The Sun. — London, England, 1858-01-22 00:00:00

NATAL 42W MILITARY INTELLIGENCE. Story, 62, Fleet-street, praying for an inquiry re speciing the management of Bride well Hospital, on the ground of non-appropriation of the funds to the purposes for which they were originally in tended. The petitionwas'ordered o lie on the table. The following circular has been issued from the Recruiting Department :- 4' Horse Guards, Jan. 18. "The standard of recruits for all regiments of infantry serving in India is reduced to 5 feet 3 inches until further orders, the age remaining as at present—viz, from 18 to 30 years. " By command of his Royal Highness the General Commanding-in-Chief. " G. A. WETHERALL, Adjutant-General." Yesterday and the previous day a large number of volunteers from various militia regiments sta tioned at. Aldershot arrived at Chatham for the purpose of joining the various Indian depots at that garrison ; and as soon as they have undergone a course of instruction in the use of the Enfield rifle they will be sent to India. The number of re inforcements now under orders to embark is 650 men of all ranks. The authorities at the War-office having decided on preparing hospital accommodation at Yarmouth for the reception of the large number of sick and wounded troops who are now on their passage home from India, the Director-General of the Medical Department has issued orders for several staff sur geons to proceed at once to Yarmouth in order to make the necessary preparations for the reception of the invalid troops. The transport York, Capt. Redpath, which sailed from Plymouth on Tuesday for Madras, had a cargo of shot, shell, guns, and various stores. She embarked at Gravesend Captain Mure, in military command, and eight rank and file of the 43d Regi ment ; Ensign Heane, and 37 of the 44th ; Dr. Elliott, 95th, in medical charge; Captain Arbuckle (and wife), Bengal Artillery ; Mr. Wickham, and 50 men Ist Madras Fusiliers ; Mr. Crawford, Hon. East India Company's service ; 13 men of the 60th Rifles, 32 of the 66th Foot, and 12 of the 7th ; and at Plymouth one sergeant and 10 men of the 69th, in charge of the residue of the baggage belonging to that regiment. Within the last 10 days 350 of the Staffordshire Militia stationed at Devonport, have volunteered PARLIAMENTARY REFORM. MEETING AT HUDDERSFIELD. On Wednesday evening a well attended meeting of the inhabitants of Huddersfield was held in the 'Philosophical-hall convened by Joseph Shaw, Esq., chief constable, in compliance with a requisition, signed by 480 magistrates, merchants, manu facturers, tradesmen, and others, to consider the question of parliamentary reform. The CHIEF CONSTABLE, having opened the pro ceedings, said he did not remember any requisition so numerously and influentially signed having been got up in Huddersfield during a residence of forty years in the borough. He read a letter from Mr. Akroyd, M.P., in which that gentleman stated, in a manner too abrupt and curt, without giving his constituents any sort of reason, that he was unable to attend the meeting. (This announcement oc casioned some expressions of dissatisfaction in the meeting.) Mr. C. H. JONES moved the first resolution : " That this meeting, coinciding with her Majesty's government as to the necessity of amending the representation of the people, is of opinion that the franchise in boroughs should be extended to every male person of full age and not subject to any legal incapacity, who shall occupy as owner or tenant any premises within a borough which are rated to the relief of the poen" He declared frankly that he was not afraid of an extended suffrage, as laid down in that resolution. (Applause.) It was precisely the same suffrage as now existed for elec tion to municipal offices ; and if it were safe to elect the common council of a boroughby such a suffrage, surely it was equally safe for the election of mem bers of parliament. He confessed that he had more confidence in the poorest working man in that as sembly—sober, honest, and prudent—and the con sequences that would flow from his vote, than he had in the persons who wonli attempt to corrupt such a man. They had had g. little ofthat inHuddersfield, as he could bear testimony. He had been to parliament as a petitioner against certain individuals for doing certain things. He had been behind the scenes ; and if he were to unfold the budget, althcugh they had heard a good deal that was. black and dark, yet he could tell them far more than they at present knew—he could tell them that these parties had spent thousands of pounds in corrupting persons ; that heandhis friends hadspent thousands of pounds to upset their proceedings ; and he could tell them further, that all the d , bts were paid. (Hear, hear.) With regard to the resolution which he had the honour to propose, it was right he should explain that it would be followed by a resolution in favour of what ought to accompany any extension of the franchise—the ballot. (Loud cheers.) Give him that suffrage, and give him the ballot with it, and he had no fear whatever of evil consequences aris ing. (Hear.) He was ready to admit that mis takes would continue to be made even when they had a reform bill upon this basis; that a time might come when working classes would be so prosperous as to be indifferent to political matters, and allow other people to do fur them what they ought to do for themselves. He could also conceive that there might be times of great distress, when the working classes would go to the other extreme, and elect demagogues, whose_only qualification would be the extent of the noise they made. Both those things might occur, and in each a mistake would be made. But both these things occurred now. (Cheers.) What was occurring round them at the present day? Did they not find all sorts of sham men put up— (renewed cheering)—and were - at these sham men returned, and the constituent as a consequence, misrepresented ? (Vehement cheering.) There was danger in each case ; but of the two he would choose the least, and that would be that every honest, every independent man, should have a vote, and the ability and protection to exercise it to the best ad vantage. Mr. W. CROSSLAND said that Mr. Jones' resolu tion spoke of a tenant. Did it include a man who was part tenant? Mr. JONES replied that the resolution certainly meant that a man who was on the rate-book should have the franchise, whether be was occupier of the whole or part of premises. Mr. GEORGE BARKER seconded the resolution in a speech of some length, in the course of which he said that he thought that the time had arrived when the middle and the working classes should unite for the great object of procuring an adequate measure of parliamentary reform—(applause)— which would lead on to good government. (Re newed cheers.) Did any one there think that if they had possessed such a franchise at the last elec tion as was proposed by the resolution, Mr. Cob den would h a v e b een d e f ea t e d a t Huddersfield ? (Loud cries of " No, no," and cheers.) After drawing a comparison between Mr. Cobden and their present member, to Mr. Ackroyd's disadvan tage, he expressed his belief that there were too many lawyers and military men in Parliament. (Hear.) Mr. Barker next alluded to the enormous expenditure of public money, and the facility with which the House of Commons voted away immense sums—con' rasting the readiness with which 40,0001. and 8,0001. a year were voted for the Princess Royal's dowry, with the niggardly refusal to con tinue to pay 15s. per week to the workmen in the dockyards, on the plea that it could not be afforded. He found, upon looking at the financial accounts furnished to Parliament, that 