The Sun. — London, England, 1852-12-31 00:00:00

POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION-HOUSE.—Charles and Henry Harridge, one of whom was charged with having stolen, the other with having received, a quantity of quinine and other valuable drugs, the property of Mr. Hodgkinson, drug gist, of Upper Thames-street, well knowing they had been stolen, were brought up for final examination. Mr. Clarkson, for the prosecution, said that Mr. Slip per, the chemist of Leather-lane, who had given evidence against the prisoners, had been instrumental in bringing then to jostle* ; that when his suspicions became ex cited he had communicated with the wholesale druggists bpon the subject of the sale of the drugs, and been occu pied in the task of investigation, the difficulties of which arose from the fact that Henry Harridge had in his deal ings assumed the name of Humphries, and thus avoided the suspicion of being the brother of the other prisoner, who had been in the employment of the prosecutor, and through whom the property must have been obtained. The prisoners, upon being asked whether they wished to defend themselves at that moment, said they would reserve their defence for their trial. The prisoners were then committed for trial. William Randall, the alleged proprietor of common lodging-houses in Swan-ally and Sun-court, was charged by Mr. Tyrrell, the solicitor to the City Commissioners of Sewers, with having omitted to supply the tenements with water, in compliance with the new Sewers Act, which inflicts a penalty of not exceeding 51. for every violation of its provisions. The defendant pleaded guilty, but declared that he was a yearly tenant, and held the houses at the will of a lady, and he knew nothing of the existence of such an act of Parliament as that upon which he had been summoned, or of the obligation to supply a drop of water to the in habitants. The Lord Mayor—Have not notices been served upon all lodging-housekeepers to supply water ? Mr. Tyrrell—Certainly, upon every one of them. The defendant declared that he could not read a word of print, an assertion which his language and appearance by no means supported. The Lord Mayor—This regulation has been made to prevent common lodging-houses, which have been fre eiuently the sources of infection and disease, from caus ing any further contamination, and I can fine you 301. for your neglect on these several occasions. The defendant—l assure your lordship that I have been a serious loser by those tenements, and that there shall never be any cause for future complaint. The Lqrd Mayor—As this has been the first complaint of the kind before me, I shall not at present inflict asy penalty, but shall order that the summons stand over a few days, in order to ascertain whether I shall altogether remit the penalties, a consequence to which your strict attention to the directions of the act can only lead. If you do not immediately proceed to the correction of the evil, I shall certainly fine you to the utmost. Mr'. Hicks (the deputy of Castle Baynard ward) appeared to complain of the conduct of Mr. Pocklington, one of the inspectors of meat. Several' of the most re spectable salesmen and butchers of the City attended to give evidence in support of the complaint. Mr. Hicks said he had sold an ox which had been sent to him from the country to a butcher, who had purchased it with the intention of having it boiled down ; that Mr. Pocklington had seized the body as stinking meat unfit for human food, and wanted to send it to be destroyed to a person who would have made a profit of it, and would have made no return, so that the poor feeder in the country would be the loser of the little advantage derivable from the beast, which was called a casualty. It was in vain tat he expostulated with the inspector upon the subject, so that he considered it necessary to appeal to the Lord Mayor. Upon the examination of the beast by the best judges, it was found that the meat was fit to be used as human food, so that there could be no excuse at all for seizing it, and it was unnecessary to observe how injurious the practice of condemning good meat would be, particularly as the weather was calculated to affect meat by the shortest delay Some part; of the beast were here exhibited, and, although it was not prime meat, it certainly was very far from deserving the bad character given of it by the inspector. Pocklington said he considered the meat to be bad. He had no doubt that the beast had been phy si*ed, and he would leave it to the College of Physi cians to decide whether physieked joints were not calcu lated to communicate disease to the people who partook of them. Mr. Hicks said that the meat smelt of turnips, upon which no doubt the beast had been fe'd, but no man with a nose or an eye could pronounce it to be stinking. He had sold it to be boiled down for dog's meat, but since he had seen and examined it, he must pronounce it fit to be used as human food. The several salesmen and butchers who attended here presented themselves to give evidence, but The Lord Mayor said - it was wholly unnecessgry to swear them, and pronounced the meat to be dfferent from the description given by the inspector. His lord ship thought it would be satisfactory to test a few of the joints by a culinary process, and the suggestion having been adopted, there appeared to be no ground for the opinion pronounced by the inspector. Mr. Hicks, who had returned the price given to him tor the body to the man who had purchased it, subse quently sold it for a considerably larger sum as meat fit to be used as human food. The Lord Mayor requested that the press would acknowledge his receipt of 10/. from the Mercers' Com pany for the poor-box. GUILDHALL.—Mr. William Schaw Lindsay, of Austin-friars, appeared to several summonses, charging him with laving entered into a contract with the com plainants for providing them with passages to Port Philip, by the ship W. S. Lindsay, appointed to sail by the Ist of December inst.; unlawfully making default in providing such passages at such time in such ship ; and not providing complainants with passages,with an equally eligible ship, to sail within ten days after the Ist of De cember inst., against the statute. Mr. Lutwyche, the barrister, appeared for the com plainants, and stated that he was desirous to save the time of the Court, and therefore proposed to take all the four summonses at one hearing. This having been agreed to, the learned gentleman proceeded to state that the complainants sought to recover the amount of money they had paid for their passage, and the sum of 101. each compensation for non-fulfilment of a contract, in which the defendant undertook to furnish them with a passage to Port Philip. The W. S. Lindsay was an iron ship, built at Newcastle, and from the manner in which it had been advertised, one of the present complainants had come all the way from Canada for the especial purpose of sailing in her ; and others had come from other, though not such distant places. The ship sailed on the 7th of December, but on reaching the Downs she was pronounced not seaworthy by her owner, and she ac cordingly returned to her port of clearance. Her com pass was found to vary on one side from 11 to 24 points, although perfectly correct on a level keel, and she did not answer her helm as readily as was expected. An offer had been made by Mr. Lindsay, but as it was considered inadequate to the loss and in convenience of the parties, they declined it. Sir Chapman Marshall said he was advised that the complaint did not come under the 44th section of the act, as the ship had proceeded to sea, and the voyage was theyefore begun. Mr. Lutwyche said that as the ship had returned to her port of clearance, it could not be said that the com plainants had obtained their passages to Port Philip, when the shin proceeded no further than the Downs. Sir Chapman Marshall said he should be much better satisfied if the parties could come to an amicable ar rangement. Mr. Lindsay stated that the W. S. Lindsay cost him just one-third more than any other ship of the kind he had had built, and was three times more efficient for emigration purposes than any passenger ship hitherto used. Due notice was given to all parties that the ship would sail on the 6th. instead of the Ist of December, and she sailed , on the following day, and as soon as he heard of the variation in the working of the compass, he ~-.rted at midnight for the Downs, and inquired of the captain and mate if there was any danger in proceed ing to sea. They expressed their readiness to go, but as the pilot said there might be extra danger in a heavy sea, he Mr. Lindsay) felt there was a heavy respon sibility upon himself, and would not risk the lives of the passengers or the property of the under writer>, by allowing the W. S. Lindsay to pro ceed on her voyage. He therefore, at great pecuniary loss to himself, ordered her into port again, that he might feel at ease in his own conscience ; notwithstand ing this heavy loss, for it was a very heavy loss, he de termines not to compensate the passengers so detained upon the scale of ls. p:r day, according to the act, but to compensate each one according to his means. One Poor man wko had a sick wife he had given 101. to, and ' ) ther cases h e h a d d ea lt w ith i n a s i m il ar manner , an d he had offered the present complainants 2/. 