The Sun.
London, England, 1852-05-06 00:00:00

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

ROUSE OF COMMONS, May 5.
(Continued from our Afternoon Edition of yesterday.)
TENANT RIGHT (IRELAND) BILL—AD-
JOURNED DEBATE.

On the reading of the order of the day for the resump-
tion of this debate,
Mr. CONOLLY said that he felt that he was justified
in taking the course which he had pursued on a former
occasion, as in his opinion the House was then
about to divide on this Bill on a false issue.
The Bill in his opinion was nothing more than
a system of compulsory valuation, without giving
the landlord any security for his rights.
Certainly the word compensation was used very fre-
quently in the Bill, but the system of arbitration, by
which a fair compensation was to be arrived at, was
imperfect and never could be worked satisfactorily. He
could scarcely believe that Hon. Gentlemen opposite
wished to carry this Bill, for be could not insult their
common sense so fur as to suppose that they would have
introduced such a Bill hal they wished to have it car-
ried. It embodied a principle which was opposed to the
s dr of 21,1,71-ne and he thought of Ireland too. He
practise A 9
had not only been an advocate of compensation for im-
provement, but he had acted upon it, and he thought he
had seine right to speak on the subject.—(Hear.) This
Bill was introduced to keep up the cry in Ireland, not
to settle the question between lasullorsi and tenant, but
to unsettle it. This was a course which was not honest
by these who advocated tenant right, not honest by
this House, and not even by the supporters of this Bill.
Ile would go on now to point out what tenant-right
really was. The tenant had a perfect right to sell his
improvements to nay one whom the landlord might ap-
point. Tenant right did not depend upon tenure at all,
for the tenant at will had jut as many rights as the
tenant at lease; and he was at perfect liberty, if
he so thought fit, to sell his improvements
to the incoming tenant. Tenant right, how-
er, differed under different circumstances; for
fEstance, tenant right on one estate might extend to
twenty years' purchase, while in the adjoining estate it
might not reach to more:than two years' purchase. It de-
pended upon the feelings and situation of the landlord
whether tenant right was high or low. Tenant right
was nothing less than the good will of the tenant, and
when the tenant had the confidence of his landlord it
ranged very high, as indeed was the case in the north
of Penland. And yet the supporters of this Bill came
forward to abuse the landlords of Ulster.—(Hear, hear.)
Tenant right was nothing less than one of mutual confi-
dence between the landlord and tenant, and it was im-
possible to deal with it by legislative enactments. On
the contrail, a system of legislation proposed by the
Bill would undermine such confidence, and he appealed
to Irish Members, as their countryman, to pause before
they adopted this Bill. In not doing so they would not only
be acting =judiciously, but inflicting a great injustice
upon the landed interest of Ireland, and he hoped the
House would not consent to interfere with the system of
tenant eight that at present prevailed in Ireland, which
he was happy to say was the result of a long continu-
ance of peace. This Bill, in fact, would increase the
cieid and religious discord which reigned in the north
of Ireland, for the sake of promoting some paltry elec-
tioneering scheme or other. The material interest and
the prosperity of Ireland required that this Bill should
be thrown out, and he should give it his most deter-
mined opposition.—(llcar.)
Mr. MONSELL was not disposed to underrate the
importance of the question, and he for one did not
regret that the debate had been adjourned. The tenant
right which the last speaker had referred to prevailed
in Ulster, and there great prosperity existed, but the
same confidence or prosperity was not to be found else-
where, and hence arose the necessity for a Bill of this
nature.—(Hear, hear.) He was by no means anxious
to see a system of compulsory compensation established,
but no such system was involved in this Bill; and he
was, therefore, at a loss to understand why it should
be opposed on that grosnd,—(Hear, hear.) Ho would,
if the House would peimit him, call attention to
the urgency of this caw-. The existing law relating
to land in Ireland bad worked badly in all times
and under all circumstances, as would be found by a re-
ference to the writings of Dean Swift, Arthur Young,
Lord Clare, and other writers, who had commented upon
the social condition of the tenant-farmers of Ireland.
