The Sun.
London, England, 1837-08-05 00:00:00

MARKET INTELLIGENCE.

(From the London New Price Current of Friday, Aug. 4.)
Seona.-The prices of brown and good yellow descrip-
tions of British Plantation have been fully supported, fine
yellow qualities have given way 6d. ; from the grocers there
has been a brisk demand for all sorts at and above 535. 6d. ;
Barbadoes, fine sold at 635. 6d. to 655., good 61s. to 625. 6d.,
low and mid. 565. 6d. to 60s. 6d. ; privately, sales of Deme-
rara, Berbice, and Trinidad of grey and good ord. brown
quality have been made at 545. to 555. ; Jamaica mid. grocery
56a. 6d, good yellow 605., grey ols. to 595. ; Demerara
coloury 60$. Of Refined goods the grocers have purchased
sparingly of all descriptions, Lumps passing the standard sel-
ling at 725. to 734., and those rather under at 71s. 6d. to
72s ; 31s. has been accepted for a fow small parcels of double
Crushed, under which there arc arc not sellers ; at 303. there
are some orders in the Market ; Melting Loaves have given
way Is., and have met with a dull sale.
MAURITIUS.-The few lots which were sold went cheap,
low yellow sold at 531. to 645., mid. 565., good 58s. to 59a.,
fine 61s. to 613 , good and fine brown 523. to 545., mid.
50a. to 515., low and very soft brown 435. to 493., sound lots
taken in at 435. to 445. per cwt.
Ever INDIA.-Bengal admissible for home consumption at
the lew duty has been in steady demand at prices fully equal
to those paid of late, ord. to good white went at 303. to 345.,
damps and damaged 263. 63. to 325. 6.1. ; 193 bags Madras
taken in at 101. to 1.5 a. for very soft grey and yellow.
FOhEIIN.-36 boxes Elavannah slightly damaged went at
375. to 393. for mid. and good ; yellow qualities went Is. 6d.
to 2s. under last. week's prices, ord. soft to good 223. 6d. to
275., damaged 235. to '263 6d. Bahia at public sale found
buyers, ord. to mid. of the former at 193. to 193. 6d , the re-
mainder were taken in at 17s. to 18s. 63. for good brown, and
10s. for d ;1)3 ; the private transactions have been only a few
chests of Baliia at lbs. for ord. brown.
Moeaeses.......The demand for West India continues to be
very brisk ; sales of fine Antiguas at 395.; Dominica mid. at
303. per CSI-t.
COFFEZ.-This afternoon there were no public sales of
British Plantation, and the business doing privately was li-
mited at previous rates; Mocha continues in request, and 142
bales at auction went at fully former prices ; middling pale
greenish yellow clean garbled 863 6d. to 835., good pale
925. 64., triage 64a.
Cocoa.-The demand for British Plantation has much
abated. This afternoon 100 bags Brazil at public sale went
at fair prices, good fair clean red 325. 6d. to 335., one lot
363. 64.

Rum.—The sales of Jamaica are 400 puns. at 11 advance,
28 to 31 over proof sold at 33 Gd. to 3s. Bd., 32 to 35 over
3s. 9d. to 3s. 10d , 36 to 38 over 3s. I Id. to 4s. 2d. ; of Lee-
wards the purchases have been 300 puns. at id. advance,
proofs to 2 over 23. Id. to 2s. lid., 3 to 9 over 2s. 31 to
23. 4d., 10 to 14 over 2s. Sc!. to 23. 61, 30 to 32 over 3s. Id.
to 3s. 21., 33 to 35 over 3s. 3d. to 3s. 4d., 36 to 33 over
33. sd. to 3s. 6d. ; the Government contract for 75,000 gal-
lons bad been taken by three houses, 15,000 gallons at
23. 14 1., 5 000 at 2*. Id. 6-16'.hs, and 55,000 at 23. id.
7-16tlis ; since our last 356 puns. and 18 hbds. have been
imported. _ _

ilicu.--This afternoon 'at auction 1,390 bags Bengal was
principally taken in at rather higher prices, low white 10s. 6d.
to ILL The few lots sold went rather dearer, good middling
at 11s. 6d. to 125. 6d. per cwt.

WHEAT AND FLOUR IN FRANCE COMPARED
WITH LONDON.

