The Sun. — London, England, 1849-01-12 00:00:00

BANK RETURNS. (From the London Gazette of Tuesday.) An Account, pursuant to the ct seventh and eighth Victorta, :ap. 32, of the Ave A rage Amount of Bank Notes o the several Banks of Issue in England and Wales, in Circulation during the Week ending Satr C day, the 30th day of December, 1848:- Aver4ge PRIVATE BANKS. Amount. Andover Bank, Andover-Heath an d Co. 12,025 Ashford Bank, Ashford-Jecamitt and Pomfret 9,311 Aylshaln Bank, Aylsham-R. and G Cbpeman 5,105 Aylesbury Old Bank, Aylesbury-Rickford and Hunt ................................ 28,7 25 Ba'dock Bank and Ba ldock and Biggleswads Bank, Baldock-Wells, nogg, and Luidsell... 28,574 Barnstaple Bank, Barnstaple-Drake and Co 8,775 Basingstoke and OdihaTt. Bank, Basingstoke- Seymour, Lam b, a nd Co. Bedford Bank, Bedford-T. Barnard Bedford and Bedfordshire Bans, Bedford- T r app, Railhead, and Co. Bewdley Bank, Bewdley-Nichols, Baker, and 12,511 Crane Bicester and Oxfordshire Bank and Oxford Bank, Bicester-Tubb and Co. Birmingham Bank, Birmingham-Attwcc ds, Spooner, and Co 21,565 Birmingham and Warwickshire Bank Birming ham--J. L. Moilliett, and Sons . 12,240 .Blandtord Bank, Blandford-Bastard and Oak. 6,023 Boston Bank, Boston-Garfit and Co ............. 54,770 Boston Bank, Boston-Gee and Co 10,598 Bridga . ater Bank, Bridgwater-J. 84 J. Sealey 5,458 Bristol Bank, Bristol-Miles, Harford, and Co. 28,785 Broseley and Bridgnorth, and Bridgnorth and Broseley Bank, Broseley-Messra. Pritchard 18,781 Buckingham Bank, Buckingham-Bartlett, Parrott, and Co. Bury and Suffolk Bank, Sudbury Bank, Stoi.v- Market Bank, Bury-Oakes, Bevan, and Co. 68,717 Banbury Bank, Banbury-Gillett and Tawney. 24,094 Banbury Old Bank, Banbury-Messrs. Cobb.•• 25.031 Bath City Bank, Bath-Molter and Son . Bedfordshire Leighton Buzzard Bank, Leighton Buzzard-Bassett and Grant Birmingham Bank, Birmingham-Taylor and • Lloyds Bradford Old Bank, Brad ford, Yorkshire -H. A. and W. M. Harris a n d Co 10,718 Brecon Old Bank, Brecon-Wilkins and C 0... 56,047 Bridport Bank, Bridport-S. and W. E. Gundry - Brighton Union Bank, Brighton-Hall, West, and Borrer Burlington and Driffield Bank, Burlington- Harding, Smith, and Co Bury St. Edmunds Bank, Bury St. Edmunds- J. Worlledge and Co. Bromsgrove Bank and Stourbridge and Broms grove Bank, Bromagrove-Rufford, Biggs, and Co. Cambridge Bank, Cambridge-Mortlock and Sons Cambridge and Cambridgeshire Bank, Cam bridge-Messrs. Forsters Canterbury Bank, Canterbury-Hammond and ... 24.586 Co • Carmarthen Bank, Carmarthen-Morris and 15,756 Sons Chertsey Bank, Chcrtsey-Messrs. La Coste 2 , 768 Colchester Bank, Colchester-Round, Green, and Co. 15,359 Colchester and Essex Bank, Witham and Essex Bank, and Hadleigh Bank, Suffolk, Colchester -Mills, Bawtree, and Co Cornish Bank, Truro-Tweedy and Co Coventry Bank, Coventry-Little and Wood -7,030 cock City Bank, Exeter-Milford and Co 13,947 Craven Bank, Settle-Birkbecks and Co 64,779 Christchurch Bank, Christchurch-Tice, Welsh, 5,935 2,771 11,742 and Co Cardaeßank, Cardiff—Towgood and Co Chepstow Old Bank, Chepstow Bank, Mon mouth Old Bank, Monmcuth Bank, Brecon Bank, and Ross and Herefordshire Bank, Chepstow—B ro mage, Snead, and Co. Derby Bank, Derby—Messrs. Evans Derby Bank, Derby—Smith and Co. Derby Old Bank and Scarsdale and High Peak Bank, Derby—Crompton, Newton, and C 0... Devizes and Wiltshire Bank, Devizes—Hughes Locke, and Co 10,379 Hiss Bank, Diss—Oakes, Fincham, and Co 10,501 Doncaster Bank, Doncaster—Leatham, Tew. and Co. Doncaster Bank and Retford Bank, Doncaster — Cook and Co. Darlington Bank, Durham Bank, and Stockton on-Tees Bank, Darlington—Backhouse, &Co 64,102 Devonport Bank, Devonport—Hodge and Nor- 22,902 8,291 man Dorchester Old Bank and Dorsetshire Bank, Dorchester—Williams and Co. East Cornwall Bank, Liskeard—Robins,Foster, 75,842 and Co. East Riding Bank, Beverley—Bower, Hutton, and Co. •• • 44,769 Essex Bank and Bishops Stortford Bank, Chelmsford—Walford, and Co. 40,096 Exeter Bank, Exeter—Sanders and Co 23,414 Fakenha,m Bank, Fikenham—Gurneys, Birk beck, and Co. Farringdon Bank and Bank of Wantage, Far ringdon—Barnes and Medley 5,212 Farnham Bank, Farnham—Messrs. Knight 9,480 Faversham Bank, Faversham—Hilton and Co 4,195 Godalming Bank, Godalming—liellersh and 4,915 Keen Grantham Bank, Grantham—Kewney and King Guildford Bank, Guildford—Messrs. Ilaydon... 8,061 Grantham Bank, Grantham—Hardy and C 0.... 24,256 Hastings Old Bank, Hastings—Smith, Hader, and Co. 20,726 Hereford City and County Bank, Hereford — Matthews and Co. Hertford and Ware Bank, Ware—S. Adams and Co 22,624 Hull Bank and Ki n g ston-u p on -Hull Bank, Hull —Smith, Brothers, and Co. 18,013 Huntingdon Town and County Bank, Hunting don—Rust and Veasey Harwich Bank,Harwich—Cox,Cobbold, and Co 4,257 Hemel Hempstead Bank, Hemel Hempstead — Smith, and Whittingstall 18,917 Honitort Bank, Honiton—Flood and Co. llertford shire, Hi tchen Bank, Ilitchen—Sharples and Co. 32,145 Ilereford, Ross, and Archenfield Bank, and Ross and Archenfield Bank, Hereford—Morgan, Hoskins, and Co 18,925 Ipswich Bank, Ipswich—Bacon and Co. Ipswich and Needham Market Bank, Suffolk, Hadleigh Bank, Manningtree and Mistley Bank, and Woodbridge Bank, Ipswich— Alexanders and Co. Kentish Bank, Maidstone—Mercer, Randall, and Mercer Kington and Radnorshire Bank, Kington—J. Davies and Co Knighton Bank Knighton—J. Davies and Co 6,055 Knaresborough Old Bank and Ripon Old Bank, Knaresborough—Terry and Co ... Kendal Bank, Kendal—Wakefield, Crewdson, and Co. Kettering Bank, Kettering—Gotth and Sons., Longton Staffordshire Bank, Lane End—C Ilarvoy and Son Leeds Bank. Leeds—Beckett and Co 37,62 Leeds Union Bank, Leeds—W.Williams, Brown, and Co. Leek arai Staffordshire Bank, and Leek and Congleton Bank,Leek—Fowler,Gaunt, and Co. Leicester Bank, Leicester—Pagets and Kirby 25,292 Lewes Old Bank, Lewes—Molineux and Co 27.505 fAchfidld Bank, Lichfield—Palmer and Green 20,507 Lincoln Bank. Lincoln—. Smith and Co 73,72' Lampeter Bank and Llandilo Bank, Llando very—David Jones and Co. Loucrhborough Bank, Loughborough—Middle tons and Cradock Lymington Bank, Lymington — C. and S. St Barba Lynn Regis and Lincolnshire Bank, Lynn Regis —Gurneys and Co. Lynn Regis and Norfolk Bank, Lynn Regis— Massey and Co. Macclesfield Bank, Macclesfield—Broeklehurst and ........................ l[ ann i ng tree Bank, ManingtC0................... Marlborough Bank, Marlborough and Wilts Old Bank, Marlborough Old Bank, Marl borough Old Bank an d Hun g erford Bank, and H u ngerford Bank, Marlborough—Tanner and Pinckney Marlbor oug h an d N or th Wiltshire New Bank, Marlborough—`Yard, Merriman , and Millet erin ethshire Bank, Dolgelly—Jones and Williams...... Miners' Bank, Truro—Willyams and Co Monmouthsbiro Agricultural and Commercial Bank, Abergavenny—Ba,ileys and Co Monmouth Old Bank, Monmouth Bank, Brecon Bank, Chepstow Bank, Chepstow Old Bank, and Ross and Herefordshire B an k, M onmout h —Bromage and Snead Monmouthshire Newport Old Bank, Newport —W. Willi ams and Sons .............. Newark Bank , Newark—Godfreys and Newark and Sleaford Bank, and. Sleaford and Newark Bank, S leaford—Haudley, peacock, 'Mt d C0........................ . an Newbury Bank, Newury—Bunny and Sloeock. Newmarket Bank, Newmarket—Eaton, Ham. mond. and Son .. ....... Norfolk and Suffolk Bank, Diss—Taylor and Dyson ............................................... . 2,659 Norwich Crown Bank, Norwich—Harveys and Iludsons Norwich and Norfolk Bank, Norwich—Gur neys and Birkbeck Nottingham and Nottinghamshire Bank, Not tingham—Hart, Fellows, and Co Nuneaton Bank, Nuneaton—Craddcoek and 17,639 35.127 7,084 31,475 22,675 6,782 2,998 35,825 13,122 10,051 5,083 12,423 7,902 7,480 13,789 21,340 11,943 8,361 22,920 44,125 18,799 64,92 C 0...................................................... Naval Bank, Plymouth—Harris, Mudge, and 4,293 C 0..... ............. New Serum Bank, Sarum—Hetley, Everett, and C 0................................. Nottingham Bank, Nottingham—Smith and Co 25,755 Oswestry Bank and Oswestry Old Bank, Os westrv—Croxon and Co 10,344 Oxford Bank, Oxford—J. and R. Morrell 10,556 Oxford Old Bank, Oxford—Robinson, Parsons, and Co. Old Bank Tonbridge, Tonbridge and Tonbridge Wells Old Bank, Tonbridge and Tonbridge Wells and Sevenoaks Bank, Tonbridge— Beeching and Soria Oxfordshire Witney Back Witney—Williams, Clinch, and C 0... , PARISH OF ST. JAMES, WESTMINSTER. On Wednesday a numerous vestry meeting of the parishioners of St. James, Westminster, was held, in the Vestry-room, in Piccadilly, " for the purpose of taking into consideration the proposed enormous outlay upon prisons by the magistrates of the Ct+Unt3 of Middlesex, by which contemplated expenditure the present exorbitant rates must be greatly and perma nently increased." M. GEESIN (one of the churchwardens), having been called to the chair, said that the subject before the vestry was one of the greatest importance, not only to the parishioners, but to the whole of the rate payers in the county; as he thought the time had arrived when it became them to consider the pro priety of endeavouring to obtain a control over the administration of the county expenditure.