The Sun. — London, England, 1852-10-26 00:00:00

B ANK RE TURNS. (From the London Gazette of Tuesday. An Amount, pursuant to the Act seventh and eighth Victoria, cap. 52, of the Average Amount of Bank Notes of the several Banks of Issue in Englan.ds nd Wales, in Circulation during the Week ending Satur day, the 9th day of October, 1852: Average PRIVATE BANKS. Amount. Andover Bank, Andover—aeath Ashford ) awak, A.stitord--aJenamitt and Pomfret 12,021 Aylsha , n "Sank, Asleham—R. and G Copeman 4,392 Ayleelapry (1d Bank, Aylesbury—Rickford and liunt ........ 28,052 Baldock Bank and Baldock and Biggleswads "arildock—Wells, Hogg, and Lindsell ... 24,106 Barnstaple Bank, BarnstaplMarshall and Co 11,290 Basingstoke and OdihaTa. Bank, Basingstoke— Seymour, Lamb, and Ca Bedford Bank, Bedford—T. Barnard' Bedford and Bedfordshire Banc, Bedford— Trapp, Halfhead, and Co. Bewdley Sank, Bewdley—Nichols, Baker, and Crane Biecster and Oxfordshire Bark and Oxford Bank, Bicester—Tuhb and Co. .. .., 14,609 Birmingham Bank, Binning'natn—A.ttwoc ds, Spooner, and Co. . . 24,770 Birmingham and Warwickshire Bank, Birming liam----J. L. Monett, and Sons Blandiord Bank. Blandford—E^,statl anti Oak 7,296 Boston Bank, Boston—(Tart and Co 69,386 Boston sank, Boston—Gee an , i Co 14,556 Bridgxater Bank, Bridgwater—J. &J. Sealey 4,958 Bristol Bank, Bristol—Miles, Harford, and Ca. 35,571 Broseley and Bridgnorth, and Bridgnortla and Broseley Bank, Broseley—A e ssrs. Pritchard 16,16' Buckingham Bank, Buckingham —Bartlett, Parrott, and Co. ........... Bury and Suffolk Bank, Sudbury Bank, Stow- Market Bank, Bury—Oakes, Bevan, and Co. Banbury Bank, Banbury—Gillett and Tawney. Banbury Old Bank, Banbury—Messrs. Cobb Baer. City Bank, linger and Son . . Bath — Bedfordshire Leighton Buzzard Bank, Leighton Buzzard—Bassett and Grant Birmingham Bank, Birmingham—Taylor and Lloyds ............. Bradford . Old Bank, Bradford, Yorkshire—H. A. and V Brecon—Wilkins and Co ii. Harris and G,' B recon Old Bank, Brighton Union Bank, Brighton—Hall, West, and Borrer Burlington and Driffield Bank, Burlington— Harding, Smith, and Co Bury St. Edmunds Bank, Bury St. Edmunds— J. Worlledge and Co. ... Cambridge Bank, Cambridge—Mortlock and 25,888 73,010 35,789 27,427 3,475 35,982 33,826 13,213 70,692 23,960 12,549 2,390 12,46 Sons Cambridge ar.d Cambridgeshire Bank, Cam bridge—Messrs. Forsters Canterbury Bank, Canterbury—ffammond and 40,670 Co. Cumarthen Bank, Carmarthen—Morris and 35,045 Sons Chertsey Bank, Chertsey—Messrs. La Coste .„ Colchester Bank, Colchester—Hound, Green, 52,874 3,480 17,512 and Co. Colchester and Essex Bank, Witham and Essex Bank, and Hadleigh Bank, Suffolk, Colchester —Mills, Bawtree, and Co Cornish Bank, Truro —Tweedy and Co. Coventry Bank, Coventry—Little and W00d c0ck............................ City Bank, xeter—Miltord ancl Co Craven Bank, Settle—Birkbecks and Co. Cardiff Bank, Cardiff— Tow and Co Chepstow Old Bank, Chepstow Bank, Mon mouth Old Bank, M on mcuth Bank, Brecon Bank, and Ross and Herefordshire Bank, Chepstow—Brotnag, Snead, and Co. .., 8,593 essrs. Evans Derby Bank, Derby — Bank Derby Bank, Derby—Smith and Co. Derby 014 Bolnk and Scarsdale and High Peak Bank, Derby—Crompton, Newton, and C 0..., 23,564 Devizes and Wiltshire Bank, Devizes—Hughes Loclce, and Co lO 050 Diu; Bank, 17i53-031tei, Fincham, and Co 10,578 Doncaster Bank and Retford Bank, Doncaster— Cooke and C 0.... 64,673 Darlington Bank, Durham Bank, and Stockton on-Tees Bank, Da.rlingtoa—Backhouse, &Co 84,259 Devonport Bank, Devonport—Hodge and Nor man Dorchester Old B ank and Dorsetshire Bank, Dorchester — Wi lliams and Co. 49,490 - tast Cornwall Bank, Liskeard—Robins, Foster, a 114,997 and Co. ast Riding Bank, Boverley—Bower, Hall, and Co. Essex Bank and Bishops Stortford Bank, Chelmsford —S and Co. 44,070 Exeter Bank , Exeter—Sanders and Co 29 307 Fakenham B ank, Fakonharn—Gurneys, Birk beck. and Co. Farringdon Bank and Bank of Wantage., Far rinc,don—B arn es and Medley .. • 6,605 Farnham Bank, Fitrnham—Messrs. Knight 12,535 Faversham Bank, Faversham—ililton and Co 5,484 Godaiming Bank, Goialming—Mellersh and • .... 4,880 Keen Guildford Bank, Guildford—Messrs. Haydon.., 7,720 Grantham Bank, Grantham—Hardy and Co._ 27, 532 Hastings Old Bank, Hastings—Smith, Hilder, and Co. erefora City and County Bank, Hereford— Matthews and Co. flertford and Ware Bank, rlertforcl—S. Adams a 15,324 and Co Hull Bank and ICin, , , , ,iton-upon-Hull Bank, Hull —Brith, Brothers, and Co. Huntingdon TO'7ll and County-Bank, Hunting don— itust and V^.zsey ... Hch Bank, Narwich—Co7:,C virwi olfaoll, aul Co. Heirnel Henapstnd Bak, Eloniel Hempstead— Smith, and Whittingqtall .. Hertforiflire,Hitehen. Bank, Hitchen—Sharples 31,660 46,102 7.138 19,901 77,447 6,085 19,39() 45,356 5,117 22,252 and Co. Hereford, Ross, and Archonfield Bank, and Ross anti Archenfield Bank, 11c,reford—Morgan Hoskins, and Co Ipswich Bank, Ipswich—Bacon and Co. Ipswich and Needham Market Bank, Suffolk, Hadleigh Bank, Manningtree and Mistley Bank, and Woodbridge Bank, Ipswich— Alexanders and Co. Kentish Bank, Maidstone— Mercer, Randall, and Mercer Kington and Radnorshiro Bank, Kington—J. Davies and Co Knighton Bank T.C.nighton—T. Davies and Co. Knaresborough Old Bank and Ripon Old Bank, Knaresborongh—Terry and Co Kendal Bank, Kendal—Wakefield, Cre wds on, and Co. Kettering Bank, Kettering —Gotzb and Sons.., Lane End Staffordshire Bank , Lane End —C Harny and Son Leeds Bank. Leeds—Beckett and C o Leeds Union Bank, Lseds—W.Willi aea s, Brown, 32,330 19,242 19,863 58,006 15,769 23,874 10,136 18,445 42,434 9,523 5,206 53,822 and C....... . ................................. Leinester Bank, Leicester—Pa;ets and .. .. Lewes Old Bank, and c:: Lich Bank, I).37:R4'l—Palmer and Grean.„: Lincoln Bank. Lincoln—Smith and Co .. Lampcter Bank and Llandilo Bank, Llando very—David Jon , s3 and Co Loughborough r.ank, torts and Cralock ..• Lymington hank, Lyniing' 33,201 24.736 32.411 15.660 87,622 erhbo-owrh— )n—C. and S. St Barbe Lynn Regis and Lincolnshire Rank, Lynn Regis —Gurneys and Co. Lynn Reis and Norfolk Bank, Lynn Regis— Jatv , s and Co. Macclesfield Bank, Maeclesiell—Brockletweit and Co Manningtrei Bank,Manningtree —Nun a and Co. Marlborough Bank, Marlborough and Wilts Old Bank, Marlborough Old Bank, Marl borough Old Bank and flungerford Bank, and Hungerford Bank, Marlborough —Tanner and Pinckney . Marlborough and North Wiltshire New Bank. Marlborough—Ward, Merritnan, and Merionethshire Bank, Dolgelly—Jones and 2'3,23 7,633 4,005 33,735 12,675 14,745 2,540 1,799 - Williams - . 7,537 Miners' Bank, Truro— Willyams and Co .. 14,696 Monmouthshire Agricultur al and Comm; *** ***** ** Bank, Abergavenny—Baileys and Co ... . e . ;r: . l 26,214 Monmouth Old Bulk, Ilonreou th Bank, B; Bank, Chepstow Bank, Chepstow old Bank, and Ross and lierefordshiro Bank, Monmouth __-11rornage and Snead ....... Monmouthshire Newport Old Bank, Newport ..„ — W. Williams and Sons — Newark Bank, Nowark—Godfrey — and II - Tatou 23,573 New ark and Sleaford Bank, and ' Sleaford and Newark Bank, Seaford—Handley, Peacock, andCo 49,463 Newbury B a nk, Newmarket ll'a l Newbury—Bunny and Slocock. 2,465 mona. anascr l i c, Nevrmarket—Eaton, Ham- Norwich Crowa ' Bank, Norwich—llarveys and liudsons ...... Norwich and 1? ..... ;Oil( ' .. 43,253 Bank, .... ;r ;icia—L4ur nevs and Birkbeck Nottingham and Nottinghamshire Bank, Not tingharn.—Hart, Fellows,Ntinrtonßaly.7lln .......... CraddockC and 10,346 Naval Bank, inymouth2: -. 1; . : n4 ' Mudge, and C 0.... .................... . ... New . .::: , r..r . u . . r . a .. . .B . . a . . n . k .. ,.. .S . ... r . ..... rai11......Ev-C;;:t,...and Nottingham Bank, ilottia:,,harn—Smith j ih' a T aa }: ( l,• Co - 0. 2 12 3; 0 57 7 5 8 Oswestry Bank and Or. - ..restry Old wee ti-,7•---r:roxDn and Co ........... . . ' a" Oxford Old Ban!:, Oxford—Robinson, . 11,400 65,495 3,631 and C 0....„ • Old Bank Tonbri , Wells Old r:lar WOls awl S. 29,000 (. .................. 0 , Tonbridge . and Tonb r id go 28,929 Tunbridge and Tonbridgo r?no.sk:; Bank, Tonbridge_ Beaching and 30 Oxfordshire Witr. -- - 8 ,590 Witney—Chnok 9,333 and Co . Pease'; OM Rant, null, the null Old Bank and Beverley !lank. Mill—Pease and Co 40,139 Penance Bank, Panranee—tiatten anal C 0... 11,298 P eter'oorough Pank and Oundle Bank, Peter borough—MT.:Ts. Yorke .......A....... remorokeBhire BlTtli, Haverfordnrest—J. and W. Walter 3 .... Readin,?: flr.n?t, Itenlin , ---Sunonds and Co 23,605 Reading Bank, Rendin;—Ste h s Blandy, and Co ........... " Pen , 3 ) 998 ............................................ , . Richmond 1-I.3, n l K,L.:shmond—Roper and CO 6,525 Rochdale Bank, lioehdale—Clement, Boyd& and CltVti ► ratk .5,091 ... 80/ #4 4 i l ,-- coatuu and *mi.,. 10,817 J ..-.'"' i. - 6; - • r 4. rk ot • ii 3 Average Amount Rochester, Chatham, and Strocd Bank Roches ter—Day and Nicholson . 