The Sun.
London, England, 1849-04-28 00:00:00

THE `SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, APRIL 28, 1849.

them; that he had offered to run away with her; and,
cn getting a refusal, he requested her to leave service
and go to her mother's until his wife should die—as the
old women was now so infirm that she could not be ex-
pected to live 'long. With this the girl complied, and
was at home when the prisoner's wife died. The pri-
soner, when at the bar, displayed the utmost in-
difference, and at the close of the trial, when
the jury returned a verdict of guilty, not a
muscle of his face moved. Lord Mackenzie then put
on the black cap and pronounced sentence of death
in a most earnest address, ordaining, wi;h the con-
currence of Lord Moecrieff,_ that the prisoner should
be hung on Tuesday the 22d of May next. The prisoner
received his sentence with the same stolid intlitEirence
that bad characterised his whole conduct, and when
going down the deck protested that he was innocent.
He has hitherto borne a good character, and was not
given to any known vice. There is no hope of mercy.
The next case is that of a woman, fur child murder,
which comes on for trial to morrow. She stands charged
with the murder of her own child.
4 The third case is that of a young man, a farm labourer,
who stands charged with having entered the cottage of a
lonely pauper widow, 61 years of Dv, by the chimney,
and, alter committing: a terrible rape on the woman,
atrargied her, and left her lying deed in the bed. This
case, having only happened the other week, will not be
ready for trial at the present circuit.
It is 35 years since there was an execution in this city;
then it was that of a woman for poisoning her husband,
and now it will be a man for poisoning his wife.

HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE.
(From the 7 bees.)
The scene presented in the Haymarket on Thursday
evening on
,the opening of the Opera doors was fully
equal to that of the 4th of May, 1847, when Made-
moiselle Jenny Lind first made her debut in London.
Anxious groups were similarly placed about the Colon
nade watching the arrival of the long string of carriages,
and the visit of her Majesty to the theatre increased, if
possible, the general excitement. Immediately the doors
were opened the pit and gallery were crammed to suffo-
cation. The stalls and boxes were more gradually, but
not less steadily, filled, and before the curtain rcse the
whole theatre was occupied. The reception of Made-
moiselle Jenny Lind, the shouts of applause which arose
on every side, and the waving of handkerchiefs, were an
indication that the enthusiasm which has held the public
for two seasons is still in full force. The belief that Made-
moisselle Lind had retired from the stage, and interalcd to
sing in concerts only, which, after all, are but a frigid re-
creation as far as the habitues of the opera arc concerned,
gave the significance of a debut to the: reappearance :on
Thursday. There was something like the delight which is
felt at the recovery of a lost child in the greeting with
which the public received Mademoiselle-Lind. And she
came back to them in the fullest possession of those
qualities which have made her immense reputation.
There is no occasion to dilate on her performance of
Amine in La Sonnambula, for if there is any one cha-
racter in her -repertoire which has lived in the
memory:of the London public that is the part. But it
seemed as if her voice had even improved, and as if she
had acquired a more perfect command over her resources.
Those high notes, so unrivalled in sweetness, and ad-
mitting the finest attenuation without losing a particle of
their value, seemed to vibrate through the house with a
clearness hitherto unknown. The sotto voce shake,
which was always her favourite expedient, appeared
more delicate than ever, and excited the old applause.
In her ornaments she displayed new means of effect,
and surprised her audience by the facility and brilliancy
of her exectution. Her acting was marked by that per-
fect identity with the character she represents which has
always rendered her Amina one of the most remarkable
impersonations on the stage. Her simplicity as the
happy village girl, her manner, half delighted, half
terrified, when she is rather pleased by the compli-
ments of the Count, and at the same time frightened lest
they ehould arouse the jealousy of Elvino, and her deep
distress when loaded with the weight of an imaginary
guilt, are as forcibly delineated as ever. The character
ut Elvin° was played by M. Calzelari, a debutant, who
may be considered a decided acquisition to the company,
and that in a lino where reinforcement was wanted.
This young tenor, for he is only 26 years of age, is a
native of Parma. He comes here. ,immediately from
Brussels, but he originally made his debut at La
Scala, in Milan, and - has sung with great suc-
cess at various Italian thcetres. His register
and the management of his falsetto remind one
of Carded, but there is far more body and vo-
lume in his voice. His cantabile singing is as even and
smooth as possible, end his sotto voce passagee, beauti-
fully perfect, show a remarkable command over the
organ. His great song was, " 0 perche non poss 9
odiarti," which was loudly encored, and ho produced
the most striking efflct by his strong contrasts of
piano and forte. It is said that he especially shines in
Rossini's music, and the flexibility of voice and
thorough training which ho now exhibits, though in
music of a different character, leave no reason to
doubt the fact. Ilis acting is not quite so graceful as
it might be, but it is marked by energy and intelligence.
Mademoiselle Jenny Lind did not appear before the
cu: Lain at the end of the duet "Son geloso" (when the
drop is let down), though she was summoned with long
and loud applause. She, however, came forward after
the conclusion of the first act, and twice after the con-
clusion of the opera, when "Ah non giunge" had been
encored with repturc. She then appeared once more
leading on Calzolari, who was warmly cheered.
. .

