The Sun. — London, England, 1855-12-21 00:00:00

Spirit of the Public Journals. (From the Times of this day). While a new debating body has just sprung into existence in the metropolis we have reciordteadnaa rather remarkable discussion in that en rather obsolete assembly, the Court of anc ient of the East India Company. It isseldom indeed that we find anything worth where some comment in the pro ceedings of the Court o f Proprietors,disappointed East Ind ian ge nerally regales the public with haranguesabout the wrongs of the Rajah of Sattara, or exposes the flagrant iniquity of not having invented a new Royal House to take the place of the extinct family of Berar. The second subject discussed at the meeting of Pro prietors on 'Wednesday was, however, the absurdity of continuing any longer the system of double government, and assuredly the speaker did not lack argument to support his conclusion. He de nounced the double government as possessing neither efficiency nor responsibility, as permitting gross abuses to grow up and continue, and as ruinously and unnecessarily expensive. To us it appears that the three years that have passed since the last India Bill have materially advanced this question towards its final solution. During that time the wants and demands of Indian government have almost entirely changed. Slowly and reluc tantly, with infinite rubbing of the eyes and avert ing of the face from the unwelcome beam, the Home Government and the Indian Government have begun to perceive that the ideas and prin ciples which sufficed in former times for the ma nagement of our Eastern empire will suffice no longer. Energy, rapidity, and decision—principles of revenue and taxation on a level with those of the most enlightened European Governments—a reduction 'of salaries to something which may more nearly than hitherto approach to the mar ket price of the talent that is demanded—an ex penditure economical in some things, in order that it may be generous and liberal in others—a complete revision of the system of administering justice which shall combine at once simplicity and efficiency—a thorough review of the land ques tion and all its incidental extortions and enormi ties—these and many similar questions are forcing themselves upon the attention of the Home Go vernment, and bewildering it by their magnitude, complexity, and urgency. In the meanwhile our object seems to have been to create as many ob stacles as possible in the way of rapid and consis tent improvement. In India the last act has placed an additional clog on the movements of the Government, by enlarging the Legislative Council, and giving it the dimensions and the func- tions of a deliberative body. The effect of thus in trusting the making of laws to men occupied already with an overwhelming amount of business seems likely materially to chock the course of use ful legislation, and to raise up an opposition rather official than constitutional, and thus to delay and obstruct in a much greater degree than formerly the progress of useful legislation. The hand that has held the reins of Government so firmly and for so many years is about to relinquish them, and the loss that India will sustain may be estimated by the slow and irresolute measures which have suf fered the Santal rebellion to continue for so many months the opprobrium and the menace of the Go vernment of Bengal. It should be the task of the Home Government at such critical moments to breathe its own life and vigour into the flagging ener gies of its Indian deputy; but the Home Government - of India cannot inspire life and vigour into others, for those are the very qualities which its constitu tion forbids it to possess. It is framed on the nar rowest principles of jealousy, and the weakest and most exploded notions of checks and balances. At the end of the last century the East India Com pany had become too greedy, too scandalous, and too unscrupulous to be any longer tolerated iu the form of a mercantile association exercising absolute and irresponsible power over India. The form was preserved, but the substance was altered. With the national propensity to adhere to what exists, and rather to encounter any inconvenience or any ab surdity than effect any vital or radical change, it was determined that because the East India Com pany had shown itself unfit to govern it should continue to exercise all the functions of govern ment, only under the control and superintendence of a Minister of the Crown. Any other nation would have reasoned that if this body was so in competent for its duties that it required another laxly to take care of it, it were better set aside, and . the superintending body put in its stead. Tne notion of treating a Government of a mighty em pire as a lunatic requiring the care of a committee, or a child placed during a perpetual infancy under the custody of a guardian, was a thoroughly Eng lish idea worthy of the nation that had almost de clared the Prioce of Orange a Regent for King James, and still carries on the business of Parlia ment in the Norman French of the Plantageucts. The effect was what might have been expected—a stagnant and inert conservatism, which seems to think to this day that it has accomplished all the objects of a civilised and Christian Government, if it does not fall very far behind the ablest of its Manomedan or Hindoo predecessors. Its standard of excellence has been deplorably low, and, as is generally the case with people who set up to them selves a low standard, humble as its aspirations have been, they have been far beyond its perform ance=. A system of revenue management founded on inequalities, oppressions, and absurdities which Akbar would have regarded with disdain is not yet eradicated from the Presidency of Madras, where whole districts of the best land remain desolate be cause Government exacts a renttoo heavy tobe paid. Export duties are imposed on Indian produce,and the tools of the artificer must be taxed before they can be used. The administration of justice is bur dened with every conceivable technicality, and the practice of the criminal courts seems to rest upon confessions extorted by torture. But, while moving thus slowly in the march of improvement, the re lations to each other of the constituent parts of the Indian Government have gradually changed. The Company has become less, and the Board of Control more powerful, and now the same jealousy which invented the Board of Control in order to fetter the wAion of the Company, seems to retain the Company in order to neutralise, as far as may be, the powers of the Board of Control. To us the whole thing appears to be founded on a confu sion of ideas, or rather on the application of that which is true in one case to another to which it has no analogy. Because the system of checks and balances is found to be applicable• to legislative proceedings it is assumed that it must be equally valuable to executive Government; whereas, in the first, circumspection is more valuable than de spatch ; and in the second a single mind acting promptly and decisively is the thing most to be desired. The double Government is not only in efficient, but irresponsible. It wears a perpetual mask, and nobody can tell whence its measures proceed, and whether the Company in whose name they are carried on is the unwilling, victim or the ready coadjutor of the Board that is privileged to light behind its shield. Sporting Intelligence. TATTE RSALL'S.—THURSDAY. No business worth notice was transacted. MANCHESTER STEEPLECHASES. — J.N. 1. Weights for the Manchester Steeplechase. About three miles and a Halt. Age st lb Blarney (h b) a 9 10 Jemmy the Black 6 9 10 Dangerous a 9 9 Ago at lb Forest Queen a 11 7 Odiham Mack Swan Garland Minerva (h b) Theodine Escape Little Jessie (h b) a 10 4 Star of the We6t (h b) 1.401118 Napoleon Cavendish (late Agis by Safe. l guard) 5 9 10 Weights for the Hurdle R six hi Age st lb Age at lb Garland Minerva (h b) 511 0 Peter Snipe (late Theodine Gossip Victory (h b) Harry Lorrequer 4 9 11 Sting (h l) ....... 