The Sun.
London, England, 1858-01-15 00:00:00

LITERATURE.

A Handy Book on Property Law. In a series of
Letters. By Lord St. Leouaeds. Blackwood
and Sons.
Gratitude is our principal emotion on laying
down this wise and charming little volume from
the hand of the most profound lawyer now living,
and one of the greatest in the long and illustrious
line of England's Chancellors. The book is, strictly
speaking, nothing less than a pocket masterpiece.
It is as if Watt had carved a working model of the
steam-engine, of the size of a cherrystone. Or as if
Sir Isaac Newton had constructed, for the enter-
tainment of some unscientific guests, an extempore
orrery out of a circular dining table, and a desert
of plums and oranges. The lucidity of the produc-
tion, from first to. last, upon a series of abstract
questions, is, in truth, something extraordinary.
When an unprofessional reader crosses the thres-
hold of the introductory page of any other literary
performance devoted to the elucidation of the
mysterious and complicated mechanism of the Pro-
perty Law of England, he may be tolerably certain
of this—that he will find himself forthwith in a
very maze of bewilderment. Lord St. Leonards,
however, has here in the very first sentence of the
very first paragraph placed in everybody's hand
who lists, a clue, the gossamer strands of which
are at once the most refined and the most tena-
cious, by the aid of which any one who cares
to follow the windings of the path may penetrate at
pleasure, and let us add too with pleasure, to the
very heart of the wondrous labyrinth. All this,
moreover, Lord St. Leonards has accomplished
with the perfect ease of one who is not merely en-
tirely master of his subject, but of one who com-
bines with that complete knowledge an exquisite
capacity for rendering it comprehensible to others.
Turning over the leaves of this small volume—and
they scarcely number one hundred. altogether—we
remember that it appears not inapprcpriately at
the very time when Professor Faraday is complet-
ing his masterly course of lectures upon Electricity,
delivered before juvenile audiences at the Royal
Institution'. It recalls to our recollection likewise
the dainty fascination of style with whioh Sir
Walter Scott once upon a time invested for boy
readers the chivalrous annals of his fatherland. It
reminds one, this Handy Book on Property Law,
by Lord St. Leonards, of the graceful blending
of skill and precision with which Leonardo da
Vinci disdained not to define for after students in
the art his genius had so grandly illustrated and.
advanced, its rudimentary precepts and. elementary
principles—compiling at once its grammar and its
dictionary. The Letters here submitted to our
consideration occupy relatively to the Laws of
Property the precise position assumed in
' regard to the Laws of Chemistry by the
familiar Letters of Baron Liebig. We accept
the little volume, therefore, in the first place with
an unaffected sense of gratitude, and in the next
with unstinted words of admiration. How truth-
fully, and we cannot but think, also, how touchingly,
has the noble writer of this hook remarked at its
commencement, " I have in my youth and
in my manhood written much for the learned
in the law ; why should I not at the close
of my career write somewhat for the unlearned ?"
And so—our author aspires row in the ripened
maturity of his reputation to produce a work such
as " whilst it imparts knowledge, may, perchance
beguile a few hours in a railway carriage !" It is a
rather remarkable circumstance, we take it, that
the profound and comprehensive intellect which in
early youth manifested its scope and its vigour
with such astonishing precocity by giving to the
world then a grand legal masterpiece like VENDORS
AND PURCHASERS, should now (more than half a
century afterwards) evidence so much vivacity and
perspicui y in the Series of Letters constituting
this " Handy Book on Property Law." Small as
the production is (considered merely in regard to
its superficial dimensions), we are very much mis-
taken, indeed, if it is not the crown of this vene-
rable and eminent reputation. Familiar though
its style, we doubt very much if it be not
the most signal proof yet given of the depth
of Sugden's legal erudition. Certain at any
rate we are, that in " design" the book is the
noblest emanation of this great mind; as it will
assuredly prove the most popular of its author's
literary compositions. Anything like fragmentary
quotation from the work would be little less than
absurd, unless extended to limits that would be al-
most au infringement of copyright. A notion might
readily enough be conveyed, by extract, through
which the nature of the " materials" might be con-
jectured or even appreciated—but no idea whatever
could thereby be afforded of the "form" in which
those materials are arranged, much less of the sym-
metryand completeness of its proportions. It would
be scarcely less ridiculous than chipping a fragment
from some exquisite statue—by means of which any
one might see at a glance, of course, the character of
the marble, but from which no one could possibly
surmie either the manipulative skill or the artis-
tic genius of the sculptor. Besides, the book itself
is so brief—numbering in all no more than twenty-
five epistles, extending over 192 pages—that it
might be readily pr 'used in a railway journey be-
tween London and Birmingham. The unprofes-
sional reader will scarcely understand, from the
simple wording of the title-page, the ample range
of the survey taken in this series of letters under
a heading:so terse, and in its tendency apparently so
restricted. Under that third Absolute Right inhe-
rent in every English citizen, viz., that of Property,
how many social relations are there not comprised ?
The relation not merely of vendor and purchaser,
hut, among others, of tenant and landlord,
of heir and testator, even of parents and chil-
dren. Rapidly—and this, be it remembered not
drily but delightfully, because conveyed throughout
anecdotally and conversationally—a mass of infor-
mation is poured forth as we turn the pages, in re-
ference to contracts, wills, leases, conveyances,
trusteeships, tenancies, rent-rolls, insurances, mort-
gages, advowsons, copyholds, dowries, divorces,
loans, deeds, -devises, covenants, assignments, join-
tures, settlements, disabilities, easements, and so on
inexhaustibly. If " variety be pleasing," here as-
suredly any one may feast to his heart's content
upon the enjoyment. Repulsive though many of
these motley themes may appear to be in them-
selves, they are invested by the manner of Lord St.
Leonards with a certain species of colloquial fasci-
nation. We read on amused—we close the book
instructed. But we lay it not aside by any means
permanently, when its perusal has been thus com-
pleted. We place it within roach as a vade mecum
worthy of perpetual consultation. A repertory of
well-digested and well-compacted information, it
constitutes, upon many of the most important, and
some of them hitherto most abstruse and bewilder-
ing questions, a veritable miniature cyclopeedia,
open to instant reference, and replete with lucid
explanations. It can hardly fail, we believe, to
diminish in time the general amount of litigation.

THE WEEKLY INDIAN MAIL-THE SOUTH•
AMPTON PACKET STATION.

The weekly communication between Southamp-
ton and India will commence on the proximo.
The packets will leave the former place on the 4th,
again about the 11th, then on the 20th, and again
about the 26th of the month. Only the packets
which leave on the 4th and 20th will be for the
present under mail contract. When these arrange-
ments are in operation the Peninsular and Oriental
Company's packets will traverse 1,119,840 miles in
the 'course of a year, a distance the length of which
is equal to 50 times the circumference of the earth.
