The Sun.
London, England, 1844-01-12 00:00:00

Intrb Nbition

SUN-OFFICE, Seven o'Cloch

PRICES OF SHARES

IN CANALS, RAILWAYS, BANKS, ASSURANCE
AND OTHER COMPANIES' STOCK.

LONDON, FRIDAY, JAN. 12.

Dividend
per
Annum,

Amount

'Names of Copa-
-1 ponies.

Paid. Price.

Share.

Canals.
Ashton and Oldham
Ashby.de.la-Zouch..av
Basingstoke
Breckneck & Abergay
Birmingham, I.ltlth sh
Do. and Liverp. June
Chelmer Sz•Blaawater
Coventry . . ....
Crean-151rd ..
Dudley
Derby ... .. ... ••••••
Danube and Mayne
Elloszaere and Chaster

Z a. U. 1
1 7:

171
190 0 0 11

- ;105
41 13 4 i SF

Erewash
Forth and Clyde
Grand Junction..-
Grand Union .. .
Grand Surrey
Grand Wettern ... . . ...-
Glamorgansh., ay. cost
Gloucester & Berkeley
Grantham
Huddersfield ..........av
Kennet and Avon ...av
Lancaster av
Leeds and Liverpool...
Leieester
Leicester & Northerly
Loughborough ........ev
Monmouthshire
Montgomeryshire
Mellon Mowbray
Mersey and Irwell
Macclesfield... ........
Neath
Oxford
Peak Forest .17
Regent's (or London).*
Rochdale. av
Shropshire
Somerset Coal
Do. Lock Fund Stock
Stagbrd and Worcester
Shrewsbury
Stourbridge .....
Stratforthon-Avon...av
Swansea ...........
Severn & Wye &
Trent & Mersey, sh.
Tames k Medway..av
Warwick and Binning.
Warwick and Napton
Worcester & Binning
Wilts and Berks .av

irno -7) 0

no O 0

X2lO

Wisbeach
Wey and Arun

Docks.
I.Conunercial
East and West India
London
Ditto Bonds
Bristol at
De. Ends, var. amounts
St. Katharine.,....
Ditto 80nd5.,„.,..,,....
Ditto Bonds .....
Southampton

nridgreS
Southwark, new Subs.
Ditto New of 7% pr c
Waterloo
Ditto Old Ann. el 84
Ditto New ditto of 71
Ditto
VaultfialL ,ay

Assurances.
Albion.... ..............
Alfred Life
Alliance Brit. and Por
Ditto Marine .....
Atlas
Birmingham Fire
British Fire
British Commercial
Cler. Med. & Gen. Life
County
Eagle.... .......
Economic Lite ......

European Life
Ditto New
Freemasons
Globe
Guardian
Hope Life
Date Fire
Imperial Fire
Ditto Life
Indemnity Marine......
Law Life
Legal and General Life
London Fire
Ditto Ship
National Loan Fund
"Palladium Life .....,,,«
Protector Life
Provident
Rock Life
R yal
Sun Fare
Ditto Life
University
Universal Life
Union Fire and Life
Joint Stk Banks
Australasit. .........
Ditto New
Brit. North American
Commercial of London
Colonial
London & Westminstr
Ditto New...........
London Joint Stock
Metropolitan
Provincial of Ireland
Ditto New
National of Ireland
Nat. Prov instal Englnd
Ditto New
Glotmeatersh ire ~..
Union of Australia
Union of London
Gasliffht 4. Coke
84th.......... ...........
British
Ditto Provincial —.
Birmingham
Binning. & Staflbrdsh
Bristol
8right0n8right0n..................