(From the Chronicle.)
There were some who feared that recent events, which
much interested and agitated the musical world, would
be found to have diminished the attraction of Jenny
Lind. They argued, that the tide of feeling, which had
run in her favour from the first hour of her arrival
among us, having been suddenly checked when it had
swollen to an unprecedented height, had become di-
verted; or that a revulsion had occurred, and that it
would never again flow with the same volume and force.
The chain of sympathy, they said, which had attached
to her the affection of the public, had suddenly been
broken, and there was not even in her fascination a
power to re-unite it, and restore it to its former bind-
ing strength. It was supposed that something like a
feeling of pique or anger might have replaced those
warm regaros, or at least a very keen re gret
at Madlle. Lind's resolution to retire from the stage—a
resolution so frankly and, spontaneously withdrawn in
deference to public opinion, and of which the motives,
perhaps, may never have been really understood. One
glance at the exterior, and still more at the interior, of
her Majesty's theatre, last night, would have served to
dispel those sinister forebodings. Without, eager crowds
waiting, they scarcely knew for what—all the avenues
filled with persons pushing and crowding to gain an
entrance to an area already filled to suffocation; within,
one o'i the most brilliant cod fashionable audiences that
have ever graced even this theatre. It was a renewal of
by-gone scenes. True, the current had been interrupted,
but the slight obstruction had only revived an ardour too
long languishing under privation. And when, at last,
the charmirg songstress cause tripling on the scene
with well remembered simplicity of gait and
mien, such a burst of enthusiastic welcome hailed her
return to her more legitimate sphere, that it was itself
the best assurance that her altered purpose was the right
one. Such a scene of excitement seldom accompanied
even her former triumphs. It was somethirg more than
a hearty greeting to a favourite performer—it was rather
as if a friend was restored e hem some difference had
estranged—and every voice seemed to point a moral in
its cheer of welcome, that, in the spirit of the good old
English msxim, all wore determined to " let bygones be
bygones." Mdlle. Lind seemed at first deeply affected
by this warm and kind reception. There was observable
a slight tremulousness of the lips, as she repeatedly ac-
knowledged the renewed plaudits. But the emotion once
suppressed, the artist replaced the woman ; it was
no longer Jenny Lind, but Amine, all joyous
and happy in her innocent affection ; the face
became radiant with smiles, and the stream of
song gushed forth. Never, since Jenny Lind first
assumed this character here, did she act or sing with more
wondrous power than on Thursday. There was some ,
thing more than ordinary emulation; her soul and heart
were in it. At all times a character peculiarly suited to
her idiosyncracy, some strong impulse of feeling arising
out of the occasion seemed now to lift her Amine; above
the range of an imitative art. Her performance was not
acting—it was inspiration. The art lay in the self-
abendonmente the self-identification with the character
to be embodied; all the rest, the fluctuation of passions
and the minor details, were pure nature chastened and
informed by a finely-toned taste. It is this which makes
the charm of Jenny Lind. If some may, with a show of
reason, complain that she does not enough lose her in-
dividuality in the character she embodies, they should
reflect how much of that seemiug self-reproduction ex-
ists in their own imperfect vision, which sees only phy-
sical peculiarities, and neglects to notice the strongly-
marked and characteristic difference impressed on each
character by the mind of the performer. Lind acts—
as she seems to sing—from the soul. There may be in
her acting, as there is in her tinging, the perfection of
art; but it is art so exquisite, that it scarcely needs dis-
