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London, England, 1852-02-26 00:00:00

BIRTHS IN THE WEEK.

,
Males • ... ••• ••• ••• ••• 765
Females ... ••• ••• 00. 824

Total ... ...1,589
*ln this number are included 29 by Scarlatina, 34
by Typhus Fever. and 19 by Diarrhcea.

"IS LOW-PRiCEEI GAS CHEAP GAS?" .
Under this rather significant and " taking" but not
very sensible or logical title, Messrs. John Tams and
Company have published a sheet of letter-press, in
which they- state their case of complaint against the
_,Central.i Gas Consumers' Company for charging them
.1,7.1. e. da for one year's supply of gas, in place of 129/. I
rT charged previously by the Chartered Gas Company.
1 The gas of the former company, they allege, has less
"werfulphreiaLiing.troperties than that of the latter; and
as their
deal more gas than before. purposes, they have
boeff9rgas appears to be for heating
y hence required to consume a great
this ground they not
very correctly conclude, thaet. asOnh gas complained of
not necessarily follOw, but rather thesv,liergy.htil
yields leas heat, it must also yield. lee
do not mean to constitute ourselves s which
contrary.
lv e
the Central Gas Company, •howeverryTespeleuandseeresmfol r
proposal of amalgamation with an antagonist to whom
y
they stood opposed as consumers against monopoly and
overcharge, and who made desperate endeavours to
destroy them as such—at once threw a stain of suspi-
cion oa them which eould•not bat cause a withdrawal:of
confidenee from them. For all that we know, their gas
may be inferior in every respect to the Chartered Com-
pany's equally cheap, or " low priced" rather, be it
noted—nay, according to Messrs. Tallis's statement,
their still cheaper—article ; but there is something
glaringly inconsistent in the conclusions Messrs. Tallis
wish
bethereby to establish. Some " low-priced" gam, may
the b
irad ; bat equally "low-priced" gus, according to
c, own admission, is good; indeed the Chartered
,wPanY, to whose gas they have returned, net only
charge jugt, 4s. C„ranassss
so a thousand cubic feet, as the Consumers
2371! Th
suivryZ .;iite,s bat, more than that, have engaged to
, fallacy,
Talks want for 1101. A year instead of
Mech high=priceadeY2 however, does not rest here merely.
i then, that high_pr/i4" is also bad. Are we to conclude,
I proved that 10,,,,_„:;" gas is cheap, even though it were
i nuat iL a tisia„ et; priced. 'gas is dear? The whole argu-
oentZent absuraty. The quality
I nevertheless, to be closely Consumers' company ought,
i f,t' the gas of the
aud ittl criticised and tested, both as
1 altoenittsobf elteinsfrs. Tallis i,gasulg quality ; for the state•
alleged to be by no.meaus a solitary at Irtling, and it is
• '4'Y or exceptional one.
—Builder.

A horrible case of self-mutilationC" ,
in a claasical school near this town'. , 1,14' just occurred
Saturday last one Of the scholars, agE4Z.9,7Pears that on
in the task expected of him, and was. -crtio,:it pars, failed
to make iiiniselforfect...„. the youth- otutiluity his tutor
his tolig4artiele_jte yoiruettnids
and in a fit of pigiion'aelioeratefr sliatpint;erii,ipsi3l:lZitscd,
cut a piece, an inch in length, off
going on satisfactorily, and is enabled to
be understood.--Windsor Windsor Ear ea- " 4“3 a° WI to

C"-X I

LONDON,

PRICES OF SHARES
IN BANKS, ASSURANCE, AND OTHER COM
PANIES' STOCK.

From the Official List
rUBL/SHED EVERY TUESDAY AND FRIDAY EVENING.
-.ONDON, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 24.

YOINT-STOCK SANAS .

