The Sun. — London, England, 1847-01-12 00:00:00

MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, QUARTER TO THREE. The Cotton market at Liverpool yesterday was dull, lAmt ' m Prices were declining. Sales 4,000 to 5,000 bales, can selling at 6d. to ;id., and Surat at 4id. to .rup, per lb. Railway Shares were rather heavy. va s very very large class of individuals, who have ad wree, Money upon the faith of foreign Governments, 4,lther monarchial or otherwise, will be afforded much 1101 8 , e . ' est from the legal opinions obtained from her . Ma ilmrs Advocate, Sir John Dodson, and the Admiralty t c , t v°e ato, Dr. Phillimore, who declare, in terms istentie t r o in.. be disputed, that the proposition g: nugatory the Mexican conversion scheme, tlito e . °l4ra rY to the law of nations. The ere eowll of other foreign states besides Mexico, may delis sk our Forei gn Mi n i ster to cla i m t h e i r rig h ts f rom thus cquent ouched • Governmens t The case and the opinion is ote rgob OF THE QUEEN'S ADVOCATE, AND Dn. it. PHIL LImosE. terYnoUr opinion is requeste d , w h et h er t h e M ex i can Go• th e l , tile nt, afte r th e final ratification of the conversion of 13, :Itexican Debt, as sh own by D ocumen t s N o . 12 and purNustified in withdr aw i ng th a t ratification for the pose announced in Document No. 14. t rite ," aPpear s from the papers laid before us that a con te4:lof the most important character has been solemnly le inci uded between an independent state, on . the one fo rei and certain public creditors, the subjects of a th• Di country, on the other. We find, moreover, that giait i siirangement has since received the full and un d - I te ei t t h illo i l d se r d a t t i h fi e ca n t e i g on nti o a f ti t n h n e . state which set on foot an e are of opinion that by the law of nations of the of the contracting parties, without the consent If ',Other, can recede from this engagement. We are poti e Nninn that no subsequent change in the internal t rae ,Y of th e state which has so entered into such con- Irr e 4 ° r in th e op i n i on of her rulers, can entitle her to _ the f a i th thus solemnly pledged; and that to do },:_7ould be a flagrant violation of the most sacred and '"N established principles of international law. (Signed) " JOHN DODSON. " R. PHILLIMORE. Doctor s ' C /tommons, Jan. 11, 1847." to th;" 1 P• be nec essary to call attention more part i cu l ar l y /1:1 Im p o rtant document a s o cc a s ions may s e rve.oha" Speech o f L ouis Philippe on the assembling of the kt ~r ! lbers is considered satisfactory in most of its points; tati 4ai tevents, it is h ope d that the desire expressed to k not n „ Peace, will be sacre dly o b se rved. The only th at - -/v to be u n ti e d i n political matters appears to be kentr ela tive to th e annexation of Cracow. Our Govern it will a .. 33 well as that of France, has done, perhaps, all w e uo, viz., remonstrated against the whole affair. th have no later arrivals to-day from any quarter, lici t 5111 r e is nothing expected from America until the ,aX tearaer, due about Thursday. is th ne English Funds have been quiet again to• o da_y 3 , s an t d o 83, in !' English debt there is a sudden "drop" f en tait e unEequence of some of the holders t having Theadvantage of the improvement o sell_ out._ s 14 !Notations have been reduced to 10i. and 9 n .: tin e° ll the directors of new railway schemes o bill g their purchases, with a view of depositing e lic e , instead of cash in the hands • 11 rall-"tant-General, the market must necessarily an ins tant and may possibly go higher. In many to `t:nees, however, a preference may re ra i"q deposits, in order to avoid a loss be u givenn the s ecurities, when the companies require pe their HopeeY back. The value of Consols is 931 1, and of the St ly Thre e•and•a-Quarter per Cents. 95,i Bank ock s fi T h i I'M at 205} to 206 i. er Voreig n Bond s h ave b e en dull. Spaniih Three e Cents are not higher than 35i; Portuguese Old I, l t Per Ce nts. have been 33 to 84i- ; and exican are Tw o a 23 1- Equador Stock is worth 3 to 3k. Dutch sh4nd-a•Half per Cents. are worth 59 to 594. low e r e' re flatter this morning, and we quote them r genaerally. O:SE k Or h itITISII FUNDS. O'CLOCK. c Per Stock- . 206 1 > 4 205 1 4 ..... NeR ent. Reduced nu ties 93% 94 ent Consols Annuities 93%% L ot ,"'Zi Per Cent. Annuities 95 I;i% I_,,6Annuities to expire Jan.lB6o 9% 13-16 bo ut Stock t` o )u n th Sea Stock 103% tr id , s 2 l ' for Opening 93% tx,T Stock for Account... . 254 `ritier Bills, 1000/.1%d. ... 11 10 12 9 p ) ! t (), 5001 ... 12 P CLOSING PRICES. 205 1 ,4 94 9 31 ,4 95% 9;z4 254 103% 93y, 254 12 p 11 p 12 g cLosrhO PRICES 3 1 19:!: t 3 1 , 2 23 84% 38 ryt tct off E b . b a S t i o ° r F t Zt d E s lON FUNDS. O'CLOCK 3% f.nada Bonds, 1 per Cent. 19% 1 , ,• 1.4,, 0, Deferred 3% • rx.ican, 5 per Cent. 1846 23% °,'l.llguese 5 per Cents. Q uitto, 4 per Cent 'Panish 5 per Cent. 1840. Ditto, Account . 25% itt o , Deferred — 17 , Ditto 3 per Cent. ••• •.. 3574 35% nezuela Bonds, 2 per Cent 3 9 ,4 39'4 D itto Deferred b Dividends on the above payable in London. ~e i • 53% - .glen 21 er Cent —b„ ,2 P 59 1 4 59 , 4 ",,tcli 2 1 ,4, per Cent. 92% Ditto. 4 per Cent. Certificates 93 92% /I kl BUSINESS DONE ORINO kb,atiCES Of~ SIL'.RE3 ' .ATO i• kID IN ME O'CLOCK. PRICES N kr i ; h r(l een .. 25 ah - ., e r.. ! • Nott , Boston, 27g B e l ` testern•J unction 2% 2 34 7' 11' r „' 4s ,t & County Down 4.7 , 4 — l l'ju- and GleuceAer..loo 110 129 t. Itt o N ew 1-1, — ... ... ...... it,„_ gs C r, ',', 4m and Ox t, ! Junction in li i n ~ , . ~la h, r ll ll, W elver tirlOton, and Dudley 495. ... .. 6 1 1 ,4 P 8 „2',g., Wolvcrlept on , liiri;'.l6tour Valley... .. 425. ...... 4 p sn',,nhead, Lanc:ashire, to3tq Cheshire June—. 2 . 34 . ri s `o, Starad, & Biriu. 228. — b . °I a nd Exeter 75 tiri ittr), N'w k i ' t ° l and - Gl . "•, ••••• ~ and 0. , Gloucester... o- • 3 , 7 , _ 41ed,Illanishire 84s /4,a I' bittnian ............... 30 . ... 29% b it. ° half Shares...... 2% — •••• ".•• •—• t'44.`°A.lytlesdale June 25 ch o .'r and Holyhead... 271 N I , L eaharn and Oxford 2 p 0 l e .. ............ —.lOO b o I st Class, 6 per 1 , '2d Class, 5 per Ct. 10 ''''• Government Loan, Co r k Per Cent. U 4 ,,..a11d Killarney ... 2% e. e ,' an Waterford ... 1% — 'walld 6rect Northern Scrip.. 21/ 2 bpb e ctNerwich Iliu and Belfast June. 12 1 ; . tiblin, Belfast, and b k : , oleraine I~delk & Enniskillen 10 t ern Counties 141. 16s .. 221.i5/8 bittr) New Cent,,. No. 1....... 6/.135. 4d — ", tto ditto, N 0.2... 61. 13s. 4d... E . , k "°., York Extension.. '2 ...... 31 '' , 8 ~M t en Union 4O 11 1110 , Quarter Shares 10 DO. Exten. ( Harwich ) 17ii — ......... ••••• t as , °, Carob. and Ely.. 2% — 6 ',encash 14 Ditto, x 1 " ,b 0 New East " ,0 ., New Scrip l l4 tds, Lincolnshire ••• •• 114— O ! u rgh and Gla sg ow 50 ..-•• ........ ••• •• btto Half Shares ... 10 t di itlo , Quarter Shares 12 1 ,4 -....— ,I?burgh & Northern.. 12% &nilitt()' ' .N elv b. ~. 0, Newport t ,irtto, ditto, New .... • 1% El nliurgh and Perth... 3 E ,Y, and 'hinting - don ... 12% 1 3% 13 qiter, Yovil, Si Dorset 2% gsgow Dunifries, and _Carlisle 1 ) - COW ' Kil,l1 3r" ) &A -r 50 ...... IttN 1), . u . ,0 1 4 Shares (5 per 15 qr 12%...... e at. North ern (London tla York Regd.) 2 l /•• ... 31 / 4 1 /4 °. (Direct Northern Q. R egd.) eat South. and West. qt(lreland) t at North of Englaud..100 bitto New Ditto New• 10 Ditto: New 11 z — '" a4 t. Western B5 tto lh .... Shares. 5O D itto I,i Shares 12% • Di tto Fifths li b itto, New . 4% Vdersfield &Manche& 13 ...... 17 b l uilt°, E x t ens i on ...... 3D— ' and 5e1by............ 50 . O. half Shares ... 1 Ditto 1 4 Shares ...... 12% ........ tich & Bury St. Edm. 14 ..... 13 ... L:' o ., do., and Norwich 5 ... ..... Do"ter and Carlisle... 50 t k ,?•New •• •••• •• •• 10 :` &8 and Bradford aster and Redford.- 16s. 1 3 ' , Branch IA ' Shares 2%.. b o.,l3 ranch (Blue) ... 2% — ...... .... LO•Exterision(G re en) 2 1 / 2 .. ••• Ti t and Thir s k 1 7 1,4 — , •••• ....... rtto, lie - IT 5 ► % ........ ...... 14-c;:, Prefer., 61per Ct. 31 S o ,P°O, Crosby, and Liv er —. tmlt)c, nchstr & Now 1 .: 4 , 1 ,,'t Junction 234 1;10`.1.;„alld Blackwall. 16/. 13s. 4d 13N •• .•• •Lp• Di t . - ", ew ............... 4 ..., .. .••••• • • .. ...... tl , l ' 9 Eaten Bien ~.... 7 %•••• •• - ...... S out h itrighton, and 58 bi t Coast ..... «..... 50 .. .. 58 40 47% D o t° ' Filli IN O Consol. Eighths lO 1 ". GIL. ••• • 9, 8 x fllld r ,„ . —.ADA. 5 per et. 9 - ••• •• •• •• D„:',&anclGreenwich 1211554 d — L:4101-reference ...1 8 / 1 .78 2d D 0. % ;lug( N. Weaterxloo b o ‘tuarters ......... 2 ti t ' s : o d p o ift: i N h ew (.. ..... . j .... ; 't 1_97% 196 1 ,4 ...... 19 2 6 3 1 14% 15 14% ... ..... -s') 40/.Shar Do •li Shares .". 10 •• _ 1 )o, 401 es (L 31.) 8 -• 10i r i. 8 ' 13 .) ... 40 D o. --• M. & B.) A. 5 _ l ' °4 cl I°l ' M • & B.) C. 1 Cli ) , ll .' Oxford, and Lott47lanhara ............ 