The Sun.
London, England, 1850-05-16 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, MAY 16, 1850.

The court was crowded by •rntrcentile men, Its on
the previous occasion, and every available Seat was
occupied, so that the representatives of the local press
had to stand by the prisoner in the dock. The pri-
soner, who is a stout man, of florid complexion, and
rather gray, appeared deeply to feel the awkward po-
sition in which he was placed.
Mr. T. Bourne, the broker, and Mr. Langton, the
manager, of the borough bank, were again examined,
and spoke to the bills of exchange purporting to be
accepted by Mr. Rylands, the chief manager of the
Hull Flax and Cotton Mill Company.

Superintendent Towerson produced the two stamps
or frames of letters alluded to in the examination on
Saturday. The inscriptions on the frames were,
" Hull Flax and Cotton Mill Company," and the
other, " Chief manager." He also found in the bag
a tin box, containing red paint. He had compared
the stamp with the impressions on the bills, and they
perfectly corresponded. He produced a piece of paper
on which there were some impressions of the stamp ;
also a piece of cloth with a preparation of red paint
upon it, together with a bottle of red ink. He pro-
duced two pieces of paper, one of which contained a
copy of a bill of exchange for 8541., dated the 2d of
October, 1849, and drawn by the prisoner, purporting
to be accepted by Joseph Itylands, per pro. Hull
Flax and Cotton Mill Compauy, and also copy of a
bill of the same date and same drawer for 5001, ac-
cepted by the chief manager of the above company ;
also a paper purporting to be the copy of a bill
for 5001., dated August 1, 1849, drawn by William
Thelfell, and accepted per pro. the Hull Flax and
Cotton Mill Company, by Joseph Rylands ; also
another bill for the same amount of a similar cha-

raeter. There were numerous other papers in the
bag, consisting of bills, letters, books, memoranda,
and so forth. The letters were addressed to the pri-
soner. He found the book produced, which contained
particulars of the two bills which the prisoner was
charged with forging. There were in the bag several
blank bills, which he produced.
In cross-examination Mr. Aspinall asked the
contents of the bag, and the officer pointed to several
bundles of papers upon the table, which the Learned
Counsel requested might be marked. Amongst other
documents he found a banker's bill for 8971. 10,—

[bir. Rushton objected to this course of examination
as irrelevant] He found a Bank of England note of
1,0001. in the prisoner's pocketbook, and another of
2001. ; and in the bag 3/. 14s. 103. in coin ; also ten

bill for 2,0001.,
dated " Manchester, Dec. 19, 1849," drawn by W.
Threlfall to the order of himself, at three months'
date, upon the Hull Flax and Cotton Mill Company,
at Hull, payable in London, accepted at Sir Charles
Price and Co.'s bankers, London; pp. Hull Flax
and Cotton Mill Company, J. Rylands, chief manager,
due the 22d March, and endorsed, "W. Threlfall,"
paidl Messrs. Overhead and Co., or order; Oakes, Bevan,
and Co.; pp. Overhead and Co., R. Pelly ; received
fur Barclay, Bevan, aed Co., C. T. King, or some
name resembling that. Another Bill was for 1,0001.,
Manchester, at three months' date, drawn by
William Threlfall, to his order, upon the
Hull Flax and Cotton Mill Company, pay-
able in London, accepted as in the last bill, and not
endorsed. Another bill was accepted the same as the
last, but the body of the bill was not filled up at all,
neither was it signed. Another fur 1,5001., dated
Manchester, 3d May, 1850, drawn by W. Threlfall,
at three months' date, to his own order upon the Hull
Flax and Cotton Mill Company, and accepted as the
last, was endorsed " W. Thelfall." Another for
2,0001., dated Manchester, 26th April, 1840, drawn
by W. Threlfall at three months' date, upon the Hull
Flax and Cotton Mill Company, payable in London,
and accepted as the last bill, and endorsed, " W.
Threlfall." Another was for 1,0001., dated Manches-
ter, 24th April, 1850, drawn by W. Threlfall to his
own order at three months' date ou the Hull Flax
and Cotton Mill Company, payable in London, and
accepted as the last bill, endorsed " W. Threlfall."
Mr. J. Rylands, chief manager for the Hull Flax
and Cotton Mill Company at Hull, was next exa-
mined, and proved the several bills purporting to be
accepted by him to be forgeries.
In cross-examination by Mr. Aspinall, witness
stated that the prisoner had bought shares in the Hull
Flax and Cotton Mill Company, but he, witness, did
not know whether he was registered for them or not.
He had had money dealings with the prisoner on ac-
count of the company. Had dealt with him to the
extent of 10,0001. or 15,0001. during the last twelve
months. They held securities of the prisoner's to the
amount of 516,0001. There were 150 proprietors in
the company.
The prisoner was then committed to take his trial
at the next Liverpool assizes. Mr. Rushton refused
to admit the prisoner to bail.
There are various rumours in town as to the extent
of the forgeries, which are variously stated at from
20,000/. to 60,000/. ; but there is a desire to make as
little as possible of the case, on the part of the autho
rities and the professional gentlemen employed.

LAW INTELLIGENCE.
SECONDARIES' COURT, May 15.
(Before Mr. Secondary POTTER.)