• Y

Dividend I &mount 1,
dame ,Nr Company. per or Paid. Price. al
Annum. glare. L
____________„- --..--.... ---.--- --... •
ti
J 3 a. d. X s. d.
Australasia •• .. •• •• •• 51. per cent. 40 0 0 40 0 0 - m
Britsh North American 51. per cm. 50 0 0 50 0 0 45 •ei
Commercial of London 61. per cent. 100 0 0 20 0 0 - ,
Colonial .• ••••••• • • • • 21. per cent. 100 0 0 25 0 0 - ,
Gloucestershire •••• • • 15/per cent. - - - s
lonian ••••••. . - •• .. 61. pr cent. 25 0 0 25 0 0 - a
London and County 6l. per cent. 50 0 0 90 0 0 - a
Londn and Westrainstr 6/. per cent. 100 0 0 20 0 0 2934
London Joint-Stook... 61. per cent. 50 0 0 10 0 0 18% '
Provincialof Ireland Sl. per cent. 100 0 0 25 0 0 - 8
Ditto, New... ••• • • • 81. per cent. 10 0 0 10 0 0 - t
National of Ireland .. 41. per cent. 50 0 0 92 10 0 - i
Nat. Provncial of Eng. 61. per cent. 100 0 0 35 0 0 -
Ditto, New. ..• •• .. 61. per cent. 20 0 0 10 0 0 1
Oriental Bank Corpora. V. per cent. 25 0 0 25 0 0 - 1
South Australia •••• •• 61. per cent. 25 0 0 25 0 0 -
Union of Australia.... 61. per cent. 25 0 0 25 0 00
3534 ' ,
Ditto • • .......... • • 61. per cent. - 210 0 -
Union of London. •• •• 71. per cent. 50 0 0 10 0 0 - t
Union of Madrid .• •• • - 40 0 0 40 0 0 - 1
11111117311.11311:111 0131MML3EXIIII.
Name of Company. 1 Divildrend Amountof
-- Paid. Price I
Annum. Share.
A e. d. £ It. 4.
Albion .. ••- - .. • • 31. 10e. 500 0 0 50 0 0 86
Alliance Brit. and Fer. 71. 148.6d.be. 100 0 0 11 0 0 2134
Ditto Slarine. ••• • • • 61. p.c.& be. 100 0 0 25 0 0 41%
Atlas ............• •• • 138.6 d. 50 0 0 510 5 17%
Argus Life .• •••• • • • 41. per cent. 100 8 0 16 0 0 ....,
British Commercial .• 7s. 6d. 50 0 0 50 0 6%
Clericl,Medis Gea.Life spr at& bs. 100 0 0 10 0 0 2634
County .....• •••• • • • • 41. 100 0 0 10 0 0 -
Crown • • 141. AO 0 0 5 0 0 15
Eagle .. ss• 50 0 0 50 0 7
Eqity and Law - •• 436 per cent. 100 0 0 50 0 474
European Life ..... 10e. 20 0 0 .All paid. 12
General ••..••• • • • • • - 5 0 0 .• . 5%
Globe
Guardian •••••• •• • • • • 51. per cent 100 0 0 45 0 0 • 553{
Imperial Fire •••• •• •• 121. per cent. 500 0 0 50 0 0 245
Imperial Life •••••• •• . 12e. 100 0 0 10 0 0 19%
Indemnity Marine.. • • 11.611. & bs. 100 0 0 20 0 0 49
Law Fire •••••.. •• •• 2s. & 28.bs. 100 0 0 210 0 336
Law Life •.• • - - .... - 100 0 0 10 0 0 46%
' Legal and General Life - 50 0 0 2 0 0 534
London Fire --. • •• 10s. & bs. 25 0 0 12 10 0 2134
London Ship •.•• - -10 s. & be. 25 0 0 12 10 0 213 y
!Urine ••••.•• • • • • .. 15s.per share 100 0 0 15 0 0 15%
Ifed.lnvlid &Gen. Life 4341. per et. 50 0 0 2 0 0 2%
Monarch ............ - 5 0 0 1 0 0 19s.
National Lean Fund" 51. per cent. 20 0 0 210 0 9%
Palladium Life 5l. per cent. AO 0 0 20 0 2%
Phoenix • .. .• • 31. p. sh. & bs. - 161
Professional Life...". 51. per cent. 6 5 0 010 0 178.6 d
Pruvident Life- • ....• 11. ss. & bs. 100 0 0 10 0 0 30
Kock Life............ • ss. 5 0 0 0.10 0 734
hoyal Exchange 6l. p.ct. & be. Stock. all 227
inn Fire . . 61. 10s. - ff 209
' Ditt6 Life .......... IL 6s. - „ 4B
0
United Kingdom .... 41. p. ot.&bs. 20 0 0 4 0 4
Universal Life........ 10% ct. 36 be. 100 0 0 10 0 0 -
Victoria Life - 412 6 5%
BUITIGNIS -
• - Dividend Amount
Name of Company. per of Paid. Price.
Annum. Share.
----.--. ___--- -...----•
A. 1. d• X. s. d.
liungerford • • • • .• .. •• .- - - 47
Southwrk .... ••• • „„ - 100 0 0 -.-
Ditto Nw of 734 p.c. 70s. per cent. 50 0 0 - 16
Waterloo •••••• . • • • •. - 100 0 0 • - 3
Ditto Old Ann. of 81. 21. Bs. Od. - 60- 0 0 24%
Ditto Nov ditto of• 71. 21. 2s. Od. - 40 0 0 22
Vauxhall .• .. . - Av. 21. 70 10 3 - 18
WAT.III3I-`9702tX8 •
, . Dividend Amount.
• Narad of Company. per of Paid. Price.
Annum. Share.
- .-------- --- --
X s• d. X s. d.
East London. ..... .... 8/. per cnt. 100 0 0 - 149
j Grand .Tanction ••• • • • 4/. per cnt. 50 0 0 - 67
1C.,nt.......... •• •• •• 41. per cnt. 100 0 0 - 80
Lambeth
Si. per cut. 100 0 0 - 97
3 New River Company.. 21.
.10s. - - 60
Southwark & Vauxhall 51. per cut. 100 0 0 - -
.
3 West Mlittlesex •• - - '6L Os. pr cnt. - *
102
- 12003LX.
Dividend Amount
r Name of Company. per of Paid. Price.
Annum. Share.
------- -----
X s. d. £ a. d.
I, Commercial .•........ 4/. pr cent. Stock. - 9034
8 East and West Ind+a... 6341. pr cent. Stock. - 14834
East Country ....... • 20s. per sh. 100 0 0 - -
London .... - ....... 51. pr cent. Stock. - 121%
. Ditto Bonds.. ••• . .. 41. per cent. - - -
St. Katharine --• • • • 334 Per cent. Stock. •-. 8134
11 Ditto Bonds • ..• .. .. 4141. pr cent. - - -
; Southampton ........ 1/. per cent. 50 0 0 SO 0 0 -