WIJEA r.—Tho highest price of the best wheat in Paris, is
24. francs per 11 hectolitre, which is equal to 375. 6d. per
English imperial quarter. The highest price of the best
E33CZ and Kent wheat in London, is 68s. per quarter, show-
ing fine wheat to be 30s. Gd. per quarter dearer in London
than in Paris, or upwards of 78} per cent. ; and that the same
money which will in London buy but eight bushels of wheat,
will, in Paris, procure fourteen and quarter bushels of the
finest quality.
FLOUR.-The highest price of flour of the " first mark" in
Paris, is 49 francs per 159 kilogrammes, which is equal to
31s. per English sack of 280 pounds. The highest price
of the best " town' made" flour in London, being 525. per
sack, shows fine flour to be 21s. per sack dearer in London
than in Paris, or nearly 70 per cent. ; and that the same money
which in London buys but 280 pounds of fine dour, will in
Paris purchase 470 pounds of the very best quality.

A woman named Anne Frask, residing at East
Koker, who had given birth to several illegitimate children,
was self-delivered of a male child on Wednesday evening,
which she strangled, and put up in a bundle under her bed,
where it was found by a female in the house. A Coroner's
Inquest has returned a verdict of Wilful Murder against the
wretched creature.—Dorset County Chronicle.
ARMY MOVEMENTS.—The 48th Regiment are
under orders to march from Manchester to Liverpool, there to
embark for Dublin. They will be replaced by the 7th Foci-
leers, from Bolton. The 86th Regiment, from Wcedon to
Bolton.
BALLOON ASCENT.—The two gentlemen who
ascended with the balloon from the gardens of the Yorkshire
Stingo on Monday, were Mr. H. Green and Mr. W. Monro,
two clever printers (all printers are gentlemen by patent) be-
longing to the classic press of Mr. Moyes, of Castle-street,
Leicester-square. Mr. Green is the brother of the well-
known aeronaut of the same name ; his ascent with Mr. Munro
was the 86th. The printers remained in the air fifty minutes,
and descended in a grass field two miles east of Ilford in
Essex. After having partaken of the hospitality of
Roberts, Esq., the aeronauts started for London, and overtook
Mr. and Mrs. Graham, who had descended from an aerial ex-
cursion a short distance from them. The whole party arrived
safely at the gardens of the Yorkshire Stingo at 11 o'clock,
highly pleased with their proceedings.
Yesterday morning between twelve and one the
neighbourhood of the New-cut and Lambeth Marsh was much
alarmed by the appearance of a dog in a rabid state. After
biting a little girl in the leg, though fortunately without pene-
trating the skin, he ran into the Three Compasses public-
house, where he was eventually destroyed, without doing fur-
ther mischief.

The Animals' Friend Society last week caused John
Johnson, Samuel Coffee, Abraham May, and Edward Best,
to be fined at Gravesend, for great cruelty to their asses ; and
in London the omnibus drivers 178 and 323, also Henry Town,
to be each fined 20a. and costs, for cruelty and furious driving,
and the cab driver 1,362 in costs, by Messrs. Jeremy and
Traill. The Society likewise charged the omnibus driver
263, before Alderman Thomas Wood, with having violently
lashed his horses while going at full gallop with a heavy load
up Farringdon-street. The worthy Alderman said be " did
not consider it a case of cruelty, and believed the horses took
as much delight in this sort of thing as the drivers." He con-
sequently dismissed it. The heavy expenses of the numerous
prosecutions of the Society will, it is hoped,
be lightened by
the liberal aid of a benevolent

PRICES OF CANALS, DOCK STOCKS,

ASSURANCE CONIPXNIES,&c. &c. &c.

