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LAW INTELLIGENCE.—Xov. 10. EQUITY COURTS. (Before the Lord Chancellor and the Lords Justices.) HENRY V. THE GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY COM PANY.-THE GREAT NORTHERN PREFERENCE SHAREHOLDERS. This appeal from the decision of Vice-Chancellor Wood, by which he held that the preference share holders of the Great Northern Railway Company were entitled to their dividends irrespective of an act of parliament authorising the payment of the losses caused by the frauds of Leopold Redpath, was resumed. The Attorney-General, for the defendants, urged whereas the ordinary share capital of the company was something over 4,000,0001., the preference share capital was above 3,000,0001. ; and the ques tion was whether so large a portion of the share holders should not contribute to the reparation of that which was a misfortune common to the whole company. The whole difficulty had arisen from a confusion in the use of the terms "dividend" and " interest." The construction he put on the Acts of Parliament by which the company was governed was, that the guarantee to tee preference share holders was limited to a priority of those share holders, and to the rate and amount of the divi dend; but they left the existence of profits contin gent and unsecured. The preference shareh )Iders were therefore left to the chance of their being any profits in common with the ordinary shareholders. The dividend was determinable by the length of time for which it was declared. It was the aliquot part of the profits of each half-year, to a share of which all the shareholders were entitled. It was a question whether or not the guarantee was satis fied by the payment of each half-yearly dividend, and whether the profits of 1856 were applicable to the fulfilment of the guarantee of 1857. He would contend that the guarantee was satisfied by the payment of each dividend. In none of the Acts of Parliament was anything more provided than that there should be a priority of payment to the pre ference shareholders out of the profits of the com pany, if there were any profits. By the Act of last session the preference shareholders could not, under the circumstances, be entitled to receive any thing out of the profits from January in this year ; they could not have received any dividend irrespec tive of that act, and its provisions were prospective, and not retrospective. The 243,9231.5 s Bd., which were the half-year's profits of the company, were, in fact, at the time of the passing of that act, no body's money ; for, owing to the quantity of forged stock which had been issued, it was not possible to say who was entitled to that money. The act was intended to apply to that sum; it disposed of it absolutely, and it was the plain meaning of the act that the common loss which had been sus tained by the company in consequence of these frauds should be borne by all the shareholders in proportion to their respective interests. The pre ference shareholders were not creditors, but part ners, of the company, and were, therefore, liable to bear a due share of its losses and misfortunes. Without the authority of this act no dividend could have been declared, arid the act gave the preference shareholders no rights Previous to the beginning of the present year. The 3d secti ,n of the act was a disposition by Parliament of the 243,9231. ss. Bd. which the company had is hand, and it was bind ing on all parties interested in it. The legislature was aware that that sum was quite sufficient to meet all the claims of the preference shareholders, and yet by the act in question they directed it to be applied to a totally different object. In the face of that act, how could the preference shareholders base their rights on this and the former Acts of Parliament ? Whatever might be the construction of the act of August last, with reference to the future, it was certain that with respect to the half year's dividend from July to December, 1856, the claims of the preference shareholders were wholly taken away by that act. Lord Justice Knight Bruce—lt seems to me thst the remedy in this case is worse than the disease. The Act of Parliament appears to me to be no more nor less than a dreadful thing, construe it which way you may, if construed it can be. ' The Attorney-General—The question 'refore the court was simply whether they could re4rain the directors of the company from declariog a divi dend, unless they were prepared to pay the pre ference shareholders the whole twelve months' dividend divisible from Ist July, 1856. It was im possible that they could claim that dividend, and yet be entitled to the benefits provided by the 3d section of the act of last session. if the claims of the preference shareholders were allowed it would be, in fact, treating them as creditors, and the whole of the loss arising from the frauds which had teen committed would have to be borne by the ordinary shareholders. Ho would howevtr contend that it was impossible, looking to the whole facts of the case, that such a decision could be come to, or that the claims of preference shareholders on the dividend for the half-year ending Dec. 1, 1856, could be allowed ; nor could it be held that the loss which had been incurred was not provided for and satisfied by the provisions of the act of the present year. Mr. Rolt and Mr. Danison followed, but the lat ter learned gentleman had not conclud:d ►hen the court rose. (Before the Master of the Rolls.) SWINFEN V. SWINFEN. On the conclusion of the arguments of the Atter ney-General, Mr. Palmer, and Mr. Hobhouse, who appeared for the plaintiff, Capt. Swinfen, in support of the compromise effected on the trial of the issue, his Honour gene judgment without hearing the other side. He said that he had come to the con clusion that the compromise was not binding on Mrs. Patience Swinfen, and that there must be a new trial. The question of principle resolvel it self into this, whether an attorney or solicitor is at liberty to compromise a suit without express au thority for the purpose. It had been argued on two grounds —one on principle, the other founded on the practice of the court. His Honour said that as a matter of principle he could not understand how it could be contended. The principle of the doctrine of principal and agent was that the agent has full authority to do all which falls within the im plied scope of his authority. But an attorney is em ployed to conduct a suit, and I think it clear that the effecting of a compromise is no part of the con duct of a suit. There is, therefore, no general im plied authority to support a compromise by an attorney. If there is, what is its extent ? Does an authority to recover property by legal proceed ings extend to empower the attorney to sell the subject -matter of the suit ! Can he sell to a stranger? And, if not, can he sell to the other side f And what is a compromise but a sale to the other side ? Could Mr. Simpson have sail to a stranger, " You secure us an annuity of 1,0001. and sou shall hive the benefit of this suit if we succesd ?" And if he obviously had no authority to bind his client by such an arrangement with a stranger, how could he do so by a similar arrangement with the defendant ? Unless, therefore, it could be shown to be necessary for the due administration of jus tise the authority of the attorney could not extend to enable him to dispose of the subject -matter of the suit. The authorities cited appear to me to support this view, and, in particular, I concur fully in the observation of Load Lacgdale, that it would be impossible to carry on the business of the court, unless reliauce could be placed on the statements of solicitors and counsel. It is of the utmost impor tance in this court, which deals daily wieh consents to a very large extent, and the court is in the habit of making consent orders not only so as to affect adults, but married women and infants also. But the practice in these respects throws great light on the general principle. The court will not allow any one to consent for a married woman, but takes her consent personally in court. In the case of infants it only deals with their pro rerty by consent afrer an inquiry whether the arrangement is beneficial for them. When coun sel says, "I consent," the court assumes that counsel has been so instructed by a solicitor, duly authorised for the purpose. If the client could be bound without having given authority it troll(' be the duty of the court to make an inquiry into the circumstances of each case, and to ascertain whether authority had been given. So far, there fore, from the principle contended for being necessary for the administration of justice, it would be productive of the greatest inconvenience. His Honour then discussedthe evidecce which had been read, and stated that there was not in his opinion enough to show that amount of acquiescence on the part of Mrs. Swinfen by which the pldainfre tiff's counsel had ar gue d that she was estP resistine, the compromise. Ad s ece e e ci ez as °iben accordingly made dismissing th e bill for p performance, and directing a ne w t r i al, Mrs. Swinfen being allowed to remain in possession of the propert g iving security to account f or th e rents. y en The court w.