2 D,„S•Westerrt 41/ 6s 10 d — ••• — w il l!! COSA Bthe 40 ~,,,, 12N 61 4 r 33 / 1 r 13 1 % P 29 % 25% 1 1 A 3 27 22% 3% 17% 20 1 A SON 9 % 17 10 1 3 14 ,sia 3 by a that us to te of ty of adent i the Ls in- )üblie have d re- The ) ina ldrni- your nder- which th the )üblic ion to osses- ternal 2cl in army, ques -sented S U. to the ready policy aerial, id the 5 des- iotism he ac- t each 11 reap mg in t pub' t post, .ted to dopte . d ~ it is rt tbat main of the ing on chiefs, Are of oubted 'at tho onfirni i them 3 their )red at e out- w hilst ending British ; that, was return sertion Ist the und. igaged e shel e to be rnor is ) outdo !s must o well better V. 9. about Ltionalt in bri s, e will Wi nd arCe l l 00 111 CAM- THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY ETENINK, JANUARY 12, 1847. -- - Do. New Do. New Ditto Tenths ..... Ditto Tenths Ditto Scrip Ditto ditto ....... .... 4 L o ndon and York Scrip 2 1 6 3 1 4 • Do. Extension London, Salisbury, and Yeovil Londonderry& 'oleraine 15 Londonderry and Ennis killen Lynn and Ely Lynn and Dereham l5 — ?Sanchester and Leeds 82 Ditto % Shares . ... 38 Do. Quarters 12 Do. Fifths 5 .. . 11 1 A Do. Sixteenths ...... ... 6 1 4 — Do. Extension 42s. I IA% p........ Do. Liverp. and Bury 21 Do. do. Fifths - slanchester,Buxton,and Matlock 42s. ...... 1 1 ,E p Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire 100 Do. Quarters (No. 1) 8 Ditto ditto ( No. 2)... 25 Ditto ditto (No. 3)... 2 1 / 2 — .. . ... Ditto and Grimsbi.... 15 Ditto ditto Ditto ditto . ........ 1% — Ditto Sheffield and Lincolnshire 2IA Manchest. &Southampt. 2 Midland lOO 127 128 Do. Fifths. 2 Do. New Ditto, New Do. Birm., and Derbyloo Midland Great Western , Irish Newcastle aad 13erwick 20 Newcastle and Carlisle...loo Ditto New Ditto Quarter Shares 6 1 % Newmrket &Chesterfrd 5 Do. Extension 2l. 12s. Newport & Abergavenny 2 1 ,6...... 1 Newry and Enniskillen 7 Newry, Warrenpoint, and Rostrevor Norfolk Ditto Half Shares .. 9 • ••—• 11 7 s Do. Extension Do. Scrip, 1847, North of Norfolk — _ _ , Do. do. IN aveney♦ Val. 2 Northern Counties Union 2% 1 % 34 North British ... ..... ... 2.5 Do. Half Shuts ll ...... 15% 1 / 4 -- ...... Do. Quarters Do. Extension Ditto Thirds Northern and Eastern... 50 Do. Quarter Shares... 12% De. New - ...... •••••• • North Staffordshire 6 ...... 8% 3 / 4 North Wales Northern and Southern Connecting North Western 2% Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton Oxford, Witney, and Cheltenham..... l% — Portsmouth Direct 331 Preston and Wyre Do. % Shares Reading, Guildford, and Reigate 3/ .1 2s Royston and Hitchen ... 1% Scottish Central Scottish Midland 12% — • Sheffield, Rotherham, and Goole Shrewsbury and Birm... 3 .... Ditto ditto, Class B. 1 1 / 4 2 l /4 Shropshire Union South Devon.. South Staffordshire June l/. 13s. 4d 1 1 4 p south Eastern & Dover. 33% 39: Y4 40 Do., No. 1 Do., Nc . 2. Do., No. 3 D0., No. 4 South Wales South Yorkshire, Don caster, and Goole 2 Swans. & Loughor & Ca meron's Stm. Coal. ... 2 Taw Vale Extension ... 3 Trent Valley, Midland, & Grand Junction 42s. Vale of Nestle 2 W akefield, Pontefract. & Goole 32%...... ... ......... .. Waterford and Kilkenny 11 . .... •• Waterford and Limerick 27 1 ,4 Waterfd,Wxfrd,Wicklw, and Dublin Wexford, +v aterford, and Valentia West Riding Union ...••• 425. Vest Cornwall .... 2 ... •. Windsor, Staines, and South Western ..... ... 42 5. Wilts, Somerset,& Wey mouth York and Newcastle. . .. 25 Ditto New ............... I ...... 12 ...... . ....., Do. Preference York and North Midland 50 Ditto % Share 3 ..... ... 25 Do. Selby - Do. Extension 2O Ditto, Preference Do. East and W est Rid ing Extension FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Anglo-Belgian 4 — Barbadoes 1 Belgian Eastern Junetn. 2 1 ,4 Boulogne and A miens... 18 ...... 15, i 4 13ordeaux,Toulousa, and Cette (Mackenzie's)... 2 ..... -- Do. (Espelete's) 2 .... . Calcutta and Diamond harbour Central of Frcnce (Or leans and Vierzon) ... 10 Central of Spain ... . ... 2 Ceylon Demerara Dendre Valley ....... Direct Bombay and Madras Dutch Rhenish East Indian ... ss. Fampoux & llazebrouk 4 Great Indian Peninsular ss. Great Western Bengal... ss. Great Western Canada... 314 Italian and Austrian.... 4 ... — Jamaica S.Mid. Junction 1 Louvain ala Sambre ... 6 ... . ... Luxembourg... 6 Lyons and Avignon 2 Madras ...... Madras. Nellore, and Arcot ii /8 Madrid and Valentia.... 2 ... .. Mauritius .. Namur and Liege Northern of France. 5 .. North Jamaica... ...... ... 1 Orleans and Bordeaux... 6 ...... ...... Over Yssel 4/ 3s 4d Paris and Lyons ... .... 8 Paris and Orleans 2O Paris and Rouen Paris and Strasbourg 5 Rouen and llavre Sambre and Meuse ...... 10 .... 43 54% Strasbourg and Bale ... 14 Tours and Nantes ...... 5 Tournay, Jurbise, Lan den, and 11a55e1t....... 8 Trinidad West Flanders ...... 6 JOINT STOCK BANKS. Australasia British North American 50 National of Ireland 2 2 14 — ...... ••• Provincial of Ireland ... 25 Union of London... lO London & Westminster. 20 Commercial of London 20 Colonial 25 MINES Real del Monte Unregd. -::-. LLOYD'S SHIPPING—(THIS DAY.) LONDON, JAN. 12.—Wind this day at noon N.E., light breeze, and tine clear frosty weather. DEAL, JAN. 11.—Wind S. to S.E., fresh.—Arrd. Hugh Walkers, Cameron, China ; Kelso, Hudson, Calcutta ; Belle Creole, Muirhead, Demerara ; Norfolk, Boston, and sailed for Bremen. Sid. William Wise, Byron, Cape of Good Hope and Swan River; Wanderer, Priest, China; Elizabeth King, Rio Janeiro ; Marys, Forrest, Berbice ; Mary Ridgway, M'Kenzie, St. 'Vincent ; Henry Tanner, Russel, Jamaica ; Charlotte Drewry, Norfolk, Nova Scotia ; Abertins, Walsh, Boston. OFF THE WIGHT, JAN. 10.—Surinam, 'Vander Way, Su rinam, for Antwerp. OFF PORTLAND, JAN. 9.—Mississipi, Harvey, Baltimore; Prince Regent, Chambers, St. John's New Brunswick. OFF BRIXIIAM, DEC. B.—William Goddard, Potter, Mo bile for Havre. LivEnrooL, DEC. 11.—Wind S.S.E., fresh.--And. George Canning ; Harward, Harward, Savannah ; Colo s s us, M'Donald, Charleston ; Alphina, Currie, Halifax ; Anu Eliza beth, Christie, Prince Edward's Island; Margaret, Parker, Newfoundland. Off port, Canton, St. John, New Brunswick; Sld. Kingston, Dwyer, Honduras; Monument, Trott, New Orleans; Maryland, Raines, Virginia. The Indiaman, Mar seilles to Cuba, was spoken 23d ult., with loss of rudder, bear ing up for St. Michael's, by the Monarch, Percival, arrived here. The Richmond Lass (brig), timber-laden, was 3assed waterlogged and stranded, off Cape Clear, by the George Canning, arrived here. CARDIFF, DEC. 9.—The Henry Alexander, of Bideford struck on the Wolnes, Ist inst., and must discharge to repair., KIRKCUDBRIGHT, Die. 9.—The Roy, Roy, went on the rocks yesterday, is bilged, and otherwise damaged. The Druid, of Maryport, has run on the sands, and will probably become a total wreck. BROADHAVEN BAY, DEC. B.—The Emerald, of Port Wil liam, from Liverpool, run OR a rock, 6th inst., and is a total wreck —crew saved. PLYMOUTH, DEC. 11.—Wind S.E.—And. Caroline, Quebec. NEATII, JAN. 7.—Dammaris, Thompson, Prince Edward's Island. SWANSEA, JAN. 10. Wind E.—Arrd. Mary White, Tucker, Adelaide, South Australia. Sld. 8, Sir I. L. Gold s m o i d F , F P T i lIE z a N HEAD, JAN. s. —Orion, Charlotte Town. CROOKHAVEF, JAN. I.—A d rr . Spartan, Promote, Prince Edward's Island. MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY). Hay MARXMTa. SMITIIFIELD.—AIeadow Hay, 215 a to 31155; Clover ditto, 315 s to 4115 s ; and Straw, 1/ 75 to it 115 per load. A fair average supply, and a heavy demand. CUMBERLAND. — Meadow Hay, 2185 to 3/ 1 is ; Clover ditto, 31 5s to 4/ 15s ; and Straw, 118 a to 1112 a per load. Supply limited, and trade firm. WHITECHAFICL. — Meadow Hay, 21 5s to 31155; Clover ditto, 31 53 to Si ; and Straw, 11 73 to 11 lle per load. T ra d e dull, at the above citiotations. 26% 51 '2 31/g Tibtrb Nbitton SUN OFFICE, Seven o' Clock LATEST PRICES OF SHARES, IN BANKS, ASSURANCE, AND OTHER COM PANIES' STOCK. From tie Official List, ÜBLIBIIED EVERY TUESDAY AND FRIDAY EVENING• LONDON, TUESDAY, JANUARY 12 JOINT-STOCK BANNS. Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Price Annum. Share. ---- ---- ----- - X s. d. X a. d. tustralasia .... • • .... 6/. per cent. 40 0 0 40 0 0 - Britsh North American 51. per cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 443 i llommercial of London 51. per cent. 100 0 0 20 0 0 - '3olonial.. ...... .... 51. per cent. 100 0 0 25 0 0 - Londn and Westininstr 6/. per cent. 100 0 0 20 0 0 - London Joint-Stock ... 61. per cent. 50 0 G 10 0 0 - Metropolitan - 25 0 0 710 0 Provincial of Ireland 81. per cent. 100 0 0 25 0 0 - Ditto, New. • • .... 8/. per cent. 10 0 0 10 0 0I- National of Ireland • • 61. per cent. 50 0 0 20 0 0 - Nat. Provncial of Eng. 51. per cent. 100 0 0 35 0 0 36 Ditto, Xew.• •• • .... 51. per cent. 20 0 0 10 0 0 Union of Australia•• - 61. per cent. 25 0 0 25 0 0 - Union of London. •• .• 51. per cent. , 50 0 0 10 0 0 INSURANCE COMPANIES. Dividend ' Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Price Annum. Share. X a. d. .£ s. 4. Albion ••.•••• • •• • • • • 31. 10s. 500 0 0 50 0 0 75 Alliance Brit. and For. 6 per cent. 100 0 0 11 0 0 18 jci Ditto Marine.• ••• • • 6/. per cent, 100 0 0 50 0 5% Atlas .. •••• • • • .... •• • 13s. 6d. pr sh. 50 0 0 5 0 0 15 British Commercial • • 7s. per share 50 0 0 50 0 7% Clericl,Med.&Gen.Life 51. per cent. 100 0 0 210 0 10 31. 100 0 0 10 0 0 Crown ••••.