The Sun.
London, England, 1841-11-17 00:00:00

PRICES OF CANAL,DO CK,ASSUR-
ANCE COMPANY SHARES, &c. Stc„

LONDON, TUESDAY, NOV. 16.
Number Dividend Price
of per CANALS. Per
i.'ares. Annum. Paid. Share •
1,766 7 per cent. Ashton & Oldhana...Average97l.ll3s.sh. 104%
4482 4/. Aehby.de.le..Zouch .....Average 1131.5 h, 72
4,60
1,06,5 • Brecknock and A.ergavenny .1501. sh. 92
11/0-1 le4Ctls. 101 Birningham.l.l6th share ...OIL & 711. 200
4,000 ......" Ditto & Liverpool June. MIL 0.100 pi 21
0,
I 31. Bridgewater and Taunton.lool, eh. all p! -
400 51. Chelmer and Black water ..... -.3001. sh . 105
500 321. Coventry .................... ... ..... 1(101.5h. 300
..... - Average 311.29.10 d. sh. -
7, 60 51. Os. Dudley..... 1001.1 b. 94
600 131. Derby ...... .. . .... ......... ........ ....1001.th . 120
:1,,0,0 4 per gent. Danube and 'Mayne .... ......... las. 4d .pd 30
3.5751 4' Ellesmereand Chester Average 133:.5k. 75
ail 621 Erewash .... ........... .. ........ .....1001.en. 7°4
,297 35!. Forth and Clyde....Averaye 490/. 16s. h. 61,0
1.,600 7e. Grand Junction...-. .............. 1001. s ti 110
2,'•49+ 255. Grand Onion lOO/.sh 26
' ,500 ... Grand Surrey..... ......1001.5h. 13
1,0001 4/. percent. Ditto (optional) Loan 11.
006 Grand Western ... _ il.sh tallpd RN
800 131.125. 46. Glamorganshire, Aver. cost 1721. 135..14. 220
749 12s. Uranthesn .....- .......... .......... l5O/.sh. 229
6 238 21. Os, Huddernibld Average 5 11.65. fid:sh. 26
.100 ... ..... Kensington .......... ......... 100 oh. all pd 10)4
2N.029 1.1.105. Kennet and Avon, Av. 391.181.1 a. sh 22 'A
11,6991 11. 7s. Lancaster Average 471.65. 8d 24
2,897 t . 301.. • Leeds and Liverpool lool.th 710
5451 111. Leicester ..... ........... .......... ,1401.0 150
,1197 51.01. - Leicester & ',fort k ampton Av er nl.lol 7114
2,409 101. Monmouthshire ........ 1001.11 200
230 101. Melton Mowbray .. ... 10,31.eb. 117
1.00 254 Mersey and Irwell lool.sh. 550
3,0c.0 'N. 10s. Macclesfield lOOl. sh. all p 13251.1
247 171. Neath lool.sh.
2,400 51. Peak Forest. ...... ..Avet..ge about 781. sh. 72
21,418 SC Regent's (or London) Av. 331.1fi5.8d. oh. 9
3,6E9 N. flochdale Average "651. sh. 56
500 81. Shropshire 1251. sh. 137
SOO 101. Os. Somerset Coal ........ .. ..... l5O/.sh. *0
3 600/ 4g per cent Ditto Lock Fund Stock
• 'l2l. 108. eh. 11%
700 361. Stafford and Worcester...-. ..... 1401.5 h. 6&,
:;30 151 Shrewsbury
340 91. 3taurbridge ......-.... 1451.1 h. 398
3,047 21. Os. Stratford.ort.Avon Aver.... 791. 9s. 35
533 12f1 Swansealool.Bh. 265
3.762 2!. Ins. Severn wad Wye and Railway Av. 351. sh. 45
2,oooist-... 521. 10a. Trent Ind Mersey, 4 share lOOl. ob. sro
6,149 ........ s Thames.and Midway Av. 191. ss. Bd. eh. 2
1,c00.h.1 161. Warwick and Usrial.shara 1001..h 2bo
1.0004.h.j
' 960 13-. • Warwick and Inapten" 1001. sh. 115
7600 41. Worcester & Birmingham Av. 781.85. sh. 55
Rtio() 38% Wilt' aid Berke Average 671. 10s Bd. sh. 28%
eon 6.. Willey and Lssingson 1251. sit 74
.26
805 I! Wes and Arun. ........... ..... ...1101. an. 20
DOCKS.

