agreed to give 14,0001. in shares of the company, which were considered worth 101. each. The live stock was 1., sold to mises and tile buildi ngs . Aft er th e coinpail was pre formed l ! l e c• nPanY, merely the lelse of the pre te had exe cu t e d w h a t h e b e li eve d t o b e au assignment to them. It was prepa,-ed. by Mr. Chappell, then solicitor to the company, and exe cuted at Mr. Coppoek's office. Mr. Coppock got 1,100 shares in his own name, and 300 in his (bank rcpt's) name; that made 14,0001. He had had nothing to do with the gardens since his bankruptcy. He was aware that the gardens were mortgaged. When he sold the gardens to the company he had no solicitor ; he thanked God he had never had oc casion for one in his like. (Laughter.) Mr. Lucas objected to this examination, as irre levant. Mr. Fleming said bis object was to ascertain whether the estate was really Tyler's at the present moment. There was some doubt about it, as they had not been able to get at any assignment, or any information about-a,ny assignment. Was the bank rupt quite satisfied that he had executed an as signment ? Bankrupt—l was told that it was one. A portion of it was read to me. The bankrupt then passed ; and the 17th Nov. was named for the tfl, 'oath meeting. WESTMINSTER COUNTY COURT. (Before Francis Bayley, Esq., Judge,) FONBLANQUE V. RIZTeICSTONE. —IMPORTANT TO THE LITERARY AND THEATRICAL PROFESSION. This was an action brought by the plaintiff, Mr. Albany Fon hlanque, jun., barrister-at-law, resid ing in Manchester, against Mr. Buckstone, the comedian, and lessee of the Theatre Royal Hay market, to recover the eurn of 261. ss. fur wrong fu.ly detaining a manuscript play entitled, " Hamp stead Heath." Mr. Buckstone was seated by the side of his sciicitor (Mr. H. T. R o b er t s ), w hil s t th e plaintiff conducted his own case. He said—ln December last I sent Mr. Buckstone a written farce, entitled "Hampstead Heath,"with hints and cuts upon the times, for his approval and acceptation. It was at the recommendation of a mutual friend that I sent the piece, it being considered to be peculiarly adapted for Mr. Beckstone's theatre ; and receiv ing no answer in a fortnight, I wrote a letter, but get no reply. I wrote four or five letters upon the subject, requesting Mr. Buckstone to give his de cieion, that I might know whether the piece was accepted or not. In answer to a question from the Court, Mr. Bucket )ne here said he had not the letters in question. It was not his practice to keep such com munications. He had destroyed them. Mr. Fonblanque—l wrote again, telling him I was much inconvenienced—that the thing was of an ephemeral nature— that it was spoiling, and would be of no value to me afterwards. I again wrote, with a cover directed to myself with stamps begging ray farce if he h a d no t h a d time afterwards apprised him that I to read him to it. return I should come to towni and see aft e r it, m y o bj ec t being to obtain it fhe would no t accep t it, and submit it to some other manager. Subsequently I came to London, and went to the Haymarket, but could not see Mr. Buckstone. Mr. Wyld, the trea surer, said Mr. Buckstone desired him to say that disappointed e'sarillt in having it should be left out for . me on the following day at in the week ; then wrote, in es.ti g at t i h n : time I was in town Stating that I had been de tltelai e i n i ct i eel e sel iol:d(iianungondlf exceedingly obtaining should d it, nowa ida tvho Lond on that unless recourse erss t se h i a tto t the oln at lh s l t ee a d g 2 e fis vt d he o 0 00 r ri . xm D . atuyi times called so many to oave adopt wore the wlasraest turned by Monday I should issue a plaint. Last Saturday the " farce" . was returned without a single word in apology for its lengthened detention. If Mr. Buckston - . had written to me and stated that two, but from the cavalier manner in which I wee given him a year or t i t re l a v was mislaid, , thoughtl would proper . the present pro ceedings, and, under the c i rcums t ances, I submit to recover a suffi c i en t I am entitled amount of com pensation for my loss of time. I have unsuccess fully tried to arrange the matter with Mr. Buck stone- The learned Judge—What expense do you claim ? Mr. Foublanque—M y railway jouiney to and fro. I was uot