2,000,0001. were set set down for miscellaneous. What did that mean ? Was it secret service money used at the last election for turning out such men as Cobden, Bright, and Milner Gibson, and putting in their place Govern ment hangers on. (Hear, hear.) Thanks, how ever, to Birmingham, Ashton, and other boroughs, Messrs. Bright, Milner Gibson, and Fox, and other real friends of the people and the country's advancement, were resuming their proper pla-es in Parliament, there to fight the battle of tbe People. (Applause.) He urged the working classes to be up and doing ; for if they allowed the pre sent opportunity to go by, it would probably be many years bifore it again occurred. (Hear, hear.) Ministers were pledged to introduce a Reform Bill, and if the middle and working classes would unite, they might secure a good system of repre=entation, and be able to send a man to Parliament who would look after their interests. He implored the work ing classes to strive earnestly for the franchise ; and, as a first step, advised them to avoid the "jerry shops," which, he said, did more than any thing else to defeat the man of the people at the last election. (Hear, hear, and applause.) Mr. WM. CROSSLAND proposed his amendment in favour of a 51. rating franchise, or the possession of 1001. a-year. Mr. D. GLEDHILL ridiculed Mr. Crossland's into various regiments of the line. Her Majesty's state yacht Victoria and Albert, Capt. the Hon. J. Denman, is nearly ready to re eeive her crew, who will turn over to her next Tues day. It is not expected that the Royal marriage flotilla will leave Portsmouth for Gravesend before the end of the month. Every "available" vessel th at can be spared will be sent to the rendezvous off Gravesend, so as to make the Royal embarkation as imposing a spectacle as may be under the cir cumstances. The Caragoa, 31, Capt. T. M. Mason, went out of Portsmouth Harbour yesterday and saluted the Port-Admiral. She afterwards ran a course along the measured mile at Stoke's Bay, and ultimately anchored at Spithead, to remain until ordered to the Thames. The Caesar, 91, screw, is fitting out for the steam reserve at Portsmouth by the crew of the steam depot ship Blenheim, one of whose men, named John Sent, fell from the maintop of the Caesar to the deck on Wednesday afternoon, and was killed. The following military movements have taken place, or been ordered to take place, at Pcrtsmouth : The newly built and spacious infantry barracks at the top of the High-street, named after the Duke of Cambridge, were taken possession of on Wedne day, and occupied by the 47th Light Infantry. The 47th now musters 850 serviceable bayonets, and is under the command of a most energetic officer, Col. Wm. O'Grady Haly, C. B. The company of this re giment, lately quartered at Tipner, joined the head quarters on being relieved by a company of the Royal North Lincoln Militia. Two companies of the Royal Lancashire Militia moved from Gosport to the Isle of Wight on the 25th inst. to occupy the torts at Yarmouth, Cliff-end, Victoria, and Freshwater. A detachment of the 921 Highlanders (volunteers from various corps in Ireland) arrived at Portsmouth yesterday for embarkation to join the service companies at Gibraltar preparatory to their proceeding thence to Alexandria and overland to India. The remainder of the 68th Light Infantry, comprising about 150 rank and file, embark from the dockyard in the Irish steam vessel Preusscheradler, this day; to join the depot at Fermoy. On Monday morning last volunteering com menced from the Royal North Lincoln and the 2d West York Regiments of Light Infantry Militia for the line. There were many willinL, but few chosen, owin g to the difficulty of " paoling the doctor." The following is the result :—Royal North Lincoln—For the Ist Dragoon Guards, 1 ; 4th Foot, 1; 60th Rifles, 33 ; Rifle Brigade, 20; Royal Marines. 8 • Coldstream Guards, 5 ; Royal Engi neers, 5 ; Royal^Artillery, 2. 2d West York—For the sth Dragoon Guards, 2 ; 60th Rifles, 11; Royal Engineers, 1. Totals—. North Lincoln, 64 ; West York, 14. Our correspondent at Plymouth has received from an officer of the 68th Regt. satisfactory con firmation of the purser's account of the Australa sian's passage to St. Vincent's, which appeared in our impression of Wednesday. The letter says the time occupied was eight days and six hours, average speed 11 6-10 knots. She is appointed to coal again at the Cape of Good Hope. The steamship Argo, with the left wing of the 68th, which arrived at St. Viacom t's on Ist Jan., a clay before the Aus tralasian, would probably be detained four or five days coaling ; she does not touch anywhere from the island to Madras. The race to India between full power and auxiliary is exciting great interest among the troops on board both ships. Surgeon Superintendent John Bower has been ap pointed to the Lord Raglan convict ship. The good service pension vacant by the death of Admiral Downman has been given to Vice-Admiral Sharp. ideas of the franchise, and amidst much laughter asked how many of Mr. Crossland's workmen pos sessed 1001. a-year ? The amendment fell to the ground for want of a seconder, and the resolution was carried with only two dissentients. Mr. BOOTEIII7OYD proposed,„," That considering the great and increasing evils which attend the pre sent system of open voting—considering that in many cases bribery, intimidation, and other illegal and unfair influences are made to overbear the honest expression of the opinions and convictions of electors—and e )nsidering also the satisfaction which the adoption of the ballot has given to the parties in our Australian colonies, this meeting is of opinion that the ballot is absolutely indispen sable to any measure of reform deserving of the sup port of the country." Owing to the non-protection of the voter by the ballot, the popular candidate had never been sent from Huddersfitild but once, and then Lord Gladerich was returned. (His lord ship's name was received with vociferous cheering.) Mr. J. RHODES, in seconding the motion said that an extension of the franchise was no boon to the working men without the protection of the ballot. (Clieers.) Tue third resolu'ion, moved by Mr. JOSEPH WOoDHEAD, was—" That in the opinion of this meting there should be such a rr2-apportionment of seats as shall make such an approach to an equalisation of constituencies as shall give in the United KingdemaMajlity of members to a majo rity of i t , ~ eec ors. In a forcible speech he gave a number of statistics, showing the anomalies exist- Ingrr, tt o e u pr_esrnt system of representation. shmld not ex re c , eei . me.. Z n : rtlaresolution was this :—" That this considers the duration of Parliament member 4 of Parliament, no law, which three 3 ears ; and that the Scotch property qualification for aciona.,i,nent, should be extended to the United Kin . On the raotifn o f Mr. w. WILLINS, a petition to Parliament in fav our of tires, measur es wa4 adopt ed. Mr. Willana lamented ab3enco f rom th a t meeting of some old reformers, and spoke o f th ose who, in 1832, shouted for th e Itoo Bill, but s till remained outside the charmed circle o i f the fran cliiso. Could, be asked, any mail w l bad ob tained the franch i se by the aid o f the workin g classes refuse _to extend the priviloge an:lre rk u in r g the service so willingly rendered ? The adini: . .4 i ' n of the working classes within the pale of the con stitutionn tended to the security and consolidation of the whole nation. He advocated the extension of the franchise upon general grounds, and argued that it was the interest and duty of Government to conced e reform to a quiet, and not leave it to be extorted by an