•• • • • • • • • 10s. 50 0 0 5 0 0 - b.'agle ••• • • • Eng. & Scot. Law •• .. 51. pen cent. 50 0 0 20 0 3 European Life ...... 5% per cent. 20 0 0 All paid. 20 Freemasons' .•• • • .... 51. per cent. 20 0 0 3 0 0 Globe - 136 Guardian •••••• •• • . • • 51. per cent. 100 0 0 36 10 0 48% Imperial Fire .. ..... . G/. and bonus 500 0 0 50 0 0 230 imperial Life •••• • . • • 128. 100 0 0 10 0 0 - Indemnity Marine - - 11. sh. & bs. 100 0 0 513 1 31 ,aw Life...... • ..... 11. ss. 100 0 0 10 0 0 3% Aga' and General Life - 50 0 0 20 0 6 , 4 .ondon Fire ........ 10s. 25 0 0 12 10 0 15 •ondon Ship .. •.. .10a. 25 0 0 12 10 0 15 Nlarine - ........... 51. per cent. 100 0 0 15 0 0 - Vied. Invlid&Gen.Life 4%/. per ct . 40 0 0 2 0 0 - National Lean Fund.. 51. per cent. 20 0 0 210 0 - National Life . Palladium Life. ..... Plicenix .. .. ...... .. - - 195 Protector Life •. .• Provident Life .. .. Rock Life ...... .. Royal Exchange 5l. per cent. Stock. - - Sun Fire • - - 210 Ditto Life • 11. 6s. - - 49 Universal Life - LIST OP SCOTTISH COMPANIES' PRICES.. Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. .Price. Annum. Share. --..... £ a. d. £ a. d Bank of Scotland - 100 0 0 176 Royal Bank of Scotland 61. per cent. - 100 0 158 British Linen Company - 81. per cent. - 100 0 0 220 Commercial Bank •• • • 61. per cent. - 100 0 0 167 National Bank ...... • • 6/. per cent. - 10 0 0 141.103 Union Bank of Scotland 7%1. pr cent. - 50 0 0 93 Western Bank - 50 0 0 84% North of Scotland Bank 61. per cent. - 5 0 0 7% Clydesdale Bank •. • • - 10 0 0 13% Eastern Bank 5/. per cent. - 10 0 0 12 Caledonian Bank - 2 10 0 41. 11 s Edinb.& Glasgow Bank 6/. per cert. - 5 0 0 71.2 s City of Glasgow Bank . 51 . per cent. , - 10 0 0 131. 71 Scottish Union Ins. Co. 51 . per cent. 120 0 0 1 0 0 245. 64 Hercules Insurance Co. 71. per cent. 1100 0 0 10 0 0 14 1 4 Insur. Co. of Scetlnd.• Si. per cent. 110 0 0 All paid. 9 North British Incur. •. 5% /. pr cent. 200 0 0 10 0 0 27% Caledonian Fire Insur. 101. per cent. 100 0 0 10 0 0 22% Edinburgh Life Incur. 61. per cont. 100 0 0 12 10 0 18% Eat. &Glasg. Railway 11.10 s. per c. 50 0 0 50 0 0 78% Ditto, 1 4 Shares.• • . 73.6 d. p. s. 12 10 0 All paid. 19 , 4 Edln., Leith, & Grantn - !2000 20 0 0 18% Glasgw & Ayrshir Rail. 71. percent. 150 0 0 All paid. 69% Clasps &Greenak Rail. 21. per cent. '25 0 0 .111 paid. 16% Dsgw & & Gantkirk Rai. 11. per cent. '25 0 0 All paid. 39% undee Arbroth Rail l . 6/. per cent. ;25 0 0 All paid. 37 Standard LifeAssurnce.l H. per cent. 50 0012 10 0 9 CANALS. Names of d Dividend ) Names of Di vidend Price. per Price. Companies. , ? 1 per Companies. 4 Annum. cc Annum. cc --- -- £ , £ Ashtn& ma 97 5/.53. pc ' - Monmoutlush 100 IL - Ashby-d-la-Z 113 41. - Mntgomrysh 100 51. - Barnsley.... 160 121. - Macclesfield. 100 - - Basingstoke.. 100 - - Neath •• • ... 100 171. - Brknk&Abrg 150 51. - Nottingham. 150 121. - Cromford..• . 100 141. - Peak Forest. 78 31. 75 Dudley .• ..• . 100 4/. - Regent's •. • • 33 11. ss. 20X, Derby • • ... 100 61. - Rochdale ..• • 85 41. - Ellsmre&Chs 133 41. b 5 Shropshire • • 125 81. - E:ewash • - 100 321. - Somrset Coal 150 71. 10s. - Forth & Clyd 100 4/. - Do.LkFd St 12 61. p. c. - GrandJunctn 100 71. 80xd 4 Stffrd &Wore 140 281. - Urand Union 100 1/. 10s. - Shrewsbury.. 125 151. - Glamorgnsh. 172 13%1. - Stourbridge.. 145 20/. 315 f ;lair & Brkly 100 - - Strtfrd on AT 79 11. 103. - Grantham • . 150 121. - Sevens and 26 11. Bs. - Huddersfield. 57 --_ wye Rail. Kennt & AVII 39 7s. 6d. 514 Trnt & lir-1 50 301. - Lancaster... 47 11. 103. - sty, 4 sh. Leeds&Livrp 100 341. 52214 Thams&Med 19 - - Leicester .... 140 10/. 105 Worcstr &1 78 21. 43 Leicstr &Nth 83 4/. 52 BirmLng. Loughborogh 1421 701. ' - Wilts & Brks 67 11. - DOCILS. , Dividend Amount Name of Company. per o 1 Paid. Price.i annum. Share. i Commercial .. East and West India East Country I andon • .. • i , t.Kathazine .........5 per cent. I Stock. 99% Southampton .4 ...... U. per cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 j 30 WATER—WORKS. Dividend Amount Name of Company. ' per of raid. Price. Annum. Share. x s. d. East London.... .• • ... 8/. 100 0 0 205 Grand Junction • • al. los. 41 13 4 I 90 Kent .. ———..• • • • • • 2/. 10s. 100 0 0 Vauxhall .....• •• • • 1 52. per cent. 100 0 0 1 West Middiese . • • 51.5 5 . p r cn t. 63 12 9 1 130 COURSE OF EXCIL Amsterdam ......C F. 12 4 Ditto, at sight • • .... 12 1 Rotterdam ...... 2 U. 12 434 Antwerp • • .. • • . • ...... 25 65 tlamburgh .... • • M.B. 13 1030 Paris, 3 days' sight • • 2& 55 Ditto, 3 months ...... 25 85 Marseilles • Bourdeaux.... • • • .. .. 25 90 Frankfort on Maine.... 121 I'etersburgh, 3 U 5......— LNGE.-(THIS DAY). Gibraltar.. . • . • • • • • Leghorn ........ ...... 30 56 Genoa 25 90 Milaa ........ Venice Naples • 40 1 ,( Palermo, per oz 120% Lisbon.... .... . • • ... 53% Oporto ••.. • ..... ••.. • • 53N Rio Janeiro 26 Bahia Buenos Ayres ..... ... New York, 21 days' sight Philadelphia .. .. .... ~ Vienna, effec.llo•• •• .. 10 b Trieste, ditto.... •• .... 10 5 Madrid ....•• ........ 35% Cadiz • • 364 Bilbao. PRICES er acrixiorr, PER oz. Foreign Gold in bars.. £3 17 9 Forta,gal Gold Coin •• 0 0 0 New Dollars ••.. •• 0 4 10% Spanish Doubloons .. 0 0 0 Silver in bars ...• .• • • 0 b 0!a Barcelona •• •• • ••••• •• Sevill a ............... . SALE O AUCT WA (T IS DAY. F RAILY SHARES BY lON.H) The sale of Railway Shares to-day, at Messrs. La mond and Co.'s, went off rather dull, but a good business was done ; prices lower. The following are a few of the principal sales : Calcutta and St. George's Point £0 4 0 Newport and Abergavenny Derby, Stafford, and Worcestershire, New 0 15 0 Taw Vale Extension and Dock .. Direct Northern (scrip) 2 16 0 North British Extension South Yorkshire, Doncaster, and Goole 2 8 6 Shrewsbury and Hereford Great Indian Peninsular Boston, Stamford, and Birmingham llB 0 Vale of Neath 1 10 0 Manchester and Southampton 1 8 6 East Indian Cornwall Northern and Southern Connecting Reading, Guildford, and Reigate 4 0 0 Leicester & Bedford, Exchange Certificate 0 13 0 Royston and Hitchin CHANCERY.-(THIS DAY.) The Lord Chancellor eat in his court at Westminster to-day, and heard cause petitions, none of which pos sessed any points of public interest. His Lordship rose at an early hour to attend a Cabinet Council. VICE-CHANCERY.—(THIS DAY (Before the VICE-CHANCELLOR of ENGLAND.) INSOLE v. FEATHEESTONHAUGH—JUDGMENT. MS Honour the VICE•CHANCELLOR of ENGLAND gave judgment to-day in this case, which was argued a statementnd repea t . reuTi rh o i n f e gp t i h sa e oi hin f t a ieff c t years , eaas r wh i saaf c ga h or m w ter o e before him som e ti me s i nce . At the tim e o f th e arguments we gave our rea d ers a borrow irlrlowno m oney, w consulted with • Worce stershire, shortly h e his son, who was a solicitor in partnership with a Mr. Corbett. The plaintiff was then introduced by Mr. Corbett to the defendant, who had been a chemist at Worcester, and was in the habit of lending money; and in July, 1839, a bill for 1001. was discounted by the defendant for the plaintiff. A great number of transactions of a similar nature took place between the plaintiff and defendant, from that period down to the month of March, 1841, when the plaintiff,having become indebted to the defendant a considerable sum, executed an indenture, whereby he assigned his life interest in 1271. 10s. per annum (left him by the will of his uncle) for the purpose of securing the sum which was then owing to the defendant, and all such further sums as the defendant might advance, up to 1,000/. The plaintiff, shortly afterwards, became much involved in his cir cumstances, and was obliged to sell his farming stock, which produced, with the crops upon the farm, a sum of 1,1761. A bill of sale on this property had been given to the defendant , w ho received the p roceeds, and a memorandum was exe c uted between the plaintiff and defendant, by which it was acknow ledged .h the exception of that all ac counts were settled to that period, w ith particular sums, for which th e assignment of the plain tiff T h e 's life interest was to rema in as a security. de fendant subsequently claimed t o be entitled to the whole interest assigned by this indent ure, whereupon the plaintiff filed his bill, alleging that the assignment was intended only as a security for the moneys remaining due to the defendant, and praying that the defend ant might be declared a trustee for the p laintiff as to t h e surplus beyond that sum ; and the bill farther praye d that certain documents and bills of exchange in the de fendant's possession might be delivered up to be can celled, and that the defendant might be ordered to render an account of all money due to him and received by him. His HONOUR in giving judgment, went at some length into the case, stating his opinion that there was no en . deuce of, or any appearance of fraud on the part of the pefendant; that the evidence was clear that the assign ment of the life interest was ratified and confirmed by the plaintiff ; and, his Honour's opinion, therefore was, that the only just course for him to pursue, would be to dismiss the plaintiff's bill with costs. Bill dismi . ssed with costs. COOPER v. WEBII.