The amalgamated Royal Mail and European and
Australian Company's packets traverse 168,032
miles during, the same period. After next month
there will be 26 arrivals and departures of foreign
packets at and from Southampton in the coarse of
a month, or 312 during the year. It is estimated.
that 800 tons of letters and newspapers and nearly
20 millions sterling worth of the precious metals
are afloat in Southampton Docks during the space
of 12 months. It is singular that the pilots who go
out. to meet the homeward-bound Southampton
packets have not to wait at the pilot station more
than an average of two days for each packet, al-
though some of the ships run a distance of 8,000
miles, and call at 20 or 30 places before they are
heard of. Upwards of 80 large steamers run in con-
nection with the packet port of Southampton ; and
although about a quarter of a million of persons,
consisting of passengers and crews, live on board
these steamers for different periods of time during
the ycar, the average annual number of deaths on
board of them all from maritime disasters does
not amount to 100. Notwithstanding the large
number of mail steam packets, and the immense
distance they travel every year, the average loss of
steamers is very little more than one a year. The
annual consumption of coals by the Southampton
packets is about half a million of ton 4. The foreign
coal depots ate at St. Thomas, ilavannab, Ja-
maica, and Grenade, in the West Indies, and at
L'sbon, Madeiia, St. Vincett, Cape de Verde,
Bahia, Rio de Janeiro, Malta, Calcutta, Madras,
Point de Galle, Aden, Bombay, Suez, Penang,
Singapore, Hong Kong, King George's Sound,
Sydney, Gibraltar, and New York. The English
mail packet system, notwithstanding some short-
comings, is a truly marvellous development of
human enterprise. Mail packet statistics thus
prove the vast extent of English commerce and
the British empire. They also show the progret 3
of the arts and sciences connected with ship-build-
ing, the improvement of the steam engine, and the
navigation of the great seas and oceans which are
now traversed with almost unerring regularity.

THE SUN
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LINES LEASED AT F IXED RENTALS. LAW INTELLIG
MONEY MARKET SHARE MARKETS-(This Day).
-a-. •
- Leasing Closing Prices Business
RAILWAYS. Shr. Paidf Ren.weir_s._ COURT 01
Aare) ------ (Before Vice-Chancellor
.._ _ _------
OMYIKRCIAL INTELLIGENCE, closing Pre,. Business dons -
~.........this_tay .
St. 100 Buckghamsh. Ln.&N.W. 92 - 94
hr. iPaidl lteaewees. this day, this daY• VaIieITABT
--4.-- St. 100 Clydesdale Jo. Caledon... 94 - 96
- 14 This was a demurrer
CITY, Two O'CLoCK. - - ---- - -132 - 136 Vansitart filed her bill
The Foreign and Colonial Produce Markets 121 10 Ambg. Nottng. Bost. _• -
5* ------..---"Il'..
& Eastn. June....... 0.?! _
iii 5 all E. Un. 11. Sh. E. Count. 4 - 41
25
100a11 CEe.Ll.iSnt.°;.r6VpY.; EGt.U.N4orEtla.Cii 12
St. 100 Glas. Barr. & Caldonian. agreement entered into b:
aetoapintibnlnhdghil
husband'soei
avevrumeitcienaae
aneeetll
tmhtnn :Ira
neoetnl
bsoaahtiddwi
nilfctneol
ao
otc:rdonoossotueronuheanvrftalangtteedrnhit3reyaedainOn:
serlytOohel 1
ipme/otaete.
aforab(ngip.
bibndepi
irre:
during the last few days have exhibited consider-
Neils. Direct.
able activity, the superior descriptions of sugar, St. 100 Do. New 1 0 .•• --- •••
coffee, rice, and spices having in most instances 5034 all Belfaste&Wßoallivrirer ea 3 64
1-
10011 13BSI: atkoulV.da.lLaleyn.c.;....a.. 70 - 72 72 1
5t.25 all Glstr.&Dn.Fr. Gt.Weatn. ... - ...
realised advanced rates. Tea has been quiet, at a ' Cheshire Junct
•91 - 91
decline of about id. per lb. Plantation,Ceylen ' _2s_ ' all Blackburn
ee all myth & Tyne original ii&
ssShheaalrib.eeyss... Y;Do
0.0& N.M. 107 - 108
••• - •••
coffee has advanced is. to 2s. per cwt., and £25 (iss. at £15).... ... - .., 25°5 aliall DHou.ll
241 23
plaintiff's
the finer qualities of Jamaica rum there st. 100 Bristol &. Exeter...... 9902 --.... U.
901 i
90 1
St. 100 Caledonian.
38 •••• 40 38 a 11.221200 t, all Do. Do.
DLoon.pre.&Gferreeenneew ill.oEastern. 12 - 13
is an active inquiry. Saltpetre has been St. 100 Chester & Holyhead
all Cork and Bandon._ 11 -13 113 St. ;100 Lon. Til., &S. Pete &Co. 9..9.
.....- 1?.1.
firm, and at public sale higher rates were ' 50
20 all Cork, Black. & Pass. ••• - ..• 51
: all
IDmaon. Bark, Sh,
La.Do
&N.w. ,
1 and Matlock & Midld. 21 -2*
covert, she cc
obtained. For cochineal and drugs there has been 20 all Cornwall 4 - 5 St. ,100 Mdld.Bradfd. Midland... 93 - 95
a rather better demand, and improved rates have 10 all De A ••• - ... 61' 51 Newmarket
agreais e to a t without
onafrrndesaigcrdsaet
deliver
St. - -. BuryE.G.spc. E. Count.. i - IP
she had not
shenettled,
wa 1
in some instances been realised. Oils have slightly l all 50 all N.(liEst.s p.c. Do 56 - 58
50 all DuDbloinß&BelfastJune. ••• - ...d
receded, as also tallow. P.-Y.0., on the spot, are 25 all Dun. P. &Aber•Junc. 81 - 9
- 191 191 319 50 all Do. 6 per et.. Do ... - ...
