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LAW INTELLIgENCE.—Dec. 23. COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH. (Sittings at Guildhall, before Lord Campbell and a Special Jury.) TEES QUEEN V. BOBINSON-PEItJURY. At the sitting of the court this morning, ' Mr. Sergeant Byles replied on the part of the planti ff. 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 way be 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 h a d re d uce d to wr iti ng , were these :—First, did an illicit inter course take place between the defendant and Miss Carrington, is a fly, on the road t 3 Charlton, in February, 1849 ; second, did the defendant speak in the club at Cheltenham, in 18;5, the words which were imputed to him respecting tha 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 fondant and Mrs. Evans, as stated by Mann, iu 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, 1834, before the y first trial, as stated by ber 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 ai IA Tering those questions, to be entirely guided by their own opinions, formed upon the evidence on both sides, bearing in mind the able discussion it bad 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 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 prosecution), 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 bad 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 cruilty ; but if they agreed in finding them all the a ° ffirmative 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 of the questions in the affirmative, but we have found two of them in the negative. Lord Campbell—Until you ara 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 in coming to a decision on the six plain questions of fact which I have submitted to you. His lordship having re read the questions, sail 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 material assignment 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 he 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." Under 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. 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 TICE-CHANCELLOR'S COURT. he might make on its bearing and effect ; and he (Before Vice Chancellor Sir W. P. Wood.) implored them not to be influenced by any one of BROWNS V. THE LONDON NECROPOLIS AND NATIONAL those observations unless they entirely concurred MAUSOLEUM COMPANY. in it. His lordship, in proceeding to deal with the The Vice-Chancellor gave judgment in this case, first question, said he should have to read, in the which has recently been argued at great length, first instance, the evidence which went to prove and fully reported in The Suit of December 18 and undue familiarities between the defendant and Miss 19, and said that the difficulties presented by the Carrington before her marriage with Mr. Evans. defendants in answer to the bill were twofold— The learned counsel for the defendant, in the die- Ist, as to the form ; and, 2d, as to the substance charge of his duty, objected to the reception of of the suit. As to the-form, he had thought that that evidence. He (Lord Campbell) felt it his duty, there was considerable difficulty in saying that the without hesitation, to admit it ; and on reflection bill could under any circumstances be sustained. he was clearly convinced that he was right, because The bill was in effect for specific performance of an the defendant had sworn in his depositions in the agreement of the Ist of April, 1851, by which Sir ecclesiaatical court that he never on any occasion, Richard Broun and Mr. Sprye were entitled to re either before or after marriage, took indecent liber- ceive c , nsiderable advantages from the London ties with Mrs. Evans, and never committed adultery Nec r op o li s C om p an y —th e pl a i n tiff s i n th e a su i t do with her. If he had not so sworn he should have riving their titles thus :—Sprye mortgaged his still had no hesitation in admitting evidence of what interest in a sum of money secured by the agree took place before marriage, because it was most ment to Thompson, who became bankrupt after important for the purpose of explaining what took having assigned the mortgage to one Browne, since place afterwards, and showing the probabilities of deceased, an d o f w h om th e pl a i n tiffs were execu couffieting testimony, that thy should see on what tors. The sub-mortgagees, therefore, were seeking footing Miss Carrington and the defendant were specific performance of the agreement, which prior to the marriage, and what had been the inter- secured certain benefits to the mortgagor, for the course between them. His lordship then real ove r p urpose o f get ti ng th e i r mor t gage satisfied. He the whole evidence in detail. There could be no had not recollected any suit of this description, blame imputed to Mr. Evans for suspecting that but still it would have been painful to dispose of that there was an improper intimacy between his the case upon a mere defect of form, while a substan wife and Mr. Robinson, because it appeared on the tial point remained to be determined. He was satis case for the defendant that though there might not fled, however, from the very able reply of Mr. have been illicit intercourse, yet that be, a married Cairns, that, tho ug h no di rec t prece d en t might b e m an, s3par a ted from. his wife:kept up'an in timacyw th found for such a bill, still, looking at the case of her, which w a s un b ecom i ng an d i mproper . Th ere - " B e ll amy v. Sabine', (2 Phillips', 425), where pro fore Mr. Evans was perfectly justified in employing perty was to be found in the hands of persons whose all proper means to discover whether any illicit in.