— (Hear.) An enormous outlay was about to take place by direc tion of the county magistrates, and this at a time when, from the depression of trade, they all found a difficulty in paying the rates. There was already a debt amounting to 318,0001., while the annual re venue of the county amounted to 72,0001. They ought to have gentlemen on the bench of magistrates responsible to the rate-payers of the county, and not, as was now the practice, selected by the Lord-Lieu tenant of the county.—(Hear, hear.) Mr. BROWN moved the following resolution : " That a committee be appointed to draw up resolu tions protesting against the proposed outlay by the Middlesex magistrates, for the enlargement or re building the House of Correction, whereby the county rate of the parish must be largely and per manently increased ; that the vestry-clerk transmit a copy of the same to the clerk of the county magis trates; and that a copy be also transmitted to the vestry-clerks of the various parishes in Westmister." It was their duty (he observed) to remonstrate against this attempt to increase their burthens. Should they fail in their application to the magis trates in quarter-sessions, their next course would be to send a memorial to the Secretary of State, and if he did not give tt satisfactory answer, he had no doubt that their voice would be heard in the House of Commons. Mr. A'BECKETT seconded the resolution. Mr. EWEN stated that the county rates were originally raised for the repair of bridges and the highways. In the year 1700, when the first rate was made, the sum was 1,6001.; in 1711 it was 2,0001.; in 1740 it was 2,4001.; in 1780 it was 4,0001.; from 1782 to 1800 there was no return ; in 1820 it was 36,000/. ; in 1830, 83,000/. ; and in 1835 it was 66,0001. Such was the effect of allowing gentlemen to be placed in an irresponsible position. Mr. JACKSON and Mr. M. MILAT supported the resolution, which was unanimously agreed to, when the following memorial was adopted : " To the Worshipful her Majesty's Justices of the Peace for the county of Middlesex, at their Quarter Sessions of the Peace assembled— " Showeth—That the enormous amount and continued increase of the debt and annual expenditure of the said county has long been a matter of serious mistrust and alarm to the rate-payers. "'That this vestry have learnt, if not with surprise, at least with feelings of deep regret, that a proposition has been recently entertained by the Middlesex magis trates for an extensive enlargement of the House of Correction, whereby a large outlay must be occa sioned, and a heavy permanent addition made to the county rates, and at a time, perhaps, of unparal leled distress, at the close of a year during which the c mmerce of the country has become gene rally depressed, and the rate-payers of this metropolis in particular are yet suffering from an almost total stagna tion of trade; when, also, her Majesty's Government, sensible of the necessity of reducing the taxation, are carrying retrenchment into every department of the public service; this vestry, therefore, cannot but deplore that, at such a period, any proposal of an extensive in crease, and of questionable utility, should have met with a moment's attention from the county magistrates. " That this vestry entertain a strong conviction, that, with judicious management, and the introduction of a better state of discipline, and with less inclination to encourage that propensity among criminals for seeking an asylum within the walls of a prison by endeavouring to render their situation preferable in comfort to a workhouse, the existing prisons of the county would be amply sufficient. " This vestry, therefore, in behalf of 40,000 persons directly and indirectly affected by the acts of the magis trates of the county, most respectfully protest against the contemplated expenditure, and express their earnest hope that the absolute power which the court possesses of taxing others will be exercised in the present instance, so as to evince the magistrates' sense of the additional moral responsibility which the absence of all legal re straint must attach to their proceedings." The meeting then separated. THE SUN, LONDON, FRANCE The Committee of Justice was occupied on Tues day with the examination of a proposition of M. Jouin, relative to the law of banishment affecting the two branches of the house of Bourbon. The Minister of the Interior, who was invited to attend the Com mittee, stated that, in his opinion, the moment was not yet arrived for abrogating the existing law. The Committee resolved to reject the proposition. The Attorney-General of the Republic is actively engaged in prosecuting the most violent of the Club orators. M. Barnabe Chauvelet, President of the Club of the Reine Blanche, was convicted, by default, on Tuesday last of having insulted the Commissary of Police appointed to watch the proceeding of the club. He was sentenced to imprisonment for one month, and to pay a fine of I,ooof. M. Barnabe Chauvelet has fled from justice. N. Bernard, one of the most notorious of the Socialist orators, was likewise convicted on the same day for having, in a speech delivered in the Club of the Rue de Chabrol, made a libellous attack on Gen. Lamoriciere. He was sentenced to imprisonment for one month and to pay a fine of 100 f. The trials by court-martial of the insurgents of June have recommenced in Paris. Two shoemakers, notorious for the violence of their political opinions, have been acquitted, the evidence having been insuffi cient to convict them of the fact of their having taken up arms during the insurrection. PRUSSIA. Advices have been received from Berlin of the Bth. The meetings of the electors were being held in the several districts, some of them under the supervi sion of a police agent. Neither in the city nor in the provinces were the opposition candidates gaining ground. AUSTRIA. VIENNA, JAN. s.—lntelligence has just been re ceived by the General in command, that the Imperial army under Prince Windischgratz, the out-posts of which arrived yesterday at Szolinas and St. Ivany, entered Pesth on the morning of the 3d without striking a blow. We are expecting the army bulletin every moment. A slight skirmish, it is stated, took place at Dotis, which lies between Raab and Ofen. Prince Win dischgratz was received with enthusiasm. On the sth instant General Welden published a bulletin, containing news of the movement of the Im perial army in Hungary. he head-quarters of Prince Windischgratz were, on the 3d. inst., at Bieske, and on the 4th at Bia, about twelve miles from Ofen. On the 3d instant the Hungarian Parliament sent a deputation to the Prince's head-quarters at Bieske. The Prince refused receiving them, and gave orders they should be made to understand nothing short of unconditional surrender would stop the effusion of blood on either side. After the battle of Moor, Baron Jellachich has brought his corps forward to Lovas Bereney. Ofen is consequently surrounded by the Austrian outposts on the right bank of the Danube. Baron Jellachich's movement to Lovas Bereney was made with the in tention of intercepting the retreat to Ofen of the Hungarian General Perczel, who, after the battle of Moor, had fallen back upon Stuhlweissenburg, where he looked for the Hungarian Colonel Sekulich's party to join him. The Generals Nugent and Dahlen marched on the 4th by Szalha-Egerzegg, in the direction of Kanisa, garrisons having been left in Lendra to keep open the communication with Warasdin, and at Kormond to protect the route to Styria. The Comitats of Oedenburg and Eisenburg are being swept by the Colonnes Mobiles of Lieutenant-Colonel Count Althaun. General Count Schlick has drawn his corps upon Miskolz, with a view to back the Prince's ope rations against Ofen and Pesth. Some brigades were consequently advanced from Kaschau to Hidas-Nemethy, and from thence to Forro, where they fell in with part of the Hunga rian army, viz., with the Polish Legion and a few hundred Hussars, who did not, however, accept battle, but retired upon the advance of the Austrian troops. On the 28th of December last General Count Schlick, who had, meanwhile, found out that con siderable force was opposed to him, continued his advance upon Mikolz by evading the Hungarian positions at Szikszo on his onward march, and then threatening their left flank and their rear, while another part of the Austrian army attacked them in front. In consequence of this manoeuvre half a company of the Hungarian Regiment Honved was surrounded and captured by the Austrian Light Horse. The insurgents developed mean while a great strength on the heights of Szikszo. They were attacked by the Austrian cavalry and a battery of six-pounders, and after some smart firing I they retired from the fight. The bulletin asserts that nothing but the setting in of night saved the Hun ; garians from being completely defeated. The Impe -1 rialists had five men killed, and captured 85 men. POLAND. Kalmar, DEC. 29.