The Sun. — London, England, 1857-12-30 00:00:00

HEALTH OP LONDON DURING TIIE WEEK. (Prom the Report of the Registrar General.) The deaths registered in London, which in the previous w e ek wer e 1,234, declined in the week that ended last Saturday (Dec. 26) to 1,013. In the ten years 1847-56 the average number of deaths in the week corresponding with last week was 1,227. But, as the deaths of last week occurred in an increased population, the average, with a view to comparison, must be carried proportionally to the increase, in which case it will become 1,350. Hence it appears the public health was so far im proved that the deaths were less by about 300 than the number which the average rate of mortality at the close of the year would have pi oduced. The deaths caused by diseases of the organs of respiration were last week 246, while the average corrected for increase of population is 271. The decrease in the numbers assigned to this general head (which does not include phthisis) is shown by the results of the last four weeks, which were suc cessively 415, 336, 2:)8, and 246. C ons id era bly more than half of these 246 deaths arose from bron chitis, which carried off 140 persons, of whom 55 were 60 years old and upwards. The fatal cases of pneumonia (inflammation of the lungs) were, last week, 83, which is decidedly below the corrected average for corresponding weeks. Of this num ber 57 occurred to children during the first two years of life. Of persons who died from phthisis in the last two weeks the numbers were 161 and 115. Of deaths arising from zymotic complaints only 1 is referred to smallpox, 30 (which is much less than usual) to typhus and common fever, and the same number to scarlatina, 37 to hoopingcough, 9 to croup, 41 to measles. Seventeen, or nearly half of the deaths from measles, occurred in the eastern division of the metropolis ; 4 in the sub district of St. Paul, St. George-in-the-East ; 4 in Mile-end Old-town, 3in Poplar. The registrar of St. Mary in St. George-in-the-East registered 2 deaths from measles at 1 and 2, Sarah's-place; and he adds that 8 deaths from this disease have occurred within a short period in the neighbourhood, and that many other severe cases have occurred, though without fatal results. The single case of smallpox mentioned occurred to a dressmaker, aged 37, at 4, Devon shire-street, Marylebone, in which house 3 cases, though not terminating fatally, have occurred re cently. A figure-maker died of painter's• colic and haemorrhage. Of 4 nonagenarians, 3 men and a woman, who died in the week, the oldest was 94, and died in the workhouse, Borough-road. Last week the births of 769 boys and 730 girls, in all 1,499 children, were registered in London. In the ten corresponding weeks of the years 1847-56 the average Lumber was 1,410. At the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, the mean height of the barometer in the week was 30.083 in, The mean daily reading was above 30 in. on the last five days. The highest reading occurred on Thursday, and was 30 . 30 in. The mean tempera ture of the week was 47.1 deg., which is 9.6 deg. above the average of the same week in 43 years (as determined by Mr. Glaisherd. The mean daily temperature was above the average throughout the week, and on Mon iay and three following days the excess was from 10 deg. to 14 deg. The greatest daily range of temperature occurred on Sunday (the 20th), and was 17.1 deg. ; the least on Thurs day, when it was 5.5 deg. The mean daily range of the week was 10.4 de g . The difference between the mea, air temperature and mean dew point temperature was 3 6 deg. The mean temperature of the water of the Thames was 46.6 deg. The mean degree of humidity of the air was 86, com plete saturation being represented by 100. The humidity fell from 93 ou Sunday to 78 on Wed nesday. The wind blew from a south-westerly point. Rain fell to the amount of 0.10 in. on Sunday. None was measured during the rest of the week. Wednesday was very warm for the season, and on Christmas-day the weather was un usually fine. MORTALITY IN THE METROPOLIS NUMBER OF DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES REGISTERED IN THE WHRK ENDING SATURDAY, DEC. 26. Zymotic Diseases Diseases of Uncertain Seat Tubercular Diseases 155 Diseases of the Brain, Nerves and Senses Diseases of the Heart and Blood-vessels 44 Diseases of the Lungs and other Organs of Respiration 246 Diseases of the Stomach, Liver, and other Organs of Digestion Diseases of the Kidneys, &c. Childbirth, Diseases of the Uterus &c. .. 4 Diseases of the Joint s , B ones , and Muscles ... 11 Diseases of the Skin, &c. ... 3 Malformations 3 Premature Birth and Debility Atrophy 17 Old Age ... 41 sudden 4 Violence, Privation, Cold, and Intemperance 32 Calms not specified DEATHS TROX Au, CAUSZEI Population Deaths in corre- Deaths Enumerated. spending week in the 1851. 011856. Week. west Districts North Districts ...... 490,396 Central Districts...., 393,256 East Districts 485,522 South Districts Totals ...... 2,362,236 Males Females 522 BIRTHS IN THE WEEK. 1,060 1,234 Males Females.. 769 730 TaalN• • 00000 64. 00000 • $.6 • Oa. 600 6.6 • • 6I• •••• 1,499 DESPERATE AFFRAY WITH POACHERS. A poaching affray occurred on Thursday morning last at Scoreby, near Stamford-bridge, Yorkshire, which for its severity has not been equalled in the neighbourhood for many years past. The land in the above locality is included in the extensive pos sessions of Lord Londesborough, of Grimston Park, near Tadcaster, and on the morning in question, about one o'clock, his gamekeeper, Stephen Young, and two of his watchers, named Robert Thompson and George Baker, were on duty at Scoresby. Their attention was attracted by hearing a rabbit scream, and on proceeding towards the place they saw two dogs and a man ranging a seed-field on. • the farm of Mr. John Quarton, one of Lord Loud esbozough's tenants. The man went towards Scoreby Wood, and. Young and the watchers fol lowed him. They then saw three men in all, and three lurcher dogs. Young said, "Ha lloa, what are you about there ?" One of the poachers re plied, " Well, what do you mean ?" The keeper then said, " I suppose you are poaching ; do you mean to be taken ?" They replied, ".No, we do not mean to he taken." Young and the watchers then went towards the poachers, who offend a stout resistance, and the consequence was that a fierce battle took place. It is very fortunate that the poachers had no fire-arms with them, or there would, in all probability, have been ono or more lives lost ; as it was, from the number and quality of the bows d ealt, most serious results might have followed. The poachers were armed with sticks or hedge-stakes, and the keeper and his companions also had sticks with them. Each of the men grappled with his antagonist, and a terrible struggle ensued. The parties fell to the ground, where the fight was conttnued, the men rolling over each other as they attempted to gain the mastery. This having con tinued for some tune the names of the poachers were demanded, and they were informed that if they would cease from their violence, and give their names, they would be allow& to get up. They got up, but, instead of givinglheir names, they re commenced the fight. One of them, John Charl ton, swore that ho would stab Young with his knife, and one of the poachers, who subsequently gave his name as William Benson, took out his pocket knife and threatened one of the watchers. He kicked the latter and smashed his watch. The poachers also made use of threats to the effect, that if they had had their guns they would have " doge for" the watchers th ere an d t h en. The conflict having continued for three-quartk-rs of an Lour or More, the combatants of both sides had become much exhausted with their fighting and struggling, and some of them from loss of blood. The poachers in the end were taken into custody, and ail the par theproceAed to the house of Mr. Quarton. All of a'l:\lNs-ere more or less injured, but Young and k, epet seemed to have suffered the most. The bludgeon an and seven scalp wounds from a wise a good a d e Z l h e e nowler last mentioned was like he had sustainer b about the head, besides which and contra ion 3. idl e. Wright, of Stamf,,, d _Z i i 3 e i, s , prourgrlirgooll) .vas sent for, and he admanstered are er o aiesto the men. The names of the poachera aticl th:y Charlton, Lad W withm . Benson, and Wm. Atkinson them three sacks, containing 8 c " i Ple uf rabbiis, Pr-lotters were re- The and 30, _yards of netting. tuancled. - nt andO.utur pin., lADVERTISEIUNT.J—.....r-r oJ.otveq Th -e ' haws again cured au Ulcerated Leg.