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London, England, 1838-06-13 00:00:00

HOUSE OF I,IIRDS. JUNE 12.

The LORD CILANCELLOR took his seat on the Woolsack
about Five o'clock.
OATHS' VALIDITY BILL.

The Bishop of EXETER gave notice that on the bringing
up of the Repert on this Bill he would move an amendment.
Several Private Bills were brought up from the Commons.
PACTORIES' REGULATION.
Earl FITZWELLEAM presented a petition for the amend-
ment of the Factorie;' Act.
NEGRO SLAVERY.
The Bishop of EXETER pres,mted in,ny petitions from
the counties of C.►mbridge, Yorkshire. Leicester, and other
di tricts. for the at.olition of Negro sla‘ery.
GLASGOW WATER WORKS.

The Glasgow Water Works Bill was brought up from the
I- use of Comu.ons.
GLASGOW AND EDINBURGH RAILWAY BILL
The Report on this Bill was brought up.
NEGRO SLAVERY.

Earl TANKER VILLE presented several Petitions fur the
abolition of Nei To
Lord BROUGHAM presented petitioni to thm same effect
Pram Greenwich. Deptford, Tutbury, Leeds, Bolton, and
several other pit es in the counties of Nottingham and Lan-

cashire.
Lord ASHBURTON presented petitions to ti.e same
effect.

QUEEN'S BENCEI COURT.

On the motion of Lord DENMAN. their Lordships went
into Committee on the Queen's Bench Sittings Bill, to enable
the Judges of that Court to hold sittings in banc9 after Term,
which was agreed to without amendments.
Several Private Bills were advanced astage.
IMPRISONMENT FOR DEBT BILL.

The Order of the Day for the thi, d leading of the Impri-
sonmet:t for Debt Bill having been read,
The LORD) CHANCELLOR rose and said, that the
principle of this Bill was fully considered on the si•cond read-
tog, but as the:* Lordships had referred it to a Select Com-
mittee, and that Committee had made some considerable alte-
rations in it, he thooffht it right to call their Lordship's atten-
tion to those alteratiowi. Their Lordships would recollect
that this Bill originallyca.me from the House of Commons last
session, within a few days of the prorogation of Parliament,
which prevented the consideration of it by their Lordships at
that time. The Bill having had the sanction of the other
House, he thought that on introducing it to their Lordships '
during the present session it was best to offer it in the shape
in which it had passed the Commons. LI the Bill so presented
it was proposed to abolish imprisonment for debt in both stages
of a suit,—namely. on mesne process and also in execution.
In the Select Committee to which their Lordships referred
the Bill, there was very little diffcrencz.,, of opinion as to the
propriety of abolishing arrest upon mesne process. But
when they came to consider how far it was possible alto-
gether to abolish imprisonment in execution, very consider-
able difficulties occurred. He individually was anxious,
if possible, to efleet that object ; but on consideration
of the reasons urged by the other members of the Committee
he became satisfied that the total abolition of imprisonment
in execution could not safely be resorted to. He could riot
nee how it was possible to insure the due application of all
the property which a debtor might possess, of a nature not
tangible by any legal process, and which could alone be ob-
tained by a pressure upon the person, without resorting, in
some degree, to imprisonment in execution. Another reason
why it was impossible to abolish imprisonment altogether was
the necessity of giving effect to the jurisdiction of Courts for
the recovery of small debts. The description of persons sued
in those Courts excluded the idea of their having property
that was capable of being taken in execution. That was so
strongly felt that a provision in the original Bill prohibied
those Courts front arresting the person in any C:,SC. The
Jurisdiction of those Courts, which were most important and
beneficial to the public, would, he apprehended, become very
iineffectual, and probably would cease altogether, if some means I
were not provided by which they could enforce their orders and
decisions. It appeared, therefore, to the Select Committee,
that it was not consistent with what was due to the creditor
altogether to abolish imprisonment in execution. It next be-
'ttee to consider by what means
' in point of time, and what in-
,o the creditor to resort to that
possible cas s; and the Committee
;ill, with a view to attain those
great and principal alteration
Committee. The Bill, as it
of Commons, with a view to
anent, by enabling the creditor
tsible, out of such property as
to make various descrption+3