—Travellers who quitted War saw on the 24th state that on that day several cannons were placed before the theatre, and that all the troops were preparing to resist an expected insurrection. — Posen Gazette. ___ _ - _ FROM THE Bogs OF THII VISTULA, DEC. 28. — In the Governments of Wiatka Kasan, Simbirsk, and Pensa, bands of armed peasants from .5,000 to 6,000 in number, are going about pillaging, burning, assassinating, and have even set fire to several houses in Kasan, a town containing 60,000 souls. If this in telligence is confirmed we may regard it as symp toms of an insurrection in the kingdom of Kasen., if not in a yet more extensive circle.—Frankfort Ga zette des Postes. _ _ _ The Wiener Zeitung of the sth does not contain the official army bulletin; the rumour of the sur render of Pesth is, therefore, most probably without foundation. INSTITUTION OF CIVIL ENGINEERS. JAN. 9.—JoshuaField, Esq., President, in the chair. The first meeting of the session is generally devoted to routine business, prefatory to the annual general meeting, which immediately succeeds it, and will be held on Tuesday, January 16, when the ballot for the election of the president and council will take place. The paper read was " A Description of the improved Forms of Water-Wheels," by Mr. William Fairbairn, M. Inst. C.E. After noticing the opportunity for improvement afforded by the substitution of cast and wrought iron for timber in the construction of hydraulic machines, the author pointed out the disadvantages and loss of power attending the principle and the form of the old water - wheels. He quoted Dr Robinson's "Mechanical Philosophy," for the numerous dis advantages of the old form of bucket, and the difficul ties arising from the attempts of the old millwrights to design a shape which should retain the water for a greater length of time in it, and thus give out more power. The chief difficulty was the opposition of the air to the entrance of the water; and numerous contrivances, such as boring holes in the starts, making the spout much narrower than the face of the bucket, &c., were tried ; but still the difficulties existed, and induced Mr. Fairbairn to adopt the construction de scribed in the paper, and which he termed " The ventilating water-wheel." The general object of these modifications was to prevent the condensation of the air, and to permit its escape during the filling of the bucket with water, as also its re admission during the discharge of the weLter into the lower mill-race. The paper then de scribed minutely the principles and the construction of the large wheels erected for the Catrine and Deanston Works; for Mr. Brown, of Linwood, near Paisley; for Mr. Duckworth, of Handforth ; for lvlr. Ainsworth, of Cleator ; and for others ; and showed that, in all cases, the system bad proved eminently successful. These wheels were all on the suspension principle, with wrought-iron arms, radiating from cast-iron centres to the periphery, and so placed that the whole structure was in tension, the motion being communicated from internal toothed wheels, fixed to the shrouding. The various modifications of the forms best adapted for different heights of fall were described; but it will suffice. to give that for breast-wheels for high falls, as it appeared the most complete. These wheels were described to possess many advantages beyond the overshot, the undershot, or the common breast-wheels, and were best adapted for falls not exceeding 18 or 20 feet, and where at times there was a considerable depth of back water ; and such was the improvement caused by this system, that the wheel at Mr. Ainsworth's mill was frequently plunged from five to six feet in the back water, without its uniform speed being impeded. The wheel hnd a close sole, the tail ends of the buckets were turned up at a distance of two inches from the back of the sole plate, and running parallel with it, termi nated within about two inches of the bend of the bucket, immediately above it. The water in entering the bucket drove the air out by the aperture into the space behind, and thence into the bucket above, and so in succession. The converse occurred when the buckets were emptied, as the air was enabled to flow in as fast as the wheel arrived at such a position as to permit the water to escape. It appeared to be allowed that this system had been very generally successful, and that the results obtained had ap proached, very recently, to the stated duty of the Turbine, whose powers had, however, been much exaggerated, and had been allowed, recently, by Fourneyron, not to have obtained more than about seventy-two per cent. as a mean duty. The business of the next meeting, of Tuesday, January 16, was announced to be the reception of the annual report, and the election of the president and council for the ensuing year. Average Amount tease a Old Bank, Hull, the Hull Old Bank and Beverley Bank. Hull—Pease and Co 41,036 Penzance Bank, Penzance—Batten and C 0... 9,743 Peterborough Bank and Oundle Bank, Peter borough—Metn.s. Yorke Peterborough Bank, Peterborough—Simpson, White, and Simpson Pemorokeshire Bank, Haverfordwest—J. and W. Walters Penzance Union Bank, Falmouth Bank, and Truro Bank. Penzance—Rickets, Enthoven and Co Reading Bank„Reading—Stmonas and Co 24,860 Reading Bank, Reading—Stephens,Blandy, and Co 26,677 Richmond Bank, Richmond—Stapleton and C 0... 5,521 Ringwood and Poole Bank, and Town and County of Poole Bank, Ringwood,. Ledgard and Sons Rochdale Bank, Rochdale—Clement, Royds and Co Rochester, Chatham, and Strood Bank ,Roches ter—Day and Nicholson 8,935 Royston Bank, Royston—Fordham and Sons 13,205 Rugby Bank, Rugby—Butlin and Son 10,627 Rye Bank, Rye—Curteis, Pomfret, and Co 12,420 Reigate and Darking Bank, and Reigate, Croy don, and Darking Bank, Reigate—Nash and 7,263 9,795 8,430 7,913 3,918 Co •• Ross Old Bank, Herefordshire, Ross—Pritchard 3,748 and Allaway Saffron Walden and North Essex Bank, Saffron Walden—Messrs. Gibson 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 Co Sittingbourne and Milton Bank, Sittingbourne —Valiance and Son Southampton Town and County Bank, South ampton—Maddison and Son Southwell Bank, Southwell—Wylde and Co. St. Alban's Bank, St. Alban's—J. S. Story Salisbury Bank, Salisbury—Messrs. Brodie Shaftesbury Bank, Shaftesbury—Brodie and King Southampton and llampshire Bank, Southamp ton—Atherly and Fall Stone Bank, Stone—W. Moore Stourbridge Bank, Stourbridge —Rufford, Wragg, and Co 11,226 Stafford Old Bank, Stafford—Stevenson and Co 13,655 Stamford and Rutland Bank, Stamford—Eaton, Cayley, and Co. Stourbridge Old Bank, Stourbridge—Bate and Robins Shrewsbury and Welshpool Bank, Shrewsbury —Beck, Downward, and Co. 18,825 St. Alban's and Herts Bank, St. Alban's—Gib son and Stuart ... Taunton Bank, Taunton—Messrs. Badcock 19,799 Tavistock Bank, Tavistock—Gill, Rundle, and Co 32,530 11,568 29,591 2,915 - 3,395 3,132 25,776 17,92 S Thornbury Bank, Thornbury—Rolph, Yates, and 6,380 Parslow Tiverton and Devonshire Bank, Tiverton—Duns ford and Barne Thrapston and Kettering Bank, Northampton shire, Thrapston—Yorke and Eland 10,134 Tring Bank and Chesham Bank, Tring—But cher and Son Towcester Old Bank, Towcester—J. and S. 7,73 Percival Union Bank, Cornwall, Helston—Vivian and Co. Uxbridge Old Bank, Uxbridge—Hull, smith, 17,809 6,167 and Co. Wallingford Bank, Wallingford—Wells and Co. Warwick and Warwickshire Bank, Warwick— Kelynge, Greenway, and Co. 21,687 Wellington Somerset Bank, Wellington—Fox. 3,389 Brothers West Riding Bank, Wakefield, and Pontefract Bank, Wakefield—Leatham, Tew, and Co. ... 