MOO & / sp. c. Commerc at.
I,^6shsh.
5 per cent. East and West India „..........„, stock 101%
9,r5,310:1. 31. p.ct. London Stock 72
Ditto Bonds
2..20P 31.65. sd. Bristol Average 11'1.95. sh. 75
CR.324/. 51. per cent. Ditto Notes, various amounts WS
312,752 5 percent. St. Katharine Stock 91%
50000 41 per cent. Ditto Bonds ..., lOO,
26k1.000 4 per cent. Ditto Bonds for 10 years
„„,. ......... Deptfcrd Pier .. "01. sh. '2Ol. pd 10
BRIDUES.
- - - - - - •

1,500 I/. Hammersmitl. 50/.sh. 2<4
7,231 Southwark, Old rev. 631.25. 80. sh. 114.
1,700 11. 15s. Ditto, Now. of 71 per cent.......501.5h. 1534
hoo ......... Waterloo 100/. sh. 9%
5,000 20s. N. Ditto, Old Annuities of 8/ 60!. pd 21
5,000 19s. 3d. Ditto, New Ditto of 71. ..„ 4Ol. pd 18%
10,000051. per cent. Ditto Bonds . ............. „...... ....... ...... 09%
5,818 271 Vauxhall .......„Average 701. 108.3 d. sh. 26
ASSURANCE COMPANIES.
2,000 3/10s Albion 5OOl. sh. 501. pd 72
"°°""
en„ (61P1d 15s.ter cen" Alliance British &Foreignlool.sh. 110 pd 13%
50,000 6 per cent. Ditto, Marine lOOl. sh. 51. pd 5
24,000 10 per sh. Atlas 5Ol. sh. 51. pd 14
1,200 }sh, 51. Birmingham 1. ire.. 0500 sh. 550 pd 107%
20,000 41. percent. British Fire O5OO sh. 500 pd 40
19,033 6/ per cent. British Commercial Sol,eh. 5/. pd 6
5,000 51. per cent. Clerical & Medical Life, 10 sh. 21104 p 0 4 U
4,000 310 s County 100/. sh. 100 pd If
9,000 os. Eagle 50/. sh. 51. pd 5
200 f
anp d 301 bs
er cent./Economic Lite 10001. eh. 250!. pd 406
l.
2,271 22s.per cent. European Li, e °Of. sh. all pd 22
50,000 2s, Ditto, New 201. sh. 21. pd 1%
.000.0001. (I.perct Globe... ...... .. ......... ........ ....... .......Stock 115
20,000 M. Guardian
30,000 4s. Od. Hope sol.sh. 5/. pd 5%
2,400 5/. 12s. 6d. Imperial Fire 5OOl. sh. 50/. pd 133
7,500 9s. Imperial Lite 100!. sh. 10!. pd Ito%
13,459 50 per cent. Indemnity Marine lOOl sh. 8! pd 29
2,020 31 )05 Kent Fire 5O/. sh. all pd 92
31. Ditto I.ife 5Ol. pd 66
10,000 lOs Law Life 100!. ill. 10/. pd
5,000 16s, London, Fire 25/, sh. 12/. 10a. pd 1814
3,900 10s. London, Ship 251. sh. 12!. IN. pd 181%
1,000,0001. - ..... Minerva Life 1001. sh.
eOO,OOO/.
3r 100 51. per cent. Palladium Life 5O/. sh. 2/. pd 216 s
-50,000 5/. per cent. Protector 1;0 201. sh. 21. pd :SI, Cd
10,000 4 per cent. Protestant Diseenters ....16411. sh. 51. pd 514
