The Sun. — London, England, 1848-11-24 00:00:00

BANK ItETUR'YS, ('rom the Gondola Gazette of Tuesday.) An Account, pursuant to the Act seventh and eighth Victoria, sap. 32, of the Average Amount of Bank Notes of tha several Banks of issue in England and Wales. in Circulation during the Week ending Satur day, the 11th day of November, 1848: Average PRIVATE BANKS. Amount. Andover Bank, Andover—Heath and Co 12,787 Ashford Bank, Ashford—Jet: mitt and Pomfret 11,356 Ay'sham Bank, Aylsham—R. and G. Copeman 5,250 Aylesbury Old Bank, Aylesbury—Rickford and Hunt 34,749 Baldock Bulk and Baldock and Biggleswade ',aldock—Wells, Hogg, and Lindsell 27,948 Barnstaple Bank, Barnstaple—B: eke and Co 11,990 Basingstoke and Odiharr. Bank, Basingstoke -- Seymour, Lamb, and Co 16,960 Bedford Bank, Bedford—T. Barnard .. 33,649 Bedford and Bedfordshire Banz, Bedford— Trapp, Halfhead, and Co. Bewdley Bank, Bewdley—Nichols, Baker, and 7,275 14,011 Crane 23ice3ter and Oxfordshire Bank and Oxford Bank, Bicester—Tubb and Co. .............. 14,000 :Birmingham Bank, Birmingham—Attwood s, Spooner, and Co 22.543 Birmingham and Warwickshire Bank, Birming ham --J. L. Moilliett, and Sons . . 12,565 Blandford Bank, Blandford—Bastard and Oak. 7,065 Boston Bank, Boston—Garfit and Co ............. 66,791 Boston Bank, Boston—Gee and Co ................ 15,435 Bridg rater Bank, Bridgwater—J. &J. Sealey 7,162 Bristol Bank, Bristol—Miles, Harford, and Co. 28,481 Broseley and Bridgnorth, and Bridgnorth and Broseley Bank, Broseley—Messrs. Pritchard 20,877 Buckingham Bank, Buckingham —Bartlett, Parrott, and Co. Stow- Bury and Suffolk Bank, Sudbury Ban k, Market Bank, Bury—Oakes, Bev an, and Co. 74,993 Banbury Bank, Banbury—Gillett and 'ravine/. 25,689 Banbu Old Bank, B a nbury—Messrs. C obb 26.993 Bat: - . City Ball, Bath—Moger and Son . Bedrordshire Leighton Buzza rd Bank, Leighton Buzzard—Bassett and Grant Birmingham Bank, Birmingham—Taylor and Lloyds . Bradford Old Bank, Bradford, Yorkshire—H A. and W. M. Harris and Co 12,398 Brecon Old Bank, Broom—Wilkins and Co 58,545 Bridport Bank, Bridport—S. and W. E. Gundry 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. Bromsgrove Bank and Stourbridge and Broms grove Bank, Bromsgrove—Rufford, Biggs, and Co Cambridge Bank, Cambridge—Mortloek and Sons Cambridge and Cambridgeshire Bank, Cam bridge—Messrs. Forsters Canterbury Bank, Canterbury—Hammond and Co Carmarthen Bank, Carmarthen—Morris and 31,193 11,198 2,981 12,035 19,572 Sons Chertsey Bank, Chertsey—Messrs. La Coste .. Colchester Bank, Colchester—Round, Green, 47,012 and Co. Colchester and Essex Bank, Witham and Essex Bank, and Hadleigh Bank, Suffolk, Colchester Bawtree, and Co Cornish Bank, Truro—Tweedy and Co Coventry Bank, Coventry—Little and Wood- 26.750 17,967 2,972 cock - City Bank, Exeter—Milford and Co Craven Bank, Settle—Birkbecks and Co. Christchurch Bank, Christchurch—Tice, Welsh, 15,461 and Co Cardiff Bank, Cardiff—Towgood and Co Chepstow Old Bank, Chepstow Bank, Mon mouth Old Bank, Monmcuth Bank, Brecon Bank, and Ross and Herefordshire Bank, Chepstow—Bromage, Snead, and Co. Derby Bank, Derby—Messrs. Evans Derby Bank, Derby—Smith and Co. Derby Old Bank and Scarsdale and High Peak Bank, Derby—Crompton, Newton, and Co Devizes and Wiltshire Batik, Devize3—Hughes Locke, and Co Diss Bank, Diss—Oakes, Fincham, and Co Doncaster Bank, Doncaster—Leatham, Tew. and Co. Doncaster Bank and Retford Bank, Doncaster— Cook and Co. Darlington Bank, Durham Bank, and Stockton on-Tees Bank, Darlington—Backhouse, & Co Devonport Bank, Devonport—Hodge and Nor- man Dorchester Old Bank and li)rsetshire Bank, Dorchestter—Williams and Co. East Cornwall Bank, Liskeard—Robins, Foster and Co. East Riding Bank, Beverley—Bower, Hatton. anti Co. - • •• Essex Bank and Bishops Stortford Bank, Chelmsford—Walford, and Co. Exeter Bank, Exeter—Sanders and Co Fakonham Bank, Fakenham—Gurneys, Birk- beck, and Co. Farringdon Bank and Bank of Wantage, Far ringdon—Barnes and Medley Farnham Bank, Farnham—Messrs. Knight Faversham Bank, Faversham—Hilton and Co Godalming Bank, Godalming—Mellersh and Keen Grantham Bank, Gran tham—Kewney and King Guildford Bank, Guildford—Messrs. Haydon... Grantham Bank, Grantham—Hardy and C 0.... Hastings Old Bank, Hastings—Smith, Hilder, and Co. Hereford City and County Bank, Hereford — Matthews and Co. Hertford and Ware Bank, Ware—S. Adams and Co P.ull Bank and Kingston-upon-Hull Bank, Hull —Smith, Brothers, and Co. Huntingdon Town and County Bank, Hunting don—Rust and Veasey Harwich Bank, Harwich—Cox, Cobbold, and Co. Hemel Hempstead Bank, Hemel Hempstead — Smith, and Whittingstall Monitor. Bank, Honiton—Flood and Co. Hertfordshire, Hitchen Bank, Hitchen—Sharples and Co. Irereford, Ross, and Archenfield Bank, and Ross and 14 rchenfield Bank, Hereford—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, 30,763 35,715 8,375 16,044 75,478 1,880 6,880 7,849 11,132 35,623 24,349 11,095 9,805 61,3510 72,440 9,721 42,497 84,010 53,613 41,245 25,094 21,385 4,327 12,540 5,146 5,470 10,265 27,430 23,501 16,039 19,470 19,073 45.035 4,164 18,804 32,413 20,493 19,110 68,608 15.95$ and Mercer Kington and Radnorshire Bank, Kington—J. Davies and Co Knighton Bank Knighton—J. Davies and Co Knaresborough Old Bank and Ripon Old Bank, Knaresborough—Terry and Co Kendal Bank, Kendal—Wakefield, Crewdson, and Co. ........ • 37,217 Kettering Bank, Kettering—a otch and Sons.- 7,460 Longton Staffordshire Bank, Lane Eud—C Harvoy and Son Leeds Bank. Leeds—Beckett and Co 39,685 Leeds Union Bank, Leeds—W.Williams, Brown, and C Leek and Staffordshire Bank, and Leek and Congleton Bank,Leek—Fowler,Gaunt, and Co. Leicester Bank, Leicester—Pagets and Kirby... 26,713 Lewes Old Bank, Lewes—Molineux and C 0.... 33,969 Lichfield Bank, Lichfield—Palmer and Green... 19,963 Lincoln Bank, Lincoln--Smith and Co 87,633 Lampeter Bank and Llandilo Bank Llando _ 'rerY—David Jones and Co. Loughborough Bank, Loughborough—Middle tona and Cradock Lyßmairtton Bank, Lymingtan—C. and S. St Lynn Regis and Lincolnshire Bank, Lynn Regis —Gurneys and Co..... Lynn Regis and Norfol Bank, Lyn n Regis— 37,930 Massey and C 0........... Macclesfield Bank, Macc;;Z ... .... i .. 13,755 and Co .. ..................... Manningtree Bank,llanningt7e•; ... 1 5 1 : 2 4 4 3 4 5 Marlborough Bank, Marlborough r'd Co Old Bank, Marlborough Old Bank Wilts W ilts borough Old Bank and Hungerford Bank,and Hungerforclßank, Marlborough—T ann andPinckney ............................... .7" Marlborough sad N orth Wiltshire Ne w ; .... .... 15,631 Marlborough—Ward, Merriman, and Efilliet 7,855 Merionethshire Bank, Dolgelly—Jones and Wi11iam5.........8.974 Miners' Bank, Truro—Willyams and Co 13,258 Monmouthshire Agricultural and Commercial Bank, Abergavenny—Baileys and Co 26,598 Monmouth Old Bank, Monmouth Bank, Brecon Bank, Chepstow Bank, Chepstow Old Bank, and Ross and Herefordshire Bank, Monmouth —Bromage and Snead . 15,240 Monmouthshire Newport Old Bank, Newport —W. Williams and Sons Newark Bank, Newark—Godfreys and Hutton 24,346 Newark and Sleaford Bank, and Sleaford and Newark Bank, Sloaford—Handley, Peacock, and Co 52,391 Newbury Bank, Newbury—Bunny and Slocock. 21,769 Novvmarket Bank, Newmarket—Eaton, Ham mond, and Son Norfolk and Suffolk Bank, Diss—Taylor and Dyson 3,216 Norwich Crown Bank, Norwich—Harveys and 1 Indsons .......... Norwich and Norfolk Bank, Norwich—Gur neys and Birkbeck Nottingham and Nottinghamshire Bank, Not tingham—Hart, Fellows, and Co Nuneaton Bank, Nuneaton—Craddcoak and Co . Pl ................. Naval Bank, y m outh—Harris, Mudge , and C 0.... ................................................. New Sarum Bank, Sarum—Hetley, Everett, and co 10,52 Nottingham Bank, Nottingham —Smith and Co 27,416 Oswestry Bank and Oswestry Old Bank, Os westry—Croxon and Co 11,538 Oxford Bank, Oxford—J. and R. Morrell 9,436 Oxford Old Bank, Oxford—Robinson, Parsons, and C 0..... Old Bank Tonbridge, Tonbridge and Tonbridge Wells Old Bank, Tonbridge and Tonbridge . Wells and Sevenoaks Bank, Tonbridge— Beaching and Sons.. Oxfordshire Witney Barak Witney—WMama, Clinch, sod C 0..., 7,594 24.956 9,235 19,156 35,763 6,942 2,926 63,143 8,866 4,130 22,752 10,509 .THE SUN, LONDON, Average Amount i'ease a Old Bank, /lull, the Hull Old Bank and Beverley Bank, Hull—Pease and Co A. 43,833 Penzance Bank, Penzance—Batten and C 0..... 10,343 Peterborough Bank and Oundle Bank, Peter borough—AlesQrs. Yorke Peterborough Bank, Peterborough—Simpson , White, and Simpson 11,070 Peranrokeshire Bank, Haverfordwest—J. and W. Walters Penzance Union Bank, Falmouth Bank, and and Bank, Penzance—Rickets, Enthove n d Co Reading Bank, Reading—Simonds and Co 25,465 Reading Bank, Reading—Stephens,Blandy, and 27,122 Co Richmond Bank, Richmond—Stapleton and C 0... 