The Sun. — London, England, 1857-09-24 00:00:00

T S s u , LoN ka F="l no tr s E 'L. a - - 4 f , 1 fii i n P Mrl3 E Pt, 24 1 8 5 7 HOMICIDE BY A BRITISH. OFFICER IN MOICPREAL. The murdered woman is proved to have been a woman of about 30 years of age, whose history for a few years F ast has thus been timed. She for merly lived as cook in the family of the Hon. Mrs. Hutchinson, at Dorset-house, Clifton, and upon the breaking up of her establishment by that lady with a view to her removal to Iceland, she went to live in the service of a lady named Cave, at Down enti, Gloucestershire. Subsequently she was in the wervice of Mrs. Weston, of River-street, Bath, and 'upon the death of that lady and the breaking of her establishment she went to reside as head cook in the family of the Rev. Mr. Bythesea, of Fresh ford, near Bath, where she lived till within a com paratively few hours of her murder. She had given Bythesea notice of her intention to leave for Ole purpose of getting married to a young man who - had kept her company, and she had informed her fellow-servants that the name of that young man was Beale. Beale, who was a Bath man, had been also living in service, and there is reason for believing that the deceased remitted him a sum of money to Borne where in the neighbourhood of Northampton, for the purpose of paying his expenses down to Ball,. At about 4 o'clock on Wednesday, the 9th ir.st. (the body was discovered murdered on Friday, the 11th inst.), Beale arrived at the house of the Rev. Mr. Bythesea, where he remained for about three hours, taking tea with the servants, and as sisting the deceased to pack her boxes, which were fetched away by a porter of the Wilts and Somerset Itailwv.y. There were three boxes—one covered with block leather with some nails, acid two covered Witt, paper of different patterns. They wore all Mkel in some coarse wrappers and corded, and 'W ere, it is believed, all directed. One was noticed to have a card upon it addressed, "Mr. Beale, passenger to Bristol." At 7, d ecease d an d B ea l e tr 7 k leave of the dome s ti cs o f M r . B y th esea ' s esta ,o/ement an d l o ft , stat i ng that their ultimate in 1, Con was to go to America. At th e ti me w h en Yl - ft, Charlotte Pugsley wore a speckled straw Lea esnt with ,n,eof the ribbon ribbons, the curtain, which was wore a large black being ed ge d w ith l ace . Sh e with black of O r l eans , w ith bl ac k braid, and li ne d she had a silk mantl. !ick, but it was known that u.nd some shawls in her boxes. sk i , h a d money with her, but her fellow-servants +,:hink that it was nut more than 6/. or Si. but on this point nothing certainbee yet been ascertained. n After leaving Mr. Bythesea's they d i d proceed to the Freshford but to the Stoke t • station of the vailway, whence it is believed they went on to Bristol. The dreadful sequence as reg ar d, the been already publishen d. 1) -aPPY young woman h as That affecting the man has not yet been traced out, but it is feared that he way have sailed (ur at any rate is about to sail) for America. A young woman, a fellow-servant of her every of deceased lit Mr. Bythesea's, and who slept In night, was yesterday brought over by Inspector Norris to inspe c t the deceased's clot Les, which have tteenleft in the charge of Superintendent Handcock. She identified nearly all the articles, some of thf.m in the most indubitable 'manner. The frill . r , )und the dress she herself fetched home from the wash, the black undersleeves she saw the deceased make and tank into her dress the day before she left, she stating that she did it as she thought that her dress sleeve was too short. Her stockings the young Woman had mended for her ou the Tuesday, and she recognises some peculiarities in her own work. Her description of Charlette'Pugsley likewise cor responds precisely with the deceased. Inspector Bel) has succeeded in finding a laundress who worked fclr Charlotte Pugsley, and she also recognises the traarke on the linen! The Montreal Argus publis,'les the following ac count of an event which has bee: more briefly re- ported by telegraph : " On Thursday evening an affair tc` ok St. Ann's Suburbs, which terminated in the death ~c© in the of a man named Dempsey. It seems th at, time, a picquet of two or three officers .has for some s nightly gone the rounds of that ward with police, in search of soldiers absent from roll-call in the ea -tailing. On Thursday evening Lieut. Tryan was desp atched on that duty, and applied to the chief of poli ce, Capt. Hays, to supply him with a few men to enable him to search such houses as he might believe har boured deserters from the regiment. This Capt. Hays did not feel authorised to grant, and Lieut. Tryan then wished him good night, and said he would go by himself. While in Griffintown he saw come out of a tavern two men, each carrying a bun dle, whom he overheard speaking of going to the United States. Lieut. Tryan accosted them, and charged them with being deserters. This brought on disturbance. The men struck Lieut. Tryan, who declared himself an officer on duty, and armed, threatening that if attacked he would fire in self defence. To show himself in earnest, he fired one barrel of a revolver in the air, declaring that the piece was loaded. Being attacked and down, he fired twice, and the balls passed through the body of Dempsey, one of his assailants, a man aged about 24 years, who died in a very short time after re ceiving e wound. The police came up to the scene of conflict, and saved Lieut. Tryan from in evitable destruction, as the crowd was both nume rous and furious. He surrendered himself to the police, by whom he was taken into custody, and is so retained awaiting the verdict of the coroner's jury, which assembled yesterday afternoon at the New Court-house. Such, so far as we have been able to gather them, the particulars of an affray, which has created much regret throughout the city. In the pretent state of the inquiry we forbear all comment on the case." An inquest on the body of Dempsey was pro cceeding at the date of the steamer's departure. From the evidence already taken, we take that of two of the most important witnesses : " Mary Parkyn, wife of Robert Bishop, sworn —I reside in Murray-street, Griffintown. I have resided in Montreal about 28 years. On Thursday night 1 heard some people talking loudly about two streets from where I live. It appeared. to come from the far end of Gabriel-street. I thought that the cause of the loud talking was that a man who keeps a tavern there had put out a person who was unwilling to go. When I heard the noise, I was standing on the gallery at the back of my house. I saw the flash of a pistol and heard the report. Immediately after I heard a great hallooing, talk ing loudly, and a great rushing at the end of Mr. Larkin'swood-yard, as if persons were running after the report of the pistol. I heard a person say, 'Go away,' three times. He spoke louder every time, and I thought the person who spoke was an edu cated one. I said so to my daughter at the time. I shut my back door and went to the front door, and I looked up towards Mr. Larkin's corner. I saw three or four men running. I never saw any run so fast. They were coming towards ray house. One man, and he was the first, was three or four yards in front of another. I closed my door just as he passed, and I did not recognise how he was dressed. I went to the window and saw the rest of the men peas. I did not recognise any of them. Did not hear one word from them as they passed. Remained at the window for some time. After they passed my house, I heard some of them say 'Kill him ! kill him.' Did not see any weapons in their hands, or see them throw any stones. I then heard two shots fired immediately after each other. The man that was shot just walked past the step of my door. He had laid down there on his side. I opened the door a little, and beard him say ' I'm done' several times. Saw a number of persons gather round him, raise him up, and take him to the next lot to me, and lay him there. The party I first saw running down the street ap peared as if running for his life. This occurrence took place between 11 and 12 o'clock at night. "John Bailey—Am foreman on the Victoria bridge. Reside in Murray-street, Griffintown ; have resided there for the last sixteen years. I was at home on Thursday night, the 3d inst. About half-past 12 o'clock that night I heard a noise ; I thought about the corner of Eleanor and Gabriel streets. I heard a person in a commanding voice demand his cap. He appeared to be an educated person, above the common persons of that neigh bourhood. I heard the other party say, 'Go on about your own business ; that will do—that will do.' After that I beard a noise as of persons run ning towards Murray-street. I heard very loud talking, and Loalled to my wife to throw me my trousers, as I thought there was going to be a row in the street. While I was putting my trousers on, the door being partly open, I heard a st one strike against my fence. Immediately after I heard two pistol shots, and on looking out then I saw a man rise and