excited pe'pie. He read a letter from Mr. C o bd en, w h o argue d a t length t h e ques tion of giving the working classes a share in the government of the country, and said that the work ing men's voices had been raised on every great oc maim in the cause of morality and justice. Mr. Willans concluded an eloquent and powerful speech by asking the meeting to have faith in the self-re spect and loyalty of the working classes. (Cheers.) A resolution was also passed asserting the claim of the borough of Huddersfield to return two mem bers instead of one, on account of the very large in crease of its population of late years. The appoint ment of a deputation to carry the petition to Lord Goderich terminated the proceedings. RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. LONDON, BRIGHTON, AND SOUTH COAST. The directors of this company have just issued their report for the past half-year. It states that the amount of capital raised to the 31st Dec., 1857, is 7,790,615/., consisting of 1,936,3351. mortgage debt, 1,0001. debenture stock, 1,234,7261. prefer ence capital, and 4,618,554/. consolidated stock. The total amount placed to the debit of capital during the half-year has been 3261., making the total capital expended 7,799,2581., and leaving a balance of 7421. The directors have, however, found themselves obliged to proceed with the altera tion of the Lewes Station and certain other works, which could no longer be delayed without serious injury to the traffic, and the amount of this outlay has been placed to the debit of a suspense account. The average rate of interest on the mortgage debt does not exceed 4/. 3s. per cent. The gross revenue for the halt-year has been 431,3611. showing a di minution of 2,2111. as compared with the corres ponding half of 1856, the total revenue for the year 1857 being, however, 780,5871. as compared with 776,2511. for the previous year. The falling off during the past half-year is entirely in the goods traffic, while the receipts from passengers show a small increase. One item of increase during the past half-year has been the traffic arising from the West-end line, which was opened from the Crystal Palace station to Wandsworth-common on the Ist of December, 1856. The improvement in the local traffic carried thereon has been rapid and contiu °nal), progressive, the average number of passengers to and from London-bridge alone now exceeding 7,000 per week, and the directors anticipate the receipt of a considerable income as soon as that line is completed and properly worked as a subarban line. The number of miles run by the trains during the half-year was 1,048,946 against 963,103 in the corresponding period of 1856. The traffic receipts (including cartage) for the half-year amounted to 419,1831. against 421,0791., and the total working expensesandrenewals(excluding cartage) amounted to 180,882/. against 183,450/. at the corresponding period of 1856. The ordinary expenses amounted to 151,245/., and the renewals and additions to 29,637/. against 151,510/. ordinary expenses and 31,940/. for renewals and additions at the corres ponding period of 1856. The expenses per gain mile amounted to 3s. sid. against 3s. 9id., the per cent. on traffic receipts to 43f per cent. against 424 per cent., the cartage to 7,611/. against 8,358/. and the total expense 188,4931. against 191,808/. at the corresponding period of 1856. From a tabu lar statement in the report it appears the number of passengers on the line for the year increased from 2,485,778 in 1848 to 7,241,077 in 1857, and the passenger receipts from 349,9771. to 545,835/. ; the annual and season tickets from 10,4271. to 35,476/. the parcels from 13,130/. to 18,479/. ; the mails from 1,197/. to 1,2431.; the goods from 61,493/. to 133,7331. ; the cattle from 3,059/. to 4,046/. ; the rents, wharf-earning, Arc., from 5,581/. to 14,402/. ; and the gross revenue from 453,4081. in 1848 to 780,587/. in 1857. The working expenses increased from 147,132/. in 1848 to 282,589/. in 1857; the taxation from 39,955/. to 51,698/. ; and the total expenditure from 187,087/. in 1848 to 353,955/. in 1857. The preferential charges have increased from 104,041/. to 148,1761., and the divi dend from 3/. 12s. per cent, in 1848 to 6/. per cent. in 1847. Although only one locomotive and one tender belonging to the working stock have been broken up during the past year, yet the revenue has again been debited with the cost of providing five new powerful engines and tenders, and of re building five of the old engines. In this manner the number of working engines has since 1851 been in creased, at the cost of revenue, from 112 to 124, and no corresponding credit has yet been taken for the value of the 12 old engines which are still at work. The whole of the main line between London and Brighton has been relaid and fish-jointed, and the timber replaced where necessary by creosoted sleepers of the best quality. The principal portion of the cost of this work has already been plac:d to the debit of revenue. With regard to the extension of the company's traffic, the directors state that the accommodotion at the London-bridge terminus has been taxed to its utmost capability, the number of passengers, including season-ticket holdet s, who passed through the station in 1854, when it was enlarged, having been 5,178,341, while in 1857 they reached the extraordinary number of 6,062,716. This constantly-increasing demand upon the capabilities of the station has been the subject of anxious consideration by the board, who are con scious that, although additional space is only ob tainable at a very heavy cost, the time will soon come when a further enlargement must take place, if the pressure should not be relieved by the e•,tab hsbment of a proper West-end nation. At the same time it should not be f Tgotten that a great portion of the population residing wrst of Temple-bar can not, without some inconvenience, uncertainty, and loss of time, reach London-bridge. Accordingly, the directors, after mature consideration, accepted an offer which was made to them by a company formed for the purpose of constructing a r tilway commenc ing at the south side of the river at Battersea, cross ing the Thames, and terminating at the Grosvenor Basin, situate at the end of Victoria-street, West minster. An examination of the plan will elderly demonstrate the advantages which are certain to result from occupying such a position, and that it cannot fail to give a fresh impetus to the traffic. The outlay cannot be deemed large when compared with the cost of the London-bridge terminus and ap proach, on which station alone no less than 470,000/. have already been expended, while the approach thereto over the Greenwich Viaduct (11 miles in length) involved the payment of a toll which in 1847 amounted to 10,819/., and which, had it not been commuted, would now have reached 27,0001. per annum (or about 1-12 d. per passenger). The arrangement matle, subject t o th e sanct i on of the proprietors, is that a brid ge over th e Th ames, the line of railway, and the necessary site for the ter minus filial be vested in this company, the pro moters reserving a right of way over the bridge and the railway, for the purpose of constructing a sta tion on such portion of the site as will not be re quired by this company. It is further agreed that this company shall not be called upon to bear any share of the preliminary, engineering, or Parlia mentary expenses ; and that, whatever may be the eventual cost of the land and works, the property stipulated for by this company is to be vested in them in consideration of a contribution of 450,000/., with au annual payment of 1,5001, and under no circums antes is any further claim to be made upon them. The net amount at the credit of the revenue account, after provi ling for all preferential charges, is 165,3911., out of which the directors recommend the payment of a dividend of 34 per cent. for the half-year, amounting to 161,649/., leaving a balance to the credit of the current half-year of 3,7421., and making the dividend for the year 1857 amount to 6 per cent. ..di•1....