—Charles of Winchester, was for sixteen years afllcted ulcerated leg, there were sixteen wounds in it of alarming character, and he tried every remedy that pto fessional s kill could devise, which, however, only mad* Pre worse, and with disease and suffering he btcatnii a mere :keleton. About ten months ago be commenced using Holloway ' s Ointm en t an d Pills, and these wonder ful remedies in twelve weeks left him without a wound or blemis4ienjoying sound and robust health.— Sold :by all ivedioine vendors throughout t4.0,w0/11; at. Professor Holloway's Establishment,, 244, Strand, London, and 80, Maidenew York ; by A. S tamps, Con stantinoplen la e, N ; A. Guidiey, Smyrna ; and E, Muir, Malta. THE UTAH EXPEDITION AND BRIGHAM YOUNG. (Prom the New York Herald ) We observe that some little anxiety is expressed in different quarters for the safety of the Utah ex peditor under the command of Colonel Johnston. We apprehend, however, from a careful examina tion of the subject, that no fears need be entertained for its safety, whether arising from the Mormons or the severity of the weather. When last heard from, in the beginning of October, the main body of the expedition, numbering over 1,000 bayonets and two field batteries—one a six and the other a 12-pounder battery—were encamped on Ham's Fork, 143 miles this side of Salt Lake City, under command of Colonel Alexander ; and it would appear from his report that he intended to select some place in that vicinity, and go into winter quarters. There are many points both on Bear and Green rivers—a few marches only from Ham's Fork—where an abundance of fuel can be bad, and where our troops can make themselves com paratively comfortable for the winter, and where, also, by throwing up slight fieldworks and ar ranging judiciously their 500 waggons and 12 pieces of artillery, they can defend themselves suc cessfully against the entire Mormon host, even if led on by the redoubtable Kimball, backed by his 25 sons and 30 wives. There is also an abundant supply of provisions with the expedition, notwith standing the loss of the 78 waggons which were burnt by the destroying angels under the command of the saintly Bill Hickman, as the Government bad taken the precaution to throw forward an extra quantity of subsistence stores to meet all emer gencies. In addition to the force above alluded to Colonel Johnston, on the 13th of October, was in the vici nity of the South Pass, 95 miles in rear of Colonel Alexander's command, with some 100 infantry and 125 dragoons, and long ere this he has no doubt joined the army and assumed the command of it. Besides these troops there were at the same time six companies of the 2d Dragoons, under the com mand of Colonel Cooke, making forced marches to join Colonel Johnston ; and we perceive from the report of the Indian agent N'orney, from Fort La ramie, that they passed that post on the 24th of October. When Colonel Cooke joined the main body—which he doubtless succeeded in doing some time since, unless stopped by the snows in the vi cinity of the South Pass and the Wind River Mountains—our Utah forces were swelled to over 1,600 efficient men. It is to be regretted now that the Mormons have declared war and thrown down the gage of battle that our troops did not arrive one month earlier in the season in front of the strongholds of the belicose saints, for we believe our gallant men could have forced the mountain passes and either captured or destroyed Brigham Young, this Mahomet of the New World, and his fanatical followers. It must be remembered, however, that when this Utah expedition was organised no one believed the Mormons would offer any resistance ; and it was nob until the return of Capt. Van Vilet from Utah that any opposition was anticipated, and even then the great majority of the people and the press re mained incredulous ; and it was only when the captain's judgment was backed up by Brigham's proclamation and the destruction of our proviion trains that the country was undeceived and the Government found a Mormon war on its hands. Had the Mormons offered no resistance our troops would have bad ample time to reach the Salt Lake Valley, and would now be basking in the smiles of the Mormon beauties, instead of breasting the fierce winds and cold storms of a Rocky Mountain winter. In considering this speck of rebelFon and civil war it might be interesting to speculate as to the result. That the Government will grapple with it with all necessary energy, and in one shoit and decisive campaign quell it, is quite certain ; but that in so doing we shall kill Mormonism, or rather•purify it of polygamy—for that appears to be the great objectionable feature—admits of great doubt. The sword has never yet convinced a man that his religion is false ; and we very much doubt if it will ever conviace the Mormon that it is wrong for him to surround himself with a dozen wives or that Brigham Young is not a true prophet. We are inclined to believe that a good strong corps of parsons would do more to suppress Mormonism than half-a dozen regiments of the United States' troops ; and we would recommen 1, now that KanQa,s has Stopped bleeding, that Mr. Kalloch and the other 3,000 New England parsons—their occupations being gone—be organised into regi ments and sent to Utah, in order to teach the Mor mons the error of their ways. Should the church militant fail, we can then use the strong arm of the Government. We, may not, however, have to fight the Mor mons alter all, for already indications are abroad that the taints are on the eve of another hegira. Orden have been issued to tl , e faithful in England and Wales prohibiting further emigration to the United States, a 3 the Almighty has pointed ont an other place to go to. All their misionary atablish ments in the United States have been broken up, all their settlements on this side of the mountains and in California have been abandoned, and from every point of the compass the Lord's annointed are hurrying to place themselves beneath the banner of his prophet amid the valleys of the mountains. All these signs indicate, in our opinion, as we have just stated, that the ormons are about to take another flight. Having defied the authorities of the United States, Brigham is too keen an observer not to see the consequences. He is well aware that he must stand and fight it out or run the country. He is also well aware that he cannot contend mith the United States' Government with any hope of success, for when Captain Van Vliet, as he states in his report, told Brigham and his friends that if they opposed the United States' troops this fall the Government would send next year a force which would overcome all opposition, their answer was, " We are aware that such will be the case, but when these troops arrive they will find Utah a desert— every house will be burnt to the ground, every tree cut down, and every field laid waste. We have three years' provisions, which we will cache,' and then take to the mountains, and bid defiance to all the powers of the Government." That Brigham will carry out his threat of mak ing a Moscow of Utah is quite possible, but that he will shut himself up in the mountain canons with even three years' supply of provisions, and our troopki occupying All the arable land, so that he must starve when his provisions are consumed, we do not believe. A man might very well take care of himself in the mountains, but if he had.3o wives, and some 30 or 40 small children to look after and provide for, the undertaking would be much more , difficult. We are, then efore, of the opinion that the Mormons intend to favour some other country with their presence, where they will not bs annoyed by the stars and stripes—and there is no country more inviting or more convenient than Sonora. The Mormons have been quietly but steadily pushing their settlements towards Mexico, and they already extend 400 miles to the south of Salt Lake city, more than half-way to the Mexican frorXer ; and should they decide upon moving in that direction they can be beyond our boundary be fore we can reach them, as the country to the south of Salt Lake City can be traversed at all seasons of the year. We trust the saints will decide upon such a move, and thereby relieve us of the disagreeable duty of exterminating them. In Senora they would have the opportunity to develop the baauties of their religion, and if it contains within itselt the seeds of its own destruction—as we all believe it does—it will crumble to pieces and disappear, and will Le numbered with the numerous false religious that have sprung up and had their day, and are now only know in history. (Front