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TJIE BRITISII- VISIT TO THE AMERICAN SHIP SHINGTON. OFFICIAL CORREVONDENCE. The following hi4, , hly interesting correspondence has been laid bef. )re the Congress of the United States by the Sec - retary of the Navy : _ l!lag-ship Roanoke, off San Juan del Norte, Nov. 20. 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., an d is now firing up for A:Sp;nwr.i.i. Her passengers !are still on board, there be'l:g no means to take them either across the o until' or to San Francisco, 'lnd they reached. San Juan ciel 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 in board the Washington after she had been inspected and passed by the Savannah, and who put some very improper interrogatories to her atptain, and that Capt. Wainwright, in the Leopaxl, was despatched in great haste to the Colorado River, in search of 200 -filibusters which ruirour stated had been landed fro: the Washington at that point, and that he sent a bast ,vi d the American steamer Catherine Ma-i . '`.en 1 gin that river, to ascer tain the co- ..ess of the report. lam taking im mei hate ..asures to get full particulars from Capt. Jarvis, • ind will report them in full by the next oppor .ity • but, according to my present under stan.dh, 3 of the matter, it looks like a renewal of the scenes which lately occurred around the island of Cuba, charged only to filibusters 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 filibusters, 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'INTOSH, Flag Officer, Commander-in-Chief, Home Squadron. The Hon. Isaac Toucey, Secretary of the Navy. 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 despatched in great haste to the Colorado River in search of fillibusters ; that she had boarded the American steamer Catherine Maria, then at anchor in that river, with armed loits, 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 in 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. Aldham 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 Jeft my ship after my arrival, anddesired him to express my regret to Sir William that the exceedingly bad weather and heavy sea prevented me from personally paying my respects. You will perceive that 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 met, as he would have been pleased 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 and 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, and the danger 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. Ald ham that I should proceed to Aspinwall when I 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 inf., of " fillibusters ;" 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 never abandoned the protectorate, but that he believed before the Ist of Jan. next the whole matter would be finally settled; that as to boarl jug 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 say, for my position had been taken in my correspondence, and I desired there to leave it. .1 do not pretend to give you the precise words of these free and frank conversations, but I have en dea 1-owed, se far as my memory serves me, to give you their meaning . I .iterally ; and if there was sincerity in them, of which ir have not the slightest doubt. I am happy to say I in see no cause of apprehension on our part for a ,reeurrence of the proceeding. I was much plejsed with both the gentlemen, and everything ',vas done by Captain Gardner and myself, which hospitality or kindness could dictate, to make them C omfortable and at home. They left the ship fu:l y so impressed. Sit William ( - 3rore Ouseley is expected to reach this - on Mond: - .3' next in the British mail steamer. I have to t, .ate to you the utter impossibility of this ship ~raining at anchor off San Juan del Norte durip.4 the blowing of a norther. She has been more. strained in the four days I was there, in hull, ma sts, and rigging, than she could have been in ad) .:en winter voyages across the Atlantic. Then winds blow in squalls, and when they mode ratr the current from the river is running out w" such velocity as to cause the ship to lay di _ctly 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. Cotrell, our commercial agent, just previous to getting under weigh from that place. pritis. 