7,727 Rugby Bank, Rugby—Butlin and Son 11,239 Rye bank, Rye—Pomfret and Co. Ross (Ad Bank, Herefordshire, Ross—Pritchard and Allawn.y 4,649 Saffron Walden and North Essex Bank, Saffron Walden—Messrs. Gibson Salop Bank, Shrewsbury—Burton, Lloyd, and Co Scarborough Old Bank, Scarborough—Woodall and Co. 23,698 Shrewsbury Old Bank, and Shrewsbury and Ludlow Bank, Shrewsbury—Rocke, Eytons, and Co Sittingbourne and Milton Bank, Sittingbourne —Valiance and Son Southampton Town and County Bank, South ampton—Maddison and Pearce Southwell Bank, Southwell—Wylde and Co Southampton and Hampshire Bank, Southamp ton—Atherly and Fall • Stone Bank, Stone—W. Moore Stafford Old Bank, Stafford—Stevenson and Co Stamford and Rutland Bank, Stamford—Eaton, Cayley, and Co. .. Stourbridge Old Bank, Stourbridge—Bato and 36,651 3,672 13,059 13,654 4,318 410 9,257 Robins Shrewsbury and Welshpool Bank, Shrewsbury —Beck, Downward, and Co. Taunton Bank, Taunton—Messrs. Badcock Tavistock Bank, Tavistock—Gill, Rundle, and 29,737 2';,569 24,723 Co.. Thornbnry Bank, Thornbury—Rolph, Yates, and Parslow Tiverton and Devonshire Bank, Tiverton—Duns ford and Barne Thrapston and Kettering Bank, Northampton shire, Thrapston—Yorke and Eland Tring Bank and Chesham Bank, Tring—But cher and Son Toweester Old Bank, Towcester—J. and S. Percival Town and County of Poole Bank, and Ring wood and Poole Bank Ledgard and Sons' Union Bank, Cornwall, Helston—Vivian and Co. 11,16 Uxbridge Old Bank, Uxbridge—Hull, Smith, 13,376 and Co. •••• Wallingford Bank, Wallingford—Hedges & Co. Warwick and Warwickshire Bank, Warwick— Greenway and Co. Wellington Somerset Bank, Wellington—Fox. Brothers West Riding Bank, Wakefield, and Pontefract Bank, Wakefield—Leatham, Tew, and Co Whitby Old Bank, Whitby—Simpson, Chap- 7,334 8,528 11,560 12,954 8,958 9,415 16,911 7,430 22,507 6,563 46,480 man, and Co Winchester, Alresford, and Alton Bank, Win chester—Bulpett and Co. Winchester and Hampshire Bank, Winchester —Wickham find . Weymouth Old Bank and Dorchester 8aD 1 2.-, Weymouth—Elliott and Pearse Wirkesworth and Ashbourne Derbyshire Bank, Wirkesworth—Arkwriht and Co. Wisbech and Lincolnshire Bank, Wisbech— Gurney and Co. Wiveliscumbe Bank, Wiveliscombe—P. and W 12,328 6,977 15,878 32,990 40,703 Hancock ... Wolverhampton Bank, Wolverhampton—Good ricke and Holyoake.. 9,68 Worcester Bank, Worcester—Farley, Lavender, and Co. Worcester Old Bank and Tewkesbury Old Bank, 7,578 Worcester—Berwick, Lechmere, and Co Worcestershire Bank, Kidderminster—Farley and Turner Walsall Old Bank, Walsall—Charles Foster and Sons Warminster and Wiltshirc Bank, Warminster— Everett and Co. Wolverhampton Bank, Wolverhampton— Messrs. Fryer Yarmouth and Suffolk Bank, and Haleawortk and Suffolk Bank, Yarmouth—Gurney. Birkbeck, and Co. Yarmouth, Norfolk, and Suffolk Bank, Great Yarmouth—Sir E. K. Lacon, Bart., and Co York Bank. York—Swann, Clough. and Co 7,077 72,054 10,775 11,728 37,903 13,834 45,712 JOINT-STOCK BANKS. Bank of Westmoreland, Kendal Barnsley Banking Company, Barnsley Bradford Banking Company, Bradford Bilston District Banking Company, Wolver hampton Bank of Whitehaven, Whitehaven Bradford Commercial Banking Company, Brad ford Burton, Uttoxeter, and Staffordshire Union Banking Company, Burton-upon-Trent Chesterfield and North Derbyshire Banking Company, Chesterfield „ Cumberland Union Banking Company, Work ington Cheltenham and Gloucestershire Banking Com pany, Cheltenham Coventry and Warwickshire Banking Company Coventry Coventry Union Banking Company, Coventry.. County of Gloucester Banking Company, Chel tenham .. 101,294 Carlisle and Cumberland Banking Company Carlisle Carlisle City and District Bank, Carlisle Dudley and West Bromwich Banking Company, Dudley Derby and Derbyshire Banking- Company, Derby 20,089 Darlington District Joint-Stock Banking Corn '3:lay, Darlington 8,928 10,239 45,873 9,063 29,548 20,625 47,386 8,560 33,5' 10,133 28,798 13,880 -s Ea'st of England Bank, Norwich Gloucestershire Banking Company, Gloucester 153,175 Halifax Joint-Stock Bank, Halifax 18,097 Huddersfield Banking Company, Huddersfield 34,789 Hull Banking Company, Hull Halifax Commercial Banking Company, Ha lifax Halifax and Huddersfield Union Banking Com pany, Halifax Holston Banking Company, Helston 1,468 11,1refordshire Banking Company, Hereford 20,235 Knaresborough and Clare Banking Company, Knaresborough .._ _ _ . ___ 27,913 Kingsbridtr', Joint-Stock Bank, Kingsbridge 2,923 Lancaster Banking Company, Lancaster 54,675 Leeds Banking Company, Leeds Leicestershire Banking Company, Leicester Lincoln and Lindsey Banking Company, Lincoln 53,494 Leamington Priors and Warwickshire Banking Company, Leamington Priors Ludlow and Tenbury Bank, Ludlow Moore and Robinson's Nottinghamshire Bank ing Company, Nottingham 32,88, Nottingham and Nottinghamshire Banking Company, Nottingham Newcastle, Shields, and Sunderland Union Joint- Stock Banking Company, Newcastle National Provincial Bank of England, Birming ham, Head-office, 112, Bishopsgate-street, London North Wilts Banking Company, Melksham ..... 46,502 Northamptonshire Union Bank, Northampton.. 75,299 Northamptonshire Banking Company, North ampton North and South Wales Bank, Liverp001....... 34,252 Pares's Leicestershire Banking Company, Lei cester •• ... •• Saddleworth Banking Company, Saddleworth.., 2,327 Sheffield Banking Company, 5heffie1d............ 37,894 Stamford, Spalding, and Boston Banking Com pany, Stamford. 54,495 Stuckey's Banking Company, Bristol Somerset shire Bank, and Somersetshire Bank, Lang- port Shropshire Banking Company, Shiffnall .... 48,095 Stourbridge and Kidderminster Banking Com pany, Stourbridge Sheffield and Hallamshire Banking Company, Sheffield ... ~ .. Sheffield and Rotherham Joint-Stock Banking __ Company, Sheilio ; d ' . ',. 51,761 Swaledale and Wensleydale Banking Company, Richmond .. . Storey and Thomas's Banking Company Shaftesbury Wolverhampton and Staffordshire Banking Com - pany, Wolverhampton 32,008 Wakefield and Barnsley Union Bank, Wakefield 14,550 Whitehaven Joint-Stock Banking Company, Whitehaven Warwick and Leamington Banking Company, Warwick . 31,246 West of England and South Wales District Bank:Bristol . - Wilts and Dorset Banking Company, Salisbury 3 7 3 5 :4 4 5 5 2 2 West Ridi ng U n i on Banking Company, Hud dersfield .... Whitchurch and Ellesmere Banking Company, Whitchurch Worcester City and County Banking Company, Worcester._ ~ .............. . , 5,550 York Union Banking Company, York 71,931 York City and County Banking Company, York 95,983 Yet kshire Banking Company, Leeds p. DEANS, Registrar of Bank Returns. inland Revenue, Somerset House, Ootober,l6, 1852. 9,859 account of The weekly TILE PRECIOUS METALS.- the imports of the precious metals includes 684,000 dollars b y the Africa from New York; 956.028 dollars by the Orinoc o , from the West Indies; about 10,000 ounces of gold by the San Francisco, from Sydney ; 30,000 dollars in American gold, by the City of Glasgow, from Philadelphia; 976/. by the Tagus, from Gibraltar, Lisbon, and Oporto; 55,000 dol lars by the Hermann, from New York; and a small quantity of gold dust, by the Bosphorus, from the Cape. The total value of these imports may be stated at about 386,0001. On the other hand, the exports have been more considerable. The shipments direct from London, during the week ending Thurs. day last, are stated in the Custom-house return as follows : Silver bars :to Dunkirk, 8,000 ounce?. Gold coin :to Ham burg, 1,000 ounces. Gold bars: to Hamburg, 1,344 ounces. Specie: to Adelaide, 25,000/. The value of these ship ments is only about 36,000/. The other shipments, how ever,B._N, have been much heavier than usual. Large sums in de mand for coin has been distinguished southern andiierthaend gold have been despatched to the Eastern markets and about for our for Australia. Amongst the sums despatched by a revival of the colonies are 60,00 d/. by the o -1- 0 15,0001. by the Pa ; Kh•Nor 1,5001. in the hands of passengers by the Banshee, both for Port Philip 30,000/. by the Walviscb, for Adelaide; Resolute, for Sydney, The Launceston ; and 30,000/. by the for Alexandria an d the E Ripon has al s o t a ken ou t 271,0781. West Indies besides 860I.T; and ort hof kingdom for the week quicksilver. The aggre gate value of the exports from is thus raised according t o our returns,t e- 45T,0G0L, and there is consequent to rather more then balance of some 60,0004 in favour of exports o ver ij kor a tii. . FRANCE. The Senatus- Consulte of the 4th Novel:Abu. is much discussed and much speculated upon in political circles. it appears certain that some members of that body desire that, in order to avoid all discussion, one sole article to the following effect shall he sub mitted to the people : " The French Empire shall be hereditary ,in the direct line, in the family of Louis Napoleon. In the event of Louis Napoleon having no male issue he shall have tho right to name his successor. Louis Napoleon shall be em powered to introduce in the Constitution the modifica tions he may think necessary, with the view of harmon izing the new powers of State with