pot to any expense in London, be e Luse I stayed with a friend ; but the farce is of no value to me now, because its allusions were to the times. It would have been worth at least 25 guineas. In defence, Mr. Roberts stated that Mr. Buck s!one, in clueing before the public iu this case, did so upon principle. Metropolitan managers gener a!l v were inundated withthe productions of auth?rs, and . the present was one of those farces which,: among many others, were left at Mr. Buckstone s door without solicitation ; whereas, if he had asked f )r such a production, no doubt he would be liable for its return. If the court ruled that •managers of theatres were bound to re t urn manuscrip s left voluntarily, then a new course must be adopted by these gentlemen. M r . R o b er ts next submitted that there bad not been a sufficient legal demand by the plaintiff ; th e prec i se con tents of the plain tiff's letters had not been stated. Moreover, there had been no proof of damage sustained. At the conclusion of the arguments, Tee leaned Judea intimated that there were difliculties in the case, and he would therefore take time to consider his judgment, which ha would give on Wedn es d ay nex t . Judgment deferred accordingly. MI DLL ESEX SESSIO W.—Oct. 14. The Citart at to-day at Clerkenwell, to t tire bail ca =es in arrea - . Mr. BliQs, Q. C., the Attorney- General of th e Du thy of Lancaster, presided, under th-3 sancti on of th e S ecre tary of State for tun Home Dept tm-nt,for th o le A rned.Assistant-Judg.., though rec,vering from a severe and dangerous illness, is still in such a st a t e o f h ea lth it - 4 will preclude hi s iesutning his duties for some time. Dieduich R,ath gen , POLICE CASE. a carpet-bag manufactui er, Nva,t indicted f, r havity, assaulted Hugh Brady and George Quinley, two police-coustablue, in the exe cution of :heir duty. Mr. Langford appeared for the prosecution ; Mr. Sl&gh for t;‘ e d efendant. Brady, 185 fl , stated that on the morning of the oth July, h e was on duty in George-street, Spital tield,,, whe n a b out 3 in the morning he beard a noise A hleh proceded f rom t h e d e f en d ant an d o th ers, w h o wee , shouti ng and quarrelling. On his interfering, the defend ant was most conspicuous i n obstructing him in his effort to get them away, and struck him a blowOtt the head, which stunned him, and then ran into his h ouie and procure d a poker, th e ot h ers bating him while he fetched it. When Ito returned he struck him with the po:zer, and sail—" You damn ---, I shall do for y. in," and as lie continued to strike him with the poker, he at length drew his staff and use" it about defendant's Lead. Ano ther constable came to his assistance, and the de fendant then ran into the house. They pursued him, and eventually lodged him at the station. lie was then bleeding from the head. He could not say how many times he struck him on the head with hia truncheon. In cross-examination lra said he had only been on that Leat a few days, an-1 he had not, prior to the altercation, called any fmale a prostitute. Two females were with the defendant. He did not re collect the defendant saying that he would take his number, or that he (witness) said, upon hearing anything to that effect, that ho would ba first with him if that was what he meant. The other constable, George Quinley, 125 H, said he went to the ass stance of Brady on hearing the disturbance, when one of the women who were with the defendant said he (Brady) had thrown her cape over her head and insulted her. He saw the defendant hit the constable, who had, he said, called his wife a prostitute. In the scuffle ho received a knock on the nose with the poker, and he saw Brady follow defendant into his house. Blows took place, and when he came out the defendant and another person were bleeding from the head. He heard the defendant say he would take the officer's num ber, but at what part of tits affray be could not tell. Witness received a blow on the back of the hand which gave him groat pain. The witnesses were crom-exatnined by Mr. Sleigh, but they did not dev:ato from their statements in any material particu'ar. Mr. Sleigh, in his address to the jury, said he should prove that Brady had insulted defendant's wife, by pulling her cape over her head and calling her