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the reader ; but we are especially disinclined to dissect
the plan of a work like the present•—seeing
that the original will, to a dead certainty, be perused
by thousands, and that a single fact divulged, and a
single syllable prematurely uttered, would destroy
the mystery of the tale—and the mystery of a tale is
the talisman of its attaction. If " Now and Then" has

r o other merit whatever, it has the merit of en-
thralling interest, an interest that is supreme, that is
present throughout, that inflames the attention, and
renders it breathless with curiosity. This is, in truth,
the paramount characteristic of the volume, and by
giving a naked analysis of the story we should con-
sequently be forestalling its revelations. What we

Nhiit 1 say, therefore, in reference to some of the occur-

rences recounted in the work will be less in allusion to

the plot than to the moral, arid the characters. The inci-
dents are described as having taken place " some-
where about a hundred years ago," in a village called
Milverstoke, situated in one of the seacoast counties

of England. The history opens with a picture of the
cottage of the Ayliffes and a portrait of old Adam
Ayliffe, the father of the convict. This description is,
to our mind, one of the most gracefully- written
portions of the book, it is a noble sketch of a Saxon

yeoman and his dwelling-house—suggested in general
t,me, we fancy, by a somewhat similar delineation in
the " Doctor" of Southey. Adam Ayliffe is, how-
ever, peculiarly and distinctly, the creation of Mr.
Warren : and it is a creation of which he may, in
some measure, be proud. He is depicted as—
" A reduced yeoman well stricken in years, being, at
the time now spoken of, not far from his sixty•eighth
year. The crown of his head was bald, and very finely
formed ; and the little hair that he had left was of a

silvery colour, verging on white. His countenance and
figure were very striking to an observant beholder, who
would have said at once, That man is a firm and up.
right character, and has seen trouble'—all which was,
indeed, distinctly written in his open Saxon features.
flis eye was of a clear blue, and steadfast in its gaze ;

and when he spoke it was with a certain quaintness,
which seemed in keeping with his simple and stern
character. All who had ever known Ayliffe, enter-
tained for him a deep respect. He was of a very inde-
pendent spirit, somewhat taciturn, and of a retiring,
contemplative humour. His life was utterly blameless,
regulated throughout by the purifying and elevating in-
fluence of Christianity,
Sueh is the first outline of this noble and admirable
creation. Adam becomes in the end, however, rather
too austere to be very bewitching. his reverence for
the Holy Book is grandly conceived, but we do think
that when the author depicts him with it on every
occasion, bundling it under his arm, sitting down
with it on a milestone, and so forth, it is carrying the
idea rather to an extravagance. Adam Aylitfe, the
son—who is thought afterwards to be the murderer—
is first introduced to us as a handsome young fellow
whom everybody liked : "he had a laugh and a good
word for all whom he met, would do anything to
oblige anybody, and seemed not to know there was
such a thing in the world to be looked after as—self."
Adam the younger marries Sarah, and by her has a
little crippled child. The fortunes of these constitute
the theme of the volume. Of the other characters
the foremost by rank is the Earl of Milverstoke,
a proud and overbearing Peer, with " a heart in the
right place," but walled row-,d with ice. Lord Mk-
mond—a favourite name with Mr. Warren, for it is
with Lord Alkmond that Charles Aubrey is invited
to spend the Christmas—(see " Ten Thousand a
Year," 1. 224.)—is the son of Lord Milverstoke, and
is the victim found murdered in the wood adjoining
his father's castle. Briefly as he remains before the
reader, his disposition and appearance are vividly im-
pressed upon the memory, from that faculty which
our author possesses in such a remarkable degree—
the faculty of dashing off a character with a few
master-touches. Mr. Oxley, the Earl's local agent,
proves to be one of the villains of the narrative, and
tends considerably towards enhancing the igno-
minions treatment of the young yeoman. Lady
Emily Amaranthe, the sister of Lord Alkmond, and
afterwards the Duchess of Waverdale, is a lovely
conception, a companion picture to that of
Kate Aubrey. As an evidence of the dra-
matic energy of the dialogue and as a splendid
development of the natures of Lady Emily Amaranthe
and the Earl of Milverstoke, we will transcribe the
close of a stormy scene between them, having refer-
ence to the guilt or innocence of Adam Ayliffe. After
the father and daughter have been conversing in
broken sentences, the one pleading and the other ex-
pressing wrath at her supplications, the Earl thus
proceeds :
" Does it not occur to you as possible that you are
meddling? meddling with matters beyond your pro-
vince? Is it fitting, girl, he continued, unable to resist
an instantaneous but most bitter emphasis on the word,