5,113 Ringwood and Poole Bank, and Town and County of Poole Bank, Ringwood.... Ledgard and Sons Rochdale Bank, Rochdale—Clement, Royds. and Co 4,771 Rochester, Chatham, and Strood Bank ,Roches ter—Day and Nicholson 8,637 Royston Bank, Royston—Fordham and Sons... 14,044 Rugby Bank, Rugby—Butlin and Son 10,962 Rye Bank, Rye—Curteis, Pomfret, and Co 14,740 Reigate and Darking Bank, and Reigate, Croy don, and Darking Bank, Reigate—Nash and Co .. 10,705 Ross Old Bank, Herefordshire, Ross—Pritchard and Allaway Saffron Walden and North Essex Bank, Saffron Walden—Messrs. Gibson 31,310 Salop Bank, Shrewsbury—Burton, Ll o yd, an d Co 11 ,691 Scarborough Old Bank, !.3carborough—Woodall and Co. 22,271 Shrewsbury Old Bank, and Shrewsbury and ' Lud c lo o w Bank, Shrewsbury—Rocke, Eytons, and . 29,569 Sittingbourne and Milton Bank, Sittingbourna —Valiance and Son 3,521 Southampton Town and County Bank, South ampton—Maddison and Son Southwell Bank, Southwell—Wylde and Co St. Alban's Bank, St. Alban's—J. S. Story Salisbury Bank, Salisbury—Messrs. Brodie Shaftesbury Bank, Shaftesbury— Brodie and King Southampton and Hampshire Bank, Southamp ton—Atherly and Fall Stone Bank, Stone—W. Moore 3,310 Stourbridge Ban's, Stourbridge —Rufford, Wragg, and Co ...... Stafford Old Bank, Stafford—Stevenson and Ce 13,495 Stamford and Rutland Bank, Stamford—Eaton, Cayley, and Co. Stourbridge Old Bank, Stourbridge—Bate and Robins Shrewsbury and Welshpool Bank, Shrewsbury —Beck, Downward, and Co. 19,474 St. Alban's and Herti Bank, St. Alban's—Gib- 12,000 11,681 775 son and Stuart — Taunton Bank, Taunton—Messrs. Badcock 21,560 Tavistock Bank, Tavistock—Gil, Rundle, and Co Thornbary Bank, Thornbury—Rolph, Yates, and Parslow Tiverton and Devonshire Bank, Tiverton—Duns- 8,891 6,223 ford and Barne Thrapston and Kettering Bank, Northampton shire, Thrapston—Yorke and Eland ll,lBB Tring Bank and Chesham Bank, Tring—But cher and Son Towcester Old Bank, Towcester—J. and S 7,170 7,548 Percival Union Bank, Cornwall, Helston—Vivian and Co Uxbridge Old Bank, Uxbridge—Hull, Smith , and Co. 17,862 Wallingford Bank, IVallingford—Wells and Co. 6,346 Warwick and Warwickshire Bank, Warwick— Kelynge, Greenway, and Co. 21,156 Wellington Somerset Bank, Wellington—Fox. Brothers West Riding Bank, Wakefield, and Pontefract Bank, Wakefield—Leatham, Tew, and Co. ... 41,575 Whitby Old Bank, Whitby—Simpson, Chap man, and Co 12,440 Winchester, Alresford, and Alton Bank, Win ch ester—Bulpett and Co. Winchester and Hampshire Bank, Winchester 3,340 3,808 —Wickham and Co Weymouth Old Bank and Dorchester Bank, Weymouth—Elliott and Pearse Wirkesworth and Ashbourne Derbyshire Bank, Wirkesworth—Arkwright and Co. Wisbech and Lincolnshire Bank, Wisbech— Gurney and Co. Wiveliscombe Bank, Wiveliscombe—P. and W 6,866 Hancock Wolverhampton Bank, Wolverhampton—Good ricke and Holyoake. Worcester Bank, Worcester—Farley, Lavender, and Co. 11,516 Worcester Old Bank and Tewkesbury Old Bank, Worcester—Berwick, Lechmere, and Co 75,596 Worcestershire Bank, Kidderminster—Farley and Turner Walsall Old Bank, Walsall—CharlesFoster and Sons Warminster and Wiltshire Bank, Warminster— Everett and CO. 3,654 Wolverhampton Bank, Wolverhampton— Messrs. Fryer Yarmouth and Suffolk Bank, and Halesworth and Suffolk Bank, Yarmouth—Gurney, Birkbeck, and Co. Yarmouth, Norfolk, and Suffolk Bank, Great Yarmouth—Sir E. K. Lacon, Bart., and Co 10,893 Yeovil Old Bank, Yeovil—E. and J. Batten York Bank, York—Swann. Clough. and Co 40,344 9,535 JOINT-STOCK BANKS. Bank of Westmoreland, Kendal Barnsley Banking Company, Barnsley Bradford Banking Company, Bradford 46,682 Bilston District Banking Company, Wolver hampton Bank of Whitehaven, Whitehaven Bradford Commercial Banking Company, Brad ford .... 14,879 Burton, Ultoxeter, and Staffordshire Union Banking Company, Burton-upon-Trent Chesterfield and North Derbyshire Banking Company, Chesterfield Cumberland Union Banking Company, Work- 8,955 29,517 ington Cheltenham and Gloucestershire Banking Com pany, Cheltenham Coventry and Warwickshire Banking Company, Coventry Coventry Union Banking Company, Coventry 12,777 County of Gloucester Banking Company, Chel tenham Carlisle and Cumberland Banking Company Carlisle Carlisle City and District Bank, Carlisle 20,317 Dudley and West Bromwich Banking Company, T)udley Derby and Derbyshire Banking Company, Derby 18,021 Darlington District Joint-Stock Banking Com pany, Darlington East of England Bank, Norwich Gloucestershire Banking Company, Gloucester 141,079 Halifax Joint-Stock Bank, Halifax 14,394 Huddersfield Banking Company, Huddersfield 35,723 Hull Banking Company, Hull 28,010 Halifax Commercial Banking Company, Ha lifax Halifax and Huddersfield Union Banking Com pany, Halifax Hel3ton Banking Company, Helston 1,262 Herefordshire Banking Company, Hereford 21,625 Knaresborough and Claro Banking Company, 9,063 KnaresboriMgh 23,463 Kingsbridge Joint-Stock Bank, Kingsbridge 3,293 Lancaster Banking Company, Lancaster . 51,826 Leeds Banking Company, Leeds Leicestershire Banking Company, Leicester Lincoln and Lindsey Banking Company, Lincoln 51,127 Leamington Priors and Warwickshire Banking Company, Leamington Priors Ludlow and Tenbury Bank, Ludlow 9,438 Moore and Robinson's Nottinghamshire Bank ing Company, Nottingham 23,323 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 48,775 Northamptonshire Union Bank, Northampton 71,540 Northamptonshire Banking Company, North ampton N vit o r r es th ,s an Le d i S ce o s t ra W hir a e les ß ß an a k n i k e , g L c iv e e m rp p o a o n l y, Lei. 26,951 23255 Saededsltie,wr.o.rt-h. Banking Company, Saddleworth... spead a g, o an m d pa ß n3 o 7 s , to S i l i le ß ffi a e n l k d ing Stamford, Sheffield BanlC 42,12 71605 tre Bank, 35,270 pany, Stamford. .. " Com- Stuckey's Ban , k a i n n f s e e ; ra ii,.. a . ,"ii h ' ill - r . i s qya ************* ***** 53,438 shire Bank Y..,S"hiffnall '1 . 41 .. n . ***** 271,978 port .................... Shropshire Banking Con;p . a...n . ... .... 38,413 ... 20,185 Stourbridge and Kidderminster Banking pany, Stourbridge ................ . a°n l Sheffield and Hallamshire Banking 6 0 ' ni • - • ••• • • • 53 , 9 57 Sheffield ......... ...................... .. -Pa Y 9 Sheffield and Rotherham Joint-Stock . .. 2 .. Banking Company, Sheffield Swaledale and Wensleydale Banking Com pany, 50,159 Ri c hmond .. . .46,390 Storey and Thomas's Banking C ompany Shaftesbury .. . - Sheffield and Retferd Bank, Sheffield ... ...... Wolverhampton and Staffordshire Banking Com pany, Wolverhampton 34,523 Wakefield and Barnsley Union Bank, Wakefield 12,010 Whitehaven Joint .Stock Banking Company, Whitehaven , .... . 23,794 Warwick and Lew o ii_gton Banking Company, Warwick West of Englani,' m.,1 South Wales District Bank. Bristol . Wilts and Dorset Banking Company, Salisbury 68,104 West Riding Union Banking Company, Hud dersfield Whitchurch and Ellesmere Banking Company, Whitchurch Worcester City and County Banking Company, Worcester , 5,942 York Union Banking Company, York 70,340 York City and County Banking Company, York 86,934 Yorkshire Banking Company Leeds P. DEANS, Registrar of Bank Returns. Stampa And Taxes, November 18, 1848. 2,605 9,863 FRANCE. M. Dupont (de l'Eure), M. Marrast, and some thirty other members of the Legislative Club of the Insti tute, have written a letter to its President, announc ing their intention to withdraw from the association, in consequence of the opposition of Messrs. Gamier Pages, Duclerc, Pagnerre, and Barthelemy St. Hi. laire to the candidature of General Cavaignac for the Presidency. Several ships of war, composing the Mediterranean fleet, have arrived in Toulon, and been disarmed, and laid up in ordinary. AUSTRIA. Scarcely a third part of the arms plundered from the arsenal had been given up, and though a great portion had doubtless found their way to Hungary, still a great number must have been concealed in Vienna. The remaining Deputies of the Diet were to take their departure for Kremser in the course of a few days. The Ministry was still incomplete. At Vienna Welden, the new Governor, has intro duced the horrid system of secret executions. On the morning of the 17th an old man was ex cuted in the city ditch ; who be was could not, however, be ascertained, as no spectators were allowed to approach. Some said the prisoner was Dr. Becher, editor of the Radical, and others Braun, an officer of the National Guard. FRANKFORT. In the sitting of the German Parliament on the 20th, in answer to question put by to the Minister of War, whether it was true that the troops now concentrated at Berlin were to be employed, in the event of a san guinary conflict, as troops of the German