The Sun. — London, England, 1849-08-31 00:00:00

BANK RETURNS. (From the London Gazette of Tuesday.) An Account, pursuant to the Act seventh and eighth Victoria, sap. 32, of the Average Amount of Bank N , •tes of the several Banks of Issue in England and Wales, in Circulation during the Week ending Satur day, the 18th day of August, 1849: Average PRIVATE BANKS. Amount. Andover Bank, Andover—Heath and Co 11,068 Ashford Bank, Ashford—Jenamitt and Pomfret 1u,502 Aylshain Bank, Aylsham—R. and G Copeman 5,079 Aylesbury Old Bank, Aylesbury—Riekford and Hunt Baldock Bank and Baldock and Bigglesvmda Bark, 13aldock—Wells, Hogg, and Lindsell... 20,316 Barnstaple Bank, Barnstaple—DTake and Co 8,078 Basingstoke and Odiham Bank, Basingstoke — Seymour, Lamb, and Co ~ ford Bank, Bedford—T. Barnard . 29,716 Bedford and Bedfordshire Bans, Bedford — Trapp, Halfhead, and Co. 13- , wdley Bank, Bewdley—Nichols, Baker, and 11,088 Bicester and Oxfordshire Bank and Oxford Bank. Bicester—Tubb and Co. .. ~• Birmingham Bank, Birmingham—Attwcc ds, Spooner, and Co_ 22,036 _ 5,437 12,282 Birtilingham and Warwickshire Bank, Birming ham —J. L. Meilliett, and Sons . . 10,207 illantlford Bank, Blandford—Bastard and Oak. 6,492 Boston Bank, Boston—Garfit and Co 53,349 baton flank, Boston—Gee and Co 9.450 Bridg /rater Bank, Bridgwater—J. &J. Sealey 4,632 Bristol Bank, Bristol—Miles, Hayford, and Co. 30,050 Broseley and Bridgnorth, and Bridgnorth and Broseley Bank, Broseley—Messrs. Pritchard 17,147 Buckingham Bank, Buckingham—Bartlet t, Parrott, and Co. Bury and Suffolk Bank, Sudbury Bank, Stow- Market Bank, Bury—Oakes, Bevan, and Co. B an b ur y Bank, Banbury—Gillett and Tawney. 23,804 Banbury Old Bank, Banbury—Messrs. Cobb 25.817 Bati. City Bank, Bath—Mogen and Son Becrordshire Leighton Buzzard Bank, Leighton Buzzard—Bassett and Grant 30,649 Birmingham Bank, Birmingham—Taylor and Lloyds . Bradford Old Bank, Bradford, Yorkshire—H A. and W. M. Harris and Co 12,347 Brecon Old Bank, Brecon—Wilkins and Co 57,601 13ridport 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. and Co. Bromsgrove Bank and Stourbridge and Broms grove Bank, Bromsgrove—Rufford, Biggs, and Co' 9,327 Cambridge Bank, Cambridge—Mortlock and Sons 2 14.203 Cambridge and Cambridgeshire Bank, Cam bridge—Messrs. Forsters Canterbury Bank, Canterbury—Hammond and elo Carmarthen Bank, Carmarthen—Morris and 13,752 Sons (Thertsey Bank, Chcrtsey—Messrs. La Coste 2,917 Colchester Bank, Colchester—Round, Green, and Co. Colchester and Essex Bank, Witham and Essex Bank, and fladleigh Bank, Suffolk, Colchester —Mills, Bawtree, and Co 31,555 Cornish Bank, Truro—Tweedy and Co Coventry Bank, Coventry—Little and Wood- 9,403 2,342 cock -• 6,500 City Bank, Exeter—Milford and Co 15,570 Craven Bank, Settle—Birkbecks and Co Christchurch Bank, Christchurch—Tice, Welsh, and Co Cardiff Bank, Cardiff—Towgood and Co Chepstow Old Bank, Chepstow Bank, Mon mouth Old Bank, Monmcuth Bank, Brecon Bank, and Ross and Herefordshire Bank, Chepstow—Bromage, Snead, and Co. 7,870 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 Diss Bank, Diss—Oakes, Fincham, and Co 9,436 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 66,721 Devonport Bank, Devonport—Hodge and Nor- 90 6,374 23,937 9,332 man Dorchester Old 1311. k and Dorsetshire Bank, Dorchester—Williams and Co. East Cornwall Bank, Liskeard—Robins, Foster, and Cn. East Riding Bank, Beverley—Bower, Hatton, 89,644 and Co. - Essex Bank and Bishops Stortford Bank, Chelmsford—WsHord. and Co. 40,492 Exeter Bank, Exeter—Sanders and Co 24,306 Fakenham Bank, Fakenham—Gurneys, Birk heck, and Co. Fatringdon Bank and Bank of Wantage, Far rlogdon—Barnes and Medley Farnham Bank, Farnham—Messrs. Knight Faversham Bank, Faversham—Hilton and CA orlalming Bank, Godalming—Mellersh and 4,911 8,506 4,295 4,665 Keen Grantham Bank, Grantham—Kewney and King- Guildford Bank, Gaildford—Messrs. Haydon... 9,356 Grantham Bank, Grantham—Hardy and C 0.... 20,598 Ha.4ting, , :; Old Bank, Hastings—Smith, Hilder, and Co. 22,744 Hereford City and County Bank, Hereford— Matthews mid Co. Hertford and Wa're Bank, Ware—S. Adams and Co 13,637 Hull Bank and Kinqston-upon-Hull Bank, Hull —Smith, Brothers, and Co. Huntingdon Town and County Bank, Hunting don—Rust and Veasey Harwich Bank, Harwich—Cox, Cobbold, and Co: 4,670 Hemel Hempstead Bank, Hemel Hempstead — S, h, and Whittingstall ...... 22,820 ant Honitor. Bank, lionit'On—Flood and Co. llertforishire,Hitchenßank, Hitchen—Sharples and Co. .............. I-leroford Ross, and Arehenfield Bank, and Ross and L , rehenficld Bank, Hereford —Morgan, Hoskins, and C o 18,815 Ipswiuh Bank , Ip swich —Bacon and Co. Ipswich and Needham Market Bank, Suffolk, flaillei,gh Bank, Manningtree and Mistley Bank, and Woodbridge Bank, Ipswich— Al exan ders and Co. Kentish Bank, Maidstone—Mercer, Randall, and Mercer Kinvton and Radnorshire Bank, Kington—J. Davies and no Kulgliton B tnk Knighton—J. Davies and Co 6 396 Knaresoorough Old Bank and Ripon Old Bank, Kna7esboroup,-h—Terry and Co Kendal Bank, K e ndal—Wakefield, Crewdson, and C-. Kettering Bank , K etterin g —0 otch and Sons., 7 Longton Staffordshi re Bank, Lane End—C. ' 484 Ilarv..y and Son 5,399 Leeds Bank. Leeds—Beckett d Co 50,946 Leeds Ilnion Bank, Leed an Brown, and Cs, Leek and Staffordshire Bank, and Leek and Congleton Bank,Leek—Fovvler,Gaunt, and Co. Lei , tester Bank, Leicester—Pagets and Kirby 20,745 Lewes Old Bank, Lewes—Molineux and Co 27.614 LielOeld Bank, Lichfield—Palmer and Green 16,557 Lincoln Bank. Lincoln—Smith and Co 72,045 Latnpeter Bank and Llandilo Bank, Llando very—David Jones and Co. Loughborough Bank, Loughborough—Middle- 11.952 18,395 36,295 t , ,ns and Cradock Lymington Bank, Lymington—C. and S. St 5,500 Barbe Lynn Regis and Lincolnshire Bank, Lynn Regis —Gurneys and Co. .... Lynn Regis and Norfolk Bank, Lynn Regis — Massey and Co. Macclesfield Bank, Macclesfield—Brooklehurst 3,288 10,943 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—Tanner and Pinckney 12,632 Marlborough and North Wiltshire New Bank, Niarlborough—Virard, Merriman, and Hillier 7,313 erionethshire Bank, Dolgelly—Jones and Wi11iam5........• Miners' Bank, Truro—Willyams and Co Monmouthshire Agricultural and Commercial Bank, Abergavenny—Baileys and Co 24,843 Monmouth Old Bank, Monmouth Bank, Brecon Bank, Chepstow Bank, Chepstow Old Bank, and Ross and Herefordshire Bank, Monmouth —Bromage and Snead. . 12,730 Monmouthshire Newport Old Bank, Newport —W. Williams and Sons. 8,620 Newark Bank, Newark—Godfreys and Hutton 18,391 Newark and Sleaford Bank, and Sleaford and Newark Bank, S leaford—Haudley, Peacock, and Co Newbury7,4s4 Bank, Newb y—Bunny and SiSlocock. 19,054 Newirark a e n t d ß s a o n n k, Newmarket—Eaton, ur Ham mond, Norfolk and Suffolk Bank, Diss—Taylor and 16,230 Dyson Norwich Crown Bank, Norwi c h —Harveys and 3,421 Ihulsons Norwich and Norfolk Bank, Norwich—Gur neys and Birkbeck ............. Nottingham a nd Nottinghamshi". . rel3anli . Not tingham—Hart, Fellows, and Co ............ . Nuneaton Ban k, Nuneaton—Craddeoek .n.. 6,014 .................................................. . Naval . Bank, Plymouth—Harris, Mudge, and 11,121 5,232 6.892 12,109 59,337 3,05 C 0... ............... .. New Sarum Bank, Sarum—Hetley, Everett, and 11,945 C 0................................. Nottingham Bank, Nottingham—Smith and Co. 26,731 Oswestry Bank and Oswestry Old Bank, Os westry—Croxon and Co Oxford Bank, Oxford—J. and R. Morrell ..... Oxford Old Bank, Oxford—Robinson, Parsons, and C 0.... Old Bank Tonbridge, Tonbridge and Tonbridge Wells Old Bank, Tonbridge and Tonbridge Walls arid Sevenoaks Bank, Tonbridge— Beaching and Sons 7,669 osfordshire Witney Bank Witney—Williamo, Climb, and C 0... 21,315 11,814 8,616 Average Amount. Pease is Old Bank, Hull, the Hull Old Bank and Beverley Bank, Hull—Pease and Co 33,280 Penzance Bank, Penzance—Batten and C 0... » 10,274 Peterborough Bank and Oundle Bank. Peter borough—MAsqrs. Yorke Peterborough Bank, Peterborough—Simpson, White, and Simpson 262 Pemnrokeshire Bank, Haverfordwest—J. and W. Walters Penzance Union Bank, Falmouth Bank, and Truro Bank, Penzance—Rickets, Enthoven and Co Reading Bank, Reading—Simonds and Co 26,195 Reading Bank, Reading—Stephens,Blandy, and Co 27,135 Richmond Bank, Richmond—Stapleton and Co 5,180 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 Royston Bank, Royston—Fordham and Sons... Rugby Bank, Rugby—Butlin and Son Rye Bank, Rye—Curteis, Pomfret, and Co Reigate and Darking Bank, and Reigate, Croy don, and Darking Bank, Reigate—Nash and Co Ross Gld Bank, Herefordshiro, Ross—Pritchard and Allaway Saffron Walden and North Essex Bank, Saffron Walden—Messrs. Gibson Salop Bank, Shrewsbury—B ur t on , Ll oy d, an d 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 -. 