The Sun.
London, England, 1856-08-04 00:00:00

THE MAGAZINES.

gackwood:—Beyond,all manner of question the
most brilliant number of Blackwood published for
many a long day—this glorious one for August,
,1856 —clever though our grand old Maga is in-
variably.. For we don't want in any way to dis-
parage her performances of late by giving those
compressed within the compass of this single in-
stalment of her classic pages the preference. All
we mean to imply by our first sentence—and that,
we take it, is a vast deal—is the fact that, to our
mind, the August number before us is, all things
considered, quite an out-of-the-way number, a
model number, an exceptional number, one quite
refreshing to come upon unexpectedly in the full
flush of this broiling summer weather. Alt hail,
then to King Christopher Redivivus ! . . . But let
us particularise. There are eight separate and
very varied contributions. Each of these eight
contributions being in its way perfectly admirable.
First of all there is a magnificent tribute to
" Macaulay"—a tribute (remembering the politics
of Macaulay and the politics of Maga) altogether,
we cannot but think, quite as magnanimous as it
is magnificent. Then there is another instalment
of Margaret Oliphant's charming new serial tale of
" The Athelings '—telliug us, among other things,
how Agnes's maiden novel won for itself very soon
the glory of a Second Edition ! Besides all
this—there comes to us most seasonably—
a chapter upon " Seaside Studies :'' most
seasonably just as all the world and his wife and
their children are wending their way north, south,
east, and west, to Lowestoft, Hastings, Brighton,
and Ilfracombe. In solemn earnest, we learn in
the last political paper how " India" fared under
Lord Dalhousie. In delightful gossip we take, a
pleasant survey of Gilbert White's dear old home
in Hampshire : accompanying another of Black-
wood's contributors upon " A Visit to Selborne."
Two, among the more notable of these same Black-
wood contributors—to wit, Professor W. E. Aytoun
and the late Rev. John Eagles—receives, each in an
appropriate form the most genial and deserved tri-
bute from the Divine Maga herself, speaking through
the quills of two of the ablest of her reviewers.
The earliest of these amiable tributes appearing
under the guise of a criticism upon the well-known
" &etcher Papers." The latest being a sort of
premonitory flourish (we cannot call it a pall'
'preliminary), about the most eagerly-looked-for
pbem of the day—" Aytoun's Bothwell.' To crown
all—we cannot omit mentioning in this re-
splendent August number of Black-wood, "Tick-
ler among the Thieves," being the final portion of
' that notable fragment of a charming little Dog's
Autobiography ? This last-mentioned paper coming
fresh and sparkling# from the humorous and ima-
ginative genius of one of the greatest of the
many great names of Blackwood--Samuel Warren,
the pathetic writer of the " Diary of a
late Physician," and the comic Author ,of
" Ten Thousand a Year." Remembering very
vividly the absurdity of the Brick produced
as a specimen of the House, we won't venture to
emulate in this present instance the Skolastikos of
old Gaffer Hierocles. Though many a racy bit of
fun tempts us here and there to luxuriate in quo-
tation. Especially, one at page 223—a fragment, by
the way, relating to one whom all the readers of
" Bon Gualtier ' have long since voted a genuine
brick and no mistake !—namely, the laughable re-
pudiation by Maga of the rumour rising out of a
great popular delusion to the effect that Professor
Aytoun is (what he most positively is not.) the
Editor of Blackwood's Magazine.

The Dublin, University.—The story of " The
Darragh," is continued, and becomes more compli-
cated. The kind-hearted old general dies at the
conclusion of this portion of the narrative, and the
wily and subtle Gilbert has things all his own way.
The nephew and narrator of the events, Walter,
very imprudently departed for a foreign land, lea'
ing everything exposed to the machinations of the
enemy. Mrs. Cardonald and her daughter are
specimens of worldly cunning and intrigue, cleverly
sketched. " Cyprus" is a well-writteß sketch of
travels undertaken in that island, with a view to
search out the curiosities and antiquities of the
place. The travellers did not, as is so frequently
the case with modern excursionists, hurry on
" from night till morn, from morn till dewy eve,"
from one spot to another, but remained resolutely
fixed to their task. The first thing mentioned
worthy of notice is, " the wine cellars of Salina,"
which are large caves, artificial and natural, in
which the inhabitants of old hid their treasures
from pirates. Planks of wood kept the sand from
falling over the aperture. When these were re-
moved the entrance was impossible to be found.
If pursued by the enemy the inhabitants could
dig themselves out in another direction. Another
curious circumstance is here recorded that Cyprus
was the birthplace of Zeno, the founder of the
Stoics. It is truly observed, as a strange thing, that
" the man who preached indifference alike to pain
or pleasure, should have come from the island where
pleasure was deified. The island of Venus was the last
place where one would have expected that the
stern philosophy of the stoics should have issued,
yet so it was." Larnacca is the busiest town in all
Cyprus, though it is said, en passant, that for an
English city it would be singularly dull and quiet.
Some strange things are observable in the customs
of the wealthy Cypriots. Of these not the least
surprising is the incongruity of their gardens, where
all is mixed. Marigolds surround onions, roses
bloom beside beans, hyacinths and jessamines
spring next to cucumber and garlic. In conclud-
ing the account of these travels the writer pays a
tribute to the Turks, in the non-molestation they
experienced in their various journeys about the
plain. Whatever other results come from his rule,
it is said, let him not be blamed for evils that do
not exist. An article is written on " French Ver-
sions of Shakspere," which denounces the recent
attempts in that line. After trying the various
alterations and additions that have been made in
the plays of the great bard, it is urged that it would
be better to leave Shakspeare alone than to dress
him in false colours. " With all our heart do we
protest against such profane incongruousness, whe-
ther attempted by a Dumas or a Sand." " A Gos-
sip on Fortune" is well worthy of persnal, as i t
brings before the reader many quaint and curious
sayings and doings of the departed great. Some
striking remarkWoencerning celebrated personages
are to be met here. For instance :

"Cs.sar appeals to his Fortune as a charm against
the hurricane. The stern Marius uses his masculine
reason but to distinguish the portents that are to save
him from peril. Mahomet was all fatal Bonaparte all
star and destiny. Cromwell confides in September
three ; Louis Napoleon in December two ; and that
wonderful man, Sylla, who owned a nature of le,s
weakness than any of them, deliberately willed to be
known not as 'Magnus,' like Pompey, nor the laurelled
Dictator like Caesar, nor as King or Emperor like Crom-
well or Bonaparte, but simply as 'Felix,' the favoured
child of Fortune." _ _

" The instances of persons whose influences have been
wholly unfortunate to themselves and those surrounding
them, are more numerous as more remarkable ; Agrip-
pina, for example, to Germanicus ; Lady Macbeth to
the Shaksperean hero ; Margaret to Henry the Sixth ;
Henrietta Maria to Charles the First, and Marie An-
toinette to Louis the Sixteenth ; women of personal
qualities so like, and the evil genius of husbands so
similarly distinguished by character and fortunes, that it
would cost nothing to suppose the same brace of souls
had been fated to play nearly the same role on different
scenes under successive transmigrations."

Some selections in verse are interpersed throughout
the collection of subjects here met with, which give
a variety to the prose, although they are not them-
selves of so high an order of merit as have appeared
in the pages of this periodical. A paper appears
on " Modern English Latin Verse," in which it is
said that its palmy days are over—" the poetry of
scholarship has given way to science." It is argued
that from,this no good has arisen to the student,
for the past generation " wrote the language with
a geniality and a fluency wholly unattainable by
us, who are too much occupied in probing among
its roots to distil the honey from its flowers." A
conclusion is given of the narrative of the life of
James Montgomery, formerly concerned in this
magazine. Finally, it is said that " there can be
little doubt that upon his own times few writers
have been more influential, and no doubt that his
talents were at all times conscientiously exerted
for good."

Bentley.—Bentley opens with an amusing retro-
spect of the Session and the Season, political,
fashionable, and dramatic. It is followed by the
continuation of the record of the crimes of tke
Joint-stock Banker, whose last achievement is the
discovery of a man very like himself in appearance,
who is dying of consumption, and who is to be
finished by his friend the doctor when he finds it
convenient to make his disappearance. The edi-
tor'Fiatale of " The Spendthrift" is continued.
Those who anticipated the reformation of his reck-
less hero from the wonderful events of the last
L chapters will be disappointed, as the author holds
out no hope for the amendment of a determined
gamester. A memoir of the late Charles Young
contains many interesting particulars of the actor's
career. A paper on Ben Jonson has also much
merit. "Mary Goring" forms another in the series
of Miss Halliwell's experiences, and a very sad one
it is—the marriage of her favourite niece with the
son of Sir Thomas Elliot being suddenly broken off
by the discovery of the painful rumours circulated
at her mother's death some years before. " The
Attacht in Madrid" does not give us a very capti-
vating picture of Spanish life in the capital.
Monkshood's Prosings are, as usual, the best
among the literary articles—this month the subject
I being Samuel Taylor Coleridge. While rendering

full homage to the great powers and extensive
acquirements of the author of "Christabel," our
critic cannot refrain from joining in-the regret fre-
quently expressed that so great a genius should not
have left some more finished memorial of his
powers. Some of the quotations on criticism are
very entertaining.

The Nee; Monthly.—" The Session and the Pre-
mier'" is the title of the opening paper in this mu,
gezine. In taking a review of the chief events of
Lord Palmerston's premiership it • arrives-at the
highly satisfactory, but slightly perplexing, conclu-
sion, that the termination of the present war is the
most triumphant and successful of recent times.
No less than three papers of travels areethis month
among the contents, including a considerable range
of land and sea in their descriptions. "Travels
in the Central Parts of South America," the first
of these is taken from a French work which has re-
cently appeared under circumstances that invest it
with some degree of interest. The author, M. de
Castelneau, was the author of a work
on The
United States, and the Silurian System of North
America. His talents as a geographer and natu-
ralist procured him so much consideration that he
was offered a diplomatic appointment at Lima,
by the Republic ; but having first to ask permission
of his own !-rovi-Tienent, Louts Philipp?, who is said
to have taken' great interest in geographical disco-
veries, reproached hint for deserting the cause of
science, and offer-P(1 him the command of an expfor-
ing expedition into the least-known parts of South
America. This offer he accepted with eagerness,
but the events of 1848 prevented him from giving
the results of his researches to the world. He is
now French Consul at Bahia, 'and the " Histoire
du Voyage " has now appeared in six volumes,
under the superintendence of Dr. Weddell, one of
the party. Many details, very interesting to na-
turalists, may be found in this paper, which of
course gives a mere outline of the traveller's ad-
ventures. The second paper of travels bears the
comprehensive title of a " Swedish Voyage round
the World," and is one of a series of letters. The
one before us treats almost exclusively of Madeira.
The remaining paper is descriptive of the Cyrenaica,
or region of the five cities, a pleasant and well-
' watered spot, situated in North Africa,and recently
visited by Mr. Hamilton. Like most other desert
journeys we should say the author's adventures
were more agreeable in the recollection than in the
experience. Among the most unpleasant was hi
detention by the Arabs of Siwah for six weeks.
" The Butterfly Chase" is the continuation of the
story of Ashley, which appeared in last mouth's
number. It is a tale of melancholy interest which,
we suppose, will be continued. "The Old King's
Arms " is a curious story, apparently founded on
fact. " The Pilgrimages to the French Palaces "
are continued, and extend this month to Manly and
Malmaison. Of course the latter part is occupied
by anecdotes of Napoleon and Josephine, the first
relating to Louis the Fourteenth and the charming
young Duchesse de Burgogne, the second Dauphine,
as she was called. Among the remaining articles
may be mentioned the continuation of the " His-
tory of the Newspaper Press" and a criticism on
Sir G. C. Lewis's work on the "Early Roman
History."

