The Sun.
London, England, 1854-09-04 00:00:00

THE HARVEST.

YORKSHIRE.— DONCASTER Aug. 31--From ill Forts
of Yorkshire we receive the most favourable accounts
of the state of the grain crops and of the extreme fine-
ness of the weather for harvest operations. Reaping has
now become general in all the three ridings, the crops
having ripened rapidly within the last few days, and, if
there is no check to the weather, an immense quantity
of corn will be safely housed before the end of next
week. The yield and quantity of the grain, more
especially of wheat, are highly spokenirof on almost
every hand, and there can be no doubt the present will
prove one of the most prolific harvests on record. The
supply of field labourers was a few days ago adequate to
the demand, but hands are now very scarce, and wages
are in some instances rising. Perhaps there never was
a greater body of labourers in the harvest field at one
time in this country than there is at the present mo-
ment, nearly every grower of grain having as fall a staff
at work as he can get. We bear only occasionally of
the reaping machines being in operation, and the
opinions expressed of their working are too few and
meagre to form any conclusions thereupon.—Skeidd
Times.

NORTHAMPTONSHIRE.,—The harvest in this district is
progressing fast. There is a larger breadth to be gathered
in this year than last. The wheat crops promise an abun-
dant yield ; never do we remember seeing finer crops.
There will be some excellent crops of barley, and the fin •
weather will enable the farmer to gather in his crops in
good condition. If the present fine weather holds an-
other week or 10 days, the greater part will be cut and
carried in excellent condition.—Northampton Herald.
WESTMORELAND.—The wheat crop in Westmoreland
is very heavy, and the yield above an average. " The
barley crop," says an extensive agriculturist, " is parti•
cularly fine and heavy—far above an average--and,
during the many years that he has been a farmer, he
never can remember seeing so heavy a crop taken from
the ground." The same remark applies equally, or nearly
so, to oats, which are fine and heavy, and pleasing to
look upon. The barley crop is nearly all cut, and a great
portion of it housed. The potato crop, we are sorry to
say, from all we can gather, appears to have suffered
more from blight in this district than in any other part
of the kingdom. The green crops are looking well and
are very heavy.—Carlists Patriot.

Bucks.-Itie have had glorious weather during the
week, and the harvest has progressed most satisfactorily.
A large breadth of wheat and barley has been carried
since our last. The crops throughout the whole of this
locality are good. The potatoe disease has made its
appearance on the hiulin. We have not heard of the
tubers being touched.—Bucks Herald.

MELANCHOLY LOSS OF LIFE AT JERSEY.

JERSEY, Sept. 2.—Yesterday much painful sensation
was produced in the island on its becoming known that
two English gentlemen, excursionists, had lost their
lives while bathing in the sea, under circumstances of
a most distressing nature. The bodies of the unfortu-
nate deceased having been recovered shortly after the
melancholy catastrophe took place, they were conveyed
to the station-huuse, where a coroner's inquiry was held
in the course of the evening, at which the fullowiug evi-
deuce was adduced :

Mr. W. H. Norton stated he was brother of Mr.
Robert Norton, one of the deceased parties, who was
in business at 88, Strand, London. The day witness
and the deceased arrived at Jersey by the Newhaven
packet, and put up at the York Hotel. After taking
their breakfast iu the coffee-room, a gentleman proposed
that they should have a bathe, and they assenting went
to the sea-side at the back of the Fort, and immediately
went into the water. They had not been in more than
five or six minutes when he. (witness) heard his bro-
ther crying out for help, and perceiving that he was
struggling he swam towards him to render assistance.
Upon arriving at the spot he called to his brother
not to be alarmed, all was right, when the deceased
clutched him and dragged him under. He quickly rose
to' the surface, anct endeavoured to turn his brother
on his hack, when he again" caught hold of witness
and dragged him under. Having released himself from
deceased's grasp, and finding that he himself was be-
coming very exhausted, he swam to shore, but he
had no sooner reached land than he Bask down from
fatigue. Upon recovering himself he saw his brother
sink, when he made signs to some bathers at a distance
for help, but they did not appear to understand the
signals, as none of them attempted to come to his aid.
Mr. Custance, a gentleman who had accompanied them
to the seaside, then swam out to the place where his
brother disappeared ; but, before reaching the spot, he
became exhausted, and remained floating about. Wit-
ness again called out for assistance in vain, and, upon
looking towards the sea, found that Mr. Custance had
also disappeared. Having procured a boat, he returned
with assistance, and soon afterwards both bodies were
recovered and brought ashore, but life was quite extinct.
His brother, who was in his 21st year, was not a very
good swimmer.

After some further evidence, the coroner summed up,
and the jury returned a verdict of " Accidental death."

LLOYD'S SHIPPING-(THIS DI Y.)

LONDON, Sept. 4.—Wind this day at Noon, S.E., and
fine weather.

PORTSMOUTH, Sept. 3.—Wind, S.S.E. Arrived—Vrieud•
schap de Boer, from Padang, for Amsterdam ; Henry War-
ren, Havannah, and sailed for Gothenburg ; Familien,
Holbeck ; Essex, Melbourne. Sailed—Prince of Wales,
Calcutta; her Majesty's steamers Malacca and Arrow, for
Cowes.
COWES, Sept. 3.—Wind, S.E. Sailed—Mindallo (s) for
Ostend.

vonshire (s), from
(s), from Gibraltar.
SDeputb.li3n.,—aWndinldeftSfoSr.ELo. London v;
°di:Zed
FALMOUTH, Sept. ,E. SOUTHAMPTON,
Pauline,copratrldiciuffs!
Wind Arrived—Luzon, from
I.2,iieenwa
Orleans,
for Bremen - Westphalia, St. Stephen's,
Havannnllaha,p•
N.B , for Hull ; Bury St. 'Edmunds, Madras ; William
eGI awaari,il Batavia,MaidPa
tra
fors ;Rjoetut Rotterdam
Constan-
tinople ; No. 15 (transport), do.; No. 30 (transport), do. ;
Edward,. Rio Janeiro; Gomelza (transport),
Franklin Hamburgh, for New York. Sailed—Panama,
for Quebec • Margaretha, Cork ; Sorciere, Antwerp ;
Scotsman, Liverpool.
DARTMOUTH, Sept. 3.—Wind, E. Arrived—Trial, from
Newcastle, for Messina.
SALCOMBE, Sept. o.—Wind, E.N.E. Arrived—Richard
Thornton, from Batavia ; Jane, Shields, for the Mediter.
ranean.
TORBAY, Sept.3.—Wind, E.S.E. Arrived—Saxon, from
New Orleans, for Havre.
OFF THE WlGHT.—Prince Rupert, from Jamaica ;
Ceres,
PLYMOUTH, B t Batavia, ,
Sept.f o for R o t2t d
.—vva
n.
E. Arrived—Meteor,
from the Cape of Good Hope ; Barbara, Demerara. Sailed
—Anjer, for Bombay.
HULL, Sept. 3.—Wind, S.E. Arrived—Auguste and
Agnes, from Miramichi ; Tounesen, St. Stephen's, N.B. ;
Blarney (s a), Rotterdam ; Bargomeister (a), Amsterdam ;
Behrend and Henrietta, Memel ; Hammonia (s), Ham.
burgh ; Patriot, Dantzic ; Friki Amelia, Archangel.
Sailed--Venus, for Lisbon ' • Oscar (a a), Gothenburg.
FLEETWOOD, Sept. 2.—Sailed.—Adelaide, for Quebec.
CLYDE, Sept. 2.—Wind, W. Arrived—Abbas, from
'
New Orleans • William Sortie, Trinidad ; Dumbarton,
Windsor, N.S. Sailed—Lady Octavia, for Melbourne;
Union, Barcelona ; Prince of the Seas, Melboapaoi
Otterburn, St. Thomas ; Louisa Jewett, Boston ; Lady
the Lake and Tritan, Quebec ; Revel, Genoa.

(PER ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.)
LIVERPOOL, Monday,
-Wind, 10.30 a.m.
N. W., fresh, and very fine.
Arrived—Commonwealth and St. Louis, from New Or.
leans ; Phoenix, New York ; Howard, Boadicea, Cornelia,
and Napoleon 111., Quebec ; Menzies, London ; Artistic
S wansea.
Off the Port—The Valparaiso, from Gerea ; Bess Grant,
Demerara ; Germanius, New Orleans ; London, Alexau•
(Iris, ; Gezins, Bertha, Smyrna; Java Warree, Amsterdam.
Sailed—The Shamrock steamer, for Havre ; Sea Witch,
Virginia ; wise, St. Thomas ; Naiade, Rio Granite ; War-
bler, Mobile ; Krydseren, Christiana.

(BT SUBMARINE AND Funorr.LN TELE
daORAPTI.)
(11tAV ESDND, Mony, 10.20
; ti.le, lastimor flood ; fine.
Arrivel, 3,1-I,yenoord, steamer, from Rottenidam ;
Cale,lGnian, steamer, Hamburg ; City of London, steamer,
Dunkirk;• Flora, Memel; Maria, Antwerp ; Elsina, Norden.
DEAL, Monday, 9.30 a.m.
PWalsnsed(i—E3.7a.E.
y 6. uleigehnt', and,forfine.
Portland Bay ; Ovien Quebec ;
Knickerbocker, Havre ; London Steamer, Malta all from
London.

