The Sun.
London, England, 1842-03-25 00:00:00

GREAT MARLOW.

The Committee met again yesterday morning at eleven.
After some discussion the Committee decided that the objec-
tion to the vote of Edward Newell should be gone into.
Evidence was then produced to show that an inhabitant of
the borough, of the name of Pasey, had paid the rates for the
premises out of which Newell registered ; and that the claim
of the voter had been allowed by the Revising Barrister, be-
Cause there had been an informality in the notice of objectiou.
The Committee declared that the vote was a bad one, and
ought to be struck off the poll.
This decision has left the numbers on each side equal.
The vete of Joseph Cochrane was next objected to by Mr.
Cockburne, for the sitting member ; but after some evidence
had been gone into, the objection was withdrawn.
The vote of John Harris was then objected to by Counsel
for the petitioners, on the ground of insufficiency of value.
It appeared that the premises had been sworn to be of the
value of 101., but evidence was adduced to show that the rent
paid by the occnpier was only 91., and he was heard to say
that he would swear it up to 101. The valuators differed as
to the precise amount at which the premises should be fixed.
After a short deliberation the Committee decided that the
vote was a bad one, and should be struck off the poll.
This decision has placed the sitting Member ins minority
of one.

The Committee then adjourned till Eleven o'Clock on Sa-
turday next.

WEYMOUTH AND MELCOMBE REGIS.

The arguments on the votes of Wm. Fowler, an elector on
the side of the sitting Members proceeded. The charge of per •
sonation was not established, and the Committee decided that
William Fowler, the mariner, had a good qualification, and did
vote out of that and no other.

Francis Stayner was nest objected to. He was also a voter
for the sitting Members.. The objection was that he was im-
properly
.admitted to the register. This was an appeal from
the decision of the Revising Barrister, who, it was said, bad
admitted Stayner, though he had not resided in the borough
twelve calendar months before the Slst July, 1840.
A witness proved that Stayner had resided in Guernsey for
some years.
Mr. TALBoT—Did he never come to W eymouth ? Witness
—Yes, at the elecrion.—(Laughter.)
Mr. TALBOT—Did he not come before that? Witness—
Yes at the other election.—( Laughter. )
After a long argument the Committee declared that Stayner's
vote was bad, and then adjourned till Monday.
The petitioners are now two a head; the race will be neck
and neck.

LAW INTELLIGENCE.
YIOE- CHANCELL ORS' COURT, March 24.

(Before Vice-Chancellor BRUCE.)
THE ATTORNEY-GENERAL V. CULLII*.—THE SAME V.

GRICE.

This case was argued on the 17th of March, and was
directed by his Honour to stand over till to-day.
Mr. Cooper, Mr. M'Christie, Mr. Boteler, Mr.:J. Rus-
s ell, Mr. Sewell, and Mr. Bacon appeared for the de-
fendants.

Mr. H. Twiss and Mr. Wray appeared for the Attor-
ney-General.
This case came before the Court upon the Master's
report, and for further directions, and also on petition.
The charity to which the information related was ealled
" The Guildhall Feofment of Bury St. Edmund's," and was
originally founded in the latter part of the 14th or in the
of the 15th century. In the succeeding three
centuries its funds were increased by Cie gifts, devises,
and bequests of various benefactors, and at present its an-
nual revenue exceeded 2,1001. Many portions of the
gifts, devises, and bequests, having been given for supersti-
tious uses, were void by the statute. Other portions
were for the repair of the different churches in Bury, and
the other portions were given for the aged poor inhabi-
tents of the town generally. The present information
was filed in 1833, at the relation of certain inhabitants
of Bary, alleging various charges of mismanagement
against the feoffees, and in 1836 an order was made re-
ferring it to the Master to inqluire and ascertain, amongst
other things, the amount of the property, and for a
scheme for the future management of the charity. The
first point now before the Court was whether the master
was correct in the course which he had suggested for
taking Ithe property—namely, that it ought to be let in
tenders after the advertisements in the Bury news-
papers, and upon taking the opinion of a competent sur-
veyor.

His HoNoma was of opinion that the course suggested
by the Master was a proper one, with this modification—
that the trustees should not be bound to accept any of
the tenders, provided they found in the exercise of their
discretion that they could let on better and more advan-
tageous terms for the charity.
The next point was in reference to three schools,
which the master had found it would be proper to build
and support out of the surplus income—namely, a com-
mercial school, for the instruction of 150 boys ; a poor
boys' school, for the instruction of 300 boys ; an a poor
girls' school, for the instruction of 150 girls. The
Master's report left it to the trustees to appoint masters
and mistresses, without stating of what religious per-
suasion they ought to be. On the part of the Attorney-
General it was urged, that the Court ought to declare
that the masters and mistresses ought to be members of
the Church of England, and that the Scripture lessonl
prepared for the Irish National Schools ought not to be
made part of the scheme.
_ _

Mr. COOPER said that both parties had agreed to the
substitution of the following clause, instead of the 10th
and 11th articles of the Master's scheme. They agreed
first tharthe masters and mistresses were to be members
of the Church of England.
The clause which they then proposed to substitute
was as follows :—" That during one hour at the least of
every school day, the master shall give religious instruc-
tion to all the scholars, such religious instrnction to be
confined to the reading and explanation of the Scriptures;
and he shall give instruction in the doctrines and prin-
ciples of the church of England to such of the boys
whose parents are in communion with that church, and
the scholars shall be required to repair, twice every
Lord's-day, to church, or other place of public worship,
according to their several creeds ; and those who go to
church shall go along with and be accompanied by the
master."