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. Y. R. Davis, commanding the United States ship Savannah. It relates, as you will perceive, to the visit to the American steamer Washington by two of the officers of her Britannic 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 b 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, from the 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 danger 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 Commo'lore 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, JA3MES MCINTOSH, Flag Officer, Commander-in-Chief Home Squadron. Sir W. C. Aldham, K.O 8., Commanding her Majesty's steam frigate Valorous. 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 you stop at any port on your way out ?" 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 ?" He 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 instructions upon the subject.—l am, sir, very respectfully, your obedient se:want, JOSEPH R. DAVIS, Captain. Flag Officer James Mclntosh, Commander-in-Chief 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 a 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 that 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, or under their 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 whick 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 forces on the station. There are 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 fillibustcrs, for in that case she woi have been forbidden 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 passenger vessels and her Majesty's peace ships had been made known to me ; such inter coursee among to by is customaarnydinistinmeeveor of objectedpa her A all ci L i j l e is s e ty d 's offie n at ions , cr officers when practised. by Unit e d S tates men-of--war to English merchantmen. I beg to point out that s uch a hostile prohibition would have been in the present case highly incon venient to some of the passengers on board who arc English subjects, one of them, indeed, a British functionary, proceeding 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 circumstances under which I direeted Capt. Wain wright, 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 of it. At daylight he weighed, and anchored off the river, and in his own boat, accompanied by two others, pulled into the river, examining the banks on either side, to see if there were any traces of a 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 ALDHAM, Captain. Flag-officer James 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 :—" Agreeing 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 dominion over, Nicaragua, 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 mur 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 alriendly 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 natiorii, 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. 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 lam constrained still - to consider as un necessary on the part of the efficers 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. WINTosn, Flag-officer Commander-in-Chief, Home Squadron. Sir, W. C. Aldham, K.C.8., Commanding H.M.'s steam frigate Valorous. United States ship Savannah, San Juan delNorte, Nov. 20, 1858. Sir,—On the 17th inst. I 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. Ho now informs me that it is uncertain when he sails, and I have therefore thought it best, as the Jamestown was going to s4a 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 you 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 ho 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 couit for the increase. For the last fortnight there THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY - EVENING, DECEMBER 31, 1858. has been remarkably fine weather for this place,-- I am, &c. . .c. JOSEPH R. JAnvlsi Flag Officer James APlntosh, Commandiug Home Squadron. 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'vess e l D ee , M r . 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 ARMY. 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 Coin 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 Ilighnets reminds commanding officers that the Queen's regulations, distinctly 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 previous to their enlistment. It is incumbent upon a commanding officer to take care that the indulgences extended to soldiers' wives are not bestowed upon improper objects. Circumstances, however, may arise to induce a commanding 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 general officer under whom he is serving, who will, if he see fit, authorise the wife 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 to be stated, and the authority is to be quoted, By command, G. A. WETHERALL, Adjutant-General. The annexed circular has been addressed to tl;e commanding officers : War-office, Dec. 