property, which, as the law now stood, were not liable to be '
taken in execution for debt, subject to that process. Their
Lordsl.ips were aware that as against the freehold property of
the debtor the creditor had at present the most ineffectual and
absurd remedy that could possibly be devised. The creditor,
by a writ of eleyit, could take one moiety or half-part of the
profits of the estate of the debtor. A second creditor could take
another moiety of the remainder, and so the process might go on
till the property of the debtor was nearly exhausted ; but it
never could be wholly taken from him, because there must re-
main a fragment in the shape of a half of the property against
which the last ant of elegit was issued. This process was not
very ineffectual, but led to great litigation, and was by no
means calculated to satisfy the demands of the creditor.
The proposition in the original Bill was, that the remedy by
writ of elegit should extend to the whole of the profits of the
estate. To that the Select Committee had added a further
provision, which he trusted would not appear to their Lord.
ships to be more than what ought to be given to the creditor.
It was this—that the judgment having been regularly regis
tered, after the expiration of a year from that time the cre-
ditor should be considered as having an equitable lien on the
estate itself, not for the purpose of obliging him to go into
the market under unfavourable circumstances, but for the pur-
pose of enabling him to enforce his equitable lien in the ordi-
nary way, namely, through the instrumentality of the Court
of Chancery. At present the creditor had a remedy only
against the profits of the estate, but by giving him an equi-
table lien on the estate itself he might ultimately obtain the
freehold. The interest of the debtor, however, was sufficiently
protected, for a whole year after thejudgment had been regis-
tered would be allowed him, to raise money on his property
for the discharge of the debt, if it did not amount to the full
value of the estate itself, by which means he might still retain
possession of the freehold ; but if the debt did amount to the full
value of the estate, then he was sure their Lordships would ad-
mit that it was right that the creditor should be able to dispose
of the property in order to recover his debt. Copyhold pro-
perty would be made subject to the like provisions as were ap-
plied to freehold. There were other descriptions of property
which were at present free from the operation of a writ of
execution for debt. Whatever amount of property the debtor
might have in the public funds, or might have invested in
shares in Companies of various descriptions (of which there
were now so many), the creditor had no means of touching it.
The Committee thought that property so circumstanced should
not be exempt from the operation of the law for the purpose
of enforcing the payment of debts. By the original Bill it was
provided that property which stood in the name of the debtor
in the public funds should be liable to a Judge's order for the
payment of the creditor suing. But that course was obviously
open to this difficulty, that possibly the money might not be-
, long to the debtor in whose name it stood ; he might be a
trustee for others. For although it was not usual for money
to stand in the name of one trustee, still it was not an impos-
sible case. To obviate this difficulty, it was by the same Bill
proposed that the Judge before whom the application was
made should ascertain and certify that the money was the pro-
perty of the debtor. That, he apprehended, might lead to abuse ;
it might lead to property being made liable for a debt which
did not belong to the debtor. In order to guard against this
abuse it was proposed, in the Select Committee, to give the
creditor, upon obtaining judgment and getting it registered,
the same equitable lien upon stock, or upon shares in public
Companies, and various other descriptions of property, as was
proposed to be given with respect to the landed property
of the debtor. But there were still other descriptions of
property to which the ordinary process of execution did not
extend,' such as bank notes, promissory notes, and bills of
exchange. With respect to bank-notes there was no diffi-
culty, because they could be treated by the sheriff as money.
But a difficulty would arise in applying that principle to
promissory notes and bills of exchange, which might be in
possession of the debtor, inasmuch as they could not be made
immediately available to satisfy the creditor. In the ori-
ginal Bill it was proposed that the creditor should have the
power given to him of bringing an action upon such bills of
exchange or promissory notes, and pay himself out of the
proceeds, accounting to his debtor for the surplus. But
their Lordships' Committee supposed that this might be sub-
ject to abuse, by the creditor withholding the surplus after
paying himself, and thus becoming in turn the debtor of the
original debtor. In order to guard against the possibility of
any such abuse, the provision, as it now stood in the
Bill, was that the action on such promissory notes or bills of
exchange should be brought by the sheriff, and having done
so, he should out of the proceeds retain so much as would pay
the creditor's demand, and then be accountable to the original
owner of those securities for the surplus, if any there were.
These various provisions were for the purpose of doing justice
to the creditor, by enabling him, if possible, to obtain the pay-
ment of his debt; but their Lordships would see when he came
to state the further provisions of the Bill, that the measure
would have other effects most beneficial to the debtor. The
provisions he had hitherto described having been introduced
for the satisfaction of the creditor, it was the unanimous
opinion of the Committee that arrest upon mesne procesa
should be abolished. But the creditor having brought his
action, and obtained judgment, and all these opportunities be-
ing afforded for procuring payment of his debt, it was obviously
necessary to provide for the event of his not after all being
able to find any property belonging to his debtor. This might
arise in various cases, and yet the debtor might, notwith-
standing, possess the means of paying the debt, though his
property might not be tangible is execution. In such cir-
cumstances payment could only be attained by pressure
upon the person. The debtor, for instance, might possess