Empire, and whether General Wrangel had a commission to be used ad libitum, &c , the Minister replied in the negative. M. Mohl, the Minister of Justice, then rose to reply to several interpellations with reference to the Hungarian Hussars, who bad taken refuge in Prussian territory, and who were, according to the old laws of Germany, amenable to death as deserters. The Hon. Gentleman stated that he had requested the Prussian Government to suspend their imme diate delivery, and to endeavour to obtain their pardon from the Austrian Government. As regarded the publication of the laws of the empire in Prussia and Austria, he had received satisfactory reports from the Plenipotentiaries of most of the German Powers. The laws were published as they appeared in the official Gazettes, except in Prussia and Austria, and in the case of the latter power the omission was so marked as to appear intentional. A report was then brought up from the Committee on the affairs of Austria, the majority of which were of opinion that the Central Government should be called on to interpose its authority for the speedy re peal of the exceptional measures considered necessary in Vienna, and to obtain a formal recognition of the Central Executive from the Austrian Government. The report of the Committee on the affairs of Prus sia was next brought up by M. Jordan, of Berlin. The Committee recommended the adoption of the following motion : " The Imperial Assembly, in pursuance of its resolu tion of the 14th inst., and duly considering the events that have taken place, calls on the Central Government to urge the Imperial Commissioners now in Berlin to exert all their efforts to obtain the appointment of a Ministry which enjoys the confidence of the country. The Assembly, at the same time, exprssily declares the notoriously illegal and dangerous resolution of the residue of the Berlin Assembly to be null and roil. Finally, the Assembly declares that it will protect the rights and liberties promised and ensured to the people of Prussia against all attempts to violate them." This resolution was, after a long debate, carried by a majority of 276 against 150. ITALY. Intelligence from Naples, of the 14th, has been received. It was said that the Sicilian affair was in a fair way of adjustment, at least so far as the consent of the King went, on the basis of a separate Parliament and a separate Administration—the offensive article of a separate army being recommended, but not insisted on. Doubts were entertained, however, of a ready assent being given at Palermo; and a hint is given that the allied squadron will have to menace a blockade of that port before the Provisional Government gives in. Perfect tranquillity prevailed at Naples ; but the success of the Austrian army at Vienna had quelled any dispo sition to revolt, if any such existed. The Chamber was to be opened by commission at Naples on the 24th. The Piedmantese Gazette, of the 18th instant, an nounces under date Bologna, 14th, that the column of Italian mountaineers, commanded by General Garibaldi, had arrived at Pianoza, and that after sleeping in that locality, it had taken the road to Romagna, proceeding towards the Adriatic. On the 13th the General reached Faenzale, and 400 volun teers, who were to join him at Faenza, passed through , Florence on the 14th. The Sicilian Consul at Leghorn received his ere qualmr from the Tuscan Government on the 14th inst. The Genoa Gazette, of the 17th inst., states that the Piedmontese Government had placed sixteen pieces of artillery at the disposal of the Minister of War of Tuscany. The Concordia of Turin, of the 18th inst., pub lishes the following letter from Milan, of the 16th : " A Municipal Deputation having waited upon Mar shal Radestzky, to protest against his decree, imposing a forced contribution on the city, the latter replied, I want money for the maintenance of my troops. You know it well, gentlemen. Grant me a subsidy for ono month, and I will withdraw my decree.' The Deputies then retired, leaving their protest in the hands of Radestzky. Last evening about sixty men and women of the lower orders of the people, paid no doubt by the police, collected before the Villa Bel gloss, and loudly vociferated Marshal Radetzky is our father. He was right to make those rich traitors con tribute.' Radetzky, having appeared at the balcony, thanked them by a sign of the band, without addressing them a single word." THE AMERICAN EXPEDITION TO THE DEAD SEA. We translate the following from the Courrier de Con stantinople :—.2 " Out: readers may remember that in the spring of the year Captain Lynch and some of his officers, of the United States' brig Supply, proceeded to Constantinople, to obtain permission of the Ottoman Government to ex plore the Lake Tiberias. Tbis was granted, and the re commendations given by the Sultan to the difforent offi cers of the places visited obtained for the intrepid officers every kind of assistance required. Nobody opposed the scientific research, the Arabs themselves offering their assistance, and frequently declining any remuneration for aid often of the most valuably kind. " Our little expedition (says Captain Lynch), com posed of some 13 persons, landed at St. Jean d'Acre, from which place we were desirous of proceeding to the Sea of Galilee, or Lake Tiberias, distant some 40 mil , s. We had with us two metal boats—ono of copper the other of iron; these we landed and put into good condition to sustain the shocks which when drawn by camels from one place to the other they inevitably must encounter. We were encouraged by the idea of being the first to en bark on a similar expedition, except the late Mr. Carda gan, who did not survive the fatigues he underwent, and left no memoranda of his voyage to the Dead Sea. We also thought that all Christendom united in the thought of an expedition on this mysterious lake, and the interest it might present to the future navigator. "No sooner had we landed than our difficulties com menced, we requiring so many things of which we had not even thought. All being prepared, we placed our boats on carts constructed oa board the Supply, and we set out for the Lake. On the road we had to climb se veral mountains, and cross formidable ravines. On more than one occasion we had to lower our boats by moans of ropes down the frightful precipices. But all our difficul ties were surmounted by the patience and address which distinguish the true sailor; and on the Bth of April the two boats floated on the picturesque and deep blue waves of the Sea of Galilee, the American flag floating from the top of their small masts. " We found the navigation of the Jordan very difficult and dangerous on account of the fearfully rapid currents. The idea of the fall of the Jordan betwt en the Lake Ti berias and the Dead Sea maybe conceived by its crooked bed, which, in a distance of 60 miles, serpentines 200 miles. In this distance the expedition was plunged into no less than 27 dreadful rapids, not counting several others of a less remarkable declivity. The difference in the level of these two seas is 2,000 feet. "For a few hundred yards from its mouth the watcr of the Jordan is sweet. The waters of the Dead Sea are without smell, but to the taste they are bitter, salt, and disgusting. " On entering, the boats encountered a gale of wind, and so thick were the waters that the boats appeared to strike against the hammers of the Titans rather than the waves of a raging sea. "The expedition continued its daily operations, making topographical sketches, until its arrival at the southern extremity of the sea, where a very astonishing spectacle awaited it. "On passing the mountain of Sodom (says Captain Lynch), we observed to the S.E. a large column, in the shape of a tunnel, composed of solid rock salt, and covered by carbonate of calcium, a mine of crystalliza tion. Mr. Dale made a sketch of it, and the doctor and I landed to obtain specimens. " The expedition made the tour of the Dead Sea, and returned to the point of its departure; the boats were in the same condition as when we left New York, and all the crew in good health. "The following facts are not without interest.