The Sun.
London, England, 1846-12-19 00:00:00

NAME OF RAILWAY.

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Chester and Birkenhead . • • • • • • • •• • • • •
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Dublin and Kingstown • • • • • • • • • • • • • •
Dundee and Arbroath . • • • • • • • • • • • • • .
Durham and Sunderland . • • • •
Edinburgh and Glasgow • •• • •.• • • • • •
Eastern Counties and North Eastern • •
East Lancasihrd ..
Eastern 'Union ..
Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ayr • • • • . •
Glasgow and Creenock• • • • ••• • • • • • •
Gravesend and Rochester.. • • . • . • • • • •
Great Southern and Western • • • •
Great Western, &c • • . • • . • • • • • • • • • • • •
Hartlepool ..... •. . • .
London and North Western, &c .....
London and Blackwall.. • •
London and Brighton .
Londox and Croydon . • • • • • • • • • • • • • •
London and South Western . • • • • • • • •
Manehester, Bolton, and Bury • • • • . •
Manchester, Leeds, and Hull Assoc—
Maryport and Carlisle • • • • • • • • • • • •
Midland, Bristol, and Birmingham....
Newcastle and Carlisle • • • • • • • • • • • • • •
Newcastle and North Shields.• • • • • -
Newcastle and Berwick • • • • • •
Norfolk • • • • • • • • • • •
North British .. • • • • ..
Paris, Corbeil, and Orleans ...•
Paris and Rouen . • • • • • • • • •• •• • • • • ..
Preston and Wyre • . • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • .
Sheffield and Manchester.. .... • • . • . .
South Eastern and Branches •• • • • ...
South Dev0n.................
Ulster.
York and Newcastle . •• . • •• • • •. •
York and North Midland

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Last
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2,927
8,485
654
404
2,003
834

951
16,930

34,575

65S
6,054

5,193

7,408

493
16,625
1,795

485
1,193

5,616

552
1,647
6,501

520
1,237

664
5,024
5,121

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tg7.'
,bo—

572
2,333
6.772

1,803
740
117

16,058
1,274
33,457
681
4,950

5,097

868
6,834

387
13,898
1,633

410
1,087

5,722
4,559

956
5,434

1,111

571
4,215
4,464

BANK OF ENGLAND.
(From last Night's Gazette.)
An Account, pursuant to the Act 7th and Bth of Victoria, cap. 32, for
the Week ending on Saturday, the 12th day of December, 1846.
unix DEPARTMENT.
Notes issued • • • • • • • • 28,410,738

£28,410,735

X.
Government debt .. 11,015,100
Other securities •• • • 2,984,900
Gold coin and bullion 11,935,818
Silver bullion .. • • 2,474,917

28,410,735
M. MARSHALL, Chief Cashier.
Dated the 17th day of D ec ember. 1846.
BANKING DEPARTMENT.

Proprietors' capital. • 14,553,000
Itest ••••••• • • • . • • • 3,437,378
Public deposits (in-
cluding Exchequer,
Commissioners of
National Debt, Say-
ings-banks, and Di-
vidend accounts) • • 9,185,471
Other deposits ••• • • • 7,991,126
Seven day and other
bills. • • ..... -•• • • 88G,995

Government securi-
ties (Including Dead

X 26,053,970

sated the 17th day of December.

Weight Annuity) .. 12,807,417
Other securities .. .. 13,879,960
Notes • • 8,623,815
Gold and silver coin.. 742,778

£30,053,970
M. MARSHALL, Chief Cashier.
1846.

We are informed that Mr. Cannan, son of the late
Mr. Cannan, official assignee, is appointed to fill the
same berth in the place of late Mr, A►lsager.

LATEST PRICES OF SHARES,
IN BANKS, ASSURANCE, AND OTHER COM

PANIES' STOCK.
From tie Official List,
PUBLISHED EVERY TUESDAY AND FRIDAY EVENING
LONDON, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 18.
JOINT-STOOK nazrz.s.

