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.---,..---_ Flag-ship Roanoke, Aspinwall, Dec. 3. Sir,—l had the honour, on the 26th ult., in. my No. 52, to inform you of my arrival at San Juan del Norte on the evening of the 25th, and also that the 'Washington had arrived, her passengers still on board, without the prospect of crossing the country by that route. She left on the 26th for Aspinwall, and has again returned to the United States with a large portion of her deceived pas sengers ; verifying, I regret it on many accounts, precisely what I reported to you might be expected in my letter No. 48, under date of 16th October last. That route may, therefore, for the present, be considered as closed. The Valorous, Capt. W. C. Aldham, was the only British vessel of war in port when I left. Sir Wm. Gore Ouseley and family were still on board. I reported to you that I had verbally learned that the Washington had been examined by boats from the Valorous, subsequently to her being boarded and passed by Capt. Jarvis, of the Savan nah; that Capt. Wainwright, in the Leopard, had been despatehed in great haste to the Colorado River in search of filli busters ; that she had boarded the American steamer Catherine Maria, then at anchor in that river, with armed bolts, in search of them ; that I was taking immediate measures to get the full particulars from Capt. Jarvis, and that. I would report to you in full by the next opportunity. Before I proceed further, however, I will here state that the reports i n relation to the Catherine Maria were greatly exaggerated, and have been most satisfactorily explained to me by Capt. Ald ham, and that I have not the slightes reason to believe that another case, such as occurred on board the Washington, will be repeated. I am, however, constrained to say that I believe, had Capt. Ald ham been left entirely to his own judgment, such a proceeding would not have occurred at all. I herewith enclose to you copies of the corres pondence with Capt. Aidham on the subject, by which you will perceive that he claims a protecto rate over the harbour of " Greytown " (Nos. 1,2, and 3). I trust that my letters will meet your , approval. I should here state that my first letter to Capt. Aldham reached him on Saturday, the 27th ultimo, and that his answer was not received until Monday morning ; but at the same time I received a private note of a most friendly character from Sir W. G. Ouseley, in which he stated that he had had inter views with the President and yourself just previ ously to his leaving the United States. I had sent my card to him by my flag-lieutenant in the first boat that left my ship after my arrival, and desired him to express my regret to Sir 'William that the exceedingly bad weather and heavy sea prevented me from personally . payi ng my respect s . You will perceive th at my second letter to Captain W. C Aldham is dated on 'the day his answer to my first was received. It was with a private note to Sir Wm. Gore Ouseley, sent in on that afternoon by my secretary, Mr. Zantzinger, in which I stated to Sir William that he might be confided in, as he had stated in his note, "he would have been glad we should have raet, as he would have been plea , ed to have had a little chat on subjects of mutual interest to both of us " ' I would here inform you that, from the moment of my anchoring up to the time I left San Juan del Norte, it was blowing a norther, with a heavy sea heaving in, the ship rolling the muzzles of her gun deck guns deeply in the water, requiring the offi cers and men to get into and out of the boats by ropes arid ladders, and the selection of the most active to do it even in that way. It was attended with great danger, and, in my weak state, precluded the possibility of doing it, which was my only rea son I did not wait on Sir William. Mr. Zantzinger returned to the ship about 6 p.m., bringing with him Capt. Aldham, of the Valorous, and who, upon my invitation, at once consented, in consequence of the roughness of the 'weather, to re main with me for the night. A short period after his arrival, Mr. Synge, Sir William's Secretary of Legation, came on board, intending also to spend the night. I had determined, when I sent Mr. Zantzinger in with my second letter to Capt. Ald ham, to leave the anchorage as soon as he returned, for I could not remain longer there with the ship straining • in every direction, the oakum starting from her seams,- an d th e d ang e r of injuring some portion of her engines. I therefore concluded, as I was obliged to leave, and as I thought it necessary you should receive the very earliest information as to all the facts, to return to Aspinwall, so as to. meet the steamer of to-morrow. I requested Mr. Zantzinger to inform Sir William and Capt. Aid ham that I should proceed to Aspinwall when 1 left, and would be pleased to take any communica tions they might desire to send. To this, most probably, and to a great desire, as Captain Aldham declared, to have an interview with me, I was indebted for the unceremonious visit of both him and the Secretary of. Legation ; the latter, no doubt, being sent by Sir William purposely to remove all unfavourable impressions and talk over, rather than write further upon the subjects at issue; which in truth I did not regret, for I was not insensible of the fact that, in such a correspondence,- Captain Aldham would have the benefit of the advice and experience of Sir William. • Captain Aldham and myselfconversed most frankly upon the subject of the Washington. He declared his having no intention of an interference with American vessels ; his great desire to act in con• cert with me in endeavouring to prevent the land ing of " filibusters ;" that he could not possibly see the slightest cause for the apprehension of any difficulty ; and that so far as he was concerned, there should be none. With Mr. Synge the conversation was equally frank. He, however, distinctly declared that Eng land had neverabandoned the protect orate, but that he believed before the Ist of Jan. next the whole matter would be finally settled; that as to boari, ing and searching American vessels, they had al ready abandoned it, not from fear or pusillanimity, but because England felt she could do so honour ably, and ought to do it ; and it was not probable that it was now to be revived ; that there was cer tainly nothing secret or mysterious in Sir William's mission, as it was well understood in 'Washington, and that no officer in her Britannic Majesty's ser vice would be less likely to do any act which could be construed as offensive, or as an interference with us, than Captain Aldham. In the conversation I had little to sap, for my positien had been taken in my correspondence, and I desired there to leave it. I do not pretend to give you the precise words of these free and frank conversations, but I have endea voured, so . far as my memory serves lie, to give you 'HE BRITISII VISIT TO TIIE AME.RICAN SHIP WASITINGTON. OFFICIAL CORRESPONDENCE. The following highly interesting correspondence has been laid before the Congress of the United States by the Secretary of the Navy : Flag-ship Roanoke, off San Juan del Norte, Nov. 26. Sir,—l have the honour to inform you that I arrived off this place at six o'clock last evening. The Savannah is in the river, and the officers and men are in good health, having but eleven on her sick report. The Jamestown left a few days since for fresh sea air, and would touch at Aspinwall and return here immediately. I regret to learn she has some thirty cases of , the fever. Should they not have lessened I will send her on her arrival imme diately back to Aspinwall, as perhaps the most healthy of the two places. The Washington, mail steamer, arrived here on the 18th inst., and is now firing up for Aspinwall. Her passengers are still on board, there being no means to take them either across the country or to San Francisco, had they reached San Juan del Sur. The Hermann left Panama direct to San Francisco. I anticipated precisely what has occurred, as I informed you in a previous letter. The Valorous, Sir W. C. Aldham, with Sir Wm. Gore Ouseley on board, is now the only English vessel-of-war in the river. I have heard a report that an officer was sent from her to board the Washington after she had been inspected and passed by . the Savannah, and who put some very improper interrogatories to her captain, and that Capt. Wainwright, in the Leopard, was despatched in great haste to, the Colorado River, in search of 200 filibusters, which rumour stated had been landed from the Washington at that point, and that