The Sun.
London, England, 1841-02-15 00:00:00

TTIE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1541.

foreign plantation a register of licenses, in which shall
be entered the partitulars of every license granted in
pursuance of this Act ; and in all Courts, and before
any justice of the peace, and upon all occasions what-
soever, certified copies of the entries made or contained
in such register shall be received as evidence, and be
deemed sufficient proof of all matters and things therein
registered or contained, without requiring the produc-
tion of any such register or of any license or other do-
cument upon which such entries shall be founded, and
without any further proof than the production of such
certified copies, and every person shall he at liberty to
inspect any such register at all seasonable times without
payment of any fee or reward.
And be it enacted, that it shall be lawful for the
Lords of the said Committee td provide badges to be
worn by licensed engine drivers, and every engine-driver
to whom sueh badge shall have been given shall at all
times durinr, his employment upon any railway, in the
course of the public traffic thereon, and when he shall
be required to appear before any justice of the peace,
wear such badge conspicuously upon his breast, in such
winner that the number thereon shall be distinctly vi-
sible and legible.

And be it enacted, that if any person shall act as an
engine-driver upon any railway in the course of the public
traffic thereon without having a license, or if any licensed
person shall transfer or lend his license or badge, or
shall act as an engine-driver in the course of the public
traffic, or attend when required before any justice of the
peace, without wearing such badge in manner hereinbe-
fore required, he shall forfeit to her Majesty for every
such offence a suns not exceeding five pounds.
And be it enacted, that if any person shall forge or
counterfeit, or shall cause or procure to be forged, coun-
terfeited, or resembled, any license or badge to be pro-
vided under this Act for an engine-driver, or if any per-
son shall sell or exchange, or expose to sale, or utter any
such forged or counterfeited license or badge, or if any
person shall knowingly and without lawful cause (the
proof whereof shall lie on the person accused) have or
be possessed of such forged or counterfeited license or
badge, every person so offending, and every person
knowingly and wilfully aiding, abetting, or assisting any
person in committing: any such offence as eforcsaid, shall
be deemed guilty of a misdemeanour.
And be it enacted, that every railway company shall
retain in their custody the license of every engine-driver
employed by them, so long as such engine-driver shall
be in their employment ; and in case such engine-driver
shall leave or be dismissed from or shill die in their ser•
vice, such company shall forthwith give notice thereof
in writing to the Lords of the said Committee, and
shall retain the license of such engine-driver until they
shall have received directions from the Lords of the said
committee as to the disposal of such license ; and if
such company shall not give such notice as aforesaid, or
shall dispose of such license without or contrary to the
directions of the Lords of the said committee, every
such compa"y shall forfeit to her Majesty for each
offence the sum of twenty pounds; and every such
penalty may be recovered in eny of her Majesty's
Courts of Record.

And be it enacted, that every penalty not exceeding
the sum of five pounds for any offence against the pre-
visions of this Act, for the enforcement of which no
proceeding is hereby expressly provided, shall be en-
forceable summarily before any Justice of the Peace
having jurisdiction within the place wherein such offence
shall have been committed ; and in default of payment,
upon conviction, of any such penalty, the offender shall
be immediately committed to prison for any period not
exceeding one calendar month, unless such penalty shall
be sooac►• paid ; and every such penalty shall be re-
tusaed to the next ensuing Court of Quarter Sessions
in the usual manner.

And be it enacted, that all notices, returns, and other
documents required by this Act, or by the said recited
Act, to be given to or laid before the Lords of the said
Committee, shall be delivered at or sent by post to the
office of the Lords of the said Committee ; and all
notices, requisitions, orders, regulations, appointments,
certificates, certified copies, licenses, and other docu-
ments in writing, signed by one of the secretaries of the
said committee, or by some officer appointed for that
purpose by the Lords of the said Committee, and pur-
porting to be made by the Lords of the said Committee,
shall for the purposes of this and of the said recited
Act be deemed to have been made by the Lords of the
said Committee:; and service of the same upon any one
or more of the directors of any railway company, or on
the secretary or clerk of the spit! company, or by leaving
the same with the clerk or officer at one of the stations
be'oaging to the said company, shall be deemed good
service upon the said company.
And be it enacted that wherever the word " railway"
is used in this or in the said recited Act, it shall be con-
strued to apply to all railways used or intended to be
used for the conveyance of passengers in or upon car-
riages drawn or impelled by the power of stecia or by
any other mechanical power ; and wherever the wend
" company" is used in this or in the said recited Act,
it shall be construed to extend to and include the prc-
prictors for the time being d'any such railway, whether
a body corpccate or individuals, and their leEsees, exe-
cutors, administrators, and assigns, unless the subject or
context be repugnant to such construction.
And be it enacted, that this Act may be amended or
repealed by any Act to be passed in the present Session
of Parliament.

LONDON AND BIRMINGHAM

RAILWAY.

