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THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER lB, if 4,16.

the g:)0li, was not bound to assign in his plea any
notice of the reason of the goods still being in his pos-
session, it being the fault of the plaintiff which bad pre-
vented him from delivering the goods in question.
The CounT took time to consider.

COMMON PLEAS.-(THIS DAY.)

THOMSON AND ANOTHER V. LACK.

This was an action brought under a covenant to re-
cover a sum of money from one of the' co-sureties of au
annuitant. The defendant pleaded that at the time the
action was brought he was under the protection of the
Bankruptcy Act, having received a protection littler its
provisions, and that ho had received a release from his
obligation under the covenant, from the other co• trustee.
To these pleas the plaintiff demurred.
Mr. Sergeant Jones was heard against the demurrer,
and Mr. Sergeant Channel for the plaintiff.
The argument turned on the construction of the
Bankruptcy Act, and whether or not the amended
statute Bth and 9th Victoria was retrospective in its
operation.
The CounT held that the statute Bth and 9th Victoria
was not retrospective, and that defendant's plea was bad
in this respect ; also that the plea was detective in not,
setting forth whether the defendant had received his dis-
charge from the Bankruptcy Court at the time when
the action was brought. Judgment therefore•was given
for the plaintiff.

SECONDARIES'.--(THIS DAY.).
(Before Mr. Secondary POTTER.)
RYLAND V. THE EASTERN COITNTJES RAILWAY.
This was an action brought by Mr. Ryland, one of
the City Pleaders, against the above company', for da-
mages for injuries received by an accident on the rail-
way. The case was the first on the list, but the solicitor
for the coMpany applied for a postponement of the case
till twelve' o'clock.
The SECONDARY said the difficulty was, that a special
jury. had been summoned, and it would be a great incon-
venience to them. The application was ultimately
agreed to. At one o'clock the record, however, was
subsequently withdrawn. The damages were laid at
1,0001., and it is understood the affair-was compromised
for 1001.

THE ANNUALS.

FISHER'S DRAWING-ROOM SCRAP-BOOK
for 1847. Edited by the lion. Mrs. Norton.
Well do the "highly-finished" engravings, gorgeous
binding, and elegant appearance of this beautifu I
volume prove its right to its aristocratic appellation.
Yet it has other and far higher qualitities than that
appellation might be supposed to imply. In its way,
it may serve as a not insignificant "sign of the times,''
as an evidence of the new sentiments and opinions
which now find entrance into the most refined, and,
hitherto exclusive regions. Very. different is the
Drawing-room Scrap-book for 1847, from the many
various-coloured silken volumes which annually
adorned the salons and boudoirs some years since.
In place of the fancy portraits of some romantic
heroine or the miniature illustrations of some fictitious
+tale; in this audacious volume—styling itself par
excellence the chosen of the drawing-rooms—we find,
as a companion for that of her Majesty, of Prince
Albert, and of many a scion of the nobility, a like-
ness of Mr. Cobden ! While in the verses which ac-
conipany these and the other illustrations, sentimental
" stanzas," and senseless panegyrics have given way
to a brilliant variety of lively raillery and caustic
sarcasm on fashionable faults and follies, mingled
with pure and holy thoughts and high and earnest
aspirations for the popular welfare, from the talented
grand-daughters of Sheridan. Consequently to assert
in 1847 that the Drawing-room Scrap•book is worthy
of its name implies that its attractions are of a cha-
racter totally differept from those which might have
obtained for it such a commendation in the" good old
times." The thirty-six engravings which adorn this
volume are not originals " done for the occasion,"
but, what is far better, a collection of beautiful
subjects, which have already, in various forms,
claimed public approbation. They present a pleasing
variety of portraits, landscapes, fanciful scenes, and
what, for want of a better name, must, we suppose,
be denominated, interiors. Of this latter class are
some of the most beautiful engravings of the whole
collection—representations of the interior of the
Chapel of the Virgin in the Abbey Church, St. Denis ;
of that of St. Gudule, Brussels; of the Gallery of
Henry 11., Fontainbleau, and several other .of a
similar kind, from most elaborate drawings by
Allom, most admirably engraved. Yet after admir-
ing these works of art, which commemorate the great
achievements of men's bands, it is almost refreshing
to turn to others which endeavour (at however great
a distance) to portray the infinitely greater works
of nature. Among these is a view of the Rhine, with
Coblentz and Ehrenbreitstein, the "broad stone of
honour." The great charm Of this beautiful picture
consists in the sudden effect produced by simply
turning over the page which contains it, when, as if
by magic, the whole expanse., of country appears
spread out before us. Many'd the portraits which
adorn this volume—among others those of Sir
Robert Sale, of Lord Hardinge, and of .Mr.
Villiers—will meet with a cordial welcome. The
frontispiece represents the accomplished editress, to
whom Sir Edward Bulwer Lytton has addressed some
most complimentary lines of exceeding beauty. The
likeness of Mr. Cobden, to which we have already
alluded, is undoubtedly a correct one, yet it is hardly
the Mr. Cobden.rnost femiliar to the great multitude.
He does not stand before us with the kindly smile
and cheerful air with which he was wont to make dull
matters interesting ; his countenance has hardly that
look of unwavering confidence and firm conviction so
prone to inspire confidence in others. He is repre-
sented as in deep thought, as we may suppose him to
have appeared while the mighty project was forming
in his brain, and great facts and immutable truths
were presenting themselves before him, to be by lim
freed from the errors and prejudices of long years,
and reduced to their primitive simplicity. So entirely
does the appearance of this portrait carry out this
idea, that we may easily suppose, that even while
the artist was at his task, the thoughts of his " sitter,"
forgetful of his situation, were flowing in their
habitual channel. The portraits of the Great Free-
trader, and his brother-in-arms, Mr. Villiers, are both
accompanied by suitable poems by Mrs. Norton ; the
concluding verse of that one, in honour of Mr. Villiers,
is most appropriately addressed to the British public
at the present time :
" But forget not, in that hour
When the strife is all gone by
The earnest hearts whose power
First led you on to try
What the might of gathered multitudes might do.
Turn back, and let your cheer
Sound gladly in their ear—
' We never should have conquered, but for YOU r "