guise—it realises that
,nature which is demanded by
longing after the ideal. The artistic beauty of Mdlle.
Lind's Amine. precludes " points." It is almost a pro-
fanation to seek for them; if they occurred, they would
seem to spoil the symmetry of the whole. All descrip-
tion of her acting must ever run in a circle: it must ever
be " nature!" " nature!" One can but apply the same
terms of praise to tho charming simplicity of her de-
meanour in the first scene, her by-play when alarmed
at the gallantry of the Count, the uudisguished artless-
ness of her affection for Elvino; her gushing affection
and arch tenderness, to the almost supernatural abstrac-
tion of her air in the somnambulist scenes, when she
walks more an embodied soul than a being of flesh and
bleed, to the intensity of her grief at the estrange-
ment of Elvino, and the overpowering joyousness, the be-
wildered happiness, when his affection is restored. To
every phase of the performance the same term of praise
applies—it is all so exquisitely natural because so finely
artistic. It is somewhat late in the day to repevt these
praises, or to remind the admirers of Jenny Lind that
she raises the part above the level given to it by her
most successful rivals. If she does not aim at the deep
tragic pathos infused by Garcia, she lands a moral dig-
nity and an elevation of spirit peculiarly her own. In her
appeals to Elvina, however poignant her grief, her tones
and the expression of her countenance indicate a lofty
consciousness of outraged virtue, however subdued by
womanly feeling. Hut there would be Tko limit to this
kind of retrospection in a performance so perfect. In
the vocal portions Jenny Lind excelled herself. The
scene in Rodolpho's chamber was sung with marvellous
power and discrimination, and those delicious low notes in
which she is unrivalled were prolonged, refined, and re-
fined, till they seemed to die away into the echo of
sound. So again in the last scene, the vocalization
was perfect in taste and execution ; and in the "Ah !
eon giunge," she produced electrical effects by the bril-
liancy and susteutation of her execution and the daring
fights to which she urged her true and faithful voice.
One of the most charming things in the whole opera was
the duet with Elvino in the first act, where they part
for the night, given by Lind with an arch tenderness
uAshthf.o r
Thethe presenceenthusiasm f ofhe ther
Majestya u d audi-
ence, neiuhdcei
oteeeluirt notns captivating.knewtciee ilscdtner restrain nie no_abpetoeih
tee
accorded
la
en
ad fromhbeo
but to
boxes—rose
stff—oe rrieneg royalty to
on
itself.t he
masse 8 ibnfhe
aer
common impulse, to re•demand the finale, and again to
bring the fair singer twice before the curtain. To make
a debut as an effective Elvino to such an Amine required
no ordinary powers. Signor Culzolari overcame this dif-
ficulty triumphantly. Signor Calzolari has taken his place
at once--and will keep it. Indeed, we are inclined to ex-
pect great things from him hereafter. lie is modest, without
being timid or wanting in self-possession; and, if the
vraiscmblance and perfect filling up of the part of El-
Nino be a test, he is ate actor of a superior order. Ile
has a tenor voice of great compass and even quality.
The upper notes strongly resemble in sweetness and
purity those of Gardoni, and the whole voice is remark--
ably sonorous. It has a quality which admits of a great
volume of sound being poured out, without the sweet-
ness being lessened by the exercise of power. In this
Calzolari excels Gardoni, and even Mario.
ill not descend to tricks
liTauthrteeitrinyclaallinuadlcitlsymerm of his singing, hoe ever, consists in the
event •of his style. He sings the music
popselllW e. In the " Tutto c .ciolto"
and w.
of orngment to g
he developed gre-aatinteandPbeerness of expression; and in the
sung with intense feeling and
written by the coin
That he should not have paled
groat
in the greater effu 3
achieved an unequivocal
of LlllO, but should have
wholte
dramatic
rat the i
el ]sat
power.
, . i
is the best proof of his
ocal success,