4 9 6 Beechnut Dangerous a 9 10 Noddy ............ 3 9 0 Cavendish Weights for the Stretford Selling Steeplechase. About three miles and a half. Hari Lorrequer 4 9 0 Victor Emmanuel (late King of Spain) 5 9 9 Protectionist (h b) a 9 4 Marcus Sting (late Charm- a 10 4 a 9 12 ini Nancy) (h b) 4 9 4 Tam worth The Rattler (late Gaylad) Lee. About two mile; over ardles. Age 14 lb Age st lb I Gossip Lincoln I The Br ewer 11 horses not specially ordered to be struck out by the 25th inst. will remain in. AN EXPRESS TRAIN OFF THE RAILS.—The morning express train from Hull to Manchester on Wednesday, on arriving at a p l ace between Woodhead and Torside, near the Manchester corporation reservoirs, was thrown entirely off the rails by miming in contact with the end of a rail which had apparently been broken and displaced by a preceding train. The driver was running the train at a speed of about 30 mil es per hour, and saw the rail pointing up in front of him, but was unable to stop in time to avoid the consequences. Fortunately none of the passengers were seriously hurt ; and they were all soon afterwards conveyed to Manchester by a train of carriages forwarded from thence. The following quotation from the Danish document, submitting the proposition to this Government, will show the intended connexion and commixture of the two subjects : ".Besides this condition there is still another which the Danish Government considers essential—namely, that one affair in question (the Sound dues) be not con sidered as one of commerce or money, but as a political one. This would be in accordance with the history of the Sound dues and with the part which they performed in the politics of the North of Europe. Otherwise the negotiation would be deprived of that scope and charac ter which are requisite to prevent its being fettered by questions of a secondary nature, which may be pertinent to an arrangement merely commercial and fiscal, but not to one destined to serve as a complement to treaties of peace and compromises, by which the system of political balance has been adjusted." In passing upon the political question presented by this extract this Government cannot be induced to take any part ; nor will it submit to have its interna tional rights restricted or modified in subservience to the political theory with which it is intermixedin the Danish proposition. In the paper submitted by Denmark to the conside ration of this Government there is an allusion to " the sacrifice " she has made for facilitating the navigation of foreign ♦essels through the Baltic straits. Any expen diture she has made for the safety and facility of this navigation may constitute an equitable claim upon foreign Powers for remuneration to the extent they have participated in this advhiitage. The collections hitherto made have much more than compensated for these out lays. While the United States would not consent to ourehase a right which they consider indubitable—the free use of the Baltic Sound—they would not hesitate to share liberally in compensating Denmark for any fair claim for expenses she may incur in improving and ren dering safe the navigation of the Sound. There is undt.ubtedly a necessity to keep up at a con siderable expense lighthouses, buoys, &c., for the secu riv of this navigation. For such expenses 'in future, disconnected from any claim for surrendering a pre. tended right to control the navigation of the Sound and Belts, the United States are willing to enter into an arrangement with Denmark, and to pay a fair equivalent fur any advantages to their commerce which may be de rived from these outlays. You are therefore in tructed to invite Denmark on this subject, and to assure her that it will receive due consideration from your Government ; but she must not expect that it will be favourably entertained if it should include, either expressly or impliedly any compensation for the surrender of the pretended right to control the free use by our ships of the Sound and the Belts of the Baltic.—l am, Sir, &c , W, L. MARCY. IRELAND. DUBLIN, THURSDAY MORNING. LAW INTELLIGENCE.—Dec. 20. ADMIRALTY COURT. (Before Dr. Lushington.) THE PEACE.— SALVAGE. This was a suit promoted by the brigantine Brunette to procure salvage remuneration for services rendered to the bark Peace, on the 66th of May last. The learned Judge decreed 4001. for the entire service, of which the ship and freight were to pay their rateable proportion. __ ___-- - - -- • -- THE SOUND DUES. Mr. Marcy, the Foreign Minister of the United States, has addressed the following despatch to the Danish Government : Department of State, Washington, Nov. 3. Sir,—l proceed to communicate the President's reply to the proposition of the Danish Government to the United States to join in a convention with other Powers interested in the "Sound Dues," at Copenhagen, for the purpose of deliberating on that subject. The friendly relations between Denmark and the United States have never been interrupted. The Presi dent cherishes an evident disposition to sustain and strengthen them, and he would extremely regret that his determination to assert what he believes to be a just right in an unexceptionable manner should be regarded as an indication of disrespect for Denmark, or a want of a proper appreciation of her friendship. The exactions of foreign commerce at the entrance into the Baltic have been a productive source of revenue to Denmark, and it is very natural that she should struggle to retain it. If these exactions were founded in right the United States would be the last Power to interfere with her enjoy ment of them. It is not proposed to discuss the question of right in this communication ; that has already been done, and the United States have adopted the conclusion that they are under no obligation arising from international law, treaty, or stipulation to yield t• this claim. Denmark, on the contrary, has adopted a different and an opposite conclusion. It is readily conceded that both nations are anxious to arrive at a satisfactory solution of this vexed question. The subject interests several other Powers—indeed, all maritime nations—and Denmark has invited them to be represented in a convention, to assemble this month at Copenhagen, to consider a proposition to be offered by her to capatalise this revenue and to apportion among commercial Powers the sum to be paid for this renunciation of the present mode of collecting it. The United States have been respectfully , invited to send a representative to the proposed conven tion. Without at all questioning the fair intention of Den mark in proposing this measure, the President feels con strained, by a sense of duty, to decline the acceptance of this invitation. The convention is to assume as the basis of its proceeding the very right on the part of Denmark which the United States deny. It is assem bled without any power to pass upon the right of Den mark to levy a contribution upon commerce, but only authorised to adjust the sum to be paid by each nation in lieu of the collections theretofore assessed upon their respective vessels and cargoes. The United States, however, contest their liability to pay any contribution whatever. The main question at issue between this Government and that of Denmark is not how much bur den shall be borne by our commerce to the Baltic, but whether it shall be subjected to any burden at all. The proposed tribunal, it will be perceived, by the restriction upon its jurisdiction, is