— " The bottom of the northern part of the Dead Sea is almost flat (a plain). " The meridional lines at a short distance from the shore vary but little in depth ; the greatest depth found up to the date of this letter (May 3d) was 188 fathoms, or 1,128 English feet. Near the shore the bottom is ' generally a saline incrustation, but the interme,iiate por tion is of soft mud, with several rectangular crystals— most frequently cubes of pure salt. On one occasion we obtained only crystals with the lead line. "In the same proportion that the north part of the Dead Sea is deep, so is the southern part shallow, to the extent that for a quarter of its length the depth was found to be but eighteen feet. Its southern bed presented no crystallizations, but its shores are covered with in crustations of salt, and on landing the footmarks in an hour's time were covered with crystallizations. FRIDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 24, 1848 " The shores in face of the peninsula, and its western side, present evident marks of destruction. " Birds and insects are, without doubt, to be found on the shore; sometimes ducks on the sea, for we saw some, but we could find no living object in this sea. However, the salt sources it receives contain fish belonging to the ocean. I feel certain, says Captain Lynch, that the result of our expedition will confirm to the very letter the his tory of the Holy Land as regards the sunken cities. " After the examination of the Dead Sea, the expe dition proceeded to determine the height of the moun tains, and the level of a plain, from Jerusalem to the Mediterranean Sea. . _ " They found the summit of the western coast of the Dead Sea more than 1,000 feet above its surface, and level with the Mediterranean. It is a singular fact, that the distance from the top to the bottom of the Dead Sea—that is, the height of its shore, the eleva tion of the Mediterranean, and the difference of the level between the bottom of these two seas, and the depth of the Dead Sea, should thus be an exact multiple of the elevation of Jerusalem above it. " Another fact not less curious is that the bottom of the Dead Sea forms two sunken plains —one elevated, the other depressed. The first part, south, is composed of clay or fat mud, covered by an artificial bay ; the latter, the upper part and more north, of mud, incrus tations, and rectangular salt crystallizations, extending to a great depth, arid with a narrow ravine defiling in the midst of it, corresponding with the Jordan at one extremity, and Wady Seib at the other. " The official report of Captain Lynch will be shortly published." IRELAND. COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH. DUBLIN, Nov. 22.—This being the day appointed by the Court to hear the argument in the case of " W. S. O'Brien in Error v. the Queen," the entrances to the court were crowded from an early hour. Several of the metropolitan police were stationed at the door, and no person was admitted without the Sheriff's written order. The galleries were crowded to inconvenience by re spectably-attired ladies, and the counsel benches were filled with barristers, who evinced the utmost anxiety throughout the proceedings. Shortly after ten o'clock Mr. W. S. O'Brien was placed at the side liar, in the cu-tody of the gaoler of Richmond Penitentiary. Mr. O'Brie❑ appeared in excellent spirits, but from length ened confinement looked rather paler than usual. Throughout the argument he took copious notes of the proceedings. At halt• past ten o'clock the Chief Justice and Messrs. Justice Crampton, Moore, and Perrin, took their seats, when the case was proceeded with. Mr. FRANCIS A. FITZGERALD here addressed the Court and said he appeared upon behalf of Mr. W. S. O'Brien. Ile proceed( dto argue the different points in the order iu which they appeared in the assignments, and trusted that he would succeed in satisfying the Court that the points relied upon by Mr. S. O'Brien's Counsel were correct and legal. Mr. Fitzgerald then proceeded to argue at great length upon the different points of et ror assigned, and in the course of his speech adverted to several Acts of Parliament passed in Eng !arid, which, in his opinion, referred to the present question. The Learned Gentleman then entered into the law of treason and the various Acts passed applic able to Irelard. Mr. D. LYNCH replied on the part of the Crown. The CHIEF JUSTICE observed that the case had been very ably argued by the Counsel on both sides. The further hearing of the case was then adjourned at four o'clock, and Mr. O'Brien was removed to Rich mond Bridewell in the prison van, escorted by a troop of the 17th Lancers and horse police. MR. SMITH O'BRIEN-THE WRIT OF ERROR. DUBLIN, Nov. 23.—The argument in this case termi nated last night. Mr. Whiteside argued at great length, and with his usual ability in support of the error as signed. At the conclusion of the argument,: Mr. NAPIER, Q.C., applied to the Court that counsel might be heard on the part of the other three prisoners, in whose ,behalf writs of error had been lodged, before judgment was given in the case now before the court. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said that had the matter been mentioned to him before there might have been no possible objection to what was proposed by Mr. Napier. As it was, the matter was discretionary with the Court, and it occurred to him that atter the very full argument which the subject matter of the writ of error in the pre sent care had received, it would scarcely be necessary to hear any other counsel upon it. Mr. NAPIER said that it was the wish of the other prisoners that their counsel Might have an opportunity of putting forward their views on the subject. It had been done before in cases tried on the Leinster circuit, in which he (Mr. Napier) had been assigned as counsel for the prisoners. Nor was it unreasonable that in cases like the present such an arrangement should be com plied with. CHIEF JUSTICE—My difficulty is, that those other cases are not in issue. They have not been entered on the list, and I understand that the books are not yet made up. Mr. O'CALLAGHAN said that in all cases error had been joined, and, on the part:of M'Manus, he (Mr. O'C,) adopted the points of error assigned in Mr. O'Brien's case. Surely not a word too much could be said in mat ters of such paramount importance, where the lives of the prisoners were concerned. CHIEF JUSTICE—The Court is very anxious, as far as is in its power, to accede to the wishes of the counsel for the different prisoners; and we are anxious not to pro nounce any judgment until we have beard what can be urged in support of the errors. We therefore suggest that we would hear counsel for each of the three remain ing prisoners who have writs of error depending—if the Crown think proper, one counsel for each; and then, if the Attorney-General should think proper to reply, he would he at liberty to do so. Judge PERRlN—Provided the prisoner in this case has no objection—provided he does not call for judg ment at once. Mr. O'Brien said, that so far as he was personally con cerned, he could not pay sufficient homage to the ability of the Learned Counsel who had been assigned to act on his behalf: but it was right that the Court should know that the other prisoners hail not been consulted in refer ence to the selection of their counsel. He conceived that their cases were entirely involved in'the decision which the Court should pronounce upon the one now before it; and it would be only fair towards them that they should have an opportunity of being heard by their counsel before that decision should be pronounced. That was strongly the impression of the other prisoners. Mr. Meagher had addressed a letter to him on the subject, which he would read to the Court. CHIEF JUSTICE—Better leave this matter in the hands of counsel. Mr. BUTT said that he had been assigned as counsel for one of the three remaining prisoners, and he thought that the proposition of hearing one counsel for each of them, before the decision in Mr. O'Brien's case, was as muck as they ought to expect. It was finally arranged that one counsel should be heard for each of those prisoners before judgment in the present case; and that the counsel should confine them selves to the points of error which had already been dis cussed in that case. The Court then adjourned to this day, [when the first of the three counsel will be heard. MR. DUFFEY'S TRIAL. The exclusion of Catholics from the juries impannelled to try Me3sn. Mitchel, Martin, O'Doglterty, and Williams, has afforded Mr. Duffey an opportunity of departing from the ordinary course, and serving cautionary notices on the High-Sheriff and Attorney-General. LAW INTELLIGENCE. ROLLS' COURT, Nov. 23. TIIE NORFOLK RAILWAY COMPANY V. IVODEHOUSE AND OTHERS. This bill was filed against Edward Thornton Wode house and William Wodehouse, the executors of the late Lord Wodehouse, praying that the rights and liabilities of the plaintiffs and defendants in respect of certain pieces of land at Kimberley, in Norfolk, lately occupied by Thomas Bayes, a defendant, might be ascertained and declared;—for a declaration that Bayes was not