The Sun.
London, England, 1851-03-13 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY

gistrates to disentangle themselves from the con-
test in which they were now engaged with the
rate-payers. This, was a Bill which should be taken up
by her Majesty's Government, and he hoped it would
bo allowed to pass the second reading.—(Hear ) Did
the Hon. Members opposite think that by refusing their
a:ocnt to the measure ;hey would promote a better un-
thrst;mdiag,between landlords and tenants ?—(llear.) It
was only right and fair that the ratepayers in counties
should be placed on the same footing as those in be-
ro:ighs; and the Committee which had sat on the sub-
ject, as well as; the llovemment, and a vast number of
petition 4 presented to the House, had all agreed that
such a course of legislation was reasonable, just, and
proper. Oa these grounds he hoped Hon. Members
would give their vote in favour of the second reading.
Mr. WODEHOUSE admitted that during the last 20
years the expenditure in the county of Norfolk had very
much increased, but he believed nut more so than
in other counties. It was his conviction that the
Bill was not called for, and he entirely concurred with
the Right Hon. Baronet who moved the amendment.
that it would have the effect of introducing a body of
men to the proposed boarth, who, from their situation
in life, could not give the necessary attention to those
stitijets which would be rought before them. He
should veto tigainst the Bill. _

Mr. W. PAT FEN said he quite agreed in the opinion
expressed by several Hon. Members that a measure of
this kind shoull be brought forward by the Govern-
ment.—( Hear, hear.) He had some objections to the
dut ills of the Bill, which he would not now enter into,
but of this he was quite certain that there was a
growing feeling in the country that ratepayers should
• have some control over the county expenditure, and to
the attainment of that end he would use his utmost exer-
tions.—(Hear.) He should vote for the second reading,
believing that, with the' cooperation of the Govern-
ment, they might pass a Bill which would give
satisfaction to all parties.—(Cries of " Hear, hear.")
He deprecated entering at present into the details of the
measure, the simple question before the House being
whether they should or should not affirm the principle
that ratepayers were entitled to some control over the
expenditure of counties. He should support the second
reading.
Mr. ELLIS gave his testimony to the truth of the as-
sertion that there was a strong and growing feeling in
favour of legislation on this subject, but this did not
arise from any disrespect for, or distrust of, the manage-
ment of the magistrates, but from a feeling that taxation
and representation should go together. The question was
not a mere tenant one, because the parties who felt them-
selves most aggrieved were the small owners of property,
who entertained the belief that they ought to have some
control over the expenditure of their own money.
Mr. DRUMMOND admitted there was a growing de-
sire in favour of some such measure, but he was at a
loss to understand how they could pass any Bill which
would give any real control to ratepayers. He thought
parties were greatly deceived en the subject,
and that not one shilling of expense would
be saved by the Bill. They used the word
" responsibility," which was eternally being pronounced
in their ears without having any clear or definite idea
behind it —(Laughter.) He very much questioned whe-
ther the Bill would answer without giving much stronger
powers to the Secretary of State. If these boards were
formed they would see upon them, as in
the case of unions, persons of short-lived
interest doing exactly what the Hon. Member opposite
often wished to do, settling matters of finance without
any reference to the future.—(A laugh.) Though he
did not agree with the provisions of the Bill, he should
not, believing the principle involved in it a most impor-
tant one, object to giving his assent to the second
reading.
Sir H. VERNEY supported the Bill, and stated that
at a recent election there was hardly any point taken
up more strongly by the tenant-farmers and ratepayers
than that of having some representative body to control
the expenses of counties.
Mr. SPOONER denied that on that side of the
House any opposition was intended to the principle of
giving a share in the control of the management of
their finances to the county ratepayers, but te present
Bill was a most clumsy and absurd means of carrying
out this principle.
Mr. RICE supported the Bill, but had no objection
to see it considerably altered in Committee.
Captain PELHAM supported the amendment in the
hope that the Government would be induced to bring
forward some measure which would answer the ends in
view.

Mr. ROBERT PALMER concurred i❑ the opinion
that this measure ought to be taken up by the Govern-
ment, and with this view he would urge his Hon. and
Learned Friend the Member for Droitwich to withdraw
his amendment and allow the Bill to pass a second read-
ing, on the understanding that it should pass into a Se-
lect Committee for the purpose of being considered in
detail.

Mr. DEEDES admitted that there was a growing
feeling in the country in favour of some measure of this
nature, and he should be inclined to vote fur the second
reading if the Right Hon. Gentleman who bad charge of
the Bill would consent to the Bill being sent up stairs,
which course he, for one, would consider as transform-
ing the measure into a Government Bill.
Lord J. RUSSELL said that the Hon. Baronet the
Secretary of State was willing to serve on any Commit-
tee which might be appointed on the Bill, and to state
there those amendments which he thought necessary in
the Bill, but it was scarcely fair to expect more from
kiln.—(Hear, hear.)
Mr. M. GIBSON said that he should not think it de-
sirable to go into Committee for the purpose of taking
evidence, for ht thought they had quite sufficient before
them; but if they were to go into Committee with a
chance of coming out again with a Bill carrying with it
something of the nature of a Government measure,
he should be quite willing to consent to such a course.
He wished to say one word in reply to the Hon. Baronet
the Member for Droitwich (Sir J. Pakington). The
Hqn. Baronet had referred to the evidence of one gentle-
man who appeared before the Committee, and stated that
it 'was insufficient. In answer to that, he might say
that the gentleman referred to had thought it right to
speak only from his own exprience. With respect to
Lord Stradbroke, the Hon. Baronet had stated that his
Lqrdship had objected to many parts of the Bill, but he
had 'omitted to say that Lord Stradbroke was, in fact,
favourable to the constitution of county financial boards.
If,;therefore, his consaat was necessary for this Bill to
go: to a Select Committee, ho should be ready to assent
to such a proposition if it was understood that no evi-
dence was to ba taken, but that the Bill should be con-
sidered with a view to its further progress. Ho trusted,
therefore, that the Hoti. Baronet would, with this agree-
ment, withdraw his amendment. _

