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spending 1,0001. a year more than they received, I
which led him irresistibly to the opinion that the
institution could not last many years unless some
great change took place. lle begged to move that
so much of the minutes as related to the approval of
corporal punishment with respect to the girls in the
Caledonian Asylum shall not be confirmed, and that
the punishment fi °in this day be abolished.—(Cheers.)
The Rev. Dr. Cum :uric, hoped for the sake of
peace and harmony that the motion would be with-
drawn, and that the matter would be referred
to a special committee. lie might not approve
of every little of the way in which the chastisement
was inflicted, but he did not think that corporal
punishment could be done away with; and he
should hold thig opinion until a better mode of en-
forcing discipline was introduced, Let them con-
sider well what would be the advantage of its aboli•
tion. It was a very weighty question, and could not
be disposed of during a twenty minutes discussion at
a meeting like that. If the motion was not withdrawn
he should move an amendment.
Mr. HAMILTON said though he was an advocate of
corporal punishment, yet he did not approve of the
way in which it had been inflicted in the asylum.
The CHAIRMAN -Do you know how it was

would either have to alter their system
altogether or diminish the number of the children ;
one of these courses was absolutely necessary. It
had been stated in the newspapers that the matron
was to be removed on the ground of her having in-
duced the parents of the children to get up a state-
ment against the superintendent. This lady had as-
sured him, on her word of honour, that this was not
the fact ; and from havingknown her for many years,
he was bound to say, there was not a more honour-
able, faithful, or upright person, and he considered
her incapable of telling an untruth. He believed
she was a safeguard to the institution, and if they had
removed her on the ground of economy, as had been
alleged, he thought they had begun to economise
at the wrong end.—(Hear, hear.) lie believed the
band had been' a most unfortunate affair in connec-
tion with the charity ; for a great deal of money had
been expended upon it, and nothing but mischief had
resulted. The school was not founded to make the
children pipers and fiddlers—(Laughter)—but to give
them a solid, substantial, and scriptural education,
such as would prepare them for becoming useful
and honourable members of society.—(Hear,
hear.) Sending children to evening parties,
to public dinners, and keeping them out till
twelve or one o'clock, was certainly not a proper way
of bringing them up. They all knew how some
public dinners were conducted, and these children
received impressions which would do them a great
deal of injury, and their attention was entirely taken
up with music, instead of something more solid and
useful. He understood that the last examination :of
the children before the Government inspector es as
discreditable to the institution, particularly with re-
gard to scriptural knowledge, and was very different
to what had been seen at former inspections.
He did not know whether the information he had
received upon the subject was correct, but perhaps the
chairman could lay before the meeting the report of
the inspector. In conclusion, be begged to say that
if no one took up the matter with respect to the band,
he should move, before the close of the proceedings,
that it form no longer an integral part of the in-
stitution.—(Hear.)
The CHAIRMAN said he felt bound, in reply to the
lion Gentleman's observations respecting the examina-
tion of the children, to read a letter which had been
received from the Rev. Mr. Cook, the Government
inspector. It was as follows :
"51, Torrington square, Dec. 5, 1849.
"My dear Sir,—l cannot send a formal report of the
last examination of the Caledonian Asylum.
" It was conducted in the presence of a large number
of persons, and as I then informed those members who
were present, I could not prepare a written report under
such circumstances.
" You are, however, perfectly right in supposing that
I could not have expressed an unfavourable opinion of
the state of instruction. On every occasion I have re-
peated the opinion which I expressed in my printed
report, that the instruction is good in quality and
sufficiently extensive in the boys' school. I also con-
sider that the girls' school is in a very satisfactory
condition.
" I fully authorise you to contradict the statement
which, as I learn from you for the first time, has been
inserted in a public journal.
" I am, yours faithfully,
" J. C. COOK."
Mr. HAMILTON said he was :very glad that the
Chairman had read the letter, because it corrected an
erroneous impression which had got abroad, but at
the same time he must state that the information he
received came from a gentleman who was present at
the meeting.
The Rev. Dr. CUMMING said the observations of
Mr. Hamilton were certainly calculated to send forth
impressions to the public mind most prejudicial to the
interests of the charity, and would, although, no
doubt, made with the best intention in the world, make
many parties lose confidence in its management.
If he (Mr. Hamilton) had at heart the substantial
welfare and growing prosperity of the institution, he
must deny himself the gratification of coming there
and raking up past quarrels and disputes.—(Hear.)
The charity was conducted now exactly on the same
principles as those on which it was managed when
Mr. Hamilton first joined it—belonging to the same
religious connexion, and inculcating the same reli-
gious principles—and there was no reason why sub-
scribers should not give as munificently to the
institution in 1849; as they did in 1842.—(Hear.)
If Mr. Hamilton, or any other gentleman, acknow-
ledged a grand change in his religious or Christian
convictions, however good or erroneous they might
be, he was not entitled to derange the institution to
suit any change in his opinions, instead of allowing
it to remain, as it always had been, and he trusted
would continue to be, in connexion with the Estab-
lished Church of Scotland. Every man's dogma
could not be gratified, and if they were to attempt to
