The Sun. — London, England, 1849-01-19 00:00:00

BANK RETURNS. (From the Loncicrt Gazette of Tuesday.) An Account, pursuant to the Act seventh and eighth Victoria., :ap. 32, of the Average Amount of Bank Notes of the several Banks of Issue in England and Wales, in Circulation during the Wee k endin , the 6th d g Satur daay of January, 1 849 : y Average PRIVATE BANKS. amount. Andover Bank, Andover—Heath and C 0... 12,494 Ashford Bank, Ashford—Jemmitt and Pomfret 10,28870 Aylshacn Bank, Aylsham — R. a nd G Copeman 4,7 Aylesbury Old Bank, Aylesbury—Bickford and Hunt 3O 147 , Baldock Bink and Baldock and Biggleswada Bank, Baldock—Wells , Hogg, and Lindsell... 28,024 Barnstaple Bank, Barnstaple—Drake and Co 8,502 Basingstoke and Odihars. Bank, Basingstoke— -13 959 Seymour, Lamb , and , Bedford Bank, Bedford—T. Barnard Bedford and Bedfordshire Bans, Bedford — Trapp, Halfhead, and Co. Bewdley Bank, Bewdley—Nichols, Baker, and 6,185 12,469 Crane Bicester and Oxfordshire Bank and Oxford Bank, Bicestets—Tabb and Co. Birmingham Bank, Birmingham—Attwc is, Spooner, and Co Birmingham and Warwickshire Bank, Birming ham— J. L. Moilliett, and Sons 11,150 Blandford Bank, Blandford—Bastard and Oak 7,442 Boston Bank, Boston—Garfit and Co 57,103 Boston Bank, Boston—Gee and Co 10,277 Bridgwater Bank, Bridgwater—J. &J. Sealey 5,328 Bristol Bank, Bristol—Miles, Harford, and Co. 30.781 Brosoley and Bridgnorth, and Bridgnorth and Broseley Bank, Broseley—Messrs. Pritchard 18,721 Buckingham Bank, Buckingham—Bartlett, Parrott, and Co. Bury and Suffolk Bank, Sudbury Bank, Stow- Market Bank, Bury—Oakes, Bevan, and Co. 69,711 Bard ury Bank, Banbury—Gillett and Tawney. 24,164 Banbury- Old Bank, Banbury—Messrs. Cobb 24.353 Batil City Bank, Bath—Moger and Son .. 3,068 Bedfordshire Leighton Buzzard 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 Brecon Old Bank, Brecon—Wilkins and Co 13ritlport yank, 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— Woriledge and Co. Bromsgrove Bank and Stourbridge and Broms grove Bank, Prom3grov: —Raiford, Biggs, 12,503 22,368 17,192 31,122 30,850 11,495 54,913 32,275 11,623 9 ,855 and Cn. Cambridge' Bank, Cambridge—Mortlock and 11,347 21,180 Sons Cambridge and Cambridgeshire Bank, Cam briJge.—Nlessrs. Forsters Canterlmry Bank, Canterbury—llammond and Co 42,804 25,925 n Bank, Canaan:lon—Morris and Tin 3 Sons Chertsey Bank, Chertsey—Messrs. La Coste Colchester Bank, Colchester—Bound, Green, and Co. Colchester and Essex Bank, Witham and Essex Bank, and lia,dleic4h Bank, Suffolk, Colchester —Mills, Bawtree, and Co Cornish Bank, Truro-I'I;TH fl Co Coventry Bank, Coventry—Little and Wood- 15.693 3 147 15,765 31.615 32,475 cock City Bank, Exeter—Milford and Co Craven Bank, Settle—Birkbecks and Co. Christchurch Bank, Christchurch—Tic Welsh, 7,169 14,267 64,735 and Co Cardiff Bank. Cardiff—Towgood and Co Chepstow Old lank, Chepstow Bank, Mon mouth Old Bank, Monmt uth Bank, Brecon Bank, and Ross and Herefordshire Rank, Chepstow—Bromage, Snead, and Co. Derby Bank, Der7:y—Messrs. Evans Derby Bank, Derby—Smith and Co. Derby Old Bank and Scarsdale and High Peak Bank, Derby—Crompton, Newton, and. C 0... Devizes mind Wiltshire Bank, Devizes—Hughes , Locke, and Co Diss Bank, Diss—Oakes, Fincham, and Co Doncaster Bank, Doncaster—Leathatn, Tew, and Co. Doncaster Bank and Retford Bank, Doncaster iok and Co. Darlington Bank, Durham Bank, and Stockton on-Tees Bank, Darlington—frackhouse, & Co Devonport Bank, Devon: , ort—Hodge and Nor- 2.317 6,168 6,495 10,713 31,313 24,168 10,742 10,527 53,467 67,530 8,477 man Dorthester Old Bard( and l)orsetshire Bank, Dorcl►ester—\Villiams and Co. East Cornwall Bank, Liskeard—Robins, Foster, and Co. East Riding Bank, Beverley—Bower, Hutton, and Co. Essex Bank and Bishops Stortford Bank, Chelmsford—Watford , and Co. . . . Exeter Bank, Exeter—Sanders and C ) Takenham Bank, Fakenham—Gurneys, Birk beck, and Co. Farringdon Bank and Bank of `'Vantage, Far ringdon—:-Barnes and Medley Fargham Bank, Farnham—Messrs. Knight Faversham Bank, Faversbam—Hilton and Co Godalming Bank , Godalming—Mellersh and Keen Grantham Bank, Grantham—Kewney and King Guildford Bank, Guildford—Messrs. Haydon Grantham Bank, Grantbam—Hardy and Co 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 Hull 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 Honiton Bank, Honiton—Flood and Co. Hertfordshire, Hitchen Bank, Hitchen—Sharples 78,748 47,738 40,369 24,725 22,293 5,410 9,754 4,546 5,220 8,459 22,821 22,246 13.320 22,868 20,028 40,363 4,340 19,028 31,504 and Co. Hereford, Ross, and Arehenfield Bank, and Ross and Archenfield Bank, Ilereford—Morgan, Hoskins, and Co Ipswich Hank, Ipswich—Bacon and Co. Jpswich and Needham Market Bank, Suffolk, Hadleigh Bank, Manningtree and Mistley Bank, and Woodbridge Bank, Ipswich— Alexanders and Co. Kentish Bank, Maidstone—Mercer, Randall, and Mercer ..... Kington and Radnorshire Bank, Kington—J. Davies and Co Knighton Bank Knighton—J. Davies and Co. Knaresborough Old Bank and Ripon Old Bank, Knaresboroug,h—Terry and Co Kendal Bank, Kendal—Wakefield, Cre wdson, and Co. Kettering Bank, Kettering—Cloth and Sons.. Longton Staffordshire Bank, Lane End—C. llarv. y and Son Leeds Bank, Leeds—Beckett and Co Leeds 'Union Bank, Lqeds—W.Williams, Brown, and C Leek and Staffordshire Bank, and Leek and c nng leton Bank,Leek—Fowler,Gaunt, and Co. Leicester Bank, Leicester -Pagets and Kirby ... Lewes . Old Bank, Lewes—Molineux and Lichfield Bank, Lichfield—Palmer and Green... Li nco ln Bank, Lincoln—Smith and Co L a mpeter Bank and Llandilo Bank, Llando very—David Jones and Co. Loughborough Bank, Loughborough —Middle tons and Cradock Lymington Ban k, L y min g ton—C. and S. St 8arbe.............. Lynn Regis and Lincolnshire Bank, Lynnltegis --Gurneys and Co. 36,366 Lynn Regis and Norfolk Bank, Lynn Regis—. as sey and Co . .. . 13,042 Isl Macclesfield Bank, aeclesfield—Brookle.hu. rst 5,413 and Co. ................... Manningtree Bank,lVianningtree—Nunn and Co Marlborough Bank, Marlborough and Wilts Old Bank, Marlborough Old Bank, Marl borough Old Bank and Sun g erford Bank, and Hungerford Bank, Marlborough—Tanner and Pi nc k ne y ........................................ 11,750 Marlborough an d North Wiltshire New Bank, Marlborough—Ward, Merriman, and Hillier 8,630 Merionethshire Bank, Dolgelly—Jones and Williams Ninon' Bank,Truro—Willyams and Co ........ . jggpmouthshira Agricultural and Commercial Dank, Abergavenny—Baileys and Co 22,366 Monmouth Old Bunk, Monmouth Bank, Brecon Bank, Chepstow Bank, Chepstow Old Bank, and Ross and Herefordshire Bank, Monmouth —Bromage and Snead. 11,336 Monmouthshire Newport Old Bank, Newp or t —W. Willia ms and Sons__ ........ a . Newark Bank , Newark—Godfreys at; nuttoo 21,168 Newark and Sleaford Bank, and Sleo.ford and Newark Bank, S leaford—Handley, Peacock, and Co ............. ..................................• 45 "30 wbury—Bunny and Sic.-- - 19,605 19,879 66,645 10.730 18,244 7,446 18,393 34.639 7,440 5,312 43,970 33,443 23,792 28.911 20,933 75,292 21,420 6,575 3,413 7.582 13,150 Newbury Bank, Newbury— - -oeo c i L 18,760 Newnutiket Bank, New market—Eaton, Ham. mond, and Son ......... ••••• 20,506 Norfolk and Suffolk Bank, Diss—Taylor and Dyson 2,586 .Norwich Crown Bank, Norwich—flarveys and Hudsons . 42,325 !iorwich and Norfolk Bank, Norwich—Gur neys and Birkbeck tlottingham and Nottinghamshire Bank, Not tingham—Hart, Fellows, and Co Nuneaton Bank, Nuneaton—Cradcicoak and C 0.. ................................................... Naval Bank, Plymouth—Harris, Mudge, and 65,127 7,473 4,829 Co— ....m ............................ View Seru Bank, Sarum — Tetley, Everett, and C 0....................... ......... 10,254 Nottingham Bank, Nottingham—Smith and Co. Oswestry Bank and Oswestr y Old Bank, Os. 26 ' 114 westry—Croxon mud Co 10,344 Oxford Bank, Oxford —J. and R. Morrell 10 ' 334 Oxford MBank, Oxford—Robinson, Parsons, and C 0..., Old Bank Tonbridge, Tonbridge and Tonbridge Wells Old Bank, Tonbridge and Tunbridge Wells and iiievenuaks Bank, Tonbridg;e:— Beeching and 801111... o x f or d a hireyitmey Bank Witney—William:), Olin* C0.....7,881 20,146 7,433 THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, JANUARY 19, 1849. Average Amount: eesse a Old Bank, Hull, the Hull Old Bank and Beverley Bank, Hull—Pease and Co 42,415 Penzance Bank, Penzance—Batten and Co 10,930 ~_ ',lterborough Bank and Oundle Bank. Peter horough—MAtsrs. Yorke .. 1' , terborough Bank, Peterborough—Simpson, White, and Simpson 10,071 1 . ..naorokeshire Bank, Haverfordwest—J. and W. Walters ',matinee Union Bank, Falmouth Bank, and Truro Bank, Penzance—Rickets, Enthoven. and Co - Reading Bank, Reading—Stmonas and Co 25,315 Reading Bank, Reading—Stephens,Blandy, and Co Richmond Bank, Richmond—Stapleton and C 0... 