Colburn's United Service.—" The first guide to
the Malakhoff," it would appear, was General Mac-
kintosh, who, during the progress of the siege of
Sebastopol, was appointed to the command of
Corfu, in which he was enabled to render Lord
Raglan important service. The Malakhoff, as the
reader may be aware, has this peculiarity : its
superior altitude and command can only be ascer-
tained by one who has climbed to its summit.
This feat, we are told, was performed twenty years
ago by the above general, who, at that remote
period, penetrated the designs of Russia, and com-
municated the result of his observations to the Go-
vernment of the day. Possessed of the knowledge
thus acquired, and fortified by the opinion of Sir
John Burgoyne, Lord Raglan urged, but for a con-
siderable time vainly, on the Fiench commander
the importance of directing operations more imme-
diately against the Malakhoff ; opposition not being
overcome until a letter from General Mackintosh,
at Corfu, calling attention to the discovery he had
made, was handed over to the French, by his lord-
ship, for perusal. " The Move Home," and
" Reminiscences of the War in the East," are the
subjects of passable papers. " Organisation of the
Royal Artillery " is concluded, and " Our School
of Musketry "is described. The Hythe establish-
ment is said to be, "in every respect, highly effi-
cient." A plea is set up by a correspondent "To
Increase Naval Half Pay " chiefly on the ground
of the important services rendered to the land
operations, by the navy, during the war. A num-
ber of artiolps, on purely professional subjects, are
accompanied by a readable and useful account of
" The Nicaragua Canal and the Mosquito Shore,"
and a bit of entertaining operatic gossip on " The
War of the Theatres." The Editor's Portfolio hails
the royal successor to Lord Hardinge with all the
fervour of a worshipper of the rising sun—though '
doubtless with sincerity. "The Chelsea Report"
would yield unlimited satisfaction ; but for one
" damned spot," the exculpation of Lord Lucan,
the commander of the ill-fated cavalry. " The
tenour of the evidence," the editor remarks, " did
not warrant the Commissioners in blinking that (the
destruction of the cavalry) disaster, as virtually
they have done."

Oxford and Cambridge.—A paper on "Popular
Lectures considered as an irregular channel of Na-
tional Education" opens the number, and offers a
number of practical suggestions likely to command
general approval. " Woman, her Duties, Educa-
tion, and Position," is the title of, perhaps, the
ablest, and certainly not the least earnest, article in
the number. It were well if the subject were
oftener entertained in a similar spirit, and treated
with like comprehensiveness, intelligence, and
judgment. Without recording our assent to all
that is advanced by the writer, we feel satisfied in
recommending the article to the attentive perusal
of the reader. Two articles in succession are de-
voted to the Exposition of Art : the first dealing
with Alfred Rethel's (a German) two " wonderful
engravings"—" Death the Avenger," and " Death
the Friend ;" and the second, with a remarkable
picture by " One Dante Gabriel Rosseti," from a
celebrated passage in Dante ; and ahother, hardly
less remarkable, by a native artist (Madox Brown),
the subject being " The Last of England," as taken
aboard ship by the straining eyes of emigrants.
In addition to the above, the number contains
other papers of more or less merit.

The Law Magazine and Law Review.—Among
the contributions to the August quarterly number
will be found articles on " Probates of Wills,'
" American Faction—Non-Interference with Jas-

tice," "Peerages for Life," Minister of Public
Jus-
tice—His Functions and Duties," "The Appellate
Judicature," and " The Evidence in Palmer's Case."
Speaking of the medical evidence, the writer of the
latter article remarks, " The above account of the con-
flict of medical evidence is calculated to suggest pain-
ful ideas. Either the subject is very obscure, and
these scientific witnesses have rashly dogmatised
where they should have been modestly silent, or,
while the facts of the case were such as to warrant
certain obvious conclusions, others were promul-
gated in fraud of justice and in contempt of truth."
This may be, and doubtless is, the only alternative
that could in fairness, and with due regard to
truth, be presented ; but the writer certainly does
not mete out the same measure of justice to his own
profession, in offering, as he does, a sophistical
defence of the remarkable protestation of belief in
Palmer's innocence made by Sergeant Shee

The Eclectic Review. The fourth volume of
" Modern Painters" is subjected to analysis in the
opening article with similar results to those found.
iu the reviews by the Eclectic of the preceding vo-
lumes, so far as the reputation of Mr. Ruskin as an
Art Reformer is concerned. "Low Life in Lon-
don," as revealed by recent works, will be perused.
with deep interest both in the metropolis and in the
provinces. Noticeable among the remaining con-
tents are—an article on " The Austrian Concordat,"
the mischievous political schemes intended to be
accomplished by which are ably set forth ; and a
review of Lamartine's characters in Vol. 111. of the
Memoirs by that distinguished but somewhat im-
pulsive and paradoxical writer. Altogether the
number sustains the reputation of this well-esta-
blished review.

ROYAL COLLEGE OF SITRGEONEL—The following gen-
tlemen having undergone the necessary examinations for
the diploma were admitted members of the College at
the meeting of the Court of Examiners on the Ist inst. :
Messrs. William Jackson, Penin, Stafford ; John Thos.
Jones, Ruthin, Denbighshire ; John Thomas Morris,
Froxfield, Wilts ; Hubert Edmund Kelly, Pinner, Mid-
dlesex ; Henry Wilcox Down, Glastonbury ; William.
Henry Hayward, Birmingham ' • William Aickin, Bel-
fast : Josiah Cash, Matlock ; William Roche, Cork;
Edward Hanbury Pitman, Eastbourne, Sussex ; James
Leech, Whitney, Cork ; and Samuel Archer, Liverpool.
AMATEUR PAIR-OARED BOAT RACE.—A very excellent
amateur pair-oared boat race was rowed on Saturday
evening, for a prize of the value of 101. The competitors
were C. Hales and J. Marriott (Times Unity Club),
and W. White (Queen's Printers) and J. Perry (Messrs.
Tyler's), and the distance rowed was from Mr. F. God-
irey's, the Queen's Head, Mortlake, down to Putney-
bridge. At Hammersmith-bridge Hales and Marriott
were tour or five lengths a-head, but a gallant spurt on
the part of White and Perry, at the Crabtree, slightly
diminished the lead. Hales and Marriott afterwards
went farther in advance, and won by eight lengths.
Never did men row a finer stern wager than the loam, J.

