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of marriage made to. the plaintiff. The defendant had
pleaded that he never promised, and secondly, that the
young lady had herself exonerated him from his engage-
ments. This was a case in which the jury would see
that considerable damages ought to be awarded.
The first witness called was
Mr. Plimpton, examined by Mr. PRENTICE—Was a mem-
ber of the Stock Exchange. Had known Miss Goldicutt
from the year 1844; she was a governess in my family. I
know the defendant, he was formerly a clerk of mine;
he was so for four or five years. He commenced busi-
ness on the Stock Exchange for himself in 1842. He is
about 26 years of age. The age of Miss Goldicutt is
about 20 ; she was a person of considerable accomplish-
ments, and from her agreeable manners she was treated
as a member of the family. The defendant was
in the habit of visiting the house. I ob
served that an attachment had sprung up between the
parties. When upon the Stock Exchange, the defendant
called upon me, and said to me that no doubt I was
surprised at the frequency of his visits latterly to his
house. The fact was, that he had formed an attachment
to the young lady, and should feel it his greatest happi-
ness to be united with her. Upon that, he was intro-
duced to the members of Miss Goldicutt's family as her
suitor. (The witness then gave a detailed account of the

shilling for his creditors he had sued out the fiat in
bankruptcy.
The bankrupt's Solicitor contended, that the ac-
counts having been filed in due time, the assignees ought
to have been prepared.
The Solicitor to the assignees said it had been impos-
sible for them to ascertain the correctness of the ac-
counts. He said that two creditors had seized the whole
of the property, and one had taken forcible possession
with the aid of the police, and held in opposition to the
authority of this Court.
His HONOUR said the assignees were entitled to fur-
ther time, and, under the circumstances, he should ad-
journ the examination sine die, giving the bankrupt leave
to come up at his own expense on giving notice to the
assignees.

Court, Moore observing, as he went out, that the prisoner
was " the artfulest young devil he ever knew."
CLEI?KENWELL.
William Gibbs was charged with stealing two loaves,
of the value of Bd. and 7-0., the property of Samuel
Slade.

The prosecutor's servant said he was out with the
barrow serving customers, when the prisoner stole the
bread during the time ho was in the area of one the
houses he stopped at.
Mr. GREENWOOD inquired the cause of the prices of
each loaf being different ?
The witness replied that the. high-priced bread was
what was called "home-made," and they always charged
fram a halfpenny to a penny more for it than they did
for the other hind.

SECONDARIES' COURT, Dec. 18.
(Before Mr. Secondary POTTER.)
WARD V. HUNTER.

The prisoner was fully committed for trial.
John Francis was charged with stealing a loaf of the
value of 6id., the property of Edward Burge, baker, of
No. 5, Alpha-place, Chalk-road.
The facts of the case were of the ordinary description,
the prisoner going to the prosecutor's shop in the even-
ing, about five o'clock, and snatching from the window
the loaf, with which he ran off.
Mr. GREENWOOD, upon examining the loaf, which was
of the same size, and apparently of the same quality as
that valued at Bd. in the last charge, inquired of Mrs.
Burge, who appeared to prosecute, how it was that there
was such a difference between the price of a loaf in the
Kingsland-road and the Chalk road ? How could Mr.
Burge sell it so cheap as Gid.?
Mrs. Burge said, please your worship, the reason we
can sell it so cheap is because it is " home made," and
we always charge less for it than we do for the other.
Mr. GREENWOOD pronounced himself as unenlight-
ened as before with respect to the causes of the rise and
fall in the price of bread.
The prisoner was fully committed for trial on this
charge, but was ordered to be brought up again on Mon-
day, in consequence of seine property being found upon
him which was suspected to have been stolen.

