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- - ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. AARTHERN. CIRCUIL—York, July 22. CIVIL SlDE.—(Before the LORD CHIEF BARON and a Special Jury.) CLAY V. EASTWOOD. This was an action brought to recover damages for en alleged malicious prosecution. Mr. Martin, Mr. Sergeant Wilkins, and Mr. Pashley appeared for the plaintiff ; and Mr. Knowles and Mr. H. Hill for the defendant. Mr. MiatTni, in stating the case to the jury, said that the plaintiff, Mr. John Clay, was an attorney, of Hud dersfield, and the defendant a manufacturer at Meltham. The defendant had thought proper, at the last spring assizes at York, to prefer a bill of indictment against Mr. Clay, on account of some evidence given by the latter on a former trial, in an action by one Moorehouse against the present defendant. Moorehouse's action arose out of a prosecution in 1845, by the present defendant against him (Moorehoase) and several other persons, f o r tres passing on the defendant's land, and Moorehouse 's action was tried before Mr. Justice Patteson, when the plaintiff had a verdict for 40s. Mr. Clay having appeared as the attorney for Moorehouse and the other men before the justices upon .Mr.Eastwood'sprosecutang them, appeared afterwards as Moorehouse's witness in the action, and then spoke to the fact of one of the charges before the magistrates against Moorehouse and the others being dis missed upon the merits." This was a material ques tion before the jary in " Moorehouse v. Eastwood." It was in consequence of that evidenc e given by the pre seet plaintiff that Mr. Eastwood hadindicted the plain tiff, who was tried upon that charge of perjury betore Mr. Baron Alderson, and acquitted. Mr. Martin said, that he should prove that the charge about which the present plaintiff had sworn, had, in tact, been dismissed on the merits, and that the no w d e f en d ant had repeatedly said that he did not want, by his indictment for perjury, to puneh Mr. Clay; but to prevent the other trespassers along with Mr. Moorehouse from bringing other actions against him, Mr. Eastwood. The Learned Counsel offered to the other side, that if the defendant was willing to withdraw the imputation, and pay the plaintiff his expenses, he (the plaintiff) was willing to proceed no further. Mr. KNOWLES at first could not agree to accept such an offer, and the cause was for some time proceeded with. But, ultimately, Mr. Knowles said, his Lordship would not think it at all inconsistent with his (Mr. Knowles's) duty to his client, if he admitted that there must have been some misconception in the mind of the defendant as to Mr. Clay's guilt. From the evidence now received that, no doubt, had been the case. He (Mr. Knowles) would, therefore, accede to the offer, and agree to withdraw a juror, M r. Bell, the associate, to ascertain what expenses the plaintiff had incurred with respect to the present cause of action. July 23. CROWN COURT.—(Before Mr. Justice IVIGHTMAN.) THZ MIRFIELD MURDERS POSTPONEMENT OF THE OTHER CASES. Mr. Justice WIGHTMAN this morning said that he had carefully considered the question which had been submitted to him with respect to the two other indict ments pending against Patrick Reid. It was proposed, in the exercise of ther discretion, by the counsel for the Crown to proceed with the other indictments against the prisoner. They had a right, by law, to try the prisoner again, as the charges were distinct. And the question was, whether the further trials ought to be had at these or at the subsequent assizes—whether at these assizes, at which a jury had given a verdict, and upon the same evidence. It was said that evidence might be produced if the cases were postponed. It appeared to his Lordship that, as regarded the interest both o f the prisoner and the public, the further proceedings should not take place at these same assizes. But nothing, in such a case, should be done hastily ; and therefore his Lordship would direct that these two indictments should stand over until the next general gaol delivery. Hannah Gaunt and John Gaunt, mother and son, the former of whom was stated to be the wife of a trades man, were charged with having sent a threatening letter to Mr. Todd, charging him with the forgery or stock in the Bank of England, and with having thereby endeavoured to obtain money from him. Mr. Baines, Mr. Sergeant Wilkins, and Mr. Bliss, ap peared fur the prosecution ; and Mr. Overend and Mr. Aspitiall fur the prisoners. Mr. Blurs went at length into a statement of the facts of the case, from which it appeared that the pro secutor is a magistrate living in the East Riding, and had been harassed by letters from the female prisoner, espe cially respecting some money which the prosecutor's sister had in the Three per Ceuts. The letter was signed by both the prisoners, which was read by the Le a rn e d Counsel, who undertook to disprove every allegation which was mode in that letter. He-confessed there was in his mind some difficulty in fixing the charge upon the son, as the case was not so strong against him as against the mother. Mr. OVEREND having advised the female prisoner to plead guilty, he proceeded to state to his Lordship some circumstances, which showed that the prisoner had written the letter under a mistaken impression that the money in the Three per Cents. belonged to her, having, as she thought, been left by a brother who died some years ago, in the East Indies. His LORDSHIP sentenced the prisoner to be confined for a fortnight only, which will terminate this day, ai all sentences commence from the date of the commission of assize. The son was Acquitted. CIVIL SlDE.—(Before the LORD CHIEN BARON and a Special Jury.) - ANDERSON V. BOYNTON. In this case, wilich was adjourned from yesterday, Robert Henry Anderson was the plaintiff, and John Boynton defendant. Mr. Martin and Mr. Row were for the plaintiff, ankl Mr. Knowles and Mr. Cowling for the defendant. The action was on promises, upon the bill of an at torney, for work and labour done, money lent, and on an account stated. The detendant pleaded—first, that he was never indebted; secondly, that except as to 1,7811 he denied his liability; thirdly, that as to 41. 13.. 20. tie bad paid the bill and had a set-off; and fourthly, he denied the deli►ery of the bill. Mr. MARTIN stated the case. The plaintiff is an at torney at 'rusk, where he has carried on business fur a great number of years. The defendant is a gentleman who resides in the neighbourhood of York, and was a shareholder in the Yorkshire Agricultural and Com mercial Banking Company. The action was brought to recover 424/. 16s. 7d., the amount of costs which Mr. Anderson alleged to be due to him from the de fendant. The bank in question failed in 1343, at which time a large amount of the paid up capita; had been spent. The consequence was that Mr. Wood, the public officer of the bank, bad an action brought against him for 50,0001., and he having allowed judgment to go by default, he was callea upon to show cause why execution should not issue against him. Several of the shareholders, including the present defendant, were then proceeded against, and the defendant, thinking that he was not liable, employed Mr. Anderson as his legal adviser. Mr. Boynton's liability was not great, and Mr. Anderson advised him not to re sist the proceedings, as, by doing so, he would be playieg a very dangerous game. Tne defendant, however, de termined to proceed, and on the 14th of November, 1843. he retained Mr. Anderson for the purpose of delemlin i . ; him with re,pect to a scire facias which had issued out against him. Mr. Anderson conducted the defence through various stages, and he now sought to recover his costs which had been taxed in the Court of Chancery. The question was, whether the defendant was liable to pay the costs which had been incurred subsequent to the consolication rule. His LORDSHIP was of opinion that the question in this case was a question of law, and not ox tact, and coil'', not, therefore, be decided here. The Learned Counsel ou both sides observed that with mane years back causes had been sent down for tries which could not be tried here, the questions to be sub mitted being mere questions of law. Upon this it was directed that a verdict should be en tered for the detendant, and the plaintiff have leave to move in the court above. The assizes tor this county terminated at an early hour this afternoon. To-morrow will be the commission- da) at Durham. WESTERN ClltColT.—Aseter, July 23. NISI PRIUS COURT.—(Before Chart Justice WILDE and a Common Jury.) DINGLIT V. BASER. Mr. Sergeant Kinglake and Mr. Greenwood were counsel for the plaintiff ; and Mr. Crowder and Mr. Heldsworth for the defendant. This was an action of seduction ; bat of course was brought in the usual form by a father to recover cow pensetion in damages for the loss of service of hie daughter. I :ru, the statement of the Learned Counsel for the plaintiff, as borne out by the tealmuny of the Plaintiff's uaUghters bate runowieg may be gathered as the facts of the case :—. The Rlaintiff rented several turnpike-gates betwe en Kingsbudge and Dartmouth. He had a family of six daughters ; M ary Dingle, the one alleged to have been seduced, being the second. She was about r 7 years of age at the time when seduced. She Collected the tolls at one of her father's turnpike-gates. • The defendant was a wine and spirit merchant az Dart mouth, and was about 33 years of age. It appeared that in the Dartmmoouth nth of -January, 1845, there was a public ball at , which was promoted by the friends an unsuccessful candidate for the representation of f the borough of Dartmouth. The defendant was one of the stewards. Mary Dingle and two of her sisters went to that ball, and the defendant was exceedingly attentive to her, and danced with her nearly the whole of the even ing. She frequently saw the defendant during the fol hs and he conducted himself in the most which she resisted, r lo es w p i e ng ctf al ul oiit man ner ' towards her, but at length he at tempted to take liberties with her, promised solemnly he wo ul d not repeat the at and he When she me tempt. similar attempts. On the 15th of April i , on l s B , 46 h , e evening, and :he ad s: accidentally met the defendant in the streets of Dartmouth, abouwtalicinewiitnh the him and ake he asked her to take a . it up . Sh e did so, an d, , alter having proceeded some short distance, the - d e f e ndant took from his pocket, a bottl e , which he sa i d contained Chun- Mae .ale ; h e a l so t oo k out a tumbler. He poured out a glass of the ala and prevailedonhe rik r n to drink acm e o f it. The defendant himse-i not drink any, did , t h a t any, and the girl asked hi m t h e reas on ; he rep li e d he had been drinking brandy and water, and smok in g cigars, and if h e mixed the liquor it would have a bad effect. He th rew the rest of the liquor away. The girl was - then about to leave him, but he begged her to stop. alleging that he had suraPtting Particular to say to her. sh*Soon.felt herself completely stupifird, and lo s t a ll re aollentioi; When ehe came to her senses she -found her- E ,elf in the defendant's stable, and in that,itable.her ruin was accomplished . After thia thaw the - parties fiCquently met, and ultimately the 'girl :became pregnant. Irpon her informing. the: . 