1:11113/11.11216 ,
.•; Dividend
Names of g Dividend[ Names of .., 1 ,n,,,.
Companies. 1 per Price. Companies. A 1"--- Price.
id Annum. in Ulla.
X -.--.-•-- .....-.......
, X
i....-..........
Ashtn& Oldh 98 71. p. ct. 140 Macclesfield • 100 21.105. 50
Barnsley.• • • 160 Neath ••• • • • 100 161.
Urknk&Abrg 150 51. 85 Oxford.... • • 100 131. 185
Birmingham 40 41. Peak Forest. 73 EL 113 s. 70
Coventry..• • 100 251. 200 Regent's •• •• 33 11. 3s. 17%
Derby ••• • • 100! 61. 63 Rochdale.... 33 21. 42
Ellsmre&Chs 69 2% p. ct. 33% Sentrset Coal 150
GrandJunctn 100 81. pr.ct. 4714 Do.LkFdSt 12
gLoo.. 6 pr. Ct. 10,61. pr. ct. 11% Stirrd &Worc 140 231. 405
Grand Surrey 100, 21. Os. 3234 Shrewsbury.. 125
(.4rand Union 100 11. 108. 24 Stoarbridge.. 145 201. 290
Kennt & Avn 39,, 4l. Od. 534 Severn and 21. Os. 24
Lancaster . 100, Wyeßail. i 26
Leeds&Livrp 100, 201. 405 Warwick& 41. 40
j
Leicester ..•• 100 Si. 66 Birming. lOO
Leicstr &Nth 83 41. 44% Warwick& /
Loughboregh 142 701. 510 Napten...) 100 $l. 23
Monmonthsh 100 Worcstr &1 7s 13. 33
MntgemrYsh 1001 --— I Birming.
Sialtn.lfwbry 100 Wilts k Brigs —111.6 d. 7 k

