The Sun.
London, England, 1847-06-25 00:00:00

INSURANCE 0

IMPANIES.

_
Dividend Amount
Name of Company. per of Paid. Price,
Annum. Share.
.......•
4 s. d. £ s. d.
Albion ......... ••• • • 31. 105. 500 0 0 50 0 0 74
Alliance Brit. and For. 6 per cent. 100 0 0 11 0 0 18%
Ditto Marine. ••- • • 61. per cent, 100 00 , 50 0 534
Atlas 13s. 6d.prsh. 50 0 0 1 5 0 0 15
British Commercial •• 7s. per share 50 00, 5 0 0 7
Clericl,Med.&Gen.Life 51. per cent. 100 0 0 ! 210 0 20%
31. 100 0 0 1 10 0 0
12s. 50 0 0! 5 0 0 11
Eagle ... •• • ...... •• • • 6e. 50 00, 50 0 54
Eng. & Scot. Law •• • • 5/. per cent. 50 0 0 2 0 0 -
European Life ••• • • • 534 per cent. 20 0 0 An paid. -
Freemasons' ... -•• • • 51. per cent. 20 0 0 3 0 0
Globe ......... ••• • • • 61. per cent. Stock. - 128
Guardian •••.•. • • • • • • 51. per cent. 100 0 0 36 10 0 474
Imperial Fire ..... •• • 61. and bonu. 500 0 0 50 0 0 220
Imperial Life •• ••• • • • 12s. 100 0 01 10 0 0 1434
Indemnity Marine.. • • 11. sh. & bs. 100 0 0 i 513 1 -
Law Life......... • . 1/. ss. 100 0 0 10 0 0 -
.egal and General Life - 50 0 0 2 0 0 -
London Fire .. ...... 10s. 25 0 0 12 10 0 14%
London Ship ........ 10s. 25 0 0 12 10 0 14%
Marine ••-•••• • • • • • .. 51. per cent. 100 0 0 15 0 0 934
Med. Invlid&Gen.Llfe 44/. per ct . 50 0 0 20 0 2%
National Lean Fund- 51. per cent. 20 0 0 210 0 -
National Life ••••• • . • • 81. per cent. 100 0 0 5 0 0 -
Fallaclium Life ...... .. 51. per cent. 50 0 0 2 0 0 41s xd
`hcenix - _ 185
protector Life •••• • • • 51. per cent. 20 0 0 1 0 0 11. Bs.
'provident Life •.•• • • • • 11. 55. 100 0 0 10 0 0 -
4s. 5 0 0 010 0 4%
Royal Exchange 5l. per cent, Stock. - 160
Sun Fire .. .... .... - - -
Ditto Life 11. 6s. - - -
Universal Life -
MIST OP SCOTTISH COMPANIES' PRICES.
Dividend Amount
Name of Company, per I of Paid. ' Price.
Annum. Share.
X, s. d. X s. d
Bank of Scotland - 100 o 0 168
Royal Bank of Scotland 61. per cent. - 100 0 151
British Linen Company 81. per cent. - 100 0 0 200
Commercial Bank •• - 61. per cent. - 100 0 0 164
National Bank ...... • • 61. per cent. - 10 0 0 141 2s.
Union Bank of Scotland 7%1. pr sent. - 50 0 0 88
Western Bank .... •. • • 61. pe: cent. - 50 0 0 82
North of Scotland Bank 61. per cent. - 5 0 0 6%
Clydesdale Bank 6l. per cent. - 10 0 0 13%
Eastern Bank 5l. per cent - 10 0 0 111 12s
Caledonian Bank - 210 0 , 41. Os
Edinb.& Glasgow Bank 61. per 3er.t. - 5 0 0 1 7
City of Glasgow Bank . 51. per cent. - 10 00 1 13 4
filk....inla 1.7.1 v. Ilars.Ov. SI pox. ,cue. 1 20 U 0 1 0 0 ' 235. &I
Hercules insurance co. it. per cent. 110 c 0 0 10 0 0 1234
Insur. Co. of Scetlnd- 51. per cent. 110 0 0 All paid. 9
Korth British Insur 541. pr cent. ,200 0 0 10 0 0 2634
Caledonian Fire Insur lOl. per cent. 100 0 0 10 0 0 224
Edinburgh Life Insur 6l. per cent. 100 0 0 12 10 0 18
Edin. Ea Glass. Railway 11.10 s. per s. I_so 0 0 50 0 0 69%
Ditto, 14 Shares ... • 7s. 6d. p. s. il2 10 0 All paid. 17
Edin., Leith, & Grantn - f2O 0 0 20 0 0 20%
Gliuigw & Ayrshir Rail. 71. pe- cent. 50 0 0 All paid. 6134
oillasgw Re Greenckßail. 21. per cent. 25 0 0 All paid. 18
Glsgw& Garnkirk Rail. Si. per cent. 25 0 0 All paid. 39%
Dundee&Arbrothßall. 61, per cent. '25 0 0 All paid. 37
Standard LifeAssernee.l 51. per cent.l 50 0012 .0 0 9