The plaintiff in this action is a brick and tile merchant
at Honduras Wharf, Bankside, and the defendant is a
carpenter. The action was brought to. recover the sum
of Si. 65., for bricks sold.
The defendant pleaded that he was never iedebted
beyond 71. 10s., which he had
.tendered, and now paid
into court.

conversations which had taken place, and which ended
in a mutual acceptance of the defendant as suitor by the
young lady, and his pledging himself to marry her as
soon as he possibly could.) The defendant took a house
on Maida-hill, which was unfinished at the time, and re-
quested the owner to get the house completed by the
end of August; the rent was to commence from the Ist

The case lasted all the morning, but the simple ques-
tion was as to the quality of the bricks, which were
charged as the beat, which the defendant denied, but went
to plaintiff and offered to "split the difference," and pay
V. rather than go to law; the offer, however, wns re-
jected, and the present action was brought.
The jury, after hearing the evidence, which was un-
interesting, gave a verdict for the defendant.

of September. The defendant some time after com-
plained that "he had been led into it," and wished to
break off from his engagements; and upon the last occa-
sion of his visiting the plaintiff he rose from the table,
and left the room without shaking hands with any person
present, and said to Miss Goldicutt, "If yuu have
any message you had better send it to-morrow by Mr.
Plimpton." lie was afterwards waited upon by the father
of the plaintiff, sand in the presence of witness and
others, said that he did not intend to fulfil his promise to
bis daughter, but at the same time he added that it was
not in consequence of any impropriety he had seen in
his daughter's conduct. Ile spoke to him on the cubject
of the expenses incurred, and he replied, "What ! is it
money you want, then?"
By the Lotto CHIEF BARON—The defendant is now

CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT

W ORSII/P-S TREE T.
A young man named John Ambrose, who was recog-
nised by the police as a convicted thief, was placed at
the bar before Mr. Bingham, charged with having stolen
a quantity of lace End other articles of haberdashery,
the property of Mr. John Morris, a linendraper at Rom-
ford, and also with cutting and wounding, with intent
to murder, George Pettit, a City police-constable, who
effected his apprehension.

married. I do not think he ever saw the plaintiff's
mother. Upon the former trial the counsel for the de-
fendant said that his client was ready to marry the
plaintiff.
Captain Goldicutt was fortherly captain in the Rifle
Brigade. Recollected what took place during the inter-
views already deposed to by the former witnes;. lle
had waited upon the defendant to demand some expla-
nation of his conduct upon that occasion. Defendant
told him that he certainly would not marry his daughter.
Upon that occasion witness felt considerably annoyed,
and used very strong language to :him, such as no gen-
tleman could mistake.

It appeared from the evidence, that while the con-
stable was on duty in Petticoat-lane, at ten o'clock on
the preceding evening, his attention was attracted to the
prisoner, who was proceeding stealthily along with a
basket upon his shoulder, and evidently desirous e f
avoiding observation.: On reaching the end of the street
he turns el his head, and observing that he was followed,
threw down the basket and attempted to escape, but was
pursued by the witness, who grappled with him, and they
both tell. While struggling together upon the ground
an accomplice of the prisoner came up, and on the pre-
tence of assisting the witness raised the prisoner upon
his feet, when the latter drew some sharp instrument
from his pocket ar.d made a violent stab with it at his
left breast, which he warded off with his arm. The
prisoner continued stabbing at him six or seven other
times in rapid succession' when the witness closed Kith
him, and having succeeded at length in throwing him
down, held him there until the arrival of another officer,
when he - vras overpowered and secured.
Police.constable M'Michin, 131 H, stated, that in
consequence ed receiving an intimation that a City
policeman was surrounded by a gang of thieves, who
were in the :let of murdering him, he hastened to the
scene of the encounter and found the first witness strug-
gling with the prisoner upon the ground, and bleeding
copiously from several wounds in the arm. They were
surrounded by a mob of at least 100 of the worst charac-
ters in the district, none of whom offered the slightest
assistance to the officer, and it was only atter a violent
contest that the prisoner was taken into custody.
A certificate from Mr. Meares, the divisional surgeon,
describing the nature of the injuries the policeman had
' sustained, was handed up to the magistrate, and Mr.
George Child, the City police surgeon, attended, and
stated that Pettit had received no less than eight wounds
in the arm, one of which was of a very deep and danger-
ous description, and it was impossible at present to say
what would be the result of the injuries.
Henry Finnis, 633 of the City police, produced the
basket which the prisoner had thrown away in his flight,
containing a quantity of point lace, cambric handker-
chiefs, and other articles of value, which were identified
by Mr. Mortis, from whose cart they had been clandes-
tinely abstracted during its transit through Church-
street, Bethnal-green, about two hours previous to the
prisoner's capture.
The prisoner was identified by several officers in court
as a notorious pickpocket, who had been more than once
convicted, and who also had been repeatedly in custody
for savage assaults upon the police.
When callea upon for his defence, the prisoner gave a
general denial to the charge, and said that he had no
knife or other weapon of a like description in his posses
sion at the time the ennstable was wounded in the man
ner ho stated.

