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MPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS-(YESTERDAY, The LORD CEIA.NCRLLOR took his seat on the woolsack g five o'clock, In consequence of the resignation of Lord John Rus sell there was a ♦ery 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 effect that the expedition to the Crimea was undertaken by her Majesty's Ministers with very inadequate means, without due prec au ti on o t 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 bad led to the most disastrous results. THE VOTE OF THANKS TO THE ARMY, The LORD CHANCELLOR read the following le ter from Lord Raglan : ,‘ I hare the honour to be, with the highest respect, iny lord, your_lordship's most obedient soma, " RAGLAN. "The Right Hon. the Lord Chancellor." The following is a copy of General Canrobert's letter, referred to in the above communication ; "Armes d'Orieat. " Cabinet du Commandant-en -Chef, " Au Quartier-g4ndral, decant Sebastopol, 1. 6 Janvier, 1855. " My Lord,—L e P ar l emen t Anglais ea prenaat les re solutions que 'routes vous bien me transmettre, a censbl6 d'honneur l'armee irancaise. En combattant h Alma fOtts de l'arrnee Britannique, dont l'inaranlable soliditd v. 6t6 si hantemont remarqu6e, en l'aidant 4 Inkerman battre l'ennemi comarnun, elle croyait avoir fait son de colr senlement, et no s'attendait pas h recevoir des re. ptheatants de la nationAnglaise un tUntoignage d'estime It la fois si bienveillant et si eclatant. Permettez que je you, prie d'etre aupr,`A du Gouver. foment de Sa Majset6 la Rein. et du Parlement Anglais l'interpete des sentiments qu'ont fait naltre dans nos esprit' ces acts solennele. Its rendront plus etreite par les arm6es la solidarit4 qui unit les deux peoples dais cette guerre entreprise pour la Meuse du droit. " La lettre, al affectueuese, que votre seigneurie a bien coulu re'addresser A cette occasion, ajoute un nouveau prix l'honnenr qui nous est fait. Jo penes avec coos, my lord, qua rumen entre les generaux en chef est la meilleure, garantie de l'union entre les armees, et depuis qu'elles operant ensemble, votre bienveillance m'a rendu le concert si facile qu'il est pour moi un entrainernent na tural autant qu'un devoir de situation. " Reeeces, say lord, l'expression demon respectueux d6vouement. " Le General-en-Chef, " Gen6ral CANROBERT. " P.S.—J'ai llonneur de VOWS dormer communication de l'ordre emiral par Isquel j'ai fait connaitre a l'arinCe Francaise les resolutions du Parlernent Anglais. " Gaeta( CA2TROBEET, " A.S.& le Feld Marichal Lord Raglan, Com mandaa t- en-Chef I 'Armee .A nglaise." The letter was ordered to be entered on the journals of the house. The Earl of ELLENBOROUGH 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 vernment 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 House 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 eery, 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 more that the house do mow adjourn. The Earl of WINCHELSEA 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 WINCEIELSEA. reluctantly gave way to this appeal. Earl FITZWILLIAM wished to remind their lord ships that 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 hii 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 . tirne the fact was communicated. (Hear.) The Marquis of LANSDOWNE (who was scarcely audible in the gallery) appealed to the noble earl to withhold his comrninenti for the present. The noble lord who had resigned his office was the best perso n to give any explanation of causes which bad led to his resignation, an opportnaity of melting any statement and he would no t h ave until to-morrow. Their lordships then adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS--YESTERDAY. NEW MEMBER The SPEAKIIt took th e c h a i r shortly before 4 o'cl oc k . Mr. terbury. LIIIIIIINGTON took the oa th s and his seat for Can. PETITIONS, Mr. BROTLIERTON presented a petiti on from the Salford, pr a yi ng for a re stage carriage proprietors of duction of the duty on stage carriages.petio from a pl ace in Mr. E%VART prese n t e d a Scotland against the ar ree t ment of wages, THE ARMY IN THE CRIMEA. Mr. ROEBUCK postponed until to-morrow I • r a Lion for a select committee to inquire into the condition dition . of the army before Sebastopol, and into the conduct of those departments of the Government whose duty it has 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 devot e d l oya lt y an d a ttachment to her Majesty, and breath e also an eartie4t sympathy for the country with regard to the war, Some of them contained substantial prosfs of their sine to the fund f:rritYin the shape of offers • to contri buteor parents hind falle n the relief of those whose husbands which vo,rimthe field of battle. The address from Canada, chyonglit over by Lord Elgin, was the joint addres s of Canada, haanddivnltobet%tr tilllatand Assembly National hire of that colony 0 ,000/. towards the the Legisla- Patriotic Fund. Within theets2t et,e,iyed from Sir F. Head, th e ~f i e w days he had re w G el , ~,.I ‘ 7 .Y. two drafts for 10,000/. each beingernor of the 11 h th e L e islatu hartvoted.' the Div. , „._ 4i . reso ( e lm amount ,A-LJDLRLY wished to know if a rs.) Yerta almt in. " Sebastopol, Jan. 7, 1855. "My Lord,—l have had the honour to receive your lordship's letter of the 18th 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 =and, 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 bave been pleased to take of my services, demand the expression of my heartfelt gratitude, and I hope I do not trespass on your lordship's kindness in asking you to be the organ of my sentiments o 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. 