4iffindeuit of this, he said; " Neve r mini, you site 11,114 - Ter want anything—l will never de- . -,,!!t::. ~ • _ _ - ... • sort you." He then advised the girl to go to Exeter and afterwards to Exmouth, to take lodgings there, and call herself a married woman, and he would come and see her, and he gave her two sovereigns. The girl accord ingly mode an excuse to her father, and went to Exeter, where she stayed some time, and then she went to Ex mouth. The defendant had promised to send her money, but he did not do so. She wrote several letters to him, but he sent her no answers. Being in a complete state of destitution, she at length wrote to her mother and apprised her of her situation, and was taken back to Dartmouth, but not to her father's house. Shortly after her return she went to the defendant, who endeavoured to prevail upon her to swear the child to some other person, and offered her 501. if she would do so. The girl told him that if he would give her 501. no one should ever know who was the father of the child, but she could not place it upon any other person, as she had never known any one else. The defendant said he would rocure the best barrister he could to get him out of it. The girl was delivered of a female child on the 10th of April last, at a neighbour's house. A very long cross-examination took place with the ob , ,ject of showing her to be a person of immoral habits; but she solemnly denied that she had been on terms of improper intimacy with any other person. Mr. CROWDER was addressing the jury on behalf of the defendant, sating that he could contradict the girl in in many of her statements, when be was interrupted by Chief Justice WILDE, who said that the girl, by going away, had put an end to the relationship of master and servant. When she was brought back she was not re tained in her father's house, but placed in that of a neighbour. She was not then able to have rendered her father the same services as she had done before. By mutual consent, therefore, the relationship of master and servant had been dissolved, and he was of opinion that the plaintiff must be nonsuited. Plaintiff nonsuited. July 24. The Crown Court hab been engaged during the greater part of the day in trying cases which are unfit for publi cation, and Chief Justice Wilde was occupied in trying causes of local interest only. MIDLAND CIRCUIT.-IVottingkam, July 24. CIVIL SlDE.—(Before Mr. Baron ROLFE and a Special Jury.) PICHERGELL AND WIFE V. BAGSHAW. This was an issue directed to be tried by Vice-Chan cellor Bruce, as to the validity of a will made by a gen tleman of large property, named Draper. Originally the case was to have been tried in _Lincolnshire, but the venue was afterwards changed into Nottinghamshire. Sir Fitzroy Kelly was brought down specially to support the validity of the will, and Messrs. Whitehurst, Hum frey, and Mellor, to support the claims of Mrs. Picker gill. At nine o'clock yesterday morning Mr. Baron Rolfe took his seat upon the bench, and the special jury, with one exception, was full. It was understood that various attempts had been made to settle the case, but they were unavailing until they came into Court. After one hour and twenty minutes' consultation in Court, Mr. WurrEuuusT, Q.C., the counsel for the plaintiff, upon rising to address the jury, said—" Gentlemen, I have the honour to appear upon this occasion as counsel • for the plaintiff in this tction. It is an action brought by my client, the daughter and only child of an extraor dinary and eccentric character. It is scarcely necessary for me to state that the action is one of an important cna racter, as it is of public notoriety, and relates to the validity of the will of the late Mr. Draper. It so hap pened that the lady whom I represent was in her infancs estranged trom her family relations. The testator made a marriage which turned out unfortunate. He became disgusted with his wife ani child. He never acknow ledged his daughter, and upon his death he made a will in which he left the whole of his property to his nieces, to the exclusion of his daughter. After looking most attentively at the evidence likely to be produced at this trial I could not ask you to give a verdict against the will of the late Mr. Draper. The testator appears to have been a gentleman of great forethought, of great business habits, and the will, except to the exclusion of his daughter, is a very fair and good one. Under these circumstances, I must say, the action having been brought to determine the validity of this will, the oppo- site party have evinced a liberality towards my client which I consi ler commendable. Gentlemen, therefore we consent to this will being established. It was drawn by a gentleman for whom I entertain the highest re spect, and I cannot hope to ask your verdict to set aside that will. Gentlemen, the arrangement made is con clusive. All sales of property which have been effected since the death of the testator ate renoered inviolable; there is to be no more litigation between any members of the family, anti my client is to receive a certain pro portion of the property under the arrangement." Sir F. KELLY—My Lord and Gentlemen, I have the honour to appear as counsel for the defendants, and I very much rejoice that you are relieved from any further consideration of this important case. Gentlemen, my Learned Friend, Mr. Whitehurst, has abandoned, with great discretion, any attack upon the will of the late Mr. Draper. He feels, if I were called upon to establish the validity of that will, that I am possessed of such overwhelming evidence that I should be enabled to estab- lish it beyond even an approach to a doubt. My Friend knows perfectly well that the testator, although of eccentric habits, was a man of extraordinary sagacity, and likewise a man of accomplished business habits. tinder these circumstances, sympathising as we do with the plaiotiff, we have agreed to the terms which my Learned Friend has just alluded to. Gentlemen, one word in favour of the two Misses Grinshaw, for whom really I appear. In consequence of unfortunate circum stances connected with the family of the testator he dis • inherited his only child. The Misses Grinshaw, the chil dren of his only sister, were left by that will the possessors of his property, with the remainder to their children, and various other remainders I need not mention. But these young ladies possessing this property have always felt most anxious that their cousin, the daughter of the late Mr. Draper, should be well provided for. They have at all times expressed a most earnest desire that a hand some provision should be made for her maintenance; they have eforetime proposed to do so, and they are now prepared, the validity of the will being established, to carry out to the fullest extent their wishes with regard to the plaintiff. Gentlemen, the proposition is, that Mrs. Pickergill should be placed in an equal position with her cousins. The ac:xiety of the Misses Grinshaw is that they should not live and be maintained at the expense of the only child of their uncle. And, gentlemen, I do Igain most sincerely rejoice in the hope that this ar rangement will put an end to all those painful and dis tressing differences which have existed between the parties, and that they will become one happy and united Mr. Baron ROLFE—Gentlemen of the jury, your duty is a very simple one ; you will, if you please, find a ver ,iict for the plaintiff. The jury found a verdict accordingly. Sir Fitzroy Kelly immediately lett the Court for Lyme Regis, in Dorsetshire. (Before a Common Jury.) BROWN V. SANDERS. This was an actio❑ in which the plaintiff, a victualler, residing at New Basford, sought to recover the sum of 601. for victuals, spirits, ale, cigars, and tobacco, fur nished to the irder of the defendant, an attorney of this town, who pleaded the Tippling Act; and that he was not indebted except for 21., which was paid into court. ['he plaintiff accepted the 21.. and joined issued on the other points. Counsel for the plaintiff, Messrs. Whitehurst, Q.C., and Mellor; fur the defendant, Messrs. Miller and Macaulay. Mr. WHITEHURST, in stating the case, said that the plaintiff had, du ing the election in 1842, kept open h ,use in the Conservative interest, and on the election in 1843 the defendant applied to the plaintiff to keep open house again. Plaintiff replied that he had lost money by the party over the last election, and would not supply any more ale or provisions unless Mr. San ders or some other individual would give personal se curity. Mr. Sanders, after some demur, consented, and on Sunday, the 2d of April, gave an I 0 U for 301. Chey agreed, however, to date the instrument on the Ist, under the impression (which was of course all non sense) that it would not be valid if given on Sunday; and, at the request of Mr. Sanders, the plaintiff was to keep no books of the transacdon, lest their car:didate should be aga i n unseate d for treat i ng. I n d e f ence , t h e defy ndant had first pl ea d e d t h at h e h a d not g i ven the order ; that had an h d ee se h c p o as twi tt l e y d , the Tippling T y ip ea p r li a ng ag