The Sun.
London, England, 1852-06-28 00:00:00

THE SUN; LONDON, MONDAY EVENING,

PLUN DER SHOPS.

(From the Aye, a new Liberal Weekly paper, just
started.)
Last month, Mr. Ikey Sharpe, formerly clerk to an
attorney of the worst repute, issued from the portals of
the House of Correction, wan in visage, gaunt in figure
—knocking at the knces and out at the elbows—down
nt heels in the lower extremity, and short of the proper
quantity of heir upon his head.
This week, I. Sharpe, Esq., drives a prancer in a bran
new brougham, and is to be observed on Saturday nights
in his own stall at the Opera, ogling the ladies in the
box of royalty. I. Sharpe, Esq., has had his figure
studied to the best advantage by a fashionable tailor
near the Albany, and the head, which was lately rudely
subjected to prison scissors, is now each morning neatly
trimmed by an assistant from the renowned establish-
ment of Mr. Truefitt.

Last month, Bluebottle was a portly figure, sleek, de-
mure, and dressed in glossy black, pouring champagne
creamingly into " my lady's' glass, or courteously piling
on her pictured plate strawberries at five shillings an
ounce.

This week, Bluebottle occupies the cell recently va-
cated by" that Ikey Sharpe." and performs twice a day
upon the same instrument Mr. Sharpe played upon at
Brixton for three successive months, the said instrument
being a wheel of large diameter, which Bluebottle treads
with pain and perspiration.
Whence these changes which another wheel—the
wheel of fortune—has induced?
Near Bond-street, early in the month of May. there
was a shop with the shutters up, and a board attached
thereto, "Tu Let." One morthog the painter and
glaziers' man took down the board and the shutters—
cleaned out the interior—knocked up a mahogany rail
ing and a desk inside—polished the plate-glass, and put
up a blind inscribed, modestly and invitingly, "Mr. I.
Saarpe's offices."

Next d sy Bluebottle, the butler, being on an errand
t i the n-ighbourhood of Berkeley-square, observed the
blind with the name inscribed thereon, and going home-
wards meditated on the subject.
The following Sunday Sir Hildebrand Houndsditch,
Mr. Bluebottle's employer, desiring, on returning from
Church, to read the Sunday papers, found his copy of
Bell's Life wanting, and, on inquiring respecting the
same. found it lying in the butler's pantry.
Oa the day following, Mr. Bluebottle was observed
consulting Mr. Sharpe on important business at the
newly-opened offi&. The week following, the Derby
was
,_or run. The week after that " a detective" was sent
for Budd, to Sir Hildebrand Houndsditcn's mansion,
Where ha was confronted by a pawnbroker, and from
' Whence, after a feria terse and appropriate inquiries, he
afearldit his duty to convey Mr. Bluebottle, in order to
lic, i4.t.!eat gentleman the pleasure of an interview with
Now"n magistrate.
at that ,',"'Y Lady H iundsditch, who had to give evidence
all the
eiroceurrnrisdt police-court," is dreadfully annoyed at
a tender t,,.._
Bluebottle, ances especially as her maid, who had
he was couarrai.t has been in hysterics ever since
filling her detti:d, and quite incapable of properly ful-
tHilohuendesadnitgehettaa s.
_it the toilette-glass. Sir Hildebrand
all other'
to officiate as his own butler un-
co% ,owhich he finds no easy matter,
hhaavviinngg bleoesnt ,a,11,0 aencladrvnce, in people's characters after
had the best. The deceived" in Bluebottle, with whom be
dreadful constereutio7Laof the establishment are in
of everytipeli
couoekl s hands, and asking " Did
housemaids holding up their
.rthe family catastrophe—the
you evar?" whilst the
caenradans,cutolliionnqsuirruenwuhepththere
area at the sight
vt, are n,,t communica-
tive, e„ • ~
neerning Mr. Blue
bottle." Tmhoerepholaisceb. 'Oenntheir pa
whether something more
orders of
inquiries have
ServantsnaptilvaiceYa,tneaods!tchoermyoed°ottntiPostan)Plt°ntkrh::i::deed,
their Prove to be im-
wbeheougmuchgave
directed,Bluebottle uanndeexrttrbaemonti[„:
i,n,
the magistrate,
what he solemnly characterised as i,
the order to stop
of late of cases involving breaches
of
great increase
f domestic con-
fidence."
The consternation and trouble thus occasioned .
112
family—the utter and irretrievable ruin „a
or a fellow-
creature—the suspicions which yet rest upon Other in-
nocent individuals—not to mention the trouble given to
the police, and the argument aff Tded to Lord Granby'
who will tell the public in his next speech that "rime
increases in the very teeth of Free-trade principles—all
i.
this is owing, as we hereby see, to the op, nuag of
Mr.
Ikey Sharpe 's betting-office, at which Bluebottle, and
many hundred other victims, have been plundered, The
gaols are beginning to swarm with petty offenders,
ruined for life in consequence of having fallen victims
to these places of temptation. And not only are the in-
terests of society suffering, but the interests of the Turf. 4
Frauds are perpetrated on sporting WOO through the !