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 postpcned until to-morrow. RESIGNATION OF LORD JOHN RUSSELL. Mr. HAYTER 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 my 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. DitIIMMOND- T 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, ef course, what the feelings ef 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 ns 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, howe►er, it is highly improbable whether I shall be able to bring it on then, bit 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 Ma jesty's Government would consent to his motion being taken first to-morrow night. Lord PALMERSTON said the Government could hare 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 fire 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 recei►ed the following from the committee appointed ox 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 hare been alleged against the old directors of this com 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 hare arisen between a portion of the proprietors and the board, or express ally 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 have— " Resolved, That tho interests of the Great Luxem bourg Company would he promoted by ths old directors (with the exception 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 ham the opportunity of deliberately exorcising their choice in the appointment of tha board of directors. (Signed) " THOS. SMITH. " ROBERT GILL. "To Messrs. W, R ea d , Th os. Close, R JaCHmesHOARII. Hutchinson, Matthew Uzielli." SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TATTERSA.LL'S—JAN. 25. CHIME' 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 a►gst the three ; and afterwards offers to take 25 to 1 about each were re peatedly but unsuccessfully made. 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 THOUSAND. 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. THE DERBY. 7 to 1 was freely offered a:;ainst the favourite ; 650 to 50 and 1,200 to 100 were taken with renewed confidence about Grmculus Esuriens, and 1,000 to 45 and 1,250 t• 50 about Bonnie Morn. The other Derby bets 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 agst Early Bird (taken) 40 to 1 agst Brown Brandy (taken) 1000 to 20 aget Little Harry (taken) 1000 to 20 agst Andover (taken) 1000 to 15 aget Bright Phoebus (taken) 1000 to 10 agst Dalkeith (taken) 1000 to 10 aget Helene (taken) 8 to 1 agst The Reiver, Arthur Wellesley, and Rotherham (taken) TIE TWO THOUSAND. 4to 1 agst Bonnie Morn DERBY. 7to 1 apt St. Hubert (taken) 12 to 1 agst Grmeulus 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 aget Vexation colt (taken) OAKS. 10 to 1 agst Nettle (t). Attendance thin and business extremely dull. Mr. Howard's horses, Virago, Balrownie, Little Harry, Scythian, star of Surrey, and Cavalier are struck out of their respective engagements ler the City and Suburban, the Great Metropolitan, and the North- amptonshire Stakes. LIVIIRPOOL SPRING MEETING —Fin. 28. WEIGIIT3 for the GRAND NATIONAL STIMPLICRARS. About 4 miles. (54 subs.) Forfeits to be declared on or before the sth Fob. Age at lb Bourton Sir Peter 1 Laurie l l2, 6 0 Peter Simple litisallowbray Peter ... Needwood . . The General ... Warner Trout Retail .. . . British Yeoman alo 8 The He ro (h b) 8 a 10 8 Mornin g Star .•• 6 10 A.hd-el-Bader , a 10 .5 Half -and-Half ...... a 10 4 Dalkeith Bastion Escape The Poet Nugget Augustine ... . Clarion g(h b) . • a 10 2 Garland Rosa Warwick a 10 01 Boundaway (1 1 b) 6 10 Age et lb Jemmy the Black 6 10 0 a 9 12 Spring The Potter 6 9 12 Lantern a 9 10 Janus Cutaway a 9 10 Columbine a 9 10 St. Arnaud Wanderer (h b) ••• a 9 10 9 8 Auntie 5 9 8 MauriceDaley(hb) a 9 6 Star of Englan d a 9 6 Mal e y Pimperne . Little Charley ... a 9 4 Free Trader ...... 6 9 4 Labyrinth ... ....., a 9 2 The Greek., ... Dangerous...... Buret Sienna,..., a 9 0 a 9 0 Taffy ... . ......... 0 a 9 bh by Turcoman 69 0 Bruiser (II b) Torn Thumb Crabbe .. Boddicot... ...... ..• 4 8 4 Liberator I t i s e me r r h o) a rt nthere never was AGRICULTURAL PROSPECTS. p la '' en on the whole a season (says the Sussex licluer farming operations have been effectually carried out than durin g the lahs°tre'uxghlY All accounts concur in representing the breads:li sown as unusually large, while we are happy and months. of t wheat that reports agree as to the vigorous and healthy state con dition and appearance of the crops. The frost haysnotyet been severe enough to cause any injury, while it must necessarily prove most serviceable in rendering the land more friable and mere generally favourablo for spring cultivation, THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, JANUARY 26, 1865. LAW INT. —Jai I. 25. CHANCERY COURTS. (Before Vice-Chancellor Kindersley.) THE GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY V. THE OXFORD, WOR CESTER, AND WOLVERHAMPTON RAILWAY.