5,722 Ringwood and Poole Bank, and Town and County of Poole Bank, Ringwood. Ledgard and Sons Rochdale Bank, Rochdale—Clement, Royds and Co 4,408 Rochester, Chatham, and Strood Bank ,Roches ter—Day and Nicholson 9,373 Royston Bank, Royston—Fordham and Sons... 12,855 Rugby Bank, Rugby—Butlin and Son 10,962 Rye Bank, Rye—Curteis, Pomfret, and Co 13,441 Reigate and Darking Bank, and Reigate, Croy don, and Darking Bank, Reigate—Nash and Co 9,308 Ross Old Bank, Herefordshire, Ross—Pritchard and Allaw ay 4,125 Saffron Walden and North Essex Bank, Saffron Walden—Messrs. Gibson Salop Bank, Shrewsbury—Burton, Lloyd, and Co 11,916 Scarborough Old Bank, f3carborough—Woodall and Co 21,674 Shrewsbury Old Bank, and Shrewsbury and Ludlow Bank, Shrewsbury—Rocke, Eytons. and Co . 39,966 Sittingbourne and Milton Bank, Sittingbourne —Valiance and Son 3,068 Southampton Town and County Bank, South ampton—Maddison and Son Southwell Bank, Sou thwell—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, Stont—W. Moore 3,133 Stourbridge Banc, Stourbridge —Rufford, Wragg, and Co . ... Stafford Old Bank, :;tafford—Stevenson and Cc 13,9.58 Stamford and Rutland Bank, Stamford—Eaton, Cayley, and Co. . . Stourbridge Old Bud;, Stourbridge—Bate and Robins Shrewsbury and Welshpool Bank, Shrewsbury —Beck, Downward, and Co. St. Alban's and Hertn Bank, St. Alban's—Gib- son and Stuart — Taunton Bank, Taunton—Messrs. Badcock 20,126 Tavistock Bank, Tavistock—Gill, Rundle, and Co 6,582 Thornbury Bank, Thornbury—Rolph, Yates, and ' Parslow Tiverton and DevonFhire Bank, Tiverton—Duns- ford and Barne Thrapston and Kettering Bank, Northampton shire, Thrapston—Yorke and Eland 10,654 Tring,Bank and Chesham Bank, Tring—But cher arid Sod=";.. - ' :, 10,900 Towcestef OlrEßbiik ' Towcester—J. and S ,r. ‘•-• • . Perckva,v - ,,;",;"4„ 8,325 i'nion 'lVatilq l 63,ri:rwralp.,-Ilelston—Vivian and __ , • Co. - -- - -i, - 8,318 Uxbridge .Old Bank, Uxbridge—Hull, Smith, and CO. . 17,348 Wallingford Bank, Wallingfurd—Wells and Co. 6,281 - ,Varwick and Warwickshire Bank, Warwick— Kelynge, Greenway, and Co. 21,777 Wellington Somerset Bank, Wellington—Fox Brothers West Riding Bank, Wakefield, and Pontefract Bank, Wakefield—Leatham, Tew, and Co. Whitby Old Bank, Whitby—Simpson, Chap man, and Co 14,035 Winchester, Alresford, and Alton Bank, Win chester—Bulpett and Co. Winchester and Hampshire Bank, Winchester —Wickham and Co 4,282 Weymouth Old Bank and Dorchester Bank, Weymouth—Elliott and Pearse Wirkesworth and Ashbourne Derbyshire Bank, Wirkesworth—Arkwright and Co. 'iVisbech and Lincolnshire Bank, Wisbech— Gurney and Co. Wiveliscombe Bank, Wiveliscombe—P. and W Hancock Wolverhampton Bank, Wolverhampton—Good ricke and Holyoake. Worcester Bank, Worcester—Farley, Lavender, and Co. 9,778 Worcester Old Bank and Tewkesbury Old Bank, Worcester—Berwick, Lechmere, and Co 68,107 Worcestershire Bank, Kidderminster—Farley and Turner Walsall Old Bank, Walsall—CharlesFoster and Sons Warminster and Wiltshire Bank, Warminster — Everett and Co. 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 12,401 Yeovil Old Bank, Yeovil—E. and J. Batten York Bank. York—Swann. Clough. and Co 41,062 JOINT-STOCK BANKS. Bank of Westmoreland, Kendal Barnsley Banking Company, Barnsley Bradford Banking Company, Bradford 44,742 Bilston District Banking Company, Wolver hampton Bank of Whitehaven, Whitehaven Bradford Commercial Banking Company, Brad ford . 15,750 Burton, Uttoxeter, and Staffordshire Union Banking Company, Burton-upon-Trent Chesterfield and North Derbyshire Banking Company, Chesterfield Cumberland Union Banking Company, Work ington . Cheltenham and Gloucestershire Banking Com pany, Cheltenham Coventry and Warwickshire Banking Company Coventry Coventry Union Banking Company, Coventry 11,282 County of Gloucester Banking Company, Chel tenham Carlisle and Cumberland Banking Company Carlisle Carlisle City and District Bank, Carlisle 17,366 Dudley and West Bromwich nanking Company, Dudley D ..m-by and Derbyshire Banking Company, Derby 20,755 Darlington District Joint-Stock Banking Com pany, Darlington Vist of England Bank, Norwich Gloucestershire Banking Company, Gloucester. 121,824 Halifax Joint-Stock Bank, Halifax 14,653 Huddersfield Banking Company, Huddersfield 32,285 Hull Banking Company, Hull Halifax Commercial Banking Company, Ha lifax Halifax and Huddersfield Union Banking Com pany, Halifax 28,000 llelston Banking Company, Helston 1,500 Herefordshire Banking Company, Hereford 15,618 Knaresborough and Claro Banking Company, Knaresborough 21,072 I:ingsbridge Joint-Stock Bank, Kingsbridge 2,894 1 , ncaster Banking Company, Lancaster ... 45,863 3 , eds Banking Company, Leeds I ;cestershire Banking Company, Leicester Li ncoln and Lindsey Banking Company, Lincoln 47,130 Leamington Priors and Warwickshire Banking Company, Leamington Priors Ludlow and Tenbury Bank, Ludlow 8,406 Moore and Robinson's Nottinghamshire Bank ing Company, Nottingham 20,895 Nottingham and Nottinghamshire Banking Company, Nottingham Newcastle, Shields, and Sunderland Union Joint- Stock Banking Company, Newcastle 2,144 National Provincial Bank of England, Birming ham, Head-office, 112, Bishopsgate-street, London North Wilts Banking Company, Melksham 41,811 Northamptonshire Union Bank, Northampton 61,502 k epo o - Northamptonshi re B an ki ng Company, North ampton N pa o r r e th es an Le d i S ce o s u t South h ers W hir a e Ban les Ban k i , g n L Company,i vr l I, e i - 18,777 2 9 , 300 tester ..... 41, 1 84 Saddleworth Banking Company, Saddl ewort h... 1 ,961 Sheffield Banking Company, 5heffie1d.......... 32 704 St a mford, Spalding, and Boston Banki ng Com- ' pany, Stamford ..................... 43,341 Stuckey's Banking Company, Bristol Somerset shire Bank, and Somersetshire Bank, Lang p0rt.............................. .. .: ................ 256,892 Shropshire Banking Company, .., Shiffnall ..... 38,252 S tour b r idge and Kidderminster Bankin g Com pany, Stourbridge Sheffield and Ifalktmshire Banking Company, Sheffield ••• • • ••. ...... Sheffield and R o therham Jo int- Stock Banking Company, Shonieid Swaledale and Wensleydale Banking Company, 41,194 Richmond .. . Storey and Thomas's Banking Company 9,280 Shaftesbury Sheffield and Retferd Bank, Sheffield .. - Wolverhampton and Staffordshire Banking Com - PanY, Wolverhampton 31,050 Wakefield and Barnsley Union Bank, Wakefield 9,561 Whitehaven Joint Stock Banking Company, Whitehaven .. Warwick and Lekoniy gton. Banking Company, Warwick West of Englane :-..1. South Wales District Ilank_Bristol ... Wilts and Dorset Banking Company, Salisbury 56,890 West Riding Union Bankin g Company, Hu dersfield Whitchurch and Ellesmere Banking C ' Whitchurch 3 201 Worcester City and County Banking Company, Worcester.... ' 3,732 York Union Banking Company, York 67,811 Yor City and County Banking Company, York 85,606 Yorkshire Banking Company, Leeds P. DEANS, Registrar of Bank Returns. Stamps and Taxes, January 13, 1849. FRANCE. The Patric , which is the official journal of the present French Ministry, publishes the following im portant article on the affairs of Italy : " All the powers desire to re-establish the head of the Church at Rome, and to ensure his independence ; all consider it a point of honour to co-operate is the matter. Portugal and Spain cannot dispose of soldiers, but they offer money ; Russia and Naples are getting ready. Can France remain inactive ? Can she, in particular, in presence of Austria ? Austria, it is known, takes care to have published in the journals in her pay, even in the Augsburg Gazette, that she is obliged to send reinforce ments to the Imperial army on its march to Pesth. And whilst her journals hold that language she strips Hun gary-, where matters may be considered now as termi nated, and causes numerous regiments to pass into Italy, where they are concentrating themselves on the frontiers of Piedmont and on the side of the Legations. She seems to menace at the same time Bologna and Turin. Radetzky is waiting for orders, and is in a posi tion to proceed to either side. In both these cases, has not France a part to play, a part active and energetic, rot precisely hostile, but, to employ a term lately intro duced, a preservative one ? If it be the cause of the Pope which Austria pretends to serve, if it be on Bologna that she is directing her forces, France, the eldest daughter of the Church, cannot permit that the throne of the successor of St. Peter should be restored without her. She will consequently place herself at Civita Vecchia, and from that point will press with the weight of ner sword on the deliberations of the powers. Nothing will bo effected in spite of her, or independently of her. It it be only on the side of Piedmont that the efforts of Austria were di rected, there also it is necessary for Frauce to be pre seet, and present in arms. The actual situation of affairs is well known—Charles Albert, whether be wages war or does not wage it, is certaiu to receive anything but maledictions. If alarmed at the chances of a struggle evidently disproportioned, he should avoid en gaging in war, Lombardy will call for vengeance from all Italy. Who knows in that case to what extremities the Piedmontese people may allow itself to be carried, mis led, us it is, as to its real interests, fanaticised by revo lutionary journals, deaf even to the voice of Gioberti, already outstripped by events ? If, on the contrary, Charles Albert engages in war, it is not nearly certain that in a very short time, the