the Nets York Times) The fate which seems to impend over the expedi tion to Utah wears, in some sort, the aspect of re tribntive justice. It was delayed so long in Kan saq, meddling in matters in which it had no busi ness to meddle, that the winter has caught it while the advanced guard is still on this side the moun tains. From the vt ry outset misfortune seemed to attend it. Great numbers of the trained soldiers of whom it was originally composed deSerted ; and it set out on its march so late in the season that the grass has failed, and the snow fallen heavily, before it has made the smallest preparation for its own sal vation daring the cotd weatl er. For the present i t quite clear our main anxiety must be not as to whe ther we shall within the next six months subdue Brigham Young, but whether we shall next spring have a single man or officer of tbe old force to begin the next campaign with. It was quite clear that all the arrangements were made in the idea that we should enter the city of the saints without opposition, and simply use the troops as Governor Cumming's posse, for the sub sequent enforcement of the laws. In short the ex pedition was {Wed out, as was that of the British to Turk e y i n th e l ate war, as a corps of observation in the suite of a plenipotentiAry. It took w;th it an e e ri: mm us ban,- Igo t ra i n , carry i ng everything ne jsa._ W ry for th e troops from Kansas to Utah, and OlifZraasall very well, but th e very i mportant item of g f . It ii 4r t the mul es seems to have bean lostsight the plain s Wausrus-that in th's pa r ti cu l ar th e grasser Only Started early wholly relied on, an d if th e f orce h a d have served themeuough in the season, this w o uld some thousands of must as goo d stead, - as it serves Ei tll t ta.every _summer. But haa t efarly enough, and the the fact is they did not Bled, the mules ere result is that the grass dropping off, and with them drop off, of course, the stores of every kind. The scarcer the herbage the greater the necessity for marching in small detach ment 3, and the natural consequence is that the Mor mons are enabled to perpetrate such outrages on these small bodies with impunity as those of which each mail now brings tidings. It may he fairly be laid down as a rule, that a mi litary force should never be employed without tak ing every precaution to erbura its efficiency as a fighting machine. Threatening demonstrations, without being prepared to support them vigorously are neither very dignified in those making them nor very fair towards those whom they employ. If the Mormons are only half as great a nuisance and dis grace as all accounts represent them to be, a proper regard for cur own dignity as well as for the safety of our troops would have dictated the despatch of 6,000 men in Juno instead of 2,500 in the fall. Nobody of course doubts for a moment what the issue of the contest will be, but surely the gallant men whom we have sent to vindicate the national supremacy in the defiles of the Rocky Mountains were entitled to every guarantee against all perils, save those of actual conflict, which care and forethought could supply. There is nothing very alluring in the service under its best aspects. The field is remote and the foe ignoble, but the authorities have aggravated its drawbacks by placing among their number the chance of a dog's death. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—Dec. 28. MANSION-HOUSE.—Edward Bedford Pim, a paper maker, living at 51, Church-street, Shore ditch, was brought before the Lord Mayor charged with having illegally pawned a c l oc k o f the value of 31. 10s. which had been stolen from th e ware house of Messrs. Ingleden and Co., upholsterers, Bishopsgate-street Without. Mr. J. Ingleden, one of the prosecutors, said— On Thursday afternoon last a clock, which had been deposited with us for sale, was stolen from our warehouse. I gave information to the police at the Bishopsgate station, and this morning the clock was shown to me. The prisoner is a stranger to me. G. Ballinger, assistant to Mr. Arnold, pawn broker, 188, High-street, Shoreditch, produced the clock, which was identified by the prosecutor. Wit ness said the clock was pledged by the prisoner for 11., in the name of John Payne, on the 26th inst. W. Watkins, police-constable 660, said—l have been engaged in tracing the clock, and amongst other pawnbrokers' shops I have visited, I this morning called at that of Mr. Arnold, who showed 'it to me, and told me that a man of the name of Phu had pawned it. I asked him where Pim lived, and he replied in Church-street, Shoreditch, and that he was a regular customer of hi s . I f oun d the prisoner at his own house, and asked him if he had pledged the clock. He replied that he had not, but that his brother had. He added that his brother had been at Manchester for the last three weeks. I told him I should take him into custody for having illegally pawned the clock, upon which he observed that he bought it of a man for 21., but had only paid him 225. 6d. on account. He told me that he had known the man of whom he bought it to have been a thief all his life. Prisoner—l bought the clock because I wanted it for our counting-house. The Lord Mayor—Then why did you pawn it immediately after you bought it ? Prisoner—Because my father was out, and I was rather short of money. He knew nothing about my having purchased it. I agreed to give the man 2/. for the deck. I handed him a sovereign and half a crown at the time, and ho is going to call to-night for the remainder of the money. The Lord Mayor—Then you will be remanded till to-morrow, and the officer will do his best to apprehend him. Prisoner—Will your lordship take bail ? The Lord Mayor—No, I cannot do that. The prisoner was then remanded. William Ward, a lad 14 years of age, who had been remanded, charged with having stolen some oranges from a poor woman's stall, was again brought before the Lord Mayor. The prisoner had bimiu remanded in order that the attendance of his :'•:" . .'ear might be procured. The constable stated, he had been unable to find the father on ee:at of prisoner's having given a false address. The Lord Mayor—Will you give your address Prisoner—l fox get the name of the place, my lord. Partridge the gaoler said the prisoner was one of a desperate set of thieves called the Bartlett gang, that infested Upper Thames-street. The Lord Mayor—Do you still persist in refusing to state where your father lives ? Prisoner—l assure you I can't recollect the name of the place. Tha Lord Mayor—Then I shall remand you again. Remanded accordingly. BOW STREET'.—Mr. Richard Potts, late an officer in the army, who was last week chsrged with stealing a 2001 bill, the property of Mr. R. A. B. Jennings, a gentleman residing at 7, Prince's road, Pimlico, and was then remanded on his own recoanisances, attended, in dis c h arge th ereo f, L e f ore Mr. b Jardine. Mr. Lewis appeared for the prosecution ; and Mr. Bury Hutchinson for the defence. The evidence of Mr. Jennings having been read over, he was cross-examined by Mr. Hutchinson. He positively swore that he had not received any money on account of the bill, with the exception I of 1/. 4s. The 1/. was given him by defendant at a night house in the Haymarket. Had received one half of a 201. note from defendant. Mr. Hutchinson—You said nothing about that at the last examination t Complainant--No, I was not asked about a half note. I said I had not received a 201. note, and I say so still. The note was 13 or 14 years old ; and when I showed it to the hotel-keeper, he told me it was the last resort of a swindler. Mr.. Hutchinson—Didyou notaskhim to advance you money on the half note, and did he not say that your attempt to get money in that way was the last resort of a swindler'? Complainant—No, he did not say that. I ulti- a mately returned the half note to defendant. Mr. Hutchinson—What are you ? Complainant—l was an officer in the sth Infan try Militia. Mr.Hutchinson—Were you not discharged for telling lies ? Complainant--No. I was discharged for writing a letter to the Marquis of Salisbury. Mr. Hutchinson—Did you not charge your com manding officer with having sold commissions Complainant objected to answer the question, ob serving that it had nothing to do with the case. Mr. Hutchinson said it had to do with the com plainant's credit. Mr. Jardine said the witness was not bound to criminate himself. the bill, and show that defendant had discounted the bill. Mr. Hutchinson—Then you object to say whether you were discharged fur making a false accusation against your commanding officer 7 Complainant —I decline to answer