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 reomlations, even of those officers who might be otherwise eli g ible f rom length of service. 3. That the same regulations 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. Respectin g 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 clerk is 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 commissariat esta blishment, limited to 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 entitled 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, he will be at liberty to draw such higher emo luments until his services are transferred to anotherstation, when his pay and allowances will be governed by the new warrant. 9. That the advantages and emoluments now applicable to officers serving on the west coast of Africa will be con tinued until further orders.--I 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 ; 53 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 o f Alb any ' 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 the cold and rainy winter nights. A number of the new cloaks have already been re-: ceived at Chatham and issued for the use of the troops, one being hung up in each sentry-box 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 havin,s unlawfully' caused to be coined certain Turkish piastres. The case was respitedfrom last sessions on the prisoner's application to be tried by a jury partly composed of foreigners. Mr. 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 Messrs. Hamson, of Manch e st er —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 explain 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 interview of Mr. Calvocoresi with witnesses were called to prove the engraving of the dies and the prisoner'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 hands. 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 Government, inasmuch as the value of these coins fluctuated all through the Sul tan's dominions ; and contending that Mr. Calvo coresi, being a foreigner, could 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 hadtaken 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 ? M"r. 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 on their bail. The court was crowded to inconvenience dur ing the hearing, many gentlemen from Manchester being amongst the audience.—Manchester Guardian. THE ST. PANCRAS DEFALCATIONS. APPREHENSION_ AND EXAMINATION OF MR, BIRCIIMORE. 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 for a remand. Some defalcations having been discoveredin 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 £l7O. The prisoner, when a note was presented to him, did not admit that he had received all the amounts therein stated, but since then other amounts had been discovered. In one ease the prisoner had received from a Mrs. Pyle money to the amount of £25 which he had not ac eounted 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 back, but 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. Win. - 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—Was that 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 named. Some:he . Said h. 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 on 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 'Lot give himany promise in any shape or way. was unwilling to hear the statement, and told the prisoner so. Mr. Tyrwhitt inquired if any of the amounts the prisoner admitted having received were entered in the book ? Witness—No. 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, who are lunatics. The list of defalcations was read over to the prisoner item by item. The first item in the list was the sum 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, :‘ Yes, I anavery sorry, but I must take you into custody, an you must consider yourself my prisoner." - Ikfr. Humphreys said he did not propose to go, further to-day, and asked for a remand. Mr. Wakeiing 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 evidence to a great 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 o bj ec t in ma k i ng 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 becCime 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 liberatekand 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 co'le ct o r for one of the districts of the pa rish, and n otwithstanding. that his books were balanced, and all appeared to be "square" with the parish, he suddenly decamped, exactly seven weeks ago. The w ife . 