The Sun.
London, England, 1847-02-08 00:00:00

MISTRESSES.

At the close of each of these years, if the pupil
teachers have receivi d a certificate of good character
and of satisfactory progress, the master or mistress by
whom they have been instructed and trained shall be
paid the sum of 51. for one, of 91. for two. of 12/. for
three pupil teachers, and 31. per annum more for every
additional apprentice ; and on the like conditions, 2/. los.
for one stipendiary monitor, 41. for two, 61 for three,
11. los. in addition, in each year, for every additional
stipendiary monitor.
In addition to the foregoing subjects of instruction, if
the pupil teachers be skilfully trained by the master in
the culture of a garden, or in some mechanical arts suit-
able to a school of industry, or the female pupil teachers
be instructed by the mistress in cutting out clothes, and
in cooking, baking, or washing, as well as in the more
usual arts of sewing and knitting, and the inspector
certify that the pupil teachers are thereby in a satisfac-
tory course of training for the management of a school
of industry ; the master or mistress will receive an ad-
ditional gratuity, proportioned to the degree of skill
and care displayed.
. _ _

In consideration of the foregoing gratuity, and of the
assistance obtained from the pupil teachers and stipen-
diary monitors in the instruction and management of
the school, the master will give them instruction in the
prescribed subjects, during one hour and a half at least,
during five days in the week, either before or after the
usual hours of school-keeping.
The stipends will be liable to be withdrawn by their
Lordships, on the report of their inspector, on proof of
the continued ill•health of the pupil teachers or stipen-
diary monitors, or of misconduct, want of punctuality,
diligence, or skill, or failure in their examination, or in
default of tlw rPquirt d e rtifieatos.
SUPPORT OF NORMAL SCHOOLS.
EDUCATION OF SCHOOLMASTERS AND MISTRESSES AND

. . GRANTS IN AID OF THEIR SALARIES.
ElEhibltloHB on behalf of successful pupil teacher to Nor

S U N

V, \ IL*ll-1tl:
mel Schools—Employment of certain o e
public service—Grants in aid of expens
Schools, and of the salaries of masters ane, `
educated therein.
The Committee of Council on Education had under
their consideration their Lordship's minutes as to the ap-
prenticeship of pupil teachers in elementary schools.
It appeared further expedient to their .Lordships, that
the Lord President should authorise one or more of her
Majesty's inspectors, together with the principal of a
Normal school under inspection, to submit to his Lord-
ship from among the pupil teachers who had successfully
terminated their apprenticeship, a certain number of
those who, upon competition in a public examination, to
be annually held by such inspectors and principal in each
inspector's district, might be found more proficient in
their studies and skilful in the art of teaching, and con-
cerning whose character and zeal for the office of
teachers the inspector of the district could gite the
most favourable report.
That the Committee of Council on Education, on com-
parison of the testimonials and examination papers of
these apprentices, should award, tor as many as he might
think St, an exhibition of 201 or 251. to one of the Nor-
mal
Sea ols under the inspection of her Majesty's in-
spectors.
That the pupil teachers to whom such exhibitions
should he awarded sh übi b, thenceforth denominated
" Que. n's sea Jars."
That the exhibition should he liable to be withdrawn,
;f the principal Ht the training school should be dissatis-
-6-0 with the co 'duct, attainments, or skill of the
" Queen's scholar."
Trieir Lor knip, were also of' opinion that it might be
useful to offer further incentives to exertion and good
conduct am,nl.4 the pupil !eachers., by opening to such of
them a, might not di,play the highest qualifications for
the office of schoolmaster, but whose conduct and attain-
men.ts acre satis,actory, an opportunity ofobt.aining em-
ployment in the public service wider such regulations as
may be hereafter adopted.
Their Lordships hope that tfe grant or an exhibition
of 201. or 251. to the moot proficient pupil teachers, to
enable them to enter a Normal School, may diminish the
difficulty expetienced by the trustees and managers of
su h institutions of maintaining them in efficiency. In
order still further to reduce the burden of such estab-
lishments, their Lordships will award to every Normal
School subject to irspection a grant for every student
trained therein, concerning whose character and conduct
the principal shall give a favourable report, and con•
cerning whose attainments, skill in teaching, and
general aptitude for the vocation of a schoolmaster,
it shall appear to the Lord President, at the close of
each of three years of training, from the report of
one or more of her Majesty's inspectors, and from
the examination papers, that a certain standard of
merit has been attained. Such grants shall be 20/.
at the close of the first year, 25/. at the close of the
second, and 30/. at the close of the third year's course of
instruction. This standard of acquirement shall not be
so ordered as to interfere with the studies pursued in any
Normal School, but shall be adapted to those studies, so,
however, as to apply impartially to all such Normal
Schools an equal incentive to exertion, by requiring
efficiency in a sufficient number of the studies pursued
in them.

Their Lordships will further grant, in aid of the salary
of every schoolmaster appointed to a school under their
inspection, and who has had one year's training in a
Normal School under their inspection, 151. or 201. per
annum; and in aid of the salary of every such school-
master who has had two years of such training, 201. or
251. per annum; and of every such schoolmaster who bail
had three years of such training, 251. or 301. per annum;
provided he has upon examination obtained the proper
certificate of merit in each year, on the following con-
ditions:—

1. That the trustees and managers of the school pro-
vide the master with a house, rent free, and a further
salary equal at least to twice the amount of this grant.
2. That the trustees and managers annually certify
that his character, conduct, and attention to his duties
are satisfactory.
3. That the inspector report that his school is efficient
in its organisation, discipline, and instruction.
On the same conditions their Lordships will grant in
aid of the salaries of schoolmistresses appointed to
schools under their inspection, who obtain similar certi-
ficates in a normal school, two thirds of the sums to be
awarded to schoolmasters for each year's certificate of
merit:
RETIRING PENSIONS TO SCHOOLMASTERS AND MIS-
TRESSES FOR LONG AND EFFICIENT SERVICES.
That a re king pension may las granted by the Com-
mittee of Council to any schoolmaster or schoolmistress
who shall be tendered incapable by age or infirmity of
ct.nt!titting to reach a schooi efficiently.
Provids-d that no sub pension shall b. granted to any
schoolmaster or schoolmistress who shall not have con-
ducted a normal or elementary school for 15 years, during
seven at least of which such school shall have been un-
der inspi ction.
That in all ca-es of application for pensions, a report
shall be ',limed from the inspector and from the trus-
tees and managers of the schools, as to the character
ar.d conduct of the applicants, and the manner in which
the education of the pupils under their charge has been
carried on.

The amount of the pension shall be determined ac-
cording to such report, but shall in no ca-e exceed two-
thirds of the average amount of the salvy and emolu-
ments annually received by the applicant during the
period that the school has been under inspection.
A minwe of the grant of every such pension, and of
the grounds on which it has been awarded, shall be pub-
lithrd in their Lordships' minutes.

GRANTS IN AID OF DAY-SCHOOLS OF INDUSTRY.
Their Lordships bad under their consideration reports
published in their minutes on schools of industry.
Resolved—That when the managers of schools apply
for aid to enable them to hire a field-garden for the in-
struction of the scholars ; or to erect workshops in
which handicrafts may be taught ; or to provide a
,chool-washbouse or kitchen for the instructions of girls
in domestic economy ; their Lordships will be disposed,
on the following conditions, to grant assistance towards
the promotion of these objects :-
1 SCHOOL FIELD GARDENS.
If their Lordships are satisfied with the position of
the field in relation to the school ;
With the rent ;
With the regulations for the management of the
garden ;

And with the competency of the master to superin-
tend the work and give the requisite instruction ;
Their Lordships will consider whether it may be ex-
pedient to make an annual grant not exceeding one-half
the rent, so long as the inspector may report that the
field is skilfully and industriously cultivated ;
To make a grant towards the purchase of tools in the
first year ; and

To grant a gratuity to the master in each year in
which the instruction in industry is successful.

2. WORKSHOPS 70R TRADES.
In schools situate in the denser parts of great cities,
and intended to attract from the streets vagrant youths
who are there trained in criminal pursuits, or accustomed
to begging and vagrancy, if their Lordships are satis-
fied—
With the site, plan, and specifications ;
And with the regulations for the management of the
workshops, especially as respects the character of the
persons selected as master workmen ; the share the
scholars have in the produce of their labour ; and the
disposal of their work ;
They will, in the case of each application, consider
the propriety of making grants for the erection of work-
shops.
They will also be disposed to contribute towards the
purchase of tools in the first year.
In cases in which it may be desirable, in the first
instance, to avoid the outlay required for the erection of
workshops, their Lordships will entertain applications
for assistance toward, the hiring of a suitable building
on the foregoing cotitiitioos, so long as the inspector
,hall rYport that the nunclierafti are successfully taught
thyreitt.

