The Sun. — London, England, 1857-01-08 00:00:00

THE SUN, LOND:ON, THURSDAY EVENING, JANUARY 8, 1857. the old filled-up bills. They were given to him for the purpose of forging the name en the original acceptance. I cannot say now where it was that I gave them to him. He returned them to me on the following day, saying, "I have taken a copy of them ;" and on that day I paid the 2001. into my account at Coutts's, where I had had an account for some time. I have had transactions of the kind with Saward for years past, from time to time, and I understood what was to be done with them. The usual practice was to get some innocent per son to present the forged document. I recollect being in Townend's shop (batter), in Cheapside, with Anderson and Atwell. A young man named Clements came into the shop and asked for employment. I followed him out, and asked him what sort of a situation he required, because I thought I knew a per son who could employ him. I informed Anderson and Saward afterwards what I had done. Clements told me he was just come up from Devonshire, and was looking fo r a s it ua ti on . H e h a d l ately lived there with a person named Fortescue. I afterwards went to Clements' address and saw him. Anderson wrote to Clements, appointing a meeting with him, and to bring the note with him. Lodgings had been taken to pass off the 1,0001. bill of exchange. I think Anderson then went by the name of Riley. The lodging was taken near De Beauvoir-town, Kingsland. I recollect meeting Anderson, Saward, and Atwell afterwards in June, and going to a public house in the Englefield-road, Kingsland. The name of the house was the Sussex Arms. We went there about 9 o'clock in the morning and had some brandy and water. We were waited on by the landlady, who apo logised for the room not being ready at so early an hour ; pen and ink and the newspaper were called for and brought in. The newspaper was put into my hands. I produced a 201. note, and Saward wrote a name and address on it; that was produced for the purpose of Anderson's giving it to Cements to get changed. Anderson took the note and left the public-house. At a subsequent period whilst the others remained at the Sussex Arms, Anderson left, and shortly after returned with 20/. and two 10 shilling bill stamps ; when the stamps were brought back, he put one of them on the 1,000/. bill and wrote a receipt across it ; he also filled in the dates on the face of the bill. I don't recollect seeing the bill before I saw it at the Sussex Arms. Saward brought it there with him. The bill was given to Anderson, who took it with a bag to put the gold in, and gave to Clements to get it cashed. I went to the bank to see if it was paid ; I went to Messrs. Heywood - 8' bank, and waited outside for Clements. At• well came to me and gave me notice of Clements' arrival, and I followed him close into the bank. I saw the money paid, and 'the gold was being put into the bag by the young roan, when I went out and made a signal to Atwell that all was right. Atwell went in and then saw the clerk dragging the bag of money back from the young man. Witness then detailed what occurred afterwards similar to that of Atwell, and then stated that the failure with regard to Mr. Turner in the first MAYSION-HOUSE.—Jett. 7, The following appeared in part of our impression of yesterday : This a ft ernoon the further examination of James Townshend Seward and James Anderson was resumed before the Lord Mayor, at the Mansion-house, charged with forging and uttering a bill of exchange for 1,0001., with intent to defraud Messrs. Hankey and Co., bankers. Mr. Mullins appeared, on the part of the Committee of Bankers, to prosecute. The prisoners were unde fended. Twelve o'clock was the hour appointed for the com mencement of the proceedings, but in consequence of the pressure of other business the prisoners were not placed at the bar till near 2 o'clock. Seward, on being placed at the bar, addressed Mr. Goodman, the Chief Clerk, saying that he feared, in his high state of excitement on Saturday, be bad spoken discourteously to him, and he begged to apologise for it. The examination of Atwell was then proceeded with. He said that the second I 0 U given to Mr. Turner to recover, was written at a public-house in Duke-street, Lincoln's-inn -fields. Hardwicke, Anderson, Seward, and I were present. After it was written it was rubbed over the table to give it a dirty appearance. I received of Mr. Turner, on 24th June, a cheque for 1031.8 i. 10d., which I gave to Seward, and he returned it to me again in abort an hour and a half afterwards. I then took it to the bank and got it cashed, receiving a 1001. note, and the rest in money, in exchange for it. I gave the note to Hardwicke, as it was his money that was advanced to pay the I 0 U. Immediately after this three or four persons were written to in answer to advertisements, and a lodging was taken near Newing ton-crescent, as one of the places where the parties were to come. The cheque produced, for 4101. 75. 4d. I first saw on the day it was to be presented to Messrs. Gosling's for payment. On the same day I was in com pany with Anderson and Saward, ,near Morning ton-crescent. The cheque purported to be signed by Mr. Turner, and at the ti me t wo ot h er cheques were prepared. Oa Saturday, Jane 28, I went in the neigh bourhood of the - University Hotel, near Gower -street, Tottenham -court-road, where a young man was to come by arrangement with Anderson. Hardwicke was to be in Fleet -street waiting near Gosling's bank. Seward was a party to the arrangement. I followed a young man from the University Hotel to Messrs. Gosling's bank in Fleet -street. The three cheques I have men tioned were in the possession of Seward. Hardwicke went with the young man into the bank, whilst I remained outside. When the check was paid, Hard wicke made a signal to me it was "all right." When the young man came out I followed him, and when near Mornington-court Anderson stopped him, and he gave the money to Anderson. In case of success it bad been arranged that we should meet at a publicheuee near the Haymarket. All met there buCHardwicke, and after waiting sometime we left and went to a coffee-house in the London-road, but before doing sr, Seward left to find Hardwicke , and returned with him. Th money was th en produced (eight 501. notes, and some gold). Hard wicke gave 351. for each 501. note, and the money was then divided between the four pre sent, and the man who found the cheque. Shortly after and Hardwicke went to Hamburg and changed the notes. In the month of August I recollect a transaction coming off on Messrs. Hankey. Hard wicke gave Seward a genuine cheque on Messrs. Hankev, and Seward found some blank cheques to match. Saward told me that he had received the cheque from Hard wicke, and that he (Seward) had some blanks that weeld fit. An appointment was made, and we met in Bishops gate-churchyard. In this transaction we only were concerned. Seward then produced three cheques to us in the passage leading from Biehopregate-churchyard to Broad-street, and I believe those now produced to be the same. They were for 501., 1001., and 1001., and drawn on Messrs. Hankey, and purporting to be signed by Mr. Baldwin per pro, of Smith and Knight. [This is the charge Anderson was apprehended on.] After leaving the churchyard we went to the Magpie public house in Bishopegate-street. It was between 10 and 11 o'clock. We went into the small parlour at the back of the Magpie. Anderson was dressed. It was there pro posed that Anderson should go to the White Hart, opposite, and send the cheque for 501. from that place to be cashed. I and Hardwicke were to watch the party to the bank. I saw Anderson go to the White Hart, Saward having previously given him the cheque for 501. I followed the boots who gave evidence on a former oc casion to the bank and back. Hardwicke went into the bank with him to see all was right. I followed the young man back, and on my way I called into the Magpie, where Seward and Anderson were waiting, and informed them of it. Anderson left and went to the White Hart, and speedily returned to the Magpie, and gave Seward three 101. notes, and 201. in gold. I took the notes to Mr. Baum, money changer, in Lombard-street, and had French money for them, and wrote my address on them as Henry Hunter, 42, Brick-lane, Spitalfields. The notes pro duced with that address on them are the same. I took the French money back to the Magpie. Seward then gave Anderson one of the cheques for 100 g. Ander en then went with it to the Four Swans, Biehepegate street. He went into the coffee-room, and I followed him in. He sat near the fire-place, and I sat near the door. I saw Anderson in conversation with the waiter, and saw him give the cheque to English, the hoots, to get cashed. Hardwicke at this time was waiting at the gateway. I and Hardwicke followed the boots to Messrs. Hankey's. I went into the bank, and sew the money paid. I went back to the Magpie, an in formed Anderson and Saward that the money was paid. Anderson then went to the Four Swans, and returned with six 101. notes, and 401. in gold. All the money was paid to Seward. It was intended to have presented the third cheque that day, but it being found too late then to do so it was postponed till the following Monday. The 1501 was divided en Saturday. Hardwicke took the notes at 8/. 