The LORD CHIEF BARON—Was your language such
as to provoke a duel? Witness—Certainly not; my
Lord.

By Mr. WATSON—I accusal him of his perfidious
conduct to my daughter. _ _

Mr. WATJON—That I believe would amount to a
cases belli in the Ittlet. Witness—lt would.

Examined by Mr. WATsJN—I told the defendant that
the affair would not end there.
By the LORD CHIEF BARON—My daughter's outhy
for the purpose of the marriage was between 601. and 701.
Several witnesses were thun called to prove the order
of the defendant to finish and furnish the house in

question.
The LORD CHIEF BARON, in summing up, observed that
the jury would endeavour to do their duty between
the parties, notwithstand'ug the absence of evidence for
the defendant, and the Learned Gentleman who was re-
tained to conduct the defence.
The jury retired, and after a short consultation rt..
turned a verdict for the plaintiff, damages 400/.

PACIFIC STEAM NAVIGATION CoMP.:INY P. LEWIS.
This was an action on the part of the plantitn, a
chartered company, to recover from the djer:dant
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, and Mr. Phipson,
appeared as counsel for. the plaintiffs; and Mr. Watscn,
with whom was Mr. Butt, 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 plaiatiff, 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 mader—which they
ecntained, that it was discovered that they had ignited
on bolrd of the vessel from their own spontaneous
combustion, and that upon two separate occasions the
crew of the vessel were compelled to throw ()verb atird 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. BUTT 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.

Mr. BINGHAM expressed his intention to commit the
prisoner for trial upon the twofold charge of felony
and attempting to murder the p.dicenaan, but ordered
him to be remanded for the formal completion of the
evidence.

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.

COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, Dec. 18.
The Court was engaged all the day with an action
brought by the assignees of a bankrupt to recover cer-
tain property in the possession of a brother-in-law,
alleged to belong to the former, but the case presented
no feature of interest to the public.

ADMIRALTY COURT, Dec. 17.
(Before Dr. LUSHINGTON.)
THE GAZELLE COLLISION.
This was a suit brought by the owners of the
schooner Despatch, to recover compensation fur the loss
sustained by them in a collision between their vessel and
the schooner Gr.zelle.
The schooner (of 18 tons), laden with coals, on the
21st of January last, was steering S. and by E. about
ten miles oil' the South Dudgeon Light. The Gazelle
was bearing off N.N.W. half W. The wind was bow-
ing strong, the night dark and hazy, and the rate of the
steamer was eight miles an hour. The steamer struck
her: near the paddle-box, and she herself sunk almost
immediately, and' for this (total) loss the suit was
brought. The course taken by the two vessels on near-
ing, and seeing each other, was that the helm of the
Gaz-]le was put to port, the helm of the schooner hard
a starboard. These were the main facts, and the ques-
tions raised upon them were chiefly—Was the steamer
justified in a dark night, in such a situation, in sailing
at such a rate? Ought she not to have eased her engines?
When the accident became inevitable, had each vessel
adopted the proper course ?
Drs. Jenner and Doane were for the schooner ; Dr.
Addams and Dr. Phillimore fur the owners of the Ga-
zelle.
Dr. LUSHINGTON was assisted by Captain Bunton
and Captain Farrer of the Trinity Howe, and in sum-
ming up to them the facts of the case, said that it was
most important that the rule of navigation for steamers
should be distinctly understood. The rule had been laid
down that steamers should give way to ;merchant ships,
for they were considered in the position of sailing vessels
having the wind fair, and such vessels were always bound
to give way. That rule had been laid down, and unless
the Trinity Masters thought it wrong its observance
should be insisted upon. The first question, however,
here was, whether the rate of the steamer in a dark
night, in a sea crowded with colliers, was not too rapid?
Ought not her engines to have been eased? If the col-
lision were attributable to her, she must bear the loss ;
but if the schooner had also done wrong in starboarding
her helm, the damage must be borne between them.
The Trinity Masters held that the orders given to
starboard the helm were given simultaneously with the
accident. They exonerated the schooner from all blame.
The steamer was to blame in going at such a speed in a
thronged thoroughfare.
The COURT accordingly pronounced for the damage,
with costs.