..
Ditto
City of London
Ditto New
Continental Consolid.—
Ditto New....... .......
Equitable
Imperial
Isle of Thanet
Independent .....
Phoenix
Ratcliff
South Metropolitan
United
Westmins. Chartered
Ditto New..........•...• •
Water Works
Birmingham
Nast London
Grand Junction .av
Rent
Nw Riv. Lon. Bridg An
Manchester and Salford
Vauxhall, late S. Lond.
West Middlesex .av
Yrk Bulig Co.Les.Pr op
Iron Railways.
Birmingham & Derby
Binning. & Gloucester
Bristol and Exeter
Cheltenhm & Gt. West
Clarence..«..»,„
Eastern Counties.,
Edinburgh & Glasgow
Ditto New
Grand Junction.... ... .
Great North of Engkial
Great Western
Ditto Half Shares
Dirt* Fifths ....... .....
Hull and Selby .......
Leeds and Selby
Liverpool & blanchestr
Ditto Half-Shares
Ditto Quarter-Shares
London and Brighten
Ditto Loan Notes...—
London and BLckwall
London and Greenwich

London and Biriningh.
Ditto Quarter-Shares
Ditto Thirds
London and S. Western
London and Croydon
Manchester and Leads
Ditto New Shares
Manchstr and Binning
Ditto Extension
bliolland Counties

North Mid1and..........,

Do. 34-Sh., iu. JO die.
Northern and Eastern

Ditto ScriP, iss.sl. dig
Paris and Rouen

Atoektul k Darlington

South East. and DOver
Ditto New, iM. 25 dig.
York and N. Midland..,

Ditto New kiharee
• Mines.
♦lbicn Copper
Alten

Anglo 141 ex., iss. 5/. p.m
Ditto Subscription
Bolanos
Dltt Scrip
Brasil. Imp. iss. 5/. p.m
Do. Moosub. & Coc. U.
Do. St. John Del Rey
British Iron .....
Candonga.
Ditto Registered
Cobre Copper
Copiapo.... ..........
Columbian, iss. 54 p.m.
fieneral Mining

Hibernian

Imperial Slate Compy
Mexican

Mining Co. of Ireland
Real del Monte, Unrx
Ditto Loan Notes

ahymney 1r0n.....
Santiago de Cuba...—
United Mex.,iss.2L pm
Ditto Scrip
Ditto New Scrip

Literary.
Landes with Sin. Ticket
London University
Russell .........
King's College .. ...
Miseelianeous.
Anglo Mexican Mint.
Australian Agricultur.
'Slit. American Land,.
Canada ...... .. . .
Upper eanada Bonds
Capper Miners' Comp

Gen. Steam Navigation
Iberian Mercantile Co.

Ditto
Property
Net. Weed Pay., isa.
Mex. and S. American

New Brunswick (Lanai)
New Zealand ..... .......
Penina. & Orien. Stearn

Royal Mail Steam

Ii ei,ersionary Int. Soc.

giouth Austialian

limes Tunnel.
Van -Diersen 'a Land ...

100 0 0
Stock
Stock

147 9 0

Steck

be -;
0.

50 0 0
33 2 S
5000
102 0 0

70 10 3

500 0 0
25 0 0
100 0 0
100 0 •
50 0 0
250 0 0
250 0 0
50 0 •
100 0 0
100 0 0
50 0 0
1000 0 0
20 • 0
20 0 0
20 0 0
Stock
100 • 0
25 0 0
25 0 0
500 0 0
100 0 •
100 0 0
100 0 0
50 0 0
2509
25 0 0
20 0 0
50 0 0
29 9 0
100 0 0
5 0 0
Stook

100 0 •
100 0 0
2tOu 0 0

40 0 0

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0

101 0 0
100 0 0
100 0 0
50 0 0
25 0 0
100 0 0
10 0 0
50 0 0
100 0 •
20 0 0
50 0 0
25 0 0
50 0 0

20 0 0
4000
20 0 0
77 10 u
50 0 0
20 • 0
20 • 0
20 0 0
100 0 0
100 0 0
75 0 0
50 9 0
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100 . 0 0
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16 13 4
12 15 4
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22 0 0
41 6 10
13 15 9
100 0 0
50 0 0
70 • 0
70 0 0
100 • 0
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50 0 fl
50 0 0
20 0 0
100 0
50 0
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62 10 0 135
28 0 0
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69 e e 35
80 0 e 70
25 0 0 29
48 e 0 22

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100 0 0 6
70 0 • 6
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93 0 0
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100 0 0 20
100 0 0 8
76 0 0 10
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100 0 0 211
50 0 0
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PA NIES' PRICES
1844.