LONDON, FRIDAY, AUG. 4.
Number Dividend Price
of per CANALS. per
Bares. Annum. Paid. Share,
1,706 7 pet cent. Ashton e.rd Oidhain.... Average 971.193. sh. 135
1,182 4/. Asisby.desle-Zeuch Average 115/. sh. 65
1,21,0 Basinesiolte lOO/. sh. 54
1,005 5/. Breekno -.ls and Abergavenny 150. sh. 100
8,0)0 I-16sh. 91. 6s. !Zirmitigharn, 1.16 th share SU & 711. 218
4,000 Ditto and Liverpool Junet...losl. ch. 100 pd 26
600 Bridgc :sates and Taunton -.1004 sh. all pd 64
400 4/. Cheliner and Black water., lOOl. sh. 102
500 431. Coventry 100/. sh. 700
4,515 (Iroy‘h-iii Average 311.25. 10d. sh. 3
2,060 i, 41. Os. Dudley lOO/. sh. SI
609 71. Derby 1001. sh. 153
20,000 Danube and Mayne "44 9s. 4d :91/. pd
3,5751 3/. IT! esmere and Chester Average 133/. sh.
201 401. Erewssh OOl. en.
1,297 29!. Forth and Clyde .......As crave £4ol.lns. th.
11,600 12/. Grand inns"- 10111.4 h.
2,8491 11. GI ,nlclUnion 1001.: h.
15110 Grant: Surrey
20,0001. 41. percent. DAR, (optional) Loan. 1004
3,090 Grand Western
000 13/.125. gd. Glain‘irganshire, Average cost 172/. 13s. Id.
749 IN. Grantham
6,233 2!. Os Hudderstis Id Average 571. Os. 63 sh.
100 Kensington 100 sh. all pd.
25,328 11. 2s. Kennet ind Avon, Average 39/.186.10d. sh,
2,1971 211. Leeds and Liverpool 1004 sh.
5151 131. Leicester l4Ol. sh.
1,897 4/. 10'.. Leicester and Northampton-Aver 63/, ties.
2,430 101. Monmouthshire 1001. eh.
150 10/. Melton Alowbray 100/. sh.
500 251. Mersey and Irwell 100/. sh.
3,000 11. 10s. Macclesfield 1001. sh. all pd.
247 171. Neat h
1,786 301. Oxford ION. sh.
2,400 5/. Peak Forest Avcisge about 78/. sh.
1,411 12a. Regent's (or London) Aver. 39/. 165.8 d. sh.
5,069 61. per cent. fiochdale Average 1851.
5(10 8/. Shropshire Vssl. sh.
SOO 9/. 10s. Somerset Coal l5O/. sh.
3,6001. 44 per cent. Ditto Lock Fund Stock l2/. 10s. sh.
. 700 401. Stafford and Worcester l4O/. sh.
500 9/. Shrewsbury lO5/. sh.
300 9/. Stourbridge
3,647 21. es. Strat•fordson-Av )ii ...Average 791. 9s. sd. sh.
533 12/. Swansee 1001 sh
3,762 11. 15s. Severn and Wye and Railway...AT 35/. sh.
2,60045ra. 321. lOs. Trent ant Mersey, 1 chars 1001. sh.
8,119
11 h
0001 ,000 s./ ~
,1 Warwick aid Birmingham lOO4 sh
511.5 '
9,10 Ile Warwick and Napton lOO/. sh.
6,000 4/.os. Worcest n• and Birmingham...A 0.78/.85. sh.
5,000 225. Wilts ar,a Berke .. Average 67/. 105. 8,1. sh.
800 31. Wyrley and Essington 125/. sh
126 ....... Wisbeach
905 1/. Wey and Arun llOl. sh.
DOCKS.
1,600&
1,0,01,h.} 3p. e. Commercial 100!. sh.
198,667:1. ti per ct. East India stock
3,238,31011. 50s. p.ct. London Stock
Ditto Bonds
1.380,0004 44!. p. ct. West India Stock
2„.`201 24 19s. Bristol
66,324/. 5/. per cent. Ditto Notes, various amounts
052,75241 percent. St. Katharine Stock
500,000 44 per oent. Ditto Bonds
200,000 4 per cent. Ditto Bonds icr 10 years
Shoreham Hai hour
2.500 ........ Depttbrd Piet
BRIDGES.
1,600 ICs. Hammersinei 5O/. sh.
7,231 Southwark, Old Av. 631. 2s. Bd. sh.
1,700 11, 13s. Ditto, New, of 74 per cent. 5Ol. sh.
5,000
5,000 18s. Bd. Ditto, Old Annuities of 3/. 6O/. pd
5,000 16s. 4d. Ditto, New Ditto of 71 40/. pd
00,0004 54 per cent. Ditto Bonds
5,1411 14s Vauxhall Average 701. 105. 3d. sh.
AS';ISRANCtS COMPANIES.
2,000 3110 s Albion 500/. sh. 50/ pd
50,090 rfn:i. r:tl Alliance,British & Foreign 100/. sh. 1014 pd
50,000 6 per cent. Ditto, Marine 1004 sh. 5/. pd
24,010 41 per sh. Atlas 501. sh. 5/. pd