he sent a boat on board the American steamer Catherine Maria, then lying in that river, to ascer tain the correctness of the report. la m taking im mediate measures to get full particulars from Capt. Jarvis, and will report them in full by the next opportunity • but, according to my present under standing of the matter, it looks like a renewal of the scenes which lately occurred around the island of Cuba, charged only to fillibusters for Africans. You may rely on my taking prompt and efficient measures to protect the honour of our flag should it become necessary ; and if really her Britannic Majesty's officers have instructions to board and examine American ships for fillibusters, under the very guns of the ships of my squadron, the time must be very short before the most serious conse quences may be anticipated. But I hope some explanation may be made, so soon as I can inves tigate the matter, which may give a more favourable aspect to the course said to have been pursued. The Valorous saluted my flag this morning, which was promptly returned. I write in haste, to get my letters off by the Washington. I have the honour to be sir, very respectfully, your obedient servant, JAMES M'INTOSII, Flag Officer, Commander-in-Chief, Home Squadron. The Hon. Isaac Toucey, Secretary of the Navy. United States ship Savannah, San Juan del Norte Nov. 20, 1858. _.— --. Sir,—l have the honour of informing you that since I wrote you this afternoon I have received the following information : Two officers from one of the British ships in the harbour boarded the Washington within 15 minutes after she eame to anchor, and asked Capt. Churchill the following questions :—" Where from ?" "How many passengers have you ?" " How many days out from New York ?" "Did y olz stop at any port on your w a y ou t ?" ,' These questions were answered. They then wished to look at his passenger list. Captain. Churchill re ferred them to'his purser. On looking over the list which they received from the purser they asked, "How many passengers have you ?" lie answered by stating the number. "Are they all Americans?" "No : they are of various nations." "Are they armed ?" "Not any, to my knowledge." "Did the American officers who boarded you examine your hold ?" "No." Mr. King, the first mate, who was present at the interview, remarked that if they (the officers) wished any information on the subject they might obtain it by applying to one of the American ships of war in the harbour. They replied, " that their instructions were to obtain their information direct." The above is all the information I have received ; I shall await your further jnstructions upon the subject.—l am, sir, very respectfully, your obedient se-Nant, JOSElqr It. DATis, Captain. Flag Officer James Mclntosh, Commander-in-Chie. Home Squadron. Her Hajesty's ship Valorous, Greytown, Nov. 28, 1858. Sir,—l have the honour to acknowledge the re ceipt of your letter of the 26th inst., inclosing copy of a. report made to you by Captain Jarvis, of the United States ship Savannah, relating to the visit, on the 17th inst., of two officers of her Ma jesty's ship under my command to the American steamer Washington, which had just anchored at this port. In reply, I must express my great regret thai you should-consider the act -of visiting an Ame rican merchant vessel within this port, which is under the protection . of Great Britrin, for the purpose of obtaining the information which is usually required by all civilised - nations from ves sels entering their harbours, o r un d er th e i r pro tection, or in any friendly port, in the same light as delaying, boarding, and examining of an American vessel on the high seas in search of slaves or pirates ; and I still more deeply regret that my acting •in accordance with established usages in this respect should cause you to appre hend any such grave danger as that to which you allude. I trust to remove from your mind any misunder standing as to my acts and intentions, and beg to assure you that, in carrying out my instructions, which are of a similar nature to those which you have received from your government, and which you have been kind enough to communicate to me, it will be my earnest endeavour and my most pleas ing duty to act in a spirit of perfect frankness and cordiality with the flag officer or any other officers of the United States farces on the station. There arc some circumstances which appear to have escaped your attention, and which I beg to bring to your notice. The Washington had been boarded by the United States ship Savannah previous to my sending a boat to her, and, as she had been permitted to enter the harbour, it was evident, judging from the declara tions of the United States government against all illegal invaders, that she was not employed by the fillibusters, for in that case s h e wou ld h ave b een forbidd en to enter the port. After the Washington had anchored in this port the usual and natural course of sending to make inquiries and obtain news was followed. No pro hibition of friendly intercourse between Ameri can merchant or Passengerv esse l san d h er Majesty's is customary i n t i me of peace among all ships had been m a d e k nown tb me; such "inter course civilised d nations, and is never objected to by her Majesty's officers when practised by United States men-of-war to English merchantmen. • . hostile • I beg to point out that such aho • ' their meaning literally ; and if there was sincerity in them, of which I have not the slightest doubt. I am happy to say I can see no cause of apprehension on our part tor a reeurrence of the proceeding. I was much pleased with both the gentlemen, and everything was done by Captain Gardner and myself, which hospitality or kindness could dictate, to make them comfortable and at home. They left the ship fully so impressed. • Sir William Gore Ouseley is expected to reach this on Monday next in the British mail steamer. I have to state to you the utter impossibility of this ship remaining at anchor off San Juan del Norte during the blowing of a norther. She Las been more strained in the four days I was there, in hull, masts, and rigging, than she could have been in a dozen winter voyages across the Atlantic. These winds blow in squalls, and when they mode rate, the current from the river is running out with such velocity as to cause the ship to lay di rectly in the trough of the sea, and to roll most heavily, certainly endangering her masts and straining her engines. It is a bad anchorage even in the regular trades, for then, as was the case in the Wabash when she landed her men, the ship was rolling guns under; but in a norther—and this is the season for their recurring every few days—it is simply impossible without the utmost danger. No ship with too great a draught to enter the river should be kept there from November to March. Mr. Burton, the pilot, now informs me that he has more recently sounded thoroughly the bar, and, as a constant thing, 23 feet is all that can be found, but that, occasionally, as was the case some time since when the Savannah entered the river, 25 feet were found in two instances. Such a variation makes it too precarious for this ship ever to enter the river. The Jamestown, I regret to say, left here with our mails before my arrival ; but, as she had fair winds, and I ordered her immediately back, I hope to receive any despatches she may have for me in a few days, and I shall await here her arrival. I herewith also .transmit the petition of a town meeting held at San Juan del Norte on the 18th ult., addressed to Sir W. G. Ouseley, and the re sponse of Sir William. These papers I only re ceived from Mr. Cotr e ll, our commerc i a l agent, just previous to getting under weigh from that place. (Nos. 4,5, 6.) I have the honour to be, sir, very respectfully your obedient servant, JAS. MCINTOSH, Flag Officer, Commander-in-Chief Home Squadron. The Hon. Isaac Toucey, Secretary of the Navy. Flag-ship Roanoke, off San Juan del North, Nov. 26, 1858. Sir,—l inclose you a copy of a report made to me to-day by Capt. J. R. Davis, commanding the United States ship Savannah. It relates, as you will perceive, to the visit to the Am er i can s t eamer Washington by two of the officers of h e r B r it ann i c Majesty's navy, attached to the ship under your command. I have also a verbal report relative to the boarding, by Capt. Wainwright, of her Britan nic Majesty's ship Leopard, of the American steamer Catherine Maria, in the Colorado River, in search, it is said, of filibusters. Of the last act I am as yet but imperfectly in formed. In both cases, however, quite