- title was miler a purchase, any person an assignee tercourse had really taken place between the parties. of the vendor, might assert the vendor's rights The evidence of Mrs. King was open to great sus- under the agreement to purchase, and thus obtain picion, but they were to say whether, corroborated the benefit of his charge through the medium of as it was by Mrs. Groeott and Mrs. Price, they specific performance. In a case so circumstanced could disbelieve it. En regard to the occurrence& the parties in possession having got the very thing at Bryanstoce-street a :nest important witness for contracted for, and obtained the benefit of the con the defence would have been Ellen Davis, Mrs. tract, effective justice might be done by the Court. Evan2a maid, who must have known all Mr. Robit- He had in the course of the argument taken the son's movements, but also had not been called, avid precaution of obtaining from Sir Richard Broun no excuse had bten offered f,r her absence. - The and Sprye an undertaking to be found by the de learned judge dismissed the evidence for the prose- cree to be made in this "suit, and thus he considered cution, by saying, if they believed it, adultery had himself in a position to adjudicate upon the merits. clearly been established, but they would consider Then it was to be considered how far the company the great improbability of some of the allegations, were bound by the agreement of April, 1851, so On the part of the deem?, Mr?. Evans herseT was that Sir Richard Broun and Sprye could obtain the called, and if she was to be believed the case for the full benefit of their lien arising und,rthat argument prosecution fell to the ground. Both she and Mr. independently of the act of 1852, incorporating the Robinson, of course, knew the truth. There seemed company ; further, how far the difficulties as to the to be a notion that any act of this sort might be agreement hadbeen removed.ornot bythe act. Upon denied by the parties who committed it. He hoped the demurrer by the company to the bill filed by Sir no such opinion was generally entertained. The Richard Broun to enforce this agreement the diffi denial of the act was only an aggravation of the sin culties were many and serious, but he then thought committed, by adding perjury to unchastity. But that the saving clause is the act of 1852 removed they would saywhetheriVlrs. Evans was toba beiieved the difficulties (upon the case as made by the bill(, or not. He wished to cast no reflection on the memory and. that Sir R. Broun might be entitled to relief at of Mr. Carrington; but he thought it much to be la- the hearing. He had according overruled the de mented that he hid so incautiously allowed Lis murrer. What, then, were the specific infirmities daughter to remain in the company of the defendant. attaching to the agreement, independen.ly of the Mrs. Evans categorically denied all the charges act of 1852 1 He entirely rejected the Attorney which had been made against her. He owned be General's theory, that all the parties to the agree would aye had a better opinion of her evidence if ment must be regerded ascombininginonegreat con she had admitted the familiarities which took place spiracy for the purpose of defraudiugthose who were at Miss Maxwell's and at her father's house, and afterwards to become shareholders in the company, were not venial or grossly improper. They were and that the apparent discrepancy and conflict of in deposed to by Mrs. Griffiths and by Crash, the 'bat- terests between the contracting parties was fur the man, who seemed to have no inducement to tell an purpose of beguiling the world into the belief that untruth ; and,if tire jury believed them, Mrs. Evans they were filling the relative positions of vendor had stated an untruth with regard to matters abut and purchaser. He did not think that this was the which no reasonable doubt could be entertained ; case. In 1849 the idea, which was certainly a very and if she was determined to deny everything happy one, suggested itself to Sir R. Broun and which cast the slightest imputation upon her cha- Mr. Sprye of forming a general cemetery at a con racter, that circumstance shook her testimony its a veuient distance from the metropolis, this being at considerable degree when she came to speak of a time when the question of intramural interment more serious matters. His lordship then went was much discussed. He could not think that the carefully over the evidence for the defence which motion was of small importance, or other than one went to prove an alibi in regard to the 4th and sth of great value and ingenuity. A correspondence of July, 1854, when it was supposed the defendant was entered into Lord Onslow, the owner of committed acts of adultery. If there was merely the Woking property, by which Broun and Sprye conflicting evidence, it was for the jury to say on purported to treat with him for the purchase of the which side the truth lay ; but it might be that the land for a company hereafter to be formed, no com balance was so nice that they could not safely form pang being either formed or registered at that a conclusion, and if any reasonable doubt existed in period. Certain t. rens were proposed, including (their mind the accused party was entitled to the the het editary presa'ency of the company to the benefit of that doubt ; but at the same time if there E a rldom of Onslow, and the erection of a chapel wee no reason to doubt, the jury would do their t for his family, asea The correspondence, however, duty, and the law would be enforced. His lord- merely amounted to an expression of Lord Onslow's ship thou handed to the jury a paper containing the readiness, as soon as a company should be formed, questions in writing, to enter into an agreement for a sale of the land. The jury expressed. a desire to have the letter Contract binding upon him there was none, there which Mr. Evaus wrote to his wife at the time of being no one with whom he could then contract. the separation. Brouu and Sprye, however, might be said to have Lord Campbell said he had no t t a k en any no ti ce secured the " go( d-will " of this sort of treaty with of that letter, as the terms on which they parted Lord Ouslow. On the sth of February, 1850, the did not seem to him material in regard to what company was provisionally rogistered. His Honour followed afterwards between the defendant and then detailed at great length the proceedings inter- Mrs. Evans ; but they were quite right in asking vening between that period and December, 1850. for that or any other document which they might At that time an agreement between the four pro themselves consider material. visional trustees and Broun and Sprye, for the pur- The jury then retired at twenty-five minutes past chase of their interest in the contract or neg stia three. Shortly afterwards the foreman returned tion with Lend Onslow, in their negotiations with and asked Lord Campbell whether he had written the South-Western Railway, and with the com the questions simply fur their guidance as to the moners of the manor of Woking, and generally in material points, cr whether he wished them to the pre ject,- was in course of arrangement. Lord answer each question ? Onslow, by his solicitor, moat clearly and Lord Campbell thought it would be more satis- unequivocally at this plied repudiated factory and proper to give an answer to each of everything connected with the former nego tae six. tiations with Broun and