The Duchess Dowager of Cleveland, who has been
visiting Lord and Lady William Powlett at Downhas
Hall, Suffolk, has left that seat for Newton Homo,
Yorkshire, where her grace will shortly receive a ail-
merous family circle,

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••_ , . THE SUN': LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 4, 16154 •
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.P-e---- POLICE INTELLIGENCE. You wore five weeks in the hospital after that 'I
-Yes. PRICES OP SHARES
•
ANNUAL REPORTS OF THE BRITISH
,faithless litigants who refuse to abide by the award BRIT'S!' TELEGRAPH COMPANY.
is best given in the words of the Commissioners :- -,eo.- - sa, - When you came out of the hospital, were you not •
FISHERIES COMMISSIONERS.
" The experience gained by Captain Stewart, of the The first ordinary general meeting of this company CITY POLICE COMMITTEE. ' again under Dr. Pennington ?-Yes, three weeks more. IN BANKS, ASSURANCE, AND OTHER COM
_Abraham, Belasco, proprietor of the Gun and Star, After you came out of the hospital were you not PANIES' STOCK.
_------•----- was held in Carricle's Royal Hotel, Glasgow, on Wed- Petticoat-lane, was summoned for unlawfully opening sent into the country ?-Yes, I was sent over into New , From, the Official Lest. l
The annual reports of the British Fisheries cutter, in disposing of such cases, leads to constant
and the presence of the cutter insecretary his house for the sale of malt liquors before the hour of Brighton.
Commissioners are seldom destitute of general in-
the fishing fleet forms an easy resort for shipmasters
references to him, nesday-W. Gibb, Esq., in the chair. The PUBLISHED EVERY TUEDAY AND FRIDAY EVENING.
read the report of the directors, which was as fol- one o'cloc , k on Sunday, the 20tt of August. How long were you there ?-Eight days.
LONDON, FRIDAY, SEPT. 1, 1854. .
terest. Even in the most sleepy times of peace,
fishermen (as the case may be), to be called to- Constable 630, said it was the practice of defendant Who paid the doctor's bill ?-I do not know-I did
the condition of this branch of industry is felt to or The boats come • alonuside lows :- •
gether as arbitrators. b ) to open his house during the hours he was required to not pay. WATER-WORKS.
be of greater importance than is implied in the
the case is stated to the arbitrators, and a simple " The documents under which this company was autho- be closed, and his brother was placed at the door as Who paid your lodgings at New Brighton ?-The ser-
mere commercial value of its produce; for, in the
and practical decision given, according to the cus- rised to commence business having been received from the
touter and to look out for the 1. Last Sunday vent of Madame• Anni gave the money.
, po ice.
Name of Company. 1 per Paul. Price.
hardy race which earns its • livelihood off the .b drules of fi h' •
ternary or pres Fri e
in of the vested in them the ' week he entered the house in plain clothes with about a How much was it ?-One pound. ' Annum. Share.
weather-beaten coasts of the Orkneys and Shetlands dozen persons,
objection is made to the decision, or that it pursuance powers by charter,
is at half-past eleven o'clock, and, on ' Madame Anni was away five weeks before you left ?-
getting ...._.----
s that proceeded to carry out the arrangements which had beforel X s. d. X s. (I.
the nation expects to find many a supporter of it
not abided by. Where this happens, parties can been provisionally entered into for taking possession of the up stairs, he saw about 150 persons from that time till Yes.
naval supremacy. But when, after forty years of
have recourse to law. In an instance of dissatis- telegraphic lines of the British Electric Telegraph Com- twelve o'clock served with beer, at three half-pence per Did you not leave her house the night she returned ritrstndLondon
a Junction ...... 4'. per ent. 50 0 0 all 72
repose, our fleets are once more sent forth against.
faction of this kind, the expense to the fishermen puny, in order to work and use the same for the benefit of glass. home? -No. Kent ................ 41. per cnt. 100 0 0 - 78
100 0 0 - 97
an enemy, the yearly account of this little magi-
of going before the sheriff was 20/ besides the loss this company. This was effected on the first day of Feb- The defendant's brother attended for him, and said he On what night did you leave ?-0n Sunday nig last. Lambeth ••• .. -
. lit la
w River Company.. 21. 10s. _
• ) ruary last. was very sorry, but the fact was, as the fficer was in On what night did Madame Anni return home ?-On Ne
time nursery of ours will naturally be read with
of all their time when , a second dispute arose how " The directors are glad to state that all the conditions clothes, hth h the night before. Southwark &Vauxhall , 51. per cut. 100 0 0 89%
- 100
agreeablee oug the was a traveller. West Middlesex .• • ... I 51.105. pr ct. -
more than ordinary interest. And it is
the 201. was to be divided and paid for among the of the charter have, up to the present time, been fully com- plainAldermanMu •d
' said When she did return had you not three men in the
ggeri ge that such an excuse would
to learn that it is in a healthy and flourishing state.
boat's crew concerned. Great
was the re get
tplied with. The remaining condition-namely, theexten-d not apply to the 150 persons served, and as the defend- house with you ?-Yes. DOCKS.
From the report for 1853, which is confined to the
among them, when too late,that they hadnot kept
' f the • t D bl• •about b •
siono weres o u in-ienow mug commence
ant had been convicted four times previously of similar Had you not a considerable quantity of clothes belong- Dividend Amount
fishing stations of Scotland and the Isle of Man, it.... and will be completed inample time.
their disputes to themselves as others had done,offences, he should inflict a penalty of 51. ing to Madame Anni packed up to remove ?-I deny
appears that upwards of 70,000 persons were. em- "The submarine cable, manufactured for the company Annum. Share.
and been content with the decision on board the The fine was paid. that. The linen was packed up in the portmanteau, -.
by Messrs. Newell and Co., hasbeen successfullylaid down - --
ployed during the past year in the herring, cod,
cutter."-Morning Chronicle. between Portpatrick, in Scotland, and Castle Chichester, _____ hut no dresses. I was obliged to keep it packed, for X s. d.. X s. d.
and ling fisheries. Of these, some 29,000 were Commercial .... -.. .. 4/. pr cent. Stock. Stock. -
the fish, while the near Carrickfergus, on the Irish coast. The land wires LAMBETH.-Joseph Hart, aged 22, a potrnan at the there was no keeping anything on account of the girls.
East and West India.. si. pr eat. Stock. - -
engageiin curing and packing between Carrickfergus and Belfast on the one side, and Duke of Suffolk public-house, in Brandon-street, Wal- Did you buy any new clothes before coming to Eng- - - -
remainder-41,000 men and boys-manned the THE NEW DAVIS STRAITS' FISHERY. Portpatrick and Glasgow on the other, are being rapidly worth, was charged with attempting to stranele Eliza- land ?-I got three dresses from Madame Anni alto- astCountry..
London
.... - -
11,000 boats in which they were caught. The ton- . o. proceeded with, and the directors hope that, if theweather beth Bird; also attempting to commit suicide by banging gether. Ditto Bonds •• •• •• - - --
84
nage of the fishing boats amounted to 74,700 tons, be moderate, the communication between Ireland and the himself in the skittle-ground belonging to his master. Did you ever pay for them ?-She had the money I St. Katharine -
The successful voyage of the Lady Franklin promises existing system of the company in Scotland and England -' • s outhanapten •• •• ..
and, for the benefit of those who delight in statis-Elizabeth Bird, a good-looking young woman, de- received from gentlemen. Victoria .. • ... .. .. -
to introduce a new era in the history of our Davis Straits' will- be completed in a few weeks, thus placing the rin-
tics, we may add. that the number of square yardsposed that for 3 years she had been servant of all work What amount of money did you pay her ?-Some- -
whale fisher Captain Penny has shown how the tidal towns in the three kingdoms in connection with BRIDGES.
of netting was 82,000,000, arid the number of whales of ArctictheY.
linear yards of fishing line exceeded 29,000,000. the treasures of the frozen
ocean turned to good account. f the directors was next anxiously Walworth, and for the last 3or 4 months the prisoner
" The attention o , __ . .
Mr. Wybergh- Did you ever receive an account ? Dividend Amount
Name of Company. per of Paid. Price.
Most of these figures, it is true, show a slight de- And this discovery is no less opportune than it is •
Diaper- .
turned to the completion of the communication to London was her fellow-servant as potman. On the thenine be- Mi. Holme-Or did Madame Anni keep a copy of the Annum. Share.
in the speediest and most effectual manner. At this Tune- fore, at about half-past 4 o'clock, in passing through the account. Did you ever see the account ? -She took the --
crease upon those of the preceding year. The total tent. The oleaginous products of Russia are not legiti-
tura the European and American Electric Printing Tele- kitchen, the prisoner caueht hold of her by the throat money for the dresses, though I keep no account X s. d. X s. d.
number of persons employed, indeed, is larger
by reately at command, and this stoppage of our usual sup graph Company had just completed the laying of held her for 5 minutes '''
tight - ' Didyoupay Madame - • • *
down. so that he would have . - Hungerford .. .. ••.. • • - - - 12
81 than it was in the preceding year, but the num- plies of oils and other fatty substances has come on us their wires from Dover to London, and thence to Liver- strangled her had not the barmaid come to her assist- turned home ?-I did not. Southwark ...... •• .. - 100 0 0 -
Ditto New of 7% p.c. 70s. per cent. 50 0 0 - -
-
her of fishermen has decreased by 142, and that of at a time when science and art, in their endless variety pool and Manchester, and a correspondence having been When he let her Did youpay anything
ante. . . go she was so exhausted that she . for upwards of six weeks ts. Waterloo • - 100 0 0 -4%
the boats by 36. The tonnage of the latter, also, of applications, have made them more than ever neces- opened with that company, they were found willing to sank into the chair. Witness subsequently saw the fore ?-Yes ; I paid it to the servant. Ditto Old Ann. of 81. 11. 12s. 60 0 0 60 0 0 28%
is less than it was in 1852 by some 1,500 tons, and sary for manufacturing and commercial purposes, both unite their lines with those of the British Company, thus '
Prisoner go into the skittle Is the servant here ?-I do not know..
e-eround with the rope which Ditto Nw ditto of 71. 1/. Bs. Od. 40 0 0 40 0 0 25
uxhall .. .. .. 11. ss. 70 10 3 - 21
the netting has diminished by a couple of million on sea and land. Add to this, the failure, year after in connection with their own northern lines, supplying to 1133
year, in the ordinary fisheries of Davis Straits, and to the latter, without the delay of construction, the comma- e used in .
collecting his 'in - pots his hand, and suspecting Mr. Holme-Who brought you from Hamburg to
of square yards, as well as the fish lines
mg by• the South Seas and the value of the nication from Liverpool, Manchester, Glasgow, Huil, Madame Anni 's 2-1 was taken
that his intention was that of destroying himself, she • en on board a ship at JOINT-STOCK BANKS.
some extent also in e, Hamleurg by a man named -
half a million of linear ones. With tto respec new enterprise becomes strikingly apparent. Newcastle, and intermediate stations to London, and at begged the barmaid would look after him. (the reporter could not Dividend Amount
the men, the attractions of the golden shores of the In these • it is set before
circumstances,
the same time' placing those districts in direct communica- In reply to the questions of Mr. Norton, the witness catch the name), and was sent here to Madame Anni s. Name of Company. per, of Paid. Price.
Annum.
Share.
tion with the Continent of Europe. said the prisoner bad paid her no more attentions than Mr. Blackhurst-What did you do in Hamburg
Antipodes account in some measure for the di- our readers as full a statement of the facts of the enter- "The directors of this company have, therefore, entered one fellow-servant might to another and she could not before you came to Madame Aunt's. Were you not in X s. d. Xa. d.
minution of their numbers. It is said that many prise well be obtainedand to u the
as can - into an agreement with the European Telegraph Company account for his conduct in any ' other way than that he a bad house before ?-Yes. .
Australasia........... 61. per cent. 40 0 0 all 84
of them have emigrated to Australia, not for the cial world to give them a careful consideration. for the whole of their lines, which was executed on theßritish NerthAmerican Si. per cent.
10050 0 0 „ -
was very tipsy at the time. The witness, who was Who was the person you had here yesterday ? [The
purpose of digging for gold, but with the view of So far back as the year 1839, Captain Penny published 21st day of July last, from hich date the revenue of both evidently most reluctant
. to state anything likely to press . .
witness here pointed out a young man, who was then Commercial of London. Si. per cent. 0020 0 0 -
I .......... 3/. per cent. 10.0 0 0 25 0 0 17%
his views on the subject of a resident whale fishery in companies becomes divisible amongst the proprietors of . u dt t f d h• h h •
esire os ep orwar ,w lc e did.] lonian ............... 61. per cent. 25 0 0 25 0 0 -
supplying the fresh-water " navigators" who fol- against the prisoner, begged that the magistrate would
Davis Straits. In the ordinary pursuit of his calling, as this company. Lond. Char. Bk. of Aus. - 20 0 0 all 0 21%
low that pursuit with the fish that abounds in the to "The consideration is 130,0001., of which, 100,0001. is be lenient to and not punish him. Who is he ?-He is the yo man who brought me
commander of one of the Aberdeen whalers, he came London and County .. 61. per cent. 50 0 0 20 0 0 -
Australian waters. The reduction in the number taken in paid-up shares of this company,
• and the remainder Louisa Thomason, the barmaid, said that on tbe even- out of the house of Madame Anni. Londe anal Westminstr Si. per cent. 100 0 0 20 0 0 40%
learn from his intercourse with the Esquimaux on the
of boats and implements used for fishing is a naturalby cash instalments, payable before the end of December ing before she went into the kitchen to look for the pii- Is this his card ?-Yes it is ;he is called Branger. London Joint• Stock ... 61. per cent. 50 0010 0 0 -
west land, that a large number of whales sought e th
concomitant of that of the persons engaged. in the bays and inlets for shelter during the winter season ensuing' soner and request him to clean down the bar, and as she The card was then put in. It was as follows :-" C. Provincial of Ireland.. 81. per cent. 'lOO 0_ 0 25 0 0 -
business ; but here the diminution in quantity is From one tribe in particular he gathered such informs" By this arrangement the British Company obtains, in entered it she found the prisoner grasping the throat of Gervens and Co., riding academy for ladies, gentlemen, 5
al=, 1 New.....
fr eac1......... 8411:
perpe r cent.
ee.it ro 7
0 22 au
0 2-6
additioneof to the lines c?f telegraph already specified, the the last witness. Her first impression was that the pri- and children. Teachers in horsemanship. Horse break- Nat. Provincial of Eng. 6/. per cent. 100 0 0 35 0 0 -
-
compensated by improvement in quality. The tion as enabled him to draw out a chart of one of their a remunerative contractfor supplying wires to soner was acting in fun, but observing that he continued in; instructed. 34, Great George-street. Hours from Ditto, New .. •• • ... 57. per cent. 20 0 0 10 0 0
value of the vessels and other articles used last most common resorts, and, on his return, he brought theen
Admiralty,
and the advantage of agreements entered Oriental Bank Corpora. 123. p. ctScbs. 25 0 0 all -
to grasp her throat in the same way she rushed towards 12 to 3in the afternoon, and from 5t07 in the
year shows an increase of 11,000/. over the pre- with him an intelligent Esquimaux, with the view of into with the Sub • marine Telegraph Companies from Dover him and with difficulty• 'wi some released Bird from his evening. South Australia .. .... 87. p. ct.Bc bs. 25 00 „
Riding ground Greenland -street, Liverpool. Presented Union of Australia-. 40!. per cent. 25 0 0 42
25 0 0 66%
ceding year. having him educated and employed as a pilot in the fol- to Calais, and from Dover to Ostend, respectively-
Such having been the personnel and the materiel lowing season. His owners, however, did not sympa- whereby this company becomes the exclusive carrier, in- grasp.timeve
The young woman, she perceived, was at the through . Ditto .............. 401. per cent. - 210 0 8%
Union of London , ......Si. per cent. 50 0 0 10 0 0 -
Mr. Wybergh-Are you any relation to him ?-No
thise with his project so heartily as he had expected, and wards and outwards, of all messages passing through those very much exhausted and sank into a chair. ' Union of Madrid ..... ' - 40 0 0 all -
of our northern fisheries in 1853, let Ifs see what
,-, , • i 0_.....a:--;.- ...,,,,,+,,,,„ bee hence, although he was able to fish to some advantage submarine lines to or from the Continent. Mr. Norton-Did you observe whether she was black sir.
iT4 1,,, c. he.nr. ~,,,,..,1 +l,l+ 4:11n ..lAvAn directors of the in the face? - Mr. Blackhurst-Now, did he not take you away INSURANCE COMPANIES.
r sir 1 ___ - .