• ...on BIRKENHEAD RAILWAY AND DOCK. At the meeting of the Liverpool Dock and Har bour Board yesterday afternoon, Mr. J. LAIRD, one of the Government commis sioners, thought that it was advisable that the result of a conference between deputations of the Board and of the Great Western, London and North-Western, and Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire Junction Railway Companies, on the vexed question of the new Birkenhead dock plans, -should be made public. Mr. F. SIIA.ND, as the chairman of the coufe renc-, was not quite sure whether it would be right to go into particulars at present, although he might state that the result of that meeting was very satis factory, and that all the arrangements proposed were mutually agreed upon ; but it was understood that what passed at that conference was to be without prejudice to any proposition, whether those plans were to be concluded or not on a subsequent occasion. Mr. LAIRD said this general statement, that the conference had been satisfactory, was quite sufti cientat present. It is understood that one of the conditions agreed to at the conference is that the Birkenhead dock works shall all be completed within six or seven 'ears. RE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY ErENING, JANUARY 22, 1858. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. —Jan. 21. WORSHIP-STREET. —Emily Druce, awre tch ed looking young woman, was charged with having pledged a pair of trousers, intrusted to her to make up by Elias Mears. From the evidence it was adduced that a whole sale dealer in clothes named Moses, at 36, Mino ries, gave materials for trousers to a man named ' Barnet Harris, who undertook to return them finished for Is. per pair. Harris has a machine which effectually performs the stitching portion of the labour, and for that he reserved one-half of the ls., giving Mears the remainder to complete the work. Mears in turn engaged the prisoner, and furnished her with twist, thread, &c., on the un derstanding that she was to receive 34d. for finish ing the job; but she, as alleged, having a child to support and a husband who had deserted her, found the pittance accruing from her labour at this price insufficient to purchase necessaries, yielded to temptation, and pledged the trousers, after fin'shing them, for 7s. Mr. D'Eyncourt, expressing astonishment at the price given by the dealer for the " making," put sev,ral inquiries as to the value of the article as it now appeared, produced by the pawnbroker, and a tail-r in court observed that the material cost pro bably from Bs. to 95., and would as probably be sold for 18s. Some difference of opinion was ex pressed on this point by the persons connected with the case, but the most general one was in favour of the tradesman who volunteered it. Mears, whose cadaverous features and ill clad body indicated an equal state of poverty with the pri soner's, said he only got about three-halfpence for his share after purchasing the small materials, and he bad not any money to redeem the trousers. Mr. D'Eyncourt observed that it was clear this was a system which gradually ground to the dust the workpeople. He wished to see Mr. Moses in regard to the case before him, but that person had sent a letter, indicating th at h e was too b usy to attend. Whatever might be the selling price of the article iu question it was manifest that it was made for one shilling, and that three persons shared that amount. Most sincerely did he wish that dealers would, by being content withsmaller profits, enable their workpeople to receive something like a remuneration. The prisoner was then ordered to pay the redeem in.; value, or in default be imprisoned for three days, and was fined ss. for the illegal pawning, or fur:her imprisonment. THAMES,—Patrick Riley, an Irish lablurer, who has been in custody since the 4th ii,st., was brought up on remand before Mr. Selfe, charged with striking a soldier, named David Tarbett, on the head with an iron hammer, and fracturing his skull. It appeared from the deposition of the wounded man, a private in the second battalion of the Scots Fusileer Guards, which was taken by a magistrati in the presence of the prisoner at the military bar racks, Clewer, near Windsor, on the sth inst., that Tarbett and a comrade named Robert Steel were on furlough in London on Monday, the 28th of Dec. last. They were quietly passing along that dirty, noisy, and danger ous p l ace called Rosemary-lane, alias Royal Mint-street, near the Tower, when they saw two Irish women fighting, surrounded by a drunken and disorderly crowd. One of the women had a child in her arms. The soldiers, who were actuated by the most humane and laudable motives got between the combatants, begged of them nut to fight, and said, " Don't hurt the child." Their motives were not appreciated by the wretches about them, a brutal attack was made upon the two soldiers, and they were roughly handled by the mob. Riley went home for a hammer at the commencement of the affray, and struck Tarbett a violent blow on the head with it, and partially stupefied him. The soldier was very sick and ill directly after he had received the wound, and when he returned to Windsor it was ascertained that his skull was fractured, and he was sent to the military hospital. A message was sent to the Commissioners' office, Scotland-yard, of the dangerous condition of the soldier. The prisoner was apprehended on the 4th inst., taken to Wind or on the following day, and then brought back to this court and clearly identified by S. eel sa the man who struck Tarbett on the head with an iron hammer. The prisoner. was remanded until the 13th inst., awl again until yesterday, when a very unfavour aMe account of the wounded soldier was rec e i ve d. Inspector Gernon, H division, said that Tar bett's recovery was hopeless, and put i n a wr i tten statement, in the handwriting of a military sur geon, to the foto wing effect " Mr. Rubinson desires to inform the Superintendent of Police that David Tarbett has become much worse since the last certificate, and that a fatal termination to the case is expected very soon. Colonel Ridley has desired Mr. Robinson to acquaint the police authorities with these particulars, in case any further proceedings on the past may be desired antectiect to a f a t a l i ssue. " " Barracks, Wi n d so r, Jan. 20." Mr. Selfe said he very much regretted there was to be a fatal termination to the case, and the prisoner must expect to be called upon to answer a veil, serious charge. H e should again remand the prisoner for another week. Joseph l ep notorious h Smith, Jo L se A ph M T ß u E g T w H ei . iTa E nd d LAMBETH.