1,209 fah. 5/. Birmingham l ire 25(11. sh. 551. pd
20,0)11 4/ per cent. British Fire 250/. sh. 50/. pd
12,010 61. per cent. British Commercial 504 sh. 51. pd
5,090 51. per cent. Clerical, Medi al,&c. Life, ICOLeh. 12/10s pd
4,0/0 2/ lOs County 100/. sh. 10/. pd
20,000 ss. Eagle
„„„ c 5 per cent./ Economic L lOOO/. sh. 250/. pd
'''' /and 30/ be. 5 ife
2,271 225. percent. European Li i • .01. sh. all pd 22
60,000 '2.s. Ditto, New 204 sh. '2l. pd If
1,000,0001. 71. per ct. Globe
20,000 3/. Guardian lOOl. sh. 2741 pa 33
10,000 Os. H. Hope 501. sh. 51. p 4 54
. 2,400 '5l. 7a. 641. Imperial e ire 5001. sh. 50!. pd 121
7,5(10 9s. Imperial late 1004 sh. 101. pd 10
19,458 4/. per eept. Indemnity Marine 1001. sh. Si. psi 164
2,020 13/ 105 Kest Fire 50/. eh. all pd 82
31. . Ditto Life. 79
10,000 lis. Law Life
5,000 10s. London, Fire '2sl. sh. 12/. 10s. pi 154
3,900 10s. louden, Ship 251. sh. le/. 109. pd 151
30,010 51. per cent. Palladium Lite 504 sh. 2/. pd 2/ 8s (A
50,000 Protector Fire 2Ol. sh. 2/. pd 18'. ed
2,500 . 11. Provident Is ie. .. lOO4 sh. 10/. pit 20
100,000 ss. Rock Life 20/. sh. fa. pd .64
639,120/ 5/. per cent. Royal Exclainge Stork... 22.5
0,1100 5 per cent. University Life ION. sh. 54 pd 54
50,000 4 per cent. United Kinelom Life 2l. pd
JOINT sIUCK.BANKS
25,000 8 per cent. A gric and Comm. of Ireland 23/. sh. 101. pd
5,000 Australwin 4Ol. sh. 40/. pd
10,006 10 percent. Bank of Biimingham 5l/. sh. 10/. pd
10,000 19 per cent. Bii mingharn Bank . . 5O/. sh. 5/. pd
30,000 5 per cent. Lon Jon and Westminster...loo/ sh. 20/. pd
3,1)00 4 per cent. Lancaster 100/. sh. 204 pd
25,000 Liverpool 1001 sh. 101. pd
50,000 74 per cent. Manchester and Liverpool 1004 sh. 151 pd
Discount
20,000 7 percent. Manchester 100/. sh. 25/ pd
20,000 Provincial Bank of 1 relanci 1001. eh. 251. p 4
20,1'60 National Bank of Ireland -5'14 sh 171/. pd
10,000 5 per cent. National Provincial Eng. IOU. sh. 55/. pd
!9,000 Gloucestershire 5O/ sh. 10/. pd
6,000 lOper sent. Hampshire 50/. sh 5!. pd
GAS LIGHT AND COKE COMPANIES.
2,500 1/ 5s 6il Bath '2o/. sh. I' 1. pd
5,000 British 4O/. sli. 161. pd
0,000 / S'T.percent.l Ditto Proveicial 20/. sh. 19 pd
and 11, 5,
928 51 10s Birmingham
1,250 '2l Os Bristol . . 2O . sh.
1,500 3,10 s Brighton 2O/. sh.
750 3/ 10s Ditto, New '2ol. sh. 18/. psi
2,471 44 per cent. Brighton General 20/ sh. all pd
4,000 4!. Ceatinental Cansolidated lOO/. 6214 pd
1,000 10/. City 01 Loudon lOOl. sh. all pd
1,000 Cl. Ditto, New
4,000 4/. 10s. Equitable .
.o,l'oo 25 per cent. Imperial 5O/. sh.
800 5/. per cent. Isle of 'l'ha set 95/. sh. '2O/. pd
2,350 61. per cent. Indenentlent 3O/. sh. all pd
2,000 3/. per cent. Phoenix .. 5O/. sh. 31.11. pd
1,000 4/. per cent. Heti-lift' - 100/. sh. 204 pd
1,0110 South Metropolitan 5Ol. sh. It'!. pd
8,200 51. per cent. United General 5Ol. sh. 461.11
240 54 per cent. Warwick......
400 10/. per cent Wakefield
12,01;0 3/. Westminster Chartered
6,0011 12s. Ditto New 'V /. sh. 104 pd
860 Yarmouth 2Ol. sh. 18!. pd
WATER WORKS.
4,100 Its. Ilitopingtrtm 25/. sh. 25/ pd
1,4:34 64 East London lOOl. sh.
5,500 2/ lOs Or aid Junction ....Average 41/ 13s. 4d. sh.
2,000 2/. Kent lOO/. sh.
372 10!. Liverpool ;tootle 2201. sh.
1,500 2/ lOs New diver Loudon Bridge Water Annuities
6,486 11 15s Manchester and Salford lOO/. sh.
1,000 4 per cent. 9auth Lon ton lOO/. sh.
8,294 nit. West Middlesex ....Average 63/. 12s. 9cl. sh.
