The Sun.
London, England, 1853-03-28 00:00:00

A SLAVE AUCTION IN VIRGINIA.

(From the New York Tribune.)
A young New-Yorker now on his first southern tour,
and not yet cottonised by the new influences surround-
ing him, has written to one of the publishers of the
Tribune an account of a slave auction he attended in
Richmond. Believing that its publication will do good,
and in its ultimate consequences tend strongly to perpe-
tuate and humanise that union which patriots so rever-
ence, we give it place in our columns, as follows :
Richmohd, Va., Thursday, March 3, 1853.
Since I left New York I have seen the original Decla-
ration of Independence, and I have seen it " illustrator
here in this place. Oh, my God ! Oh, my country !
I have been an eye-witness this morning to scenes such
as never have been described, and never can. You and
I have been told by some of the dough faces of the north
that the evils of slavery are exaggerated. But they
have not been half told, and I have neither the ability
nor the heart to describe the scenes I have this moment
come from witnessing.
I have spent two hours at the public sales of slaves.
There are four of them, and all in the same street, not
more than two blocks from the Exchange Hotel, where
we are staying. These slave depots are in one of the
most frequented streets of the place, and the sales are
conducted in the building on the first floor, and within
view of the passers by. There are small screens behind
which the women of mature years taken for inspection ;
but the men and the boys are publicly examined in the
open store, before an audience of full one hundred.
These examinations are carried on by various persons in-
terested, and are enough to shock the feelings of the
most hardened. You really cannot conceive that men
in human form could conduct themselves so brutally ;
each scar or mark is dwelt upon with great minuteness
—its cause, its age, its general effect upon the health,
&c., &c., are questions asked and readily answered. I
saw full 20 men stripped this morning, and not more
than three or four of them had what they termed " clean
backs," and some of them—l should think full one quar-
ter othem—were scarred with the whip to such an ex-
tent as to present a frightful appearance ; one in parti-
cular was so cut that I am sure you could not lay your
finger on any part of his back without coming in contact
with a scar. These scars were from the whip, and were
from two inches to one foot in length. These marks
damaged his sale ; although only about 45 to 50 years
old he only brought $460; but for these marks he would
have brought $750 to $BOO.
I saw several children sold ; the girls brought the
highest price. Girls from 22 to 18 years old brought
from 500 dols. to 800 dols. '

I must say that the slaves did not display as much
feeling as I had expected, as a general thing—but there
was one noble exception—God bless her ! and save her
too ! ! as I hope he will in some way, for if he does not
interpose there were no men there that would.

She was a fine looking woman about twenty-five years
old, with three beautiful children. Her children as
well as herself were neatly dressed. She attracted my
attention at once on entering the room, and I took my
stand near her to learn her answers to the various ques-
tions put to her by the traders. One of these traders
asked her what was the matter with her eyes ? Wiping
away the tears, she replied, " I s'pose I have been cry-
ing." "Why do you cry ?" " Because I have left my
man behind, and his master won't let him come along."
" Oh, if I buy you, I will furnish you with a better
husband, or man as you call him, than your old one."
" I don't want any better, and won't have any other as
long as he lives." " Oh, but you will though, if I buy
you." "No, massa, God helping me, I never will."
Did Mrs. Stowe exaggerate the spirit in the slave I
No, no. I saw "Cassie's" character in this woman
fully and fairly sticking out. Her answers to other in-
quiries put by another man were quite as " liberty-
loving" as these indicated. The most indecent ques-
tions were put to her, all of which, after a little hesita-
tion, she answered.

But when asked if she thought she could turn out a
child a year, she replied, " No, massa, I never have any
more, and sorry I got these."
Just before she was put up I left the room, for I am
sure I could not have stood the scene, and I should have
betrayed myself.
A scene occurred in this last room which "may yet
be heard from." Just before the sale commenced, a
young well-dressed gentleman entered the room ; plac-
ing himself in one corner of the room, he began to take
a sketch, and had not proceeded far before he was no-
ticed by any one but myself. At last he attracted the
attention of some of the bystanders, until full 20 or
more were looking over his shoulder. They all seemed
pleased with what he was doing, so long as the sketch
was a mere outline, but as he began to finish up the
picture and form his groups of figures they began to
see what he was about, and then some went up pri-
vately to the auctioneer (who had by this time got
one or two sold), and informed him what the man was
doing. He came down from the stand, went and over-
looked what was doing for a moment, and saw himself
" written down for perhaps the first time in his life." He
inquired of the man what he was doing. The reply was,
"I do not know that I am bound to answer your inquiry."
Mr. Auctioneer took his stand again, but was evidently
so enraged that he could not go on, for by this time the
whole company was aware of what was being done; and
while some proclaimed with a loud oath that the likeness
was " d—d fine," " most splendid," others were for
" footing him." The artist took the hint, however, with-
out the kick, and left the room. But now we had a
specimen of southern bravery. They were all sure that
he was an abolitionist, and they all wanted to lend " a
foot " to kick him, while one small gentleman said he

would Pay2s dollars to hire a negro to do it. The ex-
citement soon passed over; not, however, without leav-
ingfights and runs away, may live to fight another day."
on my mind the truth of the maxim, " that he who
But I cannot go further. This subject grows on my
hands, and if I should only say half what I think and
feel just at this time, I should tire your patience. lam
chuck full, and shall reserve the overflow until I see you.
But think me not untruthfnl from this unavoidable ex-
citement. I don't tell half the truth. I have said no-
thing of the brutality of the audiences I saw at four of
these auctions. I tell you for a truth that I saw full
one hundred Legrees, and even worse than he.
These auctions are held daily, and they pay each other
the courtesy to wait for each other ; so that the second
does not begin until the first has concluded, and so on
to the last. The auctioneer of the second is on hand at
the first auction to announce—" Gentlemen, the sale of
a few fine field hands, including the usual assortment of
boys, girls, &c., &c., will now take place on the corner
above, to which your attention is directed," suiting the
action to the word, he leaves, followed by the whole
honesty"fou sales a les
observedh avebeen t
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audience, myself included, to his own store, and so on
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ot gentlemen."
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until
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If this morning I had been possessed of the wealth of
should
"stock." That would have eased my conscience, if it
had not paid a good interest. Let •
this be my conclu-
sion : If God spares me my reason andmy conscience,
I never will vote again for a pro-slavery
this time forth I promise and declarethatmlan
am.
bound
for the fight. F d
e eni or death, shall be the
"watchword and the cry." (Of course I only adopt the
spirit of the quotation, and don't mean to do any such
foolish thing as to kill myself or allow slavery to do it,
but to make all reasonable sacrifices in the cause of
"truth, right, and humanity.") Keep
.this declaration
—preserve it---and when you see me violate its spirit,
like a guardian angel appear to me, reminding me of the
'VOW!! I now take upon myself.