enough has been ascertained to cause me regret as to the course pursued, and much anxiety if persevered in, or again repeated, of maintaining the peaceful relations at present existing between our two Governments. My instructions are most rigid in relation to the boarding, delaying or examining American merchant vessels by the vessels of war of any other nation, and I see no difference between the doing so, whe ther in search of filibusters or Africans. They look . to no such difference, and it cannot for a moment be admitted. These instructions must be executed to the extent of the power intrusted to my command, ' and I assure you that it will be most agreeable to me if it can be done without the slightest misun derstanding in relation to our respective duties, and still preserve the peaceful relations which now and I hope may continue to exist between our two na tions. To secure this most desirable end, vessels under the American flag calling at the ports of Central America must be exempted from visit or search on any account. A part of my duty here, with a portion of the squadron under my command, is to prevent the landing in Nicaragua, Costa Rica, and the other re publics of Central America all filibustering or other illegal expeditions, should any attempt it, f rom th e United States, under the American flag; and the officers in command of the ships of my squadron are strictly instructed upon, this point. There can, therefore, be no possible excuse for the interference by the ships-of-war of her Britannic Majesty's navy with vessels under the American flag, and it is to be hoped that the officers commanding them will desist from creating any unnecessary excite ment, and the dander of an interruption of the good understanding which at present exists, particularly as I received, under date of the 7th July last, the assurance of Commodore Kellett, that he has issued instructions to the respective captains and com manders of the ships and vessels under his orders, "to cease visiting or interfering with American vessels in these waters."—l have the honour to be, sir, very respectfully, your obedient servant, JAMES MCINTOSH, Flag Officer, Commander-in-Chief Home Squadron. Sir W.• C. Aldham, K.O 8., Commanding her Majesty's steam frigate Valorous. THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING,: .DWEIVII3fR. 31, 1858. She was found to be in all respects regularly cleared, her passengers unexceptionable, and she was, therefore, permitted to enter the river. Under other circumstances, the Washington would have been, as you justly infer, prevented from going in. A friendly visit from a boat from your ship after the Washington had anchored would never have been made by me the subject of complaint. But the inquiries which were propounded by the boarding officers from your ship looked at once into a thorough investigation and examination of the ship, and to the manlier in which the United States officers had performed their duties. This I considered as exceeding what would be characterised as a friendly visit, to which I called your attention and which I am constrained still to consider as un necessary on the part of the officers under your command. I trust, however, from the frank and friendly tenor of your letter, and which I assure you in no one point exceeds my own, that we shall have no inter ruption to our friendly relations in the execution of our respective duties.—l have, &c., JAS. ITINTOSII, Flag-officer Commander-in-Chief, H ome Squadron. Sir, W. C. Aldham, K.C.8., Commanding ll.M.'s steam frigate Valorous. United States ship Savannah, San Juan del Norte, Nov. 20, 1858. Sir,—On the 17th inst.l had the honour of in forming you that I had called upen Sir Wm. Gore Ouseley, and that he had stated tome that he should sail for Aspinwall in two or three days. He now informs me that it is uncertain when he sails, and I have therefore thought it best, as the Jamestown was going to sea for a short time on account of the health of her crew, to send her to communicate with you. Sir - William appears to be very busy in diplomacy, but we have not been able to ascertain what about. He appears to be in constant communication with Mr. Green, her Britannic Majesty's consul. Mr. Banuel, the reported consul for Nicaragua to this place, was received on board the Valorous with seven guns. On the 18th, at one o'clock, the Washington steamer arrived from New York, with 330 passengers, bound to California. Her clearance, &c., is perfectly correct. At 5.30 . p.m. Colonel Childs proceeded up the river San Juan in the Catharine Maria, bound to Nicaragua, to try and obtain permission to carry them over the transit to San Juan del Sur. Should he not obtain it, the Washington on the 26th will leave this port for Aspinwall. At midnight the Catherine Maria, not finding . water enough, re turned and went outside to the Colorado River. There was- a town meeting-held at Greytown on the 18th _ inst., and certain resolutions ' passed, a copy 'of which I am trying to obtain. I herewith send yr . ou . a copy of a letter received from Mr. Cot trell upon the subject of the town meeting. At 4 p.m. of the 18th the Leopard sailed from this place and stood to the eastward, and the morn ing of the 19th returned and anchored here. Capt. Wainwright informed me that he was on board the Catherine Maria in the Colorado river. At about 9 p.m. of . the 18th, Capt. Aldham came on board and asked -me what I thought of the steamer Wash ington. I told him I had no doubts of her being engaged in a lawful pursuit ; that her clearance, &c., was all correct. He said he thought so too ; that he had heard a report that she had landed at the Colorado River over 200 men, under the com mand of General Henderson. I told him that I did not believe a word of it—that it was all hum bug. He said he agreed with me. The Leopard sailed to-day on her way to Eng land Our sick list is on the increaSe, and I shall take a cruise on the return of the Jamestown, unless otherwise ordered by you. We have 21 with inter mittent fever, 1 with remittent, and 1 with scurvy. The cases generally are very light. I cannot ac '6o"unt for the increase. For the last fortnight there would have been in the present case highly incon venient to some of the passengers on board who are English - subjects, one of them, indeed, a British functionary, pr ocee di ng with his family to one of her Majesty's possessions on the Pacific coast, and, unless in case of actual warfare, such prohibition of intercourse appears quite unusual. None such now exists on board her Majesty's packets with respect to foreign men •of-war, either in this har bour or elsewhere. I have to thank you, sir, for imparting to me the gratifying nature of your instructions respecting the filibusters, or others illegally attacking nations with whom our respective governments are in peaceful relation ; such an honourable course was to be expected from the well-known disposition and declaration of the United States Government; and it is highly satisfactory to me to acquaint you that my instructions are to a similar purport, and are actuated by the same spirit. "In order to convince you of the perfect frank ness and cordiality. with which I am desirous to act towards you, I will, if you will allow me to tres pass on your time, lay before you at once, and without waiting till you communicate to me form ally the reports on the subject which, as yet, have only reached you verbally, a clear statement of the circumstnnces under which I direeted Capt.. Wai nwright, of her Majesty's ship Leopard, to proceed to the Colorado river. Having received a notification from the authori ties of the Nicaraguan and Costa Rican govern ments that a hostile force had landed, or were about to land, in the River Colorado, with a request that I would aid in preventing it, I immediately de spatched Captain Wainwright, in the Leopard, to ascertain if such was the case. Captain Wainwright left this port late in the afternoon of the 18th inst., and, it being dark, mis took the entrance to the river, and anchored two or three miles to the southward °lit. At daylight he weighed, and anchored off the river, and in his own boat, accompanied by two others, pulled into the river, examining th e b an k s on either side, to see if there were any traces of landing having taken place. In proceeding up the river he observed the Catharine Maria at anchor, and as he neared her perceived some persons on board with whom he was acquainted. He immediately went alongside in his own boat only, and, going on board, requested to be informed if they had, heard or had