The Sun. — London, England, 1858-04-23 00:00:00

THE QUERN'S DRAFTING-BOOM. (Prom the Court Newsman.) Her Majesty the Queen held a Drawing-Room in St. James's Palace, yesterday afternoon. Her Majesty and his Royal Highness the Prince Con intee arrived at two o'clock from Buckingham Palace, and were received by the Great Officers of State. Hie Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge and his Serene Highness Prince Edward of Saxe-Weimar were -- present at the Drawing Room. Before the reception, her Majesty, according to annual enestom, received a deputation frees Christ's Hospital in the Throne Room. • The deputation, which was ushered to the Royal pre sence by Sir Wm. Martine, Gentleman Usher in Wait ing, consisted of Mr. Wm. Gilpin, the Treasurer ; Mr. te r , Darby and Capt. Shea (H.C.S.), two of the Governors of the institution, accompanied by the Rev. W. Webster, M.A., the Mathematical Master ; Mr. W. H. Back, the • Drawing Master, and the 40 boys of the Royal Mathe matical School fo unded by King Charles IL, and was _most graciously received. H.R.H. the Duke of Cambridge, K G., President of Institution, was present in the Throne Room with -her. Majesty , and the Prince Consort. The Queen condescended to inspect the charts and drawings of the boys, and to express her approbation of their performances. HeeeMajesty's Body Guard of the Hon. Corps'of Gen tlemen-sit-Arms was on duty in the State Saloons, under the command of the Lieutenant. Lieutelloionels Neville and Cooke, Sub-officers, were on duty witb the corps. The Yeom en of the Guard were commanded by Capt . Merton Herbert, the Eton in Waiting. The Queen and Prince Consort were accompanied by the Duke of Cambridge and Prince Edward of Saxe ,. Veimar, and were attended by the Duchess of Manches . ter, Mi s tress of the Robes ; Lady Macdonald (in wait log), Lady Churchill, the Countess of Desert, and the Countess of Caledon, Ladies of the Bedchamber ; Hon. 'Lucy Kerr (in waiting), Hon. Mary Bulteel (in waiting), Hon. Caroline Cavendish, Hon. Flora Macdonald, Hon. Eleanor Stanley, Hon. Beatrice Byng, Hon. Emily • Cathcart, and Hon. Horatio Stopford, Maids of Honour ; Viscountess Forbes, Lady Charlotte Cop: • ley, and the Hon. Mrs. A. Gordon, Bedchamber , Women ; the Marquis of Exeter, K.G., Lord Stew ard ; Earl Delawarr, Lord Chamberlain ; the Duke of Beaufort, Master of the Horse ; the Marquis of Aber cern, K.G., Groom of the Stole to his Royal Highness ; Lord Claud Hamilton, Treasurer of the Household ; Viscount Newport, Vice Chamberlain ; Col. the Right Hon. C. Forester, Comptroller of the Household ; Vis count Strathallan, Lord in Waiting ; Lord G. Lennox, Lord in Waiting to his Royal Highness; Col. the Hon. Sir C. B. Phipps, K.C.B , Keeper of her Majesty's Privy Purse ; Lord Colville, the Clerk Marshal ; Sir F. Stovin, Groom in Waiting; Major-Gen. Wylde, Groom in Waiting to his Royal Highness; Col. the Hon. A. N. Hood, Equerry in Waiting; Capt. du Plat, Equerry in Waiting to his Royal Highness ; Viscount Castle Cuffe, and Mr. C. E. Phipps, Pages of Honour in Waiting. Her Majesty wore a train of white moire antique, trimmed with white blonde and bouquets with cerise oleanders and green leaves. The petticoat of white moire antique, trimmed with two deep flounces of blonde, and bouquets of cerise oleanders to correspond with the brain. The Queen's headdress was formed of a wreath of cerise oleanders, ornamented with diamonds and feathers. • The Foreign Ambassadors and Ministers were intro duced, when the following preeentav ions to her Majesty took place in the diplomatic circle : By_Mrs. Daily, wife of the United States Minister— . Mrs. Jared Sparks, of Boston, Massachusett?. liy the Count(st of Malmesbury— Madame Alfred Rucker, nee d'Aranjo Abren, wife of the Minister Resident of the Hansel Towns. , By, the Portuguese Minister—Mr. E !ward Teixeira Sampayo, Attache to the Portuguese Mission in Den mark. By the Austrian Minister—Le Baron Nathaniel de Rothschild, fill du Baron Anselme de Rothschild, a Vienne. By the Minister from Sweden and Norway—The Baron Schwerin. By the Russian Minister —M. Nicolas Wassiltchikoff, Secretaire de l'ee.mba-sade Imperiale. The diplomatic circle was attended by the Turkish Ambassador and Madame Musurus ; Prince A. Vogo rides, Conseiller, and Khalib Effendi, First Secretary cf • the Embassy • the French Ambassador, Baron and Ba roness de Ma laret, Count de Jaucourt, Mr. de Moni ca.ult, the Belgian Minister and Madame Van de Weyer, ' the Bavarian Minister, the Hanoverian Minister, the Sardinian Minister and Count Corti, Secretary of the Legation ; the Greek Minister, the Netherlands Minis ter and le Chevalier Berg, Secretary of Legation ; the Portuguese Mini der and the Countess de Lavradio, and Chevalier d'Oliveira, Conseiller de Legation • the .Prue . sian Minister and Cou n tess B e r ns t or ff, th e United States Minister and Mr?. Dallas, Mr. Philip Dallas, Secretary of Legation, and Mr. Benjamin Moran, Assistant Secre tary; the Austrian Minister, and Baron Franckenstein and Count Dubsky, Attaches to the Legation ; the Mi . outer from Guatemala and New Grenada, and M. Or - don( x, Secretary of the New Grenada Legation ; the Swedish and Norwegian Minister and the Countess , Platen; Baron Beck Frus, Secretary of Legation ; the Danish Minister an d C oun t M o l t k e , S ecretary o Le , gatien ;:the Russian Minister and M. Pant Tolstoy, 4 Attache to the Legation ; the Minister Resident from the Hasse Towns ; the Spanish Charge d'Affaires end Madame Conte and Viscount Ponton, Secretary of Le gatiou ; the Charge d'Affaires of Haiti and Mr. D. Les puiaese, Secretary of Legation ; the Brazilian Charge ii'Affeiree and Madame Aguiar de Andrade, Comman• • deur V. de Carvalho and Chevalier E. Collado, Attaches to the Mission ; the Earl of Malmesbury, the Queen's Principal Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs ; the Countess of Malmesbury, and Major-General the Hon. Sir E Iward Gust, K. C.H., her Majesty's Master of the Ccremoniee. Tne general circle was attended by the Archbishop of York, the Lord Chancellor, the Marquis of Salisbury, Lord President ; E rrl fAf Derby, First Lord of the Tree linty; the Right Hon. B. Disraeli, Chancellor of the Exchequer ; the Right Hon. Spencer H. Walpole, Secretary of State for the Home Department ; s Lord Stanley, Secretary of State for the Colo nies ; Sir John Pekington, First Lord of the Ad - iniralty • the Right Hon. J. W. H e oloy, Pr e sid en t of the Board of Trade ; L3rd J. Manner', First Corn miesioner of Public Works ; Earl Talbot, Captain of the Gentletnen-a'.-A.rms ; Gen. Viscount Gough, Gold Stick in-Waiting ; Earl of Sandwich, Master of the Royal • Bucklsounds ; Lord Monteagle, Comptroller General of ' the Exchequer; Liont.-Col. Sir W. Topham, the Lieu. tenant of the Hon. Corps of Gentlemen •at-Arms ; Major- Gen. Sir T. Phillip, Lieutenant of the Yeomen of the Guard ; the Judge Advocate-General ; the Lord Mayor; the Queen's Advocate; Col. Francis Seymour, C.B , Scots Fusilier Guards, Groom o f t h e Bedchamber to his Royal Highness the Prince Consort ; Col. Bagot, her 31ajesty'i Assistant Master of the Ceremonies ; Major Harmer, Standard-bearer of the Hon. Corps of Gentle - men-at-Arms ; Col. Sir G. Couper, First Equerry and Comptroller of the Household of H.R.H. the Duchess of • Kei.t ; Lieut.-col. F. Cavendish ; Mr. Alderman and Sheriff Lawrence ; Mr. Sheriff Allen, Lieut.