The Sun. — London, England, 1855-01-26 00:00:00

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT HOUSE OF LORDS--(YESTERDAY.) The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the woolsack at five o'clock. In consequence of the resignation of Lord John Rus sell there was a very large attendance of the members of the House of Commons in their lordships' house. The Duke of Newcastle was the only member of the Government present. MISMANAGEMENT OF THE WAR. Lord LYNDHURST gave notice that on Friday he would move a resolutionto the effecttbat the expedition to the Crimea was undertaken by her Majesty's Ministers with ♦ery inadequate means, without due precaution or" support, or inquiry into the nature and extent of the re sistance to be expected, and that the neglect and mis management in the conduct of the war had led to the most disastrous results. THE VOTE OF THANKS TO THE ARMY. The LORD CHANCELLOR read the following let. ter from Lord Raglan : " Sebastopol, Jan. 7, 1855. "My Lord,—l have had the honour to receive your lordship's letter of the ISth of December, transmitting to me, in obedience to the commands of the House of Lords, their resolutions expressing the high sense they entertain of the great and eminent services rendered to the country by me and the gallant army under my corn wand, and requesting me to signify these resolutions to the several general and other officers under me. " I have had the satisfaction of announcing to the general and other officers and to the troops the tribute of their lordships' thanks, and I hasten to assure your lordship that they warmly appreciate the great distinc tion that has been conferred upon them. "The flattering terms in which your lordship has been so good as to convey to me the resolutions of the House of Lords, and the gratifying notice that their lordships have been pleased to take of my services, demand the expression of ray heartfelt gratitude, and I hope I do not trespass on your lordship's kindness in asking you to be the organ of my sentiments to the house. "I have lost no time in transmitting to General Can robert the resolutions conveying their lordships' thanks to him and the French army for their gallant co-opera tion with her Majesty's forces ; and I have now the honour to enclose a letter which I have received from his Excellency, containing a copy of the order he has published to the army under his command, and request ing me to express to their lordships how deeply he feels the distinguished honour of their thanks, and how fully these feelings are participated in by the French troops, whose association with the British army has produced such beneficial results, and exhibited to the world in so conspicuous a manner the intimate alliance established between the two countries. --- 4‘ I have the honour to be, with the highest respo , A, ;fly lord, your_lordship's most obedient servaat, " RAGLAN. "The Right Hon. the Lord Chancellor." The following ii a copy of General Canrobert's latter, referred to in the above communication : " Arm6e d'Orieat. " Cabinet du Commandant-en-Chef, " Au Quartier-Ondral, devant Sebastopol, la 6 Janvier, 1855. " My Lord,—Le Parlement Anglais ea prenaat les re solutions que voulez vous bien me transmettre, a cembld d'honneur l'armde iranceise. En combattant a Alma i sAt6 de l'arrn,le Britannique, dont l'indbranlable solidit4 e. 6te si heutement remarquee, en l'aidant a Inkerman 14 battre l'ennemi commun, elle croyait avoir fait son de volr senlernent, et ne s*attendait pas h recevoir des re pr4sktante de la nation Anglaise un taaoignage d'estime it la foil si bienveillant et si eclatant. Permettes que je vous prie d'6tre aupe3s du Gouver• nement de Sa Majest4 la Rein. et du Parlament Anglais l'interpete des sentiments qu'ont fait naitre dans nos esprit. ces actes solennels. Ile rendront plus 6treite par lee armeiea la solidarit4 qui unit lee deux peuples daces cette guerre entreprise pour la dgense dn droit. " La lettre, el affectueuse, que votre seigneurie a bien voulu m'addresser Is cette occasion, ajoute un nouveau prix Is l'honnenr qui nous est fait. Je pens. avec You', my lord, que !'anion entre lee g4n4raux en chef eet la meilleure, garantis de !'union entre lee armies, et depuis gu'elles operant ensemble, votre bienveillance m'a rendu le concert si facile qu'il eet pour moi un entralnement na tured autant qu'un devoir de situation. " Reeevez, say lord, l'expressien demon respectueux d6vouement. " Lo G4n6ral-en-Chef, " G4iAral Centeuzitx. " P.£3.—J'ai llonneur de vous dormer communication de I'ordre enefral par lequel j'ai fait connaitre I'arm*se Francais° lee resolutions du Parlement Anglaie. G6n6ral CANROBEET. "A.S.S. le Feld Marichal Lord Raglan, Corn roandant-en-Chefl'Arrn6e Anglaise." The letter was ordered to be entered on the journals of the house. The Earl of ELLENBOROTIGII said that, as a noble lord had given notice of his intention of bringing the conduct of the war under the attention of their lord ships, he should, under these circumstances, with draw the notice he had given for Monday next. RESIGNATION OF LORD JOHN RUSSELL. The Duke of NEWCASTLE—My Lords, it has already been announced in the other House of Parlia ment that the noble lord who is the leader of the Go ♦ernment in that house has tendered to her Majesty his resignation of the office which he held as President of the Council, and her Majesty has been graciously pleased to accept that resignation. Under these circumstances, on the motion of the Government, the Hougo of Commons consented to adjourn until to-morrow. My noble friend, the First Lord of the Treasury, in consequence of that resignation has gone down to Windsor, and I think your lordship,: will agree with me that it will be in accordance with precedent, as well as for the convenience of the house, if your lordships would follow the example of the House of Commons in this instance, although it may not; be essentially neces sary, and consent to adjourn until to-morrow. I hope, therefore, those noble lords who have notices on the paper will consent to postpone them accordingly. I move that the house do now adjourn. The Earl of WINCHELSE..k. was understood to de cline postponing his motion. The Earl of DERBY said it would be to his personal convenience, as well as for the convenience of the peers generally, if the noble earl would postpone his motion until another opportunity. The Earl of WINCHELSEA. reluctantly gave way to this appeal. Earl FITZWILLIANI wished to remind their lord ships tkat they had been informed of the resignation of one of the most important members of the Government, one who held as prominent a position out of doors as in Parliament, and he thought it was at variance with cus tom, if not with the principles of the constitution, that their lordships should proceed to act upon the fact without first receiving some explanation of the causes which had led to the resignation. The Duke of NEWCASTLE—The noble earl will permit me to interrupt him. The noble lord to whom be is about to refer has not yet made any statement in his place in the House of Commons ; but I have every reason to believe he will make a statement to-morrow night of the causes which have ied to his resignation. It would not, therefore, be fair to the noble lord if the noble earl were to continue his observations now, and I hope he will see the inexpediency of pursuing the subject at present. (Hear, hear.) Earl FITZWILLIAM would of course give way, but at the same time he felt that an event of this description ought not to be communicated to either House of Par liament without any explanation as to what were the grounds of the resignation. It did appear to him that the course they were taking was at variance with the constitution, as the explanation ought to be made at the same - time the fact was communicated. (Hear.) The Marquis of LANSDOWNE (who was scarcely audible in the gallery) appealed to the noble earl to withhold his comrnmenti for the present. The noble lord who had resigned his office was the best person to give any explanation