Austrian army, so nu reeruus, and so strongly organized, will have beaten the Piedmontese army? Will not Radetzky easily find the wuy to Turin ? It being possible that such serious eventuali ties may be realisei. France ought to be in a situation to meet them. If the Austrian army should appear to desire to remain in Turin, the French army would have its conduct ready traced out fur it ; it ought in its turn te take up a triple position at Chambray, Genoa, and Nice, and thence call on Austria to withdraw. But it will be said, if Austria should not comply, a war must follow. War, perhaps, would follow if France was not in a posi tion from the present time to cause her will to be respected. It would not be war if wise precautions were taken. Austria, who after all, does not want a conquest which she could not keep as she well knows, would evacuate Piedmont, declaring that she had: not attacked, that; she had merely defended herself. But as she would certainly be victorious, she would affirm not without r-I,sun that it is the vanquished who ought to pay the cost of the war, particularly as it was they who com msnced it. In order that that cost should not exhaust Piedmont, already at the end or her resources, it would t,e well 'or France to be there to cause, in a firm manner, tie voice of humanity to be heard. In that case, the c. erences of Brussels, could have their utility. It is thercrore good policy to prepare at the same time for e Le s and for diplomatic negotiations. As to the ques tion of Lombarday, properly so called, is there any th - net to expect from these double preparations? We are sorry to be obliged to say it, but we do not think so.' AUSTRIA. VIENNA, JAN. 12.—The first paragraph of the Fun damental Rights, that the whole power of Government emanates from the people, and will be carried out in the manner fixed by the Constitution—against which the Ministers had entered a protest—was thrown out by a large majority upon the amendment of the De puty Ullipitsch, in the sitting of the Diet on the 10th. The amendment was an follows :—" That section 1 of the fundamental law will be omitted as not apper taining hereto, and that it be referred to the Com mittee charged with the drawing up of the other parts of the Constitution. The differences between the Ministers, and the Diet at Kremsier, may there fore be considered as settled, in consequence of the mutual and satisfactory explanations on both sides. Prince Windischgratz has publicly thanked the Israelite community of Presburg for sending a hand some donation of woollen stockings and other gar ments of the same material for the Imperial troops in Hungary. The acknowledgment is dated " Head quarters, Presburg, Jan. 3." THE ACADEMIC LEGIONS.—The Prague Gazette contains a decree of the National Presidium to the Commander-in-Chief of the National Guard, inform ing him that, since the bearing of arms is a service requiring much time and attention, wholly incom patible with the studies to which youth must be devoted, the Ministry has commanded that the Academie Legions be dissolved, until such time as the new law for the National Guard service be issued, in which respect will be had to the wishes of the students. The decree concludes with a high enco mium upon the Prague Academic Legion, both as a body and individually. When this decree was made known to the young men they immediately deter mined to enter a protest against the dissolution of the Austrian Academic Legion, which has hitherto been considered an integral part of the National Guard. ITALY. 'The following is the passage in the speech of the Grand Duke of Tuscany to the Chambers in which he speaks of the affairs of Italy : " As respects war, the blood generously shed in Lom bardy by the brave Tuscans, so far from discouraging them, only tends to redouble their ardour. The reasons for prosecuting the war, besides, still exist, and the dan ger is always the same. I caunot accordingly refuse to concur in the wishes of my people. Our relations with the Sovereigns and States out of Italy, are not only pacific but cordial, with the exception, however, of Austria. We do not in the meantime forget that we must remain united with the Princes and States of Italy, like the fingers of the same hand, destined to grasp the sword of valour and concord, which alone can secure real liberty to our country. Piedmont has replied to oar remonstrances relative to certain facts that took place on our frontier, by sending two commissioners to inquire into them, and promising to grant the satis faction due to us. Powerful mediators have interfered to adjust the trifling difficulties that have arisen between the Courts of Naples and Tuscany, and which, we hope, will soon be terminated. At the same time that we de plore the interruption of good harmony between the Sovereign Pontiff and his subjects, which we hope may • , n t e re-established, we cannot pursue a policy that ou ti condemn us to isolation. We will follow that ,nt. other Italian States, to which it is important we :buttl , i strictly adhere, if, as we have reason to believe, that policy continues to be inspired with that respect to which the Supreme Pontiff of the Church, the Chief of the Catholic re ligion, is so eminently entitled. Gentlemen, the Con stltuent Assembly proclaimed in Tuscany must not be a priecip!c of discord and dissolution, but ou the contrary, one of harmony and strength. Our constitution rejects no practicable form of organization. It willingly accepts all that can bring it nearer to the desired term. It ex pects to obtain the adhesion of the other parts of Italy, with which it behoves us to unite in bonds of frater nity rather than in bonds of actual confede ration. Courage, Honourable Senators and Depu ties, the country has lost nothing if we maintain a firm will, which will increase with events. You are aware that everything becomes 'dearer to us rather by the sacrifice which it costs than by the pleasure which it procures. The sacrifices demanded by our country are net such as our courage can fear or such as are above our strength. When you conferred on me the title of Father, I accepted it with joy, for I teal a truly paternal affection for men whose wishes I have always studied, and whom I will study to go vern with love. If my ootemporaries and if posterity confirm the title of Father of my People, it will be the most glorious reward to which your Prince ever aspired. Our ambassador will assist at the Congress of Brussels. It is the most ardent wish of my soul that Christian blood may cease to flow, and that peace, so long desired, may be established throughout the world. Let us be, however, prepared for war. It is thus only that we can defend our existence and our property, and maintain intact the honour of our country. Cer tain people, our brothers by nature, and by ancient friendship, have spontaneously devoted themselves to us. I am am happy, Gentlemen, to remind you of the confidence they have reposed in us, and we must consider them as attached to us by indis soluble bonds. I cannot disguise from you how often in the midst of so many motives of bitterness my heart finds consolation by reflecting that nations have devoted themselves to the Tuscans, and I know not whether this fact proves more the merit of the Tuscans, or the great ft iendsbip of the inhabitants of the Appenines, although I am convinced that it honours them both in the highest degree." THE POPE and ROMAN ASSEMBLY The following is the address of the Pope to the Roman people, threatening with excommunication all those wh o take part in the election of members of the Assembly : " In this peaceful ab u o s de in whither it has pleased Divine order that we may en abled in all freedom 9 Providence to leadbe mPnts and our wishes, we mwanlfQst. our senti• remorse will be felt by our erring child rent in hope that for the sa crilegi-us and other crimes committed aga ins t persons att a ched to us, of whom some have been killed, and others outraged in the most barbarous m anne r, as for the sacrileges and crimes consummated in as well silence, and even against ou r own person, And o ur .et we 1 re. h .ve , up to the present , received only .ta a barren being uttered to return to our capi t al , without even a word uttered in condemnation of the attem p ts we have re ferred to, and without th e least g uara n tee a g ain st the acts of fraud and violence o f that inveterate band w:)ose barbarous despotism still tyrannises over the State and Church of Rome. We have wailed in the hope that the protests and decrees which we have issued would recal to their duties as subjects, and as of the faithful, those who in the very capital of our states hare deTised these duties and trampled them underfoot. But,instead of returning, a ncw and still more mon strous act of hypocritical felony and genuine rebellion, audaciously committed by them, has filled the measure of our grief, and excited our just indignation, as it will afflict the universal church. We speak of that act, se detestable in all its bearings, by which it has been pretended to order the convocation of a soi-disant