the new regime." Several new names will be shortly added to the Patres Conseripti. One general and one admiral are spoken of, but the hesitation is as to the choice of persons ; the other names are those that, with one ex ception, have been spoken of already several times—M. de St. Georges, director of the National Printing-office; M. Berger, Prefect of the Seine ; M. Moreau, Prefect of the Siaine•et• Oiie ; and M. de Suleau, of the Bouches-du-Rhone. A number of Senators have already arrived in Paris. It is believed that the important session of of the 4th will not last more than eight days. All the documents relative to the coronation of Kings, and of the Emperor Napoleon in particular, are being collected in the national and other public libraries by the employes of the Ministry of the Interior. The Prince President, it would appear, has some intention of paying a visit to the northern and western departments of France previous to the pro clamation of the Empire. The Chamber of Commerce of Brest has presented an address to the President, thanking him for the creation of that establishment. It is expected that Abd-el-Kader will pay a visit to Paris the moment he is allowed to quit the Chateau of Amboise. His joy is said to be extreme at his approaching liberation, and he has promised to pay another visit to France in a year or two. It is be lieved that the Turkish Minister, Prince Callimaki, knew nothing whatever of the President's intention to release the Emir. It is stated that the reduction of the number of regiments of mounted chasseurs of the army to twelve, and that of the hussars to eight, has been decided on. The two regiments that will be suppressed, the 15th of the former and the 9th of the latter, will form the two regiments of guides to be created for the special service of the new Emperor. A letter from Marseilles of the 20th inst. states that M. Durand, the commissary of police of that town, accompanied by another officer, had arrested 25 operatives, forming a secret society. These men had assembled the previous day in a lone house i n the valley of Anderre, where they indulged in drinking to excess. They had exhausted the demo cratic vocabularly in shouting such phrases as "rive la Republique Sociale I" "Viva la guillotine !" "A bas les riches ' " Au feu les prates!'' and these aspira tions were varied by couplets from the Carmagnele, and other favourites of the Montagnard musicians. They were but the prelude to a significant ceremony which followed the dessert. A representation of a gallows was raised by them, and hailed with cries of " The gallows is erected ; the gallows for ever !" They next carried their fraternal theories into effect by plundering the neighbouring orchards and vine yards. LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF BANKRUPTCY t 6& (Before Mr, ConAtninit . ner doulburn.) OStS tN SUMMONS CASES. Mr. keersey applied for the plaintiff's costs in an un defended trader debtor summout in *hieh the defendant had signed the admission et the debt. Mr. Nettle resisted the application. Ilia honour said the defendant having made no resist ance to the process of the court, and the plaintiff having obtained what he sought for, he did not think the appli cation ought to be acceded to. The plaintiff, had now, so to speak insured himself. If the debtor, having signed the admission, did not pay, secure, or compound the debt to the satisfaction of the creditor within seven days, he committed an act of bankruptcy. The costs must be refused. CENTRAL CRIMINAL COW?T.—Oct, 25. OLD COURT. CHARGE OF MANSLAUGUTER. Richard Perry, 54, was indicted for the manslaughter of Jane Perry. Mr. Clarkson conducted the pcecution. It appeared from the evidence of several witnesses that the prisoner and the deceased, who was his wife, oc cupied a room in one ®f the houses iu Broad street, Lam beth, in which there were several other lodgers. The deceased woman was very mach addicted to habits of intemperance, and about 12 o'clock at night on the 18th September she came home very drunk, accompanied by the prisoner, who, it appeared, was sober, and very soon after they got into their own room a woman named Mit chell, who occupied a room with h er h us b an d di rect l y under that of the prisoner and his w if e , h ear d t h em quarreling and abusing each other, and very foul lan guage was made use of by both the deceased and the prisoner. After a short interval this witness heard a fall with great violence upon the floor of the prisoner's room, and after that, es she expressed herself, there was a "shocking" silence. V ery soon afte rwar d s t h e pr i soner alarmed the lodger s in the house, and exclaimed that his wife was insensible, and upon a light being brought the unfortunate woman was found lying at the foot of the staircase leading from the prisoner's room quite dead. Mr. Thompson, a surgeon, who was called in upon the occasion, said that upon examining the body of the deceased he found a number of severe bruises upon the face and other parts of the body. The immediate cause of death was concussion of the brain, which appeared to have resulted from a blow upon the forehead. The Recorder asked the surgeon whether he was able to express an opinion as to the injuries that appeared upon the body of the deceased having been occasioned by blows or falls. Mr. Thompsofwa would u t o l d r y h conclusion e e u e p u o n n t e t d h i p r o n y t; t h a e n f d a , e i t n e d f e end ,ullO he was k Thompson said he was unable to for m an y satis bound to say, that th e b ru i ses were a ll o f a character that h Thewas out u th ard prisoner, when h w e e n r called k, a n d gettingupo n f for r u h n i k s w defence ith i t, said an d 1 en o woman tumbli ng a b out. that his wife was in the h a bit o f ta ki ng hi s money wh il e ard at on the night the fatal affair happened, she came home very drunk. Re denied having struck her, and declared that she ' received the injuries by falling down the stair case, owing to her drunken condition. The Recorder, on his summing up, told the jury that in this case there were two difficulties which must be got over before the prisoner could be convicted upon the charge of manslaughter. In the first place, it appeared to be very doubtful whether the injuries which caused the death of the deceased might not have been caused by herself, by fulling about while drunk, and even suppos ing they were the result of blows, there was no evidence whatever to show that the prisoner had inflicted a single blow upon the deceased. The jury at once returned a verdict of Not Guilty. HOUSENREAKING. William Rex was indicted for feloniously breaking slid entering the dwelling-house of Mary Lamb, and stealing five coats and other articles, her property. The prosec u trix w as a widow, and resided in a cot tage at Twickenham. In the evening o f Sunday, the 17 th inst., she went out, leaving no one in charge of her cottage, and upon her returning shortly . afterwards, she was very much astonished at seeing alight in her bedroom. She gave an alarm to her neighbours, and some of them stationed themselves at the front door, and others at the back, and in a short time an attempt was made by some persons inside to open the front door. The people on the outside held the door fast, and an endeavour was made to force it open with a poker from the inside, and finding they could not succeed i n doing so, there was a cry of " - your eyes, shoot, fire !" This had the effect of intimidating the persons on the outside, and they retreated a short distance, and two men, one of whom was the prisoner, then rushed out of the house. A man named M'Cree laid bold of the pri soner, who immediately struck him on the arm with a orow-bar, and ho succeeded in getting away a short distance, when he was secured, but his companion sue ceeded in effecting his escape. Upon going into th e . cottage the bedroom of the prosecutrix was found in a state of great disorder, all her drawers having been ransacked, and the contests strewed about, and several skeleton keys were p poked up in different parts of the premises. The jury found the prisoner Guilty, and he was sen tenced to be transported for ten years. NEW COURT. (Before the Common Serjeant.) BIGAMY. William Henry Powey, 30, gardener, was indicted for feloniously marrying Isabella Graham, his wife being then aline. The first marriage was proved to have taken place on the 30:h of June, 1839 , at St. Mary':, Crawford.street, Portm an -3quare. Jane Sleamatl, the wife of a ropemakor, residing in stated that the prisoner was Gillespie-street, E.iinburgh, married on the 23d of August, 1851 (having been on a visit for three weeks previously), to her sister, Miss Graham, and after staying a few days with them, and living together a s man and wife, sailed for England. They were married b y th e Rev. Mr. Reed, minister of the United Presbyterian Congregation in the Lothian road. They were married in witness's house: it is