Among the many interesting pictures in this volume,
is a portrait of the eldest son of Lord Ashley, appa-
rently a high-spirited, intelligent child. As the
portrait of a child, it will be viewed with interest, and
as that of one of the " children of the nobility," it
may attract many curious glances from the bright
eyes of the drawing—rooms through which the "Scrap
Book" is destined to pass. But how earnest and how
intense would be the interest it would excite among
the inhabitants of the factory regions : how many a
mother would turn anxiously to look on the picture,
and gratefully to implore blessings on the head of the
child of him to whom her own young children are so
very much indebted. In addition to numerous
poems, varying from " grave to gay, from
lively to severe," with which the editress has
illustrated many of the engravings, the drawing-
room scrap-book is rich in poetical attractions. Lady
Dufferin has contributed some very sprightly and
amusing pieces, one of which suggested by a group of
Chinese going out in grand procession to " Meet the
Spring," is rendered most effective by the sudden
transition from raillery to feeling ; she begins--
" Well! the assurance of some person! Just.conceive so
bold a thing,
As those horrid Chinese monsters going out to meet
the spring,"
and then proceeding in a lively strain turns the whole
ceremony into ridicule. "I have never been to China,"
she observes,
" But I know the sort of place it is—as well as wiser
pates—
From different ' Works on China,' illustrated with
plates."