--ZUDGMENT. His HoNoun also gave judgment in this case, which came before him shortly before the Christmas vacation, upon a demurrer filed by a gentleman of the name of Douglas Cooper, on behalf of himself and all the other shareholders in the York and Lancaster Railway, a pro ject which failed to pass the Standing Orders Committee of the House of Commons, charging, that the undertak ing had been prosecuted after the defendants, who are the committee of management, knew that it was imprac ticable, by reason of an insufficient number of shares having been allotted. A release had been prepared, which the shareholders were invited by advertisement to sign, bringing in their scrip certificates ; and by this document the defendants were to be generally indemni fied, and at liberty to retain 10,0181., to discharge exist ing liabilities, repaying to the shareholders a portion of the deposits paid, until such liabilities were ascertained. The bill, therefore, prayed a declaration that the project had failed through the neglect and misconduct of the de fendants, and that they might account generally for all payments and receipts ; not being allowed to retain such moneys as had been expended since the project had become impracticable ; the plaintiff and the other share holders contributing only in such proportion as the shares allotted bore to the whole number forming the capital of the company ; and for a receiver and injunction in the usual way. To this bill a general demurrer was put in, but the chief question argued was as to want of parties, the plaintiff charging that the shareholders were so numerous, that it was impossible to bring them forward by name. The COURT was clearly of opinion, that the de murrer ought to be overruled, and made an order ac cordingly.—Demurrer overruled. THE ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH COMPANY V. GAMBLE AND NOTT. The further arguments in this part-heard motion for an injunction, occupied the Court the remainder of the day. (Before Vice-Chancellor Sir J. WIGIIIM.) LETTS V. THEBLACKWALL RAILWAY COMPANY.. This was a bill filed by the plaintiff, who is incumbent of St. Olave, to obtain compensation for the loss of tithes, &e., caused by the above company, who had not only injured the property in his parish, but actually re moved thirty-three of the houses. The plaintiff was allowed 2s. 9d. in the pound, and from the property affected by the railway in question derived an income of 2501. per annum, with a power to augment the same to over 4001. a year, as well as several incidental advan tages. A mass of documentary evidence was adduced to prove the extent of injury alleged by the plaintiff. llis flosouß deferred judgment. (Before Vice-Chancellor Sir J. K. BRUCE.) IN HE BUETON SCHOOL. The question at issue in this case was whether the trustees of Buxton-school, in Derbyshire, were (em powered to displace the schoolmaster at their pleasure, or without assigning any ground, provided they gave him six months notice. It appeared that a gentleman, named Holland, was appointed master to the school in 1842, but in the year 1845 was removed, the six months' notice having been previously given. The only evidence of the endowment of the school, which took place in the reign of Charles 11., was a document bearing date 1694, with a deed dated 1811, which had been executed by the Dake of Devonshire, and which vested estates in the present trustees, who acted under this deed, and the power to do so was denied, it being alleged that the Duke of Devonshire had no authority to execute the deed in question. The arguments having concluded, his HONOUR went through several authorities, and said, as it did not ap pear that corrupt or improper motives could be attri buted to the trustees, he did not think they were bound to assign any reason for their removal of Mr. Holland. He could not, therefore, decide in favour of that gentleman, on the evidence before him. He was, however, inclined to think that the evidence was incom plete, and he was willing to give them an opportunity for the production of further . evidence, which . might lead to a more . search, for rt b d e % T u ehfi m et e e n ild t r s bs yt r e ad l a as t yu i n e c g oers to snf ue t h xl e it n seal e h ua a i lr r; t .w y a s w h a l p c h p o m i t g e h d t . f t o self b h e o further hearing of the case. The Court rose at half-past one o'clock. QUEEN'S BENCH.--('THIS DAY.) (Sittings in Banco.) RICHARDSON V. PERKINS. This was an action to recover the value of a quantity of wine, which was alleged to have been destroyed through the negligence of the defendant. It was tried here during the last sittings after term, before Lord Denman, on whose direction the jury found a verdict for the plaintiff for the full !amount ,claimed, with leave to the defendant to move to enter a n onsuit.. The defend ant leased a house to the plaintiff , Mrs, Richardson, and agreed, previous to her tenancy, to fit up " wine bins of brick and stone." She found the bins inadequate, and sought the defendant to add another. He at first de clined, contending that he had fulfilled his contract, but ultimately directed the stone-mason who waited upon him, to make the required alterations. The stone of which the slab was made was too thin, and when the wine was placed upon it broke and smashed the bottles. Mr. KNOWLES, Q.C., now availed himself of the per mission of the Learned Judge, and moved accordingly. Ile based his application on the evidence adduced, which went to show that the defendant had fulfilled his con tract before the additions were made. Besides, the slab was intended for empty, and not full bottles. The point was a novel one, and he trusted their Lordships would grant his application, in order that it might be argued. Rule granted. THE TILING AND REIGATE RAILWAY.—ELMSLIE V. DAGSTER AND OTHERS. This action was tried at the last sittings after term at Guildhall, before the Lord Chief Justice, and a verdict was found for the plaintiff for 120/., who had sought 1401. The plaintiff was the engineer to the company, and the defendants Messrs. Bagster and Co., and Messrs. Dixon, Overbury, and Co., its joint solicitors. He claimed 1201. from them jointly, for preparin a g several copies of the . books of referenc e. They pleded non liability, with the exception of the 701., 301. o f which they had paid to the plaintiff, and the remainder into Court. Mr. Sergeant ALLEN now m ov ed f o r a new trial — first on misdirection by t h e Learn ed Judge; and, secondly, on the admission of improper evidence on be half of the plaintiff. The misdirection, he contended, consisted in the Learned Judge stating in his charge to the jury that the payment into court of the money showed that they considered themselves liable for something; but the plaintiff failed to prove their joint liability; and the improper evidence, in the examination of the secretary of the company with respect to a resolu tion passed by the committee laudatory of thews` rvices of the plaintiff', and on its production, the m ter, he held, being wholly irrelevent, and likely toprejudice the jury. Mr. Justice PATTESON adverted to the fact that the defendants at the trial moved for a nonsuit, on the ground that there was not sufficient evidence to show that the defendants acted jointly. That opposition vies very properly refused, because there was ample evidence to show joint liability. lie did not consider the admis sion of the laudatory notice improper ; and, t herefore, he considered that the verdicts ought not to be dis- turbed. Mr. Justice COLERIIGE was of the same opinion, and Lord DENMAN considered that a plaintiff had a per fect right to refer to the record, in order to rebut the de fence set up to his claim. He considered that there was no misdirection.—Rule refused. _„ BAIL COURT.—(THIS PA'' ) The Court sat in Banco in the early part of in g , but no case of any consequence occurred. t he morn. COTTON W. WAY. 301. 