fall three times on the side walk as he was advancing. I saw a man who I thought had fired the shots run across the street under a gallery, and continue back again to Gabriel street. The person I saw fall I recognised to be John Dempsey, the deceased. The person who ran across the road I heard say to the party who was pressing on him. ' Don't make an attack on me.' This was before the stone was thrown. There were four or five persons pressing him, crying out, ' Go into him,' Pin him,' as I understood it. I could not recognise the party who fired the shots, as I did not look at him particularly. I went up to deceased and opened his clothes to see if he was bleeding— finding no blood I turned him over to see if the ball had passed out behind. I did not hear the deceased speak, and did not follow him after the arrival of the doctor. I knew Dempsey about 12 months ago as a teamster in the employ of the Grand Trunk Railway contractors. He appeared to be a quiet man. " By a Juror—The person shot was among the parties who were pursuing the man who fired. They were all near to the man who fired the pistol. The person pursued told them ' not to attack him, as he had the means of defending himself, and would use them.' The cause of the firing was on account of the stone being thrown at. him. Were it done to me I would have acted in the same manner. I was standing on my gallery when the two shots were fired, about three or four yards from the person firing. The two shots I heard fired were in the di rection of the assailants." A. RACING SQUABBLE. On SaturJay a case came before the Doncaster magistrates, which excited much interest, in which a person named Spraig was summoned for being engaged in a serious disturbance that occurred in the inclosure at Doncaster on Friday, immediately after Blink Bonny had won the Park-hill Stakes. Mr. Superintendent Little, of Newark, stated that he was in the ring after the race for the Park-hill Stakes had been won, and dissatisfaction was ex pressed at the running of the winner, who ran the race in two or three seconds less time than the St. Leger was run in, though over precisely the same distance. The owner and jockey were in danger of being illused, and policemen were called to protect them. Great uproar and excitement continuing, it was thought advisable to get away Mr. I'Auson in a cab, but no sooner had they got that gentle man to the end of the inclosure than those in the ring followed, and then the disturbance was taken up by the " outsiders." The defendant was stand ing on the top of an omnibus, in a conspicuous place. He shouted, and, holding up his stick, called out as loud as he possibly could, "Kill him, kill him ; kill the —. ' Had those at the outside got hold of Mr. I'Anson he believed they would have killed him. Mr. Sheardown, the presiding magistrate, asked what was the cause of the uproar ? Mr. Fisher, the clerk, said he happened to be there, and saw the disturbance. It occurred in this manner :—The Park-hill Stakes were won by Blink Bonny on Friday, carrying 101 b. more than she did in the St. Leger, and running the race in two seconds less time. The moment the mare came to the ring there was a disturbance, owing to the impression that the owner and the jockey "had fleeced the public." Whether that opinion was right or wrong was another thing. Mr. ShearSowir—Then this inference, whether right or wrong, was the cause of the excitement ? Mr. Fisher said it was. The Magistrata then, having ascertained that no personal violence was used in the ring, and that the defendant bad done nothing more than shout out, attri buted to him, d s ismiised the summons. Previously, however, was asked whether he had so conducted him f. He denied having used the language attri admitted basing • had been and stated that lie only said, " Hang the a Blink rar nn remark he interpreted as meaning that pulled in the St. Leger. He ment should Mr. shear lug been greatly excited. Sheardownnyregretted that such great excite not done more than prevailed, but as Spraig bad convict. 1-1 others the bench could not ;Instructions of the di mattith,.auctioneer, con- BRITISH SIMAZ,II2FINING 0 AN y Tty, g y u gN . g PATENT.—Yeaterday, under the MP -. '''''' .-------2-- rectors cf this company, Mr. A. on the pre cluded a two days' sale by public Bermond raii6B of the company, Mill - street, m D ac o e h e t rE n i; a d, hey, in lots, of the whole of the utensils for carrying on the operations of mach inery, and upon Bessemer's proceEs, together with the p - o er t o - e r ne e :C wr m n f. ture of the company. A large number of present, but the property fetched prices at an immense ere reduction on the coat but little wore than a year ago, THE ROYAL BRITISH BANK.' COURT OF BANKRUPTCY. (Before Mr. Commissioner Holroyd.) Tll ROYAL BRITISH BANS-IfEETING FOIL .TIIE LAST EXAMINATION OF THE DIRECTORS. Yesterday was appointed for the last examination of ;he directors representing the Royal British Bank under the bankruptcy. Three balance-sheets have been filed, extending over upwards of 800 folio pages. TIN CLAM OF MR. MYERS.—Mr. Linklater, for the assignees, said, that a few days since the Court was applied to with respect to a claim made by Mr. Myers, the builder, and it was submitted that the matter should be submitted to reference, but the assignees considered it was not so much a matter of account as law, and he therefore had to ask his Honour to fix a day for discus- sing the case. His Honour appointed the 28th of October for that purpose. Mr. Linklater said this was the meeting for the last meeting, and two balance-sheets had been filed, but so recently that an adjournment was absolutely necessary in order that the assignees might have an opportunity of examining the accounto. One balance was prepared by Mr. Coleman ; one by Mr. Stapleton individually ; another on behalf of Mr. Alderman Kennely, Mr. Vail- lant, Mr. Esdaile and M‘Leod ; and one by Messrs. Cooper and Stevens on the part of Messrs. Gillott, Hurst, and Butt, who became directors on the sth of August, before the bankruptcy. The Court had directed that the balance-sheet should be filed on or before the lst of Sept., but the first was not filed until the 12th Lust, and that by Messrs. Cooper and Stevens only this morning. Mr. Sleigh, Mr. Mason, and Mr. Fresh&ld, who appeared for the directors, assented to the adjournment. Mr. LINKLA.TBR then said—lt was originally proposed that a dividend sitting should be appointed for this day. When here on the 24th of June last the assignees thought they might make almost a final dividend by this time ; we were then in expectation of the termination of pro- ceediuge which were taken against gentlemen (whose names I need not mention) for the sum of 16,0001. They, however, declined to try the question between the as- signees and themselves at law and applied to the Court o Chancery to stay the action. That was on the eve of the long vacation, and upon the defendants giving what was equivalent to judgment in the action, and undertaking to bring into court 16,0001., the action was stayed. That money has been paid to the Court of Chancery, and will unfortunately be locked up till the month of November. The question lies in a very narrow compass, and by the end ot November it will no doubt be terminated in favour of the assignees. Some delay was also caused with refer ence to one of Mr. H. Brown's ships, the freight of which we expected to realise on her arrival. She wns however, attached at Hamburg by creditors whose debts Mr. H. Brown ought himself to have paid. Proceedings were taken in the Hamburg Courts, and within the last few days the Court of Appeal has decided in-favour of the as signees. Another cause of delay has been the inability of the assignees to dispose of their property at the Wel-h mines, although they have made every effort to do so. An item of 125,0001. appears upon the balance sheet for expenditure upon those mines, and interest upon the outlay. The assignees now propose themselves to visit the mines, to see what, if anything, can be done with the landlord ; and if any of the creditors can make any suggestion to the assignees that will enable them to dispose of the property, the assignees will gladly attend to it. But for these delays we should hare been in a position to declare almost a final dividend. It has been said that the assignees should give information to the creditors from time to time respecting the realisation of the estate. It should be borne in mind, however, that assignees have no opportunity of conveying information to the public or the creditors except upon occasions like the present, when by the kind indulgence of the Court they avail themselves of the opportunity of communi cating intelligence respecting the estate. Much has been said relative to the Act of Parliament to which Mr. Mason bas referred. The assignees and all interested in the case felt that if some legislative enactment could be obtained giving the assignees, as the representatives of the creditors, power to discharge individual shareholders upon payment of a reasonable amount, or to dis charge the