And so on, till after an ironical enumeration of various
peculiarities of the country and the ceremony, con-
cluding—
" But enough! 'my soul turn from them!' Let the
creatures tako.their fling,
Only, don"t join that procession going out to meet the
spring !" .
She suddenly exclaims, changing her tone and check-
ing her mirth,—
" Oh, thou mocking tongue, be silent 1 Is there so much
joy on earth,
Thou would'st grudge the simple. pleasures, that in
Nature have their birth?
Dost thou scorn the meek-eyed people? Dost thou
deem that worship wrong,.
That would welcome back God's blessings, with a
glorious Summer, with its sun-
shinea,
and sweet air,
tdhetognlgourie
As a precious gift from Heaven to be hailed with song
and prayer?"
That would greet an
affn M
with peculiar e
These and many linesd nfrsa. siNmoilratronc,haarraecteirn,trboodthuebeyd
Lady Dufferin
their
that their wit is of that
servations, and proving,
loves to play, not wound."
kindly
et amid their lighter pieces--ndly feelings of
sathrceasirticheaortbs.,
'
harmless kind which
evi:le nei
notwithstandingng-the
lines to Mr.
have suggested some veryencing (though without
Monckton Milner, cu
very words of Byron
acknowledgment), in the
"The fountain of Vaucluse
and Petrarch's castle,"
There is a tomb in
beautiful
Arqua." The enduring.
learned compositions,
Sonnets as surviving his more
is described with forcible simplicity :
on the very same subject,
celebrity of Petrarch's
His un-read wisdom may for ages
-seat you see
While on the shaded garden
hand.
That maiden with her sonnets in her
" High on the shelves, in dusty dignity,sand;
And thus Vaucluse—not Arqua—is
The statesman and the scholar are forgot,—
~
Petrarch and Laura rest as household names.
e e
That Petrarch's memory in full justice spot,la claims;
We must not omit calling attention to one among
the fanciful illustrations which is entitled " Poland,"
an engraving of singular beauty, singularly appro-
priate to the subject. ' Two beautiful females, one I
with an infant in her arms, are kneeling in tears upon
the field of recent carnage. Such a scene is peculiar
to no country or no period—many a similar one
might, doubtless, have been witnessed on that dread-
ful field, where "Freedom shrieked as Kosciusko fell;"
and so the picture may be, perhaps, literally correct.
But we would rather regard it as a figurative re-
presentation (however unintentional on the part of
pilnlgeeabcehauotitfhuelrswboamndens,inbotbweedsaddown
twhietbdegsriigenf,ecr)las.
fel-
lowship of sorrow, too truly exemplify their unhappy
land in the hour of her darkness and desolation ; but
in the lovely child, all unconscious of surrounding
trouble, playfully clasping the cross which hangs
from his mother's neck, as his bright countenance
beams with artless joy, we would fain imagine we
behold an embodiment of Poland's better genius;
though now perchance only in its infancy, weak and
powerless, yet clinging resolutely to the emblem of
faith, and looking forwards with a smile of hope.
We must not close our notice of this truly beautiful
book without making mention of an admirable repre-
sentation of an ancient lady " threading her needle,"
while, with the assistance of Lady Dufferls, she thus
laments the degeneracy of the present thries ;
,
" Ah deary me I what needles ! well really I must say,
+
All things are sadly altered—(for '-
since my day ! ,t,Vlvorse too)

The pins have neither heads
have no eyes,
And 'there's ne'er a pp*
fashioned size

_nor poiuisLAhe. necks

of scissors of the good old,

The very bodkins now are made in fine new-fangled

ways,
And the good old British thimble—is a dream of other
days !
Now that comes of machinery !—l'm given to under-
stand,
That great folks turn their noses up, at all things
done by hand,'
Altho' its easy proving to the most thick-ps,ted dunce,
That things ar'n't done the better—for all being done
at once.

I'm sure I often ponder, with a kind of awful dread
On those bold ' spinning jennies,' that go off; of their
own head !'
Those power-looms and odd machines—those whizzing
things with wheels,
That ever-more keep moving !'—besides, one really
feels
So superannuated-like, and laid upon the shelf—
When one sees a worsted stocking, get up, and knit
itself!
Ah ! that comes of those Radicals !—why life's a per-
fect storm,— _
A whirlwind of inventions ! with their' Progress' and
Reform !'
The good old days—the quiet times, that calmly used
to glide,
Are changed into a steeple chase,—a wild 'cross-
country ride !
A loud view-holloa in our ears—away ! away ! we go ;
A-levelling all distinctions, and a-mingling high and
low;
All spurring'on, with seats so tight, and principles so
loose,
Whisk I over this old prejudice ! slap-bang 1 thro'
that abuse !
No matter why,—no matter where ! without a stop
or hitch,
And nobody has time to help his neighbour in the
ditch ! •
And then, what turns and changes ! Good lack ! I'd
rather be
A joint. stool in a Pantomime,—than some great folks
I see !
Because in Pantomimes, a stool may turn to anything.
You're not surprised, if chairs step out to dance a
Highland fling
" A coffee-pot perhaps becomes a mitre by- and by,—
And everything is something else—and nobody asks
- why ?
But there's a rage for questioning, and meddling now
a- days ; -
And what one does, don't matter half so much as what
one says ;
And a minister can't change his mind, without such
stir and fuss,
That one would think the public voice' Was some
' huge omnibus
Which takes you to a certain point, whereat you must
remain,
Until the same old Buss may choose—to take you
back again !
For (odd enough), in all this change, they keep some
order still,
And when they turr,—turn all at once, like soldiers at
a drill;
But wont allow a public man, a private pirouette,
When once his part of Harlequin, or Pantaloon, is set.
Ai d that's what makes their Pantomime so dull, and
such a bore,
That their joint-Stool must still remain—a joint-stool
ever more.