‘s occupied during the whole day with the special paper, but none of the cases argued presented any feature of public interest. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS. (Sit' ingi in Banco before Mr. Jusitce Williams.) The Court only sat this morning t hear motions and almost immediately afterwards adjourned, their lordships having to sit in the Court of Error. EXCHEQUER CHAMBER. Their lord hips sat in the Court of Exchequer, and there were therefore no cases in bane° to-day. The learncd judges present were the Lord Coief Baron, Mr. Justice Williams, Mr. Baro❑ Wat,ou, Mr. Baron Martin, Mr. Justice Willes, Mr. Baron Bramwell, and Mr. Baron Chinnell. LISTON V. LEATHER. This wag a special case in error from the Court of Queen's bench, and had been partly argued. The question was, whether the defendant had in fringed the patent of the plaintiff, and was wholly without public interest. Mr. Chambers, Q.C., was for the defendant in error ; and Sir F. Thesiger, Mr. B will, Q.C., and Lush, Q.C., appeared for the plaintiff. CONSISTORY COURT. (Before Dr. Lushington.) The Court was occupied all morning in disposing of questions arising out of the admission of a libel in a case of divorce. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. —Nov. 10. MANSION-HOUSE.—John Grace Leveridge, a very respectable-looking young man, clerk, to Mr. W. Oldham, a wine merchant in London-streets was brought before the Lord Mayor, charged with embezzling the moneys of his employer. Mr. Lewi9, jun., appeared for the prosecution, and Mr. Hobler for the prisoner. The prosecutor, having been sworn, said--The prisoner, who was in my service as clerk, was au thorised to receive money on my account, and it was his duty to pay it into my bankers. On the 4f h of Novembor inst. I gave him a cheque for 31/. 12s. 2d. to pay the duty upon a butt of wine. The cheque has been returned to ;no by my bankers as paid. The prisoner has absented himself from my counting-house since Saturday last, and suspecting that he had been embezzling my money I yester day broke open his desk. I have ascertame.i at the Cu,itoin houso th a t the but of w i ne has not been (Before Vice-Chancellor W oo d .) lIANSO.N V. REECE. removed, and th e duty has not been paid. Thi s is only one out of a grcat many charges that I have This was a question of livn. The facts were to bang 7 , • prisoner, and I ask for a re shortly these. A cheque was placed in the hands mand to e ‘ rt i a l l n ,l 3' ' the a m e _t, a compiet-, it. of a solicitor, it being agreed in writing that it Mr. tic kler admitted to bad. pphe that his client might ,le The Lord Mayor refused the application, and the should be made applicable to what might an b d e t r h ( e ., covered by another party in an action, residue to the costs. The client obtained a verdict, pris , nor was remanded, engag e of several . hours in subject to a reference. The award was in favour His Lordship was en Principally boys, of the client. He became bankrupt, and on taking hearing charges again.st the accounts between him and the defendant in the of picking pockets and of attems, nar,irison street robbery action, the latter, it appeared, was entitled to a i p d r u is ri o n n g er t s h procession e weresent e e e n a th e .o ppreePre periods of i in A g - , ay The balance. t tv'th hard 1 t, The case was argued by Mr. Cairns, Mr. Eddie, I men 1 a 'our ranging from 21. days to two and Mr. C. Barber. months. The Vice-Chancellor decided ia favour of the The Lord Mayor thankfully uknowledged. the 1 solicitor's hen on the amount of the cheque for the costs of the action. COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH. (Sittings in Banco before Lord Campbell, and Justices Coleridge, Wightman, and Erle.) THE GRAND JIIRY.--OBSCENE PUBLLICATIONS. Mr. Justice Coleridge, in addressing the grand jury, who are summoned to this court every term in accordance with immemorial custom, said, after a few prelimina r y o b servat i ons, that it occurred to him to say a few words with regard to an offence to which public attention had been recently drawn, an offence to his mind of great magnitude, and producing mischievous consequences—he meant the publication of obscene books, prints, and pictures, which every one must be aware tended very much to the corruption of minds, especially of young persons. In the course of last session the noble and learned lord who presided in this court (Lord Campbell) introduced a bill to the House of Lords for facilitating the punishment of persons who were engaged in this wicked and most nefarious trade, and if possible for puling it down. After some opposition, the bill had happily been passed into law. Its object was rather to give greater power to the magistrates—to put down the sale of such publications by the power of search and seizure, and then by the destruction of the articles—than to create any new offence, or alter the mode of punish ment. When the bill was under discussion in the House of Lords, it was said by a high authority that the common law of the country was strong enough for that purpose. He did not mean to enter into that controversy now, but every person passing through certain streets in London must know that thecommon law did not prevent the existence of this evil, and that the trade was carried on to a most mischievous extent in London. It was not the business of a judge to exaggerate mat ters beyond the truth, but he thought it was hardly possible to exaggerate the mischief of a thing of this kind. They had all been young, and they retained recollections of what passed at that time in their bosoms ; and looking into their own hearts they could not doubt that if publications of this nature had the misfortune to fall in the way of the young they were calculated to do harm ; and, unhappily for the depravity of human nature, such impressions were retained longer than matters more worthy of being treasured up in the mind. He, for one, thought the noble and learned lord had done a great service to his country by introducing thebill, and he hoped it would be acted upon with geed effect. He was led into this train of remarks te cause sometimes persons who carried on this busi ness were disposed to encourage and defend it by resorting to a mischievous kind of ingenuity. They thought they could turn the tables upon the public by instituting prosecutions with regard to other works and publications, under the colourable pre tence that they were of the class indicated by the legislature, although there was no foundation for such a charge. It was not uncommonly said that this or that picture of some great artist—this or that statue, this or that poem —might properly form the subject of a prosecution, being of a loose, perni cious, or voluptuous character ; and it was very easy for ingenious persons to deceive themselves, and perhaps others, by such a tone of argument; but common sense supplied an answer. No doubt the publication of a picture or a statue, if impro perly treated by mischievous art, would have a bad tendency, but if treate i merely in the course of high art and in a natural dealing with the subject, it would have no such tendency. A corrupt mind bringing its own corruption to a picture, statue, or poem, might perhaps make it worse, but an honest and chaste mind looked at it without injury, and received from the contemplation of it a higb, pure, and instructive pleasure. Take a familiar illustra tion. Every one must have read Milton's dascrip tion of Eve soon after her birth, contemplating her person at the fountain. It was well known that a modern sculptor, taking his idea from that beauti ful description, had made a statue of Eve ar, the fountain, which was familiar to the eye by casts in shops and elsewhere. Who would sup pose for a singl-) tuomer.t that the author of "Para dise Lost" or Mr. Baily, the sculptor, believed that in what he did he was producing anything which would have a bal effect upon morals, and to prosecute "Paradise Lost" because it contained chose beautiful lines, would be absurd. To repre sent Eve at the fountain as dressed would be an im propriety, and it would not only be opposed to the law of the country, but an insult to common sense, to present a bill to the grand jury on any such mat ter. On the other hand, common sense pointed out that the object of publications like those to be found in Holywell-street was to excite depraved passions, and when that was the case the parties selling them ought to be brought before a tribunal for punish ment. His object in making these observations was that it was possible bills of the kind he bad referred to would be laid le fore them, and that this court would be insulted by trials with respect to matters of high art and high literature. It was possible that advantage would