The Sun.
London, England, 1846-06-12 00:00:00

LAW OF SETTLEMENT.

Mr. T. BARING presented a petition against any alteration
in the law of settlement.

THIRD READINGS.

The following Bills were read a third time and passed :
Earl of Blesinton's Estate (by order) ; Glasgow, Audi ie, and
Monkland Junction Railway ; Guildford, Chichester, and
Portsmouth Railway (No. 2) ; Leith Paving ; Lesmahagow
Dalserf, and Coatbreige Mineral Junction Railway (amend-
ments to be proposed; Liverpool Sanatory Regulations (byorder);
London and South Western Railway Acts Aniendnient (further
proceeding by order); Newcastle-upon-Tyne Improvement
( urther proceeding, by order) ; Portsmouth Harbour Pier
(further proceeding. by order) ,• Sir George Dunhar's Estate
(by order); Worcester New. Gas (clause and amendments
to be propsed) ; York Improvr•meor.
REPORTS.
The reports on the following Bills were considered and
agreed to:—
Glasgow Municipal, Police and Statute Labour;
Newport and Pillgwe nlly w. aterworks ;
Lough SAO- and IA Nil Foyle Draining and Embanking.
The Lords' amendment on the sowhport Improvement Bill
was taken into consideration and rejected. •

DROPPED ORDERS. •
The dropped orders of the day for yesterday were re
appointed.

PROTECTION OF LIFE ( IRELAND) BILL.
On the motion that the order m the day for this 80l be read,
THE LAI E POISONING IN NORFOLK.
An HON. MEMBER wished to ask the Right Hoi ourable
Baronet the Secretary for the Home Department whether he
could say if any report had beta received at the
Hcme-office with respect to the rec. nt eases of poison-
ing in the county of NoryoN, and also, whether
it might not he proper: that the Registrar-General should
issue instructions to the registrars of the districts not to issue
any certificate of burial in cases of sudden death where no in-
queit had been held ?

Sir J. GRAHAM said that the circumstance to which the
Hon. Gentleman referred had been the' subject :A investi-
gation before the coroner, and he believed that investigation
had closed, but they had not yet received the result of it.
With reference to the registrars of death, it was their duty
to obtain the certificate of the householder of the place in which
the death occurred, containing a statement of the cause of
(!eath. Positive instructions hah been issued to the registrars
to be cautious in the performance of the duty, but still it was
not the duty of those persons to refuse to enter any death. He
thought, on the et:ntrary, that the refusal of the registrar
to enier any death on his entertaining any suspicion, would be
vexatious and reprehensible. He must take that opportunity
of stating to the House what he thought a very serious
cause of compl.iint, arising from the frequency of inquests
held in this country. It appeared that no less than
twenty pet sons had died as there was reason to believe ft om the
effects of poison administered by one individual, arid yet no is-
quest had beers held in any case. 1 he law with regard
to holding an inquest was, that any party having rea-
son to suspect that the death occurr. d under unfair
circumstances, was entitled to call upon the Coroner
to hold an inquest. It was the duty ot every constable in every
parish, if he had reason to believe that the death occurred
under suspicious circumstances, to call upon the coroner to per-
form his functions. In the last few years, however, so much
jealousy had arisen at the quarter sessions
thole
re-
ference to the charges of coroners, the payment
charges had been so much grumbled at, that inquest had not
been held in many cases, in which by the law of h
ought to have been. The magistrates of the county of Devoinn
have come to the resolution nut to allowets otbaany.,
inquest
D Died by
which the verdict of the jury should
the visitation of Gad."
This
itnownd duringunder thatthe
consideration of the Court ofQ ti case wasen'sßen ,
Hume
t.
pet ind many representationshiaiiitqhueetsttn s
omadeughtt tttot
hhaeve
been he Officeli
i
with regard to cases n which
As soon as the magistrates came to this restoiluetei,a.nutseoof the
f the county of Devon brought Under the
coroners n
consideration of the Court he had.
referred to. such a resolution
was hostile to the performance of the duty of the coroner, and
Inquests had not been held where they should have been held.
This was a most serious grievance ; arid though he IA
eouiu not
adopt the suggestion of the Hon. Member with reference to the
registrar, he agreed that some alteration in the law was neces-
sary to remedy this evil.
HUSE' COERCION BILL.
on
Othis n the order o
read,f the day for resuming the adjourned debate
13.1 l beinG
41r. P'COY, NEP:expressed regret that he was unable
to attend lade pifht to hear the speech of the Noble Lord the