the custom in Scotland, and witness had heard that the banns had been proclaimed in the usual way. Cross•examinod—l was married in a private house. It is the custom. The banns were proclaimed when I was married. My sister's was a regular marriage. I know the Rev. Mr. Reed to be a minister. I attend his church. The clerk to the magistrates of Edgeware produced a copy of the record of the marriage of the prisoner with the second wile. Mr. Parry a sked him where h e got i t from. Th e witness said he obtain e d i t f rom the sessions clerk. Mr. Parry objected to the admission of the document, contending that it could not be admitted as evidence unless acco mpanied by a proper certificate of its being l ega l, an d iu c onformity with the Scottish statutes. The Common, Serjeant said that ho could not admit such a docu m ent as evidence of the mar r i age . The constable who took the prisoner said that when he told bins what he was charged with, prisoner an swered, " I fully expected it. Mr. lloarsly said tnat was the cane for the prosecution. Mr. Parry then, at some length, argued that there was f vvhatever of a Rend marriage. no,Toohre Common Serjeant said it was a case for the jury. H o was f o und Guilty; sentence postponed. THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 26, 1852. ITALY. The Piedmontese Gazette, of the 21st inst., an nounces that grand military manoeuvres, commanded by the Governor-General of the division, were exe cuted at Sambuy, on the 20th, under the eyes of the King and of the Duke of Genoa. The Savoy Official Gazette, of the 23d inst., quotes a letter from Turin of the 20th, stating that the senators and deputies were returning by degrees to that city, although it was rumoured that a proroga tion of the Chambers would take place, some said to await the proclamation of the Empire in France, others, to give time to Ministers to prepare the esti mates of their respective departments. It was be lieved that M. Cavour would re-enter the Cabinet. His former colleagues gave him a most flattering re ception, and hastened to visit him on his return. M. de Cavour waited on the King to pay him his hom age shortly after his arrival. The French weekly paper, Le Journal de Turin, has suspended its publication. The Opinione, of Turin, contains the following, dated Florence, 18th : " The intelligence from Rome is rather important. Monsignor Charvaz, lately appointed Archbishop of Genoa, had been instructed by your Government to adjust some differences pending between Sardinia and the Holy See. Such, we understand, was the substance of the prelate's instructions. I am informed that in a recent secret Consistory—not spoken of even in the Roman Journal—a plan of campaign against Pied mont was agreed upon, and that Monsignor Charvas concurred in the views of the Consiatory, by which it was recommended to oppose, by all possible means, the present institutions of Sardinia, and to assist Count Solar della Margharita in assuming the reins of Govern ment." The Imperial and Royal Commissioner of the dis , trict of Milan hal issued the following circular : " MILAN, OCT. 11. "The Emperor wishes that all the officers of the State should shave cif their beards from the corner of the mouth downwards, so as to leave the chin and lower part of the fact; uncovered. The authorities are desirous that the district officers and the emploges cf charitable institu tions and of schools should contorm to that rule. The first have already submitted to it. The latter are re quested to follow their example. Being obliged to draw up a report on the subject, the undersigned hopes that he may not have to notice any opposition to the desire above expressed. Thanks to the intervention of the chiefs of those establishments and inatitutione." NOTIONS AS TO SEPULCHRAL AND MONUMENTAL WORKS —A writer in the Builder suggests-1. That where we afford a permanent coffin or sarcophagus, it is better to place the body inside than outside the same. 2. That there is no reason whatever (except jobbery), for separating the three functians of a coffin, tomb, and monument—to hold the remains, to mark their place, and to publish our respect; but that all the noblest sepulchres, in the greatest times and places, have, in a single work, fulfilled all three eeda. (And modern science makes this all the more easy, because the two pieces of a sarcophagus can be held together air-tight and inseparably by simply pouring uncontractible type metal into a pair of dovetail grooves cut round the meet ing faces of the two stones.) 3. That in all epitaphs the name or names of the deceased, be they one or ten thousand, forms the most essential and only indispen sable part of the writing. 4. That a monument should be no larger than is absolutely required to hold and preserve the epitaph (and images, if any) of the de ceased, these being the sole objects of a monument. And it should have no work not conducive to these ends; for even decoration, observe, is highly conducive thereto; many monuments (the Eleanor crosses, to go no fur ther) having been preserved to us solely by their deco ration, which has thus done what the strength of rocks could not in resisting the spoiler. But a monument has no right to be enlarged for ornament, i. e. made larger or costlier, to hold ornament to show architect's skill than it need be to hold, show, and preserve as long as pos sible, as strongly as possible, and as beautifully as pos sible, the epitaph and images, if any. In short, then, do as little as possible, but stinting nothiug that can ever so little improve it. Build as little as possible, but with rocks. Cut as little as possible, but in adamant. Write as little as possible, but in lines of beauty. Dared RACE HORSES.—It is a common excuse, and an everyday phrase, to say that horses have been "dosed or poisoned, when their public performances do not coma up the expectations raised ; for my part I believe none of such trashy tales. That there are plenty of scoundrels imbued with the good will to corrupt boys in stables, and that there are too many foolish lads ready to listen to roguish overtures there can, I am sorry to say, be little doubt; but of the ability to " dose" horses by such means I am entirely sceptical. There are not three boys, out of the three hundred at Newmarket, that could in the first place give a dose of physic to a horse, even if they had the task set them by their masters ; and what then must be the difficulty when they are to administer "doses" (whatever such things may be) clandestinely? In short, if trainers be properly attentive to their duties, all fear of what boys may do in the way of such injury to horses is set at naught,— Pegasus. " SPIRIT RAPPINOS" AT HULL.—A. marvellous sensation has been created in our town within the last few days by the discovery that a ghost had taken up its ghost. The quarters, evidently for the winter s eason, in a secluded dwelling on the Aplaby-road , where it is likel y to a! s'n T as h g e r n e o a is t : i n s o n t notoriety i ay t any celebrated on e place, Cock-lane but natty prevades different parts of the house. Some times it is a dull, heavy sound, and some times like a sort of scratch. Yesterday 2,000 or 3,000 pe rsons visited the a c on fi ned the to spot, many of whom lingered until nearly midnight, a detachment of police being present to preserve order. It is impossible to describe the sensation w hich has bee n created by the discovery of this affair , an d credulit y could hardly be carried further. The police declare that many would actually remain by the door of the house the whole of the night if they would only permit them. --Hui Packet. 9,018 9,735 1,240 SATISFACTORY.