—THE OX FORD, WORCESTRR, AND WOLVERHAMPTON RAILWAY T. THE GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY. The arguments in this case were resumed this morning. The Solicitor-General and Mr. G. L. Ruesell, on be half of the Great Western Railway, supported the in junction which his honour bad granted. They alleged that the present application was one of a nature purely application to Parliament n t intended as a g d to repeal re peraolu the nd fora extension and that as such it could not be 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 tee working of the Great West ern line, and the application ought to be ref use d. Mr. Molt, i n re pl y , denied the charge of vexatious opposition on the part of the plaintiffs ii the second suit ; and after showing at some length that the Oxfcrd, 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 juction 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 dissolved. They wou ld 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 COMPANY. Mr. bolt and Mr. Amphlett moved for an injunction to restrain the defendants, Edwards, Ratcliffe, and Davies, from proceeding by writ of scire facia, 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 them by the company. Tho bill was originally filed by the plain tiffs on behalf of themselves and all other shareholders the company, 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 order, of the house and without any intention of keeping th em . 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 thr ee pl a i nt iff s against whom to proceed by scire facial. 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 n ever b een 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 director,. 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 fox 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. Dax, of the Temple, had been mentioned to him as a gentleman who was in the habit of settling bills of costs for the Great Northern and other rail way- esp....vaunts ; that the solicitors thersupoa etatcd 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 was communicated to the board by letter, and no answer made, whereupon they commenced an action and re covered judgment, and issued the scire facia' without any collusion with the directors, and for no other pur pose than that of being paid, acid 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 corning to the cenclusion 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. liameat, 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 objection, made were, that the solicitors being themselves shareholders, it was by no 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 facial 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 tAp thereneyo fund,tt Another he nk e r rae r vol e ioabi j n gr neottbeen funds theeoaao swmouao o pnrin u as, e t r itf wwhaischth wounde directors u p the better.could f unsuccessful, f t u h application p r t i o a tiParlia menton of f 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 court. COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH.—JAN. 25. CROFT Y. LUMLEY (IN RR LORD WARD).--RIGIITS OF BOXIIOLDERS IN MIIR MAJESTY'S THRATRJ. 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 new 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 ruinou s cos t s. Th e 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 ar• rangement could be come to between the parties, Lord Campbell—. Then, in that case, the rule would be made absolute. Rule accordingly, POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—Jsn. 25. SOUTHWARK,—Mr. Samuel Rosser Idly, printer, of Lambeth-hill, Samuel Kelly and Arthur Kelly, his eons, Thomas Bennett, and Isaac Morgan were sum moned before Mr. Comb*, for forcibly entering the dwelling-house of the Reverend Robert Gibson, at 2D, 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 fire years of age. Mr. 13inns appeared for the female, aid Mr. Robin son was instructed by Mr. Gwynne for the defendants. Mr. Robinson observed that there was a very artful manoeuvre practised by the complainant in this case to charge father, eons, and all who were actually present at the time the alleged offences were committed. By doing so they were un a bl e t o b e ca l led as witnesses for each other, an d ti es th e y l a id a t t h e raercy of anything Mrs. Kelly might think proper to swear. She was a woman of very improper character, living in adultery with Parson Gibson. Mr. Combe said that it would not matter at the ses sions, as all of theta could be tried separately. treated be bar. husband, She Mr. 1 3inns th en said that he attended for a persecuted female, wh o h ad been most grossly assaulted by the ie fe u dant s at y tbherhthade been fo d r ef a en l d o a n n g t f a er n i d od s i b l le consequently thought herself bettorin ju s tly suff ted ered for in with a kind man who had so - be r g . At liv her g . At the May sessions for the county of Surrey they ma nceuvred to get a bill aga i nst hint (the Rev. Robert Gib son), and he 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 his home during his incarceration, and had since then resided happily with him. She was mot the first female that had lived with another man. Mr. Cerebe—She has a husband and family. Iqr, Biwa knew that, but Ala had been ill-treated Mr. Binns—Then I will call my witneeses, and go to the sessions. Mary Maria Kelly, a plain, meagre-looking, middle aged woman, W hose appearance excited a great deal of curiosity in a crowded court, here stepped into the wit ness-bor. 