The Sun.
London, England, 1849-02-05 00:00:00

THE STJN, LONDON, MONDAY, EVENING, FEBRUARY 5, 1849.

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LIFE IN NEW ZEALAND. risen from ss. to 6s. per day. At tl*e commencement PRICES OF SHARES
The following is the copy of a letter received by of the settlement very few thouglt of anything but IN BANKS, ASSURANCE, AND OTHER COM•
Mr. John Clark, yeoman of Timsbury, near ROMSey, extravagant living, fine, dressing,. and the grog shops ; PANIES' STOCK.
but when the company s high prices were over, they From the Official List,
Hants. The writer, William Batten, was formerly
were forced to alter, and get land for a living, and PUBLISHED EVERY TUESDAY AND FRIDAY EVENING.
shepherd in Mr. Clark's employ, ____--...------
the mone that had been thrown away as with a
New Zealand about six years since. The simple un-
and emigrated to
shovel was then wanted. I worked out eight acres LONDON. FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 2.
adorned narrative of New Zealand life which the
of land at earning. 103. a clay. I have an entire free ZOINT-STOCK BANKS.
letter furnishes us with will doubtless be interesting
estate, sufficient for every comfort in life; and if John Dividend ) Amount '
to our readers :- Name of Company. per of Paid. Price
and Thomas could but once see what I have ' d
game Annum. Share.
a New Plymouth, New Zealand,
by corn. ing, to New Zealand, what chain could hold ------ ---
in England? A I. d. A s. d.
" I think that I can now say that April 30,
tlBt4hBe.
settlement them Australasia .......• • • - 40 0 0 40 0 0 22
BritshNorth American 51. per cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 -
is likely to do well, as the Government have pur- "It is said that emigration is going on, and I hope
r`eylon •••••• - - - • • 71. per cent. 25 0 0 25 0 0 -
chased from the natives every mile of rich ground, it is true, and hope that my nephew will pluck up -
Commercial of London 61. per cent. 100 0 0 20 0 0 -
and the settlers that have been solong deprived of
him courage Colonial....
when he and his family lands, but if I should not Glouce
lonian ••••••.• • • • • •• C 1.6 per cent. 25 0 0 25 0 0 -
district. The whole of Taranakie is well supplied he must inquire for' Goshen-house,' or ' Noah's Ark. '
Londn and Westminstr 61. per cent. 100 0 0 20 0 0 2336
- - -
with springs and fine rivers of good water ; plenty of " The sands here are proved to be the best of iron, Ditto .............. 13 0 0
~ondon Joint-Stook . - Si. per cent. 50 0 0 10 0 0 15
fish and wild ducks. The greatest produce of the and Mr. Price is about to erect a foundry. Ships are
Provincialof Ireland.. Si. per cent. 100 0 0 25 0 0 -
land hitherto has been wheat, of which we have very now taking loads of potatoes to Sydney, where the
Ditto, New. -
excellent sorts. The finest wheat that can be sold is wholesale price is now Si. per ton. Earthquakes are
N_aatti.opnraol ofeiteolafnEdn.g.. 5311. p.
Pi:l'r cent.
nent. 15000 00 00 22
35 100 00 -
N
8/. per load ; barley, 6s. per bushel ; oats, 65.; pots- not felt often ; I have felt but two heavy shocks for
Ditto, New. •• •• - - 8/.per cent. 20 0 0 10 0 0 --
toes, 21. per ton. The settlement has been very low, two years. It appears there have been two great South Australia ...... 51, per cent.
- 22 10 0 -
UnDic!ttntnof..A.us. tralia.... 61. per cent. 25 0 0 225
100 00 -
and the settlers in general badly off, but even then earthquakes, as the land in some places is broken in
the labouring classes were much better off than pieces; one appears to have been 2,600 years ago, Union of Lond•o•n•.•••••••.• 61. per cent. 50 -0
0 10 0 0 --
the labouring classes in England ; but now, the other must have been in very ancient days. Union of Madrid ..... - 40 0040 0 0 -
•
thank God, we have got the boot on the " I cannot learn by any of the most ancient natives, BRIDGES
other leg, and every settler has plenty ; in none that there was ever anything like dearth or famine in
Dividend Amount
but the ini3erable huts of drunkards can the inmates this isle. There have been eruptions at the big Name of Company. per of Paid. Price,
say they have ever known a banyan day. It is just mountains, and millions of tons of stones and massy Annum. Share.
five years, two months, and ten days, since I landed rocks are thrown out, either by fire or water. .z• s. d. A. 6• d.
here, and have been just three years and twenty days "The postage of letters from England is Bd., if to Charing - - 25 0 0 -
Southwrk, Nw Sub. Av. - 632 12 II - 234
independent on my own free land; and if John and Sydney or Adelaide first, it is lid. Ditto Nw of 734 p.c. 350. per cent. 50 0 0 - 15
Thomas had come with me, they might have been just " Public-house licenses till 10 o'clock, 301., and 12 waterloo - 100 0 0 - 4
as well off, and for three years have been lords of o'clock, 401. a year. Only two shops of that kind in Ditto old Ann. of 81. 11.55. 4d. - 60 0 0 26%
Ditto Nw ditto of 7L 11. 2s. 2d. 40 0 0 24%
I splendid harvests. I have moved from Pokeokeps, and this place. My eldest daughter has been married Vauxhall .... ... Ay. IL 17s. 70 -10 3 - 24
am now at Pegrikurik. I have a large two story some months. The natives are all married by the WATER-WORKS
house with eight rooms, convenient for every purpose; I missionaries, and the old-fashioned way of knocking ..
Dividend Amount
have the best garden in the place, containing two their heads together is done away with. Name of Company. per of Paid. Price.
acres, and raise everything to an amazing size. I "There have been wars in different parts of the Annum. Share.
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have the largest and most convenient barn in the set- island, and some soldiers and settlers killed, but it is -
.z a. d. A s. d.
tlement. I have this year about 400 bushels of wheat, in peace now, and we have never had any wars, Birmingham......... 18s. 25 0025 0 0
-
a few of barley and maize. I raise yearly about 50 although we have once been threatened by the natives East
ran dLojndonntio.n......... ••
21.81.02. 100
41
103 04 - lie
- SO
tons of potatoes, very large, and about 1,000 tons of of the Topo tribe. The natives of this place prepared, '
Kent ••.•• • • • • • .... :: 31. 106. 100 0 0 - -
swedes, and about 300 cabbages from 10Ib. to 401 b. as well as us, to attack them ; all we could muster New Rivr Lndn Brdge 21.105.
- - 55
Vauxhall - .......... 51. per cnt. 100 0 0 - 100
each, and a great quantity of fruit and flowers, and was eight pieces of cannon, some guns, and 20
inns- west Middlesex . . . 61.05. pr en:. - - . 118
other vegetables in abundance. I have also ten good kets. The news soon reached Port Nicholson ; the
SURANCE COMPA.NIES. .
bogs, and often 20. Bacon, pork, poultry, eggs, butter, Government brig happened to be there, which sailed
IN
milk, fish, and such like, very plentiful. I have fire- immediately with a supply of arms and ammunition Dividend Amount
rams of Company. per of Paid. Pries
wood enough to last my house a century, and burn for us. A native went to spy, and in a month re- Annum. Share.
on the land thousands of loads to disencumber. Two turned, saying a young man, a sort of prince, had -...
bushels of seed wheat to the acre is the regular go; shot himself playing with his gun ; the whole tribe
Albion A J. d. X 0. d.
• 31. 10i. 500 0 0 50 0 0 75
the fern land produces thirty bushels to the acre ; went to bury and bewail him ; meantime a missionary Alliance B• •;1•: Wild. ier. 61. per cent. 100 0 0 11 0 0 -
and the bush land in general about fifty. Mine is all found his way to them, telling them the white people Ditto Marine.• ••• • • 61. per cent. 100 0 0 50 0 -
timber land, and my place will bear inspection by any meant them no harm, and if they did go, it was likely gtssi,l.73....psea;
chars
. 505 0 0 .5 60
08 154 1541
. Commercial..... •.•.
person. In May is the best season to sow wheat, and their heads would be taken off and sent to England Ciericl,Med.& Gen• Life tpr ct.& bs. 100 0 0 10 0 0 19
might be continued till August, and harvest in to be made sport of. Nut liking these thoughts, they 2r3ountY:::::::::::::: 31.
14s. 100 0 0 10 0 0
RI 0 0 5 0 0 123 t
January and February. thanked the missionary and returned to Topo, leaving Eagle •• •
EEnagro.&eScolt,ifLeftw.
554. per cent.nt.
2500 0
00 2 126 -
" The winters here are very much like a cold wet us in peace; however, a part of the same tribe hare 811
summer in England. I have only three times seen since made war with the settlers and soldiers at Zou- FamiPlyEnclowmnt•S•oc. 41P.elif be.e 100 0 0 4 paid.O
0 --
ice as thick as common window glass, no snow, and ganesie, but being beaten, are again returned to Topo. Freemasons' ..• ••• • • • 61. per cent. 20 0 0 30 0 -
Globe ..... ...... •• • • 61. per cent. Stock. - 113
very little white frost. This is, I think, the finest " Here there is no turnip fly, but the grasshoppers Guardian ...... •••• •• 51. 100 0036 10 0 43
climate in the whole world; neither myself nor one are very destructive to all late sown crops. Imperial Fire .. -- • • 121, per cent. 500 0 0 50 0 0 217
of my family have ever known a day's illness since " This settlement of New Plymouth has been for InmdpeenfttyLittr. .11.1.• :: ....
11..1b25i
1:4. 110000 00 0 150
130 !
2148%
we left England. lam now 48 years, two months, and some time like an infant without a friend ;it seemed Law Fire •• -
11. 16s. 100 0 0 10 0 0 42
a few days old. I appear 20 years younger to look like no man's land, belonging to neither Government
LLeigwalla-nifde•G•e•n• e•ra-l•L•i•f•e
London Fire ........ - 50 0 0 20 • 4110 s.
on than when I left. My eldest son, William, is or company ; but since his Excellency Governor Grey ios. 25 0 0 12 10 I 13%
about to purchase for himself 200 acres of land, en- has visited and seeing it a paradise, and a good corn union Ship •.••• • • • 10s. 24 Ol2lO 0 13%
tirely by his own savings. Here is a chance for and cattle district, although no harbour for shipping,
sled.ln•v•lid• 84•• G• •en...L. iie 4341. per ot . 159 g 00 0
125 000 82%
every one. The natives are beginning to raise wheat he is very desirous to put and encourage it forward, National Lean Fund.. Si.per cent. 20 0 0 210 0 -%
in abundance, and have several mills to grind corn and with the good industry of the settlers, this will National Life.... -
Palladium Life 5l. per cent. 50 0 0 2 0 I 11 19s.
in several parts of the country at their own expense ; be the best settlement in the south. The summers Pelican ••.• . • • ....•
.•- - - _
they have (the greatest part of them) embraced are not so hot as in England ; the weather has been eusenix
Lit •• • •
cent. & bs.
20 0 0 10 0 - - 140
Christianity, and are become very civilized. very fine this last twelvemonths; the thunder here is Pi otector -
Provident Life• •
" Tho missionary stations are about forty miles little, and very mild and gentle.
Royal Rock Life
Exchange ...... ..
51. p sscent. S. s
tock 0
.0 010 0 534
er
apart, and many of them quite in the desert, amongst • - - 1 197
the natives only, and have to travel and preach BANK OF FRAN CE. Ditto Life . ... -
Universal Life lO% pr cnt. 100 0 0 9 0 0 -
- 44
twenty miles each way, and it is surprising how the The following is the situation of the Bank of France Victoria Life - - 40 0 434
minds of the most savage tribe, those who have been up to Feb. 1:-
making war, are now beginning to be very humble; ASSETS. DOCKS.
those about us are very civil and honest ; they work Cash and ingots ... . . ... f. 156,227,822 08 , Dividend Amount
just land enough to keep them, it is not one acre out of Ditto in branch banks ... . . 127,711,151 00 Name of Company. per of Paid. Pries.
1,000,000. There wants now, in this district of Bills past due ... ... ... 3,037,713 72 Annum. Share.
-
Taranakie, 100,000 emigrants ; people starving in Bills falling due in Paris, of which
CAnmercial ..
Stoc 6.
k. d. A a. d.
70
England, and millions of rich willing land here use- 15,614,561 f. 63c. are from the branch .. 41. per cent. -
o. East and West India 61 r cent. Stock. 123%
less-such easy working land that any man can throw banks ••• ••• ••• ••• 52,195,185 •'•7 East Country -
100 0 0
- 21
out 20 sacks of potatoes in one day. The town of Bills in the branch banks ~. ... 98,497,522 17 London
• • 51. pr cent. Stock. - 10$
New Plymouth is situated by the sea-side, and is Advances on coins and ingots... ... 19,810,070 00 Ditto Bonds ••• • - - 41. per cent. -
St. Katharine ........ 4 per cent. Stock. - -
Ditto on French public securities ... 31,644,023 05 - se%
laid out in straight streets, two miles long and one Ditto Bonds •• • .. 4341. pr cent. - - -
Ditto by branch banks... ... ... 1,554,337 00
mile across, with a belt at the back, side, and ends, con- Southampton •• -•-• 21. per cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 -
Ditto to the State on Bons du Tresor... 50,000,000 00
taining a large new hospital, many small farms, and GAS-LIGHT AND COKE COMPANIES.
Ditto on the loan of 150 millions ... 50,000,000 00
much waste land. The town at present is but scat- Rentes of the reserve fund ... ... 10,000,000 00 Dividend Amount
tering, most of the houses built of timber, the church Rentes, disposable funds 42,622,313 13 Name of Company. per of Paid. Price.
••• ••• Annum. Share.
is built of stone, about three times the size of that at Investments of the new branch banksin -
Timsbury. The Wesleyan chapel is built of stone, also the public funds ... ... ... 12,806,741 39 X. s. d. A. s. d.
a strong unoccupied prison built of stone. Here is no Hotel and furniture of the Bank ... 4,000,000 00
Dittoßrit ish •
P• r• o• v• i• n• c• i .6. l• ••
••
: • 1111.88. 4020 000 1
I 0 0 "2-0
clay fit for brickmaking, but plenty of stone of all Real property of the branch banks ... 2,273,729 00 Bristol •••••• • • • • .• ••• 101. per cent. 20 0 0 - -
sorts and sizes. Along the beach the river runs over Loan of 10,000,0001. to the city of Paris 7,000,000 00 Brighton ............ 51. per cent. 20 0 0
_ 16
Advance to the department of the City of London .. •• • • 101. 100 0 0 100 0 0 250
amazing beds of pebbles for many miles. Fresh-water ContinentalConsolidat. 926. pr share 50 0 0 39 5 0 45
1,000,000 00
Seine ••• ••• ••• ••• Ditto, New • • ...... 85s. pr share 50 0 •I 37 10 0 -
eels are often caught ten, twelve, and twenty pounds 200,000 00 Equitable .••• • • - • ... 455. pr share; 50 0 0 50 0 0 34
each. The settlers are scattered out wide. At the Interest in National Discount Bank ...
230,000 00 Imperial . • .......... 61. per cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 6734
Ditto branch banks ... ••• •••
Ornri there is a church built with timber, and a Pri- Bills protested at Paris 9,575,071 85 Independent ......... 61. per cent. 40 0 0 40 0 0 64
L0nd0n................-
.... •••. • • • • - 50 0 0 60 0 0 -
mitive chapel. Sabbath-schools are kept on as in Ditto at the branches .. 4,806,098 00
''' •'' - 50 0 0 50 0 -
England. Wild-fowl are plentiful, and it is every Expenses of administration of the Bank 127,490 56 Phcenix . .... • • ...... 51. per cent. 50 0046 0 0 30
one's fault if they do not glee on beds of down. Half Ditto of the branches ... ... ... 64,284 00 Itateliff ....• ........ 51. 100 0090 0 0 72
a mile in front of the sea the land is sandy, bearing Miscellaneous ... ••• •.. ••• 714,003 24 United General .... .. 4341. pr cent. 50 0050 0 41 1234
Westminster Ckartered 31. 50 0 0 - 4$
saving crops ; further in it is black mould-no stones. Ditto, New •• •• -... 125. 50 0010 0 0 , 9%
Oxen want no grass; horses want no shoes ; one f. 686,547,556 10 c.a.zriisas.
LIABILITIES.
share-point will last six months. Beneath the black
Capital ... ... . . ... ... f. 67,900,000 00 , i
Names of 1 e ~Dividend Price Names of
mould it is brown earth-wants subsoiling. i Dividend'
Ditto of the Branch
•Banks ... ... 23,350,000 00
" The tinioer and big bush is cut down in a rough Companies. iss per • Companies. d per Price.
Reserve fund ... ... ... ... 10,000,000 00 .1 1
fr; Annum.l .4 Annual.
es
way, laying six months, when the fire burns all up Ditto of the branch banks ... ... 2,980,750 00 ---- t -
£
clean, except logs and stumps. The wheat is Gown Reserve. Ina rnobillere 4,000,000 00 A.Bashrotnesceyo....