be taken of the statute to bring such matters under their consideration, and if they did come before teem, instead of looking to an isolated passage or picture, they would look to the book itself and see whether the general objec . of it was of the kind represented in the indictment. If it was not, they would throw out the bill and not suffer the case to come before a court of justice. Take any medical or surgical book; they all knew that author, in dealing with his subject, must tell things for the sake of instruction. A person of impure mind might take up the book and dwell on a particular passage, and it might do him some harm, but it would be most absurd and mischiev ous to consider the autimor a criminal because he had introduced matter of that description for the pur pose of instructioh in a book on scienc. They all knew that in the book of all b ioks—the best book, God'sgift to man—there were stories such as Joseph and Potipher's wife, which to an impure mind might bo perverted to its own pollution ; but this particular story was not there for that purpose, it came there by way of history and instruction. He mentioned these familiar and striking instances in order to point to their mind the broad and grave distinction which existed between the two cases. Therefore he only suggested, by way of caution, in the event of anything of that kind coming before th-m, that it would bi 3 their duty to throw out :my bill which was presented purely for a mali cious purpose, and re dly and truly with the object of bringing the law into discredit. The learned judge then remitted tau grand jury to the discharge of their functions. TOE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, NOVEMBET 11, 1857. receipt of a cheque for 5 guineas from the Worship ful Company of Scriveners, as a donation to the poor-box. GUILDHALL.—There were several cases of picking pockets, arising out of the proceedings of Lord Mayor's day, some of which were disposed of summarily by short terms of imprisonment ; and one in which a prisoner named Eager was charged with stealing a gentleman's watch from his person; was committed for trial, there having been a former conviction against him. MARYLEBONE. Henry Harris; aged 19, was placad at the bar on remand, charged with having on the 29th of Sep tember stabbed a man named George Stake, living at 38, Adam-street west, Marylebone. It appeared on the morning of the day alluded to, prosecutor, while walking along the Edgware-road., asked the prisoner what o'clock it was, when instead of giving the required information, he made use of a most vulgar expression, and on his being remonstrated with for so doing he drew forth a knife with which he inflicted several wounds upon various parts of prosecutor's person ; he (prosecutor) was removed to St. Mary's Hospital, and had been under medi cal treatment ever since, owing to t . ,e serious in juries which he had received. The prisoner was fully committel t ) take his trial at the next sessions of the Cen+ral Criminal Court for " cutting and wounding with in'eut to do grievous bodily harm." CLERKEN WELL. A gentlemanly dressed man, about 50 years of age, with a profusion of hair about his face, who gave the name of John Hubert Heath, describing himself as a gentleman residing at Wood-green, Tottenham, was charged with being drunk, dis orderly, and creating a disturbance in a railway carnage on the Great Northern Railway, and, further, with interfering with the officers of the railway at the Hornsey station. Mr. Thomas Williams, the superintendent of the company's line, attended to watch the case. When one of the passenger trains was proceed ing along between Holloway and Hornsey the ,guards and passengers were much alarmed at hear ing loud screams of "Murder !" and "Police !" proceeding from one of the carriages. As soon as possible the train was brought to a standstill, and the noise and 8( riams continum,,a the passengers all left their carriages, and it being dark, and a train nearly due, much danger was incurred. When Clayer, the guard, went to the carriage from which the noises were proceeding he found the defendant, who was very drunk and much excited, fighting with the other passengers. He asked him to leave the carriage quietly, but he refused, and it was with the greatest difficulty that he could get him out and put him in the break with himself. The defendant was very noisy, and when the train reached the Hornsey station he was put out, and although Mr. Crosby, the stationmaster, asked him several times to go away quietly he would not do so, but made such a noise and confusion that business was for some time brought to a stands - Hi. Alto gether the train was delayed two or three minutes, which was a very serious affair. The byelaws of the company were produced by Mr. Williams, and one of them ran as follows : " Any person found in a carriage.or station in a state of intoxication, or committing any nuisance or otherwise wilfully interfering with the comfort of other passengers is hereby subjected to a penalty not exceeding 405., and shall immediately, or at the first opportunity, be re moved from the company's premises." The defendant, in reply to the charge, said he was very sorry for what he bad done. The fact was, he was a little the worse for liquor, and when he and his wife got into the carriage a person was smoking, and, having asked him to desist, ani he refu-ing, he certainly did knock the pipe out of his mouth, which was the cause of the disturbance. When he got (nu, at the Horusey station he was very much excited, but having been !incarcerated the whole night, he hoped the magistrate would consider that, with an apology, a sufficient punish ment. Mr. Corrie, having looked over the byeilaws of the company, fined the defendant tie full penalty of 4Us., or in default of payment one month in the Howie of Correction. Thomas Harding., aged 23, residing at 28, Sydney-street, St. L u k e ' s, a j ewe l ler, was charged with stealing about 6 dwt. of gold filings of the valae of 13s. 6d., the property of Mr. W. W. Stirling, jeweller, of 58, Am well-street, Clerken well. The prosecutor, having for some time past been losing a quantity of property, kept a sharp look out, and su.pecttng the prisoner, watched him, and found the abovenamed property iu his possession as he was leaving his employment. The prisoner, who did not. deny the charge, was sent to the House of Correction for two months. THAMES.—A seaman, who gave the name of Charles Yates, entered the witness-box and said he particularly wished to make a statement of the cruelty exercised towards him on board an American ship. Mr. Selfe—At sea ? The applicant—Yes, sir, on a voyage from New York to London. Mr. Selfe said that he bad no jurisdiction over offences committed on board American ships at sea, and if English seamen would place themselves out of the protecti in of their own flag the law of this country would not apply to them. If the ap plicaut had been struck in a British port he could obtain redress here. The applicant said ho had been struck and very shamefully wied on beard an American ship at Liverpool. Mr. Selfe said he had no jurisdiction over offen ces committed at Liverpool, whether they were on board English or American ships. The applicant ought to have waited on Mr. Mansfield, the sti pendiary magistrate at Liverpool, who would have listened to big statement, and, if necessary, granted a summons or warrant. He bad repeatedly to listen to statements of illusage on board American ships on the high seas, and he believed that great tyranny had been too often practised on board the vessels of tha'i country, both to American and other seamen of all nations. The applicant said that he wished to caution his countrymen against jeiuing the American ships, for the law of this country, it seemed, had no juris diction over them if offences were committed on tee high seas, and it was impossible to obtain any re dress if the party injured were in any port of the United States. He wished the magS!rate to read a statement he had received on board the American ship Orient, a New York packet, ship, on her voyage from New York to Liverpool. Mr. Sells said he really ihad ne time to do so, and the seaman), who said he was a native of Eng land, handed a written statement to our reporter. It was to the following effect ; "On the 29th of Sept. I shipped on board the Orient, after being robbed by tho shipping master of my advance. Teo crimps in New York have a practice of gt.ttin n ". the ad vances into their own hands and not giving the sailors whom they ship a copper of it. Soon after I got on boar l the first act of cruelty was committed on a Dutchman for some trifling offence. Mr. Taylor, the third mate, knocked him down on the deck like a bullock, then booted' him, as it is termed—that is, he kicked him about the body, the face, nose, and eyes, so that the skin wns completely knocked off the man's face, and on the following day he could not see out of his eyes, and the deck where he was lying was covered with blood. A. few days after that, while at sea, the third mate caught about halfsa-dozen of us together about (i o'clock in the evening, and cut our hair short close off, aryl we occasionally got a blow or two in the course of the eight. A day or two after that I was coming from the mate hatchway, and the third mate took a strap, at least 2i inches thick, and gave me so severe a cut with it across my back and chest that I could not draw my breath or move for some time; I reasoned w ith hi m the next day on his crue lt y, and he only acted the worse, for on every succeeding day he either kicked, knocked, ar cut us about with hand spikes, hammers, his fists, ropes, o.