talent. We have only room to mention the Rodolpho of
Belletti as the best wo remember. Ile made a character
where the materials aro scanty enough, and sung his
music admirably. The other parts were moderately well
filled, and the choruses were well given.

(From the Pod)
At an early hour of the afternoon the approaches to the
theatre presented a dense mass of people in a state of
high excitement to witness the reappearance on the
gage, in the Sonnambula, of the true and legitimate
queen of the lyric drama. The old enthusiasm of the
two past seasons seemed to have increased in intensity,
induced by the various reports that Jenny Lind was
never again to appear on the stage in a dramatic cha-
racter. The nightingale has been twain caged, and on
no previous occasion has she acted so delightfully or sung
so supremely. The theatre was literally crowded to the
roof. Upon her entrance on the stage, the public arose
simultaneously, and received her with one long-sustained
uproarious cheer, which Ives renewed as each several
beauty was evolved by the unrivalled artist. The
Amine is so perfect, so beyond all former precedent
and all future hope, that to analyse its beauty of con-
ception, skilful working out, and wondrous vocal feats,
would be to repeat an oft-told tale. Suffice it to say
that no iota of its original excellence was missing, and
that many new and unexpected graces were intro-
duced. The voice was pure, fresh, and brilliant, and the
slight exhaustion which at certain moments was evident
at the latter end of the last season had completely disep-
penred, and the organ had entirely recovered its amazing
strength end volume. We were never so strongly im-
pressed with the opinion that the stage is the true arena
for the exhibition of her powers, and that the applause of
a crowded theatre is necessary to elicit her rarest quali-
ties. If we may judge of the continued popularity of
Jenny Lind, and the firm grasp she list upon the appre-
ciation and affection of the public, by the perfect furore
evinced on Thursday, then moat assuredly the silly and
unfounded re ports which lave gone forth must now be dis-
persed into " thin air." Jenny Lind was of course called
before the curtain at the end of the first and second acts,
and after a double encore of the " Non giunge"
she was summoned to appear four times amidst the
cheers and bravos of the entire house, the royal
visitors being amongst the most enthusiastic of the au-
dience. Signer Calzolari, a tenor of great continental
reputation, made his debut as Elvino, and at once
achieved popular favour. His voice is a tenor of great
sweetness, extended compass, and singularly sympathetic
in quality. His method is admirable, and his expression
full of tenderness. He was warmly greeted on his en-
trance, and his rendering of the famous " Tutti 6
sciolto," and the subsequent "Ah I perde non posso
odiarti," was rewarded with a simultaneous redemand.
Signor Calzolari will he found a valuable acquisition to
the theatre. Signor Belletti appeared as Count Rodolpho,
hisasnl
seemed
a.edesmashceaaatdnid::gmaegs
seldom
admirable.
IVdbot
louhi
eu
age. rhafi vxir
first
tii ss os 'H' sceneow withso fn cAwo
amn uns
a man,
smi
nes
oto
ffeme
somnambulism
a
sacenntbseo bdrisitlliinagnutisahnedessemblage. It
p
present in the metropolis had deitnedrmminaeyd
htoaavrsehage
honourad forsthaet
the rentree of Jenny Lind.
(From the Daily Nays.)
Whatever reasons Jenny Lind
leaving the stage, she has found better reasons, it would
seem, for returning to it; and the same reasons, we
hope, will induce her to remain upon it for some con-
siderable time to come. The stage cannot afford to lose
Jenny Lind. Her leaving it in the prime of her youth,
and the full strength and vigour of her powers, would
make a blank which we could never hope to see filled
up. The announcement of her re-appearance has, for
tome days past, been the prevailing topic of conversation
in every circle, and on Thursday the theatre was crowded
by an immense assemblage, eager to sac her once snore
in her favourite",part of Amine, in the Sonambula. Her re
ception was, if possible, even more enthusiastic than on her
very first appearance two years ago. The whole audience
rose, and welcomed her with acclamations, while hats and
handkerchiefs were waving from every part of the house.
She looked exceedingly well, and was in excellent
voice. Of so well-known a performance as her Amine it is
only necessary to say that it was captivating, and pro-
duced as great an effect on the audience as ever. The
character of Elvino was supported by Signor Calzolari,
who appeared for the first time in Eegland. This young
performer's continental reputation is very high, but not
higher than he deserves. His appearance is exceedingly
prepossessing, and his whole representation of the jealous
country lad ryas full of truth and nature. He is a singer
of the first class. His voice is a tenor, very liko Oar-
doni's in the sweetness of its tones, but considerably
stronger and fuller. His portamente is admirable, his
notes being held and sustained with the most exquisite
delicacy and smoothness; his intonation is perfect; and
his style is pure and graceful. Whether he is capable
of giving expression to strong and tragic passion remains
to be seen; but in characters of the class to which
Elvino belongs lie has unquestionably no superior.
Belletti added greatly to the effect of the opera by his
excellent performance of Count Rodolpho. His "Vi
rs,viso" was beautiful.

THE DEBATE AT THE INDIA
HOUSE.

The following letter has been addressed to the Editor
of a Morning Contemporary :
ireYeeornrn arki rmpeeeert:i toal rjatevillua
journal,
e-mit,cly,uts
oae lrfec'oo fAnyPtehryiel
of East India Stock my deliberate opinion on a
your able pro-
prietorst2oc7oltuhlmeB4n9s.of
subject of most grave and solemn importance, upon
which they will he called to decide by ballot on Tues-
day next. I have just returned from an adjourned do-
bate at the India House, on the justice and policy of the
recent act of the directors, in anrexiog to the British
territory in India ti.e principality of Ssttars, ceded by
treaty to the head of the family of Sevajee, his heirs and
successors in perpetual sovereignty.
The plea set up to support the measure of annexation
is, that the late Rajah, Pertaub Singh, and his successor
Appa Sahib, have both died without male issue, and that
it is not incumbent OR the Government of India, as lord
paramount, to recognise collateral heirs or adopted sons.
The question which the Court of Directors have thus
decided is one which will not merely affect the interests
of the house of Sevejee' but those of all the princes and
chiefs of India with whom similar treaties have been
made.