—Edward Jane H ur i g il e i s; thieves, were charged before Mr. Elliott with break ing into the dwelling-house of Mrs. Margaret Lang ston, a widow lady, residing at No. 143, Lambeta walk, and stealing theref , om several articl es of wearing apparel, and from 5/. to 61. in cash. The prosecutrix deposed that she was th e l ast person up on Monday night, and seeing that a ll was secure she retired to rest about 12 o , elock. N othing occurred in the course of the night to di stur b her, yard but on coining down stairs at 7 on the f ol l ow i ng morningopens,hae i file back that force hadleading been u se d 1 to open it. She also found the parl our drawers empty, and the property which they c on t a i ned, and u l d o found observed ti which was safe on the night before, takon away. The articles then produced, and which h a d been found at the l o dgings of Hillier, she could identify as a part of those that had been stolen from her. Mr. Inspector Young, of the L divisio n of p,lice, said that on e xamining the premises of thy prose cutrix on the morning of the robbery, he observed some blood upon the back-door, which satisfied him that the person who forced it Open must have cut ids baud or fingers, and when the prisoner Bur gess was brought to the station-house b e o b served a cut on his right hand, as if it had been done by broken class. On asking the pr isoner h ow be came by the cut, he said he did it while at dinner. The female prisoner was brought to the station with Burgess, and after overhauling h er t h e female searcher brought to him, Mr. Young, some wear ing apparel which corresponded in description with some of the articles lost, and these the prosecutrix identified as her property. From the testimony of other witnesses it ap petred that the female prisoner at about 2 o'clock ,on the morning of the robbery, was seen to come from the vicinity of the hous e o f t h e prosecutt i x carrying a 13rge bundle, a n d soon after was j-ined at Barns's uoffee - shops in Latubtith-walk, by the other prisoners. ! while being taken to the shall speak the truth ; I shall tell you how it was. -ho prisoner us e by T u police-constable 86 L, said, " I l There was a chap saw me a n d B uraess come from near the house, and I underst an d h e has ' came i t ' sta T ti h o e n on us, and he sat down with us and drank some tea out of the money that was stolen. We went down the passage about a quarter past 12 and got in at the back of the house. We took the things from the parlour drawer, and went back to the coffee-house and had tea out of the money we had taken. The girl took some of the things to pawn, and among them a black satin dress." The prisoner Smith denied all participation iu the robbery, but he and the other prisoners were rernandel Mr. Smithers, the master Of Camberwell Work house, waited on Mr. Elliott for the purpose of informing him that the gi r l .Benner, whose mother is under remand at this co urt, on a charge of throw ing her down stairs, had on the ev en i ng b e f ore died of the injuries. As far back as Siturday week the unfot tunate gill was supposed to be in a dying state, and the Hon. G. C. Norton attended at the work house with Mr. Gunn, the clerk, to t tke her evi dence, and this was done in the presence of the mother, who at that time was tak en i n t o c ustody. From her statement • it appeared that the mother was addicted to act s o f great intemperance, and while quarrelling with h er father she (the poor child) went between them, w h en the mother with much violence threw her down stairs. • Mr. Elliott, who heard of the case for the first time, remarked that he considered it a very shock ing one. BANK RETURX3. An Account, pursuant to the Act seventh and eighth Victoria, cap. 32, of the Average Amount of Bank Notes of the several Banks of Issue in England and Wales, in Circulation during the Week ending Satur. day, the 9th day of Jen.,.1858 : PRIVATE BANKS. Average Amount. Andover Bank, Andover—Heath and Co. Ashford Bank, Ashford--Jeramitt Pomfret,and Co. Aylesbury Old Bank, Aylesbury—Z. D Hunt 19,430 Baldock Bank and BaldoQk and Biggleswade Bank, Baldock—Wells, Rogge, and Co 25,728 Barnstaple Bank, Barnstaple—Marshall and Co 7,869 Basingstoke and Odiham Bank, Basingstoke— Seymour, Lamb, and Co. Bedford Bank. Bedford—Barnard and Co. ... 31,210 Bewdley Bank, Bewdley Nichols, Baker, and Co Bicester and Oxfordshire Bank and Oxford Bank, Bicester—ll. M. and G. Tubb 14,513 Birmingham Bank, Birmingham —Attwoods, Spooner, and Co 18,573 Birmingham and Warwickshire Bank, Bir mingham—J. L. Moilliet and Sons Blandford Bank, Blandford—Oak and Co. Boston Bank, Boston—Claypons and Co. Boston Bank, Boston—T. Gee and Co. Bridgwater Bank, Bridgwater—J. and J. L Sealey Bristol Bank, Bristol—Miles, Miles, and Co Broseley and Bridgnorth and Bridgnorth and Broseley Bank, Broseley—Pritchards, Boy cott, and Co. Buckingham Bank, Buckingham—Bartlett, Par rott, and Co. Bury and Suffolk Bank, Sudbury Bank, and Stowmarket Bank, Bury St. Edmunds— Oakes, Bevan, and Co. Banbury Bank, Banbitry —J. C. and A Gillett Banbury Old Bank, Banbury—Cobb and Son Bedfordshire Leighton Buzzard Bank, Leighton Buzzard—Bassett, Son, and Co. Birmingham Bank, Birmingham —Lloyds & Co Bradford Old Bank, Bradford, Yorkshire—H A. and W. M. Harris and Co. Brecon Old Bank, Brecon—Wilkins and Co Brighton Union Bank, Brighton—Hall, West, and Co. Burlington and Driffield Bank Burlington— Harding, Smith, and Co Bury St. Edmunds Bank, Bury St. Edmunds— Worlledge and Co Cambridge Bank, Cambridge—Mortlock & Co Cambridge and Cambridgeshire Bank, Cam bridge—Messrs. Fosters Canteibury Bank, Canterbury—Hammond and Co Carmarthen Bank, Carmarthen—David Morris and Sons Chertsey Bank, Chertsey—La Coste and Son Colchester Bank, Colchester—Round, Green, and Co. Colchester and Essex Bank, and Witham and Essex Bank, and Hadleigh, Suffolk, Bank, Colchester—Mills, Bawtree, and Co Cornish Bank, Truro—Tweedy and Co Coventry Bank, Coventry—Little & Woodcock City Bank, Exeter—Milford and Co Craven Bank, Settle—Alcocks, Birkbecks, and Co Chepstow Old Bank, Chepstow Bank, Mon mouth Old Bank, Monmouth Bank, Brecon Bank, and Ross and Herefordshire Bank, Chepstow—Bronaage, Snead, and Co Derby Bank, Derby—W. and S. Evans & Co Derby Bank, Derby—Samuel Smith and Co Derby Old Bank and Scarsdale and High Peak Bank, Derby—Crompton, Newton, and Co Devizes and Wiltshire Bank, Devizes—Locke and Co Diss Bank, Disa—Fincham, and Co Doncaster Bank and Retford Bank, Doncaster —Cooke and Co Darlington Bank, Durham Bank, and Stockton on-Tees Bank, Darlington—Backhouse & Co Devonport Bank. Devonport— Hodge and Co Dorchester Old Bank and Dorsetshire Bank, Dorchester—R. and H. Williams Fast Cornwall Bank, Liskeard—Robins, Fos ter' and Co East Riding Bank, Beverley—Bower and Co Essex Bank and Bishop's Stortford Bank Chelmsford—Sparrow, Round, and Co Exeter Bank, Exeter—Sanders and Co Farringdon Bank and Bank of Wantage, Far ringdon—Barnes, Medley, and Co Farnham Bank, Farnham—Messrs Knight Faversham Bank, Faversham—Hilton and Co Godalming Bank, Godalming—Mellersh and Keen Guildford Bank, Guildford—Messrs. Haydon.. Grantham Bank, Grantham—Hardy and C 0... Hereford City and County Bank, Hereford— Matthews and Co. Hull Bank and Kingston-upon-Hull Bank, Hull, Smith, Brothers, and Co. Huntingdon Town and County Bank, Hunting dott—Veasey and Co. Harwich Bank, Harwioh—Cox, Cobbold, and co. Hertfordshire, Hitchin Bank, Hitchin Sharpies, and Co. Hereford, Ross and Archenfield Bank, and Ross and Archenfield Bank. Ross Morgan and Co Ipswich Bank, Ipswich—Baoon and Co. Ipswich and Needham Market Bank, Suffolk, Hadleigh Bank, Manningtree and Mistley Bank. and Wo'dbridge Bank, Ipswich— Alexandei s and Co. Kentish Bank, Maidstone—Mercer, Randall, and Co. Kington and Radnorshire Bank, Kington— Davies and Co. Knaresborough Old Bank and Ripon Old Bank, Knaresborough—Harrison and Co Kendal Bank, Kendal—Wakefield, Crewdson and Co. Lane End Staffordshire Bank, Lane End—C Harvey and Son Leeds Bank, Leeds—Beckett and Co. 8,155 63,819 14,746 9,525 2,425 14,266 43,373 28.425 18,392 2,570 15,092 22,683 42,150 5,935 18,247 48,98 q 6,596 9,223 30,977 25,644 7,092 10,514 55,108 5,645 27,109 19,163 61,113 0,649 24,533 15,968 14,325 5,255 48,202 Leeds Union Bank, Leeds—W. Williams, Brown and Co. Leicester Bank, Leicester—T. & T. T Paget Lewes Old Bank, Lewes—WhitfiPli and Co Lincoln iAnk, Lincoln—Smith, Ellison, and Co Llandovery Bank, Lampeter Bank, and Llan (filo Bank, Llandovery—D. Jones and Co 'Loughborough Bank, Loughborough—Middle ton and Cradock Lyntington Bank, Lymington—S, and G. F St. Barbe Lynn Regis and Lincolnshire Bank, Lynn Regis—Gurneys and Co. Lynn Regis and Norfolk Bank, Lynn Regis— Jarvis and Co Macclesfield Bank, Macclesfield—Brocklehurst 06,318 23,879 18,810 76,755 14,603 5,680 and Co. Manningtree Bank, Manning-tree—Nunn and Co. Marlborough Bank, Marlborough and Wilts Old Bank, Marlborough Old Bank, Marl borough Old Bank and Hungerford Bank, and Hung Irford Bank, Marlborough—Tan ner and Co Merionethshire Bank, Dolgelly—Williams and 13,040 1,960 10,210 1,734 Son Miners' Bank, Truro—Willyams and Co Monmouthshire Agricultural and Commercial Bank, Abergavenny—Bliley and C 0......... 