The Sun.
London, England, 1842-11-02 00:00:00

CROYDON..

Mr. Henry Garrard, a pawnbroker, carrying on
business at Croydon, attended before Messrs. Lucas
and Barclay, the presiding Magistrates, to answer an
information laid under the Pawnbrokers' Act, charg-
ing him with having neglected to mark upon a dupli-
cate the amount of the profit taken by him upon a
pledge, at the time it was redeemed.
Mr. R. Russell attended on behalf of the defendant.
Elizabeth Cable was called to prove that she had
pledged some silver spoons at the defendant's shop,
but Mr. Russell ob;ected to the competency of the
party to give evidence, inasmuch as she was entitled
to a share of any penalty the Magistrates might in-
flict, and was, therefore, an interested witness.
The MAGISTRATES said that the evidence of an . in-
terested party was not necessarily inadmissible, al-
though the rule generally was to exclude such evi-
dence. It would, however, in many cases, be impos-
sible to prove them if such testimony were to be ex-
cluded invariably. If the charge in the present
instance could be substantiated by other testimony,
they would exclude the evidence of the complainant.
Ann Mercer was then examined, and she deposed
that on the 15th of October she went to the defend-
ant's shop to redeem some-articles that had been ori-
ginally pledged for 55., and she paid the defendant
9s. 9d. for principal and interest. There were two
pledgings originally, of different articles.
Cross-examined--She handed the duplicates to the
defendant, and he gave her the articles. She saw him
write something on the back of one of the duplicates,
and the one now produced she believed to be the same,
but could not tell what the marks that were upon it
were intended to mean.
John Collier, Inspector of Police, deposed that he
produced the duplicates that had been referred to, and
that they were brought to the Court by the defendant
himself; on a former occasion.
Mr. Russell—This being the case in support of",
the information, contended that the evidence did not
support the information, inasmuch as there was no
distinct proof that the article had been pledged, or
what sum it had been pledged for, or that any profit
had been received.
The BENCH said that there was evidence that the
amount on the duplicates was 55., and that 9s. 91 was
paid ; the Bench must, therefore, infer that profit had
been received.
Mr. Russell said that under .a penal statute like
that upon which the present information was framed,
the Bench ought not to infer anything to the preju-
dice ora defendant, but should take care that the
case was clearly made out by direct evidence. Their
defence was that no profit had been received, and
therefore they could not make any entry upon the
duplicate.
Mr. Lucas said that if the defendant set up as ,a
defence that he did not, in point of fact, take any pro-
fit, he ought to support it by evidence.
Mr. Russell said the defendant was not required to
prove anything.
The Magistrates, after a short deliberation, decided
that the offence had been .proved, and they adjudged
the defendant to pay a fine
.of 40s.
Mr. Russell immediately gave notice of appeal, and
entered into the necessary sureties to try the question,
which is one of a novel character, at the next Quarter
Sessions.

FULLER AND ROBERT llALL.—Fuller was slow in
coming to a conclusion, chiefly because judgment,
rather than imagination or passion, predominated ;
nor, till he had frequently revised his thoughts, did
he sufficiently feel his competency to give an opinion.
The author was present at a vehement discussion be-
t„.een him and Robert Hall. The latter, with his
characteristic acuteness and volubility, fairly per-
not a little displeased his antagonist.
loes were slowly conceived, as well a 4
Fuller'sp e ecl
slowly uttered, and stood little chance before the
never-ceasing torrent of powerful reasoning, or con-
fusing
eloquence, rapid words, and pungent satire, of
his friend. He was at length compelled, in his own
emphatic manner, to exclaim, " Well, brother Hall, I
cannot answer you off-hand ; but put it down on paper,
and I will meet you."—Cox.
CULTIVATION OF THE COCOA-NUT.—Tile black
labourers in the West Indies cultivate the cocoa-nut
tree to a considerable extent. On many estates in
Jamaica the negro is enabled to derive from cocoa-trees
alone, cultivated in a small garden, an annual income
of from 201. to 301. sterling. These cocoa-nut gardens
afford the greatest advantage when near a Own.