INSURANCE COMPANIES.
i Donuead 1 Amount
Name of Company. per of Paid. Price
Annum. Share.
- -----
- X s. d. X s. d.
t Albion -•.••• • • • • •• 3/. 101 000 0 0 50 0 0 74
i Alliance )grit. and For. 6 per cent. 100 0 0 11 0 0 18%
Ditto Marine.- -• • 6/. per cent, 100 0 0 50 0 filAi
Atlas 13s. 6d. pr sh. 50 0 0 5 0 0 16%
• British Commercial .. 7s. per share 50 0 0 50 0 7%
; . lericl,Med.&Gen.Life ;,/. per cent. 100 0 0 210 0 6%
31. 100 0 0 10 0 0
, , !row') .............. 10s. 50 0 0 I 5 0 0 -
11; agle
Eng.& Scot. Law
' European Life ... •
I Freemasons' ....... •
;lobe - 136
Guardian ••.-. . • . . . 5/. per cent. 100 0 0 36 10 0 48
Imperial Fire • • •••• - ill. and bonus, 500 0 01 50 0 0 240
Imperial Life ........ 12s. 100 0 01 10 0 0 16%
fiideinnity Marine.... 1/. sh. & bs. 100 0 0 ! 513 1 29
Law Life • • IL 3s. 122505500
0000
0000
~
1112220
110000
0000 i
14145462
••••• • • ..
'
Legal and General Life -
London Fire ..
London Ship •.• •
' Marine ••••••• • • • • .. 5/. per cent. 100 0 01 15 0 0 109'
Med. Invlid &Gen. Life 1%/. per ct. 50 00, 2 0 0 3
National Lman Fund- 51. per cent. 20 00;2 10 0 2%
National Life.. - ..... 8/. per cent. 100 0 0 5O 0 9%
colladium Life"... • - 51. per cent. 50 0 0 1 2 0 0 21. Os.
i'licenix ..... .. 31. p. et. & bs. - - '205
,rotector Life.. -•- 5/. per cent. 20 0 0 1 0 0 I/. 3s.
t'rovident Life-- -• • 1/. ss. 100 0 0 10 0 0 23
lock Life .. .. .. .. .... 4s. 50 0 010 0 4%
;oyal Exchange 5l. per cent. Stock. - ISO
-um Fire........... - - 210
Ditto Life . 11. 6s. - - 49
'niversal Life
MIST OP SCOTTISH COMPANIES' PRICES.
Dividend Amount
Name of Company. per of Paid. I Price.
Annum. Share. ---
X s. d. £ s. d
Bank of Scotland - 100 0 0 166
Royal Bank of Scotland 61. per cent. -- 100 0 0 , 157
British Linen Company 81. per cent. - 100 0 0 223
Commercial Bank -.• 61. per cent. - 100 0 0 , 161
National Bank 6l. per cent. - 10 0 0 , 15
Union Bank 01 Scotland 7741. pr eent.l - 50 001 93
Western Bank - ... •• • 6/. per cent. I - 50 0 0 83
North of Scotland Bank 61.'per cent. 1 - 50 0 714
Clydesdale Bank- -• • GI. per cent. ! - 10 0 0 13%
Eastern Bank.. ... •• • 5/. per cent. , - 10 0 0 1.1
Caledonian Bank - 210 0 454