20,110 Monmouth Cld Bank, Monmouth Bank, Bre con Bank, Chepstow Bank, Chepstow Old Bank, and Ross and Herefordshire Bank, Monmouth—Bromage, Snead, and Co 10,427 Newark Bank, Newark—Godfrey and Riddell 18,676 Newark and Sleaford Bank, and Sleaford and Newark Bank, Sleaford—Handley, Peacock, and Co 44,681 Newbury Bank, Newbury—Bunny & Slocock 16,654 Newmark'tt Bank, Newmarket—Eaton, Ham. mond, and Co Norwich Crown Bank and Norfolk and Suffolk Bank, Norwich—Harveys and Hudsons... 49,737 Norwich and Norfolk Bank, Norwich—Gur neys and Birkbecks Nottingham and Nottinghamshire Bank, Not tingham, Hart, Fellows, and Co Nuneaton Bank, Nuneaton—Craddock and Co Naval Bank, Plymouth, Plymouth—Harris and Co. New Sarum Bank, Sarum—Everett and Co Nottingham Bank, Nottingham—Samuel Smith and Co. Oswestry Bank and Oswestry Old Bank, Os westry—Croxon and Co 7,995 Oxford Old Bank, Oxford —Parsons and Co. 011 Bank, Tonbridge, Tonbridge and Ton bridge Wells Old Bank, Tonbridge and Ton bridge Wells and Sevenoaks Bank, Ton bridge—T. H. and S. Beeching Oxfordshire Witney Bank, Witney—J. W Clinch and Sons Pease's Old Bank, Hull, the Hull Old Bank and Beverlay Bank, Hull—Pease and C 0.... Penzance Bank, Penzance—Batten and C 0.... Peterborough Bank and Oundle Bank, Peter borough—D. Yorke and Co. Pembrokeshire Bank, Haverfordwest—J. and W. Walters Reading Bank, Reading—Sintonds and Cto. Reading Bank, Reading—Stephens, Blandy, and Co. Richmond Bank, Richmond—Roper and Co 5,040 Rochdale Bank, Rochdale—Clement, Royds, and Co. 2,243 Rochester, Chatham, and Strood Bank, Roches ter—Day and Nicholson Royston Bank, Royston—Fordh-m and Sons 11,880 Rugby Bank, Rugby—A. Butlin and Son 8,390 Ry• Bank, Rye— R. C. Pomfret, it Co 10,216 Ross Old Bank, Heredfordshire, Ross .111 away and Macdougal Saffron Walden and Noi th Essex Bank, Saf fron Walden—Gilisens and Co. Salop Bank Shrewsbury —Burton, Lloyd, anti Co. ........... ....................... : Scarborough Old Bank, Scarborough—Weed allaid Co ........................ ............ Shrliwsbury Old Bank and Shrewsbury and Ludlow Bank, Shrewsbury—. Rocke, Ey tons, and Ca Bittinrbourne and Milton Bank, Sittingleoarne —Vallanoe and Co._ Southampton Tows and County Bank, South imptoa—Maddieon and Pearce .... 10,905 7,88 14,30 16,239 7,805 2,016 17,681 8,918 1,840 9,322 41,155 9,119 8,525 7,234 23,5.1 1,831 10,864 22,375 28,045 2,465 Seuthwell Bank, Southwell—Wylde and Co 10,544 So. thampton and Hampshire Bank, Soutkamp t4st-Atherley, Fall, and Co. Staffl)Pit Old Bank, Staaord—Stevenso n and 11,549 Stamford and Rutland Bank, Stamford -Eaton, Cayley and Co. Shrewsbury and Welshpool Bank, Shrewsbury —Beck, Downward, and Co. Taunton Bank, Taunton—H. and R. Badceck 24,761 Tavistock Bank, Tavistock—Gill and Rundle 8,803 Thornbury Bank, Thornbury—Rolph and Co. 8,013 Tiverton and Devonshire Bank, Tiverton Dunsford and Co. Thrapston and Kettering Bank, Northampton shire—Thrapston, Yorke and Eland Tring Bank and Chesham Bank, Tring—But cher and Son Towcester Old Bank, Towcester—Percival and Co Town and County of Poole Bank and Ring wood and Poole Bank, Poole—G. W. Led gard and Sons Union Bank, Cornwall, Helston—Vivian and Co Uxbridge Old Bank, Uxbridge—Hull, Smith, and Co 9,810 Wallingford Bank, Wallingford—H e d ges , Wells, and Co. Warwick and Warwickshire Bank, Warwick-- Greaves and Co. Wellington Somerset Bank, Wellington—Fox, Brothers, and Co West Riding Bank, Wakefield, and Pontefract Bank, Wakefield- Leatham, Tew, and C 0... Whitby Old Bank, Whitby—Simpson, Chap man, and Co Winchester, Alresford, a n d Alt on B an k, Win chester—Bulpett and Co 16,362 Winchester and Hampshire Bank, Winchester —Wickham and Co Weymouth Old Bank and Dorchester Bank, Weymouth—Eliott and Pearce Wirksworth and Ashbourne Derbyshire Bank, Wirksworth—Arkwright and Co Wisbech and Lincolnshire Bank, Wisbech— Gurneys and Co Wiveliscombe Bank, Wiveliscombe--P. and W. Hancock Wolverhampton Bank, Wolverhampton—Goo d ricke and Holyoake Worcester Bank, Worcester—Farley, Laven der, and Co Worcester Old Bank and Tewkesb ur y Old Bank, Worcester—Berwick, Lechmere, and Co Worcestershire Bank, Kidderminster—Farley, Turner, and Co Walsall Old Bank, Walsall—Charles Forster and Sons Wolverhampton Bank, Wolverhampton—R and W. F. Fryer 7, 463 Yarmouth and Suffolk Bank, and Halesworth and Suffolk Bank, Yarmouth—Gurneys, Birbeck, and Co Yarmouth, Norfolk, and Suffolk Bank, Great Yarmouth—Sir E. H. K. Lacon, Bart., and Co 12,861 York Bank, York- Swann, Clough, and Co 37,603 23,930 9,815 11,51 e 12,236 6,39 8,972 15,255 21,809 3,268 34,552 13,91 T 1i,923 32,7 46,649 5,1183 1.167 46,880 45,706 JOINT-STOCK BANKS. Bank of Westmorland, Kendal Barnsley Banking Company, Barnsley Bradford Banking Company, Bradford Bilston District Banking Company, Wolver hampton Bank of Whitehaven, Whitehaven 23,359 Bradford Commercial Banking Company, Bradford Burton, Uttoxeter, and Staffordshire Union Banking Company, Burton-upon-Trent 49,51 Chesterfield and North Derbyshire Banking Coinpany, Chesterfield 7,124 Cumberland Union Banking Company, Work ington 80,525 Coventry and Warwickshire Banking Company, Coventry 23,028 Coventry Union Banking Company, Coventry 10,200 County of Gloucester Banking Company, Chel tenham Carlisle and Cumberland Banking Company,Carlisle 20,824 Carlisle City and District Bank, Carlisle Dudley and West Bromwich Banking Company, Dudley 18,447 Derby and Derbyshire Banking Company, Derby Darlington District Joint Stock Banking Com pany, Darlington East of England Bank, Norwich 22,779 Gloucestershire Banking Company, Gloucester 117,465 Halifax Joint Stock Bank, Halifax 15,655 Huddersfield Banking Company, Huddersfield 26,954 Hull Banking Company, Hull 22,845 Halifax Commercial Banking Company, Halifax 4,550 Halifax and Huddersfield Union Banking Com pany, Halifax Helston Banking Company, Helston Herefordshire Banking Company, Hereford Knaresborough and Claro Banking Company, Knaresborough 22,707 gingsbridge Joint-Stock Bank, Kingsbridge 9,509 Lancaster Banking Company, Lancaster 4 8 ,7 44 Leeds Banking Co m p any , Leeds Leicestershire Banking Company, Leicester 55,945 Lincoln and Linds e y B an ki ng Company 42,323 Leamington Priors and Warwickshire Banking Company, Leamington Priors 11,158 Ludlow and Tenbury Bank, Ludlow 7,475 Moore and Robinson's Nottinghamshire Bank ing Company, Nottingham Nottingham and Nottinghamshire Banking Co,mpany, Nottingham 22,375 National Provincial Bank of England, Birming ham, Head-office, 112, Bishopsgat e - s t ree t, London- North Wilts Banking Company, Melksham 33,115 Northamptonshire Union Bank, Northampton 70,374 Northamptonshire Banking Company, North ampton 17,434 North and South Wales Bank, Li ver p oo l 38,676 Pares's Leicestershire Banking Company, Leicester Saddlcworth Banking Company, Saddlcworth l, 127 Sheffield Banking