en titled to any sum for c o mp ensa ti on i n respect o f t h e pieces of land lately occupied by him, and that he be ordered to surrender and assign all his interest therein to the plaintiffs ; but if it should appear that Bayes was entitled to any compensation from the company in respect of their having taken the pieces of land, then that the sum which ought to be paid by the company he ascertained, and its payment made by the plaintiffs—that Bayes be_ ordered to assign all his interest in the lauds to the plaintiff., and that the two defendants, Edward and William Wodehouse, as such executors of Lord Wodehouse, deceased, be ordered to repay to the plaintiffs what they should have so paid, and also the costs of the suit, and that Bayes should be restrained by injunction from proceeding in an action of ejectment for recovery of the laud at Kimberley. Mr. Miner and Mr. Chapman were for the plaintiffs, the company; Mr. Roupell and Mr. Follett for the de fendant, Thomas Bayes; and Mr. Walpole and Mr. Chaundless for the executors of Lord Wodehouse. The case was argued at great length, and occupied the whole of the day, but it was finally ordered to stand over until Saturday for further consideration, and Lord Lang. &Ile said he would look at the pleadings. COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH, Nov. 23. THE QUEEN V. THE CALEDONIAN RAILWAY COMPANY.- MANDAMUS. Mr. WATSON, Q.C., and Mr. HEW, appeared to show cause against a rule for a mandamus to the defendants to command them to complete their railway, in conformity with the plans and sections which they had deposited with the clerk of the peace pursuant to statute. It ap peared that disputes having arisen between the corpo ration of Carlisle and the defendants as to the con struction of a railway at Carlisle, and particularly with respect to a road and bridge in that, city, negotiations took place between the parti e s ‘viiiah ended in an ar rangement, on the faith of which the corporation with drew their opposition to the Bill, and it passed through Parliament. Subsequently, however, the defendants deviated from their arrangement, and made the bridge way 18 inches higher, and the road much more con tracted and irregular than had been agreed upon and had been laid down in the deposited plans and sections. The present rule was then moved for, and the Learned Gen tleman now contended that it must be discharged, be• cause, although the words had not been constructed in conformity with the sections, they had been constructed strictly in conformity with the provisions of the Lands Clauses Consolidation Act. Mr. MARTIN, Q.C., (with whom was Mr. Gregg) was contending that the company were bound by their agree ment and by the sections and plans deposited with the clerk of the peace, when he was stopped by The COURT, who ordered the rule to be made absolute. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. SOUTHWARK. Yesterday James Sewell, a young man, the son of a livery-stable keeper in the Strand, was brought before Mr. Seeker, charged with attempting to evade the toll on Waterloo -bridge, and flogging the toll-collector with his whip. George Dunman, the toll-collector on the Surrey side of Waterloo-bridge, stated that on the previous evening the defendant attempted to pass through the gate in a horse and gig without paying the toll. Witness, how ever, succeeded in grasping the reins of th e h orse, and called upon the defendant to pay, or he should still hold on. The defendant made several ineffectual attempts to drive on, but finding he could not succeed he commenced flogging the witness with his whip, and continued to lay it over his head and shoulders until further assistance arrived, when his assailant was taken into custody. The defendant said that he was in the constant habit of passing over the bridge, both on horseback and in ve hicles, and that the toll•collectors knew him well; that he did not pay upon all occasions, but settled with the collectors wiL n the toll amounted to a considerable sum; that he certainly did pass through the gate on the pre vious evening, intending to pay on another °CC:IMOD, when his horse, which was a spirited one, was rudely seized by the head, which might have been attended with dangerous consequences to him ; and the com plainant r‘ fusing to let go, he certainly applied his whip to him for the purpose. The toll-collector said that tho deLniant was a stranger to him, and that he never permitted him or any other person to pass the gate without paying the toll, or he would have to pay it himself. Mr. SECKER said the complainant was perfectly jus tified in seizing the reins of the horse to prevent the de fendant from passing through the gate without paying ' the toll, and the latter had acted with considerable violence to a man who was only in the performance of an arduous and unpleasant duty. The magistrate then inflicted a penalty of 403., together with costs, on the defendant, and advised him to be more cautious in future in the use of his whip when passing through toll gates. UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE. CAMBRIDGE, Nov. 22.—At a, Congregation holden this day the following degrees were conferred : M.A.—W. H. Acret, Queen's College. LL.B.—Hyam Burn, St. Peter's College. M.B.—T. T. Roscow, Downing College. B.A —W. J. Carver, Magdalene College; J. P. Cum ming, Christ's College; F. Harris, Catharine Hall; John Jones, St. John's College; W. V. Turner, Magdalene College; W. L. Wynne, St. John's College. W. F. Handcock, 8.A., of St. Mary Hall, Oxford, was admitted ad eundem. _ _ At the same Congregation the following graces passed the Senate:— " I. To accept the offer of several members of the Civil Service of India to transfer to the University about 1,9201. Three per Cent. Consols, for the purpose of founding an annual prize, to be called the Lo Bas Prize,' under the conditions set forth in a statement dated Nov. 10, 1848. "2. To appoint the Vice. Chancellor, the Master of Christ's College, the Master of Caius College, the Master of Trinity College, the Lucasian Professor, the Lown dean Professor; Mr. Williamson, of Clare Hall ; Mr. Goodwin, of aius College ; Mr. Adams, of St. John's College ; Mr. Fuller, of St. Peter's College ; and Mr. Hopkins, of Catharine Hall, a Syndicate to visit the Ob servatory till November, 1849. " 3. To authorise the payment of 1951. 17s. 2d. to the Plumian Professor, in conformity with the regulations adopted Feb. 27, 1829, the net receipts of the Plumian Professorship in the last year having been 3041.29. 10d. " 4. On the recommendation of the Library Syndicate and Mr. Worts' trustees to authorise the trustees of Mr. Worts' estates at Landbeach to contribute Si. annually out of the income of the said estates towards the main tenance of the parochial school in that place. " 5. To allow Mr. Birkett, of Jesus College, to resume his Regency." THE BAKERS ' ASSIZE ASSOCIATION. — On Monday evening a meeting of master bakers was held at the London Coffee-house, Snow-hill, for the purpose of taking into consideration the best means to be adopted in order to regulate the price of bread in the metro poliF, and to form an association, under the title of the Bakers' Assize Association, to carry that object into effect. Mr. Neville having been called to the chair, stated that several preliminary meetings had been held, and that it was desirable some steps should be adopted, not only for their own protection but for the benefit of the public at large, who, in buying what they consider a cheap article, are supplied with food of a deleterious quality. lle knew, and he had also been informed by medical gentlemen, that a large quantity of bread sold was not fit for human consumption.— (Hear.) The report of the previous meeting was read, trom which it appeared that it had been resolved to form a central board, to consist of a president, five millers, five factors, and fifteen bakers (who were to be delegates from fifteen districts in the metropolis). The board was to meet every Monday in Mark-lane, Three districts were formed—in Westminster, St. Luke's, and the east of London; and from the latter a communication was read, stating the determination of the bakers there to co-operate with the views of the central board. Mr. Brooks (the secretary) stated that it appeared there were nearly 800 bakers who in the course of the last year had been reduced to a state of insolvency in consequence of selling an article from which they had not sufficient remuneration. That num ber was about one-third of the bakers in the metropolis. In the year 1814, when the Lord Mayor regulated the price, they were allowed 13s. 4d. on the sack. They would now be satisfied with half that remuneration. He wished that they should be in a right position with the public, and that it should not be supposed they were seeking a monopoly. All they wished for was a fair remuneration, which could not be obtained if they sold a good and wholesome article at the present low prices. Several gentlemen addressed the meeting, expressing themselves favourable to the objects of the assoiatior. Various resolutions were adopted in its support, and subscriptions were entered into._ _ - FROG ILESS OF THE EARLY CLOSING MOVEMENT.