Dividend Amount
Name of Company, per of Paid. Price
Annum. Fhare.
instralasia •• • • 61. per cent. 40 0040 0 0 Britshb -
orth American 51. per cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0
•-
:tommercial of London 5/. per cent. 100 0 20 0 0
51. per cent. 100 0 0 25 0 0 -
Londn and Westminstr 61. per cent. 100 0 0 20 0 0 27%
London Joint-Stock ... 61. per cent. 50 0010 0 0 Metropolitan -
Provincial of Ireland- 81. per cent. 100 0 0 25 0 0 -
Ditto, New .• • • 81. 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, New... ••• • • • 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
174181731 AN CM C 0 IE% PAN X S
Dividend Amount
Name of Company. per of I'aid. Price
Annum. Share.
X a. d. 4 a. d.
Albion •• • • 31. 105. 500 0 0 50 0 0 75
Alliance Brit. and For. G per cent. 100 0 0 11 0 0 18%
Ditto Marine. ••• • • • 6/. per cent, 100 0 0 5 0 0 5%
Atlas 13s.6d.prsh. 50 0 0 5 0 0 t 5%
British Commercial 7s. per share 50 0 0 5 0 0 7%
Clericl,yed.& Gen. Life 5/. per cent. 100 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 • • 51. per cent. 50 0 0 2 0 0 3
European Life...... 534 per cent. 20 0 0 All paid. 20
Freemasons' .• • 51. per cent. 20 0 0 3 0 0
Globe 6l. per cent. Stock. 136
Guardian •••••• • • • • • • 51. per cent. 100 0 0 36 10 0 4814
Imperial Fire 6/. and bonus 500 0 0 50 0 0 230
Imperial Life •••• • • • • 12s. 100 0 0 10 0 0 -
Indemnity Marine • • 11. sh. & bs. 100 0 0 513 1 31
Law Life......... •.. 11. ss. 100 0 0 10 0 0 3%
Legal and General Life 50 0 0 2 0 0 6%
London Fire .. ••• • • • 10s. 25 0 0 12 10 0 14%
L•ondon Ship •• • 10s. 25 0 0 12 10 0 15
Marine.. - ........... 51. per cent. 100 0 0 15 0 0 -
bled. Invlid& Gen. Life Oil. per ct. 50 0 0 2 0 0 -
National Lean Fund.. 51. per cent. 20 0 0 210 0 -
National Life....
Cqll4oittm Life ...... 51. per cent. 50 0 0 2 0 0 231. 6s
Phoenix - 205
Protector Life • • ... 51. per cent. 20 0 0 1 0 0 241.6 d
Provident Life........ 11. ss. 100 0 0 10 0 0 23
Rock Life •••• • . • • 4s. 5 0 0 010 0 VA
Royal Exchange 5/. per cent. Stock.
Sun Fire ....• - 210
Ditto Life . 11. 6s. 49
Universal Life -
DOCKS.
Dividend Amount
Name of Company. I per of I Paid. I Price.
Annum. Share.
X s. d. I X s. d.
Commercial
East and West India 6l. pr cent. Stock. 141
East Country - 21
Landon
St. Katharine 5 per cent. Stock. 99%
Southampton ••..• • • • 41. per cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 -