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of the unhappy judgesn efCßtihmenztatLe conse-
quence.sarssYizeOßnKat.—hlauvingleftthis city so soon as was anticipated, the execution
criminal, Henry Debson, for the
murder of Catherine Sheridan, which was an-
nounced to take place on Saturday last, will not
be carried into effect until Saturday, the 9th of
April, in order that the usual time may intervene between
the departure of the judges and the carrying out of the
capital sentence. It is satisfactory to state that the de-
meanour of the murderer has become entirely changed,
and he now evinces great penitence. He has written
letters to some of his friends at Wakefield confessing his
guilt, and making anxious inquiries as to the manner of
the interment of his victim. It may be added that
Dobson denies the accuracy of some of the minor details
of the evidence adduced against him, and that he declares
he had no idea that he was going to kill his victim until,
lobo.‘ewKiwuanrdvntdt
as he says, he "went into the house and spoke to her,
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Sheridana
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she spoke to him, and then he did it." The only reason
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interview
noth e alsisvieg
keep the peace." He blames Ann Clough and Patty
she
ersheayd for persuading rsupa
of his relations, who, though in humble circumstances,
are very respectable and industrious people, and, we
need scarcely say, the scene was of a very distressing
character. The wretched man is twenty-seven years of
.ystohh" Avi'semoroumlta
as
age, and, we understand, had been married,
died some time ago. Catherine Sheridan wbasut, his
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1
THE SUET,' LONDON, MONDAY EVENING,'MARCII 28, 185 3.
ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. the lady, it appeared, was residing at Cirencester, at an steam-boat, and we lived together in the cottage for . evidence at present before them did not make out the PRICES OF SHARES.
gift") 19:fflibitto n. ______,...._
HOME CIRCUIT.—KINGSTON, MARCIE 26. inn, and was evidently in want of money. The defendant, about three or five weeks. It was my object to have a ' fact of the marriage, and on that ground that the plain-
who was in London, wrote to her, stating that he residence openly situated, so that I could see every one tiff had failed to prove his case. IN ;BANKS, ASSURANCE, AND OTHER COM-
had been about all the morning to try to get two pounds who approached, as I was afraid of the sheriff's officers, The jury here interposed, and said this was the view PANIES' STOCK.
(Before Mr. Baron Alderson and a Special Jury.) ' and send her, but had been unsuccessful. His family and the outer gates were locked, and I always kept the they took of the matter. They did not desire to give
JARRETT V. TOLLEMACHE. would do nothing for him, and he himself was penniless. keys. Elizabeth Acford was not called by my name any opinion with regard to the fact whether the marriage From the Official List.
OLDHAAI RACES. This action was brought to recover a sum of money Under these circumstances, he advised her to call upon while we lived at this cottage. I don't know that she in Scotland did take place or not, but they were of PUBUSIIED EVERY TUE'DAY AND FRIDAY EVENING,
(THIS DAY.) alleged to have been expended in necessaries for a person a respectable solicitor, whom he named, and advised her was called by any name, certainly not by that of Mrs. opinion that the evidence now before them did not esta- LONDON, THURSDAY, MARCH 24.-
named Elizabeth Acford, who was represented to be the to explain to him how they were situated, and ask him Tollemache. She accompanied me once or twice for a blish the marriage to their satisfaction.
.a. wife of the defendant. to write to his mother, and he said that' if this were walk on a Sunday, which was the only day I could go Mr. Baron Alderson said the jury had come to a very 4a
CK BANKS.
(BY ELECTRIC TELEG.RATEL) Mr. Bramwell, Q.C., and Mr. Bovell were counsel for done the fear of exposure would induce them to give him out without fear of arrest. I never introduced her to any proper conclusion, and upon that finding the verdict JOINT-STO
the plaintiff; Mr. sergeant Shee and Mr. M. Chambers, sonie money. He advised her to act as though it was of one in Scotland as my wife, and I swear I was never would be for the defendant. Dividend Amount
TEM BROADBENT STEEPLECHASE.
1 Q.C., appeared for the defendant ; Mr. Willes was also her own accord, and not to say a word about his having married to her in Scotland or anywhere else. All the This case concluded the business on the Home Circuit. Nam* of Company. per of
Annum. share. Paid. r ice.
'Flying Buck .....................................................
, engaged in watching the case, as it was understood, in advised her ; and he said if she did so everything would time she was with me I was in considerable difficulties,
Countess ' behalf of Lady Dysart, the mother of the defendant. turn out all right. He afterwards wrote a seer- d let- and I believe that, by the letters I wrote to her, I was MIDLAND CIRCUIT.—WARwrcR, MARCH 26. - £s.d.X s. d.
c.coilioinia,' .............. 36. per cent. 100 o o 2s 0 o
61. r- cent. r 0 0 25 0 0
Austral .n51a........... 61. per cent. 40 0 0 40 0 0 93
Mr. Bramwell, in opening the case, said that the plain- ter, in which he advised the lady to apply to the gentle- the first to put it into her head to set up the claim to be (Before Chief Justice Jervis.) British blorthAmencan 6;. per cent. 50 0 0 ' 0 0 0 59%
THE OLDHAM STEEPLECHASE.
1 tiff, Arthur Jarrett, was a person in a humble condition man he had mentioned before in his capacity of clerk to Lady Huntingtower. Cant. CON.--DOWELL V. SHELDON. Comme rciat oi London, 61. per cent. I'.o o o .0 0 0
Ringleader. 2of life, being the relieving officer to one portion of Lam- the magistrates, and asked for a summons against him Cross-examined—l was born in 1820, and in 1842 I The plaintiff is a chemist and druggist at Birmingham,
Quickstep laeth parish, and the defendant was the Hon. William for deserting her, and he told her to appear hostile to was a bankrupt. In 1844 I was insolvent. At the and the defendant a tavern_keeper, at Birmingham. The Lon'al.dr,;;•:iiV..o.ii.u.s..
Six ran. Felix Lionel Tollemache, commonly called Lord Hunt- him, and say that she was compelled to take this step on time I went to Scotland the Commissioners of Taxes had action was for damages for criminal conversation with
Provincial of Irel Kd
61.8
1 900210 0 17
London and County .. 6'. per cant. 50 0 0 tO 0 0 —4
—......--
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' said would compel his family to do them justice. In an- nay bankruptcy. I had also incurred a debt to Israel the daughter of a broker, after cohabiting with himcent. 50 0 0 to o 0
four tb =Otitoll ancient fa,' mily and of large possessions. The action was
brought to recover compensation for the support of a
lady and three children. That the children were reallypercent.'048}4
St. Albans, and that a person there was going to intro- and my insolvency. I believe that the Crown can issue left home to see his relations in Leicestershire. Miss National- of Ireland.... 41:per cent so o o to too on _
duce him to a fool who would give him 6001. for his ac- writs out of England into. Scotland or Ireland. I can- Fanny Harris, a sister of the plaintiff's wife, resided Ntitlt'oros;i•Tial of Eng. 61.. per cent. 100 0 0 35 o o
-- ----_,TV .... •• •• ( tit. per cent. 20 0 0 10 0 0
Str-V OFFICE, Six o'clock. e slightest doubt and he believed that the only goes- , . centance fora thousand and he was going to give half not say without looking at my accounts whether with her as a companion • and on the Christmas-da she • '
the' to the 'who .. his get- other hadobtained judgmentsagainstandelder ' , . y Onental Ba nk Corpora. 81. p cLik be. 25 0015 0 0 57%
tion in the cause would be, whether their mother was money
the wife of the defendant, and he believed he should lay ting the money, and when he obtained the balance he me. Before I went to Scotland, Elizabeth Acford had came in and asked for some cigars, and Mrs. Dowell Uniontt of Australia .... 6 .p.ct 841,3 25 0 0 t 5 6 0 761,4
TArI"TERSALL'S evidence before them which would leave no reasonable would "rig out his decry" in the state she desired. He gone down to her friends in Devonshire. This was after asked him into the parlour, introducing him as Mr. thill,,looili,',,;;d*,.;l;• "'• i 6'. per cent. 210 0
doubt of that fact. The circumstances under which the went on to say that he was disgusted with this country, we had lived together in the way I have described. I Edwards, and he stayed tea with them. A Mr. Price Union of 51,,dria ..........
.'ll. per cent. 543 o o io 0 o
0 0 0 40 0 0
(THIS EVENING.) claim arose were of rather a peculiar character. It a
P- and had some thoughts of going abroad and taking her don't recollect if I wrote to her to join me in Scotland, but also looked in, and cards were introduced and continued
peered that about the middle of the year 1849, the with him. In another letter, the defendant having heard very probably I did. Before we went to Scotland she till four in the morning. During the evening some INSURANCE COMPANIES.
_______,......._____ plaintiff, in his capacity of relieving officer, was called that the lady was ill, write to her to inform her that a went by my name, and she did the same afterwards. I fimiliarities were observed between the defendant
NORTHAMPTONSHIRE STAKES. upon to visit a case of a lady and three children, who doctor lived opposite the inn where she was staying, to went by the name of Tollemache in Scotland, but I don't and Mrs. Dowell by her sister, Miss Harris. At half- Name or company. Divpiedrend Amount
of Paid. Price.
were living in the parish, and whom he found in a state whom he advised her to apply immediately, as he said he know what name she went by. My man servant knew past 4, on the party rising to separate, Mrs. Dowell Annum. Share.
4to 1 agst Defiance. of utter destitution. By the direction of the board of was a very good man, and what was better, " would that we were not married. She used to take her meals showed Mr. Price and the defendant to the door, and her
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7to 1 agst Hobby Horse. guardians he gave them relief, and continued to do so for stand eternal credit." at the same table with me, and the servants called her two sisters went to bed ; but half an hour transpiring, and Albion ... . .... . ai i £s.d. Z s d
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500 0 0 50 0 0 90