•Cel. Hogg, let Life Guards, Silver Stick-in-Waiting ; Colonel Lord Dynevor, Capt. Bibb, R N., Cul. Brooke, CA. Napier, C.B , Col. H. A. Lake, and Cul. Adair, A.D.C. to the queen ; Hop. S. Ponsonby, Comptroller of the Lord . Chamberlain's Department ; Col. Fitzcnaurice, Adjutant of the Yeomen of the Guard ; Hon. S. Lyttleton, her llajesty's Marshal of the Ceremonies ; the Adjutant of the Gentlemen-at-Arms ; Capt. Macdonald, Exon of the Yeomen of the Guard; Major• Gen. SirF. Smith, LE) Gentleman Usher to the Privy Chamber ; Mr. W. Tay lor, Gentleman Usher in Waiting ; Col. Stephens, Gen ' - tleman Usher to the Queen ; Mr. A. Montgomery, Gentleman Usher to the Queen in Waiting ; Dr. Lyon Playfair, C. 8., Gentleman Usher to H.R.H. the Prince Consort in Waiting. • The following presentations to the Queen took place, the names having been previously left at the Lord Chamberlain's Office, and submitted for her Majesty's &pp oval -. Ansa Louisa Allen, by Mrs. Spencer Walpole. Mrs. Amphlett, by Lady Pakington, Lady Harriett Ashley, on her marriage, by the Countess of Shaftesbury. Mrs. J. Harvey Astell, by Lady Caroline Duncombe. Miss Bayly, by Mrs. Thornhill. Mrs. Ashton Benyon; by Lady Keane. Lady Berner., on her marriage, by the Duchess of - Northumberland. Mrs. Solater-Booth, on her Marriage, by the Countess . of Malmesbury. Mrs. Alexander Boyle, by Mrs. Arthur Duncombe. Miss Mary Bradshaw, by Dirs. Gathorne-Hardy. Miss Brand, by her mother, the Hon. Mrs. H. Brand, Miss Edith Marion Bruce, by her mother, Mrs. Wyndham Bruce. Lady Augusta Browne, by her mother, the Dowager Marchioness of Slip. - Lsdy Burke, by Viscountess Forbes. Mrs. Chas. Buxton, by her mother, Lady Holland. The Hon. Mrs. George Cadogan, on her marriage, by the Duchess of Wellington. 'Mrs. Charlesworth, by her sister, Lady Hawke. • Mina Campbell, by the Duchess of Argyll. ••• Miss Ca pion, by her sister, Mrs. Dodson. Lady. Chelmsford, by the Countess of Derby. .Miss A tny Chichester, by her mother, Lady Chichester. • Miss Constance Chichester, by her mother, Lady Chi ehester. .Mrs. Max well Close, by the Ductless of Manchester. Miss Lucy Coher, by Baroness Meyer de Rothschild. Lady Currie, by ViFcountess Flardinge. Miss atlyell, by her sister, Mn'. Chas. Du Plat. 'Lady Denys, by her sister, Lady Matheson. Mrs. Horace do Vere, on her marriag', by her aunt, Lady Monteaglo. .•Mrs..Dodson, by Lady Mary Labluchere. B Drulamorpi by L : Lady v s , y . m s _the Due,,ees of ‘Vt Miss Helen V Ellice, by Lady C'uailutte Cop'. y. mother y ot ter mother, Mrs. A. Rice. i'liss Ford, by her ej i , l N i lrs. Ford. Mrs. Forsyth, by tad Mrs. Frederick Granlille,e:inn f h i e r r d. marriage, by the Hon. Mrs. Denman. Hon. Albertine Gr os y enor, Mrs. Robert le by Ebury. Stanley of Alderley o amilton,n her . marriage, by Lady - Alias Christine Hawkey, by her mother, Mrs. John Alexander Hankey. Mrs. Hartley, by the Duchess of Beaufort. Lady flay ter, by Lady Cranworth. The-Hon. Mrs. Higgins, by her mother, Lady Ch e l ms• . ford, - Mrs. Hogg, on htr marriage, by the Duchess of 'kaftan. Miss Gertrude Holland, by her mother, Lady Holland. Miss Emily Hope, by her aunt, Lady Mildred Beres erd Hope, THE Miss Mary Hugan, by her aunt, Lady Georgians Cholmeley. Miss Louisa Hugan, by her aunt, Lady Georgiana Cholmeley. Hon. Lady Inglis, by her mother, Lady Chelmsford. Miss Mary Jolliffe, by Lady Jolliffe. Miss Catherine Jones (of Henllys), by Mrs. Jones of Pantglas. Miss Ada Lister Kaye, by her mother, Lady Lister Kaye. bliss Vincent Patr Kennett. Miss Kennett, by her m o ther, Mrs. Miss Adeline King, by Mrs. King. Mrs. Lyall, by the Countess of Derby. Miss Mary Macnaghten, by her mother, Mrs. Elliot Macnaghten. The Lady Mayoress, by the Countess of Derby. The Right Hon. Lady Middleton, on accession to the title, by Lady Macdonald. Mrs. Eleanor Mills, by her mother, Mrs. Chas. Mills. Mrs. Robert Milford, by Lady Couper. The Hon. Elizabeth Montague, by her mother, Lady Rokeby. The Countess of Munster, on ber marriage, by Lady Aline Peel. Lady Nepean, by Lady Colville, of Culross. Mrs. Sheffield Neave, by the Hon. Mrs. Hubbard. Miss Edith Packe, by her mother Mrs. Edmond Packe. Hon. Mrs. Pakenham, by the Countess of Beauchamp. Mrs. Thomas Parker (wife of Mr. Under-Sheriff Parker), by Lady Mildred Beresford Hope. Miss Adelaide Peel, by Lady Alice Peel. Miss Helen Perceval, by her mother, Mrs. Spencer Perceval. Lady Sophia Anderson Paham, by her mother, the Countess of Yarborough. Hon. Blanche Pitt, by Lady Rivers. Mrs. Giles Puller, by Viscountess Palmerston. Miss Puller, by her mother, Mrs. Giles Puller. Mrs. Radcliffe, by Lady Fitz Gerald. Mrs. William Rickman, by her mother, Lady Hayter. Miss Robertson, by her moth er , M re . R o b er t son . Mrs. Sherwin, y Viscountess Forbes. Mrs. Russell Stanhope, on her marriage, by Lady Jane Repton. Miss St.pher,s, by her mother, Mrs. Stephens. Miss Alice Thorpe, by her mother, the Countess cf Pomfret. Lady Louisa Le Poer Trench, by Lady Naas. Miss Le Poer Trench, by her mother, Lady Louisa Le Poer Trench. Miss Sarah Le Poer Trench, by her mother, Lady Louisa Le Poer Trench. Hon. Mary Trench, by her aunt, Hon. Lady Whalley. Lady ConstanceVilliers by, the Countess of Clarendon. Miss Isabella Walpole, by her mother, Mrs. Spencer Walpole. Miss Ward, by her mother, Mrs. Ward. Lady Feodore Wellesley, by the Countess Cowley. Hon. Lady Whalley, by Lady Monteagle. Miss White, by Mrs. Raymond White. Miss Wood by Lady Mary Wood. Mrs. Wilson, by Lady Cooper. Miss Wyl , l, by her mother, Mrs. Wyld. ENGLAND AND THE SARDINIAN GOVERNMENT. (From the Daily News.) The vote of the House of Commons on the mo tion which is this evening to be submitted to it by Mr. Singlake, may lead to the most momentous 4sues. It may decide whether there is to be peace or war in Europe. The ominousprelude to the storm may already be heard muttering in the distance. Yesterday the flat refusal of the Neapolitan Go vernment to consent to the claims of Sardinia iu the case of the Cagliari, was intimated to Count Cavour ; and letters from Naples speak of the movement of Neapolitan troops towards the fron tier. The inveterate hatred which Austria bears to the Sardinian Government is notorious. It is the most envenomed of all hatreds—the hatred of fear. Every new indication of the prosperity and influ ence of Piedmont is resented by Austria as a temp tation to its oppressed subjects in Lombardy and the Venetian territory to throw offits yoke. Every measure adopted by the Austrian Government on the shores of the Adriatic is more or less a menace to Sardinia. There exists an entinte cordiale be tween Vienna, Naples, and Rome ; and the cement of this good understanding is the common fear and hatred of Sardinia entertained by these three Courts. When this enmity cannot find vent in injuries it breaks out in insolence. Relying on the countenance and support of Austria, the Xing of Naples has refused to do justice to Sar dinia in the matter of the Cagliari. The Govern ment-controlled press of Vienna has been encou r iging the King of Naples thus to set Sardinia at defiance. The Ost Deutsche Post, after sneering at " the newly-constituted Great Power," deolares that, " The concession which a menaced Govern ment may make to au over-powerful state (Eng land), the King of Naples will never make to an Italian neighbour and rival (Sardinia)." Thus threatened, Sardinia naturally begins to look about for friends who may be disposed to sup port her just claims against the Triple Affiance. Toe eyes of the Sardinian Government were that turned—though with considerable misgivings—to England. The systematic, contemptuous neglect with which Lord Clarendon treated all represen a t ions from Turin had