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LA W IN TELLIGENCE.—Dec. 23. COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH. (Sittings at Guildhall, before Lord Campbell and a Special Jury.) THE QUEEN V. ROBINSON-PERJURY. At the sitting of the court this morning, ' Mr. Sergeant Byles replied on the part of tile plantff. Lord Campbell then summed up the evidence. It was a case that must create the greatest anxiety to all who were connected with it, and anxiety al most as great to the judge and jury as to the parties interested. They had to decide a variety of ques tions, upon conflicting testimony, which could in no ee reconciled ; and they were to say whether there was perjury on one side or the other. The defendant was indicted for that he committed wil ful and corrupt perjury when examined as a witness in the ecclesiastical court in a divorce suit brought by Mr. Evans against his wife. There were various assignments of perjury separate and independent, which would require their special attention, and he would ask their opinion severally on the main ques tions on which their verdict would ultimately de pend. Those questions, which he had reduced to writing, were these :—First, did an illicit inter course take place between the defendant and bliss Carrington, in a fly, on the road to Charlton, in February, 1849 ; second, did the defendant speak in the club at Cheltenham, in 185 J, the words which were imputed to him respecting the marriage of Mr. Evans with Miss Carrington ; third, had the defendant a latchkey while Mrs. Evans was lodging in the Edgware-road, in July, 1853 ; fourth, did the illicit intercourse take place between the de fendant and Mrs. Evans, as stated by Mann, in August, 1853 ; fifth, did illicit intercourse take place between the defendant and Mrs. Evans, on the 4th and sth of July, 1854, while she was lodging in Bryanston-street. Lastly, did the defen dant attempt to tamper with Mrs. King, as a witness, in August, 1854, before the first trial, as stated by her ? It would be for the jury to answer those questions of fact. Hap pily, by the constitution of this country, ques tions such as those, where there was conflicting testimony, were to be decided by a jury—the best tribunal for such a purpose that ever was invented by the wit of man ; and he entreated them, in answering those questions, to be entirely guided by their own opinions, formed upon the evidence on both sides, btaring in mind the able disci - vision it had undergone, and the powerful speeches they had heard by the gentlemen who had addressed them. It was not his habit to read over the whole of the evidence in cases tried before him, because, gene rally speaking, that had a tendency rather to per plex than assist the jury ; but in a case of this sort it was his bounden duty to , read over the whole evidence, and to draw their attention to it, and, so far as he could, to assist them by any observations he might make on its bearing and effect ; and he implored them not to be influenced by any one of those observation-; unless they entirely concurred in it. leis lordship, in proceeding to deal with the first question, said he should have to read, in the first iiietence, the evidence which went to prove undue familiarities between the defendant and Miss Carrington before her marriage with Mr. Evans. The learned counsel for the defendant, in the dis charge of his duty, objected to the reception of that evidence. He (Lord Campbell) felt it his duty, wi. hout hesitation, to admit it ; and on reflection he was clearly convinced that he was right, because the defendant bad sworn in his depositions its the .ccelesia-tical court that he never on any occasion, tither before or after marriage, took indecent liber ties with Mrs. Evans, and never comrnittedadulte r y with her. If he had not so sworn he should have still had no hesitation in admitting evidence of what took place before marriage, because it was most important for the purpose of explaining what took place afterwards, and showing the probabilities o f conflicting testimony, that they should see on what footing Miss Carrington and the defendant were prior to the marriage, and what had been the inter course between them. His lordship then read over the whole evidence in detail. There could be no blame imputed to Mr. Evans for suspecting that that there was an improper intimacy between his wife end Mr. Robinson, because it appeared on the case for the defendant that though there might not have been illicit intercourse, yet that he, a married man, s .parated from his wif e , up an in timacy wltli her, which was unbecoming and improper. There fore Mr. Evans was perfec' ly justified in employing all proper means to discover whether' any illicit in tercourse had really taken place between the parties. The evidence of Mrs. King was open to great sus picion, but they were to say whether, corroborated as it was by Mrs. Groxitt and Mrs. Price, they could disbelieve it. [a regard to the occurrences at Bryanstone-street a ra-et important witness for the defence would have been Ellen Davis, Mrs. Evans a maid, who must have-known all Mr. Robit.- sou's movements, but she had not been called, and no excuse had been offered f'r her absence. The learned judge dismissed the evidence for the prose cution, by saying, if they believed it, adultery had clearly been esteelished, but they would consider the great improbability of some of the allegations. On the part of the defence, Mrs. Evans herself was called, and if she was to be believed the case for the prosecution fell t) the ground. Both she and Mr. Robinson, of course, knew the truth. There seemed to be a notion that any act of this sort might be denied by the parties who committed it. He hoped uo such opinion was generally entertained. The denial of the act was only an aggravation of the sin committed, by adding perjury to unchastity. But they would say whether Airs. Evans was to be believed or not. He wished to cast no reflection on the memory of Mr. Carrington ; but he thought it much to be la mented that he hid so incautieusly allowed his daughter to remain in the company of the defendant. Mrs. Evans categorically denied all the charges which had been made against her. He owned lie would lave had a better opinion of her evidence if she had admitted the familiarities which took place at Miss Maxwell's and at her father's house, and were not venial or grossly improper. They were deposed to by Mrs. Griffiths and by Crash, the foot man, who seemed to have no inducement to tell an untruth ; and,if the jury believed them, Mrs. Evans ba 1 stated an untruth with regard to matters about which no reasonable doubt could be entertained ; and if she was determined to deny everything which cast the slightest imputation upon her cha racter, that circumstance shook her testimony in a considerable degree when she cune to speak of more serious matters. His lordship then went carefully over the evidence for the defence which went to prove an alibi in regard to the 4th and sth of July, 1854, when it was supposed the defendant committed acts of adultery. If there was merely conflicting evidence, it was for the jury to say on which side the truth lay ; but it might be that the balance was so nice that they could not safely form a conclusion, and if ally reasonable doubt existed in their mind the accused party was entitled to the benefit of that doubt; but at the same time if there was no reason to doubt, the jury would do their duty, and the law would be enforced. His lord ship then handed to the jury a paper containing the questions in writing. The jury expressed a desire to have the letter which Mr. Evans wrote to his wife at the time of the separation. Lora Campbell said he ba, , l not taken any notice of that letter, as the terms on which they parted did not Bonn to him material in regard to what followed afterwards between the defendant and Mrs. Evans ; but they were quite right in asking for that or any other document which they might themselves consider material. - The jury then retired at twenty-five minutes past three. Shortly afterwards the foreman returned and asked Lord Campbell whether he had written the questions simply fur their guidance as to the material points, cr whether he wished them to answer each question I Lord Campbell thought it would be more satis factory and proper to give an answer to each of he sir. The Foreman—Absolutely. Lord Campbell—l think the case cannot be pro p rly disposed of unless you do so. The Foreman then retired. BRITISH BANK PRosEeCTIOIT. • During the absence of the jury, Campbell intimated to the bar tl.at in the e v."" o r th , 3 prosecuti on aga i nst t h e d i rectors o f t h e Royal Brit' on the firs:a/ Bank, he had fixed the trial t a be g in. Mr' jz said fthe