They will also consider the propriety of granting *
grouity to the master, ,or every boy who, in conse-
queo( e of the skill a,-quired in the worksh: p, shall have
b• Borne a workman or assist Ant in any trade or craft,
whereby he is earping his bvedhoo4l.

tions to be prepared for the management of the normal r FOOD DISTURBANCES IN THE carried forward this measure for the relief of their des- 1 LATEST PRICES OF SHARES,
school, and of the practising schools as connected with it, NORTH. i titnte fellow-townspeople. i IN BANKS, ASSURANCE, AND OTHER COM
as well as for the pauper school of industry and the penal ‘ (From the Inverness Courier.) BURGHEAD.-Several riots have taken place here r
PANIES' STOCK.
school. Within the last fortnight, we are sorry to say that the . during tho week. On Tuesday, the Ceres loading meal
--000-,-_
he for Leith, was attacked, and her cargo re-landed. On
That an area of at least ten acres is desirable for the $
peaceable districts of the north have, at least in From tie Official List,
and ten Wednesday, the fishermen from Hopeman and Cum-
normal school, ten acres for the pauper school, . the towns and villages, been disturbed by riots and ex-
g citements of a very disagreeable nature. Speculation in mingston arrived in great numbers, and attacked an- VELISHED EVERY TUESDAY AND FRIDAY EVENLNG.
for the penal school, in order that training in gardening
LONDON, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 5,
and the management of a cottage farm may be success-
the south has increased the price of grain to a very other vessel loading meal, re-landed her cargo also, and
fully pursued. extent, and that increase, with the fact of dally lodged it in the granary. The authorities from Elgin, JOINT-STOCH RAMIS.
estimate of outlay on the grievous Y with a force of special constables, apprehended three of Dividend Amount
That the following general _
:....
shipments being made, has very generally alarmed the the ringleaders on the latter day, and lodged them in Name of Company. per of Paid. Price
buildings and of annual expenditure, be approved
least informed classes on the shores of the whole the Grant Arms Inn, the windows of which were im- Annum. Share.
BUILDINGS.
northern counties, In Banff, Moray, and Ross, there mediately demolished by the crowd. The Sheriff ' -
...........
The buildings of the Normal School ... £lO,OOO
have been riotous demonstrations to induce dealers having remonstrated with the people, the prisowere •
ners tustralasia .. •••• •• •• 61. per cent. £ s. d. X a. d.
40 0 0 40 0 0 -
The buildings of the Pauper School ... 5,000
The buildings of the Penal School ... 5,000 to keep the corn at home. While we regret that liberated. The fishing has not been prosecuted since BritehNorth American 51. percent. 50 0050 0 o -
Annual charge of Normal School, 3,5001. such a spirit should be manifested, we are afraid these disturbances commenced. commercial of London 51. per cent. 100 0 o 20 0 0 -
!:lolonial • -
That it be referred to the Lord President and Secre. 1 that the blame does not always rest with the crowd. LOSSIEMOUTH.-On Wednesday, several carts laden Londn and Westminstr 6/. per cent. 100 0020 0 0
;In Macduff, for instance, it is complained that, before with oats arrived in the village, and were immediately London Joint-Stock .• • 61. per cent. 5o ooto o o - tary of State for the Home Department to direct the se-
lection est' the buildings required for the temporary ma- ithe rioting-and when the extensive shipments and surrounded by a mob, who escorted them to the store- Metropolitan •• • • _ - 25 0 0 710 0
Prjrir aZlr.e.l.an..d. :: :IL. I:rr
cent.
litit3 (0)
00 25 0 0 -
i rising prices had ftlarmed the people lest all the grain house, and after seeng the grain safe* deposited there,
nagement of the normal school, and to determine the
;in Banffshire should be carried off-a portion of the in- locked the door, and carried off the key.
Union of
NAoeuf;l.rr.a
le. l
ia na.
..d
..
...
...
565;
... per
rr cent. 50 5;02 00 00 2:000 000
000 --
number of officers which may be required during the
gradual growth of the establishment. i habitants offered money or security for a certain quan- FINDHORN.-On Tuesday, four carts with grain for Nat. Provncial of Eng. 51. per cent. 100 0035 0 0 -
That the qualifications of the candidates for the offices tity of meal to supply themselves, and were refused. In shipment at Findhorn were stopped by the people, and
of teachers in these schools be subjected to a careful ex- 1 Evanton (Ross-shire) also, meal in such quantities as taken back to Forres. On Wednesday, a quantity of Union of L0nd0n..... Si. per cent. 50 0 o I ?.05 0 00
-12%
amination, under the direction of the:Lord President ; working men could afford to buy was not to be had. The meal and flour for the south was also seized.
and that the several schools be from time to time in demand, in short, for large quantities was so great, that F, eitABERS.-All along the coast the fishermen are nesustarecz COMPANIES.
spected. by her Majesty's inspectors, and a report thereon ' the retail market was not cared for. We are glad, how- labouring under the utmost excitement. On Wednesday ,
submitted to the Committee of Council, and transmitted ever, to understand that the dealers themselves are now the fishermen of Kingston (Garmouth), Pert-Gorden, Dividend Amount
by their Lordships to the Secretary of State for the anxious to keep at least the oat crop in the districts. In and Buckle, marched with flags to Focbabers Name ef Company.
, to demand Anpn Share.
er . of Paid. Price
Department. . Caithness, we mentioned some time ago, that the mete from Mr. Balmer, commissioner to the Duke of Rich-
MINUTE ON THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE GRANTS chants were refusing orders; and one of them, Mr. D. mond, an unlimited supply of meal at 20s. a boll, £ s. d. £ a. 4.
FOR THE SALARIES OF MASTERS AND MISTRESSES 'Mackay, Thurso, has, we are informed, refused to enter threatening to raze his house. After some time spent .
I Allianceii . Brit. .a.n.d. F. *Or.. 6 per cent. 512 0
0
115 0 0 75
OF SCHOOLS FUR PAUPER CHILDREN. 1 into contracts for no less than 18,000 quarters, supply- in consultation, they returned to their homes, under the Ditto ......6!.• • 6/. per cent, 100 0 0 OOO
-534
The Lord President brought under the consideration ; ing only some ten or eleven hundred quarters for meal impression that their wants would be fulfilled.
Britishrc ccommerecniat ..e 75_.. peorrahar e
150 0 0 50 0 734
Atlas .•••• • • • • .... •• • 13s. 6d. pr sh. 50 0 0 5 0 0 t!,
Oe their Lordships a letter received from the Secretary and seed to Lewis and Skye, these districts being, when FRASERBURGH.-The report brought to town by
of State for the Home department, dated November 18, 1 the shipments were made, in a destitute condition. At private letter last week, that a meal-dealer bad been 1
oeuntly'm.. Lt -ti. - - -1: If- 51
p 31. cent.
1000 : : 10 1:
:
I a meeting of the principal merchants and proprietors murdered at Fraserhurgh, has not been confirmed ; and Crown .............. 10s. 50 0 0 50 0 -
granted in the late session of Parliament towards defray-
-1846, calling their attention to the fact that 15,0001. was
of Morayshire, held at Elgin on Friday last, the we are happy to say that the riot was not of the deadly Nagle •• •
.ls scot. Law •• .. 5/. per cent. 50 0 0 20 0 3 dealers pledged themselves that sufficient grain for kind supposed. The authorities, in consequence of the K F
tug the expense of salaries of masters and mistresses of European Life ••• • • • 534 per cent. 20 0 0 All paid. 20
pauper schools, and to the importance of rendering the wants of the community would be retained in turbulent spirit manifested, thought it prudent to send Frm eeasons' .•• •• • ... 51. per cent. 20 0 0 a o o
grants for this purpose in future years conducive to the the county. A similar feeling, we believe, is general. to Aberdeen for a party of soldiers. A portion of the Globe - 132 ad
Guardian .... ••-.. .. 51. per cent. 100 0 0 36 10 0 48 4
The great question is, what is the amount of food in the 76th regiment were, accordingly, dispatched on Satur-
Imperial Fire ........ 61. and bonus 500 0 0 50 0 0 230
increased efficiency of such schools.
country? It is confidently stated that there never was a day in coaches ; but the efforts of the magistrates to imperial Life •.•• • • • • 12s. 100 00to 0 0 -
ships The Lord President also communicated to their Lord-
time when there need be less fear of famine. In the prevent an outbreak being successful, the party was met indemnity Marine- •• 11111 bs. 100 o o 513 1 31
a paper, prepared at the request of Sir George
Law Life •••••• • • • • • • 3. 100 0 0 10 0 0 -
shipping ports of the south, granaries are choked full. on the road by an express to that effect, and the vehicles
Grey, on the administration of these grants.
Jegal and General Life - 50 0 0 20 0 63i
In Morayshire, Sir John Macpherson Grant, in a letter were immediately turned. -,andon Fire •••• • • • • 10s. 25 0012 10 0 15
From these documents it appeared that there were
to the Elgin meeting, states that there is abundance for MACDUFF.-On the 15th ult. a mob barricaded the •ondon Ship •••• •• ••
51 103. 25 0 0 12 10 0 15 upwards of 700 workhouse schools, and that little
the local wants and to spare for the destitute. Of oats quays, and prevented a number of carts from discharging idearinfe •,.• .1:178 aka. 12 g o i 2
g o -
