The Sun.
London, England, 1852-02-23 00:00:00

ASSIZE IN TELLIGENCE.

NORTHERN CißCUlT.—Appleby, Feb. 20.,
Mr. Baron Alderson and Mr. Justice Creswell ar-
rived here yesterday afternoon from Lancaster, and im-
mediately proceeded to the court and opened the com-
mission.

The good people of this primitive county town,
alarmed by the rumours of removing the assizes to the
more central and convenient site of Kendal, which were
rife when the hereditary shrievalty of the county
ceased, and the judges were deprived of their accustomed
lodgings at the castle, are making vigorous attempts to
retain their ancient privilege. New lodgings have been
and a rumour of " a railroad to Appleby"
cpisorouvrit provided
forthe judges, in addition to improving the
home,industriously propagated. It may not be without mi.
lity to bring suddenly back to our view the manners and
habits and means of locomotion of our ancestors, and
to compel all those having
business at- the county
assize twice a year to leave the rail, with its business
like punctuality and rapidity and comfort, and
resort
impelled by horses fresh from the plough,
and driven by the rawest of drivers, not forgetting the
ancient quiddam of ls. 6d. a mile, toll-gates and driver.
To be sure when there is a much more important town
in .the
and to which there is already a railroad
direct,at in
north and south
connexion with a trunk railway traversing the
u 4rcdeg-e to ancient post-chaises, rickety phaetons, gigs, att.tsou'nty A the assiso
business cow"' from Which the chief part I
I one is apt to wonder at this,
and to admire " that stability of institutions" which
abhors all change. Nevertheless, this reversion to the
habits of' tho last generation has its use, and we return
from such a brief visit to the ancients to the Modern
county
rail and to the world as it now is, with a higher appre-
ciation of its progress, and of its adaptibility to the
wants of civilised men.
Their Lordships having this morning attended Divine
service, proceeded to the Court house zit twelve'o'dlcck.,
two charged with burglary, two with larceny, aoll one
with
~ criminal assault on a child.
the names of five prisoners,
The
eJeaulsetnicdae Cr ie.:atveinsat in the Crown Court, and
disposed
charges in the calendar. Three of the
prisoners pleadedii
guilty, the charge of assault broke
down, and the fourth case, a charge of Stealing some
cloth, was tried, his Lordship finishing the Crown busi-
ness at two o'clock.
of the
CIVIL SlDE.—(Before Mr. Baron AL-Drusox )
l'he cause-list contained an entry of two causes, both
marked for special juries.

COTES V. lIAMIISON. .
, , ....
This was en, action on the case for slander.
Mr. Bliss,, Q•Ce and Me. Qverend appeared for the
plaintiff, and eer• bergeant
the defendant.
The plaintiff, it appears, Was a draper at Kirby Lonsl,
dale, and had also another shop at MilnethorPe: Tho
ro
defendant is a young Murphy and Mr. James foe
an, only jest of age, who in
April last lived at Borne with his motherewho,keeps the
Green Dragon Inn at Kirby Lonsdale, and who now acts
as land steward to Alderman Thompson. The plaintiff
heard a report that it was imputed• to him that he was
about to become insolvent, and he battled placards offering
a reward of 501. for the originator of the report. At
last he traced it to a customer, and, she gave up a Mr:
Geeeneta commercial traveller, as her authority, and Mr.
Green,
and en(maabiedintotC applied to, said, that being at the Green
him,
kept by the defendant's mother, on the le ch of
April lest, the defendant came into the room where 'he
w
" Have you heard that one of our
principal drapers in Kirby Lonsciale will make an as-
signmez4 M
before onday next?" Green. asked; " Who
it wets?"
and
the, defendant said, "It was Coates."
This slander Mr. Green bad mentioned to others and
the news spread, and, as was alleged, brought the plain:
,tfir's creditors upon him, stopped his credit, and did him
great pecuniary injury in his trade.
For the defendant,. it was elicited in cross•examina-
Lion that 'the plaißeite. had failed some years ago for
1,8004; that he then became a cattle dealer, and did not
BAupecreileducitionnua shatahabt for
eenbr:iluogvehrtaal mgainonstthsre
himpbcoetcinhlign lastthe
'superior and county courts to recover debts. It also
appeared that he, bad been overseer, and had been remiss
is settling the accounts of his year of 'office.
The Learned Counsel for the defendant attributed the
origin of the report to these circumstance; and cone:
tended that the defendant had only repeated. withutit
malice what he had heard commonly spoken of.
His LOnnsnie having summed up, . '
The jury,foeud a, verdict for the plaintiff—damages'
one farthing.: , •-:' ~