machinery of these establishments; they are the means
of bringing into connexion with Sport a clgss of persons
who would not. be tolerated in " tho ring," dubious as is
the character of many a man within that magic circle.
The thing canitct be tolerated. We put down gaming-
t4bles—we don't allow dominoes to be played in a ta-
vern--Middktex: magistrates refuse dancing and music
Licences=" Bartttelmy Fair" is knocked on the head—
the police on rac e-courses seize remorselessly on every
fellow vino pricks the garter or sets down a thimble-
table—and yet we allow robbery shops to be openly
started in every public thoroughfare! Our police regu-
lations permit Mr. Ikey Sharpe to open a large estab•
lishment, and not 40,0001., as one of these plunderers is
said to have done during the present rading season, al-
though if he turned honest and got an employment, his
master would be warned within a week by C 372 that
he had better look out, for ho had a man in his service
who had been twice convicted!

Oh! it's a nice state of society ours is, and entirely
free from anomalies of any sort!

PRICES OF SHARES

tN BANKS, ASSEJUANCE, AND OTHER CON

PANIES' STOCK.
From the Official List

PUBLISHED EVERY TUESDAY AND FRIDAY EVENING

L9IVDO.N, FRIDAY, JUNE 25.

JOINT-STOCX

Dividend Amount
Same of nipany. per of Paid. Price.
Annum. Share.
-
£ a. d. A a. d.
Australasia -•••• • • • • 5/. per cent. 40 0 0 40 0 0 51 %
BritshNorth American 51. percent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 -
Commercial of London 61. per cent. 100 0 0 20 0 0 26%
Colonial.. -
Gloucestershire •••• • • 15/percent. - - -
lonian .......... •• .. 6/. pr cent. 25 0 0 25 0 0 -
London and County .. 61. per cent. 50 0 0 20 0 0 _
I,ondn and Westminstr 61. per cent. 100 0 0 20 0 0 -
London Joint-Stock ... 61. per cent. 50 0 0 10 0 0 -
Provincial of Ireland.. 81. per cent. 100 0 0 25 0 0 -
Ditto, New......... 81. per cent. 10 0 0 10 0 0 -
National of Ireland .. 41. per cent. 50 0 0 22 10 0 -
Nat. Provncial of Eng. 61. per cent. 100 0 0 35 0 0 -
Ditto, New. .•••• -6/. per cent. 20 0 0 10 0 0 -
Oriental Bank Corpora. tap. ct. & bs. 25 0 0 25 0 0 -
South Australia ••• • - 61. p. ct.& W. 25 0 0 25 0 0 -
Union of Australia.... 61. per cent. 25 0 0 25 0 0 45%
Ditto • • •..... ••- •• 61. per cont. - 210 0 5
Union of L0nd0n..... 7i. per cent. 50 0 0 10 0 0 -
Union of Madrid ..... - 40 0040 0 0 -11:04317SANCIII COMPANIES.
Dividend ' Amount
Name of Company. per of Paid. Price
Annum. Share.
..---.-
-__ -
A s. d. 4 a. el.
Albion ..............5i. 10s.. 500 0 0 50 0 0 86
Alliance Brit. and For. 71. 115.6d.b5. 100 0 0 11 0 0 2214
Ditto Marine. ••• • • • 61. p.c.& be. 100 0 0 25 0 0 4134
Anchor .............. 6 per cent. 50 0 10 0 1%
Alia., . . .
Argus Life •••• • • -41. per cent. 100 8 0 16 0 0 -
British Commercial - Is. 6d. 50 0 0 5 0 0 7