2.500 IL Provident Lire .... lOOl. sh. 10/. pd 20
20e,000 41. Od. Rock Life
Wi,15201 51. per cant. Royal Exchange Stork 17.0
0,000 5 per cent. University Life. 1001. sh 5/. pd 514'
10,000 4 per cent. United Kingdom Life...... 1001. sh 5/. pd 71%
JOINT STOCK BANKS.
25,006 ..„ ..... Agri& end Cum. of Ireland2sl. sh. 10!. pd
15,000 R per cent. Australasia 401. sh. 40/. pd 51
10,008 10 percent. Bank of Rh mingham 50/. sh. 100 pd 13
10,000 10 per cent. Birmingham Bank .... 5O/. eh. 10!. pd 13%
3'1,4x)0 6 per cent. Londen & Westminster 1001. sh. 201. pd 21%
60,000 5/. London Joint Stock 501. sh. 10/. pd 12%
3,000 4 per cent. Lancaster lOOl. sh. 201. ed 33
05,000 11; per cent. Liverpool 100/ sh. 124!. pd 18%
50,000 74 per cent. Manchester and Liver" 501.5 h. isi pd 074
pool District.
0,000 7 per ceet. Manchester lOO/. ah. 101. pd 5
10.1).10 8 per cent. Provincial Bank el Irelandlool. sh. 250 pi 40
10,000 11 ,er cent National Bang of Ireland 500 eh. 1710 pd 15%
10,000 8 per cent National Proveicial Eng.lUol. sh. 351. pd 34%
10,003 Ditto New 100 sh. 10/. pd 10
0,000 Gloucestershire 500 sh. 101. pd 32
6.000 10 per cent. hampshire 5Ol. sh. 51. pd 9
GAS LIGHT AND COKE COMPANIES.
!,500 16s Oil Bath 201. sh. MI. pd 02
5,000 ...... ... British 401. sh. 161. pd 18
5,000 irn*Vd;cati Ditto Provincial .... ......... sh. 191. pd 24%
928 51 lOs Birmingham 501. sh. 96
1,250 lON Bristol 2O!, sh. 133
2,250 3! lOs Brighton 2O/. eh. 13%
750 31 lOs Ditto, New 2O!. sh. 150 IA 9
1,471 aj per cent. Brighton General 2O/. sh. all pd 9%
$,OOO 71.1:4. Continental Consolidated ....751. Gee/. pd 109
1,000 101. City of London.. ....... .- .1000 sh. all pd 195
1,000 61. Ditto, Now 101)1. sh. 15!. pd ILO
4.000 30 OS. F.euitable 5Ol. pd 20
10,000 31. per cent. Imperial 5O!. sh. 59
SOO 51. per cent. Isle of Thanet 251. sh. 20!. pd 1814
2,350 61. por cent. Independent 101. sh. all 1-. IA
2,000 41. per cent. Minnie 5O!. sh. 39!. pd 32
1,000 40 per cent. Ratcliff ........... ............ 1001. sh. 801. pd 6,3
,000 South 114 dropolltan 501. sh. 19/. pd 16
a,OCO 50per cent. United General 50/. sh. 47/. pd 31
240 51. per cent. Warwick 50/. sh. e 0
4011 51. per cent Wakefield ... ....... ~.....251. sh. 22
2.0130 3/. Westminster Chartered ..„ .....501. sh. 08
6,000
780 12s. Ditto New
3 per cent. Yarmouth 'Ol. sh. 18/. pd