50 all Do.Fixedsp.c Do ••• - •••
Row quoted 545. to 545. 3d. ; January to March St. 100 East Anglian ......... 19
St. 100 Eastern Counties..... 62 - 63 62f 3/t 25 all IPrest. &Wyre L. & /N. W. ... - ...
enteredcs(Pvvet(House
ailasfosi
uiikdenseeeoir
rwoedf. into
La personally, well
Roberts,
delivery, 545. ; and last three months, 51s. 6d. per 121 all IDo. 3 Shrs..4 Do - •••
St. EasternUnion,A.stk 46 - 49
St, 100 Roystn.&Hit. Gt.Northn 132 - 135
cwt. The imports Jec., of sugar last year were as St. 100 Do., do. B. ...... ...... 32 - 34
r Hop
25 8* Do, New A... ....... ... ••• - ~.. 10 all Shrews.& Her T. Braesey 73 - 8
follows :- 25 all East Kent .... ..... .. 17 - 18 12 all S. Staffordsh.. N. MClean 9 - 93
1857. 1856. 1855. 1854. St. 100 ,East Lancashire ....... 92 -93 50 all IWearVaLg6pc Stk.&Dar. ... - ...
Imported 221,109 224,437 20',221 247,212 20 all !East Suffolk - ••• 25 all Do Do i 311 - 326!
Delivered 204,761 222,400 233,907 221,125 10 1 all Do. - •••
Stock, Dec. 31 57,483 41,942 39,964 76,650 St.lloo Edinburgh& Glasgow 631 - 613 641 St, 1100 Wilts&PS:nztEZ:ec:ns.lllBAits -Es. 87 1
The Liverpool Cotton Market yesterday closed '.O all lEclinb. andPeebles ••• - 1-e, 321 3i - v. Stranget. But where
_
-t. 100 lEdinb•PrthaltDundee 321 - :Jae 25 all Blyth and Tyne 10 p. for the education, oustod.
With a dull appearance, and prices were unchanged.
0 all 'Forth and Clyl)Junc. ... - ... c.pref. (isad.at 50/•) ... - ...
The sales were estimated at 5,000 bales, 1,000 of St. 100 Furness •„,,, ........ , ... - ... St. 100 Bris.&Ex.4 p.c. St. 90 - 92 her children, which she a
which were taken by the exporters. In the Railway St. 100 Glasgow & S.Western 92,, - 94 20 7 Do. 4 per c. Shares.. ... - ... the divorce, the agreeml
10 all Great N. of Scotland 9* - 101 St. 100 Caledn. £lO 41 p. c. 96 - 98
Share Market a better feeling was exhibited, and st. 100 Great Northern 103 - 101 103 21 431
St, 100 Ches. & Ho. 53 p.c. ... - ••• enforced ; the demurrer
3
values of all the leading stocks were fully sup- st. 100 Do., A. Stock
'it. 100 Do., B. Stock .... 126 - 12: 61 all Cork&Bandonslp.e. ... - ... Demurrer allowed, anc
ported. St. 100 Gt. Sth.&West.arej. 100
- 102 6/ all IDun.Perth.&Aber.J. 6 - 61
The amount of gold taken into the bank yester- st. 100 Greatwestern. - St. 100 !E. Anglian Cls. A Sh. ... - -
St. 100 Do. Str.V.R.gria.St 58 - 62
62 611 2 11 21 11
COURT 0]
day was about 80,0001. per the Teviot. se 100 ipe. do. Cls. B 6p. c,105 - 110
1.2 all Irish South-Eastern. ••• -•-• St. XlOO Do. do. Cls. C7p. c. 110 - 114 (Sittings in Banco befo
The Joint Stock Banks have made a further re- 5C all Lancaster &Carlisle. 79 - 83 St. 00 Eas.Co.Ex,sp.eNo.l 107 - 110
8 -10 p 105 - 104 Mr. Baron Martin, Mr
auction of 1 per cent. in the rate of interest allowed 161 141 Do., Thirds St. 00 Do. No. 2
161 15 Do. New Thirds ... 8 10 p
St. 100 Do. New 6 pr. c. St. 125 - 128 128 Channell.)
for deposits, viz., to 3 per cent. The discount st. 100 Lancash.ayorkshire eea _ 95 943 i i
20 all East Un., G. 6p. c. ... - ... Cueilllt
firms are giving 31 per cent. 16 6 Do., do. F £l6 ... 3 - 6 d 5 all Do. 51., 10 per cent. ... - ... Mr. Milwood applied
There is still a quiet demand for money in 3 1 , Do., Wst. Riding
....
...
10 all Do.lo. Debentr.Sh. ... - ...
order of reference made
20 all Do. Southport....... ••• St. all 'Do. do. 4 per cent ... - ...
Lombard-street, although the terms charged there 111 all London & Blackwell •61•- 63 61 St. 100 EastLancash.6p.cts ... - ... bars should not be set as
are, on the average, ito 1 per cent, below the St. 100 Lond.Bright&S.Cst. 110 -• 112 1101 11 10 114
be referred to one of
St. 100 London &N. Weston, 100. - 1 101 WO 99/ 1001
' ' 10 9 Edin.& Gl. sp. c. Sin ... -- ...
1 5 all E.&W. York. J. sths ... - ...
new minimum. The improvement in the Bank's 20 1 all Do. Fifths - a. -- •
...
St. 100 Ed.Prth.&Dnn.4p.e. 73 - T 5 plaintiff is a clergyman
resources will therefore continue, probably upon 10 l all D0.,16/.5h.,M&8...0 ••• - ••• st 100 Furness, sp. c • - ••• Colchester, in Essex, and
the same rapid scale as of late, and most persons 121; 5 Do. Eighths I i St. 100 Glas. & 5.W.G.5 P.C. ... -- •.. the late rector for dilite
St. 100 London & S.Weatere 99 - 100 991 9
St. 100 Great Northn. 5 p.c. 115 - 118
consequently anticipate a further reduction in the /5 all Lndndrry.&Coleraine ... - ..
St. 100 Do. 5 P. c. Redeem. Law Procedure Act the
official charge. 25 , all Lndndrry. & Ennisk. 40 at 10 p. c. prem.... 108 - 110 the Judge of the Count]
The Bank of France return just issued is con- St. 100 Manch.Shef.&Lineln. 4041 .- - 440
10 i 1 Metropolitan ...... ••• ••• "- •••St. 100 Do. 41 per cent _a.. 103 - 102 102
100 60 Do. 5 p.c., Red. at 5 of saving expense, the
sidered favourable, but the demand for money has 10 1 Do. J. L. Ricardo's p. c. prem. - 64 referring it either to a
evidently increae ed. arrangement - •••
10 all Gt.N.ofScot.lstPie. 10 - 101 the masters of the Court
The half- yearly meeting of the London Discount st. 100 Midland 2O 18 Gt. S &W. (Ireland) ... - ... The Court held that t
Comany has ju st been held-Mr. Alderman Phillips St..- 100 Do. Birming.&Derb) 96!3
-.-- 96..58. 941
5 '4
ou all Midland G.West.ar•) ••• 20 18 Do. 4 per e. Pref. St. ... -
P ...