whole body of shareholders by some general compromise which should have the ascent of an overwhelming majority of creditors, it would be of great advantage to the creditors. The assignees, there fore, took very great pains for the purpose, and suc ceeded in obtaining a measurer which received the Royal assent on the 25th of last month. The rights of indivi dual creditors are interfered with by that Act only fer the general good, and instead of the shareholders being at the mercy of individual creditors an opportunity is now afforded them of aiding in a general compromise which will satisfy the creditors generally. Failing in that, the assignees have the power_ to compromise with any shareholder, but in doing so ttey would have regard to his mesas. Now, sir, the creditors generally are not injured by this Act of Parliament. Each has a perfect right to go on against any shareholder, first applying to the Court for leave to proceed, and unless that share holder gives security to the satisfaction of the Court, and also to the satisfaction of the assignees, as the repro ' sentativen of the creditors, to such an amount as may in that particular case be required for contribution to wards payment of all the debts, the creditors' hands will no longer be tied at all. Very great efforts are being made for the purpose of carrying out the ge neral compromise. A meeting of the creditors was held at the Freemasons' Tavern (which was very numerously attended) on the 4th March last. A very large majority of the creditors assented to the terms that were then suggested. The assignees required payment in the whole of 16e. 6d. in the pound. There will, we treat, be 10s. in the pound under the bankruptcy, and a further con tribution from the shareholders of 6s. 6d. in the pound. Shortly after that meeting the dissolution of Parliament took place, and it did not assemble till May. Not one word of objection was raised in either house by any cre ditor of the Royal British Bank, or any one in connexion with it, to the passing of the Act of Parliament. It did unfortunately happen that the Tipperary Bank case had excited some opposition on a former occasion, and the Bill was delayed until the termination of an appeal in that case then pending in the House of Lords. The Bill did not receive the Royal Assent before the 25th of August. A meeting of many of the solicit ors interested for influential shareholders had been previously called. I attended that meeting as re presenting the assignees, as did also the official manager, who is assisting to carry out this compromise. A circular was issued, announcing to the shareholders abroad that the Bill was expected shortly to become law, and in viting them to return to this country for the purpose of contributing to the common fund. Many have since re turned, and there can be no question that their safety &pinch; upon their willingness to contribute so as to put a stop to further proceedings. The solicitors who re present the shareholders are (xerting themselves, and are most anxious to bring about that result. Should a general compromise not take place the opportunity will be afforded to the assignees (which undoubtedly they will exercise) of compromising with individual share heldere, and the others will be liable to the attacks of creditors. I have felt it due to the assignees to make these observations, because s me misconcep tion has arisen as to the course the assignees have pursued. The assignees, who are themselves large creditors, can have but one interest in oommon with those who have appointed them. They have desired to get what they can from the shareholders, and the ques tion iet., which is the best course to adopt ? There has been subscribed a fund of 10,0001. by the shareholders as a guarantee fund. That fund will be forfeited to the creditors if the compromise should not by carried out, and unless within the next month that object shall be effected the assignees will give no further time, but will proceed to deal with individual shareholders,' leaving those who will not contribute exposed to the proceedings of creditors. It will be rather out of place to make any observations with reference to the prosecutions ; but one word on that subject in consequence ot the misconcep tion that appears to have arisen. It seems to have been supposed that the ex officio informations filed by the At torney-General embraced almost all those matters of complaint to which your Honour's judgment referred. That, however, is not so. At present there has been no information with reference to the circumstance under which the orignal charter was obtained, nor to the misrepresentations to the Board of Trade for the purpose of obtaining the supplemental charter. The question raised is that in which the public are more materially interested—viz., whether or not the directors did conspire to defraud the shareholders and creditors and the public by false accounts and representations known to be untrue. That is the simple question which will have to be tried in the month of December if the labour necessary in getting up the cases can be got through by that time. Mr. Gillett, one of the directors, said—l think it is those eight directors who signed the certificates to the Board of Trade ought to be punished. They represented that they had got 100,0001. capital paid up, and I and many round me feel that if the charter had not been falsely obtained this Lank would never have existed. Mr. LAWRANCS said—The right of individual credi tors to proceed for the recovery of their debts must be somewhat controlled by the statute, and each application against a shareholder would depend on is own peculiar circumstances. No such bill could have been passed but for the aid of the assignees, and great benefit is likely to result from it, while, at the same time a great scandal will have been removed from the profession to which my friend and I belong. Proceedings have been taken which have resulted in ruin to many shareholders, and the selyeut shareholders have been compelled to leave the count7y. A general compromise, to be !auctioned by the assignees and by the Court, would be m ;et advantageous as well for the shareholders as the creditors, and, if carried out, the 16i. 6d. in the pound would be paid ; but there can be no question that the proceedings by individual creditors have very seriously prejudiced that compromise. No time should be lost on the part of the shareholders in determining at once whether thet compromise should be carried out. In justice to the assignees, in justice to the creditors and those shareholders who are willing to contribute to the extent of their means, I am bound to state, whatever may be the result either of com promise or the application for individual discharge of the shareholder, that our best thanks are due to the assig nees for the pains they have taken. It was ()below in the very first instance that in a remedial measure of this kind no effort on the part of the share holders could be successful unless supported by the assignees. The Bill was framed and carried with the . . joint assistance of my friends, Mr. Linklater and Mr. Field, who undertook the management of the details elsewhere, and the result is to place the shareholders in alposition of temporary and comparative safety ; but it Would be a most ungrateful return if the shareholders do net take advantage of the opportunity afforded them, and contribute for the general compromise. Many I represent who have returned in consequence of this Act having passed will use their beat exertions to carry it out. The amount is very large, 170,0001., bat Ido be lieve that if shareholders knew the vital importance to themselves in carrying out this compromise the amount might be subscribed. My friend has alluded to the conduct of the assignees. I can only say that they have well and zealously discharged their duties. The pre ceedings which have been referred to have been taken independently of this Court. Mr. LINICIATER.-With reference to the liability of the now shareholders, I may observe that before the assignees proceeded with the examination of the direc tors, or made public the circumstances connected with the failure of the " Royal British Bank," they had the consent of almost all the new shareholders, abandoning any claim against the estate. line question of the liability of the new shareholders to the creditors has been Solemnly decided by the Court of Queen's Bench, Ex chequer, and Common Pleas, and there can be no ques tion that they are liable to the creditors of the bank, although, as between themselves and the el ;f share holders, they may not be liable to contribute on the ground of fraud ; even that question is appealed in the Court of Chancery. The COMMISSIONER.—I am in great hopes that that Act of Parliament will be found a beneficial measure, and that a general compromise may be effected, so as to finally wind up the affairs of this most unfortunate bank. • The meeting was then adjourned for two months. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—Sept. 22. MANSION-HOUSE.