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THE SUN LONDON, MONDAY EVENING AU-GUST 4, 185 6.
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IN& Lord Palmerston is not himself a Whig ;he is only • and the strong evidence which exists that the late LA TV INTELLIGENCO.-Aug. 2. I said he had not got money enough to pay his fare to p ICES OF S LIAROS.
Spirit of the Public Journals.
associated with Whigs just now, having been for coup d'etat has had its origin in French intrigue. .-.......____ London, and asked me to lend him a shilling, which I 1
--.......- did. We came up to town together, the prisoner having BANKS, ASSURANCE, AND OTHER COM-
(From the Times.) many of his earlier years associated with Tories. The stale of the Emperor s health makes the advent EQUITY COURTS. a bag in his possession. I walked with him to an inn PANIES' STOCK.
(Before Vice-Chancellor Kindersley.)
The last week has witnessed, and the present Lord John Russell is the best exponent of Whig of a regency in France more probable every day, where I stay when in town, in Commercial-street, for the 1 sea
week will witness again, banquets and ovations in principles and Whig policy ; and we can show and a female regent representing a new and uncon- IN RE THE MARYLEBONE BANKING COMPANY.
purpose of. borrowing some money, He then showed From the Oficial List, Firs
honour of the troops who have returned from the without any difficulty, that the policy and the prin! solidated dynasty, ' will have enough of work at This matter came before the court a few days since
whether a call made in respect of
Crimea. All the great provincial garrison towns ciples which Mr. Disraeli now sets forth as Con- home, even though her knowledge of the country upon the question me the things produced ; but observed that they were
PUBLISHED EVERY TUESDAY AND FRIDAY EVENING Socc
quite. new, and having my suspicions excited that the Thii
will have soon exhausted their gratulations to the sereative ones are just those upon which Lord John of her birth did not fill her, as
.we have good rea- moneys advanced to the concern by Dr. Walker, a di-
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domestic rrector, ought to be charged as against the Earl of Her_ prisoner bad stolen them, I telegraphed to Aldershot, LONDON, FRIDAY, AUGUST 1, 1856.
Paid. Price. TI
soldiers who have resumed duty within their walls, Russell conducted the Government from 1846 to on to believe it does, with anxious forebodings as
ington, another director, who had retired from the and received a reply from Lieut. Steel, telling me that • ee
and the series of hospitable greetings will, we be- 1850. to the result of any intervention in the
direction in 1837. they were his property. Immediately upon the receipt
lieve, be crowned by a tribute from the metropolis The English Tithe Bill and the Irish Tithe Bill affairs of Spain. Mr. Glasse and Mr. Southgate appeared for the Ea.rl of of the telegraphic message, I gave the prisoner into ens- GAS-LIGHT AND COKE COMPANI.EFSai.
Dividend Amount
to the Guards who have so long constituted its or- were both carried through Parliament by Lord John 1M9www......•
--..--
Harrington ; Mr. Cole was for Dr. Walker's executors • Name of Company. per of
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dinary garrison. Russell. The Reform of the episcopal and cathe-
RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. Mr. Bailey, Mr. Roxburgh, Mr. W. W. Cooper, and e constable into whose charge the prisoner was
produced a leather bag which he found in the posses- Annum. Share. I Wla
All this is as it should be. The country is not drat institutions, tending to the permanence and Mr. R. W. Moore were for other parties.
t sign given,'ll'l he
of the prisoner, containing portions of cloth, as British .............. X s. d. £
s. (1. Oat
- i _ _
so much discharging a duty as protecting its own expansion of the Church, was also effected by Lord The Vice-Chancellor said it would appear that the f - • -
GLOUCESTER AND DEAN FOREST.well as a large quantity o goldlace, belonging to an Ditto rrovinciai.... 71. 20 0020 0 0 _
interests when it does honour to the men who brave John Russell. In 1847 he carried, against a Earl of Harrington's retirement from the direction took
the hardships and privations of war. Happily, bitter opposition, the Manchester Bishopric Bill, half l
Theyear y meeting of this compony was held on I ' d 'th 't. f
p ace with the cognisance an wi out the oppost ion o officer's coat, and which had the appearance ts -. 'lit /
of ,, " •• •• •• "•• - 5 •
being City of London .. •• .. 41. Os. 100 0 0 150 0 0 - Qrs
Saturday afternoon at the company's offices in Gluu- the late Walker • under the the _ 10 0020 0 0 - 19
perfectly new.
free from the continental burden of the conscrip- and announced his purpose of creating four new
seater ;S. Baker, Esq., chairman of the directors, re Dr. • ' and, circumstances, Alderman Wire (to Mr. Cohen) --What is the value of Continental (Ith Cap.) .
Equitable .••••.. - •• 21. 10s. 50 0 0 all 35 is
tion, it recognises the strong claim upon its grab- bishoprics. Thus the maintenance and expansion siding. 13 ' earl ought to be discharged from his liability as far as*
regarded this call. the gold lace produced by the officer ? Great Central ....... 8/ per cent. 10 0 0 all 12% (;
tude of men whose voluntary and unforced devo- of the Church was quite as much a Whig principle The SECRETARY (Mr. Nash) read the report, whia, Mr. Cohen-Between 60/. and 701. at least. The coat 881 A ,
2,
(Before Vice-Chancellor Sir W. Page Wood.) Imperial ............ 101.& bonus. 50 0 0 all
Independent ... •• .. •• 51. 40 0 0 Of
tion, blended with an admirable disciine, pre- under Lord John Russell as it is a Conservative referring to the statement of accounts, showed a balance THE COUNTESS OF MORNINGTON V. KEANE. could only have been worn a few times. London.• .... •••••• .. - 50 0 0 • 9 -
the credit and character of akin dom, the principle according to Mr. Disraeli. applicable to dividend of a sum equal to 12s. 3d. per Mr. Selwyn and Mr. De Gex moved on behalf of the Alderman Wire directed the officer to take the prisoner Do., Pail. Preference 61. per cent. 125 0 0 25
vast wealth and possessions of which are so signally "That in any representative scheme the influ- share, free of income tax, with a surplus balance of 115/. defendant that an attachment which bad been directed to Aldershot forthwith, where the offence was com- P:,03,11X .••.. •• ....., 41. per cent. ;60 0 0 52 '1; 0 -
serveslt ateliff •.•••,. •• .• • 51. 100 0016 0 0 16
contrasted with the slight material instruments of ence of landed property ought to be sensibly felt:' This is an improvement of 3d. per share on last half- to issue upon an ex parte application against the de- mated, to answer the charge. United General .. •• • - 21. 10s. 50 0 0 all
55
Mary Jones, a decent-lookingfemale, was brought be- Westminster Chartered 4f per cent. 50 0 0 ++
their protection. Rising from the torpid slumber, This is most distinctly a Whig notion. It has been 1 year's dividend, which amounted to 12% per share. fondant for the non-production of a letter book under _
fore the Lord Mayor, charged R ith attempting self-de- Ditto, New •• •• •• •• 50 0010 0 0 -
-
in which war was long dreamed an impossibility, propounded by Lord John Russell in, the House of Taking into calculation the deduction on account of in- circumstances which have been already reported. The -
come tax, this dividend was equal to 51 per cent. per struction.
and repelling that paradoxical fanaticism which Commons more than a dozen times. It is only the defendant's clerk made an affidavit, in which he swore WATER-WORKS.
annum. Police-constable 129, of the City force, deposed that
denonced even selfelefence as a sin, the towns prevalent Whig idea in another shape-that the that the statements in which the order for the attach- . , .
The CHAIRMAN having briefly noticed the contents of that morning, shortly after three o'clock, clock, while be was Dividend Amount
and corporations of England attest at once their Russells, Howards, Cavendishes, Pettys, Gowers, went had been made were incorrect. of Paid. Price
Mr. Freeling appeared in support of the order, but Name of Company.
Agri..
the report, a short discussion took place, and, in reply on duty on London-bridge, be saw the prisoner walking Share.
recognition of an obvious truth and their sense of and Greys, have a sort of indefeasible right to go-
to questions put by one of the proprietors, The Vice-Chancellor directed the motion to stand to and fro near the first recess on the City side. He
asked--
her why she was
. loitering about, when she r.epl. 1
high desert. They attest also something else. They vern the country. The SECRETARY said there was no immdiate prospectl .£ s. d. Xs. d. Be
over, in order that the defendant, who was expected to „ .
I am tired of my life, and mean to drown mys le'"
100 120 M
. 6eper cot. Stock.
demonstrate a change in popular sentiment and We know not that
.any Conservative statesman of an increased dividend on account of the profits ac- return to England on Monday, mieht make an affidavit. Best London 7B ao
popular prejudices most striking and. most fortu- before Mr. Disraeli's time has ever enunciated such 'cruing from the Hereford, Ross, and Gloucester Railway
, The attachment being stayed in the meantime. - elf' Grand Junction ... • ! 4'. per eat. 50 0 0 all
Witness removed her to the pelice-station in Seething Keet.............::. 'BO% V,
nate. Can any two phases of feeling stand out ill a doctrine. We believe that generally the Conser- traffic (which runs over the whole of the Gloucester ana , 4t• per cut. 100, 0 0 -
lane, where she was visited by her mother, who eaid she Lambeth ............ ! - ;100 0 0 - 95 p(
The Vice-Chanceilor having disposed of the. remain-
(the prisoner) was of weak intellect through a disap
more distinct contrast than that which ereets the vatives are aware that landed property must have Dean Forest line). The traffic of the Hereford, Ross, . New River Company.. 21. 10s. - - - Sr
ing cases in his paper, roee for the long vacation. Southwarle &Vauxhall 5l. per cot. eon o 0 - -
return of the British army from the Crimea great influence in any fair representative system, and Glouc.ster line was very od, but the capital had
-- . pointment in love.
Elizabeth Jones, the mother of the prisoner, said the West 11,:eldlescx ...... 5/. per cent.! Cl 0 0 - tOO% G. :
r.1:1
now, and that which greeted the return of the and that nothiee can prevent this but unfair. con- been increased. beyond what goo had been anticipated COURT OF BANKRUPTCY. accused was a servant out of place. She left her situa• BRIDGES.
British army from the Peninsula in 1814 ? Yet trivance. We believe that such unfair contrivance would be required to complete the undertaking. (Before Mr. Commissioner Fonblanque.)
Mr. Palma M.P., with,.reference to the competition tion about a fortnight eince to be married, and when the
what were the achievements of the two ? The is justly chargeable on the Reform Bill of 1830-32, IN RE L. B. PEARSE. Dividend Amount
to be expected between NI. ercester and Hereford, by the morning arrived for the performance of the marriage Name of Company.
ceremony, her intended husband did not make his ap- per of
present army comes back from a campaign of and that on that account the Conservatives have This was the meeting for the last examination in the
two years-two years fraught indeed with great never been satisfied with that bill. But wo doubt, completion of the Woicester and Hereford Railway,
said that he did not anticipate the Worcester and Here- matter of L. B. Pearce, brickmaker, lime and cement
merchant, of Great Northern Wharf, 'York-road, King's- pearance.
Alderman Wire-If I let you go with your mother, ii„, Annum. Share.
X s. d. X s. d.
Pala. Price. Ej
' F.
toil, trials, sufferings, and mortality, and even- and are almost inclined to deny, that it has ever
ford line, when completeo, would materially injure the
cross. The accouute, prepared by Mr Atkinson ex- eereard......... 7% 0
tually crowned by no unworthy consumma- been accepted as a Conservative principle, that traffic of the Hereford, Ross and Gloucester, and Glon tend from S pt. 1853, to March last, He owes to credo- .
will you make a solemn promise not to repeat such a southware ..........
wicked attempt on your life. - - -
- 110 0 0 - - B
tion. The former returned from a. campaign landed property ought to have any peculiar place cater and Dean Forest Railway. The lines would be
tors unsecur:d 9,229/ , creditors holding security, 5,830/., Ditto New of 7% p.c. 11. per cent. 50 0 0 - - P
Prisoner (crying)-Yes, I will. lam sorry for what Waterloo ..... ........ - :00 0 0 - -
heme of
of six years, in which " they had. won nineteen or influence distinctly assigned to it in a se- competing lines as between Hereford and London, but
liabilities 6,690/. By good debts 1,110/., doubtful 941., Ditto Old Ann. of 8/. 11. 14s. Bd. 60 0 0 -
I have none, and I give you my word I will never think-
pitched battles and innumerable combats ; had representation. the Worcester route via the London and North-Western Ditto Nw ditto of 71. 1/. 10s. 4d. 40 0 0 - 26%
P held by creditors 9,250/., value of plant, &c.,
made or sustained. ten sieges and takeet four great " Respect for venerable corporations."-Well, Railway would be about ten miles longer than the Glou- of such wickedness again. Vain:hall .......• .... 965. 70 10 3 - 21
1,4291., losses 4,6l6l.,houseand personal expenses, 8001.
fortresses ; had twice expelled the French from beyond doubt, in one prominent instance, the cester route used by the Great Western to London. There being no opposition the bankrupt passed, it Alderman Wire-Then I will discharge you, and
A vote of thanks to the chairman closed the pro- never let me see you here again. DOCKS.
Portugal, once from Spain ; had penetrated Whigs have shown great respect for a venerable being understood that the creditors had agreed to accept ---- l]
France, and killed, wounded, or captured 200,000 corporation. Twenty years have they waited in ceedinge. a composition of three shillings and sixpence in the --
BOW-STREET.-Richard Raley was brought up Name of Company. Dividend Amount
per of Paid. Price. c
--.
enemies,leaving of their own number 40,000 dead, hope that the Corporation of London would re- pound. It was also mentioned that an attempt would be on remand, an the charge of being concerned _____ Annum. Share. (1
whose bones whiten the plains and mountains of form itself, and so spare them the trouble of in- MID-KENT, made to supersede the bankruptcy, most of the creditors with Leary and Doody (both under sentence of -
Z s. d. X s• d.
the Peninsula." Yet the present army is cheered, terfering with it, and when at last under the in- Th 3 third ordinary general meeting of the shareholders having given their consent.
company was held on Saturday, at their offices in imprisonment), and another let tin custody, in the Commercial .. • • •.... - 51. pr cent. Stock. Stock. - ,
feted, and embraced by accompanying thousands, dunce of the Traverses, Sidney Smiths, dec., they of the --..-. plunder of Mrs Stocker, who was knocked down - 12•3 '
01_,1
.Broad.street ; Sir John Lubbock in the chair. cast and West India.. 6! pr cent. Stock.
while their predecessors with some few exceptions) did introduce a foolish bill, in the present year, INSOLVENT DEBTORS COURT. in High-street, St. Giles's, and shortly afterwards ex- East C euittr,y • • -
London .• •••- - .• 5/. pr cent. Stock. -.-
- (
Tile report announced considerable progress in the (Before the Chief C ,minissioner.) -
resumed their garrison duties without show, pomp, they were ready to withdraw it so soon as they pined from the injuries received. Ditto Bonds - -
works since the commencement of February, and stated - 1
IN RE ALEXANDER GLEN FINLAISON. Mr. Inspector Mitchell informed the magistrate that - -
or salutation. In the language of the historian found out their mistake. as the heaviest portions ot the line are now well advanced, Mr. Sargood mentioned this case today. It was re- et. i.., atharine •• •• 4 per cent. Stock.
o npton •• - •• W. es per c. 50 0 0 50 00 , 49
the fourth- man, who was the ono that struck Mr. Victoria . .. -
whom we have already quoted, that " war terini• Lastly, we turn to that which Mr. Disraeli puts ' •
the directors have every reason to believe that the ported on a former occasion. The question was, whether Stocker, bad not yet been taken, and he (Mr. Mitchell)
. - •
nated, and with it all remembrance of the veteran's first :- opening would not be delayed beyond the Ist of next the court would order execution to is_su.e. on the warrant had no additional evidence to offer. One of the wit-
services." "I hold that to be a Conservative principle which January. The company are in possession of nearly all of attorney. The net income was 755 t., and the prin. JOINT-SrocK BANKS.
Many reasons might be alleged for this change. regards the Parliamentary settlement of 1832 as a the land required, and, having enntracted for the execu. cipal part wes derived from the National Debt Office. nesses had told him (Mr. Mitchell) teat Daley struck Dividend Amount
the decease-1 but was not prepared to swear yoeitively Name of Company. per of rant. Price.
The army was unpopular because it had been em- satisfactory settlement." thin of the whole of the works for a fixed sum, the direc- MrS Finlaison refused to assent to 701. a year being set to that statement. At all events he was convinced that Annum. Share.
ployed as a police in times of civil commotion. It Where, in what peg© of the history of England, tors do not anticipate that the original estimate will be aside, and the learned Commissioner paid he should order it was not Daley, but the man still at large, who gave -- [
was unpopular through the retention of some hazy, did Mr. Disraeli discover any such sentiment ae exceeded. Arrangements h tve been made with the West- execution to that amount, I Xs.d.£ s. d.
the fatal blow. Australasia... ........ 201. per cent. 40 0 0 all 102%
nstitutional doctrines, about standing armies. It held by the Conservative party ? That party all London and Crystal Palace Company for the construe- The -Commissioner said it was necessary that. a credi-
tors' eseigne.e.should. be appointed, and if a person was Mr. Henry asked if the jury at the inquest had not British North American !6L per cent. 50 0 0 70
tion and use of the Beckenham Joint Station, which will
was unpopular because certainly since the death through two long years struggled. against the Re-
re3oin‘na'ended he should appoint him to enforce... the order. expressed an opinion that Mr. Stocker was the aggressor. Commercialr of London. !15011..peerr cent. 100 0 0 20 "0 0 -
be advantageous for both companies. The arrangements
of Wolfe, and almost since the time of Marl- form Bill, even to the very verge of public commo- Mr. Mitchell-" They did, sir ; but that opinion wascent. 100 0 0 25 0 0
• for'
the station at the junction with the North-Kent line
borough rill the beginning of this century, it had tions, on the ground that it was an unjust and Un--- not universal. However, Ido not think that it affects 1,e,°04,a1i 'l:lca .I.n: i
r..... ill:. ...0.. .f..
A71.1..5:. HI . perl)_ cent. -
CO
20 0 0 Ail 0 21%
are not yet complete, plans being still under the cowl- SOUTHWARK COUNTY COURT.
performed no brilliant achievement •; and what it satisfactory scheme. Are we now to be toldthat this THE LATE NAVAL REVIEW AT SFITHEAD. the prisoner, and I should wish your worship to deal London and County - ! 101. per cent. 50 0020 0 0 351,4
deratain of the South-Eastern Company for the removal Louth' sea Westininetr 141. percent. 100 0 0 20 0 0 45,4
had done under Wellington in Spain was &pre- was nothing more than party jealousy, and that of the present Lewisham station to the junction, where An action was brought by a gentleman named Hor- with the case against him as it stands." London Joint-Stock .• . 121. per cent. 50 0010 0 0 32
elated by faction, or misrepresented by loon net they really meant nothing of all they said. Or shall it is proposed to erect a station which will answer the soy, against the South-Eastern Railway Company, to Mr. Retry convicted him of being ccncerned in steal- Provincial of Ireland.. I Si. per cent. 100 0025 0 0 -
And Wellington's domestic policy, founded upon it he said that they were indeed in earnest, but that purpose of both companies. The act for the line from recover the sum of eight guineas and 'fifteen shillings
from the defendants, they having committed a breech of National of Ireland.... !6 t. per cent. 50 0 0 22 10 0 -
iiinn„o•pritshoemnreinotg: and. sentenced him to three months' Ditto, New......... 8 /.per cent. 10 0 0 all
that extreme caution which sometimes is as dan- they were wrong in every objection they advanced, purpose of both companies. The act for the line from recover the sum of eight guineas and fifteen shillings imrisonment. Nat. Provincial of iSmig. SI. per cent. 100 0 0 33 0 0 -
that extreme caution which sometimes is as dan- they were wrong in every objection they advanced, Bramnloy to St. Mary's Cray has received the Royal as-Nat. Provincial of Eng. 81. per cent. 100 0 0 33 0 0 -
per cent. 20 0 0 10 0 0 23
serous as temerity, perhaps tended to confirm this and in every ainenclinclit they moved ? Which 01 sent, and there is no doubt of its proving a valuable contract in neglecting to convey him and his friends to
see the naval review at Spithead. 41
unpopularity. By keeping soldiers " out of sight these two views does Mr. Disraeli adopt ? source of revenue to this company. The accounts show CLERKENWELL.-Thomas Eden, aged 38, of 26, OrDieittittaio'lNlaeiwik C'''o.r.p.o.r.;. it81,1..p. et.Sebs. 25 o o all
72
ttat 27,451/. 6i. 4d. has been received, and 19035/. .
Mr. Robinson appeared for the *plaintiff, and Mr. Balls-pond, described on the charge-sheet as a traveller, heath Nustralia ••.• .. 141 p.ct.& bs. 25 0 0 9 9
of the people" as much as possible, lie rather We baud never said or•thought, and WO do not
Poland for the railway company. o - Australia- - 30'. per cent. 25 0 0 -
19s. 5,1. expended up to the 30th June., and, as it is ex- but who is well-known to the police as a svvindler, under Utilitl:... • • ...... 331. per cent. - 2 l'O 0 -
strengthened the suspicion that a soldier's calline now say or think, "that the settlement of 1832 was
The p'aintiff said that in the month of May last he
pected that such a nether amount will be received on the names of Clark, Ward, Leader, 13reckley, and Win- union of London' ..... 20% per cent. 50 0 0 10 0 0 281,1
was at once cheerless and disreputable. The a satisfactory settlement. How does Mr. Disraeli
saw advertisements in the new,paperd offering to take 40 0 0 all -
account of the calls during the ensuing month as will ter, was placed at the bar, before Mr. Tyrwhitt, charged Union of Madrid ... •• ; -
popular notion of a soldier in England was for a reconcile this view with his other " Conservative rail and boat to witness the great naval with fraudently obtaining, on the 30th of May, a pair ef
make half the capital paid up, the directors request the cloth trousers and
.other articlesi of the value of 855., the CANALS.
. long time that he was a sort of refuse.sman, kept piinciple," that " landed property ought to have
autherity of the propreeturs to exercise the borrowing rPea,sis:gaet"Slpjyithead. They were headed " London and
- in a, fusty square, to be alternately drilled and an- influence, sensibly felt, in any representative powers of the company. pr .perty of Mr. Richard Stanton.
From the evidence of M Inspector Langdov, of the
South-Eastern Rail way,'' and signed " Eborale mana-
ger. In consequence of that he went to the r
flogged, and exhibited as little as possible, save scl-6nee.?" The CHAIRMAN, in reply to a question from a share- e ad way N division, and Sergeant Jae. Pennell, 54 N, it appeared Names of I F.,; Dividend r.,.c. Names of
for the suppression of riots. The identificatiotr For•thus stands the " satisfactory settlement" of holder, stated that the total cost of the land would be office, 147, Cheapside, and purchased four tickets, for Companies. el per - Companies.
rt, Annum. elz
!DiViend
Price.
4 , Annum.
u) I
of the whole com mu ui ty with the military call- 1832. A manufacturer of Bradford. or Halifax ►less than the estimate. It was also stated that the whole which he paid eight guineas. The tickets were like the that about a fortnight ago the prisoner's wife and ser- ----!-- --;-
1 -
_p. et. 1_45
NMeaactcilles..fi.e.ld. :ix 21.1 X . s_l
ing •was wholly absent from a people who saw builds a row of cottages for the first class of hie was in the hands of the contractors. vent were committed from this court for obtaining , X X
one produced, which defendants admitted to be a copy. goods under false pretences. The who has been
very little of soldiers under arms, knew little of workmen. He lets them at 4s. or 53. per week. Toe report was una"irnmislY adopted, and resolutions When they arrived on board the vessel they were known einemising the tradesmen of Esoatn, prisoner,seines's, and 1960 71.
the extent of empire committed to theie custody, Every tenant Las hie vote •; and the landlord has, were a!se carried for autherising the application of the and recognised. He purchased them on the 21st, hav-
ing seen the advertisement on the Saturday previous. Kw
di7l.svlaanrdio,winsgss tlOxford.. •• • • lac.
- 103
Birmingham 40 41. 93% Peak Forest. 78, 5/. Os. 76
and who aS t- cated trieir " trade" with the recruit- perhaps, 25 or 50 voters in his own euaploy. This is .
• borrowing powers of thy companyto the extent of -
2• :err , for 'orf:f)erittihn! the shares which calla remain4.banllf. fashionable
Bur
rhoonunsdei
nagn=sn.
cIBI aor ekr-len' iskiltAt.b. r.
g.
1 1150:I 2451 .1. - Regent's.... 30 1/ 16
A shtn &.0.1.d.1:1!
ng sergeant's blandishments, the drunken promise, giving a peculiar influence to house property, to
2*
• :err .Mr. Robinsonßebinsondiere aekeil whether Mr. Eborall was men, who were directed to send them home at a certain E
1711;1 e.&.C. h. ; 1 (0'(.3 2131A11,5L 84 .=:lte6Q 8450, 11. 10s. 76
the painful parting from home, the canteen, aud manufacturing property, but not to lauded pro- tont. ,i, ear,
.: c eeaon of 1. h her as one in attendance, as he had been summoned ?
he auditor% hour, and they would then b 3 paid for at once. 'When GrandJurtetUloo 3. pr..ct. 43 Do. Lk FdSt 112 i - -
the cat-o'-nine tails. Cause and effect, as usual, poi ty. Mr. Eberall was called three times, but he did not the goods were sent the prisoner was not at home, Do., 6 pr•Ct.l 10 61. pr. et. 11 i 'Stitrd &Wore ,40! 281. 420
A vote of thanks to the chairman concluded the pro- mak h's-
- 1 appearance. Grand "reeves 100 U. - Shrewsbury • - -
eacted on each other. A bad name was given to Now look at the other side of the question. and the tradesiman was told to come again in an hour or Grand 125
seeding,. • 'Jnion 100 1/ -
„Os. - Stolarbrldge.. ,45 121. see
the soldier ; and it was too often from the worst There are thousands of villages in the country, the. The plaintiff continued, that when they got to Ports- PO ; and when he did return the prisoner had decamped.
--Kennt & Aviv 39 6s. Ocl. 6%-Severn and 1• . ,
men that soldiers wsra recruited. Decent labour property of which is in the landed. gentry. These NORTH LONDON RAILWAY COMPANY. mouth:their boat was loaded, and they were put on When the prisoner's place was searched a number of Lancaster ..1.100 - - k Wye Hail. j 26 2.• -
ors reined over the sin who enlisted, and ado - villages contain multitudes of houses of 10/, a year, The follewing is the report of the directors of the board the Princess Helena. She wes fitted up for the books and other decumeuts were found, but no money Leeds &Livrp 100 251. 4933 i Warwick &
occasion. There were four or five deal tables. The hold He was remanded. J • Leicester.... MO. 6/. 49 I Birming• 100 21. 25
cent housemaid had rarely the moral courage to 20/. a year, 301. a year, and 401. a year. The above railway cempany to the half-earl meeting meeting of the was lined with h ' unting, and about 12 mattresses were Leicstr &Nth 83 - - Warwick & 1 i 21. to
retain a " sogger" lover. But, as public attention tenants of these houses are a far betterclass of men shareholders, which takes place to-morrow :- -- Loughborogh 142' 701. 550 Napton.. 3 100;
thrown down for them to sleep on. About one to three MARLBOROUGH-STREET.- William and monmouthsh 100 - - Worcstr &I,
_a ---. er -r.e.e. nr 1A.T....n1ie•78 21. 20
. eta,- The directors tru-t that the shareholders will agree persons. Tallow candles hung by ropes, and there was John elf notorious thieves, Stacey • Nlntgmerysk 100' - - Birrning.
i ton, two
IlleltnMwbry 100 - - Wilts & Brks -10 S. Od. 4%