Half a dozen of the trees will produce fruit to the
value of 1/. to 3/. sterling per annum. From the
general formation of society upon the estates, there
are, for the most part, about one hundred householders
on each property, and each of these usually varies in
his possessions from two to a dozen or more cocoa-
nut trees, and claims them by inheritance. Upon the
birth of each child, in many instances, a fresh tree is
planted, and it grows for a hundred years. Some of
these gardens produce a larger sum to the labourer
than the produce of his labour on the estate, or, in
frequent cases, than his provision grounds. There are
some districts, however, where the cocoa-nuts do not
thrive. This is chiefly among the mountains in the
interior, where the climate is moist, and the soil of a
clayey and unkindly description.—Extracted from
the Minutes of Evidence before the Select Committee
on West India Colonies, Quaries 6,744-6,758.
MEXICAN DOGS .---41 r. tendall, in the account of
his Santa Fe expedition, speaks of some remarkable
dogs used by Mexicans to guard their sheep. He
says—" There are very few men along with this im-
mense herd of sheep ; but in their stead was a large
number of noble dogs, who appeared to be peculiarly
ifted with the faculty of keeping them together.
There was no running about, no barking nor biting
in their system of tactics ; but on the contrary, they
walked gently up to any sheep that happened to stray
from the fold, took it carefully by the ear, and led it
back to the flock. Not the least fear did the sheep
manifest at the approach Of these dogs ; and there was
no necessity for it. They appeared to me to be a cross
of the Newfoundland and St. Bernard species, of a
very large size, and with frank open countenances,
and, from what I could learn, extremely sagallious."
DISTRESSING OCCURRENCE ON THE RIVER.
—A few
days since the Ruby Gravesend steamer, Captain
Gann, was on her passage, down the river, when a
black man, a sailor belonging to a sloop astern of the
Ruby, fell overboard off Woolwich. Captain Gann
immediately
and two young watermen belonging to his crew got
gave orders for his vessel to be stopped,
into the boat, which being lowered rather too hastily
heeled over, and the two watermen were precipitated
into the water. They both, however, gallantly swam
to the rescue of the black sailor, and soon put him on
board the sloop's boat, and proceeded to swim back to
their own, which by this time had righted. One
reached her in safety, and-the other had nearly done
so, when exhausted by his efforts the poor fellow sunk,
and never rose again, to the unspeakable regret of the
crew and passengers on board the Ruby. The de-
ceased was a single man, the chief support of an aged
mother, and was the nephew of Captain Yonwin,
master of the Gem steamer, one of the oldest and most
respected Captains on the river.
A FLOATING COMPOSING42OO3.I.—The speech of
Mr. Webster, in FaneUil-hall, on Friday, was re-
ported for the New York Tribune by Mr. Raymond,
assistant-editor of the New York Tribune. That
gentleman wrote out the speech verbatim from his
notes on board the steamer Rhode Island, on her pas-
sage :fromStonnington to New York, on the night
succeeding its delivery in Boston, and, arrangements
having been made for the purpose, the speech was put
in type on board the boat. On reaching New York
the "form" containing the matter was immediately
taken to the office of the' Tribune, and in a few
minutes copies of an Extra Tribune, containing the
speech, were for sale in any quantity—wholesale and
retail—as
purchasers offered. It was nearly an hour
before any other paper published the speech complete,
and Mr. Raymond thus succeeded in distancing all
competitors.—Boston Atlas
The General Steam Navigation Company's vessel
the John Bull, from Hamburg, arrived offthe Custom.
house, at nine o'clock yesterday with the Hamburgh
mail.

PRICES OF CA NAL, DOCK, ASSUR
ANCE COMPANY SHARES, &c. &c. &c.

LONDON, TUESDAY, NOV. 1.
tlumber Dividend PM
of per CANAI.3. per
Shares. Annum. Paid. Share.