property in foreign funds, which the Sheriff could not
obtain, though the debtor had the means of producing it.
Another reason against the total abolition of imprisonment in
execution was, that if that were to be the law, it would be im-
possible to guard against fraud. A party finding his cre-
clltor pressing upon him for payment, would endeavour to
put his property out of his creditors' reach, by placing it in
foreign securities ; then, if his person were made entirely
free from arrest, the creditor would necessrrily be without
remedy. It, therefore, appeared to the Committee that it
was impossible to do justice to the creditor, and prevent
fraud on the part of the debtor, without giving to the
creditor, under the circumstances he had mentioned, the
right of seizing the person of the debtor. Their lordships
were aware that by an Act, which would, however, expire in
the present y ear, a debtor might be released from prison by
means of the Insolvent Debtors' Court, on condition of satisfy-
ing that Court that he had given up all his property, lint for
the purpose of paying any particular creditor, but for the pur-
pose of being divided amongst the creditors at large. What-
ever might have been said o the provisions of that law, it
was obviously now become too much a pert of the law of the
land, to permit the law to relapse -into the state in which it was
before that Act passed. The state of the law before the
L,-
solvent Act passed was infinitely worse than it was now. If
that Act was exc edingly well administered, as he believed
it had been, although it was impossible in all cases to
avoid fraud. and although the dividends received and r
the Act had been very small, yet their Lordships
would not feel that this was the lima to permit
the law to relapse into that state in which a debtor, if he
once got into prison, whether he could pay qr not, must re
main there so long as his creditor chose to keep him. There
was, however, one great defect in the present las, which left
it open to this greatest of all abuses, namely, that a defendant
who had the means of paying his creditors, but whose property
is as so circumstanced that then could not get at it, might go
to prison and set his creditors at defiant', yet enjoy every in-
dulgenico which persons being in confinarnent on execution for
deist wr re itecescble to. By staying in prison he nrieht live
upoa and enjoy his fortune in spite of his creditors. 'Set if he
melt disposed to give up his property, he might conic out of
prison at any time, because the Insolvent Debtors' Act could
only be put into operation upon the appl'cation of the debtor
himself. The creditor had nu means of enforcing it. his
was obsi nialy unjust towards the creditor. The Committee
considered that the creditor should have the opportuuity of
pu!ting the Insolvent Debtors' Act in force, as a ell as the
debtor. But in giving him this power it would be first ne-
cessary that he should imprison the debtor. Their Lord-
ships would perceive by the provision on this head, how far
the interests of the debtor wins considered ; but, at the same
time, what inducements were held out to the creditor not to
enforce the law of' arrest in execution, it' he could obtain
pa) rnent without it ? So long as the creditor could find
property belonging to the debtor he would have the right of
applying that property to the payment of his own individual
debt, provided he had not resorted to the law of arrest in exe-
cution ; but having once imprisoned his debtor then there
would be allowed twenty-one days, during which the debtor
alone might apply to enforce the provisions of the Insolvent
Act; or during that period of time the debtor might, by satis-
fying the demand of the individual creditor at w hose suit he
was arrested, obtain his liberation. Any other creditor might
pursue time same operation if he pleasecf, but those alone en-
gaged in the contest would be the particular creditor and
debtor. If, however', after twenty-one days the defendant did
not satisfy the debt, or apply for the benefit of the provisions
of the Insolvent Debtors' Act, then the creditor would have
the power of applying to the Court to pot into operation the
provisions of that Act, but the effect of which would be im-
mediately to vest all the property of the debtor in an assignee,
who would hold it not for the benefit of the individual creditor I
suing, but for all the creditors of the insolvent debtor generally.
The Bill had become one of considerable bulk ; but the new
portion of it was principally comprehended in the twentieth
acetion. The Noble and Learned Lord then recapitulated the
provisions of the measure. It abolished arrest for debt on
mesne procesa ; but in cases in which it appeared that the
debtor was about to leave the country, an application to a
judge, satisfying him of the existence of the debt, and of the
intention to abscond, the judge we; to have the power of di-
recting the issue of a warrant for the arrest of the debtor ; and
after judgment he was to have the pomser of' compelling the
debtor to surrender all his property. Their Lordship's Com-
rnittee had taken this and all other points connected with the
subject into their serious consideration ; and they thought that
the adoption of time measure, in its present form, was the most
likely way of effecting the desirable objects in view. He,
therefore, moved the third reading of the Bill.
Lord A iiHB URTON was of opinion thot the Bill had
been considerably improved by the amendments which it had
received in their Lordships' elect Committee ; and that the
country was much indebted to the Noble and Learned Lords
who had paid so much attention to the subject, He still,
however, maintained (although he had taken the aense of
the Committee unsuccessfully on the question) that personal
arrest for debt would in some instances be found absolutely
necessary. The power of ordering that arrest being no
longer in existence, it would in many cases be extremely
difficult to get at he property of the debtor. NO in the
Bi:chits' courts, and in the sitiail enorts, the motley due to
tine creditor was, in nine cases out of tea, :cargediately forth-
coming. it appflarod to him to be impossible that rig honest
debtor, who was prep red ;0 surrender all his effects, could
long remain in prison ; ansi a raogi.cl see no reason, therefor:,
for not putting the check of a fear of imprisonment on those
who were ready rashly to incur debt, without possep,ipE thr.,