sufficiently shown that no sincere or effective support from England could be expected so long as he remained in power. The ad vent of Lord Mahnesbury to office did not much mend the aspect of affairs for Sardinia. Still, the language which had been held by Lord Clarendon with regard to the seizure of the Cagliari on the high seas appeared to be such as must bind any English Government to make common caw() with Sardinia in that afrtir. We speak not of the lan guage of Mr. Erskine's note, but of the language of Lard Clarendon's despatch. Add to the strong lan guage which is found in that letter this considera tion: It was proved on the inquiry into Mr. Butt's case, that it was the practice in the Indian depart ment of the late Government to transact much im portant business by means of conversations and "confidential " letters of which no record was kept. We have good reason to believe that a similar pol cy revailed in other departments, and specially in the foreign department of that Government. It is whispered that the Sardinian Government had reasons even more valid than the strong lan guage in Lord Clareudon's despatch for relying on the co-operation of England in the affair of the Cagliari. But the conduct of Lord Malmes bury has, to say the least, been very equivocal. The pother made about Mr. Erskine's inter pol aims had very much the appearance of a prepa ration to back out of any promise, explicit or im plied, to make common cause with Sardinia in the affair of the Cagliari. And now the opinion obtained from the law *facers of the Crown may be used as an apology by Ministers for leaving Sardinia in the lurch, if the King of Naples will only comply with the English demand for compensation. If, there fore, the House of Commons refuse to declare—in the words of Mr. Kinglake's motion—" That this house has heard with much regret that some doubt exists whether her Majesty's Government will ad here to the principles and the course of action in dicated and suggested to the Sardinian Government by Lord Clarendon's despatch of the 30th day of Dam ; and this house trusts, that in the demands made by her Majesty the Queen, and by the King of Sardinia, in relation to the capture of the C.igliari and her mew, the two Governments will ba able to act in cordial concert"—the only inter pretation that can be put upon its refusal will be that England intends to desert and betray Sardinia. What the result of such desertion would be it is not difficult to conjecture—it may be inferred from the language used by Count Cavour and his adhe rents regarding the French alliance in the recent discussions of the Sardinian Chamber of Deputies. It is needless to inquire whether the anxiety evinced by the Sardinian Minister to conciliate the French Government be wise or not. The truth is that if Sardinia is deserted by England she has no alterna tive left. Sardinia cannot withstand alone the covert machinations and ovett encroachments of Austria, Rome, and Naples. Sardinia must seek the inti mate alliance of some other Power as a protection from the avowed enmity of these three States, And if England deserts her, France is the only possible ally that remains. But what is the possible—the probable consequence of an intimate alliance be tween France and Sardinia ? The State of Naples is notorious. The oppressed and maddened people of the Two Sicilies are ready to throw themselves into the arms of any pretender who may have it in his power to rescue them from the Bourbon dynasty. The emissaries of the Murat family are known to be busily turning into account this state of public fueling. Let us suppose a revolution in Naples, an d the accession of a Murat to the throne. Would the Emperor of the French be averse to this a?.grandisement of so near a rala.ive ? Would Sardinia be unlikely to acquiesce in the new dy nasty ? Would Austt iaind Rome abstain fromtbrow 0. themselves luto the scale of the exiled family? lit re would be a feasible pretext for a Europeth war. The Emperoroic ain theeaFia gn in Italy, x ) e n ehmigh undertgiatiry his impatient army vvi , t o specious pretest of asserting the right of the Neapolitans to choose their own the Go combinedvernm,-nt. Austria might hurl against France power of the despots of Europe, to avenge an of thisnattack upon Legitimacy. The deplorable result would be that Italy would again be made—what it was for long centuries—the battle-field of the rival ambitions of French and Austrian despots. This is no remote or visionary fear. Difficult though it be to penetrate the secrets of the heart of the pres3nt ruler of Fiance, of one thing there is no doubt, that he will do and dare everything to perpetuate his power. Now, his whole history shows th a t hi s sole reliance in France is and ever has been the army. He is kept in his place by the army,army end, in r e t urn , h e must do its will. If his become impatient for war, he must comply with its wish. Now, ther e h ave been many by no SUN, LOND:O means equivocal symptoms of late that the more ardent and ambitious spirits in the French army are getting tired of the monotony of peace. L'Arntee s'ennwie. We are haunted by no dreams of a naval war in the Channel, or of an invasion of England from Cherbourg. But we do see immi nent danger of war in the Mediterranean on so popular a pretext as the assertion of the right of a nation to choose its own rulers. This danger may be averted if England sincerely and cordially unites with Sardinia to uphold, by peaceable means, the cause of constitutional government in Italy. Any English statesman who will at the present moment come forward with an unequivocal declaration in favour of such a policy may rely on the enthusias tic support of the nation. The people of England know by sad experience that if there be war in Europe, England is sure to be drawn into the vortex. The people of England deprecate a rup ture of peace, but still more do they► deprecate any complication of European affairs that may expose them to the risk of dynastic or party considerations inducing their own Government to attempt to draw them in to make common cause in war with any of the despots of the Continent. LAW INTELLIGENCE.-April 22. COURT OF' QUEEN'S BENCH. EX PARTE DENISON, M P. Mr. Macaulay, Q.C. (with whom was Mr. Rooh fort Clarke), said he was instructed on the part of Mr. Edmund Denison, M.P., and chairman of the Great Northern Railway Company, to move for a rule calling upon Francis Goodlake to show cause why a criminal information should not be filed against him for a libel on Mr, Denison, published in the Times on Friday last, the 16th inst. The matter complained of was an article of some length under the head of " Money-Market and City In telligence," and was a comment on th e con d uc t o f Mr. Denison and other gentlemen connected will the Great Northern Railway Company. The lesirned counsel read the article complained of, as follows: "The public are at length made acquainted with the delinquents in the railway conflict. It is to the Great Northern Company the country owes the disgrace sustained from the fact that interprises in volving between 40,000,000 and 50,000,000/. of capital, and the consequent incomes of many hundred families, can be conduc'ed on no better principles than those which were com mon to the most reckless gamesters of half a century ago. During the past week various meetings have been held of the deputations from the several com panies whose business is liable to be affected by the unscrupulous proceedings of the mammoth con cerns, and who have used every effort to