of causes which had led to his resignation, and he would riot have an opportnnity of making any statement until to-morrow. Their lordships then adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS—YESTERDAY. The SPZASIR took the chair shortly before 4 o'clock. NEW MEMBER. Mr. LDSIIIIVITO N took the oaths and his seat for Can. terbury. Mr. BROTRE RTPON ETITIONS. presented a petition from the stage carriag e proprietorsyon of S a lf or d, praying for a re duction of the dut Mr. EWART presented eaprreisaigsiessn. T HE wage,Clt lIE A . from a place in Scotland against the arrestrs:si THE ARMY IN iunllreto-morrow bi a mo . Mr. ROEBUCK postponed , and initiate, the condition wolitolle conduct •f mo tion for a select committee to in( Ci duty it has of the army before Sebastopol those departments of the Government been to minister to the wants of the army, THE WAR AND THE COLONIES. Sir G. GREY brought up some papers, by command of her Majesty, and took the opportunity of stating what the contents of them were. They consisted of -Addresses and resolutions passed by several colonial legis latures and public bodies in several of her Majes ty's oolonies with reference to the subject of the war in which we are engaged. The house would be gratified to find that all of them expressed feelings of the most devoted loyalty and attachment to her Majesty , and bre a th e a l so an earnest sympathy for the country with regard to the war. Some of them contained substantial prosfs of their sincerity in the shape of offers to contri bute to th© fund for the relief of those whose husbands or parents had fallen on the field of battle. The address from Canada, which was b rought over by Lord El g i n, w a s the joint address of the Council arid National Assembly of es,nada, and mentioned that the Legisla ture of that colony had voted 20,000/. towards the Patriotic Fund. Within the last few days he had re ceived from Sir F. Head, the new Governor Colony, tw o drafts for 10,0001. each, b e i ng amount which the L eg i s l a t u re had so voted. (Cheers.) Ur, ADDERLY wished to know if .) Government in, , tended to send out any formal acknowledgment of these addresses Sir G. GREY said they were addresses to her Ma jesty, and he had received her Majesty's command to acknowledge them. The papers were ordered to lie on the table. SAVINGS BANKS AND FRIENDLY SOCIETIES BILL. On the motion of the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER, the order of the day for the second reading of this bill was read for the purpose of being postpczted until to-morrow. RESIGNATION OF LORD JOHN RUSSELL. Mr. lIAYTER said—Sir, the noble lord, the mem ber for the city of London, has requested me to state that he has considered it consistent with his public duty respectfully to tender to her Ma jesty his resignation of the office which he held, which resignation her Majesty has been graciously pleased to accept. The noble lord will take an early occasion of stating to this house the grounds on which he was in duced to come to that resolution. (Hear, hear.) Lord PALMERSTON Sir, after the statement which has just been made by puy right hon. friend, I trust the house will not think that her Majesty's Govern ment are trespassing too much on their indulgence if I ask the house to adjourn until to-morrow. There are obvious reasons, I think, why I should make that pro posal ; and I should hope, therefore, those gentlemen who have motions standing for to-night will have the goodness to postpone them until to-morrow, when they will stand in the same position as they do now. I beg to move that this house do now adjourn. Mr. DRUMMOND—I must remind the noble lord that those who have notices of motion for to-night will not stand in the same position to-morrow night. I don't know, of course, what the feelings of the house may be, nor do I desire to bring is my motion to-night, but I cannot consent to any postponement unless the noble lord will give precedence to-morrow to the motions as they now stand in the paper for to-night. Sir J. PAKINGTO.N— Sir, in reference to the motion of which I have given notice for to-night, on the subject of national education, I wish to state that after the ap peal which has been made to as by the Government, I certainly shall not think of bringing on my motion to night—(hear, hear)—and I will, therefore, with the per mission of the house, postpone it until this day week. From the state of the notice book, however, it is highly improbable whether I shall be able to bring it on then, but I trust that the Government will, in consideration of my giving way now, afford me facilities for bringing it forward on an early day. (Hear, hear.) Lord PALMERSTON said it was the wish and in tention of the Government that the motions should stand to-morrow night in the same order that they stood to-night. Mr. ROEBUCK said unless the house should other- wise determine his motion could not take precedence of the order of the day to-morrow, and he trusted her ➢ia jesty's Government would consent to his motion being taken first to-morrow night. Lord PALMERSTON said the Government could have no possible objection to that, because there were no orders of the day for to-morrow. (Hear, hear.) The house then adjourned at twenty-five minutes to five o'clock. RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. LONDON AND SOUTH-WESTERN. The directors have resolved to recommend to the pro prietors, at the general meeting on the 15th February next, that the dividend fer the half-year ending 31st December, 1854, be at the rate of 5 per cent, per annum on the capital. GREAT LUXEMBOURG. We have received the following from the committee appointed oa the 19th December last : " Great Luxembourg Company, 2, Royal Exchange-buildings, London, Jan. 17. "The undersigned having been nominated under a re solution of the proprietors of the Great Luxembourg Company, at their meeting on 19th December last, as a committee, 'to investigate the various matters which have been alleged against the old directors of this oom pany, and to report on the earliest possible day as to whether it is to the interest of the company that the old directors (with the exception of Mr. Drouet) should con tinue to hold their seats at the board,' have to report, "That they have deliberated on the matters referred to them ; that they have not considered it necessary to the end proposed by the above reference that they should enter minutely into the points of difference that have arisen between a portion of the proprietors and the board, or express any opinion upon them, but regard• ing mainly the existing circumstances of the company, and the desirableness of a cordial co-operation be tween the proprietors and the board as a means of bringing the undertaking to a successful issue, they bave— " Resolved, That the interests of the Great Luxem bourg Company would he promoted by the old director,. (with the cxception of Mr. Drouet) tendering the resig tion of their seats at the approaching general meeting of the company, to be held in the month of Februay next, in order that the proprietors may hare the opportunity of deliberately exercising their choice in the appointment of the board of directors. (Signed) " Taos. S3arri. " ROBERT GILL. " Rica. HOARD. "To 11fessra. W. Road, Thos. Close, James Hutchinson, Matthew Uzielli." SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TA-TTERSA.LL'S-JAN. 25. CIIZSTEZ CUP. 20 to 1 was the highest offer on the field. At the commencement The Reiver, Rotherham, and Arthur Wellesley were backed at 8 to 1 agst the three ; and afterwards offers to take 25 to 1 about each were re peatedly but unsuccessfully spade. Could these odds have been obtained a good deal of money would have been invested, particularly on The Reiver. Early Bird and Brown Brandy rose to 40 to 1 taken. THE Two THMAND. An offer of 4 to 1 on the field was accepted in favour of Bonnie Morn ; for this event and the Derby St. Hu bert was evidently a little unsteady. TILE DERBY. 