means of liquidation. They were ready to punish with im-
prisonment a man who merely stole apocket handkerchief, and
they were unwilling to visit with the same punishment a man
ho incurred a debt of considerable amount, when he knew he
had not the means of paying. It was a good maxim, that
misfortune ought not to be punished as if it were guilt; hut
there was a great and prevailing delusion with respect to the
distinction between misfortune and guilt.
Lord BROUG H A M observed that nothing could be more
fair and candid than the statements of his Noble Friend who
had just sat down; nor could there be better authority on
such subjects than that of his Noble Friend, who had been all
his life extensively connected with the mercantile world.
Nevertheless, this fallacy appeared to run through the whole
of his Noble Friend's statements—namely, that a person who
wag arrested for debt was alwa', s able to find the means of
liquidating that debt, if he chose to do so. Now, that he
denied. No part of the subject had been more deeply in-
vestigated by the Select Committee. But on a comparison
of all the reasons on the one side and on the other, they had
ult:mately made up their minds to abolish arrest on ntesne
process. A man might be falsely arrested on :nestle process,
and suffer imprisonment for a considerable time before the
injustice of the case was discovered. The strongest practical
evidence had been given before the Committee in favour of
the abolition. A grocer, whose annual transactions in busi-
ness amounted to four or five hundred thousand pounds,
gave the strongest evidence in favour of the abolition. He
entirely agreed with his Noble Friend that the measure was
very different from what it was originally. It now con-
tained 116 clauses. The whole of its machinery was different.
It was not liable to the same objections as before it went
into the Committee ; and was in fact, infinitely improved.
In his opinion, therefore, great praise was due to the Com-
mittee. To any participation in that praise he was not en-
titled, for he had been unable to attend ; but a Noble and
Learned Friend of his not then present had taken a very ac-
tive part in the modification of the measure. If the ( Lord
brougham) were asked if he was quite satisfied with the Bill
as it now stood, he should say no ; there were many little
points in which he could see objections. But as affording
security to the creditor, and as releasing the debtor
from treatment unnecessarily severe, he heartily ap-
pr ,ved of the Bill, and cordially concurred in the
motion for reading it a third time. He was at
a loss, however, to understand why it should be confined
to England. Ireland laboured under similar evils ; and he
could not see why the provisions of the Bill should not be ex-
tended to that country. It appeared to him to be an anoma-
lous state of things, after the Union, to allow one part of the
empire to remain subject to the hardships of imprisonment,
while another part was freed from them. If there was any
one part of the Bill from which he expected greater benefit
than from any other, it was that it would limit the inclination
of shopkeepers to give extensive credit. At present they
exhibited the utmost recklessness on that subject. The fact
was, that shopkeepers made the customers who did pay them
liquidate the debts of the customers who did not pay them.
Ile knew a very respectable tradesman who actually showed
him by his books how much he was in the habit of adding to
his (Lord Brougham's) bills in order to make good the defi-
cient payment of other customers.—( A laugh.) Whatever
deficiencies existed in the Bill might be supplied by subse-
quent measures. It would much improve the jurisdiction of
the Insolvent Court to create in it official assignees, similar
to those in the new Court of Bankruptcy, by which 80 per
cent. of the property had been recovered from the value of a
thousand pounds down wards.
The Earl of WICKLOW—As a means of having this law
extended to Ireland, he should move a clause, after the third
reading, with that view.
Lord ABINGER was quite willing to acknowledge that
the Bill was now presented in an amended form, but he must
be allowed to express considerable doubts as to its giving
satisfaction. The creditors, generally speaking, had not pe-
titioned for it. There might have been some who expressed
their opinions on the subject, but he believed there wero
few or none at all who had petitioned in favour of this '
Bill. To give his opinion shortly, he should state that credi.
tors would not be satisfied with this Bill, because the security
for recovering their debts was impaired ; and the debtors would
not approve of it, because he had reason to believe that
the great body of the persons who had petitioned in fa-
vour of sonic change with regard to the law of impri-
sonment for debt wero precisely those persons whom this
Bill would affect in such a way as to compel them, very much
against what they deemed to be their own interest, to make
a surrender of their property to their creditors. By the
Lords' Act when a man's debts were not of a larger amount
than 3001. he might after a year's imprisonment be
brought up before the court, and compelled to make an as-
signment of all his property under pain of transportation. But
when 117 s debt exceeded 3001. he was not liable to have any such
proceeding taken against him; and the consequence was that
he preferred living many years in prison and enjoying his pro-
perty to making an assignment of it, or taking advantage of
the Insolvent Act. It was obvious that this class which re-
frained from taking advantage of the Insolvent Debtor's Act
roust he opposed to the present Bill for taking their property
float them by a summary process. He certainly thought that
a great improvement in the law might be effected by diminish-
ing the power of imprisonment for debt on meme process, and
thus advancing the liberty of the subject, while at the same
time that which was most essential to the liberty of the subject
might he preserved—he meant the security of the creditors
against their debtors. As to this country or commerce itself
existing without credit, the notion was absurd. He remem-
bered a Dutch proverb—and the Dutch were a good autho-
rity on this subject—which said, .• You can bear up against
the loss of your friend, or the failure of your banker ;
but if you lose your credit you lose everything." As credit
' mast unquestionably be given, he thought the law was best
which made the debtor feel that his inteaest coincided with
the moral obligation which he laboured under to pay
his debts ; and he could not help thinking that the
apprehension which a man suffered of the consequences of his
net discharging his liabilities had a very considerable influence
in inducing the greater part of mankind to meet them. It
was well kficrvn that there was a large number of persons in
this metroaolis who had no substantial property, and whose
incomes were yet sufficient to enable them to support them-
selves and families in affluence. He alluded to such persons
as clerks in Government offices and merchants' clerks. What
el.d the creditor gain by his process of execution under this Bill
against such persons ? Nothing. It was sail that this law
would make the creditor more cautious as to whom he t-usted.
nut it was admitted that the shopkeeper was induced to
(sive credit from the competition in his calling ; the greater
the danger of bad debts the stronger was the necessity for
cnleiging the number of debtors, in order to secure himself
se.'inst ultimate loss. He gave his consent to this Bill with
e
great doubt. He did not mean to say that some measure
was not requisite on the subject, because the incessant agi-
tation of the question elsewhere called for legislation. lie
was not aware that a better measure could be propounded
at present, though he had great fears as to any advantage re-
sulting from it, and he apprehended that it would be soon
found not to answer all the purposes even of those most de-
sisous of passing it.
The LORD CHANCELLOR remarked that with regard
to the appointment of efficial essgnees referred to by the Noble
and Learned Lord ( Lord Brougham) it must be kept in mind
tint the property in bankruptcy was generally great, while
that in insolvency was of small amount. But there was a
clause in the present Bill which enabled the Commissioners to
appoint a person similar to the official assignee, who was to
have for his service 5 per cent. on tie amount recovered.
The Duke of WELLINGTON was understood to pro-
pose that a clause nhould be inserted giving compensation to
!hose who should lose their fees by the operation of this B'll•
The Bill was then read a third time, and the House ad-
journed.