progress had hitherto been made in the establish-
II d daring..
& G-e.n..
the quality was unusually good, and the crop in many meal into a schooner-the Deveron-and another
ment of schools of industry for districts of unions, National Lean Fund.. 51. per cent. 20 o 0 210 0 --
owine, to the limitation of the radius of such dis- instances a third more than in ordinary years. Sir John small vessel. They also stripped the ship's sails_to pre- National Life....
says, that he, for one, had given orders that none of his vent them leaving port. On Monday, the magistrates Conadium Life ......
tricts in the Act of Parliament authorising their creation
which the grain should be sold out to any person for the southern took measures to supply the labouring classes with meal l' ,ni :
rhrocetector-iife.... .... 311.
et.
cent.. 20 -0
0 1 ; 0 214 r Od
and also to the limitation of the expense for
markets. Another letter, from an extensive dealer, to at prices to suit their circumstances, whenithe inhabit-
, Provident Life ..
rate-payers under this Act might be rated towards
the same meeting, stated that three-fourths of the oats, ants themselves removed the barriers on the quays end Rock Lire..........., 43. 5o o 010 o 43(
the erection of the requisite buildings. Their Lordships
were of opinion that it was expedient to employ inspec-
two-thirds of the wheat, and a large quantity of the bar- retired peaceably to tiler homes. A dealer has offered Royal Exchange SL per cent. Stock.
tors for the examination of workhouse schools, in order ley, were still in the farmers' hands. Other proprietors, 500 bolls of meal to the working classes at 24s a boll. sDi - -
2
- 10
tto Life ....•.• I/ 61.
. 6s. - - 49
we know, have acted as Sir John M. Grant has done; The Earl of Fiee, and the Five Trustees have offered to Universal Life ..
that by their suggestions to the guardians, and upon 10341. pr cnt 100 0 6 15 -
their reports, measures might be adopted in the adminis- and if a little fellow-feeling is shown by the merchants open their stores.
tration of these grants to procure the improvement of in the villages, in retailing such quantities as the people BANFF.-On Saturday evening week, a number of LIST OP SCOTTISH COMPANIES' PRICES,
these schoals. can afford to buy, there will be no disturbance. Riot lads forcibly put the booms across the new harbour to pre-
Resolved-That it is desirable to train the pauper has been prevented in Nairn, Forms, and other places, rent the sailing of the schooner Boyne with meal. Name of Company. Di per Amoofunt
Paid. Price.
children now in workhouses in habits of industry, the authorities having kindly taken steps to insure meal On Monday one hundred special constables were sworn Annum. Share.
That with this view, for the purpose of improving being sold out at a reasonable rate-the difference be- in, a posse of whom paraded the quays while the
workhouse schools, four inspectors be appointed, with tween such a rate and the market prices being paid by vessel put to sea. No farther disturbance took place:
Bank of Scotland
100 0
0 . d
67. per cent. - 100 0 17634
authority to examine the condition of schools for the subscription. High prices are no doubt to be expected 741. 16s. 6d. have been subscribed for a meal fund for Royal Bank of Scotland 6/. per cent. 100 0 15634
education of pauper children ; and to ascertain the cha- this season; but speculation has unduly increased the the poor here, and 581. 16s. 6d. for a soup kitchen. British Linen Company 81. per cent.
Nu
oa ti
oi onni3a
al
nßkaonf - 100 0 0 220
GARDENSTOWN.-The sails of the schooner Boyndie, Commercial Bank ...• 61. per cent. - 100 0 0 167
meter and qualifications of the persons employed as rates, and we expect that lower prices will soon prevail.
6/. per 10 0 0 18/. 6s
schoolmasters and mistresses, in order that unfit and INvansiEss.-On
,Monday the disposition to riot magi- loading meal for the destitute Highlanders, were forcibly
kSeotland NI. pr cent. - 50 0 0 91 ye
fested itself here. For some time back, we learn that a taken away by a mob on Friday night. The quays, also, Western Bank incompetent persons may no longer be employed in that 6/. per cent. - 50 0 0 8434
capacity, and that measures may be taken for awarding difficulty of obtaining meal in small quantities was felt, during the night, were barricaded. On Saturday the NorthofScotlandßank SI. per cent. - 50 0 7%
the retailers, especially in the Merkinch finding it out of authorities succeeded in restoring peace and the vessel Clydesdale Bank • ... • • 61 er cent - 10 0 0 1334
salaries, according to the qualifications of the masters or
their prover ' to purchase
.or sell is. ith 'profit, from the got to sea. Three of the rioters were 'apprehended and Eastern Bank - ... •• • 51: per cent. - 10 0 0 124
City of Glasgow Bank. Si.per cent. -
Caledonian Bank
mistresses, and the extent of the duties they have to
greatly increased price. The principal.dealers, however, taken to Banff. Edinb.& Glasgow Bank 61. per cert. - 50 0 71. os
perform.
had stocks on hand, and sold meal to all who came at PORT-GORDON.-From a proclamation issued by thelo 0 0 13/. 7s
Scottish Union Ins. Co. 51. per cent. 20 0 0 1 0 0 245. Od
That instructions be prepared for the guidance of
17d. per peck-a rise of a penny having taken place a Lord-Lieutenant and the Sheriff of Banff, we observe
rane,rurcul.
Cesol.nosfurscaentlen Co. V. per cent. 100 0 0 Alt r
0 144
such inspectors.
few days ago. The magistrates, further, had on Satyr- that the justices of the peace assembled at Port-Gordon,
__
RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. day arranged with the dealers that they should sell meal on Monday, invaded •
were and obliged to desist from North British Incur 5541.pr cent. 200 0 0 10 0 0 2734
d Si. per cent. 10 0 0 All paid. 931
LONDON AND NORTH- WESTERN AND GREAT WESTERN in the smallest quantities to all who wished. The difli- holding their session, by the " outrageous conduct of a Caledonian Fire Incur. 101. per cent. 100 0 0 10 0 0 2234
EdinburghEciio.asLgilliiiiwsuar.
161/.1 per cent. 100
00 g gto g g
RAILwAys.-We are authorised to state-and we do so cult}-, however, of getting timely supplies, and the lawless multitude." The meeting was held for the pur-
ween prospect held out by the sellers that prices would soon pose of swearing in special constables, and a man named Y.
73.0Lppe.r
se
.. 50
with very sincere regret-that all negotiations bet Ditto, ts Shares... 12 10 0 All paid. 113,1'4
the London and North-Western and Great Western be higher, excited the poorer population of the town; Thomson having refused to be sworn in was apprehended Edin., Leith, & Grantn - 20 0020 0 0 1934
Railway Boards are at an end, and are not likely to be and as the Morayshire, a Leith trader, was lying in by the coest-guard, but was only retained by the fixing Glasaw & Ayrshir Rail. 71. per cent. 50 0 0 All paid. 6934
Glasgw & Greenek Rail 21 percent. 25 0 0 All paid. iey,
renewed.-Railway Record. the harbour to take in grain, they determined to prevent of bayonets and loading with ball. A corn-merchant 91sgw& Garnkirk Ralf. 51: per cent. 25 0 0 All paid. 39,
MIDLAND RAILWAY COMPANY.-The half-yearly the shipment, under the impression that such a manifes- found it necessary to place himself and property under Dundee&Arbrothßall. 6/. per cent. 25 0 0 All paid. 37
tandard LifeAssernee.l 51. per cent. 50 0 0 210 0 9
meeting of this company was lately held at Derby, for Wiwi would induce the merchants to lower the price of the protection of the coast guard; two of whom, with 8
the transaction of general business. George Hudson, meal. About eight o'clock in the morning the dis- Captain Davies at their head, and with loaded guns, kept CANALS.
Esq., M.P., presided on the occasion. The report, turbance commenced, and five carts with grain, from a rabble of a thousand at bay for nearly two hours, who
which was of great length, included those of Mr. Burton, Bunchrcw, were turned at the harbour. From that finding the guard undaunted, retired. Aparty of soldiers 4 I i si Dividend
the resident engineer, and of Mr. Kirtley, the super- time to mid-day, the mob keeping watch, various from Aberdeen have arrived at this port. Names of Le Dividend, n„, Names of 2.,) Per Price.
Companies. 11 per "."' Companies. A Ailn'urn.
intendent of locomotives and earriaeei and contained ihe attempts to ship were frustrated ; and about one o'clock Iltnener.-Huntly was only preserved from riot by Annum. CD ,-, '9
..
_.......
following passages:-"1 he balance in hand, after pay- an attack was made upon the house of a meal-dealer, and the arrival of a detachment of soldiers on their way to
ing, in addition to the former payments, the fixed inte- the windows broken. The mob consisted solely of boys, Port- Gordon ; and (says the Banffshire Advertiser) by I £
- Monmouthsh 100 81. -
rest on the Leicester and Swannington Railway Stock, but a number of women were eager in encouraging them. a rumour that "the agents of the Duke of Richmond As ht. 97 53
1a z 113 51'
41.. P c Mntgomryah 100 Si. -
and the rent due to the Leeds and Bradford Railway From Kessoek-street the party proceeded round the had been buying up corn and meal to be laid up in store Barnsle 160' 121 Macclesfield. 100 - -
Company, will enable you to deelare a dividend of town, visiting the various dealers, and throwing stones for the use of the town." A few effigies were burned, Ilasingstoke.. 100 - - Neath ••• . • • 100 171. -