7 to 1 was freely offered a:painit the favourite ; 850 to 50 and 1,200 to 100 were taken with renewed confidence about Grwculus Esuriens, and 1,000 to 45 and 1,250 to 50 about Bonnie Morn. The other Derby bet■ quoted below show no variation from the closing prices on Mon day. CHEATER CUP. 20 to 1 offered on the field (take 25) 40 to 1 apt Early Bird (taken) 40 to 1 agst Brown Brandy (taken) 1000 to 20 agst Little Harry (taken) 1000 to 20 agst Andover (taken) 1000 to 15 apt Bright Phcebus (taken) 1000 to 10 agst Dalkeith (taken) 1000 to 10 agst Helene (taken) Bto 1 agst The Reiver, Arthur Wellesley, and Rotherham (taken) TILE TWO THOUSAND. 4to 1 agst Bonnie Morn DERBY. 7to 1 agst St. Hubert (taken) 12 to 1 agst Grmculus Esuriens (taken) 100 to 8 agst Lord of the Isles (taken) 25 to 1 agst Bonnie Morn (taken) 50 to 1 agst Affghan (taken) 50 to 1 agst Vexation colt (taken) OAKS. 10 to 1 agst Nettle (t). Attendance thin and business extremely dull. Mr. Howard's horses, Virago, Bafrown* Little Harry, Scythian, star of Surrey, and Cavalier are struck out of their respective engagements for the City and Suburban, the Great Metropolitan, and the North amptonshire Stakes. LIVIIRPOOL SPRING MEETING—Fin. 28. WEIGIIT3 for the GRAND NATIONAL STIRPLICRASIL About 4 miles. (54 subs.) Forfeits to be declared on or before the sth Fub. Age et lb Bourton Sir Peter Laurie a 12 0 Oscar Peter Simple Miss Mowbray Peter Needwood The General Trout Warner Retail British Yeoman alo 8 The Hero (h b) alO 8 Morning Star A.bd-el-Kader a 10 t Haltand•Half a 10 4 Dalkeith 6 10 4 Bastion Escape The Poet Nurnliine t t.. An e C Warwick 1 Gar l an d i w e i h . a : 0 4a a 1 0 000 6 2 2 02 Rosa 6 10 0 13oundaway (b. 'e) e lbA at lJemtay the Black 6 g 10 0 Spring The Potter 6 9 12 Lantern Janus a 9 10 Cutaway a 9 10 Columbine a 9 10 St. Arnaud 5 9 10 Wanderer (12 b) A natis 5 9 8 MauriceDaley(hb) a 9 6 Star of England a 9 6 Malay a 9 6 Pun pe rn e Little Charley Free Trader Labyrinth ...... a 9 2 The Greek 6 9 2 Dangerous Buret Sienna a 9 0 Taffy k by Turcoman 6 9 0 Bruiser (h b) 6 9 0 Tom Thumb Crabbe Boddicot Liberator AGRICULTURAL PllOSPECTl—errerha there never was a season (says the Sussex 4 farming operations h ave b een ) when on the whole effectually carried out tha n during thee All accounts concur in repres en ti ng the braes "rner ops r t l horoughly and breadth t d six months. sown as unusually large, while w e are happy that reports agree as to the vigorous a n d con dition and appearance of the crops. The frost hasnotyet been severe enough to cause any injury, whil e i t must necessarily prove most serviceable in rend er i ng t h e land more friable And more generally faveurable f or spring cultivation, th healthy of w .ht ea t THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, JANUARY 26, 1865. LAW IN TE LLIOENCE.—Ja P s 25. CHANCERY COURTS. (Before Vice-Chancellor Kindersley.) THE GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY V. THE OXFORD, WOR CESTER, AND WOLVERHAMPTON RAILWAY.-THE OX FORD, WORCESTER, AND WOLVERHAMPTON RAILWAY V. THE GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY. The arguments in this case were resumed this morning. The Solicitor-General and Mr. G. L. Russell, on be half of the Great Western Railway, supported the in junction which his honour had granted. They alleged that the present application was one of a nature purely experimental, and intended as a ground for a proposed application to Parliament to repeal the extension act, and that as such it could not lee entertained by the court. The plaintiffs were bound to proceed, until they obtained a repeal of their extension act, according to the provisions of it ; and were not justified in taking any steps to thwart the object of the Legislature, which would be the case if they could get their injunction dis charged, after it had been recognised by Parliament. His Honour had expressed his opinion on a former oc casion, and that opinion had been confirmed by statute. Moreover, this was merely intended as a harassing and vexatious opposition to tt.e working of the Great West ern line, and the application ought to be refused. Mr. Bolt, in reply, denied the charge of vexatious opposition on the part of the plaintiffs in the second suit ; and after showing at some length that the Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton Company had ample means for carrying on their undertaking, and contemplated, most positively, the doing so in strict accordance with their act of Parliament, argued that, in dependently of the burthen imposed by that act, the in duction was in reality a clog upon their performance of the duties imposed upon them by Parliament. They would apply for a further and repealing act as speedily as possible, and, in the meantime, the injunction should be disselved. They would still be bound by the provi sions of the act, which they never had intended, and did not now intend, to infringe. The Vice-Chancellor reserved his judgment. (Before Vice-Chancellor Sir William Page Wood.) HORN AND OTHERS Y. THE KILKENNY AND GREAT SOUTHERN AND WESTERN RAILWAY COM2A.NY. Mr. Rolt and Mr. Amphlett moved for an injunction to restrain the defendants, Edwards, Ratcliffe, and Davies, from proceeding by writ of scire facial against the plaintiffs, or either of them, upon a judgment re covered against the above company for 4,4171., the amount of a bill of costs alleged to be due to then by the company. Tho bill was originally filed by the plain tiffs on behalf of themselves and all other shareholder. in the cempany, except the defendants, to restrain the directors from proceeding with certain actions, brought by them for the amount of calls claimed to be due upon the plaintiffs' shares ; the case made on that occasion by the plaintiffs against the de fendants, the directors, being that the directors had originally signed the parliamentary contract for a very large number of shares ; that in the passage of the bill through Parliament the line was cut down to much less than its originally proposed length, and there upon much less capital was required. The directors thereupon, behind the back of the plaintiff and the other shareholders, struck off the whole of the unneces sary shares from those which stood in their own names, without giving the other shareholders any option in the matter. The directors alleged as their reason for se do ing that they had only signed the parliamentary con trAct for so large a number of shares for the convenience of the company and to satisfy the requirements of the standing orders of the house and witho u t an y i n t e ntion of keeping them. Th e plaintiffs however claimed to have the calls on those shares paid up by the directors. The Vice-Chancellor thought there was a serious case to be tried, and had granted the injunction on the terms of the plaintiffs paying into court the amount of calls claimed, to await the further order of the court ; and these terms having been performed, the injunction had been drawn up. Subsequently to that the defendants, who were shareholders in the company, and had been through out the advisers and solicitors of the directors, had brought an action against the company for the amount of their bills of costs. The directors allowed judgment to go by default, and the solicitors then selected two out of the three plaintiffs against whom to proceed by scire faciae. The main ground on which the plaintiffs claimed in equity to stay the proceedings was that the whole proceeding was collusive between the directors aid the solicitors, and done with a view of harassing and in timidating the plaintiffs from prosecuting their suit against the directors. The plaintiffs farther alleged in their affidavit in support of the motion, that the bills had never been delivered or taxed, and that the greater part of such bills was for costs incurred by the directors in prosecuting two unsuccessful applications to Parliament for extended powers, and further, part of the costs was for other proceedings which they clearly could not charge the company with. The defendants were still acting as the solicitors of the