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The annual reports of the British Fisheries
Commissioners are seldom destitute of general in-
terest. Even in the most sleepy times of peace,
the condition of this branch of industry is felt to
be of greater importance than is implied in the
mere commercial value of its produce; for, in the
hardy race which earns its livelihood off the
weather-beaten coasts of the Orkneys and Shetlands
the nation expects to find many a supporter of its
naval supremacy. But when, after forty years of
repose, our fleets are once more sent forth against
an enemy, the yearly account of this little mari-
time nursery of ours will naturally be read with
more than ordinary interest. And it is agreeable
to learn that it is in a healthy and flourishing state.
From the report for 1853, which is confined to the
fishing stations of Scotland and the Isle of Man, it
appears that upwards of 70,000 persons were em-
ployed during the past year in the herring, cod,
and ling fisheries. Of these, some 29,000 were
engaged in curing and packing the fish, while the
remainder-41,000 men and boys—manned the
11,000 boats in which they were caught. The ton-
nage of the fishing boats amounted to 74,700 tons,
and, for the benefit of those who delight in statis-
tics, we may add that the number of square yards
of netting was 82,000,000, and the number of
linear yards of fishing line exceeded 29,000,000.
Most of these figures, it is true, show a slight de-
crease upon those of the preceding year. The total
number of persons employed, indeed, is larger by.
84 than it was in the preceding year, but the num-
ber of fishermen has decreased by 142, and that of
the boats by 36. The tonnage of the latter, also,
is less than it was in 1852 by some 1,500 tons, and
the netting has diminished by a couple of million
of square yards, as well as the fishing lines by
half a million of linear ones. With respect to
the men, the attractions of the golden shores of the
Antipodes account in some measure for the di-
minution of their numbers. It is said that many
of them have emigrated to Australia, not for the
purpose of digging for gold, but with the view of
supplying the fresh-water " navigators" who fol-
low that pursuit with the fish that abounds in the
Australian waters. The reduction in the number
of boats and implements used for fishing is a natural
concomitant of that of the persons engaged in the
business ; but here the diminution in quantity is
compensated by improvement in quality. The
value of the vessels and other articles used last
year shows an increase of 11,0001. over the pre-
ceding year.
Such having been the personnel and the materiel
of our northern fisheries in 1853, let 1.13 see what
sport our Celtic and Scandinavian countrymen had
on those tempestuous seas which wash the northern
extremity of this island. The Commissioners .in-
form us that the catch of herrings in 1853 nearly
equalled " the great fishing of 1849," the highest
hitherto reached. The number of barrels in the one
year was 942,000, and in the other 908,000. The
quantities cured,however, as well as those exported,
were greater in 1853 than in 1849 ; the total number
cured in the earlier year—including the produce of
some English stations—being 770,000 barrels,while
in 1853 it exceeded, in Scotland and the Isle of
Man alone, 778,000 barrels. The exports were
340,000 barrels in the former, and nearly 343,000
in the latter year. This, the Commissioners ob-
serve, is the largest exportation ever made by Great
Britain. Compared with the figures furnished by
the preceding year, the results of last year's fishing
appear to still greater advantage. Not only did
the number of barrels cured, branded, and ex-
ported in 1853 considerably exceed that of 1852,
but the gross catch was greater by one-third—the
excess in 1853 amounting to upwards of 300,000
barrels. The account of the cod and ling fishery
is also satisfactory. Although described as of a
much more stationary character than the herring
fishery, it may fairly claim to be called progres-
sive; since the quantity cured and dried last year
was the greatest on record.
The history of the Scotch herring fishery has,
for a century past, furnished many a useful hint
to the science of political economy. Adam Smith
complained that the statesmen of his day had de-
stroyed the boat fisheries of the country by a per-
nicious system of bounties. The bounty being
measured by the tonnage of the vessel employed,
and not by the quantity of fish taken, " busses"
or decked vessels of from twenty to eighty tons
burden were equipped for the herring fishery, and
backed by the Government bounty easily undersold
the boat fishermen. One consequence of this system
was, that "the boat fishery, which before the esta-
blishment of the buss bounty was very considerable,
and is said to have employed a numberof seamen not
inferior to what the buss fishery" employed in the
time of Adam Smith, had then " gone almost en-
tirely to decay." Another result was, that vessels
were sometimes fitted out " for the sole purpose
of catching, not the fish, but the bounty ;" and to
such a pitch was this abuse carried, that a ton-
nage bounty of 501. was found to be equivalent to
the almost incredible sum of 1591. upon each barrel
of merchantable herrings actually caught. A third
consequence—less strange, indeed, to us than to a
generation unfamiliar with the leading truths of
economical science—was that the " buss" fishery,
notwithstanding the enormous bribe thus paid for
the encouragement of it, gradually declined. In
1803, it had sunk to a very low ebb. " It seems,"
says the author of an essay quoted by the Commis-
sioners, " more than ever to. have got out of our
hands, and to be on the eve of its final departure
from Britain." It was, in truth, as the Commis-
sioners observe, " in a state of inanition, and at.
the point of extinction." Its impending fate at
last called the attention of Parliament to the inspo-
licy, if not of bounties in general, at least
of the principle on which the one in question
was dispensed. Accordingly, in 1809, the bounty
was regulated, no longer by the tonnage of the
vessel, but by the quantity of fish caught. Two
shillings per barrel were paid until 1815, when
the bounty was doubled. This lasted until
1826, about which time it was reduced to one
shilling, and in 1830 it was finally abolished. The
alteration of the system proved quickly beneficial,
and the subsequent reductions and final repeal of
the bounty were followed by similar results.- The
quantity of herrings now taken is eight times, and
the quantity exported ten times, greater than it
was in 1809 ; while both the catch and the export
are at least twice as large as they were between
1815 and 1830. Last year, the number of barrels
of herrings exported " exceeded," says the Com-
missioners, " by nearly 48,000 barrels the greatest
export of those years when there was a bounty
of 4s. per barrel, and when there was a large
West India market, now nearly extinct."
The gain, however, as well as the loss of markets
must • be included among the vicissitudes of the
herring fishery, and the Commissioners mention
a recent acquisition of this kind which should not
be passed over. The supply of 1849 appears to
have so considerably exceeded the ordinary de-
mand that the superfluous fish were carried in large
quantities to the Baltic ports, from which they
penetrated into Polish Prussia, where Scotch
herrings had before been unknown. Their low price
at once procured them customers, who found them
so superior in cure and flavour to the " coarse Nor-
wegian herrings," to which they had been accus-
tomed, that the demand for them has continued
down to the present time. Much improvement,
however, both in the means of communication and
in the commercial policy of Continental nations,
will be needed before our fishermen can obtain
any great extension of their markets. They have
still to struggle against the hostile tariffs of an
" ignorant and selfish Statecraft, and until these shall
have been remodelled sommon sense and sound
science, they have butylittle prospect of adding
largely to the numberof their customers.
It is not to be expected that a body of 40,000
men, purs • 10,000 boats a common prey,
should not goccasionally substitute the primitive
"law of thest eat" for the more artificial
polity which prevails in well-ordered communities.
Even among the of the same county or the
same village, it is notveisns always easy to avoid strife ;
but the difficulty ns
the supremacy of
" law and order" is muchuneT
when men of
different blood and different enhanced
duage come into
collision. This has unfortunately been found to
sulleriThe French
be the case in our northernemployed
fisher3.ries.
`prevnetnent doiuritg-
them have not always been able to
The French
rsges or to discover the perpetrators. Th
fishermen, in the course of 1853, sometimes in-
truded within our limits. On the other hand
" cases of great misconduct and of violent usage
occurred on the part of the British," and she
French commodore had to urge many complaints
against our crews, which were but too often well
founded. It is to be hoped that the ties of cordial
friendship which now happily unite the two nations
will improve the state of feeling between the fisher-
men of both, or that these men will, at all events,
learn from experience the lesson which the Com-
missioners would inculcate, that "the best po-
licy for both is forbearance." Disputes be-
tween our own fishermen and the masters of
the fishing-vessels appear by no means unfrequent.
They are attributed very much to the practice Of
solemnising their bargains, not with the Norman
seal, nor yet with theA alo-Saxon signature, but
with the Scandinavian or Celtic libation
"by which," of whisky,
happens saYthe Commissioners, "it fro-
quentlywell what was that neither party knows very
intended or what was settled, and
hence angry
the disputant;er Irenafrrel
s ensue." If they are wise,
but the description of their differences to arbitration;
count of the poetic this proceeding, and the ac-
count
Justice which overtakes the