MIDLAND RAILWAY COMPANY.—The half-yearly
meeting of this company was lately held at Derby, for
the transaction of general busineis. George Hudson,
Esq., M.P., presided on the occasion. The report,
which was of great length, included those of Mr. Burton,
the resident engineer, and of Mr. Kirtley, the super-
intendent of locomotives and carriages, and contained ihe
following passages:—" "I he balance in hand, after pay-
ing, in addition to the former payments, the fixed inte-
rest on the Leicester and Swannington R.ciiway Stock,
and the rent due to the Leeds and Bradford Railway
Company, will enable you to declare a dividend of
3/. 10s. upon each 1001. of the Midland Consolidated
Stock; of 3/. 10s. upon each 100/. of the C.nsoliclated
Preferential Stock, and after the same rate of 71. per
cent. per annum for five months, upon 10/. of each of
the 401. shares; of 21. 16s. 3d. upon each 1001. of the
Birmingham and Derby Consolidated Stock, and leave
a balance in hand of 13,0401. Bs. ld. The increase in
the gross receipts from traffic, over the corresponding
half of last year, from various sources specified (in
eluding 29,4801. 9s. 6d. from pa;sene-bers) amounted in
the gross to 53,898/. 2s. 10d." TheChtirman gave a
most elaborate detail of the proceedings, and the report
was received, ad.pted, and confirmed.
NEWCASTLE AND BERWICK RAILWAY.—At the half-
yearly meeting of this company, held at York, on Mon •
day last, George Hudson, Esq., M.P., in the chair, the
report of the directors was read, which stated that, after
paying interest at the rate of 5/. per cent. to the holders
of the (guaranteed) shares in that railway, a surplus of
2,637/. 14s. 7d. will remain to the credit of the New-
castle and Berwick Railway Company; that the portion
of the line which extends from Newcastle to Morpeth
will be ready ibr opening on the Bth instant, and a por-
tion of the northern end of the line, exceeding twenty
miles is length—viz., from Tweed Mouth to Chat llill,
is in such a state of forwardness that the requisite
month's notice of its opening will be forthwith given to
the Board of Trade. The report was unanimously
adopted; and it was further resolved that interest at 51.
per cent. per annum be paid on the 16th day of February
instant to the holders of shares in this company in re-
spect to the North Shields capital; and that in order to
raise an additional capital of 775,0001., the directors be
empowered to issue scrip for new shares, in the pro•
portion of one new share of 25/. to every two original
shares, at such time as they might think expedient.
SOUTH-EASTERN NORTH KENT LINES. —The Morn-
ing Herald states—"We are informed that the last con-
tract for the construction of the North Kent line was
yesterday (Tuesday) let by the directors of South-
Eastern Railway Company to Mr. John Brogden, jun.
This contract extends from the Grand Surrey Canal to
Erith ; from thence to Rochester the line had been pre-
viously contracted for—viz, from Erith to Gravesend,
to Messrs. F. and T. Tredwell ; and from thence to
Rochester, including the filling of the canal and widen-
ing of the railway, to Mr. Brogden, jun. There is little
doubt that the entire Hie from London to Rochester will
be opened for public traffic within a year. We under-
stand that there has been great competition among the
contractors for these works, which are under the super-
intendence of Mr. Robert Stephenson and Mr. George
Bidder.

SOUTH EASTERN RAILWAY.—We hear that, a few
days ago, an order was issued from Mr. Macgregor to
the effect that, should a passenger take out a day-ticket
for (say) the third-class, and on his return, at any part
of his journey, be driven by stress of weather, or any
other cause, into a superior class, the charge is to be, not
the added increase between the classes for the up train,
but the addition both ways—going and returning.—
Railway Record.
LEEDS, WAKEFIELD, AND MIDLAND RAILWAY
CO3IPANY.—On Thursday Cockburn Curtis, Esq., a
surveying officer from the Admiralty, attended at the
Court House, Wakefield, to examine into the above pro-
p' et, so far as it interfered with the Aire and Calder
Navigation Company. Mr. Webster attended on behalf
of the Railway, and Mr. John Hope Shaw on behalf of
the Navigation Company. The proceedings occupied
but a very short time, an arrangement having been come
to between the two solicitors to settle any differences
between themselves ; but if they could not agree upon
any given point, then to leave it to the decision of Mr.
Curtis.—Leeds Mercury.
FARES ON THE MIDLAND RAILWAY.—As the high
fares on the Midland Railway have been often and justly
complained of, it is right to state that at the beginning of
the present year the fares were greatly reduced. The
first-class fare to London, which was formerly 47e., is
now 40s. 6d.—Leeds Mercury.

CHILD-STEALlNG.—Thursday afternoon, as a little
girl named Ann Edwards was nursing a female infant
three months old, the daughter of Mr. Laidlaw, of No. 49,
Wellbank-street, Dover-road, Southwark, when opposite St.
George's Church she was accosted by a tall lady-like female
dressed in deep mourning, who, after inquiring the child's
name and address, took it from her arms to nurse it, and
walked towards London-bridge. On passing a confectioner's
shop she asked the girl to partake of some pastry, and
they both entered the shop. The lady tendered a sovereign
in payment, saying to the girl that she would walk on to-
wards the church, and she was to overtake her with the
change. Some time elapsed in procuring it; when the girl
reached the appointed place no trace of the lady was to be
discovered, and it was ascertained that a lady answering
the description was seen to enter a cab with an infant which
was driven towards Westminster-bridge.

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EDINBURGII, JAN. 30.—The north of Scotland is
nearly in a state of insurrection. At Burghend, two vessels
laden with meal for export were deprived of their cargoes.
At Lossiemouth and Findhorn several carts laden with oats
were seized, ant the captured victuals lodged in storehouses.
The other places in the neighbourhood being in a similar
state of excitement, forty soldiers from Fort George have
been stationed at Elgin; and a company from Aberdeen has
been sent to Port Gordon, intowhich the inhabitants of Keith
Passing
inland town, are said to be pouring in large numbers.
over intermediate districts, the food riot folly has
also reached
became
twb
rattle south. In Stranraer, disturbance was raised
per atone. Ceaarrl-odealers would not sell their meal at 2s. 6d.
promptitude of the !slu
and loaves were also stolen, but the
any great height, The
prevented the riots from reach-
ingto
‘,4
o,The Edinbugh Destitution Fund
amounts to-day 9/. 68. 2d. The Scotsman's "com-
missioner" to the Highlands
High-
landers are by far too
me;instances
appears to think that the indolent, and that the distress, al-
though severe, has in so
.time
SECOND TROUGHTS. soances been exaggerated.
for having exhumed
of Violaineq (Pas-de-Calais) wanslet ago a physician
his deceased wife, three weeks after interment, in order to
make a skeleton of her. lie was
guilty. and con-
demned to three months'
i m Tyri
si°fil:
pnirei:nuot:dina.(einteohnifisrined with
few days ago, against this judgment, it w pPe, a
to the three
the addition of three months
months already awarded.—Galignani's Alesse7
Ter.
An operation, preceded by the inhalation of ether
was performed on Saturday, at the military hospital of the
Val-de-Grace, on a non-commisi,ioned officer, named Geffine,
who conducted himself with so much bravery in Africa,
taking a standard, although wounded in several places, and
offering his own horse to a dismounted officer. The amputa-
tion of an arm having become necessary, the ether was ad-
ministered. He uttered plaintive cries during the opera-
tion, but declared when it was over that be had felt no pain.
He had, he said, been dreaming that he was about to be
amputated, but bad felt no sensation except something like
a scratching. (This was the action of the saw.) Geffine was
for several hours after the operation under the effect of the
ether, like a man who had become intoxicated by drinking.
On the following day he cornplainedof a violent headache.