please all connected with the institution, their
affairs would soon come to a stand-still. It
I reminded him of a story about a husband who had
the misfortune to be troubled with two wives; one
hated grey hairs and the other white hairs ; to please
them both he agreed to allow them to pick out what
they disliked, and the consequence was that the poor
man's head was soon made bald.—(Laughter.)
Mr. HAMILTON denied that he had changed his
religion.
The Rev. Dr. 'Commix° said he did not accuse
him of having done so. He spoke generally of those
that had.
Mr. HAMILTON expressed his belief that Dr. Cum-
ming was vastly clever at insinuations; but as a
minister of the Gospel he ought to exercise more
charity with respect to the opinions of others.
He could not forget that Dr. Cumming was but a
friend of yesterday, and bearing this in mind it did not
become him to set himself up as a reprover and teacher
oi others, who having been connected like himself with
the institution for 27 years, were better able to judge
of it than the Rev. Gentleman. A more injudicious
or more offensive act eould not have been committed
than the removal of the children to another place of
worship.
The Rev. Dr. CUMMING said he was not the origi-
nator of the removal of the children, though he fully
and entirely concurred in the course that had been
adopted with respect to them. The doctrine, how-
ever, inculcated had not been altered one iota.
Mr. HAMILTON went on to urge that great injury
had been done to the institution by the removal of
the children from the face of a large congregation like
that in the Regent's Park to the nook at Holloway,
the congregation of which was not more than one
hundred. If the governors thought with Dr. Cum-
ming, that he and his friends injured the institution
by their presence, they would never appear at the
meeting again.
The CHAIRMAN—I hope you will do nothing of
the kind.
Mr. HAMILTON said if they could not do gocd they
would do no harm; though the more the institution
increased in prosperity the more should they rejoice
—to promote which end they should leave nothing
undone ; but if they did not appear there again
it would be in accordance with the feeling and
out of respect to the governors, and not in consequence
of any course Dr. Cumming had thought right to
pursue.—(Hear.)
The Rev. Dr. CUMMING explained that the children
had now to go to attend Divine service but a quarter
of a mile, instead of travelling a mile and a half
through the mad and mire.
Mr. CRAIGMYLE then rose to bring before the
attention of the meeting the recent flogging of girls
in the asylum, whereupon much uproar was raised
against him. One or two rose to order; but he said
he was determined not to be put down ; and after some
time, but not without much interruption, he proceeded
to say, that he was altogether opposed to the Austrian
mode of discipline introduced into the asylum, for it
was barbarous in the extreme.
The CHAIRMAN protested against the use of such a
term.
Mr. CRAIGMYLE would then withdraw it; but he
would take the liberty of retaining the term " Austrian
discipline." At a previous meeting it was said that
the girls who had been flogged were mere children.
This was untrue, since no child was admitted under 7
years of age. W hat were the names and ages of the girls?
Sarah Jane Marr, 12 years, 7 months, and 19 days ;
Margaret Maeozie, 12 years, 7 months, and 6 days ;
Mary Eliza Robertson, 11 years, 6 months, and 1
day ; Ann Young, 11 years, 24 days. Now, he
would ask if it was either Christian or humane that
girls of this age should be disgustingly exposed before
their schoolmates ?
The ChAIRMAN said the punishment was not in-
flicted in the presence of their schoolmates.
Mr. CRAIGMYLE said, at least, then, there were
parties present. He was satisfied that no father of a
family would permit such a punishment to be in-
flicted upon his daughters of such an age as was
inflicted on these three or four children.
A GOVERNOR said six were whipped.
Mr. CRAIGMILE—So much the worse. The ex-
posure which had attended, and would attend such a
course of proceeding, if persevered in, would bring
more degradation than anything he could imagine
upon the Caledonian Asylum. The matter was now
before the public, and it was rung in his ears from
the right and from the left ; and he confessed he was
never ashamed of his country until he found that
girls were flogged in a charitable institution sup-
rirdt eadt tbhye ISasetoetcohumrtenth.—at(thleeabro.)ys
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that it was necessary that corporal punishment should
'be inflicted upon them. if that gentleman had
inflicted such a punishment on a child of his in the
'asylum, he would not have carried his complaint to
that Court, but to a police magistrate. The punish-
ment was offensive, disgusting, and degrading. The
'nay to deal with children of such years was to reason
'with them. It was, however, a little remarkable that
the system was advocated from the pulpit, the senate,
and the camp, but, like negro slavery, though
'public opinion might be disregarded for some
time, it would at last fall, Then they were

A report just issued by the landlords, guardians,
&c., of the Limerick Union exhibits a lamentable
condition of things in that extensive and hitherto
fertile district. The document is very long, but em-
bodies a host of facts, one of which still strikingly
proves the falling off in production—whether the de
falcation b.:, the result of famine, extermination, de-
spair, or emigration—or, most probably, of all

together :
"Tables of the area of cultivation and produce of the
Limerick unions—Limerick, Rath!reale, Newcastle,
and Kihinallock :—la 1837, 52,900 acres of wheat,
cultivated, producing. 304,000 barrels of twenty
stone each ; 67,500 acres of oats, producing
645,000 barrels of fourteen stone ; 9,000 acres of
barley, producing 80,000 barrels of sixteen stone ;
12,000 acres of potstocr, producing 820,000 barrels of

twenty stone: 16,000 acres turnips. In 1848-32,000
acres of w hcat, producing 136,003 barrels; 52,800 acres
of oats, producing 260,000 barrels; 14.900 acres of
barley, producing 121,000 barrels; 38,900 acres of pot-4-
toes, producing 772,000 barrels; 11,800 acres of turnips.
1849—n0 leturn,"