7to 1 agst Hobby Horse.
7to 1 agst Dabchick.
16 to 1. agst Lady Blanche.
13 to 1 agst Tobolski (taken).
13 to 1 agst Kingston (taken).
15 to 1 agst Happy Joe.
12 to 1 agst Alp.
12 to 1 agst Postulant.

CHESTER CUP.
12 to 1 agst Trifle.
35 to 1 agst Little Jack.
WHITTLEBURY STAKES.
3 to. 1 agst Lady Audrey (taken).
7 to 2 agst Charley (taken).

METROPOLITAN HANDICAP.
13 to 2 agst Contentment.
16 to 1 agst Terpsichore.
14 to 1 agst Peggy.
CITY AND SUBURBAN.
10 to 1 agst Jouvance.
TWO THOUSAND GUINEAS STAKES.
sto 4 agst West Australian and Sittingbourne.

DERBY.
9to 1 agst West Australian.
12 to 1 agst Cineas.
12 to 1 agst Orestes.
15 to 1 agst Honeywood.
16 to 1 agst Reiver.

AMERICA.

(BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.)

LIVERPOOL, MONDAY, Half-past 4 p.m.

The British and North American mail steam.
ship Cambria, Captain Miller, passed Holyhead in.
ward bound to this port, at half-past two o'clock.

She would leave Boston on the 16th and Halifax
to. the 18th, and will convey dates from
Canada and the United States four days later
thosebrought by the Humboldt at Southampton than
un Friday last. She will arrive in the Mersey in
tin e for her mails to leave at four o'clock on Tues-
day morning for the mid-day delivery in London,
and for crossing the Channel at Dover by that
night's mail steamer for the Continent.

THE TERRIFIC COAL PIT EXPLOSION

AT WIGAN.

ADDITIONAL PARTICULARS.
(From the Manchester Guardian of Saturday.)

alleged to have been expended in necessaries for a person
named Elizabeth Acford, who was represented to be the
;fe of the defendant.
Mr. Bramwell, Q.C., and Mr. Bovell were counsel for
the plaintiff; Mr. Sergeant Shee and Mr. M. Chambers,
Q.C., appeared for the defendant ; Mr. Willes was also
engaged in watching the case, as it was understood, in
behalf of Lady Dysart, the mother of the defendant.
Mr. Bramwell, in opening the case, said that the plain-
tiff, Arthur Jarrett, was a person in a humble condition
of life, being the relieving officer to one portion of Lam-
beth parish, and the defendant was the Hon. William
Felix Lionel Tollemache, commonly called Lord Hunt-
ingtower, son of the Earl of Dysart, a nobleman of very
ancient family and of large possessions. The action was
brought to recover compensation for the support of a
lady and three children. That the children were really
the children of the defendant he believed there was not
the slightest doubt, and he believed that the only ques-
tion in the cause would be, whether their mother was
the wife of the defendant, and he believed he should lay
evidence before them which would leave no reasonable
doubt of that fact. The circumstances under which the
claim arose were of rather a peculiar character. It ap-
peared that about the middle of the year 1849, the
'laintiff, in his capacity of relieving officer, was called
upon to visit a case of a lady and three children, who
were living in the parish, and whom he found in a state
of utter destitution. By the direction of the board of
guardians he gave them relief, and continued to do so for
a period of nine months, and it appeared that then, the
case of the lady having been investigated, some persons
interfered in her behalf, and a lodging of some kind
was provided for her and her children. Soon after-
wards, however, she again became reduced to distress,
and a second time applied to the plaintiff, who was so
impressed, from the information he had obtained, with
the hardship of the case, and struck by the misery
and destitution in which she was left by the defen-
dant, that, to avoid the necessity of sending her to
the union workhouse, which was the only alternative,
he resolved to take the lady and her children into
his own house and provide them there with such neces-
saries as they required, in the hope that the defendant,
who he had no reason to doubt was the husband of the
lady, would one day do her justice, and at all events re-
pay him the amount he expended for the support of his
wife and children. As he had before said, there was no
doubt whatever that the children were the children of
Lord Huntingtower, and he would now state the circum-
stances under which he and their mother became con-
nected, and the evidence by which he should endeavour
to establish the fact of a contract of marriage having
been made between them, according to the forms of the
Scotch law. The name of the lady was Elizabeth Acford,
- -

