The Sun.
London, England, 1842-10-25 00:00:00

Cbirti Wtittton

SUN-OFFICE, Seven o' Clock.

PRICES OF CANAL, DOCK, ASSCR-
ANCE COMPANY SHARES, &c. &C. &c.

LONDON, TUESDAY, OCT. 25.
Flirt
Number Dividend
of per CANALS. per
Shares. Annum. Paid. Share.
1,7( 6 7 per cent. A.shton & Oldham...Average97l.l3s.sh. 93
1,4'2 41. Ashby-de-la-Zouch .....Average 1131.5 h. 72
.WO ......... Basingstoke.... ............ lOOl.Sh . 5
j,obs 51. Br ecknock and Aber gavenny lsol.sh. 92
5,090:1•16th. 101. Birmingham. 1-16th share ....611.& 711. 172
1,000 ....... Ditto .& LiverpoolJunct.l9 t. sh .100 pd 11
600 31. Bridgewater and Taunton.lol4.o. all p.l --
409 51. Ghelmer and i3laakwater iv... sh 101
500 321. Coventry 1001. sh. 310
......... Cr0yd0n............ Average3ll.2s.lod. sh .
- ___lool.sh. 93

2,e011: if. os. Dudley
1001. sh . 120
600 131. Derby
0.000 4 per cent. Danube and Mayne 411.135. 4d.pd 31
3,5751 4, Ellesmere and Chester Avei zg e 133;,,E b. 18
231 821 Erewash .. .....1001.5n. 715
6,485 811. Forth and Clyde lOOl. lb. 1001. pd. 1:2
11,153 71. Grand Junction ICol.an 118
2,8491 251. Grand Union lool.sh .27
1,500 ......... Grand Surrey...... __ ..„ 1001. sh. 15
1,0001 4/. percent. Ditto (optional) Loan IEOI.
3,036 .. .. ... Grand Western u 11. sh. allpd 10
600 13. 12s. 85 . Glamorganshirc, Aver. costl72l. 13s. 4d. 210
740 121. Grantham .....,.... .............. . -1501.111. =9,,
8 228
100 ....»... Kensingtoa lot; :h. allpd 10
25,328 01.155. Kennet and Avon, Av. 391.185. 10d. sh 12A
11,0991 11. 10s. Lancaster Average 47/. Cs. 6d . 27
2,8971 301. Leed sand Liverpool lool.sh 680)2
545 f It 1. 10s. Leicester 1401.11. 145
1,897 51.0.. Leicester & Northampton Aver 831.10e 71
2,409 101. Monmouthshire 1001.1113 200
25C 131. Melton Mowbray
600 254 Mersey and Irwell lool.sh. 540
3,000 11.102. Macclesfield lOOl. sh. all pd. 15
24.7 Pl. Neath lool.sh. 3€5
9.4xn 51. Peak Forest Average about 781. sh. 25
1,418 %1. Regent's (or London) Av.33l.lBll.Bd.shiEle,.
b,octl 61. Rochdale Average 861.5 h. 51'
500 Si-. Shropshire 125/ sh 135
801) 111, 10s. Somerset Coal .. . ..... -...... .... . .1501.3 h. 170
3,800/. 6 per cent Ditto Lock Fund Stock ............. 108.
700 3EI. Stafford and Worcester. ............ 1401.5 h . 68G
500 151, Shrewsbury .............................. 1251. eh. 280
300 91. 3t aurbridge ..-.......-. ... -. ... 1451. s h . 396
3,G47 IL 01. Stratford.on-Avoi. ttver....791. .... d. sh. n 3
533 Int Swansea ... . ... - . .................. 100/.sh. :30
3,762 21. IN. Severn and ........ .......... Av. 261.95. sh. 45
2,6001 sh. 32/. 10s. Trent and Mersey', 1 share WO/. sh.
6,140 ......... Thames and Medway Av. 191. ss. Bd. sh. 2
11135("1 14/. Warwick and B;rmingham lool.sll 104
Imoish.
980 10/. Warwick and -.laptcon lOOl. sh. 117
7000 41, Worcester & Birmingh.am Av. 781.81. sh. 521,
365. Wilts and Berk.s Average 671. 10s. &1.. sh. 1131
X6OO 66. Wyrlev and Essington 125/. sh 74
.26 .• .., Wlsneacn -1 3 h -
.
905 a Wet and Aeon.
DOCKS.

