The Sun. — London, England, 1849-11-16 00:00:00

BANK RETURNS. (From the London Gazette of Tuesday.) An A:nount, pursuant to the Act se venth and eighth Victoria, zap. 32, of the Average Amount of Bank Notes of the several Banks of Issue in England and Wales, in Circulation during the Week ending Satur day, the 3d day of November, 1849: Average PRIVATE BANKS. amount. Andover Bank, Andover—Heath and Co 14,063 Ashford Bank, Ashford—Jemmitt and Pomfret 11,454 Aylsham 'Bank, Aylsham—R. and G Copeman 5,521 Aylesbury Old Bank, Aylesbury—Riekford and aunt BAldock Bank and Baldock and Bigslesivade Ba'dock—Wells, Hogg, and Lindsell ... 25,209 Barnstaple Bank, Barnstaple—Marshall and Co 12,301 Basingstoke and Odiha-u Bank, Basingstoke-- Seymour, Lamb, arid Co 15,235 Be If ord Bank, Bedford-1. Barnard Bedford and Bedfordshire Bang, Bedford— Trapp, Halfhead, and Co. Bowdley Bank, Bawdley—Nichols, Baker, and Crane Bicester and Oxfordshire Bank and Oxford Bank, Bicester—Tubb and Co. .. •••• Birrninghani Bank, Birmingham—Attec is, Spooner, and Co 21,573 Birminghana and Warwickshire Bank, Birming ha —J. T.. Moilliett, and Sons . . 12,993 m- Blandiord Bank, Blandford—Bastard anu Oak. 8,033 Bolton Bank, Boston—Garfit and Co 64,103 Boston f3ank, Boston—Gee and Co 13.123 tridgx Act- Bank, Bridgwater—J. &J. Sealey 5,639 Bristol Bank, Bristol—Miles, Harford, and Co. 33,786 Brost)icy and Bridgnorth, and Bridgnorth and Broseley Bank, Broseley—Messrs. Pritchard 20,175 Buckingham Bank, Buckingham—Bartlett, Parrott, and Co. Bury and Suffolk Bank, Sudbury Bank, Stow- Market Bank, Bury—Oakes, Bevan, and Co. 69,735 'Dan kiry Bank, Banbury—Gillett and Tawney. 27,364 Ban'unry Old Bank, Banbury—Messrs. Cobb 32,655 l>ati - , City Bank, Bath—Moger and S.rn Bc(Fordshire Leighton Buzzard Bank, Leighton Buzzard—Bassett and Grant 32,132 Eilrininghain Bank, Birmingham—Taylor and 31,039 TAw!di Bradford Old Bank, Bradford, Yorkshire—ll. A. and W. M. Harris and Co 12,393 Brecon Old Bank, Brecon—Wilkins and C 0... 63,435 Bridport Bank, 13ridport —S. and W. B. Gundry Brighton Union Bank, Brighton—Hall, West, an d Borrer Burlington and Driffield Bank, Burlington— ITardin, Smith, and Co 11,272 Bury St. Edmunds Bank, Bury St. Ed flan:ls— :T. Worlledge and Co. Bromsgrove Bank and Stourbridge and Bronis grove Bank, Bromsgrove—Rafford, Biggs, and Co. 11,357 Cambridge Bank, Cambridge—Mort!ock and Sons Carn!;ridge and Cambridgeshire Bank, Cam bri:ig,e—Messrs. Forsters Canterbury Bank, Canterbury—flammond and 6,551 2,005 Cinnarthen Bank, Cirmarthen-113rris and Sons Chert3ey Bank, Chertsey—Messrs. La Coste .. Colchester Bank, Colchester—lloand, Green, 29,483 and Co. Colchester and Essex Bank, Witharn and Essex Bank, and liadleigh Bank, SutTolk, Colchester Bawtree, and Co Cornish Bank, Truro —Tweedy and Co Covontry Bank, Coventry—Little and Wood- 14,582 2,660 14,612 cock City Hank, EKeter—lAilflrd and Co Craven Bank, Settl—Birkhooks an(' Co. Baqk, Chriitchnrch—Tic:), Welsh, 31,294 34,530 and Co Cti-liT Bank, Cardirl—Towgood an -I Co Chepstow Old Bank, Chepstow Bank, Mon month Old Bank, MonTncuth Bank, Brecon Bank, and ROSS and HereFordshire Chepstow—Bronsage, Snead, and Co. Derby Bank, Derby—Messrs. Evans Derby Bank, Derby—Smith and Co. Derby Oki'. Bank and Scarsdale and High Peak Bank, Derby—Crompton, Newton, and Co_ Devizes and Wiltshire Bauk, Devizes—Hughes. Locke, and Co Din Rank, Diss—Oakes, Fincham, and Co Doncaster Bank, Doncaster—Leatham, Tew, 6,340 17,125 72,517 and Co. Doncaster Bank and Retford Bank, Doncaster— __ • __ Cook and Co. Darlington Bank, Durham Bank, and Stockton on-Tees Bank, Darlington—Baekhouse, & Co Devonport Bank, Devonport—liodge and Nor -- man Dorchester Old Bank and Dorsetshire Bank, Dorehester—Williams and Co. East Cornwall Bank, Liskeard—Robins,Foster, n,nd Co. East Riding Bzuk, Beverley—Bower, and Co. Essex Bank and Bishops Stortford Bank, • Chelmsford—Sparrow , and Co. Exeter Bank, Exeter—Sanders and Co Fakenham Bank, Fakenham—Gurneys, Birk- hack. and Co. Farringdon Bank and Bank of Wantag,e, Far rinTion—Barnes and Medley Farnham Ilvak, Farnham—Messrs. Knight. Faversham Bank, Faversham—Hilton and Co Godaiming Bank, Godalming—Mellersh and 6,986 8,162 12,211 36,232 24,920 10,599 9,876 56,285 72,024 10,020 43,780 99,2'24 51,439 40,019 7,559 20,471 4,846 11,404 4,681 5,6.57 Keen ................... Grantham Bank, Grantham —liewney and King Guildford Bank, Guildford—Menrs. Haydon 10,120 Grantham Bank, Grantham—Hardy and Co 39,114 Hastings Old Bank, Hastings—Smith, Hilder, and Co. 25,572 Hereford City and County Bank, Hereford— Matthews and Co. Hertford and Ware Bank, Hertford—S. Adams and Co 14,525 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 4,515 Hemel Hempstead Bank, Hemel Hempstead— Smith, and Whittingstall •• 19,101 Honitor. Bank, Honiton — Flood and Co. — Hertfordshire, Hitchen Bank, Kitchen—Sharpies and Co. ............. nereford, Ross, and Archenfield Bank, and Ross and it_rchenfield Bank, Hereford—Morgan, 'Hoskins, and Co 21,048 Ipswich Bank, Ipswich—Bacon and Co. Ipswich and Needham Market Bank, Suffolk, Hadleigh Bank, Manningtree and Mistley Bank, and Woodbridge Bank, Ipswich— Alexanders and Co. Kentish Bank, Maidstone—Mercer, Randall, and Mercer Kinston and Radnorshire Bank, Kington—J. Davies and Co •• Killghton Blnk Knighton -3. Davies and Co. 4,355 Knaresborough Old Bank and Ripon Old Bank, Knaresborough—Terry and Co Kondal Bank, ICendal Wakefield, Crewdson, and C 0.... . .... Kettering Bank, Kettering—aotth and Sons., 8,095 Lino lad Staffordshire Rink, Lane End—C 11, , ,,rv,:y and Son L`30(13 Bank, Leeds—Beckett and Co 52,979 Leads Trnion Bank, Leeds—W.Williarns, Brown, and C ). Leek and Staffordshire Bank, and Leek and congleton Bank,Leek—Fowier,Gaunt, and Co. Leicester Bank, Leicester—Pagets and Kirby 25,760 Lewes Old Bank, Lewes—Molineux and Co 29,825 .14 7 ,;hFelil Bank, Lichfield—Palmer and Green 21,013 Lincoin Bank, Lincoln—Smith and Co 83,485 Lampeter Bank and Llandilo Bank, Llando very —David Jones and Co. Loughborough Bank, Loughborough—Middle tons and Cradock Lyrnington Bank, Lymington—C. and S. St Barbe ......... Lynn Regis and Lincolnshire Bank, Lynn Regis —Gurneys and Co. Lynn Regis and Norfolk Bank, Lynn Regis— Jarvis and Co. Macclesfield Bank, Macclesfield—Brooklehurst and Co M an nin gtree Bank,Manningtree —Nunn and Co Marlborough Bank, Marlborough and Wilts Old Bank, Marlborough Old Bank, Marl borough Old Bank and Hungerford Bank, and Hungerford Bank, Marlborough—Tanner and Pinckney Marlborough and North Wiltshire New Bank Marlborough—Ward, Merriman, and Hillier 7,705 Merionethshire Bank, Dolgelly—Jones and Williams 7,780 Miners' Bank, Truro—Willyams and Co 12,469 Monmouthshire Agricultural and Commercial Bank, Abergavenny=-Baileys and Co 27,257 Monmouth Old Bank, Monmouth Bank, Brecon Bank, Chepstow Bank, Chepstow Old Bank, and Ross and Herefordshire Bank, Monmouth —Bromage and Snead . 11,717 Monmouthshire Newport Old Bank, Newport W. Williams and Sons B,lOO Newark Bank, Newark—Godfreys and Hutton 25,068 Newark and Sleaford Bank, and Sleaford and Newark Bank, S leaford—Haudley, Peacock, and Co .. ........ Newbury Bank, Newbury—Bunny and Slocock 49 ,245 Newmarket Bank, Newmarket—Eaton, Ham: 21,034 mond. and Son ........ Norfolk and Suffolk Bank, Diss—Taylor and 21,739 Dyson Norwich Crown Bank, Norwich—H arveys an d If ud sons ...................................... .... ... 48,930 Norwich and Norfolk Bank, . neys and Birkbeck Nottingham and Nottinghamshire Bank, Not tingham—Hart, Fellows, and Co 7,948 Nuneaton Bank, Nuneaton—Craddock and Co Naval Bank, Plymouth—Harris, Mudge, and C 0... ................................... New Strum Bank, Saru m Everett, and Co Nottingham Bank, Nottingham — S mith and Co. 27,320 Oswegtry Bank and Oswestry Old Bank, Os woßtty- Droxon and Co 11,301 Oxford`sank, Oxford—J. and R. Morrell 9,060 OY.ford Old Bank, Oxford—Robinson, Parsons, and Co. •• Old Bank Tonbridge, Tonbridge and Tonbridge Wells Old Bank, Tonbridge and Tonbridge 'kV :.!!s and Sevenoaks Bank, T • onori„ge—. ee hi ng and r,ons, Oxfordshire Witney BaLk, Witney—Clinoh, and Co 9.4 36,554 6,440 3,143 13,565 4,964 61,959 4,015 23,076 31,750 8,603 Average Amount. Pease a Old Bank, Hull, the Hull Old Bank and Beverley Bank, Hull—Pease and Co 39,558 Penzance Bank, Penzance—Batten and. C 0... 