2,130 Southampton Town and County Bank, South ampton—Maddison and Son Southwell Bank, Suuthwell—Wylde and Co St. Alban's Bank, St. Alban's—J. S. Story Salisbury Bank, Salisbury—Messrs. Brodie Shaftesbury Bank, Shaftesbury— Brodie and King s .•••••-• Southampton and Hampshire Bank, Southamp ton—Atherly and Fall Stone Bank, Stone—W. Moore Stonrbridge Bank, Stourbridge —Rufford, Wragg, and Co Stafford Old Bank, Stafford—Stevenson and Co Stamford and Rutland Bank, Stamford—Eaton , Cayley, and Co. ~ Stourbridge Old Bank, Stourbriclge—Bate and Robins Shrewsbury and Welshpool Bank, Shrewsbury —B e ck, Downward, and Co. 18,366 St. Alban's and Herts Bank, St. Alban's—Gib- 11,495 11,097 3,670 2,007 9,791 11,438 22,93.5 son an Stuart k, T au nton—Messrs. Badcock 19,637 Tavistock Bank, Tavistock — Gill, Rundle , and 'Taunton Co 7,495 Thornbury Bank, Thornbury—Rolph, Yates, and Parslow Tiverton and Devonshire Bank, Tiverton—Duns ford and Barne TI irapston and Kettering B a nk, Northampton shire, Thrapston—Yorke and Eland r_ Living Bank and Chesham Bank, Tring—But cher and Son ro wcester Old Bank, Towcest e r—J. an d S Percival Lfn ion Bank, C o r nwa ll, H e l s t on —Vi v i an an d Co. — and ß I. T bridge Old Bank, Ificbridge—Hull, Smith, and Co. V TlOlingford Bank, Wallingford—Wells and Co. War wick and Warwickshire Bank, Warwick— lit 4ynge, Greenway, and Co. 21,483 Well ington Somerset Bank, Wellington—Fox. - 1 3 , rothers Was t Riding Bank, Wakefield, and Pontefract . B 1 tnk, Wakefield—Leatham, Tew, and Co. W 7 tti tby Old Bank, Whitby—Simpson, Chap man, and Co 11,681 Wilni: - .thester, Alresford, and Alton Bank, Win ( ;Ii ester—Bulpett and Co. Wi.nchester and Hampshire Baak, Winchester - —'Wickham and Co Woy; nouth Old Bank and Dorchester Bank, 11V eymouth—Elliott and Pearse Wi rl3 . :esworth and Ashbourne Derbyshire Bank, 6,321 9,455 5,814 6,391 16,351 7,075 4,518 AT irkesworth—Arkwright and Co. Wi .sbech and Lincolnshire Bank, Wisbech— (Burney and Co. Wi veliscombe Bank, Wiveliscombe—P. and W Eituicock 4,008 W plverhampton Bank, Wolverhampton—Good ke and Holyoake.. 11.140 We )r , cester Bank, Worcester—Farley, Lavender, a n d Co. WQri - ;ester Old Bank and Tewkesbury Old Bank, W orcester—Berwick, Lechmere, and Co 60,793 Worcestershire Bank, Kidderminster—Farley 7,750 an d Turner W a 1 sail Old Bank, Walsall—Charles Foster and Sons W 'at .minster and Wiltshire Bank, Warminster— Everett and Co. AY 'ol verhampton Bank, Wolverhatnpton— Messrs. Fryer Y. tr mouth and Suffolk Bank, and Halesworth at id Suffolk Bank, Yarmouth—Gurney, B irkbeck, and Co. Y'?a•mouth, Norfolk, and Suffolk Bank, Great Yarmouth—Sir E. K. Lacon, Bart., and Co 9,587 Y eovil Old Bank, Yeovil—E. and J. Batten 310 Y ork Bank. York—Swann Clough. and Co 37,283 9,197 1,335 THE SUN, LONDON, FRI DAY EVENING, AUGUST 31, 1849. JOINT-STOCK BANKS. rank of Westmoreland, Kendal I larnsley Banking Company, Barnsley I Iradford Banking Company, Bradford 47,402 I lidston District Banking Company, Wolver hampton 11a,nk of Whitehaven, Whitehaven I Iradford 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 ington . Cheltenham and Gloucestershire Banking Com pany, Cheltenham Coventry and Warwickshire Banking Company Coventry ( loventry Union Banking Company, Coventry 11,192 !ounty of Gloucester Banking Company, Chel tenham C t arlisle and Cumberland Banking Company Carlisle C 'arlisle City and District Bank, Carlisle 18,946 )udley and West Bromwich Banking Company, Dudley E lerby and Derbyshire Banking Company, Derby 18,698 E larlington District Joint-Stock Banking Com pany, Darlington l4 958 Ii ast of England Bank, Norwich Ci loucestershire Banking Company, Gloucester 124,174 - alifax Joint-Stock Bank, Halifax . 16,756 H uddersfleld Banking Company, Huddersfield.. 37,259 ull Banking Company, Hull lh alifax Commercial Banking Company, Ha lifax El alifax and Huddersfield Union Banking Com -36,555 • 11 s a t n o y n , i k f i a n x g -" Company, Helston 1,453 H erefordshire Banking Company, Hereford 14,433 K; aaresborough and Claro Banking Company, Knaresborough 18,195 ingsbridge Joint-Stock Bank, Kingsbridge 2,988 LE ,ncaster Banking Company, Lancaster . 45,670 Lt , eds Banking Company, Leeds L 4 icestershire Bankino . Company, Leicester Li ncoln and Lindsey Banking Company, Lincoln 40,404 L 4 amington Priors and Warwickshire Banking Company, Leamington Priors idlow and Tenbury Bank, Ludlow Moore and Robinson's Nottinghamshire Bank ing Company, Nottingham Nottingham and Nottinghamshire Banking Company, Nottingham Ne wcastle, Shields, and Sunderland Union Joint ;Stook Banking Company, Newcastle National Provincial Bank of England, Birming ham, Head-office, 112, BishOpsgiite- s t ree t , :London isr,;,rth Wilts Banking Company, Melksha m ...... .. 37,053 No.rthamptonshire Union Bank, Northampton.. 57,248 Northamptonshire Banking Company, North- 8,006 9,095 8,437 8,227 1,851 ampton North and South Wales Bank, Liverpool 23,646 Pe‘,Tes's Leicestershire Banking Company, Lei- cester . 38,664 Sacldleworth Banking Company, Saddleworth... 2,673 Sheffield Banking. Company, Sheffield 33,448 Stamford, Spalding, and Boston Banking Com pany, Stamford. 42,390 Stuckey's Banking Company, Bristol Somerset shire Bank, and Somersetshire Bank, Lang port Shropshire Banking Company, Shiffnall ... Stourbridge and Kidderminster Banking Coin pany, Stourbridge Sheffield and Halla,mshire Banking Company, Sheffield „, , .. 19,838 Sheffield and Rotherham Joint-Stock Banking Company, Swaledalean Sh da i en i d sleydale Banking Company, Richmond .. ...... ~ ................................... 33,221 Storey and Thomas's Banking Company Shaftesbury Sheffield and Retferd Bank, Sheffield ... Wolverhampton add Staffordshire Banking Com - pany, Wolverhampton 36,073 Wakefield and Barusley Union Bank, Wakefield 11,077 Whitehaven Joint--Stock Banking Company, Whitehaven Warwick and Lealuir_gton Banking Company, Warwick West of Englane and South Wales District Bank. Bristol Wilts and Dorset Banking Company, Salisbury 64,740 West Riding Union Banking Company, Hud dersfield Whitchurch and Ell esmere B anking Company, 31,242 Whitchurch Worcester City and County Banking Company, Worcester York Union Banking Company, Y0rk..........., 4,049 54,694 Yor City and County Banking Company, York 72,545 Yorkshire Banking Company, Leeds P. DEANS, Registrar of Bank Returns. Inland Revenue, Somerset House, Aug. 25, 1849. 8,755 18,319 2,437 SOUTH WALES RAILWAY. 7,595 8,114 8,178 5,986 9,293 12,120 9,283 11,660 9,508 3,987 23,266 11,193 19,785 25,043 6,484 " After this period the company will be in the receipt of a revenue up mu 75 miles of railway, and which, in the opinion of tb.ose best informed, will be considerable, although probably falling much short of that which w ill be derived from the same portion of the line after the completion of the , connecting link with Gloucester. With the assistance, h owever, of this revenue, the directors cannot entertain any doubt of the ability of the company to raise, without difficulty, and without sacrifice, the further sum of 10,0001. required for works, current expenses, and in ti Test, without deductions for revenue, to complete the iiine from Chepstow to Grange Court, where it joins the Gloucester and Dean Forest Railway, and thus effects tb.e junction at Gloucester with the Great Western and Midland Railways. " The total Mal which it is calculted will then have been required to be paid, including all expenses and liabilities upon t hie unfinished portion of the line and Ithe subscriptions to other lines, up to the period of the opening from Gloucester to Swansea, is 2,970,0001. " It has been rJr eady stated, that upon a careful re vision of the esti► na tes, your directors feel confident that the line to Fishgu.ar d can be completed, and the guarantee of the Great W astern Railway Company brought into operation, for a sum under the four millions. This is, of course, exclui ;lye of the subscriptions to other lines and certain other amounts, the interest upon which is unquestionably g naranteed by the Great Western Rail way Company, o vox and above the four millions, after the opening to Fis:hguard, although questions may have arisen as to any g uarantee commencing, and as to the payment of inter( Ist upon debentures by the Great Wes ' tern Railway Col Bpany, prior to this period. " The propriet ors will at once perceive that, pending the settlement of these questions, the directors could not, with due regard tc. the interests of the company, state specifically the details of these calculations, and the particular amounts which they admit to be included in • the four millions;, but they can assure the proprietors