THE VANCOUVER-SALVAGE.
This was a claim for salvage by the crew of a lugger,
the Stag, and the owners of the steamer Robert Bruce,
for services rendered to the Vancouver. The latter
(laden with timber), while on a voyage from New
Brunswick to the port of London, had been run into in
the Channel by a French brig, the Union, of Dunkirk.
She had received considerable damage, and her master
employed the services of the lugger in consequence of
his ship "being in a disabled state." On the 26th of
August the service of the lugger commenced, but,
making little way, the aid of the steamer was obtained,
and from near the Seaford Roads the Vancouver was
towed to London. The service lasted for four or five
days, and the value of the ship saved was 5,0001. A
tender of 2001. was offered, but though subsequently
raised to 2501., had been refused.
Dr. Haggard and Dr. Bayford were for the salvers ;
Dr. Addams and Dr. Robinson appeared for the owners.
Dr. LESHINGTON, thinking that the services of steamers
ought, within reasonable bounds, to be encouraged, held
that the tender was insufficient, and increased it by the
addition of 1001

COURT OF BANKRUPTCY, Dec. 18.
IN RE NORRIS -BUILDING SPECULATIONS.
This bankrupt, who had carried on business in Great
College-street, Camden-town, as a builder, came up to
pass his last examination.
The Solicitor to the assignees said that the accounts
rendered were very unsatisfae:ory, as there was net a
single date throughout the whole, and they had only
been filed at the la -t hour; the assignees, were, there-
fore, desirous of fully inquiring into the state of the
bankrupt's affairs. He had contracted debts to the
amount of 5,0001 in two years, and without having a

THE SUN,
_LONDON, SATURDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 19, 1846.

Glenelg, which had been seized by the Custom-house
authorities, acting under instructions from her Majesty's
Government. He regretted to say that he had only just
been consulted, and was not prepared with a detailed
statement of the case, which he understood was one of
peculiar hardship. He would therefore call upon Mr.
Briggs, the second officer of the ship, who would make
a statement of a very startling nature.
Mr. Briggs said, that Mr. Foreiyth boarded the Glenelg
at breakfast time, and in a very rude and uncourteous
manner ordered every one in the ship to leave her di-
rectly, and would not allow the officers to finish their
meal, or any of the people to pack up their clothes and
goods. He was sure that Mr. Forsayth was in a state of
intoxication, and on his being remonstrated with, and
asked why the officers, crew, and emigrants were to be
turned adrift, he said, "If the cause in which they had
been engaged had been a good one he would have sup-
ported all of them, but as they were engagedslo bad cause
they must all turn out of the vessel." Somo of the police
then directed Mr. Campbell, the paymaster, to quit the
ship immediately, and, on his refusal to do so, he was
seized by several police-constables, who forcibly put
him over the ship's side. Ho (Mr. Briggs) was likewise
turned cut in the same rude manner, and the crew and
emigrants were ?riven from the ship like a herd of
cattle, and were not allowed to remain in the clock. Mr.
Campbell and himself made an attempt to get on hoard
again, but were repulsed and compelled to kayo the
dock. They appealed to Evans, of the Thames police,
who had the direction of that force, and he said he
was only acting under orders from the Commissioners
of Police.
Mr. BALLANTINE inquired where the transaction took
place ?—Mr. Bi iggs replied, in the East India Dock,
and said that Mr. Campbell was seized by three constables
of the Thames police, who led him to the dock gate,
and then turned him out.
Mr. BALLANTINE said the applicant must show that
he was legally on board the Glenelg, and that he was
placed in his situation by competent authority, before he
could interfere.
Mr. Briggs sad he was the regularly appointed se-
cond mate of the ship, and had entered into articles of
agreement with Captain Frederick Genre, the cons
mender, who was a British subject, to proceed on a
voyage to Ferrol, or any other port in Spain, and was to
receive monthly wage;. He entered into the contract
the same as he would have done in my other merchant
ship sailing from this port. The articles were of the
ordinary description, and signed by the master and
crew.