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 barred from my husband. Mr. aombe—That is no justification for your commit ting adultery. What is this Mr. Gibson Mr. Robinson —H e keeps a chandler's shop, but he formerly was a minister of the Gospel at Bethnal-green, and Airs. 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 my hand with a stick. It was a hard blow, and I let go the door. The child ran upstairs, and I follow e d i nto an empty room and bolted the 'door. That, however, was immediately afterwards burst open, and all the 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 and Bennett were not in the house. That is all I have to say. Mr. Combe—Then there is no charge against them ; they are discharged. Mr. J. Borne, 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 army. 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 Mr•. Kelly with a thick stick. Daniel Muliens, another lad (a costermenger)—l saw Ur. Kelly strike his wife i❑ the shop ; the two sons were present. Mr: Robinson said he should neither eross-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 recognisanees. W ORSIIIP-STREET.—Trillians Smith, a shrewd looking, decently -dressed man, was charged with frau dulently obtaining 10/, by gambling with cards in a rail way carriage. Mr. Rd Ward Lizaaan4 A UBtlll mid—l am an undergra duate of Trinity College, Cambridge, and came to town kom the uni►ersity this morning by the Eastern Coun ties Railway. On the train reaching the Bishop's Stort• ford station, ac; I think _ Prisoner (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 het therefore closed the case, an d, pro d uc i ng from his pocket a pack of cards, selected three of them, which he placed upon the case, and began playirg with them. He next said he would venture a sovereign that no one could tell him a particular eard—a knave, I be- [eve- Prisener—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—aud the bas began with a few shillings. I was induced to join in the bets, whi c h s h ort l y got t o 1/ ., an d I ultimately found that I had lost 10/. I thought the gams seemed very 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-hand 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--Will, if gambling can be fair, this aet cer tainly was fair. lihad seen before in the newspapers several accounts of similar practices, and I thought it 'night be of some benefit to the public if I brought the case before them. That was my only motive, and I there fore gave hits in charge upon reaching the Shoreditch terminus, whence we went to the police station, and thence came here. Mr. D'Eyncourt (to the prisoner)—What are you, and where do you reside ! Prisoner—l reside in Leicester, 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 while 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 would let me, sir ! Officer—We found 121. 108. 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 so did the others, but the prisoner generally had the best of it. Mr. D'Eyncourt—Are they fair cards Prisoner (indifferently)-014 yes, sir, you will find the duty-paid aco of spades among them. Mr. D'Eyncourt—What did ho call the game I—Mr. Austin—Well, I think he mentioned some French name for it, which I forget, but only three cards were used. Mr. D'Eyncourt (to the prosecutor)—lt is quite clear ths,t yon can recover your money back again, but there is come nicety required in dealing with this kind of case. With regard t. you (the prisoner), I will accept your own recogniaances in 20/. to appear again in answer to the charge on this day week. Prisoner—And may I have the money delivered to rue! Air. D'Eyncourt—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 arranged that the gentleman should be communicated with when his attendance was required, and the prosecutor left the court, shortly after succeeded by the prisoner, wko at once entered into the necessary Securities. fADVERTISEMENT.j—Di sea ses of the Kidneys, Bladder, and Prostrate Gland, and their connection with the Ganglionic or Great Central System of Nerves ; being a reprint (consid era bl y enlarge d) of a series of papers bearing upo n th e more i mpor t a nt and prominent symp tras,and of the diseasesin ost of successful rgma organs—in mode o i n f practice press, and treatment will be speedily published, by Dr. Denis Cronin, 35j Eruton-street, Berkeley-square. FIRE AND LOSE OF LIFE AT GRBENNVICIL — Yesterday morning a fire broke out on the premises tenanted isy Mr. 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 burntk e body pt u w an a ldm s e or foundslto lock ko and a o on c ik t n h edy e e ri. b n a s tT e h m he e e senseless to the floor. From that time until the middle premises yreamssiissetasnetbweare c n r ; haurr fl i cs o hh o y r afirr o de f , e t as h en e adp house, of the day nothing was seen of her, but at length her unti o l f th7 nearly l y extinguished e ensunled. b he eing no conductor to attend to it it arrived too late to Nos. 5 aria 7 a djo in in g 1 •-•• cause of the fi r e • t kn own. and ce. contents l'hefire were was . 