A o Act, an apnrevoeldnt people statute from poisoning themselves with gin. per ata s . o w n h g r a t v h e ru a t t s t a time,for htiny quantity ehouidnot p ve ir r it t s he le a s m s o t u b n a t ri ofreeßosy that law, if a 1 1 l'he law, th e L earned Counsel said, was broken every 1 time a pet son bought a glass of brandy -and-water; and he proceeded, theretore, to charge Mr. Sanders's plea with being the very reverse of hones t or gentlemanly. The following witnesses w ere then examined;- _Benjamin Flewitt, of B as f or d, joiner,sai, voter, and was so at the el ect i on o f 1842 and 1843. I am a know the plaintiff: I in company w i th W ardle and some others employed myself in looking out f or voters. On Sunday the 2d of April, I heard the plaintiff's house was open. In consoquence of that I went there the same evening, ar.d saw the defendant. He said something to ute when I went in. I stayed there that night and had some drink. There were many persons engaged in the election also drinking there; amongst others Mr. San d- rs. On the following day I saw him there again. A number of voters and runners were then drinking. I said to him that we were not at all satisfied, and should not promise our vote, until Mr. Brown had been made secure. I said that Mr. Brown had not been paid for the last election. He said we might be satisfied, as he had given Mr. Brown an I 0 U for 30/. We continued to go on drinking. I saw Mr. Sanders there every day, and spoke to him once or twice. I have seen him amongst the voters, and when I could catch one of the upposite side we used to take him there, and endeavour to persuade him th a t C onservat i sm was the best. I have drinking, to call fo ' r. sud T s tr e as 30 persons present. They were eating, the defendant last S un d ay told him that I thouunh coming They had anything they chose and that I should liketaiy and going away. I saw morning at Old Basford. I 1 n i n e e i h f o I w knew knew,ew a b o a u n t d t the e a In eowwtweoura have e s ?da l , quite i becauseti e t w madero n h wrong in this mat ter, could say w hi o m u s ld el n f. ot F b r e o a m n w u b e t i t •e t a l so s n as abl e askedl told m e I said I did. He asked that p h . s a o d il L e t o o r 601. sumed at plaintiff's house. sum for what was coi- Cross-examined by Mr. MILLER I was not 3'9 about 11 as a canvasser. I took it upon my own head. Brown knew that on the Sunda was in the street near his house, and he came out to I speak to me. He spoke to me first, and told me to Brown -(1 g round to the voters and get them to come. Mr. was very active in collecting v otes. I have never heard him say that he had paid for " detectors." I don't know what " detectiir" means. Mr. MELLon.—Persons employed to go round and see that there is no bribery in - the other camp. I don't m ean yours, you know.—(Laughter.) Witness—l know now. I never heardlir. Brown say that he had paid money- for that rurpae, and had not been reimbursed. I can't tell how many Conservative voters there were le Old Basford ; there were a good many m:)re than eight or nine. I ran about a good deal, but I was never paid for it. I have been engaged in elections for 33 or 34 years. I think plaintiff ~btaiced a license for his house, which is a very large one, in 1842, just before the election. Some of the parties drank ale and porter, and some chose brandy. The smallest num ber I saw there was five or six. The election took place on the Thursday. On that day I breakfasted at my own house. I don't know whether the ether people break fasted at Nottingham. James Wesson, of Basford, framework•knitter—For seven years I have been assistant waiter at Mr. Brown's. I remember the election in 1843. I was there on Sun day the 2d of April. I did not see Mr Sanders on that day ; but I did several times during the week. Last Sunday Mr. Sanders told me he had dined at Air. John Brown's on the Monday, and said, " I believe you did too." I answered that I did not. I saw Mr. Sanders talking to Mr. Brown about election business, as I sup posed ; he called me and told me to fetch a jug of cold water. The JUDGE—And is that the reason you supposed they were talking upon election business ?—(Laughter.) Witness—l fetched the water, and then he axed me how I was?--(Laughter.) I said, "Very well," and then he axed me how they were getting on up stairs? I said there had been a bit of a demur about the election. He axed me what about? and I said that Mr. Brown had not been paid for the last, and the voters wished him to be made all right for this. He then told me he had given Mr. Brown an I 0 U for 301, and said we might go and enjoy ourselves. I should think 501. or 601. not too much for what was consumed. I took up a great deal— ale, porter, cigars, tobacco, and the like. There was meat and bread in every room, so that any one could get a bit that liked. Mr. Sanders came to my house last Sunday, and began to ask me about the election. Mr. WHITERURST—And what did you tell him? Witness—Not so much as he wanted me, for I thought he was pumping me.—(Laughter.) I told him two or three names. He told me he had been at Mr. Hannay's and George Rawson's, but they would do nothing for him. At last he said he had axed 'em for a counsel.— (Loud laughter.) They said they would see about that. I told him the best plan would be to try and make it up. Mr. Hannay is a magistrate. I have seen Mr. Rawson once, but I don't think I should know him again. Cross-examined—l suppose Messrs. Hannay and Raw son belong to one party. Less was consumed at the first election, because Mr. Brown had no I 0 U to go by, and so he was more sparing.—(Laughter.) Re•examined—l saw no one pay. I never saw no money at all.—(Laughter. Michael Brown, of Nottingham, attorney for the plaintiff—ln the month of October last I applied to the defendant for payment; he came to my office. I showed him the I 0 U I hold in my hand, and asked for payment of the account. I knew that he had been actively engaged in the election, and I having been also employed on the opposite side, we had a long conversa tion. I asked him how he had been so far wrong as to enter into any engagement to pay at all? He then told me he had been a great fool for his pains, and that it would be a warning to him. He had been let into it by the plaintiff's refusing to assist at the last election until he had some security for the payment of his bill. He went on to say that, at the election of 1842, the plaintiff had had an account, and he believed that a Mr. Carey had received the amount, but had never paid it to the plaintiff. He added, that he had been sent once by some parties at Nottingham, and he had thus got into the dilemma; that the bill had not been sent in at the proper time, and that the party would not now assist him in paying it. I was anxious to have the matter settled, and Mr. Rawson and Mr. Hannay being named as the parties concerned, I asked him if he had seen them? He said he had; and he requested me to see Mr. Rawson. Accordingly I saw that gentleman on the following day, and he told me that the whole blame lay with Mr. Sanders, for not producing his bill until the election matters were settled, as it he had done so it would have been paid. I saw Mr. Sanders again the same day, and told him the result of my interview, He then fixed the following Tuesday as the time when he would make some arrangement about the matter, in the hope that the party would assist him. I saw Mr. Sanders on the following Wednesday, and he told me he had not been able to obtain anything from the party. At last it was arranged that I should procure a writ against him, in the hope th.i.t it would induce the party to come forward and help him. I afterwards saw Mr. Hannay, who gave a similar answer to Mr. Rawson._ The I 0 U was then put in and read. Mr. MILLER made a long and ingenious defence. Alter replying to Mr. Whitehurst's observations with regard to Mr. Sanders, he argued that the I 0 U which hau been put in only as evidence, and on which the plaintiff did not seek to recover, had in fact nothing to do with the present debt, but with one owing in con nexion with the election of 1842. The plea of the Tip pling Act was suggested by the plaintiff's bill of parti culars. Its items were-285 glasses of brandy and water, 7/. 2s. 6d.; 156 glasses of ram, 4/. 35.; 302 glasses of gin, 71. l ls.; 80 gallons of ale, 6/ 13s. 6d.; tobacco, IL 2s. 2d.; refreshments, 318 d. And there was another account,-260 gallons of ale, 201.; cigars and tobacco, 21 55.; refreshments, 71. 155.; total, 30/.; thus taking on' the items for spirits, and doubling the others to make up the difference. The plaintiff had ecdeavoured unjustly to extort money from the defendant, and, there fore, he was perfectly justified in pleating the statute. The Learned Counsel; in proof of his asser tion, read the following intimidating letter which had been written by the plaintiff to the defendant : " Vernon Arms, Basford, April 9, 1846. " Sir.—The I 0 U you gave to me in April, 1843, I 1.. 13 cn infnrm ynn iw withdrawn from Mr. Patchett (a Conservative solicitor), and unless the lull amount, 301., is paid me within 14 days from the date thereof, I shall put it into the hands of Mr. Browne, the solicitor for the opposite party to us, with strict instructions to proceed against you immediately foi the recovery without further notice.—l remain, Sir, yours respectfully, "J. BROWN." The Learned Counsel then called Remus Crisp, agent, of Nottingham, who deposed that on Sunday, April 2, 1843, he went over with Mr. Sanders to the plaintiff's house at Basford, when the former asked the latter if he would assist them at the election. Brown said "He would be d—d if he would until he had been settled with for the other." Mr. Sanders said he would talk to him about it, and they left the room. In about five minutes they returned, and Mr. Sanders said, "Then it's all right. Brown, no.; you will help us, will you?" Brown replied, " I will." Witness was inte rested in the election. There were no public-houses at the election in. 1843; he did not know one. Frederick Lees, of Nottingham, attorney—l was en gaged on the part of Mr. Walter, jun., in 1843. At the latter end of May, or the beginning of June, the plaintiff called on me, in company with Mr. Sanders, in order that I might see various parties, with a view to the liquidation of his account. I told him I would do so, and requested him to let me know what he wanted. He then made a statensent to me, which I saw was put down in writing. It was to the ffect that Brown, of. Old Bastord, said his bill and money paid out of pocket amounted to 101. 