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COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH, FRB. 6.

THE QUEEN V. THE STEWARD OF THE MANOR OF RICHMOND.
Te Court gave judgment in this case, which was a mandamus
directed to John Allen Powell, steward of the Royal manor of
Richmond, and commanding him to hold a Court and admit Eliza-
beth Sheltond as tenant to certain customary or copyhold estates.
It had been contended for the defendant that the writ was insuffi-
cient and must be quashed, and the objection being founded
upon matters of substance, namely, that the Lord of the Manor had
not been included with the steward in the order, was one which the
Court was bound to entertain. it had been lately determined by
the Court that writs must be directed to the Lord of the Manor
and the steward jointly, on the ground that the interests of the
Lord might suffer if he was not included. On the other hand it
had been argued that this being a Royal manor, and the Queen
the Lady of the Manor, bath parties could not be included, as the
Sovereign could not command herself to do any act. But
the interests of the Sovereign, the manor being the property of the
Queen, might be affected if the mandamus were directed to the
steward only, and although the prosecutor could not have a man-
damus, he was not without protection, as, wherever there was
matter of complaint by the subject against the sovereign, the pro.
ceeding might Le by Bill of Right, and the Court was no more au.
thorised to lay aside that and similar proceedings, than to adopt the
novel line of a mandamus against the Crown. It was further urg, d
that the Queen was not now lady or the manor, as, by the statote
10 Geo. IV.. a new arrangement of the property of the Crown had
taken place, and was vested it) the CommisAoners of Woods and
Forests ; but that Act gave no right to proceed against these Com-
missioners in matters affecting the interests of the Crown, and the
Queen was still virtually the lady of the manor, and must be treated
as such. On the whole, therefore, they were of opinion that the
writ of mandamus was not well founded in law, and must be
quashed.

COURT OF EXCHEQUER, Fes. 6.
DUNN v. ALEXANDER.
The trial of this cause excited the must extraordinary
interest. Long before its commencement the Court
was crowded to excess.
Sir Francis Burdett and his daughter Miss A. B.
Coutts were seated on the bench.
Lord ABINGER took his seat on the bench at half-
past nine o'clock, and the trial immediately commenced.
, It was an action by Mr. Dunn, a barrister, against the
defendant, a gentleman residing near the Regent's
Park, to recover damages far false imprisonment.
The plaintiff conducted his case in person, and after
a long address to the Jury, in the course of which he
stated that the defendant had given him into custody
without any sufficient ground for so doing, called a
policeman, who stated that in the month of June last,
the defendant gave plaintif into his custody on a charge
of having knocked at his door and created a dis-
turbance.
Witness took plaintiff to the station-house, and
afterwards before Mr. Rawlinson, the Magistrate, at
Merylebone Police Office, by whom he was held to
bail to keep the peace.
Miss A. B. Coutts was ntxt called, and after
stating that she caked at the house of the defen-
dant, followed by plaintiff, said the latter was given'
in charge by the former, in consequence of his insisting
upon seeing her after she had entered the defendant's
house.
On her cross-examination by Sir FREDERICK PoL-
LOCK, she detailed at great length the annoyances to
which she had been subjected by the plaintiff, and
with which the public are fully acquilicted. Sue
then stated that on the day in question, she was walk-
ing in the Regent's Park, with a female friend, when
she met the plaintiff, who again annoyed her with
his importunities, and to get rift of him she went to
the house of the defendant, a friend of her father's,
where she obtained admittance, and informed him of
the plaintiff's conduct towards her. She had been
there but a short time, when the plaintiff knocked at
the door, and insisted upon seeing her. The defendant
endeavoured to persuade him to go away, and on his re-
fusing to do so, gave him in charge to a policeman. The
witness, after again alluding to the plaintiff's couduct to
her, her having exhibited articles of the peace against him
at the sessions, and other proceedings which she had been
compelled to take in consequence, said that the con-
duct of plaintiff had created in her mind a feeling of dis-
gust and abho►rence towards hire.
Mr. Rawlinson, the Magistrate, proved that the
plaintiff was brought before him, in custody, on the
charge above stated, and that he ordered him to find
bail to keep the peace. The plaintiff wished Miss
Coutts to be present at his examination, but he (wit-
ness) did not allow it, because plaintiff had said that if
she were examined he would " work her guts for her."
Sir F. POLLOCK addressed the Jury at great length
on the part of the defendant.
The Jury atter a short consultation returned a verdict
fur the defendant.

COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, FEB. 6.
(Before Mr. Justice ERSKINE and a Special Jury).

MEYERS V. sTUBBi.
This was an action brought by the plaintiff, to re-
cover from the ddf tidant, a messenger of the. Court of
Bankruptcy, the value of a quantity of furniture illegally
seirld, and sold under a fiat of bankruptcy. This case
has occupied the Court for two thys.
Mr. Thesiger, Mr. Sergeant Channel, and Mr.
Chambers, conducted the plaintiff's case ; Mr. Fitz•
roy Kelly, Mr. Humphreys, and Mr. Hoggins, repre-
sented the defendant.