directors, and were defending the present suit. One of the defendants had made an affidavit in which he denied that the pro ceedings were being carried on in collusion with the directors, but did not expressly deny that they were taken with a view to intimidate the plaintiffs from pro ceeding with their suit against the directors. The ac count given by the defendants in this affidavit was that they had informed the directors that there was a large amount due to them for costs, and that the chairman of the board cf directors said that the directors thought the bills ought to be looked over by some person, and that Mr. flax, of the Temple, had been mentioned to him as a gentleman who was in the habit of settling bills of costa for the Great Northern and other rail ,...pantes ; that Llio evlicitora thorsupon etstcd their willingness to comply with that suggestion, and that the bills were accordingly submitted to Mr. Dax, who had certified as to the amount due. That that rae communicated to the board by letter, and no answer made, whereupon they commenced an action and re covered judgment, and issued the scire facial without any collusion with the directors, and for no other pur pose than that of being paid, and that they were willing to submit the bills to taxation if the court should so di rect. It was contended for the plaintiffs that no reason able person could avoid coming to the conclusion that the real object was to stop the plaintiffs in their suit, and not the legitimate one of getting paid. It was an abuse of the right given them by the act of Par liament, and came within the case decided by Lord St. Leonards (Taylor v. Hughes, 2 Jones and Latouche, 49), in which that learned judge had restrained a pro ceeding of a similar nature. Other objections made were, that the solicitors being themselves shareholders, it was by ne means clear that they could sue the com pany. But supposing they could, it was contended that they could not enforce the judgment against another shareholder ; for if one shareholder could thus enforce a claim against another shareholder, as soon as that share holder paid the claim ho immediately became a creditor of the company in the amount, and could recover against the company, and then proceed by scire facies against the shareholder who had first sued him. That would be a sort of see-saw proceeding which the court would never allow. And if it was objected that if that were not to be allowed the creditor would have to:wait till the contribu tions due from each shareholder was ascertained, which would in effect amount to winding up the company, the answer was, that if the company was insolvent, and there were no funds out of which the directors could pay the claim, the sooner it was wound up the better. Another objection was, that the application to Parlia ment having been unsuccessful, any appropriation of the funds of the company to pay the costs of such ap plications would be a breach of trust ; and these solici tors, who were shareholders, were therefore parties to the breach of trust, and could not recover against the company. The case was adjourned at the rising of the coma. COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH.—JAN. 25. CROFT Y. LUMLRY (IN ES LORD WARD).-RIGHTS OF BOXHOLDERS IN MER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. This was an action of ejectment against the defendant as the lessee of Her Majesty's Theatre. A few days ago an application was made by Sir Fitzroy Kelly for a rule calling upon the plaintiff to show cause why Lord Ward, who held two boxes in the theatre under a lease, should not be let in to defend the action. Mr. Wiles now showed cause against the rule, con tending that Lord Ward had no title to the boxes, but only the use of them under certain provisions. Lord Campbell said the court was of opinion that Lord Ward had made out a prima facie case which entitled him to their consideration, but still it would be very hard on the plaintiff if all who were in the same position as his lordship should be admitted as defendants. Such a course would lead to endless litigation, and would entail ruinous costs. The court felt inclined to make the rule absolute, if some arrangement could be made to obviate the difficulty. Sir F. Kelly having expressed an opinion that an nr• rangement could be come to between the parties, Lord Campbell—Then, in that case, the rule would be made absolute. Rule accordingly. by that husband, a,d she had better protection in Mr. Gibson's habitation, and acted perfectly right in living with him. However, the present case arose out of her female child, fair or five years old, which had been forced from her tender care by her husband. Some weeks prior the chid was brought to her, and was as happy as could be until the 18th of this month, when all the defendants rushed into Mr. Gibson's house, in Gravel-lane and having grossly assaulted her, forced it from her, and carried it away. He !considered it a serious charge, mid that it came under the Ag gravated Assaults Act, which gave his worship power to punish the parties by a sentence of six months' im prisonment, and bail for a further six months. There was another act of Parliament to meet the charge, giving power to punish par les for taking away a child under 14 years Si age front its mother or father. She being a girl, the mother was the proper guardian. Mr. Combo —Will you give any one in charge for that ! Mr. Bians—The rmther will, I have no doubt. The child has been forciby abducted from her by the father. She had the lawful ctstody of it. Mr. Combe—Thert is not the slightest shadow or pretence of such a proceeding. By common law the father has right to thf custody of all children under 21. You may go to Chancery if you like, but you can do no• thing here. air. Binns—Well, all I want is justice for this poor injured woman. (Laughter.) She has been grossly assa,alted. Mr. Combe—lf you can prove that, you can go to the semons for trial. Mr. Binns—Let us go to Newgate, then ; we shall have a judge and an honest trial by jury. Mr. Combe.—l cannot oblige you. If the case does go to the sessions, it must go in the regular way to the Surrey Sessions. Mr. Binns—l am willing to go there providing Mr. Kelly gives up the infsnt te its mother. Mr. Robinson—Certainly not. Mr. Cornbe—What ! The father of a child give it over to a mother living in open adultery with another man ! That's preposterous. Mr. Binns—Then I ask your worship to hear the evidence and decide it. Mr, Combe—From what I see in the case, it is rather a disgraceful one, and I shall send it to the sessions. If it is so serious as you say to this poor injured woman, the jastices can pass a sentence of two years. I cannot do that. Mr. Binns—Then I will call my witnesses, and go to the sessions. Mary Maria Kelly, a plain, m eagre-looking, middle aged woman, whose appearance excited a great deal of curiosity in a crowded Court, here stepped into the wit ness-box. On being sworn, she said—l am the wife of Samuel Rosser Kelly, and I live at No. 29, Gravel-lane, Southwark, under Mr. Gibson's protection. I have no other roof to be under, as I am locked and barrel from my husband. Mr. Combe—That is no justification for your commit ting adultery. What is this Mr. Gibson ! Mr. Robinson—He keeps a chandler's shop, hut he formerly was a minister of the Gospel at Bethnal-green, and Mrs. Kelly was one of his congregation. Mrs. Kelly, in continuation, said—About 7 in the evening of Thursday, the 18th, I was sitting with my child in Mr. Gibson's parlour. The child was near the fire looking at her letters. I saw some one rush into the shop, and en looking through the blind I per ceived it was Mr. Kelly, my two sons, and Mr. Stuttle, my son-in-law. I got up and closed the door, when my husband broke a window and struck me on nay hand with a stick. It was a hard blow, and I let go the door. The child ran upstairs, and I followed i n t o an emp t y roo m and bolt e d the door. That, however, was immediately afterwards burst spec, and a ll th e defendants, except Mr. Morgan