The Sun.
London, England, 1850-07-25 00:00:00

LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, JULY 25, 1850.

The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER did not
think he would be able to proceed with the Bill on Friday
in consequence of the Government intending to take
the Committee of Supply on all available nights. lie
would not be able to fix a day fur the Bill until the
Committee of Supply had terminated their labours, but
he hoped to go on with it on an early day.
BUSINESS OF THE HOUSE.

Mr. DISRAELI said it would be very convenient if
the Noble Lord (Lord J. Russell) would state what
Irish business he intended to proceed with on Tuesday
next.

Lord J. RUSSELL replied that he would state to-
morrow the course of busineess on that day.
INSURRECTION IN CEYLON—MIL BAILLIE
AND CAPTAIN WATSON.

Mr. BAILLIE, in rising to ask Lord John Russell
whether he had received a report from the Royal Com-
mission in Ceylon, appointed to inquire into the authen-
ticity •of certain proclamations to which the name
of Captain Watson was attached, and which
be had declared to have been forged, and if he
would lay the report upon the table of the
House, begged the permission of the House while
he entered briefly into a matter which personally con-
cerned himself as well as the Hon. Member for Mont-
The House would recollect that at the nom-
m,ncement of the present session the Noble
Lord (Lord John Russell) accused him of
having made a statement to the House injurious to the
honour and character of a British officer, and which he
supported by forged documents. [Mr. Baillie then pro-
ceeded to read the letter of Captain Watson, stating that
the signatures to the proclamations to which he
(Mr. Baillie) referred were forgeries.]—(Hear, hear.)
He would not have the Noble Lord suppose that there
could be the slightest blame attached to his course of
conduct on that occasion. He. thought that he was per-
fectly right, and he could not have adopted any other
course, and the more so when that letter was written after
great consideration, and under the advice of Sir Emerson
Tennant, who ought to have been perfectly aware of
the existence of those documents, since he was residing
within sixteen miles of Captain Watson at the time, and
remained there during the whole year in which those
documents were published. The answer that he
(Mr. Baillie) had made on that occasion was that
he had received the documents as Chairman of
the Ceylon Committee from gentlemen on whom
h© placed the greatest reliauce, and that the name
of Captain Watson was attached to those documents,
and that he had believed them to be genuine.
Upon a subsequent occasion he stated that, having re-
ceived further information, be was prepared to prove
the signature of Captain Watson by witnesses. The
Committee decided that it was impossible to doubt the
word and honour of a British officer, and the course
which was subsequently adopted, under the advice of
the late Sir Robert Peel, was to address her
Majesty to send out a Royal Commission to Ceylon
to ascertain the truth or falsehood of those
statements. :That Commission went,,, to Ceylon,
and had now made its report, which stated that the sig-
nature of Captain Watson had bt en proved to be genu-
ine, upon the evidence of the parties who actually wrote
the proclamations and saw him sign them; and that

rose.

large numbers were distributed up and down, and that
considerable property had been confiscated under those
proclamations. Under those circumstances he hoped the
Noble Lord would relieve him from the implied cen-
sure, and wt-u'd admit tt at it was himself and not the
Hon. Member who had been made the instrument of
stating what was not true in that House.
Lord JOHN RUSSELL said with respect to the first
part of the Hon. Member's speech, he could only say
that ho had made that statement upon the authority of
the letter which he had received from Captain Watson,
and which he still thought it would have been better if
the Hon. Member had allowed it to rest quiet until

further inquiry bad been made. He musi however
admit that the Hon. Gentleman bad sufficient ground
upon which, to bring forward that charge. The present
state of the case was this, that the Commission had made
a report, which they stated was only a report
drawn up at the moment, and that they would at the
earliest opportunity gelid,' la full report, together
with all the documents and evidence taken in the
matter. Captain Watson bad been made aware of this
report, and still continued his assertion that he never
signed such ploclamation, and that any such signature
must be a forgery. He thought that in such a state of
the case, where they had such confl,cting statements, and
when they considered that this was a charge affecting
Captain Watson's honour, and truth it would scarcely
be fair to proceed further in the matter till they had
all the documents and evidence before them. He should,
therefore, decline to lay the report of the Commission on