WATER WORKS.
1,800 318. Birmingham 25' sh. 251. pd 01
1,493 71. East London 1000 sh. 162
5,500 21 15s. Grand Junction Average 41/. 151.4 d. sh. 55
2,000 11. Kent 1001. sh. 5254
372 16/. Liverpool Bootle 2OOl. sh. 325
1,590 2 110 e New River London Bridge Water Ann... 60
6,486 2/ 10. Manchester and Salford. ....... ...„1000 sh. .54
1,000 5 per cent. South London 1001. sh. 98
8,294 44!. West Middlesex Average 0301125. 9d. sh. 90
1.060 11 141 York Building Go. Lessee Prop. 1001. eh. 95
IRON RAILWAYS.
6,300 Birmingham and Derby ..... lOOl pd 48
9,500 Birmingham and Gloucester !COL pd 5,9
15,000 „sm... Bristol and Exeter .... .... .1001. sh. 00 pd ea
7,500 ..... .... Cheltenham & G.Western 1001.8 h. fQ:,s/. 51%
3,002 ......... Clarence 1001. eh. 100/ pd 20
8,000 ......... Dublin and Drogheda 1001. sh. 5/. pti
59,1103 . ...... .. Eastern Counties 251. ah. 231. pd 7%
10,000 Great North of England 1001. sh. 901. pd 63
10,918 in per cent. Grand Junction lOO/. sh. all pd 209
25,' 00 :3 per cent, Great Western 1601. sh. 050 pd 7914
25,000 Ditto New 50/. sh. 10/. pd 5634
6,003 5 per cent Gosport Junction... [OO sh. eOl. pd t'2
5,009 5 per cent. Hartlepool 1600 sh. 1001. pd 145%
8,000 Hull and Selby 5Ol. sh. 501, pd 39
2,100 4 per cent. Leeds and Selby 100 th. 0514
5,11)) 10 per cent. Liverpool& Manchester 10( /.sh. 1000 pd 199%
7,9.8 10 per cent. Ditto Half Shares 5Ol. pd 90
11,495 10 per cent. Ditto Quarter Shares ..... .. .. . . "250 pd 45
30,001) ......... London and 8right0n......500 Al 501. pd 3716
04,000
10,1100 3 per cent. London and Greenwich ...2.01. sit. 201. lid 614
25,003 Piper cent. London & Birmingham 1000 sh. 900 pd 156
25,003 21. Os. Ditto Quarter Shares -.45/. sh. 51. pd 21%
31,250 ....
36,0(0 5 per cent. London and S. Western Av. 381.175. ild. 53
Agee .... Av. 131. 15s. 9d. ..... London and Croydon/12
12
... ...... Ditto New Scrip. ..
13,500 3 per cent. Manchester and Leeds...looo sh. 70/. pd 5616
13,000 Ditto Half Shares 5Ol. 251. pd 24
10,000 ......... Manchester and Birmingham 701.5 h. 401. 1.1
Ditto Extension .....................71. pd ...%
10,M10 eL iis. Midland Counties '0(11.6h. 1001. pd 80
15,000 li. Os. North Midland .... ..... 1.00 sh. 1
/0
00/ pd
31%
65,
1/.los. Ditto NewM r.d
10,211
Preston and Wyre .........501. sh. 30/. pd .16
.ietloll „......„