Mr. BALLANTINE said, it was well known the Glenelg
was one of three vessels forming an intended exped tion
which had been intercepted by her Majesty's Govern-
ment, who ordered the vessels to be seized and confis-
cated. There was no doubt something irregular in the
equipment of the sips and tbe purposes of ti)e expedi-
tion, or the Government would not have adoptcd such
proceedings. He could not grant a warrant or a sum-
mons, or interfere in any way whatever. The transac-
tion was one of a lighly illegal nature, and none of the
people who had been ejected from the vessel bad any
business there at all. The Government, it it thought
proper, could indict every person connected with General
Flores expedition. He would have nothing whatever
to do with the case, unless he was asked fur warrants
against the parties who got up and joined the expedition.
Mr. Campbell, the paymaster, produced the ship's
articles to show they were of the ordinary description,
and said he had also joined the Glenelg, and was to pro-
ceed by Ferrol by the run, and his passage was to be
paid back to England. He complained of the rough and
unceremonious way in which he had been treated, but he
more particularly complained that a number of poor men,
in a most destitute condition, had been turned out of the
vessel into the snow, some with no clothes at all on,-and
others only half-dressed. One man, whose collar- bone
was broken was, despite his sufferings, turned out of his
berth, and was then in the court, with a counterpane
over his shoulders. Two sick and disabled men were also
thrust out of their berths into the snow. He trust( d that
the magistrate would sympathise with the sufferings of
the poor men who were going out in the Glenelg as
emigrants. Any relief extended to them would be most
gratefully acknowledged.
Mr. BALLANTINE repeated that he could have nothing
to do with the case, and that •the Custom-house and
police-officers were responsible to their superiors. If
Mr. Campbell, and the gentlemen who accompanied him
considered themselves aggrieved, they could memorialise
the Government.

Mr. Campbell said, a memorial was forwarded to the
Government some days ago, and no answer had been
returned to it. He considered the magistrate was ap
pointed to do justice between the Queen and her subjects,
and that the poor people in the court were entitled to
protection and to justice, without reference to the Go-
vernment at all.

Mr. BALLANTINE said there was no case before him in
which he had a right to interfere, and smilingly obs.Tved
to Mr. Campbell, that the Government was too powerful
for either of them to contend with.

Mr. Briggs and Mr. Campbell both contended that the
Custom-house authorities and the police had acted in a
very arbitrary and illegal manner, but failed to convince
the magistrate of that ; and, as he peremptorily de-
clined to interfere, the gentlemen retired.
The whole of the crew and emigrants were then mus-
tered in the skittle ground and yard of the Prince of
Wales Tavern, opposite, and Mr. Campbell, after ex-
plaining to them the result of his interview with the ma-
gistrate, said he had no orders from his superiors re-
specting them, but he would take it upon himself to give
each of them Is., a slice of bread and cheese, nod a pint
of beer. That vas all he could do for them. The men
gave three cheers, and one and all thanked Mr. Camp-
bell. The landlord of the house provided the men with
the refreshments, which were soon devoured. In the
evening the men dispersed in different directions.
An application was made by some of the emigrants
in the course of the day to Mr. Symons, the chief clerk,
during the temporary abeence of the mgaistrate; they
said they bad paid 15s. each for their passage, and their
case was very different from the sailors'. Mr. Symons
said the magistrate would not grant process to any of
them, and had declared his intention of issuing warrants
against every individual connected with the expedition if he
were applied to, and a proper case made out. A sailor
then complained that his cheat and hammock were de-
tained on board the Glenelg, and he was told the magis-
trate could do nothing for him.
The dismantling of the Glenelg was proceeded with
after the people left her, and strict orders have been
given not to allow the crew and emigrants again on
board, who were to be converted into soldiers on the ar-
rival of the expedition at the Ecuador, and very sorry
troops they would have made. We understand that the
reason the people were turned out of the Glenelg so un-
ceremoniously was, that they had received three days'
notice to quit, and refused to leave the ship.