" The documents under which this company was autho-
rised to commence business having been received from the
Board of Trade on the 13th of January last, the directors,
in pursuance of the powers vested in them by the charter,
proceeded to carry out the arrangements which had before
been provisionally entered into for taking possession of the
telegraphic lines of the British Electric Telegraph Com-
pany, in order to work and use the same for the benefit of
this company. This was effected on the first day of Feb-
ruary last.
" The directors are glad to state that all the conditions
of the charter have, up to the present time, been fully com-
plied with. The remaining condition—namely, the exten-
sionof the wiresto Dublin—ienow about being commenced
and will be completed in ample time.
" The submarine cable, manufactured for the company
by Messrs. Newell and Co., hasbeen successfullylaid down
between Portpatrick, in Scotland, and Castle Chichester,
near Carrickfergus, on the Irish coast. The land wires
between Carrickfergus and Belfast on the one side, and
Portpatrick and Glasgow on the other, are being rapidly
proceeded with, and the directors hope that, if the weather
se moderate, the communication between Ireland and the
existing system of the company in Scotland and England
will be completed in a few weeks, thus placiug the prin-
cipal towns in the three kingdoms in connection with each
other and the Continent.
" The attention of the directors was next anxiously
turned to the completion of the communication to London
in the speediest and most effebtual manner. At this junc-
ture the European and American Electric Printing Tele-
graph Company had just completed the laying down of
their wires from Dover to London, and thence to Liver-
pool and Manchester, and a correspondence having been
opened with that company, they were found willing to
unite their lines with those of the British Company, thus
in connection with their own northern lines, supplying to
the latter, without the delay of construction, the commu-
nication from Liverpool, Manchester, Glasgow, Hull,
Newcastle, and intermediate stations to London, and at
the same time placing those districts in direct communica-
tion with the Continent of Europe.
" The directors of this company have, therefore, entered
into an agreement with the European Telegraph Company
for the whole of their lines, which was executed on the
21st day of July last, from hich date the revenue of both
companies becomes divisible amongst the proprietors of
this company.
" The consideration is 130,0001., of which, 100,0001. is
taken in paid-up shares of this company, and the remainder
by cash instalments, payable before the end of December
ensuing.
" By this arrangement the British Company obtains, in
addition to the lines of telegraph already specified/the
benefit of a remunerative contract for supplying wires to
the Admiralty, and the advantage of agreements entered
into with the Submarine Telegraph Companies from Dover
to Calais, and from Dover to Ostend, respectively.
whereby this company becomes the exclusive carrier, in-
wards and outwards, of all messages passing through those
submarine lines to or from the Continent.
" It has been agreed that the eleven directors of the
European Company shall be elected directors of this com-
pany ; and in pursuance of that arrangement, the board
have to recommend to the shareholders at this meeting the
appointment of the following gentlemen as an addition to
the present board, viz.:—Lord De Manley, Samuel Laing,
Esq., M.P. ; W. J. Chaplin, Esq., M.P. ; the Hon. F. W.
Cadogan ; Sir James Carmichael, Bart. ; Ernest Bunsen,
Esq.; J. W. Brett, Esq. ; Francis Edwards, Esq. ; Rear-
Admiral Sir Richard O'Connor ; Robert Gill, Esq.; and
George Edward Dering, Esq.
"The accounts have been made up to the 30th of June,
and have been examined and approved by the auditor, and
a copy of the balance sheet has been forwarded to each
shareholder, in compliance with the deed of settlement.
" The revenue accounts shoiks a balance of receipts over
working expenses on the half-year, amounting to 9951. 10s.
3d., out of which the directors recommend that a dividend,
at the rate of three per cent, per annum, be now declared,
parable on and after the 15th of October next. This
balance is exclusive of several sums due to the Company
on revenue account, amounting in all to more than 3001.,
which were not received at the date of the account. The
directors consider this result of the first half-year's work-
ing of the Company is decidedly encouraging, as the whole
system is necessarily not yet fully developed, and the capi-
tal account includes large items, which at present are not
in productive operation, but belong to the whole ultimate
expenditure.
" With a view to meet the Company's increasing busi.
ness between the important towns of Glasgow, Manchester,
and Liverpool, the officers are actively engaged in erecting
additional wires over all the northern lines, and increasing
in every way the efficiency of the company's system. Ar-
rangements have been entered into for tee laying down a
subterranean line from Manchester, through Preston,
and Lancaster, to Carlisle, in order to give a
direct and instantaneous connection between the principal
stations of the company and the Continent, and in a few
months the directors confidently hope to be in the position
to execute almost any amount of telegraphic business with
the greatest rapidity and precision ; and they trust that
the portion of the public who use the telegraph will ap-
preciate and encourage a company that has done so much
as the British Company has done for the cheapening and
improvement of this most important means of communica-
tion.
" The auditors, Messrs. Broom and Blackburn, retire in
compliance with the deed of settlement, but are eligible
and offer themselves for re-election, and are willing for the
year ensuing to accept the same remuneration as they have
been paid on the present occasion, viz., twenty guineas
each, which the Directors recommend should be granted.
" The retiring Directors, in compliance with the deed of
settlement, are Samuel Bateson,* Henry Fenwick, William
Wilberforce Pearson, William Gibb, Stephen Symonds,
William Crawford, and James Hannan, Esq., who, being
eligible, offer themselves for re-election.
" As the company's creed of settlement authorises the
vesting of any portion of their property in trustees, and 39
in carrying on their affairs it will be necessary to do so, it
will be requisite that trustees be appointed by the share-
holders at the present meeting ; and the Board beg to
nominate for that purpose the following gentlemen :
James Simpson, Esq., C'.E., David Webster, Esq., and
William Wilberforce Pearson, Esq.
" The Directors have appointed Mr. George Saward the
interim secretary of the Company, at a salary of 400/. per
annum ; and, as his appointment rests with the share-
holders, they recommend that his services be continued by
this meeting at the same salary.
"In conclusion, the Directors beg to express to the
shareholders their confidence that this undertaking will
ultimately prove very handsomely remunerative, so soon
as the works now in progress shall have been completed
and fairly developed, considering, as they do, that the
system under which it ,works is very simple, certain, and
expensive, and that telegraphic business in this country,
though rapidly increasing, is even yet only in its in-
fancy."