10e. each. On the Monday morning follow ing we all met at the passage leading to Gregory's Hotsl in Cheapside. We then went to a public house in Wood street, and there Seward gave Anderson a cheque for 1001. Anderson went to Gregory's Hotel, and sent a young man, who was engaged for the purpose, for a book, and afterwards with the cheque, as had been arranged. I followed the young man to the hank. The cheque was stopped, and I returnedao Saward and An derson at the publio-h011519 in Wood-street, and informed them (4 it. Shortly after I went down to Yarmouth with Hardwicke, in consequence of Hardwicke becoming possessed of a cheque on Messrs. Dayton's'bank at Yar mouth. That cheque suggested what was called " busi ness." Seward saw that cheque. We went to Yarmouth on business. Seward was aware of what we were going there for. We3went there, and Hardwicke furnished himself with an introduction by paying money into one of the banks in the name of James Ralph. I used the name of Atwood. He went to Messrs. Reynold and do., solicitors, Messrs. Chaniberlain, solicitors, and Messrs. Prestons, and instructec each of them to write for a debt he said was due to him. He went to Mes• re. Miller and Son of Norwich, and did the same with them. The name of the debtors were Henry Jones, 31), Union terrace, Bagnigge-wells-road, and Edward Dixon, 18, "Ampton•street, Gray's. nn-road. The applications were made for 1001. Paces had been taken in London where the letters could be received, These applications were made the latter end efJannary. Two bitters pro ]shed, dated September, and purporting to be answers to t vo of the solicitor's letters at Yarmouth, are, I believe, in the handwriting of Saward. On our return to town we met Saward and Anderson, and went with them to a public-house at the corner of Qe-en-street and Cannon. street. We there had some chops and steak IT dinner, On that occasion writing materials were purchased, aed Saward wrote two letters in my presence. One is signed Jones and the other Dixon, announcing to the Yarmonte solicitors i . payment ofthemoney into% London bae leer's They had been instructed to apply for it. Hardwicke then paid in the two arnoun'ee and a third sum. I and Hard wieke then went to Yarmouth and received the monev. In consequence of what hanpened there we were taken into custody, forwarded to London, and ultimately cere yicted. The three letters writ`en by the attorneys at - Yarmouth', demanding payment of the money, e ere The investigation of the charges preferred against Mr given to me by Seward when. Hardwicke and I came Surr Edward Peck Barber, the secretary of the Samari back to London. Before paying in th e money (the let- t tars produced are th e same ) I took the letters back to an Institution, for obtaining good s un d er f a l se pre - Yarmouth with me, and they were found in my pessess, tenses from Messrs. Hoare and C o ., M essrs. H untley sion when I was app re h en d e d there. 14 my _memo. and Palmer. Messrs. Manners and Wells, and Messrs. randum-book was found a 10s. stamp, a fell.,ve one to Pensford and Co., was yesterday resume d b e f ore Sir P. that put on the 1,0001. bill. W. Carder, at Guildhall. Mr. Mullins said that was all the evidence this wit- Mr. Sleigh again appeared for the pr osecu ti on, and mug would now give. His Lordship--Saward, do you w i s h to ask this wit- Mr. Joyce for the defence, nese any questions ? Mr. Capel, the chair man t o th e b oar d of guardians 'of Saward—Yes. I wish to ask him whether he was the West L - ndon Union, was called, when a discussion ever convicted of a criminal offence ..or e this one ? arose as to whether he should be examined to disprove Atwell— A.m I hound to answer that question ? the allegation of Mr. Sleigh that the institution was a Mr. Mullins—Oh, yes ; tell Us all about it. sham. I had n i ne moethin im isonment. y , Atwell —Yes. It was f or an attempted burgla r and Alderman Carden having i n ti ma t e d t h at this was un pr necessary, William Salt Hardwicke deposed—l am a convict, Mr. Joyce said, he said it with all respect, but he under sentence of transportation for life. Prior ta this 'thought from the beginning there had been a leaning I was in Brecon Gaol on a charge of burglary; towards te prosecution, unintentionly he admitted, b I escaped, and was subsequertly tried and cen. the bench, b which had prejudiced the ca al se of Mr. Barber.y victed of felony. I was sentenced to seven years' trans. Sir R. W. Carden said he never was so insulted in his portation. my tick I suffered sta thathed sentence. I obtain- life by any member of th e b ar, or any attorney, and if ed et and eblis myself in business Mr. Joyce did not conduct himself with all proper re• in the colony. Until this sentence I have been epee', he or Mrs jeyce must leave the court. in the habit of visiting England, and then return- A warm discussion ensued upon this subject, and order ing to my business in the colony. I know the having been restored, fi r e p years isoner S I knew him p eward, and have known oto him abo u t t first y. went John Lungridge was then ca ll e d t o speak to the .Previous my sentence general arrangernents of the institution, but as be was of transportation, and in my occasional visits to this unable to describe what they were iu 1855, he ens country since that I have seen Seward. I know the ordered to r eti re '. prisoner Anderson, ar.d first beeline acqu a i nte d with h in June last. I arrived last in this country on 25th Mey, Henry Linstead said he was employed a b ou t f our seas 1856, and took lodgings with my u nc l e i n N e l see-sq Bona ago at th e i ns tit u ti on , which w as genera ll y open nate, Bla from N ovem b er unt il May, "according to the incle elariare-rold. A few days after my ar r i va l, I mot tae nc y o f the season. " Polisford ' s flour came in en Seward in Saffolkenreee, in the Borough. The cruel Christmae.eve, and witness was in the habit of using at salutation at meeting took place, and he asked to thicken the souse. Beer was given to the poor on m m, to had not called upen him. I te'd Christmas-day, 1855. He saw one or two plates of him, t o the best of my r e c o llecti on , that '' I never fancy biscuits on the platform table. On some occasions intend to call on you, from the manner you have treated poor persons would come and represent they were in a rne and another person:: the replied, " Nonsense, ol d destitute state, and their family toe ill to bring out; b"5" d you will adv ance a littl e m one y, I will put the and he had seen Mrs. Barber an many occasions give 'message-money back into your pocket, and pay up ell such applicants rice, arrowroot, and biscuits to take arrears." I held his 10 U. We agreed to meet toga- away with them. With regard to the suet, some was ther the following day in Farringdonenarket, when he left which turned bad, in consequence of the change in said he would introduce me to his party. I went there, . the atmosphere, There was not more flour with it than and was introduced by Sewerd to And, non one Atwell nii 4 lit be sprinkled over the surface. He notices tiett for the first time. I ,Ve ail went to thnCoach and Hoines, suet smelt bad, and asked Mrs. Barber if the servants Farringdon-niarket, and from thence to various places ; . might have it as a perquieite, and she said the might. and arrangements were made for other meetings. I re- Mr. Sleigh cross-examined this witness and while collect going to a public-house Guildferd-Itreet, doin , se said he had just been informed that there was eet Southwark, known as the n heef-heuse," which Dame . ' most' indecent telegraphic work g .ing bdeits;reaenceftut.7., anise from one of the party having had some :beef ; defendant and the witness, there. Ihi ought over to this country with me a I Mr. Harley said this ,proceeding was 2001, bill of exelarge, drawn on. Kinnaird ; and eve Mr. Barber had suffered so severely thatiae was ale, in consequence of these attacks upon some blank lams wiqi sueli as are used in the dying ye-terday, coiimy. I had mils') some seconds and th.rde of ge nuine hi m. bills, the firsts Lavine ;wen paid. I gave the origieal At this point of the proaeding3Mr Barber fainted bili and souse of th e teaults to Seward, and algid 60111 e of away, and was carried out of coui t in a most canvnlpive instance arose from Saward's want of funds, and at Saward's request . I advanced 1051. for Atwell to employ Mr. Turner. I recollect being in Red Lion-square one day, when Atwell was to call at Mr. Turner's to receive the money. Saward, Anderson, and Atwell were there. Atwell pointed out to me Mr. Turner as he passed. Atwell followed Mr. Turner, and came out with a cheque for the amount less the expenses. Saward had the note, and after that it was presented for payment, and my money returned to me. There was a treaty with Saward and another man specting some blank cheques of Messrs. Gosling. They were given to Saward by the man in Lincoln's-inn fields. They were all filled up, and I saw them in Sa ward's possession. On Saturday, 28th June, I was in the neighbourhood of Messrs. Gosling's bank, and in consequence of a communication made to me by Atwell I went into the bank, and I saw a young man present a cheque, purporting to be signed by Mr. Turner, for 4101. 