Now that comes of Newspapers! I know in my yourg
days,
Least said, and soonest mended,' was a maxim worth 7
praise;
But were Ito give counsel to the Public—as a friend,
' Little said—and nothing written,' is the rule I'd re-
commend.
Such snriagphptinl g-up—and setting down ! Reporters left
and
All bent on pinning down a man to lie, in black and
white!
Such raking up of Hansard ! such flinging in one's
face,
Any little lapsus linguae' that may once have taken
place!
Sush a-fending and a-proving—and a-calling over
coals,
As if it really mattered to our poor immortal souls,
That thin-gumbo!) should think or say, on question so
and so,
That foolish things he thought and said—some forty
years ago!
There's one thing in those papers, tho', I'm very glad
to see,
That many more old women think very much like me:
I'm even told that certain Dukes will echo back my
groan,
And sigh for those dear golden days, when we ' left—
well, alone!"

THE JUVENILE_ SCRAP BOOK for 1847.
Edited by Mrs. Ellis. •
The editress of the Juvenile Scrap Book, "believing
that her young friends will never find thethselves
more happy than when thinking on subjects worthy
of thought," has presented them not only with a
volume, the numerous illustrations and outward
adornments of which render it a desirable gift, but also
with one of which, the internal attractions, combining
interest with information, are calculated to afford
both a profitable and agreeable employment of time.
The illustrations are of a varied character. Among
the most interesting are a portrait of Pope Gregory
XVI.; some children's miniatures, by Sir W. C. Ross ;
a Peasant Maid by a Mountain Stream; the Interior
of Rutland Cavern, Derbyshire, the rugged and for-
bidding appearance of which, as made risible by many
lamps, is very forcibly portrayed ; an Egyptian
Feast, where a human skeleton, more terrible than
Banquo's ghost, is seated among the revellers; some
fanciful scenes by Allom, one of which, entitled
" Evening Hours, represents a domestic group con-
templating the moonlight on the waters, and is of
exceeding beauty, both in execution and design. Mrs.
Ellis has taken ;,the beautiful frontispiece as a theme
for a little poem, " The Mountain Stream," an
imaginary dialogue. between the peasant maid
and the streamlet which inculcates the useful lesson
of content. " Thoughts for Evening Hours," con-
tains some interesting information, chiefly concerning
the ancient Egyptians, mingled with serious reflec-
tions of a by no means gloomy character. " Self-
importance ; or, a Fable of the Rooks," and " Parties
of Pleasure," although also tended to coney instruc-
tion, serve, together with " Aunt Emily's Visit," and
other poems, to establish the juvenile title of this
volume. By far the most interesting article is that
which accompanies the portrait of the Pope, in which
Mrs. Ellis gives a very graphic description of St.
Peter's Church, and a papal ceremony she herself
witnessed there, together with some account of the
Etruscan or Gregorian rooms. As will be seen from
this brief analysis of its contents, the "Juvenile Scrap-
Book" forlB47,Contains much that is worthy of perusal.
To those young readers only anxious for a "story-book"
we cannot certainly recommend it, but to those who
find pleasure in the acquisition of knowledge it will
prove a most welcome present. The last pages con-
tain a beautiful little poem " Woman's lot; in reply
to those exquisite, but mournful, verses of Mrs'
~
Hemans. " Her lot is on you !—silent tears to weep.
Mrs. Ellis in enumerating a woman's various duties,
satisfactorily disproves the assertion that her lot is
hard—commencing as.
follows :
"Oh ! say not woman's lot is hard,
Her path, a path of sorrow ;
Today, perchance, some joy debarred
May yield more joy to-morrow.
It is not bard—it cannot be
To speak in tones of gladness,
To hush the sigh of misery,
And sooth the brow of sadness.
It is not hard, sweet flowers to spread,
To strew the path with roses,
To smooth the couch, and rest the head,
Where some loved friend reposes.

REPORT on the IRISH FISHERIES

The fourth annual report of the Commissioners of
Public Works, addressed to the Lord-Lieutenant on the
ui
fisheries of Ireland, having been printed, a brief abstract
of
Theitsccoonmt
emntisssiisonsuerbs sayn ihat throughout the year 1845
jed
they had been able to trace the general improvement in
the fisheries of the country. Since the last report was
issued two Acts have been passed in reference to them,
one relating chiefly to the regulation of the salmon
and oyster fisheries, and the other having for its
object the encouragement of the construction of piers,
harbours, and other works for fishing purposes. The
following abstract shows a progressive increase in the
number of vessels and men engaged in the fisheries, as
compared ,wiih the registry for the previous year.—
In the year 1844 the number of first-class vessels tvere
2,237 ; men and boys, 11,193. In 1845, vessels, 2,371 ;
men and boys, 12;175. In 1844, second-class boats,
15,718 ; men and boys, 73,515. In 1845, second-class
boats, 17,512 ; men and boys, 80,898. Total in 1844,
vessels and boats, 17,955 ; men and boys, 84,708. Total
in 1845, vessels and boats, 19,883 ; men and boys,
93,073.
There can be no doubt, it is added, that the fisheries
will continue to progress in extent and importance, aided,
as they will be, by the enactment for promoting the
security and increasing the accommodation for vessels
employed in the trade, and by improved facilities for in-
ternal communication; It is matter of congratulation
that during the past season there have been few or none
of those disputes among the fishing communities which
prevailed, more or less, in former years.
The different fisheries are then classified, and obser-
vations are made under each division. •