sittings a fte r H i l ar y T erm . that would be very convenient. lc 'tws vttou LUCKNOW. xj r . E. Janic e then hand e d up to his lordship a t e l e aram which he observed i m p o rtance and intereA. wae of considerable having read the docum en t Lord Campbell , public intorralttion ' he ' w Id it gave important request the associate to read it for the benefit o r the persons present. Mr. Campbell, the associate, then read, i n an , emphatic manner, the telegram announciwr th e relief of Lucknow by Sir Colin Campbell. It was receivdd with two loud bursts of applause by the spectators, the court at the time h _tin densely crowded in anticipation of the verdict in the pi e ceding case being returned every minute. Lord Campbell said be found no fault with that ebullition of joy at the happy news which had :thus been received, but he trusted that now all perso ns would condu c t themselves with the propriety which a court of justice required. Silence was then immediately observed. Lord Campbell remained on the bench a consider able time waiting for return of tbojury, and then retired into his p r i va t e room . At a quarter to six he came into court, and said he had a message agreement of the let of April, 1851, by which Si-Sir Richard Broun and Mr. Sprye were Entitled to re ceive c .nsiderable advantages from the Loudon Necropolis Company—the plaintiffs in thelsuit de riving their titles thus :—Sprye mortgaged his interest in a sum of money secured by the agree ment to Thompson, who became bankrupt after having assigned the mortgage to one Browne, since deceased, and of whom the plaintiffs were execu tors. The sub-mortgagees, therefore, were seeking specific 'performance of the agreement, which secured certain benefits to the mortgagor, for the purpose of getting their mortgage satisfied. He had not recollected any suit of this description, but still it would have been painful to dispose of the case upon a mere defect of form, while a substan tial point remained to be determined. He was satis fied, however, from the very able reply of Mr. Cairns, that, though no direct precedent might be found for such a bill, still, looking at the ca. e of " Bellamy v. Sabine" (2 Phillips', 425), where pro perty was to be found in the hands of persons whose title was mder a purchase, any person an assignee of the vendor, might assert the vendor's rights under the agreement to purchase, and thus obtain the benefit of his charge throng': the medium of specific performance. In a case so circumst:uiced the parties in possession having got the very thing contracted for, and obtained the benefit of the con tract, effective justice might be done by the Court. Ho had in the course of the argument taken the precaution of obtaining. from Sir Richar , l Broun and Sprye an undertaking to be found by the de cree to be made id this suit, and thus he considered himself in a position to adjudicate upon the merits. Then it was to be considered how far the company were bound by the agreement of April, 1851, so that Sir Richard Broun and Sprye could obtain the full benefit of their lien arising underthat argument independently of the act of 1852, incorporating the company ; further, how far the difficulties as to the agreement had beenremoved or not by the act. Upon the demurrer by. the company to the bill filei by Sir Richard Broun to enforce this agreement the diffi culties were many and serious, but he then thought that the saving clause is the act of 1852 removed the difficulties (upon the case as made by the bill(, and that Sir R. Broun might be entitled to relief at the hearing. He had according overruled the de murrer. What, then, were the specific infirmities attaching to the agreement, indePenden ly of the act of 1852 ? He entirely rejected, the Attorney- General's theory, that all the parties to the agree ment must be regaided as combiningin one great con spiracy for the purpose of defrauding those who were afterwards to become shareholders iu the company, and that the apparent discrepancy and conflict of in terests between tb contracting parties was for the purpose of beguiling the world into the belief that they were filling the relative positions of vendor and purchaser. He did not think that this was the case. In 1849 the idea, which was certainly a very happy one, suggested itself to Sir H. Broun and Mr. Sprye of forming a general cemetery at a con venient distance from the metropolis, this being at a time when the question of intramural interment was much discussed. He could not think that the motion was of small importance, or other than one of great value and ingenuity. A correspondence was entered into with Lord Onslow, the owner of the Woking property, by which Broun and Sprye purported to treat with him for the purchase of the land fur a company hereafter to be formed, no com pany being either formed or registered at that period. Certain t‘rms were proposed, including the her editary presit envy of the company to the Eerldoin of Onslow, and the erection of a chapel I for his family, dec. The correspondence, however, merely amounted to an expression of Lord Onslow's readines, as soon as a company should be formed, to enter into au agreement for a sale of the land. Contract binding upon him there was none, there being no one with whom he could then contract. Broun and Sprye, however, might be said to have secured the "got d-will" of this sort of treaty with Lord ()aglow. On the sth of February . , 1850, the company was provisionally rogistered. His Honour then detailed at great length the proceedings inter vening betweeii that period and December, 1850. At that time an agreement between the four pro visional trustees and Broun and Sprye, fur the pur chase of their interest in the contract or nog ,tia tion with Lord Onslow, in their negotiations with the Sonth-Western Railway, and with the com moners of the manor of Woking, and generally in the preject, was in course of airang,ement. Lord Ouslow, by his solicitor, moat cle irly and unequivocally at this pet iod repudiated everything connected with the fernier nego tiations with Broun and Sprye, a n d declin ed, in peremPtory terms, to enter into any cuntrect with them, It appeared clear that the four provisional trustees concluded their contract with Brouu and Sprye after full notice 1 hat Lor 1 Onslo cr had repudiated all negotiations with them, and if they had been acting merely ds individuals, and not on behalf of a company, he should have no hesita tion iu enforcine the compact entered into in Dee -1850, against t t liern. It, was important to the posi tion of Sprye that he knew they wore acting as directors of the company and as trustees of the money to he raised from the Intro shareholders. He ought to have been very . guarded in alt his dealings with them, treatieg as be wets for the par ment to himeelrof trust moneys. On D:c. 13 the proposed agreement, with the reCitels only, was read, to which the boe.d at ached their stgnature s iu token of adhesion. Those recitals were very pe-- culiar. (His Honour referred at gre tt length to these recitals, which distinctly represented that Broun and Sprye had entered into a contract with Leul Ons!ow for the purchase of his land, and- that they would w e ani w,ll a n d eft.ietually pe. feet this contract at their ow e e ee t - - c 1 1 irges. ) In the agreement of Dec. 18, which con t a i ne d these recitals, was an a t me ey nt w w e i u th i 1 L " ( Pres% and explicit covenant by Broun and Sprye that ee h at their own•exp en Q e p er f ec t t h e i r gr alteratio n ulP nY This agreement was t o Lord Onslo w . b y w hi c h th e l an d bewosuuldbjpecuts to the sprye's solicitor. k place The alteration technical t grounds by and a a ion however, which subsequently coula p n p o ea t re b d 3 'destel'r,ei agrebed e ment it went to the very root of the .s Itowever---on Dec. 17 the four ment of April 1, 1851, matter.merely t_te T c o ltil r i e c v a e l; .t, p rov i s ional trustees Passed a most improper reeolu ; tion, appropriating to themselves a quarter of the money of their cestuisque trust. Sir R. Broun dis tinctly remonstrated upon the impropriety of this appropriation, and upon the clause having been smuggled into the agreement after it was signed by him, were these directors in a position to deal fairly on behalf of their cestuisque trust . , so that their con tract could be enforced against those cestuisque trust? Were they after this proposed appropriation in a condition to treat honestly for any material altera tion in the agreement ? Some further proceedings took place with reference to the agreement, in the course of which Mr. Sewell showed himself very energetic and active on behalf of his client, Mr. Sprye, his endeavours being directed to this,—that Brom). and Sprye should only transfer to the com pany that interest in the contract for the purchase of Lord Onslow's land which they actually posses: ed The result was that the directors on behalf of the company took upon themselves the expense of any suit against Lord Onslow to compel him to trasfer the land, which Broun and Sprye undertook to con vey, being, as they said, advised by counsel that they could enforce specific performance from his lordship. His Honour then referred to the afire .