34,387 Whitby Old Bank, Whitby—Simpson, Chap man, and Co 13,765 Winchester, Alresford, and Alton Bank, Win chester—Bulpett and Co. Winchester and Hampshire Bank, Winchester —Wickham and Co Weymouth Old Bank and Dorchester Bank, Weymouth—Elliott and Pearse Wirkesworth and Ashbourne Derbyshire Bank, Wirkesworth—Arkwright and Co. Wisbech and Lincolnshire Bank, Wisbech— Gurney and Co. Wiveliscombe Bank, Wiveliscombe—P. and W Hancock ... Wolverhampton Bank, Wolverhampton—Good ricke and Holyoake. Worcester Bank, Worcester —Farley, Lavender, and Co. wkesbu, - Old Bank, 18,615 Worcester Old Bank and Tewkesk. :ry Worcester—Berwick, Lechmere, and Co Worcestershire Bank, Kidderminster —Farley 65,778 and Turner Walsall Old Bank, Walsall—Charles Foster and Sons Warminster and Wiltshire Bank, Warminster— Everett and Co. Wolverhampton Bank, Wolverhampton— Messrs. Fryer Yarmouth and Suffolk Bank, and Halesworth and Suffolk Bank, Yarmouth—Gurney, Birkbeck, and Co. Yarmouth, Norfolk, and Suffolk Bank, Great Yarmouth—Sir E. K. Lacon, Bart., and Co Yeovil Old Bank, Yeovil—E. and J. Batten York Bank. York—Swann. Clough. and Co JOINT-STOCK BANKS. Bank of Westmoreland, Kendal Barnsley Banking Company, Barnsley Bradford Banking Company, Bradford Bilston District Banking Company, Wolver hampton Bank of Whitehaven, Whitehaven Bradford Commercial Banking Company, Brad- ford Burton, Uttoxeter, and Staffordshire Union Banking Company, Burton-upon-Trent Chesterfield and North Derbyshire Banking Company, Chesterfield .. Cumberland Union Banking Company, Work- 27,589 ington Cheltenham and Gloucestershire Banking Com pany, 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 Darlington District Joint-Stock Banking Com pany, Darlington East of England Bank, Norwich Gloucestershire Banking Company, Gloucester 121,574 Halifax Joint-Stock Bank, Halifax 14,528 Huddersfield Banking Company, Huddersfield 31,847 Hull Banking Company, Hull Halifax Commercial Banking Company, Ha lifax Halifax and Huddersfield Union Banking Corn pany, Halifax Helston Banking Company, Helston 1,411 Herefordshire Banking Company, Hereford 15,885 Knaresborough and Claro Banking Company, Knaresborough 20,210 Kingsbridge Joint-Stock Bank, Kingsbridge 2,760 Lancaster Banking Company, Lancaster .. . 45,096 Leeds Banking Company, Leeds Leicestershire Banking Company, Leicester Lincoln and Lindsey Banking Company, Lincoln 47,775 Leamington Priors and Warwickshire Banking Company, Leamington Priors Ludlow and Tenbury Bank, Ludlow 8,517 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 National Provincial Bank of England, Birming ham, Head-office, 112, Bishopsgate-street, London North Wilts Banking Company, Melksham 41,467 Northamptonshire Union Bank, Northampton 61,034 Northamptonshire Banking Company, North- 9,07 7 20,588 11,141 88,094 20,560 17,447 86,758 19,413 8,538 21,758 2,167 ampton . North and South Wales Bank, Liverpool Pares's Leicestershire Banking Company, Lei- 18,631 23,035 tester Saddleworth Banking Company, Saddleworth 1,909 Sheffield Banking Company, Sheffield 35,053 Stamford, Spalding, and Boston Banking Com pany, Stupcakney; Stamford . 45,200 Company, Bristol Somerset shire Bank, and Somersetshire Bank, Lang- port Shropshire Banking Co m p an y , Shiffna ll ... Stourbridge and Kidderminster Banking Cora pang,47,773 Sheffield e mshire Banking Company, S a t n o d u rp i r a i i dr a Sheffield Sheffield and Rotherham Joint-Stock Banking Company, Sheffield 46,576 Swaledale and Wensleydale Banking Company, Richmond 41,570 Storey and Thomas's Banking Company Shaftesbury . 9,700 Sheffield and Retferd Bank, Sheffield ... Wolverhampton and Staffordshire Banking Com - PanY, Wolverhampton 30,613 Wakefield and Baxnsley Union Bank, Wakefield 9,412 Whitehaven Joint-Stock Banking Company, Whitehaven ..... • e .. Warwick and Luluitgtoa Banking Como" Warwick - -y, 29,399 West of Englane. aril South Wales District Bank. Bristol . , . Wilts and Dorset Banking Company, S a li s b ury 56,625 West Riding Union Banking Comp an y, Hud dersfield ..... Whitchurch and Elles mere Banking company, Whitchurch ....... ......... 4,087 Wor c ester City and County Banking Company, Worcester... .. ................ , 3,820 York Union Banking Company, York 63,816 Yor City and County Banking Company, York 82,668 Yorkshire Banking Company, Leeds P. DEANS, Registrar of Bank Returns. Stamps and Taxes. January 6, 1849. 8,257 FRIDAY EVENING, JANUARY 12, 1849.: POLICE INTELLIGENCE. GUILDHALL. Henry Solomons, of Holborn-hill, auctioneer, Mr. W. G. White, of Bateman's-row, Shoreditch, printer, and Mr. John Kneller, of No. 3, Eagle-street, City-road, cabin. t maker were summoned before Aldermen Law rence .and F,rehrother (who happened to drop in), for having in tl.e 4th of January unlawfully, wickwily, and maliciously written and putA:shed, and caused and pro cured to be printed and published, a false, scandalous, and malicious libel, in the form of a handbill, containing matters and allegations that the complainant, Mr. George Boa chile, was about selling goods the property of a mock auctioneer. which libel was a great damage to the character of Mr. Rowcliffe. Mr. Buchanan, of Walbrook, appeared (in the absence of Mr. Ballantine, the barrister) to conduct the case, and Mr. Lewis, of Ely-place, defended &Ammons, White, and Kn eller. Mr. George Rowcliffe, auctioneer, of No. 20, Moor gate-street, said that he was the sole occupier of the hous4, and used the lower part as sale- rooms, and let the rest of the house out as offices. He bought the lease of the premises from a Mr. Redgrave, who used to carry on the same business, when in partnership with a person named Mullins. It was after the dissolution of partner ship that he made the purchase; previous to that he used to hire the rooms, and goods were sold under Mr. Redgrave's name until within the last week, when his name was removed from the door. On the 4th of Janu ary he observed two men near his door distributing bills which referred to him. Alderman LAWRENCE wished to see one of them, when a copy was handed up, and ran thus:— " MOCK AUCTION. " 20, Moorgate-street. " The public arc respectfully cautioned against pur chasing articles at the above establishment without pre viously examining them with the greatest scrutiny. The numerous sales that are announced to take place from time to time, though advertised as being genuine and unreserved, on the contrary consist of furniture and other goods made and put up expressly for the occasion, being in most cases the property of a mock auctioneer. "The fact of the proprietor's name being different to that of the auctioneer is at once so suspicious, that it is hoped all persons will be deterred from making any purchases without first being satisfied as to the genu ineness of the sale. " A FRIEND OF THE PUBLIC, AND AN OPPONENT OF SHADI AUCTIONS." Mr. Alderman LAWRENCE—HOW do you make this refer to you? Mr. Buchanan observed that it did, so far as the number of the house being mentioned. Alderman LAWRENCE—But at this time Mr. Red grave's name was on the door, and the bills only having the address of 20, Moorgate-street, how can the pro secutor swear that it was meant for himself? Mr. Bu chanan said he would be able to show, by the evidence he had to produce that he was the person intended to be libelled. Mr. Rowcliffe then proceeded with his evidence, and added that on the sth of January he went to the printer (White), and asked him if he had printed the bills; he replied in the affirmative, and said that Kneller gave the order for them, and Solomons paid the deposit. He (the prosecutor) had received a letter on the subject, and several persons had threatened him. The two men who distributed bills about the door of the complainant swore they could not identify Mr. Sob mons as the person from whom they got them. Mr. Rowcliffe was recalled, and cross examined by Mr. Lewis, when he said that the articles were always advertised in the name of Redgrave, who had no license. He declined answering the question of whose property was generally put up for sale, and said that he carried on the business for the last four months in the same name. Alderman FAREBROTHER—When he brings such a charge as this against the defendants, I think, for the sake of his own character, he ought to answer the ques tion; hut, as he does not, the non• answer must be taken, and all parties may come to whatever conclusion they like. Mr. Rowcliffe said that only a part of the property for sale was his own. Mr. Lewis—Will you say that the greater part was not sent to your rooms by brokers for sale? Mr. Row cliffe—l refuse to say that property was only sent by brokers. Alderman LAWRENCE—Then you have never adver tised in your name, or removed that of Mr. Redgrave from the door? Mr. Roweliffe—l have not; but my name has been under the auctioneer's desk. Mr. Lewis—And, as a matter of course, the public would imagine they were purchasing from Mr. Red grave ? Mr. Rowcliffe—They might think so. Alderman FAREBROTHER said, he recollected that some person of the same name as complainant (he did not say it was he, for it might be somebody who as sumed it) advertised a carriage and a pair of horses, the property of a Chevalier Somebody, to be sold in Love lane, Stockwell. This brought a cruwd of people, who rang his bell, and were very importunate to see his horses. It afterwards turned out that the Chevalier only resided in lodgings in a freehold house adjoining, instead of being the owner of the property advertised for sale, and that he could scarcely procure the means of buying a dinner; he thought that was decidedly a mock auction, and such sales were continually