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`4t 4 6 IA I V eta 1, vrkfie SUN OFFIC_E, Seven o' Clock CITY. FRIDAY EVENING. Messrs. Laurence, Phillipps, and Son, are the parties in the East India trade, alluded to in the first part of oar City Article, as having stopped. NEWMARKET RACES. (THIS DAY.) BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. (Continued from our Afternoon Edition.) Match, 100.—Duplicity beat Dacia. Match, 300.—Wood Pigeon beat Wolfdog. Handicap ; for three yrs old, &c. T.Y.C. Marquis of Conyngham Cocoa Nut .•• ••• A dead heat. NEW ZEALAND COMPANY. (THIS DAY.) A special General Court of the proprietors of this company was held to-day, at one o'clock, at the offices of the company, Broad-street-buildings, for the purpose of authorising the Court of Directors to borrow and take up on loan, from the Lord High Treasurer, or the Lords Commissioners of her Majesty's Treasury, any sum or sums of money, not exceeding, in the whole, the sum of 136,000/., to be advanced to the said company from the Consolidated Fund of the United Kingdom on the credit and security of its property in New Zealand, in pursuance of the pro visions of an Act, made and passed in the last session of Parliament, intituled "An Act to promote Colo nisation in New Zealand, and to authorise a loan to the New Zealand Company ;" and of enabling the Court of Directors to affix the common seal of the company to any deed or deeds of assignment or mortgage, or other instrument or instruments requi site or expedient for such purpose ; and to do all other acts which may be deemed necessary or expe dient for procuring the said loan, and carrying the provisions of the said Act into effect. The attendance of proprietors was not large. Mr. AGLIONBY, M.P., occupied the chair, in the absence of the Deputy-Governor, Mr. Baring. He said the meeting, as they would perceive from the advertisement, was called for a special purpose— namely, to ratify the resolution passed at the former meeting, for empowering the company to borrow money fi om the Government, the law adviser s o f th e Crows having considered such a proceeding necessary. He then called upon the Secretary to read the report. In doing SJ he said the Court of Directors had prepared the report in order that the proprietors might be put into possession of their views with respect to the object for which the meeting had been called, and to that object it was limited. lle begged leave to congratulate the proprietors on the appointment of Mr. Cowell, as her Majesty Commissioner for New Zealand.—(Hear.) That gentleman was present—he had been present at all the proceedings, whether in the committee-room or in the courts, and his colleagues joined with him in believing that his services would lead to the in terests of the company being better attended to than they had ever been before.—(Hear, hear.) The Secretary (Mr. Harrington) then read the following report : On the 14th of May last, when you held your annual meeting in this place, particulars were laid before you of the arrangements which were then in progress between your directors and her Majesty's Government ; and, in anticipation of the necessary sanction of Parliament, those arrangements received your approval. The Act by which the required sanction has been given, intituled 'An Act to pro mote 6olonisation in New Zealand, and to authorise a Loan to the New Zealand Company' (10 and 11 Victoria, chap. cxii.), is now upon the table; your consent is requisite to empower your directors to give effect to its provision, and resolutions for this purpose will be proposed for your adoption. By the arrangement with her Majesty's Govern ment, confirmed by Act of Parliament thus referred to, a most important trust is confided to the New Zealand Company. All the demesne lands of the Crown in the whole of the Middle and of Stewart's Island, and in the southern part of the Northern Island of New Zealand, are absolutely vested in the New Zealand Company, with power to administer, in the manner stated in the Act, all the rights of her Majesty in reference to the said demesne lands, in such -wise as shall seem to them best fitted to promote the efficient colonisation of New Zealand. It becomes, in Consequence, the duty of your directors to lay before yox and the public the object with which they undertake this great trust, and the advantages which, by means of it, are offered to all ranks of society. The aim of tbfs company is not confined to mere emigration, but is directed, as you have long been aware, to colonisa tion, in its ancient and systematic form. Its object is, to transplant English society with its various gradations in due proportions, carrying out our laws, customs, associations, habits, manners, feelings— everything of England, in short, but the soil. We desire so now, to cast the foundations of the colony, that in a few generationi New Zealand shall offer to the world a counterpart of our country, in all the most cherished peculiarities of our own social system and national character, as well as in wealth and power. Such is our aim in consenting to undertake this trust. The New Zealand Islands seem to afford the only field on the globe where it is any longer pos sible to attempt an enterprise of this interesting and comprehensive character ; and in them many cir cumstances unite in a remarkable manner to pro mise success, provided the proper means are prudently and energetically combined. So much is now generally known regarding the salubrity of the climate of New Zealand (superior to all others in respect of its freedom from drought ; from excessive heat in summer ; from cold in winter ; and from too much wet in any season)—regarding the great fertility of its soil in many extensive districts—its adaptation to agricultural and pastoral purposes—the mineral productions, comprising coal, iron, sulphur, copper, and several other useful kinds—the timber- the excellence and number of the ports—and the ad- Nantageous position of the islands, which assures to - them ultimately the naval and commercial command of the Pacific—that it is unnecessary at present to do snore than to allude to these points ; but connected with them, the moderate extent of the Islands is an element of great consequence. For a limitation of the area in any field for colonising operations, where neither slaves nor convicts can be employed, is indispensably requisite for the retention of colonial society in the onward path of civili .. cation, and the prevention of the dispersion and isolation of families so fatal to colonial prosperity. Such is the country which Government now opens to the enterprise and sagacity of the merchants, agricul turists, and gentlemen of England, and to the industry of its labourers and artisans, and on which her Ma jesty has graciously been pleased to confer rights and institutions which offer the benefits of local and muni- cipal self-government. But while the v assemblage of circumstances thus combining to promise that life in New Zealand shall be agreeable, and property valuable, displays itself in colours so attractive, care must be taken that the attention is not for one moment diverted from the great certainty, that social happi ness, and the growth of wealth in a new colony, are results which may be entirely missed, unless the methods which shall be employed respectively to achieve them embrace those elements which experi ence of the moral and material requirements of man- kind demonstrates to be essential to their attainment No procedure—no organization—will prove of any avail unless animated by such principles. Thus Teliv;,on and education are essential to the existence :and growth of social :happiness ; and although the e be l xe ,T, to which the colonists shall enjoy the ' 1 ' 1 " of these blessings will ultimately depend on thems e l ves yet the company will endeavour to initiate the provisions for them in every one of the settlements that shall be formed. In like manner the growth fruits of civilisation) of wealth (and with it all the combina depe nd stion bet ween the entirely upon such a be u capitalist a n d th e l a b oure r, that each shalltreciprocallylabourers dependent on the other. Capitalists without would find their capital paralysed ; and labourer swo without capi talists, or independent o f them, w uid b uniformly p ass off into semi-barbarous cottiers , with no example of any class of society better and higher than themselves, o and without any possible means of improvement. Unless, therefore, the New Zealand c secure combination between c a pit a l and labour, can it will fail of its great object. This combinationisth e indispensable condition of colonial prosperity ; and all the plans for new settlements, which your directors will soon have to submit to the public, will be founded on it_ Their great desire is, and to the accomplish ment of it they will direct all their energies, that the opportunity of gradually acquiring a good landed estate shall be afforded to the gentleman and practi cal farmer, and the certainty of good Wages, good living, and an ultimate independence to the industri ous labourer. In