• anything ho could lay his bands on. One day the third mate struck four or rive or us with a piece of wood as 'hick and as long as 1% pniicemarea at iff. He struck us on our heads. Chatlea E'V;LIIA, one of the men who was struck, bled like a pig. lie caused a large nail to be driven in the neat of the water closet, and made us draw it out with our teeth under threat of some kind of torture if we refused. On two or three occasions, whoa shortening sail, and while coming off the yards, the third mate stood in the quarter of the yard and kicked us as we came down the rigging. Charles Evans was all but gone overboard, I managed to escape that time by catching a rope and swinging myself into the rigging : bet he saw me, and cried out, ' You I'll give it you when you come down;' and he was as good as his word, for he knocked me down like a bullock, then kicked me in the face and eyes; in fact, all the timo I was in the ship, I was never witlvont a black eye or a brui - ied face. One day the second ',nate ordered me to vet a broom, and because I could no'6 find one be took a hie .m out of another man's hate: and struck me with it acro.s tho area four or five times, causing me to drag my arm, and I cold not use it until some days after I left the ship. The third mate was going to repeat his tyranny, when a gentleman passenger looked at him and interfered, and I got out of his way. The third mate used to say ho should take a de light in knocking out our brains, kick us overb,..rd, or put us to sv.u, o death or other. Tho boatsw a i n awl two of the crow, named Devine and. bungare o [Jack, Ivo.a a a g, eat tyrants as the second mato, for they would (omini • the same cruelties. Not many nights before we got into L ver- . pool these b ar b ar i ans caused a noose to be o .0 of the ropes from the mainmast, awl made us p it our logs in the noose, and the ship being on a wind, it had a lurch. They made us crawl up to windward, they pulling the end of the noose at the same time ; then when as close Ito into the ship's side as we could get, they would let us go, which caused us to swing round nod round :ike a cat, and when we stopped our bead., they would claw in contact, and inflict tremendous bloc s, which took our senses away for some time. Other torturing ope rations were practised, which would take me too long to de scr ib e . O n the night we came into the Liver pool docks the boatswain without any cause whatever, took up a piece of wood or a one instrument, and com menced striking four or five of ns over the head. When he Fam e to me he laide gave me a violent blow across my Inouth, viigll both my lips open, aud at the flame time made A remark, ' You -, I'll take ca re y ou s h a ll no t l eave t h e ship without a broken head.' " CHARLES YATES, one of the crew from New York to Liverpool." SOUTHWARK.—Wm. Dix, a Sheffield manu facturer of Kent-street, was charged with striking his wife on the head with a poker, and otherwise assaulting her. Mr. Burcham told him that there could be no doubt that be had continually illused his wife since their marriage, and whatever her temper might he he bad no right to strike her with the poker. He must be imprisoned for two months with bard la bour, and at the expiration of that time find bail for six months. WANDSWORTH.—EI. Z. Jervis—who, it Is ill he rera?mbered, represented that he was the son of Sir John Jervis, and brorher-in-law to the Turkish Ambassador, was brought up on remand before Mr. Ingham, charged with obtaining money from Mrs. Sarah Parker, who is upwards of 70 years of age, and alleged to be insane by false representations. On th►s occasion it was stated in court that the prisoner was very well known, and had not taken up his certificate as solicitor for some years. He appeared much better in health, and stood the whole time be was in the dock. The prisoner, upon being brought into the court, wished for the case to be adjourned tor the attend ance of his solicitor, who had all his papers, and who unilTsto,,d he was remanded until Wein.vs day, and not Tuesday. Mr. Taylor, the chief clerk, said it was distinctly un•lers:ood that Tuesday was the time for the re examina ion. The solicitor whom the prisoner had employed was in the court at the time and heard the day appointed. _ . Payne, the summoning officer, said, Wednesday was first mentioned, but in consequence of the witness (Mrs. Houghton) not being able to leave the Can cer Hospital, where she was an inmate, upon a Wednesday, the case was adjourned until Tuesday. Mr. Ingham decided upon hearing the fresh evi dence, and told the prisoner that it would not pre vent him from having the witnesses cross-examined on another day. The prisoner hoped it would be no longer than to morrow (this day), as he wished to obtain his liberty. Mrs. M. A. Grist, a married woman was then called, and stated that she was niece to Mrs. Parker and now resided at No. 45, London-road. She was living with her aunt in Sept. last. She remembered opening the door to the prisoner on a Tuesday night iu that month. He addressed Mrs. Parker as " My dear madam," and asked her if she had made her will. Her aunt replied in the negative, and he told her that she had better make her will as her family would take all the property. Witness told him distinctly that her aunt had no property, nor had sue ever had a child. The prisoner replied that it was false, and asserted that there was plenty of property. He accused witness of being in league with her friends to rob her aunt, and that, she' had drawn large sums from the Bank. She told him not to have anything to do with her aunt for it would be no better than swindling. He then told witness that ho would punish her for her insolence. The next day ber aunt accused her of having given her poison, and also of robbing her. Witness was with her aunt for five weeks to take care of her, and she at first treated her very kiudfy, but after the pri soner s ud witness was a dangerous person she quite altered in her behaviour. She always considered her aunt to be deranged. Mr. S. Neagus, the brother of Mrs. Parker, re siding at Bury St. Edmonds, said, his sister was the widow of a stockbroker, and her only income was 401. per annum from the funds of the Stock Exchange. His sister had the lease of a house in Sloane-street, but that had expired some time. Witness had never seen the prisoner until that morning in court. She never came to Bury St. Ed munds. His sister never had any family to his knowledge. She had been deranged for years, and it was above 40 years ago that she threw herself from a bedroom window. Mr. Ingham asked the prisoner if he had any questions to put to the witnesses t The prisoner said not at present, but he hoped they would ba there again for his solicitor to exa mine them. Mr. Ingham then eaid he would remand the pri soner until - b.-morrow (this day), and he would wri'e to the mat ron o f th e Cancer ospital to allow Mrs. Houghton to attend. The prisoner then asked for his papers to be re stored to him, in older that he might instruct his solicitor, Lut _ _ Mr. Ingham refused until they had been tho roughly examined to see if any of them bore upon the case. The prisoner was then removed, and his worsbip intimated his intention of applying to the Law So ciety in Chancery-lane as to whether they would prt,secut.) the aczwied. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE, LIVERPOOL AUTUMN MEETING. TUESDAY. Handicap Hurdle Race of 5 sovs each, with 30 added. Two miles, over six flights of hurdles. 11 subs. Mr. Barber's Miss Harkaway, 4 yro, 9st 61b...(Green) 1 Mr. Harvey's Chester, 3 yrs, Tat 10ib (C. Leake) 2 Mr. T. James's Cenral, aged, 954 41e... (Mr. Gaman) Antique, Reveillee, and Theodine also ran. Betting-7 to 4 agat Miss Harkaway, 3to 1 agst Theo dine, and 6to 1 agat any other. Won by four lengths ; five lengths between the second and third ; Theodine was pulled up at the, distance, and did not pass the post. The AK-Aged Selling Stakes of 5 soya each, with 30 added. T.Y.C. 12 subs, Mr, Peter's Leukothea, 2 yrs, sst 131 b (40/.)...