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London, England, 1847-01-05 00:00:00

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SUN OFFICE, Seven o' Clock.

LATEST PRICES OF SHARES,
IN BANKS, ASSUMES' RANCE, AND OTHER COM
FA STOCK.
From the Official List,
ÜBLLSIIE
LOD ENDVERY TUESDAY AND FRIDAY EVENING.
ON, TUESDAY, JANUARY 4
JOINT-STOCN BANNS.

------------ividend Amount
Name of Company.
An per
Share. of Paid. Price
um.
...---------. -- ..,-.•
£ s. d. £ s. d.
imstralaida ••••• • •• .. 61. per cent. 40 0 0 40 0 0 -
Britshliorth American 51. per cent. 50 0 0 50 0 • .-
Commercial of London 51. per cent. 100 0 0 20 0 0 -
Colonial. - • • • - sf. per cent. 100 0 0 25 0 0 -
Londn and Westmnstr 61. per cent. 100 0 0 20 0 0 -
London Joint-Stock .• • 61. per cent. 50 0 0 10 0 0 -
Metropolitan - 25 0 0 710 0
Provincial of Ireland. • 81. per cent. 100 0 0 25 0 0 -
Ditto, New.• •• • • ... 8/. per cent. 10 0 0 10 0 0 -
National of Ireland .. 51. per cent. 50 0 0 20 0 0 -
Nat. Provncial of Eng. 51. per cent. 100 0 0 35 0 0 -
Ditto, N •• • •... 51. per cent. 20 '0 0 10 0 0
Union of Australia.. •• 61. per cent. 25 0 0 25 0 0 . -
Union of London. •• • • 51. per cent.. 50 0 0 10 0 0; -
INSI73LANCE COMPANIES.
Dividend Amount 1
Name of Company. per of Paid. Price
Annum. Share.
-•
£ s. d. I 4 s. 4.
Albion ••••••• • • • •• •• 31. 10s. 500 0 0 50 0 0 75
Alliance Brit. and For. 6 per cent. 100 0 0 11 0 0 18%
Ditto Marine.• ••• • • 61. per cent, 100 0 0 5 0 0 5%
Atlas 138.6 d. pr sh., 50 0 0 5 0 0 1534
British Commercial .. 7s. per share 150 0 0 50 0 7%
Clericl,Med.&Gen.Life 51. per cent.lloo 0 0 210 0 10
31. 100 0 0 10 0 0
10s. 50 0 0! 5 0 0 -
Eagle 6s. 50 0 0 ' 5 0 0 s%xd
Eng. & Scot. Law -•• Si. per cent. 50 0 0 ' 2 0 0 3
European Life ...• •• 5% per cent. 20 0 0 ' All paid. 20
Freemasons' .•....• • • 51. per cent. 20 0 0 3 0 0
Globe - 136
Guardian ..... ..... .. 51. per cent. 100 0 0!36 10 0 4844
Imperial Fire ...... • . 6/. and bonus 500 0 0 ! 50 0 0 230
imperial Life ........ 128. 100 0 0! 10 0 0 -
Indemnity Marine.... 11. eh. & be. 1100 0 0 513 1 31
Jaw Life. 1/. ss. 100 0 0. 10 0 0 33
Jegal and General Life - 50 0 0 2 0 0 ' 6%
•ond6ii Fire .• •.- • • 10s. 25 0 0,12 10 0 14%
•ondon Ship ..• ••• • • 10s. 25 0 0 12 10 0 15
Marine - ........... 5/. per cent. 100 0 0 15 0 0 -
Med. Invlid&Gen.Life 4341. per ct. 58 0 0 2 0 0 -
National Lean Fund.. 51. per cent. 20 8 0 210 0 -
National Life.
Palladium Life 5l. per cent. 50 0 8 ' 2 0 0 2/. Is
Phoenix 31. p. et. &bs. - - 195
Protector Life....
Provident Life
Rock Life ........
Royal Exchange 5l. per cent. Stock. - -
Sun Fire ........... - - 210
Ditto Life . 1/. 6s. - - 49
Universal Life .. -