9,229 Peterborough Bank and Oundle Bank. Peter borough—Mpt,srs. Yorke Peterborough Bank, Peterborough—Simpson and White Peranrokeshire Bank, Haverfordwest—J. and W. Walters Penzance Union Bank, Falmouth Bank, and Truro Bank, Penzance—Rickets, Enthoven and Co Reading Bank, Reading—Stmonas and Co 28,206 Reading Bank, Reading—Stephens,Blandy, and Co 29,585 Richmond Bank, Richmond—Maxwell and Co 4,640 Ringwood and Poole Bank, and Town and County of Poole Bank, Ringwood.. Ledgard and Sons Rochdale Bank, Rochdale—Clement, Royds, and Co Rochester, Chatham, and Strood Bank Roches ter—Day and Nicholson 9,639 Royston Bank, Royston—Fordham and Sons... 11,534 Rugby Bank, Rugby—Butlin and Son 13,106 Rye Bank, Itye—Pomfret and Co. Reigate and Darking Bank, and Reigate, Croy don, and Darking Bank, Reigate—Nash and Co 9,383 Ross (ild Bank, Herefordshire, Ross—Pritchard and Alla‘. , r_y 3,921 Saffron Walden and North Essex Bank, Saffron Walden—Messrs. Gibson Salop Bank, Shrewsbury—Burton, Lloyd, and Co Scarborough Old Bank, Scarborough—Woodall and 22,190 Co Shrewsbury Old Bank, and Shrewsbury and Ludlow Bank, Shrewsbury—Rocke, Eytons, a . 29,713 and Co Sittingbourne an.l Milton Bank, Sittingbourno —Valiance and Son 4,149 Southampton Town and County Bank, South ampton—Maddison and Pearce 12,995 Southwell Bank, Southwell—Wylde and Co 13,204 St. Alban's Bank, St. Alban's—J. S. Story — Salisbury Bank, Salisbury—Messrs. Brodie — Shaftesbury Bank, Shaftesbury— Brodie and 5,381 King Southampton and Hampshire Bank, Southamp ton—Atherly and Fall Stone Bank, Stone—W. Moore 1,935 Stourbridge Bank, Stourbridge —Rufford, Wragg, and Co 9,520 Stafford Old Bank, Stafford—Stevenson and Co 13,448 Stamford and Rutland Bank, Stamford—Eaton, Cayley, and Co. . , 31,571 Stourbridge Old Bud:, Stourbridge—Bate and Robins Shrewabury and Welshpool Bank, Shrewsbury —Beek, Downward, and Co. 22,453 St. Alban's and Herts Bank, St. Alban's—Gib- son and Stuart Taunton Bank, Taunton—Messrs. Badcock 23,627 Tavistock Bank, Tavistock—Gill, Rundle, and Thornbury Bank, Thornbury—Rolph, Yates, and PECULIAR FIBRE OF COTTON. The following interesting facts are taken from the recently published proceedings of the Philosophical Slciety. Mr. Walter Crum, F.R.S., is the gentle man who contributes the paper : In the month of May last, Mr. Thomson, of Primrose, received from Mr. Daniel Kcechlin, of Mulhahsen, some specimens of purple ground printed calico, each of them containing a portion of cotton which was white, although subjected to the same treatment by which the rest of the cloth, and even the threads which crossed the white one, was uni formly dyed. The white part of the thread was usually thicker than the rest, and little more than a quarter of an inch long. The whole fabric had been thorougly ;bleached before printing, so that it con tained no grease or other impurity that could resist the colouring matter. White specks like these are not unknown or un dreaded among the printers of calicoes in this country. Mr. Kcechlin mentions that the cotton of which they are formed is known by the name of coton mort, and here also it is called dead cotton. Mr. Kmblin has been the first, I believe, to suggest that it may consist of unripe cotton, and that its fibre may be solid, wanting the hollow of the more perfect fibre. He adds, that if such should prove to be the case, its be haviour with colouring matters may affect materially the question of the mechanical or chemical nature of the union of cotton with dye. Mr. Thomson did me the honour to transmit me the specimens for exami nation. The ordinary cotton fibre, it will be remembered, ,s described by Mr. Thomson, in the memoir where' As form was first made known, as a tube, originally cylindrical, but which collapses in dying. It has then the appearance of two small tubes joined toge ther, so that a transverse section of the filament re sembles in some degree a figure of 8. Until full maturity, the cylinder is distended with water, in which bubbles of air are often distinguishable. On placing a few of the fibres of the coton niort under the microscope, I found them to consist of very thin and remarkably transparent blades, some of which are marked or spotted, while others are so clear as to be almost invisible, except at the edges. These fibres are readily distinguished from those of ordinary cot ton by their perfect flatness, without the vestige of a cavity, even at the sides, and by their uniform a - s well as well as great transparency. They are often broader, too, than the usual fibre, and they show numerous folds, both longitudinal and transverse, but they are never twisted into the cork-screw form of the ordinary fibre. It occurred to me that cotton of this description might be detected among the wool as it is imported. I searched accordingly for any portions that had a different appearance from the rest, and having col lected and examined them, I found one sort whose filaments had exactly the appearance, under the microscope, of the coton mort in the pattern of Mr. 7 ' 9 " Kceehlin. _ It occurs in the form of a mall matted tuft of a shining silky lustre, and usually contains in its centre the fragment of a seed, or perhaps an abortive seed. It consists of short fibres, having little tenacity. Specimens of it are found in abundance among the motes or hard portions, called droppings, rejected by the picking machine in the preparation for spinning. Small tufts of it, how ever, do occasionally pass the sifting process of the picking machine, and then, their fibres being too short to be teazed out in the carding engine, or drawn into threads in the subsequent operations of cotton spinning, remain as minute lumps upon the threads of better wool. Although the microscopic appearance of the fibre in question is that of a flat single blade, the cellular character of the tissue scarcely ad mits of such a formation. We must rather suppose that, like the healthy unripe cotton fibre, it was origi nally an elongated cell or tube filled with liquid—that the seed around which it began to grow had died soon after its formation, while the fibres which closed it were yet soft and pliable, and that the flattening, and perhaps growing together of the sides of the tube was occasioned by the pressure from the increasing crop of cotton attached to the numerous other seeds con fined in the same pod. To explain the bearing of this peculiar structure upon the question, whether cotton wool and colour ing matters form together a true chemical compound, or held together by a merely mechanical compound, I must quote a, passage from a memoir on this subject which I read to the Philosophical Society six years ago, and refer to the memoir itself for additional illustrations : "In many of the operations of dyeing and calico printing, the mineral basis of the colour is applied to the cotton in a state of solution in a volatile acid. This solution is allowed to dry upon the cloth, and in a short time the salt is decomposed, just as it would be, in similar circumstances, without the intervention of cotton. During the decomposition of the salt its acid escapes, and the metallic oxide adheres to the fibre so closely as to resist the action of water applied to it with some violence. In this way does acetate of alumina act; and nearly in the same manner, acetate of iron. The action here can only be me chanical on the part of the cotton, and the adherence, as I shall endeavour to show, confined in the interior of the tubes of which wool consist, or of the invisible passages which lead to it. The metallic oxide per meates these tubes in a state of solution, and it is only when its salt is there decomposed, and the oxide precipitated and reduced to an insoluble powder, that it is prevented from returning through the fine filter in which it is then enclosed. " When the piece of cotton, which in this view consists of bags lined inside with a metallic oxide, is subsequently died with madder or logwood, and becomes thereby red or black, the action is purely one of chemical attraction between the mineral in the cloth and the organic matter in the dye ♦essel, which together form the red or black compound that results, and there is no peculiarity of a chemical nature from the mineral constituent being previously connected with the cotton." To produce the purple dye of Mr. Koachlin's pat tern, the cloth has first to be impregnated with iron. For this purpose it is made to imbibe a weak solu tion of proto-acetate of iron, and afterwards dried. By exposure to the air for some days the salt is de composed. Its acetic acid evaporates, and the oxide of iron, then become peroxide, remains in the fibre. The cloth Is afterwards subjected to severe washings in hot and cold water, but its iron is not removed, and