Mr. HENLEY said that as the Right Hon. Secretary
for the Home Department had intimated his apprehen-
sion of the difference between the administrative and
executive powers of the magistracy, he thought that it
would h .ve been much better if the Right Hon. Baronet
had introduced a measure proposed by himself, lle was
not at all surprised to hear the Right Hon. Gentleman
the Member for Manchester say that he was quite op-
posed to receive evidence, for he was quite sure
that if any evidence were taken such a case would be
made out teat he would not have the face to bring
so bad a Bill before the House again.—(Hear, hear, and
a laugh.) From what had occurred to-day the Bill was
placed in an entirely different position to that which it
formerly held, and he should therefore place himself en-
tirely in the hands of his Hon. Friend and either vote
with him if he pressed the House to a division, or if
he withdrew his amendment be ready also to
withdraw his oven opposition.—(Hear, hear.) He would,
however, soy, that after the Bill came out of the Com-
mittee he should consider it to be invested with all the
weight of Government responsibility.
Sir J. PAKINGTON said that he also felt that the
Bill was placed in a very ditnrent position, and should
therefore withdraw his amendment. Ile would, how-
ever, observe, that in speaking of Mr. Robert Smith's
evidence he had stated what he had heard upon
authority. Under the circumstances, and considering
that the Bill would now have a Governmental character,
he would withdraw his amendment.
The amendment was then withdrawn, attd the Bill was
read a second time.
EXPENSES OF PROSECUTION BILL.

On the motion of Sir G. GREY, that this Bill be read
a second time, a conversation ensued, in which Lord
Ehrington. Mr. Forbes, Mr. Packe, Mr. Alderman Sid-
ney, and Mr. Henley took part, the purport of which
was to show that the expense of prosecutions had in-
creasei, that the Bill was a good Bat, but that it would
not relieve the agricaltur6ts from an uacqual rating.
Mr. T. EGERTON suggested that it was advisable to
p,ty clerks of assizs and sessions by salaries and compel
them to ket up prosecutions on behalf of the public.
Mr. FRE WEN hoped the Bill would be made appli-
cable to Scotland and the Isle of Man.
Mr. HUME was of opinion that the present mode of
paying for prosecutions was based upon an erroneous
principle, and the sooner therefore a public prosecutor
was appointed, and a simple and uniform system of pro-
secuting criminals adopted all over the country, the
better.—( Hear, hear )
Sir G. GREY promised that all these valuable sug-
gestions should have his best consideration. He agreed
with the Hon. Gentleman who last addressed the House
that some more efficient check ought to be exercised
over the expenses incurred for prosecutions, and the
House might depend upon it that this branch of the
subject had not escaped his attention. Within the last
two or three years the expenses of assize had been
reduced by upwards of 20,000/.—(Hear, hear)—aed
the same rules and arrangements which bad led
to that beneficial result it was intended to ex-
tend to other large couaties.—(Hear. hear.) The
question relating to the appointment a public prose-
cutor was surrounded with considerable difficulty, but
though the creation of such an officer was not yet con-
templated, it was hoped the practice which would be
established under this Bill would always secure efficient
and economical prosecutions on behalf of the public.
The Bill was then read a sec,2nd time, and ordered to
be committed this day week.
Tile Salmon Brood (Ireland) Bill was withdrawn.
APPRENTICES AND SERVANTS BILL.

_ , r• INES, in moving the second reading of this
'sill, recalled the attention of the House to the Sloanes'
case, and other similar cases, which had recently oc-
curred, and said this Bill had been introduced with the
view of preventing a
in recurrence of such offences. The
Jaw was defective
.tohis respect. if a a master or a
mistress neglected
apprentics With `Provide a servant or an
sufficient food and sustenance,
the criminal law could take no cognizance of the matter,
if the apprentice or the servant were not au infant of
tender years, and although in the recent case Jane Wil-
Sloanes f bred coul
or d have sustained civil action against the
the recovery of du
judges held
tbst the offenders could not beat'mage
indicted thdfeor a criminal
offence, inasmuch as Jane Wilbred was upwards of 16
years of age. Now that was an unjust law ard ono
of the objects of this Bill was to remedy thatLfect.
Another defect in the existing law was this—a° persons

ill-using a servant or apprentice who might be in their
employ could be prosecuted for an assault unless it were
shown that in inflicting that ill-treatment they were ac-
tuated by a criminal intent. The offence of such per-
sons was only considered by the existing law as
amouuting to a misdemeanour, and could only
be prosecuted accordingly. A third defect
he had yet to state, which, perhaps, was not of less im-
portance than either of the other two. As the law now
steed, no provision was made for the cost of prosecu-
tions in cases like those he had just specified, and in the
event of no benevolently-disposed persons taking up
the cause of any poor and much-injured creature, like
Jane Wilbred, and undertaking to defray the ex-
penses of bringing her persecutors to justice, they ran
the risk of altogether escaping the punishment which
such conduct merited. Now he could not help think-
ing that such a defect in the law was incompatible with
a due regard for the interest and well-being of society,
and while, therefore, this Bill would provide that all in-
dividuals neglecting to supply young persons under 18
years of age, who might be in their service,
with sufficient and proper food and sustenance, or who
should assault or ill-treat them, should be liable to be
criminally prosecuted, and punished with imprisonment
and hard labour; it would also provide fur paying the
cost:; which would attend the effectual prosecution of such
offenders. There was another defect in the law which he
thought ought to be dealt with. When a young person was
hired out of a workhouse, at present there was scarcely
any means of providing against his ill-treatment. Now,
he proposed that it should be the duty of
the guardians to appoint some officer to make
periodical visits to an apprentice, at least four
times in the year, after he left the workhouse, and to re-
port to the guardians on all occasions when he had rea-
son to believe the apprentice was cruelly. or
improperly treated. In several unions this prac-
tice had• been voluntarily and spontaneously adopted.
There was also another defect in the law. At present
the duty of the;guardians to prosecute parties for the ill•
treatment of apprentices was extremely doubtful in
point of law. The guardians of the West London Union
entertained serious doubts whether they could legally
expend the poor-rates for prosecuting the Sloanes in the
case of Jane Wilbred, and they were obliged to refer the
matter to the Poor-law Board. To remedy this defect
in the law he proposed to give power to the guardians of
the poor to institute such prosecutions, and to defray the
cost out of the poor-rates. The Right Hon. Gentleman
concluded by moving the second reading of the Bill.
Mr. HENLEY entirely agreed with every word which
had fallen from the Right Hon. Gentleman, but he
thought the Bill might be improved, and rendered more
easy of operation, by making its provisions a little more
general. He meant that the same punishment and pe-
nalties should Le awarded to the different offences men-
tioned in the Bill.
Colonel RAWDON regretted that the Bill was not to
be extended to Ireland. _ .