BIRMINGHAM, FRIDAY NIGHT.—The half_yearly meet-
ing of Cie London and Birmingham Railway Company was
held this day, at the Qacen's Hotel, in this town. GEORGE
CARR GLYN, E q , Chairman of the Board of Directors,
presided.
Some preliminary business having been disposed of, the
Secretary (Richard Creed, Esq ), read the following Re-
port of the Directors, which was unanimously adopted :
" February 12, 1841.
" The Directors have to report that the traffic for the
six months which ended on the 31st of December last, has
considerably exceeded that of any preceding half-year.
The accounts which have been laid before the Proprietcrs
at the present meeting show a receipt on the revenue state-
ment (D), under the usual heads of passengers, &c., par-
cels, merchandise and cattle, of 405,0401. 145., being
61,8461. 7s. 9d. more than fur, the six months to 30th
Jule last, and 61,1301. 1 ls. 6d. more than for the same
period to 31st December, 1833; a result which is the more
satisfactory, that it is not accompanied by any correspond-
ing increase of charge.
" Maintenance of Way,' which, in addition to the con-
tract price for keeping tho road in good working condi-
tion, eJmprises all extra expense for sips, and for repairs
of station buildings, is 6,2281. 18;. Bd. less than for the
preceding half-year ; a reduction of charge c• hick is due
to the generally improved state of the works, and cape-
c:ally of the principal embankments, which, by their in-
creased stability and consolidation, have presented an ef-
fectual resistance to the heavy winter fl3cds.

" Thu per ceutage of the locomotive and other charges,
as compared with the receipts, is, in every case, less; and
the gross charge on the traffic (including the mileage duty
to Government and parish rates) will be found in the last
half-year to be as 30/. ss. 7d. per cent. to the cress re-
ceipt, instead of 341. 163. per cent., which it MS in the
preceding half-year.
" Deducting from the net profit of 186 6891. Ils. 83.
the sum of 20,8221. 143. 11d., which was taken from the
re,erved fund, pursuant to the resolution of the last gene-
ral meeting, there remains a disposable balance of 165,866/.
163. 91., on which the Directors recommend that a divi-
dend be declared of 41. per 100/. share ; I/. per 251.
share ; and 19i. 23. 2 s.lis on 24/ ; called before the
31st of December, and paid on each 321. share ; leaving
a sum of 10,866/. 16s. 91. to be c;,rried to the credit of
next account.

" In referring to the progressively-increasing traffic of
the railway, as evinced by the half-yearly Reports, the
Directors m2y be allowed to notice the gratifying fact,
that out of 1,483,123 passengers, conveyed on an average
sixty-five miles and a quarter each from the 17th of Sep-
tember, 1835. to the 31st of December last, according to
the Stamp-office returns, not one accidcnt attended with
loss of life or limb to a passenger has occurred, although
during the whole of this period the works were under-
going those extensive repairs which are inseparable from
great excavations and embankments, and requiring the
frequent p'ssage along the line of trains heavily laden
with materials. If, then, under these circumstances of
disadvantage, the Directors are enabled to exhibit results
which in the infancy of the undertaking could only have
been attained by regulations well considered, and, with
few exceptions, carefully observed, it must be admitted
that railways afford ample assurance for the safety of tra-
velling, and that the London and Birmingham line pos-
sesses resources adequate to any extent of traffic.
" The Directors, having carried the proceedings of the
Harrow inquest before a higher tribunal, purposely ab-
stain from any comment on the extraordinary verdict of
the Jury.
" Reverting to the statements of accounts which are be-
fore the meeting, the Directors have to remark that the
expenditure on the stock or capital account (C) has been,
with few exceptions, for the objects to which they called
attention in their last Report, namely, extensions of stations,
and the additions to the Company's carrying stock, which
an increasing traffic requires.
" The recommendation of the Directors to create new
shares, under the powers of the Company's Acts, for the
redemption of the mortgage debt of 1,375,0001., having
been acceded to by the Proprietors individually, a resolu-
tion of approval by the present meeting will be required to
give effect to the measure.
" The Directors have to announce the resignation of
Mr. Edward Wilson, and their election of Mr. Christopher
t\philveaaAi
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authorisingtco haveo Company
p also to report
the lamented death of one of the original Directors of the
Company, John Sturge, Esq., and that they do not pro-
pose to fill up the vacancy.
" The following Directors go out of office at the pre-
sent meeting, and are re-eligible :--Edward Cropper,
Esq., Robert Garnet,t,sg. iElsoqm.,a3Grreooorgkee, CEasrqr.,Gelnydn,
JoEsseqp.h,
Eudt°giclos.:lll'vas then passed, declarfintgheaprdoifivtidseonfdthaet
anytheinctoonnvecr;
undertaking.
ensued :—The principal
following circumstances,
of
s cus soi of nt
the
ef
c o re considerablepaoy .f_ointerest,
repairsarising
engines,the
place that a consider-
tensiye is the establishment at that
midwayecc . have
between been
theerected t
wo at
et r
rnWi
noil Wolverton, ttohne,
railway. a s tati o n aobecixu.t.
wasesde then
shiress
workshopsi c
AAI nd:i fot
the
e2m eoa rct resolutionhg each.
t e