bring about an honest adjustment. The result, how ever, has been a failure. They had arranged an brbitration on every questioa referred to them, but at the last moment Mr. Edmund Denison, M.P., the chairman of the Great Northern Company, re fused consent on the most vital point—that of rates and fares—and actually proposed to refer it to the consideration of the traffic managers of the respec tive undertakings. It has thus become evident that the Great Northern Company even in entertaining the mediation never had any inteation'to submit to it, except where they could ascertain it might he used for some unfair advantage, and the depu tations have accordingly brought their labours to a close. In doing this they sufficiently express their sense of she conduct that has been exhibited, and • leave the solution of the existing difficulties in the hands of those on whom more immediately de volves the responsibility attending them.' There is very little further to be said. In private life, when one man attacks another, and will neither wait a regular appeal to law nor leave his case iu the hands of intelligent and disinterested men, no perplexity is found in assigning him his proper po sition. He is treated as a pest, who can only de grade and annoy any society to which he may be admitted. What - should be the place of the chair man of the Great Northern and his colleagues is a question for the community to determine. The most grievous consideration in the affair is that such men should have been selected and upheld to deal with the property of a body of persons who may be looked upon-as fair representatives of the middle classes of England, Mr. Denison and his brother:directors are thechoiee of people of weight— landowners, merchants, clergymen, professional me n and trustees of all kinds. They do not, therefore, in flict upon us simply the mortification of seeing half a-dozen individuals who claim a decent status act ing unscrupulously, but are able to proclaim that their system of procedure is such as is strongly approved by hundreds who may be taken as average examples of the national character. It would matter little into what personal deviations Mr. Denison and any other member of the board might allow themselves to be betrayed if thematter ended with them ; but when they are to be recog nised as the agents of a large section of society, we get a most unpleasant indication of the tone that must he prevalent among us. The share holders cannot plead that they have been taken by surprise, and had no reason to expect what they now observe. There is nothing in the present diffi culty that is not perfectly of a piece with all that took place in the Redpath history ;—his appoint ment, without a character, to unchecked power over the shares of the company ; the subsequent attempts of the board to shift the responsibility of all the laxity that had existed, and meanly to throw it on the shoulders of subordinates ; and, finally, the prevarications and blind intemperance that characterised the determination to effect, if possible, at any cost to the company and injury to the claimants, the repudiation of the dividends due on the preference shares, were sufficient to denote what might be expected in all cases involving points of temper and morality, so long as the management should remain in the s one hands. It is the proprietary, therefore, upon whom the odium of what is now going on must fall. Unless they contrive to redeem them selves from the reproach by forthwith disavowing the acts committed in their name, it may be hoped they will suffer in pocket as well as in self-respect, and that the process will be assisted by Parliament whenever an oppectunity may present itself." Mr. Macaulay said no doubt could be entertained by their Lordships that this language was of a libel lous oharacter. Lord Campbell—What do you say it imputes ? Mr. Macaulay said the article referred to certain facts which had taken place, and a proposal which had been made to submit to arbitration certain im portant matters in difference, and the writer in formed the public that, the mediation of the depu tation baying been accepted, they bad used their efforts to bring about an honourable adjustment, and had arranged an arbitration, when, at the last moment, Mr. Denison refused his consent on the most vital point, that of rites and fares. It then went on to say : "It has thus become evident that the Great Northern Company, even in entertaining the me diation, never had any intention to submit to it except they could ascertain it might be used for some unfair advantage, and the deputations have accordingly brought their labours to a close." It then went on to say : " There is very little further to bs said. In pri vate life, when one man attacks another, and will neither wait a regular appeal to law nor leave his case in the hands of intelligent and disinte res t e d men, no perplexity is found in assigning him his proper position. He is treated as a pest, who can only degrade and annoy any society, to which he may be admitted." It then s rid,— " What should be the place of the chairman of the Great Northern and his colle igues is a question for the community to determine." Mr. Justice Wightman.--Yes, but you do not answer the question as to what the imputation is. Mr. Macaulay said the imputation was, that, having accepted the mediation of independent per sons, who had proposed an honourable adjustment, the Great Northern Company had withdrawn from them the only vital question—that of rates and fares, and that by so doing they showed that in en tertaining the mediation they never had any inten tion to submit to it, except when theycould ascer tain it might be used for some unfair advantage. The article then went on to state that— " In private life, when one man attacks another and will neither wait a regular appeal to law nor leave his c ase in the hands of intelligent and dis interested men, no perplexity is found in assigning him his proper position. Ile is treated as a pest, who can only degrade and annoy any society to which he may be admitted." Any more gross imputation on an individual there could not be, nor one more serious when applied to a gentleman who held the double position of tuenal,er of Parliament and chairman of the Great Northern Railway. The article then went on to charge Mr. Denison with "prevurication," and to loaf him with odium, both as a public and private n are." Mr. Justice Erle—What is that about " preva riottion ?" Mr. Micaulay real the passage, which ran thus : '' There is nothing in the present difficulty that is not perfectly of a piece with all that took place inhis appoi n t men t without a power over th e s h a res of e h rho a r a l c t t e e d r p t a o tt e o c r k y e the company; the subsequent attempts of the board to shift the rs sponsibility of all the laxity that had existed, and meanly to throw it on the shoulders of subordinates ; and, finally, the prevarications and blind intemperance that characterised the de •cormination to effect, if possib'e, at any cost to the company and injury to the claimants, the re pudiation of the dividends due on the preference FRIDAY EVENING, APRIL 28, 1858. shares, were sufficient to denote what might be ex pected in all cases involving points of temper and morality so long as the management should remain in the same hands." That passagg was not Only libellous, but it showed the motive; by which the writer was actuated. The imputation on Mr. Denison was no less than this—that his conduct had been such that he ought to be treated as a