(Little) 1 Mr. Ba.tes's Jane, 3 yrs, let 21b (201.).,, (Bray) 2 Mr. Daley's St. Dunstan,4yrs,7st 111 b (20/ ) (Plumb) 3 The following also ran :—Thistledown, Richmond Hill, Princess of Orange, Hark Forward, i•liss Allen, fby Mentor—Psyche, Lady Ann, The Flea, and Flo rence (late Agra). Batting-5 to 1 each agst Florenee and Thistledown, 6 to 1 each asst Jane and Princess of Orange, 7 to 1 aget St. Dunstan. Won by a neck, a head between the second and third ; Lady Ann was fourth ; about two lengths from St. Dunstan, Thistledown was fifth, and Psyche filly sixth, the others well up. The winner was bought in it 75 guineas. The Knowsley Nursery Handicap Stakes of 5 sovs each, 2 ft, with 801. added ; the second to receive 20 sovs out of the stakes ; winners alter the publication of the weegiats slb extra. T.Y.C. 32 subs. Mr. J. Merry's Baroness filly, 6,t 71b (Plumb) 1 Mr. Jackson's Tuuetall Maid, 7st 3lb (Bullock) 2 Mr. Paroer's King William, 6st 5:b...... ....... (ruck) 3 Tr e following also ram :—Meta, Sally, Satinstone, Capt, Wedderburn, Wild Honey, Adventurer, Nally, al Ellen the Fair. Bating —5 to 2 agst Tunstall Maid, 5 to 1 agst King William, and 6 to 1 each agst Baroness filly, Wild Holey, and Clptain Wedderburn. The Baroness filly got off in front, made a'l the running, and won by hale a leu'th ; King William was beaten two lengths from Tunstall Maid ; Wild Honey was fourth, abent as far from King ; Adventurer woo fifth, Ca twin Wed :er'Jurn sixth, and Satkstono seventh ; Meta and Sally were the last two. The - Croxteth We!ter Cup (in specie) of 30 cove, added to a handicap sarpepstakes of 80VS each; gentlemen riders ; jockeys sib extra ; the second to save his stake. One mile and a half. 11 subs. Captain Connell's Little Tom, aged, llit 21h (Owner) 1 Lord de Mauley's Cotswold, 4 yrs, 10.4 t (Captain Little) 2 Mr. T. Dawson's Little Cob, 3 yrs, 9st Sib (inc 51b ex) (Aldcroft) 0 Betting-11 to 8 on Cotswold, 3 to 1 agst Little Cob, and 7to 2 against Litt'e Tom. Won by a head ; Little Cob was pulled up, and did not pass the post. The Juvenile Stakes of 5 soya east], with 25 added, for 2-yr-olds ; c01t. , , Bst 71b ; fillies and geldings, Bst 41b ; allowances and penalties. T.Y C. 8 subs. Mr. Parker's Martha Lynn filly, Bat 41b (ear Bst 6lh) (Wells) 1 Mr. Barber's King William, Bst (Dales) 2 Mr. J. Osborne's Inc ense colt, Bst 71b (Cbali"") 3 Mr. T. Dawson's British Flag, Bst 41b .....(Aldcroft) 4 Betting -6 to 4 agst King William, 2to 1 agst Martha Lynn filly, and 5 to 2 agst British Flag. Won by a head ; a length between the second and third ; bad fourth, Ttie Aintree Plate (Handicap) of 5 sows each, with 25 added, for all ages. One mile. 29 subs. Mr. W. Saunders' Master Ba c ot, 3 yrs, Est 41 b (Plural.) 1 Mr. Andrews' The Martlet, yrs, 7et (Little) 2 Mr. Grow ly's Leukothea, 2 yrs, 4st 10Ib (Grimsbaw) 3 The fill 'wing also ran :—Bourgeois, Uzella, Do Ginkel, and Little Cob. Won by three lengths; bad third. LATEiT LIVERPOOL CUP BETTING. sto 1 abet Snr•cial Linens:, 11 to 2 apt Underhand 7 to 1 agst St. Giles 7to 1 agst Warderaiarskeloffered) 100 to .8 agst Cotswold (offered) 6 t 1 was taken about Cotswold before his race. BETTING AT MANCHESTER—TUESDAY. L I VISRPOOLAUTUMN CUP. 9to 2 ngst Underhand (taken) 7 to 1 agst Wardoimareke (taken) 7to 1 ;lot Special License (taken) 7 to 1 agBt Ht. Giles (taken) 1t to 1 agst TGurnaraent (taken) 20 to 1 agBt Sir Humphrey (taken) 20 to 1 ag3t Victoria (taken) 20 to 1 ag4t El Hakim (take') 20 to 1 agst Queen Bess (taken) PREACEUNG AND PAACTICB.—A worthy clergyman in this city, toll.,yr lug the practice of hie mini , terial brethren, recewly proacbed a very earnest discourse on the hard times, enkrcing th e d uty of retrenc h ment an d ec o nom y. hutuedtaLely after chu rc h th e congreg4tion took hun a 6 his word by boldinz a nicotine, at which his salary Yae cut down from 1,000 dal. to 600 dole.—New York post. NAVAL AND MIL [TA RY INTELLIGENCE. The officers and men belouging to the 3d Bat talion of the 60th Rifles, who have been for some time held in readiness to embark for India, re ceived an order yesterday to proceed from Chatham garrison and embark at Gravesend on board the In domitable for Madras. Orders have bean received at the Provisional Battalions, Chatham, for the reinforcements for the 23d (Welsh Fusiliers) 35th, 53d, 61st, 84th, and 90th (Light Infantry) Regiments to be held in readiness to embark at Gravesend to-morrow on board the George Marshall for Calcutta. The whole offihe officers and troops belonging to the Chatham division of Royal Marine Light In fantry at present at head-quarters were assembled in the barrack-square ou Monday for the purpose of witnessing the presentation of a silver medal, to gether with an annuity of 101., awarded by the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty to Sergeant William Jefferies, Royal Marines, for long service and meritorious conduct. Yesterday morning a district court-martial as sembled at Chatham garrison, under the presi• dency of Lieut.-Col. R. J. M'Killop, Royal Marines, for the trial of 10 prisoners be'onging to the following corps for various offenc::.s :-18th Royal Irish, 19th and 20th Foot, 90th Light In fantry, 98th Regiment, Royal Engineers, lloyal Artillery, Royal Marine Light Infantry, and the Hon. E tst India Company's service. The trials will probably last several days. James Lewis, Acting-Barrack Sergeant of the Royal Marines at Woolwich, was ye3terday morn ing presented, on full parade, by Lieut.-Col. Hop kins with a medal (ill addition to an annuity of 101.) as a reward for meritorious conduct and long services. The 68th Regiment at Portsmouth are preparing to ombark in the steamship Australasian about the 15th inst. for India. The ship New Great Britain arrived at Spithead on Monday evening from London for Hong Kong, bavl ng been on shore under Dunnose during a thick fog at 10 45 p.m. the previous day. She has appar ently sustained very little damage. The auxiliary screw transport Indomitable, Cap tain Kett, sailed yesterday from Woolwich, having embarked 6 officers and 110 gunners of the Royal Artillery, 1 officer and 3 privates of the 44th Foot, 10 men of the 60th Rifles, mid 9 of the 66th Foot. At Gravesend she received 6 officers andjlB6gunners of Capt. Desborough's company of the Royal Artil lery, 1 officer and 16 men of the 12th Lancers, and 2 officers and 26 men of the 60th Rifles, making a total of 15 officers and 360 rank a❑d file. She sailed direct for Madras. From the London Gazette of Last Night. THE PRINCE OF WALES'S COUNCIL CHAMBERS, Buckingham -gate, St. James's-park, Nov. 7. The names of those who have been nominated by the Council of his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales to serve the office of Sheriff of the county of Cornwall : William David Horndon, of Pencrebsr, Esq. John Francis Buller, of Morval, Esq. John Tremayne, of Heligan, Esq. BOARD OF TRADE, WHITEHALL, Nov. 10. The Right llon. the Lords of the Committee of Privy Council for Trade and Plantations have received, through the Secretary of State for Foreign Affair 3, a copy of a dispAch from her Majesty's Ambassador at Paris, inclosing copy of a French Imperial Decree, fixing as follows the import duties upon the under-mentioned articles Yellow fln French ships-1 fr. per Wax or brown lln Foreign „ —6 100 White {ln French ships-2 kilos. In Foreign „ —7 Pickled fish (poissons marine 4) imported into Corsica, will pay the same duty as if imported into France. Detached pieces of machinery and mechanism of steel, will pay 150 francs per 100 kilos. BOARD OF TRADE, WHITEHALL, Nov. 10. The Right Honourable the Loris of the Committee of Privy Council fur Trade and Plantations have received, through the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, a copy of adespatch from her Majesty's acting Consul at Bangkok, en closing copy of a Siamese notification, prohibiting c iptains and masters of ships, under a penalty of 80 to 200 ticlls, from throwinr , over ballast, sand, stone, e ar th, Sze., any where near the bar of the river Meinam, where the water does not exceed seven fathoms in depth, or anywhere in the bed of the river. Captains and masters of vessels trading at the port of Bangkok, will be required to prohibit their crows from going on, shore with knives and other weapons. COMMISSIONS SIGNED BY LORDS-LIEUTENANT Cambridgeshire Militia--Sir Charles Nightingale, Bart., to be Lieutenant, vice John Evelyn Kingston Moreley, Rifle Brigade; ,ydney Herbert lisvies, Gent., to be En sign, vice Lockhart Ramage, resigned ; Richard Pigott, Gent., to be Ensign, vice John Tibbles, resigned. Royal Sherwood Foresters or Nottinghamshire Regi ment of Militia—Percy Charles Stanhope, Gent., to be Lieutenant, vice Augustus Mark Hammond, pr.kmotod ; Ge.,rge Augustus Montagu Hare Sloper, Gent., to be En sign, vice Edward a' Wood Tayler, reigned. Galloway Rifles Militia—Thomas Palethorpe, Esq., M.D., to be Surgeon, vice Potts, deceased. _ . Ist or Western Regiment of Norfolk Militia—James Menzies, Gent., to ba Ensign, vice Brice, resigned. Worcestershire Regiment of Militia—Ensign William Joseph Tibbs, to be Lieutenant, vice Harry deceased. (This Appointment is substituted for that which appeared in the Gacette of the 3 i inst.) East bent Regiment of Militia—Henry Gillett, Gent., late Lioutenant Essex Rifles, to