The Sun.
London, England, 1855-04-17 00:00:00

POLICE INT ELLIGENCE.

MARLBOROUGH - STREET. —Jane Cope was
charged by the Central Association in Aid of the Wives
and Families of Soldiers now in the Crunea.with having
defrauded the society of a sovereign.
Mr. George Bell, the secretary, stated .that: the pri-
soner called upon him, and represented herself to be the
wife of Quartermaster Sergeant Cope, of the 38th Regi-
ment, now in the Crimea.; that she had been married
with leave, and had a son, who was serving as clerk to
his father. The prisoner said she was known to Capt.
Hackett, and to Lady Campbell, wife of Sir John
Campbell, the colonel. He asked her for the papers
and regimental card, which every soldier was provided
with. She said she had not got them, as they had been
destroyed, together with everything she possessed, in a
fire that happened when she lodged in Farringdon-street.
Believing her story to be true he took her before the
committee, and by their order a se,,ereign was given to
her by the assistant-seen tary. From circumstances
which subsequently came to his knowledge he had the
isoner elven into custody.
Hannah Rayner hal known S rgeant Cope intimately
for some years, and had never hear i of his having. a wife.
-Rose Bennett, wife of Paymaster Sergeant Bennett,
also knew Sergeant Cope, of the 38th, and never heard
of hiskaving a wife.

The prisoner said she was married at Bilston, in Suf-
folk, to Sergeant C)pe.

Mr. Bing-ham said he would remand the prisoner till
Wednesday, to give the society an opportunity of
making inquiries at Bilston into the truth of the pri-
soner's statement.

Mary Ann Jane Turner, a respect ably dressed wo-
man, who said she was the wife of a surgeon living at
Hackney, was charged with picking the pocket of a lady
named Baynton.

Mrs. Baynton said she was stnpping at tinderton's
Hotel with her husband. While walking in Oxford-
street on Saturday she stopped to look at some goods in
a w'nelow, and while thus engaged she felt a I:and in
her pocket. She put her arm down and her hand came
in contact with the prisoner's hand, which was still'
under her mantle. She put her hand to her pocket and
mi,sed her purse, which contained about twelve sove-
reigns in gold, which she had seen quite safe a few
minutes before', as she had had occasion to tike some
sliver from it to pay the omnibus fare. She immediately
called to a lady who was with her, and puttng her
hand on the arm of the prisoner said, "You have got
my purse." The prisoner pretended to he•indignant at
the charge, and appealed to a young woman whom she
called her sister, but who made olf as soon as a police.
man was called. The prisoner pulled out a purse, not
the one stolen, and said she was willing to Le searched.
Police-constable Smee said he took the prisoner into
a shop, to search her. The prisoner pulled out a
quantify of gold, and said to the lady, "If that is
your money, take it." The prisoner was searched, and
81. 103. in gold was found in her possessirtn. Witness
went to the address given by the prisoner, but it was a
false address.

The prisbner asserted her innocence, and was fully
committed.

THZ PATRIOTIC FUND.-At the closing meeting of the
Manchester committee, the mayor presiding, the town
clerk said the subscriptions were 29,0221. 17s. sd. Sal-
ford, which was usually regarded as part of Manchester,
had given 3775/. 12s. 11d., and the Manchester Unity
of Odd Fellows (though all of this money had not been
collected in Manchester), 2,5001. The total was rather
more than 3,500/. Of the whole amount promised not
a single subscriber had failed to pay.

Dividend 1 Amount
Name of Company. per of Paid. Price,
Annum. ; Share.
---- -
-t, Xl.d.£ s. d.
British ••••••..•• •• .. - 1 -
Ditto Provincial.... 71. 120 0 0 20 0 0 20
Brighton .. • • .... •• ~ 5/. 20 0 0 20 0 0 14
City of London ...... 41. Os. 100 0 0 hi. 5 0 -
Continental (3d Cap.)... 4/. Os. ,10 0 0 43 10 0 -
Equitable - .......... 21.165. 50 0 0 all 2954
Great Central ....... 71 per cent. 10 0 0 all 1114
Imperial ...• ......... 101, & bonus. 50 0 0 all 103
Independent .......•• 51. 40 0 0 911
London.. ...... .....• _ 50 0 0 ~ -
Do., Paid. Preference 61. per cent. , 25 0 0 ~ 25
Pi,ce•ilx . .... •• •• .... 43. per cent. ,60 0 0 50 0 0 ' 2iU
Ratcliff ..... ...... 51. 100 0 0 90 0 0 70
United General ...... 1/. ss. 50 0 0 all 20
Westminster Chartered 53. per cent. 50 0 0 Pt 3934
Ditto, New ....• .. 51. per cent. 50 0 0 10 0 0 -
WATER-WORKS. •
Dividend Amount
Name of Company. per of Pied. Price.
Annum. Share.
1 £ s. d. £ s. d.
East London -
Grand Junction .... •• 1 41. per cut. 50 0 0 all I 63%
Kent...... .. •• • 1 41. per cut. 100 0 0 - 78
Lambeth ........ - 100 0 0 - -
New River Company 21.105. - -
Southwark & Vauxhall 53." per cut. 1100 0 0 - +;l ;-_,
West Middlesex - 90
BRIDGES.
Dividend I Anv quit
Name of Company. per t of Paid. Price.
Annum. I Share.
, -- -
£ s. d. £ B. d.
Hurnerford .......... - - - 12
Southwark .......... - 100 0 0 - -
Ditto New of 714 p.c. 'lOB. per cent. 50 0 0 - -
Waterloo ....... ...... - 100 0 0 -3%
Ditto Old Ann. of 8/. 1/. 14s. Bd. 60 0 0
Ditto Nw ditto of 71. 11. 10s. 4d. 40 0 0 - -
Vauxhall ........ „.. 16s. 70 10 3 - 23
JOIST-STOCK BANKS.
' Dividend - 1 Amount
Name of Company, per of Paid. Price.
' Annum. "hare.
---
i
1 . X a. d. X s. d.
Australasia........... 20/. per cent) 40 0 0 all 80
British North American , 61. per cent.' 50 0 0 f t 4334
Commercial of London. 1 61. per cent. .100 0 0 20 0 0 -
Colonial .............. 1 4/. per cent. ;100 0 0 25 0 0 -
lonian ..... ........ I 61. per cent. 25 0 0 25 0 0 -
Lond.Char.l.l.k. of Aus. - 20 0 0 all 0 20%
London'and County .• 1121. per cent.; 50 0 0 20 0 0 35%
Gond'. and Westminatr 161. per cent. ;100 0 0 20 0 0 41%
London Joint-Stock ..• 'lOl. per cent.; 50 0 0 10 0 0 2750
Provincial of Ireland- 81. per cent. 100 0 0 25 0 0 49%
Ditto, New • Bl. per cent. 10 0 0 all -
National of Ireland -
Nat. Provincial of Eng ' . 81. per cent. 1100 0 0 35 0 0 -
Ditto, New .... •• • • 8/. per cent. i2O 0 0 10 0 0 -
Oriental Bank Corpora. 101. p. ct,&bs. 2.5 0 0 all -
South Australia -. •
Union of Australia.. .• 30 . per cent. 25 0 0 25 0 0 665¢
Ditto - 210 0 -
Union of London -
Union of Madrid -