His HONOUR said, that the instruction on the Lord's
day must be specifically described as " instruction re-
lating to the liturgy, catechism, and articles of the church."
Mr. COOPER said that they had also agreed to insert
this proviso—" Nevertheless any two trustees, by a note
in writing, may excuse from attendance at church any of
the scholars who were children of parents not in com-
munion with the church of England."
His HONOUR said—Was he distinctly to understand
that every party in the town was now represented before
him, and that they agreed to the scheme in its modified
shape ?

icir. BOWLER answered affirmatively.
His HONOUR said that the result, therefore, was this—
All the teachers were to be members of the church of
England, by which alone he meant that religion could
not be taught without interpretation. The Court must
state some interpretation, and there would be insur-
mountable difficulties in stating any interpretation, ex-
cept that according to the Established Church.

ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE.
HOME CIR C UlT.—Lewes, March 22.
CROWN COURT.—(Before Baron ALDRRION.)
Edward Mercer, alias " Curly," labourer, 21, James Baker,
alias Porter, 2P, And William Cottner, alias Mark, the Conjuror,
were indicted for highway robbery upon Richard Lowe, and steal-
ing a canvass bag, seven sovereigns, a half.sovereign, six pounds
in silver, and a cheque for fifteen pounds, from his person; and the
indictment, in accordance with the statute, stated that at the time
of the robbery the prisoners met and wounded the prosecutor.
This case, from Ole circumstances connected with it, has created
a good deal of interest, and the Court was Crowded during the
trial. It seemed that the prosecutor, who is bailiff to a gentleman
named Graham, residing at Worth Hill, went, on the 30th of De-
cember, to East Grinstead market, and he there received about 331.
on account of his master, and he set off on horseback on his return
home about one o'clock in the morning, having the money at that
time in a canvass hag in his trousers' pocket. When he arrived at
a place called Histed's Bars, he was attacked by four or five men,
who seized his horse, dragged him to the ground, beat him most
severely, and ultimately robbed him of his money and left him in a
state of insensibility.
Baron ALORRsoN summed up, and the Jury returned a verdict
of Guilty, and the prisoners were ordered to be transported for life.

WEDNESDAY.
CROWN COURT.

THE RINGMER ROBBERY AND ALLEGED MURDER.—
John Pochney, 30, Charles Briggs, 26, and Stephen Sted-
man, 29, w ere indicted for assualting Hannah Smith,
otherwise Devonshire, since deceased, and stealing from
her various articles, her property.
Mr. CLARKSON stated the case ; after which he called
the following witnesses :
Ann Stanford deposed—ln the year 1838 my husband
kept the Anchor Inn at Ringmer. I recollect the de-
ceased being at our house on Friday night, the Ist
of June. She came there between seven and eight, or
eight and nine in the evening, and she had a basket
with her, which contained cottons, tin pots, and other
little articles: She went in the tap. The prisoners came
to the house that night while deceased was there.
They stopped until nearly eleven with the deceased.
About a quarter to eleven the prisoners left the house ;
but deceased was there. I asked her how far she had
to go ; she said to Lewes. I said " You are afraid,
are you not ?" She replied, " No ; I am not afraid ;
I have been on the road too many times ; no one
will hurt me." She left about eleven o'clock, and I saw
her pass the paving. She had a pack on her back, and a
basket, and an umbrella.
Cross-examined—l saw prisoner Pockney in the tap-
room about eleven o'clock, with the other prisoners.
John Gatson deposed—l am in the service of the
Rev. Mr. Lupton, who lives in the rectory-hous• , at
Pound, Ringmer. At the back of my master's premises
there is a pond, and on the other side a meadow, and
by the side of the meadow is rising ground. On the
morning of Saturday, the 2nd of Jur.e, I had occasion to
go to the pond about six o'clock to get some water,
where I saw a basket standing on the bank in the mea-
dow, and also an umbrella. The grass was a good deal
trodden down, which appeared to have been done by
three orffour persons. In consequence of other appear-
ances about the pond, I obtained assistance, and 1 saw

the body of a woman taken out of the pond. There was
a'pack on her back. The body was taken to a place
belonging to a man named Briggs. I saw there were a
few things left in the basket. The depth of the pond
was nearly ten feet.