the question is, how is it re tained in connexion with the cotton ? Me chanically, as I maintain, and probably in th e interior or its hollow fibre, hich it entered in a state of solution and within which it was pr ec ipit a t e d . Others, as I have already stated, are of opinion, after Bergman, that the combi na ti on i s a chemical one ; and so fully is that, carried out by my friend Pro fessor Runge, of Oranienburg, in his ingenious and excellent work on the chemistry of dyeing, that he assumes coloured cottons to be combinations of what he calls cottonic acid with the various bases in definite, and even in multiple proportions. Thus, a very pale shade of buff from oxide of iron, is called percottonate of iron ; another is called bicottonate of iron, and still deeper shades, cottonate and bisac cot tonate of iron. But the new fibre, by the same treatment, is in capable of retaining the iron mordant, and yet both fibres have the same chemical composition and the same ultimate structure. The only difference is that one is shaped into tubes or bags capable of holding all matters which are insoluble in water, that is, all bodies that can be caught upon a filter, while the other is possessed of no such inclosure. I take this opportunity, in reply to a review of my first memoir on this - subject, by M. Persoz, in his remarkable work, " Traite de l'impres sion des Tissus," of explaining that I at tribute to attraction of surface those cases of dyeing where pure cotton, by mere immersion, is enabled to decompose the solid matters in solution, and to withdraw them from the solvent. Such is the case with the solution of d eox idi se d i ndigo in lime—with the blumbite of lime—with the various salts of tin, and many other solutions. Cotton, as I have stated, acts in these cases like charcoal and other porous bodies, and I have seen no reason to confine the attraction in question to the internal surface of the cotton fibre. But I have not ranked the aluminous mordant among the class of bodies so a tt rac t e d , b ecause cotton, when immersed in a solution of acetate of alumina, has not the power of separating it s b as i s . T hat solu tion must be applied to cotton and dried in it, and then the alumina only adheres, or loses the power of being washed away, in proportion as the acetic acid is removed by evaporation. I could see here no che mical decomposition effected by the cotton wool, for the same salt may be decomposed by evaporation in a glass vessel. In this case I have represented the alumina as being held in the interior of the fibre, just as sand may be held in a bag whose instertices are too narrow to allow its particles to pass. M. Persoz has remarked, however, that by evapo rating a solution of acetate of alumina in a glass vessel, we do not so thoroughly decompose it as by drying the same substance upon calico. This I have also observed ; and although I have been accustomed to ascribe the difference to the more extensive division and exposure of the salt upon cotton, I have no proof, and shall not deny that the presence of cotton at a particular stage of the evaporation may accele rate the decomposition of the salt, and that its fibres may thus attract a portion of alumina over their wholo surface. If this modification of the view had given be correct, the action of the coton »tort proves at least that colouring matter adhering (Jutside is not so permanent as that which is held w' chin the fibre of the mature cotton. Neither view gives any countenance tiz the chemical theory. Porous bodies are well known to attract, and even to decompose, without chemically combining with the substances they precipitate. Accordingly, none of the oxides are changed either in colour or in chemical character, by their union with cotton. The hydrated oxide of copper, for example, precipitated upon calico, becomes carbonate, or arsenite, when exposed to carbonic or arsenious acid. The protoxide of iron changes speedily in the air into the red ses quioxide, and that again may be cenverted into Prus sian blue, or into a black or purple lake—every new compound, if it only be insoluble, adhering firmly to the wool. LAW INTELLIGENCE. ADMIRALTY COURT, Nov. 15. (Before Dr. LUSUINGTON.) The Court sat for a short time and disposed of assignations, after which it adjourned until to-morrow (this day) to hear causes. INSOLVENT DEBTORS" COURT, Nov. 15. In consequence of this day being appointed for a general thanksgiving, the Chief Commissioner and Mr. Commissioner Phillips sat only pro formii, and adjourned the cases until to•morrow (this day). Mr. Commissioner Law, on entering his court this morning, said, he had no intention to keep any body from going t ) church, and therefore he should adjourn tha protection cases till to-morrow, and would take the only prisoner's_case on the list at half past two o'clock. At the above-mentioned hour his Honour pro ceeded to hear the case of MELCHOR LOPEZ. Thi; insolvent had been a cigar importer, and had had large dealings with many of the principal tobacco houses at the llavannah. He was unopposed. The insolvent said, he returned from the West Indies, in March, 1846, shortly after which he entered into partnership with Bernardo Shen, a cousin of the Right Honourable R. L. Sheil, M.P., which partnership continued until the latter end of 1846, when Mr. Shtil ceased to attend the office, having accepted, without insolvent's knowledge, two bills for 5001. each in the joint name of the firm, the proceeds of which he kept to himself. The insolvent attributed his failure to the depression of the tobacco trade during the last two or three years, and said, that if he had managed to struggle cn until now, he would have been enabled to retrieve all his losses, us the mar ket bad become very active. After minutely examining into the statements in the schedule Mr. Commissioner Law ordered the insol. vent to be discharged. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. WORSHIP-STREET. On Wednesday Jonas Machin, a young man bear ing the appearance of decayed respectability, and who described himself as a merchant's clerk out of employment, was placed at the bar before Mr. Ar nold, charged with the following robbery at the house of Mr. Neale, a coffee-house-keeper in Old-street-road. It appeared from the evidence that repeated COM plaints had been lodged lately at the various station houses by the owners of taverns and coffee-houses in the district of a man answering the prisoner's descrip tion, who had been in the habit of favouring them with nightly visits, and in each instance carrying off what ever portions of their property he could most easily lay his hands on. On the preceding evening he called at the prosecutor's and hired a bed for the night, for which he paid in advance, and retired to rest immedi• ately. He did not again make his appearance till ten o'clock the next morning, when, without speaking to any one, he was observed to leave the house in a surreptitious kind of manner, and, his conduct having excited the suspicions of the waiter that he had been guilty of some dishonesty, he hastened up into the apartment the prisoner had slept in to see that his master's property was safe, and on examining the bed, found that bath the sheets had been stolen off it. He immediately started in pursuit of the accused, whom he overtook at some distance from the pre mises and accused of the robbery, which prisoner stoutly denied ; but upon telling him that he felt satisfied no one else could have taken the property, as the articles had been seen safe just before he en tered the bedroom, and he should therefore insist upon his accompanying him back to the house for the purpose of being searched, the prisoner then acknow ledged that he had stolen them and bagged hard to be forgiven. The waiter, however, led him back to the house, and, a constable being sent for, the prisoner was searched, and both the missing sheets were discovered secreted about his person. Rogers, the constable who took him, stated that upon searching the prisoner's pockets he also found nume rous pawnbrokers' duplicates for articles of such a de scription as would be most likely to be taken from houses of the same kind as in the present case, and he therefore requested that the accused might be re manded, as he felt confident, if the particulars gained publicity, that numerous other charges would be forth coming against him. The prisoner, who seemed much depressed, and de clined offering any defence, was therefore ordered to be committed till