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 Greenhithe. Some members of the family imme diatelystarted 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, though the minute description given of the latter, and the fact that the name of " Arnell" was inscribed on the linen, there remains but little doubt as to tho 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 provement of trade at Manchester is telling very signally in relief of the poor rates. At a meeting of guardians, held yesterday, the out-door relief of the past week was statedas follows :—Settled cases, 838, at a cost of £101.135. 10d. ; English non-settled cases, 725, at a cost of £96135. 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 of last year, there was a decrease of 1,938 English cases, and £328 25..3d. cost ; and of 3,008 Irish cases, and £482 6s. 7d. cost. The decrease of in-door poor was 68. [ADVERTISEMENT.]—Rarey'is Horse and Cattle Improv ing Food is equally adapted to improve the stamina of ill conditioned Horses, Cows, Bullocks, Calves, Sheep, and Pigs. It causes nd extra expense, as it contains far more and better nourishment than its cost of 1/d. per feed sup plies in corn and hay; hence ensures an actual saving in the keep. But its principal advanttiges are a. great im 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 to sick, debilitated, or old apparently worn-out 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. Rarey and Cu:, 77, Regent's Quadrant, Piccadilly, London. Packed in tins of about 99 feeds, lls. ; in casks of about 450 feeds, 50s. ; of about 1,000 feeds, £3, being lid. per feed. 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 Ba . nks pf Issue in England and Wales, in circu lation during the week ending Saturday, the 18th day o f December, 1858. PRIVATE BANKS. Andover Bank, Andover-Heath and Co. £8,300 Ashford Bank Ashford-Jemmett, Pomfret, & Co. 10,973 Aylesbury OM Bank, Aylesbmi-Cobb and Co 23,595 Baldock Bank and Baldock and Biggleswade Bank, Biggleswade-Wells, Rogge, and Co. Barnstaple Bank, Barnstaple-Marshall and Co 7,132 Basingstoke ' and Oldham Bank, Basingstoke- Seymour, Lamb, and Co. Bedford Bank, Bedford-Barnard and Co 2 8 ,266 Bewdley Bank, Bewdley-Nichols, Baker, and Co 11,283 Bicester and. Oxfordshire Bank and Oxford Bank, Bicester-Tubb and Co. Birmingham Bank, Birmingham - Attwood s, 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. 26,950 Broseley and Bridgnorth and Bridgnorth 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. Birmingham Bank, Birmingham-Lloyds and Co. 21,193 Bradford Old Bank, Bradford, Yorkshire-Harris and Co. Brecon Old Bank, Brecon-Wilkins and Co 51,871 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-Mortlook and Co 14,737 Cambridge and Cambridgeshire Bank, Cambridge =Messrs. Fosters 42,609 Canterbury Bank, Canterbury-Hammond and Co 27,875 Carmarthen Bank, Carmarthen-David Morris and S qas 20,483 Chertsey Bank, Chertsey-La Costa and Son 2,249 Colchester Bank, Colchester-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 6,292 City Bank, Exeter-Milford and Co. Craven Bank, Settle-Alcocks, Birkbeck, and Co 64,181 Chepstow Old Bank, Chepstow Bank, Monmouth Old - Bank, Monmouth Bank, Brecon Bank, and Ross and Herefordshire Bank, Chepstow- Bromage, Snead, and Co. 7 ,236 Derby Bank, Derby-W. and S. Evans and Co. Derby. Bank, Derby-Samuel Smith and Co .. 37,933 Deiby Old Bank and Scarsdale and High Peak Bank, Derby-Crompton, Newton, and C 0..... 23,701 Devizes and Wiltshire Bank, Devizes-Locke and Co Diss Bank, Diss-Fincham and Co 9,760 Doncaster Bank and Retford Bank, Doncaster- Cooke and Co. 54,477 Darlington Bank, Durham Bank, and Stockton-on- Tees Bank, Darlington-Backhouse and Co 79,197 Devonport Bank, DevonporV-Hodge and Co 8,183 Dorchester Old Bank and Dorsetshire Bank, Dor chester-R. and H. Williams 43,129 East Cornwall Bank, Liskeard-Robins, Foster, and Co. 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 Hull Bank and Kingston-upon - Hull Bank, Hull- Smith, Brothers, and Co Huntingdon Town and County Bank, Hunting don-Veasey and Co . 00000000 ..••• Harwich Bank, Harwich-Cox, Cobbold, and Co. 