being carried on under a distress or judgment, whereas in some cases the fact was that the sale and seizure were alleged to be in different counties, which showed the statement to be false. Mr. uchanan said he had other witnesses, and called a person named Moore, but he not answering, and that being all the evidence as against Solonaone and White, who was included in the first charge, to save time, Aldermen LAWRENCE and FAREBROTHER came to the decision that the charge had not been established, for there was the fact of a person acting in the capacity of an auctioneer under a different name, and, therefore, as the handbill only alluded to the house, and Mr. lied- grave's name was on the door, the natural supposition, in the absence of other evidence, would be that it was applicable to the last party, namely, Mr. Redgrave. They had, therefore, come to the conclusion that the summons with respect fo White and Solomons should be dismissed. Mr. Buchanan said, as Mr. Moore had arrived, he would proceed against Kneller and White. Alderman LAWRENCE said ho could not do so against White, as the summons had already been dismissed, he having been included with Solomons. Mr. Buchanan then called John Moore, a broker and picture-dealer, who said— I know Roweliffe and Kneller. The latter belongs to a society of which I am a member, and one night he said that he had• had some words with linweliffe, and would serve him out, at the same time showing me a bill with out a printer's name. I afterwards saw similar bills dis tributed in the vicinity of the complainant's house by two men. Alderman LAWRENCE—Have you the bill or proof which the defendant showed you. Witness—l have not. Alderman FAREBROTHER—I think, if you go further into the case, the complainant will only prove that his is really a mock auction. Mr. Lewis (to the witness)—You know what mock auctions are? Witness—Yes. Mr. Lewis—Did Mr. Rowcliffe sell any other than his own property ? Witness—l don't think he did. Mr. Lewis—Have you not seen articles several times put up for sale? Witness—l have. Mr. Lewis—And have you not offered yourself to act as a commission agent for gentlemen in the room? Wit ness—l have so, t never took a commission from Mr. Redgrave. Mr. Lewis—Have you not beard that the Times news• paper refused to take his advertisements? Witness— I did hear so from Mr. Rowcliffe; but I can't say that that is the reason he advertises under the name of Red grave, although I have seen advertisements in the papers since he informed me of the fact. He had heard that it was in consequence of a gentleman connected with the Times having made a purchase that the advertisements were refused. Proscutor—l think that the course that has been pur sued is not right. I have not fair play. Mr. Lewis—Nor have the public. Mr. Rowcliffe said his enemy was Mr. Solomons, and the origin of the libellous bill was that Mr. Solomons obtained leave to sell at the Hall of Commerce, and Mr. Moxhay finding the sales were trumpery refused to let him have the use of the room any longer, and gave it up to him (complainant). Mr. Solomons took umbrage at this, and hence the annoyance. Alderman FAREBROTHER asked if Mr. Buchanan thought there was any use in proceeding further in the charge of libel, as there was no evidence to prove that it was intended for the complainant, as the witness Moore had produced no copy of the bill he saw. Mr. Rowcliffe (with great warmth)—No, there is no use in proceeding further, as the case was prejudged be fore it was heard. Alderman FAREBROTHER—The public don't find a respectable person using another name, and that person having no license. Alderman LAWRENCE—We have not been prejudiced. We do not sit here to decide whether yours is a mock auction or not. We only have to decide according to the evidence whether this is a libellous publication, and whether it relates to you. We are of opinion that it does not, and therefore the summons is dismissed. SO U Tli WAR K. Elizabeth Salter, a woman of the town, was brought before Mr. Cottingham, charged with stealing a gold watch, gold guard-chain, and four sovereigns and a half, from Mr. Wade, a merchant. The complainant stated, that on returning home the previous night, in walking along the Waterloo-road, he met the prisoner, and was induced to accompany her to a house in Jane-street, CornwalLroad. He had not been long there when he missed the articles enumerated above, and also the money, and upon the discovery he accused the prisoner of robbing him. She, however, denied the charge, upon which he attempted to get out of the room, but she being a powerful woman prevented him, and when he found that he could not get down stairs, fearful of personal violence being reset-led to by those in the house, he commenced smashing the win dows to give an alarm. He broke three or tour squares of glass, and the prisoner finding that he was determined upon eetting out of the place then unlocked the door, and he descended to the bottom of the staircase. When he got there be was met by a man and woman, who upbraided him for breaking the windows, and when he informed them that he had been robbed they paid, no regard to what he said, and the former seized him, and a scuffle ensued; whereupon a policeman came up, and the man and woman gave him in charge for smasaing the win dows. When they arrived at the station-house he (com plainant described the circumstances of the robbery, and the prisoner was taken into custody. He added that he was not sober at the time, but sufficiently so to be enabled to recollect all that had occurred. The landlady of the house said the complainant brought a " lady " there on the previous night, and that soon after they had arrived he began to smash the windows, and that was the reason she made the charge in the first instance against him ; she did not know anything about the robbery except what the com plainant said about it. PEDESTRIANISM. Beddington Corner, Surrey, was on Tuesday the scene of a trio of pedestrian performances, in the first couple of which a love of order and fair play predominated, which we should have felt more gratified to have seen main tained to the conclusion of the sports. The first race was started a little after three o'clock, being that of J. PERKINS AND H. BULL, FOR 104 ASIDE.— These lads, both of the Surrey shore of the Thames, had articled to run four miles for the above sum, and the betting ranged from 5 to 4 to 6 to 4 on Bull, who was some inches the lesser man. This preference was, we believe, based not only on his public running, but his private trials, whereT he was confidently stated to have proved a clipper. the road, on the present occasion, certainly gave little opportunity for any man to display " flying" qualities, unless he could actually, as well as figuratively, leave the earth ; for a stickier and more rotten piece of the surface of our planet, so far as it is intersected by turnpike roads, has seldom been paced over in a running match. In dry or frosty weather the Surrey roads are assuredly good, but in most sea'ons of our moist climate, the Middlesex bank of the Thames bears the palm in soundness and bottom of the Queen's highway. Well, then, at the hour above named off they went, running a measured mile from mine host Att ridge's, the Queen's Head, towards Mitcham, and re turning to the scratch, where they finished at the second return. The race began by B u ll ta ki ng a slight lead, which he gradually improved up to three-quarters of a mile, when he was 20 yards in front ; at the mile he turned about the same distance in advance. At two milts he was 40 yards, at three miles 100 yards, and shortly after the third mile, all hope of Perkins catching him being over, the latter slackened his speed, and Bull ran in 130 to 200 yards a winner. The losing man, though outpaced, certainly struggled very gamely. NOWLAN AND OWEN.—This was a wager, the novelty of which occasioned some speculations as well as merri ment. Wm. Nowlan, of the Borough, was matched against Owen, a smart youth of Kensington, to run 50 yards, carrying 2 cwt., while Owen should run 100 yards, t h e m en to start to ge th er. T o t h e surpr i se o f the uninitiated, who expected some such experiment as the shoulder-strap and loaded b e lt, t h e we i g ht- carr yi ng competitor, a miniature copy of the Farnese Hercules, showed at the scratch (midway of the hundred yards) with a porter's knot, whereon, a few seconds previous to the signal, he carefully poised a duly weighed sack of "murphies," the pounds avoirdupoise of which we will answer for, though we must decline going bail far their quality. Well, away went the pair, Misther Nowlan digging his heels furiously i nto t h e y i e ldi ng roa d, and Working 'away his short balustrade sort of legs " like winking," as a bystander expressed it. Young Owen, however, was after him, and that at a skimming pace, at twenty yards from home he had got within ten yards of the potatoe-bearing atlas, and fiv e yards from the goal ran up to him, finishing two yards in front. JAMES SEARLES AND WILLIAM O'CONNOR, FOUR MILES, FOR 101.