iah A 9
tel e.s.fl.e.ld.
..
11100000 2/.lBllos. .
34400
awl scraped in in a rough and light manner, and Notes to bearer, in circulation ... ... 413,465,500 00 1607 71• P
121.° - M
180 Neaac n
without grubbing. A crop of .50 bushels to the acre Ditto of the branch banks ... .., 14,879.050 00 itrknk&Abrg 1601 Si. 85 Oxford...". 0
•• 201. 190
is pretty sure. It is not a very good country at pre- Ditto te order (post-bills) 586,372 23 Birmingham 35i 41. 75 Peak Forest. 78 31. 126. 67
Coventry...• 100, 25/ 210 Regent's....
sent for sheep, although there is no fly or maggot, Account-current with Treasury creditor 30,380,612 E 0 Derby ••• • • 1001 61.• 63 Rochdale.... 833 11.4153. 5184
and sheep fatten fast, and some have good fleece. Various accounts current ... ... 78,016,170 67 ElLsinretChs 133 565. 40 Somrset Coal 1550 71.105. 131
All cattle here is in ood condition. Cattle here in• Ditto in branches ... ... ... 24,769,711 00 Erewash ••• 100' 321. - Do.LkFdSt 12 W.F.°. -
crease fast, as no calves are killed, and shiploads Bills payable at sight ... ...
... 3,973,800 00 GrandJ titian 100 5i.75 Stffrd &Wore 140 281. 811
g
Grand Surre- 100 2/. 30 Shrewsbury.. 125 151. -
Ditto at branches 735,289 00 Grand Union 201. 285
arrive from New Holland ; all that will may have 100 11. 103. 24 Stoarbridge.. 145
Bills of the branch banks payable by Grantham - 150 - - Severn and 1
cows, and at the cattle station there is about 300.5,940,084 35 Kennt & Avii 39 7s. 6d. 534 Wye Rail. j 26 IL"' 24
Here is some horses, but the work is mostly done by
pith
pitta Bankf o Bank.... 1:;•• h •••
payable by ranc es.. 2,606,427 00 Leeds& Livrp 100 301. 320 Warwick& 1
oxen. The hours for labouring men are from 7 till 5. ttIDI
Leicester.... 140 101. 75 liirming. j 100 41* "
Dividends payable 666,193 25 Leiestr &Nth 88 41. 40 Warwick&
The prices for threshing is Bs. per quarter. There are Liquidation of the Algiers••• Bank•• •••
256,124 04 Loughborogh 142 701. 650 Napton 1 100 W. 41
four threshing machines here, but the slow pace of Discounts, interest, and expenses •••
620 ,361 82 Monmouthsh 100 81. - Worcstr i 78 21. 41
the oxen, and reckoning all here, brings the price Ditto branch banks - Mntgernrysk 100 -
~, „. ... 571,592 00 MeltnMwbry 100 - - Birming.
- Wilts & Brks - 11. 10%
to 12s. the quarter. Corn threshes better than in Re discounts of the last six months ... 246,109 85
England. Men might earn very high wages but Ditto in branch banks .. ... ... 460,643 00
, LIST OF SCOTTISH COMPANIES' PRICES
765 17 Dividend Amount
very few can get their heads off their downy pillows Miscellaneous ... ... ... ... 142,
till the sun is three hours in the sky. Thank God, I -- Name of Company. per of Paid. Price.
Annum. Share.
can rise most mornings to salute the opening dawn. f. 686,547,556 18 ------- -
Almost every one has land, and is half independent.
Bank of Scotland
00 0 0 100 0 0 161
There are no soldiers, but we have a police of about THE ARMY AND NAVY British Linen Company 81. per cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 191
-0„..._ Caledonian Bank -•.• • 7% per sent. 10 0 0 210 0 41. Os
twenty men drilled to the musket like soldiers. There
City of Glasgow Bank . 61. per cent. 10 0 0 10 0 0 12%
are no natives more than about three miles inland, ex- (From the United Service Gazette of Saturday.) Clydesdale Bank •• •• •• 634 per cent. 20 0 0 10 0 0 13
cept when wandering about, which is common. THE VACANT COMMANDS.-Up to yesterday
after- Commercial Bank •• • • 71. per cent. 500 0 0 100 0 0 150
noon nothing had been decided by the Commander-in- Eastern Bank .. ••- • • 61. per cent. 25 n 0 10 0 C 91. 7s
" Here is no manner of wild beasts, no serpents or
Chief respecting the succession to the Comm and sof the Edlnb.& Glasgow Bank 61. per cent. 50 0 50 0 5%
-reptiles, no manner of vermin but rats; no thorns or Exehange Bnk of Scot.. 6/. per cent. 100 0 0 50 0 I 38
Northern and Midland and AthloneDis r.
thistles You might travel barefoot, lie down and sleep Colonelcies of the 71st Foot and 3:1 Westt icl tesa
India
nor the
_National
or
aAI 1 aßnan Company
674. per
r cent.cent. 5100
00
00
107
00 00 -
,84
in any part of the wilderness without the least danger. ment, vacant by the deaths of Sir Thomas Arbuthnotg North of Scotlandßank 4/. pPer cent. 20 0 0 5 0 0 31.1137 t.
North British Bank 5O 0 0 10 0 0 455.0 d
-
Amongst the thousands of birds I have never seen one and Sir Guy Campbell. Royal Bank of Scotland 51• per cent 100 0 0 100 0 0 116
like one I saw in England, except hawks. The sinall THE ADMIRALTY.-The whole Board of Admiralty Union Bank of Scotland 8/: per cent.. 100 00500 0 80
green parrot, with red heads, are the only birds that are now in full woi kat Whitehall. The First Lord, Sir Western Bank •• .. •• • • 81. per cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 72
hurt the corn. Among the many sorts of wood I have F. T Baring, Bart., stands his re-election for Ports- Bbiredeenernd.FLitrfeeandd
FLtirfee 121. per cent.
- 12 10 0 20 0 2%
20 0 0 0 11 0 93 6d
never seen one sort like any I ever saw in England ; mouth next week. The Right Hon. Baronet, together British Guarantee Ins. - 10 0 0 1001 ls Od
it is astonishing the size and height of the timber. with Rear-Admiral Duudas, C. 8., M.P., Captain the Caledonian Fire Insur. 101. per cent. 100 0 0 10 0 0 21
The hen bark is nearly as good and equal to oak for Hun. 'AL F. F. Berkeley, C. 8., M.P., Captain Lord John gtuyrcnhf aflaEsgcnngwlannlfens
61. -r
cent. 50
25 t(i) 0 20 0 2
tanning. In many places is found red, white,l- Hay, C. 13., M.P., and Mr. Ward, M.P., the Chief Se- Edinburgh Life Incur. Cl. rer cent. 100 0 0 122 I: : 211•873:
low, brown, and black ochre, very ' - were at the Premier's official dinuer on Wed-
soft and fine, and East of Scotland Life - 10 0 0 015 0 86.6 d.
Eng. & Scot, Law Life 51. per cent. 50 0 0 2 17 6 46s 6d
fit for making paint. The, nesday lest. Hercules Insurance per cent. 100 0
mines are not yet 0 10 0 0 10%
worked, and the Cornish miners THE ADMIRAL OF THE FLEET.-Sir James Hawkins Co.' 71.
lnsur. Co. of Scetlnd.• Si.SI. per cent. 100 0 0 10 0 0 7
have all left for ts e ,Bar'., although out of positive danger, is still, Life Assoc. of Scotland 51. per cent.
Whi b d
other settlements, being useless here. Mercantile Life - ...
In sinking a from his advanced age, much reduced in bodily strength, 010 0 4s. Od.
well close to the town was found National Fire and Life•
51. per cent. 101 g :
tried by Mr. Woods, a gold s . some metal, and This
smith and proved to be vived to receive
highly distinguished veteran officer has happily sur- North British Insur s%l.pr cent.
his long promised medals, for the speedy North & West of Scot. 61. per cent. 200 0 0
201 00 00 20262. tici
10 0 0 1 0 0 176 Od
hard silver. No chalk or '
limestone
is yet dis- bestowal of which on the gallant veterans of the war VI Al Scottish Life and Guar. - 20 0 0 011 0 ss.
• '
covered in Taranakie. M has advocated Admiral Scot. Mas. and Gen. Life - 10 0 015 0 108.0 d
oney fora long time earnestl b the
Yy of the Fleet.
been scarce, and most of the business is done by bar- ADMIRALTY LEVEES.-The First Lord of the Admi- letannttdiashrdUnLiffonn Insrnc
•e. 611.
perpr cenntt.
5200 0 0 1 0 0 11. 21
ter. Flour is sold by the dozen per cent.
10 0 0 1 50
50
11369 A
pounds, and it is Is. 6d. ralty has given public notice to officers desirous of inter- United Dep. Assurance Si.s
51.
per dozen for the best, and ls. 4d. for second •'s views, that he will not be able to see any one until the "--- MISCELLANEOUS.
has been as high as 6s. per dozen. Many • s• 1' commencement of the levees for the season. They be-
shiploads gin Dividend Amount
of fi,,ur is sent to Auckland and Port _ic. the week after next.
icholson, Name of Company. per of Paid. Price.
whore it fetches about double the price. The highest Commander Forsyth, whose promotion appears in Annum. Share.
' for butter of good quality is ls. per lb • the Gazette, has received his allvancement from the -----
price . inferior,.Z. 5. d. A. 6. d.
10d. Pork, best quality, at dear shops, Board of Admiralty, on the recommendation of Sir
3d. per lb.• H * • Australian Agriculturl _ 100 0030 0 0 is
I and many , arry Smith and Sir G. Berkeley, backed by the Co- Anglo-Mexican Mint.. 11. 48. 10 0 0 10 0 o -
other shops, 2d. ethers kill our loni I 'ffi
All clothing
ss is about double the • •a -o ce, as well as on the application of Vice-Ad- Ditto, Half Shares.. - - 210 0 . ....
Canada ... • • ........ 61. per cent. 100 0 • 32 10 0 -
own. Millers, shopkeepers, price iniral Decree for the services he rendered the army at Uppr Canada Bonds 51. percent. - 62
as in England, also iron work.
~ opkeepers, the Cape of Good' Hope, in - 79
are making their for- In Waterloo B-
blacksmiths, and carpenters ay, under the greatest danger and diffi- Comp. Cppr Mars Eng. 51. percent. 100 0 0 70 0 0
myself to complain. I eultY, whereby Gen. Revers. orsvest. sp. eir tat, 2/ 100 0 0 100 e
0 -
'tunes, and I have no room .forces, he ,as certified by the commanders of the
England wil try and 'rees, no prevented, on one occasion, the retreatofthe
hope every kind gentleman in
forces. Gen. Steam Navigation 11. 85. 15 0 0 14 0 0 21
get my nephew, William Batten, sent to New REPAIRS OF HER MAJESTY's SR London Institution ... - - 78 16 e -
ivs.-The Admiralty Russell Institntion •• .. - - 26 5 0 8
Tblymouth, Berkshire, and ship for
.New Plymouth. have issued orders ..... Peninslr& Orient•Stm. 81. per cent. 50 0 0, 50 0 0 63
The wheat is cut after the Cornish fashion,_ with or vessels arriving
to all the ports, that in future all shi
from foreign stati I"' Reversionary Int. Soc. 4%1. pr cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 90
large hewing hooks, and Imy ownself can cut and bind surveyed, as hitherto, by the Dockyard Officers
ons are not to be Royal Mail Steam.... 3341. pr cent. 100 0 0 69 0 0 50
before South Australian ....• 11. per share.
10025 0 0 2523 0 I 16
a full -acre in ada of stout wheat. He need not their defects are reported ; but, without Van Dieman's Land.. _
waiting for thiss 0 -
bring any reap hooks Here four breweries, and survey, the Commanders are to forward _
are to their Lord-list of defects from - Boons.
hops have sold t
a los. per pound. I have not spent ships a . , their own observation, direct
to the Admiralty. PRESERVATION OF 1300 KS. - About twenty-five
one penny on any kind of spirits, or at a public-house, STEAM SQUADRONS years ago I was annoyed by finding the backs of several rows
OF REgERVE.-We understand
for more than four - of books, some in a bookcase having glazed doors, which were
years, thank God. my c i
that it is the intention of the Admiralty to have kept locked,andothers adjoining
dren are safe and happyy at Ports-
as larks. It is not certain mouth and Devonport at least four steam-vessels mildewed. Wiping them carefully cleaned them only for a
whether the Tope fully
mountain is •
burning now or
equipped in every respect for immediate sea service, so time, for fresh crops of mildew speedily disfigured them again.
not, but it is certain that a river of boiling water 1 • f •hdßemembering to have seen my father who always made his
that the crews Ring urnis e they can at any time pro-
issues from it, wherein much cooking is done. There teed to sea on actual service. own ink, finish off by pouring a small glass of spirits of wine
is no smell or bad taste from it. Topo is the native I I
lONIAN SLANDS. ieu -I,* tenant-General Lord S into the ink jar, in order to prevent its becoming mouldy, I
Seaton, lightly washed over the backs and covers of
name of the mountain. The district of Taranakie is G.C.8., Lord High Commissioner, is coming home, and spirits of wine, using, as a brush, the feather of a goosequill.
50 miles across, and it is the native name of the a civilian is to be appointed by Earl Grey as his suc- I frequently saw the books during five the next years, and I
mountain from whence the district takes its have o • ccasionally seen them since, and there has not, so far
mountain censor. as I am a
There are wild pigs by legions, half fat. As the cr name.
Mr. C. W. Triphook, Master R.N., upon half-pay and ware, been a single spot of mildew on them since
mate is good, and soil rich, very little art is re • Id- Pensioned for wounds received in the service, has been preventttohespirit of wine were applied. I have used spirits of wine
for farming. Holloway and his family is left, ancluire
selected from among sixty-seven candidates by the Board Builder. mildew with equally good effect in other cases.-
to New South Wales, but writes to Gibbons to one
s, of Superintendence, as Governor of the Waterford County A JURY'S REM
he is coming back, for there is no place like 8"."7 Prison, upon a salary of 300/. per annum, with house, MERcY.-A man named ManseIIRECOMMENDING TO
Taranakie.
stealing was indicted at the recent
Here in the summer the singing flies charm coals and candles. The Admiralty permits Mr. Trip- Wiltshire quarter sessions for
the • his • quantity of mutton
coiliStry• I have seen some of the cannibal oven hook to retain half-pay and pension. fat from a shop-window at Marlboroua gh. Two boys had
they are pits about 6 feet square 'and 2i feet deesp; Mrs. Egerton, wife of Lieutenant Egerton, of the Prince seen the prisoner go to the window and take the fat from a
they contain about three cartloads of stones, which' ent 92, having been offered by Rear-Admiral Sir C.
ashnedeptewldhichhhnwas,,
thhaatnghienghnapd, and
betteornel of them followed him,
when heated, cooked two or three large bodies at a Napiermade. a passage in his flag ship, the St. Vincent, to
this the prisoner took ne notice, but protcetehdeedfat bide." , Of
time, All that is totally done away with now. Bees ira that lady availed herself of the courtesy of the
then gave information, and shortly afterwardson• The toys
are increasing fast ; I have six stocks at present, and gallant Commander-in• Chief
RETORTED •
D REGIMENTS FOR FOREIGN SERVICE.--It the prisoner
-, was 'apprehended. Upon his person nothing was found; but
intend keeping 40 standing stocks. Bees gather the has been roundlystated in In a passage where he had been the fat was discovered. The
, some papers, that the Bth jury returned a verdict of guilty, accompanying the verdict
whole year, and can take the honey at any dme • Hussars and the 12th Lancers have received orders to with a recommendation to mercy.-" Perhaps (said Mr.
they gather about 51b. of honey a month throughout
' hold themselves
. stance in readiness for India, at the in- Ravenhill, the Chairman) you will be good enough to state
the year. Honey and wax is about the same quality ofne East India C dof
the officers ompany ;an , course, the reasons upon which you ground your, recommendation?"
as that of Hampshire. Honey is selling at 2s. per lb. th • seeing •
s this and believing that where " Kase (said the foreman) nothing warn t found upon him!"
mills are said to be finished ere is smoke there '
NEN% Ycnd, wax. at 63. Two
not for recommending ground
him
esmonth ne having two water-wheels driving three such foreign s• s ervice. invariabl conseuent upon for acquitting him, but certainly .
---Now the fact •to mercy after They they had convicted him. must recollect
,s- * air of stones, the other with one driving two pair. cation has been made by the is, the no appa-
-1
,• ne , e price of sawing timber is reduced from 20s. to further reinforcement. The int • ' fat. "Yes, yes -(replied the foreman) there's no doubt he
- -Th
- i ,
• --4 . .0, per 100 feet ; 300 feet a day's work for a pair
t5..,..-:: f, r i. -
•:, - Oi Sa..`-ers• , shoemakers have are correct in saying-hangs upon the next advises
a intention is carried out stole the fat, but then t
Mr. H. A. Herbert, M.P,,
t'warut found upon him !"
had an interview with the
it will be time to talk of regiments first Chancellor of the Exchequer on Saturday, at his official
mote
' .;•4- ---132443 g 7 rapidly, Carpentere wages have At for foreigu dut
• F-- ~. 'yy. residence in Devniipg-street.
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LAW INTELLIGENCE.
COURT OF QUEEIV'S BENCH, Feb. 3.
(Sittings at Nisi Prius at Westminster, before Lord
DENDIAN, and a Common Jury.)
COCKS V. INNER. _ _