be Lieutenant, vice Gatty, deceased. BANKRUPTS. William Charles Barnes, and William Cordingloy mann facturing chemists, Bow-common, Middlesex, to sur render, Nov. 25, and Dec.' 22, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Graham, official assignee, Coleman-street ; Marten, Thomas, and Hollauas, Mincing-lane, City. Robert Bradley, paper-stainer, Trafalgar-road, Old Kent-road, SurrT, Nov. 2), at one, and Dec. I's, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Whitmore, official assignee, Basinghall-street ; Spicer, Staple-inn. A petition for winding up the Welsh Potosi Lead and Mining Company (limited), has been presented by George Button. Pap ties must present and prove their claims on the 27th November, at the Court of Bankruptcy. William Stevenson, cooper, Sheffield, Nov. 21, and Dec. 19, at ten, at the Council-hall, Sheffield. Brewin, official assignee, Sheffield ; Branson and son, Sheffield. Samuel Hawkins Napier and John Hewitson, ship chandlers, Liverpool, Nov. 26, and Dec. 11, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court. Bird, official assignee, Liver pool ; Neal and Martin, Liverpool. William Harrison, draper, R-,chdale, Nov. 20. and Dec. 21, at one, at the Manchester District Court. Hernaman, official assignee, Manchester; Cooper and Sons, Man chester. Joseph Slater Platt and Henry Sutcliff, manufacturers, Manchester, Nov. 26 and Dec. 11, at twelve, at the Man chester District Court. Hernawan, official assignee, Han chaster; Higson and Robinson, Manchester. Charles Warwick, fancy dress warehouseman, Friday street, Cheapside, Nov. 21 and The. 24, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Bell, official assignee, Coleman street-buildings ; Reed, Langford, and Marsden, Friday street. William Benjamin Phillips, bolt manufacturr, Bir mingham, Nov. 20 and Dec. 10, at half-past eleven, at the Birmingham District Court. Whitmore, otfoial assignee, Birmingham ; Southall cud Nelson, Birmingham. James Robert Page, iron, coal, and coke manufacturer, Cannon-street West, Nov. 18, and Dec. 23, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Stansfeld, official assignee ; Lawrence, Plea's, and Boyer, Old Jewry-chambers. Benjamin Fletcher Burton, timber merchant, Notting ham, Nov. 27, and Dec. 18, at half-plat ten, at the Shire hall, Nottingham. Harris, official assignee, Nottingham; Deverill, Nottingham; Hodgson and Allen, Birmingham, Charles Gray, baker, Cheltenham, Noe. 23, and Dec.' 28, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court. B. Miller official assignee, Bristol ; John Miller, Bristol ; Cheltenham. _ — ,1,4111 Torten, lace manufacturer, Nottingham, Nov. 21, and Dec. 15, at half•past ten, at the Shire-ball, Notting ham. Harris, official assignee, Nottingham ; Bewley and Ashwell, Nottingham. Cha les Edward Merry, grocer, Bristol, Nov. 23 and Dec. 23, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court. Arca man, official assignee, Bristol; Strickland, Bristol; Harris, Bristol. John Scott Parkin, builder and painter, Bruntcliff, Yorkshire, Nov. 23, at twelve, and Dec. 21, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. H ipe, official assignee, Leeds; Terry and Watson, Bradford ; Bond and Barwick, Leeds. Wiliam Barber, cattle dealer, Dunston, Derbyshire, Nov. 21 and Doc. 19, at ten, at the Council Hall, Sheffield. Brewen, official assignee, Sheffield; Cutts, Chesterfield; Smith and Burdekin, Sheffield. SCOTOII SEQUESTRATIONS. David Park, warehouseman, Glasgow, John Fawkner, upholsterer, Glasgow, John Lawrie, bookseller, Kelso. Tua IRISH 13111.-I'6e following gentlemen were called to the Irish bar on Monday; —John F. Johnson Esq., A. 8.; Robert Seeds, Esq , LLD., Quen's Uni versity ; John E. Cairns, E,q., M Wm F. John son, Esq., son of the Archdeacon of Ferns ; John M. Mahon, E , q.; John Wm, Harris, E-q Reeves, Esq. 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The 121 b canisters aro sent carriage f t ee, on receipt of Post-Oflice order.—Barry Du Barry, & c o 77, Regent-st r e e t , L on don. IMPORTANT CAUTION ar,ai I.lSt the fearful dangers of spurious imitations : —The V]ee-Chancel lor, , Sir William Page Wochl, granted an Injunction on the for imitating 10th March, 1854, against Alfred Hooper Nevin, " Barry's Reval=ta Aral:Pit:A Food. A.ustralasia... ........ Bank of Egypt .. •• .. Bank of London ...... British North American Ch Bk. Ind. Aust 8c Ch, City........... ..... Colonial Commercial of London. Eng. Scot. & Aust. Ch. Lond. Char. Bk. of Aus. Do. New .. • • .... London and County .. Lon 8z Eastn Hag. C. London Joint•Sttock ... Londn nud WestminAr Nat. Provincial of Eng. Ditto, New .. • • .... Ditto . ditto Nations :I Bank New - outth Wales Orientai Bank Corpora. Ottoman Bank Frovinclal of Ireland.. Ditto, New......... lonian., South Australia Union of Australia.... Ditto . Union of Hamburg.... Union of L0nd0n...... tY Mutual W es t,:n Bank of• Londrt 10/. per cent, 51. per cent. 9 per cent. 4t. per cent. 51. per cent. £ a. d. 40 0 0 25 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 20 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 .400 0 0 .1 20 0 0 t 20 0 0 1 20 0 0 ,I 50 0 0 ,100 0 0 60 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 50 0 0 29 0 0 25 0 0 20 0 0 100 0 0 10 0 0 25 0 0 25 0 01 25 0 0 1 .• p. c. & bs. .I'. per cent. 51. per cent. IN. per cent. l 6 per cent. l 8 per cent. 18 , per cent. IGpc. &bs 3 Lper cent. 20'. per cent. 101. per cent. A s. d. 4 1. p. ct.&bs. Bi. per cent. 5!. per cent. 10/. per cent. 21/. per cent. all 18 15 0 50 0 0 all 6 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 20 0 0 20 . 6 0 5000 10 0 0 20 0 0 35 0 0 10 0 0 5 0 0 22 10 0 51. per cent.l 00 O 0 O 0 O 0 15 - b 0 25 0 0 2 10 0 3 0 0 10 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 Li s. ' . l • OF SCOTTISH COMPANIES' PRICES. -----____- I Dividend Amount Name of Company, per of Paid. Price. 1 ' nnum. Share. .£ a. d. £ a. 4. ank of Scotland .... 71. per cent. 100 C 0 100 0 0,18810 s ritish Linen Coman 81. per cent 10: 0 0 100 0 0 21610 s iledonian Bank . ...Si..•• per cent 10 sq 0 210 03/ 17s ty of Glasgow Bank 51. per cent. 10 0 , 0 10 0 0 11117 e ydesdale Bank .... 5%/, p sent. 20 0 0 .10 0 0 13 5s 0 0 2401 0 mmercial Bank .. 71. per cent. ,500 0 0 100 0 141 Os istern Bank.. ••• • -6/. per cent. j 25 0 0 10 0 ilith. & Glasgow.... 3%1. p cent. I 5 0 5 o 0 4 1 16 s ttional Bank .. •• - 514 per cent. ;100 0 0 100 0 0 191; 1 0 )rtborScotland Bank 51. percent 1 20 0 0 210 051 11;.* iyal Bank of Scotl. .. 51. per cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 13I1';s lion Bank of Scot. •• 81. per cent. 100 0 0 50 0 0 1001 0 ' astern Bank•• ...• •• 71. per Cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 -1 0 dance Fire and Life.. 8341. pr cent. 100 0 0 11. 0 0 17112 s itish Guarantee . - 41. per cent. 10 0 0 2 0 0 11 Its ledonian Fire Incur. 10(.per cent. 100 0 0 10 0 0 24110 s yof Glasgow Lite.. 6/. per cent. 25 0 0 2 0 0 11 2s !onial Lire ......... 51. per cent. 50 0 0 3 0 0 71 Os inburgh Life Insur. 61. percent. 100 0 0 15 0 0 281 7s g. & Scot, Law Life 51.„n0r cent. 50 0 0 3 5 0 4? 6s e Assoc. of ficaland 6/.percent. 40 0 0 3 0 0 61 15s Bona, Fire and Life 61. per cent. 10 0 0 1 4 0 21 0 a rth British Incur... 71. per cent. 200 0 0 20 0 0 371 Os rthern Assurance Co. 20 0 0 1 0 0 Il 14s Atish Provincial .... - 50 0 0 2 0 0 2/ les ittish Un!on Inertia. 7141. pr colt. 20 0 0 1 0 0 11 153 mdard Life .......• 51. per cent. 50 0 0 7 0 0 261 10 • MISCELLANEOUS. Dividend AmOunt game of Company per of ; Paid. Price. Annum. Share. ' -...... _----- .6 8. d. .6 s. el. adian Charcoal Iron •• 10 0 0 2 0 0 - *lean Steam Ship .. .. 20 0 0 10 0 0 -- 5111/1 Lea •• ...• ...• s'. rer cent. 50 0 0 20 0 0 - ctien Mart.... •• • • 1 1 41 per cent 50 0 0 - - stralian A ,irlculturl - 25 0 0 19 0 0 21 strallan Trust •• .. 81. pr cent. 100 0 0 25 0 0 - stranan Royal Mail - 10 0 0 all - clo-51exican Mint.. H. 10s. • 10 0 0 all - , ,tish American Land Si. per cent 50 0 0 40 0 0 - nada ••••• •• ...... 61. percent 100 0 0 .32 10 0 - )o. 5 per cent Bonds 51. pet cent Stock 100 0 0 - fltte, 5 per cent bds 5/.per cent. Stock 100 0 0 - );tto, 6 per cent. .. 6/. per cent. Stock 100 0 0 - )itto, 6p c. bcis 1874 Ct. per cent. Stock 100 0 0 ' tato, 6p c. bds 1876 61. per cent. Stock 100 0 0 -. ,'stal Palace • 2/. per cent. 5 0 0 3 Mtn Preference 7l pr. c ent , 54 g 0 g 0 5 a a O l i : . 0 1 .... t vs. Palace of France - y Navigation Bonds 3%7. per cent - :eerie Telegraph . • 61. per cent. Stock. 100 0 0 97 g.&Aus. Cep. Smelt. - 50 0 all I},i g.&lris. Stag. T. Co. - 50 0 0 all - nitabie Beversionry 5/per cent. ;QO 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 :Ric New ... 