Franci; Fagan, superintendent of police, deposed—ln
consequence of a letter which I received I made inqui-
ries as to the death of Hannah Smith. I apprehended a
Man named Washer, and after that I took prisoner
Pockney, on the 21st October. After he had been in
custody he made a statement, and prisoner signed it,
which was produced before the committing magistrate.
I afterwards took Briggs into custody, and told him for
what, when he made the statement produced.
The statement was then read, and was to the following
effect :—He was at the Anchor about eleven o'clock with
Briggs and Stedman, when the deceased was there ; they
had some conversation with her, and it was agreed that
they should all have connexion with her. I went out
first, when the deceased came out, and I spoke to her,
and she said she had no objection. Stedman and Briggs
followed behind us. I took her into the fields. The
prisoner then admitted the committal of a capital
offence, and that they also then robbed the deceased.
1 had the work-box and some other little articles. We
shared the things in the church-yard. Stedman then
went home. On the following morning, when I got up,
General Washer called me out, and said, " Where did
you leave the old woman last night, because she is dead,
and I thought you might have had some nonsense with
her." I said I couldn't stop now as I was in a hurry.
The confession went on to state that after the Jury
had sat upon the deceased it was agreed that Stedman
and himself (Pockney) should return the things,
as they might get them into trouble. Stedman
told me he had thrown something in a pond at the back
of his brother's house. We left the woman near the
pond asleep. I don't know anything about any specta-
cles. A further statement was then read, also made by
Pockney, and which was taken before the Magistrates ;
it was to the following effeet :--Before we left I said
she was asleep. Briggs said, " Let us see what she has
got in her basket," and he then took something out of
her basket. Stedman then took a snuff-box out of de-
ceased's pocket.
Fagan continued—l took the prisoner Briggs into cus-
tody on the 2d of October, and told him it was on sus -
picion of murdering the woman at Ringmer. He sent
for me on the Sunday night, and made a statment in his
own handwriting, to the following effect :—" I went into
the Anchor, and I saw the woman in the house. Sted-
man, Pockney, and Washer were there. We left about
eleven o'clock. I only saw deceased drink a glass of ale.
Pockney went on with the deceased, and Stedman and
myself followed."
Fagan resumed.—l took Stedman into custody on the
21st of October, in Watford, Hertfordshire. I told him
upon what charge ; when he said, " bad company has
brought me in that situation." We came to London and
slept in ono room, when he made a statement.
The statement of Stedman was here read, addressed to
the Earl of Chichester, and commenced by stating, that he
being unfortunately one of those who were connected in the
disgraceful affair of the woman who was drowned, he con-
sidered it his duly to appease his conscience by divulging
that which he knew about it. The unfortunate woman
was sitting in the tap-room when he went to the Anchor.
Pockney told him that he made it all right with the cld
woman.

His LORDSHIP then summed up, and remarked, that it
was not not fair to presume that the deeeasea came by
her death in any unfair way, and he thought it very
probable that she, being in a state of intoxication, stag-
gered into the pond ; but, as they were aware, that
charge was done away with.
The Jury found the prisoners, Stedman and Pockney,
guilty of larceny, and acquitted Briggs.
The prisoner Pockney was sentenced to two years,
and Stedman to eighteen months' imprisonment and hard
labour.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
MANSION HOUSE.

Two wretched women were brought before Sir Peter Laurie,
oharged with having threatened to break windows in order to obtain
a resting place and food for the night.

One of the women had been, she said, at the Peckham work-
house, for relief in her extreme want, but she was turned out next
morning, and she met the others, who were in u bad a condition.
They both declared that they must have perished in the streets if
they had had not at last succeeded, by threatening to do mischief,
in getting au asylum in the station-house, to which they were con-
veyed by the policeman, who very properly did not delay till
damage was done.
Sir P. Lauazs said he did not know what to do with the mise-
rable creatures who made appeals of the kind, proceeding, it was
quite evident, from total destitution. He then desired Gooch, the
turnkey of the Giltspur.street Compter, to let him know in what
condition that prison was as to the accommodation of the inmates.
Gooch said that he had been a servant in the prison twenty-two
years, and he had never seen it in so crowded a state. There were
three and four in a bed, In which no more than one man ought to
be, and fires were kept up all night for those who could not be ac-
commodated with a bed in a cell to warm themselves by. The in-
convenience was very great indeed.
Sir P. LAURIE said he had received intelligence from Captain
Kingcode, the Governer of Bridswell, that in that prison from 40
to 50 persons were obliged to lie on the floor. From such crowded
prisons infectious diseases must be apprehended, and he was most
decidedly of opinion that the Government ought to interfere to pre-
vent the fearful consequences of the breaking out of gaol distempers,
After some conversation between Sir P. Laurie and Mr. Mohler,
the women were discharged, with the advice to apply to the union
of the district in which they were found in a state of destitution.
WOR SHIP- S TREE T.

Thomas Drew, a demure looking elderly man, de-
scribed as a tailor, was charged before Mr. Bingham,
under the following circumstances :
A policeman of N division stated that he was
passing an unoccupied house in Sheperdess-walk, City-
read, at a late hour on Wednesday night, when he heard
a noise inside, and on looking down into the cellar he
perceived the prisoner, who, on being asked what he
wanted there, said he was a tramper, and being without
any place of refuge, he had taken up his quarters there
for the night. On turning his light into the cellar, wit-
ness observed a woman's bonnet lying at the prisoner's
feet, which the prisoner said belonged to his wife ;
and at the same moment a woman. darted out of
the cellar, and scampered off, leaving her soi-
disant Benedict to his fate. The prisoner was con-
veyed to the station-house, and on his way thither he
confessed that he been-allured by the blandishments of
the cockatrice who had left him in the lurch, and begged
witness to let him go, foi if the affair reached the ears
of his wife, he would never hear the last of it:.