— The tallow -chandlery and oilmen of the neighbourhood of the Strand and Clare-market have, with some rare exceptions, come to the determination of closing; their shops at nine o'clock every night, except Saturday, in stead of ten, and sometimes eleven o'clock, as heretofore. The change will commence on Monday next. The glovers and hosiers of Holborn and several of the streets running into that great leading thoroughfare have, in consequence of the respectful remonstrances of their as sistants, agreed to close at eight o'clock every night but Saturday. GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY—THE RETURN TICKET SYSTEM.—When we announced that the directors of this line had resolved not to continue the system of return tickets, we ventured to question the expediency of the arrangements even in a pecuniary point of view. The facts, so far, have fully borne out our prediction. The return tickets were abolished on the first of November, and on the same day fifteen miles of new line were opened, and yet we find that the traffic returns of the fullowirg week without return tickets, and with the fifteen miles of new line, were just 5371. 14?. 10d. less than they were the week before with return tickets, and without the fifteen miles of new line. The inference is obvious enough.— Cheltenham Examiner. CORONER'S INQUEST. DISCOVERY OF HUMAN SKELETONS.—Wednesday Mr. Baker held an inquest at the Royal Oak, Barnett-street, Hackney-road, on two human skeletons, male and female, which were supposed to be the remains of persons who were murde red by Bishop and Williams. The evidence went to prove that there was a large open space in the area, of which gardens and cottages are now formed, and it was nearly covered with water. At that time a quantity of human hones were brought there from a burial- ground of one of the City parishes, and deposited in the above space, Several loads of rubbish were also brought to the same locality, and the remains were slightly covered over. Verdict,:" Found dead." PRESENTATION OF A SILVER MEDAL"—CHATHAM, Noy. 21.—A general parade of the 17th Regiment (Royal Tigers), was formed on the p axed° ground of Chatham barracks to-day, for the purpose of witnessing the presentation of a silver me d a l to S erg eant-Major Henry Whearing, as a reward for his long, persevering, and meritorious service. The regiment being formed into a hollow square, the sergeant-major was called into the centre, when Lieutenant-Colonel J. Stoyte, com manding the regiment, having delivered an appropriate address, presented him with the medal, wishing him every success in life, and hoping he would live long to enjoy the honourable distinction this day conferred upon him. The regiment was then dismissed. This deserving non commissioned officer has now completed twenty-three years' service, eighteen years of which have been spent . in foreign climes, the latter part principally the East Indies. The medal entities him to the annuity. FORT AUGUSTUS, NOV. 13.—SUICIDE BY A MONKEY. —A well known and popular author writes," the gloomy month of November, when the people of England hang and drown themselves." The suicidal influence of the month has not, it appears, been confined to England alone this season, but has extended so far north as our romantic little Highland vilb'gc. Fortunately, hc,wever, thecircum stance has not been such as to excite any melancholy sen sation among the people of this place, but, on the eontrary, occasioned no small amount of laughable and amusing re marks. Tho victim was that of a long-tailed monkey, the property of Mr. Wm. M.Kinnon, merchant, which always evinced an insatiable desire for spirits, and not unfre quently lay prostrate before the shrine of Bacchus, being often assisted in his orgies anti worship of that deity by persons anxious to witness his antics, which were of the most amusing description at all times, but especially when performing the rites of the drouthy god. One evening last week it narrowly observed the movements of the servant girl, while depositing in a press a vessel containing about half a gallon of whisky. Watch ing her first absence, it embraced the opportunity, and opened the press, incautiously left unlocked, carrying away the vessel containing the whisky. Judging this might, perhaps, be the most opportune time it would ever have of manifesting the extent of his devotedness to the god of revels, it resolved to offer himself up a sacrifice at his altar, and to effect his purpose, quaffed up a considerable part of the contents of the vessel, pour ing the remainder on the floor. The girl's consternation and rage, on discovering the loss, may be more easily imagined than described; the only satisfaction she could get was a most potvaliant grin from the monkey, which by this time had ensconced itselt in a cradle, portraying in the most perfect manner the effects of intemperance, to the no small amusement of a few neighbours, but chagrin of its owner for the loss of his favourite monkey.ln a very short time it died—a victim to J ohn I3ari - corn.—Ross-shire Advertiser. EXETER 11/me—The performance of Elijah, at Exeter Hall, on the 15th of next month, wit! be under the direction of M. B e nedict. Mdlle. Jenny Lind will sustain the principal soprano part, in English. The ob ject of the perf o r mance ' . is to raise a sum of money in aid of a fund which Mendelssohn established at for the purpos e o f d e fr ay i ng the expense of a musical scholarship in that city. PENINSULA R MAILS.—The Peninsular and Oriental Steam Company's ship Ripon, R. Moresby commander , bringing the heavy portion of the East India and China mails, has arrived at Southampton. Amongst other goods she brin gs on f re i g h t se veral packages of specie, value 100,0001. The Madrid, with mails from Gibraltar, Cadiz, Oporto, - Vigo, and Lisbon, left Gibraltar two days before tko Ripon. DREADFUL FIRES. Yesterday morning, between the hours of six and seven o'clock, the neighbourhood of the Kingsland-road was visited with one of the most destructive fires that have occurred in that locality for a considerable time past. The scene of its operations was in Watts- build ings, near the Canal-bridge, in the Kingsland-road, whereon was erected the extensive floorcloth and table cover manufactory belonging to Mr. Lawson. The dis covery was made at a few minutes before seven o'clock; smoke, which some persons saw rising over the roof of the factoiy, convinced them that some part of the pro. perty was in flames. No time was therefore lost in rais ing the necessary alarm and calling for assistance. Owing to the close proximity of the tenements in Wil mer-gardens and Northampton-street, the most lively apprehensions were entertained for their safety, and forthwith the inmates were aroused from their slumbers and made sensible of the great danger to which their fur niture and dwellings were exposed. The unfortunate occupants, some almost in a state of nudity, with their children in their arms, rushed forth into the open road and begged of the populace to render their assistance in removing their goods to a place of safety. A great many persons immediately went to their aid, but be fore the furniture could be rescued the flames fired nu merous houses belonging to the poor creatures. The firemen were enabled, after considerable trouble and at no little personal risk, to extinguish the flames ; but al though they laboured without the least intermission, it was not until nearly 9 o'clock that the fire was ex tinguished. The damage done is thus returned to the West of England Fire-office by Mr. Connorton :—" No. 10, Watts-buildings, Kingsland-road,. Mr. Lawson, floor cloth and table• cover maker; the manufactory, including frame-rooms, drying-rooms, and printing-houses, princi pally built of timber, burned down and contents con sumed; building and contents not insured. Wilmer's gardens, Nos. 1 to 10 inclusive, let out in tenements, all damage,' by fire, water, &c.; the buildings are the pro perty of Mr. John Squires, of Oakley, in Leicestershire, and it is unknown whether they are insured or not. Mr. llandell, on the other side of the row; premises