gh.&5.4./ONT AND co COMMA-NMI.
Dividend Amount
Name of Company. per of Paid. Priv
Annum. Share.
X. a. d. Z. a. d.
British •• •• •• •• •• •• .. 11. 40 0 0 18 0 0 10
Ditto Provincial.... 11. 81. 20 0 0 20 9 0 18
Brighton —••—— .. 51. 90 0 0
City of London ...• .. 61. 180 0 0 150 0 0 130
Continental ConSolidat. bO5. 75 0 0 31 5 0 —ll:quitable •........... 1508. 50 0 0 50 0 0 271
Great Central:....... 51. 0 0 0 10 0 0 12.
Imperial ............ 31. 50 0 0 60 0 0 69
Independent......... 61. 40. 0 0 40 0 0 46
L0nd0n.............. 60 0 0 60 0 0
Do., Parl. Preference 61. 25 0 0 710 0 --
rtristnedixG•ene•r•a•l• •• • 41
•• • . per cent. 50 0 0 49 9 0 25
Batcliff .....
........ 51. 100 0 0 90 0 0
11. 50 0 0 50 0 0 16
Westminster Chartered ' 51. per cent. 50 0 0 39
Ditto, •Tew '• '• "•• • '5l per cent. 5O 0 0 10 0 0 7
^

%IST OP SOOTTION cionmeitans• Wale=
Dividend Amount
Name of company. per of Paid. Price.
Annum. Share. • .
..-......_„ .............- ..............--- ..-........... -........... ...._.
X e. ,d. X 1. d
Bank of Scotland
British Linen Company 81. per cent. 103 0 0 100 0 0 20034
Caledonian Bank
City of Glasgow Bank 61. per cent. 10 0 0 10 0 0 10%
Clydesdale Bank •
Commercial Bank .. - 71. per cent. 500 0 0 100 0 0 177%
Eastern Bank •• ••• • • • 61. per cent. 25 0 0 .10 Ot 0 9%
Edinb.kGlasgow Bank 3/. per cent. 50 0 5 0 0 3%
Ex4hange link of Scot.. --= 100 0 0 42 0 0 834
National Bank 63( percent. 'BO 0 0 10 0 0 153(
Nortliof Scotlandßank si.pereent. 20 0 0 210 0 2
Royal Bank ofSeetlasd 5/. percent. 100 II 0 .100 0 0 122
Union Bank of Scotland 61. per cent. 100 0 0 50 0 0 863(
Western Bank ••-• • •• 71. per cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 66X
Alliance Fire and Life 63G /.pr cent. 10 0 0 10 0 0 2134
British Guarantee
Caledonian Fire Incur. 101. per cent. 100 0 0 10 0 0 24
City of Glasgow Life.. 61. per cent. 25 0 0 2 0 0 31. 16s
Colonial Life ....... 51. per cent. 50 0 0 1 0 0 2%
Edinburgh Life Incur. 61. per cent. 100 0 0 15 0 0 21.
Eng.& Scot, Law Life 51. per cent. 50 0 0 217 6 334
Life Assoc. of Scotland 61. per cent. 10 0 0 • 1 10 0 31. 153
National Fire and Life 51. per cent. 10 0 0 1 0 0 275.0 d
North British Incur... 61. per cent. 200 0 0 20 0 0 .30
11cOttishUnionInsraco. 7341. pr cent. 20 0 0 1 0 0 298.61
Standard Life ...... - 51. per cent. 50 0 0 ' 7 0 0 12%
United Dep.Assurance 51. per cent. 10 0 0 1 0 0 '2os lid
AZISOZZA.O.NIIOI7O.
Dividend Amount ...-
Name of Company. per of Pahl. Pries.
Annum. Share.
--------- -...-., --....
X. ii. d. X. s. d.
Ageism Tea .... •..... - 20 0 0 20 0 0 9%
&action Mart........ 21. ss. 50 0 0 - 26%
kustrallan Agrieultarl 11. . ,100 0 0 35 0 0 20
Australian Trust •• .. 61. per cent. - 85 0 0 20%
kuglo-Mexican Mint.. 11. lthi. 10 0 0 10 0 0 22
Ditto, Half Shares.. i - - 210 0 -
British American Land - - . 38 10 0 -
Canada ••••••• - •• .. 61. per cent. 100 0 0 32 10 0 49
Do. 5 per cent Ronda - 100
- -
Ditto, 6pr ct. Bonds 61. per:cent. - - 10634
City Navigation Bonds 3} per cent. - - 93%
Gen. Revers. & Invest. sp. clabs, 21 100' 0 0 100 0 0 94
Equitable Reversionry 51 pr. Beat. 100 0 0 100 0 0
Ditto New ........
~.._ 50 0 0 710 0 .2,
Geli.Stearnliavigation 10 p.ct. 15 0 0 14 0 0 2. -..
Hudson's Bay ... • .... - Stock. - 206
Htingerford .... ••• • .. 2L ss. - 100 0 0 47
London Institution ... - - 78 15 0 634
sew Zealand Company , ..., 25 0 0 25 0 0 -
Ditto, New • • -
20 0 0 12 10 0 -
nssell Institution ••• .. - -- - 26- 5 '0 ..-„
Penin.slr&Orient.Stm. 8I.p: r& be. 50 0 0 50 0 0 "
Reversionary Int. Soc. • 4%1. pr cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 101
Royal Mail Steam •• •• 41. p. share. 100 0 0 60 0 e '7B
South Australian ••••• . I 1•P" Share. 25' 0 0 25 0 .0 23%
VanDieman's Land.. 1 - lan 029" , _