—(Hear, hear.) M est of the crimes and evils
which Ireland had suffered from might be traced to
some dispute about the occupa'ion or letting of land, and
therefore the inference appeared to him to be obvious
that the system ought to be altered, unless the House
thought it was the disposition of the people, and not the
dsfs env° state of the law, that was the cause of
all their miseries.—(heir, hear) He, however,
could see nothing in she Irish character to induce the
former belief, for directly the Irishman got cut of his
own country he became an enterprising man, and emi-
nently industrious ned contented.—(Hear, hear.) All
authorities concurred in this opinion, and if they could be
con:Ailed he had no doubt that they would agree with
him that to =he the Irishman as estimable
in his own country, they must confer upon him the ad-
vantages of the principle contained in this Bill.—(Hear,
hear.) In theory the existing. Irish system was the same
as that which prevailed in England, but the misfortune
was, that in Ireland it was not put into practice,
and all ho wedged Was that the same practical
privlsges should be conceded to the Irish tenant-
fewer that were enjoyed by the English tenant-farmer.
—(Rear, hear.) In England and in France no landlord
could eject any tenant without compensating him for the
improvements; and the seine system prevailed in Den-
mark, Massachusetts, a new country, and several
European States, and he was at a loss to understand
why the same principle could not be enforced for Ireland
by legislative anactment.—(Elear, hear.)
Lord NAAS was STIXI,OtIi to offer a very few observa-
tions upon this very important question before the
licu3e come to a decis!en.— Cries of "Hear, hear.")
He admitted that the principle of compensation was,
to some extent, to be found in this Bill, but it
was introduced as a peg to hang upon certain other
prieciplss of an exceedingly dangerous characeer.—
(Hear, hear.) The princi red feature of this Bill was not
compensation, but it was that part of it which would
hereafter, if it was c :twist!, force the landlord to submit
his rents to the arbitration of a body of tenants.—(Hear.)
Now, he for one, rioter could consent to any such prin-
ciple of law; it existed in no country on the face of the
globe that he was acquainted with; and as it was totally
at variance with the rights of property, he must call
upon the House to reject the Bill.—(Hear, hear.)
Compensation, he repeated, was not, in fact,
the leading principle of this Bill.—(Hear, hear.)
The Bill introduced by the Hon. Member some years
ago was only part of the present Bill. The present
Bill was adapted to F mbody the Tenant League in Ire-
land, whose principles the Noble Lord considered
to he as dangerous es the wildest ones
advanced during the storms of the French
revolution. In the year 1851 a speech was made by a
reverend gentleman in Ireland, in which an opinion was
advanced that when a landlord felled to perform
his duty he ought to be removed. Another
reverend geatldinau had stated that landlords
were only tolerated fir the benefit of the
people, and when they vv,r,.) found act to be beneficial
tlieesesheuld be removed. The Neale Lord had many
Other proofs that the prheci le octlie Bill was to deprive
the landlord of all power‘.--(P"
It was •
reel N 0.," from the Opposition.)
WI that a tenant should not be evicted unless
ho r •
*-celved compensation or was ad )weel to sell his in-
terest to a solvent teneni • but that wask the custom of the
country new, and
hitherto Bill
which 'propased to make that compul-
sory° was optional on the part of the lend-
lord. The first and secsnd clauses were nothing more than
an embodiment of
league,
and
of
the
tte favourize dogmas of the tenant
property of the Yof Mr. Rutherford, that the
landlordthe, the
was the mere land in i.s
barren state, and
addistiothe tenant's property con-
sisted of all the
nal value which had been
given to it b-
the Bin was pergipaide, Cultivation,valua.,&,c. The principle of
didte of rent, which was
novel in legislation, and henot think a principle so
unjust would ever be entertained by the House —(Hear
hem) The effect of the Bill would be to prevent land-
lords talsieg any direct interest in their property, and
to oonvert them into mere rent chargers. Whatever
the landlord nor his
the: the
the©; therefore
improvements were madebenneeint,ht
heirs would derive any
the Bill would shut out the great source of hope fur Lm-
provement in Ireland. Nu one Was more averse to ab-
senteeism than himself, bat no measure was more
calulated to increase the evil than the present
one. The pro visioes of the Bill would, if
put into operation, have a direct and permanent
bad effect upon Irish husbandry, and would soon reduce
the country to a desert. It seemed to lo that the
Gentlemenopposite had entirely overlooked that
large, poor, and 'nest miserable class of the people
who had borne the brunt of the famine, and Were
as much entitled to considerstion as the tenant-
farmers- (Hear No provision was milehear.)