15s. each, being at th e rate o f 4s. per d ay ; but as they had chosen to bring• him into a police-court he was now determined to abide h l by the magistrate's decision, and that, too, strictly, unless indeed they could show that theirs were cases of Peculiar hardship. Sir Chap raaai Marshall then retired with Mi. Alder man Copeland and the chief-clerk, to consider the pre liminary objection, and on returning into court, Sir C. Marshall said they were of opinion that the 44th section did not apply to the matter, and as the summonses were founded upon it t hey must dismiss them. If the gentlemen were dissatisfted with the deCision they could apply to the Court of qu een ' s Bench under the 11th and 12th Viet., cap 44; see. 5. Mr. Lindsay's conduct under the circumstances was of a nature highly honour. able to him. LOW-STREET.—William Marks, a young man em- Voyed as a town-traveller for a linendr ap er, was charged before Mr. Hall with uttering a forged Bank of Enaland note for 51. '4 James Cockerell, an assistant at Messrs. Bull and Wilson's, linen warehousemen. 52, St. Mai:tin's-l ane, m stated that th e p r i soner came to his employer s sh o p on Friday afternoon, the 17th inst., at about half-past five o'clock, and, after exhibiting some patterns of cloth, purchased two yards of one kind, and two of another description, which, together with a few other articles ordered by him, amounted to 3/. 10s. He tendered a 5/. note in payment, and witness gave him the change, previously, however, requesting: him to endorse the note, which he did , by writing " J. Johnson, 37, Great Queen street," but no person of the name or description resided in the house. Last week his attention was drawn to a case at the Mansion-house, where a prisoner was undergoing examination before the City magistrates, on a charge of having forged several bank-notes. Consequently, he went to the Mansion-house on the morning of the 23d instant, to see if he could identify the supposed J o h nson. T he pr i soner in the City case p rove d t o b e another person ; but on looking among the spectators in the body of the Court, he saw a man whom he immediately reoognised as the customer who tendered him the 51. note, and that person was the prisoner. Witness pointed him out to Monger, a City officer, 39, and when he had done so they observed the prisoner leave his comianions in the body of the Court and work his way slowly to the door, through which he was making a rapid exit, when he was stopped and ap prehended by the constable. Anthony Monger corroborated this statement. When he had taken the prisoner bit() custody, and told him what was the charge against him, he said, " Oh, I know Messrs. Bull and Wilson, and have had dealings with them." _ _ The prisoner declared his innocence of the charge, and called a relation to prove an alibi, but the attempt failed, as the witness spoke to a different day altogether. John Smith, a draper, of Bermondsey-street, who had employed the prisoner as a town traveller, gave him a good character. He also stated that he did not think the endorsement upon the bank note was like the pri soner's handwriting. The inspector of notes at, the Bank of England having proved that the 51. note in question was a forgery, Mr. Hall committed the prisoner for trial. Thomas Scanloizg, a tailor, was charged with a crimi nal assault upon a little girl, named Elizabeth Ilford, 11 years of age. The prisoner, who was already cohabiting with an elder sister of the child, committed the assault during the absence of her parents, whom he had previously seen leave the house together. Mr. Hall fined the prisoner Si., and committed him to hard labour for two months in default. WORSHIP-STREET.—Charles Norton, the conduc tor of a Kingsland omnibus, appeared to a summons, before Mr. D'Eyncourt, in which he was charged with an assault upon Mr. James Wilkinson Kirin, a mercan tile clerk, residing at Albion-cottages, Dalston. The complainant stated that, on the evening of Christ mas-day, he entered the defendant's omnibus in the City, accompanied by his wife, servant, and two children in arms, and on getting out at Grange-walk, Dalston, he handed him a shilling as their fare for the journey. The defendant, however, who had evidently been drink ing rather freely, having allowed the shilling to fall to the ground, witness picked it up for him, and again placed it in his hand. He then proceeded in the direc tion of his residence, but was overtaken by the defend ant, who again demanded his fare, alleging that he had not received it. On telling him that he had already paid him, the defendant instantly assailed him with the epithets of "liar, hound," and other opprobious expres sions, and, seizing him by the .collar, declared that he would shake it out' of him. He succeeded, by a power ful effort, in breaking from him, but was followed by the defendant, who caught hold of him again and dragged him by main force to the ground. The defendant at the same time fell with him, and while they were struggling together a policeman made his appearance, and the conductor at once required him to take witness in charge for an assault ; but some of the bystanders having interfered and explained the real facts of the case, the officer refused to interfere. Witness then hastened home with his wife and family, on reach ing which he intimated to the defendant, who had accompanied them to the outer gate, that he resided there, and that he might take out a summons against him if he thought proper to do so. Witness then turned away, and was about to enter his house, when he was alarmed by a sudden outcry from his wife, whom he had left at the gate in altercation with the defendant, and on hastening back she complained that the latter had struck her in the face, and directed his attention to her mouth and gums, which were bleeding. Witness, however, had abstained from taking out a summons for a double as sault, as he wished to save his wife from the inconven ience and annoyance of appearing as a witness at a police court. Mary Peats, the complainant's servant, corroborated all the material parts of his evidence, and stated that on getting out of the omnibus, she distinctly saw her master hand a shilling to the defendant, with the observation, " There are four of us, and that is your fare." A young man, named George Barton, stated that while standing at the corner of Grange-road, at the time in question, he heard the dispute about the fare, and saw the conductor suddenly seize hold of the gentleman and pull him to the ground. On the arrival of the po liceman the defendant charged the complainant with having assaulted him, but witness felt satisfied that he had not done so. The police-constable above referred to, but who has since left the force, was next examined, and stated that on reaching the spot he was desired by the conductor to take the complainant into custody for knocking him down ; but as he did not witness any assault, he declined to do so. The defendant had evidently been drinking freely at the time, blit the complainant was perfectly sober. The witness was cross-examined by Mr. Lewis for the defence, in the course of which he stated that shortly after the transaction he was requested by the complain ant not to furnish the conductor with his name and address. The complainant assured the magistrate that he had given no such instructions, and that he could have no possible object in doing so, as the conductor accompanied him home and obtained the required information Inspector Tarleton also stated that shortly after the occurrence the complainant had voluntarily' attended at the station-house, where he left his name and address in writing, in the event of its being called for by the con ductor, which had not been the case. Mr. Lewis addressed the magistrate on behalf of the defendant, who instructed him to give a total denial to the allegation that he had received his fare, or that he had committed any assault. After dwelling upon the discrepancy between the evidence of the complainant and that of his last witness, he called William Harman, a tailor, at Kingsland, who stated that he was a passenger in the omnibus on the night in question, and that the plaintiff; on getting out with his family, walked away without paying the fare. The de fendant immediately hastened after him, and on demand ing his money the complainant dealt him a blow under the chin which nearly knocked him down. The com plainant appeared greatly excited at the time; and although the defendant had certainly been drinking, wit ness considered that he was quite capable of discharging the duties of his situation. James Games, a horse-keeper, stated that he was pre sent during the latter part of the altercation, and saw the gentleman strike the defendant, after which a strug gle ensued between thew, and they both fell to the ground. Mr. D'Eyncourt said that, after the marked discre pancy which existed between the statements of the com plainant and the policeman, he considered that he should not be justified in convicting the defendant of the charge, and should, therefore, order the summons to be