tatrix, before her death, had solicited Mr. Evans to
watch over him, knowing him to be of weak mind.
Dr. HARDING, on the other side, contended that Mr.
Tyler was in full possession of his faculties, and fully
qualified to act as an executor under his deceased mo-
ther's will. He questioned the power of the Court to ex-
clude an executor, and referred to Williams's new work,
page 86, in support of this view. The Learned Advocate
argued the question in a strain of humour and irony
which excited the quiet risibility of his brother advo-
cates, they appearing to understand his view, and con-
cluded by contending that there was nothing before the
Court that would ♦itiate the appointment of Mr. Tyler.
Dr. ADDAMS, in rising to reply, said, I cannot suffer
myself to be browbeaten, and by you, Sir.
Dr. DEAN (rising)—Do you address yourself to me,
Dr. Addams?
Dr. ADDAMS —I do, Sir.
Dr. DEAN—Then Sir, I tell you, I would not take the
trouble to browbeat you.
Dr. ADDAMS—I will not be insulted by him, or those
who back him.
Dr. ADDAMS felt the Court would not grant probate
to a dangerous lunatic, which was proved to be the case
by the affidavits, and that he was now under the care of
a person named Bowen, and his wife.
The Learned JUDGE felt he could not refuse the appli-
cation. It was open to the pandas to prove the tacts
of his being in an unsound state of mind, by applying
for a hatx as corpus, if he was kept under restraint by
parties stimulating him to insist upon his right to act as
an executor. Probate must be granted, unless it can be
proved he is in such a state of mind as not to be capable
of acting as an executor.