In assuming the right to withhold permission from
,
adopted heirs to succession to principalities and real
property (exempt from taxation) they have,
as all Indian
history will demonstrate, usurped an authority which the
most arbitrary and powerful among the native Govern-
ments have never dared to exercise.
It is because I believe that the promulgation and en-
forcement of this doctrine will be, sooneror later, fatal
to the existence of our empire in India, that I presume
to tender to the proprietors generally the counsel already
offered in the Court in Leadenhall-street.
I especially address myself to those whose votes will,
on Tuesday next, sanction or repudiate the act of the
executive body. No c 1( °trine, more than the one
referred to, is calculated to spread alarm, dis-
may, and disaffection among all ranks of the po-
pulation in India. It strikes at the root of the most
ancient, cherished, and universal custom of the
people a custom not only upheld for secu-
lar purposes, but prescribed and enjoined by the
Ilindoo religion itself. In regard to our political de-
signs in India, there may be among the people great in-
difference and apathy, and whatever the character of
those designs, xi e may
bo competent to realise them by
the aid of our large Indian army; but such a course as
that now for the first time entered upon will have a di-
rect tendency to sap the foundation of that attachment
which the native soldiers have hitherto evinced towards
the British Government, and we may find, when it is too
late, that those on whom we have been accustomed to
rely have made commen cause with their disinherited
countrymen.
Tho student in the history of Indian events during
the last fifty years will not require illustrations of the
critical tendency of any act of encroachment upon the
prejudices or customs of men, who, while ready fear-
lessly to risk their lives in our service, are prover-
bially tenacious of their domestic, national, and
religious
rights.
It is with great satisfaction that I have witnessed the
the
noble stand made by the most eminent men, both indirection and amongst the body of proprietors, against
gn
the
oadoptedne whichy a part
has
e s
just ended; and it will, I am convinced, be admitted by
oft
the many years has called
forth
unwise
executive. a
g
re aa
tned dangerous
rd spNlaey o f debatep r
talentfeoce er proceeding
all who have bad the opportunity of listening to it, that
the argument against the course which has been taken
has been conclusive and overwhelming. Amongst those
who have recorded protests or delivered speeches
condemnatory of the policy of annexation are to be
found the venerable Mr. Tucker, the Right Honourable
Holt Mackenzie, Major Oliphant, Mr. Shepherd, Mr.
John Sullivan, the Honourable Leslie Melville, Major-
General Caulfeild, Colonel Sykes, Sir Robert
Campbell, Sir Henry Willock, Msjor Moore, Sergeant
Bain, and Mr. John Morris; and had a vote been
taken in court, either on Weduesday or to-day, I believe
the decision would have been in favour of the motion for
re-consideration. To escape from present defeat the
supporters of the annexation of the Sattara principality
have appealed to the general body of the proprietors; and
strenuous efforts will doubtless be made to obtain
proxies and secure a majority at the close of the poll. I
earnestly, hope, however, that those to whom the appeal
will be made will be influenced by consideration more
important than a desire tes oblige their friends. That
they will reflect upon the justice and policy of the ques-
tion before them, and bear in mind, also, that the re-
sources of thousands, either connected with the services
of the East India Company, or dependent upon the reve-
nues of India for all they possess or hope to enjoy, may
be seriously affected, as they will without doubt be placed
in imminent peril, if a decision so repugnant to the feel-
ings and views of the people of Indiais not re-considered.
I am, sir, your obedient servant,
JOHN BRIGGS, East India Proprietor.

THE IRISH TREASON CASES.—THE WRITS
OF ERROR.
TIIH QUEEN V. W. f33IITH o'srtrnbr.
It appears, from the list of causes published with the
Lords' Votes of the 26th instant, that the case of the
Queen v. W. S. O'Brien has been set down for hearing
on Thursday, the 10th of May, and the Judges have re-
ceived notice to attend. 'I he case of the Queen v.
111`Manus has also been set down for hearing.

Petitions from 5,996 gas consumers and inhabitants
of the city of London, and the parishes of Bow, White-
chapel, &c., have been presented to the House of Com-
mons in favour of the Great Central Gas Consumers'
Company's Bill extending their limits.
SOUTHAMPTON, APRIL 27.—The Peninsular Com-
pany's steam-ship Montrose, Captain Bowen, with the
Peninsular mails, left the dock this aftercoon. She had
a full general cargo, and a mill amount of specie. Her
passengers amounted to about fourteen. The Iberia, with
the homeward Peninsular mails, may be looked for on
the 401 vf next month.