a prostitute in the public streets, as Mr. Rathgen and his friends were re turning from a party, which was corroborated by th© evidence of the second constable. It was a most infamous ease. Mr. Adams, house surgeon at the London Hos pital, said the defendant had been under treatment at that institution for wounds on the head, such as would be produced by blows. He was an in-patient twelve days, and was not dii•etiargel, bus left of his own accord to joiu his family. His life was in danger some time, and he was not cured when he lef-. • Emma Roberta—l live at 16, Little Sutton street, and am sister-in-law to the defendant. On the morning of the 9th of July I was with him arid some friends returning from a party, and I weiA home with them. There was a little girl 14 years o" age with us. We saw Brady, the policeman, on duty. We said nothing to hint. He laid hold of my sister's cape, and pulled it j over her head, and she asked him what h did th a for. He told her to go on, or he.would lock her up, as she was only oat for the purpose of prostitution. The defendant, attract Al by this, came up, and my sister said to Brady, " You ate here t o protect, and not to in sult respectable poopli." She told defendant that she had been insuited by Brady, and ho told her to come home, and he would report himthe next morn ing. ltathgen had not ri tru Llic Brady when Quinley came up. My sister told hint Brady had insulted her. We went indoors, and shut the g ate after us. A young man stood at the gate, and tried to pre vent the police entering, as they were attemptint , so to do, and 185 hit him on the heal. They said, ' "We will lock some of you up yet." They broke open the gate, and rushed iu. The defendant had his pocket-book in his hand, and said h 3 would take their numbers. They stracii him about the head as hti stood on the mat. The defendant had neither st . ck nor poker in his hand ; nothing but his pocket book. He cried "Murder," and they went away, but came back again, and they and the defendant went to the station. My brother-in-law has lived in the same house in King Arms-court for four years. The jury stopped the e Ise, and said that after such evidence for the defence it was useless to go on. Mr. Langford claimed and exercised his right of reply. The learned judge was about to sum up, when The jury said they were quite satisfied, and found the defendant " Not Guilty." Mr. Sleigh said a prosecution for perjury most certainly ought to follow this flagrant ease. Xan►e of Companies. POLICE INT ELLIGENTCE.—Oct. 14. M ANSION-HOUSE.LFR Aim. —0 ha 3. alias De Fleury, alias De Henry, who has- been frequutly remanded upon the charge of having ob t ►ined upwards of 1,0001. worth of goods from Mr. J. F. Syke., blanket manufacturer, of Alderman- bury, by false pretences, was brought before the Lord-Mayor for final examination. .The prisoner was again remanded. CLE RKEN W ELL. —ALLEGED FRAUDS AT THE ST. PANCRAS WORKHOUSE. —Chas. Henry French, late cook at the S►. Pancras Workhouse, residing at 64, College-street, Camden Town, who stands charged with stealing 841b3. of moist sugar, the property of the directors and vestry of the parish of St. Pancras, surrendered to his bail before Mr. Tyrwhitt for further examination on the above chtrge. Mr. Humphreys attended for the prosecution, and Mr. Lewis for the defence. The evidence taken on the former oeca , ion has already appeared iu this journal, and having beon real over, Mr. Tyrwhitt said it was a case for the jury, and he should commit the prisoner to Newgato for Two bail in the sum of 501. each, and the pri , goner himself in 1001.. were then acceptad. A CONGREGATIO?..7 CAUGHT.— A clergyman in this city, says the Bristol Times, noticing a few Sundays ago that the attendance was very thin when a collection was about to be made, intimated to his churchwardens just before the sermon that it was best to postpone it. It was acJorningYly deferred, but no day named. On the follow ing Sunday eyeuing the church was very full of fair weather attendants, who concluded that the " shilling storm bad blown over ;" but in spite of their shrewd ness they were " caught in a shower." A brief notice informed them that the collection would then be made. It was made and proved a very good one. 