—These Bermondsey lads, owing to sundry delays, consumed daylight to such an extent that a very . small modicum remained wherein spectators, to say nothing of umpires and referees, could fairly see their style of walking. It was a few minutes to f i ve when they went off, Searles leading at a good bat, O'Connor (better known by the name of Feargus) in pretty close attendance, though there was no " waiting" in it, for the referee had twice to call on Searles in the first three-quarters of a m il e , w ho turned accordingly. This, however, did not bring the M.P.'s namesake much nearer, and at one mil e he was thirty yards behind— time 8 min. 49 secs. At the second Searles turned yet further in front—tim e 17 minutes 40 seconds. In the third mile O'Connor pulled foot, indeed it was roundly asserted that he ran, or are sure after the turn down for the fourth mile he did so. He then caught Searles and passed him, and we are as equally well as sured that Searles then departed from the laws of fair toe and heel walking. The time of O'Connor, who went in first, was 35 minutes 51 seconds. After a stormy discussion, the referees decided, that as both men had run, and each, at different points of the match, had not turned when called on, that the affair was drawn. Bets are accordingly off, and stakes must be divided, unless a renewed match can be agreed on. B. JOHNSON AND W. PAYNE FOR 201. ASIDE.—The race of two miles between the above men, the first com paratively unknown to fame, the second often before the public by his name of Rodwell, as well as that of Payne, took place on Tuesday, atCranford-bridge. The betting was 5 and 6 to 4 on Payne—nay, so confident were his friends, that they ventured 2 to 1 a few seconds after the start. The ground was from the White Hart, a mile out and turn. The men went off together at a rattling pace, Payne leading for half a mile; Johnson, however, it might be seen, several times ran up to his man, and then fell back. Just before the turn of the mile Johnson took up the running, and toed the mark first. He then put on the steam, and by the time he had ran 400 yards of the second mile Payne gave in, Johnson being f u ll o f running, and the stern chase being evidently hopeless. SYMPTOMS OF IMPROVEMENT OF TRADE. ---RISE OF WAGES AT THE NORTH SHORE C OTTON MILLS.— Amongst the many evidences of a revival of the activity of the staple trade of this district, we may mention one which has, within the last week or two, been di sp l aye d at the North Shore Cotton mills in this town. On Christmas.day the proprietor of these mills, w ith hi s wonted generosity towards those in his employ, enter tained them to dinner in one of the rooms in the esta blishment; and before the company separated, he an nounced to the workmen that he should, from that time, raise their wages ten per cent. It is needless to state this announcement was received with mingled feelings of joy and gratitude, and three hearty cheers followed it. It is, indeed, a most encouraging fact, in con nolon with the general revival of the activity of the cotton manufacture in this county.--Liverpool Courier. It , :as here stated th!it the man cid., complainant out of the house after the robber), was in court, upon which the Magistrate desired him to stand forward. He was a rough, stout-built man, and when called upon to state why he had used violence towards the complainant in e . ieeting him fi em the house, kiwi wto, and what. he was, his ao, r s K er.,, that ne ottprn• d to be passing, and having a sl:ght aeptainiunet , e.-ith ;11 , landlady of the lmose, and hearing the windows been wilfully broken by the complainant, he certainl) did interfere to see that he did no further damage, and was attacked by him, and in self defence thrust him out of the house. The policeman s , iid that when he came up to the door he saw the complainant and the man just examined ti gether in the pasttge of the house, and th,t the latter and also the landlady charged him with break ing the windows; the complainant at the station-house described that he had been robbed of his gold watch, guird-chain, and 41. 10s. in the house. He (the po liceman) returned and searched the house, but only found 65., concealed between the bed and mattrtss iu the room where the complainant and the prisoner had been. The man above alluded to was then asked his name, and he said it was Samuel Pudney; that he was a builder, and lived at No. 100, High Holb( rn. In reply to the magistrate, he at first said that he had but a slight acquaintance with the landlady of the house, but, upon berg pressed, he admitted that he had slept in her house. Mr. COTTINGHAM—When the complainant mentioned to you that he had been robbed, why did you tall upon him, and thrust him out of the place? Pudney—l did it for the protection of the women, under the supposition that the complainant would have used personal violence towards them; that was my only motive for acting as I did. Mr. COTTINGRAN—But when the complainant in formed you that he had been robbed to the extent he alleged, instead of rendering him any assistance, yeu thought proper to give him in charge for breaking the ‘vindoa s, which was a comparatively trivial offence to that which had been committed upon him. Besides, added the magistrate, you have given such an unsatis factory account of yourself and your whole conduct on the night in question that I now deem it incumbent upon me to place you in custody. Pudney was then placed at the bar with the other pri soner, who, in her defence, said the complainant was not rubbed i❑ the house; that she lodged there, and that, if a robbery had been ei:mrni(ted, the property would have been found there, for a strict Examination had taken place. In answer to Mr. Cottingham, the policeman said the examination of the house took place after the parties had been at the station house. Mr. COTTINGHAM said that he should investigate the case to the bottom, as a very serious robotry at tended with violence had been committed on the com plainant, and for that purpose he should remand tne pri stmer until Monday nt xt, but would accept of b.il for Pudney's appearance in his own recognizance of 401. and two sureties of 201. each. THE COUNTRY MARKETS. BIRMINGHAM, JAN. 11.—At Gloucester market, on the 6th, wheat was is per quarter lower; harley being offered at a still greater decline. At Worcester, same day, wheat maintained its value, but ruled dull; barhy Is per quarter lower; oats sold for quite as much money; on beans the tura was again in favour of the buyer; only retail sales of peas could be effected. During the pre sent week only limited transactions are reported. Wheat has realized previous prices; lower rates have not been submitted to for au) description of barley; oats unaltered, with tittle doing; beans rather lower; peas nearly un saleable, and offering at very low prices. At this day's market there was a fair supply ot wheat, which sold slowly at the currency of this day se'linight; barley of all kinds unaltered in value; on oats the turn was in favour of the buyer; beans is, and peas 2s per quarter cheaper. The millers lowered the retail price ot flour Is 8d per sack. BOSION, JAN, 19.—Our supply of wheat to-day has been limited, and the trade firm at the extreme rates of Wednesday, the 3d. Oats a dull sale. Old beans is lower. Wheat, red 37s to 455, white 48s; oats 12s to 225; beans, new 22s to 295, old 38s per quarter. lie-turn of corn for the week ending Jan. 6:—W neat, 2,165 qrs, 4,618/ 17s (aver. 42s 8d) ; barley, 160 qrs, 214/ 10s (aver. 26s 9d); oats, 610 qrs, 41914 s 6d (aver. 13s 8d); beans, 128 qrs, 22012 s 6d (aver. 34s 4d); peas, 34 qrs 6 bust), 62/ 17s 3d (aver. 36s 2d). tiLEAFORD, JAN. B.—There was little business doing here to-day. The price of wheat was a trifle higher than :last week. Nothing doing in barley. Wheat, white, 45s to 475; red, 44s to 465; barley, 25s to 28s; oats, 15s to 18s; beans, old, 38s to 40s ; new, 30s per quarter. _ . GRIMSBY.—Return of sales to Jan. B:—Wheat, 324 qrs, 66816 s 6d (aver. 41s 24(1); barley, 115 qrs, 1641 (aver. 28s 64d); oats, 60 qrs, 421 (aver. 14s). SPILSBY, JAN. B.—Wheat, red, 38s to 43k; white, 40s to 465; barley, 24s to 28s; oats, 14s to 17; beans, 30s to 38s. MARKET RASEN, JAN. 9.—Our market to-day was well attended, and prices in the wheat trade were scarcely lower than last week. Barley about is cheaper, and oats 6d per qr on the decline. Beans and peas stationary. Return of sales up to Saturday last:— Wheat 257 qrs, 6031 2s 6d (aver. 46s 11d); barley, 30 qrs, 301 lOs 6d (aver. 26s 6d); oats, 15 qrs, 1112 s 6d (aver. 15s 6d). LOUTH, JAN. 10.