Mr. James Bury, sub-inspector of factories, attended
to support the complaint, and stated that on the preced-
ing day he received private information that one of the
defendant's workmen, named Robert Dyer, while en-
gaged in removing a piece of cotton from one of the
engines, on the 13th ult., got his hand entangled in the
machinery, which drew in the lower portion of his arm,
and instantly severed it over the wrist joint. The defen •
dant had omitted to report the circumstance to the dis-
trict surgeon, and having also failed to communicate it
to the witness on making his last official visit to the pre-
mises, he considered it necessary to adopt the present
mode of enforcing the salutary provisions of the Act
under which the proceedings were instituted.
The defendant's son, who appeared on behalf of his
father, admitted that the facts had been correctly repre-
sented by the sub inspector, but stated in extenuation
that the accident had arisen through the most reckless
want of caution on the part of his workmen, who had
acted in defiance of a written caution against any inter-
ference with the works while the machinery was in mo-
tion, and that on being apprised of the terrible nature of
the accident, it was deemed most advisable to convey the
injured man forthwith to the hospital rather than to
await the tardy arrival of the district surgeon who re-
sided nearly three miles distant from the premises.
Mr. HAIIMILL said that he felt it his duty to convict
the defendant, who had clearly acted in contravention to
the terms of the statute, but as he had evidently been
influenced by a humane motive in the course he had
pursued, he should impose upon him the mitigated
penalty of 40s. and costs.