that. In answer to further questions, Complainant stated that he was in Dublin gaol in 1854, but was discharged by the court. He paid no dividend at that time. He could not swear what his debts were, but they were not 5,0001., nor 1,0001. Could not say how often he hail bean in prison. Was last in the Queen's Bench last year— (hesitating) this year. Mr. Hutchinson—Have you been in so often that you can Lot recollect when was the last time ? Complainant, in answer to further questions, said he had only been in Whitecross-street once. Tilat was this year. B.ad been at Uxbridge, and stayed at the Whitehorse Hotel. Whether ho paid his bill there had nothing to d.,) with the case. Mr. Hutchinson—Oh yes, it has. You aro an officer, and we want to see whether you are also a gentleman. Complainant believed there was a balance due. Had paid . his bill at the Royal Albert. Could not say whether he owed anything at the Tavistock. If he did it was probably put in the schedul , .. The bill for which these proceedings were institirei was given to him. He did not steal it. Did not receive ft from Mr. Binks personally, but through a Mr. Darcey. Ile did not think Mr. Darcey called him self Capt. Darcey. Could not say whether he agreed to give Mr. Darcey 501. out of it. Thought - there was something of 'hat sort talked abdut. Did not Mr. Hutchinson submitted that there wag no oase for a remand. Mr. Jardine thought that if Mr. Lewis could prove all that he proposed, that there would be no case for the sessions. give the money because ho never got it himself. His name was on the bill when he received it, but he wrote it on himself. He bad authority from Mr Banks, who gave him the bill for his (witness') ac commodation. Mr. Lewis submitted that it came under the Act passed last session. Defendant had received the bill and converted it to his own use. Mr. Hutchinson—We admit having received the bill, but we say it was not a good bill, and was not worth more than we rave you for it. Mr. Jardine thought the provisions of the Act of last session could not apply, and as he saw no rea sonable probability of a case beinc , established, he could not again remand the defendant. Some conversation then arose as to a charge re ferred to at the last hearing by the solicitor to Mr. Courtenay, grandson of the Earl of Devon. Mr. Hutchinson said that the bills referred to in that case were given to Mr. Potts to get discounted, for which he was to receive 701. commission. He found a gentleman who was willing to advance the amount required-5001. ; but it then appeared that Mr. Courtenay no longer required the accommoda tion, having obtained it in som e o th er quar t er. B ut as Mr. Potts had been at all the trouble, and had performed his part of the agreement, he demanded to be paid his commission before giving up the bills. Mr. Jardine suggested that the bills might be sealed and deposited with him, but as Mr. Potts declined to assent, his worship observed that he had no power to compel him. Mr. Lewis hoped his worship would remand de fendant till after the 12th, when he (defendant) would be examined at the Insolvent Coutt. Mr. Jardine—l don't think I have any right to keep this up for your client to feel his way towards making it a criminal charge. The defendant must be discharged. Mr. Hutchinson—Why ? Complainant—Beclue he considered himself hi debted t.) me. Mr. Hutchinson—l shall now apply for a sum mons for perjury against Mr Jennings, as I am pre pared with three witnesses to prove that a 201. note was given to him by Mr. Potts. Mr. Jardine—You must lay the information in the usual way. The parties then left the court. MARYLEBONE.—David Paul, shoemaker, and Emma Paul, his wife, wore charged before Mr. Broughton with most savage assaults on Miss Char lotte, daughter of Mr. John Schooling, landlord of the Lamb and Flag, James street, Manchester square, and also with assaulting the potman, John Dainton. The evidence was to the effect that about half past 12 o'clock that morning the male prisoner came in front of the bar and asked for a glass of beer, which he refused to pay for. She toll him that he should not have it unless he paid for it. His wife then entered and spat in her face. She at the same time called her some vile names. While she was speaking to the female her (complainant's) sister came out of the parlour to her assistance, when the woman laid hold of her sister's hair and pulled her back with great violence. She went to her sister's aid, upon which the man followed her into the street. He there laid hold of the beck Bair of her head, and pulled her with such dreadful violence that they both fell in the street. She was nearly insensible. Miss Schooling produced a largequantity of hair, which was shown to the magistrate by the chief usher. Mr. Broughton—Was all that pullod from your head Coinplainant--TEs, sir, and I am now in great pain. The son-in-law of the landlord proved that he went to the assistance of complainant, and saw them both fall in the gutter. The male prisoner also struck the pottnan, who went to complainant's assistance. Police-constable D 60, who was called up, said that when he came up he observed that the com plainant's face and dress were covered with mud, her hair was also hanging loose about her neck. The man was fined 40s. or two months for the assault on complainant, and 20s. or one month for the assault on the potman. The woman was fined 20s. or a month for the assault on the complainant. SOUTHWARK.—Henry Turner, a well-known companion of thieves, was charged with stealing a silver watch from the person henry Eames, at the pit door of the Victoria Theatre. The prosecutor, a young man residing at Ken nington, said that on the previous evening he went with a female to the Victoria Theatre, and it was a little before six o'clock when they arrived at the pit doors. Theie was a great crowd there, and while witness 'was passing in he felt a tug at his watch chain, and on looking on one side, he s the prisoner's right hand leave his watch-pocket, and he then found that his watch was gone, having been broken off a t th e b ar . H e immediately: tho prinoner, and him near the lamp post, when he fell down apparently in a fit, but see iug a police-constable approaching, ho quickly jumped up and ran off. He pursued him again and seized hold of him and handed him over to the cus tody of a constable, but his watch was not found. The magistrate asked whether he saw the watch in the prisoner's hand ? He replied that he did not, but he distinctly saw Lis hand leave the pocket where the watch had been a minute before. He had plenty of opportu nities to pass it to any of his companions, as there was a great crowd about, A young man wbo uas with the prosecutor at the time, said he saw the prisoner's right hand leave the watch pocket, and he immediately ran off. There were several rough-looking characters about there, who ran away at the same time. Police-constable 64 L said he saw the prisoner struggling with the prosecutor s h or tl y a ft er s i x o'c!ock, in the New Cut, and he was g i ven i n t o hi s custody for stealing his watch. The prisoner denied having committed the robbery. The magistrate askel the prisoner whether be him or going to the s w e o ss u i l o d ns p l refer being tried by He replied that he wmlld sooner have it settled at once. He was guilty, but it was his first offence. Dunne, the gaoler, here informed his worship that he was an old offender, having been several times in custody for picking pockets, and he had been convicted. The magistrate said it was a very impudent rob bery, and he should sentence him to six months' hard labour in the House of Correction at Wands worth. Mr. Lewis, in re-examination, put questions with a view to retort upon the defendant the charges implied, in the cross-examination, but - was stopped by . WANDSWORTH.