1.360 1/ Hs York Building Co. Lessee Prop ..... lOO/. sh.
IRON RAILWAYS.
6,000 Birmingham and Derby
9,500 Birmingham and Gloucester 101 pd
7,500 B:rrningham, Bristol, and Thames Junction
15,000 Bristol and Exeter 1004 sh. 10 pd
660 Calcutta and Saugur 5O/. sh. 2/. pd
7,500 Cheltenham and 0. Western...lool. sh. 741
3,001 Clarence lOO/. sh. 100/. pd
12,000
8,000 Dublin and Kilkenny son/. sh. 21 pd
63,000 Eastern Counties 23/ Oa 2/. pd
(Arend Junction 100/ sit. 35/. p 1
Great North of England ................. 71. p 3
25,000 ... ...... Great Western lOO/. eh. 45/. sA
2,0:53 Ihrtlepool 100/. sh. 1001 pd
8,000
10,004 lOO h.
Lileuelclisma'ndd''eallla)Ync.l-7e. ...................................... :hh: 51.. pd
2,109 3/ per cent. Leeds and Selby .......vi
1,500 I/ ss. Leicester and Swannington -.501. eh. all pd
10 per cent. Ditto Quarter Shares
3,109 10 per cent. Liverpool and Manchester...lo(.4 eh. 105014
pd
10
10,000 London and Brighton :001. sh. 51 pd
45,100 Ditto ditto (Gibbs') -.20/ sh. 11. pd
16,000 Ditto ditto (Ren.nie)...so/. eh. 3/. pd
6,0 0 Ditto ditto (Cundy)... lOW. eh. 84 pd
!ZOO() London and Blackwell 501. sh. 3/ pd
20,000 8 per cent. London and Greenwich 2Ol. S. 20/. pd
25000
20,000 ......
7,000 ...
12,000 London Grand Junction 5 /. sh. 51. pd
10,0.10 31 nchester and Birmingham 50Lsh. 5/. pd
North Midland 100/. sh. 15/. pd
Northern and Eastern lOO4 sh. 6/. pd
2,600 ...... ... Preston and Wyre 50/. sh. 94 pd
28,000 ...... .. South Eastern and Dover .74 pd
1,000 10!. per cent. Stockton and Darlington lOO4 sh.
0,000 Tha,oes Haven 5Ol. sh. 2/. 10s. pd
1,400 Westminster and Greenwich 50/. sh. 2/, pd
6,000 York and North Midland 5O . sh. 31. pd
MINES.
8,0011 Albion Copper 5!. sh. 54/. pd
4,000 1/. ss. Alten 151. sh. 121. lOs ad
10,000 ... ..... Anglo Mexican. iss. 5/. pm 1001. sh, all pd
Ditto Subscription .51. pa
2,000 1"1. Bolanos • 150/, sh all pd
10,000 11. lOs Brazilian Imp. iss. 51. pm 35/. ah. '204 pd
6,01i0 Macattbas & Cocaes United...2s/. eh. 234/. pd
11,000 Ditto St. John Del Rey 20/. sh. 9/. pd
10,000 Bolivar Copper Company '2Ol. sh. 20/. pd
10,000 .......... Ditto Scrip 10!. sh. 84 pd
20,00') British Iron 501. sh. 501 pd
6,000 British Copper 5/. sh. 441. pd
Cata Branca... 611. pd
Candonga 7l/, pd
10,000 11 Copiapo 2Ol. sh 12a/ pd
8,500 Columbian, um 5/. pm.
2,850 31. English
20,000 General Mining Association...2o/. eh. 15/. pd
11,155 Mexican Company 1001. sh 5514 pd
3,000 Polberott Consols lO/. sh. 8/. pd
11,500 Real del Monte, Unregistered
Ditto Loan Notes l5O/. pd
30,006 United Mexican, in. 2 pm ....40/. sh. all pd
Daus Scrip
Ditto New Scrip 5/ pd
West Cork 50/. sh. 50/. pd
LITERARY INSTITUTIONS.
1,000 London, with Bronze Ticket 75gs sh.
1,500 London University 100/. sh. all pd
700
King' College lOO/. pd
MISCELLANEOUS.
10,000 15s. Australian Agricultural....loo/. sh. 2211. pd
6,000 4/. per cent. British American Land Company 2:3/. pd
10,000 61 per cent. Canada Company sh. 241. pd
200,000 51. per cent. Upper Canada Loan
City Bonds, 4 per cent
15,000 I/. Os. General Steam Navigation ...15/..Z. 13/. pd
101. per cent. Hudson's Bay Stock
2,000 11.
8,000 pleanßyoome ' Av. 75/. sh.
251. sh. 241. pd
2,754 5/. par cent. Reversionary InterestSoc...loo/. sh. 100/. pd
CLoNaLudtoßenhru°CunocsrftwCi.C7Land Company 431. pd
2,6.33 51. per cent. Ditto New 100/. eh. 701. pd
4,000
10,000 6s. Van Die.ner.'s Land 1001. sh. 171. pd