1,71 6 7 pe.l con t . Asnton& Oldha‘.n...Average97l.lBs.sh. 93
1,1°2 41. Ashby .dc.ie-Zouch ..... Avcrage 1151.5 h . 72
~'6O Basingstoke... lool.sh. 5
1,01,5 51. Brecknock And Abergavenny 1501.15. 92
3,003 I-16th. 10/ Biroatilgham, 1.16 th share ....W. & 711. 179
1.000. Ditto & Liverpool Junct.l9 I. sh .100 pd 21
000 31. Bridgewater and Tannton.lol.4 k. all pi, --
102 51. Chelmer amd Blackwater suv.,ili . 101
500 321. Coventry 1001. sh. 310
Cr0yd0n...„....... Average3ll.2s.lod. sh . -
2,0601 5/. Os, Dudley 1001.15. 93
800 131. Derby lool.sh . 120
3,000 4 per cent. Danube and Mayne 411.135. 40. pd 31
3,575} 4' Elomereand Chester AVAreg e 1331.5 h. 76
231 621 Erewasn ..- ,....1001.5h. 715
6,455 8,11. Forth and Clyde .. ..... 1901 she 1001. pd. 11'2
11,455 71. Grand J unction 1001. s n 118
2,849 f 252. Grand Union lool.sh 27
1,560 ... ...... Grand 5urrey............ 1001. sh. 15
1,00111 4,1. percent. Ditto (optional) Loan 1001.
3,028 .. ..... Grand Western
600 19 'l2s. 88. Ghanorganshire, Aver. c05t172.1.135.4d. 'ZIO
749 121. Orantharri l5Ol. sh. Ir2o
6.338 Huddersibld, Average id/. 6s.6d.sh. 1034
100 ..
15.523 01.155. Kennet rnd Avon, Av. ow. tss. ioa. sh 1224
1 4,6901 1/. 10s. Lancaster Average 47/. Os. 8d :.:;14
2,9197; 301. Lecd s and Liverpool lllol.lh 0
5151 11. 10s. Leicester 1401.5 t 145
1,897 51.05. Leicester & Nort.tiamptonAver t=3l.lot 71
2,400 10/. Monmouthshire lOO/.61" 200
250 13!. Melton Mowbray
100 254 Mersey and irwell lOOl. sh . 540
3,000 11. 10. s. Maccleserl ' WO/. sh. all pd 15
247 171, Neat h lool.sh. 365
9,400 51. Peak Forest ...... ...Avei...ge about 761.5 h. 55
1,418 Y,/. Regent's (or London) Av.33/.161.8d.5h. :15
5,660 6!. Rochdale Average 45/.sh. 59
509 81. Shropshire l2si.sh. 135
SOO 111. 10s. Somerset Coal lsol.sh. 170
3,600/. 6 ii..r cent Ditto Lock Fund Stock 121.106.5 h. 11'4
700 361. Statliad and Worceste- 1401.5 h. 68G
500 15/, Shrewsbury . 1251. sh. 260
300 91, 3t3Urbridge .......... 1451.1 h. 396
3,647 21. Os. Stratford-on-Avon Aver.... 701. 9.. Bd. sh. 33
533 1211 Swensea 1001.3h. 230
3,762 21. Its. Severn and Wye & Railway Av. 261.93. sh. 45
2,80011)1. 22/.loe, Trent and Mersey, I share lOOl. oh.
8.119 .... ..... Thames and Medway Av. 191. ss. Bd. sh. 2
I.°"/ 141. Warwick and IVr=ingham lool.sh IES
1,0(10}sh.
980 101. Warwick and AztpLan. 1001. sh. 117
7,000 41. Worcester & Birmiqcrham Av.7Bl.Bs.sh. 5914
5,000 365. Wilts and Berks. AArare 671. 101. Bd.sh. Illx,
800 6e. Wyrlev and Essington 1251. sh '74
.26
205 11 Wey and Arun 1101.5n. 20
DOCKS.

2,600 &
1,06515 h.
