The Sun.
London, England, 1858-05-17 00:00:00

THE STATE PROSECUTIONS.

Since the termination of the trial of Simon Ber-
nard for cmispiring to assassinate the Emperor of
the Freach, and the abandonment of the other
charges against him by the Attorney-General, it
is understood that cbmmunications have taken
place on behalf of Mr. Allsop with the Government,
with the view to ascertain whether it was intended
to proceed with the capital, or any other charge
against that gentleman. It will be recollected
that the charge agiinst Mr. Allsop was precisely
the same as that which was made against M. Ber-
nard, namely, that he, being a British subject, fe-
loniously conspired to procure, and was accessory
before the fact, to a murder committed out of the
Queen's dominions, and the evidence would have
been precisely the same as that which was
adduced in the case of M. Bernard. So
far at Mr. Allsop was concerned, no legal
.difficulty would have arisen relating to the
offence having been committed by a British
subject, as he was- undoubtedly an Englishman ;
but a more serious objeJtion would still have
existed, and which would also have been raised on
behalf of M. Bernard, if he had been convicted,
which was that the murder in question having been
cnnmitted by foreigners, the statute under which
the indictor-nt -vas preferred would not apply. All
these matters have, it is under-tood, been urged
up In the attention of the Government and their
legal advisers, and it is believed that the result has
been that it is not intended to put Mr. Allsop upon
his trial. After the long inquiry, and the pains
that were taken, even to the extent of sending for
a witness from Brussels during the progress of the
trial of M. Bert ard, to lay before the jury the
whole of the facts, upon which a conviction was
sought for, and the jury, after bearing the whole
of the evidence, having, upon the merits, returned
a verdict of "Not Guilty," it would have been
very unusual course to have gone on with a second
indictment of precisely the same kind, an d sup-
ported by precisely the same evidence, particularly
when the same grave questions of law existed in the
case of Mr. Allsop, as in that of M. Bernard, and
this, no doubt, influenced the
legal.
advisers of the
Clown in the deciiiou which it understood has
been arrived at that no further proceedings will be
taken in the matter.--Dispatch,