FALSE IMPRISONMENT-MACDONALD V. BROXHOLME.
This was a writ of inquiry to aesess damages for false
defendant having admitted his liability by
allowing judgment to go by default.
Mr. SIMoN stated the case. The plaintiff is a young
gentleman, a surgeon's assistant, and was formerly in
the service of a gentleman named Brown, from whence
he went to live with the defendant, who is a chemist at
Holloway. In October last a disagreement took place
between the plaintiff and defendant, and the plaintiff in-
sisted on leaving. Defendant, however, charged the
plaintiff with stealing a book, and sent a servant to him
to say that if he would confess that he had taken it and
return the book he (defendant) would forgive him.
Plaintiff, knowing himself to be innocent, of course
could not comply, and defendant ultimately sent
a policeman, who took the plaintiff into custody
at eight o'clock on the morning of Sunday, the
7th of October, and he was taken to the station-house,.
where he was locked up till Monday morning, when he
was taken before the magistrate, and was remanded at
his own request till the next day, when he was admitted
to bail. Whilst plaintiff was in custody he was searched,
and a key was found, which he said belonged to a box
of his which was at his late master's, Mr: Brown's. The
officer proceeded there and searched the box, and also a
small parcel which had been left by plaintiff with the
servant girl, in which were a few lozenge drops and
other trifling articles, which defendant claimed as his
own. Plaintiff wag tried at the Central Criminal Court,
when defendant admitted that he had not lost the book,
and the jury stopped the case before the defence was
concluded, and gave a verdict of not guilty.
The Learned Counsel contended that the charge was
completely trumped up, and that the defendant's conduct
was either malicious or had been made to prevent the
plaintiff from claiming the salary he would have been
entitled to at the expiration of six months. He founded
this opinion on the fact that after plaintiff had threatened
to bring an action against defendant for slander in
charging him with stealing the book, defendant told Mr.
Brown that he was obliged to give plaintiff in charge,
or on the Monday he would have had an action brought
against him for defamation of character and for wages.
The Learned Counsel considered this a case calling fur
heavy damages.
Police-constable, S 154, proved the apprehension of
the plaintiff under the circumstances described by the
Learned Counsel.

Mr. Brown, son to the plaintiff's former employer,
was called, and proved that the defendant said that if he
had not done as he had he would have had an action
brought against him for defamation of character and fur
wages. .

Georgina Borthwick, who was servant to defendant,
proved that he had sent her to plaintiff to charge him
with stealing the book, and defendant said he would
forgive him if he confessed. On another occasion he
said that he would see the plaintiff banged. Her master
had spoken to the customers in the shop, and charged
plaintiff with misconduct.
Mr. PARRY' cross-examined the witnesses and ad-
dressed the jury in mitigation of damages, urging that
there were reasonable grounds of suspicion to justify
the defendant giving the plaintiff into custody. He con-
tended that defendant would have been able to prove the
facts, if the action had been for malicious prosecution,
instead or trespass for false imprisonment. The Learned
Counsel denied that there was any malice.
The jury gave a verdict for 701.

OURT OF BANKRUPTCY, May 15.
)DGmENT
IN RE 31(ABReTroIrNe LMUT.llCE°Rmmpai3:Tci°
The case of this bankrupt, the sharebroker or Live
I:LeArEDF.A_NjEu.
Liver-
pool, has been frequently before the Court. To-day
was fixed for his Honour to give judgment upon
the question of the bankrupt passing his last ex-
amination.
His Ilosona, in the course of an elaborate judgment,
examined the accounts, and went into the objections
urged against the bankrupt, and concluded by saying
that he contidered the accounts sufficient, and that
the bankrupt was entitled to pass his last examination.
Upon the application of Mr. LAWRENCE, the Bth of
June was fixed for the certificat9 meetine.

POLICE I
CL ERKEN WELL.
Yesterday John Bates was placed at the bar before
Mr. Combe, charged by Mary Ann Bates, his wife, a
respectable-looking young woman, with the following
outrage:—
The prisoner was also charged, by police.cons'able
Baker, 261 N, with having viokutly assaulted hicn wntle
in the execution of his duty.

—fcappeared from the evidence of the wife that
oshe had
rn
not been long married to the prisoner,
hero.wh: turn shortlyi aft
their union comeneeid ill-treAtin
intoxicated, and picking quarrels without the° home
least
provocation. Very recently one of her relations
died and len . her a legacy, since whichthe
prisoner had become more dissolute, and violent,
had frequently threatened to murder her, and she
went in fear of hz'r life. On Tuesday ho left
his residence in Bill's Pond•common, Islington,
and in the course of the night he returned home with a
mistress addressing
o.
young woman, whom be introduced into the -parlour,
In future you shall be
and,
thhiesr,plsaacied.—"
she (meaning witness) shall
have nothing to do with it.',' . And he told the
yowl— 6woman to prepare and go to bed. Witness,
fearing through his threats "and former violence,

OW her life was in danger, he having sworn just be-
fore that if she (wimess) said one word he would break
her chest in, sho mole towards the parlour- window arid
made her escape. The prisoner immediatedly pursued
her with violent threats, and in the great.st alarm she
called out " Murder," when Baker, the officer, came to
her assistance, or she felt assured that she would have
been murdered by the prisoner. The officer took him
into custody, when he resisted in a desperate manner,
and fought, struggled, and kicked at him until he was
safely secured in the station-house.
Baker, the constable, and Sergeant Milgate, 3 N, con-
firmed this evidence. They never met with a more vio-
lent fellow in the course of their existence. The latter
officer described the wife to be a respectable, industrious
woman, and the prisoner, on the contrary, a dissolute,
idle person.
Mr. CostmE asked the prisoner what he had to say to
such unmanly and cowardly conduct? The prisoner
(blubbering loudly like a great baby)—She aggravates
me.—(Laughter.)
Mr. CoSIBE—Why, it shows that you are a great
cowardly fellow, capable of what has been attributed to
you, or you would not stand there blubbering like a
child. I shall fine you 40s. for the assault upon your
wife, or, in default of payment, one month's imprison-
ment in the House of Correction.

Prisoner (crying)—Oh, pray don't.
Mr. COMBE—And I shall commit you to the House
of Correction for one month, with hard labour, with-
out fine, for the assaalt upon Baker, the officer. (To
the wifJ)—And when he is releasel from prison, you
may exhibit articles of the peace against him at the
sessions.