pest, who could only degrade any spcie y into which he could be admitted. The yarned counsel proposed to go into the facts of the case, but Lard Campbell said that, assuming that the asser tions were all unfounded, and that the affidavits would show that there was no ground of imputa tion, he was of opinion that it was not a case iu which the Court could interfere. Mr. Justice Erle—Unless you show wilful false hood and persenal malice. Lord Campbell said the article applied to Mr. Denison merely in his official capacity. He could not approve the language. It might be very in temperate, but it was a subject in which the wr;ter was authorised to express an opinion, and in very strong language. There was nothing to show that he was actuated by malice. Mr. Macaulay said he was prepared to show that the facts did not form any basis for the article, and that enough of all the facts bad been published in the Times to strip the writer of the plea of igno rance. Lord Campbell said he was not called upon to say, and did not say, that the comment was defen sible, very far from it ; but no just ground had been stated to justify the Court in filing a criminal information. He (Lord Campbell) assumed that the facts were as the learned counsel represented them. Mr. Macaulay—The publication assumes the existence of facts which were non-existent. Lord Campbell—We think you should not take anything by your motion. Rule refused. THE AUSTRALIAN CLIPPER JAMES BAINES DESTROY ED BY FIRE. LIVERPOOL, THURSDAY. This morning, at six o'clock, the s t eve d ores having removed the hatches to continue the dis charge of cargo of the James Baines, that beautiful and celebrated clipper ship, which was an honour to tie port of Liverpool, and a distinction to her owners, was discovered to be on fire. No sooner were the hatches taken off than considerable vo lumes of smoke were seen to issue from the after part of the mainhold, and soon the flames were seen to assume a menacing appearance, which, not withstanding every exertion by the employgs of James Baines and Co., by the fire brigade under the able superintendence of Mr. Hewitt, with the co-operation of every officer and man of the great Cunard line, has resulted in the total destruction of the ship. As soon a; the news of the accident reached town several fire-engines were despatched, including that of the West of England ; and by half-past 10 a.m. there were six fire-engines playing on the vessel from the docks on the east side, and two from flats statioLed on the western quarter, including that of the Cunard Company. At an early hour the ship was scuttled, in ortler that she might fill with water from the dock ; but we regret to say that this mea sure Was as ineffectual as the immense mass of water poured into her from so many engines to sub due the flames. Indeed, about 10 o'clock, the vessel being aground, the water poured out through the scuttles as rapidly as it entered from above. The James Baines', it will be remembered, left Liverpool on the Bth of August last., having on board, 1,037 men of the 97th and 42nd High landers, for Calcutta, whom she landed in safety, after a rapid passage. She arrived again in the Mersey from Calcutta, with a full cargo of Indian produce, consisting of jute, hemp, linseed, and rice. On Sunday the vessel was docked, and on Monday the work of discharging was begun. At first the fire was confined to the after-hold, but with a cargo so inflammable that limitation was not continued, and the smoke soon poured from the main and fore-holds, and at half-past eleven the smoke was coming in dense volumes from the cabin house and even from the stern windows, while, although no flames were visible, there was no doubt that the cargo was being rapidly con sumed. The fire in the fore-hold was then, how ever, rapidly lessening, and large quantities of water were being discharged about the main and after masts, which manifested symptoms of going by the board. The rigging was fast unfixing, and the yards were being lowered over the side, so as to ease the fall as much as possible. As the day wore on the work of destruction ad vanced, and by two o'clock the vessel was a sheet of flame. from stem to stern, and the main and mizen masts had both fallen, crashing through the roof of the strongly-built sheds along the dock. At half-past three the foremast also gave way, greatly damaging that portion of the shed upon which it fell. The interior of the vessel was one mass of fire, and, at the despatch of this parcel, the ship is steadily burning down to the water, the depth of which in the dock is unfortunately only 21 feet. Tee Gothenburg, from New Orleans, in the Sandon Graving Dock, som e 100 yards from the burning vessel, had a narrow escape. Fragments of the burning mass were thrown over her, some of which set fire to her sails. However, by the promptitude of her crew the flames were ex tinguished. The James Baines is stated to be uninsured ; but whether her cargo be so or not is difficult to tell, belonging as it does to many parties. Major Greig was early on board, and Mr. Mon de], of the Mersey Board, and a number of gentle men connected with shipping and mercantile affairs were present, manifesting their deep sympathy in what is atm - st a public loss. Among those hiving consignments of cargo, we heard reported Whitaker, Whitehead and Co., 3,400 bags linst el, valued at 3,5001., and 4,100 do. rice, value 2,4001. Uttledale and Co. are also large holders of cargo ; but we cannot thus early state the contents or owners more specifically. As soon as the firetook head the vessels adjacent were removed out of the neighbourhood, and the precautions used, as well as the happy circumstance that the wind is low, afford almost assurance that the fire will be confined to the hull. Thera seems every reason to suppose that the fire originated in spontaneous combustion. LOCAL SHARE MARKBTA. LIVERPOOL-APRIL 22. STOCK EXCHANGE—The market has been good to-day, and closed at the best. Great Western of Canada, 19 j Chester and ficlyhead, 18 18,;—Caledonians, 424 42 Eastern 'Counties, 11 i—York and North Midland, 364 7 —Great Western, 56 1—Lancashire and Yorkshire, 87i —Midlands, 91 2—North British, 13 4—Sheffields, 36 tt - -Eirkenheads, 70i-r-East Lancashire, 87 —Dovers, 23-- Dutch Rhenish, 4i 4 d.—Grand Trunk of Canada, 12 12 1-16--North Eastern and Berwicks, 23—London and North W es tern. 93i 4—Leed s St oc k , 234 f l—York Capital Stock, 363 I —Great Northern, 25g. --___ MANCHESTER. APRIL 22. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The market opened with a firmer business, sales very few, and prices improved from the quotations of yesterday. Leeds stock in demand, at an advanoe.—Eastern Counties, 11 13-16.--Leeds, 89 Doveri, 20 15.16--Grand Trunks, 12—Midlands, 921 Londens, 91.. H emno g u in th ee o r n of wHedenreB /I j l a s y j Tiro ATIANTIO C ABLE.— C ap t a i n H u d son an d M r. Folanbee, chief engi neer o f th e U n it e d State s ' frigate Ni a gara, with C apta i n P reedy and Mr. H oar, c hi e f e:ftoy'rsosehiwpoArkgsamofemmneossnr,sl.eEftaPstloyn and Amos, London, where some experiments are being made for the improvement ( f the mode of paying out the Atlantic cable. It is understood that Mr. Everett, the engineer who was engaged last year on the duty, has made so me va l ua bl e suggestions regarding the man ner of deli ver i ng the cable, and that he has been "lent" by the Statss' Admiralty for the purpose of com municatinu his views personally to the directors of the Atlantic Telegraph Company. It will be necessary for the Niagara to leave the tidal basin at Keybam when the z uxt highest tide occurrs, on the 15:b of May, or she would be detained there another month. The fri gate will then draw about 26 feet, and, after taking the remainder of the wire, herst )res, Ico., outside the basin, she wi 1 draw 27 feet. 