The Sun.
London, England, 1837-12-26 00:00:00

HATTON-GARDEN.

A woman named Smart was charged with robbery, and
biting off the thumb of policeman Hobbs, 67 E.
A young man of the name of Harris was enticed into a no-
torious den in St. Giles's, between nine and ten o'clock in the
morning, where he very soon became stupified, the prisoner
and her companions having, as he supposed, mixed some
deleterious drug with the liquor be drank. He recovered his
senses in the evening, and found himself almost in a state of
nudity, penniless. and alone. Believing that it was intended
to add the crime of murder to that of robbery, he ran half
frantic into the street, with no covering but his shirt, and
having placed himself under the protection of the police, he
made them ,acquainted with what had happened, and the
prisoner, who was at a neighbouring gin palace, was appre-
hended. She was taken to the station-house, where, on
being required to deliver up what money she had about her,
she commenced an attack upon the police, and bit off the
thumb of Hobbs at the first joint, and seriously injured several
others while endeavouring to prevent her swallowing two
half-crowns.

In answer to the Magistrate, Inspector Jenkins said that
there was no chance of finding the prosecutor's properiy.
Mr. BENNETT remarked that, even if it were produced, the
prosecutor would be unable to say who stole it ; be, however,
would not suffer her to escape ; and he committed her to the
sessions for the assault on Hobbs.

The Germans sleep between two beds ; and it is
related that an Irish traveller, upon finding a feather-bed thus
laid over him, took it into his head that the people slept in
strata, one upon the other, and said to the attendant----Will you
be good enough to tell the gentleman or lady that is to lay
over me, to make haste, as I wish to go to.sleep.
A young woman had laid a wager she would descend
into a vault, in the middle of the night, and bring from thence
a skull. The person who took the wager, previously hid him-
self in the vault, and as the girl seized a skull, cried in a hol-
low voice, Leave me my head I There it is, said the girl, throw-
ing it down, and catching up another. Leave me my head! said
the same voice. Nay, nay, said the heroic lass, you cannot
have two heads; so brought the skull and won the wager.
The daughter of a respectable farmer in Carmar-
thenshire, was lately betrothed to a young man in the neigh-
bourhood of Tenby ; but lovers' quarrels occurring about three
weeks before the day appointed for the marriage, the swain
turned on his heel, and immediately proposed to another sister,
who assented, without hesitation, on the ground of its being
too great a sacrifice to lose such a nice young man out of the
family; and, on the day named for the former marriage, the
latter took place.
MARSHAL SEA PRISON.—His Grace the Duke of
Argyll, as Lord Steward of her Majesty's Household, having
been kindly pleased to forward to J. Rutland, Esq., the De-
puty Marshal, his usual munificent Christmas donation, the
same was distributed yesterday morning, each debtor receiving
a plentiful supply of beef, bread, and porter, with one shilling
in money. His Grace's bounty was most thankfully received,
and very gratefully acknowledged by all.
MA RESFIELD PARK.—John Villiers Shelley,
Esq., and Mrs. Shelley, have been entertaining a large party
of friends at their beautiful seat, near Lewes. The Hon.
Major and Mrs. Keppel, the Hon. General and Mrs. Trevor,
the Earl of Liverpool, &c., were of the party. We under-
stand the shooting was excellent, and the sport, for which the
preserves have long been famous, was very great.
The Russian astronomer Fcderon, after an absence
of fire years spent in travelling through different parts of Si-
beria, has returned in safety to St. Petersburgh.:

PRICES OF CANALS, DOCK STOCKS

ASSURANCE COMPANIES,&c. &c. &c.