010 not 01412. by that husband, ad she had better protection in Mr. Gibson's habitation and acted perfectly right in living with him. Howwer, the present case arose out of her female child, fur or five years old, which had been forced from her tender care by her husband. Some weeks prior the child was brought to her, and was as happy as could be until the 18th of this month, when all the defenfants 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, ind that it carne under the Ag gravated Assaults Act, which gave his worship power to punish the parties by a sentence of six months' im prisonment, and bas for a further six months. There was another act of P.:rliameit to meet the charge, giving power to punish par ies for taking away a child under 14 years age froze its mother or father. She being a girl, the mother was the proper guardian. Mr. Combs —Will you give any one in charge for that ! Mr. Binns—The mother will, I have no doubt. The child has been forciby abducted from her by the father. She had tho lawful ctstody of it. Mr. Combe—Them is not the slightest shadow or pretence of such a proceeding. By common law the father has right to the custody of ell children under 21. You may go to Chancery if you like, but you can do no thing here. Mr. Binns—Well, all I want is justice for this poor injured woman. (Laughter.) She has been grossly assaulted. Mr. Combo—lf you can prove that, you can go to the sessions for trial. Mr. Binns—Let us go to Newgate, then ; we &hall 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 inflnt to its mother. Mr. Robinson—Certainly not. Mr. Corabe—What ! The father of a child give it over to a mother living in open adultery with another man ! That's preposterous. Mr. Binne—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 session.. If it is so serious as you say to this poor injured woman, the jsstices can pass a sentence of two years. I cannot do that. BANK. RITURNS. 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, the 6th day of Jan., 1855 : ATerago PRIVATE BANKS. Amount. Andover Bank, Andever—Heath and Co. Ashford Bank, Ashford—Jemmitt and Pomfret 12,426 Aylsham Bank, Aylsham—G. and T. Copeinan 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 :6,816 Ilewdley Bank, Bewdley, 7 - Nichols, Baker, and Co Bicester and Oxfordshire Bank and Oxford Bank, Bicester—H. M. and G. Tubb Birmingham Bank, Birmingham— -Attwoods, Spooner, and Co 23,574 Birmingham and Warwickshire Bank, Bir mingham—J. L. Moilliet and Sons 10,409 Blandford Bank, Blandford—Oak and Co. 6,932 Boston Bank, Boston—Garfit and Co 70,333 Boston Bank, Boston—H. and T. Gee and Co 14,947 Bridgwater Bank, Bridgwater—J. and J. L Sealey Bristol Bank, Bristol—Miles, Miles, and Co 39,196 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 26,001 Bath City Bank, Bath--G. Moger and Son Bedfordshire Leighton Buzzard Bank, Leighton Buzzard—Bassett, Grant, and Co 32,306 9,71. 13,215 21,951 73,895 87,93 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 65,449 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 B an k, C am b r id ge —M ortlock &Co 18,218 Cambridge and Cambridgeshire Bank, Cam bridge—Messrs. Fosters Canterbury Bank, Canterbury —Hammond and Co Carmarthen Bank, C armart h en — Dav id M orr i s and Sons Chertsey Bank, Chertsey—La Coste and Son Colchester Bank, Colchester—Round & Green Colchester and Essex Bank, and Witham and Essex Bank, and Hadleigh, Suffolk, Bank, Colchester—Mills, Bawtree, and Co Cornish Bank, Truro—Tweedy and Co Coventry Bank, Coventry—Little & Woodcock City Bank, Exeter—Milford and Co Craven Bank, Settle--Alcocks, Birkbecks, and Co Cardiff Bank, Cardiff—Towgood and Co Chepstow Old Bank, Chepstow Bank, Mon mouth Old Bank, Monmouth Bank, Brecon Bank, and Ross and Herefordshire Bank, Chepstow—Bromage, Snead, and Co Derby Bank, Derby—W. and S. Evans & Co Derby Bank, Derby—Samuel Smith and Co Derby Old Bank and Scarsdale and High Peak Bank, Derby—Crompton, Newton, and Co Devizes and Wiltshire Bank, Devizes—Locke and Co Diss Bank, Diss—Oakes, Fincham, and Co Doncaster Bank and Retford Bank, Doncaster —Cooke and Co Darlington Bank, Durham Bank, and Stockton on-Tees Bank, Darlington—Backhouse & Co Devonport Bank, Devonport_ Hodge and Co Dorchester Old Bank and Dorsetshire Bank, Dorchester—R. and H. Williams East Cornwall Bank, Liskeard—Robins, Fos ter, and Co East Riding Bank, Beverley—Bower and Co Essex Bank and Bishop's Stortford Bank Chelmsford—Sparrow, Round, and Co Exeter Bank, Exeter—Sanders and Co Fakenham Bank, Fakenham—Gurneys, Birk beck, and Co Farringdon Bank and Bank of Wantage, Far ringdon—Barnes, Medley, and Co Farnham Bank, Farnham Messrs Knight Faversham Bank, Faversham—Hilton and Co. Godalming Bank, Godalming—Mellersh and Keen Guildford Bank, Guildford—Messrs. Haydon Grantham Bank, Grantham—Hardy and Co Hastings Old Bank, Hastings—Smith, 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. 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 Arclienfield 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. 