dinary garrison.
All this is as it should be. The country is not
so much discharging a duty as protecting its own
interests when it does honour to the men who brave
the hardships and privations of war. Happily,
free from the continental burden of the conscrip-
tion, it recognises the strong claim upon its grati-
tude of men whose voluntary and unforced devo-
tion, blended with an admirable discipline, pre-
serves the credit and character of a kingdom, the
vast wealth and possessions of which are so signally
contrasted with the slight material instruments of
their protection. Rising from the torpid slumber,
in which war was long dreamed an impossibility,
and repelling that paradoxical fanaticism which
denounced even self-defence as a sin, the towns
and corporations of England attest at once their
recognition of an obvious truth and their sense of
high desert. They attest also something else. They
demonstrate a change in popular sentiment and
popular prejudices most striking and most fortu-
nate. Can any two phases of feeling stand out in
more distinct contrast than that which greets the
return of the British army from the Crimea
now, and that which greeted the return of the
British army from the Peninsula in 1814 ? Yet
what were the achievements of the two ? The
present army comes back from a campaign of
two years—two years fraught indeed with great
toil, trials, sufferings, and mortality, and even-
tually crowned by no unworthy consumma-
tion. The former returned from a campaign
Of six years, in which " they had won nineteen
pitched battles and innumerable combats ; had
made or sustained ten sieges, and taken four great
fortresses ; had twice expelled the French from
Portugal, once from Spain ; had penetrated
France, and killed, wounded, or captured 200,000
enemies,leaving of their own number 40,000 dead,
whose bones whiten the plains and mountains of
the Peninsula." Yet the present army is cheered,
feted, and embraced by accompanying thousands,
while their predecessors (with some few exceptions)
resumed their garrison duties without show, pomp,
or salutation. In the language of the historian
whom we have already quoted, that "war termi•
nated, and with it all remembrance of the veteran's
services."
Many reasons might be alleged for this change.
The army was unpopular because it had been em-
ployed as a police in times of civil commotion. It
was unpopular through the retention of some hazy,
constitutional doctrines, about standing armies. It
was unpopular because certainly since the death
of Wolfe, and almost since the time' of Marl-
borough till the beginning of this century, it had
performed no brilliant achievement ; and what it
had done under Wellington in Spain was depre-
ciated by faction, or misrepresented by ignorance.
And Wellington's domestic policy, founded upon
that extreme caution which sometimes is as dan-
gerous as temerity, perhaps tended to confirm this
unpopularity. By keeping soldiers " out of sight
of the people" as much as possible, he rather
strengthened the suspicion that a soldier's calling
was at once cheerless and disreputable. Thy
popular notion of a soldier in England was for a
. long time that lie was a sort of refuso4man, kept
- in a fusty square, to bo alternately drilled aael
flogged, and exhibited as little as possible, save
for the suppression of riots. The identificatiotr
of the whole community with the military call-
ing was wholly absent from a people who saw
very little of soldiers under arms, knew little of
the extent of empire committed to thei.m custody,
and who ast- c.ated trieir " trade" with the recruit-
ng sergeant's blandishments, the drunken promise,
the painful parting from home, the canteen, aud
the cat-o'-nine tails. Cause and effect, as usual,
eacted on each other. A bad name was given to
the soldier ; and it was too often from the worst
men that soldiers were recruited. Decent labour-
ers groaned over the sm who enlisted, and a dk -
cent housemaid bad rarely the moral courage so
retain a "logger" lover. But, as public attention
became directed to the state of the army (which, of
course, was done by civilians)—as India was twice
seriously threatened within three or four years,
and saved mainly by those brave troops who car-
ried the pluck and vigour of Englishmen to " the
heights of Candahar and the sands of the Punjab"
—es the huge military resources of Continental
States forced upon the British intelligence their
wonderful aptitude for foreign aggression or dome'--
tic subjugation—there came over the minds of the
people a compunctious recollection of important
services in war recommended by the most docile
discipline in peace, and the army gained in popu-
larity. Then came the Russian war, and with it
an innovafon which startled others beside militaiy
martinets—the almost daily publication of every
event that happened within the camp. The Eng-
lish public were made spectators of a siege 3,000
miles away. They saw not only the salient and
• exceptional actions which lend life and brilliancy
to the monotony of a siege, but every incident of
the soldier's life—his toil in the trenches, his
watches, his hungers, his fastings, his nakedness,
his disease. They, apart and comfortably housed,
saw their gallant countrymen enduring with heroic
constancy work which required thrice as many
hands as could be spared to do it, and in the face of
shot, shell, stinted rations, famine, and infection,
maintaining an heroic devotion and a disciplined
subordination worthy of the race whose sons had
calmly mustered to parade on board the doomed and
sinking Birkenhead. Every household in the
kingdom thus became, as it were, spectators of the
sufferings and the glories of the camp ; and the
enthusiasm which each stage of the siege had
kindled burst into that flame which now greets tho
disembarking troops in England.
All these demonstrations are as wise and politic
as they are just and well•merited. The country is
bound to recognise the fortitude, discipline, and
endurance of its soldiers. But we would fain ap-
pend to this admission one remark, which we trust
, will not be invidiously interpreted. No one can
estimate more highly than ourselves the courage
and endurance of British soldiers, or the pluck of
the regimental officers. We participate in every
sentiment expressed towards Windham, Shirley,
Yea, Eyre, and "Redan Massey ;" but we would
remind those who are about to entertain the re-
turned regiments that there is such a thing as dis-
crimination in nraise. The other day, at Sheffield,
a speaker eulogised the 4th Dragoon Guards for
their conduct in the trenches. This was absurd ;
and absurd or inappropriate laudation is indirect
censure. Again, we would remind these enthusi-
tic hosts that there is a continental as well as an
English account of the campaign, and that the con-
tinental history makes much less of the English
achievements and much more of the French than
we do. Perhaps this is partly due to a studied
depreciation of England ; but it is also in part due
to the actual state of things. The French had
during the pressure of the siege a very much larger
force than we had ; they had, in proportion,
a very much larger corps of Engineers than
we had; and these two advantages threw upon
their shoulders a heavier and more comprehensive
duty than our smaller army could have been ex-
pected to perform. Again, we lost our best and
oldest soldiers in the fearful winter of 1854. The
principal French losses were at a much later period.
Finally, the crowning operation of the campaign
—the taking of the Malakoff—was done by French,
not by English, hands. All this may be palliated
and explained, but the fact remains. It is true
•
that our Engineers were set to work for which they
were numerically disqealified. It is true that the
men in the trenches did double or treble duty. It
is true that raw recruits at the Redan behaved with
gallantry and courage ; it is true that the conduct
Windham and Eyro was worthy of any army and
any conflict ; still the awkward fact remains that
latterly the greater portion of the siege devolved
on the French, and that the capture of the Malakoff
was a French achievement. We mention these
things to put osir civic rhetoricians on their guard
against an exaggeration which might provoke hos-
tile or contemptuous criticism abroad ; and tiles,
is no need of such rhetoric, for the true merit of
• the English soldiers consists in their having re-
mained steadfastly at their appointed stork when
their numbers were awfully thinned by famine,
Pestilence, and death, and in their having main-
tained against these unsparing foes the same deter-
mined aspect with which they met the Russians at
the Alma and Inkerman.