expressly precluded from deliberating and deciding upon the only serious question at issue between the United States and Den mark. This is not, however, the only difficulty which pre ♦tnts the President from consenting tole represented in the convention. In claiming an exemption of our ships and tbeir cargoes from taxation by Denmark at the Straits of the Baltic the President is vindicating a great national principle of extensive and various application. If yielded in one instance it will be difficult to maintain it in others. It exactions upon our trade at the entrance into the Baltic were acquiesced in by the United States, similar exactions might, on the same principle, be de manded at the Straits of Gibraltar and Messina, and the Dardanelles, and on all great navigable rivers whose upper branches and tributaries are occupied by different independent Powers. The President cannot admit the competency of such a tribunal as that proposed by Denmark—as he would do if this Government were represented therein—to deal with a principle of such vast importance to the whole commercial world. There is another ground of objection to joining in the proposed convention quite'as controlling as either of the foregoing. The Government of the United States will never consent to the pretension that the New World is to be appropriated to adjust the political balance of the Old. It is clearly stated in the proposition which Den mark has submitted to the United States that the cos vention is to act upon the question relative to the Sound dues in connexion with the system of the European ba lance of power. It is more than intimated that the for mer is to be subordinated to the latter. Of the utility or wisdom of the political theory of the balance of power in its application to the European family of nations it is not proposed to express an opinion ; but enough of its operations has been seen to impress upon this Govern. ment a fixed determinationto avoid being brought within its vortex. It has long been the cherished policy of this Government to avoid such a complicity ; and the Presi dent will not yield in any case to the slightest relaxation of it. THE MEATH ELECTION On Monday the high sheriff of Meath went through the ceremony of declaring the numbers polled at the late election, and that Mr. M'Evoy was th e f or t una t e candidate. The friends of this gentleman conceived it a good opportunity to get up a "demonstration " at other people's expense. They rushed in a crowd through the streets of Navan, calling upon the respectable in habitants to illuminate their houses—a call which but few responded to • whereupon s evera l s h op - w i ndows and those in private I:onses were smashed. The supporter.. of Mr. Meredyth have been "eased of panes " they had for many long years. Several of these persons have been severely assaulted since the election. CLERK OF THE CROWN OF LOUTH. Mr. William Horan, solicitor, of Dublin, conducting agent for Mr. Meredyth at the Meath election, has, on the recommendation of Lord Bellew and Sir William Somerville, M.P., been appointed Clerk of the Crown for the county Louth. MEMORIAL TO THE LATE RIGHT HON. JAMES GRATTAN. The late Right Hon. James Grattan having left by his will the munificent sum of 4,400/, to the Queen's County Hospital at Maryborough, as well as a similar amount to the Meath Hospital, in this city, the gover nors of the former institution have already, with very creditable alacrity, testified their gratitude by the erec tion of a'beautiful memorial to commemorate the generous bequest. m a r bleby Thern o e u m r e t r a i a l e l nted countryman, consists bustofaHogan, executed a n i d n white which o h f as arl, a m st od b e e l e le n d P in a fine led in e classic It is a beautiful work ssic style, chis e ll e d with great care, and in Hogan's best manner, drapedbiance ac . n ' with singular grace, and bearing a perfect. resemblance to the features which it is designed to perpetuate. A white marble t a bl e t, b ear i ng the following inscription is placed under the bust : This bust and tablet are erected by subscription, in acknowledgment and b com memoration of the munificent bequest of 4:400/. y the Right Hon. James Grattan, son of the illustrious and venerated Henry Grattan. The governors, who hereby record their sense of his generosity, deem that the value of the bequest is highly enhanced by the special rea-on assigned in the words of the testator—' Because govern ment proposes to reduce the grants to the charitable in stitutions of this lo ng neg l ec t e d an d un h appy country.' Born, April 7, 1787—died Oct. 24, 1854." If the work be a credit to the artist, it must also be observed that the timely erection of it is highly creditable to the spirit and good f ee li ngs of the gentlemen who, with Dr. Jacob as their secretary, were so anxious thus to record their own and the public gratitude. OUTRAGES IN KING'S COUNTY. Patrick Kilmartin, who was waylaid and severely beaten when returning from Clare to his residence, on the 11th inst., still lays in the county infirmary at Tulla more in a very precarious state ; be is not yet pronounced out of danger. Michael Keenahan, Michael Deveny, and John Keenahan, who are charged with being of the party who waylaid Kilmartin, have been committed to the county prison by Mr. Brereton, R.M., Parsonstown. ANOTHER ASSAULT.—Two men, named Kieran Shea and Michael Flannery, were attacked and severely beaten on Saturday night last at Clonaderig, near the Seven Churches. Five persons have been apprehended and lodged in prison charged with this outrage. Mr. 'M. Chambers was about to address the jury, w hen His Lordship said that, the hour being late, the case must stand adjourned until to-morrow morning. The other charges, if proceeded with, will not be taken this session. THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EYENING, DECEMBER 21 1855. TIE FENIL-SALVAGE. This was a suit instituted by the steam-tug Charm and two luggers, the Fly and the Dart, to obtain salvage re. ward for services rendered to the brig Fenix on the 19th of August last. The learned Judge was of opinion that there was no thing to detract from the value of the services rendered, and he allotted to the salvors 1501., with costs. THE CALEDONIA.- WAGES. This was a suit brought by Mr. J. M‘Dowall, the late master of the ship Caledonia, against the mortgagees in possession to recover the amount of wages due to him, together with a commission of 2i per cent. on the net profits of the voyage. It appeared that in April, 1854, the ship then lying in Glasgow, she was designed on a voyage to Melbourne, thence to some port in Peru, and back to a port of discharge in Great Britain or Ire land. She arrived in London on the 25th of July last, and the master remained with her until the 3d August, when she was taken possession of by the mortgagees. The claim of the master amounted to 3181. 13s. 4d. On the part of the mortgagees it was contended that they were entitled to deduct V. paid to the master prior to the voyage, 841. advanced to his wife during his absence, and 501. paid to him on the 4th of August. The ques tion raised before the Court was whether it was compe tent for the mortgagees to make those deductions with out going into the entire accounts between the master and the ship, and thus render themselves liable for any balance which might be due to him. Dr. Deane appeared for the master ; Dr. Twice for the mortgagees, The learned Judge said he was of opinion that they were not entitled to deduct either the 51. or the 841. The 501. advanced by them to the master on the 4th of August stood on a different footing, and he would allow that deduction. With respect to the commission, that itera . mnst be referred to the Registrar, to ascertain the sum due. CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT.—Dec. 20. OLD COURT. (Before Mr. Justice Coleridge.) This morning, at the sitting of the Court, the two pri soners, Davidson and Gordon, were again placed upon their trial on an indictment, charging them with having fraudulently, within three months of their bankruptcy, obtained goods with intent to defraud their creditors. The prisoners pleaded not guilty. Mr. Ballantine and Mr. Poland were for the prosecu tion ; and Mr. Montague Chambers, Mr. Parry, and Mr. Sergeant Byles were for the defence. It appeared, in the present instance, that, about the middle of May, 1854, the two prisoners had given orders, through Messrs. Beddoe, of Huggins-lane, commission agents, for some barege and other drapery goods, which they said were for the Indian market. These goods, to amount in value of 4261. 65., were manufactured by Messrs. Macmillan, of Glasgow, to whom Messrs. Beddoe were agents. Gordon said, upon Messrs. Bed doe's clerk first calling to solicit orders, that he would give an order as soon as a gentleman came from India, and sent a note to Messrs. Beddoe to call upon them, which having been done, the order in question was given. These goods were given through the prisoners, packers to the St. Katherine's Docks. A few days after the goods had been sent to prisoners, Gordon saw a gentle. man of the name of E wart at the offices of Joseph Windle Cole, and asked him if the house to which he belonged, the house of Ogleby, Gallander, and Co., Liverpool, conveyed goods to Calcutta. The pri soners then, upon the goods so obtained from Messrs. Macmillan and some others, obtained an advance of 1,5001. This was but a few days before their absconding. Some further evidence having been given, to show that from 1853 the prisoners had been raising money upon warrants, and also that relating to the Plight and capture of the prisoners, the case for the prosecution closed. Mr. Serjeant Byles, after taking some objections which were overruled, proceeded with great ability to address the jury upon the facts adduced in evidence, contending that, however responsible the conduct of Davidson, which clearly deserve' punishment at th• hands of the Commissioners in Bankruptcy, it had not been of a character to make him liable to the penal cos sequences of the act under which this indictment was framed. The learned serjeant also dwelt with much force upon the fact that his client had not taken a very active part in the affairs of the firm. ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. WESTERN ClRClllT.—Wizmizwrza, - DEO. 2L (Before Mr. Baron Parke.) WILFUL MURDER. Abraham Baker, 26, was indicted for the wilful mur. der of Naomi Kingswell, at Southampton, on 14th Oct last. Mr. Cooke and Mr. Lower conducted the prose. cution. It appeared that the prisoner lived in the service of the Rev. Win. Paynder, at Moira-place, Southampton, and the deceased girl was his fellow-servant. On the Sunday morning, on his supposed return from church, about a quarter past 12, the deceased opened the door for him. As he passed the kitchen do r, another fellow-servant, Charlotte Lacey, asked hlm if he knew it was Sacrament Sunday, and he said " No." He then went into the pantry, to lay the luncheon tray ; in the meantime the deceased bad come downstairs in the kit chen, and as she and Lacey were talking together at the end of the screen by the fire, the prisoner came and stood at the other end, and rested his left elbow on it. His right hand was behind him, under his coat. He did not speak at all. In about a minute Lacey saw him move his right arm from behind his back, and immedi ately saw and heard the report of a pistol. The deceased fell instantly to the ground, and blood flowed from under her left ear. He was about a yard from the deceased when he fired. Not a word had passed between him and the deceased at that time. Lacey said to him, "Baker, Baker, what have you done ?" He made no reply, and she ran up to the front doer and called to a policeman named Tatchell, who came in and took the prisoner into custody ; and as he was going out of the front door Lacey took hold of his hand and said again, "Baker, Baker, what have you done ?" He re ptied, "She deserved it, you know." Oa the previous Saturday morning he had asked her why it was that the deceased would not speak to him. She could not tell him. She did not know that there was any attach ment between him and the deceased. It appeared that the prisoner purchased a pistol at a gunmaker's shop on the Saturday. He also bought some balls, powder, and caps. He was asked if he was going to fight a duel, and he said he thought the pistol would do to kill a large dog. When the police went into the kitchen after the removal of the prisoner they found, after some search, a ball in the hairs of a long hair broom. The ball was much flattened, and an examination by the sur geon proved that the ball had passed quite through the head of the deceased, and had torn away a large portion of the skull with it, causing instant death. Lacey, when cross-examined by Mr. Cooke, said the prisoner always professed to be a religious person. He had religious books before him at every interval, and was always talking of religious subjects. She had heard since that be belonged to the Wesleyan chapel. The deceased was also of a religious turn of mind. The prisoner took the sacrament at the church. It bad been rumoured since the fatal act that they were attached to each other. Inspector Enright, who produced the pistol, stated tkat when he received it from Tatchell it appeared to have been• very recently discharged, and in consequence of certain information which he obtained he went to the post-office and procured a letter, which he showed to the prisoner, and he said it was a letter he had written to his father at Newport, Isle of Wight. It was read as follows : "Oct. 14, 1855. " Dear Father and Mother,—This may bee for the last time shall have to write to you, and I will leave all my things for you and mother. One box is at Mr. Wood's eating-house. You must come up to see me to morrow morning, and fetch all my things home for your selves. There is three large boxes, two hand-box, a large bundle of clothes. My watch and clock, leather hat-box, and all my money, you can have." By a statement made by the prisoner a few days after he was in gaol, it was asserted that there was an attach ment between the parties ; that he had been away from the deceased for some time, with a portion of the family who were residing at Anglesea, near Portsmouth ; that while there deceased wrote letters which upset his mind; that when he came back to Southampton she would not speak or be sociable with him, and that it was more than he could bear. Ile told her he should give warning to leave his place, and she appeared to be glad to hear of it ; and the whole of the morning and the previous even ing he scarcely knew what he was doing, she had upset his mind so much and so frequently. Mr. Cooke addressed the jury for the prisoner, and urged that the attachment of the prisoner to the de. ceased was so deep that it bordered close upon insanity. The prisoner was maddened by feelings which deprived hini of reason for the time. The learned Judge summed up and said no doubt the pride of the prisoner was hurt by the rejection of his addresses the yo n u fi n u g en w c o o te n a f passion ; but thi s was not ° and he i n fli c t e d t h e f ata l wound insanity. She had refused to speak or to shake bands with him, and that had probably led hi m t o avenge him-1 under by him self. • The onsulted for a few minutes, and h • jury c eying found the prisoner guilty, The learned Judge sentenced him to death, w i t h out holding