to enable the labourite g Man, on whose industry, both the
tenant and landlord rally lived, to have a fair valuation
for his day's work. Thia, therefore, was an utterly ex-
clusive and selfish measure, designed for the
benefit of one class at ' the expense of ano-
ther. He heliseed the Bill would never pass;
bat he feared great injury would be inflicted on Ireland
by Hon. Members epposith by continuing
agitation, and hnfru the present
out to tenant-farmers hopes
which they- knew could never be fulfilled.—(Dear,
hear.) He appealed to them to pantie erd the"' pro,-
ceeded further In raising the expectations of a credulous
and excitable people--(Cheers.)
Mr. G. H. MOORE observed that the Noble Lord had
akraek, as he would from red hot iron, from adverting
to the general principle cf the Bill.—(Hear, hear.)
He thought that no objection to the details
otteliet to operate as a bar to the further progress of the
Bill, because they might easily be amended in Commit-
tee so as to meet the views of the House. Last year
they went Tote Committee on the Ecclesiastical Titles
with the pedal; foreknowledge that nearly every,
word would be amended in Committee. The only ob-
servation midst by the Noble Lord as to the principle I
applied likewise to tie principle of every other Bill.
(Rear, hear.) He said that our former legislation
an the subject consisted of heterogeneous and
nletalena cede of laws, and that the present Bill did
not repeal,
oamend, consolidate any of them; but on
all subjects on we legislated there was a great
mass of
day left. leshind which it was necessary
should some
feature
the attention of Parliament.
The principl
promise of the Ateoe of the debate On the Bill was the
nu:yr-General for Ireland to intro-
duce a comprehensive
gill on tenant right; but he
confessed the anteceeeat
man did not csaceu or that Learned Gentle-
rape him
The landlords of his art
~r in to hope for much.
Ireland were aliens
feeling to the country,
blood and
praliona to the land.
descendants of convict' sego ywsavrseldle use tenants were
tied
ot
fweoacwhergoidooppiZre3dintefepeiatmce
.)othilot;,,thicieegh some por-
urelaveit and ;I, t
ligd pllefeweirt„el ltaheeiuiciati.ransuou
fr,a gessome:
enacts of their

common nature.—(Hear, hear.) All the improvements
which had been effected of late years on the land were
the unaided work of the tenant, but they had been swal-
lowed up in the vortex called property, and the tenant
remained without remuneration for his labour, let
alone compensation for his fences and drainage.—
(Hear.) The fruitfulness of the land, indeed, depended
in a great measure upon the tenant; he did all the work
of the estate, and at length having created a little estate
upon the earth's surface, he finds at the end of a long
and laborious life the inheritance of his children snatched
from him by his landlord.—(Hear, hear.)
Mr. CONOLLY—What! is ho turned out?
Mr. MOORE said—Yes; he was either turned out,
or he was forced to pay an increased rent for the
property which his own hands had rendered fertile.—
(Hear, hear.) As the law stood, a man hired a farm
for twenty-one years, but it gave him no compensation
when he went out for his improvements, nor provided
that he should obtain a renewal of his lease upon
just and equitable terms.—(Heari,ndhloeradrs.) Ifonr fact
1 the
the law wee made by
benefit of themselves, and until the Legislature changed
the system there would be no hope of peace and prospe-
rity for Ireland.—(Hear, hear.)