Sir JOHN DUCKWORTH supported the Bill.
The Bill was then read a second time, and ordered to
be committed on Friday next.
The others orders of the day having been disposed of,
the House adjourned.

TO MR. VANDENHOFF,
On his grand and pathetic impersonation of Reuben, in
the new and magnificent Drama of Azael, the Prodigal,
now in the course of nightly performance at the
Theatre Royal, Drury-lane.
Welcome, thou Rembrandt,4 moving o'er the scene;
High Patriarch of Judah's royal strain;
Speaking, in old-world tones, the thoughts serene
That breathe of Israel's faith—nor breathe in vain,
For, when thy Prodigal, thine only Son,
Who leaves thine age, and all but breaks thy heart,
By Memphis, from his ancient creed were won,
Those anxious tones across his conscience start,
And lo! amid false sorceries and wiles,

Gorgeous as earth's dominions can unite,
He tovers—reelaim'd—heroiaal—and smiles

At martyrdom, and bids the Smiters, smite.
No, not for life, will he abjure the truth
His Fathers' Fathers held, and thou did'st teach his youth

The Priests of Isis hurl him to the Nile,
Bat Reuben's God preserves him from the wave—
He crawls the Desert, humbled to a Slave—
And, now he's left to perish—and, awhile,
Hope fails his breast—till, looming in a dream,
The lost familiar scenes before him beam—
II? wakes, and staggers forth to seek his Sire:—
The good old man, amidst his harvest-home,
Musing in anguish where his Son may roam,
Nov, weeps for joy to clasp his soul's desire.
Consummate artist, matchless to combine
Majestic pathos, eloquence divine!
The Drama, still, shall boast a Sou'ran Chief,
While Creou's grandeur lives, in thee, and Reuben's
grief.

THE AIITHOZ OP "RURAL SONNETS."

Inner Temple, March 1.

• Mr. Vandenhoff's make-up as Reuben is a perfect gem
from the Antique, calling to life, as it were, the most cele-
brated portraits of Patriarchs, and Kings in Israel, from the
pencils of Rembrandt and the other great ma.stera.

PRICES OF SHARES

IN BANKS, ASSURANCE, AND OTHER COM-
PANIES' STOCK.
From the Official List.

PUBLISHED EVERY TUESDAY AND FRIDAY EVENING.
LONDON, TUESDAY, MARCH

.TOTITT-1371.1'::CE, 8A.1031t1.1.

Dividend Amount
Name of Company. per of Paid. Price.
Annum. Share.
------- --- ---- -
£ oh d. .Z a. d.
Australasia •••••• •• •• 41. per cent. 40 0 0 40 0 0 _
BritshNorth American 51. percent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 -
Ceylon -•••••• •• • • •• - 25 0 0 25 0 0 _
Comnaorclal of London i 61. por cent. 100 0 0 20 0 0 -
Colonial . 121. per cent. 100 0 0 25 0 0 -
Gloucestershire •• •• • • 115/per cent. - - -
lonian .• •• •••••••• • • % 61. per sent. 25 0 0 25 0 0 -
London and County •• 1 ni. oer cant. 100 0 0 20 0 0 -
Loudn and Westminstr % 61. per cent. 50 I 0 20 0 0 -
London Joint-Stock .•• Gi. per sent. to o 0 10 0 0 --
Provincial of Ireland.. SL per cent. 100 0 0 25 0 0 -d
Ditto, New••• •• •• •• 1 81. per cent. 10 0 0 10 0 0 -
National of Ireland - i 51. per cent. 50 0 0 22 10 0 -
Nat. Provncial of Eng. ' 61. per cent. 100 0 0 35 0 0 -
!Mtn, New. ••••• • • % 51. per cent. 20 0 0 10 0 0 -
South Anstralia ••• • - 61. per cont. 25 0 0 25 0 0 -
Uidon at Australia.... % td. per cent. 25 0 o 25 0 0 34
Ditto ••••.••. - •• • • % 6/. per cent. - 210 0 -
Union of London. •• - 61. per cent. 50 0 0 10 0 0 12%
Union of Madrid •• • • • 1 -
____ • 40 0 0 40 0 0 -
.
1N51112.11.11C161 COMPANIMS.
Dividend Amount
Name of Company. per of Paid. Price
Annum. Share. . •
-- -
X a. d. £ a. d.
Albion •••••••• • • •• •• 81.10 s. 500 0 0 50 0 0 86
Alliance efrit. and For. 7114 s 6d& bs 100 0 0 11 0 0 -
Ditto Marine. •• •• •• 61. per cent. 100 0 0 5 0 0 -
Atlas . 135.6 d. 50 0 0 510 0 17%
Argos Life ••••• • • •• 41. per cent. 100 0 0 16. 0 0 -
Britian Commercial .• 7s. 60. 50 0 0 5 0 0 7%
Clericl,Med.& Gen• Lite spr ct.&bs. 100 0 0 10 0 0 20
County •••••••• • • .• .• 4/. 100 0 0 10 0 0 86
Crown ••• • - ........ 14s. 50 0 0 5 0 0 15
Ellie
European Life •••• •• 10s. 20 0 0 All paid. 11%
General ••••••• • •• • • - - 5 0 0 51U
Globe •. .. •• • • 61. per cent. Stock. - 135%
Guardian •••••••• •• • • 51. 100 0 0 45 0 0 56
Imperial Fire •• •••• • • 121. per cent. 500 0 0 50 0- 0 235
Imperial Life .. •••• •• 12s. 100 0 0 10 0 0 18%
Indemnity Marine.. • • Midi. & ha. 100 0 0 20 0 0 47%
Law Fire •••••• • • • • • • - 100 0 0 210 0 2%
Law Life ••••••• • • • .. IL 16s. .100 0 0 10 0 13' 46
Legal and General Life - 50 0 0 2 0 0 41
Licensed Victuallers.. - 5 0 0 1 0 0 -
London Fire •• •. •• • • 10s. 25 0 0 12 10 0 17%
London Ship -.......• 10s. ,25 0. 0 12 10 0 17%
Marine •• -••• •• ...... 15s.per share 100 0 0 15 0 0 6%
Med.lnvlid&Gen.Life 4%1. per ct . 50 0 0 2 0 0 2%
National Lean. Fund•• 5/. per cent. 20 0 0 2 10 0 2
National Life• -
Palladium Life ......
Phcenix ... 31. p. sh. &bs. - - 155
Professional Life .....• 51. per cent. 6 5 0 , 010 0 20s. Od
ProvidentLifo........ 11. ss. & bs. 100 0 0 10 0 0 39
Rock Life...........• 53. 8 0' 0 010 0 6%
Royal Exchange ...... 61. p.et. & ha, Stock. - 220 -
Sun Fire.. ..... .....• 61. 10s. - - 209
Ditt& Life • • - - 48
United Kingdom
ifeAvorsel Life lO% ct.&bs. 100 0 0 10 0 0 -
Viztoria Life • . - 4 12 6 5

WATZ7Z-liV'OZILS.