The Queen's College, Belfast, will be opened on the
20:h inst. with great éclat—some of the most distin-
guished names being already mentioned on the roll of
visitors. It is said the Primate will establish a then•
logical prolessor in the college, in connexion with
the Established Church.
There is nothing worth noting in :the city to-day.
Even the courts, although in term, present no feature
of interest. By the way, Mr. John O'Connell is
a regular attendant at the Four Courts now, and may
be seen, in wig and gown, traversing the hall, or,
book in hand, pacing the library. The Honour-
able Gentleman, it is understood, intends to follow
the profession henceforth; and, for the purpose of
having time to attend the courts, had further post-
poned the meeting of the Repeal Association to three
o'clock on the Mondays.
The weather is wretched. It threatened snow this
morning, bat changed to a perfect deluge of rain and
sleet, which continued until three r.rs.
THE FuND3.—Three per Cent. Consols closed at
0411-1- : Three and-a-Quarter per Cent. Stock, 941,- 95 ;
Bank Stock, 199 L. Railways—Great Southern and
Western, 41 Waterford and Limerick, 8 a.

inflicted?
Mr. HAMILTON said if the governors received a
guarantee that it would not be inflicted in any in-
decent or improper mode; he thought they would
be satisfied.—(Hear, hear.)
The Rev. Dr. CUNNING—That guarantee can be
safely given.
Mr. MACGREGOR then drew attention to the dis-
missal of Mrs. Maddocks, the matron, and expressed
his opinion that no real economy would be effected by
her dismissal, and the appointment of Mrs. Renton,
as unpaid matron. Mrs. Maddocks brought them a
character of twenty-eight years, and if they dis-
charged her they would not meet her like.
Upon this much discussion enused, in the course
of which Mr. CAMPBELL demanded if any charge
had been made against Mrs. Maddocks.
The CHAIRMAN replied that the charges were
general, and read a letter from Mts. Mad-
docks to the band-master, denying that they
had ',leagued themselves against the superin-
tendent ; also one from Miss Mackenzie, the
schoolmistress, declaring that she was not in the
asylum when, the girls were flogged. He wished to
state the alteration was made on the score of economy.
Mr. CAMPBELL hoped the matron would not be
dismissed until the charges against her had been fully
investigated,, and moved that she be continued in her
occupation, which was seconded by Mr. MACGREGOR.
Mr. M'CuaE advocated the reduction of the ex-
penses by? limiting the number of children admitted,
in order to bring their expenditure within their in-
come. He derived, however, by analysis of the ac-
counts of the last few years, that their subscriptions,
or donations, had fallen off. Ever since they had
admitted girls they had exceeded teeir expenditure.
He moved that the .number of children next year be
reduced from sixteen to five, three boys and two girls.
After much discussion the emendment of Mr.
Crackmyle was put, and lost by ten to six;
that of Mr. Campbells was carried, twelve
voting for it and 9 against, whilst that of Mr. M'Crae
, was lost—that gentleman expressing a hope that after
what they had just done, the directors would never
again be accused of extravagance.
A letter was read from Captain Forbes presenting
1001. to the Asylum—a munificent offer, which was
much cheered.
The election of children was then proceeded with.

LAW INTELLIGENCE.
COURT OF QUEEIVS BENCH, Dec. 5.
PA.LET V. CIJESTERTON.

!(Continntd from our Third Edition of last night.)
i 6 LORDSHIP having E.urrned up,
The jury retired to coLsult on their verdict, when the
Learned JuDGE, from some discussion which arose as to
the assessment of the damages, recallc.d.them, and stated

that they shnuld find separate danmges for imprisonment,
for searching, tuAl having tic:lted him as a person guilty
of a misdemeanour, and kct ping him to hard labour.
The jury again went out, and returned about six
o'clock with a verdict for the plaintiff, damages 231.—f0r
imprisonment, 5/.; for searching and shaving, 10/.; and
for improper treatment, &c., 101.

COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, Dec. 5.
(Sittings at Nisi Prius, before Lord Chief Justice
WILDE and a Special Jury.)
HOARE V. SILVERLOCK.
Mr. Carter appeared as counsel for the plaintiff;
and Mr. Sergeant Shee, Mr. Creasy, and Mr. Peacock
for the dAendant.