—lsaac Johnson, William Day, and John Taylor, journeymen shoemakers, were charged with having stolen a shawl, of the value of 11., from the person of Mrs. Rogers, of GO, Mark-lane. The circumstances connected with this case, which were of a somewhat strange character, dis closed a long course of brutal trettment on the part of the husband of the prosecutrix - towards her self, and formed the ground for a separate charge against him of aggravated assault, as the sequel will show. The prosecutrix, a care-worn miserable looking creature, of about 50 years of age, and who seemed in great pain, said—l am the wife of Thomas Ro gers, shoemaker, of 60, Mark-lane. In conse quence of an altercation with my husband, he turned me out of the house, and at 20 minutes to 4 o'clock this morning I was sitting on the step of the Corn Exchange Hotel. I was wearing the shawl produced, and was perfectly sober. I was in excessive pain from a blow in my side, which my husband gave me last night. While sitting on the steps of the hotel, the_ three prisoners ap proached me, and Day said to me, " Come, we don't allow common prostitutes to sit on door-steps this time of morning." I replied that 1. was no prostitute, and that I was sitting there to prevent further cruelty from my husband. I desired them to go about their business. As they wore leaving, Day took my shawl from my shoulderA, and they walked together towards the Minories. I was in such pain that I could not raise myself hastily, but as soon as I was able to do so I mentioned what had occurred to a policeman, who went- after the pri sonsrs and took them into custody. W. Smith, constable 517-1 was on duty this morning in Hart-street a little before 4 o'clock, and in consequence of what the prosecutrix told me I pursued the prsoners and overtook them in the Minories. Johnson had a bundle - under 11;s arm. I asked him what it contained, and he said it was a shawl which he had picked up. Day at the same time said that the handkerchief which the shawl was tied up in belonged to him. The ptosecutrix was perfectly sober, but very much excited. I had seen -her several times in the course of the night, when she complained to me of the ill treatment she had experienced at the hands of her husband. John Ringravo, constable 705—1 was on duty in Mark-lane this morning. I know the pro secutrix. Unfortunately she is sometimes com pelled to go out of doors at night in conse quence of her husband's ill-treatment. I saw 11 ,, r this morning, about half-past three. Last night I heard her husband and herself having words up the gateway. She went to bed. About half past 11 o'clock she came down stairs undressed. I think he had put her into the water-butt—(sensa tion)—she was very wet. Mrs. Herrison,the land lady of a public house, was trying to restore peace and quietness between them. The prosecutrix afterwards went over to the doctor's, and when she returned her husband would n ot l e t her in. The Lord Mayor—Had she gono to the doctor's in consequence of her being in such pain ? Witness—Yes. She was in very great pain, and could hardly move. The Lord Mayor—ln addition to the charge against the three prisoners of stealing the shawl, there is a charge before me now againstthe husband for iil-treating his wife. The prisoners Job usc,u, Day, and Taylor will be remanded. (To the pro- SCJ utrix)—ls your husband bore 7 Prosecutrix—Yes, my lord (pointing him out.) The Lord Mayor—Let him be taken into custody immediately. Thomas Rogers was accordingly taken into cus tody and placed in front of the dock. The Lord Mayor—A. very serious charge has been made against you of havin g i n j ure d your wife, as appears from the doctor's certificate. I have therefore ordered you into custody. The defendant's wife was then sworn, and said— I retired to rest about 20 minutes past 10 last night. I had no sooner undressed myself and pre pared for bed than my husband entered the room in a violent rage, and, without the least provoca tion on my part, struck me many severe blows on my face and the back of my head. He severely injured two of my ribs, one of which is fractured. I called upon him to desist, but he continued beat ing me over the whole of my body. Mrs. Richard son, the landlady of a neighbouring public-house, came to my assistance, and I was enabled to escape into the street. My husband has frequently sworn he would take my life. He uses me worse than a dog. the Lord Mayor—The defendant must enter into his own recognizancea in 20/ to appear here on Fri day, and Mrs. Richardson must also attend and give evidence. Ringrove (the officer) —My lord, it is most dan , gerous for the prosecutrix to be at home with the plisomr. The defendant's wife takes care of some chambers, and when the iron gates at the entrance to them are locked, we cannot get at him so as to prevent him from ill-using his wife. The Lord Mayor—l should recommend the pre sceutrix to go to St. Bartholomew's Hospital. Prosecutriz—l cannot do that. I have had charge of these offices for the last 12 years. I knew the wife of this man (her husband), who used a little money, I ma ) a l r i r i i d e e d l h ti i s m fau p l a t i s d , o a ff n d havin g all his debts, and be has drawn me of almost every pound I possessed. He is a shot maker by trade, but does no work. I have to keep him. He had repeated!y sworn he would t die my life. He told me yesterday that before four-and-twenty hours were over I should die with my shoes on. The Lord Mayor—This case has assumed so s2rious a character that I shall call upon the de fendant to find a surety in 10/. and to enter into his own recognisances in a similar amount, to keep the peace, and to attend here on Friday next. GUILDHALL.—A man named Shute was placed at the bar before Alderman Hale charged with assaulting a policeman in the execution of his duty. _ _ Police-constable, 377, said—l was in a public lt in Bride-lane this morning, whe❑ I saw the prisoner offering to fight the landlord. I at tempted to remove him, and he assaulted me, and tried to push me into the road. I took him into custody. Police-constable, 360, said-1 as , istecl the last witness, and saw the assault committed. A large Spanish clasp knife was found on him, in addition to a couple of besting books. Inspector Harding said—The knife is what is called a life preserver. Alderman Hale—l should call it a life destroyer ; it is a most formidable weapon. Prisoner—The knife was given to me by a friend. I am a respectable man, and I ought to have been liberated on bail when I tendered it. Inspe3tor Harding—l offered to let biro put in bail as soon as he was sober. Alderman Hale—And ;ite right too. It is not usual for respectable men to be drunk so early in the morning. is he connected with the bet ing fra ternity infeiting - that neighbourhood ? Inspector Shelford—l have never seen him among then), although I know him to live been in custody several times for drunk and disorderly conduct, and (lice for felooy. Prisonr.r—l never have been in custody for felony, neither have I ever been before the magis trate. Inspec'or Shelfercl—l do not believe ho is a thief, sir, but I can inform you of every circum stance connected with the charge of felony. Alderman Hale—lf you aro in the habit of get ting drunk and carrying such dewily weapons, you must be a very dan gerous character. I shall fine you 40A., or in default one months imprisonment. The fine was paid. BOW-STREET.—A n application was made to Mr. Henry by Mr. W. B. Roche, who stated that he was the editor of Paul Pry. The applicant complained of the rep or t s which• had appeared of a case at this court re p o rted in yesterday s Sun. Ile denied that Paul Pry was among the papers ' CLERKENWELL.—WiIIiam Edwards, a dirty looking boy, aged 16, residing at 11, Peerless place, City-road, described on the charge-sheet as a watch finisher, was placed at the bar before Mr. Tyrwhitt, charged with feloniously placing a num ber of stones and bricks on the metals of the North London Railway to the danger of paszengers, at Islington. From the evidence of one of the railway watch men and other witnesses, it appeared that on the preceding afternoon the prisoner had got down on the banks of the railway near the footpath bridge between Highbury and the Green-lanes, one of the most dangerous curves on the whole line. He was there seen at first to place small pieces of sticks on the metals, which were broken into small pieces. do then ran away, but in a short time afterwards returned, and not content with putting small stones on the line, got a number of bricks, which were cut in half by the trains going over them, and which caused the carriages to jolt very much. When he was taken into custody he did not deny the charge, but seem"d to think the matter a great joke. Numerous complaints have been made to the police and to the railway company of the boys throwing stones at the trains and the drivers, but owing to tiie bridge being surrounded with brick-fields, it was wAli the greatest difficulty that any of the low boys and fellows could be apprehended. The offence of which the prisoner stands charged is a very seii otis one, and it is provided by the 14th and 15th Vict , cap. 19, that any one convicted of the offence may be transported for life, or not less than seven y!ars. The bricks were produced in court, and hid the marks of the wheels on them. Mr. Tyrwhitt said the charge was a very serious lone, and committed the prisoner to Newgate for A. respectably dressed man offered to become bail for the prisoner. Mr. Tyrwhitt said the offence was one or the most dangerous that could b 3 possibly committed. Ele should not accept bail fur the present, bet the applicant might apply again at the expiration of a week. WORSHIP-STREET.