able village, composed of the men in the Company's ser-
vice and their families; has sprung up where formerly there
was not a single habitation. The Company has er:ctcd
houses for the men, and allotted gardens to them, and
some time since voted a grant of money for the erection of
schools for the infant and adult population, but still there
was no means of supplying them win] religious instruction.
The trustees of the Ratcliffe estate, through which this
part of the railway is made, thereupon offered to build
and endow a church, and to provide a fund for
future repairs, if the Railway Company would contribute
1,0001. towards this desirable object. Accordingly, at the
last meeting a proposal that such contribution be me le
was brought forward by a gentleman named Jones, who,
it is worthy of notice, is himself a Dissenter, and was car-
ried with but one dissentient voice. In the interim be-
tween that meeting and the present some twenty-eight or
thirty of the Proprietors, almost all of whom are members
of the Society of Friends, objected to the grant, and me-
morialized the Directors on the subject. They also took
the opinion of the Attorney. General upon the legality of
any such grant when made by a Railway Company, which
opinion was against the grant. The matter now came on
for discussion. The Quakers contended that, however de-
sirous they might be of promoting the moral and religious
instruction of the Company's servants, it was not right
that they should be compelled to contribute to the sup-
port of the Church of England, from which they con-
scientiously differed. They proposed, therefore, that the
resolution of the previous meeting should be rescinded,
and that the amount required should be raised by volun-
tary subscription. To this it was moved as an amendment
that their proportion of the 1,0001. (about atid. per share)
should be returned to all who dissented from its appropria-
tion to the purpose proposed, and after a very long discus.
sion, which was conducted on both sides with much good
feeling, a vote was taken, when there appeared for the
amendment 2b, against it 17, thus confirming by a
majority of eight the original grant of 1,0001. subject to
any deduction which may be made in respect of the dissen-
tients' shares, As, however, it was understood throughout
that it was not the amount of money but the pr!nciple in-
volved, which formed the subject of dispute, it is not
likely that the grant will be seriously diminished from this
cause, but, if so, it was understood that the full amount
would be made up by voluntary subscriptions on the part
of the proprietors.
The Directors named in the concluding paragraph of
the report having been re-elected and other business trans.
acted, a special vote of thanks to the chairman and Direc-
tors for their able and arduous exertions on behalf of the
Company, was carried by acclamation, and the meeting
separated.

THE RAILWAYS.
Sir Frederick Smith has been actively engaged since
the new year in inspecting the western lines projected
into Scotland. When the inspection is completed, he
will then have before him the whole four lines, the
merits of each of which ere strongly advocated by their
respective supporters The cast line, from Edin-
burgh, by Dunbar and Berwick, to Newcastle, which
its supporters hold as the best line between the two
capitals—London and Edinburgh. 2. The east mid-
land line, from Edinburgh, by Galashiels, through Rex-
burghshire and the North Tyne, joining the Newcastle
and Carlisle Railway at Hexham, about forty miles
from Carlisle. This is held out as giving Edinburgh
the advantage of communication both to London by
Newcastle, and to Liverpool and Manchester by Car-
lisle. 3. The west midland line, frcm Carlisle by Bea-
tock, through Clydesdale, to Edinburgh and Glasgow, by
two diverging lines of thirty miles each, from Syming_
ton, in this county, or a point on the Clyde above
Lanark. This is strongly advocated, as giving the
nearest communication both from Edinburgh and Glasgow
to London, as well as the west of England, with the ad-
vantage of accomplishing this for the greatest part of
the way by only one line. This line is reported as the
best by Mr. Locke; and it may be worthy of remark
that it appears to have been by this line, and also from a
similar point of divergence, that the Roman armies marched
from England to both the east and west of Scotland ; and
from near the same Roman station diverges the great par-
liamentary road, e:ecuted by the late Mr. Telford, under
the Government Commissioners for improving the commu-
nication between England and Stirling, or the north of
Scotland. 4. The westmost line, from Carlisle by Dum-
fries, Sanqubar, and Ayrshire, to Glasgow. This is held
out to be the best communication from Glasgow to all
England by the report of Mr. Miller, engineer. The
line to Edinburgh from Symington, running on the north
of the Pentleid range, is considered a much easier line,
and through a much more productive district, than the one
previously surveyed to Edinburgh by Linfon, on the south
of the Pentlands ; but the point of divergence, we believe,
commands both sides of that range, as well as both sides of
the Clyde. Sir Frederick, we have also reason to under-
stand, was satisfied with the field plans submitted to him
by the gzntlemen interested in the eastern line, and was
surprised, after the long period elapsing since his appoint-
ment, that neither of the ,Nithsda le nor the Annandale
and Clydesdale lines had been sufficiently mapped or de-
lineated, and this circumstance may, perhaps, account for
the rumoured decision in favour of the cast line.—Berwick
Paper.