.The successful voyage of the Lady Franklin promises
to introduce a new era in the history of our Davis Straits
whale fishery. Captain Penny has shown how the
whales of the Arctic regions may be followed up, and
the treasures of the frozen ocean turned to good account.
And this discovery is no less opportune than it is impor-
tant. The oleaginous products of Russia are not legiti-
mately at command, and this stoppage of our usual sup-
plies of oils and other fatty substances has come on us
at a time when science and art, in their endless variety
of applications, have made them more than ever neces-
sary for manufacturing and commercial purposes, both
on sea and land. Add to this, the failure, year after
year, in the ordinary fisheries of Davis Straits, and to
some extent also in the South Seas, and the value of the
new enterprise becomes strikingly apparent.
In these circumstances, it is our purpose to set before
our readers as full a statement of the facts of the enter-
prise as can well be obtained, and to urge the commer-
cial world to give them a careful consideration.
So far back as the year 1839, Captain Penny published
his views on the subject of a resident whale fishery in
Davis Straits. In the ordinary pursuit of his calling, as
commander of one of the Aberdeen whalers, he came to
learn from his intercourse with the Esquimaux on the
west land, that a large number of whales sought the
bays and inlets for shelter during the winter season.
From one tribe in particular he gathered such informa-
tion as enabled him to draw out a chart of one of their
most common resorts, and, on his return, he brought
with him an intelligent Esquimaux, with the view of
having him educated and employed as a pilot in the fol-
lowing season. His owners, however, did not sympa-
thise with his project so heartily as he had expected, and
hence, although he was able to fish to some advantage
in' the new Strait, he was not permitted to push the en-
terprise beyond a safe distance, lest he should get his
ship fixed in the ice for the winter.
Captain Penny's subsequent connexion with Captain
Austin's expedition in search of Sir John Franklin in-
terrupted his labours in the direction of a new fishery ;
but on his return to England he resumed them, and
projected a company with a capital of 100,000/., to
carry out his views. He proposed to get a charter, like
that of the Hudson Bay Company, and to establish
fishings at various points along the shores of the best
land, near the haunts of the whale. The application for
a charter was successfully opposed, on the ground that
it would interfere with the claims of private enterprise.
Meanwhile, two vessels were fitted out at Hull for a
winter residence and spring fishery in the newly disco-
vered Strait, but the project was rashly undertaken and
failed. Capt. Penny, however, succeeded in getting his
company formed as a private enterprise, to an extent
which enabled him to purchase the two vessels with
which he had been engaged in the Arctic search, and
to fit them up with tanks and apparatus suitable for a
fishery in autumn and spring. He had iron tanks made
to fit the vessels, and so arranged that the oil, when
boiled, could be conveyed by gutta, percha and other pipes
to every tank in the hold. He had also a supply of
coals and good boilers, it being his intention to boil the
on land in his winter quarters. The ships were also
fully provisioned, the stores being of the best description,
and such as from large experience had been found con-
ducive to health and'comfort in the Arctic regions.
Thus equipped the two vessels, manned by 33 men
and three boys, left Aberdeen on the 13th of August last
year. The weather was stormy when they reached the
Danish settlement of Lechterfells, which prevented
Captain Penny from getting one of the Moravian Mis-
sionaries whom he meant to engage for the spiritual
benefit of the Esquimaux he proposed to employ in the
work of the fishery. On the 17th of September the
ships reached New Aktelek. Here they found abun-
dance of whales, and set to work to kill at once,
notwithstanding the ice would not permit of getting
the ships forward to winter-quarters. From the 20th
of September until the Ist of November, they killed 10
large whales, and were obliged to stow them away chiefly
on the decks of the vessels, as they best could manage.
On the deck of the Lady Franklin there were four and
a half whales, besides the bone of all the whales killed.
On the 3d of November Captain Penny got to the
shelter of an inland in Hogarth's Sound, which he had
chosen as winter quarters. Here he found the remains
of a boiling-house, which had been erected by the
Hull Company, but which had been dismantled by
some American whalers who bad been disappointed
in their expectations. He rebuilt the place, and located