Sprye, and declin- The Foreman—Absolua ly. el, in peremptory tsrms, to enter into any Lord Campbell—l think the case cannot be pro- contr :et with there. It apt eared clear that tire four p. rly disposed of unless you do so. provisional trustees concluded their contract with Tee Foreman then retire I. Broun and Sprye after full notice that Lor I Ouslow BRITISH BANK PROSECUTION. had repudiated all negotiations with them, and if During the absence of the jury, they had been acting merely as individuals, and not Load Campbell intimated to the bar taat in the on behalf of a company, ho should have no hosita e ase, of the prosecution against the directors of the tioniu enfor&ng the compact entered into iu Des. os )Yel British B an k, he had fixed th e tri a l t I b eg i n 1850 , aga i ns t t h em. I t was i m p or t an t t o t h e posi ltpr. first day of the s it t i ngs a ft er Hilary Term. tion of Sprye that he knew they were acti ng as James said thatwould be very convenient, directors of the company and as trustees of the f Mr. N EWS FROM LUCKNOW. money to be raised from the futu o shareholders. NEWS FROM handed up to his lordship a He ought to hive been very guarded in all his import knte and interest was of considerable dealings with them, treating as he we.s for the pav_ Lor Calupbell, h • went to himseli of trust moneys. 13 tile 'in ., ' read the document, said, proposed agreement, with the recitele only, was as it gave imp er a ana a a waic sc ieformation, he would read, to which the boa, dat ached their signatur.s request the associate to road for the benefit of the in token of adhesion. These recitals were very pe peisiorr.is preseCampbell, nt thc, associate, en ae , culiar. (His Honour referred at ere ale - teeth to these see esser aes , emphatic mann(r, t 1 read, in an recitals, which datiuctly represented that Broun unouncur, the and ,Sprye Lad entered into contract with Lord relief of Lucknow by Sir Colin °anrelseli, a le , received with two loud bursts of appluu:e Wti; Onslow for the purchase of his livid, and that they spectators, the court at the time being aensel would ve,ll and effectually pet feet this contract at the ver di ct in it own costs and charges.) In the agreement of crowded in anticipation of Pte. Dec. 18, which contained these recitals, was an with that ceding case being returned every minute. express and expliCit covenant by Brow". and Sprye Lord Cambell said he found no faul t that t im h e e t wo . uld at their own expense perfect their ebullition of joy at the happy news which had thus with Lord Ouslow. by which the land been received, but he trusted that now all perawa veinal pass to the coin any. This aet cement was to of April 1 which e al lbt to alteration on technical grounds by would conduct themselves with the propriety so lett er ' The alteration, however, which a court of justice required. Spry ( ,),, . su bsequentay to.o l p B l s a l c , e , and i a_ppearad in the agree- Silence was then immediately observed. , as it w e e o n U . 9. 0 n t o h t ba described as Lord Campbell remained on the bench a consider- ment able time waiting for the return of the jury, and merely teehuic a a e very root of the then retired into his private room. At a quarter matter. To revere e owe e t t ver--on Dec.. 17 the four to six he came into Court, and said ho had a message provisional trustees p lula Q,l neoet improper r t s lu- THE SUN, LONtVON, THt ! RSDAY Eyr,N)ING, and parties had escaped punishment, because at the time the evidence had succeeded in inducing juries to suppose that the parties were insane, when it afterwards turned out that they were perfectly sane people. Every man was presumed to bo sane unt'l he was proved to be otherwise; he was supposed to possess a sufficient degree of reason to he re sponsible for crime until the contrary was proved. To establish such a defence it must bs clearly proved that at the time of committing the act the accused was labouring under such a defect of reason as not to know the nature and quslity of the act he was doing. The jury acquitted the prisoner on the ground of inanity, and he was ordered to be detained clu 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 first 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 same to be forged, at the parish of Shotloy, on the sth Oat. 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 defence of the 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. Ou 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 selling them, he was driving them home again, when the prisoner met him at a place called Bay-bridge, and, after some conversation with him about his beasts, began bargaining with him for one of them—a bull, which he eventually agreed to purchase for 7/. 17s. 6d. The contract was completed in a roadside publichouse, where the prisoner pulled out what purported to be a 101. Bank of England note to pay for his purchase. Mr. Makepeace had never before but once in his life (six years ago) seen a Bank 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 on meeting a young woman who knew him and saw him driving the animal, requested her not to mention that she had seen him. At the time of the purchase he gave a wrong name and address, and with a great show of 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 5/. Bank of England note to a Mrs. Golightly, who kept a public-house at a plies called Street-end, and also thou gave a wrong name; and on the 22d August last he pa sed another forged Si. Bank of England note to another publican, which being handed over to the police he gave five sovereigns for the forged note, and told the policeman he might destroy the note. ilia 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 sera 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 f armer , w ished t o se ll a b ay mare ae.Hexham fair, and the prosecutor offered the 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 1 . 