south Eastern and Dover ... ..... M. pd 20
8,000 .....„
1,000 10/...per cent. Stockton and Darlington ..... ....1000sh. 266
Thames Haven 601. sh 51. pd
6C rag ............... .. York and North Midland 50 . sh. 501. pd 81
MINES.
8.008 Albion Copper 5/.6 li. NI. psi 12
4.000 IL /is. Alten l5!. sh 12!. Ii spd 10
16, 001 OPP O.*.
e Anglo Mexican,iss.so pm.loo/. sh. al I d 11.4 Ditto Subscription ..... ... ..... . ...... po 1
2.060 pi. Bolanos .....................»..150/. sh all p 1 85
11,0 M IL 101 Brasilianlmp. iss. 51. pm... 251. sh . 20e pd 5
6,00.„..»„' ..„„ Macaubas & Locaes 'United 2 505h.26/. pd 4
11,000 ..„ ..... Ditto St. John Del Rey ...sot. sh. 140 Lid 1%
icsoo „«..,.. Bolivar Copper Company.
102101.4 sh.
10
. 20!.1. pd
vd
21
10,000 „..••..•....... Ditto Scrip ..
20,000 „„ British Iron lOO/. sh. 60' IA
.000 „.....„ British Copper 5/. sh. 4i/. pd 1%
Cat, Branca
see....
Candonga 6il. p 0 6,e
10,000 I i Coplapo ....._.........».....401.7i1• 515
8500
~. C_onlurmshblan, ie.. 51. p.
2.e50 qi• Eg 1
20,000
........„ General Mining Association2ol.sh.lBl. ..4
6,155 .... ..... 61exican Company re I
1000 sh. 001 pd
3,000 „«,.... Polberou Consols .
11,500
........ Real del Monte, Unregisteredl. Bh.
81.
pd 24%
Ditto Loan Notes
$O,OOO ....„„ United Mexican, ass. 2 1501. pd 160
Oita. Scrip Pm.
401.".
all
Pd
Ditto New Scrip l%
Wont Cork .. ee, , „,.,41 1.0 3
LITERARY
• e ••• *ea ••••••••••••NS• SIS au!. pd 08
1,000 :sm... London, with Bronze Ticket ...7551. sh. 21
1,500 „....... London Uniyereity
70 0 „ie.... Russell ICU sh. all pd 7
.25gs eh. 6
King' College lOOl, 19%
MISCELLANEOUS.
10,)1:; 155. Australian Agricultural.looL'ab. 280 pd 39
MCC 1. percent. British American Land Company 344 pd 9
10,000 61. per ceist. Canada Company,. .... 1001. sh. 324!. pd 28
)0,011 51. per cent. Upper Canas'i Loan
City Bonds, 4 per cent lOO
I/. Os. General Stearn Navigatien 15/.4h. 141. pd 24
101. per cent. Hudson's Bay Stock
.000 11. London Com. Sale Rooms ....Av. 751. sh, 1944
AC ......... Caouteheue Comeany 120. pd 12%
New Brunswick Land Compaey .501. pd 12
2,751 5/. per cent. Reversionary Int. 50t...100/. sh 1001. pd 95
%633 50 per cent. Ditto New 100!. sh. 1001. pd 107
4,003 ........, Thames Tunnel ....... „......501; sh. all pd. 10. s
10,008 61. Van DielllCW/ Land 1001. sh. 1811. pd