devising, and in steadily applying the means for attaining these objects, consists the .main utility of the company ; and now that all differences between it and the Government, both at tame and in the colony, have entirely ceased—that it is receiving possession of its long-withheld lands, has been invested with the great trustee- Alp which is now announced, and that the natives, reduced to order by the energetic and concilia tory policy of Governor Grey, are generally adopt ing the habits of civilised life, betaking themselves to the culture of the soil, both on their own account and as labourers to the settlers—your directors resume 'their colonising operations under a confident hope that THE SUN, they shall be enabled to carry to a happy practical result those principles which the experience of all co lonies, in all ages, has shown to be sound. Subject to such modifications as altered circumstances render necessary, they are prepared to go on with land sales, and to resume their colonising operations in the existing settlements of Wellington, Nelson, New Plymouth, and Otago; and they will, ere long, make known what new districts they offer far colonisation. It only remains to ptate that John Welaford Cowell, Esq., her Majesty's Commissioner, has entered upon the execution of his duties. The directors anticipate much advantage to the company, and to New Zea land, from the great experience and sound judgment of this gentleman ; and they regard his appointment with sincere satisfaction, for the evidence it practi cally affords of the disposition of her Majesty's Go vernment effectually to co-operate in carrying out the great public objects to which the efforts of the company are directed, and for the confidence which a knowledge of that co-operation will impart to the public." The CHAIRMAN said the proprietors were no doubt aware that the Act referred to in the report rendered it necessary that the proprietors should be called to gether, to say whether they would confirm or not the arrangement with therGovernment, adopted by them on a former occasion. His first duty was, to move the adoption of the report. Mr. BRENAN said it would be satisfactory to the proprietors to be informed whether the 130,0001. would be solely expended in colonisation or not. He wished to know whether it would be devoted to completing those districts already coloniied, or whether it would be expended in colonising other districts now lying bare and waste. It appeared to him if they devoted the money_to the creation of new settlements, and left those commenced in an incomplete and consequently unsatisfactory state, that great injury and dissatis faction would be the result. Experience had shown that such a sum as that borrowed would go but a small way in creating new districts, whilst it would go far if devoted to those already formed. Two years ago 99,0001. and 100,0001. were devoted to the crea tion of new districts, but what benefit had the com pany derived from this expenditure ? Nothing. It was true they had paid off many obligations which they had contracted, but he hoped that there was no necessity to expend this additional sum in a similar manner. The settlers loudly de manded the improvement of their condition—such as constructing roads and bridges, and sending out ca pitalists to settle and employ their means to the best advantage. If the company were to do this, and the public were informed of it, he apprehended that eligible persons would be induced to embark their fortunes in the colony. Influential persons perceived the importance of doing what he suggested : for in stance, Mr. Ward, a highly respectable gentleman, had published several letters, calling upon the Direc tors to fulfil their engagements and to improve the ori ginal settlements. It was incumbent upon the Direc tors to fulfil all the engagements,they had made ; unless they did so, the settlers would be dissatisfied, the proprietors would not receive the return for their capital to which they were entitled, and the company , would be nothing but a disappointment to all in terested in it, from beginning to end. Some of the demands of the settlers were exceedingly reasonable, and ought,' therefore, to be complied with. He would not presume to say what the directors should do, but if they thought proper to adopt the course he had pointed out, and to give publicity to their intentions, much good would b e ac complished.Vothing that had occurred for some time was so gratifying to him as the appointment of Mr. Cowell—if anything could give him confidence in the undertaking that gentleman's appointment did so—he was the mainstay of the vessel in which they were all in terestel.—(Hear, hear.) The CHAIRMAN replied that it was never contem plated that the 130,0001. was to be devoted to im proving the old settlements. The Act of Parliament prohibited such an expenditure of it. The Act countenanced the old settlements con veyed by the Government to the com pany and expressly provided that the 130,0001., in addition to the 100,0001. formerly advanced, should be devoted to the colonisation of a wide field, also conveyed to the company, and the money was se cured on the lands of the company for a period of three years, and was agreed to by the Government for the purpose of extending emigration to the vast territories in the middle island, from the southern part of the northern island. It would, therefore, be manifestly contrary to the Act if this money were devoted to particular settlements, whether in the northern or southern island, because the Go vernment never intended that it should be so expended. The directors were most desirous to fulfil every engagement into which they had entered with the original settlers. They felt a solemn obligation to do so. He did not mean simply those moral and equitable engagements which might be enforced in a court of justice by the law of the land, because they thought they were bound to fulfil them by far higher obligations than those which could be enforced by such a court.—(Hear , hear.) They would endeavour, therefore, to fulfil a ll their engage ments. Their powers might be limited, but they would leave nothing undone to promote the prosperity of the settlement, and to give the settlers satisfaction. Mr. BRENAN said the directors ought to make some concession to the persons at Nelson, who ob jected to the position of the port. The CHAIRMAN would not adopt the word " con cession ;" but he could assure the Hon. Proprietor that everything in reason would be done. The sub ject was under consideration, and a gentleman had been deputed to gather the sentiments of the inhabit ants, and to report the result. If that report were before them they might adopt its recommendations, but it had not yet arrived. The directors were per fectly alive to the importance of constructing roads and bridges, and of carrying religious instruction into the colony, and had suitably alluded to these matters in the report. Captain Otway, of the Royal Navy, who had just arrived from the colony, was present. He had visited every part in the north and south, and he had given the directors the most glowing accounts of its progress. Its condition he said was most satisfactory. In Wellington wharfs and houses were being built, and a splendid road was in course of construction from the town into the agricultural districts, and under the excellent ma. nagement of Governor Grey the natives had been tranquillised, and were devoting their time to indus trial pursuits. Mr. BRENAN inquired if the road and wharfs spoken of were made by the company, and whether they would derive profit from them ? The CHAIRMAN said they were not made by the company. The 130,0001. would go but a small way if devoted to such works—it was advanced for carrying on the operations of the colony on a large scale, and for preparing land for sale, and the proceeds of course came into the coffers of the company. After the reduction of the debt the proceeds would be applicable to the purposes of the company. Mr. BRENAN asked whether the loan would date from May, and when colonisation would be resumed ? The CHAIRMAN said the directors were most anxious to resume colonisation ; but that depended entirely upon the public. At the end of three years they might, perhaps, be called upon to say whether they intended to go on or to stop ; but in the mean time they must colonise as much as they could. Mr. BRENAN considered that 10,000/. should be devoted to loans to aid persons emigrating, and that placards urging emigration should be circulated. He wished to see such times as 1839 and 1840—but now New Zealand seemed to be forgotten. The CHAIRMAN could not make any promise with respect to the placards, but they had no power to advance money for any such purpose. Nothing could be more advantageous to the colony than ad vancing money to persons wishing to colonize on the land obtained by them, and if the Hon. Proprietor, and those who agreed with him, would start such an undertaking they would do vast good. The CHAIRMAN said, to show that the colony was not forgotten, two ships were about to start—one from the Clyde and one from the Thames—and a body of Scotch capitalists had obtained an Act to colonise Tobiago. They had obtained 400,000 acres, but as yet only forty persons had emigrated. This showed that the colony and its dependencies were tot retro groding. He felt bound to admit that !circum stances had taken place with respect to New Zealand that were calculated to retard its progress, but he trusted that a new era had now broken in upon them, and that the future would amply compensate for the past. As a proof of the improved condition of New Zealand, he might state that the amount of customs for the quarter ending the 31st of March of the pre sent year were 3,9251.