. -
Pitpy V. LESYTITWAITE.
In this case Mr. Bliss, Q.C.. and Mr. TemPle'appeated
for the plaintiff, and Mr. Sergeant Murphy and Mr.
James for the ;lefendant.
The plaintiff, Alias Alice Gray, is an old maiden lady
of upwards of 80 years of age; entitled to soma property.
at Burton in Kendal, and the defendant' so built a' shel'
near some of her houses that it narrowed and obstructed:
her right of way to them upwards of three teet4: so tb_nt.:
a loaded earl could not now pass. The action was bYOug
for this infringement of the plaintiff's right of Iv6laollohl
urt
to establish her right. The cause occupied .the
till near seven o'c.look.

qleoL
The jury found their verdict 'for the plaintiff.
This-terminated the business of the ssenze.

THE %VooLwicn ELECTORS.—A requisition Mr
to .
Montagu Chambers, invitinr, him agairt to stand Or the re.
presentation of the borough at the next vacaticy, has been
got tip this week ill woc,hvieb, and with such success that
within ct very brief period more than 500 signatures of bond
fide electors were obtained, and up to last night the numbers
franchise independently,
had considerably increased : a fact which shows on what
as among the signatures, are a
high, ground the honourable ge.ntleman stands in the opinion
of those who, at the late election were unable to exercise the
vatrinittiber of persons who then voted for his uppcnient....;
Kentish M-
ercury. , . .. ,

PRICES OF SHARES

'N BANKS, ASSURANCE, AND OTHER COM

PANIES' STOCK.
From the Official List.

fURLISLIED EVERY TUESDAY AND FRIDAY EVENING.

LONDON, FRIDAY, FEBRIJA]

RY 20.

ATOIStirT43TOCIE ZAN'