Clericl,Med.& Gen. Life spr ct.&bs. 100 0 0 10 0 0 19%
County .. - .......... 41. 100 0 0 10 0 0 101
Crown .............. 14s. 50 0 0 5 0 0 16%
Eagle
Eqity and Law - 4% per cent. 100 0 0 5 0 0 5
European Life ..... 10s. 20 0 0 All paid. 12
General .. • ......... - 5 0 0 5% II
Globe .. .... . 61. per cent. Stock. , 142
Guardian .......• •• • • 51. per cent 100 0 0 45 10
0 56%
imperial Fire .....• •• 121. per cent. 500 0 0 50 0 0 256
Imperial Life --•• •• 125. 100 0 0 10 0 0 1914
Indemnity Marine.... 11.5 h. & hs. 100 0 0 20 0 0 51
Law Fire . ...... ..... U.& 25.b5. 100 0 0 210 0 4
Law Life-- .... •••• - 100 0 0 10 0 0 46%
Legal and General Life - 50 0 0 20 0 5%
London Fire .. •• -•• 10s. & be. 25 0 0 12 10 0 25
London Ship ........ 105. & bs. 25 0 0 12 10 0 -
:Marine.. ........... 155. per share MO 0 0 15 0 0 11%
Sled.lnvlid&Gen.Life 4%1. per ct. 50 0 0 20 0 2%
Monarch - .......... - 5 0 0 1 0 0 215.0c1
National Lean Fund.. 51. per cent. 20 0 0 210 0 234
P illadium Life sl.percent. 50 0 0 2 0 0 2%
Pelican • ... • • • • .... • • - - - 45
P , eats. - - -
Professional Life - 5/. per cent. 6 5 0 010 0 155.0 d
Provident Life ........ 11. 55. & bo. 100 0 0 10 0 0 36
Rock Life............ 55. 5 0 0 010 0 7%
Royal Exchange 6/. p.ct. & be. Steak. all 230
Sun Fire. - „ 213
Ditto Life .......... 11. 65.
- 55
United Kingdom .... 41. p. ct.&bs. 20 0 0 40 0 4%
. olversal Life........ 21.55. per th.lloo 0 0 10 0 0 41
Victoria Life, .......• 51. per cent. - 412 6 53%
Waterloo ............ - 5 0 0 0 5 0 -
D00r...
venue of Company. Dividend Amount
per of Paid. Price.
Annum. Share.
Commercial .......... 41. pr cent. Stock. - 9034
East and West Inclla... 6341. pr cent. Stock. - 159
East Country ........ 205. per sk. 100 0 0 - -
London .... ....... 5/. pr cent. Stock. - 13134
Ditto 80nd5........ Al. per cent. - - -
it.liatharine ........ 3% per coat. Stock. - 87
Ditto Bonds • • •• • • • • 4341'
pr cent. - - -
Southampton = 11. per cent. ,50 0 0 50 0 0 28%
-----____.
lISIXDOES
Dividend Amount
Name of Company. per of Paid. Price.
Annum. Share.
-.....-- ------ -- -
E. a. d. X. O. et.
Hungerford.......... - - - -
Southwrk .......... -- 100 0 0 - -
Ditto Nw of 73.3 p.c. 70s. per cent. 50 0 0 - 16
Waterloo ............ - 100 0 0 -3%
Ditt) Old Ann. ofBl. 21. Bs. Od. - 60 0 0 2434
Ditto Nw ditto 0f,71. 21. 25. Od. - 40 0 0 22
Vauxhall .... ... Av. 21. 70 10 8 - -
3772ter 211311.-WOMILS.
Dividend Amount
Name of Company. per of Paid. Price.
Annum. Share.
X a. d. Z s. d.
East London.••• •• .• .. 81. per cnt. 100 0 0 - 155
Grand Junction •• .• •• i 4/. per cot. 50 0 0 - 6534
Z.ent• •••..••• • • • • • • • , 41. per cat. 100 0 0 - 83
Lambeth ...... •• -.. ( W. per cnt. 100 0 0 - 97
*ter' River Company.. 1 21. 105. -.- 60
Southwark & Vauxhall 51. per cnt. 100 0 0 - -
West ktidilesex ...... 61.05. pr cnt. - - -