—(Hear, hear.) As Captain Otway was present, he trusted he would state to the meeting what was his opinion of the condition of New Zealand when he was last there. Capt a i n O TWAT would gladly g i ve hi s op i n i on of the present state of New Zealand to the Court. He coast ofNe e w rn ha e d Zealand oyed for i nher e a l t l i l y a j twoesty 's years. service H oen wasthe in Cook's Straits in January and February last, and he could not but observe the great improvement that Wellington. He had alsovisitewd had taken place in the Settlements of Nelson and New l Plymouth, and gsseinonerwalas;frpnemarathneceneof that settlement the houses, much, d ement that a h n is d im th p e re the colony was improving very wereabd their w the people seemed to him to have no doubt that tPie secure, both with respect to their lives and property.—(Hear, hear.) He had also been to Wie mar, and he was bound to confess that there were as good roads in that neighbourhood as any that he had ever seen in England.—(Cries of " Hear, hear.") There was also a very tine road of fifteen miles open from Wellington to Parivuria. The climate of the county was excellent; its capabilities for agriculture extensive in the extreme, and altogether he looked upon New Zealand as the finest climate in the world for Englishmen.--(Hear, hear.) There was .also a very LONDON, fine vein of coal in Massacre Bay ; Those coals had been used in one of her Majesty's steamers, and found to answer extremely well. As yet the coals had been only got from the surface, and he had no doubt upon further excavations, they would be found to be as good as any in England. He had no doubt of the great resources of the colony of New Zealand, and that under its present management it would become one of the most important of the British possessions. The report was then unanimously agreed to. The CHAIRMAN said, that the report having been agreed to, he would propose the second resolution, which was to the following effect:— "That the Court of Directors be, and they are hereby, authorised and empowered to borrow and take up on loan from the Lord High Treasurer, or the Lords Commissioners of her Ma jesty's Treasury, any sum or sums of money not exceeding in the whole the sum of 136,0001., to be advanced to the said company from and out of the growing produce of Consolidated Fund of the United Kingdom, on the credit and security of the profits of the undertaking, and of the lands, tene ments, and hereditaments in New Zealand belonging to the said company, or to the possession of which the said company is entitled, upon the terms, within the periods, and in accordance with, and pursuance of, the provisions contained in a certain Act, made and passed in the last session of Parliament, intituled An :Act to Promote Colo nisation in,NewiZealand, and to authorise a Loan to the New Zealand Company;' and that for such purpose the Court of Directors be, and they are hereby, authorised and empowered to affix the common seal of the company to any deed or deeds of assignment and mortgage, or other instrument or instruments, and to do all such other acts and - deed in that behalf as may, in the opinion of the said direc tors, be requisite or expedient." Mr. WATEMAN wished to know whether the com pany had an absolute grant from the Crown of the lands they proposed to mortgage ? The CHAIRMAN said that the mortgage deed which ,was to be granted to the Government as security only contemplated that part called the Company's Posses sions. The Company had a grant of nearly all the land to which they had made a claim. One million of acres would be mortgaged to the Crown for the money which it was about to lend to the company. Every portion of land which had: been sold or alienated of the com pany would not come under the provisions of the mortgage to the Government, and a good title would be given to those who had purchased it from the company free from any of the burdens or debts of the company. ilMr. BRENAN wished to know whether any part of the money to be received from the Government would be appropriated to carry on steam navigation between the settlements ? The CHAIRMAN said that part of it would. 25,0001. would be specially devoted and held in trust for pro viding the benefits and blessings of religion and edu cation, and also to carry on steam navigation. The following resolutions were also unanimously agreed to : ...._. " That Aglionby Aglionby, Esq., and George Lyall, jun., Esq., :two of the said directors, be, and they are hereby, authorised and empowered to receive, for and on behalf of the said company, all such sum or sums of money as have been or shall be paid by the Lord High Treasurer, or Lords Commissioners of her Majesty's Treasury, on account of the said intended loan, at or before the exe cu ti on o f th e sa id d ee d or deeds, and that the execution of the receipts for the same shall be valid and binding on'the said company." " That any two of the Court of Directors, for the time being, who may be nominated for that purpose by the Court of Directors, shall be, and they are hereby authorised to receive, for and on account of the company, all such further sum and sums, not exceeding in the whole, together with the sum paid, or to be paid, at or before the execution of the said deed or deeds, the said sum of 136,0001., as the Lord High Treasurer, or the Lords Commis sioners of her Majesty's Treasury, may hereafter think fit and agree to lend and advance to the said company, in pursuance of the powers and provisions of the said Act; and that the receipt' or receipts of such two directors for the same shall be valid and binding on the said company." Thanks were then moved, and unanimously carried, to the chairman and directors, to Captain Otway, and to Mr. Cowell, her Majesty's Commissioner, and the court broke up. LATEST PRICES OF SHARES. IN BANKS, ASSURANCE. AND OTHER COM - - PAMES' STOCK. From the 081cial List, PUBLISHED EVERY TITRADAY AND FRIDAY EVENING LONDON, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 15. JOINT-STOCZ. BANNS. Dividend Amount Name of Company, per of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. s. d. £ d. Australasia 40 0 0 40 0 0 Brits/I:North American Si. per cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 - 2omrnercial of London 61. per cent. 100 0 0 20 0 0 • Londn and Westminstr , 61. per cent. 100 0 0 20 0 0 25X London Joint-Stock • ' 61. per cent. 50 0 0 10 0 0 Ketropolitan per 25 007 10 0 Provincialof 81. per cent. cent Bo 0 0 . 100 0 0 2 2 0 5 0 0 0 0 42 Ditto, New...... •• • 81. p er cent. 10 0 0 10 0 0 National of Ireland .. Si. Nat. Provncial of Eng. 51. per cent. 100 0 0 35 0 0 Ditto, New......• • • 51. per cSnt. 20 0 0 10 0 0 Union of Australia... • 61. per cent. 25 0 0 25 0 0 Union of L0nd0n..... i 51. per cent. 50 0 0 10 0 0 13 CANALS. i 4 ' 4 Names of Dividend .... Dividend p. 4 ... A Names of 24 o r Companies 1 1 1 per , --- Companies. - e Price. Annum. cc Annum.l cc .......... ......... X 1 X Ashtn& Oldh 97 61.55. pe l 70 Ifonmouthsh 100 101. - Ashby-d-la-Z 113, 41. - , ntgomrysh 100 11. - Barnsley.. • • 160 121. 180 Macclesfield. 100 - 1 5 Basingstoke 100 - - Neath ••• • • • 100 201. 240 Brknk&A.brg 150 51. 86 Nottingham. 150 121. - Jromford 100 141. - Peak Forest. 78 31. 40 Dudley , lOO 41. - Regent's.... 33 11. 4s. 20 Derby .•• • • 100 61. 62 Rochdale.... 85 41. 54 Elismre&Chs 133 41. 54 Shropshire .• 125 81. - E:ewash .• • 100 321. - Somrset Coal 150 71.101. 130 North & Clyd Mt 41. - Do.LkFd St 12 61. p . c. - Grand.runctn 1001 61. SO Stffrd &Wore 140 281. 276 Urand Union 1001 11. 105. 2138 Shrewsbury.. 125 151. - Glamorgnsh. 171 13%1. - Stourbridge.. 145 201. 3 0 5 I }lstr &Brkly 100' - - Strtfrd on Av 79 11. 10s. - Grantham - Severn and Huddersfield 57 - - Wye Rail. 26 11. 81. 30 Kennt & Avu 39 7s. 6d. 5X Trnt& MI 50 301. Lancaster 47 11. 10s. - sey •• .. - Leeds& Livrplloo 341. 605 Thams &Med 19 - - Leicester 'l4o 101. 75 Worcstr &1 Leicstr &Nth 83. 41. 26 Birming. j 7B 21. 41% Loughboroghtl42l 701. 530 Wilts & /Arks 67 11. 11 BOGIES. Dividend Amount Name of Company. per I Annum. Shoaire. I Paid. Price. , X s. d. 1 £ s. d. Commercial • • - - East and West India ! 61. pr cent. Stock. - - East Country - - L andon 1 5/. pr cent. 1 Stock. - 90 St. Katharine .... ••- , 5 per cent. I Stock. - - Southampton • • - INSURANCE COMPANIES. • Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. ---- -.. Albion X s. d. X a. d. - •••••••• •• • • 31. 10i, 500 0 0 50 0 0 75 Alliance Brit. and For. 6 per cent. 100 0 0 11 0 0 17% Ditto Marine.