—Jamea Squires, a respect ably dressed man, about 30 years of age, was plite.xl in the dock before Mr. Ingham, charged. with the following systematic robbery of hay froma neigh bour's stables:— Thos. Burstall, foreman to Mr. Wm. Simpson, a butcher, High-street, - Wandsworth, deposed that his employer had some stables in South-street, ad joining the stableyard of Mrs. Lamming, the pri soner's aunt. The entrance is up a narrow turning, where there is no thoroughfare ; a'wood.en fence divides the two yards, and the gates of each are close together. Latterly he b a d m i sse d severa l trusses of hay from Mr. Simpson's stables, and he could not account in any 'way for their loss. At last he marked the trusses that came into the yard, but still they were removed, On Friday last ho missed a truss which he had not marked, and he consequently communicated with a constable, and he then marked the five remaining trusses in the stable by placing two or three pieces of stick, which he notched with a knife, into each truss. On Sunday he missed one of the marked trusses, and he consequently went with the constable into Mrs. Lamming's yard, where they found two whole trusses of hay corresponding exactly with Mr. Simpson's hay. In one of the trusses he discovered the marked pieces of wood. Mrs. Martha Lamnaing stated that she was a widow, and followed her late husband's business, that of a drover. Since 16th Sept. last the prisoner who was her husband's nephew, had b -en assisting her, and managed the stable which adjoined Mr. Simpson's. The prisoner bought the hay as it was required, and she always gave him the money for it. On Wednesday last the prisoner told her he had bargained for some hay with a man who .had a cast —she believed for five trusses. He said ho was to pay Os. for it, and witness accordingly gave him a she know what bay the re was i n th e s t a bl e . half-sovereign. She did not see t h e b ay, nor did The prisoner denied the robbery, and said he had bought the hay of a man with a cart. Inspector Rapsley said the prisoner only came out of gad in Sept. last, where he had been impri soned for six months for a robbery . at Kingston. Mr. Ingham said he had tto doubt of the prisoners guilt, and the probability was that he had been pur suing a sys'em of plunder s i nes h e had been with his aunt. He had n only robbed Mr. Simpson, but he had defrauded his aunt. He committed him for three months, with hard labour, in the Wands worth House of Correction. Mr. Jardine, who obServed that the reason why such questions were allowed to be put as regarded, the witness was that they affected his credit, but as the-defendant was not a witness, his , :relit was not at issue. . Mr. Reginald Chancey repeated the' evidence he had given on the former occasion. He was a lieu tenant in the EaSt India Company's service: He had not a retiring pension, but an invalid , pension. He was perfectly sure that tho note paid to Mr. Jennings by defendant was a-whole note. If it had been divided thatmust have been after it came into complainant's possession. - IVie! . Lewis Irpplied fora farther-remand in order to bring forward Mr. Darcey, who would produce HAmKERSMITthe son of Major Adair, of R oy al- c rescent, Notting hill, was plaCed in the-d oc k, b e f ore Mr. Ingham, R.—Francis. Adair, aged 1 7, charged withwilfully breaking a coal-cellar iron `fl belonging to Mr. Henry Boyler, a gentleman atresiding Royal-crescent. evidencoFrom : of the c omplainant and his the No. 14, witne;seS it appeared that between 10 and 11 on night Mr.-Boyl er h ear d a no i se i n f ron t o i Monday his house, and upon looking through his bedroom window he saw several young gentlemen stand ing near to the opening in the pavement loading to 'the ,coal-cellar, and the iron covering was off. He'cotild not distinguish who thq Were, rwr StIN, I.4ONDON, WEDNESDAY EIVF,NINO, DIMEMBE)II 20, but upon going outside he recognised some of them as being the sons of neighbours. The iron cover ing was broken and lying in the road. He accused one of the young gen►lemen of the damage, when the prisoner was then given into custody, and tho complainant, at the station, offered to relinquish the charge if ha would apologise, but he refused, and denied that ho hal taken the plate from off opebing. _ _ _ Mr: Martin, for the defence, declared that there had been a misunderstanding in the words uttered by the prisoner. He admitted that he had picked it up, and had thrown it into the road. He denied having said he had done it. Mr. Ingham said the case came within the mean ing of the Police Act, for it was an offence to leave open any vault or cellar, as well as not having it properly secured. He (Mr. Ingham) had no rea sonable doubt that the prisoner had pulled up the iron covering finding it was not properly secured, and had thrown it into the road. He gave the pri soneri credit for admitting the fact in the first instance, and if he had followed up that gentle manly conduct by apologising and promising to repair the damage, nothing more would have taken place. He fined him 205., and he wished all the householders in that neighbourhood to under stand that Mr. Boyler was also liable for his ser vants not having securely fastened the plate. The money waa paid. From the London Gazette of Last Nigh' WHITEHALL, Duo. 2G. Tho Queen has been pleased to appoint the Itev. Nor man Macleod, Minister of the barony parish of Glasgow, to bo one of her Majesty's Chaplains in Ordinary in Scotland, in the room of Doctor Macfarlan, deceased. FOREIGN-OFFICE, DEO. 26. The Queen has been pleased to approve of Mr. William George Lempriere as Consul at Hobart Town for the Free Hanseatic City of Hambargh. CROWN-OFFICE, DEC. 29. MEMBERS RETURNED TO SERVE IN THE PRESENT PARLIAMENT. County of Bucki❑;ham—William George Cavendish, of Latimer, in the county of Buckingham, Esq., in tho room of the Hon. Charles Compton Cavendish, who has accepted the office of Steward of her Majesty's Manor of Northstead, in the county of York. WAR OFFICE, PALL-MALL, DEC. 29. 7th Dragoon Guards—Gentleman Cadet A. H. Vincent, from the Royal Military College, to bo Cornet, without purchase, vice Weaver, appointed to the let Dragoons. 7th Light Dragoons—Charles Philip, Viscount Royston, to be Cornet, by purchase. 9th Light Dragoons—Lieutenant F. Ellis to be Captain, without purchase, vice French, killed in action. 10th Light Dragoons—Sergeant E. Simpson to bo Riding Master. 16th Light Dragoons—Sergeant-Major Thomas Brown to be Cornet, without purchase. 2d Regiment of Foot—Staff-Surgeon of the Second. Class D. J. Doherty to he Surgeon, vice Bain, who exchanges. 6th Foot--To bo Lieutenants, without purchase—Ensign A. W. 0. Saunders; Ensign T. Bowen. To be Ensigns, without purchase—C. W. 11. Wilson, Gent., vice Saun ders ; E. F. A. M'Carthy, Gent., vice Bowen. 9th Foot—Ensign Walter Morrison, from the 64th Foot, to he Paymaster. 30th Foot —George Ralph Hassall, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice McNeill, appointed to the 78th Foot. 32d Foot—Lieut. Earnuel Hill Lawrence to be Captain, without purchase, vice Moore, killed in action ; Ensign Wm. Humphrey Studdy to be Lieutenant, without pur chase, vice Lawrence ; Philip Wm. Justice, Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Studdy. 53d Foot —Major Frederick English to be Lieut.-Colonel, without purchase, vice Thos. Sidney Powell, C. 8., killed in action; Brevet-Major W. Payn to be Major, without purchase, vice English; Capt. A. P. Gore to be Major, without purchase, vice Payn, whose promotion on 17th Nov. has been cancelled ; Lieut. J. Alexander Dalzell to be Captain, without purchase, vice Gore ; Ensign R. Prince to be Lieut., without] purchase, vice Dalzell ; Gentleman Cadet Wm. Lowry Auchinleck, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Prince. 64th Foot—Lieut. Matthew Fanning to be Captain, with out purchase, vice Shute, killed in action ; Ensign John Wm. Taylor to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Fanning; Ensign Arthur W. L. Mirehouse to be Lieu tenant, without purchase, vice Turner, killed in action. To be Ensigns, without purchase—Ensign David Gar diner, from the Ist West India Regiment, vice Taylor, promoted ; Ensign Wm. Henry Ashe, from the 2d West India Regiment, in succession to Lieut. Bateman, killed in action ; Bnsign James Graham Hamilton, from the 31st Foot, vice Mirehouse, promoted. 68th Foot—Paymaster F. F. Fereday, from the Military Train, to be Paymaster, vice Bernard, transferred to the Royal Canadian Rifle Regiment. 73d Foot—Arther Hare Palmer, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Fraser, promoted. 78th Foot—Ensign Malcolm M'Neill, from the 30th Foot, to be Ensign, in succession to Lieutenant Webster, killed in action. For Thomas H. Thompson, Gent., to be Ensign, withont purchase, in succession to Lieutenant Swanson, killed in action, which appeared in the Gazette of the 18th inst., read, &c., ac., in succession to Lieut. Kirby, died of his wounds. 84th Foot—The promotion of the undermentioned officers to be antedated to Nov. 27, 1857 :—Major W. J. Mac earthy and Captain W. WG. Keats. 89th Foot-- William Atthill, Gent., to bo Ensign, without purchase, vice Brownrigg, promoted. 90th Foot—Lieutenant Percy Julius Deverill to be Cap tain, without purchase, vice Brevet-Major Perrin, died of his wounds; Ensign Henry B. Savory to be Lieute nant., without purchase, vice Deverill. 