there :61, out of 50 Esquimax, he had engaged at Aktelek
to assist in the spring fishery, the remaining 20 being
located nearer to the fishing grounds. Having
snugged the ships, and seen the Esquimaux comfort-
ably settled in their snow huts, the process of boiling
the oil was carried on during the winter months, and it
was most successful. The glass was at times 40 degrees
below zero while they were engaged at this work, yet
none of them were injured, and all of them enjoyed the
best of health. The active duties in which they were
employed kept them always hearty, and no one felt the
time to linger on his hand. During the week they were
thus at work, and on Sunday they had rest and religious
service the same as at home. In the course of the win-
ter they boiled 165 boilers full of oil.
But a season of great alarm was now experienced. The
cholera, which had made its appearance in the south of the
inlet, now made a complete circuit of the island, and was
awfully fatal. It began amone. Captain Penny's Esqui-
maux with one of the chiefs. Stimulants were ad-
ministered by Captain Penny and the surgeon of the
Lady Franklin, but without effect. The chief died, and
seven others, including his brother, his mother, his wife,
and children, all fell victims to the scourge. The sani-
tary state of the patients was most deplorable. Every-
thing was done which could be done by Captain Penny
and his men to save the poor creatures, but they died
almost like sheep in the rot. To get into one tent, Cap-
tain Penny had to cut an entrance on the wind side,
and on carrying out the bodies to bury them, he found
a child of three years old yet alive, and clinging to
the dead body of its grandmother. He took the child
away, and had it cared for until it got better, and it is
now in the Sophia at the fishing ground. From hut to hut
the pestilence spread, the living flying from the dead
without any compunction of feeling, husbands leaving
their wives, parents their children, and childien their
parents, to perish. All this time Captain Penny and
his crew were unceasing in their endeavours to check
the disease, and while they were at length successful, it
was their happiness to realise a perfect immunity from
the scourge themselves. Dia,rrhcea, in some cases, ap-
peared, but, by the timely application of proper medi-
cine, the disease was checked; All the bodies were buried
on the land or in the sea, by letting them down through
the ice ; and by spring time all was well.
The preparations for the spring fishing being made,
Captain Penny found that whales were plentiful be-
yond the edge of the ice, but the distance being above
twenty miles from the ship, his men were at first un-
willing to enter on the fishery. They were at length
induced to undertake it, and the Esquimaux were all
in readiness to carry the blubber over the ice in their
sledges to the boiling-house on the island. The fish-
ing then commenced, and 17 whales were killed and
sledged in this way ; the Esquimaux with their dogs
were indefatigable ; they travelled over the ice with
nearly 50 sledges, a distance on the whole (counting the
drive out and in from the boats to the ship nearly 50
miles) of 14,000 miles !
Having thus killed as many whales as the Lady
Franklin could boil, Captain Penny left for Aberdeen,
intrusting the remainder of the fishing to the captain
and crew of the Sophia. He is about to return imme-
diately, and intends to pursue the same course during
the next winter and spring. He is of opinion that,
with a large commercial company, the fishery could he
prosecuted along an extensive coast line, and with
great advantage, one or two ships being appointed to
different whale haunts or bays, with boiling apparatus on
land ; but he fears that, if a number of ships run to Ho-
garth's Sound and fish where he was fishing, they may
drive the whales off, and thus damage a fishing which
would be most profitable to a few ships quietly working
out. There were, it seems, two small American ships

Witness—No, sir ; but I think that in a few minutes
she must have been, and that it was lucky I went into
the kitchen just as I did. Witness added that some time
after the young woman came to her and begged she
would go to the skittle-ground, as she very much feared
the prisoner would hang himself, and witness, in conse-
quence, proceeded to the skittle-ground, fortunately
taking with her a knife. On entering the skittle-ground
she saw the prisoner, suspended from a beam by the
rope she had before mentioned, and instantly cut him
down. He appeared insensible, and the part of the cord
round the neck was so tightly on, that she was obliged
to out it also. She then sprinkled his face with cold
water, and he soon exhibited signs of restoring animation.

Mr. Norton complimented this witness upon the pre-
sence of mind, courage, and promptness with which she
acted on the occasion.

Mrs. Mary Meadows, the landlady of the public-
house, said the prisoner, while in the service of herself
and her husband, had conducted himself with propriety,
and was an excellent servant in his situation. The
young woman Bird had also been unexceptionable in
her conduct ; but no doubt could exist that the prisoner
was attached to her, though she did not encourage him
in it, as she had a young man who was paying her at-
tentions, and that this had something to do with the
matter, which occurred in her (witness's) absence.
Mr. Norton here remarked that it was quite clear the
young woman had not spoken the whole truth, and de-
sired her to go into the witness-box again. She did so,
and said—" She never considered that the prisoner se-
riously intended any affection for her, as he had fre-
quently drunk with and had been on the most friendly
terms with her young man."
Mr. Norton—What is the young man of yours
Witness—A carman and nightman, your worship.
(A laugh.)

The prisoner, in reply to the charge, said he could not
account for his conduct in any other way than that he
bad been drinking rum all day with a young man who
was going to sea, and he was truly sorry for what he
find done.

The magistrate, on his solemn promise not to repeat
the offence, consented to the prisoner's discharge, and
told him he owed his existence to the presence of mind
of the young woman Thomason, for had she had to
return for a knife, and not taken one with her to the
skittle-ground, no power could have saved his life.
The prisoner, who seemed very penitent, was then
discharged.

Mr. Blackhurst—Now, did be not take you away
from Madame Anni's for the purpose of living with
him ?—He wanted to see me home.
Mr. Wybergh—But what can the meaning of this be ?
Mr. Blackhurst—You will see by the newspapers that
it is stated he is her brother. This will test her credit.
Mr. Wybergh—The question is that of detaining her
clothes.

Mr. Blackhurst—Exactly ; but as she has stated this
is her brother, and now she denies it, that will test her
credit.

Mr. Wybergh—When you went away how many
others were in the house! There were seven—now five.

Mr. Blackhurst—Was not this young man with you
every day while Madame Anni was away ? Not every
day.

Dividend Amount
Name of Company. I p of Paid. Price.
I
- --.------ —
Annum. . Share.
£ s. d. X a. d.
I
East London 6/.per ant. Stock. 100
Grand Junction ...... 4'. per Vt. 50 0 0 all 72
Kent ....... .. ...... C. per cnt. 100 0 0 78
. Lambeth • • .... • • • • .. 100 0 0 97
New River Company.. 21.103.
Southwark &Vauxhall 5/. per cnt. 100 0 0 89%
West Middlesex .• • ... I , 51.105. pr ct. 100
DOCKS.
Dividend Amount
Name of Company. per of Paid. Price.
Annum. Share.
-- --...—. -- ---- —.
X s. d. X a. d.
Commercial — .. —4/. pr cent. Stock. - Stock.
East and West India.. si. pr rent. Stock.
East Country.. 2os. per sh.
London .... ....... 5/. pr cent. Stock.
Ditto Bonds •• •• •• 41. per cent. --
St. Katharine ........ 4 per cent. Stock. 84
r•outhampton ........ 3% us per c. 50 0 0 , 50 0 0
Victoria .. •.......... 5/. per cent. 20 0 0 I 12 0 0 I

How often then ?--Two or three times.
Mr. Holme—Was he in the habit of staying there at
night ?—No, sir.
Did he ever give you any money ? No, sir.
Mr. Blackhurst —Now, what is the value of the
dresses ?

The CHAIRMAN, in moving the adoption of this report,
remarked that it would be seen from the report that the
Directors came to a resolution to snake an agreement
with the EUropean Company. The British Company
were bound by their charter to lay wires between Lon-
don, Liverpool, and Manchester by a certain time ; and
they thought as the European Company had just laid
down wires three months previously, it would be very
advisable not only to save the capital required to lay the
wires, but at the same time to do away with injurious
and wasteful competition, and they therefore thought it
advisable to make the agreement with the European
Company which hai lately been effected. There was
another reason for their anxiety to carry out this agree-
ment. It brings Manchester, Liverpool, and Glasgow
into direct communication with the continent. Nothing,
he observed, is more important than that a large manu-
facturing and commercial city like Glasgow should be in
communication efficient and rapid with the continent.
The directors have been most anxious to snake as perfect
as possible the communication between the important
towns of Liverpool, Manchester, and Glasgow, for in no
place in the world is a perfect communication more ne-
cessary than between these towns, considering the im-
mense traffic carried on between them. For the most
part, the produce which is sent to Britain from foreign
parts does not belong to parties living at the ports, but
to parties living in the interior of the country. While
this produce is lying for sale in London, Liverpool, Or
Glasgow, it is manifestly most important for the owners
to be put into almost instantaneous communication with
purchasers. This object the directors of the British Com-
pany have most anxiously in view, as well as a judicious
arrangement and adaptation of the tariff. During the
last half-year the shareholders and the public of Glasgow
will see that there has been a reduction of the rates from
5s to 2s 6d. I think the inhabitants of Glasgow and Man-
chester will see that we deserve some credit for this effort
to afford them a means of communication at so cheap a
rate, especially as we are in the case of a new company
fighting our way with other companies. He concluded
by directing attention to the satisfactory state of the
accounts, stating that the directors considered the decla-
ration of a dividend of even 3 per cent. could hardly
have been anticipated so soon, but that the accounts did
not even put the best face upon the company's affairs, as
a large portion of the 60,0001. on which the present
dividend is payable has not yet come into productive
operation—in addition to which upwards of 3001. was
due to the company on profit account on 30th June,
which, nit being then paid, is not noticed in the revenue
account. He also stated that the Belfast and Glasgow
communication will be completed in five or six weeks.
In answer to a question by a shareholder, he stated that
some defects have been occasioned in the Glasgow and
London communication, in consequence of their being
temporarily a break in the wires at Manchester, two
systems meeting there, and being differently worked.
He was g'ad, however, to say that the committee at
Manchester have passed resolutions approving of a con-
nection being immediately made between London and
Glasgow. They expected that the alterations thereby
rendered necessary in the offices at Manchester would
r be completed in about a month, and the connection of
the two systems might then be proceeded with. He
believed there would be a meeting of the directors lin-
. mediately, to consider whether a snore central and con-
venient office could not be obtained in London,
The adoption of the report was seconded by James
Hannan, Esq., and unanimously carried.
A series of other resolutions was carried, after which
the meeting separated.