Dividend Amount 1
lame or Company. per 01 Paid. Price.
Annum. Share.
...r.......m..... ...mem. I
A 3. d. A s. d. (
kustralasia ••••• • • • • • 51. per cent. 40 0 0 40 0 0-6
ritshNorth American 5/. per own. 50 0 0 50 0 0 49
Commercial of London 61. per cent. 100 0 0 20 0 0 -
Colonial.. •• •• ••••• •• 21. per cent. 100 0 0 25 0 0 - 1
Glioucestershire ••• • • -151 per cent. - - - c
lonian •• •• .....• ~.. 61. pr cent. 25 0 0 25 0 0 -
London and County .. i 61. per cent. SO to 0 20 0 0 - '
Gonda and Westminstr 61: per cent. 100 0 0 20 0 0 293¢ .
London Joint-Stock... 61. per cent. 50 0 0 10 0 0 -
Provincial of Ireland.. 31. per cent. 100 0 0 25 0 0 43%
Ditto, New... •• • ... il. per cent. 10 0 0 10 0 0 -
National of Ireland .-. 41. per cent. 50 0 0 22 10 0 -
Nat. Provncial of Eng. Si. per cent. 100 0 0 35 0 0 - 1
Ditto, New. ••• •• -6/. per cent. 20 0 0 10 0 0 - i
Oriental Bank Corpora. 71. per cent. 25 0 0 25 0 0 -
South Australia •...•• 6/. per cent. 25 0 0 25 0 0 26
Union et Australia.. - 61. per cent. 25 0 0 25 0 0 3534 i
Ditto .............. 6/. per cent. - 210 • - '
Union of L0nd0n..... 71. per cent. 50 0 0 10 0 0 -
Union of Madrid .•• • • - 40 0 0 40 0 0 ---'
ICSSMILANCB 0 ONCP.A.Iif IBS.
Dividend Amount
Name of Company. f per of Paid. Price
Annum. Share.
.n....................n.......... .................• ..............,
X 0 • d. A x. d.
Albion .........• -.• 31. 10s. 500 0 0 50 0 0 86
Alliance 15 tit. and For. 71.145. 6d.bs. 100 0 0 11 0 0 2134
Ditto Marine..... • • 61. p.c.& bs. 100 0 0 25 0 0 41%
Atlas .•• ........... • • 130.66. 50 0 0 510 0 1734
Argus Life .... -.. • • 41. per cent. 100 0 0 16 0 0
British Commercial •• 7s. 6d. 50 0 0 5 0 0 6%
Clericl,Mod.&Gen.Life spr ct.& bs. 100 0 0 10 0 0 263 h
County - ...„....... 41. 100 0 0 10 0 0 -
Crown • • •........... 14s. 50 0 0 5 0 0 15
Eagle ss. 50 0 0 5 0 0 7
Eqity and Law - .... 4% per ceat. 100 0 0 5 0 0 4%
European Life ..... 10s. 20 0 0 All paid. 12
General ............ - 5 0 0 P • 5%
Globe
Guardian .... --.• •• 51.'per cent 100 0 0 4$ 0 0 553
Imperial Fire .....• .- 121. per cent. 500 0 0 50 0 0 246
Imperial Life •••• • • • • 12s. 100 0 0 10 0 0 1914
Indemnity Marine.. •• 11.911. &M. 100 - V 0 20 0 0 49
Law Fire . .......... 28.& 2s. bs. 100 0 0 210 0 31,4.
Law Life.. ---.• .. - 100 0 0 10 0 0 4614
Ge7al Rua General Life - 50 0 0 2 0 0 5.4
London Fire .... - -10 s. &ha 25 0 0 12 10 0 2134
LondonSiiip - ....... 10s. & bs. 25 0 0 12 10 0 2134
Iffirine.. • •......... 15s.per share 100 0 0 15 0 0 15%
4ftd.lnvll,l &Gen. Life 4%1. per ct . 50 0 0 2 0 0 2%
Monarch -- - - .... .• - 5 0 0 1 0 0 19s.
rational Lean Fund.. 51. per cent. 20 00 ' 310 0 2k
Nlladiiim Life ...... .. 5/. per cent. 60 0 0 2 0 0 234
?Immix • • 3/. p. sh. &bs. - - 16 i
Professional Life...... 51. percent. 6 5 0 010 0 170.66
Provident Life • • ...... IL ss. & be. 100 0 0 10 0 0 30
Rock Life - .... - .... ss. 5 0 0 010 0 736
itoyal Exchange ..... 6/. p.ct. & be. Stock. all 227
.ion Fire. - ft 209
' - Ditto Life . - t t 48
United. Kingdom ,
Llniversal•Life , 10% ct.& bs. 100 0 0 10 0 0 -
Victoria Life . .. - 4 12 6 536
• ' ,', BRIDGES
Dividend Amount
Ramo of Company. per . of Paid. Price.
Annum. Share.
,le......•.••••••• •••••••••••••••••1 .••••,....... ...................................
Se a. d. A. a. Gl.
Hungerford.• •• • • .. • • - - - 47
Southwrk ...... •• .. •-•-• 100 0 0 - -
Ditto NW of 734 p.c. 709. per cent. 50 0 0 - 16 -
Waterloo .. .. •• •• •• •• 100 0 0 - 3
Ditto Old Ann. ofBl. 21. Bs. 06: - 60 0 0 24%
Ditto Nw ditto 0f,71. 21.25. Od. - 40 0 0 22
Vauxhall .... .• . Av. 21. 70 10 3 - In
WILT E72.-‘47ONI.XES
-• ' •
Dividend Amount
Name 'of Company. ' II.'per of Paid. Price.
Annum. Share.
- -- -...
--------
A s. d. A s. d.
East Londou...• ••• • • • 81. per cnt. 100 0 0 - 149
Grand junction ••• • .. 4/. per cut. 50 0 0 - 67
Kent-- -....- • . • • i 4/... per cut. 100 0 0 - . 80
Lambeth •• --•• .. • • 5/. per cut. 100 0 0 - 97
. New River Company.. 21. 103. - - 60
Vauxhall - • ......... 51. per cnt. 100 0 0 • - 97
West Middlesex . . . '6/.os. pr cut. - - 102
DOCIES.
Dividend Amount
Name of Company. per of Paid. Price.
Annum. Share.
, ------,-- - ---•
A• 0. d. A a. d.
Commercial ...... •• .. 4/. pr cent. Stock. - 90%
, ‘ East and West India... 634. pr cent. Stock. - 14834
East Country ........ 208. per sh. 100 0 0 - -
London ..• - .•••• •• 5/. pr cent. Stock. - 121
Ditto 80nd5........ Al. per cent. - - __ ~
it. Katharine •• •• .... 334 per cent. Stock. - 813{
Ditto-Bonds • • ...... 4341. pr cent. - - -
Southampton .. ••• • .. - 50 0 0 50 0 0 -