St.° said she would do so; and the prisoner was locked
up,eysing. _ _

Yleriopson, the driver of one of Warboy's Paddington
and Kerxtington omnibuses, was re-examined, charged
with hating caused the death of Catherine Nolan, four
years and a half.old, by driving over her body, in. Gray's
Inn-road,on Monday last.
A coroter's inquest had been held upon the body of
the deceated child before Mr. Wakley. Several wit-
nesses were examined, and after a strict investigation
the jury r3turned a verdict of " Accidental Death,"
without aAributing any or the least blame to the driver
of the velicle, woo bore a good character as a steady
driver, src

Mr. CcetuE, under these circumstances, discharged
him from Its recoguisances.

—SOUTHWARK.
John Rowell was placed at the bar, charged with
stealing a gild watch from Miss Ann Crump, of 103,
High H lbtrn, in the box cloak-room of the Surrey
Theatre.

The compainant stated that on the preceding night
she went to he boxes of the Surrey Theatre, accorn•
panied by a ientleman, a friend of the family; that when
the perfortagice concluded she walked to the cloak-
room, and whle waiting amongst others for her bonnet,
she observed tie prisoner standing immediately in front
of her. He, limever, moved a little back and stood by
her left side, aid he had not been long in this position
when she felt a-slight movement at her pocket, which
-was underneath her shawl, and in the front part of
her dress. She turned and looked at the prisoner,
and distinctly saw a portion of the' gold chain or
her watch iu his sand, which he let fall the moment
he was observed. She at once put her hand to her
pocket, and found er gold watch was goce, it having
been unscrewed from the swivel by which it was attached
to the chain, which was left hanging out of the pocket.
Upon this discovery she seized the prisoner and ex-
claimed that he hadrobbed her of her gold watch, which
causei some confusion, but she held him until a police
man came up, and she then gave him into custody. a
was searched on de spot, but the watch, which it is sus
pected he passed to an associate, was not f iund in his
possession. ,Reasserted that he was a respeviOle Mir),
and it appearedthat he subsequently gave a wrong ad-
dress to the pc iceman, who stated that the prisoner be-
longed to a pug of well-dressed thieves who frequented
the theatre, and other places of amusement.
Sergeant Berry stated that he was present at the
Bow-street police-court when the prisoner was convicted
and sentenced to three months' imprisonment.
The prisoner, who merely said that he was innocen
of the prEsent charge, was committed for trial.

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SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS.
TIME.—So we have at last had a pure Protectionist
motion, aimed point blank at the Corn-law Acts of
1846. 'here has been nothing of the kind before, at all
events thi• session, for the party from which we have a
right ti e;2ect such a proceeding is usually content with
a more disgdsed and sinuous policy. The man to throw
himself into the gap has been Mr. Grantley Berkeley,
and his immoiation on the altar of Protection we caa
only account for by a reference to the usage of bar-
barous tribes, who are every now and then directed by
their oracles to sacrifice the first stranger that lands on
their shores. The Hon. Member for West Gloucester-
shire, after drifting some time on the ebb and flow of
opinion, according to she ups and downs of the market,
has been at last fairly stranded on the desolate beach of
Protection, so the natives save laid hold of him, and on
Tuesday night we were edifies! by the spectacle of his so-
lemn cremation on that Artie were so many great
minds, reputations, and virtutia have been reduced to
ashes and dust. Mr. Grantley Berkeley, however, it
must be said, was a perfectly spontaneous victim. His
announcement that he was that very Pare thing, a re-
creant free-trader, was made with the attnost confidence
and zest. Had he enveloped his shoullers in a pane-
tential white sheet, and borne a taper inbis hand, he
could not have delivered his confession in amore solem's
and deliberate manner. There were difficurties, indeed,
which he could not wholly get over. Notwithstanding
a competent degree of that assurance which, is usually
associated with simplicity, Mr. G. Berkeley did not
succeed in making a clear and effective speech. It was
blurred and contused, like a palimp,est, a perchment
from which an oration from Cicero hp been imperfectly
washed ou', and a monkish legeo substitused. In
t.ct, it was the speech of 'a man who is
either a free-trader at heart, or nothing at all ; and such
is the man who, we repeat, has alone he the
courage to propose a revision of our present
corn-laws. Certainly we never feat; asTS'ffung so un-
equal to the occasion. Mr. G. Berkeley is disappointed
with the results of free trade, and he accordingly attacks
Lord J. Russell and the Government, comparing them
with Lord Stanley and his party, " You may now see
who is your foe, and who is your friend," he says to the
farmer; his only pretence for this contrast being some
sensible rem ,rks by Lord John to the recent deputation,
and some flummery addressed to the same persons by
tie Protectionist chief. But if Mr. G. Berkeley is dis-
aepointel, what did he expect, and whose fault is it?
tie was born inlhe year 1800, so that he is either
fifty or in his fiftieth year. He has set for his county
eighteen years. lle has always lived in the world, and
is supposed to know what he is about. Yet he consi-
ders himself duped by free trade, and calls its pro-
moters ill-names, because they have taken him in. He
comes into the House gasping and stuttering, and says
that he is just recovering from some political chloro-
form, administered to him four years ago by those
noted characters, Cobden, Peel, and Russell. He
has been hoeussed by the Lancashire witches. We can
only say that for alaan of his time of life it is a very
lame story. These things were not done in a corner.
The repeal of the corn-laws was not smuggled through
the House. On the contrary, nearly a whole session
was given to the discussion of the subject in every pos-
sible form, in every available stage, and in every con-
ceivable manner. This, too, after a seven years' contro-
versy out of doors. We cannot understand, then, with
what face Mr. G. Berkeley can come forward and charge
Ministers with having deceived him. If an error has
been committed, let him take his share of the blame.
Let him confess with as much unction as he pleases
that he made a mistake, that he expected uniform high
prices, constant employment, and universal prosperity.
When he has made this confession, then we shall know
better how to estimate his present observations on the
subject. But Mr. G. Berkeley's disappointment has
partly arisen, he suggests, from another source. Our
free-trade Government has not practised so stringent
an economy, and reduced agricultural burdens so much
as he expected, and as he intimates they promised. If
se, why confine last night's motion to a revision of the
corn-laws, and why not move the House on the subjects
of public economy and agricultural relief ? Everybody
is expecting every body else to do this, and everybody is
blaming everybody else for not doing it. Mr. G. Berke-
ley intimates that Lord John Russell ought to have
volunteered some relief for the agriculturists, and inas-
much as they seem rather at a loss to know quite what
they want, his. Lordship ought to have discovered the
particular object of their desires. He was not only to
have interpreted the dream, but also recalled the dream
itself to the treacherous memory of the Protection-
ists. Certainly, in the present constitution of things,
it is rather a novel suggestion that a Prime
Minister is to be employed in finding out wants not
only for his own friends, but also for his opponents, and
is to nurse the two babies at once. This would be to lead
the opposition as well as his own friends. The discovery
of fit measures for the special relief of the agriculturists
properly appertains to themselves. They are, however,
generally of opinion just now that nothing will do them
any good except what they call an efficient protection.
This was the purport of one of their resolutions the
other day at the Crown and Anchor. • Indeed, Mr. G.
Berkeley himself does not drop a word in his
speech from which we can conjecture what measures
of special relief he desires for the agricul-
turist, except a duty on corn. He says that the
repeal of the duty on bricks is no relief to the
agricif turist, but he does not say what would be a
relief, though he abuses Government for not having sug-
gested something themselves. The division is conclu-
sive-184 for Mr. G. Berkeley's motion, 298 against it.
A majority
versions
Disraeli observed last night, the debate was simply a
witobfwlbl4isbis w a s
have very amplebeen thmreaargteinti e ford.
resuscitation of that which took place four years since.
Since Mr. Berkeley confined himself to general assertion
of ruin and misery, giving neither figures nor date, it is
quite unnecessary to follow him through the meander-
iiigs of a querulous tirade. We expected something
better. Ele has added nothing to the controversy, not
an ides, not a fact. The only thing he urges is that
which we have all heard often enough—that corn has
betel low since last harvest. Till last harvest the prices
( f corn and all other agricultural produce had
ruled high enough; indeed, the average cf wheat since
February, 184 i, has been higher than it was for the four
ee,v.ery ttinaee
pricessce seen
years immediately previous to that date. For the last
wfahlel, th
ander Parliamentto b e
compelled
eight months it has certainly been low. It remains, how-
er, o b
i s t
some stimulant or restorative to the agricultural patient.
It is the office of Parliament to find a re too be
administery ked
regimen for the
whole people, not a cordial for this or that sickly or
craving'class• What if.corn h 55 been low lately? It is
rising. There will be ups and downs, and always have
been. Itj'arliament intervenes to alleviate the' horrors
of a totaieerary abundance, it may soon be I d stWe
neutralize the indOnveniences f '••'
on t.
And where will that end ? o a temp9riri dearth