that day week. THE StIN LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING NOVEMBER 16 1849, FIRES AT STRATFORD AND BRUNS WICK-SQUARE. Yesterday morning, at a few minutes after six o'clock . , a fire, involving a serious destruction of valuable property, broke out in the mansion belonging to a gentleman named Vinks, situate in the Grove, at Stratford, Essex. The building, although very ex tensive, was adjoined by other similar erections without party wan!, which caused a far greater loss of property than might otherwise have occurred. The flames, when first perceived, were burning furiously in the ground-floor back room, and although an instant alarm was given, and assistance speedily arrived, it was found impossible to stop their ravages, and in a very brief period the fire had obtained complete possession of the staircase. The various persons who were sleeping in the upper rooms were aroused, and fortunately all succeeded in escaping without re ceiving any personal injury. Two engines belong ing to the parish were promptly on the spot, and were soon in full work, being abundantly sup plied with water from the East London Company's mains. The fire, however, having obtained too great a mastery to be extinguished by that force, a telegraphic express was sent to town for additional assistance. The moment the news arrived two of the Brigade engines started for the scene of conflagration, and were followed by the West of England engine. The London engines were quickly set to work, but it was nearly eleven o'clock before the fire was entirely extinguished, and not until Mr. Vinks' premises were destroyed, and the whole of his furniture reduced to ashes. The premises of Mr. Moore, next door, are likewise seriously damaged, one room being burned out, the roof being nearly consumed, and the re mainder of the building greatly damaged by fire, and ' the furniture by water and hasty removal. The premises of Mr. Blenkarn, on the other side of Mr. Vinks', have also received some damage, and the fur niture is greatly injured by hasty removal. The total loss must be very considerable, but, fortunately, Mr. Vinks' furniture, &c., were insured for 1,0001., and it is understood that a quantity of the plate has been saved. The origin of the fire could not be ascertained, neither could it be learned whether any of the three buildings were insured. Mr. Moore and Mr. Blen karn were uninsured. _ . Another disastrous fire also occurred yesterday morning. The scene of this calamity was the piano forte manufactory belonging to Messrs. Hannah and Hay, No. 30, Cromer-street, Brunswick-square, be hind Cromer-street Chapel. The fire commenced in the upper range of workshops, and owing to the very inflammable nature of the stock in trade, the progress cf the flames was inconceivably rapid. Plenty of water having been procured from the fire-plugs in the district, the engines were worked with full vigour, but, notwithstanding, the premises of Messrs. Hannah and Co. were nearly destroyed, the windows in the chapel broken, and the edifice damaged by water. The premises of Mr. Tapp, tailor, No. 63, Harrison street, Gray's inn -road, and those of Mr. Hull, beer shop keeper, No. 28, Cromer street, have also received some damage by fire and water. Messrs. Ha nna h and Co. were insured in the Sun Fire-office, but the other parties were not insured. The origin of this fire is also unknown. ST. Caoss HOSPITAL.—Her Majesty's Attorney- General has filed ft bill in the Court of Chancery aga i nst the Rtv. and Ri g ht Hon. Francis North, E ar l o f Guildford, as master of the Hospital of St. Cro ss , near Winchester, for th e mal-administration of the revenues of the said hospital. Orders have been issued that no further renewals of the leases of properties held under the charity shall be made, So. That the Earl enjoys a valuable sinecure in the mastership of the H osp i ta l of St. Cross no one c an d en y. It s duties are with its profits nearly 1,5001. a year, and he bas enjoyed them for more than forty years. The i ncom e of th e h osp i tal arises principally from the unappropriation of tithes of several parish:la of Hampshire; some of the parishes are vicar aps, in which case the incumbent receives the small tithe, as at Crondall, Twyford, Fareham, and Hurst bourne; whilst others are perpetual curacies, with a very inadequate stipend allowed to the incumbent; thus the parish of Aldershot, comprising about 4,000 acres, and a population of 700, has an allowance of only 64/. for its minister; the parish of Yately, one of the largest in the county, comprising more than 10,000 acres, a n d con taining a population of 2,000, only 721.; Long Sutton, acres 2,000, population 350, only 431 : ; and Freefolk acres 700, population 86, only 151.—Salisbury and Wilt shire Herald. EDINDURGH.—IRISII SOCIETY OF LONDON.--.YeS terday a meeting of the Scottish branch of the Irish Society of London was held in Queen-street Hall, Her i wiles Robertson, Esq., advocate, presiding. A deputa ' non from the parent society, consisting of the Rev. John N. Woodrooffe, Vicar of St. Nicholas parish, Cork, and the Rev. Lewis Hotter, Rector of Dromard, county Sligo, addressed the meeting, giving some dis tressing details of the miserable condition of Ireland, brought about and perpetuated mainly through the in strumentality of the Roman Catholic religion. Much geed was being realised by the efforts of the Protestant missionaries and agents. The meeting was very poorly attended, but the addresses seemed to be listened to with considerable interest.—North British Mail. THE WEATHER DURING THE QUARTER ENDING WITH SEPTEMBER. James Glaisher, Esq., F.R.S,, F.R.A.S., of the Royal Observatory, Greetmich, appended the follow ing meteorological report to that of the Registrar- General which we published on Wednesday. The mean daily temperatures of the air from July 1 to July 17 were above their average values, the mean excess was 3.2 deg. ; from July 18 to August 5 they were below their average values, the mea❑ defi ciency was 2.2 degs. from August 6 to August 12. The temperature was high, its mean daily excess was 6 . 0 deg. ; from August 13 to August 19 the mean deficiency was 1 9 deg. ; from August 20 to Septem ber 15 the temperature was high, its mean excess was 4 degs., this period was distinguished by a thick and stagnant atmosphere, and the air was for the most part very close and oppressive. The temperature was 3 . 3 deg. below its average from September 11 to September 21, and it was 5.5 deg. in excess from September 22 to the end of the quarter. The summer has been warm and dry, without great heat; thunder-storms have been very frequent during the quarter, the air has been for the most part unusually dry ; the amount of rain has been for than usual in latitude S. of 53 deg., and N. of this parallel it has been greater. The magnets have been seldom disturbed during the quarter, and the amount of electricity, though less than usual, seems to have been so in consequence of the less amount of humidity of the air. The weather has been much finer in the southern than in the northern parts of the country. The mean temperature of the three months ending August, constituting the three summer months, was 61 deg., and that of the average of seventy summers is 60 deg. The mean reading of the barometer at Greenwich in July was 29189 inches, in August was 29.841, and in September was 29767; these values are re spectively 0 011 less, 0 . 060 greater, and 0.048 less than the averages of the same months from the pre ceding eight years The reading of the barometer was 30.03 inches at the beginning of July; it decreased to 29 . 56 en the evening of the 4th, when it began to increase, and passed the point 30 inches during the afternoon hours of the Bth, and was 30 25 on the 11th at 9 A.M. This was the highest reading in the month. The reading decreased below 30 inches on the 15th and to 29 40 by the morning of the 20th ; it then increased to 29 94 by noon on the 23d, it then decreased to 29 31 inches on the 25th, and this was the lowest reading in the month; it then increased to 29 . 80 by the evening of the 28th, then decreased to 29 52 at 3 P.M on the 30. h, and after this increased to 2980 at the end of the month. The range of readings during the month was 0 94. In August the reading increased to 3002 on the morning of the 2 , 1, at 9 A ; decreased to 2978 on the sth, at 10 A.M. ; increased to 29 95 on the 7th, at 9 A.M. ; decreased to 29 56 by the 9th, at 9 P.M.; increased to 29 95 on the 7th at 9 A.M.; decreased to 29 56 by the 9th at 9 P.M. ; increased to 29.79 on the 11th at 9 A.M. ; decreased to 29 . 