Name of Company.

East London. •• • •
Grand Jeactien • • • • • •
Lambeth •• • • • • • • • • • •
New Rivr Led n Erdge
Vauxhall • • •••••• ••
West 3ildideibk . . •

Dividend
per

Arinum.

61. par cent.
41. per cnt.
41. per cat.
bl. per cnt.
41. Os.
51. per cnt.
61.05. pr cnt.

Amonit
of
Skare.

d.
100 0 0
50 0 0
100 0 0
100 0 0

Paid.

X s. d.

,100 0 0

Price.

155%

57g
97
109%

11003E111.
Dividend Amount
Name of Company. per of Paid. Price.
Annum. Share.
X s. d. £ e. d.
Commercial .......... 41. pr cent. Stock. - 84
East and West India... 61. pr cent. Stock. - 142%
East Country .. 20s. per sh. 100 0 0 - -
London - 115)6
Ditto 80nd5........ -IL per cent. - - -
6 LlKatharine .. ... t.. 3% per cent. Stook. - 74%
Ditto Bonds •. • • .... 4)41. pr cent. - .....
-
Southampton ........ 21. per cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 15
BZXDGES
Dividend Amoint
Name of Company. per of ' Paid. Price.
Annum. Share.
----- ----. ••••••••••••
X• s. d. S. s. d.
Charing-crime • • • • ...• - - - 15
Southwrk .• .. ••• • • • - 100 0 0 - 334
Ditto Nw of 7% p.c. 355. per cent. 50 0 0 -- 16
Waterloo .... •••• • • • • - 100 0 9 - St
Ditto Old Ann. ofBl. 11.45. Od. - 60 0 0 25
Ditto Nw ditto of 71. 11. Is. Od. - 40 0 0 -
Vauxhall .... .•. Ay. 11. 70 10 3 - • 18
• CANALS.
i 4 Dividend
Names of 0, Dividend ~.,.4 Names of 1, per
Companies. 1 per ' `-ce. Companies. ..3 Annum. Price.
;W. Annum., so
• • . . . . . I I
r£
X
Ashtn& Oldh 97 71. 113 Macclesfield. 100, 21.105. 50
Barnsley •• • • 160 121. 180 Meath .• •• • • 100 i 161. -
Irknk&Abrg 150 51. 85 Oxford.. •• • • 1001 201. 169
Birmingham 40 41. 52 Peak Forest. 75 , 31. 18s. 70
Coventry.. • • 100 251. 900 Regent's •• • • 33 Id. Its. 111%
Derby ••• • • 100 61. 63 Rochdale..,. 85 41. 42
EllsmreScChs 133 355. 26A Somrset Coal 150 71.105. -
GrandJunctn 100 41.pr.et. 63 Do.LkFd6t 12 61. p. c. -
D•.. 6 pr. Ct. 7541 - 8 Stffrd&Worc 140 281. 405
Grand Surzey 100, 21. Os. 32 Shrewsbury.. 125 - -
lrand Union 100 11.10 s. 24 Stoarbridwa.. 145 201. 290
itentita Alm 39 4s. 85. 4 Sevens andl
Lancaster ,100 4/. - Wye Ball. t 26 21' Os' 24
. 1
Goods& Licrploo 241. 400 Warwick& /
41. 46
Leicester .. • • 100 51. 66 Birming..) 100
Leicstr&Nth 83 41. 44% Warwickss,
Lou ghborogh 142 701. 510 Napton.. 3 100 31. 3.
Monmouthsh 100 81. - Worcstr &/ 78 31. 40%
Mntgomrysh 100 - - Birming.
Meltnaiwbry 100 - - Wilts '& Brks - I Is. 6%

