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London, England, 1837-02-24 00:00:00

JOINT STOCK BANKS

25,000 Agric and Comm. of Ireland 251. sh. 101. pd 14
5,000 Australasia 4Ol. sh. 40/. pd 58
10,001 10 per cent. Bank of Birmingham SCI. sh. 101. pi 13
10,000 10 per cent. Birmingham Bank 5Ol. sh. 5/. pd 14
30,000 4 percent. Lon,lon and Westminster...loo/ sh. 201. pd 211
3,000 4 per cent. Lancaster 1001. sh. 20/. pd 39
25,000 • Liverpool 1001 sh. 10/. pd 22
50,000 6 per cent. Manchester and Liverpool/ 100/. sh. 151 pd 21}
Discount
20,000 71 per cent. Manchester. 100/.Bh. 251 pd 284
20,000
20,` co National Bank of Ireland ...50/. sh 171/. pi 161
10,000 5 per cent. National Provincial Eng. ...1001. sh. 251. pit 23i
10,000 Gloucestershire 5O/. sh. 101. pd 20
6,000 10 per cent, Hampshire 50/. .51. sh pd I)

GAS LIGHT AND COKE COMPANIES.

2,500 11 58 6d -Bath 2O/. sh. UV. pd 24
5,000 British 4O/. sh. 161. pd 21
konc, /
r 5/.
and percent.l Ditto Provincial 201. sh. 19 pd 23
Be. ss.
928 51 10s Birmingham 5Ol. sh. 98
4.250 210 s Bristol 2o' sh. 40
1,500 11/ 108 Brighton 201. sh. 1,1
750 31 les Ditto, New .201. sh. 181. pd 11 i
2,471 5 per cent. Brighton (leneral 201. sh. all pd 17
4,000 41. Continental Cansolidated lOO/. 621/. pd 95
1,000 101. City of London lOO/. eh. all pd 189
1,(00 61. Ditto, New lOOl. eh. 601. pd 112
4,000 41.108. Equitable .•
10,000 ii per cent. Imperial 5O/. sh. 421
800 51. per cent. Isle of Thanet 25/. sh. 201. pd 20
2,350 6/. per cent. Independent .30/. sh. all pd 50
9,001 3/. per cent. Phoenix .... 50!. sh. 39/. pd 21
1,000 4/. per cent. Rateliff 100/. sh. 80/. pd
4,000 ...... ••• South Metropolitan 5O/. sh. 191. pd 17
8,200 5!. per cent. United General 5Ol. sh. 461. pd 311
240 5/. per cent. Warwick 501. sh. 50
1
12,400000 V. pseir. cent
Westminster
25/. sh. 22
Chartered
50/. sh. 491
5,00,1 12e. Ditto New
FGA Yarmouth. 20/. sh. 181. pd 9
WATER WORKS.