7s. 4d. I saw him paid and leave the bank. Whilst I remained there after the young man was gone I saw the clerks compare the signature of the cheque that had been paid with some other. It was arranged where we should all meet after, but somehow or other I missed them, and did not keep my appointment. I know Mr. and Mrs. Dixon, who lives in a passage in Union-street, Borough. Mrs. Dixon is a cousin of mine, and in consequence of my wife not liking Seward it had been arranged that he should leave messages and notes for me there. Haying missed the appointment I went to Dixon's, and as I was leaving Seward met me, and told me it•was all right ; we then went to a c'ffee shop in the London road, where I found Anderson, Atwell, and the wan who stole the checks were waiting. The money was produced, and I bought the notes, by the persuasion of Saward. I gave 351. for each 501. note, and the money was then equally divided. I and Atwell went to Ham- burg and changed the notes. After that I became possessed of a cheque on Messrs. Hankey, signed by Baldwin. I showed it to Saward, who said he could fit it, meaning he had some blank cheques. I left the original cheque in his possession till the follow ing day, when his son brought it back to me i❑ an en velope; afterwards a meeting was arrange], Silvestrd having informed us the cheques were prepared. It was to come off on a Saturday. I am at a loss where we met, but I think it was at the usual house, the Magpie in Bishopsgate. We first met in Bishopsgate• churchyard. I saw two cheques presented at Messrs. Hankey's and paid. After they were paid I returned to the Horse-shoe and Magpie. Saward and Anderson were waiting there. I think I purchased two of the notes. I ehanged four on that day at Spillman's. Two of them were my , own, and two I had from the produce of the forgeries on Messrs. Hankey. After that I and Atwell went to Yarmouth. The object was to get signatures for for gery. (rhe witness then detailed the whole of his pro ceedings at Yarmouth in similar terms to Atwell, and corroborated him in ali the facts connected with it.) • Saward put several questions to the witness, but of ao interest or bearing on the case. John Clements deposed that he lived at Kenton, near Exeter, and was now out of a situation. In June last he came to London to look for a situation: He went to many places in the City, asking for employment, and amongst others that of Mr. Townend's, hatter, Cheat side. I there saw Hardwicke. He followed me out and asked me some questions, and I gave him my address, Haddington-street, York-road, Lambeth. A day or two after I received a letter, and in conse quence of that I went to Mr. Colis, 3, Beechamn ♦illas, Buckingbam-road, De Beauvoir-town, Kingsland, and then I saw Anderson ; the letter was signed in the name of Riley. On my asking for him I showed him the note, and he said "This is concerning rey situation." He Reid "Youhave been living with Mr. Fortescue. "Is he a clergyman residing in Devonshire. I replied "No, hut he has a brother a clergyman." He then said he was an agent for an Australian shipping company, and he wanted some one to assist bim and look after offices. He had hjen looking for offices in the City, but having bean only a short time from abroad he had n o t met with any to suit him. I was to call on the fol lowing day, Saturday, and see him again. I did so. He was out, and I waited till he returned. He engaged me the day before at 255. per week, and to live rent free in the offices. On Saturday the first thing I had to do was to go to the City and get change of a 201. note and bring two 103. adhesive stamps. After chat he. told me he should not want me till half-past 12 o'clock, and be sent me to the Lord Raglan► public-house where I got some refreshments. When I went to his house he was not in. After waiting a few mi nutes he came in and walked into as inner room. He then came to me, and gave me a bill of exchange for 1,0001., which laas to get cashed. I was to bring him rive 100/. notes, eight in 501. notes, and 1001. in gold. I rode to the City, and I think Atwell rode by my side, but I can's swear to him. At the banking house I was detained The prisoner declined asking the witnesses any quei• ion 4, and they were further remanded till this day meek. THE SAMARITAN INSTITUrIoN. state. The cross-examination of the witness continued by consent, in the absence of the defendant. Witness—l was not present at the dinner party shortly after Christmas, 1855. Re-examined—l could see the people dining without going through the door, and when I did so, I might have seen one or two drinking beer. I saw the men go to the barrels, draw the beer, and take it in cans into the room. I saw one cask of beer tapped on Christmas eve, and I heard the other was tapped on Christmas morning. I saw both casks in tap, and there were two keys. I never drew beer for myself at any time. I had beer for my dinner after Christmas. I have been out for beer for the servants, and pale ale for Mr. Barber. Sir R. W. Carden said it was quite clear this witness was not speaking the whole truth, for his memory was very good upon some points, and not upon others. Mr. Joyce said he might be a stupid witness. Sir R. W. Carden said he was not so stupid as he looked. Witness, on beihg re-examined by the court, said—l was a traveller on commission for.an agent for court plas ter on p )wder for ladies' faces—(laughter) —before I was engageu by Mr. Barber. Miry Cbapman deposed that she was engaged at the institution in 1855 to help in the kitchen and dining room. There were about half-a-dozen mugs at each table filled with porter. Beer was supplied at the tables until four or five o'clock. Mr. Barber bad given her biscuits both before and after Christmas. There were no mugs set for the children, because there was no beer for them except what their parents gave them. Letitia Macintod3, a widow, also stated on oath that she had a good dinner and beer at the institution on Christmas-day, 1855. There were many mugs on the tables containing nearly a pint of beer each. Maria Ann Sark, aged 14, said she was at the institu tio■ at 3 o'clock on Christmas-day ; she took home to her mother a dinner of roast beef, potatoes, plum pud ding, and bread, and herself drank nearly half a pint of beer at the institution. Cross-examined— Witness's mother has worked for Mrs. Barber for three years as laundress. Wm. James Down, aged 74 years, was sworn after some difficulty raised with regard to his age, and said— I went to the Samaritan Institution on Christmas-day, 1855, and had five thick slices of pudding, five thick slices of meat, and five thick slices of bread, and the gentleman asked me if I had a jug, and I said, "No." I then went home with the dinner, and returned to the Samaritan Institution with my aunt to fetch the beer, which was put into the jug we took for that purpose. My aunt has gone abroad. The jug held about a quart, and it was full of beer. I saw the gentleman draw the beer from the barrel, which was inside the door, near where they were catting up the meat. I saw the man serving out the beer to two or three while I was there. Cross-examined—l was at the institution on last Christmas-day. Mother was not there, because she was ill in bed. I have been there every day since for soup. There were two casks cannected by a pipe, and a tap in one. This witness was further cross-examined at considerable length, and gave his evidence with remarkable clearness, which elicited considerable applause from a very crowded court. Sir R. W. Carden remarked that it was very extra ordinary that a child of the witness's years should recol lect circumstances minutely that occurred 12 months ago. Mr. Joyce said a more truthful narrative be had never heard given. Mr. Sleigh at this stage said there were limits to all human endurance, and as he had been without food for the last 12 hours, he was not desirous of continuing s until 9 o'clock the next morning, the time Mr. Horsley had said this case would last to. Sir R. W. Carden said he did not wish to sit after 12 o'clock, and it would therefore be better to call Mrs. Down in and examine her, and then adjourn the inquiry. Mrs. Down was accordingly sworn, and corroborated her boy as to the food she had received from the Sama- ritan Institution on the day in question. The little boy was then recalled, and examined by the &Herman, when the replies he gave were inconsistent with some unimportant parts of his evidence. Sir F. W. Carden intimated that it was quite clear the witness had bees tutored. Mr. Joyce said he was satisfied the boy was stating everything to the best ~f his recollection, and that which he believed to be true. The inquiry, having lasted seven hours, was adjourned at 10 minutes past 10 o'clock at night. Mr. Barber was again bound over in his own recogni -ances i❑ 501. to appear and further answer the charge. PROPOSAL AND PLAN BY WHICH SIXTY THOUSAND POUNDS A- TEAR MAY BE SAVED TO THE RATEPA ItRS OF THE CITY PARISH. (Prom the Glasgow Sentinel, Dec. 27, 1856.) We have received a copy of the undersigned memorial from its promoter for insertion in the Sentinel. We will ingly give it a place, and earnestly recommend its careful perusal and consideration to the members of the Corpora. tion, as well as the ratepayers of the City generally. When the project is fully and fairly discussed, it is intended that the memorial shall receive the signatures of all parties de sirous of promoting the social and sanitary improvement of the population without inflicting on them the " dead weight" of an enormous Corporation debt Into the Honourable the Lord Provost and other Members of the Corporation of the City of Glasgow, the Memorial of the undersigned, bankers, mer chants, t ra d esmen , an d ot h er inhabitants of Glas gow, respectfully sheweth 1. That, according to the last financial statement issued by, and under the authority of your hon. Corporation, the yearly amount of interest paid for money borrowed and debts die is more than the whole of the other sums annu ally expended by the Corporation, and consequently all the ratepayers are taxed double the amount they would other wise he subject to were no borrowed money required. 2. That in addition to the debt of the Glasgow Corpo ration, the Water Commissioners are advertising that " they are prepared to receive loans on such terms and for such periods as may be agreed upon, and to grant mort gages over the property and works vested in and to be acquired or constructed by them in virtue of their Act, an,i over the several unlimited rates authorised to be levied under the provisions thereof." And further, that " the Parliamentary Trustees on the river Clyde and harbour of Glasgow are at present receiving loans, rate of interest 4 per cent., f or any per i o d from three to ten years." 