Sir W. SOMERVILLE said the last speaker had
carefully avoided both the principle and the details of
the BilL Now it was absolutely necessary, for the
sake of Ireland's prosperity, that they should
take a practical view of this question, and
having given it all the consideration he
could he could arrive at no other conclusion than that
it was his duty to resist the second reading.—(Hear,
hear.) He could not agree with its principle, though he
might be disposed to acquiesce in some of its details, and
there was certainly no alternative open to him but -to
oppose it. He had taken a pert before now in the
endeavours that were being made to settle this question,
and he could assure the House and the country that it
was his anxious desire to see it speedily set at rest. One
of the principal obstacles in the way of its settlement
was this—they were endeavouring to do by Act of Par-
liament what could only be accomplished by mutual agree-
ment between the landlord and tenant. This Bill,
like its predecessor, was intended to be retrospective
as well as prospective, and if it it were carried the
effect would be that it would forcibly annul existing
contracts which were recognised, and could, if necessary,
be enforced by the law.—(Hear.) He, therefore,
deprecated both the introduction of the Bill and the
agitation that was being kept up about it out of doors;
but it was said the Bill met with the universal approba-
tion of the tenantry of Ireland.—(Hear, hear.) It, how-
ever, did not seek to introduce the tenant right of Ulster
into other parts of Ireland, but went upon a compulsory
scheme, elaborated in a long series of clauses that con-
tained matter for a lawsuit almost in every line.
Its definition of right on either side was uncertain and
defective, and if the Bill passed its only effect would be
to give rise to endless disputes between landlord and
tenant, and ultimately to react with tenfold force against
the interest of the tenant.—(Hear, hear.) Ho therefore
hoped the House would reject the measure, and leave it
for the Government to dispose in future of this difficult
question.—(Hear, hear.)
Mr. REYNOLDS regretted that the five years which
he had devoted to the office of Chief Secretary for Ire-
land had not enabled the Right Honourable Baronet
to make a more practical speech on the subject of this
important Bill. For his part he did not represent an agri-
cultural constituency, bur he knew that a large meeting of
the electors of Dublin had been held, and they had unani-
mously agreed to petition Parliament in favour of this Bill.
—(Hear, hear.) The Bill bore the indorsements of two
of the most distinguished Irish lawyers, and yet the
I Hon. Member for Donegal could find no other compliment
for it than this—it was a mere piece of waste paper;
but he could assure the House that it was no such thing.
—(Heat; hear.) It was a most valuable measure,
and in spite of the misrepresentation which had
been made about the contents of the Bill he
was convinced the Legislature would think with
him, if they would take the trouble to look carefully into
the matter.—(Hear, hear.) The past history of this
question was written in blood; for no outrage which had
occurred in Ireland during the last hundred years
owed its origin to anything else but disputes about
the tenure of laad.—(Hear.) The principle of this Bill
was nothing less than this—it secured compensation to
the outgoing tenant for substantial improvements, and
unless the House was prepared to leave this
question unsettled for ever, they would take care
to pass the Bill.—(Har, hear.) But it was said the
Right Hon. the Attorney-General for Ireland was going
to take the matter up, bat, then, what security had he
that the Right Hon. Gentleman would not be raised to
the bench before next session? No man desired to see his
elevation more than he did, but in a question of this
momentous importance there ought to be some guarantee
extorted from the Government that they would be re-
sponsible for" the introduction of the Right Honourable
Gentleman's measure before they consented to give up
this Bill.—(Hear, hear.) The state of affairs
in Ireland was so unsettled that the Bank of
Ireland, which had powe r to issue seven millions' worth
of paper without having it represented by gold, could
only afford to issue five millions, so dry were the pro-
ductive resources of the country.—(Hoar, hear.) This
he believed resulted from the absence of a tenant-right
prevailing all over Ireland ; for, according to the re-
turn of sales in the Incumbered Estates Courts, fewer
sales had proceeded from Ulster, where there was a
tenant-right, than from any other part of Ireland.