—William Walters, a car man, in the service of a gentleman named Wood, at Haves stock-hill, was charged before Mr. D'Eyn court with having caused the death of Geo. Turner, a fine boy, eleven years of age, the son of poor parents at Kingslaud. Edward Sell, a conductor of an omnibus running from Kingslaud-gate to the Elephant and Castle, stated that at four o'clock ye iterday afternoon he was standing at the starting place, waiting for his omnibus to turn out of Ball's-pond-road, and saw the deceased riding on the steps of the vehicle ; di rectly the boy perceived he was noticed he jumped off, and ran across the road against the shift of a heavy cart, whic'i the prisoner was slowly driving. The concussion knocked the child down, and the off wheel passed over his chest, crushing it fright fully. Witness ran ou seeing him fall, but was too late to save hirn. Wm. Tate, a labourer, confirmed this statement, and both agreed. that not any blame attached t 3 the accused. Mansfield, 274 N, said that on hearing of the circumstance he went after the prisoner, who it ap p , ared had just conveyed the boy to he German Hospital, he gave a similar ace - rant of the affair, adding, " If it had been the Queen I could not have avoided it." They returned to the hospital and then saw the little fellow die. Au officer observed that it wai astonishing acci dents were not of more frequent occurrence at the " Gate;" as children were in the continual practice of riding on the steps of the numerous omnibuses that every minute of the day circled round the spot. He had frequently driven the deceased away, but the dangerous amusement could not be stopped. After some further inquiry the prisoner was ordered to be discharged, as he was manifestly blameless. Thomas James, driver of the cab 3,772, was summoned for unlawfully demanding excess of fare, and having used insulting and abusive language to Mr. Frederick Herbert Hemmings. _ Tho complainant stated that on the morning of the 14th inst. he engaged the defendant at the door of his counting-house, in Mark-lane, Fencherch street, to drive him first to Moorgate-street, and thence to the Shoreditch terminus of the Eastern Counties Railway. The whole journey, including a delay of three minutes at the office of the steam packet company, in Moorgate-street, did not oc cupy more than 20 minutes, yet defendant de manded 2s. Complainant mildly told him it was an overcharge, and tendered Is. 6d., on which the driver repeatedly called him a " shabby old gentle mm." On the advice of a constable he gave the defendant another 6d., which he took declaring that made up his right fare ; and the present pro cess was subsequently taken out against him. Since then it had been ascertained that le. was the list claim. _ _ _ _ _ . _ _ --- Defendant now insisted that he had been detained a,quarter of an hour, or very near it. He expressed regret that he had insetted. Mr. Hemmings, and said he had made a mistake in the amount of him fare, but thought h 3 was entitled to the 6d. for wmiting. Mr. D'Eyncourt observed that drivers fre quently indulged in the belief that any overcharge made at a railway station was not likely to be a matter of future dispute, in consequence of the par ties probably going for a long period into the country. The defendant was ultimately fined 205., and G. 6d. costs, or 15 days' imprisonment. THE MURIMB BY AN ITALIAN SEA MAN IN RATCLIFF-HIGHWAY, Yesterday Mr. W. Baker jun., deputy-coroner, held an inquest at the Court-house, \Voilelose, on the body of George de Matras, a Greek sailor, aged 34, who was stabbed by an Italian seaman, named Jose de Rosario, iu Neptune-street, Ratliff-high way. The inquiry lasted several hours, and the evidence continued what has been published of the tragical affair. The deceased is described to have and, being well he had opened in the well known enieoori;ali lodging gne2aioiconeuga house ot l e at t k i si2nocdzostiftt George's-street,nalnen, neighbourhood of the murder. Rosario was paid off from an American . ship, whi c h arr i ve d i n th e L.mdon Docks some four or live days since. On Sunday morning he was having words with a pros titute, whom he struck. The deceased, who was passing at the time, remonstrated With him on in cising the girl, when the fellow took from his poc ket a large stiletto kind of knife, and plunged it into the uukrtunate man. Altogether he rccmived s.!ven fearful stab , , one of which peuetrated the heart, and caused speedy death. Tue Jury returnol a verdict of " wilful murder" against Ro3ario, who was committed on the coro ner's warrant to tike his trial at the next sittings of the Central Criminal Court. The Foreman of the jury said that they wished to notice the very disgraceful way the foreign sailors' lodging-houses in that neighbourhood were conducted. Tbey suggested that some means should be taken to deprive sailors of their knives ; at present it was quite dangerous for any quiet peaceable person to walk along the streets while foreign sailors in a mad drunken state were about. It was recommended that there should be more police in the di s t r i c t. 1 The Coroner said no doubt the suggestions of the (jury would have every attention on the part of the police authorities. seized in Holywell-str4 - _ , ,et, and also than it was au obscene paper. Mr. Mace, the chief usher, stated that several copies of Paul Pry which had been seized were pro duced by Mr. Durkin on the day previous. _ _ _ Mr. Roche said that the two numbers of Paul Pr!' for which the publisher was imprisoned were never issued. When it was found that they con tained objectionable matter, they were destroyed. The magistrate, Mr. Henry, said that he saw no miitatements to correct. Mr. Jardine would have to decide at the next hearing whether the books were obscene or not, which might be somewhat dif ficult. The editor then withdrew. MARLBOROUGH-STRE EL—Frederick Har ding was charged with obtaining two sovereigns from George Brown, by false pretences. George Brown, a b.)y in the service of Mr. Clarke, butcher, Hungerford-market, said that on Thursday morning his master gave him two sove reigns to go out and " back a horse" with. He wetA to the Haymarket, and seeing the defendant, asked him the price of the horse he was desired to back. The defendant said the odds were 7to 2, and then catching hold of hii hand, took from him the two sovereigns, saying, " That will do ; I'll pay in the morning if die horse wins." He went back to his master, and told him he had made the bet. His master asked him for the name of the person. He said he did not know if. His master sent him back to ask the name. He saw the defendant, and the defendant told him his name was Rogers. He re arced to his master, who told him to go and get the money back. He went, but defendant said, " It's all right ; I'll pay in the morning." The horse had since won, but his master had not re ceived the money. The defendant said he booked the bet in the name of Rogers, but did not say his own name was Rogers. He called witnesses to prove it, but the magistrate was dissatisfied with their testimony. Go the defendant stating that if he had time allowed he could produce a witness who could prove this point, the magistrate remanded the case, and allowed him to go a c large on bail. DR ICES OE SHARES. Prom the Official Last. PUBLISHED EVERY TUESDAY AND FRIDAY EVENING LONDON, TUESDAY, SEPT. 22, 1857. CANALS. Names of Companies. Ashtn &Olds Birmingham Coventry.. •• Derby .. • . • GrandJunetn Do., 6 pr. Ct. Dr and Union Kcnnt& Avn Leeds &Livrp Leicester.... Leicstr Lougliborogli Macclesfield. Neath •• •• Oxford.... • • 93 71. p. ct. 40 4/: 100 111. 100 61. 15s. 100 21. pr. ct. 10 W.. pr.ct. 100 7s. 6d 40 63. 100. 251. 100 51. 83 11.55. 143 701. 100 21. 10s. 100 161. 100 fi Dividend ' per co Annum. Name of Company. Berlin East London Do. 4 per Cent Pref. Do. 5 per Cent. Pref. Grand Junction Do. Kent—. .. . New .... •• Lambeth • ..... • • • • .. New River Company.. Southwark & Vauxhall 'West Middlesex .. Do. Do, . • Name of Company. flunzerford.... •• Southwark ......•• Ditto New of 71.,i p.c. Waterloo ..... ........ Ditto Old Amt. of 81. Ditto Nw ditto of 71. Vauxhall .. Name of Company Commercial .......... Do. Preference East and West India.. Grand Surry D. & Canal Do. Loan Notes .. .. Do. 5 per cent. Pref. London .• ••••••• •• • • St. Katharine • • .... •• Southampton ........ Victoria •• .•.. •• ••.. Ditto New .. •• •• •• GAS-LIGH' Name of Company. British Frovincial ...