230
202
36 f
10
21f
5'.-0
225

121
51
131
105

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112
28j
44i
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165
31
511
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131
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141
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240

LIST OF SCOTTISH COMPANIES' PRICES
JULY 6, 1837.
BANKS.

/,500,001/.
2,000,0 X/. 5,1 P. • .
ct. Royal of Scotland
61. p. ct. Ban`c of Sota1:1;c- S. 1. 6slosodl..sehh..aallll ppdd
J159c11/..
500,0x'1. Bp. ct. British Liii Company 100/. sh. nll pd M/.
5001. sh. 1001. pd 175/.
3,000,00 a 61. P. at. Commercial
et. ts. tional lOOl. sh. 101. pd 15-Z/
s.mxoook 5 a , •
250/. sh. 50/. pet 7iii,
2001. sh 301. pd 3;,?/,
4,000,0(01. 4 P. •
INSURANCE COMPANIES.
2,000,0001. 6/. p. ct. Glasgoww'estrn UotniSocnotland
25C.0005h 61 p. ct. Scottish Union 2Ol. ch. 1/. pd • 25s
-,50Q 61 p. et. Hercules lOOl. sh. 10/. pd 13/ iss.
lir,ooo sp. ct. Insurance Co. of Scotland ....10/. sh. all pd 8.11.
50,000 6p. ct. North British 2001. sh. 10/. pd 131.
1,000 sp. ct. Caledonian Fire 100/. sh. 101. pd 1615 e
5,000 6p. ct. Edinburgh Life 1001. sh. 10/, poi 14110 s
100,080 Si p. et. West of Scotland lOl. pd it Os
MISCELLANEOUS
4,810 .., ...... Edin. and (Bac Un. Czna1...501. oh. all pd 22/.
Ditto All, cated -261. oh. all pd 651.
5,400 5 per cent. Edinb.:Joint Stock Water.... 2.5/. sh. all pd 351.
Carron Iron Company ',SOL sh. all pd 45/.
2,0005 h 15 per cent. Shotts Iron Foundery 501. sh 381. pd 451:
10,000 3 per cent. Edinburgh & Leith Glass 2O/. sh. 16/. pd Si.
1,500 10 per cent. Edinburgh Coal Gas 2.5/. sh. all pd 62/
4,45 10 per cent. Glasgow 6.24 ''.s/. sii. all pd 61/
750 71 per cent. Leith Coal Gas 20/. sh, all pd 441.
I.AXI Edinburgh and Dalkeith Railway...soLO. 551.
3,000 spa Celle, gquitrabla L 11.1.11 Cornptny.„24sl. ph. 111, pd 104

POLICE INTELLIGENCL7.

MANSION-HOUSE.

A man of decent appearance, who said that his name A -as
James Barnett, and that he, kept a public-house at e
west-end of the town, was brought before the L0R..1
MAYOR, charged with having presented a check at Lad,
broke's banking-horse for the sum of 221. sa. 6d., to which
check he had no claim.