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 hies with a glandered mare to the fair. Oa the prosecutor asking him if he had sold her and got the money, the prisoner said he had exchanged her, and the prosecutor would find another ho.se in his stable. On going to his stables the prosecutor found a horse which had got the " st tggers" that was not worth 11., and of no use, eo they could not work him , for he could not tse got to stir. The prisoner told him he had got much the beat 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 her running et the nose, that " she had got some trouble in her head." On telling the prisoner that ho 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 mire was in the father, and not in the present,prosecu tor. His Lordship was of that opinion, and ordered the indictment to be amended. Mr. Price also objected that the prisoner was the agent of the prosecutor 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. prisoner G u ilty, an d h e was imprisoned six ca l en d ar mont h s , sentencedw t The h a j r u dr jury labour. he MIDDLESEX SESSIONS. (Before Mr. Creasy and a Bench of, Magistrate) SENTENCE OS THE POLICEMAN 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 ono of the gravest offences it had ever been his lot to try—a graver seldom came before a curt 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 female be when he fo un d t h a t th e hus brpeeasilplideeeco-tetaebtniiils.eittatyebmiw he was performinghe duty o f police-constable, be 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 ho took his victim into custody, on a charge of his having as saulted him with a poker —a charge which he sup ported by perjury before the magistrate, and also at t'iis court, when he was disbeli eve d by the jury, who acquitted Mr. Rathgen. Fortunately for the ends of justice the prisoner had been convicted, and from inquiry which bad been made as to his an t eae dont) it appeared that he was not entitled to the good character he had received with respect to his conduct while in, the Crimea, for he had been re duced for committing a set ions assault. Looking at all the circumstances, esp ec i a lly to the fact that at the time the prisone r was a police const ible whose duty was to protect the public, he felt it to be his duty to pass upon him the full sentence the law allowed, and regretted lie could not give even more. The s entence was, t h at th e pr i son er b.) kept to hard labou r i n t h e H ouse o f C orrec tion for the period of two ye ars . Mr. Van", the solicitor for the prosecution, is the absence of Mr. Sleigh, renewed au application made on Friday by the latt er gen tl eman f ur full costs, but the court decided th a t t h e usua l cos ts only should be allowed. James Terry, 63, pl ea d e d gu ilty to an indictment h preferred against i -n n by direction of the p arochial authorities of Maryl e b Jee, f or h av ing uulawfuly kept and used the h ouse, No. 45, Upper Norton street as a brothel. • He was sentenced to four months' hard labour. Mr. Metcialfe, instructed by Mr. Randall, the pari: , ll solicitor, prosecuted ; Mr. Lewis a ppeared f 4. the defendant. E I ward East, a sto nemason, was con victed of in flicting grievous bodil y h arm upon his wife, by cut ting her head open wi t h a l oo ki n4 -glass frame, and it was proved that he had often ill-treated her. He was sentenced to hard labour for 18 calendar months. _ _ Mr. Daley prosecuted • Mr. Metcalfe defended. David Evans, 20, was convicted of stealing a watch from the pers on o f J o h n C o lt, a warden of the Weadon Prison, while standing on the Ho t so Guards Parade, as her M a j es ty w as passing to open Parliament. He wa s sentence d to 4 mouths' hard labour. The last case tried was that of a person named Sutton, who was charged with assaulting a gentle man named Lewis, on the occasion of the l atter waiting upon him in re f erence It o so me legal pro ceedings: The facts were o f no i n terest except to the parties. The def en d an t i n th e result was fined N., and discharged. Mr. F. H. Lewis prosecuted ; Mr. Metcalfe wa s for the prisoner. Among the grand j urors summone d to state th e ; tion, appropriating to themselves a quarter of the money of their cestaisque trust. Sir B. Broun dis tinctly remonstrated upon the impropriety of t' is 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 cestaisqus trust, se that their con tract could bo enforced against those eestqc isque 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 Broun and Sprye should only transfer to the com pany that interest in the conti act for the purchase of Lord Onslow's land which they actually possessed 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 agree ment 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 cestaisque trust, the cause by which Broun and Sprye bound themselves to perfect their contract' with Lord Ouslow at their own expense and obtain a transfer of the land to the company. It was im-i possible to say that this variation, which went to' the very root of the contract, this reservation of interest to the trustees, coupled with the with- 1 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 advans tage from the goodwill at least existing in Broad and Sprye and the steps taken by them in 1849 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 iu the Act con tained should deprive any party or parties of any legal or equitable rights, interests, or elaims to which such party might be entitled by virtue of any agreement or agreements entered into by any person or persons for the time being acting as pro visional trustees for the company before the com plete registration thereof, and any such person so acting as such provisional trustee should be held to have acted on behiilf of the company by the act in corporated, as if the seal of the company had been affixed to such agreement at the date thereof re spectively, provided that nothing in such agree ment shoald bind or enable thecompany 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 pecuaiary 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 mentioned. The provi sional trustees wore 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 b 3 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 apparent upon 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. The land was not, and could not, under the circumstances, have been ob tained from Lord Onslow through the medium of Broun and Sprye, nor from any estate existing in them. No doubt the acquisition of the lanl was £ruclaksa l / 4 0.11:55.- their pravioNa. rsegotiehtlorms,rltl. Lord Onslow, but those did not amount to a contract. Ii the company had got the benefit of the agreement with Broun and Sprye, and thereby become pos sessed of the thing itself contracted for, " Bellamy v. Sabine" 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 as the plaintift's 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 fur the real benefits which they had conferred upon the company, by their activity aid enterprise in. propounding the scheme, their choice of site, S. c. 