Mr. Chambers and Mr. G. Denman were Counsel for
the plaintiff; and Sergeant Shee and Mr. Miller for the
defendant.
The plaintiff was a shorthand writer, and brought his
action for 931., the amount of his account for taking
short-hand notes in some bankruptcy proceedings. The
charge was 11. Is. a day for taking the notes, and Bd. a
folio of 72 words for the transcript of the notes. The
defendant, who was an attorney, had paid 151. on ac-
count, and 311. 6s. into Court. Mr. Joseph Gurney, Mr.
Snell, Mr. Fitzgerald, and. Mr. Cherer proved the rate
of charge was what had been long established, and such
as all respectable shorthand writers received. For the
defendant it was urged that this custom was quite un-
known except among shorthand writers themselves, but
that the jury should consider the reasonableness of the
charge. In the cress-examination of one of the plain-
tiff's witnesses, it was shown that a case having been
referred to by the counsel in the case, the whole of that
case was copied in the manuscript from the book. This
the Learned Sergeant said was very improper.
Lord DENDIAN said he recollected having said that
Sergeant Lens was the beat speaker in Westminster
Hall, because he spoke a great many folios in an hour.
Upon one occasion Mr. Tierney attended a very magni-
ficent party, given by Mr. Perry, of the Morning Chro-
nicle, and it was said it was better to report speeches
than to make them.