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I m p or t an t C au tio n aga i nst the Co.,fe,.r ful dangers of spurious imitations.—The Vice-Chancellor Sir William Page Wood granted an Injunction on the 10th March, 1854, against Alfred Hooper Nevill for imitating "Du Barry's Revaleuta Arabica Food. ' BANK RETURNS. 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 10th day of April, 1858 : PRIVATE BANKS. Andover Bank, Andover—Heath and Co. Ashford Bank, Ashford—Jemmitt Pomfret,aild Co. Aylesbury Old Bank, Aylesbury—Z. D. Hunt Baldock Bank and Baldock and Biggleswade Bank, Baldock—Wells, Ho d ge, and Co Barnstaple Bank, Barnstaple—Marshall and Co Basingstoke and Odiham 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, Bicester—H. M. and G. Tubb Birmingham Bank, Birmingham —Attwoods, Spooner, aid Co 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, Banbury —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 C 0.... Brighton Union Bank, Brighton—Hall, West, and Co.l 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 Canterbury 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—Bromage, 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—Locks and Co Diss Bank, Diss—Fincham, and Co Doncaster Bank and Retford Bank, Doncaster —Cooke and Co Darlington Bank, Durham Bank, and Stockton on-Tees Bank, Darlington—Backhouse & Co Bevonport Bank. Devonport—Hodge and Co Dorchester Old B,nk 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 \Vantage, 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 don—Veasey and Co. Harwich Bank, Harwich—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—Bacon and Co. Ipswich and Needham Market Bank, Suffolk, Hadleigh Bank, Manningtree and Mistley Bank, and Woodbridge Bank, Ipswich— Alexander. 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 19,510 Kendal Bank, Kendal—Wakefield, Crewdson and Co. Lane End Staffordshire Bank, Lane End—C Harvey and Son 5,240 Leeds Bank, Leeds--Beckett and Co. .. 61,635 Leeds Union Bank, Leeds—W. Williams, Brown and Co. Leicester Bank, Leicester—T. &T. T. Paget 27,261 Lewes Old Bank, Lewes—Whitfield and Co 21,922 Lincoln BAnk, Lincoln—Smith, Ellison, and Co 80,611 Llandovery Bank, Lampeter Bank, and Llan dilo Bank, Llandovery—D. Jones and Co 17,229 Loughborough Bank, Loughborough—Middle ton and Cradock Lymington Bank, Lymington—S, and G. F St. Barb. Lynn Regis and Lincolnshire Bank, Lynn Regis—Gurneys and Co. Lynn Regis and Norfolk Bank, Lynn Regis_ Jarvis and Co 10,773 Macclesfield Bank, Macclesfield—Brocklehurst and Co. Manningtree Bank, Manningtree—Nunn and Average Amount. 8,693 • 12,491 20,628 26,839 8,652 21,090 33,705 8,874 14,469 23,025 76,460 14,175 7,557 31,151 15,304 23,320 58,17 32,503 26,04$ 34,876 23,160 12,161 34,329 17,985 11,475 2,420 12,442 44,030 $1 31 15,190 2,966 18,59 34,921 40,315 5,285 17,070 88,53 7,934 12,948 40,860 26,88 7,782 10,079 58,781 85,538 9,215 43,329 79,988 53,003 39,494 25,802 7,207 10,035 6,120 4,980 13;286 30,543 12,98 21,021 44,981 4,066 31,550 18,918 20,491 61,326 9,831 43,838 6,954 3,938 Co. ........... ......................................... Marlborough Bank, Marlborough and Wilts Old Bank, Marlborough Old Bank, Marl. borough Old Bank and HungerfQrd Bank, and Hung wford Bank, Marlborough —Tan nerand Co ........................................... Merionethshire Bank, Dolgelly—Williams and 50n.................................................... Miners' Bank, Truro—Willyams and C 0...... 12,356 Monmouthshire Agricultural and Commercial 26,212 m con nm n kou, Bank,tAh b crigshveernsnt Bank,oyw—Mßoani Bank,lmey a ct nhhde Bank,p C s t o ow Bor le. d Bank, and Ross and Herefordshire Bank, Monmouth—Bromage, Snead, and Co 10,844 Newark Bank, Newark—Godfrey and Riddell 19,910 Newark and Sleaford Bank, and Sleaford and' Newark Bank, Sleaford—Handley, Peacock, and Co 52,573 Newbury Bank, Newbury—Bunny & Slocock 17,840 Newmarket Bank, Newmarket—Eaton, Ham. mond, and Co 115,993 Norwich Crown Bank and Norfolk and Suffolk Bank, Norwich—Harveys and Hudsons 49,825 Norwich and Norfolk Bank, Norwich —Gur neys and Birkbecks Nottingham and Nottinghamshire Bank, Not tingham, Hart, Fellows, and C 0...,,,,,,, Nuneaton Bank, Nuneaton—Craddock and Co. Naval Bank, Plymouth, Plymouth—Harris and Co. 20,251 New Sarum Bank, Sarum—Everett and Co B,BlB Nottingham Bank, Nottingham—Samuel Smith and Co. Oswestry Bank and Oswestry Old Bank, Os westry—Croxon and C o Oxford Old Bank, Oxford—Parsons and Co. . 32,344 011 Bank, Tonb r id ge , T on b ridge 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 Co.._ 43,905 Penzance Bank, Penzance—Batten and Co. 7,236 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, and Co. Richmond Bank, Richmond—Roper and Co 5,646 Rochdale Bank, Rochdale—Clement, Royds, and Co. 3,175 Rochester, Chatham, and Strood Bank, Roches. ter—Day and Nicholson 7,056 Royston Bank, Royston—Fordbam and Sons 13,615 Rugby Bank, Rugby—A. Butlin and Son 9,446 Rye Bank, Rye—R. C. Pomfret, &Co .. 11,835 Ros 4 Old Bank, Heredterdshire, Ross Allawa,y and Macdougal - • Saffron Walden arid North Essex Bank, Saf fron Walden—Gibsons and C). Salop 11,789 Scarborough c?l3 :ank S Scarborough o hre ldß w a s u bu k, ry Shrewsbury—Burton, g L h l — oy x d a v , oo nd d. 2,381 all and Co Shrewsbury Old Bank and Shrewsbury and Ludlow Bank, Shrewsbury— Roeke, Ey tons, and Co Sittiegbourne and Milton Bauk, Satingbourne 8,271 3,020 32,372 7,376 10,088 9,285 6,817 25,062 4,409 22,620 24,374 —Valiance and Co. Southampton Town and County Bank, Foath ampton—Maddison and Pearce 2,292 eenthwell Bank, Sonthwell--Wylde and Ce 11,635 Southampton and Hampshire Bank,Sentkasap ton—Atherley, Fall, and Co. Stafford Old Bank, eltaitord—Mtevenson and C 0... ............... . Stamford and Rutland Bank, Stamford —Eaten, Cayley and Co. Shrewsbury and Welshpool Bank, Shrewsbury —Beck, Downward, and Co. Taunton Bank, Taunton—H. and R. Badcock Tavistock Bank, Tavistock—Gill and Rundle Thornbury Bank, Thornbury—Rolph and Co. Tiverton and Devonshire Bank, Tiverton Dunsford and Co. Thrapston and Kettering Bank, Northampton shire—Thrapston, Yorke and Eland Trine- 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—Hun, Smith, and Co Wallingford Bank, Wallingford —Hedges, 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 Co Whitby Old Bank, Whitby—Simpson, Chap man, and Co Winchester, Alresford, and Alton B an k, Win chester—Bulpett and Co 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—Good - ricke and Holyoake Worcester Bank, Wercester—Farley, Laven der, and Co Worcester Old Bank and Tewkesbury 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 Yarmouth and Suffolk Bank, and Halesworth and Suffolk Bank, Yarmouth—Gurneys, Birbeek, and Co Yarmouth, Norfolk, and Suffolk Bank, Great Yarmouth—Sir E. H. K. Lacon, Bart„ and Co York Bank, York— Swann, Clough, and Co 21,445 22,966 8,798 9,506 11,332 11,470 13,986 15,083 11,881 21,506 40,267 13,619 16,382 12,296 36,089 40,070 51,592 39,850 11,335 88,808 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 Bradford Commercial Banking Company, Bradford Burton, Uttoxeter, and Staffordshire Union Banking Company, Burton-upon-Trent Chesterfield and North Derbyshire Banking Company, Chesterfield Cumberland Union Banking Company, Work ing-ton Coventry