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PRICES OF SITARES

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

PUBLISHED EVERY TUESDAY AND FRIDAY EVENING

LONDON. TUESDAY, MAY 14

JOINT-IrrOcz raZawsr.s.

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lonian • • • • • • • • • • • • • •
Londn and Westminstr

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London Joint-Stock...
Provincial of Ireland..
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National of Ireland ..
Nat. Provncial of Eng.
Ditto, New. • •• •...
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Onion 01 Australia •...

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Share.

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Union of London...
Union of Madrid

245.
51. per cent.
71. per cent.
61. per cent.
51. pu cent.
15 /per cent.
61. per cent.
61. per cent.

61. per cent.
81. per cent.
Si. per cent.
51. per cent.
61. per cent.
51. per cent.
61 per cent.
6/. per cent.
61. per cent.
61. per cent.

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100 0 0

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It Dividend Amount
Name of Conapany. per of Paid. Price.
n• Annum. Share.
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,d X s. d. X i. d.
t. East and West India ... 61. pr cent. Stock. - 142
East Country - 21
[• London ... . - 120
h Ditto 80nd5........ 4/. per cent. - - -
._ St. Katharine ........ 4 per cent. Stock. - 81
.e
Ditto, Scrip - - 85 0 0 --
Ditto 1i0nd5........ 1341. pr cent. - -
1- Southampton ........ 21. per cent. 30 0 0 50 0 0 -
is
),
surnons
,
I- Dividend I Amount
~. Name of Compsny, per of Paid. Price
Annum. Share.
d ---------- ----- -
X. s. d. X. s. d.
e Charing-cross.... - - - - -15 M
- Southwrk .......... 100 0 0 - -
50 0 0 - 16
' Ditto Nw of 734 p.c. 355. per cent. .
Waterloo • . .... -- - - 100 0 0 - 334
t Ditto Old Ann. ofl3l. 11. 4s. Od. - 60 0 0 27
Ditto Nw ditto of 71. 11. Is. Od. - 40 0 0 24
Vauxhall .... ••. Ay. 11. 70 10 3 - 18
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i Name of Company. I per of Paid. Price.
I : Annum. Share.
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1 --
X a. d. 4 s. d.
1 East London..• •••• • • • Bl' 100 0 0 - 166
Grand Junction ...... 41. per cnt. 50 0 0 - 75
Kent................ 31.105. 100 0 0 - 77
' Lambeth ............ 51. per cut. 100 0 0 - 97
i New Rivr Lndu Brdgo 1 21. 10s. - - 55
• Vauxhall ............ : 51. per cnt. 100 0 0 - 98
. West Middlesex . . . 6/.os. pr cnt. - - 115%
GAS-LIGHT AND COKE COMPANIES.
Dividend Amount
Name of Company. per of Paid. Price.
Annum. Share.
-- ------- -.
X. 5. d. £ . v. d.
British --••..- •• - 11. ,40 0 0 18 0 0 14
Ditto Provincial.... 11. 85. 20 0 0 20 0 0 20
Brighton •• •• -•••• •• 51. 20 0 0 - -
City of London ...... 61. 100 0 0 150 0 0 -
Continental Consolidat. 925. • 75 0 0 31 5 0 -
Equitable- •••••.• •• •• 50s. 50 0 0 50 0 0 26%
Imperial •• ....•• •• •• 31. 50 0 0 50 0 0 693
Independent ........• 61. 40 0 0 40 0 0 48
- 50 0 0 50 0 0 8
- 50 0 0 50 0 0 18
Do., Pall. Preference 61. 25 0 0 210 0
Phoenix . ............ 4161. 50 0- 0 49 0 0 28
ItAteliff .... . ...... 51. 100 0 0 90 0 0 75
United General .....• 7s. 6d. 50 0 0 50 0 0 16
Weatminster Chartered 31. 50 0 0 - 46
Ditto, New .... -. ~ 12s. 50 0 0 10 0 0 9
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i . .
v Dividend Names of I ~..... 'Dividend
Companies. 'ce 1 per , Price. Companies. ti I ,
_Per I Price.
..t
.0 annum. lir , Annum.' it) ,
---- ---i--- -
Ashint Oldh 97 I 71. 1 113
NMacclesfield.t, lOO 2-------1.161105. 174500
Barnsley- .• 1601 121. I 180 .. ea A•• •••• 1 1 .
Brknk&Abrg 150, 51. I 85 Oxford.. -•• 10t I 201. 185
Birmingham 40 41. { 87 Peak Forest. 78131. 181. 70
Coventry.... 101) 251. 210 Regent's -• • 33 11. Os. 1854