- went of April 1, 1851, differing, as he observed, most materially from all the other documents pre viously signed, in that it contained the appropria tion to the directors of 1-4th of the profits, and omitted that which was most beneficial for the cestuisque trust, the cause by which Broun and Sprye bound themselves to pet feet their contract with Lord Onslow at their own expense and obtain a transfer of the land to the company. It was im . possible to say that this variation, which went to i the very root of the contract, this reservation of interest to the trustees, coupled with the with drawal of a distinct benefit from the cestuisque trust, would not vitiate the agreement of April 1, independently of the Act of 1852. The purchase from Lord Onslow was subsequently effected, and no doubt the company had derived great advan tage from the goodwill at least existing in Broun and Sprye and the steps taken by them in 1840 with a view to such a purchase. His Honour then referred to the prospectus and the deed of settle ment, and the proceedings taken with reference to the Act of 1852. ' Sir Richard Broun had about this period indulged in most intemperate lan guage in his letters in respect of the company and their proposed act of incorporation. This, how ever, was not surprising, as he seemed utterly destitute of all sense of propriety, having thought fit during the progress of this bill to address letters to him (the Vice-Chancellor) of a most im proper character. While the Act was being carried through Parliament the parties were clearly at arms' length. Broun and Sprye having petitioned against the bill, or, at all events, for a recognition and protection of their interests ; and the assertion of their right before the act incorporating the com pany passed was of considerable importance, look ing at the recent decisions in the House of Lords as to contracts entered into on behalf of companies before incorporation. The company were forced— and it must be taken that there was no concession on either side—into the insertion of clause 31, which provided, "that nothing in the Act con tained should deprive any party or parties of any legal or equitable rights, interests, or claims to which such party might be entitled by virtue of any agreement or agreements entered into by any , person or persons fir the time being acting as pro visional trustees for the company before the com plete registration thereof, and any 9cla person so acting as such provisional trustee should be hell to have acted on behalf of the company by the act in corporated, as if the seal of the company had bet n affixed to such agreement at the date thereof re spectively, provided that nothing in such agree- went should bind or enable the company to transfer or convey away any portion of the land comprised in the schedule to any party claiming under such agreement, but that any claim with reference to any such land should be treated as a question of pecuniary compensation or damages only." It might be observed upon this clause that it did not confirm the agreement of April, 1851, for if so it would have been directly meutioned. The provi sional trustees were thereby constituted agents of the company for any purpose the company could bind itself to ; and, further, the legitimate inference arose that the act must be taken to recognize the agreement of April, 1851, and affect the company with notice of it, subject to such defects and objec tions as were apparentupon its face. There wassome thing, however, behind this agreement of April of which the company qua company was not aware. No notice was given to them of the very important agreement of the 18th of Dec., 1850, under which they were entitled to so much greater benefits. The agreement of December was the one really made, and by that the directors should have stood. That agreement, however, could not have been enforced against the shareholders. Ttie land was not, and could not, under the circumstances, have beeu ob tained from Lord Onslow through the medium of Brous and Sprye, nor from any estate existing in them. No doubt the acquisition of the land was facilitated by their previous negotiat;ons with Lord Onslow, but those did not amount to 'a contract. It the company had got the benefit of the agreement with Broun and Sprye, and thereby become pos sessed of the thing itself cmtracted for, " Bellamy v. S %bine" would be applicable, and he should have had no difficulty in establishing the lien of the plain tiffs as mortgagees. The land, however, had been obtained from Lord Onslow independently, and a 3 the plaintiffs had failed to establish any contract binding upon the court, the bill must be dismissed. He did so, however, very reluctantly, as he thought that Broun and Sprye were entitled to a consider able recompense for the real benefits which they had conferred upon the company, by their activity and enterprise in propounding the scheme, their choice of site, dec. They had great cause to complain of the way in which they had been treated, and of this attempt by the company to make out a conspiracy between the provisional trustees and Broun and Sprye, which had not been supported. For tivse reasans the bill, though dismissed, would be dis mieFecl without ct sts ; but he did not intend to prejudice any action at law. - Mr. Cairns, Mr. Greene, and Mr. Dauncy ap peared for the plaintiffs ; the Attorney-General, Mr. Willoock, and Mr. C. T. Simpson for the com pany ; Mr. Daniel, Mr. Osborne, Mr, Shaptcr, Mr. Hardy, Mr. Fooks, and Mr. Biron for other parties. WELLESLEY V. LOAD MORNINGTON. The Vice-Chancellor also gave judgment in this petition, which involved the following short ques tion ;—By the marriage settlement of the late Earl of Mornington certain Irish estates were charged with 25,000/. by way of portion for the younger chil dren of the marriage. These Irish estates were sold in the Encumbered Estates Court, and 25,0001. was sot apart by the commissioners out of the proceeds to answer the portions charged thereon. This 25.0001. was inve s ted, and the''di vidends were received by the late earl, who died on the Ist of July last. The question arose a 3 to the dividend accruin•4 upon the sth of July be tween the present Earl of Mornington and the younger children, upon petition fur payment of their portions. _ The Vice-Chancellor, after referring to the En cumbered Estates Act (11th and 12th Vic., cap. 48), and the order of the commissioners in Ireland, said that the 25,0001., when invested, was during the lifetime of the tenant for life to be dealt with as land. The Legislature did not intend to inter fere with the rights of persons entitled to the land beyond making a provision for the payment of en- Cumbrances. The late earl therefore was clearly entitled during his life to Vie income of the 25,0001. as if it had baen land, and the petitioners would only receive the apportioned part of the di : - vidends accrued siuce the Ist of July,last, Mr. Cairns, Mr. Rolt, Mr. Druce, Mr. Nalder, Mr. Bagshawe, jun., and Mr. F. G.. A. Williams appeared upon the petition. rr. I ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. WESTERN CIRCUIT. TAUNTON, WEDNESDAY, D..c. 23. Thomas Miller was indicted for the wilful murder of Sarah Border, at Bathford, on Oct. 10. Wheu called upon to pleat the prisoner made uo answer, and a plea of not guilty was ordered by the Court to be entered. , Mr. Thring was counsel for the prosecution, and Mr. T. W. Saunders defend() l' the prisoner. It appeared that the prisoner was a cowherd and resided at Worley. On the evening of the 10th Oct. two persons were heard going to the prisoner's cot tage, and soon, afterwards a scream was heard, and the dezeased cried out "Oh my dear husband The neighbours ran out and found the demased lying on the ground by the prisoner's door. She had ben stabbed. Her husband was also lying a short way off. lie had also been stabbed. Both died in a stio, t time. Search was ►made for the prisoner, and he was found in au adjoining garden lying on the ground in a pool of blood. There was a cut in his throat and in the ablomon. Evidence was given to show that the prisoner was often very wild and strange, and on that day he had complained very Much, and said he had had a dreadful fight with the Indians, and he wished he was in the hospital. He