LIST OF SCOTTISH CODIPILNIES' PRICES.
Dividend i Amount
Name of Company. per of Paid. Price.
Annum. Share.
s. d. s. 'd
Bank of Scotland • • 6l. per cant. - 100 0 0 176
Royal Bank of Scotland 61. per cent. - 100 0 1160
British Linen Company 81. per cent. - 100 0 0 220
Commercial Bank •• • • 61. per cent. - 100 0 0 167
National Bank 6l. per cent. - 10 0 0 141.105
Union Bank of Scotland 7%1. pr cent. - 50 0 0 91
Western Bank ••• • • 6/. per cent. - 50 0 0 844
North of Scotland Bank 61. per cent. - 50 0 7%
Clydesdale Bank •• • • - 10 0 0 13/. 8s
Eastern Bank ••• • • - 10 0 0 12
Caledonian Bank . • - 210 0 41. 11 s
Edinb.& Glasgow Bank 61. per cer.t. 1 - 5 0 0 ! 71. 2s
City of Glasgow Bank . 51. per cent. - 10 0 0 13/. 75
Scottish Union Ins. Co. 51. per cent. '2O 0 0 1 0 0 !255. 9d
Hercules Insurance Co. 71. per cent. 1100 0 0 10 0 0 I 14%
Insur. Co. of Scetlnd Si. per cent. I 10 0 0 All paid. 9
North British Insur 5%1. pr cent. 200 0 0 10 0 0 27%
Caledonian Fire Insur. 101. per cent. 100 0 0 10 0 0 22%
Edinburgh Life Insur. 61. per cent. ,100 0 0 12 10 0 18 4
Edin. & Glasg. Railway 11.10 s. per c. 150 0 0 50 0 0 78%
Ditto, 4 Shares 7B. 6d. p. s. 12 10 0 All paid. 19%
Edin., Leith, & Grantn - 20 0 0 10 0 0 18%
Glnsgw & Ayrshir Rail. 71. per cent. 50 0 0 All paid. 693(
Glasgw& Greenck Rail. 21. per cent. ,25 0 0 All pald. 16%
Olsgw & Garnkirk bl. per cent. 125 0 0 All paid. 39%
Dundee & Arbroth Rail. 6/. per cent. 25 0 0 All paid. 37
Standard LifeAssernce.f N. per cent. 50 0 0 1 2 10 0 9
CANALS.
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Names of e, Dividend Names of Dividend
m per
Companies. per Price. Companies.
.2 .
cr. Annum. Annum. Price.
Ashtn & 014 h, 97.51.5 x. p c - Monmouthsh 100 81. -
Ashby-d-la-Vll3, 4/. - Mntgomrysh 100 Cl. ; -
Barnsley •• • •11601 121. - Macclesfield. 100 - -
Basingstoke-;100 - - Neath •. • ... 100 171. -
Brknk&Abrg;lso' 5/. - Nottingham. 150 121. -
Cromford .. • .1100; 141. - Peak Forest .78 31. 75
Dudley 1100 41. - Regent's.... 33 11.55. 20%
Derby ... -1100 61. - Rochdale .... 85 41.
Elismre&Chsll33 41. 55 Shropshire .. 125 81.
E:ewaeh • • .1100 321. - Somrset Coal 150 71. 10s. -
Forth & Clyd 100 41. - Do.Lk Fd St 12 6/. p. c. -
GrandJunetn 100 71. 83 Stffrd &Wore 140 281. -
Grand Union 100 1/. 10s. - Shrewsbury.. 125 151.
Glamorgnsh ;172' 13%1. - Stourbridge.. 145 201. 3lb
ilstr&Brkly;100 - - Strtfrdon Av 79 11. 10s. -
Grantham • •1150 121. - Severn and 7 a
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Huddersteld.i 57 --- Wye Rail.
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Kent & Avu 39 7s. 6d. 514 ITrnt & Mr-1
50 301.
Lancaster •1 47 1/. 10s. ' - soy, sh.
Leeds& Livrp,loo 341. 522 ‘,6 • Thams &Med 19 - 1 -
Leicester • 140 10/. 105 Worcstr &I
78 21. 43
Leicstr &Nth 83,1 41. 52 Birming.
Loughborogh,l42, 701. - Wilts & Brks 67 11. -