3. That, by other statements made, it appears that the amount of money required for the completion of the Loch Katrine Water Works, with contingent expenses, will be 700,0001.; and that, in addition to the interest proposed to be paid for this sum, the Glasgow Corporation is also bound by the award lately made respecting the claims of the Glasgow Water Works Company, and the interest also payable to the Gorbals Gravitation Water Works Com pany, the whole amounting as follows : To annuities payable to shareholders of Glas gow Water Company 216,176 6 0 To interest o f debt. due by do To annuities payable to shareholders of Gorbals Gravitation Water Company lO,BOO 0 0 To interest on 700,000 i. proposed to be bor rowed for now water works (say) ... 23,000 0 0 To interest payable and to be paid on pre sent debt of corporation (say) 10,929 14 10 ---- Total interest payable .. Ind to be paid by the city of Glasgow corporation for money borrowed and to be borrowed, and debts due by them, exclusive of the interest due and to become due for money borrowed and to be borrowed by the Parliamen tary trustees on the river Clyde. 4. That, to meet these annual liabilities, Mr. Donaldson, the assessor, has made an estimate showing that, in 1859- 60, when the above items for interest will become charge able, the revenue from the water rate alone at ls. 2d. per 11. rental on the north side of the Clyde, and is. per 11. on the rental on the south side, will realise the yearly sum of 74,281. 2s. 4d., to which may be fairly added from all other sources of income a sum which will make the entire yearly revenue of the Glasgow Corporation 1,000,0001., which, at 4 per.cent, or 25 years' purchase, represents a capital of 2,500000/ , guaranteed by the best of all secu rities, viz., " The property and works vested in and to be acquired or constructed by the Corporation in virtue of their Act, and over the several unlimited rates authorised to be levied under the provisions thereof f' and the whole doubly secured by the property, ingenuity, and industry of all the ratepayers. 5. That the system of borrowing money on interest for the purposes of the corporation is most injurious to the ratepayers, as such practice is certain to impose a perma nent debt on the population, which, like the " national debt," will become a " dead weight " on their ingenuity and industry • and, therefore, suc h p ract i ce s h ould be for ever abandoned. 6. That, instead of borrowing money cn interest, the Glasgow Corporation should hanceforth make and is4u e their own money for all the purposes of the corporation, and that such corporation money should consist of notes of the representative values of 1/., 51., 101., and 20/., or such other values as may be determined, based on the aforesaid securities ; and that such notes be received by the corporation and its agents at their respective values, in payment of all rates, taxes, rents, or any other claim what ever due by any person or persons to the Glasgow Corpo ration. 7. That, while this system will allow the corporation to carry forward their various social and sanitary improve ments with much greater facility and security to all par ties, it will also enable the Corporation to apply their sur plus funds, acquired by the savin g o f i n t erest, to t h e liqui dation of their entire debt, and consequently lessen the burdens of the ratepayers. 8. That, in support of these views, the case of a market erected in Guernsey is quite in point, as stated in the his tory of that island and va,rions other publications as follows: "The material wealth of the island is computed at four mil lions sterling. Instead et borrowing money at interest to build the edifice, the inhabitants issued notes founded oe their own property and credit. This was done by the autho rity of their local parliament or states. The estimated cost of the market was 4,000/., and 4,000 one pound notes were issued. These were paid to the contractor as the works proceeded : with these he payed his workmen's wages : they in turn gave them to the shopkeepers for food ; the shop• keepers gave them to their landlords for rent, and they wei o again reelistributied among society. In this manner they were kept floating about, fulfilling the functions for which they wqre made and issued. In due season the market was comilleted. It contained eighty shops, which were let at 51. each a year, so that the annual rent wa , 4001. At the erad of the first year of tenantry, 4001., for which notes ha d been issued to build the market, having been received as rent, were burned in presence of the official authorities. The same operations were repeated annually for ten years, at the expiration of which period all the votes. - were redeenied, and being cancelled, were, of course, pass e d ou t o f c i rculation; but the annual rent did not cease, it, exists to this day, and is employed for loc.d improvenafints, and thus a substantial reality was created by a chew ' ) representative money." 9. That, from the foregoing facts and figures, it may ba fairly assumed that the Glasgaw Corporation debt, floating and corwolidateil in 1860, will be about one million five hundt/ J d thousand pounds, and the yearly revenue about one b' undred thousand pounds. Assuming also that the inter est on the said debt is saved by the issue of the Corpo rati on money, it follows that about sixty thousand pound, a y ear will be saved, and may be applied to discharge the de/at, which by such process would be cancelled in 25 years, an d the corporation notes withdrawn from circulation, w'han the water rates and other local taxes may be con si reduced ; or, if continued, like the rent of the Gaernsey market, applied to promote other social and ea,aitary improvements. 'lO. That the measures requisite to organise and carry out the foregoing plan for saving sixty thonsand pounds a year to the ratepayers of Glasgow are of the most simple character, viz., to have the Corporation notes designed with the city arms and other emblems of genius and in dustry, executed in the moat perfect style of art, at least equal to the best finished bank notes. That these notes be legally drawn and properly signed by the parties ap pointed for that purpose ; and that all payments ordered by the corporation shall be made only in these notes and in no other money, except for any less sum than one pound. That, when these notes were received by the agents of the corporation, they shall be defaced by stamp properly filed, and carefully locked up until ordered to be destroyed, as it is not intended that any note, when re ceived in payment by the Corporation, should again be re issned. All bankers notes or other money received in pay ment of rates, kc., to be regularly placed to the credit of the Corporation in such bankers' hands as will re ceive the Corporation notes, with whom a periodical exchange of notes and balance of accounts to be duly made. 11. That should any alteration be requisite in the Par- liamentary Acts of the Corporation to authorise it to adopt and carry out foregoing plan, the new act proposed for the further extension of the Clyde Trust offers a very fa vourable opportunity for obtaining legislative powers to make and issue representative money, instead of borrowing it on mortgage at interest. 12. Lastly, your memorialists respectfully but earnestly recommend yoar honourable Corporation totakeimmediate measures for issuing Corporation money, which will confer great advantages upon the ratepayers in particular, and promote the prosperity of Glasgow in general. And, as in duty bound, your memorialists will ever pray. REP RES ENTATION OF GREENWICH. Last night Lieut.-Gen. Codrington was afforded an otheropportunity, at a large public meeting of the inhabi tants of Greenwich, convened in the Lecture-hall, of stating the grounds on which he presents himself as a can didate for the vacant seat in the representation. He was accompanied by Mr. J. C. Lethbridge, Mr. A. R. Bris tow, Mr. J. Lang, Capt. Pengelly, Mr. John Wilson, and several other members of the constituency, who signed the requisition to him to offer himself as a candi date. There were also present, as at the meeting at Deptford on Monday night, several of the electors who take a conspicuous part in opposing the gallant General principally on the grounds of his refusing to support the ballot, including the Rev. Mr. Gascoigne, a Unitarian minister at Deptford, Mr. Tassel!, and others. Sir William in a brief speech last night recapitulated his political opinions in much the same terms as he did at the meeting at Deptford on Monday evening, and as reported in this journal on the following morning. At the conclusion of his address Sir William expressed his readiness to answer any question that might be put to him with the view to elicit his opinions on points on which he might have omitted to touch ; and in reply to Mr. Gascoigne he said he looked on the continuance of the 9d. in the pound on the income-tax which was added to maintain the war as a po-itive wrong, now that the war was concluded, and -would do all he could, short of a national breach of faith, to get rid of that part of the tax. He would not, however, assent to its unconditional removal, for there might be outstanding obligations in curred during the war for the liquidation of which it might be essentially necessary. Adverting to the ballot, in answer to a question from the same quarter, he said he regarded anything like coercion, bribery, or intimidation over an elector in disposing of his vote as a