MEMOIRS OF THE LIFE AND CHARACTER OF
lIr•.NKY V. BY J. ENDELL TYLER, B. D.—We are requated to state
that the rwm historical work, dedicated by permission to her Most
Gracious Majesty, entitled " Memoirs of the Life and Character of
Henry the Fifth, as Prince OT Wales and King of Eng!and," by J. Endell
Tyler, 8.D., (in 3 vols. Bvo , with a Portrait of Henry), is published
this day by Mr. Bentley, New Burlington-street, Publisher in Ordinary
to tier Majesty, and may now be obtained of all Booksellers. Agents :
flit' Scotland, Messrs. Bell and Bradfute, Edinburgh; for Ireland, Mr. J.
Cumming, Dublin.

THE DUKE OF VICENZA'S (CAULINCOURT)
MLutnas or NAPOLEON.—The revelations of the Duke of Viccnza ex-
tend over nearly the whole of Napoleon's career, he having been singled
out and promoted, very soon after the Consulate. But, if we except
some highly amusing and graphic anecdotes of the Court of Russia, the
great interest of this book lies in the very clear and unreserved details it
presents of the Emperor's conduct under his reverses. To no one did he
unburthen himself as he did to Caulincourt. He had been, among his
Ministers, almost the only one whom he made his friend. For the Duke
of Vicrniza, independent of his great intellectual superiority (which with
Napoleon was always the highest recommendation), had also commanded
his respect by the free dignity with which he at all times dared to oppose
his fixed ideas, and to remonstrate with him, when he saw that either
his blind reliance on fortune, or his pride, that could not brook retrogra.
dation, was hurrying him into measures dangerous to himself and to
France.—Courier.

hism Col_s
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loge, th
In a letter addressed to Lord Aberdeen, on behalf
of the ta
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of
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Doctore Grd Graduates eism
Divinity,
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subscribingK
Chairman, complains of her Majesty's Commissioners having recom-
Se int(cH,::.gG Committee
mended " the abrogation of graduation oaths, by which the Protestant
character of the Colleges is to be done away, and their honours made ac-
cessible to Papis!s, Infidels. Jews, Mahommedans, men of any religion,
or of no religion." Honours ! all this fuss is made about a
proposal to
abolish certain antique oaths. administered to Masters of Arts on their
graduation. The alarm this proposal has excited in the minds of the
Graduates and Alumni of King's College, were it real, would indeed
surprise us; for, judging from the published evidence of the Professors
of that College, on their mode of granting the degree of Master of Arts,
it would have occurred to 116 that the honour was not one very likely
to be coveted by any Papist or Infidel, Mahommedan or Jew.—Atcr_
deems licrald.

THE SATIRIST.---P/lbilC men, it must be eon-
fcssed, are public proper' y, and therefore they arc bound to put up with
vioknt personal attacks, among the other things " which flesh is heir
to ;" but this cannot be an excuse fur the man who drags furth private
individuals and attempts to point at them the finger of scorn. By some
means or other, Colonel Charritie obtained one of the letters to the Sa-
tiri,st, which contained libellous remarks upon ens of the most respec-
table fai,siUeg resident amongst us, and, on Friday afternoon, he met
Mr. H. In the High-street, and publicly accused him of being
the writer of the litter, and said the seal bore an impression of his crest.
Mr. L---,thus taken by surprise, acknowledged the authorship of
the lctter, and the gentlemen around publicly expressed their contempt
for anonymous slanderers.—Chcltozham Journal.

The following is a list of the puffs which Mr.
Erras ;Mcdonnell imputes to his old friend and countryman, Mr.
O'Connell f.••••`" The puff courteous and the puff' contemptuous—the
puff postulant and the puff petulant—the putTcoaxing and the puff corn.
plaining—the puff sublime and the putt soeaking,,,,the Nintinident
and
the puff denouncing—the puff swaggering and the puff swindling_the
Puff mod;,cant and the puff termagant—the puff heartless and the puff
humbugging !" Dogs tlip Times continue to exhibit this gentleman
out of pure hatred to IriA 6tholics, to 6119 K, who would turn the spit,
should Orangemen ever have the pleasure of Foastittf O'Connell ?'

PRICES OF CANALS, DOCK STOCKS,

ASS UR ANCE COMPANIES,&c. &c. &c.

LONDON, TUESDAY, JUNE 12.
Number Dividend Price
of per CANALS, per
Shares. Annum. Paid. Share
1,766 7 pet cent. Ashton and Oldham-. Average 97/.185. sh. 135
1.082 41. Ashby-de-le-Zouch Average I If.:.011. 65
1,260 Basingstoke lOO/.0. 5
1,005 5!. Brecknock and Abergavenny... ... . l5O, st. 100
S,lkli) I-16sh. 91 6s. Birmingham, 1-16th share 811. & 711. 220
i (4),) Ditto and Liverpool J unct...1.09/ sh. 100 pi b4l
600 nr. Bridgewater and Taunton ...JOU sh. all pd 64
CO 4/ Chelmer and Blackwater 1001. sh. 102
500 481. C)ventry 'OW. sh. 745
4,545
... C:oydon
2,0601 41. 01, Dudiey lOO/.Bh. 83
6wo 14t. Derby 1001. sh. 135
20,000 4 per cent. Danube and Mayne 4ll. 13s. 4d .pd 331,4
3,575: 3/. Ellesmere and Chester Average 1331. sh. 77
231 461. Erewash ' 001. stn. 700
1,297 28!. Forth and Clyde Average 400r.165. ch. 590
11,600 121. Grand Junctior, 1001. sh. 205
2,8491 H. Grand Union 1001. sh 25
1.500 Grand Surrey
20,000/. 4/. per cent. Ditto (optional) Loan 109/. 'H)
3,696 Grand Western
600 13/.125. iid. Glam,rganshire, Average cost 172/. 13s. 4d, 230
749 101. Grantham 150/. sh. 202
6,238 21. Os. Huddersfield Average 571. 6s. (3d. sh. 37
100 Kensington 100 sh. all pd. 10
25,.328 11. ss. Kennet ind Avon, Average:l9/.lBs. 10d. sh_ 259
2,8971 24/. Leeds and Liverpool 100/. sh. 1310
545 a 131. Leicester 140!. sh. WO
1,897 61. Os. Leicester and Northampton... Aver 531. 10s. 95
2.400 101. Monmouthshire 100/ .sh. 200
150 10/. Melton Mowbray 1001. eh. 200
500 251. Mersey and 'swell ;$000/. sh. 565
3.000 IL 10s. Macclesfield 1001. sh. all pd. 52
247 17/. Neath 1001. sh, 325
2,100 5/. Peak Forest Average about 781. sh. 04
1,418 12s. Regent's (or London) Aver. 33/. 16s. Bd. sh. 16
5,669 6!. per cent. Rochdale Average 851. sh. I 1
500 81. Shropshire 1251. sh. 138
800 9/. 10s. Somerset Coal 1501. sh, 1511
3,6001. 41 per cent Ditto Lock Fund Stock l2/. 105. sh. 111
700 40/. Stafford and Worcester l4O/. sit. 710
500 9/. Shrewsbury 1251. sh, VO
300 91. Stourbridge l4si. sh. 330
3,647 21. On. Stratford-on-Avon ...Average 791. 9s. 66. sh. 40
333 151. Swansea lOW. sh. 250
3,762 11. 15s. Severn and Wye and Railway-Av 35!. sh. 35
2,601 sh. 321. 10s. Treat and Mersey, 1 share lOW. sh. 580
8.149 Thames ..nd Medway...Aver. 19/. os. Sd. sh. 2
1..101)sh. j
, '`g,
I,ooolsh " Warwick a,id Birmingham 100/. sh 281
950 156, Warwick and Napton lOO/. sh. 4)0
6,000 4/.os. Worces4-.r and Birmingham...Av.7B4 Bs. sh. 791
5,000 25,. Wilts anu Berks .. Average 67/. 10s. Bd. sh. 23
800 3/, ‘ll, yrley and Essington 1251. sh 75
126 ...... Wisbeach
903 le. Wey and Arun llO/. sh. 221
DOCKS.