CA.N.6.1.8.
..; I 1 i Dividend
games of L. Dividend . Names of .
g er
Companies.
.04 per pri '7 Cempanlei.
~, Anpnum. Price.
cc Annum. ~,,
X X
Ashtn& Oldh 98 71, p. ct. 140 Macclesfield . 1001 21.105. 50 •
Barnsley.• • • 1601 . Neatk ••• • • • 100 161.
larkuk&Abrg 150 51. g 5 Oxford.. •• • • 100 131. 135.
Birmingham 40 41. —... Peak Forest. 78 31. 18s. 70
CoventrY•••• 100 i 251. 200 Regent's —•• gg I/. 38. 171(
Derby ••• • • 100, 61. 63 Rochdale...- 85 21, 42
Ellsmre&ChS 69 2% p. ct. 33% Seinrset Coal 160
GranclJunctn 100 3-I.pr.ct. 471 Do.Lk Fd3t 12
po., 6 pr. Ct. 10 61. pr. ct. 114 Stffrd &Wore 140 381. 405
Grand Surrey 100 21. Os. 32% Shrewsbury.. 126
Grand Union 100 11. 10s. 24 Stoarbridge.. io 201. 290
Mennt& Avn 39' 4s. Od. li% Severn and*/
Lancaster • 100, -- Wyeßall. t 26 2144' 24
Leeth&Livrp 100, 201. 405 War Wick& /
Leicester ..•• 100 51. 66 Rirming. j 100 41. 40
Let cstr &Nth 83' 41. 44% Warwickia-I
Lou ghbor ogh 1421 701. 510 Napton. I 100 31. 28
5101unonthsh 100, Worcstr &) 78 ~
Mntgemrysh 100, . Birming. ".• 33
toltnAiwbryi 100 Wilts & Wks Ils. 6d. 7%