Mr. Sergeant SIiEZ observed that counsel were glad to
make speeches.
Evidence was given showing that the plaintiff had
charged 388 folios too many.
Lord DENMAN, ill summing up, observed that if the
jury thought the defendant had been made acquainted
with the charges before the order was given, then that
would amount to a contract; but if there was not a con-
tract, then the question of custom arose. No body of
men could, among themselves, establish a custom; but
where demand and payment d long existed, that would
make a custom, and that would prove the reasonableness
of the charge. Of course the 388 folios could not be re-
covered for, and he did not approve of the mode of copy-
ing only long cases, which in some instances might cost
the party more than the book itself.
The jury gave a verdict for 281.85. 4d.

- Mrs. Emma Yarnold, the well-known actress and
lessee of the Pavilion Theatre, presented herself before
the magistrate to solicit advice and assistance under the
following peculiar circumstances:—
From the statement of the applicant and thatof a pro-
fessional gentleman, who accompanied her to the Court,
it appeared that the lady had for some time past been
subjected to an intolerable species of annoyance at the
hands of a gentleman who professed himself to be pals-
sionately devoted to her, and was not only in the habit
of pestering her incessantly with letters of an amatory
tendency, but of frequently obtruding himself upon her
for the purpose of pressing in person his unwelcome im-
portunities. On a recent occasion, he contrived to gain
admittance at a late hour of the night into the house of
her father, where she was at present residing, and find-
ing that he was denied access to her, he had the audacity
to invade the privacy of her chamber, before his expul-
sion could be effected. A few days afterwards her
tormentor waylaid her at the private entrance to the
theatre, and grasping her by the arm, declared with
an air of startling wildness, that she should never
have a moment's rest till she lent a favourable ear
to his suit. Every attempt to convince him of the hope-
lessness of such a course of proceeding, had been wholly
unavailing, and as each fresh rebuff appeared only to
inspire him with renewed ardour and perseverance, she
trusted the magistrate had the power to interpose his
authority, and afford her protection against further per-
secution.

CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT.
THIRD COURT.

(Before Mr. Commissioner BuLLocK.)
James Burrows and James Perkins were indicted for
conspiring to defraud a gentleman named Thompson, by
selling him an unsound horse.
Mr. Clarkson appeared for the prosecution, and Mr.
Parry for the defence.
By the evidence for the prosecution it appeared that
the prosecutor having seen an advertisement for the sale
of the horse in question, went to Dawson's livery stables,
King-street, Westminster, where he saw the horse, and
was referred by the prisoner Perkins, who was at the
stables, to the prisoner Burrows, who gave such a de-
sirable account of the horse, that he was induced to
Purchase it for 35 guineas, Burrows at the same time
giving him a warranty that the animal was perfectly
sound, and agreeing to take him back at the end of a
week if Mr. Thompson did not approve of him, and re-
turn the money less one guinea. The horse turned out
to be a roarer, and consequently Mr. Thompson sent
him back, but had been unable to obtain the repayment
of the money.
Inspector Lund said he had known Burrows for nine
years, during which time he had lived in a very re-
spectable house. He had known him as a " horse
coupor."