It appeared that the plaintiff was in the upholstering
business, having an establishment for the manufacture
of goods in Wentworth-street, Whited:lapel ; and an-
other for the sale of them in Skinner-street, Snow-hill.
In the early part of the year 1839, a person of the
name of Edwards had received an order from a Mr.
Godsell for the furnishing of the Torbay Tavern, at
Greenwich, the amount of which exceeded 1,2001.
Not being able to execute it himself, he brought it
to the plaintiff, Meyers, who then took Edwards
into his employment, and placed him us a manager
over both his establishments. Edwards very soon
became embarrassed, and was cast into prison, and
filed his schedule, but was admitted out on bail. He
subsequently became a bankrupt in the month of Sep-
tember, 1839, and, not obtainiug his certificate, he told
his assignees, that so far from being Meyers' (the
plaintiff's) agent and manager, that the establishments,
and all they contained, Lelonged to him, under at;
agreement that he was to pay Meyers 20 per Ma.
Consequently the defendant, under the fiat, seized the
goods in both the establishments and removed them for
sale to auction rooms, and suhaequently the greater
part of theta were removed to Eilwards's residence, in
Old-street, to sell them, as the ag.snt of the assignees.
On being seized the plaintiff offered an indemnity to vile
defendant which was refused. He then sent appraisers
value them in the auction rooms. and they were pre-
vented from doing so by the assignees, but they sent their
own appraisers, who only valaed them at 760/. For the
plaintiff numerous witnesses were examined, who proved
that the materials of the furniture were purchased and
paid for by Mr. Meyers, the plaintiff, and Edwards was
only his agent. For the defendant, Edwards was called
who swore that the furniture was his under an agree-
ment, and that he was not the agent of Meyers ; but
on his cross-examination he admitted that he stated so
in the schedule filed in the Insolvent Court, and in a
deposition of his sworn to before a Magistrate that he
acted only as the manager and foreman of the plaintiff,
Meyers, both of which were put in evidence ; but he
now stated that what be bad sworn before the Magis-
trate win false.

Mr. THESIGER having replied, the Jury srid that
they would not troble his Lordship to ,um up the evi-
dence, as their minds were tnadc up to find tar the
plaintiff; but they begged to retire for a few minutes to
calculate the interest and to make some little deductions.
His LOADSEIIP concurred in this verdict, and told
them they could find for any sum which they thought
wns a fair compensation fur the injuries sustained by the
plaintiff.
The Jury retired for a few minutes found a verdict
for the plaintiff, damages 1,2001.

BAIL COURT, Fxs. 6.
PARRY V. KELLY.

FA/LURE OF A THEATRICAL SPECULATION.—Mr,
PLATT, for the plaintiff, stated that this action was,
brought by a comedian of considerable eminence in hn-
profession, against the ceehrated Kelly, an actres.,
of whom the jury must frequently have heard, for breach
of contract. It was, perhaps, pretty generally known
that the defendant, a few months since, with a view, as
she stated, of restoring the purity of the drama, opened
a threatro in Dean-street, Soho, under the usual li-
cense from the Lord Chamberlain. Bills were duly
issued and publicly placarded, announcing her intention
to open such theatre, and the object she had in view in
so doing. It was also intimated that the Duke of De-
vonshire patronized her undertaking ; the 18th of May
was fixed upon for the opening. It was, however, un-
avoidably delayed until the 25th, when it opened with
The Sergeants' Wife and The Midnight Hour. Be-
fore, however, proceeding thus far, it appeared the
defendant engaged a company of performers, amongst
whom the I.laintiff, telling the ladies and gentlemen so
engaged that she intended taking the theatre for two
months as a speculation, and engaged them for that N-
riod. Unfortunately the speculation proved a bad one,
and Miss Kelly closed the theatre on the following
Friday night, basing kept it open three nights only.
She announced this determination on her part to the
performers on the Friday night, and on the following
71. a week, was paid only 54 16s. 81.
that
proportionate sum for the number of
nslai nt
dayt
a the
tbe ai pg akrhytie ff
of, who had been engaged by the defend-
ant
nighty which the theatre had continued open; and the
defendant having refused to pay him his salary for the
period for which she had engaged him, he was under
the necessity of bringing the present action.
The following witnesses were then called on the part
of the plaintiff :
William Bunn stated that, in consequence of instruc-

titles he received from the defendant, he introduced
plaintiff to her, and ahe engaged him to perform at her

theatre. He understood the engagement was for seven
weeks.

Cross-ex mined—Witness was a perforrnrr, and
gaged at defendsnt's theatre ; his engagement wss for
the season. He did not sign aoy articles. The de-
fendant told him she had taken the theatre merely as
an experiment.
Edward Tumour stated that he was a theatrical
agent. The defendant applied to him in May last,
stating that she was about to open a theatre in Dean-
street, a .d re quested he would engage a company of per-
formers for her. She said she should want them for
six or eight weeks only, as she was only going to open
the theatre as an experiment. She afterwards told wit-
ness that she had engaged the plaintiff.

Mr. Tnompsan, an actor, proved that he had pre-
pared the play-bills of the defendant's theatre, in which
the plaintiff's lid= was mentioned as one of the per-
formers.