—It has been announced that the liabilities of the house of Mr. John Knowles, an old and resFectable establishment in the trade with Norway and Denmark, which suspended on the 23d of July last, will be paid forthwith in full. In the balance•sheet submittal Mr. Knowles's debts were stated at 46,0001, and his assets at 62,0001. San Francisco is built on the rise of three hills five miles from the ocean, and has a commanding view of the large and beautiful bay which bears its name. The weather is delighful, and the thermometer is seldom above 70 or below 40. From seven a.m. to four p.m. the atmosphere is clear and the sun hot ; but in the evening we have chill winds, accompanied with dense mists which make us draw to our overcoats and appreciate the fire. In 1845 this place consisted of ten houses, two of which bc• longed to the Hudson Bay Company —but there are now about 100 streets, and 40,000 inhabitants, the most of whom are Americans— the residue of all nations—but the most attractive IWO the Chines,. MIDDLESEX SESSIONS—Oct. 25. The October a d j ourned Q uarter Sessions commenced this morning at t he Sessions-house, Clerkenw ell , befor e Mr. berjeant Adams, assistant judge, Mr. Witham, and Mr. Warner. There aro 43 prisoners for trial --3.f oh3rg-Al with felony and 9 with misdemeanour. Th o m a s Aicholls, 20, was indicted for having st o l en a silver inkstand, value 50/., the property o f Peter Brandon. It appeared that on the Bth instant the prisoner was seen on the top of the steps leading to the kitchen, of the prosecutor's house at Highgate. Immediat e ly after wards a valuable silver ink stand was missed f rom the drawing room, and ono of th e servants seein g t he priso ner leaving the house, followed an pointed iiim oat to a policeman, who pursued, but lost eight of him. The prisoner was found concealed under a hedge, and the inkstand was found about 30 y ards off. Mr. Metcalfe, who was for the prisoner, did not res i st the evidence; and gill The jury found the prisoner Gu, ,ty. The Assistant Judge said he found from the returns that the prisoner was an old offender, and sentenced him to seven years' transportation. SURREY SESSIONS —Oct. 25. THE CASE OF THE PRISONER CANNON FOR ASSAULTING DWyER THE POLICEMAN. Shortly after the retirement of the grand . jury, Mr. Lund, the superintendent of the P division, by the advice of Mr Clark, the couns el employed to prosecute Cannon, the sweep, for the frightful assault on Dwyer, the police-constable, withdrew the prosecution from thi s court, and proceeded at once in a vehicle with the wit. !leases for the prosecution to the Central Criminal Court, it being the intention of the Tr easur y to indict Cann on to murder D w y e r . for attempting The indictment at these sessions merely charges him " withhaving, at Camberwell unlawfully and maliciously inf l icted griev. ons bodily harm upon Michael Dwyer, a police-constable of the p division, while in the execution of his duty but since th e committal tho pro secu t or has been aster. t ined to be so seriously injured tl it was deemed ad. visable to adopt the present courio, as this court has not the power to t r y him for the more serious offence—that of attempting to murder the constable; and Cannon hav ing been no loss than 9 0 times convicted for assaulting We police, for which he reeeivc d lon g sentences, it is quite time that ho should be prevented for a long tim e from his favourite pursuit. Ile will at the Central Criminal Court, on conviction, be liable to be transport e d for life. TUana FAlR,.—This very important fair has termi nated to the complete sati,,t.tction of venders of sheep. Although the numbers excaded considerably those of any former fair here, tho demand was fully equal to the supply, and the prices were tgt3l, if not superior to those obtained at Ballinssloe. Nearly all the ewes were purchased up before ten o'clock a.m., and although wedders up to that hour ware not so much sought after the demand for them afterwards rallied. The total num ber of black c a t t l e sold was 4,5 14 ; unsold, 1,149. EXPORTATION OF OATS.—In the last week there wa y exported at Limerick fur L.4ncion and Glasgow, 10,875 quarterei oats, POLICE iIVTELLidEIVa. ISt 110“ SE.—A. tins thargPd With having robbed Michael Barry, a young Irish tailor., Of live shilliiigs, the first money ever earned by the indus trioui bob is this eotintry; in Which he has been a very rebeht iMpertatioht : The prosecutor said—The well as myself, lodged in the same room, and before went to bed about three months ago, he pressed me to lend him the money I had, bat as I wanted it myself I reftised hilt ) and I put it for safety under my head. In the morning I found that my money and iffy cats were gone, and that the prisoner, who had never got into his bed at all, was off along with them. The landlord of the house in which the prosecutor and the prisoner lodged said—l heard the prisoner ask the lad for the loan of money, and as I knew the poor boy wished to keep his first earnings in England, for good lack, I told my wife to lend Mr. Campbell a shilling, which she did. In the morning we found that the rob bery had been committed, and I was told by the magis trate to give the thief into custody whenever I saw him. We never laid eyes on him since till yesterday, and then he was charged, and had the impudence to deny that he was a rogue. _ _ _ The prisoner said there was not a word of truth ha the statement that he had either wanted to borrow or t• steal, and that the whole charge was more spite against him because he refused to stay in th© noisy quarter in which he had lately resided. Alderman Hooper—And what did you do with the boy's cap ? The prisoner—That was not worth a bawbee. I don't know what became of it. Alderman Hooper (to the prosecutor)—What was the cap worth ? The prosecutor—A shilling your honour. Alderman Hooper—We haves the prisoner's own ac knowledgment that he stole the cap. The prisoner—No your lordship ; I only clapped it on my head for fear of catching cold, as I was leaving the room. (Laughter.) Alderman Hooper—There is no doubt at all that you robbed this poor lad, and if you do not return him the money and pay him for the cap, you shall go to prison for seven days. The prisoner—lt's very hard upon me to have to pay for what I did'nt ever receive. I've no objections to pay for the cap, but not the money. Alperman Hooper—Young man, I dare say he will procure the money you have lost ; and if so, it shall be sent to you, The prisoner was then locked up. MAR L BOROUGH-STREE T......A80TTLE OF SMOKE. —Mr. Henry Lloyd, who described himself as a retired tradesman, of No. 11, Ship-street, Brighton, summoned Inspector Lister of the C division and two police-con stables before Mr. Broughton, and charged them with the following offences :—lnspector Lister was charged with having fraudulently kept back a sum of 301. from a sum of 5151. taken from Mr. Lloyd when brought to the station-house on a charge of drunkenness. Police-con stable C 133, was charged with perjury, and another constable, C 101, was charged with an assault. Mr. Herring appeared for the complainant, and a very long discussion took place as to the charges being enter tained by the Court. The circumstances which led to the present proceed ings were these:—A few days ago, Mr. Lloyd was found at an early hour in the morning in the company of several prostitutes, and apparently not sober. He was taken to the Vine -street station-house, and detained for some hours. Before being placed in the cell, he gave into the inspector's hand s a ll t h e mone y in his possession, which, on being counted up by the inspector, was stated to amount to 4851. in notes and 41. in gold. Mr. Lloyd was taken before Mr. Bingham, and on the evidence of police-constable C 133 and the inspector fined ss. for being dru n k. Hi s money was t en d ere d t o him as 4851.; he refused the amount, alleging that the sum in bank notes was 5151., and not 4851. Some short time after this, the whole sum of 5151. in notes, was handed over to him. Feeling himself aggrieved at the decision of the magi s t ra t e , as h e asser t e d t h a t h e was no t intoxi cated, and at the conduct of the police, Mr. Lloyd laid a series of complaints before the Commissioners, who referred the case to this court, and accordingly the three charges of attempted fraud, perjury, and assault, were t it io magistrate, brought for war d aga i nst t h e d e f en d ants. ,atghiaettrarteef,erareedd beto a should M . r. Brought on sa id, w i t h respect to t h e d en i a l o f in toxication, case already therefore refuse decided b t y another e re-open the evidence. Mr. Herring then said, he would go on to the case relating to the all ege d f rau d ulent witholding of 301. by theinspector. Mr. Lloyd had mentioned at the station house that he had over 5001. in his possession, and he had also declared in court that the sum was larger by 301 . than the amount named by the inspector as having been taken from him. The magistrate, Mr. Bingham, told him if ho thought he was ent i t l ed to 301 . more to ' go to the County Court. When he left the court the notes, stated to amount to 4851. were offered to him by the inspector, provided he gave a receipt in full. This he refused to do, and after some further parleying a friend of the complainant's was requested to eount the notes, which, having done, the sum of 5151., and not 4851., was found. As the constable Sayes had sworn that the sum taken from him at the station-house was 4851., Mr. Lloyd bad charged the constable with perjury ; and as the in spector had only given up the whole sum when he found Mr. Lloyd was determined to make a stir about the matter, Mr. Lloyd had felt himself justified in preferring the present charge. The Superintendent of the division (Mr. Otway) said a few words from the inspector in the way of explana tion would set the whole matter right. Mr. Lloyd said he felt satisfied that had he not for tunately taken the numbers of the notes, and given the inspector to understand that he had done so, he should never have seen his 301 After a good deal of evidence as to what took place in court, and befora the magistrate, had been gone through, Inspector Lister said this was the explanation he had to offer. That the notes wore in two parcels, one of which appeared to be a parcel of twelve 51. notes. He had reckoned this last parcel as 601., but when the notes were counted by Mr. Lloyd's friend it was discovered that only six of the notes were 51. notes, and the re maining six notes were 10/. notes. It was tho mis take on his part in counting notes as 5/. which were 101., that made the difference of 30/. But the whole of the notes, 20 in number, had been tendered to Mr. Lloyd, in the belief that the total sum was 4351., instead of 515/. Mr. Broughton.