10.; ditto, 1843, 61.; two detec • tors fur the last election, 11. He also said that he had paid to eight voters 151. After that I said, "Does that comprise ail you want, or have you any other claims for Old Basford?" He said there were two other accounts. one from a man named Fawkes, of New Basford, and another from a man named Reagate, the former being tor 3/. and the latter for 71. Casting it up, I found the plaintiff's bill to amount to 421. I then said, "Is that all?" and he replied, " Well, I ought to have something for my trouble and loss of time." I asked him if 51. would satisfy him, and he said " Yes." The only items I considered as belonging to the last election were the 61. and 1/. for the two detectors. There were no public houses at the election in 1843. It was part of the arrangement that no refreshments should be allowed. Luke Goodhead, framework-knitter, of Basford—l was canvassed at the last election by Mr. Brown, the plaintiff. Ile told me that there was nothing at all allowed; he did it all on his own account. I did not go to his house. I breakfasted at Nottingham. I was on Brown's side at the election before. Mr. WIIITEHURST, in reply, contended that Mr. Miller's case had nothing to do with the one they were trying. The Learned JUDGE, after commenting upon the evi dence, left it to the jury to decide whether the I O U was given as a security for expenses to be incurred, or as an acknowledgment of the former debt. The case cer tainly had a suspicious look. The jury *returned a verdict for the plaintiff—Da mages, 39/. 3s. 6d., being the whole amount, minus the charge for spirits. CROWN COURT.—(Before Lord DENMAN.) James Lydiat, aged 17, pleaded Not Guilty to setting fire to a stack of oats, at Shelton, the property of itobert Hall, on the 10th of July. It appeared that on the day in question a man went to the house of Elizabeth Gil• bert, of Flawborough, about a mile from Shelton, and asked for a few matches with which to light his pipe,and gave her a brush (which he said he had found in the road) in exchange for the matches. The prisoner was seen in Flawborough about that time, John Phillipson, farming bailiff to the prosecutor, de posed to seeing the prisoner in the village on the night in question. The fire must have begun at the south-east corner of the stack. The stack, which was worth about 1301., was all burnt. Other witnesses deposed to his being in the village, and one woman gave evidence as to what kind of bouts he had on. William Peacock, of Thoroton, met the prisoner about 10 o'clock, apparently coming from Sipthorpe. Witness said he was going to see the fire, and prisoner asked " Where?" and - passed on in a direction from the fire, He afterwards saw the prisoner standing against the fire in custody of Louis Bridger, a policeman, who.had met him near the Four Lane Ends, and, asking him where he was going, he replied to Grantham. The prisoner had then directed his attention to the fire, which the prisoner said he had before not seen, and that he had not been in Shelton. Having heard that a tramp was suspected he took him into custody, and on searching him he found four matches in his pocket. Footmarks on the ground near the stack corresponded with impressions from the prisoner's s,ac boots. The bootmarks were in a line with the k. The jury found the prisoner Guilty. Sentence-15 years' transportation. The assizes concluded at half-past three o'clock. OXFORD ClRCUlT.—Stafford, July 24. CROWN COURT.—(Before Mr. Justice ERLE.) Edward Ingle, a respectable-looking man, of about 50 years of age, who was formerly postmaster of Bilston in this county, was indicted for embezzling, on the 30th of July, 1843, a valuable security for 2/. Os. 3d., the pro perty of the Postmaster-General. , _lllr. Gods on , M r . Wh ate l ey, M r . Al exan d er , and Mr. tjtre"aPpeared for the p r o secu tion, and Mr. Kettle for detence. Mr. Sergeant Allen was retained with him, but in cons equence of being engaged Court) WAS not able- to attend. in the Wisi The facts of the case were these !—An Irishman named Owen Coughlin, who had been for the last eight years residing principally in Bilston, and working as a journeyman shoemaker, was in the habit of sending Mime 2/. a month to his wife, who lived in Kilrush. in the county of Clare, by Post- o ffi ce or de rs f rom B i l ston . All these went regularly except that which formed the subject of this indictment. % - .)n the 30th July, 1845, Coughlin went to the prisoner and got a Post- offic order, as usual, for 21., took it home, wrote a letter to his wife, folded it, enclosed the Post -office order in it, made it up, and went to the Post-office and gave'it as usual, with Id. for the postage, to the prisoner. The wife not receiv ing the letter or the order, Coughlin wrote three other letters successively to' her, and, getting no answer, be came surprised ; he to, wrote to her mother, which letter also did not reach, and at last enclosed a letter to his wife in another dir,•cted to a man named Mangan. This reached her. Inquiry was set on toot, and' on the 19th November she sent a memorial stating the circumstances to the Vostroaster-General, who, hav ing asked an explanation from the prisoner, re ceived for answer that no such order was ever obtained at his office. The prisoner about the same time sent for Coughlin, told him that he was likely to get into trouble on account of that Fost-office order, and offered, if he would sign a paper stating that he had not got the order at that office, to give him back his two sovereigns and ss. 6d. for his expenses and trouble. Coughlin agreed, signed the paper, took the money, and write home to stop the investigation. But it was too late. The Post-office authorities 'were bent on instituting an inquiry, and accordingly a bill of indictment was presented at the last summer assizes. As soon as it was found, the prisoner, who remained in Stafford up to that moment, fled, and was not found out until last week, when, it being discovered that he was living in Hull under the name of Holmes, he was taken into custody by Colonel Hogg, the deputy -superintendent of the po lice of this county, to whom he stated that he had been on the continent until his money was spent, and then he came back to get his property together, and go off again; and admitted that he had paid 2L and a tew shil lings to the shoemaker, and added that he would appeal to the Postmaster-General for a tree pardon. Mr. KETTLE having addresstd the jury on behalf of the prisoner, and called witnesses, who gave him an ex cellent character, Mr. WHATELEY replied for the prosecution. His LORDSHIP summed up, and—the jury, after a short consultation, having found the prisoner Guilty— sentenced him to ten years' transportation. Mr. Godson assisted to-day in trying prisoners. (Before Mr. GODSON.) John Love was indicted for the manslaughter of Noah Hortgetts, on the 24th March last, at the parish of Sedgely, by gross negligence, in leaving in one of the air holes of a mine a lighted candle, in consequence of which an explosion of sulphurous gases took place, that killed the deceased. Mr. Greaves and Mr. Jackson appeared for the prose cution ; and Mr. Sergeant Allen for the defence. It appeared that the prisoner, who was a mere working man, was engaged.on the day in question for the , first time in the mine. In the evening, before six o'clock, the agent of the mine examined it with a safety-lamp, and found the existence of sulphur, but permitted the men to work on till the next morning. The prisoner worked on till morning, and then left his work at the hour at which he expected to be relieved, leaving a candle burning. Some time afterwards the agent, with other men who were on day-work, came down into the mule, and proceeded as usual to buffet the sulphur ; that is, to beat out the sulphur, so that it might escape through the air-holes from the body of the mine, and in doing so, being unaware th at a li ghte d candle had been left in one of the air -holes, forced the sulphur into contact with the flame of the candle, whereupon an explosion took place that killed seven men. It was charged against the pri soner that he was guilty of an omission of duty, in neg lecting to put out the candle before he left his work, in pursuance of the rules of the mine. Mr. Sergeant Allen, on the close of the case, objected that there was no evidence of the existence of any such rules, or of the prisoner being aware of them. His LORDSHIP, coinciding in the view, directed an Acquittal. CIVIL SlDE.—(Before Mr._ Justice C OLERIDGE an d a Special Jury.) WHIT3fORE AND OTHERS P. PEAK. Mr. Sergeant Taltourd, Mr. Pigott, and AIL Huddle stone appeared for the plaintiffs; Mr. Sergeant Allen and Mr. Gray for the defendant. This was an action of, trover by the assignees of a bankrupt, to recover 651., the value of a pianoforte which had belonged to the bankrupt, and had got into the pos session of the defendant by fraudulent preference, as the plaintiffs alleged, and by way of fair and bona fide purchase, as the defendant contended. The case had been tried at the Spring Assizes, 1846, when a verdict passed for the defendant, which was afterwards set aside, on the ground of being against the weight of evidence. The case occupied the greater part of the day. Con tradictor}' evidence was offered on both sides. At the close of the case for the defendant Mr. Ser geant Taltourd replied. His LORDSHIP summed up, and The jury, after being closetted for some hours, re turned a verdict for 321 10s., exactly half the plaintiff.' claim. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. Bo W-STREET. The Rev. Ridley Bray, -a clergyman of the Established Church, residing at No. 7, Manchester -street, Man chester-square, who gave the fictitious name of John Smith, was placed at the bar, charged by constable Phtlps, 108 A, within decently assaulting several women in Parliament-street and• Whitehall. The constable stated, that about eight o'clock in the evening he raw the prisoner going up Parliament-street towards Charing-cross, when he drove himself in a rude manner against five women who were passing. The prisoner said he never uttered a word to any per son, and, as none of the women hail come forward to prefer any complaint, he considered that the officer was over-zealous in his duty, interfering with him for what had happened in the most accidental manner. In answer to the Court, Inspector Stephens said that the prisoner appeared perfectly sober when brought to the station. The constable said the prisoner certainly smelt of liquor, but bad not taken enough to prevent him from acting in a propr manner. The prisoner admitted that he might have touched some persons unintentionally, as he was walking very fast. The witness then proceeded to state that the prisoner might have easily passed without obstructing any person, and in addition to the women alluded to, he distinctly saw him place his hand on the back part of a lady's person in a ino,,t indecent manner. Another was obliged to push him from her, afte r t ry i ng to avo id hi m a fo s r saued some lt yards, and two oth ers h a d their persons in a very Indecent manner. When the prisoner was near Charing-cross, witness saw him stretch out his arms to embrace two women who were passing, and took him into custody. He had been occasionally within three yards of the prisoner, and wore his uniform, to answer the call of any person who might require his assistance. Mr. HENRY said that a series of offences against public tfccency had been clearly proved, although no one had come forward to support the statement of the officer, who, as he understood from the inspector, was a very steady, well-conducted man, and it was not to be won dered at that women feltgreatreluctance to give evidence on such occasions. _ name, the prisoner h a d g i ven a wrong address, i The inspector informed the Court th a t, i n a ddi t i on to g been ascertained that h e res id ed at No. 7, and not ithaving N wron g No. 1 Manchester street. Constable Dubbin, 146. A, proved having made in quiries at No. 7, Manchester-str ee t, and learned that the prisoner bad resided there six weeks; but nothing was known of bim except that he w as a c l ergyman. Mr. Scott, who resides in Northumberland, and occa sionally at No. 1, Manchester -street, said he kfiew the prisoner to have bele a curacy at Ersdon, near Shields, and also one at Marsden,. in Kent, t h e l ast o f wh i ch he was d to vacate in consequence of the death of the incumbent. He was at present unemployed, and no person was more capable of cond uct i ng a parish, as all who knew him could testify. Mr. HENRY said that he could not be e l ieetrhyseeorntehfoaartpept_hecaennieivneil dence was incorrect without imputing perjury to t h e officer, and he was obliged to treat the matter in a t s , u , m c m orn ar p y la w in ay ag , a i i n ns t t h t e h a e b p se r n is c , e m o er f . an3 H , p upon him to find bail, himself in 1001., and two sureties in 501. each, to be of good behaviour for three calendar months. The required sureties not being in attendance, he was sent to rothill-fields prison. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. Ann Barrett, a woman of bad character, was charged on Saturday by Margaret Staples with having forcibly torn a gold ring from her finger. and with also having struck her a dreadful blow on the eye in order to enable her to effect the robbery. The complainant said she went into the Star and Garter public-house, Poland street, on Friday, at the solicitation of the prisoner and another Irishwoman, to have something to drink. When she got into the house the prisoner caught hold of her hand and tried to take off her ring. She resisted, and a person who was in the place told the prisoner to let her alone. The prisoner attempted to pass off the action as a joke, and in a few minutes afterwards she pushed her into the parlour and shut the door. When in the room she received a violent blow, which knocked her down, and she then felt that the prisoner was tearing off her ring, Before she could give a sufficient alarm the prisoner got off the ring and ran out of the house. The prisoner was soon afterwards taken into custody by a police-constable, with the ring in her possession. ia A tel w y itness and that, take the ring from the complainant's finger, seeing the complainant was the worse for liquor at the eventually time, he interfered on her behalf. Shortly after this he saw d the complainant fall down like a log, and imme diately the prisoner ran out of the house. companion, The landlord proved that he detained the prisoner's oanl lead gave d t o t he informationappnhensit,omaocf constable so prisoner.s as I'olice constable C 76 said ha went in pursuit of the prisoner, and fo un d h er co ncealed on the stairs of the school-room in Mead's-court. The ring was found in her possession. The complai nant s h owe d h er fi n ger, which exhibited marks of violence as if a ring had been forcibly torn from it. The prisoner, in defence, said the ring was her property. She was committed. FRENCH FLoua.--The following arrivals of flour hare taken place in one day from France, viz. :—The Lord Glenelg, prom Havre, 2,102 barrels ; the Laurel, from Havre, 1,801 barrels ; and the Lively, from Bur deaux, 2,000 barrels of the article, the produce of France. The latest arrivals have also included some supplies of fromX.Pto and other parts of Eruct. :t. PROGRESS OF THE RAIL IN THE UNI I Ell S l ATES. AN EXPERIMENT WORTH TRYING AT lIOME.—The circutestet.ce of the axles of engine's and carriages get ting red hoc from over-speed is an every-d 'y occurrence at home. The heat generated in this way from the in creased rapidity of transit, very recently, it will be re membered jeopardized the safety of a bishop on the Great Western, while more than one exploit is speed, on the London and North-Western has been spoilt from the self-same cause. In America—and it is well worth the attention of engineers and scientific men here—during the last few months some ex periments on this subject have been made, the object being to save to the companies the heavy expense of oil. To the boxes of two of the wheels of one of the pas senger cars there is attached an appareaus. said to be both cheap and simple, whereby the iron axles of those wheels, and the brass boxes within which they revolve, are kept continually wet with cold water—water only is used to the axles instead of oil. Nu heat is generated, and the water did not get warm. The patentee proposes, with water and an anti-attrition composition, and which is not to cost one-sixteenth part of the present expense, to secure on any or every railway all the advantages of as universally used. One of the trips was short and pleasant, only 26 miles; but the cars went at the rate of 20 to 30 miles an hour, and at the several stopping places the axles were quite cool and wet. The water was but little discoloured; there was no perceptible attrition or friction. The ex pense of oil alone, on the Reading Rail, in 1846, was 38,819 dolls. for 45,672 gallons, besides some 2,000 dells. worth of grease and tallow, all used on the anxles of the car wheels; and if 40,000 dolls. a year on one road can be reduced to 3.000 dolls., a public benefit will be effected to society, for the less it costs the companies to propel their machinery, the cheaper will they carry freight and passengers. '1 he real point of importance appears to be the use and application of an agent that costs little, instead of oil at 80'. a gallon. STRAWBERRIES AND MILK BY RAIL.—PLEASANT POINT FOR AN EXCURSION.—The Erie Railway Com pany advertise excursions on their road as cheap, healthful, and beautiful as can be found in this western world. Now Rockland is full of strawberries, and Orange of milk and flowers. The milk train of Tuesday night (22d instant) took to New York 80,000 baskets of strawberries. These baskets are intended to contain one pint each; but say that three baskets contain one quart, which is quite within bounds. Then we had 26,667 quart, or 833 bushels. These strawberries will no doubt weigh sixty-five pounds to the bushel, but say sixty, then we bad te enty five tons of strawberries alone. The boxes and baskets weigh as much more, so that the freight was at least .50 tons. By the same train we had 28,000 quarts of milk, which weigh (a pint a pound), 28 tons, and including cans 35 tons, making a freight of 85 tons of strawberries and milk, the milk by both our trains equals 50 tons (50,000 quarts) daily, and including cans 63 tons. The Rockland county people receive nearly 3,000 dolls. a day for their strawberries." The value of such an avenue of communication to New York can scarcely be estimated. It gives them the good things of the country in cheapness and abundance. What are " our " agriculturists doing in this way with " our " railways? TRANSATLANTIC SPEED.