and Warwickshire Banking Company, Coventry Coventry Union Banking Company, Coventry County of Gloucester Banking Company, Chel tenham Carlisle and Cumberland Banking Company, Carlisle Carlisle City and District Bank, Carhsle Dudley and West Bromwich Banking Company, Dudley 26,201 Derby and Derbyshire Banking Company, Derby Darlington District Joint Stock Banking Com pany, Darlington East of England Bank, Norwich 24,042 Gloucestershire Banking Company, Gloucester 128,345 Halifax Joint Stock Bank, Halifax 18,797 Huddersfield Banking Company, Huddersfield 29,210 Hull Banking Company, Hull 22,768 Halifax Commercial Banking Company, Halifax 7,925 Halifax and Huddersfield Union Banking Com ' pang, Halifax Helston Banking Company, Helston Herefordshire Banking Company, Hereford Knaresborough and Claro Banking Company, Knaresborough 24,701 Kingsbridge Joint-Stock Bank, Kingsbridge 2,873 Lancaster Banking Company, Lancaster 58,235 Leeds Banking Company, Leeds 22,880 Leicestershire Banking Company, Leicester 73,030 Lincoln and Lindsey Banking Company 53,035 Leamington Priors and Warwickshire Banking Company, Leamington Priors 9830 Ludlow and Tenbury Bank, Ludlow 10,490 Moore and Robinson's Nottinghamshire Bank ing Company, Nottingham 29,383 Nottingham and Nottinghamshire Banking Company, Nottingham National Provincial Bank of England, Birming ham, Head-office, 112, Bishopsgate-street, London North Wilts Banking Company, Melksham 29,325 Northamptonshire Union Bank, Northampton 80,496 Northamptonshire Banking Company, North ampton North and South Wales Bank, Liverpool Pares's Leicestershire Banking Company, Leicester Saddlcworth Banking Company, Saddleworth 1,459 Sheffield Banking Company, Sheffield 84,185 Stamford, Spalding, and Boston Banking Com pany, Stamford Stuckey's Banking Company, Bristol Somerset shire Bank, and Somersetshire Bank, Lang port Shropshire Banking C om p any, Sh iffnall 11 839 2,9'755 Stourbridge and Kidderminster Banking Com pany, Stourbridge Sheffield and Hallamshire Banking Company, Sheffield Sheffield and Rotherham Joint Stock Banking Company, Sheffield 52,776 Swaledale and Wensleydale Banking Company, Richmond Wolverhampton and Staffordshire Banking Company, Wolverhampton 13,384 Wakefield and Barnsley Union Bank, Wake field . . Whitehaven Joint-Stock Banking Company, Whitehaven 23,98 Warwick and Leamington Banking Company, Warwick West of England and South Wales District Bank, Bristol 64,948 Wilts and Dorset Banking Company, Salisbury 77,305 West Riding Union Banking Company, Hud dersfield Whitchurch and Ellesmere Banking Company, Whitchurch Worcester City and County Banking Com pany, Worcester 5,900 York Union Banking Company, York 61,699 York City and County Banking Company, 83,5y3 Yorkshire Banking Company, Leeds 124,528 J. MICHAEL, Acting Registrar of Bunk Returns, Inland Revenue, Somerset House, April 17. P,315 8,183 44,417 9,738 28,185 17,596 50,942 10,430 83,729 22,610 13,537 14,723 1,416 13,812 20,488 48,082 51,232 50,889 22,815 18,762 81,698 3,62 PRIVAT g AND JOINT-STOCK BANKS. The Bankers' Magazine furnishes the returns of cirou lation of the private and joint-stock banks in England and Wales for the four weeks ending the 13th of March. These returns, combined with the circulation of the Irish and Scotch banks for the same period, and the average circulation of the Bank of England for the four weeks ending the 10th of March (the nearest date furnished by their returns) will give the following re sults of the circulation of notes in tha United Kingdom, when compared with the previous month : Baron Rothschild's Mentmore, by Melbourne, 3 yrs, Bst (D. Hughes) 1 Mr. T. Cliff's Lady Hercules, 4 yrs, 7et 91b (Pritchard) 2 Mr..A.lexander'sßrown Middleton, 3 yrs, 74 (Boggle) The fol'owing also ran :—Kestrel, Florence, Jack Horner, Pioneer, and Popalls filly. Betling-3 to 1 agst Mentor re--4 to 1 agst Lady Hercules ' 6 to 1 eac h agst Fl orence and Kestrel. Won by a length ; a head between the second and third ; Kestrel was a bad fourth. Sweepstakes of 10 sore each for three-year-olds ; eolte s Bst 71b ; fillies, Bst 41b. The winner to be sold for 80 sove if demanded, etc. First half of Ab. M. 3 fur 215 ya:ds. Captain Christie's Admiralty, by Collingwood, Bst 41b (Wells) 1 Mr. J. Dawson's Polly Johnson, Bst 4lb (Bates) 2 Mr. J. H. C. Wyndham's Marauder, Bat 711) (S. Rogers) 3 Baron RAlic'cliild's Georgie, Bst 41b (D. Hughes) Mr. J. S. Ford's Ophelia, Set 41b (J. Mann) 2 Betting —2 to 1 agst Marauder, 3 to 1 agst Polly Johnson, 6 to 1 each eget Admiralty and Ophelia. Won by a head. Marauder was beaten two l e ngtbil from the second ; Georgie was well up with Marauder. Renewal of the Sweepstakes of 100 Rove each, h ft, for threw-year-olds ' • colts, Bst 71b. D.M. 7 fur 201 yds. Sir J. Hawley's Beadsman by Weatherbit, Bst 71b (Wells) 1 Mr. R. H. Nevill's colt by Collingwood out of Sneer, Bst lib (S. Rogers) 3 Lord Darby's Streamer, B.t 71b (Fiateaan) 3 Betting-7 to 4on Beadsman, 4to 1 aget Streamer, 5 to 1 aget Sneer colt. Won by a length and a half. Bad third] The Thousand Guineas Stakes, a subscription of 100 soe°' each, h. ft., for three-yr-old fillies, Bst 71b eacb. The second to receive back his stake, D.M. 7 fur. 2 01 yds. 36 subs. Mr. Gratwicke's Governess, by Chatham, Set 71b Sir C. Menck' s H e p at i ca, B st 71b .(As (Flatmhm aaull) 1) 2 Mr. Howard's Perfection, Bst 71b :.. R atgris)). : The following a l so ran : Mr. E. R. Clark' s SShepherded, 84 7113•• • • Lord Clifden's Hydrom e l, B s t 71b (A. Day) !, Lord Cdfden's Chanoiness e , B s t 71b , Ur. Howard' s Q ueenstown, 84 71b ( Fordbaw) " Sir L. Newm an ' s B o t any , 8 4 71 b (Bates ) Mr. Parker's Martha, Set 71b... (Sly) , G o e e e Betting at Starti n g-9 to 4 ags t H epa ti ca , 3 to 1 ag et Perfection, 8 to 1 each eget Governess, Hydromel, and Botany, 14 to 1 aget Chanoinesse, 25 to 1 art Sher hardess, 25 to 1 eget each of the other two offered. , Chanoinesse led, th e oth ers , w i t h th e exception Governess, Hepatica, and Shepherdess, who were ',ill, off, ru nn i ng i n a c l uster at her heels, Lord Clifden'e showed in advance to the first half of Ab. M. wheal , post, wh ere s h e was headed by Queenstown, and theo two kept close company with Hydromel, Perfection , Governess, and Hepatica next in pursuit. On enteringth e o .rds the race was left with the three placed ; half waY Perfection was entirely disposed of, and Governess wow after a smart rally w i t h Hepatica , who swerned again A l her at the fi nish, b y a h ead. Three lengths separat'" the second from the third, Hydromel was a bad fourth , and Botany fifth ; the others straggled in at wide Intel' vale, Shepherdess and Martha being the last two. The Newmarket Two-Year-01d Plate of 2001. ;_ col Bst 71b ; filli es , Bst 5113 ; winners, 51b ext ra . Last lurl,ngs o f R.M. Baron Rothschild's North Lincoln, by Py lades, Bst 71b 1 (D. Hughes) 4 Mr. J. Ha w kinis's Enfield, B s t 71b Mr. T. Stephenson's Castanette, Bst 51b (Bray) The following also ran :—The Spoilt Child, The North' ern Light, Hassock, Fancy Boy, filly by Teddingto o ; Syria, Orts, R eynaldo, Claude du Val, Thespian, to Apathy, Gidlue, Meg Merrilies, Vigo, and B Avis. Betting.-4 to 1 aget Gallus, 6to 1 aget North Lio n coin, 7 to 1 agst T e ddi ngton fil ly, 8 to 1 agst Enfiel" and 10 to 1 agst Meg Merrilies. North Lincoln came out on descending the hill, O l ti , won cleverly by a length ; three-quarters of a lenfi s i between the second an d thi r d ; the Teddington filly se, a pretty good f our th ; an d well np with her were Gal t Syria, Meg Merrilies, Ode, and sev era l ot h ers i n a 1:10°.11 The last three b ea t en o ff were Thespian, The SP°'" Child, and Vigo. Handicap Plate of 50 sous. A.F. 1 mile 2 fur. 73 Capt. Christie's Orchehill, by Ambrose, 3 yrs, Est 7lb . 