The action was brought against the defendant, who
is the publisher and proprietor of the Nautical
Standard and Steam Navigation Gazctle, to recover
damages for alleged lihellou3 matter concerning the
plaintiff, which had appeared in the abovementioned
publication.
The action wee brought under the following eir-
cumstancas :—ln 1847, an action was brought by
Miss Hoare (who has frequently within the last two
or three years figured in different courts of law)
against Commander Dixon, R.N., the Secretary of
t: e " Royal Naval Benevolent Society," for certain
scandalous matter aliened to have been uttered by
him respecting the plaintiff. The case came on for
trial at Croydon, on the 10th of August, 1847. It
then appeared that Miss Hoare, towards the end of
the year 1837, memorialized the above society, which
is established by and composed of officers of the navy
for the purpose of affording relief to the distressed
families of deceased naval officers. Although her
application was informal (not being signed by two
naval officers), and although her own father had not
been a subscriber to the society, which was established
only for the relief of the families of such officers as
had been contributors to the funds of the society,.
Commander Dixon, considering it a case of real dis-
tress, had consented to waive these objections, and, as
the agent of the society, had afforded her relief every
year from the above period up to 1841, when, consi-
dering from information which had reached him con-
cerning her that she was by no means a deserving
object for the consideration of the society, he refused
to grant her further assistance. In consequence of
his refusal, several rather warns discussions took
place at the meetings of the society, she having
managed to ingratiate herself with a few distinguished
officers, members of the society, who espoused her
cause, and some of the observations made by Com-
mander Dixon on those occasions formed the subject
of the action. At the trial, which took place before
Mr. Baron Parke, in which the defendant obtained a
verdict, Mr. Sergeant Shee appeared for the
defence, and the report of the Learned
Sergeant's speech on that occasion which ap-
peared in the columns of the Nautical Standard
formed the libel for which Miss Hoare now claimed
damages against the present defendant. The Learned
'Sergeant on that occasion, in justification of his client,
stated that a person living at Camden-town, at whose
house the plaintiff had lived, and applied to Comman-
, der Dixon for the sum of 201. 93., due for board and
lodging, and which she had untruly represented would
be paid by him, as she was in receipt of an annuity of
301. from the society. In order farther to justify
Commander Dixon, a letter from a clergyman at
Portsut was produced, in which the writer stated that
she was an unprincipled character; that she had
called on him for the purpose of discussing religious
doctrines; that she had described herself as enter-
taining infidel notions, which she wished him if pos-
sible to remove, and that on one occasion when she
proposed to take the sacrament he refused to adminis-
ter it on account of her infidel opinions, when she
stated that she wished to communicate in order that
her scruples might be removed. On his continuing
his opposition, she created a scene in the church-pre-
tending to faint, and afterwards throwing about a quan..
tity of lucifer matches, Another letter from a different
quarter represented her as a complete " female Jeremy
Diddler." On one occasion, at Plymouth, she feigned
herself ill, and sent for a gentleman, the head of some
religious sect there, and after some conversation
expressed herself as almost persuaded to become a
convert to the body to which he belonged; and before
he left the house she induced him to present her with
51., amusing herself and the people of the house after
his departure with mimicking his speech and manner.
The report of these and similar passages in the
Learned Sergeant's speech, which appeared in the
defendant's columns, formed the first count in the
present action. The second count was founded upon
the report of a speech of Sir John Ross at a meeting
of the society, held subsequently to the trial of the
action against Commander Dixon, in which he (Sir
John Reiss) expressed his hope that those officers who
had lett the society in consequence of the dissensions
that had existed among the members with respect to
Miss Hoare would, now it was apparent that they had
been grossly misled as to her claims upon the society,
be induced to return and join in a subscription to be
entered into for the purpose of defraying the heavy
legal liabilities that had been incurred by the society
through her means.
Mr. Sergeant SUEE, for the defence, contended that
the report which the defendant hail published in his
character of a journalist was a fair and impartial one,
and that nothing like could possibly he inferred
from any part of it. If the plaintiff chose to appeal
to a jury, she had no right to compain of any report
so long as it was correct and devoid of malice. On
the present occasion the report touched more lightly
upon the conduct of the plaintiff than she had any
reason to hope or expect. If she insisted upon chal-
lenging inquiry and raising an issue for the opinion
of a jury, a journalist was not only justified in faith-
fully reporting the proceedings, but it was his bounden
duty to the public to do so.
Several shorthand writers who attended at the trial
at Croydon were examined, who proved that the re-
port in the Nautical Standard was much more lenient
than it might have been under the circumstances.
Mr. CART Eli having replied at great length,
The Cuter JUSTICE summed up, and the jury,
without hesitation, gave a verdict for the defendant
upon both counts.
The trial continued throughout the whole day, and
,e;) did not terminate until 9 o'clock in the evening.

EXCHEQUER.—(THIS DAY.)
(Continued from our Afternoon Edition.)
WOOD V. HUTTON AND _ANOTHER.