positive wickedness and grossly improper • but he had never been able t o see t h a t th e ballot would guarantee that perfect freedom in the exercise of the suffrage which all men desired. That opinion had not been formed yesterday, for years ago he maintained it against his father, who was long in Parliament, and a decided ad vocate for the ballot. Mr. W. BENNETT, an elector, asked Sir William, amid strong expressi ons o f disapprobation, if he was prepared to remain neutral on the question of the ballot, if elected, or to pledge himself not to vote against it. Sir WILLIAM said he had been asked if he was pre pared to stultify himself by not expressing any opinion be might entertain if returned to the House of Commons. He would not pledge himself to do any such thing. He added, in reply to Mr. Layton, that the tax upon income was, as it appeared to him, most oppressive, taken inde pendently of property. He was quite willing to support the principle that the tax should be placed on property in preference to incomes ; but further than that he would not give a specific p:edge, for he would not consent to be their delegate to vote any particular way on any par ticular occasion. He should be unworthy to represent them if he did otherwise. He stated, in answer to Mr. Clemmison, in reference to the vexed question of educa tion, that he would support to the utmost of his ability any measure-that would tend to advance education, irre spective of creed. To questions put by Mr. Allford and Mr. Stonehouse he said he would not pledge himself to support a 51. elective franchise ; nor would he support a suffrage based on purely educational grounds, simply because of the intangibility of such a qualification. The difficulty of applying such a test would be inter• minable, because no one would know where to draw the line. A WORKING MAN, who spoke from the body of the ,ball, said be felt himself as much entitled to the fra•l• chise as any gentleman educated at Oxford or Cam bridge. (Cheers and laughter.) As he was on his legs he would ask the General if he was prepared to vote for promotion by merit and not by purchase in the army 1 He was induced to put that question from a considera tion of the general mismanagement of affairs in the Crimea, which the public, and himself among the rest, had come to attribute to the command of the army in its several branches being intrusted to members of the aristocracy, nursed in the lap of luxury, one of whom was known to have preferred snug quarters and the com forts afforded on board his yacht at Balaklava, instead of roughing it with the rank and file iu the camp. Let the General answer him that question, and he would ask him another. (Laughter and cheers.) General CODRINGTON said be bad been asked a diffi cult question, for was merit not th e very thi ng th ey a ll wanted to find out What was merit, and how were they to discover it ? He could only say he was not pre pared to vote for the abolition of purchase in the army. (Disapprobation and counter cheers.) The WORKING MAN inquired if the General would support any bill having for its obj ec t th e open i ng o f t h e Crystal Palace, the British Museum, and the National Gallery on Sundays, the only d a y on w hi c h l a b our i ng men bad leisure to visit places of recreation General CODRINGTON said he must candidly repeat that he would not pledge himself to give any particular vote. He had, however, no hesitation in saying that he thought it exceedingly desirable' tbat the Crystal Palace should be opened on Sundays, and, indeed, any other place of innocent recreation for the poor classes, provided it was not a place in which drink was sold. On the motion of Mr. Lang, three cheers were given for General Codrington, and the meeting, over which Mr. Noble, an elector, presided; separated. 'lr. Sleigh, the other candidate in the field, addressed a meeting of the electors at Woolwich on Tuesday evening. Yesterday Mr. William Jones, a solicitor in extensive practice in the city, and a resident within the borough, who some time ago announced himself as a candidate in the Liberal interest, issued an address stating his inten tion to retire from the contest now that a man with the recommendation of General Codrington bad entered the field. He states that when lie first became a candidate no other had offered himself whose position and antece dents gave him the slightest chance of becoming the re presentative of Greenwich, and with only Mr. Sleigh as an opponent he and those who supported him (Mr. Jones) felt confident of ultimate success. THE LATE GALES, The fate of the Violet, Dover and Ostend steamier, is now beyond all doubt. The wreck seen on the southern edge of the Goodwin Sands, as reported in The Sun of yesterday, has been ascertained to be that mail packet, and every person on board of her has perished. Part of her cabin doors, her chainbox, a saloon chair, and other articles, identified as having belonged to her, were picked up by fishing boats, and taken into Folke stone yesterday. There were also picked up a black trunk, "Arthur Majendie, Esq.," being painted on the lid, and a small black parcel. Captain Smithett, of the company's service, in a communication whioti he forwarded to the directors, expresses hie opinion that, from the position in which the wreck lies on the Goodwin, Captain Lynes, having imagined that he had run his distance, caught a glimpse through the falling snow of the Gull Stream Lights, and mistaking them for those of the South Foreland, actually steamed right down an the sands. Several disastrous casuaities have occurred recently through masters falling into the name mistake. An inquest was held yesterday at Ramsgate, before ' Mr. R. Joiner, coroner, on the bodies of three men found at sea, lashed to a lifebuoy, near to the wreck of the Violet. The deceased were identified by Wm. Kay, second mate of the Empress, as Nathaniel Harman and Samuel Sharp, and although the witness did not know the name of the other, he stated that all three were stokers on board the Violet. Janes Hogbrin, master of the Ramsgate lifeboat which went to the wreck, proved the finding of the bodies lashed to the buoy. They were taken into the boat and brought to Rams gate. Captain Luke Smithett stated that the Violet was commanded by Captain Lynes, who was a very efficient officer. Her crew consisted of 17 men. He did not know how many passengers were on board, but he had heard three out of four declined to come by her from Ostend, in consequence of the bad weather. The jury returned a verdict of " Found drowned." The lugger Victory, of Margate, which went down off the North Foreland during the gale on Monday night, contained 10 courageous boatmen who had gone out to render help to distressed, vessel , . The catastrophe is reported t have been witnessed by the crew of another lugger, the Ocean, who made every exertion to rescue the unfortunate men. Unhappily they did not succeed, and their own boat nearly filled in their noble attempt. Two American ships were wrecked in the vicinity of the Downs. The Lien, Captain Ryan, from London for Callao, went ashore ne ir Ringdowe, Deal,—crew sa% ed ; and the Northern Belle, Captain Tate, from New York for London, driven ashore at Kinffsgate. The crew were the rigging a ll n i ght, and ° suffered severely. Trey were rfacuA by the lifeboat at daybreak. At the mouth of Orford Haven, near Orfordness, a fatal loss took place just before daybreak on Tue,clay morning. The brig Rocketer, from Sunderland, was driven on to the beach, and the mate and four seamen perished, the master, apprentice, and three hands being saved. The vessel shortly afterwards went to pieces. Another colli-r (name unknown) went ash ,re a short distance to th , southward of the Ness. The brig Sarah, belonging ;o Loudon, from the north, was wrecked on the Whitaker Spit. At Lowestoft and Yarmouth more shipwrecks are reported. The Zephyr, brig, of Scarborough, Pauline, French schooner ; brig Blenheim, of Stockton and Darlington, bound to London, are ashore near the BROADSTAIBS, Tuesday. The American barque Northern Belle (after a most awful night) went ashore at Kingsgate last evening, between eleven and twelve o'clock. A terrific gale from the north-east was blowing at the time, and for some hours it was believed impossible to save the crew. This morning, however between nine and ten o'clock, the Broadstairs life-boat made an effort to save the crew of the ill-fated vessel, for which three journeys were necessary. In the first two journeys all the crew, with the exception of the captain and pilot, were brought ashore, those two remaining. Ultimately, however, they were induced to leave the vessel, and were landed in safety. The scene upon the cliffs in the immediate vicinity was harrowing beyond description. Of the gallant crew of the life-boat who risked their own lives we may particularly mention John Castel!, George Castelt (his son), Thomas Sandwell, and William Hiller, jun. The extraordinary intrepidity and generous cour age of these men deserve far more mention than our columns can gi►e. From the time their life-boat left the shore till she returned with the crew of the vessel, it was a mere question of instantaneous death, the sea running literally " mountains high." If these poor fellows do not one and all receive a medal for their meritorious conduct we can only say that no mariner ever yet deserved one. - LIFEBOAT SERVICES DURING THE RECENT HEAVY GALE. Some of the life boats of the Royal National Life Boat Institution were, daring the awful gale which visited the coast on Sunday last, instrumental in saving many lives from shipwreck. On that day the Hauzley (Northumberland) life boat, manned by 12 men, put off and rescued 11 men from the brig