that they have a ,dopted the safe side in framing these estimates, and ha-.ve not assumed that their views only are to be adopted. " With respect - to the means of raising the required capital, should the Great Western Railway Company call upon the Sciuth Wales Company to complete the line to Fisbgu ard, the proprietors will bear in mind that, after the opening of the line from Gloucester to Swansea, the . company will be in possession of a line of ninety.four miles in length, opening a direct ogommunication between the whole of the mineral and r manufacturing districts of South Wales, with the metropol in and the rest of England, to which it will then afford tb.e only railway communication. With the ample security - which the revenue to be derived there from must afford an til the commencement of the lease, and with the gua.anteed rental from the Great Western Railway Company. after that period, your directors can not suppose that a ny doubt will exist of the perfect prac ticability of obt a i n i ng t h e cap i tal. iDntu,e,bnllittniomcnaoyomfpbate: Company, W o u p na e d r teerr h f e eo r xr e dis, t t iw o nge o xc b if s ro e cr r ud le that it is the sWtanieckesk, Wicklow, and seek powers from Parliament to limit their line to Wicklow, and to make a corresponding reduction in their capital by reducing their shares from 201. to 101. each, and-their number in the pro portion of three to two ; and a com munication to this effect has been received from that company. .As regards the other lines, on account of which advances have been made, the Vale of Neath is the only one in reap ect of which it is believed that any further liability at tenches. " Since the last half-yearly meeting, Mr. Russell has sent in his resignation as Chairman of the Board of Directors. Mr. Rtr ;sell has presided over the affairs of the company from its commencement ; and his great expe rience in railway affairs, his high personal character, together with his zealous and unremitting attention to the affairs of the company, render the loss of his ser vices a matter of serious regret to his colleagues. " Your directors are much gratified in stating that Mr. Talbot, M.P., of Margam Park, the Lord .Lieute nant of Glamorgaiashire, has undertaken the duties of the chair; and they cannot but congratulate the pro prietors on his accfsptance of the office. The great stake Mr. Talbot holds in the company, and his intimate ac quaintance with the districts through which the line passes, will be a sufficient guarantee for the faithful and effective discharge of the duties of the office. They are happy to add, that the appointment has given very general satisfaction throughout the Principality ; and they doubt not that it will be equally acceptable to the shareholders. " The least agreeable portion of the directors' duty, on the present occasion, is that of having to report a defal cation of the late secretary, Mr. Armstrong, who has absconded, and by which the company will be sufferers to the extent of about 5,0001. The necessary steps have been taken for his apprehension and prosecution. " The directors have to recommend the proprietors to confirm the forfeitture of 1,515 shares. The amount already paid upon these shares is 16,6101. 10s., and as there appeared to your directors to be no pro bability of recovering any further calls upon them, they proceeded to forfeit them at a meeting of the board, and a resolution will now be submitted to you for confirming that forfeiture, in accordance with the pro visions of the Act of Parliament. " The usual statement of accounts has already been circulated among the proprietors." The CHAIRMAN, in . moving the adoption of the report, adverted to the circumstances which had led to the retirement of Mr. Russell, and then went on to admit that he disapproved of the policy which had hitherto been pursued by this company. He did not, however, wish it to be understood that he imputed blame to the directors. No doubt they had acted as they thought best for the interest of the shareholders ; but really he did find fault with the manner in which they had made advances to other lines.—(Hear, hear.) With regard to their future operations, he did not think they would be justified in extending the line beyond Swansea—(Hear, hear)—at least for the pre sent. Ultimately it might be extended to Fishguard, but only under the circumstances that it could be proved to their interest to do so ; or that the Great Western would not carry their guarantee into effect until the line had reached Fishguard.—(Hear, hear.) Looking at their prospects, as far as traffic was concerned, he did not anticipate The ninth half-yearly meeting of the proprietors of this company was held yesterday, at the Great Western Railway Station, Paddington ; C. R. M. Talbot, Esq., M.P., Chairman of the Board of Di rectors, in the chair. The following was the report of the directors : "Since the half-yearly meeting in February last the exertions of the directors have been sedulously directed to the completion and opening of that portion of the line whch lies between Swansea and Chepstow, from which they have considered it reasonable to expect a large amount of traffic ; the available means of the com pany have, therefore, been chiefly devoted to this por tion; and they confidently hope that it may be completed and ready for traffic early in the ensuing year. "On this point, as well as on the state of the works generally, the report of Mr. Brunel, the engineer, which is subjoined, enters so fully into detail, that it will only be requisite for the directors to refer to the report itself. " The borrowing powers of the company have been for some time in operation, but the existing state of rail way affairs, in reference to the facility of raising money on debenture, has rendered it difficult for those com panies of which the works are unfinished to avail them selves of these powers to any great extent ; hence the calls on the proprietors have been made with a degree of rapidity which the directors would willingly have avoided, had it been practicable ; seeing, however, the paramount importance of getting some portion of the line into operation, they trust that the policy they have pursued will, under the circumstances, be deemed sound and judicious. " The question of the agreement for guarantee with the Great Western Company, has been one of much anxious deliberation with the directors. It must be borne in mind by the shareholders, that the Great Western Company contend that this guarantee will not come into operation until the completion of the line to Fishguard. Under the altered prospects of those lines in Ireland with which the portion of the South Wales Railway from Swansea or Carmarthen was more especially de signed to work, and the little probability that exists of their being proceeded with very rapidly—the completion of the Fishguard portion at present appears so mani festly impolitic, with regard to the interests of both the Great Western and this company, that your directors consider they were justified in entertaining the expec tation that some arrangement might have been made with the Great Western Company for suspending this cpoomrteioninotfo operationtheline, the guarantee t g n u e ar o a o n vo te p e let b io ei n ng oftne permittedline t to o Swansea. They regret to say this expectation has been disappointed. Several interviews have been held with the Great Western directors, at which the point has been discussed at great length, but hitherto with no practical result; the Great Western directors not consi dering themselves jusified at present in recommending to their shareholders any alteration of the existing agreement. " Gratifying as it would have been to your directors to have seen such an arrangement as the above carried out, and advantageous as they doubt not it would have been to the interests of both companies, yet, under the expressed disinclination of the Great Western directors to admit any modification of the view taken by them of the conditions of the agreement, it appears to your directors that the interests of this company will be best consulted by poe tponing, till some more favourable op. portunity, the farther discussion of this grave question. " Under these circumstances, your directors consider it the best policy to keep steadily in view the eventual completion of the line to Fishguard, which they have the satisfaction to state they confidently expect may be completed, and the guarantee brought into operation for a sum within the four millions. " Upon a careful revision of the calculations of the amounts paid and still to be paid, upon land, works, per manent way, and stations, the total cost of the portion of the line between Chepstow and Swansea, a distance of 75 miles, may bo safely estimated at about 1,560,0001. To this sum are. to be added the amounts which may have to be expended upon other portions of the line up to the period of this opening, the preliminary ex penditure of the company, and the charges for in terest and ge,aeral expenses, which it is calculated will have amounted at that time to 960,000/., inde• pendently of our subscriptions to other lines, which may be estimated at about 140,0001., making a total sum of 2,660,0001. To meet this expenditure, the whole of which will not, :however, in all probability, have to be paid for several months after the opening of the line, the company may calculate upon receiving 2,260,000/. upon shares, afters all due allowance for arrears and un productive shares which have been, or must eventually be, declared forfeited, leaving a comparatively small balance to be raised upon debentures, of which about 100,000/. are already issu ad.. Upon the means of easily reaching this first stage 0.