• ••• • • 61. per cen t, 100 0 0 5 0 0 - A tlas 13s. 6d. pr sh. 50 0 0 50 0 14% British Commercial .. 7s. per share 50 0 0 50 0 6% ; clericl,Med. & Gen. Life 51. per cent. 100 0 0 210 0 20% County - .... ........ 31. 100 0 0 10 0 0 121. 50 0 0 5 0 0 11 Eagle 6s. 50 0 0 58 0 5% Eng.& Scot. LAW .. .. 51. per cent. 50 0 0 2 0 0 - European Life ...... 534 per cent. 20 0 0 All paid. - Freemasons' .•.- • • • • 51. per cent. 20 0 0 3 0 0 Globe - 124 Guardian ...... .... - 51. per cent. 100 0 0 36 10 0 4634 imperial Fire .... •• - 61. and bonus 500 0 0 50 0 0 210 imperial Life ........ 12s. 100 0 0 10 0 0 14% Indemnity Marine- - 11. sh.& be. 100 0 0 513 1 - Law Life- .. -..• • . 11. SC 100 0 0 10 0 0 45 Legal and General Life - 50 0 0 2 0 0 - London Fire .. - .... 10s. 25 0 0 12 10 0 - London Ship ........ 10s. 25 0 0 12 10 0 Marine .. ........... 5/. per cent. 100 0 0 15 0 0 - Med. Invild&Gen.Life 4341. per ct. 50 0 0 20 0 234 National Lean Fund.. 51. per cent. 20 0 0 210 0 - National Life.. - ..... 81. per cent. 100 0 0 5 0 0 - Palladium Life ...... .. 51. per cent. 50 0 0 2 0 0 - Phcenix - - 185 Protector Life.... ... 51. per cent. 20 0 0 1 0 0 11. 31. Provident Life........ 11. ss. 100 0 0 10 0 0 - Rock Life- .• --- • • 4s. 5 0 0 010 0 434 Royal Exchange 5l. per cent. Stock. - 181 dun Fire.. - - - Ditto Life 11. 61. - - - Victoria Life . - - 4 0 0 - LIST OP SCOTTISH COMPANIES' PRICES. Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. 1 Price. Annum. Share. ---- X a. d. £ s. d Bank of Scotland - 100 0 0 167 Royal Bank of Scotland 61. per cent. - 100 0 150 British Linen Company 81. per cent. - 100 0 0 200 Commercial Bank -.• 61. per cent. - 100 0 0 162 National Bank 6l. per cent. - 10 0 0 13% Union Bank of Scotland 7341. pr sent. - 50 0 0 87 Western Bank sl. per cent. - 50 0 0 77% North of Scotland Bank 61. per cent. - 5 0 0 6% Clydesdale 8ank..... • 61. per cent. - 10 0 0 12% Eastern Bank.. ...• .• 51. per cent. - 10 0 0 111 55 Caledonian Bank - 210 0 41. 85 Edinb.& Glasgow I ank 61. per cert. i - 5 0 0 61. 9s City of Glasgow Bank . 51. per cent. I - 10 0 0 i 12/. 5s Scottish Union Ins. Co. Si. per cent. 20 0 0 1 0 0 11 / 4 s6d 1 Hercules Insurance Co. 71. per cent. 'lOO 0 0 10 0 0 12 4 Iniur. Co. of Scetind 5/. per cent. 10 0 0 All paid. 3% North British Incur 5341. pr cent. ,200 0 0 10 0 0 23% Caledonian Fire Insur lOl. per cent.lloo 0 0 10 0 0 22% 3 Edinburgh Life Incur 6l. per cent. 1 100 0 0 12 10 0 18 1 Edin. & Glasg. Railway 11.10 s. pers. 50 0 0 50 0 0 5034 1 Ditto, % Shares.... 7s. 6d. p. s. 12 10 0 All paid. 13 Edln., Leith, & Grantn - 20 0 0 20 0 0 ' Glasgw az Ayrshir Rail. 71. per cent. 50 0 0 All paid. - A viasgw& Greenek Rail. 21. per cent. 25 0 0 All paid. 18% i Gisr,w & Garnkirk Rail. 51. per cent. 25 0 0 All paid. 39 Dundee & Arbroth Rail. 61. per cent. 25 0 0 All paid. 39 ` Standard LifeAssurnce.l Si. per cent. 150001 2 10 0 93( r WATER-WORHS • 11 Name or Com 1 Dividend Arnop nt .1P per of I pany Paid. Price. 8 I Annum. Share. I _________li bast Loudon... .. .. ' ! 4 I. 5. I 3' 84 100 0 $3 Grand Junettim ,•,. t . al. tuo, 4 - 195 Kent .. .... .. .. ...... , at. tot 1 - ~ : o Vauxhall ... •• • ...... ' 100 0 - 0 1 ..... ri West 311&11###z •. • . 31.151.prcut• #3 12 2 -il 77 Il; I THE LONDON GAZETTE. (THIS EVENING.) DOWNING-STREET, OCT. 15, 1847. The Queen has been pleased to appoint Francis Brady, Esq., to be Chief Justice for the Island of Newfoundland. WHITEHALL, OCT. 15. The Queen has been pleased to present the Rev. Peter Grant to the church and parish of Small Isles, in the presbytery of Skye and county of Inverness, vacant by the transportation of the Rev. Henry Beatson, late Minister thereof, to the church and parish of Barra. 'WAR- OFFICE, OCT. 15. 16th Light Dragoons—Lieutenant Daniel henry Mackinnon to be Captain, by purchase, vice Webster, who retires ; Lieutenant Richard Heaviside, from the Rifle Brigade, to be Lieutenant, by purchase vice Mac kinnon, Oct. 15. 17th Light Dragoons—Lieutenant Thomas Lyon to be Captain, by purchase, vice Crawshay, who retires; Cornet William Wyndham Codrington to be Lieute nant, by purchase, vice Lyon; Robert White, Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Codrington, Oct. 15. sth Foot—To be Lieutenants—Lieut. William Hill Forster, from half-pay 9th Foot, vice A. E. C. Forster, appointed to 28th Foot; Lieut. George Harrington Hawes, from 9th Foot, vice Potter, appointed Paymas ter, October 15. 10th Foot—Lieut. John Edward Hussey Taylor, from sth Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Lindam, appointed Pay master, Rifle Brigade, October 15. 16th Foot—Lieutenant Thomas C. Higginson, from half• pay 62d Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Bolton, pro rooted, Oct. 15. 17th Foot—Captain the Honourable Ernest Fitz Roy Neville Fsne, from the Rifle Brigade, to be Captain, vice Wetherall, wbo exchanges, Oct. 15. 22d Foot—Lieutenant William Hunt, from C3d Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Ratcliff, appointed Paymaster, Oct. 15. 23d Foot—Lieutenant Jules Isham Routh to be Cap tain, by purchase, vice Torrens, who retires ; Second Lieutenant Cornelius Graham Sutton to be First Lieu tenant, by purchase, vice Routh ; Francis Alarmaduke Hall Dare, Gent. to be Second Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Sutton, Oct. 15. 26th Foot—James Brown Young, Gent. to be En sign, by purchase, vice Stuart, who retires, Oct. 15. 37th Foot—Lieutenant Robert Gordcn Cumming, from 9th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Trevor Hawley, who retires on half-pay 9th Foot, Oct. 15. 38th Foot—Charles ,William Watkins, Gent. to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Crooke, who retires, Oct. 15. 41st Foot—Captain William Carden Seton to be Major, by purchase, vice Donaldson, who retires ; Lieutenant George Montagu Hicks to be Captain, by purchase, vice Seton ; Ensign George Skipwith to be Lieutenant by purchase, vice Hicks ; Thomas Acres Peirce, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Skipwith, Oct. 15. 45th Foot - -Colour Sergeant Luke Fitzgibbon to be Quartermaster, Oct. 15. 54th Foot—Lieutenant John M. M. Hewett, from half-pay 62d Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Taylor, ap pointed to the 10th Foot, Oct. 15. 55th Foot—Lieutenant John Hanham, from half-pay 62d Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Hamilton, promoted, Oct. 15. 58th Foot —Sergeant Major William Moir to be Quar termaster, vice Kirby, appointed Ensign in 2d West In dia Regiment. October 15. 67th Foot—Lieut. John M'Kay M'Kenzie. from half. pay 62d Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Breedon, appointed to 25th Foot, October 15. 72d Foot—George Don Anderson, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Norman, promoted, October 15. 76th Foot—Ensig n Charles Frederick Brockman to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Ber.sford, who retires ; John Holmes Houston Gammen, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Brockman, Oct. 15. 77th Foot—Lieutenant Henry Jobling Wallack, from halt-pay 9th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Lewis, pro moted, Oct. 15. 78th Foot—Lieutenant Robert Douglas, from half pay 62d Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Hewson, appointed Paymaster of 94th Foot, Oct. 15. 86th Foot—Lieutenant John Spier, from 63d Foot, to be Lieutenant. vice William Carpendale Baird, who re tires on half pay of 63d Foot, Oct. 15. Rifle Brigade—Captain Frederick Augustus We therell, from 17th Foot, to be Captain, vice Fane, who exchanges; Second Lieutenant the Hon. James Stuart to be First Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Heaviside, ap pointed to 16th Light Dragoons; Charles Edward Bott, Gent., to be Second Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Stuart, Oct. 15. UNAT TACHED. —Lieutenant Aylmer Lambert Bourke, from 3d Dragoon Guards, to be Captain, without pur chase, Oct. 15. MEHORANDII3I.