The Sun. — London, England, 1858-12-28 00:00:00

BRITISH COLUMBIA (concluded from the Times of Dee. 24) _Victoria, Vancouver's Island, Oct. 26. Fort tale is on the right bank of the Fraser. We fou ad the place and its " surroundings," as an Ameri( inn termed the neighbourhood, so filthy and unsavoury—so exactly like its inhabitants, in short, that vce could not pitch our tents in or near it ; so we shot across the river, shook the dust of this modcato Sodom from off our feet, and camped on a cleari sandspit on the opposite side, away from the ruffianism of the town—a fortunate choice in more _ ways than one, but particularly happy in saving the men from contamination. We remained here from the 13th to the 20th of Sept ember. During this period I visited Hill's Bar, about 11 or 2 miles below Yale and on the op posit:. side of the river, three times, and will here give such information as I picked up from the miners. This Bar is one of the earliest worked, and one of the most famous for its richness—the bar of bars, the Ophir of Fraser's Rive r . Mr. HUI, the discoverer, left for California with his pile" some time ago, having first sold out his c l a ims at good round prices, a practice which I much deprecate, and which, if I were a lawgiver in these - parts, I would put a stop to. A man who sells a. claim sells "what isn't kis'n." The license does not give the miner the fee of the land, but merely the privilege of working it for gold, the property of the Crown ; and when a miner aban dons his elaim it should be open to the next man who comets and is ready to work it. The first miner I met at Hill's Bar was a very green miner—a young gentleman who came up from San Frimeisco with me in June. His profes sion is that of a merchant, and he came to Vic toria to go into business. Finding things overdone there, he resolved to turn miner, and came up to Hill's Bar, bouo.ht a "claim" for 350 dols. ; and has ' been working it, with a partner, for nearly three months. They employ five men to work with them at wages ranging from 6 dols. to 8 dols. a day each man. To show bath the division of labour and the prospects of labouring men who may think of coming out to this country, I will give a detail of the labour and pay :—Two men shovelling, at 5 dollars a day ; three men rocking, one of them at 6 dols., the second at 7 dols., the third at 8 dols. a day. These were all good hands, experienced • miners ; but the two who received the highest pay - were choice hands. The earnings he gave me as an ounce of gold a day to each man's work on an average. On calling for details this -gentleman said, his men would wash 1,000 buckets a day, and that a bucket of " dirt" would produce Bc. This would give 80 dols. as the earnings of the five men ; just 16 dols. each man. But the " dirt" does not always yield as much as Bc., although, on the other hand, it sometimes yields more. He has had as high as 33c. to the bucket, which would give to five men washing 1,000 buckets an aggregate of 330 dols., or 66 dols. each a day—Xl3 sterling per man per day. I cross-questioned my friend strictly on this fact, but could not shake his testimony, and he offered to show his books in proof of his assertion. His character is a suffi cient voucher for any statement he makes. He is very well known in San Francisco, where he long held a situation of trust. As a test of the value of this famous bar, I may state that he knows of 1,000 dols. having been given for one half of a claim of 25 feet wide, and of 1,200 dols. for one-third interest in another claim of the same size, and of 1,000 dols. having been offered the other day, and refused, for one half of a claim. This gentlemen went back to San Francisco the other day well satisfied with the result of his mining adventure. His case proves two facts—that a person of sedentary habits,- who never worked at rude outdoor occupations, can improve his pecuniary condition by taking a spell at mining, and that an intelligent man can find efficient labour at high prices to assist him in making his " pile." I found an Englishman here whose story is in structive—George Cade, from Bethnal-green, Lon don. He had mined in California for three years and upwards. Came up the river without money, and worked at first on hire ; then took to construct ing rockers for the other miners, by which he saved some money, as his outgoings were limited to the cost of food, about 1 dol. a clay; no rent and no taxes to pay. Finally, he bought a quarter interest in a mining claim for 400 dols. The first week he worked made 800 dols. to his own share, or " cheek," as he put it, which made him free of debt and left some encouragement over" I know the man of whom he purchased. He bought Hill, the discoverer, out for 1,400 dollars, including some debts on the claim, which he assumed. The claim measures 25 feet, being the usual size, running from the bank to the water, and a small portion of an adjoining claim. There are six men in " the company," four of them hired at wages of 5 dols. a day each. In two days last week they took out 800 dols. The average of the week's earnings both Cade and his partner returned at 4 lb. of gold amalgam a day, got out the labour of all six. One pound of amalgam they value roughly as worth 100 dols. This is evi dently a low estimate. Some of the miners have carried a small stream a distance of 11 mile, and sell the' water for sluic ing at 2 dols. Sc. an inch—that is to say, a super ficial inch of water on a vertical section. By means of sluicing ground which will not pay by "rock ing," and which has been once " washed," will re munerate this outlay in water ; and I don't reckon the charge high at the present high price of labour. 'About the centre of the bar, which is con sidered its richest part, I met another miner from San Francisco whom I knew. His story is, "three weeks at work on his present claim, all of which has been already washed by rocker, and which he and his party are now sluicing, make 2 oz. a-day to the hand." This is the average for the whole time they have been at work. Stories are told of enormous sums having been realised on this bar ; but as these are " lucky strikes," few and far between, and which would not give a fair average of earnings, I shall not repeat them. There are probably 400 men on the bar. I counted 64 houses. Many make as much as the earnings given above ; probably one-half the number of miners; the other half not so much. Several of the miners gave their earnings at from 3 to 8 dols. a day. The Commissioner who collects the licenses says that everyman who chooses to work will make 5 dots. a day at the lowest. He should be good authority from his means of information. At a point a short distance above Hill's Bar, which had the fanciful name of " Shirt-tail Bend," to designate it, on a long pole, I found several miners and three rockers at work, making 5 dols. to G dols. a day each rocker. _ I omitted to mention that most of the o ld er miners On Hill's Bar stated that for the last four months it was common to get five and six ounces of gold a day to each rocker. A rocker may require two or three men to feed and work it, according to the location. At Hill's Bar I ascertained the important fact that there are " dry diggings" inland " at the back of the bar." This is on a plateau covered with forest, elevated 30 feet above the level of the river. " Close to the surface the ground prospected 12: cents to the pan." The plateau is extensive, as I found out by walking across a portion of it. It extends from Hill's Bar to Yale, and opposite to the latter place gold has recently been found on a portion of this same plateau. The constable from Fort Yale told me so, and his information is con- firmed by Mr. Pemberton, the colonial surveyor, who has just returned from Yale. Opposite to Hill's Bar a good deal of mining is carried on at the lower end of the bend or crescent upon which Fort Yale stands. I did not visit this spot, 'at which there are perhaps 250 miners. Higher up come the Fort Yale diggings. I spoke to many of the miners here—not less than 100, certainly on several occasions—who gave their earnings at every sum, from 2 dols. sc. (say 3s. sterling) to two ounces (say £6 sterling) a man per day. The most common return from sluicing was one ounce a man per day. They are a lazy, coarse, grumbling, good-for-nothing set. Hundreds squat in tents, and do nothing but compl a i n o f th e bad ness of the times, and lament the falling off in the produce of the bar. It does not yield nearly so much as it did at first, but it was very inefficiently worked, and the sluices are half the time