and Mr. Bennett, entered the room. I held my child up in my arms by the window, when my husband struck me on the shoulders with a stick. My two sons and Mr. Stuttle forced me down and took the child from me, and ran away with it. My husband tried to get down stairs, but I clung to his knees, and in my effort to pre vent his getting away one of his feet kicked me, and I fell down stairs. I cannot say how many times he kicked me. Blood came from my mouth when at the bottom'of the stairs ;my arms and body were also bruised. Mor gan mad Bennett were not in the house. That is all I have to Mr. Combe—Then there is no charge against them ; they are discharged. Mr. J. Barns, surgeon, 4, Albert-place, Rotherhithe, said :—On Friday morning I saw Mrs. Kelly, and exa mined her. I found ecchynose contusions on each shoul der and arms. There were scratches on the fore-arms which had bled slightly. Her health appeared bad and debilitated. Phillip Lane, a lad residing near Mr. Gibson's, said— I heard a scuffle in the shop, and saw Mr. Kelly strike Mrs. Kelly with a thick stick. Daniel Mullens, another lad (a costermenger)—l saw Mr. Kelly strike his wife i❑ the shop ; the two sons were present. Mr. Robinson said he should neither arose•examine the witnesses nor make any remarks on the evidence, as the case was going to the sessions. Mr. Combo then ordered the depositions to be read, and bound the parties over to prosecute the defendants at the next Surrey Sessions. He at the same time libe rated them •on their own recognisaneet. WORSHIP-STREET.—William Smith, a elire wd looking, decently-dressed man, was charged with frau dulently obtaining 10/. by gambling with cards in a rail way carriage. Mr. Edward bruivainat Austin said—l am an undergra duate of Trinity College, Cambridge, and came to town from the university this morning by the Eastern Coun ties Railway. On the train reaching the Bishop's Stort• ford station, as I think— Pri , oner (coolly correcting him)—Broxbourne, it was. Witness—Yes. On reaching Broxbourne the prisoner entered the same carriage, and took a seat nearly oppo site me. After the lapse of about a quarter of an hour, he opened a kind of travelling-case he had with him, and, selecting some articles of cutlery —pocket-knives— he offered them for sale. No one offered to purchase them, and he therefore closed the case, and, producing from his pocket a pack of cards, selected three of them, which he placed upon the case, and began playing with them. He next said he would venture a sovereign that no one could tell him a particular card—a knave, I be lieve—. Prisoner—l may as well mention it was th• Jack of clubs. Witness—yes ; he said no one could name that card —the other two were not court cards—and the bets began with a few shillings. I was induced to join in the bets, which shortly got to U., and I ultimately found that I had lest 10/. I thought the game seemed ♦ery fair ; he moved the cards about, and exchanged their places in this way. (Witness here described the method.) I knew it was a sleight-of-haud trick, of course, and don't think that he had a confederate. Mr. D'Eyncourt—You knew, then, that you were betting against sleight-of-hand, or, in other words, gambling ! Witness—Well, if gambling can be ,fair, this aet cer tainly was fair. 'Pad seen before in the newspapers several accounts of similar praeticee, and I thought it might be of some benefit to the public if I brought the came before them. That was my only motive, and I there fore gave him in charge upon reaching the Shoreditch terminus, whence we went to the police station, and thence came here. Mr. D'Eyncourt (to the priloner)—What are you, and where do you reside ! Prisoner — fresideinLeicester, in High Cross-street. lam a groom. For four seasons I was under Lord Gardner as groom, and with others as groom, but this year I have been out of employment, and lodge at dif ferent coffee-houses 'Ails in London. Witness—ln the carriage he told us that he was the brother of the well-known betting man. Prisoner—Oh, that was only in joke, sir. (Hesitating and addressing the magistrate smilingly.) I should really very much like to explain this game to your wor ship, if you world let me, sir ! Officer—Ws found 121. 10s. in gold upon the prisoner, your worship. Mr. Austin—Another person lost 5/. to the pri soner, and a third also lost 31., I believe. I won once, and se did the others, but the prisoner generally had the best of it. Mr. D'Eyncourt—Are they fair cards 1 Prisoner (indifferently)--Oh, yes, sir, you will find the duty-paid ace rf spades among them. D'Eyncourt—What did be call the game I—Mr. Austin—Well, I think he mentioned corns French name for it, which I forget, but only three cards were used. .Nlr. D'Eyncourt (to the prosecutor)—lt is quite clear thtt you can recoYer your money back again, but there is Borne nicety required in dealing with this kind of case. With regard t. you (the prisoner), I will accept your own reeogniaances in 201. to appear again in answer to the charge on this day week. Prisoner—And may I have the money delivered to me! Mr. D'Eynceurt—No ; that must remain in the cue. tody of an officer, Mr. , Austin—l hope, sir, I shall not be obliged to attend here again. I must be in Cambridge on Satur day next, where I have very particular matters to attend to, and, indeed, I am now only away for three days. Mr. D'Eyncourt finally a rranged that the gentleman should be commulicated with when hie attendance was required, and the prosecutor left the court, shortly after succeeded by the prisoner, who at once entered into the necessary securities. [ADVERTISEMENT.]—Diseases of the Kidneys, Bladder, and Prostrate Gland, and their connection with the Ganglionic or Great Central System of Nerves ; being a reprint (considerably enlarged) of a series of papers bearing upon the more important and prominent symp tmus, and the most successful mode of practice in the treatment of diseases of those organs—in the press, and will be speedily published, by Dr. Denis Cronin, 35j Bruton-street, Berkeley-square. FIRS ♦RD LOSE OF LIFE AT GM:NM - ClL—Yesterday morning a fire broke out on the premises tenanted ley l‘fr. East, coffee shop keeper, No. 6, Silver-street, Greenwich. So rapid was the progress of the fire that on the residents being aroused they found the flames rushing up the staircase, and Mrs. East, aged 50 years, while attempting with a son and a servant to escape by the roof, became overpowered with the smoke and fell senseless to the floor. From that time until the middle of the day nothing was seen of her, but at length her body was found on the basement floor of the house, burnt almost to a cinder. The parish fire escape was kept under lock and key in the churchyard, and there being no conductor to attend to it it arrived too late to be of any assistance. The fire was not extinguished until the premises and contents were nearly consumed. Nos, 5 and 7 adjoining also suttained damage. The cause of the fire is not known. BANK RETURNS. An Account, pursuant to the Aet seventh and eighth Victoria, cap. 32, of the Average Amount of Bank Notes of the several Banks of Issue in England and Wales, in circulation during the Week ending Satur day, tho Gth day of Jan., 1855 : Average PRIVATE BANKS. Amount. Andover Bank, Andover—Heath and Co. Ashford Bank, Ashford—Jemmitt and Pomfret 12,425 Aylsham Bank, Aylsham—G. and T. Copeman 4,712 Aylesbury Old Bank, Aylesbury—Z. D. Hunt 29,398 Baldock Bank and Baldock and Biggleswade Bank, Baldock—Wells, Hogge, and Co Barnstaple Bank, Barnstaple—Marshall and Co Basingstoke and Odiham Bank, Basingstoke—• Seymour, Lamb, and Co. • Bedford Bank, Bedford—T. Barnard and Sons Bewdley Bank, Bewdley Nichols, Baker, and Co t. 82,306 9,71. .. 