• Brighton . •• .. •• •• •• City of London ...... Equitable-. •• •• .. •• •• European .... . Great Central ........ Imperial .. •• •• Ditto New Ditto Debentures.. Do. Continental I st Cap Do. Do. 2d Cap Do. Do. 3d Cap Do. Do. 4th Cap Indepentlent .•• Dondop yarl. Proferen. Phainix . • • .. • . •• •• Ratcliff . Surrey Consumers United General .. • • • • Westminster Chartered Ditto, New .... • • • • Western A .• . Ditto B .... Name of Company. Albion .... • • .... • • .. Mlianas Brit. and For. Ditto Marina ....... Athenaeum ........ • • Atlas .. Argus Life British Commercial .. Church of England .. City of London .. Cleric Lated.& Gen. Life County • . • • .. • . Crown .... • • • • ...• • • Eagle Equity and Law...... European Life Family Endowment General Globe • .. •• •• Gresham Life D 0....... Do Guardian Imperial Fire... • • .... Imperial Life Indemnity Marine.... Law Fire ...........• Law Lite. • ... Legal and General Life London London & Prov. Law • • • • • • .. Med.lrvlid & Gen. Life Minerva • • ...... .• .. Monarch New Equitable Pelican .• •• •• •• •• •• •• Phcenix Profeseional Life...... Provident Life.... Rock Life.... .. •• .. Royal Exchange Bun Fire •••••• Ditto Life ..... United Kingdom .... Universal Life Victoria Life ...... • • Nama of Company. Australasia 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 Joint-Stock . • • Londn and Westminatr Nat. Provincial of Eng. Ditto, New .. •• • • • • Ditto ditto Nationr.l Bank ••. • • • New F‘ oath Wales .. • • Oriental Bank Corpora. Ottoman Bank • • Provincial of Ireland Ditto, New.• • .... •. South Australia • • -... Union of Australia.. • • Ditto • • • • • • • • • • Union of Hamburg.... Union of L0nd0n...... Unity Mutual .... • • • • Western Bunke Londn 201. per cent, s. d. 40 0 0 25 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 20 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 O 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 51. per cent. 9 per cent. 41. per cent. 51. per cent. 71. p. c. & bs. V. per cent. 51. per cent. WI. per cent. 6% per cent. 28 per cent. I 8! . per cent. 16p c. &be 61.peicent. 20'. per cent. 101. per cent. p. ct.acbs. 81. per cent. 5L per cent. 101. per cent. IL per cent. 151. per cent.l 15 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 Names of Companies. Dividend per I rri , Annum. Peak Forest. Regent's • • • • Rochdale.... Stfird &Won. Stombridge. Severn and I Wye Rail. Warwick & Binning. Warwick & Napton..s Worcstr & Binning. Wilts & BrkE 'ATER-WORKS. Dividend per Annum. 51. per ent. 64. per cnt. 41. per cent. 51. per cent. 4/. per cnt. 51. per cut 1,41. per cent BRIDGE Dividend per Annum. lOs per cent.) 11. 12s. ed. 11. Ss. Od. 28s. DOCKS. Dividend . per Annum. 51. pr cent. 61. pr cent. 41. per cent. 51. pr „ cent. 4%1. per cnt. 4 per cent. 51. Os per c. ET AND COB ' Dividend per Annum. COMP. Amount of Share. 71. per cent. 51. per cent. 21. per cent. 21. 6/. per cent. 81. per cent. IV. per cent. 31. ss. 41. 15s. 41.105. 61. per cent. 5),', per cnt 5/. 8!. per cent. 16s Od per sh .7 per cent. 'RANCE CO. Dividend per Annum. 71. per c. 71. 14s. 6d. ;1. p.c.& bs, 15s. Od. & be 4/. per cent. V. 10s. 71. 10s. pr ct.E6 bs. 11. per share a 18s. i 4 per cent. 1 U. 41. per cent. 6 per cent. 51. per cent. 51. per cent L2l. per cent :14s. p. et. dabs. 2s & 2s bons 211. per sh. 4s. per share, 18s. & be. 4%' per cent - 5/.per cent. 5/. per cent, 6!A per cent 5/ p. ct. 51. per cent. 51. per cent. 12 per c. 8 p. c. & bs, bs U. 14s. & bonus. 5/, & bonus. Si. & bonus. INT-STOCK Dividend per Annum. Amount Share. s. d. 10 0 0 Stock. 25 0 0 25 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 100 0 0 1100 0 0 100 0 0 61 0 0 5 1 8 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 Amount Share. s. d. Stock. Stock. Stock; 100 0 0 100 0 0 25 0 0 Stock. 3tock. 50 0 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 £ a. d. 20 0 0 20 0 0 150 0 0 50 0 0 20 0 0 10 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 Stock 50 0 0 60 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 50 0 0 50 0 0 10 0 0 10 0 0 TAXIES. Amount of Share. s. d. SOO 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 1 0 0 50 0 d 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. 5/. Os. 17s. 16% 41. 80 281 121. 10s. 310 1/. 16s. Paid. £ a. d. 100 all THE CASE OP DE SALYL The course that was taken by the legal advisers eti the prisoner, upon his being brought up to take his trial last week at the Central Criminal ue Cour_t for the murder of Mr. Robert son in the use'sQ - Bench Prison, appears to hav e been ci peoted ou the part of the prosecution, and the cue from this fact, and the other peculiar circumstances connected with it, appears to excite a great deal of Interest. There can be no difficulty . now in stating that there is no doubt that the m o tivo for the _ com mission of the despera te act, which has placed the prisoner in his present position, was a feeling of re venge a gainst the deceased in consequence of his having repudiated a debt due to De Salvi, and which it is said involved the whole of his savings period he was in service, and amounting &trine the to betweeu eight and nine hundred pounds. The prisoner mutt, however, still have considerable enearo, or else have very powerful friends to assist him in his defence, as the fees paid to Mr. Edwin James, the leadi ug counsel, who attended on his behalf at the last two sessions, amounted altoge ther to one hundred and sixty guineas, and Ser geant Parry was also paid special fees to a large amount, a third counsel, Mr. M‘Mahon, being also retained on hie behalf: The public is aware that, the prisoner having been acquitted, at the August session of the Central criminal Court, upon that count of the indictment which charged him with feloniously wounding the deceased with intent to murder him, and convicted. upon the minor charge of wounding with intent to do grievous bodily harm, and thereupon sentenced to 15 years' penal servitude, at the late sessions, upon the prisoner being arraigned for wilful mut'der, a plea of sutra biz acquit 'was recorded for the prisoner. This plea being of a very novel character, it may be as well to state it in the following terms : "The said Antonio de Salvi in hie own proper per son cameth into court here, and having heard the said indictment read, saith that our lady the Queen ought not further to prosecute against him so much of said indictment as charged him with having, of his malice aforethought, murdered the said Robert Bonderson Robertson, because he saith that here tofore, to wit, at the general session of the delivery of the Queen's gaol of Newgate, holden for the ju risdiction of the Central Criminal Bourt, at Justice ball, in the Old Bailey, in the suburbs of the City of London, on Monday August 17, 1857, before Sir Samuel Martin, Kt., one of the barons of our said lady the Queen of her Court of Exchequer ; Sir Richard B. Crowder, Kt., one of the justices of our said lady the Queen of her Court of Common Pleas, and others, their fellows, justices of our said lady the Queen, assigned to deliver the said gaol of New gate of the prisoners therein being, he, the said Antonio de Salvi, was in due form of law indicted, arraignei, and tried upon a certain indictment 'which charged him by the name of Antonio de Salvi, for that he on July 8, 1857, in the county of Sur rey and within the jurisdiction of the said court, unlawfully and feloniously did stab, cut, and wound one Robert Henderson Robertson, with intent thereby then and there, feloniously, wilfully, and of his malice aforethought, to kill and murder the said Robert Henderson Robertson, against the form of the statute in Buell case made and provided ; and that he, the said Antonio de Salvi, further saith that ueon the trial of the said indictment he was lawfuby acquitted of the saidoffence therein charged as afore s aid, as by the record in that behalf more fully and at length appears. And he further saith that he is the same person as the said Antonio de Salvi in the said last-mentioned indictment named and not another and different person, and that the said Robert H. Robertson in the same indictment named is the same identical person asis named in the indictineut to which he, the said Antonio de Salvi, is now here pleading, and not another and different poison, and that the cause of the death, and of the said supposed killing and murdering of the said Robert Henderson, was certain stabs, cuts, and wound., for the inflicting of which, with intent to murder the saidß.l3 .Robertson, he, the said Antonio De Salvi was indicted, tried, and acquitted as afore said ; and not any other stabs, cuts, and wounds, or stab, cut, or wound whatsoever, and not any other cause or injury whatsoever. And this he, the g said Antonio De Salvi,' is ready to verify. Wherefore he prays judgment, and that by the court here he may be dismissed and discharged of so much of the present indictment as charges him with having of his malice aforethought murdered the said Robert Henderson Robertson ; and as to the murder and felony of which he, the said An tonio De Salvi, now stands indicted, he saith that he is not guilty thereof, and of