LONDON, TUESDAY, DEC. 22.
Number Dividend Price
of per CANALS. per
3lsares. Annum. Paid. Share
1,766 7 pet cent. Ashton and Oldham....Average 971. Ms. sh. 135
1.482 41. Ashby-de-le-Zouch Average 113/.Bh. 65
1,260 Basingstoke lOOl. sh. 5
1,005 5/, Brecknock and Abergavenny 150/. sh. 100
6,000 1-16 sh. 91. Os. Birmingham, 1-16th share 41. & 711. 220
4,000 Ditto and Liverpool Junct...l2s/ sh. 100 pd 26
600 3/. Bridgewater and Taunton ....1001. sh. all pd 64
400 41. Chelmer and Blackwater . lOO/. sh. 102
500 481. Coventry :001. sh. 700
4.545 Croydon .Average 31/.28.10d. sh. 3
2,0604 41. Os. Dudley -. 100/. sh. 83
600 71. Derby 100/. sh. 133
20,00(}
3,574 Si. Ellesmere and Chester Average 1331. sta. 77
231 40/. Erewash 1001. an. '7OO
1,297 284 Forth and Clyde Average 4001.165. sh. 610
11,900 12/. Grand Junction 100/. sh. 225
2,6491 1/. Grand Union 100/. sh. '25
1.500 Grand Surrey
20,000/. 41. percent. Ditto (optional) Loan - 1001. 70
3,096 Grand Western lOOl. sh. all pd
600 131.125. 88. Glamorganshire, Average cost 172/. 13s. 4d. 230
749 10t. Grantham 1501. sh. 202
6,238 21. Os. Huddersfield Average 57/. 6s. 6d. sh. 37
100 Kensington 100 sh. all pd. 10
25,328 11.55. Kennet and Avon, Average 39/. 188.10 d. sh. 24
2,897; 2sl. Leeds and Liverpool 100/. sh. 600
5451 13/. Leicester l4Ol. sh. 225
1,897 4/. 108. Leicester and Noptlaampton...Aver 63/.los. 91
2,400 10/. Monmouthshire 100/. sh. 200
150 - 10/. Melton Mowbray 100/. eh. 200
500 251. Mersey and Irwell 100/. sh. 565
3.000 1/. 10s. MacclestWd 100/. sh. all pd. 52
247 171. Neath 100/. sh. 325
1,786 301. Oxford 100/. sh. 530
2,100 5/. Peak Forest .... .. - . ...Avei.ge about 78/. sh. 104
1,418 12s. Regent's (or London) Aver. 33/. 168.8 d. sh. .16
5,669 6/. per cent. Rochdale Average 8.51. sh. 111
500 Bi. Shropshire 1'251. sh. 138
800 9/. 10s. Somerset Coal 150/. sh. 151 i
MOO/. 41 percent. Ditto Lock Fund Stock 12/. IN. sh. 11.4
700 401. Stafford and Worcester 140/. sh. 710
500 9/. Shrewsbury 125/. sh. 280
300 9/. Stourbridge 145/. sh. 330
3,647 21. tii. Stratford-on-Avon ...Average 791. 9s. bd. sh. 50
533 12/. Swansea 100/. sh. =0
3,762 11. 15s. Severn and Wye and Railway... Av. 351. sh. 264
2,6004 en. 321. 10s. Trent and Mersey, I share 100/. sh. 560
8,149 ... ...... Thames and Medway...Aver. 191.55. 3d. sh. 2
1,10,,°°°015.hh..1 151. Warwick au(' Birmingham 100/. sh- 265
980 Ilt. 'Warwick and Napton IOW. sh. 185
6,000 4/. Os. Worcest-4 and Birmingham.. .Av. 781. Bs. sh. 804
5,000 255. Wilts an., Berks .. Average 671. 10s. Bd. sh. 22
SOO 31. Wyrley and Essington 125/. sh 75
.co Wisbeach lO5/. sh. 45
905 Is. Wey and Aruu llOl. sh. 224
DOCKS.
2,600 k 1001. sh. 564
1.0651.14 3p. c Commercial
498,6671. 6 per ct. Fast India
3,235,3101/. 506. p. et, London Stock 531
Ditto Bonds 99
1,340,000/. 411. p. ct. West India Stock 95
2,2V3 ' 2/. 19s. Bristol
68,324/. 51. per cent. Ditto Notes, various amounts ll3
1.352,752 11 percent. St. Katharine Stock 99
___ _