idle, while the owners are drinking and gambling. Many " loafers" hang about, ostensibly waiting the fall of the river to " go up," but in reality on the lookout for plunder. I never saw so many sinister countenances collected in one place—ill-bred curs, as cruel as they are di honest. Here is the nest whence issues the wretch who will shoot an Indian in the back when he finds one alone and unarmed, and who is the first to run, even out of a crowd, when he sights a bodyof Indians, armed or unarmed; and here is the Alsatia to which the coward flees for shelter. We ascended the river for some miles beyond Fort Yale, and found miners encamped arid at work all along the left bank. Here we found the largest sized scale gold yet seen—the " coarse gold" so much prized by the miner, because he gets more of it for the same amount of labour bestowed on " fine gold," which does nOi weigh so much. l'he " prospects" all along this, the first gorge of the river, good, and expected to improve. In some other letter I will copy my notes of this portion of the river. I must now hurry this tedious narrative to a close. On our return down the river we visited Texas Bar (Sept. 21), which we romitted on our way up. We found miners making 4 dols. a day and 8 dols. to the rockereach. This is an extensive mining settlement, log cabins aud other evidences of success being abundant. I copy from my notebook : " A gang at the upper end of bar make 5 and 6 dols. a day, working the third stratum of gravel from the surface. The first stratum pa'd high, the second stratum thrown aside for future sluicing, as it only produced 3 dols. a day to the hand ; too poor for rocking. This bar evidently rich, as proved by the vast amount of digging clone. The auriferous stratum runs back into the shore under a bed of fine sand 10 feet thick. An extensive flat between the river and the mountains. Miners say rich and the sand easy of removal by sluicing. Gangs of six men washed the surface gravel; gave 16 to 20 dols. a day to the hand ; now washing the tailings' of the same gravel, which yields 5 to 6 dols. a day to the hand. A month's work averaged 16 to 20 dols. a day, digging a gravel bed underneath a thin ledge of rock easily penetrated." This is the " bed rock" of the miner, to which it is his aim always to dig down. Contrary to the opinion of the gang alongside, this gang think the auriferous stratum does not extend more than 250 yards from the water's edge. At this extreme point it pays 5 to 6 dols. a day to the hand. This is one of the rich claims. John Daly, from Cork, an old California miner, has his wife with him, "the only leddy on the bar." Worked for some time for the Hudson's Bay Com pany at Fort Hope, " then worked for others, car rying dirt at 6 dols. a day." The turning point of John's fortune he dates as on the 17th of July. Bought a claim of 25 feet frontage of another miner, " an Irishman born in America !" for 32 dols. Sc.; has since made 2 dols. sc. a day often ; calls his earn ings now 10 to 12 dols. a day. " Can you give me the average, Mr. Daly ?" "Faith, I can ; 10 to 12 dollars; an' ye can put it down and show it to the Governor if ye like." Is building a to house, three times too big for him and his " leddy ;" but why shouldn't Paddy indulge his whim ? he's in luck, is "making money, and manes to save it." This I much doubt. " Likes the country, for it brought him luck." This I don't doubt. Next met three blackguards drunk in honour of the Governor's visit, all hot-headed Yankees. One was very high-spirited and independent; " wouldn't uncover for the best man," &c. I pulled the fellow's hat off with a jerk,- to try him. He looked very sheepish, and, after a pauoc, drawled out, " Why— then—you're—been—and—done it." How suddenly the valour oozes out of these braggarts when they are confronted with a little firmness. I look upon every man who wears a revolver at his work as an arrant coward. When the Governor came up (for our little encounter was out of sight of the party), the free citizen was disposed to be very obsequious indeed. These fellows had a rich claim, which yielded 100 dols. a week, and sometimes more to each of them; £4O a week very ill bestowed. Another rich claim sluiced by a stream of water, worked by 10 men, five by day and five by night—make the ounce to 25 dols. a day to the hand. Much of the gold lost from imperfection of sluice. This claim cost the present owner, Wm. H. M‘Guire, 1,450 dols., hav ing brought out his former partners. Strange arrangements the miners make. This claim had been divided into single shares, half shares, 1-10ths, and 1-20ths. It measures 250 feet in width, and was originally located by 10 miners. All the ori ginal owners have left except M‘Guire. They all carried money with them-30,000 dols. in gross— and have all gone to the Atlantic States. The claim was commenced to be worked on the 27th of last May. They worked so irregularly (off and on) and had so many interruptions that I could not fix the period it took to make this money. Mr. Bauer man, the geologist of the Boundary Commission, who is with us, examines the gold hereabbuts for platina, of which he has collected some, taken out of Thompson River gold. Other miners on Texas bar gave me their returns at 5 dots., 6 dols., and up to 10 dols. a-day. No growlers here. All regret that the troops are not left in the mines. The American miners have a slavish fear of the Indians. Their pipes are always groaning out the doleful tune, protection against the red skins. We have met Russians, Swedes, Danes, French, Norwegians, Austrians, and other Germans, English, Scotch, and Irish, and other nationalities besides, for aught I know ; but none of these dreaded the Indians as did the Americans. As for us, the Indians were, of course, our friends, and hung about us, always ready to serve us. The majority of the miners are not American. Two hundred and fifty police stationsd at Fort Hope, the same number at Yale, and 250 at Fort Dallas, about 90 miles beyond Yale, with three or four gun-boats for the river, would preserve per fect order and compel absolute obedience to the law. Such is the opinion of an officer whom I consider good authority. He would, when a proper system is established, disarm the population. I would agree with him were it not for the existence of the Indians. They cannot be depended upon, and men may require arms in self defence. As to the silly argument, so fashionable in Downing-street and St. Stephen's, that we must'nt do this, that, or the other for fear it would be disliked by our neigh bours, I would have but one answer—" Let th ose who dislike our laws keep away." From Texas bar we slip down to Strawberry Island, so-named for the very good reason that it is covered with strawberry vines. This is the " Sctlaheness" of the Indians, which I told you we had passed without visiting on our way up on the 13th of September. The first gang we encountered was composed of nine California miners, who had " rocked" the shore to the tune of 9 dols. and 10 dols. a-man per day, and who are now busy making a wheel to raise water for sluicing. They intend to winter on the island. Nine of the handsomest men I have seen. One half of them —no, - the nine could not well be divided,—but five of them might have stood for models for Hercules • all Ameri cans State of Maine. A little below the Maine men, on the shore of the island, came upon a huge water-wheel of 40 feet diameter, for raising water for "hydraulic wash ing." The wheel is set upon a wooden flat, mov able, to be shoved out into the river as the water falls. The wheel is, of course, under shot. I asked Major Hawkins, who understands engi neering and mechanics, what he thought of the wheel. The major thought it would fall to pieces as soon as the water set it in motion. We now meet the owner of this " wheel of fortune." He is full of hope from the effects to be produced in the island by this wheel; and told us that a man left these diggings for California last Saturday with 2,000 dols.