Mr. Fairbrother, a printer, proved that he was em-
ployed by the d4endant to print the hills in question.
Mr. Morris Barnett proved that he WB3 engaged at
defendant's theatre for a definite period, but that the
speculation not answering, she, after it had been
opened three nights, called the prfortners topther, and
told them that the theatre would not be opened on the
following evening, and that she had no further occasion
for their s.crviccnt.

Mr. M. D. HILL addressed the Jury fur the defend-
ant, and contended that the def:nclant was not liable to
the present action, she having fairy told till the per-
formers, at the time sha engap,ed them, tiPtt she had
taken the theatre merely as a specidatioti,—that she
hoped to be able t keep it. opon for six weeks or two
mouths, and it the speculation answered, she would, at
the end of that time, give them ull reKuhr eugage-
me-nts. Tne speculation tailed, and she paid all the
performers every farthing they could justly claim of her,
viz., their salary for the number ut nights they had
performed. The plaintiff was paid in that way, and he
took the money without making any further dem tud, or
saying anything about an engagement far six weeks, or
any other period.
The Learned Gionsel did not call any wit.n.3eS.
Mr. Justice COLERIDGE, having summed up the evi-
dence, the Jury returned a verdict fur the defendant.

CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT.

OLD COURT.

Richard Moore, aged 30, a person of very respect-
able appearance, was indicted for feloniously uttering a
forged note of the Salop Beak for 51., well knowing
the same to be forged, with intent to defraud Messrs.
Glynn and Co. There were five indictments against
time prisoner.
Mr. Doane appeared as counsel for the prosecution,
and Mr. Charlea Pi.illips for the prisoner.
Mr. Doane, after stating the facts of the case, called
the following witnesses
Thomas Cooke stated that lie lived at No. 358,
Strand, and kept billiard rooms there. Witness knew
the prisoner. He was at the rooms on the 31st of
December last. He came in with a gentleman who
was in the habit of frequenting the rooms. The pri-
soner &eyed at cards till about three o'clock in the
morning. At one time he had won money, but arta -
wards continued to lose. The prisoner produced some
country notes. Witness did not see any other
person with such notes. In the course of the
evening witness lent the prisoner 38/. in Bank of
England and country notes, which had previously been
pail to gentlemen in the room by prisoner. None of the
eeuntry notes had been produced before the prisoner en-
tered the room. Witness lout the prisoner the money, and
received an I. 0. U. for it. Prisoner gate his address
" Wright's Hotel, Strand." After the prisoner had left
the rooms, a gentleman paid witness some 51. country
bank notes, which be had taken from the prisoner.
‘Vitness gave cash for nine of them. He kept the
notes until the following morning, when, in consequence
of soma information, he went to Messrs. Glynn and
Co.'s, and afterwards to Messrs. Bush and Co., solici-
tors, where he found his wite was detained in custody.
Jo the evening, the porter at Fricour's hotel, St. Mar-
tin's-lane, brought witness a letter from the prisoner.
(The letter was here produced, and identified by the
witness.) Witness went there afterwards with Forrester,
the officer, and the prisoner was then taken into cus-
tody. Cross-examined—His house is not a gaming.
house. It is not frequ-nted by disreputable characters.
Hazard and cards are played there. It was kept
open all night. On the night in question the
prisoner played at 100. Witness did not know
the names of the gentlemen with whom the
;sr:sneer played. They were in the habit of
frequenting leis house, perhaps four nights in the week.
They were not reguier gamblers, to his knowledge.
Believed people could cheat at 100. Had heard so.
Never saw it done. Played that night end lost. The
prisoner won at the beginning of the game, but after-
wards lost his winnings, and all the money he had be-
side. Tile prisoner lost 60/. Witness was not in the
habit of sitting down with the company to play. The
prisoner left off play between three and four o'clock is
the morning. He did not know the addresses of the
gentlemen who played with the prisoner. Witness re-
c: ived a letter from the prisoner in the morning, which
he afterwards gave to Mr. Bush, the solicitor for the
prosecution. It cane. by post.

Mrs. Cooke, the wile of the last witness, stated that
on the morning of the Ist of January her hush tnd gave
her five 51., country bank notes to take into the City to
get cashed. She took one of them to Messrs. Glynn
and Co.'s, and got it cashed. Two others she took to
Messrs. Barclay and and on requesting they
would cash them she was detained. An officer (For.
rester) was sent for, and she gave him the other notes.
Mr. Jahu Nersom, a clerk to Messrs. Glynn, Hali-
fax, and Co.; Robert Davis, a clerk in the Salop Bank ;
James Smith, a clerk in the Ross and Archenfield Bank ;
and Mr. John Aldie, a clerk in the Yaratomh and Suf-
folk Bank, proved that the notes were forged.
Daniel Forrester, the officer, stated that he was sent
for to the house of Messrs. Barclay and Co. on the Ist
of January. He saw MN. Cooke there, and detained
her, but afterwards went with her to her husband, from
whom he received sonic information. In the evening
Cooke came to witness, and he and a man named Chap-
pell went with witness to Fricour's Hotel. Witness
saw the prisoner there in the coffee-room. Witness
took hint to a private room, and then told him that he
was an officer, and that he apprehended him for
passing forged notes. He said they were not forged,
they were fictitious. Witness put him into a coach,
and while there lie said he had lost a great deal cf.
money. He had been ruined, and had taken those
steps to try to get it back. CLappell (who was a waiter
at a gamin;;-'.louse) said " We have had none of your
money. You are a winner of us of 51." The prisoner
replied, " No, only 41. 10s.” Witness received from
Mrs. Cooke two country hank-notes while she was at
Messrs. Barclay and Co.'s.