dismissed. WESTMINSTER. —SamueI Rogers and Mary Blecher were charged with the following impudent trick to obtain money. Mr. John Maule Sutton, resident surgeon at the Con sumption Hospital at Brompton, stated that at a little before eleven that morning he was called by the por ter, and informed that two persons wished to speak with him. He went into the hall and found the pri soners, when the female presented him with the following note : "Dear John—lf you can assist this poor woman, pray do. It is a most distressing case—in haste, "Your affectionate mother, " E. Sutton." Hearing, by the prisoners' account, that they came from Greenwich, which was his native place, and thinking that his mother meant by " assistance" giving the male pri soner, who appeared to be troubled with a very violent fit of coughing, or the female professional advice or medicine, particularly as the man had a bot tle in his hand, he accordingly inquired what he could do for them, when the male prisoner replied that his (Mr. Sutton's) mother would have given him more but that she had so ' little silver in her purse, necessarily implying by this figure of speech that she had given some pecuniary assistance, and that lie still wanted more. Upon hearing this com plainant looked at the letter a second time, and became positive that it was not his mother's writing. He then asked the male prisoner how long he had known Mrs. Sutton, and what she knew of him, when, he re plied that she had known him thirty-six years. In answer to other inquiries the male prisoner mentioned the name of the vicar of Greenwich, but gave a wrong name to the incumbent of East Greenwich, when the female, who had all through represented herself as her companion's wife, told him he had made a mistake, the name he had mentioned being that of the minister of a dissenting congregation. Finding inquiries about Green wich unpleasant, the male prisoner shifted the ground, by stating that he had a son in the 31st regiment, and was desirous of going to Gosport to see him that night by the coach, and wanted a trifle to make up the amount of the fare. Complainant asked him to show him what money he bad got, when he replied that he had not got any about him, but had paid 7s. at the booking office at the corner of Albemarle-street, Piccadilly, to secure his place. Complainant told him that he would accompany him there, and if he -found his statement correct he would make up the required amount. Both thanked complainant, and the woman presenting the bottle before spoken of said, " And pray, sir, have the goodness to give my poor husband a little stuff to take to Gosport, for his cough ;" and then another violent fit of coughing de veloped itself. Complainant left them to change his coat, as he stated, in order to accompany them to Albe marle-street, but feeling a strong notion that they would take the first opportunity to bolt, went to the gate porter and told him not to allow them to pass, and had scarcely done so when they hastily left the building to escape, while they thought he was getting ready to ao company them to Piccadilly. Complainant told them he should give them into custody, when both of them declared they had not asked for anything, but they sub sequently admitted they were not man and wife, and that their story about Gosport and the 7s. was, with the rest, all a fabrication. Complainant was induced to bring forward this charge owing to his relations at Greenwich having been imposed upon some time ago by some fellows going there with a well-told tale, and also in consequence of repeated frauds practised upon bene volent ladies in the neighbourhood of Brompton by per sons going about begging linen and other things under I- iir . S.ut Broderip p ery much. pretence of comi ng i n t o th e h osp it a l. Mr. Broderip--The cough seems much better now ? M say ? M a l e (Laughter.) asked the def e nd an t s w h a t th e y h a d t o Prisoner —I' m sure I could not have said I had a son in the 31st, because he is at sea. I have got the Very bad, your worship. dropsyroderip—lt was a cough but scarcely an hour Mr. B ago, and now it is turned into dropsy. Why you asked this g entleman for stuff for a cough ? Male prisoner— Yes, I've a cough, too, your worship. Here he made a one, but lungs would not desperate effort to get up be convulsed, and a failure was the consequence. The woman srtid nothing. Mr. Broderip observed that there could be no doubt of their being moss oss impostors, whose impudent attempt at fraud had i. frustrated by the sharpness of the - had attempted to deceive. He (Mr. gentleman they • . Broderip) felt tin, t it was but little use to talk to the ,1, - hed persons of their description to prisoners, but he NN (..)- ' , 43 were determined to protect, know that the magi. t bra , - -hi nat i ons o f th ose who cid • - the public against th e mat- n d a bl e c h ar ity i n t o th e verted the course of -true and la. pockets of the Immo - mly. '4 to hard labour. They were con ami tt ed for three month: 101. has been received from the MerC ere "" era P an Y , for the poor-box. , rged THAMES. —J ohn Wilson. and Margaret Thom: "" t were charged. before MY. Yardley, with uttering a ft , note to Mr. Thom as, the proprtetor of the Br. Tavern, Tavern, opposite I Air aehouse Church. The barman st: Lte ;€1 that the prisoners, in comp: ln Y with three or four rather persons, had been drinking . 1 t the house from al kr at seven till nine o'clock, and after' calling for various: quantities of spirits and noyeau, the prisoner Wilson a: Ike d how much he charged for a quart of the best Irish whiskey, and ordered him to serve a pint of the whiske y. He then handed him a£s note in payment. On 100 Icing at it he thought there was some thing peculiar it i 'its appearance, and sent for Mr. Thomas, who on ,examining it was convinced it was a forgery, and sent fo: r a policeman. Sylvester, 441 A_, stated that when he took the prisoner into custody, the woman followed them, and said, "John, if the: I are going to take you, I'll go along with you." He ai iswered; "D— the whole of you. If it had not been for you I would not have been in this mess." After pro' ceeding some distance, prisoner put his foot behind !him and knocked him down, and, placing his foot on his stomach, disabled him, and then ran off. Mordaunt, 441 X, stated that as the prisoner ran he seized him, and took him into custody. Wilson, in his defence, stated that about three months ago he came hot ae from New Orleans, when he had about 561. with him. Se had been drinking all day with the female prisoner and some friends, had spent all the change he had and then gave the note which he had got in exchange for :a larger one. When taken by the police man, as soon as he got into a retired place he struck him with his sta ff, punched him in the back, and nearly choked him by t wisting his handkerchief round his neck. He then broke away and ran, as he thought he had a right to do, to sa.-ve his life. The female prisoner said she had been out to see some friends, and knew nothing of the note. Mr. Wyburd, inspector at the Bank of England, proved that the note was a forgery. Mr. Yardley re manded the prisoners till Saturday. MORTALITY .FROM DEFECTIVE DRAINAGE AT BETHNAL-GREEN. Yesterday an. investigation took place, before Mr, William Baker, The Coroner for East Middlesex, at the Fountain public- house, Virginia-row, Bethnal-green, respecting the death of Matilda Church, aged two months, the daughter of a • shoemaker, who, with two other children, have perished during the last three weeks, in one house from malignant fever, arising through the, defective drainage and filthy condition of the wretched place where the family were residing. Mr. George West, the parochial surgeon ' • Mr. C. A. Christie, the - relieving officer; and several gentlemen connected with the parish of St. Matthew, Bethnal-green, were present t o watch the inquiry. The jury ha ving been sworn, accompanied the coroner to view the body, which was lying in a wretched hovel situated at No. 1, Hepsworth-place, Fountain-alley, Virginia-row. The place was in a filthy state, the walls exceedingly damp, and the effluvia from the back part of the premises was most obnoxious. The first witness called was Charles Chuzc h, of Hepsworth-place, who stated that he was a shoemaker. The deceased was his daughter, and died on Wednesday the 22d inst. He had lost two other children a bout three weeks since from the same complaint, naraely, measles and typhus fever. They had been atten.d ed by Mr. West, the surgeon. A cess pool had been pulled down some months back, when a quantity of wood, saturated with night-soil, had been placed against the back wall of witness's dwelling, which remained during the severe wet weather, when the rain washed the filth. from the wood into the house. A quan tity of soil also oozed through the walls. Mr. West, the surgeon, asked what the obnoxious smell arose from, when witness pointed out the condition of the walls to him, and the state of the yard. A quantity of gravel, which had been dug out of the hole where the wood came from, had 'likewise been scattered about the yard Witness complained of the filthy condition of the yard, and subsequently the wood was taken away. Mr. West, after inspecting the