—a fact which adds new fervour to his hopes. The owner of the wheel is Mr. C. D. Burlinson, a native of Ohio and citizen of California, where he has been a trader and a publican, last at Amador. He is so pleased with the country, and his own pros pects,-that he " shouldn't wonder a particle if he'd become a British subject, and spend the balance of his days here." And, in furtherance of this laud able intention, is about to send for his wife and family. He has dug a hole or shaft to "prospect" what is in the bowels of the island. The first four feet of the shaft is sand, which produced no gold. Then comes a " streak" of gravel, which appears of great thickness, for four to five feet in depth of it is already exposed without going through it. This gravel has paid him 10 dols. to 12 dols. per day to the hand, the dust very fine, the lower portion of the stratum paying the best. His intention is to " ground sluice" first, and then to wash down, after making "a face," as far as the dirt will pay. To carry out this intention is the object of the wheel. He may fail at first, but that's nothing; he'll try again, and succeed at last. These diggings of Mr. Bnrlinson's, and of others on the island, are dry diggings, of much importance in a miner's estima tion, because they are likely to endure after the river, or wet diggings, become exhausted. We have reason to expect that plenty such will be found. One such was discovered lately on an elevated fiat 50 feet above the river and 250 yards inland, on the. right side, some miles above this island, and close to our last night's encampment. Early this morning 13 Scotchmen sent a deputation to Mr. Douglas, with a "prospect" in a pan, for permis sion to work, and to appropriate the water of a neighbouring stream for "sluicing." The thing looked so feasible that the Governor granted both requests, and promised that if they are successful he would give them double allowance of ground in reward for their discovery. I have lately had a good account of the Scotchmen. The Governor christened their claims " Prince Albert's Diggings." I hope they will succeed. They have got a lucky name, any way. Back to Fort Hope for the night. The houses have increased in our absence. Miners have also multiplied near by. On our way down the river found a large accession of miners, and the ground actually worked greatly extended. Camped (Sept. 22) nine miles below Fort Hope, on a strip of 'rich bottom land covered with long bunch grass, the soil well adapted for farming or gardening. This is the first wet day we have had since the 30th August. During that period we have had two slight showers of short duration. The weather was lovely the whole of the time. ' To-night wet feet, &c., but with a fire that would have roasted 10 oxen, and in good humour with all Ethe world and ourselves, we passed a night that an mperor might have envied. The English are great on climatology, and like to discuss what they have very little off. Well, to gratify such as are enthusiasts on the subject, I will give the temperature of one of our days at Fort Horte—.a place surriu n d e d by mountains : Sept. 11, by Fahrenheit's thermometer, in the shale under a treee, noon, 82 deg. ; at 2 o ' c l oc k , 85 de g. 2 • 4, 81 deg. ; 6, 68 deg.; 8, 56 d eg. ; 10, 53 deg. ; 12, 50 deg. The 12th.-2 a,m., 58 deg. ; THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 28, 1858, 4, 57 deg. ; 6, 57 deg. ; 8, 65 deg. ; 10, 67 deg. ; 12, .79 deg. At night_the temperature sometimes fell to 30 deg.. and frequently ranged from 40 deg. to 43 deg. Midday is oppressive in tents and in the open air, but the Mornings and evenings are charming. I\To climate can be more healthy. Here are the distances I spoke of somewhere in this letter. Victoria to Sand Heads, or mouth of Fraser River, 65 miles ; do. to Langley, 35 miles ; do. to Fort Hope, 70 miles ; do. to Fort Yale, 15 miles ; do. to Fort Dallas (forks of Fraser and Thompson), 90 miles; Fort Dallas to La Fontaine, 65 to 70 miles. Late news from this upper region encouraging, but provisions very dear. OCT. 27. The whole party, soldiers and civilians, roused by the sound of the bugle at five a.m. ; tents struck, all packed in the batteaux, and away by 6 o'clock. On a journey recommend me to an engineer, clever, handy, intelligent, and full of resou r c es . These are your true pioneers—to a new country invaluable. Our - party of them, as well as the marines, behaved admirably, barring the misfortune that two of the latter gave their officer the slip at Fort Yale. " No great loss. They had only just joined the Satellite," was a criticism I had heard made upon this circum stance. We procured at Fort Hope the best bread (baked by a Frenchman) I have tasted since I was in Paris. Supplied with this, and with salmon, so abundant in the river, we breakfasted on the beach near the mouth of the Harrison river; and, after duly "for tifying the inner man," dropped down to Smess Rivet, where Major Hawkins left us to pay a flying visit to his party of the Boundary Commission en camped in Smess Valley, some 12 miles inland. Left the soldiers encamped on the bank of the river opposite the mouth of the Smess, and we, that is, the "carpet knights," pursue our voyage to Fort Langley. While we drop down the stream, some enjoying the scene and others reading with much interest the last news from England, I will explain how the affair of the reported collision between the miners and the Indians turned out, which in duced the Governor to ask for the military escort. A Frenchman stole away and deforced an Indian girl of the "Kequeloose' tribe, or of some other Indian community on the Fraser, above Lang ley. After the endurance of much indignity, the Indians retaliated, caught the Frenchman, and cut his head off and sent his body down the river as an example, perhaps, to all poachers on other men's manors. Altogether four headless trunks came down from the upper waters, and were pickedup by miners between Fort Yale and Fort Hope. The sight naturally roused the inhabitants to action; and a fellow named Graham, a Californian, burning to distinguish himself, raised a company of volunteers to fight the Indians. His plan was very simple. He was •to commence killing the Indians at the nearest village just beyond Fort Yale, and keep killing as he went up the river as far as the Forks, 90 miles. No investigation, no discretion, no segre gation of the . guilty from the innocent. It was to bean exterminating raid. This fellow was not only a beast but a vain fool. One tribe of these Indians would have sent him and his party of raggamuffins after the lecherous Frenchman. But he was accus tomed to Oregon practice, and would try his hand at it here. The bulk of the Yale miners were guided by more humane and prudent counsels. Some 50 of them enrolled themselves under a /Major Snyder, " a free and independent citizen" of the great and glorious Republic which produces such abundant crops of military knights. Snyder exercised some degree of common sense in his proceedings. He called at several Indian villages on his way up, sending a flag of truce be fore him, declared amity with all the tribes who had not been guilty of murdering white men, and made peace and brought about a good understanding " generally," as he himself summed up his ex ploits. In his grandiloquence he called his very commonplace and vulgar palaver with the Indians " treaties." He must have concealed the fact of his being a " Boston," or he would have had but poor success with the Indians. However, he has the merit of having had sufficient discretion to prevent bloodshed. It may be wellfor fiery spirits of this class, who pant for glory, to know that it is a very dangerous pro ceeding to make war on any of her Majesty's subjects, and that she has not yet delegated to any " citizen," however' " distinguished," the treaty_ making power. A message from the Governor or a visit from one of the Hudson's Bay Company's officers would have produced a better effect upon the Indians than all Major Snyder's eloquence, backed though it might ,have been by a display of physical force. Now theaters are more amicable, and. the establishment of law and order as far as possible with miserably inadequate means is pro gressing slowly, but surely and firmly. Any way, we do not want the services of any military adven turers. If they will, contrary to good advice, enter the lists, they may depend upon it they do so with a halter round their necks. Experience shows that the Indians do not require these irregular and illegal displays of force, and humanity demands that the Government shall protect them. Turn we now to the other " man in buckram," the biave _Major Graham. He offered to unite his forces with those of Major Snyder, but the latter prudently " repudiated.' In this dilemma Major Graham proceeded on his own hook. He seemed to have been firmly convinced of the truth of the trite apothegm, that " prudence is the better part of valour," and to have acted upon it. In going up he cautiously avoided all the Indian villages, and sneaked along through the forest for some 40 miles above Yale. Here he and his party were encamped one fine night, ,when about midnight some one of the " braves," hearing a rustling in the bushes, cried out " Indians!" As they had set no guard, and were, like most mobs, great cowards, the scum of Yale s oon became as much frightened as they were disorderly. On the first alarm the Major, as was proper, jumped up and fumbled with his revolver. A shot im mediately followed, and the doughty Major fell to rise no more.. By this time his Lieutenant got upon his legs. Another shot, and he too fell dead. The camp was now a scene of ludicrous confusion some fired right, some fi re d l e ft, some fired " all round," and some ran away. Among the latter was an Irishman, who was so horribly frightened that he never pulled foot until he got to Yale, where he told a tale whi-h harrowed the feelings of that refined population to a degree of intensity altcgether indescribable. The Indians had massacred the whole party but him, and had then mutilated the bodies of these Christian men in a manner too.horrible to mention. Here was the " fiery cross" brought by an accredited henchman, and it had its effect. Late at night " indignation meetings" were. held ; resolutions of great power and energy and breathing vengeance were passed, and the crowd of blackguards proceeded to the Hudson's Bay Company's house, and demanded arms and ammunition to go and fight the Indians with. The officer in charge told them he would not admit a mob into his house, neither would he give arms, or anything else, under threats such as were being made by this enlightened " deputation ;" that if they broke into the house they would do so at their peril ; but that, as he was armed, the first man who entered, and " likely enough the second," would be shot ; that as he had'a sick child in the house, wife alarmed, other children disturbed, &c., he begged they would make less noise; and finally, that if they retired and sent a "reasonable deputa tion of their number," say two or three, lie would admit it and see what could be done. This suggestion was adopted, and the officer counted out a number of muskets which wouldn't go off, as he candidly told them, and, taking a receipt for them, closed the door and returned to bed. Of course, he knew that these fellows were more frightened than hurt, and that their present valour `was of the Bob Acres' quality. The "excitement" once aroused, however, must be kept up. They sent a. deputation with the Irishman's tale down to Fort Hope, where the same scene was re-enacted to the great astonishment of the Company's " servant" there, and the deputation, now charged with the united suffrages of the good people of Yale and Hope, started off without delay in a canoe for Vic toria, with a most piteous cry for help. They effected the passage in a marvellously short time, and looked, certainly, when they were presented themselves before the Governor, like men who be lieved their own story. Soon other wayfarers from " above" drop in, and they more than confirm the tragic story. One of these deliberately and cir cumstantially told, to my knowledge, that he had seen 14 headless trunks pi c k e d u p beyond Yale. Every horrible detail was given with a minuteness that carried conviction. It was now the Governor asked for and obtained the soldiers. Before we started a letter arrived from the Gold Commissioner at Fort Yale with a denial of the massacre, but I only learned the facts when I got up. The important question of " Who killed Major Graham and his lieutenant" is still unanswered. Their fate looks like a just retribution. The un lucky major being a " politician" and not a sodgcr, handled his pistol so clumsily that he shot himself by accident. His wound proved this. The lieu tenant was killed by one of the stray shots of his own men, which were discharged " all round." There were no Indians in the case. There was a suspicion that the men shot both the major and his lieutenant, and the "balance" of the party which came back to Yale reported that there really were Indians-who fired upon them when asleep ; but that the Indians ceased firing when, they were in formed that Major 'Snyder had made " a treaty" with their chief. This is the fable which found its way into the papers, and which has made a wide circuit before my contradiction will appear. I refrained from writing on the subject until I had investigate& the matter personally. A moral may be drawn from the story. We want forces, civil, judicial, and military, to maintain the law. It is not for me to suggest what these should be ; but if we are not to be made a laughing stock of, and if we are to save ourselves from the disgrace which the neglect of good government has brought upon California, we must have such means as will enforce the execution of the law. This accom plished order will follow. There is not the slightest reason to fear a general outbreak of our American visitors in the mines. The majority of them are well disposed, and do not wish their labours interrupted by raids or forays, and they will always be found on the side of law and order, and ready to lend a hand in their maintenance. If I had to extirpate American rowdies I would enlist their own countrymen. On the whole, there has not been much crime in the mines'. A few murders one of which was promptly taken cognizance of , and the murderer punished ; and another man charged with a similar offence is now about to be tried by due course of law. Insufficient as the legal machinery is no punishment takes place except by its agency. _ OCT: 28. I am obliged to cut my letter short here,asihe mail steamer, which came in an hour ago, leaves in a few minutes unexpectedly. A party of engineers have arrived, under Capt. Parsons, this morning. It was said half of them had deserted in San Francisco. Howeier this was, they are all here now. The Ganges, 84, with Admiral Baynes, is here, She arrived on the 17th from Callao, in 47 days. Satellite and Plumper also in port, all well. The mining continues successful ; although vast numbers of miners have left for California, dread• ing the winter, and for other causes. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—Dec. 27. MANSION-HOUSE.—John Hopkins, a ferocious looking fellow, 50 years of age, was brought before Sir R. W. Carden, upon remand, charged with having committed a desperate assault upon his wife, and breaking her leg. Harriet Hopkins, the prosecutrix, who hobbled into court supported by crutches, and remained seated during her examination (her evidence being given with evident reluctance), said—During the last six weeks I have been an inmate in St.Thomas's Hospital, on account of injuries inflicted upon me by the prisoner, to whom I have been married. about 17 years. On the 'l7th of November last my husband came home in a state of intoxication, and desired me to go up stairs. I was cleaning one of the offices of which lam in charge, and refused to do so, upon which he struck me with the poker, and I fell down. He then gave ,me a tremendous kick, and broke the bone of my leg just above the ankle. I called for assistance, and a policeman came, and helped me up to bed. On the following day I was taken to the hospital, of which I am an inmate. By Sir R. W. Carden—He has been four times to see me in the hospital, and has begged of me not to press the charge. He has been in the habit of ill-treating me for years past, especially when ho got intoxicated. I have not been free from bruises caused by his violence for years. He formerly went to sea. He was afterwards a labourer in the docks, but has done no work for some months. When in employment he only gave me very little out of his wages—in fact I have kept myself by my own industry. Foulger, the officer, said that the last time the prisoner called to see the prosecutrix at the hospi tal he was so drunk that he was refused admittance. Prisoner—l never had a poker, in my hand at all. She was drunk when I went home, and as I did not wish her to be seen I wanted her to go up stairs. We then had a bit of a scuffle, and it was then that her leg was hurt. The prosecutrix denied having been at all under the influence of liquor at the time of the assault. Mr. H. Jervis, house surgeon at St. Thomas's Hos pital, said he examined the leg of the prosecutrix shortly after her admission, and found both bones fractured just above the ankle joint. He noticed a good deal of bruising and swelling near the fracture —both of which might have been caused by the blow. The prisoner, who, after the usual caution, denied having raised a finger against his wife, was fully commited to the Central Criminal Court for trial. Ellen Desmond, a prostitute, who has been seve ral times in custody for