06th Foot—Lieutenant Patrick Hunter to be Captain, by purchase, vice Meade, who retires. Ist West India Regiment —Richard Seymour Lemons Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vi ce E. S m ith, pro mote; Jo'eph Richard Kenny, Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Gardiner, appointed to the 64th Foot. 2d West India Regiment—Geerge Massy Studdert, Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Ashe, ap pointed to the 64th. HOSPITAL STAFF. Surgeon David Stuart Erskine Bain, M.D., from the 2d Foot, to be Staff-Surgeon of the Second Class, viceDoherty, who exchanges. BREVET. Lieutenant-Colonel John Thornton GrAnt, C. 8., 49th Foot, having completed three years' actual service on the 12th December, 1857, in the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel, to be promoted to be Colonel in the Army, under the Royal Warrant of the 6th October, 1854. Captain Thomas &monde, half-pay Unattached, to be Major in the Army. Paymaster W. H. Wardell, on half-pay of the Royal Canadian Rifle Regiment, to be Major in the Army, the rank being honorary only, under the Royal Warrant, dated 2d Doc., 1857. The Undermentioned Officers of the Royal Engineers. having completed three yeara'service in the rank of Lieut.• Col., to be Colonels in the Army, under the Royal War , rant of the 3J Nov., 1851 :—Brevet Lieut-Col. J. L. A. Simmons, C. 8.; Lieut.-Col. E. W. Durnford ; Liout.-Col. E. T. Lloyd; Lieut.• Col. Henry James; Lieut.-Col. Wi.u. Robinson. The undermentioned Cadets of the East India Company's Service to havo the Local and Temporary Rank of Ensign, during the period of their being place.] under command of Col. H. Sandham, of the Royal Engineers, at Chatham, fo:. Field Instruction in the Art of Sapping and Mining:— Lewis Conway Gordon, Gent. ; Joseph Lyall Bratlroth, Gent. ; James Browne, Gent. ; Charles Mant, Gent. ; Henry Herbert Lee, Gent. ; Alexander Reginald Soton, Gent. ; Thomas Tapper Carter, Gent. ; Henry Meredith Vibart, Gent. ' • Lewis Gower Stewart, Gent. ; Walter Malcolm Roberts, Gent. WAR-OFFICE, PALL-MALL, DEC. 29. BREVET. MEMORSNDUM.—In pursuance of a memorandum dated October, 185 t, the Queen has been pleased to confer upon George Augustus Morgan, Esq., late Lieutenant-Colonel attached to the Turkish Army, the equivalent honorary rank of Lieutenant-Colonel, such honorary rank however to confer no privileges as a British Lieutenant-Colonel on that officer. COMMISSIONS SIGNED BY LORDS LIEUTENANT. East Kent Regiment of Militia —William Thompson Pater, Gent., to be Assistant-Sur,goon, vico Curtis, pro moted. Shropshire Regiment of Militia—James Walter Cava nagh, Gent., to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Oakley, re signed. Ist Regiment Royal Surroy Militia— Ensigns Edward Sharpe and James Hicks, retired. BANKRUPTS. John Barber and Fredrick Rosanauer, general mer chants. Mincing-lane, to surrender Jan. 14, at one, and Feb. 11, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Jousthr.n Hills and Robert Hills, bankers, Gravesend, Jan. 19, at half-past ono, and Feb. 9, at half-past twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Wm. H. Watkins, inn-keeper, Portsea, Jan. 12, at three, and Feb. 9, at ono, at the Court of Bankruptcy. James W.ttes, hotel keeper, Gravesend, Jan. 12, at half past two, and Feb. 9, at twelve, at the Court of Bank ruptcy. William Callemore, draper, Upper Seymour-street, Euston-square, Jan. 11, at twelve, and Feb. 17, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Peter McLachlan, baker, Birchin-lane, Cornhill, Jan. n at one, and Feb. 15, at twelve, at the Court of Bank ruptcy. Arthur Jackson, corn merchant, Peterborough, Jan. 7, at twelve, an 1 Feb. 12, at one, at the Court of Bank rep' 07. Thomas Rolling, cattle dealer, Paltorton, Darbyshiro, Jan. 9 and Feb. 6, at ten, in the Council-hall, Sheffield. Sila9tTetlow, cotton waste dealer, Oldham, Jan. 13 and Feb. 3, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court. , Benjamin Haigh, engine maker, Chester, Jan. 12 and Fob. 9, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court. John Green and William Baker, stay manufacturers, Newgate-street, Jan. 13, and Fob. 17, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. William Wellsted and Henry Wellsted, upholsterers, Moly neux-street, Bryanstone-.square, Jan. 14, at ,two, and Feb. 16, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Robert Blow and John Blow, coal merchants, Great Griinshy, Jan. 20, and Feb. 17, at twelve, in the Town liing:.ton•upon-Hull. George L. Shorland, ironmonger, Mila), Manchester, Jan. 12, at one, and Feb. 9, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS. Willi on Morton, groc3r,flatnilton, Lanarkshire. Patrick Alexander James Grant, tacksman, licnnwaird, Inverness-shire. James Newlands, draper, Alexandria, Dumbartonshire. John Brackenridge, boot and shoemaker, Glasgow and Dnaoon. Ramsay and Stuart, manufacturers, Arbroath. James Goodall, confectioner, Kirkaldy. Jawos M`Lintock, merchant, Blackburn. James Liddell, commission agent, Glasgow. Connell and Taylor, sewed muslin manufacturers, Glasgow. Jatna 8 Fraser, shipowner, Muirfield, Inverness-shire. Daniel Stewart, grocer, Glasgow. James Strapp, contractor, Pollockshields, R , enfrewshire. T. Renwick, tea merchant, Glasgow. A letter, dated Paris, Dec. 27, says :—" Tilers was a report at Xfarietlles on the 25'h of Dec. that the Fortuna (Sardinian vessel), Captain Pezzo, 'hound to Marseil:es and Genoa, had been fired at in St. Domingo Roads by till insurgents, and sunk." 1857. PRICES OF SHARES. From the O f ficial List. PuBLISTIED EVERY TUESDAY AND FRIDAY EVENIN LONDON, TUESDAY, DEC. 29, 1857. CANALS. Names of y Dividend' Names of .1„, Dividend P Companies. A per " 1 "0 °I Companies. s per Price, cr., Annum. .g Annum. Ashtn &Oldl, 93 71. e. et. Peak Forest. 78 51. Os. Birmingham 40 4/: 88% Regent's. •• • 30 17s. 16 Coventry.. •• 100 11 1. 193 Itochdale.... 85 41. 80 Derby .. •• • • 100 61, 15s. IStftrd &Won. 140 281. GrandJunetn 100 21. pr. ct. 47 iStonrbridge. 1 45 121. 10s. Do., 6 pr. Ct. 10 61. pr. ct. Severn and 1 26 11 . 16 . 9 . Grand Union 100 7e. 6d 1 Wye Ra 11.5 Remit & Avn 40 Gs. 6 1 ,6 ! 1 Warwick & Leeds &Livrp (00 251. 501 1 Birming. 100 21. 24 Leicester ..•• 00 51. Warwick & J 9 Leicstr &Nth 83 11.55. 13 Napton.. 100 21 * Loughtorogh 143 701 Worcstr &i Macclesfield. 100 21. 106. Bi rm i ng . 78 10s. 1634 Neath .• •. •• 100 161. Wilts & Brk.k 7s. Od. Oxford.. •. •• 100 —10 G Name of Company. Berlin .. •.... . East London ... Do. 4 per Cent. Prof. . --- Do. 5 per Cent. Pref. Grand Junction ...... Do. New ...... Kent. ..... .......... Lambeth New River Company.. Southwark & Vauxhall West Middlesex • . Do. Do, .. • ... Namo of Company. flungerford.... •• Southwark .......... Ditto New of 7% p.c. Waterloo ..... ........ Ditto Old Ann. of W. Ditto Nw ditto of 71. Vauxhall Namo of Company Commercial Do. Preference Mast and West India.. Grand Sorry D. & Canal Do. Loan - Notes . Do. 5 per cent. Pref. London ..• • • .•••• • • St. Katharine ........ Southampton •• •• •• •• Victoria .. •••••• •• •• Ditto New Name of Company. Albion .... •• •• •• •. .. Alliance Bri and For. Ditto Marine ... Athenamm .......... Atlas Argus Life ......... •• British Commercial .. Church of England .. City of London .. •• ClcricLivied.Bt Gen. Life County .• • . • 4, • • • • • • • • Crown •• • • .• Eagle .. Equity and Law ...• • • European Life Family Endowment;•• General oo •• •... •• Globe Gresham:Life . ....... Do. Do.. ....... Guardian ............ Imperial Fire Imperial Life .. •• Indemnity Marine.... Law Fire " • • Law Lice. •.. •• •• • • 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 Date Life ..... United Kingdom .... Universal Life Victoria Life Name of Company. A. ustraiasia..• • • •• •• • . Bank of Egypt ...... Bank of London ...... British North American Ch. Bk. Ind. Aust & Ch. City .. Commercial of London, Eng. Scot. & Aust. Ch. Lond. Char. Bk. of AuB. Do. Nov London and County Lon. & Eastn. Bnkg. C. London Joint-Stock Londn and Westminstr Nat. Provincial of Eng. Ditto, New Ditto ditto Natio , ir.l Bank New 7 , out!' Wales Orientni Bank Corpora, Ottoman Bank Provincial of Ireland.. Ditto, New... ~.... lonian.... .. . . South Australia ...... Union of Australia.... Ditto ..... ......... Union of Hamburg.... Union of London...—. Unity Mutual Western Bank of Londn, WATER-WORKS. Dividend per Annum. Amount of Share. 51. per cnt. si. per cnt. IL per cent. 51. per cent. 41. per cnt. 51. per cnt. ,41. per cent. BRIDGEI Dividend per Annum. 103 per cent.) 11. 12s. Otl. 11. ss. Od. 288. DOCKS, Dividend per Annum. 51. pr cent. H 61. pr cent. 41. per cent. 51. p;Cent. 14%1. per cnt. 4 per cent. 51. Os per c. £ a. d. 10 0 0 Stock. 