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Persons can be suited at the mos s r emote p art of the world 1 y send ine ores of the glasses out et their spectacles in a letter, and germ's e stating the dist .nee from the eye they can read small print with it, and those who have not made use of spectacles by stating their ago. - Deafness.—New Discovery.—The Organic Vibrator, an extraordinarily powerful, small, newly-invented instrument for deatne&s , entirel y different from all others, sur passing anything of the kind th at h a s been, or probably can, be produced. Being of the same colour as the skin, is not perceptible. It enables deaf persons to hear distinctly at churchaud at public assemblies ; the unpleasant sensation of singing noises in the cars is entirel,v removed, and it affords all the assistance that possibly could be desired.-34. Aliso. merle-street, Piccadilly.—Opposite the York Hotel, W. Ashtn &Oldb Birmingham Coventry.. • • Derby .. • • . • GirandJunctn Do., 6 or. Ct. Grand Union Kenn t Avn Leeds &Livrr Leicester ..•• Lelcstr &Nth Loughl,orogh Macclesfield. NoAth Oxford.. • • • • Dividend' per m Annum. Nr,mo of Company. Berlin .... •• ........ East London Do. 4 per Cent. Pref. Do. 5 per Cent. Pref. Graud Junction .... • • Do. New ...... Kent. ..... .......... Lambeth • • .... • • • • .. New River Company.. Southwark & Vauxhall West Middlesex D. Do, .. ... Name of Company. fiungerford Southwark Ditto New of V• 6 p.c. Waterloo ..... • • . Ditto Old Ann. of 81. Ditto Nw ditto of 71. Vauxhall Kama of Company ;OMlTterClai .• , • • • •• • • Do. Preference East and West India.. Grand Surry D. & Canal 1%0. Loan Notes Do. 5 per cent. Pref. London .•• • • ••••• • • • it. Katharine .• • • • • • • ~ :outharepton ........ Victoria • • •• •• •• Ditto New • • • • •• e• Price 4 104 PRICES Off 2.11 A .Proin, the Official List. PUBLISHED EVERY TUESDAY ANT) FT LONDON, TUESDAY, OCT. CANALS. 93 71. v. ell 40 4l 100 11/. 100 6/. 15s. 100 21. pr. et. 10 6/. pr. et. 100 7s. 6d 40 63. 100 251. 00 31. 83 11.55. 143 701. 100 21. 10s. 160 161. ,100 GAS-LIGH' Name of Company. British Irovincial •... Brighton •• •• •• •• • .. City of London ...... Equitable. • • • • • • • • • • • European ....... 3reat Centra1........ imperial •• ........ Ditto New Ditto Debentures.. Do. Continental I st Cap. Do. Do. 2d Cap. Do. Do. 3d Cap. Do. Do. 4th Cap. Independent.. London Parl. Preferen. Phosnix • •• .. •• •• •• •• Rateliff •• •• • •• •• •• Surrey Consumers .... United General .. •• •• Westminster Chartered Ditto, New .... •• •• Western A Ditto It Name of Company. Albion ...• • • •• •• • • • • 1111anza Bri:. and For. Ditto Marine Athenaeum .• • • • • • • .• Atlas .. Argue Life British Commercial • .. Church of England .. City of London ClericLaled.& Gen. Life County Crown .............. Eagle Equity and Law...... European Life... Family Endowment •• General.. • • • • • ....... Globe ...... Gresham Life . ....... Do. Do.. ....... Guardian .....• •• •• • Imperial Fire... •• • • • • Imperial Life Indemnity Marine.. Law Fire .• • •• Law Lite.. • •• • • Legal and General Life London London & Prov. Law• • Marine ..... • • • • & Gen. Life Minerva •• ••..• • .• Monarch • • •• •• •• • • • • New Equitable Pelican 9. •• •• •••• •• Phoenix Professional Life Provident Life.. • • .... Rock Life.... • Royal Exchange Sun Fire .. •••• Ditto Life United Kingdom Universal Life ... Victoria Life Name of Company. Names of Companies. Peak Forest. Regent's • • • • Rochdale.. • . Btfird &Wort Stoarbridga. Severn and 1 Wye Rail. Warwick & I B irraing. tWarwick & 1 Napton.. j Worcstr & 1 i firming. Milts & Brk.9 Amount of Share. s. d. 10 0 0 Stock. 25 0 0 25 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 61 0 0 5 1 8 Amount of Share. s. d. 25 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 60 0 0 40 0 0 70 10 3 Amount of Share. Z s. d. Stock. Stock. Stock. 100 0 0 100 0 0 25 0 0 Stock. Stock. 50 0 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 COMP. Amount of Share. X s. d. 20 0 0 20 0 0 150 0 0 50 0 0 23 0 0 10 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 Stock 50 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 40 0 0 25 0 0 60 0 0 20 0 0 10 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 10 0 0 10 0 0 :PANIES. Amount of Share. X s. d. 500 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 1 0 0 50 0 4 100 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 20 0 0 100 0 0 5 0 0 Stock. 