that you should be here, talking to me at all, for one
moment even, on a matter which I have never thought

of naming to you—a child?'
" I am a child, papa; but I am your child, and your
only one; and love you more than the whole world."
" Obey me, then, as a proof of that love: retire to
your chamber, and there wonder at what you have yen-

cared—presumed this morning to do.'
"Lady Emily telt the glance of his eye upon her, as
thou;.h it had lightened ; but she quailed not.
" My dear, my only parent, I implore you to lend
me not away ; let me—
" Emily, I cannot be disobeyed ; I am not iit the
habit of being disobeyed by any one ; it is very sad that
I should see the attempt first made by a child.'
" 6 Oh, papa, forgive me! forgive me!'
" She arose, and, approaching him hastily, as she ob-
served him about to advance, sunk on one knee before
him, clasping her hands together. Oh, hear me, but
for a moment. Never knelt I before but to God, yet
kneel I now to my father. Oh, have mercy ! Nay, be
JUST !'

" Why,Emily,verily I fear that long confinement and
want of exercise, and change, and air, are preying upon
your mind ; you are not speaking rationally. Rise,
child, and do not pursue this folly—or I may think you
mad.' He disengaged her hands gently from his knees,
which they had the moment before clasped, and raised
her from her kneeling posture, she weeping bitterly.
" I am not mad, papa, nor is my sister; but we fear
lest God's anger should fall upon you ; nay, upon us all,
if you will not listen to the voice of compassion.'
" Be seated, Emily,' said the Earl. 'Excited as you
are at present,' he continued, with rapidly increasing
sternness of manner, no words of mine will be able to
satisfy you of the grievous impropriety, nay, the cruel
absurdity of all this proceeding. You talk to me like a
parrot, about mercy, and compassion, and God's anger,
and so forth, as though you understood what you were
saying, and I understood not what I am doing, what I
ought to do, and what I have done. Child, you I orget
yourself, me, and your duty to rne. how dared you to
profane yonder Testament, and insult your father, by
placing it before him as you did this morning? Did
you do so ?'

" I did,' she answered, weeping.
" You presumptuous girl ! forgetful of the fifth com-
mandment ! '

" Oh, say not so I—say not so ! I love, I reverence
you—and I FEAR you, now ! ' said Lady Emily, gazing
at him with :tears running down her cheeks ; her dark
hair partially deranged ; her hands clasped in a suppli-
catory manaer. I prayed to God, first, that I alight
not be doing wrong ; that you might not be angry with
me ; that if angry, you might forgive me ! '
" Angry with you ? Have I not cause ? Never
dared daughter do such thing to father before ?
You presume to rebuke and threaten me—rne
—with the vengeance of Heaven, if I yield not
to your sickly, dreaming, drivelling sentimentality.
Silence!' he exclaimed, perceiving her about to speak
earnestly; I have not had my eyes elosei, I tell you
now, for days past—l have observed your changed
manner—you have been deliberating long beforehand
how to perpetrate this undutifulness! As though my
heart had not been already struck as with a t‘und,
rbt It
from (leaven—you, forsooth, you idle, unthinking child!
must strive to stab it—to wo .nd m,.! to insult me! This
is not your own doing; you dared not have thought of
it! you are the silly tool of others. Silence! hear me,
undutiful girl!'
" Papa, I cannot hear you say all this, in which you
are so wrong. No tool am lof anybod) ! Twice have
you said this thing!' Her figure, the Earl perceived, in-
voluntarly becoming erect as she spoke, and her e)e
fixed with steadfast brightness upon his. Had he been
sufficiently calm and observant he might have seen in his
daughter at that momenta faint reflection of his own
lofty spirit—iutolerant of injustice. And even you,
papa, have no right whatever thus to talk to me. If I
have done wrung, chide me becomingly; but all that
you have said to me only hurts me, and stings me, and
I cannot submit to it—
"'Lady Emily, to your chamber!' said the Earl, with
a stately air, rising; so did his daughter.
" My Lord!' she exclaimed magnificently; her tall
figure drawn up to its full height, and her lustrous eyes
fixed unwavering upon his own.
" Neither spoke for a moment; and the Earl began,. he
knew not why, to feel great inward agitation, as he
gazed at the erect figure of his silent and indignant
daughter.