—Then, although you would have been satisfied with a receipt for 4851. yet Mr. Lloyd would actually have received 5151.? ""Inspector Lister.—Yes, your worship. Tho witness who had found out the mistake, and Mr. Herring, the complainant's solicitor, readily admitted that they were perfectly satisfied at the time with the explanation of the inspector. Mr. Broughton said there was not the shadow of a shade of imputation on the inspector. The case was clearly ono of miscounting, which might have happened to any one, and there was no pretence to charge tho inspector with fraud. Ho dismissed the complaint, and the inspector would leave the Court without a stain upon his character. As for the charge of perjury, no• thing could be more trumpery than the evidence to sus tain it. The constable had seen the notes counted, had hear d t h e inspector name the sum, and had sworn to the sum named by the inspector. He dismissed the charge at onco. The other charge of assault had refer ence to the charge decided by his coadjutor, and he should therefore not entertain it. The charges were all dismissed. LAMBETH. --John Chamberlain, conductor of ono of Balls' Norwood omnibuses, was chargol with plundering his master. Mr. Mils, Jan., deposed that on the evening of that day week he was at the Elephant and Castle when one of his omnibuses drove up from Gracechurch-street, and he noticed it was quite full. Ho knew this fact from a person applying to the prisonor for an inside seat, and his saying that it was quite full inside and out; the person so applying getting on the monkey board, while the prisoner himself stood on the back step; and Via would make twenty-two passengers, the fares of whom would amount to at least 16s. In the return made for this journey by the prisoner the passengers were made out at 9s. 6d., and only this amount was paid to Mr. Balls, so that by this journey alone the prisoner must have pocketed at least Gs. Ia his cross-examination Mr. Balls said that the pay ment to drivers in his employment was one guinea a week, and to conductors eighteen shillings. Besides this, however, they were allowed th© boot and the par cels, which averaged from 3s. to 4s. a day. Sergeant Somers declared that on taking the prisoner into custody on Saturday night ho told him that it was for robbing his master of half-a-crown (that being the sum which Mr. Balls was in a condition to prove, be yond which he paid in.) The prisoner then admitted that he had taken one Norwood passenger for which he had not accounted, but said it was his wife. Ho subse quently denied that the passenger was his wife, and said he unfortunately forgot to make a return for an addi tional shilling. The attorney who appeared for the defence admitted his fears that his client was driven in the moment of temptation to make free with his master's money. He then went on to say that there was not an omnibus pro prietor in the metropolis who was not perfectly well aware that the paltry pittance which they allowed their conductors-18 shillings a-week—was not sufficient to keep themselves and families passably decent, and that therefore they were conscious they must make us© of some of their money. Mr. Balls declared that he for one never entertained such an idea, and if ho had, such conductor should not long be a servant of his. Mr. Balls also denied in a most emphatic manner that he ever winked at or countenanced the practice of the conductor, giving as much as two or three shillings a day out of the passenger money to the driver. Mr. Elliott remarked that if money had been given by the conductors to their drivers, it mast be for the put pose of shutting their mouths, and preventing their dis closing their dishonest practices. There could be no doubt whatever that the prisoner had been carrying on a wholesale system of rubbery, and ho should therefore send him for trial. _ 1 7 1e115, --- iinother conductor in the serv'co of Mr. Balls, was also charged with robbing his master. The prisoner acknowledged that he had omitted en tering a shilling on one of the up journeys on Wednes. day last, but it was satisfactorily shown he had not only omitted one, but several, and the extent to which his robberies and those of the last prisoner were carried, must have been most ruinous to their employer. The defence in this case, as in the last, was the small ness of wage , s, and the prisoner being obliged to give his coachman a certain allowance daily. Mr, Balls again denied his kuowledge of auy suul4 ^ t , racti , ...e, when the prisoner appealed to several persons in the had,' of the court, and asked if it was not so. Three or for. oieee were heard. One exclaimed, " I allowed, my coachman, when was in work, half-a-crown ri eay And /," said another, "allowed mine three shit- While a third declared - that his allowance to his driver averaged js. 41. a-day. At the request of the pfigoo.sea solicitor, the case was acl.FAirced for a week, and the prleoner remanded. QUARTZ 6 1 liliglIING IN CALIFORNIA. By the last aiviccs from San Francisco, bearing date the 3 ist Angela, it appears that the most remarkable feature at present to be fonnd in the gold-producing interests of that country is the great and constantlyin creasing use of quartz-crushing engines. So short a time has elapsed since gold was first discovered in such hitherto unknown quantities, that it is easy to recal to mind the various slow and progressive steps of science in aiding the unpractised efforts of the miner in these remote but forttielate regions. At first the roughest and most common impieeeients wore employed in the reduc tion of the rock ; aftervcerds (tame the use of quick silver; then the amalgamatt:e, wherein this metal was applied upon new principles ; and, lastly, great crushing-mills have been brought 12 to operation; which have considerably increased tht: yield of gold. Some of the largest of these are endowed with an energy which enables them to reduce to powder 1:00 3 1 40 to 45 tons of rock per diem. Machines of this side comm only employ from 20 to 24 men. The largest to be Beet with are about Nevada, in which region, when fortune is occasionally propitious, the amounts of gold extracted are almost incredible. On ono occasion, after a 48 hours' trial, one of these mills turned out an amount of gold equal in value to 6,400 dole. This re suit. was said to have been a larger yield than the mill had before given, though it had been worked on the same spot over six weeks ; and it was partly due to the crashing power of the mill itself, and partly to the use of a new amalgamator, numbers of which have been in vented lately, and have attained a high pitch of per fection. It is impossible to read these accounts from California without feeling that even now we are only on the threshold of that mine of wealth which will presently be developed under further and more improved appearances of science. The quantity of rock crushed by the mills above described is defi nitely stated, but the number of horse-power employed in the operation is not named. We are only able to form a rough idea of the power from the context; and the fact that they are spoken of as " great" crushing mills, and that ono of the "largest" reduces to powder from 40 to 45 tons of rock per diem, induces as to suppose them of no ordinary size, averaging, perhaps, from 20 to 60 horses. Such ponderous and expensive machinery as this cannot long hold possession of the gold districts; they must soon give way before more portable and effec tive contrivance. In a trial made a few days shim with one of Bagg's new patent steam-stamps (and upon :he accuracy of our statement our readers may rely), no less than 40 tons of coarse metal were crushed by a smai! 4-horse engine in 12 hours, though the steam entering the cylinder was considerably less than the power of two horses; 26 tons out of this quantity were reduced to a fine powder, and carried at once to the calcining furnaces; the remaining 14 tons were broken by the engine into amen pieces, the sits of a ralnut; and were passed through a pair of rolls, in order to afford a com parison of effect. Although the rolls were work ing with a power of six horses, and that the metal was half crushed when delivered to them, they were unable to dispose of the 14 tons within the same period of time-12 hours ! These facts speak for themselves, and will, doubtless, have an eff,ot upon those who are now expending large sums in the purchase of crushing machinery of a more antiquated and less effective cha racter. One of the principal gold companies. who have recently adopted the new patent stamps, will effect, ac cording to their own calculation, a saving of many thou sand pounces per annum, in dispensing entirely with the enormous amount of hand labour now required for re ducing the large blocks of quartz to a size sufficiently small for the ordinary stamp heads. We also observe that one of Mr. Baggs's engines is advertied in another column for forthcoming exhibition in London; and the fact that it is to be erected and brought into practical operation at the new reduction works of Messrs. Johnson and Matthey, at would seem to afford proof of the estimation in which its capabilities and usefulness are regarded by men of the highest practical standing in the mining world. In addition to these improvements for reducing the rock to powder, we happen to be ourselves cognizant of a new and most effective invention for the extraction of the gold therefrom, the particulars of which will in due time be made publ.c. What effect these advances in science will exercise upon the gold-producing districts of California and Australia it is no very difficult matter to prognosticate.