20,000

LIST of SCOTTISH COMPANIES' PRICES
NOV. 13. 1841.

BANKS.
1.000,0084. 61. p. et. Bank of Scotland... 63/. 6s. fkl.sh. all pd '55
2,000,00(1 , 6/. p. ct. Rcyal of Scotland ............ 1001. lib. all pd 151
500.0ilty. 81. ct. British Linen Company...loo/.sh. all pd 91.5
500,000/. 61. p. ct. Commercial ........... ....5001. sh. 1001. pd
500,0004 n. Cl. National • ............. 101. pd 14
500,0001. 8!. p. ct. Glasgow Union . . ... . .2501. sh. 501. pd 85
1,000,0001. 6p. ct. Western of Scotland 7..001. sh 401. pd c 9
INSURANCE COMPANIES.
230,0005 h. tli p. ct. Scottish Union ..... ........1.2.
sh. sh. 110/. pl. pdd
1 25,06.
7,500 op. ct. Hercules .. . ..... 001. 3
100,000 10p. ct. In Co. oi Scotland. 9 .101. sh.
101 all ppd
174.51,00009 10
pp. ct. North British ..... 001.811. .
40
,00 10 . ct. Caledonian Fire... ........ 1001. sh. 104 pd
5,000 l 0 p. ct. Edinburgh Lite .....
..... 100/. sh. 101. pi 15
100,000 IN et. West of Scotland. 101. pa
MISCELLANEOUS.
4,818
Edin. and Olaf. Un. Canalso/. sh. all pd 10
Ditto Allocated.. .. sh. all pd 43
225,40 C Si per cent. Edinb. Joint StaCk*Wa•ter.2s/. sh. all rr.d,d 34
1,0000 2i per cent. Shotts Iron Fouunarir 50/.
sh.ah 416811. 4igs
0.000 per coat. Edinburgh & Leith Glass 20/. pd
4,30 10 per cent. Edinburgh Coal 0a5.........25/ sh all pd 49
251. sh.* all pd 52
4,450 10 per cent. elasgow Gas
.... .21.05. all pd 21
750 7a per cont. Leith Coal Gas .** *
i• 1 I Eigitlurgh • rid Ditie:l444lo4lws7 504 ati 30