burned down; insured in the Sun and Royal Exchange Fire offices. No. 22, Northampton-street; great damage to premises by fire; not insured. Wilmer's-gardens (op posite side), Nos. 18, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, and 37, let out in tenemenis; all severely damaged by fire, water, &c.; the furniture extensively damaged by hasty re moval, &c.; the occupiers not insured; buildings not known whether insured or not." Last night, between eight and nine o'clock, a fire, which caused considerable alarm, broke out upon the pre mises belonging to Mr. Fowler, a carpenter and builder carrying on business i❑ Paulin•street, Bermondsey. The flames, when first perceived, were burning in the work shops and stores, which extended along either side of the yard, and in a few minutes gained head so much that they broke through the roof, and for some time threatened disastrous consequences. Engines were quickly in attendance, and there being a good supply of water, the men succeeded in getting the flames extin guished, not, however, until considerable damage was done to the premises and their contents. How the disaster originated could not be ascertained during the contusion which prevailed. About an hour previously a fire was discovered in the premises occupied by Mr. W. A. Coger, the agent to Messrs. Parker and Co., boot merchants, No. 33, New gate-street. It began in the upper warehouse on the first floor, but owing to the timely assistance of the inmates and firemen from Farringdon-street brigade station the flames were confined to the warehouse in which they originated. A spark from a lighted candle used by some carpenters at work in the warehouse, it is presumed, was the cause of the outbreak. COUNTRY MARKETS. GLASGOW, Nov. 22.—Contrary winds have kept out foreign arrivals at Grangemouth; coastwise our supplies have been small ; from Ireland we have been burly provided with oats and flour, and from Canada with about 1,995 quarters of wheat, and 3,807 barrels of flour. The transactions during the week were in retail fur immediate consumption at declining rates, and so long as spring shipments from the continent of Europe are offering at present prices, the value on this side is likely to turd to their level. This day's market was fairly attended by town and country buyers, but there was apparently little inclination to do business. Wheat and flour were slowly taken in limited quantities, and have to be written 6d lower per boll or barrel respectively. Barley, both for distilling and grinding purposes, ruled dull, but prices are nominally unaltered. Oats and oat meal attracted little attention, and were the turn in favour of buyers. Beans and peas were easicr to purchase. Egyptian beans 6d cheaper per 2801 b. Of Indian corn and meal our market is nearly bare, and the little on hand is held at previous rates. BIRMINGHAM, Nov. 23.—At Gloucester market on the 18th, wheat was Is per quarter lower; at Worcester, same day, the trade ruled dull, but lower prices were nut generally submitted to for good qualities. Barley is per quarter cheaper, except fine grinding. Oats sold slowly at 6d to is per quarter below former prices. Beans and peas fully maintained their value. During the pre sent week little wheat has been pressed for sale, conse quently for what has changed hands nearly previous rates were obtained. Heavy grinding barley in demand, all other qualities very unsaleable. Oats offering at 6d to is per quarter reduction. Beans and peas in- retail lots realise quite as much money. At this day's market we had a lair supply of wheat. New was is to 2s per quarter lower, whilst old and foreign nearly maintained their value. Grinding barley held for quite as much money, and heavy qualities in demand. Oats sold slowly at a decline. On beans the turn was in favour of the buyer. Peas 2s per quarter lower. The millers reduced the retail price of flour 3s 4d per sack. BRISTOL, Nov. 23.—Our corn market this week is very restricted and inactive. English wheat is in mode rate supply, and prices have given way about 2s per quarter; and foreign from is to 2s per 480 lbs. English wheat, old, 54s to 58s per imperial quarter; English new, 44s to 50s ditto; foreign red, fine qualities, 53s to 56s 480 lbs; foreign white, 55s to 60s per 480 lbs; fo reign red, ordinary qualities, 48s to 52s ditto; foreign hard, 48s to 51s ditto. On flour a decline of is per sack, and from 6d to is per barrel took place; English seconds brought 38s to 40s per sack, and American from 29s to 30s per barrel. Fine malting barley, with large arrivals, is about 2s per quarter cheaper, and middling and inferior qualities quite neglected ; grinding barley in moderate retail call, and unaltered in value; Eng lish malting fetched from 330 to 37s per imperial quarter, and English and foreign grinding from 25s to 28s per 400 lbs. Good new white oats are from 6d to Is per quarter lower, and black so unsaleable at the moment that it is almost impossible to quote values ; the nearest price which could be named is for Irish black, from 105 to lOs 6d per barrel. f. o. b. Devon and Welsh feed brought 183 to 18s 6d per imperial quarter; Irish white, 20s to 21s per 3201b5; Irish black, 16s to 18s per imperial quarter. Beans remain in fair demand, with no alteration in value; English must be quoted 40s to 44s per imperial quarter, foreign ditto, 34s to 383 per 4801bs. The arrivals for the week have been—From Wismar, in the Charles 740 quarters of peas ; f rom N antes, in the Maria Elizabeth, 630 quarters of wheat; from Antwerp, in the John, 467 quarters of wheat; from Nantes, in the Alberti, 612 quarters of wheat; from Waterford, in the Rose, 400 quarters of oats, 320 barrels ditto, 650 sacks ditto; from Barnstaple, in the Regulator, 250 bushels barley; from Cork, in the Green Isle, 120 quarters oats, 15 barrels ' ditto, 132 barrels and 50 quarters barley; from Haver fordwest, in the Ellen, 2,200 bushels of oats; from —, in the Brothers, 103 quarters 833 bushels oats, 20 quar ters 160 bushels of barley; from London, in the Mans, 740 quarters wheat; from Cork, in the Juverna, 150 qrs, 200 sacks, 15 barrels of oats, 10 cwt oatmeal; from Dublin, in the Victory, 150 qrs of oats, 20 qrs 80 sacks of barley; from Londoa, in the Rover, 81 sacks of peas; from Yarmouth, in the William and Ann, 610 qrs of barley; from Yarmouth, in the Aberva, 560 qrs of barley; from Gloucester, in the Fanny, 500 sacks of flour; from Yarmouth, in the Richard Hicks, 797 qrs of barley; in the Ocean Queen, 750 qrs of barley; from Liverpool, in the Troubadour, 70 sacks of Indian corn, from Neath, in the Neath Abbey, 50 sacks of flour; from Bridgwater, in the Active, 50 sacks o f fl ou r, b es i es smaller parcels. The averages for the week, according to the return of the inspector, have been—wheat, 49s lis ; oats, 20s 5d ; barley, 32s 1 Id ; beans, 36s 9d. SHEFFIELD, Nov. 21.—The ;following is the in spector's return:— Qrs. Bls. £ s. d. £ s. d. Wheat 229 1 ... 623 8 2 214 5 per qr. Oats . 53 4 ... 60 3 9 1 2 6 ditto Beans 0 0 ... 0 0 0 0 0 0 ditto Peas . 0 0 -... 0 0 0 0 0 0 ditto * Best household bread, 6d per 41b. ditto Second's REPTON FAlR.—This fair was well supplied with all kinds of stock. Fut beef made 5d per lb; mutton, 6d to bid, and many sheep went away unsold. Barren cows were much in request. Fat pigs fetched 93 per score. There were but few store pigs in the fair. The show of horses was small, and of an inferior kind. SHAFTESBURY (BEASTS AND HORSES) FAIR, Nov. 23. —Beasts—There were more than usual of lean cattle, from the western and surrounding counties, as well as out of North and South Wales ; trade for all sorts of large beasts ran slack and much lower. Dealers declare they never knew so great a fall in so short a time as they have experienced since the beginning of last October, many of their largest Devons and Short Horns being worth less by 31. per head now than what was given for them then : there were some sold, yet many left without changing masters. Fine three-years old oxen sold at 111 to 121 each, others at from 91 to 101 ditto; neat black cattle, at from 61 to 71 ditto; fine heifers, near calving, a t 12/ditto; some as low as 101 ditto. Cows in calf with their third at 141 to 151 ditto; 6 months calves, at 31 to 41; 1 month, 20s ditto. Horses—Although the show of good warranted horses was a small one, there were many second rate and inferior animals; yet to sell even the twat great reduc tions had to be submitted to. Fine five and six years old carriage, coach, or hunting horses, sixteen hands or more, were not worth so much by 101 each as they would have made two months since; and as for second rate aged and inferior, their real present value we could not ascertain. Strong cart and dray horses were also offered at reduced prices. - The Salisbury and Yeovil line con nected with the South-Western Railway being suspended has thrown a great number of strong horses out of work, and forced the contractors to sell at a great reduction; some this day, which cost within the last twelve months from 351 to 401 each, were offered at from 221 to 251 ditto, and thtn they did not find purchasers. ROMSEY (HANTS) FORTNIGHTLY LARGE FAT CAT , TLE MARKET, Nov. 23.