—The Norwich steam-boat train ran sixty-six miles in one hour and fifty-two minutes, including three stoppages. This is nearly forty miles an hour. The engine which performed this feat is called the Colonel lie Witt. built by Rogers, Ketchum, and Grosvenor, of Patterson, New Jersey, and is said to be one of, if not the very fastest, machines ever built in the United States. BUFFALO AND MISSISSIPL—This iS the name of a railway chartered by the Legislatures of Ohio and In diana, and which, when completed, will form a con necting link between Toledo, at the western extremity of Lake Erie, and Chicago, on the south-western point of Lake Michigan. The whole length of the road. according to survey, will be 232 miles, and it will run in nearly a straight course through the whole northern tier of counties in Ohio and Indiana, across the neck of the peninsula formed by Lakes Huron and Michigan. The report of the engineer, Mr. G. R. Baldwin, who surveyed the rout, stated that the whole cost of the road is esti mated at 5,215,000 dollars. The grades present no for midable obstacles. The road, whenever built, must do an immense business. It would form a channel of com munication which would not fail to expedite travel and business to and from the southern portions of lowa and Wisconsin, Northern Illinois, Southern Michigan, and the whole northern regions of Indiana and Ohio. The immense quantities of bread stuffs seeking a market in the Atlantic regions, and the tide of travel between the east and west, would furnish an amount of business whose value can hardly be exaggerated. Soon after the Erie road shall have been completed to Dunkirk there will be a continuous line of railroad from New York, Boston, and "down East," to Chicago. EXPLOSION IN A TELEGRAPH OFFICE. This is a treat, or rather a terror, to come with us; the only thing that at all approximates to it was that during the storm last week on the North British, where the lightning played a variety of pranks. such as pulling the wires and ringing the alarums along the line. At Albany, on the 15th of January, a severe storm passed directly over the city. It was of -hurt duration, but the quan tity of rain which fell was very great. At about half past two o'clock a most violent explosion of electricity took place in the telegraph-office, disabling the relay magnets of both lines. The wires attached to the relays and to the battery was melted off, and the entire line to New York rendered for a time perfectly useless. The Western line, as far as Rochester, was got into operation during the evening; but nothing could be ob tained from New York. It was the most serious disaster the line has sustained from atmospheric electricity since it has been opened. At Troy, too, the wires were melted from the battery and the relay magnates. In a short time it is expected that the wires of the telegraph will reach' Halifax, thereby bringing England nearer to us by at l eas t t wo days. So that le Phila delphians safely calculate upon obtaining foreign news within ten days of the time of the steamer's leaving England. TRICKS UPON TELEGRAPHERS. —A Buffalo produce dealer, who on Thursday last purchased 10,000 bushels of wheat from the agent of a house in New York, con ditionally that no intelligence of the state of thr; Euro pean markets had been received per the Cambria, has paid for the same, and instituted a suit against the party who sold, on the ground of alleged fraud in the transaction. This suit will be very likely to bring out the facts in relation to the telegraph. A great many amusing incidents have occurred in the market during the past three months, and as no one has seriously suffered, the trade have been disposed to enjoy a laugh over the results. A joke is told of a dealer, who never admits it possible for a neighbour to be in advance of him. Some time ago, when a packet with later news was announced at the telegraph office, two of his friends conspired against him. One was to invite him to a turn upon the Troy-road, while the other was to remain for the development of the news. If the intelligence was favourable, the parties were te meet on the road and exchange signals, when the victim was to be drawn into a sale. If unfavourable, it was to be indicated, and a purchase was to be induced. The news proved favourable, the signal was given, and a bargain closed (while the pet nag was making his mile inside of three minutes) for a thousand barrels of " Ge nesee," at the ruling prices of the morning. When the victim reached his office, he found the telegraphic report of an advance—smelt the rat—took an unusually large quid of tobacco—and swore perpetual vengeance against Last nags, and drivers on the Troy. road during business hours. He has not been bit since. EXTENSION OF THE TELEGRAPH.—Upwards of sixty miles of the posts are now erected between New York and Mobile. The whole distance by the route of this line will be about 150 miles. The posts will be com pleted from Petersburgh to Augusta by 15th July, except a small section of about forty miles beyond Cheraw. The line will be in full operation as far south as Charleston, and from hence to Mobile by the Ist of October. The line, so far as practicable, is brought along the railroads, all the companies of which have acted in the most liberal manner, giving not only the tight of way, but also engaging to superintend the con dition of the posts and wires. Dram)Esins.—The Tonnewanda railroad company has declared a dividend of five per cent. upon its capital, pay able on the Ist 01 July. The New York and New Haven road have given notice that interest at the rate of six per cent. per annum will be paid to the stockholders on the Ist of July next. On the Buffalo and Niagara Falls road, a semi-annual dividend of tour per cent. has been declared, payable on the Ist of July, at the batik of the State of New York. Heavier rails are being laid on the Auburn and Syra cuse to meet the heavy traffic. ACCIDENTS.—A few of these casualties are quite of a class with our own, and in some instances turn out as terrible. The freight train on the Camden and Amboy rail from Philadelphia to New York ran off the track last month with a terrible crash, destroying two cars, killing three immigrant passengers on the spot, and very badly wound ing two or three others. The remains of the three killed were decently interred at Amboy, on Saturday. As the express line of cars from Harrisburg was ap proaching Elisabeth Town, William Michiel, fireman, in attempting to recover his hat, was thrown from the plat form of the engine, and coming in contact with a car standing on the other track, was thrown under the wheels and terribly mutilated, his right arm being crushed from the shoulder joint and broken below the elbow, the flesh being torn off exposed the tendrons, and his head cut about the ears. The train was immediately stopped, and every assistance was rendered by the passengers and agents. His wounds were dressed, and he was made as comfortable as possible. An accident of a painful character took place upon the Providence Railroad this morning. As the steam boat train was starting from Mansfield, a gentleman from Elizabethtown, N.J., named Jacob D. Edwards, who was in the act of getting into the cars, missed his foot ing and fell, and the wheels of the cars passed over his right arm, crushing it at the elbow in a dreadful manner. The arm was amputed near the shoulder. Previous to the operation ether was administered to Mr. Edwards, which rendered him insensible to the pain of the opera tion. He is about 40 years of age, and is said to be in feeble health. Our correspondent at Machias, Me., writes us that or Thursday, the 19th instant, as the last train of cars of the. Machias Port and Whitneyville Railroad was leav ing Machias Port, a man named Gilman, a native of Canaca, in attempting to get on to one of the cars, was thrown across the track, so that several cars passing over his breast killed him instantly. He has left a wife and child ren at Whi tneyv ill e w h ere he has resided of late. An Irishman was killed on the Hartford and New Haven Railroad. He was riding on the top of one of the freight cars, and was slept off while passing under a bridge near Hartford, the violence of the shock de priving him instantly of re.. BOWLS. Dividend Amount Name of Company, per 1 of ' Paid. Price. Annum. Share. .£ s. d. £ a. d. 'ommercial .. I . ••. • • 31. per cent. Stock. - 127 East and West India... ... 61. pr cent. Stock. - - East Country - - 1 radon - 104 &11. Katharine •-• ••• • , 5 per cent. Stock. - 85 ad Southampton ••..• • • • ' 2/. per cent.! 50 0 0 0 0 0 - nesuse.ANcE COMPANIES. Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Pm... Annum. Share. £ a. d. £ a. 4. 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" 104 ii Ltw Life , 11.5 a. 100 0 0 10 0 0 - ,egal and General Life - .andon Fire ........ 10s. 25 0012 10 0 14 ii London Ship ...... _ II arln e . • ..... . . . . . 5 / . p p eelprrCiesecr.ee cent. ti t ... 1 25 0 2 00 0 5 00 00 5 81.. ppeerr cent. 50 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 s ti a e t d i . on ln a r L id e & aß G r e , n un . L d i . fe 4341. 51. 252 2 1000 0 000 0 2% U. p. et. & bs. _ - National :u ini)iDitto 0, iiruem. Life .Lif e.. Life...... ...... . 1 .. . : Pncenia . Protector Life.... 5/. per cent. 20 0 0 1 - 0 0 1 1 1 8 . 5 35. R P R i r ,, o yc v i ka i d rE, e i n fxe t c l: n e . g .. .. e ............ ... 51. 1/, ss. 100 0 0 10 0 0 pe 4 r ' c ' ent. s Stoc o k. 0 6 1 / i. I: i s . . 010 0 4% - - - - - - - Universal Life .. lON/. pr cnt 100 0 6 15 - 41ST OP SCOTTISH COMPANIES' PRICES. Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. -------- - £ a. d. £ s. d :lank of Scotland - 100 0 0 168 ttoyal Rank of Scotland 61. per cent. - 100 0 151 1 1ritish Linen Company 81. per cent. - 100 0 0 200 ;ommercial Bank •• • • 6/. per cent. - 100 0 0 162 National Bank. ..... - 10 0 0 14 Union Bank of Scotland 736 1 . pr sent. - 50 0 0 88 Western Bank.. •• • - 50 0 0 82 North of Scotland Bank 61. per cent. - 5 0 0 6% Clydesdale Bank ••• • • . 61. per cent. - 10 0 0 1338 Eastern Bank •••• • • • • 5/. per cent. - 10 0 0 111125 Caledonian Bank - 2 10 0 4/. 9s Edinb.& Glasgow Bank 6/. per cert. - 5 0 0 7 City of Glasgow Bank . 51. per cent. ..... 10 0 0 13 Acottish Union Ins. Co. 51. per cent. 20 0 0 1 0 0 23e. 6d Flercules Insurance Co. 71. per cent. 100 0 0 10 0 0 1236 Insur. Co. of Scetlnd Si. per cent. 10 0 0 All paid. 9 North British Insur. - 5341. pr cent. 200 0 0 10 0 0 26 Caledonian Fire Insur. 101. per cent. 100 0 0 10 0 0 223 Edinburgh Life Incur. 61. per cent. 100 0 0 12 10 0 18 ~;din. & (Haag. Railway 1/.los. per s. 50 0 0 50 0 0 69 Ditto, 4 Shares 75. 6d. p. s. 12 10 0 All paid. 17 dln., Leith, & Grantn - 20 0 0 20 0 0 20% llaagw& Ayrshir Rail. 71. percent. 50 0 0 Ail paid. 6136 •lasgw & Green& Rail. 21. per cent. 25 0 0 All paid. 18 llsgw&Garnkirk Rail. bl. per cent. 25 0 0 All paid. 3934 nndee& Arbroth Rail. 6/. per cent. 25 0 0 All paid. 37 ,tandardLifeAssarnce.l Si. per cent.lso 0 0 1 210 0 i 9. BRISTOL SUGAR MARKET, JULY .23.--The de mand continues good, and the market has been cleared of all desirable qualities at very full prices. The refined market has beeu very brisk,--Bristod Mercury. RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS. LIVERPOOL, JULY 24. STOCK EXCIIANG E.—The market for shares t°-day hd been very flat, and the transactions recorded very limited ill.. extent. The sales ara—Chester and Birkenhead, 204 Shar e t 2% dis.