GAS-LIGHT AND COKE COMPANIES.
Dividend Amount
Name of Company. per of Paid. Price.
Annum. Share.
-------- - --
X. s. d. Z. s. d.
British •• ••••••• • •• •• 11. 40 0 0 18 0 0 13
Ditto Provincial•• •• 11. Bs. 20 0 0 20 0 0 13%
Brighton .• •• .. ••. •.. 51. 20 0 0 - -
City of London .• •• •• 61. 100 0 0 150 6 0 -
ContinentalConsolidat. 925. 75 0 0 31 5 0 -
Equitable. •••••.. •• • • 505. 50 0 0 50 0 0 27
Imperial • • .... •••• •• 31. 50 0 0 50 0 0 70
Independent ... •• .. •• 61. 40 0 0 40 0 0 46
London.• .... •• •• •• • • - 50 0 0 50 0 0 -
- 50 0 0 i5O 0 0 -
Do., Parl. Preference 61. 25 0 0 710 0 -
Phcenix .••..•• • • •• - 41. 50 0 0 49 0 0 2834
Ratcliff •••••.. • • • • • • 51. 100 0 0. 90 0 0 -
United General •• •• •• 11. 50 0 0 50 0 0 15
Westminster Chartered 31. 50 o o - 46
Ditto, New •••• •• .• 12s. 50 0 0 10 0 0 i 9%
117.5 T OP SCOTTISH COMPANIES' PRICES
Dividead Amount 1
Name of Company. per of Paid. Price.
Annum. Share. I
---- _.....- -- -- -
X a. d. £ s. d
Rank of Scotland ..... 71. per cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 180
British Linen Company 81. per cent. 100 0 0 100 6 0 199%
Caledonian Bank ..... 81. per sent. 10 0 0 210 0 31. 3 .
City of Glasgow Bank 61. per cent. 10 0 0 10 0 0 11%
Clydesdale Bank -• •• •• 634 per cent. 20 0 0 10 0 0 13
Commercial Bank •• •• 71. percent. 500 0 0 100 0 0 173
Eastern Bank •• •• •• • • 61. per cent. 25 0 0 10 0 91. 4s.
Edlnb./GGlasgow Rank 61. per cent. 50 0 50 0 4%
Exehangellnk of Scot.. 41. per cent. 100 0 0 50 0 0 15
National Bank 634 per cent. 50 0 0 10 0 0 i 5
Northof Scotland Bank 51. percent. 20 0 0 10 0 21.125.
Royal Bank of Scotland W. per cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 130
Union Bank of Scotland 81. per cent. 100 0 0 50 0 0 88N
Western 13ank •••• • • • • 71. per cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 70
Alliance Fire and Life r4341.pr cent. 10 0 0 10 0 0 21
British Guarantee
Caledonian Fire Insur. 101. per cent. ICO 0 0 10 0 0 23
City of Glasgow Life 6l. per cent. 25 0 0 2 0 0 31. 6s
Colonial Life .. ••• • • - 50 0 0 1 0 0 1/.155.
Edinburgh Life Insur. 61. percent. 100 0 0 15 0 0 20%
Eng. & Scot, Law Life 51. per cent. 50 0 0 217 6 234
Life Assoc. of Scotland 61. per cent. 10 0 0 1 0 0 I 21. 65
National Fire and Life 51. per cent. 10 0 0 1 0 0 ,2411.6 d
North British Insur. - Si. percent. 200 0 0 20 0 0 , 27
Scottish Union Inarnce. iMI. pr cent. 90 0 0 1 0 0 123‘ 3d
Standard Life •••• •• • • 51. per cent. 50 0 0 4 5 0 ' 11%
United Dep.Assurance 51. per cent. 10 0 0 1 0 0 178 641
MISCEIMANEOI7O.
Dividend Amount
Name of Company. per of Paid. Price.
Annum. Share.
------- -- ---- ---
x. s. d. Z. s. 4.
Assam Tea ••.. • • - 20 0 0 20 0 0 5
Auctisn Mart ••-• • • • • 2/. ss. 50 0
Australian Acricultnrl 11, 100 0030 0 0 15
Australian Trust •• •• 6'. per cent. - 35 0 0 21
knglo-Mealcan Mint ii. IN. 10 0 0 10 0 0 2
04
Ditto, Half Shares - - 2 10 0
38 10 0
British American Land - -
Canada ... •••• - •• - Gl. per cent. 100 0 0 32 10 0 46
Uppr Canada Bonds Gt. per cent.l - -
Ditto ditto - inB
City Navigation Bonds 31 per cent. - - 96
Clen.Revers. &Invest. 5 p.e.&bs, 2/ 100 0 0 100 0 0 91%
Equitable Iteversionry 5 p.c.& bs. 5, 100 0 0 100 0 0 10914
Ditto New
Gen.SteamNavigation 10 p. ct.& bs. 15 0 0 14 0 0 2834
Hudson's Bay - Stock. - 204
Hungerford ...... - 100 0 47
London Institution - 78 1 0 7
-
New 2641 and Company ---
25 0 0 25 0 -
Ditto. New - 25 0 oil 2 1 0 -
Russell Institution - 126 0 -
-
Peninslr& Orieut.Stm. 61. per cent. 50 0 0 50 0 70
Reversionary Int. Soc. 4341. pr cent. 100 0 0 100 0 99N
Royal Mail Steam 4l. p. share. 100 0 0 60 0 71%
South Australian ll. per share. 25 00j 25 0 24
Van Dieman's Land 100 001 29 0 2
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ADULTERATION OF COFFEE.
By the report of the meeting on Monday on the adul-
teration of coffee it will have been observed that
although there was a noisy opposition to the resolutions
against chicory being surreptitiously vended under the
name of coffee, not a single argument was offered in
justification. The old statement of the Chancellor of
the Exchequer, that the public when they ask and pay
for coffee, prefer to have the inferior article foisted upon
them, was all that could be brought forward, although
at the same time the fact that the opponents of the
practice. when they point to the injury inflicted by it
upon the revenue, manifest "far more sympathy for
the Chancellor of the Exchequer than the Chancellor
had manifested for himself," was._ adroitly taken advan-
tage of. A sample of stuff was produced to the meet-
ing, "consisting of burnt peas, dog-biscuit, powdered
earth, and other materials too horrid to mention,
which, of course, if kd alteration is to be per-
mitted 'in any shape, must also be tolerated ; yet,
this exhibition was met by an avowal from a re-
tail trader of his perfect contentment with the
system which permits such mixtures, while another
speaker also had just previously asserted that it leads to
an improvement in the strength and palatable properties
of coffee. Notwithstanding the uproar, however, with
which the small dealers listened to every condemnation
of the evil, resolutions were eventually carried, that the
adulteration of coffee should be met in the same way by
the Government as the adulteration of any other dutiable
article; that the poor are at present imposed upon to a
most pernicious extent; that it is a precedent fraught
with serious evils to encourage such proceedings by a
legal sanction; and that an interview should be obtained
with Lord John Russell and Sir Charles Wood to urge
prompt and effective measures of prevention.

Meanwhile, the public should keep in view the actual
position of the question as regards the various interests
effected. Tho colonial coffee :rowers say that if chicory,'
horse-ehesnuts, &e 3 , are to be re cognizod by the Go-
vernment es identical with coffee, then it mu et be unfair
to subject their produce to a duty of 4d. per lb., while
the competing articles are liable to no such impost.
With respect to the consumers the argument is, that
they should be allowed the opportunity of purchasing
any mixture they may ask for; but that if they ask for
coffee the dealer should not be allowed to substitute
chicory or horse-chesnnts, any more than he should
be allowed to substitute Britannia metal whe❑ he
professes to give silver. At the same time, if this
view be not taken, the dealer has a right to com-
plain that the Government is not consistent, and
that while he is allowed to vend substitutes for
coffee, ho finds himself prosecuted by the Excise if he
introduces linseed into pepper or sloe-leaves in place of
tea. In his recent Budget the Chancellor proposed to
reduce the duty on coffee from 4d. to 3d ; but to be upon
a par with chicory, horse chesnuts, and powdered earth,
it must be free from duty altogether. Without a pro-
hibition against one being substituted for the other,
this reduction, therefore, is merely an unworthy instal-
ment of an unanswerable demand. Few persons have ever
thought of asking for an excise duty on chicory c quiva-
lent to the duty on coffee, yet two years ago the Chancellor
" warned" the chicory growers that he contemplated going
even to that extent if the adulteration should be continued.
When it was shown that it had not only continued, but
had greatly increased, he announced that he had no
intention of taking any steps in the matter. Next he
intimated, on the authority of some grocers, that the
public were highly favourable to the practice (although
this was no answer to the claims of the cultivators);
and, lastly, it was asserted, in the face of a rapidly de-
clining consumption, that the substitution of the untaxed
for the taxed article, had actually increased the use of
the latter. It will be seen, therefore, that the points at
issue have been thus far met by nothing but contradic-
tions, damaging alike to steady trade and to the national
character, and that it will be impossible after the know-
ledge of the case which is now awakened, and the dis-
play on the part of the retail traders which took place
yesterday, that these can be any longer persevered in.
It may be• desirable to mention that the tradesmen
who spoke in condemnation of the prevailing practices
were Messrs. Fortnum and Mason, Ridgway and Co.,
Mr. Twining, Mr. Payne, of Regent street; Mr. Quick,
of Fenchurch-street; and Mr. Deane, of Shoreditch.
The two firms mentioned among the cases cited in the.
Lancet whose coffee was found entirely free from adulte-
ration were Richard Knight and Son, Of Graceehurch-
street, and Mr. Betts, of Oxford-street. It must be
plain, however, that as things at present stand houses of
this description can have no fair chance against their
less strict competitors.— Times.