house, directed witness to pull the bedstead from the wall. The houses were the property of Mr. Wilson, of Friar's-mount ; but the rents were collected by a Mr. Busher, who told witness one day, that if any person interfered with the property, Mr. Wilson, his employer, had a hundred pounds or two he could spare to punish them. By the Coroner—Witness had buried two children — one was then lying dead, and a fourth was not expected to live many hours. There was not so much cause for complaint since the wood had been removed. The Com missioners of Sewers last summer laid down an eighteen inch drain, which passed into the main sewer from Fountain-alley. Mr. Geo. West, of No. 5, Northampton-place, Hackney road, surgeon, said he had been attending the deceased, children for typhus fever of a very malignant character, which he was of opinion had been produced by the filthy and obnoxious state of the premises wherein they had resided. Witness examined the place, and found the house and back premises in a wretched state. There was a quantity of wood which had formed a cess pool placed against the back wall. The wood had been many years in the ground, and was saturated with soil, which had been washed by the 'recent heavy rains about the yard and into the premises where the children were lying ill. The walls of the room were completely satu rated at the back part with soil. Witness had no doubt, from the fact of three children dying in that house, and another in the opposite dwelling, that their deaths - were caused by the unhealty and dreadful condition of the back premises, which produced malignant fever and swelling of the glands of the throat. Witness had re ported the condition of the house to Mr. Christie, the relieving officer, in the beginning of December, when he found that two of the children had died. Witness had been reporting to the officers of the parish for a con siderable time the shocking state of the cesspools, which were overflowing with soil, which in some places found its way into the sleeping rooms. The soil in many back yards could occasionally be seen in that district of Bethnal-green three and four inches deep. Mr. Charles Alexander Christie, the relieving officer, was next called, and stated that his attention was directed to the house in question by the last witness. He proceeded to No. 1, Hepsworth-place, and found two children lying ill with fever. He gave the father an order for nutritious food, as the children were in a dan gerous condition. The room, which was on the ground floor was most horribly offensive, and situated several inches below the level of the earth. The walls were very damp, and a mass of filth was then upon them. The foreman of the jury here rose, and said that he was of opinion that the parochial officers ought imme diately to get the poor persons out of such a wretched place, as it might be the means of saving the life of the remaining child, and probably the lives of the mother and father. The father stated that he owed Mr. Wilson 10s. for rent, and that person would not let him go without pay ing the money. Mr. Christie said that he would give an order at once for their removal to the workhouse, if it was necessary, but the father did not wish to go into the workhouse. Mr. Christie then proceeded to the residence of Mr. Wilson, the landlord, and upon his return he informed the coroner and jury that Mr. Wilson had agreed to allow the man to leave the house whenever he pleased. He (Mr. Wilson) had not prevented his going away, but probably the collector of the rents had. The Coroner said there was no doubt that they should immediately quit the house, and also means ought to be adopted for properly cleansing and whitewashing the premises after such a fearful malady. He was very glad that the inquiry had been held, for it would lead to the adoption of means for the protection of the public health. The jury returned a verdict that the deceased died from typhus fever, arising from a nuisance near a dwell ing -house, and the jurors also recommend the removal of the other members of the family to a place free of such danger. MUSIC A STIMULANT TO MENTAL 'EXERTION.—AIfieri often, before he wrote, prepared his mind by listening to music'. " Almost all my tragedies were sketched in my mind, either in the act of hearing music or a few hours after," a circumstance which has been recorded of many others. Lord Bacon had music often played in the room adjoining his study. Milton listened to his organ for solemn inspirations ; and music was even necessary to Warbur ton. The symphonies which awoke in the poet sublime emotions, might have composed the inventive mind of the great critic in the visions of his theoretical mys teries. A celebaated French preacher, Bourdaloue or Massillon, was once found playing on the violin, to screw his mind up to the pitch, preparatory to his ser mon, which, within a short interval, he was to preach before the court. Curran's favourite mode of meditation was with his violin in his hand ; for hours together would he forget himself, running voluntaries over the strings, while his imagination, collecting its tones, was opening all his faculties for the coming emergency at the bar.—D'lsraeli on the Literary Character. RELIGIOUS PERSECUTION.—Cross the Pyrenees, and descend with us into France. See her fair fields soaked with the blood of St. Bartholomew's massacre. See them reeking with the blood of the Jew and of the Huguenot, and of the Catholic as well. See civil war fomented, and that land which was as rich and as produc tive, if not more so, than any other in Europe, instead of being a home of peace to its inhabitants, converted into a huge lazar-house, and all because of differences in reli gion. Traverse Germania's blooming countries, where all should be harmony and 'brotherly love. See the stake erected, the fire lighted, which consumed the mor tal bodies (but not the immortal souls) of John Huss and Jerome of Prague, besides myriads of others. Why were such inhuman scenes enacted ? Because religious bigotry and persecution were abroad. Descend the Alps with us, and enter Italy, the garden of Europe, with her soft blue sky, her golden waters, her smiling groves, and her velvet fields. What has made her the home of the enemy of the human race—her patriots dying on the scaffold, or lingering out a miserable existence in loath some dungeons or in wretched exile, and her people igno rant and beggared ? Again religious persecution has done its handiwork, and turned that which should have been a paradise into a land of desolation, of hatred, and of horror.—Jewialt. Chronicle. TRE ~ :AuN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 31, 1852. ORANGE RIOTINGS IN GREENOCK. We regret to find that a series of systematic assaults, arising out of religious differences, have been again pre vailing on Saturday and Sunday evenings for some weeks back, and with such organisation as, in all cases, to enable the real offenders to escape. We are informed it is now the practice for the young members of the Orange body to assemble at street corners, and when any unfortunate Irishman who does not belong to that politico-religious party passes, he is savagely attacked and maltreated. The plan adopted is to have some boys along with the skirmishers, and whenever the object of their ill-will passes, the boys make a run at him, which as a matter of course at once collects a crowd, and before the victim can get disentangled from the mass, unseen or unknown hands have completed the work—the poor creatures been frequently disfigured very much, as may be conceived , from a specimen of a skull cracker taken from the person of one of them on Sunday night, which was composed of strands of rope plaited and twined round a m w of iron or lead, the opposite end forming a loop for the hand, and the whole constituting a most for midable and murderous weapon. Some. lads accused of being concerned in the assaults were brought up yester day before Bailie Spiers, and on being found guilty, one was sent to gaol for a period of thirty days, and three were fined in twenty shillings each. This may act as a warning to others ; we hope it will ; but if, as we have heard it said, the fines inflicted at the police court are contributed for by the members of the society, and made up in that way, such a punishment, it must be evident, is a mockery of justice. Since the above was in type, we have this further unpleasant and threatening intelligence to record—Last night " St. Patrick's band' held • concert in the Mechanics' Hall, St. Michael street, for the purpose of raising funds to pay their musical instruments. About the hour of meeting an ill assorted group of boys and youths gathered in the neigh bourhood of the hall, for the purpose of annoying parties going to the concert, by hooting and jostling, and cries of "Down with the Pope." At intervals the heavy showers of rain helped to keep the motley band in check ; but about nine o'clock the crowd assembled at the foot of Ann-street, and came along Tobago-street in the direc tion of the hall. The police, a body of whom were sta tioned at the institution, hearing the noise, came down the street, and drove the mob back to the foot of Ann street, and partially dispersed it, but as the officers retired they were assailed with groans and missiles. Captain Mann gathered all the force at hand, and charged the crowd, which was again passing along Tobago-street, and one of the policemen got himself seriously hurt in the face in the melee, being knocked down with a stone. The mob rallied again at the foot of Sir Michael-street, and kept the officers in constant employment for some hours. The shop of Mr. Mays, pawnbroker, was attacked by one of the bands that were scattered up and down, and he, it is said, threatened to use a pistol for his pro tection, which had the result of enraging them still further, and in a few moments his windows were broken in, his shop ransacked, and his goods thrown about and destroyed. In the course of the evening several men got themselves cut and hurt, one having three teeth knocked out by a stone.