g.its-I.IONT AND CONN COMPANIES.
-----
Dividend Amount
Name of CoMpany. Per of Paid. Price.
Annan/. , Share. - • --,...-__,_
-____.
L. a. d: Z. s. d.
British ••••••••'• • • • • 11. • ' 40 0.-0 ' 18 o 0 10 '
Ditto Provincial -• • 11. Bs. .20 0 0 .20. a 0 18
Brighton
51. ~ 20 0 0 - ' -
•• • •'• • **. • • "
City of London •• •• •• 61. ' . 100. 0, 0 in ,0, .0 130
CentinentalConsolidat. boa. 75 .0 0 ,33 .3 0 . .._
Equitable..' •• ••• ••• 1. .. 7 .505.,t• .50 0 0 50 0. 0 2714
Great Central!.• '.... 1 a , ,
0 0 0 10 0 0 1254
imperial ••..••• • •• • • 3l. 50 0 b .50 0 0 -69
Independent .•.•• .7 ••• . 61• 40 :0 0 40 0.0 46
,
London'.• •••••••• • • • • -•i• , 50 0 0' 50 0 0
Do., Parl. Preference 51: ' 25 0 0 710 8 -
Phcenia .•••••• • •• •• 41. per coat. 50 0 0 40 8 0 25
' It:Melia.- -•-, --. • • 51.., 100 0 0 90 0 0 -
United General ••• • .. , ' 11.' , 50 o"0
ad 0 o 1634
watzahistecCkartered Si. Per Gent. 50 0 0 - ' 4634
Ditto. New
41. per cent. 50 0 0 10 0 0
---
........:
ILIST or SCOTTZSIE CODIPANZES' PRICES
Dividend Amount
MUSIC of Company. per _of Paid. Price.
, Annum. Share.
- • ' : , :£ s. d. Le. d •,-
Batik of Scotland
British Linen Company 81. per cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 200
Caledonian Bank
City ofGlasgow.Bank . 61. per cent: 10 *0 0 10 0 0 10%
Clydesdale Bank- • 634 percent. 20 0 0 10 0 0 '121.1s
ComMercial Bank •• •• 71. per cent. 500 0 0 100 0 0 ,177
Eastern Bank.. •• •• •• 61:per cont. 25 0 0 10 0 0 9N
Edlub.lkGlasgow Batik 31. per cent. 5 0 0 6 0 0 .sk
Eadflangeßnk of Scot.. - 100 0 0 42 '0 0 534
National Bank 634 per cent. 60 0 0 10 0 0 154
Norther Rcotlandßank 51. per cent.° 20 0' 0 210 0 23g
soyalßank of Scotland '6l. per cent. 100 0 0 'loo' 0 0 132
(Non Bank of Scotland. 81. per cent, 100 0 0 50 0 0 89%
WtBtern Bank :..... •• 71. per cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 66%
Alliance Fire and Life 834 /.pr cent. 10 0 0 ' 10 0 0 2134
British Guarantee
Caledonian Fire Insur lol.per cent. 100 0. 0 10 0 0 24
City of Glasgow Life
•6'l. per cent. 25 0 0 2 0 0 81. 16s
Colonial Life
Edinburgh Life Insur. 6/. percent: 100 0 0 lb 0 0 21
Eng.& Scot, Law Life 51. per cent. 50 0 0 217 6 '3%
Life,Assoc. of Scotland 61. per cent. 10 0 0 110 0 31. 15s
National Pire and Life 51. per cent. -10 0. 0 1 0 0 27e.'0.1
North British Wm 6l. per cent. 200 0 0 20 0 0. •80
Scottish Ilnioninsrnce. 7%1. pr cent. 20 0 0 1 0 0 j29s. 6d
Standard Life
United' DeprAisnranee 51. per cent. 10 0• 0 1' 0 0 .20s Cd
, . . .
ibizsaszzarfnotrs. , .
Dividend Amount
Name of Uorapany. • per • of Paid. ' Price.
' ' Annum. ' Share.
____.--....-- --.-. -........
A. s. d. Z. s. d.
Assam Tea .......... - . 20' 0 0 20 0' 0 ' '934
Luction Mart.. ••• • • • 21. ss. 50 0 0 - 2634
kastrallan Agriculturl 11. 100 0 0 35 0 0 . 20
Australian Ttust •• .. 6/. per cent. - 85 '0 0
Inglo-Mexican Mint.. 11:. 10s: - 10 0-0 10 0 0 22
Ditto-. Half Shares,• - - 210 0 -
Britian American Land - . _ 38 10 0
49
Canada ... • • ...... i. 61% percent: ,100 0 0 32 10' 0
,
.D0..5 per cent Bonds - ' 1 - ' • - 150
_ M 34
Ditto, 6pr ct. Bonds 61. percent,,---.. - 93%
City Navigation Bonds :al per cent., --- 00'
.0 0 94
Gen. Revers. &Invest. 6 p.c.k bs. 21 100 00 1 _
Equitable Itevorsienry 51pr. cent. 100 0 0 100 .1; 0
_ .
Ditto New. 4......: '_:.. 50 0.0 7
n 14 0 0 • 2g%
Gan•StearaNatigatlOn - 10'p. ct. 15 • - . Sr
Stock. -
Ilticlson's,Bay....l..".. - , 100 0 0 7 ,
Hungerford ...i, ... .. , - 21. ss. - _: 0 0 .0.
_ , 75
L6ndon Institution •• • : - 0 25. 0' * -
25 0 0 --..
New ZeEiland'Company 25 0 .o -12.10 • n
Ditto,.N4rff ...'..... , - .• • 26 0 .. 69,
___
ussell inditution.. • • - - , 0 -50 0 ° 101''
retninslrEsOrtant.Stra.- 81./Y. c.&.1:•!.
100 ': .0 100.' 0 0 _
141 pr cent..
„. 0
itaversiolutry Int. Soc.. , •
0 23% _. sham 100 ..' 0. 2b 0 -
Upyil Mail Steam •• •• 41. 1••• 25 • 0 "•0 A , -
Otith A.tatral lan .. •• . 11. per share.
1c4., o 2- . .
't1,13 Diemen's 11atti.....4i._ ,_;..,.
_-.. FEB...---.Thwypir. ..r