also said that Mrs. Border had accused him of having something to do with the murder of the woman in Leigh-woods. The prisoner's father had been in a lunatic asylum. Mr. Justice Willes, in summing up, said there could be no doubt the prisoner was guilty of this raurder, unless they should be satisfied that he was in sach a state from disease of - the mind us not to know be was doing a wrong act at the time he in flicted the blow. In late times defences of this de- L acription hadbeen set upon most frivolous grounds, • - 1 - 1 411. A 4 r a 4 Vr r-t - • sfi, and parties had escaped punishment, because at the time the evidence bad succeeded in inducing juries to suppose that the parties ware insane, when it afterwards turned out that they were perfectly sane people. Every man was presumed to be sane untf 1 he was proved to be otherwise ; he was supposed to possess a sufficient degree of reason to be re sponsible for crime until the contrary was proved. To establish such a defence it must ba clearly proved that at the time of committing the act the accuecl was labouring under such a defect of reason as not to know the nature and quality of the act he was doing. The jury acquitted the prisoner on the ground of in=anity, and he was ordered to be detained dur ing her Majesty's pleasure. NORTHERN CIRCUIT. - -NEWCASTLE, DEC. 22. Mr. _Justice Crompton arrived at this town yes terday afternoon, from Durham, after finishing the assizes there, and immediately opened the commis sion. This morning his lordship charged the town grand jury at 9 o'clock, at the Guildhall, and then ad journed to the Moot-hall, where he charged the county grand jury, after which his lordship pro ceeded fist to try the county prisoners. The calendar for the county contains the names of five prisoners only ; that for the town of New castle contains the names of 24 prisoners, some of them charged with serious offences. James Oliver, aged 34, was indicted for felo niously uttering and putting off a Bank of Eng land note for the payment of 101., well knowing the saute to be forged, at the parish of Shotley, on the sth Oct. last. Mr. L. H. Bagley and Mr. Fowler appeared on the part of the Bank of England for the prosecu• tion, and Mr. Seymour in defenc e o f th e prisoner. It appeared that the prisoner was a mason, liv ing at a place called Bellingham, and that he passed a forged note to Michael Hudson Makepeace, a far mer at Boltsthorpe, in the county of Durham. On the sth Oct. last Mr. Makepeace drove seven beasts to Blanchland fair, on the borders of Northumber land and Durham, to sell. Not succeeding in ssiling them, ho was driving them home again, when the prisoner met him at a glace called Bay-bridge ' and, after some conversation w ith hi m a b ou t his beasts, began bargaining with him for one of them—a bull, which he eventually agreed to purchase for 71. 17s. 6d. The contract was completed in a roadside publichouse, where the priioner pulled out what purported to be a 101. Bank of England note to pay f)r his purchase. Mr. Makepeace had never before but once in his life (six years ago) seen a 13.1.nk of England note, but, believing and trusting that the note was a genuine one, he took it in pay ment and gave the requisite change. The prisoner then drove away the bull, and oil meeting a young woman who knew him and saw him driving the animal, requested her not to mention that she had seau him. At the time of the purchase he gave a wrong name and address, and with a great show Gf hospitality he invited Mr. Makepeace to visit him if ever he came into his neighbourhood. The note turned out to be a forgery. To prove guilty know ledge evidence was given that the prisoner on the 16th May last passed a forged 51. Bank of England note to a Mrs. Golightly, who kept a public-house at a pl ice called Street-end, and also then gave a wrong name • and on the 22d August last h e pae sed another forged 51. Bank of England note to another publican, which being handed over to the police he gave live sovereign s fur the forged note, and told the policeman he might destroy the note. Ii is Lordship having summed up the evidence, The jury found the prisoner guilty. His Lordship, in passing sentence, told the pri soner that not long since he would have been exe cuted for this offence, which was a very grave one, as it bore very hardly on the poor persons who were deceived by such practices. The sentence of the Court was that he be sent for six years to penal servitude. Henry Oxley was indicted for feloniously em bezzling the sum of 121. 125., the property of his master, William Hall Brown, on the 9th Nov. last - , at Hexham. Mr. Davison appeared for the prosecution, and Mr. Price defended the prisoner. It appeared that the prosecutor's father, a very old man, since dead, a farmer, wished to sell a bay mare at Hexham fair, and the prosecutor offeredihe prisoner 3s. for his day's work and his expenses to take the mare over to Hexham and try to sell her, with instructions to get 13/. for her, or within a few .shillings of that sum, or bring her back home. The prisoner sold the mare to a Mr. Smith Stobart, of Acomb, at the fair for 121. 125., the 'mare at the time having a running at the nose. On the priso ner's return he told the prosecutor he had treated him very ill in sending hint with a glanderecl mare to the fair. Oa the prosecutor asking him if he had sold her and got the money, the prisoner said. ho had exchanged her, and the prosecutor would find anothar horse in his stable. On ping to his stables the prosecutor found a horse which bad got the " staggers " that was not worth 1./., and of no use, as they could not work him, for he could not be got to stir. The prisoner told him he had got much the best of it in the bargain, for his mare was glan dered, but she was not so in fact, and he did not tell the prisoner, in order to account for ber running at the nose, that " she had got some trouble in her head." On telling the prisoner that he had no au thority to make the exchange, and demanding the money for his mare, the prisoner told him he could do nothing to him, for it was only a breach oftrust. Mr. Price objected that the property of the mare was in the father, and not in the present prosecu tor. His Lordship was of that opirqpn, and ordered the indictment to be amended. Mr. Prico also objected that the prisoner was the agent of the prosecator to sell the mare if he could, and not his servant within the meaning of the Act of Parliament. His Lordship overruled this objection, and Mr. Price having left the case in his Lordship's hands. The jury found the prisoner Guilty, and he was sentenced to be imprisoned s i x ca l en d ar mon th s, with hard labour. MIDDLESEX SESSIONS.- (Before Mr. Creasy and a Bench of Magistrate) SENTENCE - ON THE POLICE*AN BRADY. Hugh Brady, the police-constable convicted on Friday last of an assault upon Diedrich Rathgen, a German, was brought up for judgment. Mr. Creasy said the prisoner had. been Con victed of one of the gravest offences it had ever been his lot to try—a graver seldom came before a c.urt of justice. It was proved, upon .what he 'must say was evidence of the clearest character, that he had grossly insulted a married woman of respectability while he was performing the duty of police-constable ; and when he fOund that the hus band of the female he had so insulted had taken his number, for the purpose of reporting him to the police authorities for his misconduct, he attacked him with his truncheon and committed the brutal and cowardly assault of which he had, been con victed.. Not only did he do that, but he took his victim into custody, on a charge of his having as saulted him with a poker —a •charge which he sup ported by peaj cry before the magistrate, and also at tbie court, when he was disbelieved by the jury, who acquitted Mr. Rathgen. Fortunately for 'the ends afjustice the prisoner had been convicted, and from inquiry which bad been made as to his antece dents it appeared that he was not entitled to 'the good character he had received with respect to his conduct while in th e C r i mea. f or h e had been re duced for committi ng a serious assault. Lookingat all the circumst ances, e specially to the fact that at the time the p r i soner was a p o li ce cons table whose duty was to protect the public, ho felt it to be his duty to pass upon him the full sentence the law allowed, and regretted he could not give even more. The sentence was, that the prisoner be kept to hard labou r in the House of Correction for the period of two years. Mr. Van e, the solicitor for the prosecution, in the absence of Mr. Sleigh, renewed au application made on Friday by the latter gentleman for full costs, but the court decided that the usual costs only should be allowed. James Terry, 63, pl ea