C ANAL 13 .
.4 1 1 d 'Dividend
Namos of ~.0 Dividend price Names 01 ,
per
Companies. 1 I per - • Companies. A Annm. Price.
in !Annum. el 1
---- ....--,--- -----
4 4
Ashtn& Oldh 98171. p. ct. 140 Macclesfield. 100, 21.105. 50
Barnsley.• • • 160, Neatk ...... 1001 161.
Brknk&Abrg 150; 51. 85 Oxford.. •• • • 100 , 13/. 135
Birmingham 40 4/. 101 Peak Forest. 78' 3/. 18s. 70
Coventry•••• 100, 251. 200 Regent's.... 33 11. Os. 17%(
Derby • •... 100, 61. 63 Rochdale.... 85 21. 42
Ellsmre&Chs 69 2% p. et. 33% Semrset Coal 150
grandJiman 100 31 pr. ct. 50 Do.LkFd St 12
Do., 6 pr. Ct. 10 6/. pr. ct. Ii % Stffrd &Wore 140 381. 405
Grand Surrey 100 21. Os. 33 Shrewsbury.. 125
;rand Union 100 I/. IN. 24 Stourbridge.. 145 201. 290
Konnt& Avn 39 4s. Od. 6% Severa and l 21.06. 24
Lancaster . 100 Wye Rail. i 26
Leeds&Llvrp 100, 201. 455 Warwick& 4l. 40
Leicester .... 100, 51. 66 Birming. J 100
Leiestr&Nth 83, 41. 44% Warwick/Is/ 100 31. •28
Loughborogh 142 701. 510 Napton.
Ifonmotithsh 100, Worestr li 178 31. 33
Wutgemrysk 100 Birming.
iteltnliwbry 100 — Wilts & Brks, —10 s. Od. IX