134%
103

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56 0 • 50
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90 0 0 14
25 9 0 28

QUEEN'S BENCH.-(THIS DAY.)
(Continued from our Afternoon Edit'on.)
CARPUE V. THE LONDON AND BRIGHTON RAILWAY
COMPANY.
This was an action brought by Dr. Carpue against V e Lon-
don and Brighton Railway Company, to recover compensation
for the injuries suffered by him in consequence of the accident.
which occnrred about two years ago, in the Copyhold Cutting,
to one of the trains by which Dr. Carpue was passenger. The
case was tried before Lord Denman in the sittings after Michael-
mas term, 1842, and the jury had found for the plaintiff for
verdict
aside. Gene and a new trial had e
ralahad afterwards obtained
r
a2asor
nonsuitul. Ile a
nisiam thoe So
l
thenhtehe
d ground ofmisdirection by the Learned
gentered,es to. si:
Judge, and also on the ground that the action had not been
commenced within the time limited by the Act of Parliament,
and also that the proper notice of venue as required by the Act
had not been given.
Lord DENMAN having read the notes of the evidence, and of
the summing up, said that it would perhaps be more conve-
nient for the Court to hear the arguments on both sides as to
construction of the limitation section of the Act of Parliament
before proceeding to the other points.
The ATTORNEY-GENERAL then proceeded to show cause
against the rule, contending that the 253 d section of the Brigh-
ton Railway Act was never intended to apply except with re-
ference to the Parliamentary powers of the Company to make
and continue the railway, and not to that business, the business,
namely, of carriers, which that Company carried on in common
with any other persons who went upon the railway. If their
Lordships would look at the declaration they would see
1 that the action had been brought against them as
carriers, and not as proprietors of the railway.
It had been brought against them, not as a railroad company,
but as persons entitled in common with all her Majesty's sub-
jects, to carry on the business of carriers. The declaration stated
that they were propiietors of a certain railway, and of eertain
carriages used thereon, for the purpose of conveying goods and
chattels, and passengers, upon the said railway ; and also upon
certain other railways, to wit, upon the London and Greenwich
railway, and upon the London and Croydon railway.
Now, upon the London and Greenwich railway, and upon
the London and Croydon Railway they were only carriers, and
it would be odd if it should be held that they were under a dif-
ferent contract with their passengers with regard to that por-
tion of the journey which was performed over the London and
Greenwich or the London and Croydon, and that which was
performed over the London and Brighton Railway. The action
had been brought against them as carriers, and as carriers only.
They had contracted to convey the plaintiff upon other railways
besides their own, and the contract was one entire contract, and
the section of the Act of Parliament with regard to the limita-
tion of the iisne for bringing the action, and to the notice of
venue did not apply. Thy were sued as carriers, and as car-
riers they were responsible for travelling at a rapid rate when
the state of the railway was such as to render such a rate of tra-
velling dangerous. As carriers they were bound to know that
the state of the road was not safe. If they were proprietors as
well as carriers, they had the better means of knowing the state
of the read. The 253 d section of the Act applied to them only
as proprietors, and not as carriers. The action had been
brought against them as carriers, and therefore the 253 d section
of the Act did not apply.
Mr. HAYES and another followed on the same side.
The SOLICITOR-GENERAL in support of the rule contended
hat the action had been brought against the defendants as
proprietors of the railway, and not as carriers. The evidence
which had been given at the trial had been given to prove the
faulty constrnction of the railway—now, if the action had
been brought against them as carriers only, the evidence would
36 not apply to the case. In the summing up the Learned Judge
had stated that the plaintiff was not bound to prove the cause of
the accident, inasmuch as the defendants having the whole con-
-34tr0l of the railway, negligence was to be presumed against them
in case of accident, and they were bound to show that the