4,500 9 __.s. Birmingham 23/. sh. 25/. pd 211
1,413 6/. East London lOOl. sh. 139
5,500 21 lOs Grand Junction ....Average 411 13s. 441. sh. 511
2,000 2/. Kent 100/. sh. 43
272 104 Liverpool Bootle 2201. sh. 3.6
1,500 2110 s New River Loudon Bridge Water Annuities 58
6,436 I/ Iss Mcnchestcr and Salford lOO/. sh. 53
:'OO 4 per cent. South Lonlon 1001. sh. 81
5,204 3/. West Middlesex ....Average 631. 12s. 9d. sh. 78
1,360 11 14s York Building Co. Lessee Prop 1001. sh. 35
IRON RAILWAYS.
6,000 Birmingham and Derby lO/. pd 10
0500 ... ...... Birmingham and Gloucester 101 pd 9
7,500 Birmingham, Bristol, and Thames Junction 0:
150/0 Bristol and Exeter lOO/. sh. spd 14
660 Calcutta and Saugur 5O/. sh. '2l. pd
7,500 Cheltenham and G. Western...loo4 sh. 74/. 5
3,000 Clarence lOO/. sh. 100/. pd 511
12,000
3,000 Dublin and Kilkenny 100/. sh. 24 pd 24
60,000 Eastern Counties '2sl oh. 21 pd I 4
(;rand Junction 1001, sh. 501. pi Ifq
Great North of England 74 pd 5:
25,000 Great Western 10(1. sh. 301. pd 38
2,d1) Hartlepool 100/. sh. 1001 pd 100
8000 Hull and sclby 5Ol. sh. 5/. pd 2
10,0011 Leeds and Manchester 100/. sh. 5/, pd 14
7,1110 Leeds and Selby lOO oh. 41
1,500 Leicester and Swannington -.501. sh. all pd 18:
5,109 10 per cent. Liverpool and Manchester...lo(l.'ln 100/.pd '285
Ditto Quarter Shares `W. pd 61
10,000 London and Brighton
45r00 Ditto ditto (Gibbs') -.20/ sh. It pd 0I
16,000 Ditto ditto (Rennie)...so/. sh. 31. pd 14
8,000 Ditto ditto (Cundy)...lool. sh. 3/. ix' 1;
12,000 London and Blackwall 5Ol sh 31 pd I
20,000 3 per cent. London and Greenwich 2O/. sh. 20/. pd 22$
25,000 London and Birmingham -100/. sh. 75/. pd 117,,,
20,c00 London and Southampton 50/. sh. :30/. pd 13)
7,000 London and Croydon o;'6/. sh. 13/. pd 10
12,000 London Grand Junction 5 I. sh. 2/. pd 04
10,0(0 M ,nchester South Union 1011. sh. W. pd 5
North Midland 100/. sh. 1.41. pd 124
Northe-n and Eastern 100?. sh. 3/. pd 2f
2,600 Preston and Wyre 50/ sh. fit pd
28,000
I,l'oo tW. per cent. Stockton and Darlington IOW. sh. 240
9,000 'Dia, es Haven 5Ol. sh. 2/. 10s. psi Of
1,400
6,000 Westminster and Greenwich 50/. sh. 2/. pd 14
York and North Midland 5O . sh. 31. pd 24.

MINES.
8,000 Albion Copper 51. sh. 3!. pd 01
4,000 A !ten 151. sh. 121. lOs pd 131
10,000 .......„ Anglo Mexican, iss. 5/. prn....100/. sh. all pd ni
Ditto Subscription 95/. pd :le
2,00(1 Bol.inos
10,000 11. lOs Brazilian Imp. iss. W. pm IN. sh. 3301. pd 20
6,0 0 Macauhas ei Cocaes United...9s/. sh. 231/. pd 7
11,000 Ditto St. John Del Rey 20/. sh. 311. pd 91
10,000 Bolivar Copper Company, 90/. sh. 204 pd 81
10,090 ...—.... Ditto Scrip 10/. sh. Pl. pd 9
20,00) British Iron 5Ol. sh. 511/ pd 40;
6,000 British Copper
Cata Branca 61/. pd 6;
Candouga 711.141 71
10,nn0 I/. Copiapo
til
2'2

£4,500 Gobplinlnan, iss. 51. pm.
2,8.50 31. English l2l ICs. pd ......
20,0130 General Mining Association...2o/. sh. 151. pd ii
0,155 Mexican Company 100/. sh 5414 pit 11
3,000 Polljerou Consols ~„ 101. sh. 81. pd 7
11,500 Real del Monte, Unregistered lO
Ditto Loan Notes l5ll/. pd 150
30,000 ...... ... United Mexican, iss. 2in ....401. sh. all pd 2
DIV, Scrip 3l
Ditto New Scrip 5/ pd 24
West Cork 50/. sh. 50/. pd 38
LITERARY INSTITUTIONS.

1,000 London, with Bronze Ticket 75,gs sh. 204
1500 London University 100/. sh. all pd :Ai
700
King' College lool.lxl 32.
MISCELLANEOUS.

10,008 15s. Australian Agricultural...JOU sh. 20,1. pd 15
6,000 6L-per cent. British American Land Company ... 23/. pd 17
10,000 01 per cent. Canada Company 101/. sh. 24/. pd 3,1
200,000 5/ per cent. Upper Canada Loan
City Bonds, 4 per cent in i
.._
15,000 IL Os. General Steam Navigation ...151. sh. 13/. pd 24
10!. per cent. Hudson's Bay Stock
2,000 11. London Com. Sale Rooms Av. 75/. sh. 19
8,000 Caoutchouc Company °5/ sh. 21/. pd 21
New Brunswick Land Company 98/ pd 25g
2,754 51. per cent. Reversionary Interest 50c...100/. sh. 100/. pd 130
2,633 5/. per cent. Ditto New 100/. sh. 45/. pd 801
4,000
10,000