Mr. Becon, of the firm of Messrs. Perkins and Co.,
engravers in Fleet-street, stated that be was in the
haeit of engraving country bank-notes. The note pro-
duced was engraved from one of his plates. It was an
India proof taken from a genuine plate, It is usual
to take impressions on India paper, and those it:tended
for circulation were afterwards pasted on thin backs.
The others, which were for specimens, were on Kadin
paper only.—(Witness here produced one of the notss
on a thick paper back.) An India proof in the state
in which it left witness's office would not take ink. Tile
note produced had originally been pasted on thick
paper, which would make it stronger as well as take
ink. It had been afterwards taken off the thick paper.
By the Judge—Wnen a new bank is about to be
established. the parties send to engravers for specimens
of notes. Those produced were, no doubt, specimens
that had been sent from witness's oifiee to sonic
banker's who did not take care of then,. Notes placed
on thick backs conld easily be separated from them
efterw4rds. Sine the present 3ff,ir witness had never
sont out any notes as sionmens th it were not stamped
Mich the word "swine-a!'
The letter the pr soner sent to Mr. Cooke was 'acre
put. in runt resd. It ta, knows edged that the notes he
had pail him the night before wer, fictitious, and he
had in ignorance taken them from an old school-Ids
low it cautioned Mr. Cooke (wiliest putting them in
circulation, and promised to exchange theta for good
ones as soon as he was able.
Mr. C. PHILLIPS ad.irt.Aleil OP Jury at grest length
on the part of the prisoner, whom he described as a
anember of a highly respectable family in Ireland, and
said he had taken the notes question from a gentleintio
in payment of a bet, and that the day after the pris
soner had paid them away at the gaming-house.,
friend informed him that the notes were fictitious, upon
wiiich he immediately wrote a letter to Mr. Cooke, cans
tinning him Against putting the notes in circulation.
Mr. Justice COLTMANI summed up the evidence, and
the jury retired to conader their verdict. After an ab-
sence of an hour and a half, they returned into Court
with a verdict of guilty, but recommended the prisoner
to mercy on account o h s having endeavoured to pre-
vent the circulation of toe notes immediately after he
had put them
The prisoner was again indicted for forg:ng and utter-
ing two bank-notos, one to r! 01. and the other for 51.,
with intent to defraud the Directors of the Boston Bank.

In this case the prior.er pail away the notes in a
gaming-house in Liecester-square, where he lost, on tile
night he did so, 380/.
The Jury again returned a verdict of Guilty.
Mr. Justice COLTMAN sentoiced the prisoner to be
transported for fifteen years.

POLICE INTELLIGENC".

:IN SION. HO U SE.

THE WEST MIDDLESEX ASSURANCE COHPANY.—
Sir Peter Laurie came to the Justice Room while
the Lord Mayor was sitting, and called his Lordship's
attention to a great number of written and verbal com-
munications which he had received on the subj,:ct of the
atrocious frauds which he stated from the chair of the
Mansion-house, a short time ago, had been committed
by the individuals who called thetriselvus " The Inde-
pendent West Middlesex Fire and Life Assurance Com-
pany." Since he had made that exposure as a Mag;s-
-t rate of the City, a vast deal of informatio❑ had come
to his kuowledge relative to the conduct of the manager
of the concern, principally through the medium of the
suff...rers, and he was compelled t 6 declare, that in all
his experience of wholesale villany, he never had heard
of any frauds which bore c!•mparison with those prac-
tised by the fellows who conspired together to rob of
their whole means of support a great uember of indus-
trious and ag,,,d and debititated men and women.
The LORD MAYOR a,ked whetter the cases of the

persons who had been so p!undered were in the hands
of sacitorr, or whether the mttnageri of the DompAny
were to he tou:d ?

P. LAuttlE replied that the houses of Farquhar
at..tf ‘'o., Broad-strt,et, and of Bigg and Co., at tile
Wcst-end of the town, were engaged by a number of
the el:intim:is ; t-ait ii,heved the directors and diana-
g:rs of the company were on the Coot ihent. H. bad
every reliance tit,,on toe energy and ability of these soli-
citors, who, he supposed, had got hold by this time of
vme property winch had been ptrehnsed in the
ware-road, to the amount of some thousands, he one of
;he directors, with part of the money which had been
received from some of the unfortunate annuitants. Front
what he had hard from Mr. Farquhar, he had every
reason to suppose that before the partners took fl ght
they shared considerably above 250,0001., and he be-
lieved that the annuitants who had paid in most of
that money were many of them rendered completely des-
titute by th it,solc,i,cy of art mock estabilshment.
Toe LOUD Mayon feared that, und,r eir-
aumstanc,s, tn. office Of a Mtt,istr,.te, as regarded the
parties accu.ed, could not bt to.de avadaale beyond
tt:e mere unlimited exposure of the transaction, in which
he knew the press would most willingly assist.
S:r PETER LAURIE suid that he would read a letter
which be had just uat moment received from a k;eatle-
man of Cheltenham. It was nothing in comparison
wiih some communications which he ILIcl received in the
course of the last fortnight, but it would serve to give
some idea of the villany of the transactions, which had
is some instanc,s, he bad been assured, caused death
he suicide, and in others by broken hearts. It was as
follows