seen anything resembling marauders or filibusters in the neigh bourhood ; and, being answered in the negative, Captain Wainright left the Catherine Maria, and returned to his own ship, weighed, and was at anchor again in this port by noon of the 19th. I trust, sir, that this frank explanation of the circumstance to which your letter alludes will con vince you that I have acted in no spirit of inter ference with American merchant vessels, and have not arrogated to myself any right which is not con ceded by universal custom to the commanding offi cer of the naval forces in a port belonging to, or placed under the protection of, his own nation. I have the honour to be, sir, with great respect, , your most obedient servant, W. CORNWALLIS ALDUAM, Captain. Flag-officer dames Mclntosh, Commander in-chief Home Squadron U.S. ships. Flag-ship Roanoke, off San Juan del:Norte, November 29, 1858. Sir,—l have the honour to acknowledge the re ceipt of your communication under date of the 28th inst. As a justification of your act in sending officers from your ship to visit and examine American mer chant vessels entering the port of San Juan del Norte, you inform me that " this port is under the protection of Great Britain." lam not, however, aware that my Government ever acknowledged such prOtection. On the contrary, my Government has always repudiated it. The first article of the " Clayton-Bulwer Convention" distinctly disavows it. I quote therefrom Agreeinq that neither will ever erect or maintain any fortifications com manding the same, or in the vicinity thereof, or occupy, or fortify, or colonise, or assume, or exer cise any dominio n over , Ni caragua, Costa Rica, the Mosquito coast, or any part of Central America." If her Majesty's vessels board our merchant vessels for the purpose of examining the papers and cargo of those which enter the port of San Juan del Norte, as the officers from the Valorous did, then you " assume" to " exercise dominion," which the " Clayton-Bulwer Convention" distinctly disclaims. Such construction I cannot for one moment recog nise until further advised by my Government ; and, consequently, I must act under my present instructions, the tenor of which was communicated to you in my letter of the 26th instant. I beg to express to you my entire satisfaction with your explanation in respect to the visit of Captain Wainwright, of her Majesty's frigate Leopard to the American steamer Catharine Maria, in the Colorado River, and of which visit I Stated to you that I was but imperfectly informed; but which I find, from your frank and clear represen tation, and for which I thank you, was very much exaggerated. I regret, however, to find that I am misunder stood by you as objecting to a:friendly visit from one of her Majestys ships-of-war to an American vessel in this or any other port. Such is not my objection, for I am aware that it is customary to make such visits by the vessels of war of all nations, and they are constantly made to her Majesty's mail-packets by the ships of my squadron ; but they are simply acts of courtesy, with offers of services, &c. The Washington has been boarded by an officer from the United States' ship Savannah, in obedience to my instructions to Captain Jarvis in relation to all American vessels bound into the river, or that should appear.off this port, and she was strictly examined, particularly as to improper persons who might be forcing themselves into Nicaragua and Costa Rica. has been remarkably fine weather for this place. : I am, &c., JOSEPH IL JARVIS. Flag fficer James M'lntosh, Commanding Home Squadron. value of these coins fluctuated all through the Sul tan's dominions; and contending that_ Mr. Cairo corcsi, being a foreigner, con Id not comprehend this being an infraction of the English.law. - -The Recorder ; -having sent -the case to the jury, in the course of his observations gave it as his opi nion that the Turkish Government had taken a very lenient course 'in refraining from prosecuting the witness Dipple. The Jury, after a short consultation, returned a verdict of Guilty. The Recorder then asked Mr. Adams if the . recent prosecutions in such cases had put a stop to these transactions ? Mr. Adams replied that he could not state pOsi tively, but he thought, from the instructions he had received, that they were still going on. Sentence was deferred until this morning, both Moss (whose sentence, was deferred from last ses sions) and Calvocoresi being allowed to go •n their bail. The court was crowded to inconvenience dur ing the hearing, many gentlemen from Manchester being amongst the audience.—Manchester Guardian. THE NAVY. Her Majesty's screw-frigate Shannon, of 51 guns, Captain F. Marten (acting), will go into Portsmouth harbour this morning. The carpenter belonging to the ship (Mr. Brice), at the suggestion of the late Captain Sir W. Peel, was instrumental in making carriages for the heavy guns which did so much execution at Lucknow. This officer con structed a model on the scale of an eighth ofan inch to a foot, and that model is now on board the Shannon. Her Majesty's. troop and store vessel Dee, Mr. T. C. Pullen in command, which was reported in The Sun as having been signalled to return into Ports mouth harbour, went to Spithead yesterday morn ing, and received a certain number of invalids and others belonging to Devonport and Queenstown. She sailed yesterday afternoon. Her Majesty's troopship Urgent, 6, Commander J. W. D. M'Donald, has completed taking in her complement of coals, and will be out of the dock yard hands by the 9th of Jan. She will be employed in the further conveyance of troops to the Mediter ranean. THE ARNE The following circular memorandum has been addressed to the army at home and abroad relative to soldiers' wives :-- Horse Guards, S.W., Dec. 20. It having come to the knowledge of the General Com manding-in-Chief that the wives of soldiers married with out leave, or married previous to enlistment, have in seve ral instances been taken upon the strength of newly raised battalions, his Royal Highnets reminds commanding ffi ocers that the Que en ' s regu l at i ons, distinct!), direct that soldiers married without leave are, under no circumstances, to be allowed accommodation for their wives in barracks, nor to participate in any of the advantages granted to mar ried soldiers, and this restriction applies equally to soldiers who have married pr ev i ous to their enlistment. , It is incumbent upon a commanding officer to take care that the indulgences extended to, soldiers' wives, a re no t tostowed upon impr o p er objects. 'Circumstances however, may arise to ind uce a comman di ng officer to think it desir able. to extend these indulgences to a soldier who, although married Without leave, may from steady behaviour and good soldierlike conduct have a claim to special consideration. The commanding officer of the corps will, in such cases,. apply to the' gener a l o ffi cer un d er w h om he is serving, who will, if he see fit; au th or i se th e w i fe to participate in the advantages enjoyed by others who have been legitimately admitted to them. Every such case is to be noted in the half-yearly confi dential reports, in which the number of soldiers married without leave, whose wives are on the strength of the regi ment, is invariably t o b e s t a t e d , an d the authority is tobe quoted, • By command, G. A. WETHERALL, Adjutant-Peneral. The annexed circular has been addressed to the commanding officers : War-office, D ec . 24, 1858 . Sir,—l am directed by Secretary Major-General Peel to acquaint you that Commissary-General John Wm. Smith, C. 8., has been appointed commissary-general in chief, under the royal warrant dated the 28th ult.; and I am at the same time to convey to you the following instructions with re spect to this warrant : 1. That all reports made to this office by commissariat officers, and all commissariet store aecounts are in future to be addressed, in accordance with the general rule of this office, to the Under-Secretary of State, marked in the corner " Commissary-General in Chief," in order that they may be referred to that officer for such action as he may think neces sary, and that such report shall be subject to the rules laid down in War-office Circular, No. 156, with respect to the authority and intervention of officers commanding the troops. 