Derby ••• • • 100 i 61. 63 Rochdale.... g 5 4l. 50%
Ellsrare&Che 133 568. 41 Somrset Coal 150 , 71.101. 130
Grancl.lunctn :100 51. 86 Do.Lk Fa St 12 61. p. c. -
Grand Surrey 100 21. Os. 30 Stffrd &Wore 140' 281. 410
Grand Union 100, 11. 10s. 24 Shrewsbury.. 125 15i• -
Grantham .. - - - Stottrbridg... 145 201. 300
Kenut & Avn 39 7s. 6d. 5 Severn andl
I
Lancaster.loo -21. 3234 Wye Rail. j 26 •
0 ...
Lee,lo&Livrp 100 2 1 .
_9
241. 320 Warwick&
Leicester .... 1100 51. 66 firming. 1 100 41. 63
Leicstr&Nthl 83 41. 4834 Warwicktej
100 31. 42
Lmahhorogh :142 701. 510 Napton..
Monmouthsh 1100 81. - Worcstr &} 78 31 42
Mntgomrysh 1100 - - firming.
MeitnMwbryl 100 - - Wilts & Brks -14 s. 8

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.. LIST or SCOTTISH COMPANZZAV PRAC.EB
- Dividend Amount
, Name of Company. per of Paid. Price.
3
Annum. Share.
---.---- -----.-
X 8. d. £ s. d
3 B ink of Scotland
British Linen Company 81. . per cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 182
Caledonian Bank
1 City of Glasgow Bank
r Clydesdale Bank -•• •• 634 per cent. 20 0 0 10 0 0 1334
Commercial Bank •• .• 71. per cent. 500 0 0 100 0 0 1681(
' Eastern Bank .. •••• •• 61. per cent. 25 if 0 10 0 0 8%
Edinb.k Glasgow Bank 61. per cent. 5 0 0 5 0 0 51. 3s
1 Eaehangeßnk of Scot 4l. per cent. 100 0 0 50 0 0 8%
Isle of Man. Company 71,
National Bank 634 per cent. 50 0 0 10 0 0 15
Northof Scotland Bank 41. percent. 20 0 0 5 0 0 3%
North British Bank
- - -
Royal Bank of Scotland 51. per cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 13134
Union Bank of Scotland 81. per cent. 100 0 0 50 0 0 90
Western Bank •• •••• • • 71:per cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 72N
Alliance Fire and Life 8341. pr cent. 10 0 0 10 0 0 2034
B. Accord. Life and Fire - 20 0 0 010 0 -
dritish Guarantee Ins. 41. per cent. 10 0 0 1 0 0 15j 01
Caledonian Fire Insur. 10/.pet cent. 100 0 0 10 0 0 23
Co:onial Life ... .... - 50 0 0 1 0 0 IL 3s.
City of Glasgow Life.. 6/. per cent. 25 0 0 2 0 0 2/. 9,
Edinburgh Life Incur. 61. percent. 100 0 0 15 0 0 2034
East of Scotland Life - 10 0 0 015 0 -
Eng. & Scot, Law Life 51. per cent. 50 0 0 217 6 234
Hercules Insurance Ce. 71. per cent. 100 0 0 10 0 0 -
Incur. Co. of Scetlnd.. 5!. per cent. 100 0 0 10 0 0 -
Life Assoc. of Scotland 61. per cent. 10 0 0 1 0 0 11. 10s
Mercantile Life .... •• 334 per et. 10 0 0 010 0 Sc.p 9d.
National Fire and Life a:. per cent. 10 0 0 1 0 0 ,225.6 d
North British Incur... 534 pr cent. 200 0 0 20 0 0 I 24%
North & West of Scot. 61. per cent. 10 0 0 1 0 0 -
Scottish Life and clear.- 2O 0 0 011 0 -
I
Scot. Mas. and Gen. Life - 0 0 015 0 1 -
Scottish Union Ingram 631. pr cent. 20 0 0 1 0 0 /235.8 d
Standard Life •••••• •• 51. per cent. 50 0 0 45 0 9%
United Dep. Assurance 51. per cent. 10 0 0 1 0 0 ,16s Od
IVIZEICEraamEous•
Dividend Amount
Name of Company. per of Paid. Price.
Annum. Share.
£.B.d. Z. a. d.
Auctionpitto,
Half
aair tt
s.
h. .a.r.e.s .... 2/. Sc. ---- 1,0•0•••
50 0 0 - 25
Australian Aericulturi IL 100 0 0 30 0 0 15
Anglo-Mealcan Mint.. IL we. 10 0 0 10 0 0 21
- - 210 0 ....
Canada ......... •• .. 61. per cent. 100 0 0 32 10 0 -
Uppr Canada Bonds 51. poi...cent. - - 89
Pity Navigation .... - - - 91
Gen. Revers. & Invest. sp. c.& bs, 21 100 0 0 100 0 0 94
Equitable Reversionry 5/. pr cent. 100 0 0 j 100 0 0 -
Gen. Steam Navigation 11.85. 15 0 0 14 0 0 2834
London Institution ... - - 78 15 0 ,
Russell Institution.... ' - 26 5 0 _
Peninslr& Orient.Stm. 81. per cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 80%
Reversionary Int. Soc. 4141. pr cent. 100 0 0 ,100 0 0 91
Royal Mail Steam.... 61 18. 4. p. c. 100 0 0 160 0 0 58
South Australian ....• 11. per share. 25 0 0 25 0 0 19
Tan Dieman's Land.. - 100 0 0 1 29 0 0