Or inquiry, on Thursday afternoon, we learned from
Mr. Thomas Hawitt, surgeon, Wigan, that he was at
the colliery from a quarter before two to a quarter before
six p.m. Wednesday ; and that he was attending the
young man William Critchley of Haligate, Wigan, who,
he said, was very much cut about the head, and bleeding
when brought up. He was conveyed home in a cart,
and was doing well. He was also attending a boy
(name unknown), who had a fractured leg, and was
much " blown" by the gas. He was also attending two
others in Wigan, both "blown," but doing well.
Mr. Fisher, surgeon, Wigan, informed us that he
went to the colliery, and descended into the pit. He
found the survivors there, about 30 in number, com-
plaining very much of cold ; of these eight were injured
by the concussion caused by the explosion, and were not
seriously burned or blown. He remained down a short
time, administering restoratives to those who seemed
xhausted, and then attended with two sufferers, a boy
and a man, and subsequently attended to the other in-
jured men, as they were brought up. The most serious
case, he thought was that of Robert Ainscough, who
on Thursday afternoon remained in a very pre-
carious state—suffering from congestion of the brain,
and suspended animation, the result of the suffocating
effects of choke damp. He still continued insensible.
Aaron Jelly, had received a fracture of the skull and
another of the right leg ; and was lying at his home,
Schofield Lane, Wigan, in a precarious state. Thomas
Martindale had his left arm fractured, and several slight
contusions about the head. Another man, named
Mason, had received a slight injury about the back ; but
was doing well. Indeed, all the eight sufferers were
reported as going on favourably, with the exception of
Jelly and Ainscough.
Mr. Daglish was from home when our reporter called ;
but we believe the above to comprise the principle cases
of personal injury to survivors.
On Thursday afternoon, the county police, having
learned that the explosion was supposed to have resulted
from the furnace not having been sufficiently kept up,
apprehended Thomas Jones, the overlooker, and he has
since then remained in custody.
The search for the bodies which remained in the pit
was continued during Thursday night, and the whole of
yesterday. On Thursday, six bodies were removed, and
yesterday ten more were taken out of the pit, making
the whole number of bodies recovered forty. The
whole of the mine has now been searched, with the
exception of a portion of the north district, in which
the force of the explosion was greatest, and where the
stoppings have been thrown down, and a portion of the
roof has been in. This has obstructed the search in
that portion of the mine, and it is very probable that
there are ninny bodies still buried beneath portions of
the roof and stoppings. The search is, however, still
being continued. All the bodies which were reco-
vered were removed to the Navigation Inn, where they
were washed and dressed in,white ready for interment.
Some of them exhibited no marks either of burning
or bruising ; and in these cases death appeared to have
resulted from suffocation. The greater number of them,
however, were much burned, particularly about the
hands and face, and some of them had also sustained
severe bruises and fractures. The leg and thigh of one
man had been entirely separated from his body, and
three others were so much burned and crushed as to
render it impossible that their limbs should be corn-
posed in the usual manner, and to make it improbable
that their friends would be able to recognise them.
It DOW' remains to present the sad catalogue of the
killed a:id hurt, which, so far as we were able to collect
up to last evening, is as follows :

and she was the daughter of a respectable farmer in De-
vonshire ; and it appeared that the defendant upon see-
ing her expressed a violent passion fqr her. He asked
the consent of his mother, the Countess of Dysart, to
their union, and upon her refusal to grant it, his case on
the part of the plaintiff must be, that the defendant took
the lady to Scotland, and there married her. The jury
were perhaps aware that by the law of that country a
marriage was a much more simple proceeding than it was
in this country, and indeed almost any ceremony would
amount there to what was termed a contract of mar-

riage, which was perfectly binding upon both parties,
and it was a very strange thing that their cautious
neighbours were satisfied with much less solemnity in a
proceeding of this important character than was required
in the disposal of any goods or chattels of the most
trifling amount. He should be able to show them, there-
fore, that some sort of ceremony was performed, and he
was also in a condition to prove that the defendant him-
self bad stated that what took place in Scotland was the
more binding, because he was the son of a Scotch peer.
This marriage occurred in 1844 ; and it appeared that
the parties lived together as man and wife until 1848,
and during that period, three children, all girls, were
born. During all this time they lived together as man
and wife, and passed by the same name ; but at the pe-
riod he had mentioned, whether the defendant's passion
had cooled, or that the lady had become older, or from
some other cause of which he was ignorant, the defendant
abruptly broke off the connection, and left his wife and
children to be reduced to a state of utter destitution, and
ever since, with one exception, which was almost too
paltry to be mentioned, he had never afforded them the
slightest assistance. The plaintiff, under these circum-
stances, was compelled to bring the present action, and
he said that when the jury bad heard the evidence he
should lay before them, he believed they would entertain
no doubt that the lady in question was really the wife of
the defendant, and that he was liable to the plaintiff for
the expense he had incurred in supporting her and her
children.

Mrs. Sophia Charge deposed that in 1845 she was en-
gaged in making a dress for the lady who was called
Mrs. Tollemache when she resided in the Wandsworth-
road. She saw the defendant there, and. they lived as
man and wife. About the time the first child was born
the defendant appeared very anxious that it should be a
boy, and said he should be disappointed if it was not, as
a great deal depended upon it, and he should make them
all handsome presents. She was present upon one oc-
casion when Mr. and Mrs. Tollemache were looking at
a book containing the likenesses of Court beauties, and,
addressing Mrs. Tollemache, said, "You would have a
title too if you had your rights."
Miss Pottle deposed that she resided at Coburg-place,
Kennington-lane. In 1847, the defendant engaged
apartments in her house. He said that his name was
Langford, and he introduced the lady in question as his
wife. They only stayed in her house a few weeks on
this occasion, but came a second time in September,
1848, and remained until the end of that year. This
time the lady came first, and one Sunday the defendant
came, and there was a great disturbance, and when she
went upstairs she found the panel of the bed-room door
broken in. Witness inquired what was the matter, and
Mrs. Langford said that her husband wanted to take
away letters and papers relating to their marriage. The
defendant then said he wished to speak to witness, and
she took him into the parlour, and the lady followed
them. The defendant then said that the lady was not

his wife. She immediately replied that she was. The
defendant then said that if she had a thousand pounds
she might claim her rights, but where was the money to
come from ?
The certificates of the registration of the births of the
children were then put in. They were all described as
being the children of William Felix Lionel Tollemache
and Elizabeth Tollemache, formerly Acford, and one of
the instructions for the registry was signed by the de-
fendant himself.
This closed the plaintiff's case.
Mr. Sergeant Shee submitted that there was not suffi-
cient evidence to go to the jury.
Baron Alderson said he could. not decide that there
was no evidence, and at all events he should not stop
the case.

Sergeant Shea accordingly addressed the jury. He
said he appeared before them as counsel for Lord
Huntingtower, the son of the Earl of Dysart, a noble-
man undoubtedly of large possessions ; but they
.

must have collected from. the evidence before the);
that notwithstanding the rank and fortune of his
family, the defendant during the 'whole of these trans-
actions was in a position of extreme distress and mi-

sery, with little or no means to support his own rank, or
to support a wife, or even a person in the only position
in which he recognised the unfortunate woman on whose
behalf the complaint was now made. He should not
attempt to say a word in favour of the defendant on the
score of morality. There was no doubt that he had
sinned, and that the woman in question had also sinned ;
that they were both equally culpable, and that the con-
sequences of sin had followed their transgression. There