10s., for work and labour do n e by the This was an action brought to re cover the i n tiff for su m of the defendant. pla plaintiff Mr. Watson, Q.C., and Mr. Ball appeared for the plaintiff; and Mr. Lush for the defendant. It appeared, from the statement of the Learned Counsel, and l'rom the evidence, that the plaintiff is an auctioneer residing in the City, and the defendant is a chemist. In July last the defendant wished to dispose of some house property, and he employed the to sell it, agreeing to give him 2 per cent. if the pur chase money exceeded 2,000 L, and ti per cent. for any sum under that. 10L was to be given for the sale, if the plaintiff sold by means of advertisements, and 5L if the plaintiff succeeded in raising money by mortgage on some other property. Mr. Cotton contrived to sell the property, w hi c h co nsisted of sixteen performed his part of the small houses at Bermondsey, for 1,500 L, an d an increased ground rent of 60/. per annum to a Mr. Cole, who wished to purchase sudh property. He also succeeded in raising money on other pr roper deeds - were prepared and the money ready, w h en the who had seen the advertise meats defendant broke off the affair. Under these circum stances, the plaintiff soughf the sum of li per cent. on the 1,5001., and 51. for having agreement with reference to the mortgage. urged that, according we money s on th ey e fault of the defendant's own arrangements that lt th id L e tJ a S c H e , o f i o A r ir th . was not raised upon the remaieing property. the evidence meats inserted by Mr. Way, the purchase was e Co d l e e f , ence, about by that means instead of the agency who was, therefore. only entitled to the 10/. of the plaintiff, rought agree in the event of a sale taking place under such eir upon stances. With regard to the sum of 51., i t that Mr. Cotton was not entitled to it, as:Mov a sold the p roperty without any intervention by Was cum clear the himself party. Under these circumstances he submitted other jury that the plaintiff was not entitled to mor e submitted o the although Mr. Way, in order to avoid litiga t ion,e than 10/., to pay into Court the sum of / offered The Learned JUDGE having summed up The jury returned for the plalntiff—Dam ages, 301. l Os. EXCHEQUER—(THIS DAY.) ORMEROD V. CHADWICK. The LORD CHIEF autos gave judgment in this ease. ' The question turned upon the interpretation to b e g i ven to the word " door." The Court were unanimously o f opinion that it was the intention of the Legislature to substitute for the old verbal parochial notices during the performance of divine worship, a public written and more permanent notice, upon the doors of all churches and chapels where divine worship was celebrated, and the Court was of opinion that the door referred to in the Act meant the principal, chief, or usual entrance to such place of worship, and not to all the doors of the build ing. With respect to the objection urged before the Court to the validity of the rate , in conseq uence o f no notice having been posted at the door of the church, the Court was clearly of opinion that as no divine service had been performed in that place for up war d s of twelve I you, it MIS not 514 a DuildiDg 4 5 referred to by the Legislature in framing the Act, and that there fore there was no necessity for affixing any notice to the doors of such building. The third point was whether the warrant was informal in consequence of its not containing the evidence given upon oath before the magistrate. The Court was of opinion that there was no necessity for giving the evidence upon the warrant, and that, therefore, upon all these grounds the Court was of opinion that the defendant was entitled to a verdict. PILKINGTON V. COOK. Mr. Baron PAnle gave judgment in this case. The Court were of opinion that the Ist Victoria, c. 55, for regulating the amount of remuneration to be paid to sheriffs and their officers, and which repealed the sta tutes of Edward 111. and Henry I. upon this subject, constituted an exception to the statute of Elizabeth, and that therefore the declaration was good in law, and the verdict should be for the plaintiff ; but that if the de fendant procured affidavits to show that nothing more than the charges allowed by law had been made for the levy, he should be at liberty to amend on payment of the costs. PRlf£ V. PRICE. Mr. Baron PARSE gave judgment in this case in favour of the plaintiff. COMMON PLEAS-(THIS DAY.) GREGORY V. THE DUKE or BRUNSWICK AND ANOTHER. In this case counsel moved for the interference of the Court, either to stop the proceedings of a writ of error, if any such existed, or to allow execution against the plaintiff to be commenced. In 1844 an action was brought by Mr. Gregory against the Duke of Bruns • wick and another party, and the case was tried on the 20th of February, 1844, when a verdict was given for the defendants. A writ of error was subsequently issued from the Exchequer Chambers, which was tried on the 4th of August, and the verdict again went for the defendants. The plaintiff then took steps to carry the case by a writ of error to the House of Lorde. Parlia ment was prorogued on the 28th of August following, up to which time, from inquiries made by the defendants' attorney, it was discontinued. No steps had been taken, and no such writ had been issued, nor did the officers of the Court of Chancery know anything whatever of the matter. The Learned Gentleman, therefore, moved, on affidavits setting forth these facts, that on account of the informal proceedings of the plaintiff, the writ, if any such had been issued, should be quashed, and that ex ecution against the plaintiff be allowed to proceed. The LORD CHIEF JUSTICE said the Court had no power to quash such a writ of error if it had been issued, and if it had not, they were not in possession of sufficient facts to warrant their ordering execution to proceed on the verdicts previously obtained. The Learned Gentleman then withdrew his motion, in order to bring it forward in another form. FOOLEY AND ANOTHER P. THE DIRECTORS OF THE WESTERN GAB COMPANY. Mr. Sergeant CHANNEL moved for a rule nisi for a new trial, on the ground of the improper admission of evidence. The case was tried during the last Middlesex sittings after term, - before Mr. Justice Cresswell, and a verdict given for the plaintiff for 221 7s. 6d. The action was brought by Messrs. Pooley and Son, weighing machine manufacturers, in Liverpool, against two direc tors of the London Western Gas Company, to recover the value of a patent weighing. machine, supplied to Mr. Radley, a chemist, employed by the company to make a series of experiments. The defence was that Radley had no authority to order the machine, neither had the secretary of the company, who had guaranteed payment, any authority for giving such guarantee. The LORD CHIEF JUSTICE thought, in reviewing all the facts of the case, that there was not sufficient reason set forth for disturbing the verdict.—Application refused. THE ECUADOR_EXPEDITION.—SEWARD AND ♦NOTHER V. ''BIGHT. Mr. Lusit moved for a rule to set aside an order made in chambers by Mr. Justice Wightman, for holding the defendant to bail, in an action of debt. The judge's order was obtained on affidavits filed by the plaintiff, which stated that the defendant, through one of his agents, a Mr. Charity, had contracted with him for the outfitting of two steam-vessels, repairing in the port of London for an expedition to Spain. The amount of debt thereby incurred was 243/., and the bail was sought because it was alleged the defendant had no settled place of residence in this country; that the vessel so outfitted had been seized by the British Government, as being engaged for an illegal purpose, against the provisions of the Foreign Enlistment Act, and in order to wage war against the Republic of Ecuador, and that he had ob tained a passport in order to leave this country for Spain or South America. The two ships bad been seized on the 19th of December, since which one of them had been sold, and the other soon would be. In support of the application now made to rescind the order, the de fendant replied that he never employed Charity as his agent:; that he had no passport, nor any intention of leaving the country; that he was at present held in bail in 400/, to meet a charge in a criminal court for the infringement of the Foreign Enlistment Act ; and that as this was one of four actions, amounting in all to 2,168/, it would be impossible for him to find bail for that sum. The defendant further referred to several gentlemen of station in this country in proof of this statement, he having held the post of Consul-General for the state of Ecuador from 11137 to 1844, since which time he had resided in this country, and hadino intention of leaving it. Rule nisi granted. MIDDLESEX SESSIONS. (THIS DAY.) The January Quarter-sessions for the county of Mid dlesex commenced this morning at ten o'clock, before the Assistant-Judge and a full bench of Magistrates. The number of prisoners awaiting trial was 130, only thir teen of whom were misdemenants. _ _ During the delivery of the charge to the grand jury which was of the usual character, a document was read from the chaplain of Westminster Bridewell, stating that there were 138 boys, 38 adult male, and 39 female prisoners under instruction in the convict department of the prison. Since the last report,was submitted to the visiting justices, 21 persons had been discharged, all of whom had learned to read and write during a period of imprisonment varying from two to six months. It also wont on to state that eight of those prisoners had been admitted to asylums of reform upon their discharge from prison, and that they, as well as those referred to in former reports under similar cir cumstances, were evidences of the utility of the system adopted. James Hilntan was indicted for stealing a purse, con taining ten sovereigns and a quantity of silver, the pro perty of Henry Davis. The prosecutor was in the Pantheon on Tuesday, the 22d ult., when, feeling a tug at his pocket, he turned round, and saw the prisoner standing close to him in th• act of dropping the purse. The jury at once returned a verdict of Guilty, and the prisoner was sentenced to six months' imprisonment and hard labour. BOW-STREET.