general National Assembly of the Roman States by a decreee of the 29th December last, for the purpose of establishing new political forms in the Pon tifical States. Thus heaping iniquity upon iniquity, the promoters of demagogical anarchy are endeavouring to destroy the temporal authority of the Roman Pon tiff over the domains of the Holy Church, believing, and seeking at the same time to make it believed, that his sovereign power is subject to contro versy, and depends upon the caprice of factions, although its rights are so irrefragebly founded upen the most ancient and solid bases, and although they are ac knowledged, defended, and venerated by all nations. We will spare our dignity the humiliation of dwelling upon all the monstrosity of this abominable act, arising from the absurdity of its origin, the illegality of its forms, and the impiety of its object. But it certainly belongs to the Apostolic authority with which, unworthily, we are invested, and by the responsibility to which we are bound by the most sacred oaths taken in the presence of the Almighty, not only to protest, as we now do, in the most energetic and efficient manner, against this act, but, moreover, to denounce it in the face of the universe as a monstrous and sacrilegious attempt against our independence and sovereignty— an attempt which merits the chastisement inflicted by divine and human laws. We are convinced that, on receiving this audacious appeal you have cast it far from you with indignation as an insult and a crime. Nevertheless, that none of you may le.r, after have the pretext of having been deceived by fallacious seductions, and by artful preachers of subversive doc trines, or of having been ignorant of the machinations of the enemies of all order, of all law, of all right, of all true liberty, of even your own felicity, we have this day again raised and exalted our voice so that you may be rendered perfectly as sured of that absolute command, by which we forbid you, whatever may be your ranks or conditions, from taking any part in the elections of persons to he sent to the !Assembly which we have condemned. In the mean time, we remind you that this absolute interdic tion is sanctioned by our predecessors and by councils, especially by the Holy Council of Trent (Sess. xxii., c. xi., de Refer.), in which tho Church has repeatedly Culminated its censures, and particularly that of the greater excommunication, as incurred, without the necessity of any previous declaration, by whomsoever shall render himself guilty of any attempt whatever against the temporal authority of the Sovereign Pontiffs of Rome, as we declare all those have unhappily in curred who have contributed (7'utti cholera the hanno data opera) to the above-mentioned act, and those which preceded it to the detriment of the same sove reignty, or who in any other manner, and under false pretences, have disturbed, violated, and usurped our au thority. But, if we feel ourselves compelled by our conscientious duties to preserve and defeed the sacred deposit of the patrimony of the spouse of Jesus Christ, confided to our care, and to employ the sword of just severity which God himself, our Judge, has given into our hands to be thus used, we cannot, however, at any time forget that we hold on earth the place of Him who, in the exercise of His justice, never failed to use mercy. Raising then our hands to Heaven, remitting and recommending to Him once more this just cause, His much more than ours, and declaring that we are ready, with the aid of His powerful grace, to drink to the dregs, for the defence and glory of th e Catholic Church, the cup of bitterness which He himself was willingly the first to taste for the salvation of his church. We shall never cease to supplicate and conjure Him to deign, in His go o d ness , to grant the ardent prayers which we address to him day and night for the conversion and salvation of those who have wandered from the true path. Assuredly no by the of day can rise which will be more joyful to us th an t h at on which it shall be given to us to see re - entering the ld l in e us hopepale of the Lord such of our sons as are now causing us so much tribulation and b s ia t e re rn n strengthened soon seeing a day so happy is thought of the universality of the prayers which, joined to ours, ascend to the Throne of Divine Grace from the lips and the hearts of all the faithful of the Catholic world, and who incessantly urge Him to change the hearts of the sinners, and bring them back into the paths of truth and justice. Given at Gaeta, this Ist day of January, in the year of our Lord, 1849. 6‘ PI US P. P. Ix." INSTITUTION OF CIVIL EN GINEERS. The annual general meeting of this institution was held on Tuesday evening, January 16th, when the following gentlemen were chosen to form the Council for the ensuing year Field, President ; W. Cubitt, J. M. Bendel, J. Simpson, and R. Stephen son M.P., Vice-Presidents; J. F. Bateman, G. P. Bidder, J. K. Brunel, J. Cubitt, J. Fowler, C. H. Gregory, J. Locke, M.P., J. R. M'Clean, C. May, and J. Miller, members; and W. Harding and T. Piper, Associates of Council. The report of the Council was read, and from the statement of its financial position the society appeared to be governed by men of foresight, who had very properly restricted the ordinary expenditure within prudential limits, whilst the pressure of the times was felt so heavily by all classes. It, however, held out cheering hopes for the future, for, as it ob served, "in a country like Great Britain, whose distinguishing characteristic is energetic and in domitable courage in circumstances of difficulty, it is not probable that any foreign political excitement can long continue to exercise a prejudicial effect ; al ready the horizon is brightening, and a little reflection will demonstrate, that in proportion to the injury arising from the late stagnation, must be the activity on the resumption of the works ; and it appears to be acknowledged that the forced economy, which has been practised during the past year, has caused such a necessity for supplies of working stock, and for the improvement of works, that the engineering pro fession must be generally benefited on the return of confidence in financial affairs." Satisfactory reasons were given for the unusual de lay in the publication of the Minutes of Proceedings, and a simple but effective plan was detailed for paying off the debt incurred for the alterations of the house of the institution. Telford Medals were presented to the Right Hon. the Earl of Lovelace, Messrs. Harrison, Mitchell, and Ransome ; Council Premiums of Books to Messrs. Harrison and Jackson, and Telford Premiums of Books to Messrs. Redman, Green, and Rankine ; the President addressing a few complimentary words to each of these gentlemen on presenting the medals and premiums. Memoirs were read of the deceased members : Messrs. B. Cubitt, T. Hopkins, S. Fowls, members ; Lieutenant-Colonel Brandreth, P. L. Campbell, F. Carleton, and T. E. Steele, associates ; and J. Pope, graduate. These contained some very interesting biography, and, as a specimen, we may give that of the late Torn Steele, who was a very old associate of the institution. " Mr. Thomas Ennis Steele was the descendant of an ancient and honourable family in the County Clare, where he inherited a beautiful estate, and few men have commenced their career with brighter pros pects. He graduated and took his degrees at Trinity , College, Dublin, about the year 1817 ; he then re moved to Trinity College, Cambridge, in 1820, and obtained the degree of Master of Arts in that Uni versity, on the books of which his name was always retained, and he regularly appeared at the elections. He was an elegant classical scholar, but more parti cularly directed his attention to mathematics, me chanics, and the application of chemistry to the arts; he also, at one period, devoted much of his time to the study of geology, with the avowed object of pre paring himself for travelling in the East; a project which was probably prevented by his entanglement in politics. "His attention being directed to the bad state of the navigation of the river Shannon, be determined to make a personal survey of the bed of the river, which he did in the most complete manner, employing some times very original means; such, for instance, as stepping along the line of a reef or shoal, supporting himself with one hand upon the stern of a boat, whilst he measured and recorded all the inequalities of the surface, and ascertained the nature of the rock or ground. An account of this survey was published by him ; and no greater proof of its utility can be given, than the fact of the greater portion of his suggestions having been followed in the works that have been since executed. " His attention being thus directed to the diving bell, he devised several alterations in its construction and application ; particularly a method of lighting the divers, during their submarine labours. All these, with many s i m il ar su bjects, were published in the current periodicals of the day, and some of them were communicated