Edinb.& Glasgow Bank 6/. per cert.l - 5 0 0 7 %
10 0 0 13%
City of Glasgow Bank . 51. per cent. 1 -
Scottish Union Ins• Co. 51. per cent.l 20 0 0 1 ° 0
2145;,'
Hercules Insurance Co. 71. per cent. 100 0 g
Insur. Co. of Seotlnd • •
151.11.0pse_.rpceeriet,t.. 1
:,15102: 0
~
North British Insur 5%1. pr cent. :200 9 ‘o'
Caledonian Fire Insur lOl. per cent.:loo 0 0
12 10 0 1834
;t:
0:11 poo0alc100". 2 9204:
Edin'.urgh Life Insur. 61. per cent. 1102 0 0 50 0 0 75
73 •6d•P • s' 20 10000
0000
_lA2Aoiilill
ippOmaaiiilddo... i
716540.,
Edin. &Mau. Railway
Ditto, % shares. • • •
Edln., Leith, & Grantn
71. per cent. .
2/ per cent. 25
Si per cent. 25 0 0 All paid. i 40%
GGililisaag,s'ggww&SlGA.mrYreeksiirilikkr lull:a:1111.1
sDuituilddefterd&tirtehArostsh.lmtaelle iZ/.. per
ececiiittt:
5205 0
0 r A2Dllll:l3.dtteiotnid. 3,9
cANA.I.S.
I .; 1
1 • •
Names of i2.DIv i d e n d Price. Names Of
Companies. !A ' per `'``" Companies. a per I Price.
,m' Annum.' :2 Annurn.l
'
111.169103751.154:11' "'7O \--------fonmouthsh 1-406 81. 160
, 70 llntgomrysh 100, 51.
; 180 Macclesfield. 1001 -
AsiAl
as
hhr
Barnsley....
nsyl
_&edy.o.la.l sl. .
zh.
BBraksinnkg&stAokberg...llsooo - 98
- Neath ...... 100 171. 34038
5/. ,' 85 N- ottingham . 150 121.
-
Cromford.... ilOO 164:: 150_ Peak Forest. 78 31.
(.1.11.3.!;0303 4/.
EDiui
sdllnerye.B„.6B
Derby Regent's ...., 33 11. ss. 22%
Erewash
-•• • • 'loo' 73 Rochdale ..• .1 85 4/. 77
4/. '55 Shropshire ..!125 81. _
•• • , 100, 32/. I 300 Somrset Coal 150 71. lOs. 130
Forth & Clyct 100 4/. 1 - Do.Lk Fd St' 12 61. p. e. ; 11
GrandJunctn 100 71. 95% Stffrd&Worc:l4o 28/. ' 290
I
Grand Union 100 1/. 10s. - Shrewsbury.' 12` 15/. '230
GlamorgnSh. 172 13%1. 210 Stourbridge -1145 201. 315
Glstr& Brkly, ioo' - - Strtfrdi-,n Avl 79 1/. 10s. ,! -
Grantham •• i 150, 12/. 1 100 Severn and '
Huddersfield.' 571 ---i - Wye Rail. 26 1/, Ca. 132
Kennt & Avu! 39 7s. 6d. ' 10 ,T7_-.1:&, Yii-
,
Lancaster ... ' 471 1/. 1C,;.1C,;.-:•,- ley, 14 50 sh. ' 301. I -
Leeds.Bs. PY-rPllOO' ' 341. 520 limns &Med 'l9 - 1 -
Leicester .. .. 140' 101. 1 105 Worcstr &
44 78 21. Leicstr&Nthl 83' 4/. 1 60 Binning...s
Loughboroghll42l 701. 830 Wilts f,1144,11 0,7 ii: 111 1