, . .
500,000 4! per oent. Ditto Bonds
200,000 t ler cent. Ditto Bonds for 10 years 991
Shoreham Harbour
2.500 .... .... Deptford Pier .... 2Ol. sh. 3/.
B RI I. ;(1, ES.
1,6'41 ICs. Hammersmltl• 5O/. sh. 221
7,231 Southwark, Old Av. 631. 2s. Bd. sh. 2
1,700 1/. 15s. Ditto, New, or7l per cent. 5O/. sh. 141
5,000
5,000 18s. Bd. Ditto, Old Annuities of 81. 6O/. pd 19
5,000 16s. 4d. Ditto, New Ditto of 71 40/. pd 161
60,0001. W. per cent. Ditto Bond- llB
5,818 17s Vauxhall Average 70!. 10s. 3d. sh. 161
ASSURANCE COMPANIES.
2,000 3/ 10s Albion 5001. sh. 50/ pd 80
50,000 Fleld. cent.}Alliance,British& Foreign 100/. .h. 101/. pd 13
50,000 6 per cent. Ditto, Marine 100/. sh. 51. pd 61
24,000 11 per sh. Atlas
1,200 Ish. 5/. Birmingham 1 ire
20,000 41 per cent. British Fire 250/. sh. 50/. pd 42
12,000 61. per cent. British Commercial 50/. A. 5/. pd Gf
5,000 51. per cent. Clerical, Medival, &c. Life, ICol.sh. 12110 s pd 4
4,000 2/ 105 County 100!. sh. 101. pd 42
20,000 ss. Eagle 5Ol. sh. 5/. pd 5;
,„,.,
/c 5 per cent./ Economic Life lOOO/. sh. 2501. pd 375
--"u and 30/ bs.
2,271 225. per cent. European Lite 00/. sh. all pd 22
50,000 2s. Ditto, New 2O/. sh. 2!. pd If
1,000,0081. 71. per et. Globe Stock 155
20,000 5/. Guardian lOOl. sh. 2711 pd 33
40,000 6s. 6d. Hope 50/. sh. 51. pd 6
2,400 51. 7s. 6d. Imperial Fire 5001. sh. 50/. pd 125
7,500 9s. Imperial Lite 100/. sh. 101. pd 10
13,458 41. per cent. Indemnity .Marine...... ......... 100/. sh. 8/. psl 19
2,020 3/ 1011 Kest Fire 59/. sh. all pd 82
31. Ditto Life. 79
10,^00 16s. Law Life 100!. sh. 10/. pd 251
sum 10s. London, Fire 25/. sh. 121. 10s. pd 151
2,900 10s. London, Ship 251. sh. 12/. 103. pd 151
30,000 51. per cent. Palladium Lif. 50/. sh. 2/. pd 2/ 8s Od
50,001 4!. per cent. Protector Fire 2Ol. sh. 2/. pd 17b Cld
2,500 1/. Provident Lim 1001. sh. 101. pd 19}
100,000 ss. Rock Life 00/. sh. 1/. pd 61
6,9,220/ 5/. per cent. Royal Exchange Stock... 228
6,000 5 per cent. University I.ife lOOl. sh. 51. pd 51
50,000 4 per cent. United Kingdom Life 2l. pd
JOINT STOCK BANKS
25,000 8 percent. A gric and Comm. of Ireland 25/. sh. 10/. pd 14
5,000 Australivia 4Ol. sh. 40/. pd 60
10,003 10 per cent. flank of Birmingham 5Ol. sh. 10/. pd 13
10,000 19 per cent. Birmingham Bank 5O/. sh. 5/. pd 101
30,000 5 per cent. London and Westminster...lool sh. 201. pd 201
:1,000 4 per cent. Lancaster 100/. sh. 20/. pd 30
25;100 Liverpool 1001 sh. 101. pd 23
50,000 71 per cant Man,hester and Liverpool] 100/. sh. 151 pd 20
Discount
20,000 7 per cent. Manchester MO/. sh. 25/ pd 27
20,000 Provincial Bank of lreland 1001. sh. 25/. pd 40
2(1,' (4 National Bank of Ireland 5,1. sh 171/. pd 15
IV) 5 per cent. National Provincial Eng. M. sh. 351. pd 32
!0,1/00 Gloucestershire 5Ol sh. 10/. pd 20
6,000 10 pm* cent. Hampshire 501. sh. 51. pd 9
GAS LIGHT AND COKE COMPANIES.
2,500 1/ 5s Gd Bath 2O/. sh. rt. pd 24
5,000