at the beginning of this week. She took up her reel-
deuce in Fiuch•strect.
The steamer Scotia, which hed been disabled in
Kingstown harbour during the Este gales, arrived here on
Tut!day from Dublin, and thee Beesley gave informa-
tion at the police-office that Miss M'Call had robbed
him. The detective officers soon found out her where-
abouts, and brought her and the eight boxes to bridewell.
When the two met at the police-office, the lady gave
utterance to her wrongs in no measured terms, upbraided
her deceiver for his villaey, and politely informed him
that, if his bead had been near the bath, she would have
poked it through for him, big a devil as he was." She
hesitated not to say also, that learning after she went to
live with him, how he had abused his wife, who was still
living, dislike had taken the place of any affection for
him. Beesley thelared that all he wished from M'Call
was his papers and the letters from his wife and owners.
During the investigation, however, it came out that the
paper which was most desired was an assignment of
1,300/., which he had transferred to his mistress when they
were living together in temporary quietude. The as-
signment had reference to some priza-money to which
Beesley was entitled by virtue of services on the coast
of At; ica. Miss M'Call offered to give up all papers
hut the assignment; but Beesley, not content with this,
charged her with felony, and she was locked up in bride-
well for the night.
On Wednesday Miss M'Call was brought up at the
police-court before Mr. Rushton, charged with stealing a
work-box and other articles. Mr. Davenport appeared
for the prisoner. Beesley said the prisoner had been
living with him for six months, in Ireland, but had now
left him, and robbed him of every thing. Mr. Rush ton—
Have you been living together as man and wife? Bees-
ley—Yes. In reply to Mr. Davenport, Beesley said he
belonged to the Scotia steamer, and had been living with
the prisoner in Kiugtow•n until last Friday. He had
allowed her to use the name of Beesley. He gave her
an assignment of 1,3001. He did not want her to live
with him. Could not tell how much property she had des-
troyed, as he had been ordered off in a hurry. Mr. Rushton
—But you have brought her here on the distinct charge of
stealing books, work boxes, and other articles. Officer
Tuck—We have those at the office. Mr. Davenport—Was
it not your wife's work-box? Beesley—Yes. Mr. Rush-
ton—Did you set her up in the house? A. I had it fur-
nished before. Q. Da you know what is gone? A. I
claim nothing but my papers. Mr. Rushton—ln order
to sustain a charge of f. bony you mu►t be quite clear
that these articles were never left in her custody. She
was in such a capacity wi:h you that the articles were
common property. it seems you made a settlement on
on her. Beesley—That I gave her; I do not ask it.
Mr. Rushton—lt appears a very hard case that she
should have taken away his papers. The whole thing
is a rupture of one of those wretched connexions
which always end in misery. Mr. Superintendent
Clough—She proffered to give up all the papers, pro-
vided ho would allow her to retain the deed of assign-
ment for 1,300/. Mr. Rushton—Who has got that
deed? Prisoner—l have. That is the paper he wanted
from me. The prisoner then proceeded to give a history
of her connexion with Beesley, particulars of which will be
found above, and added, that she loved the father of her
child, but did net like the complainant. When she was
living with him in Canning-street, Birkenhead, he called
her improper names before the landlady of the house,
end she took a dislike to him then. She stated that she
would have been married in May to the father of her
boy if she had left Beesley, who offered to settle 1,3001.
on her if she would not go. She got Beesley to write
to the father of the child, but he destroyed the letter
written by her desire, and sent another, telling him that
she was liring with him. Mr. Rushton--I do not think
any charge of felony can be sustained in this case. Dis-
charge her. Tho prisoner then left the court.—Liverpool
Mercury.

PRICES OF SHARES

IN BANKS, ASSURANCE, AND OTHER COM•

PANIES' STOCK.
From the Official List.

PUBLISHED EVERY TUESDAY AND FRIDAY EVENIXG.

LONDON, FRIDAY, APRIL '27.

TOTNT-STOCB 33.11.N1C5.