25 0 0 25 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 61 a 0 5 1 a Amount of Share. X 5. d. 25 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 60 0 0 40 0 0 70 10 3 Amount of Share. £ 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 £ s. d. Stock. 100 0 0 100 0 0 5 0 0 I Stock. 50 0 0 71 20 0 0 8 14 0 0 11 'RANCE COMPANIES. Dividend per AIIIIUM. 71. per c. 71. 149. 6d. ;I. p.c. & bs. 15s. Od. & bs 41. per cent. 71. 10s. 71. 10s. 51. 5 pr ct.& bs. 41._ per share 1/. 18e. ss. 5 1 4 per cent. 1/. 41. per cent. 6 per cent. 51. per cent. 51. per cent 121. per cent. 5/. p. ct. &bs. 2s & 2s bons. 2il. per sh. ' l 4s. per share 183. ezbs. 434 per cent 51. per cent. 51. per cont. 6t4 per cent 51p. ct. 5/. per cent. Si. per cent. ' 12% per c. p. c. & be p. c & be i/. 14s. 4t. & bonus. 5/. & bonus. 51. & bonus. TINT-STOOK Dividend . per Annum. 101. per cent, M. per cent. 9 per cent. 41. per cent. 51. per cent. Ti. p. c. & bs. 4/. per cent. 51. percent. led. per cent. 6i. per cent. 28 per cent. IS'. per cent. 16pc.&bs 61. per cent. 10 , .. per cent. 101. per cent. 31. p. ct.tas. 81. per cent. 1 5.1. per cent. 101. per cent.,l 111. per cent.) [sl. per cend Amount of Share. £ s. d. 500 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 1 0 0 50 0 t) 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 tOO 0 0 ,100 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 20 0 0 5 0 0 10 0 0 6 5 0 100 0 0 5 0 0 Stock. 2000 100 0 0 s. d. 50 0 0 9: 11 0 0 11 25 0 0 all - 5 15 0 1 25 0 0 - 50 0 - 20 0 - 20 0 - 10 0 0 - 10 0 0 - 50 0 1 50 0 i 50 0 - au - 4 0 0 all all 47 1 50 0 20 0 30 0 2 10 13 0 2 10 12 10 2 0 12 10 2 0 20 0 2 0 4 0 1 0 1 0 0 4! 0 36! 0 11 0 121 0I 6 o 10 0 10 0 0 0 10 0 5 10 0 10 0 0 5 0 0 ANKS. Alhoue of Share. a. d. 40 0 0 25 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 20 0 0 100 0 0 Itoo o 0 .100 0 0 .1 20 0 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 50 0 0 'lOO 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 0 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 Paid. I Pr: 4 s. d. 100 all Paid. I Fri, Paid. I Pill Paid. I Pri, A a. d. all 18 15 0 50 0 0 all 6 0 50 0 25 0 20 0 20 o 0 2i 50 0 0 10 0 0 2E 20 0 0 4E 35 0 0 10 0 0 50 0 22 10 0 all 15 0 0 25 0 0 2 10 0 1' 30 0 - 10 0 0 2 50 0 0 - 50 0 0 - LIST OF SCOTTISH. COMPANIES' PRICES. Dividend Amount Name of COmpany, per of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. 4 s. d. 4 s. d. Bank of Scotland .. •• 72. per cent. 100 C 0 100 0 0 187/0s British Linen Company 81. per cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 210/03 Caledonian Hank ..... 81. per cent 10 0 0 210 03/ 158 City of Glasgow Bank 51. per cent. 10 0 0 10 0 0 --/ Oa Clydesdale Bank •• .. 5301. p cent. 20 0 0 10 0 0 11/ 7s C smmercial Bank .. 71. per cent. 500 0 0 100 0 0 2201 0 Eastern 8ank......., 61, per cent. 25 0 0 10 0 0 10/ es Edinb.Bs Glasgow.... 33(1. p cent. 5 0 5 0 0 31 Ils National Bank •... •. 6% per cent. 100 0 0 [OO 0 0 179, 10 North of Scotland Bank 5/. per cent 20 0 0 210 05/ 10 Royal Bank of Scott. .. 5/. per cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 140/ Union Bank of Scot. •. 81. per cent. 100 0 0 50 0 0 74/ Os Western Bank 71. per cont. 50 0 0 50 0 0 —1 0 Alliance Fire and Lire.. 8% Lpr cent. 100 Q 0 11 0 0 171 Os British Guarantee . 41. per cent. 10 0 0 2 0 0 I/ Its Caledonian Fire Imo 10i.por cent. 100 0 0 10 0 0 251 Os City of Glasgow Lite.. 61. per cent. 25 0 0 2 0 0 4/ Os Colonial Life 51. per cent. 50 0 0 3 0 0 71 7s Edinburgh Life Insur. 61. oer Cent. 100 0 0 15 0 0 28/ Os Eng. & Scot, Law Life 5/.oer cent. 50 0 0 3 5 0 4/ Is Lite Assoc. of Scotland 61. per cent. 40 0 0 3 0 061 158 National Fire and Life 61. per cent. 10 0 0 1 4 0 I/ 19 s North British Insur... 7!. per cent. 200 0 0 20 0 0 37/ Os Northern Assurance Co. 20 0 0 1 0 0 1/ 13s Scottish Provincial 50 0 0 2 0 02/ 17s Scottish' Union Insrnc. 7141. pr cent. 20 0 0 1 0 0 11 133 Standard Life •....• •- 51. per cent. 50 0 0 7 0 0 27/ 5s GAS-LIGHT AND COKE COMPANIES. Name of Company. Dividend Amountper of Paid. Price, Annum. Share. ------- 4 .5. d. £ s. d. - 71. per cent 20 0 0 all B rl r r i i g ti li s t h on pr f. v . i . n . c . ial •• •••• •". 51. per cent. 20 0 0 - - City of London ...... 21. percent. 150 0 0 S5O 8 0 - Equitable , . •• •• ...... 21. 50 0 0 all - European .... .••• • • • 6/. per cent 20 0 0 - - Great Central .... •• • • 8/. per cent 10 0 0 - 1151 Imperial .. • • .......• 10/. per cent. 50 0 0 - - Ditto New .. - 50 0 0 12 10 6 - Ditto Debentures.. - Stock 100 0 0 200 Do. Continental Ist Cap. 31 ss. 50 0 0 42 15'0 - Do. Do. 2d Cap. 4/. 15s. 50 0 0 41 00, - Do. Do. 3d Cap. 41. 10S. 50 0 0 43 10 0 - 1)o. Do. 4th Cap. at 50 0 0 41 0 0 - Independent ........• SI. 40 0 0 all 50 Londov Part Preferen. 61. per cent. 25 0 0 - 2714 Phesniz ............. 5% . per cnt. 60 0 0 52 0 0 47 Ratcliff ..... ........ 51. 20 0 0 16 0 0 - Surrey Consumers .... 81. per cent. 10 0 0 all - United General ...• .. Les Od per sh. 50 0 0 - 2 O 2O Westminster Chartered 7 per cent 50 0 0 - 50 Ditto, New ...• •• • • - 50 0 0 10 0 0 - Western A . . - Ditta B ••..• • • • MISCELLANEOUS. Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. ---- - 4 s. d. 4 s. d. Acadian Charcoal Iron •• 10 0 0 2 0 0 - African Steam Ship .. .. 20 0 0 10 0 0 - Assam. ica••.. • • .... 61. rer cent. 50 0 0 20 0 0 - Auction Mart........ 2 1 ,ilper cent 50 0 0 - - Australian Actricultur/ - ' 25 0 0 19 0 0 25% Australian Trust .... 81. pr Cont. 100 0 0 25 0 0 - Austrailan Royal Mail - 10 0 0 all - Anglo-Mexican Mint.. 11. 10s. 10 0 0 all - British American Land 5/. per cent 50 0 0 40 0 0 - Canada ... -...... .. 61. per cent 100 0 0 32 10 0 119 Do. 5 per cent Bonds 51. pet cent Stock 100 0 0 - Ditto, 6 per cent bds st.per cent. Stock 100 0 0 - D;tte, 6 per cent. .. 6/. per cent. Stock 100 0 0 - Ditto, Gp c. bds 1874 61. per cent. Stock 100 0 0 - Ditto, 6p c. bds 1876 6/. per sent. St oc k 100 0 0 - Crystal Palace Ditto Preference 7l pr. cent. 50 0 50 0 4 Crys. Palace of France - 40 0 all City Navigation Bonds 3%1. per c ent - - - Electric Telegraph Eng.&Aus. Cop. Smelt - 50 0 all l Eng.&lris. Mag. T. Co - 50 00. all - Equitable lteversionry SI per cent. 'OO 0 0 100 00 - Ditto New •• ...• •• - 50 002210 0 - Gen. Revers. & Invest 5l. p c and 1/. .00 0000 0 0 Gen. I. Sc. Col. (Lim.) - 25 0 0 all - Lien.SteaniNavigation 10/. per ct. &1500 14 0 0 - London Gen. Omnibus 121. per cent 40 0 all 351 [Judson's Bay 5/. per cent. Stock Stock - Flungerford ...... • 2/. 5 5. , 00 0 0 all - Loa. Ne. &Na. Mauso - 10 0 0 all - London Reversionary 5/, per cent. 15 0 0 all - Mex. &S. American ' - 10 0 0 all - Nat. Discount Comp - 25 0 0 50 0 3 N.S.W. Gov.sp.c. Deb Si, per cent. - 100 0 0 - Nor, Bri. Australasian 6d. 1 0 0 all - North of Europe, Stm. 61. per cent. 20 0 0 17 10 0 - PricesPatentCand. Co - 21 0 0 all % l'eel Riventand&Min. - 50 0 a 2 73U Pen. & Oriental Steam 71. per cent 50 0 0 ii 0 15 Ditto New • • .... - 50 0 0 10 all Reversionary Int. Soc. 1%1. pr cent 100 0 0 20 r 0 0 - - Ditto New ....... •• 4,1. pr cent. 100 0 _ „ i , 55 Royal Mail Steam.... V, p. share. 100 g 1 7 1 , " al ", " , _ , Scottish Aus. Invest. 151. per cent 1 0 all - cent. 55 0 South Australian Land 71. per 20 0 0 5 0 0 - Trust and Loan Comp. • 7v-„, Pr cent' 100 0 0 28 10 0 Vaa Diemen's Land.. los. 6 per cont. •".' Do. 6 per cent. Bonds SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. BETTING AT lUANCIIESTER.-TUESDAY. TWO THOUSAND GUINEAS STAKES. 4to 1 agat Clydesdale (take 9to 2) 7to 1 agst Mentmore (taken) CHESTER CUP. 500 to 10 agst Good Friday taken) 50 to 1 agat Dolcamara (taken) 1,000 to 15 agst Leamington (taken) No betting on any other event. READING STEEPLECHASES.—TOPSDAY. The Cabot Plate (Handicap) of 40 soya. About two mites and a half. Mr. Wyndham's Metis, by Leviathan, aged, lOst 71b (Mr. Bryer) 1 Mr. Blake's Zana, aged, lOst 1116 (Lassey) 2 14 • Kr I. Day's Longford, 6 years, 11st 21b (Wheals) 3 Mr. Holman's Banjo, 5 yrs, 10 st 131 b (H o lman, jon-) 4 The following also ran :—Morgan Rattler, Shylock ('ate Break-o'day B o y), G o ldhill, K ett l e by, Vestige• _ Glautias, Scamp. Betting-4 to 1 apt Langford, sto 1 agst Scamp, 6 ' e to 1 agst Guldhi.l, 7t o 1 aga t 'Lana. Won by half a length; fifteen lengths b e t ween t h e secon d and third; Bari) was fourth ; Gl au ti as wa lk e d i n. The othars, with the exception of G o ldhill, w h o re f us ed soon after starting and was not persevered with, fell at different grips and leaps in the line of country. a The Berkshire Flout Steeplechase of 3 soya each, with a silver cup, value 25 soya, added. Optional selling weights, &c. Three miles. 