—Eastern Counties, York Extension, 3 / I dis.—Leeds and Dewsbury, 3 1 , p. ex int.—Leeds and Thirsk, Pr efereace (guar. 6 per cent.), % dis.—Liverpool, Crosby, and Sout uo h.. port, 1% p.—London and North-Western, 174—Ditto, Q tern (L. and B.). 16 1 4 p.—Ditto, Quarters, New, 9% Pr: • London, Manchester, and Birmingham, Quarters, (A) , 6l it ,; —Manchester and Leeds, Firths, 4 1 / : 2 p.—Ditto, Halves a"- Liverpool and Bury), 2:% p.—Midland Stock, 125 New Halves, 3% p.—Newcastle and Berwick, New, 4%1 1 ., Shrewsbury and Cheshire, New, 3s. 6d. p.—Shrewsbuq loll Yor Birmingham, 91. 12s. 3d. Shares (B). 13s. 9d. dis.— North Midland, Preference (guar. 6 per cent. 6111850), 97t p. ex int. 4tto, MANCHESTER, JULY 24. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Birkenhead. Lana: shire, and Cheshire Junction, 21 dis.—Birmingham a ter n a , • Oxford Junction, 714 p.—Derby, Stafford, and G ‘V°l .ces „,„- es , tzti dis.—Dublin and Drogheda, 15 d is .—Eastern 1914—Fleetwood, Preston, and West Riding, l';i 3 Bit Glasgow and Dumfries, p. cum int —Manchester a nd mingham, Quarters (B), 5 3 4 p.—Manchester and Le7 te Fifths (late West Riding Union), 1-16 p.- 31 " ebes -nr - p - iv: Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, 88—Newcastle and 13erwick,J,sL 44 p.—North Staffordshire, 2 9-16 North-Western, dis.—South-Eastern and Dover, 364—Sheffield and chester, Eighths, 2 dis. STOCK EXCHANGE L . — E The EDS share LY markets have 1:10 heel % ni er well supported this week, and prices which had been D 'ts what better in the previous week have again falle n ' sales are—Eastern Counties, York Extension, 14s. ‘i d. ,„„, East Lancashire, 14s. 6d. dis.—Ditto, New Scrip, Is• 4 . P in ence, Northern, 375. 6d. dis.—Leeds and Thirsk, p ence, lls. 6d. dis.—Leicester and B e df o rd, 2s. 6d. dis.--t4ll- don, Brighton, and South Coast, 65—Manchester and xtolio. ( West Riding Union), 2s. 6d. p.—Manchester, ictg Deo :, Matlock and Midland, 7 s . Gd. di s .—N ewcas tl e and New, 4A l i p.—North British, Extension, 3s. p.—North ern,lS 335. 6d. dis. SHEFFIELD, JULY 24. Notting' STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales ar e —A m b e rgate, • ...- ham, and Boston, 265. 6(I. dis.—Great Northern, 39s * she' Manchester and Lincoln Union, 1% dis.—Manchester, 1O field, and Lincolnshire (Grimsby and Sheffield), 12 .. Shares, 2 d6.—Ditto (Sheffield and Lincoln). 73e• 6d ' North Staffordshire, 2% p.—North- Western, 345. dis. NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE, JULY 24. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Newcastle AT: .; lisle, New, Scrip, 17 1 / ( 2 De p.—Ditto, New Scrip, 1 7 A- Newcastle and Berwick, New,,4%T. EDINBURGH, - ?.LY 23, STOCK EXCHANGE.-The sale-I are--Aberdeen,_ - 2 61; Airdrie and Bathgate, 3/. 10s.-Arbroath and F Ol. ll 71. 10s.-Ditto, Halves. 14/. 10s.-Ayr and Galloway , 6d.-Caledonian, 29/. 155.-Ditto, N ew , 1./. 183. 6d. donian and Dumbartonshire, 1!. 13s. 6c1.-Clydesdal e J O4 tion, 491. 10s.-Deeside, 31. 55.-Dunblane,: Callender, 11. 7s. 6d -Dundee and Arbroath, 381. a 9 32 Ditto, New. No. 1, 291. 10s. ex div.-Ditt o , N e w, No• , ,, t h. ex div.-Ditto, New, No. 3,3/. IN.-Dundee and _,- ern Junction, 1/. 10s. Gd. -Dundee and Perth, 33 1 . lu i s ot Ditto, New, 12/. 17s. 6d.- Ditto, Quarters, 31. ss. 6 _ d• - ":„ ( 0 0 ., of Fife, 1/. 155.-East Lothian Central, 1/. 16s. 6d. --"n 6 burgh and Bathgate, 8/. 55.-Edinburgh and Glasgo/% 4v . -Ditto, Halves, 22/. ss.- Ditto, Quarters, 161. 17s•. Edinburgh, Leith, and Grantors, 191. 2s. 6.-Ditto, P once, 201. 201. 10s.-Ditto, New, 21. Is.-Ditto, Quarters, - pt . Edinburgh and Northern, 171. 155.-Ditto, New, 31 ' li e Ditto, Newport, 71. 2s. 6d.-Ditto, ditto, New, 21.,„ Ave g S , Edinburgh and Perth (New Co.), IL 2s. -Ditto, 1 "7I, 65.-Glasgow and Ayrshire, 120/. 155.-Ditto. , e/ i fiti presr 421. 2s. 6d.-Ditto, Halves, No. 1, 91. 7s. 6d.-Ditto , ed; No. 2,6/. I Is.-Glasgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle, 51 ",-Lters l ' -Glasgow and Garnkirk, 39/. ex div.-Glasgow '" l 5 - ittet Terminus, 111. 155.-Glasgow and Greenock, 1 9 /,'",,,0Ar Halves, 9/. 10s.- Ditto, Preference, 81. 2s. 6d.--"',."7,0 , Kilmarnock, anti Ardrossan, 3/. 155.-Great North 01 land, 11. IN.-Great Northern (late Direct Norther n) : 45.-Ditto (late London and York), 11. 123-N ew Iv O r and Berwick, 29/. 153.-North British, 331-Ditto , 11 : 03 11 151. 7s. 6d. -Ditto, Quarters, 41. 65.-Ditto, New ( Polley (scrip), 15s. ed.- Ditto, Thirds, 2/. Bs. 6d.-Ditto, f „ ti e. 61. 10s.-Scottish Central, 27/. 155.-Scottish Grand offerek, tion, 195.-Scottish Midland, 181.-Shrewsbury an d flitter find, 10s.-Shrewsbury, Oswestry, and Chester, 10/,;Troat New, 1/. 45.-Stirling and Du n fe rm li ne , 4/. rala and Midland, W. 55.-Wishaw and Coltness. ▪ n o▪ ' efer Newcastle, 38/. 55.-Ditto, New, 161. 17s. 6d.-Ditto, rpot ence, 12/. 7s. 6c1.-Direct Bombay and Madras, 25 '.. t rar Indian, ss. 3d.-Great North of India, 2s. 6d.-Great ern of Madras, 28.-Madras. Nellore, and Arcot, Is. 6 c l ' GLASGOW, Juror 23. per m , STOCK EXCIIA NGE.-The sales are -Dundee and CO Quarters, 65'. 6d. = East Indian, ss. 3d.-East Lot rd tral, 375. -Edinburgh and Bathgate, 81/4-Edinburgd yfr Perth, Haves, 5/. 9s. 6d.-Glasgow, Kilmarnock , n o te Halves, No. 1, 91.-Ditto, Halves, No. 2, 61. 98. - ' I Harbour Grand Junction, 3s 6d. VISIT OF THE LORDS OF THE vor. PORTSMOUTH, JULY 25.—The Raid of Aucklan d, "- f p Admiral Dulidas, and H. G. Ward, Esq., seorees7eo arrivsal at the Carence-yard by the South IST Taeir Railway at a quarter atter six on Friday evening. p rig Lordships passed through the establishrreast to am i ne , for the dock-yard, but previously inspected al s o to tualling Departm en t b atta li on , w hi c h was drag ° ot her receive them, with Captain Sir E. Parry and t he r obs' officers in command. After expressing their all bad tion of their appearance, and of the report st been made of their progress in the drill and u ° , o Ad ercise, their Lordships crossed the harbour, tu.orili nairalty flag being hoisted, and saluted by her 311 1 1 . 1 A ttle ship Victory. Their Lordships adjourned to tel la rd iniralty house, but previously inspected the D oc a nd battalions, which were assembled for the occesioonsrider, mustered upwards of 2.000 men, occupying a C° able space. Lord Auckland expressed to A drai rt ' ee lleat ker the high admiration of the board at the e tec lby appearance of the men, and of the zeal mant les both them in so soon acquiring a knowledge of the drl i ' d i n ati in the boats and the musket exercise. The boar" orn with Admiral Sir Charles Ogle, and yesterdAY: a d i n gs after breakfast went over some of the new bet and the dockyard, and then embarked in the 1111 " -- ,a - usli went to Spithead to inspect the squadron,. pre - s r ° heit visiting the Amphitrite, Trincomalee, and Odin. la.' Lordships were occupied nearly all tile day in this s* - 0 0 They lunched with Rear-Admiral Sir Charles NaPi er board toe St. Vincent, and separated in the evening.. ne , The changes already arranged in the Colonilir si g, pa/In:lent, canseeptent upon the death of Mail are—that he will be succeeded as GOv.nmor of W; ra s Australia by Captain Fitzgerald, Governor of the ü bitti ja bia; Mr. M'Donnell, now Chief Justice at the Gan' t oe to be Governor there; and will be succeeded ° n le, bench by Mr. Mantel!, formerly of the Middle lc 0 barrister-at-law, oho has been some time acting Queen's Advocate ill the col. my. Observer. v ir A lt BRITISH ARCIIIEOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION•of Jest WICK, SATURDAY Evening.—The conversaziOn e l oons night was attended by about 300 persons, am oo °. o % th e the fair sex decidedly predomi na ted. This moral pet' associates again assembled at the County 10 • f ote i 0 tigrew in the chair, when the various formal Y .„, fbl t thanks were paused, the people of Warwick ha s ods' highly honou:ed by the visit paid them by th e netidei tion, who, on their part, appeared to have eXP` r if o rde:„ equal gratification by the facilities so readily !mba r !, them for antiquarian research. After a visit t v ° s ad 7 1 Hall, the seat of C. N. Newdegate, Esq., M''';' a teSs () ; Ashley and Max toke Castles, moat of the aes °c eel" - their return to Coventry, took rail for their resP of residences. I mage .4 INFORMATION FOR ELECT ORS .—The - o i s to.. authentic intelligen ce to be found in .4 Hurke'enealotie, of the Landed Gentry," as to the property, e ° . ° oli he interest, public services, or other c haracterist les ,,iblel individuals who f o rm the class of our gentry e , "b r u serve in Parliament, cannot fail to invest that vv,.° or g_ a peculiar interest at the present moment. W e ed: relates to the untitled families of rank, as the ‘, f a ct, 7 : and Baronetage" dues to the titled, and fie ms , i e 010; peerage of the untitled aristocracy, containing rue Un i account of nearly every known family in t he f par te Kingdom, and including a countle s s number 0 culars relative to their celiatersl conuexions , THE ATRAFILATORY, OR LIQUID HAIR Di r l n 10; only dye that really answers for all colours, an d 7,d e esll require re-doing but as th e h a i r grows , as it never to acquires that unnatur a l red or purple tint conn een fi deev" . other dyes. Ross and Sons can, with the greatest o ' il e i r es l " recommend the above dye as infallible, if done at throve blishment; and ladies and gentle men re quiring "; quested to bring a friend or servant with then) to se. itllOllA is used, which will enable them to do it afterwards acv , the chance of failure. Several private apartment s entirely to the above purpose, and some of their es"seet ment having used it, the eflect produced can be at p 0• of They think it necessary to add, that by attending e n ni c erof the instructions given with each bottle of dye, Itiller; persons have succeeded equally well without coming t , t`'" Address Ross and Sons, 119, and 120, Bishopsgaterstr - std celebrated Perruquiers, Perfumers, Hair-cutters, o ,ol ` dyers. y Ct i° 7o, o [ADVERTISEMENT.] —THE BILE INFALLISD- 00 0- 0 BY HOLLOWAY'S Pins.