METROPOLITAN WATERWORKS BILL (HENLEY ON
THAMES AND LONDON AQUEDUCT. )—The object of this
Bill, which stood for second readin4 on Tuesday in the Orders
of the House of Commons, was the introduction into Lon-
don of practically an unlimited quantity of water; so that
every floor of every house shall have water perpetually
supplied to it by constant high service. The source
resorted to is the Henley Reach of the River Thames,
after that river has received the waters of the Kennett
and the Loddon. The purity of the water there is estab-
lished by all past inquiries; and the Bill contains clauses
for the preservation of the navigation of the river. The
water will be brought by an aqueduct sometimes open, some-
times covered, but in no part navigable, to a reservoir at the
foot of Hampstead-hill ; whence it will be pumped up to
such an elevation as to supply the top of the highest house
in London by its own gravity. In times of flood, water
will be poured through the Grand Junction and Padding-
ton Canals, for the purpose of flushing the sewers. The
execution of the powers of the Act is entrusted, not to a
Crown Commission or to a joint stock company, but to a
representative commission, elected in the first instance by
the boards of guardians in the metropolis, and subsequently
by the rate-payers in the same way as they elect guardians
of the poor. No profit is to be derived from the under-
taking. The rate-payers of London are to find money for
the execution of it, and to them the Bill gives, as to them
constitutionally belongs, the administration of the funds
which they contribute. Powers are contained in the Bill for
the purchase of existing water-works, if the companies think
fit to sell them.

Males
Females

A " MAY" SNOWBALL.-01) Sunday last the mail
from the north was delayed nearly a full hour, in consequence
of the obstruction which the train met with from snow.
The carriages on their arrival at Preston were partially
whitened on their tops with snow flakes, and one of the
porters at the station was enabled to collect a snowball—a
rather curious phenomenon in May.— Liverpool Standard.

•.• ; 1

;

I.'HE'','SUICIDE FROM THE YORK
COLUMN.
CORONER'S INQUEST.
Iref,teriltv aft,..rnoon an inquest was held by Mr. Bpd-
ford, the voroncr for Westminster, in the board-room of
St. Martin's workhouse, on the body of M. Henri Se.
Phan, a French gentleman, who committed suicide on
Tuesday morning last, by precipitating himself from the
Ihke cf York's column, in 5... James's Park.

The circumstances atendiog this most apalling act of
self-destruction excited considerable interest, and the in-
quest-room was crowded.
The jury proceeded to view the body of the deceased
gentleman, which presented a mot frightful appearance,
and on their return to the inquest-room the frllowing
evidence was taken:—

Mr. William Fish stated that he was the hail-keeper
at her Majesty's Theatre, and that he knew the de-
ceased, Henri Josephe Stephan, very well. He was 38
years of age, and held the situation cf horn-player in
the orchestra of her Majesty's Theatt e. He saw the
deceased on Monday last, as it formed part of his duty
to cheek the attendance f every person engaged in the
theatre. The deceased then looked sery dull, but wit-
ness had no conversation with him. During the whole
of the present opera season he had appeared duller than
he was last year. Had seen the body and identified it
as that of M. Henri Stephan.
M. Emile Petit, a brother-in-law of the deceased, re-
siding in Gerrard-street, Soho, sail that he was em-
ployed as under ballet-master at her Majesty's Theatre,
and lived with the deceased. Deceased had been very
lull and unwell for a long period. At times he did not
think that he was rational, as he could get no distinct
viewer from him. He frequently complained of a pain
in his chest, and was confused in his mind. He had a
good situation, and his circumstances were not bad. He
(tad not been disappointed in his circumstances.
To a Juror—Knew of no cause whatever for unhappi-
ness, as he held a good situation.
Wiliam Smith, of No. 9, Carey-street, Vincent-
square' stated that he was the keeper of the York
column, and saw the deceased on Tuesday morning, at
about a quarter-pant ten. He looked at a board affixed
to the column, and asked him what was the charge.
Witness answered that it was sixpence, upon which the
deceased took out his purse, and handed witness a three-
penny-piece and threepence in halfpence. When de-
ceased asked the vestien witness saw nothing peculiar
in his manner. Witness then gave another man the
money, and followed the deceased up the column, as it was
his usual practice to do so. When deceased got to the
.op of the column ho immediately turned round in the
opposite direction to the door, and was out of sight of
witness in a moment. He was gone over before witness
had time to reach the top, and therefore he did not see
how h.e got over. The object of witness going up was
the prevention of accidents. Before he was aware of
what had occurred, his attention was drawn to some-
thing from the alarm given by the persons below. The
deceased was not up more than an instant before it oc-
curred. The railings round the column are more than
tour feet in height.
By a Juror—lt would not be possible for any person
to overbalance himself, and fall over the railings.
Mr. H. Hutton, of No. 56, Mortimer-street, Caven-
dish-square, bookseller and stationer, deposed that on
Tuesday morning, at about half-past ten, he was walk-
ing near the York Column, in Waterloo-place, and on
looking up saw a man put his legs over the railings of
the column. He rested for a moment on the stone ledge
in front, then pushed himself forwards, and precipitated
himself from it. In his descent ho turnel round two or
three times, and then struck against the base cf the co-
lumn, finally falling on the foot pavement with his arm
under him. A 12rge pool of blood was immediately
formed froui the injuries he had sustained. He was quite
deal when witness got up to him.
Mr. Hutchinson, of Now-street, Fetter-lane, also
stated that he saw the deceased in his descent. He was
then about 24 feet from the top. The first intimation
he received was from seeing a man's hat come dowc.
The deceased fell head-foremost on the pavement.
Mr. John Bainbridge, surgeon, said that he had made
a post mortem examination of the body of the deceased.
The forehead was much bruised, the right arm was
broken. The bottom of the right foot was also consi-
derably injured, and some of the smaller bones protruded.
There were besides several bruises ou the abdumeneand
both thighs, and the left leg was fractured near to the
knee. The spine was broken and protruded, and on
opening the chest, he found that every rib was broken.
There were besides several other extensive injuries, any
one of which was sufficient to cause death. He had ,
examined the brain, which was perfectly healthy, and he
could find no trace of incipient disease.
The jury deemed any further evidence unnecessary as
to the cause of death.