,1101.bn. 20

2."° & 1 3p. c. Commerc al ........ /Oa sh . 12
1,065i5h.
5 per cent. East and West India ....Stock
Stock 110
11,235,31C11. 311. p.ct. London •••••.. 84
Ditto Bonds 100%
2,209 31.65. sd. Bristol Average 14-1. Is. sh . 75
69,321/. 5/. per cent. Ditto Notes, various amount; lOll
3.!2,752 5 percent. St. Katharine Stock 104
s(10,000 41 per cent. Ditto Bonds
100
20,1 (10 4 per cent. Ditto Bonds for 10 years
..•.,, ...... *SO Deptford Pier 'O/. sh. 201. pd 10
BRIDGES.
1.600 1/. Hammersmith 50/.lh. 2134
7,231 Southwark, Old ..... -..Av. 631.2 x Bd. eh.
1,710 1/. 155. Ditto, New. of 71 per cent., 50/.lh. 19
0,000 ......... Waterloo 1001. sh. 3
5,000 .2s. Oti. Ditto, Old Annuities of 8/ 60/.1)4 18%
5,000 19s. 3d. Ditto, New Ditto of 71. ..- 4Ol. pd 16'
34
60,0001. 51. per cent. Ditto Bonds
5,848 27s Vauxhall .......,.Average 701.101.3 d. sh IS
ASSURANCE COMPANIES.
2,000 3110 s Albion ............. .......... .5001. sh. 50/. pd 69
541.000 (6 per mi
1 and 15e. l Allianceßritish &Foreignlool. sh . 111. pd 13%
51,000 6 per cent. Ditto, Marine ...«...........100/. sh. 5/. pd 5%
24,000 11. per sh. Atlas .501. eh. 51. pd 14%
1,20015 h. 51. Birmingham Fire 2501. 5h.551. pd 107%
20,000 4/. per cent. British Fire 2501. sh. 501. pd 41
12,000 61. per cent. British Commercial .501. sh. 5/. pd 134
5,000 U. per cent. Clerical & Medical Life, 1001. sh. 21101 pd 6%
4.000 31 Os County lOOl. sh. 10/. pd JO
20,000 ss. Eagle.
r„,„ S 5 per cent.l Economic Lite.. ..... ....10001.sh. 2501. pd 406
'' ? and 301 WO
2,271 22s.pereent. European Lite 20/.lh. all p 4 22
50,000 2s. Ditto, New ..... ............ 2ol.sh. 21. pd 1 Ifi
10)0,9001. fl. per ct Globe Stock 122
20,000 51. Guardian
30,000 4s. Od. Hope 5O/. sh. 51. pd n%
2,400 51. 12s. 6d. Imperial Fire 5OOl. oh. 50/. pd 142
7,500 10e. fd. Imperial Life lOO/. sh. 10/. pd 11
13,459 5/. per cent. Indemnity Shrine lOO/.sh. 81. pd 3434
1,020 3110 s Kent Fire sol.sh. all pd 91
31. Ditto Life 5O/..pd
10,000 tas Law Life lOO/.lh. 10/. pd 33
5,000 Ids. London, Fire 251. sh. 121. 10a. pd 17
3,900 Mr. London, Ship 251. eh. 121. 10e. pd 17
1,000.0001. ... ..... Minerva Life 1001. eh.
25,000 5/. per cent. National Loan Fund... 201. sh 2/. 101. pd 2%
30,800 5!. per cent. Palladium Life 501. sh. 21. pd
50,000 5/. per cent. Protector 'Ale 201. sh. 2/. pd 18N Od
20,000 4 per cent. Protestant Dissenters ...AGM sh. 5/. pd 5%
11.500 1/. Provident Lice ........ ... . . 1001. sh. 10/, pd 90
001,060 4e. Od. flock Life ............ .................... 21. pd 4
6i9,2'201 51. per cent. Royal Exchange Stock 170
6,009 5 per cent. University Life 1001. sh. 51. pd 11
10,000 4 per cent. United Kingdom Life 1001. sh. 51. pd-
JOINT STUCK BANKS.
25,000 Agric. and Corn. of Ireland2sl. sh. 10/. pd
15,000 8 per cent. Australasia 40!. eh. 401. pd 52
mom 10 per cent. Bank of Birmingham 501. eh. 10/. pd 13%
10,000 19 per cent. Birmingham Bank ..... 5Ol. sh. 161. pd 13%
33,000 6 percent. London 8z Westminster 1001. sh. 204 pd 22%
60,000 5/. London Joint Stock 50/. sh. 10/. pd 13
3,009 4 per cent. Lancaster lOOl. sh. 201. pd 30
25,000 111 per cent. Liverpool 1001 sh. 1211. pd 19
50,000 71 percent. Manchester and Liver /
pool Diszonnt 5O/.sh. 151. pd 1934
20,000 7 per ce.t. Manchester IOW. sh. 10/. pd 4,,5'
10,000 6 per cent. Provincial Bank of Irelandlool.sh. 251.0 44
10,000 6 cr cent National Bank of Ireland 50/. sh. 1714 pd 15%
10,000 6 perp cent National Provincial Eng.lool. oh. 354 pd 55%
10,008 Ditto New... 101. sh. 10/. pd 10%
10,000
6,000 10 per cent. Hampshire 5Ol. sh. 5/. pd 0%
GAS LIGHT AND COKE COMPANIES.
2,500 163 Od Bath 901. sh. 161. pd 22
5,1)00 ...... ... British 401. sh. 161. pd 1934
mn (.st.7,ercent.i. Ditto Provincial 2Ol. sh. 191. pd 23U
" 1 nd Ils. Cs.
928 51 101 Slim-Ingham 501. sh. 101
4,250 21 Os Bristol 2Ol. sh. 26
201. sh. 14
2,250 31 lOs Brighton
201. sh l6/. pd 9
750 31 101 Ditto, New
2,471 43 per cent Brighton General 2O/. ,h. allpd 934
4,600 71. 103. Continental Consolidated ..75/. 6211. rid 110
1,000 101. City of London . .100/. sh. all pd 195
1,000 6/. Ditto New 1001. sh. 751. pd 150
4,000 31.05. Equitable 5O/. pd 2.1
10,000 N. per cent. Imperial 3Ol. eh. fig
800 5/. per cent, Isle of Thanet 25/. sh. 201. per ig
2,350 6/. per cent. Independent 'MI. 311. all r.. so
9,000 M. per aent. Pluienix 5O/. sh. 39/. pet 3134
1.000 4/. per cent. Retciiff lOOl. sh. 801. pd 63
4,000
9,0110 51.nt. United General 50/. sh. 47/. pd 29
_._ _.perce .501.5 h, 50