d e d guilty to an indictment preferred against him by di rec tion of the parochial authorities of Maryl e b one, f or h av ing unlawfully kept and used the house, No. 45, Upper NortJn street as a brothel. H e was sentenced Mr. Metcalfe, in s t ruc t e d by Mr. Randall, the parish solicitor, pros ecu t e d -• Mr. Lewis appeared fir the defendant. t ) four months' hard labour. E I ward. East, a stonemason, was convicted of in-, flicting grievous . bodily harm upon his wife, by cut ting her head open with a looking-glass frame, and it was proved that he had often ill-treated her. He was seetenced to hard labour for 18 calendar months. Mr. Daley prosecuted ; Mr. Metcalfe defended. David Evans, 20, was con victed of stealing a watch from the pers on o f J o hn Cott, a warden of Ole Weadon Prisoh, w hil e s t a nding on the Horse . • Guards Parade, as her M a jesty was passing to open Parhamt. e was sentenced to 4 months' hard labour. The last case tri e d was th a t o f a person named Sutton, who was charged with assaulting a gent!e- Marl named Lewis, on the occasion of the latter waiting upon him in reference Ito some legal pro ceedings. The f ac t s were o f no interest except to the partie'. The defendant in the result was fined 51., and discharged. ' Mr. F. H. Lewis prosecuted ; Mr. Metcalfe was for the prisoner. Among the grand jurors summoned to state the crroirp = ~,, ~ reasons of their nonattendance on the first day of the sessions was Mr. John Hullah, of St. Martin's hall, who stated, in answer to Mr. Creasy, that he was prevented attending by having to attend to professional duties. Mr. Creasy said that really was no excuse at all ; every gentleman summoned might urge the same ground. Mr. Hullah said he was profe3sor of music at the London University, and his attendance here would have prevented his keeping his engagements there. Mr. Creasy said he, too, was a university pro fessor, and he regretted that his public duty pre vented him from releasing a brother professor from a fine which he had incurred for not attending as a grand juror without sufficient legal excuse. Mr. Huilah must pay the 101. [The sentence on the Ufe Guardsman, John Scott, convicted of robbing Lieut. the Hon. C. B. Hanbury, was five years' p@nal servitude, and not one year hard labour, as stated yesterday.] - i.k_? ; PR ICES OE SHARES. From the Official List, PUBLISHED EVERY TUESDAY AND FRIDAY EVENINQ LONDON, TUESDAY, Dec. 22, 1857. CANALS. A t I A Dividend Names of ~..1 Dividendi Pricy' Names of i 2 ., ) per Companies. g 1 per Companies.' 72 . Price. ..4 annum. TJ :Annum. .7. --I 4shtn &Oldlt 03 71. r. ct. Peak Fcrest. 78 57. Os. Birmingham 40 4/: 881;,Regex t's •••• ' 30 17s. 16 Coventry.. • • 1 00 112. 193 ;Rochdale.... g 5 41. 80 Derby .. ••• • I 00, 61. Iss. IStfird &Wore 140 281. GrandJunctn IGO 21. pr. ct. 47 , Stottrbridge. 1 45 12/. 10s. Do., 6 pr. Ct. 10 61. pr., ct. Severn and 7 26 1/. 16s. Grand Union 100 7s. 6d Wy e R a il. j Kenya & Avn 40 63. 61g 'Warwick & , Leeds &Livrp 'OO 251. 501 ! Bir m i ng . i 100 27* 24 Leicester .. • • 100: 51. !Warwick &1 9 Leicstr &Nth 83 11.55. 13 lcapton.. j 100 21 '. Loughborogli 143 701. -•-• Worcstr &.} 78 10s. 1614 Macclesfield. 100 2/. 10s. 1 Binning. Yeath ••• • • • 100 161. Wilts & Brks 7s. Od. Oxford.. •• •• 100 106 Name of Cempany. rlin ...• • ...... East London Do. 4 per Cent Pref. Do. 5 per Cent. Pref. Grand Junction ...... Do. New ...... Kent.. Lambeth New River Company.. Southwark & Vauxhall West Middlesex • • • • .. Do. Do, ...... Name of Company. frungerford.... •• Southwark ........ .. Ditto New of 7% p.c. Waterloo ..... ........ Ditto Old Ann. of 81. Ditto Nw ditto of 7/. Vauxhall Name of Company Commercial .• •• •• •••• Do. Preference cast and West India.. Grand Surry D. & Canal Do. Loan Notes " Do. 5 per cent. Pref. London .• ••••• •• •• • • it. Katharine •..• •• •• iouthampton ........ Victoria •• •• •• •• •• • • Ditto New INS Namo of Company. Allianza Bri:. and For. Ditto Marine ....... Ithenwam .......... Atlas lrgus Life .........•• British Commercial .. Church of England .. City of London .. •• .. Clericl.Med.& Gen. Life County Eagle.. Crown .............. Equity and Law...... European Life Family Endowment;•• General•• •• •• •• •• •• •• Globe Gresham:Life . ....... WATER-WORKS. Dividend per Annum. Amount of Share. 5/. per cnt. 61. per cnt. 4/. per cent. 5/. per cent. 41. per cnt. X a. d. 10 0 0 Stock. 25 0 0 25 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 Si. per cnt. 100 0 0 61 0 0 5 1 8 i4t. per cent. BRIDG: Dividend per Aniium. lOs per cent. ••.• 1 Paid. 11. 12s. Od. 11. Vs. Od. 28s. Amount of Share. Z s. d. 25 0 0 100 0 0 , 50 0 0 100 0 0 GO 0 0 40 0 0 70 10 3 DOCKS. Dividend per Annum. 51. pr cent. G/. pr gent. 4!. per cent. 51. pr cent. 4M. per cnt. 4 per cent. 5/. Os per c. Amount of Share. X s. d. Stock. Stock. Stock. 100 0 0 100 0 0 25 0 0 stock. 3tock. 50 0 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 'RANCE COMPANIES. X s. d. 100 all Paid. .£ a. d. Dividend per Annum. 71. per c. 71. 14s. Gd. ;I. p.c. & be. 15s. 01. 41. per cent. 71. 10s. 71. 10s. 5 pr ct.& bs. U. per share 11. 18s. ss. 5 1 4 per cent. 11. 41. per cent. O per cent. 51. per cent. 5/. per cent. 121. per cent. 143. 51. p. ct. &bs. 2s & 2s bons 2/. per sh. 43. per share 18s. bE bs. 4% per cent 51. per cent. 51. per cent. per cent 51 p. ct. 51. per cent. 51. per cent. 12 per c. 8 p. c. dabs .314 p : c dabs 11. 14s. 41. k bonus. 51. & bonus. 51. & bonus. Paid. Price Price, IINT-S TOCK Dividend per Annum. 20/. per cent. , M. per cent. 9 per cent. 41. per cent. 51. per cent. 71. p. c. & bs. 4/. per cent. 5/. percent. 19/. per cent. 61. per cent. 28 per cent. 18'. per cent. 16pc.&bs il.per cent. 20'. per tent. 101. per cent. 4/. p. ct.&bs. S. per cent. 5.!. per cent. 0/. per cant. 211. per cent. X s. d. Stock. too "o 0 'too o • '5 o o Stock. 50 - 0 0 2000 14 0 0 Amount of Share. Price. si Z s. d. 500 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 1 0 0 50 0 J 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. Paid. X s. 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 0 5 0 0 5 0 0 all 4 0 0 51. per cont.' Price, T ll E ,fry t, IN Lo IN •rt k-) from the jury, stating, that if they were confined till Doomsday they would not agree. After a pause, his lordship asked if both sides agreed that the jury should be discharged? Mr. James (who appeared for the defence) was quite content to leave the matter to his lordship. Mr. Hawkins (in the absence of Mr. Sergeant Byles, who led the case for the prosecv,tion), said he was not authorised to consent. The jury were then sent for by the direction of Lord Campbell, and came into court at 6 o'clock. His Lordship explained to them that he had framed the six questions in order to avoid puzzling them with technicalities. If they agreed in finding them all in the negative that would be a verdict of not guilty ; but if they agreed in finding them all the affirmative, that would be a verdict of guilty, because it would clearly show that the assignment of perjury was formed. if they found some of them in the affirmative and others in the negative, they would tell him so. The Foreman—We have considered these mat ters over, my lord, and we cannot agree. Second Juror—We cannot agree upon any one cf the questions in the affirmative, but we have found two of them in the negative. Lord Campbell—Until you are all agreed upon the different questions I must send you back. Another Juror wished to be furnished with the indictment. Lord Campbell—You may have it, but I think it will rather embarrass than assist you. I should have thought 12 intelligent gentlemen would have had no difficulty i❑ coming to a decision on the six plain questions of fact which I have submitted to you. His lordship having re-read the questions, said they must agree whether the defendant was guilty of having sworn falsely in regard to any or all of these matters. A Juror—lf five agree, my lord, to any one of these propositions, what will be the effect? Lord Campbell—lf you agree to any one of them, then that would be a materialassignment of perjury. The jury again withdrew, taking with, them the depositions as to the conversation at the club. After they had been absent an hour, Lord Campbell came again upon the bench, and stated that ho had received a communication from the jury to this effect : " My Lord,—We cannot agree in the affirmative on any one of the six ques tions submitted to us. On the general question, whether the verdict shall be for the crown or the defendant, we are about equally divided, and there is little or no probability of our agreeing." Unciar these circumstances (continued his lordship) I of my own authority, discharge the jury. Demonstrations of applause followed this an nouncement. Lord Campbell observed