a claim against me, from which I was not released by
my bankruptcy. I had also incurred a debt to Israel
Alexander and other persons between my bankruptcy
and my insolvency. I believe that the Crown can issue
writs out of England into Scotland or Ireland. I can-
not say without looking at my accounts whether
any other persons had obtained judgments against
me. Before I went to Scotland, Elizabeth Acford had
gone down to her friends in Devonshire. This was after
we had lived together in the way I have described. I
don't recollect if I wrote to her to join me in Scotland, but
very probably I did. Before we went to Scotland she
went by my name, and she did the same afterwards. I
went by the name of Tollemache in Scotland, but I don't
know what name she went by. My man servant knew
that we were not married. She used to take her meals
at the same table with me, and the servants called her
" ma'am." I have spoken of her as Mrs. Tollemoche,
but never as my wife. The reason was, that she was not
my wife. I could never have obtained any respectable
apartments if she had not passed as my wife. The rea-
son I left Scotland was because I was informed that at
the suit of the Crown a sheriff's officer was justified in
breaking an outer door, and the moment I heard it I
bolted, and spent all one miserable day on the side of
Holyroed Hill, and then started for England. I remem-
ber burning letters on several occasions, and it is very
probable that on some occasions Elizabeth Acford cried.
On the day the scuffle took place in Kennington-lane, I
went to see her, and observed her in the act of putting
two letters in her pocket, and as I recognised the hand-
writing of the address, and knew from whom they came,
I insisted upon having them, and took the letters away
from her by force. Ido not know that I hurt her when
I did so. The letters I took from her are in court. I
wanted afterwards to go into her room to see if there was
anything there belonging to me, and she prevented me
from doing so. Up to the time of this occurrence I al-
lowed he a sovereign a week, but since then I have not
given her any money. The statement with regard to the
thousand pounds is virtually true, but what I really said
was that if she had a thousand pounds she would no
doubt be able' to annoy me a great deal, I mean in the
way she is doing to-day. I also said to her at the
same time, that although I was myself without
means, my family would assist me in repudiating the
claim she was setting up solely to extort money. There
is no doubt that all she wants is money. I have not
given her any since she has set up the claim to be my
wife. I have offered to take the children and bring them
up, and I am ready to make an allowance to her as
Elizabeth Acford, but not as my wife. I never told the
witness Alfyatt that she was my wife. lam not in the
habit of talking to my servants. lam sure I never said
to her that if I married again I might be committed for
bigamy. She must be mistaken.
Mr. Bramwell—Did you never say to her that, as
your father was a Scotch peer, it would make the cere-
mony in Scotland more binding ?—Lord Huntingtower
—I never said anything of the sort. It is a lie.
Cross-examination continued—l have no recollection
of saying that if the lady had her rights she would have
a title too.

Mr. Bramwell—l believe you had a very strong feel-
ing for this lady ?—Yes, I certainly had.
Mr. Bramwell---Why did you give her up ?—Lord
Huntingtower—ls this question relevant ? Am I obliged
to answer it ?

Mr. Bramwell—Was it at your mother, Lady Dysart's
request, that you gave her up ?—Lord Huntingtower
I gave her up for several reasons. I consider that our
connection really terminated in January, 1848.
Cross-examination continued—l am now in the receipt
of an allowance from my family. It is not given to me
upon the condition that I have no further connection
with this woman. The allowance may be stopped at any
moment.

The following witnesses were then examined :

MIDLAND CIRCUIT.—WAnwIcx, MARCH 26.
(Before Chief Justice Jervis.)
CRIM. CON.---DOWRLL V. SHELDON%
The plaintiff is a chemist and druggist at Birmingham,
and the defendant a tavern-keeper, at Birmingham. The
action was for damages for criminal conversation with
plaintiff's wife. The plaintiff married a Miss Harris-,
the daughter of a broker, after cohabiting with him
three years, and on the 24th of December last plaintiff
left home to see his relations in Leicestershire. Miss
Fanny Harris, a sister of the plaintiff's wife, resided
with her as a companion ; and on the Christmas-day she
and an elder sister were taking tea, when the defendant
came in and asked for some cigars, and Mrs. Dowell
asked him into the parlour, introducing him as Mr.
Edwards, and he stayed tea with them. A Mr. Price
also looked in, and cards were introduced and continued
till four in the morning. During the evening some
familiarities were observed between the defendant
and Mrs. Dowell by her sister, Miss Harris. At half-
past 4, on the party rising to separate, Mrs. Dowell
showed Mr. Price and the defendant to the door, and her
two sisters went to bed ; but half an hour transpiring, and
she not following, Miss Fanny Harris, who was nearly
undressed, crept down stairs about half way, when hear-
ing a kind of suppressed struggling in the parlour, she
went further' down until she could see into the apart-
ment. From this place she peeped cautiously, and dis-
tinctly saw an act committed, which left no doubt of the
criminal nature of the interview. After waiting four or
five minutes, she called out, " Oh, Mr. Edwards, what-
ever are you doing, and Mr. Dowell so far away from
home ?" Defendant replied, "Go on ; Mrs. Dowell is
going to bed directly." • Plaintiff's wife shortly after-
wards went to bed with her sisters, but before doing so
showed the defendant to Mr. Dowell's room, where he
slept all night, and breakfasted the next morning with
them. Miss Harris, with a view of preserving peace, did
not mention the circumstance to the plaintiff when he
came home ' • but on the following Thursday the defend-
ant's wife called at the plaintiff's shop and complained of
him Keeping her husband out so late on the night in
question, when the whole affair came out.
Evidence was given to show that the plaintiff had
been living with his wife up to the time of the com-
mencement of the assizes, and that he also kept one
Lizzy Lloyd.
Miss Fanny Harris detailed the events of Christmas
night. They all breakfasted with defendant on the
following morning. Made no allusion to what had
occurred the night before, but merely said she hoped he
had spent a pleasant night.
Mr. Macaulay (defendant's counsel)—Can you tell me,
Miss Fanny, why you did not stop what you saw going
on in the parlour ?
Witness—How could I stop it 1
His Lordship—To be sure you could have stopped it.
If you had been a modest woman you would have
rushed into the room and stopped it, or else gone into
the street and shouted "Murder." (A laugh.) His
lordship remarked upon the discreditable conduct of the
several parties, and the jury found a verdict for the
plaintiff—Damages, One Farthing.

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

Mr. A. Jarrett deposed that he was the relieving offi-
cer for one of the districts of Lambeth parish, and the
plaintiff in the present action. In July, 1849, his at-
tention was called to the case of a lady, who was called
Mrs. Tollemache, and her three children. He found
them occupying one room in a house in Princess-square,
and in very great distress and destitution. Witness re-
lieved them. In September, 1850, he was again called
upon fo see the same lady and her children, and found
them in the same state. Upon this occasion, from in-
formation he had received, he was induced to take the
lady and her children into his own house, where they
remained from the 19th September, 1850, to the Ist of
April, 1852, and during that period he expended alto-
gether for their support the sum of 1981.
By Sergeant Shee —I had no communication with
Lord Huntingtower's solicitor before I took the lady into
my house. The parish solicitor, I believe, did apply to
him, and I heard that an answer was received, to the
effect that the woman was not the wife of Lord Hunt-
ingtower. . - - - - -

CUSTOM-HOUSE-MARCH 26.

could also be no doubt that this person had a claim upon
the generosity and the justice of the defendant, and also
upon his family to that extent for some reasonable main-
tenance, and he believed that if she had considered what

was due to her real position, and had made a proper
application, it would have been attended to, and some

reasonable 'allowance would have been made her, and
the defendant in that respect would have made her all
the reparation in his power. When, however, acting no
doubt under the advice of others, she came forward to