to this Institution. At a later period, a favourite theme upon which he repeatedly addressed the Institution, was the purchase of the birth-place of Sir Isaac Newton, and its preservation by the sientific world, in the same manner that Shak spere's house has since been obtained by the exertions of literary and dramatic men. He embarked deeply in Irish politics, and became the devoted follower of O'Connell, about the y ear 1825 ; but upon that portion of his career, the en cumbrance of his fortune, and the melancholy ter mination of th e lif e o f a man:who might have been an invaluable member of society, this memoir cannot dwell. His political opponents, however, all ac knowledged his honourable feelings, and the entire absence of selfishness in all his actions; and in his list hours he had the gratification of seeing the bit terest among them vieing with each other in th e i r anxiety to serve honest Tom Steele. " He was the most chivalrously-minded of men, the most affectionate of friends, and the most devoted of followers, still preserving his independence of mind. He entertained no private resentments which might not instantly be extinguished by the slightest approach to conciliation, even on the part of one who might have d ee ply i n j ure d hi m ; and it may with truth be said, that h e never d e liberately committed an act by which he thought he should lose a friend, create an enemy, or injure a fellow-creature. " After the decease of his chosen leader, Mr. Steele abandoned politics, and though visibly declining in ealth and spirits, he atedfastly rejected all offers of ' assistance from his friends, who desired to cheer the evening of his days, and on the 15th of June, 1848, he expired, a man of fallen fortunes, a crushed spirit, and a broken heart, but universally beloved by all who knew and could estimate the man, apart from the politician." Votes of thanks were passed unanimously to the President, Vice-Presidents, Members, and Associates of the Council, and the Secretary ; and the Presi dent, in returning thanks, gave a memoir of the late George Stephenson, and his connexion with the com bination of the Fire Tubes and the Blast Pipe in the Locomotive, which constituted it the life of the pre sent railway system. The address was responded to very warmly, and th© meeting adjourned until Tuesday, February 6th, when the following paper was announced to be read —" On the Abbattoirs of Paris."—By IL B. Gran tham, M. Inst. C. E. LAW INTELLIGENCE. SHERIFFS' COURT, Jan. 18. (Before Mr. Under-Sheriff BURCIIELL ) VIE ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA, COVENT-GARDEN-MOG GIONI U. DELAFIELD. This was an action by Manfredo Moggioni against :Mr. Edward Thomas Delatield, the less( e of the Royal Italian Opera, Covent-garden, to recover 1951. ls. for wages and literary services rendered in the translation and adaptation of operas for the establishment. Judg ment had been suffered to go by default, and a writ of inquiry was executed to assess the damages. Mr. E. James appeared as Counsel for the plaintiff; and Mr. Kennedy on the part of the defendant. From the opening speech on the part of the plaintiff, it appeared that he (an Italian) had been engaged by Mr. Beale in the year 1846, when in conjunction with Signor i!ersiani and Signor Gulletta he commenced the Italian Opera at Covent-garden, to act as foreign correspondent and interpreter, at 801. a year; to translate Italian operas into the English language at 81. each; and to adapt French and German operas into Italian operas. The latter work was a very difficult one, and 501. was claimed for each opera. In August, 1847, Mr. Delafield entered into an agreement by which he became the sole lessee, and the present claim was made in respect of services rendered to that gentleman, he having continued the plaintiff in the same employment as Mr. Beak ; the plaintiff had claimed of the defendant 2641., and gave him credit for 681, 195., leaving a balance, which was now sought to be recovered, of 195/. is. In the parti culars of demand the plaintiff claimed 251. for trans lating and for writing the libretto of the opera La Favo rita ; for translating and writing the libretto of Les Hugenots, 501.; for translating and writing the libretto of Fidelio, 501.; for superintending and translating six operas into English, 481.; fur translating Linda di Cha niuuni, 81.; and for one year's salary as foreign corre spondent, 801.; making the sum claimed. Credit had been given for the amount received, leaving 1951. ls. due to the plaintiff. lie (Mr. James) understood that the speculation had been an unprofitable one, but that was no reason the plaintiff should nut be paid for the services he had rendered. Mr. T. F. Beale, musical seller, Regent-street, stated that he was manager of the Italian Opera, Covent-gar den, in 1846, and in August, 1847, Mr. De'afield exe cuted an agreement to take the theatre, commencing the season of 1843. He had engaged the plaintiff at 801. a year as correspondent, and agreed to give him 81. for rendering an opera into the English language, which was a very moderate sum. The plaintiff was also en gaged in translating the operas mentioned from the French and German, into Italian. Ho considered 50/. each was a very reasonable sum for such a difficult task. The plaintiff had translated into English Les Huguenots, Guglielmo Tell, Tancredi, Linda di Cltanzouni, I Capuletti a Montecchi, La Farorita, and L'enerrntola; he had adapted for the Italian stage La Favoyita and Les Huguenots, and also Fidelio, which lat ter opera was not produced. The translated operas were printed and sold. Mr. M. C. Shee, who said he was " clerk of the hall," or stage entrance at the theatre, proved the attend ance of the plaintiff. Signor Belletta, a music composer, and Signor Card gave evidence to show that the plaintiff conducted the toreign correspondence. Mr. George Lindley, the composer, stated that 61. for translating, and 501. for adapting an opera, were very moderate charges. Mr. Chappell, the 'music seller in New Bond-street, said he had often paid 1001. for an adaptation. In his evidence Mr. Beale mentioned that he had recently paid 1354 for an adaptation of the French opera Haydee. Mr. KENNEDY addressed the jury on the part of the defendant, whom he described es a gentleman of fortune, and member of a well known firm. Judgment had been suffered to go by default through some mistake; but he fat confident that the jury would not give the exorbi tant sum now demanded. The jury would perceive that it was an attempt to make Mr. Delafield, who certainly had not found the undertaking a profitable one, pay the debt of Mr. Beale. There was no evidence that the de fendant had engaged the plaintiff at the sums mentioned, and he was sure the jury would be very moderate as to the amount they assessed. In the course of the address of the Learned Counsel (Mr. Kennedy), the Court was convulsed with laughter by a remark made by the Under-Sheriff. The Learned Counsel was describing the:sale of the opera books by the little boys in the street, which excited the risible faculties of the audisins9 4 on which the Under-Sheriff, who was reading one of the operas, suddenly said, " I was just reading this passaße--` Oh heavens, what do I hear?"'—a remark which produced roars of laughter in the court. Counsel having concluded, The Learned UNDER •SXERIFF placed the case before the jury with his accustomed clearness, and they as sessed the damages at the full amount claimed-1951. ls. COURT OF BANKRUPTCY, Jan. 18. (Before Mr. Commissioner GouLnuaN.) RE TAYLOR.—BETTING. The hearing of this case was resumed by adjourn ment. The court was again crowded with parties in terested in sweeps and betting. His HONOUR said the point in this case, when raised, had apparently come on both the learned gentlemen by surprise; and he wished to know if either of them had anything to add to what was then urged? Mr. LAWRANCE referred to the case of " Wareing v. Smith," a recent one in the Bristol Court, where Mr. Sergeant Stephens had decided that Smith's certificate which had been opposed on the ground of gaming, should be granted. Afterwards he was taken in execution at the suit of Wareing; he applied for his discharge, on the ground that he had obtained his certificate. The matter went before the Court of Qaeen's Bench, where it was contended that the certificate was void from gaming; but Mr. Justice Erle held that the certificate could not be disturbed, the creditor having another remedy. Upon all the cases cited, he contended that the offence was onlycomplete by the payment of the sum lost. Such was clearly the intention of the Legislature, or no specific sum would have been named. The CO3IMISSIONER—Then your view is that if a man loses a bet and honourably pays it, he loses his certifi cate; but if he does not pay, he gets his certificate? Mr. LAWRANCE—Undoubtedly. The law only has regard to the pecuniary injury to the bankrupt's estate; were it otherwise, the words of the Act would have been directed against making a wager. The COMMISSIONER—You must observe that the as signees might