—Greenock Advertiser. THE WEATHER IN SCOTLAND. The weather still continues very changeable, wet and stormy. High and boisterous winds, often suddenly rising towards evening, blowing with great violence dur ing the night, and moderating towards morning, have been of frequent occurrence during the last ten days. On Friday night a heavy gale set in from the south-west, and continued without intermission till daylight. On Saturday morning, about four o'clock, a thunder-storm passed over the city. The flashes of lightning were very vivid, and reports of the thunder so loud as to rousefrom sleep many of the inhabitants. During Saturday, seve ral heavy thunder plumps fell, and by Sunday morning the Pentland hills were covered with snow. During the early part of Sunday the weather was fair though cold, but by mid-day it again rained heavily, and during the night another gale from the same direction as that of Friday night set in with still greater violence. Though somewhat•lulled by morning it still continued to blow so hard as seriously to inconvenience those who ventured out, and especially in passing along the bridges and Mound. Monday forenoon was fair, with bright sunshine and a brazing breeze from the south-west. The afternoon was, however, showery. The barometer has been disturbed in a remarkable manner by the weather of the last ten days. On Monday at 9 a.m., at about 120 feet above the level of the sea, it marked 27.806, and by three o'clock suddenly rose to 28.278. The barometer has not been at such a low point since 1838, on the 29th November of which year it stood, at 12 at noon, at 27.85. In December of the same year it was even rather lower. The thermometer has also shown sudden variations, ranging from the freezing point up to 53 degrees ; but the average temperature of the month has been several degrees above that of recent seasons. The quantity of rain which has fallen during the last twenty days is 5.16 inches ; a quantity, however, considerably below that of any other district from which we have received accounts. In Westmoreland, the fall of rain during one week of December was above eight inches. In the counties of Roxburgh, Berwick, Perth, Forfar, and Ross, large quantities of rain have also fallen, and in some districts considerable damage has been done by the floods. Be sides retarding field labour, they have also injured the wheat crop, which in all parts of the country is repre sented as covering an unusually small breadth. Upon some farms which are thoroughly drained, the usual breadth has been sown, but such cases are extremely . limited. Anxiety is also now felt concerning the inju rious effects which these heavy rains must have on the general fertility of the soil, especially where drainage is defective.— Scotsman. THE LODGINGS OF THE POOR IN PARIS.—The commis sion appointed to examine into the state of the lodgings occupied by the poorer classes in Paris, has just pub lished a report of its proceedings in 1851. The investi gations of the commission have embraced three categories of habitations ; the lodges of porters, private houses, and lodgings and furnished lodgings. Among the first cate gory there are many which are really uninhabitable infec tious holes. Their insalubrity arises from various causes, from the dampness of the walls, and from the want of space, air, and light. Tie commission has been able to remedy many of them by enlarging the lodge and opening the windows, but in many cases all improvement has been found impossible, and the commission has required from the owners that no one should be allowed to sleep in them. In the second category (private houses and lodgings) the commission has found the same causes of insalu brity, and similar measures for rendering them more healthy. As to the external causes which still more increased the insalubrity of different houses, such as piles of rubbish, stagnation of water in courts and alleys, want of proper drainage, exhalations from cesspools and water-closets, bad state of the staircases and pas sages, the commission has found no difficulty in removing them as an application to the owners has been almost always promptly attended to. It is only in very rare cases that it has been found necessary to have re course to the intervention of the prefect of police to enforce the execution of the regulations. The furnished lodging houses have excited the particular attention of the com mission. The circumstance which most struck it was the crowded state of those places, where nothing but air of the most corrupt kind could be breathed. It appeared to be impossible to think of improving them in a completely satisfactory manner, and it therefore caused the most ur gent measures to be adopted, such as ordering the number of beds in each room to be diminished, and prescribing the observance of more cleanliness. The number of private or furnished houses visited by the commission amounted to 100, of which 42 have been pronounced to be in a healthy state, and 58 have had improvements made to render them so. Eight houses or lodges have required the application of coercive measures against the owners for the execution of the necessary works. Although the commission has directed its examination in every quarter, it has directed its particular attention to thole districts which are inhabited by the working classes, par ticularly of the 12th arrondissement. The Quar tiers St. Jacques, Jardin des Plantes, and St. Marcel, contain many narrow streets, into which the rays of the sun never ester, and which being built on a steep receive the infiltration from the ground above them. These quarters remain just as they were in the middle ages, and their unfavourable situation„which is rendered more unhealthy by the careless habits of the inhabitants, is such that only the most general measures can be adopted. It is to remedy this state of things that the city has dedided on opening the new street called the Rue des Ecoles, which will tend to admit more air into this part. The commission concludes its report by stating that with but very few exceptions, the landlords of the houses have shown the most praiseworthy eagernesss to satisfy the demands of the commission. ALEXANDER HIIMBOLDT.—HumboIdt now (1850) lives wherever his royal friend (the present King of Prussia) lives. There are apartments for him in Berlin, Pots dam, in all the royal palaces, and not a day passes that he does not see the king. In spite of his 81 years, he works unweariedly in those hours not occupied by the court ; he is active and punctual in his immense corres pondence, and answers every letter of the humblest scholar with the most amiable affability. The inhabi tants of Berlin and Potsdam know him personally, and show him as much honour as they show the king. With a slow but firm step, a thoughtful head rather bent for ward, whose features are benevolent with a dignified expression of calmness, either looking down or politely responding to the greeting of the passers by, with kind ness and without pride ; in a simple dress, frequently hold ing a pamphlet in his hand, resting on his back—so he wanders through the streets of Berlin and Potsdam, alone and unostentatiously ; a noble picture of a blade of wheat bending beneath the weight of its numerous rich golden ears. Wherever he appears he is received, by tokens of universal esteem, the passers by timidly step aside for fear of disturbing him in his thoughts ; even the working ran looks respectfully after him, and says to his neighbour, "There goes Humboldt !" and whoso ever has had the happiness of conversing with him never forgets the force of his lucid, simple, natural, and unaf fected conversation ; for in everything he says depth and learning, clearness and unbounded knowledge are revealed, without any of the pride of learning, the stiff pedantry and preciseness of many German men of science. Humboldt has evidently been educated in the highest society ; his manner is dignified, open, unaffected, and frank ' • he has lived with all nations, and adopted and united in himself the advantages of all.—Lives of the Brothers Humboldt. THREATENED COLD.