—The Christian names of Ensign Kinahan, of 54th Foot, are George Daniel. BANKRUPTS. Ann Leman, shipowner, Commerciale wharf, City, to surrender Oct. 28, at half-past one, and Nov. 26, at half past twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Graham, official assignee, Coleman -street, City; Browne, Wal brook. Frederick Leake, leather-manufacturer, Regent-street, Oct. 25, at two, and Nov. 26, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Turquand, official assignee, Old Jewry ehambers ; Parkinson, Argyll -street. Edward Lloyd James, stationer, Queen- street, Cheap side, Oct. 28, at one, and Nov. 26, at half-past one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Graham, official assignee, Coleman-street, City ; Plucknett and Co.. Lincoln's Inn-fields. Francis Clark, jun., innkeeper, Bury St. Edmund's, Oct. 25 and Nov. 26, at half-past eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Graham, official assignee, Coleman street, City ; Stevens and Gosling, Gray's Inn-square. William Francis Merrett, draper, Greenwich, Oct. 25, at one, and Nov. 26, at twelve, at the Court of Bank ruptcy. Graham, official assignee, Coleman -street; Reed, Langford, and Marsden, Friday -street, Cheapside. Edward John Allen and Frederick William Allen, riding masters, Seymour-place, Bryanstone-square, Oct. 29, at half-past two, and Dec. 2, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Bell, official assignee, Coleman street buildings; Robinson, Orchard -street, Portman-square. James Johnson, leather seller, Langley-place, Com mercial-road East, Oct. 27, and Dec. 2, at eleven, at the Bell, official ass i gnee, Coleman sCutroeertt of Bankruptcy. F Finder, er,South square, Gray' s I nn . John Caborn Barr, hatter, Old Bailey, Oct. 29, at eleven, and Dec. 2, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. F.nchurch-street. • Plymouth, street; Hillary, uthghall , Oct. 27, at el even , Johnson, c h arle s official Howe, draper, assignee, e , p and Nov. 18, at one, at the Exeter District Court. Hernaman, official assignee, Exeter; Sale, Worthington, and Shipman, Manchester; Reed, Langford, and Mars den, London; Stogdon, Exeter. Richard Linell, grocer, Shrewsbury, Oct. 26, lind Nov. 20, at eleven, at the Birmingham District Court. Valpy, official assignee, Birmingham; blotter= and Knowles, Birmingham; Smith and Co., Bedford-iow, London. Giles Davies, miller, Maesbury, Shropshire, Oct. 23 and Nov. 20, at eleven, at the Birmingham District Court. Whitmore, official assignee, Birmingham; Salter and Co., Ellesmere, Shropshir e; H odgson, Birmingham. Samuel Kimberley and Bryant Organ, soda-water manufacturers, Westbromwich, Staffordshire, Oct. 23, at twelve, and Nov. 13, at eleven, at the Birmingham Dis trict Court. Valpy, official assignee, Birmingham ; Collis, Stourbridge. John Partington, cattle dealer, Wyre Piddle, Wor cestershire, Oct. 26 and Nov. 20, at eleven at the Bir mingham District Court. Christie, official assignee, Birmingham; Wilson, Worcester; Smith, Birmingham. George Bryant, baker, Bristol, Oct. 28 and Nov. 25, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court. Hutton, official London; assigliee, Sabine, Bristol; Bristol. Treherti and White, Backle rs b urY . a assignee, Brist o l the B r i sto l District Court. Brist o l ; N ewman, Gwinnett, Daniel Pinkstone, innkeepe r , Ch e l tenham, Oct. 28 Hutton,and No Nov. official 26 , a t and Co., Cheltenham. Thomas Dalton, rope manufacturer, Oct. 26, and Nov. 26, at one, at the Newcastle-upon. Tyne District Court. Wakley, off i c i al assignee, Ne wcastle-upon-Tyne; Mew burn, Darlington; Harle, Newcastle upon-Tyne. PRICE OF SUGAR. Th• average price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, computed from the returns made in the week ending October 12, 1847, is 235. t m d; per cwt. OCTOBER 15, 1847►, MARKET INTELLIGENCE. (From the London New Price Current of Oct. 15.) SUGAR.—Io-day a further fall took place in the value of Sugar, as merc h ants were f ree sellers, all ller kinds s,andall of p ßa artres showing little disposition to do business. West India, Muscovado was operated in to a moderate extent, both for scale and pan; whilst easier rates were taken, and the sales amounted to 680, mak ing the total quantity sold for the week 1,970 hhds and trcs, whilst the fall in the value during that time amounted to 6d to is per cwt. REFINED.—To-day further reduced rates were taken for refined goods, still the home trade operated with re luctance, and prices closed at 52s 6d to 53s for standard, and 51s 6d to 52s for brown grocery lumps. Bonded crushed Sugar sells readily at 28s 6d to 29s per cwt. EAST INDIA.—This afternoon Bengal Sugar was only in limited request, g a d 3,251 bags at auction went at a decline on f ormer rates of ls, the chief part sold. Madras met with little attention, and 3,077 bags were only in part sold at easier rates, or at a fall on the prices of the last public sale of is to is 6d. MAURITIIIS.—This afternoon importers of Mauritius Sugar were willing tellers, and 4,788 bags, 228 csks and 78 trcs went at a further fall in the value of 6d to is per cwt. FOREIGN.—There has been a decrease in the export demand for all descriptions of Foreign Sugar this week, and although there are sellers at rather lower rates, still the purchases made by private treaty have keen upon a small scale only. The home trade operated with caution, and the demand from our refiners working under bond has been trifling. The supply is yet plentiful of all kinds, and on the part of merchants there is much desire manifested lo sell. COFFEE.—This afternoon Mocha Coffee was operated in with caution, aid 147 bales 23 half ditto at auction went at full rates for fine, but other kinds sold at rather lower prices; fine yellow went at 71s to 795, good 63s 6d to 665 6d, middlin g 57 s 6d to 61s, low middling 555, good ordinary 5 1s6d, triage 14s 6d to 31s 6d, and da maged 14s to 565. The market for good ordinary Native Ceylon is dull at 333 per cwt. COCOA.—Altholgh West India is offered upon further reduced terms, sal all kinds have been sparingly dealt in, and 338 bags )f Trinidad at auction were only in pare sold. Foreigs is not much required, but as the stock is nearly all in the hands of one party, we have little variation to make known in the value, and 35s to 39s is the worth according to quality, TE4.-41though C"g" ca nobtai4ed at a further reductio n i n th e v al ue , st ill all kinds have been operated in with much caution p r i va t e ly, a lth oug h prices have - given way during the last three week id for low and middling kinds, and lid to 2d per lb for good to fine ; still the town and country trade only purchase sufficient for their present use, low as prices are, and large as the consumption is. Pouchong is dull of sale, the ten dency of prices is downwards. Souchong is little re quired, and can be obtained upon rather lower terms. Green is dull of sale, and there are sellers at a further reduction in prices, making the decline during the last three weeks Id to Id on common, and 2d to 3d on the better sorts: still the purchases have been to a limited extent only in all kinds. For Pekoe Tea the market has a dull appearance, and there are sellers upon low terms, RIOE.—To-day East India Rice was operated in with much caution privately, and 1,364 bags Bengal at public sale were only in part sold at a fall on former rates of 6d, good bold white but rather dusty selling at 13s 6d to 14s. SPICES.—The supply of Cassia Lignea continues to be small, and all descriptions being much in demand, buyers are compelled to pay further advanced rates. None has been submitted to public competition, whilst the stock in first hands is unusually small. Although the rates asked for Pimento are high, still all kinds are wanted, and the parcels disposed of privately were at stiff rates; whilst the quantity on offer is small. Black Pepper is offered rather under previous quotations. Mace is held for the former value, viz., 2s 8d to 3s 4d, and fine 3s 6d to 4s; at auction six cases were trken in at 3s to 3s 2d for middling and good middling. There is but a mo derate quantity on offer of any kind. Nutmegs cannot be obtained upon lower terms, still the home and export de mand has fallen off, and privately only a limitei business has been concluded ; whilst 13 uses 6 caskes at auction were only in part disposed of. Cloves are wanted, but at moderate prices. Prices remain low for Cinnamon. For Ginger prices remain much the same as those previously current. SPIRITS.—On the part of importers of Jamaica Rum a strong desire has been shown to realize this week, and the rates taken by them exhibit a decline on those that existed previously of 2d per gallon, still all kinds met with little attention from exporters or the home trade, and the total sales for the week do not exceed 150 puns Demerara met with a dull sale, and suffered a further decline. Leeward bland met with little attention, and is offered upon further reduced terms, for 100 puns is 10d have been taken for proof strength. East India is little required and must must again be quoted cheaper, only 140 puns were sold at is 8d to is 9d proof with certificate. Ha vannah is heavy of disposal, and scarcely worth is 6d to Is 7d for proof. There are further arrivals of Rum. Brandy is offered at further reduced rates, but there are few buyers to be met with for any purpose. INDIGO.—TO- day during the progress of the sale 1,685 chests were withdrawn 596 chests passed the sale. Nearly the whole of this quantity consisted of ordinary and low kinds of Bengal and Oudes, which went off heavily at the rates previously established, viz., 4d to 5d discount. Proprietors bought in 213 chests. Ls.—Although there are sellers of Linseed Oil at further reduced rates, still the purchases made by the home trade have been to a limited extent only, whilst the shipping orders entered into are unimportant. There is a desire on the part of the crushers to sell at 24s 6d to 24s 9d on the spot. For forward de livery not many buj ers are to be met with at 2.5 s per cwt there are sellers. The supply is on the increase, and will continue so as prices are yet encouraging to the crushers. Rapeseed Oil is not much required, and holders are less firm. Palm has been only in limited request, and fine can be obtained at 33s 6d to 345, low to good 30s to 33s 6d, although there is but a moderate stock here, still holders are desirous to sell. For Cocoa Nut Oil prices rule unusually high iti consequence of the scanty sup ply, and there being several purchases for home consump tion. The sales made in Olive for all purposes have been of little moment, and the stock is on the increase, whilst there is a desire on the part of holders to sell. TALLOW.