Mr. \Vybergh—Just give us the value of each article.
Three dresses at 2/. each ; one dress at 1/. 10s. ; an-
other, 1/. ; another, 10s. ; two velvet mantles, 3/. ; a
blue cashmere mantle, 2/. 10s. ; a small brown mantle,
21. ; and another mantle, IL
Mr. Wybergh—Let me see ; that is 171. 10s. ; there-
fore, the case is out of our jurisdiction.
Mr. Blackhurst—We are desirous of giving every in-
formation. lam not here to justify a house of this
description, but you Will presently see why she came to
the house and and what was the cause of her being turned
out.

Mr. Wybergh—The goods claimed by the Police Act
ought not to exceed 151. for the magistrates to have
jurisdiction ; now it appears, according to her own
showing, that they amount to 171. 10s., and her proper
remedy must be in the county court.
Mr. Blackhurst—No result can follow the examina
tion ; still lam willing that any of the officers of the
police should go to the house and inquire if there is any-
thing in it belonging to the girl, and if there is, it shall
be given up.
Mr. Wybergh—As far as this summons is concerned
there is no case.
Mr. Blackhurst—Notwithstanding that, I have no
objection to the superintendent of police making all in-
quiries, and all that belong to the girl shall be handed
over. She has been nearly two-thirds of the time
in the hands of a doctor since she has come to this
country. •
Mr. Holme—Whatever may be the case with reference
to public morality, we can only say, this is a summons
for detaining clothes ; and it appears, from the evidence
of the girl herself, that it is beyond the jurisdiction of
the bench, and the only remedy is in, the county court.
Mr. Blackhurst—Still. if the magistrates have juris-
diction, we are quite willing to make the fullest inves-
tigation.
Mr. Smith—She has sworn that the property is worth
171. 103. We can only go as far as 151., so that she
must deal with Madame Anni by civil action. I think
(to Mr. Blackhurst) you said she was turned out ?
Mr. Blackhurst—When Madame Anni returned frOm
Germany she found three men in the house with this fe-
male, and when she found out what was going on in the
house the girl asked to go out, and she never returned
since.

Dividend Amount
Name of Company. per of Paid. Price.
Annum. Share.
• X s. d. X 3. d.
Albion ...... ..... ... 3/. 10s. 500 0 0 50 0 0 -
Alliance Brit. and For. 71. 14s. 6d.bs. 100 0 0 1.1 0 0 19%
Ditto Marine ....... 6/. p.c.& bs. 100 0 0 25 0 0 35
Anchor .............. 6 per cent. 5 0 0 1 0 0 -
Atlas '
argue Life ........... 41. per cent. 100 0 0 25 0 0 20%
British Commercial .. 7s. 6d. 50 0 0 5 0 0 7
Clericl.Med.& Gen. Life 5 pr et. & bs. 100 0 0 10 0 0 20%
County
Crown .............. 16s. 65 50 0 0 5 0 0 18
Eagle
Equity and Law...... 434 per cent. 100 0 0 5 0 0 5
European Life ...... ... 15s. 20 0 0 all 19%
General...... - 5 0 0 PO 5%
Globe Gt. per cent. Stock. 128%
Guardian ............ 51. per cent. 100 0 0 45 0 0 54%
Imperial Fire... • ....• 121. per cent, 500 0 0 50 0 0 330
Imperial Life -
Indemnity Marine.... 11.3 s & 31. 100 0 0 20 0 0 GO
Law Fire .....
Law Life. • ..• .... • • • • - 100 0 0 10 0 0 55%
Legal and General Life - 50 0 0 2 0 0 6%
London
London chip.... -
Marine... • • .. .. • • • ... 15s.per share 100 0 0 18 0 0 -
Med.lnvlid & Gen. Life 4% i per ct. 50 0 0 2 0 0 -
Minerva .• .. • • ...... 5 p. et. & be. 20 0 0 2 0 0 5%
Monarch • • • • • • • • • • • • - 5 0 0 1 0 0 1%
National Loan Fund.. W. per cent. 20 0 0 2 10 0 2%
Palladium Lite...
Pelican .... • • • • • • .. • • - - - 45
Phcenix • . • • • • ..• • • - - - 183
prntessional Life.. • 5l. per cent. 5 0 0 10 0 16
Provident Life l/. ss. & bs. 100 0 0 10 0 0 3934
Rock Life.... • • .. •
Royal Exchange -
Sun Fire ..... • • - It 252
• Ditto Life l/ 103 - ff 5
United Kingdom .... 41. p. et & bs. 20 0 0 4 0 0 -
Universal Life • • • ..... 21. ss. per sh. 100 0 0 10 0 0 -
1 Victoria Life ........5i. per cent. -412 6 -

Mr. Holme—One can only lament such a state of
things as this, that there should ho foreigners in the town
bringing girls from abroad. The whole matter is a
highly disreputable transaction from beginning to end.
Mr. Blackhurst—l am not here for a moment,to jus-
tify it.
Mr. Smith—ls the other girl (one by the side of
Madame Anni, and exceedingly pretty) a German too ?
—Yes, sir.
Mr. Blackhurst—Did you not give this girl (by the
side of Madame Anni) this bracelet ?—No, I lent it her.
[lt was a hair bracelet, neatly mounted. Mr. Black-
hurst immediately handed it back to the witness, Hessen]
Mr: Blackhurst—She was at perfect liberty to go out
at any time she pleased.
Mr. Wybergh—We cannot go any further. She
must bring an action in trover in the county court.
Mr. Smith--Well, the case must be dismissed.
The parties then left the court, the clothes which bad
been produced being previously given to Hessen—
Liverpool Chronicle.

CANALS.
.... ,
Dividend
Names of z Dividend Names of
Price. per
Companies. • , per , Companies. 4 a Annum. Price
a, Annum. cid
.------ -- --
.£ £
A shin &Oldh 98 71. p. ct. 154 Macclesfield. 100 21. 10s. 51
Barnsley •• • • 160 Neath .. •. • • 100 16/. 150
BrknkBt Abrg 150 41. 60 Oxford.. •• • - 100, 13'. 110
Birmingham 40 41. 94N Peak Forest. 78 51 Os. 86
Coventry.... 100 251. 209 Regent's •. .• 30 18 . 18
Derby ••• • • 100 61. 80 Rochdale .. • • 85 11. 10s. 66
Ellsmre&Chs 69 254 p. et. Somrset Coal 1401
GrandJuvatn 100 41 pr. ct. 57 Do. Lk F,l.t 12
Do., 6 pf. Ct. 10 61. pr. ct. 113¢ •Ifftrd &Wore 140 281.' 407
A' Grand urrey 100 21. 10s. 48 Shrewsbury.. 1251
Grand Union 100 1/.lls. 12% Stoarbridge.. 1451 121. 285
Kennt & Avn 39 Os. Od. 6 Aevern and 1 24
Lancaster 100 Wye Rail. 26 2°'
Leeds3;l."v p 100 251. AV Irwick &"/
Leicester.... 100 5/. CS Binning..} 100 21 27:
Leicstr &vtli 83 41. 29% Warwick & 1 13
Longliboro2:h 142 70/. 575 Napton.. i 100 i 30*
Monmoutlish'loo Worcstr &
Minginerysli 1 100 . Ilinning.l 781 3L 32
31eltrilAlwbry 100 Wilts & Brks —10 s. Od.