SALE OF RAILWAY SHARES BY
AUCTION.—(THIS DAY.)
There was a better demand for shares to-day at the
tale of Railway Shares by Messrs. Lamond and Co.,
and prices have improved considerably. The following
are a few of tho principal sales:—
East Indian £o 2 9
Great Luxembourg
Shrewsbury and Birmingham (B) 2 7 0
Shropshire Union and Canal 2 3 0
South-Eastern and Dover, No. 4 4 14 0
Ambergate, Nottingham,- and Boston 1 7 6
Northern Counties Union 1 2 0
Reading, Guildford, and Reigate 5 7 6
London and Blackwell, No. 1
Newport and Abergavenny
Eastern Counties, York Extension ..... - 6 14 0
North Staffordshire
South Yorkshire, Doncaster, and Goole 1 7 6

RAILWAY COMMITTEES

(THIS DAY.)

HO USE OF LORDS.
Room A.

BASTERST COUNTIES (CAMBRIDGE AND
BEDFORD EXTENSION).
Mr. Stephenson and Mr. Borthwick were examined.
Mr. Sergeant WRANGFIAX i-ddressed the Committee
against the Bill, on behalf of opposing landowners.
Adjourned till Monday.

Room C.

3mistawarraitsat, WOLVERHAMPTON, AND
STOVE VALLEY (NO. II.) BRANCHES.

Their Lordships met at eleven o'clock.
Mr. R. M. Stephenson, civil engineer, was called this
morning for the purpose of showing the amount of traffic
which might be expected upon this line, if constructed.
Ke stated that in the district through which the line
would pass there were 400 works, consisting of iron
furnaces, coal pits, &c. Of this number, 50 would be
accommodated by the existing Oxford, Worcester, and
Wolverhampton Railway, leaving 350 to be accommo-
dated by the present proposed line. Of this number,
returns had been made from 230, showing that the ac-
tual payments made by them for the carriage of material
was 80,792/. That return did not include the amount
paid by the works of Mr. Foster, at Stourbridge, which
*at gentleman stated in his evidence to be about 1,5001.
There were then one hundred and twenty works re-
in aining, from which no returns had been made, but,
to king them at the same averages which had been made,
tike income derivable by the company from them would
be 42,0001., or making a total altogether of about
1.37,0001. from works located upon the line for carriage
)f materials alone. And, taking into consideration the
:fact that one fourth of that traffic would be distant
taaffic, averaging sixty miles, that would increase the
revenue from that source from 137,0001. to 182,0001.
' the average distance which goods would be conveyed
mpon the whole line would be about five miles, the
c iharge for Which, deducted from the above sum, and
af so making due allowance
or the traffic, which would
sti 11 be accommodated by of the canal, the net in-
likely to be mesas of
about
the carriage
co me
of raw materials would hebelib:vettl, 30,000 Z The
p issenger traffic would, he
the ex-
aoyf the corn-
pe nses of working the line. The capitalp
The line would
pa
out
would cent,.., an_ d the revenue Would yield
ab out six per . profit on the outlay,
be worked in connexion with the London and North.
W astern Company. The income from passenger traffic
Ile estimated would be from 1,2001. to 1,5001. per mile
leer annum.
12,-. TALBOT cross-examined the witness at some
1 en1.7t1,, with a view of showing that the data upon
thick he had founded his calculations, both with respect
t o the gtoods and passenger traffic, was not founded upon