"My child,' said he, at length, faintly, with a
quivering lip; and extending his arms, he moved a step
towards her; on which she sprang forward into his
arms, throwing her own about his neck, and kissing
his cheek passionately. His strong will for once had
failed him; his full eyes overflowed, and a tear fell on
his daughter's forehead. She wept bitterly; for a while
he spoke not; but gently led her to a couch, and sat
down beside her.

" Oh, papa, papa!' she murmured, how I love you!'
" For a moment he answered not, struggling, and
with partial success, to overcome the violence of his
emotions. Then he spoke in a low deep tone—
" • The voices of the dead are sounding in
my ears,
Emily! the tranquil dead! 'Tis said, my Emily'—he
paused for some moments, and his agitation was pro-
digious—' that stern was I
:4:.0 your sweet mother.'
"' Oh, dear, dearest, bast beloved by daughter'
never!' she cried vehemently, struggling to escape from
his grasp, for he held her rigidly while gazing r.t her
with agonized eyes.
"' And I now fearfully feel—l fear—that stern I was,
as stern I have this day been to you. Forgive na,e, ye
weak and blessed dead'—his quivering lips were c. tosed
for a moment, as were his eyes. Oh, Emily ! he is
looking at rue through your eyes. Oh, how like !' he
remarked, as if speaking to himself. Lady I ;mily
covered her eyes, and buried her head in his b rsom.
1)o vou, my Emily, forgive me ?'
papa? no, no; what have I to forgive? E very-
thing have 1 to love! my own, sweet papa! Mu,:di 1 fear
that I may have done what a daughter ought n 0.4 to, have

done! I have grieved and wounded a fuller that ten-
derly loved me.'
" • Ay, my child, I do;' he vOliEpered tremuleull.y,
gently drawing her slender form nearer Lis heart.
Emily,' said he, after-awhile, go get me that Tfmts•
merit which 3ou placed before me; oh, go, dear child!'
She still hung her head, and made no motion of going.
Go get it me; bring it to me!'
" She rose, without a word, and brought it to him;
and while he silently read the verse to which she had
directed his attention, she sat beside him, her hands
clasped together, and her eyes timidly fixed on the
ground.
" ' It was in love, and not presumption, my Emily,
that you laid these awful words before me.'
" Indeed, my papa, it was,' said she, bursting into
tears.

" He appeared about to speak to her, when words
evidently failed him suddenly. At length—' And .• hen
that sweet soul'—he paused—' this morninc, whispered in
my ear, did she know of this that you had done?'
Lady Emily could not speak. She bowed her head in
acquiescence, and sobbed convulsively. Her father was
fearfully agitated.
" Wretch that lam ! I am not worthy of either of
you !' Lab' Emily flung her arms round him fondly,
and kissed him. I urn yielding to greet weakness, my
love,' said he, after a while, with somewhat more of tom-
posue, yet never shall I—never can I— forget this
morning • I have long Mt, and feared, that I was not
made to be loved : I have seen it written in people's
faces. Yet can I love !' •