this he puts himself upon the country." It is understood that on the part of the Crown a demurrer will be entered to this plea, the effect of which proceeding is that the facts stated in the plea are admitted ; but it will be contended that they do not make out that the prisoner was ever placed iu jeopardy upon the charge of wilful murder, and that consequently the plea of autrefois acquit cannot be supported. This will be argued on the first day of the judges taking their seats at the Cen tral Criminal Court next session ; and if the point should be decided against the prisoner, he will at once be tried upon the charge of murder. The opihiou in legal circles is, th a t th e f ac t o f a man having been tried and acquitted of wounding with intent to murder, is no answer to a charge of mur der where the wounded person afterwards dies, and it is believed that the only object of the course taken on behalf of the prisoner is that the jury may have formally brought before them the facts that tlve pri'oner has been already tried and convicted ol• an offence arising out of the same transaction, and sentenced to a very severe punishment, in the hope that it may operate on their minds, and induce them to return a verdict that will not affect the life of the unhappy prisoner. THE MURDER IN LEIGH WOODS, CLIFTON. IDENTIFICATION OF THE BODY. The efforts ot the police with a view to clear up the mystery in which this murder has been veiled have at length met with some success. The ideu tity ot the murdered woman has been established beyond doubt. Z s. d. Stock. 00 "o 0 oo o o 5 0 0 Stock. 50 - 0 0 87' 20 0 0 10. 14 0 0 - Z s. d. all 150 0 0 all 12 10 G 2! 100 0 0 - 42 15 0 5' 41 0 0 43 10 0 - 41 0 0 all 52 0 0 4 16 0 0 - all 10 0 0 4 0 0 Paid. I Fri, £ a. d. 50 0 0 - S 11 0 0 li 25 0 0 4 all 11 5 15 0 - 25 0 0 - 50 0 1 20 0 - 20 0 - 10 0 0 - 10 0 0 8 50 0 - 50 0 - 50 0 - all 4 0 0 47 5 0 50 0 0 20 0 0 4 30 0 0 - 2 10 0 1 13 0 0 13 210 0 12 10 0 20 0 - 12 10 0 a: 20 0 - 20 0 0 7. 20 0 - 40 0 - 10 0 - 10 0 - o 10 0 10 0 0 o 10 0 all 5 lo 0 10 0 0 5 0 0 Z s. d. 18 15 0 I 1; 50 0 0 4! 60 0 - 50 0 0 6 25 0 0 - 20 0 0 .. 20 '6 o 2 , 50 0 0 - 10 0 0 31 20 0 0 t 35 0 0 7 10 0 0 2 50 0 - 22 10 0 I 3 15 "o o I II 25 0 0 1 6 2 10 0 - 30 0 - 10 0 0 2' 50 0 0 - 50 0 0 3' LIST OF SCOTTISII COMPANIES' PRICES. . ~ Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. - -..-....- -- Z a. d. £ a. d. Rank of Scotland .• - 71. per cent. 100 C 0 100 0 0 19310 s British Linen Company 81. per cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 2191 0 Caledonian Bank ...• . 81. per cent. 10 0 0 210 03/ 16s City of Glasgow Bank 51. per cent. 10 0 0 10 0 0 131109 Clydesdale Bank .... 5341. p cent. 20 0 0 10 0. 0 13 12s C - unmercial Bank .. 71. per eeqt. 500 0 0 100 0 0 24210 s Eastern 8ank........ 61. per cent. 25 0 0 10 0 0 141 5s Edinb. & Glasgow.... 3%1. p cent. 5 0 5 0 0 41 19s National Bank .• •• - 636 per cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 1938 Os North of Scotland Bank 51. per cent 20 0 0 210 051 lOs Royal Bank of S cotl. .. 51. per cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 1381 s Union Bank of Scot... 81• per cent. 100 0 0 50 0 0 105/ 0 Western Bank•• ••• • - 71. per cent. 50 0 0 50 .0 0 78/ 5s Alliance Fire and Ll'e.. 8%1.pr cent. 100 0 0 11 0 0 17112 s British Guarantee ... 41. per cent. 10 0 0 2 0 0 I / 7s Caledonian Fire Incur. 10t.por cent. 100 0 0 10 0 0 241100 City of Glasgow Lite.. 61. per cent. 25 0 0 2 0 0 41 4s Co'onial Ltfe ......... 51. per cent. 50 0 0 3 0 ofl 4s Edinburgh Life Insur. 61. percent. 100 0 0 15 0 0 281 7s Eng. & Scot, Law Life 5/.oer cent. 50 0 0 3 5 041 6s Life Assoc. of Scotland 6/.per cent. 40 0 0 3 0 06/ 15s National Fire and Life 61. per cent. 10 0 0 1 4 021 Os North British Insur... 71. per cent. 200 0 0 20 0 0 36/12. Northern Assurance Co. 20 0 0 1 0 0 11 14s Scottish Provincial .... - 50 0, 0 2 0 0 2 1 19, Scottish Union Insrnc. 7311. pr cent. 20 0 0 1 0 0 11 16s Standard Life •••• .. •• 51. per cent. 50 0 0 7 0 0 '241 Os MISCELLANEOUS. Dividend Amount , Name of Company. per of ' Paid. Price. Annum. • Share. -- ---- - 4 s. d. A s. d . Acadian Charcoal Iron • • 10 0 0 2 0 0 - African Steam Ship . • . • • 20 0 0 10 0 0 - Assam lea .......... 6). per cent. 50 0 0 20 0 0 - Auctien Mart- •••• •• 1 1 4/per cent. 50 0 0 - - Australian A. - .trlculturl - 25 0 0 19 0 0 - Australian Trust •• .. 81. pr cent. 100 0 0 25 0 0 234 .ttstra,tan Royal Mail - 10 0 0 all - Anglo-Mexican Mint.. 11. 10s. 10 0 0 all - British AlLV:riCall Land 5/. per cent. 50 0 0 40 0 0 - Canada ... •••••• •• .. Q. percent 100 0 0 32 10 0 .- Do. 5 per cent Bonds 51. pet cent Stock . 'lOO 0 0 - Ditto, 5 per cent bds 51. per cent. Stock 100 0 0 - Ditto. 6 per cent. .. 61 per cent. Stock 100 0 0 - Ditto, 6p c. bds 1874 61. per cent. Stock 100 0 0 - Ditto, 6p c. bds 1876 6/. per sent. Stock 100 0 0 ..... Crystal Palace ...... 21. per cent. 5 0 0 all 1U Ditto Preference.... 71 pr. cent. 5 0 0 5 0 0 - Crys. Palace of France - 4 0 0 all . - City Navigation Bonds 3311. per cent - - - Faectric Telegraph .• 6/. per cent. Stock. tOO 0 0 10531 Eng.& Aug. Cop. Smelt. - 5 0 d all 1% Eng.&lris. %fag. T. Co. - ' 50 0 0 all - Equitable Reversionry 51per cent. 100 0 0 1)0 0 0 - Ditto New ........ • - 50 0 0 22 10 0 - aon. Revers. & Invest. 51. p c and 11 100 0 0 00 0 0 - Gen. I. Sc. COI. ((rim.) - 25 0 0 all - Gen.SteamNavigation taper ct. & 15 0 0 14 0 ' - London Gen. Omnibus 12/. per cent 40 0 all 3% Hudson's 8ay........ 5/. per cent. Stock Stock - Hungerford .......... 21. ss. 100 0 0 all - Lou. Ne. &Na. Mauso. - ,10 0 0 all - London Reversionary 5/, per cent. 15 0 0 all _ Mex. & S. American - 10 0 0 all Nat. Discount Comp.. - 25 0 0 5 0 0 3 'A N.S.W. Gov.sp.c. Deb. 51. per cent. - 100 0 0 Nor. Bri. Australasian 6d. 1 0 0 all - - North of Europe, Stm. 0/. per cent. 20 0 0 17 10 0 Price's Patent Can& Co - 21 0 0 all 23% Peel River.Land&Min. - 50 0 all l all 70% Pen. & Oriental Steam 71. per cent 50 0 0 - 50 0 0 ,10 0 0 15 Ditto New Reversionary Int. Soc 4%1. pr cent . 100 0 0 all - Ditto New 'AI. pr cent. !DO 0 0 20 0 0 - Royal Mail Steam 4l. p. share. 100 0 0 60 0 0 58 Scottish Ans. Invest l5/. per cent. 10 0 All - South Australian Land 71. per c ent. 25 0 0 all - Trust and Loan Comp. 731 ~ pr cent. 20 0 0 5 0 0 ...... Van Diemen's Land.• 103. 100 0 0 28 10 0 -- , Do Goy. 6 per ct. Bds 6 per cent. .. 7 .._. 1 - ~... Price Paid. I Prii A a. d 6 5 0 100 0 0 .5 0 0 Stock. 2000 LOO 0 0 ANKS. Amount Share. THE LAW OF LIMITED LIABILITY. An instructive illustration of the working of the Law of bimited Liabilityhas been furnished in the case of the Manchester and Foreign Warehouse Company, which it was resolved on Monday last should be wound up. After an existence of 18 months a paid-up capital of 40,0001. has been almost entirely made away with, and there is even a possibility that an additional 10,0001., for which the shareholders are responsible (the total sub scribed capital being 50,0001.), may, be required before the liquidation is terminated. The pro ceedings by which this rapid result has been brought about are known only partially, the one great desire of the victimised parties being, of course as in the case of the Surrey Gardens and other similar instances, to keep clear of the further damage they might sustain by allowing any appeal to be made to the Bankruptcy Court. But it ap pears that while the ruin was making rapid pro gress the directors, in orthodox fashion, declared a dividend of 5 per cent. out of profits. The affair therefore is, probably, in all its features, exactly akin to the general run of those joint-stock develop ments with which the public have been lately made familiar. It has, however, the peculiarity of hav ing occurred under the Limited Liability Act ; and as the equally rapid career of the Surrey Gar dens Company under the same law has almost simultaneously Leen exposed, a question will naturally arise regarding the inferences it suggests as to the safety or value of this measure. Some of those who distinguished themselves by opposition to it will probably exclaim, " How can there be any question at all in the matter ? Here we see iniquities as bad as any that ever occ tared under the old system take place with a degree of speed never before witnessed, and which shows that the new law while it has no effect in driving rogues or incapables out of the field, by giving facilities to new and better men, operates as an inducement to the publicto enter with more levity than ever into such undertaking;." But this would be a very superficial view, and the fact is that the circumstances of the cases now be- fore us, instead of affording an argument against the law of limited liability, are calculated to con _ firm all that has been urged respecting its advan tages. Both these companies, as well as several others of a like description which have quietly - broken up during the last six months, have been brought to a stand by the simple fact that the law of limited liability prevented them from getting credit, and that consequently when all the share holders' subscriptions had been absorbed they had