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. • 25,860 Knaresborough Old Bank and Ripon Old Bank, Knaresborough-Harrison and Co Kendal Bank, Kendal-Wakefield, Crewdson, &Co 38,999 Longton. Staffordshire Bank, Longton-C. Harvey and Son Leeds Bank, Leeds-Beckett and Co 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. 20,579 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 Macclesfield Rank, Macclesfield-Brocklehurst and Co. 12,842 Manningtree Bank, Manningtree-Nunn and C 0... 532 Merionethshire Bank, Dolgelly-Williams and Son 8,521 Miners' Bank, Truro-Willyams and Co. Monmouthshiro Agricultural and Commercial Bank, Abergavenny-Bailey and Co. 25,095 Monmouth Old Bank, Monmouth Bank, Brecon Bank, Chepstow Bank, Chepstow Old Bank, and Ross and Herefordshire Bank, Monmouth- Bromage, Snead, and Co. .. 11,930 Newark Bank, Newark-Godfrey and Riddell .... 24,917 Newark and Sleaford Bank, and Sleaford and Newark Bank, Sleaford-Handley, Peacock, and Co. - • 48,143 Newbury Bank, Newbury-Bunny, Slocock, and Co. 17,042 Newmarket Bank, Newmarket-Eaion, Hammond, and Co- . 16,663 Norwich Crown Bank and Norfolk and Suffolk Bank, Norwich-Harveys and Hudsons 48,044 Norwich and Norfolk and Fakenham Banks, Nor wich-Gurneys and Birkbecks Nottingham and Nottinghamshire Bank, Notting- 10,145 39,663 4,159 9,770 ham Hart, Fellows, and Co. Nuneaton Bank, Nuneaton-Craddock and Co. ... 2,715 Naval Bank, Plymouth-Harris & Co New Sarum Bank, Sarum-Everett and Co. 8,789 Nottingham Bank, Nottingham-Samuel Smith and Co Oswestry Bank and Oswestry Old Bank, Oswestry -Croxon and Co 8,982 Oxford Old Bank, Oxford-Parsons aid Co 31,467 Old Bank, Tonbridge, Tonbridge and Tonbridge Wells Old Bank, Tonbridge and Tonbridge- Wells and Sevenoaks Bank, Tonbridge-T. H. and S. Beeching Oxfordshire Witney Bank, Witney-J. W. Clinch and Sons 10,242 Pease's Old Bank, Hull, the Hull Old Bank'4ar J Beverley Bank, Hull-Pease and Co. 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-Fordham and Sons 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. Salop Bank, Shrewsbury-Burton, Lloyd, &Co 12,530 Scarborough Old Bank, Scarborough-Woodall and Co. Shrewsbury Old Bank and Shrewsbury and Ludlow Bank, Shrewsbury-Rocke, Eyton, and Co 35,487 Sittingbourne and Milton Bank, Sittingbourne-- Vallance and. Co. ' 2,642 Southampton Town and County Bank, Southamp ton-Maddison and Pearce 10,588 Southwell Bank, Southwell- , Wylde and Co 11,379 Southampton and Hampshire Bank, Southampton -Atherley, Fall, and Co. Stafford Old Bank, Stafford-Stevenson and Co. Stamford and Rutland Bank; Stamford-Eaton, Cayley, and. Co 25,122 Shrewsbury an 1 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. 8,024 Thornbury Bank, Thornbury-Harwood and Co 9,104 Tiverton and Devonshire Bank, Tiverton-Duns ford and Co. Thrapston and Kettering Bank, Northamptonshire, Thrapston-York and Eland 11,168 Tying Bank and Chesham Bank , Trin.--Butcher and Son Towchester Old Bank, Towchester-Percival and CO 6,105 Town and County, of Poole Bank and Ringwood and Poole Bank, Poole-G. W. Ledgard and Sons 8,291 Union Bank, Cornwall, Helston-Vivian and Co 13,208 Uxbridge Old Bank, Uxbridge-Hull, Smith, &Co 9,714 Wallingford Bank, Wallingford-Hedges, Wells, and Co. .. 6,994 Warwick and Warwickshire Bank, Warwick- Greaves and Co. ............................ 20,114 Wellington Somerset Bank, Wellington-Fox, 8,038 8,038 4,30! 21,898 . Co.' Brothers and ................... -..... 3495 West Riding Bank, Wakefield • and Pontefract Whitby—Simpsen, Chapman, Bank—Leatham, 'few, and Co 42,105 Whitl:iy Old Bank, __ ___ , and - Co. ................................ 13,580 Winchester, Alresford, and Alton Bank, Winches t er —B u lpett snd Co. Weymouth Old Bank and Dorchester Bank, Wey mouth—Elliot, Pearce, and Co. Wirksworth and Ashbourne Derbyshire Bank— Arkwright and Co Wisbech and Lincolnshire Bank, Wisbech—Gur rieys and Co - 43,478 Wiveliscombe Bank, Wiveliscombe—P. and W Hancock 6,022 WolTeiliampton Bank, Wolverhampton—Goodricke - and Hblyoake " ' - 8,964 Worcester Old Bank and Tewkesbury Old Bank, Worcester—Berwick, Lechmere, and Co 56,445 Wolverhampton Bank, Wolverhampton—R. and W. F. Fryer 10,006 Yarmouth and Suffolk Bank, and Halesworth and Suffolk Bank, Yarmouth—Gurneys, Birkbeck, and Co. r 5......... . i . #1 40,626; Yarmouth, Norfolk, and Suffolk Bank Great Yar mouth—Sir E. H Lacon, Bart., and C 0..... 9,932 York Bank, York— -Swann, Clough, and Co. 34,507 JOI NT STOCK BANKS. Bank of Westmorl , tind, Kendal _ --. 