" I know you can ! I know you do, my own dear
papa ! Do you not believe that I love you ? that Agnes
loves you ?'
"'1 do,,my Emily—l do ! Yet till this moment have
I felt alone in life, In this vast pile, to me how gloomy
and desolate ! with these woods, so horrible; around me,
I have been alone—utterly alone ! And )et were you
with me—you, my only daughter—who, I suppose, dares
not tell me how much you loved me !'
" I Oh, do not say so, papa ! I know your grief and
suffering. They were too s7fered to be touched—l wept
for you. but in my own chamber !'
" You stand beside me as an angel, Emily !' said the
Earl fondly, ' as you have ever been ; yet I now feel as
though my eyes had not really seen and known you
" They were slowly walking to and fro, the Earl af-
fectionately supportini, her tall slim figure ; and as he
gazed at her, though her eyes were heavy with weeping,
and her features partly concealed beneath her dark
dishevelled tresses he beheld in them a beauty which
he had never fully seen before, and which no one know
him familiarly enough even to have remarked to him.
" 6 Papa,'; said she at length, evidently with timorous
reluctance in her manner, ' shall I offend you if'
She paused and glanced at him apprehensively.
" No, Emily, sweet love ! you will not ; you cannot
now offend me,' said he, sighing deeply, and speaking
very gravely, but affectionately ; I know what is in
your gentle heart—your earliest words this morning are
still ringing in my ears. Can you believe and trust in
me now, my dear Emily ?'
" Inched, indeed, papa, I can ! '
" As you love me love, then, do not at present speak
to me on this dreadful affair. I know all you would
say, but—you do not, you cannot—you ought not to
know as much of this matter as I do. Remembering the
solemn and fearful passage of Holy Writ which you
have showed me, Emily, I declare to you 1 believe in my
conscience, that there is no shadow of doubt about the
guilt of Aliffe ! So said the judge, an able and merciful
judge ; so said the jury ; so said the whole world ! I
could tell you of expressions of dreadful malice on his
part against me and my family ; but why ? why, my
love, should I distress you, or harass myself ? '
" Lady Emily was going to speak—but he added—
" Suppose, before he suffer the sentence of the law,
he were to acknowledge that he did this awful deed,
what then, Emily ? '
" • What mean you, 'dear papa ? said she, faintly,
should his life be even'then spared ?—or should he
die ? '

" Oh I papa ! ' she murmured, after a pause, sighing
heavily ; but,' she added, suppose he should not con-
fess it, but die, saying that he is innocent, and it should
be found so afterwards, would that not be awful, dearest
papa ? '
" My dear Emily, unfortunately, few criminals suffer
their just sentence, without falsely protesting innocence ;
were we to believe them, against all proof positive of
guilt, how could law or justicelbe administered ? '
But, forgive a word more, papa—suppose he should
real:y die innocent ? '
" • My dear girl, that is, I own, a very shocking sup-
position ; but you may speak of this again to me. I
hear the sound of footsteps coming along the corridor.' "
Even when separated from the context this scene is
singularly affecting, and is worthy of the hand that
penned the pathetic passages contained in the "Diary
of a Late Physician." Among the other personages
of the story, good, honest, simpleminded, generous-
hearted Captain Lutteridge must not be forgotten ;
but the Prince of all the characters in the work is
Parson Hylton—the Rev. Henry Hylton' Vicar of
Milverstoke. He is a second Parson Yorick in gen-

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tleness, and a second Parson Adams in goodness,
without the simplicity of the one or the eccentricities
of the other. His nobility of spirit is divulged, per-
haps, the most brightly in his interview with the
Lord chief Justice—an interview admirably re-
counted. Oi the more comical portions of the fiction,
the conversation between the villagers in the parlour
of the Blind Hound is the drollest. Incidentally the
writer throws out a sly sentence—an inuendo (nut-flour
—a covert hint of fun. As, for example, when one of the
passengers remarks that Mr. Hylton has been sleeping
on the coach-top, "Ay, I reckon you have,
indeed, quoth the coachman, with a respectful laugh,
&I- he of course saw that Mr. Hylton was a clergy-
man, and was, besides, himself at that place surren-
dering the reins to his successor, and had gratuities
in view !" In the same manner of indirect face-

tiousness, he observes on one occasion, when Captain
Lutteridge is riding along in great doubt and hesita-