PRICES OF CANAL,DOCK,ASSUR-
ANCE COMPANY SHARES, &c. &c.

•
LONDON, FRIDAY, FEB. 12.
Number Divider d Price
of per CANALS, per
Shares. Annum. Paid. Share,
1,766 7 per cent. Ashton& Oldham...Average97/.lBs. sh. 112
1,462 41, Ashby.de-le-Zouch Average 1151.5 h, '72
1,•.60 ... ..... Basingstoke.... - . ....... ...... 1001. sh. 5
1,C,. i Si. Brecknock and'Abergavennr...lso/.sh. 93
f••,6, n 1.16 th.. 101. Birmingham, 1-16th share ....all. & 711. 201
.. 4,f 03 ..... ~ Ditto & Liverpool Junct.lllol. sh.loo pd 26
600 3/. Bridgewater and Taunton.loo/.sh. all pd -
100 5/. Chelmer and Blackwater lOOl. sh . 101
300 321. Coventry . ..... 1001. sh. 660
.. .... Croydon.. Avera7e..3.11.25.10d. sh. -
2,1160 54 Os. Dudley .... 1001.,h. 97
600 131. Derby
"0,603 4 per cent. Danube and Mayne 411.,135. 4d.pd 21
3,575 j 4' Ellesmereand Chester Average 1331.5 h. 81
231 621 Erewasn lool.sh. 750
1,297 301. Forth and Clyde....Averaye 4Q01.165. th. 620
11,060 8/. Grand Junction .......1001.5 h 137
1,8491 255. Grand Union lool.sh, 23
1,500 ... ..... Grand Surrey ..... ..,... 1001.5 h. 15
1,0001 41. per cent. Ditto (optional) Loan 1001.
1;298 .. . ... Grand Western
!00 131.12 x.. 9d. Glamorganrhire, Aver, cost 172/.138.4d, 22.0
749 12s. Grant hra l5Ol. sh. 24$
2,238 2/. Os. Huddeialild Average i, 11. 6s. 6d. sh. 27
100 Kensingtoa lOO sh. all pd 10
25.328 11.10 s. Kennet end Avon, Av. 391.185. 10e1. sh 25
11,6991 11. 7s. Lancaster Average 471. 6s. 8d , 27
2,8971 301. Leeds and Liverpool )001. sh 749%
5451 111. Leicester 1401.81 146
1,897 51.0.. Leicester & Northampton Aver 631.102 '73%
2.400 101 Monmouthshire lOO/.81 200
150 101. Melton Mowbray
500 25/. Mersey and Irwell lOOl. sh. 550
3,000 21. 10s. Macclesfield lOOl. sh. all pd 34%
217 17/. Neath lOO/.sli. 325
',400 51. Peak Forest Average about 781. sh. 75
21,118 O. Regent's (or London) Av. 331.165.8 d. sh. 104
5,669 61. percent. Rochdale Average 85/.Bh. £,%
• 500 8/. .Shropshire 1251. sh. 137
900 101. Os. Somerset Coal ISO/. sit, 180
3,6001. 41 por cent Ditto Lock Fund Stock 121.10. sh. 114
700 261. Stafford and Worcester. 1401.,h. 650
500 /51, Shrewsbury 1251. sh. 280
300 9 3taurbridge1.............. 145/. sh. 396
3,u47 21. Os, Stratford-on-Avon Aver.... 791. 9s. 6d. sh. 41
533 12i1 Swansea lool.sh, 265
3.762 2/. Bi. Severn and Wyc and Railway Av. 351. eh. 45
2,02015 h. 32i. 108. Trent and Mersey, i share lOOl. sh. 590
8,149 Thames and Medway Av. 191. hs. Bd. sh. 2
I'C3Osh.l 161. Warwick and Birmingham 1001.sh• 245
I,oooish.
9,0 13; Warwick and halm. 1631. sh. 175
7,000 4!' Worcester & Birmingham Av.7B/.Bs. sh. 53%
5.600 3.23. Wilts and Berks Average 671. 10s. Bd. Or. 27
800 6., Wyilev and Essington 1.251. sh 74
.28 ..... W,ncacn ... 1556 sit. au
605 Ir. Wcy and Arlin llOl. en. 22
DOCKS.
1,600 & 1 9n. C. Commerc al lool.sh. 65
1,06545 h. -
East and West India Stock 97%
3,238,31011. 60s. p.c t. London ...........Stock CS%
Ditto Bonds
2,209 3!. 6s. sd. Bristol Average 14n. 98. sh. 75
68,324/. 5/. per cent. Ditto Notes, various amounts lOB
352,752 5 percent. St. Katharine Stock 95%
520,000 41 per cent. Ditto Bonds
200.000 4 per cent. Ditto Bonds for 10 years
Deptford Pier .. '2ol. sh. 20/. pd 10
BRIDGES.
,600 101. Hammersmitl•.” .......... .....!...._...50/.sh. 21
7,231 Southwark, 01d.........Av. fa 2s. Bd. sh. 236
1,700 U. 15s. Ditto, New, of 7i per cent., 501. sh. 13
4100 ... Waterloo 100!. sh. 3