—There was a very dull corn market to day, prices for all descriptions remaining un altered; yet, with the exception of wheat, they had a downward tendency. Wheat, 37s to 445; barley, 24s to - 28s oats, 15s to 17s; beans, 34s to 38s per quarter. Flour was lowered 2d per st, seconds being 1 s LYNN, JAN. 9.—There were fair supplies of both wheat and barley at market to-day ; the best qualities of the former article were pretty easily disposed of at rather over late rates, and secondary sorts were not lower; the latter met a dull sale, at a decline of is per qr on the prices of this day week.—Wheat 38s, 40s, to 445; fine 465, 48s to 495. Barley 24s to 28s, tine 30s per quarter. OAKRAM, JAN. B.—Wheat 40s to 475; barley 24s to 295; oats 17s to 225; beans 403 to 44s per quarter. UPPINGHAM, JAN. 10.—Wheat 44s to 48s; barley 25s to 28s; oats 15s to 21s; beans 393 to 42s per quarter. Butter 11d to 12d per lb. Eggs 14 for Is. MELTON MOWBRAY, JAN. 9.--We have had a goad supply of all kinds of grain offering at this market, at tull is per quarter lower than last week.—Wheat, old 47s to 495, new 45s to 4"; barley 27s to 295; oats, old 26s to 28s, new 18s to 235; khans, old, 42s to 46s per quarter. Butter lid to 12d per lb. Eggs 12 to 14 for is. GAINs3oRo', JAN. 9.—A good supply of wheat has been offered, part of which was sold; owing to the damp state of the atmosphere, dry parcels were readily bought up at last week's price—damp lots dull of sale. Barleys were sluggish, with a downward tendency. Flour, fine 35a Bd, se cords 32s 6d per sack.—Wheat 43s to 535-210 210 qrs, 4821 2s (average 45s 1041); barley, 257 qrs, 3311 3s 6d (average 25s 9ed) ; oats, 47 qrs, 431 12s (average 18s &id); pease, 16 qrs, 25112 s (average 325). NEWARK, JAN. 10.—Corn—The supply at this day's market was of wheat moderate, barley liberal, oats short, beans and peas small. Fine wheat and barley was firm in price, secondary sampl , s went off in favour of the buyer. Oats very dull sale. Beans and peas is per quarter cheaper. Whit- wheat, 48s to 525; red, 46s to 494; barley, malting, 30s to 325; grinding, 24s to 26s ; oats, new, 15s to 20s; old, 24s to 28s; beans, old, 40s to 42s ; new, 30s to 31s ; tares, 56s to 60s ; malt, 56s to 60s. ROTHERHAM CATTLE MARKET, JAN. B.—Although this was the fortnight show, the supply of fat cattle was not so large as last week's ; the attf-ndance of buyers being pretty numerous, caused a brisk sale early in the morning, at a shade better in price both for beef and mutton. Beef 6s to 6s 6d, prime 6s 9d per st; mutton, 5d to 6d per lb. EDINBURGH, JAN. 10.—The demand for wheat, oats, and beans being good today, sales were quick, with an advance on last week's prices. Barley was rather dull and cheaper, and wheat rather inferior in quality. The quantity of wheat brought forward to-day was 674 qrs., being 24 qrs. leas than last week. Top price up Is, and the average also up 9d—all sold. The quantity of barley brought forward was 1,015 qrs., being 152 qrs. less than last week. Price on the top down Is, and the aversge also down id-201 qrs. unsold. Ot oats we had 946 qrs. brought forward, or 102 qrs. more than last week Top price up Bd, and the average 3d-60 qrs. unsold The quantity of beans to-day was 171 qrs., or 2 qrs. more than last week. Prices on the top Is, and the ave rage 8d up-19 qrs. unsold. Top of Wheat Barley •• Oats ... 64i1b. 54s Od ... 57 lb. 32s Od ... 45i1b. 231 Od 9 , Beans ••• ... ... 66,11 b. 31s Od EDINBURGH MEAL MARKET, JAN. 9.—There were in the market to-day 80 backs oaom al, each weighing 2801 b imperial, whereof' 81 sold thus:- 26 at ll 9s Od 14 at ll 7s Od 2at 16 at 7 at ll 7s 6d Average price of the whole, 117 s 9d 3•l2ths. _ 8 sacks flour, whereof 2 sold at 335, 3 at 325, and 2 at 30s; 6 sacks barleymeal, whereof 5 sold at 258; 2 sacks brosemeal, whereof 1 sold at 293 Od; 39 sacks pot barley, whereof 23 sold thus:- 1 at l/ 108 Od I 3 at ll 6s Od 3 at l/ 8 s 6d I 11 at ll 5s 6d 1 at 2 at 2 at EDINBUKOU CATTLE MARKET, JAN. 10.—The supply of cattle this morning WAS 568, being 244 more than last week. Sales were very dull, at a reduction of 6d per Dutch stone. Top price 8s per Dutch stone; current, 7s to 7s 6d; middling and inferior, 5s to 6s. A consi derable number unsold. The supply of sheep this morning was 2,739, being 569 more than last week. Sales were slow, at a slight reduction. One lot of su perior blackfaced wedders from Glerigelt brought 34s 6d a head, or 6d per lb; current, 5d to sid; middling and inferior, from 3d to 4d per lb. A great number unsold. DUNBAR, JAN. 9.—Wheat, weighing 631 b, brought 465, and prices to 445; barley, weighing 58ilb, brought 31s 6(1, and prices to 24s Od ; oats, weighing 45i1b, brought 21s, and prices to 15s 6d; beans and peas, weighing 63i1b, brought 28s Od, and prices to 255. DUNDEE, JAN. B.—Wheat, 40s to 435; foreign ditto, 53s to 555; barley, 22s 6d to 235; oats, 15s 6d to 16, 6d. CoRK, JAN. 10.—Flour —First quality, 15s Od to 16s 0(1; second ditto, 14s Od to 15s Od; household, 1 ls to 13s; third ditto, 9s to lOs per cwt. ()atm( al, I Is &I to 123 per cwt. Indian corn, 71 10, to 815 s 01; Indian meal, 9/ to 915 s per ton. Bran, 51 55 to 010, per ton. Hay— Farmers', 30s to 45s Od; average, 42s ; retailers , 42s to 46s per ton; old hay, 458 to 60s per ton. Straw—Far mers', 16s to 325; average, 265; retailers', 00s to 00, per ton, Whisky, at the Distillery, 25 over prop", 63 Od per imperial gallon. Bread, 6d to lid per 41bs. Freakbutter, 10d to 12d per lb. Beef, ad to 6d; mut tor, 41 to 5d ; veal, 30 to 40; pork, 41d. to Od ; 61d to 9d; sausages, 5d per lb. Coals—New port, 17s; Lydney, 18s. Culm, 16s per ton. Potatoes, white, 10d to 12d; Minions, 19d. Hides—Market ditto, Ils to 17s; salted ditto, 12s to 17s per cwt; market skins, 2d t 24 , 1; elf ditto, 2d to 24d; ve,Al skins, 3d to 3id er ar - Archangel, 18s r bl. l'imber—Queb,e :ed pi ,e, 3/ 15s; yeliow ditto, 31; deal, 171 to 201 per hundr, d ; 1.1,ng , r Queens, 3/ 2s 6d per ton. Seoten herriugs,lBs to 00s per barrel; Norway ditto, 00s. New • foundls.nd dry cod fish, 11/ to 121 lOs per ton. Tallow, 465. Wool, lOs to 12s per stone. 2,106 5,995 19,580 7,076 7,020 6,335 7,735 6,890 9,580 9,257 3,023 12,896 10,539 46,505 12,499 1,548 40,420 6,760 6,791 41,963 9,151 26,995 15,920 54,063 8,436 RALV‘ MARKETS. BRISTOL, JAN. 11. STOCK EXCHANGE. —Great Western, Quarters, were done at 2 13-16 dis.—south Devon, New, 12 1 ,i. LI VERt 00L. JAN. 11. STOCR EXCHANGE.— The market has been steady and very firm to-day, and a fair business has been transacted. The sales are— Caledonian, Preference, % p. Great Western, 92 —Lancashire and Yorkshire (late Manchester and Birming ham ), r fifths, 3 1 / 8 dis.— Liverpool, Crosby, and Southpsrt, 3 dis.—London and North Western, 125% —Ditto, New Quarter:, 2 1 4 p.—Ditto, Thirds, 8% Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, Quarters, No. 1,7% per cent. till 1853, :dis, ex int.— Ditto, 101. Preference, 11 1 4—Midland Stock, 87— Ditto, New halves, 61. 18s. 9d. dis. ex int.— North British, Quarters, 3 1 / 2 —North Staffordshire, 3% dis. North-Western, bd/ 4 dis.—Shrewsbury and Chester (late N. W. M.), 5 dis. ex int. —South-Eastern and Dover, 24 1 ,4 Ditto, Zio. 4, Thirds, 7 7 ,—York, Newcastle, and Berwick (G. N. E. Purchase), Is 3d. dis. ex int. 91A154C,111 , .1 Mt, JAN. 11. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales :.re—North Staffordshire, 3% dis. n.— Bolton, Blackburn, Clitheroe, and 11 est York shire. 6 Soutn-Easteri: anti Dover, No. 4, 7 , 4—Sheffield, Preference, IPA Caledonian, Preference, 3g p.—Shrewsbury and Chester, Preference, 10/ s —Great Northern (A), 4 1 / 2 — Leeds, Preference, Pc 3 p.—North British Extension, 7s. per share - Manchester and Leeds, 20 dis. BIRMIN(iUAM, JAN. 11. STOCK EXCHANGE.— The following are the day's quota tions : London and North-Western, 125 Eh —North Stafford shire, 3% dis.— Shrewsbury and Birmingham (B), 61. 3s. Bd. dis.—llitto (B), 3/. I Is. 9d. dis.—South Staffordshire, 665. 3d. c. dis. cum int.—Birmingham Railway Company, 22. YORK, JAN. 10. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The business transacted to-day was as follows :—Great Northern, 8 1 / 4 —York, Newcastle, and erwick (Original), :17 1 / 2 .-Ditto (Extension, No. 1), 1434•- Ditto (G. N. E. Purchase), 7 3 4 ex int.—York and North Midland (East and West Riding Extension), 2634. NEW CASTLE- UPON -TY NE, JAN. 11. STOCK EXCHANGE - The sales are—Newcastle and Car lisle scrip (lied), 102 1 / 2 • North British, Quarters, 3%. GLASGOW, JAN. 10. :"TOCh EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Clydesdale June. tion, 62—Edinburgh and Glasgow, 82—Edinburgh and Perth, 14—Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ayr, Halves, No. I, 5 y s — Ditto, I\ o. 2, U. 7s. RESTORATION OF ELY CATHEDRAL.