20 0 0 100 0 0 SOO 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 50 0 0 00 0 0 50 0 0 20 0 0 5 0 0 10 0 0 6 5 0 [OO 0 0 5 0 0 Stock. 20 0 0 100 0 0 ANKS. Amount of - Share. NIX Price. Price 4 1041,4 Price. Price Price 10% 21 , 4 53 10% Pric , 95 17 42 161,‘ Price 'ATER-WORKS. Dividend per Annum. 51. per cnt. fil.per cnt. 41. percent. 51. per cent. 4 , „ por cat. 51. per cnt. A!. per cent. BRIDGE Dividend per Annum. 109 per cent.! 11. 12s: Cd. 11. Ss. Od. 28s. DOCKS. Dividend per Annum. 51. pr cent. 61. pr cent. 41. per cent. 9, 51. pr cent. 4% /. per cnt. 4 per cent. 51. Os per c. [T AND COK Dividend per Minum. 71. per cent. 51. per cent. 21. per cent. 21. 61. per cent. Si. per cent. Kg. per cent. 31. ss. 41. 15s. 41. 10s. 61. per cent. 5% per cnt 5/. 81. per cent. I t6s Od per sh, 7 per cent. B Pa' 2. IDAY EVE 3, 1857. Dividend per annum 57. Os. 17s. 281- 121. 108. 11. ICs. 10s. 7s. Od. Paid. £ a. d. 100 all Paid. A 8. d. Paid. A s. d. Stock. .00 "6 0 :oo 0 0 5 0 0 Stock. 50 - 0 0 20 0 0 14 0 0 PIES. Paid. Z a. d. all 160 0 0 all 12 10 G too 0 0 42 15 0 41 0 0 43 10 0 41 0 0 all 52 0 0 16 0 0 all 10 0 0 all 4 0 0 Paid. £ 8. d. 50 0 0 11 0 0 25 0 0 all 5 15 0 25 0 0 5 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 10 0 0 10 0 0 5 0 5 0 0 5 0 0 an 4 0 0 all 47 b 0 50 0 0 10 0 0 30 0 0 2 10 0 13 0 0 2 10 0 12 10 0 2 0 0 12 13 0 2 0 0 20 0 0 2 0 0 4 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 o 10 0 10 0 0 0 10 0 5 10 0 10 0 0 5 0 0 Paid. Z g. d. all 18 15 0 50 0 0 all 6 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 20 0 0 20 5) 0 50 0 0 10 0 0 20 0 0 35 0 0 10 0 0 5 0 0 22 10 0 rEANCE CO: Dividend . per Alllllllfl. Bank of Egypt Lank of London British North American Ch. Bk. Lid. Aust & Ch, City Colonial Commercial of London. Eng. Scot. & Aust. Ch. Loud. Char. Bk. of Aus. 71. per c. 71. 14s. 6d. '3l. p.c.& bs. 15s. Od. & be 4/. per cent. 71. 10s. 71. 10s, 51. 5 pr ct.& be. IL per share 11 18s. ss. Sl4 per cent. 11. 41. per cent. 6 per cent. 51. per cent. 51. per cent 121. per cent `l4s. 51. p. ct. &bs. 2s & 2s bons 21i. per sh. 4s. per share I/. 3s. 18s. & be. 4% per cent 51. per cent. 51. per cent. 6 1 4 per cent 5/ p. et. bl. per ceHt. 51. per colt. 1234 per c. 75. 8 p. c. & bs .1% p. c & bs 1/. 14s. 41. & bonus. 51. & bonus. 51. & tonus ►INT-STOCK Dividend . per Annum. Do. New .. • • .... London and County • • Lon & Eastn. Bnkg. C. London Joint-Stock .• • Londn and Westrninstr Nat. Provincial of Eng. Ditto, New.. •• •• Ditto ditto Natio•ir.i Bank •-• • • • New :Foal,' Wales .. • • Orientai Bank- Corpora. Ottoman Bank Frovinelal of Ireland New. • • .... lonian.... .• .. • ....... South Australia • • -• •• Union of Australia.... Union of Hamburg • • .. Union of London.... • Unir.y Mutual .... • • • • Western Bank o!Londn. 201. per cent. 5L per cent. 9 per cent. 4/. per cent. 51. per cent. 71. p. C. & bs. 41. per cent. 51. percent. X s. d. 40 0 0 25 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 20 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 50 0 0 100 • 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 50 0 0 20 0 0 25 0 0 20 0 0 100 0 0 10 0 0 25 0 0 25 0 0 25 0 0 Of tel. per cent. 6 7 ,. per cent. 28 per cent. L 8 per cent. 16 p c. & be il.per cent. 20'. per cent. 101. per cent. li 31. p. ct.&bs. 81. per cent. 51. per cent. lot. per cent. tit. per cent. 151. per cent.) 15 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 LIST OF SCOTTISH COMPANIES' PRICES. Dividend Amount Name of Company. - per of Paid. Price Annum. Share. -------- -- - .£ a. d. X a. d. Bank of Scotland ...• 71. per cent. 100 C 0 100 0 0 193/0 , British Linen Company 81. per cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 2181 s Caledonian Bank ..... 81. per cent. 10 0 0 210 031 17, City of Glasgow Bank 51. per cent. 10 0 0 10 0 0 131171 Clydesdale Bank .... 5%1. p cent. 20 0 0 10 0 0 13' 0 C .mmercial Bank .. 71. per cent. 500 0 0 100 0 0 241,1( Eastern Bank.. •• - - 61. par cent. 25 0 0 10 0 0 14/ 2- Ediub. & Glasgow.... 3%1. p cent. 5 0 5.0 0 41 10 National Bank ...... 6% per cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 194 0, Northof Scotland Bank bLper cent 20 0 0 2 10. 