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 th-se reasons the bill, though dismissed, would be dis missed without costs ; 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. Willcock, and Mr. C. T. Simpson for the com pany ; Mr. Daniel, Mr. Osborne, Mr, Shapter, Mr. Hardy, Mr. F oo k s , an d M r. 13i ron f or ot h er 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 ofMornington certain Irish estates were charged with 25,0001. 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 set apart by the commissioners out of the proceeds to answer the portions charged thereon. This 25.0001. was invested, and the di vidends were received by the late earl, who died on the Ist of July last. The question arose as to the dividend accruinq upon the sth of July be tween the present Earl of Mornington and the younger chiliren, upon petition for 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 lend beyond making a provision for the payment of en cumbrances. The late earl therefore was clearly entitled during his life to the income of the 25,0001. as if it had been land, and the petitioners would only receive the apportioned part of the di vidends accrued since the Ist of July last. Mr. Cairns, Mr. Ruh, Mr. Druca, Mr. Milder, Mr. Bagshawe, jun., and Mr. F. G. A. Williams appeared upon the petition. ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. WESTERN CIRCUIT. TAUNTON, WEDNESDAY, Dec. 23. Thomas Miller was indicted for the wilful murder of Sarah Border, at, Bathford, on Oct. 10. When called upon to plead the prisoner made no answer, and a plea of not guilty was ordered by the Court to be enterod. Mr. Tiffin.- was counsel for the prosecution, and Mr. T. W. Saunders defended 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 &)on, afterwards a scream was heard, aLd the deceased cried out ‘• Oh my dear husband !'' The neighbours ran out and found the decnsed lying on the ground by the prisoner's door. She had b7ea stabbed. Her husband was also lying a short way off. Ho had als:i been stabb - id. Both died in a short time. Search was made for the prisoner, and he was found in an adjoining garden lying on the ground in a pool of blood. There was a cut in his throat and in the abdomen. 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 Indirins, and he wished he was iu the hospital. He also said that Mrs. Border had accused him of having something to do with the murder of the woman in Leigh-wcods. 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 murder, unless they should be satisfied that he was in such a state from disease of the mind as not to know he was doing a wrong act at the time he in flicted the blow. In late times defences of this de scription had been set uplen most frivolous grounds, F, (3 r. 1,1..113 R -1 rq •-a 'lr) reasons of their non-attendance on the first day of I the sessions was Mr. John flullah, of St. Martin'!„ hall, who stated, in answer to Mr. Creasy, that h e was prevented attending by having t 9 professional duties. .attend to - Mr. Crelsy said that really was r every gantlem In summon e d -Lo excuse at all ; g;ronad, ght urge the same Mr. Hullah said hew as professor of music at the Loudon Univers jay and his a tt en d ance here wou l d have prevented_ ills keeping his engagements there. Mr. Crey,'y said he, too, was a university pro fessor, he regretted that his public duty pre velltlct 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. Hullah must pay the 101. [The sentence on the Life Guardsman, John Scott, convicted of robbing Lieut. the Hon. C. B. Hanbury, was five years' penal servitude, and not one year hard labour, as stated yesterday.] EAST INDIA COMPANY. [A portion of the following appeared in our impression of yesterday.] Tile quarterly general court of proprietors was held at the India House, Leadeuhall•street, this day, at 12 o'clock, for 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. R. D. IvlartQLEs, 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 PROPRIETOR said he wished to know, previous to the resolutions being carried, whether any steps bad been taken to meet the contingency of General Sir A. Wilson's death. The CHAIRMAN said the business of the Court was confined to confirming the resolution of the previous Court or not—no alteration can be made in the terms of the resolution. The resolution was then formally pat to the Court. Mr. LEWIN said he did not approve of the sums mentioned; on the contrary, 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 enabled her to maintain her proper position. The Government Jjhad conferred upon her all the nominal honours 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 necessity, for the purpose of perpetuating his memory, of conferring an empty title upon his widow. (Bear.) He thought that the annuity ought to be 7501. The hon. proprietor was then 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 hop. proprietor was out of order. Mr. LEWIN said he had no wish to bo irregular. He would presently move his resolution as a substantive motion. The CLUBMAN 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." lie 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 circurestance much to be regretted—that was the small attendance 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 °mitt of Direc tors. (Hear, hear.) 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 inflamed 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 ,in a work published by a Ilindoo society, which stated that if the present course of interfering with the religious opinions of the natives was pursued, they would have at least 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. Ile 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 hand 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 cluded by observing that the mildest way in which the difficulties of India could be met, was by adopting the plan laid down by his resolutioa. Mr. LEWIN seconded the motion of Mr. Jones. Mr. M`KENzie 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 L 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 Bhogees, who were a predatory tribe, and had been from time immemorial plunderers—with this single exception, 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 entente 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, they bad 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, hear.) To show the feeling of the Mohammedan princes he would just mention a circumstance that took place in Hyderabad, in the Deccan. A Mohammedan 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, wh ic h 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, aid such circumstances fully proved that the outbreak was a military mutiny, and not an insurrection