—This afternoon prices further declined for Tallow, and 46s is the value of fine new P. Y. Candle on the spot. At public sale 78 casks Australian sold at 42s 6d to 455; 142 chests of old Petersburg yellow Candle 455; 30 casks Melted taken in at 46s 9d; 68 casks Italian sold 43s 6d to 44s 61; 510 casks Taganrog Mutton 44s to 45s 6d; Beef 43s 6rl to 45s 6d. BANK OF (From this n 4 An Account, pursuant to the Act 1 the Week ending on Saturday, ISSUE DEP , X. Motes Issued- •• .• 21,951,585 £21,961,535 Dated the 14th day of October. ENGLAND. ght's Gazette.) 7th and Bth of Victoria, cap. 32, for the 9th day of October, 1847. .ARTMENT. Government debt 11,015,100 Other securities •• • • 2,981,900 Gold coin and bullion 6,935,249 Silver •• • • 1,026,234 1 X 21,961,585 M. MARSHALL, Chief Cashier. 1847. 'IIITMEN T. Government securi ties (including Dead Weight Annuity) .. 11,426,340 Other securities .. 21,437,443 Notes .. •••..• • • • • • • 3,321,700 Gold and silver coin .. 447, i 65 £36,632,648 M. MARSHALL, Chief Cashier. 1847. LN GE.-(THIS DAY.) Gibraltar ...... • • • • Leghorn .........• .. • . $t XI Genoa .. • • ..... ....• 2$ 44 Milan •• .• •• ........ .... :: Naples .....• • • .... •• SP Palermo, per0z........ 119 Oporto... • ..... • • ...• Rio Janeiro .........• Bahia ................ Buenos Ayres .. ••. • • • New York, 21 days'siglit Philadelphia .......... PRICES OF BULLION, PI& OZ, Foreign Gold La bare.. £3 17 Ne. 4, Dollars • . 0 4 9% Portugal Gold Coin .. • 0 0 Spanish Doubloons .. 0 0 • 311ver Ist bars ........ • 4 114 being paid to the defendant, the property was delivered up to the complainant. WORSHIP- STREET. MISCONDUCT OF A POLlCEMAN.—lnspector Ellis, of the H division, made a communication to Mr. Arnold, the sitting magistrate, relative to a policeman named- Jessop, who appeared before Mr. Hammill a few days since to support a charge of assault against a man named Hurley, but which charge was met by a counter-imputation of excessive violence on the part of the constable, who it was alleged had in the first instance kicked and knocked down the son of the de fendant, a child eight years old, and subsequently at tacked the mother of the latter with his truncheon, and inflicted a severe wound on her head. After hearing several witnesses to substantiate the defence, Mr. Hammill dismissed the complaint against Hurley, and after strongly animadverting upon the conduct of the policeman, desired that a statement of the case might be forwarded to the authorities at Scotland yard, with a view to ulterior proceedings. Inspector Ellis now intimated that the report had been laid before the Commissioners, who at once sus pended the policeman, and directed an immediate in vestigation of the matter to be proceeded with before the magistrate ; but upon calling that morning upon the man Hurley, and requesting him to sign the charge-sheet, he declined doing so, and expressed his intention to forego any further proceedings against the officer. Mr., Vann, the solicitor for Hurley, entered the Court soon after, and confirmed the above announce ment, stating that his client had acted under the charitable suggestions of his wife, who had been in formed, since the previous examination, that the con stable had a wife in delicate health, and a large family dependent on him for support, and that his conviction must inevitably result in the loss of his situation. CLERKEN WELL. John Haynes, whipmaker, residing at No. 16, St. James's-buildings, Clerkenwell, was charged with having committed a brutal assault upon his wife. It appeared from the evidence of the wife, whese eyes were dreadfully blackened and swollen, and who was in a weakly state in co733equence of other inju ries she had received from th 2prisoner's violence, that she had been married to the prisoner twelve months, and she was enciente. She lived in the same house with the prisoner and her mother. He was in the habit of quarrelling with them and treating them with great violence. On the previous evening he returned home and renewed his quarrels, when he beat her, knocked her down, and jumped upon her body. He also made an attack upon her mother, who was very much injured, and they gave him no provocation for such brutal conduct. Mr. TYRWHITT said that the prisoner's conduct was cowardly, wanton, and brutal, and he fined him in the penalty of 51., or in default of payment, two months' imprisonment in the House of Correction ; and also ordered him to find two responsible sureties for his good behaviour after he had paid the penalty, or suffered the imprisonment. He was then conveyed to prison. SOUTHWARK. John Cook, a regular Jack Sheppard-looking young fellow, was placed at the bar before Mr. Cot tingham, charged with attempting to rob a gentleman in the Blackfriars-road. Police-constable 127 L said, that a little after eight o'clock last evening he perceived the prisoner behind a gentleman at a picture-shop window. Knowing him to be a thief, he watched him, and saw him put his right hand into the gentleman's pocket, when he seized upon him and took him into custody. Mr. COTTINCIIIAM-15 the gentleman in attendance? Officer—He is not, and he stated his unwillingness to come forward, as he had not been robbed of any thing. The prisoner, however, was well known, and had been out of prison only a week, after being com mitted for two months at Bow-street for a similar offence. Mr. COTTINGHAM told the prisoner that it was fortunate for him that he hadinot stolen anything from the gentleman'; had he done so it would have been his (the magistrate's) duty to have committed him for trial, when transportation must have been the result. He hoped that escape would act as a caution to him, and cause him to alter his mode of life, and become an honest member of society. As he was a character that could not be let loose upon the public without same punishment, he should sentence him to two months' imprisonment. Ann Edgar, a thin, delicate-looking woman, dressed in faded black, with a child in her arms, and described on the police-sheet as a ballet-daneer, was brought before Mr. Cottingham charged with steal ing a blanket and sheet from her ready-furnished apartments. Elizabeth Fullaway stated that she lived in Queen street, Lambeth, and that the prisoner took a ready furnished room in her house at ss. a week, stating that she had an engagement at one of the theatres, and on . that account was generally occupied in her professional business late at night. The prisoner took possession of her apartment last week, and brought a child with her, and, ac cording to her statement, she went out every evening and remained out late, leaving the child at home in bed. On Saturday last, during the absence of the prisoner, complainant went into the room she occu pied and missed a blanket and sheet off the bed, and on her return home when questioned she admitted she had pledged them at the pawnbroker's shop, and promised to redeem them immediately. Not keeping her promise complainant gave her into custody. The articles having been produced were identified by the owner, and when the prisoner was asked why she had acted so dishonestly, her reply was that she and her child were in great distress, and that she took the blanket and sheet, intending to redeem them the moment she could get a little money. She was en gaged as a ballet dancer or figurante at the Strand Theatre, which she quitted about a month ago, the manager being in her debt, and although she had made application for the money repeatedly, she could not obtain it. Since she left the theatre she had been gaining a scanty subsistence for herself and child by needlework. Her salary as ballet dancer was 63. a week. Mr. COTTINGRAM said the prisoner's situation was to be deplored, but still she was not justified in taking her landlady's goods. Under all the circumstances of the case he should only fine her 6d., but she must pay the money which she had obtained on the goods, amounting to 4s. 6d., before he should discharge her. The prisoner was locked up until four o'clock, when a female relative being apprised of the unfortu nate position in which she was placed, paid the money. She was then discharged. BANKING D; Proprietors' capital.. 14,553,000 Rest • .••••• • • • • • 4,087,552 Public deposits (in cluding Exchequer, Commissioners of National Debt, Sav ings-banks, and Di- vidend accounts).. 9,414,713 Other deposits ...... 7,713,196 Seven day and other 863,487 436,632,648 Dated the 14th day of Oetober, COURSE OF EXCH imitordam .. •• • . 12 12 - . - Ditto, at sight ...... 12 $ Rotterdam .....• .. • . 12 12 Antwerp ............ 26 40 Ilamburgh 14 I Altona ...... .......... Paris, 3 day 'sight ...• 26 Ditto, ....... . 26 30 Marseilles • ...• • 26 40 ftourdeaux......... • . 