WATER-WORKS.
Dividend Amount
Name of Company. per of Paid. Price,
Annum. Share.
£ B. d.
East London.... ••• • • • 81. 100 0 0 - 205
Grand Junction ••• • • • 3/. 10s. 41 18 4 - 90
Kent 2/. 10s. 100 0 0 - -
Vauxhall •-.••. • • • . - • 51. per cent. 100 0 0 - -
West Middlese . . • 51.55. pr cnt. 63 12 9 , - , 130
LIST OP SCOTTISH COMPANIES' PRICES.
Dividend Amount
Name of Company. per of Paid. Price.
Annum. Share.
£ a. d. £ a. d
Bank of Scotland - 100 0 0 175
Royal Bank of Scotland 61. per cent. - 100 0 159
British Linen Company 8/. per cent. - 100 0 0 220
Commercial Bank - 100 0 0 163
National Bank 6l. per cent. - 10 0 0 141.-s
Union Bank of Scotland 7%1. pr cent. - 50 0 0 91
Western Bank - --• •• • 61. per cent. - 50 0 0 853
North of Scotland Bank 61. per cent. - 5 0 0 73€
Clydesdale Bank.- •• • • 61. per cent. - 10 0 0 13/. 8s
Eastern Bank. 5l. per cent. - 10 0 0 1114
Caledonian Bank -•. • • 73%1. pr cent. - 2 10 0 41. 118
Edinb.& Glasgow Bank 61. per cert. - 5 0 0 71. Is
City of Glasgow Bank . 51. per cent. - 10 0 0 131. 7s
Scottish Union Ins. Co. 51. per cent. 20 0 0 1 0 0 255. 9d
Hercules Insurance Co. 71. per cent. 100 0 0 10 0 0 14%
Incur. Co. of Scetlnd 5l. per cent. 10 0 0 All paid. 10
North British Insur 5541. pr cent. 200 0 0 10 0 0 273
Caledonian Fire Incur lOl. per cent. 100 0 0 10 0 0 2234
Edinburgh Life Incur 6/. per cant. 100 0 0 12 10 0 18%
Edin. & Glasg. Railway 11.10 s. per c. 50 0 0 50 0 0 743
Ditto, M Shares.... 75. 6d. -p. a. 12 10 0 All paid. 18 4
Edin., Leith, & Grantn - 20 0 0 20 0 0 18%
Glasgw & Ayrshir Rail. 71. per cent. 50 o_o All paid. 6934
Glasgw& Greenckßail. V. per cent. 25 0 0 All paid. 163¢
91sgw & Garnkirkltail. Sl. per cent. 25 0 0 All paid. 3934
Dundee &Arbrothltall. 6/. per cent. 25 0 0 All paid. 37
Standard Life Ass arnce.l Si. per cent. 50 0 0 210 0 9
CANALS.
Names of g Dividendl Names of
Dividend
Price. per Price.
Companies. g per Companies. Annum.
ac Annum. co
- --.
£ £
Ishtn& Olili 97 51.55. p e - Monmouthsh 100 SI. -
Ashby-d-la-Z 113 41. .- Mntgomrysh 100 W. -
BarnSley• •• • 160 121. - Macclesfield. 100 - -
Basingstoke.. 100 - - Neath ... •• • 100 171. -
Brknk&Abrg 150 W. - Nottingham. 150 121. -
Cromford..• • 100 141. - Peak Forest. 78 31. 75
Dudley lOO 4/. - Regent's ...• 33 N. ss. 203
Derby .. •• • • 100 6/. - Rochdale.... 85 41. -
Ellsmre&Chs 133 41. 55 Shropshire - 125 81. -
E:ewash •• • 100 321. - Somrset Coal 150 71. 105. -
Forth & Clyd 100 41. - Do.LkFd St 12 61. p. c. -
GrandJunctn 100 71. 83 Stfird&Worc!l4o 281. -
Grand Union 100 1.1.. 10a. - Shrewsbury.. 125 151. -
Glarnorgnsh . 172 13%1. - Stourbridge.. 145 20/. 315
Ulatr&Brkly 100 - - Strtfrdon Av 79 1/. 10s. -
Grantham • • 150 121. - Severn and 26 11. Bs. -
Huddersfield. 57 - - Wye Rail.
Kennt & Avn 39 7s. 6d. 5% ,Trnt & Mr-3 50 30/.
Lancaster.- 47 1/. 10s. - 1 sey, 34 sh.
Leeds&Livrp 100 341. 522% Thema &Med 19 - -
Leicester .. • . 140 10/. 105 Worcatr &
78 21. 43
Leicstr &Nth 83 4/. 52 Birming.
Loughboregh 142 70/. - Wilts & Brks 67 11. -
1

LAW INTELLIGENCE.
VICE-CHANCERY COURT, Dec. 18.
(Before Vice-Chancellor Sir J. K. BRucE.)
TAYLOR V. FARMER.

This was a motion for an injunction to restrain the
defendant from copying labels which the plaintiff used
in packing cases of cocoa.—The injunction was granted.
The remaining cases at this Court to-day were of no
general interest.

COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH, Dec. 111.
DARDON V. BENTON.-SHARE DEALING.