LIST OF SCOTTISH COMPANIES' PRICES,
FEB. 15, 1837.
BANKS.
1,500,0001. 6/. p. et. Ban': of Scotland R3l. Os. Rd. sh. all pd '2Olll.
2,000,0 X/. 51 p. ct. Royal of Scotland 100/. sh. all pd 1641,
500,010/. Bp. ct. British Linen Company 100/. sh. all pd 236 f.
3.000,00 C/. 6/. p. ct. Commercial 5OOl. sh. 100/. pd 174/.
5,000,9004 sp. ct. National lOOl. sh. 101. pd 1541.
2,000,0001. 5/. p. et. Glasgow Union 250 f. sh. 50/. pd 68/.
4,000,001. 4p. ct. Western of Scotland '2ool. sh 30/. pd 3611.
INSUItANCE COMPANIES.
25n,0005h. 61 p. ct. Scottish Union 2O/. sh. I/. pd 255
7,509 sp. ct. Hercules lOO/. sh. 101. pd 1315
10e,000 sp. ct. Insurance Co. of Scotland ....101. sh. all pd 61.
50,000 6p. et. North British 200/. sh. 10/. pd 131.
1,000 sp. ct. Caledonian Fire 100/. sh. 101. pd 16/0s
5,000 6p. ct. Edinburgh Life 100/. oh. 10/. Pd 1415 s
100,000 .
MISCELLANEOUS.
4,810 Edin. and Was. Un. Cana1...50/. sh. all pd 22/.
Ditto Allocated 901. sh. all pd 651.
5,400 5 per cent. Eilinb."Joint Stock Watcr 25/. sh. all pd 394
Carron Iron Company 250/. sh. all pd 01.
2,0005 h 15 per cent. Shotts Iron Foundery 50/. sh 3`/. pd 471
10,000 3 per cent. Edinburgh & Leith Glass 2O/. sh. 161. pd 71/.
4,500 10 per cent, Edinburgh Coal Gas 25/. oh. all pd 64
4,450 I 0 per cent. Glasgow Gas 25/. sh. all pd 611,
750 7} per cont. I.eith Coal Gas 201. oh. all od 454
1.206 Edinburgh and IYalkeith Railway...so/.56. 4,5/.
/5,000 b per cast, Equitable Loll Company 26;0 sh• 91. pd 10L -

*VENTILATION OF THE HOUSE OF

COMMONS.

Return to an Order or the Honourable the House of Commons,
Feb. 18:37 ;—for, Copy of a Letter addressed by Dr. Reid
ti the Chief Commissioncr of Woods -and Forests, on the
subject of the Alterations that have recently taken place in
the Ventilation 01 the House : _