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set up a claim of this description, the defendant felt that
not only in justice to himself, but also to the lady whom
he had since married, and by whom he had issue, he had
no alternative but to resist such a claim, and state before
the world what were the real circumstances of the con-
nection between him and this person, and to show that
there was not the slightest foundation for the claim she
set up to be his wife. He would put Lord Huntingtower
into the witness-box, and he would tell them that he was
now a married man, and the jury could now judge of the
extreme gravity of the cause which they had to decide.
Lord Huntingtower would pledge his oath that nothing
like a ceremony of marriage ever took place between
him and the female in question ; and certainly if he was
not speaking the truth his conduct had been such as
would disgrace him for ever in the eyes of the world.
Since his intercourse with Elizabeth A cford had ceased,
he had married the daughter of an honourable baronet
of family and rank nearly equal to his own, by whom he
had issue ; and the jury would consider whether it was
likely he would have dared to take such a step if there
had been any foundation for the assertion of a previous
marriage. The learned sergeant then referred to the
nature of the claim, and said that although he did not
desire to cast any imputation upon the plaintiff, he could
not help calling to the attention of the jury the fact that, in
1849, when the application for relief was first made to
him, and inquiries instituted on the subject, he was dis-
tinctly told that Lord Huntingtower denied in the most
positive terms that the lady in question had any claim
upon him as his wife, and yet, after this, he chose to
take her and her children into his house, and he had no-
body to thank for the expense he had incurred but him-
self. The only effect of this proceeding was to endeavour
to extort money unfairly and improperly from the pocket
of Lord Huntingtower ; and he considered, therefore,
that the plaintiff was disentitled to that consideration
which, otherwise, on the score of humanity, he would
have deserved at their hands. The only question, in the
cause, however, was, whether it had been made out to
the satisfaction of the jury that any marriage ceremony
had been performed in Scotland ; and he submitted to
them that there was not a single tittle of evidence to
make out that fact. He was not prepared to justify the
conduct of Lord Huntingtower up to the time when
he came forward and avowed his shame, and de-
clared to the world that the lady whom he had per-
mitted to use his name for so long was not his wife,
but his concubine. If he had seduced her, he was bound
by every tie of religion and duty to provide for her, but
he was not bound to make her his wife, and there was
nothing whatever in the case to show that he ever had
such an intention. Lord Huntingtower was a man evi-
dently not possessed of very much sense—he had no
doubt said and written very foolish things, but he chal-
lenged the jury to point out any portion of the evidence
which would show anything like an admission en his part
that he had been married to this woman. Was there
any evidence to justify the jury in coming to a conclu-
sion the effect of which would be to bastardise the issue
he had by the lady to whom he was now married, and
which were now acknowledged as legitimate ? With re-
gard to the letters that had been put in, it appeared to
him they were utterly unimportant, and that they rather
tended to negative the fact of a marriage than to support
it, for in no single letter did the defendant ever address the
lady as his wife, and they were all such as would be writ-
ten by a man to a mistress, rather than by a husband to
a wife. The real nature of the connection between these
parties he should show to be this. In 1843 the defen-
dant, who was at that time living at Bath with his mo-
ther, had a quarrel with her, and left her house, and
took a cottage in the neighbourhood, and Elizabeth
Acford, who was a person in a very humble condition
of life, came to live with him as a cook, and an improper
intimacy took place between them for many months be-
fore the journey to Scotland, when the marriage was
represented to have taken place. He should show them
that the only motive the defendant had for going to
Scotland was that ho was deeply involved in debt and
difficulties, and had writs out against him in every
county in England, and the lady in question accom-
panied him there as his concubine, but he had never the
slightest intention of making her his wife. He proposed
to put Lord Huntingtower into the box as a witness.
He was fully aware of his position, and that he would
have to admit the misconduct of his youth ; but he would
make the avowal not only from a sense of duty to him-
self in the position in which he was placed by this pro-
ceeding, but he would also do so because he felt it was
due to the lady whom he had made his wife, and by
whom he had children, to state distinctly to the world
that there was no foundation for the claims set up by
this woman to be his wife, and that he had never before
gone through the ceremony of marriage either in Scot-
land, England, or anywhere else.
Lord Huntingtower was then called as a witness. He
said—l am the defendant in this action. I am married,
and there is issue by the marriage. I was married in
September, 1851, to Catherine Camilla Elizabeth Burke,
the daughter of Sir Joseph Burke. I am now thirty-
two years old. In 1843, my mother, Lady Dysart, lived
at Bath, and I took a cottage about two miles from
Bath. I engaged Elizabeth A cford and her sister as my
servants, the former as cook and the latter as parlour-
maid and housemaid. They came to live with me as
my servants in December 1843, and soon afterwards an
improper intercourse took place between me and Eliza-
beth Acford. I left Bath in 1844, and went to the
Bridge-house Hotel, in London. The reason I left that
neighbourhood was because I understood that writs of
execution against me were in the hands of the sheriff of
Somersetshire. I sent for Elizabeth Acford, and she
joined me in London, and we afterwards went together
to a number of places. I assumed the name of
111‘Naghten, and she passed as, my wife. I think it was
in June, 1844, that I went to Edinburgh. I went there
to get out of the way of the sheriff's officers, and I did
SO by the advice of my solicitor, to avoid being impri-
soned for debt. I took a cottage near Edinburgh, and
I sent for Elizabeth. Acford, and gho came to me by the

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-Emma Alfyatt deposed that she went into the service
of the defendant and the lady in question in 1845. At
that time they lived in the Wandsworth-road ; they were
called Mr. and Mrs. Tollemache, and it was always un-
derstood that they were man and wife. Witness re-
mained with Mrs. Tollemache until 1849, when she left
her because she was unable to pay her her wages any
longer. In February, 1848, ,the defendant sent her and