—" Notwithstanding the mildness of the season," says a letter from Valenciennes, " er mines have been seen in the neighbourhood of this place. Recently Count de Fourmestraulx killed one on his property of Gussignies. The fur was just as white as that of the same kind of animals in Norway and Russia." .. >_ BANK RETURNS. (Fewn the London Gazette of Tuesday.) Account, pursuant to the Act seventh and eighth Victoria, cap. 32, of the Average Amount of Bank Notes of the several Banks of Issue in England and Wales, in Circulation during the Week ending Sat-r -day- the 18th day of December 1852 : Avc::age PRIVATE BANKS, Amount. Andover Bank, Andover—Heath and Co. 11,641 Ashford Bank, Ashford—Jemmitt and Pomfret 10,886 Aylsham 'Bank, Aylsham—G. and T. Copeman 4,179 Aylesbury Old Bank, Aylesbury—Z. D. Hunt 24,593 Baldock Bank and Baldock and Biggleswade Bank, Baldock—Wells, Rogge, and Co Barnstaple Bank, Barnstaple—Marshall and Co , Basingstoke and Odiham Bank, Basingstoke— Seymour, Lamb, and Co. Bedford Bank, Bedford—T. Barnard and Sons 34,879 Bewdley Bank, Bewdley Nichols, Baker, and Co Bicester and Oxfordshire Bank and Oxford Bank, Bicester—H. M. and G. Tubb 14,051 Birmingham Bank, Birmingham —Attwoods, Spooner, and Co Birmingham and Warwickshire Bank, Bir mingham—J. L., Moilliet and Sons Blandford Bank, Blandford—Oak and Co Boston Bank, Boston—Garfit and Co Boston Bank, Boston—H. and T. Gee and Co Bridgwater Bank, Bridgwater—J. and J. L Sealey Bristol Bank, Bristol—Miles, Miles, and Co Broseley and Bridgnorth and Bridgnorth and Broseley Bank, Broseley—Pritchards, Boy cott, and Co. Buckingham Bank, Buckingham—Bartlett, Par rott, and Co. Bury and Suffolk Bank, Sudbury Bank, and Stowmarket Bank, Bury St. Edmunds-- Oakes, Bevan, and Co. Banbury Bank, Banbury Gillet, Tawney, • and Co. Banbury Old Bank, Banbury—Cobb and Son Bath City Bank, Bath— G. Moger and Son Bedfordshire Leighton Buzzard Bank, Leighton Buzzard—Bassett, Grant, and Co Birmingham Bank, Birmingham —Taylor and Lloyds Bradford Old Bank, Bradford, Yorkshire—H A. and W. M. Harris and Co. Brecon Old Bank, Brecon—Wilkins and Co 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 Cambridge Bank, Cambridge—Mortlock & Co Cambridge and Cambridgeshire Bank, Cam bridge—Messrs. Fosters Canterbury Bank, Canterbury—Hammond and Co Carmarthen Bank, Carmarthen—David Morris and Sons Chertsey Bank, Chertsey—La Coste and Son Colchester Bank, Colchester—Round & Green Colchester and Essex Bank, and Witham and Essex Bank, and Hadleigh, Suffolk, Bank, Colchester—Mills, Bawtree, and Co Cornish Bank, Truro—Tweedy and Co Coventry Bank, Coventry—Little & Woodcock City Bank, Exeter—Milford and Co Craven Bank, Settle—Alcocks, Birkbecks, and Co Cardiff Bank, Cardiff—Towgood and Co Chepstow Old Bank, Chepstow Bank, Mon mouth Old Bank, Monmouth Bank, Brecon Bank, and Ross and Herefordshire Bank, Chepstow—Bromage, Snead, and Co Derby Bank, Derby—W. and S. Evans & Co Derby Bank, Derby—Samuel Smith and Co Derby Old Bank and Scarsdale and High Peak Bank, Derby—Crompton, Newton, and Co Devizes and Wiltshire Bank, Devizes—Locke and Co Diss Bank, Diss—Oakes, Fincham, and Co Doncaster Bank and Retford Bank, Doncaster —Cooke and Co Darlington Bank, Durham Bank, and Stockton on-Tees Bank, Darlington—Backhouse & Co Devonport Bank, Devonport—Hodge and Co Dorchester Old Bank and Dorsetshire Bank, Dorchester—R. and H. Williams East Cornwall Bank, Liskeard—Robins, Fos ter, and Co East Riding Bank, Beverley—Bower and Co Essex Bank and Bishop's Stortford Bank, Chelmsford—Sparrow, Round, and Co Exeter Bank, Exeter—Sanders and Co Fakenham Bank, Fakenham—Gurneys, Birk beck, and Co Farringdon Bank and Bank of Wantage, Far ringdon—Barnes, Medley, and Co Farnham Bank, Farnham—Messrs Knight Faversham Bank, Faversham—Hilton and Co Godalming Bank, Godalming—Mellersh and Keen Guildford Bank, Guildford—Messrs. Haydon Grantham Bank, Grantham—Hardy and Co Hastings Old Bank, Hastings—Smith, Balder, and Co. Hereford City and County Bank, Hereford— Matthews and Co. Hertford and Ware Bank, Hertford —S. Adams and Co. Hull Bank and Kingston -upon-Hull Bank, Hull, Smith, Brothers, and Co. Huntingdon Town and County Bank, Hunting don—Rust and Veaseys Harwich Bank, Harwich—Cox, Cobbold, and Co. Hemel Hempstead Bank, Hemel Hempstead —Smith and Whittingstall Hertfordshire, Hitchin Bank, Hitchin Sharpies, and Co. Hereford, Ross and Archenfield Bank, and Ross and Archenfield Bank, Hereford— Morgan and Co Ipswich Bank, Ipswich—Bacon and Co. Ipswich and Needham Market Bank, Suffolk, Hadleigh Bank, Manningtree and Mistley Bank, and Woodbridge Bank, Ipswich— Alexanders and Co. Kentish Bank, Maidstone—Mercer, Randall, and Co. Lington and Radnorshire Bank, Kington— Davies and Co. Knighton Bank, Knighton—Davies and Co Knaresborough Old Bank and Ripon Old Bank, Knaresborough—Terry and Co. Kendal Bank, Kendal—Wakefield, Crewdson, and Co. Kettering Bank, Kettering—J. C. Gotch and Sons Lane End Staffordshire Bank, Lane End—C Harvey and Son Leeds Bank, Leeds--Beckett and Co. Leeds Union Bank, Leeds—W. Williams, Brown and Co. Leicester Bank, Leicester—Pagets and Kirby, Lewes Old Bank, Lewes—Molineux and Co Lichfield Bank, Lichfield—Palmer and Greene Lincoln Bank, Lincoln—Smith, Ellison, and Co. Llandovery Bank, Lampeter Bank, and Llan dilo Bank, Llandovery—D. Jones and Co Loughborough Bank, Loughborough—Middle ton and Cradock Lymington Bank, Lymington—St. Barbe and Co. Lynn Regis and Lincolnshire Bank, Lynn Regis—Gurneys and Co. Lynn Regis and Norfolk Bank, Lynn Regis— Jarvis and Co - Macclesfield Bank, Macclesfield—Brocklehurst and Co. Manningtree Bank, Manningtree—Nunn and Co. Marlborough Bank, Marlborough and Wilts Old Bank, Marlborough Old Bank, Marl borough Old Bank and Hungerford Bank, and Hungerford Bank, Marlborough —Tan ner and Co Merionethshire Bank; Dolgelly—Williams and Son Miners' Bank, Truro—Willyams and Co Monmouthshire Agricultural and Commercial Bank, Abergavenny—Bailey and Co Monmouth Cld Bank, Monmouth Bank, Bre con Bank, Chepstow Bank, Chepstow Old Bank, and Ross and Herefordshire Bank, Monmouth—Bromage, Snead, and Co Newark Bank, Newark—Godfrey and Riddell Newark and Sleaford Bank, and Sleaford and Newark Bank, Sleaford—Handley, Peacock, and Co Newbury Bank, Newbury—Bunny & Slocock Newmarket Bank, Newmarket--Eaton, Ham mond, and Co Norwich Crown Bank and Norfolk and Suffolk Bank, Norwich—Harveys and Hudsons Norwich and Norfolk Bank, Norwich—Gur neys and Birkbeck Nottingham and Nottinghamshire Bank, Not tingham, Hart, Fellows, and Co Nuneaton Bank, Nuneaton—Craddock and Co Naval Bank, Plymouth, Plymouth—Harris and Co. New Sarum Bank, Sarum—Everett and Co Nottingham Bank, Nottingham—Samuel Smith and Co. Oswestry Bank and Oswestry Old Bank, Os westry—Croxon and Co. Oxford Old Bank, Oxford—Robinson, Parsons, and Co. Old Bank, Tonbridge, Tonbridge and Ton bridge Wells Old Bank, Tonbridge and Ton bridge Wells and Sevenoaks Bank, Ton bridge—T. H. and S. Beaching Oxfordshire Witney Bank, Witney—J. Clinch and Co. Pease's Old Bank, Hull, the Hull Old Bank and Beverley Bank, Hull—Pease and Co Penzance Bank, Penzance—Batten and Co Peterborough Bank and Oundle Bank, Peter borough—D. Yorke and Co. Pembrokeshire Bank, Haverfordwest—J. and W. Walters Reading Bank, Reading—Simonds and Co Reading Bank, Reading —Stephens, Blandy, and Co. Richmond Bank, Richmond—Roper and Co. Rochdale Bank, Rochdale--Clement, Royds, and Co. Rochester, Chatham, and Strood Bank, Roches ter—Day and Nicholson Royston Bank, Royston—Fordham and Sons Rugby Bank, Rugby—A. Butlin and 80n... 24,258 8,394 21,781 10,185 6,862 63,217 14,414 4,428 33,039 18, 459 21,522 65;576 33,328 27,481 3,822 34,136 29,8 12,532 68,1& 22,874 10,75: 2,318 16,920 40,561 31,719 21,744 2,596 16,560 27,575 43,568 7,021 19,157 69,134 6,382 8,089 10,147 39,410 24,993 9,026 10,651 64,164 78,196 9,416 41,103 101,253 47,337 39,995 27,180 20,012 6,697 12,073 5,161 4,202 5,910 27,944 31,343 16,966 20,202 17,556 41,631 5,515 20,880 33,911 17,970 20,73 Q 57,862 17,366 26,723 19,809 43,025 7,869 5,337 51,579 36,620 27,941 31,651 12,649 87,597 21,110 6,530 3,299 31,955 12,416 14,197 1,850 1,936 8,938 13,516 27,444 13,844 27,074 48,787 21,174 17,715 45,568 58,500 9,878 3,058 22,514 10,599 25,103 11,295 8,929 9;260 39,028 10,580 7,674 12,240 27,413 28,668 5,767 4,396 6,751 9,908 9,266 Rye Bank, Rye—R. C. Pomfret and Co. Ross Old Bank, Herefordshire, Ross—Prich ards,and Allaway Saffron Walde-.1 and North Essex Bank, Saffron Walden—Gibsons and Co. Salop Bank, Sh rews b ury —B urton, Lloyd, and C Scarborough Old Bank, Scarborough —Woodall and Co Shrewsbury Old Bank and Shrewsbury and Ludlow Bank, Shrewsbury—Rocke, Eytons, and Co. Sittingbourne and Milton Bank, Sittingbourne —Valiance and Co. Southampton Town and County Bank, South ampton—,Maddison and Pearce Southwell "lank, Southwell—Wylde and Co Southampton and Hampshire Bank, Southamp ton—Atherley, Fell, and Co. Stone Bank, Stone—W. Moore Stafford Old Bank, Stafford—Stevenson and Co Stamford and Rutland Bank, Stamford—Eaton, Cayley and Co. Shrewsbury and Welshpool Bank, Shrewsbury —Beck, Downward, and Co. Taunton Bank, Taunton —H. and R. Badcock Tavistock Bank, Tavistock—Gill and Rundle Thornbury Bank, Thornbury—Rolph and Co. Tiverton and Devonshire Bank, Tiverton— Dunsford and Co. Thrapston and Kettering Bank, Northampton shire—Thrapston, Yorke and Elan4 Tring Bank and Chesham Bank, Ding—But cher and Son Towcester Old Bank, Towcester—Percival and Co Town and County of Poole Bank and Ring wood and Poole Bank, Poole---G. W. Led gard and Sons Union Bank, Cornwall, Helston—Vivian and Co Uxbridge