!PIO 8r
001. sh. 56
1,065i5h } 3p. c Commercial
193,667:/. 6 per et. East India Stock 114
3,2:35,31(4/. 50s. p.c t. London
Ditto Bonds lOl
1,.390,000/. 41. p. et. West India Stock 109
2/. I9s. Bristol

68,324/. 5/. per cent. Ditto Notes, various amounts ---
115
1,352,752 5 percent. St. Katharine Stock 103
500,000 4,1 per cent. Ditto Bonds lOO
2..:.000 4 per cent. Ditto Bonds feu' 10 years looa
2.500 ...,. Deptford Piet2ol. sh. 20/. pd 11

.. _ .
BRIDGES.
1,600 Ifs. Hammersm.ti 5O/. sh. 20
7,2:31 Southwark, Old Av. 631. 2s. 8(1. sh. 2
1,700 11. 15s. Ditto, New, of 7! per cent. 5Ol. sh. 14
5,000 Waterloo lOOl. sh. 3
5,000 18s. Bd. Ditto, Old Annuities of 8/. SO/. pd 19
5,000 16s. 4d. Ditto, New Ditto of 71 40/. pd 171
130,000/. 5/. per cent. Ditto Bonds llB
5,848 17s Vauxhall...... ......... Avlrage 701. 10s. 3d. &h 22

ASSURANCE! COMPANI'ES.
2,000 3/10s Albion 5001. sh. 501. pd 89
50,000 [slne,r, MA Alliance, British & Foreign 100/. sh. 10}1. pd 131
50,000 6 per cent. Ditto, ',gothic 1001. sh. 51. pd O
24,000 1l per oh. Atlas 5O/. sh. Si. pd 14t
1,200 }eh. Si. Birmingham hire
20,000 41. per cent. British Fire . 250!. sh. 50/. pd 40
12,000 61. percent. British Commercial 501. sh. 51. pd 5;
5,000 5/. percent. Clerical, Medial, &c. Life, ICO/.sh. 21100 pd 4
4,000 2/ 100 County 1001. sh. 101. pd 40}
20,000 ss. Eagle
301 bs.
„„ f
'„ant4 per centa
Economic Lilt; l6OO/. sh. 250!. pd 375
'''' t 1
2,271 225. per cent. European Li, • 'OO/. sh. all pd 22
60,000 2s. Ditto, New 2O/ sh 2!. pd it
1,000,000/. 71. per ct. Globe Stock 145
20,000 51* Guardian lOOl. oh. 2711 pd 35
40,000 fis. 6d. Hope `,Ol. sh. 51. pd 51
'2,400 5/. 73. fid. Imperial Fire 5001. sh. 50/. pd 127
7,500 9s. Imperial kite 100/. sh. 101. pd 101
13,458 41. percept. Indemnity 514rine ...... ......... RV. oh. 8/. IA 23
2,020 3! 105 Kent Fire 50/. oh. all pd 82
31. Ditto Life
10,r00 Ills. Law Life 100/. sh. 101. pd 251
5.000 100. London, Firs. 25/ sh. 111. 10s. pd lii
3,900 10s. London, Ship 251 sh. 121. 10s. pd 16
1,000,00 e/. ... ..... Minerva Life 100/. oh.
30,0 .0 .4. per cent. Palladium lA, 50/. sh. 2!. pd 2/ 80 04
50,000 4!. per cent. Protector Fite nO/. sh. 2/. pd 17s Od
2,500 11. Provident Llie lOO/. sh. 101. pd 20
100,000 ss. Rock Life 00/. sh. 1/. lid 6;
6.0,220/ 5/. per cent. Royal Exch.tiige Stock-, 2251
6,000 5 per cent. University Life lOOl. sh. 5!. pd 51
50,000 4 per cent. United King•lom Life 1001. sh. 51. pd 71
JOINT STOCK BANKS