16,766 Kington and Radnorshire Bank, Kington-- Davies and Co. Knighton Bank, Knighton—Davies and Co Knaresborough Old Bank and Ripon Old Bank, Knaresborough—Terry and Co. Kendal Bank, Kendal—Wakefield, Crewdson, and Co. Kettering Bank, Kettering—J. C. Gotch and Sons Lane End Staffordshire Bank, Lane End—C Harvey and Son Leeds Bank, Leeds—Beckett and Co Leeds' Union Bank, Leeds—W. Williams, Brown and Co. Leicester Bank, Leicester—Pagets and Kirby, Lewes Old Bank, Lewes—Molineux and Co Lichfield Bank, Lichfield—Palmer and Greene Lincoln Bank, Lincoln—Smith, Ellison, and Co. Llandovery Bank, Lampeter Bank, and Liam dilo Bank, Llandovery—D. Jones and Co Loughborough Bank, Loughborough—Middle ton and Cradock Lymington Bank, Lymington—St. Barbe and Co. Lynn Regis and Lincolnshire Bank, Lynu Regis—Gurneys and Co. Lynn Regis and Norfolk Bank, Lynn Regis-- Jarvis and Co Macclesfield Bank, Macclesfield—Brocklehurst and Co. Manningtree Bank, Manningtree--Nunn and 15,599 12,63 49, 880 22,494 3,389 16,254 34,309 47,646 6,322 19,265 64,775 6,501 9,071 10,989 39,354 26,754 9,800 9,908 74,686 84,666 9,95 47,502 98,143 55,590 46,808 $O,lOB 21,424 8,205 12,122 6,561 5,040 8,420 30,219 114,17 i 17,255 99,0 Ci 20,781 L 4,760 5,736 23,8G8 83,628 21,043 21,969 70,288 25,180 8,914 20,739 37,865 8,982 5,447 52,792 37,155 30,090 28,124 9,410 98,383 21,480 6,777 g,578 87,105 13129 14,331 2,786 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 8,152 Miners' Bank, Truro—Willyams and Co 1,206 Monmouthshire Agricultural and Commercial Bank, Abergavenny—Bailey and Co 30,216 Monmouth Cld Bank, Monmouth Bank, Bre con Bank, Chepstow Bank, Chepstow Old Bank, and Ross and Herefordshire Bank, Monmouth—Bromage, Snead, and Co 13,196 Newark Bank, Newark—Godfrey and Riddell 25,010 Newark and Sleaford Bank, and Sleaford and Newark Bank, Sleaford—Handley, Peacock, and Co 51,110 Newbury Bank, Newbury—Bunny & Slocock 22,385 Newmarket Bank, Newmarket—Eaton, Ham mond, and Co ........ Norwich Crown Bank and Norfolk and Suffolk Bank, Norwich—Harveys and Hudsons... 49,011 Norwich and Norfolk Bank, Norwich —Gur neys and Birkbeck Nottingham and Nottinghamshire Bank, Not tingham, Hart, Fellows, and C 0....... Nuneaton Bank, Nuneaton—Craddock and Co. Naval Bank, Plymouth, Plymouth—Harris and Co. New Sarum Bank, Sarum—Everett and Co 11,952 Nottinghamßank, Nottingham—Samuel Smith and Co. Oswestry Bank and Oswestry Old Bank, Os westry—Croxon and Co Oxford Old Bank, Oxford—Robi nson , Parsons, and Co. Old Bank, Tonbridge, Tonbridgo and Ton bridge Wells Old Bank, Tonbridge and Ton bridge Wells and Sevenoaks Bank, Ton bridge—T. H. and S. Beeching Oxfordshire Witney Bank, Witney—J. W Clinch and Co. Pease's Old Bank, Hull, the Hull Old rank and Beverley Bank, Hull—Peaso and Penzance Bank, Penzance—Batten and Co Peterborough Bank and Oundle Bank, Peter borough —D. Yorke and Co. Pembrokeshire Bank, HaTerfordwest—J. and W. Walters 12,870 Reading Bank, Reading—Simonds and Co 30,355 Reading Bank, Reading—Stephens, Blandy, and Co. Richmond Bank, Richmond—Roper and Co 6,995 Rochdale Bank, Rochdale—Clement, Royds, and Co. 4,776 Rochester, Chatham, and Strood Bank, Roches . ter—D a y an d Nicholson 8,877 Royston Bank, Royston—Fordham and Sons 13,585 Rugby Bank, Rugby—.. A.. Butlin sad 10,166 Rye Bank , st r* ...4l, O. Pima% sad tr0.....th OM. ; ; - - 18,461 75,710 9,784 3,448 29,400 10,869 8,099 10,800 47,281 11,064 7,923 Ross Old Bank, Herefordshire, Ross— Mac dougal and Allaway Saffron Walden and North Essex Bank, Saffron Walden—Gibsons and Co. Salop Bank, Shrewsbury—Burton, Lloyd, and Co Scarborough Old Bank, Scarborough—Woodall and Co. Shrewsbury Old Bank and Shrewsbury and Ludlow Bank, Shrewsbury—Rocke, Eytons, and Ce. Sittingbourne and Milton Bank, Sittingbeurne —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 Stamford and Rutland Bank, Stamford—Eaton, Cayley and Co. Shrewsbury and Welshpool Bank, Shrewsbury —Beck, Downward, and Co. Taunton Bank, Taunton—H. and R. Badcock Tavistock Bank, Tavistock—Gill and Rundle Thornbury Bank, Thornbury—Rolph and Co. Tiverton and Devonshire Bank, Tiverton --- Dunsford and Co. Thrapston and Kettering Bank, Northampton shire—Thrapston, Yorke and -Eland ... Tring Bank and Chesham Bank, Tring—But cher and Son Towcester,Old Bank, Towcester—Percival and Co Town and County of Poole Bank and Ring wood and Poole Bank, Poole—G. W. Led gard and Sons Union Bank, Cornwall, Helston—Vivian and Co 3,862 35,273 16,222 24,410 41,12 2,865 13,584 4,513 360 2,947 29,330 23,319 25,216 7,973 4,846 .0,960 3,039 8,262 11,537 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— LeathEun, Tew, and Co Whitby Old Bank, Whitby —Simpson, Chap man, and Co Winchester, Alresford, and Alton Bank, Win chester—liulpett and Co Winchester and Hampshire Bank, Winchester —Wickham and Co Weymouth Old Bank and Dorchester Bank, Weymouth—Eliott and Pearce Wirksworth and Ashbourne Derbyshire Bank, Wirksworth—Arkwright and Co Wisbech and Lincolnshire Bank, Wisbech— Gurneys and Co Wiveliscombe Bank, Wiveliscombe— P. and W. Hancock Wolverhampton Bank, Wolverhampton—Good ricke and Holyoake Worcester Bank, Worcester—Farley, Laven der, and Co Worcester Old Bank and Tewkesbury Old Bank, Worcester—Berwick, Lechmere, and Co 12,939 15,220 8,298 21,817 3,443 48,257 14,494 20,354 3,685 $7,556 56,0 6,192 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 11,56 6,716 68,8 11,505 58,885 York Bank, Yofk— Swann, Clough, and Co.. 