her mistress into Monmouthshire, to a place called Blue
Brown House, and the defendant used to come there to
meet the lady, and when he was absent they continually
corresponded together. In September, 1848, witness
and her mistress returned to London, and went to lodge
at a Miss Pottle's, in Kennington-lane, and in October
of that year a quarrel took place between the defendant
and her mistress, and they never lived together after-
wards. The defendant, during the time she lived with
him, frequently changed his name, but her mistress al-
ways went by the same name that he did, and they al-
ways lived together as man and wife. The first child
was born in September, 1845, the second in November,
1846, and the third in January, 1843. The defendant
always appeared to be very kind to the children, and the
oldest used to call him papa. When they lived in Ken-
ington-lane, the defendant and his lady passed as Mr.
and Mrs. Langford. They travelled about to a great
many places, and assumed many different names.
The defendant was frequently very short of cash, and
at one place a distress was put in, and they were turned
out of doors. Upon one occasion, when they were
living at Besley, something was said by the landlady,
which came to the knowledge of the defendant, and
he spoke to her upon the subject, and upon her saying
that it had been stated that he was going to separate
from her mistress, he told her to make herself contented,
for that her mistress was his wife, and if he married an-
other woman she could indict him for bigamy. This
was in 1846. The defendant at the same time said to
her that he had asked his mother's consent to marry,
but could not get it, and therefore he took her to Scot-
land, and as his father was a Scotch peer, it made the
engagement more binding. Upon another occasion she
went into her mistress's room and found her crying, and
the defendant said to her, " Here is your mistress blub-
bering because I have burned some letters." There were
some fragments of burnt letters in the grate at the time.
In October, 1848, when they were living in Kennington-
lane, the defendant came to the house one Sunday, and
there was a violent struggle between him and her mis-
tress, because he wanted, as she understood, to go into a
room to get some letters and destroy them. He did not
succeed in getting into the room, and after the scuffle
was over they went down stairs, and the defendant said
in the presence of the landlady that her mistress was not
his wife. The landlady asked him if she was not his
wife, why he had brought her into her house ? Her mis-
tress said that she was his wife, upon which the defendant
said, " If you had a thousand pounds you might gain
your rights, but where is it to come from ? My mother
will spend a fortune or thousands against it." This took
place on a Sunday, and the defendant created so much
disturbance that Miss Pottle threatened to send for the
police. During the scuffle, her mistress's thumb was
sprained by the defendant. When the landlady threat-
ened to call in- the police, the defendant went away, and
he never came to the house again.
A number of letter were then put in, which had been
written by the defendant to Elizabeth Acford, during
the period of intercourse. They were all without date,
and merely signed " H." The contents were unimpor-
tant as regarded the issue in dispute, but some portions
of them created a good deal of amusement. In all the
letters he addressed the lady as " my dearest Lizzy." In
one of the letters the defendant requested the lady not to
write again to Devonshire-place, and entreated her to
keep her own counsel; arid he said if she did, everything
yet would " turn up trumps." In another letter ho pro-
mised to send her 21., and as she appeared to have inti-
mated to him previously that the butcher she was deal-
!mg with had not yet objected to continue giving credit,
he advised her to order in another large joint upon the
strength of it, as they did not know when he might
change his mind. He likewise said that she could not
• bsiele wawoaurled not
of the price of feeding bottles for children, or
that a
common
soda water bottle was the very best
have asked him to get one ; and he added
thing for the
the neck, for huerciail
olise,i
with a piece of leather put over
the defendant told the lady
suck through. In a third letter
at Gravesend, with directions and
"dear" letter, he had just received her se-
condasked her to come to him
say that he had hired a cot floorniiTh
how she could do so in
a manner to escape obsrvat'
eHhtaheheynt,h.feenr
whichwent on
e
to
was to pay half-a-crown a week.
that the son of his landlady had been very ill infoy
rmed herhe-
' fore in consequence of his having eaten two
raw carrots,
and he had administered calomel to him, and also a tre-
mendous had made him
dose of castor oil, which
all right.
He likewise, in his letter, ordered her not to forget the
and kettles. In a fourth letter the defendant
pots
at being absent from his 4,d ex-
pressed his sorrow earestlove."
(‘lin very
He concluded thus : am 5' ow spirits, and
wretched. I have no cigars." The
next two
am truly wre •
' letters were those which were much relied on in support
of the plaintiff's case, At the time they were written

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do. ; Esperance, do. ; Ladybird, Geelong, Melbourne, and
Port Philip ; Bush, Antigua ; Virginia, Adelaide ; Eu,
Melbourne and Geelong ; Nile, Cape of Good Hope ;
Happot, - Port Philip ; Diana, Amsterdam ; Lord John
Russell, Harlingen ; Albion, Boulogne ; City of Rotterdam,
Dunkirk ; Baron Osy, Antwerp ; Earl of Auckland, Rot-
terdam ; Sea Witch, Shanghai ; Batavier, Rotterdam.

DOCKS.
Dividend Amount
Name of Company. per of Paid. Price,
Annum. Share.
£ s. d. £ s. d.
Commercial ........ • 41. pr cent. Stock.
East and West India 6%1. pr cent Stock.
East Country.. 2os. per sh. 100 0 0
London ... • 5/. pr cent. Stock. 128
Ditto Bonds 41. per cent.
St. K atharine 4 per cent. Stock.
8 ,uthampton ll. per cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0
Victoria .. ••.. • • — 2 0 0
,

LIVERPOOL, March 26.—The Liverpool, Kearney, ar-
rived from New York, experienced a hurricane on 10th
March, in lat. 49 N., long. 20 W., from S.E. to N.E.,
which lasted twenty hours.—The Antilles, arrived from
New York, was struck by a heavy sea on the sth inst., in
lat. 45, long. 37, which stove in bulwarks, rails, stanchions,
&c.—The James Wright, arrived to-day from New Orleans,
on the 10th inst., in lat. 48 N., long. 28 W., experienced a
heavy gale from the S.E., shipped a quantity of water in
the second cabin and on deck, and had jib split.
SKAGEN, March 16.--The Flora, of Fanoe, from Hartle-
pool to Randers, was in contact with a" brig off the Skaw,
14th March ; lost her bowsprit, bad her bows stove, and
consequently went on shore on the Skaw Reef, and lies
with water above her deck ; crew saved.
BRIDLINGTON, March 24.—The Robert and Betsy, from
Hartlepool to Lynn, which was run ashore to the north-
ward of this place yesterday, has been hove off, after
lightening, and brought into the harbour.
ST. MICHAEL'S, March-8. - -The Cassandra was lost in a
gale near Terceira, Feb. 18.

CANALS.
Annum.
Price ..,
nd
Dividend
Price.
Companies. A per Companies. . .
12 Annum.
cr.,
£ £ ,
AshtnbcOldh u 5 11. p. ct. 140 Macclesfield . 10( ‘ 21. 10s. 50
Barnsley— •• 160 ls:eath •• •• •• 101 161
urana&Anrg 150 51. 2236 Oxford.. •• •• 10( 13!. 132
111rmingham 40 41. 10534 Peak Forest. 71. 31. 18e. 70
Covoitry.••• 100 251. Regent's •• •• 3; U. 0, I6li
Derby ••• •• 100, 61. 63 Rochdals...• gb 21. 42
Ell wire. &Ohs 692 c p. ct 3' % Smrset Coal 15(
GrandJunetn 100,3/. pr. a 68 Do.Lk Fd St 1.
Do., 6 pr. Ct. 10 61. ix. ct. Stffr4 &Wore 14( 281. 405
Grand Surrey 100 21. 108. ihrewstnr.. 12
ivl
Grand Union 100 I /.10a. 24 Stoarbrldge.. 2Ol. 290
Kennt& Avn 39 63. 04. 7 Aeverm and •
Wye Rail, 1 ~ 21' 01' 24
Laicaster • 100,
Leeds& Livrp 100, 251. 500 Warwick&
Leicester ...• 100, Si. 66 2irming. j 10( 41. 40
Loic*tl &Nth 83 41. 44% Ararwick&
Cou ahhoregh 142 701. 510 Napton..3 101 3'. 28
AI inmontlish 100 worcstr & /
3lntgmerysh 100, Birming. j'D 31. _
MeltnAlwbry 100 Vilts &Brks —10 s. od 7