25,000 S per cent. Agric. and Comm. of Ireland 25/. sh. 10/. pd 14
5,000 A ustrala- ia 4O/. sh. 401. pd 66
10,000 10 percent. Bank of Bit iningham SCI. sh. 10/. pd 13
tO,OOO IA per cent. Birmingham Bank 5O/. sh. 5/. pd iri
0,000 5 per cent. London and Westminster .„1001 ch. 20/. pd 211
.1,000 4 per cent. Lancaster 100/. sh. 201. pd 50
'25,000 Liverpool... 1001 sh. 10/. pd 23
100,000 71 per coat Manchester amid Liverpool} 501. sh. 15!
pd 204
Distri^.
20,000 7 per cent. Manchester. 100/. sh. 25/ pd 27
20,000 Provincial 11 ink of Ireland 100/. sh. 251. pa 43
50,11 CO National Bank of Ireland s"l. sh. 1714 pd 15:
10,000 5 per cent. National Provincial Eng. „JOU sh. :15/. pd 341
10,000 Gloucestershire 5O/. sh. 10/. pd 20
11,000 10 per cent. Hampshire 50/. sh. 51. pd 9
GAS LIGHT AND COKE COMPANIES.
0,500 115 s 63 Bath 2Ol. sh. 11/. pd 24
5,000 British 4O/. sh. 16/. pd 211
v.,,,,, c5/.percent.}
Ditto Provincial
land Bs. ss. 20/. sh. 19 d 221
928 Si lOs Birmingham 5O/. sir. 93
1,250 21 Os Bristol 2Ol. sh. 36
1,500 3/ 101 Brighton . 901. sh. 111
750 3/ 10s Ditto, New 2O/. sh. 181. pd 9
2,471 41 per cent. Brighton General 20/. sh. all pd 17
1,000 4/. Continental Consolidated lOO/. 621/. pd CO
1,000 101. City of London ...............1001. sh. all pd 196
1,000 ca. Ditto, New
5,0110 4/. 10s. Equitable .42. pd 004
10,1 00 24 per cent. Imperial
16)0 5/. per cent. Isle of 'llianet 251 sh 2O!. pd 20
2,1150 Cl. per cent. ' ndependent V/. sh. all pd 49
,r,wo 31. per cent. Phcenis: ... 5(l/. sh. 391. pd 211
1,000 4/. per cent. Ilatcliff 1101. sh. 80/. p 3 58
I,'). 0 South Mutropolitan
4,200 5/. per cent. United General 5Ol. sh. 46/. pd 291
210 5/. per cent. Warwick 501. sh. 50*
o'4lo 5!. per cent Wakefield
2,11,0 3/.
Westncinst,r Chartered
6,000 12s. Ditto New 5ll. sh. 10/. pd 9-:
AGO Yarmouth _
__
___ _
____ _ 20/. sh. 181. pd 9

WATER WJIIKS.

1,500 gs. Birmingham 25/. sh. 25/. pd 211
1,134 R. East London lOO/. sh. 110
5,500 2! lOs (Sr ind Junction ....Average 11! 13s. 4d. sh. •54
2,00(1 2/. Kent . 100/. sh. 43
372 10/. Liverpool Bootle 9201. sh. 3::6
1,500 2/ lOs Now rover London Bridge Water Annuities 591
6,486 1/ 15s 51anehestet and Salford lOO/. sh. 54
1,000 I per wit.. FAtith Lon.lon lOO/. sh. 87
4,294 4/. West Middlesex ....Average 031. 12s. 9d. sh. 941
1.360 1/ lls York BuiMior,, Co. Lessee Prop 1001. sh. 35
__ ..