at their windows—attacking also the stores of those small
retailers who only sold out as they bought in, and some
of whom had not a boll on hand. While assaulting a
store at the shore, the sheriff and the magistrates cause
down unaccompanied, and the mob retreated to the other
side of the water. About live o'clock, five carts, with
grain, were turned on the new bridge, and in an hour
afterwards, the driver of a cart having, at Clachnaharry,
demurred to obeying the mob, they threw out the barley
sacks, unyoked Vie horse, brought the vehicle to the
new bridge, and there pitched it into the river.
About eight o'clock a considerable crowd assembled
at Castle-street, but on being remonstrated with
they dispersed ; at nine a second attack was made
on the wooden store at the quay. The lock was forced,
and some meal strewn on the floor. An outside stair,
leading to a loft, was also destroyed. The magistrates,
however, arrived, and put an end to the assault.
No further disturbance occurred. In the afternoon the
Town Council held a meeting, and at seven o'clock the
tire brigade, and a number of others, sworn in as con-
stables, assembled in the Town• hall. The pensioners,
also, were called together, but as no disturbance took
place, and all seemed quiet, they were dismissed about
midnight. Today (Tuesday) no disposition to repeat
these unfortunate excesses had been shown, and all is
quiet. The committee for managing the local subscrip-
tion here has opened a meal store at the Shore, which
promises to be highly useful. A soup kitchen has also
been established, and other measures of relief adopted.
GRANTOWN.—The authorities have succeeded in re-
storing peace at Grantown. Two apprehensions were
made—one for rioting and the other for deforcing the
officers. The prisoners have been sent to Inverness.
EVANTON (floss SHIRE.)--On Thursday two or three
hundred persons assembled at Fowlis Point, from Evan-
ton and the neighbourhood, to prevent the shipment of
grain for the south. A few days previously several car-
goes of b irley had been dispatched, and a vessel was ex-
pected on the day in qaestion, and the crowd expressed
themselves strongly to the effect that they would allow
no grain to be put into her. The expected ship not
making her appearance, a fire was kindled on the beach,
where a great number of people stayed all night. Next day
five carts of grain were met near the Waterloo, and
turned. On Saturday, the sheriff proceeded to the
Point to expostulate with the people. The vessel had
now arrived, but the result of the proceedings was, that
the vessel sailed again without any grain. No person
was injured in this outbreak ; and when the object was
accomplished the band marched back to Evanton with
flags and a piper, and quietly dispersed. The people ap-
peared to have only acted from necessity, in a manner,
because, for a length of time, they had had no meal of
their own, and at the mills they were refused, it is said,
even a handful for money.
ELGIN.—In Elgin considerable excitement prevailed
during the week on the subject of the supply of food.
On Tuesday evening the younger portion of the popula-
tio❑ paraded the streets, and made demonstrations before
the doors of the principal grain merchants. On Wed-
nesday the sheriff and magistrates issued a notice that
measures were being taken to secure to the populace an
abundant supply of meal. That measure, fortunately,
had the desired effect ; though the officials deemed it
prudent to secure the services of a detachment of mili-
tary from Fort George, in case of an emergency. A
meeting of the proprietors and corn-dealers was held on
Friday forenoon, in the Court-house, at the request of
Sheriff Cameron, for the purpose of allaying apprehen-
sion by giving an assurance that there was abundance
of grain in the county. Admiral Duff took the chair ;
and we learn, by a second edition of the Elgin Courant,
that the meeting was numerously attended, and that
resolutions to the following effect were agreed to :--
Ist. That the meeting, having the best means of
knowing, were perfectly satisfied that the alarm of
scarcity as regards Morayshire is altogether groundless.
—2d. That the meeting were convinced that the farm-
ers and shippers have no intention of shipping more
grain than will fulfil a few small contracts, while seve-
ral extensive growers present expressed a determination
not to sell oats for exportation.-3d. That while they
could not fix the price of grain; the meeting-4th.
Would open a subscription for laying in a store of meal
to be applied to the use of the really deserving.-sth.
That the lawless conduct complained of had the effect
of preventing a ready supply of meal in a few districts,
producing the distress complained of. At the meeting a
letter was read from Sir John Macpherson Grant, of
Ballindalloch, and one from the factor to the Earl of
Moray, recommending the retention of the oat crop—
but the oat crop only—in the county, as it was amply
sufficient for the wants of the county.
NAIRN.—On Thursday last a circular was issued, set-
ting forth that the Lord-Lieutenant, Sheriff-Substitute,
and Provost, finding that it had become almost impos-
sible for the poorer classes in this district, even when
provided with money, to get meal in pecks and half..
pecks, met on that day, and originated a subscription
for the establishment of a " Town and County Retail
Store," for the accommodation of the people during the
next three or six months. Such an institution, it was be-

PORT-GORDON.—From a proclamation issued by the
Lord-Lieutenant and the Sheriff of Banff, we observe
that the justices of the peace assembled at Port- Gordon,
on Monday, were invaded and obliged to desist from
holding their session, by the " outrageous conduct of a
lawless multitude." The meeting was held for the pur-
pose of swearing in special constables, and a n.an named
Thomson having refused to be sworn in was apprehended
by the coast-guard, but was only retained by the fixing
of bayonets and loading with ball. A corn-merchant
found it necessary to place himself and property under
the protection of the coast •guard; two of whom, with
Captain Davies at their head, and with loaded guns, kept
a rabble of a thousand at bay for nearly two hours, who
finding the guard undaunted, retired. A party of soldiers
from Aberdeen have arrived at this port.
IluNTLv.—Huntly was only preserved from riot by
the arrival of a detachment of soldiers on their way to
Port. Gordon ; and (says the Banffshire Advertiser) by
a rumour that " the agents of the Duke of Richmond
had been buying up corn and meal to be laid up in store
for the use of the town." A few effigies were burned,
and the gas turned off, leaving the town in darkness.

INTERNATIONAL COPYRIGHT.
ACCESSION of the KING of SAXONY to the
CONVENTION CONCLUDED MAY 13, 1846,
between GREAT BRITAIN and PRUSSIA, for
the ESTABLISHMENT of INTERNATIONAL
COPYRIGHT. SIGNED at BERLIN, AUGUST
24, 1846.
Her Majesty the Queen of the United Kingdom of
Great Britain and Ireland, and his Majesty the King of
Prussia, having concluded at Berlin, on the 13th of May,
1846, a convention for the reciprocal protection of copy-
right against piracy, and it having been stipulated in
Article 8 of that convention, that those German States
which, together with Prussia, compose the German
Union of Customs, or which may hereafter join that
Union, should have the right of acceding to the said
convention, their Britannic and Prussian Majesties have
addressed to his Majesty the King of Saxony the invita-
tion to accede thereto ;
And his Majesty the King of Saxony being desirous
of availing himself of the opportunity thus afforded to
him of acceding to the said Convention ;
The respective plenipotentiaries, that is to say—
On the part of her Majesty the Queen of the United
Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, the Right Hon.
John, Earl of Westmorland, Lord Burghersh, a peer of
the United Kingdom, a member of her Britannic Ma-
jesty's Privy Council, a Lieutenant-General Commander
of the Military Order of the Bath of England, Grand
Cross of the Order of the Guelphs of Hanover, her Bri-
tannic Majesty's Envoy Extraordinary and Minister
Plenipotentiary to bis Majesty the King of Prussia:
On the part of his Majesty the King of Prussia, the
Sieur Erasmus Robert, Baron de Patow, his Privy Coun-
cillor of Legation, and Director of the Department for
Foreign Affairs, Knight of the Orders of the Red Eagle
of the third class with the clasp of Prussia, and of the
House of Ernest of Ducal Saxony:
And on the part of his Majesty the King of Saxony,
the Sieur John de Minckwitz, his Minister of State, a
Lieutenant-General and Aide-de-camp-General, Envoy
Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to their
Majesties the King of Prussia and the King of Hanover,
Knight of the Military Order of St. Henry, and Grand
Cross of the Orders of Civil Merit of Saxony, of the Red
Eagle of Prussia, of Leopold of Austria, of Civil Merit
of Bavaria, and of the White Falcon of Grand-Ducal
Saxony; decorated with the Medal of Military Merit
of Grand-Ducal Saxony, Grand Cross of the Order of
the House of Ernest of Ducal Saxony, Knight of the
Order of St. Anne of the first class of Russia, Grand
Officer of the Legion of Honour of France, Grand
Cross of the Military Order of St. Benedict d'Aviz of
Portugal:
Met together, for thelpurpose of recording in due form
the accession of his Majesty the King of Saxony, as well
as the acceptance, by her Britannic Majesty and his
Prussian Majesty, of the said accession on the part of
his Saxon Majesty.
The plenipotentiary of his Majesty the King of Saxony
in consequence declares, in virtue of his full powers,
that his said Majesty accedes both to the convention of
the 13th May, 1846, containing ten articles, and of
which a printed copy is annexed to the present act, and
to the special provisions contained in section 1-4 of
the separate protocol signed on the same day, of which
a copy is hereunto annexed; promising that the sti-
pulations of the said convention which shall come
into operation in the kingdom of Saxony, from and
after the Ist of September, 1846, as well as those
of the separate protocol, shall be carried into execution
by his Majesty the King of Saxony in all points, so
far as they may be applicable to the relations which
subsist between the Saxon Government and the British
Government and its subjects ; subject, however, to the
express reservation, that Article 11. of the Convention
shall be modified, with regard...to Saxony, in the follow-
ing manner, that is to say :
No person in either of the two countries, either in the
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, or in the
kingdom of Saxony, shall be entitled to the protection
stipulated by Article I. of the Convention, unless the
work to be protected against piracy shall have been
registered by the author or his agents, in the following
manner

lieved, would have a salutary effect upon prices, and avert
consequences from a wide-spread, though unfounded, fear
of scarcity. A sum of 1191. was immediately subscribed,
and Mr. R. Anderson, corn-merchant, at once sold to
the committee seventy quarters of oats, stored for ship-
ment, at current prices. The meal-store was opened on
Saturday last, and has already had the effect of prevent-
ing a rise of twopence on the peck of meal. On the
Wednesday previous some thoughtless boys attempted
to stone a corn-dealer, some inflammatory placards
having been posted early in the morning. By the prompt
interference of the sheriff substitute, and instantaneous
apprehension of one of the offender; the emcute was
checked in the bud.