—Mining Journal of Saturday. RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. NEW RAILWAY PROJECTS. STROUD, CANTERBURY, AND DOVER.—This scheme is promoted by several landowners on the intended line, which is proposed to join the North Kent lite at Strood, and pass through Rochester, Chatham, Brompton, and Gillingham, and continue by Rainham and Newington to Milton and Sittingbourne, and thence by Faversham and Canterbury to Dover. Branches to Maidstone, Faversham•quays, and Chilham are proposed, and also running powers over the South-eastern lines from Lon don to Strood, from Canterbury to Ramsgate, Margate, and Deal, and from Cat!ham to Ashford. The length of the proposed line from Strood to Dover would be 44 ruilcs, and from Strood to Maidstone 11 miles. The promoters state that it would effect a saving of 22 miles its the distance from London to Canterbury, Ramsgate, Margato, and Dual, and of 14 miles to Dover and Maid stone. The total length of the proposed railway is about 60 miles. The estimated cost is 1,500,0001., or about 25,0001. per mile. MID-KENT AND LONDON AND SOUTH-WESTERN.— This proposed line is intended to commence by a junction with the London and South- Western Rail way at a point between the Nine Elena and Wandsworth stations, and to proceed by Clapham-rise, Brixton-hill, Herne-hlll, and Dulwich ; and after crossing the Brighton Railway near Sydenham, to proceed direct to Bromley, Farnborough, Chelsfield, Halstead, and Shore ham to Orford, and thence by Wrotham, Mailing, and Allington to Maidstone, and by a branch from Otford to Riverhead, Sevenoaks, and Tunbridge. It is stated that this lino would short:-.n the distance from London to Maidstone by 21 miles, or from 56 miles to 35 miles ; and also shorten the distance from London to Hastings; Tnnbridgo-wells, Canterbury, Ramsgate, Folkestone, and Dover by 12 miles. The length of the line is 45 mies, and the estimated cost 1,000,0001. The traffic is estimated at 156,4551. per annum, being calculated at the same rate per mile as the receipts on the South- Eastern Railway, and after deducting 45 per cent. for working expenses, the promoters state that it would give a dividend of 81 per cent on the proposed capital. STAINES AND IV ORKINGIIAM AND WOKING JIINC TION.—This projected line is intended to commence by a junction with the South-Western Railway at Staines, anti pass through or near Egham, Virginia Water, Sunning bill. Barr b shot, Ascot-heath, and Warliold, ter minating at Wokingham by a junction with the Guild ford, R fading, and Reigate Railway, with a branch from the main line at Longcross to the London and South-Western at Al:eking. The estimated expense is 13,0001. per mile for a double line, or 300,000/. The traffic receipts are estimated at 56,3051. per annum, and the expenses at 50 per cont., leaving 26,6521., or about 9 per cent on the proposed capital. The traffic receipts aro estimated by the promoters at 2,4231. per mile per annum. It is stated that the undertaking is supported by the principal landowners and inhabitants resident in the district through which the line is proposed to pass. CALEDONIAN RAILWAY.—Mr. Baird, M.P., has been elected chairman of the Caledonian Railway, in the room of Mr. Duncan, who lately retired. GREAT NORTH OF SCOTLAND RAlLWAY.—Arrange ments for cutting the first turf of the Great North Rail way line have been at length completed, and operations in this important undertaking will positively commence in about ten days hence. A single line of rails from Aberdeen to Keith is all that is at first contemplated. CLAIM OF DAMAGES FOR DEPRECIATION or Pao- PERTY.—A case of this description was tried yesterday in the Outer House before Mr. Sheriff Gordon and a special jury. Mr. John Hay, farmer, Halflakell, in the parish of Borthwick, and county of Edinburgh, made a claim against the North British Railway Company for 5741. 19 5.. 6d., as the value of stock which had been de stroyed by the opt rations of the railway comp any prior. to November, 1847. The claim formed part of a con joined action against the company on the part of Mr Hay, and was considered before the Lords of the Inner House, who ordered the pursuer, on the 4th of June, 1852, to lodge a minute stating in what manner, and to what extent, the stock had been injured by the opera tions of the railway. The minute was lodged on the 18th June, 1852, and their lordships then allowed the c laim to be tried by a special jury. The t r i a l accord ingly t.)ok place in the Outer House beforo Mr. Sheriff Gordon, and occupied the whole of Thursday and Friday. The jury brought in a verdict disallowing the claim in , toto, and of course finding for the r a il wa y com p an y.— 1 Scotsman. RAILWAY TRAFFIC RETURNS. LONDON, BRIGHTON, AND SOUTH-COAST RAILWAY. _ _ -- - - Traffic—Week ending Oct. 23, 1852 ... £12,795 5 5 Traffic—Week ending Oct. 25, 1851 -• 11,390 4 Total of the half-year, to this date, 1852 ... 235,397 15 3 Total of the half-year, to this date, 1851 ... 248,5;13 15 7 Total number of Passengers _Week ending Oct. 16, 1852 73,646 Passengers ... £9,950 2 2 2,845 3 3 Goods Total .. £12,795 5 5 Total miles open, 1852, 1784; ditto, 1851, 173%. London Terminus. Oct. 25, 1852. SOUTH-EASTERN RAILWAY. Gross traffic receipts for passengers and goods, week ending Oct. 23, 1852 ••• ••• ••• ... £16,766 410 Ditto, Oct. 25, 1851 ... ... 13,426 5 5 Increase in 1852 ... L 3,339 19 5 London Terminus. Oct. 25, 1852. CLAIRVOTANCS IN DUMFRIES.--A Mr Barnardo Eagle h..ts created some sensation in Dumfries, by ex hibiting his daughter, who appears to Possess tho powers of a clairvoyant to a wonderful extent. The Dumfries Standard expresses some surprise that any one, after booing her responses while in a mesmeric state, should be still so credulous as to think that the whole (Affair was a piece of tleceimon. COUNTRY MARKETS CHELMSFORD, OCT. 22.—Prices to-day were as follow:- - Wheat, white, old 46s Od to 54s Cd, new 42s to 525; red, old, 403 to 465, new 25s to 403; barley, 26s to 295; chevalier 27, to 325; grinding, 21s to 21s ; malt 559 to 5 65 ; chevalier 55s to 58 s ; oa t s 19 s to 25s ; peas, partridge, 3 00 to 3's; white, 30s to 32s ; boiling, 35s to 375; dun, new 290 to 31s; beans, tick, 32s to 345; harrow ticks, 31s to 365; mazagan, 29s to 323. COLCHESTER ' OCT. 23.--Wheat, white 40s to 505; red 30s to 45s ; oats, 17s to 24s ; beans, mazagan 28s to 32s ; middle and small 324 to 36s ; peas, white 3tis to 40s, grey, 30s to 32s ; barley, 28s to 32s per qr. The following is the official statement of the quantities of corn, &c., received in the port of London, from the ports in Essex, from the 18th Oct., 1852, to the 2:d Oct., 1852 ' both inclusive : ...; i . , . .; H o a, 3 4.1 a; c a ; 0 •" 1 ' 74 II 8 g S (7. i l Z 0 A w CA I____ .....-- Colchester .... ... 153 107 100 : 20 28 2 73 Harwich r,eigi, I 215, 66 8 22 ,„ Maldon 999, 63 130 205 124 of KIRICALDT, OCT. 23.—The following are the quetations for grain : Wheat. Barley. 1 Oats. Beans. f Pea 9:, First 49s 00 30s 00 21a fid —s Od I—s 1 ,/.1 Second 46s 00 27s 60 1 21s Od s Od I—a ""_, Third 3Bs 00 tlis 60 I 18s Od —s Od I—s Od Oatmeal, per bag of 2801b3 imperial, 28s Od to 30s 0L GOAL MARK E' YSSTERDAY. Prices of Coal per ton at t Bate's West Hartley 15s 6d. Holywell Hartlepool W. Hartley 15s Gd Jonassohns Hartley Redhengh Main South Peareth l3s 3d Canfield Moor Butes l4s Od Townley West Wylam Trader.. 15s 3d Wall's End, Sze. Acorn Close ....... 16s 6d Brown .... ........ 16s 3d Gibson Gosforth Barton Lawson l6s 6d Morrison Northumberland, E lss 6d Riddell Johnson .... Eden Main ....• l7s 6d Lambton Primrose Belmont - lis 6o Hetton Haswell lBs Od Ships at market, :he close of the market :.