robbery, was charged with robbing a labouring man of his purse, containing nearly £7. J. Shifford, prosecutor, said—lreside at Plaistow, Essex. On Friday night, as I was leaving the railway station, Fenchurch-street, the prisoner ac costed me, and said, " I thought youwere my friend, and had come to see me." I told her she was mis taken. She asked me to treat her to something to drink, but I refused. She then wanted to treat me, but I told her I would neither drink with her nor have anything to say to her. She then suddenly put her hand into my waistcoat pocket and stole my purse, containing five sovereign's, two half-sove reigns, and about 17s. in silver. She bolted away, and a friend of hers pulled me by the coat, and said, " She's run down there," pointing to a different direction to that which the prisoner had taken. I pursued and caught her with my purse in her hand, but found she had abstracted from it two half crowns. I then gave her into custody. Trinder, constable 586, said that nothing was found on the prisoner upon searching her at the station-house. The prosecutor's purse was examined and sound to contain five sovereigns, two half sovereigns, a halkrewe, six shillings, and a three penny piece. Sir It. W. Carden—ls the prisoner known ? The Gaoler—She has been here before for at tempting to pick a gentleman's pocket. Prisoner—l've only been here once for assault. Officer—She was here three years ago on a charge of picking a gentleman's pocket of his purse on London•bridge. She was then dischsrged, as the gentleman did not attend to prosecute. She was fully committed for trial. Henry Hallard, a shabby genteel dressed fellow, 25 years of age, was charged with stealing two sets of bagatelle balls from the houses of licensed victuallers. It appeared that on Friday night the prisoner entered the shop of Messrs, Baker, , pawnbrokers, Houndsditch, and offered a set of bagatelle balls in pledge. Smith, the pawnbrokers' assistant, recol lecting that on a former occasion the prisoner had pledged some bagatelle balls which he afterwards ascertained were stolen, detained till an officer arrived, when he gavehfin into custody. Mr. Harris, proprietor ofthe Equestrian Tavern, Blackfriars-road, identified the balls as his property, and said they had been stolen from his billiard room on Friday last. They were missed shortly after the prisoner had been seen in the parlour of the establishment. They were worth £4 10s. The prisoner, who said nothing in his defence, was fully committed for trial. A second case was then gone into, the prisoner being charged with having stolen a set of bagatelle balls, worth £6, from the Palace Stores, in Pall mall, on the 24th Nov. last. The evidence was of a similar character to that adduced in the foregoing case, and the prisoner wan committed upon this charge also. BOW-STREET.—Henry Bous, a foreigner, was charged with an assault on Mr. Thomas, a respect able tradesman. Mr. Thomas stated that on Christmas morning, about one o'clock, he was passing through Middle row, Holborn, going home with his wife, when the prisoner and -two others, each accompanied by a lady, passed them. One of the prisoner's friends accosted witness's wife, saying, " G oo d n i g ht, my d ear ." Witness turned round and said, " What do you mean by speaking to my wife ?" Upon this the pri soner and his two friends attacked him together, and the prisoner struck him a violent blow on the face with a cane, which was broken by the force of the blow. The prisoner was about to strike him again, when witness seized the end of the stick, and the broken part came awavin his hand. But for a con stable, who came up at the time, he would probably have been very much injured. He was bleeding from the blow in the ey e , and it continued to bleed for some hours. Cross-examined by Af t Lewis—Did not strike the person who addressed his wife. Did not knock him down or strike the prisoner, at least not before ho received the blow from the stick, which so stupified him that he could not tellwhat occurred afterwards. There were three ladies with the three young men. This statement was corroborated by Mrs. Thomas. Police-constable Lockyet, F 139, said that his at tention being attracted by the disturbance, he went up and inquired into the circumstances. Prisoner and his friends were so excited that he was unable to obtain any intelligible statement from them. Complainant made the same statement as he had given to-day. He was quite sober. Defendant was slightly intoxicated,•and one of his friends was very drunk. Mr. Lewis, for the defence, admitted that one of the prisoner's friends had very imprudently ad dressed the complaitant's wife, upon which tho complainant, who wotild have acted more discreetly by taking no notice,tsrned round and knocked him down. He got up again, and complainant again at tacked him. Defend an t th en i n t er f ere d to prevent further quarrelling, ivhen complainant struck him, slightly cutting his temple. (Defendant showed a slight scratch.) Defendant being a much smaller man than complainant, used his stick in self-defence. He (Mr. Lewis) submitted that, whatever provooa tion his friend had given, the defendant was not to blame - in the transaction. Auguste Sauve and Fred er i c L ew i s , th e frien Ids of the defendant, corroborated Mr. Lewis's state ment, except that neither would admit that he had spoken to Mr. Thomas, or that he was knocked down. Mr. Jardine could not see that Mr. Thomas was to blame in resenting an insult to his wife. Pri soner and his friends were in the wrong, and must take the consequences. lie must pay £3, or 14 days' imprisonment. CLERKENWELL.—A fashionably-attired man with a profusion of black hair and moustache, who gave the name of James Saunders, aged 35, and described on the charge sheet asa general agent, residing at 22, Loughborough-road, Brixton, was charged before Mr. Corrie with uttering, at 70, St. John-street, a bill for £2OB 165., for the purpose of defrauding Mr. John Whitmee. The prosecutor stated that the prisoner called at his warehouse on Wednesday last, and stated that he wanted a quantity of plated goods. Although he (prosecutor) had not them in stock, he volun teered to get them. The priioner said he had an estate at West Thorpe, in Suffolk, but that as his agent knew more abo u t f arm i ng th an h e did , h e let him to manage his affairs, and he should receive his rents in the early part of the ensuing month. He then produced a bill, of which the following is a copy :—" £2OB 16s. London, 18th Dec., 1858. Two months after date pay to me or my order the sum of £2OB 16 5 ., va l ue received. W. J. Saunders. To Mr. William Scott Grimwood, Rookery Farm, Westhorpe, Suffolk." This bill was crossed, "Accepted, payable at Messrs. Barclay, Bevan, and Co., London.—W. S. Grimwood." The prisoner said the bill had been given him for hay his agent had sold for him some time back. The prisoner selected plated goods to the extent of about £3O, and ironmongery articles amounting to about £3O more, and be was promised the prosecutor's cheque for the balance of the bill. From inquiries that had been made it was found that no such person lived even in the neighbourhood of where the pri soner stated, and some parties at Westhorpe wrote to say that the prisoner had not sixpenny worth of land in that neighbourhood. The prosecutor told prisoner on Friday to leave the bill, at the same time stating that it would be submitted to the bankers, and if it was found correct it would be honoured. The prosecutor called at Barclay's and made inquiries, and they said they could not tell whether the bill was good or not at that time. Finding that all was not correct the mat ter was placed in the hands of Sergeant 'Harvey, 9 G, and the prisoner was taken into custody, when it was stated that money was offered to allow the prisoner to escape, which was of course refused. Prosecutor asked for a remand to make further in quiries, and stated that he would communicate with the Trade Protection Society upon the matter. In answer to the prisoner the prosecutor stated that he first saw him on Saturday week last, and although he (prosecutor) has had the goods sent to him, he had not let the prisoner have them. The prisoner said he would not at present say anything in answer to the charge. Mr. Corrie remanded the prisoner for a week. A solicitor afterwards applied that bail might be taken, but the magistrate at present declined to interfere. WESTMINSTER.