FORRES.—The judicious measures of the magistrates
have allayed excitement here. The Provost having
summoned a Council meeting, recommended that 200
bolls of oatmeal should in the meantime be purchased,
and sold to the working elassess in small quantities at
16d. per peck, the difference betwixt the cost price (325.)
and the selling. price to be made up by public voluntary
subscription, and he proposed that the list be headed by
a subscription from the town of 201. Each of the ma-
gistrates followed, as well as every member of Council,
with sums varying from a guinea to five guineas. The
town was divided into districts, the Magistrates and
Council canvassed these districts for bsacnricrions, andf
workingh
daysav e
expectalready
nha t
inhabitants
t realisedaran tas raise
init s
mumpeuwacla,hradatsst the low suffice
al;rciec e tmo ekntletei oap n theee(wi till harvest. The plan adopted is thepmroovsotsjtuadnicdiohuis: which could be devised, and the worthy
zealous colleagues are deserving the highest praise for
the energetic and generous manner in Which they have

1. If the work has first appeared in the dominions of
his Majesty the King of Saxony, it must have been
registered in the register-book of the Company of Sta-
tioners in London.

2. If the work has first appeared in the dominions of
her Britannic Majesty, it must have been registered in
the register• book kept by the Royal Direction of the
Circle (die Biichrrolle) at Leipsig.
Nor shall any person be entitled to the protection
aforesaid, unless the laws and regulations of the re-
spective States shall have been duly observed in regard
to the work to be protected ; nor, in cases where there
are several copies of the work, unless one copy of the
best edition, or in the best state, shall have been de-
livered gratuitously to the authorities appointed for tha
purpose by the laws of the respective countries.
A certified copy of the registration in the aforesaid
register-book of the Company of Stationers in London,
shall be valid in the British dominions as proof of the
exclusive right of publication, until a better right shall
be established by any other party before a court of kis.
tice ; and the certificate given under the laws of Saxony,
of the registration of any work in the:aforesaid register-
book at Leipzig, shall be equally valid in the dominions
of his Saxon Majesty.
The plenipotentiaries of her Majesty the Queen of the
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and of
his Majesty the King of Prussia, in virtue of their full
powers, accept the acceszion of his Majesty the King of
Saxony, promising that the stipulations of the conven-
tion of the 13th of May, 1846, as well as the special
provisions which are contained in the protocol of the
same date, and those which form the reservation above-
mentioned, shall be carried into execution by their re-
spective Sovereigns in all points, with regard to the
Saxon Government and its subjects, in the same manner
as between the British and Prussian Governments and
their subjects.
In witness whereof the respective plenipotentiaries
have signed the present act, and have affixed thereto the
seal of their arms. _ .

Done at Berlin, the twenty-fourth day of August, in
the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and
forty-six. (Signed)
WESTMORLAND. PATOW. DE MINCKWITZ.
(L.S.) (L.S.) (L.S.)

Ashtn& Oldb 97!51.55. pe - 3fonmouthsh 100 81. -
Ashby-d-la-Z 113' 41. - Mntgomrysh 100 51. -
Barnsley • • • • 1601 121. - Macclesfield. 100 - -
Basingstoke 1001 - - Neath • • • • • • 100 171. -
Brknk&Abrg 1501 5/. - Nottingham . 150 121. -
Cromford 100 141. - Peak Forest. 78 31. 75
Dudley lOO 4/. - Regent's .... 33 11. ss. 20
Derby • • • • • 100 61. - Rochdale .... 85 41. -
Ellsmre&Chs 133 41. b 5 Shropshire • • 125 81. -
E:ewash • • • 100 321. - Somrset Coal 150 71. 10s. -
Forth & Clyd 100 41. - Do.Lk Fd St 12 6/. p. c. -
GrandJunctn i 100 71. - Stffrd &Wore 140 281. -
Grand Unionllool 11. 10s. - Shrewsbury.. 125 151. -
Glamorgnsh 1721 13%1. - Stourbrldge 145 201. 315
(41.1tr&Brkly 100 i - - Strtfrd on A, 79 1/. 10s. -
Grantham - Severn and / 26 11. Bs.
Huddersfield 571 - Wye Rail. j-
sey,
sh. -
LiCanemicast &terA.7.l 43791 7151.. 105.6 d 5 Trnt & Mr- '1 50 30/.
Leeds&Livrp 1001 341. 52214 ;Tharns &Med 19 - -
Leicester .. • • 14031 101. 105 Worcstr &
Leicstr &Nth 8 41. 52 Birming. 78 21. 43
Loughborogh 142 701. - Wilts & Brks 67 11. -

Potatoes are now selling at Sunderland at a guinea
a load of 20 stone, which is ahout three tittles the cost iu
ordinary seams.

SMALL-Pox HosvrraL.—On Friday the half-
yearly court of the governors of this Institution, took place
at the hospital at King's-cross. John Soward, Bag , pre-
sided. The metropolis, during the past year, has been sin-
gularly favoured in respect to epidemic malaria, but from
email-pox in particular it has been exempt to an almost un-
paralleled degree, the total number of deaths from that
disease, out of a population of nearly two millions, had been
only 247; not more than 1,235 had been attacked with that
malady, being at the rate of 1 to 2,626 of the entire popula-
tion. The total number admitted to the hospital during the
past year who were affected with small-pox was 147, of whom
29 died. The labours of the medical officers in the vaccina-
tion department had been very successful, 2,783 baying been
vaccinated at the hospital, and 2,013 by medical practi-
tioners supplied with the pure lymph, which the establish-
ment provided.
WM. BUSFEILD, ESQ., M.P.—The Hon. Member
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for Bradford has been seriously indisposed in London; but it
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him to have experienced a decided improvement for two
givesd
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Mercury.
with satisfaction the noble call which the Reformers of the
borough of Westminster, have come to, in soliciting Charles
Lushington, Esq., to stand for that at borough
the next
election. Mr. Lushington was the representative for Ash-
burton ;;about ten years since he first contested the borough
with Mr. Utten Brown, the Conservative of Norwich, but
was returned by a large majority at the next 1 • e ection :we
believe in 1837, a sharp contest took place between Mr.
Lushington and Mr. Horsley Palmer,Pal mer when again Mr. Lush-
ington was returned. During the period he represented this
borough, he was a zealous and unflinching Reformer.
He ably advocated the cause of Reform, and
won the greatest respect and esteem both from the constitu-
ency
ever and all the nen-electors of the borough, who have
since bailed the name of Charles Lushington, as a
Reformer
and a friend to the great cause of Reform.
GIGANTIC BRIDGES.—The Emperor of Austria has
just ordered the erection of a suspension-bridge over the large
(combined) arm of the Danube, near Vienna, being about
the breadth of the Thames at Woolwich. As, however,
several small islands and sandbanks intersect this stream of
water, pillars, with stupendous freestone and granite founda-
tions, will be erected thereon. This bridge will be a very
essential complement of the great Austrian north line, and
an ornament to Vienna and its environs. Mr. Schrin, whose
superior
skill has been attested by the erection of the suspen-
sion-bridge over the Moldau at Prague, is the architect of
this new structure. The estimated cost, to be borne by the
public purse, is 5,500,000 florins_equivalent to 1,000,0001.
English sterling value. Another bridge of similar dimensions,
will be that over the Vistula, on the Prussian Eastern-Line
from Berlin to Konigsberg. It will be the most extensive
bridge structure in the world,—that over the Lagunes, at
Venice, not excepted. The estimated cost will be 4,000,000
dollars—equalling,
as well, 1,000,0001. of English currency.
—The Builder.
COUNTY OF LEITRIM.—BURGLARY AND BAR-
BAROUS MURDEB.—Wednesday last, the 27th ult., a party
of lawless ruffians surrounded the dwelling of an industrious
farmer named Duffy, on the lands of Drumsbambo, in the
parish of Cloone. Duffy and family were in the act of re-
peating the rosary, according to the rites of the Roman
Catholic church, when the degraded ruffians arrived to per-
petrate their nefarious purposes, and (as given in evidence)
remained quiet outside till this religious ceremony termi-
nated. Three of the wicked gang immediately broke into
Daffy's house, one of whom carried a gun, demanded arms,
and struck him violently. A severe and unequal contest
ensued, in which Brien Duffy, son to the former, eighteen
years of age, received such a mortal blow of a loaded cudgel
on the side of the head, that a few hours put an end to his
life and sufferings. A verdict of wilful murder was brought
in against a certain person, aided and assisted by other per-
sons yet unknown.
AN OLD TRICK REPEATED.—The following trick
is as old as the gipsey tricks by which credulous people are
often duped, and only find out the deception after they have
lost their money. On Thursday, the 14th instant, a woman
named Ellen Stevens, called at the shop of Mr. Joseph
Sellers, a grocer in the village of St. Blazey. She stated—
of course in a very cautious and secret manner—that she
had some tea and tobacco to sell that Was smuggled; he
should have some of it very cheap, but she could not sell
less than 40 or 50Ibs. A bargain was made, the goods being so
cheap, and she was to come again the next day. She failed
to do so, but appeared on the Saturday, and excused herself
to the shopkeeper by saying that Friday was a wet day, and
the " parties" were gone in another direction with goods
the tea and tobacco were, however, now ready, and if he
would go to Par with her, he should have the parcels. After
dark they set out, the shopkeper, his brother, and the
woman, and on arriving at the place, there indeed were the
goods, and a smuggler with them. It appeared thus
far to be all right, but to satisfy the grocer beyond every
doubt and fear, the woman took his hand and put it down
upon one of the parcels, where, the paper being torn, the
grocer could feel and smell some very excellent tobacco.
He had a sack with him, and the :woman proposed that
the parcels should be emptied from her sack into his as
quickly as possible, for fear the prowling officers of ex-
cise might come and catch them. This was no sooner
said than done, the grocer's brother assisting, and the bag
being thrown across his shoulders, he marched off with it.
The grocer then took the woman to a neighbouring beer-
house to settle accounts with her, and paid her about 71. 13s.
for the smuggled tea and tobacco!' He then hastened
home to take care of hia prize, but being rather in a
hurry to see the whole extent of his good luck, he opened
one of the parcels the same night, and found the interior
contained nothing but sawdust ! Only the top of the
parcels consisted of tea or tobacco, and that, as may be
supposed, in as small a quantity
i as would possibly cover the
saw-dust. On the next day inquiries were made about
the neighbourhood, but the woman was not to be found;
and on Monday the shopkeeper came to Truro, where he
gave information to the police, and in the course of the day
she was apprehended by policeman Fitzsimmons. She was
subsequently charged with the offence before C. Carlyon,
Esq., and, after a lengthened hearing, was committed, on
Thursday, the 21st instant, to take her trial at the
assizes for misdemeanour. A man said to be the woman's
husband, and known by the name of" Jack the Darning.
needle, was charged with being an accomplice with the lady
smuggler, but the requisite proof not being forthcoming, he
was discharged. We understand that tricks of a similar kind /
have been lately practi •
sed upon grocers at St. Austell and
elsewhere.—West Briton.

THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY MORNING-, FEBRUARY 8, 1847.

LAW INTELLIGENCE.
COURT OF QUEEN'S B CH, Feb. 6.

PERJURY-.-THE Q CAREN V. MARY DIXON.

This was an indictment for perjury alleged to have been
committed by the defendant in an affidavit in the Court of
Chancery with respect to certain proceedings stated to have
taken place at a public house called the City Arms,
Millbank, Poplar, on the 28th of January, last year. The
house was kept by a person named Newman,
who, it appeared, lived with the defendant, and on the day
in question, as he was about to part with the house to
Messrs. Reid and Co., the brewers, Mrs. Newman, who had
separated from him the preceding month, went there with her
solicitor, Mr. Masterman, for the purpose of defending her inte-
rests and those of her child. She found her husband inebriated
in the bar parlour, in the company of Mrs. Dickson and her
brother, whose name was Banks. Mr. Noble, who
was related to her by marriage, shortly after-
wards came in. A deal of recrimination ensued.
Shortly after Dixon and Banks left. Mrs. Newman
afterwards received a cheque of 560/. from the brewer's
clerk, on the understanding that it was to be paid on the
following day. They came at one o'clock, and left about
eight in the evening. It was not, however, paid, as Messrs.
Reid declined to cash it without her husband's sanction. A
bill was subsequently filed in Chancery by Mr. Noble, as .&s.
Newman's next friend, seeking that Court to interfere its
authority to prevent the payment of the money to Mr. New-
man, on the ground that he was not in a fit condition to ma-
nage his affairs—but the bill was dismissed with costs,
principally on account, it was contended, of the
affidavit filed by the defendant. It stated that on the day
in question, Mrs. Newman poured neat spirits down her
husband's throat with the view of making him insensible,
and that she ( Mrs. Dixon) knocked a glass of spirits, which
she had drawn for that purpose out of her hand, and that
Mrs. Newman whispered to Mr. Noble to let her husband
have whatever drink he wanted.

Mrs. Newman positively denied the truth of these state-
ments, and added that Mrs. Dixon poured neat spirits down
her husband's throat, and that she knocked a glass of spirits
out of her hand which she bad drawn for that purpose.
Mr. Noble, a linen-draper, in Shoreditch, stated that New-
man was in an insensible state, and that Mrs. Dixon poured
some gin down Newman's throat ; she held his head back,
and some went down his throat and the remainder on his
clothes. Mrs. Newman did not whisper to him in the way
mentioned.

Mr. Masterman, and Mr. Filmore, the brewer's clerk, cor•
roborated this evidence.

This was the case for the prosecution.
Mr. Sergeant C. Jorms then proceeded to address the jury
on behalf of the defendant. He said he hoped his Lordship
would excuse his imperfect knowledge of the proceedings of
the Court of Chancery.
Lord DENMAN—I don't know that you ought to state that.
You ought to know, and I am sure you do know, the pro-
ceedings of that Court.

Mr. Sergeant Jones consulted the attorney.
Lord DEN3rAx—That is not the proper way to conduct a
case; it is very improper for a counsel to receive instruc-
tions from an attorney in Court. It is a very growing
practice, and a very improper one, and it is one that the
gentlemen of the bar ought to put down. I have frequently
seen them spoil the case and ruin the cases of their clients by
so doing. They don't understand that it is a great liberty.
When a gentleman of the bar is addressing
the Court, somebody tells that gentleman something
which prevents him from going on with his address. Such
conduct is quite inconsistent with decent manners and pro-
per conduct ; it is easy to give suggestions without doing
this.

Mr. Sergeant JONI% after apologising, addressed the jury
and contended that even the statements in the affidavit, sup-
posing them to be true, could have had little influence on
the suit, and that it was possible the defendant might have
been mistaken. They had failed to prove that New-
man was unable to manage his affairs. It was
equally possible that Newman asked for the spirits, and that
Mrs. Dixon bad simply supplied him with them ; but he
should prove that the defendant did all she could to induce
Newman not to drink, as the parties had come there pur-
posely to intoxicate him, and to get the money from him.
Aperson named Harris, who was formerly in the service of
Newman as a barman, swore that he did not see Mr. Dixon
pour spirits down his throat, and that both Mrs. Newman
and Mr. Noble did all they could to induce Newman to drink.
The defendant knocked a glass of spirits out of Mrs. New-
man's hand, which he had drawn for her husband who was
quite sober, and who was not in the habit of taking more
drink than other gentlemen.
Newman himself deposed that he was quite sober at the
time, that Dixon did all he could to induce him not to drink,
and that both his wife and sir. Noble did all they could
to induce him to take brandy and water, in order to get his
money from him. Mrs. Dixon knocked a glass of spirits
out of Mrs. Newman's hand, and Mrs. Newman one out of
hers, with which she was serving a customer. She took
8001. from him, and had him left at the Three Nuns, in Ald-
gate, with 111,4 d. in his pocket. He admitted he was in-
toxicated at that time.

the hands of Semple, or that of his solicitor, Wilson, at the
time the present action was commenced on the 15th Decem-
ber, that he much regretted that the last case had been dis-
posed of without their having been more time given to
enable the defendant to make his appearance. Now the bill
became due on the 17th of August, and on the 18th the clerk
to Wilson states notice was given of the dishonour to the
plaintiff and the other parties. Everything was admitted by
the defendant except the fact of the presentment and the
notice of the dishonour. All the issues but those, then, must
be found for the plaintiff. But the question really was this:
the defendant said the plaintiff had brought his action too
soon; that he was not the holder of the bill at the time, and
at a time when he was exposed to an action at the suit of
Semple, the real holder. The counsel for the defendant was
not there, and an indulgence was therefore to be extended to
parties when they were left without their aid, and without
those whom they had instructed to perform a particular duty.
In such a state of things there ought not to be any dispo-
sition to stifle inquiry into the truth, nor to refuse any sug-
gestion from any quarter. The solicitor had suggested the
defence, and upon finding that it was necessary, he had di-
rected Wilson to be called, and then it had appeared, upon
the papers being placed in the hands of his clerk, he was en-
abled—and he repeated he had done himself great honour by
speaking out the truth—to prove that the plaintiff was not
the bolder of the bill when he had commenced the action.
It was quite clear that that was the truth of the
matter. He had been perfectly astonished that the Learned
Counsel should have addressee: them, and asked that, in the
face of this fact, they would give a verdict for his client.
If, however, they thought, as reasonable men, after what
they had heard from the clerk, that the bill was in the hands
of the plaintiff, then they would give a verdict for that
party. If they thought that it was, on the other band, true
that it had at that period been in the hands of Wilson, as
the attorney of Semple, then the detpdant would be entitled
to their verdict on that issue.