In fact, the majority of the sales proceeded from places
where there was no such thing as tenant right, and he
thought this was a pretty conclusive proof that that
part of the country was the best off which enjoyed
a tenant-right.—(Hear, hear.) Well, then, ought
net that fac; to make them pause before they consented
to throw out this Bill and plunge Ireland into an endless
and painful agitation?—(Hear, hear.)
Lord CLALTDE HAMILTON said the supporters of
this Bill had not a leg to stand on, when argument
and not declamation was brought to bear upon the
question.—(Hear.) The Bill was advocated for no other
but electioneering purposes; and he hoped the House
would not allow itself to be led eway by the declamatory
matter which bad been inspirited into this discussion.
The most dangerous and revolutionary principles were
involved in the Bill, which would inflict great injustice
upon the poor labourers and cot tiers in the country. He
candidly confessed that he did not think so un-
constitutional, barbarous, and unjust a measure
emanated from the Hon. Member for Rochdale.
It was a mass of inchoate legislation, which would peril
the rights of property and the fruits of industry. The
real author of the Bill was not the Hon. Member, but
the Rev. Mr. Rutherford.—(Cries of " Hear, hear.")
It was impossible to disguise the fact that the
real object of tho measure was to rob the landlord and
to spoliate the rights of the cottier and the labourer.
He had watched the unprincipled agitation of the Tenant
League, who promoted the Bill, and he declared it to be
only a recipe of the old repeal agitation, the same dema-
gogues and the same tactics for procuring money being
adopted in the one as in the other.—(Divide.)
Mr. Rutherford said he only recognised the
right of landlords as consisting of land in
its wilderness state, and he advised the tenantry to
combine and strike, observing that if they did so the
landlords would soon have to enter the peor-heuse.—
(Divide.) He invited the House to reject the Bill,
which he characterised as an insult to Ireland.

Mr. NA PIER said, as an independent Member of the
House he had devoted his attention for two years to this
important question with the view of producing a good
landlord and tenant code, which he believed was essen-
tially connected with the well-being of Ireland. He had
now three draft Bills prepared—tne first consolidating
about 70 old statutes, the second containing a classifica-
tion of leasing powers, and the third with regard to com-
pensation. They were at present under the consideration
of the Government, but it was apparent they could not
be calmly and dispassionately discussed during the pre-
sent session. In proposing them he had no intention
whatever of usihg them for election purposes. It was
his ambition, before he retired from the House, to pass
as perfect and as just a law fur regulating the relations
of landlord and tenant as it was possible to devise.
Mr. S. CRAWFORD replied, and the House di-
vided, when there appeared—
For the second reading ..• ... 57
Against it
Majority ... 1 67_119
The House then adjourned.

LIGHTS to be CARRIED by SEA-GOING
VESSELS to PREVENT COLLISION.

(From the London Gazette of Tuesday.)
By the Commissioners for executing the °trice of Lord
High Admiral of the United Kingdom of Great Bri-
tain and Ireland, &c.
By virtue of the power and authority vested in US by
the Act 14 and 15 Victoria, cap. 79, dated 7th August,
1851, we hereby require and direct that the following
regulations be strictly observed:—

All British sea- SOTi nE gA 31
EssE is
g steam-vessels (whether pro-
pelled by paddles or screws), shall within all seas, gulfs,
channels, straits, ;bays, creeks, roads, roadsteads, har-
, hours, havens, ports, and rivers, and under all circum-
stances, a llc
mentioned,es , btywiez.e: sunset
1 such disoriPtiea, and in such manner, as hereinafter
A green..gl.i.thotnno
Etnhv UNDER STEAM.
A bright white light at the foremast head.
the starboard side.
Ai. rTehdeii
masth head light
portt aide.
of at least five miles inga daiks to be visible at a distance
atmos-
phere, and the lantern is torb night, with a clear e so constructed as to show
a uniform and unbroken light over an arc of the horizon
ten points on each
to two points
of 20 pints of the compass,
sid2e. ofT htehegrseheinp,lvigizh
abaft the beam on either side.