50 6 Gt.W.(B.&II.Ex.Spc 53 - 6 Mr. Milwood then n
in the chair. The report stated that the earnings of
25 : all Do. 1 Shares ••• - ••• St. 100 Do. con. red. 41 p.c. 93 -- 92 a mandamus, to canipi
the half-year had been 14,2161, equal to about 2i ,00 , all Newcastle &Carlisle.. ... - ... St. 100 Do. con. red. 4p.c.81 - 83 plaintiff would rather 1
per cent., but the directors recommended this 25 ' all Newpt.Aberg.&Hrfd.. 13 - 14 St. 100 Do. irred. 4 per sent. 82 - 84 821 3
balance to be carried over to the next half-year's 50 ' 9 Newry & Enniskiller ••• - ••• St. 100 Do sp. c. red. pref. 95 - 97 might he considered ho:
20 1 all ":every, Warrenpoint
account, the capital of the proprietors remainingornis
intact. After some discussion, the report was ,e.l & Restrevor ••• ..... ••• 8 all Do. Birm. Prof.re. Sh.. 91 -10
10 all Do. Chester Bp. c.P. S. 16 - 17 Mr. E. James, Q.C.
nc 100 Norfolk. - 61 10 all Do. do. sp. c. d 0.... 03 - 104
adopted.case, which was an ac
50 33 Northn.Connties Un 33 - 34 St. 100 Do. Blinn. Gua. Stk. 70 - 72
At the meeting of the Unity Bank hold to-day, st. 100 North British - 562 551 61 264 all Do, Chesil. Gua. Sh. 181 - 191 Baron, at the late Wes
Mr. Mechi in the chair, a report was presented, St. 100 North Devon, Rail. & 13;i all Do, do. do 9l - 93 directed a verdict for
showing a profit of 8,0381. lls. 10d. since the last Dock Stock - •••
at.
100 Do., A Stock - ... 20' lal Do. do. do. l4 -15
plaintiff to tender a bill
meeting, yet this sum was not availeble, being St. 1100 Lan,& York. 6 pc.St. ... - ... 135
. 100 Do., B Stock - •• St. 100 Lon.&B.G. 5 pc.No.l ... - ... suited, lle moved on t
exceeded by the current expenses ; but the directors st. 100 N.Eastern -Be ick t 9 - 100 994 9 St. ICO D0.,P.,5p.c.5t.N0.2 ... - ..„ action was brought
hoped that the improved management would have 25 all Do. do. Extension - ••• St. 100 i Do. New Guar. 6p.e. 13.5 - 140
a surplus profit by the next half year. There was 25 163 Do do. G.N.E.Purch 2d - Par St. 100! Do, do, sp. c., N 0.4115 - 118 to recover 1861., the
St. 109 Do. Leeds - 55 54/
a balance of cash in hand of 50,0001. out of the paid- st. 100 Lon. & N.W., Cov. &
861 - 874, 87 63.7 Nuneaton sr. et... ... - ... supplied to the defender
f., o a of a gentleman of p
up capital of 150,0001. The report was adopted. "tt. 11.44 DNo.rtYhoLrkond
93 - 97 St. 100 Lon. & S.W. 7 perct. married in 1849 a daugl
Owing to the news from Paris, recording the 10 31.1 'SlS.WstZlifia.m...p I late 3tl Shares ...1.55 - 160
attempt made upon the life of Louis Napoleon, the stead, and City Ju, ••• - •• • 121 all Londy.& Color. 3511. ~, - .•• (widow of the late Bish(
Funds at the commencement of business were 20 171 North Staffordshire 2l - 21 113 4 3 121 all Londy. &Ennis. 3 Sh. ... - e. in 1851, on account of
heavy, but there has since been a rally, in conse- 20 all North Western.. - ..• St. 1100 M., S.,&L. 6p. Cent. 115 - 120 1855 he obtained a di'
quenee of a purchase of 200,000/. stock by a leading 10 all N. & S.Westrn. Juno 83 - 93 6 , 41 Do. do. do. £6 ... .. a - i
broker. The business transacted has been rather bt.iloo Oxford Worcester & ;5e; e -
•• , St. 1100 Do, do. 31 per cont. 61 - - E 8 Sumner introduced by
-ii-Wolverhampton 1211 all Marypt. &Carl. 4 p.c. ... ..•
certain articles of di
limited. Consols for money have been 94 20 18 ,Portsmouth -r d 1211 all Do. 41 per cent ••• - ..•
incurred the above hi
and 941 I ; for account they have been 941 -4- 10 10 ißhymney .-- - ••• 1211 10:j Do. do. - ••• hy the husband that
and 9-4 95. The present quoations are 941 a St. 100 (Scottish Central ...... 106 - 108 St. 1100 Mid.Consol.6 p.c. St ... - ..•
and 94a i respectively, being flatter. The New St. 100 'Scot. N.E.Abrdn. St 25 - 26 251 St. 100 Do.Con•Br•Bir.6p.e 133 - 135 Berlin she had bets
3 per Cents. are marked 941 95, and the Reduced sst.loo - Shropshire Union .... 48 -
250, St. ;100 Do. 43 p. c. Pref. St 99 - 101 1001 and he left her her prof
St. 8 Sitingbourne &Sheer. 33 - .s, St. ,100 Do. L. &H. Pref. St BB - 90
944 1. -&. Exchequer Bills are 20s. premium, and 50 100 Southi Dev0n.......... 34 - 36 351.upon. On the trial it
10 ' all New., Aber., &c., pr.
the Bonds 100. Bank Stock is 222 to 224. India St. 100 South Ea5tern......... 753 - 761 753 5 p.c.red. sla c. pm. ... - ... on the plaintiff she was
Bonds are 10s. to 15s. premium. 10 all ,Do. 43 per c. Shares ... - ••• 10 I all Do. Perpet. 6 pr. et. 111 - 113, 111 a travelling dress on.
Foreign Securities have not been dealt in to any St. 100 South Wales. .... ...... 811 - 823 821 2 1 x d
10 all Norf k. D eb. 4p. c. Sh. ... - ... 88 directed the jury to fine
material extent, but there is no particular variation 20 all , t;ljoYorksh. River Dun 13, -15 (cli St. 100 Do, sp. c. Ext. 1846 ... - ...
in prices. Turkish 6 per Cents. are 98i 1-, being e2O all Staines,Wok.,&Wok. 9- 11 St. 100 Do. 53 p.c. pf. , 1847 ~, - ~, ' the ground that the su
heavy, and the 4 per Cents. 1043. Brazilian 25 all Stockton & Darling.., 36 - 33 St. 100 Do.wv.V.sp. e,1847 ... - ...