Sir—Having seen by the papers the interest you
have so laudably evinced relative to the West Middle-
sex Assurance Company, thus by your influential opi-
nion waning others from becoming victims to establish-
ments carried on under such fraudulency, I, as one of
the sufferers, cannot refrain from expressing my thanks
to you for having espoused our case, and though your
obliging endeavours may not effsetually recal our
pledged property, yet I among others, feel grati-
fied for that sympathy which your expressions
have excited in the minds of others on our be-
half. Aithough I should be sorry to trespass upon
your valuabie time, yet I foe( assured you will extend
your indulgent attention a few minutes whilst I briefly
state the particulars of my aggravated csse. lam 11
clergyman with a contracted income, and trove brought
up a family respectably, amongst them a son, aged 2.7,
who for many years has been suffering from the sad
malady of epilepsy, rendering him incapable of exerting
himself towards his own livelihood. Desirous at my
decease that he should not become a burthen to his
brothers and resters, I laid out very nearly 2,000/. in
the purchase of an annuity for him in the West Mel-
dlesex Assurance Company. kissing lived the greatest
part of my life in the country, and not so conversant
in worldly matters as a man of busiocss, some al-
lowance might well be made if a want of caution
should be imputsd to me, but I must state that
! I did not enter into this transaction without
some consideration and inquiry, which were so far
satisfied, by an assurance from the Company that the
annuity deed would be signed by three of the di,ectors,
and that a memorial of the bond should be enrolled in
the Court of Chancery, pursuant to en Act of Parlia-
ment made for that purpose, which is also stated at the
back of the parchment bonds—one with a 121. st snip,
the other a 61. stamp. This blow to me ,s the more se-
vere, from its having beers just preceded by the ini'or-
matioe of a brother-in-law has ins died ieaolvent, :s aura
I had kizoilydent 1,300/. towards bringing up a faini.y
of &• von children, se that my iecente is reduccd nearly
2001." The letter concludes a reference to a pro-
fessional man hign eminence in Lincoln's lan, and a
postscript, statio; that " the p,lrLies were aware of my
son's ililictise malady when I purchased the annuity.'
Tile LORD MAYOR observed that, from ail appear-
atic:s, the company hat made very ingemous arrange-
merits fur carrying on tieeir ousiness, and that they were
able to answer questions by a reference to what had
be-n done to stamp responsibdity upon tire managers.
Sig PETER LAURIE stated that every thing appeared
to have been done under legal advice to give a charac-
ter to the concern, and blind poor la °pie who wanted
a I .rge per centage for the money. He wished that
those who had any tiling to communicate on toe sub-
ject teeuld write to bun to the Mauston-Horse, where
he should pursue the inquiry with the utmost zeal.
Nothing could be comp'sred to the impudence of the
acting mangers of the Company. But it was to be ap-
prehended that there were several concerns in the
metropolis] resembling in principle the villanous Com-
pany he had been describing.
The LORD MAYOR said he was sure that Sir Peter
L runic would be warmly aided by,his;brother Magistrates
in crushing or interrupting their progress.
Sir PETER LAURIE stated that Mr. Farquhar, the
solicitor to the parties is Glasgow, who had peen pion
tiered by the " Independent West Middlesex Ascu.
ranee Company," handed to bias the following printed
paper, which was extensively issued when the fabrica-
tors of the nefarious scheme were attacked by the
Scotch Rifiiriners' Gazette. Nothing Mr. Farquhar
said could equal the resolute perseverance of the con-
spirators in their attempts to get hold of' all the pro-
perty which poor ignorant women might be induced to
intrust to them, io the hope of obtaining a comfortable
per centage for their lives :
" Tu the Public.
" Independent and ‘Vest Middlesex Assurances
Company.
" In consequence arm advertisement and paragraph
that apvared in the Scotch licfiiriners' Giizette, of the
2il August, this Company feel bound to take notice of
the seine, and to state that more base, foul, and un-
founded calumnies were never printed.
" This Company has met with great opposition from
other insurance offices, in its endeavours to benefit the
public, on account of its low rates of premium.
Amongst the rest, Mr. Barber Beaumont, of the
County,' ha; done all in his power to retard its pro-
gress in the public favour.
" The report does trot originate with Mr. Macken-
zie, the editor, but with others connected with the mo-
nopolizing companies. Mr. Mackenzie states that he
is willing to prove his villanous libel upon the honour
end integrity of this Company before a Judge and Jury,
and an opportunity will not he long wanting for him so
to do, as actions will be forthwith commenced. Until
the trials take place, the public are respectfully re-
quested to.susp!nd their judgment and to treat the re-
port merely its the offspring of envy, jealousy, and malice.
" We, the undersigned (lor tlie satisfaction of the
parties who tray be assured at tilt. office), beg to state
that the premiums received last p.m. amounted to
44,000/., and the there is every prospect of its being
doubled this year ; and that all claims made upon the.
Company have bead paid, where tire has been no
fraud ; and :hat even should they ire edikd on to the
event of 200,000/., they are ready to disch:krge the
saute, and they solemnly pledge themselves to do justice
t.,walis the pubic, and pursue the course they hare
hitherto done. But they cannot conclude without ob-
serving, that, tar from large sums of money having
been drawn from Gleelow within the list twelve months,
there has not been sufficient received to pay that ex-
penses of keeping up the estaohshinent there ; but
'rusones, that the public would discern the aclsant,tzes
they derive from Cempany. and support them at:-
„samgle, toey base purchascil of the Glasgow Uoion
Bank the premises in Ingram-street, and by so doing
have raised the envy, malice, and spleen of other
offices.