out any hope of mercy in this world . CHARGE 01° MIIRDE!t. John Neale was indicted for the wilful murder of A n . drew Williams, at Portsmouth, on the 2d of September. Mr. Poulden and Mr. Cooke were c ounsel fer th e pro secution ; and, at the request of the judge, Mr. Young took the depositions to defend the prisoner. It appeared that both these parties were privates in the Artillery stationed at Portsmouth. They occupied the sa.me room in the barracks with 17 or 18 other men. Pratween 7 and 8 o'clock on the evening of Sunday, the 2tl of September, some of the men were in the room. A. neighbour, named Armeton, living at 18, George etreet, stated that he had seen the children piek up her rings' heads and potato-peelings in the street and divide them 'among each other. When the neighbours have emptied the contents of their tablecloths on the pave ment they have eagerly eaten the crumbs. When the father died they were fine, plump, rosy-coloured chil dren. They have since gradually wasted away. A Juror observed that, probably, from not having had ufficient food the children sunk under the disease with which they were attacked. Another Juror said that the children had often called on him in his shop, and asked for some bread. Some conversation havinOaken place among the jary in order to ascertain why the inquest was calied, Mr. Vaughan (summoning officer) said that about a week ago his attention was called to the deceased. He made inquiries, when he found that the family had re ceived the relief that had been referred to, and that they had been attended by Mr. West, who attributed their deaths respectively to the causes he had alluded to. lt 'cas only in consequence of the death of the third child, arid of the rumours in the neighbourhood that they had all died of starvation, he felt it his duty to write to the coroner. He had seen the books of relief at the work house, and he found that the charge on account of the family latterly had been from 7s. to 9.1. per week. The Coroner observed that the allowance had not only been prompt but liberal on the part of the parish. Mr. A rmeton remarked that when the family was in such distress they ought to have gone into the work house. The Coroner—lf the parish admitted every family that was in distress in the parish the housekeepers would soon complain of the rates. Mr. West said he knew that at the present time in the parish there were thousands of children who had not sufficient food for their support. He knew several families in that state. A Juror observed that it was not possible for a wo man with six children, with an allowance of two loaves and a half and la. 3d. a week, with her own earnings, to support her family. The Coroner having remarked that it did not appear that any blame was attached to any one, The Jury returned a verdict of " Natural death by the visitation of God." ANOTHER CASE OF SUSPECTED POISONING. An inquest was held at the Threo Tuns Inn, Cathe rine-street, Devonport, before A. B. Bone, Lg., coroner, touching the death of Louisa Mitchell, alias Louisa ii a th itt, li v i ng a s the wife of Mr. John Hallett, drug- Ot p St. James's-street, but commonly known as Dr. Hallett. It appeared that the deceased had lived with Dr. Hallett upwards of seven years as his wife, aed, from the evidence of several witnesses, they had lived in a state of discomfort and quarrelled frequently. The deceased had been ill several months. About two months since Mr. James Barnett, surgeon, had been called in to attend her professionady. He now deposed that, on the 2d November, he was requested to visit Mrs. Hallett by a female, who represented Mrs. Hallett as being dangerously ill. He saw the deceased in bed. She appeared insensible, her countenance very much flushed, her breathing very loud, and foam was issuing from her mouth, the pupils of her eyes were cont rac t e d ,' and the pulse slow and labouring. He immediately bled her, but she continued insensible. He then con sidered deceased to be suffering from great congestion of the head. He intimated to Dr. Hallett that the re covery of his wife was doubtful. The doctor replied that she was suffering from apoplexy, and refused to have a second medical opinion. Witness again subse quently urged the propriety of further advice, but Dr. Hallett again refused, stating that he had sufficient con fidence in him (witness). Witness visited deceased several times during the day. On one of those occasions Dr. Hallett said, " I like to look on dead people —poor devils. I always call them poor devils, for they are. Wit ness attended deceased three days, and she appeared to day, when be called at the house s h t ird airs. Dr. Hall e tt p a id, i n wi t ness ' s deceasedg et was n down the t presence, "I had a good mind to give her a good hidi ng , this morning, for she took too long dressing.' Deceased made no reply, and appeared afraid to speak. Dr. Hal lett spoke in a very decided tone, as if ho meant it. On witness's first visit, it was his i m p ress i on that th e de ceased had taken narcotic medicine. Witness did not visit deceased after the third day, but on Friday last he was requested by Mr. Hallett's son to call. The son represented that Mrs. Hallett was dead when he left the house to call witness. Witness called, and Dr. Hallett then stated that the deceased was alive when the eon left. Witness examined the body externally, but there were no marks of violence. He proceeded to make a pest MOIICIX examination by request of the coroner, in company with Mr. Laity and Mr. Little. There were marks of ulcers on both legs, and the remains of an ulcer on the left knee, pupils of the eyes rather dilated, arms very flexible. In making an examination of the contents of the chest he disccvisred a quantity of bloody serum in the cavity of the pleura ; the heart was of the natural size, healthy but rather flabby, liver very much enlarged and diseased, and the external surface of the intestines was very florid. On turning the body round, a quantity of fluid escaped from the mouth and nose, which was preserved with the contents of the stomach ; the brain itself was healthy. On the stomach being opened the natural surface presented a dark spot about the size of a half-crown, and a quantity of fluid .of an oily nature. In witness's opinion the deceased died from congestion of the lungs, not arising from natural causes. The jury here pressed the witness to give an opinion whether poi son had been administered ; and he replied that it was his opinion something of a deleterious nature had been administered, but he was unable to say what it was. On this the inquest was adjourned to Monday, 31st instant, to give time to have the contents of the stomach ana lysed. Dr. Hallett was in attendance during the early part of the proceedings, but behaved in such a way that the coroner was obliged to order him out of court. WANT OF STEAM-TUGS AND PILOTS AT CALCUTTA.— t T vi h o e fsoblliopws,inrgeceexitvreadctsbfyrotmheleitatsetrsofrvoemrlatnhde captains of Mail,posted in the Liverpo o l U n d erwr it ers ' R o om on nlTererde nesday :—" Kedgeree, 6th Nov., 1855.—1 beg to in form you that I arrived off this port on the 24th Oct., but have been detained some days at the Heads for a pilot, and since, at Sanger, for water to cross the sands. It is almost impossible to engage steam, except at rates I feel satisfied you would not approve of-2001. and 2401. has and is being paid from Kedgeree to town. There aro now upwards of 50 ships, of heavy tonnage, waiting for steam." The second letter says :—" Sandheadp, 9tii Nov., 1855.