DEEP SEA FISHERIES.—In this department the com-
missioners have abstained from introducing restrictive
provisions or bye-laws as regards the modes or times of
fishing in the open sea ; and, by this course, coupled
with suitable explanations, and the force of example and
increased experience, prejudices -are being removed, and
the way prepared for the introduction of skill and
peaceable habits. In former reports allusion was made
to the establishment of a small fishing company at
Dunmore, county Waterford. The success of the com-
pany led others to follow their example, and the boats
of five companies are now fishing in the same locality.
There are in all twelve fine cutters, averaging a weekly
produce throughout the year of nearly 1001. The pre-
judices of the native fishermen against the use of the
deep sea trawl net are nearly extinguished, and the people
are solicitous for the increase of the number of large
vessels, in- order that they may obtain berths. Dealers
and exporters have sprung up in the neighbourhood of
Waterford, and the companies need no longer trouble
themselves about the disposal of their fish. On the
average of three years the returns of one company
exceeded fifteen per cent. on the capital invested.
Though much of the success obtained is attributable to
daily steam communication with England, and a steady
remunerative price, yet, independently of these, there
is sufficient to encourage the trader (who should com-
bine a system of curing with his traffic in fresh fish)
to make exertions similar to those of the Waterford
companies in many of the more westerly stations on
the coast. A more general adoption of a system of curing
would be a very important step in the advancement of
the Irish fisheries. Advantages might be derived from
adopting the practice prevalent in England of proprietors
arid other persons in the neighbourhood of fishing sta-
tions advancing capital for the construction of improved
boats, fishing gear, &c., on the security of shares, held
in a sort of partnership with the fishermen in the boats
and profits of fishing. This would be a legitimate and
safe mode of encouraging the fisheries.
OYSTER FISHERIES.—This subject was treated fully
in the last report. The Act since passed (8 and 9 Vic-
toria, cap. 108) affords, with previous enactments, all
that appears necessary in the way of legislation for the
regulation and advancement 01 this branch of the fisheries.
It is hoped that through the instrumentality of the coast
guard, and increased exertions on the part of the con-
stabulary on . shore, the strict observance of the close
season will be enforced. Attention is now being directed
to the formation of artificial beds or layings.
LOBSTER FISHERIES.—An attempt to introduce new
modes of capture off the southern coast of Wexford has
been frustrated for the present by the jealousy of the
neighbouring inhabitants.
SPRAT FISHING BY MEANS OF FIXED NETS OR WEIRS.
—As the object is useful, with a view to the supply of
bait for the deep sea fisheries, it is proposed to grant
licenses in all cases in which a prima facie prescriptive
right is shown, taking precautions against any injury to
the salmon fisheries during the close season.
SALMON FISFIEBIES.r-CLOSE SEASON.—After speak-
ing of the difficulty and dispute in which this subject is
involved, the commissioners express a hope that the time
is not far distant when one uniform close salmon season
will be established by law, both in Great Britain and in
Ireland, the habits of the fish being substantially the
same in both countries. As regards the sea
and tideways, no objection can be made to the ob-
servance of a uniform close season ; but a slight
departure from uniformity in the upper or fresh
water portions of rivers will be found judicious.
In order that the rivers may be fully stocked with a
supply of early breeding fish (a most important object
for all parties) there should be a cessation from all kinds
of fishing for salmon from an early period of the autumn.
The opening during any part of the month of January
would, on the whole, be injudicious ; and the few who
,might derive immediate advantage from it, would be
amply rewarded for any temporary loss, which they
might sustain from being prevented from fishing in that
month. It is therefore proposed—
That in the upper or fresh water portions of rivers
throughout Ireland there shall be a uniform close season,
as regards every mode of fishing for salmon, from the
15th of September to the last day of February inclusive.
" 2. That in the sea and tideways there shall be a uni-
form close season from the Ist of September to the 31st of
January inclusive.
"3. That all net fishing for salmon and trout shall
cease in the upper portions of rivers on the 31st August;
and that angling only for the fish shall be permitted
until the 15th of September."
Some doubt having been expressed whether angling
should not be permitted later than the 15th of Septem-
ber after due consideration it is thought undesirable that
angling should form an exceptiox. The commissioners
further observe that the rivers being the natural nurseries
both for the fish within their banks and at their mouths,
and for the public fisheries on the coast, the times to be al-
lowed for fishing therein must be regulated by a regard
for the public interest. It is remarked that the altera-
tion made in the size of meshes and nets by the Bth and
9th Vic., c. 108, has removed many objections which
viere urged during the salmon fishery inquiry. The re-
port concludes with a suggestion for the " assessing all
par ties benefited by the fisheries, for the purpose of rais-
ing a local fund for their protection." It is signed by H.
D. Jones, B.T. Ottley, J. Radcliff, and W. T. Mulvaney.