no choice but to suspend. If they had been com panies constituted on the old principle there would 4 have been many stages before the avowal of insol ti vency. Money would have been borrowed on de - t ventures, and credit would have been eagerly given to the Board by speculators and tradesmen on the strength of the names of some half-dozen persons :0 . in the list of shareholders, who would have been _ marked out for ultimate prosecution to their last shilling and their last acre ; and, instead of a rapid 14 collapse, we should have had several years of flam ing reports and high dividends, the final break-up being deferred to some convenient period of general pressure, when it could be attributed to the opera tion of the Bank Charter Act, or any other cause except the true one. Other persons as welLas the shareholders would then have been ruined, and the termination would have been found only in a gene . ral and disastrous compromise. In the present case the shareholders alone suffer, and these, in ; r stead of being altogether consumed, have simply - burnt their fingers and bought an amount of ex )% perience well worth the money. At this period a any pity for shareholders as a body would be pre posterous. If they will quietly permit men who have declared dividends out of loses, or com - mitted such other defaults or deceptions as, have lately been common, to escape all punishment or even censure, the conclusion must be that tee.they rather enjoy their fate. Of course they do not like to lose their property, but the exer cise of an approbative benevolence in letting ev, off delinquent directors is evidently sufficiently 2 gratifying to be looked upon as a compensation. 6 14 Shareholders, therefore, may be very well 'left to _ pass their votes of approval, forward their proxies, 5 and perform all the other ceremonies considered _ proper in such cases. If the public have anything - to say on the matter, it must be to complain of the A demoralising example thus set. It is the contrau _ nity at large that are to be considered, and for them it is plain that the law of limited liability, by - forcing every unsound concern to close its business - as soon as it has exhausted the means of its volue ts dupes, is operating as favourably as could have _ been desired.—Times City Article. ts% Country Markets. EDINBURGH HAY AND STRAW MARKET. SEPT. 22. Supplies of all kinds these last six days large. Oat straw, from 9s Od to 14s Od per kemple of 16 stones tron ' • wheat do., 9s Od to 14s Od ; barley do.. 8901 to 12s Od. Hay from is ld to is 4d; new do., 10d to 12d. EDINBITRGH MEAL—SEPT. 22. There were in the market today 12 sacks oatmeal, each weighing 2801 b imperial, which sold at 44s Oct and —B. DALKEITH MEAL MARKET—SEAT. 21. There were in the market to-day 12 bags of oatmeal, oof barleymeal, and 0 pot barley. Sales dull. Oatmeal, per sack of 2801bs First. Second. Third. imperial Barleymeal, per ditto - a Od —s Od —3 03 Peasemeal, per ditto Flour, new, per ditto —a Od I—aOd —s F A d Pot-barley, new, per ditto —s Od —a Od —0 ' " 714 ' DUBLIN. SEPT. 22. 5 % In consequence of the fall in the English markets, our 9< 2 market was a very depressed one to-day. Wheat must be _ quoted is 6d to 2s under the rates of Friday. Inferior ;5% oats were sold at a reduction of 6d; the better qualities barely supported last day's prices. No change in barley. Indian corn extremely difficult of sale, without change in 8 % price. White wheat, 32s Od to 33s 6,1 ; red ditto, 30s Od to 31e r9m 6d; ditto new, 325; barley, malting, 18s 6d to 21s 6d; grind ing, —s to —s ; oats, old, 15s Gd to 18s; ditto, new, 1 00 % Gd to 15s Ed ; oatmeal, 14s 6d to 16s; bore, new, 15s to 16e 3d ; rapeset d, 28s Od to 30s Od per brl ; bake► s flour, 190 Od to 24s Od per cwt; Indian corn, 35s 0,1 to 37d Dd Per ^ 480 lbs. M.-SEPT. 23. the close of the market Wallsend, &c. s cl, Framwellgate 1 17 u a Neagh ,Hall l7 9 " roes lB Lambton 3B `‘.; Hu nw i c k l5 v South Hartlepool l7 9 Kepier Grainge ... 7S .' 6 Braddyll l7 , 2 Riddell l6 ' Eden Main l7 6 48 ; sold, 43. COAL MARK Prices of Coals per ton al d. rtaswell Gas 14 0 North Percy Hartley l6 51 341 Tanfield Moor l3 0 Tea& d Moor Butes 13 C Morpeth West Hartley 17 tt3M Walker Primrose ..........14 0 3 - 7 Ward's West Hartley ...16 JiMasohn's Hartley ....16 6 Stewart's Steam ~.,....16 0' Wylain Wa - Belmont _l6 6' Ships at market [ADVERTISEMENT.] —Holloway's Pills, Let the eICIC oatake heed. The stomach is the commissariat of the Of: 2 , sical system. It furnishes the material sustenance of , os every organ. If disordered the whole body languish** 5 s but however severely affected its tone and vigour may cos always be restored by a course of these irresistible pillat los Bile, indigestion, liver complaints, and other disorders 01 : 1 :! the stomach, can easily b e cure d by the use of Holloway 5s " Pills, thousands attest to this asse r tio n , and no sufferer 128 that has ever tried them will deny their supreme OA: 7s ciency.—Sold by all Medicine Vendors throughout the 1 World, at Professor Holloway's Establishments, 2 44, 4s 4s Strand, London, and 80, Maiden-lane, Now York ; by 7s A. Stamp*, Constantinople; A. Guidicy, Smyrna, and 1 6, B Muir, Malta. ..•01 BIRTHS. OF A 11011. On the 23d inst., at 5, Gordon-place, GOrdon-squar o t the wife of Alexander Pulling, Esq., barrister-at-law. Oa the 22d inst., at Casewick, Lady Trollope—ati"' rn. [ca. bo On the 21st inst., at 10, Eastcheap, the wife of Mr. ‘ l "' I James Homan. OF A DAIJOUTBR. On the 22d inst., at Stoke, the wifo of George Esq., Royal Marines. On the 22d inst., at Brixton, the wife of Chas. Roberta, Esq. MARRIED. On the 22d inst., at St. Leonard's, Bromley, Mr.Vtiralte r Hayward, of Manchester-square, to Grace Tebbutt, the, youngest daughter of tho late Samuel Large, Esq., eI Hackney. On the 22d inst., at St. John's, Upper Holloway, Ar t ' C. J. L. Ru-sell , of Windsor, to Rebecca, thi r d su rviving daughter of Thos. Bidggood, Esq , of Hoinsey-lane, WO . gate. DIEt. On the 19th inst., tho Rev. Georgo Wm. Barrow, alai son of the late George H. Barrow, Esq., of BingY/ 0 ° Ball, Derbyshire. On the 23d inst., at Snrbiton, William Henry Sutton' jun., Esq., of 10, Bow Churchyard. ' On the 21st inst., at Bordeaux, John Crowder, E SC '' , late of Weranga, Ne w S ou th W a l es, aged 4 1 . 71 On the 20th inst.., at tLo Cedars, Ombersley, Wore )ster' shire, Chas. H. Strode, Esq., aged 74. On the 20th July, at Coonoor, Lieut.-Colonel Robert Maenair, 17th Bengal N.I. teth , On or about Gth J u l y, at Si m l a, C o l one l W . S. Men t. fourth son o f th e l a t e Si r C har l es Stuart Mentetb, Bart., of Closeburn, aged 52. - Shot by th e mu ti neers a t G wa li or, on 14th June I° s t 23 14 Wm. Stewart, E sq ., o f A r d vor li c h, P er th s hi re , Liouten2 gi Bengal Artillery, aged 30 ; a!so, Jane, Lis wife, aged . IF and Robert,Walter, their infant son. LONDON : Printed and Published by Lii3RDO YO e of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun Mice, P"7 112, Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the couil l if of Middlesex, Thursday, September 24. 1851. RANK Londe Inc lt oney D eposit. Pro a l'Plicat on. GREA CIIE, BePternbor 27 timing the o'clock. Far( G REA L CUE . On SAT togton Static oYmouth al fltre, • --Crap] o r - Yeovil, 10,1 FUND SVRSCRII ` ll, l Lord Ma: and all its ht °ranches ; 1)3 *tonal Pro' The Comm Precisely. Mansion-h tbROV. „A Vacanc3 ...me Board, LEETING ZEDNESD. the purpose Any menit Dose any oth lulty with ti dressed to th Previous to 1 1 5, Moorgl litemFers their policies IROR ti with C Coat, 21. 10 Witistcoata, T" eltE Sept. . 1 4 numerou grand Closh When the wl auces within Retina. under !rges the co Renee that it and support Women who U!'der circu Personal ex voted to ren restival of t A lie: patron 'ealnus sere I tten is and 11 3 establish Pulshed arts that he has ANTONY LA V alentino, the City of I Writ, rewa b eing the or honour orchestra ai ° hen every THE Lord end Irelan( vete ber nee With such d elivering !oiled Port of the cure Deptfo Gospor Plymoi 'Taulb( Their La sten are op' thereof onl of contra( F epara (ler for Por tended to b riarsons Tender for The Bee follows—vi nu ary ' B5 B ; and or any gre. ferred by t !Wren days • Parties 'lts of W, ? 41 3 , will b ns of th ( f orm revised co 'cell at tl !Itist LI ,ary t o th c orainctinA dent for' , No Ten( Or INEBar No tone treaty, no: the purpo , ( Rn alter result of . t to him an, hills in Eitore3 toil Cates of r( Every t and bear i der for Se Alm he de VA LIDS. tiv)re casi toss, serf( the s3 - stcr have ITO and a a stampe( Itezent-s1 at2ls. l ' e cef Pt of A F si treatmen dizestion' and is in 151 y it is I 0 !IF r rhyyictf Altals, a tf a cell 'which 5 2, 28. riench chemist IN( Naw an Anati free 1 TE erlecti qucncv l'olis of tions. 21 ). Wi and Go The to reno its novc eexual Thies a Its urn or four Price.l 7s. Od. Paid. rigs. Paid. Paid. The litle re the va kin,l tor,Fils Its rte sYsteir 0: Ili. PEI taal and di cr bo Soft lleopt G. R. W. I:, street Medic TIIF• S' and Irom to M riage Tema Myst nrina Comp sk:qu lc howl othe Der; their the 1 11tIt