recover the money back, if any wager had been paid. Mr. LAWRANCE, at great length, recapitulated the ar guments he had urged at the previous sitting.. Mr. STURGEON contended that the construction of the word "lose" ought to follow the usual acceptation as es tablished by the code of honour and the rules of the Jockey Club. The bankrupt law was not merely a dis tributive or pecuniary law; it was also a penal law, as was abundantly evident from numerous clauses. His Hosroun said the case was one of greatimportance to the bankrupt as well as the public, for it is highly re quisite that commercial people should be guarded against the effects of practices and pursuits which are quite at variance with ike business of a trader, and are extremely perilous to those who engage in them. The question arose upon the interpretation which was to be put to the words of the last Act on the subject-5 and 6 Victoria, c. 122, section 38. That section provides that no bank rupt shall be entitled to his certificate, and if any such certificate be obtained, it shall be void, if such bankrupt shall have lost by any sort of gaming or wagering in one day 201., or within one year next preceding his bank ruptcy 2001. It is always useful in such inquiries as the present, where the meaning of the particular words of an Act of Parliament is sought, to see what former Acts of Parliament on the same subject have stated. The words I have just quoted are a literal transcript from the 6th George IV., chap. 16, sec. 130, which has the follow ing:—" And be it enacted, that no bankrupt shall be entitled to his certificate, and that any certificate, if obtained, shall be void, if such bankrupt shall have lost by any sort of gaming or wagering in one day 20/." &c. Now, these words were meant to carry out the provisions contained in the old Act sth George 11., chap. 30, sec. 12, which says, "or who hath or shall have lost in any one day the sum or value of Si., or, in the whole, the sum or value of 1001. within the space of twelve months peat preceding his, her, or their becoming bankrupt in playing at or with cards, dice-tables, tennis, bowls, billiards, shovelboard, or in or by cock fighting, horse races, dog matches, or foot races, or other pastimes, game, or games whatsoever, or in or by bearing a share or part in the stakes, wagers, or adventures, or in or by betting on the sides or hands of such as do or shall play, act, ride, or run as aforesaid," &c. But the statute of 5 George IV., instead of leaving the sum at SZ, raised it to 20L, and, instead of repeating the words which I have read, uses these, " by any sort of gaming or wagering." I now come to the definition of the word " lost." Mr. Lawrance contended that the statute must mean an actual pecuniary loss or legal liabi lity to lose it, that the wager could be recovered against him in a suit. Now, it is impossible the Legislature could have contemplated that, for at the time when the 6th George IV. passed, as well as at the period o f th e passing of the sth and 6th Victoria, it is quite plain th a t all wagers above 10/. were illegal. By the 9th of Anne, c. 14, all persons who lost more than 10/. up on an y game or wager might, if they had paid such wager, sue for and recover such money from the party who had re ceived it; thus clearly showing that such wegers or bets were illegal, arid that it was the desire of the Legisla ture to put a stop to wagering abo ve th e amount name t. By the Bth and 9th Victoria, c. 109, sec. 18, the law in this respect has been put upon a more equitable footing, because; that Act provides that contracts or agreements, whether by parole or in writing, by way of gaming cr wagering, shall be null and void, and thct no suit shall be brought or maintained in any court of law or equity for recovering any sum of money alleged to be won up; :n any wager, &e. Therefore, it is plain, that when the Acts recited, viz., 5 and 6 Victoria and 6 George IV., were passed, the bets were void; and there was a still further provision that the sum wagered, if paid, might be legally recovered frein the party to whom it was paid. It is plain that when the Legislature em ployed the word " lost," or "losirg," they could not have meant any legal liability to pay 201., for no sach liabi lity existed,—no action could be maintained for any sum above 101. He (the Commissioner) felt persuaded that this was what the Legislature meant,—that a per• son who embarked in trade must not gamble, nor put himself into a position by which, according to the code of honour, he would be liable for any such debt. Some amount must be fixed at and beyond which penal con sequences must follow; therefore they fixed the sum named in the Act. The Legislature was desirous to prevent traders from gambling, and there is no right minded person who must not acquiesce in the wisdom and expediency of that desire. I think it of the greatest importance that persons who embark in trade shall not engage in pursuits of this description, nor put themselves into such a position as would make it incumbent upon them, according to every law of honour (a feeling, be it remembered, which acted with as much force upan men as the law of the land), to pay a large sum of money which might probably be abstracted from that which belonged to their creditors. I have examined as many cases upon this subject as I can find. I would in the first place refer to "E.v parte Newman, in the matter of Jones," 2 Glynn's Cases in Bankruptcy. In that case the bankrupt did not deny that he had on a certain day before the bankruptcy lost 40/., but stated that after having made the above wager he had made a bet of 451. vc ith another person on the opposite side, the consequence of which was that upon the result of the main he was a winner of 5/. The Vice-Chancellor decided that that was gambling within the meaning of the Act. After quoting some other cases, his Honour said it would be strange indeed if the Legislature had enacted that the trader who made and honourably paid a wager of 20/. should not obtain his certificate, but that the trader who had skulked out of the payment of his debt should escape with impunity, because he had added a shabby to an illegal act. Let us suppose the case of a mer chant losing a large sum of money at a horserace ; would he not, if possible, pay the money at once, sooner than be pointed out as a defaulter? Ho would raise money in all directions in order to fulfil his ho nourable engagements. The Legislature, foreseeing this, has wisely framed those enactments. I feel bound, therefore, to refuse the certificate. I regret that my de cision cannot be reviewed. I could wish it to have been otherwise, and believe and hope that, during the next session, the law in this respect will be altered. I have, however, made up my mind upon this case, and although my judgment is final, do not feel justified in giving any other. I can never think that the Legislature meant to deal less favourably with the man who wagered and paid his debts than with the person who wagered and refused to ray them. I como to the conclusion that this man was not entitled to participate in the advantages . afforded by the bankrupt law to traders under other circum stances, and that he ought not to receive his certificate. Certificate refused. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION-.HOUSE. A poor-looking diminutive object, named Gushay, who appeared to be about fifteen, but was stated to be nine teen years of age, was brought before Alderman Law rence, charged with having fired a pistol at a girl named Emma Tyler, with intent to kill her, or do her some bodily harm. The prisoner, who seemed to be in a very fieble condition, was placed in a chair at the bar. Inspector Fosberry, of the City Police, stated, that soon after ten o'clock on Wednesday night he was in formed that a woman had been shot by a young fellow in Angel-alley, Hounsditch. Upon going to the place the inspector found that there was ground for the report, and that the girl had been' carried to the hospital, and the delinquent had fled. Next morning, however, the inspector saw the prisoner's father, who informed him that the boy bad returned home, after having wandered about Smithfield all night, in great distress and imme diate steps were taken for his apprehension. It was in the meantime ascertained that the nurse at the hospital had found in Emma Tyler's hair, upon putting her to bed, a large slug or bullet, which had penetrated the flesh, and indented the bone, and from which danger, though not immediate, might arise. The prisoner stated, upon being taken into custody, that the girl whom he had shot had asked him to buy two pistols, one to shoot her, and the other to shoot himself with, and that there had been nothing in the pistol he discharged but brown paper; that he had refused the girl's request to get the two pistols, and when he ran away after shooting her ho threw the pistol amongst the ruins near Angel-alley. It was reported about the neighbourhood that jealousy was the cause of the desperate conduct of the prisoner. A girl, named Eliza Graves, evidently