05/ 10, Royal Bank of Scotl. .. .51. per cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 1351 s Union Bank of Scot. •• 81. per cent. 100 0 0 50 0 0 104110 Western Bank ••- - •• 7/. per cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 68/10, Alliance Fire and Lice.. 8%1.pr cent. 100 Q 0 11 0 0 17/12, British Guarantee ... 41. per cent. 10 0 0 2 0 0 1/ lls Caledonian Fire Incur. 10i.per cent. 100 0 0 10 0 0 24110 s City of Glasgow Lite.. 6/. per cent. 25 0 0 2 0 0 4/ 2, Co'onial Life ......... 51. per cent. 50 0 0 3 0 0 61 12s Edinburgh Life Incur. 61. percent. 100 0 0 15 0 0 281 7s Eng. & Scot. Law Life 61. per cent. 50 0 0 J a 0 41 Cs Life Assoc. of Scotland 61.p0r cent. 40 0 0 3 0 061 ls Nationat Fire and Life 61. per cent. 10 0 0 1 4 021 Cs North British Insur... 71. per cent. 200 0 0 20 0 0 36/12 , Northern Assurance Co. 20 0 0 1 0 0 11 14s Scottish Provincial .... - 50 0 0 2 0 021 19, Scottish Union Insrnc. 7%1. pr cant. 20 0 0 1 0 0 11 16- Standard Life MISCELLANEOUS. ....---.. Dividend ' Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Price Annum. Share. -- --- - £ a. d. X a. d. Acadian Charcoal Iron • • 10 0 0 2 0 0 - African Steam Ship . • .. :20 0 0 10 0 0 - Aasam 'lea •• .. • • .... 6'. rer cent. 50 0 0 20 0 0 - Auctien Mart.• -•• •• Di/per cent 50 0 0 - - Australian Aolcultuta - 25 0 0 19 0 0 21 Australian Trust •• .. Si. pr cont. 100 0 0 25 0 0 - .kustra:dan Royal Mall - 10 0 0 all - Anglo-Mexican Mint.. 11. 10s. 10 0 0 all - British American Land 5/. per cent 50 0 0 40 0 0 - Canada ... - .... •• .. 61. per cent 100 0 0 32 10 0 - Do. 5 per cent Ponds 51. pet cent Stock 100 0 0 - Ditto, 6 per cent bds 51. per cent. Stock 100 0 0 - Ditty, 6 per cent. - 61. per cent. Stock 100 0 0 Ditto, 6p c. bds 1874 Cl, per cent. Sto ck 100 0 0 - - Ditto, 6p c. bds 1876 6 /. per cent. Stock 100 0 0 - all C r ystal Palace Ditto Preference 7l pr. cent. 5 • 0 0 5 0 0 4 11 / 4 Crys. Palace of France - 4 0 0 all - City Navigation Bonds 34/. per cent - - - va e ctric Telegraph - Eng.& &us. Cop. Smelt. - 5 0 0 all - En,..T.&lris. Slag. T. Co. - 50 0 0 all - Equitable lteversionry Si per cent. 100 0 o no 0 0 - ')itte New - 50 0 0 22 10 0 - Gen. Re' er;. & Invest. 51. p c and 11 100 0 0 00 n 0 - Gen. I. Sc. Col. (Lim.) - 25 0 0 all - ticn.SteatnNavigation 10/. per ct. &15 0 0 14 0 0 - London Gen. Omnibus 12/. per cent 40 0 all 31; iludso.i's Bay St oc k - , •• •• •• •• 5 /. per cent. Stock Hunger fora ......... 2!„ ss. (00 0 0 all - lon. Ne. &N a . hl auso . - 10 0 0 a ll 4 London Reversionary 5/, per cent. 15 Mex. &S. Ame r i ca n - 10 0 0 all - Nat. Discount Comp - 25 0 0 5 0 0 - 100 0 0 -7 N.S.W. 00v.5p.c. Deb. Si. per cent. - Nor. Bri. Australasian 6d. 10 0 all i... North of Europe, Stm. 6/. per cent. 20 0 0 17 10 0 - Price'sPatentCaad. Co - 21 0 0 all - Peel Itiver.Land&Min. - 50 0 all - ) Pen. & Oriental Steam 71. per cent. 50 0 o all 73 50 0 0 10 0 0 16 Ditto New •• .•• • • • - R evers ionary Int. Soc. 4 % 1 . pr cent 100 0 0 all - Ditto New •• - - Royal Mail Steam al, p. share. 100 0 0I if 0 0 - S co ttish Ace. Invest. 151 . pe r cent. 10 0 all 59 South Australian Land 71. per cent. 25 0 0 all - Trust and Loan Comp. 7%.,. pr cent. 20 0 0 5 0 0 - Van Diemen's Land .• 10s. 100 0 0 28 10 0 - Gov. 6 per cent. kinds 6 per cent. 7._'_ - • - - 15 0 0 25 0 0 2 10 0 3 0 0 10 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 TUE CHRISTIAN DUTY OF EIELPING THE RECRUITING SERGEANT. The following passage is taken from the sermon prea( lied by the I. ev. Mr. Robertson, of New Groyfriats, Edinburgh, on the day of humiliation —" I have no apprehension of gibe or sneer when I declare my beFef that every man who, in his own person or by his influence with another, adds a single true-hearted recruit to the battalions of his !ountry performs a good deed in the sight of God And man. On our army, humanly speaking, de pends the future of India, and every brave man who joins that army is a benefactor not only to Britain, but to India too. This is no time Jr.. cold calculation, as if it were about the value of a t,tle of merchandise, whether Britain has in time past shown as much gratitude as she ought to have done to her brave defenders, when the day of anger was past. This is no time for chaffering nd bargaining for pay, pension, or bounty. We