LIST OF SCOTTISH COMPANIES' PRICES.
Dividend Amount
Name of Company. per of Paid. Price.
Annum. Share.
- -
X a. d. 4 a. d.
Bank of Scotland .... 71. per cent. 100 C 0 100 0 0 190/0s
British Linen Company 81. per cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 217/0s
Caledonian Bank ..... 81. per cent. 10 0 0 210 031 I6s
City of Glasgow Bank 51. per cent. 10 0 0 10 0 0 lii 5s
Clydesdale Bank •• - 5%1. p cent. 20 0 0 10 0 0 12‘15s
Commercial Bank .. 71. per cent. 500 0 0 100 0 0 225110
Eastern Bank.. •• •• - 61. par cent. 25 0 0 10 0 0 111 is
Edinb. & Glasgow.... 341. p cent. 5 0 5 0 0 98/ 5s
National Bank ...... 6% per cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 184 5s
Northof Scotland Bank 5/.percent 20 0 0 210 OSi lOs
Royal Bank of Scotl. .. 51. per cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 1431 s
Union Bank of Scot. .. 81. per cent. 100 0 0 50 0 0 85/ Os
Western 8ank........ 71. per cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 - / 0
Alliance Firs and Lice.. 8% 1. pr cent. 100 0 0 11 0 0 16110 s
British Guarantee ... 41. per cent. 10 0 0 2 0 0 I/ 7s
Caledonian Fire insur . 10/. per cont. 100 0 0 10 0 0 251 Os
City of Glasgow Life.. 61. percent. 25 0 0 2 0 031 lOs
Colonial Life ......... 51. per cent. 80 0 0 3 0 081 Os
Edinburgh Life Insur. 61. percent. 100 0 0 15 0 0 261 Os
Eng. & Scot, Law Life bloer cent. 60 0 0 3 6 041 Os
Life Assoc. of Scotland G/.per cent. 40 0 0 3 0 011 Os
National Fire and Life 61. per cent. 10 0 0 1 4 0 11 19 s
North British Timm... 7L per cent. 200 0 0 20 0 0 37/10s
Northern Assurance Co. 20 0 0 1 0 0 11 15s
Scottish Provincial .... - 50 0 0 2 0 021 12s
Standard Life •• -•• • • 51. per cent 50 0 0 7 0 030 Os
Scottish Union Insrnc. 7%1. pr cent. 20 0 0 1 0 0 13/14s
MISCELLANEOUS.
Dividend Amount
Name of Company. per of Paid. Price.
Annum. Share.
....---. --.
---.--_ -
£ s. d. £ s. d.
Acadian Charcoal Iron .. 10
20 0 0 10 0 0
lea .......... 64 percent. 50 0 0 20 0 0 -
African Steam Ship ..
-
Australian Agriculturl - 25 0 0 19 0 0 3014
Assam
nen Mart........ 2141 per cent 50 0 0 _
Australian Trust •• .. 81. pr cent. 100 0 25 0 0
Australian Royal Mail - 10 00 0 all -
_
Anglo-Mexican Mint.. IL 10s. 10 0 0 all -
British Am,:rican Land 51. per cent. 50 0 0 40 0 0
Canada ... •• •• •••• •• 61. percent. 100 0 0 32 10 0 137
Do. 5 per cent Bonds 51. pet cent Stock 100 0 0 -
Ditto, 5 per cent bds 51. per cent. Stock 100 0 0 -
Ditto, 6 per cent. .. 6/. per cent. Stock 100 0 0 ---
Ditto, 6p c. bds 1874 61. per cent. Stock 100 0 0
Ditto, 6p C. bds 1876 6/. per sent. Stock 100 0 0 -
Crystal Palace . 2/. per cent. 50 0 all 1%
Ditto Preference.... 71 pr. cent. 5 0 0 5 0 0 -
Crys. Palace of France - 4 0 0 all -
City Navigation Bonds 334 I. per cent - -
Electric Telegraph .. 61. per cent. Stock. 100 0 0 107%
Eng.&Aus. Cop. Smelt. - 50 0 all 1%
Eng.&lris. Slag. T. Co. - 50 0 0 all -
Equitable Reversionry 5/per cent. 100 0 0 150 0 0 -
Date New .... •• •• - 50 0 0 22 10 0 -
Gen. Revers. & Invest. 5!. p c and 11. 100 0 0 00 0 0 -
Gen.SteamNavigation 10/. per ct. & 2155
0
Gen. I. Sc. Col. (Lim.) - 0
00
14 all -
0 0
London Gen. Omnibus 121. per cent 4 0 0 all 3
Hudson's 8ay........ 5/.
per cent. Stock Stock -
Hungerford .......... 21. 53. 100 0 0 all -
Lon. Ne. &Na. Mauso. - 10 0 0 all -
London Reversionary 5/, per cent. 15 0 ti all -
Mex. & S. American - 10 0 0 all -
Nat. Discount Comp.. - 25 0 0 5 0 0 -
N.S.W. Gov.sp.c. Deb. 51. per cent. - 100 0 0 -
Nor. Bri. Australasian 6d. 1 0 0 all %
North of Europe, Stm. 81. per cent. 20 0 0 17 10 0 -
Price's Patent Capd. Co - 29 0 0 all -
Peel River.Land&Min. - 5 0 0 all 2
Pen. & Oriental Steam 71. per cent 50 0 0 all 79
Ditto New ...... •- 50 0 0 10 0 0 17%
• •
Reversionary Int. Soc. 4% 1. pr cent 100 0 0 all -
Ditto New .... •• •• 1% /. pr cent. 100 0 0 20 0 0 -
Royal Mail Steam.... 41 p. share. 100 0 0 6e 0 0 59
Scottish Aus. Invest. 15/. per cent. 1 0 0 all , I%
South Australian Land 71. per cent. 25 0 0 all -
Trust and Loan Comp. 7%. pr cent. 20 0 0 5 0 0 -
Va a Diemen's Land.. 10s. 100 0 0 28 10 0 15%
i 6 per cent. Bonds .... 6 per cent - - 771 i

Country Markets,

LIVERPOOL, MAY 14.

To-day's market was of the quiet character usual for
sows weeks of late. Wheat was considered to be about li
per bushel, and flour 6d per sack and barrel, easier in price
than on our last market day. Indian corn' also dull, and
the value hardly supported. The fine weather the coun.
try is now favoured with quite checks any speculative
tendency.