2. That the Treasury regulations of March, 1852, referred to as having been cancelled from the date of the warrant, are nevertheless still to be acted upon in the cases of all officers placed upon half-pay previously to such latter date; and that no transfer from half to retired pay can take place under the new regulations, even of those officers who might be otheiwiie eligible from length of service. - '3. That the same reg-ulations of Ist March, 1852, are to be still in force with regard to— Art. 13. Respecting charge pay to officers.promoted to a rank superior to that authorised for the station. Arts. 23 and 24. Respecting temporary charge pay. Art. 29. Respecting date of commencement and cessation of charge pay, and , • Arts. 25 and 31. Respecting the commencement and ces sation of full pay of officers. 4. That the grade of established cle r k i s prospectively abolished, under clause 4 of the warrant, but that clerks now on service will retain both their designations and emoluments until their several cases can be dealt with according to spe cial instructions, which will be forthwith given. 5. That with a view to the fixing of a c omm issariat esta blishment, limited t o the actual wants of the public service, as contemplated by clause 5, the attention of commissariat officers in local charge is particularly directed to the question whether any, or what, reduction of the existing establishment can be effected, and whether by a revised classification of duties, subordinate members of the depart ment may not, in some instances, properly take the places of commissioned officers, who should be confined -as much as possible to the higher duties of their profession. 6. That the increased rates of full pay now authorised will take effect from the date of the warrant, while the five years length of service (including periods of leave of absence granted therein) entitling officers to certain increased rates of pay must be shown by special reports to this office, stating the precise dates, sphere of duty, and other necessary parti culars, so that issues made under the responsibilityof officers in charge ,may be properly checked. 7. That the increased allowance, if any, to which officers may be citified under the new warrant will commence from the date of the general order promulgating the warrant within the command, and special reports are to be made to the office of such increased allowances, for the approval of the Secretary of State. - 8. That in any instance in which the emoluments of an officer under the regulations which have been superseded are greater than those to which he would be entitled under the new warrant, ho will be at liberty to draw such „higher emo luments until his services are transferred to another station, when his pay and allowances will be governed by the new warrant. 9. That the advantages and emolunients now applicable to officers serving on the west coast of Africa will be con tinued until further orders. , —l am, &c., " ' ' B. HAWES." Yesterday orders were issued to the officers in command of the East India depot battalions at Chatham, Colchester, Winchester, Stirling, Aber deen, and Fermoy, directing them to hold in readi ness the following reinforcements to embark at Gravesend for India,- - viz. 27 men of the Ist bat talion, 3d Buffs ; 20 men of the Ist battalion, sth Fusileers ; men of the 17th " Royal Tigers ;" two men of the Ist battalion, 19th Regiment; 25 men of the Ist battalion, 20th Regiment ; 24 men of the 28th Regiment ; 52 men of the 29th Regi ment ; 29 men of the 42d Royal Highlanders ; 27 men of the 46th Regiment ; 20 men of the Ist bat talion, 60th Rifles; 42 men of the 61st Regiment 19 men of the 72d (Duke of Albany's Own) High landers, 20 men of the 75th Regiment, 23 men of the 76th Regiment, 21 men of the 93d Highlanders, 20 men of the 95th Regiment, and 61 men of the Royal Artillery. The above reinforcements pro ceed to Calcutta, Kurrachee, and Bombay. In order to add to the comfort of the troops mounting guard as night sentries at Chatham the authorities connected with the Horse Guards have given directions for a large supply of a new de scription of long cloak with a thick cape to be for warded to that garrison to be worn by the troops on guard during th e co ld an d ra i ny winter nights. A number of the new cloakS have'already been re ceived at Chatham an d issued for the use of the troops, one being hung up in each sentry-boa to be worn by the sentry, who hands it over to his suc cessor on being relieved. The new garment is made of a very stout material,, and, being worn by the soldier over his ordinary greatcoat, is a very great protection during the severest weather. Similar cloaks are to be provided for the Royal Marine Light Infantry. THE TURKISH COINING CASE. TRIAL OF :MR. A. CALVOCORESI. At 'the Birmingham Court of Quarter Sessions, on. Wednesday, Antonio Calvocoresi, 25, a Greek merchant, resident at Manchester, surrendered to his bail, before Mr. M. D. Hill, Recorder, on an indictment charging him with having unlawfully caused to be coined certain Turkish piastres. The case was respitedfrom last sessions on the prisoner's applicatio - n to be tried by a jury partly composed of foreigners. Adams and Mr. Motteram conducted the case for the prosecution, and Mr. O'Brien appeared for the defence. -- Mr. Adams stated the case, the principal facts of which must be familiar to our readers. He narrated the proceedings attending the introduction of Mr. Calvocoresi to Messrs. Wood, merchants, of Bir mingham, by Mr. Moss, who had , been in the em ploy of the firm of Messis. Hamson, of Manchester —the subsequent endeavours made to induce seve ral of the Birmingham manufacturers to undertake the coining of piastres—the order 'finally given to Mr. Dipple, a die-sinker, Great Hampton-row— and the coining of the copper. Mr. Moss, it will be remembered, was tried at the last sessions on the charge, and found guilty. The learned counsel proceeded to exphtin the relative value .of piastres in Turkey, and said he had no doubt Mr. Calvo coresi had been induced by the prospect of a large profit to engage in the nefarious transaction. After ample evidence was given in support of this view, Mr. Dowler having given evidence relat ing to the ittterview of Mr. Calvocoresi with him, witnesses were called to prove the engraving of the dies and the priioner's apprehension in Manchester, when he denied that he had received any of the piastres. Abdullah Effendi, who was sworn on the Koran, was also called to show that the Turkish Government retained the coining of money in their own itandi. This closed the case for the prosecution, and Mr. O'Brien briefly addressed the jury for the defence, calling attention to the fact that there was nothing to show that there was any intent• to de fraud the Turkish GOvernnaent, - inasniuth as the THE ST. PAN GRAS DEFALCATIONS. APPREHENSION .AND EXAMINATION OF MR BIRCHMORE. Yesterday morning Mr. Birchmore, the late re lieving overseer of , the parish of St. Pancras, was apprehended by Mr. Inspector Witham, of the E: division, at No. 7, Sandwich-street, Burton-crescent. The prisoner was yesterday brought up at the Clerkenwell Police-court. He was prosecuted by Mr. Humphreys, and defended by Mr. John Wake ling, of Great Percy-street, Clerkenwell. The charge against the prisoner ;was that he had embezzled various sums of money, the moneys of the board of directors of the parish of St. Pancras.__,.. Mr. Humphreys in opening the case stated that he attended to prosecute on behalf of the directors of the poor of the- parish of St. Pancras, and al though he should not be able to conclude the case that day, he should produce evidence enough 'to enable him to ask f or a reman d .. Some defalcations having been discovered in , Mr. Birchmore's accounts he was ordered to. attend before a committee, when. he admitted that he was backward in his accounts to the amount of over £1.70. The prisoner, when a note was presented to him, did no t a d m it t h at h e had received all the amounts therein stated, but since then other amounts had:been discovered. In one case the prisoner had received from a Mrs. Pyle money to the amount of £25 which he had not ac counted for, but he should not be able to call her then, as from the short time the prisoner had been apprehended there had not been sufficient time to communicate with. her. A warrant had been applied for at this court some time hack, bnt the prisoner had managed to get out of the way, but the warrant could not now be produced, as the officer was- out of town looking after the prisoner. The defalcations of the prisoner could not then be stated accurately, but on the next occasion he should be able to complete the case. Mr. Humphreys then called Mr. Wm. Henry Wyatt, of Harrington-square, St. Pancras, who said—l am one of the board of directors of the