13AL MA.QUE IN A CAYRRN.--A bal mas.jue of a
singular character was given on Monday evening at
131aelcheath. Near Trinity Church, on Blackheath-hill,
is a cavern, supposed to have been constructed by tha
T trines, 180 feet below the surface. In this unpolished
b all-room 1,500 persons assembled, and kept up their
a musements with spirit until day-break.
DUTCH TURKEYS.—The vessel, Jonge Charles, ar-
r ived at the Brunswick Wharf, Blackwall, from the
] Kutch port Flushing, has brought, in addition to several
c ;ows and 176 sheep, ten live turkeys, the produce of
lolland. We are not aware of a similar arrival having
1 )cen included in previous supplies from that fruitful
;ountry ; and although the number in the present in-
t Itance is inconsiderable, the importation is by no means
unworthy of remark, as it gives an earnest of future
arrivals of a similar character, and may be the means of
causing a greater abundance of this esteemed bird to ob-
tain. at the forthcoming festive season, than has been
tbe case during those of former years, and thus place
t he luxury more surely or probably within the reach of
I liege who have hitherto, in consequence of their high
price, or comparative scarcity, been deterred from their

Durchase. -
ALARMING FIRE AT A MALSTER'S.—On Tuesday

_
it prning, at an early hour, an alarming fire broke out
ii i the premises belonging to Mr. T. Johnson, moister,
e. arrying on an extensive business in Montague court,
1 kick-lane Spitalfields. The flames first showed them-
f ,elves in the' kiln, and before any assistance could be had,
I They had extended to the screening room, The engines
soon arrived, and no time was lost in setting them to
ivork,_ but tho flames were not extinguished until the
kiln, the screening room, and the kiln house were com-
pletely burnt out, and a small building over severely
t lan raged. Mr. Johnson, whose loss is considerable, was
u' Ansured. It could not be ascertained how the fire
0 riginated.
FlRE.—Yesterday afternoon, about one o'clock, the
n • eighbourhood of Barclay and Perkins's brewery, in
S 9uthwark, was greatly alarmed, in consequence of a
fi re having broken out in a small house, occupied by
et Erne poor people, in Angel-court. It appeared that the
w‘) man of the house lighted a fire in a room, in which
the !re had not been one for some time past, when some
sl), irks communicated with the soot—the chimney being
ve7 ty foul—and instantly the whole was in a blaze, and
tht i neighbeurhood half suffocated with smoke. The
ut most exertions were made by the poor woman to ex-
tit iguish the fire, but finding it burn fiercer, and it being
ev Went that some part of the wood in the flue had
Ca 4ifht fire, the engines were sent for ; before their ar.
r" 74/ i, however, some ladders were obtained, and by the
ex& rtions of several men the fire was eventually subdued.
Th 1 i engines arrived shortly after, but their assistance
ww 1 not requisite. .
FATAL CARRIAGE ACCIDENT:ILIA evening an
in -quest was held by Mr. Bedford, at St. George's Hos-
!? ital, on the body. of Luke Shaw, aged 51, a drover.
the deceased was in a very weak state of health, and on
Tuesday afternoon last ho was driving a flock of sheep
along the Bayswater-road, when near the
.Craven Hill,
a :barouche, drawn by one horse, belonging to Mr.
fTh os. Orton, of 1, Orme-square, Notting-hill, and driven
by . that gentleman; passed. The horse suddenly jibbed,
and a person who was on the box got down, and suc-
ceed ed in getting the animal to proc:.eee, and whilst he
we.% jumping up on to the barouelte ag-ain the deCeased,
wb ea was unnoticed. by Mr. Orton, was koocked down by
the e horse, and the hind wheel of the etc-riage
ow er him. I'e was picked up in au insensibie ta
co; pooped to the above hospital, where he expos 4 on
pretea,d sasteidd
Fr gay last^ from fracture to the base of the skull. :Ver-
di Ft, " .I...ecidental death."
7.4110. AtClDENT,—Yestorday morning, at about"
1- iill.-past nine o'clock, as a young lady was crossing
liyde-park, in the direction of Upper Grovesnor-place,
she was knocked down by one of the Brentferd omni-
I buses. She was taken to St. George's Hospital, in the
immediate vicinity, bid. life was 'found to be already
ox,tinet. . -
A NOVELTY IN FRIIITS.—On Monday there were
:,--%eral dishes of rivq,Uerries eNhibitLd irk Covent-girden
market, ' These were not .the .prodnce. of forcing, but
were natural crops; grown in the open air in a gar
den near Turnham-green, being Ol o second supply this
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season.