`.. our proceedings there can therefore be no anxiety. much difficulty would stand in the way of raising the necessary capital to extend th- line to Fl=hgti,ir for his part, believing as he did that their tr,iffie re turns would be equal to those of the Bristol and Exeter, he would recommend that the extension should be made as soon as the state of the money market would admit of it.—(Hear, hear.) He concluded by observing that his attention had been directed to the pamphlet published by Mr. Duncan, the solicitor of the Eastern Counties line, on the subject of this railway. In this pamphlet certain charges were made against the directors, and the only answer which he could make to them was, that if the shareholders were dissatisfied let them appoint a com mittee of investigation.—(Hear, hear.) But that ad mission must be taken with this reservation, that before such a committee some gentleman should be selected to determine what the matters were that should be investigated.-- (Hear, hear.) Viscount VILLIERS seconded the motion for the adoption of the report. Mr. MAcriAGHTEN recommended that any addi tional capital should be raised by the issue of pre ferential shares. Major COURT objected to the issue of preferential shares, and observed that as Mr. Russell had resigned because he felt that the time had arrived when the interest of the two companies had become somewhat antagonistic, it would be nothing more than an act of decency if the other Great Western directors would also resign.—(Hear, hear.) Mr. DUNCAN disapproved altogether of the report. Money could not be raised in the manner it proposed ; and as it was quite evident the Great Western Com pany wanted to get rid of the guarantee of 5 per cent., the best thing they could do would be to appoint a committee of investigation, to ascertain the best of arrivingsituation testingth i s the point, which would place power and willing ness of the Great Western to pay the guaran t ee . H e , therefore, moved an amendment to that effect. After considerable discussion, th e amen d ment was put to the vote and carried. modethem in a The committee was then nominated. Mr. DUNCAN then moved that the meeting do, at its rising, adjourn to the first Tuesday in October. Considerable opposition was made by some of the directors to an adjournment of the meeting, but they at last gave way, principally in consequence of Mr. Duncan 's statement that unless an adjournment took place he would not be able to make use of the proxies in his possession ; and that it would be worse than useless to call a special meeting when the proposed adjournment would answer the object of the share. holders. The report of the directors was received, and its consideration postponed to the adjourned meeting. A vote of thanks was given to the Chairman, and the meeting broke up after a sitting of upwards of four hours. DIRECT LONDON AND PORTS MOUTH RAILWAY. The seventh half-yearly ordinary meeting of the shareholders of this company was advertised to take place yesterday at the London Tavern, for the purpose of receiving the report of the directors, and to transact the other business of the company. There not being a sufficient number of shareholders present to consti tute a meeting at the hour appointed, the meeting was adjourned sine die. The following report was intended to be submitted to the meeting had it been formed : " The proprietors will have learnt with regret that the construction of the line between Epsom and Leatherhead, which is desired by the inhabitants of Leatherhead and its vicinity, by the landowners, and by every member of the company, with the single exception as the directors believe of Mr. Cohen, has been for the peesent stopped by the injunction of the Master of the Rolls. " The directors have bcen unable to bring their motion for a reversal of that order to a hearing, by reason of the lamented illness of the Lord Chancellor. The appeal therefore necessarily stands over until November. Not content with the obstruction thin thrown in the way of the company, Mr. Cohen subs'equently presented a petition under the Joint Stock Companies Winding-up Acts for the dissolution of the company, the hearing of which, however, stands over until November; but as, by an Act passed at the end of the last session, incorporated railway companies are expressly declared not to be within the provisions of the Winding-up Acts, this peti tion may be considered as disposed of, and must conse quently be dismissed. "In addition to these vexatious proceedings, Mr. David Salomons, the Chairman of the Reading, Guild ford, and Reigate Railway Company, and the near con nexion, as your directors are informed, of Mr. Cohen, has recently placed a bill on the files of the Court of Chancery against this company, conjointly with the London, Brighton, and South Coast Railway Company, praying so far as this company is concerned, that the toll agreement entered into with the Brighton Company, with respect to the Epsom and Loatherhead line, may be declared illegal. " However embarrassing these proceedings may tem porarily prove, your directors believe, that beyond delay and legal expenditure, they will not affect the course which would otherwise have been adopted, because your directors, having been advised that the company could neither abandon their railway, nor wind up its concerns, nor reduce their capital and line within the desired limits, without express Parliamentary sanction, had already anticipated the necessity of some further application to the Legislature; indeed in this view of the case it would appear to the directors, that the course pursued by Messrs. Cohen and Salomons would rather prove bene ficial than otherwise to the company, inasmuch as it affords a convincing proof that some Legislative inter ference is expedient, either to relieve the company en tirely from its obligations, or to enable it to carry out such portion of the undertaking as may be found desir able, without further delay from captious objections. " Under the very peculiar circumstances in which the company is placed, it is not advisable to enter upon these questions at length, but the directors feel confident that, with the support of the proprietors, they will be enabled to defeat the object of their opponents, so that ultimately some portion of the great labour which h as b een be stowed, and expense incurred, in the prosecution o f thi s drt will itbepro tanto r en d ere d ava il a bl e to the conveniencepublic, and to the p ro fit o f t h e Ports mouthun e ki undertaking, , the proprietors. " The financial position of the company is not mate rially altered since the last half-yearly account was sub mitted to the proprietors. It will be seen that the balance in band is 26,4011. 17s. 4d., to this should be added the calls due, and the value of certain surplus lands pur chased, and which under any circumstances will have to be resold ; these together may be reckoned at about 20,0001., which added to the former sum would amount in round figures, say to 47,0001., which was the fund purposed to be expended in the construction of the line between Epsom and Leatherhead. The proprietors will, however, bear in mind that the funds at the command of the company will be materially affected by the arrange ment with reference to the line between Epsom and Leatherhead, because upon that question will depend in a great measure the value of the outstanding calls; and the proprietors will also remember that the money in hand is subject to claims under contracts entered into for the purchase of lands, which it is believed will absorb the greater portion." A most irregular discussion took place, no meeting having been formed, which ended in no practical result. The SOLICITOR of the company stated that if the arrangement that was proposed was carried out, the probability would be that there would be a return of 21. 