Company, Sheffield 80,280 Stamford, Spalding, and Boston Banking Com pany, Stamford 43,166 Stuckey's Banking Company, Bristol Somerset shire Bank, and Somersetshire Bank, Lang port 303,145 Shropshire Banking Company, Shiffnall 33,144 Stourbridge and Kidderminster Banking Com pany, Stourbridge Sheffield and Hallamshire Bailing Company, Sheffield 18,179 Sheffield and Rotherham Joint Stock Banking Company, Sheffield Swaledale and Wen s l e yd a l e Banking Company, Richmond.. ..................................... Wolverhampton and Staffordshire Banking Company, Wolverhampton Wakefield and B arns l ey Union. Bank, W a k e - 3, 325 field Whitehaven J o i n t-S tock Banking Compan 12. y, Whitehaven Warwick an d L eamington Banking Company, 1fi,770 Warwick West of England and South Wales District Bank, Bristol. Wilts and Dorset Banking Company, Salisbury 66,674 West Riding Union Banking Company, Hud dersfield 25,340 Whitchurch and Ellesmere Banking Company, Whitchurch Worcester City and County Banking Com pany, Worcester York Union Banking Company, York 15, 362 York City and County Banking Company, 86,' 65 Yorkshire Banking Company, Leeds 102,709 J. MICHAEL, Acting Registrar of Bank Returns Inland Revenue, Somerset House, Jan. 16. 7,697 7,540 31,356 11,581 32,876 1,492 11,972 23,18 47,71 43,667 12,307 3,202 EASY POLITICS.—The 'two members for Stroud ad dres?•ed their friends in that borough on Wrdnes•lay evening on the topic of the day. Mr. Hotelman made a long Ministerial speech, and professed himself ready to wait with patience for Lord Palmerston's Reform Bill. Mr. Scrope, too, said " With regard to reform be would take what Government gave them ; half a loaf was better than no bread, but the present constitution of the country did not work so very ill." According to a general survey lately made of all the old castles and country seats now existin g c, in France, there remai n 20,317, o f w hi c h 311 are o f the 12th and 13th centuries ; 394 of the 14th aLd 15th, and 3.114 of ttqs 16th. The others are of later date. M. re than 2,500 of them have drawbridges, turrets, and crenelated battlements WIIITLoWs.—Dr. Guinier, professor of the Faculty of Medicine at Montpellier, has just published a letter in the Abeille Ifedicale, in which he describes a pec u li ar method employed by him for stopping the progres s o f a Whitlow when in its first stage. A whitlow ge nera ll y begins with a dull sensation of heat in the affected finger near the nail ; a rose-coloured spot the size of a lentil marks , the seat of disease. This point, when pressed, is painful ; the colour disappears, and hom e . diately teturne after the pressure has ceased. After the lapse of a few hours the pain becomes more permanent, the rose colour has become darker, and extends over a larger space, while the skin becom e s swollen. The pal), increases rapiel7, but as yet without pulse , ion. This, Dr. Guinier say?, ie the prope r time fer applying his remedy. Having slightly wetted the flamed surface . , he passes Over the whole of it elaw'y with a pencil of lunar caustic, and he continues this operation for at least a minute, in order to make sure that the influence of the caustic has penetrated through' the cuticle. The moisture, which has now become a concentrated solution of nitrate of pile. r, is allewed to dry or, the finger, arid completes the cauterisa tion. The skin soon bec 'rues quite black, aud the cure is then complete. Tee patent feels no pain, not even a n i t c h ing sensation, during the opera' tion ; and a short time afterwards the pain of the whitlow dt,appears, the black skin peels off after a few days, and no trace is left of the disorder. If the opera tion be performed after the pain has become pulsative, the latter increases after the cauterisation, but the throbs cease in the course of a few hours, and the cure i s effected with equal cer t a i n ty. D r . Guin;.er is not sure that his remedy would produce its effect aft, r the com m ncement of suppuration ; at all events, the cure requires more time. He ascribes the successful result obtained from nitrate of silver sotto its having destroyed the diseased part (the inflammation is too deeply seated and the cauterisation too superficial for that), b ut to a revulsion or shock gives to the part, disturbing its vicious state. COURT OF COMMON C )UNCIL. Yesterday a couit was held for the despatch o public business. THIII FREEDOM TO SIR JOHN LAWRENCE. Alderman Salomons postponed his motion that the freedom of the City - be voted to Sir John Law• rence for his conduct in India t the next court. SIR HENRY HAVELOCK. Alderman HALE gave notice of motion that the bust of Sir H. Havelock be executed and placed in the Guildhall, in conim-iinoration of the great deeds of that remarkable man. (Cheers.) THE ADDRESS OF THE COURT OF ALDM=i' TO THE EMPEROR OF THE FRENCH. Mr. BESLEY complained of a breach of privilege The Lord Mayor and Court of Aldermen had agreed to an address to the Emperor and Empress of the French upon their escape from the attempted assassination without having communicated with the Court of Common Council on the sulject. This was in contravention of a comp Act het seen the two courts that they should always join in addresses of public importance, A resolution condemnatory to the exclusive vote of the Alderman wa3 agreed to. THE ATTEMPTED ASSASSINATION OF THE EMPEROR OF THE FRENCH. Mr. WHIT% moved, and Mr. BIICKNALL se conded, that a congratulary address be presF-n+ed to the Emperor and Empress of the French on their providential escape from the late atternp - ed assas nation. The motion was carried unanimously, and an address was prepared and,agreed to. THE VISIT OF THE EMPEROR AND EMPRESS OF TII FRENCH TO THIS COUNTRY. Deputy HARRISON, chairman of the Imperial Address Committee, brought up a report st ttiug that medals had been prepared by Mr. B. Wyon and distributed. The following letter ha I been received from, the Emperor of r,he French : " Patois des Tuileries, Dec. 21, 1857- "My Lord,--I accept with pleasure the medal which you have the goodness to send to me, and I am happy to see that the honourable c ,rporation of the City of London should have attached sufficient importance to my visit to consecrate the recollec tion of it in a durable manner. I beg of you, my lord, to bs the interpreter of my sentiments of extreme gratitude towards your worthy eliz and that you will yourself accept my sincere ex pressions of the same feelings. "To the Lord May or of the Cit y of London," A letter of acknowledgment send by command of her Majesty the Queen and the Prince Consort had also be e n rec eived through the Rem Ambrancer. In addition to the foregoing, they had received a letter from the chief of the municipality of . Paris t, , of whi c h t h e following i s an ex t ract :—"cqmo my lord, express to you in terms tco sroog my gratitude fora our having sent to me the meda , chef d'oeuvre of art, which records ono of the most important occurrences which have been I-rought about by the alliance of the two nations. It wil recal to me also —and this recr , llection ins pa,-iint larly dear to me —the magnificent and cordial II" - pitality which was so gracefully given at this epoch by one of the predecessors of your lordship to the delegates of the municip a l body of Paris." The committee hid also received acknowledg ments from the Duke of Cambridge, the French Ambassador, and various puhlic bodies. VISIT OF THE KD Or SARDINIA. Mr. H. L. TAYLOR, chairman of the Rcyal Sar dinian Entertainment Committee, brought up a re port, which was agreed to, and ordered to be printed, and the committee dissolved. Tile report stated that the bronze medals, in hou mr of the King's visit, had been executed by Mr. B. Wyon ; Cu) medals had been distributed; the bills had been examined and paid, and amounted to 5701. 