; and
ptohi
ne mileslaaniblf
t.
ble at a distance of at least two
with a clear atmosphere
't
on fromt e right
starboardbeing ah e7l `side i s t o b e vis i -
constructed as to show a uniform and
over an arc of the horizon of ten • a dark night,
lantern is to be so
unbroken
beach
on
, Points of the compass,
viz., from right ahead to two
the starboard side.
3. The red hght on the port side is likewise to
that
b -
, the
bow.
B
fitted so as to throw its light the same distance enba3
lights
are moreover to h e
h fitted with
c
rd siae, ofrnaont
least
brig hthtrleigehft.eA long,
s iirl4:n
Ts, a
on lido
il bigb
to
WRENprevent A tTh cA lights f_roAm beingcom seenacross
flow between i
approached
SAILING VESSELS.
We hereby require that all sailing vessels when under
ta.;l,anoyr
otherl3 e ing
vessel,t e d
sunset and sunrise a bright light in such a position as
approaching
beehibijogunodr btoeins
can be best seen by such vessel or vessels, and in „AR..
°lent time to avoid collision.
All sailing vessels at anchor in roadsteads or fairways
shall be also bound to exhibit between sunset and sua-
rise a constant bright light at the mast-head, except
within harbours or other places where regulations for i
other lights for ships are legally established.

CANALS.
Names of ,•,'. Dividend Names of ,Dividend
r
Coragaaies.ll2 per Price. Companies. 4 Annpeum Price.
id Annum I 8') •
- - -'-- - --••
•E .i
Ashtn& Oldh 98 71. p. et. l 140 !Macclesfield • 100 21.108. 50
Barnslay.• • • 160 - j - I Neatk -- • • 100 161. -
Urknk&Abrg 130 5/. j $5 i Oxford.. •• • • 100 ' 131. 135
Birmingham! 40 41. 1004 d'eak Forest. 78 31. 18s. 70
Coventry..• • 1100 25/. 200 Regent's .... 33 11. 3s. 16
Derby •• • ••1100 6/. 163 Rochdale.... 85 21. 42
Ellsmre&Chs; 69 2% p. ct. 33x Ssrarset Coal 150! - -
tirandJunctn I 100 31. pr. ct. 48% Do.Lk Fd St 18 I -
IDo., 6 pr.Ct.l 10 61. pr. ct. 11% iStfird &Wore 148, 281. 405
Grand Surreylloo 21. Os. 3234 (Shrewsbury.. 125 - -
1
Grand Union 100 IL 10s. 1 24 Stourbridge- 1451 201. 290
fiennt & Avn, 39 4s. Od. 5% Severn andl
Lancaster . 100 - - Wye Rail. t 26
21. Oa 24
Leeds&Livrp 1100 201. 455 Warwick&
Leicester .... ;100 51. 66 Birming. j 100 41. 40
Leicstr&Nthl 83 41. 44% Warwick&a.
Nionmouthsh 100 - WNoracPstt°rnicA 1041
31.
28
Loughboroghll42 701. 510_
- Birming. j '8 3i. 33
Mntgemryshi 100 -
MeltnMwbry 100 - - Wilts & arks - lls. 6d. 7
U•AS-MIGHT AND COME COMPANIES.
Dividend Amount '
Name of Company. per . of Paid. Price.
Annum. 1 Share.
X. s. d. .f. s. d.
British ••••••• • " '• •• 11. 40 0 0 18 0 0 103 i 1
Ditto Provincial- •• 11. 88. 20 0 0 20 0 0 18%
Brighton -•••••• • • - 51. • 20 0 0 - 16
City of London .. - - 61. 100 0 0 150 A 0 115
Continental ConSolidat. 509. .75 0 0 31 5 0 -
Equitable- ...... •• •• $OB. 50 0 0 50 0 0 27
Great Central •-• • • 51 ' 0 0 0 10 0 0 13
Imperial • • .... ••• • • • 31. & bonus. 50 0 0 50 0 0 70
Independent ....... •. 6/. 140 0 0 40 0 0 46
London.. .... ........ - 50 0 0 50 0 0 -
Do., Parl. Preference 61. .25 0 0 710 0 -
Phenix ....... ••. . - 311. per cent.' 50 0 0 49 0 0 26%
Ratcliff .... .•• ...... 51. 100 0 0 90 G 0 -
United General -- • • 1/. 50 0 0 50 0 0 20%
Westminster Chartered 51. per cent. I 60 0 0 - 39!