Mr. Gosling, a gentleman who has premises at Battersea,
stated that his wife had, on the previouS night, at about
eight o'clock, laid the check which he had drawn to pay for
his daughter's schooling on the table, together with a letter,
and that toe wind blew it out of the window. Having been
informed of the accident, he took.care to give notice at the
banking house in proper time, and the check was stopped.
Mr. John Harvey, one of the cashiers of Ladbroke'3
banking-house, stated that Mesrirs. Gosling and Co., of
Battersea, kept a cash account at the house. At a little
before nine o'clock yesterday morning he received instruc-
tion to stop a check of 221.55. Gd., drawn by Mr. Gosling.
At about ten o'clock the prisoner entered the office, and
presented it, saying that he wished for gold, but Bank notes
would answer. Witness informed him that it had been
stopped, upon which he said "that he had picked it up, and
that he had a right t•-) it." The prisoner was then shown
into the back office. if witness had not received the no-
t ce, he would have paid the check at the moment.
Daniel Forrester, the officer; stated that upon going to
the banking-house to take the prisoner into custody, he
asked a few questions, to which the prisoner replied that
he lived at and kept a public-house near Grosvenor-square,
and that he had picked up the check on the road on the
evening before, at eight o'clock. _ _ _

The- LORD MAYOR (to the prisoner)—So you had the
whole night to decide what to do with the check, and at
last you determined to turn it to your own advantage.
Pray, what claim had you to it ? Prisoner—l was coming
from Hammersmith last night, my Lord, and I picked it
up on the pathway. I do assure you 1 didn't know
what it was.

The LORD MAYOR—But you trudged to the City this
morning to receive the cash, and you were satisfied to
take bank-notes, but preferred gold. How do you account
for that ? Prisoner—lf I knew who the party was I
would have taken it to him willingly, but I didn't know.

The LORD MAYOR—You knew the banking•house.
Why didn't you say there how you got it into your posses-
sion ? Prisoner—l offered my address at the banking-
house.

The Cashier—Not until after you had been told that the
check was stopped.
The LORD MAYOR—Pray, is the public-house you keep
a house of much business ? Prisoner—Oh, yes, my Lord,
I have had it these two years.

The LORD MAYOR—And how could you, as a trades-
man, think that you were at ,liberty to appropriate the
money ? It is not long since I committed a man for trial
for applying to his own use some money which had been
found by his sons. He is now in Newgate, and will take
his trial for what I certainly consider to be felony. This
that you have done I look upon as very close to a robbery.
Prisoner—My Lord, lam extremoly sorry for it. I own

I have done wrong.
The LORD MAYOR—It is quite impossible that a person
in your situation m life could suppose himself entitled to the:
property which another might drop. I dare say yotOvould.
feel in a dilemma if you dropped the money you had to pavy
to your brewer, and found that another person had appro-
priated it.
Prisoner—l hope your Lordship will pardon me. I shall
never do it again.
The LORD MAYOR—I must have Mr. Bush, the soN-
citor to the Society of Bankers, here on this occasion. Tk e
question is a most serious one, and it must be settled iretlee
Central Criminal Court whether such conduct is or is not
felonious.
The prisoner was then remanded.
A-boy w'ho has been long known to the police- as a pick.-
pocket was charged with having robbed an old gentleman of
his handkerchief. B policeman had seen the prisoner whip.
the handkerchief out with the greatest neatness and slip it
into the hand of an accomplice.
Complainant—l didn't feel it going at all ; .but I never
do. The always take them from me with wonderful skill.
The Lone, MAYOR—Then, Sir, you are a profitable
speculation for the thieves. Complainant (smiling)—Why,
I have lost twenty silk handkerchiefs lately in the streets.
The LORD MAYOR—Twenty ! Pray where do you
wear your pocket, or have you any at all ? Complainant
—I have some inside and some outside.
The LORD MAYOR—And I suppose you put your hand-
kerchief in the outside pocket ?. Complainant—Yes ; 'Lis
more convenient.
The LORD Mayon—No doubt it is, to thieves. But.
for such kind persons as you the trade would not flourish so
mach as it does ; and you would make the obligation still
greater if you would just leave the tip of your handker-
chief sticking out as you come into the City every day.—
(A laugh.)
The prisoner was sent to Bridewell, and the old gentle-
man having negligently slipped his recovered handkerchief
into his outside coat pocket, left the Justice-Room to give
another chance to the fraternity.