Sophie, of Oporto. The sea was at the time making a complete breach over the vessel, which soon afterwards went to pieces. Later in the day the same life boat went off again, manned by the same intrepid crew, and saved the crew of the Georgina, of Inverness, which, in stress of weather, had run on shore near Hauxley. This vessel is also ex pected to become a total wreck. On the same day (Sunday) the Filey life boat put off and rescued the crew of 9 hands of the brig Ratcliffe, of Whitby. She was unable to keep off the land, from the violence of the gale and the partial loss of her rails; she afterwards sunk. On Saturday last the Tenby lifeboat went off with the view of rendering assistance to a schooner in distress, which was overtaken by the gale which sprung up on that day. After the life-boat had rowed about three miles, the schooner suddenly bore away right before the wind. This life-boat, about three weeks ago, rescued nine men from a foreign vessel. On Sunday the Rhyl life-boat rescued four men from a vessel which was wrecked opposite that place. This life-boat had also, a few days previously, saved three of the crew of the Mary Ann, of Liverpool. On Monday the Walmer life-boat, which the Nationil Life-boat Institution has just placed on that important station, saved the cre w , o f e i g ht men , o f th e R e li an c e , of London, which was driven ashore by the gale near Walmer Castle. The Marquis of Dalhousie, as Lord Warden'of the Cinque Ports, has promised to subscribe 61. a year towards the support of this beautiful life-boat. This life-boat has since saved the crew of another wreck at Singsgate. The crew were in the rigging all night, and suffered severely. At Idaybreak they were taken of by the life-boat. The crews of the several life-boats spoke in the highest terms of their qualities. It is a very gratifying fact, that during the 33 years this institution has been established only one fatal acci dent—and that occurred more than 21 years ago—has happened to any of its lile boats. All honour to the brave men who always so promptly volunteer to go, in all weather, in these life boats. is impossible adequately to reward such men for their gallantservices, but they will receive a liberal reward from the National Life Boat Institution for their exer tions. In the cases we have given above 50 ship wrecked men were rescued; as it were, from the jaws of death. It is sincerely hoped that in the great and extraordinary exertions which this truly philanthropic society is now making to supply exposed points with • fficient life boats, liberal public support will be ex tended to it. It should be remembered that a life boat establishment, with its boat, carriage, house, and life belts for the crew, costs about 3501. So that without. the cordial co-operation of the public the National Life Boat Institution cannot keep up its numerous life boat establishments and progressively increase the same on the coast. Let the wealthy of the land and others help it in its mission of mercy. COLLISION IN THE NORTH SEA. —The following conam u nication has bee❑ forwarded, by direction of the Board of Trade, to Capt. Baldwin, of the James Hartley, screw steamer, of Hartlepool, respecting tbat vessel running down the brig Messenger, of Shields, on the 6th of last month, about three miles off Sunderland, when all bands (with the exception of two seamen) went down with the vessel and perished. <<" Board of Tr a de, Whit e h a ll , J an. 2 , 1857 . Sir,—l am directed by the Lords of the Coremittee of Privy Council for Trade to inform you that they have had before them the report of the justices who have held an in quiry into the circumstances connected with the collision between the steamer James Hartley, of which you were master, and the b r i g M essenger on t h e 6 t h ult. "The Court have not reported it as their opinion that the collision was the result of your wrongful act or default, although they consider that previous to the accident there was not a good look-out kept on board the st eamer . My Lords desire me, therefore, to return to you your certifi cate of competency as master, herewith transmitted. "My Lords cannot, however, allow to pass over unno ticed one point, to which the justices have called attention. They say, ' We also consider that the captain and officer showed great want of presence of mind, if not negligence, in not, immediately after the brig sunk, steaming over the place where she went down, and lowering the boats to search for any one that might be floating on the water." "In this statement my Lords, after considering the evi dence, fully concur ; and they direct me to express their opinion that the negligence in question showed a want of common humanity, for which no excuse can prevail. " I have the honour to be your obedient servant, " T. H. FARBER. "To R. C. Baldwin, master of the James Hartley screw-steamer, of Hartlepool." ACCIDENT TO TT IN SUBJIARINE CABLES. We are informed by the Submarine Telegraph Com pany that an accident has happened to the submarine line across the Channel, and that telegraphic communi cation with the continent is temporarily delayed in con sequence. It appears that during the fearful gales of the sth instant a ship of 700 tons, heavily laden, lost her anchor in the Dewns, and, driven by the force of the gale and tide, fouled a schooner ; she then, becoming more unmanageable, drifted into five fathoms water. An anchor was speedily let go, with 40 fathoms chain attached, but the barque, still impelled by the unusual force of the gale, dragged her anchor until she wat brought up sharply, head to wind, on opening the western light of the South Foreland. It is feared that she here came upon the Submarine Company's Ostend cable ; the hurricane prevailing, however, coupled with the tide, the weight of the ship, and the necessity of her keeping her foretopsail out and aback to drift into deep water, worked's° much upon the submarine line that, after holding her for some length of time, the cable giving way, as is supposed, she instantly swung round bef ire the wind, and was careering forward with in cress !d velocity and momentum, when she was suddenly brought up head to wind again by the Calais cable. The bark was held, in spite of the heavy sea, the gale, and the pressure of the wind on her sails, for about an hour, when once more she broke away, and sailed off down the Channel. Both submarine lines unfortunately became unworkable in consequence of this untoward accident, and cocrenunication with the continent was partially stopped. The sea at the point where the vessel caught the cables is about 14 fathoms deep only, and the spot is within three-quarters of a mile from the shore. The company have already made arrangements to repair the cables the moment the weather will permit, and mean. time messages are being telegraphed to Dover, ee it thence by the steamer, which leaves thrice daily, to Calais, and are from Calais telegraphed to their various cestinatione. It is supposed that, the weather proving favourable, both cables might be completely repaired in the course of one day. The gale which caused this acci dent was of the most fearful description. 40 chains and as chors were lost near Deal alone. A large American ship drive ashore at Kingsdown, close to Deal ; another ship was rapidly going to pieces further along the coast, and the remains of a steamer, supposed to be the Vitelet, from Ostend, were seen on the Goodwin. A b 'at from MCrgate went down with 14 hands,.and altogether the 101 of life and property has been moat deplorable. former place. There are numerous vessel; with loss of cbeins; anchors, spars, &c. _ . By advicds that have reached Shields from flia vill-tge of Newt,iggin it appears that the schooner Infer= prise, of Lynn, has gone ashore oil that coast and mime diately broke up, drowning all hands. E boat belonging to the Vivid, of Sunderland, has also gone ashore at Crosswell with some barrels and watercaska, and there la every reason to believe that all hands have perished. It is also reported that a large foreign bark has gone down off Newbiggii, and a sailor and boy belonging to the Earl of Clancarty have arrived at Shields, the master and other portion of the crew having been swept off the deck dur ing the gale. The man and boy had besn picked up by another vessel. The old East Indiaman Pekin, stranded on the Herd Sand, has broken up, and her wreck is strewn along the shore. At the lowest computation 60 vessels are ashore between Shields and Yarmouth, and from 15 to 20 vessels have foundered with all band. , . Above 100 seamen are drowned. The following casualties have been reported from the gale of Saturday night in the Frith of F.,rth and on the ea,t coast of Scotland :—On Monday forenoon the brig Maria of Sunderland was towed into Leith harbour in a damaged state. She was on her passage from London to Newcastle, when, on Saturday night, about 60 miles east of the Isle of May Lighthouse, she was oTlrtaken by the hurricane. The sea washed the mate overboard, who perished, as no assistance could save him. Part of the bulwarks were carried away, and the sails torn into a thousand pieces. Sunday morning, about 5 o'clock, some of the farm servants of Mr. John Rennie, Oxwell Mains, observed the hull of a vessel, a total wreck, upon the rocks at Catcraig Point, about three miles south from Dunbar. The sea at the time raged so fearfully that it was impossible any aid could be rendered, nor could it at this time have been of any service, as all hands must have been lost, every sea then sweeping over her. About noon the body of a boy, apparently about 14 or 15 years of age, was washed ashore, and since then also a board marked " Cromarty," Aberdeen," and another, with the mark "111 tons register," whereby there is every reason to believe that she is the schooner Cromarty, of Aber- deen, laden with slates, &c. Two more bodies have since been washed ashore. THE WRECK OF THE NORTHERN BELLE. PRICE S OF SHARES. Prom the Official List. etr,7,ISEIED EVERY TUESDAY AND FRIDAY EVENIN' LONDON, TUESDAY, JAN. 6, 1857. CANALS. Nunes of l Dividead t Names of t i Dividend Annum. Compi s. g per Price. l Companies. per Ice. ,o Annum. w £ £ .