ve not speaking of mercenaries selling themselves r hire in a cause which is nothing to them, but of British men combating for Britain's honour, to maintain her high place among the nations, to se cure to her the van in the march of civilising and evangelising the world, and to protect her distant empire from the unspeakable evils which threaten ier, from years of anarchy and massacre, from cen turies, it may be, of the vilest PaganiAn. Nor let t be forgotten that thousands of our countrymen, .vith their wives and daughters, are still exposed to the same terrible fate, and look to us for pro ,ection ; that our brave Highlanders, with their (qually gallant companions in arms and noble leader, though they have already performed deeds ,f heroism of which Scotland shall be proud as tong as she has a place among nations, notwith tiding their marvellous valour and unequalled vic tor ies, arc still hemmed in by unnumbered hordes of savages thirsting for vengeance, and that the confi .lence which nerves their hearts with such indornit- Ole daring, and cheers them in the battle-fi e ld, ,vhere each one encounters a hundred foes, is the confidence that they are not forgotten at home— that there are thousands of brave hearts here burn ing to rush to the rescue, thousands of souls stirred to the very depths with the longing desire to share in their dangers, their toils, their glories, and their triumphs. And let not the fond Christian oother tremble in sending forth the child of many prayers on such a mission, lest his soul should there be placed in circumstances of greater peril than at home, owing to the godless companions he may there mingle with, and the godless examples to the influence of which he may )zie subjected. The ,:ost of duty, be assured, is always the place of spi ritual safety. And there are dangers to the soul in our ball-rooms and theatres, in our haunts of lissipation and our temples of debauchery, in our streets and lanes and closes, as deadly, to say the least, as are to be fuund in the barracks and in the camp ; nay, the experience of late years has often proved the latter to be the safer of the two. Ay, NO know that those godly instructions and holy lessons which the young heart little heeded in the peace and quietude of domestic life, have sometimes been brought home with marvellous power by the Spirit's grace in the turmoil of the march, the re pose of the bivouac, or the roarof the battle. Many a light and thoughtless heart has there been ravingly imiwessed and solemnised, and many a one con strained to think who never thought before. I speak not to others of a duty with which I would not myself cheerfully comply. Had las many sons as Priam I should not shrink from seeing them in arms for a cause which from my heart I be lieve to be the cause not of Britain and India alone but of the world, of civilisation, of religion, and of God." Country Markets. EDINBURGH BAY AND STRAW MARKET OCT. 13. Supplies of all kinds these last six days large. Oat straw, from 8s 6d to 108 Od per kemple of 16 stones ron ; wheat do., 7s Od to 9s Od ; barley do., 6s 01 to 8a Od. Hay from 10d to 12d. EDINBURGH MEAL -00T. 13. There were in the market today 12 sacks oatmeal, each weighing 2801 b imperial, which sold at 43s Od and N, DALKEITH MEAL 1 There were in the market to oarleymeal, and 0 pot barley. lARBET—OcT. 12. -day 13 bags of oatmeal, 0 of Sake dull. )atmeal, per sack of 2801bs First. Second, f Third. 403 Od — 8 Od 39, Od Bar lca le P ym eri :s l l, per ditto eeaseineal, per ditto 8 Od Flour, new, per ditto --8 Od --a Od Od Pot-barley, new, per ditto --a Od s Od —g (d D, . 13. We had a slow mar U ket ßLlN at our corn exchange today, and lower prices were submitted to for all kinds of new • ;rain. Wheat Cd, oats 3d to 6d, and barley 6d to is lower than on Friday. Foreign wheat unchanged. Indian corn in retail at Is decline. White wheat, 31s Od to 33s Od ; red ditto, 29s Od to 31i )d. ditto new, 308 Gd ; barley, malting, 17s 6d to 225; grind tog, —s to —8 ; oats, old, 15s Oct to 18s; ditto, new, 12s ,itt to 14s 6d ; oatmeal, 15s Od to 17s; bere, new, 15s to 16e 11; rapeseed, 28s Od to 30s Oct per brl; bakers flour, Iso • 3d to 243 Od per cwt; Indian corn, 35s Od to 28i Od per iba. GT.