RAIL WAY SHARE MARKETS.
BRISTOL, DECEMBER 17.
STOCK EXCUANGE.--The sales are—Bristol and Exeter,
New, 7—Caledonian, New, DA cash—Great Western, Fifths,
30%—Ditto, New, 7—Midland, New, 61.65. 3d.—North Bri-
tish, Half Shares, 16—Shrewsbury and Birmingham, 41. 18e.
9d.—Taff Vale (5 per cent.), 12—Wilts, Somerset, and Wey-
mouth, 91. Is. 3d.
• LIVERPOOL, DECEMBER 17.
STOCK EXCRANGE.—The sales are—Eastern Counties, 22%
—Edinburgh, Leit h, and Grantham, 20— Great Southern and
Western, lA,. p.—London and North-Western, 1941/2—Ditto,
Quarters, New, 12% p.—Ditto, Fifths, 17 p.—London and
South -Western, New, 50/. Shares (scrip), % p.—Man-
chester and Leeds, Fifths, 5% p.—Midland, 1271/.2—North
British, 3714—Ditto, Halves, 4% p. —Ditto, Quarters, New,
p.—Ditto, Thirds, 3,4 p.—Sheffield and Manchester,
Quarters, No. 2, 2:3—Ditto, No. 3, % di?.—South-Eastern
and Dover, New, No. 4, p.—York and Newcastle, Pre-
ference, 5 p.—York and Selby, Preference, 10% p.—Cale-
donian, Halves, % dis.—Dundee and Perth, New, 5% p.—
East Lancashire, New, 3% p—Ditto, New (scrip), 1% p.
—Edinburgh and Northern, p. ex new—Great Grimsby
Extension, 1% dis.—. Leeds and Thirsk, ex Preference, 2%
dis.—Birmingham and Dudley, 5% p.—Birmingham and
Oxford Junction, 7% p.—Boston, Stamford, and Birming-
ham, 14 p.—East Lincolnshire, % p.—Glasgow and Dumfries,
1 tja p.—Liverpool, Manchester, and Newcastle Junction, lit
dis. —Newry and Wzrrenpoint, 31/2 p.—North-Western,
p.—Shrewsbury and Hereforgshire, 14. dis.—Shrewsbury
Wolverhampton, and South Staffcrdshire, 1% p.—Shrews-
bury and Birmingham (A), 2% p,—Ditto (B), 1 p.—Liver-
pool, Crosby, and Southport, 1 t,,f p.—Demerara, 1% p.—
Dutch Rhenish, I% dis.—Paris and Lyons, p.