The prisoner who appeared thoroughly ashamed of
his conduct, was about to stammer out some explana-
tion, when
Mr. BINGUAM told him that the circumstances of the
case required no elucidation, and he had much better
remain silent. The inconvenience he had suffered was a
sufficient punishment for his folly, and he might go his
way and endeavour to make his peace with his wife.
The prisoner was then discharged.

THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, MARCH 25, 1842.

PRICES OF CANAL,DOCK,ASSUR-
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LuNt)ON, THURSDAY. MARCH 24.
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of per CANALS. Oa
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1,766 7 per cen t. Ashton se Oldhem...Average97l. le i.eh, 92
4482 41. Astiby.cle.le-Zouch Average 1131.5 h. 78
1,260 Basingstoke 1001. sh. 5
1,005 51. By ccknock and Abcrgavenny -1501. sh. 92
8,000 I-16th. 101. Birmingham, (.16th share -.AIL & 711• 191
4,000 ..... .... Ditto & Liverpool Junct.l22l. sh.loopd 21
600 31. • Bridgewater and Taunton.lool. sh. all p I --
409 51. Chelmer and Blackwater lool.sh. 101
500 321. Coventry 1001. sh. 300
. .. . .. .„ Croydon. Avezage3ll.2B 10d. eh. -
2,060 5!. Os. Dud1ey.......a. 1001. sh. 92
600 131. Derby lool.sh . 120
20,000 4 per cent. Danube and Mayne 411.135. 4d.pd 30
3.5754 4, Ellesmereand Chester Averegel33;.sh. 69
231 621 Erewasn
6,405 86!. Forth and Clyde 100/..sn. 1001. pd. ItB
11,453 71. Grasse Junction 1001:s n 125
2,0494 255. Grand Union lool.sh. 27
',500 „„ Grand Surrey
1,000/ 41. percent. Ditto (optional) Lean 1001
-196 .
800 13. 125 Bd. Glananrganshire, 'Ler. cost 1721. 13s. 43. '2lO
749 121. Shanties% lsol.sh. WO
6.138 2.,03. Huddersfield Averages/1. 65.6 d. sh. 20
100 . . ... .. Kensingtoe ........... ..... -100 sh. all pd 10%
25.928 11.10 s. Kennet ; nd Avon, A.v. 391.185. 10d, sh 1834
11,6095 14 10s. Lancaster ' .. . .........Average 471. Gs. 8d 27
2,897: 301. Leed s and Liverpool lool.sh '720
5451 1 1. 10s. Leicester 1401. st 150
,1197 51.05. Leicester & Northampton Aver 631.10e '71%
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700 361. Stafford and Worcester. 1401.5 h. 686
500 151 Shrewsbury 1251. sh. 280
300 9/. 3teurbridge .......... 145/.111. 396
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533 12}1 Swansea lool.sh. 265
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0059 h,
14/. Warwick and Birmingham lool.sh 202
0
930 105. Warwick and israpson' 1001.50. 117
7,000 41 Worcester & Birmingham Av.7B/.Bs.sh. 55
5,000 36*. Wilts and Barks Average 671. 108 Bd. sh. 28%
800 6,. Willey and Y.ssington 1251.5 h '74
.26 wlstmacr, ......„.... ....... 1251. sh . 30
905 11 wey and ATUII llOl. en. 20
DOCKS.
"n°* 1 3 c Commerc al ......... .................. 1001.00. 61
1,06530. p• •
5 per cent. Fast and West India ..........5t0ck 103%
,238,31041. 314 p.ct. London ...........Stock 77
Ditto Bonds
2,209 34 6s. sd. Bristol Average 14"/. 9s. oh. 75
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252,752 5 percent. St. Katharine • Stock 974
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200,000 4 per cent. Ditto Bonds for 10 years
••• Deptford Pier .. 001. sh. 20/. pd 10
BRIDGES.
1,60(1 IL Hammersmiti. • 5Ol. eh. 21%
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1,700 1/. 156, Ditto, New, of 74 per cent., 50/.oh. 153(
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5,000 225. Od. Ditto, Old Annuities of 81 60/. psi 21
5,000 19s. 3d. Ditto, New Ditto of 7/. .... 4Ol. pd 1814
sO,OOO/. 51. per cent. Ditto Bonds
5,848 De Vauxhall ........Average 701 10s. 3d. sh 96
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2,000 3110 s Albion
50,0006apne(el clesns t.l
5 Allianeeßritish&ForeignlOOLsh.ll/. pd 14
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50,000 6 per cent. Ditto, Marine lOOl. sh. 51. pd 5
24,000 ' 11. per sh. Atlas 5Ol. sh. M. pd 14%
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. 5,000 British 404 sh. 16/. pd 19
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000 5/. per cent. Isle of Thanet 25/. sh. 20/. pd 1034
2,350 8/. per cent. independent 30/.3h. all r, 58
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4,000 South Metropolitan 50!. sh. 03341. pd 17
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• 240 51. per cent. Warwick 5Ol. sh. 50