Mr. Br, inel (civil engineer) was then called, and ex-
an lined by Mr. Burke, with a view of showing that tha
lin e projected, for the accommodation of the district, by
the Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton Railway
mpany, was
letter adapted for the development of the
tra: Efic than the line at present proposed by the North-
Western Company-
arr. Brunel and Mr. Stephenson were examined, and
th • Committee adjourned until Monday,

HOUSE OF COMMONS.
GROUP VI.
traur WESTERN (BEERS AND RANTS
EXTENSION).
Th Committee met this morning at eleven o'clock.

' Mr. MILFORD appeared as counsel for Mr. Cuming-
ton, and stated that it was his intention to call Mr. G.
Edwards, for the purpose of proving that a better line
than that now proposed could have been adopted by the
Great Western Company. lle distinctly stated that he
did not oppose the line in connexion with any other
company, but it was a sincere and bona fide attempt on
the part of his client to induce the Great Western Com-
pany to postpone a portion of the proposed line to a
future session of Parliament.

Mr. Edwards then handed in some plans and sec-
tions, showing that a better line could be constructed in
a different direction, without doing any injury to the
property of Mr. Cumington.
In his cross-examination by Mr. ALEXANDER, the
witness admitted that the line, if taken in that direction,
would add a mile and a half to the distance. He did
not know where Mr. Cumington's land was.
The CHAIRMAN stopped the further cross-examina-
tion, and decided that they could not enter further into
the case.

BRISTOL AND EXETER (TAUNTON AND
CASTLE CART BRANCH).

The Committee then proceeded to hear Mr. Webster,
on behalf of the Rev. Mr. Thring, whose property would
be affected by the proposed line.

In consequence of the House sitting at twelve, the
Committee rose at the conclusion of Mr. Webster's
address, and the Committee stood adjourned till twelve
to-morrow.

worth more than 51 per ton. In Rape Seed little has
been done, and prices are on the decline.

TURPENTINE.—spirits have been extensively dealt in,
in consequence of further reduced rates having been
accepted, and 37s to 38s is the value of British; there
is, however, yet a large supply; of Rough some parcels
have been sold at 9s. The value of Tar is 20s to 20s 6d,
but at these high rates there are not many buyers.
`Pool..—There has been a brisker demand for colonial
at the public sales, and which are still in progress, but
prices show a decline, as compared with those of the last
auctions, of Id to lid, as the quantity to be offered is
yet large. In other kinds the operations are upon a
more extended scale, but not at higher rates.
Ou.s.—There has been more activity in the market for
Olive Oil this week, and holders have obtained prices
they could not previously. A fair quantity has been
disposed of, but the home trade have been chiefly opera-
tors. Some parcels have been received, and prices are
yet much above those of that time last year. The con-
sumption, however, continues to be large. Of Palm
further parcels have been imported, yet former rates are
sustained, and a good demand has been experienced.
Cocoa Nut is still brought sparingly to market, and being
much wanted, prices range high. For auction 100 tons
fine Cochin are declared. Although there are sellers
of Rape Seed Oil upon further reduced terms ; still the
purchases made have been upon a moderate scale only.
Linseed Oil has been in excellent request. for home con-
sumption, and in consequence of the limited supply,
buyers have been compelled to pay further advanced
rates. For forward delivery there are few buyers at
present to be met with. A fair quantity has been dis-
posed of for exportation. Lard Oil has been operated
in with caution. There have been several arrivals of
Fish Oils since this day week, and the trade showing not
mach desire to do business, prices continue on the de-
cline. Cod met with little attention. This afternoon at
public sale 74 tons of Sperm Oil mostly sold at 851 to 87/,
and Headmaster 871; 100 tuns of Southern sold at better
prices, that is to say from 22115 s to 251 lOs for low to
fine.