poor of the parish of St. Pan cras. The prisoner was relieving overseer in the employ of the parish; Mr. Wakeling—Wasthat appointment in writing Witness (continued)—Yes, and he acted as such. In consequence of some defalcations' being disco vered the prisoner was ordered before the com mittee, and he then asked for the case to be adjourned. That was on the 22d October last. In answer to questions from the members of the com mittee the prisoner stated that he had received monies on account of the parish. A list was made out of the parties of whom the prisoner had to col lect monies on behalf of the parish. He was asked whether he had received other monies, each sum being separately nanied. Some he said ho had not received, and some he said he had, and these sums amounted to £179 4s. 9d. The prisoner should have entered the money he received in a book, entitled, " Mr. Birchmore's receipts," and should have accounted to a clerk. I have examined the book, and I find that nineteen different sums have - not been entered. The prisoner called 'on me ofi the, day the committee was to meet to examine the accounts. He said he was a defaulter to the extent of about £lOO, and that his surety would fully cover it. I told the prisoner. to tell the committee the whole - truth when he went before them, but of course I could.not give him or-promise him any ad vantage by his doing so. I did zot give him any promise in any shape or way. I was unwilling to hear the statement, and told the prisoner so. Mr. Tyrwhitt inquired if any of the amounts the prisOneradmitted having received were entered in the book ? • - • Cross-examined by Mr. Wakeling—Prisoner's duty was to relieve the poor. The Moneys entered in the book produced were moneys paid by parties who - were able to pay a portion of the expense for the support of their friends; Whonre lunatics. The list of defaloations was read over to the prisoner item by item. The first item in the list was the Num of £27 7s. 6d. Re-examined--The prisoner, when he was asked about the • defalcations, said he should like four or five days to see into the matter. The explanation the prisoner gave was not asked for. Mr. Wood, late a sergeant of police, said from in formation he received he went to .7 Sandwich-place, Burton-crescent, and saw the prisoner in : the back room of the first-floor. After some conversation he (witness) said, "Here is Mr. Birchmore, that is all I want.' The prisoner said, " Yes, it is all right." He said, V Yes, I am very sorry, but I must take you into custody, and 14ou must consider yourself my prisoner." Air: Humphreys said he 'did not propose to go further to-day, and asked f or a remand. Mr. Wakeling said his client was in a very diffi cult position, for although the prosecution had had plenty of time to. prepare their case, the prisoner having only been taken into custody a short time since, the evidencp to a grea t extent, had taken him by surprise, and he therefore would have no objec tion to a remand.- Mr:Birchmore, whilehehad been In the service of the parish of St. Pancras, had been the means of saving' some thousands of pounds to that body, and no doubt was still respected by a large body of the parishioners. His object in making these observations was upon the question of bail, and he might state that he had in court respectable and responsible inhabitants of St. Pancras, who were prepared to become surety to any amount the learned magistrate might think fit to fix. Mr. Humphreys objected. . Mr. Wakeling said the prisoner had come home on purpose to meet the charge, and if he had been afraid of any investigation he would not have come to this country at all. When he was taken into custody it was in the house of his family. Mr. Tyrwhitt said he would: take bail—the pri soner himself in £6OO, and two sureties in the sum of £3OO each, to appear on Friday next. Mr. Wakeling immediatelycalled two respectable householders :of St. Pancras forward, and the neces sary questions having been answered, the prisoner was liberated, and left the court - with his friends. Scarcely had the fact of the capture of the miss . ing relieving overseer, Mr. Birchmore, been made known, when intelligence was received respecting another officer, Mr. Arnell. The latter filled the office of collector for one of the districts of the pa rish, and notwithstanding that his books were balanced, and all appeared to be " square" with the parish,.he suddenly decamped, exactly seven weeks ago. The wife and numerous members of his family used every effort to obtain tidings of his where abouts. Advertisements were inserted in the daily papers, and the authorities of every hospital and workhouse in and near the metropolis, as well as in many distant parts of the country, were communi cated with ; but no intelligence was obtained until yesterday forenoon, when the family received inti mation that the body of the unfortunate man had been found on the 20th inst. in the Thames, off tieenhithe. Some members of the family imme diately started for the latter place, in order to satisfy themselves of the truth of the report 'by identifying either the body or the articles of clothing, thongh the minute description given of the latter, and the fact that the name of " Arnell" was inscribed 'on the linen, there remain s b u t littl e d ou b t as to the melancholy end of the unfortunate man. It need not be added that the family, who are much re spected,. are plunged into the deepest affliction. DECREASE OF POOR AT MANCHESTER.—The im proveinent of trade at Manchester is telling very signally in relief of the poor rates. At a meeting of guardidns, held yesterday, the out-door relief of the past week was stated as follows :—Settled cases, 838, at a cost of £lOl 13s. 10d. ; English non-settled cases, 725, at a cost of £96 13s. 6d. ; Irish cases, 880, at a cost of £ll4 10s. 3d. total cases, 2,443 ; cost, £313 3s. 6d. Compared with the correspond ing week bf last year, there was a decrease of 1,938 English cases, and £328.25. 3d. cost ; and o f 3,008 I r i s h cases, and £482 6s. 7d. cost. The decrease of in-door poor was 68. [AnvERTisEmENT.]-11arey's Horse and Cattle Improv ing Food is equally,adapt e d to improve the stamina of ill conditioned Horses, Cows,- Bullocks, Calves, Sheep, and Pigs. It" causes no extra expense; as' it contains far more and better nourishment than its cost of lid. per feed sup plies in corn and hay ; hence ensures an actual saving' in the keep. But its principal advantages are a great um-_ provement in the digestive -functions, the stamina and general condition of horses 'enabling them to perform far more labour without getting distressed. It imparts new vigour tq sick, debilitate& or old. apparently worn-0ut..., horses, and it puts rapidly the finest flesh on cattle gene rally, and improves the milk in • cows, as it enables them to extract the entire nourishment out of everything they feed on. Rardy and Co., 77; Regent's Quadrant, Piccadilly, London. ;Packed in tins of about 99 feeds, lls. • in casks of about 460 feeds, 50 5 . ; o f a b ou t 1 , 000 feeds, 15, belng lid, per feed.. . 1 . . 1., c , East Riding Bank, Beverley-Bower and Co 47,480 Essex Bank and Bishop's Stortford Bank, Chelms ford-Sparrow, Round, and Co 35,315 Exeter Bank, Exeter-Sanders and Co 23,611 Farringdon•Bank and Bank of Wantage, Farring ' don-Barnes, Medley, and Co 6,801 Farnham Bank, Farnham-John and Jas. Knight 9,150 Faversham Bank, Faversham-Hilton and Co 5,106 Godalming Bank, Godalming-Mellersh and Keen 4,466 Guildford Bank, Guildford-Messrs. Haydon 11,576 Grantham Bank, Grantham-Hardy and Co • 27,002 Hereford City and County Bank, Hereford-Mat thews and Co 11,779 Hull Bank and Kingston-upon-Hull Bank, Hull- Smith, Brothers, and Co ... - Huntingdon Town and County Bank, Hunting- , don-Veasey and Co ' Harwich Bank, Harwich-Cox, Cobbold, and Co. 4,159 Hertfordshire, Hitchin Bank, Hitchin--Sharples and Co. Hereford, Ross, and Archenfield Bank, and Ross and Archenfield Bank, Ross-Morgan and Co 17,906 Ipswich Bank, Ipswich-Bacon and Co. 18,421 Ipswich and Needham Market Bank, Suffolk, Had leigh Bank, Manningtree and Mistley Bank, and Woodbridge Bank, Ipswich-Alexanders & Co 56,110 Kentish Bank, Maidstone-Randall, Mercer, and Co: - 13,829 Kington and Radnorshire Bank, Kington-Davies and Co. Knaresborough Old Bank and Ripon Old Bank, • Knaresborough-Harrison and Co. '19,775 Kendal Bank, Kendal-Wakefield, Crewdson, &Co 38,999 Longton Staffordshire Bank, Longton-C. Harvey and Son Leeds Bank, Leeds-Beckett and Co. 51,957 Leeds - Union. Bank, Leeds-W. Williams, Brown, • and Co. Leicester Bank Leicester-T. and T. T. Paget 30,411 Lewis Old Bank, Lewis-Whitefeld and Co 23,020 Lincoln Bank, Lincoln-Smith, Ellison and Co 76,173 Llandovery Bank, Lampeter Bank, and Llandilo Bank, Llandovery-D. Jones and Co Loughborough Bank, Loughborough-Middleton and Cradock Lymington Bank, Lymington-S. and G. F. St Barbe - Lynn Regis and Lincolnshire Bank, Lynn Legis- Gurneys and Co Lynn Regis and Norfolk Bank, Lynn Regis- Jarvis and Co 9,7 70 Macclesfield 'lank, Macclesfield-Brocklehurst and Co. - - . 