Old Bank, Uxbridge—Hull, Smith, and Co Wallingford Bank, Wallingford—Hedges, Wells, and Co, Warwick, and Warwickshire Bank, Warwick— K. Greenway and Co. Wellington Somerset Bank, Wellington—Fox, Brothers, and Co West Riding Bank, Wakefield, and Pontefract Bank, Wakefield— Leatham, Tew, and Co Whitby Old Bank, Whitby—Simpson, Chap man, and Co Winchester, Alresford, and Alton Bank, Win chester—Bulpett and Co Winchester and Hampshire Bank, Winchester —Wickham and Co Weymouth Old Bank and Dorchester Bank, Weymouth—Eliott and Pearce Wirksworth and Ashbourne Derbyshire Bank, Wirksworth—Arkwright and Co" Wisbech and Lincolnshire Bank, Wisbech— Gurneys and Co Wiveliscombe Bank, Wiveliscombe—P. and W. Hancock Wolverhampton Bank, Wolverhampton —Good • ricke and Holyoake Worcester Bank, Worcester --Farley, Laven der, and Co Worcester Old Bank and 'Tewkesbury Old Bank, Worcester—Berwielt, Lechmere, and Co Worcestershire Bank, Kidderminster=-Farley, Turner, and Co Walsall Old Bank, Walsall —Charles Forster and Sons Wolverhampton Bank, Wolverhampton —R and W. F. Fryer Yarmouth and Suffolk Bank, and Halesworth and Suffolk Bank, Yarmouth—Gurneys, Birbeek, and Co Yarmouth, Norfolk, and Suffolk Bank, Great Yarmouth—Sir E. H. K. Lacon, Bart, and Co York Bank, York—Swann, Clough, and Co 11,795 39,485 12,770 43,423 JOINT-STOCK BANKS. Bank dof Westmorland, Kendal. Barnsley Banking Company, Barnsley Bradford Banking Company,. Bradford Bilston District Banking Company, Wolver hampton Bank of Whitehaven, Whitehaven Bradford Commercial Banking Company, Bradford Burton, Uttoxeter, and. Staffordshire Union Banking Company, Burton-upon -Trent Chesterfield and North Derbyshire Banking Company, Chesterfield Cumberland Union Banking Company, Work - ington Cheltenham and Gl ouces t ers hi re Banking Com pony, - Cheltenh am ,. Coventry and Warwickshire Banking Company, Coventry , • MON. •• • Coventry Union Banking Company, Coventry County of Gloucester Banking Company, Chel tenham 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 Darlington District Joint Stock Banking Com pany, Darlington' 18,929 East of England Bank, Norwich • 25,480 Gloucestershire Banking Company, Gloucester 145,109 Halifax Joint Stock Bank, Halifax... Huddersfield Banking Company, Huddersfield. 31,705 Hull Banking Company, Hull Halifax Commercial Banking Comp . any, Halifax 12,75' Halifax and Huddersfield Union TJanking Com pany, Halifax Helston Banking Company, He'iston Herefordshire Banking Company, Hereford Knareiborough and Claro Ban.king Company, Knaresborough Kingsbridge Joint-Stock Bank, Kingsbridge... Lancaster Banking Company, Lancaster Leeds Banking Company, Leeds Leicestershire Banking Company, Leicester Lincoln and Lindsey Banking Company Leamington Priors and Warwickshire Banking Company, Leamington Priors Ludlow and Tenbury Bank, Ludlow Moore and Robinson's Nottinghamshire Bank ing Company, Nottingham Nottingham and Nottinghamshire Banking Company, Nottingham....:..... 26,060 Newcastle, Shields, and Sunderland Union Joint-Stock Banking Company, .Newcastle upon-Tyne National Provincial Bank of England, Birming ham, Head-office, 112, WiShopsgate-street, London North Wilts Banking Company, Melksham Northamptonshire Union Bank, Northampton Northaraptonshire Banking Company, North ampton North and South Wales Bank, Liverpool Pares's Leicestershire Banking Company, Leicester. Saddleworth Banking Company, Saddleworth Sheffield Banking Company, Sheffield • _ Stamford, Spalding, and Boston Banking Com pany, Stamford Stuckey's Banking Company, Bristol Somerset shire Bank, and Somersetshire Bank, Lang. port Shropshire Banking Company, Shiffnall Stourbridge and Kidderminster Banking Com pany, Stourbridge Sheffield and Hallamshire Basking Company, Sheffield Sheffield and Rotherham Joint Stock Banking Company, Sheffi e ld 51,676 Swaledile and Wensleydale Banking Company, Richmond Storey and Thomas' Banking Company, :Shaftes bury Wolverhampton and Staffordshire Banking Company, Wolverhampton Wakefield and Barnsley Union Ba n k, W a k e- , field Whitehaven Joint-Stock Banking Company, Whitehaven Warwick and Leamington Banking Company, Warwick West of England and South Wales District Bank, Bristol • 73,750 Wilts and Dorset Banking Company, Salisbury 68,756 West Riding Union Banking Company, Hud dersfield Whitchurch and Ellesmere Banking Company, Whitchurch Worcester City and County Banking Com pany, Worcester 4,937 York Union Banking Company, York 67,575 York City a n d C ounty Banking Company, 92,364 Yorkshire Banking Company, Leeds 120,070 P. DEANS, Registrar of Bank Returns. Inland Revenue, Somerset House, December 24, 1852. 9,170 9,319 48,436 9,145 31, 300 19,632 53,16. 31,494 25,289 11,661 96,556 23,668 17,829 36,23: 19,892 43,317 1,466 16,345 27,957 3,787 53,070 22,051 68,461 50,851 9,006 9,795 30,709 1,230 379,692 45,928 63,337 20,842 33,746 46,260 1,850 32,030'. 53,132 .. 336,345 .. 46,277 56,92 23,719 49,834 9,142 30,637 2,374 SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TA TTERSALT , 'S—THIIRSDAY. METROPOLITAN HANDICAP. 25 to 1 agst Contentment (taken) 25 to 1 Richmond (taken) 25 to 1 Galvanism (taken) 40 to 1 Finn-Ma-Cdul 40 to 1 Lampedo 40 to 1 Defiance 40 to 1 Snowdon Dunhill 40 to 1 Peggy 40 to 1 Ireland's Eya Only the first three in any force. CHESTER Cr/P. 1,000 to 15 agst Cardinal Wiseman 1,000 to 10 Tickton. [ADVERTISEMENT.]—" Bell.'s Life in London," of Sun day next, January 2, 1853, will contain—Letters " On the breeding, rearing, and training of greyhounds," by Stonehenge—" On hunting, sporting, notes from the provinces, kennels of the country," &c., by Scrutator— " On the artificial breeding of salmon," by Ephemera. Gallant fight between Ned Donnelly and Mike Madden, for 501. a• side ; and all the usual accurate sporting anal other information, including the turf, the chase, the field, chess, angling, aquatics, cricket, pedestrianism, the ring, &c. Office, 170, Strand. COUNTRY MARKETS. BOSTONLDec. 29. At this day's market the supply of wheat wl than of late, and many of the samples were s( damp that great difficulty prevailed in effect such qualities ; but good dry parcels full: previous rates. Barley, a slow sale, at a decli , is per qr. Oats in fair request, and 6d t( Beans and peas steady, with a limited deman red, 36s to 475, white, 47s to 495, extra 51s ; to 30s ; oats, 14s to 21s ; beans; 33s to 40s ; 34s per qr. NEWARK-DEC. 29. At our Corn-exchange to-day we had a very.: ante, and a fair supply of grain of all descripl best wheats obtained previous prices, inferior 1 of sale. Good barley passed off at is dearer white,. 50s to 565, red 44s to 50s ; barley, grin' 275, malting 30s to 33s ; oat s , 24 s t 24 s to 265, 22s ; beans 38s to 42s ; peas 32s to 34s ; per quarter. DERBY SMITHFIELD—DEc. 2t There were but few fat beasts offered for sale high prices were asked for them. The numbe) was again small, and an advance wias easily obf pigs about an average. Fat calves were moi --Beef, 5d to 50 ; mutton, sd. to' 7d ; veal, 5d lb. ; pigs, to 7s 6d 8s Od per score ; rough fal 14 lbs. ; hides, 2d to 20 per lb. ; calf-skim per lb. DENBIGH—DECD 29. There was but a small attendance at this da, and consequently the business done was , veJ Wheat, 18s to 18s Gd ; barley, lOs to lOs lld ; 6s Oct per hobbet ; tub butter,' Bid to B t id ; fres' is per lb. EDINBURGH GRAIN—DEC. 29. od Top of Wheat 63i lb 5 55 od Barley Oats ' 4silb 23 5 od Beans 6641b 375 Total Supply and Sales 717 ors 1,229 qrs 1,632 qrs , 126 qrs. Wheat Barley Oats .., Beans. soldso d 605 4 137 4 .sold 1,29 5 1 . 5 sold 99 ci AVERAGES PER IMPERIAL QUARTER. Average of wheat £2 7 0 Ditto of Du.ley D , :to of Oats 1 0 4 . Ditto of Beans .. ths 7- 1 ' 1-1; ?t" 1- I t ti° 3-1`211'5 . 28. ° Our Corn-exchange D to-day was very thinly atte 1)( and the business done was trifling. We repeat the 4 tions of Friday last for every article. 05; ` et i White wheat, 26s Od to 31s Od ; red ditto, 25s Od to e SC barley, 12s 6d t o 15 s 9d ; oa t s, lO s Od to 11s 9d ; 21s Od to 23s per brl ; oatmeal, lls Od to 12s 6d ; '540 1 flour, 14s 6d to 18s Od per cwt ; Indian corn, 31s 6d t ° per 480 lbs. Brls. 10 White wheat, 48 Redwheat - Ditto Ditto 82 Barley - - Ditto Ditto 3 Bere 265 .Oats • 159 Ditto Ditto 90 Pigs Currencl Ao Hle 3d Os Od-0' :GNOMIC 6, NEN' Erapowere ' l AN—Right I] Cu/murex lsford Barbel , • Lett Barclay , 15 ,trriett, Esq , Cddulph, Es 18 Edgar, Esq • ,leharringtor 4 pumergue, kix—John A 27, Dove] is). 'X—Benjamil 'L ICITOR—Hem ACTUAILY h *M,:rantages o , OMY comb `. t hose of any at Vrefits, and cc 41 : 4 ,....ce Society. 'mated, of t 'milted, and a i, 4 „ Premium ti ' 4l n„ accrue th BONUS dee] ' Don the Mu r .,ilits receired i°XS granted , Mbar of Polic Assurance 1 °lice in the M. ' litibjoißed Ts from low the Assure A - g •44,;. -. 4523 4Z" 9 1. 13- 6 .1 1.70 0 .4 iO4 t• a. d. 2 1 15 10 2 6 13 5 . 1 19 6 15 6 0 next Divisi I Dectuses an NEW il it DI Bai ,noel Clarke, Coode, Et yE D i s 'er , 8, Jerse: i 4 :0 ,, guar% I.`!:e Knox, c ge, Staftort Pt,ancler Mad( 111 1 , 4 C. Poole , - Trtto Prinsel t r , 4 ce West. pert Andrew ..Reanlan, 21, Or Sperling, E sq '' al gal,and Ge " 4 .arn Jones, Charles Pee k i 2vris, Fins ;T. Chapman ' t hael Teevar William We t4: ll n Public is 4Posit Systeu a nd Is undo 4 c l , F.L S., t tq t ai nParativ4 ot k l :tY neat hi krances. 