TALLow.—This afternoon the quantity of Tallow
offered at public sale was 98 casks of Odessa Sheep, 22
casks ditto Beef, 57 casks Australian, and 200 casks of
Petersburgh, which went at rather lower rates.

IMPERIAL PA RLIAMENT,
(THIS EVENING.)

HOUSE OF LORDS.
Their Lordships met at Five o'clock.
ROYAL ASSENT.

Tier Majesty's assent to the following Bills was given
by commission.

-The Lords Commissioners were the Lord Chancellor,
the Earl of Shaftesbury, and Lord Campbell.
Soap Allowances; Stage Carriage _Unties; Lunatic
Asylums ; Out-Pensioners, Chelsea and Greenwich;
Newfoundland Government; Collection of Duties (Port
Natal; Loan Societies; Representative Peers (Soot-
land); Transference of Lands (Scotland); Burgage
Tenure (Scotland) ; Service of Heirs (Scotland) ;
Crown Charters (Scotland) ; Heritable Securities for
Debt (Scotland) ; Trust Money Investment (Ireland) ;
Prisoners Removal (Ireland) ; Destitute Persons (Ire-
land—(No. 2) ; Windsor, Staines, and South-Western
Railway (Staines and Ascot and Wokingham Branches);
Windsor, Staines, andl South Western Railway
(Richmond to Windsor) ; Cork, Blackrock and Pas-
sage Railway ; Wilts, Somerset, and Weymouth
Railway (No. 1) ; Waterford, Wexford, and Wick-
low and Dublin Railway ; Liskeard and Cara-
don Railway ; Wexford and Valencia Railway ;
Norfolk Railway ; Dundalk and Enniskillen Rail-
way ; King's Norton, Northfield, Beverley, and :Edge-
baston; King's Norton Harbour Rate; Liverpool Gas;
Weymouth and Melcombe Regis Harbour and Bridge
Trusts ; Van Diemen's Land Company; British Ameri-
can Lands Company ; Ross and Cromarty Railway ;
Townshend Peerage.

THE SUN LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, JUNE 25, 1847.

He, therefore, after what had happened, objected to any
concession being now made to the City. The river
ought not to be entirely left in the bands of the Corpora•
tion ; it was a public concern, and ought to be managed
for the public. But it had been hitherto eniirely neglected,
as the evidence given last year most fully showed.
The Hon Gentleman continued to quote from the evi-
dence of last year, to show the disgraceful state of the
River Channel. He added, that it was a disgrace to
London, and the City Corporation, in the way they had
acted, were guilty of an insult. Time after time, impe-
diments and delays were being experienced, and
yet the City had done absolutely nothing.
If malt were imported by the river Lea it would be free
of charge altogether, but if it came by shipping it was
subjected to a heavy charge. Now, he would ask, was
not that a monstrous absurdity, and ought it to be
tolerated any longer ?
(LEFT SPEARING.)

THE LONDON GAZETTE.

(THIS EVENING.)

FOREIGN-OFFICE, JUNE 22.
The Queen has been pleased to approve of Don Guiseppe
Folliero as Vice-Consul at Malta for his Majesty the King of
the Two Sicilies. . _ _

WHITEHALL, Juwit 24.
The Queen has been pleased to present the Rev. John
M'Laren to the united churches and parishes of Larbert and
Dunipace, in the presbytery of Stirling and county of Stirling,
vacant by the deprivation of the Rev. Francis M'Gill, late
Minister thereof.