12,842 Manningtree Bank, Manningtree-Nunn and Co 532 Merionethshire Bank, Dolgelly-Williams and Son 8,521 Miners' Bank, Truro-Willyams and Co. Monmouthshire Agricultural and Commercial Bank, Abergavenny-Bailey and Co. Monmouth Old Bank, Monmouth Bank, Brecon Bank, Chepstow Bank; Chepstow Old Bank, and Ross and Herefordshire Bank, Monmouth- Bromage Snead, and Co Newark Bank, Newark- r •Gelfrey and Riddell ..- 24,917 Newark and Sleaford Bank, and Sleaford and Newark Bank Sleaford-Handley, Peacock, and Co. Newbury Bank, Newbury-Bunny, Slocock, and Co 17,042 Newmarket Bank, Newmarket-Eaton, Hammond, and Co. Norwich CrOwn Dank and Norfolk and Suffolk Bank, Norwich-Harveys and Hudsons 48,044 Norwich and Norfolk and Fakenham Banks, Nor wich-Gurneys and Birkbecks 85,975 Nottingham and . Nottinghamshire Bank, Notting ham-Hart, Fellows, and Co. Nuneaton Bank, Nuneaton-Craddock and Co. Naval Bank, Plymouth-Harris &Co ... .. 18,743 New Sarum Bank, Sarum-Everett and Co 8,789 Nottingham Bank, Nottingham Samuel Smith and Co 27,965 Oswestry Bank and Oswestry Old Bank, Oswestry -Craxon and Co. 8,982 Oxford' ld Bank, Oxford-Parsons and Co ... 31,467 Old Bank, Tunbridge, Tonbridge and Tonbridge Wells Old Bank, Tonbridge and Tonbridge- Wells and Sevenoaks Bank , 4 .ronbridge--T. H. and S. Beaching Oxfordshire Witney Bank, Witney--J. W. Clinch and Soni - 10,212 Pease's Old Bank, Hull, the Hull Old Bank ar a Beverley Bank, Hull-Pease and Co. • 41,728 Penzance Bank, Penzance-Batten and Co. Peterborough - Bank and Oundle Bank, Peter borough-D. Yorke and Co. Pembrokeshire Bank, Haverfordwest-J. and W Walters Reading Bank; Reading-Simonds and Co. Reading Bank, Reading-Stephens, Blandy, & Co 27,899 Richmond. Bank, Richmond-Roper and Co. Rochdale Bank, Rochdale-Clement, Royds, &Co 2,800 Rochester, Chatham, and Strood Bank, Rochester- Day and Nicholson Royston Bank, Royston-F or dh am an d S ons Rugby Bank, Rugby-A. Butlin and Son 8,856 Rye Bank, Rye-R. C. Pomfret and Co 9,597 Ross Old Bank, Herefordshire, Ross-Allaway and MacDougal • Saffron Walden and North Essex Bank, Saffron Walden-Gibsons and Co. • 27,922 Salop Bank, Shrewsbury-Burton, Lloyd, &Co 12,530 Scarborough Old Bank, Scarborough-Woodall and Co. - 21,398 Shrewsbury Old Bank and Shrewsbury and Ludlow Bank, Shrewsbury-Rocke ' Eyton, and Co. .... 35,487 Sittingboume and Milton Bank, Sittingbourne ' Vallance, and ,Co. Southampton Town and County Bank, Southamp ion-Maddison and Pearce Southwell Bank, Southivell-Wylde and Co. 11,379 Southampton and Hampshire Bank, Southampton -Atherley, Fall, and Co. : 2,775 Stafford Old Bank, Staff or d-St even a o n an d C o. Stamford and - Rutland Bank, - Stanford-Eaton, Cayley, and Co 25,122 Shrewsbury an Welsh Pool Bank, Shrewsbury- Beck, Downward, and Co. 19,771 Taunton Bank," 1 aunton-H. and R. Badcock 26,313 Tavistock Bank, Tavistock-Gill, Sons, and Co. Thornbury Bank, Thornbury-Harwood and C 0... 9,104 Tiverton and Devonshire Bank, Tiverton-Duns. ford and Co.- Thrapston and Kettering Bank, Northamptonshire, Thrapston-York and Eland ... 41,168 Tring Bank and Chesham Bank, Tring-llutcher and Son: 11,738 Towchester Old Bank, Towchester-Percival and Co 6,105 Town and County of Toole Bank and Ringwood and Poole Bank, Poole-G. W. Ledgard and Song 8,291 Union Tank, Cornwall, Helston-Vivian and Co 13,208 Uxbridge Old Bank, Uxbridge-Hull, Smith, &Co 9,714 Wallingford Bank, Wallingford-Hedges, Wells, and Co. Warwick and Warwickshire Bank, Warwick -• Greaves and Co. ............................ 20,114 Wellington Somerset Bank, Wellington-Fox, Brothers, and Co 3,495 West Riding Bank, Wakefield and Pontefract B an k_Leatham, Tew, and C0 i ... 5 .. 1; 42,105' , Chapman, . Whitby Old Bank, Whitby-Simpson, 7 and Co. Winchester, Alresford, and Alton Bank, Winches ter-Bulpett and Co. 16,380 Weymouth Old Bank and Dorchester Bank, Wey mouth-Elliot, Pearce, and Co. Wirksworth and .Ashb ourne Derbyshire Bank- 2 Arkwright and Co. Wisbech and Lincolnshire Bank, Wisbech-Gur- L__neysand_Co..... • 43,478 Wiveliscombe Bank, Wiveliscombe-P. and W - - 11aneOck • - 6,022 Wolverhampton. Bank, Wolverhampton-Goodrieke alaitolyoake Worcester . ...- Old Bank and Tewkesbury Old Bank, W orcester -Berwick, Lechniere, and Co 56,445 Wolverhampton Bank, W o l ver h amp t on- R . and W.• F. Fryer 10 003 YarMouth and. Suffolk B an k, an d • H a l esworth and ' Suffolk Bank, Yarmouth-Gurneys, Birkbeck a.lid CQ, ~iiimst . . ... t!!:, . . i!, i.tttttlttlii 40,525 ' ' 8,038 BANE. RETURNS. An Accon t,-pursuant to the Act 7th and Bth Victoria cap. 32, of the Average Amount of Bank Notes, of the several Banks of Issue in England and Wales, in circu lation during the week ending Saturday, the ISth day o f December, 1858. PRIVATE BANKS. Andover Bank, Andover—Heath and Co Ashford Bank, Ashford—Jemmett, Pomfret, & Co Aylesbury Old Bank, Aylesbury—Cobb and Co Baldoek Bank and Baldock and Biggleswade Bank, • • Biggleswade--Wells, Hogge, and Co. . 24,474 Barnstaple Bank, Barnstaple—Marshall and C 0... 7,132 Basingstoke and Oldham Bank, Basingstoke— Seymour, Lamb, and Co. Bedford Bank, Bedford—Barnard and Co Bewdley Bank, Bewdley—Nichols, Baker, and Co Bicester and Oxfordshire Bank and Oxford Bank, Bieester—Tubb and Co 16,406 Birmingham Bank, Birmingham Attwoods, - Spooner, and Co. Boston Bank, Boston—Claypons and Co. Boston Bank, Boston—Gee and Co. Bridgwater Bank, Bridgwater—J. &J. L. Sealey 7,453 Bristol Bank, Bristol—Miles, Miles, and Co. 25,950 Broseley and Bridgnorth and Vridgnorth and Broseley Bank, Broseley—Pritchards, Boycott, and Co. Buckingham Bank, Buckingham—Bartlett, Par rott, and Co. Bury.and Suffolk Bank, Sudbury Bank, and Stow market Bank, Bury St. Edmunds—Oakes, Bevan, and Co. Banbury Bank, Banbury—J. C. and A. Gilbert Banbury Old Bank, Banbury—Cobb and Son 27,601 Bedfordshire Leighton Buzzard Bank, Leighton Buzzard—Bassett Son and Co. Bi £8,300 10,973 23,595 18,385 28,266 11,283 [5,586 21,636 Armingham Bank, Birmingham—Lloyds and Co. 21,193 Bradford Old Bank, Bradford, Yorkshire—Harris and Co. Brecon Old Bank, Brecon—Wilkins and Co Brighton Union Bank, Brighton—Hall, West, and .Co Burlington and Driffield Bank, Burlington—Hard ing, Smith, and Co Bury St. Edmunds Bank, Bury St. Edmunds -. Worlledge and Co. Cambridge Bank, Cambridge—Mertlock and Co 14,73, Cambridge and Cambridgeshire Bank, Cambridge -.-Messrs. Fosters 42,609 Canterbury Bank, Canterbury—Hammond and Co 27,875 Carmarthen Bank, Carmarthen—David Morris and sons . . 20,483 Chertsey Bank, Chertsey—La Coste and 50n.... 2,249 Colchester Bank, Colcb,ester—Round, Green, & Co. 13,961 Colchester and Essex Bank, and Witham and Essex Bank, and Hadleigh, Suffolk, Bank, Colchester— Mills, Bawtree, and Co. Cornish Bank, Truro—Tweedy and Co.. . 35,811 Coventry Bank, Coventry—Little and Woodcock 5,292 City Bank, Exeter—Milford - and Co. Craven Bank, Settle—Alcocks, Birkbeck, and Co 64,18' Chepstow Old Bank, Chepstow Bank, Monmouth Old Bank, Monmouth Bank, Brecon Bank, and Ross and Herefordshire Bank, Chepstow— Bromage, Snead, and Co Derby Bank, Derby—W. and S. Evans and Co Derby Bank, Derby—Samuel Smith and Co Derby Old .Bank and Scarsdale and High Peak Bank, Derby—Crompton, Newton, and Co 23,70 Devizes and Wiltshire Bank Devizes—Locke and Co. 12,284 61,871 10,145 7,236 9,261 37,933 7,530 9,760 Diss Bank, Diss--Fineham and Co Doncaster Bank and Retford Bank, Doncaster— Cooke and Co. Darlington Bank, Durham Bank, and Stockton-on- Tees Bank, Darlington—Backh.ouse and C 0.... Devonport Bank, Devonport—Hodge and C 0.... Dorchester Old Bank and Dorsetshire Bank, Dor chester—lt. and H. Williams East Cornwall Bank, Liskeard—Robins, Foster, and Co.' 54,4' '9,197 8,183 43,129 Yarmouth, Norfolk,' and Suffolk Bank Great "Via- 9 9 . 4 mouth—Sir E. H. K. Lacon, Bart., and Co , J. 501 York Bank, York—Swam i , Cl oug h, an d C o .. e''' JOINT STOCK BANKS. £8, 61 '• Bank of Westmorland,, K en d a l Barnsley Banking C om p an y, B arns l ey 11 7 Bradford Banking company, Bradford • .... Bilston District Banking Company, AVolver- 97 93 hampton .................................... 0 5,07 6 Bank of Whitehaven, Whitehaven ...... ... 