London, Feb. 4, 1837.
MY LORD,—Before leaving t 6 rrn, I have taken the liberty of
presenting your Lordship with a copy of a few brief " Out-
lines," illustrating the aeon tic and ventilating arrangements
lately made in the house of Commons.
It will be recollected by the Members of the Committee on
acoustics and ventilations that while I expressed the opinion that
there would be no difficulty in applying the principles to which
I referred in making the alterations proposed, I also particu-
larly mentioned that the form of the House, the galleries, and
the numerous local arrangements required for the distribution
of the light, the equalisation of the air in its progress through
;he House, &c., would not permit me to give my new plans
that unity of arrangement which could be so easily adopted in
a new structure.
In the acoustic arrangements, the defect which I was called
upon to obviate was a want of power of intonation. The com-
plaint was that the sound of the voice of any one addressing
the house fell feebly upon the ear, and that the exertion re-
quired in -speaking was considerable. My object, therefore,
was to give as great an increase to the power of the voice and
of the car, as could be done without inducing an echo, or pro-
longed reverberation. But sound can never be so equal and
harmonious in a room with projecting galleries, as in others ol
a different construction. Galleries necessarily interfere with
that free and uniform pulsation which would otherwise spread
equally through the apartment: In the present House, consi.
derable difficulty was experienced in balancing the conflicting
claims of sound, light, and architectural appearance.
A difference in the intensity of the sound produced may be
observed in different parts of the House, partly dependent or
the above causes, and partly on the position both of those wbc
may be listening, and of those who may address the House.
This may be easily observed by comparing the sound heard neat
the walls with that produced in the centre of the House. Ir
the open air, in mountainous countries more particularly, ant
in all ordinary apartments similar effects may be remarked.
It is scarcely necessary to state that the same causes which
now promote the communication of sound when any member
addresses the House. equally augment any interruption pro•
duced by loud conversation. I may also be permitted to add
that conversation will probably be louder at present than after
wards, as every one at first will converse in the sustained ton(
he may have been previously accustomed to adopt in the House
till he shall .have found that a less effort enables him to pro.
duce the same intensity of sound as formerly.
The porous and elastic floor-cloth influences much the corn
munication of sound. Without it, or some similar texture, i
would have been impossible to have given all the reflecting
power I have introduced, without, at the same time, producing
prolonged reverberation. In judging of the communication o
sound, the difference between a powerful and immediate re.
flection and mere prolonged reverberation is not always so care.
fully attended to as the nature of the investigation demands.
Should it be considered desirable to make any experiment si
as to diminish the reflecting power where the conversation i
greatest, the arrangement proposed by Mr. Hanbury Trac;
would be the best, all the boarding between the bar and th,
door, both along the walls and below the galleries, being co
vered with green cloth thrown into numerous folds. Thi
would diminish also the power of hearing in that part of dr
House, and the precise extent to which it might prove benefi
cial would be a difficult matter of calculation, from the grea
reflecting power of the roof.
As to the ventilating arrangements, the figures in the out.
lines illustrating the progress of the currents, a very few re
marks here will be sufficient. _

1. The air is introduced by numerous apertures placed sere
ral feet above the ground.
2. It passes immediately as it enters through gauze, the
soot and all other impurities mechanically suspended in it ma:
be retained.
3.• It enters the lower chamber either by-1. The col(
air passage ; 2. The hot air passage ; 3. Or, partly by botl
these passages.
4. The air now enters the equalising chamber, which i
placed between the floor and the lower air chamber. The de
flectors cause it to be distributed equally before it escapes int,
the House. _

.. _
5. From the equalising chamber it escapes by upwards 0
three hundred thousand small apertures under the porous floor
cloth, from which it is introduced by millions of apertures intl
the House. _. . __

6. The air now ascends towards the ventilator, which ex
tends along the ceiling, escaping more or less by every panel
and moving in such a manner that the vitiated air from on,
respiration is above the head, and replaced by a pure atm°
sphere before another is required.
7. As the vitiated air moves along in the ventilator, its ye
locity is regulated by the damper, which is opened to a greats
or less degree, according to the number of Members present
The damper is ten feet long and six feet deep.
8. Lastly, the air descends by the larger shaft, which lead
it into the chimney or ascending shaft, the fire expanding th
air there and rendering it specifically lighter, so that from th,
inequality of pressure thus induced the equilibrium is destroyed
and air propelled through the House, in the manner described
by the pressure of the external atmosphere.
The ventilating arrangements are under the directions o
Mr. Riches and Mr. Urquhart.. Particular arrangements sr'
adopted to carry off the air from the outer lobby during diva'
sions. Every evening, as the House adjourns, the full power o
the ventilator is put in action, the air that now rushes througl
the House leaving a purity and freshness of atmosphere whist
it is not easy to produce in any other way.
The very small space allowed for the double doors at the
entrance of the House, prevents their action from being so corn,
plete as is necessary for effectually excluding the influence 01
the external air.

The greatest difficulty experienced in all ventilating arrange.
ments arises from the various effects produced by the very same
temperature in different constitutions. The age, the tempera.
ment, the mode and habit of life, the previous exposure, an(
the different hours at which any refreshment may be taken, al
influence so powerfully the sensation produced by the same at
mosphere in different individuals, that no rule can be given 5
as to regulate the system of ventilation in such a manner as tc
be equally agreeable to all. An average temperature shoal(
be fixed, the ventilator maintaining it as equally as the fluctuat.
ing number of Members present will permit.
I have the honour to remain, &c.
( Signed) D. B. REID.
To the Hight Hon. Lord Duncannon.

...
e Arrangements are in progress for ascertaining in what mantle!
the air may be most effectually cooled in summer.
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Coffee, ls. 6d. Is. Bd. Is. 10d. 2s....Finest Mocha, 2s.
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