46 by the 13th at 3 p.m. ; increased to 29 . 74 by 3 P.M. on the 15th ; decreased to 2954 on the 16d1 at 3 P.M. ; it then increased and passed the point 30 inches about midnight on the 18th, and was 30 22 on the 21st, at which reading it continued almost all the day, and then decreased slowly, passing below 30 inches after noon on the 25th to 29.69 on the 30th at 9 r.ai , and then increased to 29 74 by the 31st. Ihe range of readings in the month was 0 66. The reading decreased on September 1 to 29 . 50 at 9 P.M., then increased slowly till the 7th at midnight, when it was 30.05 ; the decrease on the Bth was slow, it was rapid on the 9th and 10th, and the reading on the 11th was 29 inches i:early all the day; on the 12th, at noon, the reading was 28.88, being the lowest in the quarter; after this time the reading increased, and passed the point 30 inches before noon on the 14th, and continued to increase till the 19th at noon, when it was 3036, being the highest in the quarter ; after this it decreased, and passed below 30 inches before noon on the 22d, and continued to decrease till the 27th, at 3 P.M., when it was 29 61 ; it then decreased slightly to 29.73 on the morning of the 28th; and then decreased to 29.08 by the end of the month. The range in the month was 1.48, being greater than usual. The average weight of a cubic foot of air under the average temperature, humidity and pressure, was 524 . 6 grains ; the average for the preceding eight years was 525.8 grains. The rain fallen at Greenwich in July was 2.9 inches, n August was 0 . 45 inch, and in September was 3 3 inches — . The amount for the quarter was 6.6 inches; the average amount for this quarter in the preceding 8 years was 7.2 inches. I'he fall of rain in August was less than has fallen in any August since the year 1819. The average fall of rain at Greenwich from 33 years' observations in July is 2.5 in August 2 4, and in September 2 4 inches. The fall was less than its average at places south of latitude 53 deg., exclusive of Cornwall and Devonshire ; it was about its average fall between 53 and 54 deg. of latitude, and north of 54 deg. the fall was greater than usual. The excess of rain in the quarter in the counties of Cornwall and Devonshire is owing to the remark able falls which occurred in Cornwall on September 22d and on September 26th. The ob server at Helston mentions the falls on the nights of those days as very remarkable. The observer at Falmouth says, " A greater quantity of rain fell on the nights of the 22d and 26thof September than I have measured in the same time for 12 years, viz., 1925 and 1.964 inches respectively." The observer at Truro says, '° The quantity of rain for September is most extraordinary, amounting to 9 . 25 inches, parti cularly the amount which fell on the 22d, viz., 4 . 24 inches; on the 26th a large quantity also fell, viz., 300 inches. The total for the month exceeded that registered in any previous month during the period of our observations (11 years) except in one instance, when, in the same month of September, it slightly exceeded the present amount. The largest fall in any day previously noted was 2 10 inches (in De cember, 1848), so that the quantity on the 22d of September is double that on any former day, and is rendered more remarkable by being followed in four days by another far exceeding all except itself." These remarkable falls seem to have been confined almost entirely to the county of Cornwall. The directions of the wind at Greenwich were S.W. and N.W. till July 8, it was N.E. from the 10th to the 16th, and it was mostly S.W. from the 17th to the end of the month. From August 2 to 6 was N.IV. and N.E.; it was S.W. from the Bth to the 17th ; and was chiefly N.W. till the end of August. It was mostly N. from September 1 to 8 ; S.W. from the 10th to the 16th ; and N. and N.E. after that time. From the observations of the direction of the wind which have been taken daily at most of the principal railway stations, it appears that the general direction was the same all over the country at tunes when the air has been in quick motion, but that at other ti mes its direction has been variable, and very frequently in a calm state at places whose elevation is inconsiderable. The daily horizontal movement of the air in July was 120 miles; from August 1 to 11 was 50 miles; from August 12 to 16 was 170 miles; and from August 17 to the end of the quarter was about 55 miles, except on September 11 and 12, when it amounted to 190 miles daily. The average daily horizontal movement of the air during the quarter is about 120 miles. Thereore, during the months of August and September, the movement of the air was about one half the usual amount. This remark applies to the place at which Osler's Anemometer is placed at Greenwich, viz., at an ele vation of upwards of 200 feet above the level of the sea, and near the northern extremity of the table land forming Blackheath. At places at a less eleva tion the movement of the air was very much less than the above. On many days, when a strong breeze was blowing on the top of the observatory, and over Blackheath, there was not the slightest mo tion in the air near the banks of the Thames ; and this remarkable calm continued for some days toge ther, particularly from August 19 to 24, on the 29th, from September 1 to 10, and after September 15. On September 11 and 12 the whole mass of air at all places was in motion, and for the first time for nearly three weeks the hills ,at Hampstead and High gate were seen clearly from Greenwich. After the 15th of September to the end of the quarter the air was in very little motion. From the published observations of the strength of the wind daily at all parts of the country, it would seem that the air has been for days together in a stagnant state at all places whose elevation above the sea is small. The readings of the thermometer on grass, in July, were below 40 deg. on four nights, the lowest was 32 deg. 8 min. ; between 40 deg. and 50 deg. on twenty nights, and above 50 deg on seven nights. In August the readings were below 40 deg. on five nights; the lowest reading was 34 deg. 5 min.; between 40 deg. and 50 deg. on ten nights ; and between 50 deg. and 60 deg. on twelve nights. In September the readings were below 40 deg. on six nights; between 30 deg. and 40 deg. on twelve nights ; and about 50 deg. on ten nights. At Cardington the lowest reading on grass in July was 31 deg. 8 min., in August was 32 deg., an 1 in September was 27 deg. The mean of all the lowest readings was 45 deg. 5 min. in July, 47 deg. 6 min. in August, and was 44 deg. 1 min. in September. There were three exhibitions of the Aurora Borealis—the first was seen on August 18, at White haven; the second was seen at Latimer on September ' 3, and at eight, r m., when a rose-coloured auroral arch was seen extending from S.W. to N.E., across the zenith ; and on Sept. 16 an Aurora was seen at Stonyhurst. Thunder-storms occurred on July 18 at Notting- ! ham and Leicester ; on July 19 at Camberwell, Saffron Walden, Ucldeld, and Greenwich ; on July 20 at Nottingham, Camberwell, Saffron Walden, Leicester, Uckfield, and Greenwich ; on July 23, at Hartwell Rectory, Stone, and Leicester ; on July 24 at Camberwell ; on July 25 at Hartwell Rectory, Stone, and Camberwell; on July 26 at Camberwell, Leicester, and Greenwich ; on July 29 at Nottingham and Leicester. On August 1,2, and 3, at Notting ham ; on August 4 and 6 at Helston ; on August 7 at Helston and Leicester ; on August 8 at Hartwell Rectory, Stone, and severe at Uckfield; on August 9 at Nottingham, Cardington, Liverpool, and Leicester ; that at Nottingham is described as being very violent on August 10 at Liverpool and Leicester; on August 11 at Cardingtov, Hartwell Rectory, Stone, and Uckfield; on August 12 at Nottingham, Saffron Walden, and Leicester; on August 13 at Saffron Walden ; on August 17 at Leicester and Uckfield ; on August 30 at Nottingham ; on Septem ber 1 at Stone, Uckfield very severe, and Leicester; on September 2 at Hartwell Rectory, Uckfield, and Saffron Walden, at this place the storm was very violent; on September 3 at Stone, Uckfield, and Leicester, and at Uckfield on September 4 and 10. Lightning was seen but thunder was not heard on July 19 and 20 at Saffron Walden ; on July 20 and 23 at Hartwell Rectory and Stone; on August 4 and 6 at Helston; on August 7 at Helston, Uckfield, and Greenwich; on