666 Bradford Commerci a l Banking Company, Bradford Burton, Uttoxeter, and Staffordshire Union Bank' 4 6 . 136 ing Company, Burton-upon-Trent ....... Chesterfield and North Derbyshire Banking Com- 8, 94 pany, Chesterfield ... Cumberland Union Banking Company, Work- 30,016 ington Coventry and Warwickshire Banking Company , 22 011 Coventry Coventry Union Banking Comp a ny, C oven trY • • • • 9 8 ou• County of Gloucester Banki ng c o ., Ch e lt en ham iell Carlisle and Cumberland Banking Co., Carlisle •• • 1 8,01 9 Carlisle City and District Bank, Carlisle Dudley and West Bromwich Banking Co., Dudley i Derby and Derbyshire Bmking Company, Derby. • Darli Darlington 3 63 East of England Bank, N orw i c h 26 ,4 Gloucestershire Banking Company, Gloucester.. • • 16 ,F11 Halifax Joint Stock Bank, Halifax 31,0° Huddersfield Banking Compa n y, H u dd ers field... • 28,F. Hull Banking Comp an y, H u ll Halifax Commerci a l B an ki ng Co ,any, Halifax. • , 1, 890 Halifax and Hudder s fi e ld U n i on B a .1 ingCo . Halifax 11 31 Helston Banking Company, Helston ... . Herefordshire Bankin g Company, Hereford Knaresborough and Claro Banking Company, 24, 60 Knaresborough 2, 466 • 22 , , 70 Kingsbridge Joint-Stock B an k, Kingsbridge •• • • 50,6 p, Lancaster Banking Company, Lanca s t er ,ga Leeds Banking Company, Leeds Leicestershire Banking Company, Leicester Lincoln and Lind s ey B an ki ng C ompany , Li nco ln.•• ""' Leamington Priors and Warwickshire Banking 9, 6171 Company, Leamington Priors Ludlow and Tenbury Bank, Ludlow Moore. and Robinson's Nottinghamshire Banking A S,t 3 Company, Nottingham Nottingham and Nottinghamshire Banking Com^ 25, 301 pany, Nottingham National Provincial Bank of England, Birmingham ~5, 0 03 (Head Office, 112, Bishopsgate-st ree t, London). ',WS ; North Wilts Banking Company, Melksham Northamptonshire Union Bank Northampton. •• • 1 8,16° Northamptonshiro Banking Company, Northampton „ ,4 9b North and South Wales Bank, Li ver p oo l Pares's Leicestershire Banking Company, Leicester '18,51 Saddleworth Banking Company, Saddleworth • • 3 476 8 Sheffield Banking Co m p an y, Sh e ffi e ld ... , Stamford, Spalding and Bost o n B an ki ng C om pany, Stamford Stuckey's Banking CoMpany, Bristol Somerset - n 29 ,6, 0, shire Bank, and Somersetshire Bank, Langport • ° , 2 9P Shropshire Banking Company, Shiffnall. Stourbridge and Kidderminster Banking Com- 4 076 pany, Stourbridge.' 22, Sheffield and Hallamshire Banking Co., Sheffield Sheffield and Rotherham Joint Stock Banking 50,313 Company, Sheffield Swaledale and Wensleydale Banking Compans Richmond ... Wolverhampton and Staffordshire Banking Com . 28, 11 1 pany, Wolverhampton. Wakefield and Barnsley Union Bank, Wakefield:. „ 14 4 :011 Whitehaven. Joint Stock Banking Co., Whitehaven Warwick and Leamington Banking Co., Warwick. West of England and So u th W a l es District Bank, .20 Bristol 52 , x,5 Wilts and Dorset Banking Company, Salisbury.. • 33,0 6 West Riding Union Banking Co., Huddersfield Whitchurch and Ellesmere Banking CompanYt 3,0. 56 Whitchurch Worcetter City and County Banking Compenh 5,0 Worcester York Union Banking Comp a ny, Y or k 82,13 York City and County Banki ng C om p an y, York. • 10, 1 Yorkshire Banking Company, Leeds tur f "' W. W. DALBIAC, Acting Registrar of Bank Re Inland Revenue Office, Deo. 27, 1858. COUNTRY MARKETS. MANCHESTER—DEc. 30. s o f o At this morning's market the trade in wheat 0 11 a holiday character. Wheat of goo d d r y quality per qr..dearer. ; in inferior sorts little doing. Millers goo rally asked 6d to is per sack advance o n flour ; but df e was no disposition on the part of b u y ers t o o p e rate, 0 01, cannot raise our quotations. Oats and oatmeal were ir oe and the latter must be noted a little easier. Beau firm. Nothing doing in other articles. • BOSTON—DEc. 29. li of At this day's market there was rath e r a fair suPP of wheat, and sales were effected at the quotations of this ...4e f se'nnight, and in some instances rather dearer. 1 110 again rather cheaper. Oats unchan ge d i n va l u e. 1 11 " we have little alteration. 4 .„." 9 Wheat, white ... .408 to 43s Beans, Mazagan..—s ,7,44 4 I red 35s to 40s Middle & small 38s 17,41, 1 Barley 26s to 34s I White peas 375 iv A Oats 17s to 23s Grey.. —s 0 - LOUTH—DEc. 29. There was a fair suudy of wheat from the farmers to' day, and transactions in the market were dull, With c` little change in prices. • 056 Wheat ... 36s to 41s Oats 22s to 393 White .45s to —s Beans 363 to j Barley .30s to 33s Malt.. __sic,'" BIRMINGHAM —DEc. 29. sale s To-day the show of wheat was ver y f a i r , and Aceg , were freely made at Taper qr advance of la s t week's I , " A moderate show of barle, and fine malting p ar cels 1 113 tamed their value. Oats again rather cheaper. In beol no change. EDINBURGH GRAIN—DEC. 29. Fair supplies to-day. Dema n d ' a littl e better. Prig the same as last week. Wheat on the top Os 6d up... Barley on the top Os 6d downav e rage Oats on the top Os 6d down .... —i t e Beans on the top Os 6d down' ... ---averageos2d & av r v a e g r a e g OO e ss 154ddd ti du . _ Averages per Imperial quarter. Wheat.... Wheat (N) -12ths Barley . 1 9 8 7-12ths Oats . 1 2 4 7-12ths Beans . . 1 19 10 11-12ths Total Supply and Sales. Wheat ....1033 qrs Sold 1000 qrs. Barley... 2221. qrs Sold 1647 qr Oats .1403 qrs ..... ...Sold 1334 qrs Beans lB3 qrs Sold 158 qr DERBY SMITHFIELD—Dzo. 28. The supply of fat beasts to-day was not large, but 4,,. 1 1 6 equal' to the demand, without alteration in price. l e ft number of sheep was about th e averago an d som e few so d unsold. Fat calves plentiful. The show of pigs small/ readily disposed of. i d Beef 6d to bid Veal 6d to „a Mutton' 6d to 7d Pork Lamb Od to —d Rough fat, 4s 10d per otclje. Hides, 4d to 51d; c. If guns, 41c1 to 51,1 LOCAL SHARE MARKETS. LIVERPOOL—DEC. 30. ,ce,3 l ‘ The market was good at the Opening, .but became in the middle of the day, and closed flat. Birkenhesde ,v ,:, Leeds Northern, 48—D overs , 22 9-16—B erw i e k s , „ —North British, 601 I—York and North Midland, 771 er Eastern Counties, 12 I 1031 1031- 01c ,:i r e and Holyheads, 471 B—C a l e d on i ans , 881 I......Lancae. and Yorkshire, 99 London and North-Westerns, 96 ~, Enst Lancashire, 961 97—Dutch Rhenish, 4 3k Grand Trunk of Canada, 91 I—Great Western, 56 Or Great Western of Canada; 171 I—Blackburn, 111 t• LEEDS—DEC. 30. t er ' There was little business, and p r i ces were ra th er betA i London and North Western, 96I—Midland, 104—N, 19. " - t British, 61I—Dovers, 751--Eastern Counties, 121—Cl re° Western, 661,-. . MANCHESTER—DEC. 30. The market was rather firmer to-day, but closed we a k' A moderate business was done; D ov e rs , 22 9-16--Lcet a 'i 99 f—Midland, 1031 4 3 1--Shefffelds, 391—London5 North Stafford, 4 1-16 d.—East Lancashire, 961-- 1 ' Div. Deb., 10s. • BIRMINGHAM—DEC. 30. The transactions in .rail s to-day were dull, butY l ,.g were firm. ,South Staffords, 101—London and P 4 °,_,'" Westerns, 9 6--Birmingham and Stow Valleys, to or Birmingham Canals, 96. BIRTHS. BURGES.—Orrthe 29th inst., at 17, Upper S e y mo ur-stret, Portman-square, the wife of Ed wa rd B urges , E sq ., ° daughter, • FAIRHOLME.—On the 25th inst., at Edinburgh, the lady of George K. E. Fairhoh ne , Esq., of a son. JEuvis.-LOn the 29th inst., at 25, St. James's-place, the Hon. Mrs: Edward Jervis, of a 43011. JOHNSON.—On the 29th • inst., at 20 BueWand-cresol : l t ' St. John'S-woOd; Mrs. Charles W.Johnson, of a dang.w . ter. MARRIAGES. „ BANBURY —SMITH.—On the 28th inst., at St. nol i l l,6 o f Church, Granville-square, Edward Banbury, the ie Blockley, Worcestershire, to Sarah, daughter of the la . Thomas Smith, Esq., of Campden, Gloucestershire. , u VEREKEK—Msneorr.—On the 21 s t i ns t., at St. George „ Church, the Hon, Joh n Prendergast Verker, B oons! ) 3 ,'_'" of Viscount Gort, t o L ou i sa, only child of George M cui cott, Esq., of Rutland-place, Dublin. DEATHS. CHESLYN.—On the 29th i ns t., Ri c h ar d Cheslyn, l a te o f Langley Priory, Leicestershire, aged 61. DUDLEY.—OH the 25th inst., at Dudley, Mr. Ben. Dudley' aged 79. HaNtrvroN.---On the 28th inst., at 3, Portland - Pll Wandsworth-road, Mr. G. Hamilton, of 24, Sher ° street, Golden-square. MORRALL.—On the 28th inst., at Plas Warren, county of Salop, Edward Morrall, Esq., aged 81. PIGOU.—On the 28th inst., at Dartford, Kent, Clarence Pigou, Esq., aged 61. WARDALE.—On the 28th i ns t ., at Hi tchin, the Rev. John R. Wardale, formerly rec t or o f Hi gham Gobion, Bali°rd, shire, aged 83. WESTON.—On the 26th i ns t . , a t M onmouth, the Rev. J . S. Weston, 8.A., aged 28. 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