5,()00
5l .d
taT;il Bs. 5,3 Ditto Provincial 20/. sh. 19.• d 221
928 Si 108 Birmingham 5Ol. sh. 98
4,250- 2/ Os Bristol 2o'. sh. 36
1,500 3/ 103 Brighton 201. sh. 11
750 31 ICs Ditto, New 2O/. sh. 18/ pd 10
2,471 41 per cent. Brighton General 20/. sh. all pd 17
4,000 4/. Continental Cansolidated lOO/. 621/. pd 85
1,000 10/. City of London lOOl. sh. all pd 180
1,000 61. Ditto, New lOO/. sh. 60/. pd 112
4,000 4/.los. Equitable 5O/. pd 301
10,000 21 percent. Imperial
800 5/. per cent. Isle of Thanet 251. sh. 201. pd 20
2,350 6/. per cent. Independent 3O/. sh. all pd 481
9,000 3/. per cent. Phoenix ... 5O/. sh. 39/. pd 211
1,000 4/. per cent. Ratc1iff......... 100!. sh. 801. pd 54;
4,000 South Metropolitan 5O/. sh. 19/. pd 17
8,200 51. per cent. United General 5O/. sh. 46/. pd 24
240 5/. per cent. Warwick 501. sh. 50
400 101. per cent Wakefield
12,000 3/. ~ Westminster Chartered ...... .... 5O/. sh. 46
6,000 125. Ditto New 541. oh. 101. pd 81
860 Yarmouth 20/. sh. 18/. pd 9
WATER WOrtICS.
1,800 N. Birmingham 25/. sh. 25/. pd 211
4,434 6/. East London lOOl. sh. 145
5,500 21 IN Grand Junction ....Average 41/ 13s. 4d. sh. 54
2,000 2/, Kent
100!.
sh 43