Witnesses were called on the part of the defendants
Mr. Jones, :solicitor to the defendants, depo,ieed
that about the end of the year 1837, he had been con-
sulted with respect to Newman's transactions with
them. On the 1311 of January, 1838, wrote a
letter (given Lin Mr. Martin's address to the
jury) to Mr. Walton, Newman's solicitor, re-
quiring an account of alpayment of whatever
might be found due to the Messrs. Hutton. Several
other letters were likewise written to Mr. Walton on
the subject. On the 17th Dec., 1837, caused a search
to be made at the Bank of England for any invest-
ments made by Newman and his wife, and ascertained
that 2,1001. was found invested in the name of " John
Newman and Elizabeth Ann his wife." On Nov.
14, 1835, 700/. was invested, 1,200/. on the 18th
Oct., 1837, and 2001. on the 19th of the same month.
Here a clerk of the Bank of England was called, and
corroborated the particulars and result of the searching.
Witness continued—Attended at the defendant's
office on the 2d January, 1838, and found the
Mesrr. Hutton, the deceased, Mr. Newman, and
Mr. Nelson, his step-son. The Messrs. Hutton
expressed their dissatisfaction at Newman having so
long delayed furnishing his books, and complained
that the " piece book " was not among them.
Newman had a red book with him, and replied that
he could make up the " piece book" frcm it, and that
he would return at two o'clock that day (it was
then about ten o'clock). The meeting then ter-
minated. Witness went again at two o'clsck.
The parties were all there, with the
addition of Mr. Walton. Mr. William Hutton
said that Newman had that day made an
admission to himself and partner, and called upon
Newman to repeat it before the professional gentle.
men. After much hesitation on the part of Newman,
and on being over and over again urged by Mr. W.
Hutton to do so, Newman said "I owe Messrs.
Hutton 1,0001., and I wish them to place that amount
to my debit." Mr. Walton seemed surprised at this
admission, end said "No, Captain Newman, you
mean no such thing; you mean that Messrs. Hut-
ton owe you 1,000/." Captain Newman replied " No,
I mean no such thing; I owe Messrs. Hutton 1,0001.,
and I desire they will place that amount to my debit."
Mr. William Hutton then pressed Newman to say
how that sum had at isen, and then Newman said that
he had sold some gold dust, doubloons, and foreign
bills to different persons. He was then asked the
quantities, &c., and he furnished the particulars ver-
bally. He mentioned the names of Massey, Simmons,
and Childs. The bills were sold to Simmons.
Mr. Sirrell, a gold-refiner in Barbican, deposed
that on the 14th of October, 1837, a persvn who gave
his name as Newman called upon him and sold him a
quantity of gold dust (116 ounces) for which he paid
him 437/. 13s 61., at the 31. 16s. 3d. per ounce.
Mr. Jone (recalled) said the sale of the 116 ounces
of gold dust was made matter of discussion at the
meeting. Several books were produced by the Messrs.
Hutton relating to their transactions with Newman.
Newman examined them. The Nessrs. Hut •
ton complained that some of Newman's charges
were very heavy, and that some gunpowder
which had been shippal to the Coast had not been
accounted for. The meeting was then adjourned
until Tuesday, the 30th, at two o'clock. Saw nothing
in Newman's behaviour ever to make him suppose
that he was not in a state to transact business. On
the 30th instant met again, at the office of the de-
fendants, Newman, Nelson (his step son), Mr. Child
and Mr. Walton being present. After the interview
had lasted half•an•hour witness went away. Pre-
viously to leaving, the accounts had been gone into
and the " piece-book" was examined. The books of
the two last voyages were produced, and all the
books thas Nnewman usked for were furnished.
From all the interviews and transactions that witness
nad had with the deceased, Mr. Newman, he never
had any doubt that he was of sound and disposing
mind.
The case was again adjourned at five o'clock until
,o-morrow.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
BOW-STREET.

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papers which have come to hand to-day. Al-
though the local tribunals of this country posses
a largar jurisdiction than the English County
Courts, the desire of gain, even at the ex-
pense of a city which has been the capital
of the country for more than a thousand
years, has induced the advocacy of the localizing
principle on the part of the provincial press, whilst
the metropolitan broadsheets, although ever reclaim-
ing against the "centralizing system," inveigh agains'
the project with indignant bitterness. They point t
it as the first step to " vulgarise, scatter, and make
contemptible the intellectuhl strength of Ireland,"
of which Dublin is the head-quarters, and
finally, when that strength shall have been broken
up, to remove the business of the superior law courts
altogether to Westminster. The appointment of the
Encumbered Estates Commission, too, is indicated as
one phase of the plot ; ar.d most certainly, were that
court established to substitute Chancery, it could not
have been endowed with more potent attributes for
the supersession. In fact, in two years, the Commis-
mission will drain the Chancellor's Court of
all its business. Cu/ bow the Chancellor
then ? say the Dublin papers ; and they
aver, at each issue, that in rotation the same question
will be great as to all " national institutions" in
Ireland. For my part, I believe the entire alarm
has been aaised by the lawyers themselves, who
notoriously influence almost every paper in Dublin.
It is not easy to see the motive; but as a vast
number of Irish Bills are about coming into
operation, and as they involve a very large amount of
patronage, the profession naturally desire to show that
they are a "power in the state," and are not to be
forgotten in the proximate distribution of vice-regal
favours.