Mr. Bovill was for the plaintiff, and Mr. Humphrey
for the defendant.
This was an action to recover the value of a bill of
exchange for 1001. 18s. 6d. and the value of several rail-
way shares, which the defendant had undertaken to sell
for the plaintiff. The plaintiff had carried on business
as coal agent at Wapping, and the defendant,
who was a railway share-broker, had had offices
in Nicholas-lane, but, to use the graphic words of
Lord Denman, in summing up, " these parties had
come to no good at all," as it seemed they had left their
respective residences. The plaintiff, like most people in
the autumn of last year, had speculated largely in rail-
way shares, and the defendant had acted as his broker.
In this way a small number of shares in the Eastern
Counties ; the Exeter and Dorchester ; the Exeter,
Yeovil, and Dorchester; and the Warwick and Worcester,
were deposited with him for sale. The plain-
tiff gave the defendant the bill for the above sum
on the understanding, that if the shares were sold,
the defendant should take it up, but if the -reverse
occurred, that the plaintiff should do so. The shares
were not sold by the defendant in the strict sense of the
word, as the defendant had pawned some shares with a
person named Stanley fur 121, and with a person named
Thompson for 81., but the plaintiff had not received
even those sums, and he had been compelled to take up the
bill, for which he had received no value. The defendant
after the "panic" became a bankrupt, and in his exami-
nation he stated that a person named Somers had stolen
the bill from him, and that he had not therefore re-
ceived any value from it.
The defence was, that the defendant did not undertake
to dispose of the ;hares ; that the panic came on, and
that many of them would not have brought more than
one quarter per share.
Lord DENMAN said the question which they had to
decide was, whether the shares were or were not depo-
sited with the defendant fur the purpose of being sold
for the plaintiff. He was bound to pay to the plaintiff
whatever he received on account of the sliarea, with the
deduction of a reasonable sum for selling them. The
bill, it appeared, was given to the defendant for value,
but he had not given any.
The jury found a verdict for the plaintiff for 100/.
18s. 6d.

A HORSE CASE.--SPINKS W. BARDELL.

Mr. Humphrey and Mr. E. James were for the plaintiff,
and Mr. Sergeant Wilkins for the defendant.
This was an action to recover 27/. 6s, from the defen-
dant for " horse meat," supplied to a horse, which he
had bought from the plaintiff, under the following cir-
cumstances:—The plaintiff is a livery -stable keeper,
and the defendant is the well-known omnibus proprietor.
The horse was sent to Aldridge's Repository, and was
sold to the defendant for twenty-nine guineas. The
horse was sound, and in excellent condition. A few
days after it was brought to the plaintiffs stables by a
boy, but his appearance was so altered, he was such " a
poor limping, miserable wretch," that those employed in
the plaintiff's stables, who had known him before he was
sold, scarcely recognised him. The boy left the horse,
and said his master would call and speak to the plaintiff
about it. He came, and in a conversation which ensued
between them, the plaintiff said, if he allowed the animal
to remain, he should charge him 11. los.. a week for keep-
ing it, so that the defendant knew perfectly well that he
was rendering himself liable for his keep.
In support of this statement, a number of witnesses
were called, who were in the service of the plain-
tiff. They all agreed that the horse was perfectly
sound ; that he had not been " nursed," " plugged,',
or "rowelled ;" that he was not affected with " farcy,"
that he had no "jog," no swelling in the glands, no
" ulcers in the nostrils," no " mumps." It appeared,
however, that he had a " rowel in his chest" when he
came back ; and that he was now in high condition—so
high that it had been found necessary to put him in a
box by himself, as he had kicked down all the
partitions in the stables. The plaintiff's veteri-
nary surgeon said he had treated the horse for a
lameness in the hock. He was afflicted with farcy,
which, in an advanced stage, was almost incurable; and
no one would think of putting an animal so affected into
a stable with other horses, as this horse had been placed,
on account of the great danger of infection. Farcy was
a morbid poison, which affected the whole system. The
horse had hal a " seton.' He did not notice whether
he had been " rowelled."