. -
240 51. per cent. Warwick ................... ........ ...... -2_51 4. _
400 51. per cent Wakefield
2,000 31. Westminster Chartered ..... 5Ol. oh. 19
5
6,0f0 12s. Ditto Hew
780 3 per cent. Yarmouth
WATER WORKS
4,800 345. Birmingham 251. sh. 251. pd 21
4,433 B'.. East London 1001. sh. Ip3
5,504) 21 150. Grand Junction Averar„e 411. 13s. 4d. sh. 64
2,000 21. • Kent 1001. sh. e 4),
372 Int. Liverpool Bootle 2204 sh. 325
1,500 2 /10s New River London Bridge Water Ann... 60
6,936 2/10s Manchester and Salford ...1004 sh. 54
1,060 5 per cent. South London 1001.0. 98
8,234 4 jl. West Middlesex Average 631.1125. 9d. sh. 28%
1.310 1114 e York Building Co. Lessee Prop. 1001. sh. 36
IRON RAILWAYS.
6,300 2/. Os. Birmingham and Derby ....... lOO/. pd 42
9,503 ...... .., Birmingham and Gloncester !COL pd 40%
15,000 4 per cent. Bristol and Exeter ..-....1001. sh. 70 pd 4414
7,500 ......... Cheltenham &G. Western ...100/. sh. SO/. 20%
3,009 ......... Clarence ... 1001. sh. 1001 pd 5
8.000 ......... Dublin and Drogheda......lool. sh. 51. pd
80,006 ......... Eastern Counties 251. sh. 231. pd 814
10,000 24 per cent. Great North of England 1001. sh. 100/. pd 52%
10,018 12 per cent. Grant/Junction lOOl. sh. all pc) 172
25,900 4 per cent. Great Western 1601. oh. 05/. pd 83%
25,009 :3 per cent. Ditto New 50/. sh. 501. pd 6134
2.000 8 per cent. Hartlepool 1601. sh. 1001. pd 14534
8,000 1 pet cent. Hull and Selby 5Ol. sh. 50/. pd 3714
2,100 4 per cent. Leeds and Selby
5,1110 10 per cent. Liverpool & Manchester 10(1JB...1004K! 18834
7,9:"8 10 per cent. I)itto Half Shares 504 pd 91
11,495 10 per cent. . Ditto Quarter Shares 25/. pd 45
35,000 ......... London and Brighton 504 sh. 50/ pd 3634
24,000 ....-.. London and Blackwall 251. sb. 251. pd 5%
tO,OOO 3 per cent. London and Greenwich -204 a's. 2111. pd 4%
25,000 ' 4 per sh. London & Birmingham 100/. sh. 9114 pd 182
25,001 21. 7s. 6d. Ditto Quarter Shares 1254 sh. 251. pd 47%
31,250 31. Os. 44. Ditto New Shares '321. sh. 32!. pd 30
40,2141 3 per sh. London and S.Western Av. 431, lOs. Cd. 5834
83,000 ... London and Croydon"?
Ditto New Scrip. j Av. 13/. Iss. 9d. 93/4
13,000 0!.1)s per sh.3slanchester and Leeds...lool. sh. 701. pd 693%
.2,000 Ditto Half Shares VV. sot. pd 29
10,000 41. Manchester and Birmingham 701. s h. 40/. 19%
Ditto Extension 7l pd
0,000 21.13,5. Midland Counties ..... ...10411. sh. 100/ pd 6134
15,000 11. Os. North Midland lOOl. sit. 1001 pd 59%
14 Os. Ditto New 401. pd 4294
10,256 11.10 s. Northern and Eastern.- 50/. sh 45/. pd 55%
2,600 Preston and Wyre 5O/. sh. 201. pd 36
8,000 4 per cent. South Eastern and Dover ..»..... 504 pd 12%
1,000 10/. per cent. Stockton and Darlington ..... ....1001.sh. 265
0,000 ......... Thamea Haven .501. sh 5/. pd
6,000 101. per cent. York and Nerth Midland 50 .s h. 501. pd 9)
MINES.
13,000 ... . . .... Albion Copper 5/. h. 211. pd 12
4,000 IL be. Alten l5l. sh 121. Its pd 1%
10,000 ... Anglo Mexican,iss. 5/. pm.lool. sh. aill d 2
Ditto Subscription .251. pa 2%
2,000 Bolanos ....., 150/. sh all pd 53(
10,003 11. 10s Brazillanlmp. iss. 51. pm 351.5 h. 211.1 pd 12
0,000 ........ Macaubas & Locus United 25/.0.251. pd ',4t{
11,000 • Ditto St. John Del Rey 2Ol. sh. 14/. pd lAi
10,000 Bolivar Copper Company, 201.5 h. 201. pd I
10,000 .. ..... .. Ditto Snip .... 104 sh. 104 pd 2
20,000 ..«..... British Iron lOO/. sh. 70/. pd 8
,000 British Copper 51.5 h. 01. pd I%
Cats Br.snca Ol./. pd 534
••«•»••
Candonga....., __ - - 7i/ •pd 5
131. no