of the people. (Hear, hear.) He had received a letter from Sir J. Lawrence, who was also of a similar opinion. (Hear, hear.) Now, what had been the case in those places where the sepoys were driven out—at Delhi, for instance I Why, the natives had returned, and the re venue flowed in uninterruptedly. (Hear, hear.) With respect to the resoluion of Mr. Jones, he did not think it would carry out his views. After a few observations from several hon. proprietors, Mr. JONES sail 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 chairtnau, amidst loud cheer'. On coming to,the 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 any information respecting the bill which it was said was to be introduced into Parliament. Tue CHAIRMAN said he had anticipated sucn a quint tMn, and he bad now to inform the Curt that the de puty chairman and himself had had an interview with Lord Palmerston on Saturday last, when he conainuni cated 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. LSwIN then rose to move the following resolution : "That the disasters that have lately occurred to our Indian territories have been owing to the want of fore sight on the part of the Indian Government, and to a neglect of the amens which were at hand to counteract them. That to the supineness and apathy of the home government of India is attributable the want of timely military aid, which it was in its power to supply by means of steam-vessels, which would have averted the slaughter of our troops and countrymen, and averted the danger which now threatens the garrison of Lock now." The rdsolution having been seconded, was put to the meeting, and lust. 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 5,000/. was granted to Lord Dalhousie be further considered." The CHAIRMAN objected to the resolution being re ceived, Ater some discussion, it was rejected, and the court adjourned. • PR ICES OP SHARES, Prom the Oficial List. PUBLISHED EVERY TUESDAY AND FRIDAY EVE'7IN LONDON, TUESDAY, DEC. 22, 1857. CANALS. Dividend Names of «Dividend ! Dr , Names of I Companies. Annum. per c e' Companies. „ A c e. ri Annum. Ishtit &Oldh 98 71. p. ct. Peak Forest. 78 51. Os. Birmingham 40 4l: 88% Regeat's•• •• 30 17s. 16 Coventry.... 100 111. 190 Rochdale ...• s 8 41. 80 Derby .. •• • • 100 61. 15s. Stffrd &Wore. 140 281. GrandJailetn 100 21. pr. et. 47 Stoarbridge.. 1 45 121. 10s. Do., 6 pr. Ct. 10 61. pr. ct. Severn and'? Grand Union 100 78. 6d Wye Raj 2 6 1/. 16s. Kennt & Avn 40 Os. 6% Warwick & - 7 100 21. 24 Leeds &Livrp 100 1 251. 501 Birming. Leicester ..•• 100 51. Warwick & 21' 9 Leicstr &Nth 83 11.55. 13 Napton..J 100 Loughborogh 143 701. Worcstr &i Macclesfield. 100 21. 10s. Birming. 78 10s. 16% Neath .. •• • • 100 161. Wilts & Brk., 7s. Od. Oxford.. •• • • 100 106 WATER-WORKS. Name of Company. Diridend per Amount of Share. Paid. Annum. 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. Elungerfard.... •• .... Southwark ...... .. Ditto New of 7% p.c. Waterloo ..... ........ Ditto Old Ann. of 81. Ditto Nw ditto of 71. Vauxhall Name of Company Commercial .......... Do. Preference East and West Tudia.. Grand Surry D. & Canal Do. Loan Notes .. Do. 5 per cent. Pref. London .•• • • • •• •• • • R. Katharine ........ Southampton •• •• •• •• Victoria .. •••• •• •... Ditto New ........ Name of Company. ilbion ....•• •••••• •• A.l Brit. and For. Ditto Marine....... kthemeum .......... Atlas .. Argus Life ..'....... • • ttritish Commercial .. Church of England .. City of London .. • ClericLaied.& Gen. Life County Crown .............. Eagle.. Equity and Law...... European Life Family Endowment;• General •• •• •• • • •• •• Globe Gresham:Life . Do. -Do • • Guardian ............ Imperial Fire... • • .... Imperial Life' Indemnity Marine.... Law Fire Law ..........1d1e..• Legal and General Life London London & Prov. Law • • Marine... • • .... • • •• •• Med. Invlid & Gen. Life Minerva ........ •... Monarch •• •• • •• .• New Equitable Pelican •... •• •• •• •• Phoenix Professional Life•• • ... Provident Life • • • • • • • • Rock Life.... •• •• Royal Exchange ....•. Sun Fire ...... Ditto Life ..... United Kingdom .... Universal Life • ..... Victoria Life .. ..... . Namo of Co'Tony. lustralasla.. • • ..• • • • • Bank of Egypt .... Bank of London British North American Ch. Ilk. Ind. Aust & Ch. City.... Colonial Commercial of London. Eng. Scot. & Aust. Ch. Cond. Char. Bk. of Aus. Do. New ........ London and County .. Lou.& Eastn. Bnkg. C. London Joint-Stock ... Londn dad Westminstr sat. Provincial of Eng. Ditto. New .. • Ditto ditto Natioqr.l Bank New ' , wan Wales Orientni Bank Corpora. Ottoman Bank Provincial of Ireland Ditto, New.•....... f0n1an................ South Australia .. -... Union of Australia.... Union of Hamburg.... Union of L0nd0n...... Unity Mutual Western Bank of Londn. M. per cnt. 61. per cnt. 41. percent. 5/. per cent. 4/. per cnt. U. per cnt. 'I. per cent. BRIDGE; Dividend per Annum. lOs per cent, 11. 12s; Od. 11. 2s. Od. 28s. DOCKS, Dividend . per Annum. 51. pr cent. Gl. pr cent. 4/. per cent. 51. p;Cent. 4%1. per cnt. 4 per cent. 51. Os per c. CE CO: Dividend per Annum. 71. per c. 71. 14s. 6d. ;1. p.c. & bs. 15s.0(1. &b$ 41. per cent. 71. 10s. 71. 10s. 5 pr ct.& bs. 4/. per share IL 185. S 14 per cent 41. per cent. 6 per cent. 51. per cent. 51. per cent 121. per cent. I 4s. 51. p. ct. &bs. 2s & 2s bons 2,9. per sh. i 4s. per share 18s. & bs. 4% per cent 51. per cent. 51. per cent. per cent 5/ p. et. 61. per cent. 51. per cent. 1 12% per c. 7s. $ p. c. & bs Oy, p : c & bs i/. Us. & bonus. & bonus. & bonus. lINT-STOCK Dividend per Annum. 1101. per cent. 51. per cent. 9 per cent. 41. per cent. 51. per cent. 71. p. & bs. C. per cent. 51. percent. tel. per cent. 6% per cent. 28 per cent. IS!. per cent. 16pc.&bs it.percent. 20'. per cent. 101. per cent. it p. et.dtbs. 81. per cent. 51. per cent. 101. per cent. 111. per cent. 51. per cost.' LIST OF SCOTTISH QO. Name of Company. Dividend . per Animm. Bank of Scotland .. • . British Linen Company Caledonian Bank City of Glasgow Back Clydesdale Bank .... Commercial Bank .. Eastern Bank gc Glasgow.... National Bank North of Scotland Bank Royal Bank of S coil. Union Bank of Scot... Western Bank •• •... Alliance Fire and Life—, British Guarantee . Caledonian Fire Insur. City of Glasgow Lite.. Colonial Life ...., Edinburgh Life Insur. Eng. & Scot, Law Life Life Assoc. of Scotland NatlOllai Fire and Life North British Insur... Northern Assurance Co. Scottish Provincial .... Scottish Union Insrnc. Standard Life 71. per cent. $l. per cent. 81. per cent. 51. per cent. sd. p cent. 71. per cent. 61. per cent. 3%1. p cent. 6% per cent. 51. per cent Si. per cent. 81. per cent. 71. por cent. 8 541. pr cent. 41. per cent. I Ot.per cent. 61. per cent. Si. Per cont. Cl. per cent. 51.0er cent. 6/:per cont. 61. per cent. 71. per cent. £ a. d. 100 C 0 100 0 0 10 0 0 10 0 0 20 0 0 500 0 0 25 0 0 5 0 1100 0 0 20 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 10 0 0 100 0 0 25 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 40 0 0 10 0 0 200 0 0 20 0 0 50 0 0 20 0 0 50 0 0 7%/. prcent. 