GAS-LIGHT AND COKE COMPANIES.
Dividend Amount
Name of Company. per of Paid. Price.
Annum. Share. I
X a. d. £ s. d.
British • • • • • • .. • • • • .. _ i
Ditto Provincial.... it. sg. 20 0 0 20 0 0 I 21
Brighton • • .... • • ..., 51. 20 0 0 20 0 0 I 15
City of London .. •• .. 41 10s. 100 0 0 150 0 0 ,
Continental (3d Cap.)... 4/. 10s. 50 0 0 43 10 0
Equitable . .......... 1/. as. 50 0 0 all 26
Great Central .. .. .". • 71 per cent. 10 0 0 all 113 i?
Imperial .. •• .. .. .. .. W.& bonus. 50 0 0 all 8634
Independent ....... • • si. 40 0 0 9 It -
London • • .... • • • . • • • • , ,50 0 0 ~
Do., Part. Preference' 61.,per cent. 25 0 0 ~ 25
P -ce ix ............, 41. per cent. 60 0 0 50 0 0 26U
Rateliff .• .....-...., r. e 51. 1100 0 0 90 0 0 70
United General .. • • • • 21. l los. 5O 0 1
150 0 0 all 193(
Westminster Chartered 51. per cent, • t) „ 36
Ditto, New ......... 51. oer cent. 50 0 0 10 is 0 6%
MISCELLANEOUS.
Dividend Amount
Name of Company. per of I Paid. Price.
Annum. Share.
£ s. d. £ a. d.
Assam Tea • • .. .. .. •• s'. 50 0 0 20 0 0
loictirin Mart • • • • .. 2M per cent. 50 0 0
Australian Azriculturl 11. Is. 100 0 0 17 10 0 42%
Australian Trust .... 61. per cent. 25 0 0
Australian Royal Mail 5/. 10 0 0 all
A nglo -Mexican Mint.. I/. 105. 10 0 0 all .
British American Land 155. 40 0 0
Canada ... •......... 61. per cent. 100 0 0 32 10 0 941 i
Do. 5 per cent Bonds 51. per cent. ' is
Ditto, 6 per cent. .. 61. per cent. 1071,4
City Navigation Bonds -- —'''
Electric Telegraph (A) 7 per cent. 25 0 0 20 0 0 1654
Ditto .. •....... (B) 25 0 0 lb 0 0
Equitable Reversionry 51 pr. cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0
Ditto New . .... . 50 0 0 17 10 0
Gen. Revers. &Invest. 5 p. c. & bs, 100 0 0 100 0 0
Gen.SteamNavigation 10 p. ct. 15 0 0 14 0 0
Hudson's 8ay...... • • Stock.
Hungerford ...... • • .• 2/. ss. 100 0 0 100 0 0
London Institution ...
London Reversionary 5/. per cent. 15 0 0 a'l
Russell Institution • ... 12 10 0
Price's Patent Cand. Co 10/. per cent. 20 0 0 17 10 0
Reversionary Int. Soc. 4341. pr cent. 100 0 0 ,100 0 0
Royal Mail - team.... 41. p. share. 100 0 0 I 60 0 0 58
South A ustral ian • • .• 61. per cent. 25 0 0 I all 35
Trust and Loan Comp.
Upper Canada .. • •

REPRESENTATION OF WIGAN.—On Friday evening no
supply gentlemanthe
vacancy ad
in
really t h e offered
representation himself aso af tchaen
boroughdat e to
of Wigan, although ten days had elapsed since the death
of Mr. Thicknesse became known in the town. The
gentlemen whose names ase mentioned are the same as a
week ago, namely, Mr. Joseph Acton, mayor ; Mr.
Henry Woods, coal proprietor and cotton manufacturer,
both Liberals ; and Mr. Francis Sharpe Powell, bar-
rister at-law. Mr. Acton was chairman of Mr, Thick-
nesse's committee at the last election, and his proposer
on the hustings, and he appears to be regarded now as
the foremost man of the Liberal party. Mr. Woods is
a young man, but his claim is grounded on the fact that
at the last election a requisition, signed by numbers of
voters (chiefly Roman Catholics, displeased at Mr. Thick-
nesse's vote in favour of the Ecclesiastical Title Bill), was
presented to him, and he was only induced to decline
becoming a candidate lest his offering might prove an
obstacle in the way of Mr. Thicknesse's return. Mr.
Powell, who is a young man, and recently called to the
bar, is a Conservative, and offered at the last election,
but was defeated. As the Conservatives are now inla
minority, and Mr. Powell is not regarded in favour by
many of them, it is not expected that he will offer unless
there is a division in the Liberal parts. Up to yes-
terday morning about 150 voters had signed the requisi-
tion to Mr. Acton, and 40 others had promised to vote
for him in the event of a contest. The constituency
numbers about 750 electors. Mr. Woods is expected to
return from the continent to morrow. No committee
has been formed to promote his election, and some of
the friends of Mr. Acton purpose waiting upon him to
induce him to withdraw, and prevent disunion in the
ranks of the Liberal party.

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at the same fishing as Captain Penny, one of
as
full ; but Hai Captain Penny not been fully provided
with all the apparatus we have described, he wouldr not
have succeeded so well. which
hviwdeads
No traces of Franklin were found in this latitude.
The natives told Captain Penny of a supply of provisions
which had been lett at Navy Board Inlet, but none of
the expedition of Sir Edward Belcher had been met with.
Captain Penny, however, still holds to the belief that
there is a milder climate and a polar basin yet to he dis-
covered. He mentions that in 1850, when at Baillie
Hamilton's Island, in lat. 76.2, he found the saxifrage
fading in the flower ; while, on the 29th of the same
month, in 10 degrees further south, it was only coming
into flower. Abundance of deer and other wild animals
were met with last winter, but vegetation was in a very
low state. The weather during winter was unusually
severe, and this leads Captain Penny to hope that tho
ice might be broken up in higher latitudes, and facilitate
the work of the expeditions.

LIST OF SCOTTISH COMPANIES' PRICES.
Dividend Amount
Name of Company. per of Paid. Price.
Annum. Share.
£ s. d. £ a. d.
Rank of Scotland ...• V. per cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 179/ 0
British Linen Company B'. per cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 loalo
Caledonian Bunk .. 81. per cent. 10 0 0 210 0 3'. 18s
City of • lasgow Bank 51. per cent. 10 0 0 10 0 0 10/ 13s
Clydesdale Bank •• 5% /. p cent. 20 0 0 10 0 0 '2 4s
minercial Bank •• 7/. per cent. 5' 0 0 0 100 0 0 196/ es
Eastern Bank.. •• 61. per cent. 25 0 0 10 0 0 10/ 15s
Edinb & Glasgow .... 33¢S. p cent. 5 0 0 5 0 0 41. 121
Exchange Bnk of Scot.. 100 0 0 31 5 0
National Bank •• 514 per cent 50 0 0 10 0 0 I 5110 s
North of •=cot.and Bank Si per cent 20 0 0 210 0 4/. 7s
Royal Bank of ••-, cotl. .. 51. per cent . 100 0 0 100 0 0 1241 0
Union Bank of Scot. •• 81. per cent. 100 0 0 50 0 0 911 Os
Western Bank •• • • •... 71. per cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 751152
• iliance Fire and Life.. 8% /..pr cent 100 0 0 11 0 0 241 lOs
British Guarantee .... AL per cent. 10 0 0 2 0 0 11. Os
Caledonian Fire Insur 101. per cent. .60 0 0 10 0 0 25/. Oa
City of nlasgow Life.. per cent. 25 0 0 2 0 0 4/. 1 s
Colonial Life •5/. per cent. 30 0 0 1 0 0 s'. 2s
Edinburgh Life Insur. 01. per cent. 100 0 0 15 0 0 251 10s
Eng. & Scot, Law Life 51.pnr cent. 50 0 0 3 5 0 41. 7s
Life ssoc. of Scotland 6/. per cent. 10 0 0 110 0 4,. 15s
National Fire and Life 61. per cent. 10 0 0 1 0 0 11. 13s
North British Incur. •• 71. per cent. 200 0 0 20 0 0 34/ l's
icottish Union Insrnc. 7% /. pr cent. 20 '0
0 1 0 0 11/. lOs
'tandard Life •• •• • . 51. per cent. 50 0 0 7 0 0 171 Os
United Dep. Assurance 5/. per cent. 10 0 0 1 0 0

MURDER AT CROYDON.--On Saturday, at the Croy-
don police court, George Crull was charged on suspicion of
having murdered his fatherjon the 18th ult., at Croydon.
It appeared that the deceased, who was a labourer, was
found murdered in a field near the town. He was lying
on his side, with some blood near his mouth, and a hole
through the palm of his hand. Some silver was found in
his poket. The prisoner, when told of the death of his
father, was very excited, and inquired if there were any
marks on the body, and if the constable knew how the
deceased came by his death. On the same day a man
with whom the prisoner worked observed some blood
upon his clothes, which; he said, was caused by his
having had a fight. He directly afterwards went and
changed his coat, when the blood was discovered. One
witness deposed to having drunk with the prisoner at
several public-houses, and having fought with him, and
struck his nose, so that it bled. The magistrate said
there were some circumstances which were rather sus-
picious, but there was not evidence enough for him to
detain the prisoner. He was thereupon discharged.
THE FATAL RAILWAY ACCIDENT AT CROYDON.—James
Simpson, the driver of the excursion train which came
into collision with the ballast-engine at the East Croydon
station on the 21st of last month, was on Saturday
finally committed by the magistrates to take his trial on
a charge of manslaughter. His legal adviser, Mr.
Burgon, applied to have him admitted to bail, but the
application was negatived by the bench.
ANCIENT EGYPTIAN DENTISTRY.— Mr. Finney, a den-
tist, late of Alexandria, found a stuffed tooth in a
mummy, and several teeth in other mummies which bore
marks of Min.—Medical Times and acuVtc.

A COUNTY COURT SUMMONS SERVED IN CHURCH.—
On Saturday hat, some little commotion was caused
in St. Peter's Church, Blackburn; by one of the bailiffs
of the County Court attending in the church to serve a
summons upon a roan who on that day was interring
the remains of his child. During the scuffle the sum-
mons was served upon the wrong person. At the
County Court, on Monday last, the bailiff deposed that
he served the summons personally, but the wife of the
defendant appeared, and stated that the process was
served in the church, and upon another man, not the
defendant. His Honour (John Addison, Esq.), asked
the bailiff where he served the summons. The official
answered, "Not in the church, but in the porch." .The
Judge, indignantly, said it was neither a proper time
nor place to serve a summons of that court, and disT
missed the application to commit the man to prison.--
Mancitester Examiner.

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