-00T. 14. the closo of the market Wallsend~ duo, . a South Hartlepool 20 0 Goforth IS 9 Rraddyll 2O 6 liunwick l6 9 Hough Hall Lambton 20 9 Haswell 21 0 -leaham 2O 0 Eden _.20 6 Lawson lB 0 Brown's Moor Haigh Main 16 0 ;, 42; sold, 39. - COAL MAR: Prices of Coals por ton al s. d. Bates's West Hartley l6 0 Bebside's Hartley l7 9 Hastings Hartley 17 9 Howard's West Hartley Netherton 17 9 Walker Primrose 14 9 Canfield Moor Butes 14 9 West Hartley Grey's 17 3 worth Percy Hartley l6 Wylam Wantland, &c. Northumberland lB 01 Ships at market, LOCAL SHARE MARKBTI. LIVERPOOL, Oct. 14. STOCK EXCHANGE.--The market is very flat, and prices, , lthough higher, are merely nominal. Blackburn, 74- - Caledonian, 404- Lancashir a an d Y or k s hi re, 924 London an d North-Westerns, 95 4 s —Midland, 80 7 51 z Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire, 65 - -North Union A, 219--Dutch Rhenish, 4.18.9.—50uth Eastern, 181. 130. fd. i—Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln, 37i Western of Canada, 18i—Ditto ' new, 2 d.—North Bri: ;Ash, 11!—East ern Counties, 10.11.3.--Great Western, 624 --Grand Trunk of Canada, 9i. MANCHESTER, OCT. 14. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The market was rather firmer to' day, with a fair business doing. Eastern Counties, 10i ; next account, 10 11-16- Sheffields, 376 n a--Dovers, 18k, 185' T 1 a—Grand Trunks, 101—Caldoniana, 40 n Leeds, 92i—Leeds, New, d.—Midland, ; go,k n East Lancashire, 89i ; 90 n a. HAWKING.—The Edinburgh, Courant says :—Prinaf Dhuleep Singh, in Scotland, has commenced to hawk ; Lod, with the assistance of some magnificent falcon/it :or.siderable success has followed his inroad upon the singed game of that country. INDIA—NORTH-WESTERN PROVINCES. —With THE Disph.TCH i?f Sunday next, Oct. 18th, will be presented GRATIS, a beauty' fully Celcured Map of the North-Western Provinces of Wisp containing DELHI, OUDE, LucitNow, dic.—To prevent the pos` sibility of disappointment upon the enormous sale .of the DISPATCH, those persons desirous of possessing the Dispara l COLOURED ATLAS are informed that should the newspaper b°. out of print with which any particular map has been presented. such map may always be obtained with the paper for tl3O current or any future week. Either of the DISPATCH ATIO I .I MAPS will be forwarded gratis, with the paper at the usli*! price -sd. per copy unstamped, or 6d. stamped. TD° Friday Evening Edition may be received in the most distan t parts of the kingdom on Saturday morning —Orders re' ceived by all News 2:gents, and at the office, 139, Fleet , ' street. News Agents throughout the kingdom are re' quested to forward their names and addresses, when spedi' mons of the Splendid Double Map (Coloured) of Asia will 11 forwarded. Portfolios are now ready, pri ce 3s. W., 4s. an d upwards. BIRTHS. OF A SON. On tho 14th inst. at Victori a - roa d, Cl ap h am - comn iono the wifo of Peter E. Probst, Esq. On the 14th inst., the wife of Charles T. Ashmore. OF A DAVI:MIR. On the Ith inst., at Brighton, the wife of the Rev. 0 ' L. Nitta, of Hersham. On tho 12th inst., at Ilfracombe, North Devon, th e wife of Commander 3. S. Draper, retired. MARRIED. On the 13th inst., at St. John's, Notting-hill, Edward Binds Shackle, Esq , of Bolwell Lmige, to Emily, third (l a u g hter of Henry Isaac Nei ld, Esq. , of Kensingt on-park' gardens. On the t3th inst., at St. Gabriel' ,s Pimlico, Lientenan S Sackville Thompson, R.N., 8.L.H., to Mary Ann, the daoghter of Captain Claxton, R.N., of the Priory, torsos. DIED.' On the 13th inst. ' at All Soul s ' C o ll ege , O x f or d, 0 1 Rev. Thomas IfenryAshburst, D.0.L., Senior Fellow 0 that Society, third son of the late Sir Wm . H. Aslibuitn , of Waterstock, Oxfordshire, aged 73. On the 14th inst., at Mill-street, Bermondsey-wall, Pi t ' Joseph Crisp, jun. On the 12th just , at Fra.nebe House, Kidderminste r ' Ill,nry Minton, Esq., aged 35. On the 10th inst., Mr. Filer, of Winchester, aged 41. On the 9th inst., Mrs. Laura Patch, of Whimple, Dela' aged 69. On the 7th inst , at Brotheiton, Torquay, Devonshire' the Rev. Wm. Nicholson, M.A., formerly rector of Cor r combs, Dorsetshire. 0 ° Killed, at A rra b , J u l y 30 , Ed w i n St even S a l e, E no ' in her Majestv's 37th Regt., youngest son of John S. Sal e Esq., of Rugby. 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