—It gives us much pleasure to report progress on the subject of tee d,corative restorations which are rapidly transforming into a " thing of beauty" the magnificent edifice which constitutes the chief glory of our inland isle. The fide lewing facts will be highly sa isfactory to our readers:-- I he glass for tt,e bishop's lessees' window is now in the north triforium, and will be fixed in the eighth transept as soon as the repairs are completed. The incumbents of he hugs in the patronage and diocese of the Bishop of Ely have opened a subscription for a window in the south transept ; end the incumbents of livings in his Lordship's patron ,ge, but not in the diocese, have undertaken the fourth Norman window. The glass for both is or dered of M. Gerente, so that all the Normal windows in the eighth transept will be his work. The t unds are not yet sufficient to pay for the glass, but it is to be hoped that those gentlemen who have not Set ex" pressed their intention of subscribing will come forvvar'. Mr. Warrington, the artist, has promised a window in the south aisle. The Rev. Chancellor Sparke has also promised a window, and there are subscriptions for a visitors' window and an ordination window. There are also reports of other subscriptions. The gentleman to whom we are indebted for communicating these facts says that if a fen' energetic friends would form committee, and undertake the work, another large lan tern window might be filled by the Masters of Arts. it very small sum—not more than 11., or even 105.—would he quite sufficient to procure funds for the purpose. There would then be only one window left, which might be filled by the noblemen or doctors ; a nd then this splendid part of the magnificent cathedral would be complete. We have only to add that the Dean of Ely's and Mr. Coolie's windows for the south-west transept are being prepared by Mr. Wailes, to whom the cathedral is indebted for the glass in tee south aisle, containing the history of St. Bede. Mr. Wades has been again to the Continent, expressly for the purpose of examining the glass of the 13th century. We hope that a mere hint is sufficient to provoke too laudable co-operation, and even to create considerable rivalry and emulation in contributing to this work. Cambridge and Ely Advertiser. [ADVERTISEMENT.]—A Bruised Foot Cured, and Amputation of the Tues prevented by Holloway's Oint" went and Pills.—Mr. Oliver Smith Jenkins, of Falkirk when superintending the erection of a railway bride had his toot severely bruised by the falling of a heavY, stone. Apprehending that serious consequences would result from it, he consulted some of the most eminent surgeons in Edinburgh, who informed him that to effect a cure two of his toes must be amputated ; refusing I°, submit to this he returned to Falki r k, an d comme nced using Holloway's Ointment and Pills, and, miraculous as it may appear, these invaluable medicines healed his foot, and in three weeks he was enabled to resume his employment.—Sold by all Druggists, and at Professor Holloway's Establishment, 244, Strand, London. A RECKLESS DRUNKARD.—A man named Ales' ander Anderson was brought up at the Borough Omni on Saturday, on the charge of not maintaining his child. It appeared that he was a plasterer, and able to get work. A few weeks since his wife lay dangerously , and instead of attending to her wants, he went home night after night in a beastly state of intoxication. P h ti two or three occasions he drank all the brandy whic': the hospital doctor had sent for his wife, while she lc % in aalying state. She died shortly afterward s; but tbi: made no impression upon him, and he even went so is; as to abuse his brother for attending to the poor woroaa n. and her infant. At her death the child was thrown or - t the charity of the neighbours, the inhuman f a ther 13O f caring in the least for it, but continuing in a state o , a constant intoxication as before. The neighbours (1 !,,, much for the infant; but on Wednesday last it died, its all probability through want of care and nourishroei l . t7 : and the relieving officer of the district had to bury The charge against the prisoner was, therefore, for r%,. fusing to maintain the child while living, and to burl when dead. Anderson begged of the magistrates to ie; , him go and he would amend his conduct, and reps,' the , 16s. which the officer had advanced on behalf of child. He was summarily convicted to hard labour f 0 one mouth.—Manchester Guardian. THE WEATHER.—The severe frost which col! : menced at the beginning of last week relented on 6'1% , day evening. On Friday morning the surface of portion of the island was covered with snow, .which CO • tinued to fall occasionally till Saturday evening. u!' Sunday it was two inches in depth. Monday brought!! thaw, and a heavy and continuous rain , wbioh rapid IY ,„ melted the snow; and yesterday the earth, emergit.l,! from its temporary covering , and illuminated by a brP'_ liant sun, had quite a vernal a pp ear ance. The bre t i o, , was so fresh that we loo ked for snow drops and croc use s , among the grass; but we fear that there is yet a win ter to intervene before spring appears.—Cambridge Adv. ‘ , O ATTEMP T TO MURDER A GAMEKEEPIIR.--- Thursday night last the under gamekeeper of Mr. List% o f Broseley, named Archelteus D o dd went out to wil t d in the preserves at Benthall, &c., near BroseleY, e° " s hortly after he had gone h e perce i ved he was d o dg : a three men, who, no doubt, if an opportun i ty ha d occurred I would have murd ere d hi m i n a very large woo d call a . Benthall Edge, b u t it i s supposed that no such oPnereePit. nity presented its e lf f or carry i ng the i r d es i gn i n to el' r g, Some tme afterwards the men were observed to P 5 lO and as Dodd was returning home about two o'clock t. I the morning, n ear a pl an t a ti on on t h e con fi nes of P e 0, hall parish, he was deliberately shot a t from ° e r o w e° low wall, by one of the three men, it is supposed, a ds had followed him. The ruffian was within a few 9:0 of Dodd, and the shots entered the front part ° I o ut hat, about two inches below the crown, and pasSeu t ee at the back of the same, fortunately without doing r e. keeper any injury. Dodd stumbled, but speedafe. covered himself, and saw the man running awaY. Lister has offered a reward of 501. for the appreb ol o 3, of the man, and a search warrant having b ee n O s es 's • we hope to hear of his speedy capture. Baa l° Shropshire Journal. i re I Business appears to be on the increase 111 0 , 1 0 I French seaports. On Friday last business to the 5°3 400 I of 2,000,0001. was done at Havre, principally in C O I and sugar.—Galignani. BIRTHS. 0 9 )16 On the 6th inst., at West Bromwich, Staffordshire, t il of N.ampier, Esq., of son. - Z 0 61' At . York, on the 7th inst., a the lady of J. Shaw .— e Esq , A. D.C., of a son. •k. Pk' On the Bth inst., at Sunderland, the wife of T. Mei— , j Al ' of a daughter. l eil ' On the 9th inst., at Shrewsbury, Mrs. Edmund E. a On th e r. . 0 to oe 9th inst., at C am d en • s t ree t N or th, C a mde Mrs. A. T. Channier, ofOf On the 10;h inst., af Sussex-square, Hyde-park, tb „ e g litel / of A. Melhado, Esq,, of Montego Bay, Jamaica, of a da" de k Or On the loth inst., in St a nh,,p e - stree t, H y d e -par the lady of J. B. Culpeper, Esq., of a sen MARRIED. SSO ille t On the 9th inst., at Brighton, Edward, son or Bober Sherwood, Esq., of Ramsgate, to An n , d aug hter of Ward, Esq., of Brighton. A e ld On the 9th ins'., at Bath, Capt a i n T a lb o t, son of the late Captain Lynch Talbot, R.A., to Anna eldest daughter of Lieutenant-C o l one l O ttey , On the 9th inst., at Trinity Church, Nlaryleboe e :de st s' s Boyce Hay, Esq. late of th e 93d H ig .c, hlanders, e: fP O of the late Colonel P. al. H a y, o f tk:: Bengal Army , to third daughter of the late Henry Taylor, Esq., of the ' Civil Service. s he P DIED. On the 10th inst., at Ingestre, Staffordshire, t ~ Talbot,age 71. r lotP On the sth inst ,at Tunbridge-wells, aged 80, t „ - Dowager Lady Gage. t V t i . ' On the I oth inst.. at Leamington, Henry 1: 111nr ' o cle late Captain in the sth Dragoons. Clap-Dg 0 On the I 1 th inst., at Old Dorset-place, cr° . Mr. T. Ming, many years of the Golden-cross. Cb al, 0 3 0 1, On the 10th inst., at Stapeley-cottage, near Nantr ni c e,9 f shire, Mary Anne Elizabeth, wife of Rev. Ja— , afs' liott, aged 39. g e On the 7th inst., at Taunton, Clement Drake, Es,„‘l'' Al f Ect toi , On the 7th inst., at Warminster, S. F. Phelps. P -- ,- 0 . 0. , - On the 9th inst., Pattison Ellames, Esq., et ' Uler , near Liverpool. ---,,- at --- ;tlf 5, _ nil YO.. ni u.- 1 London : Printed and Published by Alli- - ° a .o °. tf No. 112. Strand. Printer, at The Sun OuAc e . ~n o tl•• Strano, in the Pr.einct of thr , Savoy. is ti le v. Aliddlcaex, Friday, January 12, 1549. lik e has The akad vs