WAR-OFFICE, JUNE 25, 1847.
2d Regiment of Life Guards--James Alexander George
Lord Loughborough to Cornet and Sub-Lieutenant, by pur-
chase, vice the Viscount Nevill, who retires, June 25.
2 Dragoon Guards—Lieutenant James Ley to be Captain,
by purchase, vice Knox, who retires ; Cornet Leycester Hib-
bert to be Lietenant, by purchase, vice Ley; Thomas Belsey
Tomlin, Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Hibbert,
June 25. _ _

garden, keeper of the wine and supper-rooms known as
" the Elysium," was charged with having retailed fereign
wines, having no license for such purpose.
Mr. Waddington, Q.C., appeared on behalf of the
Crown; Mr. Kinglake for the defendant.
The court was this day crowded to excess, from the
knowledge that the important question was to be raised
as to whether the privileges enjoyed by members of
th• Vintners' Company could legally be used by the
keepers of the various night saloons throughout the
metropolis.
Mr. WADDINGTON having shortly etailed the facts,
Mr. Sillifant, a supervisor of excise, stated that on the
sth of May last he went to the premises named in the in-
formation, where he was served with foreign wine by a
female behind a bar, for which he paid, and drank it on
the premises.

Mr. Coghill, the poor-rate collector for St. Paul's,
Covent-garden, proved that he received the rates from
Mr. Lipman. He never knew such a name as Harper.
He had lately been applied to to change the receipts for
the rates, to have the name of Harper inserted, which he
refused to accede to.

This was the case on the part of the Crown.
Mr. KINGLAILE contended that no case had been
made out against Mr. Lipman, as it had not been proved
that the defendant had anything to do with the sale of
the wine.

The certificate of a member of the Vintners' Company
was put in, but it proved nothing, Mr. Martin, the clerk
of the company, stating that there were several Harpers
belonging to the company ; but he was not prepared to
identify Mr. Harper who was alluded to in these pro-
ceedings.

2d Dragoons—Cornet Edward Amphlett to be Lieutenant,
by purchase, vice Carruthers, who retires ; Devereux P.
Cockburn, Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Amphlett,
June 25. _ _

6th Dragoons—Lieutenant Robert Moore Peel to be Cap-
tain, by purchase, vice Denny, who retires ; Cornet Robert
George Manley to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Peel;
Arthur Roys, Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Manley,
June 25.

14th Light Dragoons—Cornet James Wentworth Ben-
nett to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Ramsay. promoted
in the 3d West India Regiment; William Spilling, Gent.,
to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Bennett, June 25.
3d Regiment of Foot—Lieutenant Frederick George Sy ms,
from the Ceylon Rifle Regiment, to be Paymaster, vice John
Lukis, who retires upon half-pay, June 25.
15th Foot—Alfred Todd, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase,
vice Browne, who retires, June 25.
30th Foot—Captain William Colt, from half-pay- Unat-
tached, to be Captain, vice Alexander Macdonald, who ex-
changes; Lieutenant Thomas William Wilkinson to be Cap-
tain, by purchase, vice Colt, who retires; Ensign Arthur
Wellesley Conolly, from the 51st Foot, to be Lieutenant, by
purchase, vice Wilkinson, June 25.
51st Foot—John Anderson, Gent., to be Ensign, by pur-
chase, vice Conolly, promoted in the 30th Foot, June 25.
66th Foot—Captain Charles Edward Michel to be Major,
by purchase, vice Goldie, promoted ; Lieutenant Arthur
Blount to be Captain, by purchase, vice Michel ; Ensign
William Robert Pyne to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice
Blount; Richard White, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase,
vice Pyne, June 25.
3d West India Regiment—Captain Thomas Pakenham
Vandeleur, from half-pay Unattached, to bG Captain, vice
Charles Birch Vane, who exchanges, receiving the dif-
ference.

The Court gave judgment in the full penalty of 1001.,
but, on the recommendation of Mr. Waddington, con-
sented to stay the warrant.