Ditto, New .. .. .. .. 51. per cent. 150 0 0 10 0 0 7%
LIST OF SCOTTISH COMPANIES' PRICES
Dividend Amount '
Name of Company. per of Paid. Price.
. Annum. Share.
--.
£ s. d. £ s. d
Bank of Scotland
British Linen Company 81. per cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 202
Caledonian Bank
City of Glasgow Rank 61. per cent. 10 0 0 10 0 0 10%
Clydesdale Bank•• • 6% per cent. 20 0 0 10 0 0 12/ 3s
Commercial Bank •• • _ 71. per cent. ;500 0 0 100 0 0 180%
Eastern Bank.. •••• •• 61. per cent. 25 0 0 10 0 0 10
Edinb.&Glasgow Bank 3/. per cent. 15 0 0 50 0 3v
,8 Exehangeßnk of Scot.. - 1100 0038 0 0 4%
national Bank 6% per cent. 150 0 0 10 0 0 15%
Northof Scotls.ndßank 51. percent. 20 0 0 210 0 2%
Royalllank ofScetlaed 51. per cent. 100 0 0.100 0 0 132%
Crnionßank of Scotland 81. per cent. 100 0 0 50 0 0 89%
Western Bank -•-• • • • 71. per cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 60%
Alliance Fire and Life a )41.pr cent. 10 0 0 10 0 0 21%
British Guarantee
Caledonian Fire Insur. 101. per cent. 100 0 0 10 0 0 25
City of Glasgow Life 6/. per cent. 25 0 0 2 0 0 41. Is
Colonial Life
Edinburgh Life Insur. 61. per cent. 100 0 0 13 0 0 22
it:ng. & 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 Fire and Life 51. per cent. 10 0 0 1 0 0 !285.64
North British Insur. .• 81. per cent. 200 0 0 20 0 0 I 31%
RcottishUnionlnsrnce. 7%1. pr cent. 20 0 0 1 0 0 '302.0d
Standard Life •• •• - - 151. per cent. 50 0 0 7 0 0 12%
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. Share.
--....
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Australian Trust •• • • 61. per cent. - 35 0 0 21
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Ditto, Dalt Shares .. - - 210 0 -
British American Land - ...._ 38 10 0 -
Canada ... ••••• • .• • • 61. percent. 100 0 0 32 10 0 50
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Equitable Reversienry 5/ pr_. cent. 1100 0 0 100 0 0 119
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Van Diemen's Land... I - ,

SHOCKING ACCIDENT. On Monday afternoon,
Mr. Gibbons, the head gardener at the Peel-park, Salford,
lost his life while attempting to save that of a woman who
had foolishly plunged into the river Irwell, which forms one
bounday of the park. Mr. Gibbons heard a cry raised that
some one was in the water, and, rushing to the bank, he
leaped in where the depth of water was about eight feet.
The woman was saved by seizing the hook of a stick held
out to her, but Mr. Gibbons was carried into the middle of
the stream, beyond the reach of assistance, and he sank.
The body was not recovered for half an hour, and all means
for resuscitation were then unavailing.
GALLANT CONDUCT REWARDED...—The Prince Pre-
sident of the French Republic has been pleased to award to
John Lewis and William Lewis, masters of the Aurora s In-
crease and Tryal, of Harwich, gold medals, and to John
Fallagar and Francis Monk, mates of the above vessels, silver
medals, for their exertions in rescuing and saving the lives
of the crew of the French brig Etoile de la bier, recently
wrecked on the Long Sand, on this coast. The crews of the
above vessels have been previously awarded, by the com-
mand of the Prince President, 350 francs, for risking their
li7e3 912 this laudablQ occaiion.../pwich ExPr6.l3.