Ditto, New ...'..... ,
ussell Institution:— •
PoulneirSs
tte,versionary Int. Soo..
lioyal Mail Steam • • •.
gcuth Australian . • • • -
vs•nroleman's Vend.; ,
- giuGuToi.;
..sinora- crew of
, C6T.,:wii6Ns „Tim
lateivida_breaki • the
22.7,A-esterday marninglaaarriet, tfellll,_?g to A
a fishing-goat, the Jaelewsliii, mackerel-catc 15
.diAcuTered. vessel of about
Tattersall, of Brighton,.
aimpOr,
miles 5.5.F.4 off the .ctica her pom_ends, and, apparently
160 tons bidden,- to be the Adeli, laden with between
She nro.t? .
eertea. .6 0 wine nifa 100 pieces of, brandy, and the
papers and a considerable
300 and.4•oo6ne out",
had on board the
trg
She had evidently come into collision with
sum ,of ',Well-hid run into her with great violence
another .Ifasaend ripped up four or five planks. Mr. Tatter-
salt,ef -the boat, leaving another of his boats
wvpesseer
„at once made for. Shoreham-harbour, and
amill'thhtheiePsu'
with A ihe assistance of the arbour steam tug. On re-
evgage- • the to the vessel, h nd her in possession
turning ee 4
tolf tie revenue-cutter Active and a trader.,, The.commander
.of the Active had taken the papers and the cash ; and the
whole Of the salvors assisted in towing the derelict vessel
!into the harbour at Newhaven. The finding of two vessels
'abthddited At once is most unusual thing here; but this
morning some boats belonging le Mr. John Andrews fell in
with a Swedish vessel, timber laden, and named, we hear,
the'Dedalus, off Worthing. She had also been in collision.
A dead body was found on board, and that is all the authen-
tic information which has as yet reached us.
VOLUNTEERS. FOR TUE ARMT AUGMENTATION.—
. Volunteers from regiments to.be reduced to those't6 be
creased have readily offered their services. It is now under-
stood that 20 sergeants, and above 800 rank and file. from
• depots 15;26, 30, 36, 42,•67:, 69, 97, and 2d battalion nu,:
brigade, will be permitted to volunteer to the Ist Royel;;77.
7, 11, 13, 16, 19, 21, 28, 33,•38, 46, 48, 50, 54, 58,
79; 82, 85. 88, 93, 95, And Ist battalion rifle brigade, In
to
of. the number of men•required to complete these regi.En
t the
• •„. the
end rank and file each.- Thesavolunteers are PtYJ
7a ' aid
end of this auteue; ; . • -1

FEBRUARY 2B, 1852.