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 Cora 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 Derby and Derbyshire Banking Company, Derby Darlh, Es 4.2, Tlicatriet Joint Stn.'. Com pany, Darlington East of kngland Bank, Norwich Gloucestershire Banking Company, Gloucester Halifax Joint Stock Bank, Halifax - Huddersfield Banking Company, Huddersfield Hull Banking Company, Hull Halifax Commercial Banking Company, Halifax 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 Ludlow and Tenbury Bank, Ludlow Moore and Robinson's Nottinghamshire Bank ing Company, Nottingham Nottingham and Nottinghamshire Banking Company, Nottingham Newcastle, Shields, and Sunderland Union Joint-Stock Banking Company, Newcastle upon-Tyne National Provincial Bank of England, Birming ham, Head-office, 112, Bishopsg a t e - s t reet , London 432,750 North Wilts Banking Company, Melksham 44,633 Northamptonshire Union Bank, Northampton 79,73 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 358,270 Shropshire Banking Company, Shiffnall 43,729 Stourbridge and Kidderminster Banking Com pany, Stourbridge Sheffield and Halamshire Banking Company, Sheffield 21,700 Sheffield and Rotherham Joint Stock Banking Company, Sheffield 50,458 Swaledale and Wensleydale Banking Company, Richmond Storey and Thomas' Banking Company, Shaftes bury Wolverhampton and Staffordshire Banking Company, Wolverhampton 14,179 Wakefield and Barnsley Union Bank, Wake 8,078 9,548 48,1E1 9,125 31,123 18,445 62,107 10,031 83,676 24,740 14,858 108,830 25,329 20,088 36,693 19,192 24,115 24,490 152,761 17,553 32,023 28,250 13,302 40,500 1,453 19,416 28,012 4,002 52,678 23,315 76,288 50,185 33,39 25,388 23,908 41,008 50,582 2,091 83,631 56,416 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 71,38 West Riding Union Banking Company, Hud dersfield Whitchurch and Ellesmere Banking Company, Whitchurch 6,822 P. DEANS, Registrar of B Ink Returns Inland Revenue, Somerset House, Jan. 13, 1855. 12,304 32,220 PRIVATE AND JOINT-STOCK BANKS. Tho Banker'e Magazine furnishes the returns of circu lation of the private and joint-stock hanks 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 tho circulation of the private banks of A decrease in the circulation of the joint-stock banks of £97,106 62,160 Decrease 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 banksof ........................... £39,063 16,745 Increase on the year On comparing the above with the amounts of the fixed issues, the following appears to be the comparative state of the circulation : The privat e b an k s are b e l ow th e i r fixed issues £758,398 j The oint•st oc k banks are below their fixed issues 253,119 Total bolor their Sod issues 1 ,, ! • ! ivi,ollol7 COUNTRY MARKETS. DERBY SIIIITHFIELD.—DaI• 2 1 . od Our market wa s well suppliad with fat bess'"dforb of the animals were of good quality; the denis n o c was good, with a large attendance of buyers. r i c e, pens were well filled, without any a lteration of P, number of Irish pigs w as unusually large an d ei quality. Fat calves were again scarce. 61d t°' The following were th e quo t a ti on s :—Beef, 5+. 701 +. 701 mutton, 7d to Od ; lamb, Od Od ; veal, 7 "i - i 6JS lb. ; pi gs , O s Od t o 9 s 6d per score ; rou gh 4,0 1 per 11.1 b.; hides, 3id to 4id per lb ; calf-e' per lb. EDINBURGH GRAIN.---JAkr• 21 ' 0 11 Wheat on th e top 6d down, and the average 0 Barley o n th e top ls 6d, and the average 4c l P' 13 0 the top sam e as l as t wee k , an d the averag e id 11 P' on the top is, and the average lld up. Total Supply and Sales. 9 310 Wheat 1816 1 1170 qrs gold .1 Barley 2209 qrs ,sold ~,, 4 Oats l3 3 qrs sold I.ov ci a 1 9 ' Beans 226 qrs so] pi 0,5 Top of Wheat ....... .......... ,„ „, ,„ ... 644 lb -,, 0 1 Barley... Oats --Beans BOSTN—Jew. . ..., als ry ca.r ' 3 r 1 We had a large supply of grain at to" 451 )e , Wheat met a slow sale, at an advance of 3 s t fi e lti''' In barley, oat s , beans, and peas, no material 0 value occurred. r ids l , i 00 Prices :—Wh ea t, re d, 65 s Od t o 73 s Od ; w b ite oa. f 76s Od extra, 78s Od. Barley, 31s Od to 3 , 5 0 1 ' s pd 0 22s to 28s. Beans, 43 s Od t o 47 s Od. Peas, '' per qr. NEWARK—TI r. 24. k , At our corn exchan ge t o -d a y th e t ra d e was b ri n 'tbere advanced 3s per q r ., an d b ar l ey was i s higher. , the same as last week. vut . Prices :—Wheat, white, 783 Od to Ms 041,.,; r to 76s Od. Barley, malting, 36s Od to 38s vu, 0 0, 0 30s Od to 32s Od. Oats, old, 30a Od to 35s ; 4414 Od to 30s Od. Beans 44s 0(1 to 47s Od. ti4 o 46s Od. Malt, 60s Od to 62s Od. Tares, 605 v" RAILWAY SHARE MARV:TS' LIVERPOOL, JAN. 25. . „ 0 , 0 STOCK EXCHANGE.—The market this mor n f ° 74i;, Eastern Counties, 11; Lancashire and Yorkstt'f . , sl caster and Carlisle, Thirds, 8 pm. • Man. i .nlpo cola, 254 ; Midland, 694 ; S.-Eastern, 171; nish, 3 dir. MANCHESTER, JAN. 25. Jett r STOCK EXCEIANGE.—The market was ral n g prices receded t owar d s the close. The follor — lliv sales :—Sheffields 25i ; Dovers, 17i 11-1 6 ; 69& ; Leeds, 75 41; East Lancashire, BIRMINGHAM, JAN. l l O, STOCK EXCHANGE.—The t one o f th e T ,m eet weaker, owing t o th e l a t es t intelligence ,Wsterb London and North-W es t e r ns, 101 ; G rea t vr e ab oi ditto, Birmingham Guaranteed, 71i1 Birm ll3° verhampton, and Stour Valley, Si. LEEDS, JAN. 25. . te , tlf,e 4 ol l STOOK EXCHAN G E.