P.l 3 c. Commerc a, w. lool.Bh. f 2
5 per rent. East and West India ,.. ...Stock 110
1,238,3101j1. 31/. p.ct. London . .... ....Stock 84
Ditto Bonds
2,209 31.65. 50. Bristol
68,324!. 5/. per cent. Ditto Notes, various amounts lOB
352,75'2 5 per cent. St. Katharine Stock 104.
500,00041 per cent. Ditto Bonds
200.000 4 per cent. Ditto Bonds for 10 years
••• lAI Deptford k'ler 2Ol. sh. 20/. pd 10
BRIDGES
1,600 IL Hammcrsmitt 5O/. ih . 21)4
1,231 Southwark, Old Av. 631. 28. Bd. eh.
1,700 11. 155. Ditto, Now, of 71 per cent., 50/.Bh . 19
5,090 Waterloo 1001. sh. 3
5,000 225. 00. Ditto, Old Annuities of 8/ COL pd 184
5,000 19s. 3d. Ditto, New Ditto of 71. 4O/. pd 164
il,OOO/. 5/. per cent. Ditto Bonds
5,818 27e Vauxhall .........Average 701. 10s. ad. sh 2B
ASSURANCE COMPANIES.
2,000 3/10s Albion 5OOl. sh. 50/. pd 09
59,000 16 :net'', c1c5n1.4 B
1 Allisneeritish &Foreignlool. sh. 111. pd 123%
51,000 6 per cent. Ditto, Marine 100!. sh. 51. pd 59,6
24,000 11. per sh. Atlas WI. sh. 51. p 0 14%
1,2001.5 h. 51. Birmingham 1' ire.. "501. sh. 55/. pd 107%
20,000 4/. per cent. British feire 250/. sh. 50/. pd 41
12,000 61. per cent. British Commercial 5Ol. sh. 5/. pd 64
5,000 51. per cent. Clerical & Medical Life, MO/.811.2/105 pd 6%
4,000 2/ Os County lOOl. sh, 101. pd 10
20,000 do. Eagle. 501. sh. 51. pd 4%
-,c,„ (5 par cent. Economic Lite
10001. sh. 250!. pd 400
''''" / and 30s bs
2,271 225. per cent. European Li "W. sh. all pd 22
50,060 2s. Ditto, New .01. sh. 2/. pd 1%
1.000,0001. fl. per ct Globe Stock 192
20,000 5/' Guardian
30,000 4s. Oil. Hope
2,400 51. 125. 64. Imperial Eire 5OO/. sh. 501. pd 142
7,500 10s. Cd. Imperial Life IOW. sh. 10/. pd 11%
13,459 5/. par ceat. Indemnity Marine lOO/. ch. 8/. pd 34%
2,020 3/ 1(1s Kent Fire 5O/.sh. all pd 91
3/. Ditto Life 5O/. pd
19,000 25s Law Life lOOl. eh. 10/. pd 33
5,000 his. London, Fire 25/. sh. 121. 103. pd 17
3,900 10s. London, Shin .. ; 251. sh. 121. 10s. pd 17
00n,000/. ... ..... Minerva Mee 100/. sh.
2%,060 5/. per cent. National 1..0an Fune.... 201. sh 2/. 10s. pd 2%
30,000 M. per cent. Palladium Life 'O3l. sh. 2/. pd
50,000 5!. per cent. Protector Llfe .0/. sh. 21. pd 113.0 d
21,000 4 per cent. Protestant Dissenters ....1601. sh. 5/. pd 5%
2,500 1/. Proeisient Lue 100/. sh. 101. sal 20
60,660 4s. Od. Rock Life
.139,2201 51. per cant. Royal Exchange Stock 170
6,000 5 per cent. University Life 1001. sh. Si. pd 11
10,000 4 per cent. United Kingdom Life 100/. sh. 51. pit
JOINT STOCK BANKS.