AII*NING SUN:

'be any- Crania-dig:tattle-lov 'standing, where conditions
-ef "secresyNtsties V; 11 *elected by the borrowers, we
freely admit, there. would be ground for suspicion.. We
:-,know9LnOnetcw: hot* it can apply, and are confident
,that 'kuoheeeeseas cauj# not for a moment suppose that
then' cliilms,w6altthi eubstintiatede We are persuaded.
intle,ede7tlete they villl-4-eake particular good care not
to bring - deem- fOrsearde'io the event of any inquiry
-Peeeareeery to -.a ertfleneeot. The innocent holders
ark Prides of great
Standing and respectability, wino
lent the menej. 'Under:llo eleeeß---eteetion or contract MA"
was in theemallelit digieeent % variance with the prac-
tice of the Leeilreeteee. Oldie We have h
the return a the ersee-bil*w
great
with that prictice,;inurtila
facility to impropeeinaliiif hot tb-0 iiff lauce and
orded by its
'abolition. . . - - :e
NN e regret to learn tit- °la, establiah d b le ire
gagerifeni litti-‘t ofor-
Bath,
amount.h
precisely in inconvenience
ndatrtaet
house of Ridge and Co; of-Gliasettlyter. haie , an In
payment, but the en rJuspendecl
stabli Ite '
The firm of Messrs. Tufa'al ant cue
teemed their business in et;teicent-stoa; hare
factory state of
Messrs. Stuckey and Coe' -'l‘he ups* " 8 ment of
things in the •country-hai eklete-ell,k.
Funds, and money has 1:1enfi1,44,1,...4,,. "1"51 in the'
on E „ English Stock. , seer cent. tosday
.
POST.—As Rapallo and- Sieithettai-e- -S.
the most vita! point connected „tvlele,...tow Is' , 4_ cm
bill fraud, it seems to us to' -64E1/steel:el, erill.
upon the third examination 0,..., fcrre: ?lowly -
take place, the veracity of ,!•- intlieialiilloo hi
rigidly tested. Smith afire 4 the bilYseesti-eiftaf
livered to Repalie'svithou( ;e signature, aid-if third.
assertion be sustained, Rapallo's affected ignoritA mitt
the forgery of them 'will no longer avail Were I 1,1%,
leas said that he first came into, direct contact :with
Smith on the death of a Mr. Solari, which otioirejle
about a year ago. „It was pleaded for him:•byr'W,. t
Lefroy, before Mr. AM-Oman Wilson, that his dirtit,-?;.,
mittal to the Cumpter for re,ezamination might prove • ec,
extreecely injurious to the health of Mrs. Rapallo,
which was represented to bein a p!ecarious state. Now, ..
we have reason to believe that Mr. and Mrs. Rapallo
have been separated for a very long time, and it is pro-
bable that the lady with her children (five in number)
lives in Italy. The feet should be inquired into, and
we have very little hesitation in saying, that, were the
trouble taken to ascertain the truth, it. would prove
that the two prisoners have been on terms of iatimacy
nearer twenty years than one.., Were the matter
probed still a little further, we shOuld not be surprised
if it turned out that Smith and Solari becatne ac-
quainted through the introduction of Rapallo.
The law authorities of the Crown having deemed
it improper that the impounded forgeries should be re-
stored to the ea-ties claiming them, we are. rather
astonished at the clamour that is kept up upon that
question. It is pretended that " impartial inquiry,"
and " patient investigation," are all that the " inno-
cent holders " can wish for ; but the hollowness of
that pretence is clearly manifested by the efforts
that are made to talk Government out of those very
insiruteents which are retained for the purpose of
feeilitating both. In our opinion really innocent hold-
ers will best prove the correctness of their dealings by
earnestly co-operating with Government iu their
exertions to trace the guilty parties, whoever they
may be, and to bring them to justice. Such persons,
so far from attempting to extract from the hands of
Government the bills placel under embargo, should pro-
test against any portion of them being prematurely sur-
rendered. The participators in the fraud cannot but two
numerous. To have carried it on successfully for five
years, the labour must have been more than a few indi-
viduals were capable of performing, and it is important
that the public should know who were the clerks, who
the brokers, and who the agents of various grades erne
cloyed. Take out of the custody of Government the
impounded bills, and you effectualy dam up the main
source whence light may be hoped for. In this way the
ends of justice will be defeated, and those who insist
upon such a course, we say again, must be considered
as virtually the advocates and promoters of forgery.
The confession made by Rapallo at the Home-office
is before the public. He said that he was aware of the
! situation Smith held, that he knew the Exchequer bills
he get from him were not his property, that they were
to pay for Spanish bonds, and that Smith was particu-
lar in requiring the return of the same numbers. Yet
Rapallo, it is to be observed, claims to be placed in
the category of innocent parties. He thought it" hard
upon him" that he could not at once be admitted to
bail. Mr. Lefroy, his legal adviser, said the same
thing ; and he said too, even after the reading of the
statement of his client, that he "could not see why Mr.
Rapallo should have been apprehendee."
These claims to purity and integrity are utterly be-
yond our comprehension. A'l parties concerned must,
at this rate, be immaculate together.