—Thomas Jennings, a person of gentlemanly appearance, was charged with in decently assaulti ng J ane Dennis, a girl, aged 15. Complainant said—l live in the service of Mr. and Mrs. Brown, at No. 6, Belgrave-street South, Pimlico, and have been in it 12 mon th s . P r i soner was a lodger at Mr. Brown's. On Chrigtmas night I went to bed at about half-past 11. On Sunday morning, about 2 or 3 o'clock, I was awoke. I sleep at the top of the house by myself, in the next room to Mr. Jennings. This man (prisoner) was in tho bed undressed. I called out to my fellow-servant, and the prisoner then jumped out of bed and ran into his own room. I ran down stairs and awoke my master, who went upstairs. Prisoner never spoke to me before. He did not say anything when he woke me. Cross-examined by Mr. Solomon for the prisoner —That was the first night I slept in that room. It had previously been occupied by a gentleman who had gone into the country for a few days. I had slept downstairs before with another servant. heard the prisoner's breath, but cannot say whether he was intoxicated. There are other men lodging in the house. He has been lodging there six weeks. Aly door was not locked. lam sure the prisoner was the man. Thomas Brown, the girl's :master, said—l went upstairs to ask him why he had assaulted my girl. He denied all knowledge of the matter. I said. " She could not have been mistaken ; she came to me trembling like a leaf." I consulted my wife about what was t o b e done, and he was given into custody. He came ho me out half-past 1, and did not appear to be intoxicated. Mr. Solomons at great length dwelt upon the facts of the case, remarking that the capital offence had not been committed, that prisoner had been out dining and had drank two bottles of wine, and that he mistook his room and got into the girl's bed, jumping out directly he found out his mistake. He had never said anything offensive to the girl, and there was nothing to show that he had any intention of assaulting her when he entered her room. He was a most respectable man, and would not think of doing such a thing. He hoped the worthy magistrate would not send him for trial. Mr. Paynter said he must leave it to a jury to decide whether or not he had any carnal intention. The depositions were ordered to be prepared accordingly. THE CONVICT MARY NEWELL.—A feeling of very gdneral sympathy has been evinced in Reading for this un fortunate young woman, who, on Wednesday last, was tried and sentenced to death at the Berkshire assizes, for the murder of her child by throwing it into the river Thames, near Caversham-hill, after the heartless treatment she had received at the hands of her seducer, William Francis. Immediately after the trial a memorial to the Queen, pray ing for a commutation of the sentence, was prepared, and in a few hours it received a large number of signatures ; among them are those of the Mayor of Reading, borough and county magistrates, town councillors, clergymen, mem bers of the medical and legal professions, tradesmen, &c. Up to Friday evening last, several htndred persons had appended their names to the memorial, which, it is under stoiod, will be presented to the Secretary of State during the early part of this week. On F r id a y, th e M ayor o f R ea di ng, Mr. Charles Jas. Andrews, the late mayor (Mr. George Palmer), and the Rev. H. Mant, the chaplain of the Berks empty gaol, attended at the Home-office, and represented to the authorities the feeling of the town on the matter, ap prising them that a memorial, praying for a reprieve of the sentence of death, was in preparation, and that it would be presented to the Secretary of State in the course of a few days. It was currently reported in Reading, on Friday evening, that the answer which the above gentlemen re ceived from the authorities was such as to give them strong hopes that the extreme penalty of the law will not be in flicted upon the prisoner. The poor woman has, since her trial, been in a low, desponding state, and she is constantly attended by two of the female warders. FLINT IN COTTON BALES THE CAUSE OF FIRES IN COTTON MILLS.--On Monday, Edwin Abbott Wright, Esq., one of the partners of the firm of Messrs. Collinge and Lancashire, of Oldham, and William Henry Robinson, a workman employed by that firm, appeared before the Old ham Bench and male declaration relative to a number of stones being found in bales of cotton purchased at Liver pool. In one bale, marked S E Y—C &L, 741, Robinson found upwards of 950 flint -stones and other pebbles, vary ing in weight from half a grain to 2foz. ; the total weight being 31b. 2oz. These pebbles were spread over several layers of the cotton, generally extending to about eight inches from the edge, but in few instances to near the mid dle of the bale, and Robinson was of opinion that they were wilfully put in during the packing of the bale. In several other bales of cotton marked S E Y, pebbles were found, generally of flint, and in some iron nails lf in. long were found ; one of the nails, notwithstanding all the vigilance used, got into the machinery for opening and cleaning cot.' ton.—Mr. Wright said he had no doubt that pebbles being in the cotton caused many of the fires in mills by striking fire on coming in contact with some portion of the machi nery.-1-Mr. Worthington, one of the sitting Magistrates, said he had no doubt but that the last fire which occurred in their mill (in the spring) was caused by stones being in the cotton.—The Bench expressed an opinion that the sub ject should be taken into consideration by Chambers of Cora. merce.—.lfancheeter Examiner. FRIGHTFUL CASE OF SOMNAMBULISM.—We learn by the St. Paul (Minnesota) Timesthat John H. Brownson, Esq., son of Orestes A. Brownson, editor of Brownson's Re view, was found' dead at the foot of a high bluff in that city on the morning of the 4th instant, having probably fallen or leaped from the window of his ryiom while in a somnambulic state the night previous. His head was cut in the most horrible manner, his face bathed in gore, his left shoulder crushed in, and his body othervise shockingly mutilated. Mr. Brownson had for several months occupied a room in a building which was built upon a steep bluff, along the river side, and the distance from the window to the spot where he first struck the ground, is 80 or 90 feet, while the distance to the base of the bluff is 120 feet. From the testimony ad duced on the inquest, it appears that Mr. Brownson has long been subject to attacks of somnambulism, frequently arising in his sleep and wanderine , about the room, and even venturing int o th e street unknown to himself, until aroused to consciousness. About six weeks ago he met with an accident from this cause, in which he sustained a severe cut on the head by falling down the flight of stairs leading to his office. Mr. Brownson was married, and was daily expecting his wife from the east, whether she had been en a visit. He had a wide range of scholastic attainments, speaking French, Italian, and other languages with fluency and accuracy. He had resided for two years in St. Paul, where he practised law. He was about 35 years of age. CADVERTISEMENT.]—HoIIoway's Pills and Ointment.— Anxiety is the greatest obstacle to human happiness : the prudent pride themselves on adopting measures for avoiding it. They insure their houses and ships, and the still more thoughtful assure their lives ; yet what is life without health ? Can pain and enjoyment dwell harmoniously to-- gether ? The wisest man secures his own well-being, and in Holloway's remedies finds a perfect and indisputable policy of assurance against most of the diseases by which humanity is assailed. These preparations ward off many an attack that without them would leave desolation in its track, and cause the heart-rent mourners unavailingly to regret that these two policies, Holloway's Pills and Oint ment, were not numbered amongst their household trea sures. DIANE . BETURNB.- An Accou t, pursuant to the Act 7th and Bth Victoria cap. 32, of the Average Amount of Bank Notes, of the several Banks of Issue in England and Wales, in circu lation during the week ending Saturday, the 11th day of December, 1858. PRIVATE BANKS. Andover Bank, Andover-Heath and Co. £9,CO3 Ashford Bank, Ashford-Jemmett, Pomfret, & Co. 11,795 Aylesbury Old Bank, Aylesbury-Cobb and Co 23,603 Baldock Bank and Baldock and Biggleswade Bank, Biggleswade--Wells, Hogge, and Co. . 24,709 Barnstaple Bank, Barnstaple-Marshall and Co 6,924 Basingstoke and Oldham Bank, Basingstoke- Seymour, Lamb, and Co. Bedford Bank, Bedford-Barnard and Co .. . 