vern the country.
We know not that any Conservative statesman
before Mr. Disraeli's time has ever enunciated such
a doctrine. We believe that generally the Conser-
vatives are aware that landed property must have
great influence in any fair representative system,
and that nothing can prevent this but unfair con-
trivance. We believe that such unfair contrivance
is justly chargeable on the Reform Bill of 1830-32,
and that on that account the Conservatives have
never been satisfied with that bill. But wo doubt,
and are almost inclined to deny, that it has ever
been accepted as a Conservative principle, that
landed property ought to have any peculiar place
or influence distinctly assigned to it in a scheme of
representation.
" Respect for venerable corporations."—Well,
beyond doubt, in one prominent instance, the
Whigs have shown great respect for a venerable
corporation. Twenty years have they waited in 1
hope that the Corporation of London would re-
form itself, and so spare them the trouble of in-
terfering with it, and when at last under the in-
dunce of the Traverses, Sidney Smiths, dec., they
did iatrodnce a foolish bill, in the present year,
they were ready to withdraw it so soon as they
found out their mistake.
Lastly, we turn to that which Mr. Disraeli puts
first :
" I hold that to be a Conservative principle which
regards the Parliamentary settlement of 1832 as a
satisfactory settlement."
Where, in what page of the history of England,
did Mr. Disraeli discover any such sentiment as
held by the Conservative party ? That party all
through two long years struggled against the Re-
feral Bill, even to the very verge of public commo-
tions, on the ground that it was an unjust and un-
satisfactory scheme. Are we now to be told that this
was nothing more than party jeialousy, and that
they really meant siothing of all they said. Or shall
it be said that they were indeed in earnest, but that
they were wrong in every objection they advanced,
and in every amendment they moved ? Which of
these two views does Mr. Disraeli adopt ?
We have never said or thought, and we do not
now say or think, " that the settlement of 1832 was
a satisfactory settlement." How does Mr. Disraeli
reconcile this view with his other " Conservative
piinciple," that " landed property ought to have
an-influence, sensibly felt, in any representative
sel-6thel"
Forethus stands the " satisfactory settlement" of
1832. A manufacturer of Bradford or Halifax
builds a row of cottages for the first class of his
workmen. He lets them at 4s. or ss. per week.
Every tenant has his vote ; and the landlord has,
perhaps, 25 or 50 voters in his own employ. This is
giving a peculiar influence to house property, to
manufacturing property, but not to lauded pro-
pel tiy.
Now look at the other side of the question.
There are thousands of villages in the country, the
property of which is in the landed gentry. These
villages contain multitudes of houses of 101. a year,
201. a year, 301. a year, and 401. a year. The
tenants of these houses are a far batter class of men
ti
than the ten-pounders of Leeds or Manchester.
Yet your "satisfactory settlement" . ~. deniee
all these men votes because they a
..-: et of the
towns, but belong to the landed interests.
Now we cordially go with Mr. Disraeli in the
opinion that " tampering with the suffrage is a
great evil to the state." We think also that no-
thing could be worse than the proposal of 1852 to
add the five pound householders in the great towns
to the present too numerous constituencies. But
still we do not believe that the settlement of 1832
was " a satisfactory settlement," and we should be
sorry to see the Conservative party pledged to
maintain'and defend it against all opposers.
But what, then, shall we say to Mr. Disraeli's
" Conservative oreed ?" His first principle is ono
which the Conservatives never have espoused, and
we trust never will espouse. His second, third, and
fourth principles are Lord J. Russell's principles
as much as his own ! If, then, we accept this
creed we must be forced to the conclusion, that as
a distinct party, having principles of their own, the
Conservatives are waning away, or becoming
merged in the other parties of the country. Lord
John Russell might as well be their loader as Mr.
Disraeli !
But we do not believe in this view, and therefore
we do not think that Mr. Disraeli has given a full
and fair account of the Conservative creed. A
larger and more ample view of that creed we reserve
for another occasion.