THE VICTORIA SALOON, LEICESTER-SQUARE.

Joseph Phillips, keeper of the Victoria Saloon and
Supper-rooms, 16, Leicester-square, was charged, on a
similar information, with retailing foreign wines without
license.

Lieutenant Balcarres Dalrymple Wardlaw Ramsay, from
14th Light Dragoons, to be Captain, by purchase, vice Van-
deleur, who retires, June 25.
UNATTACHED.—Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel Thomas Leigh
Goldie, from 66th Foot, to be Lieutenant-Colonel, by pur-
chase, June 25.

HOSPITAL STAFF.—Deputy-Inspector-General of Hospitals
henry Franklin to be Inspector-General of Hospitals, vice
John Frederick Clarke, M.D., who retires on halt-pay,
June 25.

Mr. Emmans, rate-collector, proved receiving the
rates for the house from Mr. Phillips.
Mr. Commissioner HARRISON gave judgment, and
said that they believed the defendant had carried on his
business fraudulently for six or seven years ; they ad-
judged the full penalty of 100L1 and they saw no grounds
for mitigation.

THE FRENCH HOTEL, LEICESTER-PLACE.
Antonio Gramara, hotel keeper, of Leicester-place,
Leicester-square, was charged on a similar information.
The Court gave judgment, remarking that, as the
defendant had several times been before them, they
should inflict the full penalty of 100/.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
MANSION-HOUSE.
Yesterday a young man, named Henry Hubbard, was
brought before the Lord Mayor, in the custody of John
Forrester, upon suspicion of having committed a forgery
upon Glyn's banking-house.
Mr. William Thomas, clerk and cashier at the banking-
house, stated that on the 19th of June, at half-past four
or a quarter to five o'clock, a cheque for 140/. was pre-
sented to him over the counter by a youth who appeared
to be 15 or 16 years of age. Witness paid the cheque in
two 501. notes, the numbers of which were 90,858 and
84,837, and the date 6th January, and in 40 sovereigns.
Mr. John Fenton, of 79, Mark-lane, wine-merchant,
stated that he kept an account at Messrs. Glyn's, and the
prisoner was his clerk. Witness had been in the con-
stant habit of seeing the prisoner write, and believed the
writing in the cheque to be the prisoners.' No portion of
the cheque was in witness's handwriting. The prisoner
frequently filled up documents for witness at the Cus-
tom-house, but could not have access tohis cheque-book,
which he always kept locked in his drawer. Witness
frequently left out a cheque in a drawer in the counting-
house, filled up for any person to whom it was to be
delivered.
Mr. R. J. Sykes, clerk in the issue department of the
Bank of England, stated that he paid gold for the note
numbered 84,837, for 501., to a youth, who, he believed,
wrote the name on it at the counter.
John Forrester, the officer, stated that he apprehended
the prisoner in Mr. Fenton's counting-house, and found
on him some pieces of paper on which Mr. Fenton's
name had been imitated in pencil and in ink,
At the request of Mr. Bush, the solicitor to the Com-
mittee of Bankers for Protection from Felonies and
Frauds, the prisoner was remanded.
Thomas Smith was charged with haring stolen a
number of coffee-warrants.
The prisoner was remanded.
LAMBETH.
RAISING THE WIND TO ATTEND A MA SQUERADE.—•
Mary Taylor and Elizabeth Taylor, two well-dressed
young women, the former the wife of a respectable
engraver, and the latter her sister-in-law, were placed
at the bar, before Mr. Norton, on the following charge:
On the preceeding afternoon the prisoners entered the
shop of Mr. Frazer, a baker in the Wandsworth-road,
and called for two half-quartern loaves, and tendered a
sovereign in payment. Mrs. Frazer gave change of the
sovereign, keeping a shilling out of it in payment for
the bread. The prisoners objected to pay 10d. for the
two half-quartern loaves, and also said they preferred
country bread; upon which Mrs. Frazer gave them back
the sovereign, and they returned what she conceived to
be the whble of the change she had given them, and
left the shop. They had not gone many minutes, when
Mrs. Frazer, suspecting all was not right, she counted the
silver the prisoners had returned, and found it to be five
shillings short. She then went in search of the prisoners,
and saw them about to enter the passage leading to the
steam-boat pier, Nine Elms. She charged them with
robbing her of five shillings, when one of them, ad-
dressing the other, exclaimed, " You know you have
taken it by mistake, give it back to the lady." They then
gave Mrs. Frazer two half-crowns back; but a police-
constable coming up at the time, took them into custody,
and took possession of the two half-crowns. After
leaving the shop of Mrs. Frazer, the prisoners went into
the shop of Mr. Walters, a cheesemonger in the same
neighbourhood, and by a similar trick " pinched " half-
a-crown, but Mr. Walters having discovered the fraud
immediately after they left his shop, brought them back,
and one of them placed a half-crown on the counter,
where it was found. Having no doubt, however, that
they were dishonest characters, Mr. 'Walters sent a con-
stable to watch their proceedings. When taken into
custody, the prisoner Mary charged Elisabeth with tak-
ing the money, and therefore that it was her fault, and
the latter retorted and said that the offences had been
committed by Mary for the purpose of enabling her to
have a dress in Oakley-street to appear at the masque-
rade at Vauxhall Gardens.
Mr. Games addressed the magistrate at some length
on behalf of the prisoners, who, he said, were very
respectable, and had no necessity to resort to dishonest
practices.
Sergeant Emmerson here informed the magistrate that
the prisoners had been brought to the Clapton station on
a charge similar to the present, but it seemed they ma-
naged to settle the matter with the prosecutor, and the
charge was not pressed against them.
Mr. NORTON thought the case was one which he
should send before a jury, and committed the prisoners
for trial.