—The steam hire is very heavy. I paid 1101. up and 1601. down, but it is scarcely to be got at any price, The steamer which brought me down got 1601. for towing a ship from Kedgeree to town, and was offered 801. by another, five minutes after he had made the bargain. Opp os iti on i s ver y muc h wanted. I think Liverpool should have a steam-tug company of its own here." - Some opprobrious term had been used towards a soldier named Bennett by one of the men who was then in the room. Bennett and the prisoner came into the room, and they appeared to be somewhat excited. They had been drinking. When they came in Bennett addressed himself to the men in the room relative to the term that had been used towards him—the term being that he was "a bastard "—upon which M'Guiley, one of the men, said he bad called him so, and would do so again. Ben nett went up and knocked him off the form upon which he was sitting. M'Guiley was a friend of Williams's, and upon his being knocked down Williams got up and made some observations to Bennett relative to his hav ing given M'Guiley a blow, and told the men in the room he could not stand by and see his comrade treated in that manner, and then it was that the prisoner came forward and asked Williams why he interfered ? An al tercation then took place between the prisoner and Wil liams, and after a struggle the prisoner went to a coal box which was in the room, in which were some broom sticks and dry scrubbers, one of which he seized and went towards Williams, and struck him with it violently on the head, breaking the handle of it. Williams fell to the ground, and begged the prisoner not to strike him again; but the prisoner went to the coal-box and got a not h er scrubber (a most formidable weapon) ; he took it in both hand, and inflicted another blow on the head of Williams. This stunned him. He then struck him again with the sama degree of violence , and in two m i nu t es a ft erwar d s the unhappy man Wil lia ms was dead. The parti es h a d been fighting together with brooms. This case was supported by the testimony of a great number of artillerymen who were in the room at the time. The surgeon stated that deatk was caused by the blow, which must have been given by some very heavy instrument. _ _ The learned Judge said, the case was reduced to man slaughter, and of that there was no doubt. The jury found the prisoner guilty of manslaughter, and he was sentenced to be imprisoned for one year with bard labour. DESTITUTION IN BETHNAL GREEN.--ALLEGED STARVATION OF THREE CHILDREN. Yesterday afternoon a long inquiry was gone into be fore Mr. Baker, at the Panther Tavern, Hope Town, Bethnal-green, on view of the bodies respectively of Charles Haller, aged seven years, Amelia Heßier, aged four years and seven months, and Frederick nether, aged nearly two years, who were alleged to have died from the want of the necessaries of life, at 20, George street, Bethnal-green-road, where they were living with their mother, a widow. Hannah Walker, No. 18, George-street, stated that she bad known the family about ten years. Rather more than two years ago the father of the children, who was a cabman, died, and left his wife, who is a weader, with six children to support. Upon his death she received two quarterns and a half of bread and 3d. in money a week. She had. behaved kindly t., her children, had been industrious, and is of sober habits. In the early part of November one of the children had the measles, which was soon followed by the hooping-cough and inflamma tion of the lungs. Two others of the deceased were at tacked with inflammation, when Mr. G.West, the parish surgeon of the district, was called in, and he ordered some arrowroot, with beef tea, for the decased. Tney died, successively, Charles on the 7th of December, Amelia oa the 9th, and Frederick a few days since. Mr. West stated that he was called to attend the de ceased Amelia on the Ist November, who was suffering from inflammation of the chest and a low fever. Upon seeing the state the children were in he ordered, in ad dition to the relief the family received, half a gill of port wine ' half a pound of beef for beef tea, and arrow root, which is not withheld. Inflammation of the chest produces an emaciated condition of the body, and in his opinion the three surviving children will die of the same complaint. Their father died of the same disease in Bartholomew's Hospital. They died of inflammation of the chest. BANK RETURNS. An Account, pursuant to the Act 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 Bth day of December, 1855 : Average Amount. 10,395 11,597 3,759 32,473 PRIVATE BANKS. Andover Bank, Andover—Heath and Co. Ashford Bank, Ashford—Jemmitt and Pomfret Aylsham Bank, Aylsham—G. and T. Copeman Aylesbury Old Bank, Aylesbury—Z. D. Hunt Baidock 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. . 3edford Bank, Bedford—T. Barnard and Sons Bewdley Bank, Bewdley Nichols, Baker, and Co Bicester 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 Stowinarket 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 Eorrer 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 36,417 9,200 21,790 31,776 10,266 14,185 23,515 9,616 6,749 74,310 14,271 7,384 37,784 18,530 24,225 67,824 34,580 27,195 2,294 25,494 31,535 11,810 63,170 17,07 11,876 2,925 17,511 49,208 33,741 22,951 3,104 16,390 34,335 46,809 6,501 18,077 69,634 9,508 10,543 36,094 26,07 8,059 10,043 75,820 81,585 7,742 42,93 86,137 50,537 49,496 24,354 6,850 13,771 5,436 4,215 14,211 27,929 36,136 19,524 21,340 20,516 54,409 5,360 23,794 35,892 23,927 21,335 69,692 16,824 25,834 9,038 21,092 40,598 5,135 53,287 36,647 30,712 29,361 8,137 92,836 23,651 36,543 12,064 11,820 2,795 C 0...... ........................................... 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 Co Dorchester Old Bank and Dorsetshire Bank, Dorchester—R. and H. Williams East Cornwall Bank, Liskeard-Robins, Fos ter, and Co East Ridino. 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 Sharpies, 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 Co Knaresborough Old Bank and Ripon Old Bank, Knaresborough—Harrison 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 Llan ddo Bank, Llandovery—D. Jones and Co Loughborough Bank, Loughborough —Middle ton and Cradock Lymington Bank, Lymington—St. Barbe and - Co. .................... Lynn Regis and Lincolnshir e Bank, Lynn 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 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, and Co Newbury Bank, Newbury—Bunny & Slocock Newmarket Bank, Newmarket—Eaton, Ham 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, Ton 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 Beverly Bank, Hull—Pease and Co, Penzance Bank, Penzance—Batten and Co. Peterborough Bank and Oundle Bank, Peter borough—D. Yorke and Co. Pembrokeshire Bank, Haverfordwest--J. and W. Walters `Reading Bank, Reading—Simonds and Co Reading Bank, Reading—Stephens, Blandy, and Co. Richmond. Bank, Richmond—Roper and Co. Rochdale Bank, Rochdale—Clement, R.yds, and Co. Rochester, Chatham , and Strood Bank, Roches ter—Day and Nicholson Royston Bank, Royston—Fordham and Sou Rugby Erik, Rugby—A. Butlin and lea.." Rye Ink, Bp--)11, 0 Peaket and Oe. Ross Old Bank, Heredfordshire, Ross Allaway and Maedougal Saffron Walden and North Essex Bank, Saf fron Walden—Gibsons and Co Salop Bank, Shrewsbury— Burton, Lloyd, and Co. Scarborough Old Bank, Scarborough —Wood all and Co Shrewsbury Old Bank and Shrewsbury and Ludlow Bank, Shrewsbury— Rocke, Ey tons, and C 0.... ............................... Sittingbourne and Milton Bank, Sittingbune. —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. 