51. per cent. a. d. 10 0 0 stock. 25 0 0 25 0 0 50 0 , 0 25 0 0 100 0 0 ,100 0 0 1100 0 0 1 61 0 0 5 1 II Amount of Share. X s. d. $5 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 60 0 0 40 0 0 70 10 3 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 X s. d. Stock. WO '0 0 (00 0 0 5 0 0 Stock. 50 0 0 20 0 0 14 0 0 PANIEB. Amount of Share. X s. d. 500 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 1 0 0 50 0 (1 100 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 20 0 0 100 0 0 5 0 0 Stock. 20 0 0 100 0 0 500 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 50 0 0 400 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 ANXS. Z 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 al I 4 0 0 47 5 u 50 0 0 20 0 0 30 0 0 2 10 0 13 0 0 2 19 0 12 10 0 2 0 0 12 19 0 2 0 0 20 0 0 2 0 0 4 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 o 10 0 10 0 0 o 10 0 all 5 10 0 10 0 0 5 0 0 Amount of share.. £ s. d. 40 0 0 25 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 20 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 . 20 0 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 50 0 0 20 0 0 25 0 I 20 0 0 100 0 0 10 0 0 25 0 0 25 0 0 25 0 0 15 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 4 a. d. 100 an Paid. Z 3. d. all 18 15 0 10 0 0 all G 0 0 10 0 0 25 0 0 20 0 0 all 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 0 0 25 0 0 all 2 10 0 3 0 0 10 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 PANIES' PRICES. Amount of Share. Paid. Price. Z 8. d. 100 0 0 100 0 0 2 10 0 10 0 0 10 0 0 100 0 0 10 0 0 5 0 0 100 0 0 "2 10 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 11 0 0 2 0 0 10 0 0 2 0 0 3 0 0 15 0 0 3 5 0 3 0 0 1 20 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 7 0 0 GAS-LIGHT AND COKE COMPANIES. Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. X British Provincial 7l. per cent. £s. d. s. d. 20 0 0 all - Brighton •• ••..•• •• 5/. per cent 20 0 0 - - City of London 2/. per cent. ISO 0 0 150 0 0 - Equitable.. •• •• .. •• 2l. 50 0 0 all - European .... .• 6/. per cent 20 0 0 - - Great Central .. •• dl. per cent 10 0 0 - ' 113 Imperial .. •• lO/. per cent. 50 0 0 - 70 Ditto New - 50 0 0 12 10 6 - Ditto Debentures - ' Stock 100 0 0 200 Do. Continental 1 stCap. 31 bs. 50 0 0 42 15 0 - Do. Do. 2d Cap. 41. 155. 50 0 0 41 0 0 - Do. Do. 3d Cap. 41. 10s. 50 0 0 4'3 10 0 - Do. Do. 4th Cap. 31. 50 0 0 41 , 0 0 - Independent ....... •.• 51. 40 0 0 all - Londov Paid. Preferen. 61. per cent 25 0 0 - 27 4 Phoenix Ratcliff ..... - Surrey Consumers - United General .... •• 16s Oil per sh. 50 0 0 - 20 Westminster Chartered : 7 per cent. 50 0 0 - 50 Ditto, New .... •• •• - 50 0 0 10 • 0 - Western A •• - Ditto B • MISCELLANEOTS. Dividend Amount --,...._.- Name of Company. per of Paid. P r i ce. Annum. Share. • .......-.. - --_. , X s. d. X s. d. Acadian Charcoal Iron .. 10 0 0 2 0 0 - African Steam Ship .. .. 2 0 0 0 10 0 0 - rer cent. 50 0 0 20 0 0 - Assamt ea •... •• •• • • 6 '. 1 1 4 / per cent. 50 0 0 - - Aucti,,r. Mart •• •• •• •• Australian Acricultur/ - 25 0 0 19 0 0 25% Au s tralian Trust 81. pr cent. 100 0 0 25 0 0 .... Australian Royal Mali - 10 0 0 all - Anglo-Mexican Mint.. 11. 10s. 10 0 0 all 14 British American Land Si. per cent 50 0 0 40 0 0 - Canada ... ••••• • •• .. 61. per cent 100 0 0 32 10 0 115 Do. 5 per cent Bonds 51. pet cent Stock 100 0 0 - Ditto, 5 per cent bds 5/.per cent. Stock 100 0 0 - Ditto, 6 per cent. •. 6/. per cent. Stock 100 0 0 - Ditto, 6p c. bds 1874 31. per cent. Stock 100 0 0 - Ditto, 6p c. bds 1876 Gl. per cent. Stock 100 0 0 - Crystal Palace • 2/. per cent. 50 0 all I% Ditto Preference 7l pr. cent. 50 0 50 0 4 Crys. Palace of France - 4 0 0 an - City Navigation Bonds 3%1. per Cent - - - Ele c t r i c Telegraph Eng.& Aug. Cop. Smelt - 50 0 all 1% Eng.&lris. 'flag. T. Co - 50 0 0 all - Equitable Reversionry 5/ per cent 100 0 0 130 0 0 - Ditto New - 50. 0022 10 0 - 1 Gen. Revers. & Invest 5l. p c and 11. 100 00,00 0 0 Gen. L Sc. Col. (Lim.) - 25 0 0 all Gen•SteamNavigation 10/. per et. &1500 14 0 0 - 1- . London Gen. Onniibus 12/. per cent 40 0 all 3% Hudson's Bay 5/, per cent. Stock Stock 11ungerford ........ 21. 53. , 00 0 0 all - Lon. No. &Na. Mauso - 10 0 0 all London Iteversiona7y Si, per cent. 15 00 • all - Mex. &S. American - 10 0 0 all - Nat. Discount Comp.. - 25 0 0 50 0 2% N.S.W. Gov.sp.e. Deb. 51. per cent. - 100 0 0 - Nor. Sri. Australasian 6d. 10 0 all % North of Europe, Stn. 1 1 1. per cent. 20 0 0 17 10 0 - • Price's Patent Cand. Co - 23 00 i all Peel Itiver.Land&Min. - 50 0 all 2% 73 • Pen. & Oriental St eam 71. per cent 50 0 0 all Ditto New .... GO 0 0 10 0 0 all - - Reversionary Int. Soc. 4%1. pr cent 100 0 0 20 0 0 Ditto New .... •• •• 1%/. pr cent. 100 0 0 0 _ - Royal Mail Steam.... 1/, p. share. 100 0 11 5r all v 1 - Scottish Aug. Invest. 151. per cent. 1 0 0 all 25 o e - South Australian Land 71. per cent. Trust and Loan Comp. 7y.. pr cent_ 20 0 0 8 0 0 - Vast Diemen's Land.. i Os. 10 0 0 0 28 10 0 9% Do. 6 per cent -... ...Bonds 6 por cent •••••• 4 -. NAVAL AND MILITARY INTELLIGENCE• The Australasia, with the head-quarters of ,tho 68th Regiment, left Spithead yesterday afternoon at 3.15 for India ; wind, W.S. W., fresh. 