S:gned by the MAllavrs and Secretary."
Sir P LAURIE expressed a firm hope that after
such a case a:. that of th. West. Middlesex Assurance
Company, the Goveri.ment would interfere to compel
all insurance offices to be reg.stered duly, and take
measures to tnsure the blna fide solvency and responsi-
bility of those who were concerned in them. He ex-
pected to have a great deal to state to the public in the
ensuing week. He should, at all events, if he could
not get hold of the individuals who had been perpe-
trating all this mischief, set before the eyes of the world
the &vent of the tilianies they had commattd.

for
ehr
aist3nitE:ato,NuerleNedodYtuf,
c:lP:iie,(:)on,Esbsrlioi:,gfAnepGd:Elstit,o,ailSgdtYeabyeS,
,i SYSTEM.—te.ari:liidoi,ti,...n
tst
ll
xleiem.
Finance F 1 ei
ft i ci imi
hil, rutunsaid
n
would ,tate to the Chamber the result sf the new plan
(Minister of Finance) replied that the new plan had
caused it deficit of
sixty per cent. in the receipt of the
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A ,s DEJItUNER" DE GARCON.—First comes E.glish General Kw-office, It was therefore impossible
the succulent huilre di Ostende, a dozen or two of which (ad,:e-1 the Minister) that they
could mike a similar ez
it is orthodox to swallow prior to the discussion of the , Perung'nt there, P•irt;eullrli; when it was known that the
dainties which await you in this temple of epicurism. . English I'6v-office had iff.. r d a loss of twenty-seven
These del cate little avant coldriees are washed down n"llioNs of (lanes by the altm,tior, of system. M. Mounier
'with a glass or more of iced cha!ily, by which time, it is arad that, previouitly to the estnb:isbment of An uniforin
Tre3umed, the appetite is whetted to the proper piich f,r , pe;hy postage in England, Scotland, And Irclaiid, the
attackinEt the mere substantial fare. Tiro o:, a xis aro sic. rate of postage was enormously
high. It was no:, therefore,
seeded by the appet•zing cotelettes a la lartare, kidneys at Al astonishing th:it there k,hould be a great deficit. He would
utuwed in champagne, donteis a la 41.1 a! tug°, a pate de akev ob,ery.., that the information just communicated bv
foie Bras, and the meretricious di,,da our duties. Th-,e thw Niinister of Finance was founded on the returns of
are the conduncots rhat cons:4l4l,e a aejeuner de yareon in 1839. H, had reason to believe that the returns of 1840
Pa risi—Slier:sr/lan in France, ! were mote favourable.

PRICFS OF CAN.AL,DOCK,ASSUB,
A, NC Z. 7. ANY S HE

LONDON, FRIDAY, FEB. 5.
Number Dividend Price
of per CANALS. hares. Annum.per
Paid. Sh WO.
1,766 7 per cent. Ashton & Oldhain...AYerage97l.lBs.sh. 111
,4..32 41. Ashby.de-le.Zouch Avcrage 1131.01, 72
~200 Basingstoke 1001. sh. 5
1,003 51. Breeknock and Abergavenny" 1501.5 h. 93
•,06)1.1611. :10/. Birmingham, 1.16 th share ...AV. & 711. 201
4.,1,01) ......,,, Ditto & Liverpool Junct.lWll. sh. 100 pd 26
600 31. Bridgewater and Taunton.lool. 3/, ail pd
*OO 51. Chelrher and Blackwater IOOI.B-h. 101
500 321. Coventry 1001. sh. 666
Cr0yd0n........., Average3ll.2s 10d. sh.
060 5!. oe. Dudley.... ..... ..........
600 131. Derby lool.sh 120
20,00 l 4 per cent, Danube and Mayne 411.135. 4d .pd 31
3,575 i 4' Ellesph..re and Chester Avertgel33.;al. RI
2:31 621 Erawaso lool.su. 750
1,217 301. Forth and Clyde...Aver:we 4.001.165. IL. 6! 0
11,160 81. Orem 4 unction 1001.1 r. 137
4.491 i'sl6 Grand Union ICOLsh . thi
1,500 .... ..... Grand Surrey
..., ......... ......1001.sh. lb
1,0001 Ct. percent. Ditto (optional) Loan IP4II.
3 096
.000 131.12.4.601. tilaronrganshire, Aver. cost 1721.13,4,1 d. 'cal
740 Ht. Granthyr. l5Ol. sh. itm
6,238 2/, Os. firiddei.,2:ll,l Average 511. Ss. tki. sh 27
100 Kensington lOO sh. all pd 10
1%928 11.10 s. Kennet and Avon, Av. 331. Its. 10d. sl: 2-)
1i X 4 U. 7s. Lancaster Overage 47/. Cs. 641 27
2,697 z Sill. Le,...d. and Liverpool 1001.411 74934
5451 111. Leicester , 1401. al. 14,,
I,SV7 51.0 g. Leicester &N. orzoaraptonAver. 6411..1.01i
,300736
;2 .41N) 101 Monmouthshire 1
Iy.'; 101. Melton Mowbray
1100 *•25!. Mersey and Irwell 1001.3h. .:',50
100.1. i tii.t)aolil 1:41.,
33134
3,04X1 2i. 10s, Macc;estleld
~
247 tll. Neat h
__.