of very low habits, who was said to have witnessed the whole of the transaction, made a sort of statement, one word of which it was quite impossible to ccedit, except the mere fact that she ba I seen the pistol fired and the girl wounded. The prisoner was remanded. MARYLEBONE. Yesterday Henry Gullen, a mendicant of the most audacious character, who was attired in a military jacket, was placed at the bar, charged by Jones, of the D divi sion, with begging in Cavendish-square. The case wail clearly proved against him. and he was committed for a month. He then flew into a violent rage, and while ho was being conveyed to the cell by Mitchell, the gaoler, he bit the officer upon the left thumb, which bled profusely in consequence, the teeth having penetrated to some extent. He was again brought in for this second offence, when Mr. T. Watkins, a cabinet-maker, who witnessed the oc currence, described it as being ruffianly and brutal in the extreme. . Mr. LONG then fined the prisoner 51., and in default of payment to undergo two months in the House of Correc tion in addition to the month in the case first alluded to. The fellow immediately held up his hand in a threaten ing attitude, and swore that if he could got at the magi strate he would serve him in the same way he had served Mitchell. He kicked and plunged about on his way a second time to the cell; and at five o'clock he was con veyed in the van to his destination. THAMES. James Howell, a well-known sturdy vagrant, who has been known on the town for some time as a " distressed sailor," was brought before Mr. Yardley, charged with ♦agrancy-. 'Mr. Alfred Dodd, jeweller, of Cornhill, was passing along the Mile-end-road on Wednesday evening, and saw the prisoner seated on the side of a door, crying loudly, and appearing to be in the greatest possible dis tress and misery. He was asked the cause of his woe, and ho said he was a distressed mariner, and had just come up from Portsmouth and been robbed of 151.; that he had nu means of obtaining food or lodging, and that he had been greatly ill used by the villains who robbed him. The story had the desired effect; Mr. Dodd gave him all the halfpence he had in his pocket. A gentleman gave him sixpence, and he received contri butions from others. Mr. Dodd having reflected upon the matter, suspected the prisoner was an impostor, and watched him. He saw him join another street beggar and communicate with him, and afterwards seat himself on another doorway and repeat the same fable with as much success as before. Mr. Dodd afterwards followed him some distance, until he met with a police-constable named Hussey, and gave him into custody. Nothing whatever was found on the prisoner on his arrival at the station-house, and he had artfully contrived to dispossess himself of all the alms he secured by the imposture. He was recognized by the police as a well known mendicant, and a very impudent one, who had never been to sea in his life. Mr. YARDLEY said that Mr. Dodd was deserving of great praise for the manner in which he had acted in this case, and that it was such persons as the prisoner who did great mischief to the really deserving poor, and were a nuisance in the streets. He committed the pri soner as an idle and disorderly vagabond, obtaining alms under false pretences, and sentenced him to one month's imprisonment and hard labour. William Thompson, another mendicant, was charged with vagrancy. •• A police-constable, named Barnes, said the prisoner had performed the part of " the shipwrecked sailor on his beam ends" for some time past, and that he saw him following three mariners in Ratcliffe-highway, and ap pealing to their sympathies on behalf of a poor brother shipmate who had not a shot in the locker. He warned him to desist, but he would not, and importuned every person he met with for some time, and witness took him into custody. The prisoner said he was a sailor, and in distress. Mr. YARDLEY—Where is your register ticket? The prisoner said he had not got one. The policeman said the prisoner was a common street Leggar, and had never seen salt water in his life. Mr. YARDLEY sentenced the prisoner to one month's imprisonment and hard labour. TYE FIRE IN NEW -SQUARE, LINCOLN'S-INN----On Wednesday the several gentlemen who held chambers at 2, New-square, Lincoln's Inn , fields, met together, and a committee was formed for the purpose of seeing that proper care was taken in searching the ruins for the re covery of the remaining documents known to be still in the rubbish. It was also agreed that no person what ever was to be allowed to go upon the ruins to search for missing property until the remaining walls are pulled down. So anxious were many gentle men the preceding day to search the ruins for their property, that notwithstanding every gust of wind made the walls reel to and fro, not the least attention was paid to the warning, and in order to protect the lives of the unfortunate sufferers by the fire, this order was deemed indispensably necessary. Yesterday morning, at an early hour, the work of levelling the walls will be commenced. Mr. Martin, a gentleman whose chambers have been totally consumed, has fortunately succeeded in getting out of the ruins a vast number of documentary papers of many thousand pounds value, and in order to allay the excitement which has been caused amongst several members of the nobility respecting the fate of their title deeds, we are in a position to state that most of them have been recovered, either uninjured, or so triflingly scorched as not to be illegible. The police are still obliged to be kept on duty within the square to pre vent the crowd of spectators from getting into danger. FOREIGN ARRIVAL s.—ln the absence of the usual arrivals of cattle, provisions, &c., from Rotterdam and other of the continental ports, some supplies have taken place from Ha..lingen, Nardwyk, and Nicu Diep. The' arrivals from Rotterdam es well as Havahurfeh are at present entirely suspended, owing to the severity o f t h e frost on the Continent. and merchants have in the emer gency availed themselves of the port of Ostend for the transmission of continental merchandise to this country. A seam-ship has just arrived in the river frown that port, heavily laden with merchandise of every descrip- ' tion, a considerable portion of which has been brought from the inland parts of Germany for shipment to this country. IVeunderstand that Mr. Pryse, the son of the late. lamented Member for the Cardigan boroughs, has con sented to come forward, with every prospect of success. THE CO UN_TR MA.R-KET-&---- BIRMINGHAM, JAN. 18 —At Gloucester market on thy,►` 15th wheat firmly maintained the currency of the pre-• vious %,e,ek. At Worcester, same day, the trade ruled'. dull, but lower prices were not submitted to. Barley nominally unaltered, with very little doing in any de— scription. Oats rather lower, and only retail parcels. could be disposed of. For the few beans and Peas sold,, about former rates were realised. During the present; week the transactions in corn have again been on a most; limited scale, but holders are generally firm. Barley continues to be pressed for sale. Oats in rather better demand. Beans Is per quarter lower. Peas altogether. neglected. At this day's market there was a fair sup ply of wheat, which found buyers at the currency of this day se'nnight. More doing in barley, at former prices. 0 sts about 6d per quarter lower, with a free sale for fine 'qualities. Beans is per quarter lower. Peas entirely neglected. _ BOSTON, JAN. 17.—We have been well supplied with wheat at our market to-day and fine dry samples sup ported the rates of this day week; other sorts were is lower. Beans and oats exceedingly dull, and both are cheaper. Wheat, red 37s to 455, white 48s; oats 12s to 21s; beans, new 21s to 265, old 37s per quarter. Re turn of corn for the week ending Jan. 13:—Wheat,4,218. qrs, 9,138/ 14s 4d (aver. 43s 3d) ; barley, 140 qrs,. 1671 10s (aver. 25s 2d); oats, 1,174 qrs, 8031 6s 6d. (aver. 13i 8d); beans, 341 qrs, 5421 12s (aver. 31s 9d); peas, 56 qrs 4 bush, 971 18s 6d (aver. 34s 7d). SPALDING, JAN. 16 —At this day's market the trade• e; as slow for all kinds of grain. The condition of the wheat is much affected by the damp weather, and few - samples of the new are in grinding condition. In prices. no alteration. 17st red wheat 37s to 40s, 17ist 40s to• 435, 18st 41s to 44s ; white is more money than red ; the finest white 2s more, this market supplying over an. average of red. Oats 8d to 9d per at, old 10d to 11d.. Beans good and dry 28s to 30s, old 34s to 38s per qr. ALFORD.—Averages for the week ending Jan. 15:— Wheat, 43s sid; barley, 22s 51d per quarter. MARKET RASEN, JAN. 16.—There was not much business done in the wheat trade, and that was a little , under last week's quotations. Barley stationary. Oats. on the decline. There are two coal-yards open for busi ness at this place, and four more are talked of ; this will no doubt increase our corn markets, as the farmers can take coals and cake as back carriage. Return of sales up to Saturday last:—Wheat 148 qrs, 9421 5s (aver.. 453 id); oats, 188 qrs, 1341 19s (aver. 14s 4fd). LOUTH, JAN. 17.