In answer to the question of the CORONER,
Smith, the keeper of the column, said that no person
was allowed to ascend the column on the day of the
fatal occurrence, but a great number had been admitted
on Wednesday.
The CORONER then summed up the evidence with
great care.

- The Jury returnei a verdict—" That the deceased
came by his death from injuries received by throwing
himself from the York Column while in a state of tempo.
rary insanity."
The Foreman said the jury also wished to add that it
was their unanimous opinion that with a view to the pre-
vention of similar occurrences in future the column should
have the protection of an iron railing on the same prin-
ciple as had been adopted at the Monument in the City
of London.

The CORONER thought, after this event, such a re-
commendation would hardly he required ; but, at any
rate, it should be forwarded to the proper autheritie..

THE HEALTH OF LONDON.
(From the Return of the Registrar-Gdneral.)
jec. The deaths registered in the metropolitan districts
in the week ending last Saturday were, 857. Taking
ten corresponding weeks of the years 1840-9, it
appears that the number now returned is less than
'n the years 1847.9; that it is also less than in 1843,

but greater than in the same week of the other six
years. The average of the seventy weeks is 870, or
corrected for increase of population, 949 ; as com-
pared with the corrected average, the mortality of last
week shows a decrease of 92 deaths. The total deaths
from the zymotic or epidemic class of diseases con-
tinue to be less numerous than usual, amounting only
to 146, while the corrected average is 179; from
smallpox there were 4, from measles 14 ; from hoop-
' ing cough, 36 ; and typhus, 26 ; the mortality from
each of these epidemics being less than the average.
From diarrhoea there were 8, which is about the
average ; this disease exhibits a decline on former
weeks. But scarlatina shows an increase, the num •
hers in the last three returns have been 21, 17, and
25, whilst the average for last week is 24. Five
children under five years of age died of infantile or
remittent fever; four persons of influenza; and 7 of
1% erysipelas. A woman of 54 years died of scurvy.
112 Diseases of the respiratory organs, exclusive of
t% hooping cough and consumption, were fatal to 137
% persons, which is about the corrected average ; from
laryngitis there were four deaths, from bronchitis 51,
as from pneumonia 56, from pleurisy 5, and from asthma
, 13. The mortality from consumption continues un-
usually low ; this disease carried off 116 persons,
whilst the'corrected average is 145 ; and in the cor-
responding weeks of 1840-9 it ranged from 117 to
148. A beershop-keeper, aged 46 years, died of
" bmmatemesis (68 hours)." He is reported to have
)3(2
been an habitual drunkard. The classification of
Od deaths in public institutions shows that 77 persons
3s, were registered as having died in workhouses, 37 in
es hospitals, sin military and naval establishments, and
in lunatic asylums.
217 6 23

MORTALITY in the METROPOLIS

----„--_____—
Id. NUMBER OF DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES REGISTERED Is
6.1 THE WEEK ENDING SATURDAY, MAY 11, 1850.
Epidemic, Endemic, and Contagious Diseases ... *146
Diseases of Uncertain Seat ... ... ... ••• 43
_
- Tubercular Diseases ... ... ... ... ... 159
;V Diseases of the Brain, Nerves, and Senses... ... 123
Diseases of the Heart and Blood-vessels ... ... 37
Diseases of the Lungs, and other Organs of
Respiration ••• ••• ••• ••• ••• ••• 13'
Diseases of the Stomach, Liver, and other Organs
of Digestion... •.. ..• •• ••• •••
Diseases of. the Kidneys, &c. •• ••• Childbirth, Diseases of the Uterus, &e. ... •••...
Diseases of the Joints, Bones, and Muscles ••
Diseases of the Skin, &c. ... ... ...
Malformations... ••• ••• ••• •••
Premature Birth ... Atrophy "'. "'••
••• ••• ••• ••• •••
Old Age
Sudden ... ... ... ... ... •••
34 Violence, Privation, Cold, and Intemperance
Causes not specified ... --

% IDEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES ...

Population
Enumerated,

Deaths in corre-
sponding week
of 1849.
. 149 .
, 181
134 ~
200 ..
241 ..