'2,400 5l. Peak Forest lio vsto.ge about 711, sh. 75
21,1113 Es. Regent's (or London) Av. 35/.16i.8(1.-., ;64
4.669 61. pm' cent. Rochdale Average 451. oli. 67
500 51. Shropshire
I 4.109 It)!. (3.4. Somerset Coal
4,1500!. 41 p,r cent Ditto Lick Fund Stock I'2l. 10s. sh. 11 14
700 SE L. Stafford and Worcester, 14.01.5 h. 650
5:10 a5l i,hrewsbury
390 9 3t0urbridge1............ 1414/. sh . 396
ti.„,04; 21. es. St iatford-oti- ?kiwi) Aver.... 791.115. tool. sh: 41
533 1211 SWallita lool.sh. 265
5,;:i2 V. Bs. Severti and Wyt, and Railway A r. 351.. sh. 45
:/.(1)1,14ii. :424 10s. Trent ant Meristy, f share lOOl. oh. 510,
4,14.9 Thames and Medway Av. 191.55. /11d. sh. V
Ll.. ICO100s
11.1 61. Warwick add Birmingham I 00/.sn 245
'
1/!o0 134 Warwick and rain... 1001, sh. 175
7,94)0 11' VVorcestc.t. & Birmingham Av.7B/.Bs. sh. 5114
5,t!00 325. Wilts and Berke Averarze 67!. 10s Bd. sh, 27
4011 tio Wytlev and Essington 1251. sh 74
.26 Wioneaen ........ .... ....... .....- =. sh. 30
905 1.. Wey and Arun. llol.lm. 22
DOCKS.
'.'" Commere al.
.4161.8 h. 65
0 6t..
I,ish„. 3p. e .
l'.aot and Weot India
t,2:314,310:t. 600. p.ct. London Stock 68s,
Ditto Bonds
2,2C;9 !.'.ll, ;M. Bristol .......... ........ Average 14"1, 9.. sh 75
6'6,324/. 5/. n: r cent, Ditto Notes, various amounts lOl4
132,:52 5 percent. St. Katharine Stock (15
500,14) 41 per cent. Ditto Bonds
20J.000 4 per cent. Ditto Bonds for 10 years
•,,.., Deptford Pier .......... ......201. sh. 201. pd 10
BRIDGES.
,1500 10s. Hammersinitt 5O/. sh. 21
7,1131 Southwark, Old ...... ...Av. 631.12 s Pd. oh. 24,
1,700 11. 155. Ditto, Now, ail per cent.. 501. sh. 13
~000 Waterloo 100!. oh. 3
5,11t10 t 2•23. Od. Ditto, Old Annuities of 8/ 80/. p 4 1:014.
5,900 19+. 34. Ditto, New Ditto of 71. 4Ol. pd 18i,Z
:50,000/ 5/. per cent. Ditto Bonds
5,946 tais Vauxhall .........Average 701. 104.3 d. sh 26
ASSU RA NCI. COMPANIES.
2,000 3/ It's Albion SOUL, oh. 501. pd 73
,- 0000 rat", V.:,,snt'l Alliance Britith e:,.Foreignlool. sh.l U. pri 13%
'.0,000 (1 per cent. Ditto, slarint- lOll/. sh. 54 pd 511
4,000 11 per oh. Atlas 5Ol. sh. 51. pit 14'4
1,9.0011 h. 5/. Birminaham I ire ',501. sh, 55/. pd 10744
8'),000 V. per cent. British Fire ',sot.sh. 50/. pel 40
11,1200 61 per cent. British Commercial 5Ol. s!, .51. pd 5
5,00 C, .t t. per cent . Clerical & Medi•:!l Life, It 0/. oh. 2 1103 pd -.1,i
4,00,1 33 Os County lOOl. sh. 10!. pd If
`40,1,00 ss. Eagle 501. sh. 51. pd 5%
Spey ;tot.ro
100
and :,0, br. i r.Conoutic LI: iro/1. 3lt, 2501. psi 404;
3,1171 42.. percent. European I,' • 'Ol. :h, ail pd O 2
5(1,000 2s. Ditto, New "0/. sh 21. ,at I TO,
~,,01,0oin. N. per ct Globe Stick 119
59,1010 51' Gu1.r44t0n
34,000 s. ¶lt! Hope
411
st, p..', 5.1(
•
2.00 M. 70. Rd, Imperia iF. ire 'iool sh. 501. pro 125
7,500 90. Imperial Life lOO/. oh. 10/. pd 1(1
VOX 51. percent. Indemnity Si -Jill, lOO/. sh. 131. pd 29
2,030 31 10. Roca Fire 5O/, sh. all pd li2
3!. Ditto life 5Ol. pd 1.1)
10,040 Igo. Law Life .... .... lOO/. sh. 10/. poi f'.0!.4 i
5.0p00 16s. London, Fir., •Ti/. oh. 121. 10s, pit 194
!3,90,1 10s. London, Ship 051. sh. 12/. 10s. pd 143
1,000,0001. ... ..... Minerva Life