St. 100 North British l9l - 106 for the wife, even if
5 per Cents., 101 k ; Austrian 5 per Cents., 911 ;25 1711 Do. do., 1854 - ... 7' 33 Do. 71. Preference.., 1 ... - ... 10,0001. a year.
5 1 Do. do., 18N5 - ••• St. 100 N. E. Berw. 4p.e.Prf.l 97 - 99 The Chief Baron sa
Buenos Ayres 6 per Cents., 96 ; Mexican 3 per 25
17 83 Do. do. do i - i t no evidence of pledgin
Cents., 20* 1, •, Portuguese 3 per Cents., 44/ ; ... 16'aStockton & Hartlepl. ... - ...
••• - ••• 20 13 !Do. Leeds 6 pc. No. 1 ... - •... Mr. James said the
Spanish 3 per Cents., 414 ; ditto Passive, 51 ;and St. 100 iTaff Vale
121 9 Do, do, Qrs., 1848,.. ... - ...
St. 100 Do, Pref., No. 1 ... - ...
that it was not for the
Dutch 4 per Cents. 991. 25 22 Thames Hay. D. &R. ... - ... ,IDNool..Ythorkll.&S. Pur. 3 - 11
Staffordshire.. 213 - 221, allowed to the wife vn
The following are the nominal prices of Foreign 20 all Vale of Neath 2O - 203 20
Stocks :-Grenada Deferred Bonds, 51- 6; Mexican, St. 100 IWaterfd. & K.ilken.ny 20 -- ~ 5
50 all 'Waterford&Limerick ... - ... i
10x., Wor. & Wolv. 6
n c Ist eller, ... 115 - 120 119 in Westminster Hall, a
22
St. 05
11a00 01l
. 1r• , . • ••• Mr. Baron Martin-
-201 i; Peruvian 41 per Cents., 771 fq ; Ditto 3 per
20 all West Cornwall .. - ... St. 1100 ,Do, 6p.c. 2d guar... 103 - 105
Ceuts., 53 55 •; Portuguese 3 per Cents., 44 45 ; I I
St. ,100 IDo. do. Debeatr. St. ... - ... for the wife, but I app
Russian 5 per Cents., 108 110 ; Ditto, 4i per
, 10 all West End of Lend .
and Crystal Palace.. 7 - 9 841 all ',Scot. CenteNew Pref. ... - .., been left to the jury.
Cents., 98 100'; Spanish 3 per °outs., 41i 411 ; 5 all Do. A - 31 St. 100 .Sc.N.E.Aber.g.6p.e. . . - ... The Lord Chief Bar
Ditto New Deferred, 251 26 ; Ditto Certificates, 5 all Do. B - 64 St. 100 Do. do. 7 p.c. pf. St. 105 - 110
-; Ditto Passive, -. 20 all West London - .., St. 100 Do. d 0.33 p.c. pf. St. 71 -73 Rule granted.
Messrs. 10 all Do. First Class ... - ... 25 all oath Devon lO - 101 103
D. Bell and Son give the following as 20 all Do. Second Class... . - .'. 10 all Do, fixed 41 pr cent ... - ...
her
ioffmc;hinagrCOUßTand
Virginia the prices of American Securities :- 10 all Wmbledon&Croydon ... - ... LO 6 all S. Eastern (Reading
.-- •
GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. Ann.) of £1 Os. 6d. 23 - 24 (Sittings at Nisi Prink
Redeemable. Per Cent. BRITISH POSSESSIONS. St. 100 Do. 44 per cent 95 - 98
United States 6 per Cents. 1867-1868... - 104 MO all 'Atian. and St. Law. ..• .-- ~. St. 100 Do. Fixed 4i p.c. Sh. 94 -98 By lee, a
United States 6 per Cent. Bonds 1868...102 105 18 9 j Bombay, Baroda, and St. 100 o. New 43 pr. cent ... - ... 3111XLEY V. AUST
STATE SECURITIES. I Cen.lnd,guar. 5 p.c. I
!I - if St. 100 S. Wales Gua. 4p. c. ... - ... The plaintiff is ayo
•
Alabama 5 per Cent 7B - 18 all Do. - ••• and the defendant, a
--
Maryland 5 per Cent. (Sterling Bonds)... ... S 8 90 203 all Buffalo & Lake Hari 14 -15 20 all S.Yorksh.4p.c.Guar. ... - •••
recover
°refit, eortathynvdh ipdeeenriadgahnbitnetnohl
eneivnesrurnuns
businessl variousd oe fb t (
Massachusetts 5 per Cent. (Sterl. Bonds). ... 96 93 100 100 , Buff. , Brnt. & God ch.l 185 90 25 all Stock. &Dar., sp. c. 26 -28
Mississippi 6 per Cent. Pl. Bk. 100 100 6 p.c.bds.,l Aug.,'72 f 25 19 Do. do. do. - •••
Bonds lB4l-1871... 40 42 ' Do. do., 1 July, '73 83 - 87 St. 1.00 Waterfd&Kilk. 6 pc. 50 - 55
Mississippi 5 per Cent. Union Bk Bonds ... 20 21 100 100 I Do. do., 1 Juno '74 80 -85 BRITISH MINES.
Pennsylvania 5 per Cent. Stock
,Calcutta and S. East.; ... - ... 1
defendant.wt2di
huodeel
flofie.wlnl
obtainedihdendoa
.no A widowhood,
a ,p
Pennsylvania 5 per Cent. Bonds '877... 793 813 20 12sfid,Central Oude (Lim.)' ... - ••• 2112 Alfred Cons. (Philli.)l 123 - 131 Mr. Serjeant She
Tennessee 6 per Cent. Bonds - - - 20 I.os Ceylon' A shares li - lip 23 3 •••
20 14 British Iron ... 5 - 7 ..
Virginia 6 per Cent. Bonds 1886._ 79 81 20 1 Do. B. do.
and niee
Virginia 3 per Cent. (Sterling Bonds) ...1888... 80 82 174 all Demerara. - 440
LOANS OF CITIES. 20 2s. Eastern Bengal -
1P 1 271 East Basset (Mogan) 92i - 971 94 It appeared that tb
Boston 43 per Cent. Bonds 1883... 83 90 St. 100 East Indian ON -• 1091; 1093 10 9 176 Great South Tolg,us.. 14/ - 154
04.0
Montreal 6 per Cent. Bonds 1856-1865... - - 20 15 Do. C Shares Ili - lip' ... 1715 Grt.W.Alfrd.(Philk.) 4- 5
New Orleans 6 per Cent. Stock 1883... - -- 100 all D 0.41 p.c.Bnds.,'s7; ... - ... 78 Grt.W. Vor (lielstn.) 11 -13
000 3 - 1 of 21, became enamo
100 all Do. do. do. '59, do.l ... - ... 17s Lady Bertha
RAILROAD BONDS. •••
8 N. Frances (Illogan) 113 - 121 tleinan finding she hs
Illinois Central 7 per Cent. Ist Mortgage, 20 all Geelong & M'elbournel 040
not Convertible 1875... 82 84 guar. 5 per cent..,.I 20 - 21 201 1
Illinois Central 6 per Cent 1375- 82 81 St. 100 Gd. Trunk. of Canada' 49 -51 i 503CI1o.wansshs.ee(tasl(tI.c1Blio.uxogfatnyy)) . 11437 -........