EXCHEQUER CHAMBER, Feb. 3.
(Before Mr. Baron PARKE, Mr. Baron ALDERSON, Mr.
Justice COLTMAN, Mr. Justice MauLE, Mr. Baron
Boum, Mr. Baron PLATT, and Mr. Justice WILLIAM.)

Mr. PARRY, for the prisoners, contended that there
was nothing in the transaction between the parties to
justify a criminal prosecution; the prosecutor's remedy
was by a civil action o❑ the warranty.
Mr. Commissioner BuLLocic said the simple question
for the jury was, did the defendants intend to sell Mr.
Thompson a bad and unsound horse at the price of a
good one.

Several epistles, couched in an impassioned strain of
romantic sentiment, were handed up to the Bench, but
after glancing over their contents, the magistrate ob-
served that although they all bore ample evidence of a
distempered imagination, the writer bad carefully ab-
stained from committing himself in such a manner as
would bring him within the scope of the law. It did
not appear either that in his personal communications
with the lady he had used any threats to induce her to
apprehend danger from his violence, and, under such
circumstances, no case whatever had been made out to
justify the interference of a magistrate.
The applicant thanked the magistrate for his atten-
tion, and left the court with her friends, apparently
much chagrined at the fruitless result of her appeal.

The jury found the prisoners Guilty.
Burrows was sentenced to eighteen months, and Per.
kins to six months' hard labour.

Two young men, named Bryer and Smith, were in-
dicted for having stolen 20 zinc checks, the value of
which was ♦ariously stated, the property of Mr. C. J.
James, the lessee of the Queen's Theatre. It appeared
that the prisoners were employed at the Queen's Theatre,
Smith as the money-taker, and Bryer as the check-
taker, at the pit entrance. Mr. James, suspecting
something wrong, caused a policeman to station him-
self behind a canvass pardon, where he could through
a hole observe all that took place in the pas-
sage leading to the pit-door. At half-past ten o'clock
the same night the prisoner Smith, left his box and
went up to Bryer, who asked how many would do. Smith
answered, " twenty," and Bryer then took a key out of
his pocket, opened the cheek-bok, and gave twenty
checks to Smith. The officer then discovered himself
and took them both into custody. On Bryer were found
keys which unlocked other check-boxes, but he had no
right whatever to have them about him. The case for
the prosecution was, that the intention of the prisoners
was to rob Mr. James of the amount of entrance money
represented by the checks abstracted from the box.
Mr. Bui.Loct said, that in case the money had been
kept by Smith that would have been an embezzlement.
The taking of the checks was but the first step towards
the completion of an embezzlement, and was not itself
an act of larceny.
Mr. PARRY asked if the Court would grant him a
case upon the points to take into the Criminal Appeal
Court?

WHITE CONDUIT-HOUSE.
On Tuesday night a farewell dinner was given to Mr.
R. Rouse, on the occasion of his leaving this establish-
went. In the progress of improvement, and with the
growth of population in this vast metropolis, it appears
that this famous resort of holiday and pleasure-seeking
cockneys is doomed to follow in the wake of Ranelagh-
gardens and Bagnigge-wells, whereunto, in the olden
times, our ancestors were wont to repair, and " take
their pleasure of an afternoon." The grounds have
fallen into the hands of " an enterprising builder," and
the tea-gardens, gravelled walks, snug boxes, trees,
flowers, and statues, are to be superseded by " trim-
built" rows of houses. Under these circumstances it
was resolved to give Mr. R. Rouse, the proprietor, a
parting-dinner, and a testimonial of the esteem in which
he was held in the neighbourhood. The testimonial
consisted of a very handsome silver tea and coffee ger-.
vice complete, with a large and elegant salver, in the
centre of which was the following inscription:—
Presented to
Mr. R. ROUSE
by
his Neighbours and Friends,
Residing at Islington,
On his retirement from White Conduit-House,
as a slight Testimonial
of the esteem in which he was held
during
his Proprietorship.
The dinner was given in the large room of the estab-
lishment, which was very tastefully decorated for the
occasion. Upwards of one hundred gentlemen sat down
to a board at which every delicacy of the season was
provided, and the wines were both choice and abundant.
Mr. Thomas Walters presided; and among the gentle-
men present we noticed Mr. Charles Ireland, Chairman
of the Licensed Victuallers' Protection Society, and Past
Governor of the Incorporated Society; Mr. James Raven,
Past Chairman of the Asylum; Mr. George Bennett,
Past Chairman of the Protection Society; Mr. Clifford
and Mr. John Titchiner, Past Trustees of the Asylum;
Mr. T. H. Bromley, member of the Committee of the
Incorporated Society; Mr. Mathews, Past Trustee of the
same.

Mr. BULLOCK deelinsd to do so.
The Court at its rising adjourned till Monday.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
GUILDHALL.
William James Lodge, Chapel street, Milton.street,
was placed at the bar before Alderman Gibbs on the
charge of obtaining from a female the sum of 11/. under
a promise of marriage.
Mary Davies, a young woman in the service of Mr.
Walmaley, King-street, Cheapside, worsted and fringe
manufacturer, stated that some time back the prisoner
accosted her in the street, and afterwards used to wait
and meet her. The courtship was continued, and at
various times she gave sums of money to the amount
of 11/. On one occasion see gave him as much as 81.,
on the representation that it was necessary to place it in
his solicitor's hand, as he had a small property coming
to him at Woodstock, Oxfordshire, to the amount of
5001., and that he intended settling the odd 1001. on her
at their marriage. She gave him 10s. also on Wednes-
day last, and in consequence of his repeated promises
that he would marry as soon as she left her situation;
she gave warning and was to leave on Tuesday next.
Alderman GIBES—Were the baps put up?
Prosecutrix.—They were not, as he said the ceremony
was to be performed at Bow Church, and he intended,
that it should take place by licence.
Alderman GIBBS asked if the prisoner was known.
Police-constable 469 said, that perhaps he could throw
a little light on the subject. The fact was, that on
Monday, early in the morning, he observed the prisoner
loitering about, and afterwards enter Mr. Walmsley's
house, where he remained for about fifteen min-ates. On
coming out he took him into custody, suspecting some-
thing was wrong, and conveyed him to the station-house,
but on the representation of Davies that she was abut
to be married to him, and that he intended behaving
honourably towards her, Mr. Walmsley declined press-
ing any charge against m. However, since then it had
been discovered that the prisoner was a married man
with a family.
Alderman GIBBB asked how that was found out.

Among the distinguished members of the trade there
were Mr. Bathe, of the London Tavern; Mr. Ellis, of
Cremone House; Mr. Hinton, of Highbury Barn Tavern;
Mr. M'Diarmid, of the Belvidere, &c. The friends of
Mr. Dennis, the builder, who has taken the ground, also
mustered strong at the cross table, including Messrs.
Shallis, King, Leonard, J. Wagstaff, G. Wagstaff,
Hooker, Naylor, &e.