400 bt. per cent Wakefield
2,000 3/. Westminster Chartered ..... 5O/. sh. 55%
6,000 128. Ditto New 5ll. oh. 10!. pd 11
780 3 per cent. Yarmouth 2Ol. sh. 181. pd
WATER WORKS
4,800 345. Birmingham 252. sh. 25/. pd 21
4,483 71. East London 100/. sh. 165
5,500 2/ 15s. Grand Junction Average 41/. 123. 4d. sh. 564
2,000 2!. Kent 100!. sh. 5034
372 10!. Liverpool Bootle 220/. Ht. 325
1,500 2110 s New River London Bridge Water Ann... 60
0,486 21 10s Manchester and Salford 1001. sh. 54
1,000 5 per cent. South London lOO/.61e 98
8,294 441. , West Middlesex Average 631.1125. 9d. sh. 90
' 1.360 15145 York Building Co. Lessee Prop. 1001. sh. 35
IRON RAILWAYS.
6,300 2/. Os. Birmingham and Derby .... 100! pd 5,1
9,500 3 pet cent. Birmingham and Gloucester 1004 Pd la
15,060 4 per cent. Bristol and Exeter 100/. sh. 70 pd 324
7,500 ....... Cheltenham& G. Western 1001. sh. 7241. 14
3,000 Clarence 1001. sh. 1001 pd 20
8,000 ... ..... Dublin and Drogheda 1001. sh. 5/. pd
60,000 Eastern Counties 25/. sh. 23!. pd 10
10,000 5 per cent. Great North of Englandlool. sh. 1001. pd 67
10,918 12 per emit. Grand Junction IOW. sh. all pd 182
25,000 4 per cent. Great Western 1601. sh. 65/. pd 92
25,000 3 per cent. Ditto New '10!. sh. 20!. pd 617 s
6,000 5 per cent Gosport Junction.. 5O!. sh. 50/. pd 59
2,000 8 per cent. Hartlepool 1001. sh. 1001. pd 1454
8,000 Hull and Selby 501. sh. 50/. pd 311
2,100 4 per cent. Leeds and Selby 100 eh. 65
5,100 10 per cent. Liverpool& Manchester 1061.5 h. 1004 pd 18`.1%
7,968 10 per cent. Ditto Half Shares So!. pd 90
11,405 10 per cent. Ditto Quarter Shares 851. pd 45
36,000 London and Brighton 501. sh. 50/ pd 35%
94,000
10,000 3 per cent. London and Greenwich -.204 sh. 251/. pd OW
25,000 94 per sh. London & Birmingham 1004 sh. 901. p 0 176
25,000 21.7 s Cd. Ditto Quarter Shares ....251. sh. 51. pd 3ire,
31,250 St. es. 4d. Dit o New Shares 'l2/. sh. 32/. pd 294
38,000 3 per sh. London anti S. Western Av. 38/,175. ild. 59%
33,000 London and Croydon]
Ay 13/. lA'S- 9d 13
Ditto New Scrip.... V. -- • 13%
13,000 4.. per oh. Manchester and Leeds...loo/. sh. 701. pd 82
i 3,000 . Ditto Half Shares 5O!. 301. pd 40
10,000
Ditto Extension 7l. pd 2
10,000 2/.los. Midland Counties 'OO4 sh. 100/ pd 80
15,000 3/. Os. North Midland
1/.los, Ditto New 4O/. pd 35
10,256 1/.los. Northern and Eastern.... 50/. sh. 40/. pd. 254
2,800 Preston and Wyre 5Ol. sh. 30/, pd ee
93,000 4 per cent. South Eastern and Dover 4Bl. pd 26%
1,000 101. per cent. Stocdtton and Darlington 1004511. 265
0,000 Thames Haven 501. sh 5/. pd
6,000 10/. per cent. York and North Midland 50 . sh. 50/. pd P 5
MINES.
8,000 Albion Copper 51. s h. 3j/. poi 12
4,000 11. 51. Alten l5l. sh 12/ Ira pd 114
10,00 e ........ Anglo Mexican,iss. 5/. pm.lOOL sh. al ,rd 1%
Ditto Subscription 25/. pu 14
2,000 Bolanos l5O/. sh all pd 4
10,000 IL 10s Brazilianlmp. its. 54 pm 25/. sh. 21/. pd 10
6,000
11,000 Ditto St. John Del Rey ...20/. sh. 14/. pd 1 si
IC,OOO Bolivar Copper Company 20/. sh. 204 pd 1
10,000 Ditto Scrip
20,000 British Iron lOO/. sh. 70/. pd 8
,000 British Copper 51. sh. 451. pd 1%
C 01 Branca 6.11, pd 6%
Candonga....
10,000 11 Copiapo
8,500 ~ Columbian, is.. 54 pm, 551. sh. 554 pd 0%
2,850 '2/. English •.... 141. 68• psi 3
20,000
8,155 Mexican Company 1001. sh. 601. pd
3,000 Polbcrou Consols ...... ..... 10/. sh. 8/. pd 4
11,500 ..... ... Real del Monte Uniegistered 33,
Ditto Loan Notes 1501. pd 160
30.000 ......... United Mexican, las, 2 pm. 401. sh. all pd N
Mtn, Scrip l4
Ditto New Scrip 4/ pd 3
West Cork 5O/. sh 504 pd 38
LITERARY INSTITUTIONS.
1,000 London, with Bronze Ticket ...75gs. sh. 13
1,500 London University 100!. sh. all psi 7
700
King' College lOO/. 191%
MISCELLANEOUS.
:n, )OR 15s. Australian Agricultural.loo/esh. 28/ pd 37
6,300 1. per cent. British American Land Company 3544 pd 9
10,000 61. per cent. Canada Company 100/. sh. 325/. pd 29
30,000 51. per cent. Upper Canada Loan
City Bonds, 4 par cent lOO
20.000 IL 6s. G cneral Steam Navigation 151. s h.,14/. pd 24%
10/.percent. Hudson's Bay Stock
it. London Corn. Sale Rooms ....Av. 751. sh 194
Caoutchoue Company 1241. pd 1254
New Brunswick Land Compamy...2.ol. pd 12
5;187 4/. per cent. Reversionary int. 50c...1001. s h. 1901. pd 114
.2,633 51. per cent. Ditto New 100/. sh. 1004 pd 107
4,000
10,000 es. Van Die,nee's Land.... 1004 sh. 184/. pd 7%