August 8 at Hartwell Rectory and Stone ; on August 9 at Cardington, Liverpool, and Stonyhurst ; on August 10 at Liverpool; on August 11 at Cardington, Hartwell Rectory, Stone, Southampton, and Greenwich ; on August 12 at Uckfield, Southampton and Saffron Walden ; on August 17 at Cardington ; on August 18 at Card ington and Greenwich; on August 19 at Carding ton; on August 20 at Greenwich, and on August 24 at Uckfield. Thunder was heard, but lightning was not seen on July 11 at Cardington and Holkham; on July 19 at Helston, Cardington, Hartwell, and Stone; on July 20 at Hartwell Rectory and Stone; on July 22 at Helston ; on July 23 at Ilelston, Cardington, and Holkham; on July 25 very heavy thunder was heard at Latirner ; on July 26 at Cardington, Hartwell, Stone, Southampton, and No;tingharn ; on July 27 at Latimer; on July 31 at Cardington and New castle; on August 8 at Holkham, Norwich, and New• castle; on August 9 at Holkham, Latimer, Newcastle, and Stonyburst; en August 10 at Newcastle ; on August 11 at Latimer and Newcastle; on August 12 at Holkham ; on August 13 at Cardington, Hart well, and Stone; on September 1 at Holkham, Hartwell Rectory, Latimer, and Southampton ; on September 2 at Helston and Latimer; on Septernli,T 3 at Holkham and Hartwell ; on September 5 at Holkham and Wakefield ; on September 6 at Wake field ; on September 10 at Wakefield and Liverpool ; on September 20 at Helston ; on September 28 at Newcastle; and on September 30 at Nottingham. Hail fell on August Bat Uckfield. The observer mentions that the hailstones were as large as beans. Hail also fell on August 12 at Saffron Walden. Solar halos were seen in theiollowing places :—On July 1 at Maidenstone Hill, Greenwich, Stone, and Nottingham; on July 2 at Stone; on July 3,19, and 21, at Me.idenstone Hill, Greenwich ; on July 25 and August 1 at Stone; on August 9 at Hartwell and Stone ; on September 1 at Maidenstone Hill, Greenwich; on t'eptember 22 at Stone; and on Sep tember 26 and 28 at Maidenstone Hill, Greenwich. Lunar halos were seen at Cardigan on July 25, and at Maidenstone Hill, Greenwich, on Sept. '2 and 28. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. PORTSMOUTH ; THURSDAY. —The day of thanks ,givizig has been observed here wi,h great soleincity. Collections were made in nearly all the churches on behalf of the poor or of the local charities, and a liberal amount contributed. All the public establishments have been closed, the military have been marched to church as on Sundays, and the whole aspect of the place has presented a very generally devout exterior. Sir IL Bulwer, Lady Georgina Bulvver, and suite arrived here last night from London, and Fut up at the Portland Hotel, Suuthsea, and this afternoon, at a quarter-past one, attended by Admiral the Hon. Sir B. Capel, K.C.8., the Commander-in-Chief, embarked from the Victoria-pier in the Myrtle steam-tender, which put them on board the Hecate steam-sloop, Commander Shad well, at Spithcad. Commander Shadwell received his Excellency on board with manned yards, &c. Up to this time (six P.M) the Hecate has not made any signs of sailing, not having steam up or unmoored. She puts in at Madeira and Bermuda for coals. Sir Henry and Lady Bulwer paid Captain Yates, of her Majesty's ship Illustrious, a complimentary visit on board that ship last night and this morning. The Contest, 12, is rigged ready for commission in the basin, and received her armament and sea stores on board yesterday. The Birkenhead iron steam-frigate was taken into the new dock for examination yesterday. ROYAL MARINES Lieutenant• Colonel William Taylor died this morn ing at the residence of his nephew, Mr. P. O'Connor Ryde View-villa, SDuthsea, aged 64. The gallant deceased entered the service in 1805, and last served in the Howe, 120, in the Mediterranean, from which he was removed on promotion. By his death the fol lowing promotions take place in the corps : Major John Ashmore of the Portsmouth division, to be Lieutenant- Colonel. First Lieutenant William Francis Foote, Adjutant of the Woolwich divison to be Captain. Second Lieutenant William Penn Burton, of the Artillery Companies, to be First Lieutenant. WooLwicH, Nov. 15.—The omission of the word "is " in the naval intelligence yesterday alters the meaning intended to be convey ed when alluding to the anchor of the Investigator. It should have rear,, " The Admiralty anchor supplied to the Investigator is in a useless state, and only it for being placed under one of Nastily th's hammers as old iron, having been broken in merely letting it go from the bows of the vessel when in Yarmouth-roads, on her return home, and under ordinary circumstances." W e never contemplated saying it was supplied in a use less state. ROBBING WINDSOR CHURCH On Wednesday afternoon George Keith, a shabbily attired young man, 19 years of age, who described himself as a commercial clerk out of a situation, was finally Examined before the Mayor of Windsor and two other magistrates, on the following charge of rubbery at Windsor Church. The following are the circumstances under which the apprehension of the prisoner was effected :—On Saturday afternoon, on the arrival of the train that leaves Datchet at 4 30, at Vauxhall Station, the pri soner, who was seen to alight from a first-class car tinge, attempted to pass Mr. M`Carthy, the ticket collector, at a speed that created suspicion, when he was forcibly stopped, and asked for his ticket. He said he had none, and was then told he must pay the first class fare from the most distant station, which was Datchet. He said he had no money, and admitted he had got in at Datchet. The prisoner was then referred to Mr. Rose, the station agent, when he said he was a junior clerk in a mercantile house, but at present out of employ, the last situation he had held being at a house in Lower Thames-street. The prisoner was then taken by the railway officers to the police station of the V division, at Clapham, and given in charge to Inspector Coleman for riding in a first-class carriage from Datchet to Vauxhall, not having paid his fare, and with intent to defraud the London and South- Western Railway Company. The inspector observed that the prisoner's pockets looked bulky, asked him what he had got in them; and he answered "some books." Mr. Coleman then took from his coat pock t two prayer books, one with the name of Gould writ ten in it, which he had since ascertained to be the property of the Rev. Mr. Gould, the Rector of Wind sor Church ; the other was the property of Mr. Jud kins, one of the congregation. The inspector, on making a further search, found a large door key, and on asking him where he got it, he said from Windsor Church, and he took it out of the church door on Friday afternoon. The inspector then took off his hat, and found in it a hymn hook, embossed with a Bishop's mitre, and in it the words " Windsor Church Communion Table." The prisoner was de tained on the two charges, and on Monday last taken before Mr. Elliott, at Lambeth Police-court, when the officer from the railway station attended, and stated that it was the intention of the Company to forego their charge, leaving the prisoner to be dealt with on the charge of robbery. The prisoner was remanded till Wednesday, and on that day given up to Inspec tor Coleman, who had previously been to Windsor, and who, on arriving at the church, found the sexton in the act of taking the lock off the church d nor, not being able to find the key, which Mr. Coleman pro duced much to the astonishment of the aged sexton, and it fitted the lock. The sexton said it had been missed since Friday, when a soldier's funeral took place. lie (the inspector) also ascertained that two of the books found on the prisoner had been taken from the pulpit and reading-desk, and the third from a pew. The prisoner, on his return to:Windsor, said he had been in custody before for stealing books, and he had been charged by his own father. He had been twenty-one days in Hatfield gaol for another offence, and had been in custody for attempting to take a lady's purse. The whole of the foregoing facts were proved in evidence, and the prisoner, who had declined saying anything, , was committed for trial at the Quarter Sessions for tne Borough of New Windsor. AN AMERICAN GIANT.