Deputy-Inspector-General, with local rank, John Kinnis,
M.D., to be Deputy-Inspector-General of Hospitals, vice
Franklin, promoted, June 25.
Staff Surgeon of the First Class Andrew Fergusson, M.D.,
to be Deputy Inspector General of Hospitals, with local rank,
vice Kinnis, appointed Deputy Inspector General of Hos-
pitals, June 25.
BRavzT.—Captain Thomas Pakenham Vandeleur, of 3d
West India Regiment, to be Major in the Army, June 28.
Captain William Colt, of the 30th Foot, to be Major in
the Army, November 9.

COMMON HALL.
ELECTION OF SHERIFFS.

Yesterday being Midsummer-day, a Common Hall
was held for ,the election of ,Sheriffs, Chamberlain, and
some officers of inferior note.
Mr. William Cubitt, citizen and fishmonger, and Mr.
Charles Hill, citizen and spectacle-maker, were elected
Sheriffs for the ensuing year without opposition; Mr.
Anthony Brown was re• elected Chamberlain; and ale-
conners were also elected.
The following is the substance of the auditor's report,
which was handed in by the Chambsrlain:—
"We find that— s. d.
" Thebalance of cash upon the preceding
account was
" That the receipts for the year 1845
(including the sum of 27,7011.55. 4d ,
arising by the sale of stock and other
property) were 200,892 18 11
" That the expenditure for the said year,
as appears by the several vouchers
laid before us by the Chamberlain,
amounted to 210,3691. 15s. 21d. (in-
scluding 32,6821. 9s. 100. applied in
the purchase of stock and other pro-
perty, and 10,0001. in discharge of debt, 210,369 15 21
"Leaving a balance of cash upon the ac-
count on the 31st Dec., 1845, of
"In the further prosecution of the examination re-
ferred to we find that certain debts, arrears of rent, dues
and interest on Government securities, were due and be-
longing to the Mayor and commonalty and citizens on
the 31st of December, 1845, and that they were at the
same period answerable for debts, claims for interest, &c.
We have therefore directed a balance statement of such
assets and liabilities to be annexed, by which it will be
seen that there was a cash balance in favour of the
Corporation of London of 30,526/. lOs , after providing
for all claims and demand, without including in the
amount the value of their extensive freehold and lease.
hold estates.