10,000 11 Copiapo 2O/. sh. li/. jai 0
8,500 ......... Columbian, iss. 51. pm 55/.sh. 55/. pd I
2,050 'il. English
ICO ..... General MiningAssociatlon23/ 07.181. pd 4%
1k,155
sh Cl'!. pd 4
I
3,0014 Polberou Consols ..
11.500
Ditto Loan Note• ..150/. pd 50
"0 United Mexican, iss 2 pra• 401.5 h, all pd 14
0 Mt. • IN • • •
Dittt. Scrip . .... 14
Ditto New Scrip F; . pd
2/ 234
. West Cork .... ; ... .............50/. sh 50/. pd 3
LITERARY INSTITUTIONS.
I On° ......... London, with Bronze Ticket ...75gs, sh. 14
1,500
*•••••••• London University 1001.5 h. all pd 7,
7,,n
-- "•••••.• Russell. „„Zgs. 04 54,
••• • .00. Ile ••• ••• ............. .
King' College ....lOW. 15

511SCELIANEOUS.
10.000 355. Australian Agricultural.loo/.Tsh. 30/. pd 28
6,000 1. percent. British American Land Compan y 35i/. Pd n
10,060 61. per next. Canada Company 1001. sh. 32i1. pd
Y),000 51. per cent. Upper Cana.Ja Loan .............. S 2
City Bonds. 4 per cent
000 11. 6s. GeneraiSteam Navigation 15/..h.114/.pd
101. per cent. Hudson's Bay Stock
1/. London Corn. Sale Rooms kv. 751. sh . 19;ti
Caoutcheue Company 12i/. pd 12
New Brunswick Land Compapy...so/. pd 12
1137 41. per unt. Reiersimiary Int. 50c...100/.sh. 1001. pd
95
2:63H4 51, per cent. Ditto New ............. .1001. sh. 1001. pd 107
Thames Tunnel .... sh. all pd
.
4,00 d ......
10.0 10 do. Van Die.r.er.'s 100/.02. 191. pd 5,113'

LIST of SCOTTISH COMPANIES' PRICES
OCT. 22. 1842.
BANKS.

nI -, ct Bank of Scotland...B3l. fte.Bd.:h all pd 155
100/.ch. all pd 101
I"V n'Ne; il-' r ct: Royal of Scotland
cab Limen Cornpany 100/.sh. all pd 2e4
1,600904,090 n. 117.. p. ct. Br i
.5001. sh. I 001. pd ;56 Commercial
6{3,-) poi . 71. ?. ct. 110el.sh. IN. prl 14
sft.noPi. fl n. Cr. Nationa
sgow Union 250/. ah. 541/, pd 82
405°000,6"0001. 861. Pi.ccti a
. Western" of Sc.ctl,nd 2OOl. sh 401. pd 71
INSURANCE COMPANIES.
2104000th. 61p. et. Scottish Union 1..00201. I.3sh. h.llOll. 11. pod 21.1.20;41.
7,511 n 19 p. ct. 11crcu1e5......... r!:
10",000 14 p. ct. Insurance Co. or."
Scotla.nd .10/. sh. all pd 8
5C1.(") 14, P. et. North Lritish 2oo_
_/.h. 19/. pd.
21?),
1.c.0 10 p. ct. Caledonl;:n Fire 1001. sh. 101. Pd
5,"-In 10 p. ct. Edinburgh Liiz . . lOOl. sh. 101. pal 15%
100,000 310. ct. Vdest of Scotl2n:l .... tvr... .... ". 101. pd

MISCELLANEOUS.
4,819 ..... Edin. G las. Un. Canal.sol. sh. all pd 1.0
Ditto sh. all pd
R 25,40( fi per cent. Edinb. Joint St•rek Watcr.2.sl. sh all pd ;11
1,00001 2.,1 per rent. Slictts Tem'? boundcry 50/. sh 481 pd 36
0,000 3 per cent. Edinburgh Er Leith Glass 20/.sh. 16/. pd 33i
4,500 10 per cent. Edinburgh Coal Gas
..... all pd
4,4N0 10 per cent. G:argow Gas.. 251, sh. Pd n 5.2
1.50 per cent • Lei :h Coal Gas ............. 2O/. sh. sll pd
1.154 Edinburgh and Dalkelth way sCij,sh

ADMIRAL NUGENT.—The answer to inquiries yes-
terday morning at Charing-cross Hospital was, that
Admiral Nugent; up to that time, had been going
on favourably.