THE POPULATION OF SMYRNA.'.
For variety of costume, and diversity of people
of different nations, Smyrna beats everything I ever
beheld. I had previously looked on Gibraltar as sthe
Babel of many languages; next, in this °pallor,
Constantinople usurped its place ; but they were both
thrown far into the shade by the varied assemblage I
witnessed here, in a morning's stroll through the
market places and bazaars.
Your way in the narrow thoroughfares is often
completely stopped by long strings of camels, groan-
ing nder uimmense loads of figs, and preceded by
their uncouth and Tartar-like looking drivers, gen-
erally mounted on a small ass. These wild-looking
and bronzed figures from the interior, generally
rejoice in enormous turbans, and huge jack,
or rather fisherman's boots, which must add greatly
to the burden of the already over-weighted little ani-
mals which they bestride. You are jostled by busy
and noisy Greeks, ever in motion, and resplendent in
all the glories of the magnificent Palicar costume,
offering, by their noisy vociferations and vehement
gestures, a marked contrast to the grave Turk or
stately Persian merchant, who, with his amber-
mouthed chibouk in hand, is patiently awaiting the
arrival of a customer for some of his rich silks or
handsome carpets, which are displayed before him in
the greatest profusion. The next stall is, may be,
occupied by some cunning Israelite, or plodding son
of Armenia, who, with pen in hand, and an enormous
tea-kettle of a calpac stuck on his shaven crown, is
carefully noting down, in cramped and mystical cha-
racters, the gains of the day, and scarcely raises his
eyes as he casts a glance of surprise at the rolling and
careless gait of some of our jolly tars, who, with
Dido ' written on their glazed tiles, are now having
a spree on shore. Unless to this list be added French-
men and Austrians, friars and Catholic priests, wan-
dering Turco:nans, and begging dervishes, Syrian
Jews and Maltese sailors, the picture would be in-
complete, as far as regards the rougher sex. And
now we take a peep at the ladies.
" Remoter from its focus, innovation has, at Smyrna,
made less rapid progress than in the capital ; and, as
the insignia of the faith, the turban,' is here much
more prevalent than the fez,' so, in the gentler sex,
a greater adhesion to Oriental customs and costume
is observed in the closer folds of the feridjee, and
more careful adjustment of the yashmac. Their
charms are further protected from any obtrusive
glance by the addition of a piece of black crape, which
completely shrouds the countenance, and leaves no-
thing for the most lively imagination to seize on.
" Towards evening, the portly beauties of Armenia
may be seen at the windows, and are easily discerni-
ble by their Dudu' forms, sleepy dark eyes, anC,
fine complexions ; the voluptuous -langour of their
general appearance offering a marked contrast to the
lively glances and sparkling black eyes of the Greek
damsels, who display their charms amidst the gaudy
and often ill-assorted collection of brilliant colours,
of which their dress is always composed, and which
gives them a much less modest appearance than
their veiled and nunlike Osmanli sisters. Their
hair, increased by the addition of false locks or co-
loured silk, is plaited, and either twisted round the red
and gold-studded fez, else intermingled with the folds
of the turban. A kind of loose jelic, or spencer, with
open sleeves, and generally of rich embroidered velvet,
ana a common petticoat, complete the costume of the
fair Smyrniote. The Jewesses were seldom seen in
public : however, more of their tribe anon. Mingled
with all these Oriental costumes, bonnets and shawls
are now nearly as common as in London or Paris ;
and I even had one or two passing glances at the
mysterious and fluttering faldette' of Calypso% isle.
To this list must be added the swarthy and thick-
lipped beauties of Ethiopia; and a more varied col-
lection of these Houris could nowhere be found, or
be deemed more worthy of the zenana of the blessed
Prophet in his seventh and highest heaven."

LIST of SCOTTISH COMPANIES' PRICES
MARCH 16, 1842,
BANKS.