TEE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING. DECEMBER 6, 1849.

the Scotch Stores, Burlington- street. These state-
ments were utterly untrue, but, believing them to be
genuine, the shaman made up the gold leaf, and
delivered it as requested. The second case was
this :—He went to the shop of Messrs. Gass, 116,
Regent-street, and handed to Mr. Samuel Gass a
note which purported to have emanated from Mr.
Reid, of Rose Villa, Hampton, Messrs. Gass's land-
lord ; and in that note was a request that two gold
enamelled watches might be forwarded on approval
to Mr. Reid. Mr. Gass made up four watches, of
the value of 501, in order that Mr. Reid might have
a good choice, and an approbation bill, into a parcel,
and gave it to the prisoner, who stated that the
watches not approved of would be returned on the
following Wednesday. The note was a forgery ; and
on the prisoner being apprehended at 91, Morton-
street, two of the watches were found upon him, and
the other two had been pawned by him.
Before the examination of Mr. Gass was concluded,
The prisoner said he was in a very unfortunate
position, having no legal adviser nor the means to
procure one ; nor had he any friends who would, if
applied to, provide him with such means. lie was
not in a situation to meet the charge, and therefore,
not to waste the time of the Court, he would, with
his Lordship's permission, plead guilty to both in-
dictments.
Toe plea of guilty was then recorded.
Mr. Collard, the superintendent of the Great
Western Railway police, was then examined. He
proved that in July, 1848, the prisoner was at the
Old Bailey upon five indictments for railway robberies,
and he pleaded guilty to two of them. In considera-
tion of his having given information that led to the
recovery of more than 2001. worth of property, he was
sentenced to a year's hard labour.
The Learned JUDGE said he very well knew, but
did not like to say, who the prisoner was. lie had
no doubt but that the position of the prisoner was a
heavy effliction to his aged and worthy father. The
sentence of the Court was, that for the felony he be
kept to hard labour fur nine, and for the fraud six
calendar months, making fifteen months together.
IVhilst standing in the dock the prisoner was served
with a notice that he had been struck off the rolls.
MUSIC AND DANCING-TILE ARGYLL BOOMS.

In the course of the day the grand jury brought in
a true bill against George French Bryer, Robert
Bignell Emile Laurent, Charles Dursin, Alfred
Calkin, Joseph Calkin, and Richard Moxey, for
keeping a public place for music and dancing, called
the Argyll Rooms, in Windmill-street, Ilaymarket,
without being licensed to do so.
Just before the rising of the Court, Mr. RASSEN, a
solicitor, said that three of the parties named in the
indictment were then in attendance, accompanied by
several persons who were anxious to become their
bail, and he hoped his Lordship would admit them to
bail at once, so that they might not be subjected to
the annoyance of being taken into custody upon a
bench warrant.
The Learned JUDGE asked who the defendants
present were ?
The SOLICITOR replied, Messrs. Bryer, Laurent,
and Dursin.
Mr. WITIIAM (magistrate)—ls not Mr. Laurent a
casino keeper ?
The JUDGE—It is not likely that he will answer
that question just now.
The SOLICITOR trusted that his Lordship would
accede to his request, for he was convinced, from the
character of the parties who were instituting these
proceedings, that one object was to get the defendants
into custody until bail was procured. The prosecutor
was not au unknown individual—Mr. Thos. Stowell.
The Learned JUDGE said he expected so; nod

that simple fact told him not only what sort of a
prosecution it was, but the peculiar manner in which
it would be conducted. lie fully understood the
character of such proceedings, and if the magistrates
(addressing Mr. \Vahan)) would not grant more
licenses to such establishments, who could wonder at
such proceedings being taken. The public required
a greater amount of entertainment than the licensed
places afforded, and if illegitimate places afforded
what there were not legitimate places to provide, why
of course people would go to the illegitimate establish-
ments. If the parties did their best to conform their
houses to the law, and were refused the permission
to do so, it was not their fault, and lie could not
think otherwise than that the greater the number of
such establishments there were licensed the better.
lie felt convinced that the system at present pursued
was wrong, and he certainly hoped it would soon be
changed, and the change he was certain would be
productive of good results. He should say nothing
of this present prosecution on that occasion, but as to
the application, he had no hesitation whatever in
granting it; and the order of the Court was that the
defendants, Bryer, Laurent, and Dursin, enter into
their own recognizances in 401. each, with two sure-
ties of 201. each, to appear for trial at the adjourned
session • and the solicitor for the defendants must
undertake to give the parties prosecuting notice that
the trial would then take place.
The required sureties having been entered into, the
parties left the court.

Joseph Hawhes, a sea-faring man, was brought
before Mr. Henry, charged with repeatedly assault-
ing Mrs. Colliver, who keeps a coffee shop in Holy-
well-street, Strand.
It appeared from the statement of the complainant,
that about half-past eleven o'clock on Tuesday night,
when she was alone, and about to close her house,
the prisoner came in very much intoxicated demand-
ing to be served ; and before she had time to comply
with his request he commenced a volley of abuse,
threatening that if she said a word death would be
ins!antly her portion, and struck her violently several
times, until she was fortunately protected from fur-
ther injury. He also called her a murderess, allud-
ing to the unhappy fate of a gentleman named Wild-
man, who had thrown himself or was thrown out of
her second-floor window, from the effects of which
he died, the particulars having appeared in the news
papers at the time.
Mr. lIENRY inquired if she had ever seen the •pf
Boner before?