—We have no particular change to cake in the corn trade to-day; prices for all descrip tions were much the same as last week. Many samples were out of condition, and consequently difficult to sell; but all prime corn fully maintained last quotations. Wheat, 37s to 445; barley, 24s to 28s oats, 15s to 17s; beans, 34s to 38s per quarter.. LYNN, JAN. 16.—The supplies of wheat and 14‘Kley to-day were fully (squat to the demand, which proved limited; the trade for both articles ruled exceedingly heavy at the prices of this day se'nnight. Wheat 38s, 40s, to 445; fine 46s to 495. Barley 24s to 265, fine 28s to 30s per quarter. OAKUM, JAN. 15.—Wheat 40s to 465; barley 27s to 295; oats 15s to 19 s; b eans 4 0s to 45s per quarter. UPPINGHAM, JAN. 17.—Wheat 43s to 475; barley 24s to 28s; oats 15s to 225; beans 40s to 43s per quarter. Butter Ild to 12d per lb. Eggs 14 for Is. MELTON MOWBRAY, JAN. 16.—We have had a good supply of all kinds of corn offering at this market, at about the same rates as last week.—Wheat, old 48s to 50s, new 45s to 475; barley 273 to 30s; oats, old 26s to 28s, new 18s to 225; bears, 42s to 46s per quarter. GAINSBORO', JAN. 16.—More confidence was mani fested in the holders of wheat; the trade assumed a firmer aspect, and last week's prices were maintained. Barley and beans without alteration.—Wheat . 44s to 473 164 qrs, 3771 9s (average 46s Old); barley, 413 qrs, 5491 13s 6d (average 26s 71d) ; outs, 30 qrs, 281 Os (average 18s 8d); peas, 8 qrs, 111 14s (average 225). NEWARK, JAN. 17.—The supply of wheat was not large; of barley it was good; oats trifling; beans and peas small. Fine dry wheat was the turn dearer; second quality very dull sale. Best malting barleys full 6d per quarter higher. In oats and peas little passing, but a moderate demand for seed beans. White wheat, 48s to 50s; red, 46s to 495; barley, malting, 29s to 31s 6d; grinding, 24s to 275; oats, new, 15s to 18s; old, 22s to 265; beans, old, 403 to 425; new, 32s to 34s ; peas, blue 42s to 43s ; malt, 543 to 56s per quarter.—Averages for the week ending Jas. 10: wheat, 1,152 qrs, av 475 2d; barley, 1,059 qrs, av 29s llid; oats, 14 qrs, av iB3. ROTHERHAM CATTLE MARKET, JAN. 15.—This was the first market of the new year of any extent, and there was a splendid supply of both beasts and sheep; this is generally the case atter the Liverpool market begins to flag. There were several buyers from Manchester, but we cannot quote any difference in price. Some of the stock had been to the Wakefield show, and came back for sale; part was left on baud. Beef 6s to 6s 6d per st; mutton, 5d to 6d per lb. Cattle, 290; sheep 1,860. SHEFFIELD, JAN. 16.—The following is the in spector's return:— Qrs. Bls. £ s. d. £a. d. Wheat 221 1 ... 539 18 3 28 10 per qr. Barley 0 0 ... 00 0 0 0 0 0 ditto Oats Beans 0 0 ~. 0 0 0 0 0 0 ditto Peas Best household bread, 6d per 41b. Second's ditto 5d do. GLASGOW, JAN. 17.—We have had fair arrivals of foreign wheat, which in the mean time is going into granary to await liberation on the Ist proximo. The supplies of home-grown barley have been considerably larger than for some time past; with other articles we continue to be moderately provided. The dull state of the trade has not varied, and both sellers and buyers appear inclined to delay operations until the new law takes effect. At this day's market there was a fair at tendance. Wheat and flour were not much dealt in, and prices have to be written nominally the same as last week. Barley was offering rather cheaper. Oats and oatmeal ruled dull, and the turn lower. Beans and peas a moderate retail sale. EDINBURGH, JAN. 17.—The quantity of wheat brought forward to-day was 738 qrs., being 64 qrs. more than last week. Sales brisk. Top price same as last week, and the average down 7d. The quantity of barley brought forward was 943 qrs., being 72 qrs. less than last week. Demand good. Price on the top the same , and the average down 7d-11 qrs. unsold. Of oats we had 990 qrs. brought forward, or 26 qrs. more than last week. Top price down 4d, and the average id UK" 18 qrs. unsold. The quantity of beans to-day was 1 43 qrs., or 28 qrs. less than last week. Prices on the top 3-t, and the average 8d up-4 qrs. unsold. Top of Wheat ... „, 65pb, 5 4 3 Od Barley ... „, 58 lb. 32s Oa „ Oats .•• ••• ••• 44 lb. 22s 8 1 Beans •••68 lb. 34s Od EDINBURGH CATTLE MARKET, JAN. 17.—The suPPIY: of cattle this morni ng was 445 , b e i ng 119 l ess t h an last week. Sales were very dull, and prices still declining' Top price 7s 9d per Dutch stone; current, 7s; middling and inferior, 5s to 6s. A consid e r a bl e num b er u nsolch The supply of sheep this morning was 2,803, being 64 more than last week. Sales very dull, and prices down from is to is 6d a head. Top price of the best mu tter' 51d per lb; current, 4id to sd; middling and inferior , from 3id to 4d per lb. A great number unsold. DUNBAR, JAN. 16.—We had a good supply of grain to-day. Sales were rather dull, and prices much the same. Wheat, weighing 611 b, brought 435, and pricel to 325; barley, weighing 5711 b, brought 29s 6d, a n ; prices to 19s Od; oats, weighing 441 b, brought 20s 6d, and prices to 15s 01; beans and peas, weighing 671 1 b' brought 28s Od, and prices to 255. DUNDEE, JAN, 1 5.—Wheat, 40s to 435; foreign ditto, Oos to 00s; barley; 22s 6d to 235; oats, 15s 6d to 16s 6d. CORK, JAN. 17 . — Flour—First quality, 15s Od to 16s 0c 1 ; second ditto, 14s Od to 15s Od; household, Ils to 139 ,, , third ditto, 9s t o lO s per cwt. Oatrnt al, lls fid to 123 r?.,, cwt. Indian c orn , 711 0 i to 815 s O d ; Indian meal, 91 to 915 s per ton. Bran, Si 5s to 01 Os per ton. Liar:, Rimers', 32s to 45s Od ; averag e , 38 s ; re t a il ers 445 50s per ton; old hay, 45s to 60s per ton. Straw—F,; reers', 20s to 30s ; aver a g e , 24 5; re t a il ers ' , 30s to ou, per ton. Whi s ky, a t th e Di st ill ery, 25 over proof 6s 01 per imperial gallon. Bread, 6d to lid per 41 b ° ' Fresh butter, 10d to 12d per lb. Beef, 4d to 7d; an t- , ton, 5d to 6d ; veal, 52d to 7d; pork, 4d to 61u bacon, 7d to 8d ; sausages, 6d per lb. Coals—Ne w port, 17s; Lydney, 18s. Culm, 16s per ton. Potatoes, white, 10d to 12d; Minions, 19d. Hides—Market ditto' 1 I s to 17s; salted ditto, 12s to 17s per cwt; market skip 2d to 2/d; calf ditto, 2d to 21c1; veal skins, 3d to 3 per lb. Tar—Ar c ha nge l, 18 s p er bl. T im b er —Quebe: red pine, 31 15s; yellow ditto, 31; deal, 171 to 20/ Per hundred ; Bangor Qu ee n s , 31 2s 6d p er ton. Scot°t, herrings,lBs to OOs per barrel ; N orwa y ditt o, O Os. rte:' fouudland dry cod fish, 11/ to 121 lO s p er ton. T a ilor , 465. Wool, lOs to 12s per stone. BIR7'HS. On the 13th inst., at Fawley, Southampton, the wife of tb . Rev. E H. Haskins, of a son. $ rS On the 13th inst., at Grove-t errace , K en ti s h-t own , William Reid, of a ton. leg On the 13th inst., at the Hermitage, Hitchin, Mrs. Char- E. Prime, of a daughter. On the 15th inst., at St. Ge orge ' s - t errace , Hyde-park, tbe wife of C. A. de Valmer, of a daughter, stillborn. MARRIED. the On the 16th insf., at St. M ary ' s Ch urc h , Ch e l ten h a nb Rev. Charles Gore Gambier, vicar of Coln St. Ald'Al. li . Gloucestershire, to Elizabeth O a kl ey, f ourth daughter 01 141 ' „a tenant-Colonel Willi .m Reid, of the Royal Engineers. ,„ 9 0 On the 17th inst., at St. Philip's, Clerkenwell, John .„'-'„" 0 1, Paul, Esq., of the Strand, eldest son o f Si r J o h n D ea n r Bart., of the Hill-house, Rcdborough, to Susan, only 6- rma viving daughter of the late John Ewens, Esq. D. On the 17th inst., at St. George's, Hanover-square , 0 Perkins, Esq , of St. Thomas-street, Southwark, to Pr o , Anna, eldest daughter of R. P. Ch ar l eton, E sq., o f Bri- Surrey. DIE. On the 16th inst., at her hous D e in Brook-street Cath erine Mary Howard, widow of H enry Howard, of Corby Case, Cumberland, aged 79. , of ' On the 14th inst., a t B r i g h ton, M ary Phillippa, wiw3" the late William Whit ton, Esq., of Bedford-row, Londeil„;,ett On the 14th i ns t ., M r. D av i d Evans, of Penton -s"- Waiworth, aged 71. 01 01 On the 14th inst. at Park-street, Nottingham, s i r. n Severn, late of the firm of Severn, King, and Co., aged 7- , v i o , On the 15th inst., at College-street North, Camden Richard Evans, E-q., of the Audit-office, Someraet-1 10 , use. On the 15th i ns t.. a t Bradford, Wilts, Miss Timbrel" s tet On the 15th inst., William Leverton, Esq., of Forest -g Westharn, Essex, aged 91. l it ' On the 15th inst., at Grove-hill•terrace, Camberw ell Doniett, Esq., aged 85. , f Tot' On the 16th inst., Charles A. T a lk, E sq ., late teridge-park, Herts, aged 63. o ath On the 16th inst., at Waltharnstow, agel 22, - 118 eld,st daughter of the late J. Clinton, Esq. t h e °nl3'Oa the 16th inst., aged 18, Edward William, child of T. Barnard, Esq., of Lympstone, Devonshire. — G c o f London: Printed and P u bli s h e d b y MIJRDO riTTS No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun Office, l'l c6 tv to Strand, in the Pre c i nc t of the Savoy, in the co in # Middlesex, Saturday, January 19, 1849. ~v ;fl ' , . k r I