1,9 f o,oor 61, p. ct. Bank of Scotland...B3l.6s. Bd. sh. all pd ►55
2,000,0001 el. p. ct. Rryal of Scotland 100/.3h. all pd 1493
500.000/. 8/. p. ot. British Linen Company 100/.3h. all pd 900
600,6901. 71. p. ct. Commercial .5001. sh. 1004 pd 158
590,000,. Bn. ct. National lool.Bk. 101. pd 14
500,0001. B►. p. ct. Glasgow Union 2501. sh. 50/. pd 816
1.000,0901. 6p. ct. Western of Scotland 2OOl. sh, 40/. pd 68

INSURANCE COMPANIES.
950,0005 h. St p. ct. Scottish Union 201. sh. I/. pd 225.6 d.
7,500 10 p. ct. Hercules 100/. sh. 101. pd 1314
lell,ooo 10 p. ct. Insurance Co. of Scotland .10/.sh. all pd 914
50,000 10 p. ct. North Tirltish 2001. sh. 10/. pd 17%
1,000 10 p. ct. Caledonian Fire 100/. sh. 101‘pd 20
5,000 10 p. ct. Edinburgh Lie 100/. sh. 10/Tpd 15
100,0P0 3} p. et. West of Scotland ..... . ..... .......... 101. pd
MISCELLANEOUS.

4,818 Edin. nd GI as. Un. Canalso/.sh. all pd 10
Ditto sh. all pd 45
225.40 t 6 per cent. Edinb. Joint Stock Water.2s/. sh all pd 34
I,ooosh 2j per cent. Shotts Iron koundery 50/ sh 481 pd 40
0,000 3 per cent. Edinburgh 81 Leith Glass 201.5 h. 16/. pd 3%
4,500 10 per cent. Edinburgh Coal (las Y5/.Bh. all pd 50
5,450 10 pei cant. Glasgow Gas 25/. sh. all pd 52
750 71 per cent` Leith Coal Gas 2O/.0. all pd 25
1.154 Edinburgh and Dalkelthtlailway 50/. s h 30