20,613 36,816 11,705 licester and Oxfordshire Bank and Oxford Bank, Bicester—H. M. and G. Tubb Birmingham Bank, Birmingham -Attwoods, Spooner, and Co Birmingham and Warwickshire Bank, Bir mingham—J. L. Moilliet and Sons Blandford Bank, Blandford—Oak and Co. Boston Bank, Boston—Garfit and Co Boston Bank, Boston—H. and T. Gee and Co Bridgwater Bank, Bridgwater—J. and J. L Sealey Bristol Bank, Bristol—Miles, Miles, and Co Broseley and Bridgnorth and Bridgnorth and Broseley Bank, Broseley—Pritchards, Boy cott, and Co. Buckingham Bank, Buckingham—Bartlett, Par rott, and Co. Bury and Suffolk Bank, Sudbury Bank, and Stowmarket Bank, Bury St. Edmunds — Oakes, Bevan, and Co. Banbury Bank, Banbury Gillet, Tawney, and Co. Banbury Old Bank, Banbury—Cobb and Son Bath City Bank, Bath--G. Moger and Son Bedfordshire Leighton Buzzard Bank, Leighton Buzzard—Bassett, Grant, and Co Birmingham Bank, Birmingham—Taylor and Lloyds Bradford Old Bank, Bradford, Yorkshire H A. and W. M. Harris and Co. Brecon Old Bank, Brecon—Wilkins and Co Brighton Union Bank, Brighton—Hall, West, and Borrer Burlington and Driffield Bank, Burlington — Harding, Smith, and Co Bury St. Edmunds Bank, Bury St. Edmunds — J. Worlledge Cambridge Bank, Cambridge—Mortlock & Co Cambridge and Cambridgeshire Bank, Cam bridge—Messrs. Fosters Canterbury Bank, Canterbury—Hammond and Co Carmarthen Bank, Carmarthen—David Morris and Sons Chertsey Bank, Chertsey—La Coste and Son Colchester Bank, Colchester—Round & Green Colchester and Essex Bank, and Witham and Essex Bank, and Hadleigh, Suffolk, Bank, Colchester—Mills, Bawtree, and Co Cornish Bank, Truro—Tweedy and Co Coventry Bank, Coventry—Little & Woodcock City Bank, Exeter—Milford and Co Craven Bank, Settle—Alcocks, Birkbecks, and Co Cardiff Bank, Cardiff—Towgood and Co Chepstow Old Bank, Chepstow Bank, Mon mouth Old Bank, Monmouth Bank, Brecon Bank, and Ross and Herefordshire Bank, Chepstow—Bromage, Snead, and Co Derby Bank, Derby—W. and S. Evans & Co Derby Bank, Derby—Samuel Smith and Co ` Derby Old Bank and Scarsdale and High Peak Bank, Derby—Crompton, Newton, and Co Devizes and Wiltshire Bank, Devizes—Locke and Co Diss Bank, Diss—Oakes, Fincham, and Co Doncaster Bank and Retford Bank, Doncaster --Cooke and Co Darlington Bank, Durham Bank, and Stockton on-Tees Bank, Darlington--Backhouse & Co Devonport Bank, Devonport--- - --Hodge and C. Dorchester Old Bank and Dorsetshire Bank, Dorchester—R. and H. Williams East Cornwall Bank, Liskeard—Robins, Fos ter' and Co East Riding Bank, Beverley—Bower and Co Essex Bank and Bishop's Stortford Bank Chelmsford—Sparrow, Round, and Co Exeter Bank, Exeter—Sanders and Co Fakenham Bank, Fakenham—Gurneys, Birk beck, and Co Farringdon Bank and Bank of \Vantage, Far ringdon—Barnes, Medley, and Co Farnham Bank, Farnham Messrs Knight Faversham Bank, Faversham—Hilton and Co Godalming Bank, Godalming—Mellersh and Keen Guildford Bank, Guildford—Messrs. Haydon Grantham Bank, Grantham—Hardy and Co Hastings Old Bank, Hastings—Smith, Hilder, and Co. Hereford City and County Bank, Hereford— Matthews and Co. • Hertford and Ware Bank, Hertford—S. Adams and Co. Hull Bank and Kingston-upon-Hull Bank, Hull, Smith, Brothers, and Co. 13,215 23,574 10,409 6,932 70,333 14,947 6,538 39,196 11,063 21,951 73,895 32,866 26,001 2,573 57,937 $5,599 11,277 65,449 26,592 12,637 3,834 18,218 49,880 82,618 t 2,494 3,386 16,251 34,309 47,646 6,322 19,265 64,775 6,501 9,071 10,989 39,354 26,754 9,800 9,908 Huntingdon Town and County Bank, Hunting don—Rust and Veaseys Harwich Bank, Harwich—Cox, Cobbold, and Co. Hemel Hempstead Bank, Hemel Hempstead --Smith and Whittingstall Hertfordshire, Hitchin Bank, Hitchin Sharples, and Co. Hereford, Ross and Archenfield Bank, and Ross and Archenfield Bank, Hereford— Morgan and Co Ipswich Bank, Ipswich—Bacon and Co. Ipswich and Needham Market Bank, Suffolk, Hadleigh Bank, Manningtree and Mistley Bank, and Woodbridge Bank, Ipswich— Alexanders and Co. Kentish Bank, Maidstone—Mercer, Randall, and Co. Kington and Radnorshire Bank, Kington— Davies and Co. Knighton Bank, Knighton—Davies and C 0.... Knaresborough Old Bank and Ripon Old Bank, Knaresborough—Terry and Co Kendal Bank, Kendal—Wakefield, Crewdson, and Co. Kettering Bank, Kettering—J. C. Gotch and Sons Lano End Staffordshire Bank, Lane End—C Harvey and Son Leeds Bank, Leeds—Beckett and Co. Leeds Union Bank, Leeds—W. Williams, Brown and Co. Leicester Bank, Leicester—Pagets and Kirby, Lewes Old Bank, Lewes—Molineux and Co Lichfield Bank, Lichfield—Palmer and Greene Lincoln Bank, Lincoln—Smith, Ellison, and Co. Liandovery Bank, Lampeter Bank, and Lim dulo Bank, Llandovery—D. Jones and Co Loughborough Bank, Loughborough—Middle ton and Cradock Lymington Bank, Lymington—St. Barbe and Co. Lynn Regis and Lincolnshire Bank, Lynn Regis—Gurneys and Co. Lynn Regis an Norfolk Bank, Lynn Regis— Jarvisand Co . .................................... Macclesfield Bank, Maccsfiellehurst 74,06 84,666 9,95 47,502 98,143 55,590 46,808 $0,148 21,424 8,205 12,122 6,561 5,040 8,420 3.,219 114,17 i 17,255 99,0 C i 20,781 54,760 S, 736 23,368 33,628 21,043 21,969 70,288 16,766 .. 25,180 8,914 1 20,739 and Co. ............................................. Manningtree Bank, Manningtree—Nunn and 37,865 8,982 5,447 52,792 37,155 30,090 28,124 9,440 98,383 21,480 6,777 2,578 37,105 13429 14,331 Co. Marlborough Bank, Marlborough and Wilts Old Bank, Marlborough Old Bank, Marl borough Old Bank and Hungerford Bank, and Hungerford Bank, Marlborough—Tan ner and Co Merionethshire Bank, Dolgelly—Williams and Son Miners' Bank, Truro—Willyams and Co Monmouthshire Agricultural and Commercial Bank, Abergavenny—Bailey and Co Monmouth Cld Bank, Monmouth Bank, Bre con Bank, Chepstow Bank, Chepstow Old Bank, and Ross and Herefordshire Bank, Monmouth—Bromage, Snead, and Co Newark Bank, Newark —Godfrey and Riddell Newark and Sleaford Bank, and Sleaford and Newark Bank, Sleaford—Handley, Peacock, andCo Newbury Bank, Newbury—Bunny & Slocock Newmarket Bank, Newmarket—Eaton, E arn . mond, and Co Norwich Crown Bank and Norfolk and Suffolk Bank, Norwich—Harveys and Hudsons... Norwich and Norfolk Bank, Norwich—Gur neys and Birkbeck Nottingham and Nottinghamshire Bank, Not tingham, Hart, Fellows, and Co Nuneaton Bank, Nuneaton—Craddock and Co Naval Bank, Plymouth, Plymouth—Harris and Co. New Sarum Bank, Sarum—Everett and Co Nottingham Bank, Nottingham—Samuel Smith and Co Oswestry Bank and Oswestry Old Bank, Os westry—Croxon and Co Oxford Old Bank, Oxford—Robinson, Parsons, and Co. Old Bank, Tonbridge, Tonbridge and Ton bridge Wells Old Bank, Tonbridge and Ton bridge Wells and Sevenoaks Bank, Ten bridge—T. H. and S. Beeching Oxfordshire Witney Bank, Witney—J. W Clinch and Co. Pease's Old Bank, Hull, the Hull Old Bank and Beverboy Bank, Hull—Pease and 47,281 Penzance Bank, Penzance—Batten and Co 11,064 Peterborough Bank and Oundle Bank, Peter borough—D. Yorke and Co. Pembrokeshire Bank, Haverfordwest--J. and W. Walters l2, 870 Reading Bank, Reading—Simonds and Co 30,355 Reading Bank, Reading—Stephens, Blandy, and Co. Richmond Bank, Richmond —Roper and Co 0,995 Rochdale Bank, Rochdale—Clement, Royds, and Co. Rochester, Chatham, and Strood Bank, Roches ter—Day and Nicholson Royston Bank, Royston—Fordham and Sons Rugby Bank, Rugby--ti. Butlin and, R 7, Bank Ryfe..4lr 0. POO% Ard - - - 2,786 8,152 1,206 30,216 13,196 25,010 51,110 22,385 18,461 49,011 75,710 9,784 3:448 24,947 11,952 29,400 10,869 4,776 8,877 13,585 10,166 , 15,65 f 1 Ross Old Bank, Herefordshire, Ross— Mae dougal and Allaway 8,862 Saffron Walden and North Essex Bank, Saffron Walden—Gibsons and Co. Salop Bank, Shrewsbury—Burton, Ll o yd, an d Co . Scarborough Old Bank, Scarborough—Woodall and Co. Shrewsloury Old Bank and Shrewsbury and Ludlow Bank, Shrewsbury—Rocke, Eytons, and Ce. 41,121 Sittingbourne and Milton Bank, Sittingbourne —Valiance and Co. Southampton Town and County Bank, South ampton—Maddison and Pearce Southwell Bank, Southwell—Wylde and Co Southampton and Hampshire Bank, Southamp ton—Atherley, Fell, and Co. Stone Bank, Stone—W. Moore Stafford Old Bank, Stafford—Stevenson and Co 12,9 Stamford and Rutland Bank, Stamford—Eaton, Cayley and Co. Shrewsbury and Welshpool Bank Shrewebury —Beck, Downward, and C 0..... Taunton Bank, Taunton—H. and R. Badcock Tavistock Bank, Tavistock—Gill and Rundle Thornbury Bank, Thornbury—Rolph and Co. Tiverton and Devonshire Bank, Tiverton --- Dunsford and Co. Thrapston and Kettering Bank, Northampton shire—Thrapston, Yorke and -Eland ..._ Tring Bank and Chesham Bank, Tring—But cher and Son Towcester,Old Bank, Towccster—Percival and Co 8,262 Town and County of Poole Bank and Ring wood and Poole Bank, Poole—G. W. Led gard and Sons Union Bank, Cornwall, Helston—Vivian and Co Uxbridge Old Bank, Uxbridge—Hull, Smith, and Co Wallingford Bank, Wallingford—Hedges, Wells, and Co, Warwick and Warwickshire Bank, Warwick— K. Greenway and Co. Wellington Somerset Bank, Wellington—Fox, Brothers, and Co West Riding Bank, Wakefield, and Pontefract Bank, Wakefield— Leatham, Tew, and Co Whitby Old Bank, Whitby—Simpson, Chap man, and Co Winchester, Alresford, and Alton Bank, Win chester—Bulpett and Co Winchester and Hampshire Bank, Winchester —Wickham and Co Weymouth Old Bank and Dorchester Bank, Weymouth—Eliott and Pearce Wirksworth and Ashbourne Derbyshire Bank, Wirksworth—Arkwright and Co Wisbech and Lincolnshire Bank, Wisbech— Gurneys and Co Wiveliscombe Bank, Wiveliscombe— P. and W. Hancock Wolverhampton Bank, Wolverhampton—Good ricke and Holyoake 11,56 Worcester Bank, Worcester—Farley, Laven der, and Co 6,71 Worcester Old Bank and Tewkesbury Old Bank, Worcester—Berwick, Lechmere, and Co Worcestershire Bank, Kidderminster—Farley, Turner, and Co Walsall Old Bank, Walsall—Charles Forster and Sons Wolverhampton Bank, Wolverhampton—R and W. F. Fryer Yarmouth and Suffolk Bank, and Halesworth and Suffolk Bank, Yarmouth—Gurneys, Birbeck, and Co Yarmouth, Norfolk, and Suffolk Bank, Great Yarmouth—Sir E. H. K. Lacon, Bart,, and Co York Bank, Yofk— Swann, Clough, and Co 35,273 16,222 24,400 2,865 16,609 13,584 4,513 360 23,319 25,216 7,973 4,846 10,960 11,632 11,p7 12,939 15,220 8,296 21,817 3,443 48,257 14,494 20,354 13,685 $7,556 56,060 6,192 11,505 51, BSS 12,974 43,247 JOINT-STOCK BANKS. Bank of Westmorland, Kendal. . Barnsley Banking Company, Barnsley Bradford Banking Company, Bradford Bilston District Banking Company, Wolver hampton Bank of Whitehaven, Whitehaven Bradford Commercial Banking Company, Bradford Burton, Uttoxeter, and Staffordshire Union Banking Company, Burton-upon-Trent Chesterfield and North Derbyshire Banking Company, Chesterfield Cumberland Union Banking Company, Work ington Cheltenham and Gloucestershire Banking Com pony, Cheltenham Coventry and Warwickshire Banking Company, Coventry Coventry Union Banking Company, Coventry County of Gloucester Banking Company, Chel tenham Carlisle and Cumberland Banking Company, Carlisle Carlisle City and District Bank, Carlisle Dudley and West Bromwich Banking Company, Dudley 36,693 Derby and Derbyshire Banking Company, Derby Dar Tliqtriet J o i n t S too k 33.vrac ;•.s COD 2 pany, Darlington East of t ngland Bank, Norwich 24,490 Gloucestershire Banking Company, Gloucester 152,761 Halifax Joint Stock Bank, Halifax 17,553 Huddersfield Banking Company, Huddersfield 32,023 Hull Banking Company, Hull 28,250 Halifax Commercial Banking Company, Halifax 13,302 Halifax and Huddersfield Union Banking Com pany, Halifax Helston Banking Company, Helston Herefordshire Banking Company, Hereford Knaresborough and Claro Banking Company, Knaresborough Kingsbridge Joint-Stock Bank, Kingsbridge Lancaster Banking Company, Lancaster Leeds Banking Company, Leeds Leicestershire Banking Company, Leicester Lincoln and Lindsey Banking Company Leamington Priors and Warwickshire Banking Company, Leamington Priors 11,64 Ludlow and Tenbury Bank, Ludlow 9,855 Moore and Robinson's Nottinghamshire Bank- 8,078 9,548 48,161 9,125 31,123 18,445 62,10 10,031 13,676 9,507 24,740 14,858 108,830 40,500 1,453 19,416 28,012 4,002 52,678 23,31 i 76,288 50,185 33,39 . ing Company, Nottingham • Nottingham and Nottinghamshire Banking underland Uni on ha an m a s s N h o i e t Nottingham Newcastle, Shiel d in s Company, Joint-Stock Banking Company, Newcastle upon-Tyne National Provincial Bank of England, Birming- • ham, Head-office, 112, 13ishopsgate- s t ree t, London 432,750 North Wilts Banking Company, Melksham 44,633 Northamptonshire Union Bank, Northampton 79,731 Northamptonshire Banking Company, North ampton North and South Wales Bank, Liverpool Pares's Leicestershire Banking Company, Leicester Saddleworth Banking Company, Saddleworth. Sheffield Banking Company, Sheffield Stamford, Spalding, and Boston Banking Com pany, Stamford Stuckey's Banking Company, Bristol Somerset shire Bank, and Somersetshire Bank, Lang port Shropshire Banking Company, Shiffnall.... Stourbridge and Kidderminster Banking Com pany, Stourbridge Sheffield and Halamshire Banking Company, Sheffield Sheffield and Rotherham Joint Stock Banking Company, Sheffield 5O, 453 Swaledale and Wensleydale Banking Company, Richmond Storey and Thomas' Banking Company, Shaftes- 25,388 23,908 41,006 50,582 2,091 $3,631 .... 358,270 -... 43,729 66,416 bury Wolverhampton and Staffordshire Banking Company, Wolverhampton 54,179 Wakefield and Barnsley Union Bank, Wake- 9,772 field Whitehaven Joint-Stock Banking Company, Whitehaven 26,621 Warwick and Leamington Banking Company, Warwick West of England and South Wales District Bank, Bristol 77,906 Wilts and Dorset Banking Company, Salisbury 71,311 West Riding Union Banking Company, Hud _ _ _ 12,304 dersfield Whitchurch and Ellesmere Banking- Company, Whitchurch ......................................... 6,822 P. DEANS, Registrar of B talc Returns. Inland Revenue, Somerset House, Jan. 13, 1855. 32,220 POLICE INTELLIGENCE.,Tsm. 25. SOUTHWARK.—Mr. Samuel -Rosser Kelly, printer, of Lambeth-hill, Samuel Kelly and Arthur Kelly, his sons, Thomas Bennett, and Isaac Morgan were sum moned before Mr. Combo, for forcibly entering the dwelling -house of the Reverend Robert Gibson, at 2P, Gravel-lane (a chandler's shop), and committing assaults on Maria Mary Kelly, the wife of the former defendant, and at the same time taking away from her her female child, between four and five years of age. Mr. Binns appeared for the female, said Mr. Robin son was instructed by Mr. Gwynne for the defendants. lir. Robinson observed that there was a ♦ery artful manoeuvre practised by the complainant in this case to charge father, sons, and all who were actually present at the time the alleged offence■ were committed. By doing so they were unable to be called as witnesses for each other, and thee they laid at the mercy of anything Mrs. Kelly might think proper to swear. She wan a woman of very improper character, living in adultery with Parson Gibson. Mr. Combo said that it would not matter at the ses sions, as all of them could be tried separately. Mr. Binns then said that he attended for a persecuted female, who had been most grossly Assaulted by the de fendants at the bar. She had been for a long period ill treated by her husband, the first defendant, and she consequently thought herself bettor protected by living with a kind man who had so unjustly suffered for her. At the May sessions for the county of Surrey they raa nceuvred to get a bill against him (the Rev. Robert Gib son), and be was sentenced to three mouths for an as sault on her husband, although Mr. Kelly and the pre sent defendants were the aggressors. The complainant kept liis home during his incarceration, and had since then resided happily with him. She was not the first female that had lived with another man. Mr. Corabe—She has a husband and family. 144 ._ B_ klmr that, but she had beeu ill-treated I PRIVATE AND JOINT-STOCK BANKS. Tho Banker'e Magazine furnishes the returns of circu- lation of the private and joint-stock banks in England and Wales for the four weeks ending the 23d of Dec., 1854, and gives the following as the average weekly cir culation of those banks during the past month, viz.:— Private banks Joint-stock banks 3,072,733 Average weekly circulation £6,921,795 On comparing the above with the returns for the pre ceding month, ending the 25th of November last, it shows— A decrease in the circulation of the private banks of £97,106 A decrease in the circulation of the joint-stock banks of 62,160 Decree's on the month And, as compared with the return for the correspond ing period of last year—viz., December 24, 1853, it shows— An increase in the circulation of the private banks of An increase in the circulation of the joint-stock banks of, £39,063 18,745 Increase on the year On comparing the above with the amounts of the fixed issues, the following appears to b• the comparative state of the circulation : The private banks are below their fixed issues £758,398 The joint•stock banks are below their fixed issues . 