-141 tn &Oldh 93 74. p. ct. Peak Forest. 78 51. Os. 76 Birmingham 40 4l Regmat's.... 30 17s, 16% Coventry.... 100 111. Rochdale.... 85 41. Derby .. •• • • 100 61. 15s. 84 SUlrd &Won. 140 281. 440 GrandJunctn 100 1/. pr. ct. Stoarbridge.. 145 111. Do., 6 pr. Ct. 10 GI. pr. ct. Severn and 1 21. Grand Union 100 7s. 6d Wye Rail. j 26 Kennt & Avn 40 63. -- Warwick & 7 21. 25 Leeds &Livrp 100 251. i Birming. j tOO Leicester.... ;00 51. 49X, ; Warwick Sol Leicstr &Nth 83 11.55. 1 Napton..s 100 21 ' Loughborogh 143 701 550 , Worcstr & 1 __ 78 10S. Macclesfield. 100 21. 10s. 51 I Birming. j Neath •• •• • • 100 161. .Wilts & Brks 7s. Od. Oxford.... • • 100 103 I Name of Company. WATER-WORKS. Berlin .. ••• • . ....... East London Do. 4 per Cent Pref. Do. 5 per Cent Pref. Grand Junction ...... Do. New ...... Kent ..... .......... Lambeth • • New River Company.. Southwark & Vauxhall %Vest Middlesex .• • • .. Do. Do, .. •• . • Dividend per Annum. 51. per cnt. 64. per cnt. 4/. per cent. 51. per cent. 4t. per cnt. 51. per cnt. 4'. per cent. Amount of Share. Z s. d. 10 0 0 stock. 25 0 0 25 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 100 0 0 1100 0 0 Paid. 100 0 0 161 0 0 5 1 8 X s. d. 100 all Price an ATilitpxy IT] teiligen Yesterday the cavalry and infantry► troops stationed St. Mary's Barracks, Chatham, who have been sent, r , that estab!ishua_.nt from the various regiments and cb pots in the service for the purpose of awaiting an ord fur their discharge, underwent an inspection. The nub ber of troops to be discharged exceeded 150 non-com missioned officers and men, selectedfrom various cavalr., and infantry regiments. James M`Callagh, a private in the 27th Enniskillens,' was yesterday tried by a district court-martial at, Chat- 1 barn, of which Lieut.-C A. Moore, Royal Marines, Wai the president, on the charge of being found asleep on his post while sentry at Uonor Castle garrison. The deci hion of the Court has been forwarded to the Duke of Cambridge for approval. The Southampton, 50, Capt. E. P. Charlewood (18:1) received orders yesterday to proceed from Chatham() i Harwich, where she is to be stationed as the guardah ) of the Coast Guard. The iron screw steam storeship Urgent, Commands i Phillips, arrived at Plymouth on Tuesday morning. Sh left Malta on 16th December, and having experience( heavy weather, had to put into C igliari, Sardinia, to atot. a leak. Arrived on the 25th at Gibraltar, and .sailed therefrom on the 30th. She brings passengers, Sir George Otway and Lady Otway, and 41 invalid soldier, in charge of Assistant-Surgeon Hubbard. The Urgent has on board 1,011 casks of condemned provisions, and 10 tons spare machinery for the paddlewheel steamvessel Banshee, with which she is bound to Spithead.' The ,crew steam sloop Curlew, 9, Commander Wm. Horton, was the only ship of war at Gibraltar. On 24th December, oil Malaga, the Urgent spoke the merchant ship Amanda, 21 days from Trieste, for Glasgow. The paddlewheel steam transport Rhadamanthris, Mas ter Commander W. L. Brown, from Woolwich, arrived at Plymouth on Tuesday with machinery for the Turkish ship of war Payki Zaffir, fitting with a screw at Devoe• port Dockyard. The screw steam guardship Ajax, 60, made a success• ful trial trip of her machinery outside Plymouth ,Sound on Tuesday. Name of Company. flungerford.... .• .... Southwark ...... .. Ditto New of 7% p.c. Waterloo...., Ditto Old Ann. of 81. Ditto Nw ditto of 71. Vauxhall 3&S-LIGH . Name of Company. British Frovineial •• •• Brighton • •• • •• City of London Equitable .•• •• •• •• European .... .• • • • area:. Central Imperial Ditto New Ditto Debentures.. Do. Continental I at Cap. Do. Do. 2d Cap. Do. Do. 3d Cap. Do. Do. 4th Cap. Indeppdent ....... •• London Parl. Preferen. Phosnix .•• •• •• •... Ratcliff .• • • • .. •• •• •• Surrey Consumers .... United General .... Westminster Chartered Ditto, New .... •• Western A . Ditto B .......... Name of Company. Albion •••••• •• •• •• Alliana Sri;. and For. Ditto Marino Athenmum .. • • • • • • • • Atlas .. Xrgus fife ....• • • • • • • British Commercial Church of England .• City of London .. •• • • Clericl.ged.& Gen• Life County .. • • •• • • •• • • Crown .............. Eagle •••••• Equity and Law.. .• • • European Life Family Endowment •• Gen eral • • . • • • • • Globe • •• •• •• • Gresham Life ...... • • Do- Do. . • • luardian .• •• finperiai Fire... •• .• Imperial Life Indemnity Marine.... Law Fire .. .• •• Law Liie..... Legal and General Life London London & Prov. Law Marine. ..... sled. Irvlid & (len. Life inerva •• .. Monarch •• • . New Equitable Pelican .• • • • . • • • • .. •• Phoenix Professional Life • ... Provident Life........ Rock Life.... • • Royal Exchange .... • Sun Fire •••••• Ditto Life ..... United Kingdom ...• Universal Life Victoria Life •....... Name of Company. lustralasia..... Bank of Egypt ...... Bank of London . . British North American Ch. Bk. Ind. Aust & Ch City..... ..... Colonial Commercial of London. Eng. Scot. & Aust. Ch. Lond. Char. Bk. of Aus. Do. New ........ London and County •. Lon, & Eastn. Bnkg. C. London .toint•Stock Londn and Westminatr vat. Provincial of Eng, Ditto. New .. • • Ditto ditto Natiorml Bank New south Wales 'irieritui Bank Corpora. Ottoman Bank Provincial of Ireland Ditto, New... lonian... south Australia .. Union of Australia Union of Hamburg Union of London Crnity Mutual Western Bank or Londn. Name of Company Commercial .......... Do. Preference East and West fndia.. Grand Surry D. & Canal Do. Loan Notes Do. 5 per cent. Pref. London . ....... 3t. Katharine • • • • • • • • onthampton Victoria fa Ditto New ........ BRIDQ: Dividend per Annum. 103 per cent.l 11. 12s. Od. 11. Ss. Od. 28s. Amount of Share. X s. d. 25 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 60 0 0 40 0 0 70 10 3 LT AND COKE COMP. Dividend per A.nnam. 71. per cent. 51. per cent. 21. per cent. 21. 10s. 51. per cent. , 4/. per cent. 10/. per cent., 31. ss. 41. 16s. 41. 10s. 61. per cent. 51. per cent. 5/. 81. per cent. 13s ad per sh. 6# per cent. 'RANCE CO. Dividend per " Anuml. [PANIES. Amount of ShAre. 71. per c. 71. 14s. 6d. bs il. p.c. & bs. 15s. Od. 41. per cent. 71. 10s. 71. 10s. 51. spr ct.tic bs. 41. 1/ 16s. ss. 5% per cent. 11. 41. per cent. 6 per cent. 51. per cent 5/. per cent 121. per cent. 14s. & 2/. hp 5. p. ct,. & bs. 2s & 28 bons Si. per cent. 4s. per sharej il. ss. IBs. & bs. 4% per cent st. per cent 51. per cent. per cent 51p. ct. 51. per cent. 51. per cent. 12%. p.er c. 7s. 8 p. c. & bs 5% p. c.& bs., il. 14s. 41. & bonus. 51. & bonus. 51. & bonus TINT-STOCK Dividend per Annum. 201. per cent. 151. per cent. it. p. c. & bs. 4/. per cent. 51. per cent. 101. per cent. 41. per cent. to/. per cent. 6!. per cent. 12% p c. & be per cent. IP 51. per cent. 20'. per cent. 101. per cent. 4!. p. ct.&138. 81. per cent. 51. per cent. 101. per cent. 11/. per cent. ...... 1 [O/.pcBl .bs.; DOCKS. Dividend per Annum. 51. pr cent. 61. pr cent. 4/. per cent. 51. piCent. 4%1. per cnt. 4 per cent. 51. Os per c. LIST OF SCOTTISH COM Dividend per Annum. Amount of Share. s. d. 20 0 0 20 0 0 150 0 0 50 0 0 29 0 0 10 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 Stock 50 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 40 0 0 25 0 0 60 0 0 20 0 0 10 0 0 50 0 0 59 0 0 50 0 0 10 0 0 10 0 0 , Amount Share. 5. d. 40 0 0 25 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 20 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 50 0 0 20 0 0 25 0 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 Amount of Share. X s. d. Stock. Stock. Stock. 100 0 0 100 0 0 25 0 0 stock. Stock. 50 0 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 TANIES' THE SAWARD FORGERY GANG. Z 6. d. Z s. d. all 150 0 0 all 52 0 0 16 0 0 all 10 0 0 4 0 0 Paid. 8. d. 500 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 1 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 20 0 0 100 0 0 5 0 0 Stock. 20 0 0 100 0 0 500 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 20 0 0 5 0 0 10 0 0 6 5 0 100 0 0 5 0 0 Stock. 20 0 0 100 0 0 s. d. 50 0 0 11 0 0 25 0 0 all 5 15 0 25 0 0 5 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 10 0 0 10 0 0 5 0 0 5 0 0 5 0 0 all 4 0 0 • all 47 50 0 0 isZ 0 0 30\ ,0 0 200 0 13 A' 0 1.,0; , 0 12 IQ, o 2 its 12 100 0 2 0 0 20 0 0 2 0 0 4 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 10 0 10 0 0 0 10 0 all 5 10 0 10 0 0 5 0 0 4 8. d. all 18 15 0 50 0 0 all G 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 20 0 0 all 20 . 6 0 50 0 0 10 J 0 20 0 0 35 0 0 1 If 0 5 0 0 22 10 0 15 0 0 25 0 0 2 10 0 3 0 0 10 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 Z 0. d. Stock. too o 0 too o o 5 e o Stock. 50 " 0 0 20 0 0 14 0 0 'RICER. Paid. Name of Company. Bank of Scotland .. • • British Linen Company Caledonian Bank .. •• . City of Glasgow Bank Clydesdale Bank .... C mmercial Bank .. Eastern 8ank........ Edinb. & Glasgow.... ' National Bank ...... North of Scotland Bank Royal Bank of S cotl. Union Bank of Scot. 1 Western Bank ! Alliance Fire and Life.. British Guarantee . Caledonian Fire Insur .! City of Glasgow Lite.. Colonial Life ......... Edinburgh Life Insur. Eng. & Scot, Law Life Life Assoc. of Scotland Nations; Fire and Life North British Insur... Northern Assurance Co.! Scottish Provincial' Scottish Union Insrnc. Standard Life • • • • .. • • 7t. per cent. 81. per cent 81. per cent. 5 1. per cent. 5%1. p cent. 71. per cent. 61. per cent. 3%1. p cent. 6% per cent. 51. per cent Si. per cent. 81. per cent. 71. per cent. 8 %I. pr cent. 41. per cent. I Oe. per cent. Q. per cent. Si. per cent. 61. per cent. 51.00 r cent. 61. per cent. 61. per cent. 71. per cent. Amoe.nt of Share. 