ZAS-LIGHT AND COKE COMPANIES.
Dividend Amount
'Came of Company. per of Paid. Price.
Annum. Share.
-----.
I-......
A. e. d. A. a. d.
British ••• • • 11. 40 0 0 18 0 0 10%
Ditto Provincial-- 11. Si. 20 0 0 20 0 0 1834
Brighton ..........., 51. - 20 0 0 - 16
City of London .. - - 61. 100 0 0 150 0 0 125
Continental Consolidat. 505. 75 0 0 31 5 0 45%
Equitable • 505. 50 0 0 50 0 0 27
Great Central:.• •• - . Si. 0 0 0 10 0 0 13%
Imperial ........ •• •• 31. & bonus. 50 0 0 50 0 0 71
Independent ... .. .. - 61. 40 0 0 40 0 0 46
London .. .. .. .. .. - 50 0 0 50 0 0 -
Do., Parl. Preference 61. 25 0 0 710 0 25
Phcenix . 341. per cent. 50 0 0 49 0 0 2634
itatcliff -- . ...: . 51. 100 0 0 90 0 0 -
United General. .... ll. 50 0 0 50 0 0 20%
WestnainsterChartered 51. per cent. 50 0 0 - 38
Ditto, New 5l.
per cent. 50 0 0 10 0 0 734
LIST OP SOOTTISE COMPANIES' PRICES
,
Name of Company. per of Paid. Price.
Annum. Share.
.--.... •••••••••• =••••.' .m••••••••••••• ..........,
X B • d. X 5. d
Bank of Scotland ..... 71. percent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 190
3ritish Linen Company 81. per cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 208
;aledonian Bank
Jay of Glasgow Bank 61. per cent. 10 0 0 10 0 0 10%
Clydesdale Bank -. 634 per cent. 20 0 0 10 0 0 13' 73
'lommercial Bank •• - 71. percent. 500 0 0 100 0 0 181
:astern Bank .......• 61. per cent. 25 0 0 10 0 0 10
Edinb.&Glasgow Bank 31. per cent. 50 0 5 0 0 3%
Exshangeßnk of Scot - 100 0 0 38 0 0 gm
gational Bank 634 percent. 50 0 0 10 0 0 16
"lortbofScotlandßant 51.pereent. 20 0 0 210 0 2%
3.oyalßank of Scotland 51. per cent. 100 0 0 ,100 0 0 136
`lnionßank of Scotland 81. per cent. 100 0 50 0 0 90
Western Bank .• .... • • IL per cent. 50 0 50 0 0 7034
Alliance Fire and Life 8341. pr cent. 10 0 10 0 0 21%
British Guarantee
Caledonian Fire Insur lOl. per cent. 100 0 0 10 0 0 254
City of Glasgow Life 6l, per cent. 25 0 0 2 0 0 41. 10s
Colonial Life - 0 1" 0 0 2%
Edinburgh Life Insnr 6l. per cent. 100 0 0 15 0 0 22
Eng. & Scot, Law Life 51. per cent. 50 0 0 217 6 3%
Life Assoc. of Scotland 61.Rer cent. 10 0 0 110 0 31. 155
National Fire and Life 51. per cent. 10 0 0 1 0 0 295.0 d
North British Insur AI. per cent. 200 0 0 20 0 0 3454
4cottishUnionlnsrnce 741. pr cent. 20 0 0 1 0 0 315.0 d
standard Life .. •• ..
United Dep•Assurance 51. per cent. 10 0 0 1 0 0 20s Od
MISCELLANEOUS.
Dividend Amount ' '
Name of Company. per of Paid. Price.
Annum. sham
---.......-•--
A. s. d. X. I. d.
Assam Tea •• .. •• .... 50 0 0 20 0 0 104
Auction Mart.. •.• • •• 21. 55. 50 0 0 - 26
Australian Agriculturl 11. 100 0 0 35 0 0 1634
Australian Trust .. . 61. per cent. - 35 0 0 21%
Australian Royal Mail - 10 0 0 2. 0 0 2
Anglo-Mexican Mint.. 11. 10s. 10 0 0 10 0 0 23
British American Land 15s. - 38 10 0 25
Canada ... •• • • ...... 61. per cent. 100 0 0 32 10 0 50 I
Do. 5 per cent Bonds - - - '- 1
Ditto, 6pr ct. Bonds 61. per cent. - - 115
City Navigation Bonds 31 per cent. - - 97
Elec,ric Telegraph (A) - 25 0 0 20 Et 0 - i
Ditto -•••• •• • • (B) - 25 00 , 710 0 - 1
Equitable Reversienry b / pr. cent. 100 0 0,100 0 0 119
Ditto New ........ - 50 00110 0 0 10 ;
Gen. Revers. &Invest. 5 p:c.kbs,2l 100 0 0 100 0 0 9754 1
Gen.SteamNaviration 410 p. ct. 15 0 0 14 0 0 2854 c
Hudson's 8ay........ - Stock. - 206'
1
Hungerford ........ „ 21. ss. 100 0 0 100 0 0 47
London Institution ... - - 78 15 0 5 C
London Reversionary Si. per cent. 15 00115 0 0 15 E
R 3ssell Institution ...• - - 11210 0 - t
Prics's Patent Cand. Co. 10/. per cent. 20 0 0117 10 0 234 1,
Reversionary Int. Soc. 4%1. pr cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 106 '
Royal Mail Steam.... 41. p. share. 100 0 0 60 0 0 77% 0
Routh A.nstralian..... 51. per share. 25 0 0 25 0 0 2334 d
Trust and Loan Comp. 1
of Upper Canada.... - 20 0 0 30 0 - 7

The Royal West India Mail Steam-packet COR'
pany now undertakes to convey in their mail steamers a
limited number of emigrants as far as the Isthmus of Pa-
nama at very reduced fares. These emigrants find their own
bedding and are victualled on the same footing as the crew
of the packets. _ _

Mr. Lee had an interview on Saturday with Mr. Se-
cretary Walpole. Mr. Turner had also an interview
with the Right lion. Secretary.