—The ma r k e t wa s l ess - North.lv , : 0 3 ° Manchester, Sheffi e ld, an d Li nco l n, 25k; al6 0; S.-Eastern, 17R ; Sheffield, Rotherham, an SEABORNE MAILS. (N signifies that the mails are sent from the -- tunersl 15y the night—and M by the morning—despatch.) COUN TRIES. Day when made tlf in General Poet- Office, London.. From 0 ort lei p 04. A DlSPat e 2.....- LivorP ool • lo j Liver P oi southliP tg° l. 4 l Southatinr -- Dover tl America(bylirit.pack)l , l kmeriep. tby United Ste. Plymout h Dover SouthanlP", SouthiosPtpl Ovo Dover ••••,:,;40 ,0 ' S o utharoPtv o l Southame r ts various?' SoutheraPt4n 4 sSeouutthhanituriPptt°ovl'l Dover •• •••:,1 SoutheOP t° Dover .• ••"I - 11 4 " . 8 Dover oBcuu ttta t p • tt • 00 . London • • SoutharnV" Dover • • *;1,11 1 ' S o uthamP to piymouth Doves •• Dover .. • • !,rifielf lloljhead:••I ,y 50uth ... 07 „, o utnamoo.i Liierpool Dover .... 0 Dovers In Ds 08 opsvo Variousoaot u vvrvtti t eeh i rrr: 7 l ..s :00 4:0 Aoutham.,P t r t% if • southarap.. Vslo ISoutblunPt4l Every Friday .. packet) ..........N America (by U States packet) ..........N Australia (via South ampton) ..........M Ditto (via Marseilles) N Ditto (via Cape of GoOd Hope) ............N Africa (West Coast)..N Alexandria.......... N Alexandria.......... Bahamas ......... Belgium ............N Brazil Buenos Ayres ...... M Cape of Good Hope ..N Cape of Good Hope •.N Cape de Verde ......N Ceylon (see India) Ceylon ..............N Channel Isles China (see India) Constantinople ......N Constantinople ....... Cont. of Europe M & N Egypt (see India) France ........ M 8; N Gibraltar .. Greece (see India) Greytown 2nd & 17th of mon. Harnburgh ..........N Tuesday Ss Friday Havannah ..........M 2nd of the month Holland .... M Dai1y............ Honduras ..........M 17th of the month. India (vlaSouthampt.)M 4th & 20th of m‘ , .. India (via Marseilles) 9th& 25th of WOi ttnian Isles (seo India) 7, 17, & 27 of m °i Ireland & NiTwice data,' • • *.• " 9, 17, & 27 of fn. ttnitniro " f the 14 .•deir. • • .?1 . month .... Malta (see indi) Malta •• •.....N 8,18, & 28 of mon, Mauritius (see India) Mauritius N 14th of the month Mexico .. ...at 2nd of the month. Naples . N ,bth 15 th2s them= Now Granada ......hi 2d& 17th of mouth. New Zealand By private ship .. Papal States ........N sthlsth2itheffilon. Peninsula ..........M Ithl7th27thormon. Peru .. •.......M 2d & 27th of mon. Port Natal ..........N By private ship... Sicily stlllsth2sthoimon, Tuscany 5 thlsth2sthermon. Venezuela .. ....M 2d& 17th of month Van Diemen'aLand (see Australia) West Indies 2d& 17th oi month 'Jan. 4 IJan. 9 23d of the month 8,9, 24, & 30 of m. 4th & 20th of mon. 17th of the month Daily., ,9th of the month.. 19th of the month.. 9th of the month Mon.,Wed.,&Frn 2d & 17th of monti 9,507 1 ,8,13, 18,23,&28 of m 14th lit 20th of mai. (Twice daily . Twice datly 4,7, 17, 20, 27 elm. When any of these dates fail o.i a Sunday, the th- r spatched on the following day, witk the 0 exceptitia._. Southampton), and the M a lt a . b ot h of which w ill b e a g " preceding day. WIND .IND WRATREIt Re°ll v P li THURSDA . , t og , Stations. Course of Wind. state of Well Greenwich .. N Lothbury Aberdeen Dundee Perth Edinburgh E. Glasgow S.W Frost. Berwick N Sunderland Darlington N.W Cloudy. Whitby Scarborough York Hull N.E. Fine. Newcastle Bristol N.E Fine. Plymouth Exeter ..... Gloucester Cardiff N.E. Frost. Swansea N.B. Frost. Haverfordwest Manchester Maryport . ........ E. Lancaster ... ...... N.N.E Frost. Stoke-on-Trent ... N. Sheffield S. Whitohaven Carlisle Holyhead Liverpool Dublin s. Boston N.W Fins. Great Grimsby ... N Gainsborough .. W Fine. Lowestoft Yarmouth. N. Rain. Cambridge N.W Frost. 0 0 4dt Leamington N.N.E 'Very cold-- Ipswich Leeds Derby N.E. Cloudy. Leicester W Cloudy. Nottingham Brighton N . . . Fine. Hague S.E. Southampton N. Fine. Cowes N. Fin.. Portsmouth Poole Winchfield......... N.E e t 0 1 7 : l * 1 . Tunbridge N.W Overcast. , 9 Dover N.W Partially ci° Strood N. Over sub. On the 24th inst., nA 4_9 OF A HON. , York-terrace, Rel'-13 BIRTHS. the wife of P. Dougl;s HadOw, Esq: - OF A DAUGHTER. ~ e On the 21st inst., at Fernden e , G a t es head•°'; wife of R. S. Newell, Esq. MARRIED. P li g li V On the 23d inst., at Christ Church, Seulcoatt c liO. . d • Rev. Edward Mortlock, M.A., v i car o f North! r- oltr to Jane, daughter of the Rev. J o h n King, inc - 1 1,7 Church. bli°' OP Oa the 22d inst., at St. Peter's Church, D° 0 01/ Keating', Esq., of Woodsgift, co. Kilkennfr 0 the late Major Koatinge, C.B, of Tinny-pa rlorgelP county, to Ada, daughter of the late Colonel , DIED. 1 1 On the 22d inst., at Tehidy-park, Corn l / 41 ' I , V Baroness Basset, aged 74. job° On the 11th inst., at Ch e lt en h am , Capt. . 41t late of the I7th Regt., thi r d eon o f th e late Cow o r C. 8., 48th Regt. ...,- ile 01 ;00 On the 22d inst., a t P ar k- roa d , U pper JO • IT 1) 14 W. S. Foster, of the stock Exchange. On the 22d inst. , at Stoke , Captainh e n ry - SI; Parker, R.N. I c n oirs , (Qv' • On the 25th inst., of severe bronchitis, 17 ",,14t1 0 JP' of 8, Stratford-place, London, and late of W r ",.det " Essex, Boucher of the Inner Temple, and 110 ° ' fren Walden. 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