15159
attention to her, t
Illinois Central 7 per Cent. Freeland 100 all Do. 6p. c. Deben...'l 85 - 87 86
Bonds 1860... 82 84 20 all Gt. In. Pen. g. 5 pore. 213 - 213, 216 3 amusements, the va
followed by
1 ....
:..
::
61151 North Wheal
U. (Wend.) 4 - 5
... Gs. Sort. Cons. Min. Co. 13 - 13
Illinois Central (Shares), $3O paid ... 7d 5 d 20 4 Do. Now. guar. 5 p.c.l if -is
but more particularl
c
Michigan Central Bp. Cent., Convert 1860... -- - 203 all Gt. Westn. of Canada, 201 -21 1 203 ... 23 S. Car ens
(St. Clear 340 - 350
Do. do. do. ...... 3869... 88 90 201 13 Do, New ;id - par, 326
••• 2S. Cern Brea (Illogn. 41 - Bi
New York Central 7p. Cont., C0nvert...1864... 90 93 1W all Do. Bds., payable '571 ... - - • 19 S.W. Frances(lllogn. 200 - 210 their own pocket mo
OGO
New York Central 6 per Cent., not 100 all Do. d0.,'76, p.'6o 105 - 110 5 43 t'ara. S. &L. Min. Co. 3 - 13
Convertible 1883. 83 85 100 all Do, do., '73, do. ... 105 110 10 9 Tin Croft - 4 the gentleman at oth
New York and Erie 7 per Cent. 3d Mort- 100 all Do, do., '73, without
•40 lln.Mines (G wennap) ... - •••
e
lattlwnaa:nniedtpd jehoro tdueonwhemnn ef
tseerei .
s'ni amorous
hagedoslhoaBt nbfnusssm3teualc:nta:ri 1 aprhfl tuarenelli a2rdaa°lBdof
gage 1883... 73 75
20 all Madras, guar. 44 p.c.110391
option -
__ 10159 i. .... I2se V. of Towey (Camar.) i - 1
N. York and Erie 7p. Cent. Convertible..lB62... 40 42' 13 W. Basset (Illogen).. 24 - 26
olbanudosyien jumped
mseo olsd:eoysuh.teasrtWteote:hdlikei:
20 all Do. do., 5 per c 2Ol - 21
The transactions in the Railway Share Market 20 10 Do. 4/ p. C. Exten I 4 d - par
to-day have been numerous, and in several of the 20 5 Do. 3d Ex., g. 5p.c.. 4 -3p. 5; i
leading lines an advance of about 1 per cent. has 20 5 Do. 4th Ex., do,
r) kVh. Buller (Rdruth).
....:',. 23
53
\Wm. C. aßraasdsoetu
(cLllioskgardn.).)ll2lo46oso
IT 121518005
rO4lO ~ ' /VII Edward(Calstck) 73 - 8
taken place in values. East Anglian, Edinburgh, 20 10s.
,Onde (Limited) i „
~. 117 e Wh. Kitty (U. Llant) 10 - 11
hfaudrthpaerids
ril, 1853
20 5 ,Seinde, guar. o per c.l 1 -14 p, 11i
8 Wh. Ma. Ann (Meraht. ) 44 -• 46
Perth, and Dundee, Great Western, and Lance- 20 all IDo 1 .. - „. 1 ••_,
-.. 28
shire and Yorkshire improved ss. to 10s. Great _ ___ • 43 Wh. Trelawney (Lis.) 26
Northern and North-Western, 11., and Brighton, FOREIGN. FOREIGN MINES.
1/. 10s. •, Caledonian, North-Eastern (Berwick),
and South-Eastern were rather lower. The For • 10 1- 1
all tentwrp Rotterdam 63 - 7 63 f
20 'l3 'Australian
and Colonial lines are inactive, and prices are 20 all Ardennes.. ... ••• - ••• 1 10s. IBou AccordCop.(ii.) 1 d-ia
steady. 5 all Belgian East. Janet. 1 - 11
35 27 Brazilianlmp.(issued
20 all Heelers to Graissessae ',. -- ... 11 - 21
Joint-Stock Bank Shares are in rather better re- 6 all Carmeaux&Toulouse at £5 pm)
30 all Do. Comes & Cuiada ... - •••
quest. City Bank improved it., London Joint- Coal Mines and Ry. 31 - 41 20 15 Do. St. John Del Roy 12 - 13 tiff's case was that
Stock 1/. and South Australia 11. 20 13 Dutch Rhenish - 31 1 3 Clarendon Con. Min.
The Miscellaneous Market is inactive, no change 20 all Eastern of France - 283
20 all Do. New Co. of Jamaica •-- earl
of any importance having taken place in quotations. - .. •
20 2s. Euphrates Valley - ... 40 all Cobra Copper 4l -43
... 16 Copiapo - 13 belief she would be
20 all Gt. Central of France ... - ... 1 all Dun Mountain Cop-
dc
theffe fuesnii)
rod
Effusions,
Isla; whit
hn
BRITISH FUNDS.-CLOSING PRICES-THIS DAY. 20 all Great Luxembourg... 76 - 8 73
in
night
pte ai
10 6 Italian Junction per Mining Co. ... Id - it P the 2001, was not dr
(From the Offictai List:) ~• - •••
20 all Lake Coast. & Bale ~. - ... 2 all Fortuna
20 all General - 3d
16 - 18 other sums were 1
tS•aik Stock - •••d
222 4 3 all Linares - 9 marriage.
20 6 Lombardo-Venetian 5B -56 p
3 per Cent. reduced Annuitb* 943 s 3 5 11 Lusitanian - 3d A number of lath
3 per Cent. eeneois annuitiess all Lucca & Pist.sp.c.p. ... - .. 1 all Mariquita - i
New 3 per Cent, Annuities 941 3 8
943 5435 41 20 all Lyons and Geneva... 28 -29
20 all Lyons & Mediten•an. ... - ... 1 all New Granada i - i
Long Annuities, expire sth Jan. 1860..... 2 1-16 1 all Noveau Monde
Ditto 30 Years, expire sth April, 1885... 173 331 all Maria Anteula, - ••• •43 - -
20 all Pont•Sil.Ldhi.&Smlt • - 53
Lair% Bonds, £IOOO
Ditto, under 1:100
81 - 83
20 all Do, do. 6p. c. Prof. 201 -21 5 1 Port Philip •• - •••
30 163 Santiago de Cuba - •21 weeks, caused by ,
00L5014 ?or Account, - 331 231, all United Mexican 46 - 431 41 awoke she regretter
Es the,lasr Hills, td. with her," and rec
£IOOO - 91 MISCELLANEOUS.