DOCKS.

holders, and he was sure that the meeting could expect
nothing more from them.
Mr. Bice protested that the legal opinion which had
been taken for their guidance was based upon an erro-
neous case. The Spanish statutes by which it was said
they were to be bound were repugnant to the feelings of
an Englishman, while their provisions were trivial and
illogical. Besides, the Spanish board of management had
failed in performing their part of the contract; and he
contended, therefore, that they were free to break up the
concern. The shareholders never authorised the directors
to agree to the stringent and partial powers given to the
Spanish board by the statutes ; and be hoped the meet-
ing would not suffer John Bull to be duped by
a self-elected Spanish confederacy. At all events,
if the Spanish law would not allow them to break up
the concern, he was convinced that an English court of
equity would compel the directors to refund the deposit,
because they had entered into acts and deeds without
due and proper authority from the scripholders. The
Spaniards undertook to subscribe a portion of the
deposits. They had not done so, however,
and that was another ground why the Spa-
niards could not prevent their breaking up the
concern. He moved a resolution, in effect declaring
that the directors had cancelled matters in the case they
had submitted to counsel, and had taken upon !hem-
selves the power of doing certain acts and deeds without
previously obtaining the consent of the shareholders to
do so.
Dr. BeWRINO moved as an amendment that the vote
of the scripholders upon the question of dissolution be
taken by ballot; and if the majority were favourable to
a dissolution the directors be authorised to take the
necessary steps to break up the concern.
Mr. D. W. HattvEv opposed the amendment. At
their last meeting they were told that there
were some great capitalists prepared to take up
the shares of dis3ontented shareholders, but
now they were told that, because he had hinted that
the majority of the holders would part with their scrip
at a loss of 12s. 6d. each, these great capitalists had
been frightened, and declined to have anything to do
with them. Who were these great capitalists ? Let
the chairman disclose their names, and if they were
really great capitalists, and would make a liberal offer,
there were, he was convinced, but few holders who would
refuse to accept it. He contended that the whole pro-
ceedings of the directors were illegal, and if they per•
sisted in holding the shareholders at defiance, they
would eventually have to refund the whole of the
deposits. He moved a series of resolutions to the
effect, that a committee of inquiry be appointed to pro-
tect the property of the shareholders from the injudicious
conduct of the directors, and each holder to subscribe a
ls. a share to defray the expenses.
After a few words from Mr. Wilkinson and Mr.
Richardson,
Mr. JAMES, the barrister, gave it as his opinion that
this company was a Spanish partnership, and it could
not be dissolved without the consent of the Spanish sec-
tion of the shareholders.
Mr. LINDO said the directors still had 345. per share
in hand, and he would urge the shareholders to accept
that moiety of their deposits, and let the thing drop.
In answer to a question,
The CHAIRMAN said the actual balance in hand was
66,0001.
Eventually the resolutions proposed by Mr. Bic° and
Mr. HARVEY were put from the chair, and carried.
The meeting terminated with the customary vote of
;banks to the Chairman.

SALE OF RAILWAY SHARES BY
AUCTION.—(THIS DAY.)
The sale of Railway Shares to-day, at Messrs.
Lamond and Co.'s, was well attended, and went off with
more spirit than usual, on account of the small cata
logue. The biddings were firm, and at advanced prices.
Indian lines are lo..king better, as there are not many
sellers. The following are a few of the principal sales :
Leicester & Bedford, Exchange Certificate £0 11 0
Madrid and Valentia
Northern Counties Union

Direct Northern (scrip) 2 13 0
Manchester and Southampton 1 19 6
Boston, Stamford, and Birmingham 2 0 0
London and South-Western, Tenths 5 9 0
Liverp. Manch. and Newcastle-upon-Tyne 2 10 0
North British Extension
Great Indian Peninsular
Derby, Stafford, and Worcestershire, New 0 12. 0
Taw Yale Extension and Dock .. ... 2 17 6
Leicester and Bedford

rising. In Rape Seed Oil a good deal has been done, and at
better prices. For Linseed Oil prices have not improved,
there being still a plentiful supply, but the home demandhas
been good.
TALLOW.—There has been a brisk demand for Russian on
the spot, and the rates paid have been rather above those
previously current. For forward delivery there has been
little passsing. Home-made has been in excellent request.
In other sorts of Tallow a good business has been done at full
rates.