4 ~ „Allnual ~Prerniuml t to assure 500/.* 'OP g • S• 3d. 1 ,11. los cd .i;v7toyaiiisecnitioarsvrpoc:icesbort;ezzleiLilyN:r/sX.:ll.,T:rxell:E)anntr-Nea.AipTarlcye, 30 A A. Ar. '' is cielirel ttielm,;s: P lyde ß : l fo : kit. —la .E.mpre )1::. peas , rat g ibtreat b t oie.sin 0 i 5 ,3 aplin(grilicllse:,si limit' .; 1 , . 2 2" , h ' d i So sett M iiieti ss, tet. .5 21 1 , i , i Li , fa t 4 t atti + D il ia.(4W4la)del Palli, 1 : x l O rdi eP g# ne x : l e r il,, u l r re7iresi,tv.!e. Storekeeper' in the Christ and i si . 1 4 ti t h e t ipch o t hi i h r,be t al e w o sr E la i ht iii, I nd. IVhest at [ . , ,:8 2 . t 258 0 6 :::::: 7; t, () ; Ris u Tli o c 3G i n t. tl ii t r ar h i G e n e it t i °f.'ll e''s:it E gSo n f'r t .o a ni il Entailed Est ber It, 4s .6 t l e' 'Applications ts, 2d to 'PPlicatiom R. ALB ke ay's war. g the er y it ment ever at , 7 from Ele 15,778 4,14 27,881 14,130 23,340 37,845 3,078 11,398 13,836 3,427 405 11,000 30,218 22,060 23,467 10,040 6,244 9,264 11,393 13,010 8,744 9,624 9,428 13,669 7,310 22,644 5,115 45,216 13,826 18,180 5,842 15,215 35,35 42,39 6,070 11,293 7,16 66,09: 8,705 CORK-DEC. 29. 25s 6d to 26s .24s Od to 25s 91 „ n OOs Oct to OOs Oct 0 00 s Od--- ,, '" 00s Oct to OOs Od ) .14s Od to 14s 6d , g 40. .00s Oct to OOs Od} 00s Od-1 6 .00s .Od to OOs Od))) ,128 Od to 12s 8d Os o€l. .10s 4d to lOs 9d .10s 9d to lls Oct 108 9d do ' .00s 00d to 00s Od eitt' .34s Od to 378 6d 35s 6d per - Quantity s9ld.'at the highest prices : . 1 1/ 9. barrels white wheat ; 6 red ; 42 barley; 1 bore' oats ; 52 pigs. , v .", Quantity of grain and num b er o f p i gs so ld last wee/ . il' Wheat, 1,357. Barl e y, 1,865. B ere, 0. Oa ts, " Pigs, 955. PRICES. OF BUTTER. CANT. CURRENCY. First quality Second quality Third quality Bos Third quality Fourth quality Fifth quality 6ss Fifth quality Sixth quality s4s Sixth quality Return of cattle sold for week ending Dec. 24 : Pigs, 341. Sheep, 211. Cows, 124. 0; CORN. Flour—First, 16s Od to 17s Od ; extra, 18 :0 5 ' seconds, 14s Od to 15s 6d ; h ouse h o ld s, ll s t o 13 s 64 8s Od to lls per cwt. Meal—lndian meal, e s 3d to 1'',0 4 ; oatmeal, lOs 6d to lls; wheat meal, lls to 12s Od per t , 5' Indian corn, 81 2 s 6d t o 8/ 12 s 6d per ton. Bran, 5100 2s 6d per ton. H ay —F armers, 31 s Od to 34s Od ;0, 1„, OQs ; dealers, 34s Od t o 40 s Od ; average, O s per ton. Sl3-ocit° Farmers, OOs Od to OOs Od; average , 00 5 • d ea l ers, OOs la tD OOs Od ; avera ge , O s . per t on. B rea d—W heaten loaf, I'oo Od. ; household ditto, 6,A,d to Od per 41b,—Fresh butter, b ee f, 124 per lb. Eggs, 6s 8d to 6s 10d per hundred. Meat- -- 4 30 4. 2 1 d to 7d ; mutto n , 5d t o bad ; veal,' 4d to 6d ; pork', il d' Od; bacon, 6d to 7d ; sausag e s, 5d p er lb.—Fi s h, New °- 0; land, 91. lOs to 101 Os per ton ; Scotch herrings, 26s to .11 0, Red, do., 30s p er b r l.—P o t a t oes, w hit e, 8 d to 9d; PI 04 lid to 12d.—Coals, Newport, 215; Lydney, 21s ; o o if Od per ton.—Whisk e y, 25 0.p., 6 s Od per i mper i a l g ailo Hides, market, 22s to 28s ; Salted, 24s to 30s per cwt* o ,i skins, 34d per lb.—Bang or s l a t es 21. 17 s. 6d t o 31. per pet Fleece wool, 15s to 16 s p er s t one . —H emp, 37 1. to 401. ton—Timber, Memel, 3/. lOs ; red pine, 31. 10s; yell°,, W re d, 3/. Os. per to n ; d ea l s , 161. t o 181 . per h undred .— B a rk, 71. to 8/. 10s. per ton.—Tallow, 48s to 005 per cwt.- - 00 ,1 71. lOs to OZ. per cwt.—Tar, Archangel, 19s. per brl.—" Peruvian, 10/. 10s to 111. per ton. . 5 1. r 99 • • fls RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS. LIVERPOOL, DEC. 30 SEABORNE MAILS. (N signifies that the mails are sent from the General post by the night—and M by the mot/ling—dispatch.] ~dia (via Marseilles) N India (via Cage of Goodl .. Mauritius ..........N Mediterranean (via 24,471 . Soutltainnton .N 1 12,025 30,375 on the 2d of every alternate flu DIED. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The market to-day has uoe- be r without any improvement, and closes as follows : - T t cleen, 12/ ; Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire, k an oe Chester and Holyhead, 23'1; Eastern Counties PrefePi)(l 6 per Cent., 15 ; East Lancashir e , 19A, ; Lancashir e do n Yorkshire, 85 ; ditto, Fifth shares, 35-16 dis. ; 14° , 13 E01 1 and North Western, 1261 ; Midl an d , 808 ; South Et"- and Dover, 251. MANCHESTER, DEC. 3 0. b IC STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales to-day were reniur„r,i. few, .. 1 while prices had a d o w n w ar d tendency. Thetba list declares the following to be the closing sales fo r lo ot day :—Birkenh ea d, L ancas hi re, an d Ch es hi re Junction dis. ; ditto, 201 s h ares , 2-3 dis. ; Eastern Coen t r ef 13 7-16 ; East Lancashire, Prof. Quarters, min. () D .; cent., 9i ;cLondon and North Western, Fifth s , 4j P l i c o bil London and S ou th W es t ern , 92 ; Manchester, 6_,11e11301 , and Lincoln, 41; ditto, n ew 61 Pref., prem ; AP' Railway Consols, 80A ; South Eastern, 25k. BRISTOL, DEC. 30. STOCK EXCHANGE.—TheKe was an active business (I° l to-day, with prices without alteration. Bristol Lk Exeters were done at 107 ; Great Westerns, 941 ; lands, 794 ; Vale of Neath, 138. oy the ingnt—ana M by the morning —dispatch.] • Day when made up From what IVO COUNTRIES. in General Post- Port jilt Office, London. Dispatched. America (byßrit.pack.N Dec. 31.... .... .. Liverpool Jan• 4 America (by United Sts. packet) .... N Tan. 11 ...... .... Liverpool .0. Ja r ' America (by U State. packet) ..........N Jan 5 .. ...... Southampton Australia (via South ampton) 2.oth of each month Southampton Jan' 24 Ditto (via ilarseilles N 24th of the month Dover ~ Jan- ' *Ditto (via Cape of ,;ood 3 0 Hope) . ..N 2d of February.. .. Plymouth NO. Africa Coast) ..N 23rd of the month. Plymouth .. 1 0 Alexandria* N 19th&30th of mon. Dover Rel , tium ..N 'ta11y............ Dover ...... Brazil ........ M 9th of the month.. Southampton jan• 1 6 Buenos Ayres .... M 9th of the month.. southampton Jan• California .. - .... d & 17th of month Southampton Jail' 26 Cape of Good Hope ..N 14thof the month.. Southampton JaiL Cape de Perils :4thof the month.. Southampton Jan , 3 0 Constantinople*...:..` . 7 thl7th27thof mo.. Dover De e "' Central America .. %rid & 17th of mon. Southampton Jan•„ ti ,t^P Channel Isles ........N Southampton fit Chili. ........ ?O.& 17th ormonth southampton Jan id ilp CE 9 France ... ..... M & N Twice daily Dover .. Greece* .... N 7tltl7th27th ofrnon. Dover . Hamburgh Tuesday & Friday London •.. To e '; , 1111 , ' • Holland Wednesday & Sat London Sua•l6 Honduras N 17th of the month. Southampto Jan 4 ,oo Ireland 8.1 , 7 Twice daily ...... Holyhead ... Tw"-94 India( vlaSouthampt.)M 20th of the month.. Southampton Jan , India (via Marseilles) N Sth&24th of month Dover „ Are . ° India (via Cape of Good 2 6 .. 3i 14th of the month., Southampton 2 6 Mauritius 14th of the month.. Southampton jail' Mediterranean (via 4 Southampton l4l 20th of the month , Southampton Jan' a Ditto (via Marseilles) N sth& 24th of mo n th D over .. 7 Mexico 3l 2nd of the month. Southampton Jan' 6 Madeira .... 9thBt23dof the mon. Southampton Jan i Ith,l7th,l9th,27th, &30th of the month Dover .. .• • • Jan' 2 Naples* ... N sth iso2sthofmon. Dover .......Tan. Papal States*.. N , thlsth2sthofmon. Dover •• • • Jan* f . Peninsula M 'thl7th27thofmon. Southampton Jan. Peru 2d & 17th of month southampton Jan.! Tuscany* • N sthl sth2sthof mon, Dover Jan..! West Indies M 2d & 17th of month Southampton Jan. Van Diemen's Laud (lee Australia) .. n t * The mails for Australia via the Cape of Good Hope are 111$ 6 :00 on the 2d of every alternqte month. Those made up on th e t rf and 24th of each month via Southampton and Marseilles are 1117° sailing vessels at present from Singapore, but next year they ,g sent in steamers. i ootu I`4 t Mails are also made up the Cape of Good Hope. * The mails to those countries thus marked (*) are convey ed French packet to Marseilles. -oe BIRTHS. OP A BON. 0 On the 27th inst., at 115, Eaton-square, the w if Major Ormsby Gore. OF A DAUGHTER. WO On the Ist inst., at Damascus, the wife of It- E s q., her Britannic Majesty's Consul. MARRIED. los On the 28th i ns t., a t St. Marylebone-church, cle lie Grantham, Esq., Lieutenant 'Ceylon Rifles, .to t ner'' only daughter of Lieut.-Colonel Johnson, late sth Fil7 ss tle: On the 28th inst. at St. Peter's-church, N e e.„ l 7;o° l " upon - Tyne, James W. Balfour, Esq., of the 7th v t ,Co" Guards, t o I sa b e ll a , on ly d aug ht er o f the late Vol Craster. Ol e On the 29th inst., at Leamington, aged 22, 01 " ife of H. Hoghton, Esq., of Bolu, Lancashire. ° k On the 21st ult., at Naples, Samuel Crawley, wo Stockwood., Luton, Beds., aged 63. 1, On the 18th inst., at 4, Park-street, Bath, hinfroar" Butler, only surviving son of the late Sir T. Butler , GariThunden, Ballintemple, county of Carlow. „ t oe On the 24th inst., at 9, Victoria-square, Gr ° ' • place, S. B. Bruce, Esq., M.D., of Ripon, Yorksh i l „.... ei LONDON : Printed and PubliShed by MURDO of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun Office, Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the C ° Middlesex, Friday, December 31,1852, • id 7,645 9,205 EGY] 18, N CAPIT. iMt4i gYstc 41)V To 4,000 Li , rejec