4. BRIDEWELL HOSPITAL. GRESHAM presented a petition from Mr. W WAVENEY VALLEY. The Parliamentary declaratiou of this company with reference to their proposed deviation line be tween Bungay and Beccles and branch to Loddo:i iieti forth that the expenses of the proposed works will be defrayed out of a sum of 110,0001. which remains uncalled and unexpended ; and that after deducting the funds required for other works these will remain a surplus of 35,0001. applicable ,to the works first mentioned. The directors report Vleir tonal share capit tl at 120,0001., and their total loan capital at 35,6661. n . i ng lt ii ! i s th s ta in te u cl et h s a w t e t r b i e ty ß i e n lg A ins ian ist G in o g ve u r p n o m n en t t he is p a a c y l: ment of the " Patente," a kind of income-tax upon profits of railw.ye constructed in that country, not withstanding the concessi3ns all, by special clause, absolve the companies from any tax upon the rail way during the concession, either for the benefit of the State, the province, or the commune. The legal authorities, it appears, draw a distinction be tween a tax upon the line and upon the profits of it, to enable the Government to diminish the small sums that the Anglo-Belgian companies contrive to divide as interest and dividend. ILLINOIS CENTRAL. The Illinois Central Railroad Company have now, in addition to allowing shareholders to transfer their shares from the London to the New York re gistry as heretofore, made arrangements by which shares registered at New York can be transferred to the London books. NORTH YORKSHIRE AND CLEVELAND. The opening of an additional portion of this rail way to Kildare is expected to take place on the Ist of February. The new line will afford addi tional facilities for the conveyance of ironstone worked out of the Cleveland Hills. 7,226 31,325 13,672 20,818 57,576 28,006 22,782 29,777 18,471 10,692 32,672 18,389 64,751 7,664 42,100 83,401 52,988 86,066 26,386 6,395 10,291 5,620 4,905 11,857 24,902 12,578 19,073 41,114 3,42 SPORTING I N TELLIGENCE. TATTERSALL'S—THURSDAY. The publication of the Spring ffaudicaps gave no impetus to speculation. Few backers of horses were present, and they seemed desirous to suspend operations until after the declaration of the acceptances. In the City 25 to 1 had been taken about Palmister, but at the Corner these odds were currently offered on the field. The subjoined prices are for the most part nominal :--- CHESTER CUP. 25 to 1 agst Palmister (offered) 1000 to 30 agst Charles the Second (Brother to Mary Copp) 1000 to 36 agat King of the Isles 50 to 1 aget King of the Gipsies 50 to 1 aget Prince of Denmark 1000 to 16 agat Tricolour 1000 to 16 agst Melissa 1000 to 15 agst M. Dobler LIVERPOOL S' Weights for the Liverpool C Forfeits to be declare, 7 EEPLECHASES. fraud National Steeplechase. I on or before Feb. 2. I.t lb 1 Bourton ll 10 Emigrant %v eathernock ll 7 The Minor ll 4 Little Victim ll 2 Xanthus ll 0 Black Swan Knight of the Shire 10 12 Tom Moody lO 10 Kingacourt Escape Ben Lomond lO 10 ' , The Colonel Minerva lO 7 Lobster Claudius lO 7 Little Charley lltietstuan lO 7 Fox lO 7 Metis , 10 7 Hindley lO 7 Tooeey A bd-et-Kader Morgan Rattler lO 4 Tame Deer lO 4 Weston Jean do Quesne... Litt!e Yeoman Lilford The Sluggard lO 4 Malt° — 10 - 4- Country Markets. MANCHESTER—JAN. 21. There was about an average attendance to•daB, and tho best qualities of English and American wheat ) 46 i a fair demand at about last week's rates, and secondary sorts at a decline of 1s per qr. American 2d per 701bs cheaper. Flour in some instances again offered at a decline of le, but found no buyers. Oats and oatmeal moved of at • slow sale, at the turn lower. English beans ruled firm, but Egyptians rather easier. NEWARK —JAN. 20. A good attendance, and prices similar to tilos* of Jut week, except for wheat, which was la lower. Spring corn realised last week's rates, and a steady sale. Wheat, white 54s to 565, red 48s to 528; barley, malting 3's to 40s, grinding 348 to 360; oats, 24st. 34e to 365, 23st, 248 to 288; beans, 448 to 468; malt, 648 to 728; peso, 444 to 468; tares, --s to —8 per qr. LOUTH-4n. 20. An inactive trade in corn to-day, with little variation in rates, but for wheat males could only be effected lb • reduction of 1. to 2e per qr. Wheat, 42. to 47e ; extra, 51e; barley 33e to 36e; oats 20. to 231; beans, 40e to 455. BOSTON—JAN. 20. The wheat trade to-day was in a rather weak state. The sales passing in wheat were at a reduction of is per qr. Prices :—Wheat, red, 40s Od to 47s Od; new, — a to —a white, 44s Oa to 49s Od extra, 525. Barley, 26s Od to 37s Od. Oats 18. to 268. Peas, 31 to 41. Od. Beans, 34s Od to 4 a Od per qr. GLASGOW -Zia. 20. The market was well attended to-day, and a moderato business resulted in wheat at a reduction of is per boll for American, and 6d upon new Baltic Flour in favour of sellers. Barley 6d to is per boll dearer. Oats and oat meal steady. Beans and peas dull. EDINBURGH GRAIN.-3*.art, 20. A fair supply of grain to-day, and sales heavy. Wh ea t, on the top, is Od down, and on the average Os 9d down. Barley, Os 6d up on the top, and 11 Od down on the average. Oats on the top were Os 3d up, and on the av erage 0 4 6d down. Beans on the top Os 6d down, and on the average Os 2d up.- .4.IICRAGE9 PER DallitlAL QUARTIII. Wheat £2 0 4 11-12th. Do. new Barley Oats 1 2 11 1-12ths. Beans Total Supply and Sales. Wheat 1762 qrs sold 1347 qr. Barley 1666 qrs so ld 1347 qrs Oats 1693 qrs sold 1389 qrs Beans 236 qrs sold 227 qrs DERBY SMITHFIELD. —.74.1. 19. A fair supply of fat beasts to-day ; the demand was active ; former prices were asked, and b.el was a little better sold. Sheep in poor supply, and a slow sale. There was a good supply of fat pigs, and the sales heavy. lab calves plentiful, and well sold. The following were the quotations ;—Beef, to 61d; mutton, 7d to 7jd ; lamb, —d to Od ; veal, 7id tc 01 per lb. ; pigs, 93 6d to 11. 3d per score ; rough fat, 5s 3A to Os per 141 b. ; hides, 4ld to 6,d per lb ; calf skins. 6d to 7d per lb. at lb Toddy lO 4 Magnet lO 4 Trembleur ...... 9 12 Joe Graham 9 12 ['be Rejected 9 10 Planet Nicholas Kettleby t,... 910 Warwick Hindno King Cole mare 9 10 Potter Westminster 9 8 Treachery Lough Bawn Black Bess 9 6 VERB Harkaway Little Tom 9 6 Earthstopper 9 6 Caledonian 9 6 The Brewer Comet Harry L ., rrequer Glenamour The Bruiser - Moire Antique 9 0 Woodyeates Syvagee 8 12 Spring Violet "' 8 4 Conrad ....... 8 4 LOCAL SHARE MARKETis. LIVERPOOL —JAN. 21. STOOK EXCIIANGE.—LittIe business has been done in the share market to-day, and there is no new feature to notice. Birkenhead, Lancashire , and Cheshire, 71i—South -- Eastern, 22) --- Grand Trunk , of Canad a , 12d—Eastern Counties, 12 9-16—Holyheads, Di—Midlands, 911 Loudon and North Western, 1011. LEEDS —JAN. 21. STOCK EXCHANGE. Midlands, 91 4—North-E as t ern , Leeds, 26 s—L ancas hi re and Yorkshire, 94$—Amb o y gate, MANCHESTER, JAN. 21. STOCK EXCHANGE—Prices opened rather steady, and with a fair business. Sheffiehis. 39 —Eastern Counties, 12i —Trunks, 12i—Dovers, 22 9-16--Midland, 94a--North British, 1 -Union Bank, pm.-:-Berwicks, 24f—Hu4 and Selby halves, b4f. I [Anveanseuxsvd—The difficulties and dangers of bringing I up Infants by hand or wet nurses have been entirely over come by Du Barry's delicious Revalenta Arabica Food, which feeds, strengthens, and removes all those little pains and irre gularities infants are so subject to. The following letters speak volumes :—" Grammar School, Stevenage, 16th Dec, 1850. 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