After the removal of the cloth, the CHAIRMAN gave
the usual loyal and patriotic toasts, which were re-
sponded to with great enthusiasm.
The CHAIRMAN then said, the toast he had the honour
to propose gave him great satisfaction and pleasure, and
he was sure they would drink it with equal satisfac-
tion and pleasure. It was the health of a very
worthy and industrious man, the host of that house.
—(Cheers.) He had known that gentleman for many
years, and the arduous situation he had to fill.
There were few men who could have done it with
t qual satisfaction and respectability. They were
aware that in former days that house and the grounds
around it were frequented in masses by the highest
and most respectable circles. They crowded on each
other's heels. That, however, passed, and a different
class followed them, and it required no ordinary degree
of moral strength and power to deal with such parties.
Their friend, the host, had had the fag end, as he might
call it, of the lease. Its day was going by, but the man-
ner in which Mr. Rouse had performed his duties was
of no ordinary character. It might appear that the but-
nagement of such a house was a mere matter of course,
but that was a mistake. However, arduous as the task
was, Mr. Rouse had discharged it with the highest sa-
tisfaction to the magistrates, and to all the neighbour-
hood.—(Loud cheers.) His friends and neighbours had,
in testimony of their esteem and respect, presented him
with a testimonial, which was now before them, and
which, though, no doubt, highly gratifying to his feel-
ings, was given with equal gratification bynthena, as well
deserved on Mr. Rouse's part —(Cheers.) He would
not detain them longer, but simply give Mr. House's
health, with a cordial wish, in which he knew they
would all heartily participate, that health, happiness,
and prosperity, might attend him for many years to
come.

Mary Davies replied that she informed her master and
mistress what her position with the prisoner was, and
on Thursday, when he came to see her, she asked to see
the will bequeathing him the property, and also the solici-
tor's letter, which he promised to bring the next morning
(Friday), but she saw nothing more of him until he was
in custody. Her master it was, who finding he did not
keep his appointment, went to the prisoner's farmer em-
ployer (a Mr. Jackson), and there ascertained his ad-
dress, and discovered that he was married. He was then
given into custody. . _

In defence the prisoner said he never obtained any
money by false pretences. The young woman wrote
him a letter, and he saw her. He was short of money,
and she said, do not want, and sent him a sovereign the
next day by the errand boy, and at other times had given
the money without him asking for one penny of it.
The officer said that on searching the house he found
a waistcoatpiec?, which Mr. Watson believed to be his
property.
Mr. Watson here said that the prisoner left his ser-
vice about a imonth back. The waistcoatpiece, he be-
lieved, to be his property, and stolen from his warehouse.
Alderman Grim said he should remand the prisoner
until Monday, for farther evidence respecting the waist-
coat• piece, and also for the attendance of Mr. Walmsley,
the master of the young woman.

The toast was drunk with loud and long-continued
cheering, and having been followed by a song composed
for the occasion by Mr. Turner, which was unanimously
encored,

Mr. A. ROUSE rose to return thanks, evidently labour-
ing under feelings of deep emotion. He said he felt his
position deeply, and was, in tact, completely overwhelmed
by it. There had assembled such a body of gentlemen,
personal friends, around him on that occasion, as had
completely taken away his utterance. The Chairman,
who had proposed his health, had known him from boy-
hood as a servant and a master, and when, with all his
fireside-loving qualities, he had come forward to speak
of his character in the manner he had done, it was a
matter of the highest gratification. It might have been
possible for other gentlemen to occupy that chair, but,
so far as he was concerned, the praise of one who had
known him in every relation of life for the last 25 years
was the highest gratification he could possibly enjoy.
With respect to the testimonial that had been presented
to him, he could only say that it was altogether unex•
petted by him, anti originated with a number of gentle-
men quite independent of him. He therefore felt the
more deeply the honour conferred upon him. With
respect to Mr. Dennis, the gentleman who has now
taken a 99 years' lease of the ground for building pur-
poses, he had only to say that he had ever found him a
true man. Upwards of two years ago, he sought Mr.
Dennis's opinion, as a friend and practical man, having
in view building upon the ground himself, and he could
only say that Mr. Dennis had then given him advice and
instruction at a time when he could not have the most
remote idea of becoming lessee, which, to his honour be
it said, he had acted up to when he came to Emil/ ar-
rangements for taking the property himself. XI tt-r,a
few other observations Mr. Rouse concluded by heartily
thanking the meeting for the honours they had dono
him, and sat down amidst loud applause.
Mr. JAMES BOULTON, after paying a high compliment
to the Chairman for the many virtues which charac-
terised him, both in public and private, proposed his
health, which that gentleman briefly acknowledged.
Though for the last fifty years he had spent his life
among the licensed victuallers and hotel keepers of the
metropolis, yet he had not more than once or twice oc-
cupied that position before, and if he had discharged his
duties to their satisfaction, it was a sufficient reward to
him. He regretted that the occasion of their meeting
should be to pull down that magnificent building; but in
these days time was making sad changes, and in no way
more remarkably than with houses of that deseription.
He remembered, when he was a young man, gcing to Bag-
nigge Wells at the time when it was the height of the
fashion. For what reason he knew not, perhaps it was
that times were not so good with him as they were now, the
officers refused him admittance. He turned round re-
solved never to enter there again, and he never did till
he was called upon, about thirty years ago, to dispose of
the whole property. Yet that place, within his recol-
lection, was the aristocratic place; of resort, to r, Lich
there was scaredy any chance of adniiiioil-from the
mense crowds who went there. In the course of time
the fate of Baguigge Wells had oYortaken White CCM.

A young man, named Robert Nicholls, was charged
with attempting to pass a bad sixpence, under the fol-
lowing9ircumstances.

Mr.-Thomos Goulding, of the Grapes public-house.
Jewin-street, said that early the previous day the pri-
soner entered and calk(' for half a pint of beer, at the
same time laying down a bad sixpence in payment.
Having been victimised several times before, he accord-
ingly sent for the police and gave him into custody.
Alderman Gismos—Then you are old acquaintances.
Prosecuter—He has made several calls on me and
passed bad money.
Alderman GIBBS—How many times?
Prosecutor—On the first occasion he came as a gen-
tleman's servant out of place. The next time he paid
me a visit he was dressed as a bricklayer's labourer,
with a flannel jacket. On the third occasion he appeared
with large bag or canvass trowsers, such as painters
sometimes wear to save their clothes; and yesterday he
appeared in the character of a butcher, and being de-
termined to be done no longer, he said to himself, " Now
then, old fellow, I'll nail you"—(Great laughter)—and
accordingly detained him.
George Trew, a police officer, said he knew the pri-
soner, and bad often seen him dressed as a wire-drawer.

Rowe, the officer who had the prisoner in custody,
intimated that if the prisoner's butcher's frock and
apron were taken off, he would appear in another
character.

The Alderman ordered them to be taken off, when,
amidst great laughter, there stood at the bar an engineer.
The prisoner said that what had been stated was false;
he had not been so long in London, for he only left
Bristol a week since.
Alderman GIBBS remanded him for one week, for the
purpose of introducing him to Mr. Powell, solicitor to
the Mint.