kaccident had not been occasioned by any negligence on their
part. The case, had the trial proceeded, rested entirely upon the
34 assumption that the defendants were the proprietors of the
railway. If it had not proceeded upon that assumption, there
would have been no case to go to the jury. The statement in
the declaration was that the defendants were the proprietors
.., and owners of a certain railway ; now, that statement could
not have been made against any other of her Majesty's subjects
u carrying on the business of carriers. The averment was that
4 the accident had occurred on the railway of which the defend-
ants were proprietors. It was as proprietors only that the
action had been brought against them, and as such they were
entitled to notice.
Mr. Justice PATTESON— The section says that they shall
.34 be entitled to notice in case of any action brought against them
) for anything done or omitted ti be done, in pursuance of the
1 Act. Now, as at present advised, Ido not see that taking
ei, people into carriages as passengers, driving them negligently,
and breaking their necks, can be called an omission. It is do-
' ing something cal elessly, not omitting to do, and certainly it is
'74 not anything done in pursuance of the Act. A clause of this
1% sort ought to be construed very strictly.
1 The SOLICITOR-GENERAL submitted that the 'action had
% been brought against the Company for having omitted to keep
the read in proper repair, that that was an omission within the
meaning of the 253 d section of the Act, and that, therefore,
they were entitled to the notice. He therefore submitted that
the rule for a nonsuit must be made absolute.
Mr. SWANN followed on the same side.
The Court.r then called upon the Attorney-General to pro-
ceed with the other branch of the argument, but it was ulti-
% mately arranged that the argument in that part of the case
should be deferred until to-morrow, as the Solicitor-General
was obliged to leave the Court.
HARE V. BARSTOW.
% This was an action brought by Sir John Hare, against the
Secretary to the Yorkshire Insurance Company, to recover
the amount of insurance alleged to be due to him for the
damage done by fire to his oil mills, situated in Bristol, which
34 had been insured by the Society. The defendant had con-
tended that the insurance having been effected op the oil mill,
Jr the plaintiff et:mid only recover 2761., the amount of damage
*-!,5i done to that portion of the premises used for crushing linseed,
which sum was paid into Court, and that he had no right to
'134
recover for damage done to any other portion of the premises.
) The case was tried before Lord Denman at the Guildhall in
A 1842, and the jury had found for the plaintiff for 2201. , The
I Attorney-General had subsequently obtained a rule nisi for a
i_
4, nonsuit, on the ground that there was no evidence to go to the
jury, or for a new trial, on the ground that evidence had been
r34N admitted as to the value of the machinery, which was inad-
miscible.
Mr. ERLE now showed cause against the rule, and contended
that it was aquestion for the jury to decide whether the term " oil-
) mills" was used for the purpose of deiignating the whole of the
premises, or for the purpose of designating that portion
only which was used for crushing 'linseed; and it would be seen
from the proposal that the term oil-mills had been used to de-
signate the entirety of the premises, which were known in
% Bristol as Hare's oil-mills ; neither could there be any doubt that
Sir John Hare had intended to effect the insurance upon the
entirety of the premises, and that he had imagined that he had
so effected his insurance. In a case of that sort could it be
said the construction of the policy should be left to the
Judge alone, and that there was nothing to go to the
jury ? He apprehended not, and there was no ground
for making the rule for a nonsuit absolute. With re-
spect to the evidence as to the value of the machinery,
1 he- apprehended that, as the question was one entirely of value,
the evidence was clearly admissible, and, as the contest was,
whether the insurance was meant to cover the whole of the
machinery, or only one portion of it, evidence as to value was
admissible as evidence of identification. He therefore sub-
mitted that this rule must be discharged.
Mr. ROBINSON followed on the same side.
Lord DENMAN said that the Court would hear the remainder
of the arguments to-morrow.
es