2,258 345 11,822 29,075 Shrewsbury and Welshpooi 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 Toweester Old Bank, Towcester—Percival and Co 6,955 Town and County of Poole Bank and Ring wood and Poole Bank, Poole—G. W. Led gard and Sons 10,053 Union Bank, Cornwall, Helston—Vivian and Co 14,503 Uxbridge Old Bank, Uxbridge—Hull, Smith, and Co 14,990 Wallingford Ii . Wallingford—Hedges, Wells, and C. , 7,405 Warwick and Warwickshire Bank, Warwick— K. Greenway and Co. Wellington Somerset Bank, Wellington—Fox, Brothers, and Co 3,580 West Riding Bank, Wakefield, and Pontefract . Bank, Wakefield-- Leatham, Tew, and Co 43,869 Whitby Old Bank, Whitby—Simpson, Chap man, and Co 13,735 Winchester, Alresford, and Alton Bank, Win chester—ulpett and Co 20,703 Winchester and Hampshire Bank, Winchester —Wickham and Co -- Weymouth Old Bank and Dorchester Bank, Weymouth—Eliott and Pearce 14,844 Wirksworth and Ashbourne Derbyshire Bank, Wirksworth—Arkwright and Co 34,782 Wisbech and Lincolnshire Bank, Wisbech— Gurneys and Co 57,651 Wiveliscombe Bank, Wiveliscombe— P. and W. Hancock 5,688 Wolverhampton Bank, Wolverhampton—Good ricke and Holyoake -- Worcester Bank, Worcester—Farley, Laven ' der, and Co 6,321 Worcester Old Bank and Tewkesbury Old Bank, Worcester—Berwick, Lechmere, and Co Worcestershire Bank, Kidderminster—Farley, Turner, and Co 8,234 "Walsall Old Bank, Walsall—Charles Forster and Sons Wolverhampton Bank, Wolverhampton—R and W. F. Fryer ll, 518 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, York— Swami, Clough, and Co 24,823 24,077 8,933 8,255 9,570 46,445 13,172 42,730 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- 8,707 9,323 46,299 8,496 29,713 ington Cheltenham and Gloucestershire Banking Corn -" • 18,88 53,81 9,93 . 33,065 9,023 25,619 12,954 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 38,110 Derby and Derbyshire Banking Company, Derby Darlington District Joint Stock Banking Com pany, Darlington 111,393 24,504 East of England Bank, Norwich 25,068 Gloucestershire Banking Company, Gloucester 152,879 Halifax Joint Stock Bank, Halifax 18,265 Huddersfield Banking Company, Huddersfield 33,959 Hull Banking Company, Hull 26,984 Halifax Commercial Banking Company, Halifax 13,253 Halifax and Huddersfield Union Banking Com pany, Halifax Helston Banking Company, Helston Herefordshire Banking Company, Hereford ... Knaresborough and Claro Banking Company, Knaresborough 26,676 Kingsbridge Joint-Stock Bank, Kingsbridge 3,270 Lancaster Banking Company, Lancaster 59,397 Leeds Banking Company, Leeds 23,005 Leicestershire Banking Company, Leicester 73,111 Lincoln and Lindsey Banking Company 52,705 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, Bishopsgate-street, London 419,735 North Wilts Banking Company, Melksham 44,883 Northamptonshire Union Bank, Northampton 80,425 Northamptonshire Banking Company, North ampton North and South Wales Bank, Liverpool Pares's Leicestershire Banking Company, Leicester Saddlcworth Banking Company, Saddleworth. Sheffield Banking Company, Sheffield Stamford, Spalding, and Boston Banking Com pany, Stamford 54,770 Stuckey's Banking Company, Bristol Somerset shire Bank, and Somersetshire Bank, Lang port 350,939 Shropshire Banking Company, Shiffnall 43,804 Stourbridge and Kidderminster Banking Com pany, Stourbridge Sheffield and Hallamshire Banking Company, Sheffield Sheffield and Rotherham Joint Stock Banking Company, Sheffield 51,798 Swaledale and Wensleydale Banking Company, Richmond Storey and Thomas' Banking Company, Shaftes bury Wolverhampton and Staffordshire Banking Company, Wolverhampton 33,459 Wakefield and Barnsley Uniou Bank, Wake field Whitehaven Joint-Stock Banking Company, Whitehaven 28,375 Warwick and Leamington Banking Company, Warwick West of England and South Wales District Bank, Bristol 77,240 Wilts and Dorset Banking Company, Salisbury 71,778 West Riding Union Banking Company, Hud _ . _ 41,74 1,47 20,755 11,530 9,900 34,936 22,360 50,053 55,209 2,343 33,326 +55,900 50,173 13,13 dersfield - Whitchurch and Ellesmere Banking Company, 30,993 6,010 Whitchurch Worcester City and County Banking Com pany, Worcester 5,810 York Union Banking Company, York 67,985 York City and County Banking Company, 90,075 Yorkshire Banking Company, Leeds 113,731 J. MICHAEL, Acting Registrar of Bank Returns. Inland Revenue, Somerset House, Dec. 15, 1855. THE MAGISTRACY OF IRELAND.—The Lord Chancellor has appointed Wm. Wilson Campbell, Esq., of the Castle, Portstewart, to the commission of the peace for the county of Antrim, on the recommendation of the Marquis of Donegal, the lieutenant of the county. FACTS FOR CARDINAL WISEMAN.—The Piemonte gives the following account of the state of the prisons in the Papal dominions. It says : In 1850 there were imprisoned ... ... 10,436 In 1.51 11,279 PP In 1852 11,767 PP In 1853 12,035 f t In 18M ~ 13,006 Showing an augme ntation of 2,570, nearly one fourth, in five years. On the 31st of last August the same au thority states that there were 683 persons imprisoned in Fort Urbano, w h om it di v id es un d er th e following heads : Condemned by the Sacra Consultata ••• 21 Condemned by the ordinary tribunals ••• 337 Condemned by the military tribunals ••• 191 Condemned by the diocesan tribunals ••• 7 Awaiting judgment ••• ••• .•• ••• 2 In transit ••• ••• •" 1 Detained as a measure of precaution ••• 124 If these figures are only tolerably correct (and the diffi culty of ascertaining with strict precision such statistics must be well understood), what a sad picture do they present of the demoralisation of a country containing less than 3,000,000 inhabitants, and governed by the united wisdom of the Catholic Church I 8,512 17,571 27,882 15,855 25,912 47,938 19,375 20,243 49,350 87,930 10,466 3,255 15,180 10,259 29,025 10,185 31,704 10,634 11,502 46,720 10,660 12,497 29,836 28,020 6,445 7,934 14,207 8,128 16,160 Country Markets. DERBY SMITHFIELD.—Dzo. 18. The following were the quotations :—Beef, 6C to 6d; mutton, 60 to 7d ; lamb, Od to Od ; veal, 7d tc 7id per lb. ; pigs, lOs Od to lOs 6d per score ; rough fat, 6s 9.k f.., Vs per 14lb. ; hides, 4d to 40 per lb ; calf-skins, 3:!cl r , . 53 per lb. EDINBURGH GRAIN.—DEC. 19. A short supply of Arai❑ to-day. Sales heavy for all de.; scriptious, and prices generally downward. Wheat, top, -Is down, and on the average 4d up. Barley, top, 6d down—average Is id down. Oats on the top is 4d down—average, is ld down. Beans on the top is up—the average, is 6d down. AVERAGES PER IMPERIAL QUARTER. 17 0 6-12ths. .. 0 0 0 0- t2ths. • 2 I 1 1-12ths. . 1 . 0 2 3-12th. . 2 8 2 1-l2ths. Wheat .. Do. n ew Barley .. 0at5...... .. BOSTON —Due. 19. • To-day the best dry samples o 1 wheat met a slow con sumptive demand at about last week's rates, but damp and inferior qualities sold at very irregular and declining prices. Oats the turn lower. In barley, beans, and peas uo material alteration. Prices :—Wheat, red, 63s Od to 78s 0d; white, 78s Od b. 804 Od extra, 84s Od. Barley, 358 Od to 4iis Od. Oats 20 , to 295. Beans, 43s Od to 54s Od. Peas, 43 .to 49s 04 wr qr. NEWARK-DEC. 19. A full attendance of farmers to-day, and a good supply of all kinds of grain. A brisk sale fur wheat, at the late prices. Wheat, white 82s to 86s, red 78s to 80s; barley, malting 38s to 425, grinding 36s t o 375; oats, 24st. 36s to 38., 228 t, 32s to 348 ; beans, 56s to 56s ; malt, 76s to 80s ; peas,. 48.5 to 50s ; tares, 56s to 60s per qr. B.BIBORNB MAILS. itignlfies that the mails are Amt. from the General Poet•omte ey the night—and M by the mprnin2-4espatch.) Day whon mad, ~., p rota w ,. a , Wiley COUNTRI.Er. in General Post- Port . due n (Mee, London.. Dop,,t a h, EnOands Amorica(byisrit.paet ,N Every Friday , Liverpool Deo. 31 America (by United Sts packet) •• • Liverpool Dec. 24 .erica (by U. Stator packet) .... is •• -.-• Southampt Deo. 29 Australia (via • South ampton) .......... •• •• - • • • • Southampto , Ditto (via Marseilles) NI •••• • • • • Dover .. Ditto (via Cape of Good I Hops) ......N Africa (West Coafit.)