5,000 225. oe. Ditto, Old Annuities of 81 60/. psi 20
5,000 19s. 3d. Ditto, New Ditto of 7/. 4Ol. pd 18
10,0004 51. per cent. Ditto Bonds
5,818 06s Vauxhall ......„.Average 70/. 108.3 d. sh 264
ASSURANCE COMPANIES.
2,000 3110 a Albion
50.0c0 06 per cent.)
Allianceßritish &I•oreign100/.sh. 111. pd 13%
/ and 158.
50,000 6 por cent. Ditto, Marine lOOl. 811. 5/. pd 51,1,
4,000 11. per sh. At'as 5O/. el'. 5/. pd 14%
1,200011. 51. Birmingham Fire "501.61-.55/. pd 107%
20,000 41. percent. British Five 2501. sh. 594 pd 40
10,000 6/. per cent. British Connercral S.P./. O. s'. rid 531
5,000 51. per cent. Clei :cal & Med i•.:r I Lib, 1C0L50.21103 pd .4
4,000 3! Os Coni.ty 'OOl. sh. 105 pd 10
20,1.00 3s. Eagle 501. sh. 54 pd 5%
209 S 5 per Economic Life ..10001. ah. 2501. pa 406
2,271 225. percent. European Li, 'W. sh. all lid 22
50,000 2s. Ditto, New 20/. eh. 2!. pd 1X
1.000,0004 61. per ct Globe Stock 119
20,000 51* Guardian
31,000 e. 80. Hope 5O/. eh. 5/. pd 5%
2,400 51. 7s. 64. Imperial Fire 5OOl. sh. 501. pd 125
7,500 9s. Imperial Life lOO/. sh. 10/. pd 10
13,459 5!. percent. Indemnity Marine lOO4 sh. 8/. pd 25
2,020 31 10s Kent Fire 5O/. sh. all pd 02
3/. Ditto Life 5O/. pd 60
10,000 16s. Law Life lOO/. sir. 101. pd 31
5,000 10s. London, Fire 251. sh. 12/. 10s. pd 194
3,900 10s. London, Ship 251. sh. 12/. 103. pd 19%
1,000,0004 ... ..... Minerva Life 100/. sh.
5`.:0,00('/,
30,000 M. par cent. Palladium Life 5O/. sh. V. pd 2/ Os
50,000 41. par cent. Protector Fire `)01. sh. 2/. pd 18s Od
10,000 4s cr cent. Protestant Dissenters ....KO/. sh. 51. pd 5%
2.500 sr, Provident Lite lOO4 sh. 10/. pd 20
2/0,009 7s. Rock Life - N
89,220/ s'. p.:,•cent. Royal Exchange Stock 188
6,009 5 par cent. University Life 1004 sh. 5/. pd 5'4
50,000 4 par cent. United Kingdom Life 1001. sh. 51. pd 74
JOINT STOCK BANKS.
25,000 Agric. and Cons. of I reland2s/. sh. 101. pd
5,000 8 per cent. Australasia 401. sh. 404 pd 51
10„1)0 10 percent. Bank of Birmingham 501. sii. 104 pd 13%
10,00)0 10 per cent. Birmingham Bank 504 sh. 10!, pd 23
31,000 6F er cent. London & Westminster 1001 sh. 25/. pd 24
60,000 51. London Joint Stock !-‘O4 sh. 104 pd 1274
.1,000 4 per cent. Lancaster IOO/. sh. 204 pd 50
05,000 Liverpool 100! sh. 10/. pd 01%
50,000 71 percent. Manchester and Liver.]
504 sh. 15/ pd 10%
pool District
20,000 7 per cent. Manchester lOO4 sh. 25/. pd 43%
20,000 Provincial Bank of Irelan 1100% sh. 25/. pd 43
50,000 5i er ccnt. National Bank of Ireland 504 sh. Ws/. pd 11,%
10,000 5 per cent. National Prov;..clal Eng.loo4 sh. 351. pd :35
10,000 Ditto New 104 sh. 104 pd 1051
10,000 Gloucestershire 501. sh. 10!. pd 02
6,000 10 per cent. Hampshire 5Ol. sh. 5/. pd 9
GAS LIGHT AND COKE COMPANIES.
2,500 lOs 0.1 Bath 20/. oh. !al. pd 22
5,000 British 404 sh. 16/. pd 181/4,
5,,,-, r 5/.ssei cent.l Ditto Provincial 2O!. sh. 191. pd 25
""" Lard Bs. Cs,
928 5/103 Rim mingham 50/. sh. 96
1,250 :S! Os L'ris'ol oo'. sh. 26
9,250 2' !Os Brillitoo 2O/. sh. 14
750 3/ lOs D1t:o, New o.,' s 5. 131. pi 9
2,471 41 not cent. Brigiitoa General 2Ol. sh. all pd 9
1,000 7., Os. Continantal Consolidated -.751. 62il.pd 110
1,000 10.7. City of Losdon.. ....... ....100/. sh. all pd 195
1,000 C.!. Ditto, New lOO/. sh. 75/. pd 150
4,000 31.0. c. Equitable 5O/. pd 1834
10,000 21 per cent. Im•serial 404 sh. 58
800 51 par cent. Isle n. Thanet 25/. sti. 201. pd 183(,
2,350 61. per cent. 1 nioependcut '34 sh. all rk.. 49
9,000 4/. per cent. Pncenix 504 sh. 391. pd 34
1,000 4/. ssr cent. Ils`clifs 100!. sh. SOL pd 63
4,000 SPiI VI Metropolitan 50/. sh. 19!. pd 17
9,000 41. per cent. Untied General 501. sh. 471. pd 3331
240 54 par cent. Wavivie- 501. sh. 50
400 5/. p 6.•, cent Wakefield 25/. sh. 22
:1,000 3.. Westminster Chartered
6,000 10. s. Ditto New ......... -.........51 I. sh, 101. pd 11%
750 3 per cent. Yarmouth 2Ol. oh. 181. pd
WATER WORKS
1,800 108. Birnonghsm '251. sh. 25!. pd 22
1,404 71. East Londo.) lOO4 sh. 170
5,500 21 15s. G raid Junction Average 411. Ids. 4d. sh. C 5