tion—" The Captain walked 'his horse very slowly
indeed—slower and slower, and at length fairly stood
still for some minutes, as did also his mechanical fol-
lower (a soldier), who would have stood so for a
fortnight, or any longer given period, as a matter of
course, without inward questioning or surprise, if so
had done, or ordered, his commanding officer." In
point of composition, " Now and Then" is written in
the pure idiom of our Saxon forefathers ; but the
habit which Mr. Warren has acquired of reversing
the position of the verb and the nominative case im-
parts to several portions of the fiction an:air of for-
mality and precision as quaint as the mannerisms of
old Adam Ayliffe himself. Otherwise the book is
eminently worthy (both in plot and purpose) of the
genius of Mr. Warren : it will be ranged henceforth
on the same book-shelf with the "Diary of a Late
Physician" and " Ten Thousand a Year," although
of a nature and a class altogether different.

DESTRUCTIVE FIRE IN SOHO.--A fire, attended
with considerable damage, broke out at five o'clock last
evening upon the extensive premises situate at No. 17,
Phcenix- street, Crown-street, Soho. The flames were
first noticed in the first-floor, in which a number of new
carts, caravans, and chaises were deposited. The stock
was of such an inflammable character, that before as-
sistance could be obtained the flames were pouring forth
from the window so fiercely, as to threaten with de-
struction the entire building. Engines of the London
Brigade, with the West of England engine, quickly
attended, and the firemen by great perseverance suc-
ceeded in confining the flames almost exclusively to the
occupied by Mr. Kinv,well. Mr. Ringwell was
insuredpremi es
in the West of England Fi re-office.
CHINESE " COURT CIRCULAR. —Such exact sac-
counts of the Emperor's doings were seldom before pub-
lished in the Pekin Gazette. His actions are daily
recorded with extraordinary minuteness, even the gates
he passes, the excursions he taken within the precincts
of the:palace, and the individuals constituting the Coun-
cil of State, with whom he is in the habit of associating.
I'hey are not always the same persons, but noblemen
and high officers nominated for the occasion. The
copious rains having suddenly ceased, the Emperor fasted
a whole night in the palace expressly destined for this
purpose, then began to pray most fervently to the azure
Heaven, and atter having burnt some of the large Thi-
be tean incense ks, it commenced to rain, and con-
tinued for a considerable time, so that three inches fell.
T,ukwang repaired also oil a previous day to a temple
dedicated to the God of Thunder, and there performed
the same rites, much to the delight of the Court. The
Empress Dowager seems to stand in high favour, for her
adopted son frequently goes to her palace, and receives
tokens of her benign regard.—China Mail, Oct. 14.
CASE OF MURDER.—We regret to learn, that the
vicinity of Airdrie has been, within the last tew days,
the scene of a cold blooded murder. On Sunday last a
miner, named APBride' residing in North Stanrigff,
about three miles frcm Airdrie, was violently assaulted
by another miner, an Irishman, of the name of APLusky,
who stabbed him in the abdomen with a knife, or some
other sharp instrument, so severely that death was the
consequence. APLusky, after the tragic occurrence,
immediately absconded, and has not since been heard of,
though information has been sent by the Procurator-
Fiscal to all the surrounding districts.
HORRIBLE MURDER.—Mr. Copefrian, jun., son of
Mr. Copeman, farmer, of Blyborough, was found on
Sunday morning, about nine o'clock, on the road leading
from Kirton to Blybprough, quite dead. His throat was
cut, and the body was otherwise dreadfully mangled ; a
piece of flesh was knocked or cut off his face, and was
lying on the ground near the body. The young man
had a dog with him, which had also been very much cut
aad bruised, but it was not quite killed. Mr. Copeman
let the Red Lion Inn, Kirton, about twelve o'clock on
Saturday night, to go home to Blyberougb, and it 'T-
pea.t's that he had not gone far before he met with his
assinisins. The police are on the look-out, and it is to
be hoped that they will soon succeed in capturing the
perpetrators of this awful murder.
FIRE rtf HouNsprren, AND ROBBERY.--Last even-
ing, about four o'clock, a fire of rather an alarming
nature broke out upon the premises in the occupation
of Messrs. Abrahams and I)anzezer, Birmingham land
Sheffield dealers, carrying on business at No. 105,
Hounsditch. It was caused by the cock of the main
gas pipe coming out whilst one of the workmen was
turning it on, having a light in his baud at the time.
As soon as the flames were extinguished, it was ascer-
tained that some one who had entered the house, under
the pretence of getting the fire out, had stolen a box
Irora behind the counter Containing trinkets and other
property of the value of 4001.
MR. WARRENNE, THE MEDICAL PRACTITIONER.—
This new work, by the author of " Constance D'Oylev,"
" Margaret Capel," &c., will, we are requested to inform
the public, be published on the 24th instant, in 3 vols.
post Bvo.