253,119 Teta►l below their emod loos 81,011,017 COUNTRY MARKETS• 4s- DERBY SMITHFIELD. —.0. 23 ' o p' Our market was well suppliad with fat b e asts, , co o of the animals were of go od quality; th e gem The was good, with a large attendance of buyers . , r i c e . pens were well filled, without any alteration cuP, e0 i,41 number of Irish pigs was unusually larg e and of quality. Fat calves were again scarce. _ , toi The fallow in wre the quotations •—bss, Na to 1e! mutton, 7d to O d e Od t. oa;"...vt ow l lb. ; pigs, 9s Od to 9s 6d per score ; rough. v4a ls 4,1 0 per 14.1 b.; hides, 36d to 4id per lb ; per lb. . --- EDINBURGH GRAIN.- 40 ' 21 ' 01 Wheat on the to 6d down, and the average outi Barley on the top is 6d, and the average 4 .iliip r the top same as last week, and the average 1 - -. on the top ls, and the average lld up. Total Supply and Sates. Wheat ll7O Barley 2209 q q l s s ...............501d............. ,o66113161:411: Oats Beans l 3 22 6 3 q c I i t . ; ..............50 1d...............50 ' , :f 4 9 . ) 4 0 1 64i lb t!,,„ - 01 Top of Wheat 8ar1ey ......... Oats 6Bi lb a' Beans . orc BOSTON—JAN 24. We had a large supply of grain in 81 :r a t4 lV l' re.ll Wheat met a slow sale, at an advance of d ; Iter 2° 01 In barley, oats, beans, and peas, no materiai 6 I value occurred. , ‘v0)! Prices :—Wheat, red, 65 8 Od to 73s 0"; - 35 A 0 3 ' o f 76s Od extra, 78s Od. Earley, 310 Od t 0 4. ;7 $ 22s to 238. Beans, 43s Od to 47s Od. P e ' por qr. NEWARK—JAY'. 21 . e At our cern exchange to-day the trade sr° INr s O advanced 3s per qr., and barley was is high er ' l id the same as last week. 4 s Oa' 1.1 ;41 Prices :—Wheat, white, 78 8 Od to to 76s Od. Barley, malting, 36s Od to 3 0 81 0:11 111 ,:0 3 ' 30s Od to 32s Od. Oats, old, 30s Od to 14011L0 Od to 308 Od. Beans, 44s Od to 4'73 Od. o w"' 46s Od. Malt, 60s Ode. 62s Od. Tares, 6°° RAILWAY SHARE MAR ° LIVERPOOL, JAN. 25 ' 0% 7 1; STOCK EXOTIANGE.—The market this nl,ice , ' 4 .4 1 Eastern Counties, II ; L ancas hi re an d Yol 0 "0 Co castor and Carlisle, Thi r d s , 8 p m . • Ms. n ',!. ➢ O 113 ' cola, 254 ; Midland, 694 ; S.-E as tern, nish, 3 die. MANCHESTER, JAN. 25 ' 4 0 2, STOCK EXCHANGE.—The market was, 10 -, in ow d prices receded towards th e close . The 56; sales :—Sheffields, 251 i• Dovers, 17i2' 69k; Leeds, 75 41; Ea st Lancashire, 185' BIRMINGHAM, JAN' toltet i P', STOCK EXCIIANGE.—The tone of the — f r ota ' op weaker, owing to th e l a t es t i n telligenc e viest e „, London and North-Wester ns , 101; Gretrobef ditto, Birmingham Guaranteed, 71i ; verhampton, and Stour Valley, Si. LEEDS, J. 25. 0 69 /No STOCIEXCHINGE.—The market was Tor th.':-16 r or Manchester, She ffi eld, and Lincoln, 25i, s ou 6; S.-Eastern, 17a ; Sheffield, Rotherham, Ditto (via Cape of (toed Hope) • • .• • . •• •• •. N Africa ( West Coast) .. N Alexandria.......... N Alexandria.......... 31 Bahamas ......... M Belgium ............N Brazil Buenos Ayres 31 Cape of Good Hope ..N Cape of Good Hope ..N Cape de Vents ......N Ceylon (see India) Ceylon Channel Isles China (see India) Constantinople Constantinople Cont. of Europe M & N Egypt (see India) France 3f & N Gibraltar Greece (see India) Greytown .......... LI 2nd & 17th of mon. Hamburgh ..........N Tuesday & Friday ilavannah 2nd of the month 13d of the month .. 8,9, 24, & 30 of m. 4th & 20th of mon. 17th of the month Dai1y.......... • • 9th of the month.. 9th of the month.. 9th of the month MOn..Wed.,&Fdl , 2d &17th of mold' 8,13,12,23,&28 °fin' 4th & 20th of mon. Twice daily .... • • Twice daily .. .• • • 4, 7,17, 20, 27 dm. Holland M Dai1y.....• • • • • • • I Honduras ...... ~..M 17th of the month. India (viaSouthampt.)Mi4th & 20th of / 11 1; India (via Marseilles) Mpth& 25th of, 0 1,;,o itnian Isles (see India)l7, 17, & .. Ireland & N!Twice • .... r n.l 9, 17 & n 0 tif 14 ticulniro _ _ o f Madeira j. 7 r,kl or month' : •• Malta (see India) Malta ..............N ' B,lB, &28 of men . Mauritius (see India) Mauritius ..........Nll4th of the monthi Mexico .. ..31:2nd of the month. • Naples . N tth 15th25thofmon. Now Granada .. I2d & 17th of mouth Now Zosland .......... ,By private ship Papal States ........N sthlsth2sthethion. Peninsula M Ith 7th27thofizton. Peru •• •• 2d & 27th ot mon., Port Natal ..........N By private ship... Sicily ..............N l bthlsth2sthotmon, Tuscany ............N sthlsth2sthofmon. Venezuela .... M 24 & 17th of month Van Diemen's Lan d (see Australia) . West Indies ........M 2d& 17th oi month so DOYer $g 4 tOni Uth ' 113011; or, the liii:1; 1 00 1 oeptie* d I. rill . When any of these d apatched on the followli Southampton), and the prece ling day. rtes fall on a Sunda: i•day. with the ex , liana. both of wild WIND AND WEATIIEIt Or°fi, TUUR BTlj ;si l' er ? Stations. Course of Wind. State o r Greenwich Lothbury Perth . SWN: . E . N . W . • • • C C EF° l l iiv o o nn lu esr. Dundee Cloudy Aberdeen .. c y ai l t. 61r ' Edinburgh E. Glasgow S.W Frost. Berwick N. Fine. Sunderland Darlington N.W Cloudy. Whitby Scarborough York Hull N.E. Fine. Newcastle Bris;;o1 N.E Fine. 0. Plymouth Dieter ... Gloucester Cardiff N.E. Frost. Swansea N.B. Frost. Haverfordwest Manchester Maryport . Lancaster Stoke-on-Trent Sheffield S. Whitehaven Carlisle Holyhead Liverpool Dublin S. Boston N.W Fin.. Great Grimsby ... N Gainsborough ..... W. Fine. Lowestoft Yarmouth Cambridge N.W Very Fro s t. Cloudy.e 0 1 a ~ ..0 Leamington N.N.E Ipswich ... N. Leeds Derby N.E. Cloudy. Leicester W ...... Cloudy. Nottingham Brighton Hague S.E. Southampton N. Fine. Cowes N. Fine. , tic ii. Portsmouth Poole Winehfield.... ..... N.E Snow et a " - Tunbridge N.W () Dover N.W P Strood O a v° r er t r i c " a 11 11 : f t: c b BIRTHS. ioticiP OF A SON. f tes , On the 24th inst., at 49, York-terriseet the wife of P. Douglas Hadow, Esq. On the 21st inst., at Ferndene DAUGHTER , Gateshesa.oil wife of R. S. Newall, Esq. MARRIED...... -- 0 ,0, . On the 23d inst., at Christ Church, Saill,°°h r Rev. Edward Mortlock, M.A., vicar of Nor' - 00' ti to Jane, daughter of the Rev. John 10 0 g' 0 0 4 Church. bliV On the 22d inst., at St. Peter's Church, 1) ,,, P oil Keating', Esq., of Woodsgift, co. KilkenTiP," the late Major Keatinge, C. 8 ., of Tinny - P *l i CiM, county, to Ada, daughter of the late Colo n* DIED. Of Mil ' i On the 22d inst., at Tehidy-park, C° $ O 7 $ ,V Baroness Basset, aged 74. ~ A I/ On the 11th inst., at Cheltenham, cap- co , . late of the 17th Regt., third son of the late ife C. 8., 48th Regt. 0 4° ii , On the 22d inst., at Park-road, Upper y• „ W. S. Foster, of the stock Exchange. OOP' r, Parker, R.N. On the 22d inst., at Stoke, Captain v P i tlijl On the 25th inst., of severe bronchitis , ' t tf . rit:f , of 8, Stratford-place, London, and late of '' -n Essex, Bencher of the Inner Temple, and fron Walden LONDON : Printed and Published by gui;, 0 1 0 0, of Ne. 112, Strand, Printer, at The S . 0 10 0 e, Strantl, in the Preeinet of the SaYeY , Aild'ileWxs FrittAY, 'Tommy 26,15* SEABORNE MAILS. 0 ♦OO l (N signifies that the mails are sent from the by the night—and Mby the morning—despat ch.) d ri 0 0 1 4 , Day when made FroLh m „ t COUN TRIES. in General Post- r Mis.i. I Office. London. * DiliP"'"/ I S° ; America(bylirit.pack)N Every Friday . Yen 4°l &merles.. kby United Sts. packet) ..........N •• • • GiVe r P c4l America (by U. States ntigi packet) ..........N .. ••.•• • • Shil tils°4 f 0 0 ' Australia (via South- ampton) Jan. 4 ..... • • Sch.!: ..,. Ditto (via Marseilles) N iTan 1 Trftt ch.,. at th to: C4 lnPan re ) Tine. 411, 44 4 3 TO: I. ; A 4,ll :li c e ! 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