Mrs. Colliver replied that about :three years ago
le was brought to her house by a woman, to whose
daughter he was about to get married, for the pur-
pose of procuring a lodging for him, and having
retired to his bedroom, and locked himself in, he
threw himself out of the window in the middle of the
night, and after he was removed to the hospital, where
he remained only three days, he said that he had been
robbed of all his money except what gold he pos-
sessed, after which he returned to the house and
treated her husband with a bottle of wine.

Constable 154 F proved that he heard the com-
plainant request the prisoner to go away, upon which
he laid hold of her and violently assaulted her.
In answer to the MAGISTRATE, witness said he
knew nothing against the character of the house; but
he had not been long upon the beat.
In answer to the charge, the prisoner said that
although he had been twice in China, and the West
Indies, he had b 9 en lately discharged from his ship
i❑ consequence of the fracture ha had received in his
skull when he fell from the window, and when he
took drink he was quite unconscious of what he did.
The complainant said he was frequently in the
habit of coming beforQ her door, announcing to
persons outside that it was the house where the mur-
deress lived who drugged and robbed whoever fre-
quented it to get refreshment.
The prisoner attempted to justify his conduct by
saying that the complainant was against him, because
the coroner's jury wanted him to give evidence re-
specting the death of Mr. Wildman, although he told
the jury that no blame whatever could be attached
to her. _ _

Mr. HENRY said the prisoner could not be allowed
with impunity to commit an assault; he should pay
a fine of al., or receive one month's imprisonment.
The fine was not forthcoming, and the prisoner
was sent to confinement for a month.

ACCIDENT TO AN OrriarEa OF THE COLDSTREAM
G UARDS. —On Monday Colonel Windham's hounds met
at Stoke, about four miles from Chichester, and, having
found, pursued the fox to Woodmancot, near Ensworth,
where they killed. Amongst the foremost in the chase
were several officers of the battalion of Guards now
quartered in the barracks at Chichester. One of these,
Captain Strong, met with a severe accident, in conse-
quence of his horse failing to clear a drain, which was at
the far side of a fence, at which his gallant rider had put
him. The animal contrived to get his fore legs into the
drain, fell, threw his rid. r, and then rolled over him.
Prompt assistance was rendered by Captain W. Crosby
and the Messrs. Deacon and Lyne, who were close at
hand. The first named of these gentlemen rode off in
quest of m. dical aid, which was not long in arriving, as
he met, within a few minutes ride of the spot where
the accident occurred, Dr. Foster, R N., and Dr.
Joseph Baxter, of Emsworth. Upon examination by
tiles() gentlemen, it was found that, in addition to several
severe bruises, one of the gallant captain's collar-bones
was broken. Alter the necessary manipulations of the

medical gentlemen, and when Captain Strong had re-
covered from the first effects of his fall, he was placed
in a fly, and conveyed to Chichester, uhtro ho is doing
well, under the care of the battalion assistant-surgeon.

The flesh of animals which feed excursively, is
allowed to have a higher {Layout. than that of those
which are cooped up. May there not be the same dif-
ference between men who read as their taste prompts,
and men who are confined in cells and colleges to stated
tasks2—Eliza Cook's Journal. _ .

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A letter from Philadelphia says that a box of gold
dust, directed from San Francisco to New York, had
been tapped with en augur by some ingenious and
.cu-
rious rogue, and 10,000 dollarb' value abstracted from it.
TIIE NEW DRAWING OFFICE AT THE BANK OF
ENGLAND.—On Tuesday the office for the privae banking
establishment of the Bank of Evgland, which will be
known as "The Drawiug-office," and which has been
seine months in course of construction, was completed,
when the whole of the books connected with this de-
partment were removed from the old office—a temporary
wooden building adjoining—preparatory to the com-
mencement o 1 business there.

PRICES OF SrIARES

IN BANKS, ASSURANCE,AN.r: OTHER CO I-

PANIES' STOCK.
From the Official List.

PUBLISHED EVERY 7 lEsD..ky AND FAMAY EVENING
LONDON, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 4.,

TOINT-STOCX EiVIVES.