THE LONDON GAZETTE.

(THIS EVENING.)

WHITEHALL, JAN. 1, 1847.
The Queen has been pleased to constitute and appoint
Major- General Sir James Henry Reynett to be Lieutenant-
Governor of the island of Jersey, in the room of Lieutenant-
General Sir Edward Gibbs, K.C.B.
WHITEHALL, JAN. 4.

•
The Queen has been pleased to direct letters patent to be
passed under the Great Seal of the United Kingdom of
Great Britain and Ireland, for presenting the Rev. Thomas
Hill, 8.D., to the archdeaconry of Derby, void by the pro-
motion of the Right Reverend Father in God Dr. Walter
Augustus Shirley to the see of the isle of Man and Sodor.
FOREIGN-OFFICE, JAN. 4.

The Queen has been pleased to approve of Mr. Edward B.
Marache, as Consul in the Island of Trinidad for the United
States of America.

DOWNING-STREET, JAN. 5.

The Queen has been pleased to appoint William Lang,
Esq., to be Resident Magistrate on the Murray River, in the
colony of South Australia.
Commissions by the Lord-Lieutenant and Sheriff Principal

of Ayrshire.
Ayrshire Regiment of Yeomanry Cavalry—Cornet Henry
Hughes Onslow to be Lieutenant, vice Alexander Oswald,
resigned, Dec. 2G; Cornet Robert Gairdner to be Lieutenant,
vice John Douglas Boswell, resigned, Dec. 28 ; Archibald
Cuninghame, Gent., to be Cornet, vice Patrick Warner, pro-
moted, Dec. 26.

ADMIRALTY, Dm. 310846.

Corps of Royal Marines—Second '
Lieutenant Thomas
Magin, promoted to be FirstiLicutenant, vice Lewin, deceased,
Dec. 24. The following Gentlemen Cadets have been
appointed to be Second Lieutenants, Dec. 28 :—John Barlow
Butcher, John George Timpson, Arthur Charles Steele, John
Grieve, and Edward Henderson Starr.
WHITEHALL, DEC. 19.
The Lord Chancellor has appointed Charles Bishop, of
Llandovery, in the county of Carmarthen, Gent. to be a
Master Extraordinary in the Hight Court of Chancery.
WHITEHALL, DEC. 30.
The Lord Chancellor has appointed John Sanderson, of
Liverpool, in the county palatine of Lancaster, Gent., to be
a Master Extraordinary in the High Court of Chancery.
BANKRUPTS.

Matthew Ch rone Johnstone, draper, Lamb's Conduit-srreet,
to surrender Jan. 14, at one, and Feb. 18, at eleven, at the
Court of Bankruptcy. Graham, official assignee, Coleman-
street; Sole and Turner, Aldermanbury.
William Richards, retailer of beer, Old-street, Middlesex,
Jan. 13, at twelve, and Feb. 4, at half-past twelve, at the
Court of Bankruptcy. George Green, official assignee, Al-
dermanbury ; Palmer, Bedford-row.
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Edmund—Snowden, painter, Alton, Southamptonshire,
Jan. 14, at half-past one, and Feb. 13, at eleven, at the
Court of Bankruptcy. Follett, official assignee, Sambrook-
court, Basinghall-street ; Bridger and Co., London-wall;
Prickett, Odiham.

John Terry, licenced victualler, Wych-street, Stand,
Jan. 14, at half-past twelve, and Feb. 18, at one, at the
Court of Bankruptcy. Johnson, official assignee, Basinghall-
street ; Taylor, Moorgate-street.
John Davis,hosier, Tewkesbury, Jan. 18, at twelve, and
Feb. 16, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court. Hutton,
official assignee, Bristol; Chandler and Badham, Tewkes-
bury ; Peters and Abbot, Bristol.
Henry Green, button-manufacturer, Birmingham. Jan.
9, and Jan. 30, at twelve, at the Birmingham District
Court. Valpy, official assignee, Birmingham; Harding,
Birmingham.

LAW OF LIBEL.