LORD JOHN RUSSELL'S BILL FOR AUTHO-
RISING AND VALIDATING THE ASSUMP-
TION OF TERRITORIAL TITLES BY THE
NEW ROMAN CATHOLIC HIERARCHY.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

SlR,—The Eccisiastical Titles Bill, as now vitiated
and reversed by Lord J. Russell, should be entitled by
no other title than the following, viz.—A Bill to sanc-
tion and permit the use of the usurped territorial titles
of the New Roman Catholic Hierarchy in all deeds,
wills, or other documents, endowing the Roman Ca-
tholic Church, or conveying property to Roman
Catholic Prelates, &c., &c.. If " mane quod omissum tin
such a case," est permissum; a fortiori, omne quod excisum
est permissum." The Queen and the country asked the
Premier for an Anti-aggression Bill; he, now, literally
gives them one in favour and in establishment of usur-
pation and aggression !
The Bill, with the clauses unexcised, might interfere
with " acts" done in the name and on the strength of
the usurped titles, and so it ought, unless we are to allow
the usurpers to take advantage of their own wrong, and
thereby force the nation to succumb, simply because
these aggressors will not retract, or accept endowments
and gifts from their flocks, by and through the hitherto
recognized channels arid methods.
I am, Sir, yOur obedient servant,
A BARRISTER.

Temple, March 10, 1851.
P.S.—lf a 1001. penalty is to attach to a first offence, as-
suredly, a 5001. penalty should attach to a second offence
by the same party, and a power of extradition (not im-
prisonment, with its turbulent levees and traitorous
mobs) be in reserve, to deal with any contumacious and
martyrdom-provoking zealots, who should be egged on,
by the ultramontanes and purti-pretre, to offend a third,
or more times, against the statute. If this rule be not
provided, fanatics will be backed up, with plenty of
funds and encouragement, to break the law over and
over again, for the purpose of gambling with the chances
of conflicting verdicts, and reaping the sympathetic fruits
of cumulative martyrdom. No just and honourable
Protestant would resort to sordid " qui tarn" prosecu-
tions, but every such Protestant demands, that the
power of prosecuting intentional violation of the statute
shall be shared by some other reputable functionaries, or
.persons, besides the individual Attorney-General for the
time being. To limit this power as at present limited,
is virtually to legislate that it shall be non-effective and
dormant.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
MANSION-HOUSE.

William Samuel Smith Heale, chief cashier at Messrs.
Cunliffe and Co.'s banking-house, in Lombard-street, was
brought before the Lord Mayor, charged with having
stolen three •1001. bank-notes, the property of his em-
ployers. The prisoner had been a few days ago charged
with having embezzled a bill of exchange for 150 L,
which was alleged to have been received by him on ac-
count of the firm, but it was stated upon the part of the
prosecution, that the firm did not, on the present occa-
sion, intend to proceed with that case.
Mr. Surr, assisted by Mr. Hobler, attended for the
prosecution. Mr. Parnell appeared for the prisoner.
The proceedings excited much interest, in consequence
of the report that the firm had been robbed by some of
their servants, of cash and bills to a very considerable
amount.
The following is the substance of the proceedings, the
details of which occupied his Lordship for a length of
time.

Mr. Thomas Underdown, clerk to Messrs. Cunliffe
and Co., said—On the 2d of December last I received
from the Bank of England 2,0001. in notes, and entered
them in our wages cash-book. There were amongst
them three notes of 100/. each, numbered from 87,172
to 87,174 inclusive, dated February 11,- 1850. I put
those notes in the till. The prisoner was the chief
cashier, and had the control and free access to the till.
It is the duty of the clerk who takes notes from that
drawer to enter the amount of the notes and the dates,
and the names of the parties to whom paid, in the cash-
book. I have searched the books, but there is no entry
of those notes being paid between the 2d and the 6th of
December. On the 2d of December there is an entry in
the prisoner's handwriting of 300/. paid to Jones and
Co. I have searched the book we call Jones's book,
and find an entry on the 2d of December, in the priso-
ner's handwriting, of 3001. cash. In paying bank notes
to Jones Loyd and Co. we have not been in the habit at
all times of taking the numbers. It was the duty of the
prisoner to keep or check that book. There is a word
" cheque" entered in this book. The cheque produced
for 3004 was paid into our house by a customer of ours
of Manchester, where we have a house. The original
entry of 3004 refers to that cheque, but the word " cash"
waS written against it by the prisoner. The entry could
only represent this chequ?, because there was no other
entry on that day.
Cross-examined by Mr. Parnell—l am assistant
cashier and journal keeper, and have been so for about
six years. Mr. Roger Cunliffe assists in the business,
and was at the house yesterday. Mr. Spencer, the
ledger-keeper, does not usually write in the book which
we call Jones's book. There was a person of the name
of Loncragan in the same employment. He has gone
sway. I believe he ran away about a week after the
prisoner went away. I think Mr. Heale went away in
February. He left behind him a box. Ido not know
what it contained. I rather think it was taken pos-
session of by Mr. Cueliffe. I do not know whether there
were two or three boxes. . .