EXCHEQUER-(THIS DAY).
Sittings at Nisi Prins, before Mr. Baron ROLFE and a
Common Jury.)
COPPING P. THE PROPRIETORS OF THE PRINCE ALBERT
STEA M-BOAT.
This was an action brought by the plaintiff to recover com-
pensation, in damages, from the defendants. It appeared the
1•4 plaintiff and the defendant had paid the usual fare for being
S taken to Sheerness in the Prince Albert steam-boat. The
commander of the boat, Captain Ingram, having, for some
)34 reason or other, errroneously taken up the idea that the
plaintiff and his friends were pickpockets, which he openly de-
-44 dared them to be, stopped at Gravesend, refusing to take
them to Sheerness, and had the party put on shore. For this
breach of contract the plaintiff brought his action. The de-
-34 fendants paid :31. into Court as a satisfaction. -
The case having been proved, the jury found for the plaintiff
—Damages, 501.

COMMON PLEAS.-(THIS DAY.)
(Continued from our Afternoon Edition.)
SMART V. woxEs.
This was an action upon a bill of exchange for 1,000/. It
% was tried at Westminster, in the nisi prius sittings of last term,
when a verdict was returned for the defendant, upon the plea
that the debt represented by the bill had been paid. A rule nisi
II had been since obtained for a new trial, the arguments upon
which occupied the greater part of this day, and was not con-
cluded when the Court rose.

• STATE OF TRADE.
There has been rather a larger business done this
week in the principal articles of consumption, but
'u stocks have been sufficiently heavy to prevent any
material advance in prices. The accounts to hand
from Bombay, China, and America, have had no
tt small effect on our business and the trade of the
manufacturing districts, as it is evident, from the
,*4 range of prices for goods in India, that no ship-
i% merits of much weight will be made should spinners
insist on advanced rates, whilst the latest letters from
the cotton-growing States of America are calculated to
enhance the prices here of the raw material, as the esti-
mate of crop has been reduced, and shipments now arriv-
ing will leave a loss that may fairly be estimated at seven
per cent. on the amount invested ; luckily, however,
the planters have been the principal shippers, and the
losses will, consequently, be of far less moment to our
merchants, whose orders have been given at rates much
below the currency of the principal cotton markets in the
States. One rather important statement is reported in
IN some correspondence, to the effect that the southern
banks were again assisting the planters to withhold their
% crops from market, and that, whilst the stocks in the
port were accumulating, prices were also advancing,
under the influence of such assistance. Let us, however,
hope, that the severity of past losses has not so soon been
forgotten. Here we have had a lively market, with
7 large sales, chiefly to speculators, at prices a shade
5534 higher ; yesterday, especially, an enormous business was
dose, roughly estimated from 18,000 to 20,000 bales.
The excitement in the share market has apparently
blown over, and the transactions are not so numerous.—
Liver-pool ercury.

SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS.
FROM THE EVENING PAPERS OF DAY.
GLOBE.—W hen Sir Robert Peel's evil genius
, prevailed over the Right Hon. Baronet's pro-
verbial caution, and induced him to consent to
the prosecution of the repeal leaders, the arch-
' fiend's triumph was complete. The Rubicon
was passed. To recede was impossible; to go
forward was fraught with fresh perils at every
step ; while the end was yet more fear-
ful than the dangers of the way. From
the hour that this ill-advised and impolitic course
was determined on, one blunder has succeeded
to another. Defects of necessary forms have
multipled to an extent beyond all precedent in
any former State prosecution. The law officers
'134 of the Crown have acquired an unenviable cele-
brity for deficiency of caution, or a destitution of
the requisite legal ability, unequalled in any
p who have been intrusted with the offices they
qi hold. Ridicule, provoked by their self-created
rM
embarrassments, has subsided into scorn for
5i the petty, paltry advantages by which they
have sought to fetter the traversers in
preparing for their trial. This feeling,