—(THIS DAY.) Richard Esmond, who was remanded from the 2d inst. on a charge of stealing various articles of property, and some money from letters which had passed through his hands as messenger in the inland department of the General Post-office, was again brought before Mr. Jar dine this morning. The first case entered into was the charge of stealing a letter and its contents, posted by Miss Emma Bentley, of Hertingfordbury, near Hertford, who being examined, said that, on the 31st ult., she was in London, and was stopping at Mrs. Bardsley's, 103, Tottenham-court-road. On that day she wrote a letter, which she directed to " Ed. Ralf's, Esq., 33, Commercial-street, Newport, Monmouthshire," and in which she inclosed a blue silk purse, with steel beads, made by herself. She gave that letter to her brother to post. The letter produced by the witness Thorns at the last examination (signed " Emma") was the same, and the purse produced by the officer Peake, as having been found on the prisoner, was that inclosed in the letter. Robert Bentley, brother to the last witness, said that he was in the service of Mrs. Bardsley, who kept the Post office Receiving house, 103, Tottenham-court -road, and assisted her in the management of the post- office business. lie weighed the letter that was given to him by his sister, and found that it requ i re d fi ve postage stamps to frank it. As it was inclosed in a stamped envelope, he added but four adhesive stamps, and 'sent the letter off by the next (the three o'clock) collection. A clerk in the General Post-office was next called, and said that the prisoner was a messenger in the inland de partment, and it was part of his duty to carry letters from the sorting table to the division where the bags were made up. A letter posted in Tottenham-court-road, at three o'clock, would pass through his hands in the course of the same day. It ought to be dispatched by eight o'clock. The witnesses Peake and Thorns were recalled and repeated their former evidence. This completed the case, upon which the prisoner was committed for trial. He was also committed on another charge of stealing a letter directed to Miss 'Maria Luke, Charlestown, Cornwall, which letter contained a miniature and a locket. Mr. Arnold, the newly-appointed magistrate at this WORSHIP-STREET.—(THIS DAY.) A court, sat thi s m orn i n g f o r the first time, aided by Mr. Bingham, who p rocee d s to Marlborough-street Police office, to supply the place of Mr. Maltby, who has resigned. Mary Riley, aged 45, was charged with having in her possession, at the early hour of three o'clock this morn ing, a large bundle, containing a mackintosh and several other articles of wearing apparel, besides some sheet ing, a portion of which had the Government mark upon it, supposed to be stolen Police-constable Ii 70 stated that he was on duty in the Whitechapel-road at the above time, and observing the prisoner with the bundle in question upon her head at such an hour, he questioned her, and not receiving a satisfactory answer, ho conveyed her to the station house. The prisoner, in answer to a question from the Ma gistrate, said that the articles were given to her by some female in the street to be disposed of. Mr. BINGHAM—What, at that hour ! But its the old story. I shall remand you in order to give the officer an opportunity of inquiring into the case. In the mean time I would advise you to render him what facility you can to enable him to find out the person whom you say gave you the bundle. RETURN OF MRS. BUTLER TO THE STAGE.—The Fine Arts Journal, of Saturday, announces that Mr. for acting a certain number o f nig hts at Bunn has made a mo st liberal offer to Mrs. Butler (Miss DEarnunryy-Klanene Theatre, ble but the negotiation is still pending. It is, however, Mrs. Butler's positive intention to return to the stage, ROYAL HUMANE SOCIETY. (THIS DAY.) The general court of this society was held to-day, at their rooms, at half-past two o'clock ; B. Hawes, Esq., the treasurer, in the chair, for the preliminary pro ceedings. Mr. Charlier, the secretary, read the minutes of the last meeting, which were confirmed. Mr. B. Bond Cabbell, M.P., took the chair, while the Secretary went through the several cases reported by the committee for rewards. _ _ A silver medal was awarded to Robert Moncey, an I able seaman of the ship Queen, who, qt the risk of his own life, saved that of the second officer, Air. John son, who fell overboard off the Cape of Good Hope, and who had sunk twice before Moncey reached him. The bronze medal was awarded to another seaman named Martin, for his assistance on that occasion. A silver medal was also awarded to Lieut. Finch, who, while dressing on board a frigate at Portsmouth, saw a man named Bradford, while endeavouring to loose the jolly-boat from its fastenings, cast overboard. Lieut. Finch immediately threw off his clothes, and leaped through the porthole into the water, in doing which he was much lacerated. He reached Bradford as he was sinking for the second time, and ultimately suc ceeded in getting him on board, though in a helpless state. Another medal was awarded to Mr. Clifford, who on the 2d of July saved the life of a gentleman named Wakeling, who was thrown off the steamer Waverley, when off Cadogan-pier, Chelsea, and, though not a swimmer, succeeded in holding Mr. Wakeling up in the water until they reached the hawser, by which the steamers are moored to the pier. Silver medals were also awarded to the Earl of Leicester and W. Astley, Esq., for their gallantry in endeavouring to rescue one of their servants, named Cooper, who, while passing Holcombe Bay, got into the deep water where the tide was most rapid. Mr. Astley first lea p ed into the water, and the man clasped him round the neck. Lord Leicester then went to Mr. Ast le y' s assistance, and they bore the man to the shor e. A silver_medal was also awarded to Mr. Jackson, the captain of the steamer Locomotive, trading to Chelsea, who seeing a boy strug gling in the water on the 22d July, sprang from his paddle-box into the water and saved him, after he had sunk for the second time. Medals were also awarded to H. Vereker, Esq., and Mr. Thomas Mitchell. Another was awarded to H. Jenner, Esq., who, though unable to swim, leaped into the reservoir in the Green-park, where the water is eight feet deep, and though loaded with a heavy great coat, held on to the side of the reservoir with a young woman in his arms till they were both r escue d . S i lver medals were also awarded to Mr. Gibson, purser of her Majesty's ship Lily, to H. P. Green, Esq., Mr. Thomas Mitchell, and the Captain of a French ' corvette,.each of whom bad risked his own life i n saving, or attempting to save, tho lives of their fell ow - c reatures.-, From the cash accou n t, it appeared th at the balance remaining in the treasurer's hands at last meeting was 1431. 17s. Id., and the amount received in various ways Alice that time 2,649/. 19s. 7d. The amount disbursed LONDON AND BLACKWALL by the society was 1,619/. 7s. 11d. f or apparatus, r RAILWAY.—(THIS DAY.) wards, and other necessary expenditure. A special genera l mee ti ng o f th e p ro p r i e t ors of this Thanks were: voted to the Duke o f Northumber land, who was re-elected president of th e soc i ety undertakin g was h e ld thi s morn i ng , by a dj ournmen t from the offices of the company, at the London Tavern, and to Mr. Ilawes, the treasurer, who ha s b een Bishop sgate - street, for the purpose of ivin the for more than fifty-years connected with the society. executive an o p portun i ty of answering a number of Thanks were also voted to the several other officers of questions contained in a requisition, which had been the society. The vice-president and trustees for the next forwarded t o t h e di rectors, upon certain points connected year were appointed, Mr.;Charlier was re-elected secre- with the affair s o f t h e company; Mr. J. N. Daniels, tart', and thanks voted to that gentleman, and to the chairman of the board o f di rectors, i n the cha i r. chairman. Captain RICHARDSON, the chairman of the requisi- Before the meeting separated Mr. CHARMER stated that tionists, after taking exception to the manner in which during the late frost the society had been instrumental in the directors convened the meeting, proceeded to state saving the lives of no less than forty-five individuals. the points which the requisitionists wished to In this statement no notice is taken of the several severe have answered and cleared up. A short while accidents 'which occurred on the ice, many of which ago a meeting of dissentient shareholders was required much surgical aid. The number of skaters held at the George and Vulture Tavern, when he between the 19 th December and the 3 d of January was was elected chairman, and he took dow n the questions not less than 279,000 on the various ornamental waters which the dissentients desired to have answered by the of the Parks. directors. Subsequently he addressed a letter to the directors requesting them to appoint a time for meeting a committee of shareholders, to have explained to them fully the present position and future prospects of the concern. The directors declined to give such an in terview, or to answer the questions contained in