28,628 Bawdley Bank, Bawdley-Nichols, Baker, and Co. 11,130 Bicester and Oxfordshire Bank and Oxford Bank, Bicester-Tubb and Co. 16,790 Birmingham Bank, Birmingham- Attwoods, Spooner, and Co. Boston Bank, Boston-Claypons and Co. Boston Bank, Boston-Gee and Co. Bridgwater Bank, Bridgwater-J. &J. L. Sealey 7,748 Bristol Bank, Bristol-Miles, Miles, and Co. Broseley and Bridgno r th an d 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 35,188 Banbury Old Bank, Banbury-Cobb and Son 27,971 Bedfordshire Leighton Buzzard Bank, Leighton Buzzard-Bassett, Son, and Co. Birmingham Bank, Birmingham-Lloyds and Co. 21,144 Bradford Old Bank, Bradford, Yorkshire-Harris and Co. Brecon Old Bank, Brecon-Wilkins and Co 52,015 Brighton Union Bank, Brighton-Hall, West, and Co. Burlington and Driffield Bank, Burlington-Hard ing, Smith, and Co Bury St. Edmunds Bank, Bury St. Edmunds- Worlledge and Co. Cambridge Bank, Cambridge-Mertlock and Co 14,634 Cambridge and Cambridgeshire Bank, Cambridge -Messrs. Fosters Canterbury Bank, Canterbury-Hammond and Co 28,060 Carmarthen Bank, Carmarthen-David Morris and Sons 19,808 Chertsey Bank, Chertsey-La Costa and Son 2,544 Colchester Bank, Colchester-Round, Green, &Co 13,955 Colchester and Essex Bank, an d With am an d Essex Bank, and Hadleigh, Suffolk, Bank, Colchester- Mills, Bawtree, and Co. Cornish Bank, Truro-Tweedy and Co 37,471 Coventry Bank, Coventry-Little and Woodcock 5,169 City Bank, Exeter-Milford and Co. Craven Bank, Settle-Alcocks, Birkbeck, and Co 65,795 Chepstow Old Bank, Chepstow Bank, Monmouth Old Bank, Monmouth Bank, Brecon Bank, and Ross and Herefordshire Bank, Chepstow- Bromage, Snead, and C 0.... . Derby Bank, Derby-W. and S. Evans and Co. .. 9,687 Derby Bank, Derby-Samuel Smith and Co 37,832 Derby Old Bank and Scarsdale and High Peak Bank, Derby-Crompton, Newton, and Co 25,907 Devizes and Wiltshire Bank, Devizes-Locke and Co. Diss Bank, Diss-Fincham and Co 10,164 Doncaster Bank and Retford Bank, Doncaster- Cooke and Co. Darlington Bank, Durham Bank, and Stockton-on- Tees Bank, Darlington-Backhouse and Co 82,183 Devonport Bank, Devonport-Hodge and Co 8,410 Dorchester Old Bank and Dorsetshire Bank, Dor chester-R. and H. Williams East Cornwall Bank, Liskeard-Robins, Foster, and Co. East Riding Bank, Beverley-Bower and Co 48,645 Essex Bank and Bishop's Stortford Bank, Chelms -ford-Sparrow, Round, and Co 36,525 Exeter Bank, Exeter-Sanders and Co 23,878 Farringdon Bank and Bank of Wantage, Farring don-Barnes Medley, and Co 6,913 Farnham Bank, Farnham-John and Jas. Knight 9,363 Faversham Bank, Faversham-Hilton and Co 5,450 Godalming Bank, Godalming-Mellersh and Keen 4,699 Guildford Bank, Guildford-Messrs. Haydon 12,736 Grantham Bank, Grantham-Hardy and Co 26,883 Hereford City and County Bank, Hereford-Mat thews and Co 11,730 Hull Bank and Kingston-upon-Hull Bank, Hull- Smith, Brothers, and Co Huntingdon Town and County Bank, • Hunting don-Veasey and Co Harwich Bank, Harwich-Cox, Cobbold, and Co. 4,217 Hertfordshire, .Hitchin Bank, Hitchin-Sharples and Co. Hereford, Ross, and Archenfield Bank, and Ross and Archenfield Bank, Ross-Morgan and Co 17,806 Ipswich Bank, Ipswich-Bacon and Co Ipswich and Needham Market Bank, Suffolk, Had leigh Bank, Manningtree and Mistley Bank, and Woodbridge Bank, Ipswich-Alexanders & Co 56,591 Kentish Bank, Maidstone-Randall, Mercer, and Co. Kington and Radnorshire Bank, Kington-Davies and Co. Knaresborough Old Bank and Ripon Old Bank, Knaresborough-Harrison and Co Kendal Bank, Kendal-Wakefield, Crewdson, &Co 39,749 Longton Staffordshire Bank, Longton-C. Harvey - and Son Leeds Bank, Leeds-Beckett and Co 53,840 Leeds Union Bank, Leeds-W. Williams, Brown, and Co. Leicester Bank, Leicester-T. and T. T. Paget 29,545 Lewis Old Bank, Lewis-Whitefeld and Co Lincoln Bank, Lincoln-Smith, Ellison and Co 77,405 Llandovery Bank, Lampeter Bank, and Llanelli° Bank, Llandovery-D. Jones and Co 22,173 Loughborough Bank, Loughborough-Middleton and Cradock Lymington Bank, Lymington-S. and G. F. St 11 a rbe 3,3 Lynnßegis and Lincolnshire Bank, Lynn Legis- Gurneys and Co.' 3l, 995 Lynn Regis and Norfolk Bank, Lynn Regis- Jarvis and Co 10,340 Macclesfield Bank, Macclesfield-Brocklehurst and Co. Manningtree Bank, Manningtree-Nunn and Co 712 Merionethshire Bank, Dolgelly-Williams and Son 6,421 Miners' Bank, Truro-Willyams and Co. MonmouthshireAgricultural and Commercial Bank, Abergavenny-Bailey and Co. Monmouth Old Bank, Monmouth Bank, Brecon Bank, Chepstow Bank, Chepstow Old Bank, and Ross and Herefordshire Bank, Monmouth- Bromage, Snead, and Co. .. 12,176 Newark Bank, Newark-Godfrey and Riddell .... 26,035 Newark and Sleaford Bank, and Sleaford and Newark Bank, Sleaford-Handley, Peacock, and Co. Newbury Bank, Newbury-Bunny, Slocock, and Co 17,514 Newmarket Bank, Newmarket-Eaton, Hammond, and Co. Norwich Crown Bank and Norfolk and Suffolk Bank, Norwich-Harveys and Hudsons 47,579 Norwich and Norfolk - and Fakenhara Banks, Nor wick-Gurneys and Birkbecks 86,523 Nottingham and, Nottinghamshire Bank, Notting ham-Hart, Fellows, and Co. . 8,513 Nuneaton Bank, Nuneaton-Craddock and Co. Naval Bank, Plymouth-Harris & Co 19,551 New Sarum Bank, Sarum-Everett and Co. 8,895 Nottingham Bank,' Nottingham-Samuel Smith and Co 29,840 Oswestry Bank and Oswestry Old Bank, Oswestry -Croton and Co. 9,243 Oxford Old B an k, O x f or d-P arsons an d C o 31,875 Old Bank, Tonbridge, Tonbridge and Tonbridge Wells Old Bank, Tonbridge and Tonbridge- Wells and Sevenoaks Bank, Tonbridge-T. H. and S. Beaching Oxfordshire Witney Bank, Witney-J. W. Clinch and Sons 10,628 Pease's Old Bank, Hull, the Hull Old Bank ar Beverley Bank, Hull-Pease and Co. 44,960 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, Blandv, & Co 28,199 Richmond Bank, Richmond-Roper and Co. Rochdale Bank, Rochdale-Clement, Royds, &Co 2,701 Rochester, Chatham, and Strood Bank, Rochester- Day and Nicholson Royston Bank, Roy ston-Fordham and S ons Rugby Bank, Rugby-A. Butlin and Son 9,104 Rye Bank, Rye-R. C. Pomfret and Co 9,672 Ross Old Bank, Herefordshire, Ross-Allaway and MacDougal Saffron Walden and North Essex Bank, Saffron Walden-Gibsons and Co. 27,433 Salop Bank, Shrewsbury-Burton, Lloyd, &Co 12,9E9 Scarborough Old Bank, Scarborough-Woodall and Co. Shrewsbury Old Bank and Shrewsbury and Ludlow Bank, Shrewsbury-Rocke, Eyton, and C 0..... 37,647 Sittingbourne and Milton Bank, Sittingbourne- Valiance and Co. Southampton Town and County. Bank, Southamp ton-Maddison and Pearce 11,191 Southwell Bank, Southwell-Wylde and Co .. 11632 Southampton and Hampshire Bank, Southampton.. -Atherley, Fall, and Co. Stafford Old Bank, Stafford-Stevenson and Co. .. 12,223 Stamford and Rutland Bank, Stamford-Eaton, Cayley, and Co ' 26,314 Shrewsbury and Welsh Pool Bank, Shrewsbury- Beck, Downward, and Co. . 20,948 Taunton Bank, 1 aunton-H. and R. Badcock 26,282 Tavistock Bank, Tavistock-Gill, Sons, and Co. Thornbury Bank, Thornbury-Harwood and Co 9,045 Tiverton and Devonshire Bank, Tiverton-Duns• ford and Co. Thrapston and Kettering Bank, Northamptonshire, Thrapston-York and Eland Tring Bank and Chesham Bank, Tring-Butcher and Son Towchester Old Bank, Towchester-Percival and Co 6,466 Town and County of Poole 13ank and Ringwood . and Poole Bank, Poole-G. W. Ledgard and Sons 7,933 Union Bank, Cornwall, Helston-Vivian and Co 14,183 Uxbildge Old Bank, Uxbridge-Hull, Smith, &Co 9,83 Wallingford Bank, Wallingford-Hedges, Wells, and Co. Warwick and Warwickshire Bank, Warwick- Greaves and Co. Wellington Somerset Bank, Wellington-F ox, Brothers, and Co 3,536 West Riding Bank, Wakefield and Pontefract Bank-Leatham, Tew, and Co Whitby Old Bank, Whitby-Simpson, Chapman, and Co. .................................... 13,668 Winchester, Alresford, and Alton Bank, Winches.• ter-Bulpett and Co. 16,847 Weymouth Old Bank and Dorchester Bank, Wey mouth-Elliot, Pearce, and Co. Wirksworth and Ashbourne Derbyshire Bank- Arkwlight and Co. 33,967 Wisbech and Lincolnshire Bank, Wisbech-Gur nays and Co 44,849 Wiveliscombe Bank, Wiveliscombe-P. and W Hancock 5,911 Wolverhampton t ank, Wolverhampton-Goodricke and Holyoake Worcester Old Bank and Tewkesbury Old Bank, Worcester-Berwick, Lechmere, and Co 56,887 Wolverhampton Bank, Wolverhampton -R. and W. F. Fryer 9,783 Yarmouth and Suffolk Bank, and Halesworth and Suffolk Bank, Yarmouth-Gurneys, Birkbeck ; an. d C o . ••••1•se•••1 , 1••••••,,,f,m•,,,,,•, 38,267 66,402 43,084 19,501 6,682 8,482 'Yarmouth, Norfa, Great Yar mouth—Sir E. H. K. Lacon, Bart., and C 0.... • 9 , 574 York Bank, York—Swann, Clough, and Co.. JOINT STOCK BANKS.. £9,029 Bank of Westmorl an d, K en d a l 9 Barnsle Bankinan Barnsley ... •• 49,031 070 Bradford Bankin g g Com Comp pany y, , Bradford Bilston District Banking Company, Wolver hampton . . 