The Sun.
London, England, 1853-10-11 00:00:00

Reform majority on the day's revision.. 39

THE BARNSTAPLE BRIBERY COMMISSION.—A n trysl
proceeding has been adopted in this town with regal ti.i to
the extensive bribery proved before the Comtnissioqiers
to have prevailed at the last election. The Chief )m-
-rnissioner (Mr. Michael Prendergast), at the the ter mi.
natio-n of the proceedings, delivered an address, in which
he expressed his sorrow at what had been proved to h eve
taken, place in a town where the gospel was preach ed.
from the pulpits of the various churches and chape 1g-
Several of the Dissenting ministers, in consequence,.
agreed last week to hold "special religious service s for
humiliation, prayer, and exhortation, in reference to the,
recently-manifested corruptions in the borough." A feet-
ings for prayer were accordingly held, and addresses I
were delivered on "moral purity." It was proved be-
fore the Commissioners that several of the professors of
i
religio.n bad accepted bribes of 61. each ; and it s, said
that these meetings were intended as a rebuke to those
venal professors.

LIST OF SCOTTISH COMPANIES' PRICES.
Dividend Amount
Name of Company. per of Paid. Price.
A nnum. Share.
£ s. d. £ s. d.
Bank of Scotland -•• 7/. per cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 191110
nritish Linen Company 8/. per cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 213/ 0
Caledonian Bank -.• . 81. per sent. 10 0 0 210 0 3'. 17s
City of Glasgow Bank 5/. per cent. 10 0 0 10 0 0 10/ 15s
Clyde.dale Bank -•• 6/. per cent. 20 0 0 10 0 0 1211 7s
Commercial Bank .• 11. per cent. 500 0 0 100 0 0 183110
Eastern Bank --- •• 6/. per cent. 25 0 0 10 0 0 11/ Os
Edinb.&Glasgow -•• 3/. per cent. 5 0 0 5 0 0 41. 11 s
Exchange Bnk of Scot.. - 100 0 0 31 5 0 Os. Od
National Bank -- •• 6% per cent. 50 0 0 10 0 0 161 5e
Northof Scotlandßank bi.per cent. 20 0 0 2 10 0 4/. 3s
Royalßank ofScetl. -5/. per cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 1321 Cs
Unionßank of Scot. -81. per cent. 100 0 0 50 0 0 931108
Western Bank •• -- -7/. per cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 701 Os
Alliance Fire and Life.. 8% l.pr cent. 10 0 0 10 0 0 241105
British Guarantee .... 41. per cent. 10 0 0 1 0 0 1/.,L 6d
Caledonian Fire Insur. 101. per cont. 100 0 0 10 0 0 261. Od
City of Glasgow Life•• 6/. per cent. 25 0 0 2 0 0 41. 5s
Colonial Life ......... 5/. per cent. 50 0 0 1 0 0 4/. 15s
Edinburgh Life Incur. 61. percent. 100 0 0 15 0 0 25/ lOs
Eng. & Scot, Law Life 5/.percent. 50 0 0 217 6 141. ns
Life As foe. of Scotland 61. per cent. 10 0 0 110 14'. 15s
National Fire and Life 61. per cent. 10 0 0 1 0 0 1/. 13s
North British Insur... 61. per cent. 200 0 0 20 0 0 ,36/ Os
Scottish Union Insrnc. 7y 1. pr cent. 20 0 0 1 0 0 11. 14s
standard Life -.-- •• 5/. per cent. '0 0 0 7 0 0 15/ Os
United Dep. Assurance 51. p er cent. 10 0 0 , 1 0 0 1 58 6d
MISCELLANEOUS.
Dividend Amount
Name of Company. per of Paid. Price.
Annum. Share.
£ s. d. I £ s. d.
Assam Tea ••• ~ •..... 3'. 50 0 0, 20 0 0 -
Auctien Ms.rt.. • . •• • • 2/. ss. 50 0 0 - -
Australian Agrieulturl 1/. 1 ls. 6d. 100 0 0 17 10 0 32
Australian Trust •• .. 61. per cent. - 25 0 0 -
Australian Royal Mail 5/. 10 0 0 8 0 0 3%
Anglo-Mexican Mint.. V. 10s. 10 0 0 10 0 0 -
British American Land 15s. - 38 10 0 -
Canada ... •• ......... 61. per cent. 100 0 0 32 10 0 -
Do. 5 per cent Bonds 5/. per cent. - - -
Ditto, 6 per cent. - 61. per cent. - - -
City Navigation Bonds 3i per cent. - - -
Electric Telegraph (A) - 25 0 0 20 0 0 -
Ditto.. •- • ... .. (B) - 25 0 0 15 0 0 -
Equitable Reversienry 51 pr. cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0
Ditto New ........ - 50 0 0 12 10 0 -
Gen. Revers. & Invest. sp. c.& hs, 21 100 0 0 100 0 0 -
Gen.SteamNavigation 10 p.ct. 15 0 0 14 0 0 28
Hudson's 8ay...... • • - Stock. - , -
Hungerford ...... •• .. 2/, los. 100 0 0 100 0 0 -
London Institution .•• - - - -
London Reversionary 5/. per cent. 15 0 0 15 0 0 -
Russell Institution •• • • - - 12 10 0 -
Price's Patent Cand. Co. 10/. per cent. 20 0 0 17 10 0 28h
Reversionary Int. Soc. 041. pr cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 -
Royal Mail Steam •• • • 4/. p. share. 100 0 0 60 0 0 -
South Australian.- • • 51, ct. (25 0 0 25 0 0 33
Trust and Loan Comp.
of Upper Canada.• .. - i - - -
41.....
.1............15
, ..tm.m..........

THE BRIXTON ROUSE OF CORRECTION.—The prison
at Brixton, hereto ;ore used as a house of correction for
the county of Surrey, has been purchased by the Govern-
ment, and placed. under the control of the Board for the
Management of (Convict Prisons. It is to be used exclu-
sively as a depot for female convicts, under sentence of
transportation -and penal servitude. The works are now
so far advanced as to admit of the early occupation of a
portion of the prison. One hundred female convicts are
about to be immediately removed thither from Millbank
Penitentiary ; and further numbers will be sent from
time to time as the works progress. The whole of this
class of convicts will be eventually removed from Mill-
bank, whereby accommodation will be available for 300
additional male convicts, to whom the prison will, in
future, be wholly confined.
MARRIED COUPLES IN WORKHOUSES. —Yesterday
some information was given in a return to the House of
I,
Commons, procured at the instance of Mr. Pellatt, M.P.,
of the number of married couples, above 60 years of age,
living together and living separate in workhouses on
the Ist of January last. In England the number who
ware inmates of workhouses, and living together, on the
Ist of January, was 298, and in Wales 1, making 299.
The number of married couples above 60, who were in-
mates of workhouses, and living separate, on the same
day, was in England 575,
and in Wales 3, making 678.
The return does not comprehend the single parishes un-
der the 43d of Elizabeth.
DUTY ON TOBACCO AND SNUFF.—It is shown by a Te-
-1 ';urn just issued that in the year ended the sth of Janu-
: try last the duty on tobacco and snuff amounted to
4 ',542,5724