that the case would be tried by another jury, who, he hoped, would be unanimous one way or the other. VICE-CHANCELLOR'S COURT. (Before Vice Chancellor Sir W. P. Wood.) BROWNE V. THE LONDON NECROPOLIS AND NATIONAL 3IA.USOLEITM COMPANY. The Vice-Chancellor gave judgment in this case, which has recently been argued at great length, and fully reported in The. Sun of December 18 and 19, and said that the difficulties presented by the defendants in answer to the bill were twofold -Ist, as to the form ; and, 2d, as to the substance of the suit. As to the form, he had thought that there was considerable difficulty in saying that the bill could under any circumstances be sustained. The bill was in effect for specific performance of an EAST INDIA COIIPAINTY. [A. portion of the following appeared in our impression of yesterday.] Tile quarterly general court of proprietors was held at the India House, Leadenhall-street, this day, at 12 o'clock, fur the purpose of submitting for confirmation the resolution of the general court on Dec. 16, approv ing the resolution of the Court of Directors of the 2d inst., granting to Major-General Sir Archdale Wilson, Bart., K.C.8., an annuity of 1,0001., and to Lady Neill, widow of the late Brigadier-General Neill, and to Mrs. Nicholson, the mother of the late Brigadier-General Nicholson, special pensions of 500/, per annum re spectively, in addition to the allowances they are entitled under the regulations. Mr. B. D. MANGLES, chairman of the Court of Directors, presided. The meeting of the last Court having been confirmed, The CHAIRMAN announced that the dividend warrants for the half-year would be ready on the 6th of February. A PROPRIZTOR said, he wished to know, previous to the resolutions being carried, whether any steps had been taken to meet the contingency of General Sir A. Wil3on's death. The CEIAIRMAN said tho business of the Court Was confined to confirming the resolution of the previous Court or not—no alteration cue be made in the terms of the resolution. The resolution was then formally put to the Court. Mr. LEWIN said he did not approve of the stuns mentioned; ou the contrarl, he thought the sums totally inadequate. With respect to the annuity of 5001. which it was proposed to give to Lady Neill, he thought it was much too small to enable her to maintain he' proper position. The Government]Pal conferred upon her all the nominal honour3 of a K.C.8., but he thought she would be better without that mark of dis Unction. Everybody knew who General Neill was— (hear)—and therefore there was no neceasity, for the purpose of perpetuating his memory, of conferring an emp:y title upon his widow. (Hear.) He thought that the annuity ought to be 7501. The hon. proprietor was teen about to enter into the question of the employment of steam vessels in the conveyance of troops to India, when A PROPRIETOR rose to order. He submitted that the hoe. proprietor was out of order. Mr. LEWIN said he had no wish to be irregular. He would presently move his resolution as a substantive motion. Tao CMAIRMAN then put the resolution, which was carried. Mr. JONES then rose for the purpose of moving the following resolution, viz. :—" That it is due to the advancing intelligence of the people of India that a deputy from each university in the several Presidencies be maintained at the public expense in this country, with a view to inform the proprietors as to the wishes and complaints of the people of India." He commenced by complaining of the manner in which he had been treated at the last court, when he brought forward his resolution, namely, counting him out. There was another circumstance much to be regretted—that was the small attendanoe that day. Such an attendance would almost justify the threat . that had been held out, that the Government would, in a short time, entirely abolish the corporation. He contended . , that the best judges of the wants and ne cessities of the natives of India were the Court of Direc tors. (Hear, hoar.) The chairman had stated that the present mutiny was but a sepoy rebellion. Against such an opinion he would place the opinion of Dr. Duff. He was- not of that opinion. The sepoys had been inflamel by the natives of India, and the mutiny was the result of the discontent that pervaded the entire Indian population. The law of inheritance was a great source of discontent, and he was fortified in his opinion by a passage which he found ' s in a work published by a Ifindoo society, which stated that if the present course of interfering with the religious opinions of the natives was pursued, they would have at feast 80,000,000 of discontented subjects. (Hear, hear.) The hon. proprietor then referred to the opinion of the Hindoo with respect to the possession of property which they believed necessary to their future salvation, He next referred to the policy of Lord Dalhousie, which he characterised as reckless, obstinate, and tyrannical ; the violation of treaties, and the robbing of the native princes of India, had led to the present unfortunate affairs. The CHAIRMAN here announced that he had just received intelligence from India. The note he held in his nand was as follows :—" The Government has received intelligence stating that Lucknow has been relieved." The announcement was received with loud cheers. Mr. JONES then proceeded with his speech, and con• eluded by observing that the mildest way in which the difficulties of India could be met, W 33 by adopting the plan laid down by his resolution. Mr. LEWIN seconded the motion of Mr. Jones. Mr. M'lCENzre thought there was no honesty in the motives, and therefore he opposed the motion. Mr. CLARKE also opposed the motion. The CHAIRMAN, having paid a compliment to Mr. Jones for the manner in which t e had brought forward his motion, proceeded to defend his statement that the present disturbed state of India was a revolt occasioned by the sepoys, and the sepoys alone. What was the fact ? Why, throughout the whole of India, with the exception of the Bhogee , , who were a predatory trite:, and had been from time immemorial plunderers—;vith this single E xception, he believed throughout the whole peninsula there had been no rising of the people, and it was also a positive fact that where there were no sepoys there was no mutiny. (Hear, hear ) There had been a trifling erneute at Patna, but it was speedily put down, and from the best. authority he asserted that where the native people of India had not assisted the Government in putting down the mutiny, the 3 had remained perfectly neutral. (Hear, hear.) Then, again, it was said that the native princes and potentates were opposed to the Indian Government, but this he also denied. (Hear, Lear.) To show the feeling of the Mohammedan princes he would just mention a circumstance that took place in Hyderabad, in the Deccan. A. Mahommedan priest was preaching a sermon, in which the Christians were spoken of with the greatest love, a fanatic got up, and using the native expression, that what was being preached was all nonsense, and - interrupted the proceedings. Solut Jung, a native prince, was present, and he ordered his own guards to take the man into custody, which was instantly done. If the native princes had been against us, such a proceeding was not likely to have taken place. (Hear, hear.) Other princes had acted in a similar spirit, ared such circumstances fully proved that the outbreak was a military mutiny, and not an insurrection of the people (Hear, bear.) He had received a letter from Sir J. Lawrence, who was also of a similar opinion. (Hear, hear.) Now, what had been tfle case in those places where the sepoys were driven out—at Delhi, for instance ? Why, the natives had returned, and the re. venue flowed in uninterruptedly. (Lieu, hear.) With respect to the resoluion of Mr. Jones, he did not think it would carry out his vie: e. • After a few cbservatiens from several hon. proprietors, Mr. JONES said he thought the best course 'for him to pursue under the circumstances was to withdraw his motion. (Hear, hear.) The motion was then withdrawn. The telegraphic despatch received by the Government was here read at length by the chairman, amidst loud cheers. -On coming to I dle part of the document in which 22,000 men were stated to be under the command of Sir Cohn Campbell, he said it was evidently a mis take. It ought to be 12,000. ABOLITION OF THE COMPANY. A. PROPRIETOR begged to ask the chairman for army information respecting the bill which it was said was to be introduced into Parliament. Tne enerassers said he had anticipated such a ques tMn, and he had now to inform the Court that the de puty chairman and himself had had an interview with Lord Palmerston on Saturday last, when lie cenrenuni cited to them that it was the intention of the Govern ment to propose a bill to Parliament- to place the Queen's East Indian dominions under the Government of the Crown. Mr. LEWIN then rose to move the following resolution : " That the disasters that have lately occurred to cur Indiau territories have been owing to the want of fore sight on the part of the Indian Government, and to a neglect of the means which were at head to counteract them. That to the supineness and apathy of the home government of India is attributable the watt of timely military aid, which it was in its power to supply by means of etearo-vessels, which would have averted the slaughter of our troops and countrymen, and averted the danger which now threatens the garrison of Luck now." The resolution having been seconded, was put to the meeting, and lost. Mr. LEWIN then handed in a motion for consideration at the next quarterly court, to the effect " that the grounds on which a pension of 5,0001. was granted to Lord Dalhousie be further considered." The CHAIRMAN objected to the resolution being re ceived, Alersome discussion, it was rejected, and the court adjourned. Do. Do • • Guardian ............ Imperial Fire... •- Imperial Life Indemnity Marine.... Law Fire • • • • Law Lite. • • • • .... • • • • Legal and General Life London ........ London & Prev. Law • • Marine... • • • • • Med. Irvlid & Gen. Life Minerva .....• .. • • Monarch . • • • • • • • .• .• New Equitable Pelican •• •• •• • • . • .. •• Phcenix • ..... Professional Life • • • • .. Provident Life ........ Rock Life .. ...... • • .. Royal Exchange ...... Sun Fire Ditto Life ..... United Kingdom .... Universal Life .• • ..... Victoria Life • ....... Name of Company. Australasia........... Bank of Egypt ...... Bank of London . . British North American Ch. Ilk. Ind. Aust ria City C010n1a1.............. Commercial of London. F.ng. Scot. & Aust. Ch. Loud. Char. Bk. of Aus. Do. New ........ London and County Lon. & Eastn. Bnkg. C. London Jeint•Stock . Gonda and Westminstr Nat. Provincial of Eng. Ditto, Now .. •• • • Ditto ditto Natioqra Bank New -oath Wales Oriental Bank Corpora. Ottoman Bank . . Provincial of Ireland Ditto, New... ...... t0nian................ South Australia .. -• .. Union of Australia.... Ditto .............. Union of Hamburg.... Union of L0nd0n...... Unity Mutual Western Bank of Londn. 20 0 0 100 0 0 500 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 :00 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 20 0 0 5 0 0 10 0 0 6 5 0 100 0 0 5 0 0 Stock. 20 0 0 100 0 0 BANKS. Amount of Share. B. d. 40 0 0 25 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 20 0 0 100 0 0 ;100 0 0 'lOO 0 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 50 0 0 ,100 0 0 1 50 0 U 'lOO 0 0 ,100 0 0 1 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 0j 15 0 0 5Q 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 I 47 b 0 50 0 0 20 0 0 30 0 0 2 10 0 13 0 0 2 10 0 12 10 0 2 0 0 12 10 0 2 0 0 20 0 0 2 0 0 4 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 o to o 10 0 0 0 10 0 5 10 0 10 0 0 5 0 0 Paid. X 5.. d. all 11 15 0 60 0 0 an 6 0 0 BO 0 0 25 0 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 50 0 0 10 0 0 20 0 0 35 0 0 10 0 0 5 0 0 22 10 0 15 - 6 0 25 0 0 2 10 0 3 0 0 10 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 121 3. Price. ) LIST OF SCOTTISII COMPANIES' PRICES. 1 Dividend Amount Name of Company, per of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. 1 -- - X a. d. X a. d. flank of Scotland .... 71. per cent. 100 C 0 100 0 0 187/0s British Linen Company 81. per cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 210/0s Caledonian Bank .• .• . Si. per cent. 10 0 0 210 031 15s City of Glasgow Baak 5/. per cent. 10 0 0 .10 0 0 ° --i Os Clydesdale Bank .... 5%/. p cent. 20 0 0 10 0 0 11/ 7s C anmercial Bank .. 71. per cent. 500 0 0 100 0 0 220/ 0 Eastern Bank .....• -6/. per cent. 25 0 0 10 0 0 111 Os Edinb. & Glasgow...• 3%/. p cent. 5 0 5 0 0 3/ its National Bank •••••• 65{ t per cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 180/ Os North of Scotland Bank 51. per cent. 20 0 0 210 05/ lOs Royal Bank of 8 cotl. .. 5/. per cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 1400 s Union Bank of Scot. •• 81, per cent. 100 0 0 50 0 0 751 15 Western 8ank........ 7/.per cent, 50 0 0 50 0 0 -1 0 Alliance Fire and Life.. 85( /.pr cont. 100 0 0 11 0 0 17/ Os British Guarantee ... 41. per cent. 10 0 0 2 0 0 1/ Its Caledonian Fire Insur, . 10i. per cent. 100 0 0 10 0 0 25/ Os City of Glasgow Lite.. 61. per cent. 20 0 0 2 0 0 41 Os Co'onial Life ......... 51. per cent. 50 0 0 3 0 0 7/ 7s Edinburgh Life Insur. 61. per cent. 100 0 0 15 0 0 28/ Os Eng. & Scot, Law Life 51.?er cent. 50 0 0 3 5 0 4/ Is Life Assoc. of Scotland 61. per cent. 40 0 0 3 0 06/ 153 National Fire and Life 61. per cent. 10 0 0 '1 4 0 21 0 s North British Insnr... 71. per cent. 200 0 0 20 0 0 371 Os Northern Assurance Co. 20 0 0 1 0 0 1/ Ifs , Scottish Provincial -• • - 50 0 0 2 0 0 2/ 17s Scottish Union Insrnc. 7%1. pr cent. 20 0 0 1 0 0 1/ 13s Standard Life •• .... • • 5/. per cent. 50 0 0 I 7 0 0 271 5s GAS-LIGHT AND CORE COMPANIES. Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. £ s. d. X s. d. British Provincial •• •• 71. per cent. 20 0 0 all - Brighton ••••..•• •• ~ 5/. per cent. 20 0 0 - _ - City of London .. •• •• 2/. per cent. 150 0 0 150 0 ci ---; Equitable.. ...... •• •• V. 50 0 0 all - - European .... ..• •• 6/. per cent. 20 0 0 Great Central .... •• .. 8/. per cent 10 0 0 . -11 V, Imperial ............ 10/. per cent 50 0 0 - 70 Ditto New .. - 50 0 C 12' 10 6 Ditto Debentures.. - Stock 100 0 0 200 Do. Continental Isteap. 31 bs. 50 0 0 42 15 0 - Do, Do. 2d Cap. 4/. 15s. 50 0 0 41 0 0 - Do. Do. 3d Cap. 41. 10s. 50 0 0 43 10 0 - Do. Do. 4th Cap. 31. 50 0 0 41 0 0 - Independent •• 51. 40 0 0 all - Londov Pail. Proferen. 61. per cent 25 0 0 - 27 1 4 Phosnix •• •• .. •• •• -.. 5% per cnt. 60 0 0 52 0 0 47 Ratcliff ••••••••• •• •• 5/. 20 0 0 16 0 0 - Surrey Consumers .... 8 1. per cent. 1 0 0 0 all - United General ..•... 16s Od per sh. 50 n 0 - 20 Westminster Chartered : 7 per cent. 50 0 0 - 50 Ditto, New .... •• • • - 50 0 0 10 I 0 - West mit A - Ditto B . • .... .10 0 0 40 0 3 • .... • • • MISCELLANEOUS. _ Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. P r i ce. Annum. Share, . -..-- -- - X s. d. X s. d. Acadian Charcoal Trott • • • 10 0 0 2 0 0 - 20 0 0 10 0 0 - 4 1 . re; : cent. 50 0 0 20 0 0 - Aneti e n Mart • • •• •• •• African Assa,n I Steam .. .. Ship .. .. . .. . 2ti /per cent 50 0 0 - - Australian Agrlculturi - 1 25 0 0 19 0 0 25% Australian Trust •• .. 8/. Pr cent. 100 0 0 .25 0 0 - - 10 0 0 all all 14 AAfig'tiroa:Maanxigc:noYalllMinat!.' IL 10s. 10 0 0 British Invalcau Land 5/. per cent. 50 0 0 40 0 0 B • .sl.por cent 100 0 0 32 10 0 115 Ca D n o ad . 5a ..... ... . per cent - - Ditto, 5 per cent bds s'.per cent. Stock 100 0 0 - ' Dltte, 6 per cent. •• 6/. per cent. Stock 100 0 0 - Ditto, 6p c. bits 1874 41, per cent. Stock 100 0 0 - Ditto, 6p c. bds 1876 61. per cent Stock 100 0 0 - ] Crystal Palace Ditto Preference 7lpr. cent. 5 0 0 5 0 0 4 Crys. Palace of France - 4 0 0 all - City Navigation Bonds 3%/. per cent . - - - Electric Telegraph E ng.& A us. Cop. Smelt - 5 0 0 all 1% Eng.&lris. Slag. T. Co - 50 0 0 all - Equitable Reversionry 51per cent. 100 0 0 110 0 0 - Ditto New - 50 0 0 22 10 0 - (lan. Revers. & Invest 5l. p c and 11. •00 0 0 uo 0 0 - Gen. I. Sc. Col. (Lim.) - 25 0 0 all - I Gen.SteamNavigation 10/, p er e t. & 15 0 0 14 0 0 3 , London Gen. Omnibus 12/. per cent 4 0 0 all 3is liaison's 8ay...... ••• 5/. per cent. Stock Stock - I Ilungerford .......• - 21. ss. 100 0 0 a ll - Loa. Ne. &Na. Mauso. - 10 0 0 all - I all London Reversionary : 5 1,. / . ,_ p. p e c .;: r e cin et. t t . 10 1 0 5 0 u - Alex. & S. American - 10 0 0 all 5 0 0 2-1 . I Nat. Discount Comp - 25 0 0 100 0 0 - N.S.W. Gov.sp.e. Deb. 51. per cent. - all % 1 0 0 Nor. Bri. Australasian 60 , 0 17 10 0 - 1 all - North of Europe, Stm. 81. per cent. 2520 0 0 Price's Patent Cand. Co - o 0 all 2% l'eel River.Land&Min. all 10 0 0 73 E Pen. & Oriental Steam 20 0 0 _. Ditto New . - Reversionary Int. Soc. , Ditto New .. • • • • • • 43. P. 0 • Royal Aran Steam.. • • i per cent. I 0 0 all 1 4 L in est• 15 • 4 r 2i i . 7. , e r, hc c a e e r n o t 1 1 5 0 0 5 0 0 00 0 00 0 0 0 00 60 0 0 2 5 9 a io ll 0 ° : 9% Scottish Aus. - v ' 71 per cent. 25 0 0 South Australian Land 71,. i p o r s. cent. 10 2 0 0 t t ) ) 0 Trust and Loan Comp. Vast Diemen's Land .