5,8,577 Barnsley Banking 'Company, Barnsley 8,775 Bradford Va,nking ( T;ompany, Bradford Bilston District :. Banking Company, Wolver hampton ..... • • -• Bank of Whitehaven , Whitehaven Bradford Commercial Banking Company, Bradford 18,666 Burton, Uttoxeter, an d Staffordshire Union Bank in' Company - , Burt( m-upon-Trent Chesterfield and Nortl t Derbyshire Banking Com pany, Chesterfie1d... Cumberland Union:., 1. tanking Company, Work ington -,kshire Banking Company, t - Wary Coventry and Wa Coventry .. Coventry Union Ban kint 7 Company, Coventry County of Gloucester - Ba. eking Co., Cheltenham 98,339 Carlisle and Cumberla ad Banking Co., Carlisle Carlisle City and Dis; ri et Lank, Carlisle Dudley and West Broil iwich Banking Co., Dudley 31,028 Derby and Derbyshire 1 I:diking Company, Derby 19,001 Darlington District Join t Stock Banking Company, Darlington East of gngland Bank, 1 iorwich 26,362 Gloucestershire Banking t ;'ompany, Gloucester 130,4 74 Halifax f Joint Stock Bank. , 'Halifax .. 16,821 Huddersfield Banking Coi apany, Huddersfield.... 33,215 Hull Banking Company, 1 lull .. 26,099 Halifax Commercial Banki - 1g Company, Halifax.. 10,7 51 Halifaxand Huddersfield Un ion BankingCo.Halifax 41,890 Helston Banking Company, Helston Herefordshire Banking C. )ol 'any, Hereford Knaresborough and Cl aro Banking Company, Knaresborough. ....... .... Kingsbridge Joint-Stock 3ank, iiingsbridge Lancaster Banking Comp- my, Lancaster Leeds Banking Company, Leeds 22, 755 Leicestershire Banking Co mpany, Leicester 62,580 Lincoln and Lindsey Banking Company, Lincoln 50,2 03 Leamington Priors and Warwickshire flanking Company, Leamington I ) riors . 9,072 Ludlow and Tenbury Bani ~Ludlow • .-..... Moore and Robinson's NoAttingham.shire Bs nking Company, ' Nottingham . .. • 29,35 3 Nottingham and Nottinghamshire Eanking Com pany, Nottingham ...... National Provincial Bank of England, Birmingham (Head Office 112, Bish.opsgate-strect, London) North Wilts Banking Company, Melksha2n 40,3 86 Northamptonshire Union Bank, Northampton 71, 366 Northamptonshire BanangCompany, Northampton 18,10 6 North and South - Wales Bank, Liverpool. 59,4 90 Pares's Leicestershire Banking Company, L eicester 48, 880 Saddleworth Banking Company, Saddleworth .... 1,857 Sheffield Banking Company, Sheffield ~ 34,768 Stamford, Spalding and Boston Banking Company, Stamford Stuckey's Banking Company, Bristol Somerset shire Bank, and So•mersetshire Bank, Langport . 329,65 5 Shropshire Banking Company, Shiffoall .. .... 39,27 6 Stourinidge and Kidderminster Banking Com pany, Stourbiidwe ., 46,576 Sheffield and HallaAashire Banking Co., Sheffield 22,22 8 Sheffield and Rotherham Joint Stock Banking Company, Sheffield ' 60,37 3 Swaledale and Wensleydale Banking Company, • Richmond Wolverhampton ana. Staffordshire Banking Com • 28,114 pany, Wolverhampton. Wakefield and Barnsley Union Bank, Wakefield... 14,239 Whitehaven Joint Stock Banking Co., Whitehaven 2 5 , 017 Warwick azulk Leaintagton Banking Co., Warwick. 23 , 731 West of England and South Wales District Bank, Bristol Wilts and Dorset Banking Company, Salisbury 7 0 ,845 West Riding Union Banking Co., Huddersfield 33 ,081 Whitchurch and Ellesmere Banking Company, Wh i tchurch 3,456 • _ Worcester City and County Banking Company, Worcester York Union Banking Company, York .. 61,919 York City and County Banking Company, York.. 82,90 5 Yorkshire Banking Company, Leeds 116,1 93 • W. W. DALBIAC, Acting Registrar of Bank Re to-rns. Inland Revenue Office, Dec. 27, 1858. COUNTRY MARK,RTS; MANCHESTER—DEC. 30. At this morning's market the trade in wheat was of a holiday character. Wheat of good dry quality was 18 per qr. dearer ; in iv ferior sorts little doing. Millers gene rally asked 6d to 18 per sack advance on flour; but there was no disposition on the part of buyers to operate, and W 0 cannot raise our quotations. Oats and oatmeal were dull, and the latter must be noted a little easier. Beans Wee firm. Nothing doing in other articles. BOSTON—DEc. 29. - At this day's market there w,so rather a fair supply of wheat, and sales were effected at the quotations of this day se'nnight, and in some instances rather dearer. Barley again rather cheaper. Oats unchauged in - value. In beans we have little alteration. Wheat, white 4os to 43s Beam, Mazagan.. —s to -- 5 red 35s to 40s & small 38s to 44 3 Barley 26s to 34s I White peas 37s to 47 3 Oats l7s to 23s Grey.. —s to LOUTH—DEc. 29. There was, a fair supply of wheat from, the farmers to day, and transactions in the market were dull, with very little change in prices. Wheat .. 