103. a share ; if it was not, the shareholders would probably have nothing. CHARING-CROSS BRIDGE. The half-yearly meeting of this company was held yesterday at the offices, Villiers-street, Strand ; ' Mr. Coles Child in the chair. The report stated the tolls and rent received for the half-year ending the 31st July last, amount to the sum of 3,3041. 2s. 11d., showing a surplus of 233/. I ls. 10d. over the receipts of the corresponding period of the previous year. The net receipts, after dis charging th e current expen di ture, would provide for a dividend at the rate of three per cent. per annum, or 7s. 6d. on each original share, and a proportionate sum on each eighth share in the company, free of income-tax. The amount of liabilities for the half year were 2,0431. 12s. 2d., and the receipts being 3,3041. 2s. 11d., the balance available for dividend was 1,260/. 9s. 9d. The directors had the pleasure of stating that the Bill in Parliament, approved of by the special general meeting of the 27th February last, has passed into a law. By this Act power is given to form a much better approach from the York -road than that authorised by the former Act, and to borrow, on the security of the under taking, a sum amply sufficient for all the purposes of the Act. The action mentioned in the lust report of the directors as having been brought against the company, by Jackson and others, had since been re ferred for the decision of the Judges of the Court of Queen's Bench, on a special case, and there is reason to believe that their decision will be obtained previously to the next half-yearly general meeting. Mr. Tyrrel having resigned his seat at the board, the directors had elected Mr. Muriel in his stead, which would render it ne cessary to elect another auditor, in the place of Mr. Muriel. Mr. Hawes and Mr. Blunt, retiring from the direction, i n rotat i on, b e i ng e li g ibl e , o ff e red them selves for re - e l ect i on. Mr. Sutton, t h e t hi r d di rec t o r, retiring, in r o t a ti on did not offer himself for re election. M r . Parish, one of the auditors, retiring , by rotation, being eligible, offered himself for re election, Mr. TYRREL, in explaining the reason of his re tiring from the board, stated that certain serious charges had been made against Mr. Lawrence, the clerk of the company, which he thought, if proved, ought to cause his dismissal. Several meetings of the board had been held to inquire into them, and a resolution of confidence in Mr. Lawrence was ulti mately pas se d , and as he cou ld no t ag ree in th a t resolution, hi s on l y course was t o re ti re fr om th e office of dire c t or . In reply t o a question, Mr. L AWRENCE stated that in consideration of his long services the directors had allotted him some shares, upon a portion of which he had paid the calls, and the 2001. which appeared in the accounts hail ad.. ; - 0 hitu t. ) tll.. The CUAIAMAN iaid ttie codipituy hALti\ir. LAI,v rence's bill for 2001. After some observations v.ith reference to the ac counts, a desultory discussion arose relative to Mr. Lawrence, in the course of which the Chairman inti mated that the directors had made the most searching inquiry into his conduct, and had come to a resolution that there was not the slightest stigma upon his cha racter. One shareholder (Mr. Stutely) having observed that the opponents of Mr. Lawrence had an ulterior object in view, the indignation of Mr. Elkins waz aroused, who flung the insinuation i❑ his face, and dared him to repeat it in another place, but what place he did not mention. These two elderly gen tlemen became so warm and excited that, but for the interference of the Chairman and several of the direc tors, the affair would have ended upon the very spot in a direct collision. The report was then received and adopted. The CHAIRMAN moved " that a dividend of 7s. 6d. a share on the original shares, and interest at the rate of 3 per cent. per annum on the eighth shares, be payable for the half-year ending the 31st of July last; and that the sum be paid at the company's office on and after Monday, Sept 10, next, batween the hours of eleven and three, until the 21st proximo, then on Tuesdays and Fridays, at the same hours." Mr. TODD seconded it. Mr. TYRREL moved a direct amendment, stating that it would be the height of imprudence to pay a dividend when the debts of the company remained unsatisfied, and recommended that they should defer declaring a dividend for two or three years, by which time the property would come round again. Mr. TURNER seconded the amendment, but, after considerable discussion, it was negatived on a division by a large majority, and the original motion was carried. The re-election of Mr. W. Hawes, a director, who retired by rotation, was then proposed. The motion was met by an amendment for the election of Mr. Turner, but it was ultimately negatived. Mr. Elkins demanded a poll ; but, upon the solicitation of the meeting, withdrew his demand, and Mr. Hawes was accordingly elected. Mr. Blunt, who also went out by rotation, was next re-elected. Mr. John George Perry was elected in the place of Mr. Sutton, who retired from the board. Mr. Parish, auditor, was re-elected ; and Mr. Turner was re-elected in the place of Mr. Muriel, the auditor who had been appointed director. Mr. FEW moved, seconded by Mr. ELKINS, that 3001. be given to the directors for their services during the past year. The motion was carried unanimously. A vote of thanks was then passed to the Chairman, and the meeting separated. AUSTRIA. Comorn still holds out, but the following letter has been addressed by General Arthur Georgey to General Klapka, the officer in command : " General, the die is cast—our hopes are crushed! Our power has been broken by the house of Hapsburg-Lor raine, aided by the armies of Russia. The struggles and the sacrifices of our great nation were fruitless, and it were madness to persevere. General, you will think my actions at Vilagosh mysterious and even in credible. I will explain my motives to you and to the world. lam a Hungarian. I love my country above all things, and I follow the dictates of my heart, which urged me to restore peace to my poor and ruined coun try, and thus to save it from perdition. " General, this is my motive for what I did at Vila gosh. Posterity will judge me. " General, by virtue of the dignity of Dictator, which the nation conferred on me by the (dissolved) Parlia ment, I Authmon you to follow my example, and by an immediate 'sdirender of the - `.fortress of Oomorn to end a war of 441'40h - the protraction would for ever crush the greatness find the glory of the:Hithgarian nation. " General, lam aware"of' your sentiments, I know your patriotism, and I ain sure you will obey my order, for I know you understand my motives. . . " May God be with you, and may He guide your steps. " ARTHUR GEORGEY. " Grosswardein, 14th Aug." The Warsaw papers of the 25th give the follow• ing list of gmeral officers who surrendered with Georgey :—General Ernst Kish, Governor of Hun gary ; the Major-Generals Aulich, Alexander Nagy, Poltenberg, Charles, Leiningen, Kniasitsh, 'fork, Lenkey, and Schweidel. The following are the names of the Members of the Hungarian Parliament who accompanied Georgey :—L. Tshiany and Francis Dushnk, Secretaries of State; Siegmund B. Perenyi, Lord Judge ; Charles Sass, Secretary of State ; John Jessenak, Lord-Lieutenant; and Stephen Beseredy, Paul Nyary, Anton Sale, Anton Bor, Nikolaus Ko wash, Anton Karashony, Louis Rinay, Joseph Oshtrowiski, George Sabalay, Stephen Boldyshor, Luke Mama, Joseph Roman, Ferdinand Regey, Emerith Agafy, Charles Martonfy, Siegmund Popowish, Louis Fekete, Anton Biro, John Reshony, Paul Derdody, Lazarus Had shitsh, Wilibald Bogdanovier, George Bartal, Kaspar Hermann, Louis Selesch, Joseph Koller, Louis Far kask, Adam Warkonyi, and Joseph Moyser, Members of Parliament. RUSSIA. Letters from Berlin of the 27th instant, in the Kolner Zeitung, announce the death, at Warsaw, of the Grand Prince Michael, who, it is asserted, died from an attack of apoplexy. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. LAMBETH. John Parry Hening, represented to be the secre tary, and Henry Roberts and Thomas Croton, collec tors to a sham society which they designated the " Animals' Friend Society," were further examined before Mr. Norton, on a charge of obtaining money under false pretences. It will be recollected that on the last examination Mr. Lewis Gompertz, who was represented to be , honorary secretary and treasurer to the Animals' Friend Society, had been called to the witness-box, and while there was charged by the prisoner Hening with deceiving the public for many years, and told that the dock was the proper place for him. Yester day Mr. Mellor, the barrister, appeared on behalf of Mr. Gempertz, and, addressing the Magistrate, said his client had been placed in so peculiar and painful a situation on the last examination as to be unable at the moment to give such information as would re move the slightest blame or imputation from his cha racter. The fact was that knowing something about the prisoner Hening, he felt it to be his duty to communicate with Horsford, the officer, who had the case in hand, and that person felt it necessary to summon and put him (Mr. Gompertz) in the witness. box. He then stated what he knew about Hening, and became so mortified and nervous at the turn the case had taken, and the audacious manner in which he was attacked by Hening, as to be totally incapable of going into the required explana tion to prove his perfect disinterestedness, rectitude, and humanity in the conduct he had pursued, and had therefore left an apparent unfavourable impres sion on the mind of his Worship. There was one mat ter, however, in which he (Mr. Mellor) . would admit Mr. Gompertz was in fault, and that was adding the distinction of " Esq." to some of the names of the members of his committee, who, it might be consi dered, were not entitled to it ; but after all, that was but merely the fashion of the day, and he doubted not that in many similar societies the addition of " Esq." would be found added to the names of persons who were no more entitled to it than his Worship's office keeper, and for his own (Mr. Mellor's) part, he wished it was abrogated altogether. The Learned Counsel then proceeded to say, that as far back as the year 1824, Mr. Gompertz became associated with Mr. R. Martin, the then Member for Galway, Sir James Mackintosh, and other friends to the dumb creation, and by his zeal and activity established that which was at present called the " Royal Society f or t h e Prevention of Cruelty to Animals." Soon after he became honorary secretary to that society, and remained so until 1832, when some difference of opi nion took place between him and some members of the management, which resulted in his withd raw i ng himself from the society and establishing the Animals' Friend Society, to which he became honorary secre tary and treasurer. He (Mr. Mellor) was prepared with documents to show, that while filling th situa tion of secretary to the Royal Society, Mr. Gompertz had met, not only with the approbation of the sub scribers, but of the public, as was manifested in a vote of thanks being passed to him at each meeting ; but on his leaving, a handsome gold medal, with an ap propriate inscription, was presented to him as a tri bute of esteem and gratitude for the zeal and ability which he had evinced in the discharge of his duties. Had Mr. Gompertz not been a gentleman of high character he would not have received this tes timonial, and he (Mr. Mellor) was instructed to say that since the formation, in 1832, of the present society, as many as 30,000 cases of cruelty to animals had been brought under the no tice of its officers. Increasing years, and the conse quent decline in energy, had rendered Mr. Gompertz inactive, and the consequence was, that rival societies had been started, and produced such an effect on the Animals' Friend Society and its subscriptions, that it had been obliged to struggle on for an existence, and labour to keep its head over the water ; but still its managers kept out of debt. It had been denied that Mr. Gompertz's society existed, and the question therefore was whether it was a bona fide society or merely shadowing forth something without a sub• stance. He (Mr. Mellor) was prepared to prove that it existed, and that Mr. Gompertz had pursued his path c f benevolence and huma n it y w i t h out the slight est reproach upon his character for 25 years, and it was rather hard that his reputation should now suffer through the mere insinuation of a person himself deeply tainted with crime. Mr. NORTON assured the Learned Gentlema that he was induced to ask some questions on the last ex amination from the representation of Mr. Gompertz himself. and he felt satisfied that be (Mr. lk v is tbc, _ pertz-114iNely, mat of put collecti:ig any inure nhmey for thri, purposes of the society, at least for the present, as there dhl appear, to say the least of it, a great care lessness in the management, and, according to Mr. Gompertz's own. admission, they had nut a sixpence in their coffers. Mr. Mellor—That may be, but though we are poor we are honest. Mr. NORTON—I have not imputed dishonesty to your client—certainly not ; but still I think that, under the circumstances, it would be the best policy to discontinue the subscriptions for the present. Mr. NORTON inquired if Mr. Fergusson, the chief clerk to the Mendicity Society, who attended for the prosecution, intended to examine Mr. Gompertz as a witness, and that gentleman having replied in the affirmative, Mr. Gompertz got into the witness-box. The prisoner Hening objected to the witness being sworn until examined, observing that be held infidel principles, and should, therefore, wish the magistrate to examine him as to his belief of rewards and punish ments. Mr. Gompertz, who professed himself a Jew, ad mitted that he did not believe in a future state of re wards and punishments. Having, however, admittEd he believed that in taki ng th e oa th h e was calling God to punish him in this world or the world to come if he should speak falsely, he was sworn. His evidence went to prove the existence of the Animals' Friend Society since 1832, down to the present time, and that Hening had been employed, not by him, but a servant of the society, to collect money; he did so, and did not pay it in, upon which he had to take him to this court, but he was discharged on his promising to return the money. He (Hening) had not been em ployed by the society for four or five years. Hening, cross-examined the witness, but did not elicit anything particular. Mr. NORTON repeated his opinion, that the society should discontinue its subscription and get connected as a branch with the Royal Society, in which case the public would repose all confidence in it. He could not help saying that the representation of two offices being held, one in the Strand and another in Newington, while in point of fact no such offices were in existence, as well as the fact of inserting the names of distinguished individuals now no more as the present patrons of the society, were calculated to mislead the public. He added that he was happy to add that the Learned Counsel agreed with him in the opinion that the collection of subscriptions for the present should discontinue. Some gentlemen, the friends of Mr. Gompertz, while disclaiming all participation in his religious be. lief and doctrines, expressed the strongest opinion of his perfect zeal and integrity in the cause of hums. nity, and said they were convinced his pecuniary sa crifices to the society must be considerable. The prisoners were ultimately remanded. COURT MARTIAL. PLYMOUTH, AUG. 28.—A court-martial assembled this morning on board her Majesty's ship Impreg nable, in Hamoaae, for the trial of Commander Pit man, of her Majesty's sloop Childers, on the following charge :-- " General cruelty, from or about the 4th of September, 1846, until the 20th of May, 1849, and for false state ments in the log of her Majesty's ship Childers, on or about the 9th day of October, 1848. " General cruelty and oppression during the period commencing on or about the 4th of September, 1846, and ending on the 20th of May, 1849. "False expenditure of stores, viz., a hammock.cloth, represented to have been washed away, on or about the 14th of October, 1846, and a maintop sail, represented to have been lost on or about the 19th of October, 1838. " False statements in the log-book of her Majesty's ship Childers, from September, 1846, to the 20th of May, 1839." The court consisted of Admiral-Superintendent Sir J. Louis ; Captain W. H. Johnstone, her Majesty's ship Agincourt ; Captain M‘Dougal, her Majesty's ship La Hogue ; Captain Sir Thomas Maitland, her Majesty's ship Impregnable; and Captain George Greville Wellesley, of her Majesty's ship Daedalus. Mr. Eastlake officiated as Judge Advocate. The prisoner was professionally assisted by Messrs. Elworthy and Lockyer, and the prosecutors by Mr. W. J. Little. The Court opened at nine A.M., and were in delibe ration an hour and a half, owing to the non-arrival of important witnesses. - The prosecutors, Lieut. Graham and Mr. Elliott, on being informed by the President that the required witnesses should be subpcented, consented to proceed with the case. Mr. 0. H. Davis, clerk in the Accountant-Gene ral's office, produced the following books belonging to her Majesty's :sloop Childers—viz., the logs from July, 1846, to July, 1849 ; boatswain's and carpen ter's expense books, from July, 1846, to July, 1849 ; and the defaulter s ' book from March,lB46, to Decem ber, 1848. Lieutenant Graham (Mr. Elliott being absent) called First-Lieutenant A. R. B. Carter, who was First-Lieutenant of the Childers from August, 1846, to March, 1847, during which period he considered Commander Pitman's conduct to have been inconsistent and severe. Witness had on one occasion found a mutinous letter on the Captain's skylight, which he gave to Commander Pitman. It was not addressed on the outside. It bore the fictitious signature of "My name I wish you may find." The letter spoke of the punishments and of making men jump overboard. Commander Pitman would sometimes 'punish a man for an offence which would be con sidered slight on another occasion. Witness could not, from the length of time which had elapsed, men tion any particular instance. 