26 40 Frankfort on Maine.... 125 retersburgh, 3 Us Berlin ................ Vienna, effec.tio...... 10 18 Trieste, ditt0.......... 10 16 Madrid •• .. •• .. • • .... 46 Cadiz .. ..... •• .• •••• 4S 14 Bilbao.. ..... . .. •• •• _ _ Barcelona .. .. 111ara1e........ LAW INT ELLIGEN CE. COURT OF BANKRUPTCY, Oct. 14. :IN RE GODFREY 11. WADSWORTH. The bankrupt, who waa described as of Broad street, Golden-square, surgeon, came up before this Court some time back, and the Commissioner sus pended the certificate for twelve months, with pro tection. Protection was extended. IN RE JAMES HOLDBROOK. The insolvent, a lieutenant in the royal navy, filed his petition some time ago, and this was the day fixed for his intermediate order. The insolvent did not appear, and the petition was dismissed. IN RE - AIARGENSON. The insolvent, a hat manufacturer in Bethnal green, came up under the Insolvent Act for his in terim order, supported by Mr. Nicholls, and opposed by Mr. Lucas. The latter Learned Counsel having shown that the debts were more than 3001., contended that Margenson was a bankrupt, and could not obtain relief under the Insolvent Act. Petition dismissed. SHERIFFS' COURT, Oct. 14. CROWN EXTENT.-THE QUEEN V. BENHABM. This was also a Pest-office proceeding. It came before the court in the shape of a writ of extent, directing the Sheriff of Middlesex to ascertain by a jury of what goods, &c., the defendant was pos sessed within his jurisdiction, and, if any, the value of the same. It appeared that the defendant kept a district post office in Lamb's Conduit• street, and had failed to discharge the claims of the General Post-office upon him. Mr. Hemp, the Sheriff's officer, stated that he had seized upon all the furniture in the defendant's house, and an auctioneer estimated its value at 1001.103. Mr. Peacock, the solicitor to the General Post office, said this was insufficient to meet the demand. Hemp then stated that the defendant's books had been seized, from which it appeared that he had considerable debts owing to him, He produced a list of them. The defendant was then sworn. He said the list presented contained a number of debts which were owing to him for goods sold and delivered. In answer to questions put by Mr. Peacock, The defendant stated that, besides, he had a re versionary interest in some leasehold and freehold property at Hampstead, but there was plenty to pay the Post-office, without interfering with that. Mr. Peacock said the value of the goods and the total of the debts would cover the demand. The Learned UNDER-SHERIFF then directed the jury to find that the defendant was possessed of goods of the value of 1001. 105., and that he was entitled to the debts specified in the list.—Verdict accordingly. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. BOW-STREET. POLICE TRICES.--Mr. Stephens, a pawnbroker, carrying on business in `'ardour-street, Soho, ap peared upon a summons to show cause why he refused to deliver up a box of mathematical instruments that had been pledged at his shop by William Meadows for the sum of 21. 103., they having been stolen from the chambers of Mr. Stone. The prisoner, on being committed on several charges of felony from this court, gave such information as enabled the police to recover a great portion of valuable property belonging to different surveyors and civil engineers. It appeared from the evidence that Sergeant Mac kenzie, E division, having ascertained that the pro perty in question belonged to I\lr. Stone, induced the complainant, without telling where his instruments were, to offer a reward for their recovery in the Pawnbrokers' Gazette of 51., and subsequently in formed him where they were to be found. The com plainant, suspecting he was about to be imposed upon, refused to pay the amount, seeing that the thief was in custody and fully committed for trial. Mr. JARDINE did not consider that the defendant was entitled to a reward, although nothing improper could be imputed to him, the articles having been pledged in a bon( fide manner, and proposed that the complainant should pay the sum for which the pro perty had been pledged. The parties then retired, and the sum of U. ss. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. PORTSMOUTH, OCT. 14.—Extract of a letter from a friend in Sir Charles Napier's squadron : " Lisbon, Oct. 4. ,g * * The Admiral's inspections are not mere matters of form, I can tell you. He looks into and inquires into all himself; and puts some rather unexpected questions to the Captains. The other day he inspected the Vengeance, because he thought there was a screw loose there, but she carse out of the ordeal with 'flying colours,' notwithstanding her first and third lieutenants were reported in the sick list ; the latter has since invalided-..a gallant fellow, but afflicted with deafness. The Queen did not come off in her inspection so well as the Vengeance, the effi ciency and good order of the latter being, in the emphatic word s o f the o ld Commodore, a d—d sight better than the Queen.' The Sidon, to the astonish ment of everybody, has proved to be, without excep tion, the finest steamer in the navy. She beats them all in steaming, sailing, stowing, and carrying her guns. . . . When the Amphion sail e d roun d th e squadron the ships were hove to. She is a tub, and not so well handled as she might be. The Admiral in tended, on the 12th, to have put to sea and taken a cruise down to Cadiz, but the British Minister ashore requested him to keep his squadron here for fifteen days at least, owing to the distracted state of the country I think the following gallant act of a fine young fellow belonging to the Avenger's gun -room mess, Frederick Marryatt, her second lieutenant, ought to be published for his advantage and the credit of the cloth :—One eveni▪ ng, about sunset he (Marryatt) was walking the quarter-deck, one of the crew fell overboard, I cannot tell how, but over he went, and in far less time than I have taken to write it, over went Marryatt after him and saved him from drowning. On the following ni▪ ght, about ten o'clock, an other fellow fell overboard; Marryattwas at the time walking the deck with Captain Dacres; in an instant over he jumped, but his gallant bravery nearly cost him his life. Just as he reached the lost man (going under from exhaustion) he w as seised by him with the tenacity of despair round the neck by both arms, and so dragged under with him. Both would inevitably have been drowned but for the prompt assistance rendered by Lieutenant Kinsman (First of the Avenger), who also jumped overboard, and unlocked the arms of the drowni ng man from the neck of bis brother officer, who has suffered somewhat since, from the pressure from without,' caused by his two cold baths. trederick laughs at the affair, but it had well nigh turned out anything but a joke. He is the son of the celebrated novelist, and was in the Sphynx, when she was wrecked in your neighbour hood last year, and near l y killed h i mself then from his exertions to extricate her, for which he was after wards thanked, if I recollect rightly, by the Admi ralty." IVe accidentally omitted the following "N. 8." to the letter received yesterday : "The Caledonia has been mentioned as generally last in performing the various evolutions, &c. Quite the contrary are the facts ; she is more frequently first in every movement. " The Dragon, during the last cruize, beat the Sidon under sail—both fore-reaching and to wind ward—all to nothing." The officers and crew of the Fire Queen steam- j vessel, 120 horse power, returned to their own craft, the Comet, this day, which vessel will be paid off DRON. The squadron cruising to the southward of KS benda comprises the Actaeon, 26, Captain Maunsell ; the Contest, 12, Commander McMurdo ; the Ferret, 8, Commander Sprigg ; the Flying Fish, 12, Com mander Dyke ; the Heroine, 10, Commander Ed-' mends; the Ranger, 6, Commander Anderson; the Rapid, 6, Commander Dixon ; the Sealark, 6, Coin• mender White ; the Waterwitch, 6, Commander Birch ; and the. Styx steam sloop, Commander Chad'. During the present month, as far as our accounts reach, five captures have been made; two schooners, empty, by the Hound, in the Bights; one schooner, empty, by the Ferret, on the south coast; and two full ones, by the Wanderer and Albatross. The Wanderer's was a small schooner of 60 tons, with 57 slaves on board, captured on her passage to Ka' benda. The Albatross' prize was a large schooner of upwards of 200 tons, and :containing 608 slaves, captured off Lagos. All the vessels have been sent to Sierra Leone, and are in course of condemnation. Some doubts are raised about the legality of the Hound's prizes. On the voyage from the Bight to Sierra Leone the Albatross and prize were so unfor' tunate as to lose no less than 108 out of the 608 miserable negroes on board, in & passage of only fourteen days. In this rich prize the Grappler shares, as she just hove in sight as the Albatross was taking possession. Our recent accounts from the Bights and the south coast state the slave trade is greatly on the increase. To the northward not a slaver is to be seen. Sierra Leone was very unhealthy. Mr. Gross, master's assistant of the Waterwitch, who had gone thither in a prize belonging to that vessel, had died there of fever. The Growler steamer had arrived there on the 11th of July, and had sailed for Jamaica with 480 liberated Africans on board. The Dart, 1, Lieutenant Glyn, did not arrive there till the sth instant, when, having watered and provisioned, she came on here, arriving on the 25th instant; she sailed hence on the 6th for Kabenda, to fall in with the Commodore, taking Commander Dixon to join the Rapid, and Lieutenant Fisher to join the Ferret. With the exception of the Wanderer and Kingfisher, which vessels continue sickly, the squadron are healthy. A convalescent hospital and a large s tore: house are to be erected here, and convict labour, it Is stated, is to supersede that of the Marines ; the el" change, we apprehend, would be an immense saving to Government. RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS. LIVERPOOL Ocronns 14. STOCK EXCHANGE.