5,000 Aerie. and Coin. of I relantl2s/. sh. 10/. pd
15,000 t 4 per cent. Australasia 401. sh. 40/. pd 524
10,006 10 per cent. Bank of Birmingham 50/. sh. 10/. pd 134
10,000 10 per cent. Birmingham Bank 5O/. oh. 101. pd 13
:19,000 6 per cent. London & Westminster 1001. sh. 20L pd 224
60,009 5/. London Joint Stock 50/. sh. 10/. pd 1334
0,000 4 per cent. Lancaster lool.sh. 20/, pd 30
25,000 10 per cent. Liverpool 1001 sh. 1241. pd 19
50,000 71 percent. Manchester and Liver / 501.3 h. 151.
pd 1934
pool Discount
20,000 7 per cent. Manchester lOO/.sh. 10/. pd 434
10,000 8 per cent. Provincial Bank of Irelandlool.sh. 25/.1)1 42
10,1100 6 per cent National Bank of Ireland 501. sh. 171/. pd 15%
10,000 6 per cent National Prov,.•cial Eng.lool. sh. 351. pd 35%
10,006 Ditto New... lOl, sh. 10/. pd 10%
10,000 Gloucestershire 50/. sh. 10/. pd 32
6,000 10 per cent. Hampshire 5Ol. eh. U. pd 114
GAS LIGHT AND COKE COMPANIES.
2,500 Ifs Od Bath 001. sh. 101. pd 22
5,000 British 4Ol. sh. 161. pd 1931
nn,, S
enders.e. •
"" land B 68.3 Ditto Provincial .01. oh. 191. pot 234
J2B 51 104 Birmingham 50!. sh. 101
4,250 2/ Os Bristol 2O/. sh. 36
2,250 31 lOs Brighton 2O/. sh. 11
750 31 lOs Ditto, New 2O/. eh. 18/. pd 9
2,471 41 per cent Brighton General 2Ol. eh. all pd 934
1,000 71. Ris. Continental Consolidated -751. 69.1/.pd 110
1,000 10/. City of London.. ....... . 300/. oh. all pd 195
1,000 61. Ditto, New 100/.61i. 751. psi 150
4,000 3/. OE Equitable 5Ol. pd 23
10,000 31. per cent. Imperial MI!. sh. 68
803 51. per cent. Isle of Thatiet 251. sh. 20/. pd 19
2,350 6/. per cant. Independent 10/. sb. ails.. 56
9,000 51. per cent. Phceni 1 5O!. eh. 391. p 0 3134
1,000 4!. per cent. Ilatelift 100!. sh. 80/. pd f 3
4,000 South Metropolitan 50/. oh.' 2334/. pi 18
9,000 5/.per cent. United General 501. sh. til.pd 29
240 51. per cent. Warwick 5Ol. sh. 50
400 5/. per cent Wakefield
2,000 31. Westminster Chartered ..... 5O/. sh. 59
6,010 125. Ditto New 5ll. A. JUL pd 11%
780 3 per cont. Yarmouth 2Ol. sh. 18/. pd
WATER WORKS
1,800 345. Birmingham 25'. sh. 25/. pd 21
4,433 8/. East London 1001. sh. 105
5,500 2! 15s. Gr Ind Junction Average 41/ 138.4 d. ch. f 4
1,000 21. Kent 100/. sh. !43
372 10/. Liverpool Bootle 2201. sh. 325
1,500 21105 New River London Bridge Water Ann... 60
6,486 2/ lOs Manchester and Salford 1001.8 h. 54
1,000 5 per cent. South London lOO/.sh. 98
3,291 411. West Middlesex Average 631.!125.90. sh. 984
1.360 11149 York Building Go. Lessee Prop. 1001, eh. 36
IRON RAILWAYS.