Dividend Amount
Name of Company, per of Paid, Price
Annum. Share.
-........... ------ -
Xs. d. X s. d.
A detralaida •••• •• • ... - 40 0 0 40 0 0 2334
Britsh.North American 51. per cent. 50 0 0 60 0 0 -
C uylon ........ •• •• • • 71. par cent. 25 0 0 25 0 0 -
Cunantercial of London 61. per cent. 100 0 0 20 0 0 - '
Colonial.. ..
Gloucestershire •...... 15/per cent. - - -
lonian •• • • .... ••• • • • 61. per cent. 25 0 0 25 0 0 -
Lend,' and Westminstr 61. per cent. 100 0 0 20 0 0 24
- - 13 0 0 -
Loudon Joint-Stock... 61. per cent. 50 0 0 10 0 0 -
Vrovincialef Ireland.. 181. per cant. 100 0 0 25 0 0 -
Ditto, Now.- ... •• • 8/. per cent. 10 0 0 10 0 0 -
National of Ireland •• 61. per cent. 50 0 0 22 10 0 -
Nat. frovncial of Eng. Si. per cent. 100 0 0 35 0 0 -
Ditto, Now. ••••• •• 51. per cent. 20 0 0 10 0 0 -
South Australia •.• • • • 51, per cent. - 22 10 0 -
Union of Australia .• 61. per cent. 25 0 0 25 0 0 2434
Ditto •• ...... • • -6/, per cent - 2 10 0 -
Union of L0nd0n..... , 61. per cent. 50 0 0 10 0 0 -
Union of Madrid - 40 0 0 40 0 0 -
•
INSURANCE COMIPANIES.
Dividend Amount
Name Of Company. per of Paid. Price
Annum. Share.
-
£ s. d. £ s. d.
Anion ...... ••-• • • • 3/. 109. 500 0 0 50 0 0 75
Al.iance Brit. and For. O. per cent. 100 0 0 11 0 0 18%
Ditto Marine••• •• • • 61. per cent. ICO 0 0 5 0 0 -
.A.*.las .... .•
Britisti Commercial .. 7s.per share 50 0 0 5 0 0 5°
Ciericl,Med.& Gen. Life spr ct.& N. 100 0 0 10 0 0 19
County .... • ... ••• • • • 31. 100 0 0 10 0 0 -
Crown .• •••••• • • •• • • 14s. 50 0 0 5 0 0 -
Bugle • 6s. 50 0 C 5 0 0 5%
Eng.& Scot. Law •• •• 51. per cent. 50 0 0 2 12 6 -
Euro-ear. Life ••• • • • 5% per cent. 20 0 0 All paid. -
Family Enrlowmrt Soc. 41. & be. 100 0 0 4 0 0 -
i.cemiesons' .• ••••• • • Gt. per cent. 20 0 0 a 0 0 -
Globe • • • • •• • 61. per cent. Stock. - -
Guardian ••.•••• • • • • • 51. 100 0 0 36 10 0 -
Duper:al Fire ...... • • 121. per cent.' 500 0 0 50 0 0 '220
Imperial Life ••••.• • • 12s. 100 0 0 10 0 0 14%
Dideninity Marine.... 11. sh. & be. 100 0 0 4 13 1 -
Laws F!re • ... • ..... • . - 100 0 0 210 0 2%
Lsw 1 ife- -..•••• .• 11. 16s. 100 0 0 10 0 0 45
Leval and General Life - 50 0 0 2 0 0 41 lOs.
Lor,dcn Fire ........ 10s. 25 0 0 12 10 0 15
London Ship ........ 10s. 25 0 0 12 10 0 15
garine -.-- - - •• - 100 0 0 15 0 0 -
Meo. Invlld &Gen• Life 1%1. per ct. 50 0 0 2 0 0 -
National Lean Fund.. 51. per cent. 20 0 0 210 0 -
National Life •• • • ..... 61. per cent. 100 0 0 b 0 0 -
E".elladiurn Life 5l. per cent. 60 0 0 2 0 0 2/ 05.
Pelican .• - - - -
t'inc•nx ... ......... - - 141
riotector Life.... • -
Provident Life.. .. • ll. Se. & bs. 100 0 0 10 0 0 26
Rock Life • •
Royal Exchange 57. per cent. Stock. - 184
Sun Fire • - - 203
Ditto Life • ... - - 44
Universal Life ION pr cnt. 100 0 0 9 0 0 -
!ridoria Life • . - 4 0 0 4%
lIRIDGES
_
Dividend Amount
Name of Company. per of Paid. Price,
Annum. Share.
--- -
X. s. d. £. e. d.
Charing-cross •••• .. • • - - 25 0 0 -
Souiliwrk,Nw Sub• Av. - 632 12 8 -1%
Ditto Nw 01 7% p.c. 25e. per cent. 1,0 0 0 - 4
Waterloo .. ••••• • • • • • - 100 0 0 - 334
Ditto Old Ann. of 81. 1/. ss. 40. - GO 0 0 27
Ditto Nw ditto of 71. 11. 2s. 2d. - 40 0 0 24
Vauxhall -.. .• • Av. 11. 17s. 70 10 3 - 24
DOCIr.D.
Dividend Amount
Name of Company. per of Paid. Price.
Annum. Share.
- -........._ -
£ s. d. £ e. d.
C Anmercial .... - 75
East and West India 6l. pr cent. Stock. - 132
East Country - -
London ...... ..... .. 5/. pr cent. Stock. - 111
Ditto Bonds •••••• • • 41. per cent. - - -
Sl.Katharine -••• • • • 4 per cent. Stock. - 82
Ditto Bonds ........ 4%1. pr cent• - - -
Southampton - ...... , 21. per cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 1 -
V.r.a.TIarbWORIC.S.
Dividend Amount
Name of Company. per of Paid. Price,
Annum. Share.
.-- -
Z e. d. £ s. d.
Eat London.... ••• • •• 81. 100 0 0 - 173
Grand Junction .• ...• 21. 105. 41 13 4 - 50
Kent.. --••••• • • • .• 3/. IN. 100 0 0 - -
Lambeth •• ••••• • • • •• s'. par cnt. 100 0 0 - 97
New Rivr Lndu Brde 21. 10s. - - 65
Vauxhall .Si. per cnt. 100 0 0 - 100
West Middlesex • . . I.os. pr cnt. - - 120