• 20 all Paris and Lyons 34 - 353 351
1-!500 •
26 '2O 21 p 20 all Paris and Orleans.... 55 - 57 1000 900 Atlantic Tel. Lim.)( ... - ...
S I.ll.minutes, from his
25 26 22 p 20 9 Recife & San Fran., 25 1911 Australian Agrieult. 26 - 27 261
Exchequer Bonds, 1858, 33 per Cent loocalla the defendau
Ditto, 1559 - Ihl 10 all Australn.l Royal Mail ... - ...
• • - ... 10 all Berlin Water Works.. •4
- •5
thousands of kisser
PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS-THIS DAY. 20 all Royal Danish l6 - 18 10 2 jDo. New iss. at Si. d ... - .., The learned judl
Austrian Bonds, 5 per Cent. - 3 50 40 IBrit. American Land 35 - 40
Bral.ludu o per Cent• - 8 \ 100 321 Canada - a, jury to say whether
Buenos Ayres Bonds, 6 per Cent. 96 10 all Do. 53 per cent. pref. 8 - 83 St. 100 Do.Go.6pc.Jan&July 110 - 111 110 3 1 immorality bad has
Mexican 3 per Cent 9Ol i 1 20 all Southern of France.. 22 -22 i St. all ,Copper Min. of Eng. 27 - 32 The jury returne
Peruvian Bonds, 41 per Cent 4l - 5 46 25 all IDo. Pref. 7e p. cont. 23 - 25
-- 831 all Yklest Flandegs 340/., refusing 801,
Dttto Account JEW, 29
Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent., Con. 18447-83 10 all Do. 53 per c. Pref . 81 - 93 18 - 13 11 1
Ditto 1853, 3 per Cnt
20 all W.&N.W. of France 27 - 28
4 all Crystal Pal. of France ... - ...
Ditto Account e 44
Sardinian Bonds, 5 per Cent. ... ...... ...:.: 4881 3 20 6 Western of Austria... .... - ••• COUR
20 all Eastern Steam 4l - 53 51
20 all [We:A. of Switzerland ... - ••• (Before A
St.lloo Electric Telegraph lOl - 108
Ditto Account
Spinish Bowls, 3 per Cent. - ••• • ••• - •••
5 all En.(kAust.Cop.SmCo 13 - 14
Ditti.ll pnesonsdiese,
(.1 . i;r..e.. ... - ... This bankrupt w
Tartish 10 10s.1Eur. & Ind.Jetn. Tel. Id - 3 p
cent ..... - 6 and to-day came u
Ditto Account 97/ Sh JOINT-STOCK BANKS. 2O all Gen. Ir.Sc.Col.(lim.) ... - „.• allegation was mad
Ditto Guaranteed;... . Pe.; . t.'t'n't";
Dividends on the above -able in London.lols 14 ',Gen. Steam Navigat. ... - „..
40 all Australasia ', 86 - 83
Dutch Exchange, 21 per Cent., 12paGnilders - 25 183 Bank of Egypt j3l -21 d 20 5 London Discount ... 11 1d334 33 i
the
het
ebh tile
100 50 Bankj of London 148- 53 51 4 all ILond. Gen. Omnibus 33 -36 31
Do. 4 per Cent. Certificates 20 10 Magdalone.St.Navig. ... -
_.
40 all IBri•Col.Bk.d/Ln. Co. ... - a
•••• ••• ...... 991 9 10 1 all Mediteran. Elec. Tel. ~. - ...
50 all ißritish N. American ... - fro;
BABE O'CLOCK.IO 1 all Do. Extension Teleg. ..,
._ ...
Consols, money 2O 10 'C ~ •Bk.of Ind.An.deCh ... -• ~,d consent tO E
............ . ..... 914 1 103 50 Citylo ' all Mexican& S. AMOliell ...
... once
Ditto account (February 4) ...........
0.00. 91t 913 i - 63 613 2
100 25 Colonial2s 5 'Nat, Discount C 0.... 14 -6. i 41 bankrupt would ea
••• - r•
. --
--
1.0 20 Commercial of Lond ... - . 10 6 (Netherlands Land.... i _3l
-3 - 34
SPORTING _INTELLIGENCE. 20 all Eng.Scot.&Aus•Cut. 181 - 191 19 W all 'Do. Do. .contracted
p torenx
t a lr.c Beard,
askeda ue
as byre ad
:
20 all ILon.Ch. Bk.of Aust. 18/ - 183 5 all IDo.Bp.c.PLiss.at ld. :31 - 3 31 3
- 20 all 'Ditto Now 5 2 Do. Do. - id
A t, lerable number of snh,cribers were present, but ...
50 20 ;London and County 7.. -
... 100 80 !New B. &N. S. Land 17 -20 AnTh
the object of their visit was evidently rather to " enjoy a ... 50 Lncle&E.Bak.ng.Corp ... -
... St. 100 N.S.W. Gov.., p.c.D. 93 - 95
lounge and a quiet chat than to transact business. 50 10 London Joint Stock. ~
.... 31 30 1 all sl. B. Australasian.,.
3- i • This bankrupt
dbjaluk(rßrnuenapfoetrnae
factor, and to-da3
4to 1 (taken t)2001.) about Clydesdale for the Two 00 20 Lond.andWestrainst, ..,. -
... 461 The balance-sheet
Thousand, and 6to 1, to a small amount, about .‘ mr, 100 35 National Pro. of Eiag. ... -
... 1 all Oriental Gas - 13 nigs showed the d
Howard's lot" for the Derby, were the only investments 20 10 Do. New •••• - est 1 10s, Do New Shares P
2 ) all Nrth.ofEuropeSteam ... - ...