" With reference to a large arrear of rent due in re-
spect of a manor in Bedfordshire, and referred to repeat-
edly by those who preceded us in office, and more par-
ticularly in the reports presented to the Livery in the
years 1843, 1844, 1845, and 1846, we have again to
report, that the amount continues to stand as unpaid in
the documents laid before us; we were attended, how-
ever, by the City Solicitor, who reported to us that he
had received instructions from the City Lands Commit-
tee upon the subject, and that he had every reason to be-
lieve that the matter would be brought to a satisfactory
conclusion before our successors were called upon to
proceed in the execution of their office.
" The Gresham account laid before us for examina-
tion was the second account of Mr. Anthony Brown, the
Chamberlain, being the produce and expenditure of the
city moiety of the estate, held under the will of Sir
Thomas Gresham, Knight, from the 10th of October,
1845, to the 10th of October, 1846, which we also ex-
amined, and find—
" That the balance of cash in hand at the

commencement of the account was £2,424 711
" That the receipts of the said aecount
from the 10th of October, 1845, to the
10th of October, 1846, were .. 4,166 19 0
" That the expenditure for the same
period was
8,535 5 7-1-
" Leaving a balance of cash due to the
Chamberlain on the account, ending
10th October 1846, of
" We find that there were arrears of rents due to the
said estate (City's moiety), at Michaelmas, 1846,
amounting to 1,409/. 17s. 6d., and that the said moiety
of the estate was indebted at the same period in the sum
of 85,0001., borrowed towards rebuilding the Royal Ex-
change after its destruction by fire in the year 1838, and
that it was also indebted to the Corporation 20,0001. re-
maining of the sum advanced towards rebuilding the
xchange after the fire 4 1666.

" The account of the Bridge-house estates laid before
us to audit was the account ofJoseph Watson and David
Gibbs, the bri(l2.emasters or ward( ns, from the let of
January to th.: 31st of December, 1845, which we have
also examined and find—
" That the balance of cash in hand on

the 31st December, 1844, was
" That the rents of the said estates and

other receipts of the year 1845, in:
eluding 3,2001. 17s. 6d. produced by
the sale of property, were 26,878 19 93
" That the eiAmrsernents of the said

year, including the sum of 28,1781. 9s.
6d. paid to the Chamberlain of London
under the Acts of 7th George IV.,
chap. 40, and 4th of William IV.,
chap. 118, in respect of rebuilding
London-bridge ani repairing Black-
friars-bridge, amounted to .. ... 37,557 4 1
" Leaving a balance in hand on the 31st
of December, 1845, of ••• .. 276 18 11-
" In addition to the said balance of cash in hand we
found that there were rents due to the account on the 31st
December, 1845, amounting to 12,6121. 4s. Old.; also
cash, stock, and securities, standing to the credit of
the Bridge-house estates' account, as under-mentioned,
viz.:—

" 2,311/. 14s. 3d. Consols, lin the name of the Ac-
countant• General of the Court of Chancery.
" 800/. Exchequer-bills in the hands of the said
Accountant-General.

" 3,2001. ca-:h in the name of the said Accountant-
General ; and 231/. 17s, sd. Reduced Three per Cent.
Annuities, in the names of the Bridge Masters.
" In concluding this our report, we, the auditors,
desire to express ourselves highly pleased with the
system of accounts adopted by the Corporation, and at
the same time to state our decided approbation of the
accurate and the perspicuous manner in which that
system is carried out in the accounts prepared for our
examination. We desire also to record our satisfaction
at the readiness with which vouchers were produced,
and explanation, information, and assistance afforded us
by the several gentlemen with whom we came in contact
during the progress of our arduous duties.

" THOMAS CAPEL LAMBE.
" JAMES JARDINE.
" WILLIAM SHEPHERD."
The Hall was then dissolved.