West Districts... 301,1184189
North Districts.. 376,568
Central Districts 374,199
East Districts ... 393,067
South Districts.. 503,346

... 20
... 24
... 37

... 28

857
Deaths
in the
Week.
131
155
134
190
247

Totals... ..... 1,948,369
Males ~, ~,
Females ...

BIRTHS IN THE WEEK.

... 857
... 430
... 427

... 643
... 677

Total... „. ...1,320
*ln this number are included 25 by Scarlatina, 26
by Typhus Fever, and 8 by Diarrhoea.

THE New PUBLICATIONS.—I. Ryan's " Adven-
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at the Gold Mines," and twenty-three drawings taken on the
spot, 2 volumes. 2. " Ceylon and the Cingalese," by H. C.
Sirr, M.A., late a Deputy Queen's Advocate in the Island of
Ceylon, 2 volumes, with plates. 3. " The Rifle Rangers,"
by Captain Mayne Reid, in 2 volumes, with illustrations.
4. The Countess of Blessington's new Novel, Country
Quarters," with a Portrait and Memoir, by Miss Power, 3
volumes. 5. Mr. Shillinelaw's " Narrative of Arctic Dis-
covery from the Earliest Period to the Present Time," with
Portrait of Sir J. Franklin, and beautiful Maps of the Polar
Regions, from the Admiralty Surveys corrected to 1850, com-
plete in 1 volume. 6. Miss Pardoe's "Flies in Amber; or,
Recreations of a Rambler," 3 volumes ; 7. " Scenes of the
Civil War in Hungary," in 1848-9. By an Austrian Officer.
1 volume. S. Colonel Napier's "Southern Africa," with a
complete History: of the Cape Colony, an account of the Na-
tive Tribes, &c., in 2 volumes,'with portrait of Sir a. Smith,
and numerous embellishments. • • •

•

GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY

We !emu, from goed author:ty, t.,a7 'he pre liction
srh;eh we vrettured to walt« a few days since, that the
;e, tier. r.f L'te,rrol s'lo, el.olders who, under the dicta-
tion and gu'dlace ef W. Williams, the ex-Member
fa. Coventry, hove raised an opposition against the
directors for:mere party purposes; would sustain a signal
defeat. has laPen reali•ecl to a mortifying extent, which
we must confess we did not anticipate. In power and
influence we knew the Liverpool opposition to be
thoroughly insignificant and contemptible, but we did
think that before they determined to put the company to
a large expenditure in issuing proxy stamps, seriously
interrupting the business of the management, and
creating mischievous doubts respecting its wisdom and
efficiency—we did, we repeat, imagine that they
had calculated their forces, and would possibly
make a " deceat death of it." The factious opposition
of the northern section of shareholders has, however,
more than verified the fable of the mountain and the
mouse. After all the bluster and " fury," their noise
really "signifies" a comparative "nothing." They have
literally "moved heaven and earth" in whipping up
proxies, and have resorted to all those little economical
manoeuvres which, in these days of railway depression,
are so well calculated to enlist in their support the
natural nervousness of railway shareholders, but with a
lamentably miserable result. Tha information we have
obtained, and which we believe may be fully relied on,
is, that the directors have had their policy sanctioned by
not only:an overwhelming but an annihilatingimajority of
votes, and an enormous preponderance of the stock of
the company—t) an extent, in fact, that can scarcely
fail to astonish even Mr. W. Williams and his " demo-
nical" friends.

We trust that this defeat will have a proper effect upon
the ex-Member for Coventry and his party.
Since writing the above we have been put in pos-
session of a fact that will, we think, be quite conclusive
with the Great Western shareholders on the injurious
tendency of the niggardly policy which the section
of Liverpool shareholders would, if they could, pursue
in reference to the salaries of the able and zealous offi-
cers of the company. Mr. Seymour Clarke, the present
traffic superintendent of the live, has been in the service
of the company for upwards of 13 years; that is from
its formation. With, perhaps, two or three exceptions
a more valuable officer is not to be found in the com-
pany's service. In the course of the experimental in-
vestigations we have, during the last four or five ) ears,
been permitted by the courtesy of the management to
make or to witness upon the Great Western, on the
questions of railway accommodation and economy,
we have, on numerous occasions, had opportunities
of judging of Mr. Clarke's ability, aid of
his untiring indefatigability in promoting the
interests of the undertaking. We have, nut once, twice,
nor thrice, but more time fifty times, found him at the
Paddington station long before the starting of the
earliest train, and as frequently seen him on the station
to meet the last up train at night. At all times, and
upon all portions of the line, we have witnessed his zeal
and activity, and have on many occasions found our-
selves in the same compartment with him, and seen him,
while on his journey, hard at work," either engaged in
reading his letters, or writing instructions to the station-
' masters along the line, and which instructions we have
noticed him leave at the various stations. Kind-hearted,
but firm, in his conduct to all persons under him, he has
earned a railway character which he may be justly proud
of. At the time the consultation committee commenced
its labours, his thirteen years' hard, valuable, and
very responsible services, had earned for him a
salary of 9001. per annum. The consummation of the
"economy" of the Liverpool section of shareholders
would reduce his salary to GOO/. a year. And what is
the consequence of the attempted introduction of such a
policy? He retires from the compile), whose interests
he has greatly promoted, and goes, at a higher salary.
azi superintendent of the Great Northern Railway. Tots
is the third able officer whose retirement from the ser-
vice is attributable to the wretched policy of the Liver.
pool economists. And this is not all. Inaine.l ately the
report of the consultation committee was circulated, se-
veral cf the valuable assistants resigned their situation,
being utterly without hope of benefiting themselves
atter a long period of service. We are personally cog-
nisant of the fact that the company are at this moment
suffering seriously from the consequences of the econo-
mical interference of Mr. W. W. Williams and his party.
For the apparent saving of a paltry amount per annum
the Great Western Company lose the service, of one of
the most able, if not the most able railway superintendent
of the country. So much for an unjust and a beggarly
economy:—Herald.