• Do. 6 per cent. Ponds 6 per cent - - - NAVAL AND MILITARY lIVTELLIGENCE• The Australasia, with the bead-quarters of the at 3.15 for Regiment,.hlia ; d left wnd wind WSW. . l. yesterday afternoon Invalid troops, to the number of 112 men of all ranks, arrived at the Invalid establishment, Chat.' ham garrison, on Tuesday evening, from Cepha lonia, Corfu, Malta, and Gibraltar, in the Urgent, iron screw steamer, Commander C. Phillips. invalids belonged to the Ist Royals, 3d Buffs, The 14th, 21st Fusiliers, 28th, 46th, 48th, 57th, 91st. and 92d Highlanders, together with 1.7 men of the Roya l Sappers and Miners, with 50 women a nd children. The Urgent sailed from Cephalonia o n the sth inst. A large number of the in va lid s are su ff e ring from ophthalmia. The invalid troops were'medical l y inspected yesterday at Fort Pitt, by Dr. .T._., 11 * Taylor, C. 8., Deputy•ln s p ec t or -G ener al 111°s vitals. Reinforcements for the 72d Highlanders arrived at Chatham garrison on Tuesday from London f or the purpose of embarking for India with those de; techments under order to proceed from the 2d an d 3d battalions at Chatham. The Lords of the Admiralty having permitte d Dr. J. Drummond, Deputy-Inspector of Hospitals, and principal medical officer at Melville Hospital, to retire from the service on full pay, on account of his long service ; Dr. J. W. Johnston, Deputy- Inspector of Hospitals, will succeed himat Melvil le Hospital. The Cuckoo, 3, steamer, Commander A. G. Murray, has been paid off into ordinary at Chathain• Her Majesty's steam-sloop Geyser, 6, Comman der E. Power, arriv e d a t S p ith ea d i n the night ° Tuesday, from the Cal oof Good Hope station having been ordered home by the Commander-in- Chief, in consequence of defective boilers. She l eft Simon's Bay on Nov. 1, called at St. Helena on the 12th, at Ascension on the 18th, Sierra Leone on the 27th, and St. Vincent's on the sth instant. The transport Viscount Canning, with a trooP of Horse Artillery for India, was at Ascension and sailed the day of the Geyser's arrival. At Vincent's was the transport Indomitable, yin' troops for India, when the Geyser left. O n the Ist inst., in lat. 13 33 N., long. 20 12 W., she com municated with the English bark Cornwallis, bouq d for the Cape and India, all well. The Geyser brought home one passenger, Mr. G. Thompson, of the firm of Borradaile, Thompson, and Co., and 29 invalids. She has besn upwards of three years in commission, and during that time has seen much service. She formed one of the Baltic fleet in 1855, and iu company with H.M.'s ship Archer took 13 ships in the Gulf of Riga, which she toN.ed home. She immediately returned to the Baltic, where she was actively employed during the remainder of the season, and was present at the bombardment of Sweaborg. During the following winter she was employed on the coast of Englatid, and on the 16th of July, 1856, sailed for the Cape station, where she has since been employed chiefly iu the conveyance of troops to the frontier, and lat terly cruising in the Mozambique Channel. She left in Simon's Bay her Majesty's ship BOBCaW011) 70, Capt. Glanville, Ili , of Rear-Admiral the H on. K.C. 3 Sir F. W. Grey, B. ; the Hermes, 6, paddle sloop, Commander Gordon, andcltohsee. HerTride Ma jesty's paddle sloop } Commander F. A. (proe sty s t e s na h Castor,and the 36, 11 e L g . e r i a i i o r o o d n incmrad screw.), , 6, re ship, Commander Purvis, sailed the • same d a y ns the Geyser, the former for the Mozambique Chan nel,otaonp- and the latter with horses for India. In Tablo Bay the Europe and American Steam Navigation Company's ship Queen of the South, with the 66th Regiment on board, was coaling on her way t:: India. The Dane, the first of the new contract mad steamers, arrived ou the 29th of Oct., and made a most satisfactory passage. The Geyser will sail this morning for Plymouth, to be paid off, Gentleman Cadet Palmer has been appointed Se' cond-Lieut. in the Royal Marine corps, and ordered to join the Chatham Division. The recruiting party of Royal Marines in com mand of Captain Wylde, at Cirencester, in Wilt shire, is ordered to remove to Manchester, and the Royal Marine recruiting stat on at Macclesfield to be removed to Newcastle-under-Lyme. Country Markets. EDINBURGH HAY AND STRAW MARKET DEO. 22. Supplies of all kinds these last six days large. Oat straw, from 7s Od to lls On per kemple of 16 atones tron ' • wheat do., 7s Od to Os Od ; barley do., 6a 01 t o 70 Gd. Hay from 10d to 12d. EDINBURGH MEAL—DEC. 22. There were in the market to-day 12 sacks oatmeal, eaoh weighing 2801 b imperial, which sold at 33s Od and —B. :ARKET-DEC. 21. 1-day 20 bags of oatmeal, 0 of Sales dull. DALKEITH MEAL There were in the market to. barleymeal, and 0 pot barley. _ . ... . Oatmeal, per sack of 2801bs First. Second. Third. imperial Barleymeal, per ditto -s Od —s Od -3 Od Peasemeal, per ditto Flour, now, per ditto —s Od. —s Oil --9 Od Pot-barley, now, per ditto -3 Od s Od —5 04 DUBLIN, Duo. 22. As is usual during Christmas week there was a poor at. tendance and a very slow market. We repeat our quota tions of Friday, except for Indian corn, which must be noted 6d lower. There will not be another market held this week. White wheat, 28s 01 to 29s Od ; red ditto, 248 Od to 270 Gd; ditto new, —s Od; barley, malting, 15 s to 18 s 6d ; g rind ing, —s to —s ; oats, old, 12s 6d. to 15s; ditto, new, Od to —s ; oatmeal, 14s to 158 Gd; here, new, 1 4 s to 150 Od ; rapose , d, 23s Od to 25s Ocl per brl ; bakers' flour, 16S Od to 220 Od per cwt; Indian corn, 31s 01 to 32s 6d per 480 lbG C.—DEo. 3. tho close of the market Wallsond, &e. 8 d. • Nixon's Duffryn. 21 6 itussell's flotton lB 6 Whitworth l6 0 Edon Main lB 0 •Irosforth l6 3 Braddyll lB 6 ffotton l9 6 Flarton Lyon's Stone Coal 2O 0 rrimdon 19 0 19 6 daswell iouth Iletton Foos ' 19 6 119 ; sold, 103, COAL MARK: Prices of Coals per ton a d Buddlo W. Hartley l4 C Bebside's Hartley l4 Longridge's Wst Hartley 14 C Canfield Moor Bates 13 0 West Hartley Grey's 13 6 Htl'pool West Hartley 14 6 Davison's West Hartley 14 6 North Percy Hartley _l3 C Haswell Gas l4 0 Ellywcll Walker Primrose 13 0 Wallsend, Gibson IG 6; Stowart's. 19 € Ships at market, LOCAL SHARE MARKET& LIVERPOOL, DEC. 23. STocir ExolinriGE.—The market opened easy to-day and prices of all the leading stocks are a shade lower. London and North Westerns, 96s ,—Sheffields, 39i — Great Westerns, 54 —Midlands, 88i—South Eastern, 20a Grand Trunk of Canada, 1114— Chester and Holyhead, 174—Caledonian, 4114 —Lancashire and Yorkshire, 91. new shares, 3-16 pm—Great Western of Canada, 18 2-16—* Bakeuhead, 69. MANCHESTER, DEC. 23. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The transactions today were very' firm, and prices closed rather steady. Londons 97—* ' East Lancashire, 02— Sheffields 39k—Ditto, Pref., 115-- South Eastern, 2013.16 —North Staffords, 34 d —Eastern Comities, 11 13-16—Midlands, 88I—Grand Trunk of Cahada, 111—Great Western, 544 —Berwicks, 23 i i---01 610 ' donian ' 41— Union Bank, par—Dutch Rhenish, 4 4 d ie. —' Leedg, 93a—Ditto, new, d. BIRMINGHAM, DEC. 23. STOCK EXCHANGE.—Business in the market generally active to-day, with prices about the same as yesterday. Birmingham and Stour Valley, 8 Bh—Great Western, Bir mingham Pref., 9!,- —Worcester and Birmingham Canals, 17 18—Birmingham Waterworks, 30. BIRTHS. - ' HENNELL—On the 22d inst., at 14, Northttmberland d street, Charing-cross, the wife of Mr. J. B. Henna, of a daughter. KNIGHT On the 22d 'mt., at 14, King-street, Gowen. street, Mrs. Knight, of a . daughth-. - MEmirFIELD —On the 21st inst., at Brighton, the wife of Frederic Merrifield, Esq., barrister-at•law, of a daughter. MonrcE—On tho 22d inst., the wife of Charles Walter Merice, Esq., of Glocester-terrace, Hyde-Park, of a (laughter. MARRIAGES. DICK MARRY —On the 22 d inst., at St. Barnabas Church, Kensington, Rober t Dick, M.D., to Hannah, eldest daughter of Mr. W. Blakey, Rochester, Kent. Ronic nrsoN — OLDAKER—On the 22(1 inst., at No r t on -i n • the- diocese 3, o o r s o j f Rochester,c-Phe'snte°r, t Robertson, erots'D.C.L., Chan ce ll or o f Louisa,the daughter of E. W. Oldaker, of Norton -green. DEATHS. William Abbott, Esq., a magistrate and :m o p a toi t i li . e 221 inst., at Portswood Lodge, near d ep ..l - On the 22d inst., at Tollington-park, Hornsey, J. BIAD,d, Esq., aged 76. A B s ß o O u l t h T i 'out. of Hampshire. BROPHY -On the 221 inst., at 18, Queen -square, St , James's-park, Peter Brophy, Esq., aged 82. BELLWORTHY—On the 21st inst. at Pembroke-terrace , BuleelinAcir—nO, burgh, James Buchanan, Bellworthy,iJlethhne2lBtiust., inst., aged 67. I. ittigmY BUTLIN—On the 20th inst., at Westfield House, Warwickshire, James Butlin, Esq., aged 75. herry Tree ROLLICK--On the 20th inst., suddenly, at C 56. Esq. 40, Moray-place, Edin• Chatham, the Rev. E. D. Rollick, aged LONDON Printed and Published by MURDO YOUNG of No, 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun Office, ISOf 112, Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the cotintY of Middlesex, Thursday, December 24, 1857, ... l ti 6 eon ( NI the /t 11