the letter requesting it, thinking it would be detrimental to the best interests of the proprietors. A requisition was then presented to the directors requesting them to convene a special meeting of the proprietors, for the pur pose of requiring the directors to give full and explicit answers to thirteen questions, which the committee of shareholders had propounded to the directors. A SHAREHOLDER wished to know hose many shares 1 the dissentient shareholders held. The CHAIRMAN replied 300. A SHAREHOLDER—How many does Captain Richard son hold ? The CHAIRMAN replied five. Captain RICHARDSO'N retorted, that the smallness of his interest in the concer4l only showed that he was actuated purely by a desire to benefit the great body of the shareholders. The first question he put was, what amount per passenger is received by the Blackwell Railway Company, for pier dues and passage money from Blackwell to London, from the steam-boat companies which land and embark their passengers at Blackwell? Mr. Lircxsort said that if the questions were to be put and answered seriatim, they: would be kept there till midnight, and, as he thought the questions involved a want of confidence ,in the executive, he should move as an amendment, that the meeting considers the proceedings of the committee uncalled for, and begs to convey its sense of full confidence and approval to the directors on their past conduct. Mr. MARMOT seconded the amendment. Mr. LEVY objected to this mode of meeting the ques tion, and declared that many of the queries could be put and answered with advantage to the shareholders. It was unfair, when a simple and straightforward question was put, to get up a cry that those who proposed it wanted to turn out the directors. Sir ISAAC LZIONEL GOLDSMID suggested that it would save time if each question was put and answered as the , directors thought proper; and if they declined answering any one of them, it would then be for the meeting to ex press an opinion upon the subject. The CHAIRMAN said it would seem the directors were being blamed for acts and resolutions which the share holders had agreed to themselves. Now this very question was put at their last half-yearly meeting, but the meeting refused to let him answer it ; and, was it likely after that they could disclose to a few what the many had decided they would not hear? The same terms which had been accepted by one steam-boat company had been offered to all ; and he solemnly declared that the directors had always acted in a way which they thought was best for the interesj of the shareholders. Since the present direction had been in office the value of their shares had been doubled, and he promised that, if they were let alone and allowed to: go on acting according to their best discretion, their value would be still further enhanced. He could not disclose the minutest details of their management, and he must, therefore, throw himself upon the meeting, and declinQ to answer the question. He believed he had mentioned that they offered the same terms to each steam-boat company. Mr. PELLASTER—NO, no. The CHAIRMAN called upon the Hon. Proprietor to name the company that had not had offered to them the same thing. Mr. PELLISTER—The Diamond. The CHAIRMAN replied that not only was the Dia mond Company offered the same terms, but, for the sake of peace, they were offered better.—(Hear.) He would now state that they were in communication with parties connected with both the London and North-Western Company and the Eastern Counties, and he was glad to say the negotiations were likely to end in such a way as to advance their interest and increase their traffic. They were also negotiating with the East and \Vest India Docks Company, and on all points they were strenu ously exerting themselves to improve their position and increase their traffic. Arrangements had been made with their engineer for immediately proceeding with their extension line, and there was a prospect of its being open and ready for traffic by October next. The line to the docks would shortly be ready for traffic, and he could state that its cost would not exceed from 75,0001. to 80,0001. He complained that the requisi tionists had not treated the directors with due and proper courtesy, and although they only held a small interest in the concern they had actually arrogated to themselves the power of offering the line for lease or sale to the Eastern Counties Company. He hnd now generally answered all the questions which were contained in the requisition, and he hoped the meeting would absolve him from going individually or minutely into each question. It was clear, from the report of the Metropolitan Commissioners, that their line was an exceedingly valuable one, and if the directors were let alone he was confident the shareholders would eventually have good cause to rejoice at the course they had pursued. If any share holders were dissatisfied with the general statement he had given, of course he should be most happy to give any and every gentleman all further information he might require, if he would only call personally upon him at the office.—(Cheers.) Mr. I). W. 11.anvEr was glad the meeting had been called, because it had given their Honourable Chairman an opportunity of clearing up the doubts which pre vailed upon the subject of the negotiation, that were going on with other companies. He was perfectly sa tisfied with the explanation, and he thought, when it went forth to the world, there would be few sharehol ders disposed at present to part with their interest in the concern. Captain RICHARDSON also expressed himself partially satisfied with the statement, and wished to withdraw his questions. The amendment was then put, and carried by a very large majority. A vote of confidence was then passed unanimously to the directors. The CHAIRMAN, having acknowledged the compliment, proceeded to move that the remaining 106,0001. of the debenture debt should be converted into capital by the issue of 16,000 additional new shares of 6/. 13s. 4d. each, to be offered to the holders of existing stock in the following proportions, namely, one new share for every six of the 48,000 old shares upon which all calls shall have been paid, one for every six of the 24,000 new scrip shares upon which the fourth instalment shall have been paid, and one for every two of the 8,000 251. extension shares upon which the call shall have been paid, and that a deposit of 1/. 13s. 4d. per share shall be paid upon allotment, and the remain ing 5/. paid by instalments of 11. per share, at intervals of three months. The resolution was seconded by Dr. BOWRINO, pu from the chair and carried unanimously. The meeting then broke up. MARKET INTELLIGENCE (From the London New Price Current of January 12.) SecAn.—To-day the refiners and grocers were eager pur chasers of all descriptions of West India Muscovado Sugar, and were disposed to pay rather advanced rates, whilst a desire was shown by speculators to operate largely. Business, however, in all sorts, was restricted by the small quantity on offer. The private sales amounted to 390 blds and tierces; and the rates paid exhibited a rise on those of Friday of 6d to is per cwt. A public sale of 144 hhds and 4 tierces of Barbadoes went with much animation at an advance on the prices of the last auction of is Gd to 2s per cwt. IZEFINED.—To-day Refined Sugar was much sought after by the home trade, but little waes to be had. The vain of standsrd lumps is 662 to fits Gd, and brown lumps according to quality at 6-1 s Gd to 65s 6d per cwt. In the value of bonded crushed sugar these is no variation. AlAtmmus.—This afternoon the biddings were animated. At a large public sale of 10,732 bags 316 casks and 18 brls, the whole sold, and at a further advance of 6d to ls. per cwt. EAST INDIA.—This afternoon all descriptions of Bengal Sugar met with attention, and the parcels offered at public sale, amounting to 5,180 bags, were all sold, and at an ad vance on former rates of 6d to is for white, yellow, and brown. FOREIGN—To-day there was: no public sale:of Foreigtt Sugar ; but privately a fair quantity was taken by exporters and our refiners working under bond, and the rates paid were rather above those that previously existed. All kinds are in good request for home use, and prices are on the rise. Corr EE.—This afternoon Jamaica Coffee was in excellent request, and 102 casks 14 brls at public sale were all sold, and at full rates. Plantation Ceylon is less wanted, and 1,308 bags at auction went at full rates, but a part only sold. Native met with leas attention. TEA.—To-day there was little desire evinced to purchase Tea at the public sales. The quantity offered was large, and amounted to 32,000 pkgs, of which 18,130 bags passed the hammer, the very small portion of only 1,360 pkgs actually found buyers; nearly the whole consisted of damaged Tea, and out of condition, the sound being taken in and with, drawn at about former rates. Sricsa.