0 - SO 0 0 22 10 0 - . it. Beveri. & TliVef.,. M. p c and 1/ !00 0 0 :00 o 0 - n.iteatnNarigatititi 101. n. 1. Sc. C o l. (Li m. ) - 2.5 0 0 all - 5/. - tdon Gen. Omnib us 12/ . per cent 4 0 0 all 334 ' loon's 8ay...... per cent. Stock ; tock - ngerford .. - •..: 2l. ss, 100 0 0 all - 1. tie. &Na. Manse - 10 0 0 all - idon R , versionary 51, per cent. 1.5 0 0 all - x. & S. American - 10 0 0 all 34 t. Discount com.. - 25 0 0 5 0 0 2 3 1 ;.W. Gov.sp.c. De p b. 51. per cent. - 100 0 0 - '. Bri. Australasian 6d. 1 0 0 all - , th of Europe, Stir al. per cent. 20 0 0 17 10 0 - te's Patent Cand. Co - 21 0 0 all - 1 River. Land&Min. - 50 0 all 2 i . & Oriental Steam 71. per cent 50 0 0 all ; 234 itto New - 50 0 0 10 0 0 1554 3 ersionary Int. Soc 47. pr cent 100 0 0 all - itto New .. ••• - - 4 2 1. pc cent. 100 0 0 20 0 0 - al \tail Steam U. p. share. 100 0 0 6C" 0 0 55 Ash" Aus. Invest l5/. per cent. 1 0 0 all 1 thAtistralian Land 7?. per cent. 25 0 0 all 32 1 4 it and Loan Comp. 734.. pr cent. 20 0 0 5 0 0 - Diemen's Land • • 104. 100 0 0 28 10 0 - 6 per cent. Lintis. 6 per coilt ..... Bank of Scotland .. British Linen Company Caledonian Bank City of Glasgow Bank Clydesdale Bank •• C mmercial Bank .• Eastern Bank.. • • • • .. Edinb. & Glasgow.... National Bank ...... North of Scotland Bank Royal Bank of Scot]. .. Union Bank of Scot. •• Western Bank • . Alliance Fire and Life..' British Guarantee . Caledonian Fire Insur. City of Oiasgow Lite.. Co!onial Life ••• •• •• Edinburgh Life Insur. Eng. Br, Scot, Law Life Life Assoc. of Scotland National Fire and Life North British Incur... Northern Assurance Co. Scottish Provincial .... Scottish Cn!on Insrnc. Standard Life .. •... • • Name of Company. Acadian Charcoal Iron African Steam Ship Assam Lea •• .• .• •• Auction •• •• • • Australian A ,:riculturi Australian Trust •• Australian Royal Mail Anglo-Mexican Mint British American Land Canada • • • •• .... • • Do. 5 per cent Bonds Ditto, ri per cent bds Ditto, 6 per cent. •• Ditto, 6 p c. hds 1874 Ditto, 6 p c. bds 1876 Crystal Palace • Ditto Preferenre Crys. Palace of France pity Navigation Bonds r;lectric Telegraph Eng.&Aus. Cop. Smelt. Eng.Mris. Mag. P. Co. Equitable neversionry Ditic Nr•w (len. Fever;. Ti I 4 r ".f:l:-. hen. I. Se. Col. (Lim.) Oen team Nal'il; at ill London Get. Omnibus Hudson's Ray.. HungerfOrd Lon. Ne. &.N4. Mauso. London Reversionary Mex. & S. American Nat. Discount Comp N.S.W. Gov.sp.c. Deb. Nor. Bri. Australasian North of Europe, Stm. Price's Patent Cand. Co Peel River. Land & n. Pen. & Oriental Steam Ditto New Reversionary Int. SOC Ditto New .. • • •• • • Royal \tail Steam.... Scottish" Aus. Invest. SOutit Australian Land Trust and Loan Comp. Van Dlemen's Land • • Guy. 6 per cent. buds. Pl - 41 . 0.Eki U.E . SIIA.RIIS. Prom the Official L7st. r (JEMMIED EVERY TUESDAY AND FRIDAY EVE NIN LONDON, TUESDAY, Nov. 10, 1857. CANALS. _. {,3 Dividend Names of E Dividend Names of .. Price, ' p er Price. Companies. A per Companies. A Annum. co Annum. cn £ X Ashtn &Oldh 93 7i. p. ct. (Peak Forest. 78 51. Os. Birmingham 40 4/: 88% Regent's.... 30 I7s 15% Coventry.. • • 100 111. 193 Rochdale.... 85 41. 80 Derby .. •• • • 100 62. 15s. &Ord &Won 40 28/ GrandJunetn lee 21. pr. ct. 40. Stoarbridge, ,45 121. 108. Do., 6 pr. Ct. 10 di. pr,et. Severn and ) Grand lJnim i 100 is. 6d • Wye Rail. j 26 11 . 163 . /Unlit .5; Ain. 40 63. 61/ Warwick Bcl Leeds &Livri, 100 251. • 501 1 Bi nn i ng . j 'O O 21. 24 Leicester.. • • 100 5/. , Warwick & 1 21. 9 Leicstr &Ntf, 83 11.55. 13 Napton.. j 100 Lought,oroa 143 701 Worcstr &I 78 10s. 163 y Macclestleld. 100 21. 10s. • Binning. Neath .• —•• 100 161. Wilts & Brkt 7s. Od. --- Oxford.. •• • • 100 106 WATER-WORKS. Dividend per Name of Company. Amount of Share, Paid. Annum. Berlin .. ••• • • ....... East London Do. 4 per Cent. Pref. l)o. 5 per Cent. Pref. Grand Junction ...... Do. New ...... .......... Lambeth New River Company.. Southwark & Vauxhall West niddlesex . • .... Do. Do, ...... tIAS.LIGIr Name of Company. British Provincial .... Brighton •• •• .. •• •• City of London ...... Equitable— •• •• • .. European .... ••• •• Great Central Imperial ............ Ditto New Ditto Dehentures.. Do. Continental istCap. Do. Do. 2d Cap. Do. Do. 3d Cap. Do. Do. 4th Cap. Indepetvient ......... Londov Paid. Preferen. Pbcenix • •• •• •• •• •• •• Ratellff •• •• • •• •• •• .• Surrey Consumers .... United General ...... Westminster Chartered Ditto, New Western A. ... Ditto B Name of Company. flun;rerford.... •• Southwark ...... • • .. Ditto New of 7% p.c. Waterloo • • . • Ditto Old Ann. of 81. Ditto Nw ditto of 11. Vauxhall Name of Company Commercial .......... Do. Preference East and West India.. Grand •furry D. & Canal Do. Loan Notes .... Do. 5 per cent. Pref. London .• • • •• • • St. Katharine ........ 4 outhampton ........ Victoria •• •• •• •••• •• Ditto New Name of Company. Albion illianc a Brit. and Fcr.‘ Ditto Marine ....... Ithenasara .......... Atlas .. kr-4ns Life British Commercial Church of England .. City of London Gen. Life Crown .............. Eagle Equity and Law...... European Life Family Endowment General•• •• •• .• •• •• •• Globe • .. .... Gresham Life . Do. Do.. ... Guardian ............ Imperial Fire... • • .... Imperial Life Indemnity Marine.... Law Fire Law Lite... • . • . Legal and General Life London London & Prov. Marine... •-.... • • • • • • Med. Ir.vlid Sc Gen. Life Minerva •• .• • • • • •• • • Monarch • • • • • New Equitable Pelican •• •• • • • • • • .. •• Phoenix Prorealional Life • • • • .. Provident Life Rock Life............ Royal Exchange ...... Sun Fire Ditto Life ..... United Kingdom .... Universal Life Victoria Life ... Name of Company. .51. per cnt. 6.. per ent. 41. per cent. 51. per cent. 4‘. per cut. SI. per cnt. 'V. per cent. IT AND COK Dividend per Annum. 71. per cent 51. per cent. 21. per cent. 21. 61. per cent. Si. per cent 101. per cent. 31. ss. 4/. 15s. 4/. 10s. 61. per cent. 53.4 per cnt 51. 81. per cent. t6s Oil per sh. 7 per cent. X s. d. 10 0 0 Stock. 25 0 0 25 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 61 0 0 5 1 8 COMPA: Amount of Share. Paid. £ 8. 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 5000 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 £ s. d. all 1.50 6 0 ail 12 10 G 100 0 0 42 15 0 41 0 0 43 0 10 0 41 0 all 52 0 0 16 0 0 all 10 0 0 all 4 0 0 BRIDGES. Dividend 1 Amount per I of Annum. Share. X s. 25 0 100 0 0 lOs per cent.] 50 0 0 100 0 0 6000 40 0 0 70 10 3 11. 12s. Od. 11. Ps. Od. 28s. DOCKS. Dividend per Annum. SI. pr cent. 6/. pr cent. 41. per cent. 51. pr cent. 4%i. per ent. 4 per cent. 51. Os per c. Amount of Share. X s. d. Stock. Stock. Stock. 100 0 0 100 0 0 25 0 0 Stock. Stock. 50 0 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 rEANCE COMPANIES. Dividend per Annum• 71. per c. 71. I , ls. 6(1. 4. p.c. & be. 15s.0(1. & ba 4/.per cent. 71. 10s. 71. 10s. 5 pr ct.& bs. 4/. per share 11 188. 5t4 per cent 41. per cent. 6 per cent. 51. per cent 51. per cent t2l. per cent it. p. ct.&bs. 2s & 2s bons 2as. per sh. 4s. per share 18s. & bs. t% per cent 51. per cent 51. per cent. 6 ti per cent 51 p. ct. 51. per colt. 5/. per cent 12% per c. g p c. &bs p.c &bs I/. 14s. 41. Se, bonus 5/. & bonus. & bonus. IINT-S TOCK Dividend per Annum. Amount of Share. £ s. d. 500 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 1 0 0 50 0 J (00 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 .50 0 0 100 0 0 20 0 0 100 0 0 5 0 0 Stock. 20 0 0 100 0 U 500 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 50 0 0 1 00 0 0 50 0 0 20 0 0 5 0 0 10 0 0 6 5 0 1 00 0 0 5 0 0 Stock. 20 0 0 100 0 0 BANKS. Amount Share. £ s. d. 100 all Paid. I Price. Z s. d. Stock. 00 '0 0 00 0 0 5 0 0 stock. 50 0 0 20 0 0 14 0 0 e. d . 50 0 0 11 0 0 25 0 0 all 5 15 0 25 0 0 5 n 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 10 0 0 10 0 0 5 0 0 5 0 0 5 0 0 all 4 0 0 47 b 0 50 0 0 20 0 0 30 0 0 2 10 0 13 0 0 2 10 0 12 10 0 2 0 0 12 10 0 2 0 0 20 0 0 2 0 0 4 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 10 0 to 0 0 0 10 0 5 10 0 10 0 0 5 0 0 FRENCH ACADEMY OF SCIENCES. At the last sitting M. Faye read a paper the advantages which must accrue to science from the study of the figure of the earth, and concluded with recommending the academy to use its interest with the Government for the purpose of inducing it to extend the great French meridian line to the limits of Sahara. M. Elie de Beaumont, the perpetual secretary, warmly seconded the recommendation. On the same subject M. Leverrier read some remarks on M. Biot's observations relative to M. Struve's work on the Russian meridian, which had given occasion to a recent discussion ; and showed that M. Not was wrong in attributing to M. Struve the intention of measuring an arc of the earth without taking the irregularities of our globe into account, since Marshal Vaillant had announced that M. Struve proposed to measure a parallel from Astra kan to Brest, in order to ascertain whether the figure of our planet has the shape of a revolving body. M. Elie de Beaumont then suggested the expe diency of effecting a general triangulation of the Marquesas Islands ; and subseqently stated that the Isle of Wight was crossed from east to west by a great line of dislocation, in which the chalky and tertiary strata had actually assumed a vertical position. This circumstance, he thought, might tend to explain the anomalies existing in the south ern part of the British meridian. M. Seguier pro duced a fragment of an aeroith which had fallen in the department of the Yonne on the Ist Oct. last, and stated that as soon as he had collected sufficient information on the subject, he would com municate a circumstantial .account of it to the academy. M. Puesch gave a description of a female child which lived fur thirty hours after its birth, although its most vital organs presented very re markable anomalies and defects. M. Bogdanow, of Moscow, wrote on the subject of the colours of the plumage of birds, and announced that he had been able to extract the colouring matter contained in the feathers of the Gallows auriceps and other birds by means of boiling alcohol. He further announced' his intention of examining whether a given colour met with in different orders of animals is produced by the same or by different pigments. M. Leverrier communicated a letter from M. Maury, director of the observatory at Washington, announcing the discovery of a new telescopic planet. The position wa., Oct. 4th, mean time at Washington, 10h. 21m. 24 . 