MANCHESTER, DECEMBER 17.
STOCK EXCHANGE. —The sales are—Ambergate, Notting-
ham, and Boston, is dis.—Birkenhead, Lancashire, and
Cheshire Junction, 1% c. p.—Birmingham and Oxford
Junctiop, p.-Eastern Counties, 23—East Lancashire,
3,'Q p.—Ditto, New (scrip), 11/2 p. —East Lincolnshire, 3/4 p.
—Glasgow and Dumfries, I % p.—Leeds and Bradford,
451/2 p.—Leeds and Thirsk, Preferential, 1 p.—Manchester,
Buxton, Matlock, and Midiand, 1% p.—Manchester and
Leeds, Quarters, 41/2 p.—Ditto, Extension, 11/2p.—Manches-
ter and Southampton, 11s. dis.—North British, Quarters, 2%
p.—North Staffordshire, 31/2 p.—North Union ( A), 2241/2—
Shrewsbury and Birmingham (A), 2 3-16 p.—South-East-
ern and Dover, No. 4, % c. p.—Trent Valley, Midlands, &c.,
% p.—Wharfdale (late-North-Eastern, 7-16 dis.
LEEDS, DECEMBER 17.
STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Birmingham and
Oxford Junction, 73% p.—East Lancashire New, 3% n. p.—
Ditto, New Scrip, 11/2 p.—Glasgow and Dumfries, 19s. p.
scrip—Huddersfield and Manchester, 4 p.—Ditto, Thirds,
28s. n. p.—Leeds and Bradford, 45 p.—Leeds and Dewsbury,
10,4 p.. c. n.— Ditto, Half Shares, 5% p. c. n.—Ditto,
Branches (blue), 3 p.—Ditto, New Extension (pink). I p.
—Leeds and Thirsk, 13/4 dis. c. n.—Ditto, New, 114 ths. c.
n.— Ditto, Preference, 21s. D.- Malton and Driffield J unction,
20s. p.—Manchester and Leeds, Half Shares (late Hudders-
field and Sheffield), 41/a p.—Ditty Halves (late Waketie'd,
Pontefract, and Goole), 7 p.—Midland, Preference, 41;4 p.—
North British, Thirds, 575. p.—Ditto, Quarters (late Carlisle
Branch), h 1 s. 6d. p.—Ditto, Extension (scrip), 20s. p.—
North Staffordshire, 33% c. p.—North-Western, 10s. 6d. c. p.
—Sheffield, Rotherham, and Goole, % n. p.—Wharfdale
Junction, 10s. dis.—York and Newcastle Preference, 51s p.—
Leeds, Wakefield, and Midland, lls. 6d. dis.—Northern
Counties Union, 1% dis.
HULL, DECEMBER 17.
STOCK EXCHANGE.--A large business has been transacted
to-day in North British stocks, at improved rates. The re-
mainder of our quotations are almost without alteration. The
sales arc—North British, 37—Ditto, Half Shares, 16,A3—
Ditto, Quarters, 925. 6d. c. thirds—Ditto, Extension (scrip),
21s. 6d. p.—Ditto, Thirds, 3—York and North Midland,
Preference, 10 p.—Ambergate, Nottingham, and Boston. 2/.
2s. dis —Northern Counties Union, 24s.—Derby, Stafford-
shire, &c., 51. ss.

YORK, DECEMBER 17.
STOCK EXCHANGE.-The sales are-Ipswich and Bury,
10%-London and York, 21. 45.-Ditto, Halves, 2-North
British, Thirds, 31. 18s. 61-Ditto, Quarters, 31. 19s. 6d.-
Ditto, Extension, 1%-North Staffordshire, 8%-North-
Western, 3/. s.-Sheffield, Rotherham, &c . 3=,i-York and
Newcastle, New, 12A-Ditto, Preference, 7.
GLASGOW, DECEMBER 16.
STOCK EXCIIA NGE.-The sales are-Aberdeen, 244-Cale-
donian, New, 465.-CaledOnian and Dumbartonshire, 365.
cum int.-Direct Bombay and Madras, ss. 9d.-Direct
Northern, 395. 6d.-Dundee and Arbroath, 451. -Dundee a3d
Perth, 25 is-East of Fife, 455.-Edinburgh and Northern,
15%-Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ayr, 691.-Ditto, Quarters
(5 per cent. guar.), 17A-Glasgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle,
6/. Bs.-Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ardrossan, 555.-Glasgow,
Airdrie, end Monkland Junction., 445.-Great Southern of
Madras, 55.-Manchester and Southampton, 295.-Midland,
Halves, 6'4-North British, 3£4. cx thirds-Ditto, Thirds,
87s. 6t1.-Ditto, New Quarters (scrip), 325.-South Eastern
and Dover, New, No. 4, 625.-Stirlingshire and Midland
Junction, 50s.- Strathern Junction, 825.-York and New-
castle, Preference, 7%.