TIMES.—It i 3 understood in the C:ty that the
amount of spurious Exchequer bills now impounded at
the Treasury is about 100,0001. Of the rest a great
part are held by those unwilling to be deprived of the
documents for which they Lave given value, and who
gave decided against taking them up to be examined.
As every communication illustrative of the legal posi-
t-ion of the "it:fluent holders" must be of interest,
we insert the following letter from a correspondent,
which may be considered a sort of supplement to one
published some days a/o : •
" TO THE EDITOR OF THE TIMES.

" Sir—ln your Journel of this day I observa some
legal quotations en the subj-ct of the spurious Exche-
quer bibs. Permit me to add the following, in aid of
parties who may have advanced money on them in the
market :—ln Jones v. Ryde,' sth Taunton, 493, the
plaintlf had di.counted a Navy bill for the defendant,
purporting to be for 1,800/. The bill had been origin-
ally for 800/. only, but altered to 1,800/., and the Com-
missio.iers of the Navy offered to pay the minor sum,
and no more. There was no fraud or blame on either
side. The plaintiff brought his action against the de-
fendant for the difference—namely, 1,000/, and it was
held that lie was entitled to recover. Chief Justice
Gibbs, before whom the cause was tried, pithily re-
marked—"rhe defendant has put off this instrument as
a Navy bill of a certain description. It turns out not
to be a Navy bill of that description. In the same
volume, a case of ' Bruce v. Bruce' is reported, in
which the plaintiff purchmed an Exchequer-bill from
the defendant purporting to be for 1,000/. It turned
nut that the bill was for 100/. only, but had been fraudu-
lently altered to 1,000. ; and it was held that the plain-.
tiff, the buyer, was entitled to recover from the defend-
ant, the seller, the sum he had paid, as so much money
paid upon a consideration which had failed. Tue ques-
tion as to the detention by Government of the spurious
bills, has, I apprehend, been decided in the case of
v. Warwick,' in Campbell's Nisi Prius Reports, where
a forged bank-note was presented at the Bank for pay-
ment, and was detained by the defendant, who was a
Bank clerk, acting in the usual course of business. The
plaintiff brought his action for the note, and a verdict
was found in his favour, after which the Bulk, instead
of detaining forged notes, stamped them as 61.6;1, and
returned them to the holder.—l am, Sir,
"- Your very obedient servant,
" A CONSTANT READER.
.4 London, Nov. 12, 1841."
ADVERTISER.—A curious case, in reference to
the Exchequer bill forgeries, has been mentioned t ► ns.
which strengthens with another link the chain of cir-
cumstances in favour of the justice of payment of the
bills being made by Government to all who became pos.
ceased of them in the regular way of business. So far
back as the year 1839, a gentleman keeping his account
at the Bank of England, deposited Exchequer bills
there to some amount, and had ever since been in re-
gular rece;pt of the interea the eon, the Bank effect-
ing the exchange of the bills as they were called in,
and receiving now ones of corresponding amounts up
to the present time, when Lord Monteagle, week or
two back, gave notice that it woull be alviss.b.,' e for
all hollers of bills to send them in for exammation
and stamping. The Bank of Enelaajt
ith
course of business, sent in those d the
them
usual
opesitee w
by their customers, and t a the areasement of the
a notice was
gentleman we have above alluded to,
effect that his
forwarded to him on Saturely
Taus a security,
bills were detained as forgers:s°l:o
proved a certain
which ever since the year 1839
source of income, and always
suites:ly, and without
bort regarded in the
light of a bona fide security,c oign the part of the bolder,
the slightest fault or
pronounced to
octet to submit tamely to
of a
be altogether valueless. Suiely the
losses occasioned so,e
public can never be exbhpya
tthdeifference, we should like
sufferer whether such
delinquency Go-
losses
servant, .or
had accomplices or not
? In this
instance
point to be considered—were the
servant
co r
vkann know,
w , does it makew to a
bills were
back as 1839 genuine, or if for-
tbliiiel!rois
bollw depositedc'iusr tsusftahrat the. interest. has been regularly
a
gpaeirdieso,n
and Mr. Smith
' afterwards exchanged them for
them ? And again, if the original
good, .
of his spurious issue, upon what possible
some
of equity or reason can the holder be nude answerable
for the damage resulting from the fraud?

TIIE GRAND POLISH BALL AT

UILIMIALL.

The demand for tickets for the approaching ball and
concert at Guildhall, for the relief of the Poles, is beyond
all precedent Several tickets were purchased on MoLday
at double prices, and Lord Dudley Stuart, in thanking
the Committee for their successful exertions, stated that
he had every reason to believe that the receipts would
exceed those of any former night devoted to the service
of the unfortunate Poles. Miss Adelaide Kemble has
been to visit the Guildhall, where she received from the
Committee the most enthusiastic expression of thanks.

PRUSSIC ACID.—A servant matd, aged lb,
was ordered. to destroy a cat with prussic acid ; she ac-
cordingly purchased half an ounce of that deadly poison,
and proceeded to administer a part of it to the poor
animal, which it instantly killed. But the effects upon
the girl were almost fatal, the inhalation of the vapour
of this very volatile poison having given rise to sudden
stupor, which was followed by delirium, and a most
frightful degree of prostration of the vital powers. She
was immediately placed under the care of Mr. N. Smith,
by whose exertions in the course of a, few days she was
so far restored as to bear removal to the Infirmary,
where she now lies in an improving condition, under the
care of Dr. rriehri—Bristol Mirror.

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