1,000 *N. Kent 100/. sh. 45%
372 In/. Liverpool llootle 2201. sh. 326
1,500 2 /10s New River London Bridge Water Ann... 60
6,496 21 10s Manchester and Salford 1001. sh. 55
1,000 4 per cent. South London lOO4 sh. 104%
0,294 414 West Middlesex Average 63/. 122. 9d. sh. 101
1,060 11 Ha York Building (,o. Lessee Prop. 100!. sh. 35
IRON RAILWAYS.
6,000 ...... ... Birmingham and Derby ..... lOll pd 73
9,50,0 .... ..... Birmingham and Gloucester 1(01, pd SO
151100 Bristol and Exeter ... . . -"ION. sh. 60 pd 31
7,500 Cheltenham &G. Western 100/. sh. 62 NI. 1.3%
3,009 Clarence 1001. eh. 100/ pd' 31
8,000 Dublin and Drogheda 1001. sh. 5/. pd
50,000 ..... .... Eastern Counties 25!. sh. 231. pd 8%
10,0,00 Great North of England 100/. sh. 70/. pd 66
10,018 14 per cent. Grand Junction lOO4 sh. all pd 210%
2.,C.30 Great 'Western 1801. sh. 654 pd S 9
25,000 Ditto New 504 sh. SO'. pd 60%
3,000 per cent Gosport Junction.. 5Ol. sh. 40!..pd 4501
9,000 5 per cent. Hartlepool 1004 sh. 100!. pd 115%
8,000 Hull and Selby 501. sh. 5.04 pd 434
2,100 4/. per cent. Leeds and Selby 100 sh. (5%
5,100 JO percent. Liverpool& Manchester 10(1.sh. 1004 psl 195
7,908 10 per cent. Ditto Half Shares 504 pd 87q
11,495 10 per cent. Ditto Quarter Shares ',51. pd 45
20,000 ..., ..... London and Brighton 501. sh. 50/ pd 4.44
4,000
19,000 3 per cent. London and Greenwich -204 sta. 001. pd 814
'5,000 8 per cent. London & Birmingham 1001. sh. 90/ pd 175
25,000 Ditto Quarter Shares -.054 sh. 5!. pd 31
31,250 DA o New Shares 321. sh. 321. pd 50
30,000 5 per cent. London and S. Western As'. OS!, 17s. lid. 57%
33,000 London and Croydon] A v 13/ 15s od. 1214
Ditto New Scrip.... V. --' °'' 124
13,000 Manchester and Leecki...loo4 ah. 701. pd 74
13,000 ..
10,000 Manchester and Birmingham 704 sh. 40/. <54
Ditto Extension 7l. pd 2%
10,000 Midland Counties, 'OOl. sh. 1024 pd ',9'y
15,000 North Midland
..... .... Ditto New 40/. pd 37%
5,128 Northern and Eastern..., 601. sh 30!. pd 26_4
2,600 ...... ... Preston and Wyre 5O!. sh. 304 101 36
28,000 South Eastern and Dover 284 p 114
1,000 10/. per cent. Stockton and Darlington lOO4 sh. 275
9,000
6,000 York and North Midland 50 . sh. 50/. pd 75
MINES.
6,000 Albion Copper 51. s h. 54/. psi 12
4,000 11. 51. Alten l5!. sh 12/, 0s pd 10
10,000 ..„..„,„ Anglo Mexican,iss. 5/. pm. 1004 sh. al 0 d 13{1
Ditto Subscription 251. 00 I
2,000 101. Bolanos l5O/. sh all p 1 35
10,000 U. lOs Brazilianlmp. iss. 5/. pm 254 sh. 001. pd 12
6,000 Macaubas & (.ocaes United 251.0.251. psi 6
11,000 Ditto St. John Del Rey 204 sh. 14!. pd 24
10,000 ... ...... Bolivar Copper Company, 204 sh. 20/. pd 1
10,000 Ditto Scrip lO4 sh. 104 pa 2
20,000 ... ...... British Iror 5Ol. sh. 55/ pd I
,009 British Copper 54 sh. W. pd I%
Cut Br dica 614 pd 94
Candonga......
10,000 1 1 Copiapo
8,500 .. Columbian, ins. 51. pm. -551. sh. 55!. pd 0%
2,850 .31. English
20,000 General MiningAssociation2o4 5h.184 pd 3
6,155 Mexican Company lOOl. sh. 5714 pd 6
3,000 Polberou Consols .. -..104 sh. 84 pd 4
11,500 Real del Monte, Unregistered 234
Ditto Loan Notes. 1501. pd 160
30,000 United Mexican, iss. 2 pm. 404 sh. all pd 231
DM.. Scrip 34
Ditto New Scrip 51 pd 5%
West Cork ....................501. sh 50/. pd 38
LITERARY INSTITUTIONS.
1,000
1,560'
700
King' College. 100!. 1934
MISCELLANEOUS.
10,)01 152. Australian Agricultural.lool.lsh. 284 pd f. 33
6plo I. per cent. British American. Land Company 234 pd 10
10,0(0 1. per cent. Canada Company lOO/. sh. 30!, pd 31%
110,000 54 per cent. Upper Canasta Loan ........................ 87
City Bonds, 4 per cent lOO3l
20,000 1/. 6s. General Steam Navigation 151. sh. 141. pd 25%
101. per cent. Hudson's Bay Stock ........ ..
,000 1/. London Com. Sale Rooms ....Av. 75/. sh l9
8,000 Caoutchouc Company .. . ............ 1214 pd 12
New Brunswick Land Company...sol. psi 12
2,754 5!. per cent. Reversionary int. 50c...100/. sh. 100/. pd 113
2,633 5/. per cent. Ditto New 1004 sh. 100/. pd 117
4,000
10,000 6s. Van Diemen's Land.... 1001. sh. 1714 pd 9