( Prom the .2,lorniag 11ir31,1 of this d 1111.)
We gave, a day or two since, a concise statement
of the Conservative creed, as enunciated by Mr.
Disraeli in the closing speech of the session. It
consisted of these points :-
1. A firm adherencb to the ReforM-Bill of 1830-
1832. _

2. A claim to a peculiar influence in the repre-
pentation for the landed interests.

(From the Daily News of this clay.)
If the most recent Spanish despatches may be be-
lieved, O'Donnell has triumphed for the present. It
is not impossible. The leading Liberals of Spain
appear to have wilfully shut their eyes in order that
they might not see the toils that were being drawn
around them. They relied ußon the vigilance of a
leader who, with the best and :est intentions, hai
had no parallel in history since our Saxon " Athel-
stane the Unready." It was a cruel satire that con-
ferred on Espartero the title of " Duke of Vic-
tory ;" for his whole career has been acquiescence
in one defeat after another.
Some time must elapse before we can hope to
hear the true history of the Madrid coup d'etat and
its consequences. One thing is certain, that its
apparently successful termination cannot be " the
be-all and end-all" of the matter. That unfortu-
nate woman who now wields (in appearance) the
sceptre of Spain, has cut the ground from beneath
her own feet. The moment her claim to the crown
ceases to bo identified with the constitutional cause
it loses all value. The adherents of the old prin-
ciple of succession in Spain have never acknow-
ledged, and never can acknowledge, its validity.
The assertors of progress and rational government
have overlooked the rotten character of a death-
bed will, extorted from an absolute Sovereign by
a worthless and ambitious woman, in their eager-
ness to set up a Sovereign identified by her inte-
rests with modern principles. There is nothing in
the personal character of Isabella to compensate
for the hollowness of her title to the Throne. It

The following is the report of the directors of the
above railway company to the half-yearly meeting of the
shareholders, which takes place to-morrow :
The directors tru-t that the shareholders will agree
with them in regarding the accounts of the half-year end-
ing on the 30th of June last, as exhibiting satisfactory
indications of improvement in the revenue of the corn-
party. The rec,,ipts fro n traffic are nearly 11 per cent.
larger than they were in the corresponding six months
of last year,, while the ev..rking expenses have increased
only 2} percent., notwithstanding the extra charge of
5001. on the past ,ix months, in liquidation of the ex-
penditerre incurred in altering and improving the loco-
motive stock. On passenger traffic the increase amopnts
to 4,1301. 16s. On goeds traffic there has been an in-
crease of 2,535/. 15s. fsi. The direct zs see good ground
for the hope that the pasenger traffic has now not only
recovered trom the check which it received in 1855, but
it will henceforward exhibit the same progressive im-
provement which characterised its first development.
The additional receipts from goods have arisen- partly
from the increased tonnage conveyed, and partly from a
revision of the tariff, after a friendly negotiation with
the London and North-Western Railway Company,
which came into operation in May last. Due care has
been taken to maintain the locomotive and carriage
stock, as well as the permanent way and works, in the
most efficient condition. After the payment of interest
on the company's debt, (a' though the state of the money
market has, of course, operated to raise the rate
upon all loans renewed within the last year), the net ba-
lance available for dividend is 20,5101. ss. 6d, This sum
is 2,3461. in excess of the net balance of the correspond-
ing six months of last year, and will admit of the pay-
ment of a dividend at the rate of per cent. per annum,
being a quarter per cent. more than was paid in the same
period of 1855 ; and the directors recommend that a
dividend at that rate be declared accordingly, leaving
a balance of 239/. 158. ld. to be carried forward. On
the capital account the directors have little to remark.
The liabilities of the company have now been completely
ascertained, arid the assets are more than sufficient to
meet them. The circumstances of the past half-year
have not been favourable for effecting any extensive sales
of the surplus lands or houses of the company ; but the
directors avail thee:lEol\ ea of every opportunity for dia.
posing of such of this property as can be judiciously
parted with, having in view the closing of the capital
account at the earliest possible period. If the share-
holders should approve the measure about to be submitted
to them, for creating a debenture stock, to replace the
debenture bonds as they fall due, the directors would
give their best attention, whenever the state of the
money market shall admit of it, to carrying out a plan
which would materially benefit the financial position of
the company.

An action was brought by a gentleman named Her
sey, against the South-Eastern Railway Company, to
recover the sum of eight guineas and fifteen shillings
from the defendants, they having committed a breech of
contract in neglecting to convey him and his friends to
see the naval review at Spithead.
Mr. Robinson appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr.
Poland for the railway company.
The plaintiff -aid that in the month of May last he
saw advertisements in the newspaperd offering to take
passengers by rail and boat to witness the great naval
review at Spithead. They were headed " London and
South-Eastern Railway," and signed " Ehoral , mana-
ger." In consequence of that he went to the railway
office, 147, Cheapside, and purchased four tickets, for
which he paid eight guineas. The tickets were like the
one produced, which defendants admitted to be a copy.
When they arrived on beard the vessel they were known
and recognised. He purchased them on the 21st, hav-
ing seen the advertisement on the Saturday previous.
Mr. Robinson here asked whether Mr. Eborall was
in attendance, as he had been summoned ?
Mr. Eborall was called' three times, but he did not
make his appearance.
The plaintiff continued, that when they got to Ports-
mouth their boat was loaded, and they were put on
board the Princess Helena. She was fitted up for the
occasion. There were four or five deal tables. The hold
was lined with hunting, and about 12 mattresses were
thrown down for them to sleep on. About one to three
persons. Tallow candles hung by ropes, and there was
not the least accommodation. While at Portsmouth he
asked leave to go on shore, when the captain said he did
not know how long he should be there, hut he allowed
them to go ashore, to return by 10 o'clock, which they
did. The review was to begin at 11 o'clock. After
they got back to the vessel the directors' steamer passed
wi b another boat, and they followed the Queen about
till 12 o'clock. Witness asked to be allowed to go on
board the direbtors' boat, and hailed it, but they would
not stop. They were left.behind the last steamer, and
did not quit Portsmouth harbour until one o'clock. The
captain told them he was advised to wait for another
train from London, and that was the reason be did not
leave the harbour. The interesting part of the review
was over when they got there. In the morning a pla-
card was posted on the deck. It announcel that by
paying 15s. they might return by the Brighton Railway.
By Mr. Poland—They were not taken round the fleet,
but of course they saw some of the ships coming into
harbour. They bad no sofas • nothing but deal boards
and forms. They followed the directors' boat, and saw
the gun-boats in the attack, but they 'did not see the
Queen pass through the feet.
Mr. Poland, on the part of the railway company, con-
tended that they hal performed their contract to the
best of their ability, and the plaintiff had seen the re-
view, although he did not see the Queen pass through
the fleet, and that he deemed quite sufficient for them.
His Honour said—Assuming the delay of the steamer
from the harbour to have been caused by some unavoid-
able accident, the company would not have been liable,
but it is plain that the vessel was delayed for the pur-
pose of the company, from their not 3upp ying two
steamers, they supposing that one could do the work.
The consequence was the steamer in question was de-
layed one hour, arid that the most important hour of the
day. The review meant the whole review, or, at all
events, the Queen's passage through the fleet, which the
defendant and his friends did not see, therefore he must
give judgment for the plaintiff, with costs.
There were five other actions of a similar nature
' against the railway company, in which the judge also
gave judgment for the plaintiffs, considering that the
defendants were guilty of gross negligence.

ASSIZB INTELLIGENCE.

140 ME CIRCUIT.--CHELMSFORD, AUG. 2.
(Before Mr. Justice Erie and a Special Jury.)

LISTER AND ANOTHER V. LEATHER AND ANOTHER.

Dividend I Amount
Name of Company. per of Paid. Price.
Annum. Share. 1
£ s. d. £ s. d. (
British • • •• • • .. •• •• .. - - - -
Ditto Irovinclal .... 71. 20 0 0 20 0 0 -
Brighton ••••-•• •• •, 5/. 20 0 0 20 0 0 15
City of London •• .. 41. Os. 100 0 0 100 0 o - i
Continental (4th Cap.) . - 50 0 0 20 0 0 -
Equitable .• • .....• •• 21.105. 50 0 0 all 35
Great Central ....... 8/ per cent. 10 0 0 all 12%
Imperial .. • • ..., .... 101.& bonus. 50 0 0 all 881 A,
Independent ... •• •• - 51. 40 0 0 1111 -
L0nd0n..............- 50 0 0 9!I I -
Do., Pail. Preference 61. per cent. I 25 0 0 ft 25
P:TI3,IiX . •... •• ....., 41. per cent. 160 0 0 52 0 0 -
Ratcliff •.•• • •• ..... 51. ;100 0 0 16 0 0 16
United General •• •• 21. 10s. 150 0 0 all -
Westminster Chartered 4-1 per cent. 50 0 0 55
Of
Ditto, New ........ - 5 O 5O 0 0 10 0 0 -
WATER-WORKS.
Dividend Amount
Name of Company. , per of Paid. Price
Annum. Share.
-^ --
1 £
s. d. X s. d.
Bost London
Grand Junction
Kent.... • • - 80%
Lambett • • - ;100 0 0 - 95
New River Company • - - -
Soutliwarlr. &Vauxhall ' 51. per cnt. 1100 0 0 - -
West ratddlesca -• • - 1001,4
BRIDGES.
Dividend Amount
Name of Company. per of Paid. Price.
Annum. . Share.
£ s. d. £ s. d.
Rungerford.... • • .... OMB .... 7%
Southwark ••••• • • • • • - 100 0 0 ••
-
Ditto New of 7% p.c. 11. per cent. 50 0 0 - -
Waterloo ..... ........ - 100 0 0 - -
' Ditto Old Ann. of 8/. 11. 148. Bd. 60 0 0 - -
Ditto I•Tw ditto of 71. 1/. 10s. 4d. 40 0 0 - 26%
Vairzhall • • 965. 70 10 3 - 21
l . - DOCKS.
Dividend Amount
Name of Company. I per of Paid. Price.
A Annum. Share.
------- - -
f £ s. d. X s. d.
e Commercial .. •• •• .... 51. pr cent. Stock. Stock. -
, Cast and West India.. 6' pr cent. Stock. - 125
- East C ...iiltr,y •. .. - -.-
.- London .• ••.- •• •• 5/. pr cent. Stock. I - -
Ditto Bonds - .. .. .• I 41. per cent. - - -
,4. ..I.t. Katharine 4...• •• per cent. Steck. - -
'" .iair,n _ ten
, ~ii _