LATEST PRICES OF SHARES,
IN BANKS, ASSURANCE, AND OTHER COM
PANIES' STOOK-
From tie Official List,
ÜBLISHED EVERY TITEADAY AND FRIDAY EVENING•
LONDON TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 17.
SOZNT-STOC* zarnr.s.

Dividend Amount
Name of Company. per of Paid. Price
Annum. Share.
...._.--• -
£ s. d. £ s. d.
iustralasia •.•.• . .. • • 61. per cent. 40 0 0 40 0 0 -
Britsh North American 51. per cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 --
Tiommercial of London 5/. per cent. 100 0 0 20 0 0
'.:olonlal. 51. per cent. 100 0 0 25 0 0 -
Londn and Westminstr 61. per cent. 100 0 0 20 0 0 28
London Joint-Stock ... 61. per cent. 50 0 0 10 0 0
Metropolitan - 25 0 0 710 0
Provincial of Ireland.. 8/. per cent. 100 0 0 25 0 0 48
Ditto, New.. •-• • • • 8/. per cent. 10 0 0 10 0 0 -
National of Ireland .. Si. per cent. 50 0 0 20 0 0 20
Nat. Provncial of Eng. 51. per cent. foo 0 0 35 0 0 36
Ditto, New......... 51. per cent. 20 0 0 10 0 0
Union of Australia.... 61. per cent. 25 0 0 25 0 0j
-
Union of L0nd0n..... 5/. per cent. 50 0 0 10 0 0 -
INSURANCE COMPANIES.
Dividend Amount
Name of Company. per - of Paid. Price.
Annum. Share.
£ s. d. £ s. d.
Albion .. ••-••• • • • • • 31. lOs. 500 0 0 50 0 0 75
Alliance Brit. and For. 6 per cent. 100 0.0 11 0 0 -
Ditto Marine.• •• • -6/. per cent, 100 0 0 50 0 bli
Mlas . 138.6 d. pr sh. 50 0 0 5 0 0 15 4
British Commercial • • 7s. per share 50 0 0 50 0 7%
tileficl,Med. & Gen. Life 51. per cent. 100 0 0 210 0 10
31. 100 0 0 10 0 0
Crown ••••••• • • • • • • • 10s. 50 0 0 5 0 0 -
Eagle ••• • • • ...... •• • • 6s. . 50 0 0 50 0 5%
Eng. & Scot. Law •• .. 51. per cent. 50 .0 0 20 0 3
European Life ...... 5% per cent. 20 0 0 All paid. 20
F:eemasons' .•••• • • • . M. per cent. 20 0 0 3 0 0
Globe - 135
Guardian -•• • • • ....• 51. per cent. 100 0 0 36 10 0 483{
Imperial Fire ........ 61. and bonus 500 0 0 50 0 0 230
Imperial Life •••• • • • • 1 is. 100 0 0 10 0 0 -
indemnity Marine.... 1/. sh. & bs. 100 0 0 513 1 31
Law Life 11. ss. 100 0 0 10 0 0 -
Legal and General Life - 50 0 0 20 0 5%
Landon Fire •••• • • • • 10s. 25 0 0 12 10 0 151 A
London Ship • .•. •• • • 10s. 25 0 0 12 10 0 15
Marine.. ........... 51. per cent. 100 0 0 15 0 0 -
Med. Invlid& Gen. Life 431 /. per ct . 50 0 0 2 0 0 -
Fational Lean Fund.. 51. per cent. 20 0 0 2' 10 0 -
National Life.
1- &Radium Life 5l. per cent. 50 0 0 2 0 0 21. Os.
V hcenix - - 205
Protector Life.... -
l'rovident Life •.• . -
Rock Life.. •.••• . • . •
Royal Exchange Si. per cent. Stock. - -
Sun Fire ......... .. - - 210
Ditto Life . 11. Gs. - - 49
Universal Lite -
LIST or SCOTTISH COMPANIES' PRICES,
----- Dividend Amount
Name of Company. per of Paid. I Price.
Annum. Share.
1---
.£ s. d. £ s. d 1
Bank of Scotland - 100 0 0 ' 175
Royal Bank of Scotland 61. per cent. - 100 0 159
British Linen Company Si. per cent. - 100 0 0 220
Commercial Bank - 100 0 0 162%
National Bank 6/. per cent. - 10 0 0 14/.13s
Union Bank of Scotland 7%/. pr cent. - 50 0 0 923
Western Bank GI. per cent. - 50 0 0 85
North of Scotland Bank 61. per cent. - 50 0 7%
Clydesdale Bank.• •• • • 61. per cent. - 10 0 0 13
Eastern Bank.... •• • • 51. per cent. - 10 0 0 11%
Caledonian Bank - 2 10 0 41. 4s.
Edinb.& Glasgow Bank 61. per cent. - 5 0 0 71. Os
City of Glasgow Bank. 51. per cent. - 10 0 0 131. 65
Scottish Union Ins. Co. 51. per cent. 20 0 0 1 0 0 245. 6d
nercules Insurance Co. 71. per cent. 100 0 0 10 0 0 14%
Muir. Co. of Scetind• • Si. per cent. 10 0 0 All paid. 10
North British Imam .• 531 /. pr cent. 200 0 0 10 0 0 2731
Caledonian Fire Insur. 101. per cent. 100 0 0 10 0 0 24
Edinburgh Life Incur. 6/. per cent. 100 0 0 12 10 0 18%
Edin. & Glasg. Railway 1/.los. per c. 50 0 0 50 0 0 72
Ditto, % Shares •• • • 7s. 6d. p. s. 12 10 0 All paid. 18
Edin., Leith, & Grantn - 20 0 0 90 0 0 18
Glasgw & Ayrshir Rail. N. per cent. 50 0 0 All paid. 69M
Glasgw &Greenckßail. 2/. per cent. 25 0 0 All paid. 163¢
Glsgw & Garnkirk Rail. 51. per cent. 25 0 0 All paid. 3938
Dundee& Arbroth Rail. 61. per cent. 25 0 0 All paid. 37
Standard LifeAssnrnce.l 51. per cent. 50 0 0 I 2 10 0 9