1 (Pritchard) Lord Clifden's Indulgence, 5 yre, Bst (Bray) $ Mr. T. Cliff's Nougat, 4 yrs, Est 121b...(L. Snowden) The following also ran :—Van Danck,South-Weste r ; The Poacher, B ar fl eur , H arry Stanley, Harry 131 u Whitewall, Allspice, and Esperance. - Betting. -4 to 1 each agat Harry Stanley and Oreb: bill, 8 to 1 ag a t N ouga t, 8 to 1 aget All sp i ce, an d 10 " 1 aget Van Dunck. • Won by a head ; same between the second an d tblr d; Allspice was a moderate fourth, and Van Dunck Sweepstakes of 30 soya each, 20 ft, for 4-yr-olds eel": winners ext ra . A.F. 1 m il e 2 fur. 7 3 yds. 5 eau..." LordGlasgow' sc by H ernan d ez, outof Phyealie, 6st 9l u (Challoner)t Mr. Douglas's Tournament, Bst 71b Fordifs o ) l Betting. -6 to 4on Tournament. A dead heat. Deciding Heat.—Betting.-5 to 4 on the Phi"- colt, who won by twenty lengths. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. --____.....- NEWMARKET FIRST SPRING MEETING. THURSDAY. Handicap Sweepstakes of 15 sovs eacb, 10 ft. T.Y.C. 5 fur 140 yds. 11 subs. Country Markets. MANCHESTER—APRIL 22. A Os There was a fair attend ance thi s morn i ng, and for wheat and dour was limited, at a decline 2s per qr on English and ld and 2d per 701bs on fore Flour a slow sale, at 2a l ower . O ats, b eans, and loulfol corn rather dearer, but not much inquired for. Onto in retail, at late prices. BOSTON —APRIL . fibi t We had a good attendance of buyers to-day, and 11 , it supply of grain o f a ll sor t s. Wheat wet a slow DAM 0 . 2s decline. Spring corn in demand, and prices fully a u ° ported. Prices :—Wheat, red, 36s Od to 42s Od; new, —s to 360 white, 403 Od to 44s Od; extra, 465. Earley, 30s Od T' 81 01. Oats 18s to 265. Pea; 40 to 453 Od. B e ans, " 0(1 to 42s Od per qr. NEWARK—Arum 21. ri g This day's market was very well attended, and a ' l6 OO supply of grain of all sorts. Wheat met with a sale, at is to 2s under previous rates. .fling Wheat, white 44s to 450, red 40 s t o 46 5; barley, $, 40s to 425, grinding 34s to 36 5; oa t s , 12 s t. 28 s t o 329, lico 26s to 28s ; beans, 40s to 45s ; malt, 66s to 72a; peas, to 42s ; taxes, —s to —s per qr. GLASGOW—Arum 21. at. There was but a very mode ra t e trade to-day in way - 0 at a decline of 6,1 per boll on the p r i ces o f l as t day. Flour lost the advance then quoted of 6d per u,°:,o and Gd to le per sack. B ar l e y an d oats real i sed the T o week's extreme rates. Oatmeal, Gd to is per load or previous rates. Beans unaltered. EDINBURGH GRAIN.--APRIL 21. ald A fair supply of grain to-day ; sales were dull, prices the turn lower. Wheat, on the top, 6s down, and on the !Wel Is 7d down. Barley, is Od down on the top, and up on the average. Oats on the top were 2s 3d °o) and on the average Os 3d up. Beans on the top 6d up, anil on the average Os 4d up. AVERAGES PER IMPERIAL QUARTER. Wheat £2 1 8 8-12th. Do. new -12tha• Barley .1. 14 4 5-12ths. Oats 1 8 1 4.l2tha. Beans Total Supply and Sales. Wheat 123$ qrs sold 657 gra Barley BOB qrs 267 qrs qrs sold 646 qrs Oats Beanssold 135 gra DERBY SMITHFIELD.—Arun 19. There was a large supply of fat beasts to-day, the 0 3 70 part being from the north ; sales fiat, and some few , L unsold. A large number of sheep, at previous prices. v "; less supply of fat pigs, and a good sho w o f f at and ot°' calves. The following were the quotations i—Beef, tiid to 6 1 a ; mutton, 7d to lid ; lamb, —d to 01 ; veal, 114 tc lo lb. ; pork, sid to 5,1 d per lb; rough fat, be 01 0 6,1 por 141 b.; hides, li d to 3d per lb ; oalf-skins, 4d co per lb. Increase. Decrease. .......--_,— Feb. 13, Mar. 13, --1858. 1858. BIRTHS. --- _— X X X X ARRAN—On the 19th inst., the Countess of Arran, of 16 ,r Bank of England 19,841,279 19,674,569 16 6 ,7t0 3,143,9 M) 3,060,039 Private Banks Mil-square, Joint•stock Banks •• 2,533,454 2,552,047 13,a9 3 Login, of a daughter. 25,523,683 2?, , ?86,655 237,028 llARniorr—On tho 21st inst, at Eton, the wife O f °I. Total In England 3,747,826 3077.838 169,938 ~ Scotland Rev. W. B. Marriott, of a daughter. Ireland ......•• • • • • 2 THOMSON — On the 22d i ns t., at the house of her cetor; Sir H. Fergu son Davie, Bart., M.P. the wife of "17118 3 6095,100 23,_51 2 ___ United Kingdom .• Thomson, King's Dragoon Guards of a son. And as compared with the month March, 1857, the above returns sl 31,1571. in the circulation of notes dt crease of 1,259,50(31. in the circula coding the 14:h of [ow a decrease of in England, and a ,ion of the United MARRIAGES. OHNSTONE —STRAD —On the 21st inst., at St. p av e, Church, Hull, Commander W. G. Hope J o hnsto s o , R. N., to Emily, y ounges t daughter of th e late Vi,ill„ifr Esq., of Minskip Grange, Borobridge, "" shire. Kingdom. On comparing the above with the fixed hieing of the several banks, the following is the state of the oircuit►• ,ion : The private banks are below their fixed issues £1,?11,896 The joint-stock batiks are below their fixed issues DEATHS, BABY—On the 15th inst., Major - General Baby, forol erif of H.M.'s 24th Regt. BAGOT— On the 16th inst., at Carlow, George Bagot, 7 44 many years High Sheriff of British G u i ana , a ged B ` . . t 0 0 Bnowii—On the 22d inst., at Cl ap h am-r i se, S ara h, r of the }ate Anthony Brown, Esq., Chamberlain of c ity of London, aged 73. i d UAYWARD -On the 27th F e b ., a t M onte Video, 01 1 t en 11. 91.5. Virago, Charles Augustus Hayward, s econ a t, i og• of James Hayward, Esq., of Loudwater House , i s w ith mansworth, Herta, aged 19. Mr. Hayward serve" the Naval Brigade in the trenches before Sehee t %he and received the Crimean Medal with two clan)° , k ish Legion of Honour, the Sardinian Medal, and the T ur Medal of the Order of the Mejidie. l y4 ROLFE—On the 21st inst., Mr. Nicholas Rolfe, of the of Win. Rolfe and Sons, 61, Cheapsido, aged 73. - 750,310 Total below the fixed i55ue,,,,,,,. £2,095,2 :6 The Scotch banks aro above their fixed issue_ £490,629 The Irish banks are below their fixed issue £158,994 The average stock of b u lli on held by the Bank of Eng land in both departments during the month ending the loch of Nlarch was 1 7,571,2271., being an increase of 2,020,5.06/. as compared with the previous month; and a increase of 7,232,0851. when compared with the same period last year. The amounts of gold and silver held at the head offices of the several banks during the past month have been as follows : Gold and silver held by the Scotch banks.... T2,087,619 Gold and silver held by the Irish banks Total of gold and silver held £4,473,826 Being an increase of 80,1531. as compared with the pre vious return, and al increase of 230,3741. when com pared with the corresponding period last year. la 4 o ‘) LONDON: Printed an d Published by MIIRDO v - 7a of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sum ° lii°e : nit oi/ 112, Strand, i n th e P rec i nc t o f t h e S avo y, in tb• of Middlesex, Friday, April 23, 18M. 2,921 12,317 26,747 6,885 8,431 6,23 i 2,405 1,427 8,026 7,030 admiss Introdt nuraer, comme sack, P n.sday SIONS one gni Onller3 33, Old 3 . T.ICI Dir. t AI band; ducted Valenti greatee eneum Traviat and is t, at th e unmet G I Equesti Ellinlre ALEIA3 ances e Eight a.* i perform contiou notice. Admi Reserve Boxes a lfr. Mit 10 . are corn Penny e horses' 1 G E tent sea Q. H. prcm e d g 'trial EC . 11)1 I Place. Lc loans on N.B. I Assured. Of grace. 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