—The market for Black Pepper has an improving appearance ; an extensive business having been transactird privately at rather higher rates. For whie the demand is brisker. Pimento has benn in excellent demand ; and prices pre still advancing. For Ginger prices rule very firm : the demand for all sorts having been good ; and the supply being much less than of late. There are few buyers of Cassia Lignea, and the tendency of prices is downwards. For Nutmegs the market is in a quiet state, and holders are inclined to reduce their stocks. Mace Mace is wanted, but little is to be had. For Cloves the market has a dull appearance, and prices rule low. The in ferior, coarse, and jungle kinds of Cinnamon, are dull of sale, and prices rule low, but good and fine are wanted, and fetch full rates. Sruurs.--Jamaica Rum is still attracting much attention the home and export demand having been extensive for all descriptions, and further purchases were made by speculators; the rates paid again exhibit an advance on those previously current. The supply is much less than of late, and all parties are evidently inclined to get well supplied on account of the large consumption, and the dearness of British made Corn Spirits. That a further rise in the value will take place is the general impression. Demerara met with much attention, and must again be quoted dearer, 33 to 36 per cent. over proof bringing 3s 10d to 4s 2d per gallon, and the quantity undisposed of is small. Of Leeward Island there is not sufficient at market to meet the demand, and prices again show a rise. East India has been largely dealt in, and prices are still on the rise, 3s to 3s ld having been given for proof strength—indeed there is little re maining in first hands. Brazil is wanted, but there is scarcely any here, and prices are on the rise. Of all sorts of Rum the stock is less than last season, but prices are higher. Brandy of all sorts has been in excellent request for home consumption, exporters have taken a fair quantity, prices continue on the advance. Geneva met with a much better demand, and prices advanced to 2s 7d to 2s 8d for common shipping sorts, and 3s 2d to 3s 6d fer line for home consumption. For Bri tish Corn Spirits the demand is active, and supplies being but moderate, together with the high rates of grain, caused the distillers to advance the price of all descriptions. SALTPETRE.—To-day the market was better supplied with Rough ; the quantity of Calcutta offered at public sale amounted to 2,628 bags, still the demand was good, and the whole sold. Ons.—The market has still an improving appearance for Olive Oil. Extensive purchases have been made in all de scriptions, and a further advance in the value took place. Linseed Oil at present cannot be quoted higher. There are few purchasers for forward delivery, although Oil can be ob tained at the moderate rates of 25s 9d to 26s per cwt. For Rape Seed Oil the market is looking firm, and large parcels have been sold. In Palm Oil a good deal has been done. Cocoa Nut met with ready purchases privately, and owing to the small supply, prices range high. American Lard met with a fair sale, at 39s to 445. Cod is offered on lower terms. Seal has been in good request, and in consequence of the limited quantity at market, buyers are compelled to pay previous advanced rates. Southern is wanted. TALLOW.—Russian has been sold to a large extent on the spot, for Sop and Candle-making purposes, and the rates are are fully equal to those of this day week. For forward deli very there are not many buyers at present. Home-made is still mush in request, and prices rule high. Of other sorts of Tallow several parcels have been sold privately at stiff rates. rHE LONDON GAZETTE. (THIS EVENING.) WHITEHALL, JAN. 11, 1847. The Queen has been pleased to appoint Sir John M‘Plier son Grant, Bart. to be one of the Board of Supervision for Relief of the Poor in Scotland, in the room of Sir George 11.1‘Phei son Grant, Bart. deceased. WHITEIIALL, JAN. 11. The Queen has been pleased to appoint Charles Samuel Grey, Esq., to the office of one of the Clerks of her Ma jesty's Signet, in the room of John Gage, Esq., deceased. CROWN• OFFICE, JAN. 12. - - MEMBER RETURNED TO SERVE IN THIS FRESENT 1 , 111141.11.1"11,11. County of Worcester.—Eastern Division.—George Rush out, Esq., Captain in her Majesty's Ist Regiment of Life Guards, in the room of John Barneby, Esq., deceased. Commissions by the Lord-Lieutenant of the East Riding of Yorkshire, and of Kingston-upon-Hull. East York Militia—John Todd, Esq , to be Captain, vice Shore, resigned, Dec. 3 ; Marmaduke Jerard Grimston;Esq., to be Captain, vice Clubley, resigned, Dec. 4. WHITEHALL, DEC. 10, 1846. The Lord Chancellor has appointed Robert Viner, of the city of Bath, Gent., to be a Master Extraordinary in the High Court of Chancery. BANKRUPTS. John Parsons, baker, Medway-street, Westminster, to surrender, Jan. 21, at two, and Feb. 20, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Whitmore official assignee, Basing hall -street ; Ilolmer and Son, Bridge -street, Southwark. Joseph Thomas Hoskins, boarding housekeeper, Black heath, Kent, Jan. 26, at half-past one, and Feb. 23, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Edwards, official assignee, Frederick's-place, Old Jewry • Lawrence and Plews, Old Jewry-chambers, Old Jewry, City. Robert William Samson, coal merchant, Essex-wharf, Strand, Jan. 21, at twelve, and Feb. 22, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Turquand, official assignee, Old Jewry-chambers; Thackthwaite, Essex-street, Strand. John Barrington Elworthy, draper, Bridgwater, Somer. setshire, Jan. 21, at twelve, and March 6, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy, Basinghall-street. Green, official as signee, Aldermanbury, City ; Reed and Langford, Friday. street, Cheapside ; Pain, Bridgwater. John Pickard, jun., hatter, Exeter, Jan. 21, at one, and Feb. 16, at eleven, at the Exeter District Court ; Hirtzel, official assignee, Exeter ; Geare, Mountford, and Geare, Exeter, Finch and Co., Lincoln's Inn-fields. John Gemmill, jun., ship-broker, Liverpool, ;Tan. 26 and Feb. 16, at twelve, at the Liverpool District Court. Mor gan, official assignee, Liverpool; Kearns, Red Lion-square, London ; Todd, Liverpool. Andrew White, ship owner, Bishop's Wearmouth, Durham, Jan. 19, at half-past ten, and Feb. 23, at one, at the New castle-upon-Tyne District Court. Wakley, official assignee, Newcastle-upon-Tyne ; Crosby and Compton, Church -court, Old Jewry, London; Hoyle, Newcastle-upoa-Tyne. RECEPTION OF THE PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE.--Mr. J. K. Walker, the private secretary of the President, ap peared at the entrance of the main aisle, and the door keeper announced " A Message from the President of the United States." Mr. Walker bowed, and when he had resumed bis upright position, said:—" Mr. Speaker —I am directed by the President of the United States to deliver to the House a message in writing." Before the long and anxiously-looked-for document was conveyed to the table, and while on its way thither, there were cries of " Let's hear what he has to say about the war." "Go ahead with it." " Now for, the news. The clerk broke the envelope, and, 10l there was the Message. However, he preferred readipgovfreormthae printed copy; and having proviouslrye turned of mdedssatgoesg, fresh from the press, was p laced en the corner of the clerk's pthaeinhpohnleottlratholes easeseimtsblage. length , A he bundleP proceeded table, and immediately nearly all the members left their seats, and went in that direction to procure copies. Some of those wbo remained in their places cried out, " B r i ng me one ; two, if you choose." The Speaker rapped, and requested gentlemen to preserve oriler.—(B ow c o uld they under the circumstances ?) The page s were seen running over the hall with copi es of the Message in their hands :—" Bring up some this way, boys," said one • p"lfiuedrn,itsrhanucisuifiliristyt,"v‘raesmarreksteodreadr atnhder.genAtallembeellingleasnuepd: backed in their seats to read the Message, keeping pace with the clerk. In the clause wherein the name of " Jackson" is mentioned as having said the wrongs of Mexico should no longer be endured, the clerk, by mis take, read " Jefferson," Half.a-dozen corrected him by crying out " Jackson," "Jackson said that." The clerk proceeded, and when he came to that part about the permission granted to Santa Anna, by Commodore Con nor, to pass the blockade and go into Vera Cruz, there was suppressed laughter and cry of " Oh !" EARLY LAMBING.—On the morning of Thursday last, an ewe, belonging to Mr. Longwill, Nether Meadow, near Dairy, dropped two lambs, which are both doing well. The same ewe had lambs last season about the ame time.—Edinburgh Evening Post. LORD RECTORSHIP OF THE UNIVERIITY.—LORD J. RUSSELL'S VISIT TO GLASGOW.—We understand that, unless detained by unforeseen circumstances, Lord John Russell will arrive in Glasgow on Tuesday, the lath of April, for the purpose of being in sta lled Lo r d as Rector of the University.—Glasgow Argue. 161 4 5 1, 4 4g 17 1 / 2 1114 1% p 1' p 37% 6% 343; 11% 35 1 15 1 4 3 1 4 3% 64 4... 8 34 121/2 2i; 3,/, dis IN p 40 17 44 3% vii P 181 15% - it 3-/ 10 1 / 4 35% the iPPe r the [ my Hoye our ,ures .t by and and !ntly igate Tisits fiord ✓orld e de to of sfac uch- fresh rhich pain, r the two f La ly to ncert le re f re-