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d. & be.
51. per cent.
61. per cent.
51. per cent.
12 per ccnt.
12s.
11. sh. bs.

11. 4s.

44/. per ct.
51. per cent.
81. per cent.
51. per cent.

3/. p. et. it bs.
51. per cent.

11. 53.
43.
51. per cent.
6!. 103.

11. Gs.
10%1. pr cnt.

4 0. d.
500 0 0
100 0 0
100 0 0
50 0 0
50 0 0
100 0 0
100 0 0
40 0 0
50 0 0
50 0 0
20 0 0
4 0 0
20 0 0

tinfoil Bank of Scotland
Western Bank • . . . • • • •
Aber 'een Fl and Life
B. Accord. Life and Fire
British Guar.tntee Ins.
t 'aledonian Fire Insur.
Church of Eng and Ins.
City of Glasgow Life..

71. per cent.
81. per cent.
81. per sent.
61. per cent.
61. per cent.
71. per cent.
61. per cent.
61. per cent.
6/. per cent.
71. per cent.
61. per cent.
71. per cent.

61. per cent.
81. per cent.
81. per cent.
121. per cant.

101. per cent.

51. per cent.
51. per cent.

kminhurgh Life Insur.
East of Scotland Life..
Eng. & Scot, Law Life
aercules Insurance Co.
Inmir. Co. of Scetin4..
Life kFsoc. of Scotland
Mercantile Life
National Fire and Life
North itrit'sli Incur.
North & West of Scot.
Scottish Life and .uar.
Scot. M a,. and (;en. Life
Scottish Union Darnel.
Stan +ant ife ...• ..
United Dep. Assurance

Stock.
100 0 0
500 0 0
1100 0 0
100 0 0
100 0 0
100 0 0
50 0 0
25 0 0
25 0 0
100 0 0
50 0 0
20 0 0
100 0 0
50 0 0

20 0 0
100 0 0
5 0 0
Stock.

100 0 0

X s. d.
100 0 0
100 0 0
10 0 0
10 0 0
20 0 0
500 0 0
25 u 0

5 0 0
100 0 0
10 8 0
50 0 0
20 0 0
50 0 0
100 0 0
100 0 0
50 0 0
12 10 0
20 0 0
10 0 0
100 0 0
50 0 0
25 0 0
100 0 0
10 0 0
50 0 0
'OO 0 0
'OO 0 0
10 0 0
10 0 0
10 0 0
200 0 0
10 0 0
20 0 0
1 0 0
20 0 0
50 0 0
10 0 0

5/. per cent.
71. per cent.
51. per cent.
5/. per cent.

st. per cent.
154 1. pr cent,

57. per cent.
6MI. pr cent.
51. per cent.
51. per cent.

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Prim.

DOCIII3.
Dividend Amount
Name of Company. per of Paid. Price.
Annum. Share.
---- --- ------
X s. d. £ s. d.
C Anmerelal ••••• • • • • 41. per cent. Stock. I 70
East and West India... 61. pr cent. Stock. 119
East Country ••.•• • • . 11. per sh. 100 0 0 20
[ antic:: ............. ht. pr cent. Stock. 98
i,ltto Bonds ••••• • • • 41. per cent.
St. K atlutrine
Ditto Bonds...— • . IAI. pr cent.
C mthampton •• .. •• .. 2/. per cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 i 25
WAIT ER.-V7OIZ7XS•
Dividend Amount
Name of Company. per of Paid. Price.
Annum. Share.
..------
£ s. d. £ s. d.
Birmingham. •••• • • • • IBs. 25 0 0 '25 0 0
East L0nd0n...... •• •• 81. 100 0 0 170
Grand Junction .• •• •• 2/. 10s. 41 13 4 82
31. 100 0 0 84
New Inv!. Lndu Brdge 21. 10s. 55
Vauxhall ••••••• • • . •• 100 0 0 104
Neat Middlesex • . • 51.15s.prent.; 43 12 9 lIR

151.15s.prent.