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.—William Stacey and
John Clifton, two notorious thieves, were charged with
a violent outraize and garrotte robbery on the pers.m of
NI. Anthony Frederick Beevor, residing at No. 54,
Rath bon e-place, Oxford-street.
On Saturday morning, between one and two o'clock,
while prosecutor was on his way home, he went into a
public house in Crown-street, Soho. The prisoners were
at the bar, and asked him to treat them. He did so and
left the place ; but shortly after wards the prisoners fol-
lowed him, suddenly seized him by the throat, and
struck him with a bludgeon, which forced him upon the
ground. One of the thieves ransacked his pockets of
about 255. A police constable came up, but the pri
souers had escaped. The prosecutor gave a description
of the prisoners, who were apprehended by two con-
stables. _ -

JOINT-STOCK BANKS.
Dividend Amount
Name of Company. per of Paid. Price.
Annum. Share.
—.-------! —
I X s. d. X s. d.
Australasia........... 201. per cent. 40 0 0 all 102%
British North American ! 61. per cent. ! 50 0 0 „ 70
Commercial of London. 'lot.per cent. )100 0 0 20 0 0
Colonial .............. j 5/. per cent. 100 0 0 25 0 0 22%
lonian ....... •• . . .... ' 61. per cent. 25 0 0 25 0 0
Lond. Char. DI:. of ACS. I 20 0 0 all 0 21%
London and County • . ! , lOl. per cent.' 50 0 0 20 0 0 351,4
Londn 4nd Westinicatr 141. per cent. 100 0 0 20 0 0 43,4
London •Toint-Stock . • . 121. per cent. 50 0 0 10 0 0 32
Provincial of Ireland.. 1 81. per cent. 100 0 0 25 0 0
Ditto, N ew. • • ...... 8 /.per cent. 10 0 0 all
Natiorirj of Ireland.... ! 61. per cent. 50 0 0 22 10 0
Nat. Provincial of Eng. 8L per cent. 100 0 0 35 0 0
Ditto, New .. • • •• —8!. per cent. 20 0 0 10 0 0 23
Orientui Bank Corpora. itl. p. ct.&bs. 25 0 0 all 41
-3ol,itlt Australia. • • . • .. 141 p.ct.& bs. 25 0 0 9, 72
Union of Australia •• •• 30'. per cent. 25 0 0 ti. .---
Ditto .............. 331. per cent. 2 10 0
Union of London ..... 201. per cent. 50 0 0 10 0 0 28 IA
Union of Madrid ..... I 40 0 0 all

John Peacock, 170 C, said that he saw the prisoners,
and asiisted in their capture. One was a ticket-of-leave
convict, and the other was a desperate character.
George Edwin Grey, 52 F, stated that he traced the
prisoners to Cottage-place, and said to them, "You are
chargtd with a garrotte robbery." He took the pri-
siuner Stacey by the cuff of the coat, when he exclaimed,
"If you hold me 'lke that, I will come it on you."
Witness told him he was a ticket-of-leave man, when he
said, "I have tried to get work at the docks, and have
sought relief from my mother, and what is a poor fellow
to do?" _ _

is true men pity rather than blame her vices ; i
remembering by what a mother she was educated,
and the deadly shock her whole moral nature must
have sustained by being made the victim of " the
Spanish marriages"—a plot unequalled in horror
unless we go back to the dark records of the classi-
cal legends of " (Ed.ipus," " Medea," and other
monster outrages on human feelings. But pity
for the vicious ceases as soon as they beceme posi-
tively dangerous to social order ; and all the tole-
rance Isabella has hitherto experienced will be at
an end now that she has broken with the Jaws of
the constitutional monarchy.
Yet we do not despair of Spain. We are not of
those who believe that the free spirits of the Spa-
niards are dead within them, or that they remain
utterly unsusceptible of the growing intelligence
of the age. The struggle of the Spanish people to
ameliorate their institutions dates only from the
insurrection against the Napoleonic usurpation.
Where is the nation in Europe that can say it has
accomplished more in that brief period than they
have done? Is it Germany with its momentary

Mr. Beadon asked the prisoners what they had to say
to the charge, when Clifton said, " I don't deny seeing
the man, but I did not take his money."
The other prisoner said, " I did not rob the man."
Committed for trial.

LAMBETH.—With reference to the case at this court
reported in our impression of Friday, in which a woman
named Catley applied to the magistrate, stating that Mr.
O'Shea, a surgeon, relived to give her a certificate ne-
cessary for the burial of her child, until the account due
to him for inf &cal attendance was paid, Mr. O'Shea re-
quests us to state that before he had been called upon
by either Saunders or Coleman, he informed the regis-
trar of the district of the cause of death ; and that the
registrar o'ijected to register the death, on the grounds
that the child had received an accident. No one made
application to the registrar to register the death save Mr
O'Shea himself, The 3s. said to be given to the woman
Catley by the magistrate was not paid to Mr. O'Shea.

THAMES.—A. poor woman came before Mr. Yardley
an.' stated that about seven years ago her husband was
transported for a felony, and soon afterwards she married
another man, by whom she had several children.
Mr. Yardley—You had no right to get married again
because your husband was transported. The conviction
for felony did not dissolve the marriage, and you are
liable to be indicted for bigamy.
The woman said that her husband (the second) had M-
used her, and she wanted a maintenance for her children,
but he insisted on having the children himself.
Mr. Yardley—ln law, the children being illegitimate,
are no one's children but your own, but that is no reason
why the father should not support them. On the con-
trary, he ought to support them. You may have a sum-
mons against him for ill-usage.