6,300 2!. Os. Birmingham and Derby 100/ I.d 41%
9,500 . Birmingham and Gloucester !COl. pd 40%
15,000 4 per cent. Bristol and Exeter ..„ ..... 100/. sh. 70 pd 444
7,500 .....».. Cheltenham& G. Western ...lOUs h. 801. 234
ti,COQ ... ..... Clarence 1001. eh. 100/ pd 5
8,000
80,006 ... ..... Eastern Counties 25/. sh. 231. pd 814
10,000 2) per cent. Great North of England lON. sh. 100/. pd 52%
10,918 12 per cent. Grand Junction lOOl. sh. all pd 172
25,000 4 per cent. Great Western MU sh. 651. pd 84
25,000 3 per cent. Ditto New 50/. sh. 50!. pd 61
2,000 8 per cent. Hartlepool 160/. eh. 100/. pit 14534
8,000 1 poi cent. Hull and Selby 5O/. sh. 50/, pd 374
'2,100 4 per cont. Leeds and Selby 160 sh. 65
5,1110 10 per cent. Liverpool& Manchester 1011.0. lOW. pd 18834
7,91)8 10 per cent. Ditto Half Shares 504 pd 91
11,405 10 per cent. Ditto Quarter Shares 251. pd 45
35,000 ... ..... London and Brighton 50/. sh. 501 pd 36%
24,000
20,000 3 per cent. London and Greenwich ...201. s''. 20/. pd 5
25,000 '9l per sh. London & Birmingham 1001. sh. 90/. pd 181
25,000 21.75. fid. Ditto Quarter Shares...2sl. sh. 251. pd 4731
31,250 3/. lis. 4d. Dit.o New Shares '32/. sh. 321. pd 30
' 46,200 3 per sh. London and S. Western Av. 43!,155. Cd. 59%
Av. 13/. 15s. 90. 9
33,900 ..... ... London and Croydon/
Ditto New Scrip... 934
13,000 51.131 per sh4Manchestur and Leeetis...loo/. sh, '7O/, psi 66
.3,000 ... ..... Ditto Half Shares 5O/. 304 pd 29
10,000 Manchester and Birmingham 70/.sh. 401. 19%
Ditto Extension 7l. pd
0,000 21.105. Midland Counties -100/. sh. 100/. pd 64
.5,000 7f. Os. North Midland lOO/. sh. 1001 pd 61
1/, Os, Ditto New 40/. psi 294
.0,256 1/.105. Northern and Eastern.... 50/. sh 451. pd 37
2,660 Preston and Wyre 5Ol. sh. 1)01. pd :36
' 8,000 4 per cent. South Eastern and Dover LW. pd 22%
1,000 10/. per cent. Stockton and Darlington lOll. sh. 265
0,000 ...... ... Thames Haven 50/. sh 51. NI
6,000 101. per cent. York and North Midland 50 . sh. 56, pd 91
MINES.

8,000 Albion Copper 51. h ;11.p21 12
4,000 11. 50. A 'ten l5l. sh 121. It f.. pd 114
10,000 .... Anglo Mexican,iss. 5/. pm.loo/. sh. at '1 d 1
Ditto Subscription 251. pa 2%
2,000 Rola^os
10,000 IL 10e Brasilinnlmp.llB.sl. pm 55/.3h . `2ll.lpd 1N
6,000 Macaubas & Corers United 25/.5h.25/. pd 4i
11,000 Ditto St. John Del Rey -20/. sh. 14/. pd is
10,000 Bolivar Copper Company, 20/.sh. 20/. pd 1
10,000 Ditto Scrip lO/, sh. 10/. pd 2
20,000 British Iron lOOl. sh. 70!. pd 8
,000 British Copper 51. sh. 4il. pd 1%
Cita Br inca oal. pd 5
Candonga 7a/. pd 5
10,000 11 Coptepo ..... 2O/. sh, 1:1/. p 4 0
8,500 .. ...... Cehimbtan, iss. 5/. pm 55/.sh. 55/. pd 1
2,850 ll, English l4l. Gs. pd 2
20000
0155
3,009 Polbcroit Cm,;oic ..... ...... 10/. sh. 8/. pd 4
11,500 Real del Monte, Unregistered 27
Ditto Loan Notes 1501. pd 50
:0.000 .........United Mexican, Ist. 2 pm. 40!. eh, all pd 14
DIM. Scrip 1.3/i
Ditto New Scrip 2l 2s. pd 234
West Cork 5Ol. sh 50/. pd 3