-.. . ,Lambton 'Lumley ...... Pensher l7s Od Russell's Hetton Scarborough l7s 0 ° Stewart's Plummer Cassop Howden l 7s ; I °_, Heugh Hall Soutk Hartlepool K e ll oe South Kelloe l7s 3! Thornley West Kelloe Whitworth Adelaide Tees Pease's West l4O 9 I St. Helen's Tees I Tees I Woodhouse Close. 163 5 ° I Nixon's Merthyr and 1 Cardiff I Fothergill Aberdare I Steam. 2os Od ..Sold, 103 Unsold, 27. RAILWAY SHARE .MARKET S. STOC' LIVERPOOL, Ocr. 25. d ,ExcHANan.—The market to-day was firm an good, espe:L2lly for Lancashire, Dover, and North Briti t sh Shares. The lU.:loWing are the transactions to -day from be official list :—Birkenlia s d , Lancashire, and Cheshire (late Chester and Birkenhead), Tit shares, 2 11-16 dis. ; Cale do ' nian, 26%; Chester and Holyhead, 22%; Eastcria Counties, 10A 5-16; East Lp.,. n cashire, 19 ; Lancashire and Yor . k i shire, 86i ; ditto, Fifths., 3% 5-16 dis.; ditto, E. shares, 7v dis.; Liverpool, Crosby, Lod Southport, 19 5-16; Lon don and North Western, 119% ; Lltanchester. Sheffield, and Lin" colnshire, 33 c.; Midland, 77% ; North British, 9% 3 / 4 i St. Helen's Railway and Canal, Preference Guarantee 5 Pe r t cent. and div., 170 ; South Eastern stod Dover, 23% • Grea Southern and Western, 49 ; Borough Dan k, 10%; 'Paciflo Steam Company, 75%. MANCHESTEh, °cl'' 25. STOCK EXCHANGE. —There has been S iturday. r .',': day, and prices were rather better than on 'I Stour V?' sales were: Birmingham, Wolverhampton, at, ~,,k sb ue, a good business,,t_o: ley, (Class B. Pref.), 26 3-16; Lancashire and 1.. hes• 86, Vg i ; Liverpool, Crosby, and Southport, 19x, ; Manu•-1 ; ter, bheffield, and Lincoln, 32%; ditto, Quarters No. 1, 9 /3 Midland Railway Consols, 77% ; South-Eastern, 23 11-16' BIRMINGHASI, OCT. 25. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The Railway Share Market at LIO opening of 'Change this morning exhibited considerab le firmness, but little business has been transacted throughout the day. The only sales reptrted were Birmingham, Wet verhampton, and Stour Valley, 1.0 y 4 ; Shrewsbury an d Birmingham Pref., 1112. BRISTOL, Our. 25. STOCK EXCHANGE.—There 'was not much business doing to day. Prices were firm. Bristol and Exeters were do 06) at 100 3 / 4 ; Great Westerns, 95%. SEABORNE -MAILS. [N signifies that the mails are sent from the General cost-0111045 by the night—and M by the morning—dispatch.] When made ur to Irma what when PLACES. i General Post-( ffi 3e port dis- London: I patched. • .. Liverpool .• ▪ .. Liverpool .• • rontlampt. I Nov. 1 !Oct. 26 Nov. 4 America (by Brit. pkt.)N Oct 29 America (by U., pkt.) N Nov. 2 America (byll.S.pkt.) N Oct. 27 Australia (via South- I ampton) At 20th of cach onth Southampt. Ditto (via Marsellles) N Bth & 25th of ninth Dover • • Ditto, via C. of G. Hope N 24 of each month Plymouth.. Airtea (West coast).. N 23d 01 ttio mouth Plyriotitti klesandria* • • ...... N,l9th is 30th of me. I Dover Belgium .. •• N Dally ..'Dover .. Brazil .. M 9th of the month 'Southarapt. Buenos Ayres .. M 9th of the month Southampt. California(viaChamON 2d &lint 0,7 montt Sou:hal - not. Capo of Good Hope N 14th of the month Plymouth.. Cape de Verds N 14th of the month ! l'iyitiouth • • Constantinople* N 7th l 7: 27th ot uto !Dover Central America .. M2d & 17th of mon. Southampt. Channel Isles • • .. N Mon., Wed., & Fri. I Soutlsampt Chill M 20 & 17th of mots Southamp t. France M N Twice daily .. !Dover • • Greece* • N 7th 17th 27th of rno !Dover • • Eiamburgh N Tuesday & Friday london Holland .. Wednes. &. Sa tur. ! London .. Honduras . N 17th of the mouth Southampt. Ireland .. M& N. Twico daily .. (Holyhead.. India (via Sontharap.) M 20th of the month 'Southarapt. India (via Marseilles) N sth& 24th efmonth Dover .. India, via C. of G. Hope N.l4th of month , Plymouth .. Mauritius .. N.l4th of month 'Plymouth.. Mediterranean (via Bouthauspton) • • M,2Oth of the month Mediterranean (via I Marseilles) N 8 th& 24th of month Mexico M,20 of the month.. M a d e i r a M ,9th & 23d of ninth jth,l7th,l9th,4th Malta . •• .. /1 & 30th of month Naples* ••• • • • Nlbth 15th 25th ofmo'iSover Nov.l 2 Papal StatOS* .N ',5t1.115th 25th ef mo ; Dover ,Nov. 2 i`eninsala .. • • .. 5f 7th 17th 27th ef mo!Southampt. kiov. 5 Peru •• •• .. M Ad & 17th of mnth I Southampt. ,Nov. 1 Tuscany* .. • . N I sth 25 th of m o !D o ver 'Nov. 2 West Indies 7112 d & 17th of math SoatbaMpt. !Nov. 1 Van Diemen's Land (see Australia). 'Nov. 24 Iffov. 11 INoY. 30 lOct. 29 Deily Nov. 16 N o v, 16 Nov. 1 'Oct 26 lOct. 26 Oct. 3 ° !Nov. 1 To. T 14 . 5. Nov. 1 Twicedll4, Nov. 2 !Tues. (Sun. Tlfl !Nov. 16 I Twicec law ,N o v„ 24 Nov. 1 Nov. 26 , Nov. 2`" , ISonthampt. Dover .. Sonthampt. Southampt. s Dover !Nov. 1 ;Ist ea.,r °. Nov. 1" Oct. 29 The mails to those countries thus marked (*) are conveYed French picket via Marseilles. SULPHUR.--At the sitting of the Germain Associati oa for the Advancement of Science, held at Wiabaden, Dr Zimmerman, of Hamburg, read a communication On a recent deposit of sulphur near Hamburg." In the non equation of a new sewer, the workmen were so over' powered by sulphuretted hydrogen gas, that they were at times unable t) continue their work. It was fo 11 0 7 on examination, to proceed from a soil saturated wit' sulphur and gypsum. It was aseortained, on further O . quiry, that the ground was artificial, and that on ti l l spot some thcus ands of pirates had been massacred a n buried by the eit'z3ns of Haburg. The sulphur sc so the result of the decomposition of their bodies acting upon the sulphate of lime in contact with the matter dir charged from the sewers. Immediately above it we r !. found many hundredweights of humtn bones, and s' s " much adipocre. [ ADVERT'S EMEN T.] —THE ROYAL EXHIBITION.- c v a l u able, newly-invented, very small powerful waistcas packet glass, the size of a walnut, by which a person can b e seen and known 11 miles distant ; they answer every purpos: en the Race-course, at the Opera-hou s e s ; coun t r y scene!' and ships are clearly seen at 12 to 14 miles; they are ' tr. valuable for shooting, deer stalking, yachting, to SpoM men, Gentlemen, Gamekeepers, and Tourists: To be Pt, ' at 39, Albemarle street, Piccadilly, observe, opposite t"" York-hotel. Telescopes—A new and most important ill ; vention in Telescopes, possessing such extraordinary pow r . that some, 31 inches, with an extra eye piece, v i , ll , show distinctly, Jupiter's Moons, Saturn's Ring, and t _ . " Double Stars. With the same Telescope, weighing only thref ounces, can be seen a person's countenance 3i miles e listan: and an object from 16 to 20 miles. They supersede ev er il other kind for the waistcoat pocket, and are of larger and t o sizes, with increasing powers accordingly. Opera and Ra c i e is course glasses, with wonderful powers; an object ca n clearly seen from 14 to 16 miles distant. Messrs. S. and ..,d Solomons, Opticians, have invented invaluable pres et Spectacle Lenses, immediately they are placed before i n g er ot feet vision, every object appears clea r and distinct, the Oft, aged defective sight becomes bright and brilliant, is brough t its youthful, natural, and original state. The Invisible panic Vibrator, and all kinds of Acoustic instruments for reJig . of extreme deafness. -39, Alberm arle - street, Piccadilly, 0"- serve opposite the York Hotel. BIRTHS. OF A SON. On the 24th inst., at Bloomfield-gardens Westbour_, terrace, the wife of R. H. Holt, Esq., of Linooln's-inn , rister-at- On the 24th inst., in Blandford-square, the wife of B e I. Child, Esq. , n — f On the 221 inst., at 14, Ta v i s t oc k- square , th e wue Willmore, Esq., Q.C. A DAUGHTER. On the 2.lth inst., OF at Wes bourne-street, Hyde - P ar' gardens, the wife of T. Campbell, Esq. On the 23d inst., at Kirkham-abbey, Yolk, the wife Of C. Taylor, Esq. MARRIED. rdt On the 23d inst., a t th e c h urc h o f S t . M ar y, Strati ° sc , Henry Laurence, son of J. G.H ammac k, E sq ., o f Ess6x. -13 g o r. Bow•road, to Franca, only:child of H. Godwin, Esq., °f i.." - o ile, On the 25th inst., a t th e H o l y T r i n ity Ch urc h, Maryl e : J an vy T. W. Louisa,Waldy, Esq., Egglescliffe. Durham, to 1. c ..,e8. eldest daughter of F. Bean, Esq..of - DIED. f oat On the 16th August, at Cipe Town, on his returnf the Caffre war iu consequence of ill-health, Capt. Borton,°, the 74th Highlander'', aged 30, only son of J.H.Bortoo, of Bury St. Edmund's. On the 234 inst., at 6, Richmond-villas, Seven Sisters -r° Holloway,eophilus Carr. aged 59. , g 3. the On the 23d inst., at Ashdon Rectory, Essex, age',..,`""Col' Rev. B. Chapman, D D., Master of Gonville and C 3l " lege, Ca-nbridge, and rector of Ashdon „ o re • On the 24th inst., at 11, Euston-place, Eust on -s ' s Mary, widow of the late L. Hart, Fog., aged 94. I London.: Frintal and Published by DIURDO TOE, II 112, 112, Strand, Printer, at The Stln Office' a f4t ra ncl, in the Precinct of the SAVI y, the ow-- Middlesex. Crue4day, ()ct9bcq 36,145=. - the IN; con nth and alt] 1`