Mr. James Nairn Gladstones—l am clerk to Messrs.
Jones Loyd and Co, of Lothbury, bankers. I keep a
portion of our books, which are divided into alphabetical
sections. The first section, A B C, contains the account
of Cunliffe and Co. with our house. I keep these books.
On the 2d December there is an entry of 25,419/. 2a. Bd.,
and another entry of 54.4671. 17s. Bd., in the name of
Cue Life and Co., as paid in. I make the entries in this
book from the money I find in the box. There is no
entry of any 1001. notes on that day. There is a
list with the money which is paid in, and
I produce a list which was taken off our file,
and which corresponds with the entry made in our book.
There was no other amount paid in on that day by
Messrs. Cunliffe, but there was an entry on the follow-
ing duy, the 3d December, but not of any 1001. note.
There was DO sum of 300/. paid in separately on those
days by Messrs. Cunliffe. There was a sum of 3001.,
forming part of the sum of 54,4671. 17s. Bd. paid in on
the 2d December. It was a cheque upon Barnard and Co.
Cross-examined by Mr. Parnell—Money received from
the customer is entered by the cashier at the counter,
and put into, the box, and we take it out, and enter it into
our book, and check it off with the cashier. If the
cashier had omitted to enter it in his book, and to put
it in the box, there would be no entry of it in the book I
produce.
Mr. J. G. Watson, aharebroker of St. Michael's-alley,
Cornhill—l know the prisoner, and have done business
for him. On the 3d of December last, I received from
him 3001. I do not recollect whether it was paid to me
personally, but the credit is entered in the book. It is
the custom of our firm to pay to our bankers the identical
money we receive, and I believe that course was pursued
on the 3d of December last.
Cross examined by Mr. Parnell—That 3001. was paid
to us on the current account of the prisoner. He made
a purchase on that day in the Merliya mine. It was an
allotment to him at fifty shillings per share. Those
shares have been since transferred to Mr. Cunliffe. I
cannot exactly say when I received instructions to
transfer them, but I received the instructions from Mr.
James Cunliffe to transfer them to him. I think it was
before the prisoner was taken into custody, and after he
had left the bank. I transferred other shares from the
prisoner to Mr. Cunliffe to a larger amount. I have
not been paid for making the transfer. I received no
directions from the prisoner to make the transfer.
The LORD MAYOR—Did the prisoner sign the trans-
fer? Witness—l did not see him sign the transfer. I
gave them to Mr. Cunliffe to get signed.
Mr. W. H. Cuell. partner of Mr. Watson, the last
witness, said the 3001. alluded to must have been paid
either to me or Mr. Watson. It is the custom of our
house to pay to the London Joint-Stock Bank each day
all money received during the day; the identical money
received.
Cross-examined by Mr. Parnell—The bierllyn mine

shares got up a good deal since. They were 50.1., and
they are now from 41 ss. to 41. 10s. Tier share.
Mr. J. C. Stirke, cashier in the London Joint-Stock
Bank, Priuce,,,trcet, said M'ssrs. well,
sharebrokpri, are customers at our bask. Ou the 31 of
December I received from that firm a sum of 50/. 7e. 6d.,
mostly in che:pes and notes. The notes were to the
amount of 3351. The particulars are entered by our
clerk.
. _

Cross-examined.—l put the notes in a drawer for the
clerk to enter. The drawer contained other noes.

By the LORD MAYOR.—I wrote the name of the firm
on the last note, and pinned the notes together.
Mr. W. Gibbon, clerk in the London Joint-zttocl•. Barite
—I produce the bank note book of our bank. There is
an entry on the 3d of December, in my writing, of 3551.
to the name of Watson and Cuell. I made the entry
from the notes; there were three of 100/. each. The
numbers I entered are from 87,172 to 87,174 inclusive,
dated February 11, 1850. The notes were pinned to-
gether.
Mr. James Cunliffe—l am a partner in the firm of
Cunliffe, Brooks, and Co., of Lombard-street, barkers.
The prisoner was a clerk in our employment. He was
never authorised by me to purchase any shares in my
name, or his own; quite the contrary. He was never
authorised to take any bank notes from our till, or any
other place in the house for the purchase of shares.
I knew that he dealt in shares three or four years ago,
but not to what extent. I certainly (lid not know that
he continued to do so, until a recent period. I did not
authorise him on the '2d or 3d of December last to pur-
chase any shares with my money, nor did I sanction the
appropriation of my money to any such purpose.
Cross-examined—The prisoner has transferred some
shares to us. I gave Mr. Watson authority to transfer
them. It was about the time the prisoner absconded. I
never lent him any money. Mr Roger CUeliffe is in
our house. Ido not know that Mr. Roger Cunliffe gave
the prisoner any authority. Mr. Roger Cunliffe is still
in our house. When the prisoner came into our service
he had a bond from a guarantee society for his good
conduct. I gave that bond to Mr. Surr, my solicitor,
who handed it over to the prisoner's solicitor.
The LORD MAYOR—What do you mean when you
say " quite the contrary," as to authorising the prisoner
to purchase shares? Witness—That I wholly disap-
proved of it.
Cross-examined by Mr. Parnell—The prisoner ab-
sconded before I knew anything of these shares. It was
after he absconded that I accepted the transfer of these
shares. I did not know their value when they were
transferred. Our solicitor has had a negotiation with
the prisoner's solicitor. The prisoner wrote a letter
within a day or two of his absconding, offering to make
this transfer, in satisfaction of moneys he owed to us, and
the bond was given up at that time. The bend was not
given up to the prisoner with the sanction of the Gua-
rantee Society. The prisoner owed us moneys beyond
the 3001. Other shares were transferred to us. There
was a very considerable sum owing to U 3 beyond the 3001.
Mr. Parnell submitted that, although the prisoner had
acted in an improper manner, in taking such a liberty
with the money of his employer, there could be no pre-
tence for calling the act a felony, after the negotiation
which had evidently taken place on the subject.
The LORD MAYOR said that it was his duty to see
whether the evidence disclosed a prima facie case of fe-
lony; and he had very closely attended to all that had
been stated, and was satisfied that ho was bound to com-
mit the prisoner. With the negotiation he had nothing
to do. A jury must decide upon the merits rof the de-
fecce.—The prisoner was then committed for trial.
GUILDHALL.