—From the Law Courts I adjourned with Mr. Holl to a diii,.rent scene—thl Pu giiistic 'Rooms of Mr. Hudson, where I saw the young giant, Freeman, exercising with the gloves. I conversed with him, and found him good-tempered and communi cative: he stated that his age Wl'3 twenty-one, and his height seven feet, that he weighed 32.011),% and was lifty eight inches round the chest, and could lift 1,500 lbs. Fceetnan used to be employed at the Circus, in carrying a boy round the ring, and riding on two horses, and though he was so bulky, he could throw a somersault. — ,Sir John Alexander's" Acadie." 7,365 Parslow Tiverton and Devonshire Bank, Tiverton—Duns ford and Barne Thrapston and Kettering Bank, Northampton shire, Thrapston—Yorke and Eland 10,679 Tring, Bank and Chesham Bank, Tring—But cher and Son Towcester Old Bank, Towcester—J. and S Percival Union Bank, Cornwall, Helston—Vivian and Co. Uxbridge Old Bank, Uxbridge—Hull, Smith, and CO. Wallingford Bank, Wallingford—Allnatt & Co. Warwick and Warwickshire Bank, Warwick— Greenway and Co. Wellington Somerset Bank, Wellington—Fox Brothers West Riding Bank, Wakefield, and Pontefract Bank, Wakefield—Leatham, Tew, and C 0.... 37,937 Whitby Old Bank, Whitby—Simpson, Chap man, and Co 11,822 Winchester, Alresford, and Alton Bank, Win chester—Bulpett and Co. Winchester and Hampshire Baak, Winchester —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 Hancock Wolverhampton Bank, Wolverhampton—Good ricke and Holyoake. Worcester Bank, Worcester—Farley, Lavender, and Co. 10,029 Worcester Old Bank and Tewkesbury Old Bank, Worcester—Berwick, Lechmere, and Co 75,866 Worcestershire Bank, Kidderminster—Farley and Turner Walsall Old Bank, Walsall—CharlesFoster and Sons Warminster and Wiltshire Bank, Warminster— Everett and Co. 8,774 7,954 9,564 17,543 7,151 5,306 4,685 7,368 1,670 Wolverhampton Bank, Wolverhampton— - Messrs. Fryer Yarmouth and Suffolk Bank, and Halesworth and Suffolk Bank, Yarmouth—Gurney, Birkbe?k, and Co. Yarmouth, Norfolk, and Suffolk Bank, Groat Yarmonth—Sir E. K. Lacon, Bart., and Co 12,120 Yeovil Old Bank, Yeovil—E. and J. Batten York Bank, York—Swann, Clough, and Co 41,053 JOINT-STOCK BANKS. Bank of Westmoreland, Kendal Barnsley Banking Company, Barnsley Bradford Banking Company, Bradford 47,316 Bilaton District Banking Company, Wolver- _ hampton V 9,326 Bank of Whitehaven, Whitehaven Bradford Commercial Banking Company, Brad- ford .... .... 20,159 Burton, Uttoxeter, and Staffordshire Union Banking Company, Burton-upon-Trent Chesterfield and North Derbyshire Banking Company, Chesterfield . . 9,951 Cumberland Union Banking Company, Work- ington Cheltenham and Gloucestershire Banking Com pany, Cheltenham Coventry and Warwickshire Banking Company Coventry . Coventry Union Banking Company, Coventry 13,100 County of Gloucester Banking Company, Chel tenham Carlisle and Cumberland Banking Company 9,135 Carlisle A Carlisle City and District Bank, Carlisle 20,039 Dudley and West Bromwich 1 3anking Company, - Dudley Derby and Derbyshire Banking Company, Derby 16,459 Darlington District Joint-Stock Banking Com pany, Darlington 14,534 East of England Bank, Norwich Gloucestershire Banking Company, Gloucester 134,310 Halifax Joint-Stock Bank, Halifax 17,824 Huddersfield Banking Company, Huddersfield 34,862 Hull Banking Company, Hull 23,32.5 Halifax Commercial Banking Company, Ha lifax Halifax and Huddersfield Union Banking Com pany, Halifax. 34,597 Helston Banking Company, Helston l,llB Herefordshire Banking Company, Hereford 18,661 Knaresborough and Claro Banking Company, Knaresborough .. 22,710 Kingsbridge Joint-Stock Bank, Kingsbridge 2,919 Lancaster Banking Company, Lancaster . 52,716 Leeds Banking Company, Leeds Leicestershire Banking Company, Leicester Lincoln and Lindsey Banking Company, Lincoln 49,970 Leamington Priors and 'Warwickshire Banking Company, Leamington Priors Ludlow and Tenbury Bank, Ludlow 9,035 Moore and Robinson's Nottinghamshire Bank ing Company, Nottingham 28,784 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 43,239 Northamptonshire Union Bank, Northampton 69,104 Northamptonshire Banking Company, North ampton North and South Wales Bank, Liverpool 28,710 Pares's Leicestershire Banking Company, Lei cester . Saddleworth Banking Company, Saddleworth... 2,136 Sheffield Banking Company, Sheffield 35.838 Stamford, Spalding, and Boston Banking Com pany, Stamford. 44,955 Stuckey's Banking Company, Bristol Somerset shire Bank, and Somersetshire Bank, Lang- 1,660 port Shropshire Banking Company, Shiffnall ... Stourbridge and Kidderminster Banking Com pany, Stourbridge Sheffield and lrallamshire Banking Company, Sheffield ... •. Sheffield and Rotherham Joint-Stock Banking Company, Sheffiold. Swaledale and Wensleydale Banking Company, Richmond .. . Storey and Thomas's Banking Company Shaftesbury Sheffield and Retferd Bank, Sheffield Wolverhampton aud Staffordshire Banking Com pany, Wolverhampton 28,890 Wakefield and Barnsley Union Bank, Wakefield 12,630 Whitehaven Joint-Stock Banking Company, Whitehaven Warwick and LeansiLgtou Banking Company, Warwick West of Englane. and South Wales Dist r i c t Virßilat:tn:l3l.lcl Dsok : u ris n e i t:l r i t an ß k a i n n k g in C g ozp o a m n p y a , n S y a , lisbury 7 7 3 1 ,4 9 0 8 6 3 West Riding Hud dersfield 1 Whitchurch and Ellesm ere B anking Company, 31,878 Whitchurch ......................... Worcester City and County Bankh;g- Company,. Worcester , .......... ...... ..... 4,927 York Union Banking Company , Y0rk............ 56:133 York City and County Banking Cornpany,York 87,104 Yorkshire Banking Company, Leeds P. DEANS, Registrar of Bank Returns, 112104 ReTenue, 4omeraes 'louse, NOT, 10, 1848. 3,568 THE COUNTRY MARKETS. UPPINGHAM. Nov. 14.—Wheat 36s to 41s; barley 25s to 281; cats 12s to 245; beans 303 tO 36s per qr. Butter 11(1 to 12d p.r lb; eggs 15 for Is. LOUTII, Nov. 14.—Wheat 36s to 41s; barley 23s to 265; oats 13s to 17s; beans 30s to 35s per qr. LONG .-',u'rrroN.—Return of sales for the week ending Nov. 3—Wheat, 56 qrs, 4 bush, 1091 Ils 3d (average 38s 9d); barley, 000 qrs, 0 bush, 0001 Os Od (aver. Oos 01); beans, 0 qrs, 0 bush, 001 Os Od (aver. Oos Od); peas, 0 qrs, 0/ Os Od (aver. Oos Od.) LYNN, Nov. 13.—Wheat, 36s 38s to 40s, fine 425; barley, 24s to 265, fine 28s to 30s per qr. ALFORD.—Averages for the week ending Nov. 12:— Wheat 36s 9&d; barley Os Od; Oats, 14s Od per qr. SLEAFORD, Nov. 12.—Wheat, white 39s to 43s ; red 37s Od to 40s Od; new Os to Os; barley 24s to 28s; oats, 14s to 18s; beans, 28s to 36s per qr. NEWARK, Nov. 14.—Wheat, fine white 44s to 475, old 495, fine red 41s to 435, second 36s to 395; barley, malting 28s 29s to 30a, extra 31s to 00s, grinding 14s to 275, foreign 23s to 245; oats, new 16s to 17s, old 223 to 245; beans, new 26s to 28s, old 36s to 375, peas, white 38s to 40s, blue 40s to 425; rye 25s to 265; tares 32; to 40s; malt 54s to 56s per qr. ROTHERHAM, Nov. 12.—Beef, 5s 9d to Os 9d per stone; mutton, 4451 to 5d per lb; stock sheep, Oos to Oos per head. DERBY, Nov. 13.—The number of fat beasts today was small, and we may say the worst we have had this year, There were but few sheep offered for sale, and those generally of the middling quality. The supply of fat pigs about an average. Beet made from 4id to sid; mutton, 41c1 to sid; veal, sid to 6d per Ib; pigs, 73 6d to 8s per score. Rough fat, 3s 6d per stone of 141bs. Elides, lid per lb. Calf•skins 2d to 32d per lb. EDINBURGH, Nov. 14.—The quantity of wheat brought forward this day was 1,023 qrs, being 181 qrs less than last week. Top price 4s up, and 4d down on the average —2lO qrs unsold. The quantity of barley brought for ward was 1,931 qrs, being 243 qrs more than last week. Price on the top Is, and the average is 31 down -375.qrs unsold. ()loots we had 1,054 qrs brought forward, or 532 qrs less than last week. Top price 2d up, and the average is down-54 qrs unsold. The quantity of beans was 80 qrs, or 17 qrs more than last week. Price on the topls, and the average is 8d down-26 qrs unsold. Top of wheat ... - 66 lbs 54s Od ... Barley ... 56 lbs 27s 6d Oats 42a1bs 22s 8d Beans 6341bs 33 s Od EDINBURGH SHEEP MARKET, No ii. 14.—The supply of sheep this morning was 9,617, being 391 less than last wet k. Sales dull, but good aged sheep sold at better prices, while ewes and inferior kinds were sold at late rates. At the close of the market a good clearance was effected. Top price of the best mutton 5/d per lb; cturent, 4d to -lid; inferior, 3d to 3jl. DUNDEE, Nov. 12.