31?
that came under our observation during the afternoon, 50 25 'National Bank - ... 5 all ?eellir. Ld. & Minrl. 23 23 23
_ 20 all ;New South Wales 44 - 16 50 all t'aninsular & Oriental 74 - 76 741 5 CIT
25 all 'Oriental Bank Corp 31 33 32 50 10 Do. New . 6 - 7 p (Baer
STEAM COMaIUNIOATION BETWEEN IVIILFOED HAVEN 20 20 Ottoman Bank - 193, 50 all Rhymney iron - 23
AND THE SOUTH OF IRELAND.-The powerful steamboats I 00 25 Provincial of Ireland ... - .. 159 100 60 tloyal Mail Steam_ 55 _ 57
of Messrs. Ford and Jackson, Cannora:itreet, are bringing 10 all Do. New ... - ..; 123 1 all icot.Austral•lnvest. 13 _ 10
This was an 1
Raven, and
unmenf,e numbers of cattle, pigs, &c., across to Milford 5 1 R.Au5.8.8,-G.Im.Co. ... - ... ' St. 100 S.Aus, Gov.op.e.lls• ••• - ••• 1021 4 3
25 all South Australia 35 -37 351 61 25 all South Austral. Land 34 -36
a trade is spin:ging up there of a most
25 all Union! of Australia_ 46 - 48 474 satisfactory description. The route is also becoming a 1 elf Submarine Tel. Scrip 3 - 11 1 'et
favourite .. 21'Do. New ... - ... 191 201 1 all Do. Registered - 11 street, appeared
one with seners, so that Neyland, the
te ' 50 10 Union of Londe , 20 5 Trine Ln. Co. Up. Can. ... - ...
rminusof the South Wales. several points, t
Railway, is rapidly growing 101 50 Uuity Mutual '''
... - ...d
into importance. 106 281) Van Denalee'e Laud lO --e 12 .11
100 -;') ) Westrnßk of Load es is- •••d I had been ads
odfefelnod/a. "sh e
care. el l

BRITISH POSSESSIONS.
ltiO all 'Atian. and St. Law.
18 9 j Bombay, Baroda, and
Cen,,lnd,guar. sp. c fi
18 all Do.
20i all Buffalo & Lake Mir I 14 15
100 100 Buff., Brnt. & God ch I 185 90
100 100 6 p.e.bds., 1 Aug.,'72 f
Do. do., 1 July, '73 83 87
100 100 Do. do., 1 Juno, '74 80 85
20 2s. Calcutta and S. East.! A
20 !2sfld Central Oude (Lim.)
20 10s Ceylon A shares IA lip 2.
20 1 Do. B. do.
174 all Demerara.
20 2s. Eastern Bengal
St. 100 East Indian 0041 109 i 1091 10 9
20 15 Do. C Shares alk lip
100 all D 0.41
100 all Do. do. do., '59, do.I
20 all Geelong & Melbournel
guar. 5 per cent. 20 —2l 20/
St. 100 Gd. Trnnk. of Canada! 49 51 50/
100 all Do. 6p. c. Deben 185 87 86
20 all Gt. In. Pen. g. 5 pert. 2li 21/ 24
20 4 Do. New. guar. 5 p.c.l lip
201 all Gt. Westn. of Canada, 201 21 i 201
204 13 j Do. New
100 all Do. Bds., payable '571
100 all Do. d0.,'76, p. '6O 'lO5 110
100 all Do. do., '73, do.
100 all Do. do., '73, without
option 103 105
20 all Madras, guar. .q P.C l9i 191
20 all Do. do., 5 per c. 204 211
20 10 Do. 4/ 13. c. Exten.4 d par
20 5 Do. 3d Ex., g. sp.c. p 5
20 5 Do. 4th Es., do, p5l
20 10s. Onde (Limited) !
20 5 I,Seinde, guar. 5 per c 1 1 lpi 11i

Shr. Paid RAILWAYS. Leasing Closing Prices Business
Companies. this day this day
St. 100 Buckghamsh. Ln.&N.W. 92 94
St. 100 Clydesdale Jo. Caledon... 94 96
25 all Col.Stour Vy E.U.&E.O 12 14
lit. 100 E.Lin. g. 6 p.c Gt.Nortlin 132 136
5 all E. Un. 11. Sh. E. Count. 4 46
St. 100 Glas. Barr. & Caldonian.
Neils. Direct.
St. 100 Do. Now S o •••
25 all Glstr.&Dn.Fr. Gt.Westn —
50 all Hull & Selby. V. & N.M lO7 108
25 all Do. Shares. Do
124 all Do. Shares. 11 o
12 all Lon.&Greenw t.Eastern l2
20 all Do.Preferenee Do 23 246 231
St. 100 Lon. Til., &S. Peto &Co 99 101
10 10 Bark. Sh. Do
56 all Manch.Bxton. La.&N.W
and Matlock & Midld 2i 2i
St. 100 Mdld.Bradfd. Midland 93 95
6 si Newmarket
BuryE.G.spc. E. Count e ip
50 all N.&Est.s p.c. Do 56 58
50 all Do. 6 per et.. Do
50 all Do.Fisedsp.c Do ••• •••
25 all 'Prost. &Wyre L. &N. W.
12 all !Do. A Shrs. ADo —
St. 100 Roystn.&Hit. Gt.Northn 132 135
10 all Shrews.& Her T. Brassey 76 8
12 all S. Staffordsh.. M. MClean 9 9-
50 all IWearVal.g6pc Stk.&Dar.
,
25 all Do Do I 311 326,
St. 1100
,Wilts&Somrst Gt.Westn 1 85 87

...d
...d

iIaGENCE.—(This

Day.)

COURT OF CHANCERY.
(Before Vice-Chancellor Sir William Page Wood.)
VANSITART V. VANBITABT.
This was a demurrer to the plaintiff's bill. Mrs.
Vansitart filed her bill for specific performance of an
agreement entered into by her and her husband for an
aliment to ber of 3001. per annum and the custody and
education of several of her sons and daughters. This
agreement was entered into between them with consent
of counsel and agents (but without the censent of the
husband's attorney) pending a divorce for adultery in
the Arches Court. Mr. Yansitart now objected to the
plaintiff's bill, that she being a married woman could
not enter into this agreement; that agreement was
invalid, and contrary to public policy. Moreover it was
invalid, and could not be enforced, as she contracted for
the ethatition and maintenance of her children, and
being*, free
covert, she could not legally enter into this
agreement without the consent of her next friend, which
she had not obtained.
His loneur, in delivering judgment, said that the law
Was now well settled, that when a married woman
entered into an agreement as to matters concerning her.
self personally, she was entitled to do so, and must be
considered a fens sole, as was found in the case of
Walker v. Roberts, Hope v. Hope, Aitkinson v. Ross
(House of Lords' causes), Wilford v. Wilford, Stranget
v. Stranget. But where she entered into an agreement
for the education, custody, and separate maintenance of
her chillren, which she would not be entitled to under
the divorce, the agreement was one that could not be
enforced ; the demurrer, therefore, must be allowed,
and the plaintiff's bill dimissed, but without costs.
Demurrer allowed, and bill dismissed without coats.