_
D;l passengers are now taken from Dublin to
Live oc
01 4y the steamers, for one shilling each

CRIMINAL COURT—(THIS DAY.)
OLD COURT.
(Continued from our Afternoon Edition.)
CHARGE or PERJURY.—WiIIiam Smith was in-
dicted for wilful and corrupt perjury. He pleaded
Not Guilty.
Mr. THOMAS opened the case for the prosecution,
and stated that the alleged perjury had been commit-
ted at the Police Court at Wandsworth, by the de-
fendant, on the 2d September last, on the hearing of
an information exhibited by defendant against John
Dark Lyons, before T. Paynter, Esq., the presiding
Magistrate in that Court. Having concluded his ad-
dress, the Learned Counsel called
John Dark Lyons.-1 was at the Swan Inn, at
Wandsworth, on 3d August. There was a coachman
there. I had a summons in my pocket for an assault
on defendant. I showed it to the coachman, and
asked him to read it for me. Defendant was there,
and wanted to get the summons from the coachman,
but the coachman gave it back to me. I was smoking
my pipe. Defendant annoyed me, by striking my
pipe with a little stick. He begged my pardon. I
never, at any time during the evening, dangled the
summons in his face, and offered to fight him.
On the 6th of September I went to the police-court
at Wandsworth, in answer to the summons. De-
fendant then swore that I pulled the summons out
of my pocket, and shook it over his head, and
d—d
.him and Paynter too. I never said any such
thing. He said he was not in the room half-an-
hour, and that I threw him out of an omnibus ;
and that was pretty well all he said. The Magistrate
made no answer about it.
Cross-examined by Mr. CLARKSON—I was fined
40s. for assaulting defendant. lam a baker, and
was a tenant of the defendant's. Ido not owe him
rent. He has brought an action against me for
borrowed money, but I owe him none. I borrowed
501. of him once, and paid him. I gave him an
1.0. U. I got it back and burnt it long ago.
Mr. CLARKSON (producing an 1.0. U. for 331.)—
Is that your writing ? Witness—lt is, but it ought
to have been burnt long ago.
Mr. CLARKSON—You are a baker. Do you ex-
hibit nothing else in your shop but bread ? Witness
—Yes, halters.—(A laugh)
Mr. CLARKSON—How long 'after the hearing of
this summons did you exhibit this bill (a scur-
rilous bill) in your shop window in a
halter ? Witness—About a month after. I have
carried about a halter in my pocket. I did
not bold it up to Mr. Smith, I held it to a gas-pipe.
Mr. Sylvester is my attorney, he is not here. His
clerk, Yr. King, is.
Mr. CLARKSON—Did not King tell you that
you
might carry a halter in your pocket if you liked?—
The witness, after a deal of pressing, refused to swear
that he did not. The handbill produced (a bill re-
flecting on defendant) was printed by .my orders.
The printer was J. Head, facing the Spread Eagle,
Wandsworth. I meant it to annoy Smith, because of
his treatment of me. When Smith came into the
public-house, I hung up the halter. I might have
said that Smith deserved to be hung more than
Good the murderer. On the 14th July both Mr.
Smith and I were bond over to keep the peace.
On the 29th of 'August I was in an omnibus. It
was very wet. I saw Smith upon the box. I said
you have got that man on the box. Mr. Smith en-
deavoured to get into the omnibus. I shut the door,
and I pushed him out. I said before the Magistrate
that I had a mortgage on the omnibus, and that,
therefore I shut Mr. Smith out. I did it because I
was afraid he would quarrel with me. I do not re-
collect whether at the hearing the Magistrate said
that what had occurred at the Swan had nothing to
do with the matter.
Mr. CLARKsoN—And yet my Learned Friend asks
you to testify to the words tiE el 'by Mr. Smith on
that occasion. On your oath haye you not held up
your finger to Mr. Smith since this indictment has
been found, and said to him publiclY; " You shall be
tried in the dock at the Old Bailey for perjury ?"
_ The witness, after a great deal of hesitation and
pressing by the COURT, admitted that he had made
use of the language referred to.
The cross-examination was continued at great
length, and during the course of it, it appeared
that the , prosecutor had adopted every possible means
to annoy defendant, and that on the hearing of the
case before the Magistrate Mr. Smith's professional
adviser had said, all he, wanted was peace, and that if
witness would give security to keep the peace the
charge would not be pressed; but Mr. Paynter would
not permit it to be settled in that manner. He was
again pressed about his consulting King as to the le-
gality or illegality of exhibiting halters, and at length
admitted that King might have said there was no
harm in it.

In answer to the COURT he said that there was no
printer's name to the bill when delivered to him, and
that he could not tell why the printer's name had been
omitted.
Mr. Fletcher, the Clerk to the Magistrates, pro-
duced the depositions, and said that Mr. Paynter had
directed all relating to the Swan public-house to be
struck out as immaterial. Mr. Smith is a gentleman
of independence, but too fond of frequenting public-
houses.