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. The invalids belonged to the Ist Royals, 3d Buffs, 14th, 21st Fusiliers, 28th, 46th, 48th, 57th, 91st. an d 92d Highlanders, together with 27 men of the Royal Sappers and Miners, with 50 women and children. The Urgent sailed from Cephalonia on the sth inst. A large number of the invalids are suffering from ophthalmia. The invalid troops were medically inspected yesterday at Fort Pitt, by Dr. J. R. Taylor, C. 8., Deputy-Inspector-General of Hos pitals. Reinforcements for the 72d Highlanders arrived at Chatham garlison on Tuesday from London for the purpose of embarking for India with those de tachments under order to proceed from the 2d and 3d battalions at Chatham. The Lords of the Admiralty having permitted Dr. J. Drummond, Dep u ty-I ns p ec tor 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 Melville Hospital. The Cuckoo, 3, steamer, Commander A. G. B• Murray, has been paid off into ordinary at Chatham. Her Majesty's steam-sloop Geyser, 6, Comman der E. Power, arrived at Spithead in the night of Tuesday, from the Cal eof Good Hope station having been ordered home by the Commander-in- Chief, in consequence of defective boilers. She left 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 Rime Artillery for India, was at Ascension and sailed the day of the Geyser's arrival. At St. Vincent's was the transport Indomitable, with troops for India, when the Geyser left. On the Ist inst., in lat. 13 33 N., long. 20 12 W., she com municated with the English bark Cornwallis, bound 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 be,n 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 towed home. She immediately returned to the Baltic, where she was actively employed during the remainder of the season, and was present at the bombardment or Sweaborg. During the.following winter she was employed on the coast of Englaiid, and on tha 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 BOSCaWen, 70, Capt. Glanville, flag of Rear-Admiral the Hon. Sir F. W. Grey, ; the Hermes, 6, paddle sloop, Commander Gordon, and the Trident, 6, paddle sloop ; Commander F. A. Close. Her Ma jesty's ships Castor, 36, Lieut. Wood in command (pro tem.), and the Megmra, 6, iron screw troop ship, Commander Purvis, sailed the same day as the Geyser, the former for the Mozambique Chan nel, and the latter with horses for India. In Table 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 to India. The Dane, the first of the new contract mail steamers, arrived on the 29th of Oct., and made a most satisfactory pas-age. 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 MARE.ET DEo. 22. Supplies of all kinds these last six days large. - Oat straw, from 7s Od to 11s Od per kempte of 16 stones Iron ; wheat do., 7s Od to 9a Od ; barley do., 6sol to 7s 6d. Hay from 10d to 12d. EDINBURGH MEAL—DEC. 22. There were in the market today 12 sacks oatmeal. eac h weighing 2801 b imperial, which sold at 338 Od and B. .RKET—DEa. 21. -day 20 bags of oatmeal, 0 of Sales dull. Price Paid. X e. d. Price, DALKEITII MEAL There were in the market to• barleymeal, and 0 pot barley. Oatmeal, per sack of 2801bs First. Second. II Third. imperial Barloymeal, por ditto -s Od —s Od —s Od Peasemeal, per ditto Flour, new, per ditto —s Od —s Od —s Od Pot-barley, now, per ditto —s Od s Od —s Od DUBLIN, DEO. 22. As is usual during Christmas week there was a poor at tendance and a very slow market. Wo repeat our quota• Lions of Ftiday, except for Indian corn, which must be noted 6d lower. There will not be another market held this week. White wheat, 28s Od. to 29s Od ; rod ditto, 24s 01 to 27e 6d; ditto new, —s Od; barley, malting, 153 to 18s 6d; grind ing, --e to —s ; oats, old, 12s 6d to 15s; ditto, new, —I Oct to —s Od ; oatmeal, 14s to 15s 611; here, new, 14s to 15e Od ; rApese, d, 23s Od to 25s Od per brl ; bakers' flour, 16$ Od to 22s Od per cwt; Indian corn, 31s 01 to 32s 6d per 480 lbs. .—DEo. 23. Prices of Coals per ton al the close of the market Wallsend, &o. s. d Buddle W. Hartley l4 6 Bebside's Hartley • l4 6. Longridge's Wet Hartley 14 6 Canfield Moor Butes 13 0 West Hartley Grey's 13 8 Htl'pool %Vest Hartley 14 6 Davison's West Hartley 14 t, North Percy Hartley l3 6 Haswell Gas l4 0 Holywell l5 Walker Primrose 0 s d. Nixon's Duffryn 2l 6 Russell's Hetton 18 6 vVhitworth l6 0 Eden Main lB 0 3Osforth l6 3 tfr - addyll lB 6 tletton l9 6 Ffarton Lyon's Stono Coal 2O 0 Trimdon 19 0 tiaswell 19 6 South lletton 19 6 Pees l9 6 119 ; sold, 103, Wallsend, &c. Gibson l6 6 Stewart's . Ships at market, LOCAL 311 - A,RE MARA-Br& LIVERPOOL, DEC. 23. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The market opened easy to-day and prices of all the leading stocks are a shade lower. London and North Westerns, 96;1 .3—Sheffields, 394 — Great Westerns, 54L. —Midlands, 882—South Eastern, 201 Grand Trunk of Canada, 114 Chester and Holyhead, 174—Caledonian, 414 4 —Lancashire and Yorkahite, 91, new shares, 3-16 pm—Great Western of Canada, 18 2-16-- Birkenhead, 09. MANCHESTER, DEC. 23, STOCK EXCHANGE.—The transactions to-day were very firm, and prices closed rather steady. Londons, 97 — East Lancashire, 92—Sheffields, 39e—Ditto, Prof., 115 — South Eastern, 2013.16 North Staffords, 3 d— Eastern Counties, 11 13-16—Midlands, 6851—Grand Trunk o Car,ada, 114—Great Westorn, —Berwicks, 23 i--7.Cale* doniau, 41—Union Bank, par—Dutch Rhenish, 4i die. — Leeds, 93a—Ditto, new, d. BIRMINGHAM, DEC. 23. STOCK EXCHANGE. —Business in the market generally active to-day, with prices about the same al yesterday. Birmingham and Stour Valley, 8 84—Great Western, Bir mingham Pref., 01—Worcester and Birmingham Canals, 17 18—Birmingham Waterworks, 30. BIRTHS. HENNELL—On the 22d inst., at 14, Northumberland. street, Charing-cross, the wife of Mr. J. B. Hennell, of a daughter. KNIGHT —On the 22d inst. ' at 14, King-street, Goswell . street, Mrs. Knight, of a daughter. MERRIFIELD —On the 21st inst., at Brighton, the wife of Frederic Merrifield, Esq., barrister-at-law, of a daughter. MoßicE----On the 22d inst., the wife of Charles Moziee Esq., of Gloeest er -t errace , Hyde park, of daughter. Walter MARRIAGES. .. DICK BLAKEY —On the 22d lust , at St. Ba rilaball oldest daughter of dr. W. Blakey, Church, Kensington Robert Dick, M.D., to Hannah , ROBERTSO4—OLDAKER—Ou the 22d inst., at Norton-in. the-Moors, J E. P. Robertson, D.C.L., Chancellor of the diocese of Rochester, to Louisa, daughter of E. W. , Oldaker, Esq., of Norton-green. Rocheter, Kent. DEATHS. - - ABBOTT—On the 223 inst., at Portswood Lodge, ri °ll - r , Southampton, Witham Abbott, Esq., a magistrate arta dep.-lieut. of Hampshire. BIRD— On the 22d inst., at Tollington-park, normal', 3- • Bird, Esq., aged 76. Bnorut —On the 2211 inst., at 18, Queen-square, St. j am as-park, Peter Brophy, Esq., aged 82. BELLIVORTIVE—On the 21st inst. at Pernbroko-terrae e, Kensington, John Bellworthy, inst., aged 67. BUOLIANA.N — On the 21st inst., at 40, Moray-place, M in: burgh, James Buchan an , E sq. BUThIN—On the 20th in s t ., a t W es tfield House, Rug b y Warwickshi re , J ames B utl i n, Esq., age d 75. HoLLIcx---On the 20th inst., suddenly,- at Cherry Troe Hall, Chath am, th e R ev. E . 1) . Rollick, aged 16. LONDON Printed and Published by .ISII7DO YOUNG , _ -- of No, 112, Strand, Printer, a t Tlix Sun °Bice, Nol 112, Strand, in the Precinct of the S avo y , in the countl • of Iditldiesex, Thursday, December 24. 1867. a Paid. Paid. Price. Price. 12) ~:4}g Price. I