—Themarket has been again greatly' depressed, and for all d escr ipti ons o f railway stock Jewel prices have been taker.—The sales are—Bolton, Clithesoe, Preferentials, No. 1, par—Edinburgh and Glasgow. 49—Glasgow and Greenock, 174—Great Western, Halves 55 1 / 2 —,Ditto, Quarters, A p.—Ditto Fifths, 22—Lancashire and Yorkshire, Fifths, par—Ditto lifthi (late West Biding Union), 3 dis--Leeds and Thirsk, Preferentials, 134 dis.-; Liverpool, Crosby, and Southport, N I dis.—London and North-Western, 147 1 / 2 —Midland Stock, 105—Ditto, 401. Shares, 39t4 North Staffordshire, IA dis.—South-Rastesa and Dover, No. 1, 4 4 dis.—Ditto, No. 4, Third:J.2% York Newcastle. and Berwick, Extension, No. t, p. MANCHESTER, Ocroutx 14. . STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Birkenhead, Lanca shire, and Cheshire Junction, 5% c. dis.—Eastern Counties, 16—East Lancashire, 6 7-16 dis.—Ditto, New Quarters, 1% dis.—Huddersfield Canal and Railway 3, d d i i s s ..- -t a e n ed cas s h an i l and Yorkshire (W es t Riding Union), Thirsk. Preferential. 1 3 / 4 dis. —London and North-Weston' (Manchester and Birmingham), 55—Ditto, Quarters (A) , zs s i p.... Ditto, Quarters (C). 3 p. — Manchester, Sheffield. and Lincolnshire, Preference, 13-16 dis.—Ditto (Sheffield and Lincolnshire), 6% dis.--North Staffordshire, e.;dis.-•" South-Eastern and Dover, No. 4, 2,i dis.—York, Neer castle, and Berwick, Extensions, No. 2, 1 4 p. LEEDS, Oc - ronEn 14. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—East Lancashire, New Shares, 6% dis.—Ditto, Quarters, 31s. dis.—East and Wes t Yorkshire, 74 die.—Great Northern, 5N dia.—Hudders field and Manchester, Thirds, 2 dis.—Lancashire and York' shire, Fifths, 2s. 6d. p.—Ditto (West Riding Union), 3 12 ' dis.—Leeds and Thirsk, 19 c. dis.—Ditto, New, 14% dis.-"" North British, Halves, 20, dis.—Ditto, Thirds, 4s. 6d, dig' —Ditto, Quarters, 12s. 6d. n. dis.—North StaffordshireN 17 ' dis.—North. Western, 5 di&—South Yorkshire, Doncaster. and ;Goole, 1 3 4 dis.—York, Newcastle, and Berwick, No. 2, 55. p. HULL, Oc - ronept 14. STOCK EXCHANCE.—The sales are--Ambergate, Notting' ham, and Boston, 16s. 6 d.—Blackburn, Darwen, B i n d 801. ton, Preference, No. 1, par—Newcastle and Berwick, Newt p.--North British, Extension (scrip), IA die.--North Staf fordshire 1 / 2 dis.—York and N ewcast l e, Preference, 14 p. NEW CASTLE - UPON-TYNE, °cr.:inErt 14. STOCK EXCHANGS.—The sales are—Caledonian, New' , 2 7 / 2 die—North British, Thirds, le. Gd. p.—North Stafford s6ire, 1 / 8 die.—York, Newcastle, and Berwick, New Shari* ( No. 2), Bs. 9d. p.—York and North Midland, Preferences 4 1 A, p. EDINBURGH, Ocroismt 13. STOCK EXCIIANGE.—The sales are—Caledonian, New, 181. —Dundee and Perth, Quarters, 455. —Edinburgh and Glar' gow, 50 ex (Hr.—Edinburgh and Northern, 17%—DittOr New, Reg., 30s.—Ditto, Newport. 7—Ditto, ditto, New, Rego 17s.—Great Northern, 51s. —North British, Quarters, 90a.-- - Ditto. New, Quarters (scrip), 9s. 6d. —Ditto, Thirds, Reg.' 20s.—Shrewsbury and Chester' 10 /.Shares (guar. 8 per cent., 07s. fid.—Wi s h aw and Coltness 441, GLASGOW, Ocroront 13. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Dundee and Pertly, Quarters, 419. East Indian, 16s. 6d.—East Lothian Cen tral, 22s —Edinburgh and Perth, Halves, ss. 6d—GlasgoA• Kilmarnock, and Ayr, (5 per cent. guar.), 1101.—Dittor 401. Shares, 39 tx t —Ditto, Half Shares, B—Great Northern' 51s. ex int.—Manchester and Southampton, 7s. Sd. " TIGHTNESS OF TIIE MONEY•MARKT,T.—Some faint idea of the past scarcity of money may be enter tained from the following circumstance:—No less that& six Dukes, four Marqui sses , as many Earl:;, and three Barons, all of whom we learn intended to send tb• Shakspere fund cer t a i n sums, varying from 50/. totpbol., have, up to the present moment, not sent a single six pence. In our next we trust to be enabled to give I better account of the money -market.—P unc h. The estimated value of the warehouses of Liver' pool is said to be 3,000,000/. This includes only tholo, which have been built on private speculation.---Lieerpoo. Times. [ADVERTISEMENT.] - A DREADFUL AnSCI O9 UNDER THE CHIN CURED EY nOLLOWAT'II OINTMS:a . AND PlLLS.—Robert Davidson, shoemaker, of Ml struther, had suffered for more than five years with very dreadful abscess under his chin. During this time he had been under the care of two surgeons in Anstrtr thcr, and one in Edinburgh, without the least prospect of a cure ; in this miserable condition he began to us# Holloway's Ointment and Pills, which in the short space of two months soundly healed the wound, and he is now' enjoying the best of health. These fine medicines are admirable remedies for King's evil, wounds of all kinds, burns, scald, piles, fistula, and bearings dow n . Sold by all druggists, and at Professor Holloway's establish ment, 244, Strand, London. BIRTHS. On the 13th inst., in Portland-place, the wife of the Be l ' gian Minister, of a daughter. On the 13th inst., at the house of the Lord Chief :Barofit Lady Pollock, of a still-born child. On the 7th inst., at Surrenden-Dering, the Hoe, Duff Dering, of a son. On the Bth inst., at Forton-barracks, Gosport, tho wife Of Captain James Murray, Barrack-master, of a son. On the 11th inst., at St. Lsonard's-on-Sea. the lady of F• H. Huntington, Esq., of a son. On the 11th inst., Mrs. Joseph Dodson, White Hart-lsne► Tottenham, of a son. On tha I:2th inst., at Falcon-square, the wife of FraDeil Broughton, jun., Esq., of a son. On the 12th inst., at Ouslow-square, Mrs. Charles JarDei Freak., of a son. On the 13th inst., at Mornington-road, Regent's-pal: l k' Mrs. Weston, of a son. On the 13th inst., at Kilburn-priory, the lady of Edw Oa Hodgkinson, Esq., of a daughter. MARRIED. On the 11th inst., at Newington-next-Sittingbounlel Kent, by the Rev. J. Morton, B.D. Vicar of Holbeach, Prebendary of Linc o l n , th e Rev. William Fisher, of MartLIPP Kent, youngest son:of J.Fisker, Esq., of Fulham, Middlesex.,T Ann, youngest sur v i v i ng d aughter of the late Richard. Rav,i, Esq., of Newington-next-Sittingbourne. DIE. On the 30th ult., a t St. Ann's S -road, North Brixton, Arb er long and paiofnl suffering, Mr. Jonathan Seaver, only Mr' viving son of the late Captain Jeramiah Seaver, R.N. On the 9th i ns t., at L enton Abbey, nearNotting/1V Isaac Fisher, Esq. On the 12th inst., at Lefton, Essex, Samuel James CA r per, Esq., aged 57. On the 12th inst., at St. Ann's-place, Liniehouse, Lout of the wife of Mr. James Brown. LOnf•ion : hinted and Published by AirltDO YOUNG, of Ns. 111, Stiand, Prlntcr, at The Sun Oillce, No. I It. Strand, In the Pre( I t of the SATOT, I Q th e Coont7 of Middlesex Friday. Iletelsr. 1647. shortly, although but just put into a thorough state of repair. Wind E.S.E., light breezes, weather cold and haay.-5 P M. 1 5 LymoUTH, OCT. 13.—Her Majesty's ship Howe, 120, Captain Sir James Stirling, with her Majesty the Queen Dowager, passed down Channel, outside the Eddystone, yesterday morning at eleven o'clock. There was a light wind at that time from S.S.E., and the Howe was steering W. by S. The wind blew strong from the southward and eastward yesterday afternoon ; this morning it has veered more to the eastward and continues strong. In all probability the Howe will clear the Channel to-day, DISTRIBUTION OF THE WEST COAST OP AFRICA SQIIA" ASCENSION, AUG. 31 —ln Harbour—The Tortoise, 12, guard ship, Captain Frederick Hutton, and the Snap steam tender. At Cape Mount—The Mariner, 16, Commander C. Mathison. At the Gallinas—The Syren, 16, Commander E. Chaloner. At the Turtle Island—The Favourite, 18, Com mander A. Murray. At the Pongas—The Rolla, 10, Commander Elli combe. In the Bights of Benin—The Albatross, 16, Com mander A. Farquhar; the Bittern, 16, Commander T. Hope ; the Devastation steam-sloop, Commander Levinge ; the Grappler steamer, Lieutenant Lysaght; the Hound, 6, Commander G. Wood; and the King fisher, 12, Commander Horton. At Kabenda—The Penelope steam-frigate, with the flag of Commodore Sir Charles Hotham, K.C.8.; the Wanderer, 12, Commander MontreEor ; the Phi lomel, 6, Commander Wood. On passage to Kabenda—The Dart, 3, Lieutenant Glyn.