Thomas Charles Neale, alias .Newton, was brought up
for final examination before Alderman Humphery,
charge with uttering a forged bill of exchange for 291.
14s. 6d., with intent to defraud Mr. Peter Fearnhead, a
solicitor. Prisoner was detained on several other charges
of conspiring with a man named James Benjamin Parker
(who was brought up from the Queen's Prison on a habeas,
and placed at the bar, and who was also charged with
the prisoner Neale).to defraud various tradespeople in the
neighbourhoods of Tunbridge-wells aad the Isle of
Wight.
Neale was committed on the charge of uttering a
forged bill of exchange with a guilty knowledge.
Parker and Neale were then committed for trial on the
other charges, on the understanding that any other
charges against them might be entertained, and the pri-
soners indicted upon them at the Old Bailey or the as-
sizes, according to the jurisdiction.
Elizabeth Jones and Ellen Smith were charged with
stealing two gold watches from Robert Shipwright. of
4,*Trellick-terrace, Pimlico, town-traveller, and another.
Roberts, 53, said—Between one and two o'clock on
Wednesday morning I was in the station when Jones
and Smith were brought in. Jones said she had robbed
the gentlemen of their watches, and had given one to
Smith. I took them to separate cells, where they were
both searched, but nothing was found on them. Jones
called to me, and said she wished Smith to be put in
the same cell with herself, and she (Jones) would soon
find the other watch that she had given Smith. They
were both put into the same cell, and a short time after
I heard Jones call out. I went to her cell, and she
asked for the station sergeant. I was taking her to see
him when she showed me the watch I now produce.
George Cooper, a gentleman who was present during
the robbery, corroborated the statements of the prosecu-
tors.
Alderman WIRE said that he thought the searcher at
the station could not have searched the prisoners
properly.
It appeared that the watch had been secreted about
the person of one of the prisoners, and, after a strict
search the officers were about to send for a surgeon to
examine the prisoners, when Jones offered to produce it
as the officer above stat.d.—Remanded.
MARLBOROUGH-STREET.

Charles Lionel Douglas and Arthur Douglas, two well-
dressed young men, lately residing at Orpington• house,
Kent, and Belgrave terrace, Pimlico, wore brought up
for further examination, charged with having obtained

goods from a great number or tradesmen by Yraudulent

pretences.

Several cases on previous examinations were brought
forward, the majority of which were deficient in the re-
qaisite legal proof of fraud. The most serious charge
on which the prisoners stood remanded was for stealing
a pair of boots from the shop of Mr. Hartley, boot-
maker, Jermyn-street. The prisoners, it will be recol-
lected, went about in a stylish dogcart, ordering and ob-
taining goods from tradesmen.
The following additional cases were brought forward :
Thomas Nevin, livery-stable keeper, Jermyn- street,
said the prisoner Charles came to him in the month of
Deoember, and hired a dogcart and three horses, giving
reference to a dentist named Murrell, in George-street,
Hanover-square, who gave the prisoners a very respect-
able charac'er, said they belonged to an opulent family,
and might be trusted to any extent. Witness let the
prisoner have the horses, dogcart, two sets of tandem
harness, horse-clothes, brushes, &c. Some time after-
wards he went down to Orpington, and found the pri-
soners and family had decamped. He made inquiry
after his property, and found the horses at a stable in
Kennington. The horses had been offered for sale, but
witness had got them back. The tandem harness and
horse-clothes he had not seen again. The hiring bill
amounted to 301. It was the prisoner Charles who hired
the dogcart and horses. The other prisoner was not
with 'him at the time.
The prisoner Charles Douglas said he bought the har-
ness of the witness Nevin. Ile had met the witness
twice after the transaction, and nothing had been said to
him about the present charge.
Mr. BINGHABI—Do I understand you to say you
bought and paid for the harness? Charles Douglas—
Not paid for it.
Mr. BINGHAM—WeII, have you any proposition to
make about returning these things? It might be of
advantage to you if the articles were returned or paid for.
The prisoner made no reply.
The next case was that of a milliner and capmaker in
Oxford-street, named Paul. The prisoners called at the
shop in a dogcart, and ordered some caps and other arti-
cles, as they said, for their mother and sisters, who re-
sided at Orpington-house, Kent. The goods were sent,
and, in a day or two afterwards, the prisoners called,
and had some of the things exchanged, and took a way
more goods. The bill amounted to 13/.
Mr. Fisher, from the office of Mr. Dod, on behalf of
the prosecution, said the false pretence here was that the
prisoners represented their mother and sisters to be living
at Orpington-house, which was not true.
Mr. BINGHA3I considered that this case did not go far
enough.
A seal-engravcr in Regent-circus said the prisoners,
some time back, called at his shop and ordered a crest
to be engraved on a seal. The prisoners said their crest
was the same as that of the Duke of Queensberry, and
they gave orders accordingly,. The prisoners called at
various times and increased their original ordrearr.l7a and
When
the order was ready it was made up in a parcel,
during witness's absence the prisoners called and got it
away.
The constable Downing, who has charge of the case,
said one of the prisoners went into Mr. Morrison's, a
tailor's, shop in St. Paul's Churchyard, and tried on a
pair of trousers. The old trousers were left behind, in
the pockets of which were a number of duplicates re-
lating to property obtained from different tradesmen.
Mr. BINGHAM directed the depositions to be taken in
the case of the boots taken from Mr. Hartley's shop, but
he thought it would be advisable to have an inquiry
into the duplicates found in the pockets of the trousers,
and he would, therefore, direct the prisoners to be
brought up again on Friday next.

AVERAGE or CORN.—By a private Act of Parlia-
ment the tithes of the parish of Celern were to be the average
prices of corn in the county for the previous seven years,
that being decided every twenty years, the matter to be
brought and sworn to before the judges of assize. At the
Western Circuit, Salisbury, on Monday, the Lord Chief
Baron and Mr. Baron Martin met in the private room, and it
was sworn that the average of corn for the last seven years
in the county of Wilts was 6s. 3id. It appeared that in the
year 1787 it was ss. 4d., and iu 837 it was 7s. 3id.
HINTS FOR HOUSEKEEFERS.-Silk cannot be ironed
smoothly so as to press out all the creases without first
sprinkling it with water and rolling it up tightly in a towel,
letting it rest for an hour or two. If the iron is the least
hot, it will injure the colour, and it should be tried on an
old piece of the same silk. Bright coloured silks or ribbons,
such as pinks, blues, yellows, greens, &c., always change
colour on the application of an iron. Blacks. browns, olives,
grays, &c., look very well after ironing. Silks should always
be ironed on the wrong side.
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