—Wheat, 46s Od to 49s Od; foreign ditto, 47s 0 , 1 to 50s Od; barley, 22s Od to 23s Od; oats, 181 6d to 19s Od ; peas and beans, 23s Od to 25s 6d. Coax, Nov 14. - Flour—First 12s 6d to 13s 6d; extra 14s 6d; seconds, Its Od to 12s 6d ; households 9s to II s; thirds, 7s to 8: per cwt. Oatmeal 9s 6d to 10s; Indian meal 6s 9d to 7s; wheat- meal, 9s 6d to lOsper cwt. Indian corn 12550.1 to 1308 od perton. Bran 3/ 10s to 3/ 15s per ton. Hay—Farmers 25s Od to 345; average 30s ; dealers 32s to 36s Od; average 31s per ton. Stir aw— Farmers 15s Od to 253 Od ; average 20s ; dealers 25s Od to 27s Od; average 00s Od per ton. - Bread—Wheaten loaf 6d to 6id ; household loaf 5d to bid per 41b. Fresh butter, 8d to 9J per lb. Eggs-5s 6d to 5s 8d per hundred. Coals— Newport 14s; Lydney 165 ; Landore 145 ; Best Neath Culm 13s per ton. Tallow 393 Od to 00s per cwt. Whisky, 25 o. p., 5s 9d per imperial gallon. Meat —Beef 4d to 7d; mutton 4d to 5/ t d ; veal 4d to Od; pork 4id to sd; bacon 7d to 8d; sausages 5d per lb. Flops 91 Os per cwt. Bangor slates 3/ 2s 6d to 315 s per ton. Bark—Barbary 71 5s to Si 58 ; Valonia 14l to 01; French 71 53; English 01 per ton. Fleece Wool lOs to 12s per stone. Hemp 34/ t 0351 per ton. Fish— Scotch herrings2ls to 003 ; red ditto 25s to 263 per barrel ; Newfoundland 60100 s to 001 per ton. Timber—Alemel, 85/ per ton; deals, first quality, 18s; second quality, 16s per 100. Hides—Market 12s to 18s; salted 13s to 18s per cwt ; calf skins 2d to 2irl per lb. Potatoes, white bid to 8d; Minions lld to 00d; Guano— Peruvian, 11/ 108; Ichaboe 91 per ton; Tar—Archangel 19s per barrel. RAIL WAY fV::,tlit, MARKETS. YORK, Nov. 14. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The transactions to-day were as follow :—York, Newcastle, and Berwick (G. N. E. Purchase), 3 —Great Northern, Preference, 7 1 , —Midland, 48 1 ,E—North British, 5/. Os. 6d.—Shrewsbury and Birmingham, Prefer ence, 10. GLASGOW, Nov. 14. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The transactions to-day were as follow :—Clydesdale Junction, 50—Edinburgh and Glasgow (Stirling Midland Junction), 5 per cent. guaranteed, 211s — Glasgow General Terrminus, B—Monkland, 55 Wilsontown, Morningside, and Coltness, New, 70 —Wishaw and Colt ness, 40. WIGAN.--DINNER TO THE NEW MAYOR.-011 Friday last, itamediately after the election of the new mayor, Ralph Darlington, Esq., a dinner took place at the Royal Hotel, in celebration of the event. The mayor presided, and upwards of 100 gentleman sat down, amongst whom were Colonel the Hon. J. Lind say, M.P., the Hon. Colin Lindsay ; the Rev. H. J. Gunning, the rector and lord of the manor ; the Rev. B. Powell, and Thomas Byrom, Esq., the ex-mayor. After the usual loyal and other toasts had been given, the health of the new mayor was drunk, and responded to by Mr. Darlington. The health of the Conservative Member having been drunk, the Hon. Colonel Lindsay, in the course of a lengthy address, congratulated the Conservatives on the result of the late municipal elec tion ; and then adverting to politics, he spoke of the colonies, which he said should always be a profit and an honour to the country; but it this country persisted in its policy, the colorde s a ould become hostileto us and diminish the prospetily of our own country. The Hon. Gentle man afterwards proceeded to speak of the sanitary con dition of the town, and alluded to the great havoc which the chop ra had made amongst the poorer classes of prop e. He urged thorn to remember that though the disea,e had almost entirely disappeared, the positions w r. it was most generally found were those usually (stapled by typhus fever, and he called upon them, by cli ad pdoa or aanuary measures, to free the poor people from an infection, which was almost as serious to theta cholera, though it did not strike so much terror into the minds of the population generally. He contended that cl•anliness, by promoting health, would diminish pauperion, and so in the end save the pockets of the atepayers. The lion. Gentleman was much applauded during the delivery of his speech. Other toasts were drunk, and in the course of the speeches it was inti mated that Mr. Nathaniel Eckerdey had declined to accept the honours of the mayoralty this year, but that he would in all probability accept them on a future oc casion. A PARisiAx FoG.—Several accidents took place in consequence of the very dense fog on Sunday, on the b ut the river above Paris. Opposite the park at B !icy five sportsmen were returning in a char-a-bane, w ien the carriage went off the road and fell over the b into the river, dragging the horse after it. One of t)e persons was killed on the spot, three others were seriously injured, one alone escaping unhurt. At the entrance of the bridge of Charenton, au old man driving a cabriolet, in which was also his daughter, went off the road and drove into the river. Their cries brought as sistance, and they were released from their perilous position, but tho bursa and cabriolet floated off. It was expected that the dead body of the horse would have been found the next morning, when, to the surprise of those who went in search of it, the animal was found stuck fast up to its knees in a sandbank, where he had stood with the cabriolf t during. the whole night. Many serious accidents would doubtless have occurre d in Paris but fur the judicious arrangements made by the police in placing lamps at the corners of the streets, and moving about with torches; the alacrity and readiness to afford information displayed by these officers to those who had lost their way were praiseworthy in the extreme.-- Galigani's Messenger. The American packet-ship Gladiator, at Spitheed with a number of other ve , sels at St. Helen's and the Motherbank are all lying windbound. [Advertisement.] LECTURES ON CONSUMPTION, &c. &C.—Dr. Cronin will commence on the 29th instant a popular course of six lectures on diseases of the Lungs, Chest, Stomach, and Liver. During the course, Dr, Cronin will illustrate by diagrams, microscopical observ,. t uns, &c., his new avid original theory of the nature, causes, and forma tion of tuiserole, and explain his peculiar and successful mode of treating consumptive, asthmatic, and dispeptie diseases. Terms for one course, 23.; the whole course, 104. 6d. For prospectuses of lectures, &c., apply be tween ten and one daily at Dr. Cronin 's residence, 14 Leicester-place, Leicester-square. BIRTHS. On the 12th inst., at Worth Rectory, Sussex, the wife of the Rev. G. C. Bethune, of a daughter. On the 12th inst., at Spring -vale, Ryde, Isle of Wight, the wife of Captain Crawford Collin, R.N., of a daughter. On she 13th inst., at Chester- terrace, Regent's-park, the lady of J. Ingram, Esq , of a daughter. On the 13th inst., at Hendon, the wife of C. Tanqueray, Esq , of a daughter. On the 13th inst., at Woodford, Essex, the wife of Alfred Scholey, Esq., of a daughter. On the 14th inst., in Portman-square, the lady of S. W. Gardiner, Esq., of a son and On the 14th inst., in Blenheim-road, St. John's -wood, the wife of John Taylor, of a son. On the 14th inst., at the rectory, St. Michael's, Cornbill, the wile of the Rev. T. W. Wrench, of a son. On the 14th inst., the lady of the Rev. T. B. Wright, in cumbent of Dalston, of a son. MARRIED. On the 13th inst., at Blakeney, Norfolk, Robert Poole, Hooper, Esq., younger son of G. H. Hooper, Esq., of Stan more, Middlesex, to Harriet, third daughter of R. Brereton Esq., of Blakeney. Ori the 13th iust., at All Souls, St. Marylebone, Paula Henry St. John Mildway, Esq., of Haslegrove-house, Somer setsbire, to Caroline Adela Catherine Valentine, daughter o 1 the late Rowland and Lady Lucy Standish, of Scaleby Castle* Cumberland On the 13th inst , at Washfield, Devon, John Letheren, E:q , of Winkleigh, Exeter, to Caroline Pinckard, eldest daughter of the late J. PinckarJ, Esq., of Great Russell — street, London. DIED. On Tuesday- last, at Ipswich, suddenly, in the 61st year or hi, ,ge, George Pooley, Esq., cashier at the bank of Messrs. Alexanders and Co., and corn inspector at that place. On he 11th inst., at Norwich, aged 4 1 , Harcourt Master, Esq., Lieutenant-Colonel, unattached, late of the 4th Light D agoons. On the 12th inst., at Edinburgh, William Grove, Esq., of Shenvone-park, Staffordshire. On the 12th inst., John Walls, Esq., of Bloomsburr square, aged 68. On the 12th inst., at Jesus-lodge, Cambridge, the Rev. W. French, D. D., master of Jesus-college, Cambridge, rector of Moor Monkton, Yorkshire, and canon of Ely. 01 the 13th inst., Fanny, the wife of Mr. S. Saul, O f tieet, Aldgate, aged 6'3. - - r, (1: - )11. Printed and Published by DIURDO YOUNG, cf a. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun Office, Na 1 1 ", Striind, in the Precinct of the Savoy , in the county 0' Dliddlens, Friday, Noyember 46, Is 9. -A, }~