—Best fat beef sold at 103 to lOs 3d per score; moderate ditto, 9s 6d to 9s 9d ditto; best calves, 103 6d to 10s 9d ditto; others at 103 to 10s 3d ditto. Best pens of down wethers reached 4s 8d to 4s 10d per stone; large half-bred sheep, 4s 4d to 4s 6d ditto; r.mall dairy-fed porkers, lOs 6d to lOs 9d per score; large Hampshire bacon hogs, weighing from 1201bs to 1601bs each, 10s to lOs 3d ditto. Lean stock sold slowly. Cows and heifers in poor. demand. Stock sheep sold about the prices given at fairs last week. Best store hogs 2s each lower. CROYDON CATTLE MARKET, NOP. 23.—There was rather more business done at this market yesterday than for several weeks past, but with very little improvement in prices. The supply being large from the lower parts of Surrey and Sussex, conveyed by the Brighton Rail way, trade was exceedingly heavy. Sheep, good south down, 4s to 4s 6d per stone of 8 lbs; the inferior of all other descriptions sold slowly from 3s to 3s 6d ditto; veal, prime small, 3s 10d to 4s 2d ditto; large coarse, 3s to 3a 4d ditto; pigs of about ten stone weight, 4s 6d to 5a per stone; large ditto, 3s Gd to 4s; strong stores, 25s to 30s per head; small pigs from the sow, 9s to 12s each. CORK, Nov. 22.—Flour—First quality, 17s to 18s; second ditto, 16s to 164 6d ; household, 128 to 15s ; third ditto, 95 to lls per:cwt. Oatmeal, 12s 6:1 to 13s per cwt. Indian corn, 91 to 9155; Indian meal, 9/ 128 to 91 15s per ton. Bran, 415, to 515 s per ton. Hay— Farmers', 403 to 455; average, —s ; retailers', 46s to 48s per ton; old hay, 45s to 60s per ton. Straw—Far mere', 19s to 255; average, —5; retailers', —s to —s per ton. Whiskey, at the Distillery, 25 over proof, 6s 6d per imperial gallon. Bread, 60 to 8d per 41bs. Fresh butter, 10d to lid per lb. Beef, 3d to 6d; mut ton, aid to 5d ; veal, 32d to 41d; pork, bid to 7d ; bacon, 61d to 9d; saus.iges, 5d per lb. Coals—New port, 17s; -Lydney, 183. Culm, 16s per ton. Potatoes, white, 12d; Minions, 14d. Hides—Market ditto, Ils to 17s; salted ditto, 12s to 17s p er cw t ; market skins, 2d to 21t1; calf ditto, 2d to 21d; veal skins, 3d to 30 per lb.. Tar—Archangel, 18s per bl. Timber—Quebec red pine, 31 15s; yellow ditto, 31; deal, 171 to 20/ per hundred ; Bangor Queens, 3/ 2s 6d per ton. Scotch herrings,2os to 21s per barrel; Norway ditto, —s. New foundland dry cod fish, 11/ to 121 IN per ton. Tallow, 4Ss. Wool, 103 to 12s per stone. TilE WEATHER. RURAL AFFAIRS IN SCOTLAND. On Thursday and Friday last frost recurred with a severity which enwruathed the low grounds in their win ter livery, and capped rather thickly elevations where ever considerable, in all directions. But however stiff the ground and slippery the public roads, ploughing went forward after the breakfast hour, at least over the freer soils of Nithsdale, easily as we can fancy retarda tion in all back settlement, and low-lying situations. On Saturday a moderate thaw supervened, which continued throughout Sunday ; and on both occasions the moun tains changed colours so fast, that they are now merely diversified by patches saddened in clefts—positions not easily affected by the suns vertical rays. Yesterday morning, however, cranreuch was again abundant, and strgnant water frozen; and, while we write, every one feels the cold increasing, apart from the more accurate information derived from thermometers outside the win dow. The barometer, on the other hand, forms so far a puzzle of which we know not well what to make. For nearly a week it has clung to the highest figure in the scale, and although there may be at present a fractional tendency to yielding, it is too slight to justify prognosti cation as to what will happen next. For the last ten days the wind was never lower in our recollection ; in land hardly a breath to ripple the surface of streams, whatever may he the state of matters on the coast. This of itself is a fortunate circumstance, so great is the dif ference, as regards temperature, between stillness and agitation in the air; and, altogether, we have no reason as yet to complain of the weather. Favourable as were the opportunities last week, very little manure was removed from the heaps to the open fields, partly from use and wont, and more from the ab sence of pressing necessity in the second week of No vember. One department of labour, however, was dili gently plied—topping and storing turnips for stall feeding; and thus preparing bolms, perfectly free from weeds, for receiving winter wheat seed—gentle stirrings with the plough and harrows being the only light dress ing required. Turnip-led sheep have " taken on" re markably well of late, one of the advantages of a dry bed at night--a greater essential in the case of white stock tha❑ black, from the nature of the fleece and its ten dency to become draggled by rain and mud. Around town the bulbs in some fields are entirely eaten down ; in others a half, a third, and so on; and if the present weather hold a week or two longer, grain cropping will be in progress where turnips grew in the course of a very few days. Altogether, there is every prospect at present of a much greater breadth of winter wheat being harrowed in before Christmas than was found possible last year, and of consequence, proportionally less falling back on spring. From a friend who attended professionally the last Dunne market, we learn that, large as the numbers wt•re, the prices current at the preceding Falkirk were with ease maintained, if not a little more—a remark as applicable to cattle as sheep. Would that we could say the same of St. Faith's, which, whether in its beginning, middle, or end, sadly disappointed the expectations of dealers; and perhaps left them, after all their trouble, losers rather than gainers on the whole; although, we trust, not to any damaging extent. The Hemptons commence on the 20th curt.; and, for the drovers' sakes, as well as those they buy from, the issues, we fondly hope, will be more favourable. Dumfries and Galloway Courier. ttAILWA SHARE MARKETS. 4 BRISTOL, Nov. 23. STOCK ExcRANOE.—The sales are—Great Western, Quar ters, 4: 1 / 1 dis.—Ditto, New 171. Shares, 34 dis.—Eastern Counties, 11 11-16. LIVERPOOL, Nov. 23. STOCK EXCHANGE.—We have had a fair demand for good stock, and en the whole prices are well supported. The sales are—Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire Junction, 311. Shares, 9% dis.— Caledonian, Preference, IA e. dis.— Lanca shire and Yorkshire (late Manchester and Birmingham), Fifths, 414 dis. London and North-Western, Quarters, c. p.—Ditto, Quarters (A and B), % p.—Midland Stock, 79—Ditto, 'New Halves, DOA—North Staffordshire, c. dis.—South-Eastern and Dover, No. 4, Thirds, BIRMINGHAM, Nov. 23. STOCK EXCHANGE.—Business was very limited to-day. The sales are—Midland (Bristol and Birmingham), 115 1 4 — North Staffordshire, 6L 13s. 9d. dis. YORK, Nov. 22. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The business transacted is-day was as follows : Great Northern, 6 1 A—York, Newcastle, and Berwick (Extension), No. 1, IVA—Ditto (G. N. E. Pur chase), 6/, Ils. 3d. NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE, Nov. 23. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The only sales_were—Newcastle and Carlisle, 97—North British, 15%. GLASGOW, Nov. 20. STOCK EXCITANGE.—The sales are—Clydesdale Junction, 55—Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ayr, Halves, No. 1,49 g.— Ditto, Halves, No. 2, 4 78.—Scottish Central, 35—Scottish Grand Junction, 3s.—Scottish Midland Junction, 14%. [ ADVERTIS EM E T.] —The most fearful cases of Dropsy curable by the use of Holloway's Pills.—The singular efficacy of Holloway's Pills in the numerous cures effected by their use, in some of the most obstinate cases of Dropsy, is truly astonishing. This invaluable medicine acts with such peculiar effect upon the system, that the fluids arising from this direful disease are im perceptibly evacuated and wholly prevented from any further accumulation. The distressing symptoms which accompany the complaint being thus dispersed, the suf ferer regains buoyancy of spirits and a completely reno vated constitution. 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