The Jury instantly gave a verdict for the defendant.
Mr. ARCIIAOLD applied for speedy execution in the former
Case.

The LORD CHM, BARON—Certainly not, Mr. Archbold.
The Solicitor said he should move the Court to set the
verdict in the former case aside.

The LORD CHIEF BARON—Yes, you can if you think pro-
per next term.

The court was in a state of much sensation during the
proceedings.

COURT OF COMMOA PLEAS, Feb. 6.
The Court was engaged to-day with a special jury case,
arising out of a dispute with the Sun Insurance Company as
to the amount which ought to be paid to an insurer for damage
done by fire.
The case presented no point whatever of any interest to
the public.

A Mrs. Gillham, who had been in his service, corroborated
this evidence.

COURT OF BANKRUPTCY, Feb. 6.
IN RE GILLIAM.
This bankrupt had darried on business as a jewel-case
maker, in Frith-street, Soho, and having filed his own
petition, came up to pass his last examination.
His HONOUR observed, that in this case the balance-sheet,
if such it could be called, commenced on the Ist of January
1844, with a capital of 436/. ; his debts 5041., liabilities, 1611.,
the assets not being enough to pay the expenses of the
fiat, his property consisting of pawnbrokers' duplicates,
the official assignee stating that he bad net bees able to
collect any of the debts, nor likely to do so. This was, as
of nine out of ten of the cases which now came before the
court—a case in which the bankrupt filed his own petition,
and had not a single farthing for his creditors. In such a
case he would not grant the certificate. On this subject, and
in cases of insolvency where the insolvent had no assets, he
had to make some observations on the application hitherto of
the statute in regard to them. His Honour then proceeded
to say that a petition had been filed by a person named Baum,
and lie had not any estate to be administered by this court. and
it was such a case as he had alluded to. His Honour said the
frequency of petitions of this kind, and the mischief which
arose induced him to look carefully over the Acts, and he
had been assisted by the suggestions of his friend and
brother Commissioner, Mr. Ellison, of Newcastle-on-Tyne,
who had adopted in his Court the course he (his Honour)
would now point out. His Honour then read the petition,
which was in the form prescribed in the schedule of the Act
7th and Bth Victoria, in which is a clause in which the in-
solvent says that he is desirous that his estate should be
administered under the direction of this Court, and
that the same amounted to not less than
Now in this, as in a great many other cases, the blank was
filled up 0 0 0, this was a gross perversion of the Act, and a
mere mockery. How could the Court distribute "nothing."
It was not within the meaning of the Legislature that
persons who had not a farthing for their creditors
should come before this Court, which had not the power of
inflicting a direct and intelligible punishment, for by these
acts the eights of the creditors were taken away without an
equivalent. In such cases be should refuse, unless good
reason was shown that he was wrong, granting in-
solvents the relief they sought, but leave them to
apply to the Court of Insolvency, which had the
power to punish the guilty and acquit the innocent. His
Honour then referred to the cases in which the petitions
were tiled by the bankrupts who had no assets, and said that
in those cases the object of the Act was departed from, the
principal of the bankrupt law being the fair and equal dLtri-
bution of the bankrupt's estate and effects ; and the bank-
rupts appeared to think that in going through the necessary
forms he acted in " conformity with the law, but he had
only half done so, not having placed any assets for the benefit
of his creditors, but had either squandered it away or given
it to some favoured creditor. Under those circumstances,
also, he should hold that the statute had not been complied
with, and should leave the parties to seek the relief and meet
the punishment which the Court of Insolvency could, ac-
cording to its opinion, inflict.

Lord DENMAN, in summing up, said Mr. Noble was to
blame for filing the bill in Chancery, as it appeared that
Newman, instead of being insane from drink, was an acute
and sensible man. It seemed very remarkable that Newman
so easily parted with the cheques.
The jury found the defendant Guilty.

CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT.

OLD COURT.

Alexander 3PLeish was indicted for violently assaulting
Mary Woods, at Camberwell, on the 26th December, with
the Intent to do her some grievous bodily harm.
Mr. Robinson was retained for the prosecution, and Mr.
Ballantyne defended the prisoner.
Mr. ROBINSON, in opening the case, said the
effects of this assault were so serious that they were nearly
fatal, and in that case the prisoner would have been indicted
for murder. It appeared from the examination before the
magistrate, that on the 25th of December (Boxing-day), the
prisoner, who is a journeyman baker, had received the usual
gratuities from his customers, and that on his return home,
being in a state of intoxication, lie began to quarrel with his
wife. Mrs. Woods, a lodger in the same house, endeavoured
to pacify him, and with a view to allay his excessive rage
advised Mrs. M'Leish to go to bed. She did so, and Mrs.
Woods, returning to the sitting room, the prisoner, mistaking
her for his wife, struck her a violent blow upon the head, by
which the temporal artery was seriously wounded, and her
life was placed in danger.
Mrs. Woods, on being called upon, was absent, and the
Recorder ordered her recognizances to be estreated.
The principal witness being absent,
Mr. King, a surgeon, at Camberwell, was called. He said,
that on the evening of the 26th of December, he was called
in to attend Mrs. Woods, who was bleeding violently from
the head. He succeeded in stopping the haemorrhage, but
for several days her life was in great danger.
The inspector of the P division, by whom the prisoner was
taken into custody stated that he had confessed that he had
struck Mrs. Woods by mistake.
Mr. BALLANTYwE said that no one regretted the conse-
quences of the violence which had been used towards Mrs.
Woods more than the prisoner himself. It was perfectly true
that he had returned in a state of excitement on the evening of
the day in question, but that excitement arose from a far
different cause than spirituous liquors. The fact was, the
prisoner at the time was suffering from a state of ill health,
and his medical attendant had that morning given hint a box
containing eight pills, with some saline draughts, one of each
to be taken every day. Instead of following these directions,
he took the whole of the eight pills at once, and as they con-
tained henbane, he became almost in a state of derangement,
and hence the accident resulted.

➢lr. RoIINsON recalled Mr. King, who stated, that when
before the magistrate, the prisoner had acknowledged that
he was so drunk at the time the offence was committed that
,he did not know what he was about.

The RECORDER summed up, and the jury returned a verdict
of Guilty, and the prisoner was sentenced to twelve months'
imprisonment, with hard labour.
Edward Abbott, 36, engineer, was indicted for stealing
a watch, value 301. the property of Joseph Sparkes.
Mr. l3allantyae prosecuted, and Mr. Mellor detende I the
prisoner.

The robbery, it will be remembered, was committed in
the Bencher's room of Lincoln's Inn, but as the facts have
been very recently in the police reports, it will be unneces-
sary to repeat them on this occasion.
The prisoner was convicted, and sentenced to be tran-
sported fur seven years.
John Meares, 20, Patrick Sealby,l9, Dennis Sullivan, 18
and James Callaghan, 17, four well known thieves, were in-
dicted for assaulting Thos. Richards, a police•constable, with
intent to do him some grievous bodily harm, and also with
the intent to prevent him from apprehending a man named
Meares, the brother of one of the prisoners, who had com-
mitted a felony.
Mr. Bodkin and Mr. Clark conducted the prosecution,
which was instituted by the Treasury ; Mr. Deane and Mr.
Baldwin defended two of the prisoners.
It appeared that some segars had been stolen from the
shop of a person named Baker, and upon the officer attempt-
ing to take the thief into custody, he was assailed by the pri-
soners, and a number of other bad characters, and very much
ill-treated. All the prisoners were proved to have taken part
in the assault and the attempted rescue.
They were convicted and sentenced to be transported for
seven years.

Philip Connell, 23, was convicted of assaulting another con-
stable under the same circumstances above detailed, but as he
was not known to the police, he was only sentenced to twelve
months' imprisonment.
Francis Olifieres, who was convicted on Wednesday of the
offence of obtaining two valuable brooches from a jeweller
named Linnet, under the pretence that he intended to sell
the articles to her Majesty, was brought up for judgment on
Friday, before Mr. Baron 'Alderson, and sentenced to be trans.
ported for seven years. An intimation was at the same time
given to the prisoner, that if he was in a position to make out
any favourable or mitigating circumstances, he might apply
to the Secretary of State for a remission of the sentence of
transportation.