..Nl23d of the raohyl • Plymou r Jan. 6 Alexandria.......... Njg. 94, &30o: - • Dover :nth ~r roc.. Southampt Bahamas ...........Mll7th of the montl southaynp it • Belgium ......... ..N I ) ailY ••••• • • • • • • Dover .... Daily Brazil ............ 511th of the month.. S•tuthatr,r •-••• Jan. 15 Buenos Ayres.-- _ /11 1 9th ot the moot „ gout , •-1 Jan. 1$ Cape of Good Hone -N. Various port Uncertain , Cape of Good Hope . Care de Verde • r Stu or th'• more-'r Routharnr•,,, Jan. ii Ceylon (see Intila) Ceylon ............ Channel Isles N M oll .•Wc , l•,&Fri'i • Sonthamh o Tu.Tb.Sat Chili.. Isll l, l f 1 7t'• of •ror,' s ou th amp ,,, China , Once a month.— Jan. 4 Constantinople ......... , 1 9 , 13 , 18 , 2 3,&98 0: Dover Constantinop le . 4th 4 lath of rri• S•yith Cont. of Europe M I Ttvtc ,, (lath Dover .. Twtorddi) Egypt (see India) 1 France ........ M !Twice .. Dover Tisrlat4lllll Gibraltar .......... 15114, 7, 17, 90.27 • f 11 . Southway , Greoce (sea India) Groytown ........ atand to :7th ot mon. Southamp.• Fit! 3' London ..... Harriburgla ..N.Tucaday Elavannah „ 12nd of Ole mot ti 1. Jan 1. Holland .. ..... 114 !DallY • • • • • • • • • • • • Dover - DOI Honduras lit; :the montli. Socithani?ion Igthofmott India (viaSouthampt.)m 4th . teth or omit. Fiym••uth .. Jan. 4 India (via Marseilles)M 9th&2sth of motdlt Dover ...... lonian Isles (sec Tnnia; 7, 17, & 27 of rt , r, Dover.— Ireland ........M & NlTlvicc "litilY • ... Holy head Twisedsll Lisbon m 7. 9 , 17. & - Southamptor Jan. 1 • Madeira .......... 9 t ,, ' , f ' ll ' mow; Southampton Madeira 23d of month •• .. Liverpool ... Malta (see India) Malta N 8, lg. &28 of mon. Dover Jan. 4 Mauritfus (see ladle Mauritius ,rs 14th of the- wont Mexico •• •• ••Mi 2nd or (hr ranr't • Boathamptfra Jae. 1 N ap l es .stblAtil2hthettmon Dover .Doverla rious .. p . 7. Uncertais New Granada 51, r21 & 17th of mont' South amp t ot New Zealand 11sIt'h -I°.'ithv244hstl,tiopt, ; Papal States , ?Cy i 7 th 27 th ofmor sottopoopt (,0 Peninsula • ... .. 51 Peru "I 2.' 27th of mot , Southamy,t, Port Natal ..........N By private ship.. Various ports Unsertaili athiath2f,tharnor, Dover .... Sicily -NT Tuscany _ ith ifor , v,thoEmot . Dover ti onema t, . 2d In 17th of month Southaroptot 1 &la turf Van Diemen's Lan (I (se. Australia) •• •• • _ West Indlei -... 2,lJv. 17th o mon* ' 1 1 80ntitlaMptedl 8;16 MVP When any of these dates fall on a iitinda, the inailb •i de• ipatched on the following day, with the eaceptirn of the In COO ionthampton), and the Malta. both of which will be despair•' preceding day. SHARE MARKETS. LIVERPOOL, DEC. 20. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The tone of, the market has been steady to-day, closing at its highest point. Caledonian► 27 4—Lancashire and Yorkshire, 77 7,it —South Eastern, 174 3s. 9d. 4—Eastern Counties, 8 lls. b 4 4A—Ditto, New 4i per Cents , 15k—Great Western of Canade, 24g. BIRMINGHAM, DEO. 20. STOCK EXCRANGE.—Tho tone of the market has been active to-day, and the transactions chiefly in local stocks. Birmingham Banking Co., 34—Birmingham Gas, 139. MANCHESTER, DEC. 20. STOOII EXCHANGE.—The market to-day has been active, bnt the business was limited. Midlands, 61—Dover/, 17$—Leeds, 774 c.—Sbeffields, 23j —Great Northern A, 911 —East Lancashire, 17i—Eastern Counties, LEEDS, DEC. 20. STOCK EXCHANGE.—Thero was a flat business to•dalt and transactions nil. DUBLIN, DEa.l9. STOOK EXCHANGE.—Three per Cent. Consols (shut), esi Ditto for Account, Jan. 8, 884 a—New Three i3e' Cent. Stock, 88a a A —Ditto, for Account, Bth January, 88a-- -- Midland Great Western and Royal Canal, (halves), 24 —Great Southern and Western, 51i—Ditto, 6 per cent. Prof., 7A a—National B an k (22/. ll' a . pa id) , 3 2 —R oya l Bank, , 04—Dublin and Wicklow, 54 a—Waterford and Limerick, 20i. rADVERTINDIMIT.I-SIAIST AND lIKAR ING. —1) SAYNES3 AN , DRFNCTITS VISION RELIEVE).— MOM'S. S, and B. Solomon, opticians, 39, Albemarle-street, Piccadilly, Observe—opPo' site the York Hotel. Deafress--New Discovery.—The Organic Vibrator, an extraordinary powerful, small, newly invented instrument for deafness, entirely different from all others, to surpass anything of the kind that has been, or probably ever can be, produced. Being of the same colour as the skin, is not perceptible ; it enables deaf persons 0 hear distinctly at church and at' public assemblies ; the un pleasant sensation of singing noises in the ears is entirely re moved; and it affords all tile assistance that possibly could be desired.—Newly-constructed Spectacle Lenses of the great: est transparent power. The valuable advantage deriver from this invention is, that vision becoming impaired is preserved and strengthened, and very aged persons ar" enabled to employ their sight at the most minute °cos palion-- can see with these lenses of a much less magnify ing power—and they do not require the frequent cluing eg to the dangerous effects of further powerful assistance. By ker Majesty's Ro3 al Letters Patent for valuable and extraordinary improvements in the most powerful and brilliant Telescopes, Camp, Racecourse, Opera, and Per. spective Glasses, to know the distances of objects viewed through them--of great importance to ttie army, navy, and others. These telescopes possess such extraordinary powers that some three and a-half inches, with an extra eye' piece, ail; show distinctly Jupiter's moons. Saturn's rings and the double stars ; with the Caine telescope can seen a person's countenance three miles and a half distant. and an object from 111 to 20 miles. They are of larger and all sizes, with increasing powers accordingly ; while their vary' ing from 4 to 6 inches enable us to discover more than the above, and the Georgian, with his 6 satellites, &c.—The Bork' Exhibition, 1851.—Valuable, newly-invented, very small, powerful waistcoat-pocket glass,the size of a walnut, by which a person can be seen and known 1 miles distant ; they answer every purpose on the race-course, and at the opera house*, country scenery, and ships are clearly seen at 8 to 10 miles. They are invaluable for shooting, deer-stalking, yachting, to aportsraen, gentlemen. gamekeepers, and tourists. Opera, race-course, camp, and perspective glasses, with wonderful power.-39, Albemarle-street, Piccadilly. Observe—opposite the York Hotel. BIRTHS. OP A SON. On the 19th inst., at 49, Eaton•square, the Countess of Galloway. On the 19th inst., at Turnford, Herts, the wife of Thos. Jackson, Esq. OP A DAUGHTER. On the 19th inst., at 20, Cumberland-street, the Hon. Mrs. Charles Lennox Peel. Oa the 20th inst., at 11, Eaton-terrace, the wife of W. Parke, jun., Esq. MARRIED. On the 20th inst., at Marylebone Church, Wm. Percival Salmon, Esq., late Captain 60th Rides, V) Alicia Frances, eldest daughter of the Rev. Robert S. Battiscotnbe, vicar of Barkway, Herts. On the 18th inst., at SL Mary's Episcopal Chapel, Dal maboy, Henry Lee Harvey, Esq., second surviving son of the late Colonel Harvey, of Castlesemple and Mousewald, to the Lady Elizabeth Erskine, fourth daughter of the Right Hon. the Earl of Buchan. DIED, On the 17th inst., at Porche s t er, H ants, John Wa lt e r Wilkinson, Esq., Assistant Com.-General in the British Army. On the 17th inst., at Bright on , Isabel, wife of Charles Bonham, Esq., Comm an d er f t.N. On the 19th inst., at 38, Burton crescent, t'arah, relict of te late Dr. Pacifi at co, N aged 78. On the 18th inst., orwood, Mr. Alexander Boyle, aged 51. On the IPth inst., at Islip House, Northamptonshire , Ralph Wilson, Esq., aged 8!. On the 18th inst., at Exmouth, Nicholas Saumarex , Esq., th e l ast surviving brother of the late Admiral Lord de B auniarez, aged 90. On the 18th inst., Mrs. Frances Strange, of Park-place , Kennington. 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