36s to 41s Oats.... 22s to 251 White .45s to —s Beans 368 to 39s Barley .30s to 33s Malt.. —s to --5 BIRMINGHAM-Dm. 29. To-day the show of wheat was very fair, and sales were freely made at is per qr advance on last week's prices• A moderate show of barley, and fine malting parcels main tained their value. Oats again rather cheaper. In beans no change. EDINBURGH' GRAIN--DEc, 29. Fair supplies to-day. Demand a little better. the same as last week. Wheat on the top Os 6d up average Os ld down. Barley on the top Os 6d down. , average Os 5d down• Oats on the top Os 6d down —average 4d up. Beans on the top Os 6d down —averageos2d down. Averages per Imperial quarter. Wheat. Wheat (N). -12ths Barley -12ths Oats .. 1 2 4 7-12ths Beans • 1 19 10 11-12ths Total Supply and Sales. Wheat .1033 qrs Sold 1000 qrs 8ar1ey........2221 qrs Sold 1647 qrs Oats .1403 qrs Sold 1334 qra Beans lB3 qrs Sold 158 qr Prices DERBY SMITHFIELD—DiSc. 28. The supply of fat beasts to-day was not large, but quite equal to the demand, without alteration in price. The number of sheep was about the average and some few left unsold. Fat calves plentiful. The show of pigs small, and readily disposed of. Beef 6d to bid Veal . Mutton .... 6d to 7d. Pork Lamb Od to —d Rough fat, 4010 d per stone• Hides, 4d to sd; calf skins, &Id to 54d. LOCAL SHARE MARKETS. • LIVERPOOL-DEC. 30. --•— The market was good at the opening, but became weak min the middle of the day, and closeel flat. Birkenheads, 671 Leeds Northern, 48—Dovers, 22 9-16--Berwicks, 9 4 —North British, 6011—York and North Midland, 77_4; 8-- Eastern Counties, 12 1 i—Midland, 103 1 1031 —Chester and Holyheads, 471 B—Caledonians, 881 if—Lancashire and Yorkshire, 99I—London and North-Westerns, 96 East Lancashire, 961 97—Dutch Rhenish, 4 31, Grand Trunk of Canada, 9k 1--Great Western, 66 561- -- Great Western of Canada, 171 i—Blackburns, 111- i• LEEDS-DEC. 30. There was little business, and prices were rather better. London and North Western, 96I—Midland, 104—Nort h British, 61I—Dovers, 75I—Eastern Counties, 121—Great Western, 561. MANCHESTER—DEC. 30. The market was rather firmer to-day, but closed weak. A moderate business was done. " Dovers, 22 9-16--Leed s, 99 t —Midland, 104 4 3- 3 - 4 Sheffields, 391—Londons, 96 North Stafford, 4 1-16 d.—East Lancashire, 964Trwik Div. Deb., 10s, BIEMINGHAM-DEC. 30. The transactions in rails to-day were dull, but plie. L es were firm. South Staffords, 101—London and Noll' Westerns 96—Birmingham and Stour Valleys, Bto 81-- Birmin g ham Canals, 96. BIRTHS. BURGES.—On the 29th inst., at 17, Upper , Seymour-stre et, Portman-aguate, the wife of Edward Burges, Esq., of daughter. FAIRHOLME.—On the 25th inst., at Edinburgh, the lad,' of George K. E. Fairholme, Esq., of a son. dEnvls.—On the 29th inst., at 25, St. James's-place, tho Hon. Mrs. Edward Jervis, of a son. JOHNsoN.—On the 29th, inst., at 20, Buckland-crescen t, St. John's-wood, Mrs. Charles W. Johnson, of a daugh ter. MARRIAGES. BANBURY—SMITH.—On the 28th inst., at St. Pl Church, Granville-square, Edward Banbury, Es€l•9 ° Blockley, Worcestershire, to Sarah, daughter of the late Thomas Smith, Esq., of Campden, Gloucestershire. VEREKEK —3l EDLICOTT.—On the 21st inst., at St. George 'e Church, the Hon. John Prendergast Vereker, secon d B on of Viscount Gort, to Louisa, only child of George MOM cott, Esq., of Rutland-place, Dublin. DEATHS. CHESLYN.—On the 29th inst., Richard Cheslyn, late of Langley Priory, Leicestershire, aged 61. DUDLEY.—On the 25th inst., at Dudley, Mr. Ben. DudleYf aged 79. HHMILTON.—On the 28th inst.: 3 at 3, Portland -pla ce ' Wandsworth-road, Mr. G. Hamilton of 24 , Sheraru." street; Golden-square. MORnALL.—On the 28th inst., a t Pl as W arr en, county of Salop, Edward Morrell, Esq., aged 81. PIGOU.—On the 28th inst., at Dartford, Kent, Clarence Pigou, Esq., aged 61. WARDALE.—On the 28th inst., at Hitchin, the Rev. J ohn R. Wardalo, formerly rector of Higham Gobion, Bedfor shire, aged 83. WESTON.—On the 26th in s t. , at Monmouth, the Rev. J. S• Weston, 8.A., aged 28. WHLTE.—On the 22th in s t., a t 18, B runsw i c k-square, 11 ' S. White, Esq., aged 78. - - LONDON : Printed and Published by MURDO YOUNt.:t of No. 112, Strand, Printer, a t The Sun Office, No. P 4, Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the county 0 Niddleeez, Friday, December 31,-1858.