CANALS.
• i .; Dividend)
Names of Eu Dividend amos of .
Price. -: N 1-. per Price.
Companies.
.I per Companies. A Annum.
V: Annum. to
--
X X
Ashtzt& Oldh 97 51.55. pc' 70 Monmouthsh 100 81. -
Ashby-d-la-Z 113 41. 70 Mntgomrysh 100 51. -
3arnaley.. • . 160 121. 180 Macclesfield.
Basingstoke.. 1001 - - Neath ••• • •• 100 17/. 340
Brknk&Abrg 150 Si. 85 Nottingham. 150 12/. -
Cromford..•. 1001 141. - Peak Forest. 78 31. 40
Dudley lOOl 41. - Regent's ••• • 33 11. ss. -
Derby .. • -
Ellsmre&Chs 133 4/. 55 Shropshire • • 125 81. -
E7ewash - Somrset Coal 150 71. 10s. 130
Forth & Clyd 100 41. - Do.Lk Fd St 12 61. p. c. -
tlrandJunetn 100 71. 83 Stffrd &Woke 140 281. 270
Grand Union 100 I/. 10s. - Shrewsbury.. 125 15/. -
Olamorgnsh. 172 13%1. - Stourbridge.. 145 20/. 315
f ilstr & Brkl3- 100 - - Strtfrdon Ay 79 1/. I. -
;.;rantham • . 150 12/. - Severn and] 26 1/. Bs. 32
Iludderstield. 57 - - Wye ltail.
Kennt & Avu 39 7s. 6d. 5N Trnt & Mr-1 50 30/. -
Lancaster - sey, M sh.
Leeds& Livrp 100 341. 520 Thams &Med 19 - -
Leicester
Leicstr &Nth 83 4/. 52 Birming.S
Loughborogh 142, 70/. 850 Wilts & Brksi 67 11. 11

DOCKS.

Dividend Amount
Name of Company. per of
Annum. Share.