9,921 Bank of Whitehaven, Whitehaven Bradford Commercial Banking Company, Bradford 18,70 3 Burton, Uttoseter, and Staffordshire Union Bank ing Company Burton-upon-Trent. Chesterfield and North. Derbyshire Banking Com pany, Chesterfield. .... •-: . . - Ctimberland Union Banking Company, Work ington 30,189 Coventry and Warwickshire Banking Company, Coventry Coventry Union Banking Company, Coventry 11,113 County of Gloucester Banking Co., Cheltenham 99,8 20 Carlisle and Cumberland Banking Co., Carlisle Carlisle City and District Bank, Carlisle Dudley and West Bromwich Banking Co., Dudley 32,78 4 Derby and Derbyshire Banking Company, Derby 19,4 22 Darlington District Joint Stock Banking Company, Darlington East of England Bank, Norwich . 24,285 Gloucestershire Banking Company, Gloucester 128,4 70 Halifax Joint Stock Bank, Halifax . 17,325 Huddersfield Banking Company, Huddersfield.... 31,336 Hull Banking Company, Hull ' Halifax Commercial Banking Company, Halifax 11,211 Halifax and Huddersfield Union Bankino-Co • Halifax 39,7 81 Helston Banking Co m p an y, H e l s t on . . D . Herefordshire Banking Company, Hereford Knaresberough and Claro Banking !company, Knaresborough .. 2,5,4 71 Kingsbridge Joint-Stock Bank, Kingsbridge .... 2,2:2 Lancaster Banking Company, Lancaster . ..... .. 50,271 Leeds Banking Company, Leeds Leicestershire Banking Company, Leicester 65,433 Lincoln and Lindsey Banking Company, Lincoln 50,979 Leamington Priors and Warwickshire Banking Company, Leamingt on P r i ors Ludlow and Tenbury Bank, Ludlow - Moore and Robinson's Nottinghamshire Banking Company, Nottingham .. 31,888 Nottingham and Nottinghamshire Banking Com , pany, Nottingham National Provincial Bank of England, Birmingham (Head Office, 112, Bishopsgate-street, London) .. 414,15 8 North Wilts Banking Company, Melksham 38, 715 Northamptonshire Union Bank, Northampton 71,t 72 Northampton.shireßankingCompany,Northampton 19,126 North and South Wales Bank, Liverpool 60,293 Pares's Leicestershire Banking Company, Leicester 51,509 Saddleworth Banking Company, Saddleworth Sheffield Banking Company, Sheffield.... 34,540 Stamford, Spalding and Boston Banking Company, Stamford Stuckey's Banking Company, Bristol Somerset shire Bank, and Somersetshire Bank, Langport . 330,10 0 Shropshire Banking Company, Shiffnall. ..... Stourbridge and Kidderminster Banking Com pany, Stourbridge. Sheffield and Hallamshire Banking Co., Sheffield 22,97 9 Sheffield and - Rotherham Joint Stock Banking Company, Sheffield 50,922 Swaledale and Wensleydale Banking Company, Richmond Wolverhampton and Staffordshire Banking Com pany, Wolverhampton. Wakefield and Barnsley Union Bank, Wakefield 14,576 Whitehaven Joint Stock Banking Co., Whitehaven 26,150 Warwick and Leamington Banking Co., Warwick. 24,111 West of England and South Wales. District Bank, Bristol --- Wilts and Dorset Banking Company, Salisbury 70,380 West Riding Union Banking Co. Huddersfield 31, 663 Whitchurch and Ellesmere Banking Company, Whitchurch 4,1 83 ____ _ _ _ Worcester City and County Banking Company, Worcester York Union Banking Company, York 63,2 73 York City and County Banking Company, York 86,060 Yorkshire Banking Company, Leeds 111,805 W. W. DALBIAC, Acting Registrar of Bank Return Inland Revenue office, Dec. 18, 1858. COUNTRY MA_RKETO. NOTTINGHAM-DEC. 24. At this day's market there was rather a fair supply of wheat; and sales were effected at the quotations of this day soinnight—in some instances is per qr dearer. Barley again rather cheaper. Oats unchanged in value. In beans we have little alteration. White wheat, ne;;44sirio 49s Barley, grinding..2Bs to 30s Red do. 385 to 43s Oats, old, 3os to 34s Old white 3Bs to 40s New do 23s to 283 Red do. 37s to 42s Beans.. 47s to 503 Barley, malting.— 31s to 43s Peas .—sto —s NORWICH—DEc. 24. The weather has been exceedingly damp, and all kinds of grain have lost condition in consequence. To-day there was a moderate show of wheat, the condition of most of which was better than might have been expected. Choice parcels sell freely at the prices of this day week, and there is more demand for inferior sorts. A small supply of spring corn. Wheat 38s to 42s Oats.. 24s to 30s White do 44s to 46s Beans, new 40s to 43s Barley .......36s to 40s Ditto, old ,—s to ---3 Flour, 27s to -21 :8 Od per sack. NORTHAMP 'ON—DEc. 24 There has been limited supplies of wheat and barley to-day. Sales active, at about last week's prices. Wheat ...33s to 42s Oats.... 32s to 36s White .37s to 42s Beans ..43i to 478 Barley ....30s to 40s Malt.. 66s to 70s LEICESTER-Dm. 24. At this morning's market the trade in wheat was in active, and the few parcels disposed of were at last week's rates. The trade in barley was confined to a few fine malt ing samples, at previous rates. A fair demand for oats, and Saturday's prices realised. Very few inquiries for flour, but it was not offered on any lower terms. In other articles nothing doing. COLCHESTER-DEC. 24. The market continues quiet, but prices are about sup' ported in the few transactions recorded this week. Wheat, white 42s to 48s lieans7idazagaii...'aOs to 38s red 36s to 42s f Middle & small 40s to 449 Barley 3os to 42s White peas 42s to 443 Oats 23s to 30s I Grey.. 40s to 425 KIRKCALDY--DEC. 25. There was a moderate supply, and generally a steady market for wheat, but the prices remained without much change. Barley dull, and oats in good demand. Wheat (0). Barley (0). Oats (0). First.... —s Od —s Od —s Od Second.. —s Od —s Od —s Od Third .. —s Od —s Od —s Od Wheat (N). Barley (N). Oats (N). First.... 34s Od 24s Od I 18s Od Second.. 42s Od 30s Od 22s Od Third 44s Od 33s Od I 24s Od COAL MAR] (Prices of Coal per Ton a' ET--DEC.. the close of the market.) Walls End. s. d. Davison's WestHartleyl4 9 Wylam l5 6 Haswell Gas. l4 0 Morpeth W. Hartley 14 0 North Percy Hartley l4 0 Tanfield Moor 12 3 Tanfield Moor Butcs 12 3 Walker Primrose l3 6 s . a. Kelloe lB 6 Aiorn Close 18 0 Eden 18 0 Horton l6 9 Heugh Hall 18 0 Eden Main 18 0 Stewart's 19 6 Russell's Hetton 18 3 Byron Tees . 19, 6 Haswell . l9 6 South Kelloe lB 0 Whitworth.. 15 3 Powell's Duffryn Steam 21 0 :, 34—Sold, 32. -- • . Walls End. Hartlepool. -- 18 9 South Hartlepool 18 0 Riddell 16 9 Nixon's Merthyr 2l 0 Trimdon Thorniey 16 9 Ships at marke CRYSTAL PALACE.—ONE SHILLING DAY.—Mori day, Dec. 27.—Admissions on payment, 24,157; ditto by season tickets, 2,241; total visitors, 26,398. r ADVERTISEMENT.]—Rarey's 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 no extra expense, as it contains far more and better nourishment than its cost of lid. per feed sup' plies in corn and hay; hence ensures an actual saving in the keep. But its principal advantages are a great 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 Co., 77, Regent's Quadrant, PiceadillY, London. Packed'ln tins of about 99 feeds, lls. • in casks of about 450 feeds, 505.; of a b ou t 1,000 f ee d s , k 5, being lid. Der feed. BIRTHS. CHAPMAN.—On the 27th inst., at 2, the Villas, Eaten terrace, St. John's-wood, the wife of G. Chapman, Es(11 F.S A., of a son. CROSSMAN.—On the 26th inst., at Croydon, the wife of Captain Crossman, R.E., of a daughter. HERRIES.—On the 25th inst., at Everingham-park, the Right Hon. Lady Herries, of a daughter. NEWALL.—On the 25th inst., at Ferndene, Gateshead, the wife of R. S. Newell, Esq., of a daughter. MARRIAGES. COOPER — WORLD.—On the 25th inst., at St. Peter's,Wel" worth, John Cooper, Esq., of Burghfield-mills, Reading, to Susannah, tho oldest daughter of R. R. World, Esq./ surgeon, City-road, London. SMITH—GILLA.N.—On the 23d inst., at Jessamine Cottager Elgin, Duncan Smith, Esq., of Bombay, to Robins, the youngest daughter of the late Thomas Gillan, Esq. , Castle Stewart, Inverness-shire. DEATHS. BnowNLow.—On the 26th inst., at the Parsonage, the Rev. John Brownlow, 'incumbent of Sandgate, Kent. BA.TCHELLER.--OR the 25th inst., at Dover, Mr. William ßatcheller, proprietor of the King's Arms. Library, age' 81. CAIRD.—On the 25th inst., at Baldoon, Wigtonshire, Isa bella Matilda Caird, daughter of Jam es Caird, Esq./ M.P. EDWARDS.—On the 24th inst., Mr. John Edwards, of Chapel-place, Dover, aged 91. KERSIIAW.—On the 25th inst., at Bowdon; Cheshire, Jas. Kershaw, jun., Esq., only son of James Kershaw, Esq . / M.P., aged 20. KEPPEL.—On the 24th inst., at Lexham Norfelkt Fred. W. Keppel, Esq., aged 61. PRIMROSE.—On the 26th inst., at 22, Moray-place, Edin burgh., Margaret Sophia, eldest daughter of the Son. B. F. Prnnrese, aged 19. LONDON : Printed and Published by MURDO YOUNG of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun Office, No. 112, Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the county Middlesex, Tuesday, December 28, 1858. 9,92 0 I I