_
IRON RAILWAYS.
11,300 ......... Birmingham and Derby 30/. pd 21/
1.239:,,oc(5;.(:::: .
........
üßli,r,rneinncgi:am and Gloucester
15; 00 ......... Bristol and Exeter 100/. sh. 10 pd S
......... Calcutta and Saugur 50/ O. 2/. pd 04
7,500
••• - •.. Cheltenham and G. Western...loo/. sh. 731 11
100/. sh. 1001, pd 411
io ......... Commercial Blackwall 511/. sh. 2/. pd 51
4 d
1;80::)°016,0 ......... Dublin and Kilkenny 100/. sh. 2
....... Eastern Counties 25/. sh. 5/. p 1 40/
......... Grand Junction 100/. sh. 101. p I 181
......... Great North of England
5,Q0 ••'•"••. Great Western 101)1. sit. 65/, pd 87
2,0 )0 Hartlepool 101,1. sh. 1001 pd 100
8,000
"""••. Hull and ,cloy 501. sh. 15/. isl 12
I°MOO ....... .. Leeds and Manchester 1001. sh. 3/. pd 14
2,1110 3/. per cent. Leeds and Selby 100 sh. 65
1,511) 1/.55. Leicester and Swannington -.5.1. sh. all pd 751
.5,103 10 per rent. Liverpool and Manchester...lo(LO). 100/, psi 195
10 per cent. Ditto Quarter Shares "5/. pd 61
36,000
......... London and Brighton st:/. sh. 11/. pd 111
12,iiii0
......... London and Blackwall 5Ol. sh 3/ pd 51
,0011 3 per cent. London and Greenwich 'Si!. sB. 204 pd 151
.15,111J00
......... London and Birmingham ...100/. sh. 904 pd 174}
......... Ditto Quarter Shares 5/. p 4.1 293
20,1100 London and Southampton -.50/. sh. 501. pd 401
......... Ditto ditto New .. lOl pd 9.81
6
1%000 London and Croydon Trunk 2C/ sh. 24q. pd 16
,00
......... Ditto New Scrip 2/. 10s. pd 41
12,00 rt
....... .. London Grand Junction 5./. sh. 5/. pd 14
13 ,too
10C/. sh. 15/ pd 39
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......
...
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ja,d,t,iidi .erne,di
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nil
.0....,/,.,
.sihs.h3l7l/1.. pod 478 i
1.2.13,:1'i :1111 10/ ..
pe.r...0 ..... SouthPStroecs ot
OE)
Northe,n and Eastern lOO/. sh. til. pd 5
50/. sh. 3.'/. pc! 20
100/. sh. 240
9,000 ......... Titax:cs Haven
taiasn,tietildr nWpaYanrrceli i Dover
nzt
on
501. sit 21 les. pd 01
1,4)0) ......... Westminster and Greenwich 50/. sh. '2/. pd Of
6,000 ......... York and North Midland ...50 • sh. 12/, pd 11/
MINES.
'4,00.1
......... Albion Copper Si. sh. 31/. pd 12
1,000 I/. ss. A !ten 151. eli. 121. lOs pd 13
111,090 ... ..... Anglo Mexican, iss. 5/. pin.... 100/. sh. all rid 31
Ditto Subscription 95/. pa 4
2,000 1 'l. BoLinos
10,000 U. 10s Brazilian Imp. iss. 5/. pm 'l5/. sh. 20/. lid 22
6,0 0 ...... Macatihas & Cocaes United _251. sh, 2/. pd 9
11,000 Ditto St. John Del Rey 90/. sh. 0/. pd 54
10,0110 Bolivar Copper Company. 201. sh. '2O/. pd 5
10,(000 .. .... Ditto Scrip 10/. sh. 10/. pd 3
20,00) British Iron .. SO/. sh. 501 pd 9-3
6,000 British Copper 5l. sh. 43/. pd il
Cata Branca 614 pd 84
cCoals:Lalopnoga 7l/. pd 7/
10,000 1/
8,500 ... Coluinloan, iss. 5/. pm.
2,850 w. English ' l2/ Its. pd 123
20,000 Central Milling Association...2o/. sh. 161. pd 9
6,155 Mexican Company 10111. sh. 554/. pd 5
3,000 Polherou Consols. lO/. sh 81. pd 53
11,500 Real del Monte, Unregistered l2
Ditto Loan Notes l5O/. pd ISO
1.0,000 Unites/ Mexican, iss. 2pm ...AM sh. all pd 24
DA, t. Scrip
3;
Ditto New Scrip 5l p 4 32
West Cork 50/. sh. 50/. lid 384
LITERARY INSTITUTIONS.
1000 London, with Bronze Ticket 75gs. sh. 21
l'soo Lonitm University
116:::,,i.0)?)))00)
4(
11/..
ip,
ceiris..cc.ectil
cent. British
Canada
aruintsait:arlii,i,llS.cickCionnElr)ga,le.nraVLai
LOirislail 1
.CS...(r:
1001. sh, all pd 231
10 0 Russell 25gs. sh. 74
King' College 100/. pd `26
p/a.nsyb 2C213/1.. pd
4
2, ,4):000 51..
..per..
.. cent.
..
Thames
, ahi
otUayumptßieet Canada
hoe:rord,:scn,
i4ieper
e Company
rI Loan
City ti lOO/. sh. 281. pd
0(000 1/. (is. General Steam Navigation ...151. sh. 13/. pd
In/. per cent. Hulson's Bay Stock
11. London Corn. Sale Rooms Av. 75/. sh.
"51 sit. 123/. pd
National Loan Fin.d 2/. ss. pi
New Brunswick Land Compatry 43/. pd
2,754 5/, par cent. Reversionary Interest 50c...100/. sh 100/. pd
.i 033 5/. per cent. Ditto New 100/. sh. 70/. pd
_,
50/. sh. all pd
Gs. Van Die.ner.'s Land 10,000 lOOl. sh. 17/. lid

0000
R,OOO
500,LOri.

44
12
3p
96
110{
22

LIST OF SCOTTISH COMPANIES' PRICES.
APRIL 28, 1838.
B AN KS.
, „now,. 6/. p. ct. Bank of Scotland 83/. Os Rd. sh. all pd 19'1.
.!.;.!,‘,- „„ 1. 51, p. cL lloyal of Scotland 100/. sh. all pd 11,11/.
2,ts-,14.4,Wei 8' p. ct. British Linen Company 1001. sh. :di pd 2.361
...,•67r,'.000/. N. p. ct. Commercial .................. 5001. sh. 1001. pd 150/.
.i.
jc..,,....„. , ~. et,. National .... , .............. .....100/.sh. 10/. pd 161/.
„AWL 6/ p. et. Glasgow Union ............... 250/. sh. 50/. pd 7611.
'7O ,40/ 4p. ct. Western of Scotland ... . ..2001. sh 301. pd 43/.
4,1 , • INSURANCE COMPANIES.
25! moosh clip. ct. Scottish Union ................ .90/. sh. 1/, pd 26s
_,,,x, oi p. ct. Hercules ...................... 100/. sh. 10/. pd 131 S.
sp. ct. Insurance Co. of 'Scotland - ,10/. sh. all Pd 81 5s
I nr,ooo
6 p. et. North British .................
~. t .
too/. sh. 101. pd 16/.
50,000
1,000 sp. et. Caledonian Fire ............... 100/. sh. 101. pd 1910.
moo 6p. ct. Edinburgh Life. .............. 100/. sh. 101. pd 14/10s
100,000 31 p. ct. West at Scotland lOl. pd Is Os
MISC ELLANEo us
4,810
Etlin. and Glas. Un. Cana1...501. ch. all pd 224
Ditto Allocated
..........,61.
sh. all pd 65/,
5000 5 per cent. Edinb. Joint Stock: 'ater....25/. sh. all pd U,.!,
Carron Iron Company ?,
.504 eh, 411 -,-,d 441.
4 oopsh 15 per cent. Shottt Iron Foinioril ......... ,501. sh 38/. pd 514
10,01 id 3 per cant. zksinburgh & Leith G1i55....20/. sh. 16/. pd 6/.
4,500 10 per cent. Edinburgh Coal Gas ............ 25/. sh. all pd 661
4,450 10 per cent. Glasgow Gas. .....................251. sh. all pd 1311
750 7/ per cent. Leith Coal Gas .... .. ,..20/. sh. all pd 451.
;206
Edinburgh and DalkeiVh itarway...so/. sh 351.
3 030 s per cent. Equitable Loan Corniiany...ls/. sp. 131. pd 101.
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