A person named Butler, an- omnibus driver, who
was present at the Swan on the occasion in question,
deposed that Lyons took the-summons from his pocket,
handed it to the coachman, returned it to his pocket,
and did nothing more.
On his cross-examination he denied that he had
fetched Lyons to the Swan when Smith was there, or
that he had handled the halters in Lyons' shop. Lyons
had desired him to be in attendance when the hearing
came on before the Magistrate. He had seen nothing
of the assault, and could not tell why Lyons desired
him to be there.
By the COURT—Lyons did not say that there was
any part of the summons he could not read. The
coachman read a part of it aloud.
W. B. Linfield, who was-also present at the Swan,
saw Lyons give the summons to the coachman. The
coachman did not read it, aloud. Smith tapped Lyons'
pipe, and they had some angry words. Witness
could not swear that there was nothing said about
fighting.
Several other witnesses were called, who gave
various accounts of what had passed at the Swan,
some corroborating the prosecutor, and others contra-
dicting him.
Mr. TnostAs, in answer to the Court, admitted that
the case was proceeding in any thing but a satisfac-
tory manner to him, and the Jury at once returned
a verdict of acquittal.

SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS

FROM THE EVENING PAPERS OF THIS DAY.

GLOBE.—Amid the violence of party strife, it
is gratifying to observe the unanimity which per-
vades the public press whenever an outrage has
been perpetrated against the rights of humanity,
whether by the hands of lawless wrong, pre-
suming upon impunity because of the possession
of rank or wealth ; or by the perversion or abuse
of the powers which the laws entrust to its offi-
cers for the benefit of the community. Such
an unanimity is manifest in the comments of
the public journals on the disclosures made
by the inquiries which have taken place by
Coroners' Inquests into the deaths of per-
sons recently prisoners in the Muse of
Correction at N orthleach. The facts have
been furnished to the public in the reports of those
inquiries. The comments freely and fearlessly
made upon the fact by the local and metropolitan
press have found a response in the public opi-
nion. It is impossible that the practices which
have been thus brought to light should be allowed
to pass unnotiiced in the Legislature. Parliament
—either at the instance of the Government or of
some independent M efaber—must interfere, and
by a better system of prison discipline prevent a
recurrence of calamities which are no less fearful
to the sufferers than they are detrimental to the
character of the national institutions, which must
suffer in the estimation of the public, and in the
estimation of foreigners, if not at one placed on
a footing better adapted to answer the ends pro-
posed by the punishment of offenders, and con-
sequently more in unison with the claims of jus-
tice administered in the spirit of humanity. The
system of discipline in the Northleach prison is
impugned on two grounds—the severity of the
labour, and the insufficiency of food. The for-
mer being apportioned to an extent ,beyond the
physical powers of the most robust; while the
latter, reduced to the lowest minimum, is ina-
dequate to sustain human strength. The con-
sequences of such a state of things, wherever
it is found, are obVious. If endured for any
length of time, the physical powers will gra-
dually fall under the unnatural exaction, until
the individual is prostrated by exhaustion ; and,
in many instances, by the slow process of disease,
rendered the victim of premature death. The
"hard labour" of the prisoners confined in the
Northleach House of Correction, as in most other
convict persons, is that of the treadwhcel. We
are not about to indulge in the fine-drawn senti-
mentalities of some who have, in their theor es
of prison discipline as the means of moral refor-
mation, contended that to connect " hard labour "
with inorisonment, as an instrument of punish-
ment, isto renderlabourodiousin the estimation of
the classes compelled to toil for the m eans of exist-
ence,
" whose lot is hard labour, harder than any
which it is in the power of the laws to impose."
Reformation is not exclusively the end of pu-
nishment. It must be painful as well as salu-
tary; and is frequently salutary because it is
painful. With regard to the tread wheel, pro-
perly regulated, and the exertion it requires,
catefully apportioned to the relative strength of
the individuals placed upon as an impor-
tant
instrument in prison discipline, our;
opinion is decidedly *favourable. But, if
left to the car* gaolers, and even of

visiting Magistrates, to direct, it may be convert-
ed into an engine of torture, and even of murder. I
STANDARD.—We published in Friday's
Standard a somewhat elaborate correspond-
ence between Miss Harriet Martineau and her
Whig friends, relative to the pension which was
offered to her as a reward for past services; and
although we may question the value at which
they appear to have been estimated, there can
be no doubt that she might fairly have accepted
what those who profited by them profess to have
considered their value. Her objection to the
title of her would-be benefactors to make such a
donation is another matter, and one that
we must leave her to settle with her own
conscience. Had such motives been general
during the regime of her _friends, they would
have effected a large saving for the country. Her
apprehension that her " influence over the
public mind," and " through the public press,"
would suffer, if she received a pension, was
equally misplaced. Her last reason is even more
absurd. She says she cannot reconcile herself to

living upon money (not salary), "levied afflic-
tively on those whom she has made it her busi-
ness to befriend, however
.humbly—the work-
ing classes." This is mere display. She
would have done the poorer classes less
injury by accepting the proffered pension
than by advocating the new Poor-law.
What she declines to accept as a gift, however,
she has no objection to receive as a salary, al-
though such a mode of payment would impose
precisely that obligation of future service which
she appears to deprecate; to say nothing of the
decline of " influence" which, according to her
theory, a stipend of this description would inevi-
tably entail. Beside which, in what branch of
the public service could her employment warrant
any such salary ! No fallacy can be greater, how-
ever, than Miss Martineau's notion that a pension,
if earned by literary desert, conveys any stigma on
the party accepting it. In cases in which the
public voice responds to that of the Minister in
the bestowal of such rewards, no testimony can
be more honourable. But we fear that the gene-
ral estimation of Miss Martineau's eflbrts would
hardly have invested the pension which was
offered to her with this extraneous value. Did any
stigma attach to the receipt of a pension fairly
earned, Wordsworth,'.Southey, Montgomery, and
Moore, would never have consented to accept
one. Whatever be the grounds on which Miss
Martineau declined a pension, however, she has
given a proof of the sincerity of her opinions
which entitles her to respect for her motives.
For our own parts, we are sorry she was so fas-
tidious; as, although we have seen little to ad-
mire in her writings, she evidently , possesses
qualities better calculated to win private esteem
than the greater part of Lord Melbourne's pro-
teges.