--Mahy who suflin from bale ar a in fi d of it; they c mplaln of ii, k fit ada h s, a deraneeno° t s of e?, e toso. at the stomach, loss o, appetite, low is: of ap „ o , o 3 K,fair: feet, hand, and face sw e llings, and know not that th'%died, wiet e the .mpel feet Lction of u e liver, ,n , if not rein'una to„,. or lead to a dropsy. Hollowa 's Pills wll a.waYs be f°daridiuTer directly upon the liver and st mach, and carr off the r' to humours, and th r, by in medi tidy restore the patien t d de itx...„4 A. joymeut of health. The blue 1111 is a mercurial a° medicine, which no on,, should take. Sol by a 1 ds.' Professor Holloway': establishment, 244, Strand, Loo I R 71i Sm it h, On the 19th inst., the lady of D Scott Ala ' Devonshire -street, Portland-place, of a daughter.ricigrio" On the 20th inst., in Calverley-park, Ttl ub illi sm Mrs. Francis Sherriff; of a daughter. f la d y ree d On the 20th inst., at Southampton, the ' s `,"' hree; slie Stephens, Esq., of a daughter, who survived on'Y Aia .rosi's On the 21st inst., at Trinity-terrace, East 1 ° 1 " t he wife of N. Miller, Esq., of a son. nsh ire ' On the 21st inst., at Pantgwynlas, Winn er ° wife lady of Henry Lewis, E sq ., o f a son an d heir. ( l e , the On the 22d inst., at La ng f or d Vi car age, Lea ° • 1 0 /61 of the Rev. ichar Watts of a daugher. On the 22d R inst., d the wife , of Thomas Hand , 1•45'.' o mond, Surrey, of a son. s loes On the 22,1 inst., in Gloucester-place, the lady Efellrf Mure, jun , E sq ., o f a son . On the 23d i ns t., at Ci rcus , G r eenwich , A ir°. Baynes, of a daughter. jot W MARRIED. -klri On the 15th i ns t., a t T r i n i ty Church, Clott! mio J. R. Fi e ld, E sq. , o f F ore - street, C r i p plegate, t it e ' Dyer, thepp Islington-terrace, Islington. e rse-' er h Sorn a ght On 2oth inst., at Backwell elde st dt ro per Bradshaw Barker, Esq., to Rebekah Maria, 0 P of Colonel R. E. Burrowes, K. 11., of Backwell 11°115 setshil e. DI ED. doll. On the 15th inst., at Hartleburv, Mr. Francis Tre w ide ( 0 On the 16th inst., at Amsterdam, Elizabeth Pliill i ,,P a s 'd 58., 0 f the late Captain Govert de Pain et yin RoePel , 86 ;ged ~`'' On the 18th inst., Mrs. Edmoncls,_of Walcot-Plafe'-crafw" Lewisn the 20th inst., at Dieppe, Lieutenant residen cy ' L Crowdy, 36th Native Intantry. Madras Frest,oriotte 0 n the 21st inst., at Sington Herefordshire, u ._ Elizabeth, eldest child of the lieu. - 'H W. Maddock, ar k . , the On the 22d inst., i❑ Cornwall-terrace , Reg erie64 Rev. Thomas Stephen Gosse , M.A• ' ' dui' On the 22d inst. Sophia Elizabeth, the only daughter of Giles Loder, Esq., aged 18. .re g i Lon,:on : Printed and Pubiioed by AiIYKDO YOU N A ni l . r,„,rv - 164 su and, Prin:6r, at The Sun (Mice No. i 11; •Stran.,.'',.„7l - , Pli I2' the Filmy, in tba Ci.;unty of 81.04110. 50 % t , r ay ' MT. Mr. H. Willard, of Lowell, was killed on the railroad between Wilmington and Haverhill. He was killed while the train was► passing under a bridge, a timber striking his head. THE PACIFIC OCEAN LINE.—A correspondent of one of the New York Journals says :—W bitney's great pro ject of a railway to the Pacific Ocean attracts much at tention here. An elaborate account of this proposed railway has been republished in most of the daily and some of the weekly journals. Mr. Whitney expects to raise a portion of the funds necessary to carry on the work in this country, notwithstanding the deplorable state of trade here and the present antipathy to railway schemes of every kind, yet I should not be at all sur prised to find John Bull launching out his thousands or pounds for the purpose of assisting the projectors of this gigantic American enterprise." NORTH BRITISH RAlLWAY.—Operations have re cently been commenced on the sloping ground opposite the extensive works of the North British Railway Com pany at Meadowbank, for the erection of dwelling houses for the accommodation of the numerous workmen employed th re. This has been rendered necessary, both from the present scarcity of dwelling houses in the city, and from the inconvenient distai.ce of the workmen's houses from their places of business.— Vorth British i'lail. The railways from Hanover to Minden, and from Minden to Haman, will be opened for traffic by the:lsth of Oct.ber next, at the latest. Tlicugh of ne great ex tent, these lines are of consideral'le importance, from entirely completing the line of railway which unites the east and west of Germany. OPENING OF THE SOUTH DEVON FROM NEWTON TO TOTNESS —The public opening of the must difficult por tion of one of the most difficult railways in the kingdom —the 8i miles from Newton to Totness—on the South Devon line—took place on Tuesday. There is scarcel3 a furlong of straight road in the 84 miles between New ton and Totness. The section is, in fact, one series of curves. The inhabitants of Totness made a perfect holiday on the occasion. The chairman, Mr. Gill; several of the directors; Mr. Barlow, one of the directors of the Great Western; Mr. Brunel, Mr. 1). Gooch, Mr. Hennet, the contractor; Mr. Glennie, the resident en gineer; and Mr. Rea, the locomotive superintendent; went down with the first train in the morning. NEWCASTLE AND BERWICK. The directors of this company have published an official circular to their shareholder, informing them " that at the ensuing general half-yearly meeting of this company, the directors intend to propose the amalgation of the York and Newcastle and Newcastle and Berwick Railways, on the following terms:—That the original shares of the Newcastle and Berwick Company shall, when fully paid up, become the same as York and Newcastle stock, and shall receive equal dividends on 151. per share from the Ist of July inst., and on the remaining 101. per share horn the time when the bridges across the Tyne and the Tweed shall be completed. Inter est at five per cent. to be allowed on such 101. from the times of payment to the completion of the bridges. That as soon as the terms of amalgamation shall be agreed upon, the scrip for the Newcastle and Berwick new shares shall be called in for registration, and sealed cer tificates issued, and a further call made upon them of 51. per share ; that on the 5L now paid up these shares shall receive equal dividend with the York aid Newcastle stock, from the Ist of July instant, and shall be put upon an equal tooting with the extension shares of that com pany in all respects, from the Ist of January next." The half-yearly meeting will probably be held on Monday, the 9th of August. RUSSIA.—The Russian Government has granted the company for constructing a railway from St. Petersburgb to Zarskojt zelo, authority to extend their line as tar as Gatschine, a town 44 versts beyond Zarskoj, zelo. The sum of 15,000 silver rubles per annum for ten years has been awarded fur the completion of this section. It is to be begun in the course of the present 3 ear. This will be the third railroad actually in the course of construc tion in Russia. About 40 versts of the line from St. Petersburgh to Moscow have been opened. NEWMARKET LINES.—The works on the line from Chesterturd to Newmarket are rapidly approaching com pletion, and it will be open for traffic in September next. The directors have also orrlered the contractors to pro ce d with the extensions to Thetford, Bury, and Ely, by forthwith commencing the tunnel near Newmarket.— Bury Post. MALD , N, WITHAM. AND BRAINTREE.—Upwards of 1,000 labourers are employed, and the contractor speaks with the utmost confidence of opening on the Ist of October.—Essen Herald. TWO BRIDGES SwEPT AWAY.—WADEBRIDGE, SUN DAY NIGHT.—An accident, resulting from the recent thunder storm occurred on Friday afternoon last, by .hich two bridges connected with the Bodmiu and Wadebridge Railway were swept away by the flood. The bridges were those at the junction and the Grogley. The traffic, in consequence, will be stopped for some time. No lives were lost. The preamble of the Manchester, Sheffield, and Lin colnshire Bill, for supply of surplus water to Manchester, Salford, and Stockport, has been pasied in the Lords, clauses saving the rights of the millowners to the water being inserted. LATEST PRICES OF SHARES. 3.N BA FliS, ASSURANCE. AND OTHER COM- PANIES' STOCK From Vie Gflicial List, PUBLISHED EVERY TUESDAY AND FRIDAY EVENING , LONDON. FRIDAY, JULY 23. XOINT-SI'OCIE BANKS. Dividend Amount Naire of Company. per of Paid. Prin.. Annum. Share. £ a. d. X a. d. Australasia .......... 40 0 0 40 n n co dritsh .North American Si. per ;;ent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 ;ommercial of London 61. per cent. 100 0 0 20 0 0 ........... 51. per cent. 100 0 0 25 0 0 ,oncin and Westminstr 61. per cent. 100 0 0 20 0 0 i 26% ,ondon Joint-Stock .• • 61. per cent. 50 0 0 10 0 0 Nletropolitan Provincial of Ireland.. 81. per cent. 100 0 0 25 0 0 44} Ditto, New......• • • 8/. per cent. 10 0 0 10 0 0 National of Ireland .. 1 51. per cent. 50 0 0 20 0 0 Nat. Provncial of Eng. Si. per cent. 100 0 0 35 0 0 Ditto, • . 51. per cent. 20 0 0 10 0 0 Union of Australia.... GI. per cent. 25 0 0 25 0 0 Union of London. 51. per cent. 50 0 0 10 0 0 CANALS. .; ; •,; Dividend Names of g . , . 'Dividend Price. Names of ir.4 Companies. Is er Price. Companies. 2 , per Annum. U Annum. vi £I 1 £ Ashtn& Oldh 97,5/.55. pc' 70 Monmouthsh 100101. - .kshby-d-la-Z 113, 41. - Mntgomrysh 100• 51. - Barnsley.. • l6O 121. 180 Macclesfield. 100 - Basingstoke 100 - - Neath • ... • • 100 20/. 340 Brknk&Abrg 150 5/. 85 Nottingham. 150 12/. - :iromford lOO, 14/. - Peak Forest. 78 3/. 40 Dudley lOOl 4/. - Regent's .... 33 I/. 4s. 20% Derby ••• • • 100! 6/. 63 Rochdale ... • 85 41. 54 Ellsmro&Chs 133: 4/. b 1 Shropshire .. 125 81. - Z:ewash • - 1001 321. - Somrset Coal 150 71. 10s. 130 Forth & Clyd,loo, 4/. - Do.LkFdSt 12 6/.p. c. ilrandJunetn 1 100 6/. 79 Stffrd &Wore 140 28/. 275 orrand Union' 100' 1/. 10s. - Shrewsbury.. 125 151. - ;rlamorgnsli .'172 13%1. - Stourbridgs.. 145 201. 305 listr & Brkly , , , 00' - - Strard on Av 79 I/. 10s. - lrrantham • • 150, 12/. - Severn and 1 26 I/. Ba. - Lluddersfleld., 57' - - Wye Rail. 3 Kennt &A* 39, 7s. 6d. 5 Tnit & Mr- 150 301. - Lancaster ) 47' 11.10 s. - sey ••.. 3 Leeds& Livrp i 100 341. 505 Thams &Med 19 - - Leicester ll4O, 10/. 73 Worcstr &1 78 2/. 41 Lelcstr &Nth 83' 4/. 36 Binning. 3 Loughborogh 142 701. 530 Wilts & Biks 67 11. 11 THE StiN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, JULY 26, 1847 . A I,