lATItTER-TiTORIES.

Name of Ccmpany.

Dividend Amount
per I of

Annum.

Share.

Paid.

X s, d.
East London.... •• •• • • 81. 100 0 0
Grand Junction .... •• 31. 10s. 41 13 4
tient ••••...... . • • • • • 2/. 10s. 100 0 0
Vauximll .......• •• •• 5/. per cent. 100 0 0 —
West Middlesex

Prlca.

DOMES.
Dividend 1 Amount I
Name of Comparay. per of I Paid. I Price'
Annum. ' Share.
_
---r£ .. d. ' £ e. •i i ,a
Commercial •
East and West India 6l. pr cent. Stock. I 1414
121 East Country
11. per sh.
' 100 0 0
Lyndon .
104
I 1134
St. Katharine .. ••, • • • 5 per cent. ' Stock. I
Southampton ••..• • .. 41. per cent. SO 0 0j 50 0 0' a' r"

LAW IN TELLIGEN CE.
COURT OF EXCHEQUER, June 11.
(Sittings in Banco.)
The Court took motions to-day till one o'clock, when the
new trial paper was called on, and one case taken ill
which did not present any feature of interest, either public
or private.

In the course of the day it was intimated that, owing_. to
the paucity of motions, the new trial paper would be pro-
ceeded with to-morrow (this day), notwithstanding it is w'
la,t day of term.
(Sittings at Nisi Prins, at Westminster, before Mr. Baron
PARKE and Common Juries.)
IRONSIDE AND ANOTHER v. WHARTON.—ItAILWAT
REPUDIATION.
This was an action for money paid for railway
shares on
account of the defendant.
The defendant pleaded that he was never indebted, and
that he had never authorised the purchase. '
he
Mr. Martin, with whom was Mr. T. Jones, conducted t
case for the plaintffs; and Mr. Jervis appeared for the de-
tendant.
It appeared that the plaintiffs are brokers at Sheffield, and
the defendant a file-worker in the same place, and that on
the 3d of September last year the latter called upon the
former, and instructed them to purchase ten shares in the
Manchester and Southampton Railway. In the course of
the same afternoon, however, the son of the defendant called
by his father's direction, and begged that the purchase should
be for twenty instead of ten shares. On that evening the
plaintiffs wrote up to their agents, Messrs. Alsopp, to execute
the commission. Those gentlemen did so, and bought at
41. 7s. W. premium, the deposit of 2/. being paid The
Messrs. Alsopp wrote by post on the 4th, stating that they
had made the purchase, and the terms upon which it had
been made. This letter was received by the plaintiffs on the
sth, and on that day they apprised the defendant of their
having carried out his instructions. About the end of
October the scrip was issued, and then the plaintiffs called
upon the defendant to take up his twenty shares. Instead of
doing this, however, he applied, through a friend of the
name of Barker, for time, accompanied with a promh4 to
pay after illiristmas. The plaintiffs acceded to the request.
In the month of January, the defendant was called upon for
the performance of his promise, but he then called upon his
friend Mr. Barker, and stated, that as many respectable nien
were repudiating their bargains, so should he in this
particular transaction. Barker remonstrated with 131
upon the dishonourable character of such a proceeding, ba
without any effect. The plaintiffs, upon hearing this, wr°t °
a letter to the defendant, threatening to post his name, un-
less he at once came and took up his. shares, for they were
e
not at that period aware that there was any remedy in tr"„ 1
shape of an action at law. Matters, however, went on 00" e
the month of March last, when the plaintiffs sent
the name of Belcher to demand payment for the shares. The
the
defendant on that occasion denied all knowledge of
plaintiffs and the shares, that he had ever had any traits;
actions with them, or that he had anything to do With trp.
shares. In consequence of this treatment the plaintiffs '-
solved upsn instituting the present proceedings.
On behalf of the defendant it was contended that the
shares were the shares of the witness Barker, and that they
bad not been bought by the plaintiffi on account of the
fendant. This point, however, after the examination:
Barker, the Learned Counsel for the defendant abenci°ll., d
He also contended that an unreasonable time a clerk 01
between the date of the instructions to purchase end,
alleged purchase, inasmuch as that if there had been any
In-
structions at all, they had been given on the 15th of Aug de
whilst it had been admitted that no purchase had been ma
until the 4th of September.
his CVO-
The son of the defendant was examined,. but in
examination he proved that he had c-filed as recently Oafs,
turday last upon Mr. Unwin, of Sheffield, the plain
attorney, and offered a compromise. Said -
Mr. Baron PARKE, in leaving the case to the jury, ,
that the first question was, whether the defendant bad geivl7;
had depth%
any order for this purchase; of that fact there could be
thel
doubt after the testimony of his own son; next cam
question whether it was material as to whether the inTenr,
u
tions were given on the 15th of August or the of SeP
ber. Now, as to this it was clearly not material, because
any of the subsequent correspondence which the defend___enh'
had had with the plaintiffs he had never raised anY_Btuao
point as an objection. Indeed, he had never raised it a
until the action had been brought. These were matters 0_! '-
consideration for the jury, and they must determine upon
them.
The jury returned a verdict for the plaintiffs;-DWlnges'
1291.