For the defence the very reverse was shown, and that
the plaintiff well knew that the animal was afflicted with

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all these diseases. The defendant, it ap't!
kept the horse for a month, at the plaintifral
he induced him to believe that he would soon
and that at the end of that time he sent him bra
less, and demanded the return of his money.
nary surgeon saw the horse a week or two ago,and found
he had recovered, but the veins were still " corded. ' As
soon as the horse was brought from the repository, he
was found to be in the diseased state alluded to.
Mr. HUMPHREY replied.
The Learned JUDGE summed up the case at length.
He should ask the jury to decide two material questions
in the cause; first, whether there was such a misrepre-
sentation as to make the sale void, so that ne property
would pass to the defendant; next, did the plaintiff know
the horse was unsound when he sold it. If Spinks con-
ducted himself fraudulently in the sale, and Bardell was
induced to purchase the horse by such fraudulent repre-
sentation, then the contract would be void, and the pro-
perty in the horse never passed to Mr. Bardell and never
was his horse.

The jury consulted together for above half an hour in
the box, but could not agree, and they at last withdrew
to consider their verdict.
The jury, at a late hour came into Court, and by their
Foreman announced—that with reference to Lord Den-
man's first question, they were of opinion that the false
representations alluded to therein were made by the
plaintiff; but they were not agreed that the defendant in
making the-purchase of the horse was influenced there-
by; and, with reference to the second question, they did
not find that the plaintiff knew of the horse's unsound-
ness at the time that the sale of the horse to defendant
took place.
In effect, therefore, the verdict is for the plaintiff.

COURT OF EXCHEQUER, Dec. 18.
PACIFIC STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY V. LEWIS.
This was an action on the part of the plantiffs, a
chartered company, to recover from the defendant
the sum of 1,5361. 135., for a breach of contract on the
part of the defendant in supplying a quantity of coals for
the use of the vessels of the company.
The Attorney-General, Mr. Martin;apd Mr. Phipson,
appeared as counsel for the plaintiffs; and Mr. Watson,
with whom was Mr. Batt, for the defendant.

The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said, that the plaintiffs,
being desirous of procuring Wallsend coals for their
steam-vessels, had purchased a quantity of the
defendant, a proprietor of the Llanelly Coombe
mines: in the south of Wales—the plaintiff, in
his advertisements, having stated that four tons
of his coals would go as far as five of any other
kind ; that they would burn without smoke, and would
easily ignite, and leave but few ashes. A quantity
amounting to 485 tons of these coals was shipped in the
company's vessel, the Portsea, to be conveyed by it to
Valparaiso. The coals were of so easy ignition from
the vast quantity of sulphurous matter which they
contained, that it was discovered that they had ignited
on board of the vessel from their own spontaneous
combustion, and that upon two separate occasions the
crew of the vessel were compelled to throw overboard a
large quantity, amounting together to 70 tons. When,
however, the coals were required to burn, they would
not, except at the mouth of the furnace, and that igni-
tion would not proceed upon their being pushed into
the furnace, or poked. The grit from the coal had spoilt
the machinery, the fumes had spread sickness and diar-
rhoea among all the passengers, and they were altoge-
ther totally unfit for the purpose of generating steam in
marine engines.
Evidence was then given of the above facts.
Mr. WATSON then contended that there was no proof
of the contract between the parties to supply coals, of
any particular nature.
Mr. Burr followed on the same side.

After hearing arguments at considerable length, the
LORD CHIEF BARON said that, in his opinion, as a mat-
ter of law, the contract had not been made out, and he
thought plaintiffs ought to be called.
The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said that he hoped the
Court would allow him to amend his declaration.

The LORD CHIEF BARON refused, and it was finally
arranged that a verdict should be returned for the de-
fendant, upon the grounds of non-assumpsit, with liberty
to move to set aside the verdict, should the Court be of
opinion that there was evidence to go to the jury as to
the existence of the contract.

The jury then returned a verdict accordingly.

CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT.
OLD COURT.

Several minor charges were taken, which were of no
public interest, and the business of the Court was ad-
journed,shortly before four o'clock, till the's4th of Jan-
uary next.