GAS-LIGHT AND COKE COMPANIES.
Dividend Amount
Name of Company. per of Paid. Price.
Annum. Share.
----
£ s. d. £ s. d.
British ...• •• .. •• •• ..
Ditto Provincial.. •• 11. Bs. 20 0 0 20 0 0 23
Brighton •• ••.••• •• .. 5/. 20 0 0 20 0 0 16
City of London ...... 61. 100 0 0 150 8 0 135
C mtlnental (3d Cap.)... 47. 75 0 0 43 10 0 67
Kquitable .. ••••• • •• .. 501. 50 0 0 50 0 0 27
Great Central:— .• •• • 10 per cent. 10 0 0 10 0 0 1444
Emporia! ...• ........ 31.4 bonus. 50 0 0 50 0 0 8314
Independent ... .. .... 61. 40 0 0 40 0 0 46
London.• ..........., 50 0 0 50 0 0
Do., Parl. Preference 61. per cent. 25 0 0 25 0 0 24%
Pnatnia ............. 31/ per cent. 50 0 0 15 0 0 16%
Itatcliff ..... ....... 51. 100 0 0 90 0 0
United General ...... 11. 150 0 0 in 0 0 19%
Weatailasterebartered Si, per cent, 55 0 60 6 0 39
D.A. New ........ 51. per cent. 50 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 .... • • 71. per cent. 106 0 0 100 0 0 112/ 0
British Linen Comp 81. per cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 211/10
Jaledonian Bank
City ofGlasgow Bank 51. per cent. 10 0 0 10 0 0 0112 s
Clydesdale Bank •. •• •• 6/. per cent. 20 0 0 10 0 0 12 12s
Commercial Bank ...• 71. per cent. 500 0 0 100 0 0 XB2l 0
Eastern Bank.. •• •• 61. per cent. 25 0 0 10 0 0 10/ As
E linh &Glasgow 5...• 3/. per cent. 5 0 0 5 0 0 41. 95
Exchange Bilk of Scot.-. 100 0 0 31 5 0 9s. id
National Bank .• .• •• 6)6 per cent. 50 0 0 10 0 0 161 2s
Norma Scotlandßank bl.perccnt. 20 0 0 910 OW. Ps
R.oyalßank of Scotland 51. per cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 135110
Union Bank of Scet. 81. per cent. 100 0 0 50 0 0 921 5s
Western Bank • .• •• 71. per cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 721 105
alliance Fire and Life B% 1. pr cent 10 0 0 10 0 0 21112 s
British Guarantee
Caledonian Fire (near. 101. per cent. 100 0 0 10 0 0 26, .
1,) 1 tds
City of Glasgow Life 6l. per cent. 25 0 0 2 0 0 4
Colonial Life
Edinburgh Life Incur. 61. percent. 100 0 0 15 0 0 21110 s
Eng. & Scot, Law Life 51. percent. 50 0 0
2 17 6 31 7:
Life kssoc. of Scotland 61. per cent. 10 0 0 110 0 3i. 17s
National Fire and Life 6/. per cent 10 0 0 1 0 0 11.
North British Insnr. 61. per cent. 200 0 0 20 0 0 35/. Os
ScottishUnionlnsrnc. 73%1. pr cent. 20 0 0 1 0 0 11. 1/5
Standard Life ...... •
51• per cent 50 0 0 7 0 0 12/ Ir'
United Dep. Assurance 51. per cent 10 0 0 1 0 0 20s. 04
* Ex Dividend.

MISCELLANEOUS.
Dividend Amount
per of Paid. Price.
Name of Company. Annum. Share.
------. -- -----
X s. d. £ s. d.
5 0 0 Assam Tea •• ••
50 0 0 35
&Action M art .. ...... •• V. 55. 0 20 0 0 10%
.. • •
Australian Agrlcultarl IL 100 0035 0 0 104
Australian Trust •• • • 61. per cent. 85 0• 0 25
1 Mail
trait an RoYa 10 0 0 2 0 0 5
fio-Me
ilean Mint.. 11. 10s. 10 0 0 10 0 0 23%
.us
k
mitts—
l• American Land Its. 38 10 0 66
'`bCanada ....... •• •• •• nz. percent. 100 0 0 32 10 0
o. 5 per cent Bonds 51. per cent. 10+ %
Ditto, 6pr et. Bonds 61. per cent. 117%
City Navigation Bonds 3a per cent. 97
Electric Telegraph (A) 25 0020 0 0 2214
Ditto .••••• .... (El) 25 0 0 710 0 111,4
Equitable Reversienry 51 pr. cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 120
Ditto New ....... 50 0010 0 0
Gen. Revers. & Invest. sp. c.& bs, 21 100 0 0 100 0 0 102%
GenateamNavigation 10 p. ct. 15 0 0 14 0 0 30%
Hudson's Bay ...... .. Stock. Hungerford .......... 21. 10s. 100 0 0 100 0 0 220
47%
London Institution ..• 78 15 0 London Reversionary 51. per cent. 15 00150 0 14
Russell Institution.. 12 10 0
Price's Patent Cand. Co. 10/. per cent. 20 0 0 17 10 0 26
Reversionary Int. Soc. 4%1. pr cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 Royal Biel' Steam.... 41, p. share. 100 0 0 60 0 0
S nith Australian ..... 51. per share. 25 0 0 25 0 0 53%
Trust and Loan Comp.
of Ironer Canada • ... 20 0 0 3 0 0 —
NEW STAMP DUTIES ACT ON PATENTS.—An Act of
P.A;.—......4 ~._ , . ,

NEW STAMP DUTIES ACT ON PATENTS.—An Act of
Parliament has lately received the royal assent, and is
now in force, to substitute stamp duties for fees on pas-
sing letters patent for inventions, and to provide for the
purchase for the public use of certain indexes of specifi-
cations. All letters patent for inventions to be granted
under the Patent Law Amendment Act are made sub-
ject to avoidance on non-payment of stamp duties ex-
pressed in the schedule of the present act. The indexes
of specifications prepared by Mr. Woodcroft may be
purchased for a sum not exceeding 1,0001. for the public
use. The new stamp duties are ab follows :—On peti-
tions for grant of letters patent, 51. ; on certificate of
record of notice to proceed, 5/. ; on warrant of law
officer for letters patent, 51. ; on specification, Si. ;
on letters patent, or a duplicate thereof, before the expi-
ration of the third year, 501. ; on letters patent before
the expiration of the seventh year, 1001. ; on certificate
of record of notice of objection, 2/. ; on certificate of
every search and inspection, is.; on certificate of entry
of assignment or licence, 55.; on certificate of assignment
or licence, ss. ; on application for disclaimer, 51. ;
caveat against disclaimer, 21.; and on office copies of
documents, for every ninety words, 2d.

HURRICANE AT MARSEILLES.—MarseiIIes on Sunday
last was visited by a perfect hurricane. All the vessels
at anchor in the new port sustained damage. One brig
drove from her anchors and. sustained considerable in-
jury ; and another vessel, laden with coal, sunk. The
English steamer Caradoc also dragged her anchors, and
was obliged to get up her steam before she brought up:
In the town the damage done was immense ; tiles and
chimney pots were flying in all directions. At the corner
of the,Rue Canebiere a part of the front of a large print
shop was blown in, and the contents of the window scat-
tered to the winds. A large building in wood, constructed
with great lightness and elegance as a riding school and
circus, was completely levelled to the ground, and a
great part of it was thrown into the street. For-
tunately the lower part of the building, in which were
the stables, remained firm, and none of the horses were
injured. Just at the same moment that the circus was
thrown down, the third story of a house building in the
Rue St. Nicholas was blown into the street with 11. tre-
mendous crash, but fortunately no one was Passing at
the time. A number of persons were blown down In
the streets by the violence of the tempest, but no 0130
met with any serious injury.
A. LAWYER'S OPINION OF LAW.—A learned judge
being once asked how he would act if a man owed bun.
ten dollars and refused to ay him—" Rather than bring.
an action," said he, "with its costs and uncertaint3s_-:i
would give him a receipt in full of all demands ;"
I would
after a little rumination, he added, "Ay, andpossible
send him, moreover, five dollars to cover all possi
costs." • •