Dividend Amount
Name of Company. I per of Paid. Fri, e.
Annum. Share.
- ----
A s. d. A s. d.
Australasia ...... •• •• 31. per cent. 40 0 0 40 0 0 24%
Britsh North American 51. per cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 42
Ceylon • • 71. per cent. -
Commercial of London GI. per cent. 100 0 0 20 0 0 -
CJlontal. .
Gloucestershire ••• • • • 15/per cent.' - - -
lonian ........ •••• • • i 61. per cent.l 25 0 0 25 0 0 -
Londn and Westminstr Cl. per cent. 1100 0 0 20 0 0 -
- - 13 0 0 -
London Joint-Stock .• • 6/. per cent. 50 0 0 10 0 0 --
Provincialof Ireland•• Si. per cent. 100 0 0 25 0 0 -
Ditto, New.• •••• • • • U. per cent. 10 0 0 10 0 0 -
National of Ireland .. Si. per cent. .;0 0 0 22 10 0 -
Nat. Provncial of Eu. 61. per cent. 180 0 0 35 0 0 -
Ditto, New. . ........Cl. per cent 20 0 0 10 0 0 -
South Australia ••• • • • 5/. per cent. - 22 10 0 -
Union of Australia.. •. 61. per cent. 25 0 0 25 0 0 28
Ditto - ............ 6/. per cent - 2 10 0 -
Union of London - 61. per cent 50 0 0 10 0 0 -
Union of Madrid •• • • - 40 0 0 40 0 0 -
/NWT/LANCE COWMAN/ES.
Dividend Amount
Name sf Company. per of- Paid. Prii e.
Annum. Share.
-------
A s. d. X s. d.
Albion .. -••.•- •• • • 31. 10s. 500 0 0 50 0 0 75
Alliance Brit. and For. 711456 d & lie 100 0 5 11 0 0 1934
DM.) Marine.• ••• • • 61. per cent. 100 0 0 5 0 0 fi.i
Atlas . -
British Commercial • • 7s. per share 50 8 0 5 3 0 -
Cleriel,Med.& Gen• Life spr et.& bs. 100 0 0 10 0 0 19
Cmnity ...........• •• 31. 100 0 0 10 0 0 GO
14s. 50 0 0 5 0 0 14
Eagle .....
European Life •••• •• 414 per cent. 20 0 0 All paid. 10
Family Endow= t Soc. 4/. et be. 100 0 0 4 0 0 -
Freemasons' ..• ••• • • • 64 per cent. 20 0 0 3 0 0 -
GIL Le -•• • • • • 61. per cent. Stock. -121 y,
GJardian ...• •••• • • • • 51. 100 0 0 36 10 0 4914
Imperial Fire .. •••• •• 12/. per cent. 500 0 0 50 0 0 228
Imperial Life •••• • • •• 125. 1100 0 0 10 0 0 15
Indemnity Marine.. • • 1/.31i. & be. 100 0 0 513 1 36
Law Fire •.•.•• • • • • • • - 100 0 0 210 0 214
LW Life- •• •• •• •• .. U. las. 100 0 0 10 0 0 42
Le;al and General Life - 50 0 0 2 0 0 4
London Fire •• •• •• • • 105. 25 0 0 12 10 0 16%
London Ship •.••• • • • 10i. 25 0 0 12 10 0 1614
, !Amine.. .•• •• ...... 125. per share 100 0 0 15 0 0 9
' Sled. Itrelld&Gen.Life 4141. per ct. 50 0 0 2 0 0 214
1 National Lean Fund- 51. per cent. 20 0 0 210 8 --
National Life •• • • -
l'
Palladium Life 5l. per cent. 50 0 0 2 0 0 21 Os.
1 Pelican •• •••••• • • •• • • - - - -
Peamix • .• 3/. p. sh. & bs. - - 141
1 Pi °teeter Life .• ••• • • 52. per cent. 20 0 0 1 0 0 -
Provident Life - 11. ss. & bs. 100 0 0 10 0 0 26
a Rock Lifa• • • . ss. 5 0 0 010 0 5N
lloyal Exchange 6!. per cent. Stock. - 202
Sall Fire - . . . • . - - - - 205
y D i tto Life .•... - - 47
✓ tiri.ifed Kin_ don -
U aiversal I:ife lO% pr cut. 100 0 01 9 0 0 -
o Victoria Life . ..
o__ _ _ - -
a DOC32E3.
Dividend Amount
:9 Name of Company. per of Paid. Frio
Annum. Share.
..--..----
t, £ s. d. X e. d.
East and West India-. 6/. pr cent. Stock. - -
Beat Country - 21
a Lonam ••• • • ••••• • • 5/. pr cent. Stock. - 115
Ditto Bonds •••• •• • . il. per cent. - - -
, St• Katharine ........4 per cent. Stock. - 79
'' Ditto, Scrip.. - • • . . - - - -
Ditto Bonds •• • • .... iIV. pr cent. - - -
Id Southampton ••••.. .. 21. per cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 I -

lIIIII3GZEI
Dividend Amount
Name of Company. per of raid. Price,
Annum. Share.
-- -
X. a. d. X. a. d. ----
Charing-cross —.... •• 25 0 0
Southwrk, Nw Sub. Av. b 32 12 9 2
Ditto Nw 01 7% p.c. 355. per cent. 50 0 0 6
Waterloo •••••• • • • • • • 100 0 0 3
Ditto Old Ann. of 8/. 11. 4s. Od. 60 0 0 27
Ditto Nw ditto of 71. 11. Is. Od. 40 0 0 24
Vauxhall •• .. .... Av. 11. 70 10 3 ,
1/1./.l.llon.—‘37o7LlLfli
Dividend Amount
Name of Company. I per of raid. rricf
Annum. Snare.
----. --. ___— ---.—
£ a. d. £ a. d.
East London..• •••.• • • i SI. 100 0 0 161}
Grand Junction ...... 1 4/. per cut. 50 0 0 82
1ient................ i 31. 105. 100 0 0 75
Lambeth ••• • • • ...... ( 51. per cnt. 100 0 0 99
New Rivr Lndn lirdge 21. I0s• 55
Vauxhall .• •• ...... 1 51. per cut. 100 0 0 98
bleat Middlesex. . . j 61.05. pr cut. 191