THE LONDON GAZETTE.

(THIS EVENING.)

WAR-OFFICE, OCT. 25. 1841.

4th Light -Dragoons, Captain G. W. De Renzy, from
half-pay 82d Foot, to be Captain, vice J. Harrison, who
exchanges ; Lieutenant J. T. D. Halkett to be Captain,
by purchase, vice De Renzy, who retires ; Cornet W.
K. Fraser to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Halkett ;
H. D. Slade, Gent. to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Fraser,
Oct. 25.

Ist or Grenadier Regiment of Foot Guards.—Lieute-
nant E. G. Wynyard to be Lieutenant and Captain, by
purchase, vice the Hon. M. P.. Bertie, who retires ; J. F.
D. C. Stuart, Gent., to be Ensign and Lieutenant, by
purchase, vice Wynyard, Oct. 25.
6th Foot.—T. H. Somerville, Gent., to be Ensign,
without purchase, vice Loinsworth, promoted in the 18th
Foot, Oct. 25.
Bth Foot —Brevet-Colonel W. Macadam, from half-
pay Unattached, to be Lieutenant-Colonel, vice T. G.
Ball, who exchanges; Major C. St. Lo Malet to be Lieu-
tenant-Colonel, by purchase, vice Macadam, who re-
tires; Capt. T. Kenyon to be Major, by purchase, vice
Malet; Lieut. F. D. "Lumley to be Captain, by purchase,
vice Kenyon; Ensign W. T. Granville to be Lieutenant,
by purchase, vice Lumley; E. J. Charter, Gent. to be
Ensign, by purchase, vice Granville, Oct. 25.
9th Foott---Ensign W. W. Williams to be Lieutenant,
vice M`Caskill, deceased ; Ensign H. Thomas, from the
57th Foot, to be Ensign, vice Williams, July 11 ; C. W.
Hinxman, Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase, vice
Burden, whose appointment on Aug. 16, has been can-
celled, Oct. 25.
12th Foot—Brevet Lieut.-Colonel P. Pratt, from half-
pay unattached, to be Major, vice H. A. O'Neill, who.
exchanges ; Brevet Major Sir R. A. Douglas, Bart., to
Major, by purchase, vice Pratt, who retires ; Lieutenant
R. G. Duff to be Captain by purchase, vice Sir R. A.
Douglas, October 25.
17th Foot, T. A. Macan, Gent. to be Ensign, without
purchase, vice M'Pherson, promoted, Oct. 25.
21st Foot, Lieutenant A. Seton, to be Captain, with-
out purchase, vice Brevet Major Thain, killed in action,
Jan. 14 ; Second Lieutenant W. Savage, to be First
Lieutenant, without purchase ' • Ensign W. C. Dilkes,
from the 3d Foot, to be Second Lieutenant, vice Savage;
Lieutenant G. Deare to be Adjutant, vice Seton, pro-
moted, Oct. 25.

26th Foot.—J. Mountain, Gent., to be Ensign, with
out purchase, vice Synge, promoted, Oct. 25. _

27th Foot.—Sergeant-Major M. Reilly to be Ensign,
without purchase, vice Hutton, promoted, Oct. 25. ,
28th Foot.—To be Lieutenants without purchase.—
Ensign F. L. Loinsworth, from the 6th Foot ; Ensign
A. Browne ; Ensign H. Webb, vice Andrews, promoted,
Oct. 14.

To be Assistant-Surgeon—B. William Marlow, Gent.
Oct. 25.

29th Foot--St. George M. Nugent, Gent. to be En-
sign, by purchase, vice Macadam, appointed to the Ist
Dragoons, Oct. 25.
31st Foot—Lieut. J. C. Stock to be Captain, without
purchase, vice Shaw, deceased, July 12.
To be Lieutenants, without purchase—Ensign H. W.
Hart, vice Stock, July 12 ; Ensign• R. Law, vice M'll-
veen, killed in action, July 27.
33d Foot—Ensign H. C. Fitzgerald to be Lieutenant,
by purchase, vice Clough, who retires; Gentleman Cadet
T. Wickham, from the Royal Military College, to be
Ensign, by purchase, vice Fitzgerald ; Quartermaster
Sergeant J. Jones to be Quartermaster, vice Oldershaw,
deceased, Oct. 25. _ _ _