7 subs. Mr. H. Chismook's West-enci Pet, aged (601.), list (Mr. Gilbert) I The following also ran :—Cora, The Exciseman? Homicide, and Magic. Betting-2 to 1 agst Homicide 3to 1 agat Magic , e. 4to 1 agat any otter. Cora, The Exciseman, and Magill , were out of the race before crossing the road the last time. Homicide fell on landing on to the Course over the road fence, and West-end Pet cantered in alone, hie rider throwing up his cap in triumph as he passed the post. The Berkshire Open Steeplechase (Handicap), of 10 sous each, h ft, and 2 only if declared, with 50 added. The second to save his stake. About 3 miles. 25 subs, 7 of whom pay 2 sovs each. Mr. John's The Minor, aged, list Stevens) 1 ice. Mr. G. Reynolds' Old Dog Tray, aged, lOst 61b (Green) 2 Mr. Warren's Black Bess, aged, 93t 101 b (D. Wynne) 3 . The following also ran :—Althorp, Maid of the Glen, - Teddealey, The Archer, The Don, Tease, and Hymely. Abd-el-Bader was declared not to start at 2. 40 p.m. Betting-4 to 1 agst Maid of the Glen, sto 1 apt The ,7 3 , Minor, 6to 1 each agst Old Dog Tray and Tease, 7 to 1 agst Black Bess, 8 to 1 each agst Teddesley and Hymely. o Maid of the Glen fell at a grip soon after crossing the 1 road on going out, and got loose. Tease fell at the third o brook from home, and ricked his back so badly that he was soon afterwards destroyed. The Don came to grief soon afterwards, and Teddesley fell at a drop fence the tee, first time round. Hymely and The Archer fell at a grip the last tine round, leaving only Old Dog Tray, The Minor, Althorp, and Black Bess in the race. The Min or 5 waited upon Old Dog Tray until landing over the last 6% fence, when he joined him, headed him a short distance - from home, and won a fine race in by half a neck ; about - six lengths between the second and third--Althorp close 614 - up with Black Bess. - The Selling Steeplechase, of 3 Bove each, with 25 adued, for 4-yr-olds and upwards. Three miles. 12 subs. - Mr. W. Palmer's Fanny, 5 yrs (501.), lOst 10lb (West) 1 9N Mr. Workman's Mhs Chesterfield, 6 yrs (201.), 10st 121 b (Lovesey) 2 - Mr. La Mert's Sunset, aged (401.), list 21b (Simpson) S The following also ran :—Haphazard, Moses, Tcher• nays, Lady Lincoln, Chelmerton, Wizard. Betting-6 to 4 agst Tohernaya, 4to 1 agst Sunset, 5 to 1 agst Moses. Won by three lengths ; bad third. The others fell in different parts of the race, and did not pass 5 the post. BETTING ON THE COURSE. TWO THOUSAND. 4 to 1 agst Clydesdale (taken to 1001.) WAGEE.—A bet of a very sporting charaeter was de' - sided on Monday, H. E. Handley, E.g., of the Scots - Greys, betting 2001. to 401. that he would ride four - horses bona fide belonging to him over 12 feet of water, 0 each horse to be allowed two trials. The place selected 4 for the event to come off was near Clondalkin, between& the seventh and eighth lock on the Grand Canal, and 7 %- was selected by Mr. J. Cassidy, of James's-street, who 7 trained the Miller, a very promising 4-yr-old, with - whom the gallant captain made his first essay. After a preliminary caster, and jumping three or four small - fences, he came a rattler at the brook, which he cleared - in first-rate style. The celebrated steeplechase horse Beware did his work equally well, without the slightest. mistake ; not so Tallyho, who breasted the, bank, pitching his rider clear over his heap , but Without' Ice' any further mishap occurring. The next animal put in requisition was a grey, Twig Topper, who did his work in hunter-like style. Notwithstanding the IM„ failure Tallyho had previously made, his plucky owner mounted him again, and in putting him over is couple of - small fences he twice grassed his rider, and it appeared any odds against the feat being accomplished. The cap. _ tain, however, nothing daunted, came at a splitting peas and just cleared the water, the horse falling on landing, . 1 , 1 /6 giving his rider a severe shaking. On reference to the umpire he decided the bet was fairly won. Very few to were present, as the venue was changed from the neigh. - bourhood of Clonee to Clondalkin at the last moment. ---7 Saunders's Dublin News-letter. Country Markets. LIVERPOOL-DEC. 29. There was a good attendance this morning, and wheat ; met with a good consumptive demand. A fair amount of business was done at the full prices of last week, fine qua. lilies of white and red being most sought afer, and rather more money in some instances paid. Flour neglected, and in the few sales made buyers had the advantage. Oats in moderate request, at late rates, but oatmeal sold slowly, scarcely maintaining its value. Barley and peas as before, but Egyptian beans 6d per qr. lower. Paid. I Prio X s. d. LEEDS--Di o. 29. We have limited supplies of grain. Best qualities new' wheat are in fair demand at the rates of last week. Bar. ley and other articles at late rates. Averages week ending Dec. 28 : Wheat, 503 lAd I O I flats, 24s 5d Peas, 42s ed. Barley,,3ss lid Beans, 40s 9id Rye, —s 04.1. o NEWCASTLE--DEO. 29. Is A small supply of farmers' wheat , wh ich was taken of i lO at fully Saturday's rateg. Rather more inquiry for fine los foreign qualities, *and prices the turn in favour of sellers. s Flour quiet, without change. Barley and oats steady, but os not much doing. Beans and peas as before. 4s NORWICH—DEC. 26. Os A small supply of wheat, and the trade by no means 7 8 boiisk,traatde las fim. t r week's quotations. A limited supply of ba r. 0s Iy ; i s White wheat, 51s to 56s ; red, 40s to 48s ; barley, 30s to ss uls. Superfine flour, 38s ; households, 34s to 3bs per sack s free on board at Yarmouth. os 3s NORWICH CATTLE—Dao. 26. 33 There was a very small show of store cattle to-day, and fev. buyers. Fat beasts, 7s 6d to 8s ; prime, 8s 6d per stone ; being 6d lower than last week. Sheep, 36s to 42s per head, and good store pigs 22s to 255. Fat pork, 7s to 7s 6d ; prime, ba 6d per stone of 141bs. , . COURSE OF EXCHANGE.-YESTRBDAY. -.msterdam• •• • •• 11 16% Gibraltar .• •• •• •• •• •• •• -- Ditto, three months 12 % Leghorn 30 55 Rotterdam •• •• •• .• •• •• 12 % Genoa •• •• 26 5 Antwerp •• •• •• .• •• •• 25 62% •*Milan •• •• •• •• •• •••• Brussels •• •• • •• •• •• •• 25 62% Venice •••••• •• • • •• lamburgh •• .• •• •••• 8% Naples •••• •••• •••••• •• 40A, Aitcna •• •• •• •• •• •• •• •• • Palermo ••••• Parrs.• •• •• •••••• •• •• volt 26 . 30 Messina ... 123% Do. three months .. 25 7) Lisbon ... . bl Marseilles •• •• .• .• .• •• 25 75 Oporto •• .• •• ...• •... •• 52% Bourdeaux •• ••••• • • • •• Rio Janeiro •• Frankfort-on-Maine •• .. 120% Buenos Ayres ...... .• Berlln •• •• •• •• •• .• •• •• • • Slew York,6o days'sight Vienna— •• •• •••••••• •• 10 48 Philadelphia •• —••• • •• trieste— •••••••• ••••.• 10 5) PRICES OW BULLION, PER OW eetersburg ............ 34 Foreign Gold in Bars £3 17 9 kiadrid 47% Portugal Gold Coin .. 0 0 0 Cadiz • • ...... 48% gexican . Dollars 0 0 0% Barcelona •• •• •• •• •. New Dollars ...... 0 0 0 iilver iu bars ...... 0 5 1% BIRTHS. BRAINE—At AbbotsWO, Newton Abbot, the wife of C. J. Braino, of a daughter. HussEr—On the 26th inst., at Kirkham, Mrs. W. L. Hussey, of twin sons. LAVE—On the 27th inst., at 15, Artillery-place, Finsbarr square, the wife of George Lake, Esq., of Grant klouse• Chobham, Surrey, of a daughter. Lady YARDLEY —On the 25th N ov . l as t, a t . Bombay, Yardley, pf a eon. sligagat 01. oAnit, the ß I AnGthE inst., s t , at Ivicableao , llor,ras --LAMBERT—On of Mr. J r .. T iv El . o L ll 3 is na , b o e f rt B , he o ffi f -vvitable don. • Sheffield to tiroValraernrieFt.:rninb: atbaght'a JACOB—GALE—On the 25th inst., at St. Clement Danes, strand, William S. C. Jacob, to Sarah, only daughter of Mrs. Gale, of Deptford, Kent. DEATHS. BULLOCK—On the 27th inst., at Upfield, near Stroud, Glocestershire, Edward Bullock, Esq., late Common Sergeant of the cay of London, aged 57. COLERIDGE—On the 26th inst., at Thorverton, the Rev. Dr. Coleridge. vicar of Thorverton , and pre; bendary of Exeter , aged 6 '. HACR ET —On the 28th inst., suddenly, at his res idence, 31, Tavistock - place , Tavistock - square, Thom as Racket E s q., aged 62. Devon. PARNELL —On the 28th inst., suddenly, at his residence, Waltham Abbey, Essex, John Jessup Parnell, aged 47. SMART—On the 27th inst., Mr. Tames Smart, of the Park Farm, Great Munden, Hurts, ' aged 80. TRORN.BOROUGH— On the 25th inst., Rear - Adm iral Edwd. Leona Thornborougb, aged 62. LONDON: Printed and Published by MIIRDO YOUNC, of No, 112, Strand, Pxiuter, at The Sun Office, Nc. 112, Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy in the comity of Middlesex. Wednesday, Deeembor 30, 1857• 0 - O 51 O - O -