the table for the present.
Mr. HUME said, as the Noble Lord complained of
his Honourable Friend having produced the do-
cuments which he did, it was quite neces-
sary for proving the case which he had asserted.
He did not want to say one word more on the subject
of the evidence on the proceedings of the committee.
That would come out when the report agreed to yester-
day was printed and in the hands of lion. Members.
He was awry the Noble Lord had declined to lay the
report in question upon the table, for it threw consider-
able light on the matter in dispute.
Mr. D'ISRAELI said he had no wish to question the
propriety of that course recommended by the Noble
Lord, (Lord J. Russell,) at the same time he (Mr.
Disraeli,) felt it his duty to express his opinion that the
Hon. Member for Inverness was fully justified in taking
this step, for the second report referred to by the Noble
Lord would not probably arrive before Parliament rose,
and his Hun. Fri,nd would nut have had an opportunity
of vindicating liiiin3elf beS)re the House.—(Hesr, hear.)

public, he were to sanction a proceeding directly at
variance with that vote. If any private right were
affected by my decision it would be a different matter;
but I hare the satisfaction of knowing that no private
right of any individual or individuals can be withdrawn
from the consideration of any court or in any manner
affected by my refusal to sanction this information."

PRICES OF SHARES

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

PUBLISHED EVERY TUESDAY AND FRIDAY EVENLNG,

LONDON. TUESDAY, JULY 23.

ZOIMIT.STOCIL LB TILE.

Name of Company.

Australasia • • • • • • • • • •
Britsh North American
Ceylon ••..••• • • • • .
Commercial of London
Colonial ..
Gloucestershire • • • • ••
lonian • .•
Loudn and Westuainstr

London Joint-stock ...
Provincial of Ireland..

Ditto, New.........
tiational of Ireland ..
Sat. l'rovncial of Eng.
iiitt6, New. .•
South Australia ......
Union 01 Australia....

Dividend
per

ALUM.

245.
51. per cent.
71. per cent.
61. per cent.
51. per cent.
151 per cent.
61. per cent.
61. per cent.

.A.=ount
of
Share.

61. per cent.
Si. per cent.
8/. per cent.
51. per cent.
61. per cent.
Si. per cent.
61 per cent.
61. ;er cent.
61. per cent.
61. per cent.

X s. d.
40 0 0
50 0 0
25 0 0
100 0 0
100 0 0

25 0 0
100 0 0

50 0 0
100 0 0
10 0 0
SO 0 0
100 0 0
20 0 0
25 0 0
25 0 0

Ditto ... •• •• ••
Union or London
Union of Madrid

50 0 0
40 0 0

Price.