17341. prcent. 51. per cent. X 3. d. 100 C 0 100 0 . 0 10 0 0 10 0 0 20 0 0 500 0 0 25 0 0 5 0 100 0 0 20 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 10 0 0 100 0 0 25 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 40 0 0 10 0 0 200 0 0 20 0 0 50 0 0 20 0 0 50 0 0 Price. X s. d. 100 0 0 100 0 0 2 10 0 10 0 0 10 0 0 100 0 0 10 0 0 5 0 0 100 0 0 2 10 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 11 0 0 2 0 0 10 0 0 2 0 0 3 0 0 15 0 0 3 5 0 3 0 0 1 4 0 20 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 7 0 o MISCELLANEOUS. BIRTHS. ------- Dividend Amount 01 • BOX. Name of Compalq• per of Paid. price, Annum. Share. -------£ s. d. Za.d. On the 7th inst ., at 4, Pelham-crescent, Brompton, the wife of James IC Pennin g t on , Esq. On the sth inst., at the H ermits e near Worcester, , Acadian Charcoal Iron • • 10 0 rs Priestly Salisbury. g African Steam Ship .. . . 20 0 0 10 0 0 X . Assam tea ••.. •• .... 6'. per cent. 50 0 0 20 0 0 OP A DAUGHTER. Auction Mart • •• • • riculturl —•• • . / 1 4 /per c e nt 50 0 0 Australian A On the 6 th inst., at Surbiton, the wife of George F. • , 25 0 0 19 0 0 24 Australian Trust .... 7% l. pr Cent 10 0 0 0 25 0 0 Dickinson, Esq. Australian Royal Mail 10 0 0 all On at 50, Great Marlborough-street, biro. Anglo-Mexican Mint.. 11. 10 s. 10 0 0 all Edward the Warwick. 3d in et., i st. , British American Land 51. per cent 50 0 0 40 0 0 Canada ••••••• •• •• • 61. percent 100 0 0 32 10 0 1303 q MARRIED. Do. 5 per cent Bond , 51. pet cent Stock 100 0 0 Ditto, 5 per cent bds 5 per cent. Stock 100 0 0 On the 6th inst., at Chris t Ch • t Church, Paddington, Robeit Ditto, 6 per cent. • • 6/, per c ent. Stock 100 0 0 110 Bourne, Ditto, 6p c. bds 1784 6 /. per cent. Stock 100 0 0 Esq., Captain in H.M.'s 54th Regiment, to Anna Eliza, youngest daughter of Sam. Baker, Esq., of Thorn. Ditto, 6p c. bds 1876 61. per sent. Stock 100 0 o grove, Worcestershire. Crystal Palace ..., 5o 0 a l l 2% On the 3d inst., at the British Embassy, Paris, the Rev. Ditto Preference.... 71 pr cent. 5 0 50 0 David Kay , t H. Clementine, eldes;danghter Crys. Palace of France • ity Navigation B on d s 3%/. per cent of the l a t e Si r W. Hoste, Bart., K.C.8., and Lady H at , J l4 ' e lectric Telegraph . • 61. per cent. Stock. tOO 0 0 90 riot Host e . Was. Eng.& Aus. Cop. Smelt. 5 0 0 all 50 0 0 an DIED. Rng.&lris. Hag. T. C o. ' e quitable Reversionry 5/per cent. 100 0 0 00 0 0 -"- 50 0 0 22 10 0 On the 4th inst., at 3, Blackheath-terrace Hen John Ditto New ..... ~ it tOO 0 0 , 00 0 0 Hall, Esq., Commander R.N. , ry Gen. I. Sc. C o l . ( L i m.) _ len. }lever s . & Invest. 51. P sand :5 0 0 all On the 7th inst., at Acton, Middlesex, Salmon Burrell, Gen.SteamN av i gat i on tO/. per ct. &15 0 0 14 0 0 E sq., aged 81. London Gen. Omnibus 121. per cent 4 0 0 all 3 % i ti On the 6th inst., at Upper - terrace, Putney, Eliza, the Hudson's Ray...... •• 5/. per cent. Stock Stock daughter of the late Rev. John Gill esp i e, m i n i s t er o f K ells, _ lungerford ———• • •• 2t. 55. 100 0 0 all Lon. Ne. &Na. Maus°. in 10 0 0 all _ New Galloway, and wife of W. Johnson, Esq., many London Reversionary 5 1 , p er cent. IS O 0 all years in the H.E.I. C. Home S erv i ce, age d 82 . Mex. & S. American 10 0 0 all On the 4th inst., at 47, West mo reland-place, Nat. Discount Comp • • J. Gritton, N.S.W. Gov.sp.c. ET —' 2s 0 05 0 0 6 Esq., late of the Bank of E ng l an d , aged 65. De b. 5/. per et,at O n the 2d inst. Nor. Bri. Aust ralas ian , in the N ew - roa d , M r. H. R : B rown, ta,• % formerly of Edinburgh, age d 81 . 6d. 1 0 0 all 1414 North of Europe , s Si. per cent 20 0 0 17 10 0 erice's Paten 21 On the 2d inst., A nne, wife of John Elmore, Esq., of Feel River Land&Min. t Cand. Co -0 0 a ll • 50 0 all 2% Oxenden Farm, Ran ow - Mid dlesex. al Steam 71. per cent 50 0 0 all 67 On the 31st ult., at Boulogne-sur-mer, Edw. Croasdaile, Pen. & Orient 50 0 0 10 0 0 15 M.D., aged 77. Ditto New • Reversionary lnt. Soc 4341. pr cent 100 0 0 all Ditto ,,„ „5 New • • ...... 1; 5 /. pr cent. 130 0 020 0 0 ------------------- Royal Stall Steam .... 41, p. share. 100 0 0 60 0 0 Scottish Aus. Invest. 151. per cent. 10 o all _ LONDON : Printed and Published by MURDO YOUNG . iouth Australian Land 71. per cent. 25 0 0 all of No. 112 Strand Printer, at The Sun Office, No. trust and Loan Comp. 1 7%1. pr cent. 20 0 0 5 0 0 , , Van Diemen 's Lend— ' 103, 100 0028 10 0 112, Strand, in the Precitiot of the Savoy, in the coup ty Vic. Gov. 6 per ct. Us. 6 per cent. \ , • of bliddielez, Thursday, January 8, 1857. The newly -constructed steam corvette Scout was yes terday morning placed under the shears at Woolwich for the purpose of being masted. The iron paddlewheel steamer Oberon is ordered to be admitted into the basin at Woolwich to be paid off and to undergo the necessary repairs. The steam yacht in progress of being fitted for presort tation to the Emperor of Japan, is ordered to be taken into basin at Woolwich during the week to be completed. The new Seamen's Hospital, anchored off Woolwich dockyard, in course of preparation, has received a pot. tion of her ballast, and will shortly be removed to her station. The iron serew storeship Industry, Master Commas der Petley, was yesterday morning placed under the west shears of Woolwich basin, in order to ship steam raw chinery for Portsmouth and Devonport. Her Majesty's steamship Antelope left Woolwich yell' terday morning, and steamed down to Greenhi: he to IA adjusted for her ♦oyage to the West Coast of 'Africa. She is appointed to take out a mail from the western ports on the 12th inst. Country Markets. EDINBURGH HAY AND STRAW MARKET— JAN. 6. Supplies of all kinds these last six days again large. Oat straw, from 9s Od to 13s Od per kemple of 16 stone• trop; wheat do., 8s 6d to lls Od ; b ar l ey d o ., 8 s Od. t o 90 6d. Hay from 12d to le. 3d. EDINBURGH IIEAL—JAN. 5. There were in the market to-day 12 sacks oatmeal, each, weighing 2801 b imperial, which sold at —a and 395. Average of the whole, 1/. 19s. 6d. DALKEITH MEAL MARKET-JAN. 5. There were in the market to-day 11 bags ofoatmeal, oof barleymeal, and 0 pot barley. Sales dull. . • .. Oatmeal, per sack of 2801b s ' Fi rs t. S econd. , T h i r d' imperial Barleymeal, per ditto --s Od —s Od —s Oa Peasemeal, per ditto Flour, new, per ditto.... —s Od —a Od —s Oa, Pot-barley, new, per ditto —s Od a Od DUBLIN, JAN. 6. The supply to-day was small of wheat and barley, sad a large one of oats. Wheat met a brisk demand at about the currencies of Friday. Malting barley of prime quality was 6d dearer, and other descriptions fully supported their prices. Oats were a d u ll sale, and Friday's quotation% scarcely supported. Nothing doing in Indian cord. White wheat, 32s Od to 35s Od ; red ditto, 31s da to 33% Od; ditto new, —s ; barley, ma lti ng, 16 s t o 25s ; 6 inc.., 15s to 20s 6d ; oats, old, — s to ; ditto, ne w . 11% Od to 15s OA ; oatmeal, 14s to 15s 6d; bere, new, 11s to 18% OA ; rapeso- d, 30s Od to 32s Od per brl ; bakers' flour, 20° Od to 26s Od per cwt; Indian corn, 32s Od tp 36t Od P. / 480 lb'. COAL MAR: Prices of Coal per ton at s. d. Davison's West Hartley 16 3 Bebside's Hartley 16 3 Hastings' Hartley l6 3 Holywell ....... ..... l7 0 Tanfield Moor l4 9 Tanfield Moor Butos 14 9 Walker Primrose 3 Wsllsend, BET.—JAN. 7. the close of the Market. Riddell lB 3 Eyenwood 16 6 Heugh Hall 19 0 Thomas's Merthyr 22 6 Whitworth l7 0 Ships at market... 37 Wallsend, &o. 1- s 4 / Braddyll l9 6 Wham°life ........... . lB 0 Eden Main l9 0 Framvrellgate ....,..„ 19 0 Hetton .20 6 Haswell 20 6 Lambton 2O 0 Russell's Hetton 19 6 Hartlepool ' 2O Hetton Lyons Main _3B ~,,,,19 Brown's Moor High Main l6 6 I Sold 35 SEABORNE MAILS. [When the date for _making up a wail falls on a Sunday, the 1:1 2 ., 111 . remains open until the day following; exc e pt i n t h e case of the low' mail, via Southampton, which, on such occasions, is made up O . evening previous.] FOR. ',SOX Made up at W hence the des- By what When 'By v (114 Vessel, expected Xenial. Post Mice. patched. ......_,' Lisbon o,l7th, &I Spain "I=l- Jan. 14 ' Madrid. ampt bra Gibraltar month. Gibraltar —1 Malta •• • • . South- Egypt th- Ceylon ••• • M of the Sou th - 20th of R ipon] India Mauritius month. (via Ceylon) China Penang .. • • M th e South- •••• • • .. Jan. 4.. Ripon Singapore ampton month. Australia(via} xi South- Colum- ,an.— moatta• Jan. 12 .. the Cape). • ampton bian '' renc/ Cape of Good arr. s th Hope •.' Dart- land M auritius Ceylon India Lisbon 1 , Madeira CapedeVerds I South. Brazil BuenosAyres I Falkland Is lands J West Indies (except Ha vana and Honduras). 2d and 17th lat and South- Grey Town month. ampton Orinoco the La Plata New Granada Chilimonth. t Peru ••• • • • California Honduras IM lan. 17 .. 3 16th of Smith- • La in ti Orinoc the A Nassau Havana •• " M Feb. 2....}. South . ampton •• ' ... .. rob. 1 Airato Madeira um r Teneriffe IE Jan. 23 .. } PIP' Gambia Jan. 6 Candace W.C.of A frica mouth ar,Jan3 British North America .E Every Fri.} Liver- Persia lan. 12 Canada United States pool United States l Liver fan. 6 and British North E alternate Atlantic Jan. 16 Baltic • America .. Tuesdays. pool United States South - Arage.. Jan 23. Fulton British North i3l Jan. 14 } • • ampton America .. } Liver- Anglo- Jan. 7 Anglo- Canada .... } E fan. 27 .. l saxon pOO 8:410II M —Morning. n—Evening. Price. Paid. Paid. 10 0 O 0 15 0 O 0 10 0 O 0 all Paid. Paid. 1114 20% 53% 10►% 7% Price. Price. Price.