(according to the new tariff), which,
MONEY MANICET.7The quotation of gold tut Paris
is about- par
standard gold, gives an exchange of. 25.17; and 'the et-
change the English Mint price of 3/. 17s. 100,
change at Paris on London at short being' 25.30, it follows
that gold is about 0.51 per cent. dearer in .Londo n than
in Paris. By advices from Hamburgh the_, price •of gold
is 429 per mark, which, at the English Mint p rice of
per ounce for
3/. 17s. 10i,d. per ounce for standard' gold, gives an exi !hange
of 13.7'; and the exchange at Hamburgh on Lou don at
short being 13.84, it bllows that gold is 0.81 par cent.
dearer in London than in Hamburgh. The course .of ex-
change at New York on London for bills at 60 days' a ight is
110* per cent., and the par of exchange between
and America being 109 23-40 per cent.,
it follows th at the
exchange is nominally 0.67 per cent. in favour of Eni3land ;
end, after making allowance for difference of intere st and
charges of transport, the present rate leaves a. trifling; profit
on the importation of gold from the United States.
BIMEDING OF FISH IN FRANCE.....The artificial
fecundation of fish is at present exciting great initerrst in
France, and the Government, with its usual liberality, is en-
couraging it with grants of money. In a recent sit, ing of
the Academy of Sciences a gentleman, who has made many
experiments on the subject, announced that he had sn zc eeded
in producing trout and salmon from eggs sent up ti) him
from Mulhansen. This is the first occasion on which such
a result has been arrived at (in France at least); whan the
eps have been kept out of ureter for any length oi! ; time.
Two fishermen of the department of the Fosges disco' Yel 'ed a
year or two ago the means -,
into of fecundating fish on an ex ten-
sive scale, at a small expense, and their plan is bell ig gra-
dually brought operation in all the rivers of France,
order t 9 create an abundant supply of fish for the pool The
fishermen, aided by the" counel ofsome Scientific in ten, ars
alio endeavouring to doin'e•Stieliti', in French' i4steis fist` t -pecu-
liar to the rivers of Germany and the lakes of Switzer] 0w1..."
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