INS !MANCE: COVICP.II.7VX7IIS.
Dividenu Amount
Name of Company. per of- Paid. Prne
- Annum. Share.
- -
£ s. d. £ s. el.
Albion ...... •• ••• • • • -IL 10s 500 0 0 50 0 0 82
Alliance Brit. and For. 71140604 bs 100 0 0 11 0 0 21
Ditto Marine. •• •• • • 61. per cent. 100 0 0 5 0 0 -
.Itlai . 135.6 d. 50 0 0 5 6 8 1714
British Commercial .. 7s. Gil. 50 0 0 5 0 0 79,
Clericl,Med.& Gen. Life 5
................Si.s ct.& be. 100 0 0 10 0 0 20
County
14s. 50 0 0 5 0 0 1434
Ea-;le ......
European Life •••• •• 4% per cent. 20 0 0 All paid. 15
General .. -- •• .... - - 5 0 0 .5%
GI JtJt - 128%
G.iardian
Imperial Fire .. •• •• • • 121. per cent. 500 0 0 50 0 0 230
Imperial Life --•• •• 12s. 100 0 0 10 0 0 16%
Indemnity Marine •• • • 11.3 h. & bs. 100 0 0 20 0 0 -
Law Fire -- - - .... - 100 0 0 210 0 2%
Law 1 ife........ •• .. 11. 165. 100 0 0 10 0 0 42t
Leval and General Life - 50 0 0 2 0 0 4%
Licensed Victuallers .• - 5 0 0 1 0 0 -
Lo.,clen Fire --•• •• 10s. 25 0 0 12 10 0 17%
London Ship .... •• •• 10s. 25 0 0 12 10 0 171,,
elarine - ........... 12s.per share 100 0 0 15 0 0 11
lied. Invlid &Gen. Life 4%1. per ct. 50 0 0 2 0 0 -
.iational Lean Fund 51. per cent. 20 0 0 210 0 -
N.ational Life •• • -
Palladium Life ......
'homix - - 145
Professional Life -5/. per cent. G 5 0 010 0 12s. Gd
Pi otector Life • ... ... 51. per cent. - I
Provident Life" •..... 11. 53. & bs. 100 0 0 10 0 0 26
'cock Life -.... .. .... 55. 5 0 0' 010 0 6
!loyal Exchange 6l. per cent. Stock. t - 209
Sun Fire - ....• .... _ 6l. 10s. - 1 - 209
Ditto Life Il. Cs. - : - 48
United Kin.;dom
universal Life lO% pr cnt. 100 0 0' 10 0 0 -
Victoria Life ••.. - I 412 0 4A,
DOMED.
Dividend Amount
Name of Company. per of Paid. Price.
Annum. Share.
X e. d. £ ii. d.
East and West India... 61. pr cent. Stock. - 140
East Country - 21
London .......Si. pr cent. Stock. - 120
Ditto Bonds.. •• •• .. 41. per cent. - - -
it.l:atharine •••• .• •• 4 per cent. Stock. - 83%
Ditto, Scrip.. •• •• . • - - 85 0 0 .-
Ditto lionds• • • • .. • • 4%1. pr cent. - 1 - -
Southampton •• -••- '2l. per cent. 50 0 0 ' 50 0 0 8%
EIMEDGES
Dividend i Amount
Name of Company. per of Paid. Price
Annum. Share.
------- - -
,X. e. d. X. 5. d.
Charing-cross.• • • •• •• - - - 15
Southwrk ••..•• • • • • - ,100 0 0 - 2
Ditto Nw of 7% p.c. 355. per cent. 50 0 0 - 16
Waterloo •••••• • • •• •• - 100 0 0 - ate
Ditt 4 Old Ann. of 81. 11. 4s. Od. - 60 0 0 24%
Ditto Nw ditto of 71. I I/. Is. Od. - 40 0 0 21
Vauxhall .......A. 1 11. 70 10 3 - 18
W.A.TER-WOIZILS
Dividend Amount
Name of Company. per of Paid. Price.
Annum. Share.
.-------- -
£ S. d. £ s. d.
East London..•• •••• •• 81. 100 0 0 - 166
Grand Junction •• •• •. 41. per cnt. 50 0 0 - 73
tient •••••• •• •• •• .• •• 31. 10s. ,100 0 0 - 77
Lambeth - 97
New Myr Lndn Brdge 21. 10s. - - 55
Vauxhall ............ 51. per cnt. 100 0 0 - 98
West Middlesex . . . '61.05. pr cnt.! - - 115
GAS-LIGHT AND CORE COMPANIES.
Dividend Amount
Name of Company. per of Paid. ?rice.
Annum. Share.
- --
X. s. 4. L. s. d.
British •• •• •• .• •• •• •• 11. 40 0 0 18 0 0 14
Ditto Provincial.• •• 11. 85. 20 0 0 20 0 0 t 18%
Brlt:iton ............Si. 20 0 0 - -
City of London .. •• • • 6/. 100 0 0 ISO 0 0 -
ContinentalConsolidat. 925. 75 0 0 31 5 0 -
Equitable. • ...... •• •• 50s. 50 0 0 50 0 0 28
Imperial ...... -•• • • 3/. 50 0 0 50 0 0 70
Independent ....... - 61. 40 0 0 40 0 0 48
Lcndon.• .......... • • - 50 0 0 50 0 0 -
- 50 0 0 50 0 0 -
Do., Parl. Preference Cl. 25 0 0 2 10 0 -
I-lie:nix . - .......... 4%1. 50 0 0 49 0 0 29
Ritcliff .... . ........ 5/. 100 0 0 90 0 0 75
United General ...... 11. 50 0 0 50 0 0 35%
Westminster ChartereC 31. 50 0 0 - 47
Ditto, New .. .. -... 12s. 50 0 0 10 0 0 51,4