372 101. Liverpool Bootle 220/. sh. 3:6
1,500 2/ 10s NOW diver London Bridge Water Annuities 58
6,486 11 15s Manchester and Salford lOO/. sh. 53
1,000 4 per cent. South London 100/. sh. 87
8,234 41. West Middlesex ....Average 63/. 12s. 9d. sh. 88
1.360 11 146 York Building Co. Lessee Prop 1001. sh. 35
IRON RAILWAYS.
6,060 Birmingham and Derby ... 201, pd 12:
9,500 Birmingham and Gloucester l2l/, pd 2
7,500 Birmingham, Bristol, and Thames Junction Of
15,100 Bristol and Exeter 1001. sh. 10 pd '.2i
660 Calcutta and Saugur 5O/. sh. 2/. pd Of
7,500
3,009 Clarence lOO/. sh. 100/. pi 30
12,000
8,000 Dublin and Kilkenny 100/. sh. 01 pd 1
6,1,000 Eastern Counties O5/. sh. 3/. p.l 14
Grand Junction 1001. sh. 93/. pi 181
... ...... Great North of England lO/, pd
25,030 Great Western !Mt sh. 55/, pd (15
2,000 Hartlepool 100/. sh. 100/. pd 100
8,000 Hull and Selby 501. sh. 10/. pd b
10,001 ...... ... Leeds and Manchester 1001. sh. 5/. pd 14
2,100 3/. per cent. Leeds and Selby 100 sh. 44
1,500 1/.35. Leicester and Swannington -.501. sh. all pd 70
5,100 10 percent. I.iverpeol and Manchester...lo( /. sh. 100/. pd 195
10 per cent. Ditto Quarter Shares 25/. pd 61
36,000 London and Brighton 501. sh. 51 pd 21
12,000 London and Blackwall 501. sh. 3/ pd 04
23,150) 3 per cent. London and Greenwich . ...... 20/. 814. 'lO/, pd 144
23,000 London and Birmingham ...1001. sh. 90/. pd 156
Ditto Quarter Shares 51. pl .231
20,000 London and Southampton ....50/. sh. 501. pd 30
Ditto ditto New..
'7,000 London and Croydon Trunk Cl.o sh. 01 pd 19
7,0,0 Ditto Scrip 14/. sh. 2/. pd S 1
12,000 London Grand Junction 50/. sh. 5/. pd 01
10,000 M;,nchester and Birmingham 70/. sh. 5/. pd 4
...... ... North Midland 1010. sh. 25/. pd 25
Northern and Eastern IOW. sh. , -1. pd ' 24
2,600 Preston and Wyre 501. sh. 30/. pd
28,000 South Eastern and Dover 7l. pd 31
1,000 101. per cent. Stockton and Darlington IOW. sh. 240
)i,OOO Thames Haven 5O!. sh 21. 10s. pd OA
1,400 Westminster and Greenwich 50/. oh. '2l. pd 04
6,000 York and North Midland 5O . sh. 3/. pd 04
MINES.
5,000 Albion Copper 5/. oh. np. pd 12
4,000 11. ss. A I ten 151. oh. 101. lOs pd 111
10,000 ... ..... Anglo Mexican, iss. 5/. pm.... 100/. sh. all pd 3
Ditto Subscription 9.5/. pa 4
2,000 F`l. Bolanos
10,000 11. 106 Brazilian Imp. iss. 5/. pm ..... 35/. sh. '2O/. pd 204
6,000 Macaubas & Cocaes United 25/.sh 231/. pd, 5
11,000 Ditto St. John Del Rey 20/. sh. 9/. pd 3:
10,000 ... ...... Bolivar Copper Company. 2(11. sh. 20/. pd 5
10,000 ......... Ditto Scrip 101. sh. 81. pd 6
20,000 British Iron 5O/. sh. 50/ pi 35
6,000 British Copper 5/. sh. 41/. pd If
Cata Branca 01/. pd 74
• Candonga 7ll. pd 6
10,000 11 Copiapo 2O/. sh 128/ pd 61
8,500 ... Columbian, iss. 5/. pm.
2,850 3!. English 12/ Ks. pd
20,000 General Mining Association...2o/. sh. 15/. pd 10
6,155 Mexican Company 1001. eh. 551/„. pd 2
3,000 Polberou Consols lOl. oh. 8/. pd 31
11,500 Real del Monte, Unregistered 144
Ditto Loan Notes l5O/. pd 1121
30,000 United Mexican, iss. 2 pm. ....40/. sh. all pd If
Ditto. Scrip 2f
Ditto New Scrip 5/ pd 31
West Cork 50/. sh. 50/. pd 38
LITERARY INSTITUTIONS.
1,000
... ...... London, with Bronze Ticket 75gs. sh. 21
1,500 London University 100/. sh. all pd 231
700 Russell ‘,sgs sh. 9
King' College 1001.1x1 28
MISCELLANEOUS.
10,000 15s. Australian Agricultural....loo/. sh. 261/. pd 344
6,000 4/. per cent. British American Land Company 23/. pd 14
10,000 61 per cent. Canada Company 1001. sh. 261. pd 291
200,000 51, per cent. Upper Canada Loan 991
City Bonds, 4 per cent ... lOl
15,000 11. Gs. General Steam Navigation ...151 sh. 131. pd 22
101. per cent. Hudson's Bay Stock
2,000 11. London Corn. Sale Rooms-. ...... Av. 75/. sh l9
8,000 Caoutchouc Company 05/. sh. 21/. pd 14
New Brunswick Land Company 41/. pd 11
2,754 5/. per cent. Reversionary Interest 50c...100/. sh. 100/. pd 1274
2,633 51. per cent. Ditto New 100/. sh. 781. pd 86
4,000
10,000 tic. Van Die.nen's Land 1001. sh. 17/. pd 104

LIST OF SCOTTISH COMPANIES' PRICES,
DEC. 15, 1837.
BANKS.

/.500,00fg. 6L p. ct. Rank 01 Scotland 83/. 6s. Bd. sh. all pd 1901.
2,000,00 C/. 5* p. ct. Royal of Scotland 100/. sh. all pd 16/,
500.000/. Bp. ct. British Linen Company 1001.211. 11 pd 230/.
3,000,000/. 6/. p. ct. Commercial 5OOl. sh. 1001. pd 173/.
5,000,0001 sn. ct. ls,tional .lOO/. sh. 10/. pd 16/.
2,000.0001. 6!. p. ct. Glasgow Union 250/. sh. 50/. pd 69/, •
4,000,0006, 4p. ct. Western ot Scotland 2OOl. sh 30/. pd 39/.