45.; right ascension, Oh. 57m. 29•245.; deena tion, north, 3 deg. 58 min. 37.3 sec. Diurnal mo tion in right ascension, 52 sec.; in declination, 3 min. 54 sec. The pl ane t i s o f te 11th magnitude. M. Leverrier, however, expressed an opinion that this planet was probably identical with the 50th planet discovered on the 19th ult. at Bilk by M. Luther.—M. Tereil presented a lump of glass crystallised after fusion, and gave an analysis of it, showing that it contained but little alumina and oxide of iron.—M. Decharmes communicated some fresh in formation concerning the extraction of opium from the common poppy at Amiens, announcing that the quantity of morphine extracted from it was this year 23 per cent., while in 1853, when the attempt was first made there, it was only 14 per cent. Country IYlarketE, LIVERPOOL—Noy. 10. The grain trade during the weak has been fair, but only for the passing consumption, and prices can scarcely be quoted up or down. The prevailing monetary panic has not yet touched our corn market, for the simple reason of having so limited stocks to be affected by it. In 1847 we held large stocks, and consequently could not help suffer ing. At present we feel safe, expecting liberal supplies, which u ill be sold from on board ship rather than specu late for higher prices by going into store. The market this morning was better attended by millers and dealers than for some time, and a fair business transacted in wneat and flour at a reduction of 2d to 3d per bushel on the former, and is per sack and barrel on the latter. Indian corn gave way in price to the extent of 6d to 9d per qr. HULL— Nov. 10. The attendance to-day was not large. Weather fine. Lade very dull. Last week's prices asked. Millers are. unwilling to purchase. Barley Is lower. Beans and peas at, about last Tuesday's prices. Wheat, Englith red, 48s to 51s ; white 56s to 6Cs; oats, Vs to 32a ; barley, 42s to 46s ; Indian corn, 39s ' • linseed cakes, Hull, ill O s to —1 — s Od ; di t t o, foreign, 81 15e to 10110 s ; rape cakes, 61 5s Od to 6/ 103 ; guano, 81. to 151. ; bones, 140 s Od.; flour, —s to —s; tares, —s to —5. LEEDS—Nov. 10. There was a fair supply of wheat, and trade was dUll; sales proceed slowly, and to do business rather under Fri. day's rates have to b 5 taken. Barley continues dull, and prices have a downward tendency. Beans as bd4fo2rse.:jadt: and other articles unaltered. sid ; Average oats, pr 2 ic i e s s loofalraibne—anWs, h4esast,7Td3B;2pleda;s bailey, 411 rye, —a. Od. ) NEWCASTLE—Nov. 10. There was a moderate supply of wheat to-day-, which sold fairly at Saturday's rates. Trade in South bountry and foreign quiet, millers not showily , much disposition to operate, but holders are firm in their demands, and will not force sdes at a reduction. Flour in moderato re quest, at Saturday's rated. Oats, beans, and peas un changed. COURSE OF EXCHANGE.-YESTERDAY. imsterdam•• .• •• 11 18 Gibraltar ......•• .• •• •• Ditto, three months .. 12 2% Leghorn 30 70 Rotterdam •• •• •• •• •• •• 12 2% Genoa ****** •• •• •• •• •• 26 10 Antwerp •• •• •• •• •• •• 25 85 1411 an •• •• •• •• •• •• •• •• Brussels •••••••• •• •• • • 25 85 , 'Venice ••• • •• •••• •• aamburgh •• •• •• •• •• ••13 14 Naples •• •• •••• .. 42% Aitolla. •• •• •• •• •• •• •• e• • • Palermo •• • • 25 45 Messina Do. three months ...• 26 20 Lisbon ... 5 2 14 Mantillas •• 26 20 'Oporto 52% Bourdeaux •• •• •• •• •e ißio Janeiro ...... • • •• • • Frankfort-on-Maine •• .. 122 ,lluenos Ayres.... • • Berlin .. •• •• •• ••• • •• • • 'New York,6o days' sight Vienna •• •• •• .• •• •• e• 10 54 !Philadelphia •• •• •••• • • rrieste •• • • •••• •• •••••• 10 54 ?IMES 07 11117LLION, PER OZ: Petersburg 34 ;Foreign Gold in Bars .£3 17 9 Madrid ............. 48 I Portugal Gold Coin .• 00 0 Cadiz • • 49 IMexican Doll ars -0 0 Barcelona ..... •• .. New Dollars 0 0 0 Seville.. LOCAL SHARE MARKETS. LIVERPOOL, Nov. 10. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The market is vary dull to-day, and closed with a very flat feeling, at a further decline from the rates of yesterday. Caledonian, 36—Blackburn, 88—Grand Trunk of Catia.da, 81—Midlands, 80i 4- - Lancashire and Yorkshire, 89i Great Western, 48 71 London and North Western, 3i—Sheffields, 3dh 36 Great Western of Canada, new, 3g 4 dis.—South Eastern, isg—Dutch Rhenish, 6,i dis. BIRMINGHAM, Nov. 10. STOCK EXCHANGE. —Prices in the market generally brisk to-day, and the business buoyant towards the close. London and North Westerns, 9314i—Midlands, 80j 81— Birmingham Canals, 88. 1 EMPLOYMENT OF CONVICTS ON THE PUBLIC WORKS AT CHATHAM.—During H s A e separated into thediff rpact eet gams, week several have be tndr hundred employedcon v in repairing the publio roads at C hatharo, under th e control of the Ordnance authorities. They app eare d strong, well fed, and able-bodied fellows, presenting a striking coutra-t to the miserable creatures one often sees crawling about looking for employment. Th e ap pearance of convicts at work in the atreet i h as caused some surprise, as some cons ider it an improper inter- . ference with the labour market, more especially when there are hundreds out of employment, and t o wboni anything in the shape of work would be a great boon. If the authorities are at a loss to find employment for the thousand convicts now confined at Chatham, let them direct their attention to the embankment ofithe Medway, a subject to which the attention of Parliament has been called, and which, ere long, will become of lerious importance if we wish to preserve in a ft onriNh. ing condition the important naval establishment at Chat ham. Years ago it was predicted tbat unless something were done to arrest the wearing away of the banks of the Medway, that river would soon be closed to ships of great draught, and each year seems to add strength to that prediction. It is to be hoped that the attention of the authorities may be aroused to the urgent necessity of arresting the threatened calamity, and no more effre• tual means can be devised than in employing the large body of convicts now living in Comparative idleness at Chatham in embanking the river on both aides from, Chatham to Sheerness.—South Eastern Gazette. BIRTHS. OF A SON. On the 9th inst., at Swainston, Isle of 'Wight, the wife of- Sir John Simeon, Bart. On the 9th inst.,4tt Bandon Lodge, Notting-hill, the wife of O. Barton Kent, Esq. • DAUGHTNR. m'On the 7th inst., at OF 58, Portland-place, the Lady Isabel Bligh, On the 9th inst., at Hendon, the w.fe of Wyndham. He. gate, Esq MARRIED. On the 9th inst., at Bra.dgate-park, the seat of the Earl of Stamford and Warrington, George, seventh Viscount Strang fold, to Margaret, eldest daughter of John Kincaid Lennox, Esq., of Lennox Castle, N.B. On the 3d inst. at the Oratory, Brompton, J ames Fl ynn, Esq., Bombay Civil Service, to Magdalen, the youngo t daughter of Charles Crosby, Esq., late of George-street, Portman-square. DIED. On the 9th inst., at Edinburgh, Archibald Hastie, Esq.l of Rutland-gate, London, M.P. for P.dsley. On the 9th inst., at Brighton, , _aptain Richard Down, late of tho Ennis Linen Dragoons, aged 16. . . On the 9th i st., at Porlskewett, near Chepstow, Captain John King, J.P. for Monmouthshire. On the Sth inst., at 31, Northampton-square, Mr. John Al'sup, formerly of 16, St. Paul's Churchyard, and late of 22, Ludgate street. Uu the tith first., at Camden-town, Mr. John Simpson, of Tottenham -court-road, and 4, oxford-street. On the 7th inst., at Worcest er Mr. Francis Inch e, a g ed Lged 37. , , On the 6th inst., at Ilminzter, James Stapler, Esq., aged 79. O❑ the 4th inst. Charles :Raiford Shepherd, Esq,, of as Middle Temple, aged 65. .t4DON : Printed and Published by MUItD() YOtrl.l4 ei No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sur. (ner. 1 " • 17 42, 2:rprid, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the elnuty of Allact!ebox, Wednesday, November 11,1857. Price Z a. d. Price. Price. Paid. Paid. raid. 77i 277 ~. -