LIST of SCOTTISH COMPANIES' PRICES
FEB. 6, 1841.
BANKS.
1,000,000/. 61. p. ct. Bank of Scotland...B3/. 6s. ad. sh. all pd 162
2,060,000/. 6 p. ct. Itcyal of Scotland 1004 sh. all pd 151
500,000/. 8 p. ct. Bri cish Linen Company 100/.sh. all pd 229
500,0001. 61, p. ct. Commercial 5OOl. sh.loo/. pd 174
500,000:. sn. ct. National lOO/.Bh. 101. pd 143‘
500,0001. 71. p. ct. Glasgow Union 2501. sh. 501. pd 83
1,000,0001. 6p. ct. Western of Scotland 2OOl. sh 40!. pd 74
INSURANCE COMPANIES.'
250.0005 h. 61p. ct. Scottish Union 001. sh. 11. pd 255.60.
7,500 7p. ct. Hercules lOO/. sh. 10/. pd 13'1
100,000 sp. ct. Insurance Co. of Scotland .10/. sh. all pd
50,000 Bp. ct. North British 2601. sh. 10/. pd 18y2
1,1851 Bp. ct. Caledonian Fire 1001. sh. 10/. pd 20
5,000 6p. ct. Edinburgh Life 100/. sh. 104 NI lIA
100,000 31 p. ct. West of Scotland 10/.
pd
MISCELLANEOUS.
4,818 Edin. and Glas. Un. Canalso/. sh. all pd 10
Ditto Allocatpdl. 96/. sh. all pd 47
5,401 5 per cent. Edinb. Joint Stock Water.2sl. sh. 411 pd 35
2,0005 h 15 per cent. Shotts Iron Founaery ...... 50/ sh 48/. 53
10,000 3 per cent. Edinburgh & Leith Glass.2o/.sh. 16/. pd 8
4,500 10 per cent. Edinburgh Coal Gas ...851. sh. all pd 50
4,450 10 per cent. Clasgow Gas 25!. sh. all pd 52
759 7i per cant. Leith Coal Gas 2O/..h. all pd 51
0,200 Edinburgh and Dalkolth 13ai1way 50/. sh 66