'While he was on board five or six men had been flogged, and the secondary punishments, such as black-listing, men carrying hammocks and handspikes for hours on their backs, and stopping grog, were very severe, especially as the men were required, notwithstanding, to per form their regular duties. The ship had not a good and orderly crew, and the discipline was lax. Com mander Pitman's conduct was inconsistent and severe, but he could not say it was cruel or oppressive. The usual number of lashes inflicted was from two to three dozen. On cross-examination by Commander Pitman, the witness stated that he had heard several of the officers 'complain of, and wish they were out of the ship. On examination by Mr. Graham, he stated that the laxity of discipline was owing to the severe pu nishments and to the frequent change of officers. He left because he wished to return home, and was glad ; of any opportunity to get away from an uncomfort able ship. An uncomfortable ship was one in which the officers and commander were not on good terms. Mr. A. H. Elliott, late Master of the Childers, stated that a private Marine, named Hague, was invalided and was sent home, he being of unsound 'mind, caused by the cruel conduct of Commander Pitman, who, for stealing candles to burn in the lower deck when battened down in consequence of 'bad weather, had sentenced Hague to receive four 'dozen lashes, and kept him for four or five days a prisoner on deck, abaft on the stern gratings, and unsheltered in the cold ; he became insane before released from punishment. The next case was that of a private named White, who committed suicide by jumping overboard, within four or five minutes after having been threatened by Commander Pitman with four dozen lashes for appearing at quarters dirty and with his clothes not mended; he was ordered forward to clean, and, although sober, jumped overboard itnmediately the log omitted to mention the sentence. Witness had seen a lad, named Sangyer, naked and insensible at the galley fire, after the punishment of " scrubbing." Thermometer 50 to 53. The cause of so many men deserting at Hobart Town was the cruelty on board. While at New Zealand an ordinary seaman, named M'Cleet, had received three dozen lashes for being dirty at divisions. The Court rose at six P.M., and adjourned to nine A.M. on Wednesdey, when Commander Pitman will cross-examine Mr. Elliott. There are 31 witnesses summoned, 16 appeared ; the others are scattered in different parts of the kingdom. It is expected that the trial will continue several days. THE COUNTRY MARKETS. ----- BIRMINGHAM, AUG. 30.—At Gloucester and \Vol , tester market, on the 25th, new wheat was fully 2s per qr cheaper, but old was nominally unaltered. Barley dull, with the turn in favour of the buyer. Fine Oats maintained their value, but other sorts were 6d per qr lower. Beans dull, but no decline was submitted to. During the present week the weather has been as fine as possible, and in consequence the transactions in the trade have been on the most limited scale. New wheat is offered at 2s per qr lower, and old is, without finding buyers; barley 6d to Is ; an d oats were sold at a similar reduction. Beans quite as dear. Very little passing in peas. At this day's market there was a fair supply of wheat, and we .reduce our quotations is per qr on old, and 2s on new. Barley is per qr lower. Oats offering at less money, without finding buyers to any extent. Beans unaltered. Peas neglected. BRISTOL, AUG. 30.—At to-day's market there was a large supply of English wheat, and for everything, ex cepting best samples of new, the demand was very slow, at a decline el from is to 2s per quarter, English, old and new, selling at 36s to 44s per imperial quarter. There has been little or nothing doing in foreign wheats, and values are unsettled, but nominally Is to 2s per quarter lower, viz., foreign white, 44s to 48s per 480 lbs; foreign red, fine qualities, 40s to 445; ditto r , d, ordinary qualities, 36s to 40s; foreign hard, 32s to 36!. TI e flour trade was quite inactive, and prices were down is per sack, English best seconds selling at 30s to 32s per sack; French superfine, none; Unitsd States, &c., sweet superfine, 23s to 25s per 196 lbe. Barley was also slow of demand; the prices were—English, fine malting, 27s to 30s per imperial quarter; foreign ditto, 25s to 275; English grinding and distilling, 23s to 25a; foreign ditto, 20s to 235. Oats and beans partook of the want of demand, and may be quoted as &flows:— Beans, foreign, 25s to 28s per 480 lbs; English, 28s to 34s per imp er i a l quarter. Oats, iVelsh and Dovnn 16s to 18 , per inineri , ..l quarter; Fi'h , t,i k, 16s tu 187 per imperial quarter. At - th u s Glouoestor mark e t th ere was a goo d supp l y o f i;ughs v, heat, principally of t h e new crop, the quality' of " lc " ,' was fine, weighing from 621hs to 641bs per bushel, an d for which there was a f a i r d eman d at an average of about 443 per imperial quarter. Old English and Foreiet were quite neglected, and must be noted full is Pr quarter lower. Barley and oats moved off slowly at previous quotations, whilst b eans, w i t h a sluggish ua mand, barely sustained previews rates. The 0.44 0 for the week have been, by the corn inspector's returns —Wheat, Bristol, 403 3d; Gloucester, 43s 3d. Bristol, 19$ Ild; Gloucester, 19s 10d. Barley, Bri st° and Gloucester, no return. Beans, ditto. The arrivals during the week have been—wheat, 178 quarters; oats, 1,722 quarters; barley, 304 barrels; oats, 530 quarters. BOSTON, AUG. 29.—Wheat, red 42 s t o 45 5 , w hite 4 8 ° oats 14s to 203; beans 329 to 34s per qr. LONG SUTTON.—Return of sales for the week ending Aug. 25—Wheat, 30 qrs, 641 2s Od (average 42s 7id) barley. 10 qrs, 11/ ls 8d (average 22s 2d.) SLEAFORD, AUG. 27.—Wheat, whit e 44 s 6d to 483 6d+ red 43s 6d to 45s 6d; oats 18s to 20 3; b eans 35s to 3 '" „ per qr. LOUTH, AUG, 29.—Wheat 41s to 445; barley ON 10 00s; eats 00s to 00s per qr. LYNN, AUG 28.—Wheat 40s to 445, fi ne 46s Per C I?: OAKHAM, AUG. 27.—Wheat 45s to 475; barley 265 293; oats 20s to 233; beans. 33s to 36s per qr. 9 UPPINGHAM, AUG 29.—Wheat 44 s t o 46 5; barley 26 3 r to 28s; oats 18s to 245; beans 32s t o 35 s p er qr . 'Butt e 9id to 10id per lb; eggs 16 to 18 for ls. MELTON MOWBRAY, AUG. 28.—Wh ea t 45s to P c ! barley, new 27s to 303, old 26s to 2Ss ; o a t s , o ld . 22° to 255, new 18s to 225; beaus 34s to 38s p er qr .. Butter 12. to 15d per lb; eggs 18s to 20s for ls. GAINSBOROUGH, AUG. 28.—Wheat 47s to 5 550 qrs, 1451 15s (average 49s 4id.) NEWARK, AUG. 29.—Wheat,:old white 49s to 50 3 , red 47s to 495, new white 47s to 495, red 46s to 48s; barlei; new malting 29s to 30s, old grinding 24s to 255; 0 1 5 : old 22s to 245, new 19s to 20s; beans, old 33s to peas 32s to 345; tares 49s to 50s; malt 54s to 56s per ( l a ROTHERHAM, AUG. 27.—Beef, 5s 9d to 6s Od 1 3 `" stone; mutton, 44d to 5-id per lb. DERBY, AUG. 28.—Our market to-day was well sa l . plied. Beef, 4id to sid ; Mutton, 5d t o sid ; 1 : 811 3; 5d to 51d per lb; Pigs, 7s 3d per score. Rough fiZ f , 6d per stone of 141bs. Hid es , lid , p er lb. C a lf, skins, 2d to 3id per lb. EDINBURGH, AUG. 29.