GAS-MIGHT AND COKE COMPANIES.
Dividend Amount
Name of Company, per of Paid. Price.
Annum. Share.
------.
x. s, d. X. s. d.
British • • • • • • • • • • • •
.. 1/. '4O 0 0 l 6 00 I 1711
Ditto Provintinl...• it. Ss. 20 0 0 19 0 0 24
Bristol • • .• ••••• • • • • • 101. per cent. 20 0 0
Brighton .••• • • • ..... 51. per cent. 120 0 e 19
0 100 0 0 190
City of London ...... 101. ilOO 0
eontinentalConsolidat. 925. pr share 5
50 0 0 39 5 0 .4
Ditto, New • • ...... sss. pr sharel 50 0 0 37 10 0 51
Equitlmperial . .
able ........ • ...
Indenewlent
.........Cl.per cent. 40 0 0 40 0 0 64
London .• .. •• • • • •
.... 40
210. pr cent. 50 0 0 00_ 0
48
Ditto ••••••• • • • • • • • 6/, per cent. 50 0 ° s°, u
455. pr share 50 0 0 50 0 0_
78
PIICCIIiX . • ... •••• • • • • 5/. per cent. 50 0• 0 4a 0 0 36,(,
Itatclitf ...• •
..... 5/• and bns. 100 0 0 90 0 0 60
United General ...... 4 1. pr cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 17
Westminster Chartered 5O 0 0 58
Ditto, New ••.. • ... 13/2s. 50 0010 0 0 . 111-i
BRIDGES. _ _
Dividend Amount
Name of Company, per of Pald. Price.
Annum. Share.
--- . --- _________—• ------_
£. s. it. '.£. .f. it.
_
Ilungerford ..........
.r
dittoS u bo. of 71. 11. 2s. 2d.
Ditto Nw of 754 p. c. 532 12 6
—2 .',
355. per cent. 50 0 ° 16
Waterloo .... • ....... 100 0 0 54;„i
Sotitotih:o7sk,,N,
Ditto Old Ann. of 8/. 11. ss. 4d. 60 0 0 30
40 0 0 24
Vauxhall •• .. •• • Av. 11. ti;s. 70 10 0 27!:,
MISCELLANEOUS.
,
, Dividend Amount
Name of Company.
per of Paid. Price.
Annum. ;Mare.
• ---__—__ ---
X. s. d. X. s. d.
Australian Avriculturl ___,
100 0 0 130 0 0 20
Auglo-llexican Mint., 11. 48. 10 0 0i 10 0 0 17
Ditto, Half Shares.. 1 210 0
Canada ... ••••• • • • • • 6/. per cent. 100 0 0i32 10 0 30
Uppr Canada Bonds 51. per cent. _ , _
. r e
City Bonds.. •••••• • •• • 3 ,1.( / P -eta. -_1 _
comp.Cppr3fursEng. 54. per cent. 100 0 0 70 0 0
Gen. Revers. Si. Invest. —es • u &
, • '•bS, 21 100 0 o', 100 0 0 100
4
Equitable Reversionry V. pr cent. 100 0 0, 95 0 0 90
Gea.Steatn Navigation 11. 84• Is 0 0 l4 0 0 2.3!.
London Institution .• • 9
Peninslr &Orient.Stm ,)1
. ..:; per cent. 60 0 0 50 0 0 59
Reversionary Int. Soc.
.1
3‘;/%• •pr cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 97
Royal Mail Steam .• • • ..i.? Pr cent. 60 0 0
South Australian ..... 6/. Per cent. 25 0 0 25 0 0
Van Dieman's Land.. 100 00230 0 k 4
Universal Salvaze• •• • 25 0 0 5 0 0