THE FORCE IN AFFGHANISTAN.
[The following list of the officers employed in Aff-
ghanistan during the autumn previous to the insurrec-
tion, is taken from a recent number of The Bombay
Times :—]
SCIIAII SOOJAH-00L-MOOLICS FORCE.
Staff—Brigadier T. J. Anquetill, 42d Native Infantry,
commanding the Force ; Captain C. Troop, 48th Native
Infantry, Brigade: Major ; Captain H. Johnson, 26th
Native Infantry, Commissariat Officer and Paymaster
Lieutenant H. Milne, 21st Native Infantry, Assistsnt
Commissariat Officer, Candahar ; and Lieutenant E.
Dallas, 16th Native Infantry, Commissariat Officer and
Pay Department. -
Horse Artillery, Candahar—Captain W. Anderson,
Artillery, commanding ; Lieutenant G. L. Cooper, Ar-
tillery, Ist Troop, Candahar ; Lieutenant F. Turner,
Artillery, 2d Troop, proceeding to Cabool ;..and Lieu-
tenant A. W. Hawkins, Artillery, Adjutant.
Mountain Train, Cabool—Captain J. B. Backhouse,
Artillery, commanding; and 2d Lieutenant G. A. Green,
Artillery, second in command (on duty, Ghiljee country).
Engineers—Lieutenant J. L. D. Sturt, Engineers,
surveying the passes of the Hindoo Koosh ; and 2d
Lieutenant R. Pigou, Engineers, on service in the Ghil-
jee country.
Ist Regiment of Cavalry, on service in the Ghiljee
country—Captaki" J. Christie, 3d Light Cavalry, com-
manding, on medical certificate to Hindostan ; Captain
J. Leeson, 42d Native Infantry, in temporary charge
Cornet J. H. L. M. Toone, 2d Light Cavalry, Quarter-
master.
2d Regiment of Cavalry, Cabul—Captain W. Ander-
son, 59th Native Infaniry, commanding ; Lieutenant Le
Geyt, Ist Bombay Light Cavalry, Quartermaster.
Ist Regiment of Infantry, Quetta---Captain J. Griffin,
24th Native Infantry, commanding ; Lieutenant Travers,
Bombay Native Infantry, Adjutant, —, Quartermaster.
2d Regiment of Infahtry, Candahar--Captain C. G.
Macan, 16th Native Infantry, commanding ; Lieutenant
J. Hoppe, 16th Native Infantry ; Lieutenant Podmore,
6th Bombay Native Infantry, quartermaster.
3d Regiment of Infantry, Cabool—Captain J. H.
Cragie, 20th Native Infantry, commanding ; Lieutenant
R. Mackean, 17th Native Infantry, adjutant ' • Brevet-
Captain M'Donnell, 19th Bombay Native Infantry,
quartermaster.
4th Regiment of Infantry, Bamian—Captain C. Cod-
rignton, 49th Native Infantry, commanding ; Ensign J.
C. Haughton, 31st Native Infantry, adjutant ; Ensign E.
W. Sainsbury, Ist European Regiment, quartermaster.
sth Regiment of Infantry, Candahar—Captain J.
Woodburn, 4th Native Infantry, commanding ; Lieut.
J. K. Spence, 20th Native Infantry, adjutant, on medical
certificate ; Lieutenant A. H. Ross, 42d Native Infantry,
quartermaster.
Medical Department—Surgeon J. Forsyth, head-
quarters, Cabool ; Assistant-Surgeon P. F. H. Baddeley,
on sick leave ; Assistant-Surgeon C. M`Kinon,' M.D.,
Cabool •, Assistant-Surgeon G. Rae, with the 2d Regi-
ment ; Assistant-Surgeon A. Colquhoun, with the sth
Regiment.
Affghan Levies—Lieutenant R. Warburton, Artillery,
commanding the King's guns ; Captain A. W. Taylor,
Ist European Regiment ; Captain R. S. Trever, 3d Light
Cavalry ; and Lieutenant H. Marsh, 3d Light Cavalry,
Paymasters and Mustering-officers to the Affghan
Mounted Levies.
The following is a list of the regiments presently em-
ployed in Affg,hanistan, Scinde, and Cutchee taken from
the latest edition of the Bombay and Calcutta Alma.
nack:—
UPPER SCINDE FIELD FORCE.
Ist troop of Horse Artillery, 4th troop of Horse Ar-
tillery, wing of the 3d Regiment of Light Cavalry, wing
of the Ist Regiment of Light Cavalry, 3d company of the
Ist battalion of Artillery, her Majesty's 40th Regiment,
wing of her Majesty's 41st regiment, Ist Grenadier Re-
giment of Native Infantry, 2d Grenadier Regiment of
Native Infantry, 6th Regiment of Native Infantry, 20th
Regiment of Native Infantry, 21st Regiment of Native
Infantry, 25th Regiment of Native Infantry, detachment
of Pioneers, detachment of Poona Auxiliary Horse.
LOWER SCINDE.
2d company of the 2d battalion of Artillery, sth com-
pany Golundauze battalion of Artillery, Bth Regiment
of Native Infantry.
Ist Local Corps of Infantry, Pultunies, Cabool—Cap-
tain P. Hopkins, 27th Native Infantry, commanding ;
, adjutant.
2d Local corps of Infantry, Khyberies, Jellalabad—
Captain H. P. Burn, Ist Native Infantry, commanding ;
Lieutenant W. R. Hillerscion, 53d Native Infantry, ad -
ju:;ant.
3d Local Corps of Infantry—Captain J. Ferris, 20th
Native Infantry, commanding ; Lieutenant R. Dawson,
sth Native Infantry, adjutant.
4th Local Corps of Infantry—Captain C. Codrington,
49th Native Infantry, commanding, recruiting ; Ensign
J. C. Haughton, 31st Native Infantry, adjutant.
sth Local Corps of Infantry, Quettah—Captain J. D.
D. Bean, 23d Native Infantry, commanding ; Lieutenant
W. F. Hammersley, 41st Native Infantry, adjutant.
The King's Guards—Captain J. Nash, 43d Native
Infantry, commanding.
ON SERVICE IN AFFQIIANISTAN.
General Staff—Major-General W. K. Elphinstone,
C. 8., her Majesty's service, commanding; Brevet-Major
W. Main her Majesty's 21st Fusileers, Aide-de-Camp;
Captain J. D. Douglas, 53d Native Infantry, Assistant-
Adjutant-General Captain. J. Paton, 58th Native In-
.funtry, Assistant-Quartermaster-General ; Cornet W.
F. Tytler, 9th Light Cavalry, Officiating Deputy Assis-
tant-Quartermaster-General ; Captain G. E. Wostmit
cott, 37th Native Infantry, Deputy Judge-Advocate-
General ; Captain A. Watt, 27th Native Infantry, As-
sistant-Commissary-General ; Captain J. Skinner, 61st
Native Infantry, Deputy-Assistant- Commissary- Ge-
neral ; Captain B. Bygrave, sth Native Infantry, Pay-
master ; Lieutenant V. Eyre, Artillery, Deputy Com-
missary of Ordnance ; Surgeon J. Atkinson, Superin-
tending Surgeon.
Brigade Staff—Artillery-4th company 2d battalion
of Foot Artillery, 2d company 6th battalion of Foot
Artillery, No. 6 Light Field Ba*tery.
Ist Brigade—Her Majesty's 13th Light Infantry and
16th Regiment of Native Infantry— Major-General Sir
It. H. Sale, K.C.8., her Majesty's 13th Light Infantry,
commanding ; Lieutenant H. C. Wade, her Majesty's
13th Light Infantry, major of brigade.
2d Brigade--2d and 42d Regiment of Native Infantry
and 43d Regiment of Indian Infantry—Major-General
W. NoA, 42d Native Infantry, commanding ; Captain T.
Polwhele, 42d Native Infantry, major of brigade.
4th Brigade-35th and 37th Regiments of Native In-
fantry—Brigadier W. H. Dennie C. 8., her Majesty's
13th Light Infantry, commanding ; Lieutenant E. Hay,
35th Native Infantry, major of brigade.
Detachment of Sappers and Miners—Detachment of
the 27th Regiment of Native Infantry, detachment of the
Ist Regiment of Irregular • Cavalry and detachment ofi
41bRegiment of Irregular Cavalry.

The Journal des Pyrenees of the 12th inst. has the
following :—" The Barcelona Journals, on the faith of some
French Papers. which consider it exceedingly patriotic to ac-
cuse their own Government and undertake the defence of a
foreign Power, declare that bands are being organised on our
frontiers, is order to pass into the Peninsula, and renew the
events of September. We declare that our frontier is per-
fectly quiet, and that all the assertions of those Papers, whe-
ther French or Spanish, are totally unfounded. It. is true
that some refuves arrive here, but they are for the most part
furnished with passports en regle. After appearing before their
Consul to take the prescribed oath, they enter peaceably into
their country. The French authorities exercise the strictest
surveillance, and all persons who are found without papers
are sent back to the depots which they had clandestinell
pitted."