',30,0dO/. - .......... 2/. sa. pd 3
10,01)0 ,!. per cent. Palladium Lit' SO!!. AIL 2/. pfi '.21 fill
54,4)n11 4/. per cent. Proteutor Fir 2O/. sh. 2/. pd IS, Od
10,0,0 4 per cent. Proteaant bissenters ....1101. sh. 5/. pd 1t
V 3 011 11. Prov ',lent Lie .......,. ..... 100/. eh. to!, pd 20'
25),1103 71. Rock Life
'=0,2201 51. per cant. Royal ExelL,Jgo Stork 200
6000 5 per cent, Unprersity Life 100/. sh. 51. pd 5%(
;y0,90; 4 per cent, United Kingdom Life 100/. sh. 5/..pd 74
JOINT STOCK BA N Kn.
25,0110 Ugric and C•Jrn. ot I ecla nd2sl. sit. 141.1111
,000 i; pet cent, Austtala,ua •101. 01. 401. 1,..; 51).4
13,,,/0:1 10 percent. Bank of Sit poinghant 50'. sh. 10/. pd 13%
9,0)%e0 tf.) per cent. Birmingham Bank 50/. sh. 10/. NI 23
'14,0110 (S per cent. London & Westminster 1001 sh. 25/. pd 241,
130,000 Si. London Joint Stock 50/. eh. 10/. pd 121 i
4,00 4 per cent. Lsticaster lOOl. cc. 101. po 50
'.tfyltri:, Liverpool lOO/ sh. 101. pd :21%
50,)00 7i percent. 3lanehea ter and Liveri 501.„.h. 151 1,,1 ~,,ca
pool Diariet
20,000 7 per cell. 54iinch ester lien. sh. Va. p:1 41zi
20,000 Provinciai film kof I relatm,llooi. sit. 25/. ps! 434
i f 1,74-1p 5. er refit. National Batik of Ireland 50i. els. 171/. pd 17
30,1)00 5 per cent. Nati,ntal Prov,,ctal Eng.lool. sh. 35!. p‘,3 21
h, ji 0,1 ...... , Ditto New i 11,. sh. 10/. pd 10%
34i,001i Oloneestrrshi re Sc)!. ,h. 10/.1,3 '32
9,000 1f per cent. Ciampahire 5O/. eh. M. pd 0
G:l.3s LtO HT Atilt COKE. COYt PAN LEE.

1!,400 ,;.,., of 11-trlt h 20/. sit Mi. pd •.:2
5,000 ......... Britith ..... 4O. sh, 10/. pd pp,i
I.oXit?,-;;yRT.6I:I D:',l:to Prosoncial ,n/. sh. WI pd 25
9,25 Si lOs Birmin,:hvn sfll sh. 99
i,-.250 110: Bristol 45), sh :.76
t1,'250 1/ 10s Brighton 2Ol. sh. 14
LT 3/ IN Ditto, New
1.47! 4} per rent. Brignton General 2Ol. Alt. all p 0 9
mix, 71, os. cantinkntat e onsolnlackd ....751. 1i:41. pc, 110
4441 101, City at Loudon..
1,000 iv. filtto, New lOO/. sh ;51, pd 150
1.'419 al. fir,
.o,sidt, A per cent. trine-'-I ',AI/. sh. 55
'1(11.) 51, pet cent. Isle •.t 1 hanet 251. sh. 201. pd It, 34
t,350 (V. per cunt. l ndependent V/. sh, all r, . 49
4,000 41. per cont. Phoenix 5lll. sh. 39/. pd :14
1,12)0 41. per cent. Itatcliff lOOl. sh. 501. pd . 63
1,000 .tistith ~.Oropolltan Af IL sh. IW. pd 17
9,000 4/. per cent. United General 59/. sh. 47/. pd 33%
.411) 5/. per cent Warwick 5O/. sh. 50
409 W. per cent Wakcliadd
',-;,01,0 3). Westminster Chartered
5,009 19s Ditto New 5( 1. sh. 19/. pd 11%
7A9 3 per cent. Yarmouth 2Ol. sh. Pg. pd