INSURANCE COMPANIES.
Dividend Amount
Name of Company. per of I Paid. Price.
Annum. Share.
£ s d. £ a. d.
Albion .... • • • •..... 3/. 10s. 500 0 50 0 0 87
&Mama Bri :. and For. 71. 14s 6d.bs. 100 0 11 0 0 17%
Ditto Marine ... .... 51. p.c. & bs. 100 0 25 0 0 42
Anchor .... - • • ...... 6 per cent. 5 0 1 0 0 -
Atlas ..
Argus Life ......... • • 41. per cent. 100 0 25 0 0 23
British Commercial .. 71. 10s. 50 0 5 0 0 _
Clericl.ged.& Gen. Life spr ct. & bs. 100 0 10 0 0 -
county - - .......... 4/. 100 0 10 0 0 -
Crown .... ...• - - -17 s. Od 50 0 5 0 0 -
Eagle •• - •• ss. 50 0 5 0 0 7
Equity and LaW...... 414 per cent. 100 0 5 0 0 5%
European Life ... 1/. 20 0 all 18V,
General.....• • . • ... .. 6/. . 5 0 It 51,4
Globe ... •..... 51. per cent. Stock. ~ 104
Guardian ............ s'. per cent. 100 0 0 47 5 0 55!..:
Imperial Fire... •..... 12/. per cent. 500 0 0 50 0 0 -
Imperial Life -
Indemnity Marine.... 1 <. 3s & 3/. 100 0 0 20 0 0
Law Fire ............ 2s. & 2s. bs. 100 0 0 2 10 0 3%
Law Lite • • • • - 100 0 : -10 0 0 61
Legal and General Life - 50 0 0 2 0 0 5
London . . 11. 10s. 25 0 0 12 10 0 29y,
London Ship-. .. 10s.& he. 25 0 0 12 10 0
Marine ..... .... • • .... 18s.per share 100 0 0 28 0 0 57
Itied•lnvlhl& Gen. Life 4% 1. per ct. 50 0 0 2 0 0 3%
Minerva • • • • ...... 5 p. ct. & bs. 20 0 0 2 0 0 -
Monarch • • • • •• • • • • • • - 5 0 0 1 0 0 1/.
National Loan Fund.. 5/. per cent. 20 0 0 2 10 0 -
Palladium Life...
Pelican •• • • • • • • • • • • • • - - - 50
Phcenix • • • •• • • • • - - - 180
professional Life • • • • .. 51. per cent. 5 0 0 10 0 -
Provident Life.. - .... 1/. ss. & bs. 100 0 0 10 0 0 38%
Rock Life.... • • .. • • .• I 7s. 5 3 0 0 10 0 %
Royal Exchange ....• • 101. per cent. Stock. all 270
Sun Fire ...... 6/. 10s. - ~ -
Ditto Life •••• 11. 14s. - -
4 0 0 5
United Xingdom .. .. 47. p. et. & bs. 20 0 0
Universal Life . • • ..... 5/. per cent. 100 0 0 10 0 0 40
Victbria Life .......• 51. per cent. - 4 12 6 53. E
LIST OF SCOTTIS B. COMPANIES' PRICES.
____----
Dividend Amount
Name of Company. per of Paid. Price.
Annum. Share.
- -....---- •--- -
X s. d. X a. d.
Bank of Scotland .. •• 71. per cent. 100 C 0 100 0 0 200/Os
British Linen Company 81. per cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 22910 s
Caledonian Bank .. •.. 81. per cent. 10 0 0 2 10 0 41 Os
City of Glasgow Balk 5/. per cent. 10 0 0 10 0 0 i 2 / Os
Clydesdale Bank .•.. 512“. p cent. •20 0 0 10 0 0 13110 s
C .mmercial Bank .. 71. per cent. 500 0 0 100 0 0 230/ Os
Eastern Bank.. • • •... 62. per cent. 25 0 0 10 0 0 121 5s
Edinb. & Glasgow.. •. 3%1. p cent. 5 0 0 5 0 0 5/ 2s
Exchange Bnk of Scot.. -
National Bank .. •• -6% per cent. 100 0 0 10 0 0 1871 Os
Norther Scotland Bank 5 /.per cent 20 0 0 , 2 10 0 5/ Os
Royal Bank of Scotl. .. 5/. per cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 1461 0
Union Bank of Scot. •. 8/. per cent. 100 0 0 50 0 0 102/15
Western Bank - . • .... 71. per cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 43110 s
Alliance Fire and Life.. 8% /• pr cent. 100 0 0 11 0 0 16/15s
British Guarantee . .. 41. per cent. 10 0 0 2 0 0 1/ 14s
Caledonian Fire In3ur • 10/.per cont. 100 0 0 10 0 0 251 Os
City of Glasgow Lite ; Si. per cent. 0 0 2 0 0 i/ 8s
Co onialLtfe ......... 51. per cent. 50 0 0 1 0 0 5/ 58
Edinburgh Life Incur. 5/. tier cent. 109 0 0 15 0 0 291 38
Eng. & Scot. Lavt Life 51.,,0r cent. 50 0 0 3 5 0 41 8s
Life Assoc. o i;cm,,and 61. per cent. 10 0 0 1 10 0 6/ 10s
Nationai Fire and Life 61. per cent. 10 0 0 1 0 0 2/ Is
North British Incur... 71. per cent. 230 0 0 20 0 0 36/10s
Scottish Union Insrne. 741. pr cent. 20 0 0 1 0 0 11 16s
Standard Life •• •• - - 51. per cent. 50 0 0 7 0 C 0/ Os
United 1 we Assurance Q. ner cent. 10 0 0 , 1 0 0 -
MISCELLANEOUS.
Dividend • Amount
Name of Company. per of I Paid. Price.
Annum. Share.
------ -- -
£ S. d. £ S. d.
'Assam Tea •• •• • • • • .. M. 50 0 0 20 0 0 -
Auettin Mart•• • ••• • • • 214 per cent., 50 0 0 - -
Australian Ag,riculturl I. ls. 100 0 0 17 10 0 25%
Australian Trust • • .. ftl. per cent - 25 0 0 -
A.ustrad 0 tan Royal Mail 5/. 0 0 all -
4.ng10-Mexican Mint.. 11. ICs. 10 0 0 all -
British American Land 15s. - 40 0 0
Canada • • • • • - • • • • .. 61. per cent. 100 0 0 32 10 0 128
Do. 5 per cent Bonds Si. per cent. - - -
Ditto, 6 per cent. • • 02. per cent. - - 1147,1
city Nfhvigation Bonds - - - -
Electric Telegraph .. 6 per cent. 25 0 0 24 0 0 94
Ditto .. • • • • • • • • • • _ - - -
Equitable BeTersionry 72 pr. cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 -
Ditte New .....„ • - 50 0 0 17 10 0 -
Gen. R ever s. & Invest. 5 p. c. & bs, 100 0 0 100 0 0 105
a en.steamNavigation 10 p. et. 15 0 0 14 0 0 27
Tiudsoi's 8ay.... •• •• - Stock. - 204
llungerford .. • • • • • • .. ' 2/. ss. 100 0 0 100 0 0 -
London institution .•• - - -- -
London Reversionary 51per cent. 15 0 0 all -
Russell institution • ... _ - 12 10 0 -
Pille's Patent Cand. Co 10/. per cent. 20 0 0 1 17 10 21:,ii
Reversionary Int. Soc. 4%1. pr cent. 100 0 0 100 0
Royal Mail Steam.... 41. p. share.) 100 0 0 60 0 0 -7-1114
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This cause was further proceeded with to-day.
Sir F. Thesiger (who comes down o n a special re-
tainer), Mr. Bovill, Q.C., Mr. Lush, and Mr. Webster were
counsel for the plaintiffs ; the Attorney-General (also
specially retained), Mr. Chambers, Q.C., Mr. Hind-
marsh, and Mr. Lloyd, appeared for the defendants.
It has been already stated that the action was brought
against the defendants for the alleged infringement of
two patents obtaired by the plaintiffs in 1850 and 1852
for improved woolcorobing machinery. The plaintiffs
carry on a very extensive business as woolcombers at
Bradford and Leeds, and the defendants are engiged in
the same business at Bradford. Although it is said that
a vast amount of pecuniary interest
.is involved in the
inquiry, the case is mostly of importance to the parties
corcerued, the object of the plaintiffs being to secure the
we of the invention, which it appears-effects a vast' sav-
ing of manual labour, to themselves, and it appears
that they are receiving from many firms in Yorkshire as
much as 1,0001; a year for license to use the machinery
in question.
In consequence of the number of models that were
exhibited in the course of the case, it was found imprac-
ticable. to try the cau,e in the Nisi Prins Court, and the
county assembly-room was therefore appropriated to the
• purpose. A great number of professional men were called
as, witnesses fur the plaintiffs, and according to the testi-
mony given by ,them, the machinery made use of by the
defendants was an infringement upon the plaintiffs pa-
tent, and that any deviations that appeared in it were
merely of a colourable nature. : It also appeared that,
in 1846, the plaintiffs purchased the interest of a person
named Heillrnan in some woolcombing machinery, which
he bad invented, for a sum of 30,0001., and the machi-
nery now in question was said to have made great hm-.
provements upon that which was so purchased.
The case for the defendants was, firstly, that the ma-
chinery of the plaintiffs was merely a combination of
several inventions that had existed long before, and that
it was not entitled to protection on the ground of no-
velty ; and they also said that, the machinery made ure
of by them was of an original character, and was not
a copy of the plaintiffs', but, in point of fact, differed
from it in many essential particulars.
A great number of witnesses were examined with a
,view make out these fa3t4, and at half-past 4 o'clock
the triat Was again adjourned to Monday morning at 10
o'clock,

emancipation in 1848 ? Is it Italy, with its suces-
sive defeats? Is it France, gagged and fettered ?
Is it England, with its shameful Parliamentary ses-
sion of 185G—more than 20 years after the passing
oo ff the
Spain,R
fuorninforßtiiilnla?teOly, Of
the internal circumstances
we know as little as we do
of those of Russia or China;. but those of us who
are fortunate enough to have Spanish friends know
what a wcrld of integrity, courage, and solid judg-
ment there is combined in the Spanish character.
And ill informed though we yet are of the receir
events in Spain, enough hos transp7red to show
tliat a military adventurer in the capital has taken
passing misunderstanding betwee
4vaenxttargeneioef a 3
and moderate Liberals, and of his po-
pularity with the soldiery, to snatch an ephemeral
triumph. The letter from Barcelona, which we
published a few days ago, shows that the Spanish
Liberals, though they have been taken unawares,
are neither destitute of organisation nor disposed to
look upon their defeat as final.
the
the Spaniards shaolfl
All that is required for ultimate triumph
the good cause in S..ain is that._foreign
interference. all probability, be
be left to settle their own affairs free
.from foreign
interference. - And they will, in ,
loft free from foreign interference, notwithstanding
the French army that is gathering on the frontiers,

The woman declined to take out the summons.

Mr. Yardley—Then I can do nothing for you.

GREENWICH.—MichaeI Murphy, a cooper, was
brought up on remand before Mr. Trail, charged with
unlawfully depriving Mrs. Ann Davis of her son.
Mrs. Davis stated that she resided in the house of
the prisoner's mother, at 36, Hales-street, Deptford. On
Sunday, the 13th inst., she sent her child to Deptford
green Sunday-school, but he did not return as usual.
Suspecting the prisoner had taken him away, as he
had threatened to take the child to Liverpool, she gave
information to the police, the result being the restora-
tion of her boy on Thursday last.
Inspector Wilson, jun., said he received information
of the lova of the child on the 13th inst., and suspecting
the prisoner had taken him to Liverpool, he communi-
cated :with the police authorities there, but received no
satisfactory reply: On Friday, the 25tb, he went to the
hone of the prisoner's mother, and found him there. He
questioned him as to what he had done with the child
which he Wok away on the 13th, when the prisoner
denied all knowledge of him. At length, being about
to be taken to the station-house, he said he would tell
the truth if they would not do anything to him. He
then stated that he bad taken the child. to Liverpool,
and left him at a Mrs. Larkin's. Witnees proceeded to
Liverpool, and found the child at a Mrs Larkin's, in
38, Orange-street, and brought him up to town. Wit-
ness
said the reason why ho took the child was because
his mother ill-used and ill-fed him. He ,was fond of the
bey and intended to bring him up to his own trade.
Witness added that, when prisoner returned to town he
took the child to the railway and then sent him back by
himself to Mrs. Larkin's, stating that he had no money
to pay hie, passage.
The prisoner, having received the usual caution prior
to cimmittal, said the child asked him to take him with
him as his mother ill-used him, and was about proceed-
ing with the chiles'staternent respecting his mother,
when—
Mr. Traill said he thought it was unwise to make such
st dements, as the child could not be admitted as a wit-
ness. Besides, it would avail him nothing, as he would
be tried for injury to the parent by taking the child
j from her custody.
I Prisoner was then committed to take his trial.

3. The maintenance and expansion of the Esta-
blished Church, both in England and in Ireland.
4. Respect for venerable corporations and for a
roe magistracy.
We then remarked that Mr. Disraeli himself
seemed anxious to wove, not that there was any
difference, but rather that there was the greatest
agreement, between himself and Lord Palmerston
on all these points. He might have gone further.

A MAN STABBED BY HIS WlFE.—About 10 o'clock
last-evening a man was taken into King's College Hos •
pita!, ' severely bleeding from two wounds in the head,
which had been inflicted by his wife. It appears that
the pp.rties, who reside in a court abutting on Clare-
market, were drinking with some friends, when, a dis-
pnte arising between the husband and wife, the latter
seized a large tabld knife and stabbed !Ara itwice in the
teruple`before she was restrained. ° The polies were called
in, and the man removed to the hospital.

VACANCIES, APPOINTMENTS, AND PR MOTIONS IN
THE CIVIL SERVIC2L—The Board of Trade—Mr. H.
Swift has been appointed a senior clerk; Mr. J. T. V.
Doyle and Mr. T. Gray have been appointed junior
clerks ; Mr. T. Berry and Mr. A. Stoneham have been
appointed senior gt!pplementary clerks. The Admiralty
—Dopartmont of the Accountant-General of the Navy :
Mr. J. Beeby, clerk of the first class, first section, has
been promoted to be chief clerk, vice Gandy, re-
tired ; Mr. 0. H. Davie, first class, second section, has
been promoted to first c'asF, first section ; Mr. C. Spence,
acting first class, second section, has been confirmed in
his appointment ; Mr. H. Butler, second class, has been
aptiointel acting first class ; Mr. G. H. Johnson, acting
second class, has been confirmed in his appointment ;
Mr. H. W. R. Walker, first class, second section, bas
been appointed first class clerk of the Ledger Branch,
vice Beeby, promoted, Castoms : Mr. William Clarke
has been appointed a clerk for General Business in Lon-
don ; Mr. Wiliam A. Curr has been appointed clerk
in the Comptroller of Accounts office, Legal Quays,
London ; Mr. John C. Ingram has been appointed a
el-rk in the London Dooks ; Mr. C. M. M‘Derrnott has
been Appointed supernumerary clerk in the Receiver-
General's Office in London ; Mr. Thomas Burcher has
beon 4ppointed a clerk for General Business at Liver-
pool.--Scotland :—A vancancy has been caused in the
office Of.Sub-InspeCtor of Factories ait Glasgow by the
death of Mr, C. Balfour.—Civil Service aa,zette•