It is whispered at the Horse Guards that on the
first vacancy in the command of either of the three regi-
ments of guards, or of the Household Brigade, his Royal
Highness Prince Albert will be appointed Colonel, and
in that case Prince George of Cambridge would unques-
tionably succeed Prince Albert in the command of the
11th Hussars.— Court Journal.
GWYDYIt HOUSE.--It is expected that this
mansion, at Whitehall, lately occupied by the Reform
Club, will be taken by Goiornment as the new office for
the Commissioners of Woods and Forests.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

MANSION-HO USE.

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Mr. Forster, of the house of Forster and Smith, of
New City Chambers, appeared to complain against a
druggist who had been employed by the ship's-husband
of the Nunez, to supply medicines to that vessel on her
voyage to the coast of Africa, six months ago. He
stated that he had given due notice to the druggist to at-
tend, but it did not appear that the defendant meant
to keep his word to appear upon his defence, although
the charge was a very serious one.
Alderman PIRIE, who presided, stated that the case
was one of very great public importaflce, and he should
hear the circumstances whether the accusal made his
appearance or not.

- The defendant having been called several times by the
officer, and no answer having been returned,
Mr. Forster proceeded to state the particulars.
Having heard from the Captain of the Nunez that con-
siderable sickness had taken place on board the vessel,
which had been detained in the rainy season on the
coast of Africa, he made the inquiries which might be
reasonably expected. In the course of the conversa-
tion, the Captain said that his medicine chest appeared
to have been badly fitted up, and that the medicines
were so adulterated as to be altogether useless. As
the directions issued by the house in which he (Mr.
Forster) was a partner, with regard to every ship with
which they were connected, were, that no expense
should be spared in the medicine chest, he gave orders
that the medicine chest of the Nunez should be ex-
amined, and Mr. Battley, of Fore-street, having ex.
amined it, the following letter was received from that
gentleman's house :

" Cripplegate, Jan. 18, 1841.
" Sir,—Mr. Battley desires me to say, that he has
examined the medicines you sent here yesterday, with
the following result :—The calumel he finds to be the
best of the medicines which the chest contains, but no*
perfectly in a pure state. The Dovet's powder, rhu-
barb, and jalap, exceedingly bad, so much as to be ob-
vious to a casual obs7rver. With regard to the tinc-
tures, they contain little or no spirit, and are evidently
not made according to the direction which the College
of Physicians lays down. The rest of the medicines
and preparations are for the most part very indifferent.
Mr. Battley further desires me to sny, that Mr. Han-
bury, of the firm of Messrs. Allen, Hanbury, and Co. of
Plough-court, has likewise inspected the medicines, and
perfectly coincides with Mr. Battley in Fis opinion of
them.—l am, Sir (for R. Battley), your obedient servant,
" EDWARD JOWETT."
—Upon finding that the medicines supplied for such a
place as the coast of Africa were of such a description,
he (Mr. Forster) determined, for the public safety, to
institute an inquiry, particularly as Sir Henry Hilford,
the President of the College of Physicians, expressed a
decided opinion that something ought to be done with
the vendor of such vile medicines ; and as the distribu-
tion of medicines in merchant ships depended upon the
captains, he ascertained that the practice of supplying
bad medicine to vessels of the kind was carried on to a
most serious extent, more especially at Liverpool.
Alderman PeasE said that the shipping interest were
greatly indebted to Mr. Forster for having comb for-
ward upon this occasion. He wished to know whether
the men had taken any of the medicine.
Captain James Paddon, of the ship Nunez, stated
that the men bad refused to take any of the medicine,
and he could not himself take any of it. He lost all
his men on the voyege.
Alderman Prere—Would they have taken the medi-
cines if they had been good ?
Captain Paddon—No. They would not have taken
any thing except salts. They were most obstinate ; I
tried to take some myself, but I could not. Out of
eleven all died except myself and three blacks.
Mr. Henry Hennel, of Apothecaries Hall, was then
called. He stated that he had examined the rhubarb
and jalap, being the principal medicines used on voy-
ages of the kind, and neither of them possessed any ono
character of those drugs. It was impossible to say
what the stuff called rhubarb was.

Mr. D. B. Hanbury of the house of Allen, Hanbury,
and Co., Plough-court, stated that the rhubarb and
jalap described had none of the properties of the real
medicines. The other contents of the medicine chest
were, to say the least, very inferior, and the proportion
of spirit in the tinctures was, if any, extremely small.
Alderman PIRIE was anxious to know whether there
was any check upon practices such as were thus ex-
posed ?—A medical gentleman said, that a censor from
the College of Physicians was the only check, and the
visitation was very unfrequent.
Mr. Chandler, druggist, of Fore-street—The censor,
or deputation from the College of Physicians, has visited
me but once for 11 years. I know several shops in
which they never have been to examine the medicines.
Mr. Hanbury looked at the bill of parcels, and said
that at his counter the medicines would be sold at the
same price, and be of the first quality. In furnishing
medicine chests they would be at a lower rate.
Alderman PIRIE said, that the matter disclosed at
the justice-room was very properly brought forward,
and he was convinced that what had taken place would
render great service to the public, used as it would be
by the press.