`...."1-571' OP SCOTTISII COMPANIES' PRICES
Dividend Amount
Name of Company. per of Paid, Price,
Annum. Share.
-- ---..
£ s. d. I X s. d
Bank of Scotland
British Linen Company 81. per cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 193
Caledonian Bank
City of Glasgow Bank . 61. per cent. 10 0 0 10 0 0 11N
Clydesdale Bank -••• •• 635 per cent. 20 0 0 10 0 0 1214
Commercial Bank
Eastorn Bank.. •••• •• 61. per cent. 25 u 0 10 0 C 91. 7s
Edinb.ft Glasgow Bank 0/. per cent. 5 0 0 5 0 0 534
Exchange Buk of Scot.. 41. per cent. 100 0 0 50 0 0 30
Isle of Man. Company 71. per cent. 10 0 0 7 0 0
National Bank 634 percent. 50 0 0 10 0 0 13N
North of Scotlandßank 4l.percent. 20 0 0 5 0 0 31.175.
North British Bank '• • 50 0 0 10 0 0
Royal Bank of Scotland 51. per cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 11614
Union Bank of Scotland 8/. per cent. 100 0 0 50 0 0 50%
Western Bank.. ... •• • 8/. per cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 7334
Aberdeen Fire and Life 7341. pr cent. 12 10 0 20 e 2%
B. Accord. Life and Fire 20 0 0 011 0 1
British Guarantee Ins. 4'• per cent. 10 0 0 1 0 0 1103 Od
0
Caledonian Fire Incur. 101. per cent. 100 0 10 0 0 21
Church of England Ins. 60 0• 0 20 0 2
City of Glasgow Life 6l. per cent. 25 0 0 2 0 0 '2l.
_1341s
Edinburgh Life Incur. 61. per cent. 10 0 0 12 10 0 1 1 i
10 0 0 OIS 0 i 9.1.0 d.
East of Scotland Life..
Eng. & Scot, Law Life 51. per cent. 50 0 0 217 6 _
IlerculeBlnsurance Co. 71. per cent. 100 0 0 10 0 0 :
Incur. Co. of Scetlnd•• 51. per cent. 100 0 0 10 0 0
Life Assoc. of Scotland 51. per cent. 10 0 0 1 0 0 1/. 6s
10 0 0 0 10 0 3s. Od.
Mercantile Life .. •• ••
10 0 0 1 0 0 208 6d
National Fir© and Life 51. per cent.
0 22
634 /.pr cent. 200 0 0 20 0
North British Incur.
10 0 0 1 0 0 1718.6 d.
North & West of Scot. 61. per cent.
Scottish Life and Guar. 20 0 0 011 0
1 0 0 0 15 0
Scot. Ma.. and Gen. Life
geottioh !fawn Insrnco. 6UI. pr cent. 20 0 0 1 0 0 11. 2s
Stanlard Life •••• • • 51. ?yr cent. 50 0 0 5 0 ~.)
United Dep. Assurance . 51. per cent. 10 0 0 0
,148.64
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POST- OFFICE NOTICE.—On and after the Ist of
May next the following Receiving Offices, under Ports-
mouth, will be opened for the issue and payment of
money orders : —Landport, Portsea, Southsca.
THE NAVY CLUB.—The gallant members of this
professional club dined together on Thursday at the
Thatched Holm Tavern. Captain Lord George Paulett
was president, and Captain Rodney Mundy filled the
vice chair. Among the gallant members present were,
Vice-Admiral J. Sykes, Rear-Admiral Sir W. O. Pell,
lint., 11,,;,1r•Admiral Sir Josiah Coghill, Rear-Admiral
Sir 11. Dillon, Rear Admiral Sir Fleetwood Pellew, Rear-
Admiral Sir J. R. Rowley, Bart., Lord W. Paulett,
Captain Lord Edward Russell, Captain Lord F. Gordon
llallyburton, Captain Percy Grace, Captain Henderson,
Captain Porter, Captain Alexander Milne, Captain Du
Cane, &c,