40th Foot—Ensign J. A. Macgowan to be Lieutenant,
without purchase, vice Lee, appointed to the 10th Foot,
April 8 ; Ensign J. Cormick to be Lieutenant, by pur-
chase, vice Macgowan. whose promotion by purchase has
been cancelled ; Quartermaster-Sergeant T. W. Hives,
to be Quartermaster, vice Philips, deceased, Oct. 25.
44th Foot—To be Ensigns without purchase—A.
Greene, Gen t.,vice Fulton, promoted, Oct. 24; L. H. Scott,
Gent., vice White, promoted, Oct. 25 ; J. Robinson,
Gent., vice Swayne, promoted, Oct. 26 ; J. Le Merchant
Carey,. Gent., vice Arthur Cary, promoted, Oct. 27.
58th Foot—Quartermaster T. R. Timbrell to be Pay-
master, vice Fugion, appointed to the Depot Battalion ;
Ensign E. Kirby, from the 63d. Foot, to be Quarter-
master, rice Timbrell, appointed Paymaster, Oct. 25.
63d Foot—Quartermaster-Sergeant E. Kirby, from the
58th 'Foot, to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Crow-
ther, promoted, Oct. 25.
67th Foot—Ensign W. C. Pratt to be Lieutenant,
without purchase, vice Dury, deceased, Sept. 15 ; Ser-
geant-Major J. M‘Donough to be Ensign, vice Pratt,
Oct. 25.
71st Foot—Assistant-Surgeon J. Johnston, M.D.,
from the Staff, to be Assistant-surgeon, vice Carr, who
exchanges, Oct. 25.
74th Foot—Ensign T. Wallnutt to be Lieutenant, by
purchase, vice Warde, promoted ; F. Fellowes, Gent., to
be Ensign, by purchase, vice Wallnutt, Oct. 25.
84th Foot—R. C. Stewart; Gent., to be Ensign, with-
out purchase, vice Macbean, prOmoted, Oct. 25.
HOSPITAL STAFF.—Assistant-Surgeon G. Carr, from
the 71st Foot, to be Assistant-Surgeon to the Forces,
vice Johnston, who exchanges, Oct. 25.
BREVET.—Captain G. W. De Renzy, of the 4th Light
Dragoons, to be Major in the Army, Jan. 10, 1837.
UNATTACHED.—LiOUL W. Warde, from the 74th
Foot, to be Captain, by purchase, Oct. 25.
MEMORANDUM.—Second Captain George Birch, of
the Royal Artillery,las been allowed to retire from-the
toA brmeycoine
witha
sthetetlsear in c
sale of his commission,
0ct.25,
18h4e2.beiTnhgeabout
JOHN
pe
OeGFE him
isT ißs
com-
mission of Lieutenant John Anstruther Macgowan, of
the 40th Foot, to be antedated from the Bth of April to
4th of March, ar
BUTLER 1842, toDECLARATION pa
in that corps.
an?
hhLi
vs p properrEo INSOLVENCY
proprietor,. el. 0. r position
New
Bond-street, Middlesex.
BANKRUPTS.
ROWLAND EVANS, JOHN FOSTER, SKINNER
ZACHARY LANGTON, and THOMAS FOSTER,
East India merchants, Barge-yard, Bucklersbury, City,
to surrender Nov. 8, and Dec. 6, at one, at the Court
of Bankruptcy. Alsager, official assignee, Birchin-lane;
Baxendale, Tatham, Upton, and Johnson, Great Win-
chester-street.
JAMES WYATT, upholsterer, Plymouth, Nov. 4,
and Dec. 6, at eleven, at the Royal Hotel, Plymouth.
Badham and Houghton, Verulam-buildings, Gray's-inn,
London ; Barber, Bridgnorth ; Elworthy, Plymouth.
JOHN DAVISON, farmer, Middlesbrough, York-
shire, Nov. 2, and Dec. 6, at two, at the Black Lion
Inn, Stockton-upon-Tees, Durham. Garbutt, Fawcett,
and Hick, Yarm, Yorkshire.
HENRY HEDGER and ,JAMES HEDGER, watch
manufacturers, Coventry, Nov. 4, at half-past nine, and
and Dec. 6, at eleven, at the Craven Arms Inn, Coventry.
Weeks, Cook's-court, Liucoln's Inn, London ; Dewes
and Sons, Coventry.
JOSHUA ALLEN, cattle dealer, Much Wymondley,
Hertfordshire, Nov. 4, at eleven, and Dec. 6, at twelve,
at the Court of Bankruptcy. 'Whitmore, official assig-
nee, Basinghall-street ; Pontifex and Moginie, St. An-
drew's-court, Holborn.
THOMAS ALLEN, silk man, Macclesfield, Cheshire,
Nov. 3, and Dec. 6, at one, at the Angel Inn, Maccles-
field. Brundrett, Randall, Simmons, and Brown, Inner
Temple, London ; Thompson, Glossop.
HENRY BLACKMAN, grocer, Cranbrook, Kent,
Nov. 3, at half-past eleven, and Dec. 6, at eleven, at the
Court of Bankruptcy. 'urquand, Copthall-court, offi-
cial assignee ; Batho, America-square, Minories.
JOHN ALEXANDER and HENRY GIBBONS,
the Swan
Nov.ptor .9,
Clarkeand De ca.
n6d, atm e ten,de at
Lincoln's Inn-fields ; Bennett, Wolverhampton.
mwiat'HlVotellv,e'crVhoaltavePrtl°lanm'

Sir Harvey Bruce has addressed the electors of
Coleraine.