FATAL' ACCIDENT FROM INTOXICATION.
evening an inquest was held before Mr. Baker, Jun., 1.0
Hospital, on the body of Richard Pitnm, aged six y o
residing at No. 8, Palmer-street, Stepney. On Thursday w
deceased had been drinking very freely, and became very " t
toxicated. On entering his bedroom about twelve o'clock, be ca
his foot against the bedstead and he fell with great 0
t— na etY.
forcet haeeSwtueeceetr!udvdgt;eoll:
gmiund. He retired to rest, but complained of pains In his side. On
the following. morning he expressed a desire to he conveyed to
hospital His wishes were complied with, where he lingered not"
yesterday morning, when he died from a contused fracture of the left
side. Verdict, " Accidental death."

IMl=EttiA L rA tt.L LAMENT.
HOUSE OF -LORDS,June 11.
Earl SHAFTESBURY took his seat on the Woolsack •t •
quarter to Five.

CORN LAWS.
Lord COMBERMERE presented a petition froM a a° -
meeting of Cheshire against the corn-laws.
bijou'
Lord DELAMERE was well acquainted with the OP that
of the inhabitants of . the county of Cheshire. and believed 6
_.
they were generally in favour of the Bill before the 110°_s,
public benefit, and would be far from inflicting
anYof -theie
He supported the Bill, because he believed it would be licurrey.
He did not creeit that it would interfere with anY
establi.hed institutions. as it had been asserted•
stdered that it would, he would be far from supporting, it. .
Lord COMBERMERE—As to what the Noble Ler°
said that it was a very popular Bill with the county of Lapt;
shire he could only say. that such was not the cue, but ~..
Noble Lord must have taken his opinions from Stwould
port or that part of the county, as he .
arts
lf he con
state that the contrary was the fact in other Pta
of the county, where he was intimately acquaint';
and where large meetings of the tenant-farmers had expressed
their opinions against it.
Lord DEL AIsIERE was not aware that such had been the filet
He admitted that this was not a faimer's but a landlord's Bill.
The Duke of RICHMOND thought the tenant-farmers had
been ill-used upon the - question, for no,Lsooner did they
present petitions against
_the Bid than up get a Noble Lord
, and said be kneW the farmers were not against the Bill. What
,woulatheir Luidships think (whoa, Ite.to4l their( that the Noble
-Lord who had just explained was a.sohacriber to Theltlitaibiee
Protection . Society, :of. which .thelloble,pitzsotrao,he )iiii ..,-
luded to, as. being favourable to this- Bill, 'Was the iresideet-
When the question was first agitated in the House of CAra-
mons the tenant-farmers of Cheshire got up a society to pre-
serve protection, and their cry was " Protection, and nothing
but protection, as it then existed." Now he found these 0'1.7,
nmo
Noble Lords joined that Society, and supported it with the
great influence, and contributed to its funds. He bed
what
they the farmers of Cheshire were grateful to them for wl,
they did, but he thought this gratitude would not last vvre,
long.— ( Hear, hear.) An occasion would shortly present i .
self when the Cheshire farmers would have an opportunity 0... r
expressing their opinion on the subject, and he trusted t!le7
would follow the example of Nottinghamshire,
and the other counties, and form themselves into t,"13,1
mittees, so as not to return any man who had abaltd,,.°o/
the principles he professed in lB42.—(Hear, hear.). as agir
had the game in their own hand!, they were an me"°-ol;
tial pm lion of the people of this country, and it they .°-;,.
chose to exert themselves, even if this Bill did 114
pass, the day would shortly .come when they t°,lo
be able to repeal it. His Noble Friend the l'l'eit.
and Gallant Duke, the other day, recommended tu
Glaticester,_slif::
Lordships to pass this Bill, because he said there must be .t
new Parliament before long, and that if they did not pas_l
now they might expect the Bill to be sent before 6°l
by the Members of a new House of Commons,—(Hen, heat. t
He (the Duke of Richmond) most sincerely