—The quantity of wheat brong bt ~,, forward this day was 289 qr s , b e i ng 139 qrs less tI,D'; last week. Top price the same, an d th e average 94,11,` —BO qrs unsold. The quantity of b ar l e y brought I°o6 ward was 489 qrs, being 340 qr s more th an l as t we 05 Price on the top the same, and the average 6d up -- ' or qrs unsold. Of oats we had 725 qrs brought forwardl4 17 qrs less than last week. Top price 8d up, s " o f the average lid down-59 qrs unsold. The quantiti. o beans was 77 qrs, or 3 qrs more than last week. r ri .. on the top 6d, and the average is 5d do wn -27 qrs stfl sold. Top of wheat ... 6441bs 553 Od ... Barley ... ... 57 lbs 30s od ... Oats 44ilbs 24s od . Beans ... . 66 lbs 35s od EDINBURGH CATTLE MARKET, AUG. 29.—The of cattle this morning was 345, being 64_fewer than week. Quality better, but sales were slowly ege e '6a Top price of the best beef 7s 6d; current 65 „ e , to 7s; middling and inferior 5s 6d t o 6 s p er D u tch etc l o A great many unsold. The s upply o f s h ee p a nd lan 3 k , this morning was 7,202, being 1,427 more thaniaet Weely In consequence of the large su pply sa l es we re &W effected, at a reduction of f rom 9d t o i s a h e id for t ho o g best kind of lambs—the inferior sorts at a reduction 0. fully 2a a head from last market. Sh ee p were also & Ig o , Top price of the best mutton si-1 per lb; current, sd; inferior, 3d. Lambs (top), 20s; current, to 15s; middling and inferior, 5s to lOs a head. DUNBAR, A uG. 28.—Wheat, weighing 631bs, brotlghs 495, and prices to 00s Od; barley, weighing 54 1. ; 4 brought 26s Od, and p r i ces t o 00s O d ; oats, weig'"nd 4311b5, brought 22s Od, and prices to 21s Od; beans /l ie pease, weighing 001bs, brought 00s Od, and price. 00s Od. DUNDEE, AUG. 24.—Wheat, 46s Od to 49s Od; foreig ditto, 47s 0:1 to 50s Od ; b ar l ey , 22 s O d to 2 3 s Od; cal l' 18s 6d to 19s Od ; pease and b eans, 23 s Od t o 25 5 6 01 . 0r CORK, AUG. 27.—Flour—Fi rs t s 14 s Od t o 14 s 6d ; extra 16gt seconds, 13s 6d to 00s Od; ho use h o ld s lO s to 12 s; thirds, 70 , e ." n „t• per cwt. Oatmeal 12s to 12 s 6d ; I n di an meal 6s6cto 7s Od; meal, lOs Od to per cwt. Indian corn 61 to 6/5s Od per to : d6 Bran 3/ 10s0d to 3/ 15s per ton. Hay—Farmers 2ls to 30s* af_ ... .e 1 7 0 0 255; dealers 00s to 00s Od; average 30 sper ton. Str aw-26a-"-od; 93 Od to 18s Od ; average 15 s ; d ea l ers 00 s Od t o 00s average 15s Od per ton. Bread—Wheaten loaf 6d to e i r; : , household loaf 5d to 5d p er 41b. F res h b utter , 8,1 per lb. Eggs-4s Gcl to 4s 2d per hundred. C ° .,,,t13 Newport 14s; Lyd n ey 16 5 ; L an d ore 143 ; B es t Pe- , o t, Culm 135 per ton. T a ll ow 40 s Od to 0 0 s per , ic e st Whisky, 25 o. p., 6s ,Qd , per i mper i a l gallon. Teie —Beef 4d to 7d; mutton 5d to 6d; veal yid nef 7d ; pork 4d to 5P ; bacon 7d to 8d ; sausages Ix' L i . lb. Hops 61 lOs per cwt. Bangor slates 312 s 6d to 3/ 69 5 ton._ Bark—Barbary 81 to 8110 s; Valonia 141 to 01; Free 7110s;' English 01 per ton. Fleece Wool 10s to 12s per stctA Hemp 34/ to 35/ per tou. Fish— Scotch herrings 175 to 18s; ditto 26s to 28s per barrel ; Newfoundland 10/ 10s to 1 21 5, ton. Timber—lllemel,"Bs/ per ton ; deals, fi rst quality, ; second quality, 16s per 100.. Hidev—lifarket lOs to l b.. salted 12s to 18 5 p er cw t ; ca lf s ki ns .2d to, r 2/}dP e a r no ...-• Potatoes, white 6d to 9d; Mi n i o ii s 00d to 130 d"; Gush Peruvian, 111 lOs ; Ichaboe 9/ per' ton ; Tar--Arch 19s per barreL • RAILWAY MARKETS' ; '' BRISTOL, AUG. 30. STOCK ExcHANGE.—The market was very depressed day, and scarcely a transaction doing. Bristol and Pat!' Thirds, were done at 9% dis. LIVERPOOL, AUG. 30.. STOCK ExcHANGE.--There was very little business 00" acted in our share market to-day, and prices had a ward tendency The sales are—Birkenhead, Cheshire, 15% c. dis.—Lancashire and Yorkshire, Fift.Z. 4 1 78 dis. Ditto, Fifths (W. R. U.), 5 dis.—London and Not?Lr,, Western, 122 1 ,4 c.- 7 1)itto, New Quarters, 1% p .—manchest e , l _, Lancashire , ap Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, Preference, 10/. Bs. 9d.—MidlAl3,7, 61 c.—Ditto, Halves, 15% c. dis. - South-Eastern aci rover Consol. (No. 3), 20 1 -,‘ —Ditto (No. 4), VA_ l Newcastle, and Berwi c k (G. N. E. P urc h ase ) , 6 per can 41. Bs. 9d. dis. MANCHESTER, AUG. 30. 8 A S ' STOCK EXCHANGE. —The trans ac ti ons to-day werre. follow : Dubli n an d Drogheda 30 1 4—East Lancashire, p ference, n. Sheffield, Preference, 10% Docks, 8 North St a ff or d s hi re, 6 Y or k and 11 " castle, 18%. BIRMINGHAM, AUG. 30. STOCK EXCHANGH.—The transactions to-day were, nittot follow : hrewsbury and Birmingh am (B), 5 Preference, 2% p. YORK, AUG. 29. STOCK EXCHANGE. —The transactions to-day were fr. follow :—Great N ort h ern , B%—Manchester, Buxton, 7 _, Pl :t s to , lock, and Midla n d, I—N or th B r i t i sh, Quarters, 2%--.L'" Preference, 31. lls. GLASGOW, AUG. 29. STOCK EXCIIANOE.—The transactions to-day were / 1 : 1 follow :—Glasgow, Kilm arnoc k, an d A yr, H a l ves (N o . 1) t, —Ditto (No. 2), 6—Great N or th ern , I - reference (5 per cell:, guaranteed), 655. Clyd es d a l e J unc ti on , 66 S co tty Central, 221A1. LEITH Docxs.—The new docks here are progress' ing rapidly. A great many hands are employed Ws; vating the clay to the required depth, an d forming whit will be the wharfs. In the course of these operation; the Tower, which stood on the west wall of the old docks, has been removed. and the foundation•stoner which was laid there in 1809, has been taken up. o n a r the stone were tw o pl ates, engraved with the names "d" the authorities p resent when it was laid, and in a cavity of the stone w ere t wo g l ass jars, one containing one ° f each of the coins of that day, and the other containing a copy of ea c h o f t h e Edinburgh newspapers publishe d at that time. Th ese articles are at present in the P 0 0: session of the Leith Dock Commissioners, and will very likely be agai n p ut under some part of the wall of the new docks now being constructed. The jars not havilt, been opened we cannot enter minutely into a description of their contents. [ADvERTISEMENT.]--Take Holloway's Pills in cases of Deranged Health or Impurity of the Blood,—This estimable medicine is a superior remedy in all cases of deteroll nation of blood to the head, benumbed feeling in the lime impaired health, impurity of the blood, drowsiness, swinurlit ' in the head, dis or d ere d stomac h s, loss of appetite, bad die t ' tion, and debilitated constitution the number o f p erson s cured of these aff e cti ons by Holloway ' s Pills is incredible, and mwl to of them had be en f or a l ong t i me sufferers, and had faile d get relief from medicine prescribed by the first doctors in the profession. A steady course of these Pills will resters to: most weakly to a vigorous state of health.—Sold by all Drug gists, and at Professor Holloway's Establishntent, 244, Strand, London. BIRTHS. On the 23d inst., at Westbourne-terrace, the wife of Deming, Esq., of Lindley-hall, Leicestershire, of a son. On the 2 ith inst., in Nottingham -place, the lady of Ja- Methold, Esq., of a daughter. On the 25th inst., at Brighton, the wife of R. T. Porter , Esq., of the Madras Civil Service, of a son. On the 26th inst„ at Dalston, the wife of J. D. Jones, Es c il of a daughter. On the 28th inst., at Lewisham, Kent, Mrs. Penn, of a sort. On the 28th inst., at Upper Clapton, the wife of U. ga s ' terman, Esq., of a son. MARRIED. Ou the 28th inst., at St. Mary's, Cheltenham, the Rev. W* Fry, incumbent of Hanham, to Lydia, eldest daughter of the late R. P. Harris, Esq., of Waltharnstow. On the 2:-th inst., at St. Pancras, Robert Douglas Sill' Esq., to Tedlie Hutchinson, eld est surv i ving daughter of to` late 'l'. E. Bowditch, Esq., the African t rave ll er; a l so , a t the same time and place, aul Parnell, Esq., 8.C.L., of the Middle Temple, to Eugenia Keir, youngest daughter of the late T. E. Bowditch, Esq, In Dublin, on th e 25th inst., Cusack Roney, Esq., ]ILD'' aged 69; and, on the previous day, his only daughter , Charlotte, wife of Edward Dillon, Esq., aged 41: both of cholera. On the sth inst., at Kingston, Canada West, Lieutenan t ' Colonel Fenwick, Royal Engineers, aged 57. On the 25th inst., at the Herbary, Highgate, James W' Grinistone, el est son of W. Grimstone. On the 25th inst., Mr. James Quinn, of Albion -lodg e) Brook green, Hammersmith, aged 63. On the 26th inst., at Cambridge, the Marchese di Spine t On the 26th inst., aged 15, Anna, fourth dadghter of W r * G. Jackson, Esq., kif Wisbech. On the 26th inst., at Wilton-lodge, near Taunton, Lieute• nant-Colonel Charles Collis, late of the 24th Regiment. On the 27th inst., John Greaves, E sq ., o f Radford Seinele' Warwickshire, aged 76. On the 28th inst., at Norwood, Surrey, John F. Mauberti Esq., aged 56. On the 28th i.,st., at Thurloe-place West, Old Brompton, Commander William Wood, R.N., aged 80. 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