many of the greatest agitators with respect to the repeal of the
corn-laws were really now alarmed at wl.at they bad dene,•::
( Hear, hear.) He believed that many of them had no idea
whatever that free trade was to be carried with respect to everi
article in which they themselves dealt.—( Hear, bear.). A„ua
he belies ed that at the time that they asked "for another 'lt
believed lbs
entire repeal of the corn-laws, their object wax that they pug
ask for more-than they really wanted, in order that they might
make terms between the parties.—( Hear, hear.) • However,
the Bill was not yet passed, and he hoped and trusted that A
would not pass as it at present stood.—( Hear, hear.)
Lord DELAM kRE said that it was not in his recolleotioa
that he ever subscribed to a protection society;, if he bad done so.
this was the first time he was aware of it.—(Heae, hear, and`
laughter.) But he never has, and ne
ou they were
ver W0U1d,.:6009, ti, slat
a society.
X t in another part'
, by rn' Ing 'violent de-
clamationnot advancing the interests o
The AdiarqutihsatofillNe
*the farmers Lb....gut on °hi •subject • e
s in one
part as to What
and what 'they tb(Ja b.
LONDONDERRY NtthhDeeEpfußabrßmliacYenrystphoeftitie4l .
part of the country,
hj
oofws
d been
s ha
..
presented to -e not Ireland again"
this Bill ? Was iextraordinary that this which
was to be so much affected by this Bill had eountry,.
.00,
their Lordships not to piss it ? He thought not petitin
the Noble Duke
..
rather exaggerated when he spoke of the feelings
miliendloguilvdenasyketrhyesallisofbacietoly per(
farmers , and he when
he
that the
trnhat there existed all:
of the tenat.:l_
Noble Lord had, in D:
the tenant-farmers different
thought, too, that it was opinions on this subject. ba
not right for the Noble Duke to ..
continually addressing their Lordships (and he always t°°` care to close his speeches with t and
terrible denunciati • some open and some great
on against the principle of free trade) sebea
petitions on this subject
were presented to the House.
_,_bia
The Marquis of SALISBURY concurred with his vw aw
Friend, that much • good was not done by s e'
peerh t
these ti ' tions—( Hear)—but he b d his Nbl Friend 1
egge o 0 jw b the •
same time to recollect that the custom bad originate" .iittst
the Noble Lord behind him. He knew, that in every e°l2-4
in England the tenant.farmers were almost unanimous egs',l-1
this Bill.—(Cheers, and cries of ~ No, no," and rt Oh ! oh: 'I
No doubt the tenant-farmers of Durham, who were re resented
in Parliament by one of the agitators of the Anti-corn Ls
League, did hold opinions in favour of this Bill.—( Hear. hesri;
If he were to assert that which he believed he might' of
should say that a considerable portion of the mill owners id
Lincolnshire were averse to free-trade. Some Noble Lord *IL
they were very anxious for it. . As far as he had looked at t
„I
"
petition on the subject, he found that there had-not been ''
single petition of the tenant-farmers in favour of the meesitf;.
It was too much for his Noble Friend to find faultnit's.l
Noble Duke on the cross benches for making a violent me,;
damnation on this subject. The tenant-farmers had done I!:
they could to prove their dislike to the Bill. They had snag;
every county in England, and had presented petitions 10 toff
and to the other House, begging that the Legislature if°
not be guilty of such a breach of faith to them,
e..'
The Inirquis of LONDONDERRY said, that 'after the e
traordinary personal attack made upon him—(Laughter)--i!i
felt it necessary to make some remarks. He had assert
the tenant-farmers were ;Ka apposed .to the Bill. He b*".„ :o
several occasions „„
listened in the House to the Noble Duke, A„
had made strong remarks after every petition he presenTio
444 a course was not usual, and when he remarked it.er.
Noble Marquis got up and made a most extraordinary 1p
soul attack on himer.(4t.sehtort) . It.. was not WM"
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